PRE RADIA AKAAIAAAAIAAAAD AAP AA SAAS AAA SAA ASA SISA AAI A ASSIS AA IAA IAAI SIA ASI AA I ASIA AIA SAI SAAS SAAS AI AAAI ASAI SA AAA AAI SINAAIAACLH Ah TO-DAY’S RELIGION Religion is not a collection of creeds, - Theologies, dogmas, or rules, f A burning of incense, a prating of prayers, Or ecclesiastical tools. Religion is not singing psalms by the hour, Nor mumbling your prayer-book all day, Nor reading the Bible, nor going to church— Though these are all good in their way. No! Religion is vital, religion is life! Full of impulse which flows from the heart, Which scorns all hypocrisy, snivel and cant, And is honest in every part. . Religion is telling the truth in a trade, ‘Without even counting the cost, And having the courage to stand by the right Tho’ fortune and friends may be lost. Religion is thirty-six inches per yard, And sixteen ‘full ounces per pound, And sixty whole minutes. of other men’s time— Not watching those minutes roll ’round. Religion is meeting the world with a smile, Then bringing a bright smile back home— A joy to the loved ones who wait for your step, No matter how far you may roam. Religion is turning your. back on the wrong, With a prayer in your heart to do right; Then stepping forth boldly to conquer yourself, _ With your face ever facing the light. Religion is giving a bright word or more, To those whose dark clouds hide their sun; Sake _ If you’ve got the kind of religion I mean, . You will hear the ‘Great Master’s, ‘‘Well done.”’ PIT II AAAI I IIIA IAAI IIA AI SAI IER HEI IK IIA ISA IAS AAAS II ISASAISA AAAS SIA SSAA SISA ISIS ASIA AAAI SASSI ASA AA ASI SAIS AISA IAAI S AAAS AAI AAI A ; \ HII IAAI IAAIAA IAA AAAI AAS AIA IAA SIA AAA AASISAIASI AIA ASAI AA IAA DAA SIA AAA AAAI AAA AS SAA AAA SDAA AAAS AAA ASA SA AAAS SAA ASAASAA AAAI K = 3 * 7: * wey YEZER CESS PETE GHG ON SO Kd ya cS BO) La if ay aA Al C LEE, i WZ ox \ WESS SS % (OE? Lea ) } ar SOs ee ( ce De a, ae ees) 3 eG iS: ve OMe Cn % Wak We RNR A Sala VY A A wr) as WY / (li SS le ES CAS NE XG p COMES A) MEA) ep eZ ERC ACES. «= MR ane (Cae ee Pe K SCE ay yom Ay Ad «=a PUBLISHED WEEKLY (ONG TRADESMAN COMPANY, PUBLISHERS Goons) VAG | > B83 = SDE RL ONE ES CES ESS LEASES SLD ISIS | BSG Thirty-Seventh Year GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1920 » umber 1913 — # Oy SURE AHU BABE ABU UEUHO AU EUGUEUGUUUUUUUUUAUOULE J GOUUC EE a ¥ & ie 2'20ER - ! Ts PIAA AADA AI AAS ADA IAA A AAA AAD AIA AAA AAAI AIA AAI AAA HAA ASAAHAAA AAA A AAAI AH AA AA AAD AAA AA AAAAAAAAA AAA ASAI AAHK AH Use Citizens Long Distance Service To Detroit, Jackson, Holland, Muskegon, Grand Haven, Ludington, Traverse City, Petoskey, Saginaw and all intermediate and connecting points. Connection with 750,000 telephones in Michigan, Indiana and Ohio. 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A Cane Sugar Product With a flavor deli- ciously different. i { 1 Splendid for use on : a See) the table and in N: 3 FRANKLIN cooking. \ pcre oy The housewives of your community will thank vou for telling them about Franklin Syrup — Made by the refiners of ~~ B- _ Franklin Package Sugars { The Franklin Sugar Refining ey PHILADELPHIA **A Franklin Cane Sugar for every use’ ‘Granulated, Dainty Lumps, Powdered Confectioners, Brown, Golden Syrup ik ACS CAKE PLM, Thirty-Seventh Year GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1920 Number 1913 (Unlike any other paper.) MICHIGAN TRADESMAN vho have been masquerading as job THE SAME OLD STORY. f the Dauphin, with’ fore : ; bers. €specially of textiles (thers he Neer Retail (er eo vies Each Issue Complete In Itself. Se | : : whom tighter money has been SCiUCEZ sociatio iso i CE EEIC thy DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS _ ; i pana Gaal icda ll and the uti. OF BUSINESS MEN. : , ari : ivte faciht G vali Published Weekly by se WAte faCMities Wit) | aid promising convention is 2 : Ei Bee ea a 7 ' ' TRADESMAN COMPANY been turning out inferior and unser- The programme itself is of charact Grand Rapids. viceable goods, which are very hard to istic mediocrity and te : a 2 STOWE, Editor i: 1 Ee In. A. t WH, Edi se]! nowadays. MOvLe OF Vile produce Gente anvetit Or ct } ¢ es Ls Subscription Price. 11HONs Have tlaured in recent price ré h: not made a He +4 rn } *¢ . 1 ! PEG 1 Tiel f « \ { ’ ~ Three dollars per ay, 1k paid) Strictly ; ! : 1 in advance. ductiol Offeriies at retail Pie not sion on the trade But 1] ‘ \ 4 at . * ‘ 3 a : et i , our dollars per year, if not paid in i Le eee } } 4] ‘| , advance. all OL Suc OLFErINes Nave Deen Ol Tiis has ( eel \ reactt mi Canadian subscriptions, $4.04 per year, character. ‘Oiuute a lot have heen ot ehoee the Ral iffais { ; sh ~ Maile i 1] ‘ i payable invariably in advance. 1 at | ' 1 sample copies 10 cents each. mérmt and they had to be to induce effort on the part of progressives Iuxtra Copies Of Current issues, 10 cents; | | | | hicl Dx tre ies rr issues, : buwine |b 1] wener publi swiels Se iE eee ag : a4 month or more old, 15 cents: ) Pie \ 14 « Cat POUTP ee \ ( vet Hold of the Sitiatiol an r\ a ~ ssues year or more old, 25 cents; issues had been more than reluctant to pa lft the organizatio Out © ts t J or more old, 50 cents. } 1 1} | ie the high prices theretotore demanded to genuine y at the Postofiice of Grand : : ' i ! under Act of March 3, 1879. How necessary it was to make the re Vhere have lone been progressives ductions 1s apparent from the fact that ay ee es care eet a eee ae oe op lie? = ~ ene ae a ; in : Hl 2ROCCrhy rade associatio CEN CES WANT THE KAISER'S THRONE? THE DOWNWARD TREND. bargain sales are now the rule in prac- who have felt that the National R. Bevond tically everv civ of the countr, li tailers were roine ahea bac ; DeErMOSE itl these ane aS Suecesstul aS 1s hoped it ind here Vas eloicineg real] | ’ just Now Will show that there 1s still both bu NE. Phattenbach. at th ist ) ( f prices me Capacity and inclinatio it a Re pe cced dite service ac 4 es ” that tl Ce 1} ternati j t | { I LES DEICE. Ne Aner Maltive: FS iit tL picas reta Ele NaS a Dro Ie 0 ( but haw. tat ant one to contemplate But 1 al Rut Stead. arter fea: inanine. \ b re. thre event, retail prices have come wnt Platte yacl d ppe ea : P| ) ay h : 1 i : rl al 1 : i S Whi StaV ane {Lie primary MIArKETS WH ind mice the orga ratio < 2c é ticle prophe ha we {oO accomoadat: themselves to halted Waiting a ine regime = 1 1 ; = : Cr tHere 1s THE NEW COMCITIONS ~ } is ipears there ‘i j ap] & } 1 o : Dreak aire Mian ASpirants of mse iw) tl fre] ‘ 1 “ PEATE ¢ pPran Et iS 1 1} { ee STILL HUNTING GOATS. are. a > Vil 1¢ fo Rae et as |, ( ie El pS bey ' ‘ ' Ee ee BE INE OVENOVEUN:. ChE. act! I i 1 If there is any one thine of which t PHNEMISTIE : Cisco” Cons ES tO Fil a et rl 1 \ the grocery trade is fully and enthus { tion, would in course of time have al © Srocery ure : : it that he is itchn to do « e &- | } sat ac 4 faa lasticaliv Sick and tired it s of being ; the honor he would he entitled to : : put the Oreanization ai. the wD : 1 | tf | Voce "1 ' | \ de jthe ooat he politician ‘ ' What reductions have been made so Made UNE Los yy the pol a Plc Pe i comme Wacteen Giterca . ! ah Ve \ t cit yun Le ( 1 ] ] No cad ) eg] C } e F. far ill most @c the prin. inarkets role has long ceas to reall es do t whol relis Wester : are slight and imconsequential whe SYOCccTs ly once used tO get scat rede ire ee eeu tihte 4 ¢ | h the rapid rise i prick ed OF GCCUSaATION Ulltll | y SOW ‘ stern + ce Gaders. espe | t i 1 1 } } x \ le ing the past twelvemo: enou tO KNOW Chal it aoc not pay nolic of near-boveott and lose he Somethine mich more drastic must fOr innocent men to eet panicky loor fo! 1] | ly ree ' ! — yo) ( I \ Sel ( ' come before buyers will be inclined t CVC] Time I Teh OF pohticia \ssoctatiol t | oF. believe that bottom has been Struck if is anno ~ CVel bola Wd Mew vie i St é | A 1 as ale. I] | : | re ql } , thd ie Guced TO Mire iit ORCrE s re Cla wi > Doul Secretat ) thre Ni ‘ s Ve : } o i : : i § ODIECt TO PUECRaASINe al Presen price Or t E10 file th tio} 1 4 Hrogressive whie 1 t | j ¢ { levels while they have a teeling fers yochine git tO | out foe tl Secretaria ‘ aountine Almost to a certainty that ¢ offenders vith Stro! backing mone § ¢ et i ri . Ss must come down, but yet there Nance « convicting men of 1 nergetic tvp While Mai 4 1 ' \ 1 | \ 1 f Is al ibsoliute NECESSILY [OE Providing and 1 aK Lire credit for Mever believes i the polr OF CO : 4 1 | t 4: in advance for future needs, since tin 1 a Siena ah ietietrece | ah : ead tet ee : Aaa att : 3 a : ished articles cannot be produced all Ot course, evervone clamors about VObHGES cather than intagonizing sie ne! er tl ! i au ONCE WG They Way nNappoen tO: DE the hieh cost and scarcity of sugar. them he is as much a pleader fo: we Va i 1 Saal A a theca +} lle t hen h e the 1 / a : 5 ‘ h Cali¢ ron. | 1¢ EO Hie Ge 1 {] Phe eTrocers themselve ce Cey Out More pep 1) thie VScoctatiot i ey meetoOn oT 4 ial eecicae : a ; : be 1 Pe ee . : eee aie I AGaAimst it. Sf oF the “arrests anyone elsé. and it would not be sin L hie : ills oe c Pacey vont ' 1" 4 ‘ : | 1 E Wa easy cnough to borrow a Seas are more vindications of a place onal Drisithe: tO flird Mim) FuNiiing Strong SUPA } ‘ a zi a 1] 1 . 1 ] DPatalively 1OwW rates of interest wii “ ; Gc ee ; ‘ : ; a ‘ : oo Oficial payroll than a likelihood that a ps ' ; 1] . ; ee ae 7 \ prices were Steadily advancing LP hre a 1 3 oo NOW A SAINT OF THE CHURCH ae 4 Seaiced ee 4 Li1¢ SV CGC y Wilt EVet mt COIMVIC ECC . ve general public was then buying some a Lt there 18 any reason for reerct ae : a : wh t recklessly) and in abundance nad | ‘ea fe val +} | tine | 1 t N41 LNONIZaAtO! 11 : } Peet: | x1 Vali ih ai naan dl Thi Cradesinan COMIMERnUS. Elie let ie Joan of Prt SG ¢ ra } Y ( “ i 1 ae 1 i 1 oe 2." there was no risk to the banks in being ter and spirit of a th ' on 16 Cn hea rt fa ' iberal, but with vorices falling and from Dr. Gerow ; ck into the mvstic region of lex Hen & belle aeainst th hieol fo } 1 } : } } } } 1 | ’ ! COMSUINMNE! ROOMS APATISt 1}¢ nye nl lished elsewhere } “hic She tS LOO GeeD: ait ¢ rit ~S t iy is 1 1 a teas pee 2 = aig : } COSt Ol GVENyViInmis, Tenders have had Phe argument presented iS irretutable, matchless Story would EEZENze t | £ ( } maa } 1 | ae eet nn nN ar ern an oe 10° DUL Ol Ue (SCreWS TO) Save: Ene) because more sm S are wasted itv even | t bee 1 ( } 1 : } . Aan 1 1 1 ! selves, and this has made it hard and — than are utilized. Thousands of small nted, more realistical le costiv. for those who would carry trees were shipped into Grand Rapids m history can present it ! I t I | ny Io } thre ~ | t f stocks Of goods. last December, where only hundreds last. most perfect . On i the good results achieved were used Consider y the crowing ' 1 1 t t | 1 a : 11¢ Ol 1¢ {¥ aAaCHiGy 1 WET ¢ WSea: ORSIGECPINS Cre SFTOWINE ehivat VINCE OL Dt { 1 | ' 1 . 1 } + } t'¢ Tea Tie 1 bv the hardening OF the money rates menace of tiunber Shortage, there mediaeval faith Phat } fawornt ‘ 1: i tt / es i i : Tovey cha wet 4 yoleratar “ 1 has been the €limination of certain should be a stringent enforcement of i ct f ete oil jn : ie Riis 14 YT (yt sf V¢ EGET sil rLbidd 11 : , at i 1 or fly Ts oe l “v9 te \ |- l, co ++ t 1 < t } + + 4 y + tactors, eae Huous at a and often existing laws on the subject of tim four months rise to command armies : : | positively injurious to business. These ber preservation and the enactment i ef i EG Pra Pete a ees if : defeat) ain apparently mvincible ( a 1 ~ . . * t 1 ’ ' , ' \r 9 : been the leeches developed by of e€ven more stringent laws, 1f neces : | | Ha das : ne 1 Ca ate ‘ { a . : and reunite a france ror Cars si fe erous trade. [hey inclide a lot sary, to prevent the wanton waste of it 14 e ‘ 7 had been the prey Of a ruthiess IO Nf cic ot the coe ‘ ; ae of inexperienced and cheap speculators our timber resources. ; 1» 1. a feud between. the Duke OF DU u Ly TH)¢ ( 12) t 2 En Route To the National Conven- tion at Atlanta. Chattanooga, Tenn., May 15—Leav- ing Cadillac on Tuesday, May 11, I proceeded to Jackson, where the Jackson Association had called a meeting for the same evening, which was fairly well attended by grocers and their wives. Fred Fuller, for- merly State Secretary, is now Presi- dent of the Jackson Association and presided at the meeting in his usual- ly pleasant and efficient manner. One of the important addresses was made by Milo D. Campbell, one of the candidates for Governor and who is endorsed by some of the farmer organizations of the State. Mr. Campbell explained his attitude to- wards retail grocers and pointed out in a most forcible manner how neces- sary it is that the very best sort of an organization exists in every line if those in the business are to be suc- cessful in their efforts to get a square deal, illustrating its value by saying that, so far as the farmer is concerned the penalty for violation of ne Lever law had been removed. (Mr. Grocer, if it is not legal to penalize the farmer for violation of the Lever act, why should it be legal to penalize the grocer?) A very important part of Mr. Camp- bell’s address was the forcible man- ner in which he expressed his dis- approval of the person who patronized mail order houses, thereby sending the money and profit properly be- longing to the community in which the customer lives, rather than where the mail order house is located, mak- ing a strong point on behalf of the retailer and one that it is to be hoped the farmers will take to themselves and make them more loyal in this particular respect to the community in which they live. A very nice luncheon was served, aiter which it was my privilege to add some new members to the State As- sociation. From Jackson my trip took me to Cincinnati, where I met President and Mrs. E. W. Jones, who were also on their way to the convention. The trip from Cincinnati to Glasgow June- tion was one of pleasure and wonder at the, to us, unusual sights and land- scape that we looked upon from our train in pasing through the State of Kentucky. The sights and_ pictur- esque nature of the fields, forests, mountains and streams will not soon be forgotten, but in due time we ar- rived at Mammoth Cave in Kentucky at 7 p.m. on Thursday. We immedi- ately donned cave suits and, with a guide, proceeded to partake of the mysteries of being initiated into our urst experience of a 3% mile trip underground. On going down to a depth of 160 feet, our guide explained to us the uses of the wooden pipes that extend from the mouth of the cave along the bottom to the vats, some half mile or so, where about 1812 the making of saltpetre was car- ried on very extensively in the rather secluded place. After a four hour rip and lecture on the scientific na- ture of many of the wonders found in this great place, we gladly made our- selves as comfortable as possible in our little beds, where the exceedingly cold night made us glad to use all the blankets allowed for our comfort. friday morning we were up bright and early and, after a good breakfast, made our second trip into this famous old cave, where for five hours, with- out light except as furnished by the little lantern we each carried, we trav- eled a distance of 51% miles with the guide, who took us through narrow passages and up corkscrew stairs made in solid rock and rude wooden ladders, into immense rooms. with domes 60 to 100 feet high, down through a series of passages to a place where, in awe and amazement, it was our privilege to stand at the side of a vast pit in the solid rock down some 75 feet and from the bot- tom to the dome top a distance of 250 feet. From these wonders we were Jed to be taken to others of greater MICHIGAN TRADESMAN magnitude and at a greater depth in the bowels of the earth to the bank of Echo River, an underground stream from five to thirty feet deep at this season, but at certain times as deep as 75 feet, but at this time it was our pleasure to have a boat ride of about one-half mile on this river which is about fifty feet wide, with arched rocks the entire distance over- head some 100 or so feet, while the surface of the River is some 360 feet from the earth’s surface. From there we finally got back to our starting point, more than pleased with the fact that we had taken this opportunity of seeing one of the sever: wonders of the world. From this place we went to Chattanooga, where 1 am writing this letter. Our first point of interest was Lookout Moun- tain, made famous from its connection with the Civil War, and it was at this ustoric place that we met Mr. and Mrs. D. Davis, of Ypsilanti, one of the members of our board. of directors, who were also on their way to the convention. Together we took in all the beauties and wonders of this historic place, rode up and down the incline railway, which rises to a herght of 1700 feet above the valley at about an 80 degree grade and a distance of 4,800 feet, the cars being with one car operated by a cable ascending while the other descends. From this we went to Signal Moun- tain, some twelve miles from the city and 2,000 feet above, and, after a splendid dinner in the hotel on the summit of the mountain, we came back to continue our trip to Atlanta, where we expect to arrive about 9 a. m. Sunday morning. As all reports seem to indicate, we will there find much of interest to take our time until the calling to order of the convention on Monday morning, where we hope that measures of an important nature will be adopted before the next issue of the peerless trade publication, the Michigan Tradesman, appears. I want to extend to all your readers the as- surance that in all the distance travel- ed we have not as yet found any place that surpasses Michigan, My Michi- gan. J. M. Bothwell. ——-+ >< ___ News Items From the Cloverland of Michigan. Sault Ste. Marie, May 18—Elmer J. Sterling, formerly an overseas veteran of the A. E. F., who lost an arm while serving in France with the American troops, has opened a cigar store in the Hasebrook block. Mr. Sterling is well known in this com- munity and has a large circle of friends who will welcome this new venture and be glad of the opportunity to help make the business a success. The drug store business of the late A. S. Putnam, of Manistique, has been sold to a company consisting of Thos. Bolitho, Wm. Bolitho and John Quick, who have taken possession. The new proprietors will continue business along the same lines as_ heretofore. Mr. Bolitho has practically been in charge of the business ever since Mr. Putnam was taken sick and has the details of the business well in hand. Mr. Quick is also a M:z anistique man who for the past year has been work- ing in one of the large drug stores in Detroit. Mr. Hamilton, of the Pickford Groc- ery Co., was a business visitor here this week, bringing in a large con- signment of dairy butter. What are coopers going to do for a living? All the barrels can’t be used for sauerkraut. George Jeffries, the well-known re- tired traveling salesman living at the Sailor’s Encampment, made his first Visit to the Soo this week by boat. G reorge said to tell the boys that he put in one of the finest winters since retiring- from the road. He is at present fitting out for a summer fish- ing expedition and will be at home to his many friends most of the sum- mer. Big improvements are being made to the Dunham House and LeClere Hotel, at St. Ignace, a large addition connecting the two houses. When completed it will be one large struc- ture. The cost of the new connec- tion will exceed $10,000 and will great- ly increase the cape acity, which will be glad tidings for the numerous travel- ers and tourists visiting St. Ignace. Morris Caden and Charles Crocker, who for the past year conducted a second hand store, have dissolved partnership. The business will be carried on by Charles Crocker. J. J. Dorgan, one of our local bar- bers, has moved his shop on Magazine street to his new quarters at 427 West Portage avenue, where he will con- tinue his present occupation and will be in shape to take care of a large amount of tourist business during the Summer. H. M. Wright, the well-known spice man, is calling on the trade. He ex- pects to be joined by Mrs. Wright in a few days. She will accompany him on an automobile tour through- out the adjoining territory. Every bachelor knows. what it means to bring up children and how to do it. That’s the reason he does not bring up any. The Soo suffered a severe loss by fire when its magnificent new school was practically Saturday morning. The building was almost a total loss. It is expected that the Board of Education will pro- ceed at once to rebuild same, as it is one of the city’s chief assets. The gas shortage is*the next move now expected here. Unless more coal arrives in the near future, the users of gas will have to depend on other commodities for heat and lighting. The Soo, owe ver, has plenty of light with the large surplus water power and there need be no fear of having to “go home in the dark.’ The Cornwell Company, Saginaw, entertained its branch house managers at Saginaw with an elaborate spread during the business session last Thurs- day. The meeting was presided over by W. J. Asman, who gave the princi- pal address of the occasion. William G. high destroved last Tapert. May 19, 1920 Wool Supplies and Woolen Goods On March 31 the supply of wool in the hands of dealers and manufactur- ers, exclusive of tops and oils, totaled 487,168,000 pounds, grease equivalent. with the domestic clip now be- i.g marketed and the amount to be sold for British Government account. will bring up the total of wool avail- able in this country to over 800,000.- 000 pounds. Great Britain has enor- supplies and the Australian countries will soon add a great deal more. In Australia, in an effort to kecp up prices, it is proposed to keep control by prohibiting exports of wool! unless approved and to hold no auc- tion sales there until October, or in London until May of next year. Be- fore the year is over much difficulty is expected in disposing of the vast This, mous stocks that are everywhere available. At recent auction sales in Londor: Was an apparent weakening in prices, which is likely to be more pro nounced before the Summer is over. there Sales in Boston of American Govern- ment-owned wool were made at close to the upset prices. The next of thesc sales will be on June 10. On Thurs- day will be held the last of the auc- tions of the wool shipped here on the British Government account. The of- ferings will be. 30,431 bales. The fab- ric market is very quiet, except for certain kinds of dress goods. Cancel- lations continue to such an extent as to cause the abandonment of double shifts at certain mills, and it is even intimated that some will shut down wholly or partly when they have com- pleted work on hand. The clothing trade is dull and complaints are fre- quent of reluctance on the part of retailers to order Fall goods. business. direct. Will Sell $20,000 Fifteen-Year 8% CUMULATIVE PREFERRED STOCK in our established Grand Rapids The net earnings of the company are several times in ex- cess of the dividend requirements on the preferred stock. If interested ask for information The Proudfit Loose Leaf Co. Grand Rapids, Mich. Telephones—Both Phones 2747. recommendations. WE OFFER FOR SALE United States and Foreign Government Bonds Present market conditions make possible exceptionally high yields in all Government Bonds. HOWE, SNOW, CORRIGAN & BERTLES 401-6 Grand Rapids Savings Bank Bidg., Grand Rapids, Mich. Write us for ‘ oa A a c ee \ . J gees, May 19, 1920 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Why the Wholesale Grocer In these days of questioning and unusual conditions it may be of interest to under- stand the wholesale grocer’s problems. In March we contract for the tea which will be shipped from Japan in September and October and delivered to the retailer for your use during the twelve months there. after. In February and March we place our contracts for the canned vegetables which will be planted during the coming spring; canned during the summer, and placed in our warehouse the latter part of the fall for your consumption the next winter and spring. During the winter months we contract with the packers of salmon for the fish that will be caught during the spring and sum- mer and canned at that time. This will be placed in our warehouse in large quantities in the fall to supply the retailer who will deliver salmon to you for your needs the fol- lowing winter and spring. During the month of February we con. tract for large quantities of dried fruits which will be shipped to us during October and November and carried in storage in large quantities that we may be able to sup- ply the retailer who will take care of your wants during the winter season and until the next supply. At different times during the last sev- ; eral months we have felt that we were obliged to contract at high prices for sugar to be delivered to us from time to time tha: we might be certain of having at least a por- tien of the supply that our company is sup- posed to deliver to the retailers for your use continuously during this spring, summer and fall season. Although we have no large amount on hand, we have the assur- ance that we will have reasonable shipments of sugar continuously during the summer months which means that we are fulfilling our service to you. These are only a few illustrations of the way in which we are forced to buy goods in order to supply your needs. You will understand therefore that your own safety depends upon the wholesaler having his warehouse full of merchandise. Do not be misled by the man who finds fault because there is food in storage in the wholesale heuse in your community, but rather be glad that there is this insurance of a supply We do not know of any wholesaler or retailer who is profiteering, and in some lines the margin of profit is not sufficient to protect the dealers. At the present high prices he must take his gamble on the mar- gin if he serves you and the present profit is not sufficient to protect him against possible loss. Let us take a reasonable view of the matter. Let us be sane and refrain from harsh words or unfair criticisms, but with- out any thought of permitting any dealer in food stuffs to be a real profiteer under any circumstances. WoRDEN (GROCER COMPANY Grand Rapids—ixalamazoo—Lansing The Prompt. Shippers. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN May 19, 19 Be LAY (Thy Ae e f& & . 5 JEWS ortHE BUSINESS WORLD (il CUCL == STAC a= [S) oe S- YS SS SSF a ( \ Movement of Merchants. Mesick—The new State Bank build- ing will be ready for occupancy, May 24. Detroit—The Bedford Shoe Co. has changed its name to the Bedford Mer- cantile Co. Frank &. the Weaver grocery Clare- succeeds jw. near Clare. Glass in business Detroit—The Hartman Furniture Co. has changed its name to the Kline Furniture Co. Detroit—-The Premont Commission Co. has changed its name to the Pre- mont Produce Co. eee Adrian—The Market Co. has changed its name to the Adrian Community Market. Flint—The Co. has changed its name to the Advance Electric Supply Co. Adrian Advance Electric Saginaw—The Saginaw Co. increased its from $7,000 to $21,000, Y psilanti—The Bank has increased its capitalization from $50,000 to $100,000. Holly--The First State & Savings Bank has increased its capitalization from $30,000 to $100,000. Cadillac—The Cadillac is installing a dehydrating plant for making buttermilk powder. Merrill—The Merrill Farmers’ Ele- vator Co. has increased its stock from $30,000 to $50,000. Specialty has capitalization Ypsilanti Savings Produce Co. capital Birmingham—The First State Sav- Bank has increased its stock trom $40,000 to $100,000. Plint-—_The Moffett Co.., wholesale has increased its $150,000 to $200,- Ings capita! Symons grocer, from capital stock O00, Battle Creek—Schroder Bros. Co.. dealer in dry goods, has decreased its capital stock from $125,000 to $105,000, Jackson Harry Mills = succeeds George Cotton in the ownership of the Temple garage. 142-146 West Cortland street. ; 7celand—Vhe Zeeland Fuel & Sup- ply Co. has sold its property and stock to the Farmers’ Co-Operative rain Elevator Co. Wayland—Beall general (air Bres., dealers in merchandise, are remodeling their store building and installing a modern plate glass front. Alma—Work remodeling and making modern the Wright House. It is the has commenced on estimated cost will be above S50.000. Haven—Warren J. Dodge -and Dwight Williams have purchased South the interest of Frank E. Rood in the Moore Hardware Co.. Inc. Detroit—The Rosenthal-Coplan Co.. dealer in women’s ready-to-wear clothing, has increased its capital stock from $10,000 to $50,000. & White, Inc., dealer in hardware, implements and Lakeview—Meach furniture, has increased its capital stock from $25,000 to $35,000. Fennville—A. M. chased the grocery stock of L. A. Jos- Hulsen has pur- lin and will consolidate it with his stock of jewelry and crockery. Bay Port—Fire destroyed the store stock of general chandise of the Wallace & Morley Co., entailing a loss of about $50,000. Wayland—E. W. Fox has purchas- ed the Wayland House and_ will change its name to the Dixie Inn. Wayland—L. W. Morford has sold his ice cream parlor and confectionery stock to H. Conrad, formerly of Kal- amazoo, who has taken possession. Grand Ledge—W. L. Ireland & Co. have sold their real estate and grain the duce & Supply Co., giving immediate building and mer- elevators to Grand Ledge Pro- possession. Lansing—M. A. Harryman and C. J. Page, of Page & Harryman, shoe mer- chants, have taken a thirty year lease of their present building, and will im- mediately remodel. Otto M. interest in Sondheim has the stock of the Stern Furniture Co. to three members Jackson sold his of the company, who will re-organize it under the same style. Lansing—Joseph H. has Den- business MeNeil Briggs stock to F. M. the the bleck, East Franklin avenue. sold his grocery nis, who will continue at the same location, in Rochester—Our Grocery Co., Inc.. has been organized with an authorized capital stock of $10,000, all of which has been subscribed, $3,000 paid in in cash and $4,000 in property. City—The City Coe Operative Co. has been incorporated Union Union with an authorized capital stock of $20,900, $10,000 of which has been sub- scribed and paid in in cash. Benton Harbor—The Curtis & Meyers Electric Co. has been organ- ized with an authorized capital stock of $5,000, all of which has been sub- scribed and $2,500 paid in in cash. Lake Odessa—Thieves entered the Elton L. Nye drug store May 11 and carried away the contents of the cash register, amounting to about $20 as well as about $100 in merchandise. Lake view—Cantwell Bros. of Ches- aning, have purchased the hardware stock of N. The latter will continue in the undertaking and garage business. Ele- vator Co. has been incorporated with an authorized capital stock of $15.000 common and $10,000 preferred, of H. Youngman & Sons. company Vermontville—The Citizens which amount $19,800 has been sub- scribed and paid in in cash. Big Sellas merged his and Rapids—Theodore has confectionery res- taurant business into a stock company under the style of Theo Sellas & Co. with an authorized capital stock of $19,000, all of which has been sub- scribed and paid in in property. Allendale—After sixteen years in general trade, J. J. & C. E. Wolbrink have dissolved partnership, J. J. taking over the general store and undertak- will devote his entire attention to the lumber business of Parish & Wolbrink. Detroit—The Joseph McAvoy Coal ing business, while C. E. Co. has merged its business into a stock company under the style of the McAvoy Coal Co. with an author- ized capital stock of $12,000, $6,000 of which has been subscribed and paid in, $500 in cash and $5,500 in property. Jackson—_A. E. the sales conductor, is holding a reduction Greene, expert sale for the Anderson Clothing Co., Rockford, Il. a reduction sale for the George Knaub Co., of Princeton, Indiana and a close He has also contracted out sale of the grocery stock of T. J. Burt, of Lansing. Calumet—The Portage Lake Hard- Co: itd. of bought the stock of the Carlton Hard- ware Co., and will continue the whole- and retail ware Houghton, has sale business at the same The will remain un- The Carlton Hardware Co. was established by F. S. Carlton about thirty years ago. He location. name changed. retired about two vears ago. Midland—The E. L. Co), dealer in general merchandise at Bay Midland, has in- creased its capital stock from $40,000 to $150,000. The success of Mr. Gardner in the mercantile field is phenomenal starting with a “hole in the wall’ Gardner City, Saginaw and a few store years ago, he now ranks among the merchant princes of Michigan. Detroit — Mrs. Eleanor Parker. Edward H. Parker and mother of two minor children, started widow ot suit in circuit court- Monday for per- mission to the rights of the children and her own in the store at lease 225. Woodward avenue, occupied by the Woolworth 5 10-cent store. She says the Woolworth company has 1924, but agreed to cancel it February 1, when and a lease running to has 1921, made for the lease to Frank & Sedar, incor- porated, of arrangements have been Pittsburg: Phe rental paid by the Woolworth company is $35,000 a year, but under the term of the new lease the rental for 30 years and three months will be $36,000 for the first three $90,000 a years and year after that. Manufacturing Matters. Homer—The Ideal Furnace Co. is building a large addition to its plant. Flint—The Freeman Dairy Co. has increased its capitalization from 225.- 000 to $960,000. Albion—The Albion Bolt Co. has increased its capitalization from $10,- 000 to $100,000. Pontiac—The Pontiac Packing Co. has increased its capital stock $75,000 to $225.000. Qeec from Detroit—The Detroit Lumber Co. has increased its capital stock fr $850,060 to $1,635,000. Engadine—The Freeman Co. has increased its from $29,000 to $31,000. Ypsilanti—The Co. has increased its from $150,000 to $300,000, Rapid River—The Collins Land Lumber Co. has increased its capi stock from $200,000 to $300,000. Detroit—The Kuehl-Butcher [ay ber Co. has changed its name to Babcock Crate & Box Factory, Zeeland — The Zeeland Manufacturing Co. has increased capital stock from $50,000 to $100.Q00) Lumb capital sto Peninsular Pay, capitalizat; Furnitu Fountain—The cheese factories Michele DeMattia & Co., at Freesoil, opened for business \}: 15. Detroit—The Manufacturers chine Products Co. has increased capital stock from $15,000 to $12 O00. Clinton — The Clinton Wool Manufacturing Co. has increased its capitalization from $300,000 to $500. OOO. Hudson—The Adrian Knitting (, of Adrian, has completed arrane ments for opening a branch factory here. Temperance—An addition, 128 48 feet, is being put up at the plant the Moore Co., manufacturer of toilet here supplies and extracts. Benton Harbor—The Crary Ma chine Works has changed its name the Crary Machine Co. and increased its capital stock from $20,000 to $5) G00, Detroit—The Standard Tool Co. has been incorporated Reamer an authorized capital stock of $30,(Hi all of which has been subscribed $4,000 paid in in cash. Negaunee—The stock and fixtu Model Bakery, Joseph Rocheleau, has been sold of the owned a chattel mortgage given to the gaunee National bank. Owosso—The Owosso Paper Twine Co. has been incorporated an authorized capital stock of $1 000, all of which has been subscri! and $2,677.93 paid in in property. Detroit—The Bar Steel Parts ( poration has been organized with authorized capital stock of $25,000, 0: which amount $12,500 has been su! scribed and $6,250 paid in in cash. Ontonagon—The Ontonagon [un ber Co. has been incorporated wit an authorized capital stock of $100) 000, of which amount $50,000 has be: subscribed and $10,000 paid in in ca: Milan—The American Foundry Co. has been incorporat Furnace with an authorized capital stock $100,000, of which amount $75,000 | been subscribed and $15,750 paid i: cash. Wallace—The Cloverleaf Cheese ‘ has been incorporated with an auth ized capital stock of $10,000, of w! amount $5,020 has been and paid in, $4,970 in cash and $50) Property. subscril Jackson—The General Machin: Tool Co. has increased its capitali: tion from $24,000 to $100,000 and immediately erect a modern plan! Wildwood avenue, near the M. ( R. tracks. May 19, 1920 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN }GROCERY *» PRODUCE MARKET py) sah ANG HHT ee Ly, The Grocery Market. market shows no change for the week. The situation is generally quiet, but the very string- Sugar— The ent scarcity at constantly advancing prices still continues. The refiners are buying all the raws they can, but are not getting enough to satisfy the demand. Refined sugar is very scarce and is commanding a premium every- where. Conferences are being held between the Government and the re- finers, but up to now they have re- sulted in nothing. Attorney General Palmer announces that jobbers must handle sugar on a margin of le per lb. and retailers on a margin of 2c per lb. This does not give either class of merchants a new dollar for the old one; but so long as a presi- dential candidate misuses his office to make votes for himself among the “deer peeple,’ there is nothing for the trade to do but accept the situa- tion and look pleasant. feature of the market during the week has been the naming The ad- vance over last year was very much than anybody expected. It ranged from a few cents a pound up Tea—-The of prices on new Japan teas. larger to 12c per pound more than last year. The trade were not interested at those prices, although the chance is that some business will be done a little later. Up to this writing the very high opening prices have had no ef- fect upon spot prices. General busi- ness on spot teas is about unchanged, mainly from hand to mouth on about last week’s basis. The money ket is extremely tight and that keeps large business down. mar Cotfee—There has been very little to report in coffee during the week. The tendency has been weak rather than otherwise, without, however, any material change since the last report. The market here is depending entirely upon the situation in Brazil, which is very irregular and unsettled. There is no indication of any radical change either up or down. Mild grades re- main about the same. Canned Fruits—The prospects of a short pack and high prices, due to the sugar shortage and higher labor and other costs, have given 1919 Cal- ifornia fruits more attention and peaches are now on the basis of open- ing prices. Trading is going on stead- ily and the surplus stocks are being reduced in a way which promises to develop a better demand for apricots. Firmer advices from the Coast on the latter fruit has also been a help to that market. bing demand with supplies light. Fu- Pears are in good job- ture pineapples are selling at a small premium over opening. Apples are unchanged and dull. Canned Vegetables—The Tomato market has been spectacular in its in- creased strength on spot goods of al! sizes. The market at factory points has kept in line with the local situa- tion as their canners are reducing stocks and expect a heavy demand from all over the country when ship- ping conditions improve. The mar- ket on the Coast is firm and advanc- ing and stronger really than on spot. No. 21% standards cannot be bought here at less than $1.50 as $1 is the usual asking price. Corn is moving well in both standards and fancy, and as local stocks are depicted the mar- ket is advancing. Cheap futures are not obtainable. Peas are closely cleaned up on all grades, the short- age being noticeable in fancy and the cheap lines. Most holders are using their goods in their own trade and are not offering freely on the open market. tainable, are selling well. Other vegetables, where ob- Maine sardine packing season has been handicapped by a lack of cans and prompt. ship Canned Fish—-The ments have been curtailed on this ac- count, but 1920 packs are moving in a small Most distributors are moving their local old goods as it is easier to get them to out-of-town buy- ers than the fish now in Maine. Only nominal interest is shown in 1919 fish. Salmon is improving in tone but the jobbing demand is light. way. No opening prices on the new pack have been named by the large canners as the cost of production and the size of the pack are still undetermined. S. a p. orders have been booked, however. Tuna fish is selling s. a. p. also on the basis of two cases of striped or blue fin to one of standard white meat. Dried Fruits—Oregon prunes are in better inquiry and actual business is occurring in this line. The more association has withdrawn its f. o. b. offerings of California futures but is confirming early contracts on the basis of its own assortments. All varieties of raisins are getting so re- duced that the trend of prices is up- ward, the most marked firmness. in the scarcest lines, such as bulk seeded and loose muscatels. There has been considerable comment over the an- nouncement that the California As- sociated Raisin Company would not book any future muscatels until the requirements Tor bulk and package seeded have been determined. This has given some brokers the idea that Malagas will be a factor in the loose raisin line in the coming business on loose season. The _reduced sup- plies of the desirable grades of apri- , Country at present. cots from the North have given the market a better aspect not only on those packs but upon Southern packs as well. The peach market has been more active, as some of the buyers of apricots who their wants are using this fruit as a sub- stitute. call. Pears are cannot satisfy Peeled varieties have the best taken in a small way but there is no great in- being Currants dullest of the dried terest shown at present. have been the fruits, as local stocks are in excess of present requirements, so that the mar- ket favors the buyer. Nuts All neglected by the jobbing trade, as the varieties are being movement into consumptive channels is slow and this condition is reflected all along the line. There is little in terest in futures as crop conditions and probable price ranges are too un- certain to be attractive to the buying interests. continue Molasses—Receipts ligh: and are promptly absorbed, keeping Prices | On| a strone basis. Corn Syrup—The difficulty of mak- ing deliveries restricts the movement although there is a good demand. Available spot supplies are light and readily command the outside prices. Rice—The marked conservatism of buyers is reflected by the dull appear ance and unsettled tone of the mar- ket here. New Orleans reports that a good local demand is gradually absorbing stocks, and it is generally expected that the new crop will come on a very lightly supplied market. Cheese—The market is firm on strictly fancy early made goods. The receipts of fresh-made cheese are ex- tremely light, which has helped main- tain the present prices. We do not look for any material change in the near future. Provisions—The market on lard is slightly firmer; quotations, however, are unchanged. There is an adequate supply to meet the present demand. The market on lard substitute re- mains weak and prices are about “ec per pound lower. There is a very light deinand and a good supply. The market on smoked meats is slightly firmer, with prices about le per pound higher over previous quotations. The supply is rather short, due to the re- cent railroad strike. The market on barreled pork is somewhat easier and has declined about $2 per barrel with- in the last few days, owing to a very light demand and a good supply. The market on dried beef is firm and un- changed, with a moderate supply and a good demand. The market on can- ned meats is steady and unchanged. Olive Oil—The distributing demand lacks force, but despite this the tone of the market is firm, due to the pros- pect of reduced from Very little is moving to this shipments abroad. Many jobbers are working on their own stocks while traffic movement is so uncertain. Poor oils are selling at $3.15 a gallon, but the better grades are held at $3.50 (03.75. Olives—The jobbing demand is not up to normal for the spring season, Firm of- fers at slightly under the prevailing quotations are often accepted. Both glass and bulk goods are neglected. occasioning an easy market. 5 Salt Fish—At present the business in mackerel is at a standstill all along the line. Fancy grades are wanted to some extent, but other grades are scarcely wanted at afl. Phere is a better demand for Irish mackerel. Prices all along the line show prac- tically no change. i General Conditions in Wheat and Flour. Written for the Tradesman. Cash wheat continues to advance somewhat; in fact, it is about 6@8c higher than a week ago. However, mills have not advanced flour to cor- respond and are hesitating to do so, because of the uncertainty of the future market. There has been some improvement shown in the winter wheat, and un- doubtedly more grain will be harvest- ed than the April Government Report indicated. Some of the elevators in largest Kansas are pretty well loaded with wheat which they have been unable to move on account dificulties. Of of transportation course, if they had been able to move it, the grain would have been shipped to [ur ype; most of it is sold for shipment. However, Kansas wheat will be harvested in about thirty days, and unless railroad conditions improve so that grain may be moved from points of origin to the various markets requiring it, con difficulties will be siderable exper- ieneed temporarily im Kansas in handling the early receipts of this vVears crop. Of course this transportation prob- lem may cause exceedingly high prices on the flour and wheat where it is scarce, and prices may go higher than at present between now and the first of August. It is not advisable in our opinion, however, to load up on flour at pres- ent values. There is a possibility of a break within the next thirty or sixty days. It may come in a week: it may not come for sixty days. We can see no reason for changing our view-points of the past two or three weeks with reference to buy- ing for future delivery. It seems to be the better policy to buy both flour and wheat only for normal require- ments between now and _ harvest. Lloyd E. Smith. —_2-.__ It is not a sign of good judgment that you are able to work right through the year without any vaca- tion. It is a sign that you will not do as much or as good work as you would do if you took the vacation. —_—_—_e<-<-____ The DeJager-Bultema Fuel Co. has changed its name to the DeJager Fuel (o. and increased its capital stock from $8,000 to $15,000. eg The Nichols & Cox Lumber Co has increased its capital stock from $86,000 to $121,000. —_+--2_____ The Naylor Upholstering Co. has increased its capital stock from $4.- 000 to $20,000. ———_--~.__ The Shaw Furniture Co. has chang- ed its name to the H. E. Shaw Furni- ture Co, 6 Gabby Gleanings From Grand Rapids. Grand Rapids, May 18—Saturday, May 15, was the regular night for Absal Guild, Ancient Mystic Order magmen of Bagdad, and a regular meeting it was with plenty of pep and enthusiasm, making it one of the most interesting Ieetings of the wear. A very lively election of officers was held as follows: Great Ruler, J. D. Martin; Keeper of Records and Rey- enue, |}. Harvey Mann; Viceroy, Gil- 1 rt ti. Moore; Prime Minister. L, V. Pilkington; Master of Ceremonies, L. te. Stranahan; Captain of the Guard, H. J. Shellman; Caliph, Perry E. Lar- rabee; Inside Gate Keeper, John Shoemaker; Outside Gate Keeper, Russell H. Kreeman: Chiei cf Guides, } Walter Miller. Delegates elected to the Imperial Guild meeting at Colum- bus, Ohio, in June were Homer R. Bradheld and John D. Martin; alter- nates, J]. Harvey Mann and Walter S. Lawton. The next regular meeting will be held the third Saturday tn ind by that time we ex- *t the new officers and princes back trom their summer’s vacation to make this coming year a record breaker, both in attendance and new member- ship. (Later im tf] a picnic will be given. The time, place and date will be announced in plenty of time to give each and every one a chance to plan on 1, so you can be sure to set the date aside and be there to make this a very enjoyable day. Reports from the Keeper of Records and Revenue show that the past year has been very satisfactory, financially, members enrolled, and with this ever before them the offi- tl coming year will have but broke she 1i€ season also in new cers of the 7 record to break. will be. While it is regrettable that the motor car industry has drawn so many brain workers and_ skilled la- from other essential lines, it also 1s true that it has drawn a lot of thieves who might otherwise now be engaged in the profiteerment of i€s, some borers ee necessities \nother example of the way our money has shrunk comes from where a small child is reported to have swal- lowed a silver dollar. In the early months of 1914 the average child would have choked on a half dollar. fred H. Ball, of the former house of Ball-Barnhart-Putnam Co. (Grand _< 9 ——__ ._ Hastings Opinions of the Tradesman Co.- °Eradesma We like it.” oWe lik front cove Hastings Drug is a good paper. Cook & Sentz, grocers: it. The articles on the are worth all the paper costs a: there is some mighty good preachin: all through it. It is a great help a: is worth more than it costs to one dealing in merchandise if the, all will read it.” Hlanders, clerk: ‘It is good paper and I like it.” John A. Meade, grocer: Frank “We like much. We | lo Tradesman ea the paper very anxiously for the 1 mo J WEeK alia it never disappoints us.” ea $5.60 le es $5.40 a © | ° 3 2 zy z a os“ » ‘ is ~o, . 4 ok 4 a . } 4 + > ~ v = ’ - . c i =o ‘i “ « « ’ ’ ‘ 4 . » ” a - ’ ’ >) -~ ’ . May 19, 1920 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 7 q Cur company has always followed the policy of carefully guarding our pr.nted word. 7 q A few months ago we questioned the advisability of notifying the trade of the probable disappointment of those who deferred placing orders well in advance, fearing that such an announcement might be misconstrued. @ We fioally decided to publish a warning in the leading trade papers in the interest of our customers who we felt sure would be demanding 4 - Summer and early Fall installations of ‘‘New Way”’ equipment. oye | The demand has been so greatly in excess of our production that our 2 vastly increased output has been oversold, and we are not now directly soliciting orders through our field representatives. 