ee GRAND RAPIDS pe Res Ae ee ~ NoTICcE TO TES “When you finish reading this magazine place a ® one cent stamp on n this Pi BIC Ld . ne BO eee et Sar ee its ‘notice; hand cal] Y a) EW ge (CTE ER ae Eee ESE Se wea? SER LD oe ae ZG rar NIN =o & Sp PUBLISHED WEEKLY 47 (CX aS 2 ies TRADESMAN COMPANY, PUBLISHERS#< RSs Ns EST. § So we STE CRS Fee SEG VES SS SRS OOS BIN SRST See Fi : es Thirty-Fifth Year GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1917 Nz ber 1775 WANAKA ERATTEREKRWARTETO TOs CRORE EKKKKK PAWS RH AH AE CHA KKKKKRKKKARRRKKE ay ee THE EDITOR’S DREAM I look. In gloomy caves I see the martial serpents coiled waiting for their sacrificial prey. I see their open jaws, their restless tongues, their glittering eyes, their cruel fangs. I see them seize and crush, in many horrid folds, the helpless children given by mothers and fathers to appease the ambition and greed of Bloody Bill Kaiser. I see a world at war. The lovers of God are the haters of men. I see dungeons filled with the noblest.and best. I see exiles, wan- derers, outcasts—millions of martyrs, widows and orphans. I sce the cunning instruments of devastation and hear again the shricks and sobs and moans of millions dead. I see the prison’s gloom, the cannon’s flame. I see a world beneath the feet of tyrants; Liberty in chains; every virtue a crime, every crime a virtue; the white forehead of honor bearing the brand of shame; intelligence despised, stupidity sainted, hypocrisy crowned; and bending above the poor earth a superstitious night without a star. I look again, and in the East of Hope, the first pale light shed by the herald star gives promise of another dawn. I look, and from the ashes, from the blood and tears, the countless heroes leap to bless the future and erase the past. I see a world at war, and in the storm and chaos of the deadly strife thrones crumble, altars fall, chains break, creeds change. The highest peaks are touched with holy light. The dawn has blossomed. It is Day. ae I look. I see discoverers sailing mysterious seas. I see in- ventors cunningly enslave the blind forces of the world: Schools ate built; scientists arise; thinkers give the world their wealth of brain and lips grow rich with the words of truth. This is to come. I fook again. Superstition and kaiserism are gone forever. The altars and thrones have mingled with the dust. The aristocracy of land and cloud have perished from the earth and air. Threats and distrust are dead. A new understanding sheds its glory upon mankind. It is the gospel of this world, the religion of happiness, the evangel of health and joy.. I see a world at peace, a world where labor reaps its true reward—a world without prisons, without work-houses, without asylums. I see a world without the beggar’s outstretched palm, the miser’s heartless stony stare, the piteous wail * of want, the pallid face of crime. I see a race without disease of flesh or brain—shapely and fair, the married harmony of form and function. And as I look, life lengthens, joy deepens, love intensifies, fear dies. Liberty at last is God and Heaven is here. This shalf be. mres mse mB BSB RB eeesermeemeeeeerReePePeeReeePe @ mePeReErRRPeReERERRPERreERPBRrE mR RPeRReeE RB BF BS BS American Sugar Refining Company as A bigger sugar business for you More Domino Granulated Sugar is being sold than ever before because of our ‘Save The Fruit Crop” advertising urging the public to use more canned and preserved fruits. Are you linking your store to this advertising by displaying Domino Granulated and the other Domino Cane Sugars ? pT American Sugar Refining Company The Most Complete Line of Sugar in the World Pere Marquette Railway Co F ACTORY SITES Locations for Industrial Enterprises in Michigan The Pere Marquette Railway runs through a territory peculiarly adapted by Accessibility excellent Shipping Facilities. Healthful Climate and Good Conditions for Home Life. for the LOCATION OF INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES. First-class Factory Sites may be had at reasonable prices. Coal in the Saginaw Valley and Electrical Development in several parts of the State insure Cheap Power. Our Industrial Department invites correspondence with manufacturers and others seeking locations. All in- quiries will receive painstaking and prompt attention and will be treated as confidential. nates GEORGE C. CONN, Freight Traffic Manager, Detroit, Michigan Ceresota Flour Always Uniformly Good Made from Spring Wheat at Minneapolis, Minn. Judson Grocer Co. The Pure Foods House Distributors GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN J pO Peret-TFd pcs CEEL RE N fo ie ch . i | 1 we ty yee CL Ts prapenns z Sf Pe eee 7 a ran ne Dn @ f on CeIn | ae Ne dees Fs MEd reas oe pont Ee, See ass cm } ae ow te d an x “f; ~ . 2 ig “3 eee ® ik ‘ We extend a cordial invitation to all merchants interested to visit us and inspect our lines of Holiday Goods CELLULOID AND METAL TOILET AND MANICURE SETS, LEATHER GOODS, CHINA, CUT-GLASS, TOYS, DOLLS, BOOKS, GAMES, BRASS HOUSEHOLD WARES, SIVERWARE, CLOCKS AND NOVELTIES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. We are showing choicest selection of goods from over Eleven Hundred Factories Our display is a wonderful revelation of New Goods Lowest Prices and Immense Variety that should not be overlooked as the early buying merchants are show- ing by their orders every day since the opening week of June 5th. Don’t say “I can’t get away.” Other men are as busy as you but they have learned that goods “well bought are half sold,” and in this year of wonderful changes IT IS IM- PERATIVE that you see a line of goods like ours before buying. To attempt to order from your home town with so many NEW, NOVEL AND SNAPPY THINGS as we are-showing would be an in- justice to your business as the people are depending upon you to save them from ordering elsewhere. PRESENT PRICES WON’T LAST and our early orders cannot be duplicated as raw material and labor are constantly rising. Besides there is a greater shortage in these lines than last year and factories cannot be depended upon for re-orders. WE TRY TO SERVE YOU We mark our goods in plain figures. We have increased our sample tables ONE THIRD to accomnfrdate goods NEVER SEEN BEFORE in preparation for the greatest Fall and Holiday business you have ever had. We will hold orders until shipment is desired. We give Holiday dating, sell to merchants only and have no connection with any retail store. COME AND SEE US—CORRESPONDENCE INVITED H. Leonard & Sons MANUFACTURERS’ AGENTS & WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTORS Grand Rapids, Michigan a ETL Ag Pye) ges i Drift te F 1H Pb, LF Thirty Fifth Year GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1917 Number 1775 SPECIAL FEATURES. Page 2. Upper Peninsula. 4. News of the Business World. 5. Grocery and Produce Market. 6. Whale As Food. 8. Editorial. 10. Butter, Eggs and Provisions. 12. Financial. 14. Government Regulation. 16. Perils of Prussianism. 18. Shoes. 20. Hardware. 22. Dry Goods. 24. The Commercia! 26. Drugs. 27. Drug Price Current. 28. Grocery Price Current. 31. Business Wants. Traveler. The property of the Kaiser, of the German government, of the German steamship companies and banks, also of all enemy aliens in service in the forces of, in the public service of, or domiciled in any enemy country at the outbreak Ot ifs the United States, should be forthwith confiscated in part payment of the cost of defending the United States and its Allies against the German attempt to conquer the world in War with the Teutonic struggle for world power or downfall. Debasement of practiced both Prussia’s CUIRTENGY Was justified by and greatest King. Repudiation of debts in the event of non-success, as well as the confiscation of foreign debts, is advocat- ed as a part of the Pan German pro- paganda. Congress should pass a sequestration and confiscation act not only to reduce the net cost of defending free govern- ment from the wanton attacks of feu- dalism, militarism, and autocracy, but also to prevent the Teutons from renew- ing the war later out of the proceeds of their property invested, secreted, or sequestered (but not yet confiscated) in other countries. Long premeditated, deliberate, and unprovoked offensive wars of conquest against equal or higher civilizations, ac- companied by confiscatory indemnities to enrich not only the government of 1870. of Prussia, (or since Germany, ) but all Prussians or Germans as well, 1S70 most profitable have been Prussia’s before (and since then Germany’s) business since the unjust Silesian war of 1740. Poth before and since the declaration of a state of war because of Germany’s prior acts of war, prominent Pan Ger- mans have declared that Germany’s in- tention unless utterly defeated was to compel the United States to pay an in- demnity of not only the entire cost of the war but if possible of much more. For years the country has been overrun with German spies, of whose ante bel- lum activities the Lusitania case and the innumerable explosions in factories, railroad yards, wharves and on_ ships furnish evidence. It is reputed that the Kaiser, the Ger- man government, and other leading Pan Germans, both individuals and corpora- tions, have (although not always in their own names) very large invest- ments in this country’s land, manufac- tories, and securities. According to the War Loan number of the Journal of American ers Association, Vol. 9, P< the investments outside of Germany $5,000,- the Bank- ie 961, at the Germans held in outbreak of war 000,000 in securities, intangible and tan- gible property in other countries, and they have only disposed of $200,000,000 thereof since the war broke out in 1914. McAdoo’s speech on June 5, 1917, if Germany wins According to Secretary the Kaiser proposes to make us pay an indemnity of $125,000.000,000. the Great and the Pan Germans’ project of currency de- Unless Frederick basement and repudiation of foreign debts and claims in the event of Pan German failure are repudiated by the Teutons, little is likely to be realized on the American-owned comparatively small amount of property in Germany. There is enough nonresident enemy alien property here to make a substantial the the war that reduction in cost Of feudalism has forced upon us. France and Great Britain have sequestered all enemy alien property within their ter- ritory. Justice to our soldiers, taxpay- ers, and all others upon whom the strug- ele to force feudalism and tribute upon the whole world has thrown such bur- dens demands that we sequestrate and nonresident f confiscate all property of enemy aliens and apply 1t on account « the war they are waging to establish feudalism everywhere. es Naturally it could not have been long before Congress proposed a lit tle junket by its members to the front in When Panama Canal was being built, Congressional France. the constantly passing Cut shovels in committees were through Culebra and ¢nitically viewing the giant action. Now. that cally finished their work and passed all the laws the President has asked them to pass, they feel deserv- Cenegressmen have practi- about ine of a little vacation. What more interesting and picturesque than a tour up and down the trenches, in- specting modern warfare, always out of the would be terrible indeed, if anything danger zone, of course? It should happen to one of cur legis- Moving-picture apparatus and naturally, lators. special correspondents, would be of the party, and hourly bul- letins would be passed by censors in all the Allied countries to anxious constituencies on this And ar. ter the front, there would, ef course, Paris is not the same Parts it will be Con- side. be Panis. it used to be; but even so, able to interest and amuse the gressional excursion. WASTEFUL KNITTING. [t is estimated that a million women knitting for the Why the clothing of our troops is thus parcelled out to be l are now engaged in army and navy. necessary manufactured by the slow and uneertain process of hand knit ting is more than the Tradesman can understand lo knit a sweater by hand requires some. sixteen hours It can be done by machinery in about two minutes. When the Nation is cheerfully voting war appropriations and war taxes, why should an impor- tant part of the army outfit be mad halt a their private million and largely paid for by wemen out of funds of time and money? The sponsibility of their women are facing ad Heavy Fe own in tl their families it cessity of keeping health and ccmiort in a tit ) 1 hear-o1 prices. his might seem ¢ be a matter of the will alone and t erocers order: but wheatless meals and jimeatiess meals in reality Gall for much extra time ind management. Moreover, the great WOrk Of fFaisine and administering finds tor all kinds of unofh Var relief 1s largely in the hands of wom- en, Now it they transpires that these are also who patiently so to Red Cross headquarters twice a week and roll bandages by a hand-machine like a meat-orinder and spend every sible knitting, moment not sweaters and helmets, but wash-rags, and “sponges,” and—of all things! —mops, for hospital use. Why must bandages be rolled by would prepare i hand when machinery them infinitely quicker and more per fectly? Why must military hospitats have hand-knit wash-cloths when th enly requisite is a bit of clean fabric sufficiently soft and absorbent? If there is a true necessity for these fines, all cieht, but im these stren uous days woman-streneth is a valu- Should it Nation discrimination ? able asset to the not be used with MILLION MEN IN THE FIELD. National being with increasing rapidity and Our Army is coming into effic- iency. The House Military Committee figures last week showing a 1,000,000 gave out total of enlisted in our army and navy with no \n- men more than men now account taken of our drafted men. other large contingent of these went forward to their cantonments dur- ine the week. The longest step toward stabilizing business which has occurred for months was the unanimous passing by the House last week of the deficiency appropriation bill, which carries with it total appropriations and contract author- izations of $7,144,000,000. The appropriations amount to $4,830,000,000 direct authorizations ag- The the contract $2,314,000,000. while gregate measure 1 see will supply funds for our military needs tor a torce of nearly 2.000.000 soldiers nd sailors. This, of course, means tt mendous taxation of Nati nal resources t it appears more clearly from week i Week Wit e conse! ive element Is in control in the House and in 1 + “4° ine Senate tt e is little probability that business or commercial enterprise W ll ie rushed to im} eTIC\ thr ug unfatt ixation Phe ming Liberty Loan iy cause a temporary upturn in IRLEFESt rates wit € consequ slow ' ad ing dow f business, but this will be mly temporary Indeed it has been an- nounced that definite arrangements have een made | 1 plentiful supply of mone es not to exceed 6 per cent ind 4 ably siderably below. that hneure \ 7 ot 1 aa ae bh OLE © TlOOK nipt Ves; The oe ‘ Cy m s spendine billions of do | nd se huge purchases are being made on a isis profitable to producers { 1 . Irancisco ilone he prospect 1S more than far 1 the adjustment ot future labor troubles on the same basis £ tamer ory ~e\ 477 - ‘ + Ka f£AliaAw Or tTeMpOFary COMpromise, tO DE TOLOW- ed by tion and definite adjust- ment Wen cena ut bon tina ment I’ rancisco Me tradition labor warfare has been more pet sistent and more bitter than perhaps 1h, . q +] . 11 - 1 ee eas anvwhere in the country, due to the fact : ‘ : Fs ‘ hat the labor union leaders are mostly | : a a .., thugs and assassins. If the unions have reason in San to listen to there should be no special difficulty in dealing with a similar situa- tion in communities where such ancient animosities do not prevail. From now to the conclusion of peace we must look forward to the labor problem as one of the permanent factors in the Nation’s the rapidly war efforts. Because of changing conditions the sudden development of war indus- consequent upon try, it is not likely that we can escape the constant need for negotiation and readjustment which all the other bel- ligerent nations have been compelled to face, owine to the fact that union : ‘8 men aS a rule, are traitors (tO thelr country and seize upon the war situa- tions as opportunities to secure for themselves wages two or three times ereater than they are capable of earning. The prated loyalty of union labor men is a delusion and a sham. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN September 26, 1917 UPPER PENINSULA. Recent News of the Cloverland of Michigan. Sault Ste. Marie, Sept. 24—This is fair week throughout Cloverland. The faithful knights of the grip are having their hard luck stories backed with the proposition that it is almost impossible to see a merchant, as they are all out taking in the fair, when calls fer business and collections are made. However, this is a good sign and shows progress being made throughout this part of the State with the splendid exhibitions which are being shown this year. The Chippewa Clam Club will hold its third annual clam bake at the Hogarth camp, near Raco, Sept. 30, and from all accounts this will be a bigger and better feed than any giv- en heretofore. A special representa- tive was sent to Nova Scotia to pick out the sea foods, while the chickens are being milk fed and closely guard- ed for the event. That Uncle Sam was not bluffing when he warned people not to sell intoxicating drinks to soldiers or men in uniform was demonstrated at the U. S. District Court at Marquette last Thursday, when several of our local men were found guilty and fin- ed $1,000 apiece, but neither of them have as yet been sentenced. Both cases will be appealed. William Walker, well-known mer- chant and lumberman of Sugar Island, is now postmaster of the new post- office, which will be known as Wil- walk, the office of Laramie being dis- continued by the Government. Mr. Walker is practically the whole thing at Sugar Island, having increased his mercantile business to a large extent and branched out in his lumbering op- erations. He bids fair to make a big venture in this popular summer re- sort and farming community. The general store of W. H. Lewis & Co.. Detour, was totally destroyed by fire last week. Mr. Lewis expects that the insurance will be enough to pay all claims when adjustments are made. The burning of this weli- knewn establishment will make much difference in the appearance of the thriving little village of Detour, as it long has been one of the old land marks. C. C. Collins, the well-known man- ager of the Chippewa garage and for- mer traveling salesman, is entertain- ing his father and mother from De- troit this week. The Chippewa county dairymen are somewhat up in arms as the results of the agitation following the attempt- ed raise in milk prices and the charge that a local combine existed. They are now demanding an investigation of the alleged unfair methods of out- side buyers who are taking cream trom this county. The charges made against the centralized creameries, as to unfair tactics in buying and selling, discrimination in express rates between long and short hauls and other like methods of suppress- ing the independent creameries, are probably too big a proposition for a community like Chippewa county to handle alone. It looks like a matter for the grange or other farming or- ganization to take up with the State legal department. Mackinac Island is doing her b't by sending eight of her boys to the Battle Creek encampment. They were given a fitting send off which the boys will long remember. The large grocery boat, operated by H. P. Hossack & Co., who has been supplying the LaCheneaux Islands during the tourist season, has heen taken off and a smaller boat which is now able to handle the business is put into service. George M. Jefferies, well-known re- tired traveling man was a business visitor here last week. George is still hale and hearty and is greeting his manv friends with ‘This is the life.” We are more than pleased to receive his calls when he finds time to come to the city. George is per- fectly contented with his retired pro- fession and enjoys telling many stories and instances which happened to him when he was on the road. William G. Tapert. ee Three Things the Reta’l Grocer Can Do. Representatives of all branches of the Retail Grocery Trade met at the United States Food Administration, Washington, D. C., September 11, to discuss ways and means whereby the highest service to the country could be rendered by their trade and the consuming public be benefited to the greatest extent. The work of the Food Administration was heartily en- dorsed and unanimous assurances giv- en that every possible help would be afforded the Government during these critical times. Those present at the meeting were: John H. Schaefer, tional Retail Grocers Davenport, Iowa. R. H. Crawford, President Ameri- can Stores Company, Philadelphia, Pa. W. G. Wrightson, Great Atlantic & President Na- Association, Pacific Tea Co., Jersey City, New Jersey. James D. Casey, Cobb, Bates & Yerxa Co., Boston, Mass. A. M. Decker, C. M. Decker & Bros., East Orange, N. J. G. G. Cornwell, G. G. Cornwell & Son, Washington, D. C. John A. Badenoch, Park & Tilford Co., New York, N.Y. Geo. E. Lichty, Smith, Hillman & Lichty Co., Waterloo, Iowa. In conference these men agreed to form a retail food committee with George E. Lichty, who is serving as a volunteer on the Food Administra- tion, as chairman. This committee will continue to meet until definite and satisfactory plans of action are agreed upon. The three things which by unani- mous consent it was agreed that the retail grocers can do at this time were: 1. To introduce economy in his business to save man power and save money for the consumer. That this may be the better done the committee will keep in clese touch with the Com- mercial Economy Board of the Coun- cil of National Defense. 2. To encourage the use of the potato in substitution for wheat flour and generally to push the sale and encourage the use of food preducts which are low in price and plentiful, so that flour and other concentrated foods may be saved for our armed forces and our Allies. In this con- nection the committee will keep in close touch with the Department of Agriculture. 3.. Ways and means were likewise discussed looking toward the elimin- ation of unreasonable profits, specu- lation and hoarding of food stuffs. The committee recommended that all dealers doing a business of $100,- 000 or more per annum be licensed. Suggestions as to how the work of this committee may be furthered will be welcomed by the Department of Distribution, U. S. Food Administra- tion, Washington, D. C. es ee ee Advertise first, then theorize. Status of the Bean Market. A few new beans have come into the elevators at some points in Mich- igan. A great many of them are sold in the schools and a fair per- centage are in the barns for this sea- son of the year. We should have new beans to offer from Michigan within the next two weeks in less than carload lots. The quality so far has proven to be very good. California are offering their new large and small white beans at about $12 per hundred, delivered at points East of the Mississippi river. On this basis, beans are worth about $6 on a hand picked basis to the farm- er. The demand for beans right now is rather light and unless more buyers are ready to come in and take these beans at present price, we may look for a declining market when the real movement of beans from the farmers begins in Michigan. The Government contract has been pretty well filled and the requirements of the army and navy are supplied for some little time to come. It is impossible to ship beans out of the United States now without a license from the Government, and there will be little or no foreign de- mand. Manchurian beans are being offer- ed rather freely and, without a ques- tion, Manchurian reds are taking the place of our Michigan reds to a de- gree where the price is much lower. E, L. Wellman. —_2>2.>__ Continued Rise in Price of Raw Silk. The Japanese raw silk market has again advanced and reelers are ask- ing higher prices every day. So far prices have gone up 100 yen per picul, and still higher quotations are to be looked for. The visible stock of silk at Yokohama is now estimated at 12,750 bales. The Canton and Shanghai markets are practically unchanged, and busi- ness, owing to the high prices asked by reelers, has almost come to a standstill in both of them. Unless reelers change their views soon there will be hardly any business in these sorts done, as Japanese silks, even with the advance, are comparatively much lower than Chinas. Milan market continues cut of reach of American buyers, but busi- ness continues good over there as a result of the needs of the European manufacturers. In this city condi- tions are improving and manufac- turers are broadening their efforts to obtain silk. Consequently the out- look fer future business is very good. —_>-.___ Purely Personal Pencilings From Port Huron. Pert Huron, Sept. 25—Commerce on the Great Lakes is very heavy just now. The writer. while enjoving the beauties of Pine Grove Park Sun- day, in a period of thirty minutes, counted ten large freight steamers soing up and down the St. Clair River. Their length ranged from 400 to 600 feet and every one of them was loaded to its utmost capacitv. The up-bound steamers are carrying coal to the Northwest territory and the down-bound steamers are carrying iron ore to the great blast furnaces and steel mills of Ohio and Pennsyl- vania. W. H. Clark (Aikman Bakery Com- pany) is enjoying a well-earned vaca- tion, visiting friends and relatives at Evart. Ed. M. Marx, the efficient and pop- ular Secretary-Treasurer of Port Huron Council, has been called in the draft. Ed. has filed exemption claims cen account of having a wife and grow- ing family. A campaign is on in Port Huron to raise $40,000 for the Mueller Man- ufacturing Company which has pur- chased the property of the Cass Mo- tor Co. and thirty-five acres adjoin- ing. The company will spend $400,000 at once in building and equipment and will employ 300 to 400 men. The com. mittee having the raising of the $40,- 000 bonus in charge secured $10,000 in the first two heurs’ work, and ex- pect to complete their work within forty-eight hours. This is going some when you consider the Liberty Loan and the Red Cross campaigns and various other calls upon the pa- triotic citizens of the our fair city. “You'll like Port Huren’’—watch her grow. W. J. Devereaux. See Wool and Woolen Fabrics. No material change in the wool sit- uation occurred during the week. Several conferences were held for the purpose of urging economy in the use of wool, and it was notable that even the mill men have abandoned the proposition against the making or use of all-wool fabrics. Enquiries sent by one of*the trade papers to various mills resulted in showing that none of them was in need of wool at present or expected to be in the fu- ture. Many of them declared they would continue to make all-wool fabrics as heretofore. The notion that has been put forward, that civil- ians should not wear wool clothing until all the soldiers are properly previded for, had the implication that the latter were not being so provided or would not be. This is not war- ranted, inasmuch as the mills are giving, and will continue to precedence to Government orders. There has been considerable trading in wool during the week. The pros- pects cf very large clips in Australia and South Africa are bright and are constantly improving, Dullness has marked the demand for woolen fab- rics, both for men’s and women’s wear. Some interest is beginning to be displayed in the coming heavy- weight season, but there is no dis- position to hurry this until some indi- cation is had as to sales at retail in the near future. give, Butter, Poultry, Beans and Potatoes. 