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==BE A MAN
It’s a mighty good thing, while you're running life’s race,
Just to pause, as you go, and to come face to face
With your conscience, and ask it a question, or two;
For it’s right you should know what your life means to you.
Have you done things worth while, have you drifted along,
Have you filled it with sighs, have you filled it with song,
Have you helped when you should, have you tried to do right,
Have you struggled for good or just fought on for might?
Have you given your hand to some fellow in need,
Have you sneered at the man who was not of your creed,
Have you been open-hearted and ready to do,
Have you tried to be just, have you tried to be true?
In your judgment of men have you been always fair,
Have you learned to forgive in the face of despair,
Have you fought against greed or succumbed to its lust,
Have you learned what it means to protect and to trust?
Oh, it’s easy to preach and it’s easy to tell
Of the other chap’s faults—but our own faults, ah well!
We are cowards at times, and the truth, you will find,
Is a thing we dislike, for it’s rather unkind.
But the Past, let it rest. Give a thought to To-day
And To-morrow, as well, for the Time’s growing gray;
Do the things that you should, do the best that you can,
Crown your life with your deeds—be a red-blooded man!
W. Dayton Wegefarth.
PREPARE EARLY
For the Holidays This Year
Get your FANCY CHRISTMAS PACKAGES ordered without
delay. There is certain to be a shortage this season on
account of labor conditions, so buy now and be safe.
Two Large Complete Lines
Lowney’s Fancy Package
Chocolates
Putnam’s Fancy Package
Chocolates
Putnam Factory, Grand Rapids, Michigan
DETROIT SERVICE
Each and every one of the 117,000
telephones in Detroit may be reached
direct from your Citizens Telephone.
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eT? cuits Connect with 250,000 Telephones
in the State.
Citizens Telephone Company
You Should Carry All
Franklin Package Sugars
Women who get used to buying Granulated
Sugar from you in neat Franklin Packages will
prefer to buy Dainty Lumps, Powdered and
Confectioners Sugars in the same way. They
like the clean, strong packages that will not burst
in the market basket or cupboard as will a thin
paper bag.
It will pay you to sell ALL your sugar in the
time-saving Franklin Packages.
“A Franklin Sugar for every use’’
Cartons packed in 24, 48, GO and 120 Ib. con-
tainers according to grade
Cotton bags of granulated sugar packed
in 100 Ib. sacks and in barrels
Made from Sugar Cane
The Franklin Sugar Refining Company
PHILADELPHIA
Ceresota
Flour
Always Uniformly Good
Made from Spring Wheat at
Minneapolis, Minn.
Judson Grocer Co.
The Pure Foods House
Distributors
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN
Carried Home by a Patriot
Reports on results of the adoption of the recommendations, cov-
ering the curtailing of deliveries, minimizing returned goods and C. O. D.
privileges, that men may be released for service on the call of the
Government without unfortunate results to the merchant, have been
extremely pleasing, showing that practically every live city and every
state is pretty well lined up and endeavoring to carry out the wishes
of the Government as closely as possible.
In view of the demand from every section of the country for a
universally adopted STICKER, the Tradesman Company hereby recom-
mends that every merchant immediately adopt for use on all “Take
With” purchases a sticker reading as follows:
CARRIED HOME
FROM
(Merchant's Name Here)
BY A PATRIOT |
These stickers can be supplied by us on the following basis, properly
imprinted in the center:
4 000-66... .-5. 54... $1.75
2 O00. - 22... 3.00
6B O00 22.3. 4.75
40,000)2) 2). 2.2/5. 6.75
This is a good way to start the co-operative and enthusiastic spirit
of carrying home all possible purchases. It is now a certainty that
every man, woman and child will feel it a matter of pride to be seen
with a bundle having one of these stickers attached to it.
Be one of the first to use these stickers.
Tradesman Company
Grand Rapids Michigan
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GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1917
SPECIAL FEATURES.
Page
2. Upper Peninsula.
4. News of the Business World.
5. Grocery and Produce Market.
8. Editorial.
10. Shoes.
12. Financial. ‘
18. Butter, Eggs and Produce.
20. Hardware.
22. Dry Goods.
24. The Commercial
26. Drugs.
27. Drug Price Current.
28. Grocery Price Current.
28. Special Price Current.
31. Business Wants.
Traveler.
THE NATIONAL CONSCIENCE.
As the war goes on, the march oi
events is’ showing the fallacy of keep-
ing up the pretence of “business as
usual” as an expression of what is
really the condition in producing and
distributing circles. One by one the
industries of the country are being
taken under Government control or
a large percentage of their output is
turned civilian into military
Tt has
interfere
from
found
the
cf the law of supply and demand and
channels. been neces-
sary to with working
with unchecked competition. Co-op-
eration in various industries has been
forced to the point of combination in
such a way as virtually to nullify the
anti-trust legislation whose enact-
ment was regarded as the greatest of
reform curbs to corporate rapacity.
lar from the changes being met with
hostility, it would appear as though
they were welcomed even by those
whose profits are thereby lessened.
Patriotism may play a part in ‘this,
but it 1s not the only factor. What
may be called the National conscience,
which rises in revolt at the idea that
swollen and exorbitant pretits should
inure to the
£oOes
stay-at-homes. while
the youth
forth to battle for freedom, is a very
strong though
flower of country’s
intangible influence.
Then, teo, there 1s always the chance
that the Government may, at a pinch
use some of the extraordinary pow-
ers recently vested in it and com-
pel obedience to what is manifestly
the people’s desire and in the public
interest.
BULL HEADED IGNORANCE.
No more comprehensive statement
of the sugar situation was ever pre-
sented than the analysis of the Amer-
ican Sugar Refining Co. on the third
this the
Tradesman. The showing is a serry
one, because it discloses how utterly
page of week's issue of
foolish Congress acted in the face o?
repeated warnings from the best au-
thorities on the subject in this coun-
try, if not in the world. Going direct-
ly opposite the fundamental princi-
ples of good business and reversing
the experience of the ages in handling
great governmental questions, Con-
gress succeeded in muddling the sugar
situation as it has never been muddled
before, creating conditions which are
next to intolerable and enabling the
planters of Cuba to maintain fictitious
prices on their crop, which has added
enormously to the
Pre -
their wealth—at
expense of the American people.
the
people who constitute the great sugar
tending to champion common
consuming class in this country, the
party in power in both houses of Con-
gress deliberately set about to penal-
ize the American’ people to the ex-
tent of $30,000,000, solely to gratify
the whims of malcontents and enrich
the pecple of an alien race raising raw
with
country.
sugar alien labor in an alien
The Tradesman commends the con-
tribution of its long-time correspond-
ent, E. E. Whitney, published else-
where in this week’s paper regarding
the neccessity of abandoning frivolous
things in order to make every minute
count. In the present emergency
which confronts the country every
person who goes out on strike or
‘loafs on his job or does work which
has to be done over again is a traitor
to his country and should be sum-
marily dealt with. This applies to
both sexes, to children as well as
adults and to all who are not in-
capacitated by illness from doing their
bit to help in prosecuting the war to
a successful issue. The woman who
knits a sock or sweater which has to
be unraveled or the employe who de-
votes time to idling and visiting dur-
ing business hours is as great an of-
fender as the man who carries a red
flag or the pestiferous preacher who
prates about the blessing of peace.
The people of this country are up
against the most serious proposition
which ever confronted a free people
and the sooner we all come to a prop-
er realization of our duties and re-
sponsibilities the sooner will we be
assured of a decisive victory and a
lasting peace.
RR eR RR NNN RE
Canada’s Food Controller, W. J.
Hanna, has issued an order that no
products shall be for
sale after a certain date in original
cereal offered
packages of less than twenty pounds
weight, and the order is not cordially
received in
which
Canada.
ought to be
Newspapers
thinking of the
paper saved complain that great num-
bers can not buy breakfast foods and
other cereal products in such quanti-
ties, and ' that numbers
could will not wish to do so.
ereat who
To dis.
card the one-pound package will be
to throw the people back upon cereals
in bulk, with resultant danger of un-
cleanliness and waste, and with new
opportunities for adulteration and
substitution. It might increase the
consumption of bread. Against this
the primary arcument is that the
cardboard and tissue paper for small
__packages can not be spared, _.
THE ROBBER INSTINCT.
Bill
his announced
i Bloody aiser succeeds in
determination to cap-
ture Rome and destroy the Vatican
in his present campaign against Italy,
current events will be telling the oft-
told tale of history. Whe barbarians
of the North tor centuries considered
the Bternal City the capital prize of
the world and
more than once they
invaded it. more than once setting fire
to mw. The
fascinated -lun, Goth, Franc and Van-
dal.
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engaged in these conquests than were
the
sunny fields of Italy
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nave
None were more assiduously
Germans. Frederick Barbarossa
in the twelfth century sported the
crowns of Germany, Rome, Lom
bardy, Burgundy, Sardinia, Sicily and
Jenusalem. Sicily was a particularly
happy valley to these Teutonic rol
Bers. lt is all a part of the story of
Germanys former greatness and the
Stomy Of a strong Northern race over-
coming a Southern people too much
1
given to the pleasures of life and too
little considerate of one another's
well Leing.
Buy the forays of Northern tree-
incidents in his-
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have been
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DOOTers
1Ony wather than a part of the devel-
human life.
establish
and
opment of The conquer
ors did not permanent in-
stitutions hold on to their new
possessions through wise government
and a regard for the interests of thet
was all a demonstration
\nd
independent
subjects. It
of the robber instinct.
the States of Jtaly the
action of small units continued up to
among
a date within the memory of persons
now living. Then came Cavour and
Garibaldi and Italy was a nation. A
capital prize surely it will be for the
monarch of Germany, none the less
than the
Gérman empire.
a robber rulers of the old
It is no more improbable that the
Gérmans will eo farther than that
they should have made their im-
mensely successful campaign against
Cadornas forces. Germany im posses
sion of Italy will be an old picture
retouched. In the long run the con-
quest will come to the zero point just
the North-
ern barbarians in the earlier days, but
that is not
and retribution will come in the near
as have the incursions of
Saying that the reverse
future. The Entente powers appear to
have enough to do on the West front,
Russia is for the present a blank and
Europe is there
The
war preparations of the United States,
nowhere in Central
succor in sieht for the Italians.
coing forward though they are at a
rapid rate, will still be preparations
many months hence. It is a huge
task to convert a Nation submerged
in peace for many years into a strong
fighting The British navy
does admirable sentry duty, but pa-
trolling the seas is not expelling the
power.
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Germans and their servants, the Aus
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trians, from [talian soil he cap-
ture of the Eternal City would be
too great im 1S Moral enect to bt
ignored bj Germans as one «
th ir objects
Phe Ne re thought o the Huns
trampling down eautiful Florence
and despoiling the art treasures of
accumulated centuries with the
bloody hands of the barbarian hordes
from Germany is Oo make
the blood run cold veins oO
every decent person in the world
The campaigning of the Gern Ss
has reached such a stage that w
\mericans may be thankial tha
something like a start has been made
n puttme our country in a state o
detense Heavy artillery for the
oasts is in process of manufacture
war ships are being turned out ex
peditiously soldiers are in training
and huge amounts of money have
veen made available for the Govern
ment’s us The great difficulty with
us will be that, if and when the Ger-
mans get ready to strike in the West-
ern hemisphere, a South American
country will probably be the place ot
initiative, and that will involve the
transportation of troops and = muni-
tions from the United States. We
have begun none too soon to. give
ourselves protection, particularly as
we are now committed irrevocably to
the determination to fight to the
nish, even though that fin sh may be
in thé INtCFIOY OF the United
States. Ehe
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ALtack {FOR the
Way of any such
Germans? Yes, but it may not al-
ways be in the way. Our first line ot
defense is in France. Pray that it
be our last line of defense, but, pray-
ing, do not feel too sure:
StOrm at Sea
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many a shipwrecked person, clinging
c. i 1 aAcr
to a life preserver has finally despair-
ed and gone down for lack of means
could
has
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by which he or she sional to
rescuers. ‘Fis. tact recentls
a luminous
New York
prompted the invention of
life belt by a resident ol
City. It
is made in either
folding |
strapped to
form, and
two electric thor
insulated against contact with
the water and operated by a conven-
n. The two lights
some distance apart so
1e other
iently located buttom.
are. placed
1 -¢ at ced O]
that if one is submerged tl
probably will project above the water.
The flashing signal of such a life belt
would many times attract attention
when a person clinging to an ordinary
undiscovered in
preserver would be
the darkness.
It will be
keepers when the Government guaran-
a glad day for some store-
tees a ste, though small profit on
every commodity sold:*
MICHIGAN TRADESMAN
November 7, 1917
UPPER PENINSULA.
Recent News of the Cloverland of
Michigan.
Sault Ste. Marie, Nov. 5—Carl
Homberg, Detour’s leading butcher,
was a business visitor here last week,
It is said that he was a very busy
man while here. He did not have
time to call on all of his friends. He
expects to make another trip before
the closing of navigation, so that De-
tour need have no fear of a meat
famine, regardless of the meatless
days.
John Wallace, of Rudyard, brought
in a carload of fine Western steers
which he fattened on his farm. It
was purchased by one of our local
butchers and dressed out exception-
ally fine. They are a credit to Clov-
erland as well as the producer.
John Falk, one of Manistique’s
prominent business men, is making
a specialty of supplying hunters’
hunting outfits and other supplies
this year. He is looking for the
prominent. members of the Foresters
Hunting Club of Detroit which he ex-
pects next week. Unlike the usual
“Kerosene Krowd” which comes up
here from below the Straits, this party
buy their provisions from the mer-
chants here. They are the kind that
Mr. Falk welcomes to his city.
“Some men are so smart in a busi-
ness way that people do not care to
do business with them the second
time.”
Sam Elliot, for the past four years
one of our successful grocers, has
sold his stock and fixtures to J. B.
Campbell, former resident of Dafter.
Mr. Campbell has had a few years ot
experience in the grocery business
and is one of the well known resi-
dents of Chippewa county. He is a
hard worker and bids fair to make a
success of his new venture. Mr. El-
liot has not decided as to what his
future plans will be, but it is hoped
that he will remain in the city, where
he is well and favorably known as a
prosperous business man.
“Our idea of a loafer is a man who
rests before he gets tired.”
James Clark. well-known cranberry
king of Whitefish Point, left for the
Soo last week to spend the winter.
Ludlow Seaman, one of Drum-
mond’s leading merchants, was a Soo
caller last week. stocking up for his
winter’s supplies. Mr. Seaman is
looking for a prosperous winter as
there is much timber cut and plenty
of work at good wages.
Goetz & McDonald, of Detour, were
in the Soo last week filling up their
larder for the winter.
It is reported that the D., S. S. &
A. will not change time to meet the
new schedule planned by the Mich-
igan Central. One Detroit mail daily
will be the result if the tentative
Michigan Central schedule is carried
out. If the railroads could only put
off their revised train service until
the Dixie-Highway received the fin-
ishing touches. we would be able to
establish a ford route that would sup-
ply the service between here and De-
troit. From all indications there wll
be no danger of this competition this
winter.
John Cullman, of St. Ignace, has ac-
cepted his old position with C. Y.
Bennett. the lumber kine of See Why.
His many friends were pleased to
know that he is back again at the old
stand.
Pat Gallacher, well-known meat
merchant of St. Ignace. bought a
large herd of cattle at Allenville last
week which he expects to convert into
gold dollars.
“There are still some vacant lots
on easy street.”
This cold weather has caused much
anxiety to the residents of Rexton.
Every one is out looking for wood,
which appears to he scarce. although
in the timber district, where the sup-
ply seems to be inexhaustible. Won-
der what they would do if they were
looking for coal in some of those
places!
The beautiful station house of the
D., S. S. & A. at Allenville, blew over
in the big gale last Friday night. This
is certainly a bad blow to the travel-
ing public and the residents of Allen-
ville, as travelers will now be obliged
to stay out of doors during the storms.
Epoufette will soon have a lath ana
crate factory in operation. Mr. Ter-
ry, the owner, is well pleased with
the progress being made, which will
mean much to the residents.
“Nothing makes a boy so weak as
a strong cigar.”
An interesting letter was recently
received from Lieut. Leo. D. Moloney,
son of D, H. Moloney, well-known
clothing merchant of this city. The
letter was written in France. Lieut.
Moloney is delighted with the recep-
tion given them. There are thirty-
five of them in attendance at the head-
quarters schools of the British army.
There are officers from Portugal, Aus-
tralia, Canada, England and the good
old U.S. A. They were the first two
of the U. S. Army to arrive in France
and have traveled considerably, tak-
ing in Paris, which he states is some
city. He also witnessed some of the
effects of the awful bombardments.
Their headquarters are about thirty
miles from the line. They can hear
the cannonading at night and see the
flashes of the big guns. They have
seen two raids on a city near them
and have witnessed the attack on two
base planes by anti-war craft gunners.
Plenty of excitement makes them feel
as if they were getting mixed up in
the game. They are living in the old
French castle where George V once
resided. The place is some 1,500
years old, quaint and historic. A few
miles away is a house where Napoleon
made his headquarters while raising
an army to invade England. Mr.
Moloney visited the place, which is
now owned by a wealthy Frenchman.
One of our bovs lives in the house
where Charles Dickens wrote “A Tale
cf Two Cities.” so you see they are
in a historic locality. The former
ruler of Belgium is now living in a
little town in that neighborhood. Mr.
Moloney saw him -n his car the oth-
er day and he saitted the American
flag and uniform. The boys are vis-
iting many of the small villages in
France and enjoying the novelty.
The old saying that talk is cheap,
but that it takes money to buy whisky,
is being revised by the Bell Tele-
phone Co., which now wants more
money for talk, It expects to boast
all rates throughout the State.
M. J. LaBelle, well-known lumber-
man of Johnswood, was a business
visitor at the Soo last week.
James O’Neill, of Shelldrake, has
taken a position with the Booth-New-
ton Co. here.
“The hog. is mightier than the
sword.” William G. Tapert.
—_—>-2.+—__
Millinery Business Not up to Expec-
tation.
The retail millinery business for the
month of October proved disappoint-
tng after all, according to the bulletin
of the Retail Millinery Association
of America. Starting out in good
shape, the first two weeks promised
so well that hopes ran high of beating
the 1916 records for the month. In
the closing weeks, however, sales fell
off considerably, due to the unseason-
able weather and other causes, and
the result was that the month did not
show up as well as had been expect-
ed.
The tendency through the month,
the bulletin says, was for the more
popular-priced merchandise, yet asur-
prisingly large amount of business
was done on the more expensive trim-
med hats. Untrimmed hats in all
grades proved less active during the
month than was the case last year.
The bulletin continues:
“Skating promises to enjoy great
popularity again this season, and al-
ready advance. models of hats design-
ed for this purpose are being shown.
A prominent local specialty store is
displaying a series of skating hats,
without scarfs, consisting of polo ef-
fects, turbans, chin chin sailors, hel-
met hats, and aviation and cther nov-
elty effects. The materials used are
duvetyn, velvet, felt, angora, and
beaver. The hats are trimmed with
small wood balls, pompoms, fur and
appliqued flowers.
“Fur-trimmed velvet hats in the
small and medium shapes, and in
black, cherry red and taupe, are mov-
ing well at wholesale. Among the
other headgear featured at the present
time are street hats of heavy satin, in
the high and popular-priced grades.
Some are combined with fur, and
some with beaver facings. Solid-
color and two-tone effects in brown,
navy, black, white and taupe are
favored most in the color scheme.”
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Where Will Economy Stop?
It is difficult to resist the belief
that the steps taken to induce econo-
my on the part of the general public
as a patriotic duty will have a far-
reaching influence on business deal-
ings. Housewives who are pledging
themselves by the hundreds of thou-
sands all over the country to stop
waste in their kitchens will hardly
content themselves with saving in this
one respect. The high range of prices
of things to wear, taken in connec-
tion with other matters, is already
showing itself as a deterrent to pur-
chases, and the exactions of all kinds
under the new revenue measure just
put into effect will not help things.
An extra cent for mailing a letter, or
a few cents more in payment of a
ticket to a moving picture show, may
not in itself loom up large, but, as the
various kinds of taxes are met with
at every turn, their effect is apt to
be cumulative. These are circum-
stances which the trader must take
into account, and especially in a time
like this, when nothing seems cer-
tain except continued price advances.
Some official regulation of prices, un-
der which a measure of stability for a
period may be possible, may there-
fore appeal to many as desirable.
Raw Silk Markets.
The Japanese raw silk market has
been moving in very narrow con-
fines during the last week, no change
of prices being recorded. Transac-
tions have been small.. Holders are
firm in their basic price views, and
are looking for advances as soon as
buying “tunes up” again. The visible
stock at Yokohama has increased to
20,000 bales, which is about the us-
ual amount at this time of the year.
From Canton come reports of a
more active demand for European
consumption. French buyers from
Lyons are said to be especially good
purchasers there. This, together with
another rise in exchange, has enabled
the reelers to raise their prices about
20 to 25 cents a pound. American
buyers have been doing little with
Canton of late. Shanghai quotes
somewhat lower prices for tussahs, on
account of the almost utter absence of
business and a large increase in the
new crop as compared with last year’s.
“Extras” at Milan are still being
quoted at about $8 a pound, which
price makes these silks too high for
consumption in this market. Locally
there is not much business being done,
and the manufacturers say that trade
in broad silks has dropped off lately.
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Children’s Clothes Sales Quiet.
The rush in buying in the children’s
clothes departments of the large dry
goods stores in this city, which set
in at the outset of the fall season, is
said to have fallen off considerably
during the past few weeks. At one
time a noticeable call for the higher
grades was recorded, later there was
a shift to the lower grades, and now
every line is more or less neglected.
This condition, however, is not look-
ed upon as being permanent, but is
accepted as the usual lull before the
holiday season sets in.
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Who Believes in Signs?
It appears that only about half of
us believe in signs. To determine to
what extent persons .observed these
words of warning that are posted
conspicuously at all railroad cross-
ings, the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Company says that a series of obser-
vations were made, and of a total of
44,013 persons driving automobiles
and teams, 58 per cent. crossed the
tracks without stopping or looking
in either direction.
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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN
Masterly Analysis of the Sugar Situation
From letter of all Sugar Refiners to Congress dated August 21, 1917, and printed in The American Sugar Bulletin of September 7th:
“In 1916 the United States exported 700,000 tons of refined sugar—as large as the entire domestic beet crop and more than
twice the Louisiana crop. To repeal the drawback and levy 1c. excise—or over 1'4c. pound differential—is to destroy this business
without yielding revenue. In fact, by destroying profits from the export it will also destroy revenue.
“Foreign countries need never buy refined from the United States, so long as there is excess refining capacity elsewhere, or
washed sugars are acceptable for war-time consumption. Why should the Allies pay a tax of over J¥4c. a pound for the privilege
of passing Cuban and foreign sugars through United States refineries? In 1916 alone, such a preference would have cost the Allies
$23,500,000.
“The threatened action has already so disturbed the World’s sugar markets as to have increased the price of Cuban raws almost
the equivalent of the 114. differential, and so largely contributed to a corresponding rise in the price of refined sugar for domestic
consumers. In other words, the increase now amounts to over $7,000,000 monthly to domestic consumers.
“More serious still, the threatened action of cutting off the United States refined from export has caused such heavy and
persistent buying of raws in Cuba by foreign countries as to create temporarily a new and troublesome situation for the United States.
The action of the Senate Committee was given an unexpected interpretation in foreign countries resulting in a rush of buying in
Cuba. European buyers having notice of an increase in the price of refined sugar for export from the United States of one cent duty
and one-half cent excise have purchased immense quantities of raw sugar in Cuba for direct consumption or refining outside of this
country. This increased purchase of Cuban raws is exactly equal to the decrease in refined sugar to be exported from this country
in 1917 as against actual exports in 1936. Wo better illustration could be given of the delicacy of the world situation. It must be
handled with corresponding delicacy or United States consumers will pay dearly.
“A diagram is submitted showing the increases in the prices of both raw and refined since June 6, 1917, at which time many
of the undersigned sent to the Senate Finance Committee a letter protesting against the repeal of the drawback.”
From statement by Earl D. Babst, in The American Sugar Bulletin, September 28, 1917:
“Notwithstanding the I. W. W. attempt at disorganization of the industry in February and the housewives’ unnecessary
scramble in the spring, the industry held its course firmly until the month of June of this year. At that time a proposal was made in
the United States Senate, and received the support of a majority of the Finance Committee, to repeal on sugar alone the drawback of
duty privilege, as well as put an excise tax of 1c. per pound on sugar export business, as well as on sugar for domestic consumption.
