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Aversion to the political methods that our democracy has de- veloped is hardly to be distinguished from aversion to democracy itself, and it rightly means banishment from There are our politics. practices to which no_ self-respecting man will stoop, but they do not excuse an at titude of patronizing indifference. The only way to banish them is for able, high-minded Americans to play a larger part in the political game. McADOO IS RIGHT. 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Cireu Srarices Of Ht t ort € Ougnt 1 t to constrain 4 nan fitte for higl office to put ; thre onor and op portunity because ‘ cannot itftord ] \ 1 1 {o enter the list ,otor | the rmousl st 1 t irratit 1 eve ! ind pop I 0 Ke ts t 1 that path only on borrowed or contribut We have had enough oft The dismissal of the indictment Woolen Com SCs 0 FC against the .\merican pany tor protiteering veal a flagrant imadequacy in the Daissc¢ ] passe 11 Lever Act. As origimally would have applied to extortionate ehareges for woolen fabrics, but an amendment which dealt specificall, With wearne apparel 1s held by Judge Mack to have so narrowed tli act that only made-up clothing 1s cov ered. Whe tailor and clothing Seller, but not the cloth manufactureer, are liable to prosecution fer profiteering. The case is appealed, and hope still exists for a sustaming of the action. The American Woolen Company may be able to present evidence counter: acting the impression, produced by its published figures of profits and. divi dends, that its charges have been out rageous. But until 1t does so it can hardly blame public sentiment tor be- ing against it. 2 GREATNESS OF CALIFORNIA. Graceful Tribute To Its Grandeur and Glory. San Francisco, June 15—Some day somebody big enough in vision and in vocabulary will appear upon the scene and tell the world about Cali- fornia. The State and its wonders are bigger than any present writer can negotiate. Having a Michigan bias and a Michigan pride, I somehow can’t get into the frame of mind to let loose the floodgate of words and do the job myself. Anyhow, I don’t propose to be accused of pulling any press agent stuff at a moment when editors are waiting up nights with rolling pins looking for dealers in deadhead dope. The temptation, however, to muse a little on the sub- ject is strong, and the best way to sidestep a temptation is to yield to it. Recently I was one of a party who made a little trip of 500 miles or so across a part of the center of the State. Out here no one thinks he is going anywhere if the distance is under a thousand miles. People travel three or four hundred miles to mave a tooth pulled, to buy a necktie or to go to the movies. Nothing but big things happen or grow or occur in California. The State itself is some- thing like a thousand miles long. There is so much of it that only a part is used. It is like the loaves and fishes. After everybody has had all he wants, there is more left than when the crowd started in eating. In San Francisco the weather is perennialiy cold. An overcoat feels good every day in the year, with may- be six or seven days out of the 365 when you are comfortable with out it. Seasons are practically unknown. It is just as cold in July as it is January. So far as I can judge, the only differ- ence is that the sun is in evidence a little longer in July than it is in Jan- uary. How any vegetation can thrive in this coid atmosphere is something that can never be explained to a man accustomed to see things grow only when the air is warm. But vegetation runs riot here in a way that folks back East would be astonished to see. Flowers, flowers everywhere, any time, and in quantities surpassing cat- tails in a marsh! Flowers are about the only products of California that are cheap. Two bits will fill a big vase with all the finest things that grow, outside of gasoline, which peo- ple are now hoarding like sugar and potatoes. As to whether gasoline grows or not may be a question, but there is no doubt about the growth of its price. Starting this trip of 500 miles on a day in June, the wearing of an over- coat out of San Francisco was neces- sary to comfort. Forty miles down the peninsula, off came the wraps, for summer is summer everywhere, it seems, except in Frisco. Thus we had summer and winter inside of an hour or so. You have to go South forty miles ‘rom San Francisco before you can go East, unless you cross the bay to Oakland. The ferryboats are always jammed with autos on days when offices are closed, and so time is saved to auto parties headed Eastward by going forty miles out of the way. After doing this we turned Northeast toward Stockton, the weather as hot as a July day in St. Louis. From the beautiful highway running South out of San Francisco, through long lanes of eucalyptus trees and endless or- chards of prunes, apricots, olives, al- monds, peaches, cherries, grapes and what not, we came upon foothills and mountains of surpassing beauty. Things grow here anywhere if you supply the water, and irrigation has been reduced to a science of exceed- ing fineness. I think if I had planned the creation of California, I would have supplied a little more rain and perhaps not quite so much fertility, to even things up, but the absence of moisture from the clouds doesn’t seem to worry anybody out this way. Back in Michigan we would “holler” MICHIGAN TRADESMAN our heads off about the drought, but here they harness up the rivers and get water out of the