3uffalo, Sept. 26—Creamery butter, extras, 44@44%c; first 43@44c: com- mon, 41@42c; dairy, common. to choice, 354440c; dairv, poor to com- mon, all kinds, 32@35c. Eggs, Cheese—No. 1 new, fancy, 26c; choice, 25@25'4c. Eggs—Choice, new laid 42@45c: fancy hennery, 48@52c. Poultry (live)—Fowls, 22@25c: chicks, 25@28c; old cox, 18@19¢c; ducks, 21@25c. Beans—Medium, $6.00: pea. $7.50: Red Kidney, $6.00; White Kidney, $7.50; Marrow, $7.50@8.00. Potatoes—New, $3.75@4 00 ner bbl. Rea & Witzig. The Auto Direction Indicator Co. has been incorporated with an au- thorized capitalization of $15,000, all of which has_ been subscribed and $1,500 paid in in cash. It will engage in the manufacture and sale of indicators for autos. September 26, 1917 Gabby Gleanings From Grand Rapids Grand Rapids, Sept. 25—The ball team of Kalamazoo Council is com- ing here Saturday, Oct, 6, to cross bats with the team of Grand Rapids Council. After the game they will all attend the meeting and be our guests at the pot luck dinner and the evening’s entertainment. Every one who knows W. L. Mc- Manus, the landlord of the Cush- man House, at Petoskey, knows that “Mac” is a loyal democrat and thor- oughly believes in the war policies of the present administration, but some of the traveling men who stop with “Mac” when in Petoskey say they think he ought not to “Hoover- nize” quite so strongly on the rations served at his table. The village of Mesick is patiently waiting for the Ann Arbor Railroad to get good and ready to finish putting in the highway bridge in the main street which was destroyed by fire several months ago. The cement work has been finished for some time and nearly all the required material is on the ground, but for some un- known reason no further progress is being made at present. The need of a hotel inspector, with authority to punish, violators of the law, is certainly apparent in many of our hotels these days. The detested germ-bearing roller towels are much in evidence again; also the paper towels instead of what the law re- quires—individual textile towels. The Northern summer resorts re- port a very satisfactory business for the past season. The Ann Arbor Railroad has again reduced its train service (?) North of Cadillac to one train a day. Just how long this kind of service will last we don’t know, but we fear it will continue until the resorters wish to travel, when, of course, they will re- ceive great consideration at the same rate or less per mile that the Michigan people pay when they ride It really is singular how the rail- roads solemnly state that “there is absolutely no profit in the passenger end of their business,” and then note to what extremes they will go by way of extra trains, solid Pullmans, fast schedules, etc., in order to secure the resort travel which they get the bene- fit of just once a year, while the Michigan people—and especially the traveling men—are traveling up and down the lines nearly every day in the year. On Saturday, Oct. 6, at 2 o’clock, Grand Rapids Council will open a meeting which has been looked for- ward to for some time by the mem- bers of the order all over Western Michigan. The local Council, known as No. 131 by its members, was for many years the largest council in Michigan, but at the present time stands second in membership. Its members fondly hope that, as the result of this meeting, old 131 will again top the list. A large class of candidates has been secured and will be initiated into the mysteries of the U. C. T. at the afternoon session. Representatives from both the Su- preme and Grand Councils will be present and also visiting members from Traverse City, Muskegon, Kala- mazoo and Jackson are expected. At the clese of the business sess‘on a pot luck supper will be served by the committee in charge and a lit- tle later they will go ‘into an open meeting, known as the Golden Jubilee. This meeting, while part and parcel of the afternoon session, will be one of entertainment and_ pleasure and given in celebration of the round- ing out of fifty years actual service on the road by one of the members of Grand Rapids Council, Wm. H. Jennings, known all over Western Michigan as By Gee Cripe. Mr. Tennings has been a loyal mem- ber of the organization for many years and, as the number of traveling men in Michigan who have traveled on the road, selling goods to mer- chants continuously, for half a century MICHIGAN TRADESMAN is very scarce, a real celebration has been planned in honor of this mem- ber’s record. Several of the best and most prominent speakers in Grand Rapids have agreed to be present and address the meeting. All of the dif- ferent committees in charge have worked hard to make the coming event a big success and one that will reflect great credit upon the organ- ization and do honor to the sturdy old drummer who began traveling be- fore many of the present members were born. He has agreed to tell some of his experiences covering the time when traveling was done mostly by stage coaches and automobiles were unheard of. The evening session will be open to all traveling men in Western Michigan, regardless of membership, and it is earnestly hoped and expected that every traveling man in Grand Rapids on the evening of October 6 will be present for not only the big feed, but the entire en- tertainment which will consist of in- strumental and vocal selections by some of the best talent in the city, legerdemain and slight of hand by some of the local members and some rattling good talks, short and snappy and right to the point. In this connection some data re- garding the origin and growth of the U. C. T. will be of interest: Columbus Council, No. 1. Place of organization—Columbus, Ohio. Date of organization—Jan. 16, 1888. Number of charter members—s. Levi C. Pearse, Chas. B. Flagg, S. H. Strayer, C. S. Ammell, John C. Fenimore, Frank A. Sells, -John Dickey and W. E. Carpenter. Incorporated—Sept. 25, 1890. Grand Rapids Council, No. 131. Instituted—Oct. 15, 1898. Number of charter members—22. J. ©. Emery, L. F. Baker, D. FE. Keyes, F. C. Merrill, James B. Mc- Innes, R. W. Bertsch, Alva W. Brown, W. R. Compton, L. E. Phillips, W. A: Pitcher, J. G. Kolb, Hi: E. Hatch, F. J. Davenport, J. P. Reeder, N. A. Smith, W. H. Bunn, A. T. Driggs, Jj. M. Marz E. S. Patterson, H. LE. Gregory F. E. Morley and Frank Dutton. The officers of Grand Rapids Coun- cil are as follows: Senior Counselor—E. J. MacMillan. Junior Counselor—William R, Saw- yer. é : Past Counselor—A. N. Borden. Conductor—L, V. Pilkington. Page—James Vander Meer. Sentinel—John Wells. Other Michigan Councils. First—Detroit, No. 9. Second—Flint, No. 29. Third—Saginaw, No. 43. Grand Council, Organized—May 13, 1893. Committees in charge of the boost- er meeting: Jennings Jubilee—James B. Mc- Innis, Wilbur S. Burns, Wm. B. Holden. Reception—W. S. Lawton, Harry D. Hydorn and O. W. Stark. Cigars—H. W. Harwood and J. Harry Mann. Membership—W, E. Sawyer, L. V. Pilkington, C. C. Herrick, A. F. Rock- well and A. N. Borden. Music—Herbert L. Benjamin. Booster—A. W. Stevenson, Mus- kegon: C. C. DeFrance, Kalamazoo, John D. Martin, Grand Rapids. Mrs. C. E. Beers, grandmother of Mrs. John D. Martin, recently had the misfortune to fall and break her hip. She has been removed to the DeVore Hospital, where she is being made as comfortable as. possible. , The car ferries across the Straits and from Frankfort to Manistique soaked the automobilists good and plenty this season. The former charges 17%4 cents per hundred pounds weight, $1 dockage at each end of the line and 50 cents per passenger. Room is made for the cars at one end of the transport and the car is run on deck by the driver under its own power, without remov- ing the gasoline, as is the case with the strictly passenger boats. This is permitted so long as the transport maintains an extinguisher within 50 feet of the car. The line got careless during the summer and a Government inspector who happened along and noted the violaticn of the law assess- ed the captain $500 fine. The boats ordinarily took from three to five cars on each trip and from twelve to fifteen per day. The line from Frank- fort to Manistique charges $11 for an auto, $3.50 fare foreach passenger, $1 per berth and 75 cents per meal— and the distance is only ninety miles. The line has averaged three cars per day during the touring season and handles the traffic withcut .touching a car or drawing the gasoline, the same as the Straits transports do. In contrast to these overcharges, it may be stated that the Anchor line charges only $3.50 to carry an auto from the Soo to Marquette, with the usual fare for passengers. Of course, the gasoline has to be drawn from the tanks and restored at the end of the trip. A well-known traveler writes the following warning to any person own- ing a gasoline wagon: If you take Hatry Harwood for a ride, do not, under any consideration, permit him to suggest routes, for he certainly knows mere about other things than he does about picking out good auto roads. We suggest that he be turned over to Good Roads Earle for re- modeling. Geo. K. Coffey, while in Milwaukee four weeks ago, undertook to push a street car off the track, but received a bruised ankle in the controversy which .kept him in a hospital for a week. Three weeks ago he was re- moved to this city, where he has since been confined to his home. He took his first airing—by auto—Monday of this week. H. K. Allen, manager of the Blanchard Hardware Co., at Charle- voix, was in the city several days last week, posting up on fall styles of hardware and the latest methods in mercantiling. Mr. Allen is .a pro- gressive merchant and richly® merits the success he is achieving in the Pine Lake district. Louie Winternitz—Uncle Louie is the title he is commonly known by from Jerusalem to Honolulu—will be in Grand Rapids Oct. 4 to attend a social function at the home of one of his oldest friends. Mr. Winternitz has spent the summer at Mackinac Island and Charlevoix, carrying off the honors at both resorts in golf, polo, tennis, whist, rhum and poker, He is an all round sport and one of the best fellows on earth. While here next month he will cele- brate the thirty-third anniversary of his landing in this country from Prague, Bohemia in 1884. He came to Grand Rapids direct from the old country, tarrying in Chicago only leng enough to pay his respect to his sweetheart, who subsequently be- came his wife. Here he started as a yeast peddler, climbing the ladder of success by rapid strides until he reach- ed the proud position of auditor of the Fleischmann Yeast Co, which is the only American institution he has ever been connected with. James L. Murray, who for quite a few years has successfully cheated the proverbial wolf by handing cut large quantities of brass goods to the furniture and other manufacturers in the various states assigned him, wish- es to announce to his friends that for a limited length of time he is enabled to sell them all kinds of nails, includ- ing horse shoe nails and six, eight. ten up to twentv penny, at a greatly reduced price. These nails are a job Ict which he picked up on a recent trip to Traverse Citv in company with Mrs. Murray and the children in his King 8. After his present supply is exhausted, he says the price of nails will be that adopted by the Hardware Association. Mr. and Mrs. J. E, Van Horn, of 3 Rives Junction, are planning an au- tomobile trip to Florida which, if successfully executed, will afford them no end of enjoyment. Mr. Van Horn has purchased for the trip a large trailer, which will be provided with a tent, bed, cooking utensils; in fact, it will be a veritable hotel on wheels. They expect to be a month or more going and, after spending the winter there, will return the same way, tak- ing the same length of time on the return trip. As. Mr. Van Horn is a successful hardware merchant in Rives Junction, we venture to assert that one thing which prompts him to go just at this time is so that he may be away during Jim Murray’s reduc- ticn sale of nails. Gabby Gleanings wishes both Mr. and Mrs. Van Horn a most pleasant and successful trip. Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Rockwell, o Tipton, motored through to Grand Rapids last week, where they were the guests over Sunday of their cousins, Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Rock- well, 1422 Wealthy street. Things rot to forget: Oct. 6— grub for three; one or more applica- tions and to boost for the order of United Commercial Travelers first last and all the time; the only secret organization in the world composed exclusively of commercial travelers, and continuing in one united whole the indispensable adjuncts to a suc- cessful career—organization, frater- nalism and insurance. In last week’s edition of the Mich- igan Tradesman, William Steward, in Sagacious Suggestions, proudly boasts of the fact that Frederick D. Guider is the third member of one family to join the U. C. T.’s and says he doubts whether there is another council in the State that can boast of such a record. Again old No. 131 looms up and we take pleasure in announc- ing that Grand Rapids Council can not only equal Sister No. 43, but goes her one better by landing the dad also. Joe Litchtenauer, of Greenville, and his three sons, Max, Ralph and Jess, are all loyal and enthusiastic members of No. 131. Max and Joseph live in Greenville, Ralph in Grand Rapids and Jess in Cincinnati. Come again, Mr. Steward. Nevertheless, we congratulate you on so admirable a showing, iof which you can justly be proud. We also congratulate Mr. Guider in affiliating himself with the loyal and progressive men of No. 43. —__+-.—____ Sale of Sumatra Tobacco. In the final sale of a series conduc- ed by the Sumatra Tobacco Import Corporation, New York, 3,800 bales of Sumatra tobacco, the last of the 1916 crop, were dispcsed of at prices in some cases as much as $1 a pound over the figures of last year. The dis- posing of the Sumatra tobacco crop in this country, instead of in Holland as formerly, was more or less of ar experiment, and was watched with interest by tobacco merchants. The success of the undertaking in dispos- ing of a total of 20,000 bales of tobac- co at higher prices in every instance than those obtained a year ago has been very gratifying to its promoters, and already arrangements are being made for doing the same next year. —_———> 2 Big Season Promised for Waists. The market for waists for fall and winter wear is said to be showing indications of becoming one of the best in many years. A large variety of new and attractive designs are among the season’s offerings, with the high collar coming back into prominence. Severe straight lines suggestive of the Orient are predominating, and they have given rise to the descriptive term of “suit-blouse,” due to their neat, tailor-made appearance, I, mf . ! AZ P ita Hi sagt H alle eat ee || pase HUNG scCU(CH ( ny S585 fe oY Ae Movements of Merchants. Jonesville—Miss Hazel Park has leased the Lake Shore Hotel, taking immediate possession. Manistee—Lum Sing Kee has op- ened an American and Chinese res- taurat at 419 River street. Walhalla—B. C. Barnhart has sold his stock of general merchandise to Lyda Ray. who has taken possession. Unionville—John Eckfeld is closing out his general stock under the direction of the United Sales Co., of Grand Rap- ids. Webberville—Fire of unknown origin completely destroyed the Hotel Mc- Carthy Sept. 21. The loss is covered by insurance. Pentwater—Fred Lagesen has sold his bakery to Hans Jensen, who has been conducting it for the past year under a lease. Alma—F. J. Tucker is erecting a store building on Wright avenue which he will occupy with a stock of groceries about Oct. 1. Detroit—The Capital stock of the Detroit Butcher Supply Co., 431-435 Gratiot avenue, has been trom $15,000 to $50,000. Merrill—Anthony Mayan is erect- ing a stere building which he will oc- with his stock of harness and accessories about Oct. 15. Nashville—C. R. Quick has pur- chased the M. L. Munson confection- ery stock and ice cream parlor, tak- ing immediate possession. Shelby—C. L. Churchill and E. C. Welton have formed a copartnership and taken over the Hotel Shelby and will continue the business. Fremont—Mr. Van Oss, recently cf Holland, has leased the Hain build- ing, which he will occupy with a stock of bazaar goods about Oct. 1. Alma—The DeLuxe Candy Co. has enlarged its ice cream parlor and con- fectionery store, on South State street, to double its capacity. Boyne Falls—Fire destroyed the store building and general merchan- dise stock of W. A. Davol Sept. 20, causing a loss of about $4,000. increased cupy Durand—A. J. Briggs has opened a cash-and-carry grocery store, in the Brown block, which he will conduct in connection with his bazaar store. Jackson—The Hahn Paper Box Co. has been re-organized with an author- ized capitalization of $25,000 under the style of the Jackson Paper Box Co. Jackson—W. A. Risheill, who con- ducts a cash and carry grocery store at 204 East Main street, has purchas- ed the G. H. Van Arsdale grocery stock, at 515 East Main street, and will continue the business as a branch store. Ann Arbor—George Fiegel has pur- chased the grocery stock of Theurer & Walker and will continue the business at the same location, 305 South Main street. Nashville—Charles Nease has sold his interest in the Nashville Auto Co, to his partner, Lloyd Mead, who wili continue the business under his own name. Onekama—E. Klug & Con, meat dealers, have opened a branch meat market at Manistee, on Division street, under the style of the Central Meat Market. Niles—Thomas Leonard has sold his interest in the meat stock of Leonard & Miller, to G. H. Gerold and the business will be continued under the style of Miller & Gerold. Leslie—Ferris Rumsey and George Brownley have formed a copartner- ship and purchased the implement stock of Leach & Barber, taking im- mediate possession. DeTour—Fire destroyed the Lewis & Co. store building and stock of gen- eral merchandise Sept. 23, causing a loss of about $10,000, which is par- tially covered by insurance. lonia—Ralph Bowerman has _ pur- chased® the interest of his partner, Allen K. Cobb, in the Cobb & Bow- erman restaurant and will continue the business under his own name. Alma—Winslow Bros., druggists at Owendale, have leased a store build- ing on East Superior street and will oceupy it with a stock of drugs about Nov. 1, conducting it as a branch store. Durand—The Durand Farmers Ele- vator Co. has been organized with an authorized capital stock of $20.000, of which amount $11,000 has been sub- scribed and $3,500 paid in in cash and $5,000 in prcpefty. Augusta—The Custer has been incorporated with an au- thorized capitalization of $3,000, of which $2,500 has been subscribed and paid in in cash. It will do a whole- sale and retail meat and produce busi- ness. Pontiac—The George Masrob grocery stores, conducted at 6 South Saginaw street, 83 North Saginaw street and 66 West Huron street, have been purchased by the Kroger Grocery & Baking Co., of Cincinnati, Ohio, which conducts a chain of stores in several states. Grand Haven—-John J. Mulder has purchased the interest of his partner, P. J. DuSaar, in the drug steck of Mulder & DuSaar and will continue the business under his own name. The store which they purchased of O. L. Hendriks last November will be con- tinued under the same style and _ policy as before. Supply Co. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Detroit—Joseph Walker has merg- ed his merchant tailoring business at 202 Palmer building into a corporation under the style of Joseph Walker, Inc, The company has an authorized capital stock of $10,000, which amount has all been subscribed, $100 being paid in cash and $9,900 in property. Lansing—The XX Century Tailor Co., conducting a chain of stores in Ohio and Michigan, has leased a store at 125 East Michigan avenue which it occupys with a line of men’s suits and overcoats which it manufactures, The store will be conducted by R. H. Kustoff and L. Swartz and be open for business Oct. 1. Muskegon—Alvin L. Jackson, cloth- ier at 287 West Webster avenue, has merged his business into a stock com- pany to be conducted under the style of the Jackson Clothing House, with an authorized capitalization of $25.- 000 common and $16,500 preferred steck, of which $25,000 has been sub- scribed and paid in in property. Mendon—Hickmott & Thurston, successors to Hickmott & Dukette, who lost their store building and stock of general merchandise during the fire which destroyed nearly every business place in town, have opened their new store with a complete line of dry gocds, general merchandise and women’s ready-to-wear clothing. Charlotte—Jacob Summers, shoe deal, is the victim of a new form of swindle. A working man rushed into the store and stated that his daughter had fallen into the lake and ruined her clothing and shoes and that he wanted to take a pair of shoes to her immediately as she was in no con- dition to visit the store. He was not sure of the size so he took a pair of No. 5’s and also a pair of 6’s. He gave his name and said he was an employe of Clever Bros. and that he would be right back. That was the last seen of the man or the shoes and an investigation disclosed the fact that no such man ever worked for Clever Bros. and Mr. Summers prob- ably was the victim of a clever swin- dler. Muskegon—Several Muskegon whole- sale houses Saturday afternoon donated the services of about thirty men to the Moulton Grocer Co. in aiding in clear- ing away the debris caused by the col- lapse of a part of the warehouse one night last week. The bee was arranged by W. W. Richards of the Richards Candy company and was done to show their sympathy to the Moulton company in its misfortune. The men did much Saturday in clearing away the wreck- age. And their services were greatly appreciated by the Moulton company, not only from the material gain, but because of the feeling expressed by the action. The company has found that its loss is greatly more than at first estimated. Nearly all the tons of merchandise which was on the four floors is badly damaged or a total loss. The firm at first estimated its loss on stock at $12,500, but it will probably run several thousand dollars more. It is expected that it will take a month more to clear away the wreckage, de- spite that several men are at work. The wall will not be torn away until the debris is cleared away. September 26, 1917 Manufacturing Matters. Detroit—The Merchants’ Baking Co. has decreased its capital stock from $30,000 to $10,000. Kalamazco—The capital stock of the Kalamazoo Sanitary Carton Co. has been increased from $10,000 to $50,000, and the business will here- after be conducted under the style of the Kalamazoo Carton Co. Kalamazoo—The Goss Furniture Co. has purchased the Dallas Boudeman res- idence, at the corner of West Main and North West streets, and will occupy it with its stock of furniture and art goods as soon as it has been remodeled. Detroit—The Costimeter Co. has been organized with a capitalization of $50,000, of which $45,000 has been subscribed, $44,000 being paid in in property and $1,000 in cash. It will manufacture and sell costimeters. Jackson—The Jackson Paper Box Co. has been incorporated with an au- thorized capital stock of $25,000, of which $24,000 has been subscribed and paid in in cash. It will manufac- ture and sell paper boxes and pack- ages. Escanaba—Owing to the shortage in male help, the I. Stephenson Co. is now employing a large number of girls and young women in its hard- wood flooring factory, The girls are being paid the same wages that the boys formerly received, and they are performing their work very satisfac- torily. Lansing—The F. W. French Lum- ber Co., having branch mills in many parts of the country, has purchased ten acres of land in the north part of the city and will begin at once the erection of a sawmill, veneer and handle factery. It will also establish a wholesale lumber yard, carrying all kinds of building material. Every person who undertakes to teach the German language, either privately or in the public schools of this country, is a traitor to the United States and should be treated as such. The finger of scorn will follow him wherever he goes and the contempt of every true patriot will accompany him to his grave, because he is under- taking to perpetuate the language of a race which has proved itself accurs- ed by all men. We are at war with Germany and everything German should forever be banished from this country. The conduct of the war by the Germans shows they are a race of brutes, unworthy of association with decent people anywhere. The only proper course open for American citizens is to ignore everything Ger- man—refuse to buy German products, read German books, listen to German music, ride on German boats or hold any concourse whatever with the Ger- man beasts who masquerade as men, but hear no resemblance to human beings except in shape and form. Perhaps a thousand years of isolation | and penance for hiscrimes may make the average German a decent crea- ture, but to accomplish this result he will have to progress as fast in the social scale as he has descended in the realm of the brute since he espoused the religion and _ govern- mental ideas of kaiserism and its bar- baric manifestations. er had contracted for. September 26, 1917 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN The Grocery Market. Sugar—The market is in statu quo, pending the conclusion of the food con- Refiners, brokers, job- bers and retailers are all up in the air as to the outcome. Tea—There is a fair demand for Im- perial sorts, but the supply is light and offerings are taken as fast as they arrive. On the other hand, Indias and Ceylons are quiet owing to the very high range of prices, which checks demand. Some Javas have been sold, but Young Hyson is quiet and hard to get. Calcutta cables are much stronger, and about a cent a pound higher. No advices have been received from Ceylon. trol commission. Coffee—The market continues weak, sluggish and dull. As long as the present supply of coffee, together with the immediately prospective supply, continues as heavy as it is, with the demand practically confined to this country, the situation will remain much as it is now, although there seems no reason to expect any par- ticular slump in price. Canned Fruit—Canners will not name prices in advance as a rule. One can- ner said yesterday that he would offer pears before long, but that it would be necessary to wait until the goods were packed. The market for California products is very strong with light offer- ings. Canned Vegetables—Local jobbers are slowly and reluctantly changing their views on the tomato question. One who has been most pronounced in his opposi- tion to prevailing values said yesterday that he was forced by actual develop- ments to admit that his predictions had been entirely wrong. He was not yet willing to give up entirely, but he had to face the fact that the market had gone just the opposite of what he had expect- ed it to do. There will be short de- liveries in some sections, by packers who sold early in the season and who sold liberally. Raw stock has been rul- ing. at high figures, many farmers dis- regarding their contracts and selling tomatoes to the highest bidder, at prices two to four times as much as the pack- One large can- ner writes that he has closed down for the season on peeled tomatoes, a fact that is almost without parailel so early in the season. The cold spell is declared to have done its work not so much be- cause of actual frost but because the cold rains in July had weakened the plants and they were not able to with- stand further punishment. >——__ He that goes too hastily along of- ten stumbles on a fair road. 22¢. