TT ANI) RAPIDS i ounrs bIBRART BIR QRS : a K 7 Z Ne } <— NY AEN g \\ i ye CS G ‘5 Vj Yj WEE ZB ZR LOKREZ LN es Ve Gi Ao DING WA rO\ a iy vans q fai Dac AS Sa) EF aOw (OOK OD _- ip , pa $ ree AY KG ea y S fs) % pg ) BR a i} ] SG A ” Py WF. AD . NC \ e ; IN 4 Fy a i ‘ - 7, a 7 Se } : S = 1 (Y gs pL my ZW ~ i re 3 = he ay f Thirty-Fifth Year GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1917 Number 1774 Library St fs Public Reference RRA RAAKAAKAKKNREE DER OOS ORE EERE HERE EREKNRKKKKKK } a RP BPP ERP RPS EP RFERPReE RR Re Pee mM | BRAVE LIFE I do not know what I shall find on out beyond tie final fight; I do not know what I shall meet beyond the last barrage of night; Nor do I care. But this I know—if I but serve within the fold, And play the game, I'll be prepared for aught the endless years may hold. Life is a training camp at best for what may wait beyond the years; A training camp of toiling days and nights that lean to dreams and tears; But each may come upon the goal and build his soul above all Fate By holding an unbroken faith and taking Courage for a mate. Is not the fight itself enough that man must look for some behest? Wherein does Failure miss Success if all engaged but give their best? Where does the Victor’s call come in for wreath of fame or laureled brow If one he vanquished fought as well as weaker muscle would allow? If my opponent in the fray would prove to be a stronger foe— Not of his making, but because the Destinies ordained it so— If he should win, and I should lose, although | did my utmost part, Is my reward the less than his if both should strive with equal heart? Brave Life, I hold, is something more than driving upward to the peak; Than smashing madly through the strong and crashing onward through the weak; I hold the man who makes his fight against the raw game’s crushing odds Is braver than his brothers are who hold the favor of the gods. On by the sky line, faint and vague, in that Far Country all must know, No laurel crowns of fame may wait beyond the sunset’s fading glow; But life has given me the chance to train and serve within the fold, To meet the test—and be prepared for all the endless years may hold. GRANTLAND RICE. mom me mem ome Ro mm oe Re me ma me me me Rom mom om om mg ee ee mBereeRPeRreEReERrPEREReERFERPeRePeRERERERrERreRrEiRe Pres mm Pere Marquette Railway Co. FACTORY SITES | AND | Locations for Industrial Enterprises in Michigan The Pere Marquette Railway runs through a territory peculiarly adapted by Accessibility excellent Shipping Facilities. Healthful Climate and Good Conditions for Home Life. for the LOCATION OF INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES. First-class Factory Sites may be had at reasonable prices. Coal in the Saginaw Valley and Electrical Development in several parts of the State insure Cheap Power. Our Industrial partment invites correspondence with manufacturers and others seeking locations All in- quiries will receive painstaking and prompt attention and will be treated as confidential. Address GEORGE C. CONN, Freight Traffic Manager, Detroit, Michigan Keystone Pulleys and Hangers Most Modern Design Shafting, Couplings Mill Supplies of All Kinds In Stock Adolph Leitelt; Iron Works 213 Erie Street Grand Rapids, Michigan | Ceresota Flour Always Uniformly Good Made from Spring Wheat at Minneapolis, Minn. Judson Grocer Co. The Pure Foods House Distributors GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Pyoysye pace TEE wes eg —b— — — canpers iy? rea WL aoe ney pe eros - | L Ps =z ° be PAY a Pas " | Pen fg 4 Peak Ge. + pas on hoe me a rz kL We extend a cordial invitation to all merchants interested to visit Holiday Goods CELLULOID AND METAL TOILET AND MANICURE SETS, LEATHER GOODS, CHINA, CUT-GLASS, TOYS, DOLLS, BOOKS, GAMES, BRASS HOUSEHOLD WARES, SIVERWARE, CLOCKS AND NOVELTIES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. We are showing choicest selection of goods from over Eleven Hundred Factories Our display is a wonderful revelation of New Goods Lowest Prices and Immense Variety that should not be overlooked as the early buying merchants are show- ing by their orders every day since the opening week of June 5th. Don’t say “I can’t get away.” Other men are as busy as you but they have learned that goods “well bought are half sold,” and in this year of wonderful changes IT IS IM- PERATIVE that you see a line of goods like ours before buying. To attempt to order from your home town with so many NEW,- NOVEL AND SNAPPY THINGS as we are showing would be an in- justice to your business as the people are depending upon you to save them from ordering elsewhere. PRESENT PRICES WON’T LAST and our early orders cannot be duplicated as raw material and labor are constantly rising, Besides there is a greater shortage in these lines than last year and factories cannot be depended upon for re-orders. WE TRY TO SERVE YOU We mark our goods in plain figures. We have increased our sample tables ONE THIRD to accommodate goods NEVER SEEN BEFORE in preparation for the greatest Fall and Holiday business you have ever had. We will hold orders until shipment is desired. We give Holiday dating, sell to merchants only and have no connection with any retail store, COME AND SEE US—CORRESPONDENCE INVITED Hh. Leonard & Sons MANUFACTURERS’ AGENTS & WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTORS Grand Rapids, Michigan < x i i. IGA Thirty Fifth Year SPECIAL FEATURES. Page 2. Bankruptcy Matters. 3. Upper Peninsula. +. News of the Business World. . Grocery and Produce Market. - Editorial, 10. Butter, Eggs and Provisions. 12, Financial. 14. Bankruptcy Matters. 18. Shoes. 20. Hardware. 22. Dry Goods. 24, Traveling Men. 26. Drugs. 27. Drug Price Current, 28. Grocery Price Current. 31. Business Wants. MICHIGAN SHOE DEALERS. Thirteenth Annual Meeting at Detroit Last Week. _Detrow, Sept. 17 The opening ses- sion of the thirteenth annual conven- tion of the Michigan Retail Shoe Deal- ers’ Association was held Tuesd: ty after- noon with President Fred Murray in the Chair. Elwyn Pond, Secretary, was also right on the fob, In calling the convention to order President Murray expressed his pleasure at such a good attendance, and felt that more members would be present later and on Wednes- day. He said the Association had had a wery successful year, and was grow- ing and prospering. He then introduced » Hon. Charles H. Culver, publisher and member of the State Legislature, who delivered the address of welcome. Edwin V. Stocker, of Detroit, re- saying that the shoe retailers had been in Detroit previous occasions, and would avail themselves visit to the many beauty Otto Reinhardt, past President, was few remarks. He participate in the with the others clation every “How to get a informally discussed, being Charles Becker, Henry, manufacturers’ agent; Stephen J. Jay, of Detroit; Fred Murray, of Charlotte; Joe Bressette, of Bay City; and EC: Dieckiman of St. Louis. Mr. Becker said he got a tine on styles through the trede journals. Mr. Henry said the women’s end the business was being conducted along the same lines millinery, and that a dealer had to be constantly on guard to get the lines that would appeal. He contended that to make a success of natty shoes for women the retailer had to sell from the millinery point of view, and that it would pay retailers to keep sone of a spots. ot Detroit, and! a called upon for a said he was glad to sessions, and joined in wishing the Asso- SUCCESS. line on styles” those taking of Detroit; Was part Mr. ao in touch with the corner miiliner and occasionally find out how she “turns a trick.” “In some sections one finds dealers selling a lot of women’s low heel shoes, and six blocks away they don’t sell at all’ said Mr. Henry “It’s hard to explain why, but nevertheless it’s a fact you cannot get away from. I believe the tendency is for more con- servative styles even in women’s foot- wear, but there will always be retailers who will do a big business on extreme styles. If one can work up a trade on extreme style shoes he can make a lot of money by knowing the game.” Stephen J. Jay, manager of the men’s shoe department of R. H. Fyfe & Co.,, of Detroit, said he secured many of his best ideas right from the customer. “People come in and ask for things you do not have—that sets you thinking, and in this way some of your best lasts are secured,” he said. “I find it pays to keep in close touch with customers and GRAND RAPIDS, Batch for the thirgs they call for. When you find a general call for some special style—get it. While most people want conservative styles, there are always! many young people who want what they believe to be the latest style. You do not know where they get such ideas, but as customers are to be pleased at any cost, it pays to get what they want and when they want it. So again I say watch for the styles that are called for. Right now there is a tendency to military styles, so I advise dealers to eet them in stock.’ red Murray, of Charlotte believes that in small towns the merchants are often too conservative. He thinks it a good idea for them to put a new style in the window. occasionally—one with lots of ginger and pep—and wateh the crowds that gather. Even if they do not buy-—at least they will talk about your store, and give you credit for showing something new. E. C. Dieckman, of Louts, said he believed that the wave of military foot- wear would bring about reforms in shoe styles, especially in regard to. service and efficiency. In making the rounds of the merchants in the smaller cities he has found a great demand for blacks, and in sensible. styles. Jos. Bressette, of Bay City, found the way to know what the customer wants is to carry a big line. E. C. Dieckiman, of St. Louis, spoke On Hoot Appliances and Vheir Rela- tion to the Retail Shoe Business.” Considerable discussion followed. the address of Mr. Dieckman and the con- census of opinion seemed to that apphances were profitable re- tailers to handle. Elwyn Pond, said he best be shoe for of Plint, said that) it retailers continued to neglect foot apphances, specialists were bound — to open individual shops handling them ex- shoe clusively, and that in this way they would take away a department that rightfully belongs to the shoe dealer. Bo OV. Stocker, of Detroit, said that while he was slow to put in foot ap- phances, he found a good demand for them, and that now they form a profit- able department. Quite a number. of other retailers agreed thoroughly with Mr. Dieckman that foot appliances should be handled by shoe retailers, amd that their sate should be encouraged. “Farm Trade and How to Handle was the subject of a brief talk delivered by B.C. Harmon of Charlotte. Heisaid that three things were essential to suc- cessfully hold the farmer’s trade. First, to “him geod at equitable prices—not too high. Second, to sell him pertect-fitting that he would 90 away with solid comfort. Uhigd) to treat him courteously. He also emphasized the great importance of getting the confidence of the farmer, shoes sell shoes SO of becoming more friendly with him and knowine him better. He added that the merchant in the small town must make the farmer feel that he is aiter something besides the dollar. Charles Webber, of Kalamazoo, said ke concurred with Mr. Harmon in all his statements and then explained the Dollar Day which the merchants of Kalamazoo conducted on Sept. 6. He successful it was for all the merchants, and how it brought in hun- dreds and hundreds of farmers from the surrounding territory. In his own store, Mr. Webber said sold shoes at one dollar that were the shelf told how he on WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, a long time, ; all his 1 stoc Wednesday ¢ Secretary $iers from business men in Grand bs ipids time, and got rid of practically old stock. Morning’s Pond read a number of let- Sessio })# ‘inviting the Association to hold 1 1918 convention in the Furniture City. Now ufacturers and wholesalers there assur ed the members that everything aes be done to bring out a laree attendane if Grand Rapids was decided upon. Th matter was deferred until the afep raga meeting. George Bode, Secretary of the Mich igan Shoe Retailers’ Fire Insurance Co. on the work of his organization, its development during the past year and its advantages. He said that at the iE st session of the State Legislature an spt ke amendment was granted his company to so change the charter that it could insure general stocks (of which shoes were a part) in addition to preferred stocks of ay His report for the six months ending July 1, 1917, showed that 503 retailers were members, and_ that the amount of risk carried was $1.494.- $59. Also that there was close to $9,000 m cash in the treasury ready to pay losses. He made comparative — state- ments showing the cost of c arrying in- surance in his company and in others. He proved by figures that his company cau ive members considerable money in fire insurance cost and asked for greater support during the coming year \fter his talk he answered many ques- tons relative to his company. Muffley recommended that Bode send out immediately, a circular to every member of the ¢com- pany, calling attention to the recent amendment the State Legislature, and asking attendance at a special meet- John retary Sec- by ing for the purpose of voting on the issue of whether the company should insure general stocks (of which shoes are a part) or whether the company should insure only preferred shoe stocks The recommendation was accepted, and Secretary Bode announced a meeting for the Hotel Downey, Lansing, the date to be announced later. At this meeting those who cannot attend in person may vote by mail, blanks for which will be supplied. Mr. Bode recommended [Lan sing for the reasen that it is the State capital, and the members could have the advantage of meeting with the new In- Suralice (< ymmiussioner, goin o over mat- ters more thoroughly. President Murray announced the fol- eee Nominating Committee: Charles Webber, of Kalamazoo, E. V. Stocker. of Detroit. Walter Roger, of Albion, George Miller, of Ann Arbor, and Mr. Fleming, of Evart. The report of Treasurer Kreger, of Wyandotte, ganization to be in a healthy financial condition, with a balance of about $400 in the bank up to the opening of convention, which did not include dues paid during the convention. “Mail Order Competition” was a sub- ject then announced for brief discussion. bressette, of Bay City, said he did not believe many people were buy- ing from mail order houses, it heing almost impossible to secure a fit by mail on standard lasts. He said he did not believe there was much use in trying to fight mail-order houses—that the best way to handle this competition was to sell as good quality shoes for less money. In looking up the catalogue of a mail order house he found they were asking $6.50 for one style of William J. showed the or- the Jos. shoes 1917 Number 1774 men’s army shoe for which he (Mr bressette) \ is vett © Oniy $3.95-—un- derselling the mail-order house 32 cents Fred Murray, of Charlotte believes it best for 1 t rail ordet Said that eV y I allet W 1 ov r oO s nd t €rs Li\ qGuarnte vith the peop.e it S community he umount f mail ord siness \ | decrease Eve Cal ti] s | about mail orde COMPetiti c Le Was his concluding rem HP. Moin salesman, sai | to two years ago m sO) t th sh t SI SS. Of S ! \ done by me S and t i s wou Purst ] hicy oO } lie Ow! wsiness 1 \ l Y to fear trom the m Ses wh ich | d Wit a small por 1 I shoes business to-day Others w sp is Sto SCcer ) e fully E ae \\ 1 € statement of P dent Mu less said about ma rd ses th tter, inasmu as they were he stay nd there w uld always it peopie who preferred to buy g that medium. However, inasm is the retail sl casing CVEEY year Ss S sold by mail rry “Settline ( up tor discussior | overs ot Albion. plaints into ty classes the ulent. He be leeit I neat settlement t but if the make no settle : } es a person makine a fraudul un derstands that he cannot \ tie : ? sooner the number will be minimized. “You have to study nan nature in : the retailer can customer is sin contended | start, you won't have as complaints as if you fit him imperfect- ly Elwyn Pond, of Flint, said he it best to fight shy of the word antee,’” and that his present policy is to make no ecuarantee on anything sold “Often in order to cinch sale a clerk will say "We guarantee this shoe O1V you good wear,’ but the customer mis construes the word. and mes ‘ feeling that he has a legitimate claim If the salesman had not used the wot ‘ounrantee’ the ould never think of making he said E. C. Elarmon. lotte, contends that the patron is alwavs rieht. and makes a definite seitlement when a cus tomer enters a claim rather than let the matter drae, Wednesday Afternoon Session The question ext vear m Grand Rapids w the Board Of Diccctoes wou ihe pect eddie. that it ept th 1n tation of the Carand Rapids Chamher of Commerce. and . var‘ous shoe manufacturers and whole- Salers Of that city. Considerable time was then given over to the matter of h the State As- sociation should with the Na- tional Shoe Retailers’ Aa iclation. Those who spoke seemed to favor the affilia- tion. When Secretary Pond announced that the State Association would only he »ssessed one dollar for each member sentiment grew in favor of the affilia- (Continued on page thirty-two) MICHIGAN TRADESMAN September 19, 1917 BANKRUPTCY MATTERS. Proceedings in the Western District ‘ of Michigan. Grand Rapids, Sept. 18—Earl Walker, of Vestaburg, a lunch counter merchant, has filed a voluntary petition in bank- ruptcy. Adjudication has been made and the matter referred to Referee Cor- win. The first meeting of creditors has been called for Oct. 1, at which time ereditors may appear, prove their claims and elect a trustee, if necessary. The se>edules of the bankrupt show liabili- ties amounting to $1,830.34 and assets amounting to approximately $900. Fol- lowing is a list of the creditors of the bankrupt: Preferred Creditors. Arnold Grehoe, Vestaburg .......- $ 15.00 sunior Cummings, Vestaburg 15.00 Unsecured Creditors. Kelly Ice Cream Co., Grand Rapids $158.50 Walker Candy Co., Muskegon 44.90 Woodenware Co., Saginaw ........ 54 38 Valley Sweets Co., Saginaw ...... 47.56 Schust Baking Co., Saginaw . 61.53 zeo. A. Alderton & Co Saginaw 80.96 A. E. Brooks & Co., Grand Rapids 15.71 National Candy Co., Grand Rapids 59.48 Eberlink Bros., Kalamazoo ...... 10.00 James Redman, AMA eee 25.00 Fortino Bros., Alma ............+. 26.58 Van Eenenaam, Zeeland .......... 8.05 Mike Krohn, Edmore ,..........-.. 8.05 j. E. Mardin, Vestaburg ......... 11.49 Vestaburg Elevator Co., Vestaburg 26.83 Vestaburg State Bank, Vestaburg 19.87 Howard & Bernius, Vestaburg 5.66 Parker Dairy Co., Saginaw ...... 28.50 Folger’s, Grand Rapids ceeeeee ne 10.85 J. W. Robinson, Alma ........... 8.00 Butler Bros., Chicago ............ 40.70 me <<. SMopith, Alma .......----.-.. 17.97 Appel Steam Baker, Saginaw ..... 70.80 Martz Bros., Big Rapids ........ 36.06 Connor Fountain Supply Co. Owosso 24.30 Woodhouse Co., Grand Rapids .... 32.70 J. W. Murtaugh, Wyman, Mich. 6.60 B. J. Lowery Calendar Co., Grand LEO ee ee 1.13 S. Peterson, Greenville ............ 12.90 J. L. Nichols, Riverdale, Mich. .. 1.05 Wm. White, Pdmore .............. 125 Liquid Carbonic Co., Chicago 4.10 Wassar EBros.. Alma ..............- 10.29 Thomas Meddick, Vestavurg ...... 15.00 James Bradley, Greenville ........ 3.65 Hornbeck. Bros., Vestaburg ...... 10.85 Niels Johnson, Sidnep, Mich. ...... 45.00 Pheifier & Burch, Edmore ........ 54.7 Alma State Bank of Alma ...... 100.00 First State Bank of Alma ...... 70.00 Mrs. J. W. Murtaugh, Wyman .... 72.50 Charles Kelly, Millbrook ......... 50.00 Edmore State Bank, Edmore .... 408.25 ERR och oa eee pecans $1,800.34 Gabriel H. Karicofe, of 89% Market avenue, Grand Rapuids, has filed a vol- untary petition in bankruptcy. Adjudi- eation has been made and _ the first meeting of creditors called for Sept. 28. The bankrupt schedules his liabilities ar $4,710 with no assets. Following is a list of the creditors of the bankrupt: Helen M, Moore, Detroit ....... $4,000.00 People State Bank, Detroit ...... 300.00 Chas. E. Kriebel. Detroit ....... 200.00 C FF. Biyde, Detroit .............. 180.00 Glenn Houseman ............... J. H. Benton, Agt. for International Harvester Co., Chicago ....... 30.00 Frank -. 40.04 Bonne Shirt Co., Hudson Falls 100.00 Bacharach & Co., New York 168.00 H. C. Cohn Co., Rochester ....... 48.00 Cluett, Peabody & Co., Troy, Wew Work .....5.5..-43..26-45 269.58 PD. & H. Shirt Co.. New York .... 48.83 Franc & Langsdorf. New York 249.77 Excello Shirt Co., Patterson 132.25 FKisenstaedt Bros., Chicago ...... 164.53 J. I. Gumport & Son, New York 38.25 Glendenning-McLeish Co., N. Y. 26.05 Hut Neckwear Co., New York 28.75 E. Heller & Bro., New York 47.88 Heyman & Weell, New York 40.25 7, Issacs, New York ....:.....-..: 304.75 Dent & Alleroft & Co., New York 76.50 Lindahl-Lavick, Chicago ......... 30.42 Levy & Marcus, New York ...... 130.75 Largman Bros., Philadelphia 598.00 Keith Bros., Chicapo ......2..- -151.00 Kaplan, Frank & Dunn, New York 63.50 Mayer Shirt Co., Louisville ...... 113. 18 James McCurragh. New York 23.25 M. Nadis & Co., Newark .......... 59.75 Portis Bros. Hat Co., Chicago 100.00 Robt. Reis & Co., New York . 218.80 United Shirt & Collar Co., Troy 134.00 Zimmern & Levi, New York ...... 24.00 Meyer, Bacharach & Freidheim, New WOrk 0500 .2.0....5..-.55 584.15 Steiner & Co., New York ........ 82.38 Wiison Bros., Chicago ............ 12.62 Phoenix Hosiery. Milwaukee ..... 56.80 Pantlind Bldg. Co., Grand Rapids 379.09 Sandor Wies, New York ........ 167.50 25 per cent. of the above accounts has been paid. Old National Bank, Grand Rapids 800.00 Seymore Cravet Co., New York 100.00 Knotehe Bros. Co., New York .. 8.50 W. D. Horn & Bro., New York .. 10.00 Schaffner & Ruhstadt, New York 211.00 Alshuler Dreyer & Co.. Chicago .. 950.00 Otto Weber & Co.. Grand Rapids 100.00 G. R. Herald, Grand Rapids, (part disputed) 2.2.2... ...45... 38.00 Mich. Central Paper Co., Grand TRADE oc 5 oe oe eo epi oe ee 10.00 G. RB. Ww indow Cleaning Co., Grand CE Tc OT ee a a 20.00 Frankenberger Est., New York City David Adler & Son, Milwaukee 50.00 Atkins & Hartman, New York 77.00 Meyer Bacharach & Freidheim, New York City ....:....:....; 50.00 In this matter the schedules of the bankrupt also show that a trust chattel mortgage was executed by the bankrupt to John Snitseler, as trustee. covering the entire stock of goods and fixtures located in the Pantlind building. In the matter of Phillip R. Eaglesfield, bankrupt. Grand Rapids, the litigation in this matter has been settled, and a final dividend of 12 per cent. has been de- clared and ordered paid, making alto- gether dividends of 27 per cent. The es- tate is now ready to be closed. In the matter of M. Katz & Son, bankrupt, Grand Rapids, a special meet- ing of creditors has been held. The trustee’s first report and account show a balance on hand turned over by the re- ceiver, $1,545.99; additional receipts, $5,317.65; total, $6,863.64; disbursements for administration expenses, $30; leaving a balance on hand of $6,833.64. It was approved and allowed. Certain adminis- tration expenses and a first dividend of 10 per cent. was declared and ordered paid. ————__. 2s Boomlets From Bay City. Bay City, Sept. 18—Sabourie & Ccok, Hillman, succeed Albert Cook in the hay, grain and feed business. Saginaw Council’s rally meeting Saturday afternoon and evening was a success, as are all the events put on by No. 43. Grand Counselor Hach delivered a splendid address, which was full of U. C. T. enthusi- asm and was well received by all the members and visitors present. Mr. Stewart will, no doubt, give all the details of the meeting. : The business men of Bay City have subscribed to a fund and purchased ninety uniforms for the boys of the Home Guards, who are in training and expect to go South soon. The Scottish Rite degree was conferred free on fifty of the soldier boys in honor of their loyalty and patriotism. Danin & Weinberg, general mer- chants, Owendale, have opened a branch store at Bad Axe. L. A. Heineman, Kingston, has add- ed shoes to his general line of mer- chandise. Littleton & Graham, general mer- chants at Bad Axe, succeed George W. Littleton. Seymour & Sanderson will open a general store in the Katzin building at Mio. Mr. Seymour will continue his store at Comins. It is reported that the General Stores Corporation, Ypsilanti, will erect a building and conduct a depart- ment store in the near future. Arthur E. Kuhlman, President of the Kuhlman Electric Co., of this city, died at his home in the Youngs apartments Friday night, after an ill- ness of five months of Bright’s dis- ease. Mr. Kuhlman came to this city two years ago from Elkhart, Ind. W. T. Ballamy. —_—_»++2. The Coal Situation. The demand for bituminous coal is steadily growing stronger, while the supply is slightly decreasing. The coal of this description that is mov- ing is being sold on contract, and sales of spot coal at the $2 basis are few and far between. Some mines not provided with contracts have closed down, and others are working short time on account of the poor car and labor supply. At a time when most industrial plants could be mak- ing good money, some of them have been obliged to curtail operations and others have shut down entirely. It is reported from Maryland that some of the canneries which supply their fuel needs from the spot mar- kets have been unable to operate be- cause of their inability to obtain coal. Fruit and vegetables are said to be rotting on the ground as a result, in spite of all that has been said about the need of preserving them against the winter season. In New York, it is not uncommon for vessels to be held up in the bay for want of bunk- er coal. 7. 2.