Automobile Accidents Receive Seri-
ous Consideration. :
Grand Rapids, July 16—The thir-
tieth annual session of the Supreme
Council of the United Commercial
Travelers held at headquarters, Co-
lumbus, Ohio, June 26 to 30 was one
of the mest interesting, impressive
and important ever held.
The amendment submitted by Man-
ley J. Hemmens, Supreme Auditor,
to pay only one-half the maximum
amounts where one was injured while
an occupant of an automobile, as the
result of having been an occupant of
an automobile, while cranking | or
while caring for or while repairing
an automobile, was defeated by al-
most the entire vote of the conven-
tion. The measure was so unpopular
that I think it had more or less to do
with the defeat of the maker for re-
election as Supreme Auditor.
C. A. Hebbard, cf New York, was
elected to succeed Manley J. Hem-
mens on the Supreme Executive Com-
mittee and as Supreme Auditor.
While Michigan was against the
Hemmens amendment, still “something
will have to be done by every insur-
ance company in America if the rate
continues to increase much more. It
is ee that every U. C. T. shall
exercise “Safety First” as the follow-
ing figures will show: t
Paid on account of automobile and
motorcycle accidents:
25 automobile death claims amount-
ing to $145,500.
1154 automobile disability claims
amounting to $110,462.48. — :
28 Motorcycle disability claims
amounting to $2,757.05.
Total is $258.719.53.
Average amount paid per weekly
disability claim on account of auto-
mobile accidents, $95.72.
Average amount paid per weekly
from all accidents excepting automo-
bile accidents, $71.83.
Amount paid per capita on account
of automobile and motorcycle acci-
dents, $3.44.
Twenty-six per cent. of the disa-
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bility claims paid were on account of
eutomobile and motorcycle accidents,
29 per cent of the amount paid for
disability was for automobile acci-
dents, 46 per cent of the death claims
paid were cn account of automobile
accidents, 54 per cent. of the amount
paid for death claims was for auto-
mcbile accidents. So you can _ see
what the automobile is doing for the
insurance companies.
Especially so, as now a large per-
centage of the boys are now using
cars to make their territory.
be hoped that, as we get more exper-
ience as drivers and as the roads get
better, the percentage will grow less.
Here are some figures worth your
earnest consideration:
385 members disabled on account
of cranking; claims $34,691.54: 81
members disabled on account of ad-
justing and repairing; claims $4,802.41;
688 members disabled on account of
skidding, collision and miscellaneous;
claims $70,968.53.
C. V. Holderman, of Tennessee, was
successful in winning out as Supreme
Sentinel.
Michigan was an important factor
in the Supreme Council bnd_ they
knew we were there. Past Supreme
Counselor Frank S. Ganiard, of Mich-
igan, was appointed by Supreme Coun-
selor T. J. Phelps as chairman for
next year on the most important com-
mittee, State of the Order.
This was the first time I was priv-
ileged to attend the Supreme Council.
I was impressed with the high per-
sonality of the representatives, the
business like way in which it was con-
ducted, and the very complete and
splendid reports of the various com-
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Practical Hints on Good Window
Displays.
Written for the Tradesman.
The retail shoe dealer who hopes
to get his full share of the cream o!
the local trade, must give thought
and care to his window trims. To
challenge the passer-by and make
him stop and have a look at your
shoes: to create a ripple of interest
where no interest existed before: to
accentuate a small degree of inter-
est until it prompts the person out-
side to step inside the store and make
an enquiry—this is what the right
sort of a window will often do, and
this should be the kind of a trim one
should try to put on. To prepare a
window effect that shall be merely
beautiful—unusual in design and ar-
tistic in the arrangement of its de-
tails—is not the paramount thing.
Still wider of the mark are all those
windows that aim at bizarre effects
—whose object would seem to be
merely to surprise or puzzle the
passers-by. The object of the window
trim is to quicken interest in shoes
as merchandise. In other words to
get people to want to buy certain
pairs of shoes that they see on dis-
play in the windows.
For that reason the window is an
advertising medium, or a form of ad-
vertising. Consequently the adver-
tising standpoint should always be
uppermost in the mind of the window
trimmer. In the treatment of cover-
ings, background and decorative ac-
cessories, such as flowers or what-
ever else may be used for that pur-
pose, the well-known rules of good
taste governing the use of colors
should not, of course, be violated
but the idea isn’t merely to construct
a pretty picture for the eye to de-
light in, but rather to exhibit mer-
chandise amid such attractive environ-
ments and in such an appealing man-
ner that people will want to buy the
merchandise. If, therefore, the trim-
mer would challenge the attention,
he must challenge it to a practical
end. Merely to attract the idly curi-
ous, to draw and amuse and puzzle
the throng, to set up some new and
novel window-show to run its little
day and have its little vogue—that
isn’t good window-trimming, Why
have a bunch of people glued to your
window if, when their curiosity is
sufficiently satisfied, they melt away
and pass on? The value of a window
display is determined by the record
of sales.
Every retail shce dealer ought to
get hold of the fact that a good win-
dow is his best salesmen. When the
day’s work is done, the clerks go
home, but the silent salesman (his
window) will stay on the job and sel!
shoes for him after the boys have
gone home. He never murmurs nor
complains, never beccmes tired, nev-
er kicks for more meney, never loafs
on the job and peeps at the clock
out of the corners of his eyes; he’s
right there, day and night (if you keep
him illuminated, as you surely should),
three hundred and sixty-five days in
the year.
Now for the “hints” promised in
the caption of this article.
First, clean your window thorough-
ly before you undertake to dress it.
Unless you have a fine hardwood
floor that requires no covering of any
sort, select some suitable material for
ccevering. Silk velour is excellent.
but there are less expensive materials
that may be used to good effect.
Use good up-to-date fixtures—and
remember that the best effects are
got by keeping the shoes well down
towards the floor. To swing a pair
of shoes from the top of your win-
dow by means of ribbons, or perch
them at the top of old-fashioned lofty
metal stands, is passe—it’s an un-
natural attitude for shoes. Shoes are
supposed to tread the earth. The
shoes nearest the front of your win-
dow should rest naturally on the
flocr, those back of the front on
graduated stands (not too high) or
shelves.
Select for display purpose the shoes
you want to sell, i. e., shoes from
lines in which you are stocked, not
merely “show shoes” of the so-called
custcm made variety (of which you
have only a few pairs) or novelty
shoes of one sort or another. Play
the game fair, and don’t create arti-
ficial hopes that must later on suffer
disillusionment.
Having selected the shoes that you
intend to put in your window, give
plenty of time to forming and ironing
them out so they'll look just as at-
tractive as possible.
Keep the glass of your window im-
maculate.
There should be a card with each
shoe either giving the name of the
style or a number indicating the same.
so that the salesman may know, with-
out taking a hike out front with his
customer, what the customer is espe-
cially interested in. Personally, I
think the selling price should be in-
dicated on the same card along with
the style name or number, but there
is a difference of opinion on_ this
point, and there are good authorities
for and against; and perhaps the truth
may be that neither custom should
he followed invariably; that the best
plan is to combine the two ideas—i.
e. price-tag some of the shoes all the
time, or all of the shoes at certain
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times, at other times
shoes.
Apropos this subject, ponder these
words from a most successful retail
shoe dealer of Oklahoma: “If your
windows are unattractive and badly
trimmed, even if you handle the best
of merchandise, the chances are that
you will never get the stranger into
your store, but on the other hand if
your windows are attractive and the
merchandise effectively arranged from
an advertising standpoint, the chances
are very much in your favor for the
stranger to drop in and ask about
your shoes.” Cid McKay.
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Activities in Michigan Cities.
Written for the Tradesman.
3attle Creek now sees that there
are some penalties connected with
prosperity and that the cantonment is
not all velvet. Comfort stations and
added parks, pavements and _ police
protection, not for a city of 34,000,
but for a city of 50,000 to 75,000—these
are among immediate necessities.
none of the
Flint is framing up a city building
code to conform with the new State
law.
The new municipal bathing beach
has opened at Muskegon, and any
swimmer who goes beyond the ropes,
if he returns alive, will be expelled
from the beach.
Following the fatalities at the Or-
chard Beach crossing, Manistee, the
Michigan Railroad Commission has
ordered the M. & N. E. Railway to
slow up its trains here to fifteen miles
an hour. The Manistee Street Rail-
way Co. must install a derailer and
until this device is in place, keep a
watchman there. The street railway
must improve its system of brakes
and install bell cords.
Howard City’s home coming will
be held Aug. 19-20, with Warren
Lisk as chairman and there will be
doings in the old home town. Six
members of the committee have sent
out ninety letters to former residents
with request that each of the ninety
mail letters to four of his friends,
each one of this large number to be
asked to write four of his friends and
so on. This system of advertising is
expected to reach every former How-
ardite in the known world, outside of
Germany.
Eaton Rapids has a crack drill team
in the Home Guards, under leadership
of Capt. Clark Belknap. A citizen has
presented the company with a beauti-
ful silk flag, to be given to the pla-
toon having the best drill record
September 1.
School meetings are usually t>m
affairs, but the one held recently at
Paw Paw high schocl was a hum.
mer, Every ballot showed 220 vote-
cast, while fully a third as many more
people were present as spectators
Action of the school board which led
to the resignation of Supt. Hunger-
ford was responsible for the contes
for new trustees. The Men’s League
a church auxilliary, was an active fac-
tor.
Red Ribbon hall, historic landmark
at Eaton Rapids for many decades,
the city’s opera house, forum and lo-
cal point for all manner of doings,
has been running down at the heel
for some time, and the school board,
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now owners of the property, has ap-
propriated $2,000 for repairs.
Marquette, will have a potash plant
to take care of the wood ashes of
sawmills in Marquette, Baraga and
Alger counties. After the valuable
potash is extracted from the ashes
the residue becomes a land fertilizer
with about 50 per cent. sulphate of
lime.
Kalamazoo has been unable to sell
street improvement bonds at 4% per
cent. interest rate and will offer them
at a higher rate, not to exceed 5 per
cent.
Traverse City has passed an or-
dinance forbidding the planting of pop-
lar trees, also authorizing the cutting
down of trees ‘now interfering with
water pipes and sewers.
County superintendents of the poor
of Michigan will hold their annual
meeting at Flint Sept. 11-13.
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be suppressed in this country meets with
commendation in all parts of the coun-
try. Even people of German birth who
have been stung to the quick by the
fiendish acts of Germany ever since the
Kaiser started the present war, approve
of the plan of extinguishing everything
German, so far as this country is con-
cerned. The courts are full of applica-
tions to change German names to Amer-
ican cognomens. Religious denomina-
tions which have German titles attached
to their names are chopping them off,
because they realize that any name sug-
gestive of a nation of brutes and bar-
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July 18, 1917
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When the Amateur Tries to Sell Her
Work.
Written for the Tradesman.
Mrs. Owens, who is the counselor
of her many young friends, lately
received a long letter from Margue-
rite Hunter. Marguerite, whom I al-
so happen to know, is a lovely girl,
about 23 now I think. Ever since
she left school she has had plenty oi
time her hands, much of which
she has spent in taking up varicus
fads.
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Being naturally somewhat ar-
tistic in her inclinations, china paint-
ing has been her favorite among all
her pursuits. While dropping off the
rest one after another as the enthusi-
asm waned, she has kept that up. I
will now quote a portion of her let-
fer:
“You know, Mrs. Owens, the house
is just full of my hand-painted china,
and I have given to all of my friends.
So this spring I determined to try
to sell some of my work. I will ex-
plain that while father always has
been very generous with me, several
months ago he met with heavy losses,
so that now I am anxious to earn
some money myself. Well, I arranged
with an art and novelty store to sell
for me on commission, and T made a
window display there. Also T under-
took to sell my work myself. Taking
three or four of nicest small
pieces as samples, I went out and got
quite a number of orders, mainly for
June wedding gifts.
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“T had no fears but my work would
please. To be sure I took only a short
course of lessons when I learned, but
every one always has said I had such
a talent, and my friends have fairly
raved over the vases and plates and
things I gave them. You imagine my
disappointment when I say that the
store hasn’t made a single sale for
me, although I know they have sold
a dozen or more pieces for another
woman who has some work display-
ed there.
“As to the orders I took myself, do
you know, when I came to deliver,
almost every one of my customers
found some fault—would rather have
had this spray or that blossom a little
different. in some way. And _ two
women positively refused to accept
their pieces, after I had gone to the
expense of materials and firing, to
say nothing of my own time and la-
bor. Now I am sure that with all of
the orders I took far more pains than
I ever had taken with any of my china
painting before, so I can’t understand
what the trouble it. If you can tell
me, please be perfectly frank and do
so.”
The difficulty or obstacle or what-
ever you may call it, that Marguerite,
dear child, is up against to her own
surprise and bewilderment, is just
this: It is a hard thing, practically
an impossible thing, to change quick-
ly and without additional training,
ircm an easy, pleasant, amateur and
unpaid pursuit of any art or calling,
to professional and paid work in the
same line, Marguerite’s case is typi-
cal, and so has value for women and
girls. The difficulty which she has
experienced is not peculiar to china
painting.
Take the girl who has some leisure
and a kind heart and a knack for sew-
ing. She easily can put in all her
spare time, helping out friends and
relatives in planning their clothes,
cutting, fitting, arranging trimming
and the like. And every tap that she
does will please absolutely, or at least
she never will know it if it doesn't.