“This proposal was not taken seriously at first, either here or abroad, as it was contrary to all the laws and practices of
commercial countries. However, on failure of a majority of the Committee to heed the urgent advices of the entire sugar industry,
foreign countries, having notice of an increase in the price of refined sugar for export from the United States of over 1'4c. a pound,
started a rush of buying in Cuba for direct consumption in foreign countries and for refining outside of this country. Meanwhile,
domestic refiners had been put under notice of governmental food control. The competition for Cuban raws became so active that
Cuban prices arose the entire 1¥4c. differential represented by the Senate Bill.. Three months later, in September, the Senate by
overwhelming vote rejected its Committee’s plan, but the damage had already been done.
“During the period of international and domestic readjustment of the next two or three months, there will be some incon-
venience and annoyance to consumers and manufacturers, but it is necessary as an incident to the larger purpose of feeding the Allies,
providing stores for our Army and Navy, and for winning the war.”
From report of the United States Food Administration, September 30, 1957:
“Inasmuch as the price of Cuban sugar on the New York market really controls the entire domestic production, it was not the
intention of the Administration to attempt in any way to regulate domestic producers.
“A situation arose in June and July which made such action imperative. Bills were introduced in Congress providing for the
elimination of the drawback on export sugar, and the application of a consumption tax. Foreign buyers, who, up to that time had
been making their purchases through American refineries, decided that as the bills were introduced as war measures, and would there-
fore be enacted into law promptly, that it would be to their advantage to buy Cuban sugars direct at any price from the then Cuban
market, not exceeding an advance of 14c. which was the extent to which sugar would have been affected if the bills had passed.
“This started a violent speculation in Cuban sugars with the result that the price advanced from 5.77 in the last week in June
to 7.77 the first week in August. While there was very little sugar left in Cuba it meant that if such a condition was permitted to
continue the cost to the American public would be something in excess of $30,000,000 between then and the beginning of the new
Cuban crop in December.”
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Movements of Merchants.
Portland—Charles Gabriel has. en-
gaged in the grocery business.
Lowell—J. W. Morris succeeds J.
O. Clark in the grocery business.
Kalamazoo—T. J. Fox succeeds Ww.
R. Little in the grocery business.
Hudson—Atherton & Murphy have
opened a cash and carry grocery store.
Deckerville—Phillips & Bryce suc-
ceed Charles Moore in the meat busi-
ness.
Thompsonville—C, A. Eddy has
opened a harness and shoe repair
shop.
Saginaw—The Derry Lumber Co.
has changed its postoffice address to
Detroit.
Hart—Spitler Bros. has opened. a
musical instrument and music store
in the Kobe building.
Red Jacket—Joseph Vlasch has op-
ened a men’s furnishing and shoe
store at 611 Scott street.
Adrian—The capital stock of the
A. B. Park Dry Goods Co. has been
increased from $70,000 to $115,000.
Kalamazco—The G. Van Bochove
& Bro. Co., florist, has increased its
capital stock from $40,000 to $80,000.
Scottville—E. D. Weller has remov-
ed his grocery stock to Ludington,
where he will continue the business.
Baldwin—G. J. Ebmeyer has closed
out his stock of groceries and’ will
retire from trade for the winter at
least.
Pullman—Goodwin & Pickett have
closed out their stock of general mer-
chandise and will retire from retail
trade.
Evart—Drake & Waggoner have
closed out their stock of dry goods
and clothing will
business.
Kalamazoo—The firm of Oakley &
Oldfield, which deals in coal and seeds.
has changed its name. to Oakley &
Oldfield Co.
Fennville—Leon Bell. manager of
the Fennville Baking Co. has closed
out the business owing to the high
cost of material.
Kalamazoo—R. Swart has opened
a women’s shoe store at 107 South
Burdick street under the style of the
Novelty Boot Shop.
Newaygo—W.. J. Pike & Son have
sold their stock of drugs, groceries
and confectionery to W. A. Kraus,
who has taken possession.
Detroit—The John H. Busby Co.,
Inc., electrical contracting engineer
at 73 Shelby street, has increased: its
capital stock from $10,000 to $50,000.
and retire from
Applegate—Phipps Bros. have sold
their stock of harness and agricultural
implements to Mr. Backus, recently
of Carsonville, who has taken ces
session.
Holly—The Holly Grain & Produce
Co. has been organized with an author-
ized capital stock of $25,000, of which
$12,500 has been subscribed and $1,250
._paid.in in cash.
Alto—W. H. Watts has moved his
general stock into his new store build-
ing. Charles R. Foote has moved his
hardware stock into the building va-
cated’ by Mr. Watts. :
Custer—The Custer Produce Co.,
with M. J. McBane as manager, has
engaged in business; occupying the
Brayman warehouse which it has leas-
ed for a term of years.
Allegan—Fred Durand is closing
out his meat business to take the
management of a chain store for the
Great Western Tea Co., which will
occupy the same building.
Greenville—The Riches & Jensen Co.
has been incorporated to deal in farm
products with an authorized capitaliza-
tion of $5,000 which has all been sub-
scribed and paid in in cash. °
Jackson—L. B. Cowley; shoe deal-
er at the corner of Mechanic and Cort-
land streets, has purchased the store
building which he occupies with his
stock and will remodel it.
~ Carson has
purchased the interest of his partner,
Don Jennings, in the meat market of
McCrary & Jennings and will continue
the business under his own name.
Otsego—G. W. Bingham, undertak-
er and furniture dealer for the past
twenty-five years, has sold his stock
to H..M. Murray, recently of Albion,
who will take possession Nov. 12.
Vestaburg—Clarence Gregory and
Paige Throop have formed a cOpart-
nership and taken over the hardware
stock of Edward Harding, continuing
-the business at the same location.
St. Louis—A. T. Kitchen has sold
his interest in the grocery stock of
Hanna & Kitchen to Mrs. E. J. Alex- °
ander and the business will be con-
tinued under the style of Hanna &
Alexander.
Detroit—The Grand Haven Sand
Co. has been incorporated with an
authorized capitalization of $2, 500, of
which $1,250 has been subscribed and
paid in in cash. It will deal in sand
and clay products.
Pontiac—H. W. Baer, who owns
a half. interest in the F. J. Stuart
stock flour, feed and grain, has pur-
chased Mr. Stuart’s interest and will
continue the business at the same
location under his own name.
Plymouth—John J. McLoren has
merged his business into a stock com-
pany to be known as the Plymouth Ele-
vator Co., with an authorized capital
stock of $25,000, of which $12,500 has
been pusirigenion and paid in in cash.
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Ispheming—L. L. Dittmer has tak-
en the position of manager of the
Skud dry goods store. Mr. Dittmer
is from Appleton, Wis., and has been
in the dry goods. business for some
time. His family will join him here
as soon as accommodations are found.
Morenci—W. T. Fuller, of Lyons,
has traded his tile yard here for the
E. E. Carncross & Son store building
and stock of agricultural implements
and will continue the business under
the management of L. V. Lee, who
formerly conducted the tile business
for him.
Port Huron—Thomas Hess, gro-
cer at the corner of Erie and Rawlins
streets, has sold his stock and store
fixtures to Smith Bros., who conduct
a chain of stores throughout the city
and will continue the business at the
same location. Mr, Hess will leave
soon for Camp Custer.
Allegan—William McKinnon, who
recently purchased the hardware and
implement stock of C. S. Hughes &
Sons, has sold it to Frank D. Travis,
of Plainwell. The purchaser will con-
tinue the business under the manage-
ment of Bert Cunningham, who has
been identified with the establishment
for several years.
‘ Manufacturing Matters.
Lansing—The Capital Auto Co. has
decreased its capital stock from: $45,-
000 to $25,000.
Alpena—The Alpena Woolen Mills
Co. has increased its capital stock
from $7,500 to $20,000.
Chelsea—The Chelsea Steel Ball
Co. has increased its capital stock
from $75,000 to $200,000.
Sturgis—The Sturgis Steel Go-Cart
Co. has increased its capital stock
from $100,000 to $400,000.
Detroit—The capital stock of the
Detroit Welder Co, has been increas-
ed from $100,000 to $150,000.
Port Huron—The Canvas Goods
Co., Inc., has decreased its capital
stock from $35,000 to $10,000.
Charlotte—The Duplex Truck Co.
has closed its plant and removed the
machinery to its Lansing plant.
Romeo—The Swartz Furniture Co.,
of Detroit, has removed its plant
here and will continue the business.
Lansing—Allen, Gross & Co. have
incorporated with an authorized cap-
italization of $2,500, of which $1,500
has been subscribed and $1,000 paid
in in cash.
Detroit—The Pronorost Wheel Co.
has been organized with an authorized
capital stock of $40,000, $24,000 of
which has been subscribed and $4,000
paid in in cash.
Grand River—The Collins Land &
Lumber Co. has been incorporated with
an authorized capitalization of $100,000,
of which $61,000 has been stibscribed
and $10,000 paid in in cash.
Sault Ste. Marie—The Desormeau
Lumber Co. has been incorporated
with an authorized capital stock of
$5,000, all of which has beer subscrib-
ed and paid in in property.
Detroit—The Wolverine Cushion
and Accessory Co. has been incor-
porated with an authorized capitali-
zation of $5,000, which amount has
been subscribed, $1,000 being paid in
in cash.
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Detroit—The Gairing & Needham
Tool Co. has been organized with an
authorized capital stock of $25,000,
all of which has been subscribed,
$2,500 being paid in mm cash,
Pontiac—The Olympian Motor
Truck Co. has been incorporated with
an authorized capitalization of $50,-
000, which amount has been sub-
scribed, $5,000 being paid in in cash.
Detroit—The Peoples Soda Water
& Baking Co .has been organized with
an authorized capitalization of $35,-
000, which amount has been subscrib-
ed, $3,900 paid in in cash and $26,100
in property.
Milford—The Milford Lumber
Manufacturing Co. has been organ-
ized to make crating from soft lum-
ber. The company will commence
manufacturing at once under the man-
agement of F. S. Hubbell.
Northville—The Superior Churn &
Manufacturing Co, has been incor-
porated with an authorized capitaliza-
tion of $10,000, which amount has been
subscribed, $4,000 being paid in in
cash and $4,000 in property.
Sparta—The newly-built flour and
feed mill of Vincent Budnek burned
to the ground Oct. 29. The installa-
tion of the machinery had not yet
been completed. Loss, about $2,000,
and practically covered by insurance.
Jackson—The Case Manufacturing
Co. has been incorporated to manu-
facture portable houses with an au-
thorized capital stock of $60,000, which
amount has been subscribed, $172.66
being paid in in cash and $14,027.34
in property.
Escanaba—The AutomA&tic Stores
Machine Co. has been organized with
an authorized capitalization of $25,-
000, of which $12,500 has been sub-
scribed and $2,500 paid in in cash.
It will manufacture automatic pack-
age selling devices.
H. J. Anderson, manager of the
general store of Mitchell Bros., at
Jennings, was in Grand Rapids yes-
terday to attend the coal conference.
Mr. Anderson has been connected
with Mitchell Bros. for nearly a quar-
ter of a century and is very generally
regarded as one of the most pains-
taking and efficient store managers
in the country. Mr. Anderson is quiet
and unassuming in appearance, but
possesses a mental poise and knowl-
edge of values which make him a val-
uable asset to his employers.
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C. G. Ganopuls has engaged in the
egg and poultry business at 244 Pearl
street under the style of the North-
western Produce Co. Mr. Ganopuls
is a Greek who has resided in this
country about four years. He claims
he has a brother who is engaged in
the same line of business at Chicago.
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Mrs. Verne L. Robinson, of How-
ard City, has added a line of gro-
ceries to her stock of bazaar goods,
the Worden Grocer Co. furnishing
the stock.
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Frank J. Dyk, the veteran Grand
Rapids grocer, left Tuesday for Los
Angeles, where he will spend the
winter. He is accompanied by his
wife.
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Review of the Grand Rapids Produce
Market. :
Apples—Winesaps and York Im-
perials, $2 per bu.; Baldwins, Green-
ings and Wagners, $5.50 per bbl.;
Northern Spys, $6@7 per bbl.
Bananas—$5 per 100 lbs.
Beets—$1.40 per bu.
Butter—Receipts of fresh are about
normal for the season, The quality
arriving is average good. The con-
sumptive demand is good and the
market is steady at prices ranging the
same as last week. We do not look
for any change from the present con-
ditions during the coming week. Lo-
cal dealers hold extra creamery at 43c
brings 1c less. Local dealers pay 40c
brings 1c less. Leal dealers pays 40c
for No. 1 in jars and 32c for packing
stock.
Cabbage—Home grown, $1 per bu.
Carrots—75c per bu.
Cauliflower—$2 per doz.
Celery—25@40c per bunch.
Celery Cabbage—10c per bunch.
Eggs—Fresh are getting scarcer
and the demand is a little stronger
than a week ago, in consequence of
which buyers have moved their payinz
price up 2c. The statistical position
is still unsatisfactory as stocks of
eggs in storage have not worked out
as rapidly as was expected nor as
they should have done during the
past two or three months. However,
with the reduced prices and scarcity
of fine fresh eggs, extra quality eggs
out of storage are meeting with fair
demand and we understand that hold-
ers of such eggs are not urging them
for sale. Price control is doubtless
having its effect on the egg market
along with other food products, but
we would urge that thosé who have
eggs in storage of fine quality, and in
the right kind of storage where they
will keep well during cold weather,
should be in no hurry to sell them as
we do not look for present prices to
hold for any length of time. In fact,
we believe that prices of all food
products will necessarily go higher
before another producing season. The
large amount of war garden produce
is doubtless influencing the demand
for dairy products, but garden stuff
will be off the market by midwinter
and then we expect an extra good
demand for eggs, Local dealers pay
40c for fresh, loss off, including cases.
Cold storage operators are putting
out their stock on the following basis:
Extras, candled, 38c; first, 36c; sec-
onds 34c.
Green Peppers—50c per basket.
Honey—22c per lb. for white clover
and 20c for dark.
Lemons—California selling at $7.75
for choice and $8.25 for fancy.
Lettuce—15c per lb. for hot house
leaf; $2.50 per hamper for New York
head.
Limes—$1.50 per 100 for Italian.
Maple Syrup—$1.75 per gal. for
pure.
Mushrooms—75c per Ib.
Musk Melons—California honey
dew $2.75 per crate of 6 to 10.
Nuts—Almonds, 21c per 1b.; filberts
20c per lb.; pecans, 19c per Ib.; wal-
nuts 20c for Grenoble; Brazils, 18c;
Mixed Nuts, 16'4c.
Onions—Home_ grown command
$3.50 per 100 Ib, sack; Spanish, $2.25
per crate.
Oranges—California Valencias, $4.75
@5.
Cranberries—$14 per bbl. for Late
Howes.
Figs—10 lb. layers, $1.65; 20 8 oz.
packages, $1.85.
Grape Fruit—$5.25 per box for all
sizes Floridas.
Grapes—California Tokays com-
mand $2 per crate; Emperor, $5.25 per
keg or $2.25 per crate; Malaga, $6.50
@7 per keg.
Green Onions—Shallots,
bunch.
Potatoes—Up State buyers are pay-
ing 90@95c. All are looking for low-
er prices, due to car shortage and the
yield turning out so much better than
was expected.
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Poultry—No change in the situa-
tion. Receipts are running light so
far this week. Prices remain steady
with a good demand for No. 1 springs
and hens. Some enquiry for turkeys
now. Ducks plentiful and geese a lit-
tle scarce. Local dealers pay as fol-
lows, live weight: heavy hens, 21@
22c; light hens, 17@18c; cox and stags
14@15c; springs, large 21@22c; small
and Leghorns, 17@19c; geese, 20@2I1c;
ducks, 21@22c. Dressed fowls aver-
age 8c above quotations.
Radishes—15c per doz. bunches for
small.
Sweet Potatoes—$4.50 per bbl. for
Virginia.
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Tomato¢s—30c
house.
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The Grocery Market.
Sugar—The condition is unchanged
from last week. No local jobber has
any granulated in stock.
Tea—While the demand for tea dur-
ing the. past week has been of a spas-
modic character, the volume of busi-
ness on the whole shows a material
increase as compared with the move-
ment in recent preceding weeks. Dis-
tributers are abandoning the policy
of buying against immediate needs
only, the relatively low prices now
prevailing and the possibilities held
by the tonnage situation abroad, of
for hot
at least a maintenace of present prices,
and pointing as more probable to
some advances, encouraging them to
anticipate to an extent at least ot
their requirements of the nearer fu-
ture. Late cable advices from Japan
estimate exports as approximately the
same as last year and add that ship-
ments are much delayed by
space.
lack of
From Formosa it is reported
by cable that the quality of the crop
now on offer is confined principally
to standard grade. For any tea with
quality the Formosa market is firm,
but for the low grades the market is
dull. Foochow cables are to the ef-
fect that Russians have bought 10,000
packages. Exchange advancing
and the market for tea was firm, with
a rising tendency.
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Coffee—The market continues weak
and dull, but without material change
for the week. All grades of Rio and
Santos are on the same basis as last
week, although the trade seems to
believe that if they went in to buy
. they could probably get all they want-
decline. Milds are
dull and weak, but unchanged. Java
and Mocha grade are quiet, without
feature. ;
ed at an eighth
Canned Fruit—There is no longer
an active demand for gallon apples, as
the trade is waiting to see how things
are going to turn out and the possi-
bility of cheaper offerings from the
West and South.
Canned the
items on the list have undergone any
important changes during the week
except that tomatoes are being offer-
ed here and there by resellers at con-
cessions, but there is not enough of-
fering to really make a market.
Vegetab'es—None of
Canned Fish—There is a fairly good
demand for salmon on the basis of
quoted prices, but there is a tendency
on the part of both buyers and sellers
to go slow in placing any new busi-
ness. Other items on the list are
nominally unchanged.
Dried Fruits—The situation at pres-
ent has only one feature and that is
the question of transportation, Ship-
ments from the Coast are being seri-
ously delayed and. the. prospects are
becoming worse instead of better. It
is said that the Santa Fe road is doing
all that it possibly can do to help
shippers out, but that the Southern
Pacific insists on loads both ways, so
that the problem is complicated just
that much. But even after the cars
start there is no telling when they
will get here, so that the local mar-
ket for dried fruit of all kinds is feel-
ing the effects and there is less fruit
on hand than there ever was at this
time of the year before. The naturai
result is that there is an effort being
made ta buy up spot supplies, but
holders are not willing to sell as they
themselves would immediately be in
the market for supplies to meet the
needs of their own trade. There has
been an advance in prunes of about
34c over the opening prices of the As-
sociation, but this has not: brought
out any offerings; as there, have not
been-enough arrivals as yet to afford
the slightest surplus on which. to
trade. In fact, it may be said that all
arrivals of dried fruit are to fill con-
tracts previously made and that they
are distributed immediately upon ar-
rival. :
Cheese—Early made sharp cheese
is selling at about the same prices as
a week ago, while new-made stock
is weak and lower and selling at about
2 cents per pound under the held stock.
The quality is not as good as it was
a week ago. The make is reported to
be decreasing to a considerable ex-
tent and we are having our usual fall
decline on account of the quality not
We are not likely to
experience any change of any conse-
quence in future.
Sugar Syrups—Very little stock is
being so sood.
the immediate
coming out as the few refiners who
are operating have next to no raws
to work on. Whatever is offered is
promptly absorbed through competi-
tive bidding of exporters.
Corn Syrup—To cover the new 3
per cent. excise tax on freight rates
prices have been slightly raised and
aré now based on 5.65c for 42 degrees
mixing, an advance of one point. De-
mand ccentinues active and supples
light.
Rice—The scarcity of spot stock is
acute and promises to become more
the felt of the
embargo placed shipments from
the South by the transportation lines,
Demand is urgent, but cannot be met
promptly, owing to the paucity of
The market clos-
with an upward trend to
ptices in sympathy with advices from
New Orleans and Galveston.
so when full effect is
on
available supplies.
ed strong
The pepper market remains
firm with no prospect of a reaction
from present high
Owing to the uncer-
Spices
prices for some
time to come.
tain outlook for future supplies and
continued for
sight, the
cidedly strong. although prices are on
a somewhat lower An ‘or-
cassias and
pimento is full) quoted
prices. Mace is in good demand and
nutmegs active, the market for both
firm.
Provisions-—-The market on fard is
what is in
cloves is
demand
market for de-
basis.
trade in
reported at
dinary routine
being
steady. quotations ranging about ™“%c
lower than last week’s quotations, due
to a the consumptive
demand and moderate supply. The
market on compound lard is very
firm, with extremely light receipts
and a heavy consumptive demand.
Prices range ™%c higher than previous
quotations. Continued high prices
are looked: for in this commodity as
shrinkage in
there is no immediate relief in sight
for a larger supply. The market on
smoked meats is steady, quotations
averaging about %4@1c per pound un-
der previous quotations, due to a
slight falling off in the consumptive
demand and moderate receipts. The
market on dried heef is firm at. un-
changed quotations, with a light sup-
ply and a good consumptive demand.
The market on barreled pork is firm,
quotations ranging about the same as
last week. No -material change is
looked:.for in the near’ future. The
market-on canned meats is very firm,
quotations slightly higher
than last week. There is a light sup-
ply and a good consumptive demand.’
ranging
You can speak to friends, but must
advertise to strangers.
MICHIGAN TRADESMAN
November 7, 1917
Better Dig Potatoes Than Attend
Foot Ball Games.
Written for the Tradesman.
The present is not a time for levity
or hilarious merriment; it is mot a
time for unrestricted amusement.
Jesting is unbecoming and _ even
humor should be subdued. The ex-
penditure of money, time, energy and
other resources in anything not ab-
solutely necessary or beneficial is a
shameful waste if not a crime. It is
hard to reconcile a thoroughly arous-
ed patriotism with some present day
occurrences. While a ma_o-ity of our
people are bending every effort in the
manner demanded by the present
crisis, there still seems to be many
who evince no sign of being awake
to impending danger and the necessi-
ty of co-operating in the work to be
done to save humanity or to divert
in some degree the destruction, suf-
fering and sorrow sure to come.
Being in Ann Arbor Oct. 20, I saw
the Pere Marquette train of twelve to
fifteen spick and span coaches which
brought from Lansing the Agricul-
tural College foot ball team and hun-
dreds of spectators. A little later we
passed Ferry Field and saw the
throngs hurrying to the scene of the
contest between the Agricultural Col-
lege and University teams. Autos
were parked on both sides of the
streets in the vicinity, electric cars
were following one another as close-
ly as safety would permit and dis-
charging passengers. Within sight
and hearing and about Ferry Field
were boarding and rooming houses
where wives, widows, mothers and
daughters are slaving early and late
to wait on exacting and fastidious
students, many of whom are so negli-
gent in paying board or room rent
that their landladies are constantly
harrassed and worried to meet ex-
penses. Let alone paying in advance,
as is the rule, some never settle in
full until the end of the school year,
and then only for fear of father’s dis-
pleasure or threat of expulsion from
college or withholding of the coveted
diploma. It is a poor guesser who
could not tell where this class of
students may be found when a game
is on. Surely not out earning money
to pay their way at school and keep
bills promptly paid.
Appeals have now reached and en-
listed the co-operation of most peo-
ple who can be moved by appeals. It
is now time to employ other means to
reach those without heart or sym-
pathy who go on wasting time, money,
energy and other resources for un-
necessary and selfish gratification.
Before another October 20, unless
there is system and organization in
operation to direct and employ the
willing as well as indifferent ones,
there will be more potatoes in the
frozen ground, more apples ungather-
ed and more corn in the fields all
winter than this year. Before another
month of May there will have to be
organized an industrial army to take
the place of the farm boys in the army.
The volunteer system is not depend-
able. The shops and factories wil!
not release men as they proposed or
promised; laborers and farmers can
not agree on wages.
If the automobiles, electric cars and
railway trains which carried foot ball
spectators on Oct. 20, 1917, had been
employed to carry men, women and
children into the country to help save
the late crops there would have been
more produce in Michigan fit for
market to-day, instead of frosted.
But there must be a head to every
enterprise and there must be author-
ity to enforce its carrying out where
volunteers fail. E. E. Whitney.