——— Good Season For Corsets. Corset makers report the winding up of the fall buying season with orders on hand well in excess of last year’s figures. Reorders in many cases are said to be coming in fairly well. Buying has been widely distributed through the country, with New York showing a decided preference for the higher grades. Plain staples are prov- ing the best sellers of the season at prices in most lines considerably higher than those prevailing a year ago. Effective Work in the Interest of the Retailer. John A. Lake, President of the Re- tail Grocers and General Merchants’ Association of Michigan, was in the city Monday on his way to Lansing. Wednesday he will go to Ann Arbor to attend a meeting of the directors of the State organization, at which time the details connected with the organization of the new mutual in- surance company authorized at the last annual convention at Kalamazoo will be decided upon. It will be nec- essary to have $5,000 cash on hand, premium receipts of $25,000 pledged and $100,000 insurance applied for be- fore the State Insurance Commission will authorize the company to begin writing policies. It is thought this can be accomplished within thirty days by assigning the work to local association secretaries in such amounts as they can handle advan- tageously. The arrangement of a programme for the Ann Arbor convention next February will also be considered at this meeting. President Lake has struck a bril- liant idea in connection with trading stamps, believing that Mr. Hoover should abolish them altogether during the period of the war on the ground cf economy and efficiency. He has been in correspondence with Mr. Hoover on this subject and will soon be able to announce the result of his efforts in this direction in behalf of the retail merchants. ee Trading in Gray Goods. One of the features of the trading of the last several days has been the large movement of dimity checks, for use chiefly in ‘athletic’ underwear. This business has been done in a quiet way, and practically nothing heard of it until yesterday. Another feature at the present time is the variance of prices in different parts of the market. On 38%4-inch 64-60s, for instance, the mills appear to be much divided as to what is the right price. Some will take no less than 91% cents for prompt deliveries of this construction, while in other cases it is possible to get them for delivery during the remainder of this year at an eighth off that figure. Then, again, some mills will not look into 1918 at any price, while the impression persists that others will be glad to “talk turkey” for next year whenever the buyers are ready to pay 9 cents for wide 64-60s. was a ge age Candle Novelty for Soldiers. A prominent candle manufacturer has recently made up and will short- ly put on the market a candle for use by soldiers in the field. It is made with a comparatively wide base so that it will stand of its own accord, thus making it unnecessary for the soldier to carry a bulky candle hold- er. The candles will be put up six in a box, neatly packed and taking up but little space in the men’s personal kits. It is expected they will prove very popular, owing to their practical use and convenience, as gifts from the “folks at home.” ee aie Prices are so high that it is hard for one to pay his respects this year, September 19, 1917 UPPER PENINSULA. Recent News of the Cloverland of Michigan. Sault Ste. Marie, Sept. 17—Electric lights are now being installed in the village of Detour and in many of the residences. This will put Detour on the map, day and night, but will, no doubt, hurt the grocery trade as well as John D., as it has been the habit of these residents to carry ‘lanterns to find their way home in the dark. De- tour also has a new doctor in the per- son of Dr. T. R. Laughbaum, who is taking the place of Dr. T. R. Whit- marsh. “When it comes to mistakes, the supply always exceeds the demand.” Another speedy driver was in hard luck last week, when John Belonger, who was driving a large Overland de- livery truck owned by George Dupois, local grocer, stepped on the gas ac- celerator instead of the brake, when the car became unmanageable. It struck a root and turned completely over, pinned young Belonger beneath the wreckage of the top, righted itself and was directed South with the mo- tor still running. Injury to the driv- ing gear was all that prevented it going on. Stephen Belonger, brother of the driver, was instantly killed, Dewey Hatch and Charles Myot, the fourth occupant of the machine, were badly bruished. William Feetham, one of the Soo’s leading jewelers and popular toast- master, was a Detroit visitcr last week. Merlin Wiley, one of the Soo’s well known attorneys, and Edward Sp ens, manager of the National Groce Co., attended the Methodist conven- tion in Detroit last week. They re- port a most enjoyable meeting, but were glad to get away from the noisy city and come back to the good old Soo. According to orders received here sixty-three Chippewa county boys will MICHIGAN TRADESMAN leave Friday afternoon for Camp Custer. While the list has not been given out, it is understood the young men will be taken in the order oi their drawing. The first twelve leav- ing this week were selected with re- gard to training and experience. Men now operating or working on farms will be held for a later date at the option of the county draft board. Next Monday evening is the date set for the formal opening of the Price Drug Company in the Newton block, where the public will be received, but no goods will be sold. A musical programme, by the Rexall orchestra, is prepared for the occasion. The store has been furnished throughout with Circasian walnut furniture and the floor space is more than doubled by modern space saving cases, mak- ing this drug store one of the finest in Upper Michigan. Charles Hass was the guest of Pad- dy Moher, deputy oil king, last week, in Paddy’s large limousine. From all accounts Charlie beat the hotel man at Trout Lake out of one night’s lodging, as he slept all the way from St. Ignace to Trout Lake. Howard M. McDonald, the new traveling salesman for Gamble-Rob- inson & Shaw, has made a hit with the Drummond Island trade. Even the school children are plugging for him, but those who know Howard cannot blame them for that, as it is hard to find a knocker around the whole Is- land, not even the schcol ma’ams. William G. Tapert. —_——».2- 2 —____—_ Escanaba Merchants Abolish Trad- ing Stamps. Escanaba, Sept. 18—The retail deal- ers of this place have signed an agree- ment to abolish trading stamps during the pericd of the war. They do this “in compliance with the request of President Wilson—that all dead weight that makes the act of distribu- tion cumbersome and costly must be ALWAYS INSIST ON eT cut off.’ Trading stamps, are classed by the merchants of Escanaba as coming within this category of “dead weight" for the retailers in their an nouncement, go on to say: “After due deliberation, we have decided that we can not, in justice to curselves, continue to give these stamps—and at the same time sell goods at a clos- er margin of profit than heretofore— so as a wartime retrenchment, we have decided to discontinue to give stamps with purchases.” That the retailers of Escanaba real- ize that in these times it is increas- ingly necessary to stick close to their function of economical distribution and let costly forms of service alone is indicated by this paragraph front their announcement: “We are in business to render service and give the best possible merchandise, with only a reasonable profit added to the actual wholesale cost of the goods. Although trading stamps have been given as an inducement to pay cash for purchases we feel, with the added cost of goods, we cannot in full jus- tice to ourselves and our trade con- tinue giving stamps and stay in, busi- ness. To-day many items of ‘staple goods are sold at established mini- mum resale prices, say, for example, a certain item selling at 50 cents, sold before the war and is selling at the same price, but with an increase of 10 to 20 per cent. in the wholesale price. All this added cost is taken out of our small just profit, manufac- turers keeping the increase for them- selves. On top of these increases in cost, we have been giving cash dis- count stamps with every purchase. We have spent many days, weeks and months figuring out what would be the best course, but could only see one way open, and that to discontinue giv- ing out these little cash discount scripts.” : i Mindful of the authoritv and dis- position of the Federal Government, the retailers make this acknowlede- ment: “We recognize that to-day the 3 Government has the say to the retailer. duce ‘the cost of same right to ‘You must re- doing business by eliminating unnecessary expense and unnecessary services—as to. the housewife— You must not waste food.’ We have taken all these things into consideration—stampjs are the first to go. We have not waited for the peremptory demand from Wash- ington, but are right to-day making our stores comform with the needs of the times.” > ~» Live Notes From a Live Town. Owosso, Sept. 18—R. B. Allen has purchased the restaurant and bake- shop outfit of B. R. Chaffee, at Mid- dleton. He has moved in and is do- ing business at the old stand. Chas. Smallenburg has sold his ice cream and restaurant business at Ash- ley to C. J. Brubaker, who will take possession about Sept. 15. Markham & Ballard, of Pcmpeii, have sold their stock of general mer- chandise to F. T. Zumbrick, of Shep- herd, who has taken possession. Ben Shatfee, of Crystal, has sold the Crystal Hotel to Chicago parties, who will take possession Nov, 1. The old Banister Hotel building, which has stcod unoccupied for sev- eral years, together with the lunch and pool room, occupied. by Gene Smith, with living rooms on the sec- ond flour, was burned to the ground early Sunday morning. Mr. Smith and wife barely escaped. They were taken from a window by the fire com- pany with the aid of ladders. Mr. Smith was badly burned about his face and head. Most of his hair was burned off while making his escape. The property was recently purchased by Roy Whitman and was partially insured. S. M. Hewitt. of Cohoctah, has closed out his stock of general mer- chandise and moved to Ann Arbor. Honest Groceryman. the butter you sell having that rich, golden color produced by Dandelion Brand Butter Color. Your customers expect it. Just specify Dandelion Brand Butter Color NATIONAL. We guarantee that Dandelion Brand Butter Color is PURELY VEGETABLE and that it meets the FULL REQUIREMENTS OF ALL FOOD LAWS, STATE AND WELLS & RICHARDSON BURLINGTON, VERMONT And 200 Mountain St., Montreal, Canada 1 [Dandelion Brand e co/or with the &olden shade Butter Color MICHIGAN TRADESMAN eS a rm = a 4 fm bs om ~ Z | n 455 che ~~. FA ne Af te ee af AWA ate Hl Li : = all esl Nes te \ = cx s =& = o zs = SSS Wan Ty iB X2 Sh a Movements of Merchants. Manistee—The Manistee Sales Co. succeeds the Manistee Buick Co. Lawton—Fire damaged Hotel Mack to the extent of about $2,000 Sept. 13. Alma—C. W. Martin, of Holland, has taken the position of manager of the Wright House. Topinabee—Fire destroyed the sum- mer hotel of H. H. Pike, entailing a loss of about $15,000. Howell—Fire damaged the bakery of Mrs. the extent of $1,000. Coldwater—F. L. McConkey, re- cently of Alma, has engaged in the undertaking business. Sears—A. B. Casler has sold his stock of general merchandise to Charles Conn, who has taken possession. Lansing—The Donsereaux-McNish Co, opened its women’s ready-to-wear clothing and cloak store Sept. 13. Vermontville—Hienry Mull has sold his meat stock and butchers’ equipment to H. J. Weaver, recently of Rockford, who has taken possession. Detroit—The Newark Shoe Co., has installed woman's shoe depart- ments in six of its Detroit stores, featuring prices at $3.50 and $4. Charlotte—Youngs Bros., merchant tailors, have dissolved partnership and the business will be continued by Charles R. Youngs. North Muskegon—Frank Goetzel is erecting a building which he will occupy about Oct. 1, with a stock of fresh and salt meats. Port Huron—The Moak Realty Co. has been organized with an authorized capital stock of $25,000, $10,000 paid in in cash and $15,000 in property. Pontiac—The Stuart-Glenn Co. has opened a furniture and house furnish- ings store on South Saginaw street, with John F. Stuart as active man- ager. Jackson—John A. Mott has purchased the interest of John Simpson in the stock of the Brewer Coal Co. and the business will be continued under the same style. Holland—The Lokker-Rutgers Co. store being has purchased the Otto J. Cohan stock of clothing, shoes and_ store fixtures and will close it all out at special sale. St. Johns—Curtis & Corkin, drug- sists, have dissolved partnership and the business will be continued by John Curtis, who has taken over the interest of his partner. Tallman—J. B. DeLing has re- moved his stock of groceries and gen- eral merchandise to his farm near Bachelor, where he will continue the business, buying cream and produce in addition. Herbert Johnson Sept. 15 to- Charlotte—J. B. Gibbons has pur- chased the William Ohls stock of electric fixtures and accessories and will continue the business in connec- tion with his jewelry store. Eaton Rapids—Charles Henry has purchased the Wheeler store building and will occupy it with his ice cream parlor and confectionery stock as soon as it has been remodeled. Saginaw—The Beck-Foss Co. has been organized with a capitalization of $25,- 000. all of which has been subscribed and paid in in cash. It will conduct a general automobile and garage business. Ann Arbor—The Ann Arbor Dairy Co., to deal in milk and products, has been organized with an authorized cap- ital stock of $35,000, of which $3,900 has been subscribed and paid in in cash. Northport—Flood & McNamee, or- chardists, have incorporated with an authorized capital stock of $30,000, of which amount $15,000 has been sub- scribed and $10,700 paid in in property. Clare—The Clare Hardware & Imple- ment Co. has been organized with an authorized capital stock of $10,000, all of which has been subscribed and paid in in cash. It will also deal in general merchandise. Detroit—George E. Van Tuyl has opened a shoe sample room at 5 Rowland building, 179 Shelby street. He will show the product of the Westcott Co., Syracuse, N. Y., carry- ing a full line of samples. Muskegon—Thieves entered the jewelry store of Helmer Berg, Sept. 15, and carried away stock valued at more than $500. They also entered the clothing store of Charles G. Bjork- lund and took some stock. Mt. Pleasant—The C. W. Campbell Mercantile Co., conducting a depart- ment store, is closing out its stock and will lease its five story brick store building to the Battle Automo- bile Co., giving possession Nov. 1. Detroit—Ben Berke, who opened a Stetson shoe store a few weeks ago on Washington Boulevard, says his average sales price is $12, showing that there are plenty of men in De- troit willing to buy foot- wear. Detroit—The U. S. Wall Papering Machine Co. has been organized with an authorized capital stock of $3,000, all of which has been subscribed and paid in in cash. It will deal in the manufacture and sale of wall paper. ing machines and parts. Scottville—Rupert Stephens has purchased the interest of his partner, Mr. Benson, in the furniture and un- dertaking stock of Stephens & Ben- son and admitted to partnership his two sons. The business will be con- “quality” tinued under the style of Rupert Stephens & Sons. Detroit—It was a tale of a juggling soda clerk, a gray silk dress, a re- freshing drink and a warm summer night that was unfolded before Jus- tice De Gaw, Monday. Mrs. George Smith, accompanied by her husband, entered a downtown drug store for a cool drink. While waiting for the drink they watched in fascination the nimble clerk toss eggs and “soda- filler” into the air and catch them in a glass, held steady by his “trusty” right hand. And then suddenly his eye and “trusty” right failed to cor- relate and the unmixed egg nog land- ed on Mrs. Smith’s dress. She want- ed $132.50 but got $3o. . Manufacturing Matters. Petoskey—The Northern Auto Co. has increased its capital stock from $6,000 to $75,000. Lansing—The Lansing Body Co. has increased its capital stock from $150,000 to $250,000. Detroit—The Barnes Wire Fence Co. has increased its capital stock from $10,000 to $75,000. Paris—The Paris Dairy & Produce Co. has opened its cheese factory, with John Brouwer as manager. Detroit—The capital stock of the Michigan Leather Packing Co. has been increased from $10,000 to $30,000. Flint—The Hiarry W. Watson Co., cigar manufacturer, has increased its capital stock from $100,000 to $200,000. Sturgis—Fire destroyed the plant of the Van Buren Brass Foundry Co. Sept. 13, causing a loss of about $20,000. Detroit—The F. Jos. Lamb Co., tool manufacturer, 115 State street, has in- creased its capital stock from $25,000 to $50,000. Detroit—The Bingham-White Co., 1433 Forts street, W., manufacturer of furniture, has increased its capital stock from $40,000 to $50,000. Grand Haven—James L. Lee, Presi- dent of the Challenge Machinery Co., died at the home of his son, Sept. 16, following a short illness. Sears—The Sears Cheese Co. ha®*been incorporated with an authorized capital of $2,000 of which $1,100 has been sub- scribed and paid in in cash. Ionia—The Barrett Cigar Co. has been incorporated with an authorized capital of $18,000, of which $9,100 has been subscribed and $1,000 paid in in cash. Hale—The Hale cheese factory, owned and operated by John Carey, is enjoying a good patronage this sea- son. Mr. Carey has not paid less than $2 per 100 for milk this season. Daisy style cheese are made, which find a ready market at good prices. Onaway—Lloyd E. Cady, who for- merly conducted the creamery here under the name of the L. E. Cady Creamery Co., has filed petition in bankruptcy scheduling his liabilities at $2,513.76 and his assets at $150.00, which consists of exempted property. A number of personal friends of Mr. Cady are creditors in various amounts, who at the time of extending him credit considered him a competent business man, all of whom are losers. September 19, 1917 CANNED TOMATO FLURRY. If reports now coming in are true the frost scare last week in regard to tomatoes is not without its humor- ous side. While it appears to have been true that the Southern markets were flooded with orders for tomatoes as a result of the cold spell and the panicky feeling on the part of buy- ers, it seems to be pretty true that canners themselves were affected with the same feeling, and on their part were afraid to sell, with the re- sult that although there was a great deal of excitement there was very little actual business put | through. Now the excitement has subsided and the majority of the orders remain unfilled with less desire on the part of buyers to have them filled. Local brokers say the tomato market was unduly existed for account of the extremely cold weather, as a result of which jobbers fell over themselves in an endeavor to buy, but in this par- ticular vicinity did not get a case, as packers on their part were afraid to sell. On the other hand, there has been absolutely no frost damage, and the situation will, undoubtedly, be nearly normal in a few days. . It has, no doubt, had the effect, however, of delaying the glut for a few days, and it will be interesting to see what the developments actually are, especial- ly if the weather should continue quite warm, as is not unusually the case the latter part of September. ES SS TRUE TO BREED. Leading representatives of trades unionism recently met in Minneapolis and pledged union labor to the cause of American liberty and human free- dom. Next day some of the same men ordered a strike of 30,000 men em- ployed in building ships for the Gov- ernment at San Francisco. They de- mand that the pay of the men be in- creased from $7 to $8 per day—$1 per hour—time and a half for over- time and double pay after midnight. Fine patriots, these! —_+22—____ The campaign for the flotation of the second Liberty Loan will start with the double advantage of a trained organ- ization and a prepared public. There may be some defection from the ranks of financial and business establishments which in the first flush of enthusiasm gave themselves to the work at a heavy sacrifice, but that loss should be more than compensated by the experience gained. The more important factor, however, is the education of the public. The habit of bond investments among the great masses of the population had to be created. Every business man knows the effort involved in building up a new market. Such a market now exists. Especially in the matter of thrift it is the first step which counts, as the savings banks know. It is not too much to assume that of those who now have Liberty Bonds in small amounts the great majority will make an effort to add to their holdings. The Gem Motor Sales Co. has been organized with an authorized capital stock of $5,000, of which $2,510 has heen subscribed and $2,000 paid in in cash, ¥ September 19, 1917 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN SITET ere CoS ay Wnt; ey oot } MARKET The Grocery Market. Owing to the general un- certainty due to the readjustment of business conditions and the method of carrying on transactions in raw and refined sugar, business is prac- tically at a standstill in all depart- ments while awaiting further develop- ments. New York refiners are con- sidering the rules, regulations and agreements placed before them by the Government and until a final set- tlement of details has been arrived at little or no activity is looked for in sugar business circles. At present the Government is in a controversy with the holders of the remainder of avail- able supply of Cuban raw sugar who are holding for excessive prices. If the Government wins, the sugar mar- ket will take a drop. If it does not win, the situation will probably re- main unchanged. Sugar Tea—The strength of Ceylon and Calcutta cables has stiffened local ideas materially, although demand has not yet fully measured up to the im- provement, except in the case of the cheaper grades. Among dealers gen- erally it was expected, however, that in the near future—being assured now that tea will be free from any further tax discussion—the trade will show increasing interest and a broader mar- ket may be looked for. Coffee—The market is weaker prob- ably by %c on all Brazils. Milds are also cheaper. The cause of the ad- vance is the very large available and prospective supply of coffee, coupled with the extremely poor demand. The elimination by the Senate of the 2c tax has not had any effect. Java and Mocha are unchanged and steady. Canned Fruits—California fruits are unchanged since the opening. Small Eastern staple canned goods are dull and unchanged. Canned Vegetables—‘Glut’’ week in tomatoes has thus far proved itself rather elusive. What might have been had not Jack Frost interfered is not known, but something like it may be revealed during the coming week. The wide range of prices at which farmers offered tomatoes at the can-~ neries has probably never before been equaled within the space of a single week. Canners are asking prices for tomatoes which jobbers say are be- yond all reason, but the only answer on the part of canners is that prices may go still higher and probably will. They certainly will if canners can have their own way. One feature is a certain amount of irritability shown by them toward anyone who dares to question the reasonableness of their position. Nevertheless there have been some among the jobbers who have the courage of their con. victions and have declared that there is considerable inflation in the pres- ent situation. If this is so it ought to show itself in the next week or two and tomatoes should then quick- ly settle to a normal basis whatever that may prove to be. are unchanged but corn is, undoubtedly, going to be scarce. The Southern pack cf Maine style, however, will probably be good. Maine is packing new, with no late news of prospects. Peas are dull, but firm and unchanged. Dried Fruits—Brokers report con- siderable business going on in dried fruit through local channels which is conspicuous, not for the size of the orders but for the number of them, which, in the end, make a large ag- gregate. It is apparent that this busi- ness is in the nature of filling in gaps in current stocks, and in Corn and peas firm. Shoepeg some in- stances there is difficulty in finding what is wanted. This applies par- ticularly to raisins, for which the de- mand has been active for the past week or more, causing a strengthened market in all direction. Fancy seeded are now held at 10%%c, with of- ferings light even at that figure. In a general way brokers say that there has been considerable complaint about high prices on the part of buy- ers, but it has been largely because their stocks have run low and they have been hoping to replenish on terms favorable to them. Spot sup- plies of any kind of dried fruit are limited, but it has been thought that jobbers were well enough to carry them through; but recent developments seem to indicate that this is not so true now as it might supplied have been a short time ago. In the prune situation nothing of further interest has developed and_ there seems to be a little less buying by Coast interests, although the peculi- arity of this business for the past two or three weeks has been its irregulari- ty. The market is now strong for both spet and futures. There séems to be no special activity in peaches at the present time, but sellers say that the market is firm and the Asso- ciation has the situation well under control. Apricots are firm with spot oferings light. There is, however, no urgent spot demand at the moment for any considerable quantity and purchases that are made are almost wholly filling in stocks that have run short sooner than expected. Rice—The improved feeling noted this week has not yet been reflected in materially higher prices, but op- perttinities for picking up bargains have practically disappeared and full rates or slight advances are being named on nearly all varieties. While the transportation difficulties exist, re- Stricting arrivals here, the distribu- tion is likely to be curtailed, but mean- time stocks are being depleted and a very good whenever the normal again. demand is movement The South is strong as a result of crop uncertainty and a steady demand for most grades. Mcolasses—Until the sugar situa- tion is cleared up dealers expect no extensive operations in molasses, yet anticipated becomes a small business is passing from day to day, with the views of holders very firm in consequence of only moder- ate stocks of domestic. Cheese—The cheese market is very firm, with a good consumptive de- mand and extremely light receipts. In consequence the market advanced from 14@1%c a pound on all styles during the week. There was export enquiry and continued high prices are looked for in the immedi- ate future. Spices—With the arrival of steamers last week the market has been aroused to activity, which has given an upward trend to prices and a better tone to the whole market. some two increased There was a particularly ac- tive distribution of the large consign- ment of cloves which arrived from South Africa, at 39@40c. Cocoa—There is a quiet, steady trade with no important transactions. Prices are unchanged. Corn Syrup—Although the market continues the syrup corn relatively strong, been marked up, although the undertone is firm, and it is many shipments of goods are being in- definitely delayed. A leading Western factory has just re-opened after hav- ing been closed some time on account of corn scarcity, but the New York plant is still closed for lack of ma- terial to work on. market has not yet said in cases Canned Fish—The market is firm all along the line particularly in sal- mon, in which the trade reports a heavy business. Sardines are in fair- ly good demand, the recent reduction having stimulated buying to a con- siderable extent. Provisions—Smoked meats are very firm but unchanged in price, with a good consumptive demand. ply is very light. Live hogs are still firm without material change. Pure lard is very firm at an advance of 14 @'¥4c per pound, due largely to the short killing of local packers and the good consumptive demand. Com- pound lard is very firm after an ad- vance of %c. There is a heavy con- sumptive demand and further ad- vances are not unlikely owing to the extreme high prices of pure lard. The normal difference between pure and compound lard is 2@3c, but the present difference is 7@8c. Dried beef is steady and unchanged, with a fair consumptive demand and a nermal supply. Canned meats are firm and unchanged with a light sup- ply and a good demand. Barreled pork is firm and unchanged with a fair supply and a good consumptive demand. Salt Fish—No change for the week. Mackerel are scarce and high, The sup- 5 Wholesale Grocery Promotor Ar- rested. R. E. Snow, who has been solicit- ing stock subscriptions for the Grand Rapids Wholesale Grocery Co., was arrested last Friday on two warants sworn out by the Secretary of the Michigan Securities Commission—one charging him with selling stock with- out first obtaining a license and the other charging him with selling stock nm an 30th offenses are defined as criminal viola- unauthorized company. tions of the law and are punishable by stiff fines and jail sentences. Snow was arraigned before Justice Loucks and his preliminary examina- tion was set for Sept. 21. As the de- fendant is understood to have made about twenty sales of stock, it is quite likely he will be re-arrested on other charges as soon as the first cases are disposed of. The statute under which Snow was apprehended and arrested was enact- ed by the Legislature to protect the people against itinerant and irrespon- sible worthless or securities, vendors of ques- with whom the State was flooded prior to the enact- ment of the The statute is a reasonable one and effords protection tionable law. to reputable men and reputable under- takings, as well as a means. of pun- ishing those who undertake to evade the law clandestinely or openly. —__>+.