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It contains the correct proportion of low boiling point fractions to insure easy starting in any temperature—the correct proportion of intermediate boil- ing point fractions to insure smooth acceleration—and the correct proportion of high boiling point fractions with their predominence of heat units to insure the maximum power, miles and speed. These are the things that make Red Crown the most ef- ficient gasoline possible to manufacture with present day knowledge. For sale everywhere and by all agents and agencies of STANDARD OIL COMPANY (INDIANA) Chicago U. S. A. Ceresota Flour Always Uniformly Good Made from Spring Wheat at Minneapolis, Minn. Judson Grocer Company The Pure Foods House Distributors GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Loose Sugar Loss Is Sheer Waste Many paper bags of sugar break while being wrapped or delivered. Many pounds of loose sugar are thus wasted. Franklin Package Sugars save this loss No broken paper bags. No spilled sugar. No scoop- ing and wrapping. The sturdy car- tons and cotton bags are weighed, wrapped and sealed b¥ machine in the refinery. They are ready to put in your customers’ hands. The Franklin Sugar Refining Company PHILADELPHIA ‘A Franklin Cane Sugar for every use’’ Granulated, Dainty Lumps, Powdered, ‘Confectioners, Brown Three Sure Winners seers » ala 4 ‘ 4 | | a BoA ‘ ie \ “i * “tq & ne a * ‘a . . * a - - ad - « ~ ; at b . ss - AL? - - ’ 7 re oe |} ti \ pe s , ae . +4, -+ Hs i 4 > as . s 4 “ae « “18 «7 e » * a r »— 4 € in oe ee 4 > i e and” he ~ May 8, 1918 Wheat Flour. Millers are required to distribute their output of wheat flour so that each customer receives his fair share. Millers and wholesalers are not permitted to sell wheat flour to re- tailers unless the buyer purchases at the same time, or unless he gives satisfactory evidence that he has pur- chased one pound of any of the fol- lowing substitutes for every pound of wheat flour purchased: Hominy, corn grits, cornmeal, corn flour, edible corn starch, barley flour, rolled oats, oatmeal, rice, rice flour, buckwheat flour, potato flour, sweet potato flour, soya bean flour, and feterita flour and meals. In the case of whole wheat or gra- ham flour, six-tenths of a pound of wheat flour substitutes must be pur- chased for every pound of such whole wheat or graham flour, The same restrictions apply to wholesalers and jobbers. 1. No merchant dealing in’ wheat flour or rye flour shall keep on hand or have in his possession at any time any such flour in a quantity in excess of the reasonable requirements of his business for use or sale by him during the period of thirty days, provided that this rule shall not prevent any merchant from having on hand not to exceed a carload of such flour. 2. No merchant dealing in wheet flour at retail shall, without the wr‘t- ten permission of the United States Food Administrator, sell wheat flour to any person unless such person pur- chases from him, at the same time, one pound of wheat flour substitutes for every pound of wheat flour purchas- ed, or in case of whole wheat or gra- ham flour, containing at least 95 per cent. of the entire wheat, six-tenths of a pound of wheat flour substitutes for every pound of such whole wheat of graham flour purchased. 3. The merchant dealing in wheat flour at retail should distribute the flour which he receives as equitably as possible among his customers in such manner that no one of such customers shall receive more than his fair share thereof. He shall not, with- out the written permission of the United States Food Administrator, sell to individual consumers residing in town or cities, in quantities in ex- cess of one-eighth of a barrel; and in rural or farm communities, in excess ef one-quarter of a barrel. 4. No merchant shall use, sell or deliver any flour for any purpose oth- er than human consumption. Mixed Flours. 1. The merchant dealing in mixed flour at retail shall not, without the written permission of the United States Food Administrator, sell mx- ed flour containing more than 50 per cent. ‘of wheat flour to any person, unless stich person purchases from him at the same time, an amount of wheat flour substitutes sufficient to make the total amount of such sub- stitutes, including substitutes in the mixed flour, equal to the total amount of wheat flour in such mixed flour. Wheat Flour Gross Profits. Tt is the opinion of the United States Food Administration that the gross maximum profit to retail deal- MICHI@AN 1RADESMAN ers in original mill packages should not exceed from 80 cents to $1.20 per barrel, depending upon the character cf service performed. Where retail- ers sell in amounts less than the orig- inal mill packages, the gross profit should not exceed 1 cent a_ pound. Any profits in excess of these or in excess of those obtained in pre-war times will be considered cause for in- vestigation. Substitutes for wheat flour should not be sold at more than a reasonable advance over actual pur- chase price of the particular goods sold without regard to market or re- placement value at the time of such sale. Advertising. The Food Administration does not approve of advertisements of flour naming prices, deals, schemes or oth- er inducements that would tend to lead the consumer to purchase wheat flour in quantities larger than stated herein, and asks that such advertise- ments be discontinued. The Food Administration does not object to advertisements directing at- tention to a particular brand, style or quality of wheat flour. Perishable Commodities. 1. No merchant shall sell or of- fer for sale fresh meat, fresh meat products, fresh or frozen fish, poultry, eggs or butter which have been held for a period of thirty days or over in a cold storage warehouse unless such commodities are plainly marked, stamped or tagged, either upon the container wherein packed or upon the article of food itself with the words “Cold Storage.” The merchant shall keep such mark, stamp or tag in plain view, and shall not represent or ad- vertise as fresh any such commod- ities; and shall display a placard plain- ly and conspicuously marked “Cold Storage Goods” on the bulk mass or articles of such food. Any invoice or bill rendered for such goods shall clearly describe the commodities, us- ing the words “Cold Storage Goods.” 2. No merchant shall remove or erase or permit to be removed or erased any mark, stamp or tag bear- ing the words “Cold Storage” or oth- er words required by these rules and regulations to be placed on any food commodities or upon the containers wherein they are packed. When any food commodities are transferred from a container bearing the words “Cold Storage,’ or such food com- modities are divided into smaller lots or units, the words “Cold Storage” shall be plainly and conspicuously marked upon the containers, cartons, packages or wrapper to which they are transferred. Poultry. 3. The merchant shall not sell or offer for sale any live poultry which contains more than one ounce of feed for each two pounds of live poultry. 4, The merchant shall not sell or offer for sale any dressed poultry which contains more than one-fifth of an ounce of feed to each two pounds, dressed weight, of such poul- try. Potatoes 5. The merchant shall buy and sell potatoes only by the pound, except where the said potatoes are put up and sold in standard barrels, standard boxes or standard hampers. Beans. 6. The merchant shall buy and sell all dried beans and dried peas by the pound. The directions above enumerated are the minimum requirements. The patriotic merchant can render an add- ed service to his country by going even farther in many directions to en- sure the basic purposes of conserving food and getting it to the consumer at the lowest possible price. No mer- chant is expected to do business at a loss. No merchant need do so, even in these times of stress, if he conducts his business carefully and intelligent- ly. We are at war! The peril of our country is great, Let your patrio- tism lift you above selfish ambition, that you may find satisfaction in the knowledge that you have served well. By thus doing your duty, you will have contributed immeasurably that your country and democracy may en- dure. —_2+--—___ Hionks From Auto City Council. Lansing, May 6—It is singular how things disappear when their useful- ness is past. For instance, very few hitching posts remain in Lansing. Fred Mott (Elliott Grocer Co.) is driving a new Nash car purchased of the Lansing Garage & Sales Co. Fred drove his car through from the fac- tory at Kenosha, Wis., last Sunday without incident or mishap. He wears a smile as broad as a two year old mud turtle and still uses a Dodge car for commercial purposes. We hardly ever write for the Tradesman without in some way men- tioning the name of our esteemed friend and Council war horse, F. H. Hastings. The only thing we can say this time, however, is that he is somewhere in the Southwestern States guiding his tin lizzie from place to place and selling the best aluminium solder made. From what we have seen and heard we believe there are few men who have put forth greater efforts for the advancement of the interests of the commercial traveler than our present Grand Counselor, John A. Hach, of Coldwater. John has his faults, of course, but they are few. The only one we know of is his determinaticn to forget the pass word, “nuff sed.” W. G. Kerns, for many years pro- prietor of the Wentworth Hotel, has leased the interest of Mrs. Went- worth, consisting of the Michigan avenue frontage, and is changing the office and lobby to his pertion of the building which fronts on Grand ave- nue. The lower floors of the Michi- gan avenue frontage, now used as of- fice and lobby, will be remodeled and used for commercial purposes, Al- terations are nearly completed on the Grand avenue frontage and present a marked improvement. Many changes have been made in the interior ar- rangement, which provides for a sun parlor, a large, well-appointed dining room and three private dining rooms, besides a spacious and conveniently arranged kitchen. In the office and ether portions which have been re- medeled, much marble and other ex- nensive interior finish has been used. When completed this hotel will con- tain 300 rooms, newly furnished, and the rates will range from $1 to $3 per day, Mr. Kerns states that his sols- telry will be second to none in the State and that he will be in position to give more for the money than oth- er hotels in Michigan. M. H. Gunn, who was seriously in- iured last November, is now able to walk a short distance with the aid of a cane and crutch. His recovery has been necessarily slow, owing to the seriousness of his injuries. Mr. Gunn is a charter member of our Coun- cil. He has seen thirty years of ac- tual service as a commercial traveler and for the past twelve years has rep- resented the Judson Grocer Company, of Grand Rapids. During this twelve years he has been assisted by one man for two days only and this on account of sickness. So far as va- cations are concerned, he never had any until within the last three years, when an agreement was reached be- tween all the wholesale grocers of Michigan wherein all their salesmen were given the first week in July. Should Mr, Gunn’s present disability confine him for several more months he would still have a good record for continuous service. The attendance at our Council meet- ing last Saturday night was smaller than usual, but what we lacked in numbers was more than made up in good things enjoyed by those present. We were honored by a visit from Grand Counselor John A. Hach, of Coldwater, and A. G. MacEachron, of Detrcit, chairman of the Grand Ex- ecutive committee. Both gave pleas- ing talks at the Bohemian supper which was given by our ladies’ auxil- iary at 7 p.m. They also made stir- ring speeches to the Council in ses- sion. Three candidates traveled the rough road to full membership in the order and expressed themselves as well pleased with the treatment g ven them, especially the forceful and im- pressive manner in which the Rav of Hope lecture was given by Mr. Mac- Eachron. H. D. Bullen. —_—_—_>2—2 Straight Talk to Hotel Landlords. Address of Herbert Hoover, Food Administrator, to Hotel Men of the United States. “We have asked you to come here, many of you on a long journey, with great sacrifice to yourselves. We have not asked you to come for any idle purpese. You meet us at prob- ably the most serious day in our Na- tional history since the Battle o° Gettysburg. The seriousness of the situation can only emphasize the problem which we wish to put before Our wheat situation to-day is the most serious situation in the food supply of the whole Allied world. The Food Administration has not taken the attitude of the general in command, giving orders. I, there- you. fore, cannot give you orders. I am going to make an appeal. My mess- age is small and concrete, The serv- ice that we ask of you—that we ask of every well-to-do, every independ- ent person in the United States to- day—is that he or she shall abstain from the use of wheat, in any form, until the next harvést. If the Lord is good to us in weather, our problem will be over by the first of September. That is nct a long period of sacrifice. Now most of us can play but a small part in the winning of this war, and you and I do not wish to look into the eyes of our children ten years hence and say that we failed in our duty. This is a sacr fice that is small in figure, but I can assure you there is no message that I can send the food controllers of Europe to-day that will carry such weight and such encouragement to their people as to be able to say that every first-class hotel and restaurant in the United States has, for their sake, abolished the use of wheat.” 2 Those who eat wheat on wheatless days work against, not with, the Gov. ernment, MICHIGAN TRADESMAN May 8, 1918 Movements of Merchants. Portland—B. W. Jackson succeeds John Miner in the garage and auto- mobile accessory business. _ Bancroft—George Symes is closing out his lumber and fuel stock prep- aratory to joining the colors. Detroit—The Standard Fuel Appli- ance Co. has changed its name to the Standard Fuel Engineering Co. Edmore—W, J. Fontaine has sold his bakery and restaurant to William Sattler, who has taken possession. Luther—Fire destroyed the F. A. Smith bean and. grain warehouse, May 3, involving a loss of about $9,- 000. Flint—Salah & Hamady, grocers at 609 South Saginaw street, have open- ed a branch store at 1108 North Sag- inaw street. Muskegon—The F. G. Ruddiman Co, has removed its mat manufactur- ing plant to Tonia and will continue the business. Munising—Frank Hausler is clos- ing out his meat and grocery stock and will retire from business, owing to failing health. Alma—The J. C. Penney Co., con- ducting a chain of 197 general stores in 25 different states, has opened a similar store here. Fountain—H. E. Loken has closed his clothing and jewelry store until he can find a purchaser for the stock and store fixtures. Montrose—Chatterton & Son, of Mt. Pleasant, lost their warehouse and contents by fire. May 1, entailing a loss of about $10,000. Manistee—W. F. Lott has purchas- ed the grocery stock of N. J. Larsen and engaged in business at the corner of Fifth and Sibben streets. Flint—O. M. Smith & Co., dealer in dry goods, at 402-404 South Sagi- naw street, has increased its capital stock from $25,000 to $150,000. Westphalia—Anthony Snitgen, of A. Snitgen & Co., dealers in general merchandise, died May 1, at Grand Rapids, following a short illness. Olivet—Mrs. Phillip Gage, of Gar- retsville, Ohio, has purchased the dry goods and notion stock of the late F. H. Gage and will continue the busi- ness. Mt. Morris—F. J. Lindsay & Co. succeed F. E. Holmes in the grocery business. Lines of men’s furnishing goods and gloves have been added to the stock. Cheboygan—The Co- Operative Association has been incor- porated with an authorized capital steck of $5,000, of which amount $4,000 has been subscribed and paid in in cash, Cheboygan Muskegon—William H. Bonnes has sold his interest in the Coca Cola Bottling Co. to Adam J. Miller and the business will be continued under the same style. Mendon—D. L. Worthington, deal- er in agricultural implements, fuel and produce, died at a Chicago hos- pital May 3, following an illness of several months. Detroit—The Blindbury Coal Co. has been incorporated with an author- ized capital stock of $10,000, all of which has been subscribed and $2,000 paid in in cash. Saginaw—W. H. Durham has sold his grocery stock at 409 West Gen- esee avenue to R. Christensen, who conducts a chain of stores here and in nearby towns. Wyandotte—The Furgason Lumber Co., Inc., has been organized with an authorized capital stock of $30,000, all cf which has been subscribed and $15,000 paid in in cash. Saginaw—The Boston Store has sold its stock of bazaar goods to Louis Levinsohn, proprietor of the Peoples Bargain Store( who will con- solidate the two stocks. Sagiaw—F. W. Maier & Co. tea and coffee dealer at 710 Genesee avenue, suffered a loss of about $400 by fire and water May 1. The loss is covered by insurance. Lansing—The Banner Coal Co. has been incorporated with an authorized capital stock of $2,000, of which amount $1,000 has been subscribed and $500 paid in in cash. Grand Ledge—William Davis has sold his interest in the laundry of Davis Bros. to Roy Mascho and the business will be continued under the style of Davis & Mascho. Bay City—The Niedzielski Bros. Clothing Co. has been incorporated with an authorized capital stock of $5,000, all of which has been sub- scribed and paid in in cash. Muskegon—N. Michels is closing out at special sale a portion of his stock of jewelry and silverware and will remove the remainder to Hough- ton and continue the business. Ann Arbor—The Auto Tire Repair Co. has been incorporated with an authorized capital stock of $5.000, cf which amount $2,500 has been sub- scribed and $1,000 paid in in cash. Ravenna—The Meadow Brook Farms has been incorporated with an authorized capital stcck of $50.000, of which amount $27,000 has been subscribed and $5,000 paid in in cash. Alma—C. A. Ogle & Son, dealers in harness and harness’ accessories, have dissolved partnership and the business will be continued by Charles C. Ogle, who has taken over the in- terest of his father. Port Huron—The Port Huron Stor- age & Bean Co. has been incorporat- ed with an authorized capital stock of $20,000, all of which has been sub- scribed, $5,000 paid in in cash and $10,000 in property. Niles—James Hatch and Fred Ey- cleshymer have formed a copartner- ship under the style of the Niles Cap- sule Co. and will manufacture cap- sules in the Bliss building, which they purchased and are remodeling. Bessemer—The Rientola Co-Oper- ative Trading Co. has been organized to conduct a general mercantile busi- ness with an authorized capital stock of $8,000, of which amount $4,140 has been subscribed and $1,580 paid in in cash. Detroit—The La Mode Dress Shop, Inc., dealer in women’s clothing, has been incorporated with an authorized capital stock of $15,000, of which amount $12,000 has been subscribed, $3,000 paid in in cash and $3,500 in property. Detroit—Paul W. Beals, confection- er at 771 Gratiot avenue, has merged his business into a stock company with an authorized capital stock of $20,000, of which amount $13,500 has been subscribed, $550 paid in in cash and $9,800 in property. Sault Ste. Marie—The Soo Hard- ware Co. will engage in business in the Superior House block as soon as it has been remodeled and will carry lines of sporting goods and harness in connection with the hardware and implement stock. The store will be under the management of Angus Rankin. Saginaw—The Paxson Co., conduct- ing a hardware store at 213-215 North Hamilton street, has filed a petition for the dissolution of the company. It is understood to have a stock of about $18,000, with several thousand dollars in account colletable. Its in- debtedness is about $19,000. Charles F. Alderton has been appointed tem- porary receiver. Manufacturing Matters. Detroit—The Voigt Brewing Co. has changed its name to the Voigt Beverage Co. Detroit—The Stroh Casting Co. has increased its capitalization from $100,- 000 to $250,000. Cheboygan—Fire destroyed the Lovelace bakery May 2, entailing a loss of about $5,000. Detroit—Traugott Schmidt & Sons, tanner, has increased its capital stock from $600,000 to $1,100,000. Mt. Clemens—The Mt. Clemens Brewing Co. has changed its name to the Mt. Clemens Beverage Co. Alamo—H. W, Walker, proprietor of the Alamo creamery, is closing out his business and will remove to Mon- tana. Grand Haven—Edward Seligman has sold his cigar factory and retail cigar stock to G. J. Muller, who will continue the business. Detroit—The Acme Mill Ends Co. has increased its capitalization from $10,000 to $50,000 and changed its name to the Acme Mills Co. Detroit—The Mineral Oil Paint Co. has been incorporated with an author- ized capital stock of $50,000, of which amount $25,000 has been subscribed and $5,000 paid in in cash. St. Ignace—The St. Ignace Box & Float Co. has been incorporated with an authorized capital stock of $15,- 000, of which amount $8,100 has been subscribed and $2,750 has been paid in in cash. Detrcit—The French Pastry Baking Co. has been organized to conduct bakeries and restaurants. with an au- thorized capital stock of $7,000, all cf which has been subscribed and paid in in cash. Detroit—The Allpure Beverage Co 600 Moffat building, has been incor porated with an authorized capital stock of $10,000, of which amount $8,000 has been subscribed and $1,000 paid in in cash. Detroit—The Steering Gear & Parts Co, has been incorporated with an authorized capital stock of $175,000 common and $100,000 preferred, of which amount $212,800 has been sub- scribed and paid in in cash. Saginaw—The Stork Motor Co., manufacturer of gas. engines and metal products, has merged its busi- ness into a stock company with an authorized capital stock of $75,000, of which amount $50,000 has been sub- scribed and paid in in property. Detroit—R. L. Smith, for twelve years connected with the National Biscuit Co., and lately in charge of the county department of the Detroit branch of the concern, has been trans- ferred to Boston, where he will be at the head of the National Biscuit Co.’s city department. He was given a banquet Friday evening by sixty salesmen of the city and county force. He will leave for Boston Sunday evening. He will maintain a Detroit connection in his tenure of the Sec- retary-Treasurership of the Gabell- Smith Building Co. — The Merchants Congress which has been held in Grand Rapids during the past two years in the month of June will be postponed to October this vear. This year’s event will be under the same auspices as heretofore—the wholesale trade of Grand Rapids—but the speakers will be furnished by the University of Michigan under a spe- cial arrangement with the regents o! that institution. The Congress this year will supersede the usual Trade Extension Excursion, which will have to be abandoned on account of the inability of the railways to furnish a special train. ————_++<-—____ The Tradesman takes pleasure in calling attention to the summarized compilation of food rules and excep- tions published in compact form on the second and third pages of this week’s edition. No more complete summary has ever been printed any- where. The grocer who uses this presentation as a text book and care- fully follows the Tradesman’s inter- pretation of the situation cannot go wrong. —_>++ Let no man slight the strong im- pulses of his own thought, May 8, 1918 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN aa ~ Review of the Grand Rapids Produce Market, Asparagus—$1.75 per crate for IIli- nois; home grown, $1 per doz. Apples—Baldwins, Greenings, $6.50 per bbl., Northern Spys, $7 per bbl.; Western, $3.75 per box. Bananas—$6.50 per 100 lbs. Beets—New Illinois, $1.75 per ham- per. Butter—The market is very firm, different grades advancing approx- imately 1@2c per pound during the last week. This is due largely to very moderate receipts and a good con- sumption of fresh-made creamery. The general quality is gradually im- proving, some lots starting to show a slight grassy flavor. There is a heavy withdrawal of storage cream- ery butter, due to a good demand and a short supply of fresh-made cream- ery. We do not look for any mater- ial change in the butter market until the receipts show a heavier increase, which will probably become evident within the next two weeks. Local dealers hold extra fancy creamery at 42'4c for fresh. They pay 40c for No. 1 dairy in jars; they also pay 27c for packing stock. Cabbage—$3.50 per 100 Ib. $1.85 per 40 lb. hamper. crate; Carrots—$1.85 per hamper for new Ih. Cauliflower—$2.50 per doz. Calif. Cucumbers—$1.75 per doz. for IIli- nois hot house. case of 1 Eggs—The market is steady at quotations ranging about the same as previous quotations. Receipts are heavy and there has been a good con- sumptive demand. The general qual- ity of eggs is keeping up very well, due to the very moderate weather in the producing sections. Continued heavy receipts are looked for and the market depends largely upon weather conditions at this time. Considerable eggs are going into storage at this writing. Local dealers pay 34c to- day, cases included, delivered in Grand Rapids. Figs—12 10 oz. packages, $1.60. Grape Fruit—$4@5 per box for all sizes Floridas. Green Onions—18c per home grown. Green Peppers—75c per basket for Southern grown. Honey—22c per lb. for white clover and 20c for dark. Lemons—California selling at $6 for choice and $6.25 for fancy. Lettuce—15@16c per 1b. for hot house leaf; $2.75 per hamper for New York head; Iceberg, $5.25 per crate. Limes—$1.50 per 100 for Italian. doz. for Maple Syrup—$2.35 per gal. for pure. Mushrooms—75c per Ib. Nuts—Almonds, 21c per lb., filberts, 20c for Grenoble; Brazils, 18c; Mixed nuts, 16%4c, Onions—Home grown command $2 per 100 lb. sack; Texas Bermudas, $2 per crate for yellow and $2.50 per crate for white. Onion Sets—$1.75 per bu. for yel- low and $2.50 for white. Oranges—California Navals 7.50. Parsnips—75c per bu, Pieplant—$2 per 40 Ib. box home grown. Pineapple—$6@6.50 for either size. Plants—Tomatoes, $1 per box; cabbage, $1 per box. $4(a) Potatoes—Country buyers are pay- ing 75@90c per 100 Ibs. New are now in market, commanding $2.25 per hamper for Florida. Radishes—30c per doz. for home grown hot house. Seeds—Timothy, $4; Medium Clover $19@20; Alfalfa, $16; Alfalfa, Dako- ta, $14. Seed Beans—Navy, $9; Red Kid- ney, $9; Beans Swedish, $7. Seed Potatoes—Early Ohio, 2™%c per Ib. Spinach—$1.65 per bu. for III. Strawberries—$7 per 24 qt. case Floridas. Sweet Potatoes—$3.25 per hamper for kiln dried Illinois. Tomatoes—$5 per 6 basket crate. ———_+--——__ The Grocery Market. Sugar—Jobbers are now getting adequate stock to meet all require- ments. Retailers are still restricted to single sales of 5 pounds to a city customer and 10 pounds to a country customer. No announcement has yet been made as to when the card sys- tem of extra sales for canning pur- poses will be put into effect, but it is intimated that total sales will not be confined to a single purchase; that women who can and preserve will be sold all the sugar they require for this purpose. The consumptive de- mand, according to representative re- tailers, seems to have fallen off as soon as consumers found that they could get practically all the sugar they wanted without restriction. Sup- ply of raws is fair. Sugar prices are unchanged and will remain so_ in- definitely. Tea—Orders, as heretofore, are running chiefly to Javas and Formo- sas. While prices are no higher, the undertone of the market as a whole is strong as a result of the small vis- ible supply of everything excepting Javas and some grades of Indias and Ceylons, together’ with the probabil- ities of restricted imports during the coming season in consequence of the great and growing scarcity of ton- nage in the Far East. Coffee—The market is unchanged for the week. All grades of Rio and Santos are steady on last week’s bas- is, with no indication of any impor- tant change in the near future. De- mand for Rio and Santos coffee is small. Milds are held firmly and have not been affected by the weak- ness in Brazils. Java and Mocha un- changed and firm. Canned Fruit—The outlook is de- cidedly unsettled so far as futures are concerned, while as to spots, the of- ferings are inconsequential. Vegetables—W hat bers of the jobbing trade are trying to realize now is just how they are to obtain their allotments to meet the requirements of their regular business. That there can be no large ordering ahead seems plainly mani- fest from the present development of affairs. Business this year will have to be done on a different basis from that of previous years. Retailers will be obliged to understand also that they cannot make provision for their season’s supplies as they have been doing in the past, but they, too, will have to buy from hand to mouth. This will, undoubtedly, cause a more even distribution of supplies than heretofore and may, in fact, have a permanent effect on trade customs after the war is over. Both whole- salers and retailers are finding that they must readjust themselves to these new conditions, and, while this may be difficult in many instances, it may be that there will be enough compensations to make it seem de- sirable. There will be no profiteering on the part of wholesalers at any rate because their percentage of profit will have a maximum limit, and any increase in costs on the part of can- ners will simply be passed on to the consumer. Whatever profiteering there may be will be indulged in by growers upon whom there are no re- strictions, so that the agencies of dis- tribution from the canner to the re- tailer will make their just profits and the consumer will pay the advance. Canned Fish—Salmon is offering in a small way on the spot practically on the basis of quotations. The sit- uation in regard to sardines is still in the making. Canned mem- Cheese—The market on old full cream cheese is firm, due to an in- creased home consumption and a moderate supply of strictly fancy old- made goods. There is a moderate de- mand for the new-made cheese, which is finding outlet largely through the Allied Government Commission. No great change can be seen, at this writ- ing, in the cheese market. However, quotations from the country are slightly firmer than last week. Tapioca—Limited supplies and the threatened embargo on imports on the score that it is a non-essential food product does not impart a strong tone to the market for this com- modity. Molasses—The movement is steady, 5 but of moderate volume, reflecting the restricted condition of supplies. Prices remain on a firm basis. Rice—The market is very narrow, as there is not enough stock in sight to do business of any consequence, even if demand were present, which it is not. The statistical situation in the South causes a strong feeling, and any change in prices will no doubt be in an upward direction. Sugar Syrups—The quantities com- ing out are still inadequate to cover current demands, and prices have strong support. Corn Syrup—The spot market is still lightly supplied, while demand continues good and the firm tone is maintained. Provisions—The market on pure lard is steady, local packers willing to sell for about 4%@'%4c per pound under their asking prices of last week, due to a curtailed demand and a slight accumulation of pure lard. The mar- ket on compound lard is steady, with quotations ranging the same as last week; moderate supply and a good consumptive demand. Air dricd tend- ers of beef very firm, with quotations about 1c per pound higher than prev- ious quotations, due to a lighter sup- ply and a good consumptive demand. The market on steady, due to a fair supply and a moderate consumptive demand. The market on barreled pork is very firm, with an extremely light supply and a fair consumptive demand, at quo- smoked meats is tations the same as last week. The market on canned meats is firm at unchanged quotations, with a light supply and a good consumptive de- mand. Salt Fish—There has been no change in the mackerel situation dur- ing the week. Supply fairly adequate for the demand. Prices are steady to firm. —_—_—_-> +2 Bottom Facts From Booming Boyne City. Boyne City, May 6—R. F. McCum- ber, whose store on Groveland avenue burned last winter, has a new build- ing nearly completed on the same site. Mr. McCumber evidently con- siders Boyne City a good place to do business in. The steamer Odd Fellow began making regular trips between this place and Charlevoix last Sunday. Boyne City merchants hope to benefit in freight delivery by utilizing this service. Several important industrial items are in the making, but the censor says, not yet, but soon. Boyne City is, apparently, on the verge of “bustin’* loose” again in a business way. It is amusing to those who have worked and done business in a purely industrial community to read the items, both news and editorial, in the down-state papers concerning the ef- fect of the inauguration of the dry spell. We call tell the wet communi- ties that they can cut their police force in half and use their jails for other purposes when the full effect of the closing of the saloons is felt. Maxy. —_.