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Our Jet Pumps, Water Gages and Oil Cups are Unequalled. P-NBERTHY INJECTOR CO. DETROIT, BRANCH FACTORY aT WINDSOR, ONT. MICH Seno FOR CaTaLo@ue. Not Extravagantly, but Judiciously. D\DVERTISE ™ °2'e334Fes AT ALL TIMES AND YOU WILL WIN. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN reaches your customers EVERY WEEK. VOIGT, HERPOLSHEIPMER & CO. WHOLESALE ORY G0 - = = = --- GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. Until that date We Want Your Orders The season is nearly a Zs NARS BEAT: THEM ALL over. We shall close this Department Saturday, March 30. PUTNAM CANDY CO. e e 9 Importers and Jobbers of >TEAS= 21 LAKE ST., CHICAGO, ILL. “leca”’ what you want. We are always on the lookout for something to please our trade and put dollars in their pockets; and, after thorough investigation, and many tests have secured a plug tobacco that just suits everybody. It is called “JESS,”’ is a club shaped plug, 2x12, spaced for 3 cuts and shows a good margin to the retailer. It weighs 16 ounces to the plug and the consumer gets full value for his money. We propose to push it to the front and make it the leading plug tobacco of Michigan. salesman to give you a chew, and show you the goods and you will buy. Ask our Everybody is taking it. Why? Because it is “Jess” what they want and TON RODS, Ach Spring & Company, Dress Goods, Shawls, Cloaks, Notions, Ribbons, Hosiery, Gloves, Underwear, Woolens, Flannels, Blankets, Ging- hams, Prints and Domestic Cottons. We invite the Attention of the Trade to our Complete and Well Assorted Stock at Lowest Market Prices. Spring & Company. MeSCoin HU it , Kersey Duck a Coats Pants We manufacture the best made goods in these lines of any factory in the country, guaranteeing every garment to give entire satisfaction, both in fit and wearing qualities. We are also headquarters for Pants, Overalls and Jackets and solicit correspondence with dealers in towns where goods of our manufacture are not regularly handled. Pants & Overall LANSING, [lICH. Lansing Coq. Oyster Crackers ‘ t i , e \ } Are now in season. We manufacture 4 Al Kinds MEARS OALIINE WAFER Of SOUAR Moth A rich, tender and crisp cracker packed in 1 |b. cartoons with neat and attractive label. Is one of the most popular packages we have ever put out. Noli TROL CAKES)» me ( 1 lb. $2.40 per doz. ary Our Handsome embossed packages, packed 2 doz. in case 2 Ib. $4.80 per doz. These guarantee entire satisfaction. a a tne New York Biscuit Co... S A. SEARS, Manager, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Muskegon Bakery Crackers (United States Baking Co.) Are Perfect Health Food. There are a great many Butter Crackres +n the one can be best—-that is the original Muskegon Bakery Butter Cracker. Pure, Crisp, Tender, Nothing Like it for Flavor. Daintiest voods are positively the finest produced and we Market—oul\ | Most Beneficial Cracker you can get for constant table use. | Muskeg on Toast, ALWAYS Nine Roval Fruit Biscuit, ASK Muskegon Frosted Honey, YOUR Other Iecd Cocoa Honey Jumbles, GROCER Great : Jelly Turnovers, FOR Specialties Ginger Snaps, MUSKEGON Are Home-Made Snaps, BAKERY’S Muskegon Branch, CAKES and Mlik Lunen. CRACKERS United States Baking Co. LAWRENCE DEPEW, Acting Manager, Muskegon, “ Mich, = AB ceo eream of the BEST WHEAT ground in the Best Mill in Michigan. Unequalled for Whiteness, Purity and Strength. Agents wanted in every town. Write us for prices and terms. Cc 5 ~The Walsh DeRoo Milling Go., LOWLAND. mis HOLLAND, MICH. RINDGE, KALMBACH &GO., 12, 14, 16 Pearl St., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. MANUFACTURERS AND JOBBERS OF BOOTS, SHOES, and RUBBERS. Our aim is to please our customers. We know what they want and have got it. Come and see WE MAKE and handle the best lines in the market—everything up to date. Agents for the Boston Rubber Shoe Co. We carry as Jarge a stock as any jobber. Or- ders filled promptly and always at best terms and discounts. Will Increase Your Sales Order from Your Jobber Grand Rapids Soap Works. MICHIGAN BARK AND LOMBER GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 18 and 19 Widdicomb Bld. é N. B. CiARE, Pres. W. D. Wank, c. U. Vice-Pres. CLARK, Sec’y and Treas. os We are now ready to make We believe better times are ahead of us, but we don’t know how far ahead they are. NO. GOO Prospects of a Successful Bicycling Season. As soon as the frost is out of the ground, and it cannot remain there much longer, the cyeling season will begin. Even now, with bad roads and change- able weather, the enthusiastic cycler can be seen on the streets every hour of the day and evening. The prospects of a successful season, both socially and from an athletic standpoint, never looked brighter. The manufacturer is a happy man just now, and well he may be, for the demand for new wheels almost ex- ceeds the supply. All the factories are now running on full time, and many of them are practically running night and day. There is not as much grumbling as there has been among would-be purchas- ers about the price they must pay for their wheels, although some cyclists are firmly of the belief that the prices are entirely too high. The profits to the manufacturer are enormous, but the manufacturers of cycles form a close corporation, and it Will take a mammoth tidal wave to break it down. “Our profits are not as large as some people think,”’ said a maker of one of the staple wheels to the writer the other day. “Cycle manufacturing is a business in itself, and it has been run differently from most. other enterprises. Our methods have grown up with the busi- ness, and, until there is a change of policy, 1 cannot see much chance of a material change in the price of wheels. “You ask, if one large maker should break away and offer to sell wheels cheaper than the others, what the effect would be? That has been done already; in fact, it was done last year. The maker who tried it simply ruined him- self. All the other manufacturers held aloof and watched the struggle, and the alleged reformer soon reached the end of his rope, and his business collapsed. ‘“‘There is only one thing which will cheapen wheels, and the time may be close at hand. I believe that tue new "95 wheel is a model in itself, and I do not see how it can be improved upon to any appreciable extent. The limit of lightness has, I believe, been reached. I do not think that a serviceable road wheel can be built which can weigh much less than nineteen pounds. “If wecan make this pattern last for three or four years, we can afford to sell cheaper wheels. It is the constant changing, constant experimenting, the purchasing of new tools and machinery, which have cost the manufacturers so much money. I see that it is charged that we are pulling wires just like the batters; that is, that we set styles in wheels and bring out new designs each year so as to keep the riders and enthu- siasts buying new wheels. If those peo- ple knew what it costs us to turn outa new wheel they would whistle another tune.’’ el It is a good thing to make money. It is a better thing to make a good use of it. 2 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. THE FOODS WE EAT. Written for THE TRADESMAN. From the earliest ages of which we have any knowledge mankind has eaten animal food in some form, and, in his prehistoric condition, there is not the least doubt that, in imitation of the lower animals, he ate fruits and flesh in the raw state, without implements of any sort for convenience or comfort. As time passed and he acquired knowledge from experience, the flesh was either dried in the sun, or smoked, or cooked by fire in a barbarous way. Still later, he discovered grains, fruits and roots growing wild, which contained either starch or sugar, or both combined, and which he found an agreeable addition to his fish, flesh or fowl. Our wheat, rice and Indian corn grew wild as distinct plants, in different parts of the world, although not in their present condition, for perfectiou has only been attained by cultivation during the lapse of cen- turies. Among the grains of this char- acter 1 may mention the Quinoa, a small roundish seed, first growing wild, and later quite extensively cultivated on the table-lands of South America. There are two varieties of the Quinoa—the sweet and the bitter—and both grow at an elevation where rye and barley refuse to ripen. It is exceedingly nutritious, closely approaching oatmeal. As I say, Nature has pointed out to man, from time to time amid the greatness of her bogmty, the foods best adapted to his wants, as bread and meat, which are now looked upon as the ‘staff of life’? and should, when convenient, be eaten together. And, as the casein, fibrin and albumen in animal foods are nearly identical with each other and with the gluten of plants, I shall include in this article, as animal food, eggs, milk and cheese, and discuss their merits ac- cordingly. lhave mentioned that our primeval parents discovered that roots and fruits might be eaten to advantage with their animal diet, and I here wish to speak of a fruit in the cultivation of which a large amount of Grand Rapids capital is invested, and, in fact, Grand Rapids is the great distributing point for this fruit, direct from the plantations, to hundreds of dealers in Michigan and ad- joining states. 1 refer to the banana. This fruit contains 73 percent. of water. the same amount as the plantain; but, when we consider that lean beef con- tains 78 per cent. of water and blood, we find it compares well with our best food. In tropical climates the banana is one of the most valuable foods and so exten- sively consumed as to take the place of our cereal grains as the common article of diet. In composition it approaches rice, although rice contains a greater amount of starch; yet this will not nat- urally change to sugar, as in the banana. About six anda half pounds of the fruit, or two pounds of the dried banana meal, with eight ounces of salt meat or fish, is the daily allowance of a laborer where it grows. The unripe fruit—as it generaliy reaches us—is often dried in the oven and may then be eaten in the manner of bread. When thus carefully dried it may be kept for a long time without spoiling. The chemical reason why the unripe fruit is chosen for this purpose is that, while in the green state, the fruit is filled with starch, ‘so that, when dried, it has a resemblance to bread, both in taste and composition. When spread with butter it is delicious. As the fruit ripens, this starch changes into sugar and the fruit becomes sweeter. Although more pleasant to eat in this ripe condition, it is less fit either for dry- ing or preserving. A modern—and I might add model—article of food in- troduced is banana flour, which, if prop- erly made from the fresh fruit on or near the grounds where grown, will prove a valuable addition to the cuisine. Asakey to the composition and .nu- tritive qualities of all animal foods, an examination of beef will be of service to us. Ifa piece of fresh beef be dried in the hot sun, or in a basin over boiling water, it will dry up and diminish so much in bulk that four pounds of newly- cut fresh beef wilileave only one pound of dried flesh. Do not, from this state- ment, infer that this is the dried beef we purchase for our tables, as in that case the price would necessarily be 35 or 40 cents a pound, instead of 18 or 20 cents; neither would we be able to masticate such a solid substance. Again, if we take a piece of lean beef and wash it thoroughly in several waters, its color will gradually disappear. The blood will be washed out and a white mass of fibrous tissue will remain. Now, if this be put into a bottle with alcohol or ether, a variable proportion of fat will be dis- solved out of it and the residue will then chiefly consist of a substance to which chemists, on account of its fibrous ap- pearance, give the name of fibrin. Of this fibrin the lean part of all animals The composition of lean beef, compared with wheat flour and wheat bread, is as follows: consists. Lean Wheat Wheat Beef Flour Bread Water and blood ..... _ a 16 45 Fibrin or pluten......... __ 19 10 6 = #«=...... 3 2 i eo ti... | Z 48 100 10 100 The difference between beef and bread is, first, that flesh does not con- tain a particle of starch, and, second, that the proportion of fibrin in ordinary flesh is about three times as great as in ordinary bread. One pound of beef- steak, then, is as nutritious as three pounds of wheat bread, so far as it de- pends upon the fibrin. The flesh of all wild animals is represented very closely by lean beef, although it generally con- tains less fat; but our domestic animals, from the care we give them, contain much fat, either as suet or tallow, or in- termingled with the muscular fiber, as in our highly prized ‘‘marbled beef.’’ Fowls and most kinds of birds contain less fat than the ordinary butcher’s meat. Veal and venison contain less fat than beef, while pork, as we all know, contains more. Fish, in general, are less rich in fat than the flesh meats in our markets and, consequently, con- tain more fibrin. Some of our ordinary fish, when perfectly dried, show the fol- lowing per cent: Fibrin Fat, etc. Ce 92 8 Haddock ie a 92 8 _ ——————————————— 77 23 Com oe... ll Oe 16 —.. ........... . 78 22 a —ee = 56 These figures are, of course, liable to variation, owing to their food. The fish epicure may have a reason for his pref- erence for the eel, since it contains a} greater weight of fat than of muscular fiber. In much of our cooking we un- consciously imitate Nature and, there- fore, add or take out, as the case may be, imal foods. other rich mixed meats are, in general, made of one part of fat and two of lean, exactly the proportion in which they are found in a fine specimen of the marbled beef of which I speak. Akin to flesh and fish is the egg. The egg of our domestic hen is that which is in most common use. This food is one of the most delicate in regard to receiv- ing and retaining flavors; eggs laid by sea birds which subsist almost wholly upon fish have a preceptibly fishy taste. The white of an egg is so called because, when heated, it coagulates into a white solid substance insoluble in water and almost tasteless. Chemically, this is known as albumen. Although different in appearance, it is, in a nutritive sense, absolutely identical with fibrin and gluten. The white of an egg forms six- tenths of its weight, the yolk three- tenths and the shell (carbonate of lime) one-tenth. The egg is richer in fat than fat beef and is equaled only by pork and eels. Very few persons have an idea of the magnitude and importance of this seemingly insignificant production in the United States. It has been (and is a fact) that eggs at one cent each will pay the producer a larger profit than any other product of the farm. Aside from and notwithstanding their increase as an article of food within the last half of this century, the chemical and mechanical have demanded more than one-third of the product. The white of the egg, from iis delicate trans- parenecy when raw and its peculiar ad hesive qualities, and the yolk, from the softening oil it contains, the latter being used in the finishing of superior kinds of leather, ete., have now become indis- pensable, and millions of dollars are ex pended yearly in the traffic of this won- derful little staple commodity. Like the gluten of wheat, the white of the egg, when beaten and mixed with other substances, causes the mass to swell and become porous; hence the delicate light- ness it gives to puddings, cakes, etc. A very nutritious form of animal food is the fluid with which we have ali been more or less intimately acquainted from birth—milk. By one process this yields butter or fat and, by another, curd or cheese. The curd, to which chemistry gives the name casein, from its forming cheese, closely resembles the albumen, fibrin and gluten already described and is classec with them asa nutritive sub- stance. When the curd and butter have been completely separated from the milk and the milk evaporated to dryness, a colorless sweet substance is left known as sugar of milk. This sugar of milk hasa commercial value and might, to advan- tage, be saved by our cheese factories. When new milk is evaporated to perfect dryness, this powder contains from 35 to 40 per cent. of milk sugar. Milk, in its liquid form, contains 87 per cent. of water; therefure, in this condition only about five per cent. is sugar. The best way to obtain it for medicinal or other purposes is to evaporate the whey in large shallow pans lined with porce- lain. Human milk very closely resem- bles that of the cow but contains from said uses one-eighth to one-fourth less solid sub-! of vur fuud should be adjusted, more es- pecially for the invalid and the aged; hence, it seems but reasonable to infer, first, that what we eat should contain a due admixture of vegetable and animal food substances, and, second, that our food, if not naturally liquid, should be intimately mixed with a certain quan- tity of liquid before it is taken into the stomach. This lesson we are taught in the study of various forms of vegetable food, and the attainment of these two ends should be the aim of the cook in our kitchen and of all who desire a wholesome diet. Cheese is eaten in two different ways—either as a part of the regular food, or as a kind of condiment to be eaten after the usual food. In this latter manner it is generally the older and stronger tasting varieties that are used. Asi have before remarked in Tur TRADESMAN, the English and Scotch people consider that cheese the best in which a certain kind of cheese mould has established itself. Let us examine the philosophy of this peculiar sub- stance, i. e., mould. When, for a few days, the curd of milk is exposed to the air in a moist state and at a moderate temperature, it begins to decay and to emit a disagreeable odor and to ferment. In this state it possesses the property of inducing a chemical change in other moist with which it may come in contact. It acts in the same manner as does sour leaven when mixed Now, this old and partially decayed cheese acts in precisely the same manner when taken into the lt gradually causes chemical of food digestion. substances with sweet dough. stomach. changes among the particles eaten and thus facilitates Not all kinds of cheese, however, effect this purpose, and the Scotch epicure will carefully select bis cheese and himself ripen it before bringing it to his table. I have known persons to purchase very rich new cheese and place them in a cel- lar of the proper temperature and allow them to ripen from one to two years. When cut through the center they pre- sented the marbled appearance of a sage cheese and possessed a rich nutty flavor impossible to describe, and such is its action upon the chyme of the stomach that the invalid may partake of it with- out harm. It is interesting to observe that such cheese mould and the flavor and digestive quality accompanying it may be propagated by inoculation in newer cheeses, by removing a bit of the new from the interior and putting a piece of the mouldy in its place. Not all may be aware that this issimply a fungus or plant growth, having no connection with the cause or effect of the cheese mites or ‘skippers’? sometimes found, but is quite wholesome. Bat, revenons a nos moutons, as the French say, and not only to our ‘‘sheep’’ but other meats as well. In cooking flesh meat, plain boiling, roasting and baking are in most general use. Fresh beet and mutton, when moderately fat, lose, on an average, as follows: Boiling Baking Roasting Four lbs. of beef lose ilb 11b.30z. 11b.50z. Four lbs. muttonlose 40z. 40z 1 Ib. 6 oz. The greater loss in baking and roast- stances. Now, as the natural food of | ing arises chiefly from the large quantity the young mammalian animal of every | of water evaporated, and of fat which is species is the milk of its mother, milk | melted out during the process of cook- may be looked upon as the model food! ing. It we put moist meat into a press , , for thatkind. Woman’s milk, therefore, and squeeze it, a red liquid will flow out. a portion of the fat of our variety of an- | is the true type of human food and after! This is principally water, colored by Sausage, for instance, and |its form and composition all other kinds | blood. To thoroughly remove the juices a orn nc ¢, coe i } ; j f i ¢, THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. from fresh meat leaves it almost taste- less. This juice, when heated nearly to boiling point, thickens or becomes muddy and flakes of whitish matter re- sembling boiled white of egg appear. They are, in fact, white of egg or albu- men and show that the juice of flesh meat is of greatimportance. The first effect of quick heat applied to a fresh piece of meat is to cause the fibers to contract, to squeeze out some of the juice, and to close up the pores, so as to prevent the escape of the remainder. The second is to coagulate the albumen contained in the juice, and thus com- pletely plug up the pores and retain within the meat the entire liquids. A kind of steaming then takes place with- in the meat, so that, whether in the oven or in boiling water, it is, in reality, cooked by its own steam. A piece of beef plunged into boiling water and kept boiling is really cooked in the same manner; yet the flavor will be slightly different. To prepare beef tea, broth or soup the process of cooking must be re- versed. The meat should be put into cold water and be slowly brought toa boil, or allowed to simmer, as it is called. By this process nearly all the albumen is extracted before it coagulates and the natural juices, with various saline substances in solution, flow out, and the meat is left nearly tasteless. The application of salt to fresh meat has much the same effect as the application of quick heat. It is an astringent and contracts the fibers, causing the meat to lessen in bulk (not weight) and the juice to partially flow out from the pores; hence the reason that dry salt strewn upon fresh meat gradually dissolves into brine. If a large quantity of. salt. be ap- plied, it penetrates deep and as much as one-third of the juice may be forced out by the contractions, and the natural flavor of the meat is diminished; how- ever, by its closing the pores thus tightly it prevents the entrance of air and less- ens liability to decay. As a whole, flesh meat is very nutritious, because it contains all the materials necessary to build up our own flesh; but remove from it a portion of these materials and it be- comes imperfect, just as bricks become useless to the mason if