oe EF Os ESOS es Ne FES SSN E a ce Fae LO A aks Sarre re Fone ede . ed) SPE i Oe ie >} £5 NS 4 a TA, LC ee i RA Lexa Ao] ACTS 7 ae a EAN SF 2 fe ‘ A fai ee ke a ee OP ee AA PHGA. ANA WEAIN iv Md FSi’ Ne ae RAO EER LZ ZENS SSS exe nn SE : 5 fi SS Se TRADESMAN COMPANY, See Ss EPUBLSHED WEEKES SZ: a Ai Lee SE STOR SS GRAND RAPIDS, MARCH 27, 1895. NO. 601 & OSOSE SS VOL. XII. ARCHITECT 1) MONDE BULOIG il, = or let's pay pond John Brechting ::== PERKINS & HESS, DEALERS IN Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow. Nos. 122 and 124 Louis Street, Grand Rapids, Michigan. WE CARRY A STOCK OF CAKE TALLOW FOR MILL USE. M. R. ALDEN M. R. ALDEN & CO. **"™ STRICTLY FRESH EGGS, Choice Creamery and Dairy Butter Wholesale Prod uce A SPECIALTY Northern Trade sup} shipame Ta aoe ain ae 76 South Division Sas SWEET’S HOTEL MARTIN L. SWEET, Proprietor. HENRY D. and FRANK H. IRISH, [Vegrs. iroughout the house. Other hotel in Michigan. dd at Lowest Market Price: s. We buy on track at point of mm econsignn P HONE 13 GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Steam heat in every room. Electric tire alarms improvements and decorations will soon make it the best Our Plan Saves disputes and enables you to discount your bills. Hi Saves book charges and bad i debts cia) ae VY ; Mla j y/ Saves worry and loss of sleep. y/ Wins cash trade and new peciallies,, ms IF NOT SATISFACTORY. YOUR MONEY BACK. GRAND RAPIDS BRUSH GOMPY, BRUS H ES GRAND RAPIDS, MILB Our Goods are sold by all Michigan Jobbing Houses. _ Cx 57 Lio re 4 ale LLC UE Hee FSF, WATE 7 sing Eats SU a Techs FREE | S i Tyas MANUFACTURER OF ’ FOR THE BorteR ANDO ENGINE. ARE THE sunnah Favorites. 8, G00 PENBERTHY et INJECTORS in us , giving pe a cts et faction under onditions. Our Jet Pumps, Water Gages ant na vil 1c ups > Ur equ alle SEND FoR PENBERTHY INJECTOR co. aa Aurowatic WATER GAGE. Caracogue. BRANCH FacTORY aT WINDSOR, ONT. MICH. TAKES THE LEAD AND IS ACKNOWLEDGED THE HUSTLER mm omr MEX ED CANDY Jaa F. es & Co. pf Bape AE CLEANEST, BRIGHTEST AND BEST SELLING Ask y x Jobber for it « wr buy it direct of t he Manufacturers OTStare eceecmeensen enema (a Anchor Brand All orders will receive prompt attention at lowest market price. F. J. DETTENTHALER Are the best. SEF “QUOTATIONS. FOR THE LENTEN SEASON Oysters andsar EATS TD Wholesale Prices. Prompt attention to mail orders if you mention TRa DESMA Absolute THE ACKNOWLEDGED LEADER ! Phone 1001. 106 Canal Street SOLD ONLY BY Tea ! : Telfer Spice Co. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. i Until that date We Want Your Orders The season is nearly over. We shall close this Department Saturday, March 30. NEV: Naame PUTNAM CANDY CO. 5 Fos Fat £3 fu) fad fad fa fl Suk Gad a id oad aD ad) sd CRD a) fax) ts te ea 6 Fey at 3 x) Fe) a) Fe) Fe) fh i Sted ee) Fae) FS) ed od Hs) ea) fea) RD 2) i) (eg) ix) Woe) 6 Ma) i a) hy | wy ‘2 Extra Choice ana 21 i Fancy racesat 2 S ; ZI nil Correct Prices z1 CR has fn fan fn a sa ly Fs a Pa a A ee RD Ra PR a Pa PD i, 2) RRR RR RRR ee es! Oe & (BR psp hw ap a pap 9 cikememeinh —OUNL J¥ Muskegon Bakery Crackers The cream of the BEST WHEAT (United States Baking Co.) ee Are Perfect Health Food. Unequalled for Whiteness, Purity and Strength. Agents wanted in every town. | ‘[here are a great many Butter Crackres »n the Market—only Write us for prices and terms. one can be best—-that is the original =) TheWalsh DeRoo Milling Co., Mesieen es Bakery HEROLD-BERTSCH SHOE CO., | Butter ve mg ~ 5 and 7 Pearl St., Our Line for 1895 is Cracker 6 Greater in variety and finer than ever attempted before. Every one of the : i Mt fl ahi Sieilaahion tsi. thine Pure, Crisp, Tender, Nothing Like it for Flavor. Daintiest, Your inspection is kindly solicited Most Beneficial Cracker you can get for constant table use. when in the city. y Our representatives will call on you Muskegon Toast, | ALWAYS early and will gladly show you.;through. Nine Royal Fruit Biscuit, ASK Keep your eye on our Oil Grain line Other Muskegon Frosted Honey, YOUR in “Black Bottoms.”’ Iced Cocoa Honey Jumbles, GROCER Headquarters for Wales-Goodyear Great Jelly Turnovers, FOR » Rubbers. Specialties Ginger Snaps MUSKEGON icici | Are Home-Made Snaps, BAKERY’S L. C. HAYDEN PHUNE 540. J. M. HAYDEN | Muskegon Branch, CAKES and Milik Luneh CRACKERS “GET ON TO THIS” And ——e at 6y Pearl St United states Baking Co. AND ASK FOR LAWRENCE DEPEW, Acting Manager, {PRICES ON Mitt Hose Muskegon, - Mich, GARDEN Hosr Macnine ¢ IL Q t k a (FREASE Vs Cr rac Crs EmrEry WHEELS and ‘ yr = . x y « « , . \ Cet Cenc Are now in season. We manufacture ; Al] Kinds. J.M. HAYDEN & CO. “cit SEARS SALINE WAFER OF SQUARE OYSTER Do You A rich, tender and crisp cracker packed in 1 1b. cartoons with neat and attractive label. Is one of the most popular Sell Soap _—_ gy ae ee | packages we have ever put out. Try Our Will Increase | NGLION FRONT CAKE) —— ! ( 1 lb. $2.40 per doz. Handsome embossed packages, , [= es packed 2 doz. in case ) , lb. $4.80 per doz. These yvoods are positively the finest produced and we Order from Your Jobber . | _guarantee entire satisfaction. Grand Rapids Soap Works. ee Not Extravagantly, but Judiciously. al D\DVERYISE ™ ®'<53"Fces New York Biseuit Co. AT ALL TIMES AND YOU WILL WIN. S. A. SEARS, Manager, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN reaches your customers EVERY WEEK. a ~~) & s See eee ol, a GR ~ | 5AND7 PEARL STREET. | ‘- WANTED -: Everybody in- terested in pat- ents or patent law to send his name; in return a book contain- ing valuable in- formation wil] be sent free by mail, AT is L. V. Moulton, OL/ Patent Att’y, 4 THE-AGTIVE-POWERS#® —_— a, “- INVENTIVE GENIUS - . THE MIGHIGAN TRUST GO., ems Makes a Sp@tialty of acting‘as Executor of Wills, Administrator of Estates, Guardian of [linors and In- competent Persons, Trustee or Agent in the management of any business which may be entrusted to it. Any information desired will be cheerfully furnished. Lewis H. Withey, Pres. Anton G. Hodenpyl, Sec’y. COMMERCIAL CREDIT CO. 65 MIONROE ST. Reports on individuals for the retail trade,house renters and professional men. Also local agents for the Furniture Commercial Agency Co.’s‘‘Red Book.” Collections handled for members. Telephones 166 and 1030 TH 2 FIRE v INS. co. PROMPT, CONSERVATIVE, SAFE. J. W. CHAMPLIN, Pres. W. FRED McBAIN, Sec. MICHIGAN Fire & Marine Insurance Co. Organized 1881. DETROIT, MICHIGAN. B,J. BULLARD Manufacturer of Rubber Stamps Badges,House Numbers,Door Plates, Shingle and Lumber Brands, Notary, Lodge & Society Seals, Hotel Checks Ground Floor, i pg oedk ey Grand Rapids USE TRADESMAN'S WANTS COLUMNS Commercial Aspect of the Bicycle. Written for THE TRADESMAN. The local cycle trade is, at present, in a somewhat demoralized condition, ow- ing to the immense amount of competi- tion for the size of the city. The great increase in the number of firms han- dling wheels speaks well for the amount of business being done in this line and proves that it is a desirable business to engage in. The retail dealer works under fewer restrictions, by far, than he did a few years ago. It was formerly the custom to hold wheels strictly at the list price, and an agent who was caught cutting the list on any of the three (previous to 1891 there were but three recognized high- grade wheels manufactured in America, and one of these three was tabooed in a large portion of the country, leaving actually but two) high-grade wheels was deprived of his territory immediately. The same kind of contracts are still made with those three manufacturers but they are winked at by both agent and principal. Only one of them makes any pretense of enforcing the rule, and this one does it by a method which itself has noreference to therule. They give an agent a very small discount—20 per cent. Ona$100 wheel this would give only $20 profit, out of which he has to pay freight, and he also has to run the risk of selling the wheel on time. Con- sidering, also, that, if he sells to old riders he must take old wheels in ex- change, it leaves but a small margin to do business on. Then, to make him hustle, the manufacturer increases his discount if he shall sell a certain num- ber of wheels. The idea is that, if he cuts the price with 20 per cent. discount, he would not make a living profit, while, by the subsequent increase of discount, he makes a fair profit on his season’s work—if he shall sell the required num- ber of wheels. A man handling this wheel in a small town where there is ne competition might do fairly well, as the wheel is never, under any circum- stances, jobbed; but, in a city where competition is as strong as it isin Grand Rapids, he stands no show at all. This is fully understood by all dealers here, and, though the concern claims to have itsentire output already placed for the season—something in the neighborhood of 40,000 wheels, both high and medium- grade—it sent an agent here and told him to stay until he secured a represent- ative. Under the cireumstances, it was no wonder that he stayed two weeks, and then had to place the wheel with a firm having no experience in the bicycle business. This same man was heard to boast, last year, that he could get any wheel made at half price or less. Doubt- less the discount on his new acquisition has opened his eyes a little. His last year’s claim was based on the fact that he secured, from large hardware dealers with whom he did business, two or three wheels for friends of his at 50 per cent. discount. They were cheap wheels, listed high—$150 to $175—for the pur- AND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27 , 1636. pose of giving a big discount and, at the same time, selling them for more than they were worth. List price is no indication of the value of a wheel. The standard lines all list at $100 this year. Several firms are list- ing at $110 and $125 and giving a dis- count to correspond. They claim as an excuse for the higher list that their wheels are better than others. A ques- tion is in order here: Why cannot a manufacturer who has been making wheels for fifteen years make a better wheel than one who is a mere stripling in comparison, having made wheels for not more than from three to seven years? The first has the older workmen, better facilities and larger ideas. There are two manufacturers in the country who are this year trying to sell their output upon past reputation, coupled with one or two good points. They give such a very small discount that their wheel is shelved, while some other line is put to the front and pushed. One of them, foreseeing this, always in- sists upon an exclusive agency, and, con- sequently, often finds it hard to place any at all. There are so many really good wheels upon the market now that almost any high-grade can be pushed successfully, and so the one giving the most liberal terms does the business. Morris J. WHITE. > > <——_- Growth of the Bicycle Business. Written for THE TRADESMAN. From a business standpoint, we can but acknowledge that the wheel has come to stay. Of this we have abundant proof in the phenomenal and unprece- dented sale of bicycles this year. I am informed by the dealers and manufac- turers that the output will be larger by 50 per cent., and, in some cases, cver 100 per cent., than last year. It is pleasing to note the number of ladies who have the ’cycle fever and who have promised themselves a season of pleasure with their new wheels. It is an excellent and healthy exercise for them. There are a large number of first-class wheels in the local market and it is a hard thing to choose the best, as they are all good; the only way to dois to put yourself in the hands of the honest dealer (and they are all that) and you will come away satis- fied, and join us older wheelmen, who will gladly welcome you to the fold. We hope that ail of the new comers, and all who will do so of the older ones, will join the League of American Wheelmen, as in anity there is strength. More anon. W. B. FoLeGEr, Local Consul L.A. W. ee Bicycle Sundries. Our catalogue of bicycles sundries and sporting goods, with discount sheet, is just fromthe printers. If you handle these goods, or think of bandling them, we can save you money. Drop us a postal card and we will take pleasure in mailing you the catalogue. STUDLEY & BARCLAY, Grand Rapids. NO. 601 REPRESENTATIVE RETAILERS. Adrian Brink, the Grandville Avenue Grocer. Adrian Brink was born in the Nether- lands, Dec. 11, 1849, and worked at the occupation of farmer until he was 20 years of age, when he removed to this country, settling with his father’s fam- ily in Grand Rapids. On arriving in the city he entered the employ of the Wid- dicomb Furniture Co. as an apprentice in the cabinet making trade, remaining with that establishment ten years. In 1875 he formed a copartnership with Cornelius Quint and opened a grocery store at 42 Grandville avenue, under the style of Brink & Quint. Four years later his brother, William, was admitted to partnership, when the firm name was changed to Brink Bros. & Quint, and two years later the business was removed to 34 Grandville avenue, where the firm had erected a store building, 22x100 feet in size, carrying lines of dry goods, gro- ceries, crockery, flour and feed, wood, ete. In 1892 Mr. Quint retired from the firm, when the style was changed to Brink Bros., and this week Mr. Brink purchased the interest of -his brother, William, who will continue the business under the style of Brink’s Grocery. Mr. Brink was married April 15, 1870, to Miss Jane Quint, by whom he has had twelve children, five of whom are still living. As April 15 marks the twenty- fifth anniversary of their marriage, their friends propose to commemorate the event by assisting them in celebrating their silver wedding. Mr. Brink has been a member of the Spring Street Reformed church ever since he came to Grand Rapids and is at present a trustee of the Spring Street Christian school, connected with the church. He is a man of strictest integrity, having never failed or compromised with his creditors, and is universally regarded as the soul of honor, his word being everywhere considered as good as his bond. He has the respect of a large and constantly increasing trade and is held in high regard by all with whom he comes in contact. << Organization of Goss Bed Slat Co. The Goss Bed Slat Co. has been incor- porated with a capital stock of $5,000, all paid in, to conduct the manufacture of lumber and bed slats and the sale of general merchandise at Wellston, Man- istee county. The incorporators and the number of shares ($10 each) held by each stockholder are as follows: woun Mache .................. 09 SG. Macre ........,......... 1 mearcnall Goes..................000 The corporation is officered as follows: President—John Macfie. Vice-President and Manager—Mar- shall Goss. Secretary and Treasurer—K. G, Macfie. Oe If you want a nice new suit for Easter of the most fashionable cut and from choice fabrics justin, call upon Wm. T. McKinley, 107 Ottawa street, Grand Rapics. se errant 2 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. The False and the True. Written for THE TRADESMAN. The present fin de siecle seems to be peculiarly an age of reform. The proj- ects already on foot to ameliorate the condition of the human race through legislative action are legion. From evils of uncommon magnitude that are univer- sally felt and deplored, to the trifling inconvenience of endeavoring to looking around a high hat that keeps bobbing in front of one at the’ theater, each advocate of retributive justice is anxious to use the cumbrous arm of the law to smite the lilliputian gnat that insists on disturbing his personal serenity. To such an extent has the reform craze struck legislative halls that no politician can hope for success in his career unless he carry @ special bee in his bonnet in the shape of some incipient scheme of class legislation which he believes, and tries to convince others, is in the interest of the entire community. The result is as one might expect—a chaos of crude, conflicting and unjust statutes, ever ehanging form to suit newer views of a clamorous minor constituency, or as of- ten shorn of power either for good or ill by the fiat of a Supreme Court decision. The theory of our republican system is that the rights of each citizen are de- termined and maintained by the expres- sion of popular will through the legisla- tive and executive departments of gov- ernment, subject to constitutional re- strictions as interpreted by judicial authority. But theory and practice do not always agree to live together; and so our statutes have not always reflected sober, careful popular judgment, the re- sult of open discussion, but rather re- semble a Russian ukase. In one respect this comparison is imperfect. We can protest individually and severally, dis- parage and denounce the motives that lie behind such arbitrary action, and—if we have money enough—fight it to a finish in the court of last resort, with no fear of the knout or of exile; but, under our peculiar political methods, we have no assurance that, when all is done, and a power mightier than the member from Podunk has paralyzed one feature of partial and unjust legislation, another parliamentary ghoul may not be lying in wait to worry or annoy some class of business men who are quietly pursuing their !awful avocations. The conservative elements of society, though in reason and justice the weight- ier, do not always prevail in determin- ing the character of our legistation. Too often they are precipitated, like mud, to the bottom, while the lighter factors of our boasted civilization bob around like corks on the surface, appearing to ob- servers to be the only predominant ob- jeets on the scene of human progress. Among our legislators there is occasion- ally one who, from the time when he reads his title clear to arailrord pass and a biennial guardianship of state inter- ests, begins to feel his bill-iary duct swell to enormous proportions, and whose ambition is fired to link his name to posterity by one or more ‘‘Thou shalt not.”’ Unlike the Jewish lawgiver,our modern statute maker launches upon _ public laws that do not compare with those that came from the burning mountain, and which, to-day, after ages of experi- ence, stand as models for justice and ex- cellence. Being, in part, the result of a system of bargain and intrigue between EE TE? men who have selfish interests to serve, and being often framed to answer some temporary experimental purpose, they neither command nor deserve the re- spect that is due to wise and whole- some enactments intended to guide public and private conduct. No doubt, the cause of much bad, su- perfluous or careless legislation lies in overestimating the reasonable functions of that branch of government. If, in any city, a number of barbers, for in- stance, desire to close their shops on Sunday, but fear that, if they do so, others may receive part of the custom they relinquish, the legislature is at once appealed to for a statute fixing a penalty on those who open their shops at all on that day to serve their regular custom- ers. In urging its passage, arguments that tear logic up by tlie roots are made and moral considerations that have no force except to show the inconsistency of those who use them. Again, because all cannot agree upon how many hours shall be considered a working day, organized labor, which as- sumes to dictate for all labor, organized or unorganized, not only asks the law- making power to compel fellow laborers to resign the inalienable right of making contracts, but asks that employers, also, shall relinquish a similar right, which is indispensable to the safe prosecution of business. Thus, the State legislature, as well as Congress, has come to be the place where arbitrary opinion seeks to enforce itself upon honest dissent by power of statute. It is, moreover, the Mecca of cranks of every degree, who, if they can get recognition in no other way, dare ar- rest by walking on the grass. Other cranks, with more wisdom and more money, spend their time quietly in the third house, where, in the long run, they reap satisfactory profit. The legislature has grown to be the only place where wrongs are supposed to be righted, and where every inequality of condition, whether moral or physical, can be reduced to its lowest terms. And so the army of informers besiege these halls, where, by appealing to the vari- ous weaknesses of members, they hope to setin motion punitive statutes that shall usher in the long-delayed millen- nium. At present, the cry is for pure food and pure drugs, and it is becoming quite afad among people who absorb, from hearsay, information that has, by a process of selection, been deprived of the material element of fact. There is supposed to be a strong pressure from the might of public opinion in favor of some stringent law that shall astonish everyone by its remarkable results. The Ohio idea, after a year or two of blind persistent effort to harass all classes of retail dealers, leaving manu- facturing rogues to pursue, unmolested, their unlawful gains, has invaded Mich- igan and, with an oily persuasiveness, is seeking to extend its influence on mem- bers and committees with the same de- lusive watchword of reform, ‘‘Pro bono publico.” As usual, the politico farmer is in it for the plaintiff, since he is, by nature, a reformer of other people’s manners, as well as products, though his own may ‘“‘smell to heaven.’’ (That does not, of course, disturb his olfactories.) But the sweet oleo, pure and guiltless of bad odor or association, is the Mordecai that sits at his gate, outraging his sense of RR Ea | right, and which he insists must be pilloried by law asa pernicious foe to the health of the community. This champion of dairymen contends that every other product of the bovine an- imal not derived from its milk must be true to name, but nothing must be col- ored yellow except his own out-of date butter. He grudgingly admits the re- spectability and legitimacy of oleo and butterine, and allows them the right toa place in the market provided he can dic- tate the color of dress to be worn, the label to be attached as a brand of in- feriority, and a few other minor hu- miliating conditions, all in the line of certain negro-phobic legislation of a past generation. The consumer who is to be affected by the proposed law wonders why the color line should be drawn at all, if the coloring of any product to make it appear like the best is prima facie proof of false pretense. He fails to see culpability in the use of coloring ma- terial to make oleo athing of beauty to attract buyers, so long as the dairyman has no conscientious scruples in mas- querading his December butter in the artistic tint of the yellow June product. In the light of such persistent at- tempts by men interested in the manu- facture of one food product to persecute by law competitors whose goods are ad- mitted by competent chemists to be in no way injurious to health, we are con- fronted with an evil that, to thoughtful men, seems worse than the disease re- formers now seek to cure by legal pen- alties. If our future legislatures are forever to be the battle ground where business men must be on the alert at each session to fight encroachments of a sleepless enemy seeking to further his hostile interests, the whole theory of our Government needs an overhauling. So far as carrying on business under these conditions is concerned, we might as well go back again to the times of our fore- fathers, surrounded as they were by sav- age foes and obliged to be prepared in field or factory, church or home, to de- fend by arms an assault sure to come at the most unexpected moment. But this is not all. In the heated dis- cussions engendered by diverse interests we are liable to lose sight of individual rights, guaranteed by a fundamental law we are all bound to respect. Thus, right and wrong will, in time, become mere abstract terms, standing for noth- ing that is definite or permanent. Every victory on such a field will lead to more conflicts, because it will carry with it no more moral force than the coup de main that succeeds in a ward caucus. We shall then be unable to distinguish the false from the true when all questions concerning personal right are to be set- tled on such a low ethical basis. A war- fare waged on such lines must, of neces- sity, prove a war of extermination so long as one selfish purpose appears in antagonism to another. It is demoral- izing to make the halls of our legislative councils the theater of opposing forces, and our representatives tools to work out schemes of personal or corporate ag- grandizement, to the injury of all classes that are too weak to resist. Besides, the mass of dead or obsolete statutes is increasing each year at such a fearful rate that they will, in time, become an avalanche to overwhelm the life of our institutions, leaving us buried, as Rome was in the ruin of her own jealousies. S. P. WHITMARSH. GOOD-WILL. An Asset of Very Uncertain Value. The good-will connected with the es- tablishment of any particular trade or occupation is the advantage or benefit which it has acquired beyond the mere value of the capital stock, funds or prop- erty that are employed in it, in conse- quence of the general public patronage and encouragement which it receives; or on account of its local position or common celebrity; or of reputation for skill or punctuality; or from other incidental cir- cumstances or necessities; or even from ancient partialities or prejudice. It isa valuable right and may be the subject of contract, and as such has led to much litigation. It is to some of the rules de- veloped in cases lately decided that we would call attention, especially of those who may contemplate the purchase of the business of another. If the business has been long estab- lished, has a lecation that brings trade, or has been built up by one who could readily re-establish it and become a rival in the neighborhood, and the purchaser desires or is paying for the continuance of his trade, he should provide by writ- ten contract for the sale of the good-will as well as the conveyance of the more tangible assets; and also for that other contingent of good-will, the restraint of the seller from doing a like business in that locality, at least for a certain num- ber of years. These we say should be expressly provided for by written agree- ment, as they are not implied by the mere purchase of the business, lease, ete., and parole evidence of the intention of the parties is not admissible, in case of legal contest arising. Nor does the purchase of the business and good-will preclude the vendor from starting up with new stock and soliciting his old customers. He must be expressly re- stricted by contract. One of the main incidents of the good- will of a business is the name under which it has been conducted, and though there is no agreement the buyer can use it, but not so as to expose the seller to any liability as the owner of the busi- ness, or as one of the persons with whom contracts would be made; and if the con- sent to the continued use of the name be merely gratuitous, it may be withdrawn at any time, as the surname is not an element of the good-will of the business, but the purchase of the good-will of a person deceased does not include the right to use the name of the deceased. The good-will of partnership, however, is between them a part of the property of the firm, and where it is dissolved, on transfering to the others all his interest in his business and assets, with the un- derstanding that they are to succeed to the business of the old firm, sueh sale carries with it the good-will. The firm name here is part of the good-will, and the outgoing partner cannot use it in a like business in that vicinity; but where there were no tangible assets, and mere dissolution, neither had a right to the firm name, composed of their individual names, and each had the right to secure the customers of the old firm. On dissolution of partnership by the death of one, the surviving partners may carry on the business at the same place without liability to account to the legal representative of the deceased for the good-will of the tirm and, where he joins in the sale of the stock, fixtures, etc., without words of limitation he cannot maintain an action for the value of the good-will or any portion of it. The good-will of a business is property that can be mortgaged or sold in connec- tion with the business, but it cannot be sold by judicial sale or otherwise unless it be in connection with the sale of the business on which it depends. It has been held that the name of a paper printed on a certain plant was part of the good-will, and where the plant and good-will of the business were sold un- der mortgage the editor was restrained from publishing the paper under the old name elsewhere in that locality. The purchaser of the good-will has a right to rely upon the representations of the seller concerning its value, and where that was a part of the considera- tion and did not come up to the repre- ”~ ~ va ae ntti Re er eee Eg THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. sentations, the purchaser has the right to urge it in defense of the collection of a note given for the purchase money; but ordinarily when the purchaser of a busi- ness finds there is no good-will, he is without remedy, unless he Zcan show fraudulent representations of fact. One who buys the good-will and name of a business is entitled to receive letters and telegrams addressed to the firm name, and to the advantages result- ing from business transactions proposed in them by customers of the old firm. Where one sold a saddlery and harness business with the agreement not to carry on such business, it was held that he could not be restrained from selling har- ness and saddlery at a general store! which he opened. Nor does such agree- ment prevent one from acting as a sales- man for another firm in the same line; nor from loaning the purchase money to another to engage in like business. If he is a physician it does not prevent his attending a patient in extremes, or pre- scribing for a few persons without charge; but he would be liable in dam- ages if he should open an office by him- self or with another person in the prac- tice of medicine. The fact that the receipts of the new business are as large as those of the old firm does not of itself show he is not damaged, but the fact that the other is doing a large business at his new place and the buyer has little trade will be taken as proof of loss. Specific damage must be shown, otherwise the award would be merely nominal. It cannot be shown by deducting value of other items, and the jury would not be re- stricted to finding the value of the good- will to be the difference, but might ex- ceed it. In the contract for the sale of the good-will and agreement not to do a similar business, the covenant should be qualified, otherwise it is bad, as being un- reasonable and contrary to public policy. Where it is subject to some qualifica- tion, either in time or space, then the question is whether it is reasonable, and if so, it is good in law, the point to which the attention of the court is es- peciaily directed being the limits of time and space, and the protection re- quired for the trade of the purchaser, this latter requiring the examination of the nature and extent of the trade. ——_>_ The Professional Beggar. The professional beggar is always asking for bread, though that staff of life may be among the least of his needs, but it is shrewdly supposed by him that no man will refuse a hungry man bread. A Boston story is told of a cer- tain benevolent business man’s remark- able experience with a hungry man. The hungry man came into the benevolent business man’s office, told a pitiful tale of starvation, and asked for enough money to get a meal. ‘I cannot give you money,’’ said the business man, ‘“‘but Pil give youa meal.’’ Then he took one of his business cards, wrote on it the name of the firm who keeps the res- taurant where he is accustomed _ to lunch, added the words, ‘‘Fill this man’s order to the extent of 25 cents and charge to me,” and signed his initials. The man took the card and went out. Later in the day the business man went over to the restaurant and was greeted by the cashier with a broad grin. ‘“What is it??? asked the business man. ‘Oh, nothing,” said the cashier,’ only that tramp of yours came in here, drank five beers and went off!”’ et An attempt is making in Chicago to prevent married women from holding positions as public school teachers. If such a ruleis adopted another should be passed making bachelors ineligible to all positions of public profit. es Money is a power, both for good and for evil. The man who has the least amount of it has the least temptation to use it to his own injury. —_——_ >_> __—_ Be wise and buy the Signal Five. A Talk with and about Business Women. Written for THz TRADESMAN. In these days when we hear so much about woman and her work, it would seem, almost, as if everything had been said that could be, profitably. Risking the contrary, however, I wish to say something to the business women of to- day; and, by ‘‘business women,’’ I mean all classes who are earning their living by daily work. We read a great deal about the ‘‘im- pudent shopgirl,’’? and usually the infer- ence is a general one, including the whole army of saleswomen; and the talented ones—talented and valuable in their line—are enraged at the inference. And we read of the ‘‘pretty typewriter’’ —said in away thatinfers a great deal and makes the blood of the earnest, honest woman earning her living that way boil with indignation at the slur. And soon through the whole category of women’s employment, and there is a feeling of downtroddenness in our hearts, and sometimes one of bitter discouragement, that we are so bravely trying tocarry the burdens which used to be considered man’s alone, and possibly by our efforts supporting some unfortunate male rela- tive, should be constantly alluded to in a slighting manner. True, in the more ad- vanced—I had almost said the more civi- lized—communities, this is not now so common. There is some of it still left, however, and shall we look at it in an- other light and see how much of it is still merited? See whether or no the women themselves--some of them—are not to blame for this state of things, for the chagrin and mortification brought upon the more cultivated class of women breadwinners? There is no reason why the mercantile talent in some families should not be transmitted to the daughters, as wellas to the sons; and where can you point to the successful merchant who did not commence as clerk—or, possibly, porter —in an establishment not unlike his own? And the shopgirl of to-day may be the successful business woman of a decade to come. But the successful business man started to make that his life’s work and bent every energy to ac- complish that aim; the girl, however, at least in a majority of cases, does this work only as a makeshift while waiting for something better to turn up, or looks at it only as a way te make her living until the chance comes to marry. There is, therefore, among many—l might say most—of them an utter lack of incentive for the best work, and so careless serv- ice is the result. Did it once suggest itself seriously to this class that they are working infinite harm to their sex, and could they be made to see that this is really the case, the results might be different. While it needs no example nowadays to illustrate the cause for some of the slurs about shopgirls, I wish to note an instance which came under my notice a short time since, and which largely prompted this article: I stepped into a fur store to make some inquiries in regard to some neces- sary repairs uponmy cloak. Upon mak- ing my business known to the female—I eould not name her lady—who came for- ward, I was both annoyed and disgusted at the impudent manner in which she surveyed me from head to foot, evidently ealculating upon the age of the garment in question, which, it must be confessed, was not of the latest cut. With a hand ) on each hip, and with head jauntily | tipped, she flippantly vouchsafed, ‘‘Well, |l’m afraid [accent on the afraid] that | will cost you about $—!”’ After that air | and manner, it would not have made any ber of cents, the work would not have been left there. And that girl had not only been untrue to the trust of her em- ployer, who had placed her behind his counter to help build up and maintain his business, most thoroughly how one woman can add to the contempt in which some people hold what they are pleased to call the ‘laboring classes.”’ \ At another place, where gloves were purchased, the quiet, ladylike manner of the saleswoman was so agreeable, and her -efforts to please so genuine, that there is where my gloves will be bought in the future. I know nothing of her employer—and care less—but that girl has won an admirer who will recom- mend others to trade with her. “But,” I fancy a salesgirl says, ‘‘you don’t realize all the provoking things with which we have to contend—cranky customers, domineering floorwalkers, un- reasonable employers.” I think I do. Grant these things. As to the cranky customers, you are paid for your time, and the more you can overcome that same crankiness, the more valuable is your time to your employer; if he is un- reasonable, rest assured that others will notice your worth and in time you may be sought out by other and more appre- ciative people. A pleased customer is pretty apt to speak of these matters and in unthought-of channels are carried the effects of welldoing. Now, as to the ‘‘pretty typewriter.” Did any of you who are so fond of speaking of her in that way—including the slur—ever attempt to learn ste- nography? If not, try it a little, and if you do not agree with me that the per- son who successfully grapples it is worthy of some slight consideration, then [ will own 1 am wrong. If brainy, awoman is fortunate; if handsome, so much the better. Il admit that there are women stenographers who are a disgrace to their profession in more ways than one; but how many more are there whose characters are above reproach; who are faithful, painstaking helpers to the men who employ them; who are the finishers—if not the authors—of much of the good work sent out by the establish- ment with which they are connected. 1 would say a word in regard to a sub- ject wrongly viewed by too many busi- ness and working women. It is this: They do not dress appropriately for their work. What would you think, my sis- ters, of a business man, clerk or other wise, who came to his work dressed as for a social event? You would promptly put him down as a fool, or one of those nondescripts we call ‘‘dudes,” and judge his business ability accordingly. Why should not the same criterion be applied to women? In this age of tailor finished women’s apparel, nothing could be more appropriate than that style of dress for the business woman. Unobirusive in appearance, easily kept in order—what more could be asked for the purpose? When I see a woman ina store or office with her hair dressed as for an evening reception, gown any degree of fanciful- ness short of full dress, I don’t wonder that unpieasant remarks are so often | | difference if she had said the same num- | but she had illustrated | 3 |made. Dress as you choose after busi- | ness hours, but during those hours dress appropriately. I don’t mean, necessa- rily, mannishly; your dress may be styl- ish, but should, above all, be plainly | made. Women are, as yet, but beginning in | the business world, and, as each one | adds to the dignity of her work, just so |much the sooner will the time come | when we shall hear no more the odious | innuendoes, now, happily, growing less. JAQUELINE. OF well-known reputation. You, as a dealer, cannot af- ford to assist the manufac- turer to experiment. The offer of a large discount means a corresponding reduc tion in the quality. We handle only wheels that the quality has been proven by long and continued use. Agents wanted in unoccu pied territory for the RAMBLER FALCON RICHMOND and FEATHERSTONE Wheels 0 99-101 Ottawa Street, Girand Rapids. | f WE WANT BEANS and will pay highest market price for them. If you haye any stock you wish to dispose of, seek headquarters for an outlet. k. G. DUNTON & 60. Will buy all kinds of Lumber— Green or Dry. Office and Yards, 7th St. and C. & W. M. R. R. Grand Rapids, Mich. aba ire wen ae cpt? é 2 = 7S he * ee = Foe cae Hi Ses aren 360m, a Ht wheat reer ndiier- obit At tinea Ai yen hiicpop dtc 4 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. AROUND THE STATE. MERCHANTS. sueceed M. MOVEMENTS OF Davis—Davis & Melunis W. Davis in general trade. Parma—cChas. J. Townsend in genera Dexter—L. L. James has notion stock te R. H. Honey. Belleville—Cheesman & Heglund suc- ceed C. Cody in general trade. Otsego—E. J. Rose succeeds Barton in the grocery business. Tecumseh—Shurtz & Mitchell succeed W. W. Shurtz in the meat business. Dowagiac—E. S. Howard succeeds Spooner & Smith in the meat business. Byron—E. E. Kohler has purchased the hardware stock of M. D. Comstock. Nashville—Ingerson & Brattin succeed Frank J. Brattin in the tinware business. Amasa—J. T. Gibson has purchased the general stock of M. Gleason & Son. Kalkaska—H. L. Pipp & Co. Pipp Bros. & Co. in the hardware busi- ness. Mt. Pleasant—Donahue & Co. succeed Leahy & Donahue in the grocery busi- ness. Grant—A. Eckerman, the Muskegon druggist, has opened a drug store at this place. Tekonsha—k. E. grocery stock to F. E. Granger. Cheshire—H. D. Clarke has opened a grocery stock in one end of the cheese factory. Owosso—A. W. his crockery and Howell. Albion—Henry Young has removed his grocery stock from Eaton Rapids to this place. Durand—The DeCamp Hardware Co. has purchased the stock of the Durand Hardware Co. Camden—Moon dealers, have dissolved, Son succeeding. Menominee—The drug stock of D. D. Garey cneceeds C. R ! trade sold his Matthew succeed Abel has so!d_ his Allen and F. / removed stock to Prindle has glassware & Houtz, dry goods Ss W. Hout & Lewis & Son has been closed under chattel mortgage. Saginaw—Siebel & Bauer, jewelers, have dissolved, Herbert S. Siebel tinuing the business. Clare—Davy & Co. have purchased a lot and will erect a new store building as soon as spring opens. Chelsea—W. P. Schenk & Co., cJothiers and men’s furnishing goods dealers, have filed articles of incorporation. Capac—Springer & Jonas Bros., gen- eral dealers, have dissolved, Springer & Jonas continuing the business. Farwell—Jas. A. McLellan has_ re- moved his grocery stock to Sherwood, where he will continue business. Jackson—Stimulated by their success in the grocery business, Hill Bros. have opened a meat market in connection with their grocery store. Charlette—J. B. Gibbons has pur- chased the jewelry stock of E. P. Clark, who has purehased a new stock with which to resume business at Hudson. Alpena—Jas. MecHarg, meat dealer, and Robert McHarg, grocer and boot and con- shoe dealer, have consolidated their business ander the style of McHarg Bros. Muskezgon—Howard D. Shaw and Joseph A. Hitchcock have formed a partnership awd will open a new grocery and bakery under the firm name of Shaw & Hitchcock. H Phelps, by chattel mortgage, held by F. P. De- Arey, of Kalamazoo, is being sold at auc- tion. Bay City—The Ueberoth Crockery & Wall Paper Co., doing business at this place and aiso at Saginaw, has reorgan- ized under the style of the Ueberoth- Ellis Co. Saginaw—The stock of jewelry and fixtures of J. C. Nerreter & Co. have been sold to John Hoheisel & Son, who will move, the stock to Owosso, where they will resume business. 