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Every Food Dealer Now Under Gov-
ernment Supervision.
Washington, Nov. 5—For the dura-
tion of the war, 100,000 manufactur-
ers, wholesalers and other distrib-
uters of staple food will be under li-
cense by the United States Food Ad-
niinistration.
Business men who have taken
prompt Steps to secure licenses need
not worry because they have not re-
ceived the actual documents, the Food
Administration announced to-day, so
‘ong as they are not violating the
Food Control Act, which has been in
effect since August 10.
Those who have not yet sent t9
Washington for their application
blanks should do so at once, mean-
while continuing their normal busi-
— activities in compliance with the
aw.
Thus far nearly 50,000 application
hlanks have been called for and re-
guests for them are pouring in at the
rate of 4,000 per day. No licenses
have been mailed out vet, but thou-
sands are stacked up, filled in and re-
corded, ready to be sent to the appli-
cants as soon as booklets containing
complete rules and regulations for
the guidance of licensees have been
received from the printer.
The License Section of the Food
Administration estimates that when
the lists are complete there will be
about 100,000 licensees, including im-
porters, packers, canners, manufac-
turers, wholesalers, commission men,
brokers, auctioneers, storage ware-
housemen, together with retailers do-
ing more than $100,000 business an-
rually, which embraces mail order
firms and chain stores.
Small retailers will not be licensed.
These retailers, however, are all sub-
‘ect to the provisions of the Food
T aw itself, which forbids speculation,
hoarding and excessive profits. They
will also be controlled through the
licensing regulations controlling
wholesalers, who will be obliged to
cut off the supplies of dealers of any
size, and in any branch of the trade,
who exact exorbitant profits on the
necessities of life.
The licensed foods include beef,
pork and mutton, fish, poultry and
ezgs, milk, butter, cheese, flour, sugar,
cereals, lard, beans, peas, fruits, vege-
tables, several lines of canned goods
and other products.
Hereafter no distributer of any of
these foods may do business without
a license, excepting the small retail-
ers, canners, packers and_ specified
classes of manufacturers having small
outputs. The penalty for operating
without a license is $5,000 fine or two
years imprisonment.
The Food Administration empha-
s‘'zes that for the immediate future
any one who has not received his li-
cense may continue his bustness in
the usual way without fear of penalty,
if he makes prompt application within
the next few days.
The purposes of licensing are stat-
ed as follows:
1. To limit the prices charged by
every licensee to a reasonable amount
over expenses and forbid the acquisi-
tion of speculative profits from a ris-
ing market.
2. To keep all food commodities
moving in as direct a line and with as
little delay as practicable to the con-
sumer. :
3. To limit, so far as practicable,
contracts for future delivery and deal-
ings in future contracts.
With few exceptions, those engaged
in the handling of food have shown
the utmost patriotism and a desire to
go even beyond the requirements of
the law itself in supplying the public
with necessities at moderate prices.
The exceptions are being noted and
vigorous use will be made in these
cases of the powers conferred by Con-
gress.
For the most part, however, the
Food Administration anticipates the
full co-operation and voluntary sup-
port of all licensees, without resort
to compulsion.
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How Sales of Food Must Be Re-
stricted.
The hoarding of food is to be check-
ed under regulations about to be is-
sued by the U. S. Food Administra-
tion in connection with its system of
licensing all dealers.
No licensee will be permitted tc
“keep on hand or have in possession
or under control, by contract or other
arrangement, at any time, any food
commodities in a quantity in excess
of the reasonable requirements of his
business for use cr sale by him dur-
ing the period of sixty days,’ or to
“sell or deliver to any person any
food commodities if the licensee
knows, or has reason to believe that
such a sale or delivery will give to
such a person a supply—in excess of
his reasonable requirements for use
or sale by him. during the period of
sixty days next succeeding such sale
or delivery.” With respect to some
commodities the limit is fixed at thir-
ty days supply.
Exceptions are made of commod-
ities which are produced in great
abundance at certain seasons such as
fruits, vegetables, fish, poultry, eggs,
dairy products, cotton seed products
and others, These may be held in
sufficient quantities to meet reasonable
requirements throughout the period
of scant or no production.
Sales in excess of sixty days sup-
ply may be made for the use of the
United States Government or Allies,
or for cities and state governments.
It is also provided that for seeding
purposes food commodities may be
stored longer than sixty days if no-
tice is sent to the Food Administra-
tion.
No licensee will be prevented from
having on hand less than a carload
of any commodity and, in addition, a
carload in transit.
These rules will’ not affect the
validity of contracts made in good
faith prior to October 15, but the li-
censee will be required to give to the
Food Administration copies of all
such contracts which will not be ful-
ly performed on January 1, and on the
latter date further action in regard
to such. contracts will be considered.
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Marketing Cottage Cheese.
The utilization of skimmilk by mak-
ing it into cottage cheese and using
the cheese as a substitute for meat
has been urged jointly by the U. S.
Food Administration and the Depart-
ment of Agriculture. Ordinary paste-
board oyster pails make serviceable
containers for marketing cottage
cheese locally in small retail quanti-
ties.
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The Truth About Ireland.
-Detroit, Oct. 6—When a person oi
Irish birth makes bold to discuss the
“Trish question,” for centuries dis-
tressing but, never more so than to-
day, he first must expose his ante-
cedents. In ‘other words, he must
answer two questions:
“Were your progenitors English or
Scotch ‘settlers’ or ‘pure Irish?’” and
“Were they Catholics or Protestants?”
I don’t know in which category the
greater suspicion exists, but it is a
sad fact that the Irish Catholic as a
rule is dubious regarding the political
views of the Irish Protestant and vice
versa; and equally sad that a political
distrust exists. between the so-called
“pure Irish” and the descendants of
the English and Scotch “settlers.”
Timidly, therefore, as an Irish-born
American citizen,’ descendant of a
Huguenot family which, expelled be-
cause of its religious belief from
France, sought freedom of conscience
and liberty of ‘thought in Catholic
Ireland—a family that soon became
as thoroughly Irish in sentiment as
its neighbors—venture to raise my
voice in behalf of some prompt and
humane soluticn of the question which
is doing more harm to the cause of
the Allies, world democracy, and all
that it means, in the United States
than all the machinations of German
agents and pro-Teutonic pacifists.
Is there no big-brained, large-heart-
ed, unprejudiced, untrammelled Irish-
born American—a man of really
statesmanlike breadth of vision and
unquestioned moral influence—a man
untainted with “ecclesiasticism,” who,
if a Cathclic, isn’t going to consider
first of all what is most to the ad-
vantage of his church machinery; or
who, if a Protestant, isn’t poisoned by
the narrow-minded bigotry that I
personally know too often character-
izes membership in an Orange lodge,
and who doesn’t see, in his imagina-
tion, the Inquisition re-established
with Home Rule—is there no such
MICHIGAN TRAD@SMAN
Irish-born American, I ask, who
could be sent officially on a “Mission”
to Ireland to appeal to her 4,000,000
inhabitants that they for their own
sake and the sake of the life, liberty,
and happiness of the vastly more mil-
lions of human beings that are at
stake, forget the crimes and errors
of the past, forget Elizabeth and
Cromwell and ’98, and even Easter,
1916, and get together for their own
good and the good of the whole
world?
Perhaps this suggestion may seem
absurd if not impertinent. At all
events, it comes from one whose heart
grows sadder daily as he reads the
news that filters through from the
country which gave him birth which
only needs fewer churches and more
religion of the Golden Rule-Sermon
on the Mount brand; fewer politicians
and more real statesmen; less ec-
clesiasticism and more peasant pro-
prietorship; more compulsory educa-
tion in the South and West and less
industrial greed and selfishness in the
Northeast; more good-natured respect
for the other fellow’s opinion and
less ready use of the shillelah as an
argument, to become once more a
land of peace and plenty entitled to
a seat in the world’s council cham-
ber.
For, I make bold to ask, how long
would or could England dare to re-
fuse self-government to such a neigh-
bor? W. J. G.
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Scarcity of Store Help.
The general problem of female
store help, ‘while it is not so great
as it was a month or two back, is still
prominent enough with certain stores
to cause further study. Several
schemes are being tried to solve the
difficulty. One store has hit on the
plan of employing part-time help
from 1 p. m. to the closing hour with
considerable success, although this
arrangement does not take into con-
sideration the scarcity of clerks
through the lunch hours.
In cases where half-day help is em-
ployed from 11 a. m. on, difficulty is
often met with by these workers be-
ing tied up with a customer when
their quitting hour comes. Some-
times a sale is lost by a switch in
salespeople in a case like that, no mat-
ter how diplomatically the change is
made.
A Middle Western: concern has
found a good arrangement in employ-
ing part-time workers only from 11
a.m. to 2 p.m. This keeps the store
well “manned” over the lunch hour
and, that period being fairly dull sco
far as selling is concerned, the “part-
timers” are given plenty of opportuni-
ty to straighten up stocks. This not
only gives the regular force more
time to sell, but largely removes a
task that not a few of the regulars
find .distasteful.
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Nothing New in Sheep-Milk Cheese.
Back East a report is going the
rounds of the papers to the effect that
Montana has the only factory in the
country turning out cheese from
sheep’s milk. Of course, the United
States is a big country and it is easy
for those in one part not to know
what is going on in others and this
accounts for the claim that the Moun-
tana sheep dairy is a novelty, but it
is by no means the only one, For
the past ten years or more many sheep
have been milked in California. At
the present time over 2,000 head are
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being milked in Yolo county. As a
rule, it is Greeks who are behind the
sheep dairy business. The ewes are
milked after the lambs are weaned and
the milk made into cheese that is ex-
ported to Greece, with the exception
of small quantities that are used by
the Greek population in the United
States, or rather by those who can
afford it as it is considered a delicacy
and commands high prices as a re-
sult of the labor necessary to produce
it—Pacific Dairy Review.
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Maine Sardine Canners Whipped Into
Line.
Washington, Nov. 6—Canners rep-
resenting 90 per cent. of the Maine
sardine canning industry, in confer-
ence with the Food Administration,
voluntarily agreed to reduce their
price to $5.60 per case of 100 cans for
the 4% size in oil and keyless cans;
$6.10 per case of 100 cans for % key
cans in oil; and $5.60 per case of 4
size, packed with mustard. All in
standard decorated cans with the us-
ual differentials for goods in wrap-
pers, Or in cartons.
They have agreed to maintain
prices not only on their present stocks,
but on the pack yet to be made, in
spite of the fact that the remainder
of the season will show increasing
costs. This action of the industry
has been approved by the Food Ad-
ministration, as it ensures a reason-
able price to the consumer on this
highly nutritious article of food. Re-
tailers can well afford to sell these
keyless cans at three for 25 cents and
the wholesale grocers have agreed to
turn them over to a correspondingly
close margin.
Any instances of wholesalers or
retailers asking for excessive profits
on these goods should be reported to
the Food Administration.
Barney Langeler has worked in
this institution continuously for
over forty-eight years.
Barney says—
“‘Buy the Line that is renowned—
When WORDEN’S salesmen come around.”
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November 7, 1917.
THE MERCHANT’S PLAIN DUTY
In the crisis which now confronts
the civilized world it is the duty of
every merchant to live up to the letter
and spirit of every rule and regula-
tion promulgated by the Government
for his direction and guidance. Some
of the rules will be hard to obey and
will entail loss of profits and the sev-
erance of pleasant relations, but
these are sacrifices which all patriots
must cheerfully endure if we are to
win the war. Ignorance of the law
will excuse no one. The merchant
who fails to read his trade journal
and keep in close touch with the
rulings issued from time to time from
headquarters will have only himself
to blame if he finds himself out of
business—ostracised by his fellows,
with the stamp of disloyalty on his
forehead and the finger of scorn
pointing directly at him for the re-
mainder of his days. This is no
time for temporizing or offering ex-
planations or apologies. It is a time
for intelligent comprehension and
immediate action. Not to employ
both expedients is to write the vio-
lator down as a slacker and a traitor.
MAKING A BUSINESS OF WAR.
America leads the world in power
of initiative, in accumulated wealth
and in natural resources, which are
potential wealth beyond estimate. As
a people we have met many new
problems in a new way and success-
fully conquered them. Our resource-
fulness is proverbial, our courage a
National heritage which grows with
each generation.
We are entering the greatest war
of all times. Our entrance into hos-
tilities is at a critical period of that
war—at a time when a gigantic dead-
lock exists. America is to be the
deciding factor and to win the war.
This war is of such colossal pro-
portions that the expense entailed
upon all governments is difficult to
appreciate by the average citizen. It
is clearly realized, however, by the
banking interests, and, in a degree,
by the commercial interests also.
Time is a great factor, for every day
added to the length of the war brings
its added toll of terrible proportions
in life and treasure. We have a big
task to meet and we must meet it in
a big way.
The principles involved in this war
are basic. The triumph of the Allies
must take place before any form of
investment in America can regain its
former stability or promise of con-
tinuing value. That victory must be
won and the principle of the sacred-
ness of contracts between nations, as
well as individuals, affirmed in a most
unmistakable manner before Ameri-
can commercial interests can return
to their former condition of ad-
vancing prosperity.
Facing calmly and without fear this
serious situation, it becomes the
business of every business man to
make, as his primary occupation,
every hour of every day, the winning
of this great world war. This is
no time for planning campaigns
along ordinary lines to win ordinary,
or extraordinary, profits, to win a
temporary or a permanent advantage
over a trade rival. It is a time when
every man with a stake in the country
should remember Andrew Carnegie’s
advice: “Put all your eggs in one
basket and then watch the _ basket.”
Under stress of circumstances we
have been forced to put all our eggs
into one basket. All our prospects
of future success in every line of
activity, in every profession or occu-
pation, are at stake in this war for
the right to live and to labor under
conditions fore-shadowed by our
Declaration of Independence and
safeguarded by our Constitution.
It is a time for a truce of God in
local or National commercial antag-
onisms, for a forgetting of old feuds,
a discarding of all old antagonisms—
a time for a truce of God throughout
the length and breadth of this land
in all economic or social warfare, for
the hope of the world is between the
fighting lines, and only a united, ag-
gressive and patriotically inspired
American can win quickly that vic-
tory which shall ensure peace and
prosperity to coming generations.
The world may well see in the Ger-
man announcement of a withdrawal
along the Chemin des Dames a finger
writing on the wall. It may not mean
the immediate fall of Laon and La
Fere and the straightening of the
whole line between St. Quentin and
the German positions before Rheims,
but it means at least their fall in the
not far distant future. Last spring a
“voluntary” retreat along the Somme
was disguised as a strategic move
which would delay and disrupt the
Franco-British offensive so carefully
prepared to reopen there; in reality
not even the Germans failed to see
that it was the fruit of the Allied
gains preceding. There can be no
attempt now at concealment of the
fact that the present retreat is the
direct result of French assaults which
a little over a week ago carried
dominating German positions, and
captured 12,000 prisoners and 180
guns. There will be fear in Germany,
and hope in the Allied nations, that
whatever retreat is carried out will
be soon followed by another at points
in Flanders where the British have
been pushing forward.
Every advertisement hits
body; some hit everybody.
some-
TREND IN DRY GOODS TRADE.
The line of necessity and non-
necessity in dry goods is beginning
to appear in a shadowy way in trade.
It is being defined by two forces,
one the sure force of very high prices,
the other by the quiet control of
production for the Government. The
line is becoming very clear to the
wool trade and the active force there
is the necessity of having plenty of
wool available for staple articles for
the soldiers and sailors. It is becom-
ing less well defined in the silk trade
where mills are not making as many
fancies for future sale and are elimin-
ating considerable of the low quality
silks. In linens, the gradual disap-
pearance of the non-necessities has
been going on for some time. Indeed
many of the necessities of other years
have become so high that substitutes
of cotton are being made by linen
manufacturers.
In cotton goods the line is becom-
ing defined between staples and fan-
cies, so much so that many mills
hitherto engaged almost exclusively
on dobby fancies are changing their
looms over to produce plain cloths.
The fine yarn fancies are being made
in steadily decreasing quantity and
many of the plain goods are not be-
ing made in the variety of a year ago.
Fine goods mills are working more
and more toward staples in coarser
yarns, the purpose being to supply
from the fine goods looms cloths that
will commend themselves through
serviceability. Disorganization of pro-
duction from this cause is less than
might be anticipated and is being
avoided by the skillful use of ma-
chinery hitherto devoted to other
purposes.
The most careful estimates of the
volume of cotton product going to
the Government show that at least
30 per cent. is being taken and wil}
be needed for the whole of next year.
Many contracts are being extended in
a way that will tie mills up for three-
fourths of their output to go to vari-
ous governmental departments. Fig-
ures recently issued showed that not
less than 30 per cent. of the wool
machinery of the country is now en-
gaged on Government work. The
linen and burlap mills are so fully
under. Government control that the
necessities of trade in these cloths
have been sharply marked from the
non-necessities, the British Board of
Trade being the controlling factor.
Assuming that the export trade of
the country will broaden as soon as
license and shipping facilities are re-
arranged, as they will be in the next
two months, the civilian trade can
count upon not more than 60 ‘per
cent. of a normal output of mills. If
surplus merchandise appears from
time to time, it is quite within possi-
bilities that -it will be absorbed for
use by the Allies of the Government
and will be shipped abroad from time
to time, just as is now being done
in food necessities. It is already
clear that production can not gain
much for the period of the war, cer-
tainly not in the proportion seen in
peace times. Most manufacturers feel
that production is not holding up to
_ capacity.
With these facts in mind, indicat-
ing a decided change from peace con-
ditions, the question has come up in
the trade of whether it is safe to pro-
ceed on the present levels of ‘value
in laying in stocks for future use.
The answer depends, more than upon
any other thing, upon the duration ot
the war. If the ‘war goes on, cur-
rent values are safe in many things.
Yet this shou 1 not be construed
as an encourage1.. ‘nt to buy at this
time for future needs. The last thing
any sound merchant is ‘doing now is
to advise his customer as to how
much to buy for future use. Most
merchants feel that the sooner the
trade adjusts itself to buying and
selling frequently, without hoarding
stocks of any sort, the quicker the
merchandising capital of the country
will be placed in a fluid state and
kept there. Potential needs for mer-
chandise are growing all the while,
both at home and abroad, yet any
sort of speculation upon such needs
will not be encouraged by leading
mien in the markets. Indeed, many
of them feel that if speculation ensues
it may bring down upon the markets
a sort of price fixing and price con-
trol that will merely be bottling up
natural forces and making for many
sorts of trouble -to which the dry
goods trade has not been subject.
CANNED GOODS SITUATION.
Trading in canned goods of all de-
scriptions has fallen to a minimum.
Several reasons are to be found for
this condition, any one of which might
be considered important. Perhaps
first in importance is the car short-
age, which has prevented the accumu-
lation of anything resembling a sur-
plus on the spot and so has hampered
new business. The chief desire of
traders at the present time is to se-
cure deliveries and so meet the wants
of their customers. The car shortage
feature is giving grave concern to all
involved. Tracers seem to do no
good, for no sooner is a car found
than it is immediately lost again,
and it may even be traced as far as
Jersey City, only to be lost in the al-
most hopeless tangle in the terminal
yards.
Another feature is the question of
high prices. Under the licensing reg-
ulations now in operation theoretical-
ly, but not practically, as the regula-
tions themselves have not been for-
mally issued by the Administration,
there is a great fear of incurring of-
ficial displeasure by even seeming to
be guilty of forcing prices upward.
Profiteering is bad form in these
times, and any advance in prices from
now on must justify itself by actual
cenditions, and even then will be look-
ed upon as taking advantage of un-
fortunate conditions. In other words,
any changes in prices that may come
along are expected to be toward a
lower basis if it can be shown that
present levels “include unjustifiable
speculative profits.
ae ee
Any habit which you find yourself
defending with the statement to your-
self or to others, that it is not going
to do you any harm, is at least weak-
ening your judgment.
November 7, 1917 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN
HESE famous {shoes are not
only as waterproof as a leather
shoe can be made, but are also
strictly high grade shoes in every
detail---stylish, comfortable, and
with unusual wearing qualities.
They are built to keep the feet
warm and dry in all weather---rain,
slush, snow or cold. Note the de-
tails of construction.
You cannot give your
Full Leather
trade better shoe value. Vamp Pa
Write us for catalog or
ask to see one of our
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Milwaukee, Wis. U.S. A.
Solid Oak
Tanned Counter
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Oil Slicker Lining,
Animal Inside Cork
Parchment Filling
Solid Oak Tanned Out Sole
Choke Seam Welt sewed inwith Leather Welf,
makes the shoe as waterproof as it is possible
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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN
Fall and Winter Footwear Selling.
Written for the Tradesman.
Many retail shoe dealers throu
out the country
vand for fall and
report a lively de-
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winter footwear,
weeks of
October. Rains and colder weather,
: :
ogether with
he las
especially
os
snow flurries, have
caused people to lay aside their low-
cuts and other types ef warm weath-
er footwear, and betake themselves
to the little shoe store around the
corner for something more suitable.
And thoroughly in accord with the
general policy of conservation all
along the line, is this widespread de-
sire for more seasonable footwear.
On the whole it’s far better in ev-
ery way, and in the end so much mre
economical, to invest in a new pair
of fall or winter shoes then incur
a deep and treacherous cold (which
may easily enough lead into pneu-
monia.)
The month of November should
be a banner month for the retail shoe
dealer. Not only is it the heart of
the fall season for him, but it has
one big special day—Thanksgiving
Day—which should be well played
up in his programme of selling.
Thanksgiving Day is«a National holi-
day with an historic and religious
flavor. In the lives of school children
and work-a-day folks it is a real
event. Coming as it does well to-
wards the end of the week, it is
made the occasion for week-ends and
other holiday events. And many pea-
ple look forward to it for weeks and
months. To many it means a vaca-
tion from Thursday morning until
Monday morning.
And people are (or will be) plan-
ning little trips and excursions from
hither to yon, and in their planning
footwear requirements will not be
overlooked—i. e. they will not be if
the local shoe dealer rises to the level
of his opportunities.
For that reason you should plan
a pre-Thanksgiving Day sale of sea-
sonable and suitable footwear. Put
on a Thanksgiving Day trim—and put
it on a week or ten days or two weeks
prior to the day. And play up the
idea of Thanksgiving Day footwear
in your advertising. If people re-
main in town and go to church Thanks-
giving morning (as many of them will ),
should wear new and stylish shoes.
The style-note will be especially tell-
ing in the featuring of women’s and
children’s shoes. If they remain in
town and expect company, they will
want to be suitably. dressed, and
therefore suitably appareled as to
their feet. And. of course. if they
attend a footbalf game in the after-
noon, or any other athletic or semi-
social outdoor affair, they'll need to
be properly shod. And the same is
true if they go on an outing, a week-
end, or any other sort of a jaunt that
will take them out of customary en-
vironments and amongst folks who
are particular at all in regard of ap-
pearances.
In short, Thanksgiving affords a
real occasion to the shoe dealer, as
it does to milliners, clothiers, hatters
and others.
And, then, for another thing, the
hunting season in most of our states
opens in November—generally the
15th. And this affords another oc-
casion. Men and boys who hunt—
and their name is legion—should not
imperil their health and run the
chance of spoiling the day by going
out improperly shod. Shoes that are
too much worn and not able to ex-
clude moisture; shoes with soles that
have worn thin as paper under the
ball of the foot; shoes that do not,
because of the thin texture of the up-
pers, sufficiently protect the feet
from thorns and briars—should not
be worn on hunting trips. Neither
should shoes that are not properly
fitted.’ A single day’s jaunt with a
pair of shoes that are fitted short will
sometimes put a good pair of feet out
of commission for days or weeks.
Speaking from personal experience
rather than from the theoretical
point of view, the writer knows that
the pleasure and profit of a good day
afield depend in no small measure
upon the scrt of shoes he wears. If
the shoes aren’t suitable for the pur-
pose, the fun is largely spoiled.
There’s no satisfaction in tramping
around over the countryside with
wet, cold feet.
There are many types and varieties
of hunting shoes for men and boys,
and they are retailed all the way from
about $2.50 to $15 a pair, and the
writer holds no brief for any particu-
lar sort. But. in general, a shoe for
outdoor should be provided with a
good, substantial, wet-resisting sole
(preferably a welt) and should have
strong, tough, pliant upper stock.
