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VOL XII. , GRAND RAPIDS, JULY 3, 1895 ' ee Gas a “— SAMPLE CASE HSIN: cts 4th SOF WHOLESALE IONE OOM EXCLUSIVELY WAVER GO 161-163 Jefferson Ave. DETROIT a | WC ( NS¢ The 2T ( s packed BA DELICIOUS JO JCKET ke ane tr | RHODE ISLAND 2s wit FINEST GOODS WIDE, MEDIUM, NARROW and PICCADILLY TOES Excelin FIT, STYLE, QUALITY Great Seller and FINISH } Vea +” Good Profit | Po this PICKLE or rls ea a | is oF the Put up in handsome, wi | , .N E TH Y Sour PROPRIETORS — i FOR SALE BY "SPECIALTIES. |YILLIAMS BROSaCHARBONNEA! ZZ The Ball. rau Pp ‘NBE= THY aerate ri ae i CATALOGUE. RY at WINDSOR, ONT. fiCH,. 2 Devrorrmich} SE Barphart- Putman —— = : Company J. 7. MURPH A GRAND RAPIDS. Sich. | sc QPACAL AND ROE vee — NORE & eae, Weseiess| Ofer Emcee. Factory, 99 Wy. IONIA i, Gf | Rapids eRe Absolutely Sate! ene Te , There are thousands of SI GNALS, : lt i I {is HHO but none so good as the Se .| eal, FIVE” bie I own 7 GAS ENGINE a 1. ‘ Dag — Si. Grand Raids | A Fine Havana Filler Cigar for 5 cents. Maker, F. E. BUSHTIIAN, Agent, Manuf rs of Marine Engines and Launches. ED. Ww. RUH E, CHICAGO. 523 John St., KALAMAZOO —. ae (aaa ALDEN & LIBBY, °""™ Hea ting === - Plumbing! Sigegfsem at utter Wholesale Produce | A SPE — _ Steam, Hot Water or Hot a IN ALL ITS PARTS. Pe a ean nc Se re Sheet Metal Work 93 and 95 South Division Street, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. NO FIRM IN THE STATE HAS BETTER FACILITIES OR REPUTATION. OL i / WOOD MANTEL GRATE, GAS AND ELECTRIC FIXTURE DEPAR TMENT | purine an Is pronounced the FINEST IN THE COUNTRY, East or West. C, ra C ke rs 7 WEATHERLY & PULTE, e Sweet Goods GRAND er 252 and 254 CANAL ST., GRAND RAPIDS Ss’ won ind you ever stir-up a ‘ Hornets Nest | i Hi Wi | HALA Why ah if TRADESMAN S~<\ BS LWE, ES MAW | Cora Grand Papas Mech, ‘Ce a «Ff. REYNOLDS GRAND RAPIDS Sole Agent for Michigan GOODS GUARANTEED ..-. Mail @rders Solicited oy )) Sm er TS C oa & aw & VOL. XII. GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY , JULY 3, 1895. NO. 615 WAYNE COUNTY SAVINGS BANK, Detroit, Mich. ! issued by cities, $900,000 10 INVEST IN BONDS counties, towns and school districts of Mich. Officers of these municipalities about to issue bonds will find it to their advantage to apply to this Bank. Blank bonds and blanks for proceedings supplied with- out charge. Communieations and enquiries have prompt attention. Bank pays 4 p.c. on deposits, compounded semi-annually. 8. D. E:woop,Treas. Commercial Credit Co., Limitea. Reports on individuals for the retail trade, house renters and professional men. Also Local Agents Furn. Com. Agency Co.'s ‘Red Book." Collections handled for members. Phones 166-1030 65 MONROE ST., GRAND RAPIDS. THE FIRE ” INS. co. PROMPT, CONSERVATIVE, SAFE. J. W. CHAMPLIN, Pres. W. FRED McBAIN, Sec. Michigan Fé 0nd Marie INSURANCE CO. Organized set Detroit, Mich. Country Merchants Can save exchange by keeping their Bank wccounts inGrand Rapids, asGrand Rapids cheeks are parin all markets. The GONK OT Mchiga Offers exceptional facilities to its custom- ere, and is prepared to extend any favors consistent with sound banking. DANIEL McCOY, President. CHAS. F. PIKE, Cashier. The Michigan Trust Co. Grand Rapids, Mich. Makes a specialty of acting as EXECUTOR OF WILLS ADMINISTRATOR OF ESTATES GUARDIAN OF MINORS AND INCOMPETENT PERSONS TRUSTEE OR AGENT In the management of any busing which may be entrusted to it. Any information desired will be cheerfully furnished. LEWIS H. WITHEY, President. ANTON G. HODENPYL, Secretary. .9 AND 7 PEARL STREET. The Tradesman’s advertisers receive sure and profitable results. LAPSES OF CLERKS. How To Treat Instances of Carelessness and Deceit. As has happened so often before, Billy has given me, incidentally, a serviceable rule of action, for use in a difficult situa- tion, which occurs over and over again to every employer. Of course, he did not offer it to me di- rectly. I acquired it by overhearing him in serious conversation with John Henry. John Henry is the younger brother whom Billy brought in to take his own place. ‘John Henry,” said Billy, very sternly, “*You shan’t play marbles in the alley with the butcher’s boy but this once. The next time you do it I am going to tell the Boss.” ‘‘Why don’t you tell him this time?” snified John Henry. ‘You’re just mean enough.’’ ‘‘Because when you catch anybody do- ing something wrong, you owe him one more chance to do better,” said Billy, ig- noring John MHenry’s gibe. “That's Scripture, and it’s common sense, too.” ‘‘But you told on me when | forgot to mail the letters and you found ’em in my overcoat pocket,” whined the boy, trying to wriggle away from Billy’s grasp. ‘“‘That was a different matter,” said Billy. ‘‘I could see by the addresses that the letters were important, and I knew that a telegram might fix up some of the mischief you’d done. I hadn’t any right to keep still in that case.’’ As Billy isa man of his word and I bave heard nothing about playing mar- bles in the alley, I conclude that John Henry has mended the error of his ways. Meanwhile, I have adopted Billy’s policy of ‘giving one more chance,” unless {am sure such a course will work positive harm. My first experiment was with the cash- ier—a very careful young woman usually, but she was going to a concert, the other night, and was a little demoralized by the prospect of the evening’s pleasure. She left the safe unlocked and the cash in the drawer of her desk, instead of put- ting itin the vault. in the morning, I showed her the watchman’s note, stating how he had found things. She turned very red and then pale. ‘‘We won’t talk about it this time,” I said, kindly. ‘Or next time, either,’’ 1 added, in a some- what harder tone, ‘but, of course, there will not be any next time.’’ There will not. I am convinced that of all the possible cashiers I might em- ploy, the one who was forgiven so seri- ous a blunder is the least likely to leave the safe open a second time. The next case was somewhat worse. One of the salesmen had a little business connected with settling up his father’s estate. His father, who was not consid- ered an eccentric man, must have dropped his property overboard some- where down on the fishing bank, leaving his executor to get it up as best he could. linferred this the day after, from acci- dentally hearing young Robinson tell about his trip down the bay and the kind of tackle he had used. 1 asked him to stop a minute as he| went out to get his lunch. ‘*Robinson,’’ said 1, ‘‘l1 am a believer | in holidays, and a still firmer believer in always telling the truth. The next time you want to go fishing I hope you will not involve your father’s memory in the deceit.’’ He stammered an apology, which | am sure he meant. I was glad my new rule permitted me to give him one more chance, for Robinson is a bright young fellow who will go right if kept in the way of it. On the whole, | think Billy’s plan the best possible one, not only as a matter of kindness and justice, but as one of policy. There is, as Billy said, the best of authority for such a course, and the right sort of man or woman will bear being forgiven and be all the bet- ter for it. As for the people who will offend again, they are easily sifted out; and the ones who dislike you for every kindness you do them, are so rare as not to be worth considering in forming a general rule—but. —_——_—_—_—_—~ - > <> The United States Agricultural De- partment has decided that the peanut is not a nut, and that its native home is Brazil. In the South, where it grows, it is known as tne goober pea, the earth- nut and goober. The part we eat is the seed, and the shell is a pod. Al A happy heart is worth more than a pedigree as old as the hills. nen 2PEnewene. F¢ Ge wm nen "2PEnewene € ‘THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. THE BACK OFFICE. Written for THE TRADESMAN. They are having a lively time over in Piggville, a growing town of some eight or ten thousand inhabitant. As the warm weather came on, one or two of the gro- cers, more by chance than anything else, were togetber and after comparing the ills of grocer life, soon came to the unanimous opinion thata majority of the evils to which human grocer flesh is heir center around Saturday and Saturday night. By five o’clock, everybody is astir and from that time, so long as there is any Saturday, those unfortunate tradesmen are onthe jump. The result is, that by the time they go to bed they are too tired to sleep; and, to makea long story short, they are simply used up. Wasn’t there some way to stop this tre- mendous wear and tear? They con- cluded there must be. Smith was ready, for one, to shut up at nine if, in closing the door, he cut a customer in two! Brown was ready to do the same; but Robinson hung fire. If they were to ac- complish anything, all must go into it. For himself, he couldn’t see any use in shutting up at nine o’clock, or any other exact time, for that matter, and let Jones grow fat on the custom which belonged to somebody else. Better have a meeting of the grocers, and so reach some con- clusion in the matter. Would he join the rest of ‘‘the assembled and met together” to shut up at 9 o’clock on Saturday night? Not he! The next thing to do was to ealla meeting of the grocers and see what could be done. It was a success in every way. There were resolutions almost without end, unanimously adopted, and the meeting broke up with everyone re- joicing in the prospect of getting to bed the following Saturday before midnight. The result was, that every man of them, Smith excepted, waited to see what the other man would do, and the sulphurous atmosphere which lowered over the grocery clerk’s bed that follow- ing Sunday morning was not a fitting welcome for the first day of the week. The next Monday morning, there were a great many ‘‘I-told-you-so’s”’ in the air —except in Smith’s neighborhood. He said nothing, but concluded-that the name of the town would have to be changed—it was too youthful. Then, to the surprise of everybody, he took off his coat and went out into the store to help wait on customers. He had a great deal to say to every one of them, and, if any children came, he was particular to look after their wants and to send them away with some candy and to urge them to say to mamma that he wanted to see her. That thing went on for the rest of the week. By Wednesday, it began to be noticeabie that there wasn’t any trade to speak of after five o’clock; and on Satur- day morning the ’phone kept a man busy taking orders, while the number of women and children who came crowding in, right off after breakfast, that store had never seen before. Well, the result is that Smith’s grocery store closed that Saturday at eight o’clock; and he’s going to keep it up all summer. Another result, wholly un- looked for when he began this move- ment, is that every day at six o’clock the store is closed. It will be that way all summer, he thinks, but I am willing to make a prophesy to the effect that Smith’s grocery will close at six daily and at eight o’clock every Saturday, the year around. He has lost little custom; he has lost no customers and the P.I.G.s in Pigg- ville are scratching their heads and thinking about what Smith did and how he did it. I don’t mind telling. He had a good trade and among his customers were some of the best people in town. When he went to clerking, that morning, every woman he waited on wastold what he wanted to do and why. Then he asked her if she would be willing to} help him in the matter by coming early with her orders. That’s all there is to it; and Smith says his success in keeping Sunday is due to the women who were willing to overlook any inconvenience his plan necessitated on their part. I wish there were more to this, for the sake of winding up in regular -story fashion; but, in place of that, let me urge the reader, who is situated as Smith was, to try his plan and tell the readers of Tut TRADESMAN how he comes out. * * * The Criterion can see no reason why beer should not be taxed, as it is a lux- ury, not a necessity. And then that paper goes right on to say that the tax of $1 a barrel would yield $33,000,000 annually to the Goy- ernment, without a thought, apparently, that a commodity consumed at the rate of 33,000,000 barrels a year must, from that very fact, be not only a necessity but a very great one. With that fact fixed, itis not easy to concede that the tax, doubled if you please, would not be paid by the consumers. It might be paid out of the excessive profits of some- one, that is conceded; but it can be said, right here, that when $1 tax is paid on beer, the fellow who drinks the beer will be the one to pay it. That question has been fought over outside of beer and, when the account was squared, the con- sumer paid the bill; and when an article so necessary as beer is the one in ques- tion—there you have it—the necessity is taxed and the luxury goes scot free. Read this: A woman went into a shoe store the other day and called for a pair of shoes for a child 12 years old. When asked why she did not bring the child to be fitted, the reply was that the weather did not permit and she could not bring a shoe, because, up to that time, so great had been her husband’s need for beer that the children had to go without shoes. Pressure had been brought to bear upon the man, and he had signed the pledge. Since then, the children had been indulged in luxuries—shoes among them—and, if the pledge was strong enough to hold, it was barely pos- sible that she might get money enough to have a pair herself. This isa rare in- stance; and in those cases, where the man insisted on having his needed beer, the tax of $30,000,000 would make the children go barefooted until they were of age! The same thing holds true in regard to whisky; and yet these pessimists would pay the whole cost of carrying on the Government by taxing beer and whisky and putting coffee and tea and sugar on the free list! Cranks? Of course they are cranks, and it is much regretted that the Criterion is so high on that unenvied list. RICHARD MALCOLM STRONG. Oo 2 Ramie is now being extensively culti- vated in the West Indies as a substitute for silk. Men or Business fant Results Tf In the shape of PROFITS, for money and time invested. adesman Coupon books Are Time-Savers, by curtailing book-keeping Are Error-Sayers, by detecting charges lia- ble to be overlooked Are Money-Makers, by holding customers down to an arbitrary line of credit Are NEXT TO CASH in the system they involye and the losses and annoyances they prevent Are What Men of Busines s Want In all transactions between themselves and customers not strictly cash. They not only save time and money, but help to hold trade through avoidance of annoying errors and dis- putes which so often lose customers for the merchant. A postal card to us signifies your desire to inspect samples and prices — promptly furnished. Tradesman Company Grand Rapids THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. AROUND THE STATE. MOVEMENTS OF MERCHANTS. Bellaire—O. E. Close suceeeds Spicher & Close in the drug business. Rockford—Greiner & Smith succeed Hiram C. Greiner in the grocery business. Benton Harbor—Wellman & Lytle suc- ceed Hiram Wellman in the meat busi- ness. Reed City—Adolph Kautzmann has sold his meat business to Adelbert Wat- kins. Kalamazoo—Jerome L. Barhite suc- ceeds Chas. E. Powers in the grocery business. Battle Creek—Wattles & Poole succeed Wm. A. Wattles in the coal and wood business. Mt. Pleasant—Sidney A. Vansice suc- ceeds Sidney Vansice & Co. in the cigar business. Charlotte—Ida (Mrs. J. A.) Hagerman succeeds Hagerman & Burman in the grocery business. Homer—Burgess & Stilson are suc ceeded by Burgess & Dowker in the gro- ecery and bakery business. Allegan—Sherwood & Adams succeed A. W. Sherwood & Son in the furniture and undertaking business. Shelby—George Bunnell, of Reed City, has rented the Emmons building and will shortiy open a new grocery store. Dowagiac—Faber & Muench will con- tinue the merchant tailoring business formerly conducted by Jacob Faber. Detroit—Barney & Meyer, grocers, have dissolved partnership. The busi- ness will be continued by H. F. Barney. Bradley—M. A. Ross has sold his drug stock and store building to E. H. Morse, of Wayland, who will continue the busi- ness. Hancock—Erickson & Nylund have purchased the bakery business of Nelson & Strandell! at this place and also at Lau- rium. Saginaw—D. E. Slawson has merged his hardware business inte a stock com- pany under the style of the Valley Hard- ware Co. Hart—The firm of Comstock & Wheeler, commission merchants, has. dissolved partnership, Mr. Comstock continuing the business. Holland—Wm. Deur & Co. have em- barked in the flour and feed, confection- ery and cigar business at the corner of River and Seventh sireets. Mackinac Island—The Common Coun- cil has decided to levy a tax of $30 per month on all transient mer- chants who do business here. Chapin—P. W. Holland has removed the hardware stock he recently pur chased of E. L. Mort from Elsie to this place, where he will continue the busi- ness. Morenci—Geo. E. Smith has sold his interest in the grocery firm of L. M. Smith & Son to his brother-in-law, C. E. Willis. The new firm will be Smith & Willis. Jackson—E. L. Carey has moved his building and stock of groceries and _ fix- tures to the corner of First and Griswold streets—a much more desirable location than his former place. summer known as Hudson—Our business men are making an effort to secure the Buchanan screen works, of Hillsdale. The firm offers to come if the citizens will provide it with a factory and warehouse. It employs a large number of men and is, apparently, doing a good business. | Saugatuck—The grocery stock of the late R. Blink has been purchased by Chas. Blink, of Holland, who will re- move to this place and continue the busi- ness at the same location. Springport—L. Orrison has sold his grocery and bakery stock to H. L. Boyce and Lucius Hosler (formerly of Eaton Rapids), who will continue the business under the style of Boyce & Hosler. Overisel—The general firm of Benj. Voorhorst & Co.—composed of Benj. Voorhorst and H. Hulsman—played to great luck last week, the former welcom- ing a 10 pound boy and the latter a 10 pound girl the same day. Jackson—L. D. Lockwood’s coal and wood business, on South Milwaukee street, changed hands twice in one day recently. Mr. Lockwood sold to R. S. & A. Wooliff and they sold the stock to M. V. Parmelee, who will close out the busi- ness. Lakeview—J. Weiss has sold his stock of dry goods tol. Netzorg, of Mecosta, Mr. Netzorg to have possession soon after the Fourth of July. To make the bar- gain binding, Mr. Weiss and Mr. Netzorg have each placed $1,000 in the bank as a forfeit. Big Rapids—The temperature of a Big Rapids merchant was raised to the boil- ing point recently by the sang froid of a customer whom he had trusted to the ex- tent of $25 on promise to pay when he got work. The man got employment in March, and the merchant importuned him for his pay last Friday. The man said he couldn’t pay just then, as he had been enlarging his barn, and it had emptied his purse. Detroit—S. S. Seefred, after sixteen years in the service of the Merchants & Manufacturers’ Exchange, has resigned the position of Actuary to engage in other business,and Walter S. Campbell has been appointed his successor, the change to take effect July 1. Mr.Campbell will be assisted by D. J. Oakley, who has been ap- pointed manager of the credit clearing house, and by E. C. Howes, who will have charge of the correspondence depart- ment. MANUFACTURING MATTERS. Estey—Siagle & Connors have finished their cut for the season and shut down their sawmill. West Branch—The shingle mills here are running only about half time, owing to a lack of stock. New Holland—Jacob Van Dyk succeeds Peigrim & Van Dyk in the manufacture of cheese at this place. Northport—The shingie miil here shipped 250,000 shingles to Milwaukee last week and will ship 500,000 more this week. The plant will run with a full force all summer. Oscoda—The Pack, Woods & Co. mili has been closed down for some time waiting for logs to come down the Au Sable River. There are several miles of cedar jam ahead of their logs. Saginaw—The stave business is re- ported duil, owing to the speculative ad- vance in the price of wheat. Manufac- turers here say that stecks of staves sare piling up and the demand is light. Saginaw—The A. W. Wright Lumber Co. is receiving logs by rail from the Mackinaw division, and its sawmill and planing mill are in active operation. The company reports business as fairly good. The concern has a steck of timber suffi- cient to keep the sawmill in operation two years yet. saw- Saginaw—There is arumor that a large concern is considering the project of erecting a planing mill and box factory, but it has not yet assumed sufficiently definite form to justify more than pass- ing mention. Manistee—The situation in regard to lumber is a peculiar one. With a rising tide of demand and an increased price for most other commodities, lumber seems to hang tantalizingly near the low water mark. Lumber is the last to feel de- pression, but we forget about that when times begin toimprove, and think the in- crease in value ought to come with that for other commodities. Lewiston—Lumbering is quite brisk on the Lewiston branch of the Michigan Central Railway. The Michelson & Han- son Lumber Co. is buying logs from along the line of the Bear Lake branch and the Mackinaw division, and is busy on the Lewiston branch, having shipped 3,000,000 feet of lumber during June. Smalleys & Woodworth, of Bay City, are also cutting logs on this branch and ship- ping to Bay City. Manistee—Manistee is right on the highroad to prosperity. We have an assured cut for frem ten to twenty-five years yet for most of our sawmills, the salt industry a certainty for aJl time to come, a large tannery to utilize the hem- lock bark and two good furniture fac- tories using a small measure of hard- wood, and we shall have a pulp factory here before long. Recent developments have made possible the use of jack pine, and even slabs and edgings can be utilized. Hemlock, which heretofure has not been available for pulp wood, may be used quite freely, as its white- ness and freedom from pitch recommend it. ee Had a Big Trade. “I thought you said you had worked up a good trade here,’’ said the man who had just bought a drug store ip the hear- ing of a Chicago reporter. ‘So I had,” replied the man, who had just sold. ‘I put in six months working it up, and its the best in this district.” - ‘‘Best in this district!’ exclaimed the purchaser. ‘‘Why, a man can’t make enougb money here to keep his shoe shined.” ‘“‘Well,” admitted the other, slowly; ‘'l didn’t say anything about making money, you know.” “But you said you had a big trade.” **Ves: | said that.’ “Steady stream of people coming and going most of the day.’’ “Il recail saying something effect.’’ ‘Claimed that your unfailing courtesy to all comers was responsible tor it.” ‘Well, I think it was.” “Then, where’s the trade now? I hayen’t sold anything but postage stamps all day.” “That’s the trade I referred to,” ex- plained the furmer proprietor, pleas- antly. ‘‘In spite of your insinuations, sir, when I left this place it had the largest postage stamp trade in this ward, and if you have lost it, it is yourown to that fault. By the way, I have a letter to mail myself. If you would like my trade si He was quicker than the new proprie- tor and so escaped. —<—_——————— Attention is directed to the advertise- ment of C. Sengenberger, in the Wants Column department of this week’s paper. Mr. Sengenberger has a_ well-selected steck of staple and fancy groceries and his fixtures are the finest of the kind in the State. ll AI Be on hand for new Japan Teas. They are now seasonable. Gillies’ Fans are the best. J. P. Visner, Ag’t. Unsolicited Testimonial as to Prompt- ness. Secretary Owen, of the Michigan Knights of the Grip, is in receipt of the following unsolicited testimonial from a recent beneficiary of the organization: DETROIT, April 22—I beg leave to ac- knowledge the receipt from Maj. R. W. Jacklin, President, of a warrant on the Treasurer of the order for $500, in full payment of the death benefit under cer- tificate issued to my late husband, Fred- erick Miller. Mr. Miller’s death, on March 21 of this year, was very unexpected, and I was left almost entirely without funds wherewith to meet the necessarily incurred family expenses. It was not more than a week after his death before proofs were prepared and forwarded to you, and within a month from the time of his death, | was in receipt of the war- rant, which is, indeed, at this time very acceptable. 1 assure you and your Association that I am truly grateful to you fer your promptness and tor the kind considera- tion shown me. Sopura L. MILLER. PRODUCE IARKET. Beans with no indiea- tions pointing to a decline and with strong prob- ability of still higher prices. Jobbers quote $2.25 in small lots and about #2.05 in eariots. Beets—-New, 15¢ per doz. Butter—Factory creamery is slow sale at 16@ vc. Dairy isin fair demand at 12@13¢e, with in- dications favoring a higher range of values. Maryland stock is lower than a week ago, commanding #1.50 ; er crate. Cucumbers—Home grown, 40¢ per doz. Cherries—Sweet, 4c per qt. Sour, 5c. This week will be the flush of the crop, which is es- timated to be fully up to the average. Eggs—Handlers pay 10¢e and hold at 1044@11c¢ in a regular jobbing way. Onions—10e per doz. bunches for green stock. Dry stock trom the South commands $1.25 per bu. Potatoes—Old stoe k is about at an end, about all the 1894 murphies left in the city having been closed out Monday at 45¢,50c per bu. New steck has declined to #2 50 per bb 1. and may go a little lower by the end of the week although the in- dications point to a level market fori a few days. taspberries—Black, about Ye per qt. Red, 12\4e per qt. ounetune the for 4 basket crate, Wax Beans—#1.75 per bu. crate. Watermelons--Georgia, 2U@ 25¢ apiece, ing tosize. Receipts will probably be occurrence from now on, be to abundant. The market is quiet, Cabbage accord- of daily as the crop is said to PROVISIONS The Grand Rapids Packing and Provisinn Co quotes as follows: PORE IN BABRELS. ae bee eee 12 50 ss . ., uz £xtra clear pig, ~ gad om... ! 14 00 Extra clear, heavy.. eee eae Clear, fat back.. 12 75 Boston clear, short cut.. 13 50 Clear back, shortcut...... . 13 50 Standard clear, short cut. best....__.. . 13 50 SAUSAGE, Pin oe. 7% ee ee 5% ee ee ee 6 Tongue eee eae 8% Blood . ee 6 Head cheese . eee ae 6 See... 1)... a oe 10 Prankfort.......... . os i’ LakD, Bete Meuderec... ........ ee ranecr........-....... eee PO ee ee - eee ee ec eheee esas. og. oa eee 64 CC eee 6% 5v Ib. ‘Tins, Cc advance. 20 Ib. pails, yee 10 Ib. %e 7 «| %c e oi. * te _ BEEF iN BAKKELS, Extra Mess, warranted 4x! ibs....... 7 00 Extra Mess, Chicago packing...... 7 Coals rome ye. WwW 00 SMOKED MEATS—Canvassed or Plain. Hame, average 20 lbs . 93% oe... eee cevee 10 ” ” ai... — - ooae.. ee eee el ‘|| Setibomcicgs 00 aC Sle Shouleers........... q Breakfast Bacon boneless se , Dried beef, ham prices. ae DRY SALT MEATS. Long Clears,heavy ....... 6% lt ey PICKLED PIGS’ FEET. ne teres... Li edeee ee 3 00 Quarter barreis......... a 1 65 —........... 90 TRIPE. Ses eee .. 7 Bits, pteutam ....... .. - eo ceo. | ie BUTTERINE. Creamery, WO ce 18 oe: Lot dane bibl os mle 15 Dey, Oe 11% fu i = aie. Cl a. = aie. Cl a. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. o The Grocery Market. Sugar—The market holds steady at previous quotations, and is, if anything, a little stronger than last week, as con- cessions that were made then have been withdrawn. The demand during the week, as a whole, has been less active than last week. There has been a cur- tailed production, and, consequently, some grades of softs have been sold ahead of production, it is said. The Trust is said to have an accumulation of granulated, but the independent refiners are well sold up. The refiners continue to talk firm prices, but there is a rather uneasy feeling among brokers generally that the dullness, lower value of raws, and the low import cost of German gran- ulated may influence a decline here. The importation of German granulated has been larger than usual, and rumor has it there is considerable brought here that cannot be located. On the other hand, it is argued that jobbers’ pur- chases have been very small for the past seven weeks and that, as stocks through- out the country are extremely light, buy- ers must enter the market shortly. The prediction is made that a good steady de- mand will be in force during July. The Baltimore Sugar Refinery, which was de- stroyed by fire about three years ago, en- tailing a loss of $1,300,000, will be re- built, the stockholders recently voting $650,000 of new preferred stock to cover the cost of rebuilding and improvement. Molasses and Syrups—Owing to the approaching holiday, the market for mo- lasses is rather quiet. Kettle molassesis in best request, and the assortment is daily growing smaller. High-grade cen- trifugals are in moderately steady re- quest, while the dark low grades are much neglected. The stock of open ket- tle goods at New Orleans is very light as compared with previous years, while of centrifugals there is a fair supply. For- eign molasses is moving quite well at strong prices. There is but little stock left on the Islands, and holders are ask- ing exorbitant prices. It is said that the stocks of imported molasses in the United States were never smaller than they now are, and the outlook seems to favor a steady range of values. The market forsyrups rules quiet, both for export and home consumption. Stocks of the lowest and very fine grades are ac- cumulating in the hands of refiners. Job- bers are holding off in expectation of lower prices, as they consider present values a trifle high. Glucose is dull. Teas—New Japans and Formosas have been on the market now nearly three weeks, but they are not attracting much attention and sell slowly. The stocks of tea on the average throughout the coun- try are supposed to be light, and it seems to be only a question of time when busi- ness must improve. Spices—There have been no sales of moment and the situation, both here and abroad, shows no material change, al- though advices are somewhat irregular. The jobbing buyers are confining them- selves to actual wants, and enter the market as often as necessary, but will not anticipate to the slightest degree. On the full reports from the Holland sale both nutmegs and mace have developed more strength, and there is talk of fur- ther advances in the former. Cloves are dull and unchanged. Pepper has been very quiet, while the wants of the trade as far as cassia and ginger are con- eerned are easily liquidated. Prices are without change on the entire list and may be quoted as strong. Provisions—The tendency of the mar- ket for hog products has been generally to a better basis during the week. The firmness set in early, and immediately following a sharp pressure on the part of the packers to sell. Those who had been instrumental in breaking the mar- ket turned about, and the marked confi- dence shown resulted in asubstantial ad- vance on all the products. 2 << Gripsack Brigade. Hub Baker (I. M. Clark Grocery Co.) was called to Youngstown, N. Y., last Thursday, by the serious illness of his mother, who suffered a severe shock of paralysis and is not expected to live. D. E. McVean (Musselman Grocer Co.) is still kept off the road by reason of the interference of Old Rheum. His route is being covered in the meantime by John McCleary, who has taken his con- tagious smile along with him. Jacob Vandenberg succeeds Richard Savage as city salesman for the Worden Grocer Co. Mr. Vandenberg was for two years manager of Wm. Steele’s store, at Spring Lake; for ten years manager of the Chippewa Lumber Co.’s store, at Chippewa Lake, and for the past three years has served as city salesman for H. Leonard & Sons. ‘‘Jake,’’ as he is fa- miliarly known, is a faithful worker and will, undoubtedly, achieve success in his new position. At the annual meeting of the Supreme Council of the United Commercial Trav- elers, held at Columbus, Ohio, last week, the report of the Secretary showed that there had been fourteen deaths during the past year and that the present mem- bership was 3,056, a gain over last year of 48 per cent. The following officers were elected: Supreme Counselor, R. N. Hull, Salina, Kas.; Supreme Secretary, Charles B. Flagg, Columbus; Supreme Treasurer, W. E. Carpenter, Columbus. Chas. S. Brooks (Musselman Grocer Co.) has always prided himself on his skillas a musician, but since the absence of his wife on her summer vacation he has been taking lessons in vocal culture of M. D. Elgin, in consequence of which he is mere than ever persuaded of his ability as a vocalist. His favorite ballad is, ‘*Kiss me good night, little darling,” and THkE TRADESMAN assures Mr. Brooks’ customers that they will enjoy a rare treat if they can prevail upon him to treat them to exhibitions of his skill in the musical line. About a year ago Oliver C. Shultz and Rev. T. DeWitt Talmadge boarded the train at Flint and happened to travel to- gether for several days, so that they got pretty wellacquainted. At Battle Creek they were the only passengers to leave the train. They had hardly taken a seat in the bus for the hotel, when the dis- tinguished divine discovered that he had left one of his rubbers in the ear. He was about to make a dash for the missing article, when his traveling companion, wishing to be of service, rushed after it. Thorough search failed to produce the rubber and Mr. Shultz returned to find it in Mr. Talmadge’s hand, who remarked, by way of explanation, that he had, un- consciously, put both rubbers on one foot! An enthusiastic meeting of Grand Rap- ids traveling men was held in the parlors of the Livingston last Saturday evening, to take action on matters pertaining to | the Fourth of July. It was voted to join the procession; that the paraphernalia should be dusters, straw hats, a small flag on the coat lapel andacane. Two gentlemen were appointed for each hotel to way-lay unsuspecting traveling men and bring them into line; and a commit- tee was appointed to call on the proper authorities to see if the street carservice cannot be resumed between the Union depot and Monroe street. Out of 600 traveling men, it is safe to predict that there will be a goodly representation and that there will be no finer body of men in the line than they. It is safe to predict that there will be no monkeying with the band wagon this year in celebrating the day that has made all men free. Every precaution which wisdom can furnish has been taken and the long line will parade the streets with decorum befitting the occasion. It must not be inferred, however, that this con- dition of things has been reached with- out effort. Early in the gameit was a question what to do with the traveling men. It was going to be a first-class parade and the traveling men are all first-class fellows; but what if they should take it into their heads to sit down and rest on the curbstone right in front of the Mayor’s office? And what a scandal it would start if they should come out, every one of them, with a poker as the symb)! of the favorite game of the fraternity twenty years ago? The minute they came in sight, the air would be so full of chips that the shovel brigade would have to be called out to clear a pas- sage. Well, it came mighty near break- ing up the whole thing—did, for a fact— and, at last, Aleck What’s-his-name wanted to know what was the matter with splitting the ranks of the Salvation Army right in two and sandwiching the boys in there! Aleck’s brother stren- uously opposed this. The Salvation Army wasn’t large enough to do any- thing of the sort, if the boys should make up their minds to make a break; but he didn’t see why they couldn’t make a sort of Washington pie with that part of the procession—a layer, say, of travel- ing men and then a filling of Salvation Army jam, and soon, with the brass band by way of frosting. He thought the thing would be an attractive feature, if not the best thing in the whole line. It would carry out, in a suggestive way, the national fondness for pie; and then, too, it would be a dainty—not to say tasty— way of referring to the man whom time has crowned as ‘‘first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his coun- trymen;” and he pronounced the quota- tion as if he were speaking a piece. He was followed by a regular enfilade of ob- jections. Finally, the Nestor of thecom- mittee secured the floor and remarked that he was somewhat acquainted with the traveling men and his experience led him to suggest that they give that body a place well up in the procession and trust to luck and a kind Providence for the rest. His opinion prevailed; and, if there is any regret at the nonappearance in the ranks of that kind of Washington pie, it will be due, not to that member of the Aleck family who proposed it, but to the traveling men who decided not to eater to the public palate in that partic- ular way. ce a Chas. P. Visner, tea and coffee dealer at 25 West Leonard street, has closed out his stock and retired from business. Purely Personal. Thos. Curry, the Hudsonville lumber- man, has returned from Mt. Vernon, Ala., where his son, Join B. Curry, has been engaged in general trade for the past five years. Sidney F. Stevens (Foster, Stevens & Co.) leaves Wednesday for Alexandra Bay, where Mrs. Stevens has been for some time. They will visit Aurora and other points in New York, returning home in about three weeks. Dan. C. Steketee (P. Steketee & Sons) bagins his three weeks’ vacation Satur- day. He will spend one week in Chicago and the remainder of the time at the Doornink cottage, at Macatawa Park. Of course, he will be accompanied by his wife. S. S. Trevett, the Traverse City tea dealer, has reason to be proud of the re- markable age attained by his father and mother, who live in St. Lawrence Co., N. Y. Last Monday his father cele- brated his 101st birthday and his mother has reached the ripe old age of 99. a a B. H. King, who came here about three months ago, for the purpose of taking a partnership interest with C. Sengen- berger, has concluded to embark in the grocery business on his own account at the corner of Union street and Fifth avenue. <2 The American Handle Co., with fac- tories at Augusta, Mich., and Bridgeport, Ala., formerly a stock company, has be- come the property of P. J. Coppens, who was one of the principal stockholders of the former company. _—_— 3 Edwin F. Porter has sold his meat mar- ket at 138 West Fulton street to John Quimby, who will continue the business at the same location. > George H. Mosher, of St. Louis, Mo., undertook to prescribe for himself, be- ingillk He drank a quart of soapsuds and, after it, nearly a quart of kerosene oil. He is cured of ali human ills. laa A badly written and blotted check for $1,000,000 gold went through the New York clearing-house, the other day, and without question. It was drawn by Laz- ard Freres in favor of J. Pierpont Mor- gan & Co. i ++ —— Use Tradesman Coupon Books. B. E. PARKS, DRAFTSMAN and ENGINEER, Lock Box 80, Grand Rapins, Mich. UBEROID EADY OOFING.... All Ready to Lay. Needs NO COATING OR PAINTING luventions and New Ideas perfected Power Plants designed, erection superintended Steam Engines indicated and power measured Thos. E. Wykes COAL AND WOOD, LIME, SEWER PIPE, oT FEED, Etc. Grand Rapids. Is Odorless, absolutely Water Proof, will resist fire and the action of acids. Can be used over shingles of steep roofs, or - Diviston St., mer pr iceson O, 7. SP. BENNEIT FUEL AND IGE GO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. A. HIMES. Wholesale Shipper COAL, LIME, CEMEN*S, SEWER PIPE, ETC. - = ' is suitable for tlat roofs. o Will OUTLAST tin or iron and is very much i rade is cordially in- vited to write us for sum cheaper. Try Our Pure Asphalt Paint For coating tin, iron or ready roofs. Write for Prices. H. M. REYNOLDS & SON GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. MICHIGAN MINING SCHUUL Py "> Fror 1 CANAL, ST. GRAND RAPIDS. A nigh-grade technical school. Practical work SE. system. Summer courses. Gives degrees 0! E M. -and Ph. BD. Laboratories, _ mill. ‘ B.A MORMAN & CO. 2 Serret ary Mir aca Mining Schoal aod ieahioee. Mi! GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. M.E. Wadsworth, C0. £ DON 0. ita | ee F Y. ( S We sell Alsen’s com Cement—the MER HANT kinds of FRUITS Potatoes, Butter and Eggs best in the world for sidewalk work. And Jobbers in all Office RCC dy ry A Specialty. Aa Bas Pee A 2 outa HEADS. | Consignments solicited. STATEMENTS, aie eras MULT 42 Jefferson Avenue Se RAND RAPIOS. | 142 Woodbridge St.W. | DETROIT, Mich. SEEDS -~- Potatoes - Beans re rise ees We handle all kinds FIELD SEEDS, Clover, Timothy, Hungarian, Millet, Buck- wheat, Field Peas, Spring Rye, Barley, Etc. Buy and sell Potatoes, Beans, Seeds, Eggs, Ete Car lots or less. ia EGG CRATES and EGG CRATE FILLERS. If you wish to buy or sell write us. 26-28=30-32 OTTAWA STREET Moselev Bros Grand Rapids, Mich. Jobbers SEEDS, BEANS, POTATOES, FRUITS. Order for 4th of July---LEMONS, WATER MELONS, BOLOGNA, KOSHER SAUSAGE, SMOKED HALIBUT, Launed Fish and all kinds of Chease OF GRAND F. J. DETTENTHALER, 117-119 Monroe St., 2kpins SYMONDS’ WIRE & IRON WORKS J. L. syMONDS DETROIT, MICHIGAN. A. J.8YMONDS Manufacturers of ‘Phone 1255-2r. Cemete J Fences and Lawn Farmtare CHAIRS, SETTEES, VASES, VAULTS, GATES, Etc. State your wants and send for Catalogue. GRAVE GUARD. — gS THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 7 The Necessity of Using Care in Buy- ing. The most prominent position in the business world seems to be occupied by the seller. The daily papers, trade journals and magazines, in their adver- tisements, hold up the seller and his wares, while the identity of the buyer is ignored. This submergence of the buyer was im- pressed upon me on a recent visit to a large manufacturer of Massachusetts, from whom our firm (under a former management) had purchased thousands of dollars’ worth of goods, and be it con- fessed, been somewhat slow in payment for them. We could no longer obtain the goods at anything like a price to en- able us to hold ourown. The object of my mission was to regain, if possible, our lost position. After conducting me through the im- mense factory, I was led to the private office, where a large volume called the ‘Test Book” was produced. Opening it, my conductor said: ‘*This book econ- tains the names of firms who show in their dealings with us the lack of the ability to buy with judgment. Turning to your firm is this short history, ‘'Carry stock of fifteen thousand dollars. Fair credit. Buy too much. Slow pay.’ Closing the book and facing me, he con- tinued: ‘‘Young man, let me impress upon you the importance of buying right. Our recora shows, not only in the ease of your firm, but also in hundreds of others, the utter disregard of the princi- ples underlying true business policy; principles which have placed this estab- lishment in its present sound condition, and which you will find of advantage in the conduct of your own business. ‘Three qualifications are necessary to the buyer: ‘*First—A thorough knowledge of the requirements of his locality. *‘Second—To know a good thing when he sees it. ‘“Third—To buy goods at their value. To be familiar with the wants of your customers—you must come in close con- tact with them, make it a point to fre- quently leave your other work to wait upon them, and study their wants. ‘“*Anything well advertised will sell for atime. To be able to tell the true from the false is the crucial test of good judg- ment. **A buyer’s mind, when too easily in- fluenced by outside relations, rather than by what actually exists, can be taken from the consideration of truth—that is, quality—but a man of accurate judgment cannot have a great flow of ideas, because the slighter relations making no figurein his mind have no power tointroduce new ideas, therefore, concentration fathers decision. “This book shows that the eagerness to buy lower than your competitors, to get the extra 5 per cent. for quantity, has been the financial ruin of many a promising firm. In the case of your house, you have, in the past, placed or- ders with us that would supply your lo- cality for five years. We make a study of such cases and take the earliest op- portunity to close their account. The profit is made when goods are sold, not when bought. Had we filled your large order we would be assisting to embarrass your house.”’ While returning home, | had plenty of , time to think over what I had heard. The! first thing 1 did was to go over the stuck , carefully, to find where the principles laid down to me had been violated. Al- most the first thing I saw was a lot of wash boilers and tea kettles with tin bodies and copper bottoms—several of the tea kettles had been returned, as they leaked where the two metals were joined. The salesman said it was the water— too hard; the foreman of the tin shops said the copper ‘‘eats’’ the tin; but any- one knows when water is placed in a ket- tle so made, galvanic action is started, and the baser metal invariably succumbs. These goods had been warranted, so it was an easy matter to weed our stock of them. With some items we were not so fortu- nate, but the lesson was learned, and since then we have thanked the manu- facturer for his plain, but kind advice. A. M. EMBER. se >_> > > Dangers of Quackery. From the Boston Transcript. Several drug stores have in their win- dows placards which read like this: ‘Don’t neglect your heart! Take Dr. Jones’ Heart Tablets.” It is a very ordinary advertisement, but it is ghastly to think of the result of Tom, Dick and Harry, all over the United States, ‘‘Taking care of their hearts”? with somebody’s nostrum, which very likely really has some perceptible effect. When one sees such evidences of the extent to which patent-medicining is carried in this country, one does not wonder at such reactions against all med- icine as the ‘mind cure’ and ‘Christian science.’”?’ We go by extremes in all things, and these theories represent the swing of the pendulum in the opposite direction. The law which governs the universe is a law of equilibrium or compensations; and this law no doubt absolutely requires that while Tom, Dick and Harry are pre- paring themselves for heart disease with Dr. Jones’ Heart Tablets, Mrs. Tom, Mrs. Dick and Mrs. Harry shall be scorn- fully and dogmatically endeavoring to convince them that there is no such thing in the world as heart disease, and by their very scorn and dogmatism, of course, confirming their conservative husbands in the taking of the drug which already they are secretly suspi- cious of. In point of logic there really seems to be no advantage on either side of the family. Tom, Dick and Harry are fool- ishly assuming that they know when to take medicine without consullting the doctor; and Mrs. Tom, Mrs. Dick and Mrs. Harry are just as foolishly assum- ing that they know better than the doc- tor when not to take it. So both sides may be ignorant, and both wrong. Clothing Merchants: See our Fall and Winter Line of Ready-Made CLOTHING forall ages. Every size and kind, most replete. Write our Michigan Agent, WILLIAM CONNOR, Box 346, Marshall, Mich., to call on you—no harm done if you don’t *puy—or meet him at Sweet's Hotel, Grand Rapids, Mich., on Friday, July 5 Customers expenses allowed. Michael Kolb & Son CLOTHING oe ’ Rochester, N. SMITH-HILL FLEVATORS Electric, Steam and Hand Power. PRICES LOW. MECHANISM SIMPLE. NOT LIABLE TO GET OUT OF REPAIR. Call and see me or telephone 1120 and I will accompany enquirer to dozens of local users of our elevators. - C. MULBERRY, Agent. Kortlander Building, Grand Rapids, Mich. THE TRADESMAN Has a FIELD of its own. Advertisers get RESULTS. | 4) Wi THA'S Why Hl Hardware Price Current. AUGUBS AND BITS. din. Scns... ....._.... 70 eee. 49 Jennings’, genuine Ue teen eu eee. 25 Jennings , tuttetion .................. . 50410 AXES. dis. First Quality, S. iB. Bromee....... —. . oa im © Beoeee #900 S. . % Steel........-... _-. 6G : a BARROWS, m—aoee.... $ 00 14 00 NOG ee See BOLTS. dis. LL. 60 c — rnin 70 enue se eeeee 2... 40&10 Sleigh oe... 7 BUCKETS. Well, plain eine ce ee OS nusen, ¢ CAST. dir. Cast Loose Pin, figured........ : Lede Wrought Narrow : 75%10 LOCKS, Ordinary Tackle, a ao ie Ct 70 CRADLES. Grain, Wood brace L .---816 C0 Grain, Wise brace ........... .. -- B18 90 CROW BARBS. Cast Stee) perm 4 CAPS, Ely’s 1-10 ee 65 meee? .. ........... le BR OE ae ' 60 CARTRIDGES EE 56 Central Fire....... ..... Hodes «uc e Or 25 OHISELS. dis. mocmet Peemer.... . 75&10 Socket Framing............ ou 75&16 ReGeOntwrmer.........,...... oo .. 15&10 Seeece aces. A Hutehore Tanged Pimmcr............ _.... 40 OHALE, White Crayons, per gross... --12Q12% dis. 10 COPPER, Planished, 14 ox Cut to size... .. +a sees 28 14x52, 14x56, 14x60 ... 26 Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60... a 20 Cold Rolled, — i. x0 aes... ' R DRILLS, dis. Morse’s Bit Stocks.. 1 50 Taper and straight ae on 50 Morse’s Taper Shank...... ee eee ca ‘ee 50 DRIPPING PANS. Small sizes, serponnd .............. .. 6% Large sizes, per pound ...__...... ELBOWS. Cou 4 pleee. Gis................... doz.net 60 Coremeece dis 50 Adjustabie a dis. 40410 EXPANSIVE BITS. dis. Clark’s, a. Sis; large, 026... 30 Ives’, 1, $18: 824: ao... 2... eee. 25 ’ ‘pILEs—New List. Ee 6010-10 New keeercan 60&10-10 oe ft 60&10-* = Ce Heller's Home Baspe... ........-.... bo&10 GALVANIZED IBROX. Nos. “2S = 22 and 24: % and 2; 27 28 List 13 14 15 16 his ee 70 GAUGES. dis. Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s . 50 KNOBs—New a dis, Door, mineral, jap. trimmings 55 Door, porcelain, jap. trimm DgB.. . 55 Door, porcelain, plated trimmings... ee 55 Door, porcelvin, trimmings ............ 55 Drawer and Shutter, porcelain......... 70 LOCKS—DOOR, dis. Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.'s new list ...... 55 Mallory, Wheeler & Co.’s........... oo. 55 ee . 55 a ee. 55 MATTOCKS. Adse Eye...... eee $16.00, dis. 60-10 mative... .... $15.00, dis. 60-10 a $18.50, dis, 20.810 “AULS dis. Sperry &4Co.'6 fom, hamdicd....... .... 50 Psy dik. Coffee, a. be, oot 8. & W. Mfg. Co.'s > mseapes 46 eee Ferry & Ch ba i 40 * Qalermme .-...... __ er MOLASSES GATRS. dis Stebbin's Paitern.. : BOd 16 Stebbin’s Genuine...... fe Enterprise, self engine 30 Ss Advance over bese, on both Steel and Wire, Bieel nalis, Ouse .... ...... 1 90@1 85 Wire nails, base . 1 75Q1 70 oS... Base Base me . . 10 a... 25 a... 25 ee 35 i... 45 .. 45 Te. ose 50 St, ek. 60 Tae...... 7 *..., 90 . .... 1 26 =. 1 60 l,l. 1 60 Case i0 65 8 7 - ; : _ oe ; 90 Finish 16 ' . 7 rie ‘ . ee 90 - «6 : : 10 Clinch to ie 7 “ 8 ! , a cu 80 iy 6 : i. 90 Barrell ¥ | . 1% PLANES. dis. Gime You! Ca.’a, fancy .... ......... ..- a5 Pn fone... _-..... Code Sandusky Tool Co. 4, fancy fee e eee ce +. Gao 3ench, first quality... = Stanley Rule and Level Co.'s wood. . .... PANS. | Fry, A ee ee cea oon a ne cae. cana eee ces cece. 3, 70 RIVETS. dis. Iron and Tinned.. ee eee el 60 Copper Rivets and oA NE - 5O—10 PATENT FLANISHED [KON. a: Wood’s patent piauisned, Nos. 24 to 27 10 20 ‘*B’’ Wood’s pat. pianished, Nos. 25 to 27. 9 20 Broken packs «c per vonnd extrs, HAMMEDbE. mepees Cae. dis. = Bee. ............. oe . dig. morc @ Prasee................ dis. 40810 Mason’s Solid Cast Steel................. 30c list 7 Blacksmitn’s Solid Cast Steel Hand....30¢ 40410 HINGES. om. Clark's, 1, 2,3 . - dig, 60.41! ee r dos. net, 2 2 50 Pei Hook and Strap, to 12 in. % 14 and ee 3% screw Hook and Bye, %.. net 1 r c ee net 8% iu . 8... net 7% ‘ ' =. ..... ecversceee 86756 ees. dis. ai HOLLOW WARS. eae OO 6041 poeaere ... .... hee ee era he - Oi Gray enameled... - Wari HOUSE FURNISHING goops. Stamped Tin Ware..... -new list 7 £10 Japanned Tin Ware.. _. «oot ale Granite Iron Ware . “new lis 40 WIRE oops. dis ee eooee- OO pecow Byee_................. 80 Hone... io. oe Gate Hooks and Byén............... . 80 LEVELS, Stanley Rule and —_ Co.'s. +4 _ + Music is a moral law. It gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, light to the imagination, a charm to sadness, gaiety and life toeverything. Itis the essence of order, and leads to all that is good, just and beautiful, of which it is the invisible, but nevertheless dazzling, passionate and eternal form. a Use Tradesman Coupon Books. GET READY FOR THE PotatoBuges =| THE ECLIPSE IS A NEW AND VALUABLE INPROVED Waler oe min Siler or Duster Allochimen! “21886. Improved 1889. wdapte _— app 3 la t t ) Pot ato es ¢ Spink Neth Ss mar strie reen Water, Powder Compounds, in doors or out ame roying the Potato Be ' For Store or nieces For Sprinkling. For Vines or Plants. For Dusting. Acme Plaster Sifter FOR POTATOES AND OTHER VINES. EASY 10 OPERATE ==--= SIMPLE ond DURABLE EIGHT Ti TEN AGRES GOVERED PER DAY. To Operate the Sifter. Place the square piece of Sheet Iron with points down over the agitator in the bottom. Put the Plasterin can on top of square pieee. This square piece takes part of the weight of plaster, which is very heavy, from the agitator and allows slight turn of the wrist, easy or hard, as you may wish much or lit With one in each hand a man can care for two rows at once, T EVENS ONROQ M ST. . covering from cight to ten acres per day § } 3 O° GRAND RAPIDS. Grand Manids brush Co. MANUFACTURERS OF eee ad BRUSHES Our Goods are sold by all Michigan Jobbing Houses. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Barn Telephone 1059. Office Telephone 1055. Storage and S ECU RI ay Transfer Co. Warehouse, 257--259 Ottawa St. Main Of*ce, 75 Pearl St. Moving, Packing, Dry Storage. Expert Packers and Careful, Competent Movers of Household Furniture. Estiwates Cheerfully Given. Business Strictly Confidential. Baggage Wagon atall hours. F.S.ELSTON, Mer. 12 THE MICHIGAN TRADES SMAN. THE USE OF “ESQ.” A Title Which Everybody Thinks He Owns. What is an esquire? Not one in ten thousand of the people who daily make use of its abbreviated form in address- ing letters has even the faintest idea of the real meaning and importance of the term; the majority oi them, indeed, have probadly never given the matter a thought—no more than they havetothe Mile “Mr.” or “Mrs.” Sull is it understood by foreigners, to whom it is a never-failing source of perplexity, and who, in their courteous anxiety to do the right thing, often add the word ‘‘esquire” in fullto a name already adorned with the prefix of ‘‘Mr.” Strictly speaking, the word ‘‘esquire’’ is a nobiliary title, a fact which will doubtless astonish many of those worthy Americans who, while professing a truly republican contempt for such ‘‘gew- gaws’’ as honorifie distinctions, make a constant and daily use of the term. It is the English equivalent of the German ‘‘Edler’’ with the particle ‘*von,” of the French ‘‘gentilhomme”’ with the particle ““‘de,”’? of the Spanish ‘*Hidalgo” and of the Portuguese ‘'Fidalgo.” Being a nobiliary title, only a limited number of people have a legal right thereto. They may be divided into two classes, namely, those who are esquires by virtue of in- heritance and those who are esquires ex-officio. The latter comprise duly or- dained divines of the Church of England, judges, deputy lieutenants of counties and commissioned officers of the army and navy, and lawyers. The nobility of these, being ex-officio, is of a purely per- sonal nature and cannot be transmitted to their children, who have, therefore, no legal right to their father’s title of esquire. The other esquires are either persons who have received from the Crown a grant of armorial bearings or who are the lineal male descendants, “legally begotten, of the original grantee of the coat of arms,’’ such, for instance, as Mr. Scrope, of Danby, whose ancestor in 1389 was able to prove in a public court that his nobility was far superior to that of the Grosvenors, although he himself remains ‘°G. Scrope, Esq,’’ while the present chief of the Grosvenors bears the tiile of Duke of Westminster. Sir Bernard Burke, perhaps the greatest heraldic authority of the present century, declares that ‘‘peers, baronets and es- quires entitled by inheritance to armorial bearings constitute the nobility of the eountry.”’ less Physicians, professors, actors, bankers, journalists, manufacturers, merchants, etc., are none of them entitled ex-officio to the addition of the word ‘‘esquire’’ to their name, and cannot put forward any claim or pretension thereto. If it is ae- corded to them it is merely by courtesy, a@ wish to please them by addressing them with them, but for which they long. Just on this particular ground it is used more frequently in addressing people of this class than those who are esquires by right. The latter, sure of their duly de- fined rank, are not so tenacious about the matter, whereas the former are exceed- ingly sensitive on the spbject, and are apt to resent any neglect to affix the magic ‘*‘Esq.’’ to their patronymic as an ungracious reminder of the inferiority of their social status. The result is that, while from motives of delicacy and cour- ; even a title which does pot belong to} tesy, well-bred people make a point of dubbing ‘‘esquire’’ those of their ac- quaintances and eorrespundents who have no claim to the title—frequently in their communications with tradesmen—they seldom make use of the word amongst themselves, save in the most formal and ceremonious communi- cations. Thus, you may address the Duke of Norfolk’s cousin, Henry How- ard, who, besides being a member of the Order of the Bath, is Minister Plenipo- tentiary and first Secretary of the British Embassy at Paris, as ‘‘Mr.’? Howard with- out danger of incurring his wrath; but woe betide yon if you dare use the pre- x ‘*Mr.’’ in directing even the most in- formal communication to Harry Jones or Thomas Smith. Another title of this kind which source of no end of perplexity and mis- use is the prefix of ‘‘honorable,’’ belongs by custom and unwritten law to the younger sons of earls and to all the children of viscounts and barons. It is adistinction purely personal, and, un- like other titles of the same kind, cannot be shared by the wife if she happens to be the daughter of a commoner. Thus, Lord Carrington’s younger brother “Bill? | is Colonel, the Hon. William Carrington, | is a} ' market. which ,; but his American wife is plain Mrs. Car- | rington, without the title of honorable. And whereas Lord Cranbrook’s youngest daughter, Margaret, is the Hon. Mrs. Goschen, her husband plain Mr. George Goschen, and in no way honora- is ble—I mean, of course, in the titular. sense. The prefix in question is used | only in addressing a letter, and never un- der any circumstances upon a visiting | the youth who was held | eard. indeed, by the immigration authorities at Ellis Island the other day, and who claimed to be the son of an English peer, backing up his statements by the display of visit- ing cards inscribed with the predicate of , honorable, stamped himself ipso facto as | a vulgar impostor. If you address letter to the son of a peer, ‘*Mr.”’? and merely prefix ‘‘The Hon.’’ to his Christian name, as, for instance, “The Hon. Rupert Craven.’’ In the J you drop the | case of an unmarried daughter of a peer, ' the same rule applies—you drop the ‘‘Miss” and content yourself with pre- fixing “The Hon.,’’ Lord Alington’s youngest daughter being addressed in correspondence as ‘‘The Hon. Mabel Sturt.” But, if the peer’s daughter hap- pens to be married, then the abbrevia- tion ‘‘Hon.” is prefixed to the predicate | ” of “Mrs.,’’ thas: “The Hon. Mrs. dinge.’’ Besides these, classes of people who havea right to the title of ‘‘honorable;”’ ever, but by virtue of their office. They are the maids of honor and bed-chamber Har- | there are two other Boots ana Shoes not by birth, how- | women of the Queen, and colonial legis- | lators. Every married lady who joins the Queen’s household in the capacity of | a bed chamber woman, or young girl who is appointed maid of honor, becomes from that moment an ‘‘honorable,’’ just as if she were a peer’s daughter, and retains matter how long she holds her office at court. The colonial legislator is entitled to be addressed as an ‘*honorable’’ only while he retains his seat in the colonial! parliament, and is distinguished from the peer’s son by the fact that in his case the ‘‘Hon.’’ is prefixed to the word *‘Mr.”’ Untila few years ago, ‘“‘honorables” of | this kind were debarred from using this iin | | | the distinction throughout her life, no} | | | | Agents for the Boston Rubber Shoe Co.’s Goods RINDG 12, 14 and 16 Pearl Street Manufacturers and Jobbers of LINDEN We make the best Jine of Medium Priced Goods in the You can improve your trade by handling our goods. BOSTON RUBBER SHOE GOMPANY’S Goods are found at i McGraw’s DETROIT ty of the Freshest Goods, ar NEEDLE TOE. We have the Greatest Varie 1d the Largest Stock of any house in the United States. DON’T FORGET THAT HEROLD-BERTSCH DHUE CO, Are West Michigan’s Depot for Wales-Goodyear Rubbers THEY LOOK THE BEST, THEY FIT THE BEST, THEY WEAR THE BEST, THEY ARE THE BEST, .... ...-For Dealer and Wearer wy . Serr haae ere In Bulk. Toes, Regula to Needle BECAUSE All Kinds of Toes. Owing to the Great Advance in Leather, Boots and Shoes ure advanced in price. L HT DIOS. ofl UO Have a great many things purchased before the advance that they are still selling at old aud balanee of the line at not one-half of the adva ce of the cost to manufacture the goods to-day It will pay you to examine sir line of s miples when our representative Calls " REEDER BROS. SHOE CO. 5 and 7 North lonia St., GRAND RAPIDS. necessarily much pices | lps, J. BRECHTING, ArcarrEct, 79 Wonderly Building, Granp Rapips, Correspondence solicited from parties who intend to build. ‘Use Tradesman Wants Column IT REACHES THE PEOPLE. ‘LHEH MICHIGAN TRADESMAN _ 13 title outside of their own colony. But just before Mr. Gladstone went out of of- fice for the last time, he induced the Queen to sign an order in council author- izing members of colonial parliaments and of governor’s councils, to style them- selves ‘honorable’? in England as well, thereby raising a perfect how! of protest on the part of the younger sons and daughters of peers, who denounced, in the loudest and most virulent terms, Mr. Gladstone as the iconoclast of British aristocracy. In conclusion, it may be well to draw attention to the distinction that exists between the mobility and the peerage, two terms that, contrary to general opin- fon, are by no means synonymous, since there are many aristocrats who not only are not peers, but are even devoid of any title whatsoever. This is a matter about which a great deal of misconception pre- vails, particularly in this country. The aristocracy may be said to consist exclu- sively of persons who have inherited in a direct line from more or less remote ancestors the right to armorial bearings, originally conceded by some sovereign or other and duly registered by the va- rious Official colleges of heralds in Eu- rope. Thus, there are a certain number of people in this country, citizens of the United States, who may justly be de- scribed as members of the English aris- toeracy, owing to their having inherited through lineal male ancesters the right to armorial bearings originally granted to the founder of the family by one or another of the English sovereigns. The longer the line of ancestry, the greater the degree of aristocracy, and mere titles weigh but little in the scale when placed face to face with sixteen quarterings. The oldest aristocracy in England, as also of Spain, is untitled, an instance in point being that of the Mr. Scrope to whom I have referred; the lineage of the Devonshire Bulteels, of the Chandos- Poles and of the Carews being far purer and in every sense of the word more noble than that of the Dukes of Norfolk. Westminster and Portland. They are what the French eall ‘‘gentilhomme,’’ and it was to this meaning of the word gentleman that King George referred when, forced by his Prime Minister Pitt to confer a peerage upon a banker of the name of Smith, he exclaimed, ‘‘I can make him a lord, but I can’t make him a gentleman!” —_- ~~ +> > Attend to your own business, and leave other businesses alone. But, however good a man you may be, you cannot at- tend to your business unless you know it and understand itthoroughly. Thiscan- not be unless you have studied it by per- sonal and earnest application, educating yourself unceasingly in every detail, and made yourself familiar with its every change and development. You will not deserve to succeed, or have any right to expect success, unless you know your own trade thoroughly; and the knowl- edge of te-day will not do for three months hence. You must be up to-date, familiar with the very latest matters of interest affecting your business. When the dealer understands all the details of his business, the employes will feel the necessity of faithfully and intelligently performing their duties. —__—___-_-—>-+.