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Thirty-Fifth Year GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1918 3

 

 

 

 

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The Music of the World

 

 

 

 

 

 

To the “music of the Union” we have marched adown the years
Since the gods gave us a place in the “music of the spheres,”

Since the world’s first flag unfurled, bearing stars, each one a state,
We have gone from Plymouth Rock to the Western Golden Gate;
We have builded strong and well in the rapid march of time

To a place in this old world that approaches the sublime.

To the “music of the Union” we have ever tried to win
Freedom’s best estate for all from without and from within;
And if wealth and power has come it has been because the right
Has vouchsafed to us the things that cannot be won by might.
But the time has come at last when the flag must be unfurled
With those on the “firing line” for the freedom of the world.

To the “music of the Union” we're in common cause with man,
We are neighbors now with all who aspire to Freedom's plan,

. And as autocratic rule is the menace of the race
We must strike for Freedom’s right and demand for it its place;
And no price will be too great, for the vict’ry must be won,
Theré can be no compromise with the soulless, sordid Hun.

To the “music of the Union,” as the stars came into view

We have builded, it may be, even better than we knew;

And we're here with purpose strong as the “giant of the West”
To assist the other nations in their sacrificing quest;

We're but one among them all and we must the right defend,
"Tis a common cause at last, right must triumph in the end.

* To the ‘music of the Union” we are fighting in the line,
And our millions, if need be, will advance toward the Rhine;
We have billions that we'll spend till the peace that’s right is won, _
Peace that will forevermore leave but memory of the Hun;
We're the mother of the world the Red Cross and noble Y
And we will be true to them while the storm is passing by.

To the “music of the Union” we’ve advanced adown the years
To their triumphs and their toils, to their joys and bitter tears,
And the mission that’s unfolding to us now would seem to be

That ’tis ours to blaze the way for the new democracy,

That he “music of the Union” must be in our hearts impearled
As the song that shall ring on as the music of the world.

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L. B. Mitchell.

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The dry goods trade at the end of
the first six months of the year is
in an unsettled condition. Govern-
ment control is becoming more po-
tent and a degree of uncertainty per-
vades all avenues of merchandising.
The vast amount of goods wanted for
Government purposes would in itself
cause a wide disturbance of the rela-
tions of trade, but coupled with this,
there has come the unbaring of a
purpose to control all industry
through the exercise of socialistic
methods. Government officials are a
party to these plans in a greater de-
gree than was. suspected even three
months ago. The unfettered workings
of supply and demand in the uncon-
trolled textile trades has resulted in
very high prices from which the Gov-
ernment has not suffered in its needs
for merchandise for war purposes in
the same degree that civilian con-
sumers have suffered. [It is now in-
tended to protect the consumer and
the remedies suggested are so drastic
that merchants hardly know which
way to turn until the Government
shows its hand.

In the cotton goods trade a specu-
lative condition had been disclosed
that threatened disaster and leading
mill agents had begun to lessen the
dangers before price fixing boards
worked

began their work. They

slowly. When the Government be-
van to take a hand speculation and
all other business was checked. It
is in that state to-day and the posi-
tion is one of waiting. It is proposed
to price goods and to. lessen the
variety of output. Until the exact
methods to be used are made known
and in detail the quiet that has come
over business bids fair to grow men-
acing. For that reason it is hoped
that the Government will act prompt-
ly.

Price fixing is not palatable to busi-
ness men. It appeals to theorists of
a certain class, and many of those
who advocate it are unable to carry

GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1918

out their suggestions to a sound
fundamental, except to the point that
Germany is doing things this way,
hence the United States must do it.
In the dry goods trade the opinion
is being more clearly formed that. if
price fixing is to be saddled upon the
merchants of the country, there must
be some determination as to the time
it will end. The textile manufacturers
and merchants of: the country feel
that there must be no war time legis-
lation sanctioned that will be pred-
icated upon maintaining in law the
practices that are accepted for win-
ning the war.

The relations of supply and. de-
mand in the markets as seen by mer-
chants are these. Goods for the
civilian population will be very
Scarce as the war proceeds. The
Government will require an. increas-
ing volume of the products. The de-
mand for goods amone civilians wall
eo on increasing in several direc-
tions because of the increased earn-
ings of those who have not learned
thritt im peace or im war. Given
large crops, high wages, and full em-
ployment, and there is certain to be
a very great demand for dry goods.

“it these demands are to he
checked for the sole purpose of win-
ning the war they must be controlled
at the source of supply as well as at
the counters where goods are offered
for sale. And it is a grave question
whether the controlling process may
not be better accomplished at the
source of supply than by the arbi-
trary and widespread exercise of a
price-making power centralized in the
hands of those who are unfamiliar
with the influences that normally
control prices. If there is extrava-
gance in dress, the view is that those
who make luxuries should be made
to work on other things. If staples
are serviceable enough to meet neces-
Sary requirements for protection
against weather, the fancies can be
eliminated.

There has been a certain amount
of elimination of non-essentials in
dry goods through the processes that
are common with the normal work-
Ine of supply and demand. Pigh
prices are making people more eco-
nomical in some channels, at least.
The pressure to secure goods for
the Government is) turning many
mills away from their normal produc-
tion. Through its various channels
of power granted for war time ac-
complishments the Government can
do much more than it has done to
see that certain industries are re-
stricted and others encouraged.

These are some of the things that
have been heard in an undertone in
the markets in the past week or two.
They have been voiced by men who

have been afraid to speak lest their
talk might seem to be in the nature
of obstructing Government plans.
Perhaps too little of this opinion has
been given expression in Washington
and elsewhere in a way that will be
intelligent to those who in the last
analysis must formulate Government
action affecting business. It has been
possible to reach and control other
trades through immense combina-
tions of capital operating through
banking channels. It can not in the
nature of things be so easy to reach
the intelligent and independent pub-
lic opinion in the dry goods trades.

It may be relied upon that what-
ever the Government wants done for
war purposes, the dry goods trade is
ready to do. But the translation of
this Spirtt inte an aeceptance of
hampering trade policies to continue
alter te war is sure fo stir up an
opposition that can cause mischief in
every hamlet where a dry goods store
is located.

 

FOUNDERS’ DAY.

The people of this Nation have
more than usual to think about in
celebrating Independence Day this
year. Their minds are weighted with
thoughts pertinent to an era full of
peril for other nations, not free from
grave forebodings of peril for our
own if we are tempted to forget our
mission and to neglect the plain les-
sons of our history. The one hun-
dred and forty-second anniversary of
the signing of the Declaration of In-
dependence falls at a time when the
foremost nations of the earth are en-
gaged in a gigantic conflict, the log-
ical outcome of which must be a re-
laxation of the old and false ideals
of monarchial government, an end of
the subjection of the many to the
will of the few backed by military
force. The system of the exploiting
of the weak by the strong which we
overthrew on this continent in the
foundation of the Republic has been
deliberately put to the test by its
adherents in Europe, for the great
war is essentially based on an effort
of arrogant and brutal monarchical
power to perpetuate itself by frus-
trating the extension of free govern-
ment, the government of the people
by themselves for the benefit of all
and not of a class. It must end with
the limitation if not the total elimin-
ation of the concentrated power and
the militarism which, in making the
Germanic nations strong, has also
made them a menace to civilization.

We have reason to be grateful, in-
deed, in the thought that after 142
years this Nation is still true to the
principles on which it was founded,
that it is pre-eminently the land of
free government and equal oppor-
tunity. Nor must we it

 

forget

Number 1815

would, in fact, be impossible for many
Of us to forcet—_in celebrating our
patriotic anniversary, that the great-
ness, the inherent power, the vast
wealth of this country are largely
due to the thrift and energy of na-
tives of other lands, many of them
born to the oppression and lack of
opportunity for the poor existing in
the countries of Central Europe now
involved in the war, and to their
children, who have grown up under
our institutions and have been made
by education and enlightenment as
true patriots, as good citizens as any
descendants of the signers of the
Declaration. We owe much to our
foreign-born citizens, and if among
the millions who have crossed the
Atlantic to join in the work of mak-
ing the United States of America an
enduring power for the advancement
of civilization there are a few thou-
sands infected with moral disease
which impels them ever to destroy
and deny, to befoul their environment
and reflect unmerited shame on their
fellow-immigrants, we may console
ourselves with the thought that so
long as the people as a whole con-
tinue the march of progress in the
direction indicated by the Founders,
no lasting harm can befall the Re-
public because some few of its inhab-
itants are misguided and deranged by
unreasoning discontent. Education,
rightly directed, and the example of
upright and honest citizenship must
in time prevail over error.

With the exception of the brutal
nations we have undertaken to over-
throw and annihilate, we are at peace
with all mankind and we have good
will for all the other nations. This
should be, indeed, a glorious Fourth.
The stars and stripes never signaled
to a troubled world a more hopetul
message of sympathy and promise. It
will be well if all succeeding anni-
versaries are marked by the same
measure of zealous but thoughtful
patriotism which is to distinguish
this year's celebration. If we are to
achieve our destiny we must never
forget our origin. The Nation's
Founders’ Day must ever be its great-
est festival.

——

It is reported that the specifications
for the new overseas hats that the
Quartermasters Corps are ‘working
on have not been finally approved.
Last week it was reported that they
had been adopted, but some changes
are now being considered. The Gov-
ernment is said to be covered on all
of the raw material that it will need
for the production of the necessary
supply of hats, but from reliable
sources it is reported that some other
materials may finally be used. Sev-
eral hats are being made up to test
out the proposed change.

 

 

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

July 3, 1918

 

SUPREME COUNCIL, U. C. T.

Report of Annual Session Held at
Columbus.

Grand Rapids, July 2—The thirty-
first annual session of the Supreme
Council, Order of the United Com-
mercial Travelers of America, opened
Tuesday, June 25, in U. C. T. Temple,
Columbus, Supreme Counselor Thom-
as J. Phelps of Bluefield, W. Va., pre-
siding.

After the Supreme Conductor and
the Supreme Page had satisfied them-
selves that all sitting in the conven-
tion were entitled to seats therein,
the Supreme Counselor Phelps asked
Supreme Chaplain J. M. Moore, of
Zanesville, Ohio, to offer the opening
prayer. The delegates and Supreme
officers, numbering 163, arose to their
feet and with uncovered and bowed
heads listened to the prayer and then
joined in singing two verses of Amer-
ica. Immediately upon the represen-
tatives resuming their seats, Past
Grand Counselor M. G. Howarn, of
Cadillac Council, Detroit, asked the
personal privilege of the floor, going
to the Supreme Counselor’s station
uncovered, and presented a beautiful
life-sized oil painting of the late Su-
preme Counselor, Frank C.. Ganiard,
of Jackson, who died in March of this
year. After the picture was uncover-
ed and presented by Mr. Howarn, a
male quartet, consisting of E. T.
Meeks, Council No. 298, Norfolk, Va..
A. C. Kennedy, Council- No. 157, of
Freeport, Ill, Fred L. Wright, Coun-
cil No. 54, Milwaukee, Wis., and A.
G. MacEacheron of Council No. 143,
of Detroit, sang “The Vacant Chair.”
Past Grand Counselor F. L, Day, of
Jackson, gave a beautiful address on
the life of Frank S. Ganiard and Su-
preme Past Counselor George E.
Hunt, of Everett, Mass., followed
with a beautiful eulogy on the life of
brother Ganiard, concluding with the
suggestive enquiry, “What a beautiful
world this would be to live in if we
could all follow the customs and live
the life of our brother, Frank S. Gan-
iard.”

On behalf of the Supreme Council.
Supreme Counselor, T. J. Phelps, ac-
cepted the picture.

The Supreme Counselor appointed
E. A. Welsh, of Michigan, John T.
Reese, of Iowa, and J. M. Dresser, of
Minnesota as Committee on Creden-
tials, after which a recess was taken
until 1:30 in the afternoon.

At the opening of the afternoon
session, the Supreme Counselor ap-
pointed the following committees:

Resolutions—W. J. Sullivan, Ilh-
nois: F. G. Brooks, Montana; Alex-
ander Weir, Pennsylvania.

Charter and Dispensation—L. M.
Graves, New England; A. L. Brooks,
Georgia; C. E. Waite, Oklahoma.

Necrology—H. J, Judell, California;
Fred Wright, Wisconsin; J. S. Hillis,
Arkansas.

Mileage and Per diem—John M.
Dresser, Dakota: Harry L. Eskew,
Tennessee: John T. Reese, Iowa.

Press—Terry McCosker, Minneso-
ta: R. B. Collier. Ohio; H. A. Fritz,
Nebraska; John D. Martin, Michigan.

State of the Order—R. S. Tucker,
New Jersey and Delaware; R. M. Mc-
Gowan. Saskatchewan and Alberta,
Manitoba: M. Reinback, California.

The reports of the Grand Secre-
tary, Walter D. Murphy, of Colum-

hus. and the Supreme ‘Treasurer,
Tames C. Nesbitt, Columbus, were

read and submitted. The Supreme
Secretary's account showed a mem-
bership of over 80,000 good men and
true. The Supreme Treasurer’s re-
nort showed the financial condition of
the order to be excellent, the cash
on hand, bonds and securities aggre-
gating over $470,000. The report of
the Supreme Counselor was then read
and all three turned over to the Com-
mittee on the State of the Order, who
later made their report with the
recommendation that the reports be

adopted, which were done unanimous-

ly.

A. F. Fleckinstein, Special Repre-
sentative of the Supreme Council,
made his usual annual report and
must be given credit for the hard
work he is doing along the lines of
excess baggage, and bringing such
good results for the men who carry
the trunks on the road.

The Auditing Committee, in their
report, showed the widows and or-
phans’ fund to be in good financial
condition. There is upwards of $92,-
000 on hand. Several large donations,
running from $100 to $2,000, have
come in during the past year from
different jurisdictions and members.

In the reports of the different com-
mittees, the fact was brought out that
if the order of the United Commer-
cial Travelers were to float a Service
Flag covering the entire organization,
it would require over 7,000 stars to
represent the members of our organ-
ization who are now serving the col-
ors.

On Wednesday evening, while the
boys were sitting around in the Chit-
tenden Hotel after dinner, Past Grand
Counselor E. A. Welsh, of Kalama-
zoo, was taken suddenly very ill and,
as part of the Michigan Delegation
were up at headquarters attending a
meeting and part of them sitting at
the Virginia Hotel, a hurry-up call
was sent out and in a very few min-
utes the entire Michigan delegation
was gathered there to render- what
assistance they could to Brother
Welsh. They secured a_ physician
and an ambulance and took Brother
Welsh to the hospital, engaging a
special nurse to take care of him, and
leaving one member at the hospital
to make a report of his condition. The
remainder of the boys went to their
hotels and retired and were all very
happy next morning to get a report
from the hospital that he was improv-
ing. The following day he was phys-
icallv able to be brought back to the
hotel, but he did not again enter into
anv of the work of the convention, it
heing the advice of the physician that
he keep himself quiet and go back
home, which he did. :

A resolution was offered that a
committee be appointed to go to
Washington and attend the meeting
there on the dates of June 28 and July
11 and confer with the Railroad Ad-
ministration relative to getting an in-
terchangeahble mileage book at two
and one-half cents per mile. The mo-
tion was made to cover this and car-
ried, the Supreme Counselor Phelps
appointed W. L. Whittiker, of Oh‘o,
George Barker, of New York and A.
P. Flickenstein, of Michigan and Wis-
consin, as a committee to go to Wash-
ington. with expenses paid by the
Supreme Council.

A recess was declared and courtesy
extended to a representative of the
Syrian and Armenian Relief Commit-
tee, who gave a very short and con-
cise statement of the conditions exist-
ing in those two countries and asking
that when contributions are made to
the war fund and the war chest that
the Syrian and Armenian Relief Fund
be not forgotten.

The Committee on the Revision of
the Ritual recommended a ceremonial
session for Thursday evening, June
26, so that the delegates assembled
could see a class initiated with the
revised ritual, but at the opening ses-
sion Friday morning, it was the sense
of the meeting that there were not
enough changes made in’ the ritual
to. warrant the expense of printing so
many as would be necessary to have.
_ A resolution was offered that each
jurisdiction organize a Secretary-
Treasury Association, said associa-
tion to meet annually the day pre-
ceding each Grand Council session.
A recommendation was offered that
the widows and orphars’ tax on all
uninsuted members be remitted back
to subordinate secretaries. A recom-
mendation was offered that it was
the sense of this meeting that mili-

tary training for all young men should
be adopted. A rising vote was taken,
pledging loyalty to the United States
Government, assisting in every way it
could in the conservation of tood and
fuel and that a night telegram be sent
to President Wilson notifying him of
this sentiment.

Past Grand Counselor H. F. Judell,
Council No. 80, of San Francisco, and
chairman of the Necrology Commit-
tee, on behalf of the California delega-
tion, presented at the Supreme Coun-
selor’s station with a beautiful vase
standing three feet high and _ filled
with flowers shipped from California
especially for this occasion. After
the report of the Necrology Commit-
tee, a beautiful tribute was paid to
each one of the thirteen members who
during the past year have gone to the
Eternal Council, the quartet singing

Evening Prayer and the Lord's
Prayer.
A communication was__ received

from the Central Busines Mens’ As-
sociation of Illinois, asking the priv-
ilege of co-operating with the United
Commercial Travelers for: a_ health
benefit for the members, this benefit
to pay $25 per week for sickness only

for fifty-two consecutive weeks; $5,000

for total disability or $10 per week
for five hundred consecutive weeks.
In this communication, if this con-
tract was entered into with the Unit-
ed Commercial Travelers, they would
not write health benefit with any
other fraternal organizations during
the life of this contract and also oi-
fered as remuneration to the United
Commercial Travelers $1 per mem! e-
on all policies written up and 75 cents
on all renewals; this to go into the
widows and orphans’ fund. Their
communication stated that the ex-
pense of this health benefit would be
at a flat rate of $20 per year, pava" le
quarterly, semi-annually or annually
in advance, but as it did not particu-
larly appeal to the delegates present,
it was voted not to enter into any
contract with the Central Business
Men’s Association at this time.

In the election of officers, there was
no strife until the election of the Su-
preme Sentinel, each officer being ad-
vanced one station as follows: Su-
preme Counselor, Fred J. C. Cox,
Winnipeg, Man.; Supreme Jun‘or
Counselor, R. E. Tate, Utica, N. Y.;
Supreme Past Counselor, Thomas J.
Phelps, Bluefield, W. Va.; Supreme
Conductor, W. B. Emerson, Des
Moines, Iowa; Supreme Page, C. V.
Holderman, Nashville, Tenn.; Su-
preme Page, C. V. Holderman, Nash-
ville, Tenn.; Supreme Secretary, Wal-
ter D. Murphy, Columbus; Supreme
Treasurer, A. C. Nesbitt, Columbus.
W. E. Ford and L. Worth were re-
elected to succeed themselves on the
Supreme Executive Committee, D. P.
McCarty and Charles A. Hibbard cov-
ering over for another year.

Then came the contest for Supreme
Sentinel with the following candi-
dates nominated by the different iur-
isdictions: Frank J. Roser, of Mis-
souri; R. S. Tucker, of New Jersey
and Delaware: W. J. Sulliven, of IN1-
nois: W. D. Mowry, of Kansas; M.
G. Howarn, of Michigan, and B. F.
Heastand, of California. It took three
secret ballots tu decide on the selec-
tion of the Supreme Sentinel, Frank
J. Roser, of Missouri, winning out hy
ninety-six votes out of the possible
172 who were then sitting in the con-
vention.

Supreme Attorney John a Millrer
was re-elected to succeed himself, and
the next contest was on the election
of a Supreme Surgeon. Dr. C. M.
Taylor, who has held the office for a
number of years, was nominated to
succeed himself and the name of Dr.
FE. W. Evans was also placed befora
the convention and when the bal'ot
was announced, Dr. Evans, having
received the largest number of votes.
was declared elected to the office of
Supreme Surgeon, and a committee
sent out to find the Doctor and bring
him in, so that the boys could have

a look at him. His personal appear-
ance seemed to please every one pres-
ent and here is hoping for a success-
ful term for Dr. Evans.

The Supreme Council officers were
all assembled in front. of the Supreme
Counselor’s station and installed into
their respective offices for the en-
suing year by Past Supreme Counse-
lor Robert F. Sullivan, of Ohio. “Bob”
seems to have a cinch on this in-
stalling of the Supreme officers, for
every year that the writer has been
at Columbus he has done the work.

On resuming the Supreme Counse-
lor’s station, Fred C. J. Cox appointed

the following committees for the
years 1918 and 1919:
Aud'‘ting—J. M. Dresser, Minne-

apclis; W. D. George, New York; W.
D. Preary, Oregon.
Jurisprudence—R. J. Tucker, New
Jersey and Delaware; P. T. Kennedy,
Oregon, Washington and British Co-
lumbia; B. H. Johnson, Alabama.
State of the Order—J. M. Brown,
California; Fred L. Wright, Wiscon-
sin: C. E. Waite, Oklahoma.
Supreme Chaplain, J. M. Moore,
Zanesville, Ohio.
The thirty-first annual session was
brought to a close with the usual
ceremon‘es. John D. Martin.

—_—_» + <-___-
Retirement of Faithful Secretary.
M. L. Corey, who has served the

National Retail Hardware Associa-

tion as Secretary for the past eighteen

years, retired from office at the nine-
teenth annual convention, recently
held at Cedar Point, Ohio. His suc-
cessor is Herbert P. Sheets, also of

Argos, Ind., who will carefully pre-

serve and perpetuate the ideals of

his predecessor. Mr. Corey was elect-

ed Treasurer, succeeding Milo J.

Thomas, of Corunna, Ind. who has

been a stalwart supporter and able

advisor of the organization since it
was organized. M. D. Hessie, of

Omaha, is the newly-elected Presi-

dent.

At the convention above named
resolutions were adopted favoring
greater care in the naturalization of
foreigners, universal military train-
ing, the adoption of the “War Chest
Plan,” the urging of national legis-
lation of a character similar to that
proposed in the Stephens Standardi-
zation bill, increased community co-
operation, merchants’ short courses,
the general adoption of uniform ac-
counting and credit systems, stan-
dardization of merchandise, standardi-
zation of catalogues and the elim-
ipation of objectionable contracts.
The action of the Postmaster-Gen-
eral in extending parcel-post weight
limits was condemned, as was also
the interpretation of the parcel-post
law to permit the carrying of mail-
order catalogues at parcel-post rates.
Dishonest advertising was condemn-
ed strongly. A resolution protesting
against the abolishment of the cus-
tomary discount granted to dealers
for payment of bills within a specified
time was also adopted. Legislation
was urged which would suspend all
German language papers for the per-
iod of the war.

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A dog belonging to a Malvern, Ark.,
druggist recently ate four dollars’
worth of 1-cent postage stamps. The
dog’s owner asserts that the act was
prempted by patriotism rather than
glue, the animal recognizing that the
more stamps Uncle Sam sells the bet-
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A GREAT MERCHANT.

 

Untimely Death of President of But-
ler Bros.

In the death of Homer A. Stillwell,
President of Butler Brothers, the
country’s business has lost one of its
prominent and interesting figures.

Mr. Stillwell’s career contains more
than the usual amount of inspiration
because of the fact that he worked up
from the position of an elevator oper-
ator to a commanding position in
business and finance.

No influence ever was brought tc
bear in behalf of Mr. Stillwell. By
sheer force of his dominant person-
ality and limitless energy he pushed
to the front in every proposition he
undertook.

It was said of Mr. Stillwell that he
was not content to follow precedent
in any position he ever held. He had
some ideas about running a freight
elevator which never had occurred to
anybody doing similar work. Butler
Brothers didn’t like to see so much
good material going to waste on an
elevator so they put him in the pack-
ing room. Here he did dirty work
and a lot of it—and did it with un-
precedented energy, insisting all the
time on using his head as well as his
hands.

Mr. Stillwell’s early experience in
Butler Brothers’ business, even in his
lowly positions, so impressed him that
he thought he could see a great future
ahead. He decided he needed more
education and devoted two years
studying in the University of Illinois.

Returning to the business his ad-

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vance was rapid. In a few years he
became the manager of the Chicago
house of Butler Brothers. In 1902
he was made a director, in 1907 he
became -a. Vice-President and was
chosen President in 1914 upon the
retirement of Edward B. Butler.

It was said of Mr. Stillwell in 1914
that he expected to serve as Presi-
dent for only five years. In that time
he hoped to accomplish certain things
for the business and then plan to give
way to another. He did not serve
quite the five years. Death stepped
in and interfered, as it has a habit of
doing. He accomplished in a very
large measure the things he wanted
to do. But in the very doing he has-
tened his own end through the almost
unbelievable amount of work he ac-
complished each day.

He loved work. He loved his busi-
ness. He was a human dynamo run-
ning always under maximum power.

There are many who think that if
Mr. Stillwell had confined his activ-
ities to his business, he would have
been alive for a good while to come.
But his business burdens, tremendous
as they were, were added to through
wide and varied activities in civic and
patriotic channels.

For years he was prominent in the
Chicago Association of Commerce
and was President of that body in
1910. The work he accomplished in
behalf of Chicago business in gen-
eral while in that position forms an
inspiring part of the history of the
Association. He was a prominent
member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago, having filled the offices of

Secretary and Treasurer. In financial
affairs he also held prominent place
being a director of the Atchison, To-
peka & Santa Fe Railroad, the Mer-
chants’ Loan and Trust Company and
the National City Bank.

Mr. Stillwell from the very begin-
ning of the war in Europe took a
great interest in the struggle and fol-
lowed it closely. He always was an
enthusiastic friend if the Allies and
when America entered the war he
gave unhesitatingly of his money and
time to various war activities. He also
gave his two sons, Addison and Wel-
lesley. For several years he was a
member of the Executive Committee
of the Chicago Chapter of the Ameri-
can Red Cross.

Mr. Stillwell was a great merchant.
As such he inspired respect and con-
fidence in his business associates and
employes. But he was more than
that. He was a man much beloved by
all who knew him, either in a business
or personal way. One example of
this is in the many manifestations of
grief expressed by various employes
of Butler Brothers. His death will be
keenly felt as a personal loss by the
members of his business family as
well as by his friends.

Mrs. Stillwell and the two sons,
Addison and Wellesley, survive. Both
of the sons are ensigns in active ser-
vice in the United States Navy.

2-2.
Seving Eggs by the Pound.

For several years the idea of sell-
ing eggs by the pound instead of by
the dozen has been agitated among
Canadian grocers, and in some towns

this system has already been put in
practice, according to Consul F. C.
Slater in Sarnia, Ontario. A _ trade
journal, which called upon a large
number of dealers for an opinion on
this point, states that a majority were
in favor of the movement. The only
obstacle to a unanimous endorsement
of the plan seems to be that some
dealers feel “the public has not been
educated to buy in this way.” As re-
futing this objection it is pointed out
that in view of the wide variation in
the size of eggs the consumer would
quickly see that the weight system
affords a fairer basis of charge.
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Women’s Tennis Skirts.

Manufacturers and jobbers special-
izing in outdoor sports clothes for
women report that there has been a
great demand this season for wom-
en’s tennis skirts. Unbleached and
bleached linens have figured prom-
inently in this business, and several
cotton weaves have also been well
taken. Skirts for this purpose are
usually made up very plain, fairly
wide at the bottom, to permit of free-
dom in running, and along somewhat
masculine lines. Pockets are usually
wanted on these garments, and some
are made with one, some with two,
The increasing popularity of tennis
among women is said to have been
demonstrated by the large number
of reorders that have come in since
the season opened.

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Imagination is more constructive
than truth, and more destructive than
disease.

 

     
 

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fruits and vegetables.

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Movements of Merchants.

Bay City—The Central Michigan
Oakland Co. has changed its name to
the Central Michigan Auto Co.

Alma—Grinnell Bros. of Saginaw,
have opened a branch music store
under the management of S. J. Dev-
lin.

Kalkaska—Anthony Nieuwkoop has
opened a bakery and will also add a
line. of canned goods and _ confec-
tionery.

Ishpeming—Martin Skaug has clos-
ed his restaurant and cigar stand on
First street and will not open it again
until fall.

Scotts—G. W. Switzer has purchas
ed the machine shop of the Home
garage and will conduct it under his
own name.

Grand Ledge—Lloyd Bryant has
closed his drug store and removed to
Lansing. He will sell the stock as
soon as he can find a purchaser.

Jackson—Albert H. Cohen, recently
of Muskegon, has engaged in business
at 516 East Main street, under the
style of the Jackson Auto & Supply
Co.

Lapeer—Fire destroyed the milk
and cream plant of B. W. Witt June
28, entailing a loss of about $3,000,
which is partially covered by insur-
ance.

Applegate — Fire destroyed the
warehouses and about 1,200 tons of
hay of the Stockbridge Elevator Co.,
of Jackson. The loss is_ partially
covered by insurance.

Detroit—The Modern Electric Co.
has been incorporated with an author-
ized capital stock of $1,000, of which
amount $500 has been subscribed and
£250 paid in in property.

Shelby—Fulcher & Miller have
sold their flour mills to A. H. Near,
who will continue the business under
the style of the Shelby Flour Mills
Co., taking possession July 15.

Lansing—The International Garage
Co. has been incorporated with an
authorized capital stock of $6,000, of
which amount $3,000 has been sub-
scribed and $2,100 paid in im cash.

Port Huron—The Forman‘ Shoe
Co. has merged its business into a
stock company under, the style of
the Port Huron Co-Operative Shoe
Store, with an authorized capital
stock of $40,000, all oof which has
been subscribed and $20,000 paid in
in cash.

Detroit—Adolph Schneider, who
conducts a bakery at 1119 Mack ave-
nue, has merged his business into a
stock company under the style of the
Indian Village Bakery, with an auth-
orized capital stock of $3,000, all of
which has been subscribed and $1,000
paid in in cash.

Muskegon—The DeLuxe fruit store
has been closed’as a result of differ-
ences between the partners. Just
what disposition will be made of the
stock and fixtures has not yet been
decided.

Owosso—Fred M. Crowe has sold
his interest in the stock of the Crowe
Implement Co. to Guy Davids, of
Byron and the business will be con-
tinued at the same location, under the
same style.

Kalamazoo—Thieves entered the A.
L, Lakey Co. paint store and the
Economy meat market, on North
Burdick street, June 28 and carried
away the contents of the cash draw-
ers and considerable stock from both
places.