3elding—G. B. Sabin has purchased the interest of H. S. Campbell in the electric laundry. Mr. Campbell has taken a position with the Ballou Basket Works as traveling salesman. Holland—A. C. Van Raalte and L. A. Stratton have formed a copartnership under the style of Van Raalte & Stratton for the purpose of embarking in the ag- ricultural implement business. Coloma—s. B. Ryno succeeds Dr. W. Ryno & Bro. in the drug, stationery and jewelry business. Mr. Kyno will imme- diately begin the erection of a store building suitable for his purpose. Cadillac—E. J. Morgan has purchased a half interest in the hardware stock of John M. Cloud, the pioneer hardware dealer at this place. The firm will here- after be known as Cloud & Morgan. Muskegon—H. 8S. Robinson & Co. have sold the stock in the Economy Shoe House to W. E. Thornton and G. A. Coutchie, who will continue the business under the style of Thornton & Coutchie. Muskegon—The new wholesale grocery house to be started in the near future by Grant Hamlin and others will be located in the McCracken block, at the corner of Western avenue and Sixth street, near the new union depot and the Goodrich docks. Ann Arbor—J. F. Schuh recently ut- tered three chattel mortgages on the hardware stock of Schuh & Muehlig— one in favor of Mrs. J. F. Schuh for $2,700, another in favor of Andrew Muehlig. of the firm, for $900, and a third in favor of Moses Seabaet for $200. The White Sewing Machine Co. thereupon attached the stock on a claim of $650. A couple of days later, the difficulties were adjusted, Mr. Muehlig buying Schuh’s share of the hardware business, while Schuh will continue the plumbing busi- ness. Mr. Schuh settled the White Sew- ing Machine Co.’s claim, and the sheriff accordingly released the stock. All the chattel mortgages were discharged. MANUFACTURING MATTERS. Ypsilanti--The Althea Toilet Co. has re- moved from Detroit to this place. Hudson—Burk & Miles, of Waupako- neta, Ohio, have started a cigar factory here. Grape—Benj. B. Williams has sold his cheese factory to Dunbar & Jenkins, of Samaria. Samaria—The Samaria Cheese Co. sue- eeeds D. A. Jenkins in the manufacture of cheese. Detroit—The Welded Steel Barrel Co. has filed articles of moemainnins. The capital stock is fixed at $:00,000, divided into 10,000 shares, of which 5,001 are paid in. They are held as follows: Alvinus tion of an addition to the building will | | B. | ibe commenced immediately. nex will be fire proof, 22x42 feet in| size. whieh was closed | Wood and Chas. L. Coffin, This an-| shares each; Geo. H. Lothrop, one share. Port Huron—Hill Bros. succeed 2,500 | ton. He operates mills at different {points on contract. One of these is Cram & Osborn’s mill, at Sherman, Michael Hill in the lumber and shingle | w here he is having 2,000,000 feet sawed. a Portiand—GUislliu, Vci.is suceeeded by the Portland Furniture Co., incorporated. Reading—Wm. Taylor has invented a new cheese case, which he intends to have patented. Battle Creek—Darwin D. Buck suc- ceeds Buck & Hoyt in the manufacture of spring beds. Sethton—The creamery here, not sat- isfied with the outlook for butter, will make cheese this season. Fulton—James Griggs and E. B. Cod- man have begun the erection of a new cheese factory at this place. Linden—Cram & Davenport succeed Davenport & Henry in the planing mill and handle factory business. Traverse City—The Traverse Lumber Co.’s mill is running night and day with full crews and is idle only on Sundays. Frankfort—Howard Seeley, who was engaged in the hoop, stave and heading business at Beaverton, has removed to this place. Weidman—A band saw is being placed in J. S. Weidman’s new sawmill, and the boilers and engine fur the planing mill are on the ground. Kalamazoo—The Model Casket Co. has been organized with a capital stock of $10,000. The corporators are O. A. La- Crone, Walter H. Lawson and Wm. O. C. Knapp. Sheridan—J. H. Steers, of Northville, is negotiating for the purchase of the Davis & Rankin creamery plant here, with a view to converting it into a cheese factory. Slights—The sawmill of Kelly & Covell started up Monday for the longest run in its history. They will cut 4,000,000 feet, about double the amount of last year’s cut. Ludington—Emery D. Weimer has been awarded the contract to furnish 400,000 feet of white pine timber for the harbor of Conneaut, the timber to be de- livered on or before May 30. Marquette—Flatt Bros. have purchased of the Duluth South Shore & Atlantic Railway some timber near Sidnaw, that was scorched last fall, and will make it into board timber immediately. Elsie—The Maple River Cheese Co. will begin operations for the season April 8. The company has engaged as maker S. C. Hench, who made cheese last season for Jolliffe Bros., at Ply- mouth. Chesaning—Peet & Burgess have pur- chased the Cold Spring creamery and converted it into a cheese factory. This was one of the original Davis & Rankin creameries, only two or three of which are still in operation in this State. St. Joseph—The Interstate Power Com- pany has been incorporated for the pur- pose of utilizing the water power of the St. Joseph River for electrical transmis- sion to the manufacturing plants of South Bend, Niles, Buchanan and_ Berrien Springs, and of operating an electric rail- way between South Bend and St. Joseph. Ludington—Albert Vogel during the past four years has been picking up aill the desirable hardwood tracts he could find in this vicinity and in the back country, and is said now to be the larg- est holder of such properties in Luding- a are | purpose of establishing a wood pulp fac- City’ Au Sable—A company has perfected a preliminary organization here for the tory which will utilize all the jack pine in this region. Local capitalists have taken hold of the project, and if a test of the pine for wood pulp purposes proves successful, the factory will bea go. Itis expected the old Potts plant will be converted into a pulp factory. Saginaw—Col A. T. Bliss has made some improvements at his Carrollton mill and it will be ready for business about April 1, as will also the mill of the Cen- tral Lumber Co., of which he is the princi- pal stockholder. He has been receiving logs by rail from Coleman and his booms are about full. A number of million feet of logs are piled up on the railroad near Coleman and will be brought down by rail as needed. He will also receive 12,000,000 to 15,000,000 feet of Canada logs, and possibly 8,000,000 feet which have been cut in Canada by ason of Gen. R. A. Alger. Muskegon—The Crescent Manufactur- ing Co., formerly of Detroit, which was secured recently by the Muskegon Cham- ber of Commerce to locate here, is rap- idly getting its factory and grounds in condition for operation. The site is that formerly occupied by the Kirk box fac- tory. The pilings are in for the main building, engine beds and boiler founda- tions, and for the dry kiln foundation will be put in shortly. It is expected that the factory will be running by May 1, at the latest. The company’s agent is up the river buying large quantities of timber used in the manufacture of nail kegs, which are the company’s specialty. Detroit—Some months ago Parke, Davis & Company of this city commenced the manufacture of anti-toxine, the newly discovered diphtheria and con- sumption cure. The manufacture of this article is a long operation, and it was expected at the time it was com- menced that a supply would be ready for useabout April1. March 15 the first ex- periment with it was commenced. A horse was inoculated with diphtheria germs and a part of the drug injected into his blood. It will take several days to ascertain the effect of the anti-toxine upon him. When this is seen the chemists will know what stage the drug has attained and when it will be ready for use. en From Out of Town. Calls have been received at THE TRADESMAN Office during the past week from the following gentlemen in trade: John Strabbing, Hamilton. H. E. Botsford, Dorr. W. C. Loomis, Charlesworth. Rockafellow Mercantile Co., Carson City. Geo. F. Cook, Grove. +4 Twenty-eight union men have been in- dicted by the grand jury in New Orleans for murder in the recent levee trades union riots. ——_—~ +4 =< Prints. P. Steketee & Sons have in stock and transit Harmony dark prints which they offer at the low price of 334 cents. a Ask to see Gillies’ fine New York Coffees. it costs nothing. See J. P. Visner, Agt., and make money. inenneretetoniencna oll eens Use Tradesman Coupon Books. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 5 GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP. The style of the Grand Rapids Machine Co. has been changed to tne West Side Iron Works. Willard Purchase succeeds Purchase & VanAllen in the grocery business at 780 South Division street. Chas. R. Young has opened a grocery store at the corner of South Lafayette and Hall streets. The Lemon & Wheeler Company furnished the stock. The H. N. Hall Cabinet 1et_Co. has re- moved from 67 South Front street to 286 and 288 Canal street, the former location of the Michigan Vapor Stove Co. W. A. Stowe has removed his whole- sale paper warehouse from 22 South Ionia street to 100 Louis street, the for- mer location of the Tradesman Com- pany. E. M. Devendorf has purchased the in- terest of Geo. H. Reeder and John M. Fell in the Grand Rapids Fur Co., dealer in furs at 158 and 160 East Fulton street. The business will be continued by Julius and E. M. Devendorf under the same style. W. J. Kilpatrick, confectioner at 495 South Division street, has sold his busi- ness to Ed. W. Wykes, milk dealer, who will still continue the creamery busi- Mr. Kilpatrick has opened a cigar 65 South Divi- ness. and confectionery store at sion street. Brink Bros., dealers in general mer- chandise at 34 Grandville avenue, have dissolved by the retirement of the senior partner, Wm. Brink. The busi- ness will be continued by the remaining partner, Adrian Brink, under the style of Brink’s Grocery. Lyman W. Welch has a an Op- tion on the interest of Wm. S. Earle in the Welch Folding Bed Co. cy proposes to merge the business into a stock company under the same style. It is proposed to place the capital stock at $100,000, all paid in, and subscriptions to a portion of the stock are now open to investors. Attention directed to. the cash prizes offered by the Retail Grocers’ As- sociation, elsewhere in this week’s paper, for the best series of contributions on the subject of ‘Advantages of the Cash System.” The prizes are liberal and, as the time given adequate, THE TRADESMAN expects the respouses will be both numerous and praiseworthy. > + > -—- Gripsack Brigade. is is J. H. Gibbons, representing the furni- ture manufactory of Curtis & Son, Char- lotte, is in town for a day or two. Byron S. Davenport has purchased the handsome new residence at 123 Buckeye street aad will take possession of the house the latter part of this week. E. F. Fank, Jr., formerly with the Dick Manufacturing Co., has gone on the road for the Elliott Button Fastener Co. For the present he will confine his atten- tion to the Chicago trade. If any of THs TRADESMAN’s readers are in need of a traveling salesman, the want can be supplied by applying to Byron S. Davenport, chairman of the Employment Committee of the Michigan | ithe World’s Fair. Knights of the Grip. Mr. Davenport has on file about 30 applications for sit- | employ uations, representing nearly all lines. The 5,000-mile mileage book question | is yet unsettled, as far as the Michigan” roads are concerned. The passenger agents who met at Detroit last week put it off to some future meeting. These books have been issued in some states and are not very well thought of by rail- road men. The scalping and manipula- tion of passenger rates are now largely done through the aid of mileage books, and to extend the privileges of book- holders would simply extend the chances for sealping. The interchangeable fea- ture of the 5,000-mile books would, it is claimed, add greatly to the trouble and expense of the passenger accounting de- partment. While the traveling men of Miecnigan are working like beavers for an extension of the book tickets, railroads elsewhere are reducing them. Notice has just been issued by the Erie and Lackawanna roads, withdrawing mileage books altogether. The mileage book is the scalper’s friend, and the railroads are not at allinclined to help the scalp- ers just now. The present troubles in Cuba remind J. A. Gonzalez of the exciting times on the island during the insurrection of 1867. Mr. Gonzalez was then a young man and belonged to one of the oldest and wealthiest of the Cuban families. His sympathies were with the revolu tionists, however, and he became an ac- tive partisan, acting with the insurgents and holding a command in their army. The Spanish government poured troops into the island and, after afew hotly con- tested battles, the rebels were defeated and seattered and the insurrection sup- pressed. When the disasters came, the rebels, or at least such of them as were able, fled and Gonzalez, with the assist- ance of influential friends, was concealed in the hold of an American vessel and thus escaped the fury of the government. He landed in New York in midwinter, clad in the lightest of Cuban clothing, with little money, few friends and a stranger to the language of the country. He fell in with a man who offered to guide him to a clothing store and thence to a hotel,and the stranger robbed him of a portion of his money: and left him at a cheap tavern. After a few days the fugitive found other Cubans and, with the assistance of friends of his family, was enabled to engage in business for himself. He has never returned to the island of his nativity, but the dispatches telling of the troubles now in that quar- ter are deeply interesting to him and he hails the pruspect of the annexation of the island as something sure to take place eventually, and as a move that will be of immense advantage to the island and its inhabitants, freeing it from the oppressive rule of the mother country. i 2 Purely Personal. J. M. Peterson, Purchasing Agent for the Buckley & Douglass Lumber Co. and the Manistee & Northeastern Railroad, was in town Monday. Geo. R. Mayhew, who has spent the winter at Hot Springs, Ark., is on his way home. Heis spending a few days with his physician at Ft. Wayne en route. V. L. Tissera, of Colombo, Ceylon, was the guest of Frank E. Chase and family over Sunday. Mr. Tissera was the official representative of Ceylon at the | J. H. Kenuedy, who has been in of the Rockafellow Mercantile | Co. (Carson City) for the past ten years, | ‘has been elected Treasurer of that cor-! | of flaxseed. poration. C. R. Culver continues Secretary of the company. A. W. Newark, who has recently tired from the Newark & Drury Co., Cadillac, has taken the the Wexford Lumber Co., manu- facturing operations are at Hoxeyville, and which owns and operates the Osceola, Lake & Wexford railroad. Mr. Newark has had several years’ experience in the | lumber business and will prove a valua- | ble accession to the Wexford Co. a a The Grocery Market. Sugar-- The market is strong and dications lead to the belief that vance of 1-16c will occur before the end of the week. The market will be likely to rule a trifle higher after April 1, as on that date an advance of 3 cents per 100 occurs on all freight lines, with no differ- entials. Rice—Domestie goods as re- at management of whose are very much firmer. Corn Syrup—Advanced 2¢ per gallon, owing to advance on glucose. Jelly has advanced from the same cause. Oranges—The California fruit is right in its prime now and is taken readily, just as fast as it can boxed and loaded. All of the different varieties earry excellently and there is little or no complaint from dealers generally that any loss is sustained by wastage. The solidity of the fruit and prime condition enable retailers as well as jobbers to es- timate profits pretty closely and name much lower prices than they could do were they obliged to It is safe to buy liberally at present and advi for the best quality of fruit will soon begin to grow scaree and, on the wind up, culls and everything wiil go in without Catania and Sicily oranges go this market and there will be no more of them here as long as California stock can be had. Lemons—The arrivals at the different Eastern ports are nearly 90,000 boxes short of last year’s offerings for the being be possibly repack it. likewise sable, reserve. slow in month of March and, consequently, the somewhat high prices now being real- ized are the legitimate income of exist- ing circumstances. The fruit being offered is extra fine and dealers will make mistake in buying one or two months’ supply as quickly as possible, as goods that are free from frost will stand up nicely. Bananas—A strong demand begins to be manifested and the season be said to be fairly opened. saling of this item will be more’ central- ized this season and, if judgment in not overstocking the market there will be fewer gluts, faction and more profit. Prices are very reasonable at present, considering that all the fruit comes through in Eastman heaters. Foreign Nuts—Demand weak and the buyer controls price to a large extent. Dates—Owing to limited demand and heavy arrivals, prices have slumped ‘¢¢ Oysters—The regular season closes Saturday of this week and most of the wholesaiers will close up their branch in ho may now The whole- is observed, less dissatis this department, excepting where the fish interest is one of the important factors. —S. _— There has as recently been imported from the Argentine Republic Not long ago, this | ae = | in- | an ad- 500,000 busheis | article | WU ANTEDTE OSITION AS DRUG was an extensive export from this coun- | try. . a Wants Column. ~ Advertisements will be inserted under this head for two cents a word the first insertion and one cent a word for each a 2nt insertion. No advertisements taken for less than 25 cents, Advance payment. BU SINESS CH: ANC ES. TANTE D- PARTNER WITH 82,5 _ half interest in established hotel business, We hancsome profit Fullest investigation courted. Prompt action necessary. S.. F. Sax ton, Pomona, Mich 135 is: SAL E—NOTE GINEN NOV. 2, 1802, BY Johr 2 Harwood, of White Clond. Amount | of note, $5245 and interest. Tradesman Com pany, Grand Rapids 736 NORSALE—NEW SODA FOUNTAIN, TUFT’S make. Will sell for half price. Addr ess 243 Plainfield avenue, Grand Rapids, Mich 29 1OR SALE—HOTEL AND LUNCH COUNTER at railroad junction; good business in good location. Apply Lock Box 10, Milan, Mich. 708 ryX\O RENI—APRIL 1, TWO STORES, EACH 24x 80. One has now been occupied by Wm. Nungessor | : j er) for the last ten years. together arseparately. F undertaker and furniture deal Stores will be rented 15, E irst-cless location, 000 inhabitants. For particulars address Major, 419 River St.. Manistee, Mich 733 \V YANTED—A LOCATION FOR A GOOD sawmill, capacity 15 to 20M feet daily, saw lumber by the M for some responsible fi For further particulars apply to George En to Pompeii, Mich. 72 ( NLY DRUG STORE, WELL LOCATED AND doing oot iness. Good reasons for selling [ Wel Avoca, Mich. 709 . SALE—DRUG BUSINESS AT A BAR gain. Address A. Eckerman, Muskegon, Mich. G23 OR RE STORE CENTRALLY LO¢ ‘ATED on 8 n street weaeoue City, Mich. Ad- dre ess R. mstein. 723 { eo TU NITY -DOUBL STOR ETO RENT, Will soon be vacant; fine location for gen- eral business; never been beh unt ; town of 1,209; competition light; manufacturing town in midst of fine dairy and agricultural country. Address Box 490 Middleville, Mich. 724 V YANTED — PARTNER (GENTLEMAN OR lady) with #4,000 or %5,009 cash, to take half interestin an established dry goods busi- ness in a live, growing town. Owner has an ex cellent business and isin control of nearly the entire county trade in the dry goods line Don’t reply unless you mean business. Address - 719, care Michigan Trade “man. 71S OR SALE—D! CLEAN AND fresh. New shel te rs, Showcases, soda fountain an nest loc ation in a good business town. ill sell at a big sacrifice. Address No. 685, care Michigan Tradesman. ¢85 RIOR SALE— TWO COAL STOVES AT $5 apiece. and two at $8 apiece; can be seen at 100 Louis st Tradesman Company, New Blod- gett bnilding. “I \ JANTED—PARTNER TO TAKE HALF IN- terest in my 75 bbl. steam roller mill and elevator, situated on railroad; miller preferred; good wheat country. Full description, price, terms and inquiri iven prompt! y by address- ine H.C. Her Maybee, Monroe — Mich. OR SALE—A FIRST-CLASS H. ARDWARE E and implement bnsiness‘in thrivine in good farming community. Address Sehler, Grand Rapids, Mich Qroc ‘1K OF CLOTHING AND GENTLEMEN’S kK) furnishing goods. to trade for real estate. Address No. 660, Care Michigan Tradesman. 660 J? X00 WANT TO BUY OR SELL READ estate, write me. T can satisfy you. Chas, E. Mercer, Rooms 1 and 2, Widdiecomb buil ding. 653 Misc E LLAN (EOU S. AJ ANTED—MEN TO ORDER ON APPROV- ¢ al one of the best ‘‘ready to wear’ suits at $13.50, any stylecut. Strahan « Greu lich, 24 Monroe street, Grand Rapids. i lpg EST PRICES PAID FOR RAW of all kinds, by Grand Rapids Write for prices. made G27 “FURS F ur a ESTA INV a ress chances for sale? Tower Block 718 EGGS, POULTRY, potatoes, onions, apples, cabbages, etc. Correspondance solicited. Watkins & Smith, 81-86 South Division St., Grand Rapids. 673 N#2 {LY NEW BAR-LOCK TYPEWRITER for sale at a great reduction from cost Reason for selling, we desire another pattern of same make of mac hine, which we consider the best on the market. Tradesman Company, 100 Louis St., Grand Rapids. 564 Vy YANTED—EVERY DRUGGIST JUST starting in business and every one already started to use our system of poison labels. What I “OOKING FOR REAL # meuts, or have busit Wi s & Moore, Gre le Rapids. W: ANTED—BUTTER, | Room 1, has cost you $15 you can now get for #4. Four een labels do the work of 113. Tradesman Grand Ra pids € yompany ITUATIONS WANTED, EGISTERED ASSISTANT DRUG CLERK wishes position. Best of references. Ad- dress Draw Box No. 4, Allegan, Mich. 730 WA ANTED—SITUATION BY REGISTERED ¢ pharmacist, Enquire 590 South Division street, Grat id Rapids 734 YANTE D— POSITION — TRAVELING line. Murray, salesman in grocery Address L. General Deiivery, Grand Rapids CLERK, by graduatein pharmacy. Registered in Michigan and West Virginia, Best of refer ences. Address H. J. Thompson, Ph.G., Man chester, Ohio. 716 at . ANNIE DAHLMA. Glimpse of Life in a Chicago Depart- ment Store. From the Chicago Record. Annie Dahlma’s daily life was bound about with fresh leather straps trimmed with brass nails. This is an age of specialties, and Annie Dahlma knew all about trunks, handbags and ‘‘telescopes.” of her little world was sized Gladstone bags and at the THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. To Annie Dahimaone day became like every other day—arrive at the store at 8 a. m.—time-card punched at the door— hurry to the cloak-reom—report to floor- walker—open trunks and take down | valises for four hours—bell for lunch— and | | world half-hour’s recreation—back to the little between the Gladstone bags and ithe ‘telescopes’?