—_____ John M. Thorpe has been selected by the Judson succeed the late Northern Thorpe Grocer Company to David S. Michigan joined the Haugh in territory. Mr Judson family abcut fourteen years ago as assistant hook-keeper. He subsequently went to work on the floor as packer to fa- miliarize himself with the stock. He was subsequently promoted to the position of shipping clerk, which he filled several years, graduating there- from into the position of house sales- man. He is thoroughly familiar with the stock and with the Judson system of handling Mr. Thorpe will take up his residence in Traverse City, so as to keep in close touch with his trade. The Tradesman be- lieves he will make his mark as a traveling salesman. groceries. Guy W. Rouse, President of the Worden Grocer Company, will prob- ably be in the market for a new car. A street car struck his seven passen- ger Cadillac as he was crossing South lonia avenue Monday, ccmpletely demolishing the rear of the machine. As he was going West and the street car was headed North, Mr. Rouse had the right of way and the street car company will probably settle the bill promptly and_ satisfactorily, in ac- cordance with its usual custom. —_——_+ 2. Joseph P. Lynch has returned from Toronto, Ont., where he conducted a three day sale for J. H. Bardwell, who has just opened a clothing and furnish- ing goods store. The for the three days aggregated $5,350. —_—_———- eo George W. Townsend, who recently retired from the Plainwell, has re-engaged in trade at that place. The Worden Grocer Com- pany furnished the stock. sales grocery business at MICHIGAN TRADESMAN September 19, 1917 Activities in Michigan Cities. Written for the Tradesman. a ba ’ . ‘gf ee ne z oA try t alien —_ Promoted to Store Management for a Week. Stores of the Woolworth chain re- held an “assistant-manager’s in which the assistant man- cently week,” ager was promoted temporarily to store manager and the latter was placed under him as assistant. The man in charge for the week had full authority to put in practice any of the ideas for store betterment and increased sales that he believed would work for the company’s profit. He could, moreover, let the sales people know that he had been made manager for the time being, and urge them to make special efforts in selling, in or- der that he might make a good show- ing. It is said that the innovation result- ed in some especially good records. —_ +22 —___ A failure is a man who has blun- dered, but is not able to cash in the experience. Pickings Picked Up in the Windy City. Chicago, Sept. 18—The Stock Yard employes of seven big packing com- panies h t feeling i ed upon 0 of th heads of t t their salarie would be advanced 2%4c an hour, to take effect at once. The total of this amounts to $6,250 per day or a total of $1,937,000 per year. The advance was voluntary. As usual anyone visiting Chicago at this time of the year i close to moving day. TI h of year that leases expi j are Si i, taking effec crooks. es but what one hear robberies in drug stores. last week thirteen drug North Side were e of dollars worth of ing been stolen. this coming winter be th A tc the public for ice skating, swim- 1ing pool and a dance hall. One of the greatest patriotic meet- gs held in Chicago for some time hat at the Coliseum Sept. 15, with I was t c 16,000 people in attendance. The main speaker was Elihu Root, who has re- cently returned from a, where . i s sent as a special representative his Government. From. the amcunt of applause one would forget that we had a Mayor in Chicago by the name of Thompson. One. can readily see that the vaca- tion is coming to ] 1€ Wa t t of a close b noticing the Lake Shore Drive homes opening up for the winter, as well as general business becoming more set- tled and autumn goods. Hurrah for Chicago! Dr. Dill Rob- ertson, of the Health Department, re- period et featuring ports that Chicago during the past summer was the healthiest city in the country, claiming that more peo- ple returned to the city with ailments of some kind while visiting outside than did the people who remained at home. All cigar dealers throughout the city are now discussing the revenue tax. making all kinds of guesses as to what the tax will be, how it will be spread and as to whether or not the Government intends to tax the entire stock which may be on hand or half the stock or tax the jobber and elim- inate the retailer. It reminds one of local politics to hear the different remarks as to what may be done. It is getting very popular now in Chicago to take care of the children while alive instead of leaving a will. There has been a number of cases of late of some of Chicago’s wealthy citi- zens conveying some of their proper- ty to their heirs. The latest so far reported is J. P. Wilson, Sr., member of the law firm of Wilson, Moore & Mcllvaine, who has conveyed to his children property on Michigan avenue said to be valued at $200,000. It is reported that the Marshall Field estate has leased to the Phoenix Theater Co. the property at the south- west corner of State and Lake streets at a rental of $50,000. This to be in- creased every five years until the amount reaches $120,000 by 1951. The American Cocoanut Butter Co. will erect a new four story building 770x150, to cost $100,000, having pur- chased from the Merchants Loan and Trust Co. five acres on the Belt Rail- way of Chicago, at Twenty-eighth street. The property is south of the new plant of the Diamond T Motor Truck Company. Plans for the build- ing are being prepared. Sears, Roebuck & Co. still have dif- ficulty in securing sufficient storage space. They have acquired from H. Melvin Mahin his lease on the four- story building at 22nd_ street and Ford avenue. Mahin had this under lease from Brunswick-Balke-Collen- der Co. for two years from February 1, 1917, to January 31, 1919, at a term rental of $34,180.50. Sears, Roebuck & Co. have now acquired his lease, paying for the unexpired part of the term $31,122.50. The Maier-Roedel Baking Co. has purchased from Fred C. Magnusson the property in Winnemac avenue, 75 feet east of Western avenue, south iront, 350x110, price not disclosed. Charles W. Reattoir. —_—_ +2 2>____ Eggs, Poultry, Beans and Potatoes. Buffalo, Sept. 19—Creamery butter, Butter, extras, 43!4@44%4c: first, 42@43c; common, 40@4ic: dairy, common to choice, 35@40c; dairy, poor to com- mon, all kinds, 31@34c. Cheese—No. 1 mew, fancy, 25c; choice, 24c. Eggs—Choice, new laid 41@44c; fancy hennery, 46@50c. Poultry (live) — Fowls, 23@27c; chicks, 25@30c; old cox, 18@19c; 214 25¢ ducks, 2 : Beans—Medium. $8.00: pea, $8.00; Red Kidney, $7.00; White Kidney, $8248.50; Marrow, $8@8.50. Potatoes—New, $3.75@4.00 per bbl. Rea & Witzig. Auto Bandit Wounded Howell, September 7th: James Amstey, President of the First State Bank at Ashley, Sunday night about twelve o'clock, heard his automobile pass out of his yard. A hurried investigation showed that the lock had been broken and his six cylinder Studebaker auto- mobile was being driven away. He reached the officers at Elsie, St. Johns, Ithaca and the Citizens’ Mu- tual Automobile Insurance Com- pany at Howell within a short time. It had about fifteen gallons of gas and the bandits made their escape out of Michigan, but the officers in Ohio had been notified, and a watch was kept at the filling stations. Monday afternoon the bandits ques- tioned a farmer as to the distance to a little town; this aroused sus- picion, and the marshal at Brailey was notified and he gathered an armed posse to lay in ambush, Early Tuesday morning the stolen automobile and its occupants reach- ed Brailey and proceeded to steal gasoline; the posse opened fire; two of the bandits were wounded, (later, upon the automobile was found seventy-five bullet marks). The bandits started to make their escape but after going about six miles the car was out of gas. The automobile was recovered. James Amstey called at the office of the Citizens’ Mutual Automobile Insur- ance Company to compliment them upon the prompt action and to re- ceive a settlement for the damages to the car. J. Earle Brown, of Lansing, had his car stolen out of a garage in Lansing. The thief made his escape to Rockford, Illinois, where the car was traded to a second-hand dealer and later sold. The car was insured in the Citizens’ Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, of Howell, and finally traced out and a settlement obtained; the thief is now in jail. The Company has also recovered a Buick automobile owned by Sher- man Schroder, of Battle Creek, in Buffalo, N. Y. As the Company has a membership of about 28,000, it is known as the largest mutual auto- mobile insurance company in the world among the police and offi- cers of Michigan and the adjoining states, and is therefore giving its members the best of service, as the police and officers report the Mich- igan cars to the Company knowing its large membership. September 19, 1917 Good Advice For Every American Soldier. One of your first duties as a soldier will be to take all the care you can of your health. The firmer that is, the better you will be able to do any service, or undergo any fatigue, re- quired of you. To preserve your health, ycu must try to lead as regular and temperate a life as is possible. I hope you will not try to avoid your full share of labor, danger or expos:ire where either is necessary or called for. Take every proper occasion for bathing your whole body—and scrup- wlously regard your personal cleanli- ness, no matter how much trouble it may give you. Have nothing to do with spirituous liquors of any kind. Take your food as regularly as you can get it, and neither eat immod- erately nor go a long time without food, if you can avoid it. Especially be careful not to eat to excess after long fasting. I hope you will never disgrace yourself by any profaneness or ob- scenity, and will avoid all conversa- tion and companions where they are practiced or allowed. Try to preserve a cheerful and con- tented spirit and encourage it in oth- ers. Bear hardships without grum- bling and always try to do more, rather than less, than your duty. You will have occasion to be patient much oftener than to be brave. The duty of a soldier is unquestion- ing obedience—but, beyond spectful, and considerate temper to- ward your officers. this; 1 hope you will cultivate a kind, re-g} MICHIGAN TRADESMAN I hope. you are going with a love for your country and your cause, and with a determination to be faithful to every duty you have undertaken. My boy, you bear the name of one who, to the end of his honored life, never shrunk from a duty, however painful, nor from a danger to which duty call- ed him. Be sure that you do no dis- credit to it! Neither by cowardice, by falsehood, by impurity, by levity, nor by selfishness. Remember always your home and your friends—those who will welcome your return with pride and joy if you shall come back in virtue and honor; who will cherish your memory if, faithful and true. you have given up your life; but to whom your disgrace would cause a pane sharper than death. Remember your obligations to duty and to God. And may these thoughts keep you fron: temptation and encourage = and strengthen you in danger or sickness. And how, my dear boy, I commend you to God—and the power of His grace. May God bless and keep you. Think of your Heavenly Father in health and in sickness, in joy and in sorrow. Go to Him for strength and guidance. You are very dear to our hearts—and your absence leaves a great place vacant in our home. If it be accorded to His will, may you come back to us in safety and honor —but whatever is before us, may His mercy and love be ever with you and His grace be sufficient for you. ——__-. The old pcpulist party adopted th> pumpkin pie for its badge because it had no upper crust. What We Are Fighting For. We are fighting to save American husbands from being forced to dig graves for their wives. We are fight- ing to save American babies from your bayonetmen. We are fighting to save American women from the flames. Loyal and thinking Amert- cans feel that if the ship-watch on the North sea slackens, and the guard from the Yser to Belfort is battered down, your cannon would point toward us and soon the trench line would be on the Hudson, the Delaware, and the Chesapeake.—De- troit Journal. weary Unless we win abroad, we shall have tc fight at And it is a by no means rash coniecture that an home. invasion by German-Austrian-Bulgar- Turkish hordes (there are four Ger- manys now) would meet with the same difficulties, the same. scrapes, the same military embarrassments and the same uprisings of civilians as in Belgium. What Jeloian atrocities palling follow, the outline with ap- and carnage in Belgium did not bring us into the war. We are not primarily other people’s battles. not would vividness. Indecency fighting We primarily op- We are not be- are championing pressed foreigners. side ourselves with enthusiasm for the rights of Europeans. We took up arms only when the imperial Ger- man government had wantonly and persistently made war upon us. Be- yond question, the Belgium atrocities predisposed us to tolerate an armed attack upon Germany. They inflam- ed feeling the world over. They help > é to explain why four-fifths of the hu- man race holds in abhorrence. for America. last militarism But we are fighting 3Jecause we have at with the greatest military power on earth and exposed ourselves to the chance of being ev- Prussian locked horns erlastingly punished for entering this think of the German formance in Belgium and say with the Detroit Journal, “We are fighting to prevent such an abomination com- ing to Tribune. war, we per- American homes.’’—Chicago —_——_—_> 2. The Spotlight Must Go. Muskegon, Sept. 18—There is cer- tain to be some action taken within the next year or so to regulate the spotlight, and it is possible that it will be legislated out of existence. This is solely because of the misuse of it at the present time. The spot- light is used to-day as a plaything in- stead of a pathfinder. The spotlight is of great benefit to the motorist if used as it should be, but the great majority of autoists use it to-day just as a sort of a plaything. They flash it on the other cars as they pass. Spotlights are also kept burning in the corporate limits of well lighted cities, when in fact they are sel- dom needed. Sooner or later laws will be passed that will do away with it entirely and as is generally the case, the good motorist will suf- fer for the wrongs of the others. C. M. Gibney. —__—__-~2»2?>____— Has Been Relieved From Duty. Len Wagley, of Levering, who was one of the the present State Dairy and Food Com- first appointees of missioner, has been relieved from duty by his superior officer. Barney Langeler has worked in this institution continuously for over forty-eight years. Barney says— | was thinking last night of the old days when three of us used to ship all the goods. different from these days with the big force we have now. And, By Golly, we ship every order the day it’s received, too. ORDEN That’s service. It’s quite THE PROMPT SHIPPERS (GROCER COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS— KALAMAZOO — eee MICHIGAN TRADESMAN September 19, 1917 (Unlike any other paper.) Each Issue Complete In Itself. DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF BUSINESS MEN. Published Weekly by TRADESMAN COMPANY, Grand Rapids, Mich. Subscription Price. Two dollars per year, if paid strictly in advance. Three dollars per year, if not paid in advance. Canadian subscriptions, $3.94 per year, payable invariably in advan-e. Sample copies 5 cents each. Extra copies of current issues, 5 cents; issues a month or more old, 10 cents; issues a year or more old, 25 cents; issues five years or more old, $1. Entered at the Grand Rapids Postoffice as Second Class Matter. E. A. STOWE, Editor. September 19, 1917. STABILIZING PRICES. If someone should decree a new set ef nomenclature for our efforts at food conservation, there would be a great deal less erroneous thinking and prob- ably somewhat less careless and fal- lacious talking and writing. Because Mr. Hoover has not yet brought down the prices of food products should not be construed as an evidence of failure of the whole scheme of wartime regu- lation, the people had Laws passed by Congress are not the whole thing by any but rather a reflection on wrong ideas which some formed in advance. means and the underlying causes of high prices are more commonly due to ele- ments superior to any human law than to any of the fanciful causes the the- orists have been setting up. The work- ings of governmental authority are provy- ing it. For instance, it has never really been expected by well informed people that Uncle Sam could “fix” prices so much Nor means altogether And both these things were otherwise. it would as that he could “stabilize” prices. food food dictatorship. does “control” even if not necessarily operate to correct wholly the objectionable conditions of which we complain. Similar efforts in Europe have failed wholly to accomplish the ends sought in any completeness, but they have operated in the right direc- tion and they probably will here, as well. In fact, the chances are far better here than in Europe because our plans are based less on official authority than on a combined programme in which the Government and have come to agreement and are working together to a common end. trade It is a matter of surprise to most people that one after another the trades are so calmly assenting to being licensed and regulated by the Food Administra- tion, without the slightest disposition to complain. It is not true that the great majority of distributers like to practice speculation, however true it may be of an individual here and_ there. Even if they do speculate, they prefer to do it on reasonably safe grounds and not on so unstable a basis as public and popular due to If governmental influences can result in stabilizing prices somewhat, the trade welcomes it as one step toward everyone’s safety; but it violent fluctuations excitement. scare is not to be expected that it will neces- sarily mean materially lower prices. It is rapidly coming out that the food control law was emasculated in its most promising feature when it was made to so generally keep its hands off the farmer. As an illustration of this, the experiences of the Maryland packers of canned foods furnish much illum- inating information. Whatever may have been the truth about the actual supply of tomatoes, so long as the farm- er could refuse to honor his own con- tracts with the canners, the whole in- dustry was at his mercy and many thousands of dollars will be lost by Maryland canners by reason of the farmer’s freedom of sliding from under his contracts and gouging the packer. But an even greater interest has been attaching to the Maryland canning in- dustry of late by reason of various causes, some of them independent of the farmers. The weather has certainly played pranks with the crops and fur- nished the uninitiated with evidence of how rapidly prices can jump and render impossible any of the alleged schemes of control attributed to it in the past. How anyone—Government or others— could intelligently set a price on a prod- uct under such conditions is hard to imagine. Canners thought they were safe when they bought tomatoes at between $1 and $1.15 a dozen, and probably three-quar- ters of the pack were bought at some such figures. Then came the lateness of the crop and a contest between Jer- sey and Maryland packers for the raw material. It forced tomatoes up from the safe price of 25 cents a basket— although that is fully 10 cents above normal—to even $1 a basket, while can- ned tomato prices went to $1.45 and even $1.50. Then came the glut of last week and week before, and prices of raw ma- terial went down to 20 cents or even less. A Chicago jobber, himself a can- ner for several years, came to town and told a story of crop conditions that tended to “bear” the market again to probably as low as $1.25. It created a sensation, but before it could sink into the minds of the traders along came the cold snap, with reports of killing frosts, and, in the face of the glut con- ditions reported by the Chicago man. the scare of frost sent prices back again to even the unheard of prices of $1.65 or more, and even now have not yet subsided to a normal basis on which packer and jobber can agree. the theorist would have the Government step in and “fix” the price, but how any governmental official can fix prices on such jumping-jack con- ditions of supply and demand _ baffles the wiseacres of the trade, even if it doesn't the reformer. Of course, The most interesting phase of that situation, however, is the argument of Mr. Webster that in the time of un- certainty, the farmer was able to use the governmental “fixed” price as a sort of umbrella, under which to pro- tect his own claims of the fairness of his high prices. Whether his charges of the unfairness of the Government stan- dard price are just or not, it is pretty evident that such standardization, with the name of the Government back of it did operate to establish the ruling market price and if it proves anything, it proves that price regulation is an in- fluence so potent that it must be used with much discretion. In the case of wheat, however, an interesting difference in its effect ap- pears. With the tomato farmer, the Governmental price was high enough to bolster him up in his exactions, and he used it accordingly. In the case of wheat, the Government price of $2.20 is regarded by the farmer as too low and he is refusing to sell his crop at that figure, confident that he can get more for it. This remains to be seen, but if the stories circulated late last week about farmers withholding wheat from the millers of the Northwest are true, it looks as though there is a tussle on between the force of Uncle Sam’s food controllers and the hoarders as to who can be of greatest force. Happily, in this case Mr. Hoover will have at his command and subject to commandeering immense stocks of food- stuffs held up at seaboard points by the food embargo and liable to seizure. This iets into the situation another factor; the only one which uniformly worked out right in Europe’s experience—com- petition of the Government. backed with a large stock of goods to be sold in the open market. It has been said by econ- omists that anyone owning 25 per cent. of an available stock of anything, and willing to sell it in competition—even at a loss—can control a market either way. And if so, it may be -that Mr. Hoover will find it convenient to use the accumulations at seaboard to beat the farmer. Which will prove once more that the only real unchangeable power to control the law of competition. But Mr. Hoover is quoted as denying that there is any intention to comman- deer wheat stocks held by farmers. “Except in certain very limited areas where anti-war and pro-German pro- paganda is being carried on,” he said, “there is no disposition to withhold the wheat from the Government and the Allies. The farmers are very busy planting a very greatly increased acreage of winter wheat. The report of the millers’ committee shows that all mills in the Central and Southern States are running over the normal of last year, and while the lateness of the harvest has shortened supplies to mills in the Northwestern section, this is now rem- edied by arrivals of Canadian wheat.” MAKE THE CHAIN COMPLETE. The re-crganization of the Grand Rapids Merchants Mutual Fire Insur- ance Company and the prospective ad- vent of the new grocers’ mutual, to be organized under the auspices of the Retail Grocers and General Mer- chants’ Association of Michigan, still leaves the field open for several oth- er companies covering the following mercantile lines: Dry Goods Clothing Furniture Jewelry The Grand Rapids company writes policies at two-thirds the regular rate charged by the stock companies. The drug companies write policies at 25 per cent. discount and one of them announced last week that its surplus had reached $100,000, in con- sequence of which it would carry its risks hereafter at 70 per cent. of the stock company rate. The hardware companies are writ- ing risks at one-half of the stock rate and making money at that. The shoe company is affording pro- tection at 75 per cent. of the board rate, with an additional discount of 5 per cent. for prompt payment of premium. The companies which insure flour millers and retail lumbermen are writ- ing policies at very attractive rates, enabling their policy holders to effect substantial savings. Of the companies still needed to complete the chain, the clothing and furniture dealers can easily secure prompt action through their respec- tive State organizations. Unfortu- nately, the dry goods and jewelry trades have no central organizations to assist them in this matter, but the sentiment in favor of organiza- tion among leading representatives of both lines of trade is so pronounc- ed that efficient and enthusiastic lead- ership is about all that is needed to bring about such a result. Several attempts have been made to form dis- trict associations and it is not at all unlikely that. concerted effort will be made to create and maintain State organizations in the near future. Of course, mutual insurance com- panies can be formed and successful- ly conducted without the aid or co- operation of State associations, but the two work well together. Each helps the other by keeping up inter- est in the organizations. Especially is this the case where membership in the association is made a requisite to securing and maintaining a policy in the insurance company. The Tradesman stands ready at all times to do all it can to assist in bringing about this consummation, believing that it will result to the advantage, both personal and pecuni- ary, of all concerned. THE SLIPPERY FARMER. Now is the season when packers and distributers alike are looking askance at each other with suspicion as to their stability to resist the temptation to welch. If, for instance, there be a short pack and prices rise to materially more than the future price levels at which large contracts were made, will the packer flagrantly make short deliveries—of course as- suming that he will fall back on his 75 per cent. clause—or, if there be a liberal pack and lower prices, will the jobber cudgel his brain to find ways to reject and throw his goods back on the packer? As things stand, there does not appear much ground for be- lieving strongly in small packs; at least not sufficiently short to force prices below the future price level. It is well known what troubles the Michigan packers have been having in keeping their tomato growers up to the bar of common honesty, and many striking stories are told of the complacent way in which farmers will sidestep their obligations without the slightest hesitation and assume that it is a perfectly proper procedure, / September 19, 1917 WHY WE ARE AT WAR. Why did the United States go to war with Germany? A pertinent question which seems as hard to answer as were the causes which led up to the Civil War in the sixties. Ask a man why the great Civil War, and ten chances to one he will reply that the North went to war to free the slaves. Such an explanation is even taught by some teachers in our public schools, and yet it is far, very far from the truth. The Southern states seceded from the Union for the purpose of forming an independent Nation composed of the Southern half of the Union, and it was to save this dismemberment that the free states flew to arms at the call of President Lincoln. Not one word, pro or con, about slavery. In fact, the struggle had gone on for nearly two years before the slavery question became a factor in the con- test. Lincoln’s emancipation proclama- tion was issued as a war measure, wholly in the interest of saving the Union, not, as many suppose at this day, as a great humanitarian project to make all men free and equal be- fore the law. It is even surmised that had Lincoln issued the proclamation in the early days of the war it would have served to aid rather than retard the efforts of the South to destroy the Government. However much the great Lincoln wished in his own heart that slavery should be wiped out in the interest of humanity, he found it impossible to enunciate such a policy, fearing that by so doing the Union itself might be destroyed. Not until he felt confident that the people would stand back of him did he come out in favor of the emancipation of the slaves. As a distinctive war measure this proved a success; as a strictly humanitarian procedure it might have failed of its purpose and endangered the fate of the Federal Union. Now as to this country to-day en; tering the breach in this great Euro- pean struggle for the avowed pur- pose of destroying autocracy and ele- vating democracy to full power all over the world, that is a secondary consideration. Had we any such in- tention we would naturally have en- tered the struggle very much earlier. Let us suppose, for instance, that Germany had been careful in her un- der sea warfare to not interfere with American ships or American citizens on the high seas. Let us suppose that the Lusitania had not been sunk, nor any other vessels in which Amer- icans were interested, is it conceiv- able that America would to-day be a factor in this world wide struggle of democracy against autocracy? Is it not plainly evident that this entrance of America into the war was brought about by the assaults made by Germany upon our own citizens, and that we refrained from even remonstrating against the rape of Belgium, standing on our dignity as a neutral power until after Germany, again and again, committed acts of war against America? MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Plainly the Allies owe the help we are giving world democracy to the fact of Germany’s indiscretion in assailing our rights upon the high seas. To an American it seems that the Teutonic powers made a_ bad blunder in forcing the hand of the Yankee republic. Had they scrup- ulously avoided a rupture with this country by adhering to the practices of a civilized country in time of war the battle in Europe would still be carried on between Germany and her allies and the Entente powers. Her chances for victory would be doubly advanced and the cause of the brutal and bloodstained Hohenzollern would still be of a hopeful nature. The United States entered this war, not because she was anxious and de- termined to see victory perch on the banners of word democracy, as so many speakers, magazines and news- papers are proclaiming to-day, but for the sole purpose of vindicating her honor from