And although she hasn’t learned the
dressmaker’s trade, her knowledge
having all been “picked up,” she will
be told over and over again that she
ought to set up a shop. But once
she does set up a shop and begins to
charge for making blouses and gowns,
customers will discover that the work
is not faultless. One will be sure that
her sleeves are not right, and another
will complain that her skirt is long-
er on one side than on the other, and
want it fixed. Still another will be
dissatisfied because her dress “hasn’t
any style about it.” Very soon our
amateur will find that she needs all
the skill of the modiste and then some,
to meet the exactions of fastidious
patrons.
The woman with a little literary
gift is another example. So long as
she confines her efforts to getting up
essays for her club or making write-
ups of local celebrities for her home
paper, cheerfully doing such stunts
for nothing, she will be sure to re-
ceive all kinds of praise and be made
to feel that she is a real genius, with
Shakespeare only shortly in the lead.
Sut let her submit some of her
“stories” to a periodical that pays.
She will be likely to find out that af-
ter all she is only a very humble
little pen-pusher. The work of the
amateur will go all right and be in
great demand so long as it goes for
nothing; but to command anything
like pay, work must come up to stan-
dards and meet requirements.
Although I am no connoisseur of
china painting, I do not hesitate to
say that the trouble with Marguerite’s
work is that it is amateurish, It is
pretty in a way, and perhaps her
friends have not been insincere in
their lavish expressions of admira-
tion, but she never has acquired the
professional touch. I am glad it is
Mrs. Owens and not I who’ must con-
vey to her this unwelcome fact.
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The professional touch in any kind
of work is hard to define, hard to
analyze. And the strangest thing
about it is that those who are wholly
unskilled and inexperienced often can
tell when it is lacking. Perhaps Mar-
guerite’s customers were unreason-
able. They had seen her samples—
they had no right to expect a higher
grade of work. But it must be ad-
mitted that any person of tests—
even one who never has handled a
brush a moment—can point out seri-
ous faults in her painting.
The work of the amateur usually
fails to measure up when put to the
severe test of breadwinning.
Occasionally we find an amateur so
rigidly exacting with herself that not
withstanding her friends she really
acquires the professional touch. You
can detect nothing amateurish about
her work. But such a one is apt to
be so slow that she hardly can earn
her salt. What she does has the
professional look, but she has failed
to acquire professional speed. She
has not gotten hold of those little
quick twists and turns and ways of
making time count, that are so in-
valuable. °
I believe that if she really wants
to earn more than a very little money,
Marguerite might better turn her at-
tention to something else. I fear
that in her town, china painting does
not offer much of a field. But what-
ever she does, let her learn to do it
professionally, Let every girl know
that while amateur pursuits may yield
great pleasure and enable one to be
very helpful in a semiphilanthropic
way, when it comes to earning a sat-
isfactory living, there is nothing like
knowing some useful craft profession-
ally. As to the training, some may
get it in one way, some in another.
But whatever the woman worker may
choose to do as a means of liveli-
hood, let her place her reliance on
professional rather than amateur ef-
fort. Quillo.
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The Farmer and the Boots.
One of the regular customers of a
country store, well-to-do farmer,
bought a pair of rubber boots of a
catalogue house. He told one of the
clerks that the price was cheaper than
the store sold such boots for.
The clerk saw that the boots were
inferior and that the farmer had re-
ceived no such bargain as he evident-
ly believed. He told the farmer that
he had been fooled and also reminded
him that he was not doing his duty
by his home town when he sent to
a catalogue house for goods.
The farmer resented the criticism
of his judgment and started to leave
the store. Before he reached the door
another clerk met him, engaged him
in conversation on the crop outlook,
complimented him on his success in
dairying and sold him a pair of shoes.
One clerk lacked tact. The other
did not. Tact ,brought results.
In this instance tact complimented
the judgment of the farmer on cows.
Lack of it criticized the farmer’s judg-
ment on boots and catalogue houses.
One clerk believed in “speaking his
mind,” which is often costly. It is
nice if you can afford it. But you
cannot always do it and at the same
time hold the friendship of the people.
MICHIGAN TRADESMAN
Tact is a mixture of common sense,
judgment and experience. Tactless
persons deserve much sympathy, for
they create trouble for themselves.
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The great buttermilk controversy
between a tribune of the people and
an official of one of the large dairy
companies continues to curdle the
contemporary press. The issues of
this dispute are slightly coagulated.
On the one hand, it is contended that
the creameries wantonly spill a valu-
able by-product of the churn in to
creeks and pig pens, although the
parched throats of thousands of city-
dwellers yearn for it; on the other
hand, the contention is that butter-
milk doesn’t pay for its own ship-
ment. The world is divided into two
camps: those who can and those who
cannot bear the taste of buttermilk;
those to whom the sign in a store
window, “Ice-cold buttermilk,’ acts
as a lure, more than was the cooled
sherbert of the Apennines to Roman
patricians, or the flavored ices, fetch-
ed by breathless runners from the
Andean snows, to Incas of Peru; and
those to whom the mere taste of but-
termilk, sour and queer and miscel-
laneous, is anathema. Nevertheless,
the buttermilk worshippers and the
buttermilk haters should in these
parlous times, momentarily forget
their feud and reach an agreement.
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Michigan Poultry, Butter and Egg Asso-
clation.
President—J. W. Lyons, Jackson.
Vice-President—Patrick Hurley,
troit.
Secretary and Treasurer—D. A. Bent-
De-
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Executive Committee—F. A. Johnson,
Detroit; H. L. Williams, Howell; C. J.
Chandler, Detroit.
Making a Profit on Butter and Eggs.
Here are some more interesting ¢x-
periences relative to the handling of
produce.
A Georgia
about five thousand dozen of eggs per
emphasizes the importance of
making sure that the good
He guarantees every
replaces with fresh any
may bad. In ten he
had to replace only about eleven doz-
en eggs.
He does not as a general thing pay
But his is hard-
merchant who handles
year
ges are
2 he seils and
that
has
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eggs
be years
for the eggs in cash.
ly an average case in this respect, in-
his is the only store in
town where the women can exchange
eggs for dry goods and similar
asmuch as
neces-
sities.
a his
But
Generally speaking, he sells
eggs for what he pays for them.
sometimes when they begin to come
in rapidly after a scarcity they ac-
cumulate so as to decline in price.
He then has to lose perhaps two to
five cents on a dozen, but often this
loss can be equalized through an in-
crease in prices.
This
handling of
them for more than
1
merchant believes in
He
quick
eees. never keeps
a few days.
finds it risky to wait for an increase
in price and sells his entire stock at
a loss rather than wait.
An
no chance to
duce. If he did not. he fears he would
Indiana merchant he
says
handlinec pro-
escape
Tq
mie
lose much valuable farmer trade.
regards his returns as not in keeping
expenditures. If he aver-
with the
c dozen profit on eggs,
ages a ent
he feels he is
through a
doing well,
cets year’s handling of
butter at a moderate loss, he thinks
he is fortunate.
According to this merchant. there
is so much poor butter that the profit
this
He does not grade the butter,
on item is seriously interfered
because he fears it would offend his
Women are very tonchy
butter makers
that will put
than
customers.
about their ability as
and resent any gra
desirable
them in a less class
their neighbors.
This man says the farmers in his
vicinity trade largely with mail order
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houses and thus deprive the
of the trade he is entitled to through
handling their produce. It is no un-
usal thing for a farmer’s wifé to come
into his store with thirty dozen eggs
He.
get the cash for them, buy nothing at
the store and then go to. the post
office and send an order to the mail
order One week he _ took
in eggs for which he paid $150 and
got back in trade less than $40.
It would seem that this merchant
needed a little bit of nerve. He al-
lows himself to be imposed on. If
the condition he complains of is gen-
eral in that town, the merchants
should of one accord refuse to pay
cash for produce. , It is all well
enough to accommodate a customer,
but the customer should not be per-
mitted to ride a willing horse to
death.
As a direct opposite, a retailer in
another Indiana town found it easy
to assert and maintain his independ-
ence over this petty tyranny. He
made a rule that all produce be paid
for in merchandise. He was willing
enough to give his customers cash for
whatever small balance there might
be after the transaction was complet-
ed. He went so far as to grade his
butter got away with this in
handsome shape. Mr. Jones’ butter
wis such a high grade that he even
paid her a premium on it and had her
output sold for three or four
weeks ahead. Mrs. Smith's butter
on the other hand could not command
the regular market price. She was a
poor butter maker ard was net strict-
ly honest with the product.
It surely is much more refreshing
to hear of an instance like this than
the one in which the merchant is im-
posed upon.
Handling
houses.
and
entire
eges in large quantities
and disposing of them rapidly is the
methed adapted by an Eastern firm
who make good in this much talked-
of phase of general merchandising.
The firm pays the market price in
cash. No strings whatever are plac-
ed on the transaction and the farmer
is invited to bring in as many eggs
as he possibly can.
Down in Texas there is a merchant
who believes in going after the but-
ter and egg business to the extent of
offering prizes. His butter and egy
business is well worth going after,
from a standpoint of both advertising
and profit. He feels he could afford
all the trouble of handling
butter and eggs and not make a prof-
it, and at the same time be well sat-
ished through the popularity his
store thus gained.
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A Kansas merchant writes that he
regards it as good business for a -re-
tailer to handle as much farm produce
as he pessibly can without material
Especially does he regard this
as wise when there is no produce firm
in town.
When he
loss
he
in business,
:
started
arranged to handle eggs, butter,
cream, hides and anything else the
farmer wished to sell and that he
could find a market for without too
great an inconvenience. If he could
not handle a certain item, he took
pains to explain the proposition to the
farmer and tried to tell how he might
dispose of it profitably otherwise. He
regards this as one of the most effec-
tive things he did to bring his busi-
ness up to its present goodly propor-
tions,
In regard to paying for the pro-
Rea & Witzig
PRODUCE
COMMISSION
MERCHANTS
104-106 West Market St.
Buffalo, N. Y.
Established 1873
Live Poultry in excellent de-
mand at market prices. Can
handle large shipments to ad-
vantage. Fresh Eggs in good de-
mand at market prices.
Fancy creamery butter and
good dairy selling at full quota-
tions. Common selling well.
Send for our weekly price cur-
rent or wire for special quota-
tions.
Refer you to the People’s Bank
of Buffalo, all Commercial Agen-
cies and to hundreds of shippers
everywhere.
Vinkemulder
Company
Specials for This
Week
Red Star Brand
Virginia Irish Cobbler
White Potatoes
Stock the Best
Prices Always in Line
Georgie Pink Meat
Lopes
12-15 in Crates
Georgia Elberta
Peaches
6 Basket Crates
Also All Kinds Fruits
and Vegetables
Vinkemulder
Company
Grand Rapids, Michigan
eggs.
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sateen $7. 00
Do away with the old
eggs and adding to their
Candlers.
all our eggs.
every egg condition.
GRANT MANUFACTURING CO.
A Year of Severe
Tests
under every possible working condition
has proved that the Grant Dalite Egg
Candler is the most satisfactory device
on the market for candling or testing
GRANT
DALITE
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out-of-date, unsanitary dark
room. Grocers everywhere are eliminating waste in
profits by installing Grant
Read What One Grocer Says
. “A few words from one who buys eggs from the farmer
might assist in remedying the present egg evil. We have
used the Grant Candler for the past year and have candled
= : — ee esngecel has saved its cost almost
very week, and we highly recommend it ¢
handles eggs (farmers included.) 7 ee
Patterson Bros., Rock Haven, Ky.”
Write today for literature and full details.
We furnish an illustrated chart showing
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duce, he has tried both the cash and
trade plan. Each has disadavantages
which just about offset the same qual-
ities in the other. His present plan
is pay either in cash or trade, just as
the customer prefers. He aims to
make enough profit on the produce
to pay for the containers in which it
is handled and for the time used in
handling it. He says a goodly pro-
portion of the cash he pays will be
expended with him at one time or
another, and that if he required a
woman to trade out the whole amount
due her for butter or eggs he might
sell her more at that time but less
at a future time.
He also has tried the two price
plan, paying a higher price in mer-
chandise for the produce than he
would in cash, The objection to this
is the difficulty in keeping the ac-
counts. Many of his customers may
have small credits and then might
want some cash later. He found it
bothersome to ascertain how much
of their standing credit was for
cream, how much for eggs, and so
on, and to figure out how much of
their credit he should deduct on each
dollar paid them in cash—Butler
Way.
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The Power of Coffee Over Man.
Give me a man who drinks good,
hot, dark, strong coffee for breakfast.
A man who smokes a good, dark,
fat cigar after dinner!
You may marry your milk-faddist,
or your anti-coffee crank, as you will!
sut I know the magic of the coffec-
pot! ee
Let me make my husband’s coffee
and I care not who makes eyes at
him!
Give me two matches a day—
One to start the coffee with, at
breakfast, and one for his cigar, al-
ter dinner!
And I defy all the houris in Chris-
tendom to light a new flame in his
heart!
Oh, sweet, supernal ccffee-pot!
Gentle panacea of domestic -trou-
bles,
Faithful author of that sweet nepen-
the which deadens all the ills that
married folks are heir to.
Cherry, glittering, .soul-soothing,
warmed-hearted, inanimate friend!
What wife can fail to admit the
peace and serenity she owes to you?
To you, who stand between her and
all the early morning troubles
Between her and the before-break-
fast grouch—
Between her and the morning-after
headache—
Between her and_ the
dawn scrutiny?
To you, who supply the golden nec-
tar that stimulates the jaded mascu-
line soul.
Soothes the shaky masculine nerves,
stirs the fagged masculine mind, in-
spires the slow masculine sentiment.
And starts the sluggish blood a-
flowing and the whole day right!
What is it, I ask you, when he
comes down to breakfast dry of
mouth, and touchy of temper—
cold-gray-
That gives him pause, and silences
that scintillating barb of sarcasm on
the tip of his tongue,
MICHIGAN TRADESMAN
With which
you?