>- Mistress—Bridget, just look at the dust on the floor. Why, you could write your name in it! : ' Bridget—Shure, marm, Oi’m not liter- ary, loike you. NEGLECTED DISCOUNTS. Sensible Suggestion Which Was Prop- erly Appreciated Barker is a friend of mine in the retail business with a good trade, but he isn’t up to all the resources of his business, The other day | was in his store and found him at his desk. ‘Busy, Barker?” | asked ‘Not very, just paying a bill, that’s all,” he replied as he shoved a letter into an envelope and sealed the same. ‘Discounting it, Barker?” “No, it?s due to-day—30 days net, you know.” ‘*‘What’s the discount at 10 days?” ‘*T wo per cent.” ‘‘What’s the amount?”’ ‘*A bout $600.”’ ‘‘} should think you would have paid itin time to save the $12 discount fer 10 days. Didn’t you have the money?” ‘*‘No, not in the shape to pay it.’’ **Weill, you might have borrowed?” “Yes, but what good would that have been?” ‘ Let’s figure it out. On the tenth day the bill would have been but $588.” **Fs.7’ “At 10 per cent. per annum, $588 for 20 days would cost you $3.27. “Ves.” ‘‘Well, then, to-day, instead of remit- ting that $600, as you are doing, you would only be paying the bank $59 .27, which would save $8.73 for you, without your turning your hand over.’’ “Oh, well, $8 isn’t much on a $600 bill.”’ “It?s something.” “On, yes.”’ ‘Well, suppose a man buys $10,000 worth of goods at 2 per cent. 10 days, 30 days net. By paying at the end of 10 days he saves $200, doesn’t he?’’ “Yes, but | don’t buy in such quanti- ties.’ ‘Hold on, now. Lf the bill were $1,000 he would save $20?” “Of course,’? answered Barker, as he shifted legs uneasily. ‘Well, now, supposing you were asked to pay $20 for $1,000 for 20 days, would you pay it? You’d think it rather steep, wouldn’t you?” ‘‘What has that to do with it?” “It has all todo with it. If you pay in ten days you give your creditor his money 20 days in advance of the 30-day limit. In other words, he gives you $20 for the use of $1,000 for 20 days.”’ ‘That’s so, and the 2 per cent. 10 days is equal to, let’s see, why, 36 per cent. per annum?”’ “That's what I’m getting at.” “Then if [ borrowed the $980, which the bill amounted to less the discount, paying interest at 10 per cent., I would be making a saving at the rate of 26 per cent. per annum?”’ ““Hxnetiy.”” “‘And on this $600 bill I would have been gaining by the same percentage!” **Precisely.” ‘“‘Barker cogitated a few moments and I could see that he was thinking the matter over. Suddenly he looked up and said, ‘Smith, the next time you buy a hat, tell the hatter to send the bill to me. I never looked at the matter in that light before and I believe I have lost money by not giving the matter the con- sideration its importance demands.’’ RADIX. a >< The Value of a Satisfied Trade. It cannot be too strongly urged upon the merchant, in these times of competi- tion, the great value of a satisfied trade; a trade that appreciates quality and good service and who are bound to the dealer by loyalty brought about by unvarying fair treatment. This sort of trade is, in fact, the dealer’s only salvation. Prices are more or less demoraiized by the cut- ters, and the only way that he can make his business profitable is by the forming and keeping of such a satisfied trade. A satisfied trade means every customer sat- isfied. It means good service to every eustomer and good service includes fair prices, first-class quality, good delivery and a well-kept store. AND— i 1 ER A sure protection againt Cattle Fly. A valuable Antiseptic Ointment for stock of all kinds. Can be used for Sores or Bruises. Makes an excellent Hoof Ointment Manufactured by Scofield, Shurmer & Teagle, Send for Pamphlet of Testimonials, ete. GRAND RAPIDS MICH. MANUFAC- TURER OF ALL KINDS OF House Paints We sell at manufactur- ers’ prices. Call or send for coler card. Painters’ trade solicited. the Grand Rapids Paint & Wont Finishing C0. Office & Factory, 51-55 Waterloo St. WILLIAM REID, JOBBER OF PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES, BRUSHES, ¢te.,Plate & Window GLASS 26-28 Louis Street, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. if [. c 2 New and Up to Date. See them and get prices now! CYCLOID Cycles CORRECT Designs, POPULAR Weights Cycloid Cycle Co. Factory and Salesroom, 488 S. Division St. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ranges == * . VQ Bananas ¢ SORRY HE DIDN'1 BUY THEM OF THE PUTNAM CANDY CO. GRAND RAPIDS 14 JANE CRAGIN. Written for THE TRADESMAN. Whata red rag is to a bull, so was a woman to Cy Huxley. ‘‘I can’t ’bide’em. In the first place, they don’t know nothin’; and then, to put the button on, they think they know it all. Always in the way and etarnally puttin’ their nose in whether they have anything to say or not. I can’t ’bide ’em, and I don’t want any on ’em ’round me!’ And yet it looked as if Cy Huxley, the store-keeper at Milltown, must have a woman for a book-keeper. Tim, the man who had served him long and faithfully, was go- ing inio business for himself, and Mill- town was that kind of a place where the boys hurried to get away as soon as they could. That left nothing but ‘‘a passle o’ gals’? and a few old men in the village; and so there he was with that big store on his hands and nobody to help him. It looked pretty gloomy for him and, as the time drew near for Tim to go, the fellow didn’t know which way to turn. “i don’t but one way out of it,” was Tim’s comforting remark. ‘‘What’s that?’ was the eager ques- tion, as of a drowning man eatching at a straw. ‘Jane Cragin. She ain’t over ’n above young, but she’s spry as a steel trap an’ ther’ ain’t a man ’n these parts—’’ ‘Jane Cragin! Get out o’ this office! You ought to know better ’n to think o’ such athing. Jane Cragin! Humph! I won’t have ’er!” For all that, as the time went by, it was found that there was nothing else to be done. It was a clear case of compul- sion; and one bright morning the hated Jane Cragin stood at the desk in Cy Hux- ley’s establishment, serene and smiling as the morning itself, but with no non- sense about her. She was not looked at out of the corner of her employer’s eye. He looked straight at her and with both eyes wide open. He came in and watched her and, when she did things not quite to his liking, he corrected her, and he treated her as he would Tim, if he had been the one to make the mis- take. Whatever mistakes were made, however, were wholly of method. Nota figure was found wrong, and the woman’s handwriting, plain as copperplate, im- proved the looks of the books wonder- fully. In addition to that, the little office it- self, for some reason or other, was no longer dingy. Theink wasn’t spilled nor was it spattered over everything, as it was under Tim’s regime. The penholders did not look like chewed sticks of licurice, and the pens themse!ves had an airof re- spectability of which the gummed-up implements of the old time could never boast. When Cy found his book-keeper mopping the office floor one day, when dull trade gave her a chance, he didn’t Say anything, but it did occur to him that that was ‘‘doing the neat?’ farther than there was any need; but he kept his coun- sel, and was determined to keep it so long as things went on so well as they were then. After awhile, the contrast between the office and the store became so marked that Cy began to be nervous about it; and, one day, when that Jane Cragin stepped out of her parlor to waiton a customer—*‘no nonsense about that Jane Cragin’’—and drew away her neat ging- ham that it might not brush against some dirty barrels that flanked her way, the indwelling spirit of the Milltown store- see THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. keeper asserted itself, and the offensive | barrels were put out of the way before | tbe neat gingham returned. Then the | old statement that ‘‘one thing leads to | another’’ was once more illustrated. The | ° place occupied by the dirty barrels was " dirtier than the barrels themselves—if | é that were possible. It was cleaned. | Then the cleaning extended to the adja- | i cent dirt, until Huxley, fairly aroused to | the requirements of the occasion, an- | nounced an early closing and a general cleaning out. That, he supposed, would satisfy Jane Cragin. Not that she had so much as said a word, and Cy couldn’t name a sin- gle instauce where she had even hinted at such a thing as dirt; and yet, some- how, he was beginning to feel uncom- fortable in regard to his own personal | appearance. His collar was dirty sooner and his cuffs—well, he didn’t wear any | when Tim ‘twas in there’—didn’t stay clean long, and were frequently | changed; and when, one day, he gave the | — boys a ‘talking to” for their untidy |“ habits, there was a staring around which = advertised as the means of developing a My object in thus referring to the ef- ie viaebualisicas us country. All were familiar with the] fect of too many railroads for small magical growth of flourishing cities in| tywns is to contrast it with the effect of BUGGIES SLEIGHS d WAGONS the so recently unknown West, and the building highways. Suppose that in the ‘ ' ’ railway was properly credited with this instances referred to the money that development, hence the idea that rail-| these railroads cost had been invested in roads, and more railroads, were the| the building of permanent highways into great desideratum; so that when the oily- the country naturally tributary. It is tongued promoter asked for aid for the only necessary to suggest the contrast. building of his road his piea fell on will- I have thought it best to dwell at some ing ears. length on the economic value of high- The story of voting aid by bonds is fa- ways, as it is a subject of pressing im- miiliar to all. In cases where there were portance, especially to the mercantile in- legal obstacles to such aid, all sorts of terests of country towns. In future plans were devised to even evade the papers I shall endeavor to give some law. Ina town not fifty miles from this practical hints as to the best way of se- city, situated on a railroad amply sufti-; curing their improvement. ww. cient for every requirement, a ‘‘compet- i on (ian : ing line” crossing the former was pro-|, ~%¢ time to begin to advertise is when j 2S is Ss a business is slack. THE GROCER’S SAFETY. MADE IN 2.SIZES ONLY. FULLY WARRANTED. Me GRAND RAPIDS. ’ ESTABLISHED 1865 GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. jected. The town was not empowered i a 2-2 omaha BOs 4) | to (ORR ie I, WAC LARORICAT Pate #40 00 48 00 to vote aid to such a road but it could} Use Tradesman Coupon Books. Body 91 ft. long, 38 in. wide, drop tail gate................., raise money for the building of bridges. | ann The law did not specify that they should * i Sy oF i ii not be railway bridges, though the intent S&S f Ol A \ D READ ! 2 - E 2 2 * was clearly evident; thus, the infatua- tion for railroads led to the actual viola- tion of law, an object lesson not good for any community. Nor was the result of this enterprise an unalloyed blessing. Of course, in every such town the hope is entertained | that this will be the town, that manufac- | tures will grow up, and, of course, man- | ufactures must have competition in ship- | — The iden seems to obtain that - M ake no contracts for railroads will secure the manufactures | without regard to other reasons for their ° existence; and the future commercial i 1895 until we call terests of the town are not thought of in . : r the hope of eventually securing manu- - you write us / facturing enterprises and thus starting | i, i: about fy, / f iin re. on the career of a metropolis. In the 4 a case of the town referred to, the build- I Z f eo pam __ tats ing of a second railroad was a serious | blow to prosperity. A moment’s thought | will show the reason of this. The town | was the natural center for highways| oo radiating over a wide area. When the | r ; i“ * : new railroad was built, it was quickly) BELKNAP BAKER 4 ~ beaded with ambitious centers of trade | ; 5 ’ . JSR, CA GA IW “A DHS MAW. REPRESENTATIVE RETAILERS. evaporating industry begins and for the |. | ead ear Glo e 5. Dee ok, 6 Bees & next three months there are lively times Walter Baker & 60. Limited, y iv on tie, at i ; The Largest Manufacturers of | Ru bbe rs : ‘Butter and eggs? | There is a general dealer down in Dorr, nea tiny eee ae PURE, HIGH GRADE | am Allegan county, who knows how to keep pea 4 i —u ' ne se l —— store. He has been at it now for some a paeli sends — _ : ” ps AND | i into this net is fish. Not only is there a eight or nine years only— s i | engi iin al ot “— - oo enterprise enough to build up a good CHOCOLATES ce . : . eer ee if fr samy trade in butter and eggs, but it is said to on this continent, doesn’t entertain the slightest idea that be safe to ask for anything from a fish- \ have received a knowled f the a ; ' i i é er v the nde and ai tent be hook to a piano down there and with a ( longs thereto is folded up and snugly : : ' z fair prospect of getting it. Then, after tucked away under his hat, a report of tes ie ue a the store is closed, there is a creamery to : \ from the great % nea ee ie after, as well as one or two other . prosperity has reached THe TRADESMAN, : : H | und, G0 that fee & see. whee te things as yet getting under way and cal- i | nei man came in nae oe other day culated to bring in, by and by, some pretty | % the thumbscrew was brought into “ _ — EXPOSITIONS : i a ‘‘Nothing has been said about any wed- IN with the following result: ee ae | ] Atak, Saigon ments se, = Ceti, Europe and America. HIRT, KRAUSE & (0), Selling Agents and his good wife left the fatherland and | _ r oo ee eee : We carry a ENT R 1 e oe ne Scott! a young fellow of 29 can’t do ee Large Stoek GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. settled in Dorr, Michigan. Thrift, the a : . | CAUTION a In view of the many charaeteristic of the German the world everything in a minute, any more than * imitations of the ' 7 Remains could Sallé Heme in = day. | ‘hele ant wompes om cur eres, comme | Ay 71s tk Tis over, came with them and the couple T t ene as ‘| ers should meer dane Seed omg man- | 4AVNOW 1S the Ime ere is such a thing as having too many fact ° prospered. When the farm was wellun-| "sino gee and the one refered t,| iDrinted on each packages? OS TO ORDER PLANTS. THEY ARE der way, a store was opened and the|. i aia oS CHEAP. YOU CAN MAKE MON- double industry doubled the prosperity. |'S "thet an important one; but never SOLD BY GROCERS EVERYWHERE. EY ON THEM. I OFFER YOU i “| you mind, for wee Cabbage and Tomato Plants, 200 in box. box 65¢ Of course, there were children and on Sweet Potatoes and Celery Plants, 200 in box 80¢ ; The milis of the gods grind slowly, yet ass. A Ag at cn ae April 29, 1866, a boy was born, known they grind exceeding fine,” Walter Baker & Co, Ltd, Dorchester, Mass “Sime ue ec aoe ra a since to the trading world as J. C. Neu- | and one of these days there is going to be ns r very er doz. .10¢ . man. a wedding in Dorr that will be well | NOTHING SUCCEEDS LIKE MERIT! “50e ! It is needless to say that for the first | worth the attending. Whether thestore- E i ao year or two of his life, he milked. After | keeper there will play second fiddle on Rocker i tices = ... ..$1.50@2.00 : ° . " I ¢ seets, Carrot that, the farm kept him busy, with an oc- that interesting occasion remains to be Has proved the mostsatis- | “4 d Straw be rries at lo paces nark a prices. i casional lift at the store when customers | Seen, but, if he does and the event proves factory of anyWasherever — —_ and mbre the price, if you only use it once. i ’ ~ ; iven away with sm all ord — A fine 4 ft. Thermometer, Folding Chair, Out. Door Sign or Showcase Box and Puenbler Don an ence un If you handle Major’s Cement and haven't a Showcase Box and wish one, we will send you express: age mee oa Handled by Wholesale Druggists. The above Cements for sale by dealers all around the earth, or by mail at the same piice. A. MAJOR CEMENT CO. #7 Pearl St., near Park Row NEW YORK CITY THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. THE NEW WOMAN. On the Same Plane of Ambition and Occupation As Her Brother. The ‘‘new woman” is a feature of the social landscape which we may like or dislike, but cannotignore. Still, no one has yet furnished an exact definition of her. None of us are quite sure that we should know her if we saw her. Who is the representative ‘‘new woman?’? What is her peculiar patent of novelty, and how shall we surely distinguish her from the old woman? Bishop Doane has a very alarming fe- male in his mind when he talks about the “new woman.” He believes she is going to paint the twentieth century red. He talks of her as full of ‘‘wild vagaries” and ‘‘blatent assumptions.’’ He identi- fies her as a woman suffragist, and de- clares that when she gets a vote she will sell it. He foresees that she will ‘‘wreck the hearthstone of domestic peace,’’ and that, as a result of her carryings-on in politics, we shall be whirled along to some such catastrophe as the French rev- olution. But that is only one bishop’s portrait of the ‘‘new woman” and it cannot be ac- cepted as the average conception of her. The comic newspapers, which are apt to reflect the popular fancies of the hour, give much space to her, and the general drift of their pictures and paragraphs is to the effect that she is a very capable and clever person, whois both mentally and physically athletic. They introduce her in the act of proposing for the hands of bashful men. They associate her with the bicycle and are inclined to array her in bloomers. All this does excellently well for light reading; but is there any grain of truth in the morbid assumption that floats on the top of this bubbling stream of non- sense, towit: that social evolution has produced a new type of woman destined to make the old type obsolete, and to pro- vide the American nation with a brand- new style of mother, wife and sweet- heart, the like of whom they never saw before. I think not. The women of every era are in a sense new, yet essentially the same. Eve was-a new woman when Adam first saw her, and there has never been any truly new woman since. All that have come after her have been chips of the old block, with variations which have merely denoted changes in the en- vironment of the whole race. The ‘‘new woman” is a product, so far as she is real at all, of the changed con- ditions that have come upon both of the sexes. The whole face of the English-speaking world has changed within the past fifty years. We have obliterated the old so- cial and industrial order, the main fea- ture of which was that man monopolized all business pursuits, while the accepted lot of woman was to marry and devote herself wholly to domestic duties. In the old days, single men and single wo- men were such rare phenomena that they were regarded as freaks. That state of things is no more and is not likely ever to return, and all the preaching and scolding that may be done against the ‘new woman’’ will not change the fact that she is here to stay. With the patience and pluck of her sex, plus its versatility and adaptability to all sorts of conditions which the physically stronger sex has imposed upon her, the new woman has made the best of the new conditions and entered the broad field of human industry in competition with man. The census of 1890 showed nearly 4,- 000,000 female Americans above the age of ten years engaged in gainful occupa- tions. The number of those occupations, as catalogued by the census bureau, is 221, and, much as it may shock Bishop Doane, women were found at work in every one of those 221 occupations ex- cept two, namely—the army and the navy, in which, as yet, there are no female gen- erals, colonels, admirals or captains. With those two exceptions, there is not a single profession, occupation, industry or trade in America in which women are not to-day standing foot to foot, contend- ing and competing for the rewards of skill and labor, with American men. All hysterical persons in pantaloons who are inclined to have conniption fits about the ‘“‘new woman” should put that big factin their pipes and smoke it. Between 1880 and 1890, the number of women engaged in gainful occupations increased nearly twice as fast as did the number of men. In the manufacturing industries alone, over one million women are employed. There are over 300,000 woman teachers to-day in American schools, doing fully three-fourths of all the training and teaching of the rising generation. In the business of trade and transpor- tation a quarter of a million American women are now engaged variously as saleswomen, book-keepers, stenograph- ers, etc. Over 10,000 of them are in charge of telephone and telegraph offices. Other thousands of them are profitably engaged as manufacturers, commercial travelers, storekeepers, hack and team drivers, locomotive engineers and fire- men, sailors, pilots, peddlers, black- smiths, carpenters, masons, painters, plumbers, butchers, bakers and candle- stick makers. In the professions, the census found 4,000 women on the stage, 11,000 -more making money as artists and art teach- ers, 35,000 more doing the same thing as musicians and music teachers, nearly 5,000 practicing medicine and surgery, and—most shocking of all for poor Bishop Doane—1,200 of them preaching acceptably in as many pulpits! From all of which, what practical con- clusion shall we draw? Simply this, as it seems to me, that the old order has passed away and the new order has brought women, of necessity, onto the same planes of ambition, occupation and necessary striving for employment, earn- ings and profits as her brother man. Be- ing thus forced to bear equal burdens and responsibilities, what is the logic corol- lary of it all? Plainly this, that she is entitled to the same advantages in all re- spects, and that she never can get until she holds the ballot; wherefore, the only definition of the ‘‘new woman” that covers the case is that she is the woman that is presently going to the polls to be a very useful and wholesome factor in public life, as she has always been in pri- vate life. Long may she wave. FRANK STOWELL. > -9- TEAS< LEMON & WHEELER (30. WHOLESALE GROCERS Grand Rapids THE STAR CLEANER AND FABRIC RENOVATOR Most Useful, Best and Greatest Labor-Saving Preparation Manufactured Expressly for Cleaning Carpets, Rugs, Curtains, Glass, Woodwork, Uphol- stered Articles, Woolens, Silks, Satins, Plush Goods. Hats, Kid Glove Per Per g ade I of the Age. Price to the Trade. ..8 2 00 . om OO zen ‘OSs . eeoees . eee Retails at 2 cents. for Circulars and Rates address Manan CAN ul OHIO. *s and all kinds of Fine Fabries SOLD BY ALL GROCERS. Sel : 0 Mauufactured by i = | ; | — ' i mie oa a eile o XZ See TRADESMAN’S Quotations. ROSANA NSCS ASE: hands. a trial. SANSA a2 Over the wash-tub trving to rx the dirt out of 2 your week’s washing. get the clothes clean with much /ess work. Use QAK-LEAF SOAP. It Zightens the /abor of washing—takes the dirt out with zo injury to cither your wash or your GOWANS & SONS, Buffalo, N. Y. NYU AVA AYA AYALA a WAVAY, There is a detler way to Get acake at your grocers and give it Send for catalogue of beautiful pictures. be? aga aes B VNSES CSC ea RY AYA AVAY AYA YAVAVAYAYA VAVAVAYAVAYVALAYAY VAY AYA 24 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. AN UNSUCCESSFUL CLERK. Confessions of a Man Who Never Made His Mark. al. The town of Grange contained some fifty stores, located upon the two main Streets, which ran at right angles with each other. They ranged in size from the big dry goods store upon the main corner, to the little groceries and meat shops near the depot. It was a bright day in winter on which I set out upon my quest, and as the town was full of country visitors, the scene was very at- tractive to the boy in cowhides.and Ken- tucky jeans, who hoped that the begin- nings of his fortune lay near at hand. I walked the whole length of Market street, and then down Main, unable to decide which place offered the surest promise of success. I had felt as large as my fellows at home, but had dwindled several sizes since entering Grange. Of course, no one gave me a second thought, but it then seemed as if all the spruce young people and the solid old ones who happened to look in my direction were wondering where the new specimen of “‘gawk’’? had come from. My feet and hands had developed in size; my coat had grown rusty, and trousers too short. My heart stood still at the mere thought of marching into one of those busy and at- tractive places, and boldly offering to be- come a part thereof. An hour spent in looking through store windows and dodging from opening doors was valuable in the teaching of humility, but brought me no nearer to a situation. 1 believe 1 would have gone home without the trial, and perhaps de- voted the rest of my days to hay end cordwood, had it not occurred to me that diplomacy might accomplish that which mere Courage was unable to attempt. The sheriff of the county was a big- bodied, big-souled fellow who had once lived in our town and knew me well. Any service he could render, I knew would be gladly given, and the thought was hardly formed before I was looking for his office, in the lower corridor of the court house. The sheriff was in. His greeting was cordial, his interest was warm, and promise of assistance readily given, ‘| don’t know just where to look,” he said, ‘but I'll go over and see what can be done. Youcome back in an hour, and Vl] report progress.” At the expiration of the specified time, the now hopeful youth was on hand, and listened to the report. ‘There is a dry goods store across street, Samson & Crown, who think they will need a clerk in about a month. One ot their boys in- tends to leave. You go over and ask for Mr. Samson, and tel] him | sent you. if he likes your iooks, you stand first chance, on his promise to me. Don’t be too pert with him, ard don’t stand with your finger in your mouth. Now run along, and good luck go with you.” Mr. Samson, who was a middle-aged bachelor, was found back by the stove reading his newspaper. He talked with me for a long time, asking a great many questions, and giving me some good ad- vice, and at last said: ‘“Ysu £0 home, Henry, and | wil! see what we can do for you. One of our young men is taiking of leaving, for the study of law, and we may call upon you. Give me your ad- dress, and if we need you, we will let you know by mail.” 1t was an anxious month that followed. The mai! came once each day by wagon, and the bag was hardly in the office be- fore I was before box 65, to see if ‘‘Rod- ney” would drop a letter for me. came to my father on business matters, but none for me: and | began to believe that the fortunes of Samson & Crown would complete themselves without me. One rainy day a yellow envelope was handed out. My heart beat rapidly, as I saw that it was for me, with a Grange postmark, I sat down upon the bench on the postoffice porch, and read, as near as I can now recollect, words like these: ‘Dear Henry: We havea vacancy now, and have concluded to give you a trial. Mr. Laird says you are honest and capa- ble, and your chances with us will de- pend upon yourself. We will pay you $100 for the first year, with your lodging, board and washing. Please let us know Many | Se aaa lif you still desire to come, and if so, be | on hand about the 15th of February. Yours respectfully, SAMSON & CRowN.” Many letters have fallen into my hands jbetween that day and this—some | freighted with pleasant things and more | with tidings of loss or sorrow—but no | one of them has So stirred and excited me las did this. It was read three times at [that sitting: twice on the way home, | and over and over to the folks at home. |Then it went the rounds among my | schoolmates, and my little brothers be- | $an to look up to me as one set aside for | important things. Upon the whole, I idid not feel very small myself. I will | never forget the hearty good will with | Which Mark Rowland received the news ;of my fortune, and the generous wishes | with which he speeded me upon my way. | > ® > & : > > % > e ¢ eee 3 The general public are recognizing more and more every day the desirability of pure e salt. The result is a largely increased demand for Diamond Crystal Salt. Of course you aim to handle the best goods in every branch of the trade. Why notin salt? : » 4 $ Diam n r ¢ o. @ 1S now packed so the grocer can handle it at a profit equal to that made on inferior @ soods. Note these greatly reduced prices: e 120 244 bags ina barrel, @ $3.00 @ [> £ « 66 66 ‘“ @ 2.75 & 4 7 iT se 66 se (a 2.50 e For other sizes in proportion see price current on another page. > Diamond Crystal is much lighter than common salt, and the 2)4, 4, and 7 Ib. bags @ are about the same size as 3, 5, and 10 lb. bags of the ordinary product. Diamond ®@ Crystal is purer, Stronger, and goes farther. The bags are handsome, and made of 3 the very best material—saving waste from broken bags. . DIAMOND CRYSTAL SALT CO., ST. CLAIR, MICH. 4 Grand Rapids Retail Grocers’ Ass’n. President—E. Wuite. Secretary—K. A. Stowe. Treasurer—J. Geo. LEHMAN, SUGAR CARD—GRANULATED. 54 cents per pound. 444 pounds for 25 cents. 10 pounds for 50 cents. 20 pounds for $1. Jackson Retail Grocers’ Association. President—PauL W. HaEFNER. Secretary—W. H. Porter. Treasurer—J. F, HELMER. SUGAR CARD—GRANULATED. 514 cents per pound. 914 pounds for 5v cents, 19 pounds for $1. Northern Michigan Retail Grocers’ As- sociation. President—J. F. TaTmAn, Clare. Secretary—E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids. ‘Treasurer—F Rank Situ, Leroy. Owosso Business Men’s Association. President—A. D. Whipple. Secretary—G. T. Campbell. Treasurer—W. E. Collins. Advantages of Organization Among Grocers. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., June 25—The Retail Grocers’ Association of Minneapo- lis is regarded as one of the leading or- ganizations of retail merchants in the country. It has in force what is known as the card system of selling staples, such as sugar, flour, oil and bread, and is now perfecting an agreement on package coffees. The success of the Association seems to de in its ability to maintain a selling price on these staples. The or- ganization has been in operation several years, and, apparently, has passed the point where there is opportunity for failure. When the Association was first organized, an earnest worker for retail merchants showed the grocers the bad effects of cutting prices on the aforesaid staples, which constitute fully one-half of the entire retail grocery business. It was shown that, if a reasanable profit could be made upon these staples, the number of failures would be very much decreased, as it would enable grocers who thought it necessary to cut the price of these goods to make a legitimate profit instead. The idea was at once met with approval by the more substantial element in the trade and a committee was appointed to wait upon the jobbers and secure their co-operation. The job- bers furnish a bond of $1,000, payable to the Retail Grocers’ Association, provid- ing they forfeit their agreement by sell- ing any staples on the list to retailers who cut the price. Co-operation was se- cured with the St. Paul jobbers, and the result is that a retail dealer in either city cannot obtain a pound of the goods above mentioned who does not sell at the card price. The Association employs a paid Secre- tary, whose duty it is to report to all job- bers in the two cities the names of any retail grocers who cut the price. These names are posted in a conspicuous place, and the jobbers will not sell a cutter until his name is stricken from the black- list. The card or selling price is named by a disinterested party and fluctuates ac- cording to the jobbing price; in other words, if sugar was jobbing to-day at 414 cents and should advance to 5 cents, the retailer’s price would immediately be changed and printed postal cards would be at once sent out to the retail trade of both cities, naming the new selling price. The plan has been so successful that the grocers of Minneapolis have been able to bring into line one of the largest department stores in the West, forcing it to conform to the card price. This certainly shows that the plan is not only an admirable one, but that it is also pow- erful in its workings. In Minneapolis there are about 400 re- tail grocers, and it is estimated that on sugar, flour and oil alone, the profits last year aggregated $150,000, where, before, these goods had been sold at cost or at a loss in many cases. Other Northwestern cities, like Duluth, Superior, St. Cloud, ete., have similar agreements, and they have in every way been a great success. The sugar card THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 25 enables the retailer to make an average of 10 per cent.; the flour card a certain amount per sack; the oil card about three cents per gallon; the bread card from 2 to 214 cents per loaf. WI S. Jones. Jackson Grocers to Picnic at Diamond Lake. Jackson, June 27—An adjourned meeting of the Jackson Retail Grocers’ Association was held at the office of the Association June 26, President Byron C. Hill in the chair. After roll call and disposal of minutes of previous meeting, the subject of the annual excursion was taken up for discussion. The Committee appointed June 6—Messrs. Fleming, Hill and Lewis—reported, through Chairman Fleming, what they had learned of the different resorts, their facilities and conditions. Mr. Hill made a supplementary report in regard to some of the points that had not been men- tioned. After a thorough discussion of the matter, it was by motion decided to make Diamond Lake, on the Air Line Division of the Michigan Central Railway, the place for holding the fourth annual ex- cursion and picnic of the Association, the date being fixed for August 8. The following Committees were ap- pointed to arrange and complete the de- tails necessary for a successful and pleasant occasion: General Committee—D. S. Fleming, Chas. G. Hill, Geo. E. Lewis. Committee on Tickets—B. S. Mosher, J. F. Helmer, L. Pelton, M. F. Murray. Printing and Advertising—N. H. Branch, M. M. Whitney. Entertainment—P. W. Haefner, P. Casey, Harry Warner. Invitations—M. J. Cummings, Geo. W. Baker, M. F. Cottrell. Badges—W. H. Porter. The President made the following ap- pointments on committees for the year: On Trade Interests—B. S. Mosher, J. Frank Scott, C. G. Hill. On Entertainment—P. W. Haefner, N. H. Branch, M. F. Murray. On Transportation—D. S. Fleming, C. G. Hill, Geo. E. Lewis. Auditing Committee—L. Pelton, J. L. Peterman, B. C. Drake. The special committee appointed to ar- range with the grocers to take partin the Fourth of July parade reported that they had seen a large proportion of the trade and that they would nearly all parade with from one to half a dozen wagons, if the parade could be made in the after- noon. The committee were granted further time and instructed to procure printed banners to attach to the wagons advertising the grocers’ annual excur- sion. On motion, the monthly meeting in July was postponed from July 4 to July 11. No further business appearing, the meeting adjourned. W. H. Porter, Sec’y. Annual Meeting of the Owosso B. M. A. Owosso, June 29—The annual election of ofticers for the Business Men’s Asso- ciation for the ensuing year resulted as follows: President—A. D. Whipple. Vice-President—O. L. Sprague. Secretary—G. T. Campbell. Treasurer—W. E. Collins. Executive Committee—Jas. C. D. Stewart, W. H. Lingle. The Association endorsed the project of a fair being held by the County Agri- cultural Association the second week in September. The matter of furnishing cuts for a prospective publication was referred to the Advertising Committee. a Going One Better. Mrs. Sharppe—‘‘l’m_ goin’ to stop tradin’ here, an’ deal with Lightweight & Co., the new firm across the street. He lets his customers guess at the num- ber of beans in a bag, an’ gives a reward for the correct guess.”’ Mr. Quicksale—‘'My dear madam, if you’ll continue to give us your custom, we’ll let you guess at the number of Osburn, beans in two bags.”’ CLERKS’ CORNER. I understand, as well as any of you young fellows can tell me, that you clerks don’t have any too easy a time. There are two sides toevery question and it?s one side or the other, unless any- body wants to climb up and sit on the top rail of the fence—and we all know what is thought of that fellow. Just, however, to bring things down to something practical, I want to ask youif you don’t think, honestly, that the wom- an was right the other day when she went to the boss and complained that your hands were altogether too dirty to put up the goods she ordered. You had, of course, been on the keen jump all the morning, and you had been into a dozen different things in as many minutes, and a fellow can’t go around with a towel hung to him; but, after all, we come right down to the same old question, and I want you to tell me, out and ont, if you wouldn’t have washed your hands had you been going in to breakfast instead of doing up Mrs. Smith’s groceries? You think you would. Well, I thought so. ‘rhen Mrs. Smith was right, and, while it did seem a little tough to have her go straight to ‘‘the old man,” it would have been a great deal tougher if she had kept away from him and gone some- where else to do her trading. The ‘‘old man” ‘‘went for” you—no doubt about that—and ‘‘called you down” in great shape; but, if you deserved it, you have only yourself to blame and it remains for you to devise some way to keep clean if you hope to stay in the store. I won’t insult you by asking if you are careful about having a thorough toilet in the morning, but will simply say that I know store boys who are not. Some are willing to wash hands and give the face a wipe like a cat but the hands are not clean; nor are the finger nails taken care of, while the neck and other exposed parts which should start out clean in the morning are as dirty as they well can be. Did you ever, since your life in the store began, forget to brush your hair? I know it is shingled—clipped, if you say so—but, if Mrs. Smith finds some short specimens of your locks in her powdered sugar, don’t you know what a fuss she will be sure to make? The wise boy ‘*foreseeth the evil and hideth himself,’’ or—what is much better—preventeth it by a vigorous use of the hairbrush once a day at least. Would you put me down among the overnice, if 1 should say that the major- ity of clerks, whether boys or men, are too forgetful of their boots and shoes? [ say to you frankly that of two boys I would take to work for me the one who blacks his shoes—and I am just that fussy that I want him to black the heels of his shoes, as well as a little spot on the uppers. What do you think about it? 1 might go on with this, for there are many things which come to me, in this connection, which ought to be said, but, after all, the talk would be to but little purpose unless I ean hear from the clerks themselves and find out what they think about it. These evils exist in every store in the land and ought to be removed. Let us have a friendly talk about them. Let us air them in the Clerks’ Column of THE TRADESMAN— both sides, for, as 1 said, there are al- ways two—and let each of the many clerks who read this feel that this de- partment belongs to him, to make use of for the common good. Whom will we hear from first? Unc Le Bos. Marshall—Wm. R. Simons, the plump and good-looking clerk with C. T. Cook, was married June 25 to Miss Nettie Brooks, an estimable lady of this place. The happy couple took with them a good- ly supply of old shoes, ete., to Chicago. Not having adequate room in the inside of the trunk, their friends nailed several pairs of old shoes on the outside, com- pletely covering the trunk. Benton Harbor—M. E. Schier has anew clerk in his dry goods store in the person of Herbert W. Wheeler, formerly con- nected with the dry goods establishment of his father, W. H. Wheeler, of Cedar Springs. i — Li el The Hardware Market. General trade continues fairly good, although the extreme dry weather has had its effect. Prices in all lines are ad- vancing, and withthe beginning of the last half of the year we can look for many changes on all kinds of shelf hard- ware, as manufacturers have been wait- ing to see if the advance in raw material gave evidence of permanency. Those who are best informed on the subject feel that the advance has come to stay and, such being the case, the part of prudence is to make up their new cost and selling prices on that basis. While crops in Michigan, in some lines, are not what might be wished, the general average will be good and, in other parts of the country, a general return toa revival of business is noticeable. It is time fora turnin the tide, and the feeling gener- ally is that the turn has commenced. Wire Nails—The manufacturers seem to have their affairs fully in hand and are thus enabled to bring prices up to a pay- ing basis. They meet each month and make a price for the month following, and, while the July price is fully estab- lished, they all claim to be fully sold up and will soon meet again and establish the August price. Every indication points to still higher prices. Dealers do not-want to get it into their heads that all this advance goes into the mill man’s pocket, for it does not, as labor has been advanced from 15 to 20 per cent. and all material going into the manufacture has had a corresponding advance. Prices now being quoted from stock are $1.90@ 1.85. Barbed Wire—The same condition, ne- cessitating better prices, exists with the barbed and plain wire manufacturers as with the nail men. While the advance has been quite marked—prices averaging 50 cents above former figures—still higher prices are prophesied. Jobbers at present are quoting painted barbed at $2.05 and galvanized barbed at $2.40. General Remarks—It is quite difficult at present to keep prices quoted up close with the markets, as all manufacturers only name prices subject to immediate acceptance by return mail. Sheet iren has advanced 20c per hundred pounds. Axes are down for an early advance. Files are sure to go higher. Bar iron ad- vanced $2 a ton the past week. A dealer will study his interest by not quoting prices in any large quantity of goods un- til he finds out what he can get them for. ~~ > Use Tradesman Coupon Books. A Petty Swindler. A man representing himself to be a salesman in the employ of McKesson & Robbins, of New York, has ‘‘worked’’ several druggists in Indiana and Illinois for small sums ranging from 75 cents to $2. He was exposed and nothing more was heard of him until quite recently, when be ‘turned up” at Birmingham, Ala., with the same scheme. He borrows the price of his fare to the next town, where he expects (?) a remit- tance to be awaiting him. As the amount lost is small the drug- gists usually do not interest themselves in the matter enough to assist in the ap- prehension of the prisoner, but the house whose name he uses is annoyed by his actions and would be pleased to get him entangled in the meshes of the law. A crusade has begun in New York against the sale of bogus metal for ster- ling silver, and several leading mer- chants of New York have been indicted for violating the State law which forbids the sale of any article stamped ‘‘ster- ling’’ unless it contains 925 in every 1,000 parts of pure silver, or stamping ‘‘solid” unless it is nine-tenths fine. It was dis- covered in New York that a large pro- portion of the silver goods on sale stamped ‘‘sterling’’ and ‘‘pure silver” contain less than one-fourth of that metal, and some as little as 4 per cent. PECK’S Pay the beat profit. HEADACHE POWDERS Order from your jobber IT 1S--=-=----=- Making a Name ===== WHEREVER SOLD. THE BEST 5c. CIGAR EVER PUT IN A BOX! WFLLAER HOFFMAN MILWAUKEE, WIS. Wholesale Distributors. J. A. GONZALEZ, ‘Michigan Representative : a. A handy thing to have They are very hand- some They are handy to get At any handy store Every handy traveling man sells them If you have a nickle handy--try one Ghent’s Headache setter Wafers IMMEDIATE: -EFFECTUAL Cures Neuralgia Permanently Handled by all Jobbers. Prep ured by Cc. N. GHENT & CO., Pharmacists BAY CITY, MICH. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Wholesale Price Current. Advanced—Gum Camphor, Tartaric Acid. Declined—Assafcetida, Salicylic Acid. aAcIDUM,. Aceticum ...... 3@ 10 Benzoicum German. 65@ 75 ae ........ | 15 Carbolicum .......... 2 32 Circe ...........- @ 4 Percroemior ..........-. 3% («5 Nitrocum — oe Oxalicum 0@ 12 Phosphorium dil...... l 20 Salicylicum ........... 55@ 65 Sulphuricum.... 1Xx@ 5 Tannicum............-1 gi @ Tartaricum......... 33@ 35 AMMONIA. 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W@ 2 Carbonate, K.& M.... 2™@ 25 Carbonate, Jennings 35@ 36 OLBUM. Absinthium. .........2 50@3 00 Amygdalae,Dule .... ®W@ 50 Amydalae. Amarae....8 00@8 25 ae ................. 1 90@2 00 Auranti Cortex....... 1 80@2 00 ——— ene ee 3 00@3 20 eS 60@ 65 Seer Stes es dees = (eee .....5.......... Chenopodii ceases @1 60 Oimnementl.... ......- 1 49@1 50 Cee ......-...... 45@ 50 Conium Mac.......... 35@ 65 Capeiea ........ .....- 80@ 90 Cubebae.. \ 1 50@1 60 Exechthitos ..... : 20@1 30 Brigerom ..............4 ogni 36 Gaultheria 1 50@1 66 Geranium, ounce @ %5 Gossipii, Sem. wt 60@ 70 Hedeoma ..... 1 25@1 40 Junipert. 50@2 00 Lavendula . 90@2 00 Limonis ..... 1 30@1 50 MenthaPiper. ....... 1 &5@3 00 Mentha Verid 80@2 Morrhuae, gai 1 75@1 80 a ounce.. @ 80 I oes ac ccc eens e 00 Picts ee. (gal. - 10@ 12 ee ee 96 eal a 1 90 Rogae, ounce. ... 6 50@8 50 Baccini...... <1 a Sabina ....... 90@1 00 Genial ..... 2 50@7 00 oe 50@ 55 ao pay ounce. @ 6 cain... . . @1 00 Thyme .. 40@ 50 @1 60 ‘’heobromas.. 15@ 2 POTASSIUM. taro... ti 15@ 18 Bighromete ......... 1@ 13 Bromide. . 45@ 48 Carb.. .. oo Chlorate’ (po. 7@19).. 16@ 18 Cyanide. 50@ 55 Iodide... 2 9G 00 Potagsa, Bitart, pure.. 24@ 26 Potassa, Bitart, com. @ 15 Potass Nitras, opt. 8@ 10 Potass Nitras.......... 7 9 Prueos .............. 2U@ 2 Sulphate po...... 15@ 18 RADIX. AcCoews ... . S 25 eee... 22% 25 os .........-..... 12@ 15 a @ 2% Calamus.. _... ao Gentiana (po. 12). ‘aes 8@ 10 Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15).. 16@ 18 Hydrastis Canaden, (po. 35) .. @ Hellebore, Ala, PO. 15@ Inula, = Dee 15@ meee, wo... ..._.... 1 30@1 Iris pg a 35@38).. 35@ came, pr... 40@ Marents, “s.......... Podophyllum, po...... Rhei Tt 2 660 s83e9 5 BonbdeBbedée Sanguinaria, (po 25)... Serpentari Senega Stmilax, Officinalis. = Scillae, (po. 35) . —— RESAESRASBRESSEERS Foti- dus, po.. Valerian, Eng. ‘(po. 30) German.. “se s........... Zager j.......... SEMEN. Anisum, (po. 20). A . (graveleons) .. SRSRK — 16 Bir 6 a - 18) . _.... a Cardamon.. 1 00@1 25 Corlandrum.. 12@ 14 se Sativa 41m 5 te onium.. 75@1 00 Chenopodium 10@ 12 Dipterix Odorate .....1 20@2 00 Foeniculum.... @ 15 Foenugreek, po.. t@ 8 i... .......-- 3n@ 4 Lini, grd. (bbl. 3%).. 34@ 4 Lobelia eM 35@ 40 Pharlaris Canarian. 4@ 5 eee .......--- 4%Q 5 Sinapis Abe... 7a 8 aa... 1i@ 12 SPIRITUS. Frumenti, W., D. Co O0@z 50 D.F 2 WG? 25 ae eee 1 25@1 50 Juniperis Co. 0. T 1 65@2 a ae 1 75@3 50 ee N. &......1 Soe Spt. Vint a beseceee 1 75@6 50 Vin! Oporto . -e---1 BQ 00 Wiel Bies.........-... 1 25@2 00 SPONGES. Florida sheeps’ ve Ccarriage.. 2 50@2 75 Nassau sheepe’ wool ores ...-)....... 2 00 Velvet extra sheepe’ woo! Carriage.. 1 10 Extra — sheeps’ meee. .......-.... 85 Grass eee wool Car- riage . 65 Hard for slate use. 75 — — —" slate use . 1 40 SYROPS. ak... CU ae. 50 oo. ...................., oe ee 50 Auranti Cortes.............- 50 me ine... ...... 50 Similax Ofticinalis. eae = Re 50 aa... oe ~ .......- 50 Toatan . tee yee eee 50 Pronus virg . ne sa 50 TINCTURES. Aconitum NapellisR....... 60 “ee oe F a 50 Aloes. 1... © and myrrh .. 60 Arnica 50 Asafotida.. 0 Atrope Belladonna... 60 Benzoin |... 60 pees 50 Suneientio. 50 Barosma . 50 | Cantharides.... 765 Capsicum 1... Se oe 7 C oe... vi59 Aor... : 00 Catechu... 50 CAaasa 50 “ Ske ce ccna. - & Commne 50 aaa... 50 es... .. ............. Be oe 50 ae 50 Commam...... e eo... 60 Cae... 50 o ammon.. --..-- ae 50 Hyoscyamus .. —. 50 Todine. : | 12 ee ' Colorless. . ., oo sing Chloridum.. aaa 35 Ming... oo ioe 50 wern.........-............. 50 Nox Vomics......._... _... 50 eee oe coe eee eis sac one 85 ' a. . = Beocor.. .2 00 Auranti Cortex oa 50 uassia Leucccc eo atany eee eee er te cease oe. 50 ei. to of Cassia Acutifol 50 Co. Se 50 Serpentaria ...... -.--..-. oe oo Pe eee oeee eee 60 Tolutan . oo... oe Valerian . 1 -.... Se Veratrum Veride............ 50 MISCELLANEOUS. Ather, Spte Nit, sF.. to ' 4F.. 38@ 40 Alovmen......... 24@ 3 . ground, (po. oo... 3@ 4 Ammetio....... --. <6 & Antimoni, po.. 4@ 5 a et Potass ’ T. 55@ 60 a @1 40 AOeeeerTie............. @ 15 a Nitras, ounce @ 53 Aveenionum............ a 7 Balm Gilead Bud.. 38@ 40 Bo 20@1 30 a Chior, 1s, (48 ; ae Fo).......... 9 caniheriace Russian, me... @1 00 Capsici Fructus, af... @ 15 “e “ 0. ft @ 15 ny “ po. @ 15 Caryophyllus, - 6) 06 & Carmine, No. 40....... @3 75 Cera Alba, 8. & 2... 50@ 55 Corn Pinva............ 40@ 42 Coccus .... ‘1. @ 40 Cassia Froctus........ @ ee @ 10 Cetaceum....... @ 40 Chloroform Lewes 60@ 63 fbb! @1 25 Chloral Hyd ‘Crat. --1 15@1 30 hondrus 2@ 2 Cinchoniding, B&W 15 2 German _— 12 onina oo Of@5 25 Coras, list, dis. ay ome ec i . 65 Creasotum .......... @ 3 Creta, —— io..... oe Lee. 5@ 5 Sa eee eee 9@ iil . — @ 3 Crocus . . 5 55 Cudbear........ “= 24 Cupri Sulph... 5§@ 6 emrene ....... 1... 10@ 12 Ether Salph........... 75@ 90 ae numbers.. $ 8 6 Breota, (po.) 40... 30@ 35 a ee... ._.... 12@ 15 ee @ B a _-€ @? Gelatin, Cooper....... @ 60 French....... B0@ 50 Glassware flint, by box 80. Less than box 70. Glue, Brown........ 9@ 15 - weee.......... 18@ 25 Giyeerimes .....-....... 13Q 2 Grana Paradisi........ ae 2 Humulus... .. ; 55 Hydraag Chior Mite. @ i Cor @ 69 . Ox ieakeae @ 89 . Ammonitati. @ #9 - —- 45@ 55 a drargyrum..... Se a. Bowel. ....... 3 80@3 90 SS @4 70 eee... @2 Lycopodium .......... 60@ 65 —..........., 70@ 75 Liquor Arsen et Hy- oe bee... a 10@ 12 — Sulph (bb - es. Mannie, §,7.........- 63 Morphia, SP. & W. 75@2 00 5S. N. ¥. ©. - C. Co Vee " 65@1 90 Menches Canton... .. 40 Myristica, No1.. ... 6@ 70 Nux Vomica, (po 20).. @ 10 Oe fee. 1 18 Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D. Co @2 00 Picis Liq, N ? Le, er ‘gal Gee... 2 00 Picts Lig., quarts @1 60 pints . @ 8 Pil Hydrary, (po. 80) .. @ 50 Piper Nigra, (po. 22). @ i | Piper Alba, (po #5) @ 3 | Piix Burgun.. @ 7 | Plumbi Acet ! "w@ 12 Pulvis Ipecac et opi. if 10@1 20 Pyrethrum, boxes H @P_D. Coa. dos..... @1 25 Pyrethrum, ” ae W@ 30 Quassiae . Lo 8@ 10 Quinia, S. P&w. . 344% @39% . S. German MQ 3 Rubia Tinctorum..... 12@ 14 Saccharum Lactispv. 18@ 20 Salscetn...... ..-2 50@2 60 Sanguis Draconis. a“ 0@ 50 Sapo, - BS i _ 10@ 12 6. @ 15 getaiits Mixtore..... @ 2 aoe... . @ 18 om @ 30 = Maccaboy, De PAINTS. boi. Ib. Voe @ 34} Red Venetian.. ----1% 2@8 Snuff, “Scotch, De. Voes @ 34 Ochre, yellow Mars. 1% 2@A4 Soda Boras, (po.6%-9)64@ 9 Bee... 1 2@3 Soda et Potass Tart... 24@ 25] Putty, commercial... 24% 2%@3 Soda (are. .......... 1%@ 2 ‘“* strictly pure.....24% 24@8 Soda, BiCarb........ 8@ 5/1V — Prime Amer- woes. Aen... ......... -—. 41 ee............ 13@15 Soda, Sulphas. . @ 23 veruuien. English.. T0@75 Spts. Ether Co . ... 50@ 55} Green, Paris.. -- 20%@27 ‘* Myreia Dom..... 32 00} Green, Peninsular..... 13@16 Myrcia ap... 2 50] Lead, red.... : - 54@6 ‘| Vint Rect. bbl . 255) | wWalte . 54 @6 “ ce i bbl. 2 64)| Whiting, white Span.. @70 . “40 gal. 2 63| Whiting, Gilders’...... @X% “ “ “© 5 gal. 2 65 | White, Paris American 1 Less 5c gal., cash ten days. Whiting. Paris Eng. Strychnia Crystal Meee 1 40@1 45 a Sulphur, Subl......... 24@ 3 Universal Prepared ..1 coi 5 ' Mon... 2 2% VARNISHES, Tamarinds............ 10| No. 1 Turp Coach....1 10@1 20 Terebenth Venice.. - Extra Tur . 166@1 7 @heenpremee .......... a @ Coach Bo y. «oe Ce 00 Vanilia...... ..9 00@16 a No. 1 Turp Forn.... 11 00@1 10 Zinei Sulph.. . %@ §| Hutra Turk Damar... 1 55@1 60 OILs. Japan Dryer, No. 1 Bbl. Gal Tae 70@75 —— winter........ 70 7 oe, Geure.......... 60 65 tard Net... 640 45 THE TRADESMAN ——. — a < a % OCCUPIES nseed, voile ‘ 63 t6 TS IN Ie Neat’s Foot, — ITS OWN FIELD. strained . 5 7 | its Columns Bring RETURNS 35 «40 | TO ADVERTISERS. ; s canitary” For Cleaning, Beautifying and Preserving the Teeth and Hardening the Gums One Dozen on Handsome Stand. Send us an order for a trial dozen. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. BHEEEBSE B&B SpiriteTurpentine.. The Perfect Tooth Soap \ going to press and are an accurate index of the local market. below are given as representing average prices for average conditions of purchase. those who have poor credit. ‘THE MICHIGAN 'TRADESM AN. GROCERY PRICE CURRENT. The prices quoted in this list are for the trade only, in such quantities as are usuaily purchased by retail dealers. They are prepared just before greatest possible use to dealers. It is impossible to give quotations suitable for all conditions of purchase, and those Cash buyers or those of strong credit usually buy closer than Subscribers are earnestly requested to point out any errors or omissions, as it is our aim to make this feature of the AXLE GREASE. doz gross Mica 70 8 00 Aurora. . 55 6 00 Jastor Oil. 60 7 00 ES 50 5 50 Frazer’s oo. TA 9 90 Paragon . 55 6 00 BAKING Pow DER. acme. 4g 1b. cane. 3 doz. 45 \% 1 Ib. L 1 00 a... 10 Arctic. % Bb cans 6doz case. 55 ce “ oe ' i “4 re Se FT owen 2 ( 5 } (—_ hC.. . Se Red Star, 4 i cans 40 r 2.” 75 “ 1 ‘ 1 40 Sun Light. %_ ib. c aus, 6 duz. case 45 ie Ib. 4 doz = t tb - to ~*~ 1 60 Van Anrooy’s Pure. ib. ec ans, 6 6 doz case 85 ‘ “ic se 4, Ib 4 doz 65 “ m *~ See5. ~ 32 veifer’s, 4 lb. cans, dos 45 a.” oo. So 1 ib. 2 50 Our Leader, % .b cans. 45 Ye ‘ib —8...... ‘5 ' 1 Ibcans is BATH BRICK. 2 dozen in case. a Zuglisb : So Bristol... 70 Domestic 60 BLUING, Gross Arctic, 402 ovals . _ on a | Ce te 6 75 “pints, rou ime... 2 - wee sifting DEX... 23 = Ee. 3, ,. a No 3 00 “los Gall. : = exican Liquid, 4 oz. —-~ oe — 8 oz © oe BROO™S, Ao. Hari... -i@ No. i . : [ ee... Sardines Mussion, Wees.............. 55 Trout. No. 1, % bbls., 100]bs....... -4 2 No. 1% bbl, 40 WO es ee 1 95 7. 1, oe, 2... 56 Me Lc ime... os 48 Whitefish. No. J family MB bbls, ape ed 87 00 2 25 eee. 3 = 1 20 10 Ib. xits bite ceceee aa 38 8 Ib. Regular Size. Per box....38e. Percase..83 40 In 5 case lots, per case. 3 30 In 10 case lo's, percase.... ‘Little Tanglefoot.” Retatia, porhex............ 25 ome wes cone... 7 LARGE SIZE, 25 dbl. shts. in box, - bx. om 38 Per case of 10 boxes.. 40 DWARF 81ZE, 25 double sheets in box, Case of 10 boxes...:....... 25 Case of 2) boxes........... 2 50 COMBINATION CASE. 5 boxes Large Decoy } 3 49 12 boxes Dwarf Decoy { ° FAKINACEOUS Goons. Farina. 115 ib, kegs..... oe bees 2% Grits. Walsh DeRoo & Co.’s..... 1 95 Hominy. eee... . 2% a ee a Beans. ee... 6% Maccaroni and Vermicelli. Domestic, 12 Ib. box Impor ted... ---.------104@Il Pear! Barley. Bayere.... |. Pea es 3% Cee. eoor.. 2% Peas. ore a 1 10 Seut peri ........ 2% Rolied Oats. Schumacher, bbl.. 60 cs eee... 244 momaren, We... 3 90 Monarch, % bil... .... .. 2 Quaker, cases...... Seda. 5 3 20 vee Meee. ...........4.. 3B [ane 2 25 Sago. German ..... aceeaeee os. oe SO ee Wheat. es |... 8 FLAVORING EXTRACTS. Souders’. Oval Bottle, with corkscrew. Bestin the world for the money. Regular Vanilla. XX Grade Vanilla, See... . $1 75 om... 3 50 Jennings. Lemon. Vanilla 1 20 20 regular panel. 75 40% te 1. oe 2 00 6 os " 2 00 3 00 No. 3 taper........ 1 35 2 00 Bo. € per... .... 1 50 2 50 GUNPOWDER. Rifle—Dupont’s. oe eee odds wee eee e 3 2 i ET 1 90 Caeree bee... 1 10 [oe aoe... i. 18 Choke ener or. -.42 Ha t a -2@ a egs.. sie Pip cee ...... . of Eagle ot-ee, - ea teicec enue caeue 11 00 nae roe 5% — eo 3 00 a 60 on HERBS, i e ' Ps i ae......... ee 15 INDIGO. Madras, 5 ib. boxes.. 55 8. F., 2, 3 and 5 Ib. boxes.. 50 KOFFA-ATID. 100 packages in case.... 60 packages in case.... JELLY. i. pele... .......- @ 38 eS @ 4 _* aes @ 65 LICORICE, Oe eee 30 eee. Ps] RE 12 eee 10 LYE, Mince meat, 3 doz. in case. 2 75 Pie Prep. 3 doz. in case....2 75 MEASURES, Tin, per dosen. 1 Mc 81 75 oe ele... 8... 1 40 uart... 70 ———E— 45 or Wee... ec 40 on for vinegar, per - i batt eet sreenen rast i= 4 pete dtcee eee Cee 3 75 int oli cae 2 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 29 MATCHES, Columbia Match Co.’s Brands. ee Ce . 25 Me ce 1 00 Sioned Match Co.’s Brands. No. 9 sulphur 1 65 Anchor parlor....... 1a No. 2home........ ope OO Baer pene... ........... 400 MOLASSES. Blackstrap Sugar house......... i4 Cuba Baking. Ordinary . 1€ Prime Po) Fancy .. 36 oe... 18 Good 22 Ce 27 Choice 32 vase... ... i 40 Half -barrels 3c.extra PICKLES, Medium. Barrels, 1,200 count... @4 25 Half bbls, ws count.. @? 63 m: Barrels, 2,400 count 5 50 Half bbls, 1,200 count 32 Ra Clay, Ni eee ee a 1 70 =. 5. fail coat... ...; 70 Cob, No. 8.. _- «ook oe POTASH. 48 cans in case. eee 4 00 Penna Salt Co.’s...... 3 00 Poo mestic. Carolina need a 5% ee 5 ” as .. 4% a ......... ..... 3% Imported Japan, No.1.... .... 5% eee... 5 oaua............ a 2 roe... 4% SPICES, Whole Sifted. pee... 9% Cc a, China in mats...... 9% . Batavia in bund....15 c Saigon in rolls.. 32 Cloves, Amboyna...... a we ———_-- bees (oe ees 11% a ——- - ae utmegs ae ie haa CSA 60 . _ No. oat 55 epper, Singapore, black 10 re white -20 ' shot. 16 Pure Ground in Bulk. iAieeeees ... Cassia, Batavia. 118 and ‘saigon. 25 . saigon «OD Cloves, Amboyna 22 Zanzibar 18 Ginger, African.. eccs ae. 20 " — lO meee Mase... |... 65 Mustard, Eng. and Trieste. .22 eee 25 —— 2 piper ‘epper, Singapore, black.... 7 = white.....24 i Capen. ......-... 2 eS ee “Absolute” in Packages. 4 8 Aes... 84 155 Cinnamon ..... a= io ave... ....... 84 155 Ginger, Jamaica ..... 84 155 Oreen ....... 84 15 Mustard 1. 1 oo Pepper . 84 155 Sage..... oo STARCH. Kingsford’s Corn. 20 1-lb packages i ee ee ea ee 64 Kingsford’s Silver Gloss. 6 40 1-lb. packages ........... % oot, T%% Common Corn 2-lb boxes 5% -] aoe .. 5% Common _— 1-Ib packages oo. _.. o 3-Ib Cee scee eo 6-lb J Re aes 5% oe. boxes. . oo Barrels. . 2 ce oe a ‘SODA, oes ae cdsestcee cel eg I oe 4% SALT. Diamond Crystal. Cases, 243 ib. boxes......8 1 60 Barrels, 320 ae e......--..- 2 50 _—. lb a. 4 00 . OS lb 3% “ 3010 Ib “* 3 50 Butter, 56 lb bags.. i 65 20 141d bams......... 3 50 “ 200i) bbis........ 2 * 23 = 2 2 Worcester. Ra © onees.........5.-: 8410 60 5-1b ee 3010-lb * $50 ei. ..........7.. 3 40 eee te Oot. :........:. 2 50 Si eneee... -....... 32% Teen eeee.....: ..-. 60 ames Grades. 100 = Sacks... . er 10 Warsaw. 56 1b. dairy in drill bags.. 30 28 ib. “ “ce te 3 Ashton. 56 lb. dairy in linen sacks. 75 — 561. dairy in linensacks.. 75 Solar Rock. 36 in. Sheds ... |. io 22 Common Fine. Saginaw or Manistee 90 SNUFF. Scotch, in bladders..... . 37 Maccaboy. in jars.......... .35 french Rappee, in Jars. 43 SALERATUS Packed 60 lbs, in box. Co 3 30 Delemes 2... 3 15 Dwight’s.... .. a 3 30 aren 3 00 SOAP. Laundry. G. R. Soap Works Brands. Concordia, - % lb. bars...3 50 Spon los......- 3 35 . 10 box lots.......3 ® [ 20 box lots. . 3 20 “ Best German n Family. 60 1-lb, bars. . 2 5 box lots.. tes Zo beet eee 2 00 Ailen B. Wrisley’s Brands. Old Country, 80 1-lb........ 3 20 Good Cheer, 601 Ib.......... 3 90 White Borax, 100 %-Ib...... 3 65 Proctor & Gamble. Comes ...... 3 45 Every, 10 ox... . 8. 6 % ‘eo... 4 00 lems. .... 3 05 Mottled German... _ 26 Towa Tam................. 3 2 Dingman Brands. Simete tex. 3% 5 box lots, delivered....... 3.85 10 box lots, delivered...... 3 Jas. S. Kirk & Co.’s Brands. American Family, wrp d..#3 33 plain... 2 27 N. K. Fairbank & Co. ee Santa Claus....... Brown, 60 bars.. 310 _ Dare .... ' "3 10 Lautz Bros. & Co.’s Seande. oe 3 65 Cotton Oil.. 6 00 Baers... .. __........ 4 00 Master .. 400 ee. LC —. oo Savor in proved........... 2 60 oes. 2 80 Genie 2, Eccnom.cal ..... 2 Henry Passolt’s Brand. Atlas, 5 5 box lots, de} $3 60 Scouring Sapolio, kitchen, 3 doz... 2 40 ' hand,3 Aoz oe oe 2 40 SUGAR. Below are given New turk prices on sugars, to which thi wholesale dealer adds the lo cal freight from New York to your shipp:ng point, giving you credit on the invoice for the amount of freight buyer ays from the market in which he purchases to his shipping point, including 20 pounds for the weight of the barrel. a... Cm tee i § 31 Cuneo ke 4 94 Penne .... 1... 5 00 Aaax Powdered. ose. 5 18 Grmmmietee. .......... 5... 4 62 Fine Granulated........... 4 62 Extra Fine Granulated... 4 75 moe A... - os Diamond Confec. A....... Confec. Standard A....... 45 DU Bon cs come ewe-.- 437 oe Cie 4 37 j t ' | | SEEDS, Anise ..... cee @i3 Canary, Smyrna. .. 4 Caraway ee le ct Cardamon, Malabar. . 8U Hemp, Russian 4 Mixed Bir : 4% Mustard, white ‘ 9 ee 38 Heee 4% Cuttle bone.... 30 SAL SODA. Granulated. bblis.. ‘ 1% 75lb cases...... 1% Lump, bbls ... ...... ' 1451b kegs.. ae "1% SYRUPS. Corn Derree oc... 22 Halt pela = Pure Cane. Veer Geen... ..... oe Chiee |... 25 « TABLE SA UCEs. Lea % Perrin’ 8, large . . 4% smal). 27 Halford, tee... 8... 37 small . a Salad Dressing. large. _.. so small 2 A TEAS, JAPAN— — lar, rae @1 Goad... @20 Ceeee. 244 @26 Choicest 82 @34 ust a. 0 @i12 SUN OUBED. Pa... @17 hte Bx Cheiee,............26 Ge Choicest...... ace cue Gee Dust. ....... -10 @I12 BASKET FIRED. Paty... 18 @20 ‘hoice.. eee case @25 ‘Hetieewe il @35 xtra choice, wire leaf ee TOBACCOs, Cigars. Congress Brand. Invincibles «..-. 000) OO ee oe . 170 0 Perfectos . 61 00 Boquets 5d 60 Edw. W. Ruhe’s Brands Signal Five _ ... 206 HES. |... 5 00 Mr. — . «++. 20 60 . Johnson’s Brand. - $C Ss C.W. Bos ‘Reynolds’ ‘igen Ho net’s Nest..... $35 0) Fine Cnt Lorillard « Co.’s Brands. onsen oe. @25 Tiger.. ¢ D. Scotten & Co's Brands. Hiawatha ....... : — ........... 32 Rocket. 30 Spaulding & Merrick s Brands. Siew 29 Private Brands. Cherry . @32 Ramee 2g... @30 co 2 Pe i i oe a 24 @U Unele fen. ...........28 Ge McGinty .. : 7 % bbis.. 25 Cee. ...--....... 24 Columbia, drums.. . 23 Bane Up........... : 2 Bang Gp, Grams ..._.. 19 Piug. Sorg’s Brands, Boomer O08... 1... 39 oe ae x cy ieee... ........ Scotten’s Brands. i OF ddd e eka 6 20 f awatha......... 38 valley City «.......-.. 34 Finzer’s Brands, Old Honesty.......... 40 Joly Tar. .........-... 32 Lorillard’s Brands. Climax (6 os., 41c).... 39 Greece Turtie.......... 