he have not the requisite quantity of mortar. There is much analogy between bread and beef—the vegetable and the animal forms of our food; between the gluten of one and the fibrin of the other, and in the fatty portions of both we find new resemblances. Some of our vegetable fats are fluid and oily at ordinary tempera- ture. The fat of the oil palm, however, and afew other vegetable oils or but- ters are solid in the natural state. All animal fats consist, more or less, of a solid and a liquid fat, and in this fact we see a new analogy between our vege- table and animals foods. But a still further analogy exists. When the solid fat of palm oilis properly purified it is found to consist of a beautifully white solid peculiar fatty body, to which the name palmatine is given, and when beef and mutton fats are pressed from the fluid oil they contain, and the residue then purified, the substance obtained is a peculiar solid fat know as stearine; and of these two fatty bodies the solid fat of all our domestic animals almost entirely consists. In human fat, also in that of the goose, as wellas in butter, the palmatine and the stearine are in nearly equal proportions; thus, we find an identity in substance among the fatty compounds which are met with in the eatable productions of both kingdoms. And we see how wonderful is Nature in the simplicity and beauty of all her op- erations, and the closer we analyze our food, the more are we surprised at the comparatively few basic substances which compose it all, while to please the taste and smell, in the chemistry of her work, we are provided with numberless delicate flavors and odors which, thus far, artcannot equal. We find, therefore, that, whatever the kind or proportion of nutritive proper- ties our foods contain, it is almost a mat- ter of indifference whether we live upon an animal or a vegetable diet, or upon both. FRANK A. Howia. PORTER TO PARTNERSHIP. Progress of a Clerk Who Was Not Afraid of Work. An Old Merchant in Hardware. I spent two weeks in New York, and they were two very busy weeks. From eight o’clock in the morning till four in the evening I bought ard bargained, and in the evening I saw what was to be safely seen of New York life. My friend Fisber finished his business two days be- fore I was through, but he waited for me to go home with him. I doubt if I was any happier when starting from home than I was when | bought my ticket back. Looking back at that ride, one of the pleasantest incidents remaining in my memory is that of meeting with an elderly woman and offering her half of my seat. She appreciated the little at- tention and we were soon in pleasant chat, and when she reached her station I helped her out and felt as if we had long been friends. When she bade me ‘‘good by” she added a ‘God bless you!”’ that may have been merely a habit with her that had no special prayer or meaning to it, but it gladdened my heart as if 1 were sure her words had some power to bring me good. Many of our old customs have been swept aside so that it is no ionger fashionable to pay attention to any but young and pretty women, but 1 find it impossible for me to keep from showing respect to the women who have passed into the beauty of middle life and who have ‘‘mother” written in their faces. As we neared our destination I saw by Fisher’s actions that he had something on his mind, and wondered what it was. At last he sat down beside me and I saw it was coming. ‘‘Marks, I shpose shtore selling pays, eh??? “Yes, selling goods pays; got rich at it.” ‘“*Yas, das what I dinks. eh, in all dose tings?”’ “Some things pay well, and others sell for cost, but the business averages up @ good fair profit.’’ “So I dinks. Now, Marks, shpose I shtarts out shtore in Yarmantown, will he pay?” I was in somewhat of a dilemma here. Fisher expected an honest answer, yet I had to think of Mr. Ely’s interest, and it certainly was not to his interest to have Fisher open a storein Germantown. I wanted to dodge an answer. “Unless you keep everything,” I said, “it would not pay. If your customers had to come to our place for one thing they would buy everything there. And our town pays a good price for eggs and butter and this would entice trade to come there.’’ ‘“‘Das ish all right; I would geep efery- dings; croceries, poots, eferydings; say, Marks, how you like to come down to Yarmantown with me, eh?”’ “I have to stay with Mr. Ely till spring,” { replied, ‘‘and he can afford to pay me more than you could, Mr. Fisher.”’ “I will pay you nodings; { will gif you one-half de profeets.”” “But I have no money.” Mr. Ely has Good profeet, ‘‘Das ish all right, Marks; we will find | en money; | got some money my sia self; de money ish all right.’’ No boy ever had such an offer made to him without being proud of it and con- siderably elated. To be pariner in a store was a position I had only had very vague dreams ofoccupying. But I knew Fisher meant business, and the responsi- bility of having to decide such a question made me nervous. ‘I don’t know what to say to you, Fisher. Iam not at all sure that I could shoulder the entire management of a store and do it successfully. Let me have a little time to think it over and I will then give you an answer. And you had better enquire around and sat- isfy yourself that it is wise to make such an investment. If the business should ever be started the money would all have to come from your pocket; if we made a failure of it I have no money to lose.”’ “Das ish all right; dake your dime. Bimeby you find out; you yust dells me; if you say ‘yah,’ we will shtart de shtore und, py shingo! we will make him lively. I gan sell myself; I knows eferypody, und I sprachen Deutch like dunder.” We left it that way and were soon at home. Home never looked so pleasant and there was medicine in the sight of a familiar face. Mr. Ely met me asifI were his son and was very free in his praises of goods bought according to bills already at hand. The next day I buckled to work again and found that my short experience among the sales- men East had been of benefit to me. I had laid to heart their uniform polite- ness, their seemingly personal interest in theman they were selling, and the general air about them of friendliness apd good will. Perhaps it is because familiarity breeds contempt that so many of our retail clerks meet their customers with a slight nod and a manner that says. ‘‘Buy what you want and clear out,” but Il have yet to see a place or position, whether in the largest job- bing house or the smallest retail store, where a kind interest in one’s customer does not pay and pay largely. As the goods [ bought began to come in we were kept’ very busy, and Mr. Ely universally commended my purchases. | was somewhat surprised to see the amount of goods I bought as. they were unpacked. When you look at a sample and order a few dozen of a thing it does not look large, but when the dozens are piled on your counter you are apt to wonder what you could have been think- ing of. 1 found I had laid in a much larger stock in the notion line than 1 had intended to and much more than we had ever bought at one time before. But Mr. Ely found no fault, and 1 made up my mind I would make a special push on those goods and that 1 would make them go if work could do it. All these days I said nothing to any- one about Fisher’s offer, but l determined to seek counsel. Mr. May had always taken such a kindly interest in me from the time of finding his wife’s money that I determined to speak to him. Unlike most lawyers he had excellent business instinct and would have made an extra good merchant. He heard me through, saying little, and then questioned about the goods the people down in German- town mostly bought. Said he: “If | were you I would talk the matter over with Mr. Ely; | am not sure but that a store would pay well with Fisher’s influence to help you; yet you might be giving up a better thing by taking that. Ely is a square man and will give you good advice.” I thanked him and determined to open the matter with Mr. Ely the next day. eS A New Jersey inventor has started out to destroy the powder-making business by inventing a gun which throws dyna- mite. The explosive force employed is hot water heated to a pressure of 450 pounds to the square inch in a small boiler connected with the gun. With this hot-water gun, he says, he could make it mighty hot for the army or navy that fooled around in his neighborhood. — i -o-—<— Everyone smokes the Signal 5. 3 CANDIES, FRUITS and NUTS The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows: STICK CANDY. Cases Bbls. a Standard, per Ib......... $ a a we moe...... see 6 7 - Twist . . 6 a Boston Cream... - on Cut Eeat........ 4 8 Beoa H H.......... . 0 MIXED CANDY. Pails Standard...... 6% Teader........ 6% — oa Th CO 7 8 Mugiien Hoek....... ............. q 8% comeerees 6% 1% Broken Tey ............. baskets» 7 Peanut Squares............ 8 Bronce €rcmmme.......... |........ 9 vay Come .tttijj Cj 12% Midget, 30 lb. baskets. aS eS 8 CO FaNncy—In bulk Pails Lozenges, —_ ee 8% eee ec a ae se 9 Chocolate need ee 1” Checolate Monumentais..................... 12 OOO ee 5 Moss Drops.... -. 7% peor ke. 8 eee ee, 9 FaNcY—In 5 lb. boxes. Per Box Prem TO 50 ee 50 Peppermrme POM. 8... ks cee wes 60 OE = Hi, Mt, Chocolate Prope........................ COE "ato oe ee ................. 1 00 Ore. A. B. Licorice an. ‘ co Lozenges, —- ; .60 pr inted.. 65 epee. 60 eee 70 Cree ee = Molasses Bar.. Bee settee eee. Hand Made Creams..... Se eee “ g6@a90 Plain Creams. . i are iens ener Decorated Creams. . Ee morte oem... a on Burnt Almonds. . esc cae eo ae. SO oe Wintergreen Beretiee UT a Oe CARAMELS, No. 1, wrapped, -_~ boxes. __....... oo No. i, ee 51 No. : 3 - oe ORANGES, California Seedlings—126.. «ce 2 20 150, 7 6, ‘2 0, Se 3 Ov 2 15 Wanmey Navels-it.... 3 00 DO ecco e cece el es oe 1m, 176, a 4 Ov Choice stock. 25c per box less. Meese Oranges, “00..-..-...-.. 2. 3 20 Cotsniee Vie, 100.......................... ] LEMONS. neice ae Mvere Choice SO. ... ..... ..... wl. Se Mie Vanes. we... 4 00 Choice, 360... 4 - > The Grocery Market. Sugar—The market is strong, but the demand is by no means as active as the refiners would evidently like to see it. The report that has been circulated re- garding an agreement between the Trust and the independent refiners to keep up prices is vigorously denied by represen- tatives of both. They claim that the in- crease in valuesis legitimate and is due to a large demand and the fact that they have been oversold on many grades, Provisions—All kinds of fresh and salt meats are stronger and higber. The same is true of lard and smoked meats. Lemons—Advanced quite sharply at the recent cargo sales, the better grades fully 60c per box, and 25c on common to choice. We do not look to see any lower prices for first-class fruit and purchases made at present will be a safe invest- ment, as there is no great amount afloat at the present time. Oranges—Last week we noted an ad- vance, which has been fully maintained, especially on fancy Naveis. The advance had a tendency to curtail orders a little; consequently the exchanges are getting back orders picked up, and there is a lit- tle weakness noticeable on Seedlings and choice grades of Navels. Our market has had a fair amount of Sicily fruit the past week, but it does not seem to take as well with the trade as California prod- ucts; consequently we do not expect to see much more of it here. Bananas—With the advent of more seasonable weather, the banana business begins to pick up. There were two car- loads in our market last week, and two or three more are due to arrive this week. Prices are, necessarily, a little bit high yet, as all stock has to come for- ward in heated cars, which costs quite a bit more. Foreign Nuts—The demand is limited, and prices are in favor of the buyer. Anyone who wants full sacks or large lots can get quotations shaded. Figs and Dates—Continue to meve ina moderate way, although sales are, neces- sarily, confined to actual needs, as no one feels like laying in stock to specu- late on. Gripsack Brigade. Will S. Canfield, house salesman for | the Olney & Judson Grocer Co., is con-' fined to his house with nervous prostra- tion. John W. Califf, traveling representa- tive for the J. P. Deiter Co., of Chicago, is in town for a few days, paying his re- spects to the trade. Geo. F. Owen went to Benton Harbor last week and booked an order for a stock of furnishing goods for the new firm of Stanley G. Guy & Co., who will shortly epen a general store at Coloma. Jacob Jesson, formerly engaged in the drvg business at Muskegon, but for the past half year a resident of Southern California, has engaged to travel in that State, New Mexico and Arizona for Sea- bury & Johnson, of New York. Another death has occurred in the ranks of the Michigan Knights of the Grip—Wm. L. Reed, general traveling representative for the Singer Sewing Machine Co., who resided at Kalamazoo. The death occurred on March 12 and was caused by abcess of the liver. Proofs of death are already in the hands of Secre- tary Owen. THE TRADESMAN feels called upon to warn the fraternity against the dead- beating practices of Calvin E. Sparrow, who has evidently managed to subsist for some months on the money he has been able to borrow of the boys by ex- hibiting his certificate of membership in the Michigan Knights of the Grip and re- hearsing a stereotyped yarn about his wife’s sister having died at Ft. Wayne and his not having quite enough money to take her to the place of burial. The fellow has not paid Assessments Nos. 1 and 2, and is, therefore, no longer in good standing in the organizatiop above referred to, and prompt action should be taken by the Board of Directors in -ex- pelling him from the association and compelling the return of the certificate. THe TRADESMAN is satisfied that the chap is utterly unworthy of confidence and should be promptly escorted to the door by any one on whom he attempts to play his nefarious art. Itis claimed that he is aiso known under the alias of Stillman C. White, but of this statement THE TRADESMAN has not been able to obtain positive knowledge. <——_ Pureiy Personal. J. Elmer Pratt, who has for several years managed the advertising and sell- ing department of the Grand Rapids Cycle Co., has severed his connection with the company and removed to Bos- ton to take the management of the L. A. W. Bulletin. " W. F. Gill, junior member of ‘the firm of jWm. Gill & Son, general deal Gill’s Pier, spent Sunday in the city, the guest of Frank E. Chase and family. He was on his way home from Milwaukee was ers at and improved the opportunity to place his order for his spring line of shoes with Mr. Chase. H. J. Bartlett, formerly connected with the designing department of the Grand Rapids School Furniture Co., taken a position in the business depart- ment of the same corporation. He elosed a deal at Toledo last week for $6,000 worth of opera chairs for the new Ketcham opera house. — en We teach the children Danish, Trigonometry and Spanish, Fill their heads with old-time notions, And the secrets of the oceans, And the cuneiform inscriptions From the land of the Egyptians; Learn the date of every battle, Know the habits of the cattle Know the date of every crowning, Read the poetry of Browning, Make them show a preference For each musty branch of science, Tell the acreage of Sweden, And the Serpent’s wiles in Eden; And the other things we teach ’em Make a mountain so immense That we have not a moment left To teach them Common Sense. 2 onant ee... 6 - y ..... _--. © pmertiogd A ......... 5 = «......._. 4%| Indian Head........ 5% Aor... .......-,- aoe 8 A... ....... 6% ory % Archery ae = King EC..... BeaverDam AA.. 4%/Lawrence Le. 4% Blackstone O, 32.... 5 |Madras cheese cloth 8% Bisck Coow.-......- 6 Newmarket G...... Binck Hock ........ 5% — a: | 7 ' 5... 6 Capital a... 54 es Bp.... 5 oa ¥.......... 5% . a. ..... 6 Chapman cheese cl. 3% | Notbe =... 5 Cimtee CE......... 51¢/Our Level Best..... 6 Comet.. _... Speers &........... 6 Dwight eT 6%|Pequot.............- 6% Citten €CC........ 5% |Solar............-.-. 6 |Top of _ oap.... 7 BLEACHED COTTON 8 Acc. ........_ 14|Geo. Washington... _s e....-........ iGien Mitis.......... 7 Ava... -.... 53.\Gold Medal......-... 7% Art Campric........ 19 |Green Ticket....... 84 Blackstone AA..... 614/Great Falls.......... 6% eats All............ & (Hopp.......--..-...- 6% — 12 |Just Out.....- 4%@ 5 oo....-..._-. -._.. 6 |King Phillip........ 7% Ce % - OF..... Te Charter - aN 5% |Lonsdale Cambric.. 934 Conway W.. .. 74|/Lonsdale...... - @&% Cieveland...... ..- 6 |Middlesex.... .. @ 4% DwightAnchor.... 7 |No Name.........--. 7% - ‘¢ shorts 6 |Oak + cn eee eee 6 Mewerds... ........6 Oar Own........-... 5% Heeagene..... ........- 7 |Prideof "the West...11 Peree.........--. .- GX/Ropatind............ 7% Fruit of the Loom. TMisuniient........--..- 4% Fltchvilie ..... ... 7 [Utica Mills...... or Pires Prisco... .....- 6 - Nonpareil .. Fruitofthe Loom ¥. = vinseee..........._- 18% Fairmount.........- 434|White Horse....... 6 Parl Vare.......... 6% - -_.... -8% HALF BLEACHED COTTONS. _—————— 6 |DwightAnchor..... 7 Pare....... .-... © OANTON FLANNEL. Unbleached. Bleached. Housewife A....... 54 Housewife ee 6g - ......... — - 2... ¢ ao, - 8... 7 “ Bo 6% i + 8% . ....... a ' cee ccs 91g _ y.... 7 7... 10 . a 7 e....; 10% a... 7% z....... 11% . a: 8% ss 12% ‘ J... “ eT 13% . cK....... oe ' L .10 . -_.. 1s . ee - o.......23 - rr... 14% CARPET WA Peerless, wnite...... 14%) Integrity colored. ..18 %¥4| turkey red.... ... 6% Charter Oak fancies on) Meneies...,........ 4% Elberon solids*- 4%) Pacific— 10% Fountain red ...... 7%| blk & white pis. . 5 - cardinal . Bu Aventine. 5 Garner’s— fancies blk, white 5 stand, ~~ oe -10%} solid blk prints.. 2 satines.. : He fast color robes... 5% cardinals . os Bedford cords.... 7% Flower Pot. os o% Passaic fancies - 4% mousseline ....... | Shy e clarion rbs 5 Del Marine Mgs... 5 Peabody solid bl’k.. 4% Quaker style ..... 54 solid color 5% Harmony fancies... 4% Simpson’ 8 m’ing fac 5 - chocolates 4 solid bl’k 5 Hamilton fancies... 4% ' crepon... 5% TICKINGS. Amoskeag AC A....i1%|Imperial ............ 8% Comonteras .......... DS Pe OC. n conn... 7 Hamilton ~ eee rene Shwe Ss............ 8 EB... 6%|Galveston B........ 8 a - ee 18 <—_ Signal 1, 2, 3. 4, Five. * *9 STATE AGENTS FOR The Lycoming Rubber Company, keep constantly on hand a full and complete line of these goods made from the purest rubber. They are good style, good fitters and give the best satisfaction of any rubber in the mar- ket. Our line of Leather Boots and Shoes is com- plete in every particular, also Felt Boots, Sox, ete. Thanking you for past favors we now await your further orders. Hoping you wiil give our line a careful inspection when our representative calls on you, we are REEDER BROS’. SHOE CO. Hardware Price Current. These prices are for casn buyers, who pay promptly and buy in full packages. AUGUBS AND BITS. dis. an. 70 a = Jennings’, genuine...... --..........--..... Jennings’, imitation ...... Le cate demes oe s0&i0 AXES. dia. First Quality, 8. = rents. ........-.... TD BiGeawee 1.8550 . s. s © Seoer. 11 00 r eee .................. 6 50 BARROWS. 13 00 atnead |... $12 00 14 00 ee pet 3000 BOLTS. dis. sh ttCtCiCi«i‘i‘ ‘a RC soe ooo ee Carriage ee 75&10 Oe cee ee eee wee e secre ee seas “— Sleigh OE Os BUCKETS. Va oe... $3 2 BUTTS, CAST. dis. Cast Loose Pm, Geerce........ ...._ ....... Wrought Narrow, bright cat joint 40. . 86410 oe ore EE S HAMMERS. roug. ee ’ ‘ Wrought Inside Blind. ..00)0000020000000.000 SCG Wrought a fees cee a gee eee se | Vaud & Plomee ais. 40&10 Blind’ bee ond EAH SEO ae Mason’s Solid Cast Steel................. 30c list 60 eee ae oe eae BLOCKS. Sete. Cyerk 6, 1,2.2.............. is.60419 Ordinary Tackle, list April 1892..... ..... 70 | eae. r dos. net, 2 50 CRADLES. Screw ee and Strap, to 12 in. OK 14 and ~ 50 screw “Hook and Bye, % a net 10 OBOW BABS. i aL qr Gee eeeeee ee tees net 8% Cant Seen per 4 A my rtttee seer eeeeees = on OAPs. Seapenay -_ FF —ats............. perm 65 ee 35 uly ee “ g5 | Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track.. SIO Musket .. ae 60 Crasapiem, autl-frieten.................... 60&10 Cree ene as Widder wood trade 40 — HOLLOW WARE Rim Fire... 2... sees cence cette cree eens le 60&10 Central Fire....... 0-2... esse eeeeeeeee eee Ee nT eee» 80810 CHISELS. dis. Eo 6C &10 "SS SLATES 75&10 | Gray enameled.......... costes esses seeeeees 40610 Socket Framing -- 75810 HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS. Socket Corner. . 75400 | Stamped Tin Ware................. new list 7 : &10 Socket Slicks ........ 75&10 | Japanned Tin Ware.. . 2t &10 Butchers’ Tanged Firmer. bees cue Granta fron Ware ............... “new lis an WIRE GOODS. . Lee it | TT ae Coiry. [ewrcmees.............-... - 40 Screw Eyes........... 80 a... mitteasns ........_... a oe en CHALE. apace aaa ae os White Crayons, per gross.... . -12Q12% dis. 10 VELS. COPPER. Stanley Rule and Level aes... dia.7 Planished, 14 os Cut to —. oe per pound 28 PES. $4xce 16050, 14000 22 26 | Sisal, % inch and larger wt en ecesee cone 6 - Rolled, ee and 4260 . EE 9 0. 0118 i ce cee ee eee oe 23 SQUARES. dis Bottoms . see Gatine tetas | tesa aees aaa | Oe eel amd ren. |... ae “20 DRILLS. Gm | tigend Bove ee wore a oe a hoe wines. |... 20 ‘aper and straight Shank............ 50 Moraes TaperShank.................. ... 50 sana age Smooth. Com DRIPPING PANS. a oo ~ -- ...4350 8 50 Small sizes, ser pound ...................06. OG) so ne 350 862 60 Nos. 18 to 21.. ... £6 2 70 inane =o Netecesle seq es 06 Nos. 22 to 2. an 2 80 Com. 4 pleoe, GAN. .....-eeesteeeeees dos. net 65 | No. cok “a ae OTTUBALEG ... 2 we cere cece cccccccces sees 50 All shects No. 18 ‘and Ys yhter, wie inche ee dis. 40&10 | wide not less than 2-10 extra _— EXPANSIVE BITS. dis. SAND PAPER Clark’s, a, ee Lint acot.19 'S6 dis 50 Ives’, 1, 818: 2, $24; 3,830 i 25 SASHCORD. ' FILEs—New List. Silver Lake, White A. 50 Pee 6041010 Drab A.. 55 New Smercan. -... |... 60&10-10 “ White s. 50 OE EE a 0 ss Drab B... 55 ee ee is Whitec Heller s Horac Haspa... ......-............. s0&10 Discount, 10. GALVANIZED IRON. S8aSH WEIGHTS Nos. 16 to 20; 2 and 24; 25 and 2; 27 28 Solid Eyes...... .... - .-Per ton 820 mM & @ 14 15 16 17 “ Hana ‘SAWS. dis. Discount, 70 and .... ntrtttes eee 20 Sliver Steel Dia. X ‘Cuts, per foot, . _-_ = GAUGES. dis. “Special Steel Dex X Stanley Rule and Level Co.s.... ........ 60| ,, Special Steel Dox X Cuts, perfoot.... 50 Special Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot.... 30 KNOBS—New List. dis. “ Champion and Electric Tooth X Door, mineral, jap. trimmings . 