It is the sweet aroma from the cof-
fee-pot—the thrilling thought of that
first delicious sip.
What is it, on the morning after
the club dance,
That hides your weary, little, wash-
ed out face and straggling, uncurled
coiffure from his critical eyes?
It is the generous coffee-pot, stand-
ing like a guardian angel between you
and him!
And in those many vital psycholog-
ical moments, during the honeymoon,
which decide. for or against the ro-
mance and happiness of all the rest
of married life—
he meant to impale
Those critcal before-breakfast mo-
ments when temperament meets tem-
perament, and will meets, ‘“won’t’—
What is it that halts you on the
brink of tragedy,
And distracts you from the tempta-
tion to answer back?
It is the absorbing anxiety of watch-
ing the coffee boil!
What is it that warms his veins
and scothes your nerves,
And turns all the world suddenly
from a dismal gray vale of disappoint-
ment to a bright rosy garden of hope—
And starts another day gliding
smoothly along like a new motor car.
What is it that will do more to
transform a man from a fiend into an
angel than baptism in the River Jor-
dan?
It is the first cup of coffee in the
morning! Helen Rowland.
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order competi-
Speaking of mail
‘ tion, hasn’t the retailer been too prone
to sit down and weep—mere likely
cuss—rather than to dig his way out
and turn his obstacles into agencies
with which to climb out and up?
For instance, here is a long-headed
Towa merchant claiming that by
studying mail order house methods
and their psychological relation to his
home neighbers, he found a way to
make them help rather than hurt him.
He said that when a woman went to
a mail order house for a little .red
knit suit for her boy and the boy
came out with it the next Sunday it
immediately made the other mothers
and the other boys want that sort of
a suit, and then his store got busy
with some advertising and scld_ six
or a dozen. When a popular young
lady of the city went to a neighboring
city and bought some new clothes in
a big department store, she created a
good many desires on other streets
ef the home town for similar clothes,
and there was where the local store
cashed in. He found that the mail
order catalogue, as the source of en-
tertainment in literature for the farm-
er on winter evenings, taught the
farmer and his family to want a large
variety of things that he never heard
of before, and in the supplying of de-
mands thus created the local store
demecnstrated its ability to do better
than the mail order houses. Since
this retailer is known to have made a
very unusual success in his merchan-
dising, there was no reason or chance
to question the soundness of his the-
ories,
Paris Green Arsenate of Lead
Get Our Prices
Reed & Cheney Co.
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
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Weare the Largest Buyers
Poultry, Eggs, Packing Stock
Butter and Veal
IN THIS CITY
If not receiving our quotations write us,
Get in touch with us before selling.
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Every wholesale grocer, every retail grocer
and every wholesale or retail grocer’s salesman
or, in fact, anyone at all interested in the gro-
cery business, should read this great grocery
publication regularly.
Special July issue gives the inside facts as to
just how I started with a small amount of capital
and built a great national business within the
short period of six years. It also gives the de-
tails, how the running of this
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advertisement in more than 5,000 country
weeklies, 350 daily newspapers and the leading
national women’s publications is today increas-
ing the profits of every retail and wholesale
grocer in the United States.
The July issue gives the story of Macaroni in
detail; shows why genuine macaroni can be
made only from Durum wheat; tells why Maca-
roni not made trom Durum wheat is not genuine:
contains my personal guarantee that Skinners
Macaroni is made from the highest possible qual-
ty of Durum wheat.
If you wish to know more about your business
and more about the Skinner national adver-
tised line of Macaroni products, simply write
your name and address plainly on a postal
card, stating your business or firm and address
me personally, Paut F. Skinner, PRESIDENT
SKINNER MANUFACTURING COMPANY,
OMAHA, U.S.A.
WE BUY
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Make us your shipments when you ha
Stock—always in the market, quick returns
not receiving our weekly quotations write us.
KENT STORAGE CoO.
ve fresh quality Eggs, Dairy Butter or Packing
We sell Egg Cases and Egg Case material. If
EGGS
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN
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ability, habits and character.
house at Moseley. Address,
Moseley [Station, experienced capable man to
——______——___ take charge of warehouse and do the work in
buying Beans, Potatoes, Seed, and selling Coal, Cement, Salt, etc.
Must have temperate habits and furnish good references in regard to
Man with wife, preferred, to live in our
MOSELEY BROTHERS, Grand Rapids, Mich.
THE HIGH COST OF PROGRESS
E since the friction match came into existence, there have been imitators. Some
of them were content, after having made a match that would light a fire, to “let
well enough alone.” No wonder they didn’t progress beyond the “just as good”’ stage.
But this company has never been satisfied, even though its product was the ‘standard’
by which imitations measured their shortcomings. Even though it has produced the
only match ever awarded a gold medal for proved safety and efficiency, the
SAFE HOME MATCH
We are still spending more money than all other manufacturers of matches combined in
an endeavor to improve our product, our methods and the condition of our workers—
for the benefit of the world at large.
There’s a “DIAMOND” match for every need, every trade, and every price, and every
one of them represents in its class the same effort at perfection and leadership. The
grocer who pins his faith to “DIAMONDS” can rest content that he is selling his cus-
tomers the best match that money, care, science and 40 years of experience can
produce
THE DIAMOND MATCH COMPANY
‘MICHIGAN TRADESMAN
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Grand Council of Michigan U. C. T.
Grand Counselor—John gA. Hach, Cold-
water.
Grand Junior Counselor—W. T. Bal-
lamy, Bay City.
Grand Past Counselor—Fred J. Mou-
tier, Detroit.
Grand Secretary—M. Heuman, Jack-
son.
Grand Treasurer—Lou J. Burch, De-
troit.
Grand Conductor—C. C. Starkweather,
Detroit. :
Grand Page—H. D. Ranney, Saginaw.
Grand Sentinel—A, Stevenson,
Muskegon.
Grand Chaplain—Chas. R. Dye, Battle
Creek.
Next Grand Council Meeting—Jackson.
Pickings Picked Up in the Windy
City.
Chicago, July 16—The Chicago pub-
lic is now being entertained at the
Coliseum by America’s greatest mov-
ing picture stars. They are coming
in from all over the country. This
convention runs from July 14 to 22.
Official headquarters are at the Mor-
rison Hotel.
One of the biggest real estate trans-
fers made in Chicago for some time
back was that of the grounds on
which the \WWhite City amusement park
stands. This property was cwned by
J. Ogden Armour. He has deeded it
to his daughter for a consideration of
$10. This property is now leased by
the White City Amusement Co.,
whose head is Beifeld, of the Hotel
Sherman Co., who has a ninety-nine
year lease on the premises at a rental
of $10,000 per year the first eighteen
menths: $12,000 the next seventeen
years; $15,000 the next thirty-one
years, and then 5 per cent of its fair
cash valuation, not to be less than
$15,000 a year for the succeeding
forty-nine years.
The surest way to happiness is to
read the Michigan Tradesman and
patronize its advertisers.
Chief Schuettler issued an order
last Friday directing enforcement of
the ordinance prohibiting free lunches
in saloons. Every saloon keeper in
the city frem now on stands a chance
of being fined from $5 to $100 if
caught serving free lunches.
se a good fellow! Tell the man
you saw his advertisement in the
Michigan Tradesman. It pleases him
and helps the Tradesman.
Judge Landis, of the United States
Court, in a public speech at the Ham-
ilton Club recently, suggested that
Mayor William Hale Thompson do
or say something patriotic for the
benefit of the ccuntry, so that Chi-
cago, one of the best cities in the
world, might be proud of him.
Chicago was shocked Friday morn-
ing through the death of another po-
liceman, shot down by bank bandits
at Ashland and Sixty-third street. This
makes about fifteen policemen killed
in the last year.
Business in Chicago is enjoying
healthy prosperity in all lines.
It won't be long before all overhead
wires, both electric light, telephone,
telegraph will be completely sub-
merged underground throughout the
entire city.
The Standard Tobacco Co. at 414
East Sixty-first street has added to
its equipment a ford truck. Same will
be decorated with a Dutch Master
cigar advertisement.
The Republic Truck Co., of Alma,
will hold a convention at that point
this coming week for the benefit of
its dealers and salesmen. This truck
company is enjoying a very prosper-
ous business in Chicago.
The Chicago people honored the
I'rench Fourth of July Saturday. In
most all the parks they held celebra-
tions and the flag was quite prominent
throughout all the streets in the city.
It is reported that whisky and oth-
er liquors are getting a decided slap
in the face. Most all loop barrooms
are getting 25 cent straight for a
drink. This, no doubt, will be the
means of nearly eliminating whisky
from the market.
It is quite a sight along Michigan
avenue to see how quick the Govern-
ment can equip a training station,
which it has been doing in Grant
Park. The Naval Training Station
north of Chicago is not large enough
to take care of the new arrivals.
All Chicago bathing beaches are
now dcing business to capacity; shows
summer has arrived at last.
Charles W. Reattoir.
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Used His Automobile for a Mud
Scow.
Mears, July 17—William Berner
(Judson Grocer Company) is sport-
ing a new car. This is not news in
William’s territory, as the fact is well
advertised. Now, I ain’t going to tell
the brand, as I don’t favor giving any
car free advertising. The car is all
right and so is Bill, but I won’t ad-
mit it is the best ever turned out in
any factcry, although William claims
it is the best ever. Will started out
the other day from Grand Haven,
where he had stopped to get his hat
stretched, to call on his Muskegon
customers, This is an easy one hour
ride. Now, you know Berner, Can’t
tell him anything. He knows it all.
William has traveled over this part
of Michigan something less than fifty
years and knows every fcot of the
State, so of course, he knew the road
from Grand Haven to Muskegon.
Could drive it in the dark with a bur-
lap bag over his eyes. After three
hours’ drive he drew in his chest a
little and asked a passing farmer if he
was on the road to Muskegon. “Yep”
answered the rube, “drive straight
ahead.” William took a careful sur-
vey to see that no cne with whom he
was acquainted was listening and then
asked, “How far from Muskegon am
1?” “Just about twenty-five miles,”
was the answer he got. And it was.
As the rube drove off he remarked,
“It’s going to rain.” And it did. Will
says it rained harder than it could.
He drilled through clay until it plug-
ged up the carburetor and he had to
wrap his coat around it. Will says
some of the clay was so deep it reach-
ed the wind shield. Guess he is right,
as he had clay on his knees when he
arrived in Mears, I promised Wil!
I would not tell this, so am simply
writing it, I hate to lie to him for
nothing. If there was a nickel in it,
I would be excusable. While I don’t
admit William has some car, as he
claims, I will murmur William is some
driver.
Time—Left Grand Haven, 2:10 p.
m.; arrived at Muskegon 10:30 Pp. m.
Chronic Kicker,
Often the explanation has nothing
to do with it. :
The Grocer.
Who feeds the inner man each day?
The Grocer.
Who hopes the outer man will pay?
The Grocer.
Who puts your foodstuffs in a sack
And sends you on your homeward track
Not knowing when he’ll see you back?
The Grocer.
Who closes up each night and sighs?
The Grocer.
Who goes to bed with heavy eyes?
The Grocer.
Who walks all day from aisle to aisle
And seldom gets a pleasant smile?
Who longs to stop and rest awhile?
The Grocer.
Who gets fresh eggs and fruit each day?
The Grocer.
Who gets more promises than pay?
The Grocer. .
Who listens to your daily roar,
Your threats to try another store
Without a sign that he is sore?
The Grocer.
He tries to do the best he can,
The Grocer.
He’s kinder than the average man,
The Grocer.
When days are hot and tempers flame
And wild words take the place of tame,
Who nearly always is to blame?
The Customer.
An optimist takes a day off when
he has a toothache.
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Muskegon to! Michigan
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WHEN SILENCE IS GOLDEN.
“T do not want that package,” said
a woman in peevish tone to the girl
who sold pop corn fritters at a
fashionable summer resort. “I want
a package out of the oven.”
The girl turned and, without a
word, handed the desired package,
to the amusement of the proprietor,
who stood back watching the _ per-
formance. As a matter of fact, this
was an off day at the park and no
fire was kept in the oven, but some
of the packages, freshly prepared,
were stored there as a matter of con-
venience. If the girl had explained,
there would have been an altercation
over the freshness of the goods, As
it was, the woman went away satis-
fied.
There is much in knowing what
to say when speech is necessary.
There is quite as much in knowing
how to keep still. When a customer
comes with an order for a certain
kind of goods, it is quite as well, as
a rule, to fill the order without com-
ment. Especially is this true if the
patron is a comparative stranger. Any
attempt to serve one from a favored
brand has the chance of arousing
suspicion. There is, perhaps, more
profit on the unknown quantity, is
the thought which comes. Or there
is a bit of something akin to indigna-
tion that another should presume to
set up their own judgment as su-
perior. :
However, with oldtime patrons it
is usually safe to suggest the more
desirable brand, if you happen to have
one, as a new sort which some seem
to like even better than the one call-
ed for, at the same time calling at-
tention to its leading feature. This
puts the buyer on his own responsi-
bility as to whether a test of it shall
be made.
There are those who think that they
can pick out a better box of berries
or a better melon than you can. Let
them do it without a word. You may
in your own mind feel sure that the
box next to the one chosen was pref-
erable or the fruit may be, to all ap-
pearance, equal in quality. Keep si-
lence and let the customer suit him-
self. To even suggest that the other
packages are just as good is to ques-
tion his ability to judge. As it is,
he goes away believing that he got
the best for his money. There is
no use in puncturing this little bag of
self esteem.