2 4 @ However, through our service organization, we are making every effort to take care of those who have outstanding contracts with us for service. ? q We have not been for some time, and are not now, ina position to quote definite prices on our future production because of the uncertainty of : labor, and also on account of the material situation ia connection with Fy which we do not care to speculate. We could, of course, follow the sug- af . gestion of some of our customers and add to our prices a speculative / advance sufficient to play safe, and thus name guaranteed prices. This is not in line with our usual standard, and is a practice our company } could not approve. q@ Such business as we are taking in order to reasonably insure our cus- tomers against disappointment in receiving fixtures for absolute needs at a future date, is subject to an attachment which specifies that these orders will be billed in keeping with our regular, published price list in effect Yo sixty days prior to date of shipment. sa. @ This open price method of selling may be misunderstood by some, yet it ; is the only basis upon which we can safely take business from those mer- chants who find it necessary to place orders for future shipment. see . @ Those customers who have dealt with us over a period of years, have sufficient confidence in our company to know that our policies are always founded upon fairness and equity, and that our company makes a price advance only when manufacturing costs show the absolute necessity. - q Further additions to our manufacturing facilities are now under way— i subject, of course, to the present unusual delays. Should this increased . production materialize to the point where we can anticipate additional y . business, a prompt announcement will be made. 64: Gq To those who can conveniently defer purchases at this time we promise a fe statement regarding our service as soonas the present situation is relieved. Grand Rapids Show Case Company Grand Rapids Michigan Branch Factory: LUTKE MANUFACTURING CO., Portland, Ore. ¢) NEW YORK CHICAGO PITTSBURGH ATLANTA ’ 1465 Broadway at 42nd St. 215 So. Market St. 996 Union Arcade Blida. 431 Candler Bldg. f KANSAS CITY DALLAS HONOLULU, HAWAII y 606-607-608 Ridge Bldg. 401 Insurance Bldg. Harrison Bldg. eo Licensed Canadian Manufacturers: JONES BROS. & CO., LTD., Toronto, Canada 8 NOW GET YOUR MONEY BACK. Any one who paid any fire insur- ance agent any between June 25 and Sept. 1, imbursed surcharge 1919, can be re- therefor by making im- mediate application to the agent who extorted the extra charge. Every agent who resorted to this holdup is guilty of criminally violating the law and defying the Legislature and should be placed behind the bars, in- stead of being permitted the freedom which honest men only ought to en- joy. The entire surcharge was a gigan- tic crime, concocted by monster the public by men who ought to hang their heads criminals and foisted on in shame every time they meet an honest man on the street. In order to get their victims to pay the sur- charge without protest, the crafty and dishonest agents asserted that the sur- charge was a tax exacted by the Gov- ernment for war purposes. This was a lie made up out of whole cloth and every agent who passed along such a lie 1s forever marked as a man whose word will never be worth 5 cents in the estimation of honest peo- ple. Of course, the insurance companies will not voluntarily repay this money criminally filched irom the pockets of t] paid a penny xe insuring public. Every man who ot surcharge will have to present his claim to the criminal agent who participated in the crime Prob- ably not to exceed 5 per cent. of the a shared in the proceeds. money obtained by deliberate robbery will ever be restored to the rightful owners, because most of the victims will not take the trouble to look up their invoices and present their claims for the sums due them. The crafty imsurance managers knew what they were doing when they wheedled the State Commissioner into permitting them to keep the illgotten Insurance gains in their own possession, instead of turning them over to the State, as they should have been compelled to do. TWO WAYS OF DOING THINGS. When a stock fize insurance meets a loss, he business man carrying irequently finds he has caught a Tar- tar ta dealing with the adjusters who are delegated to appraise the damage and settle the loss. There are many splendid fellows among the ranks of surance adjusters, but the propor- tion of shysters, bluffers and bullies is still Com- plaints constantly come to the Trades- altogether too large. man regarding the reprehensible meth- ods employed by many of these ad- justers in conducting their negotia- tions. The greatest complaint is the delay they almost invariably precipi- tate, even when there is no suspicion of incendiarism on the part of the policy holder. It appears to be the policy of all stock company adjusters to delay the adjustment of losses as will turn up to give the adjuster a long as possible in hopes something leverage to hammer down the amount of the adjustment. In contrast with the methods of this class of adjusters, the Tradesman commends the opposite methods pur- sued by the mutual comodanies. A point, we take pleasure in case in MICHIGAN TRADESMAN citing the adjustment of the loss on the J. H. Prout roller mill at How- ard City. Mr. Prout recently suffer- He was insured in the Michigan Miller’s Mut- ed a considerable loss by fire. ual Fire Insurance Co., which im- mediately wrote him the following iether: Lansing, May 10—I have your favor of the 4th inst., relative to the repairs which you are making to your plant on account of the recent fire. You have been insured with us a long time and we have known you personally so long that it seems to me we can not do better than to leave this question entirely to your own judgment. I know you will attend to the repairs in the most economical way that it can be handled and not make a cheap and unsatisfactory job. Therefore, if you will go ahead and use your own judgment, we will be glad to settle on the basis of what the actual cost of such repairs has been to you. When you are through with it, let us know and we will take your bills just as they are or send our man up to look the job over. I trust you will be able to get back in running shape without undue de- lay. A. 1. Barker, Sec'y. This letter is in keeping with the policy of mutual companies generally losses. The in the adjustment of sooner every business man replaces his stock insurance with mutual in- surance, the less trouble he will ex- perience in the event of his ever meet- ing a loss by fire. QUIT “SWOPPING JACKETS.” It is a matter of history that some years ago, in a prosperous Ohio agri- cultural section, six bright sons of a bright farmer frequently made from $500 morning before $250 to each coming down stairs to breakfast sim- ; ply by “swopping jackets.’ Unfortunately, they extended the jacket-swopping period to cover the whole day. No work was done on the farm, the mortgage was fore- closed, nobody appeared to take the last jacket at the highest price, and the family went to the poorhouse. There has been a revival of late of the jacket-swopping practice by many people in many sections of the Unit- ed States. It is time to quit. Passing over something which we possess to some other person at what we know to be double its real value, and re- with which placing it something somebody else sells to us at double its value, in the end works good to nobody; indeed, it creates a vic- ious circle which injures everybody. Let us give hot air a holiday. Let us practice economy in the use of adjectives. Let us win new wealth by work rather than wit. Let us so change the current of public print and talk that the present rule, which places all the real news in the ad- vertising columns and the advertising in the news columns, becomes obso- lete, and we go back to the good old principle of calling a spade a spade. Real wealth will come from real work, real economy, real loyalty. It is time to put our face against the hard but illuminating face of fact and shape our actions to fit things as they are, and not things as they ought to be but are not. Soreness tence ateceeegeenaeneeeeames When you begin to doubt you be- gin to lose. FAMINE IN CANNED FOODS. As one broker aptly describes the canned vegetable market, buyers are like a pack of hungry wolves which devour everything in sight and clam- The devouring process little time and as the movement of goods or for more. has been going on for some from factory points is much below normal there has been such a heavy market that al- famine conditions are drain on the = spot ready begin- ning to exist. Serious results are an- ticipated as brokers have been un- successful in selling goods f. o. b. factory in any considerable volume. little goods either as they are subject to There is interest in transit such unreasonable delay in moving that their arrival at destination is un- certain. Spot stocks for immediate use are in demand and the buyer, in his rush to take care of this business, has hardly time to consider the fu- ture. The large chain stores are out- bidding each other, and as they re- quire enormous supplies for their daily needs they are paying premiums for long lines and are getting the cream of the pickings. Many of them will not resell even at advances, as they have found during the past ten days that when they have done so they were often forced to buy back at advances parts of the lots they had originally owned. Jobbing hous- es are all short of their immediate requirements and are buying on spot wherever they can find the goods. The volume of buying going on at present has not had a parallel in a long time. On top of the present shortage of local canned vegetables comes the growing certainty that the new pack will be lighter than ex- pected earlier in the season, so short that a continued scarcity of stocks probable. The with- drawal of prices on cans has brought is more than the realization that the prospective marked shortage of cans will be an- other important factor in the situa- tion. Already it is the dominating influence in the canning of Maine sardines, which has been checked at the opening of the season by a lack of reserves of cans and closed can manufacturing plants in Maine. Tin plate’ is not only scarce but the freight situation makes the delivery of cans already made below normal. Ss CANNING CANNER’S HOPES. It would be hard to imagine a worse time for the supply of tin cans to fail than the present, and yet the past week has seen the total with- drawal oi the biggest of the can com- panies from the market. It looks like a real calamity. At no time should tin cans be roll- ing to the cannery centers as right now. It is true that acreage shrink- age is already menacing and late planting a serious drawback. making the whole packing outlook dubious and the farmers more disgusted and more exacting than ever. At the best. the cost of raw material and of can- nery labor is going to be enormous- ly high. now the trade are suffering from such high levels that the consumer has rebelled. Even Yet high- May 19, 192: er levels seem likely. If now tl farmer suffers short crops and th canners lose even such as is harvest ed for lack of cans, a big setback the canning industry will be expe: time when tl 1enced at the very progressive campaign of inspectico; and publicity is hold. But the plain fact is that tran portation demoralization has called beginning to. tal halt of the whole industry. The companies for weeks past have been unable to run at even 50 per cent capacity and now can neither get th tin plate, the labor nor the cars fo: shipping cans to the packer. likes to be a “bull” on food product nowadays, but it is hard to avoid with the outlook as it stands to-day iy LIKE DRUNKEN SAILORS. The underwriting results of the fir: and marine insurance companies du ing 1919, as shown in the statistic compiled by the Connecticut Insur ance Department from Sworn state ments furnished by the officers of th: various companies were eminently satisfactory to the companies. Thi total earned premiums, fire and ma rine, of the 178 companies reporting to that State were $539,044,964, an in crease of $61,912,983 over the figure: of 1918. The incurred losses of thes: companies amounted to $250,628,470, $6,741,124 Thus the loss ratio for 1919 was 46.49 per cent., as com 1918. The underwriting expenses incurred a decrease of from the previous year. pared with 53.94 per cent. in by all the companies amounted 1 $241,046,397, or 44.72 per cent. of th earned premiums. Thus the com bined losses and expenses incurred equaled 91.21 per cent., resulting in an underwriting gain in surplus of $47, 698,576, which is 8.79 per cent. of th earned premiums. Summarized, every hundred dollars paid for insurance was used as fo! lows: Losses paid, $46.49, Iixpenses, $44.72. Profits, $8.79. The Tradesman has always mai tained that any business which sorbs $44.72 out of every $100 han dled for expenses is based on a wrong ultimately |: supplanted by a system which avoids conception and must such wasteful and prodigal expendi- tures. THE LABOR SHORTAGE. ‘While it is safe to say that the United States is now short 2,500,000 workers because of the falling off in immigration, other factors make the shortage much worse than would ap- pear from a mere perusal of immi- gration statistics. Nearly 10,000,000 men have had their hours of labo reduced 20 per cent., from ten to eight hours per day, equivalent to a loss of 2,000,000 men. The services of 5,000,000 others are estimated to be engaged in businesses which either did not exist ten years ago or were then in their infancy, such as the automobile and truck industry and the factory workers, chauffeurs, ga- rage workers, etc., who are employed by it. No one i y & Mi May 19, 1920 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN The common-sense way of handling credit accounts ERCHANTS in 182 different lines of business are using the N. C. R. Credit File. These merchants have found that the file gives them the common-sense way of handling credit accounts. It is a one-writing system. It elimi- nates book posting of accounts. It keeps each day’s credit business separate. It prevents forgetting to charge goods sold on account. It prevents neglecting to credit money paid on account. It gives each charge customer a state- ment of account on every purchase. It protects every credit record until it is paid in full. It saves time, work, and worry. It stops leaks and saves profits. Investigate this common-sense way of handling credit accounts Ay sst4 “a sesssssssssiisssssiiesiiil8lt|ld,: FILL QUT THIS COUPON AND MAIL TODAY Dept. 25, The National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio: Please give me full particulars about the N.C. R. Credit File way of handling credit accounts. Name Business. Address MICHIGAN TRADESMAN May 19, 1929 a eT SH eh LAE (aa All Indications Point to a Big Ked Year oo ayy) ae - ~ BAC ae ry = 4 z e 5 El, ea EI Ap Dpstvrs DIMI Ny \ vA! Ass yviikh «| hy VNd Ose | WS U2 Nf Aa JF th wt ee Prevailing high prices of leather footwear | : ee : is one of the features that will help make “- Washington Rules on “Gym” Shoes. the McNary bill, which proposes to P Philadelphia, May 18—The official mark the cost and selling price of ° . | N.S. R. A. Bulletin for May has been Shoes so that the retail purchaser may this a big eer for Keds. . mailed to the entire membership. know what profit is enjoyed by the ez. Secretary-Comimnissioner T. C. Mirkil Gealer. : : Look over your stock and see that it is advises that because of labor troubles, ean I cok Seance under- noe © y } print paper and other contributory stand why it wi 9€ Impossible to put ° conditions. it was impossible for the o and selling agree 4 many ar- equal to the demand that IS bound to a April Bulletin to be issued. Head- Ucles of commerce but | say to you . — ° quarters has abandoned—at least until frankly that if I knew how to do it, come. Order while our stock is in fairly the situation is somewhat better—the [| should not hesitate to enact it into 8 a larger magazine makeup, but the Jaw. I believe that there has been good condition..- i members are promised a return to altogether too much profit made dur- ” the larger Bulletin as soon as this is ig the last three or four years and : : / practicable. that the evils of that fact are to be It is going to be impossible for us to a. In order that members may keep oo ge Le ey oe 7 abreast of headquarter’s activities, the future than they have been in the i i N.S. R. A. will issue a special weekly Pee I can ne c. a why a replenish our stock this year. The big letter to firm members only. The ad- PUSiINess man dealing in the neces- ’ i vantage of such a letter as a means Sities of life should not be willing to sellers won’t last long. So we recom- £ of keeping all in close touch with the allow the purchaser of his wares to ° more important current events of na- know what he paid for the same. mend early buying fo keep your own tional interest is apparent. It is also Ordinarily T would not have favor- aa hoped to bring the members to closer ¢d sucha a as this but when stock in the best of shape. 17 relationship with their national head- 1 think of what has been done in the quarters and show them that the N. Way of profiteering I am willing to S. R. A. is on the job to safeguard tty the McNary experiment if it is 1 e| their interests. : demonstrated to me that it can be | Recently the newspapers of the done ve: 1 am going a country gave much publicity to a sen- 8!ve this matter more careful study, H Id B h Sh C sational story of . Seabee experi- however, if the bill is seriously press- ero vl ertsc oe 0. i ence in a Washington shoe store ¢4 for passage. ee : : where he was “charged $20 for a pair Charles E. Townsend. Manufacturers of Serviceable Footwear GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. of shoes” which he found on investi- fo. : : i gation “cost the retailer $8.” Opinion of Two Leading Belding : Headquarters immediately got busy Merchants. : to ferret out the truth of the article HC Lloyd, dry goods: “The and now has the reporter’s statement that the figures $20 and $8—were : : : guessed at, and that prices were not that comes to my desk. I like it very mentioned. much. [ do not have as much time One more pernicious news-story : : , to read it as I wish I had, but I take ° nailed in the head. fe Lo Numerous inquiries have been re it home and my wife and the family - i ‘ > = le - . c - ae Sees « Kea poe ceo = ” ceived from both manufacturers and reads it and enjoy it very much. retailers of “gym” shoes in an en- E. E. Hudson, grocer: “Tradesman a \ Michigan Tradesman is the best paper ra ecicics fc : i : 4 ; a oe to learn whether that class of js aj right. Very useful. It is a 7 . gvm” shoes which are sold primarily : : : ‘ e ] e r ] 2 and often e *xclusively, for use in © OO" ow er ee ee B 1 t 1 e A t ire i e - , , * schools, gymnasium classes, and merchandise. Of course, I'll renew.” Uu Nn Uu O ; where physical culture is a compul- — f sory course or a regular study, are During more than a quarter of a ale 4c Tt chee Le ae ie : Finest Qui se taxable as sport shoes. : century after the Civil War, the ques- Fibre Counter Extrude Sarl Back — Soseiat Fabri Toe Box A decision was requested from the : : : a oo Commissioner of Internal os tion of payments to the veterans, in- a C dS: : taf < : . : Loose Lining ol : ' Washington, D. C., and sample shoes cluding service pensions, was a con- igh Grade Bock . : : S : ‘ : ne eeps the tect were torwarded in order th: it he might stant topic of legislative interest. They a : > COENIZ: 7 > class fs ac a : : . Leather Soci Fibre Insole } } he cognizant of the class of shoes he were at times made a football of party 9 / Runs tulllength iY ing considered. i : : / ab The following ruling, stating that politics, and carried to unwarrantable fy, Ss Be (le a c 2 j / “gym” shoes are not taxable unless lengths. But the demand for largely : fra He sold im excess of $10 per pait, has increased appropriations for the pur- Patented oe #2 ! : : se ee: : : : Sh absorbing i - go . — oe leu OM pose was invariably pressed during rneurrati Heel - reply to your letter of March : : 31, 1920, you are advised that this of vears of an overflowing surplus rev 5 ay LYZAT, | < ‘ ‘ < : - . i j _. Sole of ; fice holds if the shoes submitted by enue. [t was never urged, even in ss cannot fp ert tex | '* you, and oe to in your letters — political conventions, when the Treas- Aceon ee ieee Nel pee as oy shoes,” are advertised and i iCi Md ae Oe: a idve a ed Fae ury was laboring under a heavy deficit. BLUCHER so »V e€ Manutacturers thereot as ae : : : Brown duck upper. Loose lined to toe Half-bellows tongue. Fibre primarily adaptable for gymnasium It will hardly be sol adel d that Con- insole and counter. Leather sock lining. Gray corrugated rubber sole made € i o a r price, it aie tecable ce ae sold by : heels ease the feet and a leather sock lining insures cool comfort. xr for a dealer or his estate for con- You can’t harvest success unless o . : : - en’s end | FG ee sumption or use at 10 per cent. of the you first labor earnestly in the field = i an ] 1 3 OVS oe amount for which they are sold as is of opportunity. Youths’ ~--~--------~------------ ‘aa n excess of $10 per pair, under section ee ee 004 thereof.” Misses’ (Spring Heel) = Child’s (Spring Heel) ——_e-. i é. No Help From Senator Townsend on We have thousands of cases of HOOD TENNIS on the Floor. Mc Nary Bill. ‘ | Write for special Tennis Catalogue. Washington, May 17—With the re- ciaccaed ceipt of your recent telegram came me he by Consistent | many others from Michigan worded a) Adve : H I : : - . rtising ; ae in almost the same language. I am, SAO OOD RUBBER PRODUC Ss co., Inc. therefore, answering all with the same GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN | letter. I notice you protest against ry May 19, 1920 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 11 BETTER BUSINESS HIRTH KRAUSE Shoes mean better business to shoe dealers. During the past, when quality shoes have been difficult to obtain, HIRTH KRAUSE have been able to supply the ae aide upon them by their dealers. As manufacturers we are better able to control the quality ‘of our product and know as only a manufacturer can the condition in the shoe market. Do not hold up your important, profitable sales for this season. Keep your lines complete by buying often from us. Make a connection today, for better bigger business with HIRTH KRAUSE. quality shoes. 3549 WOMEN’S GIBSON TIES 3549—Wos Dull Kid 2 Eye Gibson PI Toe MEN’S OXFORDS SSMS Imt Turn Full Breasted 2 In. 540—Vici Kid 5-eyelet Ox Freak Last Flex Gov Louls Heel .______. Bee ee S500 Welt, rey 10 ye =~. $7.50 544—Mens Tan Ox W. ng “Tip Welt, 6- 10 D __-$7.090 WOMEN’S OXFORD WELTS 557—Mens Tan Calf Ox Eng Last Flat Toe Whole Qtr Stag Vp Pattern Goodyear Welt © DO, 6-10 22. ee eo ie sees! , et ee ee eros 6a Gen Eng Ox Tip @ S Welt, 6.10 & 97.05 3551—W B Kid 5 E: Ngee tae 563—Gun Calf Ena Ox Strut Last Whole Qtr 551—Wos rown i eye x e me SS Wek 610 bp Lo ge'gs em ee ee ee (0 Mahog Side Gk Tin SS Well. 6-10 D ____$6.50 3552—Wos Russia oe Ox Welt Imt Tip Milt 571—Mahog Side Bluch Ox Tip S$ S$ Welt, Heel, 3-8 A ee __---_ $7.40 6-10 D $6.50 595—Mens BIk Genuine Kang “Bluch “Ox Pan- ama Last Arch Grip Rubber Heel, 6-10 G6 Bp - eo St0.75 596—Mens Choc Kid Bluch | Panama Last Ox Tip Goodyear Welt Arch on | Rubber Heel, 6-10C D _____ = $11.50 3577 3577—Pat 1 Eye Tie Pump Thin Edge Welt 13-8 Milt Heel, 3-8 A BC D _-.-$7.50 3571—Pat 1 Eye Tie Turn Thin Edge ‘Welt Louis Heel, A B C D 5 3576—Matt Kid 1 Eye Ageia Te ee er oe 3578 Lea Louis Heel PI Toe een 3595—Two Eyelet Bik Kid Gibson Tie Milt 3578—Cocoa Calf 5 Eye Ox Thin Face Welt Heel Welt AA-D _ $7.00 Wing Tip 13-8 Milt Heel, 3-8 A __ $8.50 35510—Choc Kid 2 Eyelet Gibson Welt Milt 3598—Women’s Tan Broque Ox, Milt Heel Heel AD 2 ee $7.25 Welt Wing tip A-B oo $7.50 Anatomically Mir ths aise Shoemakers for three Generations tania Shoes — Footwear TANNERS AND SHOE MANUFACTURERS GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. mya . e oi More Mileadée Guarantee 5 NOT rr re Be Jhis pair of shoes is ¢ MOFe \ wear and gE am rolher shoe sol h same price as the leather is scient lift cally / prepared and they are made to preserve Ihe proper shape o the 26 bones of the foot—#~ taxi Morons ONY sot SAS A PASS AE ak AAA AG ait BERRA x ee -A great advertising campaign is making HIRTH KRAUSE shoes the state’s biggest seller. Newspapers in every town and pop- ular state and farm journals are carrying the message of “anatomically correct” foot- wear that gives “more miles per dollar, morte smiles per mile” to the consumer. Let us show you how to get in on this publicity and help make popularity for you. The advertising is running now and dealers everywhere ate making ereat sales and growing daily more enthusiastic. 