55 Guin, per fost... Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings . a. -. 55 aie : Door, porcelain, plated trimmings .. : 55 | Steel, Game...... | > Door, porcelwin, trimmings ... 55 | Oneida Community, Newhouse’s........... 50 Drawer and Shutter, porcelain 70 | Oneida Community, Hawley Norton’ 8..70-10 10 LOCKS—DOOB. @ia, | Mouse, chomer.... ......... .15¢ per dos Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list J. 56 | Mouse, delusion........... . 81.25 per dos Mallory, Wheeler & Co.’s........... / 55 | WIRE. dis OE Ee Le. "5 Norwalk’s ..... Lee. 6 pees eae Ck, 5 | Coppere i acu cee W&10 MATTOCES. Adse Bye a (816.00, dis. 60-10 Tinned } a ee 62% Hunt Bye .. ($15.00, dis. 60-10 | Coppered Spring Steel. . 50 eee “gi8 50, dln 30a70, | Barbed Fence, galvanized teeteeeees 2 30 dis. patitea ......... 1 90 Sperry & Co.'s, Poat, — _ HORSE NAILS. MILLS. dis. Ao Gebde......... ............. |... a |= =e Coffee, Passos Cae... .... ............... ———————————— dis. P. 8. & W. Mfg. Co.'s —n : 46 Mornewomterm..................._.. dis. 10&10 ‘+ Landers, Ferry & Clerk’s... “0 WRENCHES. dis. ss 6Enterprise ........ --- oe 30 | Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.............. 30 MOLASSES GATES dis. | Coes Genuine ...... 5A Stebbins Vutterm.... ..........-. 60416 | Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought. 7! &10 Stebbin’s Genuine...... io 68810 | Coe’s Patent, malleable. . | Tal Enterprise, self-measuring 30 MISCELLANEOUS. dis, NAILS Eanes Advance over base, on both Steel and Wire. | Pumps, Cistern....... canta - -T5&1 &5 Serows, New Ltt..............- __.-. oo Sisal wane bees... 8. SC. . 1 20 Wise vadin Gases i a9 | Casters, Bed a d Plate...... 50& 10141 60 Base Dampers, American voces GIO 10 Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel goods. ss 70 25, METALS, 28 PIG TIN. Sai iig bee... Sires... Se 45 ZINC. 50 | G0 pound casks............... eae 5% mi ree rouee......... 75 SOLDER, Ny 3 120 xtra ————e 12 160; The Pag of the many other qualities of 1 60 | solder in the market indicated by private brands 65 | vary according to composition. 5 ANTIMONY. os) Cogueem......... ..............,... per pound a 90 TIN—MELYK GRADE. 6 Ms 10 | 10x14 IC, Charcoal ee ee eee Wa $60) Ciimen 10.......... . 70 | 14x20 IC, sl oe 60 8 : 80 | 10x14 IX, CS 7 0 - See 90 | 14x20T ee 4 ¢ ( S% Each additional X on this grade, 81.75. PLANES. dis. TIN—ALLAWAY GRADE. Ges Foal Cae fangs. .................... @5) | 10x14 IC, —. Oe eee ee 52 Sciota Bench.. i‘ . 60&10 | 14x20 IC, Le lee eo 52 Sandusky Tool Co.'s, fancy .......... @50 | 10x14 Ix, c eee 6 3 Hoesen fatauaiiy... ....... ..-..-... @50 | 14x20T Ix, . Gr Stanley Rule and ‘Level ¢ = 8 wood...... 60 Each Caditionsl X on this grade $1.50. BOOPING PLATES OE ee dis. = 14x20 IC, . mn 50 Common, polished ee eee ene dis. 14x20 IX, . a : 6 0 BIVBTS. _" 20x28 IC, hig . ok. ... 16 0 TE 60 | 14x20 IC, . Allaway Grade.. . 475 > | Copper ive and bum................ .... BO—10 | 14x20 TX, . eee 5 75 20x28 IC . . 9 80 PATENT FLANISHED IBON. ox2sIx’ te a] 11 50 ‘*A? Wood's patent ponent Nos. 2% to ” 10 20 ' BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE. a “Be Wood's aa ed, Nos. 25 to 27... 9 20 14x56 IX, for No. 8 Bollers Broken packs per pound extra. l4xeo XL" "QU { per pound 9 Sadik hai Matstone iar aeina a 4 : THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Q MicriaN TRADESMAN CSE Ds, me WEEKLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THR Best Interests of Business Men. Published at New Blodgett Bldg., Grand Rapids, — BY THE — TRADESMAN COMPANY. tne Dollar a Year, Payable in Advance ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLIC#TION, Communications invited frum practical bust- ness men. Correspondents must give their full name and address, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Subscribers may have the mafling address of their papers changed as often as desired. No paper discontinued, except at the option of the proprietor, until ell arrearages are paid. Sample copies sent free to any address Entered at Grand Rapids post-office as second lass matter. 72" When writing to any of our advertisers, please say that you saw their advertisementin He MIcHIGAN TRADESMAN. E. A. STOWE, Editor. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20. SOME EFFECTS OF UNIONISM. It is a matter of observation that in- dustries are specialized in most of our larger towns and that for some reason it seems to be impossible to establish, suc- cessfully, any enterprise not in the line of the specialty for that town. For in- stance, the specialty for Grand Rapids is furniture and allied lines, and it has long been a matter of remark that it is almost impossible to establish other lines here, especially metal working. What is the reason for this? It is also a matter of observation that in the towns where a special industry is suecessful thatindustry is placed beyond any material influence of unionism, es- pecially in the matter of wages, and thus the production is enabled to take its place in the markets of the country. But in the weaker industries the effect of the arbitrary prices maintained by unionism is to send all valuable con- tracts to towns where that particular in- dustry is beyond their dictation Thus, as stated above, metal working cannot be made successful here on apy very ex- tensive scale except by one or two specialty manufacturers whose patents and other advantages enable them to continue, as they do, in constant defiance of the unions. It is not alone in the matter of wages that such enterprises are handicapped, but in the arbitrary inierference in the business management. A_ notable in- stance of this kind occurred recently in this city. An industry had been in- augurated here under the most favorabie and promising circumstances. With valuable patents, large capital and wide experience in that particular business the indications were that in a short time hundreds of workmen would be em- ployed; but, unfortunately, the manager, in discharging a drunken workman, in- fringed some rule of the union. On his refusing to re-instate the man, when di- rected to do so by the union authorities, a strike was ordered. This, in due time, was followed up by a boycott, and the! nen-union workmen put on in place of} the strikers were made the targets of | abuse and assault—the same old story of union methods. What is the result?| The controversy having attracted the at- tention of the management of a concern ! making a specialty of that particular | line of work in a town where the indus- try is beyond the control of unions,a proposition is made to take the manufac- ture and furnish the finished goods at a price more than 15 per cent. lower than they could be made for here even with the co-operation of the union. Grand Rapids maintains a somewhat expensive Board of Trade, which puts forth commendable efforts to secure in- dustries. but what is the use of continuing the work against such influences as this? It will take a long time for its efforts to repair the loss of such an enterprise as the one in question. There is no good reason for, or benefit in, thus driving industries into specializ- ing centers, either for the unions or the communities. The unions thus drive them beyond their control; and it would be much better for a community to have | a varietyof industries and not be depend- ent for its prosperity on the commer- eial vicissitudes of a single product. INJURING OUR CREDIT ABROAD. One of the worst features of the for- midable opposition arrayed against the administration during the last Congress has been in the very unfortunate effect this opposition has had upon the credit of the nation abroad. The very pro- nounced disposition towards absolute free silver coinage, which is but another name for a silver standard; the success- ful opposition to the Government guaran- teeing the payment of its bonds in gold, and the eagerness displayed by some leg- islators to deprive the Government of the means of meeting its present gold obli- gations have thoroughly alarmed the holders of American securities abroad; hence it is not surprising that there should be a display of anxiety to unload such securities. The steady decline in Ameriean securi- ties in the markets of Europe has been one of the most interesting phases of financial affairs for the past few months. This decline cannot be attributed merely to mismanagement in the case of various railroads, but must be placed to the credit of the growing distrust as to the financial stability of the United States and to the gross perversion of financial legislation in Congress. How can we expect foreigners to have any confidence in the permanence of our institutions when they see prominent members of Congress prepared to sacri- fice the credit of the Government in order to satisfy some petty animosity enter- tained towards the President? With Congress full of people who are prepared to ruin the country to increase the value of their mining property in the West; of Wali Street Shylocks who are willing to precipitate a panic to perpetuate the gold standard; of politicians who are willing to do anything to make political capital, it is not astonishing that foreign- ers should despair of the future of the United States, and should become anx- ious to unload their holdings of Ameri- can securities. This withdrawal of foreign capital hitherto interested in the United States has been one of the most serious phases of the financial situation, as it has been this, more than any other cause, which bas been responsible for the heavy ex- ports of gold during the past year. It is a noticeable fact that strikes are nearly always promoted by men who will not work themselves, under any circum- stances. DIGGING THEIR OWN GRAVES. The most important political questions which can come before the American people, after the more urgent financial problem shall have been solved, are those which relate to the employment of labor. The working classes deserve and need all the wise counsel and all the kind considefation it is possible for them to have; but, unfortunately, their affairs have been conducted with extraordinary wrong-headedness ever since their cause was espoused by the exponents of so- ealled organized labor. Anybody with reasonable intelligence can readily see what an enormous politi- cal power could be secured by uniting the whole of the working classes into one vast voting and working body. Such a force at the polls would be invincible. It could stock state legislatures and the National Congress with members who would carry any measure the working classes might dictate, and, instead of leg- islation being enacted in the interest of the whole people, irrespective of class and condition, it could be effected solely in the interest of the working classes. So far from taking advantage of the remarkable opportunity offered, the masses have wholly neglected it and are chiefly engaged in fomenting and main- taining the widest and most hostile divi- sions among the different branches of laborers. For instance, all organized labor is bitterly at war with all unorgan- ized labor. The man who is forced to work, but refuses to wear the yoke of the labor union, at once becomes an ob- ject fer the most bitter persecution and hostile treatment. It is not exactly law- ful to kill him to keep him from work- ing, but it is excusable to do so. As a result of such wrong-headedness, which is precipitated and perpetuated by venal and unscrupulous union leaders, organized labor has assumed a_ pusition of menace to the peace and prosperity of the country, instilling the insidious doc- trine of discontent and anarchy among the membership and inspiring deeds of violence and crime on the least provoca- tion. Cursed by fatal divisions and in- ternal feuds and jealousies, the working classes bear the seeds of their own ruin. With universal harmony and co-opera- tion they would be all-powerful; but, with universal discord and war among themselves, they are utterly, hopelessly weak. It is their own fault. Many grievous blunders have been laid to the charge of our State Depart- ment in connection with Hawaii, with Samoa, and with the quarrel between China and Japan. In its recent demand for an apology from Spain, however, it assumed an unflinching attitude for the rights of American citizens and the honor of the American flag. It is, very nat- urally, a souree of congratulation to Grand Rapids people that the corres- pondence with the Spanish government was conducted by a Grand Rapids man— Hon. Edwin F. Uhl, now Assistamt Sec- retary of State—who appears to be as full of backbone as his superior is lack- ing in that essential element of states- manship. The prejudice that obtains for state and local rights causes no small annoy- ance and inconvenience in dealing with local disorders, as the recent New Orleans and Colorado riots. The federal authorities may be present with ample means torestore order, as is the case in New Orleans, yet they must wait until the Mayor, who is in sympathy with the rioters, and the State authorities have “fought it out’’ before taking any action. Meanwhile the representatives of foreign governments whose citizens are suffering at the hands of the rioters must prefer their claims through the general govern- ment and await its pleasure to interfere, a position not at all satisfactory to them. It is not to be wondered at that such representatives should be tempted to overlook diplomatic etiquette and cor- respond with local authorities, as Baron Fava, the Italian representative, has done in the Colorado matter. Of course, he must suffer for his temerity, but his action may serve the purpose of em- phasizing the necessity of reform in the practice, at least, of getting at such eases. It is acoincidence that the death of MacAllister, the autocrat of the social world of New York, should be so soon followed by the death of Worth, the autocrat of the fashion metropolis of the world. Itis worthy to note that while the former had no special or natural ad- vantages or prestige save that of self- assurance, the latter was even more ob- scure in origin and advantages for artistic culture. Born in an obscure English town and easily finding employ- ment in an English dry goods store, his advancement to the position of the great- est designer of costumes in the world seemed to be the result partly of fortu- nate circumstances and partly of a real genius for correct taste in women’s dress that was most remarkable. His position and reputation, however, were largely dependent on empiric assumption of au- thority which he had the tact to main- tain until a visit to his studio became the Mecca of tourists. The wonder is that he should have been able to main- tain his prestige so long. The labor riots in New Orleans and the lynchings in Colorado, involving, in both cases, citizens of other countries, revive the question of Federal responsibility aud right of interference in such cases. The great jealousy for state rights which prevents the general government from interfering until all local authority is ex- hausted creates a condition of affairs that is not atall satisfactory to the re- presentatives of foreign governments, who can only deal directly with our gen- eral government. As in the case of the New Orleans riots, the Mayor of the city may bein collusion with the rioters, and the government cannot interfere until local and state authorities have ‘‘fought it out.’”? This condition is an absurd one and one that should be speedily reme- died. There is considerable speculation as to the effect the payment of the Chinese war indemnity to Japan will have upon American finances. If the payment should be demanded in gold it is prob- able the reserve would soon disappear from the Treasury. It remains to be demonstrated what serious injury that contingency would cause to this country. It is thought the sudden advance in the price of silver iscaused by. the probable demand in the same direction. The Spanish Government has given notice that all code or cipher messages received by cable into that country will hereafter be subject to a government censorship. —_—— MICHTG A N TRA DESMAN. 9 ‘LITTLE SADIE'S STAR. ‘Sadie dear, fetch Baby Jim over to me, and I’ll see if I can’t amuse him while you tidy up the room a bit, before father comes. It’s almost time for him now.”’ The mother’s voice was thin aud weary, but the words were pleasantly spoken and a smile of loving approval lighted up the worn, tired face as she watched her little daughter obediently lift the baby brother from the floor and totter with him to the bed where she lay: for Baby Jim was a heavy weight and Sadie was only eight years old. “There !’? she said, panting, as she put him carefully down beside her mother, ‘‘I think he’ll be quite good if he has something to play with. What shall I get him?”’ Poor little Sadie! She might well ask the question, for the tiny attic room held, at the first glance, absolutely nothing save a wooden chair, a rough board ta- ble and the little hard bed or which the invalid was lying. Yes—there was one thing more—a heavy. old-fashioned sew- ing machine, which was drawn up close to the bed, and which Mrs. Hood had been feebly working with one foot, as her other limb had long been paralyzed. From the iron supports of the machine dangled some empty spools, threaded on a piece of string, and on these Sadie pounced, with an exclamation of triumph. Putting them into the little one’s out- stretched hands, and being rewarded by a crow of delight, she set about ‘‘tidy- ing” the bare little room. The daylight was fading fast and the sick woman strained her tired eyes to follow the lines of the machine-stitching she was trying hard to finish; but at last she laid down her work with a sigh. “No use,’”? she murmured wearily. ‘‘I did so hope I could get it done this even- ing, and perhaps Mrs. Maloney” (the landlady) ‘twould give me the money for it to-morrow. The last stick of wood is gone, and there’s only half a loaf of bread, te be supper and breakfast for us four. And Sadie’s dress is al in rags. I’ve mended it till the stuff won’t bear the weight of another thread, and I’m afraid the child will freeze, now the weather is so cold.”’ A quick sob rose in her throat, but she stifled it as Sadie crept softly to her side. “I thought you called my name,’’ the little one said, wistfully. ‘‘Il wish father would come home. There is only alittle piece of the candle left, and I thought I would save it till 1 heard him coming upstairs, and then light it, so the room would be bright when he came in. You don’t mind it in the dark for a little while, do you, mother?” anxiously. “No, indeed, dear,” quickly answered the sick woman. ‘You were right to keep the candle until father comes. He is late this evening, but I hope it is be- cause someone gave him work to do. Are you cold, Sadie?” as the child shivered and nestled closer to her. “Yes, but only a little bit,’ returned the little one, bravely. ‘I shall be quite warm when father comes, and then we ean light the candle and have supper. Is Baby Jim asleep, mother, and are you sure he is warm?” “Yes, dear, quite sure,”’ answered the mother, with another sob. Little Sadie’s patient, wistful voice was more than she could bear. But Sadie did not seem to hear the sob. She was gazing a dreamily, at the one narrow window, which was so near the roof that she could never get a glimpse of anything save that one small bitof sky. It was quite dark now, and presently Sadie be- gan to talk again in a low tone, as if to herself. ‘I wish my star would come out,’’ she was saying. ‘It is so big and bright and looks at me so kindly. Do you know, mother, I think it must be al- most as beautiful as the star that showed the wise men how to find Jesus when He was alittle baby? I wonder if He loved His star as much as I love mine. 1 think His star must have been so happy because it could show even the very wise men where to look for Jesus. Perhaps my star will show me how to find Him some day. Do you think it will, mother?’’? she asked. But, before her mother could answer, she sprang to her feet with the glad little cry, ‘Father is coming!” In another moment she had lighted the candle and, as the tiny flame slowly flickered up, the door was pushed open and a tall gaunt figure in workingman’s dress entered the bare little room. Sadie sprang into his arms with an ex- clamation of delight that almost awoke Baby Jim, and the sick woman turned on her hard pillow to greet him with a smile that made her wan face beautiful. He held Sadie closely for a moment, then put her gently down and turned to his wife. ‘‘Bad news again, Sarah,”’’ he said, his voice shaking, as he touched her hair with a hand which all his life of work could not make rough to her. ‘‘l’ve tried and tried ali day, to get work, but it?s no use. I suppose my appearance is against me,” and he looked down at his ragged clothes. ‘‘l’ve been to every place I could think of, and walked and walked and walked till 1 hardly had strength enough to get home, for I’ve had nothing to eat all day except the bit of bread this morning. The last place | went into was a rich man’s office. I'd heard it said he was a good man but cranky; and I thought perhaps he’d give me some little job, so | might bring home afew pennies. But it was the same old story—he had all the workmen he wanted and there was nothing for me to do. And then, somehow, I just broke down and told him about you and the children. He didn’t believe me, though. Said every one who came to him had some pitiful story to tell, and he ecouldn’t be always bothering with poor people. So I came away, desperate, hating him andj all the hard, cruel world of men like | him for killing you and my little chil-| dren by inches!”’ His voice rang out loud and fierce through the littl attic room. Baby Jim woke up and began to cry with fright, and a moment later the candle sputtered and went out, leaving them in total darkness. Sadie’s lip quivered | sadly but she winked the tears back, and, coming softly to her father’s side, as he flung himself with a groan into the old chair by the bed, she put her thin little arms tight around his neck. “Father! Father dear!’ she cried, in her loving little voice, while her mother tried to sooth poor little Jim, ‘‘why are | you so angry and sad to-night? You never were so sad before that you forgot to kiss Sadie. Lift up your head, father dear. We have been waiting for you so The finest, best thinnest skinned to be had. 