—gong—rush to cloak- valises, | At one end | a row of large- | other | there was a barricade of ‘‘telescopes,’? | made from stiffened canvas and trimmed scantily with leather. The these ranged from 27 cents to and Annie Dahlma knew them so well that, awakening in the night, she could | young prices of | $1.49, | |the dress goods department. see them row upon row, and the prices ran | through her head whether to think of them or not—27, 34, 49, 65, and so on up to the large one, ‘“‘very she wanted | room—out into the fresh air with the giggling multitude—long ride home in an overcrowded ear, and perhaps stand up all the way. The floorwalker was a self-contained man, with waving topknot and the worried look of the man in the geog- raphy who hasthe world on his shoul- ders. He had risen by sheer merit from The girls didn’t like him but they regarded him with seeming awe whenever he spoke, |and then, when his back was turned, ex- 'ehanged winks and snickered. stoutly built, with three strnps, as you} J J it was this floorwalker who one day brought Mr. Charles Heimer through the | mystic maze of departments, and, snap- jping his fingers briskly, said. see, and it will hold almost as much} as a trunk.” A young woman who finds herseif, day after day, confined to the small area in a wilderness must learn her work thoroughly whether she has an interest in it or of **departments” | not. By | the time she has opeued the same trunk | one hundred times aud called attention to the depth of the tray, the handy compartment under the lid, the strength of the hoops and the beauty of the general finish, that trunk has become a} companion, if not a friend. The valises the side-shelves she had practice until she knew the length of and traveling-bags along | classified by | | the fourth one from the end of the} second shelf, and, before taking it down to show to the customer, she knew the quality of the leather, the | kind of lock and the ment of the interior. prices automatically and answered the same questions over and over, until, without realizing it, she had fallen into a parroty way of talking, the same as a child goes through a catechism of whose meaning it has not the slightest conception. Yet her department in the great store had its advantages. She could walk back and forth along aisles nearly pocket arrange- | She called off} | those dances up at the Concordia.”’ twenty-five feet long, and this moving | about is not as tiring as standing behind a small counter all day. Her younger sister, Louise, who had charge of six feet of counter on the noisy floor below, never had a chance to walk around orsit down, and all she had to remember was that there were two qualities of silk gloves. The Clancy girl, who was a neighbor of the Dahlmas, sold picture books in the basement—nothing picture books. but There were twelve kinds of books, with |! ] jing flowers at the church fair, a price and a speech for each kind. She knew how to add aud multiply and make change, and, for the purposes of the great store, her business education was complete. To any one of these girls the department 100 feet distant from her own was an unexplored region. Aunie Dahlima had no precise information con- cerning furniture or wall paper, which departments were her neighbors. But she could detect sham alligator from the real leather at twenty paces. There were hundreds of girls in the huge store, which with shoppers for at least six hours every day. As a rule, they were too busy to meditate over the fact that their work cramped them, both as to space and opportunity. Some of them answered questions lazily along in the late after- noon, but most of them kept their good humor and did not fret because the floor- walkers and assistant managers kept a sharp look-out to see that all the hurry- ing, undecided, overloaded and flustered women shoppers received prompt and courteous attention. To a stranger the department store is a great buzzing hive, a chaos of bargains stirred up with a stampede of bargain- hunters. The girls, after they have been at work for a week, hear no noises and see nocrowds. In all the hubbub they hear only the conversation of their own customers, just as the telegraph op- erator ina room with a hundred other operators hears only the click of his own instrament. cooped-up swarmed | terest of a worthy cause. ‘Here, trunks, show this gentleman a trunk.’’ Annie came forward and Mr. Heimer, a big blonde, who seemed rather em- barrassed, told her in achoking voice that he wanted to look atatrunk. She began throwing back lids and making speeches and he moved slowly after her, nodding his head. ‘-Do you want atrunk to stand reugh travel?”’ she asked. “No, just something to put my clothes nL’ ‘*How do you like this for $7?” “ThHat’ll do, I s’pose,” and he reached for his money. Then she asked the ad- dress and he gave her a number in West 14th street. “Why, that’s within where | live,’’ she said. “Oh, I guess I’ve seen you at some of —_e two blocks of haven’t,” said Annie, don’t go to those “IT guess you rather sharply. ‘‘I dances.’’ ‘“‘Well, I—of course Mr. Heimer was not a conversationalist. He was merely an employe in a big electrical ap- paratus factory. ‘“‘Why don’t you come to our chureh fair?” asked Annie, as she handed him the receipt. She spoke merely in the in- As he started >? | away he said he would come to the fair. | And he did. % * % Annie Dahlma, the department store girl, in her dark working gown, with pen- cil and pad of paper in hand, repeating | the dimensions of Saratoga trunks to some crotchety customer who didn’t know what he wanted, and Annie Dahl- ma, in her best gown and ribbons, sell- were two entirely different young women. Charley Heimer had been impressed by the department store girl, and he was wore than impressed by the church fair girl. He went to the church fair because she had invited him, and he had not receivea any such invitations since coming to Chi- | eago, at least not from a girl who didv’t attend the Concordia dances. : 4 She remembered him and spoke to him. | - ' As she was selling flowers, of course she had a right to speak to him, whether they had been introduced or not, and, so far as that was concerned, she would have spoken to him anyway. some flowers and she pinned them on his lapel. He stood on one foot and asked her to go to supper with him, and she consented in the interest of church reve- nues. How could the monster emporium of trade, with its train of delivery wagons, its acres of floor space and its army of employes, know that a demoralizing love affair had sneaked into the trunk and va- lise department. The red-headed mon- arch could not see with Annie’s eyes, and so he did not know that all the brass knobs on the steamer trunks had changed into purest gold, and that Cupid sat smiling on top of the barricade of ‘‘tele- scopes.’’ But he did know that occasion- ally a blonde young man came to the He bought | consisted largely of grins and averted looks, and that employe 381 seemed to have no success in selling trunks and va- lises to the blonde visitor. Now, in common with similar estab- lishments, this house had a strict rule that employes must not devote any of their time during business hours to the entertainment of friends, and so when the blonde visitor had been there four times, to the certain knowledge of the watchful floorwalker, employe 381 was supposed to need a little discipline. “I must notify you,’”’ said he, ‘that we can’t have young men coming here to talk to girls while they are at work. Who was that fellow that just left?” ‘None of your business!” ‘Look here, young woman, [’ll—”’ “I don’t care what you do—you red- headed old thing!” “TI shall report you.”’ “Go ahead and report. Do as you please. I hope I’! never see another trunk!” ‘“Humph! I s’pose you’ve found an- other job?”’ **No.” “Oh, married!” ‘“‘Next week. Get another girl to open your trunks.” And that’s how one person of the fem- inine persuasion solved the woman prob- lem. CYCLE STEP LADDER. | WRITE HIRTH, KRAUSE & 60, MICHIGAN STATE AGENTS, for Catalogue. This is a borrowing age. The govern- ment has to borrow money, the croakers are borrowing trouble and even forty days of the spring are Lent. Notice of Receiver’s Sale. In accordance with an order of the Circuit Court for the County of Kent, State of Michigan, made on the 16th day of March, 1895, I shall sell at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash, all of the real estate of the late firm of Bentley Bros. & Wilkins, consisting of planing mill, saw mill and foundry, together with all of the ma- chinery used in operating the plant of said late firm. The real estate consists of about five acres of land used in connection with said business, alto a house and lot and office and several vacant lots. In case Ido not receive a cash” bid of nine thousand dollars or more for said property, I am directed by said Court to continue said sale until further order of the Court. The sale will take place at the office of the late firm of Bentley Bros. & Wilkins, April 27th, 1895, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon of said day. W. D. HAYES, Receiver. Dated, Hastings, Mich., March 19th, 1895. WALTER BAKER & GU. he Largest Manufacturers of Gh PURE, HIGH GRADE COCOAS anp CHOCOLATES on this continent, have received HIGHEST AWARDS from the great ‘lndustrial and Food EXPOSITIONS IN Europe and America. Unlike the Dutch Process no Alkalies or other Chemicals or Dyes are used in any of their preparations. Their delicious EREAKFAST COCOA is absolutely pure and soluble, and costs less than one cent a cup, SOLD BY GROCERS EVERYWHERE. WALTER BAKER & CO. DORCHESTER, MASS. HM. Reynolds & Son DEALERS IN PURE ASPHALY ROOP COATINGS ROOFING MATERIAL of all kinds HARDWARE WRAPPING PAPERS BUILDING PAPERS CARPEY LININGS, Ets, Cor. Louis and Campau Sts. GRAND RAPIDS orgsine Gr a ae cakes eel en an TRADESMAN COMPANY. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ONAL 7a) ahs Any pyppost trunk and valise department and talked with employe 381; that the conversation |21 LAKE ST., CHICAGO, ILL. "9 Importers and Jobbers of -» TEAS< oe 8 ee ee THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. THE BACK OFFICE. Written for THE TRADESMAN. Advices come from the West to the ef- fect that trouble is brewing in the bak- ing powder camp. The manufacturers have not only got on their high heels, but some of them have mounted stilts and are lording it with a mighty hand over the traders and the public gener- ally, prices for the article being from fifteen cents a pound up. I wonder if here isn’t a place for the Food Commissioner to step in and make things lively. If a quarter of what has been said about baking powders be true, a good way to lower the heels and make the stilts so many reeds is to see how much alum and other such stuff there is in thecompounds, impose a heavy fine and compel the making of a pure article. The more overbearing a manufacturer becomes, the greater the need of cutting his comb, and the quicker done, the bet- ter. * * “The great trouble with the women of New York,’’ said Dr. Greer, recently, at a meeting in Cooper Union, ‘‘is their de- sire to get things as cheaply as possible.”’ As a result of this, merchants grind down their employes, and, in order to meet the demand, adulteration of goods creeps in, a false standard of living is set up, and then everybody lifts up his hands and wonders what we are all com- ing to. If this ‘‘great trouble’’ could be con- fined to the women of New York, the rest of the world could scowl a bit, and hope the time will come when the New York women will learn a thing or two: but the fact is that the trouble is not con- fined to New York and the women of that metropolis. The mania for the cheap is as widespread as the women themselves, and this mania—if call it so you must—is going to last as long as the cause producing it exists. When John comes home and declares: “There, Susan! There’s all the money I can possibly let you have for the week, and I do hope you'll make it go just as far as you can,’’ Susan takes the amount, whatever it be, without murmuring and goes out to trade. She feels the spur of necessity and that bill, be it great or small, is made to do double duty. She comes home tired to death, for she has walked to save car fare, and with com- mendable pride shows what can be done when it must be. It is all very well for Dr. Greer to say the women must stop this race for the cheap; but what has Dr. Greer to do with getting stockings for Tom and gloves for Mary and shoes for Marie and a school dress for Jennie and provisions for the house, the whole to be paid for out of that five dollar bill? The problem is easily stated: needs—not wants—on one side; just five dollars on the other. It’s the old formula modified —steal or starve. The woman doesn’t propose to do either. The price of the goods must come down. It does, and the family are supplied with the results of adulterations and the sweat shop. l’ve lived in this world too long to be told at this late day that a woman likes this beating down process and this buy- ing of the cheap. I know better. Her beart sinks and her soul revolts, but when it is placed before her as a duty, everything is thrust aside and she comes forth conquering and to conquer. I should like to watch the face of the average woman who has been forced into this making a dollar go as far as it can be made to go, when her husband says to her, ‘‘Mary, let’s change the way we’ve been living and not buy this cheap stuff any longer. Here’s $20—better take $5 more—and get something that’s worth buying. No more sweat shops for us!’ I can see the gratitude for a returning respectability as it looks out of her happy eyes, and I can hear her as she says with Simeon, ‘‘Now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace.” Is there any danger of the early com- ing of sucha time? To my mind it is here already. None know better than do the majority of women that there is no need of such a condition of things, and they are stopping it in their own sensible way. When John gives her $20 a week for the house, expecting her, be- sides, to include therein all her own per- sonal expenses, and spends twice or thrice that sum for his own pleasure, her womanhood rebels. She will earn her own money and free herself from what she abhors—this soul-scorching, soul-warping doling-out process on the part of her lord of creation and the grinding her down to his ukase—and will spend her earnings in her own way, too. She is working on that line now, and she will make it a success; and, one of these days, Dr. Greer will wake up and find— if he hasn’t found it out already—that the ‘great trouble’? doesn’t lie in woman’s desire to get things cheap, but in woman’s despairing endeavor to make one dollar do the work of five. RicHARD MALCOM STRONG. _ 2 —_ nt The fruit of prosperity grows on the tree of industry. —~> Springtime finds the Signal Five at the = Ith ll EATON, LYON ‘ol 20 & 29 Monroe S&t., GRAND RAPIDS. ———o- 9 Hardware Price Carrent. These prices are for cash buyers, who pay promptly and buy in full packages. AUGURS AND BITS. dis. re eee 7 een e..............-... Jounings ,genuine...... -.-.-..-...----.... Jeuniven, tatsation ................. “50810 AXES. dis. First Quality, S. B. Bronze........ 9 » B. prone... ....-.. #5 50 i oe & Siees............ ospee ae is DB Ste 6 50 BARROWS. 13 00 aiiroed...... [ #12 00 14 00 OS .-. Bet DO tove. Carriage new list rice. ......-........- Sietgh shoe BUCKETS. Wo pan... 83 25 BUTTS, CAST. dir. Cast Looue Pin, feured........ .... -....... 70 Wrought Narrow, bright Cast joint 40....... 60410 Wiromet Lecse Fin........................_.. 40 Wert See... 40 Wrought Inside Blind..... fe ie ees coca . = Wrought Brass............ eee cess ce ees ceeae Bins Ceene 7&0 Blind, Persces ........... reese eee e ues — Blind, ec cena ween BLOCKS, Ordinary Tackle, list April 1892..... ..... 70 CRADLES. OE 50 OBOW BARS. ee per® 4 Bly’s 1-10 pra 85 AO ce rm eee GC F..... ..................... ” 55 Bo ee ce eee reece seca . 35 ee ee a Sees eae - 60 OABTRIDGES. ie Were... nee 50 Comtce: Pica ........................... dis. 25 CHISELS. dis. Boceet Cicer... 75&10 Seceeerreuere 8 75810 Secrcececece .... ....... 75&10 ee ee 75410 Butener Tanaged Pirmer............ ...... 40 comMBs. dis. Cu Ne a 40 a 25 CHALE. White Crayons, per gross.......... 12@12% dis. 10 COPPER, —— - am cut to size... .. per pound 2 fence teeee.... |... 26 cola Rolled 14x56 am tomee.... ........ 23 Cold Rolled, ae... 23 ee beeeme ates eee 2R DRILLS, dis. Morec’s Tit Stocke.............. -... Saee 50 ‘Taper and straight Shank............. ..... 50 Mocecs Taper Shame «Cf . 50 DRIPPING PANS. Gmanll elses eee pound .... ..... 6% Leree eiaon, per pound...... ......... ..... 06 ELBOWS. Com 4 wiees, €m................... dos.net 65 2 dis 50 Adjustable eee eee oe eee een can scceee dis. 40410 EXPANSIVE BITS, dis. Clark’s, mel Sig- leece, Ge._............. 30 I ——————e Maas FILES—New List. Pees se... 6oe16-10 ee 60&10-10 Meererewe i wd 60&10-"0 ( 50 Heller's Horse Rasps... ......-............. 50&10 GALVANIZED IRON. _— 16 to 20; 22 and 24; 2% and 26; 27 28 “= 13 14 15 6 WW Discount, 70 Uexs. dis. Stanley Rule and Level Co 8....- 1. KNoBs—New List. dis. Door, mineral, jap. trimmings . 55 Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings . i 55 Door, porcelain, plated ee . , 55 Door, porcelvin, trimmings....... 55 Drawer and Shutter, porcelain 1. 70 LOCKS—DOOR. dis. HAMMERS. Maydole &Co.’s............ eee cote oe ae... eee es dis Yerkes & Piumbs........... oso se .. Cr Soca Mason’s Solid Cast Steel...... B0c ifst 6 Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel Hand....30c 40&ti: HINGES. Gate, Clark’s,1,2,3..... di2.60&1' Se .. |) per dos. net, 2 5 Screw — and Strap. to 12 in. 4% 14 and long es sacle Gu ei ad oa em aia scaluele Sy screw ‘Hook and Bye, 4 Seed a ee? Ce .net 3“ “ sé “6 ee eT li ~ “ou - 2 ae of Siessaa,..-......._...__.. a . HANGERS. dite. Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track BOG Cummeion, antl frictton.................... SOA1i Kidder, wood track . eee eee cece 4 HOLLOW WARS. ae. ee Kettles. . Bee eee ee eee, Geet Spiders ... ..... ee. aK &'f Gray enameled.. 40a51° HOUSE FUBNISHING GOODS. Stamped Tin Ware. new list &10 Japanned Tin Ware.. eae eno o tt OS Granite Irom Wase ............... “new lis 40 WIRE GOODS. die. ae... 80 Serow Hves.............. 80 OO oe g0 Gate Hooks and — Ee 80 VELS. Stanley Rule and Leva oO 4.........-._... dtis.79 OPES. Sisal, % inch and ene oe L 6 eee 9 SQUARES. dis. OE ——— 80 ies one Bevel. & =. ........................... Wee cess. 20 SHEET IROR. Com. Smooth. Com. or 1000 14 ....................... oe oe ? 50 Mee fatei7..........._..._._........ aoe 2 60 a 405 2 70 Nos. 22 to 24. ee ee ae wees s 3 55 2 80 Men 2oteme................ 3 2 90 MGe................ 3 75 3 00 e All sheets No. 18 and lighter, wide not less than 2-10 extra SAND PAPER. ‘over ‘3 {inches Ting acet 1956 _... dia. 36 SASH CORD. Silver Lake, White A. S<4 see sat e)|)|6? ee 55 " White s ' . te " 55 . White C _ Discount, 10. SASH WEIGHTS Sona Eves..... -. : .. per ton 820 SAWS. dis " Hand 4 “20 Silver Steel Dia. X Cuts, per ‘foot,.... 70 ‘* Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot.. 50 . . a Steel Dia. X Cuts, perfoot.... 30 . ampion and Blectric a x on “per ....... _. TRAPS. "die. — o.................. BOG10 Onelda Community, Newhouse’ 8. 53 Oneida ply ow & Norton’s..”-10 10 Mouse, choker.... .. : ..15e per dos Mouse, delusion.......... Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list ....... 55 .$1.25 per dos Matiory, Whecler & Cos................... 55 WIRE. dis ee _.. 55| Bright Market.. i 75&10 OO 55 a ee : ae | eee Copper ——o ...,.......... a 76 MATTOCEKS i Tinned Market.. oo 2 ds ee 8.00, 4 a 2 Hont = cnn tn RC “77 "§18-00; dis, 60-10 | CoPpered Spring Steel... =... 50 RRNA ERT ATONRRE IA A646 2 20 MAULS. dis. r painted . . 1 30 Sperry & Co.’a, Post, handled............. HORSE NAILS, MILLS. dis. Au Sable........ Leics peeeee ee Oe, |© Coffee, Parkers Co.'s Oe eee ee 40 Gimme. .... oe ect ee «ee dis. 05 P. 8. & W. Mfg. 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CORB OF CeCe Oe 90 SOLDER. : oe 1 = Se 12% a 1 The prices of the many other qualition of FAM@B......-.---s eens ee ceee ere rene ee 1 60 | solder in the market indicated by nrivate brandr ase 7 rite teetesesenes see cere senses 65 | vary according to composition. eae 0 TIN—-MELYN GRADB. —s De eee eee a omecucs 75 | 10x14 IC, Charcoal. . ee oS See io 90 | 14x20 IC, ......, Ce “ 4 eee 10 10x14 IX, a Sd OG 70 | 14x20 TX, _ eee eee ek | oO . CS... 80 Each additional X on this grade, $1.75. sie % CO re coerce s- eeeccveces ceoces 1 90 TIN—ALLAWAY GRADE. i wine dis. | 10x14 IC, Charcoal . eu 5 25 Ohio Tool Co.'s, fancy ..........2... 6.2506 @50 a IC, [ wee ee eee ecee ee cece eee ees 5 Sclota Bench ...... i asy ees Lea xt setts ca en at et Sak w fanoy.......... a = Each additional X on this grade $1.50. | Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s” wood. BOCPING PLATES PANS. ‘“ Fry, Aome.......... 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No paper discontinued, except at the option of the proprietor, until ell arrearages are paid. Sample copies sent free to any address Entered at Grand Rapids post-office as second class matter. ge When writing to any of our advertisers, please say that you saw their advertisement in HE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. E. A. STOWE, Editor. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27. PARTY GOVERNMENT. Every form of government has, as the French say, the defects of its qualities. The representative form involves the or- ganization of political parties, and is, consequently, subject to those ills which grow outof an excess of party feeling, on the one hand, and an exclusive and oppressive system of party management, on the other If it is true that parties are public necessities, no citizen should’ be ashamed to declare himself a party man. The independent in politics is, it may be suspected, rather too much inclined to consider himself a superior person. He will tell you, perhaps, that he does not **belong’’ to any party, but holds himself free to exercise his individual judgment under all circumstances. But suppose every voter asserted and exercised the rigbt of absolute individual independ- ence in politics, would it not often happen that the most popular side of a question would be defeated by the iuco- herence of its supporters? Government by the majority can only be secured through some organization of the major- ity, and when that has been accomplished the party exists. In the next place, it is auite clear that the number of parties in any given coun- try should be small. There is an ap- proach to disorganization and the chaos of conflicting individual opinions, pro- portionate, beyond a certain limit, to the muitiplicity of parties. It should al- ways be possible to determine the ques- tion of responsibility; but when repre- sentation is divided among a number of comparatively small parties, there is no sufficient sense of responsibility any- where. Administration under such con- ditions is compelled to lean upon un- stable combinations, and to proceed upon a basis of concessions and com- promises which deprive its policy of con- sistency and force. This tendency has been illustrated by the rapidity with which different ministries have suc- ceeded each other ia the history of the present French Republic. It is likely to prove a source of danger in Germany aiso, wie:e, tor a long time, the pres- tige, the powerful personality and the | tle } complexities of the situation with which he had to deal. _In Great Britain and in the United States there have not usually been many parties in the field. Two parties, repre- senting conflicting theories of constitu- tional construction, have existed under the Government of this country from the first, and one or the other of those par- ties has always controlled the adminis- tration of its national affairs. They have undergone some changes of name, they have from time to time taken up ‘side issues,’? and neither of them has been perfectly consistent; but hitherto they have been separated by one funda- mental difference. Just now the solidar- ity of both these organizations is threat- ened by a new issue, or rather by an is- sue which has only of late become of permanent publie interest. This issue is presented by the currency question. There is, naturally, not a little anxiety as to what attitude the old parties will occupy in relation to that question in the next general election, but it is observ- able that the ablest and most conspic- uous leaders on both sides are indisposed to try the venture of athird party. In any event, athird party would have no other raison d@etre than the currency question, and would have to depend up- on a following that would be irreconcila- bly divided in regard to other issues. After the settlement of the currency quéstion, there will still remain a ques- tion of the utmost importance—the ques- tion of industrial organization, of the re- lation of capital to labor. That issue is not confined to this country; it looms up as a portent of trouble in the contempla- tion of every statesman in Europe. No man can say what the end will be; but the party which stands for the greatest degree of individual liberty, compatible with the security and prosperity of soci- ety, will receive the approval of the masses. The Republican party won the moral support of the country by espous- ing the cause of the colored slave and precipitating a war which struck the shackles from three million serfs. In the meantime a new species of slavery has arisen—the bondage uf the worker to the tyrant of trades organization—and it remains to be seen which of the two great parties will have the moral cour- age to espouse the cause of the white slave and establish, once forall, the free- dom of the worker to labor where he pleases, at such rate and under such conditions as he may elect, without in- curring the ostracism and antagonism of the union. Until that reform is accom- plished, the right to life, liberty and hap- piness, vouchsafed by the constitution, is a flimsy pretense and our boasted free- dom a hollow sham. DISRESPECT TO OUR FLAG. It may cause some surprise to the aver- age American that a little Spanish gun- boat should have dared to fire upon a vessel flying the American flag, yet such an incidentis by no means uncommon. American vessels have been fired on be- fore, both in Cuban and Central Amer- ican waters. In fact, our neighbors do not seem to hesitate to disregard the re- spect due our flag whenever they see proper to do so. The Spanish Government and the lit- Latin-American republics have so resourceful genius of Bismarck enabled joften insulted the flag of the United him to maintain a sufficient legislative States, without being punished for it, support, despite the antagonisms and! that the impression has become con-) rates to New England. firmed that nothing short of an actual invasion of our soil would stir us to the fighting point. The Latin-American officials realize that the worst they have to expect as a result of an insult to the American flag is a formal apology, which costs nothing; hence they do not hesi- tate to disregard American rights when- ever they see fit, and our flag com- mands no respect whatever among them. It is, indeed, a wonder that some of the more ambitious of the Spanish-American republics have not seriously threatened to invade the United States, and we are not sure that the Government at Wash- ington would even then feel called upon to fight. No doubt the Alliancia affair will be settled, as all such affairs have been set- tled in the past, by a formal apology by the Spanish Government. The officer of the gunboat which did the firing upon the American ship will not be punished; in fact, itis far more probable that he will be promoted. Were we to demand that the officer should be punished for his offense in firing upon the American flag, and put pressure upon the Spanish Government to compel such a course, the officials of neighboring governments would prob- ably be less ready to override the rights of traveling Americans and insult the flag of the United States. No first-class European power would be satisfied with a mere apology for an insult to its flag. The punishment of the offenders would be insisted on, and our Latin-American neighbors know this fact so well that they confine their insults to American citizens and their flag. Another evidence of the dislike in which the United States is held by its neighbors is the action of Venezuela in requesting Italy to arbitrate in the dis- pute with France. The fact of the mat- ter is that our prestige is at so low an ebb in Central and South America that the various countries situated there do not care particularly to trade with us, and resent every offer of mediation in their disputes on our partas an uncalled- for interference. It is, therefore, high time that there should be a change in our policy to- ward Latin-America, and we might as well begin with the Alliancia incident. Let the Spanish Government be told that not only is an apology demanded, butthe punishment of the commander of the gunboat which fired upon the American flag as well. If this is refused, Cuba can be promptly seized. This is the reasonable course to pursue; but, for heaven’s sake, let us have no more arbi- tration, as there is not one chance in a million that any one could be found to decide in our favor, no matter what the merits of the controversy might be. The Legislature of Massachusetts has sent a committee to investigate the pros- pects of a removal of the cotton industry to the Southern states. While no formal report has been made, the chairman of the committee states that there is no reason for a removal of the present es- tablishments. Factories for the manu- facture of the coarser grades may be built on a limited scale, but this will have no effect on the New England indus- try. The committee finds that, on ac- count of local rates on railroads, there is no advantage in freights on any consid- erable amount of cotton over the through Coal, also, is as cheap at the New England factories asin the South. The factor of cheap labor has been an important topic in the dis- cussion. This is found to have no sig- nificance, although there are no regula- tions as to hours or age of children em- ployed. The low grade of the labor more than offsets any advantages in such regards. Sen SERIOUS COMPLICATION. The bluster which followed the Al- liancia affair at Washington has sub- sided, and in its place there have ap- peared evidences of serious uneasiness and anxiety. The trouble with Spain and the dismissal of the Hawaiian Min- ister have dwindled into insignificance in the light of the latter developments in Venezuela and Nicaragua. This ap- parantly appears to be the view of the case taken by the Cabinet, as _ that body has had several _ protracted meetings recently, and there are many evidences that the administration is seriously disturbed over the international situation. The matters now occasioning uneasi- ness at Washington are, first, England’s demand upon Nicaragua for the payment of an indemnity because of the expul- sion last summer, from Bluefields, of Vice-Consul Hatch. This demand is coupled with the threat that if the pay- ment is not made by a certain date, forcible measures will be resorted to to compel payment. These forcible meas- ures will, of course, include the seizure of Bluefields. ‘The second cause of anxiety is the encroachments of Great Britain upon Venezuelan territory, and the many evidences of an understanding on the part of Great Britain, Germany, France and Belgium, by which a simultaneous descent will be made upon Venezuela to enforce either territorial claims in the case of Great Britain, the payment of money due in the case of Germany, or the wiping out of a slight, as in the cases of France and Belgium. With four European nations, three of whieh are first-class powers, threatening toinvade South American territory,in vio- lation of the teachings of the Monroe doctrine, there is unquestionably food for serious reflection. The United States will be compelled to energetically protest; but, in the event of the protest being disregarded, how will the country maintain its contention that European powers must not invade American soil at any point? The long and the short of the matter is that, with our present resources, we would not be able to prevent the Euro- pean powers from invading Venezuela should they seriously determine upon doing so. The United States Govern- ment would not dare to submit the ques- tion to arbitration, because any conten- tion based upon the Monroe doctrine, which no foreign power recognizes, would of necessity be decided against us. Under the circumstances, therefore, it is not surprising that the foreign situa- tion should cause the President and the Cabinet much anxiety. Without a large navy andample defensive preparations, it will be impossible to uphold the teach- ings of the Monroe doctrine against the first-class European powers. The doc- trine must, therefore, be either aban- doned, or Congress must promptly set about authorizing a really powerful navy and the construction of adequate coast and harbor defenses. SW th, gg 4 — ae THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. BEN AND MR. MANNING. BBY ANN CAPEN had almost made up her mind to have some butcher’s meat for dinner. It was the butch- er’s day, and any moment he might ap- pear round the turn in the road that led to the village. Any one would have called Abby Ann a very good-looking woman as she stood in the middle of the kitchen trying to make up her mind absolutely as to the meat. She was tall and well formed; she had an oval face, with what was gen- erally described as ‘‘loads” of light hair twisted at the back of her head, and fall- ing in a pretty looseness about her fore- head. Her mild blue eyes were pleasant to look at. Still Abby Ann was 35 years old, and unmarried. In deprecating this fact her friends al- ways explained that, though Abby Ann was real handsome, ‘‘’n jest as good as she could be,” the men, somehow, didn’t seem to take to her. There were people who added to this explanation the re- mark that the men didn’t know anything, anyhow. It gives me pleasure to record at the beginning of this sketch that at this mo- ment Abby Ann is an engaged woman. As she stands there thinking of meat for dinner, she is betrothed to James Man- ning, who conducts the cheese factory on the Burnt River Road, and who has had one wife whom be has buried and one wife whom he has not buried, but who has left the Manning home because, as she said, she ‘‘couldn’t stan’ it there an- other instant.’? This was felt to bea vague explanation of her departure, but it was all she ever vouchsafed to give. It was generally understood, however, that she left Mr. Manning for the pur- pose of going away with an agent for a superior kind of lampchimney. This agent had traveled through the village, and had returned again and again until Mrs. Manning had departed with him. Under the circumstances the deserted husband had had no trouble in procuring a legal release from his wife. When he had really ‘‘got his bill’? he immediately began to go home with Abby Ann Capen from all evening meetings, and to call upon her more and more often. ‘Now, I tell you what ’tis,” said Abby’s mother to her daughter, ‘“‘I ain’t got one grain of respect for any man whose wife runs away from him.’’ “But, mother,’’ was the response, ‘‘he ain’t to blame ’cause Cynthy went off with that peddler.” Mrs. Capen shook her head. ‘You needn’t tell me,” shesaid. ‘But if you want him to come here courtin’ I ain’t goin’ to make no row. You’ve be’n of age this sometime, and you c’n do’s you please; but I ain’t no opinion of James Manning. Jew say you was goin’ to hail the butcher?’’ *4] was thinkin’ of it.’’ “You ain’t all run out of vegetables, be you?”’ As she put this question Mrs. Capen turned round from the sink where she was washing out afew handkerchiefs and towels. She looked over her glasses at her daughter, and a smile came to her shrewd face as she looked. **You needn’t get no meat on my ac- count,” she went on. ‘I e’n git ‘long first rate. 1 always did like baked p’taters ’n’ cream. ‘They’re real satis- fyin’to me. ’N’ pie’n’ cake—I’m doin’ all right.”’ Abby Ann walked up to the sink. There was a puzzled expression on her fair countenance. ‘T d@’know how ’tis, mar,’’ she said; ‘that book on vegetarianism reads all right, ’n’ I did make up my mind I never’d touch meat again. But for two or three days I’ve be’n feelin’ so all gone—lI didn’t know’s I was fitted to be a vegetarian. What do you think. mar?” Mrs. Capen was ‘‘sudsin’” a towel up and down in her tub. She replied that she was sure she didn’t know what Abby was fitted for, but she knew one thing she wa’n’t fitted for, ’n’ that was to go over to the cheese factory on the Burnt River Road ’n’ live with James Man- ning. “Oh, mother, how awfully down on James you be!’ Mrs. Capen laughed. She began to wring out her towel. She said it would be a pity if mother and child should both be in love with James. The sound of wheels on a rough road was now heard by both women. ‘‘There’s the butcher. You’!l have to make up your mind about meat.”’ Abby Ann snatched up a shaw! from the table and put it on her head as she ran into the yard. She was just in time to signal toa man driving a white-cov- ered cart. This man immediately drove up to the doorstep. Abby Ann walked hesitatingly to the back of the cart, where the meat was displayed. She gave a little shudder as she looked at it, but that ‘‘goneness’’ of which she had spoken urged her on. “IT ’spose you kill all your own crit- ters, don’t you, Mr. Hill?” she asked. *Sartin’,”’ ina jovial tone: “it don’t hurt ’um hardly a bit.’’ “It seems a pity to take life when”— “Wall,’’ hastily interrupted Mr. Hill, “you wouldn’t want to eat ’um alive, would ye? That’s one reason why I can’t never swaller an oyster—raw, I mean. I keep thinkin’ they’re swimmin’ round im my stummick. Was you | ,ckin’ for a piece to stew ortofry, Abby Ann?” Before she could reply Abby Ann dis- tinctly heard a growl from the front of the wagen. ‘“‘What’s that?’’ she asked quickly. ‘Shet up, won’t ye?’? shouted Mr. Hill. He was not addressing this remark to the woman near him, but to whatever had growled. He now turned to her and said, ‘*‘’twas a thunderin’ dorg he was taking home to knock in the head for Squire Beals. “That bull-terrier; mebby you’ve seen it, though he ain’t had itlong. It loves to fight better’n it loves toeat. Its jest had a fight with a beast twice its size that was worryin’ the Squire’s cat. It’s all mangled up. Squire told me to take it home ’n make way withit. Did you say you’d have a piece to stew?”’ The butcher punched his grimy fore- finger into a chunk of meat as he spoke, and remarked that there was a piece ‘that would go grand in a smother.’’ But Abby Ann had left his side and gone to the front of the wagon. On the floor under the seat, and chained to it, was lying a dark brindled dog with blood smeared on its glussy side, with a fragment of skin torn from its forehead, and with a bleeding under- lip. He gazed with red eyes at the woman who bent toward him, her fair CHAMPION & CASH REGISTER AND GOING TO STAY THERE THREE-FOURTHS OF YOUR TIME ON YOUR BOOKS. ALL MISTAKES IN REGARD 10 CHARGES SAVED. NINETY PER CENT. OF ALL MISTAKES PREVENTED. EVERY MISTAKE THAT 1S MADE IMMEDI: ATELY POINTED OUT. Think Of It! i + of your book-keeping money! 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Her eyes were fixed on the dog that was going to his death because he had fought for a cat. Perhaps he had fought on other occasions. But what of that? She drew a long breath, shuddering as she did so. Presently she put out her hand a little way toward the dog. She spoke gently. ‘Poor feller!’ she said. ‘Look out!’ cried Mr. Gill. ‘He don’t snap at me ’eause he knows | ain’t afraid of him, but’”’— *} ain’t afraid of him either,” said Abby Ann. ‘‘There! Oh, how you have suffered, ain’t you?”’ The dog reached forward stiffly until his nose was near the extended hand. Then he gave ove lick to the tips of her fingers. Abby Ann turned to the butcher. “IT guess Squire Beals wouldn’t care if you left the dog here, would he, Mr. Hill?’ ‘‘Left him here? The oid Harry! No, { don’t think he’d care, but I ain’t goin’ to doit, allthe same. Ben would chaw you up in no time.”’ “Is his name Ben? I ain’t afraid of bein’ chawed up. He hasn’t got a bad face. He’s sufferin’ now. Ben, don’t you want to live with me? Dear Ben Y The terrier wagged the end of his tail and whined slightly. The woman gave a soft little laugh. “Mr. Hill, you untie him, will you? If Mr. Beals objects to my havin’ him Vl see about it myself.’’ The butcher stared in silence. Then he found his voice and declared that the animal in his wagon’d got to be killed, and that it wa’n’t no kind of a woman’s dog. After a little talk of this kind Abby Ann said that she wasn’t in the least afraid to loose the dog. Whereupon she mounted the wagon, Mr. Hill protesting that ‘‘if she got bit he wasn’t goin’ te be responsible.” There was, nevertheless, admiration on his leather face when his companion persisted, saying that she couldn’t bear to think of the dog as going to be killed. Ben instantly stood up, whining with pain as he moved, but greeting his new friend with as much demonstration as was possible for him to display under the circumstances. When Abby Ann unhooked his chain from his collar she inadvertently grazed a raw place on his body and he instantly snapped at her; and then he licked her hand again in apology, wriggling pite- ously as he did so, trying to assure her that he hadn’t meant it, and that it was only the pain, anyway. The weman stepped down from the wagon. She turned and held out her hand. “Come, Ben: you’re my dog now.’’ THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. © Mr. Hill once more asserted that he i should not be responsible. Ben stood an instant, dreading to |move. His hurts were stiffening. He looked from one to the other of the two people who were gazing at him. He whined again, then he made a leap and landed at Abby Ann’s feet, where he crouched, and shivered, and moaned. She bent over him, murmuring some unintelligible words. “By George!’ said Mr. Hill with great emphasis. “Abby Ann!” called a voice from the door; ‘‘what you doin’?”’ ‘“‘Mr. Hill was expectin’ to kill him, mar,” was the response, “but D’m goin’ to have him.”’ Mrs. Capen, who remembered old Rover, the Newfoundland, and who therefore had a weakness for dogs, now put a shawl on her head also and came out, the Mareh wind whirling her shawl and her skirts in the most disrespectful manuer. ‘‘Mercy sake!” she cried. ‘‘Why, he’s all blood!’’ “Mar,” exclaimed the daughter, ‘‘jest think, he kinder likes me already! I sha’n’t let him go. You can’t make me let him go.’’ The glow on the younger woman’s face was beautiful to see. Her shawl had fallen down to her shoulders, and the light hair was ruffling in the wind. Mrs. Capen wisely made no attempt in the direction of making Abby Ann let him go. She did not intend to begin at this late day to try to control her daugh- ter. She told Mr. Hill that he might’s well tell the Squire that his dog wouldn’t trouble him no more. This she said when the attitude of affairs had been ex- piained to her. “If Ben goes to runnin’ back there Mr. Beals ’1l make trouble,’’ asserted the butcher. Then Abby Ann gave her sol- emn word that she wouldn’t allow Ben to run back. Mr. Hill was about to climb up on the seat when he bethought himself that he had not yet sold any meat. He men- tioned this fact to the two women. Abby Ann said she had changed her mind; she didn’t want any butcher’s meat; and the man drove away. Mrs. Capen, looking down at the dog, assured her daughter that she might reckon on having her hands full now if she never did before. Then the two went into the house. Ben trailed stifily along behind Abby Ann, wbo tock him into the woodroom and shut him in there. She presently joined him with a roll of white rags, a dish of warm water and a piece of cas- tile soap. Before she began her work, however, she brought a bow! of milk and offered it to her guest. Ben lapped up a few spoonfuls and then drew back. He glanced up at her deprecatingly. She sat down on the floor beside him. Sometimes he growled and snapped, but he was invariably painfully sorry for such lapses, and hurried to kiss the hand he had snapped at. At last his wounds were washed and bound up where they could be bound, and Abby Ann tried to leave him there for repose. But he struggled up to his feet and pushed so decidedly at the door that she Jet him go with her. He lay on the carpet beside her all that afternoon; he was in that position Write for; rices of Any Sflowcase Needed. 