villainous assaults in utter disregard of solemn promises and in defiance of every principle of right and justice. We were forced by Germany to take up arms in self de- fense. Brutal murder of our citizens wherever the German under sea boats reached put it out of the question for America to not take notice in a mili- tary way of her villainous assassina- tions. It will be remembered that a sim- ilar mistake was made by many good people with regard to the Spanish war. These people were fond of ex- ploiting the supposed fact that Amer- ica went into that war to free Cuba and to give Spain a lesson because of her tyrannical methods of govern- ing her colonies near our shores. Had there been no blowing up of the Maine there would have been no Spanish war. With the Hohenzollern we had no cause for hostilities until that remorseless outlaw and_ hellion made war upon America. The sink- ing of the Lusitania was ample cause for a declaration of hostilities against the Hun. When this was followed by numberless other murders of Ameri- ca’s men, women and children it be- came a matter of common manhood for this country to assert itself. Now that we have entered the con- test, the outcome must be for the betterment of all mankind, perhaps the downfall of monarchies, the up- building of democratic governments on the soil of old Europe. We trust that this may be so, as was the emancipation of the slaves in Civil War days, which, issued as a war measure, became the humanitarian uplift of a whole race and made the United States of America a Nation of freedom in fact as well as in name. ee ee No woman can be pretty unless she was born that way, but almost any woman can be beautiful if she thinks sweet and noble thoughts, does kind- ly deeds, and lifts herself above the fogs and worries of this vagrant world. It is better to have a little sense all the time than so much in bunches that you can’t use. SHATTERED KAISER MYTH. In his enforced haste to leave Petro- grad, when dispossessed of his throne on account of treason to his country, the Czar left a large collection of secret archives behind, showing the repeated effort the Kaiser made to secure an in- vincible alliance with Russia against England and France. The telegrams between Kaiser and Czar had their origin in the Russo- Japanese War. Wilhelm was abundant in advice, warning and cajolery. Nor did he omit to display a keen eye for business. The Imperial Bagman, as he has been called, appeared in one tele- gram to the Czar. “You ought not to forget to order new ships. Our private firms will be most glad to receive con- tracts.» But the great thing at which he labored was a secret treaty between Russia and Germany, which France, as Russia’s ally, was to be kept in ignor- ance of until the last moment, when she was to be compelled to acquiesce in it, and which was to bring about the com- plete isolation and discomfiture of Eng- land. Some such treaty was drawn up and appears actually to have been sign- ed by the two monarchs. At any rate, in one telegram the Kaiser said: “We joined hands and signed before God, who heard our vows.” It would appear that the vacillating Czar shrank back at the end. The German official state- ment declares that the scheme was “de- feated by the unreliability of Romanoff and by brilliant English diplomacy, which produced an understanding be- tween England, Russia and France.” The disclosures now made are certain tc shatter the myth of the Kaiser’s rep- utation. By them he will be greatly in- jured in his own land; abroad, they will make it impossible to put him back on the pedestal where some had placed him. Prof. Kuno Francke, for instance, contended a year ago or so that, what- ever the world thought of the Kaiser’s policies, it must concede that he had displayed great qualities as a ruler. It will be hard to make men believe this any longer. In these telegrams of the Kaiser to the Czar we have revealed the real Kaiser—a meddlesome, restless, conceited, unscrupulous, brutal, under- handed man, with little grasp of the tremendous forces with which he was playing. He is an embodiment of the recipe how to bring great empires low by small minds. What will especially rankle in German hearts to-day is that their own autocrat was secretly urging the Russian autocrat to consult the Duma which, “as it represents the people of Russia, would be the voice of the Russian people.” The question which Germans will ask bitterly is why the Kaiser did not, at the time when he was trying to make an alliance against Eng- land, as also when he precipitated the present war, consult the representatives of the German people? Why was the Duma more to be respected than the Reichstag ? MAN POWER ON BOTH SIDES. Official estimates of the drain on Ger- man man-power, issued from French General Headquarters through the As- sociated Press, show a total -nobiliza- tion since the beginning of the war of ten and a half million men out of an available fourteen millions. Since the calculation of ultimate human resources is always a speculative undertaking, we may confine ourselves to two specific items in the French estimates, one which places the total of German killed, pris- oners, and. permanently incapacitated at 4,000,000, and the other which places the present German strength on all fronts and in interior depots at 5,500,000. The first figure would seem to us too high, arguing from the calculations made every little while from the German cas- ualty lists. At the present moment the total recorded casualties can hardly ex- ceed 5,000,000. Of these a million and a half might be killed and dead of wounds and another half-million would be a very generous allowance for prison- This would three million wounded. In various countries the re- covery of wounded and their return to the battlefield have been placed as high as 90 per cent., and rarely below 80 per cent. Of the three million German wounded, therefore, not than three-quarters of a million would be permanently incapacitated, so that the permanent German losses would have to be placed at not more than 2,750,000. Regarding the distribution of the five ers. leave more and a half millions whom Germany is now said to have under arms, we may deduct the odd half million for the in- terior, leaving five millions for the ac- tual battle-front and the lines of com- munication. Now, it is pretty well es- tablished that two-thirds of the German strength is in the West, or, roughly, about three and a half million men. This is rather above the usual estimate, and it may be that the forces held in the interior are larger and that the German line in the West is about three million strong. How many of the Allies are now facing these three millions? For the French we have the statement of Andre Tardieu, French High Commis- sioner in this country, who declared on May 25 last: “I am speaking officially when I say that the men now actively fighting in the French armies are be- tween 2,750,000 and 3,000,000.” The usual estimate of the British strength in France is two millions. This gives us the usually accepted ratio of 5 to 3 for the Allied preponderance in the West. Tt is a situation which works both ways. It would indicate, dn the one hand, that very large American forces must arrive on the French front to make possible a decision which a 5 to 3 ratio has been insufficient to attain. It shows, on the other hand, that if the very worst hap- pens in Russia, the transfer of German troops to the West can never give Ger- many the means for anything but a de- fensive policy. A pleasing bit of native humor was offered for inspection ‘not long ago. A band of vigilantes working in the interest of good government hung the wrong man and a commit- tee of their number was appointed to wait on the widow and express re- gret for the mistake. The spokes- man began his address by saying, “Wall, you’ve got the laugh on us this time.” ee eee There is one happy thought about being drowned at sea. After the preparatory sea-sickness, the final plunge is a joy ride. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN i =— = = = /BUTIER, EGGS *> PROVISIONS: reepet 5 Laveling of Skimmed — Says Egg Shippers Practice Fraud. =a° According mm V.. ww D- rey, aa State ta as secure {op lowa as ly brings dt the summer by reason of less heat dam- ess-favored states. oo. : : nee Investigations of the alleged prac- tice are being made by Fred H. Gray. Federal inspector, and C. S. Bogle and John W. Milnes, inspectors from the State Food Department. work will be kept up until said by Under the Iowa showing more than cannot be shipped from point to pornt within the State. The Federal law allows 5 per cent. loss in interstate e ge food authorities. 1 -c State laws, eg 9174 er cent. bz d e/z per cent. al commerce. The penalty for violation of the State food law is a fine of $199. ———— The Reward of the Stand-Patters. Milk condensaries on the Coast, as elsewhere, are offering the strongest possible inducements to secure a suf- ficient supply of milk from dairymen to enable them to fill orders. As an average price $2.50 per hundred pounds of average testing milk is paid, or approximately 20 cents a gal- lon. Taken together with the fact % cents per that in some sections sale of eggs. It has been a wenetior f bakers to use rotten ids on the Phil ed four iene eze2s y prosecuted. r arrests for the ———_+-> Cottage Cheese Campaign. useful + ‘ - oes ke every drop of milk the Dairy Divisior states Department of grict active campaign to promote the SF and ise of cottage cheese A corps of cheesemaking specialists will demon- strate the creamery methods of turn- ing their waste skim milk into this aluable product Milk producers will be encouraged to send so much 5 ] eries which undertake to manufacture efforts will be j ce the public to eat more of that attractive and nutritious food. To help individual farmers utilize their skim milk, groups of specialists co-operating with state agencies, par- ticularly demonstration workers in home economics, will give practical instruction in cottage cheesemaking in the home and on the farm. The specialists will demonstrate the pro- cess before groups of farm women and in connection regular short courses, while in certain sections they will give individual instruction. with >. ___- Abolish fear and you can accomp- lish whatever you wish. GUARANTEED eee A OT am BRAND Reanut Butter “ANUFACTURED BY THE BEL-CAR-MO-NUT UMM Ea EOt lel be CRAND RAPIOS, MICH Sold in Sanitary Tin Packages— 2, 5, 16, 15 and 25 ib. pails— by all wholesale grocers See Quotations in Grocery Price Current September 19, 1917 Watson-HigginsiMilg.Co. 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Your customers will DOUBLE YOUR BREAD SALES if you pro- vide them with this new and better bread. Please send “CREAMNUT” particulars **How to Increase My Bread Sales.” Mail This Coupon Today Grand Rapids Bread Co. Prescott St. and So. Ionia Ave. September 19, 1917 Beans Still Play Big Part in War. Were such a performance possible, the autobiography of a bean probably would start with the vegetation that began to sprout from the sleeping seed in the earth immediately after Noah disembarked on the sterile crown of Mount Ararat, asserts James M. Binkley in The Nation’s Business. Humble, then, the bean is not. And the cheapness has ceased for the pres- ent. Beans for planting cost farm- ers this season from $10 to $12 a bushel. The food price at retail was considerably higher. The writer con- tinues: “Moses ate beans, as did Abraham, and doubtless Cleopatra. Races have come, ruled, and vanished; but the bean, always here, is here yet. Napo- leon fought and Shakespeare dramatiz- ed and Hannibal marched over the Alps, but they perished from the face of the earth; yet the bean is nourish- ing millions of soldiers along the edges of Belgium and France. “Beans,” said a pioneer from the North the other day, “conquered Alaska. We would cook a batch for ourselves,” he said, “and a batch for the dogs and put them in long, shal- low pans to freeze. After they were frozen we would break them into pieces, like peanut candy, and carry them in bags on the sleds. The beans were thawed by a spirit lamp, and for three months at a time were about the only food we ate. But for beans Alaska would still be an unknown wilderness in the snow and ice.” Professor Lee Cleveland Corbett, of Cornell University, is quoted as follows: “Up to 1861 beans were not used much in this country. Railroads fif- ty-seven years ago were crude and found it difficult to supply the Fed- eral armies with guns, ammunition, and clothing, and bulk was eliminat- ed so far as possible in the matter of food. “Beans, with pork, are very nour- ishing, and Northern Quartermasters began buying them and shipping them to the soldiers. When, at the close of the war, the soldiers returned to their homes, their appetite for beans, created in camp and on the march, soon made itself felt in the market. There was a demand for beans, and farmers began growing them. “The bean industry was established by the Civil War, as was the industry in light-colored smoking tobacco. Union soldiers found a new tobacco in North Carolina which they liked and which they tried to buy after the war closed. “A confederate soldier, riding a blind mule and having 50 cents in his pocket, traveled back to North Caro- lina, when Lee surrendered at Ap- pomattox, and began cultivating and curing the particular kind of tobac- co that the Federal soldiers had found so satisfactorily. His business grew and he became a millionaire. The son of this man organized the largest tobacco company in existence, with branches in Great Britain and in oth- er parts of the world. “Beans made no millionaire, but they increased the prosperity of farm- ers in the North, and in time became a valuable crop throughout the South. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN The men in blue and the mei in gray, while ‘fighting one another, joked about beans and sang humorous songs about them, and also about fat pork, but they know the food value of both, and the dietary habits they acquired as soldiers were not given up when peace was restored. “The soldiers of the regular army have eaten beans for years. They ate great quantities of them during the Spanish war and on the Mexican border, and are eating them now in France. British and French soldiers are living on them, and the American product, at that. When the banners of democracy are seen floating all over the world it will be well to re- member the part that the bean has taken in behalf of the people in their battle with Kings and Emperors and their Divine rights. “The acreage in beans a half cen- tury ago was small. It has been growing, however, from decade to de- cade. The yield last year on 945,000 acres was 8,846,000 bushels, as against 928,000 acres in 1915 and a crop that totaled 10,321,000 bushels. “Many foreign buyers were in the market last season bidding for a crop that was 1,855,000 bushels less than the crop of the previous year. The farm value of beans, therefore, in- creased from $2.59 a bushel in 1915 to $5.06 a bushel in 1916. “Farm value means the price that the grower receives. Very few, if any, consumers bought beans even for $6 a bushel. The price mounted high- er and higher as the stock disappear- ed from the market. It would be sup- posed, naturally, that the acreage this year would break all previous records. The dearness of seed, however, has worked, in my opinion, against such a theory. Seed sold as high as $12 a bushel, or 20 cents a pound. “Then in several states the weather for beans has not been favorable. My old home is in Western New York, where the farmers who once grew wheat have become successful pro- ducers of beans. One man whom I know was driven off his bean land seven times early this spring by rain.” “Why didn’t he stay off after, say, the fifth time?” the interviewer asked. “Now,” Professor Corbett answer- ed, “you are trying to lure me into the bogs of psychology. Why doesn’t a merchant shut up shop after a great disaster? Why do Wall Street men speculate in spite of a long succession of wrong guesses? Your question is no easier to answer than either of mine.” 2. We are told that Aaron stayed up the hands of Moses, but there is no record of what he got. The Syrup Maker Among the finest, yet most eco- nomical of all syrups, is made from Crescent Mapleine. The syrup has that rich ‘Golden Fla- vour.”’ So good that it has won a place in dining cars and in many leading hotels. In addition to mak- ing syrup Crescent Mapleine serves in every way any other flavoring will serve. Have you it in stock? * * Crescent Mfg. Co.. Seattle, Wash. 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W ANTED at Moseley Station, experienced capable man to take charge of warehouse and do the work in buying Beans, Potatoes, Seed, and selling Coal, Cement, Salt, etc. Must have temperate habits and furnish good references in regard to Man with wife, preferred, to live in our house at Moseley. Address; MOSELEY BROTHERS, Grand Rapids, Mich. Distributors, No Center Hole—No Center Nib- No Center Breakage. They are constructed with a special lubricating rust-preventing compound made from graphite—forming a long lived lubricant inserted between the leaves of the spring. . oS SHERWOOD HALL CO., Ltd., 30-32 Ionia Ave., Grand Rapids, Mich 12 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN September 19, 1917 Saori S Se a aa is Effect of the War on Financial Af- fairs, Written for the Tradesman. - Netwithstanding financial evidence of continued activity in industrial and commercial business, shown by the bank clearings, prices of stocks have continued to fall on the New York stock exchange and in the outside markets. There is a significance to this that must not be overlooked and should be taken into consideration in looking into the future, because it in- dicates there is a limit to our financial capacity. Billions have been voted by Congress, rightly so for the prose- cution of the war, in full accord with the sentiment of the country, and without endangering the prosperity of the Nation. Unfortunately, how- ever, taxes upon taxes have been and still are being added. Those receiv- ing large incomes and corporations with large excess profits cannot resist the imposition of these added burdens, but when an appeal for capital is made to the investment market, a severe test is applied. The response indi- cates the nature of the nation’s stand- ing. Thus the weakness of the se- curity market is clear evidence of weakened confidence; a fear the Gov- ernment may not deal fairly. If this country is to maintain its financial standing, the causes that stand in the way of the full use of our facilities must be removed. Congress must awaken. Nothing must be done to suggest to the timid capitalist that the Government is not going to act in absolute good faith in dealing with him. As a matter of mere policy, it is a mistake to place him between the upper and nether millstones of price control and ex- tortionate taxation. Fortunately, the Senate seems to have had a glimpse of the handwriting on the wall and has eliminated some of the confis- catory clauses of the revenue bill. This action is salutary and will tend to so restore confidence as to make the flotation of the new Liberty Loan less difficult. The amount of the loan and the in- terest it will bear have not been defi- nitely announced, but the enactment by the House of Representatives of the new war loan bill indicates the new bonds will bear interest at 4 per cent. They may, however, be sub- ject to super-taxes on incomes and to the excess profits tax. If this is the case it is probable the conversion of the 314 bonds into the new 4’s will be comparatively small, as the for- mer are fully tax exempt, except from inheritance tax. The “Blue Sky” law of Michigan is a protection to the public from the sale by irresponsible. canvassers of doubtful securities, but there is an avenue through which the uninformed can and do lose money they work hard for. The mails are flooded with well worded circulars counseling the recipient not to let his money lie idle when it can earn 15, 20, 25, 50 or 75 per cent. through the purchase of the stocks advertised. If any con- sideration is given these specious of- ferings it should be in the way of in- vestigation. Go back at the adver- tiser. Demand a sworn statement of earnings showing full operation of the property, bank references, etc. In nine cases out of ten no answer will be received. If one is, follow up the enquiry through your local banker. The better way, however, is to feed the fire with all literature offering or assuring a return of more than 6 per cent. or 7 per cent. on the invest- ment. It is best and safest to stick to investments giving the yield of 5, 6 or 7 per cent., and then, purchase them only from reliable investment houses or trust companies whose judgment, formed from experience and investigation, can be trusted. The revenue bill enacted by the Senate extends the war tax to or- dinary peace profits in excess of 10 per cent. in addition to excessive war profits reached by graduated rates, amounting to sur-taxes ranging from 12 to 60 per cent. The excess income is based upon the net income above $5,000 of corporations, partnerships or individuals in trade or business, over the average of 1911, 1912 and 1913—the pre-war standard—with a maximum exemption of 6 per cent. of actual invested capital, and a maxi- mum exemption of 10 per cent. The graduated rates and their estimated revenue fields are as follows: 12% on profits up to 15% $100,080,000 16% on profits between 16 and 25% : 46,080,000 20% on profits between Be ent SO ..2....- 109,000,000 25% on profits between San ioe .- 0.5. 101,000,009 30% on profits between 5 and 100% ....-... 35% on profits between 0 88,200,000 100 and 150% ..:..... 120,050,000 40% on profits between 159 and 200% ..,.... 102,000,000 45% on profits between 200 and 250% _....... 84,150,000 50% on profits between P50 and 300% ........ 60% on profits in excess OF 300% §. 6 462,940,000 Taxes are levied on individual. in- comes, in addition to the present 2 per cent., ranging from 1 per cent. on amounts between $5,000 and $7,000 to 33 per cent. on amounts exceeding $500,000, and imposes on _ corpora- 72,500,000 GRAND RAPIDS NATIONAL [CITY BANK CITY TRUST & SAVINGS BANK ASSOCIATED CAMPAU SQUARE The convenient banks for out of town people. Located at the very center of pone - Handy to the street cars—the Interurbans—the hotels—the shopping strict. On account of our location—our large transit facilities—our safe deposit vaults and our complete service covering the entire field of banking, our institutions must be the ultimate choice of out of town bankers and individuals. Combined Capital and Surplus.................. $ 1,724,300.00 Combined Total Deposits .....................- 10,168,700.00 Combined Total Resources ...............0000: 13,157,100.00 GRAND RAPIDS NATIONAL CITY BANK CITY TRUST & SAVINGS BANK -ASSOCIATED \UITE apart from the possibility that he may die before you do, is it fair to burden an already busy friend with the responsibility or administering your estate and advising those you leave behind ? HE Grand Rapids Trust Company makes a business of such matters and is especially equipped through train- ing and organization to handle them efficiently. Its service costs no more. ONSULT your attorney today, in- struct him to draw your will and in it name this company as trustee or executor. Send for booklet on ‘‘Descent and Distribution of Property” and blank form of will. [RAND RAPIDS TRUST [OMPANY MANAGED BY MEN YOU KNOW BOTH PHONES 4391 OTTAWA AT FOUNTAIN. September 19, 1917 tions, in addition to the 2 per cent. tax, a tax of 4 per cent. The probable fixing of 4 per cent. as the interest on the new Liberty Bonds has given rise to considerable spéculation as to the effect it will have on the savings banks of the country through the withdrawal of ac- counts for investment. In the Eastern states the savings banks have been quietly trimming their sails to meet the situation which will be created by a 4 per cent. bond issue. They have been at it practically since the first Liberty Loan campaign was finished, strengthening their cash _ position. This course was taken to prevent the dumping of large amounts of secur- ities upon the market, which would have been the height of folly. Sav- ings banks investments are real estate loans, municipal, railroad, steamship and public utility bonds which, under present conditions, could only be sold at a sacrifice, whereas by holding them until ma- turity a fixed income is assured on the money of depositors. The sav- ings banks have been, therefore, buy- ing short time securities to keep a portion of their assets liquid—a most wise precaution. When asked what effect the 4 per cent. loan would have on the savings banks of Michigan, Frank E. Coleman, Vice-President and Cashier of the Grand Rapids Savings sank said: “I do not believe it will have any of consequence. Invest- ment bankers for the past few years have been plugging at savings banks as hard as they could, urging deposi- tors to buy baby bonds—bonds of small denominations, $50, $100 and upward, and it is doubtful if the 4 per cent. Liberty Bonds will be much of a drain—on our bank at least.” There is a question, however, if a number of the country savings banks, heretofore recognizing the 3 per cent. rate as the margin of greater safety to depositors, will not be tempted to increase the rate to 4 per cent. That the new bonds at 4 per cent. will call out a large number of sav- ings accounts is probable. Therefore, an unceasing campaign of thrift should be carried on and the gospel of saving spread broadcast. While very interesting, the situation is in no way disturbing, the savings banks of the State being in an exceptionally strong condition. For two or three months past there has been a noticeable change in fi- nancing from bonds to short time notes, due to the difficulty in floating long time issue on a descending bond market, influenced by extensive fi- nancing by the Government. It is noticeable that some of the strongest corporations have had to pay more than 6 per cent. on short time notes. Several of the large and prosperous corporations needing capital for ex- panding business are holding off from issuing bonds, doing the best they can through bank loans until a more propitious time. In spite of other heavy demands, the banks, especially those of the Middle West, are well prepared for the movement of the crops, and with improved transportation facilities the crop money will soon flow back into the usual channels. i MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Public utilities companies are feel- ing the effect of high prices of metals, especially copper. Electric lighting companies in many of the cities and towns in Michigan have been compell- ed to refuse to wire houses for light- ing until prohibitive prices of copper tumble and delivery of the wire can be secured. Paul Leake. +--+ ____ Not a Safe Person to Tie to. A subscriber to the Tradesman re- cently sent in one of his policies for criticism and suggestion. The policy was found to be invalid and the cor- respondent was advised to have the rider corrected and returned to the Tradesman for final inspection. In- stead of doing so, he wrote as _ fol- lows: “We referred the policies to our agent and he made a notation on the application which was sent in to headquarters, so they have same on file in the office of the company. Now if this isn’t sufficient, let us hear from you and we will send the poli- cies back to you.” To this the writer replied as fol- lows: Grand Rapids, Sept. 13—I beg leave to state that a notation in the office of the agent is nct sufficient. When the agent delivers the policy to you, the contract relation is be- tween you and the company and the policy is the only thing that defines the contract. Any memorandum made by the agent outside of the poli- cy has no more effect than scattering salt in the ocean. If the agent acted in good faith, he is too ignorant to be trusted. If he did it to deceive you, he is unworthy of your confidence and pa- tronage. In either case he is not a safe per- son.to tie to. Bring in all your policies when you come to town and I will go over them with you—any time in the week but Wednesday forenoon. , E. A. Stowe. —_?-—.