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Do tell Him, father dear!” The childish pleading tones went straight to his heart, and, forgetting everything except his utter despair, the man laid his head on his wife’s pillow and sobbed aloud. “Oh, Sadie,” he said, ‘I could have told Him once and felt sure that He would help me; but now it is all dark, within and without, and there’s not a gleam of light anywhere to show me how to find Jesus in my great trouble.”’ The child sprang to her feet and her ery of triumph startled her father like a trumpet call. “It is not dark,’’? she said, ‘‘for look, father, there’s my star, and it’s shining right in here! And don’t you remember how, long, long ago, when Jesus was a little baby, a star showed the wise mer where to find Him? Well, there’s my star, father dear, and if you’ll just look up, it’l1l show you where to find Jesus.” * = * Next evening, as Hood, faint from want of food and worn out with vain en- deavors to find work, was once more on his way back to the little attic room he called home, he saw two or three men trying to launch a small sailboat on the river, while two ladies and an elderly gentleman on the shore were evidently waiting impatiently to get into it. Glancing at the dark clouds scudding along before a stiff breeze, Hood noted that a storm was approaching and invol- untarily called to the gentleman near the beat, ‘‘Better not go out, sir. There’s a squall coming up and you’ve too much canvas on your craft.’’ The gentleman looked around for an instant, to see where the voice came from, and answered impatiently, ‘‘Non- sense! Who minds a little wind? It’s all the better for our sail,” and a moment later helped his companions into the boat and sprang in after them. In the momentary glimpse he caught of his face Hood fancied that init, and alsoin his voice when he spoke, there was some- thing familiar, but he was too exhausted in body and troubled in mind to make any effort to recall wherein the vague likeness lay. As he watched the boat glide rapidly before the hurrying wind, his eye rested with a strange fascination | upon the turbulent river, which here ran deep and strong, and for a moment he felt a mad impulse to seek rest and oblivion from poverty and care beneath its dark waters. But then he thought of Sadie and Baby Jim, and of his patient, pain-racked wife, and, with a shudder, was turning away, when, glancing once more at the sailboat, he saw that the fast- | increasing wind had swept it over al- most on its side, and that it was in mo- mentary danger of being swamped. In- voluntarily, he started down the bank on a run and was quite near the boat when he saw that the gentleman was making a desperate effort to draw in the canvas. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. denly around and struck him full on the side of the head, knocking _him into the river. The blow sent his hat whirling away, and, as he went over the side, Hood recognized in him the man who had dismissed him so roughly the day before. With an impulse quick as had been the blow of the sail, Hood had flung off his coat and hat and prepared to spring in after the falling man. = But now,’ while the screams of the terrified ladies rang in his ears, he stood quite still, for one wild instant of awful irresolution. This man would have suffered Hood’s wife and children to starve! Let him die! It was just! But, as the terrible thought flashed through his mind, he glanced up once more at the black clouds, and just at that moment the wind blew them apart, showing for an instant a calm, steadfast gleam of light that made him fling up his arms with a great cry, ‘‘Sa- die’s star!”’ The next moment he was in the river and battling fiercely with the rushing waters and the roaring wind. A pale face with white hair about it rose just beyond him for the last time. He made one supreme effort and his hand grasped and firmly held the heavy stuff of a gar- ment. Ashe did so, he heard cries of encouragement from the banks and knew that the screams of the ladies had brought help. A moment later and strong arms had seized him and his helpless burden and drawn them to the shore. *‘Is he dead?’’ he asked, hoarsely, with a fearful dread at his heart; but the cheery answer came, ‘‘No, no, only stunned!’ Then he reeled and fell un- conscious. * * + A day later, Hood once more climbed the long, long flights of narrow stairs that led to his attic home. He moved very slowly and with evident weakness, staggering slightly as he reached the landings. He had eaten nothing all day and again his search for work had been unavailing. There was utter despair in the man’s heart as he thought of the eager, expectant faces that would greet him, and of the disappointment that would so quickly cloud them when he told of the usual lack of success. Out- side the door he paused for a moment, overcome by the dread of meeting them with failure written in every line of his haggard face. But loving ears had caught the sound of his faltering steps, and, as he hesitated, the door was flung wide, revealing a glow of light and warmth that almost blinded and over- came him as Sadie threw herself into his arms. “Oh, father, father!’’ she cried, hreath- lessly. ‘‘Such wonderful things have happened! An old gentleman has been here—such a kind old gentleman, with white hair—and a pretty lady with him. And, oh, father, see the fire they made and the beautiful lamp on the table! isn’t the room lovely and bright now? And supper is ready—oh, you never saw ;such asupper! Do come and eat, father | dear! I’m so hungry and we have been | waiting for you!” | Wild with delight, she drew the be- wildered, exhausted man into the grate- |ful cheer of the room. He staggered like la drunken man, as he looked around |him, and then, sinking into a chair— |there were more chairs than one now— turned confusedly to his wife. 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While we’re eating supper you shall tell us’-how it™all happened. The old gentleman—Mr. Brown, his name is— and his daughter are so kind. He is gruff and™queer, but oh, so good! . He says I¥am not to touch {the machine again, and that you are to have some place in his office that will pay youa good salary, and Sadie is to go to school. And he is coming back to-morrow to make us more comfortable, and—why, Jim, dear, you must not cry so! Sadie, come and see if you can’t make father look up ‘and eat some ‘supper. He is tired out. And afterwards, Jim, you must tell us how it was that you saved Mr. Brown’s life. You can’t think how grateful he and his daughter are. They say you were so brave—such a hero! And when Mr. Brown said how sorry he was that he had not listened to you the other night, hejcried.” ‘Oh, no, he didn’t, mother,” inter- posed Sadie, with wide-open eyes. ‘He only said ‘So sorry! Such a brute!’ and frowned till I was quite frightened. I thought that he meant that you were a brute, father dear, and I was just going to tell him you were not a brute at all but the best man in the world; but I didn’t have time, because he stooped down, quite suddenly, and kissed me and lifted me on his knee, and asked me all about—oh, everything” (this rather vaguely). ‘Sol told him all about my star, and he frowned ever so many times, till I couldn’t see his eyes any more, and he said, ‘Dear me!’ and ‘Bless my soul!’ every ether minute. And mother says she is quite sure he meant that he was a brute, and not you, so I’m glad I didn’t tell him I was angry. And my star is up there, shining just as bright as can be, though there’s so much light in the room you can’t see it very well. So now everything is all happy and we can have supper,” finished Sadie, contentedly. ‘“‘And after supper, little one, you and mother shall hear all about Mr. Brown’s accident,” answered her father, glancing up, reverently, at the little window, where a gleam of light shone faintly, yet clearly, against the tiny space of sky be- yond, ‘‘and how your star saved me, too.’’ In all the great city, that night, there could be found no happier little family than the one in the tiny attic room; for, in the hoar of his greatest temptation, Mr. Hood, “looking up,’’ had found heaven again, and, from out the dark- ness that had encompassed them, forever calm and clear and steadfast shone little Sadie’s star, tn A Maine story is told of a young man in Augusta who had prolonged his eall on his ladylove rather later than usual, who was surprised when a window in an upper story was raised as he left the house and the voice of the mistress of the mansion called out: ‘‘Leave an extra quart this morning, please.” Use Tradesman Coupon Books. California Oranges in the East. From the New York Shipping List. For the first time in the history of the fruit trade, oranges grown in California bid§ fair to be an important factor in Eastern markets, and already sales have been made in the New York market of upward of one hundred cars, and orders are being constantly taken. The California orange crop this year is a very full one, and it is estimated that the quantity fit for shipment will reach 6,500 ears, a consid- erable part of which will find its way to the markets of the East. The destruc- tion of the oranges on the trees in Flor- ida in December, followed as it was by the more disastrous freeze later on, which damaged, and, in many instances, killed the trees, will make the produe- tion of the Pacific Coast an important factor in the markets here, not only this year, but for from three to five years to come; so say those in a position to know, for that is the estimated time it will take the Florida growers to get back where they were before the disas- ter of last year overtook them. The market on the coast is firm and ad- vancing, and the growers of Riverside, San Bernardino, Orange and Los An- geles counties, which comprise the orange-growing district of California, are reaping the benefit of the calamity which has overtaken their fellow grow- ers of Florida. The California orange trade with the Far East is handicapped somewhat by the high freight rate—90 cents a box—which looks high to deal- ers in comparison with the cost of getting Sicily fruit here, which is about 30 centsa box, and at times even less. About four-fifths of the California output is said to be controlled by the Southern California fruit exchanges. From the sales already made, in con- nection with the fact that experts say that California oranges are sweeter, more palatable and generally better than imported fruit, the probabilities are that the shipments to Eastern mar- kets will be very free during the sea- son. _ Oe The Tendency of Bicycling. The safety bicycle has completely rev- olutionized our eonceptions of distances The world mile has lost its prestige. Heretofore a man could make about four miles an hour; now he can cover 12, 15 20 miles and more in the same time. This possibility has for tourists an in- vinecible attraction, an_ irresistible charm. To go still quicker and farther— that is the inspiring aim. To produce speed by one’s own strength, without anybody’s aid, to be one’s own motor,— these are thoughts which fire our imagi- nations and feed the bicycle passion. Cycling as asportis still more inter- esting, from a moral point of view. Quite a large number of our young men who, formerly, were addicted to stupid habits and the seeking of nonsensical distraction and vulgar pleasures are now vigorous, healthy, energetic, and for the sake of this extraordinary ma- chine submit themselves to an ascetic rule of life, and, induced by taste and passion, acquire habits of temperance, the imperative desire of quiet and regu- lar living, and, most important of all, the steady exercise of self-control, by resist- ing their appetites and doing without hesitation all that is required for effec- tual training. It is true that there are higher aims in life. One may plan greater things as a program of one’s existence. 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Written for THE TRADESMAN. A few bicycle dealers and riders are yet skeptical on the practicability of wood rims for durability and service, and it requires considerable urging to convince them that wood rims are a suc- cess and have come to stay. One year ago, the writer was the only one in Grand Rapids who had faith in these rims, at least enough to recommend them, and it was a point which was al- ways brought up by a new rider—‘‘Are they a success?” About 75 per cent. of the high-grade wheeis sold by Studley & Barclay the past season were fitted with wood rims and they have given, with one make excepted, better satisfaction than steel. Some mauufacturers and some local deaiers claimed that they were nota suc- cess and would never be in general use track use and city riders who ‘‘take the coPMers easy,’’ etc. own satisfaction, at the close of the seasen, 1 got expressions from some of the leading manufacturers on their experience with these rims and will give of their opinions: except for want to For my the “gist’’ Sterling Cyele Works: ‘‘From our ex- perience, and from what we know of the experience of other manufacturers, wood rims will be used almost universally next year.” Biack Manufacturing Co.: ‘‘Our ex- perience in regard to wood rims is satis- rims, we beg to state that the wood rims which we have applied to our wheels this season have given us every satis- faction. Very few have been returned to us from any cause, and the percent- age of breakage of these rims, compared with both hollow and crescent steel rims as previously used, is altogether in favor of the wood.” Keating Wheel Co.: ‘Our experience with wood rims very satisfactory. They have come to stay.” E. C. Stearns & Co.: ‘‘We have used wood rims this season almost exclu- sively and have found them much more satisfactory than the steel. We shall certainly continue to use them next sea- son.”’ Winton Bicycle Co.: ‘Our experience with wood rims can be called satisfac- tory. Not more than 1 per cent. have been damaged in actual use or from de- fective material.”’ Western Wheel Works: ‘As to wood rims, we wish to say thatour experience has been very satisfactory and we be- lieve (with many others) that they are here to stay.”’ Marion Cycle Co.: ‘‘We are entirely satisfied with our experience in regard to wood rims. We believe it to be the only correct rim for bicycle construction. We shall use them for our entire output for the coming year.” National Cycle Manufacturing Co.: ‘We believe that they are a success. We have not had a broken rim this sea- is THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. a fixture. Dealers who handled from 2,000 to 4,000 wheels during the season of ’94 state that 95 per cent. of the wheels they order for next season will be with wood rims. The fact is that we have had fewer wood rims come back for re- pairs than steel, which is good evidence of their durability.” (This last sentence is very convincing, as, in nine times out of ten, a steel rim is repaired at the local repair shop, while a wood rim goes to the factory.) Pope Manufacturing Co.: ‘It has veen our purpose, this season, to allow our customers to make a choice between steel and wood rims uninfluenced by us. The wood rims that we have put out have given us very good satisfaction and have stood up much better than we an- ticipated. Itis not probable, however, that wood rims will ever prove as strong or durable as our sheet steel hollow rims, than which we believe there is no better made.’’? (This letter was under same date as all the others—September 17— and the big ‘‘our” stood out in prominent letters. ) Upon looking over a 95 Columbia cat- alogue, I fail to find any mention of steel rims, showing that their opinion has changed somewhat in the past six months. The fact is that wood rims are more elastic than steel and weigh about 2 pounds per pair less; thus, in a 20-pound wheel with steel rims you have this two pounds taken off some more important part, to keep the weight down to the same weight wheel fitted with wood Comparison of the Navies ofthe World. Some interesting statistics have been compiled recently by Secretary Herbert concerning the number and the types of the war vessels of the leading navies of the world. The tables show that Eng- land has, at the present time, some 43 battle ships, 12 cuast defenders, and 18 armored cruisers, and 10 battle ships building. The French navy contains 43 armored vessels built and 20 authorized and building. Russia has 40 such ves- sels, Germany 32 and Italy 18. These navies have, in addition, many unar- mored vessels. The number of war ves- sels in the service of England, including protected cruisers, ordinary cruisers, gunboats and torpedo vessels, exclusive of torpedo boats, is 238, and some 48 ad- ditional ones authorized and building. The French navy contains in all 14° ves- sels, with 24 building. Germany has al- together 39, Russia 32 and Italy 72. Tor- pedo boats have come totake a very im- portant part in naval warfare. France has 217 torpedo boats in service and 42 authorized and building; England has 165 and 64 respectively; Italy 178 and 11; Russia 163 and 14, and Germany 119. The comparison between the United States and foreign navies afforded by this table is very significant. At pres- ent the United States has 3 torpedo boats and 3 building. Such a compari- son needs no comment. It is to be hoped that the United States navy may be more adequately "Provided in the future. —_> 2 > In thirty years the consumption of to- bacco in England has risen from 29,000- 000 to 62,000,000 pounds, and from an average of 19 ounces a head to 26 ounces. in the same time the consumption of non-alcoholic drinks has grown far in excess of alcoholic drinks. In 1861, 125,- 000,000 pounds of tea, coffee, cocoa and factory, as they have proved very dura- rims. Wood rims will bend almost chicory were imported to 265,000,000 ble. About 90 per cent. of the wheels |Son except as the result of collision on double without breaking, while steel pounds in 1893, while the rise in wines that we have made this year have been | the track.” ape nuk te tie ts and spirits was from 35,000,000 to .1,- s. . : p P 9 j i with them, and the rims returned Yost Manufacturing Co.: ‘*Regardi . , | 000,000 gallons. Beer rose from 24 eee r spent tae ’ fh ' e sarang | mend an up-to-date wheel to customers| gations a head in 1861 to 3324 gallons in to us broken have been very few. our opinion of wood rims, we have be-|and you will hold trade. 1874, but has fallen off again to 2914 Raleigh Cyele Co.: ‘*Regarding wood; come firm believers that wood rims are W. B. Janvis. gallons. iy On ee ca 2 ss Se a ie > Se Se Oe S YO E SSOS 9S OS 0G0SOE0OOH OOO O© BOR RI DEN’S: PEE L SS Bids ‘ ~=—_EVAPORATED CREAM 33 é of Is pure milk reduced to the consistency of cream, light in color, natural <4 in flavor. : It cannot be compared with any unsweetened milk or evaporated cream 3 heretofore offered. <4 . . , } It is not dark in color. It does not thicken with age. © ; . : i } It is not disagreeable in flavor. It does not spoil. } 2 © Prepared and guaranteed by the g } T NEW YORK CONDENSED MILK COMPANY $ © For Quotations See Price Columns < + Because you are neither crazy nor a crank. FOR THOUGHT. sample of it: Why Buy Flour Here, Feed There ——— —n ane 63] ee eee eeen BBB TSGSes You Do Not Need—— But try a free dose of our FOOD Twill build up your husiness system. Here is a And Sundries Elsewhere When you can just as well freight, shortages and time? ING IN FRE IGHT, no care] Let’s figure together goods. CRANKS aie buy a Mixed Carload of us, aud save Did you ever figure on that? ess re- handling « of packages, no damaged and divide the profits. Y GIFY MILLING GO, Grand Rapids Mich. BIG SAV. aaa THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. THE BACK OFFICE. Written for THE TRADESMAN. If there ever was a time when the rela- tions of marriage to commerce could be properly considered in the columns of a trade paper, it is now, when the commer- cial world, with the rest of humanity, gives a sigh of relief that the ‘high noon’’ function has culminated and that the happy pair whose union has done so much for commerce, foreign and domes- tic, has gone somewhere to pass the bliss- ful period of their wedded life. I use the term, ‘‘done so mueb for com- merce,”’ advisedly, for, turned from the traditional stocking into the marts of trade, it does make all the difference in the world to those marts, and the blessings which can be traced to such a turning cannot be set forth too plainly. Think, in the first place, of the different tradespeople that have been benefited. There are the dry goods houses, who furnished the wedding gar- ments (and who can say that the wed- ding was not a blessing when, from mer- chant to sewing-girl, the gain is taken into account?); there are the shoe firms, who have a pleasant story to tell; the florists have large accounts to settle: the grocer declares that the wedding would have been an utter failure without his assistance; the butcher, the baker, the candlestickmaker, present the same ac- knowledged claim, while the confectioner and the wine merchant beg leave to be counted in: that, the $169,000 gets over trickling downhill, the re- ceivers thereof are ready to affirm that, on purely business grounds, a wedding with American dollars on side and the coronet of a count on the other will do more to help business along than anything else in the world. That’s about as far in the line of blessings as I care to go, and 1 guess that’s about as far in that line as I can ga anyway. so when the one + * # A prominent business man recently re- marked, ‘‘l wish | knew where I could find a man who would take an interest in my business, and upon whom I could de- pend under all circumstances.” It is a wail which finds an echo every- where and, like most wishes, will for- ever remain ungranted. It means, if it means anything, that the wailer wants to find a man who will come right in and at once look after matters pertaining to the business as carefully as the owner himself. This first-class man shall be on hand the first thing in the morning and the last thing at night. He shall look after all the little details of the busi- ness, as well as after the general man- agement of the whole concern, and he shall be so true to his trust that the pro- prietor of the establishment may, if so desire, leave the whole concern to this man and go away for his heaith and, on his return, find everything running as it was when he went away—in fact, the man is, in the matter of business, to be his second self. It does seem as if such men must exist, but where are they? For such an one the careworn man of business would give a man’s ransom. Without trying to pry into the affairs of the gentleman quoted, I would be will- ing to wager that, if he, like Diogenes of old, would light the right kind of a fan- tern, and would go looking around in his own store, he’d come plump upon the he where $169,000 is | himself. ere ou general principles, are very much alike; so the man I’m after is like me. Now, I take all the care of this store on my hands because it’s mine and because it pays me to look after all the little details. If { were this first- class man, what would make me willing to do just as ’'m doing now? I wouldn’t do it for a cent less than the profit there is init. That means what is left after I pay the interest on my capital. I believe I'll be satisfied with that interest and will let my first-class man have all he can make besides that.’’ With that spirit, the business being fairly profitable, I guess the right man for the place could be found within the next twenty-four hours; but, if it is the hope and the expectation to come across a first-class man who will do this work for nothing, or next to it, the wailer will find the world to be desperately wicked and the men in it—every last one of them—just as selfish as he is! * * * ‘Karly in last April,’? says a recent publication, ‘ta Wabash, Indiana, man wrote a note on an egg, requesting the customer purchasing it to notify him when and where the egg was cracked. - has just received a note, dated Jan. », from a Hartford, Conn., woman, stat- ing she had that day purchased the egg at a grocery as a ‘strictly fresh’ prod- oe I have read that note over carefully and, for the life of me, can’t see any- thing remarkable aboutit. I know that three months more would have given that poultry fruit a year of travel, but that only shows what a good egg it was when it set out upon its Journey; and 1 know, too, that the grocer who finally found a customer for this hen product pronounced it ‘‘strictly fresh.’?’ The trouble here lies with the language and not with the egg. It was a ‘‘fresh’’ egg according to the vocabulary of trade, and the grocer, if questioned, would say that he received the egg that very morn- ing; so that, so far as he is concerned, it was just received and, in consequence, “‘tresh.’” To drive the implied point home, the writer should have stated whether the Connecticut woman found the product any the worse for its wanderings: but even then the grocer would be found equal to the emergency. **My dear madam’’ (and the words would have the smoothness of oleo) ‘tl am sorry that you found the egg unavailable. The ar- ticle came to us this morning as fresh. We cannot go back of the returns. If 1 could, | should be glad, on your account, to trace that egg to the hen that produced it; but you can see that that is as im pos- sible as it is for me to give you another egg, a proceeding contrary to the rules of trade. Candle our eggs? Another impossibility; we handle too many for that, and, besides, we cannot be held re- sponsible for what the wholesaler, the packer, or the producer does. It is one of those risks we must share together and be thankful that we suffer in such good company. Was that all to-day?” The result of one such transaction came to me and is to the effect that the woman, admitting her share in the risk, refused to assume that of the grocer, and deducted it from the price of her next purchases, a proceeding, the grocer very man for whom he was looking. Be- | affirmed, as illogical as it was illegal. fore he sets out on this search, he wants | to have a little private conversation with | is— That grocers don’t lie about such And the point to be emphasized what? Show Cases, Store Fixtures, as BUY ESTABLISHED 1864. Send for Circular. Silent Salesman “igar Case, J. PHILLIPS & CO., Detroit, Mich. Write Any Sfowctse Needed. 9-61 Canal St., for ; rices of 55-5775 GRAND RAPIDS. L. C. HAYDEN HONE 540. J. M. HAYDEN "“GET ON TO THIS” ina ri at 6¥ Pearl St. AND ASK FOR PRICES ON Mitt Hosr GARDEN Hose MacuHinE CI AXLE GREASE EMERY WHEELs and Emery Croru SPRAYER. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH Don't forget to ask to see our VEGETABLE J.M.HAYDEN &CoO., SWEET’S HOTEL. MARTIN L. SWEET, Proprietor. HENRY D. and FRANK H. IRISH, ilV’grs. Steam heat in every room. Electric tire alarms throughout the house. improvements and decorations will soon make it the best hotel in Michigan. Other PEAKING & HESS, DEALERS IN Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow. OS. 122 and 124 ie Street, Grand Rapids, Michigan. WE CARRY A STOCK OF CAKE TALLOW FOR MILL USE. 14 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. trifles as fresh eggs, and that, when they say ‘‘fresh,’’? they mean fresh from the grocer’s side of the house. See? * * * I quote, a‘late issue of the Chicago Dry Goods. Reporter: ‘*‘When you make a shoe display, just bear in mind the fact that people will ad- mire a small size shoe {where ,they will pass by aglarge one. ,Many window dressers have learned this from experi- ence. A man or woman, and especially @ woman, will stop and admire a small shoe in the window—and then go inside and buy one four sizes larger. But,if she had seen the large shoe in the win- dow, what do you think she would have done? In men’s shoe a 7% B makes a fine appearance in the window. If you show a9 in the same shoe, it will look ugly and undesirable, but the 714 will at- tract any man. Remember these points when you dress another shoe window.’’ There is a deal of truth in that item; but isn’t it equally true that a size larger than 744, if shapely, is quite as attractive as that 7344? I have seenan 8 and a 9, with narrow sole and a correspondingly narrow upper, in calf or patent leather, make a fine showing in the window, and an equally fine one on closer examina- tion. A man with a large foot is not de- ceived by a small shoe. He admires it, he looks at it with longing eyes, but he turns away, knowing full well that that little shoe is hot’ for him. If, on the contrary, there is a well-made big shoe in the window, his eye is quick to see it and, shortly after, he will be trying it on. The Paris Exposition of 1889, not a remarkable one in the United States de- partment, had a certain shoe exhibit by a firm in New York. There were shoes big and little. Those for men were espe- cially attractive on account of the fine material, but, better than all, for the workmanship. The size was not a mat- ter of concern, for the large shoes were shapely and handsome and added to, rather than detracted from, the general effect. Asaresult of that exhibit the New York house added materially to its list of customers. In the window of a certain shoe store not a thousand miles from Grand Rapids there is a shoe so big and clumsy that it ought ruin the reputation of any house displaying it. It is doubtful if such a shoe ought ever be made. It certainly comes nowhere near breaking the second commandment, for it resembles nothing in the heavens above, or on the earth be- neath, or in the waters under the earth. It is simply so much leather made into a foot covering of ugly shape. Heavy, clumsy, inelegant, there it stands, aclod, to make the purchaser more of the earth, earthy. Iam inclined to think there is no surer indication of a nation’s civiliza- tion than the kind of shoe in which it perambulates, and the man who gets on one of these clods of which I have been speaking, and is contented therein, is not many links removed from his monkey grandmother. I sometimes wonder why some enter- prising shoe dealer who has taste in win- dow arrangement does not get, so far as he is able, a line of footwear showing the fashions from the earliest times to the present. It would be a display as in- structive as unique, and would show to what extremes the human family has gone in foot clothing. What Grand Rap- ids dealer will put my suggestion into practice? RicHARD MALCOM STRONG. —>——_—__— The Signal Five leads, all others fol- low. Price vs. Quality. Written for THE TRADESMAN. There are a great many dealers who, when placing an order, look more to the price than to quality, and, in nine cases out of ten, they are the very ones who complain first and most of dull times, no trade and poor profits. Good goods are pleasing to the eye and those who consume are often influenced by the reputation of the dealer. If he is known to handle standard goods, one feels safe in accepting what he offers, knowing that it must be good, evenif the brand is new to the purchaser. What sort of a reputation have you in your own town? Is your motto, ‘‘How good, not how cheap?’’ Or, is it, ‘‘Not how good, but how cheap?’’ Either one is a true index of the class of trade to which you cater. If you buy canned goods at 70c per dozen and try to sell at 6c per can, are you forging ahead? Of course not. You do not make enough, and the person who buys the can kicks at the quality, when his own good judgment should have told him not to expect much. When’ something better is desired he goes elsewhere, thinking that all of your goods, like the can he bought, are toe cheap. Thus, you lose in two ways—the profit you did not get, but might have had, and acustomer. On the other hand, if you bought standard goods, say something worth $1.50 per dozen, you would have sold them for at least 15¢c per can, making a fair profit, besides giving the purchasera good class of goods, and he would have thought more of you. Possibly he might kick a little on the price—everybody likes to do that—but he would feel more agreeable after his dinner, and itis better to have a customer satisfied with the quality of what you sold him, if not with the price, rather than dissatisfied with both. We all know that the tendency is to get the price of everything down, but there is a limit, and if you go below this limit the result is impairment of the quality and value of the article. The aim of every dealer should be to elevate the standard of his goods and bring his customers up to it, rather than lower the standard in order that he may sell them for less money; and in no lineof business should this be more observed than in the grocery business—the purveying of food products. There is no question but what the majority of the consuming public are discriminating and intelligent, and, while none of us would pay more than obliged to for an article wanted, any and every one wants a good grade and full value for money paid. The dealer who eaters to the intelligent class of buyers, and appeals to their judgment, offers what is clean, wholesome and worth the price, not pretending to sell at less than cost, but asking and exacting a fair percentage of profit. This theory should govern dealers in every line of goods and, when carried into effect, means success. FRANK T. LAWRENCE. >_> Profit and Loss. From American Investments. That man is rich who has no debts. Giving brings love; lending scatters it. Only the fool brags of his bank ac- count. Order is from above, disorder from be- low. Better go to bed hungry than rise in debt. The worst enemy some men have is prosperity. Put the brakes on the investment that hurries you. Be the last to cross the river of doubt- ful investments. oe CHAMPION @ GASH REGISTER AND GOING TO STAY THERE THREE-FOURTHS OF YOUR TIME SAVED ON YOUR BOOKS. ALL MISTAKES IN REGARD TO CHARGES SAVED. NINETY PER CENT. OF ALL MISTAKES PREVENTED. EVERY MISTAKE THAT IS MADE IMMEDI- 3S ATELY POINTED QUT. Think Of It! | Champion Cash Register Company Grand Rapids With the Champion Cash Register system you can actually save three-fourths of your book-keeping. Write us, and we will have our salesman explain to you, without cost or without any obligation to buy, our new methods of economizing work, avoiding mistakes, and of saving money! It will pay you. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. A 15 * RS al ae volution of THE TRADESIMIAN eames, ” Be ae on At First..... “The Tradesman” was is- sued from a single room in the Eagle Building, Lyon | St., amply sufficient for its requirements, the plan and dimensions of which are | opposite. SECOND LOCATION- NCRAVERS*"oPRINTER acd Ab ag ht teat - =1888==100 Louis St. A Record of Growth! Where will it Peery. ak we 64s From This ype grand Safe Compasilors Stand imposing Stone Table Imposing Jtlone eo | wd UT ES CO Compository Stand BIRTHPLACE=-Room 12 x 18==Eagle Building. In 1888..... “The Tradesman’s’” business had grown to the extent of the cut opposite. This soon became crowded, and now it is located on the Fifth and Seventh Floors of the New Blodgett Building. And the Young Man meee Cirews! ...... The Price of Lying. | It was such a bright boy who applied | to the grocer fora job that he thought | he would give him a little talk, just fora | guy. | “If I hire you,’ he said, *‘ 1 suppose ; you will do what | tell you?” | “Ves, sir.”” “If 1 told you to say the sugar was high-grade when it was low, what would | you say?”’ The boy never turned a hair. “ld say it,’? he responded promptly. “If I told you to say the coffee was | pure, when you knew that it had beans in it, what would you say?” “Pd say it.” “If LT told you to say that the butter was fresh, when you knew it had been in the store for a month, what would you say?” ‘*?d say it.’’ The merchant was nonplussed. “How much will you work for?” he inquired very seriously. “One hundred dollars a week,” an- swered the boy, in a business-like tone. The grocer came near falling off his | stool. “One hundred dollars a week?” he re- peated in astonishment. ‘‘With a percentage after the first two weeks,” said the boy, coolly. ‘You see,” he went on, ‘‘first-class liars come high, and if you need them in your busi- ness you’ve got to pay them the price. Otherwise, 11 work for $3 per week,” and the boy caught the grocer at his own game and got the job at $3 per week. oo A Commercial Menace. Gen. Lew Wallace was interviewed the other day on the war between Japan and China, and he gave utterance to some ideas which are most striking. ‘‘The Japanese,’’ he said in substance, ‘*will undoubtedly whip the Chinese as far as they are permitted to go. But after the Chinese are whipped—what then? China will find that she is no longer to be let alone, that diplomacy will not save her, that she must fight her way, and she will begin to adopt modern ideas. This is a menace to the western world. But the menace is from the commercial point of view. China will not confine her regen- eration to methods of warfare. She will become a factor in the business of the world. If California has found the Chinese a menace at $1 a day, what will the rest of the world find them at 5 and 10 cents a day, as they are found at home? Suppose the result of this war will be to drive them into manufactur- ing, how can the other nations of the world compete with them? Can we in this country meet a wage of 10 cents a day? Can even crowded Europe, with her pauper labor, meet such a wage? We talk of overproduction now; what will it be with China as a great producer instead of a great market?’’ ————— —- > Skunk Oil. An Iowa correspondent of an exchange gives the following information concern- ing the origin of skunk oil: ‘As I live in a district where the skunk is only too well known, perhaps I may be able to answer your correspondent’s question about the origin of skunk oil, commonly sold in the drug stores around us as & remedy forr heumatism. Skunks lie in theirholes during the winter, never ap- pearing above ground, excepting on very fine days. Before retiring underground, they become well loaded with fat. When killed by drowning them, by filling up their holes with water, they are dug out without producing any offensive odor. The ‘stink bag’ is removed, the skin is secured, and then the fat is taken out and treated just as the fat of the hog is treated in making lard. The prepara- tion of skunk oil is a profitable industry during the winter months. A German family living at Esterville, in lowa, twenty miles from my residence, do a considerable business in its preparation every year.”’ at Springtime finds the Signal Five at the front. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. THE STANDARD BARREL TRUCK NO. 1. By the old method, to get a barrel of liquid of a few hundred pounds upon a truck or skid re- quired the combined effort of two or three men, while with the Standard Truck a boy of or- dinary strength will load a pack- age weighing one-fourth of a ton easily—a slight tip of the truck will elevate the barre] so thata faucet may be put in without the loss of a drop of the contents, after which a slight roll by means of the upper wheels will put the faucet in proper position for drawing, the same lad may now wheel it to its proper place without assistance. After the barrel shall be nearly drained it can easily be tipped for- ward so as to entirely empty the barrel and no strength is required to accomplish the object. CL Write for Catalogue of Handcarts and Trucks. LANSING eo Lansing, Mich. PALACINE. Has proved itself the only perfect illuminating oil. Why ? BECAUSE it gives a clear, bright light. BECAUSE it does not cloud the Chimneys. BECAUSE it does not char the wicks. And last but not least, does not emit a bad odor. For sale by all first-class dealers, and refined only yb SCOFIELD, SHURMER & TRAGLE. Grand Rapids. Telephone 865. DESCRIPTIVE y Sn. 24 3 PAMPHLET. ~ a Stump before a Blast. | Fragments after a Blast S STRONGEST AND SAFEST ExPLosivt KNOWN TO THE ARTS. HERCULES, ‘HE GREAT STUMP AND ROCK ANNIHILATOR. Electric Mining Goods, AND ALL TOOLS FOR STUMP BLASTING. FOR SALE BY THE HERCULES POWDER COMPANY, Cuyahoga Building, ' CLEVELAND, OHIO. Hercules Powder is carried in stock by all of the following jobbers: Potter Bros., Alpena, Buechner &Co., Kalamazoo, Seavey Hardware Co., Ft. Wayne, Camper & Steadman, South Bend. Foster, Stevens & Co., Grand Rapids, A. Austin, 93 Jefferson Ave., Detroit, J. J. Post & Co., Cheboygan, Popp & Wolf, Saginaw, Use Yradesman's Wants Golumn. 0 Use Tradesman Coupon Books. ! They Return Excellent Results. CHICAGO X= AND WEsT MICHIGAN R’Y. GOING TO CHICAGO. Ly. G’d Rapids......... :15am 1:25pm *11:30pm Ar. Chicas) .....- ... 1:25pm 6:50pm *7:20am RETURNING FROM CHICAGO. Ly. Chicago............ 25am 5:00pm *11:45pm Ar. G’d Rapids.........3:05pm 10:25pm *6:25am TO AND PROM MUSKEGON. Lv. Grand Rapids...... 7:25am 1:25pm 5:30pm Ar. Grand Rapids......11:45am 3:05pm : 0:25pm TRAVERSE CITY. CHARLEVOIX AND PETOSKEY. Ly. Grand Rapids.. 7:30am 3:15pm Ar. Manistee........ 12:20pm 8:15pm Ar. Traverse City.... 1:00pm 8:45pm Ar, Charlevoix...... 3:15pm 11:10pm Ar. Petoskey.... 3:45pm 11:40pm Trains arrive from north at 1:00 pm and 10,00 pm. PARLOR AND SLEEPING CARS. Parlor car leaves for Chicago 1:25pm. Ar rives from Chicago 10:25pm. Sleeping cars leave for Chicagu 11:30pm. Arrive from Chi- cago 6:25am. *Every day. Others week days only VW aa | LANSING & NORTHERN R. R. GOING TO DETROIT. Ly. Grand Rapids. . 7:00am 1:20pm 5:25pm Ar. Detroit ...........-.11:40am 6:30pm 10:10pm RETUKNING FROM DETROIT. Ly. Detroit............. 7:40am 1:10pm 6:00pm Ar. Grand Rapids......12:40pm 5:2Cpm 10:45pm TO AND FROM SAGINAW, ALMA AND 8T. LOUIS. Ly. GR 7:40am 5:00pm Ar. G R.11:35am 10:45pm Oct. 28, 1894 TO AND FROM LOWELL. Ly. Grand Rapids........ 7:00am 1:20pm 5:25pm Ar. from Lowell.......--- 12:40pm 5:20pm ....... THROUGH: CAR SERVICE. Parlor Carson all trains between Grand Rap- ids and Detroit. Parlor car to Saginaw on morn- ing train. Trains week days only. GEO. DEHAVEN, Gen. Pass’r Ag’t IGHIGAN CENTRAL “‘ Te Niagara Falls Route.” (Taking effect Sunday, May 27, 1894.) Arrive. Depart. 10 20p m........ Detroit Express ........7 00am 5 mam..... *Atiantic and Pacific..... 11 20pm tWpm...... New York Express...... 6 00pm *Daily. All others daily, except Sunday. Sleeping cars run on Atlantic and Pacific ex press trains to and from Detroit. Parlor cars leave for Detroit at 7:00am; re turning, leave Detroit 4:35 pm, arriving at Grand Rapids 10:20 p m. Direct communication made at Detroit with all through trains eest over the Michigan Cen- tral Railroad (Canada Southern Division.) A. ALMguisT, Ticket Agent, Union PassengerStation ETROIT, GRAND HAVEN & MIL- WAUKEE Railway. EASTWARD. itNo. 14itNo. 16)tNO. 18;*No. Trains Le ve 1020am| 325pm/|1100pm G’d Rapids, Lv 6 45am) | looms ...-...- Ar 740am/11 25am} 4 27pm/|1z235am St. Johns ...Ar! 8 25am}12 17pm) 520pin; 12am Owoss) ....../ Ar) 900am} 120pm) 605pin; 3 10am E. Saginaw..Ar }10 50am} 3 45pm 8 00pm) 6 40am Bay City....- Ar 1) 3°am| 435pm)| § 37pm! 7 15am A Dias .....-.- r1005am| 345pm)| 705pm)| 5 4fam Pt. Huron...Ar 1205pm)} 5 50pm 8 50pm) 7 30am Pontiac ......Ar/1053am| 305pm) 8 25pm) 5 27am Detrots....... Ar/|1150am| 405pm) 9 25pm) 7 00am WESTWARD. For Grand Haven and Intermediate i i ee ee *7 0028. m. For Grand Haven and Muskegon..... +1:00 P. m. . . ' “ Mil. and Chi. 15:35 P- m. +Daily except Sunday. *Daily. Trains arrive from the east, 6:35 a.m., 12:60 p.m., 5:30 p. m., 10:30 p.m. Trains arrive from the west.10:10a. m. 3:15 pm. and 9:15 p. m. Eastward—No. 14 has Wagner Paricr Buffet car. No.18 Parlor Car. No.82 Wagner Sleeper. Westward — No. 11 ParlorCar. No. 15 Wagner Parlor Buffet car. No. 81 Wagner Sleeper. Jas. CAMPBELL, City T*cket Agent. Grand Rapide & Indiana. TRAINS GOING NORTH. Leave golrg North For Traverse City, Petoskey and Saginaw,...7:40a. m. For Saginaw ........-..--- tele For Petoskey and Mackinaw........... .+-- 5:25 p m. TRAINS GOING SOUTH Leave going South. For Cincinnati..............--+-- 7:2 a.m. For Kalamazoo and Chicago.. 2:15 p. m. For Fort Wayne and the East. ee For Cincin nati .......2..-2-ecceeeeeer ces cees "5:40 p.m. For Kalamazoo and Chicago..............-- *11:40 p.m Chicago via G. R. & 1. KR. R. Lv Grand Rapids........ 7:25am 2:15pm *11:40pm arr Chicago............. 2:40pm 9:05pm 7:l0am 2:15p m train hasthrough Wegner Buffet Parlor Oar and coach. 11:40 p m train daily, through Wagner Sleeping Car and Coach. Lv Chicago Arr Grand Rapids 3:30 p m has through Wagner Buffet Parlor Car 11:30 p m train daily,through Wegner Bleeping ‘Car Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana. For Muskegon—Leave. From Muskegon—Arrive. 7:23am 9:50am 6:50a m 2:50pm 3:30pm 9:15pm 11:30p m 7:20am 1:15pm 5:20pm Oo .L. LOCK WOOD* General Passenger and Ticket Agent. 