Holt—Arthur Fleming has_ pur-
chased the interest of Mr. Ejifert in
the meat and grocery stock of
Wrook & E/ifert and the business
will be continued under the style of
Wrook & Fleming.

Lansing—Fire destroyed one of the
buildings and its contents, owned by
the Friedland Iron & Metal Co.,,
June 29, entailing a loss of about
$3,000. The company is working on
government orders.

Saginaw—Armed with a search war-
rant, local Food Administrator J. W.
Symons, Jr., raided the home of Mr.
and Mrs. W. A. Carrell and secured
nearly 500 pounds of sugar. The su-
gar was given to two local orphan
asylums.

Detroit—At a recent meeting of the
directors of the Merchants’ National
Bank, $250,000 was transferred from
the undivided profits to the surplus
account, bringing the total of that
fund to $500,000. The capital stock
is $1,000,000.

Lansing—The S. M. Wershow Co.
has heen incorporated to conduct a
general merchandise and_ clcthing
business, with an authorized capital
stock of $16,000, all of which has been
subscribed, $1,800 paid in in cash and
$7.000 in property.

Sault Ste. Marie—B. M. Morris has
sold h's stock of clothing, men’s fur-
nishing goods and shoes to S. A.
Marks and C. J. Schenk, who have
formed a copartnership and will con-
tinue the business at the same loca-
tion, 412 Ashmun street.

Detroit—The Sullivan Commission
Co. has been organized to buy and
sell cattle, sheep, hogs, dairy and farm
products, with an authorized capital
stock of $15,000, all of which has been
subscribed and paid in, $7,427.77 in
cash and $7,572.23 in property.

Highland Park—The M. G. Toros-

‘sian Co. has been organized to buy

and sell autos, auto parts, accessories
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ital stock of $75,000, all of which has
been subscribed and paid in, $3,238.69
in cash and $71,761.31 in property.

Byron Center—The general store
conducted by Hickox & O'Meara has
been merged into a stock company
under the style of Geukes & O'Meara,
with an authorized capital stock of
$3,000, of which amount $2,300 has
been subscribed and paid in in prop-
erty.

Vicksburg—The critical illness of

' Manfred Hill, long a citizen of Vicks-

burg and closely connected with the
veteran grocery store of Vicksburg,
the Fred Hill estate store, caused
relatives to wire for his son, Norman
Hill, of Virginia, and his daughter,
Mrs. C. C. Potter of Detroit, who are
here at the bedside of their father.
Mr. Hill's health has been failing for
the past two months, but at present

his condition remains unchanged
from that of a few days ago. He is
well known throughout Kalamazoo

county.

Detroit—M. Hoffman, grocer, was
fined $100 for hoarding, by Food Ad-
ministrator Heineman after secret
service men had found 8,600 pounds
of sugar in his home at 730% Has-
tings street. The amount of the com-
modity Hoffman had on hand was
7,900 pounds more than he was en-
titled to. The fine was paid to the
Red Cross. The grocer’s entire sup-
ply was confiscated and he will be
able to obtain no further stock until
the food administration lifts the ban.
A score of other Hastings street gro-
ceries were found with more sugar on
hand than their allotments permit.
Administrator Heineman has ordered
several fish dealers to accept and dis-
pose of twenty barrels of fish they
had refused to take from the express
company because the shipment was
five hours late.

Detroit—The J. L. Hudson Co. is
doing its share tc dispose of Thrift
Stamps in the great National drive.
First of all, the company has taken
upon itself the responsibility of dis-
posing of $25,000 worth, and every
employe is asked to co-operate in the
campaign. When customers receive
change after making a purchase the
salesperson invariably asks, “Shall we
take out 25 or 50 cents for thrift
stamps?” In this way hundreds of
dollars’ worth of stamps are being
sold daily. Now. to add further to its
responsibilities and its desire to raise
the quota, the Hudson Co. arranged
a musical concert for Thursday eve-
ning, June 27, at the Detroit armory.
Many leading vocalists and artists ap-
peared at the expense of the company,
the admission being two thrift stamps
—but the stamps could be retained by
the owner after passing through the
“admissicn door.” In other words,
the whole function is one designed to
sell stamps.

 

Manufacturing Matters.

Lansing—The Brownwall Engine
& Pulley Co. has changed its post
office to Holland.

Detroit—The Quality Tool & En-
gineering Co. has been incorporated
with an authorized capital stock of
$20.000, $15,000 of which has been sub-
scribed and $7,500 paid in in cash.

 

July 3, 1918

Lansing—The Barker-Cole Electric
Co. has increased its capital stock
from $40,000 to $50,000.

South Haven—The Pierce Lumber
Co. has increased its capital stock
from $50,000 to $100,000.

Detroit—The American Twist Drill
Co. has increased its capital stock
from $100,000 to $200,000.

Iron River—The Iron Range Light
& Power Co, has increased its capital
stock from $50,000 to $65,000.

Detroit—The Detroit Gear & -Ma-
chine Co. has increased its capitaliza-
tion from $500,000 to $700,000.

Detroit—The Velick Scrap Iron &
Machinery Co. has increased its cap-
ital stock from $50,000 to $150,000.

Detroit—The Ferro Stamping &
Manufacturing Co. has increased its
capital stock from $25,000 to $40,000.

Kalamazoo—Tihe Western Paper
Maker’s Chemical Co. has increased
its capital stock from $100,000 to
$200,000.

Lawrence—The grist mill belonging
to John Wasman, is closed this week
on account of his having violated the
Federal regulations.

Forest Hill—The Fox River Cream-
ery Co. has opened a cream station
in the general store of J. A. Brown
and under his management.

Saginaw—Miss McLaren, manager
of the Dana Richardson Pattern Hat
Shop has purchased the stock and
fixtures and will continue the business
under the style of the Arcade Pattern
Hat’ Shop.

Mt. Pleasant—The Grippen Manu-
facturing Co. has been organized to
manufacture and sell machinery with
an authorized capital stock of $80 000,
of which amount $40,000 has been
subscribed and paid in, $20,000 in cash
and $20,000 in property.

Manistee—The Copper Underwear
Co., of Kenosha, Wis., has completed
arrangements for building a branch
plant here, which it will have ready
for business about Oct. 1, employing
200 operatives at first and increasing
the number later in the fall.

Kalamazoo—The_ Bartlett Label
Co., founded 21 years ago and for a
brief time of late conducted as the
Saniwax Paper Co., has been re-
organized and reincorporated and the
business will be continued under the
style of the Bartlett Label Co.

Flint—The Anderson-Brown Co.
has been organized to manufacture
and sell plumbing, heating and tin-
ning supplies with an authorized cap-
ital stock of $60,000, of which amount
$30,000 has been subscribed, $2,500
paid in in cash and $10,700 in prop-
erty.

Shepherd—The Shepherd
wood Products Co. has been
porated to manufacture, buy and sell
all kinds of wood and timber pro-
ducts and conduct a general mercan-
tile business, with an authorized cap-
ital stock of $6,000, of which amount
$4,500 has been subscribed and paid
in in cash.

Charlotte—A. A. Houghtaling and
W. Glenn Abbott, dealers in general
merchandise, have purchased the
McElmurry stock of general mer-
chandise which was sold at auction
at Eaton Rapids and will divide and
add it to their respective stocks.

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Review of the Grand Rapids Produce
Market.
Asparagus—Home grown,, $1 per
doz.
Bananas—$7.50 per 100 Ibs.
Beets—Home grown, 45c per doz.
bunches.
Mississipp;,
$4.50 per large crate and $3 for med-
ium.
Butter—The
with extremely

market is very firm,
good demand, chiefly
on undergrade creameries. Receipts
are fair and the average quality is
showing up very well tor the season.
A large part of the arrivals are going
into immediate consumption, but
some receivers are storing for their
future needs. A continued firm mar-
ket is expected for the near future.
Local dealers hold extra fancy cream-
ery at 42c for fresh. They pay 37c for
No, 1 dairy in jars; they also pay 30c
for packing stock.

Cantaloupes—California Standards
$4.50 per crate ;ponies, $4 per crate;
flats, containing 10 to 12,

Carrots—20c per doz. bunches.

Cauliflower—$2 per crate of 8 to
10 heads.

Red Currants—$2.25 per 16 qt.
crate.

Cucumbers— Home grown hot
house command $1.15 per doz. for
No. 1 and $1 per doz. for No

Egys—The market is extremely
firm, particularly on strictly fancy
eggs. A large part of the arrivals

are showing more or less heat defects
and this has created a weaker feeling
on the lower grades. The average
quality of the eggs arriving has fallen
off during the last few days and strict-
ly’ fine eggs are going to be short
during the balance of the summer.
Local dealers pay 37c to-day, cases
included, delivery in Grand Rapids.
Figs 12 10 oz, packages, $1.75.
Gooseberries—$2 per 16 qt. crate.
Grape Fruit—$4@5 per box for all
sizes Floridas.
Green Onions—18@20c per doz. for
home grown. —

Green Peas—$2. 50@3 per bu. for
home grown.
Green Peppers—$4 per 6. basket

crate; $1.85 per 4 basket crate.
‘Horiey—22c per Ib. for white clover
and 20c for dark. :
Lemons—California selling at $10.50
for choice and $11 for fancy.
Lettuce—Garden grown, 5c per
bu.; home grown head, $1.25 per bu.
Mushrooms—75c per Ib.
Nuts—Almonds, 21c per ib., filberts,
20c for Grenoble; Brazils, 18c; Mixed
nuts, 16%%4c.
Onions—Texas Bermudas, $2.35
per crate. for. yellow and ie ‘per
crate for white.

Oranges — California
$7.50@8 per box.

Peaches—$3.50 per 6 basket crate
from Georgia.

Pieplant—$1 per bu.

Pineapples—$6 for 24s, 30s and 36s.

Valencias,

Potatoes—Old command $2.50 per
100 Ibs. and new $3.75 per 100 Ibs.,
new Virginia in 11 peck barrels, $7
per bbl.

Radishes—18c per doz, for
grown hot house.

Raspberries—%4 per 16 qt. crate for
either red or black.

Sour Cherries—$2.50 per 16 qt.
crate.

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Spinach—$1.25 per bu. for home
grown.
Tomatoes—Six basket crate from

Texas, $4; home grown hot house,
$1.50 per 7 Ib. basket

Water Melons—60@75c apiece for
Florida.

Wax Beans—Florida stock com-
mands $3.50@3.75 per hamper; home
erown, $4 per bu.

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The Grocery Market.
Sugar—As the Tradesman was

going on the press last week, it was
announced from Washington that the
certificate plan for the sale of sugar
would include the consumer—that no
one could secure any sugar whatever
without first obtaining a certificate.
Later in the week it was found that
such a course would involve the em-
ployment of 100,000 persons and the
expenditure of $100,000,000 annually,
so it was amended so as to exclude
family buyers from the certificate plan
(except. in 25 pound quantities), but
to include bakers, confectioners, can-
ners, etc. With this exception the
plan outlined by the Tradesman last
week is now effective, with an. addi-
tional provision, which was adopted
late last Friday. This was found
necessary in order to prevent confu-
sion and -delay in the immediate. pro-
curing of needed supplies by jobbers
and retailers. Since it will be dif-
ficult if not impossible for retailers
to determine offhand just how much
sugar they will need to properly sup-
ply their trade, thus putting whole-
sale dealers in a similar position with
reference to application for certificates
and delaying the movement into con-
suming channels, interim certificates
are to be issued which will enable
both classes of dealers to place orders
approximating probable. requirements
for the first fifteen days of the month.
As to the effect of the new system
on future demand opinions differ, but
that it will put an end to hoarding by
consumers, which. is believed to have
been very: largely practiced as an-
ticipating an-acute shortage such as

 

that of last winter, appears to be cer-
tain. The plan seems to have been
received with satisfaction by all
branches of the trade, although it
completely supersedes normal meth-
ods of conducting business. Under
the new plan retailers must imme-
diately report, on blanks to be sup-
plied by the State Food Administra-
tor, the amount of sugar purchased
and sold during the months of April,
May and June, the amount of sugar
on hand, the amount in transit and
an estimate of their requirements for

July, August and September. The
State Administrator will thereupon
furnish the applicants certificates

covering such amounts as he deems
necessary. Pending the receipt of
the certificates, jobbers are permitted
to sell one week's supply of sugar,
in urgent cases, on the promise of
the retailer to turn over certificates
for the amounts purchased as soon
as they are received. This concession
applies to this week only.

Tea—Buyers appear to be providing
only for the needs of the moment, so
far as purchases out of spot stocks
are concerned, while business in new
crop teas for shipment is more or less
restricted by the high prices prevail-
ing in primary markets and the much
higher through import freight rate
now in effect. The tone throughont
is firm, and such price changes as 0c-
cur are invariably in an upward direc-
tion.

Coffee—The market has gained a
little strength during the week, main-
ly by reason of considerable purchas-
es by the French Government. Prices,
however, of spot Rio and Santos are
no higher: and will probably get vo
higher. The consumptive demand for
coffee is poor. Milds are steady and
in fair demand. Mocha is gradually
getting out of the question, last quut-
ed prices on Mocha green being 33c
per pound.

Canned Fruit—Old .pack is very
scarce and-new pack is not yet avail-
able so that the market naturally is
very quiet. _

Canned Vegetables—The market is

much stronger again particularly for ©

tomatoes which are back to the $2.10
basis for standard No. 3 Maryland.
Some of the smaller canners are still
offering at $2 but jobbers seem to feel
that in their case there is some un-
certainty as to actual deliveries.
Canned Fish—Regardless of high
prices jobbers are placing their or-
ders for tuna and Columbia River sal-
mon. As to the latter, the outlook is
rather dubious as the scarcity of la-
bor is so acute as to cause consider-
able anxiety all along the line. Co-
lumbia River canners are looking for
a good-sized pack of shad, although
the demand for fresh fish is very
brisk and is using’ up a good deal of
raw material that might otherwisé ‘be
put into tins. The canners have been
compelled to pay.as high as: 4c per
pound for shad. ‘Last year canned
shad opened at $1.40 and soon advane-
ed to $1.50. No less an .authority
than Robert S. Farrell, head of the
big Pillar’ Rock Packing -Co.,. states
that he’ believes shad will -open ‘this
year at $1.60, and that. at_that price
the product is cheap compared with

Canned ‘shad. is a

product on the
r, but the shad that the
packers have put up in the.past few
years has sold so well that efforts are
now being made to put up large quan-
tities of this fish.

other foodstuffs.
comparatively new
Columbia Rive

Dried Fruits—The spot dried fruit
market is not cnly firm but is
again showing some.activity, It is
not-up to its usual, hawever, as com-

very

pared with normal times, but, in com-
parison with the recent dullness it 1s
affording considerable encouragement
to the trade. One reason for this is
that the outlook for prices for the
coming crop is such as to make pres-
ent supplies valuable. New crop
prunes are likely to cost the consum-
ers much higher prices despite all that
has been said on the subject. it is
understood, however, that a sincere
effort will be made to keep raisin
prices down, it being the policy of the
raisin association to holé“all the trade
they have succeeded in obtaining dur-
ing the last few years and not to dis-
courage the use of raisins by consum-
ers to whom they are not a necessity.
The demand has sprung up in anoth-
er direction, however, that seems quite
important, namely, from confection
ers, who, because of the reduction in
their allotment of sugar could find a
good substitute in raisims, .and re
tailers report that the demand from
this source during the past few days
has been very heavy. This.comes to
the relief of many holders who have
large suppliés on hand, bought with
the expectation of exporting them but
disappointed in doing so by.the lack
of tonnage. Most of these lots of
raisins show the holders»a los’ be-
cause of the carrying charges, and ‘thié
new outlet is eagerly welcomed. |

Corn Syrup—Current production {¢
absorbed by waiting orders, and de-
mand for forward deliveries continues
active. The market is firm.

Molasses—Business is of a, routine
character, being regulated entirely by
supply and demand.

Rice—Rice is so scarce both here
and in primary markets that urgent
enquiries from wholesale dealers and
large consumers are met by brokers
and receivers with the advice. to sub-
stitute cornmeal, of which there is an
abundant and-relatively cheap supply.
In the South there is said to be noth-
ing obtainable except a little seed
rice, for which extremely high. prices
are demanded. .A_ short’ crop -conr-
bined with the enormous require-
ments of the Government, a large ex-
port demand and heavily, ApS Raged
domestic consumption,,-.due_,to: the
necessity Of finding substitutes.: for
wheat, has left the market at*the ‘énd
of the -year -more closely cleared. of
every grade of rice in, ‘both. first and

 

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Cheese—The market..is very firm,

quotations averaging -Vc-advance,due
largely to the much” Tighter ° ‘receipts
and the good home gonsumptive de-
mand. . Advices from the praducing
sections 'show that -the make:'is fair,
but exporters aré buying tright-in Shi
country. The piiraine ‘tality is Sad

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Firmness Necessary In Establishing
Sugar Rules.

Washington, July
States Food Administrator has made
the following statement regarding the
sugar situation and the necessity for
increased conservation measures, out-
lining the restrictive regulations which
become effective July 1.

A number of causes have cumulat-
ed to make our sugar position more
difficult than we could have anticipat-
ed at the beginning of the year. The
increased shipping needed by our
growing army in France has necessi-
tated the curtailment of sugar trans-
portation, particularly from the long-
er voyage, and has thus reduced sup-
plies both to the Allies and ourselves
from remote markets. Some of the
accessible sugar producing areas have
proved a less yield than was antici-
pated, such as certain West Indian
Islands. The domestic beet and
Louisiana crops have fallen below
anticipation. There has been some
destruction of beet sugar factories
in the battle area of France and Italy.
We have lost considerable sugar by
submarines.

As close an estimate as we can
make indicates a reasonable expecta-
tion from all sources of about 1,600,000
tons of sugar for United States con-
sumption during the last half of the
present year. This is based upon the
maintenance of the present meager
allied ration. An improvement in
shipping conditions would of course
relieve this situation, as quantities
of sugar are in unavailable markets.
We must, however, base the distribu-
tion of sugar during next six months,
upon the above footing. After that
period the new West Indian crop will
be available.

This supply of 1,600,000 tons neces-
sitates a considerable reduction in our
consumption. To provide _ three
pounds of sugar per month per per-
son for household use, to take care of
our Army and Navy and to provide
for the necessary preservation of fruit.
milk, et cetera, will require about
1.500.000 tons of sugar for the six
months. A household consumption
of three pounds per month per per-
son, together with the special allow-
ance for home canning, means a re-
duction of some 25 per cent. in these
branches of consumption from nor-
mal, but it is still nearly double the
ration in the allied countries and is
ample for every economical use.

In the plan of distribution which
will now go into force, the less essen-
tial users of sugar—that is, confection-
ers, soft drink manufacturers, toba<-
co manufacturers, et cetera—will be
hit the hardest. The Food Adminis-
tration regrets intensely any action
that will cause hardship to any in-
dividual, but the situation is due to
the Germans, not to this Government.
There are a number of substitutes
available to the confectioners upon
which no restrictions are placed.

In order to secure justice in distri-
bution and to make the restrictive
plans as effective as possible no man-
ufacturer or wholesaler of sugar will
be allowed after July 1 to sell any
sugar except to buyers who secure a
certificate from the local Food Ad-
ministrators, indicating the quantity
they may buy. For the purpose of
issuing these certificates the various
users of sugar are divided into the
following groups:

A. Candy makers, soft drinks,
soda fountains, chewing gum, choco-
late and cocoa manufacturers, tobac-
co manufacturers, flavoring extracts,
invert sugar, syrups, sweet pickles,
wines, et cetera.

. Commercial canners, vegeta-
bles, fruit, milk, medicinal purposes,
explosives, glycerine, et cetera.

C. Hotels, restaurants, clubs, din-
ing cars and steamships, boarding
houses. hospitals, public institutions
and public eating places generally, in
which term are included all boarding

1—The United-

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

houses who take care of twentyfive
persons or more,

D. Bakers and cracker
turers of all kinds.

Retail stores and others selling
for direct consumption.

Every person in these categories
must, before July 1, or as soon there-
after as the local Food Administrator
determines, make a statement upon a
form that will be provided showing
the sugar they hold or have in tran-
sit on July 1. All stocks in excess
of three months’ supply at the rate of
consumption that will be allowed in
each concern, will be requisitioned by
the Administrators and redistributed
at once. Any stock less than ninety
days, but in excess of thirty days,
must be held subject to the local Ad-
ministrator for distribution if neces-
sary, depending much upon remote-
ness from source of supply. It is man-
ifestly unfair for any one to be over-
stocked in such a situation as this, as
it must prejudice the common inter-
est of regular flow of supplies. Our
national sugar supply does not come
from stocks but arrives in monthly
amounts and any attempt to provide
ahead results in shortage.

In addition to giving the quantities
on hand the statements which will be
required from dealers and manufac-
turers in the above groups will give

manufac-

the following further information
upon honor:

Group A—that is, candy, soft
drinks, et cetera—must show the

amount of sugar used during the
months of July, August and Septem-
ber, 1917, and certificates will, if the
statements are correct, be based upon
50 per cent. of such average use. Ice
cream makers will be entitled to 75

per cent. A certificate will be issued
separately for each month’s _pur-
chases.

Group B—that is, commercial can-
ners, et cetera—will be given certifi-
cates for their necessary requirements
but any re-sale of sugar by them ex-
cept under the express direction of
the local Food Administrator will
constitute a violation of the regula-
tions and subject them to closing of
business for the war. Any sugar in
hand at the end of the season must
be placed at the disposal of the local
Administrator. The Food Adminis-
tration appeals to this group to econ-
omize on consumption in every Jirec-
tion.

Group C—that is, public eating
places—will be issued certificates up-
on the basis of three pounds for each
ninety meals served. This includes
all public eating place uses of sugar.

Group D—that is, bakers—will re-
ceive certificates for 70 per cent. of
the average amount used during July,
August and September, 1917, or alter-
natively, 70 per cent. of that used in
the month of June, 1918.

Group E—that is, retail stores—will
receive for July purchases certificates
based upon the average of sugar sold
during the combined three months,
April, May and June, 1918,- Retailers
must not sell sugar to any of the oth-
er groups—that is, to no one except
householders—without taking up the
certificates of such persons. They
must not sell more than two pounds
at-any one time to any town customer
or more than five pounds at any one
time to any country customer. The
latter may, however, be varied by the
local Administrator to persons re-
mote from town. The retailer will do
his best not to sell more than three
pounds per person per month to
householders whose co-operation with
the retailer is earnestly sought.

Retailers may, as at present, sell
twenty-five pounds of sugar to anv
one household for home canning upon
the householder’s certifying that he
has not bought elsewhere and agree-
ing to return any halance unused for
this purpose. The householder can
obtain more than 25 pounds upon ap-
proval of local aministrator, if sup-
plies are available.

It will be seen by this plan that

there is no direct rationing of the
householder. It would cost the Gov-
ernment $5,000,000 to put the house-
holder on a ration card and will take
the services of 100,000 people to carry
it out. We cannot afford the labor or
money and if householders will co-
operate it can be avoided.

No wholesaler or refiner can sell
any sugar whatsoever unless he re-
ce:ves the certificate above mention-
ed. Any person in the above five
groups who does not file his state-
ment will receive no sugar during the
war and action will at once be taker.
against any sugar he may have in
hand in excess of thirty days’ supply
and he will be charged with hoarding.
We ask the co-operation of all trades
in Our purpose to secure justice in
distribution. Herbert Hoover.

——_+-.
Activities in Michigan C-.ties.

The Northwestern Glass Co., Sagi-
naw’s newest industry, has started
operations, employing 100 men.

A new steel vessel, the first of
twenty-four ships to be built at Sagi-
naw under Government contract, has
been completed. It is the first launch-
ing at the yards there in twenty years.

Sault Ste. Marie is preparing a
warm welcome for the members of
the East Michigan Pike Association,
who are expected to reach there July
11 on their annual tour.

Alma has let a contract for Quilding
five miles of cement walk of standard
quality, five feet wide, at 16% cents
per square foot.

Manistee ship yards will soon be
busy on two ocean going barges, on
which 200 or more men will be em-
ployed, mostly carpenters.

Muskegon merchants have voted
not to hold a picnic this year. They
will use the picnic funds to help win
the war.

The college town of East Lansing
is adopting a system of garbage col-
lection,

Muskegon has let a contract for
paving Ottawa and Lake streets with
creosote block to the Markle Cement
& Coal Co., a local concern, for $100,-
945.16. A special election will be held
July 16 to vote on a bond issue of
$110,000.

The Michigan Railway Co. is ask-
ing for a 6 cent car fare at Lansing
and the mayor has appointed a com-
mittee of five to investigate the mat-
ter.

Muskegon has voted to buy $1,000
worth of war savings stamps.

Every gasoline tank located under
a street in Lansing must be removed
by the owner within six months,
Tanks have been place under streets
without permission and owners must
remove them to their own premises.

Battle Creek voted to grant the
street car company permission § to
raise the car fares to 6 cents.

The Cooper Underwear Co., a new
concern at Dowagiac, is enlarging its
plant and increasing the force.

The St. Louis postoffice advanced
from third to second-class July 1, due
to increased business for the year.

The Olds Motor Works, Lansing,
has started work on a new factory
building, costing $600,000, which is to
be completed Nov. 1, when 1,500 to
2,000 men will be added to the pay-
roll,

The G. J. Johnson Cigar Co., Grand
Papids, will open a branch factory at
Manistee July 8, employing fifty

 

July 3, 1918

wcrkers at the start and perhaps 20y
within a year.

Directors of the Northern Stat:
fair, held at Escanaba this fall, have
voted to pay all premiums with wa;
Savings stamps.

Great interest is being taken in th:
playgrounds at Bay City this summer.
with an attendance of 679 children «:
the seven centers on the first day.

The Ancient Order of Hibernian
will hold its State convention at E-
canaba during the first week o
August.

The Saginaw-Bay City Railway Co.
has been allowed a 6 cent car fare,
effective July 17, provided the com
pany guarantees to live up to existing
ordinances as to service, repairing
trackage and pavements and return
ing to a lower fare when in sha:
financially to do so and the wan
emergency is past.

Almond Griffen.
— ++.

Patriotism for Independence Day.

Patriotism is a sentiment—and
more. It is an act, one deed after
another, to which our real care for
our country, our state, our town leads
or drives us. It is something about
which we must be not only sound at
heart but ready at hand. It is a feel-
ing, indeed, of love for the father-
land, but the attitudes we take and the
acts we do every day test how real
or how unreal the feeling is, how
steady and sturdy or how irresolute
and unreliable it may be. Every year
there is less mere boasting and boost-
ing in the expression of our patriot-
ism, less “spread eagle” oratory and
fireworks in the celebration of Inde-
pendence day. The “glorious Fourth”
has become sane. It is a day for
folks to have fellowship in family and
social circles, to have fun and assv-
ciation together in trade union pi--
nics, in national societies, in athletic
contests and in the delightful excur-
sions afloat and afield.

Nevertheless our country is not for-
gotten. Patriotic celebrations are still
held. The “Fourth” is observed by
some as “Americanization day,” to
welcome into our citizenship those
of foreign birth who have taken out
their “second papers.” Washington’s
birthday and Lincoln’s birthday, how-
ever, come at a better time of the year
for this purpose, when more of us
are at home, when leisure and work
call fewer of us away and when the
classes in citizenship and “English
for foreigners” are in session.

Beyond these observances, citizens
take account of stock in patriotism.
They size up the service which the
“administration” is rendering the Na-
tion, the state and the city.

Editorials strike the balance to the
good and to the bad. The legisla-
tures have just adjourned and city
councils are about to suspend their
meetings for vacations. Their acts,
therefore, invite judgment.

Governors, too, and mayors are
signing or vetoing measures and mak-
ing appointments to public office.
They, too, are before the bar of pub-
lic opinion. So the “Fourth” is still
a National holiday, is still the day of
independence in judgment and loyalty
in sentiment. Graham Taylor.

 

 

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REFINER TO SUGAR BOWL.

 

Every Ounce of Sugar to Be Care-
fully Traced,

Lansing, July 1—Beginning to-day,
Michigan goes on a strict sugar ra-
tion. In addition to statements of
quantities of sugar on hand, dealers
and manufacturers using or handling
this commodity, will be required be-
fore July 15 to give detailed informa-
tion concerning their requirements,
and subject themselves to still furth-
er radical restrictions in the sale and
consumption of sugar for the months
of July, August and September.

To expedite the distribution of su-
gar, all of which under the new regu-
lations comes under the jurisdiction
of C. J. Mears, head of the sugar divi-
sion in the office of Geo. A. Prescott,
Federal Food Administrator for Mich-
igan, has prepared a_ classification
supplementing that effective hereto-
fore, and will require all distribution
hereafter (except that for household
consumption) to be on a certificate
basis. The classification is as follows:

A. Candy makers, soft drinks, soda
fountains, chewing gum, chocolate
and cocoa manufacturers, tobacco

manufacturers, flavoring extracts, in-

vert sugar,
wines, etc.

These must show the amount of
sugar used during the months of July,
August and September, 1917, and cer-
tificates issued to them, if the state-
ments are found correct, will be based
upon 50 per cent. of such average
vse. Ice cream makers will be enti-
tled to 75 per cent. Certificates will
be issued separately for each month’s
supply.

B. Commercial canners.

These will be given certificates for
their necessary reauirements, but any
resale of sugar by them except under
the express direction of the local food
administrator, will constitute a viola-
tion of the regulations, and subject

syrups, sweet pickles,

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

them to closing of business for the
period of the war. Any sugar on hand
at the end of the season must be
placed at the disposal of the food ad-
ministrator. A special appeal is made
to this:group to economize in every
possible direction.

C. Hotels, restaurants, public eat-
ing houses (serving twenty-five or
more persons).

These will receive certificates on the
basis of three pounds for each ninety
meals served.

D. Bakers.

These will receive certificates for
70 per cent. of the average amount
used July, August and September,
1917, or alternatively, 70 per cent. of
that used in the month of June, 1918.

E. Retail stores.

These will receive for July purchas-
es, certificates based upon the average
of sugar sold during the combined
three months of April, May and June,
1918. Retailers must not sell sugar
to any of the groups—that is, to none
except householders—without taking
up the certificates of such purchases.
Sales to town customers are limited
to two pounds, and country customers
to five pounds. The retailer is admon-
ished not to sell more than three
pounds per person per month to
householders, whose co-operation with
the retailer is earnestly sought.