ground, and run it through ditches to where it will do the most good. After much mountain climbing and going up and down interminably, and long before getting to Stockton, the ground becomes as level as a calm sea, and for hundreds and hundreds of miles this flat’ country continues. Its soil is so rich that people who own it take on the same characteristic. You wonder what in the world they do with so much fruit and hay and live stock. I imagine they “do” every- body, judging by the prices they get for their products. The orchards are marvels of perfect husbandry. After ordinary cultivation, the soil looks as though the women folks had gone over it with a fine comb hunting out the cooties. Ground squirrels, rab- bits, quail and pheasant are constant- ly seen along the roadside. Japanese and Chinese labor is always in evi- dence. The yellow folks may not be desirable citizens, but their knowledge of horticulture and = agriculture is something that excites the admira- tion of everyone except the venal and unscrupulous labor leaders who hate the Orientals because they refuse to work only two hours a day, two days a week. Vineyards are everywhere; acres and acres of vines, all set in orderly fashion, which seem to in- dicate that prohibition may stop the open manufacture of wines, but it has not stopped the open growing of the makings of it. Somebody is going to have something stronger than near- beer to drink, for surely there are not enough people in the world to con- sume all these grapes if they are con- verted into raisins. The hotel in Stockton where we stopped affects the Spanish type of architecture. Its front was a mass of flowers. They simply put soil in box- es any old place, plant the flowers, pour on the water and there you are! The flowers grow and grow and, there being no cold weather to stop them, they don’t stop. Stockton is one of the oldest cities in the State. Near here gold was first discovered in California, and there yet remain many of the old houses that date back to days when men went mad over the wild search for the yellow metal that the world still worships as its god. The country in between Stockton and Sacramento is the same level land that seems to have no end or begin- ning, once you get to traveling over it. Sacramento is a city of much prosperity, not alone because of the rich soil surrounding it, but because it is the capital of a rich State. A pile of money drifts into and lodges in places where laws are made. There is always a great affinity between money and the enactment of laws— perhaps as much as exists when primaries are held for Presidential nominees. Then we wound our tortuous way over east to Placerville. Going fur- ther in the same direction, the snow- capped Sierras loomed large out in front. With these vast fields of snow in full view, all about were roses. sweet peas, hollyhocks, marigolds, digitalis, snap-dragons and geraniums. Cherries hung in countless clusters from the boughs and the color was just coming to the cheeks of the ap- ricots. Sheared sheep and sleek cat- tle fed in the fields. Out in front were the snows of winter; at our feet vegetation thrived lush and lusty in the summer sun. From. the high Sierras the melting snows feed rush- ing mountain rivers and streams, whose waters are as pure as the late lamented Mrs. Caesar, whose reputa- tion for chastity has lasted through the mists and mazes of the centuries to set a much needed example to us folks who live now. In these waters speckled trout leap to the fly, and along the banks we saw many fishermen from away back in Frisco, who think it but a trifle to run out a distance of 200 or 300 miles for a day’s sport. The roads over the mountains east of Placerville twist and turn like a political platform. A snake would break his spine if he essayed to follow them. Up and up, and down and down, and round and round they go. The driver must keep his eyes upon the road ahead, but the passengers may look up on one side at the sheer walls of granite that seem to go all the way to the clouds, and down on the other side into ravines, gulches and canyons whose bottoms are invisible. “The Creator seems to have brought His mightiest energies to bear when He made California, for it shows what colossal things are possible to one who knows how. As the end of these present musings is neared, I find I have said nothing about the magnificant character of the roadbeds over which we traveled —as smooth as the promises of a can- didate up for election and as endless as taxation. In California are thou- sands of miles of these paved State highways, running up and down and around mountains, across level plains and through vale and valley and etern- al verdure. Not a word have I said about the mighty trees of Mariposa and Yosemite; nothing about the waterfalls and forests: nothing about the grandeur and magnificance of Pasadena, Los Angeles and other fair cities to the South: nothing about a sea coast that runs from Mexico away up to the South end of Oregon: nothing about the wild life of the for- ests; nothing about the vastness and June 23, 1920 heat of Death Valley, with its neigh- boring deserts of burning sands, where even the sage brush and cactus refuse to survive. And have not mentioned the big people out here— giants in mind and physique—who laugh at trouble, thrive on opposition, and go eternally on in spite of any handicap that man or Nature may set up. It is a race of men to whom earthquakes are but an incident and distance a delusion. “Women?” did