1:00pm 6:40 Dm — inna THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. a7 CURRENT COMMENT. The United States consul at Bradford, England, reports that Bradford houses have supplied their traveling men and agents with samples of flannels made in this country, which they expect to sell in India, France and South America, on ac- count of superiority to English goods. * * = To meet the requirements of ship- building for the United States navy, the Government, early in the century, set apart several reservations on the Gulf Coast for the growing of live oak and pine. The change to iron and steel in the navy makes the reservations useless for the purpose intended. ‘They are about to be opened for settlement. & * At arecent London Chamber of Com- merce banquet, the President of the Board of Trade congratulated the Amer- ican embassador, Mr. Bayard, on the re- vival of trade resulting from the opera- tion of the reduced tariff. * * * The Illinois Supreme Court has just made an important decision to the effect that a law limiting the hours an individ- ual may contract to labor is unconstitu- tional. The law in question was the eight-hour law for women, enacted by the Legislative Assembly of 1893. The decision was based on the ground that a woman has the same rights as a man to make contracts, and that such a law is an infringement of these rights. The court held that such a law, as applied to minors, would be constitutional. * * * The oldest two secret trade processes now in existence are considered to be the manufacture of Chinese red, or vermil- ion, and that method of inlaying the hardest steel with gold and silver, which seems to have been practiced at Damas- cus ages ago, and is known only to the Syrian smiths and their pupils even to this day. — oe Electricity has been deciared to bea dutiable article, and when a dutiable ar- ticle is smuggled, it must be seized. Courageous, indeed, will be the customs officer who grabs a couple of thousand volts or so that he suspects to be contra- band. And he won’t handle it without gloves, either. — = Senator Ozmun has introduced into the Minnesota Legislature a bill looking to the securing of uniform legislation inthe several states on the subjects of weights and measures, bills of exchange, promis- sory notes, interest on money, bonds and bondsmen, banks and banking, corpora- tions, chattel mortgages, real estate, in- surance, insolvency and a number of other subjects. The bill provides for the extending by the Governor of an in- vitation to the Governor of each state and territory to send four delegates from their legislature, or such other persons as they may select, to represent their state at a conference for the purpose of bringing about this uniformity. In Minnesota the bill provides that as soon as possible after the passage of the act the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House shal! each appoint | two members as delegates to represent the state. Senator Ozmun says he has corresponded with the legislators of ad- joining states, and they have approved of the idea and suggested that if the delegates. A story is told of two barbers, occupy- ing different shops, or tonsorial parlors, as the village weeklies have it. One of the two, by way of advertising himself, cuts his hair in the most faultless man- ner, according to the latest fashion plate; the other, on the contrary, cuts his in the most clumsy way imaginable. The first customer who entered his shop did not fail to take him to task about it. ‘How in the world, being yourself a barber, do you have your hair so badly cut?” ‘‘Why, sir, the reason is simple enough. I cannot possibly cut my hair myself, but am obliged to have recourse | to my colleague over the way, and he is such a duffer!’ ‘And I suppose you cut his hair in turn?” ‘*‘Of course. And you can judge for yourself whether he oughtn’t to be satisfied.’’ * * * W. W. Astor, it is said, has coneluded that he has spent enough money on an unappreciative British public, and pro- poses to sell out and return to America, where his money will enable him to be somebody. He paid $250,000 for the Pall Mall Gazette, and is now offering to sell it, with his two other publications, for $200,000. The offer has found no takers, nor even any bidders at a lower figure, so itis reported that he will wind up the three and quit.. His experience as a publisher has cost him, according to all accounts, $2,000,000. *€ * * The foreign idea of a light breakfast has become very popular in this coun- try, particularly among those who have acquired the habit in France. Now, doctors are beginning to inveigh against it, and with considerable show of reason, as they point out that suring the night BICYCLES! In Strictly HIGH GRADE Wheels we have the Famous Monarch Line at $85 and $100. And the Outings At $85. Our SPECIAL ‘*Planet Jr.”’ Wheel at $75 beats them all—at that price. Then we have the Featherstones At from $40 to $65. Calland see us. Special attention given to mail orders. ADAMS & HART Minnesota Legislature will pass the bill) the governors of other states will appoint | 12 West Bridge St. GRAND RAPIDS. occurs one’s longest fast. It should cer- tainly be broken by something more than a roll and coffee, since it ushers in the hours of hardest work for all our men and most of our women. The rolls and coffee are not fit preparation for such laborious toil. They may do for a na- tion of idlers, but not for as industrious folks as we Americans. An intelligent person needs no doctor to tell him when he is hungry, and the best time fora man to eat is when the man is hungry, even if it is late at night. - It is the empty stomach, and not the comfortably full one, that makes people unhappy. = 2 They are trying to make out that Sen- ator Fair was insane, because, in his old age, he made love to a pretty flower girl in Los Angeles and wanted to marry her. If this is evidence of insanity, there is many an old man who ought to go to the asylum. No complaint is more common than this. Sporting Goods Headquarters. Messrs. Studley and Barclay will fur- nish the Grand Rapids base ball team with their this year’s suits, which will be made by A. G. Spalding & Co., of Chi- cago. They are figuring with several other Michigan base ball clubs for the supply of appropriate suits at the right prices and all athletic supplies are in greater demand than ever before. Dealers in bicycles will this season reap a harvest, for they will find ready sales and many of them. Studley & Bar- clay have contracted to supply several hundred Michigan merchants with such wheels as Clevelands, Wintons, Trib- unes, Czars, Featherstones, Spaldings, and Tourists’ Specials and their own wheel, called S. and B. There are a few good towns in Michigan in which these wheels are not yet represented. —- -—~> + Use Tradesman Coupon Books. Gans Pays Wale Th al. R-RTIES, POSTS. TELEGRAPH POLES A 419 4. MICH.TRUST aa BUILDING NEARLY 100 DEALERS..... In the State of Michigan alone are een ee oe a Mane slgmed contencte since Jemueey Ist, 1895 ul We have renewed con- tracts with all our “4 customers. eeccccccceveccoece ecccccce All our Agents can testify to the Merits of our Ne, New Clippers We Pay HIGHEST MARKET PRICES in SPOT CASH and [leasure Bark When Loaded. Correspondence Solicited. Lemon «____.. Wheeler Co. IMPORTERS Grand Rapids GROCERS 18 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Drug Department. State Board of Pharmacy. One Year—George Gundrum, Ionia. Two Years—C. A Bugbee, Charlevoix. ThreeYears—S. E. Parkhill, Owosso. Four Years—F. W.R Perry, Detroit Five Years— President— Fred’k W .R. Perry, Detroit. £ecretary—Stanley E. Parkill, Owosso. Yreasurer—Geo. Gundrum, Ionia. Coming Meetings—Detroit (Star Island), Lansing, Nov 5. June 24; Michizgas State Pharmaceutical Asse’n. President— A. 8. Parker, Detroit. Vice-President—John E. Peck, Detroit. Treasurer—W. Dupont, Detroit. Secretay—F. C. Thompson. Detroit. Grand Rapids Pharmaceuntica! Society. President, John E. Peck; Secretary, B. Schrouder. THE HYPERCRITICAL FOREIGNER. There are many ways of making known to one’s fellowman the fact that his conduct is not entirely what it should be. And such adeclaration may be so redolent of the superiority of the critic and so entirely devoid of the divine ele- ment of sympathy as to be very exas- perating. Of the latter character, | am sorry to say, is the criticism made upon America and things Ameriean by most foreigners, and by many of alien birth who reside among us; particularly is this true with respect to pharmacists and pharmaceutical institutions, laws, jour- nals, and products. The stranger without our gates points the finger of scorn and says: ‘Oh, you nation of money-getters; the beams of divine art have never illumined your sordid minds, and science has no abiding place in your boasted land of liberty.” If perhaps he decides to cast in his lot among us, it is more probable that he will attempt to ‘‘foreignize’’ America rather than Americanize himself. If he is a Briton, he would Anglicize you; if a German, he would Germanize you, or so overwhelm you by his superiority that you shrink into nothingness; if he is a Frenchman, you are lost beyond reclama- tion; and so the story goes through the list. Such a spirit, especially on the part of those who partake of our bounty, is both unealled-for and insulting. We are no longer fit objects for such criticism, nor are we to be patied on the back and given a bun like the baby who makes its first successful attempt at walking. To an unbiased judge the pharma- ceutical productions of America are not one whit inferior to those of foreign lands; their favorable reception in the competitive markets of the worldis a sufficient attestation of their excellence; our chemicals, alkaloids, prepared drugs, fluid extracts, plasters, capsules, pills, tablets and toilet articles are amply capable of holding their own against all rivals. It is true that professional rectitude is frequently disregarded by some one who appeals to the weakness of suffering man with a worthless or even harmful remedy. But are the robes of our transatlantic brothers unspotted? Are they not doing the same thing? Truly, but in a more seientific manner; any pharmaceutical abortion seems pardonable provided it is dignified with a name in strict accord with the nomenclature of hydrocarbon chemistry. Who is more blamable—he who broils hog-bristles and proclaims the virtues of ‘“‘Swinine, the great Consumption Cure,’’ or he who manipulates and re-manipu- lates a compound of half a dozen tar derivatives and procures a market for the improved product by overwhelming logical activity based wholly upon | own in the city trade. Such must neces- theoretical considerations? overdrawn comparison; the ‘‘patent medicine’ ef our transatlantic cousin is the more dangerous of the two because the beautiful mantle of science is made to hide its defects. The pharmaceutical literature of the day fairly teems with the advertisements and investigations of such worthless synthetic remedies; the poor pharmacist is overwhelmed, and the physician so dazed by the multiplicity of new compounds thrust upon him that he fears them all. The same belittling tendency mani- fests itself when mention is made of pharmaceutical publications; the uni- versal query seems to be, ‘‘Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?’?’ We are gravely assured by our “foreign fellow- citizens,’ particularly those who edit journals in an alien language, that no one reads an American scientific journal. In other words, to give publicity to the results of a scientific investigation you must eschew your native tongue, because forsooth these self-constituted arbiters will refuse to take any note of them un- less published in their language. Not- withstanding the fact that some of our so-called pharmaceutical journals are incongruous mixtures .of personals, chromo-cuts, patent-nostrum advertise- ments, and market reports, it is true, on the other hand, that the greater number are well conducted and cater to the tastes of a clientele both critical and en- lightened in scientific matters. Our educational institutions also come in for their share of denunciation. The young are continually impressed with the idea that without a degree from some French or German school they will be handicapped professionally: no hope of success without a foreign stamp. Does anyone advise the young pharma- cist to investigate the facilities of his ovn land before going abroad? What a deluge of vilification descends upon his devoted head! Is any particular school mentioned? Its curriculum and wethods are shredded and examined inevery light | which may offer a chance for criticism. To our shame be it said that such mud slinging is not wholly confined to editors whose ideas are biased by fidelity to their foreign nativity; it often happens that some journal wholly American to all in- tents indulges in an attack as unpatriotic as it is uncalied-for. No liberal-minded man will discourage an ambitious student from studying abroad, provided his acquirements and means will warrant it. Thecontact with other peoples, and the insight into for- eign customs and modes of thought, are educating and valuable, but the idea that such education is indispensable to professional success is both misleading and ludicrous! The pharmacist of the better class who would be capable of profiting by such a course always proves himself fully the equal of his foreign compeer when measured by tue practical test of business competition. In order to curtail the length of this article, we will dismiss the criticisms upon the professional qualifications of our pharmacists and clerks, and upon the furnishing of our pharmacies, by saying that both in every instance will be found in accord with the demands of their patrons. The scattered and unre- |munerative business of the little village his astounded fellows with a high-sound- ing name of Greek extraction, and physio- |! nor can the ignorant pretender hold his will not support a master-pharmacist, This is no| sarily be the case in this country, where competition alone is the arbiter, and a man’s innate ability determines whether he shall stand or fall. In order that we may not be misunder- stood, we would say in conclusion that we are fully aware of the debt that phar- macy and all branches of science in America owe to the scientists of other lands: many of our most prominent and public-spirited pharmacists, teachers, in- vestigators, manufacturers and pub- lishers are of alien birth; for all such who evince a desire to enter intimately into our national life, who are willing to be true io their adopted country in ad- versity and prosperity, and who criticise our institutions in kindness of spirit rather than as cynical fault-finders—for all such, we repeat, there is in warm welcome and a degree of freedom unexampled elsewhere. As for opr schools and pharmaceutical laws, these will continue to improve in the future as they have in the past; their recorded progress is a full guarantee of future ex- cellence. For the beautiful dyes and many ‘‘new remedies”’ of approved worth, for which we are indebted to the skill and enter- prise of European scientists, we are duly thankful and appreciative, as is ev- idenced by the pecuniary tribute we pay them. But we do claim that we are no worse than other men, and we are heart- ily tired of this practice of stone-throw- ing by people who live in glass houses. JOHN M. FRANCIS. +2 a For Leaky Shingle Roofs store a Don’t fail to become acquainted with the new Pure Lime Ruck Asphalt Paint, made from pure asphalt gum by H. M. Reynolds & Son, of this city. It is also in great demand for smokestacks. To Attract Attention. The eagerness of the average retailer to attract attention to his stock is exem- plified by a device in the window of a store in a large inland city. It consists of a piece of cardboard, with a drawing having a large star as the central point, and a written notice underneath asking the spectator to fix his gaze on the star, which, it was further announced, would appear dim and partially undefined to anyone having weak vision. Of course, everyone reading the card stopped long enough to test his or her sight, and the peculiar thing about it was that the star appeared perfectly defined to every- one. This was quite satisfactory to the spectator and likewise to the retailer, who felt certain that most of those who stopped to test their sight also took a good look at the excellent stock dis- played in the window. I baie pete PATENTED AR™ ee eae ie Bul. fo, a RIEL COMPANY. y Sites Aa ae . GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Deaf and Dumb Men DO THIS when they want the BEST 5c CIGAR on the market. a. in We is sold by atl Wholesale Druggists,*Confection- ers and Grocers traveling from Grand Rapids Ask your Jobber to send you a sample with next order or apply to G. J. JOHNSON, GRAND RAPIDS, - Os Ss x ae ve AN Ne AG AS S oS ——— Mail and en orders receive special attention. Signal Five BEST HAVANA FILLER 5c CIGAR. MANUFACTURED BY ED. W. RUHE, 47 Dearborn St., Chicago. Represented by F. E. BUSHMAN, 523 John St., Kalamazoo, Mich. os Making a Name ===== WHEREVER SOLD. CIGAR A BOX! WELLAUER & HOFFMANN GO. MILWAUKEE, WIS. Wholesale Distributors. J. A. GONZALEZ, J] Michigan Representative THE BEST 5c. EVER PUT IN sHineesenein sensei iam a ast amelie | rsaadtabeaes tS" ee MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Wholesale Price Current. Advanced—Alcohol. Declined— ACIDUM. ——.. ee 1 25@1 35 TINCTURES. a 9 | Exec em... et : Acoticum an’. 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B " ea i. 190 oe i eae Rosae, ounce. ....... 650@8 50 Catechu... oe teeee seo.) oe toridum ....... Soe 40@ Cinchona ................... 50 rae Babee 90@1 00] . Co................. 60 Santal ee 2 7 00 ae ee ae cre cua e cece 50 assafras...... . 1@ 55 RO ca cee ou ace 50 mom oeceevecees Sinapis, ess, ounce. @ 65 oe ee sce ' See @i 00 — eee ce 50 Yellow ............ oe. | CS. BAOOAE. ‘heobromas........... 15@ 2), a ee 60 Cubese (po 2%5)....-. 2@ 2% POT: SIUM. Ke Ee = Tanveerwe ce oe. = See. ........... 1eh| IB Zinger gs Xanthoxylum ... 25D Bishvomste ......... | 1a Mibvoscvamns 50 BALBAMUM ecnmae. ......... 40@ 43|Todine...... 4... @ r od 1 15 . Coloriess.. cetcee Oe Chlorate (po, 17@19) .. 16@ 18]| Ferri Chloridum.. bee cpus ee 35 Csaneae............. 50@ 55] Kino. c _. --..-. Se : ———-.............. ‘2 90@3 00 Tobelia....... = Tolutan ........---++-- Potassa, Bitart, pure.. 22 eet myern. 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Vint am. .-1 T5@E 50 Vin Brgota, (po,) a oe 30@ 35 HERBA—In ouncepackages. | Vini Oporto. --1 25@2 00] Flake it 12@ 15 ice os gs | Vini Alba............. 7. re @ aSpEREAETS 20 ; Gambier. 0.2. ot an Lobelia. oo 2 _ Gelatin, Cooper. .-.-*: @ 6 ajorum 28 — sheepe —, 2 50@2 75 ¥rench........ 30B ition |. fe) Semmes... . - | Canines flint, by box 60. Mentha — "Os — ner’ “wool 2 oo | Less than box 60. oie SS a a 30 Velvet can ae Glue, Bian. ......... 96 15 Tanacetum, V..........----- = wool carriage....... 1 10 Wiee........... 13 2 Thymus, V......----------+- 2 ra yellow shee Giscerita .......... i3@ 20 Ext ¥ ps’ G Pp; 90 MAGNESIA. Carriage ............. 85 sare oregee........ : S@ 2 Calcined, Pat... ...... 55@ 60| Grass sheeps’ wool car- Hydraag Chior Mite’. 23 = Carbonate, Pat........ oom ea) | eee 65 | Hydraag cae @ Carbonate,K.& M.... W@ 25 Hard’ for slate use. 5 1 Ox eee $ = Carbonate, Jennings. 35@ 36 = Reef, for slate 140 “ Amamontati.. @ % ii | | MB eter renee an i Inguentum. <4) 85 ee ele 2 50@3 00 SYRUPS. Hydrargyraum ......... @ 6 1D souute oo. = : thyobolla, Am.. ..1 = = meiner (|... 41s). See. 7 teeeac .......-........_._.- 60 | Iodine, Resubl........3 80@3 90 erri Iod.. CO @4 70 a, Cortes. ae : pn ee eae an 25 moe Arom.........-, .-...- cpeaam .......... 65 Similax ‘Officinalis.. oe i ame... W@ 7 ue - . Liguor — et Hy- a wore iod............ 27 Sellise oe. 50 | Liquor PotassArsinitis 10@ 12 ia eden ceed teen = x Sulph (bbl 2%@ 4 a Li ee a Pransas virg.. a. . i Manna, & F.........- O@ 63 Morphia, S. P. & W. o S. N. ¥. @. Cte... Moschus Canton. 1 95@2 20 & 1 85@2 10 @ 40 Myristica, No 1 .. ... 6@ 70 Nux Vomica, (po 20).. @ 10 Os. Sépia.. 15@ 18 — Saac Soa eae 00 Picts Liq, N a @2 00 Picis Liq., quarts . @1 00 pints .. : @ Pil Hydrary, (po. 80) . @ 50 Piper Nigra, (po. 3 @ 1 Piper Alba, (po g5).... @ 3 Pitz Burgun. @ 7 Plumbi Acet . 10@ 12 Pulvis Ipecac et opi. ib 10g 20 Pyrethrum, boxes H - Co. dex..... = ae Pyrethrum, Be. Gutammiag ..... afGol Quinia, Ss. = 2... 34% : S. German Rubia Tinctorum..... 20 Saccharum Lactispv. 16@ 3 Saleen. 2 3@2 Sanguis Draconis..... 40@ Sapo, ye... 122@ 14 . oa 10@ 12 . ¢..... @ 15 19 Seidlits Mixture. @ 2/| Linseed, boiled.. .... 62 65 Sinapi 8. @ 18|Neat’s Foot, winter Gee ae @ ! mraiaea........... Gs 70 _— ey De SpiritseTurpentine.. 42 47 Veen. @ Snuff, “scotch, De. Voes @ 35 PAINTS. bbl. 1b. Soda Boras, (po. ga 8@ 10| Red Venetian.......... 1% 2@38 Soda et Potuss Tart... 74@ 25 Ochre, yellow — 1% 2@4 Soda Carp. ........-.. “1%@ 2 Ber... 1% 2@3 Soda, Bi-Carb.. ... 3@ 5} Putty, commercial....2% 2% Soda, Ash...... .-38%@ 4 iy ee Loe 2% 2% Soda, Sulphas.. @ 2 — e Amer- Shae Renae OO 0001) | Sign SRE) Sei 13@15 Myreia Dom..... @2 00 Venus: English. . 72 «© Wyreia imp... .- @2 50 | Green, Peninsular..... 13@16 ul ini Rect. bbl. Lead, Ve 54%@6 ee et oe cee 2 54@2 64 Wee... ane - rs Less 5c gal., cash ten days. Whiting, white Span. @7 Strychnia Crystal.....1 40@1 45 Larry Giidew’...... @% Sulphur, Subl. _... saa & White, Paris American 1 be Roll... P Whiting, Paris Eng. Tamarinds ....... 8@ cum .............._... 1 40 Terebenth Venice 30 | Universal Prepared ..1 00@1 15 Theobromae VARNISHES. Vanilla... ....... -: No.1 Turp Coach....1 10@1 20 Zinci Sulph.. ......-- Mextra Titp. 1.0). .... 160@1 70 Coaen Boay........... 27 00 OIL. No. 1 Turp Furn.....-. 1 00@1 10 Bbl. Gal | Eutra Turk Damar....1 55@1 60 Whale, winter........ 7 70 a" _— -= 1 Lard, extra ee tea eua. SO 85 eon T0@75 eva: We f........... 42 45 Linseed, pure rae.... 62 It is now the season to buy for Spring Trade. Sponges In Sponges and Chamois Skins. Florida Sheep’s Wool. Nassau Shee} ’s Wool, Imitation Sheep’s Wool, Small Sheep’s Wool, No. No. 2 No. 1 Grass, Grass, 1 Slate or Reef, We carry a full line. 2 Slate or Hardhead, and a full and complete line of Mediterranean Bath, from 1$c each to 80c each and in assurted cases. Our Line of Chamois is complete and prices are right for first-class goods. SSS SF pt eS My i = fas CIPI Ss SS 4 SS Pa D WS} a) — " mar ~wasty, }) {=i mae TS ) Sarai ee HAXELYINE & PERKINS DRUG 6O., Manufacturing Chemists, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. iE y og Sah aa mab eye ar 3, THE MICHIGAN 'TRADESMAN. GROC: Sa Y PR peri bai — CURRENT. The prices quoted i in this list are for the trade only, in such quantities as are usually purchased by retail dealers. They are prepared just before going to press and are an accurate index of the local market. below are given as representing average prices for average conditions of purchase. those who have poor credit. greatest possible use to dealers. It is impossible to give quotations suitable for all conditions of purcha8e, and those Cash buyers or those of strong credit usually buy closer than Subscribers are earnestly requested to point out any errors or omissions, as it is our aim to make this feature of the AXLE GREASE. — doz gross} Live oak....... 1 40 Aamo... _...