-. When a marriage is announced, the bride’s woman friend says: “I wonder why they waited so long. She was getting old and crabbed.” -And the groom’s man friend says: “What did the blamed fool marry so early: for? He'll lose the best years of his life.” LAGGARD AT THE FRAY. America Not Doing Her Part in Kaiser’s War. Germany has all the summer before her. Spring has barely begun, and she has poured her armies into French territory that has not seen a German since 1914. She first rolled back the French. She has now rolled back the British. And we, a Nation of a hun- dred million free people, look on help- lessly. It is true we have a few score thousands of soldiers at the front; but, spirited and brave as they are, they cannot count greatly when mil- lions are engaged. We have been in this war for a year and longer, and the American forces at the front are to be ranked in numbers with the Bel- gians and the Portuguese. We read each day in the newspapers of what these brave and fine young soldiers of America are doing. We are proud of them. We believe in them. We know we can count on them. But they are few, pitifully few. And we have not given them even the arms that they need. They have no artil- lery except such as that of which hard-pressed France deprives hard- pressed Italy to give them. A while ago Mr. Baker, our Secretary of War, stood in a front trench in France and called it the “frontier of freedom.” Since then that frontier has been pushed back. Behind the armies that are defending that frontier are the liberties of the world. Behind those armies is the freedom of America. Our British friends and our French friends have been very generous in what they have said of America’s preparations, and we thank them for their generosity; but we owe heartiest thanks to such a friend as Lloyd George, who did us a service in ex- pressing disappointment at our slow- ness. No one except our enemies will profit if we fool ourselves. We Amer- icans will never count in this war un- less we face the facts, It will help us to face the facts to listen to such a voice as that of Theresa Virginia Beard, whose poem, “Against the Wall,” we print on this page. This country is, as Mrs. Beard says, a lag- gard at ‘the fray. Our people have been led to imagine that there was no need for hurry. Our Government has been diliber- ate when it ought to have been in haste. It has gone about its prepara- tions as if there were plenty of time. Our Army has needed machine guns with which to meet the oncoming Germans, and our Government, in- stead of using machine guns already available, has waited to perfect a machine gun that may prove to be better than those in existence; but in the meantime the Germans have come on. Our Army has needed airplanes, and our Government, instead of using airplane motors already in existence and tested in war has waited to per- fect its Liberty motor, which may prove better than any existing motor; hut in the meantime our soldiers at the front are dependent upon the air- planes of the French, and our soldiers even at home have not had the planes which they need for training. It is MICHIGAN TRADESMAN right to aim at improvement, and even perfection, but we ought not to let action wait upon discovery of the best when need calls for the use of every resource available. Our Government has acted as if there had been a chance that peace might be secured by negotiation be- fore ever we got into the fight. We have thought that words, that per- suasion, that argument, would weigh with a people who celebrated the Lus- itania massacre, who glory in the bombing of women and children, who have been taught that they could brandish the sword and no one would dare resist. Our Government has so exalted the use of argument and ne- gotiation that even when the Presi- dent, openly acknowledging that re- liance on persuasion has led only to “disillusionment,” declares that Amer- ica must now use “force without stint or limit,” the most consistent sup- porters of the Government’s policies cannot believe that the President Corps for the care of the wounded and disabled constitute only the gun be- hind the door? No wonder America is a laggard if there are many who believe this. And America is a laggard. The imputation that such a statement as this originates in partisan opposition to the Administration and in a desire to supplant that Administration with another of a different party ought to be resented by all Americans as an attempt to divert public attention from facts to a futile discussion of motives. The facts are plain. They have been elicited by a Senatorial committee of which a majority were of the Admin- istration party; and a majority mem- ber of that committee declared in the Senate: “I deem it proper to say that, without regard to the action taken by the Democrats of the com- mittee, the action of the Republican members was particularly patriotic and loyal. They waived any possible political benefit which their party AGAINST THE WALL “With our backs to the wall’’—Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, April 13, God spare thee not, America, This penitential day! Against the wall, in Flanders, The nations stand at bay; And thou, the strong, the mighty, A laggard at the fray! God drive thee hard, America, So hesitant, so slow; God smite thee in his anger, And fling thee at the foe; The last black dregs of sacrifice May it be thine to know! God save thee, O America! The glory and the fame, Once thy fathers’, be they children’s,— Not thine the deathless shame That freedom fell in Flanders Calling upon thy name! Theresa Virginia Beard. 1918 means what he says. the “New Republic:” He [President Wilson] is appeal- ing to force without stint or limit because unless he can command it he may not be able to win the indispensa- ble political victory. He says noth- ing about using it to deal Germany a “knock-out blow.” It is needed be- cause German generals have been al- lowed to dictate terms of peace with Russia and Rumania, and because they will not abandon their military con- quests and advantages until they have been defeated. But the unlimited force is asked expressly for the pur- pose of obtaining a revision of the proposed settlement in the East, and the German government can always remove the threat by agreeing to abandon the treaties. Does this sound incredible? Is it possible that there are sane people in this country who can see what has happened across the water and yet believe that our millions of soldiers, the billions of dollars we are paying by taxes, the billions that we are raising by loans, and all the prepara- tions we are making through the Red Cross and through our Army Medical We quote from might have derived from denouncing those in power, and willingly joined their Democratic associates in point- ing out what they felt would remedy the evils in the future.” The Senator who said this was Mr. Hitchcock, of Nebraska, a Democrat, and we quote from his account of what the members of that committee found: We found most of the machine-gun companies unable to drill two months after they were formed because they had no machine guns. Even in De- cember we found 1,200 machine guns still kept in storage for some foolish and inexplicable reasons while each camp had only been supplied with about eighty machine guns. We found men sent to France with- out opportunity for rifle or machine- gun practice. We found that we must depend on overworked and overstrained France for machine guns for ground use un- til nearly the end of this year, and that not over one-tenth of the new Browning machine guns on which we are to rely can be delivered before August. We found that we are only now, nine months after entering the war, May 8, 1918 just beginning work on two great powder plants, costing $90,000,000, the powder from which will not be avail- able until next August. We found that we need a million pounds of powder a day more than America is producing. We found that the need of this powder was known last spring, and that now for the first time we are beginning to build the factories in which the powder is to be made. The present condition of our ship- building is nothing less than shock- ing. The present supply of shipping is worse than alarming. I am atraid to go too deeply into the figures, for one might be charged with giving information of value to the enemy were one to tell the truth about the present supply of shipping. To our Government belongs the re- sponsibility for such a state of af- fairs, The Government cannot plead lack of power, for it has been made powerful by Congress beyond the dreams of any Government this coun- try has ever known. It cannot plead lack of funds. It has been endowed with billions by a Congress that has levied unprecedented taxes, and by a people who have wholeheartedly supported such taxation by their cheerful acquiescence, and have add- ed their emphatic support by the loan- ing of billions more to the Govern- ment. It cannot plead lack of warn- ing, for this country watched the progress of the war for two years and three-quarters before it entered the war itself. And now, a year after entering the war, with all funds at its disposal that it has asked for, wita ample power, and after full warning, the Government finds itself unable to place any considerable army beside the armies of our Allies, and is even unable to persuade some of its own supporters that it really intends to use “force without stint or limit.” For every achievement of this coun- try since war was declared in April, 1917, the Government deserves credit. For the adoption of conscription, for the building of the cantonments, for the creation of a really democratic army that is really disciplined, for the creation of a morale that is be- yond anything any American army ever before had and is probably un- matched in the army of any other country, for the rapid expansion of the Navy and its effective use in the submarine zone, and for other like achievements, it is to the Government that credit belongs. But where credit goes also should go blame for mis- takes, negligence, failure. And, after all, what counts now is not the in- cidental achievements, but only vic- tory. Without victory nothing else is of any use. And the failures, the negligence, the mistakes, are to-day imperiling victory, We cannot help those that are past, but the people of America can insist that they shall not be repeated, and can also insist that the men who have made the mistakes, who have been guilty of negligence, who have been responsible for the failures, shall be replaced by compe- tent men. This is what the American people owe to our Allies of Britain and France who are standing with their back to the wall. This is what the American people owe to the weaker free peoples who have been strug- gling for their rights during these ~ s ° - ~ : \ &, 4 ST I cece ection ed amp: peers > le 4 ee ast é ‘4 rhs + a ‘ z, J ‘ £ ’ ~ s » ee o % om Suen rence, FR Nive terug As ‘ May 8, 1918 years against the Hun. This is what the American people owe to their soldiers who have already gone to the front, and to the men, the volun- teers and the selected alike, who are to-day in training. This is what the American people owe to those thou- sands who have sacrificed their money, their home ties, their future, and have offered themselves for pub- lic service, and have labored and are laboring at their patrictic tasks. This is what the American people owe to themselves as a free people who love their liberty and who disdain to leave to others the task of defending it—Outlook. see Alfred J. Brown has returned from the Canadian Northwest, where he disposed of his tract of wheat land on most advantageous terms. He says there are more than a million acres mcre land devoted to wheat this sea- son than ever before and that 75 per cent. of the seed is already in the ground. The crop has been planted from two to three weeks earlier than any previous season and all indica- tions point to a bumper crop. The wheat growers are working to the utmost to meet the requirements of their government and the demands of humanity and civilization. Mr. Brown says the Canadian Northwest is the wheat bin of the world and that land, labor and farm products are all in good demand there. > —_ If you hold out on Uncle Sam now you will pay the Kaiser, and with in- terest. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Restrictions in Use of Sugar By Manufacturers. Washington, May 6—Manufactur- ers using sugar except to make es- sential food products will be put on strict rations, the United States Food Administration announced to-day, in order to assure sufficient supplies for home canners and the commercial manufacturers of preserves, jams and other foodstuffs regarded as essential. The restrictions go into effect May 15 and limit the consumption by man- ufacturers of the less essentials, par- ticularly confectionery and __ soft drinks. This entire group is allowed to use only 80 per cent. of last year’s requirements, and under the new plan distribution will be well policed and under a certificate system that vir- tually assures the elimination of fic- titious demands. Manufacturers of non-edible prod- ucts will be forced to go entirely with- out sugar. Included in the class with confec- tionery and soft drinks are condi- ments, soda water, chocolate, candies, beverage syrups, fruit syrups, flavor- ing extracts, chewing gum, cocoa, sweet pickles, wines, cereals and in- vert sugar. Those who entered the business or increased their capacity after April 1, 1918, however, will be cut off entirely. Manufacturers of essential food- stuffs will be permitted to buy suf- ficient sugar to meet their full re- quirements. In this class some pre- servers and packers of vegetables, catsup and chili suace, fruits and milk, manufacturers of jam, jelly, and pre- serves, tobacco and explosives, apple butter and glycerine, ice cream (not including sherberts and water ices), druggists (for medicines) and pro- ducers of honey. Ice cream is put in the preferred class to assure consumption of sur- plus milk supplies and thus encourage dairy interests to maintain produc- tion. Tobacco was placed in this class largely because the amount of sugar by tobacconists is almost negligible, the chief source of sweets being mo- lasses. Manufacturers of less essentials who entered the business or increas. ed their capacity before November 1, 1917, shall receive the 80 per cent. allowance, but those who started or expanded after that date but before April 1, 1918, in the face of an actual sugar shortage and with full knowl- edge of the Food Administration's announced programme of sugar con- servation, will be cut down to 50 per cent. of requirements. Those who commenced operations or increased their capacity after that date will not be allowed to purchase sugar in any amounts. These definite classifications pro- tect the patriotic manufacturer who has been observing the requests of the Food Administration against compet- itors who have taken advantage of the sugar shortage to increase their prof- its. Control of distribution will be in the hands of the Federal Food Ad- ministrators of each state. They will issue certificates to all manufacturers requiring sugar, upon delivery of sworn statements showing the amounts to which each is entitled. None of the distributing agencies will he allowed to sell sugar to any class of manufacturers except upon delivery cf certificates. The certificates cover the period from May 15 to July 1, when new conservation measures may be deemed advisable. All sellers of sugar—whether refin- ers, jobbers, retail or wholesale gro- cers—must cancel the certificates and return them within one month after the sale, to the Federal Food Admin- istrator by whom they were issued. From the returned certificates he will be able to check the record of those who are entitled to sugar and to detect any trading in or counterfeiting of certificates. 7 Manufacturers are being required to report the amount of sugar they held on January 1, 1917, and receipts from that date until July 1. Sub- tracting the amount on hand July 1 will give the total consumption for the first six months of 1917. They musi also report stock on hand January 1, 1918, and receipts since that date. rom those figures the Administrators will be able to determine the addition- al amount of sugar to which the man- ufacturers are entitled. oo Butter, Eggs, Poultry, Beans and Potatoes. Buffalo, May 8—Creamery butter extras, 45c; first, 43@44c; common, 38@42c; dairy, common to choice, 32 @40c; dairy poor to common, all kinds, 28@30c. Cheese—No. 1 new, fancy, 224%4@ 23c; choice, 22c; held 25@26c. Eggs—Choice, new laid, 36 fancy hennery, 37@38c. Poultry (live)—Cockerels, old cox, 23@25c; ducks, fowls, 34@35c. Beans—Medium, $13.50 per hundred Ibs.; Peas, $13.50 per hundred lbs.; Red Kidney, $14.00@14.50 per hundred lbs.; White Kidney, $15@15.50 per hundred Ibs.; Marrow, $14.00@14.50 per hundred Ibs. Potatoes—$1.35@1.60 per 100 lbs. Rea & Witzig. ———>- eo Children’s ribbed stockings are in good demand, but most quarters are sold up. Nothing in the way of no- ticeable quantities is available at this ( a) 2H nw » oils 30@32c: 30@32c; writing, and mills are not showing any desire to transact future business. _— Oo? The man who his childhood was the happiest period of his life must be missing a lot of fun. says Your income-tax receipt is a service badge. War- Barney Langeler hag worked in this institution continuously for over forty-eight years. ———— Barney says— Success is a combination of Integrity, Diligence and If you stand by these three fundamentals you are Quality. on a sound foundation. “‘Success”’ is our trade mark. The business of this company has attained its present proportions by strictly adhering to these construc- tive principles. well. We seek the privilege of serving retail dealers who recognize the benefits to their business by dealing with a wholesale grocery house which offers Reliable Quality, Honest Value, Fair Treatment and Dependable Service. May we serve you? WorRDEN GRAND RAPIDS — KALAMAZOO ROCER THE PROMPT SHIPPERS It is our slogan as OMPANY MICHIGAN TRADESMAN May 8, 1918 Leos Z (Unlike any other paper.) _Each issue Compiete in Itself. DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF BUSINESS MEN. Published Weekly by TRADESMAN COMPANY, Grand Rapids, Mich. Subscription Price. Two dollars per year, if paid strictly in advance. Three dollars per year, if not paid in advance. Canadian subscriptions, $3.04 per year, payable invariably in advance. Sample copies 5 cents each. copies of current issues, 5 cents; issues a month or more old, 10 cents; issues a year or more old, 35 cents; issues five years or more old, $1. Entered at the Grand Rapids Postoffice as Second Class Matter. E. A. STOWE, Editor. May 8, 1918 EFFECT OF TOTAL FIGURES. The second Liberty Loan had 9,- 400,000 subscribers. If we assume five persons to a family, and assume further that the bonds are so dis- tributed that there are five subscrib- ers to every three families, then more than 28,000,000 people are directly in- terested as Government bondholders in the second loan; and if Secretary McAdoo’s ideal of 20,000,000 subscrib- ers to the present loan found to be realized, a majority of the families in the country will be bondholders. There could not possibly be any greater security for a Government loan than such a distribution. The number of subscribers to a loan is an indication to the outsider of the extent to which a country is behind its war policy. If the amount raised is large, but the number of subscribers small, the charge will be made that the loan was taken by the banks and the “moneybund.” There were 3,960,000 subscribers to our first loan, 9,400,000 to our second. The largest number of subscribers to any single German loan was 7,000,000, but that is slightly better in proportion to population than our second loan. The fact for the individual to remember is this: That any subscription made by him, no matter how small, counts for one subscription, and in the final figure of the number of subscribers his subscription counts for as much as that of J. P. Morgan. What makes a war loan politically significant is its distribution among families, but the individual should remember the moral effect of total figures, and if he has a wife and child, and $500 to invest, he would do better if he took not more than $400 for himself, and subscribed for at least two $50 bonds for the two others of his family. The largest loan ever raised in the history of the world, that for $4,910,- 000,000 in Great Britain, was a third war loan. It compared with $1,659,- 000,000 on the first war loan and $2,- 960,000,000 on the second. The first and second Russian loans raised 250,000,000 each, the third $500,000,- 000. Italy’s third loan brought in $720,000,000, compared with $230,000,- 000 for the first and $620,000,000 for the second. Germany's third war loan was the largest that country has raised with one exception. It brought $3,041,000,000, compared with $1,120,-. 000,000 for the first and $2,276,500,000 for the second. The amount of the sixth German war loan was $3,235,- 000,000, but that came in March, 1917, a year and a half after the third, and when the depreciation of the German currency in the meantime is taken in- to account, the third loan was prob- ably the larger. The third Austrian loan secured $840,000,000, compared with $445,000,000 in the first and $548,000,000 in the second. What may help to make our third Liberty Loan exceptional is that all subscriptions seem likely to be ac- cepted, whereas in the second loan the large subscribers knew that only one-half of the over-subscription would be taken, and therefore in many instances subscribed for nearly twice as much as they expected to get. WATCHING THE BATTLE NEWS The anxiety over the outcome of the battle on the Western front has given way to perhaps the most san- guine view of the situation since the German offensive began. Opinion had been almost reconciled to the Allied evacuation of Ypres, on the ground that its strategic value was not worth the sacrifices with its de- fence, after the loss of Mount Kem- mel, would necessitate. Nevertheless, it was felt the loss of Ypres would be a moral defeat of no small magnitude, discouraging to the Allies and of im- mediate result on the Teuton morale, postponing still further the day of awakening of the peoples of the Cen- tral Empires. Defeat of the German drive, there- fore, has had a stimulating effect, and the more sanguine have begun again to cherish hopes of a satisfactory mil- itary decision this ~ year, whereas heretofore it seemed to those holding this view that the best the Allies could do would be to hold through the coming summer and another weary winter. There were those who thought they could foresee greater efforts by the Germans and many more anxious hours; yet even these are admitting now that the experi- ences of the last few days have rob- bed future initial German successes of much of their power to terrify. Little surprise is felt over new “peace rumors” ’emanating from neu- tral countries; that the Emperor of Austria should have endeavored to persuade Italy to consider a peace offer is regarded as by no means im- probable. The contention is that if it had no other effect, it might be con- sidered good propaganda in an effort to influence the enemy morale before a drive begins, as an attempt, in other words, to repeat the tactics that worked so disastrously in Italy last October. ita War needs come first in the men’s wear and dress goods markets and manufacturers are coming to recog- nize the fact that work for the Gov- ernment is the normal state in war times, with operations on civilian ac- count the unusual thing. —— One way of knocking a man is to say that he means well. goods. NO DECLINE IN SIGHT. The subject of greatest moment in the dry goods trade is the one of Gov- ernment price fixing. A few broad gauge merchants feel that it is time to recognize that the Government may be forced into price fixing, what- ever may be thought of the economic justice of the policy. Many others are pussy-footing on the whole sub- ject and are constantly growing more irritable with Government officials and with their neighbors. Still others con- tinue to mix their business and their politics in war time and are uncon- sciously, perhaps, bringing down upon the trade a world of troubles. The speculators in the markets, who have really been a great source ol mischief for all concerned, have been uncertain in their movements in the past week or two. Some are ready to buy any spot goods offered under the basis of current prices and slight- ly above what the Government is pay- ing for what it requires. Some were sellers in the markets at the begin- ning of the week, buyers at the mid- dle of the week, and sellers again at the end of the week. Wall street and Worth street are the same to them. Many jobbers have been in _ the Eastern markets during the past week. Most of them were drawn there to see what can be done to forestall any future action that will affect them in their power to get The shrewdest among them admit that they are puzzled and can- not size up the situation satisfactorily to themselves. What impresses them most is the sadness of mill agents who are forced to say that they can- not deliver many high priced orders because the Government wants the goods and is taking them. They fore- see a disorganization of distributing trade and they are unsettled as to how they should meet it. Some pro- pose to charge tep prices for the rem- nant of goods that may be allotted under a limited output. Others are inclined to go on delivering in drib- lets until production for civilian pur- poses is actually shut off. All fore- see still greater restrictions on the variety of the product. There are some bright spots that promise better things in the trade. Various units are coming together for the purpose of representing their conditions to the Government prop- erly. The duck manufacturers have met and organized. This week the denim manufacturers will meet and perhaps they can get together after a conference with Government au- thorities. Merchants handling do- mestics begin to talk of getting away from the fierce political games that are being played with merchants and manufacturers as pawns in the game. There is a distinct rumbling heard of dissatisfaction because the cotton goods trade has not done something in this city to prepare for foreign business under the Webb bill. These are matters affecting New York as a mercantile center primarily, and the younger set of men in the trade are alive to the opportunities. With the Liberty Loan out of the way, the next financial problem in the trade is the payment of revenue taxes. Collections are reported good and if there is to be any liquidation it will show itself in the next few weeks, the date of payment being June 15. SUPPRESS GERMAN TONGUE. James W. Gerard, formerly U.S, Am- bassador to Germany, declares there never should have been an instant’s hesitation about suppressing German newspapers in this country. Mr. Gerard says that after the Kaiser’s war was started no one—not even an American—was permitted to speak a word of English in Germany. One day while he was walking on a street in Berlin, a German officer overheard an American woman—a Jewess from New York—talking English to her husband and stabbed her in the head with his bayonet. Complaint was made by the Ambassador to the Ger- man authorities, who commended the officer for his act. It is not a crime to speak the Ger- man language in this country, but it is a sure indication of disloyalty to the cause of freedom and humanity to read a German book or newspaper, retain either in one’s possession, ad- vertise in a German newspaper or a publication which preaches sedition and treason, such as the so-called farm journals which urge the farm- ers not to increase their acreage un- less the Government establishes a minimum price on everything raised on the farm and used by the Allies in the prosecution of the war. The sooner we come to a realiza- tion of the fact that everything Ger- manic must be destroyed, root and branch, because the word German has been a synonym for brutality and bestiality for more than 2,000 years. the sooner will the war end and hu- man liberty and common decency triumph over slavery and autocracy. ee Just how much is meant by the orders placed by the Railroad. Ad- ministration within the fortnight for 1,025 freight and passenger locomo- tives, and 100,000 freight cars? Last year the railways of the country or- dered an aggregate of 2,704 locomo- tives and 79,367 freight cars; the year before, 2,891 locomotives were order- ed, and 165,000 freight cars. During the past three years the average num- ber of locomotives ordered has been 2,402, and during the past five years the average number of cars has been 117,242. But these have been years of railway depression, and the number of cars and locomotives has fallen so far below requirements that the deficit has long been recognized as urgent. Relatively, the order for cars is larger than that just made for loco- motives. Yet the Railway Age, fig- uring upon the basis of 2,600,000 freight cars in service, estimates that there will annually “be required about 173,000 cars for replacements alone.” It exhorts the railways to take ac- tion, stating that during January no cars whatever were ordered by the railways, although builders were never in a better position. One bright fea- ture of the situation is that new loco- motives are now being received in numbers sufficient to improve the sit- uation greatly by summer, ® 4 each Peers ote bs . ¢ ee May 8, 1918 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 9 | Most women wh Wilsna, Always Wilsnaps—Always advertised — " iisnaps . Whe duds Bae iscin oat become regular users—they like Wilsnap quality. This is the Appearing in Vogue and Harper’s Bazar reason Wilsnaps are such quick sellers and steady repeaters. — Snap goes the depenaavie Wiisnap, and the Wilsnap spring holds. No sagging ‘‘pinned-up look”? with Wilsnaps on guard! Later, when your finger tips say, “Oper,” then and then only will the Wilsnap spring release. Being correctly made, Wilsnaps ask no favors of your finger nails. Being rust-proof, Wilsnaps laugh at wash-day worries. Wilsnaps—the first choice of particular women for heavy materials, for daintiest fabrics. _Wilsnaps— always Wilsnaps— wherever snap fasteners are used. THE WILSON FASTENER CO., Makers 117 East St. Clair Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio Always will snap \ \ I IL ia this card L & S. PAT. > e —orange colored — : Fashion's Fastener roe everywhere ee 10 MICHIGAN = = = _- _ — = ~— S = = = = = ON — Quiet Is Noticeable in all the Markets. The magnitude of Government op- erations in textile lines is becoming a matter of more serious concern in mercantile circles every day. It was pointed out in one quarter that sui- ficient attention has not been given to the preparation necessary in this country for hospitals to take care of the returning wounded. This work has been muffed in some degree, but it is of such vast importance in its effect upon the merchandise that is ordinarily used in homes that some merchants think more thought should be given to it. Tickings, sheetings, pillow tubings and all the miscellane- ous hospital paraphernalia must be supplied and the supplies will come in large part from accumulated stock and from the product of looms now running on civilian work. Many large selling agencies have been forced to recast their whole sales sheets, many orders being displaced by Government demands, and many buyers having yet to learn that they cannot hope to get an early delivery of goods postponed by order of the Government. Buyers who are prudent are meet- ing sellers half way in the matter of cancelling contracts that cannot be completed within a few months. If buyers insist up their contract rights to force deliveries at some time in the future, that very insistence may be used against them if later on they find that it is to their advantage to get away from the obligations they now insist upon. 3y agreeing to wipe orders off mill books that cannot be filled for months to come, they are not only doing a patriotic service, but they are placing themselves in a stronger position as trade continues to work down to a cash basis. No honorable merchant wil! cancel a contract arbitrarily, but two mer- chants, one representing a distributor the other a mill, may come together and agree to cancel, thus leaving the producer free to turn his whole at- tention to Government needs. Whiere this sort of thing is accomplished by mutual agreement, there is every rea- son to believe that the buyer will net be the sufferer in the long run of trade during or after the war. Threats and bluster are heard frequently in the men’s wear markets. where mills have been ordered to get busy at once on Government work. Buyers demand the impossible from mills that are obligated to deliver for civiliar needs. It is well to remem- ber in this instance that the whole position is in the Government’s con- trol because of the commandeering of wool. If a manufacturer desires to wilfully postpone contracts, he is in the strongest sort of a position to do so arbitrarily, as the Government can apportion wool as it pleases, and this control is not likely to cease suddenly upon the termination of the war. The raw silk outlook is serious for manufacturers. Sharp advances in raw silk are taking place at Yoko- hama, where the market appears te be in control of a speculative element. Stocks in this country are illy assort- ed and the scramble for a remnant may lift prices to levels that will choke off demand for finished silks and bring on a contraction in sales. Tf silks are to be made largely in this country during the war it will be a result of relative cheapness and not of necessity for using silks to replace cotton and wool. Necessity in wear- ing apparel will never prompt a wide use of silk goods in this country, but relative cheapness certainly will do much to sustain the whole industry at a time when elimination of luxuries is being so generally urged. ———_2-+ 2 Silk Fabrics Strong. The market for broad silks and rib- bons has had fundamental strength added to it lately by the sharp ad- vance in raw materials reported from Yokohama. Many foresighted manu- facturers covered ahead several weeks ago, and they now find that buyers are mcre confident in making their forward purchases than hitherto. If prices on manufactured silks have not already advanced, it is likely that they will as soon as orders on hand account for all the lower priced ma- terials bought. Thrown silk moved up 40@55c per pound at mid-week as the result of the accumulation of a series of small advances in Yokohama. 