If the sole doesn’t come viscolized,
recommend that a bottle of this ex-
cellent water-proofing materials be
bought and applied before the shoes
are worn. It can be had from your
jobber and sold for 25 cents a half-
pint tin. Noat’s-foot oil may also be
recommended. Instruct them to pour
out the oil in a shallow pan large
enough to accommodate the shoes
and let the soles be well soaked in
it, then in the morning rub the up-
pers with it until the pores of the
leather have taken in all the oil they
This will prolong the
will contain.
OUR TRADE MARK
ON YOUR SHOES
A SMALL
THING
LOOK
FOR
This trademark represents the ground floor
plan of our factory. Look for it, ask for it:
it stands for wear, comfort and service.
Rindge, Kalmbach, Logie Company
ESTABLISHED 1864
ORIGINAL MAKERS OF
“THE GRAND RAPIDS SHOE”
Don’t Wait
For our representative to call, but mail us your
order at once for those low heel Chocolate
Colored Shoes.
7505 Bentz Chocolate Kid 8 inch Polish Welt, Imt. Tip,
1 3-8 heel, 3-7 B, 24-7C D..... 2... le... ce $5.50
7530—Chocolate Kid 8 inch Polish, Imt. Wing Tip, S S
McKay White Welting, 3-7 BC D.................. 4.50
7570 —Chocolate Calf, as above, 3-7 BC D......... Ce 4.25
7585 —Chocolate Calf 8 inch Polish, Imt. Tip, Welt, New
13-6 ee, S71 BCD. ow... lll... 5.50
7591—Tan Pebble Horse 8 inch Polish, 4% D S McKay 1 3-8
neel, 24-1 BC D.............. dee peas cesece 20a0
All on the floor
Save your freight by including your order
» for findings
Hirth-Krause Co.
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Tanners & Shoe Mfrs.
November 7, 1917
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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 11
_ life of the leather and make the shoes
as nearly water-proof as leather shoes
can be made. Also it will keep the
leather soft and pliant.
Outdoor shoes that are not sup-
posed to be worn with a polish should
thus be treated. And it makes not
the slightest difference whether they
be tans or gunmetal, or any other
dark finish.
Any broad-toed, easy fitting shoe
of sufficient heft and wearing quality
is suitable for such purpose, but it
does help to start right by applying
this water-proofing material.
The increasing popularity of the
easy-fitting Munson army last is hav-
ing a very decided effect on the style-
tendency of masculine footwear, es-
pecially on footwear of the type men-
tioned above. Many dealers have been
able to get army shoes that have been
rejected by Government inspectors
because of slight defects that do not
keep them from being a mighty good
buy for such civilians as can get a
pair. They retail at five and six dol-
lars a pair. They are good for out-
door wear, and a good many hunters
are buying them this fall.
The ‘price of shoes is somewhat
higher than people have been paying
heretofore, but this is not going to
keep people from buying fall and
winter shoes. They understand by
now that this is a matter over which
the local dealer has no control. He
must pay more for them, hence he
must ask the customer more.
So, roll up your sleeves and go af-
ter this fall business during the montn
of November. Cid McKay.
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Activities in Michigan Cities.
Written for the Tradesman,
The three clay factories at Grand
Ledge were forced to shut down last
week because of the coal shortage.
The Port Huron Chamber of Com-
merce is urging citizens to get busy in
stamping out the tussock moth to save
the shade trees.
The village of Hartford raised $10,000
to secure a new factory, the Reliance
Picture Frame Co., of Chicago. There
was disagreement as to details, however,
and Hartford has invested its $10,000 in
Liberty bonds.
The new Hotel Chippewa, at Manis-
tee, will be formally opened Thanksgiv-
ing day with a dinner dance. A gen-
erous portion of the receipts goes to the
Red Cross.
Courses in general agriculture are
being given at the night schools in Flint,
in response to a demand from the peo-
ple. ;
Bad Axe has let the contract for a
new postoffice, to cost $45,628.
Portland has received the iron posts
for its new boulevard lighting system
now being installed.
Ewing & Sons have closed their pearl
button factory at Portland for the win-
ter.
Port Huron people recently voted on
the proposal to permit the gas company
to raise its rates from 85 cents to $1 per
thousand cubic feet, or in other words
they were asked to raise their own gas
bills, and the astonishing thing is that
25 per cent. of them were in favor of
doing so. -The gas company asserts that
>
it is losing money and will have to: shut
down its plant.
Williamston, in Ingham county, has
opened a public rest room. The Twin-
ing Elevator Co., of Twining, with a
string of ten elevators along the De-
troit & Mackinac Railroad, will remove
its headquarters to Bay City Nov. 10.
Secretary Davis, of the Lansing
Chamber of Commerce, has issued a
“warning to Lansing merchants and busi-
ness men against subscriptions to any
charities or promotion schemes until
first passed by the executive committee
of that body.
Owosso has added a new fire truck
and the department is now fully motor-
ized.
The Michigan State Telephone Co.
has filed a request with State Railroad
Commission to increase rates in forty-
two towns and villages.
Lansing’s Common Council has au-
thorized the Mayor to order all outside
electric signs shut off until the present
coal famine is over.
Lansing’s city piggery has been a
financial success so far. It was started
late last year with sixty-five hogs and
has already turned in a net profit of
$1,181.54. There are 213 hogs on the
farm at present and they are worth
$4,000. The cities of Kalamazoo, Jack-
son and Marshall are following Lan-
sing’s example in feeding garbage to
pigs.
Ore shipments from Marquette and
Northern ports are still about 900,000
tons short of last year on corresponding
dates. This is due to the ice blockade
for several weeks in the spring.
The beet sugar factory at Alma start-
ed operations last week with 300 em-
ployes and runs day and night with
maximum capacity of 1200 tons of sugar
per twenty-four hours.
The Michigan class rate hearing in
which :nany shipping centers are inter-
ested was postponed to Nov. 26, in the
offices of the Michigan Railway Com-
mission at Lansing. Almond Griffen.
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Platinum Discovered in Alaska.
Before the European war the
world’s supply of platinum came chie!-
ly from mines in the Ural Mountains
of Russia. For some years these have
been giving signs of exhaustion. The
war not only affected the operation
of the mines, but interfered with the
marketing of the available supply and
caused a rapid increase in the price
of the metal.
The gratifying announcement is
made that platinum has now been
found in Alaska. The extent of the
discovery is not yet determined, but
it is known to be large, and the de-
posits are so rich that the metal-
lurgist to whom the first specimens
were submitted for analysis did not
have the courage to report on them
lest he be thought guilty of a wild
exaggeration. The metal so far in
sight is that found in river deposits.
The real mines are back in the moun-
tains, nobody knows where. There
the serious exploitation of the fu-
ture will be done, but meanwhile the
river sands will pay again Alaska’s
many times cancelled debt.
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The man who doesn’t advertise
ought to chum, with a mummy.
As an All Year Round Seller
The Bertsch Dress
Shoe Line
for men is unexcelled.
You can safely add any of the numbers in the BERTSCH
shoe line to your stock. Every one of them is a good all
year round seller.
If they do not move this season they will be equally
good next spring.
This is one of the features that makes the BERTSCH
line strong with the dealers.
Another all-important feature is the wearing qualities.
You cannot go wrong here. Every pair has in them the
very best material and workmanship.
This insures absolute comfort and satisfaction to the
wearer and repeat orders fo the dealers.
THEY WEAR LIKE IRON
Herold-Bertsch Shoe Co.
Manufacturers of Serviceable Footwear GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
Leather Top Combinations
Tops are made of Dull
Horse Butts.
Great for service.
Tuff Soo’s are the
Hood Standard Lumber-
man’s Over, Rolled
edge, with heel.
Men’s 7% inch $2.60
12inch 3.15
16inch 3.85
Boys’ 7% inch 2.15
In the ‘‘Bullseye’’?’ Combinations In Cartons
Black with White Sole. Black Horse Butt Tops. Heel.
Men’s 7% inch $2.70
12 inch 3.25
16 inch 3.95
‘‘Bullseye’’ Combinations with Red Overs with White Soles
and Dark Red Horse Butt Tops. Heel.
Men’s 7% inch $2.75
12 inch 3.35
16 inch 4.10
In the ‘‘Pacer’’ Combination In Cartons
We have one style. All Red Over with Red Leather Top.
Men’s 16 inch at $3.70
In ‘“‘Old Colony’’
Black Overs with Heel.
Black Horse Butt Tops.
Three Styles. Plain Edge.
Men's 7% inch $2.10
Boys’ 7% inch 1.75
Youths’ 74% inch 1.55
Grand RapidsShoe @Rubber@
The Michigan People Grand Rapids
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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN
November 7, 1917
Unsettled Conditions Precipitated By
the War.
Written for the Tradesman.
It is doubtful if business interests
generally realize the vast proportions
of the commercial and financial un-
dertakings of the United States Gov-
ernment in this their relations
to all phases of domestic life and the
complex problem of taking
the vast requirements of the Govern-
ment for material and labor with as
little interference as possible
war,
care of
with es-
sential industry and to maintain, so
far as possible,-the normal structure
of business. It this situation
which led to representation in Gov-
ernment councils of each important in-
dustry concerned. The duty business
owes the Government has been clear-
ly stated. It must “dedicate to the
Nation every facility it has developed
was
and every financial resource it com-
mands on such terms as our Govern-
ment shall determine to be just.”
There is a counter duty on the part
of the Government to business of
wise and constructive leadership, im-
posing no unnecessary hardship. The
full recognition of the responsib‘I'ties
on both sides is needed to carry on
this war, the greatest undertaking in
the history of our country.
Two factors are necessary to or
success, both in business and war—
the elimination of fear and a closer
application of the Golden Rule.. Many
are inclined to say, “That is all very
well in theory, but will not hold good
in practice.” Yet that striving for
the ideal is what has brought us to
our present state of development.
Note any great and lasting business
success and you will find that its
growth is in proportion to its benefi-
cent service, and that. as the New
York Financial
Chronicle
and Commercial
“Whatever of the
beautiful adventure may exist in the
endeavor of the Nation in this try-
ing hour, we must be conscious of
the dignity and worth of labor and
the unifying and harmonizing effects
of commerce.
Says,
And we will be short
sighted if we do not project this real-
ization over and beyond the present
struggle.”
The response to the Liberty Loan
demand has effectually refuted the old
and foolish saying, “There is no
sentiment in business.” Business is
full of sentiment, founded on it and
operated successfully through the
proper kind of sentiment. Education
is the corner stone and business the
keystone of material life, and we face
the truth that since dependence is
upon toil and trade. upon industry,
even in our darkest hour, for all tha:
we hope the world to be, our duty
lies in conducting that business ac-
cording to its inner and inseparable
spirit of good will that we throw
about it in the present and in the af-
termath to come, no unnecessary
shackles to hamper its course or con-
fuse its energies. Education along
these lines is particularly necessary
to properly adjust fairly the relations
between capital and labor. If out of
the crucible of this war we emerge a
chastened people accomplishing our
ideal universal liberty and establish-
ing a real brotherhood of man the
trials we may go through and busi-
ness sacrifices we may make will be
amply compensated for. The only ex-
cuse, if any is needed for this article,
is the hope it may convey some real-
ization of the upward trend of thought
in the business world exemplified by
the patriotic services of the banks,
trust companies and big business men,
given the country without money and
without price.
The overshadowing factor in the
civilized world, as well as in the se-
curity markets of the United States,
is the sudden disaster which has be-
fallen the Italian armies. The Allies
had counted on Italy to occupy Ger-
many’s attention and break Austria’s
effectiveness. Now that the Germans
have delivered a staggering blow, it
has revived Austrian courage and will
tend to unify factional controversies
which will tend to prolong the war
and still further drain our resources.
Coincident with this is the entry of
our boys in the trenches in France
and the splendid response of the peo-
ple in the floating of the $5,000,000,099
Second Liberty Loan, both of these
showing a solidifying of American
sentiment which will win the war at
any cost.
The Government has been easing
this country into war gradually, but
it is now time to look for stern meas-
ures which reports from Washington
seem to forecast. The Capitol is re-
sponsible for the statement that the
War Industrial Board will soon dif-
ferentiate between industrials which
are essential and non-essential for
the prosecution of the war. In other
words, a definite attempt will be made
to sidetrack for the duration of the
conflict those industries not vitally
essential to the winning of the war
by diverting raw material to indus-
tries in the order of their war impor-
tance, This will necessarily entail
a sharp readjustment of industrial
conditions. This priority system will,
of course, change the laws of supply
and demand. The Government is now
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November 7, 1917
in the position where it will be oblig-
ed to exercise the controlling hand
upon the entire National industrial
activities. It will, with war needs as
a basis, determine what industries
shall be active, what railroads shall
carry goods and whether and how
often steamships can be used for ex-
port. The people must come to a
realization at once that upon Ameri-
ca depends the hope of our Allies and
the safety of democracy the world
over and think of war and war only.
What effect these developments will
have upon our State is problematical.
The situation calls for calm patience
and the exercise of the greatest pos-
sible co-operation with the Govern-
ment.
The libel that this is a “rich man’s
war” was effectually refuted by the
oversubscription of the Second Liber-
ty Loan. The world now knows that
the masses and not the classes stand
solidly behind the Government, veri-
fying the statement made by Presi-
dent Wilson in a private letter to
Mayor Mitchell, of New York, that
“this war is a supreme test of the
principles and energy of the United
States. The whole world looks to
us to omit nothing that will bring
about the complete triumph of those
principles and the complete vindica-
tion of the honor and sovereignty of
our Government which have been so
grossly violated and invaded. The
response (to this loan appeal) should
be such as will put America at the
front of all civilized people.” The
response has placed us there and has
vindicated the President’s faith in the
patriotism of the people whose serv-
ices, in contributing to the success of
the war by buying Liberty Bonds, will
go down into history through a roll
of honor which will contain the name
and address of every person who sub-
scribed to the Second Liberty Loan.
This roll of honor will be kept among
the permanent records of the Treas-
ury Department at Washington. The
almost universal subscription to the
Second Liberty Loan will have a
tendency to check the downward
tendency in the bond market, for the
reason that the country’s supply of in-
vested capital and war capital remains
large enough so that business men do
not have to sacrifice good bonds to
bear the most of the burden of the
loan, With the stopping of liquida-
tion bond prices will undoubtedly
harden. However, until new war
plans as to regulation of industrial
output are decided upon,, any predic-
tion as to prices would be nothing
more than a hazardous guess.
The labor situation is still one of
great if not extreme importance. It
is authoritatively stated the high cost
of living is but a minor factor in la-
bor unrest, because even at these high
prices the purchasing power of wages
in the big industrial centers is as great
as it was before the war. It is claim-
ed that commodity prices have risen
about 32 per cent., as compared with
normal pre-war prices, while wages
have advanced only 28 per cent., but
a considerable portion of the income
of the laboring classes goes for rents,
permit number has
MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 13
which have advanced much less than
commodities. It is, therefore, unlike-
ly that the cost of living to the family
of the laborer has risen more than
28 per cent. Another thing which
must be taken into consideration is
that the 10 per cent. of the country’s
laboring force—idle in normal times
—is now at work. Considering both
the 100 per cent. employment and
advance in wages, the purchasing
power of wage payments in the Unit-
ed States is fully as great as it was
before the war, in spite of present
high prices. ‘Prosperity begets in-
dependence and arrogance.” The
venal and unscrupulous leaders of the
labor unions see in the present short-
age of labor a great opportunity.
Their vision of the opportunity was
intensified by Government action
last November and that vision has
never been lost. Before the war im-
migrants were coming in at the rate
of 665,000 a year. Now they are ar-
riving at the rate of only about 150,-
000 per annum, while we are still
further depleting the ranks of labor
by the raising of our army and navy
forces. It would be futile to expect
a reduction in operating costs
through any reduction of wages. On
the contrary, unless a spirit of decen-
cy and patriotism is instilled in union
labor—which is too much to expect
in view of the pernicious teachings of
the leaders and the ignorance and
stupidity of the rank and file of the
membership—even higher costs may
be obtained through a continuance of
the taking of unfair advantage of the
Nation’s extremity to enforce selfish
and unreasonable demands.
Paul Leake.
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Running Busses With Natural Gas.
With the price of gasoline ranging
from 70c to 78c a gallon, something
had to be done.
So the omnibus lines of London
and Edinburgh have been experiment-
ing with artificial gas from the city
mains, Large rubber and canvas
bags, placed on top of the busses
carry the gas, a connection with the
motor being made through the in-
duction pipe just above the throttle
valve.
While less power is developed with
artificial gas than with gasoline as
fuel, it has been found that a saving
of over 50 per cent. in fuel costs can
be effected, with gas at 7ic a thou-
sand cubic feet. Motion pictures of
the busses have already been shown
in New York.
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Stainless Steel Making Stopped.
In view ‘of the difficulties in get-
ting supplies of ferrochrome in Great
Britain, the manufacture of stainless
steel for cutlery purposes has been
prohibited by a regulation recently
issued to manufacturers, according
to Consul John M. Savage at Shef-
field, England. The regulation goes
on to state that ferrochrome must be
used in connection with high speed
crucible carbon steel and alloy steel
and in the case of the latter only
where a priority certificate or other
been obtained
which will warrant the manufacture
of the steel in question.
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.
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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.
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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN
November 7, 1917
Late News Notes From the State’s
Metropolis.
Detroit, Nov. 6—The penny famine
in Detroit, due: to war taxes, is being
relieved to a great extent by the
Detroit postoffice. The cashier’s
office to-day distributed several
hundred dollars’ worth of one-
cent-pieces to theater owners, who
were unable to obtain copper cur-
rency at the banks. The postoffice
annually receives thousands of dol-
lars in pennies from the smaller post-
offices throughout Michigan. The
handling of this money has burdened
the cashier of the postoffice for years,
and Postmaster Nagel believes a par-
tial solution for the penny problem
has been found.
Two important transactions in
down town real estate were report-
ed during the last week. John R.
Sullivan, the furniture dealer, has pur-
chased the property now occupied by
his store at 134, 136, 138 Michigan
avenue. The building is three stories
high and is known as the Daily build-
ing. It is valued at $135,000. The
building at 533 Woodward avenue,
having 2614 feet frontage, has been
leased for ninety-nine years’ by
Catherine A. Abbey to Walker Bros.’
Catering Co. for a total rental of
around $300,000. The property ad-
joins the 36 feet trontage now held
by the company, It is said that a
modern building will probably be
erected on the site.
It rained five out of seven days of
the past week, so brisk business was
not to be expected. Regardless of
weather conditions, however. business
was good, with indications that when
seasonable weather does arrive it will
be better than last year at this time.
There was a big call for rubbers and,
of course, there were many disap-
pointments. Never in the history of
Detroit has there been such a scarcity
of rubbers. Dealers do not seem to
be able to get a proper stock of sizes,
to say nothing of getting all they be-
lieve they can sell.
The employes of R,. H. Fyfe Co.
are giving wrist watches to any boys
in the store who either enlist or are
drafted. Nearly a dozen employes
are now in service.
A Detroit business man who has
spent the past few months in Canada
says it took that country about a year
to recover after war was declared, but
that it will not take this country more
than eight months at the most. Thrs
would mean that a normal business
can be expected by the first of Jan-
wary.
T. J. Jackson. manager of Ye Boot-
erye. boasts of the only shoe exchange
at Camp Custer Cantonment, Battle
Creek. His quarters are in building
363, Regimental Exchange, where he
spends three-fourths of his time. He
is concentrating his activities on the
Nettleton military footwear, handling
everything that can be used in the
footwear line. Of course, he is ca-
tering practically to the officers only.
The concession required a large in-
vestment for stock and equipment.
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What Organization Did For Charlotte
Charlotte. Nov. 5—The newly-or-
ganized Community’ Association of
Charlotte demonstrated the fact that
a central organization of its char-
acter is of great value to Charlotte
and vicinity.
When E. J. Elles, Secretary-Treas-
urer of the Charlotte Chair Co., was
appointed chairman of this district’s
sales committee. he turned at once
to the Association for an organized
campaign. There was no city or
ccunty index complete enough to be
used for a systematic canvass and it
was found that one must be compiled
at once. The four supervisors in that
district were asked to make a copy
of their tax roll on cards furnished
by the Association.
These cards contained the name,
address and occupation of each per-
son as well as their real estate and
personal valuations and their salaries.
As soon as these cards were com-
pleted they were turned over to Sec-
retary Galloway, of the Community
Association, and the work of check-
ing these 4,000 names against the city
directory, as well as making a copy
for a permanent office record, was
commenced.
As soon as the cards were complet-
ed they were arranged in packages
representing a district and these were
given to teams of canvassers who
were instructed to see every person
listed and make a written report on
their card.
The Liberty Loan committee met
at 8 o'clock Tuesday morning, Oc-
tober 16, at the Association office to
secure their cards and instructions.
They reported every night at 6 o’clock
the result of their sales for the day.
At the end of the campaign all the
cards with their valuable data se-
cured during the week were returned
to the Association for filing, so as
to be ready for the War Y. M. C. A.
work which is soon to come.
A complete card index of Eaton
county is now being compiled by the
Community Association and as soon
as this is finished it will be possible
to make a systematic canvass of ev-
ery person in the county as has been
done in Charlotte. It came under my
observation during the campaign that
in the smaller communities which did
not have a systematic plan, that while
they raised their quota, it was by in-
ducing the big men “to come across”
with large amounts rather tha) reach-
ing the smaller investor as the Gov-
ernment wished. Our total amount,
$311,000, was subscribed by 1,625 peo-
ple. G. R. Galloway, Sec’y.
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Gabby Gleanings From Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids, Nov. 6—While the
hotels in the cities are very generally
observing meatless and wheatless
days, some of the country hotels are
violating both the letter and spirit of
the Hoover request by ignoring the
non-use of both articles of diet on
the prohibited days. Traveling men
do not approve of this violation and
commend those who live up to the
Government requirement.
By the way, the shortage of help
has hit some hotels pretty hard, even
to the extent of decreasing the ef-
ficiency of the office forces. In many
cases more boys are placed in charge
during the daytime and the mistakes
they make in assigning rooms would
fill a fair sized volume. A Grand
Rapids man and his wife registered
at a Kalamazoo hotel one day last
week and requested the best room at
the disposal of the house. The boy
clerk assigned them a little room
about eight feet square next to the
public toilet. Of course, they refus-
ed to accept the assignment and de-
manded a room more in keeping with
their station in life and their ability
to pay, which the landlord immediate-
ly arranged to do as soon as he re-
turned to the hotel. But for the fact
that the landlord and guest were old
friends, the latter would never have
crossed the threshold of the hotel
again, because it was hard to over-
look the lack of judgment and ar-
rogant manner of the tactless youth
who should never have been placed in
such a position of trust and responsi-
“bility.
It is a sorry sight to see a hotel
which was once equipped with every
convenience and made up-to-date in ev-
ery respect lose its freshness and
charm through neglect. The writer
has in mind a hotel in a neighboring
city which was about as near perfec-
tion as possible when it was rebuilt
and refurnished a few years ago, but
which has been permitted to run
down so that it is now hardly a
ghost of its former self. The walls
and ceilings are soiled and streaked.
The curtains and hangings are dirty.
The shades are creased and cracked.
The beds and furniture are scratched
and dented. The housekeeping, which
was originally excellent, is now
wretched. The dining room is un-
inviting. The table linen is ragged
and untidy. The shades on the din-
ing table lamps are foul with dirt
and crooked from breakage. The
forks are not proverly cleaned be-
tween the tines. The service, which
was once superb, is slipshod. The
food is not prepared as it should be,
considering the prices charged. The
hotel has recently changed managers.
The new man in charge has plenty of
opportunity to show the kind of stuff
of which he is made.
It is one of the anomalies of hotel
keeping that the guest is seldom able
to obtain bacon fried as it should be
in order to be wholesome. Men who
have lived all their lives at hotels say
they have never been able to get ba-
con more than half fried the first time
trying, even though special instruc-
tions to that effect are given the
waiter when the order is placed. An-
other singular feature is that when-
ever a portion of bacon is returned to
the kitchen it comes back to the guest
so burned to a crisp as to be unedible,
In other words, the diner has the
choice of two options—he can eat his_
bacon half raw or do without it al-
together. Some insist that the cook
burns the bacon when it is returned
to him on purpose, because he is an-
gered over the action of the ‘guest.