- 55 6 00 Santa Crus. 1 40 eae og......... & 7 00 Lusk’s aoe 1 50 Dane... oo oe Overiand ve ees anes 10 rsa s............ 75 9 00 i Blackberries. a a 65 7 iF. & WW... wes sas ness 85 hl. 55 6 00 Cherries. @1% BAKING POWDER. Pita i Hamburgh a. acme. Erie .... i tg 1D. satin. 3 doz. = Damsons, Egg Plums and outta ee — oT 10 | California. 1 25 Arctic. i Gooseberries. % ® cans 6 doz case. . 55 Comme 4. 2 uP | 4doz ‘ - 1 = sis Peaches. ba BD tdor Lin 900] Maxwell 000000. dao Queen Flake. a 1 50 3 oz cans 6doz ‘ 2 ba California.....<....... 160@1 % 6 OZ 4doz ad Monitor i 9 oz 4doz 450 | Oxford.............-. : b 2der * 4 00 | Pears, Ib 1 doz 9 00 | Domestic..... . 1 2 Red Star, 4 ib cans 40 | Riverside.............. 75 co * 1D | Pineapples, us iD ci Ome. 00@i 30 Telfer’s, 4 > cans, dos. 45 Johnson's grated... eee 2 50 ss r 30 peed... .. 2% ts 1 Ib. 1 50 | Booth’s sliced. _. @2 5) Our, Leader, \ .b cans. 45 < ipeabed 00, @2 % Ve A Cans...... o) Quinces. - 1 Ibeans 1 50 | Common saa 1 10 aspberries. BATH BRICK. ee a 95 u _ Black Hamburg....... 46 : 2 dozen in Case. eq | Brie, black . 120 Baglish ........---.-+- Zo Strawberries, Bristol.......-- ee SL Emwrenee 12 Domestic........-------- ++ 6° | Hamburgh ..... 1 25 ——...... eee e eee : 1 20 BLUING. Grose | Terrapin .............._. 1 06 4 Whortieberries, Arctic, 40x ovals... : Blueberries ........ 85 5 ee. : Meats. — ae F 2 0 | Corned beef . ... 2 35 oe ae oe | ORR beer |. 2 35 - No. > ‘ oo Pot ted ham, % ib.. 15 YO. © Ib. 70 ) Of ball nt +e 2 ue 35 Mexican Lic quid, 4 02 ; 60 —— i cui soe = — 6 chicken, ¥ Ib....... 95 Vv tables. BROOMS, : — a ei 1 90 Hamburg stringless....... 1s 2. : = a 28 vena mye... . 2 00 No. 2 Carpet. ..---0- e000 007+ a 15 | tama, green cers e seseseeseeeees BBD soaked............... 70 a wa 35 | Lewis Boston Baked. 11... 125 )}| Bay State Baked oe eee oe 1 0 y c i... > 95 | World’s Fair ek a 1 25 i reo eare................ & u Corn. BRUSHES. Bamburgh ..... 115 Stove, No. : es 1 2 li —" Eden . 1 03 > we. : i Peary ...... oo 90 “ “ i 7 | Honey Bow. 12 Rice Root Scrub, 2 row. 35 Morning Glory Rice Root Scrub, 3 row.... vd . Soak ete nossa tees cerees 7 Palmette, goose............ 50 Peas. = ANDLES Hamburgh rmerrofat -.. See 2 early June . ...1 50 — = i boxes oe. - . Champion Eng..1 40 ar eee etit pois.. .1 46 oo ee i. = ancy sifted....1 65 cking 2 eee 95 erria standard............. % OASNED GOODS. oe ee Fish. Archer’s Early Blossom....1 25 Cleme. French ..2 15 Little Neck, = : = iii Mushrooms. sins a x Se ee esreveresene 9ep2 Clam Chow4er. ' Pumpkin. semierd, £).......... 2 25} arie ‘ tec. oe Cove Oysters. site "Squash, a 8 dard, Li... : . $9} Bubbdard ............ ree r 2 ib.. 1 45 succorash, Lobsters are ure. | oo 2 45} Soaked ...................... 30 ..850| Honey Dow 1 40 2 06 Erie i 2% Tometoes Mi: oc’ ee ee 90 siandard, i | 1 <=. ........ = -2 10 e.. ° 90 Musiard ' 22 #am0UrEg : 25 ib ma ini as ls ls 00 Soused, 2 . . 2 CHOCOLATE. almol. Baker's. Columbia River, fai 1 e0 German co 23 | —_— . co) ceo... . 3? Alaska, ~~ 1 - oun eean. 45 pin is Kinney’s, flats ea eeter eee 1 95 aa CHEESE, ' Beotines. ll ae Te 11% American = a tan 5 Lenawee....... 12% -VA@ iversid 2 imported “a. - @id = aM a 2% PE. gm #01 edal AB. --15@16 | Skim... 2.2... @9 Mustard &s . 6@7) Brick... il Boneless ieee 00 Trout. ieee 20 ew 2 50 aan oy -- = s s2ERppi yen oven _ nefort Qs 3 ib. —€ . = oe imported on oe gallone 2Gi « domestic oi4 ambureh, CREAM TARTAR. Strictly pure........ oS Telfer’ 8 Abeotate.......... 30 ee 15@25 CATSUP Blue Label Brana. Half pint, 25 bottles 2% Pint i. 4 & Quart 1 doz bottles 3 50 Triumph Brand. Half pint, per dot..........1 5 Pam, 2 HOtES..............4 Quart, per oo ... ... Se CLOTHES PINS. 5 gross boxes............40@45 COCOA SHELLS, a @3 Less —_ oo Pound packages........ 6& QT COFFEE. Green. Rio. Fair. —— . oe Erase... Cti«iCdzCCNRNSCE 21 a 21 ee 2 Santos Pare.......... 19 Good .. 20 Prone... 2 Peaberry ... 2 Mexican and Guatamala. SL 21 —. 2 es 24 Maracaibo. Prime . _. | ee oe Javea, ier... Ct... 2 Private Growth.............27 a Mocha. Imaitation ....... ie Arabian..... , oe ented. To ascertain cost of roasted coffee, add \c. per lb. for roast- ing and 15 per cent. for shrink- age. Package. McLaughlin’s XXXX.. i2 36 Bunola —. 2 oo Lion, 60 or 100 Ib. case.... 22 30 Extract. nema City % Toss % Felix . 1. Hommel’s, foil, BTOBB....-. 1 65 tin ._. 2 CHICORY. a 5 CLOTHES LINES. Cc otton, o%.......per dos, i % oes....... _ 14 . o........ . 1 66 . —....... _ 1 % ....... > te inte eo...... . 8 7% ft 1% SONPENSED MILK. 4 dos. in Case. N.Y.Cond’ns’d Milk Co’s —_— Gail Borden Meee... Ck a. 6 3 —... 5 %5 eee. 450 as... 42 ae... 3 35 ei: EvApORA® | = Cricam f i Peerless evaporated cream 5 75 COUPON — KS, ‘Tradesman.’ 8 1 books, per hundred ... 2 g 2 ae “ “e a 2 50 g 3 “ “ “ i 3 OO s 5 se “ e i 3 0g #10 _ Ge . . 4 #20 “a oe “ Ss Ow “Saperior.”’ $1 books, per hundred 2a $2 .. oo 83 = _ . 3 50 ee ss 4 00 — : 5 00 820 . , : 6 00 Universal.” 81 books, per hundred . 8% 00 $2 [ “ sea 8 3 “cc “ 4 00 85 . " 5 00 — « “ 6 00 = * .7 00 Above iii on coupon books are subject to the following quantity discounts: 200 books or over.. 5 per cent 50u 7 u 10 a“ 1000 it “a “90 a COUPON PASS BOOKS. {Can be made to represent any denomination from 810 down. | 20 books... ... ee oe | oo 500 TSR 17 50 CRKEDIT CHEOCES, 500, any one denom’ a....- $3 00 — © Ff, 5 00 2000, “ “ee CC 8 00 Steel punch i CRACKERS. Butter. Bovmeureie.............., Seymour XXX, cartoon. Pees 2Xe...... ....... re nae cartoon...... et Salted ses careen ...... Kenosha . eee ee eer Se... ea 5% ee Cee. 7% Soda, Duchess.......... - 8& ‘Crystal Wafer........... 10% Long Island Wafers ....... 11 — eo es 5% City Oyster, XXX........ . BK Farina Oyster...... 6 RIED FRUITS. Domestic. Apples. eee... 6% Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes 8 Apricots. California in bags.. ... 8% Evaporated in boxes. .. 9 Blackberries. In bexes.... ou Nectarines. i bee... Zip Gomes... ....-.... 9% Peaches, Pooled, in bowes........ 8 Cal. CO eran 9 ' In begs...... 8% Pears. California in bags..... 6% Pitted erries. Pee... 5. 25... ey boxes eee Prunelles. SO Ib. DOMEM......-...... Raspberries, I Ee 20 opie Domen.............. 20% ee 2% Raisins Loose Saenmane ‘in Boxes. 2 crown SS 3% 3 ae q ee ee Loose a in 2 Bags. 2 crown o. oee oo oe . 3% Foreign. Currants. Patras, bbls. ye = Vostizzas, 6 ib. cases. . 4% Schuit’s Cleaned. ee, POO ce 5% Lip, DACRE ...,- 534---- 6% Peel. Citron, Leghorn, o> boxes 13 Lemon 8 Orange “ce or “ 10 Raisins, Ondura. 29 lb. boxes @s Sultana,20 ‘“ 6%@ 8 Vaiencia. 30 5 Prunes. California, —i......... 5 90x100 25 Ib. bxs. a a 80x90 : i Wome ot 6% . 60x70 7 a... eer ENVELOPES, XX rag, white. mo. 1 6%................. 8) 35 Na. 2, 6% 1 19 No. 1,6. 1% mo. 2. 8......, ._....--. 1 00 Manilla, white, — ........ 75 Coin me He 4. .............. 90 FARINACEOUS GOODS, Farina, 15 Sam............ 2% Grits. Walsh DeRoo & Co.’s..... 1 % Hominy. Co. ee 8% Lima Beans. ae 5@5% Maccaroni “q eee. Domestic, 12 1b Imperted Ee 10%@11 Pearl Barley. Senne. 8... 34 Peas. een OO... 1” ee 2% Rolled Oats. Schumacher, a. 34 65 "ly bbl... 250 Ronee be C...........-.. 4 00 Monarch, — ow... ... 88 Quaker, CAases............. 3 20 Oven Baked. ............... Siz Sago. GCeraan ............. eee. 3 eet tadee.................. Ae Wheat. Cracked ........... Se ce eee 3 FISH--Salt. Bloaters. Teme... ...... 1 & Cod. iGoeorses cured............ 4 Georges genuine......... 6 Georges selected......... bx Boneless, bricks.. Boneless, ee. ....... ’ tes Halibut. Smoked . 11@12 "Herr ing Holland, white 2 hoops keg 75 bb] 10'0 Morwecwen ......-........ 11 (0 Round, % bb! 100 Ibs...... 2 55 oo “ 40 sc Ge 1 36 ee : 15 Mackerel. Tee ee oe 11 50 ne 1 e.............. 4 90 at, eee, LC 1 30 No 2, eee... ol. 19 99 ao a oe ee... 4 30 Mote te 1% Family, 90 Ibs. . oe 1 ee Sardines. Russian, kegs............ 55 Trout. No. 1, % Dbis., 100ibs........ 4% No. 1 % bbl, 40 a ae 2 26 No. 1, kits, ie aa 63 ee Lee oee............ 53 Whitefish. No.1 family % bbls, ty . a ntOs 50 44 once 2 OO tae 10 Ib. kite ae lhUre a he 7s «6 MATCHES, Globe Match Co.’s Brands. Columbia Parior........,.. - 22s Geleeer........... .. 1 00 Diamond — Co.’s Brands. Mo. $ aniphur.........- 1 6 Anchor parlor — 70 Pa eee ......-,...... 1 10 ceo woe .... _....... 400 FLAVORING EXTRACTS. Souders’. Oval Bottle, with corkscrew. Best in the world for the money. Regular Grade Lemon. son ....6 F eon ..,. 1 Regular Vanilla. sce .....0 we s20e..... 2 XX Grade Lemon, 22 on..... $1 O8..... 3 00 XX Grade Vanilla. por..... 81 75 Pie Prep. 3 doz. in case....2 75 MEASURES. Tin, per dosen. 1 gallon i . Half _—- ‘ ., 1. uait. as : 70 int . | ee 45 ae oe ..... ..... 40 ialf pint . for vinegar, per doz. 1 pene ee 7 00 Half gallon Hl _ £2 0 —_— ..... oo MOLASSES, Blackstrap. Sugar house.........---+-- 14 Cnba Baking. Ordinary hat 18 “Porto Ricu. eee ee ee 20 Feucy Ns 30 New Orleans, ee. 18 noo ..., Se 22 Bxtre goud oe 27 Choice oe i 32 40 Fancy Half -harrels 3c.extra 4 =i r THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 21 PICKLES, Medium. Barrels, 1,2uv Couns... @4 00 Half bbls, 600 count.. @> 50 Small. Barrels, 2,400 count. 5% Half bbls, 1,200 count 3 40 PIPES. Clay, ee 2e............... 1 70 od ~ full count........ 7 Cob, No. 8... 4. oe POTASH, 48 cans in case. Beate... ........-...... 400 Peana Sak Co.'s.......... 3 00 RICE, Domestic. Carolina — peeeeeee 5% Whole Sifted. Aleesoe ........._.......... 9% Cassia, China in mats...... 9% - Batavia in bund....15 . Saigon in rolls...... 32 Cloves, Ayapeyna......-.-... 22 Peperoer .... .-...- ig Mace Hatavis....... ...... wr, ~~, pease veces is i x Saale le le 5o Pepper, singapore, a -10 oc ah 20 Pure eat in Bulk. Allsoioe ........-.-.--...... 2 Cassia, Batavia Le esa ce 18 and Saigon.25 , ae... 35 Cloves, Avapoyna.......... 22 Bae... .. 18 Ginger, —— Dec ee 16 a 20 : aoe os 2 Macs Batavia.. 65 Mustard, enol and Trieste. .22 Wiebe 25 Nutmegs, No? Lee e teas as 7 Pepper, Singapore bi —— 16 : is [ Cayenne....... 20 Bees, ‘Absolute’ in Packages. igs aa Allestee ........... ee 155 Clasiemen......-...... 84 155 owes. .......-.-..-+.. 84 155 Ginger, Jamaica...... 84 155 . Atvicen ........ 84 155 Masere........-...... 84 155 Pepeer .............:- 8 155 Gege...... | 84 SAL SODA. Granulated, poe. 1% 7oip caner.....- 1% Lump, b ree ................ 1% 1451b kegs........ 1% = Aves ...... os @13 Canary, Smyrna. 4 Carawem ...........-+- 7 Cardamon, Malabar... 80 Hemp, Russian 4 Mixed Bird. .......... 4% Mustard, white. een aae 9 Pues. .....-.-........ 8 Reape .........- . 4% Cutis pene........-.. 30 STARCH. Corn. 20-1 boxes Leu ene 8 on - - . 5X Gloss. 1-Ib packages eee -. oe Se UC 54 6-lb . i oe 40 and 50 Ib. Bowen 3% Barrels.. el occ oe aoe “SN UFF Scotch, in piadders.. oe Maccaboy in fore.......--. 35 french Rappee, in Jars.... .43 SODA, es 5s me "english «4% Diamond Crystal. Cases, 243 Ib. boxes...... $1 Barrels, 320 lbs.. —« ' 115 24% Ib bags.. a 00 . oo5 ib —. 2 . 2010 ib “ ._ oo Butter, 56 ip bags. ....-..- 65 5014lb bags .......- 3 50 ss 6280 1b bbis........ 250 “ 2h kl. 2 25 Worcester. 115 355 1h eaOes.....-.....-- 84 10 60 5-lb a. 3% Seis 6 Ci... 3 SD oe 8, 3 30 ee 2 50 8 lb sacks... a Ties Seke........... 60 Conimon Grades. 100 3-lb. Backs. i. eo 60 5-1b. Ls ae 28 10-lb. eee ie Warsaw. 56 lb, dairy in drill bags... & sib e a. Ashton. 56 lb. dairy in linensacks.. 75 Higgins 56 Jh, dairy in linen sacks 75 Soiar Rock. 56 ly». sacks...... 22 Common Fine. aes 90 SALERATUS, Packed 60 Ibs. in box. Chgreee® 0... 3 30 ee: eee en Dwight’s. ee Weavers. ..... 2.2 SE es EXTRACTS, 1 oz. 4 m. " BO doz. — 20 gro © 50 ae 3 F M. i” . ii a Vanilla. los. F. M.150doz. 16 2gro Sa cue « S16) “ 2) Me Se) || e+ Rocoe el Grade. Lemon. 2oe.......... 75 Gox..... so * Vanilla, 2G08...... | Oden... oo * SOAP, Laundry, G. R. Soap Works Brands. Concordia, . lh, bars...3 50 5 box lots. ...... 3 35 “ 10 box lots....... 3 30 - 20 box lots.......5 2 Best German Family. 60 1-lb. bars.. tous eee oe Sook ioe ....... Sas 25 box lots.. 2 00 Allen B. W risley” s Brands. Old Country, 80 1-Ib ....... 3 2 Good Choer, 601 ib.........- 3 90 White Borax, 100 4-ib.....-. 3 65 Proctor & Gamble. Concord.. Led cc eee ease ae Ivory, 10 OZ. Lous Oe co................ 4 00 Lenox. ... .. oo Mottled German.. 28 Town Fee.....-.....- 3 2 Dingman Diane Siegie box... .............. 3% 5 box lots, delivered... .2s 10 box lots, delivered ..... 3 75 Jas, S. Kirk & Co.’s Brangs. American Family, _—* d..8 3 pia 2 OF + oe ae x. — & Co.'s Brands. eae Claus.. Ns 3 9) Brown, 60 ee 2 10 . oo bere ..... -... ‘3 1g _ Bros, &_Co.’s Branda. Aes |. 3... 3 65 Canes on... a .. €@ Marsctiicn .. . ...-..... 10 Master aoe 11-200 Thompson & Chute Co.’s Brands Se ue ual Se Mose... ...-.......... ..oce Savon Improved et cee 2 50 Susfower ..-.......-.----..- 2 80 ae 3 25 Economical ........: iu 2 Scouring. Sapolio, kitchen, 3 doz... 2 40 hand, 3 dee. 2 40 SUGAR. Below are given New York prices on sugars, to which the wholesale dealer adds the lo- eal freight from New York to your shipping point, giving you credit on the invoice for the amount of freight buyer pays from the market in which he purchases to his shipping point, including 20 pounds for the weight of the barrel. Teeeie.....-..---. .. $4 81 Cw of. ............-.... oa eee .44 Powdered .... cuevcess. = oe XXxXxX Powdered. Locees ,. 40 Granulated oe Fine Granulated........... 4 U6 Extra Fine Se 4 18 Mould A ... . 404 Diamond C Yonfec, A.. 4 06 Confec. Standard A. . 4 0u Mo. foo. eee... 3 87 Bo. 2 3 87 ae aw me. fe 3 37 Noe 6...........--... -+--- 36 Mo. ¢.. .&n No. 7.- .. 8 69 no 68 ......... se he 9¢...... ee .. 6 56 ne, .. - ao me, 1i.. 2. oe... 3 34 No. 13. _2= aE . 3 18 SYRUPS. Corn. Barrel. enc oes oy ee. -+~- 38 EE eee 20 Pure,Cane. Made ee ce 15 ee ee zu OE oc iw ete ees . = TABLE SAUCES. Lea & Perrin’ is, targe 2... .. 4% emaly..... 2% Halford, ee eeu e ey luce 7 3 22 Salad Dressing, large ..... 4 56 small..... 2 65 gapan—Regular. eee Q@17 Gem .. G2 oon... es % Cholcem ......... ._.. 32 @34 ee. 8. 10 2 vo .....,............ Good Choice. Choicest Pee... .... BASKET FIRED. a 18 @w Choice.. — @25 Choicest.. @35 Extra choice, wire leat @4E GUNPOWDER. Common to fai....... 25 @35 Extra fine to finest....50 @65 Chotcest fancy........ % @s5 OOLONE. G26 Common co fair... ...23 IMPERIAL. “ommon to fair....... 23 @26 Superior tofine........ 30 @35 YOUNG HYSON. Commor, to fair.....-. 18 @2t Superior to fine.......30 @4 ENGLISH BREAKFAST. TOBACCOS, Fine Cut. P. Lorillard & Co.’s Brands. Sweet Russet.......... 30 @22 Wiese os. 30 D. Seotten & Co’s Brands. iawn... .- 5... 60 OU, ees ww wenn 32 Rocket. 30 Spaulding & Merrick’s Brands. Seeriing .......... 30 Private Brands. Begoe .... .... ..-... @30 Can C Te @2t Nelne Biy............. 24 @% Uncle Ben.......-..-.- Ges McGint See, 27 % bbig.....-. 25 Commibie ....-........ 24 Columbia, drums ...... 23 ane US.........-...... 2u Bang up, drums.......- 19 Plug. Sorg’s Brands. —— . 39 BORGR | oi ones owen se: | Nobby Twist. . 40 Scotten’ s Brands. Kyio........---....-.-- 25 Hiawatha ee 38 Valley City ........--- 34 vine s Brands. Old Honesty....-.---- cy Jolly Tar...... .----<- 32 Lorillard’s Brands. Climax (8 oz., 41¢).... Green Turtic.......... 30 Three Black Crows... 27 J. G. Butler’s Brands. Something Good...... 38 Outlot Sight.......... 24 Wilson,& a s Brands. Gold Rope........ 43 Happy a a eae 37 Mesemare...........-- 32 NoTax.. ee 3l Let Goe.._........--..- P74 Smoking. Catlin’s Brands, Kila drice .........-.._.. 17@18 Golden Shower............. Hunters ..... Leet aes Meerschaum . .29@30 American atl Co.’B s Brands. Myrtle ee -. Stork... a oe reve ae WOM ee ee es dave, cafoil................d0 eat Tobacco Co.’s Brands, Meme ......... 43... 26 ropa ‘Cavendish eeu ae 36 ee ae - Seotten’s Brands. Waoroetn...............- 7... Honey Dew........--......- 26 Gold Block......_....-_... .30 F. F. Adams Tobacco Co.'s ae Peerless. . . | Old eT 18 Standard. . a Globe ‘Tobacco Co.’ 8 nee" PiamGeege. ......-..-.6-04..80 Leidersdorf’s Brands. Rom Boy..........-.-- oe Unele Sam.. Bae Ha ClavGr. ..... 5. wens ens Spaulding & Merrick. Tom and Jerry......---.-.-- 25 Traveler Cavendish........38 os o..................20 Pisw Boy............... abo Corn Cake.... Loss VINEGAR, MOE ae ence cede cues @s DG BT... es een nee @9 “$1 for barrel. WET MUSTARD, ee | ee 30 Beer mug,2dozincase... 1 75 YEAST. Magic. .... ace .1 00 Warner's ..... \ -.1@ Yeast Foam ...... 2 OO Pe TE TE a Hoes ..... oe WOODENWARE. Tubs, _ 1 Lele edu oe ceucues 5 75 mee 4 75 " mee ................ 4 00 Pails, No. 1, two-hoop.. 225 No, 1, three hoep.... I 3 eT _ 2. ee. _. oO ‘ oo 12 ies eS 1 80 HIDES PELTS and FURS Perkins & Hess pay as fol- lows: FURs. Mink... ol, 40 @12 Coon ,.......... BZ @ Skunk..... . ei Bet Sorng...... b @ 6 Hat, wimier..... “oe @G il rau, CAE... oe @ C8 med Wox........ 100 @i & Gray Fow.,...... 40 @_ 6) Cross Fox....... 30 @5 0) Batiger........ 5 @ 100 Cat, wild........ 7 @ & Cat, howse...... ne & Fisher ..........500 @ 6 i 1m @2530 Martin, drrk....:2 00 @ 3 00 Martin, pate, yel 100 @ 150 ver io. . 500 @8 Ov Wor... 100 @ 200 Beaver. _. SO @ ce Bear... --...1000 Goo 0 Oposeuin........ 0 @ Bw Deer Skin, dry.. 10 @ 2% Deer Skin,green 05 @ 12% HIDES. Green .............-- 3 G4 Pan Gurved........... @ > De |... 5 @6 Se ae a green. Pee ee see 4@5 © @ared..... i @6 Caifskxins, green... 642 58 “ Gured...... THO Y Deacon sking...... -10 @25 No. 2 hides & off. PELTS. Shearlings....... 5 = Oe 6 6 wooL. Washed . 12 15 Unwashed .. . e @lz MISCELLANEOUS. Tellow ...... . 3 @ 4% Grease butter ........1 @z Switches - 1402 Ginseng 2 et 25 GRAINS and FEEDSTUF WHEAT. No. 1 White (58 lb. test) 53 No. 2 Red (60 ib. test) 53 MEAL. Boted............... i... 2 ae Granulated..... 1 Bu FLOUR IN “BACKS. at 1 95 re Ceroe................ 14% ee 1:5 *Graham. Cena eee ee Le Rye ee Ls Subject ‘to usual cash d count. Flour in bbis., ditional. MILLSTUFFS. 25e per bbl. ad- Bran.. — 816 50 oe . _ . 140 Micdiinos........... _... 17 OO ae 18 00 Coarse meal -.. 4. 12 oe CORN. Cer low...... 47 Less than car ‘lots. 50 OATS, Car lots .. oo. 34% Less than car lots : 2 No. 1 Timothy, om lots 1) 00 No. ton lots i1 00 FISH AND OYSTERS FRESH Fish ¥ hitefish eco eae @s Trou as Black Bass .. 15 Halibut, eeu oe @1iK Ciacoes or Herring... G6 Bluefish @Bi2z% Fresh lobster, per Ib.. 20 Cod ol : 10 Haddock _ a @s& No. 1 Pickerel @s ee es... @8 Smoked White.... .. @9 Red Snappers......... 13 Columbia Riv er Sal- mom ..........6 ae 12% Mackere:.............. Teg Seallors......... ..... 1 50 ss ............ 1 Clams 4. 1 23 SHELL 606 oD8 Oysters. per iu0 Clame OYSTERS—IN CANS. F. J. Dettenthaler’s brands. Fairbaven Counts... 32 F. J.D. Selects....... 28 eae : 25 F. J. D., Standards... . 23 Avenorm ...¢.......... 20 Standards. ............ 13 Pevorice.....-..-... . 15 Standards. per gal......... 1 00 Anchor Standards per gal 1 10 OYSTERS—IN BULK. Counts, per gal. _20) Selecta ~ 1 4 Extra Selects, per L 1 Oscar Allyn’s Brands. New York Counts.. ao Extra selects..... \ sit Selects Ex &. Standards. ...... Standards. ... Mediums Standards, per gal. LA A IXL Standards, per gal. a ae Extra Sele ts, per gal . 1 90 Selects. per ai........-.....1 So CROCKERY AND GLASSWAKE LAMP BURNERS. No.0 S8un. Mele dou ea estes. 40 ee 45 ae ge EC a Bi mecmry, OL ................- ........ & Security, No. 2 eet eee a eee es 86 Nugmes.......... eis ois aie ee as ne 50 e......... .... io NG LAMP CHIMNSY8.—6 dos. in box. f Per box. mo. CSan............ 75 wet 88 8 i First quality. so" crimp top, wrapped and labeled L..2 16 No. “Pe No.2 * ‘“ ‘“ ‘ ‘“ i“ a ai XXX Flint. No. c Sun, crimp top, wrapped and labeled. 2 60 Noi % “t e “a “ Pe i cel Ne. 2 6 ‘ 6“ “ ‘6 ee 50 a Pearl top. No. i Sun, wrapped and label od... 480 No.2 * 47 CE 7 No. 2 Hinge, ‘ ’ “ ae oo Fire Proof—Plain Top. No. 1, Sun, plain bulb a 3 40 No. 2, . 4 40 i ' / La Bastie. No. 1 Sun, plain bulb, per doz 1a No.2 “ ‘3 t ‘6 a eo No. 1 crimp, per doz 1 3 No? “ . ee. ee i : tochester. Ine 1, Kame (65C Gow)... Ll, _ 2 oo IO. @ time (706 der). .........,...............4 Oo ae 2, flint (80¢ doz)... 4 70 No.: 2, Hime (70¢ € > semsee sto OO No. 2 flint (8Ce doz) os i Miscel laneous. Doz. Juni on TGChGeRICe 50 NuUtmMes ..... eee ee Milamiiiator Bases................. .. Moe cucu k OG Barrel | lots,5 doz .... ol oe eee 99 7 in. Porcelain Shades. is _. 1 OO Case lots, 12 doz... ...... . oo Mammoth Chimneys 5 fen Store ‘lems T Doz. Box No. 3 Rochester, 1 5U 4 20 No. 3 Roche ster, 1 4 80 No. 3 i ) 1 8 5 25 No, 2 1 % 5 10 No, 2 2 00 5 8 No, 2 ete oe 10 6 00 OIL CANS. Doz i gal tin Cans with spout..... ..... .... .. 1 60 Sal Paly irom, With speut................ . 2 00 J galv iron with spout a oo oe | galv i With Gpout........... 4 50 Me? T 6 16 6 50 7 OO nu c Lo foo 2 gal ting Cc ane, Monarch 0000000071) 10 uO al galy iron Nacefas.. H ada _o. Bon Pump Cans, 3 gal Home Rule.... ae F ou. au oO 5 gai Home Rnie..... 12 00 3 gal Goode gh. ‘ i... OO 5 gal Goodenou - aes ' 13 50 So far Pirate Hine .. ........... ee . 10 50 No. 0 0 45 No. 0, 5 ‘ , 45 No. 0, ° bbls _ 44) No. 0 . bull's eye, Cases 1 doz each.1 25 LAMP WICKS, No. 6, per grogs........ x6 Na, 1 28 DO 35 No. 3, Sete ees se 6: loz. 7 ¥ TUMBLERS—Tin Top. i Pints, 6d OX, per box (box 00) 4 a4 @ ** Dbl, aoe (pl 3)...... 21 i. « G " “box,” bex (boxg)):.... 13 . | ¢ (DDI 35)..... 23 KRBON. Buite 06 60 Jugs, % gal. 70 At v7 Miix P ret) ’ 72 VARE—BL ACK GLAZED, cs 6% k Pans, } doz 65 : t 7 OILS. The Standard Oil Co quotes as follows: BARRELS. Moeene. 2... 12... eee 4g UX W. W. Mich. Headlight........... amine... ic. Stove Gasoline Cyluder.......... Bee coon cuss Engine. . ee, ee Black, zero test “os ee Black, 15 cold t . FROM TANK WAGON. Eocene. ' 8 XXX W. W. “Mich. Headlig ‘ht. Scofield, Shurmer & Teagle BARRELS. quote as follows: Red ( TOSS, AW Ww Naptha Stove Gas¢ line. Fh OM " TANK w AGON, Palacine. el edes ded as sonen oe Red Cross WW Headlight Lo) ee ._.. . 