55-57-759-61 Canal St., GRAND RAPIDS. Show Cases, Store Fixtures, BUY PHILLIPS’ CASES. Silent Salesman Cigar Case. Send for Circular. J. PHILLIPS & CO., Detroit, Mich. SEND FOR DESCRIPTIVE EPS A Ae. ary ¢ PaMPHLET. 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He advanced with much tribulation, ow- ing to his wounds, and he appeared to resent the handshake that ensued. ‘What beast’s that?’? asked Mr. Man- ming in that disrespectful tone which some people use in reference to dogs. “It?s a dog,” said Abby Ann with more crispness than she usually em- ployed in speaking. “Oh! Whose is it?’’ “I's mine.” Oh!” Mr. Manning went some distance to make his choice of a chair in which to sit. The conversation did not begin very briskly. Mr. Manning was a tal! man, his height seeming to be mostly in length of body. His legs had always been bowed a little, and his pantaloons were in the habit of swinging about his ankles in an unbe- coming manner. He had a _high-fea- tured face, anda way of pursing up his mouth after he hadspoken that was ex- tremely irritating to some people. It was perhaps a little curious that Abby Ann had never until to-day found that trick of Mr. Manning’s mouth to be annoying. The man’s voice was espe- cially soft and ingratiating. Among the men of his acquaintance it was often said that Jim Manning’s voice was all that could ever make any woman marry him. He sat now at the length of the room and looked over at his companion and at the four-footed creature beside her. He was thinking that he had never seen Abby Ann so pretty as she was now. He crossed his legs and remarked in his most honeyed tones that ‘“‘he’d b’en over to mill that day with some rye’n’ injin to grind, ’n’ he seen one of his old flames.’’ Here he gave aslight laugh and theu went on: “It?s mighty odd how a man’ll stick to his first notions. Now, I always hada notion that I liked light-complected women best, ’n’ I always shall. Both of my wives was light-complected ruther than dark; but they wa’n’t nigh so light’s you be.” Abby Ann blushed. Her suitor noted that she didn’t look more than twenty-five when she colored in that way. He impulsively rose and sat down in a chair nearer to her. As he did so he heard a low growl. He tried to smile. He pushed his chair a few feet further off and said that he s’posed the dog’s wounds made him sav- age. “He ain’t savage to me,’’ responded the woman. She bent over and put her hand gently on Ben’s bandaged head. “T guess if you should come up here ’n’ not act as if you was afraid he wouldn’t growl.” “Oh!” exclaimed Mr. Manning, ‘‘Iain’t afraid a particle; I ain’t never seen the dorg that could scare me.’’ eens eat aninneonea Oe ee et ae kc shacapilaty THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 11 But he did not come any nearer. He “Good doggie! I ain’t goin’ to harm This was the beginning of Ben’s devo- tried to take a particularly easy position | your mistress. I love her, too.’” tion to Abby Ann. Perhaps he had in his chair, but he had a strong belief Ben did not immediately lower his lip. | never before known any caressing kind- that if he should stretch out his legs the | Possibly he was attempting to make it|ness. At any rate, he was so grateful dog would think they were too near and | known that he also had now met theonly| and so loving that Abby Ann did not would bite them. woman he had ever loved. have the heart to deprive him of her so- He resumed his conversation on the Mr. Manning tried various topics of/| ciety; and, indeed, in two or three weeks subject of his old flame whom he had|conversation, but he did not feel at his! she would have missed him as mueh as met at the grist mill. usual ease, and he resented the way in! he would have missed her. He informed his present flame that it| which his betrothed would put her hand i ! He almost ceased to snap at her when had only been a boy-and-girl affair, and | on the dog’s head. she dressed his wounds, and he was even hat, notwithstanding all that had hap- is ¢ oC | that, ' standing Pp The gentleman got upon his feet to 0| more overwhelmed with repentance on pened since, he had never really cared | at a much earlier hour than usual. those occasions when he did snap for any woman until he had become ac- Abby Ann rose to accompany him to it . if he k tl he had i : ia seemed as if he knew that she ha quainted with Abby Ann Capen. the door, and Ben rose also, whining | i i T i : : =| saved him from being ‘‘knocked in the “Ob, Mr. Manning!” cried Abby Ann | somewhat as his hurts throbbed with | i ' g ace : : : d | head.’? At any rate, he was profoundly in a low tone; and the color rose again ! pain. ! i | : i | aware of her kindness and gentleness, over her face. He kept close to his new frind, conse- | ‘“Fact,’? said the man. ‘I tell you, quently there was a very formal farewell | a ; i | accustomed to human intimacy, though you don’t know what ’tis when a man ac- | between the lovers. es et ad itti j he haa been Ww d. tually sees the only woman he has ever Mrs. Capen, who was sitting nodding | i " cared for.” over the kitchen stove, heard this depar- | Naturally Abby Ann did net know; so | ture and roused herself. she said nothing; but her face was so “Your beau’s in a hurry, ain’t he?’’ lovely at the moment that Mr. Manning | she asked, as her daughter came into the rose and was about to place his chair | room. ‘‘T hope he ain’t got another girl ih " ; weg « che tk at t near that of his companion. He hadfor-|anywhere. It’s astonishing what the indoors and out; she liked to meet the a : ~ . 99 | steadfast ¢ 4 is hazel eyes. gotten the bull-terrier who was lying | women find in that man. steadfast gaze of his hazel eye and he had evidently never before been And dogs value intimacy with human beings with a pathetic intensity. Abby Ann liked to feel Ben’s warm body lying at her feet; she liked to have him tracking her everywhere she went, with his head extended and resting be- The terrier stood in the middle of the But Ben did not approve of Mr. James tween his paws. kitchen floor looking at the two as the | Manning, though that gentleman pro- Ben grinned and the lamplight fell|elder woman chuckled over her own) fessed an Sanree a liking for him, upon his shining teeth and his raised | words. | and brought _ bones and other pro- upper lip. He growled also. He manifested such a decided inclina- pitiatory offerings. Ben took the bones Mr. Manning retreated, but he con-|tion to go up the stairs with his new | 22d growled at the giver of them. trolled himself to such a degree that he | mistress that she let him go, and he lay “‘First-rate dog,” said Mr. Manning, was able to exclaim playfully: on a mat all night by her bed. ieontemplating him from the end of the NEARLY 100 DEALERS... RICYCLES! In the State of Michigan alone are handling our wheels. These dealers have signed contracts since January Ist, 1895 We have renewed con tracts with all our °94 customers. sees erereeeeeasseserereeee All our Agents can testify to the Gens poses Gelg oe our i Tih & —~ I , Tita RGBE WP A 5 We Are Leaders yp seins HIGH GRADE Wheels we have the - ~~ Monarch in [ill Supplies ——— Leather Belting Line at $85 and $100. And the Wy | ; QV" Rubber Belting | Outings ARS Mill and Garden Hose | At $85. Our SPECIAL —_ ‘Planet Jr.” Rubber Boots and Shoes | ane f Bicycles and Sporting Goods | Wheel <= them all—at that price. | inen Wwe Prompt Attention to Mail Orders. Featherstones Syn Ey & BARCLAY see 4 Monroe St., GRAND RAPIDS ADAMS & HART 12 West Bridge St. --Use Tradesman Coupon Books := eels ~ JOBS IN RUBBERS! *scesee t=°WRITE FOR NET PRICE LIST BEFORE THEY ARE ALL GONE. Address G. R. MAYHEW, Grand Rapids, Mich. Si a 12 room. He added with unction: him ’cause he likes you, Abby Ann.”’ So the spring months wenton. Mr. Manning and Ben maintained the same attitude toward each other, and their mutual friend grew more and more fond of the terrier. She expected to marry Mr. Manning in September, and she was making tablecloths in the very presence of Ben, who would have torn the linen into shreds had he known what it was. Mrs. Capen was in the habit of saying that ‘‘that there dog’d be pizened ’fore he’d been a month on the Burnt River Road, or she’d miss her guess.” To those remarks Abby Ann answered nothing, but if Ben were within her reach, as he usually was, she would put her hand on him and he would turn his head and lick her wrist. One evening it was getting to be nearly 8 o’clock and Mr. Manning had not come, although this was ‘his night.” Mrs. Capen was knitting and Abby Ann was hemming a tablecloth. Ben was out for his evening exercise. Mrs. Capen had just remarked ‘‘that *twa’n’t human natur’ for Jim Manning to like that dog, though he did pertend to,’’ when, close to the outer door, there was heard a growl, a shout, and thena schuffle. Both women rushed—the younger one was the first toarrive and to fling open the door. There was Mr. Manning, not literally foaming at the mouth, but giving that impression to the beholder, and he was ashen in color. And there was Ben, with a firm hold on the man’s leg, or rather on the thick cloth of his trousers. “Oh, what’s the matter?”’ cried Abby Ann. **You jest take off that darn little cuss of a dog!’ shouted Mr. Manning in a voice which was not in the least soft. **Gracious!” cried Mrs. Capen, a little in the background. “Ben! what do you mean? Come here, sir! Come here this minute!’’ cried his mistress. The dog did not immediately obey. He could not tell her that in the dusk of the yard her lover had opened hostilities by kicking at him. ‘Take the cuss off!” again shouted Mr. Manning; and again in the back- ground Mrs. Capen, now with a twinkle in her eye, cried, ‘‘Gracious!’’ Abby Ann approached still nearer and took hold of Ben’s collar, whereupon Ben loosened his teeth and immediately placed himself by the side of his mis- tress, looking up at her and wagging his tail as if to explain matters. ‘““Won’t you come in, Mr. Manning?”’ now inquired Abby Ann. The person thus addressed was trying to smooth his ruffled plumage. He said he was ina kind of a hurry now, but he’d call the next afternoon. And he disappeared rather abruptly into the darkness. Mrs. Capen took this occasion to eail Ben a *‘good doggie,” and she went to the pantry and brought a eouple of doughnuts, which she fed to the terrier as if she were rewarding him for some- thing. She looked furtively at her daughter and saw a flushed, disturbed face. She wisely made no remark. Mr. Manning came early the following afternoon. Mrs. Capen, before she re- tired from the room, noticed that their visitor wore a new pair of trousers. “i like ; ane ese a ee ea THE Much to the gentleman’s surprise, it was Abby Ann who spoke first. She said she was sorry that Mr. Man- ning didn’t like Ben. | ‘“Tain’t that,” retorted tbe other, | ‘that darn—I mean that dorg don’t like me. I’ve been thinkin’ that you’d better make way with him ’fore we git mar- ried. °Tain’t safe to have such a critter >round.”’ Abby Ann drew herself up. Ben, at her feet, raised his head and looked at her. “IT guess we won’t talk on that sub- ject,’ she. ‘‘I’m goin’ to keep my dog.” “Be you?’ Mr. Manning stood up. “Then I must say that our engagement is broke,’’ he said. Abby Ann rose, and Ben rose. “All right,” said Abby Ann. ‘‘Let it be broke, then. I'd ruther have my dog than a man like you any time. Perhaps it would be as well for all concerned if you went away now, Mr. Manning. Ben, he’s beginning to growl, ’n’ mebby I can’t pull him off another time.’’ Here Abby Ann laughed. Mr. Manning departed. His former sweetheart watched him from the win- dow. Ben placed his front paws on the window shelf and also watched him. Ben’s mistress put her hand on his neck, and he wagged his tail and as- sured her that she would never regret the choice she had made. It was at this moment that Mrs. Capen entered the room. She announced em- phatically that ‘tof all the dogs she’d ever known that bull-terrier was the best.’”?> And she brought forward an- other doughnut. Perhaps, to relieve the anxiety of the gentle reader, I ought to relate some- thing of the afterhistory of Mr. Man- ning. In the fall of that year the hus- band of Mr. Manning’s ‘‘old flame” and first love was taken ill with pneu- monia, and one week later was prov- identially removed from this sphere, leaving the grist mill in fee simple to his widow. At the urgent solicitation of Mr. Manning she bestowed the grist mill, the water privilege and her hand upon him. Sometimes when Abby Ann and Ben are out walking they meet Mr. and Mrs. Manning driving in the old ex- press wagon formerly belonging to the present Mrs. Manning’s first husband. On such oceasions Ben never fails to growl and show his teeth, and when the wagon has gone on he turns to his mistress and—well, if ever a dog laughs, that bull-terrier laughs then—and Abby Ann joins him. —$—$—<—__ >. <-—__— Much in Little. Courteous attention—politeness—is as much a stock in trade as are shelf goods, nails and the other articles denominated ‘shardware,’’ for without a_ certain amount of the former a merchant or clerk eannot sell his goods to advantage or re- tain patronage. It is the little things that count. A smile andapleasant word are always returned in kind by the aver- age person—man or woman. The man does not live who cannot be more or less influenced by kindness. It is, or should be, the natural method of intercourse, and is needed in the store quite as much asin the parior. Business intercourse, at all times, should be free, affably con- ducted and genuine. The spurious arti- cle is readily detected, and as custdmers look for the former, so when disappoint- ed they transfer their patronage to some dealer who studies politeness to better advantage. —__ >a MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. PUT UP _IN TIN. GOLDEN...... AXLE GREASE KEEPS AXLES BRIGHT. KEEPS AXLES COOL. NEVER GUMS. é Guaranteed to Give Satisfaction. Has No Equal. Put up in 1=2-3 Ib. Tin Boxes. “lanufactured by ’ ’ MICH. oes Dee TR oc oe 4, Our new Dis- count Sheet and Catalogue * are now ready. If you have not received one, please advise and it will come by first mail. § — € Signal 1, 2, 3, 4, Five. HOSTER, STEVENS & (0. MONROE ST., GRAND RAPIDS - 7 een LES ee oe ee eons ~ Ee aces ace THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. THE GROWTH OF CITIES. The extraordinary growth of cities is one of the remarkable features of modern civilization. Of course, there have been great cities in every age of the world, but never inthe proportion of the pres- ent. The reasonis plain enough. The growing facilities for travel enable peo- ple to get to cities more easily than in former times and the charm of being in a crowd is so great that it is impos- sible, once having been experienced, to give it up. In earlier times the difficul- ties of travel and the severe exactions of country life gave the people few oppor- tunities to get to town. Now all is changed, and all the people in a day’s travel of any center of population may be said to belong to it. Thousands of people doing daily business in the city reside at their country places in the environs, and the daily shifting of whole suburban populations is one of the com- monest features of modern life. The next addition to it will be the daily outflow of laborers of all sorts from their city homes to work in country places and suburban houses, returning to the cities at night. This sort of thing will go on until practically there will be no more country life, except in the case of those families who enjoy the fad of suburban residences. All the impor- tant processes of agriculture will be done by machinery,and but few mechanics will be required to handle the mechanisms. Then but little muscular labor will be required, except at such times as the gathering of the crops, when flocks of laborers will go down from the cities to work for a few days on the farms. And so this sort of thing will go on until there shall be no longer a large population living in the country dis- tricts. Of all animals, man is the most gre- garious, the most disposed to assemble and live in crowds. There isa sympathy in crowding together which gratifies all inferior natures, Of course, there are a few self-sustained, strong natures that repel crowdship and avoid it; but the masses of the people are otherwise. And so they find in the city not only excite- ment, but the sort of people with whom they are in sympathy, and, havirg found together people whoare alike in religion, in manners and customs, in morals, in mind, in physical development, and even incrime. There are cities in which the deformed people seem to get together, and in every city the criminal classes are all more or less associated. The criminal and vicious classes all know each other. As has been said before, the possibili- ties of being able to live together in cit- ies were never so great as at present, and as by the increased and improved means of travel people can live in cities, where- as it was formerly impossible, the time will come when all people will live in cities. Take the case of the American Negro. Under the slavery system the Negroes were almost wholly engaged in agriculture, and seldom in manufactur- ing. As a consequence, the greatest numbers of them resided in the country districts. But with freedom they began to get a taste of the gregarious life in cities, and they are increasing their ex- perience as fast asthey can. The excite- ment of cities is drawing them all the time, and the day will come whenall will practically be absorbed in the cities. If the Negroes were not extremely conserv- ative, a virtue which arises chiefly from ignorance and aversion to_ radical changes, they would have altered their habits much more rapidly than they have; but the transition is working its effect, and will continue to do so. It is useless to tell any person who wants to try the excitements of city life that cities are overcrowded. They be- lieve that the greater the population, the greater the opportunities for the popula- tion;the more people there are to consume, the more people there will be to have their wants supplied; the more there are to work,the more the work that will have to be done. And so they reason. Then the criminal and vicious classes reason that in a crowd there will be a greater market for their wicked arts, and so they all crowd to the cities. Thus the time approaches when the great bulk of the world’s population will be gathered in cities, and the agricul- tural classes, instead of composing a majority, will comprise asmall minority, except at certain seasons, when the ma- chine cultivated crops will have to be gath- ered and housed. Then the city people will go for a few days down to the coun- try for such a purpose. The Bradstreet Mercantile Agency. The Bradstreet Company, Props. Executive Offices, 279, 281, 283 Broadway, N.Y CHARLES F. CLARK, Pres, Offices n the principal cities of the United States, Canada, the European continent, Australia, and in London, England. Grand Rapids Oi, Office, Room 4 Widdicomb Bldg. HENRY ROYCE, Sapt. Na) Pails and Syrup Cans, Net Price List. Sap Pails per 100. IC Ix 10 quart . -° on 13 25 = lw Eire 14 2% a5 * ... we 16 50 Syrup Cans per 100. I gallon ... ua. Sea Our goods are full size and are guaranteed not to leak The pails are made almost straigbt, flaring enough to pack conven iently. send for price list of general line of tin- ware. WM. BRUMMELER & SONS, Manufacturers and Jobbers of Pieced and Stamped Tinware. Phone 640. *onia 8t., GRAN 260 8. YD RAPIDS SAVES TIME SAVES MONEY SAVES LABOR SAVES PAPER Price of File and Statements: No. 1 File and 1,/C0 Blank Statements. ..$2 7: No. 1 File and 1,000 Printed Statements.. 3 2: Price of Statements Only: 1000 Blank Statements ................ $1 25 1,000 Printed Statement 1. 1G Eodex Boards, per set... 25 In ordering Printed Statements, enclose printed card or bill head or note head whenever possible, so that no mistake may be made in spelling names. TRADESMAN COMPANY CHICAGO =: - 18, 1894 AND WEsT MICHIGAN R’Y. GOING TO CHICAGO. Ly. Gd Rapids........- ; :15am 1:25pm *11:30pm Ar. Chicago 1:25pm 6:50pm *7:20am RETURNING ‘FROM CHICAGO. Ly. Chicago. “23am 5:00pm *11:45pm Ar. G’d Rapids. eu 3:05pm 10:25pm *6:25am TO AND FROM MUSKEGON, Ly. Grand Rapids...... 7:25am 1:25pm 5:30pm Ar. Grand Rapids. .....11: ‘45am 3: :05pm 10:25pm TRAVERSE CITY. CHARLEVOIX AND PETOSKEY. Ly. Grand Rapids. 7:30am 3:15pm Ar. Manistee........ 2:20pm »pm Ar. Traverse City 1:00pm 8:45pm Ar. Charlevoix 3:15pm 11:10pm Ar. Petoskey 3:45pm 11:40pm Trains arrive from north at 1:00 pm and 10.0 pm. PARLOR AND SLEEPING CARS. Parlor car leaves for ( hicago 1:25pm. Ar rives from Chicago 10:25pm. Sleeping cars leave for Chicag. 11:30pm. Arrive from Chi- cago 6.25am. *Every day. DETROIT, LANSING & NORTHERN R, R. Others week days only. Oct. 28, 1894 GOING TO DETROIT. Lv. Grand ae 7:00am 1:20pm 5:25pm Ar. Detroit . ..11:40am 5:30pm 10:10pm RETUKNING F ROM DETROIT. Lv. Detroit. . Ti4eam 1:lupm 6:00pm Ar. Grand Rap ids 12:40pm 5:20pm 10:45pm TO AND PROM SAGINAW, ALMA AND ST. LOUIS. Lv. GR 7:4vam 5:00pm Ar. 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EASTWARD i Trains bz ve tNo. 14itNo. lojtne. 1d5\*¥s0 3 25pm |11 00pm G’d Rapids, Lv @ a 20am a a pecs ae 5am) 4 27pm j|1235am Johns 1. Ar 8 25am|1 lipm;! 520pm; 12am ae ones Oe) OO ‘120 pm; 6U5pim); 3 10am E. Saginaw Ar (10 50am! 345pm)| 80pm) 6 40am Bay City.....Arj113 am} 435pm — [15am Flint -- Ar}10 05am) 345pm) 7 U5pm) 5 4 am Pt. Huron... Ar}; — 5 50pm} 8 50pm} 7 30am Pontiac \ 305pm| § 25pm) 5 7am it, — take comfort in it. ‘Thus come FRANK STOWELL. Grand Rapids, Mich. Detroit... 