you enquire. The fairest creatures the sun ever shone on, full sisters to Aunie Laurie, except those foolish few who try to improve upon the work of God by the drug store route. Great is California—greater than all France, Italy and Switzerland! But with all its greatness, California has not yet produced the genius whose pen has measured up to the job of telling its grandeur and glory in print! James Kennedy. You become a real business failure only when you give up and quit. TO TEST TRADESMAN ADVERTISING | offer Men’s Union Made Wabash Stripe good weight large cut genuine ftifles Overalls, about %27 value at $22.50. Frocks same price. Mail or- ders to W. B. Dudley, 301 College Ave., N. E., Grand Ranvids, Mich. recommendations. WE OFFER FOR SALE United States and Foreign Government Bonds Present market conditions make possible exceptionally high yields in all Government Bonds. Write us for HOWE, SNOW, CORRIGAN & BERTLES 401-6 Grand Rapids Savings Bank Bidg., Grand Rapids, Mich. Berries, Fruits used. “ECLIPSE” STANDS for and Vegetables These Stands are Stee! Sectional Revolving Ball Bearing. Occupy 60 inches floor Space—save two-thirds the space now Manufactured by The Wellston Manufacturing Co. WELLSTON, OHIO, U. S. A. a ee v ‘ / Gane ‘ \ June 23, 1920 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN SERVIC Service as we understand it is selecting the best goods that the markets can furnish and knowing where to buy them. Service is having a complete stock for the retailer to choose from.and keeping in a posi- tion to fill orders promptly and completely. Service is having a knowledge of market conditions and helping your customers to take advantage of them. Service is collecting in large quantities food products from the four corners of the earth and being in a position to distribute them in smaller quantities to the retailer for his trade at the smallest possible cost. We render this kind of service to our cus- tomers and offer this kind of service to any re- tailers in the localities we now serve who are not now our customers. WoRDEN GROCER COMPANY Grand Rapids—Kalamazoo—Lansing The Prompt Shippers. Movement of Merchants. Caro—Fire destroyed the Secor Hotel, entailing a loss of about $8,- 000. Comstock—William G. Epley suc- ceeds A. R. Peer in the grocery busi- ness. Muir—J. J. Hettler ness. Thompsonville—H. E. Wareham succeeds A. R. Chattaway in general trade. Charlotte— Morgan ceed A. Hettler is succeeded by & Long in the hardware busi- & Lentz suc- R. Morgan in the grocery business. Middleville—L. J. Roberts succeeds Roberts & Hinckley in the hardware business. Clare—The Clare Savings Bank has increased its capitalization from $20,000 to $40,000. Grand Haven—The State Bank has increased its capital stock from $75,000 to $100,000. Saginaw— Morley and retail hardware, has increased its capital stock from $1,- 200,000 to $1,500,000. Grand Ledge—C. M. recently County Grand Haven Bros., wholesale dealer in Furnace, who purchased the A. O. Hal- stead store building and drug stock, has taken possession. Lakeview—G. L. ly engaged in the former- business Cantwell, grocery at Laingsburg, engaged in the hardware business here. St. Johns—The St. Tire & Battery Co. has engaged in business at 56 Clinton avenue in the building which has Johns it recently purchased and re- modeled. Lansing—The Barker-Fowler Elec- tric Co. sustained a fire loss which was covered by insurance, at its store, 117. East Michigan avenue, June 16. Lake City—The Lake City Eleva- tor Co. has been incorporated with an authorized capital stock of $25.- 000, all of which has been subscribed and paid in in cash. Cedar Springs—The Cedar Springs Co-Operative Marketing Association will purchase the grain and produce elevator of E. A. Remer and will continue the business. Brighton—Dr. H. P. Mellus has sold his drug stock and store fixtures to George M. Wood, recently of who will continue the busi- ness at the same location. Brighton—Stowell & Webb sold their garage and auto- mobile supplies and accessories stock to Ben Bidwell, of Howell, who has taken possession. Maple Hewitt has sold his interest in the Gates Half Sole Tire Shop to Burr Wright and the business will be continue under the style of Boatwright & Wright. Owosso—Herman Thieman has seid the stock and business of the Owosso Floral Co. to H. E. Ander- son and Joseph Smith, who will con- nue the under the style. Jackson—The Bowen Tool & Supply Co. has been incor- porated with an authorized capital stock of $50,000, of which amount $25,000 has been subscribed and oy: 900 paid in in property. Pontiac, have service recently Rapids—Isaac business same Machinery, MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Lansing—Frank L. Gardner has sold his drug stock and store build- ing on North Washington avenue to Mark P. Jefferys and Glenn D. Der- by, who will continue the business under the style of Jefferys & Derby. Big Rapids—John C. Jenson has merged his dry goods and shoe busi- ness into a stock company under the style of the Vogue Shop of Big Rap- ids, with an authorized capital stock f $20,000, all of which has been sub- scribed and $2,000 paid in in cash. Detroit—The U. S. A. Drug & Chemical Co. has been incorporated with an authorized capital stock of $125,000, of which amount $62,500 has been subscribed, $5,000 paid in in cash and $7,500 in property. The business will be conducted at Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania. Byron Center—The Holleman-De- Veerd Auto Co. has merged its