3uyers are not speculating, but those who need silks see in this an object lesson of what may happen in the market for woven goods. Satins of various sorts are leading fabrics for fall and they are already well sold. Efforts are being made to popularize the heavier silks as a sub- stitute for worsted dress goods, and as the latter become more and more scarce and high priced, owing to Gov- ernment engagement of worsted mill machinery, this may become a natural market development. Ribbons are in a strong position with demand from many trades for nearby deliveries which ‘cannot be supplied. Already on old contracts some producers are reported to be three weeks to a month behind hand. White ribbons in particular are meet- TRADESMAN ing good call and are proportionately scarce. The spot supply of whites seems particularly scant. Wide ribbons are prominent in the market’s attention, those from 4 to 7 inches being the best sellers. Warp prints are holding their own despite the prominence given to solid colors. Pe Stand By the Local Board. Ann Arbor, May 7—The faithful service of the local war board is worthy of all commendation. Patient, kind, helpful, sympathetic, untiring, explaining, answering questions over and over again, they have tried to be impartial and exempt those whose claims were most deserving. But the quota must be filled. They were not allowed to decide industrial or agri- cultural claims, no matter if they un- derstood the situation far better than the district board. When the ques- tionnaires came to the front much of the labor of long months was swept aside and they had to do similar work all over again. The boys who were not exempted from military service were their friends, relatives, acquaint- ances, fellow townsmen and the boys will never forget the members of the local board or the attorneys who treated them squarely. We trust this testimonial from a parent whose son was not exempted may apply to a large majority of local war boards the ccuntry over. Minion. —_—+_++>—__ President Wilson sets a fruitful ex- ample when he displaces the lawn- mower by a flock of blooded sheep. No animal can better than the sheep make use of pasturage otherwise un- utilized; none is cleaner, more docile, and more attractive. The typical Irish family used to pride itself on “the gintleman that pays the rint” grunting in its backyard; but the pig, requir- ing all manner of grain, scraps, and slops, is hardly for the small land- holder outside the corn belt. The United States has too much fallen into the habit of leaving the sheep-rais- ing to be done by Western ranchers. Every little Eastern farm should have its quota of them. It was pleasant to learn recently that there are more brood-sows in the United States this year than evér before; the sows are a part of our preparation for winning the war; and so no less should be the’ sheep that are not, but might be on a thousand hills in America. —_~22+___ Insistence upon the beauty of death, native to the Far East, can reach no wholesome growth transplanted to American soil. Yet many are showing other decorative features. otic Ribbons. May 8, 1918 a tendency to exalt death over life, at this moment when an intense, un- quenchable, almost fierce vitality is of the utmost need. The churchyard school has no place in our permanent thought. Angelic little Elsie’s day is past, along with the sampler which bade visitors to “Dwell on Death.” Efforts to resurrect a literature that disparages life would mean decad- ence. Many of the current dirge-like essays are, no doubt, inspired by the wish to pay a tribute to those who are daily laying down their lives, though the hero makes his sacrifice not from any scorn of life, but only that others may have it more abun- dantly. When the will to live weak- ens, courage goes. To the good war- rior life is precious until the last second. The Goods! Net Prices! When you receive “OUR DRUM MER” catalogue regularly you always have dependable answers to these two important questions: What is the lowest net price at which | can buy goods? Where can I get the goods? Items listed in this catalogue have the goods behind them. The prices are net and are guaranteed for the time the catalogue is in force. Butler Brothers Exclusive Wholesalers of General Merchandise New York Chicago St. Louis Minneapolis Dallas AAA Memorial Day Decorations This year a marked degree of Patriotism and LOYALTY to our country will be shown by the display of Flags and How is your stock of decorations? We carry a complete line ard can supply you prompt- ly. Wool Bunting Flags, the popular Bull Dog Bunting Flags, Stick Flags, Tricolor Bunting, Emblems and Patri- Write for prices. il = (MAMMAL WHOLESALE DRY GOODS ALEERNSLEHTTTALULAETHALEAUUALAGTHARU ARENAS ANH | Quality Merchandise—Right Prices—Prompt Service | PAUL STEKETEE & SONS SS MLN | 4 \ £ i 4 4 a KY » » 4 4 re 4 ‘ eT a> e f ® 4 rt y 4 ‘ 1, « ‘ € ‘ ® May 8, 1918 THEN AND NOW. Marked Difference Between 1918 and 1862-1864. _ Grandville, May 7—It is sometimes interesting to hark back to another time when the United States was at war and note the condition of things in that day as compared with those of the present. The greatest war in which our coun- try ever engaged, up to the present world conflict, was that known at the time as the Great Rebellion, some- times designated as the Civil War, or the War Between the States. In those days the American people North experienced a degree of ex- panding prices which outclasses those of the present. The writer was clerk- ing in a backwood’s village store at the time, and can recall from memory many of the prices for which various articles of human consumption sold. Mentioning dry goods, the common prints, such as calico gowns were made of, fetched 50 cents per yard; bleached muslins, 75 cents; denims, 80 cents. These prices were high be- cause of the almost impossibility of obtaining cotton, which was then an exclusive article of Southern produc- tion. Flour, $20 per barrel; pork, $40; butter, 50 cents per pound; kerosene oil, 80 cents per gallon; sugar, 25 cents; tea, $2.25 per pound; coffee, the common Rio in green state, 40 cents per pound; boots (men did not then wear shoes) $8 per pair; hay at the farms, $30; delivered, $40 per ton. Potatoes were sometimes unobtain- able. Our people, who were boarding a crew of men, passed one whole win- ter without a potato, In the spring, with the opening of lake navigation, potatoes were shipped in and sold for $1.50 per bushel. As a boy I regarded that first peep at a bag of spuds as the most delightful sight I had seen in years. They tasted rich after five months’ abstinence. Beans at one time recorded the un- heard of price of $5 per bushel. Cat- tle and hogs were high, perhaps not quite up to the present mark. Wages, considering the price we had to pay for everything, were very low—$40 per month was the wage for a married man of family. In the woods com- mon labor was $30, the men being boarded by the employer. Women’s shoes, cloth and heel- less, $5 per pair. The country enioy- ed about all the freedom from Govern- mental restraint possible. What would be deemed high treason now was then a mere play of words. The anti-Ad- ministration men were privileged to malign the President without stint. Wouldn't it sound harsh these days to refer to President Wilson as a “smutty old tyrant,” or a “tyrant more despicable than the Russian Czar?” Just such remarks, and others quite unprintable, were hurled at “Old Abe,’ without the ruffle of a feather, so far as the Government at Washing- ton was concerned. We had unlimited freedom ‘then. The address of the National Demo- cratic Committee on the eve of the election in 1864 was a tirade of abuse which to-day would be frowned upon by every respectable citizen of what- ever party. The Wilson administra- tion, made up in large part of incom- petents and worse, has been free from the bitterness and vileness with which the Democrats of Civil War time as- sailed President Lincoln at every turn. Men: have been torn from their homes, tarred and feathered, for sim- ply speaking unkindly of the Presi- dent. Had such things been done in the days of the Civil War to the men who hissed venom at President Lin- coln, there would have been campfires lighted on every hilltop, from Maine to California, showing the lynching parties of the North. Men defied the draft in those days. Riots and incendiary language were MICHIGAN TRADESMAN quite common in some parts of the country, To-day we are a peaceful, law-abiding people, never questioning the acts of our Congress giving dic- tatorial power into the hands of the Nation’s chief. Men there were in the National Congress in Civil War days who refused to vote a man ora dollar to carry on a war for the pur- pose of “coercing our Southern brethren.” We had more LaFollettes then than we have now and they were very seldom molested when they talk- ed treason in the halls of Congress or on the hustings of the North. What would happen to a man to- day, who, watching a military funeral of some dead American soldier, would say “served him right, he had no busi- ness over there!” If the Government refused to take note, the people would, and the limb of a convenient shade tree would bear human fruit. We do things better now perhaps. Times have changed. The ‘Western world is seeing new light, bearing burdens unflinchingly for the good of America. J. Merrill. ——_2--. Some Bad Loopholes in Food Regula- ticas, Written for the Tradesman. “Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn;”’ that is, threshing barley by trampling round and round the edge of the pile of sheaves. Barley was called corn in olden times. The Food Administration can not prevent the farmer who grows wheat from eating it, even if it were right to do so. If he can not get flour from the mill he can grind wheat at home. And so the miller is allowed to give the farmer in exchange for his wheat six pounds of flour per month for every member of his household, pro- vided he signs a statement that he has on hand an equal amount of flour substitutes not counted against any other flour. The honest and intelligent farmer who signs this paper has the substi- tutes. Opinions may differ as to what proportion of farmers belong to this class. At any rate few except the honest ones are kept from getting the allotted quantity, and no doubt many dishonest ones get more. They may say they have substi- tutes when they have none; they may count substitutes on hand more than once against an equal amount of flour if they choose to lie about it; they can get a full month’s allowance of flour at one mill and then take wheat to another mill the same month; they can claim more persons in the house- hold than there are if not well known to the miller; they can buy flour with substitutes at the stores and do what they please with the substitutes. Be- sides all this they can buy 75 per cent. flour bread in town. Some farmers do not fully under- stand the requirements of the paper they sign at the mill, and if they do understand and are asked to account for violating their promise will claim they did not understand. Some people think signing a paper is only a form —red tape and unnecessary formality —or that simply signing is fulfilling requirements. One man said he didn’t have his glasses and knew not what he obligated himself to do, but was afterward told. The miller complies with the law, but attainment of the result desired by the Food Administration depends upon the honor of the farmer, Men can be prevented from voting twice the same day in their own ward and from voting in two or more wards at the same election, and this fifty- fifty flour regulation could by registra- tion be as easily enforced and many kept from exceeding their allotted quantity. It would not be right to compel the farmer to sell all his wheat and buy at-stores, giving the grocers a profit, but he could deliver his wheat at the mill—enough for a year’s supply of flour—and draw month by month his allotment from a designated store or warehouse, on presentation of card or coupon. Minion. ——_+-+—___ It is proposed to place a 10 per cent. tax on wealth in Germany to begin one year after the war closes, Nve- body in that country will kick when the time comes, because nobody will be directly interested except the Kaiser and Bertha Krupp, who own the great Krupp gun works and who have been made the richest people in the world by the Kaiser’s war. oo We must ship fats to Europe. The herds of the Allies are depleted. Their soldiers—and—ours—must have fats. Fats in extra ration are vitally es- sential to thei fighting stamina of fighting men. ee ee Every family in the United States with a vard can help solve the world problem of food. Vacant lots, too, can be used. Even the smallest kind of a garden will grow something. 11 BANKRUPTCY SALE. In the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Michigan, Southern Division, in the matter of James La Verne Ludwig, No. 1711. Notice is hereby given that in accord- ance with order of the court at 1:30 o’clock p. m. on the 11th day of May A. D., 1918 at the grocery store for- merly occupied by said bankrupt at 267 N. Farmer st., in the city of Ot- sego, I will sell at public sale the as- sets of said bankrupt estate, which said assets consist of a stock of gro- ceries and fixtures inventoried and ap- praised at the sum of $2,521.20 and automobile, Studebaker Light 6, in- ventoried and appraised at $750.00. Said sale will be for cash, subject to confirmation by the referee, within five days after the filing the trustee's report of such sale, Inventory and report of appraisers may be seen at the office of Willard J. Banyon, Referee, St. Joseph, Mich- igan or at my office in the city of Ot- sego. Dated this 6th day of May, A. D., 1918. Walter H. Brooks, Trustee in Bankruptcy of J. La Verne Ludwig. —_+2.>—__ A Slogan That Sells. “Ties that tease” is the effective selling slogan used by a haberdasher. The thrift Stamp makes you a member of the great American Army fighting for the peace and freedom of the world. We are manufacturers of TRIMMED AND UNTRIMMED HATS for Ladies, Misses and Children, especially adapted to the general store trade. Trial order solicited. CORL, KNOTT & CO.. Ltd. Corner Commerce Ave. and Island St. Grand Rapids, Mich. QUALITY mediate shipment. SERVICE Home of Lincoln Mills Underwear and Hosiery Complete lines Men’s, Women's and Children’s Athletic Underwear, for im- Be prepared for warm weather rush. Grand Rapids Dry Goods Co. Exclusively Wholesale Grand Rapids, Mich. SERVICE QUALITY 12 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN May 8, 1918 = _—~ Michigan Se and Egg Asso- clation. President—J. W. Lyons, Jackson. ene Hurley, De- troit. Secretary and Treasurer—D. A. Bent- ley, Saginaw. Executive Committee—F. A. Johnson Detroit; H. lL. Williams, Howell; C. J. Chandler, Detroit. Cottage Cheese Campaign in Minne- sota. The United States Dairy Division in co-operation with the United States Bureau of Markets and States Rela- tion Service is. putting on a cottage cheese campaign throughout the Unit- ed States. Lady demonstrators for practically every state have recently been trained in Washington for rural work. It will be their duty to go among farmers’ clubs and other sim- ilar rural groups to teach the making and use of cottage cheese. Other lady demonstrators have been train- ed for city work, whose duty it wiil be to stimulate the use of cottage cheese and teach the methods of such use. Two city lady demonstrators, one ‘organizer, and two creamery cottage cheese experts have recently been sent into this state and are now at work in co-operation with the Ex- tension Division, the Food Adminis- tration and the Dairy Division. A campaign will start in Duluth next week to boost the use of cottage cheese in that city. This will be re- peated in Minneapolis the week of May 13 and in St. Paul the week of June 3. It is believed that by means of these three campaigns as much interest can be aroused as was recent- ly demonstrated in Cleveland, Ohio, by similar means. A survey of the Twin City mar- kets show that there is some very 2ood, some very poor and much in- different cottage cheese being offered for sale, but that people in general are ready to consume larger quanti- ties whenever a palatable and uniform article can be offered to them at prices which are fair which should not ex- ceed 15c per pound and in some cases cheese is now being retailed at 10c or less. When this movement gets under way several whole milk creameries in the state will have excellent oppor- tunities to make a handsome sum on the side for their patrons to stimu- late the whole milk creamery with all that it means in improved butter qual- ity and permanency of the local creamery. Cottage cheese making is beneficial to 1. The farmer in furnishing him a good market for his surplus skim- milk, in flush of season or when pigs are sold off. 2. The creamery in being more fully useful to the farmers, 3. The buttermaker in giving him profitable employment in the after- noons when the routine butter work is done. 4, The meat them cheese, meat. 5. The consumer in making avai!- able a uniform quality of nutritious food at low cost. 6. The Government in increasing the available supply of human food on the present basis of production. R. M. Washburn. ——_++ +> —____ Eggs Must Be Candled. Under a ruling of the Department of Agriculture made February, 1916, stock can be confiscated and owner fined or imprisoned if eggs show more than 5 per cent. loss, or more than 1'4 dozen to the case. The pen- alty is a fine of $200 for subsequent offenses or imprisonment not exceed- ing one year. The eggs can also be and a civil action placed against the owner by the Government. The Bureau of Chemistry of the De- partment of Agriculture some time ago issued the following bulletin: “Tn the opinion of the Department, eggs which contain yolks stuck to the shell, moldy eggs, black spots, mixed rots, addled eggs, black rots, and any other eggs which consists, wholly or in part, of a filthy, decom- posed or putrid substance, are adul- terated. Eggs which are adulterated may be shipped in interestate or fore- ign commerce for use in tanning or other technical ways without violat- ing the provisions of the Food and Drugs Act only, if they are first de- natured so as to render them incap- able of being used for food. Since it is impracticable to denature eggs in the shell, adulterated shell eggs must be broken out and denatured prior to shipment.” —_— No man can serve Honest Business and Questionable Practices at the same time—and be even moderately happy. markets a chance to the natural in giving handle cottage competitor of seized Dandelion Vegetable Butter Color A perfectly Pure Vegetable Butter Color and one that complies with the pure food laws of every State and of the United States. Manufactured by Wells & Richardson Co Burlington. Vt. Let us figure on your next order Use Sales Books Made in Chicago Bales Books, Order Books, Duplicate, 'S Triplicate Carbon Sheet or Carbunized tf you don’t get_our price we both lose Try us Blue Vitrol, Nitrate of Soda, Acid Phosphate, Paris Green, Arsenate of Lead Reed & Cheney Company Grand Rapids, Michigan Grand Rapids, SATS RAR SN AAS Awnings made to order of white or khaki duck, plain and fancy stripes. Write for prices. Chas A. Coye, Inc. Michigan Rea & Witzig Produce Commission Merchants 104-106 West Market St. Buffalo, N. Y. Established 1873 United States Food Administration License Number G-17614 Shipments of live and dressed Poultry w:nted at all times, ex- cept hens and pullets, and ship- pers will find this a good market. Fresh Eggs in good demand at market prices. Fancy creamery butter and good dairy selling at full quota- tions. Common selling well. Send for our weekly price cur- rent or wire for special quota- tions. Refer you to the People’s Bank of Buffalo, all Commercial Agen- cies and to hundreds of shippers everywhere, Send us your orders ALL KINDS FIELD SEEDS will have quick attention. Moseley Brothers, Both Telephones 1217 GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. Pleasant St. and Railroads 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. Your Success Depends Upon P I @) W AT yy QU ALITY—SER VICE—PRICE Largest Produce and Fruit Dealers in Michigan M. Piowaty & Sons of Michigan Main Office, Grand Rapids, Mich. Branches: Saginaw, Bay City, Muskegon, Lansing, Jackson, Battle Creek, Kalamazoo, Mich., South Bend and Elkhart, Ind. WIRTH SALES BOOK CO., 4440-52 N. Knox Ave.. Chicago Onions, Apples and Potatoes Car Lots or Less We Are Headquarters Correspondence Solicited ss Vinkemulder Company GRAND RAPIDS =: MICHIGAN ce ’ GAP "@) ’ May 8, 1918 PROFIT MARGINS MODIFIED. Percentages May Be Computed on Selling Prices. New York, May 7—Secretary Al- fred H. Beckmann, of the National. Wholesale Grocers’ Association, in a circular of semi-official authority promulgated at the request of the Food Administration, states that the recent circular announcing the limit of profit margins, is somewhat less severe than had been expected, for, without modifying the ruling itself the administration will allow percent- ages to be computed on selling prices instead of on costs, as follows: The United States Food Adminis- tration announces that margins sug- gested in circular mailed you April 15 may be figured by wholesale gro- cers at their selling prices. ‘Please refer to the first sentence of circular which reads, “Any gross mar- gins upon sales to retailers in excess of the foregoing margins will be re- garded as prima facie evidence of a violation of the statute and the rules.” Mr. Beckmann also makes the fol- lowing important announcement re- garding sugar stocks and the limita- tion of accumulations: Under the rules and regulations of the United States Food Administra- tion as now amended, wholesale gro- cers and other distributors are per- mitted to have on hand a supply of sugar, including both cane and beet sugar, not exceeding their reasonable requirements for sixty days, but they are still forbidden to make or to have outstanding at any time any contract for the sale of sugar, except such con- tracts as require shipment within thirty days, the specification thereof to be given within ten days from the date of the making of such contracts. The Food Administration also an- nounces that after the home canning season opens, wholesale grocers may, upon the announcement of the Fed- eral Food Administrator in their re- spective States, deliver sugar to retail grocers in amounts in excess of 1,000 pounds, which is the present limit, but not in amounts exceeding the retail- er’s reasonable requirements for thir- ty days. It is expected that the Government will shortly announce some plan, ef- fective until at least the end of the canning season, curtailing supplies of sugar to confectioners and _ others manufacturing less essential commod- ities, Sugar should not be delivered to any manufacturer of less essential food products of which sugar is an ingredient, if such manufacturer be- gan business after January 1, 1918.” The following other special regula- tions are also promulgated at the re- quest of the Food Administration: “Manufacturing Lard Substitutes— Rule 6 is hereby amended to read as follows: Rule 6. No manufacturer engaged in the manufacture of lard substitutes shall, without the written permission of the United States Food Administrator, sell or cffer to sell lard substitutes at higher prices in one market than he is selling or of- fering to sell the same quality or brand in any other market on the same day. The price for sales in lots of 5,000 pounds or more, tierce basis, for Alves at one time, net after de- ducting all discounts and allowances, shall be taken as the basis in making comparisons for the purpose of this rule. In comparing with this the sell- ing price of lots of less than 5,000 pounds, tierce basis for delivery at one time, 1%4c per pound will be de- ducted from the price actually charg- ed. In comparing the price of pack- age and case goods, stated differentials will be determined by the United States Food Administrator from time to time for all manufacturers of lard substitutes. “General Rule 23—Combination Sales—Licensees Prohibited From Giving Food Commodities to Pur- MICHIGAN TRADESMAN chaser as Alleged Bonus or Premium —Under General Rule 23, which pro- hibits the making of combination sales of food commodities, the licensee must not give a buyer any food commodity in connection with the purchase of any other commodity. For instance, the licensee cannot give to the purchaser of rice a quantity of sugar. The purported gift of sugar would be considered a sale of the sugar and the transaction, therefore, would be violative of the rule. “General Rule 6—Opinion A-56— Fresh Eggs—Fresh Poultry—Butter and Cheese—‘Resales’—Does not In- clude Transactions Involving no Prof- it—Under general rule 6, which pro- hibits resales with the same trade, no objection will be made to resales of fresh eggs, fresh poultry, or but- ter or cheese, that are made at a price that is less than or equal to the initial cost to the seller of the par- ticular commodities sold. Nor are such resales to be considered “re- sales” within the meaning of the word as used in opinion A-56, which permits one resale of fresh eggs with- out the written consent of the Federal Food Administrator. “General Rule 13—Licensee May Contract for Supply of Seasonal Com- modities to Fill Requirements During Period of Scant or no Production— Under general rule 13 the licensee may store, or he may arrange for or con- tract for, sufficient quantities of sea- sonal commodities listed in the rule to fill his reasonable requirements throughout the period of scant or no production. “Licensed Commodities—Rock can- dy Syrup is not a licensed commod- ity.’ ——_+-- Do You Know That there are 32,000,000 males em- ployed in gainful occupation? That there are 7,500,000 females em- ployed similarly? That this is a ratio of slightly over four men to every woman employed? That 44 per cent. of all workers are employed in agriculture? That 26 per cent. are employed in manufacturers? That 7 per cent. are employed in transportation? That 5 per cent. are employed in building and construction? That of the 39,500,000 persons em- ployed gainfully, less than 7 per cent. are unionized? Because union men are all slackers and slovens and re- strict their output to meet union re- quirements, they actually accompl!’sh only 4 per cent. of the work done in this country. That 3.5 per cent..are employed in coal and metal mining? That 1.5 per cent. are employed in public utility operations? That 13 per cent. are employed in miscellaneous industries, such as lum- ber, fisheries, navigation, government, army and navy, etc? COLEMAN rand) Terpeneless LEMON and Pure High Grade VANILLA EXTRACTS Made only by FOOTE & JENKS AGRICULTURAL LIME 203-207 Powers’ Theatre Bldg., Grand Rapids, Mich» Knox Sparkling Gelatine A quick profit maker A steady seller Well advertised Each package makes FOUR PINTS of jelly BUILDING LIME Write for Prices A. B. Knowlson Co. G. B. READER Jobber of Lake, Ocean, Salt and Smoked Fish, and Oysters in Shell and Bulk 1052 N. Ottawa Ave. Grand Rapids, Michigan We Buy We Store We Sell GGS GGS GGS We are always in the market to buy FRESH EGGS and fresh made DAIRY BUTTER and PACKING STOCK. Shippers will find it to their interests to communicate with us when seeking an outlet. We also offer you our new modern facilities for the storing of such products for your own account. Write us for rate schedules covering storage charges, etc. WE SELL Egg Cases and Egg Case material of all kinds. Get our quotations. Kent Storage Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan Perkins Perfect Salted Peanuts are sold to those who demand high grade goods. Order from your jobber today. Perkins Brothers, Inc. Bay City, Michigan Jackson, Mich. 