—Eo
The word embargo has had an omi-
nous sound to Americans ever since the
days of Jefferson, but it has come to be
used a great deal in connection with the
war in Europe. The President has now
issued, none too soon, a proclamation
asserting his power under legislation
recently enacted to regulate exports of
foods and other articles, several coun-
tries being specifically named. This
power exists only during the present
war. The action relates particularly to
the large quantities of food and ma-
terials for munitions which have passed
through certain European countries to
Germany. Sweden appears to be the
chief offender and thriftily she has
made use of the vessels of other coun-
tries, thus protecting hers against the
perils of war. It has been shown that
MICHIGAN TRADESMAN
many commodities have been shipped
from that country to Germany, includ-
ing 9,000,000 tons of iron ore, in the
past years. Sweden is, however,
dependent on the United States for large
quantities of food. and it should be quite
easy to bring this offender to
While the Government has
any intention of restricting
such an extent as to cause hardship in
two
terms.
disavowed
exports to
any foreign country, it is quite con-
ceivable that the estimates of the needs
of these European neutrals can be made
extremely small. They could get their
share of all we have to export by be-
coming our allies. The articles pro-
scribed by the President’s proclamation
are coal, coke, fuel oils, kerosene and
gasoline, including bunkers; food grains,
flour and meal therefrom, fodder and
feeds, meats and fats; pig iron, steel
billets, ship plates and structural shapes,
scrap iron and scrap steel; ferro-man-
fertilizers, arms, ammunition,
and explosives. Only by persons licens-
the United States Government
can these commodities be sent abroad.
ganese,
ed by
War has been declared against whis-
ky to the end, beer and wine have been
made to tremble for their existence, but
no one has threatened even mildly the
hitters, tonics, remedies, cordials, com-
pounds, and elixirs which contain large
percentages of alcohol. This fact re-
cently drew some caustic remarks from
Representative Meeker, of Missouri. He
read into the Congressional Record a
list of 746 patent medicines containing
alcohol; very few indeed less than 10
per cent., more than half 20, and four
actually over 90. As he said, the spread
of prohibition is favorable to their sale,
although doubtless the larger portion of
their consumption is by people who be-
lieve in their medicinal value. A few
have national reputations, but the great
majority are manufactured and sold lo-
cally. To exempt alcohol used medicin-
ally from the operation of a general
prohibition law without giving a clear
definition of what constitutes a medi-
cine would be almost farcical. The
Pure Food Law made it much more dif-
ficult fraudulent com-
pounds to prey upon the ignorance and
desperation of poor and ailing people;
but it made clearer than ever their ap-
peal to the tippler.
for obviously
Doubtless the day
of reckoning for these nostrums ap-
proaches, but it comes slowly.
At last the Allies have done the thing
that has been obviously crying to be
done, if they wanted to detach Turkey
from Germany. They have made an
air-raid on Constantinople and attempt-
ed to destroy the German cruiser Goe-
ben. The Turkish capital is a fortified
city if there ever was one. It is the
fortress of the German-Turkish alliance,
because, in the harbor of Stenia, a little
way up the Bosphorus, lies the German
battle cruiser Goeben, which figured so
largely in bringing the Turks into the
war, and which at present constitutes
one of the mainstays of the Teutons in
the Ottoman empire. The Goeben holds
the city of Constantinople under its
guns. These guns hold a shell ready
for every public building, and they are
the only big guns in the vicinity. In
the face of this menace Turkish states-
men, who regard their city with its
the
empire, must remain true to their Teu-
tonic connection.
noble monuments as essential to
It is not beyond the
range of possibility that the Entente
planes have smashed the Goeben, al-
though this would be doing rather well
for a first try. The Germans have only
a few fliers near by at San Stephano.
With these they have frustrated, how-
ever, the Russians’ weekly attempts to
the waterworks upon
which the city depends for its supply.
The British are not much over a hun-
dred miles from the Goeben, on the
islands at the mouth of the Dardanelles.
If they did not succeed this time, they
may the next.
try, try,
bomb Derkos
It should be a case if
try again.
eet eeereereemererenered
The six hundred and forty million
dollars just voted by the House for
twenty-two thcusand aeroplanes and an
air service personnel of more than one
hundred thousand, demonstrate
once more to Germany our complete
must
earnestness in prosecution of the war.
It is but one of many proofs we have
freely offered, the great navy and army
credits, the raising and equipment of a
new army, vast sums voted for a mer-
chant marine to replace U-boat ravages,
this new fleet actually building on the
ways, and dispatch of Gen. Pershing
and the American advance guard to
France. At the present moment this
new evidence of determination — will
come at a very psychological period,
when Germany is hesitating, apparent-
ly, on the brink of real democratic re-
form. The hopelessness of struggling
America’s
and
cn. after endless resources
have truly
thrown into the scales may prove a de-
in men money been
ciding factor in the crisis. Our Govern-
ment is right in going ahead with its
preparations as if for a long strugele,
whatever its hopes. Adequate precau-
tions have been taken, no doubt, in let-
tine contracts, by general clauses pro-
viding for payment of costs plus a cer-
tain percentage of profit, as in some of
the camp-site agreements, by which, if
peace suddenly intervenes, work could
be stopped, disbursements
tion, supplies,
for construc-
etc., at once, and
the greater war expenses be cut down
automatically. But for the present the
Government will rightly continue full
steam ahead with all war preparations.
cease
Reports of a coal shortage in Ger-
many, with the issuance of cards to
coal consumers, again emphasize the
fact that Germany’s economic diffi-
culties, in the last analysis, as well as
those of the other belligerents, are
referable to man-shortage, There can
be no shortage of coal in the ground,
Germany is one of the richest coal
countries in the world. Abundance
of cheap fuel has been to a great ex-
tent the key to her industrial success.
But it is the lack of men to mine the
fuel, to transport it, and deliver it to
the consumer which has caused the
scarcity. Railway equipment runs
down and transportation becomes in-
efficient under the same circumstances.
The whole machinery of a nation
gradually slows down when most- of
its best workers are taken out of pro-
ductive work and their places occu-
pied by less capable men, or women
and children. A sort of national enae-
which makes itself felt
in definite symptoms, such as short-
age of
mia results
food supply, or coal, or in
increased frequency of train wrecks,
or rise in the mortality rate.
Your advertising campaign may be a
miserable failure if
business than you can properly care for.
it produces more
A salesman will invariably do more
talking about one success than he will
about twelve failures.
Mr Automobile Owner:
Are you insured against fire, theft
and liability? The Citizens’ Mutual
Automobile Insurance Company, of
Howell, carried the insurance and
paid for the following automobiles
by theft:
Thos. D. Fitzgerald, of the Sec-
retary of State’s Office, Lan-
SING) oe ee $335.00
Jerry Kastle, New Boston . 300.00
Earl W. Tucker, Wyandotte .. 375.00
Benjamin C. Hilliker, Swartz
Cree... 62. ee... cee see 320.00
Anton Keidis, Scottville ...... 308.00
R. Barringer, Richland ....... 275.00
Mutual Telephone Co., Imiay
Gite. i, 315.00
Frank S. Hagerman, Stevens-
TC 425.00
Glen C. Gillespie, Prosecuting
Attorney, Pontiac .......... 300.00
Kirk Van Winkle, Lansing . 325.00
Ww ft.
. Williamson, Oakland
County ....:......2.......... 975.00
The above losses are paid from every
part of the state. The wise man will
insure in the Big Mutual. Twenty-
five thousand policies issued, 350
claims paid, and $70,000 of cash in
bank.
Cost is only $1.00 for policy and
aoc per h. p.
See local agent, or write.
Citizens’ Mutual Auto Ins. Co.
Howell, Mich.
Special Attention to
Merchants
State of Michigan, Wis-
consin, Indiana
Be the foremost merchant in
your town.
Let me do your fall buying.
Will consider
sentation.
Chicago repre-
Limited number of clients.
Would you engage a ten thou-
sand dollar buyer in your estab-
lishment at $5 per week?
Eighteen years metropolitan ex-
perience.
Highly connected with leading
wholesale houses.
Will buy any line of merchan-
dise.
Will give my personal time.
Any suggestion free of charge
to my clients.
Blouses, women’s, m’sses’, chil-
dren’s and infants’ ready-to-wear
lingerie, corsets, hosiery, under-
wear. All lines of dry goods,
leather goods and jewelry.
Mrs. Jack J. Cowan
Apartment 302, Hotel Brittany
5528 Kenmore Avenue
Chicago, Il.
MICHIGAN TRADESMAN
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wants to be a loyal citizen. No mat- Past History. aan — a @ 30 Rosemary Flows 1 50@1 75 eae yellow less 2 @ 5
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loyalty if he wants to be a citizen boy who is obliging, but not very Berries pvc a — . Ked_Venet oo 140 Ps
of the United States. particular regarding his facial appear- cane see ees an ag Spearmint ..... 3 00@3 25 Whiting, DBE... @ 3
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clin cee and the county of Allegan, One morn'ng the lawyer noticed Prickley Ash .... @ 30° ar, woe 30@ 40 ei :
where in the thirties my people came : ap : Extracts Turpentine, bbls. @ 46 scellaneous
to this State by boat to Detroit from ane, Telale eae ate arent “ Licorice ......... 55 ‘Turpentine, less 53@_ 58 Acetanalid ......, 65@ 72
Rochester, N. Y., and from there to COTMETS of the boy’s mouth and think- Licorice powdered 85@ 90 Le kaginty ae WS Atum 6.2.1.0)... 10@ 12
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Otsego with an ox team over a road ing a hint might do some good, said: Flowers birch” oneal 400@4 25 “Jum, powdered and
cut through the forest, with a family “George, did you have your eggs fried Arnica @3 00 Wintergreen art. 1 25@1 60 = sround ........ 12@ 15
of three children, consisting of my hoi ‘d thi aesiot 7 Chamomile (Ger) 15@1 oo Wormseed ..... aca " Bismuth, Subni-
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small children. It wasn’t very thick- I didn’t have eggs for breakfast ume Potassium nae AEE Oe
ly populated with white people, very this morning,” said George; "Tl had Acacia, ist ...... 60 Bicarbonate .... 190@200 powdered ...... lu@ 16
f ‘ ’ ’ : Acacia, 2nd @ 55 Bichromate ...... 55 60 Cantharades po 2 00@6 00
ew families living at Kalamazoo, eggs for breakfast yesterday. hy 7 Bromide ........ 140@150
: ; : Acacia, Sorts .... 30@ 35 ° Calomel 2 56
Gun Plains and Allegan, but there Acacia, powdered 4u@ ov Carhcente Neos 1 br is > ce 56@2 60
were quite a number of Indians, some Aloes (Barb. Pow) 30@ 40 powdered ...... SP SCU «<4 <3 39@ 40
good and some bad, which mainly OFFICE OULFITTERS Aloes (Cape Pow) 20@ 25 Chlorate, ai re CS a: et 6
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made up the associates of the chil- ; B POW. 1. .4.5.e0. 5@ 80 ose = =@ 40
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Chocola 2 12 Folger’s Mustard, 4 i eee -- 1 80 No. 20, each 100ft. long 1 90 Specialties
Cigars ......-. Summer Sky, 6 oz., Mustard, 2 Ib. ..... -. 280 1 Pail
Clothes Lines a. 3 4 160 No. 19, each 100ft. long 2 10 s
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Coffee Cece cee eee oe 3, 4 per doz. ........... . 85 oo : _ eee ; = COCOA Butter Cream Corn .. 19
Confections ........ 4 BREAKFAST FOODS ‘iaiteann Baker’s 39 Caramel Bon Bons 18
Cream Tartar ....... 5 Bear Food, Pettijohns 3 50 Bute kg go Cleveland .............. 41 Caramel Croquettes .. 17
D Cracked Wheat, 24-2 ..4 50 roe eo? ee Colonial, is peieeeeee 4 eae at _
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Dried Fruits ......... 5 (ieem of Wheat .... 750 Hotels is ,:..:...... Out E 42 National Mints 7 Ib tin 22
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1 Oysters Hershey’s, %s ......... 32 Fudge, Walnut ...... 18
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Farinaceous Goods .. Quaker Puffed Wheat 4 30 '
Fishing Tackle oe 5 Quaker Brkfst Biscuit 190 Cove, 2 Ib. ....... -- @180 Huyler ................ 86 Fudge, White Center 16
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Flavoring Extracts .. Quaker Corn Flakes .. 2 60 Plums i. uAEL Tia wn unt 17
Flour and Feed ...... ; Washington Crisps .. : ” pee ee con 1 oer 00 ion Fone rickic Canes 18
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Pi Holland RuSk ........ Early June .... 1 50@1 60 Van Houten, 1s ... Jelly Mello 15
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6 Ross’s Whole Wheat Dunham’s per lb. Ib. box
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Rolled Oats ......... No. 3 . 90 “Shrimps Common a | colipon .;.......... . 3 50
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Shoe. Blacking ...... 9 LOR Standard .......cee0.. 2 00 Mexican NUTS—Whole
Snuff ..... bocce. ae 9 Soest ae ct -. 200 Fancy .....secseeeeeee 375 Ghotce ............... 25
oo cc coces 14 A Tomatoes Fanay ....... ea a Almonds, Tarragona 21
ee 4 CANDLES ie 8 conseese 1 a Siaenee Galea
UOMO 2 oboe teaver -s 9 Paraffine, 6s ........ 10 No, 8 ....cccusssecus Oe Fair a soft shell Drake ...
cs te ee 4 = 128 ......0. : No. 10 vent caseeesaes 6 75 ee = as Uc
WHE eee eee eee Wicking ..... eecceee . a en Filberts ......... i.