Retailers may, as at present, sell
twenty-five pounds of sugar to any
one household for home canning, upon
the householder certifying that he has
not bought elsewhere, and his agree-
ment to return any balance not used
for canning purposes. Householders
on certificate may obtain more than
twenty-five pounds, for home canning
where need is shown, but in no in-
stance will a sale of more than twen-
ty-five pounds for home canning’
purpose be permitted without the ap
proval of the local food administrator.

Any of the five divisions of the
trade running short of sugar between
to-day and the filing of their report

can apply for an interim certificate,
which will be charged against their
legal supply, the certificates for which
will be issued as soon as possible after
the questionnaires mailed Friday and
Saturday are returned and examined.

No wholesaler or refiner will be
permitted to sell any sugar whatso-
ever except on the certificate basis.
Any person in any of the above five
groups, who does not file his state-
ment by July 15, will not be permitted
to buy sugar for the period of the
war, and action will at once be taken
against any sugar he may have on
Land in excess of thirty days’ supply,
and he will be charged with hoarding.

The food administration will con-
strue any attempts by dealers and
manufacturers to lay up a supply, as
hoarding, and upon conviction, this
offense is punishable by fine and im-
prisonment.

—__2>+>____.
Styles in Sport Hats.

Velour sports hats have lately made
their appearance in local millinery cir-
cles, but it is something of a ques-
tion, according to the bullet’n of the
Retail Millinery Association of Amer-
ica, just how they will take at this
time. Among the novel shapes dis-
played in these hats is a trench hel-
met, without a chin strap, which is
shown in all the light sweater colors.

Further along the line of sports
hats, the bulletin says that satin is
being used in them to a far greater
extent than for dress hats. Last year
satin was very popular for dress mod-
els in black, navy, and white, but this
Jyear other fabrics have taken its
place. In the sport models, satin is
used in corded and stitched effects in
pink, green, cerise, various shades of
light blue, lavender, purple, and navy.
The greater number of the shapes are

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medium in size, but they include most
of the effects seen this season. They
are trimmed with cockades of ribbon
or small tied bows.
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Laundry Starch Harmful.

Laundry starch has been placed
upon the market for human consump-
tion under various brand names, such
as corn flour, corn starch flour, corn
starch, etc. This commodity is tech-
nically known as Pearl Starch, is used
in laundries and is positively unfit for
human consumption and deleterious
to health. Dealers are warned against
selling pearl or powdered starch un-
der penalty of prosecution for viola-
tion of the food laws,

—_+~3»____
Canadian Hides and Skins.
The Canadian War Trade Board

has assumed control of the exporta-
tion of hides and skins of all sorts,
whether of Canadian or foreign orig-
in, under an order in council of re-
cent date. Licenses, issued by the
Commissioner of Customs at the re-
quest of the board, will he required
for all exports of these products, with
no exceptions for any country.
——-> oo

Mapleine is a wholesome vegetable
product which comples with Stats
and Federal food laws. It is now
he'ng sold in Michigan and all other
states in the Union. Mapleine is
neither a powder, paste nor capsule,
but is an unsweetened extract which
comes in the usual extract sizes for
family and home use and in larger
packages up to gallons for confectior -
ers, bakers and ice cream makers.

 

 

Back the Government to the Limit

 

 

 

 

 

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The Government has asked American business to pursue a certain course for the
duration of the war.

Keep quality up and prices reasonable—a strictly non-profiteering policy.

It is the only patriotic policy. It is the policy this company has pursued and the one
we will continue to pursue as long as we remain in business.

We stand ready to undergo any sacrifice in order to co-operate with the Government.
We believe it is best for ourselves and our customers.
We KNOW it is best for our country.
We appeal to all our retail customers— big and small—to adopt the same policy.
American business must rally as a unit to the support of the Government.

It is the surest and the quickest way to win the war.

WoRDEN G

COMPANY

 

GRAND RAPIDS—KALAMAZOO

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THE SUPREME NECESSITY.

War has revolutionized American
business. The strong arm of the
Government now controls industry
to a degree recognized only by the
very few. Commerce, finance, manu-
facturing, transportation, agriculture,
mining and foreign trade have each
and all come gradually but irresistibly
under some form or degree of Gov-
ernment regulation. Some divisions,
such as railroads, shipping, imports,
exports, steel, etc., are already entire-
ly under Government control; while
others such as textiles, food, min-
erals, etc., are only under partial, but
drifting into more complete, regula-
tion.

As is well known, the supreme
cause of this movement has been the
imperative need of. efficiency, econ-
omy, concentration and co-ordination
of all national energies and resources
toward winning the war. New ideas
and methods have been’ enforced,
new industries created and old ones
scrapped with a rigor and speed nev-
er even dreamed of before the war;
and which if attempted in times ot
peace would have been accompanied
by political upheavals and_ serious
disturbances of business. Instead,
many of the most drastic regulations
were put into effect overnight, with-
out either discussion or protest,
chiefly because of an underlying pa-
triotism and an extraordinary readi-
ness to put national ends before self-
interest.

As a result of this supreme neces-
sity and the willingness to meet it,
this country, like Great Britain, finds
its industrial machinery socialized to
an extent which had not been thought
possible during the life of the present
generation, or even probable by the
most enthusiastic socialistic dreamer.
Washington has thus become one of
the most important business centers
in the country, second, perhaps, only
to New York. The only economic
divisions which have thus far escaped
Government control are agriculture,
labor and some of the retail trades;
although these are frequently reached
by indirect methods, such as the li-
cense system, price fixing or the regu-
lation of transportation, credit, etc.
The Government has also accom-
plished great results by means of pro-
paganda and appeals to public con-
science and sympathy; notably in the
distribution and consumption of food,
where Mr. Hoover’s efforts have been
conspicuously successful. How far
the various attempts at control will
go cannot yet be determined. Be

that as it may, two questions are still’

uppermost in the business communi-

‘ty. These are: Where will Govern-

ment control end; and how long will
it last? Not a few authorities believe
that Government regulation, to be
effective, cannot stop until complete;
while as to continuance after the war,
it is generally accepted that the old
order will not be restored and that
considerable of the new order will
jremain.

Development of the Government’s
interest in business has necessarily
been attended by an unparalleled in-
icrease in the powers of the Executive,
_aiso-an- enormous. growth -of the ~or-

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

ganizations to which control is dele-
gated by the President. When the
Unitec States entered the conflict
three departments, the War, Navy
and Treasury, comprised the branches
of the Government which were chiei-
ly involved in war making. There
was, in addition, the Council of Na-
tional Defense, a purely advisory
body, created for the purpose which
its name implies, but subsequently
molded to provide the effective utili-
zation of the Nation’s resources.

The Government’s scheme of in-
dustrial control has developed irreg-
ularly and with some confusion, de-
pending largely upon co-ordination
and co-operation and revealing until
recently those tendencies usually evi-
denced in an organization which lacks
a centralized directing force. Now,
however, there exists in the War In-
dustries Board, as reorganized under
Bernard M. Baruch and established
as an independent branch of the Gov-
ernment by President Wilson, a de-
partment capable of continuing the
development of Government control
according to a single and definite pol-
icy and of utilizing to that end the
powers, both direct and indirect, vest-
ed in other branches of the war ad-
ministration.

In all matters relating to industry,
excepting only price fixing, Mr. Ba-
ruch occupies the position of virtual
dictator; the powers of the War In-
dustries Board chairman probably ex-
ceeding those of any official in any
nation so far as they pertain to busi-
ness. The regulation of prices is
delegated to a special commission
operating under the War Industries
Board. The functions and purposes
of the board include the co-ordination
of Government and Allied purchases,

‘the regulation of priorities in trans-

portation, fwel and raw materials,
the conversion of industries to essen-
tial production, the limitation of the
less necessary industries, the stimula-
tion and proper distribution of war
production, the location of sources of
supply and the conservation of ma-
terials needed by the Government.
Exercise of the powers of the board
has already accomplished many
changes, but from the declarations of
Mr. Baruch and other officials it is
apparent that only a beginning has
been made. Most of its decisions are
without direct legislative authoriza-
tion, but the orders which it can pro-
mulgate and enforce by indirection
would extend to the entire field of
industry a high degree of regulation.
Whether this will be done depends

‘entirely upon the exigencies of the

situation at any particular time. The
board has ‘the power. ‘How fully it
will use it is not yet altogether clear.

 

Advices from Belfast last week re-
ported that about 90 per cent. of the
looms there and throughout Ulster
were working on Government war
business, leaving about 10 per cent.
for civilian production,

 

Price fixing for underwear and hos-
iery is getting to be a lively topic
in the trade and all sorts of sugges-
tions are being heard. In the bulk
of the discussions the yarn spinner is
the goat.

RESTRICTING VARIETIES.

What with more attempts at price
fixing of commodities, further restric-
tion of imports, additions to the en-
emy trading list, and the beginning of
higher railway freight rates, the busi-
ness community during the past week
found conditioris far removed from
monotony. As official regulation pro-
ceeds, however, there is less and less
jar or shock, because producers and
traders are adjusting themselves al-
most automatically to the new order
of things. What steps are taken are
done cautiously, and licensing is tak-
en as a matter of course. It begins
to look as though the country were
only at the beginning of the system
of having established prices for stan-
dard articles of prime necessity, and
that its full fruition will affect all the
things that are eaten or worn. If
carried out to that extent, it will mean
that there will be fewer types or sorts
produced both in the interest of a
larger production and a more eco-
nomical one. Examples of this are
already seen in the suggestions, which
are almost tantamount to orders, af-
fecting the styles of men’s clothing
and of shoes for both sexes. It can-
not be sa‘d, as to the last-mentioned
restrictions, that they are objection-
able to the manufacturers. In fact,
they are rather welcomed as affording
a much needed relief.

There never was any well-founded
reason for the production of many
varieties of articles which have found
a place in trade. In a number of in-
stances, manufacturers seemed to
make it a point to produce variations
from mere whim or caprice. Such
were the cases where makers of ma-
chinery would vary the threads of
screws or sizes of bolts. The orig-
inal idea in these cases was to com-
pel buyers to purchase from the mak-
ers new parts to take the place of
broken or used ones, but the effect
was rather to exasperate those whose
business was sought. It was really
to the advantage of every one to make
the continuous use of mechanism as
easy and simple as possible. This
was especially true as regards tools,
implements, and utensils whose sale
was widespread and the: buyers of
which were often in places far away
from the place of manufacture and
from the big centers of population
where spare parts could be obtainéd.
In many ‘lines. freak: variants were
made for no other purpose than as a
talking point for salesmen or to. put
novelty into an advertisement. There
were also, unfortunately, too many in-
stances in which variations were in-
troduced by manufacturers with the
deliberate intention of overreaching
the public. In such cases there was
the simulation of something better,
with a reduction in quality and the
substitution of inferior materials and
poorer construction.

Variations of all the kinds referred
to have occurred in the textile indus-
tries to such an extent as to do away
with the old-time standards. It is

actually the fact that a number of the

substitute fabrics, especially in the
cottons, have themselves become stan-
dard only to meet with the fate which
befell the former standards, thet is, of

 

July 3, 1918

being debased, cheapened, and bereft
of much of their wearing qualities,
This phase was recently dwelt upon
at length, and technically, in The
American Wool and Cotton Reporte;
as part of a plea for having the cot-
ton mills confine themselves to the
making of real standard fabrics form-
ed of yarns of standard quality. If
this were done, the buyer of a fabric
would know what to expect if he
ordered any particular construction.
It would also make much easier and
more satisfactory the fixing of prices.
although that is a secondary consider-
ation. The restriction to standard
basic fabrics would not interfere with
the work of converters and printers
in getting out distinctive and attract-
ive finished products. It would, in
fact, rather help them by providing
uniformly good constructions on
which to operate, and obviate the need
cf putting on stuffs of various kinds
to cover up the defects of funda-
mentally poor material. Wartime is
a good period in which to gef rid of

superfluities and to. strip down to

fighting weight in an economical
sense. The advantages will be even

more apparent after hostilities cease
and competition for normal trade in
all the world markets again sets in.

 

SPIKING A GERMAN GUN.

Among the methods resorted to by
Germany in the way of “peaceful eco-
nomic penetration” of foreign lands
was the purchase of interests in such
countries amounting to control, Thus,
Germans bought shares in British,
French, Italian or American  bank-
ing institutions and in companies
making articles or turning out metals
or other products of prime impor+
tance. In some cases, agreements
were entered into with foreign in-
terests so as to give control to mo-
nopolies under the direction of Ger-
man syndicates. Such _ syndicates
then regulated prices and even ap-
portioned the amounts of products to
be’ allotted to the various foreign
countries. Agreements of the kind
were made with certain interests in
this country, especially with regard
to the nonferrous metals. All such,
of course, have been abrogated or
rendered nugatory since the United
States declared war against Germany.
In Great Britain, which was affected
more even than this country, efforts
are being made to remove the clutch
of alf foreign interests—not alone the
German—from domestic undertakings
of national importance. For this pur-
pose, the Board of Trade has, under
the Defense of the Realm act and
Orders in Council, prohibited the
transfer without its consent to a for-
eign-controlled company of any inter-
est in or securities issued by dorfes-
tic companies owning such undertak-
ings. These undertakings include oil
fields, mines from which are extracted
platinum, copper, lead, tin, tungstet,
or zinc, and also any factory in Nor-
way, Sweden, Denmark, Russia, Hol-
land, Spain, or Switzerland “manufac-
turing any article of absolute or con-
ditional contraband.” Although this
is a war measure, it clearly foreshad-
ows the course that will be followed
after the conflict ceases:

 

 

 

 

 

July 3, 1918 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 9

 

THE SATURDAY EVENING POST : July 6, 1918

. ANNOUNCEMENT

To the millions of housewives now using

J RYZON, The Perfect Baking Powder
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YZON was first put on sale three years ago. Its price was fixed as
| low as was possible to produce and market “The Perfect Baking
ey Powder.” Since then, greatly advanced costs of material, labor, and trans-
: portation which have forced the prices of other staple foods upward (the
nineteen listed below have increased to an average of 55%!) have of course
also increased the cost of RYZON. So it becomes necessary to adopt one
of two courses:

 

(1) To advance prices covering advanced costs, which would bring the standard pound tin to 50c.

.’ (2) To sacrifice immediate profits by making a slight advance, the standard pound tin to 40c,
: believing that the good-will resulting from this policy will bring us greater business.

We have decided on course Number Two, making far in excess of the supply. A fine new RYZON

a. an advance of only five cents on the pound. plant, producing several times the present output,
: . : : oe is under construction and will be ready in a few
This decision for a slight advance is made in spite months.

of the increasing demand for RYZON which is now

 

We make this announcement, not only that users
of RYZON may know our reasons for advancing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

prices but also for the protection of dealers whose
‘¢- How Retail Prices On Staple Foods percentages have not been altered! Your grocer is
H. Ad d Since 1915 confronted with the same increased costs of doing |
¢. ae MAMECE S7IMCE business as everyone else, and requires a fair margin
es 9 ee ts Flow acre cece how of profit for the necessary service he performs in his
retailers. The retail prices are compared with community. He " protected in this price change
Cee the same months in 1915 and 1918. because we recognize that it would be unfair to pass
' the burden of price advances on to him.
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Com (Canned) ....22-+-.-:- 60 i i
3 Sugar (Granulated) ....-.--- 38% weight, 16 _,, honest pound
‘ Dried Lima Beans»... 2. ~~~ 66% package—without change in qual-
pe eet ity—with the price on the label.
ie, Tomatoes (Canned) ... 22... 130 The price is now 40c, at which
a. Le price we believe RYZON is still the
\ Olive Oil pe ae 86% most economical, as well as “The
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More Wool Underwear Needed by
the Government.

More wool underwear is the de-
mand of the Government, and while
no large additional contracts have
been placed as yet the entire tradeé is
awaiting such action. Mills with
such Government business now on

hand are pushing deliveries through
as fast as possible, and in the mean-
time they are living in fear that the
Government will come along and take
the balance of their production. Lit-
tle has been left for the civilian trade
as it is, but the evidence points to
the Government taking everything
for the troops.

been raised,
as heretofore
staple is now

Wool standards have
and where half blood h
been specified a fine
specified, which, under the English
system, is known as 64s. Some mills
have found it impossible to get the
necessary yarn, but it is felt that with
this change they will be able to get
the varn required to complete their
orders and to take care of
ditional business that may
them.

Practically the
trade 16 On a war and that
means that they are getting their in-
spirations from Government sources.
The word has gone out that large
quantities of underwear will still be
needed, and, acting on this advice,
action on spring lines is still a ques-
tion of the future. Mills, of course.
are busy figuring on what they would
like to do, and wt
to do,

any ad-
be given
entire underwear

basis,

hat they may be able

but so far they have not come

out with any samples and prices.
Stores with basement departments
are finding it next to impossible to

suitable goods for their use 07

account of the

locate
scarcity of
that
both high in

jobs and

because of the fact low end

goods are price and out
far as nearby

Some of these

of reach of buyers as
delivery is concerned.

departments have been
hard hit. and while have been
able to locate odd lots here and there
the assortment has not

more or less
they

been anywhere
as near complete as in more normal
times,

—_+++___
More Hosiery Lines Ready For
Opening.

Some quarters of the hosiery trade
have come through with their spring
1919 lines and others are expected to
be ready during the coming week or

two. However the full showing of
the new lines will not be ready even
at that time and the outlook now is
that even a month hence buyers will
fnd some lines still unopened. The
yarn situation is giving some cause

for concern to the mills and as a re-

sult they are forced to go slow on
forward action.

The war requirements of the Gov-
ernment are becoming more and
more apparent and this is showing in
various ways and in various direc-
Some of the large mills have
covered on their yarn requirements
and are in a position where only
keeping them back from
but in many cases both yarn
and labor is keeping them back and
they have very little if
anything on which to base costs for
the next season goods.

The cuff top half hose is still being
shown but buyers are still adverse to
it and the outlook is that it will not
fare any better for spring 1919 than
in past seasons unless a shortage of
regular cotton half hose makes its
appearance which is not considered
probable. In silk numbers they are
demands and buy-
ers are repeating on them with ap-
parent willingness but in cottons even
initial is limited and repeat
orders are far from satisfactory.

The export demand for hosiery
both for men and women is keeping
up at a rapid pace and the lack of
transportation facilities is the only

tions.

labor is
action,

as a result

finding increased

business

apparent check to the demand. Eng-
lish houses are placing some large
business for silks as well as fine

guage cottons chiefly for women, and
large stocks are being held in New
York pending the obtaining of cargo
space. Some goods are being shipped
via parcel post, but even this cannot
take care of all that is awaiting
shipment.

++.
Late Waist Trade Active.

Late business in summer waists for
women is reported by large manufac-
turers of this city very good.
are invariably for
fairly large quantities, it is said, in
spite of the fact that retailers bought
liberally at the outset of the season.
Many lines are now priced at con-
higher levels than ruled at
the beginning of spring, and it is ex-
pected that further advances will have
to be put in force in the near future.
Crepe de chine, georgette crepe, and
satins are mentioned as the
fabrics most generally sought for the
summer trade.

—_——_-- ~~ --— --
The most direct and most econom-

road to found by
experimenting.

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We are manufacturers of TRIMMED AND
UNTRIMMED HATS for Ladies, Misses and
Children, especially adapted to the generai
store trade. Trial order solicited.

CORL, KNOTT & CoO.. Ltd.
Corner Commerce Ave. and Island St.
Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

 

visit during Merchants’ Buying Week.

Whenever in Grand Rapids, make
this office your headquarters. You will
always find the latchstring hanging out.
Come in, talk things over and get latest

quotations.

YOUR CALL IS ALWAYS
APPRECIATED BY US

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Grand Rapids Dry Goods Co.

Exclusively Wholesale
Grand Rapids, Michigan

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A Real Value at a Price

Our stock of 29 inch Windsor Foulards in a variety
of patterns will be closed out—at the special price @ 18c.

These goods formerly sold for 22)4c.

300 pieces of large plaid Dress Ginghams just
received. A good value @ 27%c.

 

 

 

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PAUL STEKETEE & SONS

WHOLESALE DRY GOODS GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

 

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Sudden Call For Dresses.

An unusually sudden call for navy
georgette dresses that wholesale
above $15 has sprung up, and, accord-
ing to the official journal of the Na-
tional Garment Retailers’ Association,
it is very hard for buyers in the mar-
ket to satisfy their requirements. One
buyer-member of the association tele-
phoned to more than twelve of his
regular manufacturers to see if they
had any of the goods on hand, or
could make early deliveries, and _ re-
ceived ten negative replies. The best
he got was one promise of delivery
in three weeks if the order were
placed at once.

According to a leading manufac-
turer, the sudden change in feminine
desires was due to the lateness of
the hot weather, and a contributing
factor has been the recent popu-
larity of navy and black organ-
die and voile dresses. These colors
had heretofore been discarded with
the arrival of warmer weather,
when it was customary for even the
lighter weight cloth frocks to be laid
aside for summery apparel that was
light both in weight and color.

This year, however, this situation
has not prevailed, and several manu-
facturers seized the opportunity and
produced in navy voile dresses a gar-
ment that satisfied women’s desires
for the darker shades, and yet was
cool and light in weight. The present
call for georgettes grew out of this
action.

—_>+>___
Millinery In Vogue.

Fashionable women here are favor-
ing large hats trimmed with ostrich
tips for dress wear, according to the
bulletin of the Retail Millinery Asso-
ciation of America. In taffeta, satin,
maline, or georgette, they run the
gamut of all the large shapes that
have been popular this season. Some
of the crowns are draped, while oth-
ers are accordion pleated or high.
The brims of these hats often are
accordion pleated, and some _ have
soft edges. Black and navy are the
colors most frequently seen, and, as
to trimmings, small ostrich plumes
and fancies are placed at the back,
drooping over the brim.

In addition to the heavy linen hats
that have been brought out here for
sports wear, models of this kind in
yedda straw are seen in various large
shapes. Trimmings of sashes or wide
grosgrain ribbon bands are finished
off with soft bows in light shades,
either in the same color as the hat,
or contrasting with it.

Buckles and odd-shaped pins’ in
cut steel and rhinestones have been
seen on a few advanced models here,
and, according to the bulletin, may
find favor a little later for trimming
dress and tailored hats. They are
most attractive on dark fabric hats,
such as navy, purple, black, and dark
brown.

—_+-____
In Cloaks and Suits.

While’ some manufacturers’ of
cloaks and suits for women report
that buyers of fall merchandise are
operating very conservatively, others
say that orders are large and plenti-
ful. It is pointed out that never be-
fore has such a large volume of fall

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

business in coats and suits been done
so early in the year. Some manufac-
turers, however, maintain that the
present rate of activity can not be
expected to hold out through the en-
tire season as it might had buying
set in later.

“There is, after all,’ said one of
these manufacturers, “only a certain
amount of business to be done, and
it must either be spread out rather
thinly over a long period or come
thick and fast all at once. This year,
for obvious reasons, retailers found
it desirable to start their buying
early. They will not, therefore, have
very much buying left to do later on.
I do not believe that manufacturers
should allow themselves to be over-
optimistic in the matter of fall busi-
ness simply because we are now get-
ting more business than we ever got
before at this early date. In August
and September we probably will be
getting less than we ever got before
in those months. Manufacturers must
not lose sight of this fact if they
would avoid overextending them-
selves or deluding themselves with
too rosy hopes.”

Nainsook Underwear To Cost More?

Contending that, while nainsook
underwear for men is being now re-
tailed at considerably higher prices
than last year, it has not yet been
advanced in proportion to the rise

in the cost of the materials that go |

into it, the prediction is made here
that this merchandise will be still
more expensive next spring. A retail
price of $2 for men’s standard “ath-
letic’ union suits is said to be the
only way out of the manufacturers’
difficulties. As an illustration of what
they have to contend with in the way
of higher materials costs, it is pointed
out that where pajama _ checks—a
standard fabric for nainsook under-
wear—cost only 534 cents a yard in

1914, their present price is 22% cents.
Findings and labor are said to have
advanced in almost the same propor-
tion.
——_---o
Don’t count your chickens until

they are old enough to bluff a cat.

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Sunbeam Shirts

Correct Fit—Quality Materials

KETTLEBROOK—Flannels
PEERLESS—Flannels
CHAMPION—Flannels
AMOSKEAG—Domets
(Sizes 14% to 17)
In Gray, Blue and Khaki Colors

SUNBEAM Shirts are carefully designed,
cut full and large, and made up in high quali-
ty service-giving materials.

Flannels are scarce—the outlook for deliv-
ery of duplicates uncertain—all of which
suggests an early selection. The best advice
we can give is BUY TO-DAY.

We will be glad to submit samples on
request.

Brown & Sehler Co.

Grand Rapids, Michigan

 

 

 

 

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H. Leonard & Sons

Grand Rapids
Michigan

Cor. Commerce Ave.
and Fulton St.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Have You Any
Dead Space in Your Store?

If so, convert it into

Profit Making Space

by the addition of our

Staple Merchandise

We have large stocks ready to ship, which means
much to merchants.

You are cordially invited to call and examine in per-
son, if possible, or write for quotations on thousands of
items we exhibit in lines of

Aluminum Goods Ironing Boards

Bird Cages Jardiniers
Brooms Lamps and Fixtures
Baskets Lamp Chimneys
Balloons Lawn Mowers

Baby Carr ages Liquid Veneer
Brushes Lawn Sprinklers

Box Papers Nickel Plated Goods

Crockery Oil Cans
Clothes Lines Oil Stoves:
Coffee Urns O’Cedar Mops
Croquet Sets Roasters
Curtain Poles Refrigerators

Clothes Bars
Chair Seats
Cups and Saucers

Screen Doors
Screen Cloth
Slver Plated Ware

Chinaware Soda Fountain Ware
Clocks Sad Irons
Crepe Paper Shoe Taps
Clothes Pins Sovvenir Goods
Carpet Sweepers Suit Cases

Cutlery Srmmr-er Toys and Doll's
Cut Glass €ew'ne Tables
Door Mats Tablets

Tbs and Pails
Tolet Parers
Traveling Bags
Thermos Bottles
Vacuum Cleaners
Wash Boards
Wringers
Wash'ng Machines

Dinner Sets
Enameled Wares
Express Wagons
Electric Lamps

Fancy Goods

Galvanized Iron Ware

Garden Hose

Garden Tools

Glassware W'ndow Screens
Hardware Specialties Wash Boilers
Hammocks Whips

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

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Day.
Written for the Tradesman.

Fuel Administrator Garfield’s plan
—the latest one—for the saving of
coal again emphasizes the fact here-
tofore mentioned, that while Mr. Gar-
field is, undoubtedly, a polished and
intellectual gentleman, acceptably fill-
ing the position of college president,
he is, as a fuel administrator, any-
thing but a howling success. He pro-
poses to reduce domestic consump-
tion of gas and electricity one-half
of the amount now used by families.
This will impose a hardship upon
those least able to bear it. People
of small means, those who are in the
salaried class, whose pay envelopes
have not been fattened by an in-
crease, are economizing in all direc-
tions, and it is a safe assertion that
in order to keep the cost of living
down they do not use any more gas
and electricity than they are abso-
lutely obliged to. The Bureau of
Labor reports that prices of foods,
taken as a whole, have increased 16
per cent. for the year ending March
15 and 59 per cent. since 1913. Some
of the staple articles have doubled
in price, and it is these articles fam-
ilies of limited means must purchase.
Except in a few favored industries,
wages and salaries have not kept pace
with this advance. In many lines, as
before noted, there have been no in-
creases. Therefore, the increase in
cost of the essentials of life must be
met by pinching in other directions.
Under these circumstances it is not
probable that the bulk of families
making up our population light their
houses from top to bottom with elec-
tricity or waste gas in cooking. To
say to them now that they must cut
down their necessary use of gas and
electricity one-half this winter be-
fore all other means of economy are
exhausted would be absolute cruelty.
It is acknowledged that saving in al!
lines is necessary and in no line is
this more true than in coal. But this
saving should be forced in the right
direction. It should not be a difficult
task to ascertain the minimum
amount of gas and electricity neces-
sary to be used for family comfort.
Mr. Garfield should permit them to
use that amount, fixing a high and
almost prohibitive penalty when it is
found by meter reading that this
amount is exceeded. Even wealthy
families would be found keeping very
close to the maximum allowed.

Pending the enactment of the new
tax bill the stock market remains
rather dull, the dealings being large-
ly professional. One reason for this
is the people generally have not got

turbance to

the money with which to buy secur-
ities which can now be obtained at
attractive prices. The other is the
uncertainty of future taxation as to
its scale. The question arises whether
the new measure will be a vindictive
measure against those whose indus-
try has resulted in the accumulation
of wealth, as one or two of the Con-
gressional leaders apparently favor,
or will it be framed on the broad prin-
ciple of raising the greatest possible
revenue with the least possible dis-
business. That a sub-
stantial increase is necessary is recog-
nized by fair minded men, but care
should be taken that so heavy a bur-
den is not imposed as to discourage
the making of profits and thus defeat
the very obiect aimed at. Even tak-
ing all this into consideration, the
position of the securities market is
sound and reflects the confidence of
the people in our future.

Public utilities now loom large on
the financial horizon. Their condi-
tion, financially and physically, means
a great deal to the country at large;
a great deal to the economic and so-
cial welfare of hosts of communities.
They are also serving to various de-
grees the war effort of the country.
Interest now centers in necessary
financing and attention is directed to
the War Finance Corporation and its
limitations. A proposal was made to
form a nation-wide pool by bankers
to help finance public utilities, but it
has been changed from one big pool
similar to the gold and cotton pools
to a number of separate pools. Bank-
ers found that there is an objection
to a national pool of huge proportions
seen in the objectionable attitude of
Federal officials. Moreover Section
10 of the War Finance Corporation
Act reads: “That in no case shall the
aggregate amount of such advances
under this title to any one person,
firm, corporation or association ex-
ceed at any one time an amount equal
to 10 per cent. of the authorized cap-
ital stock of the corporation, but this
section shall not apply in the case of
a railroad in the possession and con-
trol of the President, for the pur-

poses of making additions, better-
ments, or road extensions to such

railroad.” To date, the directors of
the War Finance Corporation have
not interpreted this section, but bank-
ers believe a_ strict interpretation
would mean that the War Finance
Corporation could not make advances
to any bank or trust company in ex-
cess of 10 per cent. of its authorized
capital. As the authorized capital is
$500,000,000 the’ restriction would
mean $50,000,000, consequently, if a
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utilities relief were formed it could
not draw upon the War Finance Cor-
poration for more than $50,000,000.
On the other hand, if utility pools in
the shape of finance corporations
were formed in such cities as New
York, Boston, Philadelphia and Chi-
cago, where there are large public
utility interests, each could receive
advances from the War Finance Cor-
poration to an aggregate of $50,000,-
000 for each pool. Four local pools
or companies could thus secure ac-
commodation from the War Finance
Corporation to the amount of $200,-
000,000. In line with this more local
treatment, the primary need outlined
by Mr. Warburg, President of the
Federal Reserve Board, becomes still
more conspicuous—that of rate equi-
ties in the hands of local authorities.
Such equity means salvation for the
corporation service for the commun-
ity and credit in two senses for both.
Otherwise, with the higher cost of
materials, fuel, supplies and_ labor,
something must be done or the public
utilities will be forced into the almost
insolvent condition the railroads were
before they were taken over by the
Government.