>___. Late News From Byron. Byron, Sept. 18—Dr. F. S. Ruggles and grandchildren, If'red and Ardin Foster, returned Saturday from a two weeks’ visit at his old home in Ver- mont. They also visited Montreat, Portland and Boston. He _ reports a fine time and feels refreshed. Fred Meier and family, of Gaines, visited at his parents’ home (H. J. Meier) Sunday. J. L. Vanalstine, William Meier and J. F. Barnes have recently purchased Dedge cars. Herman Meier and Dave Meier (brothers) have just purchased Buick 6 cars. Floyd Bassett made a trip to Flint last Thursday with a load of vege- tables. They were in great demand. He says he did not get any further than the 4th ward before he was sold out. William Telling, Sr., is improving slowly, having been confined to his bed since the latter part of May. Glen Foster, blacksmith, has a second-hand two cylinder Reo car and is having a hard time to keep it going, as it wants to rest every little ways. One day the trouble is in the carbu- retor; next it is in the coil and next in the man. Fred H. Meier, of St. Anne, IIl., is visiting relatives in Byron and vi- cinity. R. LE. Morgan had two large hogs killed by lightning during the storm last week. LE E. Tower. _—_+_—__-_-_o +. 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One sin- gle feature---the continuous exist- ence of a trust company---should re- move any doubt from your mind. Send for Blank Form of Will and Booklet on Descent and Distribution of Property THE MICHIGAN TRUST Co. OF GRAND RAPIDS Safe Deposit Boxes to rent at low cost Audits made of books of municipalities, corporations, firms and individuals. 14 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN September 19, 1917 How to Bring About a Change in German Character. Oberlin, Ohio, Sept. 18—The New Republic proposes to weaken and overthrow German Junkerism by an- nouncing moderate peace terms which will remove all fear of any destruc- tion of the German nation and thus allow her more liberal elements to assert themselves and take control of the German government. This has, of course, much in its favor. As a war measure it might prove effective. But would it reach the real core of the problem? In all their discussion of the war and its issues, both im- mediate and ultimate. the advocates of this proposal have assumed that the German people, the real German people, if freed from militaristic bu- reaucratic control, are ready for world citizenship. This assumption seems to beg the question which is the crux of the whole matter. Are the Ger- man people ready for world citizen- ship? Freed from their present gov- ernmental shackles and able to ex- press their real character without hindrance, would they be_ livable neighbors in the brotherhood of na- tions? The great world problem is not to overthrow Teuton militarism. That is only its most immediate aspect. The real problem is the regeneration of the German people, a problem be- side which that of Russia is simple and easy. Why do I say that Russia is the simpler, easier problem? Because the Russian people are spiritually muind- ed, are idealistic, have a genius ior justice and altruism, and, in spite of a certain impracticality, are sure to win through to wholesome social re- lations both intranational and inter- national. But with sorrow one must say that the German people are not spiritually minded. “Efficiency” looms larger to them than altruism, and one must even doubt if justice itself makes so strong an appeal to the inner feeling of the truly representative German. Of all the peoples of Northern Eu- rope the Germans have been most nearly immune to infection by the gospel of altruism which Jesus em- bodied, and an invincible sense for justice is less characteristic of them than of their neighbors. Germany has never had a Carlyle or an Emerson or a Lincoln, and this lack is no ac- cident. John Knox, Carlyle, and Lloyd George are the product and the sign of the British fighting sense for justice. Bismarck and Goethe, with their marked lack of interest in the moral aspects of statecraft and philos- ophy, seem as truly characteristic of the German people. There are two questions underlying the problem of Germa nregeneration: First, the question of the nature of the German stock itself; and, second, the puzzling question of the education of this stock to fit it for life in the modern world. A race, a nation, makes itself; is never made or molded chiefly by out- side influences. Nations are what they have made themselves. Germany is unmoral as a nation because she is so as a people. Britain is democratic in government because her people are so. The inception and conduct of this war by Germany has been such as would have been utterly impossible to any other European nation, for no other people has a character that would allow such a period of evil self- education as has led to Germany’s un- doing. It is really doubtful if the North German stock can ever fur- nish the best type of world citizen. It seems certain that no thorough- going, sudden change toward more human quality can be wrought in the German people in connection with the present war. All one can see is the hope that the less brutal South Ger- man people and her social-democratic classes will be able to assume control and that there may thus be inaugurat- ed the period of slow and painful ed- ucation of the German nation back from barbarism to wholesome, livable neighborliness. The real problem at the root of the whole matter seems to be how best to aid in Germany those factors, far from satisfactory at the best, which may in time leaven the mass and bring Germany truly into the brotherhood of nations. There are those, whose judgment is not to be despised, who believe that the task is an impossible one and that the German stock has shown itself hopelessly worthless as building ma- terial for world society. And they are right, unless some way can be found to quicken the German moral sense and place it in control. Thus far God Himself has failed in this task, so who can have any confidence in our poor efforts? Yet we must make the endeavor. Hold Germany impotent for further world destruction and meanwhile af- filiate with and encourage everything among her people which tends toward her moral regeneration. Is not this the only course which gives any hope? And through it all do not be misled by unjustified optimism. We _ have learned to our astounding and stupe- faction that a whole nation can sup- pert with united front a course which is brutal and vile beyond belief. Let no shallow optimism block us in our thoroughgoing endeavor to see this thing through to the point where Ger- many can effectively be controlled while she is given the long years in which she may endeavor to grow into a radically different character with real human quality. Will you allow me to say, before putting my signature to this letter, that I base my feeling about Germany not only upon the phenomena of the present war, but even more upon data gathered during two years’ recent residence in German university towns, and that among those I most care for are some of the friends I made in those two years? Maynard M. Metcalf. —~>-~2 2 _— Proposed to Penalize the Company. “T have come here,” said the angry man to the superintendent of the street-car line, “to get justice; justice, sir. Yesterday, as my wife was get- ting off one of your cars, the conduc- tor stepped on her dress and tore a yard of frilling off the skirt.” The superintendent remained cool. “Well, sir,” he said, “I don’t know that we are to blame for that. What do you expect us to do? Get her a new dress?” “No, sir. I do not intend to let you off so easily as that,” the other man replied gruffly. He brandished in his right hand a small piece of silk. “What I propose to have you do,” he said, “is to match this silk.” Kent State Bank Main Office Fountain St. ‘Facing Monroe Grand Rapids, Mich. Capital - ” - Y $500,000 Surplus and Profits - $500,000 Resources 9 Million Dollars 3 bs Per Cent. Paid on Certificates Largest State and Savings Benk in Western Michigan Valid Insurance at One-third Less Than Stock Company Rates Merchants insure your residences in the Grand Rapids Merchants Mutual Fire Insurance Co. For the last ten years we have been saving our policy holders 334% on their insurance. much for you. Home Office, Grand Rapids stocks, store buildings and of Michigan We can and will do as THE OLD NATIONAL BA yas GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 177 MONROE AVE. 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Sept. 17—Your editorial entitled “Sowing the Seeds of Sedition,’ which appeared in your September 12 issue of the Trades- man, is filled to overflowing with thoughts which require most care- ful consideration. When you say we have a Nation divided into contemptible factions, cliques, classes and clans—each bound and determined to use the war as a weapon to accomplish their nefari- ous purposes—you say something that is true, and we ought to dig into this thing and find out who are the ones who are doing this country the more damage by their selfish desires to pro- mote their own interests. We know who these men are and what their desires are, but we are damnable cowards and will not tell them that we can see through their dirty work. Most of these fellows are hiding behind their pet organizations. They would make us “believe” they are working for humanity, when, in fact, they care absolutely nothing for the welfare of the people. This country is filled with high treason and anarchy and it is going to take some real thinking to ap- prehend and scotch ‘these fellows. We can find them in a very short time if we are not atraid to “spot” them. Edward Miller, Jr. —_—_>-2——_____ If pleasures are greatest in antici- pation, just remember that this is also true of trouble. Our Specialty: ‘‘Royal Oak”’ FOR SHOEMAKERS Bends, Blocks and Strips Shoe Store Supplies Wool Soles, Socks, Insoles, Etc. THE BOSS LEATHER CO. 744 Wealthy St. Grand Rapids, Michigan SHOES For Bigger and Better Business Drafted No. 4130 Drafted for service as it measures up to all requirements. the most rigid examination. Soles our own chrome tannage from selected hides. Uppers from the part of the horse that is known to be the best for wear, tanned and retanned, making it tough and pliable. Counters and insoles are both guaranteed to outwear the shoes. Passed What more could you ask for? Look at the roomy last and the good workmanship. See that the ROUGE REX stamp is on the bottom. From Hide to Shoe Hirth-Krause Co. Grand Rapids, Michigan ATTENTION Fair Visitors You Are Welcome to Visit Our Factory “The Heart of Michigan’s Shoe Industry” We will gladly show you Style, Quality and Service built into our shoes And remember our Special Fair Week Bargains PROFITS FOR YOU Rindge, Kalmbach, Logie Company Satisfactory Service Since 1864 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN September 19, 1917 — — < = ie Ds aa i STOVES AND HARDWARE — oo —_J i = a i =. o~* ”- sae = > == iad a= — = > ~ = = - — nee o = JJ tneve eis, Bo (ivartvttt i 4 AA Yu BK wait eats i YW Michigan Retail Hardware Association. President—James W. Tyre, Detroit. Vice-President—Joseph C. Fischer, Ann Arbor. Secretary—Arthur J. Scott, Marine City. Treasurer—William Moore, Detroit. Ideas That Help the Peidex to Sell Stoves. Written for the Tradesman. In stove selling, an important point is to emphasize quality. Sell cheap stoves if you must, but sell stoves if you can—this is a axiom. Value, not price, is the one safe guide for the purchaser in buy- ing a stove, and this is a fact you should emphasize. The stove peddler and the catalogue good good house, although they feature price, do not neglect to talk quality. The home town merchant has an advan- tage in that he is right on the ground: he can best meet the outside compe- tition by emphasizing value, even to the extent of an actual comparison. A stove dealer who has some trou- ble with mail order competition car- ried out this idea to the letter. On his floor he shows the range which the catalogue house operating ac- tively in his territory is featuring as a leader. Side by side with it are the ranges he himself is featuring. If a customer protests: “I can get arange from Chicago for ten dollars less and it’s every bit as good” the merchant calmly says: “You don’t need to send to Chicago for it. You can get it right here. Come here and look it over.” And he compares the ranges, point by point, emphasizing the difference in weight, the difference in metal work, the oven, the fuel economy, and a host of other points. That sort of comparison is usually a clincher, unless the customer is of an exceedingly penny-wise type. It meets the outside competition fairly and squarely. That, in itself, creates a good impression upon the customer. Another dealer did not go as far, but he adopted similar methods. He compared his range with the one pictured in the catalogue, following the same lines of comparison. Yet another dealer got hold of a catalogue house range that had proven unsatis- factory after a very short career. He carries it with his ranges as a sort of horrible example. It is very effective. There are many good stunts that the hardware dealer can adopt to at- tract trade. This must not be for- gotten: that it is less essential to hit at the catalogue house than it is to build up your own reputation and the reputation of your goods. It is not enough to show that buying from the mail order house is poor business: it is even more vital to show that buying at your store is good business. Make your advertising stunts positive rather than negative. Don't go out of your way to hit at the outside com- petitor. Too pronounced an animus in that direction is apt to arouse suspicion. But be ready to meet that competition if the customer refers to it. A egcod way of calling attention to your stove display is to hold a fall Many dealers are so well satisfied with this device that in their stores the fall opening is an annual affair. Such events will bring many people to the store, sell other goods, and give the dealer a chance to get a list of good prospects which can be followed up as the season pro- opening. cresses. \bofit a week after the opening the dealer should send a personal letter to every customer on his mailing list, suggesting the topic of stoves again. Include in this letter any good print- ed matter relative to stoves that you may have. Thereafter, keep tab on the indi- viduals listed, and if this or that cus- tomer does not come into the store again within a few weeks, make it a point to look him up. One dealer takes a day or two off, feeds his fliv- ver with gasoline, and drives through the country following up farmer cus- tomers. He says it pays. A stunt that is occasionally pulled off in connection with the fall stove opening is the auctioning off of a high-grade range to the highest bid- der. Here, of course, there is a risk of losing money on the sale; a loss which must be charged to advertising account. For such an auction has a big advertising value, and will at- tract many people who would not otherwise come. A Western merchant recently held a range bidding contest which proved very successful. The public were in- vited to bid on a kitchen range ex- hibited in the show window. The bids were recorded as made and each one was put in a sealed envelope and dropped in a box especially provided for the purpose. The box was plac- ed in the window with the stove. On the closing day, as advertised, the box was opened, and the range award- ed to the highest bidder. The stunt had this advantage, that it secured the names and addresses of a lot of per- sons who were evidently considering the purchase of a range, and these were followed up by direct-by-mail publicity and personal solicitation. On the closing day of the contest, practically all the bidders and many others visited the store to hear the results, and salesmen had a chance to show the entire line of stoves and ranges. AGRICULTURAL LIME BUILDING LIME Write for Prices A. B. Knowlson Co. 203-207 Powers’ Theatre Bldg., Grand Rapids, Mich. Bell Phone 596 Citz. Phone 61366 Joseph P. Lynch Sales Co. Special Sale Experts Expert Advertising —Expert Merchandising 44 So. Ionia Ave. Grand Rapids, Mich. Diamond. Ti Squeegee Tread Certainly. when you save in the first cost of a Diamond Tire. and add to that saving by its service, you will save four times as much by using four Diamonds. Distributors, Sherwood Hall Co., ta. 30-32 Ionia Ave., N. W. Grand Rapids, Michigan United Agency Reliable Credit Information General Rating Books Superior Special Reporting Service Current Edition Rating Book now ready Comprising 1,750,000 names— eight points of vital credit information on each name— no blanks. THE UP-TO-DATE SERVICE Gunther Building CHICAGO ni ILLINOIS 1018-24 South Wabash Avenue 139-141 Monroe St ee GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. HORSE SHOE TIRES Wrapped Tread System Guaranteed For 5,000 Miles Made in All Styles and Sizes The Treads are thick, tough and long wearing. The non-skid prevents skidding and insures uniform speed by clinging to solid bottom on muddy, wet thoroughfares. Red and Gray Inner Tubes Batteries, Spark Plugs Auto Shawls and Robes Wholesale Distributors: BROWN & SEHLER CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Foster, Stevens & Co. Wholesale Hardware ut 157-159 Monroe Ave. Grand Rapids, Mich. 151 to 161 Louis N. W. Dick’s “Blizzard” Ensilage Cutters Made in Eight Sizes to Suit Every Need See our full line on display at COLISEUM ANNEX, Commerce Ave. Where we have temporary offices until our new building is completed. CLEMENS & GINGRICH CoO. Wholesale Distributors SAFEST, =) LIGHTEST- RUNNING, MOST DURABLE. Grand Rapids, Michigan a ra ‘4 ey »* ae a She pe s 1. By »* k A p . ‘ XY > o* \ fe fo * be September 19, 1917 The Dutch auction idea is some- times adopted: the range is offered at a certain price, and the price is dropped 50c or $1 a day until it is sold. This, however, is a better de- vice to dispose of an article that may ordinarily be hard to sell. Another contest was put on by a dealer in the Middle West, to ad- vertise his line of base burners. He offered a ton of coal as a prize for the best letter giving an actual ex: perience to show that this heater was the best on the market. The an- nouncement said: “We are offering a ton of coal free. Here is the way to get it. All it will cost you is a 2-cent stamp. We main- tain that the base burner is the best heater on earth. To the party giving from actual experience with the base burner the best reasons why it is the best heater, we will deliver, free of charge, a ton of hard coal. (1) Each contestant must be a user of heater. (2) Where statements are made as to the quan- tity of coal used in any one season, contestants must give number of stove, number of rooms heated, ap- proximate size of rooms and number of months stove ran during the sea- son. (3) Letters must be addressed to Hardware Store, and must not be over 200 words in length. (4) Contestants must be willing to swear before a notary public to the accura- cy of the statements made in letters, as the winners will be obliged to do so before we can deliver the coal (5) All letters intended for this con- test must reach us not latter than Nov. 13; winners will be announced Nov. 15.” The stunt attracted attention, and the sworn statement backing the win- ning experience is still a good adver- tisement for that base-burner. A special range day at which hot coffee and biscuits are served to all comers is as good a stunt as can be put on. Have an orchestra and a capable demonstrator to show what the range can do, advertise the event, invite prospects by personal letter— and you'll get results. Victor Lauriston. —_2»+2—___ Fundamental Basis of Real Interna- tionalism. Swarthmore, Pa., Sept. 17—No one but must be impressed with the re- markable number of public expres- sions of the idea that a real interna- tional government is the solution of the great problems brought so vividly before men by the Kaiser’s war. It was a great conflict also that suggest- ed it, for Europe alone, to Henry IV of France, as we are told by Sully, at the decade following 1600—a “Christian republic,” as he called it. Likewise it was a like struggle which led Penn also to propose a European federation about ninety years later— 1693, to be exact. These, however, were mere academic, speculative sug- gestions of a couple of broadviewed thinkers. Almost a hundred years later, the idea was approached in a more practical and scientific way, and, consequently, a prophetic way, when, from 1776 to 1787, James Wilson, the American statesmaa, showed how the people of states could create both a state and an inter-state or national government by specifying powers for each, according to its nature. and al- so showed that this principle was the scientific or natural one, and was bound to spread through the world and meet every kind of need for gov- MICHIGAN TRADESMAN ernment, including an international one. “The project of Henry IV and his statesmen,” said James Wilson in 1787, “was but the picture in minia- ture of the great portrait to be ex- hibited” in the years to come, after the influences of the American Con- stitution has had its national influence upon the world. He did not propose it; he prophesied it as a natural re- sult of the great principle he present- ed, and led in actual construction of it into that interstate instrument. Ten years later, the German philosopher, Kant, was influenced by it and ad- vocated it as a matter of philosophical truth; and it took a half a century more nearly for it to be put forth in the emotional, poetic form of the British poet laureate, Tennyson. And now, over a half-century later, the Kaiser’s war demands that the lawless field of international activity be put under a real government, by the peo- ple of the nations, as the scarcely less lawless field of interstate activity in America was put under a real govern- ment in 1787, by the people of the States. Of course “unconditional surren- der” must first be the answer to Ger- many’s international immorality; iust as it had to be the anomaly of slavery in a free land in 1865. But, assuming that as accomplished, as it surely must be, how can such questions as the “open door” ever be anything but a dog-and-bone one, unless there is an international government to handle all lands as territories, that are not crganized national governments? How can such spurious imitations of an American Monroe Doctrine as Germany proposes for the smaller na- tions of Europe which she has _ in- vaded and trampled on except by the methods of thuggery, unless a real international government supports a constitution of international morals? Are we to remain feudal internation- ally, when we have declared against it nationally and personally? How can civilization view or handle an “un- conditionally surrendered” Germany without an international government of which she is a part? For who shall control her? A vigilance com- mittee made up of America, England, France, Russia and Italy? A “vigi- lance committee” is itself the proof of necessity for government and a com- munity that would endure a “vigilance committee,’ except as an emergency expedient, is below civilization. Internationally, we are feudal; our comst fortifications are our castles and the ocean our moat. “Warden, ho! Up with the draw-bridge!” Lit- tle Bulgaria trembles lest the lord of the German castle be not strong enough to protect her. The Philip- pines get behind Lord Sam and his knights. Persia doesn’t know half the time whose coat-tail she does hold to. South Africa rejoices in the over- lordship of just and generous John Bull. Armenia is the captive lady in the Turk’s castle and the Turk a feu- dal retainer of Germania—and so on ad nauseam. Let every man’s prayer be: “May the artillery of this awful war of the Kaiser be the divine bolts to smash international feudalism, so that on its ruins may rise an international gov- ernment based on the consent of the governed.” Burton Alva Konkle. —_———o 2 Couldn’t Afford It. He never took a day of rest— He thought he couldn’t afford it. He never got his trousers pressed— He thought he couldn’t afford it. He never went away from home care free On an interurban trip to see What a beautiful State Michigan might be— He thought he couldn’t afford it. He never went to a play— He thought he couldn’t afford it. His love for art he put away— He thought he couldn’t afford it. One day he died and left his heirs a lot But no tall shaft does mark the spot Where his old carcass lies, his children thought They could not afford it. 21 r OUR APPEAL TO SAVE THE FRUIT CROP The great waste of fruit every year 1s costing this country dearly. We are striving again this year to stop this waste by our ““Save The Fruit Crop”’ adver- tising campaign. ‘This advertising 1s urging people to use more canned and preserved fruits. It is also increasing the demand for Franklin Granulated Sugar, a splendid sugar for canning and preserving. ere_——~> Franklin Granulated Sugar is sold in 1, 2 and 5 lb. cartons and in 2, 5, 10, 25 and 50 lb. cotton bags. Rpretetteerscon toe 1 &- WEFRANKLIN ——! SUGAR REFINING CO. [ PHILADELPHIA. PA. == The Franklin Sugar Refining Company PHILADELPHIA LITTLE DUTCH MASTERS CIGARS Made in a Model Factory Handled by All Jobbers Sold by All Dealers Enjoyed by Discriminating Smokers They are so good we are compelled to work full capacity to supply the demand G. J. JOHNSON CIGAR CO., Makers GRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN TRADESMAN September 19, 1917 — = = - — — — — — —_— = = — _ = =— 41 — F DRY GOODS, Fal CY GOODS*» NOTIONS /\\ WSs peal Men’s Wear Market Remains Inac- tive. The men’s wear market remains without general activity so far as the civilian trade is concerned. Less has been heard lately concerning army business, but it is understood that or- ders to be placed from now on will not be announced by the authorities. However, taking into account this greater secrecy, it is said that orders have not been so generally distribut- ed in the recent past as during Au- gust. Commission men hear of some ad- ditional new business in the 30-ounce olive drab melton and also in the skirting flannel. It is understood that no action has been taken in the set- ting of maximum prices, although the committee’s limits are fairly well recognized. Selling agents are giving more thought to war taxation now that the revenue bill has been passed by the Senate. Few of them can get beyond a bare statement of the case to see what lies in the future. It is appar- ent to sellers that taxes laid on cor- porations become an added expense in manufacturing. Such expenses in the last analysis must be paid by the consumer, and an increase in ex- pense means higher prices. On the other hand, all phases of the revenue bill which are direct taxes upon the people curtail their buying power and make them just so much less able to pay the increased price of corporation made goods. This dilemma cannot well be solved until the situation begins to work it- self out. It is hoped that the large amounts of money being put into circulation through Government pur- chases of supplies will stimulate buy- ing, and the work of the Administra- tion toward holding down the price of foodstuffs and other essentials of life may leave a_ proportionately greater sum in the pockets of the people for buying manufactured ar- ticles. Despite the reduction in volume of suitings and overcoatings available for the civilian trade because of the heavy engagement of machinery dur- ing the last four months of military goods, there is little complaint from buyers. It is apparent that civilian distribution has shrunk to the point where the fraction of the industry’s production still available for it is suf- ficient. In event of improved retail busi- ness this fall, sellers look for the de- velopment of a shortage. The pres- ent cool weather is said to have start- ed good fall trade in retail circles, but it would be more effective if it is repeated early in October. ——+_>2.