3553 3553—Wos Bik Vici Kid Lace Weit Pl Toe Louis Heel, 3-8 A BC $7.00 3554—Wos Brown Kid 5 Eye s Welt Pl Toe Louis Heel, 3-8 A BCD $7.25 3559—Wos BIk Vici 5 Eye oor Welt Imt Tip Milt Heel, 3-8 A Cc $6.90 3560—Wos Bik Vici 5 Eye a Sue Welt Pl Toe 2 Inch Leo Louis Heel - $6.90 3561—Wos Tan Calf 5 Eye Ox Goodyear Welt Imt Tip Milt Heel, 3-8 A B C D ___ $7.00 3563—Wos Bik Cf 5 Eye | Ox Goodyear Welt imt Tip Milt Heel, 3-8 ABCD --$5.60 3564—Wos Bik Cf 5 Eye Ox Welt Pl Toe Louis Heel, 3-8 ABCD _ 5.60 5566—Wos Bik Buck Ox Welt ime Tip Lea Louis Heel, 3-8 ABCD . -$7.50 3591—Wos Pat Chrome Pump 1 Eye Tie Cel- luloid Cov. Louis Heel, 3-8 ABCD. $7.25 3592—Matt Kid Pump 1 Eye Tie Celluloid Govered Heel, $-5 A BC OD __. SFG More Miles Per Dollar More Smiles Per Mile MICHIGAN TRADESMAN = =e = Sees =—— = 2 t — — i = < - sf = ~ ‘os = ; = = @ 12 FINANCIAL :: © = : = = os ’ — - oe . ‘ ae ela a : = 7 = — - ee = ee ‘ Sc = — es = = 4 — ce gy - = ~ - WS ae rT) [ | = = ~~ y \ Gr } | Sp L6 or a4 al] Yo My, Nj ¢ Sy Ye fh Co-operation With Farmer Needed To Steady Nation’s Business. “Co-operation with the farmer need- ed to steady the nation’s business’— of course, co-operation is needed. Could anything be clearer? This splendid body of Americans, producers of the things we must have in order to live, form such a large part of the rank and tile of our people, their func- tion enters so importantly into the na- their vs such a large part in oft national policy, that attention to these ith to convince any reasonable person of the importance of co-operating with them. We may safely assume general ac- f the tt and talk about other gs bearing on thts thought of co-operation, which are not nearly so well established or so tion’s processes of production, judgement pl the formation merely think thnings : z ceptance of tnererore, generally understood. Co-operation of any kind, to be effective, must be based upon at least two things—a willingness to get together and a con- dition of things pos- h erent elements to get together to their mutual benefit or to the benefit of something in which they may be mutually interested. Oil and water will not mix, and the differ- ent elements in our population will not come together in any proper com- bination until they have been brought to the point of realizing that they are able to get together, that they can afford to get together and finally that they should get together. This bri the question of i hip. Americans in the past have been prone to talk altogether too much about the classes within our boundaries, capital and labor, the far- mer, the business man, the clerk, the educator, the man in government and all the other elements of our popula- tion. What we talk about is \mericans—not classes but one great people. There are which the listinction between the classes is fixed ind definite. In America it 1s our boast that such distinctions are neith- ‘ ; which makes it sible for the diff izs us to should countries in er definite nor fixed. The environ- ments in which the individual works and lives change so frequently and so rapidly that the stamp of class -dentification has become exceedingly indistinct. What an interesting task, ‘or instance, to classify the man who wus a farm and operates it, whose children have university educations and possibly travel abroad, and who drives to a meeting of the bank board of directors, of which he is a member, in a Pierce Arrow or a Packard car! Yet this type of farmer, and many ther types still more complex as re- gards functions, are found in all parts of this country, and are real farmers, too. When we talk, therefore, of co-op- eration with farmers, or with educat- rs, or with any other of our numer- ous classes, we are covering less than the entire case. The big thing is co- peration between Americans of all ur various groups, and such develop- ment of the spirit of Americanism that a mutually beneficial coming together will be the logical and easy and natur- al thing instead of the unusual and difficult thing. Citizenship, citizen-building — that should be the regular job of every American who knows his nation’s needs and his own responsibilities. America’s position in the world is so conspicuous in these times and the world is demanding so much of us that unless we keep our house in or- der we are sure to fall far short of our own obligations and, incidentally, short of the world’s expectations. America, strong, sound, resourceful, well regulated, will mean much in a world in which the obligations of leadership have been placed upon us. America divided against itself, with one element of power neutralizing an- other; America uncoordinated, not steadfast to its ideals of citizenship, would present a disappointing spec- tacle in the face of an unmistakable world duty. No nation may hope to remain per- manently above the level of its men and women. The effective working point will be well above the lowest level of citizenship, but also much be- low the highest. In this, as in most relations, the general average is the foundation to be built upon if build- ing is to proceed safely. Accidents of fortune, favorable or unfavorable: strokes of luck, good or bad, operate only to temporary advantage or dis- advantage. Final results will be measured by the power to recover an advantage lost, and then to carry on. And this ‘means all our men and women—the “hundred million,” if you please, and as many more as may be added through choice or accident or fortune, evil. Now is not the time to discuss the question of why they came, or what they left behind, or what they expected to find upon ar- rival, or what has been their experi- ence since coming, or the right or the wrong oft it. good or There is no room in this situation for any “holier than thou” sentiment. The only fact with which we have to deal is that they are here and are a part of us. Any conception of citizenship, to be efficient. must include the unfledged and the partly fledged as well as the iull-Aedged citi- zen elements in our total population. This thought should appeal with particular force to the farmers of Make This Your Bank Established 1853 We not only are prepared and equipped to care for your banking needs, but we also WANT TO DO IT in a way which will meet with your unqualified approval CLAY H. HOLLISTER President CARROLL F. SWEET Vice-President GEORGE F. MACKENZIE V.-Pres. and Cashier FOI II III III III III IIIA IA III ID ISIS SII A AA IAS (OOOO UGC OY YY FACTS you should KNOW There are certain definite facts you should know abcut the manner in which your Executor will proceed to settle your estate when the time comes, The GRAND RAPIDS TRUST CCNKPANY will be pleased to furnish you with these facts, such as the steps that will be taken to safeguard and handle your property; how the securities and papers belonging to your estate will be protected; the care and courteous attention your heirs will receive; the cost of the service; and any other information you may desire. It will cost you nothing to satisfy yourself re- garding these important details. [;RAND RAPIDS [RUST [ OMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. OTTAWA AT FOUNTAIN BOTH PHONES 4391 Send for booklet on Descent and Distribution of Property and blank form of Will. SLE a May 19, 192: GRAND RAPIDS NATIONAL CITY BANK CITY TRUST & SAVINGS BANK ASSOCIATED RENE ANE FO RENR ELTA © Le me a4 £ j | ees: sd vr E & t, # CAMPAU SQUARE The convenient banks for out of town people. the city. Handy to the street cars—the district. On account of our location—our large transit facilities—our safe deposit vaults and our complete service covering the entire field of banking, our institutions must be the ultimate choice of out of town bankers and individuals. Combined Canital and Surplus ________ $_1,724,300.00 Combined Tetal Deposits 9 10,168,700.00 Combined Total Resources 12,157,100.00 ND RAPIDS NATIONA T FRUST & SAVE ASSOCIATED Located at the very center of interurbans—the hotels—the shopping GRA Git May 19, 1920 America. Perhaps more than any other group of Americans, they wit- ness the process of making real citi- zens out of raw material. To them, the “melting pot” is something more than a figure of speech. A very large portion of the work upon which ag- ricultural success must be built is pertormed by men who are learning the lesson of American citizenship. How well and how quickly this lesson can be learned under “open skies and in wide places” is shown in the splen- did American farming centers scatter- ed throughout the land in which only a few years ago few who could speak the English language were to be found and fewer still who had any clear con- ception of the possibilities of this land to which they had come. This problem of citizen-building, particularly as we find it in the larger centers of population, is a serious and difficult one. What other among all our national problems is more impor- tant? Foreign trade. foreign finance, industrial and financial methods and systems, are all-important, but every one of them depends for its success and safety upon plain individual power to do things—the power to give ex- pression to intentions, and ideals, to meet the unexpected with assurance. And this means good citizenship—a total population in which intelligence, understanding and appreciation of \merican institutions will hold a suffi- cient preponderance over ignorance and indifference to insure safety for our national institutions. It should not be difficult for Ameri- cans, the most intensely practical peo- ple on earth, to take up this question of better citizenship in a purely prac- tical spirit. Just to get the thing started in the right direction, let us assume that every citizen, active and potential, good and bad, represents an investment by the nation. The nation under this theory, puts everything it possesses—traditions, power, wealth, accomplishment, government and_ ali the privileges that go with such a gov- ernment—into a common fund to be drawn upon by each member of our population regardless of his personal contribution to this common fund. We might even assume that this is what was meant by the fathers of our nation when they declared that “men are created free and equal.” They had in mind not equality in merit or in actual condition, but rather in the op- portunity to acquire merit and to im- prove conditions. But here equality ends. Upon this national fund not all men will draw equally, nor will all men make equal contribution to it. The helpless infant and the sick man will contribute less and demand more than will the adult in full possession ot his powers. But the infant will grow to man- hood and the sick man return to health. The illiterate who comes to these shores, perhaps to escape op- pression, in time and under proper in- fluences draws upon this national fund fully and becomes the honest, patriotic productive American. In the effective life of the nation he plays a large and important part. Has not his Ameri- canism furnished many of the splen- did object lessons of the war?) When he and his sons followed the flag to the battlefields of Europe and back again to America, carrying such a large share of the nation’s marks of distinction for conspicuous American- ism, they furnished a lesson in the worthwhileness of virile citizenship which we should not soon forget. lt would be impossible to exaggerate the importance of this citizenship ob- ligation of ours? Expressed in the colloquial, it is “up to us,” up to each one ot us. If organizations of men within our boundaries are to be per- mitted to defy the spirit of our insti- tutions, the fault will be ours. If edu- cational istitutions are to spread the seeds of Communism broadcast among our youth, the blame for the logical consequences will be upon us. We hear much about the Monroe Doctrine as applied to a hemisphere—how about a Monroe Doctrine which can MICHIGAN TRADESMAN be applied to a neighborhood? We refuse to tolerate alien domination of our hemisphere—how about the cen- ters of foreign influence which are alien to America in almost every im- aginable sense, to be found in. all parts of our country, principally in the great cities? The war has taught us something of the dangers which may come through foreign language publications. What provision has been made to in- Sure the expression of an American instead of a European spirit in these publications? If we are to admit the necessity for foreign language publi- cations at all, should we not see to it that they express American rather than anti-American sentiments? How many of us in daily contact with for- eign language publications make any effort to learn what sentiments they really express? How about our educational institu- tions, their faculties, the men and wo- men, who to such a large extent direct the thought of young America? Are we seeing to it that the practical ele ments of American citizenship are be- ing properly stressed in courses of instruction? What efforts are being made by Chambers of Commerce and Boards of Trade and other business organizations to insure for the spirit of business, practical business, proper representation among the things our young Americans are being taught? Does each local Chahber and Board realize that it has a particular local problem of its own to solve in this connection? In different countries of Europe the school occupies an almost controlling part in the preparation of the youth of the country for citizenship and for business. 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Lawyers, doctors, manufacturers, bankers—all Ameri- cans belong and can represent effective value in this citizen-building process if only they realize their place in the national situation. After all, could we have a safer guide toward citizenship than the Constitution? The woods nowadays are full of those who suggest all sorts of expedients to serve the purposes which we know can be served only by adherence to the fundamentals oi that Constitution. At least fifty-seven varieties of radicalism have been serv- ed up to our people in one form or another. Some oi them are not so popuiar as formerly because the danger attaching to them has been made so Clear. Danger does not come from crimin- al radicals alone. We have men in political positions who indulge in theories which if carried to their logi- cal conclusion would result in destruc- tion of the constitutional rights which we should value so highly. They do it with comparative impunity, too. We also have the occasional college or university teacher who preaches doc- trines which aim directly at the over- turning of constitutional government. Frequently we meet at dinner or else- where the short-haired lady, who un- der the privilege of “uplift,” says things, which are plain treason. And instead of giving her the classification she deserves, we find her merely Or if we refuse to find her amusing, how many of us are qualitied to meet her arguments off- hand? Again we tind that we are not taking serious things seriously. She knows her story, such as it is. Do we know oursr Are we as effective ex- ur doctrines as she is of amusing. ponents ot « hers? These things are dangerous and should be treated as dangerous things. it is all very well to say “give them rope enough and they will hang them- selves.” But the war and happenings since the war have shown the fallacy of any such theory as this. If all these dangerous folk could be shipped back to the lands they come from the case would be simple. But this is impossible with more than a very tew ot them. The others, the’ more cau- tious ones, are likely to remain with us. The only way we can meet them is to assume the personal responsibili- ties of our citizenship, and pass along to these unassimilated ones enough oi the spirit of Americanism to convince them that their interests and obliga- tions also are in the direction of sound government and institutional safety. The task should not be difficult if we, as individuals, take it up in a sufficiently personal way. After all, the radical leadership in this country is numerically small when compared with either our total population or the portions of that population which may be influenced by false leadership. The danger and the difficulty is that these radical leaders in their efforts to des- troy and lead astray are in deadlier earnest than are the conservative and consistent citizens of the country who try to build up and lead safely. The average striker who destroys property or possibly life, is not necessarily a bad citizen or a dangerous member ot society. In the great majority of cases he is simply a man who is being led astray, a man who, through the ef- forts of some enemy of society, has learned only one side of the case in which he is an actor. If, then, this question is to be one of leadership, why should not every decent citizen become a leader? If the blind are to lead the blind, when will our people see the light? Have not the lessons of recent times been MICHIGAN TRADESMAN striking enough to show us the danger of shirking personal responsibility in national things? Are we to slip back to the old condition in which the average citizen voted once in a while, paid his taxes, attended the Fourth of July celebrations, and felt that he was fulfilling his entire obligation as an American? The Declaration of In- dependence and the Constitution con- templated no such situation as this. It would seem proper, before clos- ing this discussion, to say something about the part which the publishers of agricultural papers can play in the citizen-building campaign which is so clearly up to our people. Has the farmer been put in touch with the real facts of the case? Does he recognize his position in the national picture? Does he realize that class domination and class privileges are things which should be repugnant even to his sense of self-interest? He is a producer of raw material and a consumer of manu- facturer products. Has he considered this fact in its relation to movements which are current in the industrial and commercial life of the nation? Has he tried to determine, or been proper- ly aided in determining, what should be his affiliations? What should be his attitude upon great national ques- tions: Does the American farmer know May 19, 1929 An Attractive Purchase For sale—a small amount of an 8% CUMULATIVE PREFERRED STOCK of a growing Corporation doing a large business in this State. This stock partici- pates with the common up to 20% of the Company’s earnings and this amount has been earned and paid yearly since its or- ganization, Details on request. Address “8°.” c-o Tradesman. | WE MUST HAVE YOUR SUPPORT IF YOU ARE TO HAVE THE TELEPHCNE So long as you furnish the telephone keeps running, MICHIGAN STATE “More Power” You know what happens when a car runs dry for lack of gasoline— it is just naturally out of business. In other words you can’t run a car without gasoline. A telephone company, or any other company is in ex- actly the same fix; it can’t run unless it gets enough financial “power’’to keep the employees working‘‘on all cylinders,” and to msure proper operating conditions. You also know that it takes more “‘power”’ today to keep a business going than it ever did before. Workers must be paid more if they are to meet the mereased cost of living; also everything that goes into the building and repairing of property has gone up in price. the necessary ‘“‘power”’ we will see to it that TELEPHONE COMPANY = . The New Zealand case was not one ‘he Property insured other than by they have received over $60,000 in losses paid, and even os of mob violence so far as these far- the death of the assured, without no- larger amounts in dividends and savings, while the Com- Ee mers were concerned. They acted. tice of such change being endorsed POE a ou : co ee a : ‘ not against law and order but in de- on the policy. pany has resources even larger. Associated with the es tense of it and to protect national SU ew have other jnsarahece Michigan Shoe Dealers are 10 other Stock ¢ ompanles. 1, interests at a time when no other ma ee ! oe power seemed equal to the task. In without notice of the amount being a a country like ours such a demonstra- endorsed on your policy. May 19, 1920 that logically he is the natural enemy ot disturbances of any kind which tend to interfere with the normal cur- reuts of business? Does he see that it the wheels stop going around it is his raw product which will suffer be- cause unable to reach the factory and the consumer? It is his wheat and corn which will clog freight terminals and side tracks; his fruit and potatoes which will rot in cars and warehouses. Does he realize that when these labor disturbances threaten, the case is largely up to him, and that in the restoration of normal conditions he has a very definite responsibility? Down in New Zealand an agricultur- al country, practically the entire busi- ness of the nation was tied up by a shipping strike in a leading port some years ago. The strikers were in full control, the authorities were power- MICHIGAN TRADESMAN revival which will moise men see more clearly the righs and the wrote of business and social and civic plans and theories and contentions. Wheth- er such a revival will come and when are things beyond the scope of to- day’s vision. But even though such a wonderful source of help may not be available, we at least can face our national problems in a plain, every- day, personal business spirit. ‘The average of our citizenship must be improved. Men, all men, must be brought at least to respect law and order. There is no ‘just as good” for the Constitution of the United States or the Declaration of Independence, or the rule of: the majority or the great principles which not we alone but intelligent men of all nations rec- ognize as essentially American. This is the plain duty of American citizen- 6. If your building is on ground not owned by you, without notice of such fact endorsed on your policy. (This does not apply to those policies covering only personal property.) 7. If you assign your policy be fore a loss as collateral security or otherwise without explaining the transaction and getting the company’s consent in writing. 8. If you generafe illuminating gas on or adjacent to your premises. 9. If you (or your tenant without vour knowledge) keep or store gaso- line, benzine or explosives of any kind on the premises without per- nussion of the company endorsed on 15 not exceeding 15 days at any one time. Be careful this time is not ex- ceeded without permit. 11. The company exempts itself from any loss caused by your failure to use all reasonable means to save and protect the property both at and after the fire, or when endangered by fire in neighboring premises. Many ignorant people imagine that when the fire occurs, nothing must be done until the insurance company’s agent or adjuster orders it done. Just nor the in- | surance policy creates any change in remember neither the fire the title to your property. On the contrary, the policy expressly tells less, the case seemed hopeless. _Then ship. Are we ready to assume it? the policy. you to protect it and makes you bear the farmers, the people primarily in- Lewis E. Pierson. 10. Most policies permit mechanics any loss for failure or refusal to do terested, took the case in hand. Ina es? : : . z perfectly orderly manner several Things Phat Will Void Voor ina. to make repairs to the premises for so. thousand of them mounted _ their 8 horses, rode into town, armed, not Bes with, guns, but with good, healthy- looking clubs and quietly asserted themselves. Can there be any doubt an ae ee ee More than 2,000 property as to what happened? Can there ever 2"¢ the policy does not show what owners co-operate through be doubt as to what will happen when that interest is. ) ro in times of disturbance the people honestly, intelligently and determined- ly do their simple duty? tion might take on quite a different color and become reprehensible in the extreme. But the New Zealand case is worth consideration as showing the importance in times of emergency of the men who are responsible for the agricultural life of a country. There are those who wouid find a cure for our ills in a great spiritual 1. If your interest in the property 2. 