405pm| 925pm) 7 00am ea ca 7 WESTWARD. For Grand Haven and Intermediate : HE 7 ALL SA = Points ........ . #70028. m, For Grand Haven and “Muskegon... +1:(0 Pp. m ee * MIL and CI +5.35 D. m. +Dally except Sunday. fe “It’s as good as Sapolio” when they try to sell you their experiments. Your own good sense will tell you that they are only trying to get you to aid their new article. Who urges you to keep Sapolio ? Is it not the public? The manufacturers by constant and judicious advertising bring customers to your’ stores whose very presence creates a demand for other articles. | 35 a.m., 12:60 3:15 Trains arrive from the east, 6: p.m.. 5:30 p. m., 10: v p.m. Trains arrive from the west, 10:10 a. m. pm and 9:15 p. m. Eastward—No. 14 has Wagner Parlcr Buffet car. No. 18 Parlor Car. No.82 Wagner Sleeper. Westward — No. 11 ParlorCar. No. 15 Wagner Parjor Buffet car. No. 81 Wagner Sleeper. Jas. CAMPBELL. City T'cket Agent. Granc Rapides & Indians TRAINS GOING NORTH, Leave going North For Traverse City, Petoskey and Saginaw....7:40a. m. WOE BOW ooo ne ean ect ereecee se nee eDi00 Do MM, For Petoskey and Mackinaw................ 5:25 p m. TRAINS GOING SOUTH Leave going South. moe Cieeusie.. .... se :25 a.m. For Kalamazoo and Chicago... ...... .... 2:15 p. - For Fort Wayne and the East................2 $:15 p. For Cincin natl. .............+.0--. 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Attitude Assumed by the Bell Tele- phone Co. ‘“‘The Bell Telephone Co. created and developed the telephone business of this country,’’ remarked a representative of the Bell Company to THE TRADESMAN the other day, ‘‘and we propose to act on the assumption that the field is ours and that we are entitled to all the emolu- ments due the originator of a new idea and the creator of a new business.’’ Such being the theory of the Be!l Com- pany, it is evidently the intention of that corporation to forestall eompetition by reducing rates to such a point that eempeting companies cannot do business except at a loss. Wherever no compe- tition appears, the old rates are to be maintained, but in_ those _ localities where competing companies attempt to acquire or divide the telephone business, rates are to be made which will prove to be an effectual barrier. For instance, at Lafayette, Ind., the Bell Co. reduced the price of annual service to $1 per year, but the business public insisted that it had had enough of the Bell Co. and turned the telephone business of the city over toarival company. The situation in this State, so faras THe TRADEs- MAN’S information goes, is as follows: Grand Rapids — Long distance tele- phones. will be reduced, April 1, from $100 and $90 to $80 and $72. Office >phones will be reduced from $50 to $48 and residence ’phones from $40 to $36, with a minimum price of $18 where the subscriber is willing to go on a line with other users. Subscribers who use a large number of ’phones, like railway companies, are made prices ranging from $20 to $30 per year, while special private telephones have been reduced from $10 to $5 per year. Three Rivers—The price on Bell tele- phones has been reduced one-fourth on account of the new competition here. St. Joseph—A few weeks ago the Gil- land Telephone Co., of Chicago, was granted a franchise here, and was to charge $24 a yearfor the use of tele- phones in business houses. The Bell Company, which has for years been charging $48 a year, now announces that it will furnish them for $18. Still lower rates are expected. Manistee—The Michigan Bell Tele- phone Co. has notified its patrons in this city that on and after April 1 the tele- phone rentals will be permanently re- dueed to $36 and $24 per annum for busi- ness and residence telephones, respec- tively. Traverse City—Manager Barry, of the Bell Telephone Exchange, has returned from Detroit, whither he went in response to acall from the Michigan Bell Telephone Co. He announces a reduction in the cost of telephone service to $36 and $24 per year, for business and residence telephones, respectively. —__—>_- The Grain Market. Contrary to all expectation the wheat market has been on a continuous decline during the week, instead of an advance, as could be reasonably expected, taking all the facts into consideration; but the market had on one of those erratic fits which caused it to go contrary to all known rules in the trade. One of the prominent reasons was that no one wanted to invest in the article when so many had tampered with it and got hurt. The ruling feeling seems to be to let wheat alone, although everything points to stronger and higher prices. When wheat is selling at country points at within 1 or 2 cents of Detroit or Toledo prices, it shows there is something rad- ically wrong and this state of affairs does not exist alone in this locality but in the winter wheat section generally. Proba- bly one of the potent factors for depres- sion is the large amount of visible, amounting to 76,000,000 bushels, and a new crop within fifteen weeks. Our vis- ible should decrease 2,000,000 bushels weekly from now until the new harvest, to get it down to a point where it could be handled and not act as a bugbear to depress the market as it has. However, when lake navigation opens up, we can expect to see the mountain of wheat in Chicago diminish—that is, unless all signs fail. Corn has remained very steady and firm, irrespective of wheat. Oats are also stronger, although the demand is hardly up to what it should be. Why oats should remain so firm is one of those peculiarities of the trade which we cannot account for. Receipts during the week were 90 cars of wheat, which is another unusually large amount. There were 19 cars of corn received and five ears of oats. Cc. G. A. Voir. i 2

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Mite... @ Carbonate, Pat........ 2W@ 2 _Tiage.........-..---- @ Carbonate, K.& M.... 20@ 25 | Hard for slate use. ¥ ts) Ox LS @ Carbonate, Jennings.. 35@ 36| Yellow Reef, for slate cul as || appt eg ane eT - joe od ee no ceaoo-- DOGS OD SYRUPS. Hydrargyrum ......... @ 60 dalae,Dulc... .. = 30@ _ hoses ..............- ee as 59 = —— Am.. ..1 oo _ arae. 00@S 3 ‘ TIGIBO...0. cee cccccvecs Amydalae, — (4 90@2 00 60 | Iodine, Resubl........ 3 80@3 90 pe ei Cortex -1 80@2 00 So | fogerorm. @4 70 Berg i -3 00@3 20 oo teen... G@2 2 Cajiputi .. - 6€@ 65 50 | Lycopodium .........- 60@ 65 1» Caryophylli - Dna @ 60 on... 70@ 75 = ase ** ‘ 3S = oo Arsen et Hy- a f conan | 11 2891 50 decor rei 10@ 12 Manutacturing Chemists; Citronella . 2 fs Go occ weee as 35@ 65 50 Bee ee oeae cones %@ 4 | —. 80 90 50 | Mannia, 8. F.......... "BS ‘ss GRAND RAPIDS, MICH - THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. GROCERY PRICE CURRENT. The prices quoted in this list are for the trade only, in such going to press and are an accurate index of the local market. below are given as representing average prices for average conditions of purchase. quantities as are usually purchased by retail dealers. They are prepared just before It is impossible to give quotations suitable for all conditions of purchase, and those Cash buyers or those of strong credit usually buy closer than those who have poor credit. Subscribers are earnestly requested to point out any errors or omissions, as it is our aim to make this feature of the greatest possible use to dealers. AXLE GREASE, Apricots doz gross | Live oak. 1 40 Aurora .. - _ = 6 00 | Santa Crus 1 40 Jastor Oil. .. — = 7 00) Luek’s...... 1 50 Diamond.... : nO 5 50} Overland.... 12 oe 75 59 Ww Blackberries i Mica __. 65 [mie ek e............... 85 Paravon .. .. . = 6 00 Cherries. ia _ ep nese @1 1> 7G T DE itted Hambur, BAKING POWDER. White — & 140 Acme. Erte neu ee 1 iq iD. calls. 3 doz.... . 45] Damscons, Egg Plums and Green % “b. ee oe Gages. 1 1b. [= ow oe 1 00 wiki ie . 1 6 Arctic. Gooseberries., tg t cans 6 doz Case. ...-- | 5> | Common . . 1s ce * td ~ - -- 1 10 Peaches. : in ee eg mm 1 10 es “ tise ~ _.... 90 weno... i 50 Queen Flake. _ | Shepard's --.- 150 2 on cansGdor “* ...--- 2 | California 160@1 75 6 Oz a * 3 20) Monitor 9 oz ‘ann = (tf- e Onr ie“ 200 * od Pears OE _.... 3 20) Domenue, _.. a7 Red Siar, % h cans . ©} Hiverside.............. 1 40 ro co. * : 75 Pineappier. “ » = -... . ene... es oe Telfer’s, 34 tb. cans, dos. 45 | Johnson’s sliced...... 2 50 ss cae : grated...... 275 “ im, © -- 1 38] Booth’ssliced.........0 @25) Our Leader, ¥% .b cans...- 45 . ereted........ @2 “ ¥ lb Cans...... i5 Quinces. “ 1 lbcans 1 Como .... 1 10 Raspberries. BATH BRICK. —....... 95 Black Hamburg.... 1 46 2 dozen in case. 4} Erie, black ae i 10 Baglish epoca eric Be Strawberries. Bristol..... ees eee ee oe i hewcenee 0 13 Domestic.......--------- --+ 9] Hamburgh .. 1 25 oo 85 BLUING. rows t Tecrapia .............._. ge LS 3 60 Whortleberries, Arctic, 40z OVais....------ 2° | Blueberries ........ 85 Ce eee 5 Meats. pints, round.....--- 9 ™ | Ogrned beef a ..2 “No. 2, sifting box.. Gan) eee beer lee “No. 3, + 2 | Potted hae i606.) | 5, ae a “ ‘ a 70 * «=LOEDRIL .....--.--9- 3 8 tongue, % Ib.... 1 3 Mexican Liquid, 4 02...-.- 3 60 ei . ae Me a i ooe.-- ce chicken, % Ib....... % Vv t . BROOKS, — } 1 99] Hamburgh stringless.......1 15 Ce Ht — style..... . a . ee 25 9 i —--- i 2 50 | Lima, — eee 115 : es 2 50 . eee... 7 fneane wie strrctstttts © &s | Lewis Boston Baked.......: 125 Fane ee 1 0b | bey Stale Baked........:._. 12 Warehouse | ll) Ss 6s | Weride Par Baked... 1 25 7 ae rece ee ee.......-..-..... 95 c : Corn. BRUSHES, Bambee Stove, No. 1........---- +++ 1 25] Livingston Eden .. -1 00 ' - 2. oir... 90 “ - -=......- 1 75 | Honey Dew.... is Rics Reat Scrab, 2 row S$ | Morring Glory ins Root Sirah, Srow.... 1 | Soaked ................ % Palmetto, goose........-..- 1 56 Peas. CANDLES Hamburgh marrofat........ 1 30 once g early June . ...1 50 Hotel, 40 Ib. boxes.... - iy Champior Eng..1 40 tar, 16 0 atone 2 petit pois.......1 40 Parafine ...............<..- is fancy sifted....1 65 Vases ......--.....-.... 4 Pane 85 Harris standard... seer 5 . ~. VanCamp’s marrofat....... 1 10 CAANED GOODS. a early June..... 1 30 Fish. Archer’s Early Slossom....1 25 CTeme, French ee 215 ttle Neck, 1 lb.. : iD Mushrooms. Little yy 2ib : 3 091 French _.......-...........- pel Clam Uho Pumpkin Staudard, 3ib.. ee 85 Cove OF Squash. Staudard, 1 1o.. : gs | Hubbard ........-........... 115 ic 2 ib. i 14 Succotash. Lopeters. Hamburg eccccveccscccesceces 13 Star, i ib.. .2 45 | Soaked... 80 * 2 ib. 350 | Honey Dew 1 Picnie, 1 Lt 2 00] Erie.........................1 3 vs gid : 2 90 _ Tomatoes. Mackerel Hancock ..... 90 Standard, 1 Ib. ..... Excelaior ... cece 2 ib. ee... ........ —— Mustard, 21b.. Hamburg....................1 3 Tomete Sauce, oan... Le Soused, 2 Ib..... CHOCOLATE, Salmon, Baker’s. Columbia River, fiat.... ...1 €0| German Sweet........... _ = “tale... i 65] Premium.... . 37 Rtcee= Hed i 3' | Breakfast Cocos. 45 i CHEESE, Afic a ae ek en “2 + | Lenawee. a ni De i > | cee... . 12% Import-d ‘er 4 | : Medal c ”5 ‘i ee 9 Mustard % ote @ 41] sriek... : il Boneless te uv ie aa 20 froat. i =p : ~- on) LIMDUreer ....... co @i5 ae o | Plioeaprme.. S24 Fraits. | oguerorc ..... .. @35 pik. : again an Bib. mangerd... ..... uO ried may York State, gallons... oS 274 Hamburgh, * . CREAM TARTAR. Strictly pure........ Telfer’s Absolute....... ——.................. CATSUP. . = 30 - 1525 Biue Label Brand. Half pint, 25 bottles 27 Pint _ as 4 & Quart 1 doz bottles se Triumph Brand. alt pint, per Gon.......... 135 Pim, 25 Deities... ...... 4 50 Quart, per dex ..... ... -. CLOTHES PINS, 5 gross boxes...... 0 40Q45 COCOA SHELLS. 1D Deee............... Oe Lees quantity........... @3% Pound packages........6%@7 COFFEE, Green. Ria Fair . 18 ee 19 aoe... 2 Golden 21 reer =... 23 Santos. Fair... oo 1 ee 20 rc... 22 Peaberry -..... Mexican and Guatamala. ” 23 on 21 ——................. = se 24 Maracaibo, nae... Cs 23 a... Java ier. C#. 25 Private Growth.............27 Mondentar...._..._.......28 Mocha. Imitation . 2 Areeeee.................-...29 Roasted. To ascertain cost of roasted coffee, add c. per lb. for roast- ing and 15 per cent. for shrink- age, Package. McLaughlin’s XXXX.. £2 30 oe, 21 86 Lion, 60 or 100 Ib. case.... 22 Extract. Valley City 4 gross.. 75 Fell : i 2 Huommel’s, foil, gross...... 1 65 ' tin . ..-... © oo CHICORY. SS =a. 7 CLOTHES LINES. ‘otteon, 40 %%.......perGdos. | : aor....... . 1 4 . oo re....... . 1 oe cs we....... . 1% ‘ or... _ 1% dnte or....... - 8b ss 2. ...- . 1 Cus SENSED MILK, 4 dos. In Care, N.Y.Cond’ns’d Milk Co’s brands Gail Borden Eagle..... ... 7 40 oe 25 as... 5 7 onion... 4 50 mereeres ........... ...... 25 me... Soe iin | Peerless evaporated cream 5 75 | | Vostizzas,6°'h. casee...... 43 Our PON BLOKE, ‘Tradesman.’ 8 1 books, per hundred.... 2 00 82 o se _. 2 oe 83 "E . ' i oo gs 5 “a is “ oe 3 oe 810 ine " ie +. = oo 220 “ 4s “ 5 00 “Superior.” # 1 books, per hundred ... 2 50 ‘sl CU ' 3 00 #3 ' . 3 50 85 a 4 00 810 c 5 00 #20 ' - . . Universal ”’ 8 1 books, per hundred 83 60 82 o ' oon 83 . _ . 400 oa a .. 500 —_— * “ .. 6a — | ‘ 7 00 ‘ Above prices on coupon books are subject to the following quantity discounts: 200 books or over.. 5 per cent 500 “ “ me aa 1000 “ se . 20 ‘i COUPON PASS BOOKS. {Can be made to represent any denomination from %10 down.| —ooo.. ...... 618 CU ——. oe — = 3 00 =e Cl eee eec ete ec — = le .. 108 mo UC . iv CREDIT CHECKS, 500, any one denom’n.....88 90 1000, ‘ 5 00 é i ae a i ee 8 00 Steel punch ole CRACKERS. Butter. poymoureee............... Seymour XXX, cartoon Pemty SEE... Ck... Family XXX, cartoon...... ee Salted XXX, cartoon ...... Kenosha tee eee ee a Meter bipewii.............. Soda. Oe ot a Se 5% oe ce.................., TT! a, eee.............. 8% Cryeenl Waler.............. 10% Long Island Wafers .......11 Oyster. S Oyster ZE............., Bae City Oyster. ZXX........ .. 5% ee OO eee.............. © DRIED FRUITS. Domestic, Apples. SonGres.... ......., 6% Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes 8 Apricots. California in bags.. ... 7TK@S% Evaporated in boxes. .. 9 Blackberries, In boxes... — Nectarines. = es... me Pewee... ......... 9 Peaches, Peeled, in boxes.... 14 Cal.evap. ‘“ eee 9 . " in bem... ... 8 Pears. California in bags..... 6k California boxes........ 7% Pitted Cherries ot. i. bemes ........... »” go Prunelles, ool. DOMGS...... ..... 9% Raspberries. a 22 pore wemee.............. 22% a T2% R2ateins, Loose kxuscateir ip Boxes, Ce a ow goo 4 Loose Muscatels in Bags. 2 crown 34 3 i . . 3% Foreign Currants. Patean, bhie...... ...... @A% Schuit’s Cicaued, ee RO 5% 1TD.. pRCkReOE ........--... 6 Peel. Citron, Leghorn, 251b. boxes 12 Lemon - a * e ; Orange Y = Raisins. Ondura, 29 lb. boxes. Sultana, 20 va 6% Vaiencia.30 ‘ Prunes, California, 100-120..... 90x100 25 Ib. bxs. a : Y 80x90 = 70x80 = C 60x70 co Silver a ENVELOPES XX rag, white. No. 1, 6% No. 2, 6% No. 1,6 wea 6.... Manilla, white, 6% ..... Mili No.4... . 90 FARINACEOUS GOODS. Farina. 15 Th eee. .-.........- 2% Grits. Walsh DeRoo & Co.’s..... 1 % Hominy. Barrels woccocceccsesccee 2% ore. ............ 3% Lima Beans. Dried....- Sos 5G Maccaroni and Vermicelli. Domestic, 12 lb. box... Imported Pear! Barley. : 55 oe 10%@11 Sehurascner... -......... 344 Peas. reen, 4... ........., 1 10 moet er mm .........,.. 2% Rolled Oats. Schumacher, bbl....... ..- 34 65 nig “t bpl.....:... Bae Monarch, bol ..........- 4 00 Monarch, % bbl........ .. 2 Quaker, cases..... 3 20 Oven Baked...............- 3 25 Sago eee. 3 Met ingia................. 3% Wheat. Canes oe FISH--Salt. Bloaters. wees... 1 65 Cod. Georges cured........... Georges genuine......... Georges selected......... Boneless, bricks.. ...... 6% Boneless, strips.. ....... 64%@9 Halibut. Smoked ............. 11@12 Herring Holland, white hoops keg 80 “ “a “ bbl 10 ‘0 Horwerren........-...... 11 60 Round, % bbl 100 Ibs...... 2 55 - ae 1 30 es. ...,.......... 15 Mackerel, TL ee ee 11 50 ee, 4 90 Be. 1. 20 1he............ _i1m oe. & tee te... «..-..... 12 990 hoe oe... 4% hos we e............... § oe Family, 90 Ibs..... : _ es... Sardines. Huseian, Koes............. 55 rout. No. 1, 4% Dbis., 100ibs.. .....- 4 50 Ho. 1X Onl, @ ibe..........2 @ ™o. 1, kite, 1 lde.... to mo Lom Sie... 52 Whitefish. No.1 family % bis, 100 lbs ay 32 ly 4 a2 i7 IC ib. Kits ee 9 50 im bee ey SO 43 wATCHES. Globe Match Co.’s Brands. Columbia Farior. .........01 @ XXX Suiphor..... 12 ; Diamond Match Co.’s Brands. wn © SIphT.........,. 28 Auciur pafiur...... ocneeecl es ae ie ceeee............ 17, 110 apert pareer............... 400 Souders’, Jennings. 2ozregularpanel. 75 40% He oe 6 oz . _—. Ro. 3 toper........ No. 4 taper..... Northrop’s MEASURES. a ar Selos.........- ie ee Halt pint .... Half gallon anes Shyer Tudest Cuba Hakin.. wTdlueary Porto Ric .. Half -barrels 3c.extra 7oe.... sies.... MINCE MEAT. Mince meat, 3 doz. in case. « Pie Prep. 3 doz. in case. Tin, per dozen. ES " WeT ASSES, | Princ Fancy | New Orleans, a Gee ..... “ a“ Rates SOGe. .....-.---.. 2. Cuuive ono pete i FLAVORING EXTRACTS, Oval Bottle, with corkscrew. Best in the world for the money, Regular Grade Lemon. Regular Vanilla. doz -81 20 2 40 XX Grade Lemon. Vanil la 1 20 nwnmwre 333s Lemon. 7 20z ovaltaper 75 0 3 0z r - i= 1s 2 oz regular ‘‘ 85 1 20 402 c = te 2 2 GUNPOWDER. Rifle—Dupont’s. com. es 3 25 mem keee.......... 2... 1 90 Quarter kegs............... 110 (oe 30 i) cees,...........-...... 18 Choke Bore—Dupont’s nee... ce, . <2 are wees... ........... 2 0 Quarter kegs.. .... 12 [i> Cans ...... . _-. Eagle Duck—Dupont’s. eee ae 11 00 Half kegs.. See pee es Oe Quarter K@gs....... ..... 3 00 ee HERBS, a OS ce epec aces 15 oa. ............--..--.. -- 15 INDIGO. Madras, 5 lb. boxes...... 55 S. F., 2,3 and 5 Ib. boxes.. 50 JELLY. i pele... . @ 34 a: | eon ea oe @ 49 LL @ 20 LICORICE, roe... 30 ereeee..................... 25 Sicily 12 i.......... 10 LYE Condensed, 2 dos........... 1 20 . -_ Oe8 .......,.- 2 2 ord 45 Wooden, for vinegar, per doz. —————— 7 00 20 % 18 29 SEN Sakanitinde : i emia ley P Barrel —— m Half a, 1.200 count : THE o a 0, count. — Domes, 2, oo = as en ea Mi —— bbis, 1, 0 count. e590 | ¢ Pack ERAT CHY ee cou =— ed 60 lb US. G a Cla P - > DeLand’ Risa eis AW y, No. TPES 3 40 Dwight’s ISA x. ah Cob, TD. =... , on gs } ty fulloount. SE oo eC aa ¢ 30 ae TEA i= A 7 “a vio _ SEE eee 3 15 air JAP S. t 1 L A aoe = ce ee | | Gad =a SM A IN. OTA ca AO "1 loz XTR 3 00 Good «-.°...... gular B 48 SH, -+:12 oes Lem ACT ‘hoice see RED : abbi cans e r. M. 8 on s Cholcesi nia N Pe tt’s in ca 3 OM 90 d ' oe On EAT Q17 fagi y nna sees se. . * 1 OZ ust . wees ¢ Ww. c.. 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GRA E FOR RMS ND cas MICH anistee oye ~~ ‘THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. WHY BLAME THE DRUGGIST? {Concluded from page 18.] ing to your account of the time since the | medicine reached the house.’’ At this point Doctor Starkey drew an intense sigh of relief, and was about to speak, when I motioned him not to interrupt} me. ‘You hold in your hand an exact copy of the prescription you ordered me | to place in the box; but, as I saw that} there was an error that} would prove fatal should | fill your or-} der, 1 took the liberty of changing the} amount of morphia to three grains. friend Halstead saw me weigh it, the! powders thoroughly triturated, finished and placed in the box. Let me say that, from whatever cause, the error itself is wholly yours, as your original copy, which | have on file, will show; and, in the use of my best judgment, both re- garding the patient and in screening your error from the public, I deserve your heartfelt gratitude instead of ex- ecrations. The public would censure and criminate you if they could, as they would myself had I overlooked your er- ror or evaded what was clearly my duty. I took our friend Halstead into my confi- dence and consultation, that there should be a competent witness of my actin the ease. The secret is safe in our hands, whatever may occur. I inferred from the other ingredients in the powders that there was a fever prescribed for and, consequently, made no other changes.” Long before I had finished speaking, Doctor Starkey had become calm and taken the chair I had placed for him. As I ceased speaking, he grasped my hand with both of his, and begged a thousand pardons for his—as it proved—unwar- ranted anger toward me, and, bidding me good night, hastened to the bedside of his patient, without asking me to ac- company him. unintentional Our | * * It was the evening of the second day after my stormy interview with Doctor Starkey before 1 saw him again. He came into my store at the usual hour of closing and, with a pleasant, though a somewhat crestfallen, appearance, grasped my hand. I was egotistic enough to think that | understood my business quite as well as he did his, and, know- ing that I had been in the right and hein the wrong, I harbored bim no ill-will! and had forgiven his turbulent imputations. After enquiring if we were alone, he opened conversation by saying: ‘““My nearly fatal mistake was most fortunately changed to a happy ending by your thoughtful—I must say skillful —care for both my patient and myself, as without the supervening sleep and rest after the weary wakefulness, the brain must have given way and death been the result. I do not now wonder that she slept so soundly and perspired so freely, but in my excitement at the time I mistook all the symptoms for those of an overdose of morphia, and overlooked the pulsations of the heart, which was performing its duty faith- fully. Miss Langworthy is now fairly convalescent, and, most fortunately for me, no suspicion of an accident in the case exists,” at which he seemed espe- cially gratified. Then, taking from his pocket a physician’s vade mecium, in which he often kept copies of prescrip- tions—especially those which might be | carried out of the city—he continued: “IT have discovered the key to my mis- take. And I recollect that, once before in my practice, I made the same kind of ! |} man from the village of M |me to prescribe for a case of fever and | error in writing, but that time discovered | it before it left my hands. On the day I left the prescription for Miss Lang- worthy with you, while in my office a called for ague. I complied at once, writing this: Quinia di-sulph. Ferri Bicarb. a. a. grs. XX. Mix and divide into six powders. Take one powder daily. ‘‘This was written (or, rather, copied, also) in this book in my hand, and, while | it was yet before me, remembering that |; l was to leave a prescription for Miss Langworthy with you that evening, I wrote the one beneath it for her, and, while still answering questions from my ague patient, with the twenty grains of quinine impressed upon my mind, | af- fixed the same quantity to the morphia, and then copied and folded the paper 1 gave you in the evening, never looking atit again! It has taught me a lesson in psychology which I shall never forget, and to which, I am of the belief, many accidents are due, for impressions of names and figures are more particularly imprinted upon the brain than almost any other objects or words and re-appear unconsciously.”’ Thus ended my first and last expe- rience with Docter Starkey in this re- gard, and the friendship cemented then has lasted for a generation. I leave the reader to answer the ques- tion at the head of this recital—‘tWhy Blame the Druggist?” FRANK A. Howl. — > ¢ > Everyone smokes the Signal 5. ) ’ PELE BIOS. of0e C0, STATE AGENTS FOR The Lycoming Rubber Company, keep constantly on hand a full and complete line of these goods made from the purest rubber. They are good style, good fitters and give the best satisfaction of any rubber in the mar- ket. Our line of Leather Boots and Shoes is com- plete in every particular, “also Felt Boots, Sox, ete. Thanking you for past favors we now await your further orders. Hoping you wiil give our line a careful inspection when our representative calls on you, we are REEDER BROS’. SHOE CO. Your Bank Account Solicited. Kent County Savings Bank, GRAND RAPIDS ,MICH. Jno. A. CovopeE, Pres. Henry Ipema, Vice-Pres. J. A. S. VERDIER, Cashier. K. Van Hor, Ass’t C’s’r. Transacts a General Banking Business. Interest Allowed en Time and Sayings Deposits. DIRECTORS: Jno. A. Covode, D. A. Blodgett, E. 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When one has something very impor- tant on bis mind, how he dislikes to open up the subject to the party most inter- ested. I had said to myselt that the first thing I did in the morning would be to speak to Mr. Ely about Fisher’s offer to go into business; but, when the morning | came, I found numberless excuses to put off the discussion from time to time, and it was evening before I was able to open the subject with him. ‘“‘So Fisher thinks of opening a store in Germantown, does he?’ said Mr. Ely, when I finished my story. ‘“*Yos, sir.’’ “Do you think a there?” “I did not think so at first, but the more I have looked into the matter, the better prospect I see of success.”’ ‘“*Have you any figures?” ‘“‘Yes; there are now at the settlement something like one hundred and twenty families; there are sixty families of farmers at that end of the county who would find it more convenient to go to Germantown than to come here, and | think their trade could be secured there; but with the trade of one hundred and fifty families we ought to sell at least $2,000 a menth, and, at the figure at which goods are sold here, that would bea gross profit of $400 a month, or about $5,000 a year.”’ ‘‘How much capital do you figure will be necessary ?”’ “I think $4,000 would be stock enough to start with.” ‘Has Fisher that much loose?’’ ‘sHe said he could raise whatever was needed.’’ ‘Very well; suppose you send Fisher word to come up here and | will then make you both a proposition.”’ Fisher came up the next day and, af- ter some preliminary conversation, Mr. Ely came to the business on hand. “Mr. Fisher, Mark tells me you had some notion of opening a store down at Germantown?”’ “Yah, dat ist so.’’ ‘Have you estimated what amount would be necessary to stock a store like that?” “Oh, lots of dings, I s’ bose.” ‘‘] mean the amount of money?” “‘Monish? Oh, dat ist all ridt; 1 finds him.”’ ‘‘Mark says it will take $4,000.” “Four tousand! Great shiminy, ist dat so?’ “It will take fully that; my stock here will inventory $11,000. If you open such a store as you ought to have there, you will need at least $5,000 worth of goods.” “Five tousand? You push him pimeby you say $10,000.” “No. I began here with $2,000, but lL could have made more money if | had had a better stock, and competition was nothing to speak of.”’ I looked at Fisher to see what he was going to say about the eapital. I had looked the matter over pretty thoroughly and was satisfied that a store in the set- tlement, with Fisher’s influence to back it, would doa good and profitable busi- ness. “You tinks $4,000, eh, Marks?’ he asked, turning to me. “Yes, I think that would be enough.” “Four tousand! Dat ista pig bile of monish, aber I dinks | finds him.” My face cleared up. “Well, Fisher,’’? said Mr. Ely, ‘‘l sent for you, to make a proposition, but be- fore I make It I would like to knowif you could raise $8,000.” “Eight tousand! Mine cootness, I never saw dat mooch monish!” “You couldn’t raise that much?’’ “J not say dat; maype.’’ ‘Very well; then I will make a propo- sition. My brother-in-law is the attor- oey for the new railroad through this country and tells me it will come through Germantown.”’ ‘I know dat,’’ said Fisher. “You know it? How?’ “] gif dose menstmit de shains $2,000 to goom dat vay.’’ ‘You bribed the surveyors, eh?” store would pay up; THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN . rn Ae KNOWLSON, §, P. Bennett Fuel Ice Go. ‘Well, it seems you knew all about it. | Of course, with a station there and rail- road communication, a store will soon be started by someone if you do not start one.” “No. For why? Iowns all dat land und vill nodt zell him.”’ | “Well, what 1 want to say is this: I am ready to sell you and Mark an inter- est in this store here and then build a store in Germantown. I| will manage the business here and Mark and you can | run the Germantown store. We will put all the profits. together and divide accord- | ing to capital.” i My standing in the community imme- | diately seemed to advance. Asaclerk | was of no particular account, but as a young merchant my advice was of value | and my society desirable. It was very | flattering toa young fellow, but I was' too busy to enjoy it to any great extent. Putting up a store in anew country is not much like erecting one of the hand- some buildings one sees in the city. We had no cellar to dig and there were no bricks to lay except for the chimney. The main timbers were laid on sawed logs set on end and in thirty days our room was ready to be occupied. Some- one had to go to New York again; Mr. Ely could not get away, Fisher was not posted, and so the choice fell on me. | I don’t know which was the happier, Fisher or I, when we were ready to open up. The next morning, we would throw open the doors. That section of the country had been flooded with handbills | in English and German and we wondered | how much trade would come to us. ‘Never you mind, Marks,”’ said Fisher, | “if de Yarmans ton’t bay lifely, 1 sent ’em pack to old goonthry. ”’ But the Germans did ‘‘bay lifely.” Our opening day was a grand occasion. It was the custom of the country to have free whisky and our barrel of that article was pretty well patronized; but our shelves showed that trade had been good. I dreamed that night that my name was Stewart. - _ > <—_ — More Truth Than Fancy. “John,” said a furniture dealer, the other day, to the mover whom he had summoned, ‘this bedroom set is sold, but it is not to be delivered just yet. Move it out of the salesroom at once and store it somewhere till 1 want it.”’ “What's the use of moving it till you send it up to me?’’ asked the purchaser idly. ‘Why don’t you leave it where it ist” The salesman uttered a queer little laugh and said: | “It is evident that you were never in | the furniture business, or you would not | ask that question. If L should mark that set ‘sold’? and leave it here in the sales- | room in plain sight it would probably | loose us several good sales.”’ “How so?” asked the purchaser. _ “It illustrates a universal weakness of | human nature,” laughed the salesman. “Everybody wants what he ean’t get, and there is nothing quite so attractive to the average buyer as a piece of furni- | ture that somebody else has bought be- fore he came around. If I left that bed- room set out marked ‘sold,’ half a dozen persons would say before night that it | was exactly the set they wanted, and | when they heard there were no duplicates they would fuss around enviously and nothing else in the establishment would ; satisfy them. “Eventually they would go off discon- tentedly and buy elsewhere, though the chances are that if there was no ‘sold’ tag on the set none of them would give it more than a passing glance, while a fair proportion of them would purchase other sets. It is a little human weak- | ness, that’s all. “So arises one of the tricks of the trade. Whena dealer sells a piece of | furniture of which he has no duplicates | he hustles it out of the salesroom as | quick as he can, let it lose him other | trade. But when she sells a piece of| which he has duplicates he puts @ big | ‘sold’? tag on it and leaves it in open | sight as long as possible for a bait for) others.’’ | Wholesale Shipper Cement, Lime, Goal, Sewer Pipe, Ete, CARLOTS AND LESS GRAND RAPIDS, MICH, Mine Agents and Jobbers for | Abb KINDS OF FUEL. | GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Office Telephone 1055. SECURITY Warehouse, 257--259 Ottawa St Barn Telephone 1059. Storage and Transfer Co. Main Of*ce, 75 Pearl St. Moving, Packing, Dry Storage. Expert Packers and Careful, Competent Movers of Household Furniture. Baggage I Given. Business Strictly Con fidential. Estiwates Cheerfully Wagon at all hours. F. S. ELSTON, Mer. WANTED. Beans, Potatoes, Onions. If you have any to offer write us stating quantity and lowest price. 1 y } Send us sample of beans you have to offer, carjlots or less. MOSELEY BROS. 6 28, 30 and 32 Ottawa St., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. THE REYNOLDS IMIPROVED TRUCK. ha This truck Wii ve svunu copctiaisy auapecu tu Lhe be run on elevator or scales from any angle. Merchants. We wants of make them to fit elevators or scales, and thus do away with transfering from truck to elevator or scales, and vice versa. The front wheels being casters, the truck will turn in its own length and fean The wheels are so large in diameter, and so much of the weight of the load comes directly over them, that one man Can carry twice as much on it as upon any other truck made; and instead of the ordi- nary rigid rest in front, there are two caster wheels, the operator can turn truck in any direction withgreatease. 22 sizes in stock. LANSING WHEELBARROW CO., Lansing, Mich. | FANCY De AOSSNOIN 79 The finest, best colored, thinnest skinned “Navel” to be had. Cost a little they are worth it. more, but Handled in Grand Rapids by = Lemon «__ Wheeler Co. IMPORTERS tl Grand Rapids GRUGE -— 24 THE MICHIGAN ‘TRADESMAN. GOTHAM GOSSIP. News from the Metropolis---Index of the Markets. Special Correspondence NEw York, March 23—A larger vol- ume of trade has been done during the past week and dealers are generally well contented with the outlook. A good many out-of-town buyers are here and the great jobbing houses present a very animated appearance. On all hands are seen indications of increased activity and there is a feeling that it is going to last, too. Down on Vesey street the big store of Callanan & Kemp is decorated with national colors from top to bottom in celebration of their 50th anniversary, and the concern bids fair to live to be a hundred. The changes wrought around Vesey street by the widening of College Place will give the down-town patrons of the grocery trade some elegant new stores and they are needed in this sec- tion fully as much as in the up-town district. As there are no big bazaars in the lower parts of the city the grocers stand less competition from them and can do business to better advantage. Prices are fairly firm all around, with here and there an exception. The coffee market is just now in rather awaiting mood. There are few sales of importance and the brokers are enjoying the warm sunshine on the south side, while waiting for the tide which they are sure will be arising one. Fair Rio No. 7is worth 16%¢e. Stock afloat, 444,608 bags. Mild coffees are steady but there is hardly as much firmness as a fortnight ago. Some fair sales have been recorded, including one of 2,600 bags of unwashed Caracas. The latter is worth from 18@ 19¢. Holders of molasses are not especially anxious to dispose of their stocks. The market is firm and buyers who make present purchases will probably do bet- ter than to wait. Prime to choice New Orleans, 33@38e. Fair to good, 28@32e. Syrups are fairly firm and there is sufficient demand to prevent any undue accumulations. Prime to choice, 18@ 22¢. Rice is one of the firmest things in the whole range of the market and there is great confidence felt in the future of the article. Some recent arrivals of foreign were quickly disposed of, although the quantity was very considerable. The refined sugar market is one of some uncertainty and the fiuctuations are numerous but not large enough to be worth mentioning. The usual run of trade prevails. The tea market remains in the same passive condition as for some time. Not a thing of interest has occurred. Canned goods are selling well, al- though most of the orders are for rather small lots. Itis evident that stocks on the shelves of retailers are in need of immediate replenishment and the bro- kers are feeling quite encouraged over the ehances of success. There are ample stocks of two thing—corn and tomatoes —and packers of these, who are, also, the chief holders, are hoping for a turn upward mighty soon. There have been no changes worth mentioning. The foreign green fruit trade has been rather disappointing during the week and holders are not in an exultant frame of mind. Lemons and oranges are said to be selling at prices showing no profit. The latter fruit seems to be in good supply. Butter is firmer and, with a scarcity of first-class stock, there has been an ad- vance on Elgin te 20}¢c. Lower grades are dull and yet there is a little firmer feel- ing than last week. It cannot last long, however, if the weather keeps warm. Eggs are in ample supply and are pretty well taken care of. They are worth 121@13 cents for Western. The market is uscertain. Cheese is in fair demand and the mar- ket is in good shape. It caused some comment among deal- ers to learn from a newspaper clipping tha; Grand Rapids is, probably, the grea, ‘t center for the shipment of beans in thscountry. No figures of the town’s consumption are given, so Boston will probably continue to take the medal in | lina Tespect. The recent development of strength shown in wheat, cotton and corn has had a good influence and the mercantile re- ports all speak of substantial gains in trade from all parts of the country. ee Grand Rapids Retail Grocers’ Asso- ciation. At the regular meeting of the Grand Rapids Retail Grocers’ Association, held at the office of THE MIcHIGAN TRADES- MAN, Tuesday evening, March 19, Presi- dent White presided. Geo. H. Remington, grocer at 603 Cherry street, applied for admission in the Association and was accepted. A verbal communication was received from Mr. C. G. A. Voigt, stating that he was unable to be present to discuss the rebate method of selling flour, but that he would surely attend the next meeting and address the members present on that subject. Adrian Brink moved that each member present bring five additional groeers to the next meeting, and that the Secretary be requested to extend a hearty invita- tion to all grocers in the city to listen to Mr. Voigt’s address. Adopted. On motion of Mr. Goss, Sections 1 and 2, Article 9, of the By-Laws were amend- ed, providing for meetings on Tuesday evenings, instead of Monday evenings, as heretofore. Mr. Goss suggested that the Associa- tion renew the agitation of the general adoption of the cash system. Mr. Brink seconded the suggestion. G. S. Clark stated that, in his experi- ence, the main objection to the credit system was that all cash customers imag- ined that they were paying the bad bills as well as theirown. He had conducted a strictly cash business in his grocery store for fourteen months and was so well satisfied with the change that he would not go back to the old way. He found that he did not have to cut prices on goods to do a cash business. The discussion was then dropped, without definite action being taken thereon. It was reported that the Standard Oil Co. proposed to place thirty peddling wagons in the city and sell oil exclusively to consumers. No one was able to con- firm the report, although severai grocers had heard such a rumor. On motion of Mr. Klap an Emergency Committee was appointed by the Presi- dent, as follows: First Ward—A. Brink, C. Stryker. Second Ward—A. Buys, A. D. Fisher. Third Ward—H. M. Liesveld, O. W. Pettit. Fourth Ward—J. J. Wagner, J. Frank Gaskill. Fifth Ward—Peter Schuit, G. S. Clark. Sixth Ward—John Ley, John Seven. Seventh Ward—E. White, B. VanAn- rooy Eighth Ward—Jos. Jenkins. Ninth Ward—Homer Klap, John Roe- sink, Jr. Tenth Ward—B. S. Harris, E. J. Car- rel. Eleventh Ward—Millard P. Hedges, D. E. Munshaw. Twelfth Ward—B. Doyle, Cobb. The report of the Committee on Essays was taken up and adopted in the follow- ing form: We recommend that three cash prizes of $5, $3 and $2 be offered for the best three essays on ‘‘Advantages of the Cash System;’’ that no limitation be made as to the length of the articles, and that competition be open to the world; that the artieles be published in THE TRADESMAN as they are sent in, and that entries close May 1, and that the de- cision of the Committee be announced at the regular meeting of the Association on May 21. There being no further business the meeting adjourned. —_—_—_—? OS The workingman becomes a slave only when he quits work by order of men who are not working. —_—>2————————— Rademaker, E. C. Geo. H. The agitator is never happy unless he has something to agitate. The Hardware Market. General trade—Has been very good. The bright weather has hada very favor- able effect and buyers have been more willing to make purchases for their spring wants. It is quite evident that prices have reached bottom and that the dealer who buys now is not taking any chances of further declines. Barbed Wire—Is in good demand and the mills are finding it difficult to get out their March shipments on time. The re- cent advance is firmly held and, if trade continues as good as now, we need not look for any lower prices. Wire Nails—The demand is large and prices firmly held. Most of the mills re- port their being from a week to ten days behind on theirorders. We quote $1.20 from stock, 95c at mill. Window Glass—Notices of an advance of 10 per cent. in window glass are being sent out by the manufacturers, which indicate that the ruinoas prices which have prevailed will not continue. Job- bers are falling into line and by April 1 we look to see the advance general by both makers and dealers. Bolts—The manufacturers have had another meeting and advanced the price 5 percent. Jobbers at present have not changed their discounts. Rope—Sisal and manilla rope are in good condition. Manufacturers are full of orders and have withdrawn the low prices quoted by them in February. We quote sisal at 5c and manilla at 8@9c. Agricultural tools, screen doors, window screens, garden hose and al! seasonable goods are moving very freely. Dealers are looking for a good trade in this line of goods. Gas Pipe—The new list, which went into effect in February, is now used gen- erally by the trade. Itshows an advance of about 5 per cent. Shot—Shot manufacturers have ad- vanced their prices 5 cents a bag and we now quote $1.15 at factory and $1.25 from stock. Many orders are being placed for early shipment, in anticipa- tion of further advances. Fishing Tackle—Orders are now being filled and dealers who have not pur- chased are beginning to do so, as the fishing season is near at hand. >_< The Dry Goods Market. Taffeta Moire, which sold so largely last year, is again on the market, much improved, three inches wider and sold at the same price; among new goods also shown this month are Toile delaine, satin surah, Selwygn suitings, Danish down, art novelty crepe, 2:ape de Vinnie. Percales are piece dyed in red, navy and wine. Cotton goods, printed and woven, are about the same in price. They have a ready sale. Unbleached cottons are a trifle higher. Some of the makes have advanced 4c, although Grand Rapids jobbers are still selling at about the old prices. Lawrence L. L. is quoted at 33{¢ by a few houses. ee The Drug Market. Opium is weak and lower, on account of favorable reports from the growing crops. Morphia is unchanged. Quinine is steady. Nitrate silver has advanced, on account of higher prices for bullion. Lard oils have declined. A Good Thing. Messrs. Studley & Barelay, of this city, report that sales of their "S & B”’ bicycles largely exceed expectations. They seem to filla long felt want for a high grade wheel at a medium price. If they have no agent at your place, drop them a line and they will be pleased to furnish information in regard to it and quote you prices which will interest you. POTATOES WANTED. And Cabbage, Onions, Turnips, Parsnips, 3earis and Sun Dried Apples. Any quantities. Corres- pondence solicited. HENRY J. VINKEMULDER, 445-447 S. Division st. PROVISIONS. Tbe Grand Rapids Packing and Provisinn Co quotes as follows: PORK IN BARRELS, — .lhU CL LL 12 3 Short cut .. . 12 50 &xtra clear pig, ‘short ‘cut. oe \ 15 00 mewaceom beegy......... Clear, fat back.. . ee 13 50 Boston clear, short cut.. ee ee 14 00 Clear back, Snore 13 75 Standard clear, short cut. best........ . 14 10 SAUSAGE, Peak teks. . z Oe 5 ee Ht 6 —— tt S% Blood . ee eee ee. 6 ee A ANNAN 6 — sh CC 10 ao Ee 7 LARD. Metile Bendered... ....0) oa ae. - 4 mas. ee va ag ee ee oe. | io. oe Ce 6% 50 Ib. Tins, ge advance. 20 Ib. pails, gc " 10 lb. ss %e “ sin 60 lté«