>——___ Ypsilanti Merchants Join Hands With State Organization. Cadillac, Sept. 17—Pleasure comes from the fact that something has been done. It has been my pleasure to have met with the merchants of Ypsilanti and to have talked with them on the things that make or mar their busi- ness, The greatest pleasure to be derived from doing business is the knowl- edge that it has been done with a desire to at all times be fair with competitors as well as customers. Ypsilanti, like most other towns, have men in business who do not hesitate to make such statements as “sood as you regularly pay a gocd deal more for” in their advertising. Recently I tried out a sample of tea which I bought from a mail or- der house, for which I paid 38 cents per half pound with a premium priv- ilege. I sent a sample of this tea to one of our large tea and coffee importers, asking them at what price they could duplicate it. Their answer was 33 cents per pound, 4 per cent. off ten days, while just a short time before this the price was only 26 cents per pound, same terms. This is only one illustration of the way in which the consumer is being bled by mail order concerns. For thirty-five years merchants have been molested with these unfair business metheds, yet a little activity of the local merchant will do a great deal towards placing facts before the consumer which cannot help being of value to the community. Ypsilanti merchants have joined hands and are instrumental in push- ing an investigation of statements which, if true, will bear investiga- tion, but, if false, should be shown to the public in their true light. The result of this investigation will appear in these columns in due sea- son and we hope that merchants throughout the State will take steps to show up any advertising which is false in either essence or appearance. Merchants who make use of decep- tion and falsehood, instead of good values and service in order to attract trade, would seem to possess some of the spirit of German piracy and it is the duty of liberty loving and patriotic merchants to use every hon- orable means to expose and unmask merchants who use deceptive adver- tising. Ypsilanti added six new members to the State Association list, Brecken- ridge three, Hemlock two, Alma three, Muskegon three, Grand Haven five, Coopersville one, Fremont one, 300n three—all of whom are doing their part to increase the efficiency of the Association, bringing it up to a point where it will do as effective work as many other organizations which are doing their part in build- ing up their particular line of en- deavor. Mr. Merchant, your suggestions, criticisms or requests will be ap- preciated and given due considera- tion. J. M. Bothwell, Sec’y. —_——__¢-6-2___ Blessed is that man who has found his work. are manufacturers of TRIMMED AND UNTRIMMED HATS for Ladies, Misses and Children, especially adapted to the general store trade. Trial order solicited. CORL, KNOTT & CO.. Ltd. Corner Commerce Ave. and Island St. Grand Rapids, Mich. Elevators Electric and Hand Power Also Dumbwaiters Sidney Elevator Mfg. Company Sidney, Ohio Mention this paper. Liquor, Drug Addicts TAKE SAFETY FIRST The NEAL Remedies given at NEAL Institute will destroy the appetite at the end of treatment. A guarantee Bond, for every patient, with (3) day Liquor Treatments, upon request. Don’t doubt nor hesitate, COME; make us prove it, at our expense if we fail; strictest privacy is maintained to patients, their friends, at our Home. 534 Wealthy St. S. E., City PERRY MILLER, Manager TTT a TATRA SEAT RTTH AT TTRRR TT TT particulars. SPIN Setsnug Underwear You know that well advertised lines are half sold. They mean quicker turnover, easier selling and larger profit volume. CARRY SETSNUG. Profit by an excellent line, ever-growing popularity and co-operation such as few mills ever offer. In your own interests, we urge you to let us give prices and other Grand Rapids Paul Steketee & Sons Wholesale Dry Goods : Michigan Exclusively Wholesale Think of the old way of fastening garters to the waist, pulling forward on back of neck, causing the child to stoop. None of this in THE WILSON cord and slide Garters. The child is absolutely free to grow straight and trim. For boys and girls, sizes 2 to 14 years, shoulder styles as shown, slips easily over head, retails for 25 cents. For price write the Grand Rapids Dry Goods Co. Grand Rapids, Michigan i & } He xe a! Oe se <4 \ & » € i ” +> a wh A + i” + Oy 1 @e September 19, 1917 Wool and Woolen Fabrics. No material change has occurred in regard to the position of wool except- ing, possibly, what may result from the publication of the Government es- timate of this year’s domestic yield of the article. This shows an increase, aside from pulled wool, of nearly 700,- 000 pounds above last year’s clip. The result is rather unexpected in view of the statements early in the year concerning the supposed great losses in the number of sheep out West. Last year the production was nearly 3,000,000 pounds above that of the year previous. In view of the steps being taken to raise more sheep, it is quite probable that a much larg- er yield will be obtained next season, and increasing ones in following years. There is no danger of an over- plus of wool production. There has been a request made to the Commer- cial Economy Board of the Council of National Defense for more detail- ed information as to why there should be a curtailment of “all wool” cloth production. The latest statistics from the Department of Commerce are only up to June 30. They show imports of clothing and combing wool increased during the last quarter of the fiscal year over those of the corresponding period in 1916. The domestic mills, according to their own statements and the recent Government census on wool, are well provided with raw ma- terial, and shoddy is being extensive- ly used to supplement the wool stocks. From the contracting already done in South America and South Africa, it appears that much more wool will come here within the next four or five months. This is all exclusive of the Australian supply, which can, un- doubtedly, be drawn upon as needed. It is going to be wholly a question of whether enough ocean tonnage will be forthcoming to bring wool here. If there is not, wool will be scarce. Otherwise it will be quite plentful. In the goods market, both for men’s and women’s wear, business is quite dull. More activity is apparent in the sales of made-up garments, especially in those for women. Suits are mov- ing quite freely from all accounts, and sales of coats and dresses are continu- ing. —_+22—___ Shapes and Trimmings Now in Vogue in Millinery. Reports from the wholesale millin- ery trade indicate that there is still a pronounced tendency toward soft effects in brim or crown, or both, for fall. Some stiff brims have soft crowns. There is also a_ strong tendency, according to the bulletin of the Millinery Association of Amer- ica, toward the use of kolinsky fur for edges, around the bases or tops of crowns, or for use as full crowns. The following colors are black, navy, purple, brown, taupe, beige, and bor- deaux. Velvet hats in American Beauty red and poppy red are worn in this city to some extent. Only a fair business is reported on these col- ors, however. Among the popular shapes are large mushroom and sailor ~effects in black and brown plush, with soft, pleated crowns. The bulletin also gives in detail the purchases made, for September sell- . teen MICHIGAN TRADESMAN ing, by one of the best-known millin- ery buyers in the city. They include velvet (piece goods) and panne velvet in purple, dark brown, dark gray, American beauty red and French blue. Hatters plush also has been bought in black and white all of these goods being for workroom use. Liberal pur- chases also have been made of orna- ments, appliqued and beaded effects, spangles and wool decorations. Wool in high colors was bought from the store’s own art department for use in the workroom in making fancy ap- plique work for hats. The September purchases also in- cluded small flowers, mostly flat ef- fects in high shades, old rose, pinks, jack rose, yellows, and orchid—the shades that will go well with dark hats. Feather breasts of pheasant and chicken were crdered in black, blue, brown, and purple. Ostrich for high- grade dress hats was bought in the form of military pompons, tiny French heads, clusters of tips—both in medi- um and small bunches—and also in the form of single, long, two-piece plumes, both curled and fat. —__»--.___- Late News From the Cereal City. Battle Creek, Sept. 18—About fif- members from Battle Creek Council on Oct. 6, the date of the rally meeting. ' Orin B. Cook, representing the Toasted Corn Flakes Co., was made a member of Battle Creek Council Saturday evening. If. any secretary of the several councils in Michigan will write C. B. Whipple, Secretary of Battle Creek Council, of any members who are in Camp Custer, special attention will be given each and every member by our Council members to see that they are made to feel at home. No trace as yet of the Climax bank bandits. Work went on last Sunday at Camp Custer as usual. Major Earl B. Mor- den, construction quartermaster, has issued orders that in view of the pressing demand for the cantonment to be completed as soon as possible, work will continue Sundays the same as week days until it is finished. The first heating unit at Camp Cus- ter will be in operation in about ten days is the latest report. Practically all of the material for the heating plant is on the ground and men are working as rapidly as possible to in- stall it. : The Grand Trunk agent had a lively experience with safe blowers Friday night. He heard them cutting the telegraph wires and hastily put out a light in the station and then listen- ed while the safe was being blown open. A few minutes later a freight came along and he flagged it down with the semaphore, telling the crew what had happened. In a short time several freight and passenger trains were held up at Climax, as all the trains were unable to proceed because of the interruption of the telegraph service. It has been announced that the fire loss at Camp Custer has been the smallest of any cantonment in the United States. Jack. —_~+2+___ The Meaning of the Sign. The tailor’s sign in a little inland town was an apple, simply an apple. The people were amazed at it. They came in crowds to the tailor, ask- ing him what on earth the meaning of the sign was. The tailor, with a complacent smile replied: “If it hadn’t been for an ap- ple, where would the clothing busi- ness be to-day?” Waist Demand Active. Waist manufacturers report contin- uing activity in the demand for Gecrgette crepe and voiles, which are said to be among the best sellers of the season. Many new and attractive treatments of the convertible collar are among the late sample lines, which it is confidently expected will be wide- ly welcomed by the trade. The vol- ume of business on hand to date 1s reported to be well over last year’s figures, in spite of prices that have seemed by many to be prohibitive. Joyous are the busy; dissatisfied the idle. OFFICE OUTFITTERS LOOSE LEAF SPECIALISTS 237-239 Peart St. (near the bridge) Graad Rapids, Mich. OUR OWN MAKE HARNES Hand or Machine Made Out of No. 1 Oak leather. We guarantee them absolutely satisfactory. If your dealer does not handle them, write direct to us. SHERWOOD HALL CoO., LTD. Tonia Ave. and Louis St. | Grand Rapids, Michigan cMc Ready-Made PRICE CARDS * are neat and’ attractive and cheaper than you can make them—40 cts. per 100 and up. Write for Samples CARNELL MFG. CO. Dept.k , 338 B’way, New York ELI CROSS Grower of Flowers And Potted Plants WHOLESALE AND RETAIL 150 Monroe Ave. Grand Rapids Sand Lime Brick Nothing as Durable Nothing as Fireproof Makes Structures Beautiful No Painting , No Cost for Repairs Fire Proof Weather Proof Warm in Winter Cool in Summer Brick is Everlasting Grande Brick Co., Grand Rapids So. Mich. Brick Co., Kalamazoo Saginaw Brick Co., Saginaw Jackson-Lansing Brick Co., Rives Junction Chocolates Package Goods of Paramount Quality and Artistic Design 23 The Book That Takes the Risk Out of Buying For many years “OUR DRUMMER” with guaranteed prices has been its net famous for taking the risk out of retail buying. This is more than ever the case now in these unusual times. It not only makes buying se- cure from the price stand- point, but it removes uncer- tainty in the way of getting goods. Back of the prices in this book are huge open stocks of the merchandise it advertises. Butler Brothers Exclusive Wholesalers of General Merchandise New York Chicago St. Louis Minneapolis Dallas ATTENTION! x PREPARE YOUR CANDY CASE ARRANGE FOR DISPLAYS Beautiful Window Trims for the Asking PUTNAM FACTORY Grand Rapids :: Michigan MICHIGAN TRADESMAN September 19, 1917 y wwe tt tw! f 6tgg, i i y wees SAVIN Yer. hen (hi ote Che ts AUK MUeeeg sve yE \ Mee) ‘ \ MAU Grand Council of Michigan U. C. T. Grand Counselor—John A. Hach, Cold- water. Grand Junior Counselor—W. T. Bal- lamy, Bay City. Grand Past Counselor—Fred J. Mou- tier, Detroit. Grand Secretary—M. Heuman, Jack- n. : er Treasurer—Lou J. Burch, De- roit. Grand Conductor—C. C. Starkweather, Detroit. Grand Page—H. D. Grand Sentinel—A, Muskegon. — Chaplain—Chas. R. Dye, Battle eek. Next Grand Council Meeting—Jackson. Ranney, Saginaw. W. Stevenson, CHAMPION JINER. Wm. J. Remus Belongs to Nineteen Lodges. Wm. J. Remus was born in Big Rapids, April 2, 1871. He was edu- cated in the public schools of that place and took a business course in the Ferris Institute. On completing his education he entered the drug store of H. E. Grand, Girard, with whom he remained a year and a half. His father in the meantime removed to Gowen and engaged in the drug business there and William entered the employ of the father, remaining in Gowen two and a half years. He then came to Grand Rapids and work- ed two years in the drug store of the late Charles E. Kellogg, during which time he passed an examination before the Board of Pharmacy and was given permission to practice as a registered pharmacist. His next employment was with W. H. Tibbs, with whom he remained a year and a half. He was subsequently employ- ed in West’s Canal street drug store a year, after which he worked a year for White & White in the Morton House block. He then quit the drug business for a time and entered the employ of the Mutual Life Insur- ance Co., of New York, for which corporation he worked four years. He then enlisted in the Spanish- American war and went to Tampa as a member of Company H. He train- ed under Captain (now Brigadier- General) Covell from May until Oc- tober, when he returned to Grand Rapids and entered the employ of the Mutual Life for another year. He then went to South Haven, where he purchased the Red Cross Drug Store, which he continued for five years. He then returned to Grand Rapids, where he took up the work of West- ern Michigan manager for the Knights and Ladies of Security. He continued in this position for ten years when he became private secre- tary to ex-Mayor Ellis, in which ca- pacity he served the city for six months. June 26 of this year he was appointed State investigator and in- spector for the Dairy and Food De- partment for Western Michigan, which work he is now prosecuting with all the vigor at his command. Mr. Remus was married June 18, 1912, to Miss Mabel Pickard, of Grand Rapids. They reside at 845 South Division street. Mr. Remus is active in the work of the National and fraternal congresses William J. Remus and as such is compelled to be in touch with all fraternal and beneficial organizations in the city. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, both the blue lodge and chapter, of the Knights of Pythias, the Knights of Khorassan and the Pythian Sis- ters, of the Knights of the Maccabees, of the Knights and Ladies of Securi- ty, American Insurance union, Mod- ern Woodmen of America, the Eagles, Woodmen of the World, American Fraternal Stars, Spanish War Veter- ans, Protected Home Circle, Royal Neighbors of American, Eastern Star, Odd Fellows, Mystic Workers of the World and National Protective Le- gion. Just for full measure Remus has had himself taken in as a mem- ber of the American Pharmaceutical Association, the Young Men’s Repub- lican Club and the Lincoln Club. He also is Michigan representative for the Knights and Ladies of Security in the State fraternal congress and secretary of the Kent county branch of the Fraternal Voters’ League. No, dear reader, you can’t raise the roof by planting shingle nails. CODY HOTEL GRAND RAPIDS $1 without bath RATES j $1.50 up with bath CAFETERIA IN CONNECTION OCCIDENTAL HOTEL FIRE PROOF CENTRALLY LOCATED Rates $1.00 and up EDWARD R, SWETT, Mgr. Muskegon 3 Michigan 4 Five Stories Completed April, 1917 HOTEL BROWNING GRAND RAPIDS NEWEST Fire Proof. At Sheldon and Oakes. Every Room with Bath. Our Best Rooms $2.0@; others at $1.50. Cafeteria - Cafe - Garage Signs of the Times Are Electric Signs Progressive merchants and manufac- turers now realize the value of Electric Advertising. We furnish you with sketches, prices and operating cost for the asking. THE POWER CO. Bell M 797 Citizens 4261 ar mi ee ee es od ad Me One half block £osf of the Union Station GRAND RAPIDS NICH Don’t Despise the Drink- ing Man— Help Him Don't kick a man because he is drunk. Help him. Surely every man is worth saving, Drop us a line and let us tell you how we can aid him. Ad- dress The Keeley Institute. 733-35 Ottawa Ave., N. W.. Grand Rapids, Mich, THE SHORT LINE BETWEEN GRAND RAPIDS AND CHICAGO FARE—$3.00 one way $5.75 round trip via MICHIGAN RAILWAY CO. (Steel Cars—Double Track) Graham & Morton Line (Steel Steamers) ° CONNECTING Boat Train forthe BOAT Leaves Grand Rapids Interurban Station Rear Pantlind Hotel EVERY NIGHT AT 9:00 P.M. USED AUTOS —My Specialty. Largest Stock— Runabouts $65—$350 Touring Cars $150 and up What have you to trade? Easy terms. Dwight’s Used Auto Ex. 230 Ionia, N,W. When the Kaiser GERM is removed from GERMany, we will talk peace. We will only deal with the MANY of gerMANY—the people. Citizens Long Distance Service Reaches more people in cities tributary to Grand Rapids than can be reached through any other tele- phone medium. USE CITIZENS SERVICE September 19, 1917 Sagacious Suggestions From Saginaw Saginaw, Sept. 18—Saginaw U. C. T.’s were given a rare treat Saturday night. One might say a triple treat, as the enthusiasm ran high and put every one in the finest of spirits. Secondly, if there was a person there who was not greatly benefited by the eloquent talks given by the grand of- ficers of the State, they were asleep; and last but not least the treat, fur- nished by the. entertaiment com- mittee in the Elk’s Temple banquet hall was the best given in many months. Hats off to Fred Strutz, chairman of the “eats” committee, who is a real system man—no doubt its the training he has received and gone through handling the affairs oi the local branch of the Hammond- Standish meat and produce house. The other members of the committee were also right on their toes doing their ‘bit.’ In the absence of Senior Counselor, W. B. McGregor, Grand Sentinel H. D. Ranney presided with Harry Zirwis, Past Senior Counselor of Bay City Council at the Past Senior’s sta- tion. The meeting was called to or- der at 3 p. m. and after the regular business was finished, the degree team took charge of affairs. To re- late what followed would take up too much space in this valuable journal, so Ull just hit a few high spots. E. L. Gardner, sales manager and buyer for the E. L. Gardner Co., mer- chandise brokers of Midland, Bay City and Saginaw, was. especially honored by defeating a large field ct candidates for Keeper of Parchemnts. It is one of a very few cases where a new member has ever been honored with this position, and to make it ali the more impressive, he was install- ed by Hon. W. T. Ballamy, of Bay City, Grand Junior Counselor of Mich- igan, another epoch in history. Another one of the candidates was highly honored in this, that he was made a member of the U. C. T’s. and received the 23rd degree of the order all the same night. The installing officer in this case was the czar of Michigan, Mark S. Brown, assisted by the degree team. Louis G. Fair, who represents S. Fair & Son, Inc., of this city, manufacturer of steel castings, is to be congratulated in having such honors bestowed upon him. Following is a list of the new mem- bers of No. 43: E. L. Gardner, Saginaw. Louis G. Fair, 615 Catherine street, Saginaw. W. F. Terzia, 408 South Jefferson street, Saginaw, representing the Booth-Boyd Lumber Co. Walter E. Johchem, 122 South Woodbridge, Saginaw, representing Melze-Alderton Shoe Co. D. J. Gocdrich, 316 North 10th street, Saginaw, representing John- son-Baird Shoe Co., of Fort Dodge, Towa. Oscar Ziegler, Columbus avenue, say City, representing Schwartz Bros.., Saginaw. Frederick D. Guider, 316 Porter street, Saginaw, Saginaw Mirror Works. The latter is the third member o’ one family to join the U. C. T’s. Hs father, W. M. Guider, was a charter member of No. 43 and Past Senior Counselor. Arnold Guider, one of No. 43’s most enthusiastic and ener- getic workers, is a brother. It is doubtful if there is a Council in the State that can boast of such a record. John A. Hach, of Coldwater, Grand Counselor of Michigan, and known as father of the Henry hotel bill, was here and delivered a grand talk to the boys. In legislation work he has no equal in the State, always fighting for better conditions for the trav eling public. M. G. (Mike) Howarn, of Detroit, one of our district deputies, was also present and gave an interesting talk on the State of the order. Mr. Howarn is one of Michigan’s biggest South representing MICHIGAN TRADESMAN U. C. T’s. and stands ace high in the Supreme Council of the U. C. T. of America. W. T. Ballamy, of Bay City, gave an interesting talk also. As a clos- ing feature of the meeting, a collec- tion was taken up for tobacco for the brother U. C. T’s. who are now in the service of Uncle Sam. The col- lection amounted to $35. Following are the brothers who are in service at this writing and where they are located: i - Chan Symons, Newport, Conn. J. W. Symons, Newport, Conn. A. L. Secoir, Battle Creek. H. A. Sowerby, Boston. Robert Horine, Battle Creek. Hugo Werner, with the Knights Templar Hospital Corps. B. N. Mercer, Secretary Saginaw Council, was in Detroit the first part of the week on a business trip. Mr. and Mrs. Mercer returned from On- tario Saturday where they were vis- iting friends. Fred Wiggins, representing the Calumet Baking Powder Co., went to Detroit Monday to attend a sales- men’s convention of the above nam- ed company. W. B. McGregor was in Milwaukee last week attending the Wisconsin State Fair. He was an exhibitor of Dort motor cars. Mrs. Wesley Irwin, wife of Wes- ley Irwin, representing Lee & Cady, of this city, is recovering from an op- eration at the Woman’s .Hospital She has been sick for three weeks. Late reports say she is doing nicely. Boys, remember, before the next election, let us find out how our can- didates for representatives and sen- ators from this district stand for a law which will give the State of Mich. igan a hotel inspector who will abide by and enforce all hotel laws. Hotel conditions are gradually growing worse all over the country and we need some good legislation along such lines as will give the traveling public and the commercial travelers, espe- cially, better “away from home” com- ferts. Its your duty. Do your bit. L. M. Steward. ——————-—-o Gabby Gleanings From Grand Rapids Grand Rapids, Sept. 183—The New Occidental, at Muskegon, which con ducts its dining room on the a Ja carte system, keeps open until 2:30 Sunday afternoons during the resort season to accommodate the scores of auto tourists who pass through Mus- kegon constantly during the day. W. J. Klein, Eastern and Southern Michigan representative for the Mich- igan Hardware Company, has removeqd from Detroit to Ann Arbor, locating at 709 Arch street. W. G. Epley, formerly of Paw Paw, has leased the Phoenix Hotel, at Charlotte. He is remodeling same, putting in all new furniture. The boys will not have to pass up Char- lotte on account of poor hotel ac- ccemmodation hereafter. Roy Kendall, President of the Ken- dall Hardware Co., Battle Creek was in Grand Rapids Saturday, buying goods from the Michigan Hardware Co. The Kendall Co. is only a few months old, but it is the recipient of a fine business, which is gradually ex- panding both in volume of sales and extent of territory covered. David Drummond has been re-elect- ed President of the Fifth Ward Bob Tailed Cat Club at a substantial in- crease in salary over his stipend for previous years. Mr. Drummond has come to be regarded as one of the best authorities on bob tailed cats in this country. —_»-2~2 In these stirring war times the recording angel must have a corps of type writers. Let us hope that some things we do may not be notic- ed. Better be a farmer. The poorest nubbin will wear silk this season. Bottom Facts From Booming Boyne City. Boyne City, Sept. 18—Schaeffer & Company have bought and are mov- ing their stock of harness and saddle- ry fittings into .the Edlestein build- Mme) On South Lake street. Mr. Schaeffer began his business in a very small way five years ago as an ex- clusively harness repair shop, having been harness Ha man for severai years for W. H. White. The} has iy grown until the old quarters are entirely inadequate. Boyne City is a good place for a real live man to build up a business. The Boyne City Chamber of Com- merce has engaged the services of E. G. Ackerman, of Muskegon, as Managing Secretary. Mr. Ackerman comes to us with very high recom- mendations as a community builder and we are ex xpecting that he will make us get to the front and do busi- ness with a big B. The steamer Arizona unloaded to- day the steel rails necessary to com- plete the connection of the two ends of the B. C., G. & A. across the State. The grading is expected to be finish- ed this week and the prospect of an early closing of the gap in the road yuUSINess is very good. The understanding is that additional equipment is under way tor first-class service within a short time. During the fine weather of the past week Street Commissioner Dow has been pushing the work on the con- crete road through the city and will complete the Boyne avenue section by the middle of the week. This will complete about a half of the road contemplated under the bonding prop- osition that was voted last spring. A tri-city organization was launch- ed at Charlevoix last Monday for pushing a county bond for the con- struction of a concrete road on all the trunk lines in the county, which will affect the West Michigan Pike and Mackinaw Trail. It is expected that by the end of another season, the three towns around Pine Lake will be connected by thoroughly gcod gravel and concrete roads, so that the “Drive around Pine Lake” idea will appeal to every tourist who strikes the county, either end. Come on up and try it out. Maxy. ——_> > __—_ Store Manager Ruined By Bad Com- pany. 1is—Fred A. manager of the goods store, is grand larcency by the Ishpeming, Sept. Young, until recently Skud Estate’s dry charged with owners of the: store. He was ar- rested in St. Paul, Minn., by Chief of Police Trevarrow and brought back to Ishpeming, arriving yesterday morning. Mr. Young was arraigned in the municipal court before Judge William St. John and bound over to the ‘Ciectit Court for trial, as the crime he is charged with is a circuit court offense. Mr. Youne’s “downfall” is said to be due to “bad company” he fell in with about ten days ago, just before his unexpected departure from the city. He left the store one day and went to Marquette, where it is alleg- ed he got into a gambling game, los- ing the firm’s money, which he “bor- rowed” from the safe. He wrote Miss Stella Skud, in charge of the business, what had happened, and de- parted for parts unknown. It was at first assumed that he had gone tos New York, as he had but a few days before returned from that city, where he had been on business for the con- cern. His whereabouts was unknown, ev- en to his family, until he sent a tele- gram from St. Paul to his wife, tell- ing her where he was. Following her husband’s departure, Mrs. Young de- cided to leave the city and departed for the East before the message ar- rived. A warrant was sworn out for Mr. Young’s arrest and placed in the hands of Chief Trevarrow, with in- 25 structicns to go to St. him. Speaking of the affair yesterday Miss Skud said that the amount in- volved is not large, but too much for the firm to lose. She expressed re egret that the trouble had occurred, but said the firm felt that it could have taken no other course, as the loss was more than it cared to stand. Will the Nation Have a Potato Dic- tator? There has been considerable Paul and get specu- lation in potato circles on the proba- bility of the tato dictator by the tion at Washington. It has been rumored that E. Miller, of Albert Miller slated for the for such found in the fact that he was called to Wash- ington recently for a conference Food appointment of a po- Food Administra- Percy & Co. some was job and ground rumors might be with Administrator Hoover and Lou D. Sweet, of has been for some certain quarters that the Government might take a hand in the potato situ- this fall. Hoover's office. There time a feeling in ation The daily press has mentioned the likelihood of Mr. Miller pointed as potato dictator believed to being ap- and such have had Washington as Mr reports are their origin in Miller has not has given out no information leading been appointed and one to believe the proposition has been put up to him. Again it was recently current in Wisconsin potato circles that the State Council of De- fense of that State had received word from the National Council of De- fense to advise Wisconsin potato growers not to be in a hurry to dis- pose of their stock as it was quite probable a dictator would be named and possibly a minimum price estab- lished. ae. Status of the Bean Market. Frost has damaged beans to some but we find that on high ground the damage has been extent on lowlands, very small. Some county agents reports serious damage to tomatoes, cucumbers, etc., but at the same time has helped more or less to mature the bean crop. The crop this year is late and pres- that will be on the ent observation would indicate very few new beans and in limited quantities. The Agriculture Department has estimated the bean crop of Michigan at 8,000,000 bushels, but is is my can- did opinion that this is at least 2,000,- 000 bushels above what will be actu- ally produced in bushels and pounds. There is a fair demand to-day for market much before October 15, then probably old beans, and this particularly is for the white variety. Red kidney beans and other varie- ties are begging in all markets. E. L. Wellman. ——_>->——__ once in a while we about the log of the Seems as if hear May- it would be all chipped away for momentos by this time. Every something flower. —_———_.