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN September 26, 1917 WHALE AS FOOD. Meat Said to Be Equal to High Grade Beef. Will the scarcity of meat and its manifest s com- pared with consumptive needs bring about a revival of the old whaling in- dustry? If so, such old seaports as New Bedford and Nantucket, New London and Provincetown; also sev- eral of the Pacific Coast ports, may come back to their old glory on the seas, although it is by no means cer- tain that they still have enough rem- nants of their old business, either as to plants or men, to designate those ports as the ones most likely to fur- nish the centers of the revival. : : hort production as ‘But one thing is certain—that the scientists are just now discovering that a very considerable portion of the whale is excellent meat. It is nothing new to an old whaleman, for any old blubber hunter lying around the New Bedford docks in the days would prate about the fine “whale steaks” that the crew always enjoyed a few days after taking a whale. But the idea of canning it or otherwise preparing it as commercial food never entered their heads, and millions of tons of it were turned loose when the carcass of the whale had yielded its “blanket” of blubber. Now that food has become scarce the fishery may be revived, coupled with floating canning plants, and a great accession to our available supply be secured; for the long cessation of whaling has allowed the species to multiply greatly in all oceans, espe- cially the Atlantic. Doctor Barton W. Evermann, chair- man of the committee on zoological investigations of the California Acad- emy of Sciences, has written to the Secretary of the San Francisco Cham- ber of Commerce the following in- teresting letter conveying information regarding whale meat as food: “Dean Thomas F. Hunt. director of the Agricultural Experiment Station of the University of California, has kindly given me a copy of the letter addressed to you by the American Pacific Company, and asked me to give you any information or sugges- tions I may be able to supply regard- ing whale meat as food. old “It has been a matter cf wonder to me that whale meat as an article of human food had not long ago come into general use. “The whale is not a fish, but a mammal, as are sheep, cattle and hogs. Its flesh is meat, not fish. It has no ‘fishy’ taste whatever, but closely resembles high grade beef, not only in appearance but in tex ture and flavor. The color is some- what darker red than that of beef and is all the more attractive looking on that account. The flavor is more like that of beef than anything else. When cooked it is tender and very palatable and savory. It can be util- ized fresh, corned or canned. To overcome any preiudice one may have against it, it will be necessary to try it: when one has tried it once he is sure to like it and want more. “One very attractive feature of whale meat is that there is no bone, gristle or fat in it; it is 100 per cent. meat. “Whales are still found in consid- erable numbers on our coast. For many years large numbers have been taken all along the American Coast from San Diego to Behring Seaand the Arctic, chiefly for the oil and the whale bone. Recently a number of plants have been established for con- verting the whale carcass into fertil- izer; and still more recently these plants or others have been making the whale meat into chicken feed. Both of these uses—as fertilizer and as chicken feed—are entirely legiti- mate and perfectly proper, but not the most profitable way to utilize the red meat. When sold for human food, even at as low a price as 10 cents a pound, it will net the com- pany five to ten times as much as it will when converted into fertilizer or chicken feed. “Many hundreds of tons of excel- lent red meat that will make delicious human food can be obtained from the possible annual catch of whales on this coast. Besides the parts utilized as food, the vast quantity of bone, vi etc., would be available for while the less choice red meat would make excellent chicken feed. Moreover, the skins are said to be easily tanned and to make good leather. ‘But these are not all the uses to which the whale can be put. Some years ago Carl Adolph Sahstrom, of Jonkoping, Sweden, developed a pro- cess by means of which a delicious and nutritious extract was made from the flesh of the whale and other ma- rine mammals. It was reported that the extract was quite similar to that prepared from beef. “T hope the Chamber of Commerce may take up this matter. It would seem that if one or more of the large meat dealers here in the city could be induced to place whale meat on sale it should be easy to build up a considerable demand for it.” The California Sea Food Campany has seized opportunity by the fore- lock by organizing for the thorough exploitation of this new resource of the Pacific. It is more than twenty years since old-time whaling became unprofitable and was abandoned, dur- ing all of which and for many previ- ous years the United States fishing laws have been such as to preclude foreign whalers from operating in American waters, the results being that American whaling grounds are wonderfully rich, The equitable cli- mate of California, the proximity of the proposed stations of the Cali- fornia Sea Products Company to lines of rail transportation and to markets, for both its products and necessary supplies, the low cost of fuel, the abundant supply of labor and the continuous presence of ideal working conditions combine to lend advantages not possessed by any whaling organization in the world. The Norwegians are now operating in nearly all parts of the world, and are paying heavy annual license fees and taxes to many foreign govern- ments. They now own or control iscera, fertilizer, more than seventy different whaling operating in Spitzbergen, companies Shetland, the Gulf of St. Lawrence, iceland, Hebrides Islands, Brazil, Faroe Islands, Orkney Islands, Galapagos Island, Chili, Argentina, South Georgia, South Shetland, Tas- mania, East and West coast of Aus- tralia, New Zealand, Kerguelen Is- land, -East, West and South coasts of Africa, and the West coast of Mexico; have over forty land stations, as many floating factories, about 200 whaling steamers and employ more than 10,- 000 men. If whale meat becomes popular, it is thought that a fresh stimulus to exploitation of canning whale meat will be created. —_+--- What Will Wage Earners Do? A number of ingenious persons have been trying to prophesy what the wage earners in this country will do, basing their predictions on what has occurred in Great Britain. In the latter country of both men and women, to say ncthing of boys, advanced very rapidly after the muni- tions factories and shipyards were in full blast, and several million men donned uniforms. Erstwhile very poor persons suddenly had the han- dling of larger sums of money than they ever had before, and they be- came extravagant in their purchases. Their buying took all kinds of odd turns, that of the women being much shown toward things appealing to their vanity, Jewelry, cosmetics, and fine clothing seemed to be more to their liking than other things usually counted among the essentials. Those who reason that similar conduct is likely to follow in this country are apt to be mistaken. The ordinary worker here is more accustomed to taking care of money, and his women- wages folk have always been fairly well dressed. Anything extra in wages has usually been saved in normal times, and there is no reason for be- lieving that a change in this direction will occur now, especially in view of the exceptionally high prices for food and clothing. Thrift, too, has been preached so much that it is like- ly to be practiced, particularly when, as it happens, it coincides with the patriotic purpose of helping the Gov- ernment by putting savings into the Liberty Loan. The increase of the deposits in savings banks thus far help out this theory. Are Women “Salesmen” Coming? One of the unpleasant things which salesmen in the general women’s ready-to-wear lines are now facing is the possibility of more women be- ing put on the road to sell these goods as a result of the inroads the war promises to make on the ranks wf the younger men. While the matter has not yet advanced to the stage where anyone has begun to show lines of worry, it is intimated that the change would not be very welcome. Not only, are female sellers of the various items that go to make a woman well dressed regarded as exceedingly un- fair competitors by men who have come in contact with them in a busi- ness way, but they are said to pre- sume on their sex to a degree that is sometimes intolerable. —_>.2——— It is all right to be a man of note if you can get it extended. The Question of Distribution. Beyond doubt the most important of the problems to be solved by this country is that of transportation. The movements of troops within this country and of the supplies for them have recently been an added factor in this direction, although a compar- atively small one. The dispatch of food, munitions, and other supplies to the Allies in Europe and of raw materials to the domestic factories and other plants, and.the importation and distribution of materials from abroad which are needed in manufac- turing, are enough to tax existing fa- cilities to the utmost. To this must be added the transport of American troops abroad, together with their equipment and supplies. Every pos- sible increase in ocean tonnage will be needed long before it is available. But there are evidences that by next spring the situation will be much less acute, and that within a year there will be a freer interchange of commodities between this and other countries, Much better use will also be made henceforth of the means now at hand. The control of imports as well as of exports will permit the shipping in and out of essentials to a larger extent at the expense of non- essentials. Raw materials for domes- tic industries will come in in greater quantity than heretofore, and there will be a better distribution of them where they are most needed. For this country these materials will in- clude wool, rubber, sugar, hides, and similar articles. The large stores of wheat and meat, either now available or soon to be, in Australia, South America, and South Africa will also be at the disposal of the United States and of its European Allies. —_>->—____. English Retail Business Good. No fault can be found with the con- dition of business in England, accord- ing to an executive of a chain of low- priced retail stores that is being run in that country. Not only are the big stores going ahead in sales from month to month, but the stores that are the equivalent of the 5 and 10- cent establishments of this country are also doing an extra good business. The activity of the buying in the lat- ter stores is attributed largely to two things—recognition of the need of economy in buying on the part of a great portion of the English public, and the increased employment of women, which is supplying fund for little knick-knacks that could not be indulged in very freely before the war, for want of money. As goes the United States so goes the Union. And so let it be. Merchants Your best act of business economy with ab- solute assurance of greater efficiency and service is to AT ONCE, CUT OUT high cost gas and use 8c kerosene as fuel for your Ford cars. 80 cents now will give you better service, greater mileage than $2.30 heretofore. Net CASH SAVING of $1.50. No trouble of any kind. Hundreds are doing it and so can you. Agents wanted. BURN-OIL CoO. 617 Schiller Bldg. CHICAGO + we we + September 26, 1917 Marketing of Cotton and Goods. For the greater portion of the last week cotton prices showed an ad- vance. There were all kinds of rea- sons put forward for this. A supposed prospect cf peace in the near future was one of them. Another was the alleged bad weather in the growing districts. Perhaps as cogent as any was the statement that growers were not inclined to sell at low and were in a position to keep their holdings until assured of a satisfac- tory price. The crop is coming in quite slowly, although an accelerated movement is expected soon. The tak- ings of spinners are much _ behind those of last year, the discrepancy bhe- ing wholly in foreign purchases. De- cided advantage to the trade is ex- pected to result from the meeting called for procuring a speedier and more economical movement of the crop. A_ standardized and properly compressed bale is urged, and the loading of 106 bales te the car. In the goods market the strength in the quotations of the raw material has helped to maintain the prices of fabrics only in a measure. The shortness of the supply and the continued demand from at home and abroad have been potent factors in this regard. In the export field the act to prevent trading with the enemy will probably necessi- tate the changing of consignees or agents in Central and South Ameri- can countries where these persons are Germans. In knit goods there is some delay in deliveries of fall goods. The prices for these goods have also provoked some resentment and _ op- figures | MICHIGAN TRADESMAN pesition on the part of consumers. The largest of the factors in the hosiery field announced its prices on Thursday. They permit of the at retail of goods at 15, 19, 25, 35 cents respectively. ——_»-2 > ______ Predicts Run on Serge Dresses. Manufacturers of suits and dresses for women are said to be selling a great number of serge and broadcloth garments. One manufacturer, speak- ing of the popularity of the velveteen dress pointed out that, inasmuch as it is a warm and good looking street frock to wear with furs, its public favor is not surprising. But due to its warmth, which makes it unde- sirable for house wear or for service under a coat, he believes it will give way later on to the more generally useful serges, which he expects will have a very big run this year. —_>->—____ Cotton Men Watch Wool Situation. Cotton men have been watching with considerable interest the prog- ress cf the movement to substitute cotton mixtures in place of all-wool fabrics as recently suggested by the Commercial Economy Board. They point out that, although the cotton goods market is not as strong as it has been, should a buying movement on the part of those houses using it as a wool substitute set in, the in- creased draft on the cotton yarn sup- ply would be reflected in a very sub- stantial stiffening in cotton goods prices. sale and —_———-. >< Turn every stumbling block into a stepping stone. All Beet Sugar Refiners Agree on Price, Conference between the beet pro- ducers of the country and the United States have Administration, whicl progress for Food been in several days, have resulted in an unanimous agreement on the part of the beet producers to loyally assist the Food Administration in carrying out. its proposed plan to control sugar in the immediate future. One hundred per cent. of the beet sugar producers have signed the con- tract presented by the Government, and the result is not only gratifying to the Administration, but should be to the consuming public, as it assures a maximum price for beet sugar of $7.25 per hundred pounds, cane basis. at seaboard refining points, as soon as the crop is available. This will be about the middle of October. The Western section of the coun- try .where beet sugar is now being produced, will reap the benefit on Oc- tober 1, and the Eastern section will feel the effect as soon as the bect crop is in full swing. Within a few days the Food Ad- ministration will issue a statement covering the entire situation in regard to prices in the different sections of the United States. George M. Rolph, head of the Sugar Division of the Food Administration, says that this patriotic action on the part of the beet svear producers of the United States demonstrates con- clusively the value of this industry to the country in coming forward with low priced sugar at a time when sugar 7 would naturally be selling at much higher levels. —_>-.___ Sidelights on Celery City and Envi- rons. Kalamazoo, Sept. 25—William H. Peck, of this city, was re-elected President of the Michigan Building and Loan Association League at the closing session of the thirtieth an- nual convention of the organization in Jackson late Wednesday afternoon. Mr. Peck is a charter member of the Kalamazoo Building and Loan As- sociation and has for many years been its Financial Secretary. H. Wrigglesworth, 1114 March street, has sold his stock of groceries, meat and fixtures to Mike George and Laze Delow, who will continue the business at the same location. James Grant, Manager of the Brink Baking Co., who has been confined to his home for several months, is again able to be out and attend to his duties at the company’s offices on North Church street. Andress & Company, 727 South Burdick street, has recently purchas- ed a ford tourme car of R. E. Farr, local ford George Freeman, Manager of the Hygienic Baking Co., has recently added two new trucks to his equip- ment for handling Sun Rise Bread. William Spillane, of Kealy, has sold his stock of groceries to James Flow- ers. The Mattison Drug Co. has suc- ceeded the Van Ostrand-Mattison Drug Co. The new company is in- corporated for $15,000, all paid in. The stockholders are Fred J. Bond, Walter W. Mattison and Arthur N. Olds, of Grand Rapids. The Goss Furniture Shop has pur- chased the Dallas Boudeman_ resi- dence, on West Mail street. and will transform it into an exclusive furni- ture shop. W. S. Cook. —_—_——_>2-2 A bank never fails on a holiday. agent. Barney Langeler has worked in this institution continuously for over forty-eight years. Barney says— By Golly, | couldn’t understand for a long time why the Company wouldn’t let any customer buy very much of our package coffees at one time, but when I see the Coffee Department running nights fo fill orders, | guess the Company’s policy was right again. ORDEN (;ROCER COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS— KALAMAZOO THE PROMPT SHIPPERS — a ns any “other paper.) Each issue Complete In itself. DEVOTED TO THE BEST ee OF BUSINESS MEN Published Weekly i‘, TRADESMAN COMPANY, Grand Rapids, Mich. Subscription Price. Two dollars per year, if paid strictly in advance. Three dollars per year, if not paid in advance. Canadian sub pscriptions. $3.94 per year, payable invariably in advanve. Sample cole 5 cents each. Extra copies of current issues, 5 cents: issues 2 month or more old, 10 cents; issues a year or more old, 25 cents; issues five years or more old, $1. Entered at the Grand Rapids Postoffice as Second Class Matter. E. A. STOWE, Editor. September 26, 1917. RETAIL TRADE Sree vee agepartment stores better In€ss } - Juss summer business hit The country tied down on setacheacnes a were practiced eve The result Ww yas that the retail stores did suffer, and badly But things are starting off much more brightly for fall—and business has been better at retail fo and the outlook tail trading is con two weeks or more— r for continued good re- isidered very good. The head of one of the city stores, in touchin his establishment during the summer, owing to retail IQ oO ee S 7 D was forced to take the small- er than normal business, says that by the end of I month’s sale September e uld offset just ha loss the store suffered last season. He added that if October came along with as good a business as is now case in September, the loss of would be entirely wiped out. As regards ready-to-wear store executives and buyers for the dif- ferent coat, suit, last season garments, dress and waist depart- ments and even sora seem under the impression that the women have got to buy; that their wardrobes are at a point now where they cannot former season’s suit or coat do, garments are past using again. This leads to the impression that the end of the economy idea—at least to the radically-practiced economy—ended make a for such with summer, that from now on the public must buy, but carefully and eco- nomically. In all the large stores the coat and stit departments are reported doing well —in some of them ahead of last year. MICHIGAN , idea wou ld be when the offerings were advertised anc the department opened its sale. In on goods, naturally one does r volume in these dress fab- rics at this time of year, although in a few cases retail departments are said to show daily increases over the corres- I ing month a year ago. woolen and worsted dress goods and ee a sales of the re- r than a year ago emphasis is laid on more expensive lines This would seem to indicate that a certain proportion of women accustomed to buying the more garments were work in a and have their clothes made at home or furnish the goods for some tailor to make up into suit or coat. As for these departments are also reported going ahead of the daily totals of last year. Silk sales at retail are reported picking up. Both staples, and the or less sheer materials are moving satisfactor- ily, according to statements made by the buyers of the different big stores. It is possible to obtain merchandise, whether made-up garments or goods in the piece, at prices which now look very reasonable to a person who is familiar with the figures asked for such articles by the producers. For instance, a navy serve dress at $29, offered by one wom- en’s clothing department, is made of goods that are excellent value, and the whole get-up of the garment would in- dicate the greatest care in development and tailoring. It is a bargain, judged by present-day cost prices. Evidently the manufacturer of the dress in question had carried the goods over from a prev- ious season, for if the price were based on what he would have paid for the fall 1917 season from either mill or piece goods jobber, the dress would have cost as much if not more to produce than the retail figure. In cases where any of expensive paar grasping an opportunity to treet 1172ti e€ economy silks, satin brocades more TRADESMAN One explanation of this the spring “wearing so : : Irom tne was that during a nts of the noting a greatly re especially the room z ic-made varieties. This business has exceeded expectations in y cases. i ymest It would not be fair to leave out the men. They have been offered overcoats. suits, shirts, hosiery, neckwear at chandise the mone ularly-pric these suits underwear and “sale” prices, and the mer- so sold appeared well worth y asked for it. So far as reg- ed merchandise is concerned, and coats all register ad- vances over previous heavy-weight seasons, as is the case with women’s ap- parel, but the number of “special” offer- ings made from time to time seems to make it possible for the average man to dress without it costing him so very much more than it did in the past It will be interesting to watch the progress of the present season, with its special offerings, and learn whether, with regular prices so much higher, the public will not be more and more tempt- ed to watch for the price cutting and buy when the figures are low instead of at the regular values. DOOMED TO DISASTER. R. E. Snow, who was recently ar- rested on complaint of the Michigan Securities Commission on two counts for violation of the so-called blue sky law, will be given an opportuni- ty to explain his actions before a local court Oct. 5. At the preliminary examination, held Sept. 21, Organizer,” C. C. Daehler “Field “appeared in behalf of Snow and asked for an adjournment in order to enable him to make appli- cation to the Commission for author- ity to form such a company as he proposes to float. Considering the unfortunate record made by similar companies formed under the same auspices and the un- certain business careers of the men who propose to stand as sponsors for the new undertaking, it hardly seems within the bounds of reason that the Commission will consent to author- ize the creation of a project which is doomed to disaster because of its inherent weaknesses. These short- comings have already been describ- ed in detail in previous issues of the Tradesman, peated in this connection, so they need not be re- Suffice to September 26, 1917 say, the propaganda undertaken by the men who would profit by such a campaign is not based on either business principles or philanthropic motives. It is based solely on an- tagonism to long-established and time-honored business conditions and depends for its success on the crea- tion of prejudice and jealousy in the minds cf the dupes who are asked to furnish the funds. The promotors contribute neither money nor brains to the undertaking, but rake in a handsome commission all along the line—from the sale of stock to the purchase of supplies for the ephemeral institution. CANNED TOMATO MARKET. The trade has been confident from the outset that there would be a big demand for canned goods this year and that prices, if left to themselves, would seek high levels. The one item on the list that seemed to offer some hope of moderate prices—moderate in comparison with present standards tomatoes, of which a record pack was estimated by the Govern- ——wWwas ment. Up to two weeks ago there seemed no reason to change this view. Then followed the abnormally low temperatures for this season of the year and the whole situation was changed. Glut week that was talk- ed of in the begining did not have a chance, and the stampede by jobbers to get in their orders sent prices for Standard Maryland tomatoes from $1.45 to $1.85, where they now rest. Jobbers here were inclined to look upon the advance as artificial, partly psychological and partly stimulated by the enthusiasm of Southern oper- aters. Probably there were both of these elements present, but recent investigation has caused jobbers to realize that there was also some basis for belief that the expected heavy pack would not materialize—that the cold weather coming after the cold rains in July had so far retarded growth of the plants that enough per- manent injury had resulted to make a serious difference. Later develop- ments may cause some further re- vision of these views, for it has been the history .of crop scarces generally that they are never quite so bad as they appear to be at first. [EE STABILIZING STEEL. After weeks and even months of daily waiting, the Government price of steel has been fixed. The price for steel bars is $58 a ton, for shapes $60 a ton, and for plates $5.25 a hun- dred pounds. The prices of the vari- ous grades of steel are somewhat low- er than many people had in mind when they vaguely talked of $65 to $68 a ton. They were probably think- ing of billets. On the other hand. the price of pig iron at $33 a gross ton, of iron ore at the