There is one problem that is of the
most vital importance, not only as to
the winning of the war, but as to our
industrial, financial and commercial
existence—the labor problem. It
looms up in coal production and will
cause a greater shortage of supply
than last year. We are told that from
present indications the production
this year will fall 50,000,000 tons short
of requirements, even if last year’s
production of 600,000,000 is equaled.
This will be due largely to scarcity
of labor. The labor shortage plays
havoc in all directions as it grows in
intensity. It is not hard to explain
it with millions of our men going into
the war. With the labor supply
shortened, employers in all the dif-
ferent industries are bidding against
one another in order to secure a share
of it. Union labor is taking unfair
advantage of it, demanding higher
wages and shorter hours. Think of
it! Shorter hours when the labor
supply is insufficient to keep produc-
tion to its required amount! Where
is the patriotism of organized labor
which prates about it and shouts its
loyalty and devotion to the cause? It
is sickening to note the hypocrisy of
it and the manner in which organized
labor is kow-towed to. Labor should
be compelled to work nine or ten
hours a day. The eight hour day
should be abolished during this per-
iod of great need and would be if
there was a spark of patriotism in
those who prate about it while they
play the role of slackers in not even
making a sacrifice of one or two
more hours a day and thus doins
something toward winning the war.
As it is they are fattening on the dire
need of the Nation. In a recent ar-
ticle, the New York Financial and
Commercial Journal compares two
men. One of the draft age enters the
service, risking his life, giving all his
time and energy to his country’s cause
at paltry pay and works sixteen hours
a day. The other, equally fit for mil-
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ried or for some other cause, sits
smoking his pipe in contentment and
ease, receiving high wages, free from
all forms of discipline and is still
grasping for higher pay and shorter
hours. What kind of loyalty is this?
Is the course of union labor in such
a case anything short of treason?
Yet it is tolerated by the administra-
tion and commended by the Presi-
dent. Instead of being put to work
with a ball and chain and under
guard, he is petted and coaxed to
work, while he and his fellows are
shouting loyalty to the cause. Peo-
ple have been tarred and feathered
for disloyal utterances; stores and
houses have been painted yellow be-
cause their inmates refused to buy
Liberty bonds, yet union labor will
not even sacrifice an hour or two and
struts the streets with its head up. It
is time a little American red blood
was infused into Congress and the
administration to force labor to prac-
tice as well as preach “loyalty to the
cause.” Paul Leake.

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Professional baseball is threatened
by the draft and especially by the
“useful occupations’ order. The
president of one of the Leagues pro-
tests against designating baseball as
“among the non-essential industries.”
He argues that it teaches young men
to “think quickly and act with
agility.’ No doubt, but one sees that
in this he slips lightly away from
professional players to the thousands
who take to the game for amuse-
ment. Always at the back of the
plea for not allowing the war to
close the baseball parks is the idea
that vast sums have been invested in
the sport, and that a vested interest
should not be destroyed without no-
tice. In addition, of course, is the
legitimate argument from the desir-
ability of keeping up a favorite form
of recreation. To these lines of rea-
soning it will be better for the base-
ball managers to stick, rather than
to contend gravely that they are con-
ducting a well-nigh essential war-in-
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Faith and Work Will Carry Us
Through,

Woodrow Wilson is to-day not
merely the President of the United
States. He is the leader of the lib-
eral thought of the world. I had
never dreamed that the time would
come in my lifetime when that could
be said of any American. I was rear-
ed as a boy in the day when the word
of Gladstone went far round the
world. I was born in the day when
Louis Napoleon mystified Europe,
and hypnotized her diplomats. Later
we came to see the rising power of
Germany, and the great name of Bis-
marck swung before the world.
America was a republic, removed, re-
garded by Europe as almost semi-
barbarous; but in the beginning—-
only just born. That the time would
come that there should come from
among us a man so large in mind, so
great in spirit, so forceful in charac-
ter, so broad in vision, that France,
England, Italy, and faroff Russia too,
would hear that voice and heed him,
had not come to my belief.

Now, our prayer is that the God
of Right may keep close to the ear
of that man in Washington and speak
to him words of infinite wisdom, that
his mind may be kept clear, that his
eye may be kept sharp, and that the
God of Humanity may strengthen his
good right arm.

If I were asked to say two words
to America, I would say nothing more
than these: “Have faith.” Faith is
the foundation of civilization. It di-
vides the barbarian from the civilized
man. It is the foundation of every
business that you are in. It is the
foundation of all government that is
worthy of the name. Faith is the
miracle worker of the ages.

The man who discovered this con-
tinent was led to it by faith. The
men who reached the shores of this
continent and piloted their way
through the forests and across the
lakes and opened up these unknown
regions, those men were creatures of
faith, The men who built the roads
into the West, all the pioneers who
have made our country one of the
greatest, because we have conquered
a continent and made it our own,
those men were men of faith.

We in this war also have faith, and
our faith is that if we can down the
enemy who stands before us now, this
world all around will become ad-
vanced to that point where men can
say equal opportunity presents itself
to every man, and political and social
and economic rights may be obtained
under democratic institutions. There
has been no adventure, there has been
no war in any time, that reaches to
the dignity of this. We are making
a war for the preservation of the fun-
damental rights of man, an unselfish
war, a war for ideals and for man-
hood, sacrificing ourselves, our boys,
your boys and mine—for what? For
an ideal; for something in which we
believe; for a faith. A faith in what?
A faith that self-governing man can
bring about a civilization more noble
than any the world has ever seen.

So I say, have faith, no matter what

the news may be to-day. Have faith
that the President of the United
States, who has guided the fate of
this Nation for five years, who has
guided us with patience, great and
remarkable patience, until the day of
strife came, will be able to steer the
ship through the troublous seas that
lie ahead; for he has conscience, he
has character, he has ability, and he
has vision.

Have faith in him.

Let there be no doubt in your
minds, no matter what the dispatches
may say. Let there be no doubt but
that we will win. No one could have
prophesied three years ago that there
would be a line in Picardy to-day,
if he had followed mere lines of reas-
on. A nation that had been preparing
for war for forty years was up against
two nations almost unprepared. All
reason led necessarily to the conclu-
sion that Paris would have been cap-
tured within ninety days—aye, within
thirty days. All reason stands against
the existence, even, of the thin line
that stands to-day in Picardy. All
of Northern France is dotted with
battle fields, upon every one of which
more men died than at Gettysburg or
Waterloo. All those villages have a
sacred name, and will have for all
time in history because of the fight
which was made there for them.

3ut that is not the end. When
there is talk of defeat, recall who are
there now. Scotchmen stand there,
who do not surrender. Irishmen
stand there, the most gallant of fight-
ing men; Irishmen, who are fighting
for an Ireland after this war in which
they can have home rule. English-
men stand there, who for twenty-two
years stood off Napoleon and finally
defeated him. Australians and Cana-
dians, New Zealanders and South
Africans, stand there like heroes be-
fore the world, ready to die for their
cause. Frenchmen stand there, de-
fending their own soil and civiliza-
tion. These have more to live for
and more to die for than any men
who have ever stood in battle array
in the history of the world. That line
is thin, but we are weaving into it
day by day our boys in khaki and
making it thick.

I do not disparage the courage of
the Germans. I think it is marvelous.
Think of what those men have done.
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come those men in solid ranks. A
semi-circle of rapid-firing guns mows
down one rank when it has advanced
a few hundred yards. A second rank
comes on, and by the time it is cut
down it has gained 100 yards, Then
a third rank comes up, and it is mow-
ed down, but behind it is a fourth
rank; and so by added increments of
death the Kaiser wins his way. But
those men will hold that line and
stand because they have never learn-
ed to do anything else. And we will
stand with them. The war does not
end until the last act in the drama.
In that last act you will see that boy
in khaki who has gone from your
home forward at the front of the
stage, playing a proud and noble part,
saving Western Europe and this con-
tinent for a larger and a finer civili-
zation.

I have faith in Foch. I have faith
in Pershing. Those are the men on
whom we should keep our eyes, and
if we do, even in the darkest moment
our hearts will be strong, and it is
strong hearts that win a war. Strong
arms may win a battle, but strong
hearts win wars, because it is the
morale of the fighter that counts in
the end.

We must be staunch, and we musx
be fine in spirit to back those men
up, and you business men have a re-
sponsibility cast upon you that is
cast upon no other class, because
upon you rests the burden of main-
taining the morale of the business
world throughout this war, and war
now is business, and our business is
war.

There are two kinds of men—only
two kinds of men in this world at this
time, the small men and the big men.
The small men are those who cannot
see because they have a dollar in
front of their eyes, and the large men
are those who can see because they
have a dream in their hearts.

I do not like to say it, because I
think war an awful curse—but good
things are to come out of this war,
and one of them is to be the purifying
of business. It is to be a noble thing,
because for the first time, business
men have had a real opportunity to
prove that business could be purified
through patriotism.

I would like to ask business men
if it is not true that if I should say
to them, “Pledge me your word that
you will not make one single dollar
of profit throughout this war,” there
would be an unanimous vote in favor
of the adoption of that sentiment, if
I said it was necessary or if President
Wilson said it was necessary to our
success,

Our motto and our slogan must be,
from this time on, put every dollar to
use, put every hand to use, put every
acre to use, put every idea to use—
because we have come to the time
in the history of the world when we
understand that such a thing as prop-
erty exists only because of use. That
which you have belongs to me, in the
larger sense. That which you have
gained out of the community should
be so used as to be of service to the
community. This Nation is the trus-
tee of great ideas for the world. Busi-
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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

erty for the world. Let them regard
themselves as trustees, and they will
not go astray in handling their prop-
erty.

I want to refer to another thing
for a moment. We must think of the
day when the men come back, and
we must think of the making of
America. We must think of a new
America, and we must begin with the
boys who come back from the front.
I say that every one of those men
should have an opportunity to acquire
a piece of soil of the United States.

Franklin K. Lane,
Secretary of the Interior.

—_—__*---——-

A popular argument for an income
tax is that such a tax is a good thing
because it “gets everybody.” This
would be true in countries like Prus-
sia, where the minimum income to be
taxed is so low as to include almost
every person who earns any kind of
living at all. Figures lately published
of the income tax returns for 1916 in
this country suggest some interesting
comparisons. Taking the census re-
turn of occupations in 1910, with the
exception of a single crop of related
occupations, an overwhelming major-
ity of persons in the United States
in 1916 received incomes of less than
the then exempted amount of $3,000
($4,000 for married persons). The
exception was the engineers, a trifle
over 61 per cent. of whom made re-
turns. Of brokers, only 20 per cent.;
of lawyers and judges, 19 per cent.,
and of mine owners and operators,
18 per cent., reported incomes of over
$3,000. Even manufacturers and in-
surance agents, both of whom are
popularly supposed to have made
something out of the war, failed in
most cases to make enough to bring
them under the law, only 10 per cent.
of the former and 28 per cent. of the
latter filing returns. On the other
hand, editors, authors and reporters,
6.5 per cent. of whose number had
to pay the tax, were considerably
better off than the theatrical owners
and managers, only 2.5 per cent. of
whom had seen net incomes of tax-
able proportions during the year. The
most surprising figures are those of
saloonkeepers, from only 1.9 per cent.
of whom were returns received, and
the farmers, who stand at the bot-
tom of the list with less than one-
fourth of 1 per cent.

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The presentation of flags to Polish
units in the French army by Presi-
dent Poincare has a sentimental sig-
nificance not overshadowed by cur-
rent military events. For consider-
ably more than a century the flame of
Polish liberty has been kept alive
amidst oppression and exile, broken
promises and treachery. The vitality
of national feeling, the persistence of
national identity, has never been more

’ poignantly illustrated. This  cere-

mony on the fields of France is a
pledge, not to be broken, of Entente
fidelity to the rights of trampled na-
tions everywhere. Its implications as
to Austria and Germany and Turkey
are plain. The Entente would appear
to stand finally committed to a policy
of liberation for the oppressed and
submerged races, regardless which
way the chips fly.

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1s a worker,— always has
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As a lad he went out and
joined a railroad construction
gang and worked up to be
passenger and freight agent of
the road.

Later, he sailed the Lakes
and worked his way to a pilot’s
license, which he holds to-day
as one of his proudest pos-
sessions.

Afterward, he went into
business life, where, by hard
work, he made a name and
place for himself.

As Assistant Secretary of
the Navy under President
Roosevelt, he gave the closest
attention to his duties and his
good work advanced him to
the position of Secretary of
the Navy and a member of
Roosevelt’s Cabinet.

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A Worker

mander in the Third Nava:
District is winning wide-
spread approval.

As a worker, he knows
about other workers, under-
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business leaders to declare
publicly in favor of the rights
of the laboring man, and his
reputation for fairness and
straightforward dealing attrac-
ted wide and favorable atten-
tion in industrial circles.

White Secretary of the Navy
he made it possible forthe men
in the Brooklyn Navy Yard to
have an organization for mu-
tual benefit and souzcht their
suggestions on the work they
had in charge, gave them an
opportunity to examine and
approve the wage scale and
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When the Child Goes to Sleep.

Sleep is largely a matter of habit,
everybody knows that, but not every-
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matter tracing back to very early
times, and usually to foolish or ig-
norant treatment at the hands of
mother or nurse. It is no kindness to
a child to shield it from every sound
at night; that makes for a fussy habit
about sleeping in maturity. At the
same time, it is of the utmost impor-
tance that the little child should be
taught rightly in the matter of sleep.

“An infant should sleep most of the
time,” says Dr. Kellogg. He has per-
sonally adopted a couple of dozen
children—more than that for aught
I know—and he has a long experience
to justify him.

“All the sleep that a child can take
before he is fifteen is so much energy
stored up for later life,” I once heard
a wise physician say.

It seems easy; of course, we must
see that our children get all the sleep
they need; they must go to bed early,
and all that sort of thing. Nobody
disputes it. But is it so easy? You
have to plan for it and sacrifice for
it, and have a definite purpose and
reason for it; otherwise, first thing
you know you have bad habits start-
ed, and they are very hard to break.
Right habits about sleep soundly
formed in infancy and kept up until
the child is eighteen will make for
health all the rest of his life. It is
more important than any sort of work
or studies. Deprive a person of ade-
quate sleep and you are perfectly sure
of a breakdown sooner or later.

During the first month of life the
normal infant usually goes to sleep
after every feeding, and wakes regu-
larly at the next feeding-time. He
should be allowed to sleep all he will,
and never be disturbed for exhibition
purposes. Aunt Miranda may want
to see the color of his eyes. Daddy’s
old friend may want—or think it is
his polite duty to pretend to want—
to take a peep at the kiddie; other
admiring friends and relatives will
be dropping in. It isn’t easy or com-
fortable to disappoint them; but
baby’s rights are superior to all these
admirations, and the routine of his
sleep is more important than the feel-
ings of any of “the folks.” Besides
that, if you interrupt his sleep you
will have a cross and nervous baby,
which is no great joy for anybody to
see!

Moreover, if the child is trained to

sleep right through the ordinary
household noises he will not have to
be coddled about his sleeping-place
later on. There is no reason why a
child should have an absolutely noise-
proof place to sleep, save as, general-
ly speaking, it is more restful for
any one to sleep where it is relatively
quiet. The place where he sleeps
should be dark, and from the very
outset he should be trained to love
the dark. You have to teach children
to fear darkness.

During the second and_ third
months the baby probably will re-
main awake nearly half an hour be-
tween feedings. He is beginning to
take notice in a fairly large way. By
the time he is a year old, a few hours’
nap morning and afternoon will suf-
fice, although children differ some-
what in their needs in this regard.
But he should be in bed by 6 o’clock,
And the daytime nap of two hours or
more should be kept up until he is
4 or 5 years old. From 6 to 8 years,
an hour may suffice, but the child
should be required to lie down and
relax, perhaps playing quietly with
some toy even if he does not always
sleep. At 8 he may go to bed at 7,
but not until he is 10 or 12 should he
stay up later than 8 o’clock. By the
time he is 14, 9 o’clock is late enough,
and not more than a half-hour should
be added to that before he is 16 years
old. Plenty of sleep— nine and a
half hours at least of it, until he is
18. If the children protest when you
read this to them, ask any doctor.

To induce sleep in the baby, he
must be warm, comfortable, and well
nourished, and quiet for at least a
half-hour before bedtime. A quiet
sponging-off, long, slow strokes down
his spine, a softly sung lullaby—and
positively no excitement of any kind.
I had a lesson about this when my
baby was about three months old.
I trusted a near and dear relative,
visiting at my home, to put him to
bed. She bathed him as I did, but
more vigorously; sang him a rollick-

ing tune, and then played with him |

till he was thoroughly excited. Of
course the baby liked it. I saw what
Was going on, but was not quite brave
enough to interfere; I sat there and
allowed her to harm my own baby!

She put him in his bed with a
cheery, “I’m going now, baby,” and
left us to a night such as we never
had had before, and did not have
again. Instead of dropping off to

sleep at six o’clock, as he usually did,
allowing me to dress quietly and dine
in peace with my husband, he was
wide awake, nervous, and excited, and
did not sleep for several hours.
You can train a child to stand this

sort of thing, but, believe me, he pays
for it afterward, in worn and weary
nerves. Children who break down
nervously are almost always those
who have not been trained to go to
bed early and quietly and_ sleep
through the night. They have had
too much going on. The principal
business of childhood has been for-
gotten, or neglected.

Do not permit children to be ex-
cited or disturbed just before going
to bed. Do not talk about anything
that will trouble the child’s con-
science and keep him awake. It is
immensely important that every per-
son—especially a child—should be
happy and composed as he relaxes
for sleep. A child should never be
sent to bed as a punishment. His
rest should be a welcome thing; he
should never be taught to dread or
hate his bed. I know this is a very
common form of punishment, but it
is thoroughly, inexcusably bad, yes.
it is easy for lazy mothers.

No exciting stories should be read
or told to young children just before
bed time; supper time is the time for
that, for it helps them to eat slowly.
It is not good to take little children
to the movies or to plays. These
things should be very sparingly in-
dulged in; in fact, little children are
better without these things at all.
lf your home is so dull and uninter-
esting that they have to go out for
these things, whose fault is that?
You’d better see to it.

Just remember that these little
minds are just opening to the world.
There will be plenty of time for them

to acquire all the excitement that is
necessary for them. No sort of en-
tertainment or even instruction is so
important as that they shall have
regular sleep and plenty of it.
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No use wasting your time in argument over the
war. Weare in the war to the bitter end. Weare
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young lads and all our national resources to the

It is not enough to give soldiers and ships and
guns—we must give our souls.

We must save and

We will come out of the
conflict a stronger and sturdier race with a higher
intelligence regarding the nutritive value of foods.
Wanton waste of any of the great food staples is

We have given to the Government a good por-
tion of our wheat supply. Of course you can’t
get all the Shredded Wheat Biscuit you want. But
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Retail Grocer’s Part In Government
Food Control.

To fully discharge the obligations
imposed on the Food Administration
it was obviously necessary to visual-
ize the many problems of the future
and set up an organization that would
admit of ready expansion to care for
them as they arose. The need early
became apparent for the organization
of a retail department.

There are throughout the country,
as nearly as we can determine, ap-
proximately 400,000 retail food dis-
tributors, and because of the varying
methods of operation, the necessity
for setting up a special department
seemed urgent. It was organized the
latter part of September and placed
under the efficient supervision of Mr.
Lichty. Its four principal functions
detail about as follows:

1. To guide the retail food distrib-
utor in complying with' the provisions
of the Food Control act, having as its
main objectives the elimination of
excessive profits, hoarding and specu-
lation and wasteful practices, which
tend to restrict the supply or increase
the cost of food.

2. To encourage and direct the re-
tail merchant in forwarding the con-
strictive purposes of the Food Ad-
ministration, viz., to bring about low-
est possible prices on staple and nec-
essary foods consistent with a fair
return for service rendered, and to
conserve the supply of food.

3. To assist the fair, patriotic mer-
chant, which includes the great ma-
jority, by interpreting the facts con-
cerning his problems to the public.

4. To utilize the retail merchant
of the Nation as a force for educating
the consumer in the conservation of
food.

Since the act of August 10, 1917,
delegated to the Food Administra-
tion no direct jurisdiction over re-
tailers whose annual volume of busi-
ness in foodstuffs was less than
$100,000 and which class composed
the great body of merchants of the
country, there was placed on the re-
tail department the responsibility of
securing voluntary compliance. Reg-
ulating such a great factor in our
economic structure and of such vital
importance during the period of war
by voluntary action was, indeed, from
a legislative standpoint, unique in our
history.

Could the retail division go to these
400,000 unlicensed food distributors
of the country and ask them with
any assurance of compliance to give
up voluntarily to the consumer the
benefit of speculative profits, growing
in volume with each week from con-
stantly advancing markets? Such ac-
tion would result in a loss of millions
of dollars in profit to these mer-
chants. The possibility of such loss
must and did develop in the mind of
every man interested a severe conflict
as to which he should give preference,
excessive profits or patriotism. I am
glad to say, based on rather intimate
knowledge of the results, that pa-
triotism won, and won big.

The first step necessary was to de-
termine whether the retailers would
voluntarily remove their business
from the sphere of selfish ambition

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

and co-operation with the Food Ad-
ministration or whether they would
disregard its purposes and require the
retail division to resort to the only

alternative it possessed under the
regulation, viz., the shutting off of
their supplies from licenses, whose

control was direct.

With this in view, pursuant to a
call from Washington, a meeting was
held about the middle of October at
which were represented leading inde-
pendent retail grocers, chain stores,
and mail order houses; in fact, repre-
sentatives of every branch of retail
food distributors. That conference
lasted three days and before its ad-
journment a set of resolutions was
passed which furnished a basis for
co-operation between the Food Ad-
ministration and retail distributors
of the country.

During succeeding months, how-
ever, the complaints of excessive
prices charged by merchants came to
us in great numbers. Investigations
developed the fact that the majority
were justified although many were
without foundation. They seemed
clearly to be the result of a lack of
understanding. Some specific form
of control therefore seemed neces-
sary that would keep the inherently
honest merchant from unconsciously
violating the purposes of the Govern-
ment program,

Out of this necessity for some indi-
rect control grew the idea of publish-
ing what was to be known as “fair
prices” at which the retailer would
sell the staple food necessities—a plan
that would serve as a guide to the
buying public. The retail selling lists
were not to be arbitrarily fixed by the
State Food Administrator or his rep-
resentatives, but were to be deter-
mined by what was to be known as a
Price Interpreting Committée, cn
which board was to be represented

one or more jobbers, one or more
retailers, from each branch of that
business. This plan has now been

in operation in some states for sev-
eral months and has proven effective.
The publication of “fair prices” is

now, or will be in the immediate
future very general throughout the
country.

The Retail Division has closely co-
operated with what was until recently
the Commercial Economy Board of
the Council for National Defense, but
now known as the Conservation Divi-
sion of the War Industries Board,
principally through a reduction of the
rumber of daily deliveries, and also
the development of the co-operative
idea. A great many stores have even
gone further and adopted the ‘cash
and carry” plan.

Much depends on the mental atti-
tude the consuming public adopts to-
ward the constantly changing Food
Administration program; the cheer-
fulness with which it accepts its re-
quirements. Cheerfulness is vital be-
cause it measures national morale.

The retailer is the food authority
of his community. Hundreds of peo-
ple lcok to him as the man who
knows most about this great and puz-
zling subject. What he says to them
will carry the greatest possible

weight. What he does himself and
what he tells them to do will largely
guide their conduct in the purchase
and consumption of food.

In order that his influence may be
actively used and to the fullest meas-
ure, every retail merchant must be
made to feel a keen sense of respon-
sibility in the education of the public.
The wholesale grocers
done much to stimulate in him
feeling of duty. What a
field department the Food Adminis-
tration would have and how radically
would its work be lessened and sim-
plified if it had four hundred thou-
sand retail distributors, because they
felt it their duty to do so, enthusias-
tically preaching the gospel of con-
servation and pointing out the reas-

have already
this
splendid

17

ons that make adherence to its gen-
eral progress necessary.
C. R. Winslow,

Assistant Chief of the Retail Sec-
tion of the U. S. Food Administration.

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To Save on Deliveries.

“One of the most successful of our
recent economy innovations has been
the substitution motorcycles for the
automobile truck and three special de-
livery boys we formerly maintained,”
says a Southern merchant.

“We have been able to get out dur
packages much more satisfactorily
at a saving of $50 a month in repairs
and fuel, in spite of an
business and the rise in price for all
materials used in connection with the
motorcycle.” B. Ansbey.

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Arbitrary Regulation for the Season
of 1919.

The following is the official sched-
ule of regulations applying to sam-
ples and shoes to be made for the
spring and summer season, 1919, as
announced by the War _ Industries
3oard, which will be binding upon
shoe manufacturers. The War Indus-
tries Board is clothed with arbitrary
powers to enforce its recommenda-
tions and decisions and no manufac-
turer can wilfully ignore or evade the
regulations without running the risk
of exposing himself to the power of
the Board:

These recommendations apply to
all samples made for the spring season
of 1919 and to all shoes cut for manu-
facture on or after October 1st, 1918.

Height of Shoes.

The maximum height of women’s
shoes, both leather and fabric, shall
not exceed eight inches (measured
from breast of heel at side to center
of top at side of finished shoes)), size
4-B to be the base measure.

The maximum height of misses’
shoes, sizes 11-2, shall not exceed
six and one-half inches (measured as
above).

The maximum height of children’s
shoes, sizes 834-11, shall not exceed
six inches.

The maximum height of boys’ and
youths’ shoes shall not exceed five
and one-half inches.

The maximum height of infants’
shoes, sizes 4-8, shall not exceed five
and one-half inches.

The maximum height of button
shoes for women shall not exceed
six and one-half inches.

Over-Gaiters.

The maximum height of all wom-
en’s over-gaiters shall not exceed
eight inches (measured from breast
of heel at side to center of top at side
of over-gaiter).

Colors.

All shoes, both leather and fabric.
shall be restricted to black, white and
two colors of tan (the two colors oi
tan to be a dark brown or tan and a
medium brown or tan). These color
regulations do not apply to baby
shoes made of fabrics. Patent leather
shall be black only.

Lasts.

Shoe manufacturers shall not, for
the next six months, introduce, pur-
chase or use any new style lasts.
They may replenish to cover wastage
or to meet requirements on present
lasts now in use in the manufacture
of shoes. This is to be effective at
once. (By new style lasts is meant
any lasts which have not actually been

used for the manufacture of shoes in
in the past seasons).
Linings.

The use of leather as a quarter
lining in oxfords and low shoes is—
permitted only when used in skeleton
form with fabric. Leather linings
will be permitted in evening slippers
where uppers are made of fabrics. We
advocate the use of full fabric linings
for low shoes wherever possible.

Tips.

Wing tips shall be eliminated.

tation tips are permitted.
Cartons.

Cartons shall be made of either all
white or gray paper with the excep-
tion of the front label and the front
flange, which may conform with the
color and paper now in use. No bot-
tom covering, trimming, string, fly-
sheets or printed tops, sides or backs
to be permitted on cartons.

Additional Recommendations,

You are requested, insofar as possi-
ble or wherever practicable, to insti-
tute the following methods of conser-
vation:

1. To use economical cutting pat-
terns.

2. To co-operate with retailers and
wholesalers to restrict the return of
merchandise.

3. To reduce the number of new
boot samples for women to be made
for spring season of 1919.

4. To discourage the purchase or
order of unnecessary sample pairs of
shoes for future buying.

5. To encourage the sale of low
cut and low effects.

6. To discourage the use of all but-
ton shoes and not to introduce new
style button shoes.

Spring Sample Made Prior to Is-
suance of Regulations May Be
Used Under Certain Conditions.
In view of the fact that many sam-

ples have already been made for the

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SUMMER WEATHER WILL STIMULATE THE DEMAND FOR
SEASONABLE GOODS

Keds, Pumps, Sandals, Oxfords,
White Canvas and Tan
Numbers,

All will have their call.

We have on the floor and on the way from our factories
a good supply of the above lines.

We strongly urge you to figure your probable needs to
find if your supply is going to see you through the season.

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July 3, 1918

spring season of 1919, the War Indus-
tries Board has decided that all such
samples made prior to the receipt of
the regulations for conservation in
the manufacture of shoes may be
shown if they are distinctly marked,
as follows:

“This sample was completed prior
to receiving the plan for conservation
in the manufacture of shoes for the
spring season of 1919, issued by the
Hide, Leather, and Tanning Materials
Sections of the War Industries Board.
We are offering this sample in order
to conserve material and capital; how-
ever, orders taken from these samples
will be modified to conform to the
program of the War Industries Board
and no shoes will be manufactured
which are not constructed in accord-
ance with this program.”

Restrictions in the Weight of Soles
in Civilian Shoes.

The present situation makes it nec-
essary to place certain restrictions on
the weights of soles allowed in civil-
ian shoes in order to obtain the heav-
ier weights which are essential to fill
the Government requirements. To
meet this situation, tanners of sole
leather and cut sole manufacturers
have been instructed, as follows:

Owing to this emergency, the Hide,
Leather and Tanning Materials Sec-
tion of the War Industries Board has
been obliged to issue the following
recommendations, which are to re-
main in force until further notice, and
to apply to all shoes for civilian con-
sumption:

1. Manufacturers of men’s, boys’
and youths’ shoes are restricted to the
use of 8% iron soles, or lighter,

2. Manufacturers of women’s, mis-
ses’ and children’s turned shoes and
slippers are restricted to the use of
8 iron soles, or lighter.