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STRICTLY MUTUAL vi r Policy Holders Operated for benefit of members only. Sa vings to Ou y wie On Tornado Insurance 40% : ? ichi ; inti General Mercantile and Shoe Stores 30% Endorsed by The Michigan Retail Dry Goods Association. uel ates bos and tuaeas see co Hardware and Implement Stores, and Dwellings 50% Garages, Blacksmiths, Harness and Furniture Stores 40% Bristol Insurance Agency ‘**The Agency of Personal Service’’ Inspectors and State Agents for Mutual Companies * Issues policies in amounts up to $15,000. All Companies Ilcensed to do business In Michigan. It will pay you to Backed by several million dollar companies. Investigate our proposition. Write us for particulars. N. BRISTOL, Manager REMONT, A. T. MONSON, Secretary Cc Offices: 319-320 Houseman Bldg. Grand Rapids, Michigan F MICHIGAN 16 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Teach Children to do Their Own Thinking. Written for the Tradesman. A little boy in my hearing some years ago asked his father how glass 1 happened to know that the father knew a good deal about in- was made. dustries of all sorts and I fully ex- pected to be an incidental beneficiary of an illuminating explanation. Not at ail. “Why do you ask me?” the father said. “I thought you'd know.” “I’m not a glass maker, and I never made any.” The little boy’s eyes involuntarily wandered toward the bookcase; he an- ticipated what his father was going to say. 1 guessed and guessed right- ly, that this was not the first occa- sion of a conversation of this sort. “You see, my boy,” the father con- tinued; “I might think I knew about the making of glass, and give you Even then I would tell you the best I knew how, if it weren't that a person who some very wrong information. knows how glass is made is right here in this house, patiently waiting for you to ask him about it.” “How interesting!” I caught myselt saying aloud. maker. Is this man going to be here long enough to tell me, too?” “I never met a glass- “Oh, no,” the boy said, somewhat scerntully. “You don’t understand what Daddy means. It isn’t a man. it’s a book—the ’neyclopedia, over there on the bottom shelf, He always sends me to it. I just about knew he would.” “You're a very lucky boy,” the father said. “There’s many a boy who wants to know about things, just as you do, but there aren’t any books that he can get at, waiting to answer his questions.” “Don’t you ever answer the boy’s I asked of this father, after his boy was out of hear- ing. “Oh, ves. questions yourself?” I always answer them, and take the utmost pains about it. if they are questions that he cannot easily answer for himself. He knows that. But what I am after is to train him to go to the authoritative sources for the information that he wants. I keep trying to make him see that the best, the finest, the wisest men and women in the world, of this age and previous ages, are waiting on the li- brary shelves to give him the best they have, and that he would be both foolish and ungrateful if he did not let them talk to him. “lam trying to do another thing. I want him to realize that no matter how many years he may spend in col- lege, no matter how many books he may read, no matter how wise he may get to be as compared with other men, the amount of knowledge that he will compared with the amount that there is to know, is in- finitesimal, pitiful. “Therefore, I tell him, it is quite impossible for him to get to that state of education in which he will not al- ways be asking questions, seeking in- formation about facts and processes and people. And the wise man is not so much he who knows the greatest number of things, but he who knows how to find out with the least trouble and the greatest accuracy what he wants to know. have, Therefore, I am training him now to look up all these things for himself. “IT have a large encyclopaedia, but as I do not expect my children to get without information from that, I got for this very pur- pose a comparatively small one, and almost always they are able to get a clear answer to their questions.” assistance the “Suppose they can’t understand what they read there?” “They have only to tell me so and I will spare no pains to help them understand. Not only that, I often try to elaborate what they find, draw- ing their attention to other books from which they can get still further information. In this particular case Iwould take the boy where glass is made if there were any place avyail- able.” “How about spelling?” I asked. “Exactly the same. They used to come and aske me how to spell this, that or the other word, but they sel- dom do it now—unless for some rea- son the dictionary is not accessible I tell them that I often misspell my- self, and that they must not depend upon me or anybody else, but must go to the book in which the correct spelling is kept for their particular use.” “It would be easier to tell them,” I remarked. “Exactly, and that is why, I sup- pose, so many parents do it. But I wart them to get acquainted with the authoritative sources of information. Thus early I am trying to get them over their fear of books of reference. And there is the more important, un- derlying matter of getting them to do things of this sort for themselves. Their mother and I have introduced them not only to the dictionary and the encyclopedia but to the historical atlas, the dictionary of phrase and fable, the geographical gazetteer, en- cyclopaedias of biography, and so on They use them, too. And we find that they naturally turn from these books to the individual volumes in which subjects are further developed, with illustrations that help them to under- stand more completely.” I will testify further that during my visit with this family I was constantly impressed by the extent of the general information and the scope of the gen- eral intelligence exhibited by the chil- dren. But I suspect they did not get it all out of books of reference. The which that father and mother dealt with this particular thing was only one indication of a thought- ful, intelligent, purposeful about their children which was _ re- flected in everything they did with regard to them. Prudence Bradish. (Copyrighted 1920.) —_2++—____ Save the Spruce and Balsam Trees. Cheboygan, May 18—With this I am sending you a clipping from the Cheboygan Democrat. I wish to call your attention to a resolution passed at a meeting of the Cheboygan Farm Bureau and signed by those present. It calls attention to a great and evil practice of cutting down small spruce and balsam tor Christmas trees. The amount of trees annually destroyed must be in the millions. We hear a great deal about re- forestation, but I am sure that the number of trees destroyed would ex- ceed those planted by 100 or more to one. Not only that, but the trees now growing are in their natural soil and surroundings and may be expected to show far greater growth. A small spruce five to seven feet high will become in thirty or forty years a merchantable tree, fit for telephone poles or pulp wood or even lumber. I calculate that a spruce tree, healthy and in proper location is worth at least one dollar if from five to seven feet high. One can readily figure the immense annual loss in dollars to the State. Last December there were over 200,000 of these trees dumped in- to Lake Michigan for which there was no demand in the city of Chicago alone. The spruce and balsam are the only trees left worth mentioning and if nothing is done to prevent it they, too, will vanish like the pine and other forest trees. I do not wish to inflict too long a letter on you, but one can readily see the immense importance of a move in this direction. Government restrictions on news- print paper were recently urged be- fore a Senate investigating committee by Frank A. Munsey, of New York, publisher of five daily newspapers and three magazines. Mr, Munsey de- clared that if the ratio of consump- tion continued for the next 25 years at the rate it had in the last quarter century, there would be no pulp wood iorests left in the world. “I know that sounds like a broad statement, but it is true,” he said. The witness said that even now the manner in attitude May 19, 1920 Nation must look forward to the tim: when daily newspapers will be selling for 5 and even 10 cents. There should be a State wide eru- sade to prevent this useless destrix tion of the finest of our remainin; trees. Through your paper you can exert a wide and salutary influence j favoring this proposition and bringing about a forest conservation so urgent ly demanded and conferring a greai favor on the people now living in this State and for generations to come. A. M. Gerow. ——__~+~-<.____ The Cigarette Hog Again. Grand Rapids, May 18—In the days when tippling was more prevalent than at present the drinking man was considered an intolerable nuisance: When drunk the police was summoned to remove the nuisance to a place where he might recover and at. th: same time relieve decent humanity oi his presence. Not so with the cig arette addict. He is permitted to roam at will, carrying his stinking person and _ boorish manners int: circles of refinement and decency. Ii society is entitled to protection from the vile practices of the drunkards it is also entitled to protection from men whose habits make them stink like a tan yard, the unbearable odors which their habits generate. The writer smoked all grades of tobacco in various forms seventeen years and it was not until he realized that the habit was an unpardonable social of fense that he stopped it. Many who have the habit declare that they can- not break it. Probably they have not tried to. Arthur S. White. GRAHAM & MORTON Transportation Co. CHICAGO In connection with Michigan Railroad BOAT TRAIN 7 P.M. Tuesdays, Thursdays Sundays Freight for CHICAGO ONLY Grocers’ Display Counters No. 46 This glass front counter shows the gocds. Goods well displayed are half sold. Are you interested? If so, let us give you full particulars and price. DETROIT SHOW CASE CoO., Detroit, Mich. May 19, 1920 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 17 Packers’ Decree Does Not Affect Armour Grain Company’s Cereal Business The Armour Grain Company announces that it is in no way affected by this Decree, and is not only continuing the manufacture and sale of its cereal products but is constantly enlarging its business and increasing its production facilities. Under the Packers’ Decree, Armour & Company must, within two years, discontinue the jobbing and handling of cereal products. The Armour Grain Company, however, has already withdrawn the distribution of its products from Armour & Company in a very large territory, and turned same over to the Wholesale Grocers, and in the balence of the country is making the withdrawal from Armour & Company and entrusting its distribution to the Wholesale Grocers as rapidly as it can and as the patronage of the Wholesale Grocers can be secured. Up to now about half the Whclesale Grocers of the entire country have stocked and are marketing our cereal line, and find it in good demand and attractive from a profit standpoint. The patronage of all Wholesale Grocers is solicited. Write us for our terms. Retail trade will find that they can be supplied by jobbers in most territories, but at occasional spots there has been a little confusion in making the change in method of dis- tribution and if retailers unable to find supplies will write us, we will advise them the names of jobbers in their vicin- ity from whom they can purchase. THE ARMOUR GRAIN COMPANY G. E. MARCY, President CHICAGO 18 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN May 19, 1920 Collar Price Increases Attributed To the Retailer. Collars, instead of being one of the chief targets of the profiteer hunters, could be sold to-day at $1.60 a dozen wholesale 1f the demand for them had kept within cording to an executive for one of the been normal limits, ac- largest makers. Making allowance for the natural rise in the price of cotton when world trade once more became possible, he said that the haberdashers by ordering large quantities of col- lars against rumored advances were chiefly responsible for price increases on that vestigation will show, he added, A country-wide in- that with the exception of the local stores, 80 per cent. of the retailers are over- loaded with collar stocks. He placed the amount of this overstocking at from 20 to 50 per cent. article. “A study of conditions among the collar manufacturers,” he said, ‘will show that what profits they may have made are in some due to profit taking on materials, and not on the finished article. Our per- centage of profit on the finished article measure Taw has remained stationary, and the same can be said for our competitors. But it must be remembered that, while the percentage of profit has been the same, in dollars and cents it repre- sents more, because the price of col- On raw materials ahead of actually be lars has advanced. bought would when they market values were placed when they were In silks, prices to unreasonable limits, we re- fused to try and get prices we knew the public could not pay. “But to get back to the retailers’ long needed, used. when the demand shot responsibility for making collar prices high. It would be natural to suppose that if collars doubled in price the de- mand for them would suffer, because, while collars are necessary, they are not actually indispensable, at least stiff collars bought at the store. But buyers disregarded this principle of economics and plunged more heavily They took their selling collars, and only considered that col- with every advance. eyes off the possibilities of lars bought at $2.10 a dozen were now worth $2.25; that collars they had in stock at $2.25 were worth $2.40. Tu other words, they seemed content to take a paper profit and forget that there was no profit unless there was a sale. The result of this plunging was to force our house and others into the cotton goods market, and, through our heavy bidding for the desired ma- terials to shove up prices on ourselves. Is it any wonder that a runaway mar- ket developed in such goods as we needed? “Up to seven weeks ago, despite the high prices of collars and the certainty of a curtailed demand, we had orders calling for 20 per cent. more collars than our fullest production would take care of. In other words, though men were buying fewer collars be- cause they were double in price, the orgy of retail buying was turning in a 20 per cent. higher demand than ever before. Is there anything re- markable, then, in the fact that the manufacturers’ prices advanced and were firm at those advances? “From a careful observation of the situation, we now find that 80 per cent. of the retail over- with collars anywhere from 20 to 50 per cent. The outlook is for retail until more nearly normal. stores are loaded a cessation of buying stocks become This is the only hope for lower prices.” —_—__2-.__ Retailer Should Provide for His Nor- mal Requirements. New York, May 17—The collapse of the “overall” movement in New York—or rather its failure to get properly under way—is not to be tak- en as evidence that the general pub- lic is indifferent to high prices. It is true that the big cities have not shown as much interest in the “overall” movement as the smaller communities, but it would be a mis- take to imagine that the metropolitan dweller has not been influenced by the propaganda against high prices even though it has not moved him to make a show of himself by don- ning denim. Many individuals feel that it is un- fair to vent their resentment against high prices upon a single industry when high prices are universal. Why try to hurt the clothing industry, when other industries contribute just as ef- fectively to the high cost of living? Why boycott the clothier, and smile at the butcher, the grocer, the baker and the landlord? Clothing is not the only item that swells the family budget, and the aver- age individual is wise enough to real- ize that wearing overalls won’t solve his problem. Nevertheless high prices are now doing exactly what they might be ex- pected to do—they are checking buy- ing in every line. The consumer has at last discovered that one way to buy a $4 article at $2—for all practical pur- poses—is to make it last twice as long as it would under ordinary circum- stances. Instead of buying one $2 hat every three months, a man now buys a $4 hat and makes it last six months! That discovery is reflected in the overall movement, and_ abortive though that movement has proven in New York and other large cities, re- stricted buying is nevertheless mak- ing its influence felt. Those who are actively rebelling against high prices by wearing overalls and carrying their own lunches may be comparatively few, but the number of those who are passively rebelling against high prices by curtailing their buying is legion and increasing. This tendency must be taken into consideration by the retailer in every line. Manufacturers cannot be ex- pected to sell their products for less than cost, and retailers should not tolerate the suggestion that it is up to them to do so either. The cry against the profiteer is easily raised and tinds a sympathetic audience wherever it is heard, but the honest retailer should not be intimidated. He is in business to make a legiti- mate profit, and he should not give ear to the demand of the unthinking radical or the officious profiteer-hunt- er who would bring prices back to pre-war levels by force—at the ex- pense of anyone but themselves. Here are three outstanding features of the present general merchandise situation: 1. Wholesale prices will not drop while raw materials remain high, taxes and labor remain unchanged, and pro- duction remains at from 60 to 75 per cent. of what it should be. 2. For some time to come, prices in almost every line will remain at their present levels or go higher— and the public will meet the situation by buying less. 3. The retailer can make no profit from empty shelves. Reckless buy- ing upon the part of the public will soon be a matter of history, but nor- mal buying will continue as strong as ever—overall movements notwith- standing. To meet this normal de- mand, the retailer must have merchan- dise. As far as his line of credit will permit, he should confidently provide for his normal requirements. 2» +> Things Affecting Cotton and Cottons. credits was added curing the week as a kind of anti- dote to the untoward weather in af- fecting quotations on cotton. Actual selling in the growing districts has been very slight of late and shipments are piling up at the various centers. Most of the cotton, however, is of low Orders for export are very small, but considerable cotton is Restriction of grade. awaiting shipment on old contracts. 30th Great Britain and Japan seem to have acquired enough for their needs for some time to come. Uncertainty still prevails as to the prospects for the new crop. In cottons there seems to be a chance that the spinners will have to come down in their prices for yards if they wish to continue to do business, as prices for fabrics are being reduced by both first and second hands. Investigations by Department of Justice agents may result in reduc- tions much than those being forced by the action of retailers trying to move their stocks. greater now Finished goods are feeling the effects of the efforts of a few varieties which are in especial demand. The cotton finish- ers are a little perturbed over the ac- tion taken by the Government in the case of the Hardwood Lumber As- sociation, which is now before the United States Supreme Court. The finishers, like the lumber men, have an open price association and fear it may be adjudged illegal. They offer to show their minutes of proceedings to prove they do not fix prices by any concerted arrangement. Knit goods men are still in a waiting mood. “The Economy Garment” MICHIGAN MOTOR GARMENT Co. GREENVILLE, MICHIGAN—4 Factories—8 Branches We are manufacturers of Trimmed & Untrimmed HATS for Ladies, Misses and Children, especially adapted to the general store trade. Trial order solicited. CORL-KNOTT COMPANY, Corner Commerce Ave. and Island St. Grand Rapids, Mich. We have a complete line in stock for immediate shipment. ORDER NOW SAC STEVENS CRASH (ALL LINEN) Quality Merchandise—Right Prices—Prompt Service | WHOLESALE DRY GOODS URAC Paul Steketee & Sons GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. L = = 2 E e 5 = it Daniel T, WE ARE SHOWING EXCEPTIONAL VALUES ee MEN’S WORK SHIRTS and BOYS’ PANTS Get in touch, through our salesmen or by mail. atton G Company GRAND RAPIDS The Men’s Furnishing Goods House of Michigan . A 2 ’ May 19, 1920 sage 5 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Bargain Basement and Piece Goods City Day ee ee ee Ny Edy Wednesday, May 26th, 1920 We want to convince you that we are the livest Wholesale Dry Goods House in this section, also that we have the largest, most complete and most attractively priced merchandise of any. Everyone of these SPECIALS are excellent items which will boost your business and make you a good profit. You cannot afford to miss this sale as there will also be Special Bargains in all Departments. Railroad conditions are getting worse instead of better. This means that if you order merchandise from a distant point you cannot figure on getting it for a long time. YOUR LOGICAL MARKET IS HERE. If we didn’t have such a complete stock you might have an excuse not to trade with us, but there is every reason why you should trade with us and none to stay away. 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GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN EXCLUSIVELY WHOLESALE NO RETAIL CONNECTIONS 19 20 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN A" = — — = = = SIO t ; niches ew Ld, = Michigan Poultry, Butter and Egg Asso- ciation. President—J. W. Lyons, Jackson. Vice-President—Patrick Hurley, De- troit. Secretary and Treasurer—D. A. Bent ley, Saginaw. Executive Committee—F. A. Johnson, Detroit; H. L. Williams, Howell: C. J. Chandler, Detroit. High Character of Founders of Michigan Pomology. Written for the Tradesman. In reviewing the service rendered the people of Michigan during the first thirty years of its existence I au: impressed by the quarty of work and the unselfishness of the motives of the men who were prominent in ihe activities of the Michigan Horticul- tural Society. There was an_ ideal issue in the purposes and methods which characterized the manufacture of the fabric which was woven into the growth of the State. Everywhere in the literature of the organization one finds a spiritual essence that in- dexes the high mindedness of the peo- ple who were making a useful histor- ical record of accomplishments. Quality in the type of productions; art in processes of development; high commercial standards; honesty in the interpretation of experiments; beauty as an intrinsic factor of all improve- ments—these were all recognized as vital considerations. Inaccuracy of statement, exaggeration in conclu- sions and imputation of bad motives were frowned upon as unworthy and the severest condemnation of dishon- est tree agents’ fulsome commenda- tion of untested varieties, misleading advertising, dishonest packing and false returns of commission men were condemned in unequivocal language. The attitude and utterances of some of the leaders impress me so strong- ly as indicative of the spirit of these men that I am constrained to recall a few examples. Prof. Will. W. Tracy graduated from the Michigan Agricultural Col- lege in 1867 and immediately became active in State horticulture. He was a genius, a keen observer, a lover of nature and a winsome talker. The siiplicity of his style, his ability to glorify common things connected with everyday life, his exact and re- tentive memory and_ his sympathy with rural life made him a welcome guest in any group of horticulturists. He had the gift of aptness in illus- trating and always wanted something in his head or on the table beside him brought in from the out of doors to illustrate his message. He loved children and delighted in quoting them in his addresses and there was an exhilarating freshness in his con- versation and communication that gave a charin to any gathering so for- tunate as te secure his presence. Benjamin Hathaway, of Little Prairie Ronde, had a quaint Quaker- like personality. He was a very mod- est man _ with great resources of knowledge gathered from an intimate acquaintance with nature’s processes. He was a persistent digger and felt rewarded if from thousands of seed- ling strawberries he found one variety cf exceptional merit. He was the erst man in Michigan to grow a wood- it trom the seed. !41 + home was sur- rounded by beautiful wild things gathered from forest and marsh and nothing gave him more pleasure than talking to a friend or a sympathetic audience about his pets in flowers, shrubs, trees and garden products. At the horticultural conventions he was always the center of an admiring group and giving valuable counsel in the matters of improving varieties by selection and treatment. Edward Bradfield and W. K. Mun- son, of Kent county, were enthusias- tic grape culturists and never tired of talking about their favorites. The former had wonderful success with the lona and the latter originated the King. They were both plain men and never used the blandishments of oratery, but when they talked of their specialties the audiences were glad to give rapt attention. Sluman S. Bailey, of Kent county, was a pioneer in growing many at- tractive things. His attention went from one product or process to an- other and having a wonderful facility of expression, he commanded great respect. He loved to “fuss” with new things and had favorites in trees, shrubs, garden vegetables and garden flowers. He had a little irrigation plant and the results of its use were given to the Society and led to more extensive and useful experiments in artificial watering of gardens. He had wonderful success with gladiolas aud distributed beautiful strains freely to others. Prof. W. J. Beal was a versatile writer and a loyal friend to the horti- culturist. For thirty-five years he gave abundantly of his time, energy and attainments to the Society and Was particularly useful in connecting botanical facts with the experiments in horticulture. He was a strong and persistent advocate of the landscape method of treating roadsides, instead of planting trees at regular distances and in right lines. He urged, in and out of season, that there was diver- sion and recreation of the highest or- der in learning to observe nature in all her moods. There was really more fun in watching the ways of plants and animals than in killing birds and catching fish. He contended that it Was not a great victory for man to disclose the fact that he could tri- umph over the strength or cunning of the denizens of the woods, lakes and streams. : Prof. A. J. Cook was a power for good in Michigan horticulture. He was a renowned entomologist and rendered invaluable assistance to the orchardists and gardeners by portray- ing vividly the life history of injur- ious and friendly insects. He became an expert apiarist and brought to- gether in friendly conferences the honey and fruit producers. He was a warm and sympathetic friend of the birds as co-workers with the til- lers of the soil and had little patience with the gunmen and boys engaged in the indiscriminate destruction of insect eating birds. The Agricultural College influence is everywhere apparent in the trans- actions of the Horticultural Society and the testimony of the fruit, in ap- preciation of this influence, is prom- inent and unequivocal. GROCERS and BUTCHERS The 20th Century Computing Scate World’s Best. Liberal exchange allowances for old scales. Write for details. W. J. Kling 843 Sigsbee St., Grand Rapids, Mich. May 19, 1920 M. J. Dark & Sons Wholesale Fruits and Produce 106-108 Fulton St., W. 1 and 3 Ionia Ave., S. W. Grand Rapids, Michigan M. J. DARK | Better known as Mose 22 years experience WE HANDLE THE BEST GOODS OBTAINABLE AND ALWAYS SELL AT REASONABLE PRICES THE PIOWATY STANDARD IS THE MODERN STANDARD IN MERCHANDISING FRUITS AND VEGETABLES A visit to one of our branches will convince you M. Piowaty & Sons of Michigan MAIN OFFICE, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Branches: Muskegon, Lansing, Bay City, Saginaw, Jackson, Battle Creek, Kalamazoo, Benton Harbor, Mich.; South Bend, Ind. OUR NEAREST BRANCH WILL SERVE YOU Kent Storage Company Wholesale Dealers in | BUTTER | EGGS| CHEESE PRODUCE | We are always in the market to BUY or SELL the above products. Always pay full market for Packing Stock Butter date of arrival. Phone, write or wire us. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN MILLER MICHIGAN POTATO CO. Wholesale Potatoes, Onions Correspondence Solicited Frank T. Miller, Sec’y and Treas. Wm. Alden Smith Building Grand Rapids, Michigan xpu ors FITELD SEEDS WILL HAVE QUICK ATTENTION Pleasant St. and Railroads Both Phones 1217 Moseley Brothers, cranp rapins, Micu. May 19, 1920 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 21 T. T. Lyon, long time active Presi- Wholesale Grocer Who Preaches dent of the Society and honorary ex- Patriotism. ecutive until his death, was noted-for the accuracy of his experiments and the exactness of his statements. The learned papers which he presented through the Horticultural Society had notable value for purposes of refer- ence. He did not embellish his con- tributions so as to give them attrac- tiveness when presented to the public, but no papers in all the records of Michigan horticulture are of so much practical value to the student of the science and art of soil production. His statements were absolutely cor- rect and his judgment the very best. The methods of reporting the dis- cussions at conventions and confer- ences during the first half of the Society’s existence could not be bet- tered. Notes were taken by men who discriminated between chaff and grain, so the records were relieved of incon- sequential material which so. often fills space when stenographic reports are used and not very carefully edited by some one familiar with the terms used and the literature emanating from previous meetings. A fact worthy of record and favorable com- ment connected with the history of the Society is the care given to ex- clude from its meetings and its annals the attempts to use the Association to further private selfish purposes. It is a legend that no one was able to “werk the association” in promot- ing ventures, nostrums or money mak- ing devices. Even the tree agents, who were always made welcome, had to mind their p’s and q’s or suffer dis- quieting criticism. During the decade of the nineties the great regret of the Society was that Michigan, being so close to the great Columbian Fair, was so inade- quately represented in all its depart- ments of production through the in- competence of the management and the lack of comprehension of the won- derful opportunity. Even to this day the fact that our horticultural accomplishments and possibilities were so feebly portrayed in our exhibits through mismanage- ments of tunds still rankles in the blood of the fruit growers who would have been glad to contribute of their products for so worthy a cause if they had even been consulted or invited. The Society during this decade gave wide publicity to the bulletins of ex- periment stations which dealt with horticultural subjects and the station at South Haven, in charge of 7. 1. Lyon, (was) a mecea to which) fruit growers journeyed with interest and delight. The location in the midst of the peach belt was wisely chosen, but the character of the soil and par- ticularly the inadequate drainage were unfortunate conditions that have always been a_ handicap. I can not close this chapter with- out referring to the self-sacrificing and loyal service rendered by Charles J. Monroe, of South Haven, as mem- ber of the Board of Agriculture and patron of the State Weather Service; member of the Legislature and leader if ‘various farm Organizations: as an oticer of the State Fair and of the State Horticultural, Society: as an intelligent, progressive and successful fruit grower and as a public spirited citizen. Mr. Monroe never shirked a responsibility and was alive to every opportunity suggested for the furthering of the best practice in fruit growing. He believed in the wonder- ful possibilities of his State and never hesitated to proclaim the promises of what was popularly called “the peach belt” of Western Michigan. He was a great admirer of President Lyon and sought opportunities to bring out the erudition of this modest but won- derful leader in Michigan pomology. Charles W. Garfield. a It’s a day well nigh wasted if at night you know no more about your business than you did in the morn- ing. method and foresightedness in effect I have never seen any advertising which beats the full-page announcements of the Worden Grocer Company, of Grand Rapids, which have appeared weekly in the Michigan Tradesman since the Kaiser started the world For broadmindedness in war. which are prepared by Mr. Guy W. Rouse, presi- These advertisements, dent of the corporation, have become the talk of the trade all over the country. wholesale grocery Whole- sale grocers, as a class, have usually stuck pretty close to their texts-and confined their trade journal an- nouncements to discussions on the merits and reasonablenessofthe goods they handle. Mr. Rouse, on the con- trary, has launched out into fields heretofore untouched by the wholesale advertiser and discussed topics which have a direct bearing on patriotism, good citizenship and the welfare of the people. During the early days of the war his appeals rang out like clarion notes preparing the American people for them. Next came his urgent appeals to as- the crisis which confronted sist the Government by prompt and substantial subscriptions to bond is- sues and financial assistance to all other organizations which sought to alleviate the sorrows and suffering of the war. Later he made vigorous appeals to the people to economize in the use of foods needed by the boys in the training camps and on the front overseas. This was followed by a series of talks to farmers and planters to in crease their acreage and augment the output of their fields and gardens. Then appeared urgent pleas to work- ingmen to increase their efficiency, so that the manufacturing output of this country might be maintained as near- ly as possible. Now he is turning his attention to the farmers again, urging them to keep up the ratio of their planted fields, so the nation may not wake up some morning and find itself faced with the gaunt specter of hunger! He joins issue with the merchants in undertaking to bring about a_ better condition of things than seems pos- sible under existing circumstances. Mr. Rouse’s publicity program is so unidue in design and so cumulative in effect that he has come to be re- garded as the seer and prophet of His ad- vertisements are being reproduced in other parts of the United States, both with and without credit, so that the the wholesale grocery trade. good he does in his own State is be- ing repeated in many other parts of the country. for the fluency with which he dis- Instead of being noted cusses the merits of his matches and molasses, he is quoted in financial and agricultural circles as one of the most practical exponents of patriotism and public spirit developed by the late war.—F rank Stowell in Class. 22 It your store is back in a small town, you are doubly in need of live trade papers to keep in touch with what is going on in your field outside. Bel-Car-Mo Peanut In 8 cium Ib. B u t t e r Not made to fit a price, but to set a standard for high quality. First nature flavored reselected Virginia Pea- nuts, a clean, sanitary factory and Hygienic Tin Pack- ages. Is it any wonder that ‘‘Bel-Car-Mo”’ is popular? Order from Your Jobber WHEN YOU MARVEL at the better goods and prompter service which THE VINKEMULDER COMPANY gives, remember that you are dealing with the oldest produce firm serving the community. You Make Satisfied Customers when you sell “SUNSHINE” FLOUR Watson-HigginsMlg.Co. GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. Merchant Millers Owned by Merchants 5 i s. 8 BLENDED FOR FAMILY USE Products sold by 13 4 THE QUALITY IS STANDARD AND THE Merchants a - PRICE REASONABLE 8 Brand Recommended ’ » : i oe Genuine Buckwheat Flour Graham and Corn Meal J. F. Eesley Milling Co. The Sunshine Mills PLAINWELL, MICHIGAN NewPerfection Flour Packed In SAXOLIN Paper-lined Cotton, Sanitary Sacks Improved | Onoterfiade~ You've tried the rest Now Buy the Best

.>___ Almost the Speed Limit. “At Chattanooga,” said a veteran of the Civil war, “one of the men in my command left early in the action, and no one saw him until after the battle, when he appeared in camp un- wounded and unabashed. Some of the boys accused him of running away, but he wouldn’t admit it, “I only retreated in good order,’ he declared. “T heard of the matter, and a few days later I asked him if he had any idea how fast he had ‘retreated. ’ “Well, I’ll tell you, Cap’n,’ he said. ‘If I had been at home and going after the doctor, folks that saw me passin’ would have thought my wife was right sick.’” —__22.___ Be cordial in greeting your custo- mers, but don’t slop over. Too much gush is unpleasant. CODY HOTEL GRAND RAPIDS $1 ithout bath RATES { $1.50 up ak bath CAFETERIA IN CONNECTION Beach’s Restaurant Four doors from Tradesman office QUALITY THE BEST Livingston Hotel and Cafeteria GRAND RAPIDS Nearer than anything to everything. Opposite Monument Square. New progressive management. Rates $1.00 to $2.50 BERT A. HAYES, Propr. Bell Phone 596 Citz. Phone 61366 Lynch Brothers Sales Co. Special Sale Experts Expert Advertising Expert Merchandising 209-210-211 Murray B dg. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN RI NS TO CHICAGO Sunday, Monday, Wednesday and Friday Nights 7:15 P.M. STANDARD TIME FROM CHICAGO Tuesday, Thursday & Sat'day Nights 7:45 P.M STANDARD TIME Fare $3.85 Plus 31 Cents War Tax. Boat Car leaves Muskegon Electric Station 7:15 P. M. Daily Service Effective Soon. Route Your Freight Shipments “The Goodrich way.” Over-night service. Goodrich City Of- Interurban fice, 127 Pearl St., Station, Y. W., Powers 156 Ottawa Theater Bldg. Ave., N. W. W. S. NIXON, City Passenger Agt. | New Hotel Mertens | | OCCIDENTAL HOTEL Rates, $1.50 up; with shower, $2 up. FIRE PROOF Meals, 75 cents or a la carte. Se oo Wire for Reservation. : : EDWARD R, SWETT, Mgr. h A Hotel to ge aay may send his Muskegon ie Michigan KD CROWN Gaso- line is made espe- ‘cially for automobiles. It will deliver all the power your engine is capable of developing. It starts quickly, it accel- erates smoothly, it will run your car at the least cost per mile, and it is easily procurable every- where you go. Standard Oil Company (Indiana) Chicago, Ill. May 19, 1920 Formal Organization of the Michigan Merchants’ Association. Lansing, May 18—I earnestly urge each and every one of our members to carefully read this bulletin. In my judgment it brings up a very impor- tant matter which should be. thor- oughly understood by the members of all of our Michigan mercantile organizations. On April 21 a meeting was held in Grand Rapids to organize a tem- porary federation of mercantile asso- ciations. This meeting decided that the Presidents of each of the merean- tile associations of the State should constitute an executive committee and that a meeting should be held in the near future to perfect the or- ganization. This meeting was held in Grand Rapids on Tuesday, May 11, and there were present, either in person or by a representative of their organ- ization, the following officers, which constitute the Board of Directors of the Organization known as the Mich- igan Merchants’ Association: W. H. Barney, Pres., Mich. Lumber Dealers Ass’n., Albion. D. M. Christian, Pres., Mich. Retail Dry Goods Ass’n., Owosso. F. B. Drees, Mich. Millers Associa- tion, Lansing. C. J. Farley, Wholesale Dry Goods Dealers, Grand Rapids. W. T. Feetham, Pres., Mich. Retail Jewelers .Ass’n., Sault Ste. Marie. John B. Hutchins, Pres., Mich. Re- tail Clothiers, Ass’n., Grand Rapids. Thomas Jackson, Mich. Retail Shoe Dealers Ass’n., Detroit. E. W. Jones, Pres., Retail Grocers & General Merchants Ass’n., Cass City. Fred S. Piowaty, Wholesale Pro- duce Dealers, Grand Rapids. Howard B. Rowe, Pres., Furniture Club of Michigan, Lansing. H. W. Spindler, Wholesale Hard- ware Dealers, Grand Rapids. C. E. Wilkinson, Pres., Mich. State Pharmaceutical Ass’n., Lansing. BR. 1. Willison,’ Pres.. Mich) plement Dealers Ass’n., Climax. There were also present Lee H. Bierce, Secretary of the Grand Rap- ids Association of Commerce, and Jason E. Hammond, Manager of the Michigan Retail Dry Goods Associa- tion. The purpose of the organiza- tion is fully set forth in the enclosed constitution and by-laws. After a discussion and adoption of the same, article by article, the Board of Di- rectors elected the following officers: President—J. Charles Ross, Kala- mazoo. Vice-President—John G. Clark, Bad Axe. Secretary Rapids. Treasurer—Jason E. Lansing. It was decided that the headquar- ters of the organization shall be the Association of Commerce, Grand Rapids, and upon motion it was di- rected that the President and Sec- retary of the organization should ap- point three committees as follows: Ways and Means, Legislative and Publicity. In a later bulletin the full list of Board of Directors, officers and committee members will be an- nounced, Please read carefully the enclosed Constitution and By-Laws that you may understand fully the object of this organization. In union there is strength, and we desire to have the Michigan Retail Dry Goods Associa- tion be thoroughly in sympathy with the work of the Federated Organiza- tion. Mr. Bierce, the Secretary, -will have general charge of this work. He is a very capable and broad-gauged man and will give service of great value to the retail interests of the State if he receives the support which he deserves. Jason E. Hammond, Retail Im- Lee H. Bierce, Grand Hammond, MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Mer. Ass'n. Michigan Retail Dry Goods CONSTITUTION. Article I—Name. The name of this organization shall be the Michigan Merchants’ Association. Article I1—Object. The object of this organization shall be to promote fair dealings in the hand- ling of merchandise and to protect the interests of the retail and wholesale mer- chants of the State. Article IlI—Residence. - The office of the Association shall be located at Grand Rapids. Article IV—Board of Directors. The entire control, management, direc- tion and execution of the affairs of the Association shall be vested in a Board of Directors, the membership of which shall be prescribed by the by-laws. Such Board of Directors shall have the author- ity to bind the Association in all things and to buy, sell and convey any and oe property in its name and on its be- ialf, Article W—Membership. The qualifications for membership in the Association shall be fixed by the by- laws. BY-LAWS. Article I-—Membership. Any legitimate retail or wholesale mer- chant engaged in business in the State ooo shall be eligible to member- ship. Article Ji—Officers. The Board of Directors shall consist of the president of each of the various State associations of retail and wholesale mer- chants or some other member of these associations designated by the president thereof, At the first meeting of the Board of Directors there shall be chosen a President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer. Article II—Duties of Officers. The duties of the President, Vice-Pres- ident, Secretary and Treasurer shall be those usually incumbent upon such of- ficers as outlined in Roberts’ Rules of Order. Article [V—Meetings. The Board of Directors shall meet upon call of the President or upon the written request of any three members of the Board. Article V—Dues. Kach member of the Association shall pay a membership fee of not less than $5 and shall be requested to pay a greater fee than this pro rata with his annual volume of business, according to a schedule to be submitted by the Ways and Means Committee. Article VI—Committees. Upon authorization by the Board of Directors the President shall appoint the folowing committees of five members each: ' Ways and Means, Legislation, Publicity and any other committees which from time to time shall be deemed necessary. Article VII—Debts. All evidence of debt of this Association shall be authorized by the Board of Di- rectors and signed by the President and countersigned by the Secretary. Article ViII—Discontinuance of Existence As this is a temporary organization, there shall be no annual meeting or elec- tion of officers after the original election, but the President shall call the Board of Directors together immdiately follow- ing the adjournment of the 1921 session of the Michigan Legislature for the pur- pose of determining whether or not this organization shall cease to exist or whether it shall be continued beyond the date of the meeting. +22 Bottom Facts From Booming Boyne City. soyne City, May 18—A. E. Barden, Secretary of the Chamber of Com- merce, has spent the week in per- sonally placing road signs on all the main highways from Manistee on the West Michigan Pike and Cadillac on the Mackinaw Trail to Mackinaw, showing travelers the shortest way to Boyne City. Watch for them when you come North this summer. If vou follow their lead you will land up at the best hostlery in the North. The steamer Griffin put into this port last Friday for inspection. The ofhcers report a very unsatisfactory trip because of the trouble in getting fuel. Waits and delays are not con- ducive to prosperous business, what- ever its nature. Boyne City is very busy with street work. Michigan avenue is being grad- ed for the paving of the county road. Two abutments of the East. street bridge are in. The parked garden areas have been put in shape and the city truck was busy all last week cart- ing the rubbish to the city dump. Boyne City is getting dolled up for the summer and the two new plants are being pushed as rapidly as possi- ble to completion. Spring is really here for sure. Maxy. Will President Morrill Please Answer? Written for the Tradesman. I note with interest the communica- tion of Roland Morrill in the Trades- man of May 5. I would like to Mr. Morrill a few questions. ask Who pays the county agent’s sal- ary? (The county agent is a repre- sentative of the Farm Bureau and his salary in some counties is twice and over that paid to such county officials as the prosecuting attorney, etc.), Who the by the Agricultural College at Lansing in this Farm Bureau plan? Who. appropriates college for this particular Who is responsible? pays expenses incurred Kast promoting a portion of the activity? money to We think that part of the program of the Farm The standardization of [ Bureau is fine. farm products is all right and we are for it. It is a good medium for the dis- seeds and tribution of facts among the farmers of this country; facts that will instill into them the determination and de- sire to raise bigger and better crops. Every fair minded man would be will- ing to donate his little bit toward a program of this kind. this tagonism being spread by leaders of the movement against legitimate We will concede that there shysters 3ut why propaganda of an- business? are among business men as there are among farmers, are happy to believe that the great majority of our people in this great country are honest and well meaning. but we What we are absolutely against is the poor business management of the movement in its present form and the demoralizing effect it is sure to have on legitimate business and in legiti- mate include the busi- ness of farming, one of the most im- portant of all. business we situation, the so- called local co-operative society func- To analyze the tions acocrding to instructions of the county agent, who is a representative of the Farm Bureau. He is looked to for advice and gives it in Farm Bu- reau terms. Each member of the co- society must necessarily the which are more or less uniform and recommend- operative abide by by-laws, ed by the county agent or representa- tive of the Agricultural College. Most of the by-laws contain a clause pro- viding that each member shall pay a tithe into the local society for all business (that the directors shall choose to engage in) done outside based on amount in dollars and cents of products bought or sold. This, we understand, is the policy pursued by the Farm Bureau itself through its elevator exchanges, potato exchanges, etc. growers’ Is this according to the principles on which this Govern- ment was formed? A movement of any kind, in order to serve its purpose, must be formed on good principles. The Farm Bureau, through its subsidiary organizations advocates ness for mutual benefit. It is all wrong. soil for business doing busi- (No profit). Do farmers till their benefit? Can the profits and losses incurred in success- ful business be eliminated? If these are eliminated your business is a fail- ure and a detriment to humanity. mutual 25 Co-operative associations are being thick and fast on the plan, fostered by the which formed above Farm Bureau, intends to hover them all. there is (Politics, Under the present program no limit to their activities. they say are excepted?) Business in- this qualities, cannot help but be deadened. itiative, one of country’s good Members of such movement in its present form will become slaves to the whims of their leaders. Disputes will be settled by the strike method. We starved. In can meet their demands or be fact, these methods are being pursued at the present time. Is there not some humane way of settling these differences? Have not the American people enough faith in their fellow citizens to meet each other on a common footing and rely differ- We firmly believe they have. on common sense to. settle ences? The word profiteer is getting tire- some. Profiteering is not as rampant as people are led to believe. Have we ever stopped to figure what the in- creased cost of doing business and the excess profit tax bear to the so- called profiteer? We respect the farmer and realize that he has to work hard for his earthly goods. In fact, it is the gen- eral rule that it takes brain or brawn and hard work to make a success of any undertaking. The successful far- mer is not the one who feels the prev- alent unrest. He does not link him- self to every fad that comes along. We know because we see and talk with them every day. The Farm Bureau in its present form is doomed to failure. It will work rank injustice on its innocent members as well as on the public at large. The quicker it is curbed, the greater the benefit to all. Let’s start now. Eastern Michigan Grain Dealer. ———_»-2-2—____ Arthur TF. Slacht, who connected with the Grand Rapids Na- has been tional City Bank for fifteen years, has resigned that position to accept one of even greater responsibility and and Chi- with the Continental National Bank of usefulness Commercial cago. Mr. Slaght made an excellent record with the Grand Rapids insti- tution. He gave it his best effort and produced a large amount of business for the bank, giving it wide publicity and creating for it many new friends. In doing this he has made many friends for himself who will join the Tradesman in congratulating him on the enlarged field his new connection will afford him. He will continue to reside in his beautiful suburban home in East Grand Rapids, making this city his headquarters for his opera- tions in Michigan. — +2. —_____ H. J. Milton has purchased the Plaza Hotel, of Ionia, and has re- modeled and refurnished it. He is now having built a fine canopy porch. It is run on the European plan and the accomodations are good and the prices very reasonable. Mr. “IT am pleased to renew. In renewing Milton writes: I like the Tradesman and the traveling men are his subscription pleased to always find it here so they can read it,” 26 Paid Our Teachers Years Ago. Grandville, May 18—Before me as I write lie two teachers’ contracts, duly signed and attested, that show what long ago people thought of this loudly tooted living wage question. It is a mighty commonplace teacher who gets less than $60 to $75 per month these days, with in many in- stances a $50 or $100 bonus thrown in at the Wages Fifty conclusion of the school liitv-two years ago this month a contract was drawn up between a | | nd woman teacher to ine eflect that Aliss Blank was to teach the district school for the term of thirteen weeks, from May [1 to August 13 for the sum of $65. This was $20 Pe month and the teacher was fully qualified to teach in the ] ri a city school. ‘ living wage, I ask you teachers of to-d: Doubtless vou wil! reply that the higher cost of living to-day makes ” the difference in the wor Well, let us see about Common calico, such as the wo- mice wore for every day, was vard and it required ten yards li } SCI001 GITeclor al 4 ke an ordinary woman a dress. POOdS 11 1: he dress making line were proportionately high. In the | of foodstuffs, flour was $20 per ar 25c a pound, kerosene ‘rel, gallon, sheeting and blue c - yard. Those were not ‘ap times as you moderns im- required a week’s salary for 1 pay for a print dress; nth’s salary to purchase barrel of flour, other things in pro- portion, and yet the teachers in that 1ade no complaint, accepting the wages with becoming grace and nature. The Se€coi 1ers’ contract that years date Nov. 3. 