It might be well for landlords to give
this situation a little attention. with
a view to remedying the abuse, if sucn
a consummation is possible.
Twenty years ago to-day cream
was five cents a pint, most young men
had “livery bills,” you never heard
of a tin lizzie and cantaloupes were
called muskmelons.
MICHIGAN TRADESMAN
Did you forget and put on a 2 cent
stamp? We did.
The November meeting of the U.
C. T. was held Saturday evening, Nov.
3, with a good attendance. All of-
ficers were present except Senior
Counselor E. J. MacMillan, who was
ill. The following candidates were
put through the old mill and came
out full fledged U. C. T.’s: Robert
Burns, Charles W. Brown and William
Powell, A communication was re-
ceived from Muskegon Council, in-
viting Grand Rapids Council and
their ladies to attend the boo-ter meer-
ing which is to be held at Muskegon
Nov 17. As Grand Rapids Council
was sponser at the launching of Mus-
kegon Council, her officers have been
requested to put on the work at the
meeting in the afternoon. As Mus-
kegon is nearby and has heartily co-
cperated with us at all times, it is our
duty, as good and loyal U. C. T.’s, to
attend this booster meeting in a body
and one so large that A. W. Steven-
son will be busy trying to find a place
to put us. Everybody should break
loose with as much enthusiasm as
possible and prevail on every one
possible to attend this meeting. Don’t
forget the ladies.
The Publicity Committee, work-
ing under John D. Martin, is compos-
ed of the following: William Liebler,
chairman, E. P. Morse and Fred
Hopkins. It might be well to get in
touch with this committee and help
them boost. Don’t forget the date—
Nov. 17.
When we get the wrong telephone
number twice running, our rage
against the central powers is positive-
ly unbridled.
J. C. Force, better known as the
“red oil kid.” who has been with the
Grand Rapids Oil Co. for the past
twelve years, from tank wagon driver
to salesman. has severed his old re-
lations and secured a lucrative posi-
tion with the Viscosity Oil Co., of
Chicago. Jav’s wide experience in the
lubricating line will make him a valu-
able man for his new employers.
Grand Rapids Council unites in wish-
ing Jay ultimate success with his
new firm.
Many questions are being asked
recarding a little bell attached to Dr.
G. W. Ferguson’s car. There is only
one answer and that is that all first-
class engines have bells and the same
are usually rung for crossings.
Charles D. Reeves. Vive-President
and Sales Manager of the Grand Rap-
ids Brass Co. has severed h‘s connec-
tion with that corporation and will ac-
cept an executive position in Chicago.
D. H. Magaw, the well-known gro-
cerman of Kent City. has denied him-
self a vacation for a great many years,
but has at last decided it is about time
he toon a well earned rest. He will
lock his store January 1, hide the key
and declare a three months vacation
for himself and family. They expect
to spend most of the time in the
Sunnv South. Dave says there is only
one thing bothering him and that is a
place to dispose of the fish he expects
to catch. We will gladly furnish him
with our names and addresses.
Wilson & Co., of Kent City, have
moved their stock of merchandise to
Grand Rapids.
In these days of odd prices, a penny
_ pocket is quite essential, as it takes
six or seven cents to buy a nickel’s
worth. Even fords are up.
It is a difficult matter to manicure
the hands of a clock or even the fin-
ger of scorn.
The autourban service between
Hart and Ludington has been discon-
tinued for the remainder of the sea-
son, owing to the poor condition of
the roads and the falling off of pat-
ronage. On our last trip we nearly
fell off ourselves. The bottom seem-
ed so far from the high places.
A passenger conductor. in collect-
ing a cash fare from a patron on the
G. R & I.. asked the passenger this
attestion: “Have you eight cents?”
The passenger replied: “Not since
I left Grand Rapids and I am getting
mighty hungry, too!” Did it go over?
Sam Westgate, of the Grand Rap-
ids Oil Co. and known among his
many friends as E Con Westgate,
has a new story right from Copen-
hagen. Ask him about it.
O. H. Sission, furniture dealer and
undertaker of Central Lake has on
exhibition in his store window a po-
tato weighing fifty ounces. Ora says
if the season had only been a good
one, Antrim county might have pro-
duced some fair sized tubers.
The Calkins House, at Clare, is in-
stalling a new and much larger boiler
in connection with its heating plant.
Russia just now has a steam roller,
but no steam.
They say a man becomes morally
weaker as the day wears on; less able
to resist temptation. Shouldn’t won-
der. You know it was near Eve that
Adam ate the apple.
C. B. Chick. of Lake City. who has
been connected with the American To-
bacco Co. for the past seven years,
has resigned and, after a well earned
rest, will be ready to entertain any
good offer.
We understand that after May 1,
1918, there is likely to be a good sized
demand for black bordered handker-
chiefs on the part of many men. Sort
o’mourning over spirits departed, as
it were.
The Petoskey Block Co., of Petos-
key, is building a sawmill in connec-
tion with its planing and block mill.
It is at present turning out a large
contract of wooden heels for ladies
French heel shoes.
The Blackmer Rotary Pump Co.,
of Petoskey, has secured a large con-
tract for its famous rotary pumps
from Uncle Sam. The contract will
necessitate several thousand pipe
fittings, The order was placed with
the Crane Co.
“A good listener easily acquires a
reputation for wisdom. We all have
two ears and one tongue.”
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E. D. Barnes, of Detroit, spent the
week end with friends in Manton.
Van McGregor, of the McGregor
Hardware Co., Manton, has returned
from a three weeks’ vacation and is
again on the job behind the counter.
E. H. Bostick, the popular drug-
gist at Manton, is in receipt of a let-
ter from his son, Rex, who is doing
his bit in France. Rex is in the hos-
pital corps and, as he has only been
in the service four months, he con-
siders himself fortunate in being call-
ed into active service so soon. Rex
says a drug store in France is strict-
ly an apothecary shop. All sundries,
such as we find in our drug stores,
are carried in separate stocks from
the drug stock.
Along the line of conservation,
why not make the holes in the dough-
nuts much smaller. Mavhe they work
around the theory that it takes more
douch to go around a large hole.
Don’t forget that next Saturday
evening is the date of the next dance.
While the war, by increasing the
already high cost of traveling by
means of various kinds of tares and
by boasting hotel expenses, is tak-
ing toll of all salesmen who travel on
commission. it seems to be hitting
the men’s clothing salesmen especial-
Iv hard. Not only are these men af-
fected by the same things as are the
other commission travelers, but the
earnines of many of them promise to
be reduced as a result of revised or-
ders growing out of the wool conser-
vation movement backed by the Com-
mercial Economy Board. If all re-
tailers are willing to cancel or re-
duce orders calling for suits with
belts, pleats, patch pockets. etc., there
promises to remain a gap that cannot
be filled entirely by increased pur-
chases of staple models. How this
can be offset is still an open ques-
tion. L. V. Pilkington.
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The average Michigan Merchant is so close to his own
business that he sometimes loses sight of the fact that Michi-
gan his home State is one of the most wonderful States in
the Union,
It may be news to him that in the year 1917 the twelve
leading Michigan crops amount to approximately $283,-
656,460. Here are a few of the leading crops:
ae. $ 53,353,000
eee 8. 28,254,000
ee. 29,797,000
Meee. .6o6. eG: 4,436,880
ee 9,122,080
-Mauckumeat ............ 3,999,500
eee ee 57,510,000
Pee eg 41,731,000
Te ke 46,540,000
Be 8,803,000
Se 1,632,000
ee 2,500,000
Toa ok, $283,656,460
Apples and cherries are the two fruit crops
that have made Western Michigan famous.
Just think of it Mr. Merchant, think of the
unusual prosperous conditions that must follow
the harvesting of such enormous crops. Michi-
gan stands towards the top among the list of
States in mining and manufacturing, bringing
to the State millions of dollars from the
mines, farms, and factories.
St. Joseph, Michigan
Saint Joseph, the second oldest city in the State. Through
the efforts of the Saint Joseph Chamber of Commerce recently
organized large industries have been established, transportation
facilities improved and laborers wages have been increased.
The results of the Chamber of Commerce activities promise
conservatively to double the population of Saint Joseph before
1920.
The Auto Specialties Manufacturing Company, the manu-
facturing plant illustrated, is one of the new industries. This
factory has already on its pay roll nearly three hundreq people,
iron moulders, machinists, etc. and the number will be doubled
as soon as facilities can be procured.
C. E. DICKINSON,
Mayor.
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But in addition to all this, Michigan leads in its attractions offered to the tourists, yet in this respect it has
only started,
It is estimated that during the summer approximately 300,000 people spend their vacations in Michigan. Fig-
uring that they spent on an average of about $35 each, the tourists business alone brings to Michigan over
$10,000,000 every year.
As Michigan further develops its good roads, the number of tourists will each year show an increase.
The coast-line of Michigan is 1,620 miles, there are only 70,000 miles of rural roads, 25 locally improved
harbors, 3) government improved harbors, and 150 miles of deep rivers and channels.
These figures are stupendous when you examine them closely. They prove the enormous wealth of the
State of Michigan.
And there still are millions of acres of undeveloped land in Western Michigan. These will be developed
within the next decade, and will add millions of dollars to the prosperity of Michigan.
All the money derived from the crops is divided between 206,960 farmers. Because Michigan’s population
is so prosperous, and because so much outside money is spent in this State during the summer season, every
merchant should be prosperous, every store should be a money-maker and every business man should reap a
rich harvest from his efforts. One of the big features to be considered by every merchant is the buying of goods.
On right buying greatly depends the success of any business because buying right means more than a mere
ordering of merchandise, it means standardized goods that sell in the community, it means prompt delivery of these
goods, and prices low enough to allow the merchant a good substantial profit.
Grand Rapids offers the merchant such a buying market.
Grand Rapids is the logical buying point for every merchant in Western Michigan. It offers buying in-
ducements, Michigan merchants cannot duplicate anywhere else, and because it is in the very heart of this pros-
perous district, Western Michigan merchants will have no trouble in getting prompt service, in getting the goods
as they want them, and when they want them.
The members of the Grand Rapids Wholesalers Association know Michigan and know its requirements. For
that reason they can better serve you than others who do not have such close contact with Western Michigan.
Practically every merchant will save money and get better service by coming to Grand Rapids for his mer-
chandise.
This ad. is No. 7 of a series. Accompanying each adver- Grand Rapids Wholesale Dealers Association.
tisement are interesting views and facts regarding cities in
Michigan and territory contributing to Michigan’s’ great
wholesale market.
Greenville, Michigan
Greenville achievements during the past five years have not
been in one big movement, but by various movements for well
directed purposes.
Conspicuous among accomplishments are the paving of
Main street and the streets leading to both depots.
This city has a $100,000 Central School building as illus-
trated, and another school for its north side residents. The
boulevard lighting system has been installed through the in-
fluence of the Development Association and $25,000 in bonds
have been voted for the purpose of encouraging the locating
_ and building of factories.
H. E. DECKER,
President Greenville Development Association.
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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN
November 7, 1917
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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. J
Chandler, Detroit.
How Michigan Potatoes Are to Be
Graded.
The recently organized Michigan
Potato Shippers’ Association is mak-
ing strenuous effort to put up pota-
toes for shipment this season in ac-
cordance with the recommendations
of the Food Administration and Bu-
reau of Markets at Washington. This
effort gives promise of being the most
widespread and strongest ever made
to grade potatoes. The success of
this movement will not only depend
upon the attitude of the dealers as a
whole but of the growers as well.
While very serious difficulties will
confront these men, especially when
the work is first started, if everyone
concerned lends a helping hand in-
stead of either being indifferent or
trying to hinder the work the objects
will be accomplished.
There are very few other important
crops which have not to some degree
at least been standardized and it is
high time that the potato is taken out
of the “no standard class.” In view
of the fact that this work has been
taken up during the last two weeks it
is going to be very difficult to do ev-
erything as the shippers would like
to have it done and no doubt there
will be some who will be disappointed
in the results at first. If, however,
such men will be patient I am satis-
fied that the time will come when
grading will iustify itself fully. It
is not only to the interest of the deal-
er, but to the grower and consumer
alike that the potatoes should be grad-
ed. It will enable the grower to be
paid a premium for quality, a thing
which has not been possible hereto-
fore. The dealer will have something
more staple to work upon and as a
result prices should not fluctuate as
much as has been the case in the past
and the consumer should have a bet-
ter product for the money expended.
All organizations of growers which
do a shipping business will find it to
their advantage to grade in accord-
ance with the recommendations here-
in specified.
The potatoes will be put up in Unit-
ed States Grade No. 1 and United
States Grade No. 2, a description of
each which follows: :
United States Grade No. 1 shall
consist of sound potatoes of similar
varietal characteristics, which are
practically free from dirt or other
foreign matter, frost injury, sunburn,
second growth, cut, scab blight, dry
rot, and damage caused by disease,
insects, or mechanical means. The
minimum diameter of potatoes of the
round varieties shall be one and sev-
en-eighths inches, and potatoes of the
long varieties one and three-fourths
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, 3 per cent.
by weight of any such lot may be be-
low the remaining requirements of
this grade.
United States Grade No. 2 shall
consist of potatoes 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 mat-
ter, sunburn, second growth, cuts,
scab, blight, dry rot, or other disease,
insects, or mechanical means. The
minimum diameter shall be one and
one-half inches. In order to allow for
variations incident to commercial
grading and handling, 5 per cent. by
weight of any lot may be under the
prescribed size, and, in addition, 5
per cent. by weight of any such lot
may be below the remaining require-
ments of this grade.
In addition it is the recommenda-
tion of the Michigan Shippers’ As-
sociation that all coarse, overgrown
or hollow potatoes be sorted out of
these grades and be considered as
culls.
A tag will be used on the potatoes
which are sacked to indicate the
grade. It will be marked as indicated:
MICHIGAN
U. S. Grade No. 1
Nee.
The space after the number will be
used later to stamp the number of the
shipper. This will not be done at
first.
There is no objection, and in fact,
the shippers favor the farmers doing
their own grading, in which case only
the potatoes which are marketable
would be hauled to the shipping point.
Many farmers who are rushed to get
their crop dug and marketed will
probably not wish to do this work
themselves. Those who store the crop
and have sufficient room may find it
to their advantage to do the grading.
Cull potatoes will be much more
valuable for feeding purposes this
year than usual because of the high
price of corn and other feeds. Ac-
cording to some recent calculations
made by the Department of Agri-
culture four and one-half bushels of
potatoes is equivalent in feeding val-
ue to one bushel of corn.
C. W. Waid.
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A perfectly Pure Vegetable Butter
Color and one that complies with the
pure food laws of every State and of
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Manufactured by Wells & Richardson Co.
Burlington, Vt.
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GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
Poultry Shippers:
We pay highest market prices.
Get in touch with us. We do not
charge commission. We make
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20-22 Ottawa Ave., N. W.
Grand Rapids Michigan
WE COVER MICHIGAN
M. PIOWATY & SONS
Distributors of Reliable Fruits and Vegetables
MAIN OFFICE, GRAND RAPIDS
Branches: Saginaw, Bay City, Muskegon, Lansing,
Jackson, Battle Creek, South Bend, Ind., and Elkhart, Ind.
Pleasant St. and Railroads
MOSELEY BROTHERS _ Grand Rapids, Mich-
Wholesale
BEANS, POTATOES, SEEDS
Telephones 1217, or write when have stock to offer
E. P. MILLER, President
Miller Michigan Potato Co.
WHOLESALE PRODUCE SHIPPERS
Potatoes, Apples, Onions
Correspondence Solicited
Wm. Alden Smith Bldg.
F. H. HALLOCK, Vice Pres.
FRANK T. MILLER, Sec. and Treas.
Grand Rapids, Mich.
LOVELAND & HINYAN CO.
CAR LOT SHIPPERS
Potatoes, Apples and Beans
Write or telephone when you have anything to offer
Association of Commerce Bldg.
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Onions, Apples and Potatoes
Car Lots or Less
We Are Headquarters
Correspondence Solicited
Vinkemulder Company
GRAND RAPIDS
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November 7, 1917
Dundee Jam Makers Producing Large
Quantities.
The organization of the jam manu-
facturing industry in Dundee, Scot-
land, with a view to taking care of
the enormous requirements of the
British Army and Navy, according to
Consul E. R. Pottle, who is stationed
in Dundee, is one of the commissary
triumphs of the war. Having install-
ed modernized and standardized ma-
chinery at the outset of the war in
1914, they are now producing jam on
a scale hitherto unequaled, and it has
been estimated that were the weekly
output of tins of one Dundee manu-
facturer stood end to end, they would
reach up forty miles into the heavens.
It is said to be no unusual thing for
this firm to deal with 100,000,000
oranges.
Inasmuch as jam may be used to a
great extent in place of butter, of
which there is a scarcity in England,
the government has taken every pre-
caution that the jam industry should
get all the sugar it requires. This is
in marked contrast to the sugar al-
lowance for candy makers, which has
been cut down to one-quarter of their
pre-war consumption.
With tinplate prices gone up beyond
all reason, jam manufacturers have
shown their ingenuity by introducing
a stout cardboard box to take its
place as container. It is being used
to a great extent also in place of
earthenware and glass jars, not only
because the initial cost is less, but
because it may be thrown away when
it is empty, thus doing away with
“returned empties.”
The sugar scarcity has resulted in
another departure, one of the large
firms having pulped and preserved in
barrels a large quantity of fruit, which
will be manufactured into the finished
article when sugar is available.
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Greek Currant Crop.
The currant crop of Greece has now
been entirely harvested and _ sorted
without damage by rains in any prov-
ince, according to a dispatch from
Consul A. B. Cooke, stationed iin
Patras, Greece. Although the weather
has been unusually favorable to cur-
rant growers, it is said the the rav-
ages of oldium, due to the absence of
sulphur with which to combat it,
- caused considerable damage. Reports
from all currant growing districts in-
dicate that the fruit shows the effect
of this disease both in quantity and
quality.
The crop of 1917-18 is now conserva-
tively estimated at about 14,000 tons
of 2,240 pounds each. There are also
available 10,000 to 15,000 tons of the
old crop, The local market is said
to be unstable just now, owing to
great uncertainty as to how the ex-
port crop will be handled. One re-
port on the local currant market says.
that the British government is ne-
gotiating for purchase of fruit up to
40,000 tons. If true, this will leave
something more than 100,000 tons of
fruit to be disposed of.
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Grocers Advertise Whale Meat.
A group of twelve retail grocers in
Vancouver, B. C., recently conducted a
co-operative advertising campaign in
that city to educate the public to the
MICHIGAN TRADESMAN
desirability of whale meat, which, the
headline of one advertisement stated,
“is more nutritious than beef and just
as wholesome.” The fact is pointed
out that the whale is captured many
miles at sea, away from all shore con-
tamination, in perfectly clear blue wa-
ter. The particular whale from which
the meat was offered in this advertise-
ment, fed exclusively on live shrimps.
Several recipes for preparing whale
steak, pot roast of whale, and curried
whale were published. The meat so'd
at 10 cents per pound.
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Better Matches From Japan.
Japan proposes to standardize her
match production. Prior to the great
war, Sweden had made inroads upon
her trade, owing to irregularity of sizes
and imperfect packing. Now that the
Swedish market is practically closed,
Japan proposes to seize the opportunity
to regain lost trade. The Ministry of
Agriculture and Commerce is co-operat-
ing with the match manufacturers in
all parts of the Empire. The Federa-
tion of Japanese Match Manufacturers’
Associations will censor all foreign ship-
ments and standardization will be main-
tained,
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No More Dried Fruits From France.
The embargo on the exportation of
dry or dried fruits from France to
any destination is again in effect, ac-
cording to a cablegram from Consul
General Thackara, who is stationed
at Paris. Permission was given in
October, 1916, for the exportation of
table fruits, fresh, dried, or preserved.
to Allied and American countries.
In August last, permission was with-
drawn to export fruits for distilling,
or medicinal fruits, to the United
States and other countries.
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Long Time Married.
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should say not. Why, I know a case
where a wife fairly idolizes her hus-
band, and he—why, he can’t keep
away from her a minute.
Nora—Bless me, how
they been married?
Ada—Nearly a_ week.
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Out of No. 1 Oak leather. We guarantee them
absolutely satisfactory. If your dealer does not
handle them, write direct to us.
SHERWOOD HALL CoO., LTD.
Ionia Ave. and Louis St. Grand Rapids, Michigan
long have
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A syrup most folks prefer is made
from Crescent Mapleine, sugar and
water. Costs half as much as
good, ready-made syrup. Demand
for Crescent Mapleine for making
syrup is extra heavy. * * Crescent
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Live Poultry in excellent de-
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Fancy creamery butter and
good dairy selling at full quota-
tions. Common selling well.
Send for our weekly price cur-
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PEANUT BUTTER
CAN BE COMPARED TO COFFEE
AS TO QUALITY
Don’t be fooled by price.
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Buy where quality
Buy Jersey Peanut Butter and
notice the difference in taste.
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Treasurer—William Moore, Detroit.
Getting a Share of the Thanksgiving
Trade.
Written for the Tradesman.
With Thanksgiving Day only a few
weeks distant, plans should be well
under way for Thanksgiving window
displays, This holiday is a peg upon
which some very effective advertising
can be hung.
A Thanksgiving display can be
made very attractive. Here, the mer-
chant’s own ingenuity is worth any
amount of cut-and-dried plans. Then,
too, the merchant’s own _ intimate
knowledge of the community in which
he does business will enable him to
give his display a powerful local ap-
peal.
It cannot be too strongly urged
that the closer his appeal comes to
his own community, the more effec-
tive it will be. It is easy to map out
a Thanksgiving display that will fit
any community fairly well. But such
a display has the fatal defect that it
fits no one community absolutely.
The alert merchant takes the general
idea and remodels it to suit the con-
ditions with which he is intimately
familiar:
Every merchant senses without be-
ing told the significance of Thanks-
giving. It is a day for the expression
of our National gratitude to Divine
Providence for material—yes, and
moral and spiritual—gifts.
A display that can be made strong-
ly local, and therefore very effective,
is one embodying “Things We’re
Thankful For.” Here are a few of
one merchant’s ideas. They’re sev-
eral ‘years old, now, but they point
the way to other ideas. The country
surrounding his community had an
extra good bean crop—the early
frosts, which did damage elsewhere,
spared this little corner. “We're
thankful for a big bean crop” said
a card attached to a pile of “hand-
picked” beans. “We’re thankful for
two good local newspapers” said anoth-
er card; the two papers were stuck in
the window, close enough for the
passer-by to read the merchant’s own
Thanksgiving advertisements, blue-
penciled to attract attention. “We’re
thankful for a good mayor’—photo-
graph of the mayor. “We’re thank-
ful for big, sweet sugar beets—15
per cent sugar’—half a dozen big
beets. “We're thankful that we got
Main street paved at last’”—photo-
graphs of Main street before and af-
ter. And so on—little local hits,
fringing the main display, which oc-
cupied the center of the window and
consisted of a Thanksgiving dinner
table, all set with fine cutlery, silver-
ware, cut glass, a carving set, etc.
The interspaces of the window were
filled in with items of stock, all price-
ticketed.
Another item that can be worked
into the Thanksgiving window is a
replica or a printed copy of Abraham
Lincoln’s original Thanksgiving proc-
lamation. “We're Thankful for Lin-
coln, We’re Thankful that His Spirit
Goes Marching On”—will link up that
display with present-day issues.
But the local touch is the most ap-
pealing feature in any Thanksgiving
display.
Of course, harvest windows also
emphasize the suggestion of Thanks-
giving. Grains, fruits and vegetables
can be procured and used to give the
display a harvest “atmosphere.” Be
sure to have the biggest pumpkin
you can get, and don’t forget to dis-
play, incidentally, your latest thing
in pie-tins. If you are putting in a
harvest window for Thanksgiving, be
sure to get the best samples available
of the various grains, fruits and roots
to be had.
Here’s another pointer. Ticket each
harvest item with the grower’s name
and address. That’s sure to interest
almost everyone. The biggest pump-
kin in your county will interest a lot
of people, but they’re more than
doubly interested if you tell who
grew it.
So much for the Thanksgiving idea,
and the best methods of injecting it
into the window display. But your
window isn’t complete if it merely
suggests Thanksgiving. It must go
on and talk about the goods you want
to sell. If it doesn’t do that, it’s
merely so much effort wasted.
Thus, it’s quite common to find
“freak” displays, whose sole object
and result is to attract attention. For
instance, the whole window space is
given up to two or three live turkeys.