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McCRAY REFRIGERATOR CO., 844 Lake St., Kendallville, Ind. Detroit Salesroom 14 E. Elizabeth St. 14 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN a —_— — = — ctv ~— < — - — — a — — —_ = — = —_ = nae a ow — STOVES 4»» HARDWARE 2 %, 2 — = _ — — = — eri — oe —_— = —_ = S z Ss Z Michigan Retall Hardware Association. President—Juhn C. Fisciicr, Ann Arbor. Vice-President—Geo. W. Leeus, Mar- shall. : Secretary—Arthur J. Scott, Marine City ‘Treasurer—William Moore, Detroit. The Hardware Dealer Has Reaily Swatted the Fly. Written for the Tradesman. The other day a druggist made a statement which somewhat surprised me. He said: “There’s nothing like the sale there used to be for sticky fly paper and fly poison.” I was inclined to incredul- ity. “Well, that’s the way I found it,” he declared, “You see, people are going in for preventive measures —and when they want to kill flies in the house, they use the swatter.” I do not know that this condition is general; but this druggist declared that in his experience the tendency was quite noticeable. There were fewer flies in the houses, now-a-days. People kept them out instead of mere- ly killing them when they got in. Preventive measures, rather than palliatives, were being more and more generally adopted in fighting the fly. War conditions may have altered the situation by distracting attention from the menace of the fly; but they emphasize rather than minimize the need for swatting our old _ friend, Musca Domestica. Food is not as plentiful as it was and costs more—hence we cannot af- ford to let flies spoil it. That phase of the problem is worth noting. Then, the call of the hour is for the highest degree of individual efficiency. Hence, health must be conserved, and the spread of disease prevented. So that war conditions call for a more vigorous fight than ever against the food destroyer and disease dis- tributor, the common house fly. My druggist friend paid unconscious tribute to the effectiveness of the modern swat the fly campaign. The appliances for use in that campaign are practically all items in the hard- ware stock. Even the sticky papers and poison pads for which he saw a lessened demand are handled in pret- ty nearly all hardware stores and, I think, in spite of his experience, still enjoy a good deal of popularity. But it is along the line of preventive measures that the hardware dealer scores the most points. He is the backbone of the paint up and clean up campaign, which every spring clears away winter debris and covers over the cracks and crannies where, in decaying woodwork, the flies are apt to infest. Paint, irdoors and out- doers, and all its accessories, are more efficient weapons in fly fighting than most folks suspect. Then there are screen doors, screen windows and screen wire to be used in keeping the fly out of the house. These lines are a big feature in the hardware dealer’s Swat the Fly dis- play. In this connection it is impor- tant to emphasize, that old screens should be looked over and kept in re- pair. A very small hole will admit a lot of flies, present and potential. A very small spot of rust will, if neg- lected, soon develop into a hole. Yet paint or even oil, used every fall when the screens are stored and every spring when they are again put in commission, will check the rust and protect the wire against moisture; and a little bit of wire will often add a year or two of life to an otherwise good screen. The ready-made screen doors and window-screens are very popular; but a handy man, a carpenter or mechan- ic, with a little odd lumber can readily put together a set of full sized window screens. The hardware dealer has the nails and the wire to sell. He should cater to both classes of trade —the trade of the man who buys his screens ready made, and the trade of the man who prefers to buy his ma- terials and put them together. The covered garbage can is another important item in guarding against the fly. The modern community, even the comparatively small community, has a weekly garbage collection. The use of covered tins is generally re quired; and is always a wise precau- tion. Feature them in your window when the fly season starts, Inci- dentally, feature disinfectants which can be used in spraying or sprinkling garbage, manure piles, dark corners, etc. Common: kerosene is often used with good results. These disinfec- tants destroy the eggs and prevent the young flies from hatching; and their general use will prevent a lot of disease. These items are all important fac- tors in the way of preventive agen- cies. As palliatives, there are the ever popular swatters, the fly papers and pads, and for more expensive tastes, the fly traps. To get the best results, a good “Swat the Fly” window display should be put on early in the season; and an- other later, when the flies are making themselves felt. There are many fore-handed people who will take pre- cautions; and there are the other kind who never do anything at all until the need is brought home to them by the actual results of their neglect. The hardware dealer has to sell to both kinds. Put good show cards in your win- dows. Simultaneously, use your news- paper space along the same line. There are certain striking facts and figures in relation to the fly which have been used often, and never grow stale. But the emphasis this year should be placed on the conservation phase of the fly problem—the conser- vation of food, the conservation of health, the prevention of disease, the promotion of individual efficiency. Here are facts which you can use effectively in your show cards and your advertising. A female fly lays 150 eggs in ten days. That means, say, seventy-five more female flies, each with the power of laying 150 eggs in ten days more. Figuring it out, the number will in forty days increase from one fly to 64,136,401. Here’s a bit of doggerel that fits in, too: “If you'd rather live than die, Roll up your sleeves and Swat the Fly.” A big swat the fly cartoon, roughly drawn on cardboard—perhaps a man killing a fly with the remark: “That’s easier than killing 64,136,401 of them seven weeks from now’—will add to the effectiveness of the window dis- play. The public has been educated to the fly peril; and, when linked up with the present situation, with the pressing need of conserving both food and health, the hardware deal- er’s 1918 anti-fly campaign should be even more effective than those of previous years. Now is the time to play your win- dow. Indeed, with the house-clean- May 8, 1918 ing season under way, it is not too early to stage the first display. In this display, remember to link togeth- er the various items—screen appli- ances, garbage cans, swatters, etc.— for the more lines you show, the greater is the pulling power of your display. Victor Lauriston. OUR OWN MAKE HARNESS Hand or Machine Made Out of No. 1 Oak leather. We guarantee them absolutely satisfactory. If your dealer does not them, write direct to us. SHERWOOD HALL CO., LTD. Tonia Ave. and Louis St. Grand Rapids, Michigan willl Ci SS Grand Rapids. Mich. Y = HESUNDEAM BRAND” = Sunbeam Auto Shawls and Robes They are supplied in a large variety of patterns. The very attractive patterns in fast color are appreciated. Made expressly for the motor car trade, gasoline-driven or electric machines. These shawls can also be used by trav- elers, either by rail or boat. They are also very convenient in the home as ‘‘slumber”’ robes, or as extra bed cover on cold nights. Descriptive catalog on request. BROWN & SEHLER CO. Home of Sunbeam Goods GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN tools to do the work right. he needs. advertising. SPADING Exclusively Wholesale The Last Drive President Wilson has asked for Home Gardens—just as many as we can cultivate—and people must have the We have secured a limited quantity of Liberty Gar- den Sets, made by the American Fork & Hoe Company, which will give the average home gardener every tool The War Garden Bureau asks the co-operation of all of us in distributing Garden Tools. We now call upon you to assist us in this patriotic move. How many Liberty Sets will you take for distribution in your territory? They go to the consumer at $3 per set, net. We will furnish window Michigan Hardware Company THE INVINCIBLE CULTIVATOR Grand Rapids, Michigan of - May 8, 1918 Victimizing Merchants in the Upper Peninsula. The Tradesman has received the following letter from a reputable Up- per Peninsula retailer: May 3—Some time ago I was so- licited by one Farrel, of Detroit to take up an advertising scheme launch- ed by the Brenard Manufacturing Co., of Iowa City, Iowa. He guaranteed me an increase of 15 per cent, in my sales or the campaign would not cos: me a cent. It looked pretty good to me. At any rate I bit, and then he asked me to sign some notes amount- ing to something over $400. At first I objected, but he assured me the company was strictly reliable and on the square and showed me its adver- tisements in some alleged reputab.e trade papers which he carried with him. The result was I signed the notes. After trying the scheme, I found it was not only doing my busi- ness no good, but positive injury, so [ discontinued it. I have noticed from time to time in the Tradesman articles condemning this concern, but, un- happily, my experience with it came to me previous to the time when I read the articles or I would have been on my guard. I have paid some of the notes and have refused to pay any more, for I have felt that the Brenard Co. has been well paid for all the efforts it put forth to help my trade. I have most of the premiums on hand now. They are practically worthless. I would not care to put them on sale, because they are no good, and I would be taking advan- tage of any customer I sold them to. A day or two ago I was served with a summons to appear at the next term of court to defend a suit brought by this company to collect the balance alleged to be due it. I thought I would ask you if you would write me a letter that I could use in making a defense, as I do not like to be bun- coed by this party, and it is my pur- pose now to make a fight. Grand Rapids, May 6—Replying to your enquiry of May 3, I beg leave to state that the Brenard Manufactur- ing Co. has been repeatedly exposed as fraudulent by the Michigan Trades- man. Actual experience with the company by stores in which I am personally interested convinces me that the company seldom if ever lives up to its agreements. Its sole object seems to be to secure the notes of its vic- tims and then pretend to turn them over to a so-called “innocent third party” who is usually an officer of the company. Such was the case with Henry Riechel, the Grand Rapids druggist. Riechel found that the “in- nocent third party” in his case was the President of the company, where- upon the attorney of the company discontinued the suit, returned the un- paid notes to Riechel and assumed all the costs of the suit. Any company which asks a mer- chant to sign such a contract as the Brenard Co. uses is, in my opinion, a shyster concern. It would require a shyster to interpret it. No reputa- ble house does business that way. The man Farrel who secured your signature to the notes is thoroughly unreliable and untrustworthy. He failed in business here some years ago under circumstances which were anything but creditable to him. He secured the signature of a retail mer- chant in a near-by town to notes (in my presence) under false pretences. He promised that he would see to it personally that the merchant got good service. The promise was not kept and the service was never forthcom- ing. I cannot understand how you ever signed such a one-sided agreement. I cannot understand how the com- pany can induce any decent attorney to defend such swindling tactics, 1 do not believe any honest man will MICHIGAN TRADESMAN undertake to act as attorney for such a shystering ccncern after reading the contract used by the company and noting the questionable methods em- ployed to obtain signatures to a one- sided agreement. E. A. Stowe. v2? 2>______ Activities in Michigan Cities. Written for the Tradesman. The Hillsdale Gas Co. avers a loss of nearly $8,000 last year, due to high cost of preduction, and is asking the city’s permission to increase its rates. The knitting mill at Middleville is adding new machinery and now em- ploys close to 100 people. The Citizens Co. will remove fif- teen telephone poles along Main street, Nashville, and place the wires under ground as soon as the cable and other necessary material can be secured. A carnival company has been rap- ping fer admission at Sault Ste. Marie and the Civic and Commercial Asso- ciation has voted unanimously against any carnival or street fair being held during the war. Vernon C. Robinson has been elect- ed Secretary of the Community Boosters Club at Howard City. The Richter Brewing Co. becomes the Richter Beverage Co. at Escanaba May 1 and will make “Ricto” and “Neerit.” ‘Ingredients are said to be practically the same as in real beer, the difference lying in the degree cf fermentation. Malt, hops and corn syrup are compounded and cooked in making this near-beer. Flint has engaged an outside en- gineer to make a ten day survey ot the local gas situation. The local lighting company is asking an_ in- crease in rates of 15 cents per thou- sand cubic feet. The Lansing Chamber of Commerce will again co-operate with Ingham county rural districts in supplying farm labor. The Soo Brewing Co., at Sault Ste. Marie, is now the Soo Beverage Co. and expects to do even more busi- ness than ever before with its ‘“Rein- brau,” a near-beer, It sells cheaper than beer and is being shipped into the lumber camps in quantities. The American Club of Menominee succeeds the Menominee Commercial Club of that city. It is one of the first organizations of the kind, if not indeed first, to devote heart and soul to winning the war and helping to keep Menominee in the very front of the second line of defense. It in- cludes business, professional and fac- tory men and the big feature will be the Monday patriotic luncheons. John J. O’Hara is President. W. C. Dann has opened a thirty- five-barrel flour miil at Otsego, op- erated by electric power. The Business Men’s Association of Coopersville has raised over $200 to- wards maintaining a free ferry at Cooley’s crossing on the river to ac- commodate the farmers of Allendale township. Belding’s new $40,000 library will be dedicated May 14. The building is the gift of Alvah N. Belding, of Rockville, Conn., one of the city’s pioneers. Royal Oak village has adopted the new commission plan of government, The new manager is Thomas Older of Three Rivers. About fifty members of the Gray- ling Board of Trade were guests of Bay City Aprl 26. The Michigan Central will enlarge its railroad yards at Buchanan. Chief Davis, of the Bay City police force, refuses to permit street carni- vals to put on their exhibition there. Almond. Griffen. 15 Bell Phone 546 Citz. Phone 61366 Joseph P. Lynch Sales Co. Special Sale Experts Expert Advertising —Expert Merchandising 44 So. Ionia Ave. Grand Rapids, Mich. Valid Insurance at One-third Less Than Stock Company Rates Merchants insure your stocks, store buildings and residences in the Grand Rapids Merchants Mutual Fire Insurance Co. of Michigan For the last ten years we have been saving our policy holders 334 % on their insurance. Wecan and will do as much for you. Home Office, Grand Rapids 507 South Division Ave. DISTILLED WATER We cater especially to the drug and garage trade. Ponce de Leon Water Co. Correspondence solicited. Grand Rapids, Michigan 213 Erie Street Leitelt Elevators For Store, Factory Warehouse or Gerage Built for Service Send for proposal on your requirements Adolph Leitelt Iron Works Grand Rapids, Michigan Foster, Stevens & Co. Wholesale Hardware ut 157-159 Monroe Ave. _—:: Grand Rapids, Mich. 151 to 161 Louis N. W. ANGLEFOO The Non-Poisonous Fly Destroyer Safe, Sanitary, Sure. Catches 50,000,000,000 & flies each year Use Tradesman Coupons 16 MICHIGAN P/ d/ NG e V) aby yy WN ayy ~) CHIN pull (er VI oF THE SHOE y AVN \ eh \ A\X\ ri \ rN rh ww [\ f\ h\\ ah \ i aN Ques \ So son) ssqy Fi dd))y avull — a XN [PS CA (; = WSs ' aval 2G YL DSI yy cS Sa Wartime Methods of Shoe Retailing. Written for the Tradesman. It is pretty well agreed among men familiar with the ins and outs of shoe retailing that the way of retail shoe dealers has been fraught with increas- ing difficulties during the last few years—more especially since 1914. Pretty much all the general difficulties and set-backs incident to merchan- dising generally may be said to in- here in shoe retailing. And in addi- tion thereto there are not a few spe- cial problems peculiar to shoe distri- bution. It would be a gratuitous task to enumerate in this connection the vari- ous problems and difficulties that have accrued from time to time, greatly to the discomfort—and often to the fi- nancial hurt—of the retail shoe deal- er. Shoe dealers both large and small, and also merchants who handle shoes along with other lines of goods, will realize what they are without be- ing told. But in addition to all these, there are some entirely new diffi- culties growing out of the war. For instance, the increasing cost of shoes, and the task of bringing the shoe-consuming public up to the point of standing the tariff gracefully; second, the unequal value of shoes, due to the effort of manufacturers to keep down cost by using inferior ma- terials and substitutes; transportation- al problems, i. e. the impossibility often of getting shoes when needed worst; and’ finally—not to extend the list to tedious lengths—the country- wide preachments along conservation lines, which had the effect of sup- pressing the demand for shoes gen- erally so that most people were (and are) inclined to hold off buying until driven to it by imperative footwear needs. When all these things are consider- ed, it must be conceded that the problem of selling shoes on a profit- able basis at the present time—and selling them in sufficient quantities to guarantee a going business—is not as easy as losing one’s equilibrium 6n a slippery log. In order to make business hum these days, the retail shoe dealer must call into active play a lot of highly specialized gray mat- ter. If there ever was a time when he could be a bit lazy and get away with it, that time has passed. Ifthere ever was a day when he could make a fairly good living even though de- ficient in ambition, that time also has gone glimmering. To-day he must be on the qui vive. He must study the methods and principles of scien- tific merchandising, and apply them locally. And, above all, he must use his imagination, Perhaps all this is only another way of saying that he should use con- structive methods to meet a wartime situation. The Trick Can Be Turned. If anyone should infer from what has been said above that the writer is pessimistic about the retail shoe game of 1918, he assuredly has an- other guess coming. Emphatically the writer is not. There are plenty of shoe merchants both large and small who are turning the trick. But get this point straight: they are live wires. They are not of those who think they are doing well enough if they are holding their own, or mak- ing a comfortable living: they are the fellows who feel the prod and the spur; men who are tremendously in earnest, and terribly anxious to get on. War and rumors of war haven't stopped business. They never do. They may slow it down. They may make business increasingly difficult to get. They may revolutionize—and even complicate—the methods of its scientific promotion; but as long as their are folks left in the world, there'll be business. Shoes will continue to be worn. Some men are seemingly born with a merchandising genius, others ac- quire it by hard study and close ap- plication, others get it rubbed in by gruelling and expensive experiences; and still others never seem to acquire it no matter what happens. But there is a right and wrong way of con- ducting a store, Business science is a real fact, not a figment of some- body’s imagination. There are cer- tain methods and principles that make for success. They can be acquired by any one, it would seem, who is willing to look into them, and master them. The trouble with most of us is that we fall into fixed habits of doing things. We get into a rut without realizing it. What we need is to be inoculated with the virus of new ideas. New stunts, plans, methods, schemes, selling arguments, and what not. New ideas of window and in- terior trims; new sources of business right around us in the old town, but hitherto overlooked by others as well as ourselves, and hence undeveloped. The average shoe dealer spends too much time doing chores, and not enough time thinking out new lines of aggressive merchandising activi- ties. He is content to pother around doing obvious things in a mechanical way, and all the while deluding him- self with the notion that he is busy. He’s too often wasting valuable time. What he is doing could be as well or TRADESMAN Two Snappy Oxfords In Stock Ready to Ship Today No. 8724—Men’s Mahogany Calf Welt Oxfords. Last 105, Sizes 6 to 11, Widths Ato D. Price.. No. 8725—Men’s Gun Metal Calf Welt Oxfords, Last 105, Sizes 6 to 11, Widths Bto D. Price.. May 8, 1918 $4.10 $3.60 Rindge, Kalmbach, Logie Company Grand Rapids, Mich. Rouge Rex Shoes are made to sell and to wear. why they are the largest selling work shoes in Michigan today. These two points are kept in mind in building Rouge Rex Shoes, and there is a par- ticular shoe built for every workman for his particular need. Tie up to the Rouge Rex line and build business. Hirth-Krause Co. Tanners and Shoe Manufacturers Grand Rapids, Michigan «> ¢ Sah 8 «> e ° vay ef e . e ° x ‘ ~ ° e * ° ° e 4 ~ ~~ ° e e ° e ° May 8, 1918 better done by some subordinate. A brilliant and original idea worked out and injected into the business is worth more than all the chores on Main street. When a shoe dealer gets too busy to think, he’s making identically the same progress that a dog does who’s chasing his own caudal extrem- ity. In other words he’s demonstrat- ing motion without progress. Intensive Methods. To sum up in a single phrase the one thing needful to meet a wartime emergency in shoe retailing, I can. not think of a phrase more adequate than this, namely, intensive methods. Hit quick, and hit hard. Select a leader or special that you think will just about hit the public fancy; get it at a price that will give you a fair MICHIGAN TRADESMAN profit; advertise it, feature it, play it up strong—and then let it go. Having cleaned up on that, try something else. Under the head of Don’ts, here is one from Ben Jacobson, of New York, that seems to me to fit the discussion at this point. He says: “Don’t cut prices on staple, good-selling shoes just because your neighbor happens to have similar styles.” Many a poor dub has made trou- ble for himself just because he tried to queer the game for some other fellow. There never was any excuse for that cut-price policy in the shoe game; least of all is there any excuse for it now. Cid McKay. —__+-.__ There should be teachers, but no masters. Made in Germany. Written for the Tradesman. For at least forty-nine years, we have been endorsing, encouraging, fostering or tolerating German cus- toms in this country to our own detri- ment—yes, even threatening our Na- tional existence. Not only have we permitted the Germans to import their brand of civilization for them- selves, but many of our people have followed their example. Wherever the licensed saloon is seen there is evidence that Germany is ruling in our midst. The majority bow to a foreign minority. The sa- loon rules the labor unions, the labor unions rule the politicians, and the politicians rule the country. Fire the Kaiser’s clan. The saloon, the beer garden and the 17 Sunday carousal are all from Germany and we permit them still. Every beer bottle by the roadside smells like Germany. The sidewalk grating from the saloon basement smells like Germany. Limburger smells like Germany. Minion. ——_++. What He Proposed. “What I propose,” says the man who gets very much in earnest, “is a po- litical organization that will be free from all selfish interest, laboring only for the highest ideals” “T know,” interrupted the rude per- son. “You're going to start one of those seaserpent parties.” “Why do you refer to it as a sea- serpent party?” “Because there ain’t no such ani- mal.” Heavy Brown Pneumatic Heel. eye quality. Men’s Blucher Boys’ Youths’ Bal. (Day Shu) Bal. style is called THE HYKESHU “Men’s Boys’ Youths’ Canvas. Blucher. Soles of Bulls- Dace eee es es $1.95 gal. (Day Shi) ...... 1.80 . 1.60 The same quality as the Work Se gis Gielca Gieiela a eielare. ss $1.90 We Are Ready. Are You? THE “LENOX” White Army Duck. Loose lin- ing. Pneumatic heel. A wonder- fully successful line. Bals. Oxfds. Mens ..2......... $1.40 $1.30 Bee 1.35 1.25 Women’s ........ 1.35 1.25 Shu and Day Shu in regular outing Cut represents two grades. The “Crescent” and “Lenox.” Women’s Crescent, Plain ..$1.45 Wiomen’s. Crescent, Instep SEEAD iis cs eee ele ee 1.50 Women’s Lenox, Plain ...... 1.15 Women’s Lenox, Instep Strap 1.20 Hood’s Great Tennis Lines Win Get in Touch. THE “BAYSIDE” A World Beater White Duck and White Sole. Bals. Oxids. Meng... 50... 0. $0.83 $0.73 BOYS, o2..00. 52... 78 .68 Wouths: .....5.0). £3 63 Womens ........ 78 68 Missec: 2.1.2... 68 58 THE “BAYSIDE” MARY JANE ANKLE STRAP PUMP Bals. Oxfds. They go fast. Moss _.......... 46989 $0.67 Hoae 4... 72 62 WWwomene (-..6......224...-, S072 Youths .......... .67 5 i ; o Womens ......... .t2 .62 Misses 2.6 8 st cee. 67 ao 63 53 CHGS 6.00002) et wk Ga Childs ..-........ 58 .48 Don’t Delay. THE “CASCO” White Duck. Pneumatic Heel. Absolutely right. Bals. Oxfds. Mens ..........2. $1.15 $1.05 BOws.) 6. ....0.7. as 95 Womens ....-.... 1.05 95 dled for years and has made good. THE “RIVERSIDE” Black Duck, Black Sole. Han- The Michigan People Grand RapidsShoe ® Rubber ( GRAND RAPIDS 18 Great Field Open For Many Shoe Dealers. I began shoe retailing as a boy in a small family shoe store, and grad- ually worked through the various branches, until I had to deal with figures which ran close to the mil- lions. | am deeper in the retail game now than ever, because my sole busi- ness is to help elevate the retail shoe business so that it may be standardiz- ed for the benefit of every one con- nected with it. Statistics show that about ninety out of every hundred merchants fail, but this does not mean that they all go into bankruptcy. The man who pays all his debts and yet leaves the business without profit is a failure. The man who is in business a long time and allows his business to die or dry rot is a failure. The man who is in business a long time and only accumulates old stock instead of cash is also a failure. If these figures could be reversed so that the 90 per cent. would be successes instead of failures, every branch of the business would be benefited. There are several causes for fail- ure, but none stands out so promin- ently as laziness or lack of ambition to study scientific merchandising. The dealer who has no other aim than to make an easy living is not any bet- ter than a clerk who has no further ambition than to be a clerk—both are no good to themselves or to the busi- ness. Business science can be acquired by almost any one who wants to do so. The small dealer can do the same things as the big dealer if he tries, and not pass up a good idea, as many do, by simply saying “Oh, that’s al! right for them, but it wouldn’t work in my store.” The big men are not ashamed to copy good ideas introduc- ed by small dealers. In fact, they em- ploy men and women “scouts” to continually look for improvements. Many retailers think they are too busy to pay any attention to modern business methods. The man who con- tinually harps on the fact that he has to look after the buying, selling, ad- vertising, window-trimming and the help usually does little but harp. His neighbor who does not complain, but puts in his time doing the necessary things as they come along, is seldom too busy to be a good fellow among business friends and towns folk, through whom he gets valuable, per- sonal advertising and increased busi- ness. My business with retailers is con- fidential, though occasionally dealers who know each other meet in my of- fice. It happened last month while filling out an income tax blank for a dealer who has a small store in which he turned his stock close to five times and made a net profit of over $7,000, that a friend of his, who is also a subscriber to my service, was in the office and overheard the figures. He promptly “butted in” and said, “That must be a mistake, Joe—my store is twice the size of yours and I have no such figures.” To which Joe replied, “That is because you are jealous of your neighbors’ business, and I am not.” MICHIGAN PTRABESMAN There is a lot of truth in that an- swer. Some dealers copy only the low prices of the other fellow, while the successful dealer copies the man who makes the most money. One dealer sells more shoes at profits ranging above 30 per cent. than the neighbor does on profits below 25 per cent. The reason for that is store service and good merchandising. I know a dealer who opened a store a few years ago, and cenducted it on good business principles, clean store- keeping, courteous treatment, and good stock-keeping; in other words— getting all the profit the shoes were worth, and cleaning out broken lots and poor-selling styles as they begin to lag. One of his neigh- bors, who conducts an old-fashioned shoe store, noticed that the new deal- er began to do business, Instead of investigating the cause in an impar- tial way, and perhaps learning how to improve his own business, he ran cff with the idea that the new dealer must be selling shoes too cheap and per- haps getting ready to cheat his cred- itors. With this idea in his mind, he notified some wholesalers that they had better look out for “so and so,” which they did, but Mr. “so and so” kept books and showed that he was making wonderful — strides—selling shoes at a good average profit. In a short time the new dealer was do- ing nearly double the business of the old-timer, because he knew how to conduct a shoe store. Don’t knock your neighbor or his goods. Don’t cut prices on staple, good- selling shoes just because your neigh- bor happens to have similar styles. Don’t hang out a special sale sign unless you are really prepared for a “special sale.” Don’t advertise the best values in town unless you can back it up. You know what Lincoln said about not being able to fool all the people all the time. P. T. Barnum expressed the same sentiment in his circus language, when he said, “There are suckers born every day, but they don’t all bite.” It is good business to conduct “spe- cial sales” providing the goods offer- ed are really specials. Whatever you do in business it must be done with a will, and the con- fidence that it is the proper thing, otherwise do not do it at all. No matter what shoes you sell, be they cheap, medium or top grades, you must give all your customers courteous treatment, It is no dis- grace to sell cheap shoes, providing you tell the truth about them, and not be ashamed of the shoes or the customers who buy them. Customers who buy cheap shoes are human and appreciate courtesy. If you sell good shoes, you certainly need to keep yourself, your clerks, and your store in a polished condition. By all means keep accurate records of your business so you will know at all times the value of the stock on hand, and the gross and net profits. With such figures at your command and a knowledge of good storekeep- ing you can not help being success- ful, regardless of competition.—Ben Jacobson in Shoe Retailer. soon as May 8, 1918 Special Sales John L. Lynch Sales Co. No. 28 So Ionia Ave. Grand Rapids, Michigan ND " Ask about our way BARLOW BROS. Grand Rapids, Mich. 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Each and Every Telephone User in Detroit May be reached direct from your Citi- zens Telephone. Long Distance Lines settles the question. .Connection with practically every city, village, hamlet and cross roads in the state. Use Citizens Service. A short talk over our CITIZENS TELEPHONE COMPANY May 8, 1918 ‘Boomlets From Bay City. Bay City, May 6—S. O. Buregdorf, West Branch, a former resident ot Bay City, has sold his stock farm in Ogemaw county and returned to Bay City. Frederick L. Snapp, manager of a store at Flint, has come to Bay City to take charge of the Vogue store. A blaze was discovered in the mill of the Chatfield Milling Co. in time to save it from destruction. The damage was slight. The coal mines in the vicinity of our city will resume operations next Monday morning. This is good news, as coal in large quantities will be in demand next winter. Many Polish boys have gone from Bay City to fight for the enthrone- ment of true democracy. The passengers on the Pere Mar- quette train which leaves Port Huron at 4:20 p. m. for Saginaw were delay- ed an hour near Vassar by a derailed freight train engine last Friday. The passengers accepted the situation gracefully and picked up their valises for a hike the length of the freight train, which many claimed was two miles in length, to the relief train which was sent out from Saginaw. None of the freight crew was injured. - C. A. Ford, Gaylord, for eight years manager of the Hankey Milling Co.’s plant, has bought the hardware stock of Charles Haigh and has taken pos- session, John Gocha, Gaylord, has purchas- ed the A. C. McKinley building, for- merly occupied by Grand’s_ bakery and the express office, and will en- gage in the confectionery and soft drink business. F. J. McCartney, formerly a resi- dent of this city and now residing at Lapeer, has been visiting friends here for the past week. Mr. McCart- ney represents the Massey-Harris Harvester Co. in Eastern Michigan. A. A. Hitchcock, Cass City, has sold his stock of dry goods, clothing and shoes to Baxter & Reid, who will con- tinue the business. The Reese Farmers Co-operative Association has been incorporated at Reese and will open with a stock of general merchandise. If you desire to see the finest dis- play of flowers shown in any Mich- igan hotel, visit the dining room of the Hotel Weber, Minden City. Land- lord Weber is a royai entertainer and gives you the worth of your money. Hacking Bros., proprietors of the Croswell House, Croswell, for five years, have sold the furniture and leased the hotel to C. J. Reynolds, who has taken possession. The many friends of Mark S. Brown, Saginaw, will regret to learn that he is not exercising his customary care in the selection of his associates. [le was seen May 1 at Deckerville in the company of Walter S. Lawton, Grand Rapids, and George H. Keating, Bay City. Comment is unnecessary. Dan Sharp, Sharpville, has sold his stock of general merchandise to F. R. Adams Co., Fairgrove. The stock will be moved to Fairgrove. Michigan bone dry will not change conditions in Fairgrove, as it has always been a saloonless town. J. H. Belknap. —_-—_+2 2. Is Your Counter Trim Too Neat to Disturb. Customers are not attracted to coun- ters at which the merchandise is ar- ranged so neatly and primly that it appears almost forbidding. Display the goods in a “human manner, and in such a way that the customer will be tempted to touch and handle it. The following example will illustrate the thought: Ina certain large store the owner of the business makes a daily tour through his establishment, MICHI@AN TRADESMAN and what do you suppose he does mostly on the rounds? Your first guess would be, see if customers are being properly waited upon or watch- ing the clerks at work? Not so; he goes around “mussing up” the piles oi goods displayed on the counters. He knows if goods are piled primly, cus- tomers will not handle them. Of course, this does not mean goods should be jumbled in disorderly heaps on every counter, but it does mean to have them present a businesslike appearance. Remember, there are two classes of customers, one the “looker,” the other the ‘“feeler.” 