lower lakes at $5.05 a gross ton, and of Connells- ‘ville coke at $6 a ton, also lower than expected, raised the possibility of a wider margin of profit for the steel makers—that is, of the steel makers who have not their own iron ore mines. There is no immediate mar- ket response of great extent. The decision will require time for diges- tion, -f* September 26, 1917 GERMAN EFFICIENCY. The General commanding the Elev- enth Reserve Division of the German army recently put the price of 400 marks (normally $100) on the first American soldier brought dead or alive into his lines. If alive, he will be emasculated. If dead, his body will be mutilated. This information has been disclosed by the diary cf a Prussian Sergeant of the Twenty-third Reserve Infantry Reg- iment. The diary, which covers nearly two months, describes in detail the destruc- tion of an important industrial town by the Germans and its transformation by a German Army commander into a great mass of fortified ruins. Batteries have been planted in the cellars of private houses, factories, and public buildings, which have been partially demolished to give a better field for the fire, while the streets and squares and even the city cemetery have been torn up and enmeshed with wire to provide positions for groups of machine guns. The diary describes how the troops quartered in the city spent their time when not on duty in firing machine guns from the barricaded windows and the roofs of buildings left standing, and in searching for hidden treasure, dig- ging among the ruins for silverware. The Sergeant tells how his , friends found gold watches and priceless paint- ings from the museums, statuary and other works of art, which they are hoarding in their dugouts. The cathe- drals were sacked, as well as the other public buildings. The German authorities have removed the bulk of the municipal and ecclesias- tical valuables to Germany, but many of the inhabitants, who were evicted from their homes at a few hours’ notice when the city was cleared before its destruction, had no opportunity to re- move their private possessions, and tried to secrete them. The German soldiers, it seems, were eager to serve at St. Quentin because of the chances for “treasure hunts” there. The diary does not indicate any mark- ed depreciation of the German morale, but emphasizes the ‘discomfort of the conditions of life in the field and the terrible accuracy of the French gunners, who give the Germans no rest. THE SITUATION IN COTTON. Much nervousness seems to be shown in the cotton market as the picking of the crop advances. Every change in weather conditions in the growing districts :and each indica- tion of foreign buying are shown in the variances in quotations. Ginning is proceeding very slowly, and sales of actual cotton are small to domestic spinners. A better condition prevails as to exports, which are increasing both to Great Britain and the Contin- ent. The reduction in ocean freights and the increased protection against submarines are a help in this direc- tion. Despite the statements made in the United States Senate favoring an embargo on cotton exports because of the alleged smaliness of the crop and the enlarged domestic consump- tion, the general impression is quite the contrary. Indications now favor a larger crop than even the latest MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Government estimate appeared to show, and the carryover from last year’s crop seems to have been well over two and a quarter million bales. There is nothing as yet to indicate that there will be any material in- crease in the consumption of cot- ton in domestic mills, and the re- strictions on the British ones seem to denote a lessening of the quantity there. The general trend of prices downward has been reflected in the goods market, especially in print- cloths. It is noticeable, however, that purchases have been made rather freely on the declines, usually from second hands. Prices have been well upheld in bleached and branded goods, although the demand does not seem to have been large. There has been no change in the situation as to fine and fancy constructions. While the call for them is rather slight at pres- ent, it is expected to pick up later in the season. WATCH YOUR TURN-OVER. As merchandise continues to increase in value, the difficulty of maintaining a satisfactory turn-over becomes more manifest. While a general merchant with a $10,000 stock may be able to hold his annual sales up to $50,000 dur- ing ordinary times, it may be exceeding- ly difficult for him to force his sales up to $75,000 per annum when the same amount of merchandise costs him $15,- 000; yet he must plan to accomplish this result if he expects to make the same ratio of profit he made under normal conditions. Of course, every merchant who possesses the proper business acu- men is making an abnormal profit now- adays on account of the increase in values, but profits so obtained are not likely to stay by him, if he continues in business, because they will be dis- sipated—possibly more than wiped out —by the reduction in prices which he must face when peace is established and the downward tendency in market values sets in. Next to keeping up his stock and rendering his customers the service they are entitled to, it should be the aim of every merchant to see that his turn-over is maintained on the basis he undertakes to establish during normal times, to the end that he may not emerge from the ordeal which now confronts every mer- chant—sooner or later—lessened profits, reduced assets and increased liabilities. A number of Michigan creameries have gotten into trouble with the Government on account of over mois- ture in their butter. The extremely hot weather had a tendency to soften the butterfat and cause it to take on an over amount of moisture. Govern- ment inspectors have spent consider- able time in Michigan examining sam- ples of butter and, as a result, a num- ber of creameries have paid fines from $100 to $800 and have been branded as butter adulterators. One manufacturer of less than 200 pounds daily paid a fine of $600, when an in- spector found fifty-nine pounds of butter contained 16.2 per cent. mois- ture. The best investment in all the world is the wagging tongue of the satisfied customer. LIGHT ON GERMAN METHODS. A little more light was let in on German methods in getting and hold- ing foreign trade by some utterances recently of William Watson Ruther- ford, Chairman of the Rumanian Con- solidated Oil Fields, who has for six- teen years represented the West Derby Division of Liverpool in the House of Commons. What he had to say, moreover, is not without value to exporters in this country. He at first referred to the young Germans trained in schools of commerce who, because they were willing to work at nominal salaries, obtained positions in English banks and business offices. These fellows made it their principal vocation to forward the details of British business to a central commer- cial intelligence department at Berlin. But much more cleverness was shown in another direction. Very nearly all of the reinsurance business was in the hands of the Germans, especially marine reinsurance. That business brought them in close association with all the English and foreign in- surance concerns, and in the course of it they were able to learn the des- tination of all goods, the names of the manufacturers, merchants, and buyers, the prices paid, and all other information relating to the cargo. These data were sent to a Foreign Trade Committee at Berlin and were made use of for the benefit of Ger- man manufacturers and traders. The scheme was simply an adaptation of the German spy system applied to commerce instead of to governmental or political matters. THE OBJECT OF THE WAR. The object of this war is to deliver the free peoples of the world from the menace and the actual power of a vast military establishment, controlled by an irresponsible government, which, having secretly planned to dominate the world, proceeded to carry the plan out without regard either to the sacred obligations of treaty or the long-established prac- tices and long-cherished principles of international action and honor; which chose its own time for the war; deliver- ed its blow fiercely and suddenly; stop- ped at no barrier, either of law or of mercy; swept a whole continent within the tide of blood—not the blood of sol- diers only, but the blood of innocent women and children also and of the helpless poor; and now stand balked, but not defeated, the enemy of four- fifths of the world. Woodrow Wilson. Although the “first and supreme ob- ject” of American Red Cross activity, as set down in the Society’s report, is our own army and navy, it will be noted that out of a total of more than $12,000,000 already appropriated and more than ten and a half million dol- lars already assigned to work in France, less than two million dollars has been set apart for work among our own troops. As our military forces in France increase and are brought nearer to the actualities of war, no doubt this item of expenditure will rise. Yet at no time is it likely that American need will call upon the larger share of Red Cross effort in Europe. America will never face the economic wastage and the human suffering which the Red Cross has set itself to repair in France, in Russia, Rumania, Servia and Ar- menia. It is not so much the direct effects of the battlefield as seen in the hospitals that will engage the Society's principal efforts, as the woe and loss of civilian populations and of soldiers who have been cast back into civilian life from the war mill. A million and a half dollars for foodstuffs, a million dollars for the relief of incapacitated French soldiers and their families, near- ly a million dollars for village recon- struction and the restoratiin of agri- cultural life, these constitute the big items in the Red Cross appropriations for France. What the full demands will be for work in devastated Servia and in bleeding Armenia, it is only too easy to conjecture. The Red Cross has been transformed by the modern nature of war from an agency for the care of wounded soldiers into an agency for the care of wounded nations. It is a call upon American generosity to which the country is responding heartily. The Red Cross has now a membership of more than three and a half million. The size of its task should make its mem- bership co-extensive with the Nation. Everybody will hope that the Liberty motor” will justify the high expectations that the War Depart- ment has of it. At the same time, it is only common prudence to reserve judgment upon it until its merits have been tried out further. The dis- position to hail the great problems of the war as solved by the mere touch of American ingenuity has been one of the less inspiring features of our entrance into the struggle. But upon the co-operation between con- sulting engineers and _ rival motor- manufacturers in the production of an “all-American” engine, judgment need not be reserved—in either sense. It is just the kind of patriotic dis- play that heightens one’s pride in his country and makes him feel that, de- spite the frequent revelations of re- gretted methods in business, at bot- tom we are sound. Secretary Baker’s account of the achievement asserts that trade secrets were given to the Government, making available special processes of great commercial value. The speed with which the engine was developed, the exactness with which parts turned out at a dozen factories scattered from Connecticut to Cali- fornia were found to fit when brought together—these are qualities we like to think of as peculiarly American. They are not so absolutely ours as we unthinkingly boast, but it is grat- ifying to have this new proof of them. If the engine proves anything like the marvel it is declared to be, criti- cism of the Administration upon the score of tardiness in bringing our re- sources to bear upon the conflict will have to look for new lines of attack. It is opportunity that brings out the great man, but he only is great who prepares for the opportunity, who knows it will come, and who seizes upon it when it arrives. The fellow with wheels in his head finds it easy to travel in cog. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN September 26, 1917 % ps a Is go <- oi Oe 2 : a — om =_ = = = ne = Se = S = i5 = = - - = — ‘ = - ' I 4 ER, EGGS 4x PROVIS ONS| UD a Ee Wy fin 3 att § |S Aut cute ee OD, Michigan Poultry, Butter and Egg Asso- ciation. President—J. W. Lyons, Jackson. Vice-President—Patrick Hurley, De- troit. Secretary and Treasurer—D. A. Bent ley. Saginaw. Executive Committee—F. A. Johnson Detroit; H. L. Williams, Howell; C. Chandler, Detroit. Cheese Standards Established Under $ 3 = = @ ct > c 7 or ° be S + econ ®& ul for S req 12 Ol oon definite nclusion: F- reached, and I am there- 9 sing herewith a copy of the cheese schedule as approved by the Joint Committee on Definitions and Standards at Atlantic City August 3, 1917. In ion tc arieties covered by , ule, the Committee eration definitions e fc lowing: Pine chatel cheese, Camem Brie necse, i cheese, Gouda cheese, Port du Sault, Parmesan, Cottage cheese, Gam- melost, Roquefort, Gorgonzola, Cream cheese and Whey cheese. These ad- ditional standards will be agreed up- date in the near future soon as they are ready for distribution I will send a copy. With reference to the 2 which we adopted at our i should explain that and standards have alr proved by the Associatior Food and Drug Officials and have yet to be submitted to the Association of Official Agricultural Chemists and to the U. S. Depart- ment of Agriculture. iTV can Dai After having been approved by the various organ- izations named above, the standards are to be considered as the work- ing bases for food and drug control officials throughout the United States in the enforcement of food and drug laws. Julius Hortvet, Member Joint Committee on Defi- nitions and Standards. Cheese Schedule. 1. Cheese [The name “cheese” as used without qualification in America refers to American cheese, American Cheddar cheese.] is the sound prod- uct made from curd obtained from whole milk, part skimmed or skimmed milk, goat’s milk or the milk of other animals, with or without added cream, by coagulating the casein with ren- net, lactic acid, or other suitable en- zyme or acid, and with or without the further treatment of the separated curd by heat or pressure or by means of ripening ferments, special moulds, or seasoning. A cheese bearing a varietal name indicating a special process and for- eign origin, when made in America by the same process, is designated as American Camembert, American Emmenthaler, American Swiss, Amer- ican Edam or American Roquefort cheese, as the case may be, and, except for the place of manufac- ture, conforms to the definition and standard of the foreign cheese. American cheeses made from cow’s milk to resemble foreign varieties made from the milk of other animals, are designated in such a manner as tg i te that they are made from c s milk. Whole milk cheese is cheese . made from whole milk. made from skimmed milk. In the case of cheese normally 2 n rom whole milk, when milk is used from which any of the fat has been removed, the approximate amount of this fat removal is stated in connection with the varietal name ci the cheese; e. g., “Edam one-quar- k,” “one-half skimmed hree-quarter skimmed . as the case may be. From Whole Milk. American cheese, American cheddar cheese, is the cheese made in America by the Cheddar process, from pressed curd obtained by the ac- tion of rennet on whole milk. It contains not more than 39 per cent. of water, and, in the water-free sub- stance, not less than 50 per cent. of milk fat. 5. Stirred curd cheese, sweet curd € is the cheese made in America modified cheddar process, from obtained by the action of ren- net on whole milk, in which treat- ment of the curd after removal of whey yields a product of more open granular texture than American Cheddar cheese. It conforms in re- epect to moisture and fat content to the standard for American Cheddar cheese. 6. American Limburger cheese is the cheese made in America by the Limburger process, from unpressed curd obtained by the action of ren- net on whole milk. The curd is rip- ened in damp atmosphere by special forced fermentation. It contains. in the water-free substance, not less than 50 per cent. of milk fat. 7. Brick cheese is the quick-ripen- ed cheese made in America by the Brick cheese process, from curd ob- tained by the action of rennet on whole milk, It contains, in the water- free substance, not less than 50 per cent. of milk fat. 8. Stilton cheese is the cheese made in England by the Stilton pro- cess, from unpressed curd obtained by the action of rennet on whole milk, with or without added cream. The curd is ripened by special moulds which give it a peculiar blue or green color. 9. Edam cheese is the cheese made in Holland by the Edam process, from pressed curd obtained by the action of rennet on whole milk, and ripened by special slimy fermentation (Bacil- lus viscosus). It is commonly made in spherical form and coated with harmless red color and harmless dry- ing oil. Cheeses Made From Whole Milk or Partly Skimmed Milk. 10. Emmenthaler cheese, Swiss cheese, is the cheese made in Switzer- land by the Emmenthaler process, from pressed curd obtained by the action of rennet on whole milk or partly skimmed milk, and ripened by special gas producing bacteria, caus- ing characteristic “eyes” or holes. It contains, in the water-free sub- stance, not less than 45 per cent. of milk fat. —2--. Every good mother knows there is a sewing and a ripping time. a ii Mr. Poultry Shipper: i Last week we handled four cars Coleman live poultry. This is evidence that rand) ‘ ; ” . we have satisfied shippers. Give us Terpeneless atrial. We don't charge commission. LEMON ress and Pure High Grade 20-22 Ottawa Ave., N. W. a. Grand Rapids Michigan VANILLA : rere EXTRACTS .° Help Hoover :|- Prevent iF: rero) V/ Made only by FOOTE & JENKS Jackson, Mich. Waste a Mr. Hoover as food dictator ; has got a real job and every merchant should support him by doing what he can to con- 4a 2 serve the food supply of the ee ee If President Wilson found that + — it was a wise policy to appoint a food dictator in these ab- 139-141 Mo- >t Roth Per GHAND RAPIDS ‘ICH normal times of high prices. “J” itshould be the duty of the mer- chant to install a profit dic- “ay? tator in his business. — a as 4 . MANUFACTURED Br Aislagel gene Vue Uae i , BUTTER COMPANY CRAND RAPIOS, MICH. Sold in Sanitary Tin Packages— A U T 0 M AT | C SCALES 2, 5, 10, 15 and 25 Ib. paiis— .im i by all wholesale grocers Will Conserve Your Profit, Your Time, Absolutely eliminate =a the giving of over- See Quotations in Grocery Price Current EVERY MERCHANT IN MICHIGAN weight. 2 > Buying Potatoes By Standard Grades During the month of October and November the retail grocery trade throughout the United States will put a great deal of selling energy behind Irish potatoes. The country has an abundant crop of potatoes this year, as an outcome of its planting cam- paign last spring, and the selling cam- paign is the natural sequence of that movement. During this campaign the public will be urged to buy and store po- tatoes in quantities of from three to ten bushels and upwards, according to home facilities. This is to be ac- complished through publicity given by the United State Food Administra- tion. At the same time articles will be published in grocery trade papers, giving suggestions for the handling and selling of potatoes. One of the first essentials in sell- ing goods, of course, is to buy them right. Well bought merchandise is half sold. To guide the farmer in erading his crop and the grocer in judging value the Food Administra- ticn and the Department of Agricul- ture have drawn up potato grades which they recommend. For several years the Bureau of Markets, Depart- ment of Agriculture, has been investi- eating and demonstrating the prac- ticability of marketing potatoes by grade. Potatoes have been graded and packed in the field in different sections of the country, and late sold in the principal markets in com- petition with ungraded potatoes, al- ways to the advantage of the graded article. The following ° specifications for these grades will enable any grocer to iudge potatoes that are offered to him or received by shipment: U. S. Grade No. 1. This grade shall consist of sound potatoes of similar varietal charac- teristics, which are practically free frost injury, sunburn, second growth, frost injury, sunborn, second growth, cuts, scab, blight, dry rot, and dam- age caused by disease, insects, or me- chanical means. The minimum di- ameter of potatoes of the round vari- e“ies shall be one and seven-eighths inches, and of potatoes of the long varieties one and three-fourths inches. In order to allow for variations in- cident to commercial grading and handling, 5 per cent. by weight of any lot may be under the prescribed size, and, in addition, 3 per cent. by weight of any such lot may be below the remaining requirements of this grade. US. Grade No: 2. This grade shall consist of pota- toes of similar varietal characteristics, which are practically free from frost injury and decay, and which are free from serious damage caused by dirt or other foreign matter, sunburn, sec- ond growth, cuts, scab, blight, dry ret, or other diseases, insects, or me- chanical means. The minimum di- ameter shall be one and_ one-half inches. In order to allow for varia- tions incident to commercial grading and handling, 5 per cent. by weight of any lot may be under the prescrib- ed size, and, in addition, 5 per cent. by weight of any such lot may be be- low the remaining requirements of this grade. The Syrup Maker Among the finest, yet most eco- nomical of all syrups, is made from Crescent Mapleine. The syrup has that rich “‘Golden Fla- vour."" So good that it has won a place in dining cars and in many leading hotels. In addition to mak- ing syrup Crescent Mapleine serves in every way any other flavoring will serve. 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UU Me US Cry 7 Toy ales lola The Sack that keeps the Nour HN and the dirt OUT.- Rea & Witzig PRODUCE COMMISSION MERCHANTS 104-106 West Market St. Buffalo, N. Y. Established 1873 Live Poultry in excellent de- mand at market prices. Can handle large shipments to ad- vantage. Fresh Eggs in good de- mand at market prices. Fancy creamery butter and good dairy selling at full quota- tions. Common selling well. Send for our weekly price cur- rent or wire for special quota- tions. Refer you to the People’s Bank of Buffalo, all Commercial Agen- cies and to hundreds of shippers everywhere. CONGRESS TIRES Congress Non-Skids are daily proving their absolute reliability and exceptional durability by giving thousands of users hundreds, often thousands of miles of satisfying service in excess of their guarantee. Yet Congress Non-Skids are moderate priced. You will insure yourself real ‘satisfying service’’ from your tires, at less cost per mile, by making your next new tire a Con- gress Non-Skid. Distributors, Sherwood-Hall Co., Ltd. Tonia Ave. and Louis St. Grand Rapids, Michigan Vinkemulder Company Headquarters for Bananas Oranges Lemons Home grown and Southern Fruits and Vegetables Send for our weekly price list Vinkemulder Company Grand Rapids, Michigan ability, habits and character. W ANTED at Moseley Station, experienced capable man to take charge of warehouse and do the work in buying Beans, Potatoes, Seed, and selling Coal, Cement, Salt, etc. Must have temperate habits and furnish good references in regard to Man with wife, preferred, to live in our house at Moseley. Address MOSELEY BROTHERS, Grand Rapids, Mich. iz MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Arbitrary Methods Necessary to En- sure Food Control. Written for the Tradesman. i wo portune. icods, feed, fertilizer and implements. ma- for se business are act of Congress, under now, by Government control and must ducted under such regulations as the President, through Mr. H announce. i ed under the following heads: Practices prohibited 2 estruction of es for the purpose of enhancing r restricting supply. Wil waste or wilfully permitting preventa- ble deteriorati a > or consumption within a 1rorm of 14 reasonahbie control be- coming operative upon orders of President Wilson is that no man may engage in, or carry on any busi- ness above mentioned without a li- cense from the President. When the President acts and licenses are re- quired the President may revoke a license if the licensee makes undue pront or engages in practices “unjust or unreasonable. fair or wasteful.” discriminatory, un- The President is empowered to de- termine when an action comes within any of the foregoing list and may de- termine able, what is a “just and reason- non-discriminatory and fair storage charge, commission profit or practice.” The third means of control covers five articles—wheat, flour, meal, beans and potatoes. These the President is empowered to purchase, stcre and sell. The fourth power of control exists should the President find it necessary to use it, to secure an ade- quate supply of commodities mention- ed “for the support of the Army or the maintenance of the Navy or for any other public use connected with the common defense.” Under this provision of the law the President may requisition and take over for use or operation by the Government or part thereof any factory producing any of the commodities mentioned in the statute. To stimulate the production of wheat the statute guarantees that for the crop of 1918 the price of No. 1 Northern spring wheat shall not be : essary to preserve the guaranteed ee ee te oe ee oe price ri€ i§ aisO auitnorized, ec- chsil +f * Snaii DE, and he ang empow prosecution t price of coal and coke whenever and either dealer, to establish rules for the regu- wherever sold, Wt distribution, ap- Tt fr portionment or storage thereo!t among dealers and consumers, domestic or foreign. Said authority may be ex- ercised 1 in each case through of the Federal Trade Com- mission during the war or for such his judg- a part of ment may be necessary It is pro- vided by the statute that such maxi- mum prices as may be fixed by the ment shall not as invalidating any contract made in | i good faith prior to the establishment Govern be construed and publication of maximum prices by the Michigan bankers are still carrying on the good work of establishing an agricultural industrial agency in the State. F. H. Willams, President of the First State Bank of Allegan, who has been one of the moving spirits Commission. in agricultural improvement, says most of the banks of the State are responding to requests of the Mich- igan Bankers Association Agricultur- al Committee in supporting such an agency. In this work, which is for the benefit of the entire State, it would seem the banks should not be left to shoulder the entire burden. Any benefit to be derived from greater farm production and more scientific farming is fully shared by every merchant, because it increases the purchasing power of the farmer. It would be a graceful and sensible act for the merchant to go to his lo- cal banker and offer to bear a share of the financial burden of this move- September 26, 1917 Every American must realize the urgent necessity of supporting His Country unreservedly, and of definitely showing his Prac- tical Patriotism by subscribing to his utmost ability to the Second Liberty Loan. [;RAND RAPIDS [RUST | OMPANY MANAGED BY MEN YOU KNOW OTTAWA AT FOUNTAIN. BOTH PHONES 4391 GRAND RAPIDS NATIONAL [CITY BANK CITY TRUST & SAVINGS BANK ASSOCIATED CAMPAU SQUARE The convenient banks for out of town people. Located at the very center of the city. Handy to the street cars—th district. e Interurbans—the hotels—the shopping On account of our location—our large transit facilitles—our safe d , eposit ults and our complete service covering the entire field of banking, our faaleitotione orast be the ultimate choice of out of town bankers and individuals. Combined Capital and Surpius..................