busi- ness into a stock company under the same style and will deal at whole- sale and retail in farm implements, motor vehicles, tractors and supplies therefor, at Center, Holland and Zeeland, with an authorized cap- ital stock of $100,000 common and $40,000 preferred, $60,000 of which has been subscribed and paid in in prop- erty. Byron Manufacturing Matters. Lansing—The Longstreet Lumber Co. has increased its capital stock from $65,000 to $200,000. Detroit—The Utility Co. has increased its from $200,000 to $5 Detroit—The Harbor Lum- ber Co. has increased its capital stock from $300,000 to $500,000. Battle Creek—The Redner & Cort- right Paper Co. has changed its name to the Cortright Paper Co. Battle Creek—The Taylor-Made Candy Co. has increased its capital stock from $25,000 to $50,000. Mt. Clemens—The Mt. Truck Body Co. has increased its capital stock from $30,000 to $50,000. Oakland Motor Car building an addition to its plant which will enable it to double its capacity. Detroit—The Compressor capital 00,000. Grace stock Clemens Pontiac—T he Co. is Thorne Steel Treat- ing & Research Co. has changed its name to the Twentieth Century Heat Treating Co. Saginaw—The manufacturer of yard Lufkin Rule Co., sticks, ing rules, etc., has increased its cap- ital stock from $1,000,000 to $1,500,- 000. Zeeland—The measur- Colonial Manufac- turing Co., manufacturer of clocks and den furniture, has increased its capital stock from $150,000 to $300,- 000. Detroit—The Paper Distributing Co. has been incorporated with an authorized- capital stock of $1,000, all of which has been subscribed and paid in in cash. Lansing—The Davis Metal Fixture Co. has been organized with an au- thorized capital stock of $30,000, of which amount $16,000 has been sub- scribed and paid in in cash. Ypsilanti—The Ypsilanti Motor Castings Co. has been incorporated with an-authorized capital stock of $15,000, of which amount $8,000 has been subscribed and $5,000 paid in in cash. St. Johns—The stockholders of the Triangle Motor Truck Co. have au- increase in its capital $200,000 to $400,000 and stock dividend of 10 thorized an stock from recommend a per cent. Detroit—The Machine Products Co. has increased its cap- ital stock from $40,000 to $500,000. Detroit—The Detroit Cabinet Co. has increased its capitalization from $130,000 to $300,000. Detroit—The Kay Jewelry Co. has been organized to manufacture and sell at wholesale and retail, jewelry, leather goods, etc., with an author- ized capital stock of $150,000, all of which has been subscribed and $50,- American 000 paid in in cash. Detroit—The F. A. Engineering & Manufacturing Co. has been organ- manufacture elec- equipment and etc., with an authorized capital stock of $25,000, of which amount $12,500 has been and $2,500 paid in ized to and sell trical supplies, subscribed in cash. Benton Harbor—The Messner Mo- tor Co., manufacturer of automobile parts, etc., has merged its business into a stock company under the same style with an authorized capital stock of $100,000 common and $50,000 pre- ferred, all of which has been sub- scribed and paid in in property. Review of the Produce Market. Asparagus—Home_ grown, $1.65 per doz. bunches. Bananas—9'%c per Ib. Butter—The market continues firm, due largely to the fact that the re- ceipts of creamery have been very short. The production is light and until the receipts show a material in- crease we look for continued firm market conditions. The quality of the fresh receipts has shown consid- erable improvement and is very near- ly full grass flavor. Local jobbers hold extra creamery at 54c and first at 53c. Prints 2c per Ib. additional. Jobbers pay 33c for packing stock. Beets—Home grown, 65c per doz. bunches. Cabbage—California, $5.25 per 75 Ib. crate; Tenn., $4.25 for 50 Ib. crate. Cantaloupes—I mperial Valley stock is now selling on the following basis: a2 oO $6.00 lous, Ye lc ce LULL 3.00 Carrots—$3.25 per hamper. Cauliflower—$3.50 per doz. for California. Celery—California, $1.50 per doz.; Florida, $10.50 per crate of 3, 4, or 6 doz.; $10 per crate for 8 and 10 doz.; home grown, small but good ually. 50c per bunch. Cocoanuts—$1.50 per doz. or $10 per sack of 100. Cucumbers — Home grown hot house, $1.75 per doz.; Illinois hot house, $1.50 per doz. Eggs—The market on eggs con- tinues firm, due to the fact that real fancy eggs have been short. There is a good demand for eggs at this writing and we look for continued firm market during the next week or so. The majority of the eggs which June 23, 1920 are now coming into the market showy more or less heat effects, therefore making the real fancy eggs somewhat short. Jobbers pay 38c f. o. b. ship- ping point for fresh including cases. Egg Plant—$4.75 per crate of 24 to 36. Green Onions—25c per doz. bunch- es for home grown. Green Peppers—$1 per basket. Lemons—Extra fancy Californias sell as follows: S00 sizeiper box 2.00 $7.00 S00 size. per Dox 0). 