19 wrapped, so a person selects that which is wanted, passes on to the The “looker” will cashier and pays for it. buy because he likes the looks of the Another simple experiment will article, the other must “feel” quality prove the value of showing your and texture before buying. Cater to goods. Suppose you are overstock- both kin has solved the display problem by placing on boards in the front of a store so every person can at a glance note. A Western store has just patented a system of runaways in which samples are displayed; : » \ - AN Y : Hs v { Q Gxx FE GZ % Dayton Airless Tire Construction i—Live, resilient rubber piers ab- sorb all jars and jolts. They are set LOSS at proper. inter- Sis, vals and squeeze down when an ob- stacle is run over. 2—Five layers of toughest’ fabrics, securely bound to- gether by rubber, form a_ perfect felloe rubber These lay- support the and add to their or strength. 8—Five more lay- ers of loosely woven fabric cor- respond to_ the carcass of a Pneus- matic Tire. 4—The tread is ee much thicker than a pneumatic tire tread and is very tough and very flexible, RN ae ” Don’t continue pouring profits into pneumatic tires Ys fr) > iS, eel x BR, /() 4 ee 1} Pome re} s = Delivery (ar ds. A concern in New York ed on a certain article; simply show a sample on every counter of your store, no matter if you have two coun- ters or twenty, and note how quick- ly the overstock reduces itseif to nor- mal. It is the old story over again of showing goods if you want to sell them. a sample of all articles sold also goods already Is Your a otfomless Hole? for that Ford delivery car without getting anything in return. ‘Thousands of business men have used Dayton Airless Tires exclusively for the past five years, and are finding them 100% efficient. Deliveries | are made when promised, customers are kept satisfied and drivers never waste a second changing or repairing tires. Every User Has Reduced Delivery Expenses 25% at least, and some have effected much greater reductions. Among the thousands of users are such concerns as the Standard Oil Company, Sears, Roebuck & Co., and Mont- gomery Ward & Co. on your car will allow your delivery boy to drive over nails, broken glass, sharp stones and frozen roads, without ever having to stop for tire troubles. Dayton Airless Tires are ABSOLUTELY TROUBLE-PROOF x They do not contain inner tubes and they cannot puncture or blow out. Yet they are as easy riding as pneumatic tires and absolutely will not injure s the car. se MOST MILEAGE—MOST ECONOMICAL ae Four Dayton Airless Tires are all you need for complete equipment. You will not need a spare casing, pump, jack or boxes c* tubes, tools and patches. Nothing can happen to these tires but W-E-A-R. The completion of a new, modern and efficie1.t face tory, and the standardization on 30x3 and 30x3% sizes, has enabied the manufacturers to announce 2 Ea ee we oo new price makes Day- Ires absolutely the s i ha levee y e most economical on _ Write, phone or call for descriptiv wie ptive literature and Factory Distributors J. H SMITH TIRE CO. 18 W. Fulton St., Grand Rapids, Mich. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN nd) we Mt yy uy) “Ny wine yy COAT (ECE fees S Sy — Zz > Z, 4 > J} Unfair Burdens Placed on News- papers By Congress. Written for the Tradesman. While Congress is in session it be- hooves the business interests, not only of Michigan but of the United States, to get busy with such force as to compel Senators and Congressmen to sit up and take notice of the men- ace of the zone system of newspaper postage and so amend that section of the war tax law as to remove it. This section of the law has attracted little public attention so far, prob- ably for two reasons—one because the section has not yet gone into ef- fect; two, because the brains of busi- ness men have been indulging in a “merry-go-round” in their efforts to understand the excess profits and oth- er excessive and blind provisions of the act. Notwithstanding the fact that some reduction in the vast amount of matter printed and dis- tributed at public cost would lighten the burden, the increase in first-class rates was quietly accepted by the peo- ple. The increase in postage on sec- ond class matter, meaning regularly issued newspapers and periodicals, is a different and serious matter. This increase takes effect July 1, when the old rate of 1 cent per pound will be increased to 114 cents per pound and on July 1, 1919, to 1% cents per pound. This rate is on what the law deems normal or reading matter. The law goes further and attempts to discriminate between reading and ad- vertising matter, penalizing the latter by some further increases where it occupies more than 5 per cent. of the total space of the publication. This penalizing is waived, however, and the increase waived, and the increase is reduced to one-half as much, as te newspapers and periodicals “main- tained by and in the interest of re- ligious, educational, scientific, philan- thropic, agricultural, LABOR or fra- ternal organizations, not organized for profit and none of the income of which inures to the benefit of any stockholder and individual.” This exemption is closely parallel to the one which has been in the income tax law since 1913 and is clearly unjust and improper. A few publications gather their advertisements in sep- arate sheets, but the great mass, possibly 99 per cent. print some of them on sheets which also contain reading matter. To ascertain the total weight of a newspaper or peri- odical for -postage charge is a sim- ple matter, but a great task to dis- cover the weight of paper covered by advertising in the “sandwich” class. When this advertising weight is pick- ed out the postage on that portion is to be 1% cents on the first zone, ris- ing according to the parcel-post scale of division to 3% cents per pound for the eighth, and these increases are to be further raised after the next fiscal year. It is, of course, possible to compute on each issue of a publi- cation the ratio of paper surface cov- ered by advertisements to the total printed surface, and if this ratio, for example were 15 per cent., then 15 per cent. of the total weight of the edition would bear a special postage rate, but the edition must also be separated according to the distances to be carried in order to reach the complete charge. Unless this section of the war tax law is amended at once, it would penalize publishers for advertisements of Liberty Loans, paid for by patri- otic citizens or donated by the pub- lisher himself, The same would ap- ply to Red Cross and War Savings advertisements. This is rank injustice and should be corrected. Had it not been for the newspapers and maga- zines, it is practically certain that not one of the Liberty Loan bond issues could have been floated. The educa- tional value of the matter spread broadcast at no cost to the Govern- ment is beyond calculation. It has aroused the people to a realization that we are in the world’s war and that the situation is serious. These publications have instilled and are in- stilling into public consciousness pa- triotic sentiments. They have been of high value in geographical divi- sions whete there were divergent opinions as to the necessity and just- ness of our participation in the con- flict. To put in force the zone system would be to shut out through exces- sive cost of postage many publica- tions carrying the message of patrio- tism. As one publisher says, what- ever tends to divide the country into zones of feeling, of provincialism, of local points of view, sows the seeds of disintegration and weakness. There is already too much sectional jeal- ousy, as is annually shown in the scramble for the pork barrel in Con- gress. We should not forget that our territorial size is a source of possi- ble danger, that the great unifying force is interchange, comparison and modification of views and we cannot afford to in any way imperil this. There is already a bill in the House of Representatives to postpone the enforcement of the zone system sec- tion until after the war. It is the duty of every business man to con- vey to his Senator and Congressman his strong plea that the enforcement of that section be not only postponed May 8 1918 Fire Insurance that Really Insures The first consideration in buying your fire insurance is SAFETY. 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One interesting feature of the Na- tional law creating the Financial Cor- poration is that any and all bonds issued by the Corporation shall be exempt, both as to prinicpal and in- terest, from all taxation now or here- after imposed by the United States, any state or any of the possessions of the United States or by any local taxing authority except (a) estate or inheritance taxes and (b) graduated additional income taxes commonly known as our taxes and excess prof- its over war profits taxes. The in- terest cn an amount of such bonds, the prinicpal of which does not ex- ceed in the aggregate $5,000, shall be exempt from all taxes referred to in clause (b). The Corporation is also exempt from all taxation except local taxes on real estate. There is a marked improvement in sentiment as to the general financia! situation, part of which is due to the appointment of Charles M. Schwab as head of shipbuilding operations in the United States. The stock and bond markets show a stronger tone, still illustrative of a feeling of confi- dence in fundamental conditions, Paul Leake. —_—_»--.___ Preserving Bird Life Not a Matter of Sentiment. Grandville, May %—This_ earth would indeed be a dreary waste with- out bird life to make glad the waste places and give life and cheerfulness to every field and forest. Why are some people so anxious, in the name of sport, to get out and slaughter the wild life of field and for- est? Is it sport to the human heart to see the little ones of God’s crea- tion suffer? Sentiment! That is the sarcastic sneer that greeted the writer's well- meant effort to speak a word for ouf feathered friends, and it came from a big farm newspaper that ought to be worthy of better things. Imagine, if you can, a great State journal sneer- ing at one’s love for bird preserva- tion, as mere manifestation of senti- ment. Some people are so practical that they have no place in their make- up for a tear when the story of Hun cruelties against Belgian babes and women are told. That is only senti- ment, unworthy the consideration of strong men. The best and bravest men of this Nation were tender of heart, consid- erate of soul, Abraham Lincoln, the greatest soul ever born upcen our earth, was tenderly regardful of the smallest child, and his hand often touched and thrilled the forehead of a dying soldier, while at another time he halt- ed in his walk to lift a fallen nestling to give it back to the mother bird in the treetop. Such men are not to he put to shame by the sneer of the unworthy scribe. Of course, the world in its striving after wealth has little time to heed the small amenities as it rushes head- long into the turmoil for gain. Legislatures, however, are suppos- ed to be deliberative bodies and not wildly striving to see who can make he swiftest race to a certain goal. What of the boy who goes forth to slay at the bidding of the State? Does it not make him cruel to dumb crea- tures? Isn’t it at least demoralizing to the finer instincts of that boy’s nature? Is it not the beginning of teachings which lead in after years to love of sports which are cruel in their nature? The Huns of the Cen- tral Empire are but magnified bird- killers. Their first blood thirst was for the blood of the lower animals, MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Later they manifested a craving for shedding the blood of their imagined enemies. We don’t need to go into this line of. argument further, however. The indiscriminate slaughter of birds is brutalizing and undermining to the sensibilities of the boy who indulges in it. In the name of sport much evil has been wrought in this land of ours. We are told by the ministers, and they turn to the Bible for their authority, that God has numbered the hairs of our heads, that He watches with jealous eye the fall of the spar- row, yet the law-making power of the State decrees that the sparrow must be exterminated. Whom shall we accept in this matter, the Almighty or the State Legislature? On the farm the writer indulged the luxury of making friends with a splendid flock of beautiful quails. Nothing can be handsomer in the line of bird life than a score or more of the dainty little creatures picking up the grain one tosses to them in the kindness of his heart. We ought to be kind to these fel- lows who aid us so strenuously by their destruction of harmful insects. As the years passed this flock of quails increased, both in numbers and friend- liness. Sometimes they came to the very door of the kitchen in search of the expected morsel of food and they seldom were disappointed. The writer took a high degree of pride in his flock of quails. There were places left open in the barn where the little chaps could find shel- ter from the severities of the weather. These birds were protected for aterm of years. They increased rapidly and soon it was no. surprising thing to scare up quails at different points along the country roads. Returning one afterncon from a trip to town with a load of produce, the writer was informed by his wife that several men, armed with guns, accompanied by dogs, had crossed the field near the house, and that they had fired upon our pets. [ was indignant. Who were they? Hunters from the city, one a woman, who car- ried a gun, and seemed to be able to shoot with the best of them. I hastened to look over the farm. A big patch of woods on the South end furnished a hiding place for my family of quails, for other birds as well, and through this the city hun- ters had gone, shooting the birds raised by their dogs. On every side of the farm were notices forbidding this very thing. What attention was paid to that do you imagine? The gunners paid the farmer the compli- ment of shooting some of his signs full of holes, considering it a great joke. It was. It is the joke that has made semi-barbarians of some of our boys and young men. It seems that the open season for quail had come, hence this sudden onslaught on the harm- less little beauties. All the care and respect for bird rights of years stand- ing had gone for naught. Inside of a month not a quail was left alive on the farm or in the neighborhood, and the gallant hunters from the city re- turned, feeling so highly elated over their success as to have published the magnificent string of birds they had hageged! It is all in a lifetime, of course, but the writer’s blood boiled all the same. Although he lived several years long- er on the farm, there came no re- newal of that splendid flock of quails. The State had accomplished its de- sires and seen to it that they were exterminated. Kill none of the birds. Conserve them to the last one, English spar- row and crow included. What would the earth be without the birds? Imn- gine for a moment such a calamity. Yet we are determining just such a possibility by our laxity in this matter cf bird conservation. From the tiniest humming bird to the gray forest eagle there is room and to spare. He who is the enemy of the birds is, indeed, a sad speci- men of humanity. There exist proofs as strong as Holy Writ that it is for our own good that we cut out laws that give license for bird slaughter. The writer is not yet quite at the end of his string. There is more to say on this all absorbing question of bird preservation, and with the kind- ly consent of the Tradesman the old timer will open a new field of thought on this subject in the near future. Old Timer. —_—_+~-.—____ The ring at the other end of the circus tent always looks the best. 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WATTS President Insurance in Force $57,000,000.00 Has an unexcelled reputation for its Service to Policyholders $3, 666,161.58 Paid Policy Holders Since Organization RELL S. WILSON Sec’y CLAY H. HOLLISTER Treas. SURPLUS TO POLICY HOLDERS $479,058.61 WM. H. ANDERSON. President J. CLINTON BISHOP, Cashier Fourth National Bank United States Depositary Savings Deposits Commercial Deposits 3 Per Cent Interest Paid on Savings Deposits Compounded Semi-Annually I 3% Per Cent Interest Paid on Certificates of Deposit Left One Year Capital Stock and Surplus $580,000 LAVANT Z. CAUKIN, Vice President ALVA T. EDISON, Ass’t Cashier | Food Supply May Reach a Surplus. Within the last few days wholesale grocers have been inclined to change their ideas somewhat in relation to the probable demand for the coming season, and particularly with refer- ence to canned goods, although not limited to that particular line. While there has been a demand from retail- ers for certain items on the list, with a desire on their part to contract for their entire season’s requirements, it has been noticed that this demand was intermittent and irregular, and that it varied in character with different 1lo- calities. Gradually it has dawned on the trade that retailers are carrying over considerable stocks from last season. In some instances it covers a certain class of items and excludes others, while in other localities differ- ent items are affected, but taking the country as a whole the tonnage of foodstuffs carried over is very large and is estimated in some quarters to be as high as 35 per cent. of require- ments. Furthermore, there are everywhere indications of an increased produc- tion, due to the bountiful promise of nature as well as to the efforts of canners and packers generally to in- crease their output. Still another fac- tor is the elimination of waste, which has also decreased the consumption so that in spite of extraordinary de- mands made by the army and navy, there are signs pointing to a surplus of foodstuffs for the coming season, with the further possibility of a de- crease in prices. Commending on this situation one of the most prominent members of the wholesale trade said yesterday: “Some very significant factors are impressing themselves upon the trade. These are increased production and decreased consumption. Under the first head we have the excellent crop promise for this year, not only of cereals, but of all foodstuffs, includ- ing fruit and vegetables. The efforts of the farmers are being generously aided by nature for it usually happens that large crops succeed a severe win- ter, especially if there has been plen- ty of snow. “Then again too little attention has been paid to the home gardening uf last year. Nowhere have there beea any Statistics available as to the amount of tonnage this represents, but it must have been large. I think the sugar shortage of last winter was largely produced by it and is as good an index as we could have. Still an- other phase of it, and this brings us down to the second item of decreased consumption, is the fact that this home canning has seriously interfered with the consumption of commercially canned goods, and, in fact, is still do- ing so. “We find that retailers all over the country have unsold stocks which they have carried over from last season that will last them far into this sea- son. Some have one class of goods and some have others, but when you compute the tonnage carried over as a whole, it means that there will be just that much less to be provided this year, in addition to which there will MICHIGAN TRADESMAN be another season of home gardening to be reckoned with. The Govern- ment made a special feature of home gardening last year and the country responded with enthusiasm. To be sure, there have been many pathetic and perhaps ludicrous failures on the part of amateur farmers, but that does not mean that the entire movement was a failure. Suppose 30 or 40 per cent. of the gardens were failures, it would still leave a vast amount of foodstuffs privately raised that have been and are still crowding out com- mercially raised truck. Look at the item of potatoes. To be sure, there was a large crop, but undoubtedly the home farming has materially less- ened the demand, so that there is an immense surplus still unsold from last year’s crop. This I think will go far toward explaining the fact that retail- ers have a great deal of stock unsold. “But there is another phase of the question, which I regard as one that is likely to have permanent results of great benefit to the community at large. I refer to the matter of the saving of waste. Everywhere I have been I have observed a tendency to eliminate waste and I venture to say that this has decreased consumption fully 35 per cent. For instance, we are feeding an army and are sending huge supplies abroad and yet we our- selves are not suffering. We have such a huge surplus of meat that our warehouses are full of it. we are feeling the pinch in regard to wheat and flour, but that is only to the extent that we must stop pam- pering ourselves. There is no famine, for we are simply turning to other things and so we have plenty to eat. From the standpoint of food, we do not know, even yet, that we are at war, “Thus if you will take the item of increased production and add to it the decreased consumption of com- mercial supplies through the competi- tion of home gardening and the elim- ination of waste, you can see where it comes in that retailers were unable to sell all the supplies they laid in last year. “T think there is a more conserva- tive feeling everywhere—a more gen- eral tendency to tone down after the long period of prosperity. I believe we shall continue to be prosperous, but in a less extravagant way; we shall quit being a Nation of spend- thrifts, having gotten over the intoxi- cation of our prosperity. As to prices of foodstuffs, IT would not be surpris- ed to see a reduction, provided the promise of a surplus is borne out.” oso ____ Josh Billings says: “Simpathy takes the kurrig all out of man.” When a man has been drafted into the army and he has accepted it cheerfuly and plans to adapt himself and his affairs to the new situation, kind friends and neighbors begin to sympathize with him and his family and express the hope he won’t have to go, at least not over the water and into the trenches. When this has gone on for weeks and months per- haps it is really a relief to get orders to report for embarkation for the training camp. May 8, 1918 It is true A Good Paragraph to to Have in Your Will ‘*T hereby nominate and appoint THE MICHIGAN TRUST Go. OF GRAND RAPIDS the Executor of this my last Will ana Testament—’’ It insures for your estate the services of this responsible Company and the ad- vice of its Officers and Directors. 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Combined Capital and Surplus.................. $ 1,724,300.00 Combined Total Deposits ..................000- 10, 168,700.00 Combined Total Resources ............... ... 13,157,100.00 GRAND RAPIDS NATIONAL CITY BANK CITY TRUST & SAVINGS BANK ASSOCIATED oN ? bi May 8, 1918 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN = ¥ is Tas eC (Logie WOMANS WORLD TER = eee PSO = IHR WY ae AT Sr, oo ty Contentment in Work a Priceless Possession. The woman who grumbles simply because she must work for a liveli- hood is not by any means a martyr. She may argue pro and con, declare that life is a ceaseless grind, that per- sons who must toil for their bread and butter have nothing to hope for and so on, but people who let their imagination run riot in this fashion make a grave mistake always. The really busy and sensible woman is never heard debating along these lines. She knows that work is a verit- able blessing and that it keeps in- numerable people out of all sorts of michief. Those of us who are able to take our places in the ranks of the workers should thank a kind fate for having so shaped our destinies. Granted that we do lose heart at times and feel that life is hard and cheerless, we should, and we could if we would wisely stop to draw on our common sense, master such moods. As long as we are blessed with health, able to dispose of each day’s duties, pay our honest debts and look the world squarely in the face, we have absolutely no grounds for com- plaint. Indeed, we are progressing, and we should not make ourselves miserable or unhappy by useless long- ings or regrets. Some, of course, seem to make rapid advancement along life’s way. For- tune’s wheel constantly turns in their favor, while others, patient, hard- working fighters, never seem to get ahead. This perhaps may be another of Fate’s rulings; no one can tell. It stands to reason, however, that absolutely nothing is gained by mak- ing a poor bargain more hard to con- tend with. On the other hand, if we hope to find anything like contentment in life. we must learn to accept, and accept with a fine grace, the inevitable. There is, indeed, a certain sameness —a sort of monotony, if you will— about all lines of work, but the practi- cal woman masters her duties; she does not let those tasks master her. She makes the wearisome features of her work congenial by disposing of them as easily and as methodically as possible, and then wisely forgets all about them. Girls who feel too important for the duties they perform are frequent- ly heard complaining about their hard lot. These grumbling, dissatis- fied young women make themselves unhappy and find life a grind simply becquse they do not look upon their work, the task that means their bread and butter, in the right spirit, The majority of us might work for a livelihood and if we are going to make anything like progress in our duties or find anything like content- ment from day to day we must not give in to useless longings or regrets. The really busy woman knows a hap- piness that her idle sister has never experienced. Indeed, “having noth- ing to do” has made and is making mental'and physical wrecks without number. The woman who belongs to the ranks of the workers does not deserve any sympathy and should not look for any. On the other hand, she should put enthusiastic and well di- rected effort into her duties. If she finds that she cannot be happy in her position or that it of- fers no chances for advancement, then in justice to herself she should, without any loss of time, look up a better opening. Work is a veritable lifeline thrown out to most persons and keeping busy is a safeguard. If we meet each working day with a fitting grace, put the right kind of effort into our tasks, and keep good natured, we shall find contentment and a peace that all the world cannot give nor take away. ——_>-+___. Banish Ugliness From Your Home. The elimination of household ug- lies, by which cheerfulness instead of depression is diffused, is one of the principal prescriptions advocated and given by a New York physician. His plan, he believes, acts in a more stim- ulating manner than many drugs, be- sides having the advantage of being without a reaction. “Chuck the old junk,” is his way of explaining his method, “Get rid of the superannuated furniture, pictures or ornamental abominations. They act as a poison in many cases on per- sons who do not know what is wrong with them. “Some patients I have attended had imaginary ills and were only suffer- ing from their surroundings. Dark days made the impression more vivid. In cases of illness I have had the patients removed from one room to another just because of the cold, for- mal and gloomy atmosphere in which they were lying. “Tn one room in which a woman was seriously ill was a picture near her bed that could not help having a tendency to lower her vitality and powers of resistance. The picture’s title, ‘The Last Hour,’ gives an idea of its nature I had the woman remov- ed from the baneful influence of ‘The Last Hour’ and she immediately be- gan to show improvement. Of course the dismal mahogany bed and furni- ture had some effect too, as it al- ways has. “Flow many times have you gone into a friend’s home for a pleasant visit and found yourself ushered into a place designated as ‘the drawing room’ or ‘the parlor?’ Immediately your spirits decline as a result of the surroundings and you are likely to start sneezing, as the place is probably airtight and has not been opened since the last visitor was there, such gloomy places kept only for company.” Many homes, the doctor pointed out, have lots of old stuff which is kept for memory’s sake, but which should be gotten rid of as quickly as possible. Houses of elderly persens or those who have been married lone are the worst. Elderly persons hate to part with anything, but they are the very ones whose failing strength is undermined by the unconscious ef- fect of the hideous household goods. Many old-time pictures are especiai- ly depressing. In the days when the people were singing “The Ship That Never Returned,” “Empty is the Cra- dle, Baby’s Gone,” and similar songs the walls were hung with “Grant's Bedside,” “Garfield’s Death,” “The Retreat From Moscow,” and many other pictures historically correct but far from cheering. Spare rooms in some of the olde: hemes have been used for storing all the clutter that has been accumulate: in years. Furniture that frowns at one by day and groans at one by nigint would be more pleasing to the guest if it would even jeer once in a while. Watson-HigginsMls.Co, Merchant Millers Owned by Merchants Products sold by Merchants Brand Recommended by Merchants NewPerfection Flour Packed In SAXOLIN Paper-lined Cotton, Sanitary Sacks 2 Summer Sessions, May 20; duly 1. 16 Departments, Special Courses in Account- ing, Shorthand, Typewriting, Telegraphy, Civil Service to Meet Demands of America’s War Activities. 