: . = ee
oa gee %s, 4 doz. in case ....4 50 Private Growth .... » 4 aoe. gia see
Table Sauces ........ 9 ys, 4 doz. in case ....750 Mandling .......... s1@ss Walnuts, Grenoble
Tes aeons osees gee 2 4 a Ib. standards . @1 4 1s, 4 doz, in case ..»-10 00 Aukola srensater ts Pe. cain Bee bes
obacco ........ (ae oe a 18 i ocha tas
Twine .........-.---- Snider's % pints ......150 ghort Bean ........ 25@27 Pecans a vece”*”
1 Pecans gs
Vv 2 _—— 1 %5@2 00 Snider's pints ..... -- 250 Long Bean ........ 24925 35 ae
Vinegar ......... ++. 2 Standard No 10.. O73 | | CHEESE . 8.4.0. ae No, 1. Spanish Shelled
Beans Carson City .... @26 Fair 1 eanuts .....
Ww @26 secon secceresonse Ex. Lg. Va. Shelled
Been i iccceae 1 25@2 25 Brick .........-- fee
Washing Powders .... : Red Kidney .... 1 25@135 Leiden .......... @ a Market, ‘ile ee +: Wee
Wicking .....--. “. 12 ‘String .......... 150@2 00 Limburger ....... @29 soot Market, Strong es ge
Woodenware 12 Wa 150@2 00 Pineapple ...... 1 25@1 35 Walnut Halve @
Wrapping Paper ..... - * "Blueberries Edam Wale $i 80 Package Filbert Meats ...... @42
Standard 140 Sap Sago........ @ New York Basta Almonds ........... @45
at Ce 18 No. 10 ...c.ccll5L1) 738) Swiss, Domestic. % Arbuckle ........... 2150 Jordon Almonds .....
July 18, 1917
5
Peanuts
Fancy H P Suns
Haw .......; 114@12%
Roasted’ .... 12%@134
H P Jumbo
MAW i. ere. 138% @18%
Roasted ..... 144@14%
CREAM TARTAR
Barrels or Drums .... 58
Square Cans ........... 62
IBGkCS ool tae 57
Fancy Caddies ......... 70
DRIED FRUITS
pples
Evap’ed Choice blk.. @13
Evap’ed Fancy blk @
Apricots
California .......:.. @25
Citron
Corsican <...2.......-.. 25
Currants
Imported, 1 lb. pkg. ..19
{mported, bulk ....... 18%
Peaches
Muirs—Choice, 25 Ib. .. 12
Muirs—Fancy, 25 Ib. .. 13
Fancy, Peeled, 25 Ib. ....
Peel
Lemon, American ..... 20
Orange, American ...... 21
Ralsins
Cluster, 20 cartons ..
Loose Muscatels, 4 Cr. 9
— Muscatels, 3 Cr. 8%
. M. Seeded, 11b 10% @10%
Callfornia Prunes
90-100 25 lb. boxes ..@10
80- 90 25 Ib. boxes ..@10%
70- 80 25 lb. boxes ..@111%4
60- 70 25 lb. boxes ..@12%
50- 60 25 Ib. boxes ..@13
40- 50 25 lb. boxes ..@15
FARINACEOUS GOODS
Beans
California Limas .... 17%
Med. Hand Picked ....10
Brown Holland ...... 8
Farina
25 1 Ib. packages .... 2 50
Bulk, per 100 tb. ...... |.
Original Holland Ruak
Packed 12 rolls to container
3 containers (40) rolls 8 80
Hominy
Pearl, 100 Ib. sack .... 5 25
Maccaron! and cain
Domestic, 1 Ib. box ..
Imported, 25 Ib. box ...
Pearl Barley
Chester .00 eo. 6 50
Portage ee
Peas
Green, Wisconsin, bu. 7 00
ODE, 1b. ..56........ 12 %
Sago
Hast India ...;........ 15
German, sacks ........ 15
German, broken pkg.
Taploca
Flake, 100 Ib. sacks ... 15
Pearl, 100 Ib. sacks ... 15
Pearl. po pkes: ...... 2 75
Minute, 10c, 3 doz. ....3 25
FISHING TACKLE
% (0 lin. 2c... .- 6
1% fo 2 in. 2... ccd
ime fo 2 ta) oo: 9
1% to 3 in. ..:.. eee ss 11
BA ee eee Seeecs 5
ee te. 20
Cotton Lines
No. 1, 10 feet ...... ae
No. 2, 15 feet cee
No. 3, 15 feet ........ 9
Nu; 4, 35 feet ........ 10
No. 5, 16 feet ..... sone at
No. 6, 15 feet ........ 12
;
No. 8, 15 feet ........ 18
No. 9, 15 feet ........ 20
Linen Lines
Smal oie. wenees oes oO
Medium 330... 6... 26
ATES o. 6. cc. ce 34
Poles
Bamboo, 14 ft., per doz. 55
Bamboo, 16 ft., per doz. #0
Bamboo, 18 ft., per doz. 80
FLAVORING EXTRACTS
Jennings D C Brand
Pure Vanilla
No. 1, & 0% .......... 98
NO. 2, 3 Gf... 35
INO. 4.9% OZ. 60535... 2 40
No. 3, 2% oz. Taper ..2 25
2 00
2 Om, Plat 2.6).
Terpeneless
Pure Lemon
No 1, % oz. Panel .. 85
No 2, 1% oz. Panel .. 1 20
No 4, 2% oz. Panel .. 2 25
No. 3, 2% oz. Taper 2 00
2 oz. Flat ............ 2 00
July 18, 1917
6
FLOUR AND FEED
Grand Rapids Grain &
Milling Co.
Winter Wheat
Purity Patent ...... 13 80
Fancy Spring ...... 14 50
Wizard Graham .... 13 00
Wizard, Gran. Meal 10 00
Wizard Buckw’t cwt. 6 00
VG cee cee cc. as .5 - 90
JELLY
5Ib. pails, per doz. ..
15lb. pails, per pail .. 1 05
30lb. pails, per ~ -. 200
T
Jell-O
3 doz.
Assorted Case ....... 2 85
Lemon (Straight) .... 2 85
Orange (Straight) .... 2 85
Raspberry (Straight) 2 85
Strawperry (Straight) 2 85
Chocolate (Straight) 2 85
Chocorate (Straigrt) 2 85
Peach (Straight) .... 2 85
Jell-O Ice Cream Powder.
oz.
Assorted Case ...... 2 85
Chocolate (Straight) 2 85
Vanilla (Straight) .... 2 85
Strawberry (Straight) 2 =
Lemon (Straight) ... 2 8
Unflavored (Straight) 2 se
Jiffy-Jell
Straight or Assorted
Per dom ....2........ 2 tt
Per case, per 4 doz. .. 4 60
Seven Flavors: Raspberry,
Strawberry, Cherry, Lemon,
Orange, Lime, Pineapple.
JELLY GLASSES
% pt. in bbls., per doz. 25
% pt. in bbls., per doz. 27 .-
8 oz. capped in bbls..
per doz.
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
Per Cas@ ...ccs.s.0-.5 6 40
MOLASSES
New Orleans
Fancy Open Kettle .... 50
@noice «..:.....c..560. = 4
GOOG oe cecccccecctccas (Ot
StOCK ........ see
Half barrels "8c “extra
Red Hen, No. 2% ....2 90
Red Hen, No. 5 ......2 90
Red Hen, No. 10 ......2 80
MUSTARD
% Ib. 6 Ib. box ........ 16
VE
Bulk, 1 gal. kegs 1 10@1 20
Bulk, 2 gal. kegs 1 056@1 1b
Bulk, 5 gal. kegs 1 00 : 10
Stuffed, 6 of. ........: 10
Stuffed, § oz. ........ i 60
Stuffed, c4°07. 2.2... 50
Pitted (not stuffed)
AOR oc ca ces 3 2 50
Manzanilla, 8 oz. .... 1 10
Lunch, 10 oz. ....... 1 50
luunch, 16 07: ......: 2 60
Ques Mammoth, _
sedece cee e ce caus 00
ary
Olive Chow, 2 doz. cs.
per doz. 2
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
Iron Barrels
Perfection ......5cess05 Ss
Red Crown Gasoline .. 20.5
Gas Machine Gasoline 32.9
VM & P Naphtha .. 20.
ne a Cylinder, Seung
p eeelae 9
capitol Cylinder, Iron as
‘oe Red Engine .. 19.9
Winter Black ........ 10.4
POIBPING | .0.0..56.6 9
PICKLES
Medium
Barrels, 1,200 count .. 9
Half bbls., 600 count 5
5 gallon kegs ........
Ss
ma
BAUTGlS sconces ccce ee ¥ &
Eial® barrels ;...:....
5 gallon kegs ....... 3 bo
Gherkins
50
7
arrels 3... ... 5. cess
Half barrels ........
5 gallon kegs ........ 2 75
Sweet Small
Barrels ........ ssece aa 00
Half barrels ....-. --11 50
5 gallon kegs ........ 4 20
PIPES
Clay, No, 216, per box
Clay, T. D. full count 80
COM ccc cecccccaaesss 90
PLAYING CARDS
No. 90, Steamboat ....
No. 15, Rival assorted 1
No. 20, Rover, enam’d 1
No. 572, Special ..... 2
No. 8 Golf, Satin fin. 2
No. 08, Bicycle weeees 2 20
No. 632 prety whist 2
TASH :
Habba. 2 doz.
PROVISIONS
Barreled Pork
Clear Back .. 42 00@43 00
Short Cut Clr 7 oon 00
Bean .........40 00@41 00
gi Clear @43 00
eee eeeeces
Clear’ Family ee :
Dry Salt ea
$s P Bellies aeee-19 @20
Lard
Pure in tierces 22%4@23
Compound Lard 19 @19%
80 Ib. tubs ....advance %
60 Ib. tubs ....advance %
50 Ib. tubs ....advance \%
MICHIGAN TRADESMAN
8
20 Ib. pails ...advance
10 Ib. pails ...advance
5 Ib. pails ...advance 1
3 Ib. pails ...advance 1
Smoked Meats
Hams, 14-16 Ib. ee
Hams, 16-18 Ib. 21
Hams, 18-20 Ib. O%OR
Ham, dried beef
enna ser teges 29 @30
alifornia Hams 31 21
Picnic Boiled an
Hams ........ 19%@20
Boiled Hams .. 38 @39
Minced Hams ..174%@18
Bacon ......... 33 @36
Sausages
BOlOSNA 2.66. ccc ecu se
Liver Sec ecesescesenee 13
Brankfort ...cccccecse At
Pork oo5. 0.06. -»- 14@15
Weal conc... ccc cc. EE
THOMSUG 22. ccc cc ccucs EE
Headcheese Scecge ee 44
ef
Boneless ..... 25 00@27 00
Rump, new .. 30 00@31 00
Plg’s Feet
yy DDS. ccc scececcece 1%
% bbis., 40 Ibs. ...... 3 40
1 DHIS. ...00....22-5 €.00
T bb ..c..... cca 12 00
Tripe
Kite, 16 lbs. .......... 90
¥% bbis., 40 Ibs. ...... 1 60
% bbis., 80 Ibs. ...... 3 00
Casings
Hogs, per Ib. ........ 35
Beef, rounds, set .. 19@20
Beef, middles, set .. 45@65
Sheep ... 1 15@1 35
Uncolored Butterine
Solid Dairy ...... 22 @25
Country Rolls ....25 @27
Canned Meats
Corned Beef, 2 Ib. .. 6 60
Corned Beef, 1 lb. .. 3 -
Roast Beef, 2 lb. .... 6 6
Roast Beef, 1 lb. .... 3 40
Potted Meat, Ham
Flavor, %48 .cccccee 88
Potted Meat, Ham
Flavor, %8 ...... zoe 2 00
Deviled Meat, Ham
PIavor, %S c.cocese 55
Deviled Meat, Ham
Flavor, %s ...... coe EF OC
Potted Tongue, %s .. 55
Potted Tongue, %s .. 1 00
RICE
Wancy ......
Bule Rose ..
Broken ..ccccsccccce
ROLLED OATS
Monarch, bbls. .... 10 00
Rolled Avena, bbls. 10 25
Steel Cut, 100 Ib. sks. 5 10
Monarch, 90 Ib. sks. .. 5 00
Quaker, 18 Regular .. 1 75
Quaker, 20 Family .. 5 60
SALAD DRESSING
Columbia, % pint .... 2 25
Columbia. 1 pint ..... 4 00
Durkee’s, large, 1 doz. 4 20
Durkee’s, small, 2 doz. 5
Snider’s, large, 1 doz. 2
Snider’s, small, 2 doz. 1
SALERATUS
Packed 60 Ibs. in box.
Arm and Hammer .. 3 10
Wyandotte, 100 %s .. 3 00
SAL SODA
Granulated, bbls. .... 1 40
Granulated, 100 Ibs. cs. 1 50
Granulated, 36 pkgs. ..1 40
cececee 8@8%
@8
SALT
Common Grades
100 3 Ib. sacks ...... 8
70 4 lb. sacks ...... 3 06
60 5 Ib. sacks ...... 3 0
28 10 lb. sackg ...... 3 90
56 Ib. sacks ........ 48
28 Ib. sacks ......... 24
Warsaw
56 Ib. sacks ........ 26
28 lb. dairy in drill bags 20
Solar Rock
56 Ib. sackS ...cccccece
Commen
Granulated, Fine .... 1 60
Medium, Fine ........ 1 75
SALT FISH
Cod
Large, whole ...... @10%
Small, whole ...... @10
Strips or bricks 11% 915
Pollock ..... deccecus @ 8%
Holland Herring
Standards, bbls. ..... 13 5@
¥. M., bbls. ......... 16 @
Standard, Rees. ..... 85
Y. — Cowes cess | SG
Med. Fat Spit, “4 Ibs 8 00
Laborador Split 200 Ib 10 00
Norway 4 200 Ibs. 16 4
Special, 8 Ib. pails ..