7.00) 270 size, per box = 7.00 2a0 size, per box 6.75 Fancy Californias sell as follows: oo Cire, ber box $6.50 S00 SIZe, per box) 6.50) ee Glee, er box 6.50 240 size, per box 6.25 Green Peas—$4 per bu. for home grown. Lettuce—Iceberg $4.50 per crate of 3 or 4 doz. heads; home grown, $2.25 for head and $1 for leaf. New Potatoes—$6 per bu. or $15 per bbl. for Carolina Cobblers: Vir- ginia Cobblers, 50c per bbl. higher. Onions—Texas Bermudas, $3 per 50 Ib. crate for White and $2.75 for yellow; California 25c per crate higher. Oranges—Fancy California Valen- cia now sell as follows: 0G $7.25 120 7.50 US 7.50 16 7.50) 200 7.50 A160 7.50) AO 7.25 26 6.75 2 ee 6.50 Parsley—60c per doz. bunches. Pieplant—$1.50 per bu. for home grown. Plants—Only two varieties still on sale, as follows: Cabbage, Late Danish ________ $1. Tomato Potatoes—Home grown, $4 per bu. Radishes—Outdoor grown, 20c per doz. bunches. Spinach—$1.25 per bu. Strawberries—Home grown com- mand $3.50@4 per 16 qt. crate. The recent rains have improved the qual- ity and size of the fruit and length- ened out the season at least two weeks. Sweet Potatoes—$3.75 per hamper for kiln dried Delawares. Tomatoes—$2 per 6 Ib. basket from Florida; home grown hot house, $2.75 per 7 lb. basket. Water Melons—75@95c idas. Wax Beans—$5 per bu. for Flor- Steel Bros. have merged their flour, feed and fuel business into a stock company under the style of the Stee! Bros. Co. with an authorized capital stock of $50,000, of which amount $35,000 has been subscribed, $1,393.94 paid in in cash and $20,406.06 in prop- erty. Ball Jars—Orders already booked must be taken care of first, reports this factory. So no orders are being taken for jars and jellies and caps until booked orders are shipped out. This seems to indicate a shortage. + Mee ¢ —< > mam Ti aneaiaes June 23, 1920 Essential Features of the Grocery Staples. Only the lethargic retail grocer needs to be reminded that the Fourth of July holiday is approaching and that, because it comes on Sunday, there is to be the usual observation on Monday. This gives three days of holiday this year, Saturday always being a semi-vacation day anyway. With week end parties as a result of this pleasant combination there is an opportunity to sell heavily in pic- nic lines and only the dealers who have stocks will be in a position to command the trade. Delayed orders always result in extra expense because they have to go by express or parcel post, and there is always the chance that late orders will not be filled complete be- cause of depleted stocks at the whole- sale houses, resulting from early or- ders by live dealers. Of course the usual picnic supplies are on call for Fourth of July cele- brations, including beverages, foun- tain supplies, candies, nuts, ete. The fireworks and explosives orders, of course by this time, are practically all in and being filled as far as stocks will go round. This is a class of goods manufacturers will not carry over and the late orders generally are unfilled. Jobbers are issuing their seasonal warning that complaints covering spoiled perishables must be made im- mediately on receipt of goods. The shippers carry these stocks in cold storage, ship them in cool cars, and expect the dealer to continue these precautions, as warm or hot stores are death on perishable goods. wholesale houses responsible for damage claims on goods that reached destina- tion in apple pie condition, such as cheese, fish and dried fruits. The picnic goods referred to here- tofore and fountair supplies have been in unusually good demand the last two weeks, which indicates that the dealers are preparing for a heavy trade through the summer months. This sort of has a_ short season and the forehanded dealer is the one who is to reap the benefits this year. It is a good time to dis- play and push this line of merchan-* dise, therefore. Naturally the cannot be business Sugar—The raw market is about unchanged, there still being consider- able uncertainty about it, with per- haps a little more easier tone. Re- fined sugar, however, is entirely un- changed and is still very scarce and strong. The organization of a na- tional association, including all va- rieties of sugar users, under the auspices of the Department of Justice, for the purpose of handling the sugar situation for the next few months, is the one thing of note in sugar during the week. There are tiiose who are predicting lower re- fined sugar because the refineries will soon be working on lower priced raws. As a matter of fact, the de- cline was about 4c per pound, which should be reflected sooner or later in the price of refined. In fact, the McCahan refinery in Philadelphia has MICHIGAN TRADESMAN already sold a little sugar in and around Philadelphia at 19'c. Tea—The market shows no particu- lar change for the week. Business is dull, as it usually is during June and it may be said to be on most things, outside of Japans, a buyer’s market. The tea market in this country being essentially foreign in its elements, is affected more than most other lines by foreign finincial conditions. Since they are at present particularly dis- turbed, the tea market is feeling very sluggish and everybody is afraid of it. Coffee—The market for mild coffee is showing considerable weakness, due to the large unsold stocks. Prices, however, have not slumped to any extent, although the undertone is un- deniably not strong. The demand for mild coffee is poor at the present. Rio and Santos rule about the same, as they have ruled for several weeks. The undertone in Brazil also is not very strong and bad crop reports from Brazil have not inspired any particular buying. The market is weak and coffee would seem to be a safe thing to let alone so far as anticipat- ing one’s wants is concerned. Canned Fruits—A buying drive for peaches developed at the close of last week and considerable action occured in all grades. The main interest was in clings, which went at $4.50@4.75 for extras. The market has been pretty well cleaned up of the offerings at that range of prices. Apricots were only taken in a routine way at the prices