$ 1,724,300.00 Combined Total Deposits ...................... 10,168,700.00 Combined Total Resources .................... 13,157,100.00 GRAND RAPIDS NATIONAL CITY BANK CITY TRUST & SAVINGS BANK -ASSOCIATED . * September 26, 1917 ment. This suggestion is entirely voluntary and made_ without the kncwledge or consent of the banking business. At a recent meeting at Lansing, Mr. Williams said: Progressive farmers are profiting by the information gained through the educational campaign carried on and cheerfully admit it. It is the un- progressive farmer we must elevate. There are many classes of farmers— the thirty-five bushel of wheat men, the twenty bushel and the five bushel men. It is sad to think that it prac- tically costs the five bushel farmer as much time and labor to raise his small harvest as it does the thirty- five bushel farmer. We are well aware that when a banker or any other business man takes an interest in these matters he will be called an uplifter, a book farmer and will be accused of assuming a knowledge of farming he does not possess. It must be remembered this campaign is not for the thirty-five bushel farmer, but for the five bushel man. Any banker or business man who is unwilling to accept the criticism of the farmers for his activity had better step out of the race, The man who does wish to assist the Nation and his own com- munity can find a great cpportunity for his activities. Napoleon said an army travels on its stomach. The business men and farmers should en- list in the stomach brigade. We must reach the five’ bushel farmer. How are we to do it? In the first place, advertise, and then ad- vertise some more. Sears-Roebuck and Montgomery Ward have millions of dollars of farmer’s trade which they have obtained through printer’s ink. Get out posters written by men who are advertisers. Carry out the campaign on the same basis as the Liberty loan and Red Cross cam- paigns were carried on. Call a meet- ing at each county seat. Have it ad- dressed by a man who knows how to grow wheat. Advertise early plow- ing, pedigreed seed, right sowing, cor- rect use of fertilizers and other means of crop improvement. Appoint spe- cial committees in each township, fol- lowing the group system when coun- try agents have it established. Call in the officers of the school districts. Make canvass of the five bushel men, the ten,twenty, and thirty-five bushel men. There should be established in some of the wheat growing sections tractor service with plows, drags and rollers, so a farmer may telephone in an order to have his wheat ground placed in condition. The bank will lend the farmer the necessary money to pay for the work if his project is approved by the county agent and would, no doubt, finance the com- munity or organizers in the purchase of the machinery. There is just as much reason why there should be tractors, plows and drags to put in a crop as there is that there should be machines to thresh. wheat and silo fillers to harvest the corn crop. It is time for even the bankers to wake up to the importance of the wheat crop in Michigan. The active agricultural banker is almost as rare a bird as the thirty-five bushel farm- er. The bankers who are dead to their responsibilities as co-operators in the agricultural field are almost as num- erous as the ten bushel farmers. They require a new birth, a new enthusi- asm. The business man, the banker, the miller and the prosperous farmer are responsible for the welfare of our brethren. It is not necessary to urge an increase in acreage. Increase the vield per acre and you will find the increase in acreage will take care of itself. Let us work in our fields of to-day so as to restore the one time fertility of our soil, and then the Michigander will come to his own, whether on the farm or in the city. Confirming the statement that cor- porations are financing extensions and improvements through bank loans MICHIGAN TRADESMAN rather than bonds the estimated fi- nancing for October will be light. October maturities also are small, amounting to only $19,900,000—the smallest year to date. August has heretofore been the smailest month with $35,100,000 maturities, but De- cember will set the low record with maturities of little $10,- 500,000. An illustration of the manner in which banks are preparing for any- thine that might turn up, including the Liberty loan, is reported from New York. An attempt was made to secure a long time loan of $200,000 by a large New York brokerage firm upon collateral of unquestioned mer- it. After three days’ work this was accomplished but for only thirty days. An official of the bank which finally granted the loan said frankly they were trimming their sails and as fast as loans matured they were cutting them in two. “We are about 80 per cent. liquid,’ he added, “and intend to remain so for a while.” A visit to a number of smaller cities in Western Michigan develops the fact that the banks are loaned up closely, having taken excellent care of the farmers in moving their crops and financing seed purchases. It is altogether probable that by the first of the year money will be much easier in this State. Paul Leake. more than ——__2>+>—___ Trading With the Enemy. Some rather important conse- quences are likely to follow the en- actment of the Trading with the Enemy bill, which has emerged from the Senate in practically the form in which it will finally become law. By means of the regulation of imports as well as of exports which the bill provides, there will be the means of curtailing effectually the trade with German concerns in neutral countries that has in great measure thus far preserved the Teutonic foreign trade organization. Another provision of the bill is of even greater conse- quence. This provides for the use of German patents, trademarks, and the like. Operations here under this provision will result in the establish- ment of many new industries in this country which will survive after the war is ended. While to many the idea will that the principal benefits will be in the list of chemical, dye, and pharmaceutical preparations that used to come from Germany, this by no means indicates the scope of the measure or the classes. of affected by it. There are many mechanical and other processes and devices which the have protected here by means of patents, the making of the occur long articles Germans articles not being carried on _ here, but in Germany. It is more than likely, also, judging from past ex- that quicker or cheaper processes will be devised here to get the results the have ob- tained, once the domestic manufac- turers start at them. — 72> The purpose of government is to make man happy, the citizen free, and the Nation great, as the philoso- phers tell us, and what is more than that cometh of evil. periences, Germans 13 Michigan Bankers & Merchants’ Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Fremont, Michigan We are organized under the laws of Michigan and our officers and directors include the best merchants, bankers and business men of Fremont. We write mercantile risks and store buildings occupied by our policy holders at 25 per cent. less than the board rate established by the Michigan Inspection Bureau. If you are interested in saving one-third of your expenditure for fire insurance, write us for particulars. Wm. N. Senf, Secretary. HIS Company is authorized to act as Executor, Administrator, Trus- tee, Guardian, Receiver, and in all other Fiduciary capacities. Acts as Trustee under mortgages made by Railroad and other Corpora- tions, and as Transfer Agent and Re- gistrar of Stocks and Bonds. Manages Real Estate and lends money on mortgages. Send for Blank Form of Will and Booklet on Descent and Distribution of Property THE MICHIGAN TRUST Go. OF GRAND RAPIDS Safe Deposit Vaults on Ground Floor, Boxes to rent at low cost. Audits made of books of municipalities, corporations, firms and individuals. BUY SAFE BONDS 6°, Tax Exempt in Michigan Write for our offerings Hower Snow CorriGAN & BERTLES INVESTMENT BANKERS GRAND RAPIDS SAVINGS BANK BLDG. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. 14 September 26, 1917 GOVERNMENT REGULATION. It Has Enhanced Price of Wheat and Coal. Written for the Tradesman. There is a I published in Kans devoted to * tion.” It seem the writer would like a vehicle of communication f similar nature sbaiilid:s pHatuic, somewhat might vent a little of his feelings over the doings of public men and govern- ments—perhaps of newsp?pers. Legislation in farmers is fast becoming a The idea of fixing th tayvor oO! scandal. e price of wheat for over a year in advance at above the normal price by twice over is some- thing that smacks of unconstitutional class legislation. Doubtless this will come under the head of war legislation, yet how are we to know that the is to last over next year? We are all praying that it may not, yet the Government sees fit to make sure that the farmer has his pound of flesh, regardless of the many poor families in the land who, because of high prices, are hav- Ww a r ing a serious time making both ends meet. The past two years have been years of unexampled profit to the American farmer and the Government makes sure that he is to have one more year at least of exorbitant prices that he may fill his coffers to overflowing. Besides this favoritism shown to the agriculturist, the Government sees fit to exempt the tiller of the soil from all the pains and penalties which are visited upon the ungodly trusts in other lines of business when they conspire to fix prices. Is it not possible for the farmers to com- bine for their emolument as against the common good? This Government, since the Civil War, has been supposed to legislate in favor of all the people, regardless of color or caste. Wheat is the most important food product of the world. To fix its selling price so high that it makes for hardship to the ordinary family to keep up a supply of nourish- ing bread is, to say the least, a dan- gerous and unjust use of the govern- ing power of the Nation. Supply and demand should alone fix the price of most products. In the matter of coal, for instance, the administration has set out to regulate prices. So far all the noticeable ef- fect has been to put that article far above what it ever fetched before in the markets of the world. Pocahon- tas nut, selling last year at between $6 and $7 which at the time was con- sidered a high price, now brings $9 to $10 in the retail yards. What is the remedy? From head- quarters comes the reply—use one ton less coal per family. I read a con- siderable dissertation on the good to be derived from the use of less coal. Most houses are too warm in winter. It is more healthful to have less heat. Advice is an easy thing to give. Now what are the facts? About using a ton less coal per fam- ily. Easy to say, but hardly prac- tical in those families in which the own writer avout his Own. in homes of the ordin There is no need tc coal consumer to use 1 he can’t do it and not health and comfort as physicians tell us rooms of some of many degrees too but if the one giving this advice ever the cot i visited untry, city or ordinary American and satisfied that the house home of the came away was over-heated he has my sym- pathy. Not one house in ten is warmed the dependence for in the coal bin. This is so enough heating is not only at the present price of fuel, but has been of the past. all rules of course. but where you house overheated you wil uffer dur- find one find ten where the family ing all the winter months from chilly atmosphere in every rocm in the house except possibly the kitchen. Right hefe let me that families, during the winter months, live and eat in their kitchens in order to save fuel. They do this without the advice of the fuel experimenter appointed by Government to oversee the homes of America and see to it that too much fuel is not consumed. Cut the price of coal by using a ton less coal this winter! If this were possible there would be many funerals before spring brought about by added pneumonia victims—a pretty severe price to pay for economy in fuel. The truth is that not enough fuel is used. The writer knows of homes where the winter coal is not put in until just before Christmas in order to economize, the family hovering over the kitchen stove, starving both body and soul that the expenses may not overrun the weekly pay envelope. Save a ton of coal forsooth! Doubtless the fat, well groomed, well fed, well paid officials who of- fer this advice never suffered as has the writer during brief visits made to friends in both town and country where the whole house was kept at a little above the freezing point that there might be economy in the use of fuel. Open windows in sleeping apartments goes, but as to the cur- tailment of the coal consumption, that is simply not to be thought of for a { say many moment. Old Timer. ll The Sailor’s Tag. Each officer and enlisted man in the United States navy will wear a metal identification tag that will bear the wearer’s name, date of birth and enlistment, and in the case of an of- ficer, his rank and date of appoint- ment. On the reverse side will be etched the finger-print of his right index finger. This is part of what naval officers regard as the best sys- tem of identification known, superior to that in use in European armies and navies, village. Valid Insurance at One-third Less Than Stock Company Rates Merchants insure your residences in the Grand Rapids Merchants Mutual Fire Insurance Co. For the last ten years we have been saving our policy on their insurance. holders 3314 much for you. Home Office, Grand Rapids stocks, store buildings and of Michigan We can and will do as TRIE. 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THE PREFERRED LIFE INSURANCE CO. of America, Grand Rapids, Mich. « - 4* Mie ‘ r 7 ae a« » &E.- - ‘ * z . - 4 > 4 . 4 - * > 4 ~ ‘ : 4 ‘ e o é 5 é , aD a« s & aa € * September 26, 1917 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 15 Activities in Michigan Cities. Written for the Tradesman. Bonbright & Co., the new owners of the Haskell Manufacturing Co. plant, at Ludington, state that the veneer and canoe factory will be con- tinued there, also that large additions will be built. It is probable that air- plane parts will be made on a large scale. Ironwood has boosted the wages of its 106 teachers 20 per cent. Lansing is adding to its city pig- gery and is now feeding over 300 pigs on garbage. Construction work at Ann Arbor includes the following: work begun on third floor of Michigan Union; work started on the new library, new factory being built for Ann Arbor Machine Works; structural work started on new building for Elwell Co., making trolley frogs; rapid prog- ress on addition to school of music building; $150,000 residence of L. J. Hoover, being completed; big addi- tion just finished to King Trailer Co. The Manistee Booster Club has re- sumed activities after the summer va- cation. The Bay City Times-Tribune speaks of its school plant as follows: “Bay City hasn’t a single modern school building or one that is properly venti- lated, heated and lighted and which is fireproof. In fact it scarcely has a building that does not lack all four of these essentials and its two high schools are almost relics of the dark ages.” Mayor Baker, of Adrian, has given up the plan of opening a municipal coal yard. A petition signed by 1,099 people, largely women, has been presented to the city commission of Owosso, ask- ing that the motion picture shows be closed on Sundays. Petoskey is making an effort to get a Government appropriation to dig a channel in the ‘bay at the mouth of the river, so that coal for the wa- terworks may be unloaded there. Pontiac is wrestling with a new problem, the so-called “coffee house,” an institution born of the influx of foreigners there. They are places where card playing is permitted, with singing, dancing and other amuse- ments. They are run by foreigners and cater only to foreigners and while hot coffee and soft drinks only are served, the play of these people fre- quently degenerates into free-for-all scraps. A ordinance has been adopted which provides for annual license fee of $25 for these places, with regula- tions as to hours and with gambling cut out and no card playing on Sun- days. Flint has enacted an which provides a yearly license of $75 for pawn brokers and forbids them to conduct sales on Sundays. Pontiac’s water department is on a profit making basis and its city hos- pital is nearly self sustaining. Jackson is adding 150 arc lights, which gives the city 532 arc lamps for street lighting. The boulevard lighting system will be extended this year. Owosso has added a combination motor truck to its fire fighting equip- ment. ordinance Jackson will vote in November on the plan to build a new pumping sta- tion at a cost of $50,000. Saginaw hps bought a new fire truck for $7,685. Sturgis will install a real fire alarm system, with alarm boxes. Almond Griffen. ——_.++.> Late Michigan Banking News. Jackson—Harry Reece, lately Assis- tant Cashier of the Union Bank, has been appointed Cashier, following the retirement of A. C. Bloomfield, who has ascended to the position of Vice- President and a member of the board of directors. Carl Spiegel has been advanced to the Assistant Cashiership. Eaton Rapids—Cyrus L. Palmer, who has been at the First National Bank for the past four years, has re- signed his position to take a place with the Central National Bank otf Battle Creek. Traverse City—The board of di- rectors of the Traverse City State Bank have elected Everett Whitney to the position of Assistant Cashier to succeed George B. Kilbourne, who re- signed recently to enter business on his own account. Mr. Whitney has been connected with the State Bank for thirteen years and for several years acted as Receiving Teller, but has, during his association with the Bank, filled practicall every clerical position in the institutio::, either reg- ularly or in cases of eriergency and has thus acquired a very thorough knowledge of the business. Prior to his coming to Traverse City Mr. Whitney was for eight years connect- ed with the Cameron Lumber Co. of Torch Lake as general office man. His early years were spent on a farm and as Mr. Whitney always had a natural ability to make things grow and a liking for agriculture, he has continued his interest along that line and has for years pursued a systemat- ic course of reading and study of ag- ricultural topics, all of which has given him a practical knowledge of farming and the farmers’ needs, prob- lems, limitations and opportunities. Kalkaska—Mark S. Johnson has re- signed as Assistant Cashier at the Kalkaska State Bank, to take effect October 1. Mr. Johnson leaves the Bank to shoulder the responsibilities of his grocery store interests, as Buri Wright, who has so capably manag- ed the store for some years past, leaves on that date to accept a posi- tion with the Kalkaska Produce Co. Emmett—The American State Bank of Emmett has been organized with a capital stock of $20,000. Traverse City—Two new men have joined the force of the Traverse City State Bank—W. H. Angell, formerly of Belding, and Ralph Wells, of this city. Mr. Angell has had sixteen years of banking experience—twelve years with the Belding Savings Bank, during the past nine of which he has been Assistant Cashier, and four years previously with the Peoples Savings Bank of that city. Ralph Wells, has lived all his life in Traverse City, is a graduate of the local high school, and Ferris Institute of Big Rapids, has done considerable newspaper work and recently has been in the employ of Wells-Higman Co. of this city. ——_2-2 Look For Good Holiday Trade. The volume of business done thus far by local toy jobbers is said to be well in excess of last year’s figures. Retailers from out of town are said to be evidencing a healthy eagerness for novelties of all sorts, and are placing ord-ts for staples with con- siderable liberality. Prices, particu- larly of those articles made of metal or of fabric, are in most instances higher than a year ago. Authorities in the trade, who have long been ac- customed to reading the signs of the times, say that all indications point to an unusually active holiday trade this year. Kent State Bank Main Office Fountain St. ‘Facing Monroe Grand Rapids, Mich. Capital - - - - $500,000 Surplus and Profits - $500,000 Resources 9 Million Dollars 345 Per Cent. Paid on Certificates Largest State and Savings Bank in Western Michigan trenches. A SOLDIER BOY SINGS “T want tobacco just as much as bandages and socks, So drop your contribution in my old tobacco box!” SEND 25 CENTS, and we will forward a of tobacco to some soldier or sailor at the front—enough to keep him in tobacco for a week. fighting man happy for a month. that cheers the soldier boy through the dreary hours in the He'll probably send you a postcard acknowledg- ment—a war souvenir you will treasure. at once—he needs them badly. for tobacco for our soldiers and sailors abroad. OUR BOYS IN FRANCE TOBACCO FUND 25 W. 44th ST., NEW YORK CITY Endorsed by War and Navy Departments Every cent contributed goes “comfort package” Or SEND $1—it keeps a Tobacco is the only thing Send your “Smokes” Now Is The Time To Use CONCRETE ment is unavoidable. this great staple. Co. at $10 per share. War Bulletin No. 2, of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, says: “Tron and steel should be used only when the require- Every effort should be made to use concrete in place of steel whenever this can be done, and construction and development work requiring steel should be postponed wherever possible... in quantity for concrete work.” bo lecckee cement may be had If it is patriotic to use cement, it is equally our patriotic duty to furnish the funds to produce You can do your bit by pur- chasing stock in the Petoskey Portland Cement Murray Building Deuel & Sawall, Inc. Financial Agents Grand Rapids, Michigan MICHIGAN TRADESMAN September 26, 1917 PERILS OF PRUSSIANISM. Menace of an Armed and Predatory Autocracy. History will not be ready to pronounce her complete verdict on the war for half a century. To-day we do not know enough to speak as the historian of the future will speak, but we know enough to fight as the patriot and the friend of law and humanity fights. We have not all of the facts, but we have enough to be certain that we are fighting for our National existence, for free govern- ment and for the rights of nations. With America a “subject nation,” what chance would liberty have in any other part of the earth? ernment could no more exist in a world dominated by Prussia than it was able to survive in a Germany dominated by Prussia. sian war against a Germanic idea. For the idea of representation, the Teutonic idea ip government, as we used to call Representative gov- Fundamentally this is a Prus- it, was “born in the forests of Ger- many,” if we may still venture to follow Montesquieu and a long line of political philosophers of many lands who follow- ed him. For a time it seemed to have a chance of developing there into a real system of government; but the demands of an age of war, the need of quick decision and centralized power soon led to the complete triumph of absolutism; and the Teutonic idea ceased to gain ground upon the Continent. The spirit of Caesar again ruled upon the main- land, except in the mountains of Swit- zerland and in the lowlands of Hol- iand, where the germ of representative government still survived. Germany, the birthplace of free government, “had reverted to type.” But, in the meantime, certain Teutonic tribes, as yet untouched by Rome, had migrated to England, taking the idea of representation with them. From the landing of Hengest in 449 A. D. to the arrival of Augustine and his forty Ro- man Catholic monks in 597 A. D., the Teutonic idea grew and prospered in England as it had never been allowed to do upon the Continent. During all those years “no foreign influence not German in origin,” says Bishop Stubbs, “was admitted at all.” The native Britons were almost exterminated, and _ the Saxons became the sole masters of Eng- land. Their isolated positions protect- ed them and their ideals of government from the pressure which, on the Con- tinent, had made it necessary to sacri- fice everything to military efficiency. As the years passed, the county meeting came to maturity, a meeting where sat representatives from township, speaking and voting for their constit- uents. Thus the Teutonic idea, beaten in its native forests, flourished here in the seclusion of the British Isles. Ab- solutism strove in vain to gain control. The Prussians, in Northeastern Eu- rope, have never once been seriously touched by the Teutonic idea in gov- ernment. During her whole history this people, “a mixture of many races, with more Slavonic than Teutonic blood,” have cherished absolutist ideals of gov- ernment. In the history of Prussia we miss the stirring conflicts for the rights of man which lend a charm to Anglo- Saxon and even to Teutonic history. each There are no Runnymede Barons in the history of Prussia; no Simon de Montforts, no Oliver Cromwells, Pitts, Washingtons, Lincolns, or Lafayettes; Prussia, throughout her history, as Pro- fessor Delbruck tells us, has been a Kriegsstaat. She has been a Volk in Waffen. All of her history is military history. Her worship has been in the sunless aisles of the great cathedral where the black idol, Force, is adored. And slowly, but with a terrible cer- tainty, she has imposed her will upon Teutonic Germany, until to-day Ger- many is but an expanded Prussia. “To- day.” said the historian, Charles Sarolea, writing before the Kaiser started the present war, “the Germans are governed more completely from Potsdam and 3erlin than the French were governed from Paris and Versailles. In reality, Prussia has the ultimate political and financial control.” And it is to main- tain this that the Teutonic Germans are to-day giving their lives. “As a man thinketh in his heart so is he.” And as a nation thinketh in her heart, so is that nation. A nation that trains her sons to place their hands upon their swords when differenccs arise is a military nation. Britain and America have come to teach their sons to think first if peaceful means; hence the century of peace so lately celebrated between them; hence that glorious line of frontier between the United States and the British possessions in Canada, unmarred by hidden mine or frowning bastion. The German philosophy, on the con- trary, is the philosophy of hate. ‘This dream of the peaceful rivalry of states,” says Lasson, “is either an empty phrase in the mouth of simpletons or a delib- erate and hypocritical lie.” “Ye shall love peace as a means to new wars— and the short peace more than the long,” says Nietzsche. And the fine mind of Maximilian Harden phrased it even more grossly: “Force, the first—that is everything. Let us drop our pitiable ef- forts to excuse Germany’s action. * * * Not against our will were we thrown into this gigantic adventure. We willed it; we were bound to will it. * * * Our force will create a new law in Europe. It is Germany that strikes!” It is not the philosophy and poetry of the abnormal, the product of a state produced by war; it is a philosophy which runs through Prussian history from the beginning even to the end, which we hope is well-nigh here. Hear the words in which the great- est of the Hohenzollerns, Frederick II.. formulates the creed of his house for the political instruction of the Hohen- zollern dynasty: If possible the powers of Europe should be made envious against one another in order to give occasion for a coup when the opportunity arises. If a ruler is obliged to sacrifice his own person for the welfare of his subjects, he is all the more obliged to sacrifice treaty engagements the continuance of which would be harm- ful to his country. Is it better that a nation should perish, or that a sovereign should break his treaty? Statesmanship can be reduced to three principles: First,’ to maintain your power, and, according to cir- cumstances, to extend it. Second, to form an alliance only for your own advantage. Third, to command fear and respect even in the most disastrous times. Do not be ashamed of mak’ng in- terested alliances from which you yourself can derive the whole advan- tage. Do not make the foolish mis- take of not breaking them when you believe your interests require it. Above all, uphold the following maxim: To despoil your neighbors is Eveready Dry Cell A hot, snappy spark and long life. Pala ra, Distributors, RE AmpERace Seas Sherwood Hall Co. Ltd. 30-32 Ionia Ave. Grand Rapids, Mich. )3)3 BO AOA GIG SCHULZES eH NL en PL We solicit shipping accounts from country dealers. ON OORT S 1 ey bw COF 2 'INELL=WRIGHT °° SOSTON-CHICAGO ENO OO MO OA JUDSON GROCER CO. — Grand Rapids, Mich. [eo Wholesale Distributors of DWINELL-WRIGHT COMPANY PRODUCTS eS ae, ~~ © do Bain bd +@o (Sr es 4 > © > eae Gein d Se ag? « a> September 26, 1917 to deprive them of the means of in- juring you. When he is about to conclude a treaty with some foreign power, if a sovereign remembers he is a Chris- tian he is lost. Such is our enemy, scorning the ideals which we cherish and vaunting those that we loathe. And yet there are to- day in this land of ours men high in office whose mission seems to be to induce our Government again to enter into treaty engagements with Prussian- ized Germany, a nation in which the philosophy of hate and the creed of the Hohenzollerns are still in force. Why do we fight? Because we have been attacked? Because we have been scorned as powerless and humored with lies? Because our citizens have been slaughtered on the high seas? We fight for these reasons, of course, Any free, independent and powerful nation would fight under such provoca- tion. But we have other and more com- pelling reasons, reasons which forbid us to rest our swords even should these grim outrages cease. The Fathers of the American Revolu- tion, facing a royal despot, declared in effect, “These Colonies must be kept safe for democracy,” and they fought until they had made them safe. James Monroe, in December, 1823, in declar- ing his now famous Doctrine, did but repeat that resolution, declaring, in ef- fect, “The American continents must be kept safe for democracy,” and Amer- ica has fulfilled that promise also. And now the time has arrived when the wel- fare of mankind demands the applica- MICHIGAN TRADESMAN tion of that same principle to a still larger sphere. The bold statement, “The world must be made safe for de- mocracy,” means that America’s mission cannot be fulfilled until the representa- tive idea is free to develop in every land, unterrified by the menace of an armed and predatory autocracy. —_—__+--.