6 DUPLICATES OF 1S ENcRavines. “TYPE F ORM TRADESMAN Co.. GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. ro ena tes age pon —— nays ator ene ee Pepre a tA AG x tee etre nh ge sheer on ag pene neepye eeCM @ nee Reg RS TE pa YSN OTIS YT IMO N NS UT [pe nearness ere ater a permeeniccss pe » )e ow Hin MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. THE RETURN OF PROSPERITY. It might be supposed that, after the repeated experiences which our people | have had, not only of the futility but of | the positive danger of intrusting to their legistators the cure of social, financial, and political evils, they would begin to inquire whether these evils, so far as they can be remedied at all, cannot bet- ter be remedied in some other way. In the course of the last century, thousands upon thousands of statutes have been passed, professedly for the public bene- fit, until the shelves of law libraries fairly groan under the weight of the volumes containing them, and of the greater number of volumes of decisions by the courts interpreting their applica- tion. Yet, every year, efforts are made to secure fresh enactments, repairing omissions, correcting errors, and seeking to obviate newly discovered causes of complaint, all of which are advocated with as much confidence and as much zeal as though their success were assure by previous results, instead of being ren- dered doubtful by them. Take, for the financial and commercial affairs of the country. A certain degree of depression in business exists which, though it is enormously overstated, may, in comparison with previous periods, reasonably be re- garded as serious. Sixty-five millions of people cannot go on eating and drinking, wearing clothes, cultivating the earth, manufacturing raw material. transport- ing freight and passengers to and fro, and carrying on all the complicated in- dustries of modern civilization, and yet truly be described as utterly ruined; but it must be admitted that a larger number of them than usual are dissatisfied with the prevailing state of things and vocif- erously demand relief. What is more, they demand that this relief shall be fur- nished by Congress, as if this were the sure and only means of obtaining it, and efforts are making in every direction to gratify them. instance, In taking this course the important fact is overlooked that what are called good times are the result not simply of one or even of a few special causes, but are rather a state of affairs which in- numerable little things contribute to produce. From their very nature, too, they cannot be uninterrupted, but must be broken by seasons of less marked prosperity which, by comparison, are called badtimes. If the business of the country were confined strictly to supply- ing its inhabitants with the necessaries of daily life, and if its population in- creased no faster than did the supply of these necessaries, we might go along for- ever in a steady, monotonous fashion, diversified only by the accidents of bad harvests, epidemics, or perhaps war. That, however, is not the case. Every one of our citizens eagerly seeks not only to make a living for himself and his family, but to accumulate a fortune out of his surplus earnings, The humblest laboring man has his little savings bank deposit or a partially paid for home, and from him, up to the would-be million- aire, everyone is doing his utmost, not merely to minister to wants that exist, but to create new ones and open new fields for the exercise of his talent in producing wealth. Bread and beef and po- tatoes are supplemented by canned vege- tables, game, tropical and hothouse fruits and delicacies brought from the four quarters of the globe. We drink not only | water, but tea, cotfee, chocolate, beer, | wine, whisky and a great variety of fancy liquids. We wear more shirts, more shoes, more coats, more hats, and | | more underclothing than strict necessity requires, and women, particularly, use | for their garments finer and more costly materials. Our dwellings are not merely comfortable, but luxurious, and on our amusements we spend as much as we do upon our religion. if not more. Thus, asl have said, ingenious minds have discovered in the demand for the luxu- ries of life opportunity for the exercise of the money-making talent to an ex- tent which would be lacking in a society of simpler habits. That all the enterprises for acquiring wealth which are undertaken in obedi- ence to the universal desire for it should succeed, is manifestly impossible, but that more succeed at one period than at another is what we all know to be the fact. When suecess largely predomi- ates, those who profit by it have plenty of money to spend and feel rich. Their spending increases the volume of general business, and, consequently, the volume of the general] income of the community, just as blowing air into soapsuds swells its bulk many times over. On the other hand, when a majority of the money- making agencies at work fail of their purpose, those who depend upon them for a living feel poor, they spend less, and thus the entire community has to retrench its consumption, and to dimin- ish the opportunities it has been furnish- ing for making money out of that con- sumption. The process has been so impressively illustrated in the events of the last few years thatit is unnecessary to go back to the frequently repeated earlier examples of it. Soon after the resumption of specie payments in 1879 foreign capital was attracted to this country in large amounts and was chiefly invested in the building of railroads at the West and Southwest. Those railroads opened to cultivation millions of acres of rich agricultural land, and as many mil- lions of acres of grazing territory. Our crops of wheat and_ cotton and our production of beef and pork increased correspondingly, furnishing us with an enormous surplus of these products for exportation, for which, hav- ing at the time no great competitors in the market, we got high prices. Men who bought farms and plantations, es- pecially on credit, or who invested in cattle ranching, made a great deal of money, and paid high rates of railroad transportation without grumbling; the railroad companies divided handsome dividends, besides investing immense amounts of surplus earnings and of freshly borrowed capital in new con- struction and new equipment, so that all the industries dependent on them natur- ally had an era of prosperity; specula- tion in Western town lots became active, and the majority of our citizens felt cheerful. The expansion went ov with slight fluctuations and reverses until 1889, when, in consequence of the enor- mous bond purchases by the Govern- ment, which set many hundreds of mil- | lions of dollars of capital free for new investments, the prices of all kinds of property and securities were pushed to} their highest point. The following year came the Baring collapse in London, whieh, by the inflation of the currency resulting from the operation of the Sher- PECK’S HEADAC Pay the best profit. HE POWDERS Order from your jobber @iiifeeByy) hitter TRADESMAN CO., ENGRAVING Bnildings, Portraits, Cards and Stationery Headings, Maps, Plans and Patented Articles. Grand Rapids, Mich. Net Price List. ose ee Sap Pails per 100. : = 1c $10 29 Ii 60 o * ao 10 quart .. = a Lesion ......... 8 Our goods are full and are guaranteed n almost straight, jently. Send for list of general line of ware. Manufacturers and Jobbers of Phone 640. 260 8S. Tonia 8t., GRAND RAPIDS WM. BRUMMELER & SONS Nap Pails abd Syrup CaNs, x 13 2 14 25 16 50 Syrup Cans per 100. 8 5) size ot to leak. The pails are made flaring enough to pack conven price tin- Pieced and Stamped Tinware. WE WANT BEANS FROM | © tamonenvk ay s Drxpwsy and will pay highest market price PEA BEANS» F for spelling names. Grand Rapids, Mich. them. If you haye any stock you wish to dispose of, seek headquarters for an outlet. SAVES TIME SAVES [MONEY SAVES LABOR SAVES PAPER Price of File and Statements: No. 1 File and 1,/(0 Blank Statements. ..82 % No. 1 File and 1,000 Printed Statements., 3 25 Price of Statements Only: 1,000 Blank Statements... . $1 25 1.000 Printed Statements................. 1% index Monets eerer.................... 25 In ordering Printed Statements, enclose printed card or bill head or note head whenever possible, so that no mistake may be made in TRADESMAN COMPANY k. G DUNTON & 60, Will buy all kinds of Lumber— Green or Dry. Office and .Yards, 7th St. andjC..& W. M. R. R. Grand Rapids, Mich. §. P. Bennett Fuel Rice Co Mine Agents and Jobbers for ALL KINDS OF FUEL. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. A.B. KNOWLSON, Wholesale Shipper Cement, Lime, Goal, Sewer Pipe, Ete. CARLOTS AND LESS GRAND RAPIDS, MICH, JOHN WREGHTING, ARCHITECT. 79 WONDERLY BUILDING. Call or let’s correspond if you want to build. The Bradstreet Mercantile Agency. The Bradstreet Company, Props. Exeentive (Offices, 279, 281, 283 Broadway, N.Y CHARLES F. CLARK, Pres, Offices n the principal cities of the United States, Canada, the European continent, Australia, and in London, England. Grand Rapids Office, Room 4, Widdicomb Bldg. HENRY ROYCE, Sapt. H. M. Reynolds & Son DEALERS IN PURE ASPHALT ROOP COATINGS ROOFING MATERIAL of all kinds HARDWARE WRAPPING PAPERS BUILDING PAPERS CARPKY LININGS, Ets, Cor. Louis and Campau Sts. GRAND RAPIDS Your Bank Account Solicited. Kent COMMIY Savings Bank, GRAND RAPIDS ,MIOCH. Jno. A. CovopE, Pres. Henry Ipema, Vice-Pres. J. A. S. VERpDIER, Cashier, K. Van Hor, Ass’t C’s’r, Transacts a General Banking Business, Interest Allowed on Time and Sayings Deposits. DIRECTORS: Jno. A. Covode, D. A. Blodgett, E. Crofton Fox, T,.J.O0°Brien, A.J. Bowne, Henry Idema, Jno. W.Blodgett,J. A. McKee, J. A. 8. Verdier Deposits Exceed One Million Dollars, Wil will be at Sweet’s Hotel, Grand Rapids, Thursday and Friday, Mareh 28 and 29, with a full line of samples in ready- made clothing in Men’s, Youths’, Boys’ and Childrens’. Fourteen years with Michael Kolb & Son, | Clothing Manufacturers, Rochester, N. Y. 1 > 1 — THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. man act, was temporarily prevented from involving this country, but which, aided by the fall in the price of our ag- ricultural and annual products in foreign markets, finally brought on the crash of 1893. Contributory causes were the collapses in Argentina, in Australia, in Brazil and in all the European countries which have close commercial relations with those countries. The country now finds itself, there- fore, in the condition of a rich man who has been enjoying a _ large income which he has spent lavishly among the tradesmen who supplied him, but who suddenly is obliged to retrench. He feels poor, and all those who lived upon his expenditure feel poor likewise, but neither he ner they are in absolute dis- tress. The talk, so freely indulged in, of the misery of our working people is hysterical exaggeration. A number of philanthropic women memorialized the New York Legislature recently to do something for the relief of 100,000 working women in New York City who, they said, were earning only 60 cents a day. They evidently did not know that in China and India, where plain food is as dear as it is in this country, 10 cents a day is the regular rate of wages, and proves sufficient for the simple wants of the bulk of the population. When we see wages here ruling at twenty, thirty and forty times that amount, it is clear that if those who receive them are in a state of suffering, it is because they have made for themselves tou high an artificial standard of comfort. However this may be, aud whatever may be the opinion entertained of the country’s condition, no legislation can improve it. Congress cannot make wheat and cotton and beef and pork sell for any more in the European markets than the competition of rival agricul- tural countries will permit, and, as a consequence, it cannot convert the mil- lions of dollars of railroad securities now in default into sound interest and dividend payers. Even the advocates of free silver coinage do not pretend that their favorite measure will accomplish more than to relieve the present race of debtors, leaving the farmers and planters now out of debt just where they are. Granting that the free coinage of silver at the rate of sixteen to one will double the price of wheat and cotton, it will also double the price of sugar and tea and coffee and iron and ali the other nec- essaries of life, while, until wages are raised in proportion, those who earn them will have only half as much to spend, practically, as they have now. The same thing is true of all other currency nostrums. No increase in the volume of money nor decrease in its value will make labor any more profitable, nor add one rea! dollar tu any eitizen’s income. That in the due course of events we shall have a recurrence of the so-called good times of 1879 to 1889, 1 have fre-| quently assured my readers, but how | soon they will come and how long they | will stay it would be presumptuous to | attempt to predict. Their advent will, however, be promoted by industry and honesty, by a scrupulous regard for prop- | rh erty rights, and especially by a stern re- pression of the schemes for tempering | (at with the currency, for discouraging the | jm) accumulating of wealth, and for ena- bling men to gain it without t self-denial, which find so much favor among pol-| iticians, and also, | am sorry to say, among clergymen and writers for the MATTHEW MARSHALL. press. ro the recent hard times in Massa- | chussetts a Fall River boy was asked by a teacher how many mills made a cent. He quickly answered: ‘‘None in this town, the times have been too bad.’’ _— oe > ———— Ignatz Pick, a commercial traveler, re- cently brought suit against Charles A. Bressler, a hide dealer of Bay City, for $20,000 damages. He alleges that Bress- ler says he accuses him of selling him a forged note. ne -O-—<—— Be wise and buy the Signal Five. CYCLE STEP LADDER. eat 1 SS SS WRITE HIRTH, KRAUSE & 60, MICHIGAN STATE AGENTS, for Catalogue. Seely’s Flavoring Extracts Every dealer should sell them. Extra Fine quality. Lemon, Vanilla, Assorted Flavors. Yearly sales incrcased by their use. Send trial order. Beely’s Lemon. rapped) Dos. Gro. Seely's Vanilla (Wrapped) Doz. Correnpondenee Agents, 20 & 22 Monroe St., Solic SEELY MFG. CO., Detroit rich. | Grand Rapids, . - Mich. GRAND RAPIDS. loz. $ 90 10 20 2oz. 1 20 12 60 1 oz. $1 50 16 20 Sen, 260 21 GO 402. 3 75 40 80| go Double Pages, Registers 2,830 invoices. ..82 00 6o0z. 5 40 57 60 Plain N.S. with corkscrew at same price if preferred. MAKE YOUR STORE ATTRACTIVE. i NOVELTIES IN JEWELRY cence. SEE OUR HAIR ORNAMENTS. WURZBURG JEWELRY CO. Mail your Orders. GRAND RAPIDS. Wat fad oh a ah a NM) ig) hy) ey) iy wy Extra Choice ana Fancy Grades at Correct Prices 12Dp (a Hy VR 2) (2) 2) (2) ol (PH (te aK e (@ (4 a, 5 DS FE | oS eh dg hs eh eS SE Sede 463696 Leaders in [ill Supplies Leather Belting YS Rubber Belting Gis Mill and Garden Hose Rubber Boots and Shoes Bicycles and Sporting Goods sm Prompt Attention to Mail Orders. STUDLEY & BARCLAY 4 Monroe St., GRAND RAPIDS NEW GOODS COMING EVERY DAY! SATIN SURAH, #0 inch. SELWYN SUITINGS, 36 inch, double fold, to retail at 1Ve. SCRIMS, plain and fancy, 40 inch. NEW C AME O DR APERY STYLES. PERCALES, 36 inch. in Harmony, Sea Islands and Cretonne qualities. TOILE-DE- LAINE, 30 inch, at 7$e, net, black DAMASK, in new Crepe effects. crounds. Samples sent on — Come in and see us. Prices always right. P. STEKETEE & SU a beauty cecum ITEMIZED LEDGERS 4o0z. 200 22 80 i n 60z. 300 33 00|9ize 8 1-2x14—Three Columns. 2 Quires, 160 pages.. .. 82 00 U U § 3 a 1. 2 1 * a. 6 6flU ae | 5 : 400 ia LL N a ee . £0 INVOICE RECORD OR BILL BOOK. : EATON, LYON & G0. TRADESMAN COMPANY, hy ‘ ? : f 24 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. GOTHAM GOSSIP. News from the Metropolis---Index of the Markets. Special Correspondence New York, March 16—Nothing has transpired during the week to attract any great amount of attention in gro- cery jobbing circles. Trade is good and in canned goods may almost be said to be active. Dried fruits from California are on the way in such quantities that the East will soon have to eat raisins and prunes and peaches, whether or no. The coffee market is in good shape. Buyers are trying to find a place where they can ‘‘buy a leetie cheaper,’ but they meet with no suceess, and, finally come back tothe first love. Rio No. 7 is held as last week at 162{c. Mild sorts are in limited supplies, sv far as East India growths are concerned, and are, naturally, selling at full prices. Five hundred mats of Interior were sold at 2644e. The amount of Brazil coffee afloat is less than last year at this time, being 425,427 bags, against 444,588 in 1894. The tea market is rather demoralized. Of course, for the finest goods there can always be found plenty of buyers and at good figures; but just now the attention of the majority of buyers seems to be concentrated upon the auction room. Refined sugar is steady and, while the demand is easily met, there seems to be a stronger tone. There has been no re- cent change in granulated, which is still listed at 3 15-16e. Canned goods continue to show the steady demand which has prevailed for the past month and stocks are very rap- idly going into consumption. Prices have advanced on some things very ap- preciably and Baltimore brokers are re- ported as greatly pleased at the outlook. Apples in gallon tins, pumpkin, and one of two other articles have advanced. Lemons, oranges, pineapples—in fact, all foreign fresh fruits—are selling bet- ter and the market has assumed a very satisfactory aspect. The amount of California dried fruit coming forward, as intimated, promises to knock the bottom out of the market, but, as yet, we detect no signs of lower prices. Molasses is solid. Buyers realize that now is the accepted time and that a firmer tone is noticed in the market all around. It is likely that trade will im- prove steadily from now on and holders are greatly encouraged. Open-kettle is worth from 33 to 38c for prime to choice. Butter is dull and the market, upon the whole, is far from satisfactory, al- though some dealers profess to be per- fectly satisfied. A great deal of poor stock is coming to town, and this upsets trading. For the best Elgin 19@19¢c is quotable, but for lower grades there is hardly any demand and the quotations are nominal. Cheese is doing well and the market shows many signs of strength. This is especially true of the better grades and dealers are meeting with some very good orders. Export trade is very light, and, as has been the case for some time, the quality of that sent abroad is below par. No wonder the English papers are protesting against the stuff going over and prophesying an end of the English market for American cheese. Small size full cream State cheese is worth 12¢ Receipts of eggs have continued heavy all the week, and, although colder weather has set in, the tendency is still toward a lower market. Best Western are quotable at 13@13}¢e. Choice pea beans of 1894 are worth $2 @2.05. The market is steady, but shows no particular animation. One of our big stores has obtained some of Wanamaker’s help, and it is in- teresting to see the change in the tone of the advertisements we are now treated to. They have a genuine Wanamaker flavor. —_—-—~-4 << Bank Consolidation at Big Rapids. The Big Rapids National Bank and the Mecosta County Savings Bank will shortly be consolidated, and not unlikely a reor- ganization effected by which a State Bank takes the place of the two institutions. Objects to the Classification of a Cor- respondent. TRAVERSE City, March 15—I notice, with regret, that one of your contribu- tors, in your issue of March 13, classes Bohemians as an undesirable class of immigrants, because they do not embrace citizenship and cannot be controlled by politicians. Now, to my knowledge, so far as the American citizenship is concerned, they make much better citizens than a good many of our American born people, as they are all pretty well educated and are a hard working, prosperous people. So far as the control of politicians is concerned, I think that is altogether out of the question, as each good citizen has his privilege to use his own judgment on that question. Takethe history of the Bohemian nation as far as it can be had, up to the present time, and you will find that Bohemians always have been and are to-day a quiet, well-educated, in- dustrious people, who fought for their rights when burdened with oppression which could not be borne any longer. You will find, also, that most of our best composers and poets have been Bohe- mians, and you can to-day find some of their works which are not only creditable to them at the present time, but will al- ways be honored by the whole world. Here in this country you find a great many Bohemians who have held, and now hold,responsible Government offices, like Chas. Jonas, who has been Lieuten- ant Governor of Wisconsin, and is now United States Consul to St. Petersburg: John Karel, who is United States Consul to Prague, and many others, which speaks well for this people who come to this country to make it their home and support the constitution of the country and to become good Americau citizens. C. H. HANSLOVSKY. —_————<—>-0<——_ —__—_—_ An Outrageous Charge cf Long Stand- ing. TRAVERSE City, March 15—Having occasion, recently, to communicate with a party in Ithaca by wire, and receiving a dispateh of three words only, on whieh the charges were 68 cents, I am so struck with what seems to me an outrageous overcharge that I cannot refrain from writing to someone about it; and as you often notiee such items, where the in- justice is so pronounced, I concluded to write to you. I promptly made a kick to the tele- graph office here, and the manager re- duced the charge to60 cents. Great re- duction, is it not, from 68 cents down to 60 cents! It looks to me as though the telegraph business, while a great con- venience, is still open to criticism when competition fails to step in and equalize matters. The fact of its coming over two lines does not excuse the excessive charge. Freight lines divide the rate, and why should not telegraph lines, also, do it? H. MONTAGUE. —— i eee este imine Now Put the Dolls in Sealed Envelopes. CuiIcaAGo, March 15—In reply to the communication of H. E. Parmelee, pub- lished in your issue of March 6, we en- close you one of the dolls which we put into our package coffee. Each one is en- closed in an envelope by itself, and is not loose. You can judge how much of a detriment it might be to a mill. We do not desire to have this agitated, as it is a very simple affair, and would prefer to have nothing further in print. W. F. McLAvueuHiin & Co. The agitation of the matter in Tue TRADESMAN has, evidently, been pro- ductive of good results, the placing of the dolls—which are in several pieces— in sealed envelopes removing the objec- tions which have been registered against the doll scheme by THE TRADESMAN’S readers. The envelope is easily removed from the package previous to throwing the coffee in the mill for grinding. —_—— — +2 ~