3. Manufacturers of women’s, mis-
ses’ and children’s McKay and welt
shoes are restricted to the use of 7
iron soles, or lighter.

4. These rstrictions apply to soles
of army quality; soles not complying
with army quality may be used in any
weight.

5. All shoes requiring heavier
edges may be made by the use of slip
or double soles.

It is understood that these recom-
mendations do not prohibit the use of
any soles now in the hands of shoe
manufacturers; also to any leather
released which is not suitable for
Government requirements.

All soles of army quality and
weights accumulated either through
cutting or otherwise cut on dies not
suitable for army shoes are to be re-
ported to the Hide, Leather and Tan-
ning Materials Section for disposition
and release.

Regulations Issued May 24, 1918, to
the Tanners of Sole Leather and
Cut Sole Manufacturers.

1. Until further advised do _ not
sell, deliver, or cut into blocks, taps,
top pieces, strips, or any other form
for civilian use, any sole leather in
sides, backs or bends which will gauge
814 iron and up in the center of the
back of the bend portion of the hide.
2. This order is to apply until you
are notified by this Board, and the ob-
ject of it is to create a sufficient sur-

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 19

plus of heavy leather which will be
available at all times for army needs,
leaving for civilian use leather under
this iron, and bellies and shoulders.

This applies to the following tan-
nages and hides—Oak, Union, Hem-
lock and Chrome, and also to all dry
and green fine-haired hides, the only
exception being Buffalos, Chinas and
3ulls. Another exception that can be
made is that all grades of country ana
dry hides below the first and second
selection can be sold to the civilian
trade. Also, scratched, branded or re-
jected soles, blocks, taps or top
pieces.

3. Orders taken prior to this noti-
fication (May 24) must not be deliv-
ered until this order has been rescind-
ed, and you can notify your trade to
this effect.

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The President’s action in lifting the
bars of the restrictions against Mex-
ican immigrant labor needed to re-
lieve the jabor situation of the South-
west foreshadows, no doubt, more
sweeping action in this same direc-
tion for the benefit of the country

generally. At Ellis Island and other
ports there are excluded monthly

several hundred able-bodied persons,
men and women, whose work, at the
present time, would be worth its
weight in gold to us, but who cannot
quite satisfy all the meticulous de-
mands of our immigration laws,
which were shaped up by the Gom-
pers gang. Moreover, there seems
to be a pretty general conviction
among immigration experts that a
greater flow of foreign labor, espec-
ially from Spain, where conditions
are very bad and employment ex-
tremely difficult to obtain, and South
America, would set in if entry into
this country were assured and steam-
ship companies relieved of the ex-
pense involved in constant deporta-
tion of excluded immigrants. With
the demand for unskilled workmen
rising steadily, and the available sup-
ply growing daily less, it seems ridic-
ulous that we should allow a law,
intended for peace conditions, to
hamper us. The restrictions prevent-
ing the free entry of physically and
morally fit Caucasian labor should,
during the course of the war, be en-
tirely suspended, and every effort,
through Government bureaus, should
be made to induce an increased flow
of such labor toward our shores.

There is a time and place for every-
thing. Now just think what would
have happened had Noah’s first ma-
rine venture been sunk by a U-boat.

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The Michigan People Grand Rapids

 

 

 

 

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

July 3, 1918

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Michigan Poultry, Butter and Egg Asso-
ciation.

President—J. W. Lyons, Jackson.
Vice-President—Patrick Hurley, De-
troit.

Secretary and Treasurer—D. A. Bent-
ley, Saginaw.

Executive Committee—F. A. Johnson,
Detroit; H. L. Williams, Howell; C. J.
( ‘handler, Detroit.

 

 

Drastic Means Adopted to Stop Egg
Waste.

In a circular recently sent out by
W. F. Priebe, of the Poultry & Egz
Section of the U. S. Food Administra-
tion, he recommends that every case
of eggs be candled before shipping to
market, and on top of the candling
operation itself, have a signed certi-
ficate put into every case showing by
whom and when the candling was
done.

Here is Mr. Priebe’s circular and
the matter he suggests to be printed
on both sides of the certificate:

To all Egg Exchanges and Ship-
pers’ Organizations:

Careful and conservative estimates
show that for the past five years, dur-
ing the period from June 1st to Octo-
ber 1st, twenty-five per cent. (25%)
of all eggs were a total loss and forty
per cent. (40%) materially depreciated
in food value. In order to save as
much as possible of this food during
this great emergency, we recommend:

1. Compliance with all Municipal,
State and Federal regulations as to
candling and purchasing.

2. Co-operation with Agricultural
College Extension men handling this
work.

3. That in every case of candled
eggs there be placed on the top layer
a Candling Certificate, as per copy
enclosed. :

4. That the suggestions on the
back of the Candling Certificate be
given careful attention.

It is desirable that these sugges-
tions be put into effect at once, but
in no event later than June 1, 1918.

The matter is so urgent that the .

Food Administration finds it impos-
sible to furnish the blank certificates
and, therefore, hopes that the various
trade organizations and individuals
will find it convenient to have them
printed, conforming to the copy en-
closed.

It is desirable to place on the face
of the card at the upper left the Unit-
ed States Food Administration em-
blem, at the upper right the State
emblem and on the back of the card
in the upper center the United States
Food Administration emblem. This,
however, is not essential.

Face of card)
Food Will Win the War.
Ege Candling Certificate.

We ee el. State Food
Department, in co-operation with the
United States Food Administration is
working to save all eggs. Make
Every Egg Count. Remember a rot-
ten egg feeds nobody, brings no prof-
its to anyone, Helps Only the Enemy.
We have endeavored earnestly to do
our bit to save to our people the mil-
lions of dollars formerly lost.

Every receiver should candle all
eggs carefully, keep them cool and

dry, thereby helping the Allies make
the world a decent place to live in.
This case candled
(Date)

(Town—State)
Signed,
(Firm, Corporation or Individual)

(License Number)
(Reverse side of card)

In order that the eggs in this case
serve the purpose of food for our
people and our Allies to the fullest
extent and help to Win the War, it
is necessary that they be chilled to a
temperature of 60 degrees or below
whenever at all possible, and be mov-
ed into cold storage or consumption.

Your patriotic co-operation is de-
sired.

Licenses will be expected to comply
with the State and Municipal laws,
rules and regulations and with the
Federal regulations. Failure to do so
will be considered a wasteful practice.

United States Food Administration.

—___— + --
Rules For Sale of Cold Storage But-
ter.

Washington, July 1— All transac-
tions in butter which is held in: cold
storage and is not removed for dis-
tribution within thirty days after
first placed in cold storage, shall be
governed by the following rules. But-
ter which is removed from cold stor-
age for distribution within thirty days
after it is first placed in cold storage
shall be considered fresh butter.

The licensee dealing in cold storage
butter shall sell such butter without
regard to the market or replacement
value at the time of the sale at not
more than a reasonable advance over
cost to him of the particular butter
sold.

Provided, that any dealer may aver-
age the cost of all cold storage butter
of the same grade placed by him in a
cold storage warehouse in any calen-
dar month, and may sell such butter
at not more than a reasonable ad-
vance over such average cost. When
a dealer averages the cost of any but-
ter stored in a calendar month, he
must average the cost of all butter
stored in that month.

Cost for the purpose of this rule
shall include:

1. Purchase price.

2. Transportation charges, if any.

3. Storage charges actually incur-
red,

4. Insurance charged actually in-
curred.

5. Interest on money invested at
the current rate, while butter is in
storage.

6. Actual cost of printing if the
cold storage butter is put in print
form from tubes or cubes.

Cost shall not include any allow-
ances for shrinkage in weight, com-
missions or other expenses than those
herein listed.

The licensee must be prepared to
furnish to the United States Food
Administration or to the Federal Food
Administrator of his State upon de-
mand a full report on costs and mar-
gins charged or on the maximum
prices charged in any given period
for any grade of butter or any other

information which may be considered
necessary for the purpose of this
rule.

The Food Administration will con-
sider the sale of any grade of cold
storage butter by any dealer other
than a manufacturer or retailer at an
advance over cost, as hereinbefore
defined, of more than the following
margins as prima facie evidence of a
violation of the Food Control Act and
the above Rule:

(a) 1c per pound on carlot sales.

(b) 1%c per pound on sales less
than a carlot but amounting to 7,009
pounds or more.

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Wm. Alden Smith Bldg.

F. H. HALLOCK, Vice Pres.

Miller Michigan Potato Co.

WHOLESALE PRODUCE SHIPPERS
Potatoes, Apples, Onions

Correspondence Solicited

FRANK T. MILLER, Sec. and Treas.

Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

 

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July 3, 1918

than 7,000 pounds but amounting to
700 pounds or more.

(d) 234¢ per pound on sales of less
than 700 pounds.

In addition to the selling margin
which normally should be consider-
ably below the above maximum mar-
gins, and must in no case exceed
such maximum margins, any dealer
who carries butter in cold storage
more than two full calendar months
may add a margin of not more than
1 cent per pound, and an additional
1% cent per pound for each calendar
month thereafter during which he car-
ries the butter in storage. The tota}
amount so added shall not exceed
2 cents per pound.

The above maximum margins are
not to be regarded as fair normal
margins or as so recognized by the
Food Administration. They are in-
tended only to prevent speculation and
are purposely made wide enough to
cover cases where the methods of
doing business are more expensive,
to the extent that such methods are
justified. These maximum advances
must not be exceeded in selling any
lot of cold storage butter and the
prices charged by any dealer must
not in any case be more than suf-
ficient to return to him a reasonable
profit on his investment.

Where cold storage butter is trans-
ferred by any dealer to a_ branch
house of such dealer in the same or
another city such transfer shall not
be made at an advance over cost of
more than 34 cent per pound. In such
case, however, when the transaction
is in as direct a line of distribution
as practicable the branch house may
figure the transfer price as its pur-
chase price and may sell cold storage
butter at an advance over cost on
such basis not greater than the max-
imum margins indicated above. If
the branch house transfers the cold
storage butter to another’ branch
house of the same dealer the total
maximum margin added by both hous-
es shall not be greater than the max-
imum margin allowed to the first
branch house by this Rule.

Any sale by a dealer to another
dealer at a price higher than the price
which the second dealer would have
to pay in buying on the open market
will be considered evidence of a col-
lusive sale intended to defeat the
purpose of Rule 1 by increasing the
purchaser’s cost and the price which
he may charge upon a rising market.

Any manufacturer who acts as a
wholesaler or jobber shall be subject
in such action to the rules and maxi-
mum margins governing wholesalers
and jobbers, provided that in figur-
ing his purchase price as a whole-
saler or jobber he shall either:

1. Compute the cost of raw mater-
ials and the expense of manufacture,
or

2. Consider as his cost the market
quotation on the kind and grade of
butter placed in cold storage as quot-
ed in a well recognized daily commer-
cial price current in the city where
and on the day when the goods are
placed in storage. In case there is
no well recognized daily price current
in the city where the goods are stored
then he may use the quotation given
in a daily commercial price current
in the large market nearest the place
of storage. From this must be de-
ducted the amount by which the
freight from the point of manufacture
to the place of storage is less than
the freight from the point of manu-
facture to such large market. In case
the freight from the place of manu-
fatcure to the place of storage ex-
ceeds the freight from the place of
manufacture to such large market,

- the excess may be added to the mar-

ket quotation.

No licensee shall pay and no com-
mission merchant shall receive a com-
mission on cold storage butter of
more than 34 cent per pound. The
licensee shall inform any commission
merchant selling butter for him of the

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

maximum permitted price at which
such butter may be sold.
Herbert Hoover.

For Better Practical Milling.

For a number of years past the
trend in the flour milling industry has
been away from the study of pratical
flour manufacture and in the direction
of better merchandising methods.
The whole machinery of operative
milling, including the rapid increase
in technical knowledge through grow-
ing use of laboratories, has recently
been employed almost wholly in striv-
ing for a finer quality of flour, with-
out any considerable attention being
paid to the consumption of wheat in
making it.

Only a short time ago mill owners
had fixed ideas regarding the quantity
of wheat to be used in making a bar-
rel of flour. Four bushels and a half
was the accepted standard, and head
millers were held to account when
they were unable to produce 196
pounds of flour from this amount of
good wheat. Failure to accomplish
this was instantly construed as indi-
cating something wrong in the mill
or the miller and demanded immediate
measures for correction.

Gradually in the pursuit of fine and
yet finer quality of patent flour to
win the highest class and highest
prices, the important factor of flour
yield from wheat was lost sight of.
From the orginal idea of four bush-
els and a half, millers revised their
standards upward until four and. six-
tenths, four and seven-tenths and even
higher wheat consumption created
no disturbance in the mill owner’s
mind. Clear grades commanded good
prices, offals were high and the ques-
tion of wheat consumption was not,
after all, of so great importance as the
production of a patent flour which
would win in quality trade competi-
tion.

The first severe shock was given
to this loose system of milling last
December, when the Food Adminis-
tration promulgated its requirement
that but four and four-tenths bushels
of wheat could be used in making a
barrel of flour. The immediate effect
of this rule was that many millers
were required to cut their wheat con-
sumption as much as twenty pounds
to the barrel, while the general aver-
age for the whole industry was doubt-
less not much less than ten pounds re-
duction. So seriously was the rule
taken that very many millers inter-
preted it to mean the production of
gray flour, quite forgetting that for
a half century white flour had rarely
ever, until quite recently, required
the consumption of more than four
and a_ half bushels——Northwestern
Miller,

May Ship Poultry in Car Lots.

The Poultry and Egg section of the
Food Administration has ruled that
beginning June 1 to September 15,
1918, licensees dealing in poultry and
eggs will be permitted to make car-
load shipments of poultry, butter and
eggs, or mixed cars of butter, eggs
and poultry, the car lots to contain
not less than 20,000 pounds,

——~+->____
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absolutely satisfactory. If your dealer does not
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SHERWOOD HALL CoO., LTD.
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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

July 3, 1918

 

 

 

 

 

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Michigan Retail Hardware Association.

President—John C. Fischer, Ann Arbor.

Vice-President—Geo. W. Leedle, Mar-
shall.

Secretary—Arthur J. Scott, Marine
City.

Treasurer—William Moore, Detroit.

 

 

The Handling of Hardware Business
In July.
Written for the Tradesman.

Hot weather goods should be en-
ergetically pushed while the summer
is young. To carry goods over from
one season to another involves in
1918 a far greater tying up of cap-
ital, proportionately, than it did in
1908.

The principle of “quick turnover”
is always sound; but it is more than
ever a safe and sane principle of
guidance right now, when war brings
into merchandising an added uncer-
tainty. We confidently expect vic-
tory, and peace with victory; but
even the most favorable peace—to
judge by previous instances—will be
followed by some recessions from the
abnormally high prices of war time.
So that there is always the danger
that the dealer who carries over large
quantities of stock from one season
to another may ultimately have to
sell against a falling market.

Of course on the other hand there
is the chance of a further rise. But
speculating on a possible rise as
against a possible fall in values is
merely a form of gambling; and the
shrewd business man is well advised
who takes his sure immediate profit
and keeps his stock clean and up to
the minute.

So it will pay, having bought care-
fully, to push hard with your well
selected stock of hot weather lines.
Aggressive selling methods in July
will do a great deal to reduce these
lines to the irreducible minimum be-
fore the season is over.

The hardware dealer’s July and
August campaign should’ center
therefore on the quick sale of timely
goods. In the early part of the sea-
son prominent display is all these
lines need. Hiaammocks, garden seats
and swings, lawn mowers, screen
doors and window screens, refriger-
ators, ice cream freezers—put them
where folks can see them, and you'll
stimulate a great deal of interest and
many additional sales. Use your
show windows as opportunity offers
to push the sale of seasonable goods.
Bring these goods to the front inside
the store. Put them where every-
body can see them.

Later in the season, it may be
desirable to hold a midsummer bar-
gain sale in order to clear out broken
lines, and stock which has. not
“caught on.” You will need the

money invested in this stock; and
you will need the floor and_ shelf
space to make room for new stock.

A chance to save money will al-
ways appeal to a large number of
people. Even a slight price conces-
sion will often accomplish the pur-
pose of turning these left-over odds
and ends of hot weather stock into
hard cash.

But the bargains should be real
bargains. They should not be like
Blank’s Cash-and-Carry Grocery.

I like the cash and carry idea, but
I'm not quite satisfied that Blank’s
working out of the idea was all it
should have been. When the Cash-
and-Carry idea was first evolved,
Blank, who kept a corner grocery in
a good-sized town, decided that it
was a good thing. All cash, no de-
liveries, quick sales—so he adver-
tised that he was going to open a
Cash-and-Carry store. The thing
was a novelty in that particular
town, although cash-and-carry experi-
ments elsewhere had :been given a
lot of publicity in the local papers,
and folks were waiting for the first
Carisford merchant to try out the
new venture.

There was a veritable rush. The
first day folks fairly fought to get
to B.’s counters.

Within a week most of them were
trading at the same old places. 1
asked one woman why she had gone
back to So-and-So.

“I don't see why I shouldn’t,” she
retorted, a bit warmly. “So-and-So
lets me charge things, and delivers
them for me, and he charges me not
a cent more than Blank did. If 1
pay cash and carry the goods home
I ought to get some saving. I’m not
going to wear out shoe leather and
walk half a mile across town with
a basket just to reduce Blank’s over-
head expenses.”

A bargain sale, to do a store any
lasting good, must be more than
camouflage. A man may buy a $10

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lawn mower marked down to $7.95;
but if he finds the same lawn mower
in another hardware store priced at
$8 he resents what he regards as de-
ceit. To find his supposed saving of
$2.05 shrunk to a measly little jitney
will shake his confidence in the hard-
ware dealer's honesty. A policy of
“marking up to mark down’ has
brought discredit on bargain sales
in Other lines of business. In my
experience bargain sales in the hard-
ware trade have usually been thor-
oughly genuine; and it is to the hard-
ware dealer’s advantage to keep
them so.

The bargain lines should be feat-
ured, since the purpose of the sale
is to turn these goods into cash. At
the same time, early fall goods can
be shown at regular prices. Keep the
bargain lines apart from the others,
however. Advertise the sale for a
limited time; quote specific prices,
showing the reductions. A little de-
scription of each important item will
help. Use the show windows also
to help the sale along. It is bet-
ter to hold ne bargain sale at all
than to let the ‘sale drag along in a
half hearted, ineffective way.

The identical reason which leads
the hardware dealer to clear out his
odds and ends of hot weather stock
before the season closes should in-
spire him to closely watch his col-
lections. The books should be gone
over carefully in the course of the
summer months, and long overdue
accounts should be set aside for spe-
cial attention. A series of collection
letters may secure settlement. A
personal call is often effective. If
you can’t get cash, take a note at
thirty days.

The trouble with a lot of credit
customers is that they regard an ac-
count with) the local merchant as
something which can be paid when
convenient; not as an obligation which
common honesty demands that they
meet within a specified time, I have
known a man to leave a $24 account
at the hardware store outstanding
for six months; yet the same man if
he had a note in the bank would re-
duce it promptly every month.

The note was a definite obligation;
the account at the hardware store
merely a vague, indefinite liability.
The banker was a business man in
the strict sense of the word; the
hardware dealer was a personal friend
who could be imposed on.

Go after the collections, and clean
up as large a portion of the out-
standing accounts as possible before
the fall buying starts. And _ while
you are at it, if you can, evolve some
scheme of impressing your credit
customers with the fact that an ac-
count at the hardware store is an
obligation that should be met within
a reasonable time-limit.

Victor Lauriston.
——____o
Got One In Your Home?

“Have you ever heard anything
about a machine for telling when a
man is lying?”

“Sure.”

“Have you ever seen one?”

“Seen one? By gosh, I married
one!”

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

These Windows Draw.

To mark the opening of the fishing
season, a Texas hardware dealer pre-
pared an elaborate window display
to call attention to his stock of fish-
ing tackle. The window represented
an old mill, and a tiny water wheel
was run by a stream of real water.
This was carried away through a min-
iature gravel-bottomed brook in which
were goldfish and minnows. In the
foreground was a small fisherman’s
tent, with a camp fire and all the ac-
cessories. The scene attracted atten-
tion, and, of course, helped to make
sales.

“We try to show an elaborate win-
dow of this kind about once a
month,” says the advertising manager
of the concern, “We usually keep a
window display of this sort standing
for one week and always follow it
with a selling window display, made
up of goods and prices. Our occa-
sional attractive windows have given
us a reputation for originality and as
a result our windows always receive
attention. I don’t believe a window
like this one is worth the expense in
itself, but the expense is justified by
the attention it attracts to windows
which are shown merely to sell
goods.” Carl Crow.

——__-+~-
To Sell Gas Stoves.

A window display that cost a gen-
eral store but a few dollars has for
its center a hod of coal and a gas
meter. On a card between the two
is a hand pointing to the meter, with
the words: “You are going to use
more of this next winter—‘“and a sec-
ond hand pointing to the coal finishes
the sentence “—and less of that.”

In the background are gas ranges
in a half dozen styles. Cards scat-
tered in the window tell of the ad-
vantages of cooking on these stoves,
the opportunity to save coal, and so
forth. As the display took place in
the spring the merchant anticipates
many hot-weather purchases of gas
ranges, influenced greatly, he believes,
by the suggestion of the window.

T. F. Moriarty.

 

 

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Grand Counselor—W. T. Ballamy, Bay
City.

Grand Junior Counselor—C. C. Stark-
weather, Detroit.

Grand Past Counselor—John A. Hach,
Coldwater.

Grand Secretary—M. Heuman, Jackson.
Grand Treasurer—Lou J. Burch, De-
troit.
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Late News From the Cereal City.

Battle Creek, July 1—George C.
Steele, formerly Secretary of. Battle
Creek Council, passed away at Ni-

chols’ hospital Friday evening, June
22, after an illness of only a few days.
Mr. Steele will be missed by all the
boys of Battle Creek Council, as
George was always at the meetings
since the Council was organized. He
had up to time of death missed only
three meetings.

The visit that T. A. Follis and C.
C. Carlyle, members of Marquette
Council, gave the boys at Battle
Creek a couple of weeks ago, will be
long remembered.

Some vacation for the grocery
salesmen this week. The fish stories
that all will tell will be all verified
by an affidavit.

With the placing of 3,000 Custer
soldiers in tents in the area back of
Y-181, the army Y. M. C. A. has open-
ed a new branch of work especially
to meet the needs of these men. Two
Red Triangle stations have been es-
tablished in the tentage area and the
work here will be under the direction
of W. G. Wright, formerly general
secretary at Superior, Wis.

Approximately 1,200 men from the
85th Division, found to be unfit for,
service overseas, have been placed in
a development unit that is at present
being housed in the tents. There are
also a large number of rookies, who
have been placed here until room can
be found for them in barracks. The
tents are of the small shelter variety
covering only two cots each.

J. Rogers, grocer is taking a
vacation this week. His store at 14
South Madison street was closed

Monday morning by the food admin-
istration because of failure to comply
with regulations regarding the sale
of flour, and will remain closed during
the entire week. In addition, Mr.
Rogers will make a present of $100
to the Batttle Creek Red Cross, and
upon failure to make this gift will be
forced to remain closed two weeks
longer. Mr. Rogers was called to
Lansing on a charge of selling fifty
pounds of flour, twice as much as is
permitted, to a customer, and with
failure to furnish substitutes with the
order. Mr. Rogers claimed that he
had not had time to read the papers
and that he did not know regarding
the regulations. He was first ordered
to take a thirty-day vacation but he
entered a strong plea of patriotism
and the penalty was finally reduced by
Food Administrator George Prescott.
He was given until Monday to get rid
of perishable articles on hand.

The silly, romantic young girl who
comes to Battle Creek from some oth-
er town, attracted here by the camp.
doesn’t as a rule get chance to stay