—___ German Republic Must Originate With German Soldiers. Detroit, Sept. 25—I have read with great interest Dr. Frank Bohn’s hopeful letter on the prospects of re- publicanism in Germany, but I can not share his estimate of the political capacity of Germany’s democratic in- tellectual and middle-class elements. As a rule members of that stratum of German society vie with the so- called “cabbage and chimney-stack junkers” in their protestations of loyalty and devotion to the “Supreme War Lord,’ and ape the customs and manners of the ruling classes. The few democratic and republican elements among them have proved themselves politically hopelessly in- capable. At the last Reichstag elec- tions they attempted to form a party under the leadership of Dr. Breit- scheid, a former secretary of the German Free Trade League. Their campaign turned out to bea ridiculous fiasco. If I remember rightly they obtained in the whole Empire some 50,000 votes, a result that so depress- ed the captain cf the crew that he went over to the Socialist party even before all the vote had been counted. If democracy and republicanism in Germany depend upon such men we might as well go on dreaming about the German republic, as in the revo- lutionary ditty of 1848 Hecker is still dreaming of it, “When the princes ask you, ‘Is old Hecker still alive? you are to reply, ‘O, yes, he’s still alive. He hangs on no tree, he hangs from no rope, he’s still hanging (clinging) to the dream of a Ger- man republic.’ ”’ The political and social progress of Germany depends in my estimation on the action of the masses of the German people. As long as the great mass of the people are imbued with that slavish military obedience which characterizes them no fundamental political and social changes can take place in the German Empire. It has often been said that democratic in- stitutions can only be evolved by practicing. democracy. In the same manner I venture to suggest that the German ‘“Kadavergehorsam” can only be got rid of by unlearning it in a practical way. That a defeat of the German armies can bring about a change of spirit seems at least to be very doubtful. The Russian revolu- tion appears to me to be much more important for a change of things in Germany. Its influence is bound to spread, and by an energetic propaga- tion of its ideas among the German soldiers at the Russian front it could be made to assume very formidable proportions. In the absence of news it is of course impossible to arrive at an ex- act estimation of the conditions ob- taining near the military lines in Rus- sia, but the obtainable news seems to warrant the following inferences: At that portion of the front the soil for the propagation of republican ideas among the politically active pop- ulation of Germany appears to be ideal. The Russian army is to all appearances incapable of undertaking any considerable military action, or it may be that the Russian soldiers are in no great mood to force a fight. Otherwise they would surely have attempted some kind of movement against the German troops during the tremendous struggles of the last few weeks. We have read that Rus- sian and German soldiers have fraternized. It is more than likely 17 that the Russian soldiers are urging their German opponents to imitate the Russian upheaval in Germany, giving them a free hand in any attempt they might make to rid their country of its war lords. The propaganda must find good soil among the men of the Landwehr and lLandstrum in_ the camps of Russia and Poland whom the interminable absence from wife and children must have made des- perate. An organization of Germans and persons of German descent in Amer- ica for the purpose of fostering the republican movement in Germany, as proposed by Dr. Bohn, could do a great deal of good if it concentrated its activities upon agitating among the German soldiers, who are after all the only persons who can bring about a revolution in Germany, see- ing that practically all German males capable of bearing arms have been sent to the front, and that the remain- ing males who venture to show any spirit are immediately packed off to the first-line trenches. The friends of the German republic in America could play an important role if they set about their business in a practical and not in the usual German academic way. Germany has been surfeited with iacademic revolutionism. The junker regime in Germany can not be shattered by resolutions and proc- lamations and demonstrations. There is only one argument the junker can appreciate and that is one taken from his own book. I hope Dr. Bohn will find in this country a sufficient num. ber of persons who are interested in his scheme and I further hope that they will immediately attack the prob- lem in a practical way, taking ad- vantage of the present favorable cir- cumstances, which may not recur for a long time to come, and working in conjunction with the revolutionary forces of Russia. J. Koettgen. —_—oeo—_—__ Confidence is the basis of all trade. and of quality. = 2 2 : : z ti VWUHU vtiiimi xn tt —£; Sunsweet Prunes Apricots “Nature Flavored” Before prunes and apricots earn the right to the SUNSWEET name they must meet fixed standards On the tree In process of curing In packing After packing Rigid inspection and grading of the fruit and rigid inspection during the packing by our own and state inspectors assures the quality. flavor, count and size of SUNSWEET Prunes and Apricots. Your customers will appreciate SUNSWEET quality and come back for more. sweet once and Sunsweet will repeat. Get in touch with your jobber—and place your Every desirable size in prunes and apricots is packed under the Sunsweet label—but The price on SUNSWEET prunes is guaranteed up to January On SUNSWEET apricots up to November order now. only one quality, the very best, first. first. We will gladly send upon request valuable dealers helps and advertising matter. California Prune and Apricot Growers, Inc. SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA rit | Just sell Sun- ALUN —> —— = = -_ @ MICHIGAN TRADESMAN September 26, 1917 N\ V7 Hy A ey Ufa] 4 @ 5 = = = Pet ; REVIEW erm S A — i ie =, eh: oe (i rp Yt HOE pate ae AY 4 \))! i ay IG ou Ae (u(t Lapis 2 te eo ~ *~ AMEE BES Magiieas.. September 26, 1917 sential soundness of our business sit- uation—will help to restore local con- fidence, and overcome this Iccal dis- position to retrench in the matter of footwear purchases. New schemes and methods for bringing in the peo- ple—something that will, perhaps, ap- peal to their community pride, pique their curiosity, or promise an ex- ceptional ‘footwear value for the money—may serve to turn the trick. The introduction of subsidiary lines supplementing the regular stocks will also prove helpful. The volume of business must somehow be increas- ed. And many of these lines, such as hosiery, leathergoods commodities, and the like, allow of attractive prof- its. In other words, the need of the hour insofar as the local shoe dealer is concerned, is one of intensive meth- ods. Your constituency is large enough, no doubt, only you don’t cover it deep enough. The people who, according to the logic of prox- imitv, should patronize your store, are not buying enough shoes; not buying up to their actual footwear needs. Your problem is to cure them of this false idea of economy; to make them understand that it doesn’t help to win the war really by going on one’s up- pers, as many people seem to fancy. The idea is ridiculous. But it’s a dif- ficult one to knock out. Your suc- cess during the next six to twelve months is going to be directly in pro- portion to your punch. Cid McKay. —_—see— Retailers Protest Against Company Commissary Stores. The St. Louis Retail Grocers’ As- sociation has started a campaign against the tendency among large employers of help to establish and operate company stores in which their employes are sold foodstuffs at cost; also to prevail on wholesale grocers to regard such sales as un- fair to the retail grocers. The matter was fully discussed at the last meeting of the Association, and Secretary Westfall was instruct- ed to draw up a resolution embody- ing the protest of the Association to the practice, which will be sent to all concerns establishing commissaries and to all wholesale grocers, in or- der that the latter may know the attitude of the retailers. In the discussion which ensued it was pointed out that the United States Incandescent Lamp Company already had a store in operation, that the United Railways Company was now arranging to buy coal for its employes, which movement might spread to groceries. President Hoh- mann was instructed to also appoint a committee to confer with each of these concerns, with a view to show- ing them the injustice of their move. George Schemel said he knew of a concern employing twenty people which had the idea of buying in a wholesale way in order to reduce the cost of groceries. A list was made up and prices sought from a whole- sale grocer, who readliy quoted prices. Subsequently the same list was submitted to a retail grocer, and the latter’s prices were four dollars cheaper than the wholesaler’s. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 19 Believes in Cutting Out German Goods. _ Kalamazoo, Sept. 24—I have made it the rule of a lifetime never to han- dle anything which smacks of wrong doing. I have never carried in stock an article produced in a sweat shop or a prison—and I never will. As a loyal American, I heartily sec- ond the suggestion of the Trades- man that every merchant pledge him- self not to handle any article made in Germany or any article made in this country by men who are known to be pro-German in either thought, utterance, influence or action. Ger- many has committed the unpardon- able sin. She has forfeited her right to associate with freemen. As a na- tion of traders, she naturally expects to recoup her losses during the Kaiser’s war by trading with her neighbors after the war. She should be denied that privilege. Her goods should be taboo, the same as every true American should refuse to even speak to a native German until he makes amend for the crimes of his people. Germany should be compel- led to confine her activities among her own people until such time as she acknowleges herself wholly to blame for the Kaiser's war and makes due atonement for her crimes against hu- manity and civilization. American Merchant. +2 What a Dead Horse Is Worth. His hide is worth from $8 to $12 for tanning purposes. His mane and tail are worth $2 to the manufacturer of hair mattress materials. He produces from 50 to 60 pounds of soap fat, which is worth 18 cents per pound. His bones, blood and flesh can be made into hog feed or fertilizer which sells readily at 4 cents per pound. A dead horse therefore yields about $40 to the man who knows how to manipulate the carcass and dispose of the various products it yields. As a rule, the owner of the horse re- ceives about $2.50 for the carcass. In some cities he has to pay the mu- nicipality $2.50 to have the carcass removed. ——_eo2—s—_ Six Applicants Accepted at Houghton Bay City, Sept. 25—At the last ex- amination session of the Michigan Board of Pharmacy, held at Hough- ton, six condidates for registration were accepted as follows: Registered Pharmacists. L. B. Hansen, Racine, Wis. C, R. Kime, Breckenridge. A. G. Miller, Jackson. Registered Druggists. Geo. C. Klune, Cheboygan. E. L. Hubbard, Vestaburg. I. Wangburg, Ishpeming. All members of the Board were present. The next meeting of the Board will be held at Grand Rapids Nov. 20, 21 and 22. Edwin T. 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Look at the roomy last and the good workmanship. See that the ROUGE REX stamp is on the bottom. From Hide to Shoe Hirth-Krause Co. Grand Rapids, Michigan 20 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN September 26, 1917 )) 4 = — — ree ee — = =~ < — — Wty Wise 4 lag SSA _— — Ce my STOVES “HAR Sanne 7I) 4 fm So = Michigan Retail Hardware Association. President—James W. Tyre, Detroit. Vice-President—Joseph C. Fischer, Ann Arbor. Secretary—Arthur J. Scott, Marine City. Treasurer—William Moore, Detroit. Plans For the Hardware Dealer in October. Written for the Tradesman. There are many lines which the hardware dealer can push to good advantage in October. It is a time when pushfulness counts, and when good window displays and a good shewing of stock inside the store will reap big rewards. In October displays, it has often been found good policy to give the window a seasonable touch. The hardware dealer doesn’t sell pump- kins. There is no market for autumn leaves, even the reddest and the most golden of them. Turnips, cabbages, potatoes—these are all outside the hardware dealer’s sphere. Yet they make dandy, attractive decorations for a hardware window, just the same. They remind the passer-by that har- vest time is over, that winter is com- ing, that it’s time to prepare for the cold weather. Now, if no such reminder is given, there are a lot of folks who will wait until the frost nips them, and will then hustle to get their stoves set up, or to stock up with winter accessories. To induce the customer to buy his seasonable goods early is a part of good merchandising, and the wide- awake hardware dealer will put a little effort into the task. One dealer decorated his window with harvest accessories—potatoes, cabbages, turnips, and the biggest pumpkin he could find, as well as a lot of red leaves. He put in a dandy heater as a centerpiece, and a lot of stove and range accessories. The following card gave point to the dis- play: HARVEST IS OVER WINTER IS COMING Now’s the Time to Prepare For Cold Weather Here’s the Heater You Want Of course an expert could have im- proved on that show-card, but—it hit the nail on the head. The goods dis- played, the decorative accessories, and the card, all worked together to drive home a certain indisputable fact to a lot of procrastinating folks. That’s the idea in using harvest decorations at this time, or later— to emphasize certain timely facts. If you can’t link the decorations up with the stuff you're trying to sell, it’s just as well not to use them. “Prepare for winter” should, any- way, be the hardware dealer’s slogan at this season. A prime item in win- ter preparations is the stove trade. The dealer should get busy and push heating goods for all they are worth. Of course this push started in Sep- tember; it should gain force right along. It is the push that’s kept up that counts in business-getting. Give the stoves and ranges a chance to sell. This necessitates display. Keep in close touch with your stove prospects. It’s the little bit of extra effort that often clinches the sale: you should remember this fact when- ever you are inclined to “let up.” Keep after the prospect until you get an order, or until it is too late to get one. And in the latter event, jot down the name for your next cam- paign. Your effort this season won't be wasted. Of course there is the fall house- cleaning season to consider. In this connection there can ‘be attractive displays put on of dustless mops, curtain stretchers, brushes, vacuum cleaners, carpet sweepers, dusters, brooms, polishes and interior finishes of many kinds. While the housewife is cleaning up, there will also be the stove to set up. Why not get the job, or at least, sell the necessary accessories, For instance, pipe should always be cleaned and polished before being put up. So should the stove that has been in disuse. Put on a display of stove polish, pipe enamel, alum- inum paint, etc. To do this clean- ing and polishing, brushes will be re- quired. Include an assortment of these in your display. Here is a good little stunt. Take a length of old pipe, clean and polish half of it, and use it as the center for your display. The contrast between the part cleaned and the part not cleaned will hit the passer-by square between the eyes. Contrast is a most effective item in display, and should be used wherever possible. Such a display accomplishes the desirable ob- ject of showing the customer just what results your goods will accom- pish in his home. Here’s another point worth re- membering. Nine out of every ten ranges or heaters lack something to make them perfect. Perhaps a stove lid has cracked, perhaps the old coal scuttle is worn out, perhaps the baby has toddled off with the stove lifter and lost it—anyway, there’s some ac- cessory that almost every stove needs right now. In connection with your stove displays, or as an alternative to the regular stove display, hit up the trade in stove accessories for all that it’s worth. Here are some things to show: coal shovels, lifters, ash sifters, ash cans, fire clay, stove lining, flue stop- pers, stove shovels,—well, that’s just OFFICE OUTFITTERS LOOSE LEAF SPECIALISTS 237-239 Pearl St. (near the bridge) Graad Rapids, Mich. OUR OWN MAKE HARNES Hand or Machine Made Out of No. 1 Oak leather. We guarantee them absolutely satisfactory. If your dealer does not handle them, write direct to us. SHERWOOD HALL CO., LTD. Ionia Ave. and Louis St. | Grand Rapids, Michigan Sand Lime Brick Nothing as Durable Nothing as Fireproof _ Makes Structures Beautiful No Painting _ No Cost for Repairs Fire Proof Weather Proof 1! arm in Winter Cool in Summer Brick is Everlasting Grande Brick Co., Grand Rapids So. Mich. Brick Co., Kalamazoo Saginaw Brick Co., Saginaw Jackson-Lansing Brick Co., Rives Junction AGRICULTURAL LIME BUILDING LIME Write for Prices A. B. Knowlson Co. 203-207 Powers’ Theatre Bldg., Grand Rapids, Mich. Signs of the Times Are Electric Signs Progressive merchants and manufac- turers now realize the value of Electric Advertising. We furnish you with sketches, prices and operating cost for the asking. THE POWER CO. Bell M 797 Citizens 4261 HORSE SHOE TIRES Wrapped Tread System Guaranteed For 5,000 Miles Made in All Styles and Sizes The Treads are thick, tough and long wearing. The non-skid prevents skidding and insures uniform speed by clinging to solid bottom on muddy, wet thoroughfares. Red and Gray Inner Tubes Batteries, Spark Plugs Auto Shawls and Robes Wholesale Distributors: BROWN & SEHLER CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 157-159 Monroe Ave. Foster, Stevens & Co. Wholesale Hardware Grand Rapids, Mich. 151 to 161 Louis N. W. Sidewalk Rings and Covers Cistern Covers, Area Gratings Many Sizes and Patterns in Stock Any kind made to order—Short notice Adolph Leitelt Iron Works 213 Erie Street Grand Rapids, Michigan September 26, 1917 the start of the list. These are small items, yet as the cold weather devel- ops, the need of them will be more and more felt in a lot of homes. You can sell, if you have the goods and show them. The dark weather coming on, the early evenings and the cloudy days. emphasize the need of more light. Electric lighting is more and more common—so display electric table lamps and accessories, if you handle them. For those who don’t use elec- tricity, show lamps, burners, wicks, kerosene, and similar items. The farmers, and a good many other folks as. well, will need lanterns. -2 > —___ Cool Temperature Best For Storage Apples. Apples should be stored as soon as possible after they have been packed. The apple is an organism and, like every other living thing, it has its definite length of life. During its growing per- iod the apple stores within itself food material that is capable of preserving its life for a considerable length of time after its removal from the tree. These foed products are mainly starches and sugars, and by the chemical changes which occur in the apple during the ripening process the starches are chang- ed into sugars and the sugars gradually break up into simpler compounds. It has been found that a cold temperature will slow down the chemical changes. The object of cold storage is, therefore, to postpone the final breakdown or death of the fruit by checking these devolping processes. It is a well known law that with each increase of 18 deg. F. the rapidity with which chemical changes take place is increased from two to three times, or applying this to fruit storage, at 50 deg. temperature the chemical changes which ultimately result in the death of the fruit would occur at least twice as rapidly as at 32 deg. Thus the conclusion to be drawn is plainly that the lowest temperature at which the fruit can be held without danger of freezing is the one most fav- orable to its length of storage life. Fruit has been placed by the Depart- ment of Agriculture in cold storage, part held at 32 deg. and part at 35 deg., and the results were briefly as follows: The first two inspections in January and February showed very little difference in the amount of scald or decay in nor- mally good keeping apples held at the two temperatures. However, at the third and fourth inspections, made to- ward the end of their storage life, the fruit held at 35 deg. showed considerably more decay than that stored at 32 deg. In apples with a shorter life the dif- ferences were shown even in the first two inspections. These results are ad- ditional proof to the effect that low temperatures retard the ripening pro- cesses, and that as these processes are quickened by higher temperatures the length of life of the fruit is shortened and its susceptibility to disease in- creases. Even after many years of successful cceld storage of apples many persons cling to the belief that cold storage apples will not keep as well upon re- moval as apples that are held throughout at a higher temperature. The Depart- ment investigations give very conclusive evidence that this opinion is erroneous. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Apples from the same lot, placed in and removed from cold and common stor- age at the same time and held after removal under similar conditions, prac- tically always favor the lower tema perature, especially if removed fairly late in the storage season. Apples held in common storage are usually removed by January or February, while those in cold storage are often kept considerably later. People are apt to compare apples removed from common storage early in the season with those taken from cold storage a good deal later, and this is obviously unfair. Apples held in any kind of storage until they are overripe will undoubtedly deteriorate very rap- idly upon withdrawal to a warm tem- perature. Just as cold retards ripen- ing in storage, a cool temperature is best for fruit when held for any length of time after its removal from storage. Edward L. Markell, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. —————_ oe Meeting of the Directors of State As- sOciation. Cadillac, ‘Sept. 24—A meeting of the directors of the Retail Grocers and General Merchants’ Association of Michigan was held in the city of Ann Arbor September 19. The Secretary made a report ofthe progress being made in organization work and outlined much that needs to be done in order that the grocer may be regarded as filling one of the most necessary and useful occupa- tions. Owing to the limited time that M. J. Maloney could give to the duties of his office, he felt it necessary to tender his resignation, which was very reluctantly accepted and a new appointment was made to fill his place —George Geisendorfer, of Ann Ar- bor, who wiil perform the duties of director until the next convention in February. The dates for the next convention will be February 19, 20 and 21, 1918, same to be held at Ann Arbor. The Association will depart from its former custom, as no pure food show will be held at the time the con- vention meets. A vote of thanks was tendered Mr. Maloney for his untiring efforts on behalf of the Association. A lengthy discussion of the pro- posed mutual fire insurance company resulted in the selection of Mr. Lake, Mr. McMorris and Mr. Bothwell as a committee to complete the detail work in connection with its organiza- tion. This will facilitate the work and make the time only a short ways off when business can be started. Some facts in connection with a case where a merchant signed a promissory note when he supposed ‘he was signing a receipt was brought out and, as a warning, we would sug- gest that every merchant be very careful about signing orders present- ed by solicitors who are strangers. J. M. Bothwell, Sec’y. —_2+>—___ Thirty Years Ago. Ladies wore bustles. Operations were rare. Nobody swatted the fly. Nobody had seen a silo. Nobody had appendicitis. Nobody wore white shoes. Nobody sprayed orchards. Cream was 5 cents a pint. Most young men had “livery bills.” Cantaloupes were muskmelons. You never heard of a “tin Lizzie.” Doctors wanted to see your tongue. Milk shake was a favorite drink. Advertisers did not tell the truth. Nobody cared for the price of gas- oline. Farmers came to town for their mail. The hired girl drew one-fifty per week. The butcher “threw in’ a chunk of liver. Folks said pneumatic tires were a joke. Nobody “listened in” phone. There were no sane Fourths, nor electric meters. on a tele- Strawstacks were burned instead of baled. People thought English sparrows were “birds.” Jules Verne was the only convert to the submarine. You stuck tubes in your ears to hear a phonograph, and it cost a dime. —_—_--.