The merchant says in justification:
“Look at the crowd that it draws. Just
see the people out there, blocking
the sidewalk. Yet it’s awfully sim-
ple—so simple most people wouldn’t
think of it.”
Yet how many people are impelled
to come in and buy as a result of
such a display? Very few, as repeat-
ed experience proves. You are not
selling turkeys; you are selling the
range for cooking the turkey, and
the roasting pans, and the sauce-pan
for making cranberry sauce, and the
pie-pans for the pumpkin pie. To
make an effective display, put in your
live. bird. He'll attract attention.
Put in your biggest range, and add
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Hunting Coats
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Knit-Right Hockey Caps and Toques
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MAIL ORDERS are selected with the
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GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN
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LOOSE LEAF SPECIALISTS
237-239 Pearl St. ‘aear the bridge’ Grand Rapids, Mich.
Automobile Robes
Largest and finest assortment in the State “Chase Quality."" 54 in. x
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price from $3.25 to $11.00.
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muff robes, mohair and fur effects; $7.50, $9.50, $10.50, $11.50, $12.50, $14.00,
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Sherwood Hall Co., Ltd.
30-32 Ionia Ave., N. W. Grand Rapids, Michigan
Leitelt
Elevators
For Store, Factory
Warehouse or Garage
Built for Service
Send for proposal on your
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213 Erie Street Grand Rapids, Michigan
Foster, Stevens & Co.
Wholesale Hardware
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157-159 Monroe Ave. #151 to 161 Louis N. W.
Grand Rapids, Mich.
November 7, 1917
a show card which says: “Cook Your
Turkey In This.” Show the biggest
roasting pan in stock, or your entire
range of roasting pans. Show the
carving set with which to carve the
bird; and, if you handle china, show
the platter on which to serve him,
and the plates, and the entire Thanks-
giving table set. Use show cards to
drive home the lesson, that these
are the things people need for Thanks-
giving, that you’ve got them for sale,
that the price is within reach, and
that you’re anxious to deal.
When you do this, your Thanks-
giving display is apt to bring you
some results. It takes more work
and more ingenuity than just turning
a turkey loose in your window, but it
gets you somewhere in the end.
In just the same way, the Thanks-
giving accessories previously suggest-
ed must be linked up with articles
of stock if your displays are to bring
you sales.
A good Thanksgiving line to fea-
ture is cutlery. It is simply amazing,
the number of homes which aren’t
even yet equipped with decent carv-
ing sets. Carvers in pairs or in cases
can be featured, Also, display kitchen
knives. Then there are good lines
of table cutlery, including steel knives
and forks, plated ware, game carvers,
fruit spoons, etc.
Concurrently with your Thanks-
giving displays, you should strike
through the medium of newspaper
advertising. In your newspaper ad-
vertising, feature your Thanksgiving
lines, call attention to your display,
and so plan your. window display and
your newspaper publicity that both
are co-ordinated.
Thanksgiving Day is still several
weeks distant; but now is the time
to plan for it, and to outline on paper
the effective displays you think of
making, and the effective advertise-
ments you intend to publish. Pre-
paredness is half the battle.
Victor Lauriston.
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The Old Way and the New.
Washing machines were not selling
so rapidly as they might, a hardware
dealer in a small town felt, and so he
devised a special window display to
help out. His store had a show win-
dow on either side of the front en-
trance, and so he held a “before and
after” exhibit.
Selecting Saturday as the day when
the most farmers would be in in town
with their wives, he hired a woman
to do an actual family washing in one
window, with washboard and _ tubs.
In the other window a young woman,
neatly dressed, operated one of his
machines on another family washing.
Her obvious comfort. in comparison
with the hard work of the woman op-
posite was a‘strong argument with
the onlookers. B. M. Weinberger.
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Fine Line of Paints.
“A fine line of paints” was the cap-
tion that truthfully described the win-
dow display of a progressive New
Jersey hardware merchant. He had
stretched a clothes line across his
window and suspended ‘from it sev-
eral cans representing the different
kinds of paint that he carries in stock.
a farm,
MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 21
Death of Pioneer Hardware Dealer.
Boyne City, Nov. 2—A. F. Herron,
the well-known local merchant, died
Oct. 26. The funeral was held at the
residence of his son, C. J. Herron,
being conducted by Rev. George J.
Rea, of Grand Rapids. Interment
was in Maple Lawn cemetery.
Ashbell F. Herron was born on a
farm near Gobleville, Van Buren
county, March 12, 1842. His father
was a native of Cayuga county, N.
Y. His mother was a native of the
State of Maine. Mr ‘Herron ,was
educated in the “little old red school
house” and bore a vivid remem-
brance of a certain school teacher in
the person of an old maid, whom he
recalled as being seven feet high and
who cut blackberry whips which she
used vigorously on his bare legs. In
looking back over his past life he
said this school teacher was the only
woman he never liked. On April 4,
1863, he enlisted in the 13th Infantry,
which rendezvoused at Jackson, and
saw plenty of active service while
engaged on Sherman’s famous March
to the Sea. Mr. Herron was dis-
charged at Louisville at the close of
the war and went back to Gobleville,
where he worked on the parental
homestead until 1868, when he mar-
ried Miss Elanora Myers, who was
his constant assistant and helpmate
up to the day of his death. After
marriage he worked the old home-
stead, which he purchased of his fath-
er, until 1876, when he sold out and
began looking for a new location. He
had heard of Boyne Falls and suppos-
ed it could be reached by rail, but found
to his disgust that the rails had not
been laid farther than Walton Junc-
tion. althouch the track was graded
to Bovne Falls. In company with
two other gentlemen, he started out
to make the entire distance of seventy
miles on foot, although the snow was
up to their hips. The first day they
managed to reach Mancelona and
the second night saw them in Boyne
Falls. where Mr. Herron visited a
brother-in-law, subsequently walking
the entire distance to Elk Rapids,
and from there to Traverse City,
where he took the train for home.
vowing never to visit Northern Mich-
igan again.
Two years later, however, he had
reason to change his opinion and he
bought out a homesteader three miles
west of Boyne Falls and cleared up
In the meantime he bought
the corner lot in Boyne City and
erected a store building, which he
rented to John McFellin, who put in
a hardware stock, continuing the
husiness several vears. when Mr. Her-
ron moved into town to take the po-
sition of Postmaster during Cleve-
land’s second administration. On the
expiration of his term of office he put
in a hardware stock, which has since
been continued with excellent results
from a financial standnvoint. A few
vears ago he admitted to partner-
ship his sen. Clinton J. Herron, and
the business has long been conducted
under the name of Herron & Son.
Mr. Herron’s family consisted of
himself. his son and partner and an
elder son, Willis I. Herron, who now
resides in Grand Rapids.
Mr. Herron was a member of the
Presbvterian church of Boyne City
which he had served as trustee. He
was superintendent of the Sunday
school for six vears. He was a mem-
ber of the Masonic fraternity, the
Maccabees and the Orangemen. He
was Township Treasurer for four
vears, Highway Commissioner for
two vears and had long been a mem-
ber of the local School Board.
Mr. Herron attributed his success
to attending to business, being honest
with his followman, never trying to
deceive him and to backing up what-
ever he might say to the limit.
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Dry Goods Men Fear Growth of
Socialism.
The fear of socialism has come
over many dry goods men recently.
For three or four weeks past discus-
sions of this topic have occurred in
circles where things other than trade
matters are rarely heard. Confusing
talks of confiscation of wealth, the
growing independence of workers in
all walks of life and the restlessness
of retailers and jobbers, and the un-
certainty of merchandise ownership
have been heard in many busines:
houses.
In a great many instances the lack
of clear thinking has been painful and
the matter is really surprising when
the sources of anxiety are known.
Merchants who have gone through
business panics unscathed, and whe
have handled millions of their own
and of others with great success, are
apprehensive of the tenure of the con-
trol of their own accumulations, and
of the business they have built up.
Some go so far as to doubt the good
sense of the great maiority of their
fellow citizens and are really worry-
ing about the things that are going
on about them.
It is very easy to see that much of
the fear among business men, in so
far as socialism is a factor in it, arises
from a misunderstanding of terms.
They do not distinguish between so-
cialism and social reform. They fail
to grasp the merit that lies in co-op-
erative effort to further the prosecu-
tion of war. They do not keep before
them the danger that lies in the sup-
pression of individual initiative and
energy in business and are prone to
accept socialistic theories as essential
to further National development.
They attribute many of the phenome-
na of changing trade conditions as
due wholly to the growth of the hu-
man desire for wild ideas of com-
munal liberty, and not to the con-
trolled effart of men intent upon
meeting fire with fire—of ending for-
ever the German idea of autocratic
domination of business, of men and of
nations.
Disturbances in Trade.
If socialism as a menace to the cur-
rent of civilization had never been
heard of in this war there would still
be seen a great many of the trade
disturbances merchants are encoun-
tering every day. The country is
steadily turning from the business
of peace to the business of war. The
younger generation is learning for
the first time that war breaks down
many laws that govern successfully
in peace times. Merchants whose
business has been built up’on the
basis of supplying many articles that
are called necessary in times of peace
do not grasp the thought that “Busi-
ness as usual” is the most mischievous
fallacy to be counteracted in the
whole business world at the present
time.
If the motto of “Business as usual”
meant “Keep busy” and grow busier,
many fears now expressed would nev-
er have appeared among business
men. The business of war and busi-
ness in war times are distinct from
the business of peace and business in
peace times. Evidences of the chang-
ing character of business are on ey-
ery hand. To attribute these changes
to an underlying purpose of destroy-
ing the security of rights in merchan-
dise and property is the sheerest non-
sense, There is nothing new in the
human excesses seen in Russia and
elsewhere, just as there is nothing
now in the underlying theory of so-
cialism itself.
What is new to the present gener-
ation of business men is the need of
foregoing ordinary means of profit
and adjusting themselves to the meth-
ods of business that are inevitable in
war times. Men catering to buyers
of dry goods must always keep in
mind that clothing is not as pressing
a necessity as food. Under pressure
of economy people will forego clothes
in a greater degree than they can do
without food.
Dry Goods Demand and Prices.
In peace times rising prices and 2
gcod demand would imply enhanced
production, either through the build-
ing of new textile mills or the operat-
ing of old ones night and day. In
war times rising prices can mean, and
often do mean a lowered value to
money, a decreased production of
goods for clething, and a feverish de-
mand from those who are actually
profiting from war conditions, such
as higher wages, higher prices for
crops, and so on. Dry goods men
have seen consumption of goods of
many kinds declining steadily for
some months and prices have been
rising on them in many cases. Pro-
duction is declining or being per-
verted.
The trade has also witnessed some
other factors that are only now begin-
ning to tell heavily on prices and on
demand. The exporting of goods for
three years has been large compared
with normal times. The Government
has become a purchaser of goods to
be diverted into new channels of dis-
tribution. These two factors are so
important that they were bound at
some time or other to unsettle dry
gcods conditions that existed in the
ordinary jobbing trade channels. In-
directly they affect retail channels as
well, Goods that used to be staple
and plentiful are growing scarce at
the store counters. Some of them
will not be duplicated for civilian
trade until the war is over. Some
will be produced in limited quantities
only for civilian trade.
If goods do become scarce it does
not follow at all that. other things
cannot be secured. The shrewd dry
goods merchant is the man who buys
a substitute promptly in order to
have something to sell, once he be-
comes satisfied that the production
of his regular stock merchandise has
been interfered with. More and
more the consumer is putting off buy-
ing things until he actually needs
them. And more and more this sort
of business is going to be seen in all
lines of dry goods trade.
Art and Necessity.
A very large part of the dry goods
trade in this country was made up in
peace times of appeals to artistic taste
in dress and home adornment. The
war is not going to crush artistic de-
sires out of the hearts of men for-
ever. It is already contracting the
call for all sorts of productions in
textiles that depend largely upon the
existence of an active artistic life in
the community. That sort of life is
being held in restraint by the rich,
and where it is counterfeited in the
extravagant purchases of those who
are newly rich, it is manifestly not of
a lasting character. No large man-
ufacturer or merchant handling dry
goods would undertake to say that
now is a time for branching out into
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the large production of fine goods to
meet the artistic tastes of people.
Art in textiles is to remain second-
ary to necessity and steadily and sure-
ly many changes will be seen in the
character of merchandise offered at
the counters, This means that mer-
chants must adjust themselves and
their stocks to the changes. To say
that such an adjustment is impossi-
ble is to confess failure, and failure
in war times is criminal unless it
comes at the end of a long and earn-
est trial.
One of the mischievous errors cir-
culated in dry goods lines has been
that a decline in the demand for ar-
tistic things means a decline in the
demand for colored fabrics. Colors
in textiles are going to be seen dur-
ing the war as in other times. In-
deed, it is quite probable that more
colors than usual will be worn in
public for the express purpose of in-
fluencing psychologically people be-
hind the lines. It is human to mourn
in war times but it is demoralizing
to give way to mourning that mani-
fests itself in sack cloth and ashes
and in no other way.
Socialists Among Textile Workers.
There are many socialists among
textile workers, fewer of them in
fabric mills than in garment factories.
They are certain to be more or less
disturbed as the war goes on and
their occupations are changed. If
they are dropped from payrolls be-
cause of changing styles and other
things they are not unlikely to blame
the rich for economizing. They are
sure to preach about the cruelty of
MICHIGAN TRADESMAN
industrialism and prate of the unend-
ing war of capital and labor. The
dry goods trade is certain to hear
many of the echoes of this agitation
and the tendency to magnify it will
be strong.
The drive that has been made in the
past several years by socialist agi-
tators upon department stores and
other dry goods stores for the pur-
pose of causing unrest among em-
ployes has been less intense since
the war started than before. Many
social reforms have been instituted
all over the country among textile
employes and department store work-
ers, To attribute these to the fear
ef socialism is to take a very narrow
view of the new spirit that is coming
into the world, or rather to take a
wrong view of the steady restoration
of old views of the proper relations
of employer and employe, of master
and servant.
The war is breaking down many
forms of toryism in social and indus-
trial life and the communism of the
soldiers’ existence is going to restore
many things that have been wanting
in our own National life. +-.——_.
Sweaters For Fall of 1918.
Sweater coats for next fall have been
priced in many quarters of the market,
and salesmen are now on the road. The
goods are chiefly the medium and bet-
ter grade lines, and taking the market
as a whole prices are reported about 30
per cent above those named last year
at this time.
Salesmen are reported to be making
good progress. Many jobbers are buy-
ing in a cautious way, but the fact that
they are making a start on the season
is considered encouraging. Retail stocks
are not as yet depleted and until real
cold weather comes on the jobber has
little basis for a definite calculation on
the carry-over.
Lines opened include men’s, women’s
and misses’ goods in woolen, worsted
and merino. The low end of all cotton
or cotton-shoddy sweaters have not yet
entered the market.
Colors shown indicate little divergence
from the present season. In men’s goods
the usual dark staple colors are seen
and many of the high colors do not
seem to have lost their popularity in
women’s garments. In addition to Co-
penhagen, apple green, and Kelly green
a newer color has made its appearance
under the name of lobster.
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Grand Councii of Michigan U. C. T.
Grand Counselor—John A. Hach, Cold-
water.
Grand Junior Counselor—W. T. Bal-
lamy, Bay City.
G
rand Past Counselor—Fred J. Mou-
tier, Detroit.
Grand Secretary—M. Heuman, Jack-
son.
Grand Treasurer—Lou J. Burch, De-
troit.
Grand Conductor—C. C. Starkweather,
Detroit.
Grand Page—H. D. Ranney, Saginaw.
Grand Sentinel—A. W. Stevenson,
Muskegon.
Grand Chaplain—Chas. R. Dye, Battle
Creek.
Next Grand Council Meeting—Jackson.
Pickings uneaie in the Windy
ity.
Chicago, Nov. 5—One of the very
best mottoes to follow at this time
and during the war, is the following:
“Smile a little, help a little, push a
little, work a little, wait a little, hope
a little and don’t get blue.”
A new spirit of hospitality toward
soldiers and sailors has been estab-
lished by the Hotel Sherman, in
which the following notice has been
posted: “Soldiers and Sailors’ Mil-
itary naval lounge, parlor L, with
bath adioining, open free to the above
every Saturday and Sunday.” It is
announced that other hotels in Chica-
go will follow the example of the
Sherman for the men in service.
Triplets born to Mr. and Mrs. An-
tinatto Riccobono will carry the ark
of history as long as they live. One
has been named Wilson the other
Taft and the third one Roosevelt.
The wonder is which is the fattest
of the three.
One of the largest laundries in the
country is that at the Great Lakes
Naval Training Station. It will wash
a million pieces of clothing a day.
Real estate deals in Chicago the
past week have shown very little im-
provement over the week previous.
This is caused, it is reported, by the
weather conditions, as well as people
not yet over the great Liberty Loan
_ rush.
The Drake Hotel Co., owner of the
Blackstone and Edgewater Beach
Hotel, have now taken the matter of
its new hotel annex building permit
into the courts, and will fight the 1911
ordinance, which prohibits buildings
being erected higher than 200 feet.
The intention is to build an annex
260 feet high. This matter was ar-
gued every day or so in the Council.
There should be no argument to it,
as this will be a vast improvement to
the city of Chicago.
The food prices have now been en-
forced a little over a week in the city
and from the talk one hears the food
officials are doing a world of good.
Prices are published every day in the
daily papers, authorized by the State
Food Commissioner.
Live poultry receivers here are
much disturbed over the new Govern-
ment regulation which requires them
to make specific returns on each con-
signment. The rules which have
governed the receipt of poultry here
in the past make it hard to comply,
as the dealers must do under the li-
cense system. The receivers declare
that if they are forced to account to
the Government for every coop it will
make an enormous amount of work.
so much that it will entail the employ-
ment of additional
places.
A little uncertainty continues to be
manifested in the cheese market by
operators, owing to the unknown ac-
tion the Government may take. This
anxiety is, however apparently need-
less, especially in view of the state-
ment issued by the Food Administra-
tion a few days ago that prices for
butter and cheese in the United States
are below the wholesale prices in
England, which are regulated by the
Government and from which it may
be inferred that there is no inclina-
tion on the part of the Food Adminis-
tration to interfere with prices, as
supply and demand regulate them. In
spite of the fact that reports have
been received steadily of no export
business going out with the excep-
tion of small lots of Twins, the Food
Administration’s statement also indi-
cates that a larger amount of cheese
was exported during the months of
July and August than during the same
period last year. However, as far
as actual business conditions are con-
cerned, at the present there is more
selling pressure than inclination to
buy and but little strength is any-
where apparent in the cheese market.
One can tell at this time from the
remarks made that the city is really
getting down to business on the
transportation problem. There has
been a number of meetings between
the heads of transportation companies
and the city administration to figure
out some way of handling traffic more
advantageously and, no doubt, before
the first of the year some news will be
forthcoming.
From eight to ten automobiles are
stolen here every day. There seems
to be no let up. The police depart-
ment claims that there are too many
of the regular city police assigned as
special police to manufacturing plants.
banks, and other lines of industry,
and so long as this condition pre-
vails, there will be no let up in crime
in the city. The chief of police, ac-
cording to reports, has asked for an
additional 2.000 policemen. This, no
doubt, will be refused, but without a
doubt it should be granted. Crime in
Chicago seems to be rampant.
Cabarets, from the way things look
at this writing, will receive their
death sentence from the Council dur-
ing this month, unless’ something un-
foreseen occurs. It is reported that
even the breweries in the city of Chi-
cago are down on the cabarets and,
no doubt, very shortly the bright
I'ehts cf some of these places will be
dimmed. Charles W. Reattoir.
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Sulphur Embargo.
Owing to the large quantity of sul-
phur required in the manufacture of
explosives and for industrial purposes,
as in the making of newsprint Paper,
a temporary embargo has been placed
on all exports of sulphur.
The committee on chemicals of the
Council of National Defense has sent
out a warning of the sulphur short-
age, due in a measure to transporta-
tion difficulties, and urges that the
largest possible use be made of do-
mestic pyrites.
help in many
Living on $4.87 Per Month.
How it is done is another story but
just the same we are glad to know
some folks have solved the high cost
of living problem. We have it on
the authority of the American Consul
at Mombasa, East Africa, who says
employers of farm labor are becom-
ing alarmed at the demands of farm
hands for an increase in wages.
It seems a large number of skilled
farm workers who formerly received
$1.95 per month, with keep, have en-
tered the army as porters, and men
who have but a slight knowledge ot
farm work are demanding $4.87 per
month!
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Studied All About Coal to Become
Star Salesman.
The importance of a salesman know-
ing his line was emphasized in a recent
address before the Columbus Salesman-
ship Club by H. M. Jewett, President of
‘the Paige-Detroit Motor Car Co. He
illustrated the point by citing his own
experience as a salesman, just after he
graduated from college.
“T was graduated as a civil engineer,”
he said. “I practiced it for a while and
then figured there was considerably
more to conquer in other fields, and I
chose sales, as I figured here is the big
field for advancement, asa good sales-
man in anything is a valuable asset.
“T applied to W. P. Rend, one of the
largest operators at that time in the
Hocking Valley coal field. He employed
me and told me to go out and sell Hock-
ing coal, gave me a price list, a freight
tariff book, and said: ‘God bless you!’
“T could not see it that way; I told
him I knew nothing about coal; did not
know anthracite from bituminous, and
asked him to send me down to the mines
and let me work there until I said ‘quit.’
He agreed, and I worked
months in the mines. I studied the geo-
logical survey of Ohio, Pennsylvania
and West Virginia. I made friends
with the miners and they gave me a
course in mining by actual contact with
it that was invaluable. I met the Mine
Inspector of Ohio and he took me all
over the State inspecting various mines.
I knew the chemical analysis of every
mine in the State worth knowing and
its heat value, the kind of coal required
for different purposes—in fact, I pump-
ed into myself as much knowledge as
I could about coal. I then told Mr. Rend
that I was ready.
“T found out dealers all over the
country had never seen a mine—I could
tell them all about mining and could
make up a very entertaining story about
it. I also found out that really very
few salesmen on the road for mining
companies had ever seen their own
mines, and lots of them had never been
in a mine. So I could therefore talk to
a purchasing agent or a dealer in coal
and he would have more confidence in
what I stated, as he figured I knew my
business.
“After my first year in selling Mr.
Rend told me that I had sold more coal
at profitable prices than any man that
he had in his employ. I went into the
coal business myself but kept on study-
ing. I made goods and I attribute every
bit of it to the study and the practice
of the best methods of salesmanship.”
over six
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Boomlets From Bay City.
Bay City, Nov. 6—The Wright-
Carson Co., Gladwin, has purchased
the Wm. Huebner grocery stock, lo-
cated at 1307 Columbus avenue, and
have taken possession. Mr. Huebner
will move to Detroit. The new pro-
prietors are wide awake and up-to-
date merchants and will, undoubtedly,
make a success of their new venture.
The Twining Elevator Co., of Twin-
ing, which has several elevators on
the Detroit & Mackinac Railroad,
North of Bay City, will move its
headquarters to this city Nov. 10.
The move is made necessary, as it is
impossible to get competent office
help to stay in a small town. Must
go to the movies, etc., I suppose.
F. E. Burton, Gladwin, has sold his
poultry and egg business to R. E.
MICHIGAN TRADESMAN
Stuart, who will continue the business
at the same location. Mr. Burton,
whose health has been poorly for the
past year, with his family will spend
the winter in Florida.
E. A. McGeorge, of Gladwin, pro-
prietor of the Gladwin Elevator, has
been confined to his home for the
past three weeks with a severe at-
tack of pneumonia. Late reports say
he is rapidly improving and expects
soon to be attending to business.
A campaign for raising $10,000 for
financing the Boy Scout movement in
Bay City for a period of three years
is under way here. More than $6,000
of the amount has been secured.
A meeting of representatives from
several counties in Northeastern Mich-
igan to formulate plans for raising
its share of the $1,250,000 fund for the
war work of the Y. M. C. A, was re-
cently held in this city. The thirteen
counties in the district are expected
to subscribe $32,000, of which Bay
county will furnish $20,000.
M. A. Joslin, who conducts a variety
store at Caro, is remodeling his store
building.
A. C. Solod, Highland Park, has
engaged in the retail shoe business.
Willard Babcock has bought a half
interest in the general store of F, W.
Hubbard & Co., Kinde.