35,000 men and women have learned how to realize their best possi- bilities. You pay for what you get and get what you pay for. Woodbridge N. Ferris, President. Pop Corn Wanted We are in the market for pop corn, either cob or shelled. If you have any to offer, send us sample for inspection and price. John G Doan Co. 106-108 Fulton St., West Grand Rapids 139-141 Monroe St Le ey GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. Most Families Are Now Finding That Crescent Mapleine The Delicious “Golden Flavour’’ is a splendid savor for soups as well as a dainty flavor for desserts and confections. * * * Crescent Mfg. Co., Seattle, Wash. Order of your jobber or Louis Hilfer Co., 1205 Peoples Life Bidg., Chicago. (M-167) (Ny aun PLACE YOUR ORDER NOW FOR Soda Fountain Fruits and Syrups Hire’s Syrup We Are Distributors of J. Hungerford Smith Co.’s Fruits and Syrups Royal Purple Grape Juice Welsh Grape Juice Coco Cola We Also Carry a Full Line of Soda Fountain Accessories WRITE FOR PRICE LISTS Putnam Factory Grand Rapids, Michigan MICHIGAN TRADESMAN May 8, 1918 3 > ae = a —_ T — Ss =—= ute Ht lf a Ariceveheg | bean NAA AANA AKU HE Ct RSS iv] LO = Fe oa y at Ta Hf (f t ul( A MMERCIAL TRAVELE w(t cece lll Aun WmeovN VN PO Q\\ if) Grand Council of Michigan U. C. T. Grand Counselor—John A. Hach, Cold- water. Grand Junior Counselor—W. T. Bal- lamy, Bay City. Grand Past Counselor—Fred J. Mou- tier, Detroit. Grand Secretary—M. Heuman, Jackson. Grand Treasurer—Lou J. Burch, De- troit. Grand Conductor—C. C. Starkweather, Detroit. Grand Page—H. D. Ranney, Grand Sentinel—A. W. Muskegon. Grand Chaplain—Chas. R. Dye, Battle Creek. Next Grand Council Meeting—Jackson. Saginaw. Stevenson, How It Looks to a Grand Rapids Man. Grand Rapids, May 6—The Trades- man readers have probably been dis- heartened as many people have been by reports of speeches on the floor of the Senate and House of the Na- tion’s mistakes and failures during the first year of preparation for war. Most of us imagined that America was such a big Nation, had such big plants in every line of manufacturing activity and had so many big men in the manufacturing world that when it was necessary we could do big things quickly. To the regret o1 every American we were disappointed in our expectations and the disap- pointment was greater because of the rosy promises by the heads of depart- ments at Washington. On this ac- count I wish that every reader of the Tradesman could have had the pleas- ure of a two wecks trip through the Southwestern cantonments, as I have had. It would put heart into the most discouraged, and my only thought in writing this is to give figures and facts which cannot but help to cheer and comfort those who have become pessimistic. It is hard for us in Michigan to realize the tremendous amount of work that was necessary and has been accomplished. There are 32 army camps 13 officers’ training camps 4 naval training stations The army camps have been built for housing at each camp from ten to 100,000 men, depending upon the camp’s location, These were all built in about six months. Men have been trained, uniformed, outfitted and in eight months from the time ground was broken there were 500,000 thou- sand of them in France. Those who have been to Camp Custer will realize that the construc- tion of buildings was only a small part of the work. Leveling the ground, putting in streets, sewers, water, etc., was a bigger job than putting up the buildings. In this con- nection I think that many of us were sorry at the time that more ,camps were not placed in the North, but if you go South in the winter you will realize that they can train there twelve months in the year, while for three months in the North the men are shovelling snow, and they do not have one-third of the rainy days in the South we have in the North. Of course, it will be hot for two or three months during the summer, but the South is the place for all year train- ing, to my mind. I mentioned thirty-two camps. We think only of the size of Camp Cus- ter, but in this list Camp Travis, at San Antonio, is counted as one camp, whereas the following activities are included. This no doubt, is true of many other camps which would prob- ably double or treble the thirty-two camps mentioned. There is at San Antonio: Kelly Field No. 1 ‘Aviation, hous- ing probably 10,000. Kelly Field No. 2 Aviation, hous- ing probably 10,000, Kelly Field No. 3 Aviation, hous- ing probably 10,000. Brooks Field No. 1 Aviation, hous- ing probably 5,000. Stimson Field No. 1 Aviation, hous- ing probably 1,000. Balloon School No. 1, housing prob- ably 1,000. Balloon School No. 2, housing prob- ably 1,000. Camp Travis proper, housing 50,- 000. Camp Stanley officers’ housing probably 10,000. Fort Sam Houston, regular army, heusing probably 10,000. Not withstanding the reported lack of aeroplanes fer shipment abroad each one of these aviation fields ap- parently have all the planes they need. At one field I saw a hundred planes piled up, not yet unboxed, with the hangers already filled with the planes needed, so there seems to be no lack of planes for practice. At any one of these fields you will see from ten to thirty machines in the air all the time. Another thing we worry over is the report of deaths of the boys in train- ing. We forget that if you take the percentage it is smaller than the same number taking joy rides with auto- mobiles, but that is no comfort if the boy who falls is your boy. My wife and friends who were in San Antonio all winter say it is wonderful how quickly awkward boys become up- standing, fine, military looking men after two or three weeks’ training. Another thing that pleased me greatly, as it must please fathers and mothers, is that with 125,000 to 150,000 men immediately around San Antonio my friends never saw a man in uniform drunk. Another very noticeable thing about these boys in my trip to Waco, San Antonio, Hous- ton, Galveston and Gerstner Field at Lake Charles: On every train I trav- eled there were from ten to fifty of these soldier boys and there was a complete absence of horse play, rough talk or rough action. They seemed to realize they were representing the army and were well behaved and gen- tlemenly. You would be glad to call any one of them as your son. If their conduct here in traveling is a criterion of their behavior in France net only their fathers, mothers, wives and sweethearts will be proud of them, but their conduct will carry with it the respect and admiration of our Allies. Their fine appearance and manly conduct, their alertness of mind which is an asset in their training, makes you forget the discouragements and to be thankful, as I am, to have seen what a fine body of men were roing to represent Uncle Sam. They are going, going, going, hardly a night but a train load leaves San training, Antonio for the East on the road for France. If these lines do one-tenth as much for Tradesman readers as my glimpse of the tremendous amount of work accomplished and seeing such great numbers of such_ splendid looking boys going to the front did to cheer me, I shall be glad. My aim is to give them a glimpse of what I saw. . C, Follmer. 2-2. The Merchants Association of New York is drafting a comprehensive re- port on the present efficiency of pos- tal service as the result of an investi- gation into the mail service conduct- ed carefully over a period of three months. It is said by one who is familiar with the facts that the docu- ment will prove to be an eyeopener and come close to a smashing indict- ment of the postal system as applied to the delivery of mails throughout the country, and the prolonged delay experienced by business firms, besides containing evidence of gross ineffic- iency. —_> State Sovereignty may become an issue if one of the latest rulings of the Federal Reserve bank is carried out, namely, granting National banks the right to do a trust company business, irrespective of any state laws to the contrary. The laws in Mchigan are quite definite in this respect. An at- tempt was made two years ago to change the Michigan law in this par- ticular, but failed, the bill being kill- ed in committee, It is probable this will be one of the important sub- jects for discussion and action at the coming convention of the Michigan Bankers’ Association. TAKE THE BOAT TO CHICAGO Goodrich Steamship Lines and Muskegon Interurban Ry. Sunday—Wednesday— Friday 7:05 P. M. $3.00 $5.75 ONE WAY ROUND TRIP Tickets Sold to All Points INTERURBAN STATION 162 N. Ottawa Ave Goodrich City Office 127 Pearl St., N. W. Ocean Steamship Agency OCCIDENTAL HOTEL FIRE PROOF CENTRALLY LOCATED Rates $1.00 and up EDWARD R, SWETT, Mar. Muskegon 2-3 Michigan tela ye velol a! A Hotel ta which aman may s¢nd Rathod 3 cs CODY HOTEL GRAND RAPIDS $1 without bath RATES { $1.50 up with bath CAFETERIA IN CONNECTION Automobile Insurance is an absolute necessity. 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United Agency Reliable Credit Information General Rating Books Superior Special Reporting Service Current Edition Rating Book now ready Comprising 1,750,000 names— eight points of vital credit information on each name— no blanks. THE UP-TO-DATE SERVICE Gunther Building CHICAGO 32 ILLINOIS 1018-24 South Wabash Avenue ~ May 8, 1918 Gabby Gleanings From Grand Rapids. Grand Rapids, May 7—The furni- ture in the Livingston Hotel of Grand Rapids is up for sale for $10,000. This hotel was formerly very popular with the traveling fraternity. The stock will be sold at $100 per share and pledges are now being taken for this amount, and to be held only by commercial travelers. This will be the only hotel in the State run by traveling men and a competent man- ager will be chosen by the stockhold- ers. Pledges for the amount have already been received and we know this will be a successful undertaking. Grand Rapids Council is getting ready for the Patriotic Parade on Memorial day. This is going to be an important affair, so far as the Council goes. This is the first time No. 131 has ever paraded outside of the Grand Council meetings and each member will be notified to appear on that day. It is to be hoped that every member will turn out that day and with H. W. Harwood, H. F. De- Graff and W. E. Sawyer as the com- mittee we know that the details will be well taken care of. Arthur N. Borden reports that his son, N. Borden, of Douglas, Ariz., with the U. S. Cavalry, is sick with diphtheria. La Vern Pilkington left Sunday night for a two weeks’ trip to Detroit and the East in the interest of the Royal Chair Co. By the East we guess he means some of those good old towns where one can still rest a weary foot on a perfectly good brass rail. August Kaser, of the Schmidt Chemical Co., who has been in Buf- falo for the past two weeks on busi- ness, has returned home to Grand Rapids. Last Saturday night a committee consisting of Fred Beardslee, Arthur N. Borden and N. Hollis Carley was appointed by the Council to look up some new goats for the work the coming season. The goats of former years have been living on tin cans, but, owing to the scarcity, we find them almost impossible to obtain. The new goats we have in view will be fed on the Kaiser’s helmets, as they will be plentiful in the near fu- ture, we see no reason why _ they should go hungry. It is to be hoped that this will stimulate the lodge at- tendance and the committee promises some great stuff shortly. George A. Pierce, the well-known medicine peddler, bears such a strik- ing resemblance to a certain railroad official that he is frequently impor- tuned regarding the departure of trains. The singular feature of the situation is that the railway official is a handsome man. W. I. Epley says that he has not sold the Phoenix Hotel, at Charlotte, and that he has no idea of disposing of the hostelry. John D. Martin spent several days at Arcadia last week, swapping yarns with the officials of the Arcadia Fur- niture Co.. which he has represented on the road and at the Furniture Ex- position here ever since the business was established in 1906. The factory burned last year, but has since been rebuilt on modern plans and with due regard to economical operations and the comfort and health of the em- ployes. The main building is 64 x 240 feet in dimension, three stories. The warehouse is 48x176 feet in dimen- sion. The company operates a band mill in connection with the factory, in which it cuts lumber and veneers. The factory is steam heated and elec- tric lighted. The Arcadia Mirror Works manufacture the mirrors used by the furniture factory in another building. Mr. Martin prevailed upon the Arcadia Furniture Co. to make an exhibit at the Grand Rapids Ex- position in July. Women would not shun a drove of mice as some men shun good advice. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN A burly man arose in a train that was passing into Kansas from Kan- sas City, Mo., “Gentlemen,” he pro- claimed, “I am a sheriff. Please put all your grips out in the aisle so that [ can search them.” Visions of a jail sentence for having liquor in his possession flashed through the mind of a passenger half way down the car. Convulsively he threw his grip out of the window and sat back, a nervous and thirsty man. When he found that the “sheriff” was only a traveling salesman having fun with evaders of the bone dry law, his nervousness grew upon him and his thirst became a thirst for blood. N. H. Carley. > German Ruthlessness Due to Devil’s Logic. British prisoners recently released by exchange from German camps bring dismal accounts of the atroci- ties committed upon Italian prison- ers in Germany. It is only recently that Germany has definitely declared a state of war with Italy, fought on the Italian front, and taken Italian prisoners. The arrival of these Italian prison- ers in Germany seems to have fan- ned up again the embers of cruelty and malice. The evidence of atroci- ous barbarism on the part of their German captors tells always the same story of systematic starvation of the Italians, and of brutal attacks upon them with the bayonet when hunger drove them to despair. At Lagenzala camp a convoy of Italian prisoners was brought in. They had been on the road for three days with nothing to eat. When the poor, starving soldiers rushed at the soup that was brought near them they were attacked with the bayonet and several were killed. From Dulmen camp, Cassel camp, Mannheim camp, and other German prisoner of war centers similar accounts come. It had been hoped that the German authorities had become tired of perpe- trating atrocities, just as the whole civilized world has become tired of hearing of them. Without a doubt it has been proved that atrocities do not pay. The Germans entered upon the war with a_ definite theory that “friehtfulness” was a good weapon. Arguing on the lines of a perverse and diabolic logic, they came to the con- clusion that victory could be most easily won by that nation which threw aside most of the humane limitations of civilized warfare and made cam- paigns as “frightful” as possible to the non-combatant populations of hostile nations. Experience has proved that this was the devil’s logic and against hu- man nature. Germany has not fright- ened a single nation out of the. field by frightfulness, but on the other hand she has brought into the field against her nations that wished to keep out ef the war, but have been forced to take up arms because German ruth- lessness threatened the existence of civilization. Lately, with the certainty that “friohtfulness” does not pay, there seemed a hope of some amendment of the German method of war. This fresh outburst of mean, useless malice against helpless Italian prisoners de- stroys that hope. It is evident that the German system of warfare has so roused the tiger and the ape in some cf the German people that in the future we must expect atrocities for atrocity’s sake. They cannot be ex- cused on the ground that it is hoped military advantage may accrue from them; they can be explained in no other way than as exhibitions of un- restrained spitefulness. It is not flattering to our common human nature, to our reared civilization, that to-day, after twenty Christianity, a great nation should show such a gen- laboriously centuries of eral degradation of mind as to sanc- tion these atrocities. 3ut unfor- tunately the fact has to be recognized that human beings can be led towards evil as easily as towards good; that the same human nature which under noble and generous guidance is cap- able .of coming close to the divine, can be perverted by evil leadership into a line of conduct that would make a flock of wolves ashamed. The fitting answer to these German atrocities, which have stained the war from the first invasion of Belgium, is neither a weak repining and scold- ing nor a degradation of our own standards by retorting in kind. It is useless to “unpack our hearts with words;” worse than useless to attempt We must set our hearts with a grimmer to counter atrocity with atrocity. resolve than before to put an end once and for all to the system which has made these things possible. The Prussian military has dragged a whole people in chains to a region of thought more savage than any that has attempted to domin- ate the world since the days of the Tartar hordes. We must strike off those chains for the sake of our own safety and for the sake of the humane element surviving in the German peo- ple, Frank Fox. —_2-2. William Judson’s Greeting to Mich-- gan Wholesale Grocers. I have supreme faith in the business despotism sense of the Michigan wholesale gro- cers. I expect them to always use good common sense in the conduct of their important business. No busi- ness is more important, no trade con- cerns the welfare of the public or re- lates so closely to their health as the food business. You cannot make me believe that the sturdy figures who have for the last thirty years won a place for us as one of the three or four greatest trade powers in the world will ever be stampeded into fear or uncertain- ty on account of what competition will do to them. As my mind travels back over the last third of a century, I feel deeply grateful to the splendid men who have now gone forever. They left to us a heritage and a_ responsibility which we are carrying with wisdom and with dignity. It is our duty and it will be our policy to continue in ever progressive steps. Just now we are in abnormal times. Our food lines are under necessary war control. It is, indeed, fortunate that we had at hand an organization, both State and National, that so quickly caught step with and held up the hands of our food administration at Washington. 25 The Michigan wholesale grocer will find perfectly normal ways of holding his own in every market within his legitimate geographical territory with- out recourse to any selfish schemes designed to hoodwink his commercial brother. Our trouble now is to satis- fy the tremendous demand for our goods and the words “Equitable Dis- tribution” should enter into all of our aims and policies. The one thought I would leave with you is that we need have no fear of what any competitor may accomplish to our disadvantage and, therefore, we should maintain the dignity of our profession and continue always to stand for the splendid policies that have always controlled the Michigan Wholesale Grocers’ Association, ee eg Annual Convention of Michigan Di- vision, T. P. A. Grand Rapids, May 7—About 100 delegates from their respective posts in Grand Rapids, Detroit and Kala- mazoo will attend the tenth annual convention of the Michigan State Di- vision, T. P. A., which will be held in the Pantlind Hotel on Saturday, May 11, at 3 o’clock in the afternoon. The regular business of the State Division will be conducted at this meeting. Among the prinicpal fea- turcs are the election of State officers and directors for the ensuing year. Delegates will also be chosen to at- tend the National convention which will be held in St. Louis from June FO to 15. The Michigan State Division has 673 members, of which 522 belong to Post A in Grand Rapids, ninety-two to Post B in Detroit and fifty-nine to Kalamazoo. New _ posts Post © i are under construction and within the near future posts will be established in Battle Creek, Benton Harbor, Muskegon and Traverse City. During the fiscal year which ended April 30 thirty-three claims for acci- dents indemnity were paid out, amounting to over $4,000, with several claims still pending. All of the claims were paid promptly and not a one was turned down. One hundred and sixty-four new applications were writ- ten during the past year. The Serv- ice flag shows’ twenty-four stars, headed by Captains Lcuis E, Schoone and Geo. H. Curry. At 8 o’clock in the evening the dele- gates will join their ladies in the parlors of the Pantlind to attend the annual ball given by Post A. Fred Z. Pantlind is general chairman for the evening, assisted by a sub-com- mittee, of which Mrs. Clarence I. Wil- liams is chairman, assisted by Mrs. A. D. Carrel, Mrs. E. E. Pileram, Mrs. Clyde Seiple, Mrs. Jack E. Lara- my, Mrs. E. W. Munshaw, Mrs. H. E. Rason, Mrs. A. E. Blow, and twen- ty-five ladies on the reception com- mittee. Tuller’s orchestra has been engaged and the music will be of a purely mil- itarv character. The display of the National colors will be a great fea- ture. The committee is promising lots of surprises, which will all be in line of the present patriotic and mili- tary situation. Boy scouts will be on guard at the doors to assist in taking up the tickets and refreshments will be served by the boy scouts of Grand Rapids. Friends and prospective members are welcome, the sale of tickets for the ball are in the hands of the com- mittees or can be purchased from Fred. Z. Pantlind, the general chair- man. The surplus above the actual ex- penses will be invested in the pur- chase of additional third Liberty loan bonds. to which the Michigan Division has already subscribed. E. E. Pelgram, Sec’y. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN May 8, 1918 Et SSK % 4) = Fr oe Zz a - 7 vt wy)? a) ma NDRIES: = ~ ae Michigan Board of Pharmacy. President—Leonard A. Seltzer, Detroit. Secretary—Edwin T. Boden, Bay City. Treasurer—George F. Snyder, Detroit. Other Members—Herbert H. Hoffman, Sandusky; Charles S. Koon, Muskegon. Michigan State Pharmaceutical Asso- ciation. President—P. A. Snowman, Lapeer. Secretary—F. J. Wheaton, Jackson. Treasurer—E. E. Faulkner, Delton. Next Annual Meeting—Detroit, June 25, 26 and 27, 1918. Michigan Pharmaceutical Travelers’ As- sociation. President—W. F. Griffith, Howell. Secretary and Treasurer—Walter S. lawton, Grand Rapids. Making Use of Spare Time in the Drug Store. There comes a period when there is more or less spare time in the drug store on account of a certain slack- ness in trade. Many druggists take this time of year to go over their stock, take they have not already done so, and catch up inventory if their manufacturing, or perhaps just take it easy. Here, as elsewhere, it is impossible to expect a harvest unless you plant the seed, and these quiet days are seed-sowing times for future trade- getting and profit-making. Here are a few practical ways of making spare time in the drug store change into cash in months to come. As the proprietor of the establish- ment, it is your business and mine to plan out the nature of the work to be done by each member of the staff. What depends upon every one to do is likely to go undone, yet if a specific task is given to one individual, that individual can be held accountable and will take a pride in making a good showing. Let us suppose for the sake of illustration that the store force consists of proprietor, head clerk, assistant clerk, a girl on the sundries, a porter, and a book-keeper. It is going to be my purpose as pro- prietor to see that every one is giv- en the work he or she can do best and to require it done in a certain time. We will suppose that we devote a month tothis preparatory campaign ex- tending from the first of March to the first of April. I will have a talk with the store force and tell them that we must get everything into first class shape for a big spring business: that not only must we put our own house in shape, but we must prepare to reach out and win new customers as far as we can. After giving a little glimpse of what I hope to do I will ask each one to co-operate with me and show just how much he or she can do. After this I will have a talk indi- vidually with each one of my em- ployes. The head clerk will come first. I will ask him to go over the prescription counter, stock room, and the store shelving and cases on a spe- cial tour of inspection and to come to me and make or present in writing any suggestions he has for improve- ment in the way of rearrangement. I will point out to him that it may be possible to condense stock and to make room for a side line or to save steps by a little wise shifting of goods. The reason I will call for sug- gestions before he goes ahead is that I may thoroughly understand and ap- prove of what he proposes to do. Then, too, I may not think best for him personally to put into operation all of the good suggestions he offers. It may be that some one else can do part of that work quite as well and save his time. I will ask him to make suggestions as to increasing our pres- tige with physicians, nurses, and pa- trons generally, and if I feel very opu- lent I may offer a dollar for each suggestion I use. In short, my idea with the head clerk is this: he has had some experience; he has worked in different places; he is a registered prescription man. All of which proves that he has ability and some execu- tive capacity. I want to make use of it as far as I can. Certain parts of the work or re- arrangement must of necessity de- volve upon him. It may be the instal- lation of a poison cabinet, a new sys- tem of boxing, labeling, and cata- loguing the dry herbs, a method of taking care of the prescriptions, or some needed work upon the prescrip- tion desk. There is hardly a store anywhere but what will be improved by thoughtful attention once a year to its every-day details. Next I will assign to the assistant clerk certain sections he is to arrange and put in order. I will outline what I want done in the way of over haul- ing the cold soda fountain for the coming summer’s trade. I will ask him to send for catalogues of appar- atus and supplies and to be ready to suggest to me what we could do at reascnable cost to improve our serv- ice. He will take an interest because of the responsibility T am placing in him and section by section can go over the cases and shelves and not only the contents but the outside as well, cleaning and polishing. Tf there is anything to be done in the way of interior decoration or carpentry work this should be attended to before fix- tures are cleaned and polished. The girl on the sundry goods is wondering by this time what her part will be. She knows that her cases are in nice order and her goods well in hand, but IT have plans for her. First of all T shall give her several half days off in which to study the sundry de- partments in other drug stores and department stores. This will be as profitable for me as it is for scliool boards to give teachers regular visit- ing days. I will ask her also to look up the specialties used by the beauty parlors in town and perhaps pay to have her have a manicure here and 2 shampoo there that she may create a friendly feeling for the store. The women folks in my home can also help out here and before the month is over 1 shall hope to have made a perma- nent customer of each beauty parlor proprietor. Then, too, I am going to make a special effort to gain the trade ot mothers and babies. Baby Week is coming and I want to conserve ail of the educational work done in prep- aration for that time and following it. I shall ask the young lady in ny employ to make a list of the birth registry for the past three months and to keep in touch with it in future month by month, sending a form let- ter and some little gift to each new baby. It may be a tiny can of tal- cum, a cunning little powder puff, or a rattle. I shall not expect that every person so approached will trade with me. If I get one in ten I will do well. I will enclose a list of the baby arti- cles I have on hand—nursing bottles, nipples, breast pumps, but water bags, syringes, baby foods, alcohol stoves, thermos bottle, sponges, fine soaps, talcums, brushes, combs, olive oil, boric acid, etc., etc. I will also ask the young lady to make suggestions after babies a year old, two years old, children of kindergarten age, etc., etc. Then, too, she should have some idea on the best way to stimulate the per- fume, tooth brush, toilet soap, face powder trade. How can they be reached? How can we best make mail order lists of people using this sort of thing? I will ask her also to bring me some form letters if she is clever at that sort of thing and perhaps I wili us: some of them. Maybe I will oniy use one phrase in a letter, but my idea will be to get the feminine viewpoint if I can. She is going to have her hands full making out these tists, sending out the proper kind of adver- tising matter, devising plans to win the housecleaning trade, and perhaps getting together an assortinent of gcods for a special Clearance Sale. The porter will have his hands full sorting and arranging the basement, aggregating supplies of a ditferent kind, getting out and cleaning jugs and empties to return, znd wetting things ready for sale of which | want to dispose. There is that twenty foot sign which I replaced with a thirty foot one. A sign man should be eble to make use of it. There are a couple of cases no longer used to voud pur- pose. There are three hundred pooks left from the Circulating Library dis- continued a year ago, and a numier of tables of stuff which could be sold in exchange for salable supplies. Oh, yes; the porter has all he can do. The book-keeper needn’t think iiat she is going to get off scot free for I am going to have an Expert Ac- countant come in for a day—what if he does charge ten dollars or even twenty for his time—and have him go over the system with her and sug- gest improvements—ways and means by which the system may be simpli- fied, time saved, or better resuits achieved. I want a perpetual inven- tory system; I want a monthly inven- tory of bills payable, and a lot of other things, which will keep me in touch with what my business !s doing. I don’t know just how to zo at it and before I employ the Expert Ac- countant I will find out whether he does or not. Then I am going to point out to the book-keeper that in sending out the bills each month there must be a piece of advertising matter put in which can be carried for the same postage and I am going to ask her to map out such advertising matter as she thinks would bring in returns, As she makes the charges, she should know what people come if person and what they telephone for. I would tell her that I am willing to have some slips printed or letters duplicated for enclosure. Let one month’s drive he on prescriptions, another on rubber goods, another on toilet goods, etc., etc. Get her to plan out with vou a business-bringing series of leaflets. These are not expensive and you can educate people to read them. can also be enclosed in packages eo- ing out of the store. Now, that | have laid the work out for the other people, what am I going to do myself? Well, first of all, I shall have an eye on everybody clse and be ready to give advice, sugges- tion, or encouragement where need- ed. I shall do some observing of other drug stores myself; I will look over the drug journals in the field and see if there are any which I should have regularly that I have been over- looking; I shall examine each depart- ment of my business and discover whether I am entertaining a star boarder in the shape of one that 1s more Ornamental than profitable: I shall make a study of markets; I shall set the example of promptness and enthusiasm, and in addition to that | shall try some ways and means for reaching and winning more trade. I don’t want any of my empleyes to show themselves more resourceful than I am in this respect and I shall estimate the population in my terri- tory, the probable amount each spends in a drug store, and discover whether or not I am getting my proportional part of the entire business. In short I shall aim to put my store in shape to increase the friendly feel- ing for the store and its patronage, and to plan an up-to-date business campaign for the coming spring and summer which will not all depend up- on me, but will interest and engage the attention of. every one of my as- sistants to good purpose. This, I am sure you will agree with me, will be making good use of the dull days just ahead. Wilmot Russell. —_>-.___ A dollar hoarded is a slacker; a dollar wasted is a traitor; a dollar saved is a patriot. They ao PR ie M can ie able MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 27 Instructions Regarding Storage of tatoes begi ai EN gin to sprout it is well to 2 se Flours and Meals. go over them and remove the sprouis, WHOLESALE DRUG PRICE CURR qT Washington, May 6—If not proper- which may easily be done by rub- ly cared for, hot weather frequently bing, the clean potatoes being trans- Prices quoted are nominal, based on market the day oi issue produces spoilage in certain flours ferred into new -containers, or by Acids Cubebs ........ 9 25@9 50 Capsicum ....... @2 15 and meals, especially those which con- shoveling them over inclines made of orice (Powd.) .. 18@ 26 Bigeron ....... 2 75@3 00 Cardamon ...... @2 10 tain a high percentage of fats, mois- three-quarter-inch wire screening, Boric (Xtal) 18@ 25 ue | ae = oo — ¢ z ture or the outer coatings of the This should have sufficient pitch to a oe 1 a bi Janiper Berries 17 to 73 Cinchona ....... $2 35 grain. To prevent such losses, par- permit the potatoes to roll into an- Muriatie v2.0... @ Juniper Wood .. 2 75@3 00 Colchicum ...... @2 40 ticularly at this time when breadstuffs other bin. At the same time any Nitric ......... 10%@15 Lard, extra .... 2 10@2 20 Cubebs ......... @2 & are so essential to ourselves and the potatoes which have rotted may be re- Oxalic --..+.-.e. Ce © yee 6 ieee coe i. Gi te Allies th f ll ae i Sulphuric _.... 3%@ 5 Lavender Flow. 7 00@7 25 Gentian eee eeeees @1 50 1 , the following instructions for moved. : Tartaric ....... 1 05@1 10 Lavender, Gar’n 1 25@1 40 Ginger .......... @2 50 the storing of these flours and meals To prevent flours and meals be- i coueete — vanes os 2 ore Guess as st bs ¢} - are iven: + i j acte 3 taawile 2 : : ' oa ainseed, boiled bbl. @1 61 uaiac mmon Fle a | coming infested with weevils the out- Water, 26 deg. ....12@ 20 Linseed, bld. less 1 71@1 76 lodine .......... @1 80 : ours and meals should be stored side of bags containing them should Water, 18 deg. ..10%@ 18 Juinseea) raw, bbl. @1 60 Todine, Colorless @1 75 in cool, dry, well ventilated places; be kept clean and swept often. All Water, 14 deg. .. 9%@ 17 Linseed, rw. less 1 70@1 75 Iron, clo. ....... @1 60 warehouses should be whitewashed sweepings from warehouses should Geybouate -.--- ig @ 3} Mustard, true, oz. @2 25 ao Sa = ¢ and swept clean before these prod- be collected and removed or burned, : ee foe nai i Nox Vomica .... o i ucts are placed therein; large supplies as these contain most of the adult |. —— Olive, pure .... 550@6 50 Opium .......... @9 50 should not be accumulated. If too imsects, larva and eggs. Sacks con- ees? ; oe: te Olive, Malaga, as cn Sm Camph. g; * large a stock is on hand it should be taining flours should be kept in good Fir tenet ‘7 au@ = 50 6c Gai a on fo iG reduced and the flours and meals in’ repair, as this will prevent the in- Peru ........... 5 25@5 50 ek ee ea @ question should be consumed as soon _ sects from entering the bags. Weevils Pelu. --++--++++- 1 75@2 00 Orange, Sweet .. 