—___ The Usual Way. Henderson—For five years I was on the lookout for a wite. Williamson—How did you come to find her? Henderson—She saw me first. Grand Rapids Store Fixture Co., Inc. The Place, 7 Ionia Ave., N. W. BUY AND SELL Used Store and Office Fixtures ELI CROSS Grower of Flowers And Potted Plants WHOLESALE AND RETAIL 150 Monroe Ave. Grand Rapids 23 ATTENTION! & aN the Spirit of ee eis eos Lemamsuer ts Take Rome a Be PREPARE YOUR CANDY CASE ARRANGE FOR DISPLAYS Beautiful Window Trims for the Asking PUTNAM FACTORY Grand Rapids :: Michigan Chocolates Package Goods of Paramount Quality and Artistic Design Liquor, Drug Addicts TAKE SAFETY FIRST The NEAL Remedies given at NEAL Institute will destroy the appetite at the end of treatment. A guarantee Bond, for every patient, with (3) day Liquor Treatments, upon request. Don’t doubt nor hesitate, COME; make us prove it, at our expense if we fail; strictest privacy is maintained to patients, their friends, at our Home. 534 Wealthy St. S. E., City PERRY MILLER, Manager PINMINUPINULUEUIEOU USUAL Paris Garters for Your Holiday Trade The 1917 Holiday line of PARIS GARTERS and COMBINATION SETS will prove to be a trade builder Place your orders with us early and specify Freight conditions will be con- gested later—the government rightly has the right of way. for you. early shipping dates. Paul Steketee & Sons Wholesale Dry Goods Grand Rapids STUNUUNULLUALUSREHEULAEL ARUN il HERRUSTRDITAIARICTRNONND LETTS ETAET ee Michigan 24 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN ee ee ee! That applies all along the line, from Don’t Despise the Drink- Be 2 Ta e the producer to the ultimate consum- ing Man—Help Him Pn, ee Bz er. There is no occasion for alarm Bt €§ge == = =" Ze in the business ‘world. The Nation oo Help him. Surely gt= = = : : oo: 3 3: is going to meet the problems con- every man is worth saving. 2-2 ” . Pickings Picked Up in the Windy City. Chicago, Sept, 25—The people in Chicago right now are all base bali and from the way the writer has been receiving correspondence from out- side of Chicago to try and get world series seats, it seems that there are others who are base ball mad. At the Coliseum is now being held what is known as the National ford automobile accessory convention. Every known article which can be used on a ford car is on exhibition, even tires. There is nothing on dis- play except that which can be put on a ford car. These different articles cecupy twenty-one booths and are attracting hundreds of people from all parts of the country. One of the individual losses by death last week here in Chicago was that of Harry E. Ackerberg, Jr., son of H. E. Ackerberg, who is one of Chicago’s most popular and oldest tobacco dealers in the loop. This young man was one of Chicago’s prominent young attorneys and was beginning to show his mark in the world when he met his nntimely death. No doubt a good many Mich- igan readers of the Tradesman will be familiar with this name, because Mr. Ackerberg, Sr., has spent a good deal of his time in Michigan, and es- pecially around Holland. John Dietrich, Treasurer of the G. J. Johnson Cigar Co., Grand Rapids, stopped off in Chicago a few hours last week on his way West on busi- ness to Tacoma, Wash. Mr. Dietrich will be gone about three weeks. One of Chicago's popular w edding’s last week was that of Mr. and Mrs. I. D. Williams, at 5603 Prairie avenue. Mr. Williams is the South Side man- ager for the Atlantic & Pacific Tea & Coffee Co. Mrs. Williams up until a few weeks ago was credit man- ager for the David N. Zolla Co. They will spend their honeymoon in Michigan. One of the sights in Chicago last week was the returning home of what is known as the 11th Illinois Infantry, or, in other words, the Home Guard. Governor Lowden asked for volun- teers to go in training to protect the State during the time the regular soldiers were in service with the Government. These men put in three weeks of good solid training in Spring. field. After watching them march on Michigan avenue last Saturday, one cannct help but realize that they mean business. One of Chicago’s very popular real estate dealers on the North Side is T. J. Mitchell & Son, at 5927 Broad- way, corner of Thorndale. F. I. Mitchell, manager, is very popular and through his popularity keeps most all of his holdings rented. The Loyal Order of Moose, Lodge No. 3, at 610 South Michigan avenue, has surrendered its charter, owing, it is reported, to the finances not be- ing handled in the proper way. One of the old-fashioned conven- tions held in Chicago last week was that of the Carriage Builders National Associaticn, held at the La Salle Hotel. Anyone listening to the talk of these men who were inattendence could not help but be carried back over bygone days, when it comes to referring to horse-driven vehicles. They predict that there are as many wagons and carriages built to-day as there have been in the past. The real estate continues quiet, the last week being featured by very few deals of more than passing notice. Statistics for the week show a con- siderable decrease as compared with last year’s period. There were filed for record in the week 710 transfers involving $700,417 to property inside of the city and 249 deeds involving $318,010 to property outside of the city, making a total of 959 deeds and $1,018,427, as compared with 1,191 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN deeds and $2,291,496 for the corre- sponding period a year ago. In pursuance of her statement that she would turn over to the receivers of Graham & Sons private bank all o7 her property interests to facilitate the settlement of the affairs of the bank, Mrs. Minnie P, Graham, widow of the late A, J. Graham, has filed for record a deed conveying to the bank 38 par- cels of real estate, the majority of which are on the West Side. Holton, Seelye & Co. have contract- ed to erect for the Jewell Electrical Instrument Company a one-story fac- tory building, 75 x 125, at 1646-to 1650 Walnut street, to cost at least $25,000. The company will occupy the building under a contract to purchase the property in a term of years. The Drake Hotel has obtained a permit from the city for a twenty- one-story annex to the Blackstone Hotel, to be erected at the northeast corner of Seventh street and Wabash avenue, the cost being placed at $1,- 600,000. The annex, which will cover 78x 120 feet, will be connected with the main hotel building, northwest corner Michigan avenue and Seventh street, by a tunnel and bridge, the latter being over the Blackstone Theater, occupying the space between the present hotel and the site of the annex. Work upon the proposed an- nex will probably be started in the spring. It will be practically a dupli- cate of the present building, of steel and tile construction, with pressed brick, granite and tile exterior. It will contain about 350 guests’ rcoms, an elaborately decorated ball room, banquet hall and main dining room. The local committees of the Na- tional Poultry, Butter and Ege As- sociation are all working hard on the plans for the approaching convention, and already much of the preliminary work is out of the way. Now thatthe White Sox seem certain to win the bunting in the American League, the prospect of a world series will doubt- less cause some of the fans among the members to regret that the date for the convention was not placed a little earlier in the month. The world series will be over just about the time the convention opens here. In a way this is unfortunate and in another way it is fortunate. It seems probable that little real work should be done at the convention with a world series in progress, and possibly the schedule makers of the Association had this in mind when they fixed the dates as they did, instead of picking the earlier dates which would have brought the convention to the city at the same time as the world series. Is it pos- sible? Chicago produce men will co-oper- ate in Leg fashion with Herbert Hoove food administrator. Last week saw a number of indications that this co-operation is to take the form of action in the near future. The first problem to be considered is that of conserving the available supply ot poultry, butter, eggs and other food- stuffs. All waste is to be eliminated. If this is done it is believed that prices will stay within the proper levels without much trouble on the part of the administration. The more local produce men study the attitude of the administration the more they are convinced that everything will go along harmonicusly this winter. The general plan of making money is all right, but the main idea at present is to win the war. South Water and Wrest Randolph streets no longer show a good many familiar faces. They are to be found in the khaki brown ranks, or in the blue of the navy. However, there are other ways to win the war and every ounce of foodstuffs conserved adds its weight to the blow which Uncle Sam is pre- paring to land on the Kaiser’s au- tocratic chin. Charles W. Reattoir. 22 A man often wears a_ stove-pipe hat because he thinks himself a great smoke. DANGEROUS PEOPLE. The American who wonders the war should be continued is either a German spy or a traitor to this country. The American who thinks the war. ought to before Kaiserism is crushed is either a German spy cr a traitor to his country. The woman who she for the cause of the nation which is right in this great conflict marks, incidentally, pray for why end says prays and re- that she does not America, is a dangerous this country. She should be deported to Germany or interned during the period of the war. woman to tolerate in —_++>—____ Will Not Study German. The opening of the new school year has disclosed a great falling off in the number of high school students efect- ing to study German, ers engaged to Tweleve teach- teach German have found no classes awaiting they have branches. The ban on German is solely of the students’ own making. No tending to discourage the study has been taken by the Board of Educa tion or other school authority. Under the present system the required subjects for are English, American his- Physical training. Classes other subiects are establishe* seventy students in the desire it. The fixing of a definite limit makes it possible for a few students to de- and other them, been asstgned to action any only high school students tory and in| all whenever schcol termine whether a subject shall be taught. One of the surprising res‘lts of the system is the elimination of a German class at Richmond Hill, in a section where many Germans live. The number of students there electing to study German has_ fallen the required limit—New York Werld. ——— Death of Prominent Merchant. L’Anse, Sept. 24—Matt Hansen, well known L’Anse merchant and_ for years one of the most prominent cit- izens of Baraga county, passed away at his home in this village Sept. 20. Mr. Hansen’s illness extended over a long period and the end was not unexpected. He is survived by a widow and one son, Harold. Mr. Hansen had been a resident of Baraga county for more than thirty years with the exception of a couple of years following the L’Anse fire when he resided in Hancock. He re- turned to L’Anse and about fifteen years ago opened a general grocery and hardware business, meeting with immediate success. He branched in- to the furniture and undertaking busi- ness a few vears ago. Through all the years of his resi- dence in Baraga county the deceased commanded the respect and_ friend- ship of its citizenry. In fraternal cir- cles he was particularly active. Prom inent in politics for years was recog- nized as one of the strongest Republi- can workers in his county. Mr. Han- sen had manv friends in the Copper Country and they share with his home townsmen regret at his demise. So John Bertsch Very Ill. John Bertsch, one of Michigan’s most useful citizens, is lying at the point of death at his apartments in the Hotel Browning as the result of a stroke of apoplexy last Monday. Mr. Bertsch has been in declining health for the past year, but his many below 25 friends have hoped that he would again be restored to his normal con- dition. He is unable to talk, but his friends think he them. Mr. Bertsch has devoted a large por- tion of his life to assisting others and if his present should fatal, he sincerely by a circle of recognizes illness will be wide quaintances. —_——~o2..——_— evidence of prove mourned friends and ac- smooth- Allies in distributing nations fighting June the President said that steps were being taken to ply of from United this Every growing ness of co-operation with the food Germany among the is welcome. In available determine the sup- grain from last year, to learn countries from the States country importing “what the purchases in now are, where they are and what their needs are,” to make an adjustment needs and ours. and their England’s buying or- stored, between ganization here is rapidly acquiring an efficiency commensurate with its task of purchasing $1,250,000,000 worth of food in the next year; where temporarily in- complete, as in facilities for buying Britain’s share of Cuban sugar, Lord Rhondda expresses willingness to rely upon Mr Hoover. Since the price of wheat has been fixed no inter-Allied competition can unduly boost prices; but the danger had remained in the purchase of meats and fats, and now comes British announcement of a “meats and fats executive’ to pool French, Italian and British purchases. The world’s sugar output is to be prac- tically council of contro‘led by an international five. America now has a food agent in London, as Lord Rhondda hopes Canada will soon have; and Hoover, Rhondda, Hanna, and represen- and Allied ill exercise such a power tatives of varicus colonfal governments, ¥ over world food as would have seemed increditable a year ago. oe Isn’t it about time the Government LaFollette, Stone, Kitchen, Thompson others of their ilk? Stone and on account of the positions they with the dom- inant political party of the country, have done more to backstop the Presi- dent and on matters which demand immediat> attention than all other German spys and sympathizers combined. —_2>.>—___ Girard, who conducts a de- store at Pentwater, interred and Kitchen, occupy delay action by Congress M.D. partment as follows in renewing his subscrip- tion to the Michigan Tradesman: “Your editorials on the war‘and your patriotism are worth the price ask for the paper, not mentioning the writes you valuable trade information we get, as well as your courageous efforts in ex- posing public wrongs, such as the insurance graft, etc.” —_—__+2.—___ Corn Syrup—The market is rather narrow, as demand is limited by the light supplies, which result from a scarcity of corn. Prices are unchanged. 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W. : : isit rly one S@1 00 Fennell ...... oe eo dered 5@ 90 you s our Mr oskins is 1 and i — w. 50@ Fl ell . ce 300 = = lt -. 9@1 o that .J.H.H S 18 In = |. @ 55 So 904 45 Morphine... 4: 00 f ° : ch ect - 18@ 2 Flax, ground @1 00 Nie Vamica 15 25@4 50 ac custo agy w arge o ; oo aoe a. 1 Nux Vomica "15 00@15 65 oe oe stooge Atgonds, Bite Boenugreck Dov Ha 38 Pooper black eg 3 . eive prompt a es with Alsanda Diller, SS deans Lobelia ee an 25 Pepper, lack pow. 387 20 i art ? 00 te valaw : B oo. Yours re nd satis- Aaa sees 70 Mustard, ie iso 50 Gaiene urgundy ... g 45 spectfull atee , Sweet, 0@7 20 Mustard, une * joa - woe eseeeees 12@ 15 y; Imonds ecceccce 13 oppy . wd. .. 22@ aC chelle Salt eeeees 90@ 15 azelti oie so160 Sune wees so ae a e Avie cena, ‘ Quince «......+.. @1 00 an fae - 48&@ 55 e ber, see x . eee eter i G Perkins Amber, en Mi a oT ooops 75 Sabadilla tere eens “ae = a. Mixtu oe 36@ 4 : nise | ified 2 00 adilla, powd. @ 20 p, gree re .. 41¢ 3 ru acuaeat 50@2 75 Sunflower powd @ 35 Soap mot nm ... @ 45 eeee . t eee 20@ 2 ao saat Won QF .eeeee se 64 castile 25 0. a . -- § 00@8 25 Worm eo 7@ 10 case hite — 25 Grand Rapi Cassia ....-.... po ee icees te — aes cea on pids, Michi Cedar Leaf .... seer Aron Tinct @1i0 soda Ach ae 00 » MIC, Cit at @2 coni u da As ar ro ae 80 A te re A : gan a meg Al0eS esses. r @ a ne “oe Cloves seeece 0 Ales oes eeeees @1 55 da. rbon .- 5%@ 1 Cocoanut antes 3 eae 73 Arnica... oe et Sal mays 2% @ . Liver .... ee B ei 5... aoe s Camphor 2@ Cotton ee ee a 2 50 Eratonss au S 55 sue, ee 7 a a wee 00 abi ee @2 A agence 2 Subl. 4 ‘4@ 10 £75 oot ena @ a rinds 9- 10@ uchu mpo’d d1 80 a ee? 10 So aie. @3 00 Turpentine etic ... 20 ate wee ae , Ven. ‘ ‘a 85 Witch HE: x. pure 1 aoa 4 75 azel ... 1 we: * 50 15 Croton seveeese 1 76@2 00 Cantharadies . g hy 3 75 Zinc Sul phate cree 20 1 5 and are intended to be correct at time of going to press. Prices. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN GROCERY PRICE CURRENT These quotations are carefully corrected weekly, within six hours of mailing, however. are liable to change at any time. and country merchants will have their orders filled at market prices at date of purchase. ADVANCED DECLINED Brooms Brushes Flour Canned Apples Canned Blueberries Cheese Cocoanut —_—— ——————— rene Index to Markets 1 9 By Columns ARCTIC AMMONIA rates eee i. ieee 12 oz. ovals, 2 doz. box 2 40 ° Clam Soulllen Col ane GREASE os % pt. .... 2 25 razer’s urnham’'s pts. ...... 3 75 Ae ri e 1 tb. wood boxes, 4 doz. 3 00 Burnham's 18: . 2... , 7 Aas pons es ge ay i; 1%. tin boxes, 3 doz. 2 35 Corn ere 3% Ib. tin boxes, 2 dz. 425 Fair ........., eee 10Ib. pails, per doz. BOD Goede: 1 85 Bike cans 3 15th. pails, per doz. ..7 26 Faney ..... p secece cakine Power __.... 11 25Ib. pails, per doz. ..12 00 French Peas Bam Brick 1 BAKED BEANS Menbanee (Natural) Bluing pee cere oe te ee : No. 1, per doz. ....... 1 35 PEF GOZ. ..+2.ss0ceee Breakfast Food ..... 4 No. 2, per doz. ........ 2 25 : Gooseberries kane pee boca coe. : No. 3, per doz. ....... 2 75 ag Ms ey pee e eee Wate fe ee cbc ekaL. Butter Color ........ 1 _ BATH BRICK eC Hominy English .............. —- fine .... ..,.. 1 20 BLUING Lobster ee ase 1 : Jennings’ ADS esc c ce -- 190 ee ee eee | Condensed Pearl Bluing IO ee 3 10 oe eee ae g Small, 3 doz. box .... 195 Picnic Flat .....”” -2- 8 75 oa. don 3 large, 2 doz. box .... 2 40 Mackerel (ignite oo 3 Folger’s Mustard, 1 Ib. ....... 1 80 Gee 19 Summer Sky, 6 oz., Mustard, 2 Ib. ....... 2 80 Ciothes ioe 2 per oom 45 Soused,.1% Ib. ...... 1 60 fas 3 Summer Sky, 12 oz., Soused, 2 1D: ......... 2 75 ast 3 per doz. ............ 85 Tomato, 1 Ib. ........ 1 50 Coffee eosenertreenee 3, 4 BREAKFAST FOODS ete 2 80 onfections ....-.--.- - Bear Food, Pettijohns 2 90 “ream Tartar __...... oO Cracked Wheat, 24-2 a 60 ee 4s HES 2. D Cream of Wheat .... 7 50 Hotels, 1s ee ee ey @44 Dried Fruits 5 Cream of Rye, 24-2 ., , oe ce dnl ea daa “ Quaker Puffed Rice .. 4 30 : Oysters Fe Quaker Puffed Wheat 430 Cove, 1 Ib. ........ @1 20 ee ake 5 Quaker Brkfst Biscuit 190 Cove, 2 Ib. ......... @1 80 ie aie : : Quaker Corn Flakes .. 2 75 Plums Fis ane 2 ‘Ex ae ge = Washington Crisps .. 230 Plums .......... 1 50@2 00 co Seite ‘ - Wheatens ...).-0..... 5 10 Pears In Syrup Aakers aad foe cree ; Evapor’ed Sugar Corn os No. 3 can, per dz. 2 50@3 00 eg ace a "| Grape Nuts =... |. Peas G Sugar Corn Flakes .. 280 Marrowfat ...... 1 26@1 35 Gelati - oltland Rusk _.....,. 380 arly June .... 1 50@1 60 eee ors she esos ; Krinkle Corn Flakes ..2 80 Barly j irta 1 60@1 75 Grain Bares... 6 Mapl-Flake, Whole arly June siftd @ H WE oi. ‘cs ... oe 25@1 50 Mors oo 6 Minn. Wheat Food .. 6 50 No id ‘aie ptding ie @3 75 Hides and Pelts ..... 6 Ralston Wheat Food : Pi e Horse Radish ....... 6 lore, 186 ....._.. 2 90 frat neapp “i 15@2 10 Mpney 6 Ralston Wht Food 18s 1 95 or 1 45@2 60 J Ross’s Whole Wheat DUCED ses eseeeee @ Jell O 7 BSCE tc : Pumpkin a in 7 Saxon Wheat Food ..460 Fair ................. 1 20 dd es cae 6 ured Wheat Giscuit £25 Good ................. 1 30 Saale mh y Grice, 1% .;. 2. 225 Fancy ............. ~ee A BD ee eres ae Pillsbury’s Best Cer’l 2 50 O 10. es. 3 90 : M 2 ost Toasties, T-2 .. 3 39 Raspberries Mapleine pe as ‘ Post Toasties, T-3 .. 3 30 No. 2, Black Syrup .. 1 60 Meats, Canned ...... 8 Post Tavern Porridge 2 80 No. 10, Black ....... 8 00 mance Meat ......... 7 No. 2, Red Preserved 2 50 BiolgeeeR 66. 7 BROOMS No. 16, Red, Water .. 7 25 Biistars «2... 7 Fancy Parlor, 25 Ib. .. 7 75 Salmon N Parlor, 5 String, 25 Ib. 750 wrarrens, 1 Ib. Tall .. 3 20 Nos. 4 Standard Parlor, 23 Ib. 7 25 wWrarrens, 1 Ib. Flat _. 3 30 ° Common, 23 ib. ...... 6 75 Red Alaska ........ 2 75 iiees 7, special, 23 tb. ........ 6 50 Med. Red Alaska .... 2 40 MEIVOR one ene nn crn nes ' Warehouse, 33 Ib. .... 8 25 Pink Alaska ......... 2 00 Common, Whisk .... 15 : Sardines Petroleum Products .. 7 aney, Whisk ....... 2 09 Domestic, \s oon : 4 Peanut Butter ...... Z Domestic, % Mustar 25 Piers 7 — Domestic, % Mustard 6 00 FIpeS ...-.-.-.-----.- * Solid Back, 8 in. .... 100 Norwegian, ‘4s uae Playing Cards ....... 7 Solid Back, 11 in. .... 1 25 Cree. a ee @ Pee i Pointed Ends 700 auer Krau Exovisions ........... 7 Noe. 3. CANE ....... Boe 75 “is Stove 1 00 No. 10, oe seeee eoeee RUAls Db eb wo b+ ob & wep ie ee } Bice : ee g No. 2 ...........-.... 150 Dunbar, 1s oe. 1 25 Ryled Onin .....:... 8 NO. 1 0... eee ee eee 200 Dunbar, 1%s doz. .... 2 40 Shoe Succotash : ‘ MO 8) ee 100) Fete coos laces: ae Salad Dressing ...... [wae 130 . Goold.) -s. 2. 80 Saleratus rer ete a ea 17 Baney ....... secu. ae ede oC 8 io 8 1 90 Strawberries Salt oo Standard 2 00 CRO a Se be Web eS ow Sb ow POULIN tees eee eeeee wt Fick ...... 8 BUTTER COLOR fancy ........ 2... 2 75 Beeds ..__- eee ee 9 Dandelion, 25¢ size .. 2 00 Tomatoes oes AACN... 5. ; CANDLES Sa . habe ehossbakewono 40 Se 0 re W Paraffine, eo No. es aay eee 9 Perafiine, 1%: ........ 11 NO. ge a ees aaa... § Oo ” Case eee sk 9 CANNED GOODS 4s, 4 doz. in case .... 4 50 SPENDS ....2-.-..2. 9 Apples Yes, 4 doz. in case .... 7 50 ls, 4 doz. in case ....10 00 3 lb. Standards .. ATSUP ps No 1 (0.5 @5 00 a © Table Sauces ........ 9 Snider’s &% pints ...... 1 50 cee 5. 10 wharmuuaee<" + Snider’s pints ....... 2 50 awe 0 2 & 2... 1 75@2 CHEESE Standard No. 10 .. @800 spre. @29 Vinegar ..... Pate. 10 eans Carson City @30 oe Ww Saked ..... 2... Pe@e 25 }§6Brick ... 3.8... :* as oe Red Kidney 1 25@1 35 Leiden........... i oll ee 50@2 00 Limburger ... 1” @32 ee freee se A ee 150@2 00 Pineapple ....... @ Wrapping Paper .... il Blueberries . ee @ : Y Standard pee 150 Sap Sago ....... @ wenet Cake .......... a Bo 10 occ 750 Swiss, Domestic @ 3 4 CHEWING GUM Adams Black Jack .... 62 Adams Sappota ....... 70 Beeman’s eons |... 62 Seernnut |, 60 Colette (0 1 33 Doublemint ......... on De Flag Spruce .......... 62 Hershey Gum .......... 48 Juicy Hrait .... 64 Sterling Gum Pep. .. 62 Sterling 7-Point ....... 62 Spearmint, Wrigleys .. 64 Spearmint, 5 box jars 3 20 Spearmint, 6 box jars 3 85 Nucitem 62 ENB ea 64 Smith Bros. Gum ..... 62 Wrigleys 5 box lots .. 61 Oo: EK Gum . 2... 75 CHOCOLATE Walter Baker & Co. German’s Sweet ....... 24 Preminm (ooo. 35 Caracas 20.0050 8 28 Walter M. Lowney Co. Premium, \%s .......... 35 Premium, is ......... 35 CLOTHES LINE Per doz. No. 40 Twisted Cotton 1 30 No. 50 Twisted Cotton 1 70 No. 60 Twisted Cotton 2 20 No. 80 Twisted Cotton 2 40 No. 50 Braided Cotton 1 75 No. 60 Braided Cotton 2 00 No. 80 Braided Cotton 2 50 No. 50 Sash Cord .... 2 50 No. 60 Sash Cord .... 3 00 No. G0 Jute 2.5. .... 1 25 No, 72 Jute ..:. 0... 1 40 No. 60 Sisal .......... 1 30 Galvanized Wire No. 20, each 100ft. long 1 90 No. 19, each 100ft. long 2 10 No. 20, each 100ft. long 1 00 No. 19, each 100ft. long 2 10 COCOA BeKOrA ........ Pace eces 39 ieveiand . 5... 41 Colonial, %s ...... oes BD Colonial, %s ..... sesh ee 33 MN ccc cw cscesc eccs aa Hershey’s, %s ......... 32 Hershey’s, %s ..... soos oe MAVIGr os... l. co. 8 Lowney, %8 ........... 38 Lowney, %B .....2.... 37 Lowney, MS .......... 37 Lowney, 5 lb. cans 37 Van Houten, %s ...... 12 Van Houten, \%s ...... 18 Van Houten, is ...... 36 Van Houten, ls ........ 65 WON Me oe sc cesses 36 WOEBD ooo eos ek eae 33 Wilbur, 468 ..........2. 33 Wilbur, 449 ........2..% 32 COCOANUT Dunham's per lb. 468, 6 1D, Case ......:.... 32 “48, 6 Ib Case .......+ 31 %s, 15 Ib. case ....... «Od %s, 15 lb, case ........ 30 im, 15 3p, Gase ....-...5 29 %s & Ws, 15 lb. case .. 30 5 and 0c pats ...... 4 25 Bulk, pails ...... (tae Bulk, barrels ........ 18% Baker's Brazil Shredded 70 5c pkgs., per case 3 00 36 10c pkgs., per case 3 00 16 10c¢ and 33 ic pkgs., DEY CARA 3 00 Bakers Canned, doz. 1 10 COFFEES ROASTED Rio Common ..2. 55.25.25 19 OT eo eee cee 19% Chole: (66.665. k ey. 20 Maney 220... 21 POARGITY .. 5255555062 23 Santos Common ...:..... cose el MAI occa 20% Phoebe ie. so ek HANCY 5.2.2. ..;5...5.. 23 Peaberry ....... seeks oe Maracaibo AIP oe ee peseces Ce Cngice 22... 0......0,. 26 Mexican CROe 2 oon. l so Ob PANCY 26sec ose: 26 Guatemala Ber 25 BARON coe ee 28 Java Private Growth .... 26@390 Mandline ...3.¢.... 31@35 AURA 22.6 30@32 Mocha Short Bean ........ 25@27 Long Bean ........ 24@25 Hs GO. G. .. 1. 26@28 Bogota Bet a: 24 FORNEY 260505254 .2.. 0, 26 Exchange Market, Steady Spot Market, Strong Package New York Basis Arbuckle ........... 21 50 McLaughlin’s XXXX McLaughlin’s XXXX package coffee is sold to retailers only. Mail all or- ders direct to W. Laughlin & Co., Extracts Holland, % gro. bxs. 95 Felix, % gross Hummel’s foil, % gro. 85 Hummel’s tin, % gro. 1 43 CONDENSED MILK Carnation, Tall ...... 6 20 Carnation, Baby ..... 6 10 Dundee, Tall ........ 5 50 Dundee, Baby ........ 5 40 Hobe, Vall ......-... 5 10 Hebe, Baby ......... - 5 00 CONFECTIONERY Stick Candy Pails Horehound .......... 16 Standard .........:.. 16 Standard, Small ..... 17 Twist, Small ........ 17 Cases BumvO 0 17 Jumbo, Small ........ 