Scaled, in boxes ...... i7
Boned, 10 Ib. boxes .... 17
Trout
No. 1, 100 Ibs. ...... - 150
No, 1, 40 Ibs. ........ 2 2
No. f, 30 Ibm ....-2c... OC
Me tt he ......... ©
Mackerel
_ Tbs. ...... 16 60
MEA o. ce as .
Bi ccacceuc & Oe
B ccececs ees 2 ae
No. 1, 100 Ibs. ...... 15 50
No. ¥, 46 Ibe. ........ € 7@
No. & 10 the ........ 5
Lake Herring
106 Iba. ...........5.. &
AG We oc cone cee 5
10D RR ee eee 8
S Woe .c..cc.5..-.0.. GE
SEEDS
WRG oo icccectcccces
Canary, Smyrna ...... 8
CATAWAY .ccccccccces 10
Cardomon, = 1 20
Galery 5.2.63... cs «e 45
Hemp, Eaten sccceca Cu
Mixed Bird .......... 9
Mustard, white decease au
PODBY «6... ceccccces EC
Rape) coc. cccccccsess fe
SHOE BLACKING
Handy Box, large 8 dz. 3 50
Handy Box. small .. 1 25
Bixby’s Royal Polish 85
Miller’s —. aaa 85
SNU
in bladders ... 37
Scotch,
Maccaboy, in jars .... 35
French Rapple in jars .. 43
soD. .
ROWER ooo ccc eee. aces OY
Reese, English ........ 4%
SPICE
Whole alee
Allspice, Jamaica ..
Allspice, Ig. Garden @11
Cloves, Zanzibar
Cassia, Canton ....
Cassia, 5c pkg. doz.
Ginger African ..... @15
Ginger, Cochin .... @20
Mace, Penang ..... @90
Mixed, No. 1 ...... @17
Mixed, No. 2 .. 16
Mixed, 5c pkgs. “az. @45
Nutmegs, 70-80 .... @85
Nutmegs, 105- 110° we
Pepper, Black .... @30
Pepper, White ....
Pepper, Cayenne ..
Paprika, Hungarian
Pure Ground In ou.
Allspice, Jamaica ..
@40
Cloves, Zanzibar ...
Cassia, Canton . @32
Ginger, African . @24
Mace, Penang ..... @1 00
Nutmees ........... 3
Pepper, Black ..... @30
Pepper, White -. @38
Pepper, Cayenne ... @30
Paprika, Hungarian @45
STARCH
Corn
Kingsford, 40 lbs. .. 7™
Muzzy, oo a pkgs. 7%
gsford
Silver Peg 40 llb. .. 7%
Gloss
Argo, 24 5c pkgs. .... 95
Silver Gloss, 16 3lbs. .. 7%
Silver Gloss, 12 6lbs. .. 8%
Muzzy
48 1lb. packages ...... 7%
16 3lb. packages ...... a
12 6lb. packages ...... 8%
50 ID: Homes ...4.:.... 6%
SYRUPS
Corn
areele .....<...-26-+.-
Half barrels ..........
Blue Karo, No. 1%,
OO eae ecn « 3 05
o
Blue Karo, No. 2, 2 dz. 3 80
Blue Karo, No. 2%, 2
doz.
Blue Karo, No. 5, 1 dz. 4 45
Blue Karo, No. 10, %
doz. 4
Red Karo, No. 1%, 2
G07, «26.52... s eee
Red Karo, No. 2, :
Red Karo, No. 2% 2dz.
Red Karo, No. 5, 1 dz.
Red Karo, No. 10 %
we Ol ee CO
>
>
85
Choice
Folger’s Grape Punch
Quarts, doz. case ... 6 00
TABLE SAUCES
Halford, large .
Halford, small
TEA
Uncolored Japan
Medium ........... 20@25
CHOICE 2. ccciscccces
WAnCy ...5.-2-:-+--
Basket-fired Med’m
Basket-fired Choice
Basket-fired Fancy
Siftings ies
Siftines, 1 tb. ‘pk gS.
Gunpowder
Moyune, Medium ..
Moyune, Choice ..
Moyune, Fancy ....
Ping Suey, Medium
Ping Suey, Choice 35@40
Ping Suey, Fancy .. 45@50
| Young Hyson
sChialee 6. ccc ccc. cs 28@30
Vancy ...........-. 46@656
10
Oolong
Formosa, Medium -. 16@28
Formosa, Choice ..
Formosa, Fancy ..
English Breakfast
Congou, Medium .. 25@30
Congou, Choice .... =
Congou, Fancy ... 60
ju, Ex. Fancy $0 80
Ceyion
Pekoe, Medium ....
Dr. Pekos, Choice .. 30@35
Flowery P. Fancy 40@50
TOBACCO
Fine Cut
MOG occ se ce se 45
Boas tin pall ...... 4 50
BOG cco... 11 00
Dan ‘Path, 8 ‘and 16 oz. 38
Dan Patch, 4 oz. .... 11 53
Dan Patch, 2 Om. .... & 7
Fast Mail, 16 oz. .... 7 80
Hiawatha, IG om, .... 8
Hiawatha, 5c ........ 5 76
May Flower, 16 oz. .. 9 38
No Limit, 8 oz. ...... 1 95
No Limit, IG oz. .... $ 96
Ojibwa, 8 and 16 oz. 40
Ojibwa, 10c 7 "
Ojibwa, 8 and 16 oz. .. 42
Petoskey Chief, 7 oz.
Petoskey Chief, 14 oz.
Peach and Honey, 5c
Red Bell, 14 oz. ....
Red Bell, 20e ........
Sterling, L & D, s
Sweet Cuba, canister
Sweet Cuba, Bc ....
Sweet Cuba, 10c ......
Sweet Cuba, 1 Ib. tin
Sweet Cuba, % Ib. foil
Sweet Burley, 5c L&D
Sweet Burley, 8 oz. .
Sweet Burley, 16 oz.
Olt TOTES OID AON Apr:
~3
a
Sweet Mist, % gro. ..5 76
Sweet Mist, 8 oz. 11 10
Telegram, 5c ....... 76
Wieer. Se ............ 6 00
Teer, 25¢ Cans ...... 2 50
Uncle Daniel, 1 Ib. .. 60
Uncle Daniel, 1 oz. .. 5 23
Plug
Am. Navy, 16 oz. ...... 35
Apple, 10 Ib. butt ...... 41
Day’s Work, 7 & 14 lb. 42
Drummond Nat. Leaf, 2
and G Ih ............ 60
Drummond Nat. Leaf,
per dom ..........3.; 96
Battla Aw ............ 32
Bracer, 6 and 12 Ib. .. 30
Big Four, 6 and 16 Ib. 32
Beot Jack, 2 Ib. ....... 90
Boot Jack, per doz. .. 96
Bullion, 16 of. ........ 46
Climax Golden Twins 49
Climax, 14% oz. ....... 44
Climax, 7 OF. . 200 cokes. 47
Climax, 5c tins ...... 6 00
Creme de Menthe, lb. 65
Derby, 5 Ib. boxes .... 28
G Bros, 4 ib. .......... 66
Four Roses, 10c ........ 90
Gilt Edges, 2 Ib. ...... 50
Gold Rope, 6 and 12 Ib. 58
Gold Rope, 4 and 8 lb. 58
G. O. P., 12 and 24 Ib. 40
Granger Twist, 6 Ib. .. 50
G. T. W., 10 and 21 Ib. 38
Horse Shoe, 6 and 12 Ib. 48
Honey Dip Twist, 5
and 10 Ib.
Jolly Tar, i
J. T., 536 and 11 Ib. .. 40
Kentucky Navy, 12 Ib. 32
Keystone Twist, 6 Ib. 465
Kismet. 6 Ih .........- 48
Maple Dip, 16 oz. .... 5 04
Merry Widow, 12 lb. .. 32
Nobby Spun Roll 6 & 3 58
Parrot, Ib
Patterson’s Nat. Leaf 98
Peachey, 6, 12 & 24 lb. 47
Picnic Twist, 5 Ib. .... 50
Piper Heidsieck 4&7 1b. 69
Piper Heidsieck, per dz. 96
Polo, 3 doz., per doz. 48
Red Cross
Scrapple, 2 and 4 doz. 48
Sherry Cobbler, 8 oz. 33
Spear Head, 12 oz.
Spear Head, 14% oz. .. 46
Spear Head, qT oz. 50
Sq. Deal, 7, 14 & 28 ‘Yb. 30
Star, 6, 12 and 24 Ib. .. 48
Standard Navy, 7%, 15
and 30 Ib
Ten Penny, 6 ps 12 Ib. 35
Town Talk, 14 oz. ..... 33
Yankee Girl, 12 “a 24 Ib. 33
Scrap
All Red, 5c ..... cucae © 16
Am. Union Ey: . 5 40
Bag Pipe, 6c .. 5 88
Cutlas, 2% oz. ... 26
Globe Scrap, 2 oz. .... 30
Happy Thought, 2 oz. 30
Honey Comb Scrap, 5c
Honest Scrap, 5c .
Mail Pouch, 4 doz. “Be
Old Songs, 5c .......
Old Times, % gro. ..
Polar Bear, 5c, % gro.
Red Band, 5c, % gro.
Red Man ‘Serap, Se .:
Scrapple, 5c pkgs. ....
Sure Shot, 5c, % gro. 5 76
Yankee Girl Scrap , al 6 00
Pan Handle Scrp % er 6 00
Peachey Scrap, 5c .... & 76
me ROTONCT NO + oO
un
o
11
Smoking
All Leaf, zs & 7 oz. 30
%oO 00
= aesdeass @
Ae OM 5k c --12 00
Be if oe. |... 24 00
Badger, 3 oz. ........ 5 04
Badger, 7 oz. ........11 62
Banner, 6c ........... 8 76
Banner, 20c .......... 1 60
wena 3
Bull Durham, 5c. secee © 3s
Bull Durham, 10c .. 10 80
Bull Durham, 15¢ .... 1 45
Bull Durham, 8 os. .. 3 60
Bull Durham, 16 os. .. 6 72
Buck Horn, 5c ...... 5 76
Buck Horn, 10c .....
Briar Pipe, 5c boots 76
Briar Pipe, 10c ......11 52
Black Swan, 5c 5
Black Swan, 14 oz. .. 3 50
Bob White, Se
Carnival, 5e
Carnival, % oz.
Carnival, 16 oz.
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, Sha ..... 3 55
Corn Cake, ri | SE ea 1 90
Corn Cake, Be ...... 5 76
Cream, 50c pails .... 4 70
Cuban Star, 5c foil .. 5 76
Cuban Star, pails .... 4 40
Chips, ie .......... 10 30
Dills Best, 1% oz. .... 79
Dills Best, 5% os. .... 7
Dilis Best, 16 om .... 1
Dixie Kid, GG .......- 48
Duke’s Mixture, Ge .. u 76
Duke’s Mixture, 10c ..11 82
Duke’s Cameo, 5c .... % 76
Deum, Ge .....(2... 5 76
EE. A. 4 on ...... 5 04
EF A. 7 om ....., 11 52
Pashion, 5S¢ ..........- 6 00
Fashion, 16 om ...... 5 28
Five Bros., fe 1.5... 5 76
Five Bros.,. ide... 10 80
Five cent cut Plug .. 29
EF @©@ HR ite ....:.., 11 62
Four Roses, 10c ...... 96
Full Dress, 1% oz. ... 72
Glad Hand, Se ........ 48
Gold Block, 10c ......12 00
Gold Star, 50c pall .. 4 60
Gail & Ax Navy, 5c 6 00
Growler, Ge .......... 48
Growler, t5e ........ 1 50
Growler 30e ........ 3 00
Giane, be ..5552.3.-... 6 00
Giant. 406... ......; 3 72
Hand Made, 2% oz. .. 60
Hazel Nut, Ge ...... 6 00
Honey Dew, We .... 1
Hunting, S¢ .......... 38
EX &, Se .......5.4.. § 10
rx & pails ....:. 4 95
Kim Dried, 16 og. ... 3 50
King Bird, 7 o7. ...... 2 16
King Bird, ic ...... 11 52
King Bird, 6c ....... 5 76
Ee, Turka, fe ........ 76
Little Giant, ¥ Ib. .... &
Lucky Strike, 10c .... 96
Le Redo, 3 oz. 10
Le Redo, 8 & 16 oz. .. 40
Myrtle Navy, 10c ....11 52
Myrtle Navy, 5c ..... 5 76
Maryland Club, Sc .... 6&0
Mayflower, 5c ........ 6 00
Mayflower, 10c ...... 1 00
Mayflower, 20c ...... 1 92
Nigger Hair, 6c ...... 6 00
Nigger Hair, 10c .... 11 52
Nigger Head, 5c .... 5 40
Nigger Head, 10c ... 10 56
Noon Hour, Se ...... 48
pi ar 1-12 gro. 11 52
Mt. Ge. ......... 5 76
1
Old English. Crve 1% oz. 96
Old Crop, 5c 6
Oll Crop, 35c
P. S., 8 oz. 30 Ib. case 19
P. s., 3 oz., per gro. 5 70
Pat Hand, i OM ...ses 63
Patterson Seal, 1% oz. 48
Patterson Seal, 3 oz. .. 96
Patterson Seal, 16 oz. 5 00
Peerless, 5c ‘ 5
Peerless, 10c cloth ..11 52
Peerless, 10c paper 10 80
Peerless, 20c ....... -. 204
Peerless, 40c ........ 08
Plaza, 2 gro. case .... 5 76
Plow Boy, Sc ........