3 25@3 56 Paints as possible. and other insects will not push their Barks poi plnpaci ot @2 50 Lead, red dry .. 124%@12% Flours and meals which contain way through even the thinnest cotton Cassia (ordinary) 35@ 40 Bout svceal oo 2 2592 bp Lead, white dry 124@12% the outer bran coatings and germ bagging. Cassia (Saigon) 90@1°00 peppermint _... 4 23@4 50 ead white oil 1214@12% cf the grain will not keep so well as Care should be taken in storing bags wee ace tks 38 Rose, pure .. 30 00@32 00 Ochre, yellow hand $ ' when these are removed. Whole of flours and meals to have sufficient Soap Cut (powd.) ee ee em Oy ccs ca,. 3%@ 6 wheat flour sterilized in the process space between the tiers to allow BOC se eeeeeeeees 27@ 30 Ee. on 50@17 75 oe youse = se 14@ s of manufacture will keep much long- abundant ventilation, and to raise the Berries Sassafras, true 2 75@3 00 a at . ae a er than the ordinary whole wheat bags sufficiently from the floor to ex- Cubeb .......... 160@1 70 Sassafras, artifi'l 65@ 85 whiting, bbl. ...... @ 3 product. Cornmeal and corn flour clude rats, mice, and insects; also to Fish .----++--+++- — = na. a. 2 Tome so Whiting... 34@ 6 made from kiln dried corn, and which permit cleaning of the floors without eee an ° 30 Tansy ...........4 25@4 50 1 i & Fre 4 ee have the germ removed, will keep the necessity of transferring the prod- _ Tar, USP ........ 45@ 60 Miecellaneo hetter than the same products made ucts from one part of the warehouse i eee oe fe - ; : oe EACGOriCe |. 0255.5. 65 Turpentine, less. 54@ 59 Acetanalid 1 10 rom corn which has not been so to another. Insecticides must not be Licorice powd... 1 05@1 10 Wintergreen, tr. 550@5 75 a) Ast 36 dried and degerminated. used on products which are to be Wintergreen, sweet pra es R@ 16 Special care should be taken of the Consumd for food except by experts 4. og oe 50@1 75 wincegiaed ant 1 28Q1 50 aa a. = . es aig ; PICA 5.06... 50@1 75 EOUNG ...5..... 14 following products, and these should trained in their use. ae Cuamomile (Ger.) 75@1 00 Wormseed 12 00@12 25 Bismuth, Subni- ae be kept moving or be used as soon as Herbert Hoover. Chamomile Rom. 1 75@2 00 Wormwood 6 00@6 25 trata 4 00@4 10 practicable, and should not be allow- : . Gums —_ - ioe nee Pot Borax xtal ed to accumulate in the warehouse: ied ee Grapes pas Hacenned. Acacia, Ist ..... 76@ 80 wanes 90@2 00 powdered 10@ 15 bran, shorts and middlings; corn prod- Raisins are a licensed commodity, Acacia, 2nd ceeeee 65@ 76 Bichromate oe 60@ 70 Cantharades po 2 00@6 50 ucts containing the outer coating but dried black grapes are not raisins papuiopsro eed agciaskoe eae be Bromide ....... 1 80@2 10 Calomel 2 el and germ, such as_ so-called : : : Beatie, powders @9@ Tt Carbonate ...... 1 85@2 00 oe - ' Ser & »§ s So-Called water and they are not subject to license. Aloes (Barb. Pow) 30@ 40 Chlorate, gran’r 95@100 Capsicum ....... 35@ 40 ground cornmeal and grits, etc., oats en ooo tre ow) Se 3. | 6 Chleraia, atal or Carmine .. 6 50@7 00 ne er meals, pe and whole A Kalamazoo undertaker advertises ae. oe @2 25 oun EEE ao a Cassia Buds ... @ 40 whea ours, : ‘ : Ce ccoe VONIGG .......... 7 oe ce peat oe heli ho heb y flour, that he has a new hearse which is Asaluetida, Powd. lagide .......<. 459@4 66 Cloves ........... 7@ 8 4 ; ya bean meal. ae / i : ure ...... «see @2 50 Permanaganate 5 50@5 60 Chalk Prepared 12@ 15 Care should be also taken of pota- “Comfortable, roomy, and easy rid- Campnor /.000.. 135@1 40 Prussiate, yellow @175 Chalk Precipitated 10@ 18 toes, as they will rot and begin te ing.” He doubtless believes that if a Guaiac toes teens @ 90 Prussiate, red ..3 75@4 00 Chlorof sprout in warm weather. If the p ee ; Guaiac, powdered Wi QU Sulphate .......... @ 90 eee foi te 90@ 97 . Ppo- man tries it once he will use no other. Kuno ............. 70@ 75 “ Chloral Hydrate 2 17@2 27 Kino, powdered .. 75@ 80 cots Cocaine ...... 13 05@13 ¢ Migrrn) .. 1.5.2... @ 6b Alkanct ....... 3 25q@3 50 Cocoa hie "BOG “3 60 : Myrrh, powdered @_ 70 Blood, powdered 30@ 39 Corks, list, less 65% NO : e Opium ....... 33 00@33 ov. Calamus ........ d0@8 50 Copperas, bbls. .... @ 3 1S t e Ime to Buy Opium, powd. 36 0U@3b 20 lecampane, pwd. 129@ 20 Copperas, less .. 3%@ 8 ao gran. 36 Meo ae Gentian, powd. 2o@ 30 Copperas, powd 4@ 10 MORIA. 6 coc cs cee so@ $ NY Pei ove . ng 2 = 44 ( ; Shellac, Bleached 90W 9d oe 25@ 30 oo ee hn bes ea S ona e O od S sreenconth soa 2 Were os Ginger, Jamaica ..30@ 385 Cuttlebone ....... 75@ 80 ragacan powder — Ginger, Jaludica, Dextrine § ......<< Turpentine ...... 15@ 20 powdered ...... 22@ 30 Dover's Powder 56 G6 i Insecticides aga ae eel 20 Emery, All Nos. 10@ 15 : a pecac, powd... @4 25 umery, Pow ARSENATE OF LEAD Arsenic. cee teense 20@ o LICORICE 1.5... 1... 38@ 40 asa dale boo. ’ en PARIS GREEN Stee ee ug ees tee, ES fee Se ee ae 2 ‘ a 8 Urris, powdere 40 > Oe coccecscee 1 25@1 & TUBER TONIC Hellebore, Waite - | Rhufae ww. ga i piake Rane ee . HDOED .......- ( 2 Flake Ke .... 16 20 powdered .......38@ 45 Rhubarb, powd. 75@125 Formaldehyde, Ib. 2 ARSENIC COMPOUNDS Insect Powder <.°.40@ 60 fosinweed, powd. 25@ 80 Gelatine «--.-... 1 7691 90 BLUE VITRIOL ’ n Sarsaparilla, Hond. Glassware, full cs. 8% Lime and Sulphur - @Zround .....00. 5 80 Glassware, less 50 S Solution, gal. .. 20@ 35. Sarsaparilla Mexican, Glauber Salts, Bo” @ 2% ULPHUR - Paris Green .... 481%@54% aoe pe I bog 2 Giaehes Gale less 32@ “ COLORED PAINTS 1 os Geer. Squills, powdered 45@ 65 Glue, Brown Grd. 25 35 WHITE LEAD er ee Co., Tumeric, powd. .. 20@ 2» Glue, White .... 30 36 eee - Valerian, powd. .. @100 Glue, White Grd. 30@ 35 LINSEED OIL Bulk Speciat Flavored’ i 00 Seeds ares as a ) i ‘ WE sc nasedecce Brick, Plain .......... EA Anise (22.0000. 0.. 42@ 45 Iodine ... 6 TURPENTINE, Etc. Brick, Fancy ........ 160 Anise, powdered 47@ 50 lodoform ..... . 8 8908 14 i : Bing, 35 20.612... 13 Lead, A aces During the season of 1917, there was a time when the manu- — anes toon ee Lycondium "7 eae ae facturers and wholesalers could not fill their orders for Insecticides, Hicks. powera 200g210 Gulaeey ae ies 3601 00 on account of an unusual demand which was prompted by state oe a Ge ee ort) SE Meath) ses ji o ns : Sage, ° Coriander ........ 36@ Morphine 16 60@17 06 and government officials, aes peeceret ss sso : o WD geass secu 30@ 35 Nux Vomica .... 22%@ 380 The federal government has recently called for a report Senna, ‘inn. ... 40@ 45 Be log 14 Pepper: thee pow Me Ss e es ene NIA eens « epper, black pow. 85@ 40 from all of the manufacturers and wholesalers of Insecticides, rua ae. Dopogeek pox He @ tie fea 8 e and the government states clearly that they must know upon us yooar Ahi ea 4a 60 Quassia es va $i . Aa . Gla a6. 5. ac MEMENG 2.504555 1 00@1 05 — Logan tage ~ rely for the proper distribution of In- Almonds, Bitter, Mustard, yellow .. 22@ 30 Rochelle Saits | 340. 60 secticides a e ri { { { true ........ 18 50@18 75 Mustard, black 25@ 30 Saccharine, oz. .... @1 75 ght time during the coming season. Almonds Bitter, | 440, 49 Mustard, powd. «. 28@_ 35 Salt Peter... 36@ 45 ‘ ‘ 48 ‘ artific eece FPOODY .....cecace 0 Seidlitz Mixture .. 45@ 50 A word to the wise is sufficient and we would advise that Almonds, Sweet, G@pniee 4.6 .6c5 1 40@1 50 Soap, green ..... . 20@ 30 the retailers buy Insecticides early because we may be called pon true ...... «-. 1 O6G@i G6 Rane ............ 15@ 20 Soap mott castile 22%@ 26 lat to distrib he Almonds, Sweet, Sabadilla ....... @ 35 Soap, white castile ater to distribute the same according to the command and imitation ...... 65@ 75 Sabadilla, powd. 38@ 45 case ............ @27 00 direction of the federal government. Amber, crude .. 2 00@2 25 Sunflower ...... 8%@ 12 Soap, white castil oughly considered. This message is to our customers and we trust will be thor- Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co. Grand Rapids, Michigan Amber, rectified 2 50@2 76 Vo | 2 25 Bergamont . § 00@8 25 Cajeput ....... 35@1 60 @assia oo... eke 3 50@3 75 Castor .:.....; 40@3 56 Cedar Leaf ..... 1 75@2 00 Citronella ..... 1 00@1 25 OVER 260.4. 5c 4 50@4 75 Cocoanut ....... 0@ 50 Cod Liver ...... 5 60@5 75 Cotton Seed .... Groton ......... 2 Worm American .. 25 Worm Levant .. 1 00@1 10 Tinctures Aconite ......... @1 65 NOGM ile as @1 35 PPNUICH. ooo c eevee @3 15 Asafoetida ...... @4 40 Belladonna @2 85 Benzoin ........ @2 50 Benzoin Compo’d @8 30 Gnu ..... dues @2 40 Cantharadies ... @3 90 less, per bar .... @2 7 Soda ASH «. ¢scsc 4%4@ 10 Soda Bicarbonate 3%@ 7 Soda, Sal ...... soce wae «6 6S Spirits Camphor .. 1 25 Sulphur, roll ... 14g 10 Sulphur, Subl. .... 10 Tamarinds ....... 15 Tartar Emetic .... Turpentine, Ven. 50 ] @ e: 7 Vanilla Ex. pure 1 60@2 00 Witch Hazel .... 1 35@1 75 Zinc Sulphate .... 10@ 16 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN May 8, 1918 GROCERY PRICE CURRENT These quotations are carefully corrected weekly. within six hours of mailing. and are intended to be correct at time of going to press.’ liable to change at any time, and country merchants will have their orders filled at market prices at date of purchase. ADVANCED Prices. however. are CHEWING GUM Adams Black Jack .... Adams Sappota Beeman’s Pepsin ..... ; Clams Little Neck, 1 lb. Clam Bouillon Brahe’ s pts. Burnham’s qts. AXLE GREASE Diamond, 1 Ib., 4 dz., dz. 5 i ouicy Fruit (oo... ae Gum Pep. [ib pall... 1 BAKED BEANS No. 1, per doz. Monbadon (Natural) Spearmint, 6 box jars 3 K, Gu 7 No. 3, per doz. Wrigleys “6 box asstd.) No. 2, — bebcveeess BATH BRICK German’s Sweet ..... ; 28 Grates M. Lowney Co. aly gt Pearl nee 35 CLOTHES oe Twisted Cotton Twisted Cotton : Twisted Cotton { Twisted Cotton Braided Cotton Braided Cotton Braided Cotton 3 : 60 Sash Cord .... BREAKFAST FOODS Bear Food, Pettijohns 2 Cracked Wheat, 24-2 ..4 6 Cream of Wheat... (QJuaker Puffed Rice Quaker Brkfst Biscuit Quaker Corn Flakes .. Washington Crisps BAOtE, 8B cicwccccces Wow NMR He eA) ee Sugar Corn Flakes Krinkle Corn Flakes .. Mapl-Flake, Whole Galvanized Wire each 100ft. eee .? , each 100ft. comm 1 o » each 100ft. long 2 10 No. 3 can, rue 3 Minn. Wheat Food . Ralston Wheat Food Ralsten Wht Food 1és Koss’s Whole Wheat Biscuit .....ccccees Shred Wheat Biscuit Pillsbury’ s Best Cer’'l Post Toasties, T-2 .. Post Toasties, T-3 .. Post Tavern Porridge Hho fm bE Early June siftd 1 i Bunte, 10¢ size oe No. 10 size can pie oP Pepe Fancy Parlor, 25 Ib. .. Parlor, 5 String, 25 1b. Standard Parlor, 23 1b. Common, 23 Ib. o. 2, Black Syrup .. ; 1 . 2, Red Preserved 3 00 bee “36, Red, Water .. Van Houten, %s ....... 12 on Warehouse, 23 1b. Warrens, 1 Ib. Tall . etme neers neeeeee Solid Back, 8 in. Solid Back, 11 in. Pointed Ends ........ Med. Red Alaska . k Alaska 5 Norwegian, %s ..... 15@18 Portuguese, %s ... 15 Ib. case ........ 81 4s, 15 lb, case ........ 3 1s, 15 Ib. case ......... 2 %s & %s, 15 lb, case .. 30 5 and 10c pails ...... 244 a 1 Rp. 10, COTM cccsncccce Dunbar, 1s doz. Dunbar, 1%s doz. cosccooescoes GE 70 7c pkgs., per case 4 20 36 14c pkgs., per case 4 20 16 14c and 33 7c pkgs., : Bakers Canned, doz. weihtheae gates daar ° BUTTER COLOR Dandelion, 25c size .. 2 00 Paraffine, 68 .......0+ 1 Paraffine, AB noe eecs COMMON occ cccsceene eoresereeseseoere CANNED GOODS 4s, 4 doz. in case .... 4 60 los, 4 doz. in case . U Van Camp’s, % pints 1 90 Van Camp’s pints .... 85 cadens ¢cchees eee a BOBO ..ccse Swiss, Domestic . oe seers reseseoresene “Java Private Growth .... 26@30 Mandling .......... 31@85 Aukola ............ 80@82 Mocha Short Bean ........ 258@27 Long Bean ........ 24@25 HB, i, ©. G. ..... --. 26@28 Bogota Pale ..5... (ieeceecues Be BORCY ..ceses 26 Exchange Market, Steady Spot Market, Strong Package New York Basis Artiickie: .....027..2. 21 00 McLaughlin’s XXXX McLaughlin’s XXXX package coffee is sold to retailers only. Mail all or- ders direct to W. F. Mc- Laughlin & Co., Chicago. Extracts Holland, % gro. bxs. : [ Felix, % gross ...... Hummel’s foil, % gro. 13 Hummel’s tin, % gro. 1 43 CONDENSED MILK Carnation, fall ...... 5 50 Carnation, Baby ..... 4 = Hope, Tal... 1s. .+e 5 0 Hehe, Bapy <.......s.s 4 90 Pe VA ial. osu: 5 50 Pet, LES.) C1 ere pt ne 3 60 Van Camp, Tall ..... 5 50 Van Camp, Baby ..... 3 60 CONFECTIONERY Stick Candy Pails Horehound .......... 18 Standard .. 03.56.65. 18 Cases SUID o.oo cc hess ecu 19 Bom Stick os... se. . 19 Mixed Candy Pails BTOKON 2... scene ces ae Curt Tat... es... ess 19 French Cream ....... 20 GSTOCOIS: foc cscs ee _ 2s Kindergarten ........ 20 EOOMOr ios ia ck tse 18 POOMBPCR 6.6465 ee 16 OVER 265s. eis 19 Paris Creams ........ 22 Premio Creams ...... 24 GWAR oe ice aa cuca 17 BOGCIAL ooo oes css as 17 Pe B59 seen soe ss 16 Speciaities ails Auto Kisses (baskets) 21 Bonnie Butter Bites .. 23 Butter Cream Corn .. 24 Caramel Bon Bons .. 22 Caramel Croquettes .. 21 Cocoanut Waffles .... 20 Coffy Toffy ...... 22 National Mints 7 Ib ‘tin 26 Fudge, Walnut ...... 22 Fudge, Choc. Peanut 21 Fudge, White Center 21 Fudge, Cherry ....... 22 Fudge, Cocoanut .... 22 Honeysuckle Candy .. 22 Iced Maroons ........ 22 Iced Orange Jellies” os a0 Italian Bon Bons .... 20 AA Licorice Drops 5 ib. bOX ...:...-. 85 Lozenges, Pep. tess ae Lozenges, Pink ...... 21 Manchus ....... wes ens Molasses Kisses, 10 1D, POX 2... c css e. 22 Nut Butter Puffs .... 22 Star Patties, Asst. .. 24 Chocolates Pails Assorted Choc. ...... 23 Amazon Caramels ... 25 Champion ...........- 22 Choc. Chips, Eureka 27 Eclipse, Assorted .... 23 Klondike Chocolates 27 MAMODE. 5 okcccccnee 27 Nibble Sticks, box acl 75 Nut Wafers ......... 27 Ocoro Choc Caramels 25 Peanut Clusters ...... 31 oo hee es ras 23 Regina . 21 Star Chocolates. eral 23 Pop Corn Goods Cracker-Jack Prize .. 4 40 Checkers Prize ..... 4 40 Cough Drops Boxes Putnam Menthol .... : 35 Smith Bros. ......... 1 85 COOKING COMFSUNDS Crisco BG 1 ib. cane... .: 10 25 24 1% lb. cans ...... 10 25 6:6 ib, cans ......... 10 25 49 1D, Cane .2.4..5., 10 25 Mazola 5% oz. bottles, 2 doz. 2 60 Pinta, tin, 2 doz. .. 7 50 Quarts, tin, 1 doz. .. 7 00 % gal. tins, 1 doz. .. 18 25 Gal, tins, % doz. .... 12 80 5 Gal. tins, 1-6 doz. 18 50 NUTS—Whole Ibs. Almonds, Tarragona 21 Almonds, California soft shell Drake ben WER occ ce ck ons PUMSTIS 2. a onc ses ~ m Cal. No, 16. 8. .... BM Walnuts, Naples ..... Walnuts, Grenoble ...22 Table nuts, fancy — Pecans, Large eee cues Pecans, Ex. Large .. 30 Shelled No. 1 Spanish Shelled Peanuts 16 Peanuts ...... %@17 Pecan Halves ...... @90 Walnut Halves @70 Filbert Meats ...... @42 Almonds .......... @60 Jordan Almonds . Peanuts Fancy H P Suns RAW. oo cusses 17@17% topsted ........ 19@19% H P Jumbo BAW ee. 18@18% Roasted ........ 20@20% —— Shelled, NO. 4° ee. 17@17% CREAM TARTAR Barrels or Drums ...... 66 TSOROS 65 cs sg ss sees ss 70 DRIED FRUITS Apples Evap’ed, Choice, blk @16 Evap’d Fancy blk.. @ Apricots California ..... Lessee en Git California ......... 18@21 Currants Imported, 1 lb. pkg. .. 26 Imported, bulk ...... 25% Peaches Muirs—Choice, 25 lb. .. 12 Muirs—Fancy, 26 lb. .. 13 Fancy, Peeled, 25 lb. .. 16 Peel Lemon, American ...... 22 Orange, American .... 23 Raisins Cluster, 20 cartons ... Loose Muscatels, 4 Cr. Loose Muscatels, 3 Cr. 9% L. M. Seeded llb. 10% @11 California Prunes 90-100 25 lb. boxes ..@08%4 80- 90 25 lb. boxes ..@09 70- 80 25 lb. boxes ..@10 60- 70 25 lb. boxes ..@11 50- 60 25 Ib. boxes ..@12% 40- 50 25 Ib. boxes ..@13 FARINACEOUS GOODS Beans California Limas .... 15% Med. Hand Picked ... 15 Brown, Holland ...... Farina 25 1 lb. packages .... 2 65 Bulk, per 100 Ib. ...... Original Holland Rusk Packed 12 rolls to container 3 containers (86) rolls 4 32 Hominy 100 lb. sack .... Macaronl. Domestic, 10 lb. box .. 1 30 Imported, 25 Ib. Pearl, 6% Skinner's 24s, case 1 87% Pearl Barley Chester 0 0555...0.0... 7 25 Portege ooo. ee... 8 50 Peas Green, Wineetein. ib; 12 Spt 1D 0% Sago East India .;.......... 16 German, sacks ........ 15 German, broken pkg. Taploca Flake, 100 lb. sacks ... 15 Pearl, 100 lb. sacks ... 16 Pearl, 36 pkgs. Minute, 10c, 3 doz. FISHING TACKLE Cotton Lines Mo. 2, 15 fest .... 2... 10 No, 3, 15 feet ....:..... 11 No. 4, 15 feet .......... 12 NO. 5, 15 feet ........., 14 No: 6, 16 feet ....... 15 Linen Lines Small, per 100 feet .... 50 Medium, per 100 feet .. 55 Large, per 100 feet .... 65 Floats No. 1%, per dozen ..... 13 No. 2, per dozen ...... 15 No. 3, per dozen ....... Hooks—Kirby Size 1-12, per 100 ...... 8 Size 1-0, per 100 ....... 9 Size 2-0, per 100 10 Size 3-0, per 100 ... Size 4-0, per 100 Size 5-0, per 100 Sinkers No. 1, per gross No. 2, per gross No. 3, per gross No. 4, per gross No. 5, per gross No. 6, per gross ....... 90 No. 7, per gross ....... 1 25 No. 8, per dozen ....... 1 65 No. 9, per gross .......2 40 FLAVORING EXTRACTS Jennings D C Brand Pure Vanila Terpeneless - we Lemon Per e 7 Dram 15 Cent ..... 1 25 1% Ounce 20 Cent ... 1 76 2 Ounce 30 Cent .... 2 60 2% Ounce 35 Cent ... 2 75 2% Ounce 40 Cent ... 3 00 4 Ounce 55 Cent .... 5 00 8 Ounce 90 Cent ..... 8 50 7 Dram Assorted 1 25 1% Ounce Assorted .. 7 FLOUR AND FEED Grand Rapids Grain & Milling Co. Winter Wheat Purity Patent ...... 12 00 Fancy Spring ...... 12 50 Wizard Graham .... 11 70 Wizard, Gran. Meal 12 00 Wizard Buckw’t cwt. 8 00 Me ee 14 50 Valley _— Milling > Lily White (0.55. 05. 25 TANAM 5s. eo eo . 70 Granena Health ..... 5 80 Gran; Meal oe... 6 20 Bolted Meal ......... 5 70 Watson-Higgins Milling Co. New Perfection 11 60 Worden Grocer Co. eee Quaker, ¥%s cloth .. None Quaker, 4s cloth .. None Quaker, \%s cloth None Quaker, %s paper .. None Quaker, 4s paper .. None Kansas Hard Wheat Worden Grocer Co. American Eagle, %s 11 00 American Eagle, 4s 10 95 American Eagle, %s 11 20 Spring Wheat Worden Grocer Co. Wingold, %s cloth Wingold, %s cloth Sold Out Wingold, %s cloth Sold Out Meal Bowed oc ee 11 80 Golden Granulated .. 12 00 Wheat Rea ....2....5. ccaeces 2 08 White 202.655.6235 .05ce 2 OG Oats Michigan carlots .... 85 Less than carlots .... 87 Corn Cariots. 2702, 1 85 Less than carlots .... 1 90 Hay CArMOlS 32055570) 6c, , 25 0 less than carlots 26 OJ Feed Street Car Feed . 71 00 No. 1 Corn & Oat Fd. 71 00 Cracked Corn ...... 72 50 Coarse Corn Meal .. 72 50 FRUIT JARS Mason, pts., per gro. 7 40 Mason, qts., per gro. 7 80 Mason, % gal. per gr. 10 15 Mason, can tops, gro. 3 80 GELATINE Cox’s, 1 doz. large ... 1 46 Cox’s, 1 doz. small .. 90 Knox’s Sparkling, doz. 1 75 Knox’s Sparkling, gr. 20 50 Knox’s Acidu’d doz. .. 1 85 Minute, 1 doz. ....... 1 26 Minute, 3 doz. ........ 3 75 Nelson's .... 1 pa Oxford .....55,.,.: Plymouth Rock, Phos, 1 10 Plymouth Rock, Plain 1 26 Waukesha ........... 1 60 GRAIN BAGS Broad Gauge, 12 oz. Climax, 14 on 3.62... Stark, ‘A, 16 OB. wcccccce HERBS Sy A Ef MOUS ..0.1555.05. | 16 Laurel Leaves ......... 20 Senna Leaves .......... 45 HIDES AND PELTs Hides Green, No. 1 oe, 13 Green; No.. 2: ...202.. 12 Cured, Ne. 1.4.5.5... 15 Cured, No, 2.5...2... 14 Calfskin, green, No. 1 23 Calfskin, green, No. 2 21% Calfskin, cured, No. 1 25 Calfskin, cured, No. 2 23% Horse, No. 1 (..42\ 6 00 Horse, No. 2.0.40, 5 00 Old Wool ........ 75@2 00 MS os cies 50@1 60 Shearlings ....... 50@1 50 Tallow ereerpenar: at it 30 00 8 6 May 8, 191 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Wool Unwashed, med. ... @60 Unwashed, fine @55 HONEY A. G. Woodman’s Brand. 7 oz., per doz. 20 oz. per doz. ei ales 4 50 HORSE RADISH Ber dow. ........:220-0- 90 JELLY 15lb. pails, per pail ....1 45 30lb. pails, per pail ....2 65 Jiffy-Jell Straight or roe POP: GO. oy os. oe 1 35 Per case, per 4 doz. .. 5 40 Eight Flavors: Raspberry, Strawberry, Cherry, Lem- on, Orange, Lime, Pine- apple, Mint. JELLY GLASSES 8 oz. capped in bbls., per doz. MAPLEINE 2 oz. bottles, per doz. 8 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 Cs6 ....,¢..5... 3 88 MOLASSES New Orleans Fancy Open Kettle .... 6@ CROIGG foc 58 OOO Liccecccacceubece EOC sls vee ak eee Half barrels 5c extra Red Hen, No. 2 ...... 60 Red Hen, No. 2% .... 00 Red Hen, No. 5 ...... 25 Red Hen, No. 10 ..... Uncle Ben, No. 2... Uncle Ben, No. 2% .. Uncle Ben, No. 5 .... Uncle Ben, No. 10 .. Ginger Cake, No. 2 .. Ginger Cake, No, 2% Ginger Cake, No. 5 .. Ce WOW wo tO Iw WO dD uy _O. & L. Open Kettle, ING. 258 OL eee... 5 25 MUSTARD % Ib. 6 Ib. box OLIVES Bulk, 1 gal. kegs 1 50@1 60 Bulk, 2 gal. kegs @1 40 Bulk, 5 gal. kegs 1 a5@1 30 Stuffed, BOD feccce. ss 1 26 Stuffed, 5 on. ince ve 1 35 Stuffed, 14 oz. ....... 75 Pitted (not “atufted) in ‘on Soe 1 25 TAmeh, 10-02. .c.c. ce 75 Luneh; 16 oz. ........ 75 — Mammoth, 19 . Queen, “Mammoth. 28° . Olive Ghow, 3 dom. co: per dOz: 665.0055 .6%5 50 PEANUT BUTTER Bel-Car-Mo Brand 6 oz. 1 doz. in case .. 2 90 12 oz. 1 doz. in case .. 2 50 12. 2 1b. pais: o.62. 5S. . 5 75 5 lb. pails, 6 in crate 7 00 _ % 16: pate .......... a5 hy. Gale c.5.--5--- 20% BO ID: TINS sic ce ek 201% PETROLEUM PRODUCTS Iron Barrels Perfection: <.......4- <5 12.2 Red Crown Gasoline ..23.2 Gas Machine Gasoline 39.7 V. M. & P. Naphtha ..22.7 — Cylinder, Iron Atlantic” Red Engine, Bron) DIS, oc. ke. 24.4 ee Black, Iron : para ahe ‘Iron Bbls. [ 41.4 PICKLES Medium Barrels, 1,200 count 12 00 Half bbls., 600 count 6 50 5 gallon Kegs ...... . 2 60 Small PAGITOW cise s css 14 00 Half barrels ........ 7 50 6 gallon kegs ..... . 2 80 Gherkins TROITOIS oick oes cs cos 25 00 Half barrels ........ 13 00 6 gallon kegs ........ 4 50 Sweet Small BASr6ls: ook ces ee ess 8 00 5 gallon kegs ....... 5 00 Half barrels ,,.,.,.., 14 50 PIPES -. 125 PLAYING CARDs No. 90 Steamboat .... 3 25 No. 808, Bicycle ..... 8 50 Pennant i cacae Saaseae (a a0 POTASH Babbitt’s, 2 doz. PROVISIONS Barreled Pork Clear Back .. 52 00@658 00 inde Cut Cir e 00@51 00 Baan ....... 7 00@48 00 Brisket, Clear HA 00@56 00 Cia ‘Family vecness G0 00 Dry Salt Meate S P Bellies ... 31 00@32 00 Lard Pure in tierces..27144@28 Compound Lard 23%@24 80 lb. tubs ...advance % 60 Ib. bs ...advance 2 60 Ib. tubs ...advance 20 Ib. pails ...advance % 10 Ib. pails ...advance % 5 Ib. pails ...advance 1 3 Ib. pails ...advance 1 Smoked Meats Hams, 14-16 lb. 30 @81 Hams, 16-18 Ib. 29 @30 Hams, 18-20 Ib. 28 @29 Ham, dried beef Gets oc. sce... @30 California Hams 22%4@23 Picnic Boiled Hams ........ 31 @82 Boiled Hams Minced Hams .. 20 @21 Bacon. 0s. ...... 37 @45 Sausages Belemna .......:..... 16 Eiver ......- decuccuce Aa Frankfort .2......00- 18 Fork <;... Coceeccs. L4Q@10 WOAL 2.5.6. sececeecce | ee Tongue ...... wescicce | am Headcheese .......... 14 ef Boneless 25 00@27 00 Rump, new .. 30 00@81 00 We Pecin Feet Tr Kits. 16 tbe. 6.625... c 6 % bblis., 40 Ibs. ..... % bbis., 80 Ibs. Casings Hogs, per Ib. ........ Beef, round set .. Beef, middles, set .. Sheep .......:2. 11 Uncolored Oleomargerine Solid Dairy ...... 23@ 26 Country Rolls .... 28 @29 Canned Meats Corned Beef, 2 Ib. .. 6 50 Corned Beef, 1 lb. .. 8 75 Roast Beef, 2 Ib. .... 6 50 Roast Beef, 1 Ib. .... 8 75 Potted Meat, Ham Flavor, 4s . Potted Meat, Ham Flavor, %8 ...... 40 TOS oie... 90 No, £. 8 the .2...... Mackerel Mess, 100 Ibs. Mess, 50 Ibs. ....... Mess, 10 Ibs. Mess, 8 ibe. ..,...... 26 No. 1, 100 Ibs. No. 1, 50 Ibs. ....... 11 10 No. 1, 10 Ibs. 2 Lake everd © De. oo... cc eee 54 SEEDS 73) ee «. 0 Canary, Smyrna ..... 15 Caraway ........ 75 Cardomon, Malabar. 1 20 Celery .........; ‘ 45 Hemp, Russian . 7% Mixed Bird 9 Mustard, white ...... 22 PODDY: 06. 050.5 sce 80 Rape .....5.6.....5. «. 1S SHOE BLACKING Handy Box, large 3 dz. 8 60 Handy Box, small .. 1 25 Bixby’s Royal Polish 1 20 Miller’s Crown Polish 90 SNUFF Swedish Rapee, 5c, 10 for 40 Swedish Rapee, 1 ‘Ib. gl 60 Norkoping, 10c, 8 for ..64 Norkoping, 1 Ib. glass .. 60 Copenhagen, 10c, 8 for 64 Copenhagen, 1 lb. glass 60 SODA Bi Carb, Kegs ...... 38% SPICES Whole Spices Allspice, Jamaica ..9@10 Allspice, lg. Garden 11 Cloves, Zanzibar oe Cassia, Canton .. gir Cassia, 5c pkg. doz. - Ginger, African .... Ginger, Cochin .... @20 Mace, Penang ..... - @90 Mixed, No. 1 ..... 17 Mixed, No. 2 ...... =. Mixed, 5c pkgs. dz. 45 Nutmegs, 70-80 .... @45 Nutmegs, 105-110 .. @40 Pepper, Black ..... @32 Pepper, White ..... @82 Pepper, Cayenne .. @22 Paprika, Hungarian Pure Ground In Bulk Allspice, Jamaica .. @16 Cloves, Zanzibar @68 Cassia, Canton - 32 Ginger, African .... @25 Mace, Penang ..... @1 00 Nutmeges <<... ....... O36 Pepper, Black -. @35 Pepper, White ..... @42 Pepper, Cayenne .. @30 Paprika, Hungarian @45 STARCH Corn Kingsford, 40 Ibs. .. Hi Muzzy, * ao pkgs. 9 ngsford Silver ques? 40 llb. .. 9% Gloss Argo, 48 5c pkgs. .... 2 40 Silver Gloss, 16 8lbs. .. 9% Silver Gloss, 12 6lbs. .. 9% Muzzy 48 1lb. packages ...... 9% 16 8Ib. packages ...... 5 12 61b. packages ...... 50 Ib. Doxes (........; isa SYRUPS Corn Barrels: .......<- eke de 72 Half barrels ........... 75 Blue Karo, No. 1%, 2 GO viens cs 2 65 Blue Karo, No. 2, 2 az. 3 30 Blue Karo, No. 2%, 2 COM eC coe tcc eee 410 Blue Karo, No. . 1 dz. 3 95 — Karo, No. 10, hie a Red "Karo, No. 1%, 3 OM ee iaec cass 80 Red Karo, No. 2, 2 dz. Red Karo, No. 2% 2dz. Red Karo, No. 5, 1 dz. ne Karo, No. 10 % Oz. re em C8 DD ~ o Pure Cane Weie..:.:.. tesedeesucce aeeceee ererececee (nolao TABLE SAUCES Halford, large ....... 8 Halford, small ....... 2 TEA Uncolored Japan Medium ...... Choice Fancy Basket-fired Med’ m 28@30 Basket-fired Choice 35@87 Basket-fired Fancy 38@45 No. 7 Nibhe .......- 32 Siftings, bulk ...... @14 Siftings, 1 Ib. pkgs. or Sa eoccee Gunpowder Moyune, Medium .. 28@383 Moyune, Choice .. 85@40 Ping Suey, Medium 25@30 Ping Suey, Choice 35@40 Ping Suey, Fancy .. 45@60 Young Hyson Choice .......0.... 28@30 Wanoy .............. 45@b6 Oolong Formosa, Medium .. 25@26 Formosa, Choice 32@35 Formosa, Fancy 50@60 English Breakfast Congou, Medium 25@30 Congou, Choice .... 30@35 Congou, Fancy .... 40@60 Congou, Ex. Fancy 60@80 Ceylon Pekoe, Medium .. Dr. Pekoe, Choice Flowery O. - 28@30 - .380@35 P. Fancy 40@50 CIGARS Peter Dornbos Brands he Dornbos Sin. Badr. 37 50 he Dornbos Perfecto 37 50 Ge Van Dam ....... 10 00 1¢ ba Demura ...... 49 00 Johnson Cigar Co. Brands Dutch Masters Club 75 00 Dutch Masters Banq 75 00 Dutch Masters Inv. 75 00 Dutch Masters Pan. 72 00 Dutch Master Grande 72 00 Dutch Masters Lond. 72 00 Br Portana .......... 42 50 Cee Tay (oo... ci, 42 50 Dutch Masters Six .. 42 50 at f de Dutch Masters ... Worden Grocer Co. Brands Boston Straight ..... 37 50 Trans oe eeu 37 50 C.F. 2.3... 43 00 Court Royal ceca ses 5 43 00 Hemmeter’s Cham- Bien os. coe, 2 50 Trequoia §=§............. 42 50 La Azora Agreement 42 00 La Azora Bismarck . ae 00 Wehatehack =... ..... 04 50 —— s Hand Made 36 00 Gece ceca. e 40 00 TWINE @otton, § ply ......... 63 Cotton, . a ee es 65 temp, 6 ply ........... 34 ply Wool, 100 Ib. bales .... 18 VINEGAR White Wine, 40 grain 17 White Wine, 80 grain 22 White Wine, 100 grain 25 Oakland Vinegar & Pickle Co.’s Brands Highland apple cider Oakland apple cider .. State Seal sugar ..... Blue Ribbon Corn . Oakland white picklg” Packages free. WICKING No. 0, per gross ...... 50 No. 1, per gross ...... 65 No. 2, per gross ...... 90 No. 3, per gross ..... 1 45 WOODENWARE Baskets Bushele . oo ce kk 1 50 Bushels, wide band .. 1 60 Market, drop handle .. 70 Market. single handle 75 Splint, large ......... 5 75 Splint, medium ...... 5 25 Son, smal: ........ 4 75 Willow, Clothes, large Willow, Clothes, small Willow, Clothes, me’m Butter Plates Ovals % Ib., 250 in crate ..... 45 % Ib., 250 in crate ..... 45 1 Ib., 250 in crate ...... 50 2 Ib., 250 in crate ...... 55 3 Ib., 250 tn crate ...... 70 3 Th., 250 in crate ...... 90 Wire End 1 Ib., 250 in crate ...... 45 2 Ib., 250 in crate ...... 50 8 Ih, 250 in crate ...... &¢ B 1b., 20 in crate ...... 70 Churns Barrel. 5 gal., each 2 40 Barrel, 10 gal., each .. 2 55 Clothes Pins Round Head 4% inch, 5 gross .... 70 Cartons, No. 24, 24s, bxs. 75 Egg Crates and Fillers Humpty Dumpty, 12 dz. 24 No. 1 complete ........ 2 No. 2 complete Case, medium, 12 sets 1 30 Faucets Cork lned, & in. ....... 70 Cork lined, 9 in. ...... 80 Cork lined, 10 im. ...... 90 Mop Sticks Trojan spring ........ 85 Eclipse patent spring 1 35 No. 2 common 1 35 2 , brush hold 1 35 eal, INNO. 7 2. ..2...- 13 120z. cotton mop heads 2 75 Palis 10 qt. Galvanized .... 3 60 12 qt. Galvanized .... 4 00 14 qt. Galvanized 4 50 WIbPe . 2. ois... cc..e. 5 50 Toothpicks Birch, 100 packages .. 2 00 Wdeee 2. ook. 85 Traps Mouse, wood, 2 hoels .. 22 Mouse, wood, 4 holes .. 45 10 qt. Galvanized .... 1 55 12 qt. Galvanized .... 1 70 14 qt. Galvanized .... 1 90 Mouse, wood, 6 holes .. 70 Mouse, tin, 5 holes .... 65 RaG, wooded .............; 80 Rat, suriie ...........- 75 Tubs No. 1 Fibre .......... 16 50 No. 2 Bibre ......... 15 00 Ne. 3 Bibre .......... 13 50 large Galvanized ... 12 75 Medium Galvanized . 11 25 Small Galvanized ... 10 00 Washboards Banner, Globe ....... 4 25 Brass, Single ........ 7 00 Glass, Single ........ 4 00 Double Peerless 6 50 Single Peerless ...... 5 50 Northern Queen ..... 4 75 Good Enough ........ 4 65 Universal ............ 5 00 Window Cleaners WE Whe oo. ec ice ena 1 65 HA OW ooh soc eee cc eee 1 85 1G WW 42... sec. 2 30 Wood Bowls 18 tm. Butter ......-. 1 90 Th fm Butter ........ 7 00 17 in. Butter ....... 8 00 19 im. Butter ........ 11 00 WRAPPING PAPER Fibre, Manila, white .. 5 Fibre, Manila, colored No. | Mania ........ 6% Butchers’ Manila ..... 6 ORG coe eae kc ewes 8% Wax Butter, short c’nt 20 Parchm’t Butter, rolls 22 YEAST CAKE Masic, 3 dom ........ Sunlight, 3 doz. Sunlight, 1% doz. .... 50 Yeast Foam, 3 doz. .. Yeast Foam, 1% doz. 85 YEAST—COMPRESSED Fleischman, per doz .. 20 SOAP Lautz Bros. & Co. Acme, 100 cakes ..... § 25 Big Master 100 blocks 6 a Climax Queen White ........ 5 00 Oak Beat o.oo. ci ..s 5 25 Queen Anne .......... 5 25 Proctor & Gamble Co. PiGnON ican ce 5 00 Ivory. 6 OF .......4.. 5 90 Tyery, 19 Gh ...csees 9 60 BR eee eee 4 90 Swift & Company Swift's Pride ....ccc 4 90 White Laundry ...... 5 35 Wool, 6 oz. bars .... 5 16 Wool, 10 oz. bars . 7 00 Tradesman Company Black Hawk, one box 3 75 Black Hawk, five bxs 8 70 Black Hawk, ten bxs 8 65 Box contains 72 cakes. It is a most remarkable dirt and grease remover, with- out injury to the skin. Scouring Powders Sapolio, gross lots .. Sapolio, half gro. lots 85 Sapolio, single boxes 40 Sapolio, hand ........ 40 Queen Anne, 30 cans Queen Anne, 60 cans Snow Maid, 30 cans .. Wr Co et 9 DS om oo o Snow Maid, #0 cans .. 60 Soap Powders Johnson’s Fine, 48 2 5 75 Johnson’s XXX 100 .. 5 75 Rub-No-More ........ 5 50 Nine OO Cloek ........ 4 00 Lautz Naphtha, 60s .. Oak Leaf Soap Powder, Oa WHOM aoe. de cee 4 25 Oak Leaf Soap Powder. TOO pike. 4... 2.0. e. 5 50 Queen Anne Soap Pow- der, 6 pkes. ...... 3 60 Old Dutch Cleanser, 1003 cheieeveciss © GU Washing Powders Snow Boy. 100 pkgs. . Snow Boy, 60 pkgs. .. Snow Boy, 48 pkgs. .. Snow Boy, 24 pkgs. .. Snow Boy, 20 pkgs. .. em Om OO OT “In Wow AVKooeo SPECIAL Price Current SALT Diamond Crystal 24 2 Ibs. shaker 36 2 Ibs. table ....... 150 2 lbs. table TS 4 lbs. tabile ....... 84 32 Ie take ....... E 280 Ib. bulk butter ... 3 33 280 lb. bulk cheese ... 3 38 280 lb. bulk shaker .. 3 88 28 lb. cotton sk, butter 40 56 Ib. cotton sk butter 85 35 Ih D. C. coarse .. & 76 ib. BD. C. coarse ... SO D., C. stock briquettes 1 30 D. C. block stock, 50 Ibs. 40 Morton’s Sait ules alae lan SALT BENS ee Per case, 24 2 Ibs. ... Five case lots ARCTIC EVAPORATED MILK Tall Baby 4 25 Manufactured by Grand Ledge Milk Co. Sold by all jobbers and National Grocer Co., Grand Rapids. ee BAKING POWDER Ryzon The Perfect Baking Powder 10e size, %4 Ibs. 4 doz. 90 18e size, % Ibs. 2 doz. 1 62 35c size, 1 lbs., 1 doz. 3 15 $1.50 size, 5 lbs. % dz. 13 50 THE ONLY 5c CLEANSER ¥ Guaranteed to equal the best 10c kinds. 80 can cases $3.40 per case. AXLE GREASE 1 lb, boxes, per gross 11 40 3 Ib. boxes, per gross 29 10 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN May 8, 1918 BANKRUPTCY MATTERS. Proceedings in the Western District of Michigan. Grand Rapids, May 7—John Seely, a farmer of Wexford township, Wexford county, has filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy. The adjudication was made May 1, and the matter referred to Ref- eree Corwin. No meeting of creditors has as yet been called. The schedules of the bankrupt show unsecured claims amounting to $5,689.16, while his assets are scheauled as follows: Real estate, $1,200; bills, promissory notes, etc., $9; household goods, $150; horses cows and other animals, $485; carriages and other vehicles $45; farming stock and imple- ments, $125; personal property, $150: total assets, $2,164.00; property claimed to pe exempt from assets scheduled above, $1,865. Following are the ereditors o7 Mr. Seely: James Kellogg Bracebridge, and William Wexford .......:. $1,429.92 Brewster, Larson & Co., Mesick, and Buckley Bank, Buckley .. 2,068.24 Wexford Lodge, Modern Wood- mea Of Am 20.00 Ott Horse Co., Chariotte ...... 36.00 Jack Rainey, Traverse City .... 