17% Big Stick (62.2. Boston Sugar Stick .. 20 Mixed Candy Pails SSYOMON .o,.2 5.55... 16 Cut Eoat ... 62.0050.) 17 French Cream ....... 17 POeers 2000... 12 Kindergarten ........ 18 Reeager oe... 16 monarch ,..5:..:..... 15 MOVE os... 17 Paris Creams ...,.., 18 Premio Creams ...... 21 BOVOL 2 oes ee cc cee ce 14 SROCD! oe. 14 Valley Creams ....... 18 Mt O :. 14 Specialties Pails Auto Kisses (baskets) 19 Bonnie Butter Bites ..21 Butter Cream Corn .. 20 Caramel Bon Bons .. 18 Carame! Croquetes .. 18 Cocoanut Waffles .... 16 Coffy Totty ....:..... 19 National Mints 7 lb tin 22 Fudge, Walnut ...... Fudge, Choco, Peanut 17 Fudge, White Center 17 Fudge, Cherry ........ 16 Fudge, Cocoanut .... 17 Honeysuckle Candy .. 20 Iced Maroons Iced Mrange Jellies .. 14 Italian Bon Bons .... 16 Jelly Mello ........... 15 AA Licorice Drops DAD, DOK 6. 60 Lozenges, Pep. ...... 18 Lozenges, Pink ...... 18 Manchus: ....... Seca 16 Molasses Kisses, 10 ib, Box 1.255... .,., 20 Nut Butter Puffs .... 20 Star Patties, Asst. .. 19 : Chocolates Assorted Choc. ...... Amazon Caramels .. 22 Champion ........... Choc. Chips, Eureka 25 Climax 2220... ceeeces ao Eclipse, Assorted .... 20 Ideal Chocolates .... 20 Klondike Chocolates ..25 Mavens: |. ou... ss. 86 Nibble Sticks, Box .. 30 Nut Wafers ......... 25 Ocoro Choc Caramels 23 Peanut Clusters ..... 28 Quintette pees swees ct oe Berns oe, Star Chocolates ..... 1 Superior Choc. (light) 20 Pop Corn Goods Without prizes. Cracker Jack with Pails 21 COUDOR - o.oo. c.. 3 50 Cracker-Jack Prize .. 3 75 Checkers Prize ...... 3 75 Cough Drops Boxes Putnam Menthol 1 35 Smith Bros, ...... saee 2 OD NUTS—Whole Ibs. Almonds, Tarragona 21 Almonds, California soft shell Drake ... Brazils Hitberts ....... s6k ves Cal. No. 1 8. & .. 3. Walnuts, Naples ..... Walnuts, Grenoble ... Table nuts, fancy 13@14 ; ' poet bens eciewes a Pecans, Large ....... Pecans, Ex. Large Shelled No. 1 Spanish Shelled Peanits ...... 16%@17 Ex. Lg. Va. Shelled Peanuts ...... 164%@17 Pecan Halves ..... @s80 Walnut Halves @55 Filbert Meats ..... @42 Almonds . @45 Jordan Aimonds ..., September 26, 1917 5 Ne Peanuts Fancy H P Suns RAW sec os 114%@11% Roasted ..... 12%@12% H P Jumbo OW eases 13%@13% Roasted ..... 144% @14y% CREAM TARTAR 3arrels or Drums .... 60 sduare Cans .......:2: 64 BORON ce ec le cue 62 DRIED FRUITS ples Evap’ed, Choice blk @14 Kvap’d Fancy blk.. @ Apricots California. 22.55.25... @25 Citron Corsican’... ....000.62,. Sk Currants Imported, 1 lb. pkg. ..19 Imported, bulk ...... 18% Peaches Muirs—Choice, 25 Ib. .. 12 Muirs—Fancy, 25 lb. .. 13 Fancy, Peeled, 25 lb. Peel Lemon, American Orange, American cocee 20 soeeee 81 Raisins Cluster, 20 cartons ... Loose Muscatels, 4 Cr. 9 Loose Muscatels, 3 Cr. 8% 4. M. Seeded ilb. 104% @11 California Prunes 90-100 25 lb. boxes ..@10 80- 90 25 lb. boxes --@10% 70- 80 25 lb. boxes .. 60- 70 25 lb. boxes .. 50- 60 25 Ib. boxes , 40- 50 25 lb, boxes .. FARINACEOUS GOODS Beans California Limas .... 17% Med. Hand Picked ....10 Brown Holland ..... _ 38 Farina 25 1 Ib. packages .... 2 50 Bulk, per 100 lb. ....... 2 _ Original Holland Rusk Packed 12 rolls to container 3 containers (40) rolls 3 80 Hominy Pearl, 100 Ib. sack .... 6 00 Maccaroni and Vermicelli Domestic, 1 lb. box .. 7d Imported, 25 lb. box Pearl Chester Portage Barley Peas Green, Wisconsin, bu. 7 00 Sout io; 134% Sago Hast Indigo. 15 German, sacks ........ 15 German, broken pkg. Tapioca Flake, 100 Ib. sacks ... 15 Pearl, 100 Ib. sacks ... 15 Pearl, 36 pkgs... Minute, 10c, 3 doz. FISHING TACKLE ma cO Lin oo. 6 M440 2 ine z eo 10 2 in ee: 9 te £0 2 in) i601. 11 Bain 15 Sime. 20 Cotton Lines No. 1, 10 fest ..2....... 5 No. 2, 15 feet mebeeeecs 6 No: 8) 16 fesei 9 No? 4, 15 feet. os 10 No. 5, 15 feet 2... 76): A! No. 8 15 feet... .). ei ae No.7, 15 feet... 1... 15 INO, 8, 15 fect ........ - 18 NO. 9; 16 feet .2. 0... - 20 Linen Lines Small 5, euecess 720 Meditim. ........... 2. 26 Taree oo ee 34 Poles Bamboo, 16 ft., per doz. 60 Bamboo, 14 ft., per doz. 55 Bamboo, 18 ft., per doz. 80 FLAVORING EXTRACTS Jennings D C Brand Pure Vanilla Per Doz. 7 dram Panel ,...... 95 1% ounce Panel ..... 1 35 2% ounce Panel ..... 2 40 2% ounce Taper ..... 2 25 2 ounce Flat ........ 2 25 Terpeneless Pure Lemon Per Doz. 7 dram Panel ....... 1% ounce Panel ..... 1 35 2% ounce Panel ..... 2 40 2% ounce Taper ..... 2 25 2 ounce Flat ........ 2 25 wr 917 xe RR 25 A 12 13 20 21 Siam OO o's aw www ee ager September 26, 1917 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 6 29 FLOUR AND FEED Jiff u 1 y-Jell oo Grand oe Grain & Straight or Assorted 10 ib: oats ‘eee oe Form earn . illing Co. Per doz. oss ceees. +16 0 ib pate) weeedee 4 oe La Ibs. ...... 1650 Formosa, cous x s3@a8 store cas Wheat a eue er ede es 3 ba Sec i 40 the. ........ 7 00 ’ ce 2@8 10 qt. Galvanized . Purity Patent ...... 13 ee WE stores Ramsey, ae ---advance 1 Mess, 10 Ibe, 7722225, 1 38 Formosa, Fancy ©: 60@60 12 at. Galvanized |... 400 Fancy Spring :..... 13 00 Strawberry, Cherry, Lem: ffams, —— Meats Pagar 8 Ibs. .......... 1 56 English Breakfast 14 qt. Galvanized .... 4 50 Wizard Graham .... 1100 on, Orange, Lime, Pine- Hams, i6- 16 Ib. 25% @26 1 100 Ibs. ...... 18.50 Congou, Medium Shase) «= Fibre... 5... 2... 5 50 Wizard, Gran, Meal 10 75 apple, Mint. Hains, 18 3 me sone No. Pee os SS Seer weuce soone Wianad Packt ext. ¢ 00 i Hats, 18-20 Ib. 20%@21 - 1, 10 Ibs. ........ 175 Congou, Veudy a Toothpicks oe. 11 00 . JELLY GLASSES — ried beef san 16 the Lake Herring “a Congou, ‘ancy Birch, 100 packages .. 2 00 ‘Valley City Miting Co 3 eS eo. ee oe California ‘Hams 20% @21 u Ibs. OC gee nee, wees 28@30 Teal ....eeeeeeeeeeee 85 a. Cae aa cnic Boiled Me ices weeseeeees 68 Dr. Pekoe, Choice .. T Sigel leet ......... 11 45 r . Hams ........ 8 Ibs. ......... seeeee > SP Pence on ite Graham) ee. 4 90 BEF OU Sees eae et an 27 Boiled Hams 30 Oat SEEDS 54 Flowery O. P. Fancy 40@50 Mouse, wood, 2 hoels .. 22 Granena Health ..... 5 00 MAPLEINE Minced Hams ..17%@18 ANISO ..2-eereeeeees CIGARS Mouse, wood, 4 holes .. 45 Grin Mom... 26.0... 40 2 os. bottles, per doz. 300 28con ......... 33 @s¢ 4 Canary, Smyrna ...... _ Peter Dornb oy ae orreee *et> 4 Se Bolted Meal ........ 5 80 1 oz. bottles, per doz. 1 75 Sausages See “Malater Dornbos ng oe ot Gee ee Watson-Higgins ie fe 16 oz. bottles, per dz. 18 00 SBologna ........ Cel o_o Malabar i ie Binder | : pete, eet sos * Se New Perfection ..... 32 oz. bottles, per dz. 30 00 Liver ..... ea. beatod perce oS Dornbos Perfectos . > co wocd, © hater <. 79 Tip Top Flour ...... ae per otliNCE MEAT Ryeakott ......... 9% Medina . T% Poe Beack 66 fo coca SG ea ee Pie ink ROP CORE ccc SM Boe}... 14¢ ; 0 : Gra a = Marshalls Best Flour 12 50 Weae co .. ee a rustard, white ...... 20 yoo no Se ay NO ORFEME «cn snasesses ” 8 fea 7 mn 35 00 Watertown i aaenain MOLASSES fears eecacecccas ws Ut oo be a pa o Tubs eT te PE oer cs ea sae sss son MG ‘ Vou cc uae 10 00 New Orleans Ce ee tec tacts 14 ‘SHOE BLACKING Dutch Masters Club B10 00 No. 1 Fibre Worden Grocer Co. Fancy Open Kettle .... 56 ef Handy Box, large 8 dz. 350 Dutch Masters Inv g : Pee feteensees 16 50 Quaker, paper ...... ee ee ae 52 Boneless ..... 25 00@27 00 Handy Box. small .. 125 Dutch M ee ee tee a e Quaker, cloth ...... di 50. Good 6... Rump, new .. 30 00@31 00 Bixby’s Royal Polish 85 Dutch fants Crate 63 Ps No. 3 Fibre .........- 13 50 a ae ica Sek ee Pig's Feet Miller’s Crown Polish 85 ¥ portanz : Large Galvanized 12 50 Worden Grocer Co. Half barrels 2c extra % bbls. 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Rye and Vetch Mixture We are in the market for clear Vetch or in the mixture. We pay top prices. Send samples, give location or phone number for our representative to call. Write today. Alfred J. Brown Seed Co. Grand Rapids, Mich. An Absolute Necessity In addition to its usefulness as an instrument for local communication, your Bell Telephone can be used to Transact business in distant places. Keep in touch with distant friends. Call the home folks when you travel: Find distant persons in emergencies. Talk to the children away at college. Bell Service is provided to meet every com- mercial and social demand. Every Bell telephone is a long distance station connecting with 340,000 telephones in Michigan. USE THE BELL TELEPHONE Michigan StateTelephone Company Grand Rapids, Michigan PEANUT BUTTER CAN BE COMPARED TO COFFEE AS TO QUALITY _ Don't be fooled by price. comes first. Buy where quality Buy Jersey Peanut Butter and notice the difference in taste. Order from your jobber today. Perkins Brothers, Inc. Bay City, Michigan Bread is the Best Food It is the easiest food to digest. It is the most nourishing and, with allits good qualities, it is the most economical food, Increase your sales of bread. FLEISCHMANN’S YEAST ‘i secures perfect fermentation and, Puy yi therefore, makes the most whole- | i | 2 some, lightest and tastiest bread. Sell bread made with FLEISCHMANN’S YEAST You Can Buy Flour — SAXOLIN Paper-Lined Cotton Sanitary Sacks DUST PROOF DIRT PROOF MOISTURE PROOF BREAKAGE PROOF The Sack that keeps the Flour IN and the Dirt OUT Ask Your Miller in Your Town — he can givg you his flour in this sack Our co-operative advertising plan makes the flour you sell the best advertised flour in your community For samples and particulars write THE CLEVELAND-AKRON BAG CO., CLEVELAND 4 ) wr i r Lt % 4 # 4 4 Ge” — = 17 9 \ ~ For 4 | f > ty » September 26, 1917 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 31 BUSINESS-WANTS DEPARTMENT Advertisements inserted under this head for three cents a word the first insertion and two cents a word for each subsequent continuous insertion. No charge less than 25 cents. Cash must accompany all orders. BUSINESS CHANCES. Sale—Hardware and implement stock. Located in Livingston county, Michigan; no competition; good farmers’ trade. Will sell at cost price which is about 20 per cent. less than present wholesale price. Stock and fixtures in- ventory about $6,000. Address 342, care Tradesman. 342 Wanted—Position with some good hard- ware firm, either as salesman on road or’ manager of store. Have had ten years’ experience in the buying and sell- ing end. Best references. Address 343, care Tradesman. 343 For Sale—Good, clean grocery stock in good, thriving town. Doing all cash busi- ness. Inventory between $900 and $1,000; not many fixtures. Can cut stock down if desired. Will sell at invoice price for cash. Rent $8 per month—fine loca- tion. Address Box 321, care Tradesman. 321 freight elevator, S. M. Isbell & Co., 306 For Sale—5,000-Ib. platform 8x10 feet. eackson, Michigan. For Sale—Stock of harness, blankets, robes, shoes, coats and mitts. All goods new—bought under the old price. Must sell at once. Lock Box 11, Metamora, 318 Michigan. Bazaar and notion FOR SALE srer or the ‘‘Famous”’ in Traverse City, with or without lease of building. Opportunity for right man. Thomas H. Sherman, Administrator Traverse City, Mich. For Sale—Grand Rapids corner store, dry goods and groceries. Main thorough- fare. Excellent business. Good rea- sons for selling. Address No. 304, care Michigan Tradesman. 304 For Sale—Drug stock and _ fixtures. Nearest drug store to Camp Custer and to Gull Lake, Michigan summer resort. Only drug store in town. Owner wishes to practice medicine exclusively. Terms cash. R. E. Weeks, Augusta, a For Sale—Public garage, 50x160 ft., equipped up to date with general repair shop, office and show room; fire-proof construction. Located in one of the most progressive little cities in Michigan and on popular highway between Detroit and interior cities. Address H., care Trades- man. 325 For Sale—Dry goods stock. One of the best towns in Ohio. Will inventory $15,000. Can be reduced to suit pur- chaser. Alex. Crisman, Barberton, Ohio. 327 Wanted—Grocery, bazaar, bakery and restaurant or general merchandise stock. Description and price first letter. Box 330, Tradesman. 330 For Sale—First-class, two story, solid brick business block in first-class loca- tion; located in one of the best farming districts in Southern Michigan. $3,000 to handle it, balance on time. Am retiring from business. No trading for other property. Lock Box 172, Webberville, Michigan. 332 For Sale—Suburban grocery, live prop- osition; residence in connection; real estate valued $5,000; stock invoices $2,500. Cash proposition only. Address A. P. Parker, Rochester, Minnesota. 314 To Exchange—Farm and income prop- erty for merchandise. Address Real Es- tate Exchange, Stanton, Michigan. 316 For Sale—Steam roller feed mill and blacksmith shop combined with Stude- baker Auto Agency service station. Work for two men. Write owner. W. H Chambers, Lancaster, Wash. 317 For Sale—Charcoal plant—300 cord capacity, with contract for 10,000 cords wood. Charcoal never so high. Owner good reasons for selling. B. E. Moses, Cypress, Llinois. 44 For Rent—Store building; fine location in North Dakota town; only two other stores in town; will sell building or rent at $20 per month. Investigate this at once. Lock Box A, Englevale, North Dakota. 345 Western Openings—We have a number of desirable positions open with leading western concerns for retail salesmen of dry goods, shoes, clothing, hardware, groceries and general merchandise; also window trimmers and card writers. Write The Business Men’s Clearing House, Denver, Colorado. 347 For Sale—Two thousand acre ranch and farm in Michigan, two hundred acres cleared, fine house, good barns, all fenced. Will sell at a bargain. Address Box 252, St. John’s, Michigan. 350 For Sale—High grade tailoring and gents’ furnishings stock, also _ fixtures. Will inventory about $6,000. Located in Detroit near factorieS employing 12,000 men. Best reasons for selling. Cash proposition. Address No. 351, care Tradesman. 351 For Sale—199-acre stock and grain farm, all under cultivation and _ well fenced. Will take property in part pay- ment. Southern Michigan. Wm. lace, 1419 Forres Ave., St. Joseph. Wal- 352 For Sale—An old established hardware business, with the only tin shop; stock and fixtures will inventory about $5,000. Most all stock was bought at the old price; will sell at inventory for quick sale. If interested address Box 320, care Tradesman. 320 Safes Opened—W. L. Slocum, safe ex- pert and locksmith. 128 Ann St., N. B., Grand Rapids, Michigan. 104 Cash Buyers of clothing, shoes, dry goods and furnishings. Parts or entire stocks. H. Price, 194 Forrest Ave. East, Detroit. 678 Will pay cash for whole or part stocks of merchandise. Louis Levinsohn, Sag- inaw, Michigan. 187 Merchants Please Take Notice! We have clients of grocery stocks, general stocks, dry goods stocks, hardware stocks, drug stocks. We have on our list also a few good farms to exchange for such stocks. Also city property. If you wish to sell or exchange your business write us. G. R. Business Exchange, 540 House- man Bldg., Grand Rapids, Mich. 859 Merchants wishing to sell stocks or a portion of same at an ad- vantage, should get In touch with us. Welckgenants Dept. Store, Battle Creek, Mich. For Sale—Clean stock of groceries and : crockery in one of the best towns of Michigan. Good location and good trade. Wiil invoice about $3,000. Address No. 164, care Tradesman. 164 Collections everywhere. We get the money and so do you. No charge unless collected. United States Credit Service, Washington, D, C. 57 For Rent—Store building, 16x50 feet, with basement 16 x 30 feet, also barn and garage room if desired. Splendid loca- tion for meat market, milk depot or laundry. Next to a grocery and feed store doing a good business. This is in one of the livliest little cities in Western Michigan. Splendid opportunities for a hustler. Carlson & Butcher, 1435 Peck street, Muskegon Heights, Mich. 263 For Sale—Almost new stock of dry goods and men’s furnishings, fine loca- tion in Detroit. Goods were purchased 25 to 40 per cent. under to-day’s market. 300d opportunity for some one who wishes to own legitimate growing busi- ness. Address C. S. McDuffee, 1216-1218 Hamilton Boulevard, Detroit. 334 Cash Registers—We offer exceptional bargains in rebuilt National or American Cash Registers. Will exchange your old machine. Supplies for all makes always on hand. Repair department in connec- tion. Write for information. The J. C. Vogt Sales Co., 215 So. Washinbton Ave., Saginaw, Michigan. 335 COLLECTIONS. We collect anywhere. It costs you nothing unless we get the money for you. Send us your delinquent accounts. Arrow Mercantile Service, Murray’ Building, Grand Rapids, Michigan. 336 Come to 104 Michigan avenue, Ypsi- lanti, if you would make two thousand dollars, purchasing a_ stock of drugs, books and paints. 338 Wanted—Stock of merchandise in coun- try town. Write full particulars in first letter. Wm. Sweet, Cedar, Mich. 339 For Sale—Complete hardware and har- ness stock. Business established for 32 years, will invoice from $12,000 to $15,000. Located in Central Nebraska, Broken Bow, Custer County, population 3,000. Farming community as good as any in the State. Good reason for _ selling. Traders need not apply. G. W. Apple, Broken Bow, Nebraska. 348 U. S&S Government just released thou- sands of acres Oil Lands in Wyoming . heretofore held for Navy. Our Bulletin F | tells how to secure 20 acres. U. S. Fixtures or Sa e Claimholders Assn., 703 Schiller Bldg., Chicago. 349 Having sold the lease of the store occupied by the Princess, bakery, confectionery and restaurant, we offer for sale the fine fixtures manu- POSITION WANTED. Experienced young married man wishes good, steady position in country store— factured especially for us by the small town preferred. Address No. 337, Wilmarth Show Case Co. They in- Tradesman. 337 . clud2 counters, shelving, show cases, HELP WANTED. soda feuntain, four drawer cash reg- ister, two section gas range, large PATS okt agile Pipe book-keeper with ice box, etc Big bargain. Act ardware experience or first-class hard- : I rj ware clerk with: book-keeping experi- quickly 1 : rincess Co » 40 Monroe ence. Blanchard Hardware Co., Charle- avenue, Grand Rapids. voix, Michigan. 346 Michigan People should use Michigan Flour made from Michigan Wheat 1—It excels all other flours in flavor. 2—It excels all other flours in color (whiteness.) 3—It excels all other flours for bread making. 4—It excels all other flours for pastry making. 5—It requires less shortening and sweetening than any other flour. 6—It fills every household requirement. 7—Michigan merchants should sell, and Michigan people should buy Michigan flour made from Michigan wheat for every reason that can be advanced from a reciprocity standpoint. DUTCH MASTERS SECONDS Will stimulate your trade Handled by all jobbers G. J. JOHNSON CIGAR CO., Makers GRAND RAPIDS 32 THE GROCER’S VINDICATION. The Tradesman has long contended that perhaps the only way to cure the general public of its idea that it knows more about the grocer’s business than he does himself was to let some of the fanciful theories and vagarious laws go into operation and really try the thing out. At least, all efforts to convince reformers and statisticians that there was a vast difference between theory and practice has seemed futile. Now that the war has jarred most of our mercantile affairs, it appears likely to furnish the very experience suggest- ed. Now that we have placed our food business in control of the Government, thousands of grocers are watching events to see how it will all turn out. And it looks just now as though the grocer is in a large measure being vin- dicated. At least, Uncle Sam has been probing with great care into costs of foodstuffs with his statistical analysts, and the prices they are declaring to be fair are rarely sufficiently below the going prices in normal times to cast any reflection on the fairness of the prices made under the old competitive law. It begins to look as though the prob- ers, making their enquiries with extreme care and applying up-to-date cost ac- counting methods, are finding that some of the charges are extremely fair, and at least two eminent investigators—Mr. Hoover at Washington and Food Con- troller Hanna of Canada—have frankly stated in public utterances that they find it useless to circumvent the law of supply and demand. And the Toronto Star has recently grown peevish and come out with the question: ‘“What’s the use of a food controller anyway ?” Certainly there is “no use of a food controller” so far as anyone could ex- pect that he would be a potentate sup- erior to natural law and lower and raise prices at his own sweet will. A great many millions of people doubtless have thought so, not only in Canada but here. Politicians and high-binders have preached it into them for years and many a newspaper, with more zeal than wisdom, has spread the gospel of dis- content, but it looks as though an awak- ening is at hand because honestly inten- tioned officials have begun to discover what a lot of business men knew all along. If it can result in an awakening of common sense on some of these high price problems—real problems they are unquestionably—it will be worth all it has cost. But there is doubtless a great field for the Food Administrator and the future will doubtless even though it vindicates the normal opera- tion of business. The trouble with the law of supply and demand nowadays is that it is too susceptible to popular ex- citement and the need for some depend- able authority to tell the facts and act as umpire in the game is desirable. That Mr. Hoover will operate in that way cannot be denied. First of all, the obtaining of actual knowledge as to the facts will do much to add wisdom to our judgment of prices and their fair- ness; also will help us materially in gauging the intensity of our demand. It is unfortunate that no such authority can, however, work with sufficient alacrity to keep pace with trade and show it, a MICHIGAN TRADESMAN popular excitement, and before the ju- dicial decree is forthcoming prices fluc- tuate with violent effects on the public economy. For instance, the recent frosts, or re- ported frosts—for the report is often as bad as the fact—caused such a fluctua- tion in the food trades, especially canned tomatoes, as to refuse to moderate even when it was shown that tomatoes have not suffered from frost at all, and that they are ripening tremendously in this revival of warm weather. It would take a tremendous frost damage to justify any such prices as are now being main- tained in the market and, based on past experience, jobbers are reluctant to ac- cept the packer’s estimate of values. And yet, when the Government’s sta- tisticians come in and, after a careful examination of the costs of packing, set $1.45 as a fair price, it operates as a very striking indication that the voice of the food arbitrator is of some force after all, Where the final price for tomatoes will land is hard to say but when buyer and seller are so far apart: everyone feels a lot safer to have some- one on hand to balance the scale beam. Although there may be a considerable measure of public concern back of the decision of Congress not to assess a con- sumption tax on foodstuffs commonly used by every household, there are many in the trade who feel that the de- cision is not altogether wise. While it may have contributed to keeping prices down somewhat, they say, the saving isn’t worth considering as ‘compared with the excellent opportunity that was offered for gathering in a considerable revenue, in which everyone, of what- ever station, might share and yet hardly be felt by the consumer. Suppose it added a half cent a pound to sugar, or a cent to coffee, such ad- vances are nothing new to the American consumer and no hardship would have resulted, while it would have been one way in which everyone could “do his bit.” Besides, the feeling still prevails that an excise tax would have gone far to equalize the manifest differences in opportunity for competition that exists between beet and cane sugar. By the way, this sugar question is also operating as an educational factor of no small amount. It is showing up some of the differences that have all along been growing in the economic po- sition of the two types of sugar, and, in trying to make control and stabilizing rules fit two products in which there is normally a cent or more difference in cost and yet to leave the final price the same, the administrator and his aids are having plenty of interesting ex- perience. But just why should the Government undertake to adjust what looks more and more like an evolutionary economic question? Why interfere with the in- evitable any more than to furnish pro- tection to the tallow candle or the oil lamp against the evolution of electricity ? If beet root is just as good as, and cheaper than, sugar cane, no end of expedients will stay its final triumph as a source of National supply and if ulti- mate consumer price is the end sought, why try to patch up a weak situation? However, it would seem as though the Government might well afford to give the cane refiner a fair chance to fight his own battle without hanging around his neck a millstone of tariff on his raw material, while the beet man, already with an advantage, is given just this much more support in his manifest pref- erential position. From the consumer’s standpoint, it looks very much fairer to let down the bars to fair competition and if revenue is the end sought, let it be free from any treatment that seems to favor one side in an evolution- ary contest. oe eg Bumper Onion Crop. It is estimated that the onion crop of the country will be from 70 to 75 per cent. above last year’s yield. Lo- cal dealers are offering $1@1.25 per bushel (56 pounds), but are not con- September 26, 1917 tracting for stock tc any extent, due to uncertainty as to the action Mr. Hoover and his assistants may take on the subject of stabilizing the pr ce, as they have done in the case of wheat. The yield in this locality is very heavy and the quality is generally good. BUSINESS CHANCES, For Sale—Only bakery in town of 3,000. Equipment modern in every detail. Av- erage daily sales $175 to $200. Reason for selling, poor health. Splendid op- portunity. Write at once to Genesee Realty Co., Linden, Michigan. 353 For Sale—Drug Store, up-to-date clean stock, new fixtures, in hustling town, Big bargain. Owner going to war. Got to sell. Write now. Genesee Realty Co., Linden, Michigan. 354 For Sale—Live men’s clothing and shoe business. Act quick. Will take cash or good property. Reason: called to the army. McDonald Clothing Co., Vassar, Michigan. 355 A NECESSITY on the American market. 45 Cherry Street, S.W. NOT AN ACCESSORY -K-A-L- Auto Body Dressing FOR ALL Fine and Highly Finished Surfaces This Dressing supplies to your car or furniture what the weather conditions take away, and is the result of a num- ber of years experience in the cleaning, dressing and polishing of the finest of automobile and furniture finishes This Dressing dries very easily and will not hold dust when wiped off PRICE---Quart, $100; } Gal., $1.75; Gal., $3.50 Money back if not satisfied by return of any portion with can MANUFACTURED BY Grand Rapids Auto Products Co. Grand Rapids, Mich. GRAND RAPIDS WORDEN GROCER COMPANY, GRAND RAPIDS AUTO PARTS Cco., Jobbers and Distributors MICHIGAN Seasonable Farm Tools Potato Forks goods. Exclusively Wholesale If you run low on such seasonable farm tools as Corn Huskers remember that you can replenish it from our ample stock We can make prompt shipments on any or all of these Michigan Hardware Co. Corn Cutters Grand Rapids, Michigan