long. The Travelers’ Aid of the War
Camp Community Service and_ the
Protective league of which Miss Mary
C, Hulbert is the head here co-operate
in looking after such girls and in
sending them back post-haste. Early
one morning recently a young girl,
clad in a much-soiled white dress,
was loitering about the interurban
station and trying to start a flirtation
with a soldier waiting there for a car.
The Protective League was called by
the Travelers’ Aid worker, and the
girl was taken in charge. It wes
learned that she had arrived in Battle
Creek on an early morning train in
company with several soldiers who,
she said, had some whisky with them.
The girl was shipped back to Detroit
and was given orders by a military
police official who put her on the train
to stay in Detroit hereaftar. Jack.

~~~
New Engineer For Gabby Gleanings.

Grand Rapids, July 1—I received
your letter advising me that William
E. Sawyer had told you that he had
appointed me official U. C. T. cor-
respondent for the Tradesman.

For the life of me I cannot under-
stand what was the matter with Wil-
liam at the time he did it. I told
him at the time he spoke to me about
it that there was “nothing doing,” as
that was not my calling, but after
watching him from the corner of my
eye and observing that he had suc-
ceeded in sending three perfectly
formed rings of blue smoke from his
stogie (Will smokes stogies—a fact
not generally known) and as they
arose almost to the ceiling, he settled
down to the work he was doing be-
fore the thought struck him, and as
far as he was ‘concerned considered
the arrangement completed.

Inasmuch as I do not like a slacker
in any way and wish at the time to
conform to the wishes of our mutual
friend, W. E. Sawyer and Grand Rap-
ids Council, I accept the job. And
just let me say right here, that I can
see right now that it is going to be
some job! But I understand that the
Council is composed of “live ones”
and with their co-operation in the
way of gathering real live news, I
hope to make this Gabby Gleanings
a “stop. look and listen” post on the
railroad of time and current events.

Now. Mr. Stowe I shall try to get
our letters in on Monday and at the
latest Tuesday morning; so you may
have plenty of time for blue pencil
work, and I sincerely hope that our
loyal fellows of No. 131 will be
prompt in the sending in of any hap-
penings they may think will he of
veneral interest to the trade at large.
These items should reach me not later
than Saturday of each week address-
ed to me in care of the Worden Gro-
cer Company. The fishing season is
en and I know of no bunch of fellows
who can catch more or larger fish
than the traveling salesmen, and as
this is their week for vacation and
recreation, I shall expect some very
important reports. D. F. Helmer.

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UPPER PENINSULA.
Recent News of the Cloverland of
Michigan.

Sault Ste, Marie, July 1—Thomas
Hough, of Detroit, one of our former
grocers, is visiting friends and rela-
tives this week. Mr. Hough says he
is well pleased with the auto city and
is always glad to get back to his old
home, where his many friends are

always pleased to see him.

The Soo, we understand, is ¢oing to
have the Gentry Bros. dog and pony
show July 6, which is a big surprise
party. It is yet to be found out how
so clever a stunt was put over our
Mayor Tyman, who has heretofore put
his foot down good and hard on any-
thing in the line of circuses for the
Soo during the past year. Not even
would he let the eagle scream for
fear that it would make a noise that
would cost the price of a few war
saving stamps. However, there is
nothing like tact. Whether it was
the good looking girls who may be
with the show or the clever advance
agent who was the means of winning
over the mayor is yet to be found out.
However, the circus is coming to
town according to latest reports.

B. M. Morris, veteran clothier, pro-
prietor of our largest clothing house
for the past thirty-three vears, has
decided to retire. He has sold his
stock, clothing and fixtures to S. A.
Mark and C. J, Schenk, two of our
well-known young business men. Mr.
Mark has resigned his position with
the D. K. Moses Co., with which he
has been connected for the past elev-
en years. He is considered an expert
in men’s clothing. Mr. Schenk has
been employed as engineer in con-
struction work at the U. S. ship canal
for the past ten years. He is well
known socially. The new firm starts
out July 11, with a bright and pros-
perous future. The new firm will be
known as the M. & S. Company.
Their aim is to maintain the renuta.
tion of this well-known business es-
tablishment, dealing in mens’ and
boys’ furnishing, which is considered
one of the best in the Upper Penin-
sula, The boys have hosts of friends
who wish them every. success in their
new enterprise. Mr. Morris has not
as yet made known his plans for the
future, but it is hoped that he will re-
main in the Soo where he is so well
known.

The fourth lock here is practically
completed. The last buckets of con-
crete were thrown in the form last

Tuesday. Whistles were blown, which _

designated that the giant job of the
Oscar Daniels Co. was _ practically
completed. The gates have still to be
hung and there is still some dredging
tc be done. It is expected that it will
he ready for dedication sometime in
August.

Thomas Payne, one of the best
known meat cutters in Cloverland,
ded at his apartments last Wednes-
day as a result of a paralytic stroke.
from which he suffered for a week and
which finally developed into apoplexy.
The deceased was well and favorably
known throughout the copper coun-
try, as he had charge of several up-

_ to-date markets which were all suc-

cessful under his management. He
was a member of numerous secret
societies. The body was sent to
Houghton for interment. He is sur-
vived by a wife. mother and five sis-
ters who have the sympathy of their
numerous friends. :

“The evil that men do lives after
them, the good is oft interred with
their bones.” :

J. A. Hoban has opened his meat
market at Mackinac Island again for
the season, with a full line of meats
and tourist supplies,

The Le Cheneaux is to have an up-
to-date restaurant in the near future.
G. H. Rood is remodeling his build-
ing for a first-class restaurant to be
run on the short order plan.
table is being put in, making a spec-

-jalty of boneless porch-dinners. He

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

will carry a fall line of confectionery,
ice cream, soft drinks and cigars. A
pool room will be run in connection.
Mr. Rood is considered a first-class
chef and should make a success of his
new venture,

The third annual meeting and din-
ner of the Sault Ste. Marie Civic and
Commercial Association was held at
the Country club last Friday evening,
with a full attendance. Frank Sulli-
van, our well-known attorney, acted
as toastmaster and reports from the
various officers were very gratifying.
Other speakers were H. C. Lawton,
manager of the Soo creamery, which
is our latest industry. Mr. Lawton
gave a very encouraging report of
the new creamery and is more than
pleased with the results received so
far. The creamery is turning oui
about 3,000 pounds of butter daily,
scoring two points higher than the
creamery at Rhinelander. Fred Gase
gave a report of the progress made
of the Dixie highway, which is now
almost completed. The highway will
be marked with a sign, “Miami, Flor-
ida, Southern Terminal. and Sault
Ste. Marie, Mich., Northern Termin-
al.” This will give the Soo much
publicity. C. E. Chipley, Industrial
Secretary, in submitting his annual
report, proved exclusively that the of-
ficers were on the job and are mak-
ing strides in the night direction.
Francis T. McDonald, one of our lo
cal orators and leading attorneys,
gave a splendid talk on the war stamp
subscriptions and other things along
that line. This was one of the best
gatherings of the season. It ended
in the re-election of the old officer<
for the ensuing year.

A large party of Soo business men
and their families spent Sunday at
Albany Island. They got a bum steer
from the weather man, as it was one
of the rainiest Sundays on record here
in many years. This did not stop the
party, however, who made the trip
in time for a good fish dinner, which
was relished in spite of the rain. As
there was an open space of about
500 yards of a lake that was formerly
a road bed to cross, it was a question
as to whether or not it would be safe
for the cars to undertake the job of
submarine or hydroplane. A_ large
Jeffrey made the trip over, but a large
Reo got stuck in the middle of the
lake and from all accounts is. still
there. The Reo in question is owned
by Isaac DeYoung and his friends
here are somewhat worried about his
long stay. While Albany Island 1s
one. of the finest spots in Cloverland,
it is advisable to »o elsewhere during
a wet season. William G. Tapert.

——_+-+__—

Late News From Michigan Banks.

Stanwood—The Stanwood Commer-
cial Bank has been taken over by per-
sons in and near Stanwood and by
interests connected with the Big Rap-
ids Savings Bank. It formerly was
private but it is now a State bank.
R. W. Wigle, of Big Rapids, will man-
age the business. L. V. Barker, the
former Cashier, expects a draft call.

Three Rivers—Herman C. Kaas
has been appointed Cashier of the
First State Savings Bank to fill the

vacancy caused by the death of
George M. Wolf. Mr. Kaas_ has
been Assistant Cashier for the

past five and one-half years. Be-
fore coming here he served four years
as county clerk at Centreville and be-
fore that time was Cashier of the
Burr Oak State Bank for a number
of years.
oo

They are still using rice and old

shoes in Germany to celebrate wed-

* dings, but now they boil them to-
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gether in order to provide the wed-
ding feast.

Traveling Salesmen Not in Non-Es-
sential Class.

During the past week the War
Board has amplified the regulation
which compels men who have been
given deferred classification in the
draft to get out of certain employ-
ments which are called “non-essen-
tial” employment or immediately en-
ter service. The amplification seems
to make clear what was not clear be-
fore—that clerks’ in retail grocery
and general stores are considered to
be in “non-essential” employments,
and must get out, or have their classi-
fication advanced. The regulation as
now issued is as follows:

The regulations further provide that
sales clerks and other clerks employed
in stores and other mercantile estab-
lishments are engaged in non-produc-
tive employments, but this does not
include store executives, managers,
superintendents nor the heads of such
departments as accounting, financial,
advertis:ng, credit, purchasing, deliv-
ery, receiving, shipping and other de-
partments; does not include register-
ed pharmacists employed in wholesale
and retail drug establishments, and
does not include traveling salesmen,
buyers, delivery drivers, electricians,
engineers, carpet layers, upholsterers
nor any employes doing heavy work
outside of usual duties of clerks. How-
ever, “sales clerks and other clerks”
include the clerical force in the office
and in all departments of stores and
mercantile establishments. The words
“stores and other mercantile estab-
lishments” include both wholesale and
retail stores and mercantile establish-
ments engaged in selling goods and
wares.

Local boards will consider cases of
withdrawal of deferred classification
with common sense, and illness, vaca-
tion, the impossibility of securing
preductive employment without a
change of residence, as reasonable
grounds for waiving the general or-
der. While sales clerks in stores and
clerical workers in offices are classed
as non-producers, boards are directed
to exempt department store execu-
t'ves and skilled workers attached to
such establishments. Traveling sales-
men will be considered as engaged in
productive employment.

——_—_
Unfair Practices Laid to Sears. Koe-
buck & Co.

Washington, July 1—Authorization
has been given by the Federal Trade
Commission to announce that the
Commission has issued an order to
Sears, Roebuck & Co., of Chicago, to
cease certain practices held by the
Commission to be unfair methods of
competition. The statement of the
Federal Trade Commission designat-
ing the practices follow:

1. Circulating catalogues contain-
ing advertisements of sugar for sale
wherein it is falsely represented that
because of large purchasing power
and quick moving stock the company
is able to sell sugar at a lower price
than its competitors.

2. Selling or offering to sell sugar
below cost, through catalogues circu-
lated throughout the country.

3. Circulating catalogues contain-
ing advertisements representing that
its competitors do not deal fairly,

honestly and justly with their cus-
tomers.

4. Circulating catalogues contain-
ing advertisements offering its teas
for sale, in which advertisements it is

 

falsely stated that the company sends
a special representative to Japan who
personally goes into the tea gardens
cf that country and personally super-
vises the picking of the tea.

Circulating catalogues containing
advertisements offering coffee for sale
in which it is falsely stated that the
company purchases all of its coffee
direct from the best plantations in the
world.

It was admitted that the company
has offered sugar for sale at 3 to 4
cents a pound through advertisements
in catalogues in which it was repre-
sented that Sears, Roebuck & Co., be-
cause of its ability to make large pur-
chases and move its stock quickly,
was able to sell sugar at a lower price
than others could; that such adver-
tisements were false and misleading,
as the company sold such sugar at
less than cost in all cases, and the
offer to sell was limited to a detinite
quantity of sugar, and was always
made upon the condition that certain
other groceries be purchased at the
same time, and that a sufficient price
was received to give a prefit on the
combined sale.

It was admitted that during the lat-
ter half of 1915 Sears, Roebuck &
Company sold sugar to such an ex-
tent that $780,000 was received for it,
the sales being made at a loss of
$196,000, all of the sales being com-
binat‘on sales on which a profit was
made. It was admitted also that ad-
vertisements were circulated by the
company in which it was intimated
that competitors were charging more
than a fair price for sugar.

The cther practices forbidden by
the order of the Commission were ad-
mitted, also.

Preliminary Arrangements for Mich-
igan State Convention.

By this time, no doubt every shoe
manufacturer in
the Wolverine State is thoroughly ac-
quainted with the fact that the next
annual

retailer, jobber and

convention of the Michigan
Shoe Dealers’ Association will be held
at Grand Sept. 10 and 11.
President Elwyn Pond, of Flint, and
Secretary A. B. Gemmer, of Mt. Cle-
mens, were recently in Grand Rapids

Rapids,

making preliminary arrangements for
the affair. During their stay a lunch
was tendered them at the local rooms
of the Association of Commerce and
among those who attended were man-
ufacturers, wholesalers and retailers.
A local committee of arrangements
was formed under the chairmanship
of Mr. Timmons of the Walk-Over
store. Other members of the com-
mittee are Samuel Krause of Hirth,
Krause & Co., Howard T. Johnson of
Rindge, Kalmbach, Logie Co., D. T.
Patton of the Grand Rapids Shoe &
Rubber Co., G. J. Wissink of the
Herold-Bertsch Shoe Co., James Fox
of the Rindge-Krekel Co., C. F. Wa-
ters, F. S. Bedford, E. M. Dickinson
and Lee H. Bierce, Secretary of the
Grand Rapids Association of Com-
merce. The convention and business
be held at the Hotel
Pantlind, and the Grand _ Rapids
wholesalers and manufacturers. will
furnish the entertainment, which fact
alone assures success. While the of-

sessions will

‘ficers have not yet mapped out a def-

inite programme, the business topics
will be in keeping with war condi-
tions.
>>

The new star has already become
dim. It might be named Hindenburg
but for the fact that no German name
will be tolerated in any civilized coun-
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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.
State Pharmaceutical
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 Asso-

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Meeting of Michigan Pharmaceutical
Travelers’ Association.

The annual meeting was held at the
Statler Hotel, Detroit, June 27.

A patriotic luncheon and smoker
was given to the Michigan State
Pharmaceutical Association Wednes-
day evening, at the Wayne County
Medical Association building. Pa-
triotic speeches were made by Leo A,
Caro, master of ceremonies; Dr. H. B.
Henderson, pastor First United Pres-
byterian church; Hugh Craig, adver-
tising manager Nyall Co., and others.

The following telegram was sent to
the President:

“The Michigan Pharmaceutical
Travelers’ Association, in session here
to-day, heartily endorses you and
your administration in the prosecu-
tion of the Kaiser’s war and pledge
you our united and loyal support.”

The sum of $200 was donated to the
American Red Cross.

The election of officers resulted as
follows:

President—W. E. Collins, repre-
senting the Michigan Drug Co.

First Vice-President—Leo A. Caro,
representing DePree Chemical Co.

Second Vice-President — F. E.
Wicks, representing Parke, Davis &
Co.

Third Vice-President—J. J. Wells,
representing Farrand-Williams &
Clark.

Secretary-Treasurer—W. S. Law-
ton, representing Dr. Miles Medical
Co.

Council—T. Edwin Reiley, chair-
man, representing Hazeltine & Per-
kins Drug Co.; A. H. Ludwig, repre-
senting Nelson Baker & Co.; H. C.
Reinhold, representing Frederick
Stearns & Co.; G. H. Halpin, repre-
senting DePree Chemical Co.; W. F.
Griffith, representing Farrand-Wil-
liams & Clark, E. M. Wheeler, repre-
senting John Wyeth & Bro.; W. H.
Martin, representing Eli Lilly & Co.:
J. J. Dooley, representing Pepsin Sy-
rup Co.

Your Store Front and. Bus‘ness.

Is your store front sufficiently at-
tractive and distinctive enough, to
make strangers pick out your place

from among the rest on the street
and choose it as the store they will

enter for their particular refreshment?

Is the awning high enough so that
it will shade the window and yet not
obstruct the view of the store from
across the street, or from the car as
it goes rolling past?

Is the pavement in front of your
store kept free from litter and dust?
A littered pavement means that the
whole place is given a down-at-the-
heel appearance.

Is your window attractively dress-
ed, and is the nature of the display
changed weekly? Is the store front
itself rusty cr weather beaten? Would
it be improved by a coat of paint or
by having the window casings, doors,
and perhaps the framework of the
upstairs and downstairs windows re-
painted, even if the whole surface is
not given attention?

Is the awning ragged and torn?
Would a new red and white, or blue
and white striped awning make the
place more attractive?

What about the signs? Are they
such as indicate prosperity? Can they
be read from up the street, and down
the street, and across the street?

In fact, does your store front stand
out, not aggressively but courteously,
and flag passerby with a hospitality
which they cannot resist?

Russell Wilmot.
—+-+-.
Captain of the Men of Death.

In recent years the appalling fact
has become known that about 10 per
cent. of the whole population is suf-
fering from syphilis, acute or chronic.
There are numberless cases of ob-
scure, disabling disorders due to
syphilis in which the patient has no
suspicion of the real cause of his con-
dition. In about one-third of all cases
of syphilis, according to eminent au-
thorities, the disease has been ac-
quired innocently. Not a few cases
are of hereditary origin.

All cases of paresis and of loco-
motor ataxia are now known to be
simply chronic syphilis. Paresis is
syphilis of the brain, locomotor atax-
ia, or tabes dorsalis, syphilis of the
spinal cord.

These forms of syphilis are incur-
able, although something can be done
to mitigate the symptoms, especially
in locomotor ataxia.

There are not a few eminent ex-
perts who hold that syphilis is an in-
curable malady. Its progress may be
checked, its symptoms _ rendered
latent, but the seeds of the disease
still remain. Dr. Warthin of Ann
Arbor, a pathologist of world-wide
reputation, in a long series of post
mortem examinations, found the

germs of syphilis present in one-third
of the whole number.

We have tolerated the brothel until
it threatens the race with physical as
well as moral degeneracy. Syphilis
has become “The Captain of the Men
of Death,” to borrow a phrase from
Bunyan.

——»+. +
Equal to the Occasion.

Stern was the glance which the
coroner cast at the quack doctor who
had just appeared in the witness box.

“Wihen you were called in,” he ask-
ed, “what did you give the deceased?”

“Give him?” Well, I
ipecacuanha.”

“Indeed!” sneered the
“And I suppose you know, sir, that
in the man’s condition you might
just as well have given him the aurora
borealis?”

“Quite so—quite so, sir,’ said the
witness, blandly. It is-a pleasure to
meet a man of medical education.
That is exactly what I should have
given him if he had not died!”

—_—_2.->——__

A medical journal vouches for this
story: A distinguished surgeon, while
making his rounds through a hospital,
was momentarily dazed when a
wounded soldier enquired querulous-
ly: “Say, doctor, when one doctor
doctors another doctor, does the doc-
tor doing the doctoring doctor the
other doctor like the doctor wants
to be doctored, or does the doctor
doing the doctoring doctor the other
doctor like the doctor doing the doc-
toring wants to doctor him?”

gave him

coroner.

July 3, 1918

BANKRUPTCY MATTERS.

 

Procezdings in the Western District
of Michigan.

Grand Rapids, July 1—The Kent State
Garage & Supply Company, a corpora-
tion of Grand Rapids, filed a voluntary
petition in bankruptcy. Adjudication was
made and the matter referred to Referee
Corwin. The first meeting of creditors
has been called for July 9. The schedules
of the bankrupt show liabilities amount-
ing to $470.23, and assets amounting to
$1,902.68, which consist of cash on hand
$57, stock in trade, $327.98, machinery,
tools, etc., $772, other personal property,
$176.50; debts due on open accounts,
$570 20. No property is claimed as exempt.
Following are the creditors of said bank-
rupt:

Baums Castorine Co., Rome, N. Y. $ 20.5

Automobile Supply Co., Chicago 34.78
Am. Sponge Company, Grand

RAUIGS orig ac cui se ee eek so 9.64
Acme Welding Co., Grand Rapids 20.75
Commonwealth Pte. Co., Grand

PRAMIGR po yolk sues nee sso; 4.00
Electric Appliance Co., * Chicago - 4.00
Goodrich Tire Co., Grand Rapids 40.00
Great Western Oil Co., Grand

BMapIGs ooo c65. 5 eee ee, 28.32
Valvoline Oil Company, Chicago .. 13.89
G. R. Vule. Co., Grand Rapids .. 12.86
G. R. Gas Light Co., Grand

Rapids 3
G. R. Advertising Co., Grand Rapids 48.16
R. M. Hollingshead Co., Camden,

N. J:

CV eee peo le gaia Sree See hG 52.46
Lee Tire Co., Grand Rapids ..... 31.84
Adolph Leitelt Co., Grand Rapids 1.19

C. J. Litscher Electric Co.,

Grand Rapids: =... .6.65 veces Soke es 35.94
Motor Car Supply Co., Chicago
Nyburg Plumbing Co., Grand Rapids 10.25
Roseberry-Henry Co., Grand Rapids 2.73
Reflex Igniting Co., Cleveland ... 20.00
Vacuum Oil Company, Chicago ...
West Mich. Machine & Tool Co.,

Grand Rapids . 3... 6650.54 .32..

Fred F. Steinke, of: Morley, (a retail
grocer) filed a voluntary petition for
adjudication in bankruptcy. The first
meeting of creditors has been called for
July 13, at which time creditors should
attend, prove their claims and elect a
trustee. The schedules show liabilities
amounting to $3,627.09 and assets
amounting to $2,140, which includes stock
in trade, $500, housdhold goods, $250,
horses and other animals, $200, carriages,
$40, personal property, $490, debts due
on open account, $150, and of which $500
is claimed as exempt.

Following is a list. of the creditors:

Preferred Creditors.
Albert Steinke, Morley ............ $ 50.00

 

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Mixers

Many Have Delayed

The Season Has Been
Back ward

Prohibition became effective May Ist.

Demand for soft drinks increases, naturally,
necessarily and automatically.

We are in a position to serve you now, viz:

Soda Fountains
Chairs
Holders
Spoons
Also

Syrups, Fruit Juices,
Chocolate Flavors, Etc.
Write our Mr. Arthur W. Olds for a date.

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27
Creditors. Holding Securities. In the matter or Otto L. Reams,
J. Claud Youdan, Howard City ..$130.00 bankrupt, a hearing has been held on WHOLESALE DRUG PRICE CURREN}
Unsecured Creditors. eo Ma show ee as to sale. The
John G. Gardella, Grand Rapids ..$ 48.16 ighest offer received was from Otto
Me Pieaty & Gon’ Grané Hevias” i5t¢ Webber of $330, which offer wast Saecnice Prices quoted are nominal, based on market the day ot issue.
Cornwall Co., Saginaw ............ 27.90 an ne sale immediately confirmed. Acids Cubebs 9 25@9 50 Ca
( eee eer | Aide 66 6 Cubebs ........ psicum ....... @2 15
Kuppenheimer Co., Grand Rapids 40.00 Lee ries we HISGrOn: 263.06 Card
Standard Oil Co, Grand Rapids .. 12.16 “N” For Narcotics, poe owe} 4G % Toad | keene Geen Gn ake
a a i Borie (Xtal) 18@ 25 yptus .... @ on, Comp. 1 60
‘urniture ty rewing Co., The practice of uttine the letter Carbolic : 74@ .78 Hemlock, pure 2 00@2 25 Catechu ........ 1 60
Grand Rapids ................. ++ 28,00 : p & : ain 10g1 15 Juniper Berries 17 50@17 75 Cinchona ....... 2 35
Rates! Eeaceit ee Sark pee N on the label of narcotic prescrip-  Muriatic | 3% 5 Juniper Wood .. 2 75@3 00 Colchicum ...... @2 40
. ‘ ’ eae. 2.0 . . . . ISS
National Grocer Co., Grand Rapids 253.08 tions 1S quite common and is an ex- aoe oo 1080 15 | 70 Lard, Noa a. ; aS i 3s Dis: 33 -
ee ee ee Cee cellent course to pursue. The N pre- Sulphuric .....11'3%@ 6 Lavender Flow. 7 00Q7 25 @1 60
ORAS kan ae settee eee eee 49.36 ; j Tartaric ..... 1 12@1 20 Lavender, Gar’n 1 25@1 40 @2 00
boxes Eean co. Big Basids .. 71.25  cedes the number, if possible, and its i ce Lemon ......... 2 00@2 2 @1 90
ewe erman Co., Milwaukee 56.40 : : ins ile D1 6
Allegan Milling Co., Allegan ..... 247.31 Presence saves a world of trouble. Wo. off Soe 2 Tinseed, bid less 1 is@1 85 o1 50
i Chemical Co., Grand ce When the container is brought in for Water, 18 deg. ..10%@ 18 Linseed, raw bbl. @1 67 @1 75
RiGee cee wees an cca wicee cs 2 : : L D iS eeecece
Woodhouse Go., Grand Rapids’. 16864 refill, one quick glance tells the tale. (Yarem tf de6. -- 92@ 3 Mustard, true, oz @235 Kino ne Gi 6
Michigan Cigar Co., Big Rapids 39.12 —_—_+ +> Chioride’ 115@1 20 Mustard, artifil * 200 Myrrh ........... 2 50
Cc. W. Mills Paper Co., Grand Very Forcible Testimonial. Neatsfoot coecee |b 80@1 95 Nux Vomica .... 1 76
ee cl ye 45.31 Balsame Olive, pure 10 00@10 50 Opium .......... @9 00
Schust Co., Saginaw ............. 64.03 A woman recently wrote a patent aiba ....... 140@1 6 Olive, Opium, Camph. @1 50
Henderson Milling Co., Grand medicine manufacturer: Fir (Canada) .. 1 26@1 50 yellow ....... 5 35@5 50 Opium; Deodorsz’d @2 50
Reid ee ee | ws» 40,70 2 Ta Fir (Oregon) . av@ 60 Olive, M Rhubarb ........ @1 6
Putnam eee Oo. Geena Rapids 40:48 Before I took your medicine I was @rU .......0.. 5 25@5 50 PL oon sescceee 5 “ee .
, eveland ...... 2 , Wel col c52 | a ra , Sweet .. 3 25@3 50
Walker Candy Co., Muskegon -::- 101.23 $0 weak I couldn’t spank my baby, 7! —* oo. | ane me ‘
Eli Pinney, Morley ............... 40.00 ; Bar Origanum, com'l 6 =: ee Ory 3%2@14
ee a bccn but after I took three bottles, I licked oa ice) se © Parared .... smaae se white dry 134¢@14
MOS Cece ie 250.00 my husband. Cassia (Saigon) 90@100 Peppermint .... 4 25@4 50 ro aes one
R. H. McDonald, Howard City. Elm (powd. = 30@ 35 Rose, pure .. 30 00@32 00 — 7 bbl. @ 1%
MOL, Cooder se 1,050.00 Sassairas (pow. 40c) @ 35 Rosemary Flows 1 60@1 75 pity Yeuow less 2 @
Morley State Bank, Morley, note 300.00 or Cut (powd.) Sandalwood, B. mae webbed’ a ing 6
C. W. Crimmons, Morley, note .. 150.00 S$8e) 26. cc. cs.c. 2T@ 80 I. ....2++++. 17 50@17 75 enet’n bbl. 1%
Ferdinand Steinke, Morley ...... Sassafras, true 3 00@3 25 voune net'n less @
Accommodation indorser of the above Berries Sassafras, artifi'l 75@1 00 Whit jon, Amer. 26@ 380
notes. Satie xces ces. 60w1 70 Spearmint ..... 476@5 00 Ypiuns Dbl ...... :
In the matter .of Frank S, Jankoskt, ene ese 30@ 35 Sperm ......... 38@e 6 fn ©. Bits ee ot
bankrupt, Lake City, a special meeting JUnIDEE <......... 12@ 18 ‘Tansy ........0.. 4 25@4 50 - H. P. Prepd. 2 69@3 00
of creditors has been held. The trustee’s brickley Ash .... @ 30 ‘Tar, USP ........ 45@ _ 60
a Pi ggece spar total receipts of Turpentine, bbls. @7T7% Miscelianeous
20.64 and no disbursements, was ap- Gxtracts Turpentine, less | 80@_ 89
proved and allowed. Certain administra- Licorice. ......... 60@ 65 Wintergreen, tr. & 50@6 16 Acetanalid ..... 1 10@1 20
tion expenses and a first dividend of 5 Licorice powd... 1 05wii1lv Wintergreen, awe Alum ............ 13@ 16

per cent. was declared and ordered paid
herein.

In the matter of Vereeke-Siersma
Hardware Co., bankrupt, Holland, a spe-
cial meeting of creditors has been held.
The first report and account of the
trustee, showing total receipts of $6,393.25
and no disbursements was approved and
allowed. Made order for distribution,
payment of certain administration ex-
penses and a first dividend of 5 per cent.
to all creditors whose claims have been
approved and allowed.

In the matter of Joseph J. Klaassen,
bankrupt, Grand Haven, the first meet-
ing of creditors has been held. Walter