Plow Boy, 10c
Plow e? 16 oz.
Pedro, 10C ..ccccccees 9
Pride fe Virginia, iK” .
Pilot, 7 oz. doz. .... 1 06
Queen Quality, 5c .... 48
Rob Roy, 5c foil .... 6 00
Rob Roy, 10c gross ..11 52
Rob Roy, 25c doz. .... 2 50
Rob Roy, 50c doz. .... 4 90
S. & M. 6c gross .... 5 76
S. & M., 14 oz. doz. .. $ 80
Soldier Boy, 5c gross 57
Soldier Boy, 10c ...... 10 50
Stam. G@ ......-+-.-<- 5 76
Stag. 10¢ ......¢.0.4.. 11 52
Stag, 8 oz. glass .... 4 50
Stag, 90c glass ..... . 8 40
Soldier Boy, 1 Ib. .... 4 75
Sweet Caporal, 1 oz 60
30
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July 18, 1917
SPECIAL PRICE CURRENT
12
Sweet Lotus, bc ....
Sweet Lotus, 10c ....11 52
Sweet Lotus, 16 0z. .. 5 50
Sweet Rose, 214 0Z. .. 30
Sweet Tip Top, 5c ..-- 50
Sweet Tip Top, 10c .. 1 00
Sweet Tips, % gro. ..11 52
Sun Cured, 10c _ ...---- 98
Summer Time, 5c ...-- 5 76
Summer Time, 7 02. 1 65
Summer Time, a4 oz. 3 50
Standard, 5c foil .... .
Standard, 10c paper
Seal N. C. 1% cut plug 70
Seal N. C. 1% Gran. .-
Three Feathers, 1 02. 48
Three Feathers, 10c 11 52
Three Feathers, and
Pipe combination .. 2 25
Tom & Jerry, 40c .--- 4 00
Tom & Jerry, 20c .--- 2 00
Tom & Jerry, 3 0Z. ..
Turkish, Patrol, 2-9 5 76
Tuxedo, 1 0z. bags -- =
Tuxedo, 2 oz. tnis ..-- ¥
Tuxedo, 20C ..cecceees 04
Tuxedo, soc tins .--. 8 15
Union Leader, 5e coli 6 00
Union Leader, 10c ae
CUE cn cccceseeese* 11 52
Union Leader 50c box 5 10
War Path, 5c ..-----: 6 0
ouch ...--erersees
Union Leader, ready
War Path, 20c .----- 1 4
Wave Line, 3 02. .---- 4
Wave Line, 16 0Z. .--- =
Way Up, 2% OZ. --:- 5 .
Way Up, 16 0z. pails 3
Wild Fruit, 5c ..---- 6 »
Wild Fruit, 10c ..--- 12 z
Yum Yum, 5c ...----- - 2 6
Yum Yum, 10c ...-- 11 52
Yum Yum, 1 1b. doz. 5 40
CIGARS
Peter Dornbos Brands
Dornbos Single
Binder ...----++-+> 35 00
Dornbos, Perfectos .. 39 00
Dornbos, Bismarck 70 00
Allan D. Grant ...-- 65 00
Allan D. ..---e-eeeee 35 00
hnson Cigar Co.’s Brand
ae Masters Club 70 0
Dutch Masters Inv. 70 00
Dutch Masters Pan. 70 00
Dutch Master Grande 65 00
El Portana
Dutch Masters, 5c
Ss Cc. WwW.
Gee Jay
Johnson’s Straight
Above five brands are
sold on following ee
Less than 300 ....---- 35 00
300 assorted ....---+--- 35 00
2500 assorted 33 00
3% trade discount on 300
or more.
2% cash discount on all
purchases.
Worden Grocer Co. Brands
Worden’s Hand Made
Londres, 50s Wood .. 33 00
TWINE
Cotton, 3 ply ......-.- 40
Cotton, 4 ply ....--.-- 40
Jute, 2 PlY ..-----2-0 25
Hemp, 6 ply ....---++- 30
Flax, medium ......+.- 35
Wool, 1 lb. bales ...... 17
VINEGAR
White Wine, 40 grain 12
White Wine, 80 grain 17
White Wine, 100 grain 20
Oakland Vinegar & Pickle
Co.’s Brands
Highland apple cider 22
Oakland apple cider .. 17
State Seal sugar ..... 1
Blue Ribbon, Corn ... 12%
Oakland white picklg 12
Packages free.
WICKING
No. 0, per gross ......-- 35
No. 1, per gross ......- 45
No. 2, per gross ....... 60
No. 3, per gross ......- 90
WOODENWARE
askete
oo a 1 20
Bushels, wide band .. 1 25
Market, drop handle .. 45
Market, single handle 50
Splint, large ........ 4 00
Splint, medium ....... 3 50
Splint, small ........ 3 00
Willow, Clothes, large
Willow, Clothes, small
Willow, Clothes, me’m
Butter Pilates
Ovals
% Ib., 250 in crate .... 35
% Ib., 250 in crate .... 35
1 Ib., 250 in crate ..... . 40
2 Ib., 250 in crate ...... 50
3 Ib., 250 in crate ...... 790
6 Ib., 250 in crate ...... 90
13
Wire End
1 Ib., 250 in crate ...... 35
2 Ib., 250 in crate ...... 45
= 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
Round Head
4% inch, 5 gross --o> oe
Cartons, No. 24, 24s, bxs. 70
Egg Crates and Fillers
Humpty Dumpty, 12 az
No. 1 complete bees. rH
No. 2 complete ....... 35
Case, medium, 12 sets 1 30
Faucets
Cork lined, 3 in. ....
Cork lined, 9 in. .... 1” $0
Cork lined, 10 in. ...... 90
Mop Sticks
Trojan spring ........ 1 35
Eclipse patent spring 1 35
No. 1 common ...... 1 35
No. 2, pat. brush hold 1 35
Meal, No. 7... 1 35
12lb. cotton mop heads 1 75
Palis
10 qt. Galvanized .... 3
12 qt. Galvanized .... 4 00
14 qt. Galvanized .... 4
Fibre 4
Coe ee ewer eececes
Toothpicks
. 100 packages .. 2 00
Traps
Mouse, wood, 2 hoels .. 22
Mouse, wood, 4 holes .. 45
10 qt. Galvanized .... 1 55
12 qt. Galvanized .... 1 70
14 qt. Galvanized .... 1 90
Mouse, wood, 6 holes .. 70
Mouse, tin, 5 holes .... 65
Ret, wood .......:.. -- 80
Rat, sprime ........<.5. 75
Tubs
No. 1 Fibre .......... 16 50
No. 2 Fibre ...---s-- 15 00
No. 3 Fibre ....-:....- 13 50
Large Galvanized ... 12 50
Medium Galvanized 10 75
Small Galvanized .... 9 50
Washboards
Banner, Globe ...... 75
Brass, Bimele ........ 75
Glass, Single ........ 00
Double Peerless
Single Peerless
Northern Queen
Good Enough ........
Cit PTIA RN
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SiniverQal 226 cs ces 00
Wood Bowls
13 in. Butter ........ 76
15 in. Butter ........ 3 16
17 in. Butter ........ 6 75
19 in. Butter ..... ..10 60
WRAPPING PAPER
Fibre Manila, white .. 8%
Fibre, Manila, coloured
No. 1 Manila
Butchers’ Manila .... 8
AONE og cbse ces occur 10
Wax Butter, short c’nt 16
Wax Butter, full c’nt 20
Parchm’t Butter, rolls 19
YEAST CAKE
Magic, 3 doz. ........
Sunlight, 3 doz. ...... 1 00
Sunlight, 14% doz. .... 50
Yeast Foam, 3 doz. ..
Yeast Foam, 1% doz. 85
Window Cleaners
AO OM eee eee cet nnes 1 OO
4 in. .....- pecvecccos & BD
16 in. evcccccccccscs 2 80
ORGnURUe
Carlots
bulk or
jute. P<
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10c, 4 doz. ini: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.
Royal!
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6 oz. cans
%lb. cans
iA %Ib. cans
7 1b. cans .
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SALT
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Morton’s Salt
Per case, 24 2 Ibs. .... 1 80
Five case lots ....... 1 70
SOAP
Proctor & Gamble Co.
TSPNOK ncscccehcececs 8 10
Ivory, 6 OB. ..cccecccse @ 1D
Ivory, 10 oz. ........ 9 60
Star ...... be tckeccecce & OD
Swift & Company
Swift's Pride ........ 4 75
White Laundry ...... 4 $5
Wool, 6 oz. bars .... 5 15
Wool, 10 oz. bars .... 7 00
Tradesman Company
Black Hawk, one box 3 50
Black Hawk, five bxs 3 45
Black Hawk, ten bxs 3 40
Scouring :
Sapolio, gross lots .. 9 50
Sapolio, half gro. lots 4 85
Sapolio, single boxes 2 40
Sapolio, hand ........ 2 40
Scourine, 50 cakes .. 1 80
Scourine, 100 cakes .. 3 50
Queen Anne Scourer 1 80
Soap Compounds
Johnson’s Fine, 48 2 3 25
Johnson’s XXX 100 5c 4 40
Rub-No-More ....... 4 50
Nine O'Clock ....... 3 85
WASHING POWDERS.
Gold Dust
24 large packagés .... 5 75
100 small packages .. 5
AXLE GREASE
1 Ib. boxes, per gross 8 70
3 lb. boxes, per gross 23 10
The Only Five Cent Cleanser
FITZPATRICK BROTHERS’ SUAP
White City
Tip Top
Palm Soap
(Dish Washing) ..........
(Gauatic)......-.-------.---
No. 1 Laundry 88% Dry.......----+----+::
88% Dry ...---- --:-:
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Place an order with your jobber.
factory return same at our expemse.—FITZPATRICK BROS.
$3 20 Per Case
Handled by All Jobbers
Guaranteed to Equal the Best 10c Kinds
If goods are not satis-
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It is the easiest food to digest.
It is the most nourishing and, with
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Increase your sales of bread.
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makes the most whole-
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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN
PARTMENT
Advertisements inserted under this head for three cents a word the first insertion and two cents a word for-each subsequent
continuous insertion.
BUSINESS CHANCES.
For Sale Or Tracte—First-class meat
market with iceing plant, doing a profit-
able business. Owner is compelled to
look after other business interests. Ad-
dress No. 170. care Michigan Tradesman.
170
Wanted—General merchandise, dry
goods or shoe store. Will pay cash.
Price must be reasonable.
La Belle, Missouri.
For Sale—Two Erie boilers, 70 horse-
power each, one Scotch marine boiler,
125 horse power, one 1,000 gallon water
Ben Harris,
210
pressure tank also a smoke stack 48
inches diameter, 65 feet long, made of
8-gauge steel, all in good condition.
Thomas Canning Co., Grand Rapids,
Michigan. 211
For Rent—A single or double store for
hardware business in an excellent loca-
tion, Address A. J. Nash Sec’y, East
Lansing, Michigan. 212
Sales Conducted—Merchandise stocks
reduced or closed out. Greene Sales Co.,
Jackson, Michigan. 213
Merchants wishing to sell stocks
or a portion of same at an ad-
vantage, should get in touch with
us.
Weickgenants Dept. Store,
Battle Creek, Mich.
For Sale—Clean stock of shoes and
staple dry goods and men’s furnishings
about $1,800. Can be easily moved. In-
vestigate soon. Ideal proposition. Ad-
dress No. 200, care Tradesman. 200
40 acres good muck land, clay sub soil,
near Grant. Price $2,000. Will exchange
for drug stock and pay balance in cash
if not too large. C. E. Hessey, 801 Madi-
son Ave., Grand Rapids. 201
For Sale—Drug store in small town;
also desirable residence. Good opening
for doctor. Write for information. J.
H. Myers & Co., Ridgeland, Miss. 202
For Sale—General country stock and
two-story building on an acre lot located
in a good farming summer resort sec-
tion, established trade, fine chance for a
live man with limited means. Address,
H. M. Atwood, Holland, Mich. 205
Cash Registers—Let us quote you
price on _ rebuilt cash _ registers. All
makes—sizes—styles. Largest used ma-
chine dealers in Michigan. Save you
money, terms to suit. Will exchange for
your machine. The 3s. C. Vogt Sales Co.,
215 So. Washington Ave., Saginaw,
Michigan. 158
Safes Opened—W. L. Slocum. safe ex-
pert and locksmith. 128 Ann St., N. EB,
Grand Rapids, Michigan. 104
For Sale—Clean stock of groceries and
crockery in one of the best towns of
Michigan. Good location and good trade.
Will invoice: about $3,000. Address No.
164, care Tradesman. 164
Collections everywhere. We get the
money and so do you. No charge unless
collected. United States Credit Service,
Washington, 1D. C. 57
Cash Buyers of clothing,
goods and furnishings.
stocks,
Detroit.
General Merchandise and real astate
auctioneer. Closing out and reducing
stocks, address Leonard Van Liere, Hol-
land. Michigan. 799
For Sale—My entire property at Angell,
Grand Traverse County, Michigan, con-
sisting of three acres of land, dwelling
house, store building, stock of general
merchandise and fixtures. Good business,
an ideal location, good reason for selling.
Prices and terms very reasonable. If
interested call or write Wm. A. Ander-
son, Angell, Michigan. 184
For Sale—Hardware and implement
business in good growing town in South-
ern Colorado. Has gravity water sys-
tem, electric lights, cement sidewalks,
and is railroad junction. Good _ stock
and farming country surrounding. Ad-
dress F. D, Potthoff & Son, —
shoes, dry
Parts or entire
H. Price, 194 Forrest Ave. East,
678
Colorado.