1861, a matter of nearly sixty years ago, and was an agreement between -ector and a man teacher, well qualified to teach in any school in the country. This was a winter ‘-hool of four months duration, the salary being designated as $20 per month. Mind you, hes betore me, there was no kick coming source. No grumbling about starvation wages, and when the term closed the salary was paid over to the teacher in a lump sum, not, however, with a bonus added. Had the district board had the gall to make the teacher a present of $20 or more at the expense of the taxpayers, what would have been the result? You may well imagine that said direc- tor and other members of the board ld never serve another term in that district; furthermore, the men who generously filched from the pockets of the taxpayers this bonus ould have been branded trom any wou i as dishonest men. They would have been despised in the community as wholly untrust- worthy. Doubtless those were days when a spade was called a spade, when public icials were held to a strict account- ity for their acts. Times have ged. One can read almost daily wane raising by school boards and yonUSES being paid out of the pub- lic fun a for purposes wholly unau- thorized by law. Such slackness with regard to pub- lic deals seems to threaten evil re- sults in the future and should be frowned upon by the citizens of the Various districts of the state. No doubt our schools are run on a better plan than were those of half a century ago. I deny, however, that present day teachers are more intel- ligent or better qualified for the work they are called upon to do. An over- looking of papers submitted for ex- amination by would-be teachers of to- day shows some discouragingly bad breaks and leads one to wonder how such crass ignorance can come out of a schoolroom. Those old time teachers were not particularly coddled with the belief the life of the Nation depended on MICHIGAN TRADESMAN them. They taught five and a half days every week, six full hours a day. Chey put in full time without a mur- mur, remembering that this is what they agreed to do. The fact that we have shorter hours now may be no disparagement, since we are told that under modern methods a child learns more readily and retains that knowl- edge far longer than under the old way. The present restlessness and dis- content among all classes of wage earners is unnatural and undesirable. The way out to better things, how- ever, cannot best be brought about by coddling a certain class with the idea that they are superior beings, who are so necessary to the welfare of the country that anything they have a mind to ask will be granted, no mat- ter how unjust and burdensome it may be upon the great mass of our people. The trouble comes from people who do not and can not earn more, yet demand more for the mere reason that they want to spend more. The more they get the more they want, and no matter how much they get they are never satisfied, which we must admit is a bad, unnatural state of affairs. The public weal demands that those workers in all lines of endeavor, from teacher to hodcarrier, take a tuck in their reasoning powers and come back once more to a state of at least semi- sanity, make no more demands for unearned money, but settle themselves into the harness with an earnest pur- pose to earn the wages they are get- ting. When they do this it will be time enough to discuss that which lies in the future. Old Timer. ——_>--~> How Ionia Merchants Regard the Tradesman. Bert Lampkin & Son, clothing: “We like the Tradesman and we like Mr. Stowe for the stand he took in the Newberry case and we admire the way he goes after Sleeper and the whole disreputable bunch, both State and National. If we had more editors like Stowe that was not afraid to print the truth we would have less graiters and crooked politicians and a cleaner county, State and National government.” Thomas A. Carten, dry goods: “We like the Tradesman very much and are pleased to renew our subscrip- tion.” M. Agostini, confectioner and ice dealer: “I have taken the Tradesman one year and like it fine. It is a great help to me and I am pleased to renew my subscription.” Quality Store: “The Tradesman is fine. Like it ever so much. Stowe certainly is doing a great work for His editorials and writings are sound and what he says in regard to Glasgow for Governor is dead right. We think he is by far the best one in the field, except, of course, our own Fred Green. If he is forced in- to the race Ionia would be solid for him.” Ionia Hardware Co: Tradesman. Would not keep store without it. Tell Stowe to keep right on going after crooks and crooked politicians. He is doing a lot of good. Stick to Fred Green. You cannot say too much for him. He is worth his weight in gold and he does things. Geo. Nichols is a good smart fellow. Please do not stir up his past and the water deal.” R. M. Cheney, harness dealer: “I like the Tradesman. It is full of valuable information and I am willing to renew my subscription.” cream the trade. “We like the Essential to Success in Cigar Busi- ness. Don’t forget that success in the cigar business depends upon the qual- ity of the goods the dealer offers. There are more good judges of to- baccos amongst smokers than there are among dealers. It has often been said that the average man smokes with his eyes; this is undoubtedly true but it does not contradict the claim that the consumer is a connoisseur. The smoker may judge by appearance as well as his palate, but it is all quality just the same, and the smoker will not continue to use a cigar mere- ly because it looks good. He may try it once or twice on appearance, but if it has not the taste and burn, and the general character which concurs with his views of what a cigar should be, he will not stick to the brand. It is easy enough to go into the cigar busi- ness, but if you are going to stay in it, you must stick to the quality prop- osition; this is imperative. Let the slogan of every dealer be: Good cigars. well selected, well kept, cour- tesy, service. If this policy prevails the smokers will flock to his store as bees around a hive, with the result that two blades of grass will grow where only one grows now. ——_22~ Don’t think the world is not giving you a square deal. If you give the world a square deal you will receive the same with interest. —_2~-<___ Theodore Roosevelt said, “Every man must have a master. If you are not your Own master some one else will be.” May 19, 1920 CAND TRADE Mark The “DOUBLE A” Kind Made by People Who Know How Our record of over fifty years of continuous growing business, not only in Michigan but all over the United States, speaks for itself. You take no chances when you buy ‘Double A’’ Brand. TRADE The Sign of Good Candy Mark Made in Grand Rapids by NATIONAL CANDY CoO. PUTNAM FACTORY Grand Rapids, Michigan Ask for a copy of our latest price list. We are agents for LOWNEY’'S in Western Michigan. Grand Rapids, Mich. i aca Ice Cream never reached the present day heights for purity and wholesomeness until the ‘‘Arctic’? came into the field. If you’re an “Arctic Dealer’’ the public knows you are particular in selecting your stock. Write us for information re- garding the necessary steps to take for you to become an Arctic Dealer. ARCTIC ICE CREAM CO. Claude G. 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Prices, however, are liable to change at any time, and country merchants will have their orders filled at market prices at date of purchase. DECLINED © ~ ADVANCED Mazola Raisins Molasses Salsoda Rolled Oats » 22498 AMMONIA Blackberries CHEESE Arctic Brand 3 Ib. Standards ..... Bak 32 12 oz. ec 2 doz. box 300 No. 16 @13 00 Wisconsin Flats _____.. 33 16 oz. 25c, 1 doz. box 1 75 Noreen Se =e 32 oz. 40c, 1 doz. box 2 85 Beans—Baked New York | ~-_-.-_------ 5 Moore’s Household Brand Brown Geauty, Wo. 2 1 35 Michigan Full Cream _. 30 12 oz., 2 doz. to case 270 Campbell, No. 2 —--- 1 50 : a ai ae CHEWING GUM _ AXLE GREASE Van Camp, % lb. ..__-—- 80 «= Adams Black Jack ____ 7 “an Camp, 1 tb. 125 Beemans Pepsin ____ ri) Wan Camp, 1% ib. ___ 1 60 Becconut 80 Van Camp, 2 ib. 180 Leublomint . 7 Miae Soruce 70 Beans—Canned duicy Fruit 7 Red Kidney ---- 1 35@145 Spearmint, Wrigleys -- 70 Siring A So@e 0 YeCatan 70 War 1 a5@e 90 Zeno 2 65 Lame i 20@2 3d Ren 2 95@1 25 CHOCOLATE Pies Bouton Walter Baker & Co. Sumhamcs Y Oz. 250 Caracas _ 43 — ' Premium, 4s or %s —. 56 orn c Walter M. Lowney Co. Standara _.__ 1 45@1 65 Premium, 4S _..... 50 Country Gentleman _- 2 00 Premium, 4s | 50 Maine _-. 1 90@2 25 bce IGA 25 Ib. pails, per doz. 18 80 : eee Pe — a Hoeey 135 Nationa! Grocer Co. Brands BAKED GOODS jackon = CEM Rafah, Diplomet- Loose-Wiles Brands He eed re 7 Ftc r ‘Y *-kers bg 18 Lobster : wa ja. : te ona . ‘ Ped ecet teg enomedl i 245 El Rajah, Epicure, 50 74 00 1 Ww. Bitter Gack 1 & ob. 4 60 oe — - “9 Graham Crackers —._.. 18 El co ea air 2 Mic Suni Ear 25 Mackerel 50> , e "100 00 iL. W. Gmeer Snaps... 18 Mustard, 1 ib. _____ 1 80 oe ich cb a Honey Girl Plain —_.__- 26 Mustard: 2 ib. _ 2 80 Bae “ek bP co esate pe 00 Honey Girl Iced —_____ 26 Soused, 146 lb. i 60 a. Pack nat 90 00 Cocoanut Taffy _______ 28 Soused, 2 ib, 2 75 acs be = oa Wamilia Water ______ __ 40 - i eo 100 00 Subject to quantity dis- : Mushrooms cis Mungo Park, saa count. ro ei per can an ee 105 00 BLUING Jennings’ Condensed Pearl Small, 3 doz. box —... 2 55 Large, 2 doz. box ____ 2 70 BREAKFAST FOODS Cracked Wheat, 24-2 4 60 Cream of Wheat —... 9 00 Grape-Nuts _.._______ 3 80 Pillsbury’s Best Cer'l 2 90 Quaker Puffed Rice -. 5 60 Quaker Puffed Wheat 4 30 Quaker Brkfst Biscuit 1 90 Quaker Corn Flakes 3 35 Ralston Purina —_____ 4 00 Ralston Branzos ----_ Ralston Food, large __ Ralston Food, small _.. ¢ Saxon Wheat Food _. 5 Shred Wheat Biscuit Triscuit, 18 HP bot J we OI y=) Kellogg’s Brands Toasted Corn Flakes 4 20 Toasted Corn Flakes Individual 2 00 Keumbics _..._.._ 4 20 Krumbles, Individual 2 00 Sisculkt 2 00 Drinket 2 60 Peanut Butter _..__ 3 65 mo. 2432, Goze. | ee han 3 60 BROOMS Standard Parlor 23 Ib. 5 75 Fancy Parlor, 23 Ib. _. 8 00 Bx. Fancy Parlor 25 lb. 9 50 Ex. Fcy, Parlor 26 lb. 10 00 BRUSHES Scrub selid Back, & in. _._. 1 50 Selid Back, 11 in. .. 1 76 Pointed Ends _.._____ 1 25 Stove No. 1 110 No. 2 1 35 Shoe aot 90 NO. 2 22 1 25 NO. 8B 2 00 BUTTER COLOR Dandelion, 25c size _. 2 00 Perfection, per doz. __ 1 75 CANDLES Poarefime, 66 _.. 16 Paramine, 125 Witkine = 40 won“ GOODS les 3. Ib. Stankaras --@2 26 Oe | @7 00 per can__ 1 00 Piums California, No. 3 ~... 2 40 Pears in Syrup BAichipan 2 50 Caliiormin 20 5 50 Peas Marrowitst _ 1 60@1 90 Early June _... 1 45@1 90 Early June sifd 1 75@2 40 Peaches California, No. 24% California, No. 1 _._ Michigan. No. 2 4 Pie, gallons ee 12 60 Pineapple Grated, No. 2 4 00 Sliced No. 2 Extra _. 4 76 Pumpkin Van Camp, NO, 2: 160 Van Camp, No. 10 ___ 4 60 Lake Shore, No. 3 _.. 1 35 Vesper, No. 19 _. 3 90 Saimon Warren's 1 Ib. Tall __ 4 Warren's % Ib. Flat 2 Warren’s 1 Ib. Flat -. 4 2 Bea Ajaska : ) Med. Red Alaska ___. 3 50 Pink Alaska __ 2 40@2 65 Sardines Domestic, 4s -. 6 00@6 50 Domestic, %s -. 7 00@8 00 Domestic, %s ~. 7 00@8 00 California Soused -___ 2 00 California Mustard —. 2 00 California Tomato —_ 2 00 Sauerkraut Hackmuth, No. 3 ...._ 1 6D Silver Fleece, No. 3 1 60 Shrimps Dunbar, Is doz. ____.. 2 10 Dunbar, 144s doz. .__.. 3 75 Strawberries Standard No. 2 ...... 4 50 Fancy, No. 2 5 60 Tomatoes No. 2.00 1 35@1 75 No. 3 2 1 80@2 35 no. @7 00 CATSUP Sniters & of 1 85 pmiters 16 96 3 10 Royal a. 10 - —.. - 3p Nedrow, — Royal Red. oo ___.. 10 00 Discount on Mungo Park. Lots of 500, $1 per 1,000 Lots of 1,000, $2 per 1,000 Lots of 2,500, $3 per 1,000 Worden Grocer Co. Brands Harvester Line. Record Breakers, 50s 75 00 Delmonico 50s ...... 75 00 Panatelia, 50s ....... 75 00 opicure, 508 ........ 95 00 Favorita Extra, 50s 95 00 Presidents, 50s 112 50 Royal Lancer Line Pavorita, b0s 2 75 00 imperiaics, 50s ______ 95 00 Magnificos, 50s _._.. 112 50 La Azora Line Washington, 50s .... 75.00 Panatelia Foil, 50s .. i) 00 aristocrats 75 00 Perfecto Grande, 50s 95 00. Opera, 608 57 00 Sanchez & Haya Clear Havana Cigars. Made in Tampa, Florida Diplomatics, 50s -... 95 00 Rosa, 20s 115 00 Bishops, 50s ....... 115 00 Reina Fina, 50s Tins 115 00 Oueens, 608 ........ 135 00 Worden’s Special _. 150.00 Ignacia Haya Made in Tampa, Florida. Extra Fancy Clear Havana Delicados, 50s -..._ 120 00 Frimeres, 608 __ 140 00 Rosenthal Bros. R. B. Cigar (wrapped in tissue) 50s ..... 60 00 Lewis Single Binder 58 00 Manilla Cigars From Philippine Islands daone. 100s .._......, 37 50 Other Brands Charles the Eighth iPS. mestic), S05 ....... 70 00 2, O08 56 00 Hemmeter Champions, ee 59. Scarlet Runner, 20s__ 36. [00 El Dependo, ae 37.50 Court Royal, 50s ____ 60 00 Court Royal, 25 tins 60 00 Quaiex, 50s ......... 50 00 Knickerbocker, 50s __ 58 00 Boston Straight, 50s 56 00 Trans Michigan, 50s 58 00 Templar Perfecto, 50s 95 00 imgquois, 50s 56 00 CKEOTHES LINE Hemp, 50 ft. 3 Twisted Cotton, 50 ft. 3 25 Twisted Cotton, 60 ft. 3 90 Braided, 50 ft. an on 5 25 COCOA bers 53 Bunte, 15¢ size _.____ 55 Bunte, % See 50 Bunte 1 ih. 48 CleveianG ___.... 41 Colonial, S Colonial, Hens Hersheys, Hersheys, % avier 36 Lowney, Lowney, Lowney, t8 47 Lowney, 5 lb. cans ___. 48 Van Houten, %S LS 12 Van Houten, ws ______ 18 Van Houten, ae ee 36 Van Houten, is 65 Wan tte, 36 Webbe jo 2 a 33 Wilbur, *45 3. 33 Wilbur, 4s 33 COCOANUT 18s, 5 Ib. case Dunham 46 MS, 6 lb, Case . 45 4s & %s, 15 lb. case 45 6 and 12c pkg. in pails 4 75 Bik, Pals 2 38 Bulk, barreis 2 35 48 2 oz. pkgs., per case 4 00 48 4 oz. pkgs., per case 7 50 COFFEE ROASTED Bulk Bio 25@28 PANTO 2 37@40 Maracapo 20 43 Mlexican (2000 43 Giteamaia 0 42 deve 22 50 Mocha 0 50 Borota 43 Peaverty oo 41 Package Coffee New York Basis ATDNCKIS 22 38 50 McLaughlin’s XXXX McLaughlin's XXXX pack- age coffee is sold to retail- ers only. Mail all orders direct to W. F. McLaugh lin & Co., Chicago. Coffee Extracts N, ©, per i100 2. 10% Frank’s 250 packages 14 50 Hummel's 50 1 Ib. 10 CONDENSED MILK Basie, 4 doz. 2. 12 00 Leader, 4 doz. _..- 9 90 EVAPORATED MILK Carnation, Tall, 4 doz. 6 60 Carnation, Baby, 8 dz. 5 90 ret, (20 6 60 ret. any 4 45 Van (Camp, Tall... 6 60 Van Camp, Gaby ___ 4 45 Dundee, Tall, doz. __ 6 60 Dundee, Baby, 8 doz. 6 00 Silver Cow, Tall, 4 dz. 6 50 Silver Cow Baby, 6 dz. 4 25 MILK COMPOUND Hebe, Tall, 6 doz. _..._ 4 20 Hebe, Baby, 8 doz. __ 4 00 Carolene, Tali, 4 doz. 4 35 CONFECTIONERY Stick Candy Pails Horehound 33 Standara - 0 32 Cases Pure Sugar ___. 6 00¢ rae 15 Boston Sugar Stick _ Mixed Candy Paitis Broken oo 32 Cue tioet oo 32 Groters oo 24 MHincersarten _... 3D Lee ger 22 33 Premio Creams - ___._ 44 Pee. 30 x 1 0 27 Hrench Creams — 33 Specialities Pails Auto Kisses (baskets) 31 Bonnie Butter Bites._ 35 Butter Cream Corn __ 38 Caramel Bon Bons __ 37 Caramel Croquettes __ 33 Cocoanut Waffles __. 37 Cony Telly 40 Fudge, Walnut ______ 35 Fudge, Walnut Choc. 35 Champion Gum Drops 28 Raspberry Gum Drops 28 Iced Orange Jellies __ 32 Italian Bon Bons ____ 32 AA oo Drops > > be 2 15 Manchus 31 Nut Butter Puffs ____ 35 Chocolates Pails Assorted Choc. _______ 37 Champion 36 Honeysuckle Chips __ 53 Klondike Chocolates__ 45 Napous 5 Nibble Sticks, box __ : 75 Mut Wafers... Ocoro Choc. Caramels 43 Peanut Clusters _____ 50 feuintette oo 37 Rene 2 Victoria Caramels ___ 42 Gum_ Drops Champion 22. 28 Raspperry —....._.-__ 28 Favorite —_ ot Superior — == = 29 Orange Jellies -----_ 32 Lozenges . A Pep. Lozenges -~ 35 . A. Pink Lozenges 35 . A Choc. Lozenges 35 Motto Lozenges —_-. 37 Motto Hearts -.. Bd Hard Goods Lemon Drops -------- 32 O. . "Horehound Drps 32 Anise BuDAares _____. a0 Peanut Soauares __... 2 Rock Candy __....._ 40 Pop Corn Goods Cracker-Jack Prize ae : Checkers Prize —.--__ Cough Drops oxes Putnam Menthol ---- 2 25 Smith Gres. =... 1 65 COOKING COMPOUNDS Mazola Pints, tin, 2 doz. Quarts, tin, 1 doz. -- 7 25 1% Gal. tins, 1 doz. -. 13 75 Gal. tins, % doz. -.. 13 50 5 Gal. tins, % doz. —_-21 00 COUPON BOOKS 50 Economic grade __ 2 50 100 Economic grade 4 50 500 Economic grade 20 00 1,000 Economic grade 37 50 Where 1,000 books are ordered at a time, special- ly printed front cover is furnished without charge. CREAM OF TARTAR 6 ib. boxes 220 75 3 lb. boxes DRIED FRUITS Apples Evap’ed, Choice, blk ~~ 22 Apricots Evaporated, Choice --- 33 Evaporated, Fancy ---- 45 Citron 19 16. box 22 60 Currants Packages, 12 oz. 20 Boxes, Bulk, per lb. 23@27 Peaches Choice, Unpeeled 22 Evap. Fancy, Unpeeled 24 Evap. Evap. Choice, Peeled 23 Evap. Fancy, Peeled ~~ 25 Peel Lemon, American -... 35 Orange, American .-.. 36 Raisins Choice S’ded 1 lb. pkg. 24 Fancy S’ded, 1 Ib. pkg. 25 Thompson Seedless, Ll ib. pke. . ee | Seedless, buk __ ee California Prunes 80-90 25 lb. boxes -._.@18% 70-80 25 Ib. boxes -__.@19 60-70 25 Ib. boxes ~._@20 50-60 25 lb. boxes -__.@21\% 40-50 25 Ib. boxes ~-._@25 30-40 25 lb. boxes _-_.@28 FARINACEOUS GOODS Beans Med. Hand Picked --- 8% California Limas -__. 16% Brown, Holland ---___ Farina 25 1 lb. packages _... 2 80 Bulk, per 100 Ibs. -._. Hominy Pearl, 100 ib. sack __ 5 50 Macaroni Domestic, 10 lb. box_. 1 10 Domestic, broken bbls. 8% Skinner's 24s, case 1 37% Golden Age, 2 doz. —-_ 1 90 Fould’s, 2 doz. 1 Pearl Barley (Renter: 20 6 50 Peas Seotca, ib 7 Spat, 19. 2 9 Sago mast India oo.) il Tapioca Pearl, 100 Ib. sacks -___ 11 Minute, 8 oz., 3 doz. 4 05 Dromedary Instant, 3 doz., per case ._..__ 2 70 FISHING TACKLE Cotton Lines No. 2, 15 feet 2 1 45 No.8, 15 feet 220 1 70 NG. 4,515 feet 22200 1 85 ING. 5, 15 feet oo) 215 No. |G) 15 feet 22 2 45 Linen Lines Small, per 100 yards 6 65 Medium, per 100 yards 7 25 Large, per 100 yards 9 00 Floats No. 1%, per gross __ 1 50 No. 2, per gross ____ 1 75 No. 2%, per gross __ 2 25 Hooks—Kirby Size 1-12, per 1,000 __ 34 Size 1-0, per 1,000 _. 96 Size 2-0, per 1,000 __ 1 15 Size, 3-0, per 1,000 =. 1 32 Size 4-0, per 1,000 =. 1 65 Size 5-0, per 1,000 __ 1 95 Sinkers No. 1, per eross __._ 65 No. 2, per gross _____ 12 No. 3, per gross _____ 85 No. 4, per gross 1 10 No. o, Der gross —____ 1 45 No. ©, Der gross _.. 1 85 No. (, per gross _____ 23 No. 8, per gross _____ 3 35 No. 9, per gross ____ 4 65 FLAVORING EXTRACTS Jennings Pure Food Vanila Terpeneless Pure Food Lemon = Per arr ( Dram 17 Cent - |. 1 40 1% Ounce 25 Cent __ 2 Ounce, 37 Cent ____ 2% Ounce 40 Cent 2% Ounce, 45 Cent _ 4 Ounce, 65 Cent 8 Ounce $1.00 | 7 Dram, 17 Assorted_. 1 40 14% Ounce, 25 Assorted 2 00 coo eo co Oh a So FLOUR AND FEED Lily W hite ee 16 40 Graham 25 lb. per ewt. 6 55 Golden Granulated — 25 lbs., per cwt. ___ 5 65 towena Pancake 6 Ib. Compound Rowena Buckwheat Compound 2 Rowena Corn Flour, Watson Higgins Milling Co. New Perfection, %s 16 40 Meal Gr. Grain M. Co. Bolted oe 5 60 Golden Granulated __. 5 Su Wheat No. 1 Red 3 10 No. 1 White |) 4 3 os Oats Michigan Carlots ___. 1 25 bess than Carlots 1 40 Corn lariots . in Soe A uess than C ariots (20 2 25 Hay Canora oo 34 00 Less than Carlots -. 36 00 Feed Street Car Feed —_. 83 00 No. 1 Corn & Oat Fd 83 00 Cracked Cor =. _. 83 00 Coarse Corn Meal -. 83 00 FRUIT JARS Mason, % Mason, pts., Mason, qts., Mason, ¥% gal., gro 11 00 Mason, can tops, gro 2 85 Ideal Glass Top, pts. 9 15 Ideal Glass Top, qts. 9 60 Ideal Glass Top % pints, gro 8 00 per gross 8 40 per gro 8 75 eatlion 2 12 00 GELATINE Cox's 1 doz. large -. 1 45 Cox's 1 doz. small -- 90 Knox’s Sparkling, doz. 2 25 Knox's Acidu’d doz. 2 Minute, 1 doz. —.-.__ 35 Minute, 3 doz. —.._- 4 05 Neison’s 1 50 Oxford 22 75 Plymouth Rock, Phos. 1 55 Plymouth Rock, Plain 1 35 Watkesha 1 60 yaa renee Rd iC : May 19 , 1920 MI CHIGAN TR AD ES MA N 29 HID | ES | a hea PELTS . | Gre on a : an PET cured, Ne --- 2 eo 88) Sa ; Sars Ce Ifski | re i : s z as oe 22 Gan Crow a ron Barrels ay *altskin, a Ne 3 om i ( SKU ee oO. 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The shortage of labor in this coun- try is due to the fact that around 700,000 people who were formerly en- gaged in other lines of production, notably the building trades, are now employed in the manufacture of au- tomobiles and automobile accessories, Oi all the great problems which confront this land of riches to-day that of a place in which to live: that of something to eat and that of some- thing to wear, the simplest neces- sities, are the most difficult to obtain, while the luxuries are to be had upon every hand, and the problem will con- tinue to grow more serious from day to day until it is relieved in ‘one way or he Government has ceased to func- tion upon behalf of the great mass of One department of the goy- ernment tells us that prices are going down while another department pre- sents carefully compiled statistics to show that prices are advancing in or- der that a few may obtain a further increase in wages because of an agree- nent that if the cost of living ad- vances they shall obtain an increase in wages. Whatever other things may do rents will advance as places to live continue to grow more scarce. il ’ Prices of food W } will increase as con- trol of prices and a short supply will permit, while prices of raiment will show tremendous increases. This is not wild conjecture. It is based upon experience and opinion of men of wide experience and intimate associa- tion who have studied the problem and do not hesitate to sav now what hey think the future has in store. If this country were not prospering as at never has before and were not the prospects of a continuance of this prosperity likely this forecast would be the extreme of pessimism meaning and depression. 1, 1 1 ar sdertal-i the people who are undertaking to ive the housing and kindred prob- lems do not think back upon the vears that are gone. They do not think of the causes up to the present condition, Our present condition in f people to employ began many vears ago. Take the building in- } i “49 ook we } - : dustry as an illustration. About eigh- Tee1 | abundance were organized anc to. pro- hibit the employment of apprentices. Pi a ae a re was a time when a brickmason desired that his son handling his working with and time he left school ituation in the work and make nd tor building. builder could go ou ti u before time to oa. Mons £4 oa ok ees pegil Work and find a score of good strong, substan mechanics in the various ble-bodied life, who Los less, from which he knew their busi could select; but he cannot do this MICHIGAN TRADESMAN to-day. He is compelled to employ men whom ten to fifteen years ago he would have been afraid to permit to sweep out his office. They might fall over a chair, and he would have been called upon to pay for their injuries. Besides building construction is dirty work; one gets his hands and _ his clothes soiled, the weather is bad, it is cold, he is laid off and loses his pay. The war came on, the Government interfered with building construction: it was a non-essential: men were thrown out of work; they went to work in munition factories, building cantonments, and to building ships at higher wages than they had ever be- fore received. This had the bad effect of taking almost all away from home. When the war was over, what did they do? Their work had taken them away from home, their former rela- tions were dislocated, the change was a novelty and they like it. To where did the men go? The great bulk of these men have gone to work in the automobile and tire factories in De- troit and Akron. These are the seats r There they are sure of steady employment of the automobile industry. at higher wages than they had ever before. Much of the work didn't require any particular skill: they worked indoors eight hours a known day for $5 and $6 a day, and if they worked overtime they were paid for it. Under these conditions why should a man work in building con- struction? In addition to this, a workman has his life insured, he has a club room, in some instances a vacation with pay and he is going to remain at his work just as long as it is possible for him sut men employed in build- to do so. | ing construction are so scarce that they can demand and get $10 or more a day and it will soon be $15 a day for interior workmen because they are so hard to get. Few houses are being erected to-day and is it any wonder! We think the question of housing is a problem, what ill it be after a little while? “In a tew months we will find out how seri- Wi ous it really is. said a successful ler. “I would not undertake to- ate Hi1i¢ day to put up a building if someone were to bring me a long list of ten- ants of the most responsible sort with all the leases signed, for no one has any idea of the obstacles we are called upon to surmount. 