The Michigan Mercantile Co. has
recently opened a department store
at Pontiac.
B. B. Norton & Co., general mer-
chants, Lachine, have the mercantile
field to themselves at present, as their
only competitor burned out about
two weeks ago. W. T. Ballamy.
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Severe Arraignment of Michigan Gro-
cers.
Lansing, Nov. 6—“‘Michigan
cers have hanged themselves,” de-
clares Burton F. Browne, Deputy
State Dairy and Food Commissioner
in discussing what he styles the “un-
warranted” prices charged for _pro-
visions in this State, after studying
results of a canvass made by a force
of forty-two field men who on the
same day priced standard articles of
food in as many villages, towns and
cities of the State.
Tle accuses them with profiteering,
instead of doing their patriotic bit to
help the Government by lowering the
prices of necessities. Mr. Browne de-
clares the practice is general through
the State.
le suggests three methods by
which people. of the State can coun-
teract the campaign to secure the
highest possible price for every thing.
1. Intelligent buying.
2. Economical buying.
3. Personal purchasing.
To accomplish the first two he ad-
vises:
“Study carefully advertising in rep-
utable newspapers and learn where
standard articles may be purchased
the cheapest in your community.”
Pleading for housewives to go to
the groceries in person, he explained
its advantages:
“Telephone purchasing is an in-
centive to extravagance. When the
housewife goes in person she will
Ilcok around and, therefore, be more
sparing in her purchases. She will
obtain better provisions, but more
important will become acquainted
with the stores that sell for the low-
est prices. If all will follow this
advice grocers will be forced to co-
operate for lower prices or go out
of business.”
The survey he declares shows the
merchants of the State generally are
charging “all the traffic will bear’—
to quote a phrase which was often
on the first page in the Roosevelt
regime.
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Molasses—Business is at a stand-
still, awaiting new supplies, the first
of which will be due in a couple of
weeks.
Saving Man Power in Department
Stores.
Department store heads and other
merchants were in conference on this
subject several months ago with the
Commercial Economy Board. Aside
from the saving of expense in the
cost of doing business, the saving of
main power was one result aimed at.
It was hoped to accomplish this by
reducing the number of deliveries and
curtailing the return of goods. The
Commercial Economy Board the oth-
er day gave the results of three
months’ effort in these directions.
These show that merchants in twen-
ty-six cities with a population of
3,225,673 have reduced deliveries to
one a day on each route; that those
in five with a population of
1,593,074 have cut them down to two
a day in the central section and to one
in the suburbs: that those in twenty-
three cities with a population of 3,-
870.341 have reduced them to two a
day, and that in twenty-three cities
with a population of 5,588,076 special
charges are now made for deliveries.
It is also shown that limits of from
two to seven days are now placed on
the return of goods in a number of
cities, and that, in 169 cities and
towns with a population of 26,232,943,
the board’s recommendations ‘have
been adopted in some form or are be-
ing considered. As yet, however, the
only interest shown for co-operative
deliveries is in of the
cities.
cities
some smaller
—_—_2-.____
Doing Wrong to Do Right.
A manufacturer connected with one
of the biggest plants of its kind in the
country told a writer for the Phiia-
delphia Ledger the other day that
the Government wanted one of its
products, but wanted it in such enor-
mous quantities and in such haste
that it would have been impossible
for any one plant to turn it out.
The manufacturer wanted to help
the Government, so he called togeth-
er the representatives
a dozen other large
same line of business
the situation to them.
“We must agree on
price, so the Government can get
what it needs.”
All were competitors, but they came
to the Government’s assistance and
agreed to make the product and de-
liver it for a price so low that there
not only would be no excess profits
to tax but there was a strong belief
that there would be no profits at all.
“This combination,” remarked the
manufacturer, “was directly in viola-
tion of the Sherman anti-trust law,
and at any other time we might all
be put in jail. But it was the only
way.”
of more than
plants in the
and explained
a price, a low
—_+->____
Status of the Bean Market.
The past week has shown
few days of sunshine and
have started out over the State to
thresh beans. Many of them are
really not in condition to thresh and
should be held in the pods for some
time to cure. On two or three occa-
sions beans have been put through
the threshers the second time and
have shown excellent profit. The
demonstration farm of the G. R. & I.
us a
threshers
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threshed fifty-nine bushels of beans
from nine acres, and found that by
putting the pods through the thresher
the second time, it secured an addi-
tional thirteen and a half bushels or
23 per cent. of the first run, which
would indicate that f who
thresh their beans the second time
will not only realize a very handsome
profit for their efforts, but the in-
creased yield of beans would provide
food for many soldiers.
farmers
The paying price of beans over the
State is around the $8
mark and while the demand is rather
light from the jobbing trade, all the
beans are being taken that are mar-
keted at present price.
E. L. Wellman.
averaging
———__—_--2- -< -
Butter, Eggs, Poultry, Beans, and
Potatoes.
Buffalo, Nov, 7—Creamery butter
extras, 44@45c; first 43@44c common,
41@42c; dairy, common to choice, 35
@40c; dairy, poor to common, alt
kinds, 32@35c.
Cheese—No. 1 new, fancy, 24@25c;
cheese, 23@23%c; held 26c.
“ggs—Choice, new laid, 50c:
hennery, 55@60c.
Poultry (live)—Fowls, 18@24c:
chicks, 22@25c; old cox, 17c: ducks,
22(@25c.
Beans—Medium, $9.50: peas, $9.50;
Red Kidney, $8.00: White Kidney,
$9.50@10.00; Marrow, $9.50@10.00. —
Pctatoes—New, $1.60@1.75 per bu.
Rea & Witzig.
>> ____
Although German patents in the Unit-
ed States are numbered by thousands,
and under regulations issued last week
fancy
may now pass into American hands for
the period of the war, we need expect
no startling rush into new manufactur-
ing fields. License to use a German
patent will be issued only where it is
proved that a genuine public demand
exists for an article protected by it.
No manufacturer will be
until he can demonstrate his
ability to manufacture the article—that
is, none will obtain a right of manufac-
ture in a mere empty effort to scare off
competitors; and no manufacturer will
be licensed until he agrees to pay a
allowed a
license
certain sum for ultimate compensation
of the patent owner, and until he con-
forms to conditions which will bring his
price to the public to a just level. The
“Made in Germany” sign has appeared
in chief part on articles that we can
manufacture without using German pat-
ents. In the chemical field we have
perhaps been hampered less by German
patent rights than by German trade
secrets, and these trade secrets have
often become worthless since we have
made a determined effort to find our own
road. Some formulas for drugs, some
mechanical and other patents, will be
useful to us, as Great Britain has found
some Germant patents useful; but we
have got on fairly well from the first
stoppage of German imports to the
present date without other help than
our own wits and energy.
—-_-eosoe—->__—_
Edward Olsen has engaged in the
grocery business at R. R. 6, Allegan,
the Judson Grocer Co. furnishing the
stock.
>>.
The Heystek & Canfield Co. has
increased its capital stock from $50,-
000 to $300,000.
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Model Cash Announcement By Model
Merchant.
Lawrence, Nov. 5 Never before
in our experience in the commercial
business has cash entered so largely
as the chief factor as it does to-day.
Big prices do not always mean- big
profits. Never have staple goods
been sold on so small a margin of
profit as to-day. Most merchants are
striving in every way to keep prices
down. '
Stringency in the supply forces him
to purchase from every known source
suitable merchandise for his trade—
and the only means of transfer is
cash. Therefore he must have cash
to purchase with or go without the
goods.
In justice to ourselves and for our
customers’ welfare we must inform
ourselves on these conditions and pre-
pare to meet them.
It is true the banks are full of
ready cash, but a loan means the sac-
rifice from our small profits.
To meet the existing conditions we
are obliged to announce that begin-
ning with November 1 our business
will be conducted on a cash basis.
Loans of credit to responsible cus-
tomers will be continued on a thirty
day basis, but at no time for a longer
period. Continued open accounts
subject to errors and long forgotten
purchases, will be a thing of the past.
We know you will be much better
satisfied with the new system—not
new to a majority of our trade. Those
who have not been in the habit of
paying cash will find it to their profit
at the end of the year. No change is
made in any affair but that it affects
its fancied equilibrium, but we are
getting used toymany changes in these
last few months and we hope to still
retain your good will and a share of
your patronage. We wish to thank
you at this time for past favors and
solicit its continuance, so long as we
can serve you satisfactorily and with
justice to ourselves.
We do not say our prices will be
reduced 3 to 5 per cent., which is an
approximate amount of the loss on a
general charge system, but we do
claim to prepare ourselves against
a great loss which has been borne by
the trade. In the future we will be
able to give you better prices on
staple commodities than ever before.
We hope to continue the business.
We like the town. It is the best lit-
tle town in Michigan. Why? The
people near Lawrence make the town
—and they are a loyal bunch of peo-
ple.
After you have read this announce-
ment, read it again, Make enquiries
cf the representatives of any whole-
sale or jobbing concerns and satisfy
yourself that there is some truth in
these statements. And when you hap-
pen in Lawrence drop in and see us.
We are just common folks who have
to work for a living and we are glad
we've got something to do.
A. H. Abrams.
>>>
Holiday Buying Started.
Holiday buying in the local depart-
ment stores is said to have started in
already to some extent, due primarily
to the necessity of getting away early
gifts to the soldiers in France. While
such buying has been confined most-
ly to presents for the soldiers, there
have been some purchases made at
the same time for home consumption,
With Nov. 15 set as the last day on
which packages destined for the sol-
diers in France can be sent, it is hoped
that some of the Christmas shopping
for friends here will be done before
that date, and that much of the rush
during the last week before the holi-
day can be avoided.
——_2-.
To get what you want, make others
want what you’ve got.
inspect our line.
earliest possible moment.
HOLIDAY GOODS
Druggists’ Sundries
Stationery
Books and Novelties
It is our custom each year on or about November
1st, to make a statement to our customers as regards the
above lines of merchandise.
our. volume in output of these goods is larger than ever
before. We are nearly thirty days ahead of our work as
compared with other years, and November Ist finds us
yet with a good stock of this class of merchandise and
well prepared to extend further invitations to the buyers
who have not visited the market to come and see us and
We have a good stock, but the indications are that
later in November merchandise will be scarce. If we can
have an early date, we will make prompt shipments upon
holiday datings, and will be very glad to see you at the
Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co.
Up to the present moment
Grand Rapids, Michigan
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WHOLESALE DRUG PRICE CURRENT
Priccs quoted are nominal, based on market the day o1 issue
Acids Cubebsa ........ a - pn ab wecsca @1 95
; Wigeronm ....... 2 75@ ardamon ...... @2 00
Borie (Powd.) 7m 33 Bucalyptus 1 25@1 35 Cardamon, Comp. @1 50
Carbolic 8 Hemlock, pure 150@175 Catechu ........ 1 33
Ginte oe Juniper Berries 20 00@20 20 Cinchona ......, @2 25
Muriatic Juniper Wood .. 2 75@3 00 Colchicum ..... @2 25
Nitric a Lard, extra .... 190@2 00 Cubebs ....... ° @2 25
aan. - Lard, No. 1 .... 1 85@1 95 Digitalis ........ @1 40
Sulphuric 2.70/07 Lavender Flow. 7 00@7 25 Gentian ......... @1 40
Lavender, Gar’n 1 25@1 40 Ginger ..........
Tartaric _ 3 @1 75
Hemon ......... 2 00@2 25 Guaiac ......... @1 80
Ammonia Linseed, boiled bbl. @117 Guaiac, Ammon. @1 60
Water, 26 deg. ..11%@ 15 Linseed, bld less 1 27@1 34 Iodine .......... 1 70
Water, 18 deg. .. 7%@ 12 Linseed, raw, bbl. @116 Iodine, Colorless @1 50
Water, 14 deg. .. 6@ 10 Linseed, rw, less 1 26@1 34 Iron, clo. ........ @1 50
Carbonate ..... 14 @ 16 Mustard, true, oz. @2 25 Kino ..........., @1 55
Chloride ...... -- 25 @ 35 Mustard, artifil oz. @200 Myrrh ........., @2 10
Neatsfoot ...... 1 80@1 95 Nux Vomica .... @1 55
| Balsame Olive, pure .... 3 75@5 00 Opium ......... ; @39 00
Copaiba ...... - 140@1 65 Olive, Malaga, Opium, Camph. @1 50
Fir (Canada) .. 1 25@1 50 yellow .......: 3 00@3 10 Opium, Deodorz’a @9 00
Fir (Oregon) 40@ 50 Olive, Malaga, Rhubarb ...... @1 20
ROP oo. s.2. 5. ce 5 50@5 75 myeen |... . 3 00@3 10 li
TOM 2... o.cc ccc. 75@1 00 Orange, Sweet . 4 25@4 50 Paint
Origanum, pure @2 50 es aints
: Barks Origanum, com’l @ 75 ead, red dry .. 114%@11%
Cassia (ordinary) 25@ 30 Pennyroyal 225@2 50 Lead, white dry 11 @11%
Cassia (Saigon) 90@1 00 Peppermint .... 4 50@4 75 lead, white oil 11 @11i%
Elm (powd. 35c) 30@ 35 Rose, pure 30 00@32 00 Ychre, yellow bbl. @ i%
Sassafras (pow. 35c) @ 30 Rosemary Flows 1 50@1 75 Ochre, yellow less2 @ ‘5
Soap Cut (powd.) Sandalwood, E. Putey) ooo... 3@ 6
Oe 5... 5..5,. aa ef 15 00@15 20 Red Venet’n bbl. 1%@_ 5
Gatte Sassafras, true 150@175 Red Venet’n less 2@ 5
. Sassafras, artifil 50@ 60 Vermillion, Amer. 25@ 39
Cubeb ..:...... 1 40@1 50 Spez int 475@5 00 Whiting, bbl
ta a 6 ee -->:- ora Wate." % :
Juniper 9@ 15 Sperm ......... : ee = L aD “pueoss o Ke 6
wee aS = (Wansy .......... 4 00@ . + £. Frepd. 1
Prickley Ash .... @ 30 mar Usp l.//7!.. 35@ 50 ~~
Extracts Turpentine, bbls. | @ 59 Miscellaneous
Licorice ......... 60 Turpentine, less 64@ 69 Acetanaliad ...... 85@ 90
Licorice powdered 85@ 90 Wintergreen, tr. 5 50@5 75 41, ‘ :
Wintergreen, sweet Dstt eee cece. 2@ 15
Flowers bireh ........ ‘ a s Alum, powdered and
Arnica 2...0...,0: -- @3 00 Wintergreen art 1 2 * ground ......... 144@ 17
Chamomile (Ger.) 75@1 00 Wormseed ..... 9 50@9 i Bismuth, Subni- 7
Chamomile Rom. 2 00@2 20 Wormwood .... 5 25 @5 50 tate... 3 60@3 70
ums Potassium Borax xtal or
Zencls. Pans Pee oo = Hecashonate 04 ae S powdered ...... 10@ 15
ela, 2nd ...... ichromate ...... >" é y
Acacia, Sorts .... 40@ 50 Bromide ....... 170@2 00 ~vutharades po 2 v0@6 00
Acacia, powdered 60@ 70 Carbonate ......: @2 09 Calomel ...... ++ 2 56@2 60
Aloes (Barb. Pow) 30@ 40 Chlorate, gran’r 95@1 00 Capsicum .,...,, - 3@ 40
Aloes (Cape Pow) 20@ 25 Chlorate, xtal or Carmine 6 50@7
Aloes (Soc. Pow. 60) @ 55 —_ powd. i. ——
Asafoetida, .... @225 Cyanide aoe Fe «+42. @ 40
Asafoetida, Powd. lcdide 2... Cleves 6... .. 60@ 65
Ure. 2.0... @2 60 Permanaganate ... @5 25 Chalk Prepared .. 6@ 8%
Camphor ........ 89@ 95 Prussiate, yellow @175 Chaik preci tusead 7
Guaiac ........... 5@ 5uv Prussiate, red .... @350 ~% yirased 1G iN
Guaiac, powdered @ 60 Sulphate .......... @ 90 Chloroform seseee 85@ 93
Noe... wees 10@ 16 gilvral Hydrate 1 yzq@2 12
Kino, powdered .. 75@ 80 Roots Cocaine dae ea 10 45@10 60
Myrrh 2. ....... @ 55 Alkanct ........ 200@2 10 (0coa Butter .... 50@ 60
Myrrh, powdered @ 60 Blood, powdered 25@ 30 Corks, list, less 55%
Opium ....... 40 00@40 20 Calamus ........ 5u@s 50 a bbis. .... @ 2
Opium, powd. 42 00@42 20 Hlecampane, pwd. 1b@ 20 “Operas, less .. 24@ 7
Opium, gran. 42 00@42 20 Gentian, powd. 30@ 35 [Opperas, powd. .. 4@ 10
Shellac .......... 70@ 80 Ginger, African, orrosive Sublm. 230@2 40
Shellac, Bleached 85@ 90 powdered ...... 20@ 25 (ream Tartar .... 6o@ 70
Tragacanth .... 2 50@3 00 Ginger, Jamaica ..30@ 35 Cuttlebone ...... - 6@ 70
Tragacanth powder 250 Ginger, Jamaica, Dre cssesees MG Mt
Turpentine ...... 10@ 1d powdered ...... 22@ 30 Lover's Powder 5 75@6 00
Insecticides
AFRSEMIC .......... 23@ 30
Blue Vitriol, bbl. @ 11
Bule Vitriol less 11%@ 16
Bordeaux Mix Dry 20@ 25
Hellebore, White
powdered ....... 38@ 45
Insect Powder .... 40@ 60
Lead, Arsenate Po 34@ 44
Lime and Sulphur
Solution, gal. .. 15@ 25
Paris Green ..... 55@ 60
Ice Cream
Piper Ice Cream Co.,
Kalamazoo
Bulk Vanilla .......... - 80
Bulk Special Flavored 90
Brick, Plain ........ cece au
Brick, Fancy «......... 30
Leaves
Buchu ....... 1 75@1 85
Buchu, powdr’d 1 85@2 00
Sage, bulk 6
Sage, % loose
Sage, powdered ..
Senna, Alex .....
Senna, Tinn. .... 40 45
Senna, Tinn. pow. 50@ 55
Uva Ursi ........ 18@ 20
Olle
Almonds, Bitter,
TUG 2.6. 50- 15 00@16 00
Almonds, Bitter,
7 00@7 20
artificial .....
Almonds, Sweet,
tr 1 35@1 60
imitation ...... $e 75
Amber, crude .. 1 75@2 00
Amber, rectified 2 3008 15
Anise .......... 2 00@2 25
Bergamont .... 8 00@8 25
Cajeput ....... 1 35@1 60
@ansia .0...-... 2 75@3 00
Castor ..... «--- 2 70@2 80
Cedar Leaf .... 1 50@1 75
Citronella ...... 1 00@1 25
Gloves ......... 5 00@5 25
Cocoanut .. - 40@ 50
Cod Liver --4 75@5 00
Cotton Seed .... 1 85@2 00
Cretan .......+. 1 75@2 00
Goldenseal pow. 8 00@8 20
Ipecac, powd. ..3 25@3 60
EICORIGCe ........<. 35@ 40
Licorice, powd. .. 30@ 40
Orris, powdered 30@ 35
Poke, powdered 20@ 25
ROUDAEE .......- 75@1 25
Rhubarb, powd. 75@1 25
Rosinweed, powd. 25@ 30
Sarsaparilla, Hond.
BrOuUnG . 2.2... 80
Sarsaparilla Mexican,
eround ........ 5 70
Squills 40
woascwec as 35@
Squills, powdered 45@ 65
Tumeric, powd. .. 13@ 20
Valerian, powd, .. @1 00
Seeds
AMSG ooo. esses 35@ 40
Anise, powdered 40@ 45
Bind, i5 -........; @ 10
Canary ......<. -- 10@ 15
Caraway ......<- 85@ 90
Cardamon ..... 80@2 00
Celery (Powd. 50) 38@ 45
Coriander ........ 36@ 45
PH occ a. 30@ 35
Fennell ........- 90@1 00
WSs 266.6 a cess %@ 12
Flax, ground .... 7%%@ 12
Foenugreek pow. 19@ 25
Hemp .......... 8&@ 12
Eebela <........- 40@ 50
Mustard, yellow .. 19@ 25
Mustard, black .. 19@ 25
Mustard, powd. .. 22@ 30
BONNY <..<. «acass @1 00
Guinee ....<.....- @1 25
FSbG oie... cece 15@ 20
Sabadilla ....... @ 35
Sabadilla, powd. 35@ 45
Sunflower ...... 7@ 10
Worm American .. @ 25
Worm Levant .. 1 00@1 10
Tinctures
Aconite .......<. @1 55
WIOGS oc. coins ce @1 20
ARNIeS | .. k aes es @2 55
Asafoetida ..... @3 60
Belladonna ..... @2 25
Benzoin ......... @1 80
Benzoin Compo’d @3 00
Buchu ..... cca @2 25
Cantharadies ... @3 76
Emery, all Nos. 6@ 10
Kimery, powdered b@ 8
Epsom Salts, bbls. @ 4%
Epsom Salts, less 6@ lv
Eegot .......... 25@1 50
Ergot, powdered 2 76@3 00
Flake White .... 15@ 20
Formaldehyde lb. 19@ 25
Gelatine 1 90@2 00
Glassware, full cs. 58%
Glassware, less 50%
Glauber Salts, bbl. @ 1%
Glauber Salts less 3g 5
Glue, Brown ..... 25 35
Glue, Brown Grd. 26 35
Glue, White .... 30@ 35
Glue, White Grd. 30 35
Glycernie ........ 80 95
Hope ......
{odine
lodoform
Lead,
Lycopdium .....
MASGe .............
85@
Mace, powdered .. 95
Menthol ....... 4
Morphine 17 00@17 65
Nux Vomica .... 22%@ 30
Nux Vomica, pow. 20
Pepper, black pow. 35 40
Pepper, white ..... 4
Pitch, Burgundy .. : 15
2
Quasaia .......... 15
Quinine .......... 90@1 00
Rochelle Salts .... 48 55
Saccharine, oz. .... 4 00
Salt Peter ....... 36@ 45
Seidlitz Mixture .. 41@ 45
Soap, green ...... 20@
25
Soap mott castile 22%@ 25
Soap, white castile
Gane 2... 6d... @15 50
Soap, white castile
less, per bar .... @1 65
Soda Ash ....... 5 10
@
Soda Bicarbonate 3@ 6
Soda, Sal 2
Spirits Camphor .. g 76
Sulphur, roll ... 4% 10
Sulphur, Subl. 4 9-10@ 10
Tamarinds ...... - 15@ 20
Tartar Emetic .... ¢ 86
Turpentine, Ven. 50@4 76
Vanilla Ex. pure 1 00 60
Witch Hazel ... 1 35@1 75
Zinc Sulphate .... 10@ 156
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G : G por’ed Su —e . we 1 Low S oes ‘udge, W: tin 2 coe 8 f
Grain 6 eae eg Nuts ail Corn 9 No. 3 Jone In wae 00 priate sn oc . ae Choe. 'P soe ee 20 25 1 Ib. eae 4 ¥
we s — > eres 2 85 , pa dz. 2 £0@3 00 ps Bo con _ : a White pica 19 Bulk, per ao os. 250 %
: usk .- N ea an , aOR 3 » Ch 1 seas -e
Herbs Krinile Corn Flakes’ ..2 6 Marrowfat \......1 28@ Yan Houten, e000. i Fudge, Cocoanut "2.7. 18 Original Holland Rusk ong
Hides and Pelts .... | =. 280 Early June sitta 1 2501 35 Wat Houten, 1s ...-.-- iS iced Marcon Candy... 20 es oe ‘?