-.-s———___ Business must be so conducted that each patron becomes to some degree the first link trons. in a chain of more pa- MICHIGAN TRADESMAN September 19, 1917 26 pes y =~ ie ¥e ae pl . wT 2_Y = 4 SS = = ox gE tr g . F = = = Site fs : 2 er SUNDRIES: a am Ee = P Thy, ( Mee Yin \\ a asi} |) Michigan Board of Pharmacy. President—Leonard A. Seltzer, troit. Secretary—Edwin T. Boden, Bay City. Treasurer—George F. Snyder, Detroit. Other Members—Herbert H. Hoffman, Sandusky; Charles S. Koon, Muskegon. Future Meetings—Houghton, August 22 and 23; Grand Rapids, Nov. 20, 21 and 22. De- Pharmaceutical Asso- ciation. President—P. A. Snowman, Lapeer. Secretary—F. J. Wheaton, Jackson. Treasurer—E. E. Faulkner, Delton. Next Annual Meeting—Detroit. Michigan State Michigan Pharmaceutical Travelers’ As- sociation. President—W. F. Griffith, Howell. Secretdry and Treasurer—Walter S. Lawton, Grand Rapids. Druggists Needed as Doctors Depart For War. The Medical Department of the United States army during peace times, with a limited number of sol- diers to care for, is a splendid organ- ization. It has no superiors and few equals. War will naturally impose a tremendous strain upon it which can be materially lightened. Before war declared the ratio of the army physicians to men was ten to 1,000. The British have increased their ratio to 19,000 to 1,000,000. was We will require, probably, at least 15,000 physicians for our first army of 1,000,000 men. To-day there is a shortage of about 10,000 doctors, with- out considering that there may be 2,000,000 men under arms in another year. Can this shortage be supplied without seriously endangering the lives and health of civilians? There are numerous duties to be performed by physicians in the Medical Corps besides diagnosing and treating dis- ease and operating upon the wound- ed. Pulse rate, temperature, tongue appearance may still be examined, but in addition there may be Rontgen ray examinations; and blood, sputum, excrement analyses. The army sur- geon needs assistants for this highly important work. Assistants who are not physicians are available. There have recently been graduated from the pharmacy schools of this country 1,500 men trained in chemis- try, bacteriology, physiology, pharma- cology, materia medica, toxicology, assaying, (food, drug, blood, milk, excrement, etc.;) drug purchasing, compounding, and dispensing. Thou- sands of similarly trained men were graduated in former years—there are approximately 150,000 pharmacists in the United States. An ample supply is available for the Medical Depart- ment. But the status of pharmaceutic service in the army will have to be radically changed before these phar- macists can be utilized. As at present constituted, our scheme of war does not recognize the need for educated pharmacists. Great Britain did not see this need at first, but now she does. France, Japan, Italy, Germany, and several smaller nations have al- ways recognized the ability of phar- macists by having a separate corps for them. It may be argued that pharmacists can enlist in the Medical Department as it is now constituted. They can; but not many highly trained pharma- cists would care to enlist, since, re- gardless of their educational training and experience, they must enter as privates. This might not be so strongly objected to if they were al- lowed to demonstrate any real abil- ity; if they were permitted to do pro- fessional work, not the work of or- derlies; if they could be promoted as privates in the line can be promoted, for gallantry or good service, to com- missioned rank. But as privates they must serve for an allotted time, re- gardless of their worth, until finally, after years of service, they may be- come Master Hospital Sergeants at $75 a month. They may not hope ever to be Second Lieutenants. More- over, their work is very menial: their professional equipment and _ training are absolutely ignored. Consequent- ly, most educated pharmacists enlist as privates in the line, volunteer for Red Cross work, or enter the Offic- ers’ Reserve Corps, with the result that the Medical Department forever loses this potential assistance. Phy- sicians, dentists, veterinarians are granted commissioned rank upon en- tering the service, and receive pro- fessional work to do. Pharmacy is a profession, and the graduated phar- macists of to-day have had years of collegiate training and practical ex- perience. To enlist professional men as privates not only is unjust to the men, but to the army. It is true that pharmacists woula have to receive special training for army work. But physicians need training, also, as is evidenced by the fact that they are now being sent to army posts for three months. An- other statement is made to the effect that the pharmacy practiced in the army to-day is “canned.” That is to say, there is little actual compound- ing to do. Compressed tablets take the place of freshly prepared drugs. It is argued from this that any one, skilled or unskilled, can read a simple order calling for twenty tablets, say, out of bottle No. 100; and that it is useless to have trained druggists do work that can be done by any soldier. Assuming that either of these state- ments is true, pharmacists’ greatest service would be along lines not or- dinarily thought of as pharmaceutical; that is, as medical, surgical or sanitary assistants. Being technical men, they could, with a small amount of train- ing, become helpful not only in drug dispensing, but in the application of various clinical tests required by modern medical practice; in the field of preventive medicine; in sanitary work, not as orderlies, but as sub- directors acting under orders from the surgeon in charge. Since large num- bers of men are required for this work and regular army physicians are need- ed for other things, why should phar- macists not be utilized? J. G. Beard. ———»+-2 Japan’s Glycerin Industry. The glycerin industry cf Japan has attained remarkable development since the outbreak of the war. The government is now granting pecu- niary aid to those engaged in this par- ticular line of industry, and the result has been the establishment of the Japan Glycerin Manufacturing Co. and several other concerns. Before the war none of these companies ex- isted and consumers in Japan relied entirely upon imports from the Unit- ed States and other countries. The output of the Japan Glycerin Manu- facturing Co. alone amounts to 300 tons a month, and in the course of rext few years the imports of this commodity will, it is believed, be nearly checked. seo The Divine Eccnomy is automatic and very simple: We receive only that which we give. the Its Good For You It’s Pure, That’s Sure - Piper Ice Cream Co. 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SUMO oe aes cc sec 8 17 Peaches 2 “ 3% Ib. tin boxes, 2 dz. 425 Fair ...... one ie sin BB es 35 Jumbo, Small ........ 17% Muirs—Choice, 25 Ib. .. 12 B ivib. pails, per doz. ..6 00 Good ......... ci. 8 85 mium, %8 ......... 35 Big Stick ...... Pees if Muirs—Fancy, 25 lb. .. 13 ‘ . ty Bieea Beane 1 15tb pails, per doz. ..7 20 Fancy ....scsocscee Boston Sugar Stick .. 20 Fancy, Peeled, 25 lb. ... r Baking Powder 2... 11 25%. pails, per doz. ..i2 00 aah We CLOTHES LINE Mixed Candy Peel i gath Brick .......... 1 B Monbadon (Natu Per doz. i ; ’ foie... i. eC ee sianiaie No. 40 Twisted Cotton 130 Broken ..........-- Falls Lemon, American ..... 2000. fF Perce Pood |. 1 1. Der Coz. ....... 1 35 uid hide ee a ob Geta ea) OG inak 7 Orange, American ..... . 21 ) foo ; nee oe 07. 42.88! 225 no 2 “a emcees No. 60 Twisted Cotton 2 20 French Cream ..--.:- 17 Raisins 5 LS Snares 1 0. 3, per doz. ....... 275 NO gant eee No. 80 Twisted Cotton 2 40 Grocers .....++ee+ees, 12 Cluster, 20 cartons ... : a” Sie Gor 1 BATH BRICK ’ tant coor ee a 50 Braided Cotton 175 Kindergarten ....... . 18 Loose Muscatels, 4 Cr. 9 ‘.* wis Se y 0. 60 Braided Cotton 200 Leader ...........e0e8 16 Loose Muscatels, 3 Cr. 8% P | ard ............. 120 No. 80 Braided Cotton 250 Monarch 15 L. M. Seeded 1b. 10% @11 ee 1 BLUING Lobster No. 50 Sash Cord .... 250 Novelty ........sseee 17 Any Canned Goods ....... 2 woe —— = = >. cccccceeeencecse OD a . cee Cord ....300 paris Creams ..----- 18 California Prunes ‘ ¢ hl 2 _Condense ear uing a 0. UTE .......64 1 25 ‘in Geeains 90-100 25 lb. ‘ oo. lUhmUlUUC > Small, 3 doz. box .... 195 Picnic Flat .......... 875 No. 72 Jute ...... seee 1 40 “feet ee id 80- 90 35 Ib oe 1 @10% Crewing Gum ........ 3 Large, 2 doz. box .... 2 40 Mackerel No. 60 Sisal .......... 1 ee i 70- 80 25 Ib. boxes ..@11% ‘ Chooclake ........... . Folger’s Mustard, 1 Ib. ...... . 180 Galvanized Wire Valley Creams ....... a eee eee el Cigars ............... 10 Summer Sky, 6 0z., Mustard, 2 Ib. ....... 280 No. 20, each 100ft. long 190 XLO.............. . 14 50- 60 25 Ib. boxes ..@13 * C othes Famee 2. 2 per (pz. .......3-.. 45 Soused, 1% Ib. No. 19, each 100ft. long 2 10 : 40- 50 25 Ib. boxes ..@15 ¢ Coes fo. . —— Sky, 12 oz., Soares, 2 Ib. _ +4 — _ long 1 00 Specialties aa Cocoamul ............ 3 per doy |... . 85 Tomato, 1 Ib. 0. 19, eac t. long 2 10 : ails FARINACEOUS GOO oa eee _ i sinters Tomato, 2 Ib. COCOA Auto Kisses (baskets) 19 a oops A Pap fections 4 FOODS . Bonnie Butter Bites ..21 ‘ali i i a, ‘on IONS .......-.. + pe oe es Mushrooms Bakers ....)...:. a. 39 Butter C es California Limas .... 17% ’ P Cream Tartar ....... 5 Tear Food, Pettijohns 290 Buttons, %s ..... veces @80 Cleveland ooo... scl. se foe ee a en. Sand Picked -..40 : Cracked Wheat, 24-2 ..4 60 Buttons, Is ......:... @0 Colonial, 4s .......... S oe lBrowe Bold ...... 8 e Sect Seu ” ee eat .... 750 Hotels, Is ........... @44 eacaggagy WB vseececeeee Ss oe eee 3o “< A ried Fruits ......... 5 Gane - ae s. Oysters RURDS . 5. 25---0- Secsee | ee Sa ve+- 16 Farina he Quaker Puffe ce .. 4 30 Hershe mS the 42. c.... OY TOMY ....+.see- 19 25 1 Ib. packages .... ‘ F Quaker Puffed Wheat 430 Cove 1 Ib. ........ @1 20 Herahey’ s, Ae alae 30 National Mints 7b tin 22. Bulk, per 100 Ib. ...... 79 ; Farinaceous Goods... 5 ‘Quaker Brkfst Biscuit 190 COV 2 Ib. ......... 180 uyler ............. a Fudge, Walnut ...... 18 Fishing Tackle ...... 5 Quaker Corn Flakes .. 2 75 Plums Lowney, %8 ........ ae 38 Fudge, Choco, Peanut 17 Original Holland Rusk Flavoring Extracts .. ; Washington Crisps .. 230 Plums_....... 1 50@2 00 Lowney, %s .......... 37. Fudge, White Center 17 Packed 12 rolls to container - 7 Flour and Feed ...... ¢ Wheatena ............ 5 10 Pears In "Syr .4 Lowney, 8 .......... 37. Fudge, Cherry ........ 16 3 containers (40) rolls 3 80 : pe Se , [vapor'ed Sugar Corn No. 3 can, per dz. 2 60@8 00 Lowney, §& Ib. cans .... 37 Fudge, Cocoanut .... 17 Grape Nuts _......... 2 85 Peas Van Houten, %s ...... 12 Honeysuckle Candy .. 20 Hominy ez ee G Sugar Corn Flakes .. 280 Marrowfat ...... 1 25@1 35 Van Houten, Xs ...... 18 Iced Maroons ....... 20 Pearl, 100 lb. sack .... 6 60 ‘ +, aie , Holland Rusk ........ 380 Early June .... 150@1 60 Van Houten, %s ...... 36 Iced Orange Jellies .. 16 Maccaroni ; a. tin , Krinkle Corn Flakes ..2 80 Early June siftd 1 60@1 75 Van Houten, ls ........ 65 Italian Bon Bons .... 16 D Hl and Vermicelli - Mapl-Flake, Whole Wan-Eta .............. 86 Jelly Mello ........... 15 omestic, 1 lb. box .. 7 Wheat ..... 405 Peaches Webb 88 AA Licori Imported, 25 lb. box Herbs 2 6 we Re pastce ue oo Pie oak esses 125@1 50 Winer. ike couee vee ce “* a3 5 eg lag Drops oe s ae @ es and Bele 6 AS ‘0. 10 size can pi 3 . eecscscsecas f DOK .cs55 05 earl Barle 4 ae. : wee — Food oa. Pome @3 75 Wilbur, 4S .....----eee 32 Lozenges, Pep. ...... 18 Chester ..... rade 6 60 : nie aaa Naan ; peer ewe cate > " 1 75@2 10 Loaner Pink ...... 18 Portage .......c.ss00. 8 OO : 5 losses Whole Wheat Sliced .......... 1 45@2 60 COCOANUT Sonus Kiss i Peas \ ao... oo ee : : Pumpkin pantasn's = th be 8, 29 Green, Wisconsin, bu. 700 4 &® ats 38 7 Saxon Wheat Food .. 4 50 Pale .5.5,5.4< geese ok ee Ys, 5 Ib. case ...--+-0-- 32 Nat Butter Puls. Split, lb, ' 4 d fo ake: rh A = 5 lb 31 ut Butter Puffs .... 20 -SPUL ID, eee eee eens 13% golly... |... & ‘Shred Wheat Biscuit 425 G00d ...........00065. 130 4S te Star Patties, Asst. 19 Jelly Glasses ........ ¢ Te 1 te 2 25 coacy ae seece co ae ° a = . 9 Mik an Pillsbury’s Best Cer’l 2 50 O. 10 ...ceeeeeeee --- 3 90 epee tee . ola Ole gaa dodee - 15 “* Mapleine . - ost Toasties, T-2 .. 3 30 Raspberries 1s, 15 Ib. case ......... 29 Agearted Chee —" saan eure AO -” 4 are eed < Post Toasties, T-3 .. 3 30 No. 2, Bl Syrup ..160 %8 & %s, 15 Ib. case i Amazon Caramels .. 22 German, broken pkg. ea ll > ost Tavern Porridge 2 80 ng ee acter ns ed oo fl pea acre tea Champion .......... 19 Tapioca ’ * Molasses ae 7 siete i a Bue ‘oncaeid 1814 a Chips, Eureka 25 Flake, 100 Ib. sacks ... 15 + Mastara l tense Pee Baker’s Brazil Shredded aeons weseeeee 19 Pearl, 100 Ib, sacks ... 15 4 "gi ‘ancy Pi . b Salmon k 239 Eclipse, Assorted .... 20 Pearl, 36 pkgs 2 75 : a N Parlor, 5 String, 25 Ib. 7 25 ‘Warrens, 1 Ib. Tall .. 320 2° 80 BEES» Det Sere Ideal Chocolates .... 20 Minute, 10c, 3 doz. . "3: ia 4 Standard Parlor, 23 Ib. 700 Warrens, 1 Ib. Flat .. 3.30 36 10¢ pkgs., per case 2 80 yiondike Chocolates - . 25 oe 7 ” oO Common, FM. => ‘> Red Alaska ......-. 2 75 aclo-y — Pg, EBON oo ns2+ 2-0 6.85 FISHING TACKLE % Wee 653... 3 7 = » & - teteeee 2a ed. aska .... 2 40 oA Age Nibble Sticks, Box .. % . Warehouse, 23 Ib. .... 8 00 Pink Alaska -........ 2 00 Bakers Canned, dom... © Nos Wate -2 ie gy oeiet is a : Se ts 2 , ISK «++. Sardines Ocoro Choc Caramels 23 1% 40 2 in ei | . ae uy PA ee ee eo ts... 7 Fancy, Whisk ........ 175 Domestic, %s ........ 6 25 COFFEES ROASTED Peanut Clusters ..... 28 mee i i % “ee pag a : BRUSHES Domestic, %4, Mustard 6 25 Rio Muintette o:.2...6.66% 21 2a ee 15 4 Pics tect e eee eee ‘ Scrub Domestic, % Mustard 6 90 Common ...........-- 19 MenmimaA .............. 17 3 in. Coe ee 20 a oie Ceadc tee eeee ‘Solid Back, 8 in. .... 75 Norwegian, %s .... 11@16 TE ee ec aes . 19% Star Chocolates acts 19 4.ie ee re 7 Sold Back, 11 in. 1... 95 Portuguese, Ys .... 22@30 Choice .......-+.+--+. See ee a Cotton Lines “he ce een eee eee ‘Point Wits auer Krau ANCY .ccccccosscoees O, 1, 10 feet .........4 Provinions ........... 7 ointed » No. 3, cans ....... sos 2 oP Sekoney Dooce eka 23 Pop Corn Goods No. 2, 15 fet bite kiee ; . aa 99 NO. 10, CAMS ...+eeeeee Santos Crs: Without prizes. No. 3. 15 feet |... Los ne NO. 8 seeesereeeseeees 2 nirincos eee os racker Jack with No. 4, 15 feet .......... 10 44 0 By RICE seven eee g Noo 2 iit 155 Duster, eeuee sc ee Ge seers BO coMpOR sea ee nes SOO Noe. 5, 15 foot ....... a 7 Rolle as 8 e Lecce cece e cree eee Dunbar, 140, ....8 8 aa. |. 21 racker-Jack Prize .. 375 No. 6, 15 feet ..-....-. . 12 Ss " Shoe » Succotash a - a Checkers Prize ...... 375 No. 7, 15 feet .......... 15 Salad Dressing ...... 8 _— : cette eee eeeeece ‘2 Fair ...ccccceccce eo etary .|........., 23 Cough Drops | No. 8 15 feet... .... i. 28 ee SS eT MN cee ee . 180 pues OO eee » ‘tar aie 8 No. Dee 270 PARCY 5k o eo cceccsesee FE aracaibo Putnam Menthol "4 35 Linen LI a aC eNO. B cess eeeeeeeeeees 1 90 Strawberrles Bir weeeeeceeeeeeeees 24 Smith Bros ns sie ee ae Standard ....... weeee 200 Choice .........-..4., 25 b ekaaneh ad ee Bee a. ioe : Sz ie Ceo 8 BUTTER COLOR Fane 2 75 Medium 26 ‘ Seeds eee tees 9 Dandelion, 25¢ size .. 2 00 De ceeeeaeseaet a ee ee NUTS—Whole a. a. tie a Ce ee ae ees: Le ee Pt eee cee sk é wee , ae eee . hg 2. ebb ee eee eee eee 2 40 Maney ........ seeieeee 26 Almonds, Tarragona a" Poles ‘ foe + araffine, 68 ........ BD. perenetence anne iG oeteciaia Almonds. California Bamboo, 16 ft., per doz. 60 g ae. g Paraffine, 128 ........ OM UD shoe ose ne ees tt ale ec cstcens 25 soft shell Drake ... Bamboo, 14 ft., per doz. 55 : ee q Wicking ............. 20 Tuna Case FANCY -sseeeeees Meee 128 Brazils ...+sj'seceeceee Bamboo, 18 ft., per doz. 80 ae ; CANNED GOODS %s, 4 doz. in case .... 4 50 Java Fiberts =. .-+asereesee FLAVORING EXTRACTS ‘* " Re ee eres 9 Apples igs, 4 doz. in case .... 750 Private Growth .... 26@30 Wainuts, Naples ..... ee eae { T 3 Ib. Standards .. 1s, 4 doz. in case ....10 00 Mandling .......... 31@35 walnuts, Grenobl ae — \ “ seh aie io ©... @4 60 CATSUP Aukola ........... - WOE wens nuts fancy ti Per Doz. ; Tea er . ac : Snider’s % pints ...... 1 50 Mocha Pecans, Lar . 3@14 7 dram Panel ....... 9° 46e % Bee ree tan treenes 5, . ae rT es . Snider’s pints ..... .. 2560 Short Bean ........ 25@27 Pecans. Ex og ga oe ounce et Saas 1 35 ee eg ee Hees ' . c ounce Panel ..... 0 : " Standard No. 10... @800 y, CHEESE a. aT aa se teeeee 24@25 Shelled 214 ounce Taver ae ; 28 Vinegar . CIO ccccccccess @ le . ~ peeen op © 26@28 No. 1 Spani h Shelled moe. 10 Beans Carson City ....- @27 Bogota tue aa A OME ON nes ats $m 4 +e “at eo... sss. TOL Bick ........... @30 = Fair 24 «EX. te. Va. Sh. — thd ge spiced ; tials - » en. tee oe. @ as. GDS oa Pe Lone ‘ i String 1 50@2 : BOY obese cian sans 26 Peanuts ...... 16% @17 Woodenware ......... ‘0: Soe ee , @2 00 Limburger ...... @30 Exchange Market, St i ro Oe [pote eee Wax 1 50 g arke eady Pecan Halves ..... @80 7 dram P. Wrapping Paner @2 00 Pineapple : dyno eae - pping Hck 11 a adam Seoee 8 ~ - Spot Market, Strong Walnut Halves .... @55 1% ounce Panel 1. Y Standard 140 aprieaeen ackage Filbert Meats @42 2% Fi qe es ‘ Le aoe. sees ounce Panel ..... 2 40 j Yeast Cak as UE eee es Sones reiaaki g ew York Ronis Almonds ........... @45 2% ounce Taper ..... 2 25 t ic Arbuckle ........... 2150 Jordan Almonds ... 2 ounce Flat ........ 2 25 te 917 13% 2% 3% 4% 60 64 62 D 25 8% 12 _ 13 20 » 21 me ss ‘gs 46 Re September 19, 1917 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 29 FLOUR AND FEED Jiffy-Jert 20 Ib. pails ...advance Mackerel Oolong Grand we a & Straight or Assorted 10 Ib. pails ...advance Mess, 100 Ibs. ...... 16 50 cere. Medium .. 25@323 Pails cn & . Wer doe oo. csc. ces se 2S : > pails ...advance 1 Mess, 40 Ibs. ....... - 700 wer cae fee ae eae at. Galvanized .... 3 50 | nter Wheat Per case, per 4 doz. .. 4 60 . pails ...advance 1 Mess, 10 Ibs. ........ 1 85 ' . 12 qt. Galvanized .... 4 00 Purity Patent ...... 11 65 Seven Flavors: Raspberry, Smoked Meats Mess, 8 Ibs. .......... 1 56 English Breakfast 14 qt. Galvanized .... 4 50 Fancy Spring ...... 13 00 Strawberry, Cherry, Lemon, Hams, 14-16 Ib. 26%@26 No. 1, 100 Ibs. ...... 15 59 Congou, Medium .. 25@30 Fibre ............... 5 50 Wizard Graham .... 1100 Orange, Lime, Pineapple. Hams, 16-18 lb. 21 @22 No. 1, 40 Ibs. ........ 6 70 Congou, Choice .... 30@35 Wizard, Gran. | Meal 10 7 Hams, 18-20 1b. 20%@21 No. 1. 120 The, oso... 1 78 Congou, Fancy .... 40@80 Toothpicks Seer Oy gety otaanns 4, Mae tM yy UR DE ni $y cotn Oe al emer oa a ee co, - Pe Ks Lag per doz 25 Galifornia Hams 20% @21 BWM vocreckss es ++» 235 Pekoe, Medium .... 28@30 Coe ™ : ner dom 2F Fee eo 10 Ibs 58 Dr. Pekoe, Ch rene Lily White... 00.2.0. 185 8 oz. capped in bbls.. Har oiled 8 Ibs. i 2 wee o oice .. 30 " Eight Tost ......... 1 43 per doz. *........ wcces 8P gomee wee weer * "“SeEDs rere - Fancy 40@50 Mouse, wood, 2 hoels .. 22 GANA sia see a 4 90 Mouse, wood, 4 holes .. 45 Grancna Health (00. 5 00 MAPLEINE Minced Hams 17% @18 ee ase " CIGARS 10 qt. Galvanized .... 1 55 Gran Meal 40 2 02. bottles, per doz. 3 00 Hacom 2... 2.25. 3 @36 Caraway . . Peter Dornbos Brands 12 qt. Galvanized .... 1 70 Bolted Meal ........ 5 30 1.02. bottles, per doz. 1 75 Ssusneus Cardomon "Malabar 3 ie Dornbos Single 14 qt. Galvanized .... 1 90 Watson-Higgins Millin Co, 16 oz. bottles, per dz. 18 00 Bologna ......cceceoe 18 Celery ° Binder ............ 35 00 Mouse, wood, 6 holes .. 70 Naw Parkection . 32 oz. bottles, per dz. 30 00 Liver ..... . Hemp Russian .... =? Dornbos, Perfectos .. 35 00 Mouse, tin, 5 holes .... 65 Tip Top Flour ...... “ 35 MINCE MEAT Frankfort ....cecccece 17 Maca Gea 1% Dornbos, Bismarck (000 Rat, wood .............. 80 ee ee ee Soe 3 45 Pork oie gel ap it@is aoa ae a _ e Grant ..... S Pe Rat. spring ............ 75 Marshals) Best loun 1a 50 a ee eect tees soos POPPY ..--eeseeeeeeee ee Wateeiawn Pileconain MOLASSES aoe soled aeacs Le Rane ...-...... 15 Johnson Cigar Co.’s Brand : Tubs Bee 10 00 Nae Gskee wen oso - 14 1, SHOE BLACKING | go Dutch Masters Club 70 00 No. 1 Mites ....;,..,. 16 50 Fancy Open Kettle .... 56 y Box, large 3 dz utch Masters Inv. 7000 No. 2 Fibre ........- 1 gai. wee cy Ghia 52 Boneless ..... ne 00@27 00 Handy Box. small .. 125 Dutch Masters Pan. 7000 yo 3 Ga : a oe a ff. ee. Rump, new .. 30 00@31 00 Bixby’s Royal Polish 8 Dutch Master Grande 65 00 “® “(0016 --:-- 0-0: 38 3 ek TT GR te Pig’s Feet Miller’s Crown Polish 85 ff Portana Large Galvanized ... 13 0 Worden - ba Half barrels 2c extra MURA Sco cacuscccces AP Gunton ee 37 Dutch Masters, 5c Medium Galvanized 10 75 American Eagle, %s 1250 Red Hen, No. 2% .... 320 % bbls., 40 Ibs. ...... 340 Maccaboy, in jars .... . C. W. Small Galvanized .... 9 50 American Eagle, 4s 12 40 Red Hen, No. 5 ...... 310 % bole: 22.0. 00 French Rapple in jars .. 43 Gee Jay American Wacic a ig go Red Hen, No. 10 .... 300 1 BBL ............... 12 00 SODA u Johnson's Straight . Waennearde Tripe Boxes oo .5..) 24... 8... 5% Above five brands are anner, Globe ...... 3 75 nee . MUSTARD Kits, 15 Ibs. .......... 90 Kers, English ....... . 4% sold on following basis: Brass, Single ........ 6 75 son Grocer Co. “wm 6 nee... 16 % bbls., 40 Ibs. ..... . 1 60 SPICES Less than 300 ....... 3609 Glass, Single ........ sc Ceresota, Ys oot. 3 20 GLIVES % bblis., 80 Ibs. ...... 8 00 Whole Spices 300 assorted _........: 35 00 Nooo Peerless ..... 6 25 Coeo> 4s fe 3 10 Bulk, 1 gal. kegs 1 10@1 20 Casings Allspice, Jamaica ..9@10 2500 assorted ........ 34 00 oo Peerless ...... ; - ‘eresota, 14s ....... 300 Bulk, 2 gal. kegs 105@1 15 Hogs, per Ib. ........ Allspice, Ig. Garden @11 2% cash discount on all ead we Queen ..... Worden Grocer Co. Bulk, 5 gal. kegs 1 00@1 10 Beef, rounds, set .. 19 Cloves, Zanzibar .. @36 purchases. er 5 00 Wingold. ths cloth io ge Seiad, Woh, -.-..-.- 110 Beef, middles, set .. 45@65 Cassia, Canton .... @20 Universal ...........- 5 00 Wincold if oo a Stuffed, 8 oz. ........ 160 Sheep ......... 1 16@1 35 Cassia, 5c pke. doz. @85 Worden Grocer Co. Brands oe an ek et. me. 2 Uncolored Butterine a ee oe eres tone Mate 13 ae 9 stata 7 a 5 Pitted (not stuffed) Solid Dairy 2 5 Ginger, Cochin @20 Londres, 50s Wood .. 3300 |” 7 ee ee 1 - Bese ee as 50 i. ace, Penang ..... 4 ) gutter ........ 7 Bolted «sess s-+ 10 55 ee ae i OO OS ome Bet... @17 TWINE ae eee olden trranulated .. 1075 Lunch, 10 oz. ....... 1 50 é —— Mate aoe - ; a bi Cotton, 4 ble ...:..:... 44 mm. Butter ........ 11 00 Lunch, ee) orned Beef, 2 Ib. .. 6 25 Mixed, 5c pkes. dz. , . Wheat oe aa Bloat 19 2 60 Corned Beef, 1 Ib. 3 25 Nutmegs, 70-80 .... @35 ge a ee aah = WRAPPING PAPER te 2 Som loans] ue. 00 Roast Beef, 2 Ib. .... 6 25 Nutmegs, 105-110 .. @30 ute, 2 PLY ...eeseeeee 25 Fibre Manila, white .. 5% Se eee ae 03 Queen, Mammoth, 28 Roast Beef, 1 lb. .... 325 Pepper, Black .... @30 Hemp, 6 ply .......... 30 Fibre, Manila, colored Michiana Boson 1S Ones Ghote baie we 25 ro Pee Ham ‘ a eo . oa Flax, medium ......... 35 No. 1 Manta |... ). 61% slichigan Cariots ...... li Ch 24a avor, S poe 5 , yenne sutchers’ Manila fle Less tnan carlots .... 77 olive doz... 225 Potted Meat, Ham Paprika, Hungartan Week * > tates «..... ~~ We 2, . Corn Flavor, tee 95 Pure Ground in Bulk VINEGAR Wax Butter, short c’nt 16 Carlots) Vie PEANUT BUTTER Deviled Meat, Ham ae ee ae er White Wine, 40 grain 12 Wax Butter, full c’nt 20 Less than carlots 2 22 Bel-Car-Mo Brand nee ae eee | Ga, Gain | es White Wine 86 grain 17 | Penns Batten, role rae ay 4 oz. 4 doz. in case ..3 60 Flavor, %8 ....... .. 100 Ginger, African .... @24 White Wine, 100 grain 20 YEAST CAKE PAO ee a 19 7 oz. 2 doz. in case .. 2 90 Potted Tongue, a |. ace, Penang ..... @1 00 : oa Magic, 3 doz .... 5 Less than carlots .. 20 . 8 oz. 2 doz. in case .. 3 30 Potted Sense Z ee . INutmegs ........... @36 ne a : Pickle Sunlight, S dae a ; oe Gace 18 02z. 1 doz. in case .. 3 00 Pepper, Black ..... @30 ' oe eee Saulent i don... 8 z a an ¢ oa RICE . era . Highland apple cider et en : 2 Street C F 5 Ib. pails, 6 in crate 5 25 F Pepper, White : a@40 Oakland ancia cla Yeast Foam, 3 doz. .. 1 15 oe ee ees 75 Oh 10 Wb. pate .......... y fae -- 8@8% Pepper, Cayenne ... @30 Silie seat acces 8” Yeast Foam, 1% doz. $5 No. 1 Corn & Oat Fd 75 00 15 Ib. pails .0....20- 17% Brok ose... .... @8 Paprika, Hungarian @45 «State Seal sugar ..... : Cracked Corn ...... co a oe 4] OURS core ones Oakland white pickls — eee Otree Cora Meal. 816) 60 Ib. tins _.1.....!. 16% ROLLED OATS STARCH ee Mi 1 65 cer bac Monarch, bbls, 2... 10 25 an Corn ackages free. “iin oie olled Avena, bbls. 10 50 ingsford, 40 lbs. .. 9% 1G th... .6,.1....... Mason, pts., per gro. 709 PETROLEUM PRODNCTS Steel Cut, 100 Ib, sks, 5 20 Muzzy, 48 1b. pkgs. 9% WICKING . 77 oe :; Bar gro. ; 40 perfection 10 Eronsnch 90 Ib, sks. .. 5 10 ee oe Pg . Per Sosa ........ 35 SOAP ’ per gro. 9 85 a ee ae oe e : uaker, 18 Regular .. 1 75 ilver oss, 40 lb. 9% © f, Her rosa ....... 45 - Mason, can tops, gro. 2 75 Red Crown Gasoline .s 21.5 Quaker, 20 Family |) 6 60 Gloss No. 2, per gross ....... 60 Proctor & Gamble Co. eat ae oe —— oars ae SALAD DRESSING Argo, 48 5c pkgs. .... 240 No. 3, per gross ....... a9 «(Eemow 1... 4... sace 4 08 Caen 5 NE : M ¢ phtha .. 21. Gohaun i Silver Gloss, 16 3lbs. .. 9% Evory, 6 of. .......... 5 25 on 8 : ae large, ay 45 ey Cylinder, Wood eae Pie sees : a Silver Gloss. 12 6lbs. |. 914 WOODENWARE Evory, 10 64. J°....... 8 65 ; a G Bale ia. 1 pint ..... ’ 5 Sabeche Sparkling, doz. 175 Capitol Cylinder, Iron ae iarae, oo 4 = 48 1b. uachecee, ce 9% Bushels his ie 20 mei Lee untae oe Sparkling, gr. 20 50 Me 2... oe ee ee ey oy - 4g 16 3Ib. packages ...... 9% Bushels, wide band ..1 45 Swift & Company idu’d doz. .. 1 85 Atlantic Red Engine.. 20.4 ¢ ee 2 oe 12 61b. pack 91% Market, drop handl 5 Swift’s Prid 4 75 inute, 1d t Snider’s, small, 2 doz. 1 45 toes vere “2 ee ee ee M , On ee: 1925 Winter Black ....e... 11.6 Market Minute. 3 d 50 Ib. boxes .......... 6% rket, single handle 60 White Laundry ...... 4 85 se OZ. Goo... #75 Polarine ..:........:.' 37.9 SALERATUS SYRUPS Splint, large ........ 00 Wool, 6 oz. bars 5 15 Goes ee 150 PICKLES Packed 60 tbs. in box. Corn Splint, medium ....... $50 Wool, 10 oz bars .... 7 00 ie ch poe cs 75 Medi Arm.and Hammer .. 810 Barrels ...... . Splint, small ........ 3 00 Bivmouth foe Pee 1 G2 Basel, 1.900 comme .. 9.50 S7anactte, 100 Ne .. $00 Halt harrets ....... Willow, Clothes, large Scenes Coney ain 1 25 Halt bois 60 s SAL SODA Blue Karo, No. 1%, Willow, Clothes, small Black Hawk, one box 3 50 a s., 600 count : > Willow, Clothes, me’m ni os BAGS 5 gallon kegs ........ aoe i i ss : z Ea ne Work x . ag : . Black Hawk, five bxs 3 45 roa auge, 12 oz. .. Small ’ - CS. . : ack Hawk, xs Seeger 62 ne Barrels ssaeeeeeeetts 11 oo Granulated, 36 pkgs. ..1 40 >" bacat No. 2%, 2 a row oer yp auial ite oun lke ar. GOm a AITO . 6... oe Seat Tse esses « ¥, . i . HE 5 gallon kegs ....... 2 $0 Cae aes Blue Karo, No. 5, 1 dz. 445 1 tb. 360 in aut a ss Sapolio bis si 9 50 a RBS : Gherkins 100 3 Ib, sacks son ee Ne 0 Wie ce mB ol Le BES wn hrese ter aenn sas i foes oo... Me ttm wees Be ote eS S¢ 5 th, 34 in erate ....__ oo ee Pe Ea tes eecaee : fo Rae e eae o 60 5 Ib. sacks ...... 3 0B ae No. 1%, 2 320 3 Ib., 250 in crate |...., 79 Sapolio, single boxes 2 40 Senna Leaves ......... 25 | Sweet Smail ” 28 10 Ib. sacks ...... 290 Red Karo, No. 2,'2.d% 4.05 * 'P+ 250 in crate ...... 90 Sapolio, hand ........ 2 40 Hace... ‘ue a te — te clea 2 Red Karo, No. 2% 2dz. 5 00 Wire Ena Scourine, 50 cakes .. 1 80 HIDES AND PELTS Half barrels ...... ..11 50 ee ' Red Karo, No. 5, 1 dz. 4 85 Scourine, 100 cakes .. 3 50 a Hides 5 gallon kegs .---.... 4 20 Warsaw Red Karo, No. 10 % 1 Ib., 250 in crate ...... 35 i ‘ aa erean, No. 4 .)....:.. 18 56 Ib. sacks .......... “ am ..........-.- 460 2 1b., 250 in crate ...... 45 Queen Anne Scourer 1 80 Green. No. 2 00). 17 PIPES 28 lb. dairy in drill bags 20 Pure Cane 3 Ib., 250 im erate ...... 55 Soap Compounds ©ured, No. 1 2. 2..... 