1 am Formerly we counted on tour or five months to finish a building; no living man can tell you am through. to-day whether a building can be fin- ished in six months, eis months or a year, and the likelihood is hat when it is finished there will not be a single contractor on the job who was there when the work started. If we can obtain me we cannot secure materials, and if we can obtain ma- terials we may not be able to get the -n to do the work. Take the subject of raw materials. i It is becoming a serious matter with many oi the big concerns when they will get materials to put into their ma- One big manufacturer has a rubber plantation of thousands of chines. acres in. Ceylon, while another has cotton plantations of thousands of acres in this country. The manufac- turers of automobiles are absorbing May 19, 1920 HEYSTEK & CANFIELD Will ship your order today PARCEL POST—FREIGHT—E XPRESS I'roducts and commodities listed are Any information desired, viz: prices, carried in stock for immediate delivery. colorcards, samples, ete.; will be sup- plied upon receipt of request. Automobile Enamels Alcohol (Completely and = Specially Denatured) T. & B. Asphaltum Alum Aluminum Paint and Bronze Barn Paints (Criterion and Bridge- port) Bronze Powders (Gold and Colors) Boston Varnish Co. (Clear Varnishes and Stains) Bronzing Liquid Brushes (Factory and Painters) Cutlery (Painters and Paper Hangers) Criterion (Paints, Stains, Varnishes) Dry Colors (Domestic and Imported) Enamels (White and Colored) (Bos- ton, Standard, O’Neil’s Denny-Hil- born and Bridgeport) Fillers (TV'aste Liquid and Crack) Floor Enamels (Boston and Bridge- port) Glues (LePage’s and Flake Ground) Graphite (Dry and Pale) Lead (Pure and Graded) Ladders (Painters) Lamp Black (Dry and Oil) Mops (O’Cedar) Japans and Japan Colors a, & B. Japan Dryer Oils (Linseed, Gloss and Rubbing) Oil Colors (Masuarys and Bridgeport) Paste (Rex) Polish (O’Cedar, Wondermist, Liquid Veneer) Paper (Criterion Wall Paper & Crys- tal Bay Sand Paper) Paints (Bridgeport) Putty (Oily and Water) Pumice Stone (Domestic and Im- ported) Rubbing Felt (All Thicknesses) Rotten Stone Roof Paint (Liquid and Plastic) Shades (Window) Shellac (Pure Orange and White, all Weights) Sponges Steel (Wool and Shavings) Silex (Bridgeport) Stains (Standard, Bridgeport, Boston & Johnson's) Stains (Dry) Shingle Stains (Criterion and Bridge- port) Trestles (Paper Hangers) Varnishes (Boston, Standard and Bridgeport) Varnish Stains (Bridgeport Kyanize and Lacqueret) Varnish Removers (Lingerwette and Boston) Wax (Johnson's & Old English and Bridgeport) Wall Paper Cleaners (Climax) Wall Finishes (Alabastine and Mura- lite) Whiting Waste (White and Colored) Wool Steel Wall Paper and Window Shades CRITERION WALL PAPER AND WINDOW SHADES Do you want the Du Pont exclusive agency? Big Business—Better Profits—Best Line Heystek & 61-63 Commerce Ave. Canfield Co. Grand Rapids, Mich. Michigan Distributors E. |. Du Pont De Nemours Company “ight months, ten . Lily White “‘The Flour the Best Cooks Use’”’ is made to “make good” and it does. Only the very choicest varieties of wheat are used in its manufacturc, and the wheat is cleaned four times, scoured three times and actually washed once before going onto the rolls for the first break. This eliminates every particle of dirt from the grain, making it impossible to preserve the natural flavor of the wheat. The result of careful, sanitary milling is immediately apparent in LILY WHITE FLOUR, which bakes the most delicious bread and pastries you have ever eaten. Your dealer will refund you the purchase price if you do not like LILY WHITE FLOUR better. VALLEY CITY MILLING CO. Grand Rapids, Mich. Ads like these are being run regularly and continuously in the principal papers throughout Michigan. You will profit by carrying Lily White Flour in stock at all times, thereby being placed in position to supply the demand we are helping to create for Lily White Flour. » « i] | « Heo he F 4 " “ ae) | pa } . pe i « > he ' i i . ut ‘es q f se i s “ . 7: ¥ -— . i Ui ms - i May 19, 1920 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN the bulk of the output of the steel companies and there are constant re- ports that it is the intention of the producers to shut down on the sup- ply, but why should they do this? They can sell their output to a busi- ness that can afford and does pay a higher price for its materials than any other industry. Why should they not continue to do so? Automobiles are absorbing a vast quantity of material which should go into the construction of building that investors cannot afford to compete in the matter of price when it comes to buying hardwood, lumber, glass, leath- er, steel, aluminum and many other things. It has only been a few weeks since there was an enquiry for 150,- 000,000 feet of hardwood lumber to be used in the biles. manufacture of automo- paying $260 a thousand for flooring which should cost $30 a thousand. An au- tomobile manufacturer bought up the entire output of three glass factories, to meet his requirements for glass: large quantities of leather go into the production of automobiles. A com- bination of cotton goods manufactur- This is why we are ers placed the price of muslin so high that a group of manufacturers bought and leased all the cotton goods fac- tories in Poland, shipped the raw cot- ton across the ocean and returned it in the shape of muslin to be used in upholstering automobiles. From the foregoing it will be seen that the troubles with construction in this country at the present time is that building is a diminishing quan- tity and promises to continue so for years to come for the reason that the automobile industry has been and is absorbing the new life and the flower of the workers in this country and af- fords them continuous employment in an attractive and more remunerative employment than in building. formerly obtained Frank Stowell. Gratuity to Soldiers Without Em- barassing the Government. Traverse City, May 18—May I ex- press through your columns a sug- gestion in regard to the bill before Congress concerning the proposed bonus for soldiers and sailors? Believing as I do that some such reward is a most desirable thing, and having had a boy in the army, you can readily see that I am in favor of some such bill. I do believe, how- ever, this subject should have more careful consideration before the de- tails are finally passed upon. The country at the present time is stag- gering under heavy expenditures— money is tight, and bids fair to be- come even more so, and it would be a great menace to the country’s trade and financial condition to issue a large number of bonds or to increase the already burdensome taxes. It seems to me if the Government would issue bonds direct to the sol- diers and sailors to the extent of the bonus to be given under the bill— having these bonds run for a period of, say, five to ten years, payable to the -individual and not transferable, and bearing interest at 5 per cent—it would do more for these soldiers and sailors than the payment at this time of cash. If the men received cash or negotiable bonds, many would immediately sell their bonds and spend the money; whereas if these bonds were non-transferable and held to maturity, as they must needs be, the habit of saving in these men would be inculcated and encouraged, and at the maturity of the bonds they or their families would come into possession of the principal. This would also eliminate the neces- sity of floating bonds on a markei which is already overburdened with securities, as is:evidenced by the de- cline in the present United States bonds, as well as all other securities. Then again, if the men received their bonuses in cash, a great number would not seek employment until this money was spent, and this would aggravate the scarcity of labor and shortage of production, under which the country is now suffering. It is a foregone conclusion that every able- bodied man can find occupation—and the sooner he seeks it, the sooner will the cost of production and “high cost of living” be reduced. R. Floyd Clinch. Puritan Flour Made at Schuyler, Nebraska. A strict- ly Short Patent Flour with a Positive Guarantee on each sack. Mr. William J. Augst, the Puritan Salesman, who has a special advertis- ing features, will call on you soon. JUDSON GROCER CO. Wholesale Distributors GRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN 31 | Advertisements inserted under this head for five cents a word the first insertion and four cents a word for each subsequent continuous insertion. If set in capital letters, double price. No charge less than 50 cents. Small display advertisements in this department, $3 per inch. Payment with order is required, as amounts are too smali to open accounts. Wanted—An all around tinner and FOR SALE—Twelve-foot soda _ foun- plumber for a shop in a country town of tain, fully equipped. Good as w. Fine 1000. Want a man who will be satisfied for city store. Bargain. C. Nelson, to remain permanently if conditions are Coopersville, Mich 873 satisfactory. Salary $35 to $40 per week. e Wor Sal 7 14 ey Shane af -_ M. E. Southwick, Moville, Iowa. 888 cy poe be ate Gby se0ms stock ore and fixtures in a live manufacturing For Sale—We have the largest grocery iba Pe. _ nee a ro business in the city. Our town has about Gave Michiaan Vradeaaie 976 15,000 people. We do $90,000 business per year. Address A. L. L. care Michigan Tradesman. R89 FOR SALE—TIMBER—40 acres of oak timber in Lake Co., Mich., five miles from R. R. station. Inquire of C. A. Morrow, 1019 5th St., N. E., Canton, Ohio. 890 For Sale—One Hubbard portable oven, capacity 180 loaves. Bargain. Lock Box 238, Alanson, Mich. 891 For Sale—Chandler & Price 10x12 Gordon for $200. In use every day, but wish to install larger machine. Trades- man Company. Wanted—Good all around clerk for general store. Must be good salesman. Kuyers-Longwood Co., Grant, Mich. 892 For Sale—Combined stock groceries and meats, with some fixtures, in one of best locations in Muskegon Heights. Michigan. Complete, up-to-date. Good paying business, doing about $40,000 a year. Will sell for cash. Building leas- ed for three years. Address No. 893 Care Michigan Tradesman. $93 For Sale—Candy and cigar store, and ice cream parlor in city of 4500; good paying business. Arthur W. Maskey, Allegan, Mich. 894 Wanted—-Shoe man to cover Upper Peninsula. Good connection for live man. Apply giving experience and references. No. 895 Care of Michigan Tradesman. 895 vo REBUILT CASH REGISTER CoO. nc. 122 North Washington Ave., Saginaw, Mich. We buy sell and exchange repair and rebuild all makes. Parts and supplies for all makes. Wanted—To hear from owner of good general merchandise store for sale. State price, description. D. F. Bush, Minne- apolis, Minn. 827 Pay spot cash for clothing and fur- nishing goods stocks. L. Silberman, 106 E. Hancock, Detroit. 566 [AM A MERCHANT and have perfect- ed a practical collection plan that gets the cash but does not antagonize cus- tomers. If this interests you write to Arthur Mittelstaedt, Milbank, S. D. 877 For Sale $8,000 stock of shoes and dry goods, also $3,500 building and fix- tures, Good S Postoffice in store, Village of 300 w ith growing farm- ing country r i Inquire Paquin Trout Lake, } 878 and. Wallbom Mich. Wanted—Manager for grocery depa ment in large department store. Cash and carry department in connection, Must be experienced in buying and sell ing and capable of handling help. “air Savings Bank Department Store, - naba, Mich. For a variety store, at Onaway. Mich. No store of that nature here. Population, 3,500. Andrew John- ston, Onaway, Mich. 882 Good Opening If you are thinking of going in busi- ness, selling out or making an exchange, place an advertisement in our business chances columns, as it will bring you in touch with the man for whom you are looking—THE BUSINESS MAN. 139-141 Moncae St. Both Phones UTS Sit: & InGetting | & | 1 i Ns Writeto ‘tr # BARLow Bros. l SHORT CUTS GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. For Sale—A good-paying, well-estab- lished meat market, in a town of about 1,100 inhabitants. Also property consist- ing of three lots, 150 feet front and about 400 feet deep, with good two-story house of nine rooms and a store room, electric lights, hot water, furnace, cement cellar; also large barn, and an extra building for sausage room. Good reason for selling. Price reasonable. For particulars, call or write to Box 33, Oldenburg, Ind. 866 ca For Sale—Property 56x 132 feet, one- story building in business district of Holland. Splendid for auto sales agency or any other’ business. teal estate agents need not apply. Address No. 884 eare Michigan Tradesman. 884 hotel, re- Wanted—A good _ business, tail store, laundry, garage, or factory. State price and description cash buyer. Address No. 885 care Michigan Trades- man. 885 MUST SELL, on account of sickness, lunch room, candy and cigar store. Have the only bar in city of 6,000. Write for particulars. Henry Robinson, Charlotte, Mich. : a 836. BANISH THE RATS—Order a can of Rat and Mouse Embalmer and get rid of the pests in one night. Price $3. Trades- man Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan. For Sale—Complete and _ up-to-date meat market and grocery located in one of the best cities in Michigan. Equip- ment includes ice machine and bone cut- ting machine. Did $127,000 business last ‘ : Will sell stock year. Can be increased. V and store building for $16,000; stock for $12,000; fixtures for $10,000. Will rent store building if purchaser prefers’ to lease premises. Purchaser must be pre- pared to make substantial payment down. Address No. 854, c-o Michigan Trades- man. 854 FOR SALE-—Half interest in good, clean, well-paying hardware business in an Ohio town of 1500 population, only hardware store in town. Stock will in- voice about $10,000. Reason for selling, have other business. Investigate if in- terested. T. B. Gaskill, Belpre, Ohio. Ole WHEN PRICES BREAK how much loss will you have to take on slow - selling goods that were bought at higher figures? Van Duzer’s Certified Flavoring Extracts cost no more than they did. And their price will remain the same when artificially high prices are reduced. Safe to stock. Safe to sell. Safe to use. Van Duzer Extract Co. New York; N.Y... Chocolates Package Goods of Paramount Quality and Artistic Design LEVEL HEADED JUDGE. Bert Boes, a 17 year old boy, was convicted last week in the Kent Cir- cuit Court on a serious charge. In passing Judge sentence on the srown said: prisoner, Regardless of the fact the Red Cross, Y. M. C. A. and kindred or- ganizations during the war saw to it that our young men got cigarettes, 1 believe it an unfortunate circum- stance, as in your case. One of the first things a young man must do is to eliminate habits which are not conducive to good morals. One of the worst habits among boys to-day is that of smoking cigarettes and in placing you on probation I insist you absolutely refrain from smoking cig- arets or using tobacco in any torm. Judge Brown is to be commended for his courageous stand on the most monstrous evil of modern times. The cigarette habit is the underlying cause of many of the crimes committed by young men at this time. The habit undermines the moral stamina of its victims and weakens their power of resistance to such an extent that they become easy prey to temptation and crime. If more judges took the stand Judge Brown assumed in this case, it would be better for all concerned. ——_+-2—_____ Status of the Soldier Bonus. The proposition to collect two bil- linon dollars by extraordinary emer- gency taxation to pay a bonus to the soldiers who fought in France has proven a_ genuine Pandora’s box. Changing the figure of speech some- what, both political parties in Con- gress have created a Frankenstein from whom they cannot withdraw the breath of life, although now they bit- terly regret the success of their orig- inal endeavor. Starting out with the modest pro- ject to give a hundred dollars or so to each returned soldier, the two parties have been bidding against each other for several weeks until the cur- rent plan involves the tidy sum of $500 per capita to be derived through a complicated system of so-called “Victory” taxes—Heaven forgive the sarcasm!—that should cause such vet- McKinley, Dingley, Aldrich, Payne, et al., to turn over in their graves. eran revenue-raisers as To-day Congress stands aghast at its own work, but feeling that the ex- pectations of the soldiers have been raised to a point where they must be satisfied or a political cataclysm will follow, the leaders of both houses are struggling desperately to find a way out of their dilemma. Already the Republicans, who con- trol the House by a small majority, have become convinced that they can not poll a quorum of the House for a retail sales tax project which is the backbone of their plan for raising the money. An all-night wrangle in cau- cus demonstrated that from forty to sixty of their number stand ready to vote against this feature, and, if nec- essary, to join with a large contingent of Democrats in foisting upon the long-suffering taxpayers a socialistic, retroactive war levy that would swal- low 80 per cent. of all the corporate and individual incomes for the past five years in excess of the average for the period from 1911 to 1916. At this writing a small but deter- mind band of conservatives in the MICHIGAN TRADESMAN House, who are opposed on principle to a bonus, believing that it would be as demoralizing to the soldiers as it would be burdensome to the people, are slowly gaining ground, and there is good reason to believe that, if there were time enough, they would ulti- mately force the abandonment of the whole ill-advised project. The leaders of both houses, however, are anxious to make the demonstration of their love for the soldiers~count as heavily as possible and therefore are moving Heaven and earth to force the bill through before the Presidental con- vention to be held in June. As the program of the House organization provides for a recess as early as June 5, it is obvious that strong-arm tactics will have to be invoked to put the bonus law on the statute books be- fore the summer vacation. ——_22..>—___ Insurance Companies Agree To Re- store Stolen Plunder. Settlement effected last Thursday by Frank H. Ellsworts, State Fire In- surance Commissioner, ends a_ suit against his Department by some 145 insurance companies and forever abol- ishes the 10 per cent. surcharge crim- inally extracted during the war. This agreement will return to policyholders of the State approximately $200,000. The surcharge became effective May 1, 1918, and a year later, with the war no longer a factor, Ellsworth de- termined that the extra charge should be eliminated. It is estimated that during the time the companies were permitted to collect this fee, the col- lections aggregated more than $1,- 250,000. When the companies receiy- ed Ellsworth’s order they immediately started suit and through Judge Col- lingwood in Ingham Circuit Court succeeded in obtaining an injunction restraining Ellsworth from enforcing the penalties for violations to the or- der. In the meantime they continued to collect the extra 10 per cent. During June, 1919, the State Legis- lature enacted a law making collec- tions of these fees illegal, and gave the law immediate effect on June 25. The fire companies discontinued the collections on Sept. land in the first order granted by the court were to have paid the funds to the keeping of the State Treasurer until the case was finally settled, but later this was modified and the companies were al- lowed to keep the funds in trust in their treasuries. settlement, the companies have agreed to return to According to the the policy holders all money collected between June 25, when the act was effective, and Sept. 1. During May June, July and August when they continued to collect the extra charge the amount is estimated at about $400- 000, showing that Ellsworth’s settle- ment was on the basis of a compro- mise. ——_+-.—___ Benton Harbor—Mrs. Fannie Nicon has merged her mattress manufactur- ing business into a stock company under the style of the Nicon Mattress Manufacturing Co. with an authorized capital stock of $50,000, all of which has been subscribed, $1,200 paid in in cash and $35,000 in property. Review of the Produce Market. Apples—Western fruit commands $5.50 per box. Asparagus—IIInois Sectional, $4.50 per crate of 24 bunches; home grown, $2.25 per doz. bunches. Bananas—8%c per lb. Beets—New, $2.75 per hamper. Butter—The market is steady, with receipts gradually becoming normal. The average quality is showing slight improvement over winter made goods and prices have declined about 2c per pound during the last week. There is a fair demand at this time which has hardly been heavy enough to con- sume the daily receipts. Under nor- mal conditions butter will probably show a further decline. Local job- bers hold extra creamery at 58c and first at 56c. Prints, 2c per lb. addi- tional. Jobbers pay 35c for packing stock. Cabbage $5 per 100 lbs. for Texas; California, $4 per crate of 70 Ibs. Carrots--$3.25 per hamper. Cauliflower—$4 per doz. for Cali- fornia. Celery—California, $1.50 per doz.; Florida, $8 per crate of 3, 4 or 6 doz.; $7.50 per crate for 8 and 10 doz. Cocoanuts—$1.50 per-doz. or $10 per sack of 100. Cucumbers—Hot house, $2.75 per doz. Eggs—The market is very firm at this writing. The quality of eggs now arriving continues to be very fine. There is a good demand for eggs at the present time and a slight decrease in the receipts. The con- sumption of eggs is very heavy. Warehouse reports indicate that storage stocks are 900,000 cases less than they were one year ago. Job- bers pay 4lc f. 0. b. shipping point for fresh, including cases. Grape Fruits—Extra Fancy sells as follows: PS size, pet box 220 $5.00 SO size, pet box) 2 6s HO Size, per box 22) 38 6.50 ba size (per box) 7.00 G4 size, pen box — 9) 7.50 YO size, per box 7.50 80 size, per box 20) 7.50 O6 size, per box oo J25 Green Onions—35c per doz. bunch- es for home grown. Green Peppers—$1.60 per basket. Lemons—Extra fancy Californias sell as follows: S00 size, per box Se $6.00 S00 size, pec box 20 6.00 Pe aie: Ger bos 6.00 P30 size, per bow 5.70 Fancy Californias sell as follows: eO0 size, per box 22 40 $5.50 600 size per Dox 2 8 5.50 2/0 size, pes box 2 5.50 AQ sive per box -.08) 5.25 Lettuce—Iceberg $8.50 per crate of 3 or 4 doz. heads, hot house leaf, 22@24c per lb. : Onions—Texas Bermudas, $3.75 per 50 lb. crate for White and $3.50 for Yellow; higher. Onion Sets—White, $4.50 per bu.; vellow, $4 per bu. California 25c per crate Oranges—Fancy California Navals now sell as follows: May 19, 1920 C0 ee $5.75 10 6.50 6 7.50) 10 eee 8.50 VO 8.75 200 8.75 PAG 8.75 250 0 8.75 oo) 8.75 Parsley, 60c per doz. bunches. Pieplant, /5c per bu. for grown. home Pineapples—The canning season is now on. Arrivals are finding an out- look on the following basis: 1S to 24osize $6.75 OU 10 30 Size 8 6.75 Plants—Now on sale as follows: Cabbage, per box 90 ie $1.25 Tomato, per box 52 125 Geranium, assorted, per box ~.-_ 2.25 Rose Geranium, potted __. = 2.25 Silver Leaf, potted, per doz. —___ 1.50 Fansy, 4 doz. flats 2.0 3 125 Potatoes—Home grown, $5 per bu. Baking from Idaho, $5.50 per box. Radishes—Hot house, 45c¢ per doz. bunches; large bunches, $1.10. Spinach—Home grown, $2 per bu. Sweet Potatoes—$3.75 per hamper for kiln dried Delawares. Tomatoes—$2.25 per 6 lb. basket from Florida. ———_2+.2+2——___ Manufacturing Matters. Detroit—The Rey Wheel Co. has been incorporated with an authorized capital stock of $400,000, of which amount $213,300 has been subscribed and paid in, $12,300 in cash and $201,- 000 in property. Detroit—The National Cap Co. has been incorporated to manufacture and sell men’s hats and caps, with an au- thorized capital stock of $3,500, all of which has been subscribed and paid in, $2,467.35 in cash and $1,032.- 65 in property. Escanaba—The Needham Electric Co. has merged its business into a stock company under the same style with an authorized capital stock of $20,000, of which amount $11,450 has been subscribed, $850 paid in in cash and $10,000 in property. Casnovia—Fred G. Brown, manager of the Grant Canning Co., has organ- ized the Gordon Canning Co. here, with an authorized capitalization of $75,000. Mr. Brown has removed his family to this place and will assume full charge of the plant. Detroit—The Metal Exchange has merged its business in- International to a stock company under the same style with an authorized capital stock of $175,000, of which amount $90,000 has been subscribed, $4,000 paid in in cash and $86,000 in property. Detroit—The Tolbert Manufactur- ing Co. has been organized to deal in and manufacture auto accessories, specialties, etc., with an authorized capital stock of $10,000, $5,000 of which has been subscribed and paid in in cash. Adrian—Further expansion of the manufacturing facilities of the Nu- Way Stretch Suspender Co. has be- come necessary. The company has purchased ground adjoining the fac- tory and first will put up a two-story office building, ee