current of late. Pears are about out. New packs are still mov- ing slowly as the average buyer is holding off. Those who want recog- nized brands have taken the corpor- ation’s fruit at opening prices, but some jobbers are holding back as usual. Independents are cutting Prices and booking some business. Pineapple is out on the old pack. New Hawaiian contracts are not freely offered for resale, but will bring 20@ 38 per cent. over, according to the packer. Apples showed more activ- ity last week on all packs, while, in addition to the buying of old goods, contracts for futures have been placed at prices previously reported. Canned Vegetables—The chief in- terest has been in new pack peas, which are now being put up in the South and will soon be well under way in the Western sections. Fancy and extra fancy on spot are out and what is left of the standards has been picked over and cut up into small blocks, which are held above their real intrinsic value. Fear is enter- tained that new pack Southern peas will be slow in reaching the market as the freight service is so poor. Wher they arrive they will find a wide out- let. Packers have sold up their prod- uct so closely that few are offering at the moment. Tomatoes are quiet. There has been some weakness no- ticeable in No. 2s, which have been cut to $1.20 factory in some quarters. The general asking price, however, is $1.25. No. 3s and No. 10s remained unchanged al! of the week. Futures are quoted a? the same range, but there is no active buying and no pres- sure to sell on the part of the canner. California standard No. 2'%s_ have been neglected of late. Corn has firm both here and at factory points on spots and futures. South- ern Maine style standards hold close to $1.25 and Western at $1.30@1.35 f, o, b. factéry. Fancy corn is far short of requirements and jobbers to meet their been forced Futures are still being withheld by the Other vegetables *- were during the week. Canned Fish—New pack sardines are wanted to some extent, but owing to the great demoralization in trans- portation it is difficult to get the goods from New England. Stocks of the new pack are very light on this ac- count and also because the pack it- self has been light. As far as the packers are concerned the market. is firm. have been to make a close canvass. needs canner. unchanged There is a great shortage of tins in this as in every other packing line which tins, and this will probably affect the season. Old pack sardines are unchanged. Salmon shows no change for the week and the demand is light. There are some weak sellers here and there in pinks, but the general situation is fair. Red Alaska is firm, with a slight advane- ing tendency as to private holdings, but the Government salmon is. still below the general market. Molasses—The grocery trade is placing a limited amount of orders and in heavy enough volume to hold prices at the same level. uses Rice—The better grades are held firm but cheap lines are subject to some discount. Dried Fruits—Little is expected from the California Associated Raisin Company on raisins until about Au- gust 1, while the California Prune & Apricot Growers, Inc., May not name its prices on prunes and apricots un- til the size of the crop can be more accurately determined, which will not be until the middle of July. The pre- liminary opening prices on prunes by the independents on California and on Oregon future packs are regarded as too high for immediate attention. Some business is being placed but it is not general nor of large volume. The spot market on the larger szies was firm all of last week. The Coast has nothing to offer, and from the lack of stocks elsewhere it is presumed that the surplus is no more than sufficient to see the trade through the season. Compared to opening prices old packs are favorable as to prices, and as they cannot be replaced there is no disposition to sell except in jobbing lots to the regular trade. Small prunes are more plentiful here and there are some still on the Coast, causing an easier feeling compared to the larger sizes. Raisins are developing into a runaway market and there appears to be nothing in sight to check their up- ward trend in values. All varieties are so short of requirements that buy- ers are being forced to take currants as a substitute. There is nothing on the Coast, it is said, and what job- bing lots there are in the East are held by their own trade and there are more buyers than sellers. What the future market will be is uncertain but a high range is ex- pected judging by the contracts which packers are making with grow- ers. They are paying 16%4.@17c per pound for all varieties, which would distributors for 5 mean a 23@2444c market. As the season advances the prospects of heavier arrivals of foreign raisins are increasing. Currants are naturally selling more freely and promise to gain in popularity as the season ad- vances. They are firmly held in the way of spot stocks, and considerable interest is shown in the prices which are quoted for September shipment from Greece. Apricots are uncertain as to future price as the association has not declared itself and indepen- dent packers are still on the fence. suyers are already making inquiries as to probable stocks of the Northern packs. Everything in that line is firm while Southern apricots are steady. Peaches are also in light supply here and in good, demand, but there is little call for pears. steady Paper—Sugar bags are on an ad- vance of le this week, and this is an indication