< romgalecees ¢ Minn. Wheat Focd",. 650 No ae en eee te Jood- Orange ae containers (40) rolls 880
eS s n ae = eee eene ee i 1ée —
oa J 6 Large — Food 65) So. i6 uke Ge 1 25@ oe — 33 jelly Mello Bons oe P Ho a .
ell O ... scene arn aha size can sap WE © As pee. de earl, 100 Ib. gach “ 4
is... R ston Wht Food 18: 2 90 Pin pie @3 75 S -.--- a a tice Gee” 16 » 100 Ib. sack e*
Salty oo r a Whole wheat 1 95 Grated i eapple a 20 ae Hed Ib, oe Drops Hencaren! ; ck .... 6 0@ ‘ 4
Se 6 scues eel the etecee OM : oe 10 ns COANUT Lozenges, a 175 Domestic, 1 - Vermicelll bs
3 he 7 Shred sear Food > tee Pumpkin @2 60 %s, 5 — per Ib Lozenges, Pink ...... # olen
dabeine ao + nit 4 35 il ela da 4s, 5 =a cose eacee 32 Manchus ..s.sceoe« Pp. K see
ee seee es coe é ae seteenes - case . ' ses Kisses, 10 1 Cc —
ee ; Soe aOastice nS gop Eihey bap Ber He ee 0 we ee patie [poe
Mince Meat ......... ost Toasties, T-2.. 3 saga Ps eeseliet cd cog 150 18, 15 Ib. — oe utter Puffs .... ee .-
Se ‘ “1 2 oo | | Raspberries , boot.) 30 ar : es .. ae
wad ; Post on hee -. 3 30 No. 2, Raspberries | sl ad we & 3, 15 Ib. Perr 29 Patties, Asst. .. - Green, V Peas a?
va ee 7 oreiage 2 80 No. 10, ee .. 200 See on pails ia “4 : ioe ee . Split, oe bu. 7 00
ecb ner nese Faney P N - 2, Red Ee OAS 10 50 Bulk, e ae Ama Choc. . ails Ce oe
Olives f. : Poe ee Ss ©. ih, Bed, Wetere719 90 10 be, 3. Brazil’ Shir 18% Shampion se a oe naa
eee Standard P. -Bib.sa Wi Salm : 59 «70 Se pk sash Choc. Chips, Eure : Germ wee
bobeteees _~ Comm arlor, 23 Ib 5 arrens on 36 1 gs., per ca Cli ‘hips, E ea a0 G an, sack gl
, Common, 2 sa OW s, 1 Ib. 0c pk 6 a urek erm S.. 2
eee a Wares 23 ~— ae 7 50 ped Alneks Ib. Flat - : 16 10c 9 "33 be pkgs. a” Sei gy eee 19 ee pkg. ”
eanut ucts .. 7 ouse, 23 Ib. .. 725 Med. Re A ...eee -- 8 20 per case .. ee al Choc ve++ 20 F Ta
Pickles oe bees : 3 ib. ..'1000 Pink Red Alaska .... 3 Sr Canned, doz. 3 00 Klondike eesti +++ 20 heosing 100 & on
ee : BRUSHES Alaska ses. 2 OD “ doz. 110 rani ocolates 27 poor 100 Ib ers eo 16
ee es "BRUSHES Domest oer i nine dae : r . sacks ..,
Playing Cardi 0..1 j Solla Backs fi Domestic, sve: _ Nur Wares”... on yi Minute, 100, 8 an
see l bese atin, ks Bc 0 ‘Sa. ’ nes
POEBSN .--+--+22+0-+0 J Solid Back, 11 in. .... = Domestic, 4 Mustard se Common ...... ok a Qcoro Choc Caramels 27 Aa doz. ....3 26
teteee 7 | ene i. Manne ee Pee re enress sss Ee cw : 32 Tah
Rice R tove pe ie 2 eee foo, ce seeeee 20 a e sete ee eees 22 m 62th... 6.
2 eg BE oe e: eee eeeoecoee eternte ss “ m es teecee
Dees tees 8 No. eee 1 00 ie. 3. icing Kraut @35 ADOIY. 6.55 .46c5. . : See egy an 18 i = 2 a a
cna eee 8 . Regier tag 0 a Hi oo 2 15 Sa . oc. (ight) 2 in in. Poe cas 9
Suber pes No. 1 Shoe “2 Denbas Shrimps Fair --- eee 20 Without” ati 200 Bam eerie, cteteeee 16
eee : rer F s eeereeee ay aad eee eee esece ue
ao. 3 No. 2 seeeeeeceeseee 1 00 Dunbar, 1%8 doz... bag CBOE weeeeeeeee s++- 20% Cracker Jack’ a Cotton oe sp
salt a ee s r bleeding ani 130 ©6Fair Succotash 24 Peabery .. eee . = iencteer Sent oy No 1, 10 feet eta ‘
t Fish Se ; es 179 Good ee i ‘cn 2 Ch lak Pics 850. o 24 oes y" :
fo ee evoscce Uke ccae ss ecker Prize N , 15 feet ec 6 < K
St ae eer ar : 1 = ei 2s s Prize Lae ee ce seteees kd
ase acs ; are Coe Soo ee Maracaibo ee eg ia te © feet ...... eG |
= ee . Lees 9 ion, 25¢ size .. 2 00 stanaarstnawberries a ne = ough Drops Sag 5, HEE 9 ;
Soda ceettesetseteeees 1 aa PRUOT nay veces ee 2 oie 5 gute Boxes No. r 4 on?
aes 9 Paraffine, . Pee 1 No 2 Tomatoes 275 Choice .... xlean ih 135 No. 8, ,
eee 9 Wicking Ba 1 td NEI Se ae Fancy cen aes aes 25 NU sone & 35 No. 9, 4
ries ..........-...- 9 CA eats = No. Bo cteteteeeeeeees _- G streteeseee 26 TS—Whole 4
ieee we 9 NNED GOODS eereeacer ts Fair .. uatemala anne’ Ta Sm ° : q
T 3 App! una Fanc Sie ce sews Imonds C rragona 2 ss. all a é
a Sauces Fag Standards. 4s, 4 doz. in Case Ao egavdse CGI : or a ' — y
Twi oe 9 D beoceeee %s, 4 doz. in case .... 450 Frivat Java a eee aie rake ... rr note sree :
ee 9, 10 BI @5 09 1S 4 doz. in case .... 7 50 siamatie Growth 2 7 ee 18 6 SS va . Be
Vin |. o 2... ackberries Van C aoe aa ‘Ir Beas Cal. No. 18. 8... oS Beemee fts per d . ?G
wind Woe nearer ou 8 amp’s Ce W. 2 24 co 14 te oar oe 60 y
Seat cede o. 10 @2 25 Van Camp’s ¥% pints M -- 30@32 alnuts DIGS +e Bamboo per d :
ee 10 -- @9 50 mp’s pints 1 90 Short ocha Table , Grenoble cee v 48: ft., oz. 65
panies ie Ba a Beans Acme ae .. 6. oe — Soa ae 25@27 Pecans, Large oe FLAVORING per doz. 80
cee as . Seri “Kidney oe og City 111! @29 4, 0.G. |... _—— Ex. Large .. 7 Jennings D Emenee ts
Paper .... - Wax es 4 ome 35 po pl Les sees @30 Fatr enscke: 26@28 ee .. 20 Pure en
ping Paper WE icc D ee
Yeast: Cake Y eee cs 1 50@2 = ee 2” a No. 1S Shelled Terpeneless
Be cae : = ger ... E seeeses 2 hen Pure L
A ow hee os Pineapple 0.1.1. @32 Exchange, ‘Maticet,”'St 26 0 «Ex. Le. Va ie 7D “meP
' Seceesasiee at 75 EON eeeeeeeee a e Va. She ram e
srreees @8 00 — Sago ...---. @ rn, Sone — oo a Shelled ain 1m one se iw 736
wiss, Domestic @ Packa Walnt aaiccs es Ounce 30 C ent ... 175
@ New Y ge Biant Walvos 2% Oun ent
Arbuckle ork Basis Wiest oe be Sie Ounes 35 Cent... 28:
ae Almo eats .. . : 40 nee 40 C Parr ley 43)
cece 21 50 pag ee @42 8 Fash 55 Pongal . 3 00 ;
Almonds - @60 7 . 90 Cent sccc 8 OO 2
ce 1% Oun Assorted ... 8 50 «- z
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FLOUR AND FEED
Grand Rapids Grain &
Milling Co.
Winter Wheat
Purity Patent ...... 11 35
Fancy Spring ..:... 12 50
Wizard Graham .... 11 00
Wizard, Gran. Meal 12 00
Wizard Buckw’t cwt. 7 00
PUVG ccceeccccseceeee Eh OO
Kaw’s Best 12 50
Valley oy Milling =|
Lily White 2......... 1 85
Light Loat gee bce u i 45
GYanam: 24. uc... 2s 90
Granena Health ..... 5 00
Gran. Meal -.......... 5 3
Bolted Meal ........ 5 20
Watson-Higgins Milling Co.
New Perfection se FL 60
Tip Top Flour ...... 11 10
Golden Sheaf Flour 10 60
Marshalls Best Flour 12 00
Watertown Wisconsin
BONG ec ice c ss 10 00
Worden Grocer Co.
Quaker, paper ...... 11 00
Quaker, cloth ...... il 00
Kansas Hard Wheat
Worden Grocer Co.
American Eagle, %s 12 3
American Eagle, 4s 12 20
American Eagle, %s 12 10
Spring Wheat
Judson Grocer Co.
Ceresota, %s ...... 12 30
Ceresota, 4s ....... 12 20
Ceresota, %S ....... 12 10
Worden Grocer Co.
Wingold, %s cloth .. 12 40
Wingold, %s cloth .. 12 35
Wingold, %s cloth .. 12 25
Meal
Bolted: 5.00.50. 03... os 10 55
Golden Granulated .. 10 75
Wheat
ROG oo bias be. eco ss oe 2 08
White <.6:...200, .2 -. 2 05
Oats
Michigan carlots ...... 65
Less ‘than cariots ..... 68
Corn
Canlots (2.1.33... 214
Less than carlots .... 2 17
Hay
COPFIGtS) foc. Weise coe 20 00
Less than carlots .. 22 00
Feed
Strect Car Feed .... 75 00
No. 1 Corn & Oat Fd . 00
Cracked Corn ...... 00
Coarse Corn Meal .. 80 00
FRUIT JARS
Mason, pts., per gro. 7 00
Mason, qts., per gro. 7 40
Mason, % gal. per gro. 9 85
Mason, can tops, gro. 2 75
GELATINE
Cox’s, 1 doz. large ... 1 45
Cox’s, 1 doz. small .. 90
Knox’s Sparkling, doz. 1 75
Knox’s Sparkling, gr. 20 506
Knox's Acidu’d doz. .. 1 85
Minute, 1 doz. ....... 1 25
Minute, 3 doz, ........ 3 75
INGISON’S 2.55 cece. s 1 50
Oxford: ooo ce. 5
Plymouth Rock, Phos, 1 40
Plymouth Rock, Plain 1 25
Waukesha ........... 1 60
GRAIN BAGS
Broad Gauge, 12 oz. .. 24
Climax, 14 02; .....4... 29
Stark, A; 1G oz. .:......
HERBS
SAGO secs ete. eels ae 15
TAODS 8. eos. ce ceca 15
Laurel Leaves ........ 15
Senna Leaves ......... 25
HIDES AND PELTS
Hides
Green, NO. 1... ..... 20
Green, INO. 2) ...3.... 19
@ured, No. 1 .;...... 22
Cured, NO. 2 .:...3.. 21
Calfskin, green, No. 1 28
Calfskin, green, No. 2 26%
Calfskin, cured, No. 1 30
Calfskin, cured, No. 2 28%
eoree, NO. boc. .s es 00
Horse, INO. 2... 2... 26 6 00
Pelts
Old Wool ........ 75@2 00
PAWNS soc cs le css 50@1 50
Shearlings ...... 50@1 50
Tallow
PMG (so. cee kee cs @13
INO. Be geass @12
INGA ce. ‘ @11
Wool
-Unwashed, med. @60
Unwashed, fine .... @55
HONEY
A. G. Woodman’s Brand.
7 oz., per doz.
eoeeocere
20 oz., per doz. ...... 90
HORSE RADISH
Per GOS foc. ees 90
JELLY
5lb. pails, per doz. ..
5lb. pails, per pail .. 1 05
Olb. pails, ‘per ‘pail .. 2 00
7
Jiffy-Jell
Straight or Se
Per doz. 1 15
Per case, per 4-doz. .. 4 60
Hight Flavors: Raspberry,
Strawberry, Cherry, Lem-
on, Orange, Lime, Pine-
apple, Mint.
JELLY GLASSES
1% pt. in bbls.; per doz. 25
% pt. in bbls., per doz. 27
8 oz. capped in bbls.,
DOP GO8. coe eee 27
MAPLEINE
2 oz. bottles, per doz. 3 00
1 oz. bottles, per doz. 1 75
16 oz. bottles, per dz. 16 50
32 oz. bottles, per dz. 30 00
MINCE MEAT
Per €ase 2.3.62 ik. 3 75
MOLASSES
New Orleans
Fancy Open Kettle .... 56
Choice :
Good
Stock
Half barrels "8c" extra
eee mee ere enns
Red Hen, No. 2% .... 2 90
Red Hen, No. 6 ..... 2 80
Red Hen, hi. 10... 2s
MUSTARD
4461p. 6 ib. box ........ 16
OLIVES
Bulk, 1 gal. kegs 1 20@1 30
Bulk, 2 gal. kegs 1 15@1 25
Bulk, 5 Been 1 05@1 15
Stuffed, ieata week EO
Stuffed, ‘ oz. Seatac i 60
Stuffed, 14 oz. ........ 50
Pitted Gat stuffed)
CGyA ee eee 50
Manzanilla, 8 oz. .... 1 10
Lunch, 10 oz. ....... 1 50
Lunch, 16 oz. ....... 2 60
Queen. nes 19
Of oe ssl. 00
Olive Chow, 2 doz. ‘cs.
Her Goz. ..:...:.... 2 25
PEANUT BUTTER
Bel-Car-Mo Brand
4 oz. 4 doz. in case ..3 60
7 oz. 2 doz. in case .. 2 90
8 oz. 2 doz. in case .. 3 30
18 oz. 1 doz. in case .. 3 00
5 lb. pails, 6 in crate 5 25
10 Ib. pails ....0..... 18
i> Ib: pails .......... 17%
25°1p; patls .. 0.6. 0.. 17
50 Ib, tims .......:.. 16%
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
Iron Barrels
Perfection 10.
Red Crown Gasoline «+ 21.5
Gas Machine Gasoline 34.9
VM & P Naphtha .. 21.
ca oisicnuiead: as
eee ee ereree
Leo iowa. 32.9
Acer Red Engine. - 20.4
Winter Black ........ 11.6
Polarine .......6..... 37.9
PICKLES
Medium
Barrels, 1,200 count 12 00
Half bbls., 600 count en
5 gallon kegs ....... 60
Small
Barrels ....6e sees se 14 00
Half barrels ........ 7 50
5 gallon kegs ...... 2 80
Gherkins
Papel oo. os cae esse 5 00
Half barrels -. 13 00
5 galion Kees ......4. 4 50
Sweet Small
Barrels 22.4.6... 4 00
Half barrels ........ 12 50
5 gallon kegs ........ 4 20
PIPES
Clay, No. 216, per box
Clay, T. D. full count 80
Cob, 3 doz. in box .. 1 25
PLAYING CARDS
No. 90 Steamboat .... 85
No. 15, Rival assorted 1 50
No. 20, Rover, enam’d 1 75
No. 572, Special ...... 2 00
No. 98 Golf, Satin fin. 2 25
No. 808, Bicycle ...... 2 25
No. 632 Tourn’t whist 2 50
POTASH
Babbitt’s, 2 doz .... 1 90
PROVISIONS
Barreled Pork
Clear Back .. 51 00@52 00
Short Cut Cir 48 00@49 00
BOA os ccs a5 47 00@48 00
oe Clear 52 00@53 00
five ee 35 00
Dry Salt Meats
$ P Belifes -- 32 00@33 00
Lard
Pure in tierces a0 74@28
Compound Lard 214,@22
80 lb. tubs -advance 1%
60 Ib. tubs .. advance %
50 ‘Ib. tubs .,.advance 4%
MICHIGAN TRADESMAN
8
20 Ib. pails ...advance %
10 lb. pails ...advance %
5 Ib. pails ...advance 1
3 lb. pails ...advance 1
Smoked Meats
Hams, 14-16 lb. 28 @2
Hams, 16-18 lb. 27 @28
Hams, 18-20 lb. 26 @27
Ham, dried beef
BEtS oc. cee es 29 @30
California Hams 23 @23%
Picnic Boiled
Blames. 2... 6). 31 @32
Boiled Hams .. 41 @42
Minced Hams .. 20 @21
Bacon 2. ios... 37 @42
Sausages
Bologna 2.6... ss cca ss
EIVGR oo ees cc esc
Frankfort
POV ooo... cee.
NG@QE ois oct eee
Tongsue ......;
Headcheese
ef
Boneless 25 00@27 00
Rump, new .. 30 00@31 00
Pig’s Feet
44 bbls. ou ee. 75
% DBbis., 40 Ibs: ...... 3 40
Me DUIS. ce ceca ea ve 00
MODE soc. 12 00
Tri
Kits, 15 Ibe. <......5. 90
14 bbis., 40 tbs. ...... 1 60
%.dDbis., 80 ibs. ...... 3 00
Casings
Hioes; per Ib: 2.3.2.2... 35
Beef, round set 19@20
Beef, middles, set .. 45@55
Sheen 22.2... .... 1 15@1 35
Uncolored Oleomargerine
Solid Dairy 23
Country Rolls .
Canned Meats
Corned Beef, 2 lb. .. 6 25
Corned Beef, 1 lb. .. 8 25
Roast Beef, 2 Ib. .... 6 25
Roast Beef, 1 Ib. .... 3 25
Potted Meat, Ham
Flavor, 4s ...... occ Oo
Potted Meat, Ham
Blavor, 468 <.......% 95
Deviled Meat, Ham
Blavor, 448 2.0020... 52
Deviled Meat, Ham
Riavor, %45) 2.22... 1 00
Potted Tongue, 4s .. 55
Potted Tongue, %s 1 00
RICE
Maney ............. 8@8%
Blue Rose ........ @8
Broken ............
ROLLED OATS
Monarch, bbls. ..... 10 25
Rolled Avena, bbls. 10 50
Steel Cut, 100 lb. sks. 5 20
Monarch, 90 Ib, sks. .. 5 10
Quaker, 18 Regular .. 1 75
Quaker, 20 Family .. 5 60
SALAD DRESSING
Columbia, % pint .... 2.25
Columbia. 1 pint ..... 4 00
Durkee’s, large, 1 doz. 4 20
Durkee’s, small, 2 doz. 5 00
Snider’s, large, 1 doz. 2 40
Snider’s, small, 2 doz. 1 45
SALERATUS
Packed 60 lbs. in box.
Arm and Hammer .. 3 10
Wyandotte, 100 %s .. 3 00
SAL SODA
Granulated, bbls. .... 1 40
Granulated, 100 lbs. es. 1 50
Granulated, 36 pkgs. ..1 40
SALT
Common Grades
100 3 Ib. sacks ...... 15
10 4 Ib. Sacks :..... 3 05
G06 Ib. sacks ...... 3 05
2s 10 tp; Sacks ...... 2 90
66 1b: saeke ........; 48
28 Ib. sacks ........ 27
Warsaw
56 Ib. sacks 2.0.0.0... 26
28 lb. dairy in drill bags 20
Solar Rock
56 3D: sacks ....2...... 48
Common
Granulated, Fine .... 1 80
Medium, Fine ....... 1 90
SALT FISH
Cod
Large, whole ...... @12
Smatl, whole -..:... @11%
Strips or bricks ..15@18
POUock 3.000.656. @10
Holland nerriea
Standards, bbls. 13 50
Y. ME Dbis. 2.5..5.. 00
eee. Kege ..... 85
¥. M. kegs ....... Seee) (OG
Herring
Med. Fat Split, "200 Ibs. 8 00
Laborador Split 200 Ib. 10 00
Norway, 4 K, 200 Ibs. 16 50
Special, 8 lb. pails .... 70
Scaled, in boxes ....... 17
Boned, 10 lb. boxes .... 17
No. 1,
No. 1,
No. 1,
No. 1,
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tts, ..::..
10
‘
Ool
olong
Mackerel 9 Formosa, Medium .. 25@26
Mess, 100 Ibs. ...... 20 00 : wag
’ 8 . Formosa, Choice .. 32@35
Mess, 40 tbs. ........ 8 50 2 0
Mess, 10: lbs. ........ 240 Formosa, Fancy 50@60
Mesa, § Ips, ..<....... 1 85 English Breakfast
INO. 2, $00 Ips, 2... 19 00 Congou, Medium 25@30
ING. A) 40 Ibs)... 23... 8 10 Congou, Choice .... 30@35
Noo J: 10-Ibs. 222.000. 10 Congou, Fancy 40@60
Lake Herring Congou, Ex. Fancy 60@80
HOO Ws. oe ack. ee. 00 Ceylon
bs i Coe eaate ca Ay 7 Pekoe, Medium 28@30
8 lbs. tee ecccccccece 54 Dr. Pekoe, Choice ..30@35
He Me disiesicneaes 7 , r GY @
SEEDS Flowery O. P. Fancy 40@50
AMIE oc. ccc c cece « 35 CIGARS
Gun Smyrna a Peter Dornbos Brands
tATAWAY casceccvcces D ~ b Si
Cardomon, Malabar 1 20 Tinaer —— au, 37 00
Celery ......2..--200- 45 Dornbos, Perfectos .. 37 00
Hemp, Russian ...... 7% Dornbos, Bismarck 73 00
Mixed Bird .......... 9 Allan D. Grant ...... 65 00
Mustard, white ...... 22 Alan Bi 2000. 35 00
PODDY . oc cece cee cess 70
UR Oe soe cecla cai Johnson Cigar Co.’s Brand
15
SHOE BLACKING
Handy Box, large 3 dz. 3 50
Handy Box, small
Bixby’s Royal Polish 85
Miller’s Crown Polish 85
Scotch, in bladders ... 37
Maccaboy, in jars ...... 35
French Rapple in jars .. 43
SODA
BOSGS oo es. 5%
Kees, Brmelish .....:.. 44
SPICES
Whole Spices
Allspice, Jamaica ..9@10
Allspice, lg. Garden @11
Cloves, Zanzibar @48
Cassia, Canton @20
Cassia, 5c pkg. doz. @35
Ginger, African .... @15
Ginger, Cochin @20
Mace, Penang ...... @90
Mixed, No. i ...... @17
Mixed, No. 2 ....... @16
Mixed, 5c pkgs. dz. @45
Nutmegs, 70-80 . @35
Nutmegs, 105-110 .. @30
Pepper, Black ..... @30
Pepper, White ..... @32
Pepper, Cayenne @22
Paprika, Hungarian
Pure Ground in Bulk
Allspice, Jamaica .. @16
Cloves, Zanzibar @60
Cassia, Canton @32
Ginger, African .... @24
Mace, Penang ..... @1 00
Nutmegs ........... @36
Pepper, Black ...... @30
Pepper, White ..... @40
Pepper, Cayenne @30
Paprika, Hungarian @45
STARCH
Corn
Kingsford, 40 Ibs. .. 9%
Muzzy, 48 1lb. pkgs. 9%
Kingsford
Silver Gloss, 40 1lb. .. 9%
Gloss
Argo, 48 5c pkgs. .... 2 40
Silver Gloss, 16 8lbs. .. 9%
Silver oo 12 6lbs. .. 9%
Muzzy
48 1lb. packages ...... 91%
16 3lb. packages ...... 9%
12 6lb. packages ...... 9%
50 Ib. boxes .......... 6%
SYRUPS
Corn
avrelm 2... 6c.) sc cee:
Half barrels ..........
Blue Karo, No. 1%,
2 doz ..... cicauuc, & OG
Blue Karo, No. 2, 2 dz. 3 80
Blue Karo, No. 2%, 2
GOR sco. cc. eek) 4 60
Blue Karo, No. 5. 1 dz. 4 45
a ee No. 10, %
ch dec cueee cue 4 30
Red "Karo, No. 1%, 2
LSceceeetiaeeces 3 20
Red ar, No. 2, 2 dz. 4 05
Red Karo, No. 2% 2dz. 5 00
Red Karo, No. 5, 1 dz. 4 85
Red Karo, No. 10 %
OM ce cecceuc es 60
Pure Cane
Wale 2. oo... ces cece 16
God) ..... 0.2.2... cs 20
@nalee <2... -. cc... 25
Folger’s Grape Punch
Quarts, doz. case 6 00
TABLE SAUCES ‘
Halford, large ....... 75
Halford, small ....... 2 26
TEA
Uncolored Japan
Medium ...05.