H. Brooks was elected trustee. Ap-
praisers were appointed and their ap-
praisal and inventory is on file at this
office.

 

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The trail of 10 cent smoke
that costs the smoker only
6 cents at its source.

The Woodhouse Co., Distributors, Grand Rapids, Michigan

   
 
  

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—The 6-cent Cigar
with the 10-cent
Taste.

 

 

 

Flowers
Arnica ......... 1 50@1 75
Chamomile (Ger.) ;
Chamomile kom. 1

Gums
Acacia, lst .....
Acacia, 2nd ......
Acacia, Sorts ....
Acacia, powdered
Aloes (Barb. Pow) 30@ 40
Aloes (Cape Pow.) 30@ 30d
Aloes (Soc. Pow. 90) @ 8)

Asafoetida, ..... @2 50

WUEG  .2..5... é @2 75
Campnhor ..... -- 1 35@1 40
GUGIRE) 22. cc cscaes 1 20
Guaiac, powdered @1 25
HINO cccccccccccce 76

Kino, powdered .. 160 80
MEVEPD wccccccces @ 0
Myrrn, powdered @ 7
Opium ...... 30 00@30 50
Opium, powd. 32 50@33 0
Opium, gran. 32 50Ws3 00
Shellac .......... 8dm 90
Shellac, Bleached 90@ 95
Tragacanth ... 3 00@3 2
Tragacanth powder 3 00
‘Lurpentine ...... 15@ 20

insecticides
Arsenic .......... 20@ 30
Blue Vitriol, bbl. .. @11%
Blue Vitriol, less 12@ zu
Bordeaux Mix Dry 20@ 26

‘Hellebore, White

powdered .......38@ 46
Insect Powder .... 40@ 60
Lead, Arsenate Po 34@ 44
Lime and Sulphur

Solution, gal. .. 20@
Paris Green .... wieocen

ice Cream
Piper Ice Cream Co.,
Kalamazoo
Bulk Vanilla ......... 95
Bulk Special F lavored 1 00
Brick, Plain .......... 1 20
Brick, Fancy ........ 1 60

Leaves

Buchu ......... 1 85@2
Buchu, powdr’d 2 00@2
Sage, bulk ...... “

Sage, Soames aa ; Ge,

Senna, — eeu

Senna, T:

Senna, Tinn. pow. 60@ 55
Uva Ursi 45@ 50

POAIIHS
SSSecosce

we ereeee

Olle

alee, Bitter,
BUG cccucces ‘18 50@18 75

aleee Bitter,
artific cooee 1 OOQ@T 20

Almonds, Sweet,

true ......... 2 25@2 50
Almonds,

imitation ...... 75@1 00
Amber, crude .. 3 00@3 25

Amber, rectified 4 00@4 25
MRIS . 0222.20. 3 2 26

 

Bergamont 8 35
Cajeput ........ 2 00@2 25
Cassia ..... 3 50@3 75
Castor ..... 8 60@3 85
Cedar 1

Citronella 1 00@1 25
Cloves ......- 4 475
Cocoanut - 4 60
Cod Liver ...... 5 60@5 76
Cotton Seed .... 2 05@2 20
Croton ......-5. 3 W@3Z 2

Bigeh ..c.cese 00@4 26
Wintergreen art i 256@1 60
Wormseed ... 138 aaa a
Wormwood .... 6 00@6

Potassium
Bicarbonate .... 1 90@2 00
Bichromate ...... 60@ 70
Bromide ....... 1 80@2 10
Carbonate ...... 1 85@z wv
Chlorate, gran’r 65@ 70
Chiorate, xtal or

DOWG. ..:<4----- 60@ 65
Cyanide .......... 7W@ 9v
LUdId® ...ceeeee 4 59Q@S 66

Permanaganate 5 50@5 60
Prussiate, yellow 7

Prussiate, red ..3 75@4 00
Sulpuate .......66. @ 990
Reets
Alkanet ....... 3 29W3 50
Biood, powdered suqw so
Calamus ........ 50@s8 50
Hiecampaiec, pwu. iow 2vU
Gentian, powd. 27@ 35

uinger, African,
powdereu ...... 20@ 3v
Singer, Jamaica ..30@ 36
Ginger, Jamaica,
powdereu ...... 28@ 380
Golaenseai, pow. 8 50@9 00

lpecac, ee 4 V0@4 25
ENCOFIGe $<... 20.00 43@ 50
sacorice, powd. | - 45@ 30

Urris, powdered 40q@ 45
Poke, powdered 20@ 25
Rhubarb ........ 76@1 25
Rhubarb, powd. 1 Vu@1 50
Rosinweed, powd. 25@ 80
Sarsaparilla, Hond.
ground ........ 7@ 80
Sarsaparilla Mexican, —
ground ........1 00@1 10
Squills .......... 35@ 40

 

Squills, powdered 45@ 65
Tumeric, powd. 25@ 30
Valerian, powd. .. @1 00
Seede

Anise .........cce 26 &
a powdered ie
B eeeeeveenee

0@ 25

e

Cardamon ..... 1 80@3 00
Celery road. 65) 55@ 60

Coriander ........ 3 45
Dir... 1.4.2. ee OO 35

Fennell ..... oo 90@1 00
CRYRR  ocene cece 10%@ 15
Flax, ground .. 104%@ 15
Foenugreek pow. 22@ 30
Hemp .....--- sees 9@ 15
Lobelia ....... --- 40@ 50
Mustard, yellow .. 38@ 45
Mustard, black .. 25@ 30
Mustard, powd. .. 35@ 40
POPPY .cccccccecs @1 00
Quince ........ 1 40@1 50
ee ie. Uisccedecesta Se 2
ee we 35 6
coe an eovces sho a
orm ee
Worm Levant .. 1 201 25
Tinctures

Aconite .........
Asafoetida
Belladonna
Benzoin .......-.
Benzoin Compo’d
Buchtl ...cceseee
Cantharadies

eeecoee

SSSssesans

segesooss

eee

Alum, powdered and

ground ......... 144@ 17
Bismuth, Subni-

trate 4 00@4 10

powdered ...... 10@ 15
Cantharades po 2 00@6 50
Calomel ........ 3 56@3 60
Capsicum 35@ 40
Carmine ........ 6 50@7 00
Cassia Buds ..... @ 40
Cloves ... Ti@ 8
Chalk Prepared ..13@ 15
Chalk Precipitated 12@ 15
Chloroform 90@ 97
Chloral Hydrate 2 32@2 42
Cocaine ...... 14 30@14 85
Cocoa Butter .... 0@ 60
Corks, list, less 40%
Copperas, bbls. .... @ 3
Copperas, less a 3% 8
Copperas, Pcie 3
Corresive blm. 32003 40
Cream Tartar .... 84@ 90
Cuttlebone ....... 15@ 80
Dextrine ........ 10 15
Dover’s Powder 5 75@6 00
Emery, All Nos. 10 -

Emery, eres 8
BDpsom Salts, bbls. +
Epsom Salts, - a
EFPSQC .cccecce
Breot, Ow dered 3 is 5 te
Flake Rite cc
Formaldehyde, ~ as 3
Gelatine ........
Glassware, =

Glassware, |

Glauber Salts, bor @ 2%
Glauber Salts, less 34@ 7
Glue, Brown ..... 25 36
Glue, Brown Grd. 325 36
Glue, White .... 30 36
Glue, White Grd. 3 36

 
 

Glycerine ........ 75 92
Hops ..... 16
Iodine .... 5 60@5E 90
Iodoform ....... 6 69 "2
Lead, Acetate ... 25
Lycopdium dees s ey 50
MAREE . cs cecee 85 90
Mace, powdered — 95@1 00
Menthol ........ 4 50@4 75
Morphine

15 45@16 00
Nux Vomica ..... @ 30
Nux Vomica, pow. 28@ 35
Pepper black pow. 35@ 40
Pepper, white ..... @ 50
Pitch, Burgundy @ 15
Quassia ....-..... 12@ 15
Quinine ........ 1 28@1 72
Rochelle Salts ...
Saccharine, oz. ....
Salt Peter ........ 36@ 45
Seidlitz Mixture ..48@ 55
Soap, green . 20@ 2
Soap mott castile 22%@ %

a. white castile
Su accuees @29 00

oun white castile
less, per bar .... @3 00
Soda Ash ...... 4 10
Soda Bicarbonate 3% 7
Soda, Sal ......seee 5
Spirits Camphor .. 1 25
Sulphur, roll .... 4% 10
Sulphur, Subl. 61- ae 10
Tamarinds ...... 20
Tartar Emetic .... 90

ntine, Ven. 4 16
Vanilla Ex. pure 1 3 00
Witch Hazel .... 1 35@1 75

Zinc Sulphate ... 10 16

 

 

PRS SAE SER IN ALO iO RE EDHRESeSe seiehOwe ahctaleiReesatmca

 

 

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

Aa ein RS a ei i tics

July 3, 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. Prices. however. are
liable to change at any time. and country merchants will have their orders filled
at market see at date of purchase.

 

“ADVANCED

DECLINED

 

 

 

 
 

 

  
  

Condensed Milk
Prunes
Cheese
Molasses
Common Salt
Paper
Washboards
artic Geeed Little N: ae 1 mb. 1 60 ee. ee
rctic Bran e Nec aah 2 . 7
12 oz. 16c, 2 doz. box 2 70 Clam’ Bouillon Adee Back Jack ..-- 70
6 a : Adams Sappota ........ 75
16 oz. 25c, 1 doz. box 175 Burnham’s % pt. .... 225 Beeman’s Pepsin 70
32 oz., 40c, 1 doz. box 2 85 Burnham’s pts. ...... $75 teense P ree 70
Burnham’s qts. ...... 769 DPoublemint 0
AXLE GREASE Corn Flag cares 65
Diamond, 1 Ib. 4 dz., dz. 55 a. ce eecccececccce a oe — wbeccersms “4
Mica, 1 Ib., 4 dz., dz. 110 Good ........ coca. Cy PUNE owe scs ass «40
Mica, 3 Ib., 2 dz. az. 2 75 Fancy ..cccccceccce Sterling Gum Pep. exe ao
Mica, 25 lb. pail ...... 1 40 French Peas Spearmint, Wrigleys .. 70
Monbadon (Natural) Spearmint, 6 box jars 4 00
BAKED BEANS per dos. eeccoccesece Yucatan see eee recee a 80
7a 1, per a ea ceckoe : = Rf ‘ — oe ei ree eee Ree ve a
No. 2, per doz. .......- o. 2, y oes J ind uchneg ected dice a
No. 3, per doz. .......3 60 No. 2, Fancy .....cccce
Hominy CHOCOLATE
_ BATH BRICK Standard ........---. 1 25 Walter Baker & Co.
RomeuEn c.g css. ae 95 ccm Lobster a German’s Sweet ....... 24
Sb seeec ewer eee « Premitm ..............
Se ” lb. cesses eeeeeeeees : oi Caracas ... a >
Contsnued Pearl Bluing Picnic Fiat .......... A Welter M. “Lowney” €o.
Sinall, 3 doz. box ....225 4.) 404 — a. oe - reerrtr ses ’
Mustard, pcaeceee > beep abuse
a Ee ee --- ee om 2 80
BREAKFAST FOODS pouaey, 5 boos e ee : = s CIGARS
Soused, 2 lb. ......... ( eter Dornbos Brands
Bear Food, Pettijohns 2 85 Tomato, 1 Ib. ........- 150 5¢ Dornbos Sin. Bdr. 40 00
Cracked Wheat, 24-2 4 60
nace 7) Tomato, 2 Ib. ........ 2 80 5¢e Dornbos Perfecto 4u 00
Cream of Wheat . 7 50 peistioeene 6e Van Dam 42 6Y
Quaker Puffed Rice .. 4 35 s Soha
Quaker Puffed Wheat 4 35 Buttons, %s Johnson Cigar Co. Brands
Quaker Brkfst Biscuit 1 90 Buttons, 1s Dutch Masters Club 75 00
Quaker Corn Flakes .. 2 y0 Hotels, 1s ........... Dutch Masters Banq 75 00
Washington Crisps .. 3 40 Oysters Dutch Masters Inv. 75 00
WhEStERA .......5.00. 8 SD Cove, 1 Ib. ......-.. @1 2 Dutch Masters Pan. 72 00
Grape Nuts cpcoesss- : = Cove. 2 . ..2.55.; @1 80 er ———. os .
Sugar Corn os 5 ie ute asters Lond. 7:
amg pc ao. : “4 Pit 2... 1 50@2 00 rig aay pectenteee :
fapl-Flake, Whole Pears in éyrup Dutch Masters Six’. 42 50
” Wane . si 4 05 No. 3 can per dz. 2 50@3 00 Dutch Masters Hand
Minn. Wheat Food .. 6 50 Peas Made .....-. 5202. 42 50
Ralston Wheat Food Marrowfat ...... 1 35@1 55 = putch "whameses Baby
Terse, 185 -...<...-- 290 Early June ..... 1 60@1 70 Grand: 2. ..02.5555) 42 50
Ralston Wht Food 183 195 Early June siftd 1 70@1 85 Little. Dutch Masters 42 60
Ross’s Whole er Peaches BS. £0, - ccccscceecs 42 50
BSCUIE os o- sree ° Pie wcccesseesss 190@1 75 Dutch Masters
Saxon Wheat Food . .. 450 No. 10 size can pie @4 25 SOCORGR .....5..00 « 37 60
Seeon Wheat Biscuit . * ae nen, 715@2 10 ron Grocer Co. Brands
= 9 AD woe cccccsee & BD SHIALCUN sesesesecs y st Ail
Pillsbury's Best ‘Ceri 2 50 Sliced .......... 15G2 0 Trane Mines Eben
ost Toasties, o* Pumpkin ; ah pes seee <s
Post Toasties, T-3 .. 410 Pair ..... r 1 80 coun reales a prone
Post Tavern Porridge 2 80 Good ae Hemmeter’s Cham-
ancy ... PAOD cacccntecccescecte OO
BROOMS No. 1 ........ Iroquois” .............42 50
Raspberries La Azora Agreement 42 00
Fancy Parlor, 26 lb... 960 . » Black Syrup .. 240 La Azora Bismarck 70 09
Parlor, & Stcing..25 10.275 No. 10; Biack...... 20-50 Whaleback ......... "4250
Common, 23 lb. ...... 800 No. 2, Red Preserved 300 Worden’s Hand Made $6 00
Special, 23 Ib. ...... 775 No. 10, Red, Water ..1060 B. setipeecencsse wee
Warehouse, 23 Ib. .. 10 50 Saimon Woodhouse & Co. Brands
Warrens, 1 Ib. Tall .. 335 Tox ............ i. 37 50
BRUSHES Warren's, 1 lb. Flat .. 8 45 Miss Detroit ....... 43 00
Scrub Red Alaska ........ -- 285 Special deal in quantities.
Solid Back, 8 in. .... 100 Med. Red Alaska .... 2 60
Solid oa im. ccs oo Pink ree eases 2 20 CLOTHES LINE
Pointed Ends ..... co. ines Per doz.
Domestic, 4s ........ 650 No. 40 Twisted Cotton 1 80
Stove Domestic, % Mustard 6 60 No. 50 Twisted Cotton 2 25
BIG. F oc ensc csc cesvess 100 Domestic, % Mustard 6 25 No. 60 Twisted Cotton 2 90
Ws Do ioc cece cc ieee 150 Norwegian, %s ..... 15@18 No. 80 Twisted Cotton 3 00
Net 2. Le... 200 Portuguese, %s .... 30@85 ae 4 praties oe 2 25
Sauer Kraut oO. raided Cotton 2 60
Shoe No. 8 cans .......--- te 4 ee eas : -
No. 10, cans ......e00- oO. as OTA ...0 5
BF eter rreeriaes 4 “shrimps No. 60 Sash Gord /:/) 3 75
ee ee 179 Dunbar, 1s doz. -.. 160 No. 60 Jute ..... coeee 1 50
—. rear reeer 1 99 Dunbar, 1%s doz. .... 2 80 NO. J2-DUTO cccnpcnces, & 10
cg ee cota : Succotash No.. 60 Sisal ...:......1 15
Fair ..ccccccsccos se Galvanized Wire
. BUTTER COLOR sesecceescesecees 290 No, 20, each 100ft. long 1 90
Dandelion, 25¢ size .. 200 fancy ......ccsersee No. 19, each 100ft. long 2 10
a asa NE HH S25 1H Joe 2 8
ANDLES o. 19, e Oft. long 2 10
Paraffine, 6s-......... 14% 2 90 COCOA
oo Pe eiees ae Watt Ono. os 5 écsccess 39
feeee eer ee . -> Bunte, 10c size ........ 88
CANNED Goops oe a
Applies CIGVEIGNG ....cccrcensnce Sh
8 Ib. Standards .. 1 “4 Colonial, %3 ... 35
Case lal, nesses eneee
PIO. BO ic icoeensece 47 ¥%4s, 4 doz. in case .... 4 50 Colonial, 4s ........... 33
%s, 4 doz. in case .... 7 50 ee perso enw beeen cee Me
Biackberries 1s, 4 doz .in case ....10 00 ershey’S %8 ..-.+..... 32
@2 25 CATSUP il OS ci ece dake * 4
teaser eresreee Van Camp’s, % pints 1 90 AVI np occcvcrcecntvaws
Stanadéd’ No." 10 .: @9 59 van Camp's pints .... 2 85 prec Zs correoneees oo
CHEESE Lowney, %8 .....sss... 87
< Beans 1 25@2 25 acme sheoe ee cies on ane: © Ib a sees E
ocesdvces eerless ........ @ 26 an Houten, %s .......
Red Kidney. 1 25@1 35 prick .......... @26 Van Houten, \%s ....... 18
Bivine .:>:-::.:; : ae - elton ......:., @ Van Houten, %s ........ 34
Wax ....:..-. : @ Limburger ...... @26 Van Houten, Is ........ 65
Pineapple ....... g Wan-Eta ....... sbeaeas 36
Biueberries BEGGM .vcssccsee WVGDD sisiseccss Sekeeess ee
Standard ......... - @175 Sap Sago ....... @ Wilbur, %8 ............ 33
Pee 30 sities «++» @8 00 Swiss, Domestic @ Wilbur, %8 ........e00. 82

 

COCOANUT
Dunham’s per lb.
ys, 6 Ib. case .......... 83
%s, 6 Ib. case ........ 31
Y%s, 15 Ib. case ........ 31
Ys, 15 lb. case ........ 30
1s, 16 Ib. case ......... 29
%s & %s, 15 lb. case .. 30
6 and 10c pails ...... 4 25
Rulk, pans .......2- 24
Bulk, barrels ........ 26
Raker’s Brazil Shredted
70 7c pkgs., per case 4 20
36 14c pKgs.. per case 4 20
16 14c and 33 7c pkgs..

per CAS ....-...0-- 00
Bakers Canned, doz. 1 20
COFFEES ROASTED
Rio

COMMON ...-..20050 05 19
MONE ob oo pg ca ae ies 19%
CROCE ovine eos s ccna 20
PARCy oie os css ss oe 21
PeaPerry ..2.5.5505- 23
Santos
COMMON  ....0-sc0ess 20
Mag oo ees se 20%
CHDICA .. 252s cues ese 21
Baney ...6 tac ecs. 23
Peaverry ...- 5-202... 23
Maracaibo
Ware 205564024 568.5 ess 24
CONOICO So acca ee 25
exican
CROCE. 2 u.55 ie ses 25
WaGCY ...sas5042-4- sec 20
Guatemala
OIF oo ete ees cas 25
ancy (1... s. eens 28
Java
Private Growth .. 26@30
Mandling .........- 31@35
AUKOIA  .4....55.. 00 30@32
Mocha
Short Bean ........ 25@27
Long Bean ........ 24@25
OG Gay eke ee 26@28
Bogota
OEE Ss ua ou uses 24
PeOMCe. oe aces 26
Exchange Market, Steady
Spot Market, Strong
Package Coffee
New York Basis
Arbuckle ...........> 21 00

McLaughlin’s KX
McLaughlin’s XXXX
package coffee is sold to
retailers only. Mail all or-
ders direct to W. F. Mc-
Laughlin & Co., Chicago.

Extracts
Holland, % gross bxs. 1 30
Felix, % gross ....... 1 15
Hummel’s foil, % gro. 85
Hummel’s tin, % gro. 1 43

CONDENSED MILK
Carnation, Tall ...... 5 50
Carnation, Baby 5 00
Hebe, Tail ......... - & OU
Hebe, Baby .......... 4 90
Pet Ta i. 5 50
Pe Bay ce as. 3 60
Van Camp, Tall 5 50
Van Camp, Baby .... 3 45

CONFECTIONERY
Stick Candy Pails
Horehound .......... 18
Standard ...... eerece 28
Cases
PUIG 40-5 ccnsecnsees ae
Big Stick ....... ctees ae
Mixed Candy
Pails
BATON 4 oc ks cos 19
CUE FIORE onc c aos ee - 20
French Cream ...... 21
REROCETS = §. jos ceeu acess oo 16
Kindergarten ....... coe
RARE Lice ee csees <2
DIOGO. ooo c ccc ae cue 20
Premio Creams ...... 26
BOVOl: . once ccs se ioees) 28
SPOCIAE nc rce wees Ceecs AU
BSD Ge kcacneese Ot
Specialities

ai
Auto Kisses (baskets) 22
Bonnie Butter Bites... 25
Butter Cream Corn .. 25
Caramel Bon Bons .. 24
Caramel Croquettes .. 23
Cocoanut Waffles .... z
Coffy? Toffy ......000
National Mints 7 lb tin 36
Fudge, Walnut ...... 24
Fudge, Choc. Peanut 23
Fudge, White Center 23
Honeysuckle Candy .. 22
Iced Maroons ae
Iced Orange Jellies .. 20
Italian Bon Bons .... 21
AA agg he ag Drops

B Ib. DOK: 26. os ceeds 1 85
Lozenges, Pep. ...... 22
Lozenges, Pink ...... 22
Manchus ..........- 21

Molasses Kisses, 10

Ib, DOK ol Sek et 8
Nut Butter Puffs Skee Be
Star Patties, Asst. .. 25

Chocolates Pails
Assorted Choc, ...... 24
Amazon Caramels .... 26
Champion ......6..4% 23

Choe. Chips, Eureka 28
Klondike Chocolates 28
NADODS occ. sneswee ssc 28
Nibble Sticks, box ..1 85

Nut Wafers ......... 28
Ocoro Choc Carameis 29
Peanut Clusters ..... . 32
Se Sela b apes kas 24
RBeIAR oes cc icin oe <a
Star Cupcobabin Pac, 24
Pop Corn Goods
Cracker-Jack Prize .. 4 65
Checkers Prize ...... 5 65
Cough Drops
Boxes
Putnam Menthol .... 1 35
Smith Bros 245... .5. 1 35
COOKING COMPOUNDS
Crisco
36 1 lb. cans ........ 10 25
24 1% Ib. cans ...... 10 26
6 6 Ib. cans ...... ee. 10 25
4 9 lb. cans ......... 10 2

Mazola
514 oz. bottles, 2 doz. 2
Pints, tin, 2 doz. .. 7 50
Quarts, tin, 1 doz .. 70.
% gal. tins, 1 doz. .. 13 25
Gal. tins, %& doz. 2
5 Gal. tins, 1-6 doz. 18 50

NUTS—Whole

Almonds, Tarragona 21
Almonds, California
soft shell Drake ..

Brazis Cs ee coe cose 18
PURDGTES . 266 c cscs cess 20
Cal. No. 1, S. SB. ..... 24
Walnuts, Naples Shee s

Walnuts, Grenoble ...22
Table nuts, fancy ....16%
Pecans, Large ...... » 17
Pecans, Ex. Large .. 20

Shelled
No. 1 Spanish se age

Peanuts ...... @16%
Lg. Va. Sh elled
Peanuts ...... ee
Pecan Halves ...... @90
Walnut Halves .... @70
Filbert Meats ...... @42
Almonds ..:......3.. @60
Jordan Almonds ....
Peanuts
Fancy H P Suns
RAW ose 5 00 oss 18@18
Roasted ....... 20@20%
H P Jum
ROW oo. c.5s5. 1914 @20
Roasted ...... 21% @22
— Shelled,
A ic ce ck 18@18%

CREAM TARTAR
Barrels or Drums ......
BOKER nip iescesscecoscs | =CS

DRIED FRUITS
Apples

pple
Evap’ed, Choice, bik @16
Evap’d Fancy bik.. @

Apricots
California .........2. @21
itron
Calitlornta os ccacss ee @30
Currants

Imported, 1 lb. pkg. .. 26
Imported, bulk ...... 25%

Peaches
Muirs—Choice, 25 lb. ., 12
Muirs—Fancy, 25 lb. .. 13
Fancy, Peeled, 25 ib. .. 16

Peel
Lemon, American ..... 27
Orange, American ..... 28
Ralsins

Cluster, 20 cartons ...
Loose Muscatels, 4 Cr.
Loose Muscatels, 3 Cr. 91%
L. M. Seeded 1lb. 10% @11

California Prunes

90-100 25 lb. boxes ..@08%
80- 90 25 Ib. boxes ..@09%4
70- 80 25 lb. boxes ..@10%4

60- 70 25 lb. boxes ..@11
25 Ib. boxes ..@12%
25 Ib. boxes ..

FARINACEOUS GOODS
Beans
California Limas ....
Med. Hang Picked ... 15
Brown, Holland

eoceee

Farina
25 1 Tb. packages ....
Bulk, per 100 Ib. ......

Original Holland Rusk

Packed 12 rolls to container
3 containers (36) rolls 4 32

2 65

Hominy
Pearl, 100 Ib. sack .... 6%

Macaron
Domestic, 10 “». ‘atl -- 130
Imported, 25 ib. box ..
Skinner’s 24s, case 1 87%

Pearl Barley
CNGSCOD oe nastics cana 2S
POVIAGA 66 os eas cies b 60

Peas
Green, Wisconsin, lb. 11
Split, 0

o ee eeerececeres

Teast India ee cs 15
German, sacks ........ 15
German, broken pkg.
Tapioca

Flake, 100 lb. sacks ... 15
Pearl, 100 lb.. sacks ... 15
Pearl, 36 pkgs. ...... 2 75
Minute, 10c, 3 doz. .... 8 65

FISHING TACKLE
Cotton Lines

tb TOG .......-<. 10
BO TOOL cececccese 2a
10 1660 .5.4.<.006 ae
iS 1000 ....ccsces 24
15 fOGL 5... cccccs 2D

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 ....... 20

Hooks—Kirby

 

Size 1-12, per 100 ...... 8
Size 1-0, per 100 ....... 9
Size 2-0, per 100 ...... 10
Size 3-0, per 106 ....... ll
Size 4-0, per 100 ...... .- 14
Size 5-0, per 100 ..... ss 2D
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 gross ..... 1 65
No. 9, per gross ..... 2 40

FLAVORING EXTRACTS
Jennings D C Brand
Pure Vanila
Terpeneless
Pure Lemon

Per Doz.
7 Dram 15 Cent ..... 1 25
1% Ounce 20 Cent...
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 .. 2 00

FLOUR AND FEED
Valley Tr — ve
Whit

Lily White ....... 2 25
Granam .........,.-. 70
Granena Health ..... 5 R80
Gran: Neal.::....... 5 50
Bolted Meal ........ 5 20

Watson-Higgins Milling Co.

New Perfection 12 00
Worden Grocer Co.
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 Out
Spring Wheat
Worden Grocer Co.
Wingold, %s cloth 10 90
Wingold, %s cloth 10 80
Meal
Bolted. .cicicesss. oe - 11 50
Golden Granulated i> ae 10
Wheat
RAG Sees cance Svpaun 8 08
WVRILG oes cect is es oe 2 05
Oats

Michigan carlots ..... 80
Less than carlots .... 83

Corn
Carlota ...secasss cen EOD
Less than carlots aces & SD
Hay
COBTIOIS . wos sa es wees 24 00
Less than carlots .. 26 00
Feed

Street Car Feed .... 69 50
No. 1 Corn & Oat Fd. oe .

Cracked Corn ......
Coarse Corn Meal .. 71 00
FRUIT JARS
Mason, pts., per gro. 7 60
Mason, ats., per gro. 8 00

Mason, % gal. per gr. 10 35
Mason, can tops, gro. 2 80

 

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July 3, 1918 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 29
GELATINE PETROLEUM PRODUCTS RICE Soap Powders VINEGAR YEAST CAKE
Cox’s, 1 doz. large ... 1 46 : Iron Barrels Fancy ............ Johnson’s Fine, 48 2 575 White Wine, 40 grain 17 Magic, 3 doz. ........ 1 16
Cox’s, 1 doz. small .. 90 Perfection ........ «+ee 12.2 Blue Rose ....... 9%@9% Johnson’s XXX 100 ..5 75 White Wine, 80 grain 22 Sunlight, 3 doz. ...... 1 00
Knox’s Sparkling, doz. 176 Red Crown Gasoline ..23.2 Broken .......... 7%@7% Rub-No-More ........ 5 50 White Wine, 100 grain 25 Sunlight, 1% doz. .... 50
Knox’s Sparkling. gr. 20 560 ias Machine Gasoline 43.7 ROLLED OATS Nine O’Clock ........ 4 00 Yeast Foam, 3 doz. .. 1 15
Knox’s Acidu’d doz... 185 V. M. & P. Naphtha 23.2) wonarch, bbis 12 909 Lautz Naphtha, 60s .. Oakland Vinegar & Pickle yeast Foam, 1% doz. 85
Minute, 1 dos. ....... 1 26 oo Cylinder, Iron Rolled Avena, bbls... 12 75 Oak Leaf Soap Powder, Co.’s Brands
Minute, 8 doz. ........ 8 7 | Bbis. .............0 9.4 Steel Cut, 100 Ib. sks. 24 pkgs. ........+-.. 425 Highland apple cider YEAST—COMPRESSED
Nelson’s ............. 1 50 Atlantic Red — : k 6090 Oak Leaf Soap Powder. Oakland apple cider .. Fleischman, per doz. ..24
MOMLONE os ces. es 75 Iron Bbis. ........ 26.4 oe Bee "4 16 100 pkgs. ........... 5 50 State Seal sugar .....
Plymoutn Rock, Phos. 1 50 =— Black, Iron Quaker, 20 Family .. 5 69 Queen Anne Soap Pow- Blue Ribbon Corn ..
Plymouth Rock..Plain 120 — Bbis. ....0.-..0.<s< : : : der, 60 pkgs. ...... 360 Oakland white picklg SPECIAL
Waukesha ........... 1 60 boc ine Iron Bbls. .. 44.4 one —n 25 Old Dutch Cleanser, Packages free. ;
nee PICKLES Columbia. pint a 1 00 Rr eases ens OO Price Current
Be Ss - Medium Durkee’s large, 1 doz. : 2 an seer ‘ ee WICKING oc =
Be resented iz Barrels, 1,200 count 12 00 Durkee’s med., 2 —~ 2 Bi Carb, Kegs ...... % sa o, per gross ...... ° io
ae aaa 2 Half bbis., 600 count 6 50 Durkee’s Picnic, 2 doz. ao 0. he per gross ...... = SA
Sana Love ge & gallon Kegs ....... 20@ Snider's; Marge. © dos. SPICES wen Se DON BOE - +++: Diamond Crystal
Sasa ets se Snider’s, small, 2 doz. 1 45 Whole Spices No. 3, per gross ..... 1 45
Small SALERATUS Allspice, Jamaica ..9@10
eo Barrels ........... 1400 Packed 60 Ibs. in box. Allspice, Ig. Garden O11 bag 2a
Green, No. 1 . 17 Half barrels ........ 750 Arm and Hammer .. 315 Cloves, Zanzibar .. @55 aL. 1 75
Green, No. 2 11.1111! 16 5 gallon kegs ...... 2.80 Wyandotte, 100 Ks .. $00 Cassia, Panton --° Qs;  Bushels, wide band .. 1 85
@ured, No. 1. ......., 19 SAL SODA Gin - yal : @15 Market, drop handle .. 70
Cured) Nos 2 6.2... 18 — Granulated, bbis. .... 1 80 Gi ser, Cochin .... @320 Market, single handle 75
Calfskin, green, No. 1 30 Barrels .......------ 25 00 Granulated, 100 Ibs. cs. 1 90 . a 90 Splint, large ......... 5 75
Calfskin, green, No. 2 28% Half barrels ....... - 18 00 Granulated, 36 pkgs. 2 00 reat age sees ee Splint, medium ...... 5 95
Calfskin, cured, No. 1 32 5 gallon kegs ..... --- 4 50 SALT iisea No.2... aie Splint, small ........ 4 75
Calfskin, cured, No. 2 30% Solar Rock Mixed. Sc pkgs. dz. 45 Willow, Clothes, large
Horse, No. 1 ....:. 5 6 00 Sweet Small 56 1b. sacks .......... 50 Nutmegs 70-80. : @45 Willow, Clothes, small
Horse, No. 2 ...... 5 00 Barrels .........;..- 8 00 Common Nutmegs, 105-110 .. @40 Willow, Clothes, me’m
5 gallon kegs 500 Granulated, Fine 210 Pepper, Black -. @32
Half barrels ........ 7490 wai, bine... 0 Weeece wenn 32 Butter Plates 24 2 lbs. shaker :.... 1 70
Old Wool ........ 75@2 00 : Hai a eng o  goeeet gece’ aoe 36 2 Ibs. table ....... 1 30
bathe ........... 50@1 60 PIPES SALT FISH Pacria. benaactan ¥% Ib., 250 in crate .... 45 150 2 Ibs. table ...... 5 75
Shearlings ....... 50@1 50 Clay, No. 216, per box Cod 3 ba Graund ta Bulk % b., 250 in crate .... 45 %5 4 ie table ....... 5 50
Clay, T. D. full count 80 Large, whole ...... @14 AN oo Tareas ‘O16 1 Ib., 250 in crate ..... 50 «698 10 Ib. flake _..... 4 $0
Tallow Cob, 8 doz. in box .. 126 Small, whole ...... Oe 6 CGaves. Zansitar |. @ee  2:‘1D.. 250 im crate ..... 55 280 Ib. bulk butter ... 3 38
Prime bo @13 Stripe of bricks .. 46@33) Gol Ganton 33 3 lb., 250 in crate ..... 70 980 Ib. bulk cheese ... 3 38
o. 1 civeses OFF PLAYING CARDS FY oaks a" Geet Aiton ex 5 Ib., 250 in crate ..... 90 280 Ib. bulk shaker .. 3 88°
None @11 No. 90 Steamboat .... 3 25 Holland prerree Mace "Wenas ea oe 28 Ib. cotton sk, butter 40
No. 808, Bicycle ..... 360 Standards, bbls. ... Notme ang ...- : Bie Wire End 56 lb. cotton sk butter 8&5
Wool Pennant ............. 8 25 Y. M., bbls. ......... Pe ae Bue ae oss 1 Ib., 250 in crate ..... 50 35 Ib. D. C. coarse .. 48
Unwashed, med. ... @65 Standard, kegs ..... . Bauuce wn @4. 2 ib. 966 i crate ..... 6 71) D. C coarse ... 9%
Mewennosting |. .-. G06 POTASH es “oe io . Pepper, Cayenne .. @30 3 Ib., 250 in crate ..... o B & oon eek. 66 the, 40
Babbitt’s, 2 doz ..... 265 puny pat Herchie, 350 Paprika, Hungarian @45 5 ¥b., 20 in erate ....-. 75 ock stoc s
HONEY to 400 count ...... STARCH Churns Morton’s Sait
A. G. Woodman’s Brand. PROVISIONS Spiced, 8 Ib. pails ..... 95 Corn Barrel, 5 gal., each .. 2 40 .
gh per doz. oe. a —" oa a a a cae oe o Eees. = Ibe. at Hs Barrel, 10 gal. each ., 2 55
20 oz. per doz. ...... 4 50 ear CK .. 0. S. see eeee u i 9
d Short Cut Cir 60 00@61 00 No. 1, 40 Ibs.0.102201. 2 25 [ae a.
Bean ..... sea No. ff 10 Ibs. 25.260. 11 ; a e
—— Brisket, “Clear 65 00@68 00 Mo. ol oo cross ie sala ap Round Head ‘5
Per dom io... 10) pe a seannnees Argo, 48 5c pkgs 4% inch, 5 gross -1 10 ORTON
Clear ‘Family’ ..1..." 38 00 Mess, 100 Ibs. ....... 22 00 Silver Gloss, Pie sibs... aH Cartons, No. 24 24s bx. 1 15 rahe
JELLY Mess, 50 Ihe: ...2.... BE 65 Silver Gloss, 13 6lbs. . - 9% Egg Crates and Fillers
: Dry Sait Meats Mess, 10 Ibs. ......... 2 60 Muzzy a Dumpty, 12 dz. 24
15lb. pails, per pail ....1 45 S P Bellies 31 00@32 00 48 1lb. packages . % umpty Dumpty, ye
30lb. pails, per pail ....2 65 eae Mess, 16 3Ib. packages |... 9% No. 1 complete ........ 50
No. 1, 100 Ibs 12 6b. packages ...... 91% No. 2 complete ........ 40
Lard No. 1, ee 50 Ib boxe a. 63, Case, medium, 12 sets 1 &0
Pure in eee No. 1, 10 Ibs. ddeccces & GO : Sos eseeeeeee 4
JELLY GLAS Compound Lard 23% Lake Herring Faucets
8 a ec 80 Ib. tubs ...advance % § Ibs. ............05- a" Cork lined, 3 in. ....... 70
oar det a4 80 Ib. tybs ...advance SEEDS oo orn 7g Cork lined, 9 In. ...... 80
nll ciaur tea cre yee ete 50 lb. tubs ...advance % = Anise 38 AITOIS . 2... s scene tee Cork lined, 10 in. ...... 90
20 Ib. pails ...advance % Canary, Smyrna ..... 1 feowe, he . Mop Sticks Per case, 24 2 Ibs. .... 1 80
a 10 ® sets ...covmnee © Caraway ........ 76 fam... | 20 vide apron 50 Five case lots ..-.... 1 70
2 oz. bottles, per doz. 800 5 Ib. pails ...advance 1 Cardomon, Malabar 120 pine Karo No.2) 8 dz Dalinea | ae auiine 166
Blue Karo, No. 2, 2 = 330 Eclipse patent spring 1 50
| oz. bottles, per doz. 175 8 Ib. pails ...advance 1 = Celery .............. 45 Blue Karo, No. 2% No. 1 common ...... 1 50 ARCTIC
In oz. bottles, per dz. 16 60 Hemp, Russian ....... 8 GORE ccc ccace cess sas 418 Ne. 2, pat. brush hold 1 50 EVAPORATED MILK
$2 oz. bottles, per dz. 30 00 Smoked Meats Mixed Bird .......... 9 95 7 150
Blue Karo, No. 5, 1 ‘dz. 3 Ideal, No 7 .......... Wall 9... 6 00
Hams, 14-16 Ib. 30 @3 Mustard, white ...... 25 Blue. Karo, No. 10, % 120z. cotton mop heads 290 .. °°°°**°""

MINCE MEAT Hams, 16-18 Ib. 29 @30 MOOnw coccccc cca cues OG ae 3 70 j Baby ..... eee sees 4 25
ur cone 3 8 Hams, 18-20 Ib. 28 @29 RADE Go ccc cs ceecacses 10 oo Wale. No. 1%. 3 Palls Manufactured by Grand
ery Ham, dried beef 9 SHOE BLACKING Goz. ...........--.. 280 10 qt. Galvanized .... 4.50 Ledge Milk Co.

SetS .....+-+0- 29 @3 Handy Box, large 8 ds. 8 a Red Karo, No. "2, 2dz.355 12 qt. Galvanized .... 5 00 Sold by all jobbers and
MOLASSES California Hams 21° @21% andy Box, small .. 125 Red Karo, No. 2% 2dz. 440 14 qt. Galvanized |... 550 National Grocer Co., Grand
New Orleans rate Pere @32 Bixby’s Royal Polish 1 30 oe ae = ye Gu £25 ipre ..:.)......2.. 2. 5 50 Rapids.
D eee eevee © i ° oO.
oe, Open Kettle .... es Roiled Hams .-.39%@40 eee eee [| ce Toothpicks BAKING POWDER
Good re a cers aia Minced Hams .. 20 @21 : SNUFF : ia Cane Birch, 100 packages .. 2 00
a. llC : Bacon ......... . 387 @45 Swedish Rapee, 10c 8 for 64 pay Ydeal 85 Ryzon
Half barrels Sc extra oben ee ae . = “ Bae ccbdcuacecce Traps The Perfect Baking Powder
Red Hen, No. 2 .... 2 75 Sausages enone : Chains 90
Red H No. 2% 3 95 Bologna .......:- Ae Norkoping, 1 Ib. glass .. 60 Mouse wood, 2 holes .. 22 10c size, % Ibs. 4 doz.
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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

July 3, 1918

 

Plan to Curb the Dishonest Debtor.

The resolution proposed at the re-
cent meeting of the Wholesale Men’s
‘Furnishing Association by Willard B.
Stevens, its Secretary, that wholesal-
ers agree not to sell retail merchants
who have been guilty of fraudulent
failures, is looked upon by the trade
generally as one of the most far-
reaching suggestions ever put forth
as a means of curbing this evil. Al-
though there are some differences of
opinion as to how best to word suclt
an agreement so as not to make it ap-
pear as an illegal restraint of trade,
the basic idea behind the resolution
as now constituted is endorsed by the
whole trade. And the restraining, if
not the total elimination, of crooked
failures is looked upon in this and in
other industries as of the greatest im-
portance to the country’s system of
credits.

“The fear of prosecution for issuing
a false financial statement,” said Mr.
Stevens recently, “is no deterrent to
a dishonest merchant who _ contem-
plates crooked work of this sort. Dur-
ing the past winter we have had four
failures here in New York City which
I am certain were deliberately plan-
ned and carried through according to
schedule, except that through the
work of this association in protecting
its members the debtors had to settle
on a higher percentage basis than
they had hoped to. At a meeting of
the creditors of two of these debtors
I openly accused them and their at-
torneys of being crooks, and was
threatened with arrest and prosecu-
tion for defamation of character, but
it is significant that I am still at large.

“The proposal which I have made,