For Sale—One meat market outfit, new
cooler 8x10x6, all tools new. Address
A. C. Renkes, Clarksville, Michigan. 186
For Sale—Plumbing, heating, tinning
and electrical business. Good live town
of about 2,000 population, with electric
lights, sewer and water system. This is
a well established business and will pay
to investigate. Will invoice about $3,000.
Reason for selling, owner wishes to retire
from business. Address O. H. Neuden-
feldt, Enderlin, North Dakota. 193
‘Will Sell Or Exchange—Farm of 240
acres, Jackson county, for drugs, hard-
ware, general merchandise or small farm
on car line. Chas. + Maynard, Milan,
Michigan. 175
Will pay cash for whole or part stocks
of merchandise. Louis Levinsohn, Sag-
inaw, Michigan. 787
For Sale Cheap—Or exchange for real
estate, stock of drugs and fixtures. Fine
location. A. E. Ferguson, Romeo, Mich.
181
EVERY MERCHANT IN MICHIGAN
Can use the John L. Lynch Sales Co.,
to build up their business, sell out
thelr store, stock and fixtures, reduce
stock, raise money or clean up odd
lots left In stock. We can get you a
good price for your merchandise. We
sold for Blood & Hart, Marine City,
Michigan, population 3,500 In nine
days, $17,774.00. Write them! We
sold for George Duguid, Gobleville,
Michigan, population 350 opening day
of the sale over $2,000.00 Write them!
We have worked wonders for others
and can do same for you. Write to-day
for information, dates, references, etc.
Please mention size of stock.
John L. Lynch Sales Co.,
28 So. lonia Ave.,
Grand Rapids, Mich.
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 Bidg., Grand Rapids, Mich. 859
Cash Buyer of clothing, shoes, dry
goods, furnishings and carpets. Parts or
entire stocks. Charles Goldstone, 335
Gratiot Avenue, Detroit. 63
For Sale Or Exchange—Furnishings
lease, 40 room hotel. If interested write
pod particulars. 225 W. High St., —
hio.
HELP WANTED.
Clerk wanted for country store in
Northern Michigan. Some experience
necessary. Married man preferred.
Wages $50 to $75 according to ability.
Address No. 204, care Tradesman. 204
Wanted—Salesman with some money
to invest in growing business that will
bear the strictest investigation. Prefer
experienced cigar salesman. Address No.
207, care Tradesman. 207
Wanted—Young man _ experienced in
dry goods and floor coverings to fill posi-
tion in the leading store in Southern
Michigan city of 6,000. References re-
quired. Address No. 195, care Michigan
Tradesman. 195
King Hotel For Sale
I am offering the King Hotel prop-
erty of Reed City for sale and will
make a low price on the same if taken
at once. This hotel is located close to
the depot and is the only first-class
hotel in Reed City. The hotel is a
first-class brick structure and is all
furnished and is doing a big business
at the present time. To close up an
estate I am offering this property at a
low price to sell the same at once. If
interested in the same write or phone
me at LeRoy, Michigan, and I will
meet you in Reed City and show you
the property. This is very desirable
property and there is a guod business
all the time. I will sell this property
on time if a satisfactory payment is
made.
This property will be sold this week,
so if you are interested in the same do
not delay in looking the property up.
MRS. SOPHIA SMITH,
LeRoy, Michigan
No charge less than 25 cents.
Cash must accompany all orders.
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and meats department
For Sale Cheap
Meats and Fixtures
Groceries and Fixtures
We will sell for spot cash the
Stock and Fixtures
at a bargain either to one or
two parties.
Must be sold this week
The Smith Store
Ionia Avenue
E. R. WEBBER, Owner
Enquire of General Manager at Once
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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN
July. 18, 1917
Review of the Grand Rapids Produce
Market.
Apples—Harvest varieties from the
South command 75c per climax basket
and $1.50 per bu.
Asparagus—Home grown $1 per doz.
Bananas—$5 per 100 lbs.
Beets—30c per doz. bunches for home
grown.
Butter—The market is unchanged.
Consumptive demand is good and the
demand for storage is good. Quality
of the present receipts is fully up to the
standard for the season and the make
is considerably short of a year ago. The
market is active at present prices, and
if there is any change will probably be
a slight advance. Local dealers hold
fancy creamery at 37c in tubs and 38c
in prints. Local dealers pay 33c for No.
1 in jars and 29c for packing stock.
Cabbage—Home grown $1 per bu.
Cantaloupes—Ponys from California
command $2.50 for 54s and $2.75 for
45s; pinkmeats from Arizona, $1 per
flats of 12 to 15.
Carrots—20c per doz.
home grown.
Cauliflower—$1.75 per doz.
Celery—Home grown, 40c per bunch.
The quality is improving daily.
Cherries—Early Richmonds (sour)
command $1.75 per 16 qt. crate; sweet
varieties, $2.25 per crate.
Currants—$2.25 per crate of 16 qts.
Eggs—The market is firm and about
2c higher. Production has fallen off
considerably and the market is healthy
throughout, with a good consumptive
demand.
bunches for
No change seems in sight.
Local dealers pay 32c for fresh, includ-
ing cases, holding case count at 33c.
Figs—Package, $1.25 per box; lay-
ers, $1.75 per 10 lb. box.
Green Corn—35c per doz. for Ili-
nois.
Green Onions—18c per
bunches for home grown.
Honey—18c per Ib. for white clov-
er and 16c for dark.
Lemons—California selling at $6
for choice and $6.50 for fancy.
Lettuce—60c per ‘bu. for garden
grown leaf; $1 per hamper for South-
dozen
‘ern head.
Maple Syrup—$1.50 per gal. for
pure.
Mushrooms—75c per 1b.
Nuts—Almonds, 18c per Ib.; filberis,
16c per lb.: pecans, 15c per Ib.; wal-
nuts, 16c for Grenoble: 15%c for
Naples.
Onions—Texas Bermudas yellow
command $1.50 for large and $1 for
small crate.
Oranges—California Valencias, $4.50
@4.75.
Peas—$1.75 per bu. for home grown,
Peaches—Georgia Bells fetch $2.75
per climax crate; Georgia Elbertas
command $3 ditto.
Peppers—Southern command 50c
per basket.
Pineapples—Floridas are now in
market, commanding $4 per crate.
Pop Corn—$2.25 per bu. for ear,
6'4@7c per Ib. for shelled.
Potatoes—Old command $2 per bu.;
new, $6.50@7 per bbl. for Virginia.
Poultry—Local dealers pay as fol-
lows, live weight: heavy hens, 23c;
light hens, 21@22c; cox and stags, 15
@18c; broilers, 38@40c; geese, 15@
16c; ducks, 22@23c. Dressed fowls
average 3c above quotations.
Radishes—10c per doz. bunches for
small,
Raspberries—$3.50 for red and $2.50
for black.
Rhubarb—Hiome grown, 3c per Ib. or
75c per 40 lb. box.
String Beans—$3 per bu.
Summer Squash—$2 per bu.
Tomatoes—$4 for 6 basket. crate,
Texas; hot house, $1.25 for 8 lb. bas-
ket.
Water Melons—$4 per bbl. of 12 to
14 for Florida.
Wax Beans—$3.50 per hamper from
Illinois.
—_>+
Gabby Gleanings From Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids, July 17—Walter E.
Mellinger and daughter, Mrs. Eva
Wicklander, have returned from a
trip to New York and Boston, where
they spent a fortnight taking in the
sights and seeing the elephant. They
say they enjoyed every moment while
en route.
Secretary Allen F. Rockwell and
family have taken to the woods where
they can not be found. We hope they
are not lost.
We will soon lose our little Nemo,
Morris Mann, who will leave for Al-
lentown, Pa., with the ambulance
corps, in which branch of the army
he will serve for the good old U.S, A.
Next Saturday night Grand Rapids
Council will give their Conductor,
Captain Walter N. Burgess, and all
other U. C. T. members who are go-
ing to serve .the colors a reception
at their hall on Tonia avenue. All
members. are urged to be _ present.
Senior Counselor MacMillan has ap-
pointed the following committees:
Reception—Alvah Brown, W._ D.
Holden, W. E. Mellinger, C. C. Per-
kins, O. W. Stark and Franklin Pierce;
Goat—H, W. Harwood, W. S. Lawton
and J. Harvey Mann.
Mack would like to learn the pres-
ent address of one Allen IF. Rock-
well. Any one knowing the address
of the said Allen will confer a great
favor upon said Mack by giving him
the said address.
Hub Baker is very happy these
days. The Sunday School picnics
held in his territory give him numer-
ous cpportunities to discuss the prob-
lems of the day from moral and re-
ligious standpoints.
Will Sawyer’s father is in the city
this month taking orders for filing
devices which the Sawyers are manu-
facturing in Otsego. Strange to say,
the father bears a striking resem-
blance to his talented and good na-
tured son.
John D. Martin says that two more
years like 1917 will place him ca
Easy street and enable him to snaj
his fingers at the shadow of the poor
house. —
The members of Grand Rapids
Council are planning a great celebra-
tion this fall in honor of the fiftieth
anniversary of By Gee Cripe Jen-
nings, who espoused the position of
cemmercial traveler in 1867. If By
Gee can be prevailed upon to tell ins
Ludington story—the same way he
has repeated it for the past forty
years—he will literally “bring down
the house.”
———~>-+.>___
Roosevelt and Gompers.
Bridgeport, Conn., July 16—AI-
though I am not willing to be count-
ed among the stanch friends of Theo-
dore Roosevelt, I can, nevertheless,
do him the justice to say that he spoke
truly and well at the Russian meet-
ing, in reference to the race riots pre-
cipitated by union labor thugs and
murderers at East St. Louis.
Mr. Gompers was wholly in error
to attempt to defend this massacre,
which has put a stain upon our flag
just at this time when its folds should
be as pure as heaven’s blue.
®
If it is our purpose to lead this dis-
tracted world, or any part of it, back
to liberty and peace, let us surely see
to it that such union fiends and assas-
sions as are responsible for the East
St. Leuis riots are punished to the
full extent of our laws, and that such
a spirit be put down with a strong
hand whenever and wherever it at-
tempts to raise its head in this free
land of ours.
While we hope to show the people
of Europe the way to peace by
rightousness, let us at least try to
keep our own children in the path of
rightecusness, at any rate for ex-
ample’s_ sake.
If there are those who think it
was not the time or place for Mr.
Reosevelt’s remarks, I submit it is
better to say the right thing at the
wrong time than not to say it at all.
Eva Coombs.
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Eggs, Poultry, Beans and
Potatoes.
Buffalo, July 18—Creamery butter,
extras, 38@39c; first, 36@37c; com-
mon, 34@35c; dairy, common. to
choice, 31@35c; dairy common, all
kinds, 30@32c.
Cheese—No. 1
choice, 23%c.
Eggs—Choice, new
fancy hennery, 38@40c.
Poultry (live)—Fowls, 19@22c;
broilers, 24@30c; old cox, 16@17c;
ducks, 20@23c.
Beans—Medium, $8.50@8.75; pea,
$8.50@8.75; Red Kidney, $7.50@8.00;:
White Kidney, $9.00; Marrow, $9.00.
Potatoes—New, $5.50@5.75 per bbl.
Rea & Witzig.
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The silliest thing a man ever did in
this world is to find fault with his em-
ployer for not paying higher wages.
In this day and age of the world ev-
ery man fixes his own wages and es-
tablishes his own status in life. If
he is faithful, aggressive and progres-
Butter,
new, fancy, 24c;
laid 35@36c;
sive, his compensation gradually ad-
vances as his interest in the business
increases and his value to his employ-
er becomes more manifest. The man
who has to ask for an advance is sel-
dom worthy of it, because keen em-
ployers who are alert to their own
interests are constantly on the look-
out to reward employes who are en-
titled to recognition and added recom-
pense. The man who whines and
growls and seeks to make other em.
ployes dissatisfied is never worth
what he is already receiving and will
never get anywhere in the race for
better things. The man.in a man-
agerial position who plays favorites
and is not capable of handling those
under him advantageously soon finds
himself relegated to the ranks of
common workers and never gets an-
other opportunity to rise to the top.
— +2.
Dighten—Cooper & Wheaton suc-
ceed Briggs & Cooper in the grocery
business.
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Pearline—John D. Mohr _ succeeds
Borst & Smits in general trade.
BUSINESS CHANCES.
For Sale—Hotel and barn, one-half
acre of ground located in Swartz Creek,
Michigan. Ideal location. Will sell for
cash or exchange for small farm.
son selling, poor health.
Rea-
John Garno.
214
Store For Sale—General merchandise
store and coal business for sale in a
small town located in an excellent farm-
ing district of Berrien county. Good
business and small expenses. Bargain
if taken at once.. Address No. 215, care
Tradesman. 215
For Sale-—Housefurnishings and_ shelf
hardware. A money maker. Best town
in Kansas. J. D. Kennard, Lawrence,
Kansas, 216
51h
54h
Grand Rapids.
DO YOU KNOW THAT
of the Motor Cars and Trucks in the United
States are in service within 500 miles of
of the dealers, garages, repair shops and sup-
ply houses in the United States are located
within 500 miles of Grand Rapids.
These statistics were gathered by the Greater Giand
Rapids Association, and are authentic.
The managing directors of Higrade Motors
Co. selected Grand Rapids as the logical place
to produce HIGRADE MOTOR TRUCKS,
as they were familiar with the possibilities
it offers as a location for distribution.
We Offer Higrade Motors Stock
All Common, at Par, $10 per Share
320, 323 Grand Rapids
National City Bank Bldg.
GLENN H. DOWNES
INDUSTRIAL STOCKS
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN
Phones— Citizens 1511.
Bell, M 3932
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