30 Three Black Crows... Pat J. G. Butler’s, Brands. Something Good...... 38 Heart. . 36 Out of Sig nn 24 Wilson & McCaulay’s Brands. Gold Rowe... ........ 43 Happy Thought....... 37 Monee... 32 aera... 31 mee... 27 Smoking. Catlin’s Brands, Kiln dried. oe “— Golden Shower..... Huntress ..... _ ~ Mecrechaum .. .........- American Eagle Co.'s naa Myrtle ak i Sork .. . bebe acees a) ——s... Pree... 32 anus, “efel...........,... 32 Banner Tobacco Co.'s Brands, Co ae 16 aeune r Cavendish Renae caus % Gorm Cet oo... c.:-...... ca ee | | | | Smoking—Continued. Scotten’s Brands. Were Honey Dew.. : Gold Block. '30 Fr. F. Adams Tobacco Co.’s Brands Peewee. One Wom... ck. 18 Standard.. — co Globe Tobacco Co." 8 ‘ena, Handmade..... eeu 40 Leidersdorf’s Brands. Ron Moy... 26 Uncle Sam i. = Red Clovee Spaulding & Merrick. em ane Jerry... 2... 5... 25 Traveler Cavendish... .....38 Buck Hora.......... ee Fiow Boy ..... _...... signe Con (ec .......... ...... VINEGAR. Highland Brand 12% WET MUSTARD, Baie, Per eel os... oo a. 30 Beer mug, 2dozincase... 1 75 YEAST. Diamond....... _ 2 Bureks..... 10 —— .... ... 1 Ce itt......... 1 @ eam Voan =i. .....- 1 00 WOODENWARE, Tubs, No. 1 Be eee 4 00 Na. 2 soe 35 “" me - 300 Pails, No. ft two- -hoop.. 95 * No, 1, three er oe Bowls, o—- Ht 80 ee 90 “ a “ 1 25 “ WT * 1 89 HIDES PELTS and FIUR*. Perkins & Hess pay as fol- lows: HIDES SC , 54HGT Part Cured...... _. @s a. = eee... Soe soo. Sl a green _.....--. Ca 7% we 84@lvu Calfskins, greeu..... 9% @ll ° Gured...... 12 @13% — on ski) ne... 2) @35 No. 2 hides \& of PELTS Sacariags...........5 @ we Lambs ee oe Oid Wool 100 @ WOOL Washed .. aa 0 @'8 Unwashed . 5 G13 MISCELLANEOUS Tallow . i. 3 @4 Grease butter _ . 1 @2 Switches 1%@ 2 Ginseng 2 ONE 25 GRAINS and FEEDSTCUFFS WHEAT. No, 1 White (58 ib. test) 75 vo. 2 Red (60 Ib. test) %5 FLOUR IN SACK8. CP Mente... . sea. cose, £0 Second Patent....... 443 Straight coo. 4 20 Clear. |e 4 oe 4 00 Buckwheat : 4 50 Oe aes 4 00 *Subject ‘to usual cash dis- count. Flour in bbis., 25 ditional. MEAL. POM co Granuinged,........... FEED AND MILLSTUFPS. St. Car Feed, screened... #22 St. Car Feed, unscreened. ¢ per bbl. ad No. 1 Corn and Oats...... 21 00 No. 2 Special . : 20 50 Unbolted Corn Meal.. 26 50 Winter Wheat Bran ..... 14 50 Winter Wheat Middlings. 16 00 ee 14 00 CORN. Car lots.. . 2). oe Less than car lots......... 5% OATS, Car lots .... a. Less than car lots “ 37 ay. No. i Timothy, car lots....i7 50 No.1 o tonk Tote ... 2 00 FISH A ND O D OYSTERS. PRESH FISH. Wate ............ @8 NO as @ i% Diece BOSe........... @15 meee 18g2i Ciscoes or Herring.... @6 ec. @i2 Fresh lobster, » per Ib 16 Cod i 12 Haddock. @s No.1 Pickerel. @8 Pe ceed ae @i Smoked White @7 Hed Snappers... ..... 15 Columbia River Sal Wee ge. 5 Meceere:.. +... 5... 18@25 Shrimps, per gal..... 1 2 SHELL e@00D8 Qysters. per lt Clame OYSTERS—IN CANS. 1 25@1 50 7T5@1 00 F, J. Dettenthaler’s Brands. Fairhaven Counts.... F.4d. D, Seledia....... 40 35 CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE LAMP BUBNERS, No. eae a No.1 as Ae kk... . Security. No. 1....4 ee Security, Rae See eceerscae.. Nutmeg fe ede ee ae ! aoe... SCL, LAMP CHIMNEYs.—6 dos. in box. No. @San....... mot | 2... woe oo. First qt lality No. 0 Sun , crimp t op, wrapped and labeled.. met * ° i . : No. 2 oe oe “ee ‘ “ tl XXX Flint. No.¢$ un, crimp top, W yrapped and labeled. No. 1 . - | No. 2 oe ay “oc oc ‘ Pearl top. 0.2 Hinge, “ “ “ Fire Proof—Plain peed No. 1, Sun, plain bulb Le ees az * OE La Bastie. No.is Sun, plain bulb, per doz. No. 2 No.1c¢ crimp, per, doz. as *lUhlU CL Rochester. No. 1, Hime (ie doz) .........._.. No. 2, lime (70e doz) No. 2) flint (80¢e doz).. Electric. No.2, lime (70e doz) ........._.. No. 2 flint (80c doz) ...... No. 1 Sun, wrapped and labeled.... oO 2 . e sé a LL saBhe = a Miscellaneous. Junior, Rochester ............. utes ..... Illuminator Bases TE . Barrel a5 Goe .......... 7 in. Porcelain Shades...... Casaiiote doa Mammoth Chimneys for Store Lamps JOz. tochester, lime ...... 1 50 tochester, flint. t J earl top or Jewel gl’s.1 85 17 ) No. 2 | No. 3 No. 3 I z ¢ ( I o a No, i No. No. 2 siobe Incandes. lime... uebe Incandes. flint...2 of reanl Glass... |. Se OIL CANS. gal galy iron, with spout gal galv iron with spout gal gulv iron with spout.. gal Me Nutt, with spont gal Eureka, with spout gal Eureka with faucet...., gal galviron A & W Fl gal Tilting Cans, Monarch.. gal galv iron Nacefas.. Pump Cans, GY OF OF SEG OT Go DL me me gal tin cans with spout..... .... Per box. we 7 be tot mame a 1¢2 eo to to 2 to a J 3 gal Home Rule. 16 5U 3d gal Home Rule. ' a2 3 gal Goodenough........ | 12. 00 & gal Goodenough ......... 13 o gal Virele Kine... __. . .. 10 LANTERN GLOBES, No. 0, Tubular, cases 1 doz. eath...... 45 No. 0, " " f | - 45 No. 0, bhisd “ “|. 4 No. 0, bull’s eye, cases 1 doz each. i 25 LAMP WICKS, No. 0, per _ oe ooo wt No. 1, v Ls. ; Js No 2, 2 No. 4, ' a 4 6 Mammoth, per doz. betes if JELLY TUMBL nna—T in Top. 1g Pints, 6¢ doz in box, per box (box 00). 1 60 4g 24 “ bol, doz (bbl 35). th ‘ .* * box, " box (box 00) 1 x m “ 18 ' DBL, doz (bb! 35) 22 STONEWARE—AKRON. Butter € roc me, (toGwal...... ' 06 ¥% gal. per doz 60 Jugs, % gal., per doz. ae 7 C 1 to 4 gal., per gal... ' oF Miik Pans, * gal., per dos ou eo . 72 STONEWARE—-BLACK GLAZED, Betser Crocee, 1 and teal... ........... 6% Milk Pans, % gal. per doz.... ao 65 ia) 1 “ “oa 73 FRUIT JARS. Mason-—old style. pints............ ..... TB WO 7 half gallons.... ea Mason—i doz. In Case, pints................ % 50 quarts, «oe & OD half gallons.. 10 co Dandy—glass cover, pints. 10 50 quarts li 0O half gallons. 14 00 OiLS. The Standard O}1 Co. quotes as follows: BARRELS. Boceae.......-.......- <. ) am W. W. Mich. Headlight. Ss 7 Naptha.. . : @ 9% Stove Gasoline. oe Gli Cylinder. o 1 @3s Engine.. 2 Gi Biack, winter. te Black, summer. 8% FROM TANK WAGON. .. 11% Eocene. , : a. 2a WW. W. ' Mich. Headlieht....... Scofield, Shurmer & Teagle quote as follows: BARRELS. Palacine. ' aa ae Daisy White.. ae eee Red Uross, W Ww ‘Headlight. eeu Naptha... Stove Gasoline... i | FROM TANK WAGON, Peres. ee Red Cross W W Headli ight.... a peererees afar eneg ene tee tee ee: Beaten cueing ecru = Pion comemo reams fern rans ger peme ep cuerpo oo kee sregite t Sos ten te hog wages poeta ete es ae eee eee os ia ee ae ee i iene a ae rasa eee erates tt steerer > 3O The Men Who Handle the Money. The business transactions of the United States, as they pass through the banks of about eighty cities, large and small, amount to something like one thousand million dollars a week. Stated in figures, it is $1,000,000,000. The banks in these cities settle their business with each other through a sys- tem of exchanging checks and paying in actual money the balances that remain after the swapping of checks. This sys- tem is known as the clearing-house set- tlement, and is a great convenience to the banks, saving them the trouble of paying in detail the numerous checks or orders for money drawn on them by their depositors. There are, in round numbers, eighty cities which use the clearing-house methods, and their business transactions will average about $1,000,000,000 a week, as has been already stated. In order to settle up this enormous business, only about one-tenth of the whole, or $100,- 000,000, is paid in actual money; while the other $900,000,000 is disposed of by exchanging checks, a sort of barter be- tween the several banks, and in this way the vast sum of $1,000,000,000 a week, or $52,000,000,000 a year, is passed in the payment of the commerce and manufac- tures of this great country, with the handling of but about one-tenth of the whole in money, say $100,000,000 a week, or $5,200,000,000 a year. it is seen from the foregoing that only about one-tenth of the business of the United States is carried on with money, and that the balance is done by a system of the exchange of written orders for money. From this it isapparent that all the great transactions are conducted without money, without the payment of a Single dollar of Government currency. If a merchant has to pay for a earload of wheat, for a thousand bales of cotton, for a cargo of coffee, or for a street rail- way franchise, or for anything which calls for a considerable sum of money, nota dollar of coin or treasury notes passes in the transaction, but the amount is paid by a check on a bank. Thus it is plain that the rich men, or those who engage in large transactions, do not handle any money. A dollar to them is only a representative of value. it is only the unit that aids them in figur- ing up the transactions of theday. Their wealth is not money hoarded up ina vault; but consists of houses and lands: of merchandise in store and warehouse: of ships on the sea and boats on the river: of factories, which are turning out arti- cles of necessity or luxury; of shares of stock in railways, insurance companies, banks and other securities. As soon as the rich man accumulates some thou- sands of actual dollars, they go into the business to work for their owner and bring him in his legitimate profit. Therefore, the man of large business does not spend his time in caressing his gold or in counting over and over his treasury notes. His wealth is repre- sented by various produets of human in- dustry, while actual money is but a small part of it, and from this it will be seen that it makes but little difference what sert of dollars are in actual circulation, if his business prospers and his wealth increases at a fair percentage, so little does the great business man have to do with the actual money. But if the rich man does not handle the dollars, and, therefore, can afford to be indifferent to their real quality, there is another person to whom the quality of the money is of the greatest consequence. That person is the workingman. His wealth is his labor. He banks not on capital stored up in vaults or represented by houses and merchandise and stocks; but on his muscular strength, his skill in his trade and his sound health. At the end of every day, or every week or month, his strength, skill and health are converted into so much money under the name of wages, and, being forced to live and support his family upon those earn- ings, he wants his wages in the best dol- lars that are made. If a man’s wealth increases at the rate of 10 per cent. or 20 per cent. a year, it makes not the slightest difference what sort of money is in circulation. It is not money that enriches him, but the in- crease of his substance, an increase which goes on independent of money. But the workingman is not earning on the basis of a percentage of wealth. His labor is valued in dollars, and he is paid in dollars, and it makes the greatest pos- sible difference to him if there be any de- crease in the value of the dollars in which he is paid. As has been shown, but about one- tenth of the business of the country is done with money, and that is the money that is paid for labor. The workingman must have actual cash, and so there must always be money enough to pay him. There are 15,000,000 wage-earners in the United States, and their wages will average $2 a day each. Then there must be in actual existence money enough for the payment of these 15,000,000 workers. There will be required $30,000,000 a day, or $180,000,000 for a week of six days, and this is about all the money there is actual need of. Of this, $100,000,000 does the business of the cities where there are clearing-houses, and the other $80,000,000 circulates more slowly through the country where there are few banks and no clearing-houses. Thus it is plain that the workingmen are the people who handle all the money and who have the very greatest interest in the demand that it shall be of the highest purchasing power attainable. It is the workingman who will suffer the greatest injury in the event of the money of the country suffering any fluctuation by reason of contraction or inflation and he should resist every effort, on the part of any class of people or any political party, to pauperize him by resorting to either extreme. FRANK STOWELL. — o> 2 The most hopeful scheme for reaching the north pole that has ever been sug- gested is that proposed by M. Andree of going ina balloon. Its success depends on the correctress of the aeronaut’s theory that he can guide his machine by means of sails and trailing ropes. The balloon is already in course of construc- tion in Paris, and will be made of 5,000 yards of silk, worth $11,000. M. Andree expects to start in July of next year, and hopes, with favorable winds, to reach the pole in forty hours, and tospend a month making accurate surveys of the whole polar region. The project is favorably regarded by many scientists, and is awakening profound interest in Europe. ——_—_—__—~. 4 A pretty girl is a pretty thing on a bicycle. She sits up straight and smiles. A young man makes a disagreeable ex- hibition of himself by stooping forward, humping himself, and appearing to be in distress. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. CANDIES, FRUITS and NUTS The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows: STICK CANDY. | ' ingtrain, Cases Bbis. Pails, | Standard, per Ib......... 5 é . no ...... _ 6 7 . Twist _. 6 7 Boston Cream............ 8% : ian ioe... 8 oo S% MIXED CANDY. bis. Pails Sa... 5% 6% | cart ET 6 o ae 6% 7% =... 7 8 Co 2 8% re 6% 7% eee Tee... baskets PeanntSquares............ -— 2 8 French Creams.......... . 9 7 oo CC; 12% eae, he beekee ........ a Pancy—In bulk Pails ae ee 8% - arena ee 9% Cement. 11612 Chocolate Monumontais.................... 12 ae 5 ae i* ae —. 2 oe 9 FaNcy—In 5 lb. boxes. Per Box eee aoe 50 Feppermamt rope. ........... 2... .60 Cepeennte eee... oo morte Deas. on ee 35@50 Pacerere 4. a. © Lepore Deepa a area eo —e- LL .Ctr*sti“‘i—C CCS 65 a. CL 60 ees... a as i Cream Bar....... ee 55 Molasses Bar........ ee eee 50 Hand Made Creams..... oo 80@90 ae 63@80 lsecorated Creams............ _.. ee ae Cl 60 Ae... WK@' 25 Wintergreen Berries........ ee | cee 60 CARAMELS. Be. 1, wrapped, 2. bakes....... .....__. 34 mo. i, e 3 Ce 51 No. 2, ' 2 ec ea 28 ORANGES, ae e..lhlULLULULULULU.L..U™U™~—~—C 3 25 eee 3 5e LEMONS. Extra Choice, 360 . ... a Pancy os ........ eS ne bok eucees 6 06 Extra Vancy, 250 .......... tcbecces & OO ae oe... 5 50 aa es BANANAS. Large bunches.... oe 1 75@2 25 ee 1 2@l 50 OTHER FOREIGN FRUITS. Pigs, feamcy layers 16 ..........._.__. 13 ' am a —<—.. .... “ aire eS | eS ° 6% Deaton, Pend, oe. pon... ... @7% - _ —— ok. @5 ' Pormian, G. M Suib box........ @ 4% NUTS. ae ro .................... qm 14 io... .... See eee ee @ California, soft shelled .... Zi2 Brasils, new......... eee ee ee @8 ee @10 aa oe. CC @15 . Pecmen... @ “s Cav No.1... @12 “ Soft Shelled Cali @13 pi @l1 in ee @9 Pocus Toes F.C. 8 @ll ——a... Hickory Muteper bu., Mich............ Cocoanuts, full wacks............. . 3 65 Besos per oe. 8. Diack Waelnem, perbu........... ...... r PEANUTS. Panoy, H. P..GameCocks ......... .. @ - i [eo 7 @%% Pancy,&. P., Amsetiation. ......... Z [ . — moes.on....... oe 7 OTK Cmeeee, H. F., Reo... @ - o " Bommed........ @ FRESH MEATS. BEEP. iin ieee trees -emn an syne 5 @7 Pee Geer 3%@ 4 Hind quarters... ....... . -. ._8 @98 oases : @10 EE ee 8 @12 ee 64@ 7% OS coe ercecs.....- oo -. 834@ 5 —... 34@ 4 PORK. ae 5 @5% ee 8% eee ee eee oe 7 oie... ee. 8 MUTTON. Carcass ........ a 5%@D 6% ae. 8 @10 VEAL. eee | Ce 5%@ 6 CHICAGO _ Tune 16, 1895 rig GOING TO CHICAGO. Ly. G’d Rapids 6:00am 1:25pm *6 :30pm *11:30pm Ar. Chicago ..12:05pm 6:50pm (6:(0am * 6:25am RETURNING FROM CHICAGO. Ly. Chicaso...... 7:2Cam 5:00pm *11:45pm Ar. G'd Rapids........ 12:40pm 10:40pm *6:30am TO AND FROM MUSKEGON, Ly. Grand Rapids...... 6:00am 1:25pm 6:30pm Ar. Grand Rapids...... 11:30am 5:15pm 10:40pm TRAVERSE CITY. CHARLEVOIX AND PETOSKEY. Ly. Grand Rapids *3:00am 1:00pm 11:10pm Ar. Manietes......_. 12:55pm Ar. Traverse City... *1:20pm 4:50pm 4:00am Ar. Charlevoix... .. *3:50pm 6:30pm 6:30am Ar. Petoskey.... *4:20pm 6:55pm 7:00am Trains arrive from north at 5:30 am, 11;45am, 1:00 pm, *1' :30 pm. PARLOR AND SLEEPING CARS. Parlor Cars leave Grand Rapids 6:00 am, 1:25 pm: leave Chicagy 7:20 am, 5:00 pm. Sleeping Cars leave Grand Rapids *11:30 pm; leave Chi cago *11:45 pm. i *Every day. Others week days only. ry ry Oct. 28, 1894 DETROIT, LANSING & NORTHERN R. R. GOING TO DETROIT. Ly. Grand Rapids...... 7:00am 1:20pm 5:25pm AL ooo 11:40am 5:30pm 10:10pm RETURNING FROM DETROIT. Ly. Detroit... ._ 7 1:10pm ©6:00pm +++ ens 5 Ar. Grand Rapids.... --12:40pm 5:20pm 10:45pm TO AND FROM SAGINAW, ALMA AND BT. LOUIS, Ly. GR 7:40am 5:00pm Ar. G R.11:35am 10:45pm TO AND FROM LOWELL, Ly. Grand Renids 7:00am 1:20pm 5:25pm At tomiowe =p 6:20pm ....... THROUGH CAR SERVICE. Parlor Carson all trains between Grand Rap ids and Detroit. Parlor car to Saginaw on morn- Trains week days only. GEO. DEHAVEN, Gen. Pass’r Ag’t. MICHIGAN CENTRAL “‘T1e Niagara Falls Route.’’ Arrive. Depart 1020Dm........ Detroit Express ........7 mai 5 30am.... *Night Express........11 20pm 1145 am ..... New York Drees... .. 6 00pm *Daily. All others daily, except Sunday. Sleeping cars run on all night trains to and from Detroit. Parlor cars leave for Detroit at 7:00 a m; re turning, leave Detroit 4:35 pm, arriving at Grand Rapids 10:20 p m. Direct commnnication made at Detroit with all through trains erst over the Michigan Cen- tral Railroad (Canada Southern Division.) A. ALMguisT, Ticket Agent, Union PassengerStation. ETROIT, GRAND HAVEN € M1} WAUKKE Railway. EASTWARD. Trains L:ave tNo. 14/tNo. 16)TNo. 18)*No. G’d Rapids, Lv; 6 45am]16 20am) 325pm/1100pm ions AT 7 40am/}11 25am) 4 27pm/1235am St. Johns ...Ar| 8 25am|12 17pm) 520pm| 125am Owoss)......Ar) 900am] 1 20pm! 605pm/ 3 10am £. Saginaw. Ar |iu 50am) 3 45pm) 8 00pm) 6 40am Bay City.....Ar/|11 30am] 435pm) § 37pm} 715am Flint ........ Ar|1005am] 3 45pm! 705pm| 5 4¢am Pt. Huron...Ar|1205pm| 550pm} 850pm| 7 30am Pontiac ..Ar|1053am] 305pm)| 8 25pm) 5 27am Detroit.......Ar|1150am] 405pm| 925pm] 7 00am WESTWARD, For Grand Haven and Intermediate A *8:40 a. m. For Grand Haven and Muskegon..... +1:00 p. m ts ss e ** Mil. and Chi.. 5.36 p. m. For Grand Haven, Mil. and Chi...... *7:40 p. m. For Grand Haven and Milwaukee....+10:05 p. m, +Daily except Sunday. *Daily. Trains arrive from the east, 6:35 a.m., 12:60 p.m., 5:30 p. m., 10:u0 p.m, Trains arrive from the west, 6:46 a, m. 8:15 a.m. 10:10a. m. 3:15 pm. and 7:05 p. m. Eastward—No. 14 has Wagner Parlor Buffet car. No. 18 Parlor Car. No. 82 Wagner Sleeper. Westward — No. 11 ParlorCar. No. 15 Wagner Parlor Buffet car. No. 81 Wagner Sleeper. Jas. CAMPBELL. City T'cket Agent. Grand Rapids & Indiana R. R. Schedule in effect June 23, 1895. NORTHERN DIV. iv. AP. Saginaw and Cadillac...... . t7 00am 11 30am Trav. Cy. Petoskey & Mack....*8 (0am +5 25pm Trav.Cy.Petos.&Harbor Sps...¢1 40pm +10 15pm Saginaw and Reed City....... +4 45pm t11 00pm Petoskey and Mackinaw..... +10 45pm _ +t 6 20am 800 am train has parlor cars for Traverse City and Mackinaw. 140 pm train has buffet parlor car for Har- bor Springs. 1045 pm train has sleeping cars for Pe- toskey and Mackinaw. SOUTHERN DIV. uv. Fr. Cin,. Ft. Wayne & Kalamazoot 7 25am + 9 15pm Ft. Wayne and Kalamazoo...t 2 15pm + 1 30pm Cin., Ft. Wayne & Kalamazoo* 6 00pm * 6 50am Meemainee. *11 40pm * 9 20am 725 am train has parlor car to Cincinnati. 600 pm train has sleeping cars to Cincirnati, Indianapolis and Louisville. CHICAGO TRAINS. Lv. Grand Rapids...+7 2am +2 15pm *11 40pm Ar. Chicero.......... 240pm 9 05pm 7 10am 215 pm train hasthrough coach. 1140 pm train has through coach and sleeping car. LY. Chicago........ +6 50am +3 00pm *11 30pm Ar. Grand Rapids... 1 20pm 9 15pm 6 50am 3060 pm train has through coach and 1130pm has through coach and sleeping car. MUSKEGON TRAINS. Ly.Gd.Rapidst7 25am +1 00pm +8 30am +5 £0pm Ar.Muskegon 850am 210pm 9 55am 7 0spm Ly.Muskegont9 13am t+i205pm +6 30pm + 4 03pm Ar.Gd.Rapids10 30am 115pm 7 55pm 520pm +t Except Sunday. * Daily. + Sunday only. A. ALMQUIST, Cc. L, LOCKWOOD, Ticket Agt. Un. Sta. Gen. Pass.& Tkt.Agt. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. St MILTON KERNS. Traveling Representative for W. H. Wilson & Co., Lancaster, Pa. Milton Kerns dates his entrance to this vale of sunshine and tears from 1848, when he happened along on a farm near Pittsburg, Pa., and made himself so much at home that they concluded that he’d better stay. Fourteen years is a long enough time to find out if it’s to be the farm or something else, and about the time his 14th year had fairly started in, it was something else, and off to Pitts- burg he went. The first thing he struck was a bookstore. It didn’t make any difference to him what it was—all he wanted was a foothold. That he got and $3 a week, with his ‘‘keep’’ thrown in. Of course, he didn’t know much— wasn’t expected to do much—but he staid, and grew, and kept his eyes open, and learned; learned something that most of our boys haven’t got onto yet and that is to get back from an errand sometime within twenty-four hours, to keep ’em from dragging the river for his body! Well, they liked him and he was with ’em three years, and one day the book-keeper left and the old man chucked Milt. right into the vacant place. Do MILTON KERNS. you know, that fellow went right along with it without a bit oftrouble? Did, for a fact, and kept right along at it for five years. At first, when he was ‘‘the boy,’’ he made up his mind that he didn’t know any too much and straightened that out by going to night school. He kept up the night school three or four years. Perhaps that was where he learned his book-keeping, but he says he picked that up. He helped the old book-keeper some and in that way worked into it so that his books were always as straight as a string. During this time an amusing incident occurred. An acquaintance of his went to one of these business colleges and came home ready to keep the books of the world. One day he came down to the bookstore and wanted Milt. to help him. The poor fellow was alli snarled up and couldn’t find head nor tail to the tangle and that self-taught farmer’s boy went at it and unraveled it in less than no time. You don’t want to talk busi-| ness coilege to Kerns! He staid in the bookstore eight years, | mation of the anilin colors as boy and book- keeper. Then he onaned| out as traveling salesman fora wholesale | grocery, and for five years the grocery | trade had a hustler who meant business. At that time Dilworth Bros., of Pittsburg, | reached out after a traveling man and | got hold of Kerns. There is where he | first struck tobacco. He went in to see | about the place and one of the partners said, ‘‘What do you know about repre- | senting our cigar factory to the jobbing | trade?’ ‘‘Nothing,’’ was the reply, | “‘but if you have good cigars which you want to sell at right prices, I can sell | them for you.” They told him to go' ahead, and he went, and he kept going | for twelve good, solid years. As a gen-| eral rule, when a man stays as long as | that with a firm, it means something. | A year or so ago W. H Wilson & Co., | of Lancaster, Pa., made him a proposi- tion and he took them up and he’s been | with them long enough to put his EI- | Puritano in the show cases of thousands of dealers in all parts of the country. | Boston is his banner town, although he | makes a pretty clean sweep throughout | the New England States; and so taking | is his way and so convincing is his ar- | gaument that some people are, possibly, | led to believe that the cigars he’s selling | are made from some of the tobacco that Sir Walter Raleigh raised in Virginia. and sent to England to be made up for} the Boston market and were shipped to | Boston direct on the Mayflower! Married? Yes. Four years more’!] | fix him for his silver wedding, and if half the people who have used his goods | send him a silver tobaeco-something, | there won’t be silver enough in the coun- | try to repair a damaged 10-cent piece. How has he done it? A little word of four letters is the best answer to that question—P-U-S-H. a 9 Important Chemical Discovery. There has been much talk lately in chemical circles of a certain discovery which promises to revolutionize certain industries. Some years ago Mr. T. L. Wilson, while working with an electric furnace, and endeavoring by its aid to etfect the reduction of some refractory metallic compounds, noticed that a mix- ture containing lime and carbon (the lat- ter in the form of coal dust), under the influence of the intense heat of the are, fused down to a heavy semi-metallic mass, which, having been examined and found not to be the substance sought, was thrown into a bucket containing water. ‘The strange results which fol- lowed its contact with the water attracted his notice. A gas was abundantly given off, which was subsequently identified as acetylene, the fused mass having been calcium carbide. Acetylene, though long known, had been little more than a chemical curios- ity. After the discovery that it could be easily obtained by the means as above described, experiments were made with it as an illuminant, and these have, it is alleged, been quite successful. The car- bide is now being produced on a large scale in North Carolina, and attempts will be made to intreduce the gas in place of coal gas, it being cheaper and giving a whiter flame. Further, if acetylene be passed through a tube heated to a certain temperature, it is decomposed into benzol, and at other | temperatures other products. furnishes the starting point for the for- ; and vast pos- Benzol | sibilities may open up in this direction. Pop Corn Goods! Our Balls are the Sweetest and Best in the market. ~O0 in Box or #00 in Barrel. Penny Ground Corn Cakes in Molasses Squares aud Puyrkish Bread Are Tip Top Sellers. DETROIT POP CORN NOVELAY GO, “““azemsosay®™* Detroit, (ich. ESTABLISHED THIRTY YEARS. Our business is good==- By giving our customers the that can be made, they always buy again. HIGHLAND BRAND VINEGAR IS SUPERIOR------- 1 ines 0g ut Doser. ot tite Mut thi Von, Bile Z We have no new of 30 days. big line of last season’s Teas. They Teas due inside We have on hand u are the Best Value in this State at the prices we will sell them at. Send for samples from 13e up to 35e for the finest Tea ever imported into Michigan. We offer the best Mocha and Java Coffee in the market, soris brand, at 30c. in 1 lb. packages, under Do- “Canuck” costs 33.10 per box, LOO bars. equal to many We have a big drive ina Soap, brands sold at $3.50. JAMES STEWART GO. LID EAST SAGINAW, MICH. Best Vinevar Pry the same thing with your customers. rer penn ey Te Sa mS tte A eutepesecne! Jr Stone p yueeeeerecegetcnaes cae pagmecercsmect kat pe gris mast oa sre esas nh Bh abot vapery 2 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. GOTHAM GOSSIP. News from the Metropolis---Index of the Markets. Special Correspondence NEw YorK, June 29—There has been no ‘‘dull sickening thud,’ but, notwith- standing this, the intelligent observer can see that trade in the wholesale gro- cery line in this city has dropped during the week and, at the moment, is ex- tremely quiet. Thereis a lull ominous of firecrackers and flags, and, with the outgoing of the Fourth in a blaze of gun- powder, it is confidently expected will come the reaction with its crowded stores and hurrying salesmen. Preparations are making for a splendid fall trade and, unless all signs fail, our merchants will be fully justified in making these prepa- rations. Coffee is depressed. Buyers are not in sight. There is an impression that quotations are too high and that a reac- tion must ensue, but, on the other hand, holders are not at all disposed to make concessions, and thus the matter stands. Sales from first hands have been almost nil, and buying is of an everyday char- acter. No. 7is held at 1514153{c. The amount afloat is 594,115 bags, against 278,558 bags the same time last year. Holders of East India coffee seem to be slightly encouraged, but the demand is not active. Stocks are not excessive. Padang Interior coffees are held at a range of 27@28e and fancy Javas at 28@ 5sle. Orders from out of town for coffee do not indicate any great scarcity of sup- plies among interior merchants and there appears to be a disposition prevalent to let the future take care of itself, The refined sugar market has been dis- appointing and orders have beenfew and far between. It was thought to be an assured thing that by this time the de- mand would exceed the supply, but such is not the case. It may be that buyers are expecting a decline, but, whatever the reason, it is certain that the trade languishes. Some rumors of foreign re- fined coming in in appreciable quantities have been floating around the market, but only about 15,000 tons have been im- ported. This would not be a drop in the bucket, of course, but it shows that it is a factor worth considering. The price has ranged, for the imported, at about 4%e. Teas are dull. The new crop does not show up very well as to quality and the last sales at auction indicate a decline* all around of about le. No large private transactions have occurred, and, alto- gether, the market can stand a good deal of improvement. The rice market remains firm and hold- ers are seemingly satisfied with the trend of affairs. Stocks in the interior seem to be reasonably large, but rates, both here and at producing points, are firm and the outlook is for a good trade all the fall. For the moment trading has been some- what checked by the severe storm. Syrups and molasses need propping up. Buyers are few and far between, but holders adhere to quotations and feel that they are justified in so doing. Some fair orders havecome by mail, but, as a rule, the situation is rather a waiting one. Canned goods are improving and each _Week betters the situation. The pea pack in Baltimore has closed with a pack Said to be from 30 to 50 per cent. short of an average pack and every indication is for better prices. The timely rains of the past few days will give encourage- ment to tomato packers, who had *‘made their mouths up’’ for a pack averaging about half the usual output. It is not likely the acreage is as large as last year, but there will be enough tomatoes for all requirements. Reports as to the peach crop are conflicting, but it seems to be the general opinion that it will be a good deai smaller than last year. Dried fruits show very little anima- tion, and 7}¥¢ is about the extreme rate for fancy evaporated apples. The butter market has been moderately active. Arrivals show considerable de- fective stock and a good deal of the finest has gone into cold storage. Exporters have taken some 500 or 600 tubs at a rate varying from 10@16c. Fancy creamery is worth 18¢ and brings that without any trouble. State and Pennsylvania extras, 174 @18e. Cheese is doing better and the market shows a few bright spots. Fancy full cream, large size State cheese is worth 8@8ixe. Eggs remain about unchanged, the best Western bringing 13c, and stock must be exceptionally good to bring this. There is a large supply of new po- tatoes and the market is dull at about $2@2.50 per bbl. Old potatoes, $1.50 Beans are dull and weak. There seems to be a very limited demand. Marrow are worth about $2.50 and me- diums, $2. Pea beans are worth $2.15. Provisions are steady and _ active. Pork, $13.50@14.25 for mess; beef, $8.50 for mess. A committee of delicatessen store- keepers called at police headquarters yesterday and asked President Roose- velt to see that the Sunday law is fully enforced. They complained that some storekeepers kept their places open all day Sunday. The committee was anx- ious that delicatessen and grocery stores should be kept closed all day Sunday. Commissioner Roosevelt informed them that the law allowed such stores to keep open until 10 o’clock. He assured them, however, that the police would see that the stores closed at 10. ———<_——_— Arrangements for the Meeting of Hard- ware Dealers. It has been definitely decided that the meeting of the Michigan hardwaremen, for the purpose of forming an associa- tion, will be held in Detroit, on July 9. Such responses have come from the vari- ous parts of the State as to indicate that the gathering will be large and representag tive. Headquarters will be at Hotel Cad- illac. A standard rate has been secured from the railroads of one and one-third for the round trip, conditional on there being at least 100 representatives at the meeting, and that each, when buying his ticket at the starting point, secure from the ticket agent a certificate for endorse- ment at the meeting. It seems almost incumbent upon every dealer in the State to be present, as the occasion is one of great interest to the trade in many ways. Details of information can be obtained from F. 8S. Carlton (Carlton Hardware Co.), Calumet. _—_—— OO OS Look Out For Him. PALMYRA, June 29—A ‘“‘slick’’ scran- ger, well dressed and probably not more than 23 years old, was a guest at the Hotel Nase a couple of days ago. Going into the store of N. J. Ganun & Co., he pur- chased of the obliging clerk a pair of shoes, a shirt, hat, neckwear and several minor articles, promising to pay for them the following day with a check which he expected would arrive by mail. Return- ing to his room at the hotel, to put on his new purchases, shortly after supper, he saw Wilbur Spark, proprietor of the Junction House, coming into the village on his ‘‘bike,’’ of whom he had engaged board the day previous for a week, and left without settling. Fearing trouble, the stranger silently but quickly took his departure, and was soon lost in the gath- ering darkness. ———q@qx7r6>r-24 a Excursion to Toronto via. D., G. H. & M. On account of the Pan-American Con- gress of Religions and Education at Toronto, the D., G. H. & M. Railway will sell excursion tickets to Toronto and re- turn at $10.35 for the round trip, good going July 16 and 17 and return limit un- til Sept. 1, provided tickets are deposited with agent of terminal lines at Toronto on or before July 31. For particulars apply at D. and M. city office, 23 Monroe street, or D. and M. depot. JAS. CAMPBELL, City Agent. ———.-4 = The New York Biscuit Co. has aban- doned the use of dairy butter altogether, and from this time on will use factory creamery butter only, in the manufac- ture of sweet goods. Money and Nerve. A Washington philosopher observes that it is a very good thing in this world to have money, but if you haven’t money —well, some kinds of nerve are a very good substitute for it. For instance, there’s a young fellow who is not as in- timately acquainted with the look of a dollar as he’d like to be, but he has something as good. He wanted a pair of shoes once upon atime. He went intoa shoe store and was fitted. Then he asked the price of the shoes. ‘‘Fourdol- lars,’’ said the proprietor. ‘‘Take them off,’” was the young man’s resigned re- ply. ‘‘Take them off. I can’t pay that much. I haven’t got it.” ‘What have you got?” ‘Two dollars.” The pro- prietor gathered up his shoes indig- nantly, and the young man started for the door. Before he reached it the shoe dealer was at his elbow. ‘You can have the shoes,” he said, ‘‘but it’s robbery. It’s way below cost. I just give them away.’’ The shoes were wrapped up. The young man waited till the string was tied and they were under his arm. Then he gave the dealer a $5 bill and asked for the change. > oS _—____— Modern Storekeeping. ‘‘My wife’s concluded not to keep them shoes, and you can give me back the money; they cost $2.50.” ‘But they never came from here, Mr. Brown,’ replied the clerk, who had been through three annual inventories of what goods were being earried by the store. “Yes, she did; she got ’em back in ’91, time of the big firemen’s parade, had ’em charged, and I paid for ’em when I sold my ’93 wool.’’ The clerk consulted the ledger, and found the old man’s story true, and, as the store’s pet newspaper phrase was, **Your money back if you want it,” the old man got his $2.50, and the returned shoes went in with a lot marked 75 cents. ne Women Clerks in Grocery Stores. The President of the Philadelphia Re- tail Grocers’ Association, who has a thriving grocery store in Philadelphia, has replaced his male clerks with neat young ladies. The reasons given for making the change are that young ladies, as a rule, are handier and more deft in weighing out and wrapping packages, and in many eases are more polite and attentive to customers. They are also neater in the majority of cases, male grocery clerks, as a rule, not taking too much pains with their personal appearance. OS Plenty of Customers for Them. A West Side shoe dealer whose or- thography does not keep pace with his business enterprise did not expect the overwhelming rush of customers that he got after displaying this sign conspicu- ously in his window over a heap of leather heel protectors: HELL PROTECTORS ! 15 cts. -_—— EP -9-<— Let Him Wait. Mrs. Harduppe—John, the grocer from where we used to live has found out our address. He called with that last year’s bill and was real impertinent. Mr. Harduppe (hotly)—Impertinent, was he? Well, now, we’ll let him wait for his money. For*Bargains in Real Estate, in any part of the State, tee GO G. W. Ames 106 Pheenix Block BAY CITY, MICHIGAN FOR RENT. Manufacturing Property with Power, One Store and several fine Offices. APPLY TO WM. T. POWERS or J.W. SPOONER Room 34, Powers’ Opera House Block. You may swallow your wrath, but it is sometimes hard to digest it. Wants Column. Advertisements will be inserted under this head for two cents a word the first insertion and one cent a word for each subsequent insertion. No advertisements taken for less than 25 cents, Advance payment. BUSINESS CHANCES, OR SALE—THE FINEST STOCK OF GRO- ceries and fixtures in the State of Michigan. Fixtures put up in sections so they can be fitted to any sized store. Willi sell fixtures separately, ifso desired. Also first-class panel top wagon and good delivery horse. Liberal discount al- lowed on original cost. Address C. Sengen- berger, 250 East Fulton street, Grand Rapids. 795 OR EXCHANGE— LARGE NEW BkICK hotel, furnished complete,doing a good busi- ness, to exchange for a good farm. Address W. H. N., Care Michigan Tradesmen, 789 UR SALE—STOCK OF GENERAL MER. chandise in a growing town of 3,000 Will inventory about 5,000. Best store and location in town. Address No. 793, care Michigan Trades- man. 593 O EXCHANGE — 360 ACRES FARMING land in Crawford county, Mich., close to railroad and county seat, for improved farm; al- 80 village lots in fine, flourishing Villages in Missouri ig i roggy o for horses, buggies, wagons or bicycles. Address H. ri Reed City. Mich, a ANTED—A GOOD LOCATION FOR DRY goods, clothing and boot and shoe store. Address No. 792, care Michigan Tradesman. 92 OR SALE—NICE CLEAN STOCK O« HARD.- Ware, invoicing about 84,0 0, in good enter- prising Village of 700 or 800 inhabitants, situated on two railroads—Grand Rapids & Indiana and Ff Wabash; also a stock of agricultural implements and thought he knew a little something | in connection. Address No. 791, care Michigan Tradesman. 791 OR SALE—STOCK OF CLEAN GROCER- ies in good town. well located. Inventories from $1,800 to $2,00).. Bestof reasons for selling. Address No. 785, care Michigan Tradesman. 785 OR SALE—DRUG STOCK AND FIXTURES; corner location; stock in good condition and business paying. Good reasons for selling, Address Dr. Nelson Abbott, Kalamazoo, Mich.77 OR SALE—DRUG STOCK, CONSISTING OF staple drugs, patent medicines, stationery, blank books, wall paper, ete.. inventorying about $4,000, for one half cash and two years’ time on balance. Cash sales last year, 83,000. Store has steam heat, electric lights, hot and cold water— everything in first-class shape—and is situated in best town in Upper Peninsula, in mining dis- trict. Reasons for selling, ill health, necessitat- ing a removal toa warm climate. Address No. 769. care Michigan Tradesman. 769 ANTED—PARTNER TO TAKE HALF IN- terestin my 75 bbl. steam roller mill and elevator, situated on railroad; miller referred ; good wheat country. Full description, price, terms and inquiries giyen promptly by address- ing H.C. Herkimer, Maybee, Monroe county, Mich. 711 \ VOD OPENING FOR BARBER SHOP, AND residence to rent cheap. Address No. 779, 779 care Michigan Tradesman. MISCELLANEOUS, ANTED—AT ONCE, REGIST ERED ne Sn well prgenemonted and ca- pabie of taking Charge of drug store. Address F. H. Whitney, Wayland, Mich? 794 ANTED—YOUNG REGISTERED PHAR macist, well recommended, who can build up a business in a new store. Address No. 790, care Michigan Tradesman. 790 OK SALE CHEAP—COMPLETE SET TIN. - her’stools. Address P. W. Holland, Chapin, Mich. 784 G RANITE AND MARBLE MONUMENTS, markers and all cemetery work. Largest stock. Write us about what you want and we “will quote prices. Grand Rapids Monument Co., 818 South Division. EN TO SELL BAKING POWDER 10 THE grocery trade. Steady employment, experi- ence unnecessary. $75 monthly salary and ex- penses orcom. If offer satisfactory, address at once, with particulars concerning yourself, U.S. Chemical Works, Chicago. 757 WANTED—BUTTER, EGGS, POULTRY, potatoes, onions, apples, cabbages, etc. Correspondence solicited. Watkins & Smith, 84-86 South Division St., Grand Rapids, 673 ANTED—EVERY DRUGGIST JUST starting in business and every one already started to use our system of poison labels, What has cost you 815 you can now get for &. Four teen labels do the work of 113. Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids. SST Be YOU Patented Feb. 12, 1895. WILL WONDER how you ever got along with that old-style counter, once you have seen and used ‘*SHERER’S.”’ Finished and framed in Oak, substantial and made to last, it displays the goods attractively and keeps them secure and clean. First-class and up-to-date in every re- spect. Standard height, 3344 inches; length, as desired, from 3 ft. 8in., to 12 ft. Send for de- scriptive testimonial and price list to the Sole Manufacturers, SHERER BROTHERS, 37 River St., Chicago. PON ie RE ae nen an } CONDENSED MILK.— eae i a For Quotations see Price Columns. CREA. Mi. | IT HAS NO EQUAL. : ts ne Og ~ lt atin A cn mn nl mtn nth ne 2 lm 2 ther nan Lr dn ath nn nt tino thn nd a thin ibd a sh 0 thee nthts nth nh nib nin nn nthe a tie othe. oll = een eae = ss eee a — ca ae of the ~ b | Gay Crown, Daisy, | 7 —— a The GAIL BORDEN EAGLE BRAND Champion, b SS *4G6LE BRAN 4 — is | HAS No EQUAL, “ile we vine ¥ ! “iil _———- ‘| ’ +. is of 5 i! || Sold by ali w°u- awake and conscientious dealers. CONDEN. 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