that wholesalers agree not to deal
even for cash with merchants who
have failed unless they can show a
clean bill of health from this associa-
tion, would make it practically impos-
sible for a man to resume business
after putting through a dishonest fail-
ure. The adoption of such a resolu-
tion would not only protect the
wholesaler from serious and unwar-
ranted losses, but would also protect
the honest retailer, on whose success
wholesalers must depend for busi-
ness, from the unfair competition of
these crooks. Then, too, a merchant
who will resort to false representa-
tion to obtain merchandise will resort
to false representation to sell it. He
is, therefore, not only a menace to the
trade, but to the public also, and
should be suppressed for its protec-
tion no less than for the welfare of
the trade as a whole.

“One of these merchants who ‘fail-
ed’ last winter just started in business
last August. In the early part of Oc-
ther he rendered a statement of his
financial condition which showed his
assets to be over $10,000, including
about $7.000 worth of merchandise on
hand. His liabilities were given as
about $5,500, including $4,509 owed on
merchandise, the payment of which
was not yet due. On Nov. 15, a little
more than a month later, this appar-
ently financially
‘failed’ with liabilities of $12,000, and
only $6,000 of visible assets.

“Another of these highly question-
able failures was of a merchant whose

sound merchant”

financial statement in July of last
year showed assets of nearly $18,000,
and liabilities of about $8,000. His
net worth at that time was therefore
about $10,000. In January of this year
he ‘failed’ with only $12,000 in visible
assets, and liabilities amounting to
$36,000.

“In neither of these cases was it
possible to obtain a satisfactory ex-
planation of the singular and, to say
the least, rapid reverses in their for-
tunes. In one case, for instance, the
debtor’s response to questions as to
the whereabout of a lot of goods val-
ued at $5,500 was that he ‘did not
know.’ He ‘could not remember’ the
name of the truckman who had carted
his goods from one of his stores to
another, and ‘could not remember’
to which of his stores the goods had
gone. He could not, or rather he
would not, account for that item of
$5,500 worth of merchandise and sev-
eral other smaller items. It is not
very probable that a small merchant
with only a few thousand dollars of
capital to work with is going to ‘for-
et’ what has become of nearly $6,000
of his money. In the case of each of
these failures, if the estates had been
administered in bankruptcy, the visi-
ble assets would not have realized as
much for the creditors as was finally
obtained in settlement by agreement,
and the creditors, rather than go to
the trouble and expense of seeing the
thing through, accepted 40 per cent.
in the first case, and 30 per cent. in
the second.

“I have sounded out a great many
wholesalers and retailers on the reso-
lution I have proposed as a means of
curbing such failures, and in every
case the response has been one of
enthusiastic approval. A member of
our association and one of the largest
clothing manufacturers in the coun-
try, whose credit manager is a dele-
gate to the Credit Men’s Convention,
not only expressed his approval of
the plan as proposed, but suggested
that a similar resolution be introduced
at the convention of the National
Credit Men’s Association, which is to
be held in Chicago next week. He
feels, as I do, that action of this sort
should be taken by every industry in
the country, and that all fraudulent
failures in whatever business should
be effectually squelched. ‘They are
the lepers of industry,’ said this gen-
tlemen, ‘and the quicker we are rid
of them the better.’

“Honest retailers everywhere are
no less interested in being rid of such
competition. A prominent retailer in
New England wrote me that during
the past winter he was very nearly
forced to the wall by having to meet
the cut-price sales of a nearby mer-
chant of this type in order to move
his stock. ‘It is too easy,’ he said,
‘for these fellows, when things are
not going quite right, to stage a
crooked failure, clean up a nice little
pile. and then start all over again
with no debts. They know they can
start over again, because they know
they can get merchandise and get it
on credit practically as they could be-
fore. If, on the other hand. after
pulling off a trick of this sort it were
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IN THOUSANDS OF RECENT
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cause, considering quality, delicious-
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even for cash in advance, the stan-
dard articles which they have got to
have, they would think twice before
scuttling their own ships.’”

——_++.—____
Peanut Industry Shows Little Waste.

Almost the entire product of the
peanut plant is used for food or feed,
according to studies of the peanut
industry by the U. S. Food Adminis-
tration. The vines yield a nutritious
hay for feeding livestock. Peanut
oil, cbtained by crushing the nuts, is
excellent for table use, in cooking
and in the making of lard substitutes.
For use in preparing salads, a virgin
peanut oil rivals olive oil, which is
now difficult: to secure.

The crude peanut cake, resulting
from the extraction of oil, is a valu-
able livestock feed. Ground peanut
hulls contain a certain amount of
nourishment and are used for giving
bulk to concentrated feeding stuffs.
Peanut butter, one of the most fa-
miliar “goober” products for human
use, is secured by crushing the roast-
ed nut and allowing the oil to re-
main with it.

Reports made by commercial pea-
nut crushers to the Food Administra-
tion show that nearly 70,000 tons of
peanuts were purchased and received
for the crop year to January 31, 1918.
Prices ranged from an average of
$111.50 per ton in Alabama to $125.13
in Oklahoma. The average ton of
peanuts yielded about 566 pounds of
oil and the total output of this com-
modity by thirty-five firms was
slightly more than 21,000,000 pounds.
Peanut cake_and meal resulting from
the crushing process aggregated 21,-
280 tons in the period stated.
Peanut Flour as a Wheat Substitute.

An important war-time develop-
ment is the manufacture of peanut
flour from cake secured by a cold-
pressing method. A ton of fresh nuts
yield about 1,000 pounds of this flour
which is now produced in wholesale
quantities by at least two mills.

Of the merits possessed by peanut
flour, Mr. H. S. Bailey, in charge of
the Oil, Fat and Wax Laboratory,
U. S. Department of Agriculture says:

“In recommending peanut flour as
a substitute for wheat, it must be
remembered that it is not a starchy
food but a protein flour, and that
therefore in the dietary it is a sub-
stitute for meat, eggs and similar
protein-containing foods rather than
for bread or potatoes.

“Tt can be used in the preparation
of a number of meat substitutes such
as peanut loaves or peanut meal pud-
dings, which if properly concocted
are delicious and of course highly
nutritious. i"

“A very fair grade of bread can be
made with a 20 per cent, or even high-
er admixture of peanut flour to wheat
flour, but either because of the oil
which the flour contains or the physi-
cal characteristics of the protein,
loaves made with peanut flour are
more moist and do not show the same
fluffy, well-raised appearance of
straight wheat loaves.

“When used in muffins, cookies
pancakes, the peanut flour is more
thoroughly cooked, especially on the
crust, than in loaves of bread and

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

this browning brings out the nutty
flavor which to my mind is one of
the chief advantages in the use of
peanut flour.”

World demand for food, and espe-
cially for edible fats and oils, makes
the peanut crop assume a position of
unusual importance. Peanut oil and
peanut meal have been considered
sufficiently important to be included
among the staple food commodities
licensed by the Food Administration.
The crushing industry has reached
commercial importance only within
the last few years and is most highly
developed in Georgia, Alabama, Tex-
as and the Carolinas.

2 +
Keep a Hen.

If you want to raise some money
So’s to live a little high,
Or at least a little higher
Than your present cash will buy—
If you don’t know how to get it
Here’s a recipe to try:
Keep a hen.

For a hen’s a sort of derrick
When it comes to raising cash;
She can lift a healthy mortgage
Without a qualm or crash.
If you’d burst your empty wallet
And feel free to cut a dash,
Keep a hen.

Keep a Biddy that will never
Flap her wings and try to crow
Like a suffragette in hendom—
It is ‘infra dig,’’ you know!
Keep a hen trat minds her business—
Laying eggs to raise the dough.
Keep a hen.

If one hen is insufficient

You had better keep a flock;
If you'd like to add some music

Keep a lordly crowing cock.
Then rake in the shekels freely

And defy the sheriff's knock.

Keep a flock of hens.
G. Kains.

—__*«-__—
Butter for the Navy.

Butter for the Navy is being in-
spected by dairy manufacturing spec-
ialists of the Department of Agricul-
ture to ensure a uniformly high qual-
ity for men in the service. In this
work, greatly enlarged since the war,
there are sixty specialists inspecting
the output of ninety creameries in var-
ious parts of the country. Only the
best grade of cream is accepted for
making this butter. More than six
and a half million pounds of butter
will be inspected during the season,
and most of it will be packed in lac-
quered tin containers in order to pre-
serve its quality for as long a time as
possible.

—— 2-2
Diary of a Gardener.

Monday—Spaded up garden, level-
ed seed beds.

Tuesday—Leveled up
planted radishes.

Wednesday—Made new beds, plant-
ed radishes.

Thursday — Killed
blacked his eye. :

Friday—Jones’ dog bit me, broke
hoe on him.

Saturday—Made new seed

Sunday—Rain, snow, sleet. |

—_>~+>___

It is only vaguely reassuring to
have the Fuel Administration urge
people not.to worry about the next
winter’s coal that they have ordered
but have not been able to get. They
will hope that the officials are correct
in their assertion that everything will
be-all right, but they would feel less
uneasy if instead of emphatic but gen-
eral assurances they were given a few
facts as a basis for the serenity that
Washington wishes to see.

seed beds,
hen,

Jones’

beds,

  

31

 

BUSINESS WANTS DEPARTMENT

: Advertisements inserted under this head for three cents a word the first
insertion and two cents a word for each subsequent continuous

If set in capital letters, double price.
must accompany all orders.

insertion.

No charge less than 25 cents. Cash

 

 

BUSINESS CHANCES.

Earn $25 weekly,

 

spare time, writing
for newspapers, magazines. Experience
unnecessary; details free. Press Syndi-
cate, No. 571, St. Louis, Mo. 803
Wanted—In 30 days or less_ time.
Strictly first class cost clerk. We manu-
facture odd interior and exterior trim,

 

sash, doors, ete. York Lumber & Mfg.
Co., 823 South Bellevue Blvd., Memphis,
Tennessee. 804

 

For Sale—Drug stock and fixtures in
river town. Nyal, Rexall, Eastman and
other agencies. Soda fountain. Fixtures
in good condition. Good, established
business. A registered man can develop
an extraordinary bustness here. Reason
for selling, other interests. Address No.
805, care Michigan Tradesman. 805

For Sale—Variety store, good trade,
best town of size in Michigan. House-
hold goods and stock about $38,000; no
triflers; object climate. J. L. Crandell,
Rochester, Michigan. 806

Stock of grocery and notions; also fix-
tures; store for rent; cash only consid-
ered; owner retiring. W. J. Buferd,
Dearborn, Michigan. 807

For Sale—Grocery stock and fixtures.
Doing strictly cash business. Good trade.
Will invoice about $3,500. C. O. Rockwell,
Lawton, Michigan. 808

For Sale—Clean stock clothing, fur-
nishings and shoes; invoice about $5,000
at 60 cents on the dollar. Address No.
798, care Michigan Tradesman. 798

For Rent—80-foot store for rent. Mod-
ern front. Fine location. Town of 3,500.
Five big factories. Rent $40. Address
Miles E. Stark, Grand Ledge, Mich. 799

Bargains—Furnish you names and ad-
dresses free business, farms, unimproved
lands, any kind anywrere. Western
Sales Agency, Minneapolis, Minn. 792

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wanted—To hear from owner of good
business for sale. State cash price, full
particulars. D. F. Bush, Minneapolis,
Minn. 789

For Sale—$15,000 stock of general mer-
chandise in northern part of Lower
Michigan, enjoying a trade of $40,000 to
$45,000 per year. Stock absolutely clean.
Nearly all bought at prices very much
below present level. Fine opportunity
for man who desires good location, or,
will sell dry goods, shoe or hardware
stocks separately. Any other informa-
tion wanted will be given promptly on
receipt of letter. Address No. 800, care
Michigan Tradesman. 800

Wanted—An experienced live-wire
salesman and manager. He must under-
stand window trimming and card writ-
ing; an all around man. Good oppor-
tunity to right party. Communicate
with P. O. Box 878, Charleston, ‘a

1

 

 

 

For Sale—Drug store in town of 500.
Nearest competition 11 miles. Last year’s
business $8,000. Net profit 21 per cent.
Expenses are very low. Stock and fix-
tures will inventory $3,200. Address
“Drafted,’’ care Michigan or’

8

 

For Sale—We have a general store for
sale at Bradley Junction on the M. T.
& W. R’y. and the Soo Line. It is the
only store in town and is in a very good
location. Also have post office in store.
Store buildings and stock will amount to
$7,000 or $8,000. Reason for selling, come
in the draft age. Address Johnson
Brothers Company, Bradley, Wis. 790

For Sale—The Hotel DeHaas, recently
completely remodeled. This is a thirty-
five room brick hotel, with fifteen other
rooms easily available. This is a money
maker. Will sell cheap. Will not ex-
change. Reason, age. Dr. N. DeHaas,
Fremont, Michigan. 796

For Sale—Stock of books, drugs,
mouldings, wall paper, paints, glass and
the usual sundries. Good soda fountain.
Reason for selling, wish to retire from
business. Frank Smith, Ypsilanti, —

 

 

 

Hardware For Sale—Only one in town
of 1,500. Excellent location; will consider
farm in exchange. Address No. 794, care
Michigan Tradesman. 794

For Sale—Clothing and _ furnishings
stock at a discount that will net you at
least $4,000. Doing $30,000 per year, with
very small expense. Town of 5,000 pop-

 

ulation. Would consider some _ trade,
about $10,000 to handle. Address No.
797, care Michigan Tradesman. 797

 

For Sale—The most complete and up-
to-date meat market fixtures in South-
ern Michigan. Will sell as a whole or
various fixtures separately. Enquire of
A. E. Armstrong, care The Carroll Dept.
Store, Bronson, Michigan. Tit

For Sale—Counter fixtures, cheap. One
Burroughs adding machine, 1 Underwood
typewriter, 1 individual 5 drawer Na-
tional Cash Register, 1 individual 6
drawer National Cash Register, two 16 ft.
Sherer-Gillett Patent grocer counters.
Jim McGuire, Buckley, Michigan. 745

If you want to buy, sell or trade your
business, see Hallock, 135% East Fulton
street, Grand Rapids, Michigan. 654

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. ="

 

 

 

Detroit.

Pay spot cash for clothing and fur-
nishing goods stocks. L. Silberman, 106
E. Hancock, Detroit. 608

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

For Sale—Grocery stock and meat mar-
ket. Good business—reason for selling,
sickness. Best location in town. Stock
and fixtures invoice. about $2,500. Can
be reduced. Only $8 per month rent.
Only cash deal desired. Wellman &
Barber, Mulliken, Michigan, Lock “.

 

 

 

 

 

Garage and Good Automobile Agency
For Siale—Best location in town; would
consider selling half interest to right
party, but would rather sell all. Address
H. E. Morris, Hill City, Kansas. 761

For Sale—Stock of general merchan-
dise, in good farming community and
factory town. Will reduce stock to suit
purchaser. Residence and store build-
ings at low rent. Must sell on account
of. draft. Address Fred  Ejichenberg,
Parklake, Michigan. 763

Cash Registers—We offer exceptional
bargains in rebuilt National or American
registers. Also fireproof credit systems.
All makes. We buy, sell or exchange.

 

 

 

We carry a full line of supplies. Address
The J. C. Vogt Sales Co., Saginaw,
Michigan. 335
Wanted—Second-hand cash _ register,
for cash. Address A. F. unt, 215 So.

Washington Ave., Saginaw, Mich. 767

POSITION WANTED.

Wanted—Position in grocery or general
store. Have had thirty years’ experi-
ence in general merchandise. Am fully
qualified to manage or help manage mer-
eantile business. Do you want such a
man? Address No. 762, care Michigan
Tradesman. 762

SEE NEXT PAGE.

Advertisements received too late to run
on this page appear on the following
page.

 

 

 

 

FOR SALE

On account of the death of my wife

I have retired from business and will
sell cheap my entire property, consist-
ing of four lots, store and hotel, with
furnace and electric lights, barn, ice
house and other buildings. Property
situated opposite G. R. & I. and B. C.,
G. & A. Railway union station, Boyne
Falls, Mich. Best location in the vil-
lage. Will sell each property separate
or all together. Terms easy. Will take
part cash and balance on time or will
trade for good farm. Write or ca‘l on

JOHN J. GALSTER,
601 Kalamazoo Ave.,
Petoskey, Mich.

 

 

 

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GRAND RAPIDS, MICH

 

 

 

FREIGHT RATE INCREASES.

It is too soon to determine the re-
sults which will follow the large in-
crease in freight rates which has gone
into effect. But it is safe to assume
that the ultimate consumer will pay
them just as is the case with regard
to taxes in general and tariff rates.
In foodstuffs of different kinds this
should be speedily apparent. Many
articles included in the list come from
distant points to the big centers of
distribution and consumption. This
is especially true as to canned goods.
Whether the ultimate result of the
higher freight rates will tend to local-
ize trade more is yet to be determin-
ed. This can only occur, however, to
a limited extent, because production
depends often on the advantages
which certain localities offer. Orang-
es now grown in ‘California and Flor-
ida can not be grown in New York
or New England, for example, nor
would it be feasible to grow sugar-
cane in New Jersey or cotton in Penn-
sylvania. So, too, there are certain
well-defined centers of production of
clothing, boots and shoes, and other
necessaries, established because of
labor or other conditions, which can-
not well be shifted. Other instances,
quite as well marked, will readily oc-
cur to almost every one. In all such
cases where the addition to the freight
rate adds materially to the delivered
cost of goods, prices are likely to go
up, especially if the margin of profit
is small. Where, however, the in-
creased cost is comparatively small,
as, for example, in the case of a pair
of shoes, the chances are that the sell-
er will have to deduct the extra
freight rate from his usual profit.

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CANNED GOODS CONDITIONS.

Old crop canned goods are stead-
ily being reduced and one item after
another is dropped off the list. At the
same time, however, the new crop its
beginning to make its appearance so
that from now on the new season may
be said to have begun. Peas com-
pose the first item on the list and
arrivals are at hand of the new early
June variety and at prices that are
truly war prices. Extra sifter peas
at $2 per dozen in pre-war
would have been considered absolute-
ly out of the question. Yet this price
is not only being paid but packers
have sold up all they expect to pack.
Peas give the opportunity for a dem-
onstration of the revised rules of the
Food Administration, among
are that when a packer finds he has a
surplus over his first deliveries he
must offer this surplus pro rata to
those who have already purchased on
future contracts, thus to eliminate
any complaint of short deliveries.
Naturally this puts a premium upon
placing orders in advance which has
been encouraged right along by the
Food Administration although ham-
pered by their regulations regarding
prices. These irregularities, how-
ever, are gradually being smoothed
out and another year will find many
of the perplexities of the current year
duly provided for.

 

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Through the medium of standard-
ized “fair price lists,” to be publish-
ed in practically every county, ham-

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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

let, town, and city in the country,
Food Administration officials expect
to protect the consumer from unreas-
onable price advances. By bringing
prices to a uniform level the Food
Administration will not only protect
the average buyer, but will also pro-
tect the’ patriotic merchant who has
followed it suggestions from the un-
scrupulous dealer who has attempted
to take advantage of the situation.
In every community the food admin-
istration will establish price-inter-
preting committees composed of rep-
resentatives of the wholesalers, re-
tailers and consumers. This inter-
preting board will ascertain fair re-
tail prices on the basic commodities
that comprise a large part of the peo-
ple’s diet. The published lists will
give the range of maximum selling
prices—showing a reasonable low
price which will reflect charges that
should rule in “cash and carry” stores,
and a high price, representing a fair
charge at “credit and delivery” shops.
Merchants on the boards will be ap-
pointed by the trades and will serve
with a representative of the consum-
ing interests, the local food adminis-
trator acting as chairman. Retail
members of the committee will repre-
sent both the “cash and carry” and
“credit and delivery” stores.
eee RR

In the news from Austria, allowance
must be made for the quadruple filter
of censcrship and correspondents’ op-
timism through which all reports
the Dual Monarchy have to
pass. But even after adding the nec-
essary salt of incredulity, it is to be
concluded that conditions in Austria
and Hungary have been much worse
recently than the outside world has
had any idea of. Disorders, due to
food shirtage and war-weariness,
have at last spread even to Hungary,
the best fed and most chauvinist part
of the country. No wonder that the
German press expresses alarm at the
outlook. There is no intrinsic 1m-
probability in the rumor that Emperor
Charles has opened a peace drive of
his own, by way of the Spanish gov-
ernment. His basic difficulty, how-
ever, in any peace negotiations is the
impossibility of freeing his oppressed
subjects and at the same time saving
his Empire. He has two enemies to
face before he can accomplish much
in the direction of liberating the
Czechs and Jugo-Slavs; he must face
both the Germans and the Hungar-
ians.

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the entbre knit goods
awaiting a Government
Mills making woolen lines of
underwear and hosiery have finally
decided that civilian production will
be cut off for some time to come and
are letting the matter rest there.
mills are wondering what
they will be able to do when their
present yarn supplies are exhausted.
So far no word can be obtainable.

 

Action. in
trade is
move.

Sweater

 

Arrangements have been made with
the War Trade Department in Lon-
don to permit increased exports of
linens, unions and cottons to this
country, and the trade here is of the
opinion that some increased imports
can be expected. Advices received

last week from England indicate that
during the last week in May some
increased quantities were shipped to
this side.

It is not felt that a shift from wool
to silk sweaters is practical because
the artificial silk yarn situation is not
much better than the wool yarn sit-
uation, and certainly any great in-
crease in the demand for pure silk
would advance the price to a level
that would greatly restrict the de-
mand for the finished sweaters.

 

An early announcement on the
standardization of staple cotton goods
that must be produced in a large
way for civilian purposes to the ex-
clusion of a variety of fancies and
semi-fancies will do much toward
clearing up the doubts that exist con-
cerning the effect of fixed prices.

Tow yarn supplies available for
civilian work have been increased
according to advices received from
Belfast, and, with cotton being used
to supplement it, some increase in
the production of unions and cottons
is looked for.

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There has been a decided contrac-
tion in the consumption of fine cot-
ton goods in this country, according
to the estimates recently made by
one of the oldest and largest selling
organizations in that division of the
market.

There is a growing belief in the
hosiery trade that some of the par-
cel post export business to Europe
will be stopped on account of the
large need for cargo space for carry-
ing more essential articles than silk
hosiery.

 

No wonder that the German leaders
have supreme contempt for German
lives. When a whole nation allows
itself to be browbeaten into fighting
for one family—and that family a
degenerate one—there is little to be
said in its favor.

 

The domestic linen trade is un-
changed. The general conditions are
so well known that no repetition is
needed, and as far as offerings are
concerned anything that is available
is worth the price asked.

 

Some of the largest and best known
tine cotton goods mills in the country
are now running half their machin-
ery on Government work, a fact that
is not appreciated in the trade.

Government orders for textile mer-
chandise continue to be announced in
very large quantities, and little is
heard of the renewal of orders where
mills have reached the end of con-
tracts’ periods.

 

Pappas & Spyros have engaged in
the grocery business at 402 South
Division avenue, the Worden Co. fur-
nishing the stock.

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M. Hecht has engaged in the gro-
cery business at 414 West Bridge
street, the Judson Grocer Co. fur-

nishing the stock.
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Poverty is the grindstone upon
which wits are sharpened.

July 3, 1918

Maple Syrup in Glass Cans.

East Lansing, July 2—Michigan
maple syrup, which heretofore has
wended its way to the breakfast ta-
bles of the Nation in tin containers,
will do its traveling in 1919 in glass
bottles if recommendations of merm-
bers of the Michigan Maple Sugar
Makers’ Association are heeded hy
producers,

The Association, speaking through
the forestry department of Michigan
Agricultural College, is asking pro-
ducers to order bottles for next year
so that tin can be saved for war work.

The objection that it will be much
more difficult to prepare the syrup for
shipment in bottles is offset by the
fact that the glass containers have a
market value in every household. If
quart jars are used they :an be made
ready for the housewives’ «anuing
season. The gallon containers can be
made use of in a similar fashion.

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Salt Fish—Importer sof Irish mack-
erel believed the Government
likely to lift the embargo on the im-
portation of Irish mackerel, but it
seems now that this is not to be.
The Government refuses to allow
Irish mackerel to be brought in, on
the theory that it can be consumed
on the other side. The only Irish
mackerel about, therefore, is the re-
mains of spot stocks. The scarcity
of new Irish fish is being taken ad-
vantage of by the handlers of new
cape shores, who are asking $26 for a
grade that commonly sells for hardly
half of that. The new cape shore
mackerel on the market so far are
thin and not very good; demand very
quiet On account of the price.

was

Provisions — Smoked meats are
steady to firm, with quotations abour
unchanged and fair supply. The con-
sumptive demand is good. The re-
ceipts of hogs are moderate at ‘his
season. Pure lard is barely steady,
due to the slight accumulation in lo-
cal packers’ hands, following the re-
strictions on the use of lard. Com-
pound lard is firm at unchanged
prices. Dried beef is firm and in light
supply, with good demand. Barreled
pork steady and unchanged; fair sup-
ply; light demand. Canned meats are
steady and unchanged.

Sugar Syrups—In complying with
the recently made regulations of the
Food Administration, refiners have
not been able as yet to make offer-
ings, but it is expected that the mar-
ket will get into working shape this
week and that an active busines is
in prospect.

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Bay City—The E. J. Vance Box
Co., Ltd., has merged its business
into a stock company under the
style of the E. J. Vance Box Co.
with an- authorized capital stock of
$100,000, all of which has been sub-
scribed and paid in in property.

BUSINESS CHANCES.

For Sale—First-class general hardware
store; best location of thriving county
seat city. Good. trade—invoice about
$24,000. Must sell quick account health.
Sell all or half. Act immediately. Ad-
dress J. L Barr, Mansfield, Ohio. 809

For Sale—Billiard parlor, city of 12,000,
near Grand Rapids; eleven tables, com-
plete; all in first-class condition; money
maker. For full particulars write Isaac
Kouw & Co., Holland, Mich. 810

For Sale—A nice level farm of over
one hundred acres just three miles from
Otsego. Good buildings. Plenty of tim-
ber. For sale or exchange for a’ stock
of merchandise. ‘Address. A. D. Han-

 

 

 

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