20 Clay, No. 216, per box Solar Rock Bair ........-.... es. 16 5 Ib., 20 in crate ...... 65 outa 48 2 Oured, No. 2.0.1... 19 Clay, T. D. full count 89 56 ip. sacks ..... oe 43 GOOd ....eeeeseee ones 20 jones es eS Cabekin, green, No. 1 1 25 con a 25 CGamuan Choice asa s am 25 Churns Johnson’s XXX 100 5e 4 40 alfskin, green, No. 2 23% : Folger’s Grape Punch -No-] Calfskin pile No ae 2 No. 90, Steamboat .... 85 Granulated, Fine 180 Quarts, doz. case ... 6 Bee 5 eee ee -- 2 ee IN TRONE shee ‘= 5 ; . 1 27 Medi EF 90 Barrel, 10 gal., each 2 55 J ’ c . Caltckin, cuted, No. 2 35% No: is Rival smarted 3 38 RS RE seers: ; TABLE SAUCES | i Be TRO sane '” oO. over, enam’ elts No. 572, Special ...... 2 00 SALT FISH ee oe ae oe WASHING POWDERS. Ola Wool ........ 75@2 00 No. 98 Golf, Satin fin, 2 26 Cod ee bua. Gold Dust Lambs .......... 50@1 50 No. 808, Bicycle ...... 26 Large, whole ...... TEA 4% inch, 5 gross ...... 94 lneee pacha 5 75 Shearlings )....! 50@1 50 No. 632 Tourn’t, whist ta een whee | @10 Uncolored Japan Cortana, No, 74, 365, tn, te 7 Sree Sochsaae -... 5 Tall AS Strips or bricks 12%@16 Medium .......... . 20@26 100 small packages .. 5 60 No. er gis Babbitte gee 4. 200 Pollock ............ @9 Choice ..........+-- 28033 Egg Crates and Fillers m3 tt PROVISIONS Holland Herring Wasey ....0:....... 36045 Humpty Dumpty, 12 dz. 20 es oo 1 Gaveciad Berk Standards, bbls. ..... 18 6@ Basket-fired Med’m 28@30 No. 1 complete ........ 42 Doz Wool Clear Bae ee eM Be ......... Ge. Eeeeee eed Chotce Se@e7 = No. 2 complete .---.-- 38 10c, 4 doz. in case 9 Unwashed, med. @60 Short Cut Cir “2 00@43 00 Standard, kegs ..... 85 Basket-fired Fancy 38@45 Case, medium, 12 sets 130 |. °° n oe Unweened, fine. .... @655 fean ......... emma a. Me Hoga ........-.- 96 Pl, ee tet 0@32 Waneeta in ena al pears Magan HONEY Brisket, aa @46 00 Herring ee WE 4... 9@10 : : 25c, 4 doz. in case .... 2 35 ngs, 1 lb. pkgs. 12@14 Cork lined, 3 in. ....... 7 fie 2 4 lai re te Was eee Med. Fat Split, 200 Ibs 8 00 a a Gick lined 8 ik go 0c 2 doz. plain top 4 50 7 OZ, per doz ....0... Clear’ Family... ee Split 200 Ib Fe eee = (Or ned. 16m, --.... 90 Ste. 1 dom pins top 7 0 20 oz., per doz. ...... 3 90 Dry Salt Me Special, 8 Ib. pails . : Moyune, Choice 35@40 : 10 Ib. % dz., plain top 14 00 HORSE RADISH S P Bellies .. 24 00% 25 00 Scaled, in boxes ...... 17. Moyune, Fancy .... 50@60 Mop Sticks Special deals quoted up- Der dos Lard Boned, 10 Ib. boxes .... 17. Ping Suey, Medium 26@30 Trojan spring ........ 135 on request. een eck Ae Pure in a. 24 @25 Trout Ping Suey, Choice 35@40 Eclipse patent spring 1 35 , me = JELLY Compound Lard 19 @19% No. 1, 100 Ibs. ........ 750 Ping Suey, Fancy .. 45@50 No. 1 common ...... 35 K C Baking Powder is 15lb. eae per doz. .. 80 lb. tubs ...advance % No. 1, 40 Ibs. ........ 2 25 Young Hyson No. 2, pat. brush hold 135 guaranteed to comply with ore sh per pail .. 105 0 Ib. tubs ...advance ™% No. 1, 10 Ibs. .......... @hotee ...........:: 28@30 Ideal, No. 7 .....;...- 135 ALL Pure Food Laws, both 80lb. pails, per pail .. 200 50 Ib. tubs ...advance % No. 1, 8 IDS. .cccccecees 75 1 mty coccceecesess 46@66 121b. cotton mop heads 175 State and National. September 19, 1917 30 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN ~ SPECIAL PRICE CURRENT e 9 4 a3 ae ae is Manistee’s New Hotel at elie 10c size ... 1 00 5c CLEANSER Manistee is to be congratulated upon its new hotel, the Hotel } tb. cans 1 4. Chippewa, which is rapidly nearing completion after an expendi- . a i 6 0z. cans 2 00 ae by nik cane 86S ture of over $100,000. Fee 4b. cans 3 95 Mortons The Chippewa Hotel is successor to the famous Briny Inn, . ib. cans .. TT for years one of the best known hostelries of Michigan and ‘igh Sy famous for its salt baths and cuisine. The Briny Inn was de- : ALT stroyed ky fire last winter, leaving Manistee temporarily with- { nN out a first-class hotel. The Board of Commerce promptly met the us» cee situation, however, and under its active direction a new hotel com- Saree pany was formed which includes many of the leading business 5 SS men of the city who patriotically subscribed the necessary capital in 1 & Morton’s Salt order that the city might be provided with proper hotel facilities, 9 Per case, 24 2 Ibs. .... 1 80 shes Every energy was directed to get a building before the rush Guaranteed to equal the best 10c Five case lots ....... 170 kinds. 80 can cases $3.20 per case. of summer tourist trade. A large crew of men was employed ¢ 1 Ib. boxes, per gross 8 70 and when July { came it found the new Chippewa Hotel, with . 3 Ib. boxes, per gross 23 10 You Can Avoid forty rooms in readiness for the accommodation of guests. Con- , a struction has been in progress all summer, and this has hampered ‘gh All the losses and annoyances of the EU ! 0 Ae Pass Book and other charging systems by adopting the Economic Coupon Book, manufactured by Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids, Mich. Carlotsorlocal shipments. bulk or sacked in paper or jute. Poultry and stock charcoal Ate UE Gee Ca Sm (a toM O. DEWEY CO Successor THE HIGH COST OF PROGRESS VER since the friction match came into existence, there have been imitators. Some of them were content, after having made a ma ch that would light a fire, to “let well enough alone.” No wonder they didn’t progress beyond the ‘just as good” stage. But this company has never been satisfied, even though its product was the “standard” by which imitations measured their shortcomings. Even though it has produced the only match ever awarded a gold medal for proved safety and efficiency, the SAFE HOME MATCH We are still spending more money than all other manufacturers of matches combined in an endeavor to improve our product, our methods and the condition of our workers— for the benefit of the world at large. There's a “DIAMOND” match for every need, every trade, and every price, and every one of them represents in its class the same effort at perfection and leadership. The grocer who pins his faith to “DIAMONDS” can rest content that he is selling his cus- tomers the best match that money, care, science and 40 years of experience can produce THE DIAMOND MATCH COMPANY Bread is the Best Food It is the easiest food to digest. It is the most nourishing and, with all its good qualities, it is the most economical food. Increase your sales of bread. FLEISCHMANN’S YEAST secures perfect fermentation and, therefore, makes the most whole- some, lightest and tastiest bread. Sell bread made with FLEISCHMANN’S YEAST GRAND RAPIDS SAFE CO. Agent for the Celebrated YORK MANGANESE BANK SAFE Taking an insurance rate of 50c per $1,000 per year. What is your rate? Particulars mailed. Safe experts. TRADESMAN BUILDING GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN the management some in giving service, but the work is now rapidly nearing completion. A gratifying feature to stockholders in the new Hotel Company is the unanimous verdict of praise given by travelers to the accom- modations provided, service and cuisine at the Chippewa. The Hotel appears to have almost instantly stepped into the good graces of the traveling public and there has scarcely been a night since its opening that practically all the rooms have not been taken. Tourist parties in particular have made Manistee a night control and traveling men have gone out of their way to spend a night at the hotel. The Chippewa is under the same management as the old Briny Inn, with big, genial, whole-hearted August Field in charge. There is not a traveling man who covers this section of the State who does not know Field and like him for his willingness to ac- commodate himself to almost any request from “the boys.” We bespeak a successful future for the new Hotel Chippewa. [The above advertisement is published without charge at the request of the Manistee Board of Commerce.] An Absolute Necessity In addition to its usefulness as an instrument for local communication, your Bell Telephone can be used to Transact business in distant places. Keep in touch with distant friends. Call the home folks when you travel: Find distant persons in emergencies. Talk to the children away at college. Bell Service is provided to meet every com- mercial and social demand. Every Bell telephone is a long distance station connecting with 340,000 telephones in Michigan. USE THE BELL TELEPHONE Michigan StateTelephone Company Grand Rapids, Michigan ee % F September 19, 1917 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN BUSINESS-WANTS DEPARTMENT 31 Advertisements inserted under this head for three cents a word the first insertion and two cents a word for each subsequent continuous insertion. No charge less than 25 cents. Cash must accompany all orders. BUSINESS CHANCES. Have $10,000 Stock Consisting of Dry Goods, Shoes for Men, Women and Children, Furniture and Crock- ery for quick sale. UNITED SALES CO. 431 Houseman Bldg. Grand Rapids, Michigan On account of failing health, I offer for sale my cheese box business and factory located in Carson City, Michigan. A good business. Price $2,000. Terms to suit. C. R. Mallory, Carson City, Mich- igan. 323 For Sale—Good, clean grocery stock in good, thriving town. Doing all cash busi- ness. Inventory between $900 and $1,000; not many fixtures. Can cut stock down if desired. Will sell at invoice price for cash. Rent $8 per month—fine loca- tion. Address Box 321, care Tradesman. 9 a Designs, cartoons, showecards and _ il- lustrating. Jas. T. Carroll, Commercial Artist, Baird, Mississippi. 322 For Sale—5,000-lb. freight elevator, platform 8x10 feet. §. M. Isbell & Co., eackson, Michigan. 306 For Sale Cheap—Several outside dis- play cases suitable for dry goods store. Write or call on R. C. Herpolsheimer, c-o Herpolsheimer Co., Grand Rapids, Michigan. 313 For Sale—Suburban grocery, live prop- osition; residence in connection; real estate valued $5,000; stock invoices $2,500. Cash proposition only. Address A. P. Parker, Rochester, Minnesota. 314 For Rent—Two new _ stores on good business street, less than one block from main corners. Building in splendid shape and in desirable surroundings. Can give lease from three to five years. The J. W. Bailey Co., Lansing, Michigan. 315 To Exchange—Farm and income prop- erty for merchandise. Address Real Es- tate Exchange, Stanton, Michigan. 316 For Sale—Steam roller feed mill and blacksmith shop combined with Stude- baker Auto Agency service station. Work for two men. Write owner. W. : Chambers, Lancaster, Wash. 317 For Sale—Stock of harness, blankets, robes, shoes, coats and mitts. All goods new—bought under the old price. Must sell at once. Lock Box 11, Metamora, Michigan. 318 FOR SAL Bazaar and notion stock of the “*Famous’”’ in Traverse City, with or without lease of building. Opportunity for right man. Thomas H. Sherman, Administrator Traverse City, Mich. For Sale—Grand Rapids corner store, dry goods and groceries. Main thorough- fare. Excellent business. Good rea- sons for selling. Address No. 304, care Michigan Tradesman. 304 ~ Fo stock and fixtures. For Sale—Drug Nearest drug store to Camp Custer and to Gull Lake, Michigan summer resort. Only drug store in town. Owner wishes to practice medicine exclusively. Terms cash. R. E. Weeks, Augusta, or For Sale—Public garage, 50x160 ft., equipped up to date with general repair shop, office and show room; fire-proof construction. Located in one of the most progressive little cities in Michigan and on popular highway between Detroit and interior cities. Address H., care Trades- man. 325 For Sale—Grocery stock and fixtures of the Harry Dailey store at Alto, Michigan. To liquidate the estate we can make this a real bargain for someone. Grand Rap- ids Trust Co., Administrator, Grand Rap- ids, Michigan. 326 For Sale—Dry goods stock. One of the best towns in Ohio. Will inventory $15,000. Can be reduced to suit pur- chaser. Alex. Crisman, Barberton, Ohio. 32 Wanted—Grocery, bazaar, bakery and restaurant or general merchandise stock. Description and price first letter. Box 330, Tradesman. 30 u For Sale—First-class, two story, solid brick business block in first-class loca- tion; located in one of the best farming districts in Southern Michigan. $3,000 to handle it, balance on time. Am retiring from business. No trading for other property. Lock Box 172, Webberville, Michigan. 332 For Sale—An old established hardware business, with the only tin shop; stock and fixtures will inventory about $5,000. Most all stock was bought at the old price; will sell at inventory for quick sale. If interested address Box 320, care Tradesman. 320 Sates Opened—W. L. pdivcuim, safe ex- pert and locksmith. 128 Ann St., N. E., Grand Rapids, Michigan. 104 Cash Buyers of clothing, shoes, dry goods and furnishings. Parts or entire stocks. H. Price, 194 Forrest Ave. East, Detroit. 678 Will pay cash for whole or part stocks of merchandise. Louis Levinsohn, Sag- inaw, Michigan. 757 Merchants Please Take Notice! We have clients of grocery stocks, general stocks, dry goods stocks, hardware stocks, drug stocks. We have on our list also a few good farms to exchange for such stocks. Also city property. If you wish to sell or exchange your business write us. G. R. Business Exchange, 540 House- man Bldg., Grand Rapids, Mich. 859 Merchants wishing to sell stocks or a portion of same at an ad- vantage, should get in touch with us. Weickgenants Dept. Store, Battle Creek, Mich. For Sale—Clean stock of groceries and crockery in one of the best towns of Michigan. Good location and good trade. Will invoice about $3,000. Address No. 164, care Tradesman. 164 Collections everywhere. We get the money and so do you. No charge unless collected. United States Credit Service, Washington, D. C. 57 For Rent—Store building, 16x50 feet, with basement 16 x 30 feet, also barn and garage room if desired. Splendid loca- tion for meat market, milk depot or laundry. Next to a grocery and feed store doing a good business. This is in one of the livliest little cities in Western Michigan. Splendid opportunities for a hustler. Carlson & Butcher, 1485 Peck street, Muskegon Heights, Mich. 263 Wanted—5,000-lb. freight elevator, plat- form 8x10 feet. S. M. Isbell & Co., Jackson, Michigan. 306 Good business chance at a_ bargain price; this snap will not last long; six miles from the big oil well on the Hull land, and several others drilling closer to town; best location in town; general merchandise and building, or separate, for cash only; stock is new and building is good; come at once if you want this. Address Box 83, Rosalie, Butler County, Kansas. 328 For Sale or Trade—Insurance business averaging $150 per month; loan business additional. Address Smith’s Insurance Agency, Marceline, Missouri. 329 For Sale—Drug stock and fixtures in Central Michigan town. Good _ business. yood reason for selling. Only drug store. Address No. 333, care Tradesman. 333 For Sale—Almost new stock of dry goods and men’s furnishings, fine loca- tion in Detroit. Goods were purchased 25 to 40 per cent. under to-day’s market. xy00d opportunity for some one who wishes to own legitimate growing busi- ness. Address C. S. McDuffee, 1216-1218 Hamilton Boulevard, Detroit. 334 Cash Registers—We offer exceptional bargains in rebuilt National or American Cash Registers. Will exchange your old machine. Supplies for all makes always on hand. Repair department in connec- tion. Write for information. The J. C. Vogt Sales Co., 215 So. Washinbton Ave., Saginaw, Michigan. 335 COLLECTIONS. We collect anywhere. It costs you nothing unless we get the money for you. Send us vour delinquent accounts. Arrow Mercantile Service, Murray Building, Grand Rapids, Michigan. 336 Come to 104 Michigan avenue, Ypsi- lanti, if you would make two thousand dollars, purchasing a_ stock of drugs, books and paints. 338 Wanted—Stock of merchandise in coun- try town. Write full particulars in first letter. Wm. Sweet, Cedar, Mich. 339 Will exchange my equity of $12,800 in new ten family flat centrally located; brings $341 a month; will stand inspec- tion—always rented—for a stock of dry goods, groceries and shoes or furniture and undertaking business in good sized town. Rare chance for person desiring winding up of business. Address 340, care Tradesman. 340 POSITION WANTED. Wanted—Position by a young man with ten years’ experience as salesman, buyer and manager of shoe department. Best of references. Address 324, care Trades- man. 324 Wanted—Position by experienced retail shoe salesman. Six years’ experience— three years aS manager and buyer. Best of references. 603 Lafayette Ave., S. E., Grand Rapids, Michigan, get Experienced young married man wishes good, steady position in country store— small town preferred. Address No. 337 Tradesman. 337 EVERY MERCHANT IN MICHIGAN Can use the John L. Lynch Sales Co., to build up their business, seli out their store, stock and fixtures, reduce stock, raise money or clean up odd lots left in stock. We can get you a good price for your merchandise. We sold for Blood & Hart, Marine City, Michigan, population 3,500 in nine days, $17,774.00.. Write them! We sold for George Duguid, Gobleville, Michigan, populaticn 350 opening day of the sale over $2,000.00. Write them! We have worked wonders for others and can do same for you. Write to-day for information, dates, references, etc. Please mention size of stock. John L. Lynch Sales Co., 28 So, lonia Ave., Grand Rapids, Mich. denomination. tion. our Kinds of oupon Books Are manufactured by us and all sold on the same basis, irrespective of size, shape or Free samples on applica- bbe TRADESMAN COMPANY, Grand Rapids, Mich. RINTING For Retail Dealers Letter Heads, Bill Heads, Business Cards Envelopes, Statements Shipping Tags, Order Blanks In fact, everything that a produce dealer would use, at prices consistent with good service. % % % % eH HH TRADESMAN COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. MICHIGAN SHOE DEALERS. : (Continued from page one) tion. Speaking for the merger, Presi- dent Murray said: “The National As- sociation needs us and we need them. Both can accomplish greater results by closer affiliation and co-operation and I believe it would be a wise move for our organization to be affliated with the National.” To bring about such an affiliation, Charles Webber, of Kalamazoo, made a motion that the dues of the State Association be raised from $2 to $3 per year. After considerable discussion— some members favoring that the dues be $5 per year—the motion of Mr. Webber was adopted. The constitution and by- laws will be so amended, the $3 dues being for active members only, while the Associate dues will remain the same as they have been, $1. The members discussed the question of changing the time of the annual con- vention to the early part of the year, when it was felt the attendance would be larger and the retailers could find more time to give to the meetings. It was suggested that either a week prev- ious or a week later to the dates of the Ohio State convention would be more favorable. It was the general opinion that any time after the first of the year during the months of January, February or March would be better than Septem- ber. The matter was referred to the Executive Committee and they were given full authority to act as they deem- ed best. A. B. Gemmer, of Ann Arbor, chair- man of the Resolutions Committee, made the following report, which was adopted: Because of the high price of leather and other materials entering into the construction of shoes, we urge the use of all materials other than leather which have proven their worth and that such materials be used in shoes of style and beauty to enhance the worth of staple lines.” We most emphatically condemn all publicity which is misleading in charac- ter, and the advertising of false values; also that we endorse the work of the Association and others backing the Stevens-Ashurst bill relating to the above. We recommend the curtailing of all shoes sent on approval and the accept- ance of shoes returned after a certain period of time and of shoes that have been altered in any way. We pledge ourselves to co-operate with the Economy Board of the Council ot National Defense for the conserva- tion of both men and materials and thereby aid our Government in its mili- tary and civic responsibilities. 3ecause of their efforts to make our convention a success, we bestow upon the trade journals our approval and thanks. The nominating committee then made its report and the election of new officers resulted as follows: President—Elwyn N. Pond, Flint. Vice-Presidents—V. A. Osborne, Do- wagiac; J. E. Wilscn, Detroit: Ferd Adams, Saginaw; George Miller, Ann Arbor.’ Secretary—A. B. Gemmer, Mt. Clem- ens. Treasurer—W. J. Kreger, Wyandotte. Board of Directors—H. P. Woodruff. Lansing; Ed. V. Stocker, Detroit; Chas. Webber, Kalamazoo; Rollo Chase, Owosso; D. J. Dittman, Mt. Pleasant; Fred Murray, Charlotte. “Store Efficiency’ received a_half- hour discussion. J. E. Wilson, of De- troit said he had been trying for the past four months to bring greater ef- ficiency into his business, but admitted it was a great problem to get away from the stereotyped way of doing things. E. C. Dieckman, of St. Louis, made a number of good suggestions on store efficiency, among them that retail stores open fifteen minutes ahead of time to give the porter a chance to sweep up and get the place cleaned for the em- MICHIGAN TRADESMAN ployes when they arrive and not to make porters out of the salesmen and clerks. If you are going to settle a claim with a customer to do it not grudgingly, but do it “like a sport,” as he expressed it, also to establish a uniform system of marking. William Gerk, of Lenox, suggested that the manutaciurers facilitate the work of retailers by making cartons more uniform in size. J. F. O’Connell, publicity director of the United Shoe Machinery Co. of 3oston, delivered an address on “The Romance of the Shoe.” In the conven- tion hall were three large display cases of ancient shoes, and the members listen- ed very attentively to their history as given by Mr. O’Connell. The collection was started in 1900 and is said to be the largest of its kind in the world. Frederick W. Lines, Jr., of Chicago, spoke on “Specialty Shoe Advertising.” The salient features of his address were that two important points must be con- sidered in advertising—brevity and truthfulness. He said the average re- tailer writing his own copy did not give enough time to the preparation of his advertising. Successful advertising, he said, must be backed up by the right kind of merchandise and store service He also spoke upon the importance of proper window displays, suggesting that they be changed often and in keeping with the advertising. In other words, if a store is making a special drive in its advertising on certain lines, displays ef the merchandise should be made in the window at the same time. In the evening an elaborate banquet was given at the Hotel Statler, there being a large attendance of members, their ladies, and those affiliated with the allied trade. In conjunction with the banquet there was a splendid vaudeville entertainment. Everybody had a most enjoyable time and voted the convention a grand success. +. —____ Review of the Grand Rapids Produce Market. Apples—Wealthys, Maiden and Duchess fetch $1.50 per bu. Blush Bananas—$4.25 per 100 Ibs. Beets—$1.40 per bu. 3utter—The market is very firm on all grades. Receipts are moderate for the season and the consumptive demand Continued high prices are look- ed for in the near future, particularly as the official reports of warehouse hold- ings show fourteen million pounds of is gC od. creamery less than last year and there was not enough storage butter to go around last year. Local deal- ers hold extra creamery at 44c in tubs and 45c in prints. Centralized grings 1c less. Local dealers pay 38c for No. 1 in jars and 32c for packing stock. Cabbage—Home grown, 75c per bu. Cantaloupes—Ponys from Benton Harbor command $2.75 for 54s and $3 for 45s and 36s: $1.50 per flats of 12 to 15; $1.25 per crate of 12. Carrots—$#1 per bu. Cauliflower—$2 per doz. Celery—Home grown, 30c per bunch. Benton Harbor Osage, Cranberries—The loss to the cran- berry crops in Plymouth and Barn- stable counties, Mass., will run into thousands of dollars as frosts last Monday and hundreds of a result of Tuesday nights. These counties are the principal producing districts for the United States and the outlook is that the Thanksgiving turkey will go ungarnished in many a home. A meeting will be held in a few days to estimate the loss. Eggs—The market still feels the effect of the heated period early in August and fine heat-free eggs are salable even at prices above quotations. During the heated spell when fresh eggs were prac- tically all showing defects, some eggs were removed from storage, but as yet no considerable quantity has gone out of storage into consumption. We look for a rather free movement of storage eggs during the present month. Present prices are likely to be easily sustained and higher prices more than probable before the end of the month. Stocks in storage are comparatively heavy, but there is nothing in the situation statis- tically to warrant any lower prices than at present prevail. Cold storage operat- ors are putting out their stocks on the following basis: Extras, 40c; firsts, 3&c; seconds, 35c. Figs—Package, $1.25 per box, lay- ers, $1.75 per 10 Ib. box. Grapes—Wordens from Southern Michigan command 25c per 8 lb. bas- ket. Home grown will begin to come in next week. California Tokays command $2.25 per crate. Green Corn—30c per doz. for home grown. Green Onions—18c per bunches for home grown. Honey—18c per lb. for white clover and 16c for dark. Lemons—California selling at $7 for choice and $7.50 for fancy. Lettuce—75c per bu. for grown leaf; $1.50 home grown head. dozen garden per hamper for Limes—$2 per 100 for Italian. Maple Syrup—$1.75@2 per gal. for pure, Mushrooms—75c per lb. Nuts—Almonds, 18c¢ per Ib.; filberts, 16c per lb.; pecans, 15c per lb.; wal- nuts, 16c for Grenoble; 15'%4c for Naples. Onions—Home grown are now in market, commanding $2.25 per 65 Ib. sack; Illinois, same; Spanish, $1.85 per crate. Oranges 4.25, Peaches—Delaware Elbertas mand $2.75 per bu.; Michigan yellows fetch $2.25@2.75. Ontario (N. Y.) shipments are expected in next week. Peppers—Red, 50c per doz.; green, 50c(@$1. per basket, according to size. Pickling Stock—Cukes, bu.; onions, $1.50 per box. California Valencias, $4@ com- $3.50 per Pears—Bartlett fetch $2.50 per bu.; Sickles, $2 per bu. September 19, 1917 Plums—Lombards command $2 per bu.; German Prunes, $2.50 per bu. Potatoes—$1.35 per bu. Poultry—Local dealers pay as fol- lows, live weight; heavy hens, 25@ 26c; light hens, 21@'22c; cox and stags, 14@15c; broilers, 24@28c; geese, 18@}20c for young and 15@16c for old; ducks, 21@22c. Dressed fowls average 3c above quotations. Radishes—10c per doz. bunches for small, Rhubarb—H'ome grown, 75c per 40 Ib. box. String Beans—$2 per bu. Summer Squash—$1 per bu. Sweet Potatoes—$#5.50 per bbl. for Virginia. Tomatoes—$3 per bu. for ripe; 75c¢ per bu. for green. Water Melons—$3.25 per bbl. of 12 to 14 for Florida. Wax Beans—$2 per bu. Whortleberries—$2@2.25 per 16 qt. crate. 2 ___ the most pretentious ex- hibitons ever undertaken in this city is a Better Homes Show, which will be held at the Klingman Building, Nov. 28 to Dec. 8, inclusive. The af- fair will be under the personal man- agement of Louis W. Buckley, an ex- perienced exposition man as well as good publicity worker. Mr. Buckley was director of amusements, attrac- tions and ceremonies at the Buffalo, St. Louis, Seattle and other big inter- national expositions and manager of scores of classified industrial expositiins in the large cities of the country the past few years. He is in the city and has opened his office as the business manager of the exposi- tion. One of many ——__—.@ << —————— Salt—There is a general routine demand but no marked changes are observable in price or demand. BUSINESS CHANCES. For Sale—Billiard hall in a lively town. Receipts from $15 to $50 per day. Rent reasonable. Hotel in connection if want- ed. Sam C. Carmel, Middleton, Michigan. 341 For ‘ale—Hardware and implement stock. Located in Livingston county, Michigan: no competition; good farmers’ trade. Will sell at cost price which is about 20 per cent. less than present wholesale price. Stock and fixtures in- ventory about $6,000. Address 342, care Tradesman. 342 Wanted—Position with some good hard- ware firm, either as salesman on road or manager of store. Have had_ ten years’ experience in the buying and sell- ing end. Best references. Address 343, care Tradesman. 343 Prepared Roofing Michigan: Permanent: Service: Exclusively Wholesale 1, 2 and 3 Ply 1, 2 and 3 Ply 1, 2 and 3 Ply Look up your stock and mail us your orders. a shipment of three (3) car loads and our stock is complete, Michigan Hardware Co. We have just received Grand Rapids, Michigan u e ‘ tae oa, 5 3 * ) ee e EF %, me f j f Ny mee