2,025.00 D. W. Connine & Son, Wexford 110.00 $5,689.16 Frank S. Jankoski, of Lake City, Mis- saukee county, manager of the Lake City Creamery Co., filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy. Adjudication has been made and the matter referred to Referee Corwin. The schedules show liabilities amounting to $2,200 and assets amount- _ing to $1,830, including real estate, $1,200; household goods, $500; policies of insur- ance, $130; the real estate and household goods amounting to $250, are claimed as exempt. Following are the creditors. John Sturgis, Pullman .......... $1,000.00 Eugene Dougherty, Plainwell 1,200.00 $2,200.00 Arend P. Siersma and David Vereeke, doing business under the firm name and style of the Vereeke-Siersma Hardware Co., of Holland, filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy. Adjudication was made May 2 and the matter referred to Mr. Corwin. Mr. Corwin has been appointed receiver and Dick Boter, of Holland, has been appointed custodian and is in charge of the assets. Appraisers have been ap- pointed and an inventory and appraisal is now being taken. The first meeting of creditors has been called for May 16, at which time creditors may appear, prove their claims, elect a trustee and transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting. The schedules show firm liabilities amounting to $18,713.08 and the firm assets. to amount to $19,691.53, of which $500 is claimed as exempt to the bankrupts. The individual schedules of David Vereeke show liabilities amounting to $2,263.3 and assets amounting to $3,202.50, which includes real estate amounting to $2,400 and of which $2,000 is claimed as exempt to the bankrupt. The individual sched- ules of Arend P. Siersma show liabilities amounting to $2,774.26 and assets amount- ing to $2,075, all of which is claimed as exempt, as it consists of a homestead. Following is a list of the partnership creditors: Preferred Creditors. M. J. Steketee, Holland ........ 15.00 Mable Kiaver, Zeeland .......... 10.00 Secured Creditors. Detroit Auto. Scale Co., Detroit 90.00 American Can Co., Chicago 36.50 John A. Van Der Veen, Holland 1,250.00 Unsecured Creditors. Mich. Hardware Co., Grand Rap. 89.60 Detroit Stove Works, Detroit.. 6.34 Standard Oil Co., Grand Rapids 124.44 Simmons Hardware Co., Toledo 1,604.18 Central Stove & Furnace Repair co. Crees... 11.37 Foster, Stevens & Co., Grand Rap. 64.87 Beckwith Co., Dowagiac ........ 1,048.62 DePree Hardware Co., Holland 28.3 Detroit Vapor Stove Co., Detroit 517.3 Safe Hardware & Padlock (Co., Apapeaer gg Morley Brothers, Saginaw ...... BY Illinois Nail Co., Chicago ...... .40 Devoe & Reynolds Co., Chicago .. 1,710.77 Moore Brothers Co., Joliet ...... 2.35 Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co., Grand eG 5 264.11 W. D. Allen Mfg. Co., Chicago 22.10 Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett Co., nee 1,076.81 Bro., Chl 2.22 tdw. K. Tryon Co., Philadelphia 131.88 Holland Furnace Co., Holland 109.88 Donnelly-Kelly Glass Co., Holland 1.45 John Nies Sons Hardware Co., te Butler Brothers, Chicago ...... Hunefeld Co., Cincinnati ........ Charles Chemical Co., Grand Rap. Pull Easy Mfg. Co., Waukesha... National Mfg. Co., Sterling Cadillac Lumber Co.. Cadillac Cyclone Mfg. Co., Urbana, Ind... Kilgore Mfg. Co., Columbus A. G. Spaulding & Bros., Chicago Aluminum Goods Mfg. Co., Mani- SOWOE 8 Thompson Mfg. Co., Holland .... H. Hamstra & Co., Chicago .... B. G. Pratt & Co., New York ... Wapak Hollow Ware Co., Wapa- Konetp, hie 6. ee 30.79 ". S. Register Co., Battle Creek 7.20 Republic Metalware Co., Chicago 59.90 Bothuis Lumber & Mfg. Co., Hol. 3.85 R. J. Schwab & Sons Co., Mil- WOUKRE oe ea a oo 74.70 Billings-Chapin Co., Cleveland 29.90 Arthur M. Comey, Grand Rapids 5.59 Sharon Hardware Mfg. Co., Suaron, Pa oo. cueeses S 82.00 Wabash Mfg. Co., Terre Haute.. 220 Parker Pen Co., Janesville ...... 61.02 Holland City News, Holland i 28.25 Sentinel Publishing Co., Holland 41.68 Holland Automobile & Specialty (o,, Sioland . 2. i‘ Farm Journal, Philadelphia ...... 2.95 Fris Book Store, Holland ........ 3.00 Holland Demountable Wheel Co., ROGUE ee cost ee. 7.90 James Kole, Holland ............ 6.50 White Cross Barber Shop, Holland 3.00 De Grondwet, H., Holland 29.60 Austin Harrington, Holland .... 52.38 Scott-Lugers Lbr. Co., Holland.. 9.97 Standard Grocer & Milling Co., MOUAnO: |... go. 2.28 Klaasen Printing Co., Holland.. 5.50 George Piers, Holland’ .......... 13.50 Hayden Auto Co., Holland ...... 1.30 Tyler Van Landegend, Holland.. 1.40 Star Auto Company, Holland .... 36.00 James B. Sipe Co., Pittsburg .... 48.02 National Refining Co., Kalamazoo 32.13 National Woodenware Co., Grand URI a ee 11.50 Heystek & Canfield Co., Grand Bapigs 92... eos 51.92 Franklin Silver Plate Co., Green- Old, MBS. oe ee ee 137.28 Albert Lea Sprayer Co., Albert bien: Minn |. oe 76.26 Frolland Ladder & Mfg. Co., Hol. 3.92 ““Sehigan Stove Co., Detroit : 75.86 W. Farber, Brooklyn ........ 36.98 Wm. Brummelers’ Sons Co., Grand MADIOS 26. eek 33.28 Summers Mfg. Co., Los Angeles 1.75 W. C. Hopson Co., Grand Rapids 68.16 Elwood Lawn Mower Mfg. Co., Mmimwood, Ind o.oo... 13.00 Whitaker-Glessner Co., Chiacgo 18.37 H. H. Hopkins & Co., Chicago .. 57.18 Newton, Haggerty Ladder Co., am Arpor | o-oo 25.80 Haskell Mfg. Co., Ludington 35.00 EK. E. Weed & Co., Douglas ...... 65.54 Chandelier Shop, Grand Rapids .. 20.40 et. §& Boter, Holland .......... 94.00 Queen Incubat. Co., Lincoln, Neb. 1,854.85 Mrs. Gertrude Vereeke, Zeeland.. 3,956.79 Fidward Marcusse, Holland ...... 100.00 John Ter Horst, Holland ...... 175.00 Arend P. and Ida Siersma, Hol. 1,000.00 Franklin Life Insurance Co., * sprmeicid. Ohio .............. 74.80 Engbertus Vander Veen Estate, MGUAUE Coo 80.00 Economic Printing Co., Holland 30.00 $17,167.58 Peoples State Bank of Holland, Note of L. Schrieber .......... $ Following are David Vereeke: Secured Creditors. Herm Kraet, Holland ............ $1,225.84 Haike Ten Hove, Musxegon 800.00 $2,025.84 Unsecured Creditors. 144.00 the creditors listed by Austin Karrington, Holland ....$ 30.00 Gerrit Klomparens, Holland .... 25.00 H. Haverman, Holland .......... 20.00 Hackley Hospital, Muskegon .... 15.00 Dr. W. G. Winters, Holland 2.50 Dr ©. 3. Fisher, Holland ...... 3.00 Henry Mulder, Holland 25.00 Holland Furnace Co., Holland .. 35.00 T. Keppel’s Sons, Holland 7 Holland City Gas Co., Holland... 9.00 G. W. Kooyers, Holland ........ 36.00 $ 237.00 Following is a list of the creditors of Arend P. Siersma: Secured Creditors. Peopvles State Bank, Holland . .$1,000.00 A. BH. Mever, Holland .......... 200.00 Unsecured Creditors. Van Lente Bros., Holland ...... $ 10.26 Hi. Vaveman, Holland ........... 33.00 Der Mez Bros., Holland ........ 15.00 J. Y. Huizenga & Co., Holland.. 11.00 Thos. Klemparens, Holland 9.00 Dr. W. S. Winter, Holland ...... 32.00 S. VanDenBerg, Holland ........ 1,400.00 G. A. Kiomparens & Sons, Hol. 35.00 solhuis Lumber & Mfg. Co., Hol. 29.00 $1,574.26 Edgar E. Putnam, of Saginaw, in renewing his subscription to the Tradesman, wrote as follows: “I wish to commend you on the stand you have taken against the German brutes and I would continue as a subscriber to your valuable paper, if for no other reason than to show my appreciation of your efforts in behalf of a noble cause and liberty.” >? Dollars can work for victory only in so far as they are converted into Labor and Materials. UPPER PENINSULA. Recent News of the Cloverland of Michigan. Sault Ste. Marie, May 6—Jim Gard- ner, of the Manistique Hotel, Manis- tique, has purchased the stock of fruit, candies, cigars, etc., of Joe Sica, who has a store next to the drug store and is now remodeling his office and saloon into an up-to-date candy, fruit and ice cream store. He is tear- ing out the partitions and is putting in a plate glass front which will add much to the appearance of the store. The Mackinac Transportation Co. is preparing to ferry a large number of automobiles across the Straits this summer, according to Joseph Wenzel, popular purser of the company. Mr. Wenzel has caused to be posted a large number of placards calling at- tention to the fact that the company is prepared to handle the auto traffic crossing the Straits on each of its big boats, the Chief Wawatum and the Ste. Marie without their having to drain their gas tanks or be loaded upon freight cars. The cost of trans- portation has been placed at 17%c per hundred, with a minimum weight of 2,000 pounds, August Rankin, of the Soo, will have charge of the hardware store which is to be installed in the Super- ior house building, at St. Ignace, as soon as the building is completed. The store will carry a complete line of harnesses and sporting goods and, when completed, will be one of the best stores in St. Ignace. St. Ignace is coming to the front as a manufacturing city. The latest organization is that of the St. Ignace Box and Float Co., which recently took over the Lawson mill property. While it is working on a small scale at present, the contractors are look- ing for new business, with chances of enlargement in the near future, and there is no telling what the possibil- ities are for this new enterprise, as the owners are said to be a bunch of hustlers and a bright future seems to be in store for them. The Hotel Belvidere, for the past few years under the management of P. R. Downey, changed hands May 1, George Coleman being the new pro- prietor. Mr. Coleman will conduct the hotel and a lunch room and soft drink stand. Mr. Downey has taken the Moran House, at Armory Place, and will conduct a rooming house. The Hickler House, which has been under the management of J. J. Rap- pin for the past few years, has been leased to Nickolson & Co., of the Canadian Soo, who will continue the hotel without the bar. Mr. Rappin expects to leave next week for Cali- fornia. The Commercial Hotel, on Portage avenue, has also changed hands. George E. Pitau, who for several years conducted this well-known ho- tel, expects to move to California in the near future. The Sherman House, on Portage avenue, was taken over by Capt. John Finnessy, who returned to the Soo from Haileybury last fall. Mr. Fin- nessy has temporarily closed the place for remodeling and will furnish with new fittings throughout. The Hotel Superior is no more. The former proprietor, C. O. Sullivan, has secured a steady job for the next few years withe Government. Charles Schilling, of the Gilbert House, is beginning to realize that there is a bright future in the hotel business since the town went dry. He has built up an_ institution which means much to the carbide end of the city. The Franklin House, another one of our hotels, conducted for the past eight years by M. Mathews, will be continued as a hotel. The Lake View Hotel will be con- tinued by J. E. Morrissey, who is now fitting up the barroom with a soft drink counter and quick lunch room, The Wayne Hotel opened up again last week with a full line of sweet goods. The proprietor, Mr. Quinn, is making many improvements which will add to the beauty of the location. The Park Hotel and Murray Hill, our two leading hotels, will continue as heretofore minus refreshment par- lors. The other hotels will give way to the above mentioned so as to make it worth while. The opening of the Soo creamery last week was postponed cn account of the non-arrival of some of the im- portant machinery which is at pres- ent somewhere en route. No one seems to know where it is or when it will arrive, so that the opening will be delayed meanwhile. William G. Tapert. —_+->—____ News and Gossip From the Celery City. Kalamazoo, May 6—William F. Engel, the junior member of the firm of H. Engel & Son, recently left for Camp Custer and is now in training with the 329th Machine Gun Bat- talion, Company B, Barracks No. 237. Ife writes he has been shot several times already, but only in the arm and that he enjoyed army life im- mensely. Harrison Bauer, Frank J. Warner and Frank Saville, salesmen for the \Vorden Grocer Company, have re- cently bought new cars to cover their ‘erritory with: Mr. Warner bought . Dodge and Bauer and Saville a ford. C. W, Vanderbilt, who conducts a srocery on South Edwards street, has ~oved his residence from Den Bley- ‘er court to Galesburg and makes the trip home each day by auto. A very serious fire occurred Sat- “rday morning at 7:30 o’clock when the ford garage of R. E. Fair, at the corner of North Rose street and Eleanor, took fire from a_ gasoline tank which was being unloaded in the rear of the building. Three fire- “en were seriously injured from fall- ‘ng walls and one of Mr. Fair’s em- ‘Moyes, Angue McLachlan, lost his life when he attempted to rescue a car, The writer has had the misfortune ‘o have serious illness in his home for the past month. Mrs. Saville has had a bad attack of pleura pneumonia ond, to make things more interesting, one of the children has had the measles. Frank A, Saville. The movement to change the name of sauerkraut to Liberty cabbage op- ens long vistas. There are a great many comestibles with Teutonic no- menclature. Frankfurters might be changed to Lincoln sausage, Ham- burger steak to Washington minced. Strudel might be transformed into Entente dumpling, and gain in di- gestibility; German into Marne pan- cake, very appropriately. Hungarian goulash weuld seem better dubbed self-determination stew; Turkish de- light, even though we are not yet at war with the Ottoman Empire, Tears” of Armenia. A Quality Cigar Dornbos Single Binder One Way to Havana Sold by All J obbers Peter Dornbos Cigar Manufacturer 16 and 18 Fulton St., W. Grand Rapids ss Michigan weer A mee he Me en ae ow AY Re ee eee ees May 8, 1918 BUSINESS-WAN Advertisements inserted under this head for three cents a word continuous insertion. BUSINESS CHANCES. Wanted—Experienced salesman for dry goods, clothing and shoes. Must come well recommended. Krohn & Son, Carson City, Mich. 684 For exchange for stock of dry goods, general merchandise or hardware and implements, fine 500-acre farm, Southern Michigan, Kalamazoo County. Well im- proved. Write fully, stating what you have to offer. Address No. 685, care Michigan Tradesman. 685 Merchandise—General Merchandise store for sale, $10,000 clean stock merchandise; $3,000 groceries, $3,000 dry goods, $2,000 s) oes, $1,000 hats, $1,000 furnishing goods; most all bought last year; will take cost; cash business last year $40,000; will rent or sell the buildings; they are modern brick with plate glass fronts; located 20 miles from Tulsa, Ok., in the heart of the oil fields and good farming country; good party can get some terms; reason for selling have struck oil on our farm and want to retire. Arthur P. Johnson, Mounds, Ok. 693 Wanted—Tinners for bench work ac- customed to work on copper. Must be neat workmen. Steady work and good wages. Address Chas. Skidd, Manufac- turing Company, Janesville, Wisconsin. . 694 For Sale—Blacksmith shop, 24x38. Also tools. Will take Ford machine as part payment. O. P. Alman, Ross, Mich. 695 For Sale—Complete outfit of Warren Hardware Fixtures for about 50e on the dollar. Write, wire or phone Kenzel Bros., Wisner, Nebraska. 696 $1,000 Bonus wouldn’t have bought this one year ago. $32,000 (cash) grocery business. Town of 1,200. Finest farming and resort community. Stock and fix- tures about $4,800. Rent, $20. Long lease. Considered the best paying and most up- to-date country store in Lower Michigan. Owner in Class 1 Draft. Address XYZ, Michigan Tradesman. 69 Will trade 80 acres, Kalkaska County. Land value $500. What have you to offer? G. A. Johnson, Edgetts, Mich. 679 For Sale—One Double 12x16 Filer & Stowell hoisting engine. Low gear, rock- er valves, reversible engine, very power- ful and particularly fitted for ship ways, mining or logging work. Write, Jerome H. Sheip, Ine., Mobile, Ala. 698 A good going general mercantile busi- ness, $65,000 stock, doing about $250,000 per annum, largely cash; established 20 years; county seat of 5,000 population, tributary to a rich farming country, well located in brick building; reasonable rent, long lease, terms to responsible parties; 10 per cent. bonus above cost; clean stock bought right for cash; strictly first class investment; no attention paid to trade propositions or idlers. Address TT. H. Dunn, Oklahoma City, Okla. 686 Wanted—Line of hosiery, gloves, under- wear or similar goods to sell clothing and department stores of Oklahoma on com- mission. Must be able to make deliveries. Walter L. Prewett, 200 E. 11th Street, Oklahoma City, Okla. 687 For Siale—Private boarding house and barn in county seat; 30 acre summer re- sort, farm lands, free list. Address Phil- lip Lippert, Stanton, Mich. 688. For Sale—Complete electrical shoe re- pairing outfit. Going-Parkins Shoe Co., Pontiac, Mich. : 689 For Sale—Planing mill and lumber yard, on railroad. Complete machinery. Doing $225,000 annually. Good responsible cus- tomers. Owner must retire on account of ill health. P. O. Box 596, Buffalo. N. Y 690 Garage for Sale—Doing good business on Santa Fe Trail; priced to sell quickly; cash. Trail Garage, Wilsey, Kansas. 691 To let at Schenectady, N. Y., store in heart of business section, four. story building; will rent space to suit tenant; will give good inducements; the only op- portunity available in Schenectady; pos- session immediately. For further par- ticulars enquire owner, Andrew Kinum, 119 Park Place, Schenectady, N. Y. 692 For Sale—Grocery store and meat mar- ket. Will inventory about $1,200 to $1,500. Good resort business. Mrs. B. W. Miller, Charlevoix, Mich. 699 For Sale—Drug store, central Michigan town of 3,500. -Good factories and good farming country around. This store will be a bargain for somebody. Address Box 700, care Michigan Tradesman. 700 Cash for men’s and boys’ clothing, fur- nishings, shoes. Parts or entire stock. M. Kahn, 504 Washington Ave., Bay City, Mich. 701 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN For Sale—Hotel and lunch room, Wal- ton Inn, at Walton Junction, Michigan. Very desirable property and good location. Only small investment required. Write the owner, F. F. Kinney. 702 Wanted—Hardware, grocery or general store stock about $4,000. No. 703, care Tradesman. 703 A Real Opportunity. _For Sale—One of the best paying fur- niture and undertaking stores in a town of 2,000 to be found anywhere in the State of Michigan. Must sell as the doc- tors have ordered me to leave this climate if I wish to live. Would not sell on a bet if not just as stated, for I am, and have been making big money. Ad- dress No. 636, care Tradesman. 636 For Sale—A clean, up-to-date hard- ware stock in a Western Washington town. Population about 1,200. Stock in- voices $6,000. River and rail transporta- tion. Fine climate. No wind. No cold. No blizzards. Have two stores, must sell one, will ship out any undesirable stock. A rare chance for a good little business. Address Box 147, Dayton, Wash. 660 Ten Parsons’ Bakery Wagons For Sale —Side entrance. Complete set of cake and pie drawers, bread cabinets and feed boxes. Busy Bee Candy Kitchen Co., Columbus, Ohio. 665 For Sale—In finest town in the State. Cash Corner. Ideal location for transient and excellent neighborhood trade. No trouble keeping overhead away below 10% here. A-1 reasons for selling. Answer No. 667, care Michigan Tradesman. ‘an Safes Opened—W. L. Slocum, safe ex- pert and locksmith. 128 Ann St., N. E., Grand Rapids, Michigan. 104 Cash Buyers of clothing, shoes, dry goods and furnishings. Parts or entire stocks. H. Price, 194 Forrest Ave. East, Detroit. 678 Cash Registers—We offer exceptional bargains in rebuilt National or American Cash Registers. Will exchange your old machine. Supplies for all makes always on hand. Repair department in connec- tion. Write for information. The J. C. Vogt Sales Co., 215 So. Washington Ave., Saginaw, Michigan. 335 FOR SALE Up-to-date country store in the best farm- ing section. Only general store for miles. Stock and fixtures invoice $8,500. Will reduce stock if desired. Will sell or rent building. Address No.9, care Michigan Tradesman. Bargains—Bargains—Businesses, any kind anywhere. Send for free magazine. Western Sales Agency, Minneapolis, Minnesota. 548 Pay spot cash for clothing and fur- nishing goods stocks. L. Silberman, 106 E. Hancock, Detroit. 608 For Sale—Clean grocery stock, inven- torying about $3,500. Doing a good cash business in town of 1,400 population. Owners subject to military service. 530 Collections—We collect anywhere. Send for our ‘‘No Collection, No Charge’’ offer. Arrow Mercantile Service. Murray Build- ing. Grand Rapids, Mich. 390 Will pay cash for whole or part stocks of merchandise. Louis Levinsohn, Sagi- naw, Michigan. 757 Wanted—Small business, men’s furnish- ings, groceries, or what have you? State particulars. Address E. G. J., 200 East Gd. Blvd., Detroit, Michigan. ° 673 For Sale-—-Clean, desirable stock Men’s and Boys’ shoes and furnishings at about 65 eents on the dollar. Invoice about $5,000. Write No. 674, care Michigan Tradesman. 674 For Sale—Tin shop and furnace busi- ness in good town. Reason for selling, going to ship yards. J. C. Marlow, Belle Center, Ohio. 675 For Rent—In one of best towns of thumb, store with fixtures complete. Solid brick building just vacated by sale of one of the finest stocks ever carried in the locality. Fine opening for a live man ie make money. A. A. Hitchcock, Cass ity. For Sale—Rexall store, Southern Mich- igan; population 1,200; nearest town 12 miles. Clean stock drugs, books and sta- tionery. Good fixtures, low expenses. Address No. 645, care Michigan Trades- man, 645 No charge less than 25 cents. TS DEPARTMENT the first insertion and two cents a word for each subsequent If you want to buy, sell or trade your business, see Hallock, 135% East Fulton street, Grand Rapids, Michigan. 654 For Sale—Fine drug store located in good farming district Central Michigan. Invoice about $2,500. No fountain. Will sell on time. Must sell by April 30. Address No. 613, care Michigan Trades- man. 613 Have You a Good Business To Sell?— Chicago has the money. Send full par- itculars. Herbert, 906 M. T. Webster Bldg., Chicago. For Sale Or Rent Below Value—Build- ing, living rooms and complete fixtures for grocery and market. Clean stock, about $900. Good business. A snap for someone. No. 657, Michigan Tradesman. 657 Brick Plant For Sale—Forty-three miles from Birmingham, Alabama. Ca- pacity 46,000 brick per day. Bargain Write L. W. Clardy, Childersburg, Ala. 650 SEE NEXT PAGE. Advertisements received too late to run on this page appear on the following page. Cash must accompany all orders. 31 Chocolates Package Goods of Paramount Quality and Artistic Design Fleischmann’s Y east and War Flours make excellent Conservation Bread Economic oupon Books They save time and expense They prevent disputes They put credit transactions on cash basis Free samples on application Me Tradesman Company Grand Rapids, Mich. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN May 8, 1918 MERCANTILE MORALITY. Changing Ideals Precipitated By Non- Profiteering Practices. While the war is making the world safe for democracy, it is slowly but surely working surprising changes of the idealism, thought and motive of the food trades. The article in an- other column of this issue empha- sizes a few of the newly evolved conceptions of what is fair and unfair trade and testifies to the most aston- ishing fact that, radical as they are, the business man is accepting them as matters of fact in his changing code of practice. One need not applaud or deplore the drift toward paternalism in our present handling of food production ‘and distribution to realize how deep are the changes in mercantile funda- mentals due to the war. How much influence governmental control will have on the trade of the future no one can say, but the surprising complacen- cy with which the wholesale and re- tail merchants have accepted the in- evitable and joined Uncle Sam in his efforts to conserve food, depress prices and equalize trading condi- tions, flatly belies the man who dreamed a few months ago that “you can’t teach an old dog new tricks.” Whatever of cupidity there may have been in the past, however much of it still remains, the chief motive of the grocery iobber to-day—at least taken in the aggregate and type—is service and efficiency. There are men who differ with the Food Administration in the idea that this is no time to perpetuate compe- tion among merchants—that advertis- ing, sales effort, improved packing and other elements of rivalry must be eliminated from trade—but all will agree that it is no time for profiteer- ing or to aim at money-making be- yond the normal. Most merchants welcome the ‘'Government’s influence in eliminating such gambling as buy- ing futures, giving deals and bonuses, etc, Everyone knows how unhealthy such gambling has been in the past, even though it sometimes meant large speculative profits—in turn, however, offset by frequent losses through bad guessing. The only reason specula- tion prevailed so commonly was be- cause no one could break away while “the other fellow” didn’t. But many do not agree that it is either necessary or prudent to sup- press rivalry and discourage efforts at growth, even at the cost of “the other fellow’s” shrinkage of trade. Such a process is a direct bid toward the evolution of stagnation and the “era of the dead level,” neither desirable nor necessary for wartime economy. If it is a right principle, then many of the competi- tive ends sought by the doctrine of the Sherman law are useless, and ef- forts at uniformity of price and prac- tice by the controller of a brand should have been encouraged, and not penalized. It is a strange com- mentary that in his efforts at uniform- ity and efficiency Uncle Sam _ has adopted many of the very ideals for which business men have been pun- ished heretofore. which is The great truth, however, appears to be dawning on the merchant that in time of war he must cease to seek profits and wealth, and bend himself chiefly to the public service. If the conscript can sacrifice his job and salary to take his place in the ranks at soldier pay, the business man can eschew profits and serve at bare liv- ing margins. The merchant’s willing- ness to do this is inspiring at this time. But it leads a far-sighted ob- server to do some rather interesting guessing as to its ultimate effect on established practice and ideals after the war. It is not always best for laymen to jump at conclusions when the intrica- cy of the law is involved. For in- stance, some of the trade paper and association leaders are proclaiming that, because the Federal Trade Com- mission has. started proceedings against certain coffee concerns for their operations with coupons and premiums, it is another victory for that clique of the retail grocery trade leaders who have sworn to bar all forms of coupon by the enactment of laws; third party stamps as well as those of the manufacturers’ own pack- ing. As a matter of fact, the action against the coffee concerns has no bearing whatever on the main prem- ium controversy. It simply attacks certain premiums on the ground that they are a lottery, and if that view is right the proceedings could come under the existing lottery laws and in nowise invoke the doctrine, pro and con, regarding coupons and prem- iums. The coupons at issue are those alleged to call for a specific article, the identity of which the buyer of the coupon package does not know until he opens the package and finds out what he drew. It may be of value or of little or no value. Some such schemes have been based on the acquisition of certain combination of coupons; one prac- ticed a few years ago gave a single letter of a missing word in each pack- age, and if the buyer got the right combination of letters to spell the word he was lucky—only the manu- facturer took good pains to see that one letter was virtually impossible to get. It is such coupon schemes, bas- ed on unequal values and on chance that are charged with being lotteries. The action is said to involve none of the regular coupon features. In much the same way it is very common for the trade to assume whenever the Federal Trade Commis- sion announces a complaint against anyone that it is the beginning of a prosecution by the Government. Such is not the case in the recent com- plaints announced. The Beechnut Packing Company, for instance, is too well known in the trade for general accusation of unfair trading to make a lasting impression on the grocer in the absence of proof. Enquiry shows that all the Federal Trade Commission has done is to cite a complaint made to it by some party not named, setting up certain allega- tions and constructions not yet estab- lished by evidence, and to name a date when an open investigation will begin. It seems regretable that Fed- eral Trade Commission investigations do not precede accusation and take into consideration the fact that with the lay mind the old presumption that a man is innocent till proven guilty, is too often reversed. —_2+ 2 DEMOCRACY IN CHINA. While the great war and the Rus- sian revolution continue, the Chinese are engaged in their continual civil war; while the press does not report its development, the public seems to overlook it altogether. This is un- fortunate. The Chinese democrats have been looking up to America for moral support, educational exchange, and social inspiration; they regarded the American Independence and the American democracy as their possi- bilities; they welcome the American enterprise in word trade; they appre- ciate the American recognition of their republic; they recognize in turn the American leadership in the world movement for democracy. And America has proclaimed and pledged, with all the American constituents, resources, and minds available, to make this world safe for democracy. Should there be permitted, then, in China, a victory for autocracy? Let us remember that autocracy is German, If autocracy be a dominant power over China, the Chinese will automatically become Germanized. Let us remember that China is the oldest country existing on earth, one- third larger than the United States of America, one-fourth larger than Europe, having 400,000,000 homogene- ous nationals, or, one-fourth of the whole world population. If China ever rises like Germany, autocracy will rule Asia, the Russian revolution must succumb, and the new world must face a peril worse than the one we now experience. Let us learn and discuss the Chinese Civil War, within this world war. In the North, or to be exact, in Peking, autocrats intrench themselves. They are exofficials of the Manchu Court. They are the associates of the late Yuan Shi-Kai who failed to cheat a crown out of the people who then revolted. Their strength consists of the so-called modern Peiyang armies, the government railroads and banks, and the assurance of a Japanese par- ty. Their leader is Tuan Chi-Juli who forced President Li Yuan-Hung to retire and dissolve the Congress un- constitutionally. This man, a_ mili- tarist, has now a personal mission in this country to buy machines and am- munition and to contract loans. The center of the Southern forces is Canton. These forces find their leadership in the person of Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, who led the movement that dethroned the Manchu and establish- ed the republic. They refuse to rec- ognize the Peking government as it is now constituted, because that gov- ernment has neither moral nor legal right to exist. They demand for the preservation and observation of the constitution of the republic, for the maintenance of the Congress, for the reinauguration of President Li Yuan- Hung, They mean to develop the re- public on a sound, practical, demo- cratic basis. They determine to fight the autocracy in China and that of Germany which threatens humanity. Six provinces in the south continue to uphold the republic against the au- tocrats, and where there is no auto- cratic army the people actively sup- port the democrats. The autocrats are strong because they control the de-facto government, collect the mari- time and the salt revenue, receive a diplomatic favor, and direct a diplo- matic favor, and_ direct diplo- matic-craft abroad. They have two armies invading Hunan _ Province. The democrats manage the de-jure government. They are without ade- quate resources; they have spirits, hearts, and ideals. Might cannot overcome right. If Americans ex- tend to them the courtesy of a right hand, their courage in the struggle shall not fail and their love for de- mocracy in China will soon triumph. ——_+ ~~. Change in Handling Dried Fruits. Washington, May 6—Contracts for the sale of dried peaches, applies, prunes or raisins from new crop fruits cannot be made before June 1, the Food Administration announced to-day. The Food Administration originally ruled that dried fruits could be sold by May 1 of the year in which the crop is produced. The change was announced to-day in the belief that the delay would al- low the various interests affected voluntarily to agree upon a reasonable hasis on which business could be done, protecting the producers, man- ufacturers and consumers. In the past, it has been customary to offer dried fruits for sale as early as the first of the year. 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