to the manufacturing sit- uation, which does not improve. Mills are part down or are all down as a result of not getting enough material for full operation. dition to This is all in ad- advances that have been made already. Paris Green—As usual, as the de- mand is due for paris green, retailers as well as jobbers are expected to find they are short on supplies, at the height of the season. Orders have been holding back for some reason. Cheese—The easier, market is slightly quotations on fresh-make goods having declined about 1 cent a pound under the quotations of last week. The quality is gradually im- proving and we will probably have full grass cheese in the course of a week or so. There is an adequate supply to meet the present demand. Salt—Common salt is advanced again. Pocket salt has been going up and it is said that common may advaice Pactically all ship- making price the date of shipinent and jobbers are selling car- more. pers are lots only the same way. Vhread—Manufacturers are making liberal shipments and now it is said tie trade may buy thread again as they want it. Provisions—The market on lard continues steady, there being an abun- dant supply and a moderate consump- tive demand. Quotations this week are about “%c per pound lower than previous quotations. The market on lard substitute is weak and quotations have declined about le per pound on this commodity, due to extremely light demand and a large supply. The market on smoked meats remains un- changed. There is a good supply and a fair demand. The market on dried beef is slightly firmer, with a light supply at this time and a fair demand. The market on barreled pork is firm and unchanged. The market on can- ned meats is steady, with quotations unchanged. Salt Fish—The feature of the fish market during the week has been the arrival of new Cape Shores, which, however, have not met with a great deal of favor owing to their very high prices. The prices for 100-140 size ranged from $22 to $23 a barrel. Buy- ers are not very confident of the mar- ket and are not taking much interest. Other mackerel quiet and unchanged. 6 No Room For Class Distinction in America. Grandville, June 22—The agitation for the elimination of the middleman being carried on among the farmers and others is something to excite wonder and enquiry as to what it is all about. Brethren should dwell to- gether in unity. It is positively wrong for enmity to exist between classes. The agitator who excites one class against another is an enemy to his country and one to be shunned. Men and women in all walks of life are very similar in makeup, in their likes and dislikes, and it is flying in the face of Providence when people fail to agree on general principles, as if they thought what was good for one class of the commonwealth was rank poison to another. There are a goodly number of “whys” afloat in the minds of en- quiring men these days. One won- ders what the farmer expects to ac- complish toward his own upbuilding when he has succeeded in doing this, the many now thriving villages of the State—social centers for farmers and their wives—would be wiped off the map. With no intermeditary between the producer and the consumer, there would be no handy stores along the country ways, only an isolated tract of country, inhabited by the producing class, while the consumer would re- side many miles away in the big cities. Why does boss gompers whet the knife of labor to cut the throat of capital? What sort of world would be left after the capitalistic class lay weltering in its gore, done to death by these union slackers who demand so much that cannot be granted be- cause of absolute inability on the part of the employers to come to the one- sided terms of these men? Why is it that a statesman like Woodrow Wilson desires nothing so much as that his country shall enter a league of European nations where- in the United States would be at a disadvantage in whenever disagree- ments came up between the contract- ing parties, thus placing a yoke about the neck of Uncle Sam that nothing less than a bloody sacrifice of men and money could throw off? Duluth witnessed not long ago an uotburst against negoes which dis- graced the city and called for stern repression at the hands of the mili- tary. Why is it when a colored man commits a crime the whites rise up and seek to exterminate a whole race? Is it sensible, just or proper to hold a whole race guilty because of the misdemeanors of an individual of that race? If this were true the race of white people would long ago have been swept from the face of the earth. If one business man proves. un- trustworthy, why condemn every man in the same line of endeavor? Crim- inality is individual, seldom classwide. Because one farmer has cheated by placing the big fruit on top of the basket, why condemn all farmers for this one man’s shortcomings? Never- theless this is too often done to the detriment of the peace of mind of a large part of the community. Labor and capital ought to dwell together in harmony, yet there are so many agitators who go about inciting class hatred, it seems utterly useless to try to prevent clashes over imag- inary wrongs, when the use of good horse sense, and a put-yourself-in-his place sort of feeling would bridge all difficulties and keep the peace in- definitely. The wrongs of one class are con- tinually dinged into the ears of those who imagine themselves misused, until a certain class hatred is bred here in America that is both sense- less and oft times dangerous to the well being and peace of the commun- ity. Such things ought not to be. The man who yesterday was of the shirt- sleeve class is to-day a capitalist in broadcloth. Here in America it is but a short step from the ditch to the palace of the millionaire. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN _Then why is it that so much ir- ritation exists among our people? Our form of government, a republic, with constitutional restrictions, is the best government ever _ instituted among governments by mankind. Within the confines of such a state there ought not to be class distinc- tions and class hatreds, as we see about us today. The injustice of holding a class or a race accountable for the sins of a single individual of that class or race is so palpable as needs no exploitation here. There is something strangely per- verse about nature, something so sav- age and vindictive as to raise a blush on the face of decent men for their kind. In this country there should be no class distinctions. It is absurd to insist on farmers’ rights, the right of this and that class, clique or clan to be heard in the halls of legislation. It is the height of imbecility and in- justice to give ear to the wrongs of one Class as against another. _Let the Congress of. the United States legislate for the plain American citizen, showing no favoritism in any spot or place, and when this is done Congress will have performed its whole duty in the premises and will earn the praise of well done good and faithful servant. Old Timer. In the Local Bankruptcy Court. In the matter of E. Allen Conklin, Reed City, the assets have been ap- praised at $2,535.71, and a_ special meeting of creditors has been called for June 29. In the matter of Marvin i. Tall (and Rapids, a voluntary petition in bankruptcy has bee filed and the matter has been referred to enn M. Co: win, referee. Uhe first mecting o1 crechtors has been called for July 7. — Barrel Prices Go Up. The Hartford cooperage industries have announced that barrels to car- ry Michigan’s apple crop to markets this fall will command the prices in history. highest Barrels are being contracted in large quantities at a June 23, 1920 price of $1.25 each. apple barrels were sold for 30c to 35 > ——$——— <> Would Pay Fifteen Dollars Per Year Ellsworth, June 22—Enclosed find check for $3 and want to Say that i} the price was five times as much you would not find us without your valu able paper. It has saved us its pric: many times and will any merchay: who will read it. We certainly like the stand you take on the governor. D © Claw & Uo. ———_2+--.___ Position Wanted: As clerk for merchant who is willing to do mor to help me learn the business tha; merely teaching me the price mark and showing me how to open the cas! register. BELL M 290. SECOND FLOOR STOCKS STOCKS AND BONDS—PRIVATE WIRES TO THE LEADING MARKETS | HILLIKER, PERKINS, EVERETT &GEISTERT AN TRUST BLDG. 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Really the things vou are irvine to do will be of untold value to the canner, the retailer and the consumer, conse-uently anything that is done which helps everybody must be a beneficial thing and we feel sure that vour efforts along the line of inspecting and advertising will have the hearty endorsement of every en- terprising merchant. “Assuring you of our hearty appreci- ation of your efforts in helping us and our customers in procuring better things, we remain CRONE & JACKSON COMPANY Nashville, Tenn.” NOTE CAREFULLY —The National Canners Association has organized an efficient inspection service for the purpose of assuring satisfactory sanitary conditions and clean, sound food products, canned either in tin or glass. Any canner may subscribe to the Inspection and Advertising Service and by complying with the Association requirements may secure the privilege of placing the Seal on each can of his products. NATIONAL CANNERS ASSOCIATION, Washington, D. C. A nation-wide organization foimed in 1907, consisting of pro- ducers of all varieties of hermetically sealed canned foods which have been sterilized by heat. It neither produces, buys, nor sells. Its purpose is to assure for the mutual beneat of the industry and the public, the best canned foods that scientific knowledge and human skill can produce, . ¥ ON) nae ee UR a5) Vass: See MEN en 8 GRAPPLING THE PROBLEMS. The uncertainties that exist in the outlook are growing more complicated in dry goods in conse- business quence of the changed conditions in world trade and in some of the prin- cipal textile materials. It is known that the English textile manu- facturing position is not as strong as raw it was represented to be a couple of months ago, most reports agreed that mills were sold ahead for a year. Foreign buyers of dry goods called on to operate for the long future are much less willing to make commitments. when who were abroad a month or six weeks ago can hardly the reports brought here by more recent visitors. Buyers credit some of Cotton and flax alone of the textile raw materials are now conceded to be atfected by the limited production on the farms. The lower prices on wool, jute and silk tell their own story of changed that have come about since the early spring. Egyp- lian cotton is no longer in the danger- conditions ously speculative potision it occupied in early April, nor have the Ameri- can cotton markets made as much of the poor crop prospect as might have been true if financial conditions were rosier. While flax is scarce, the spec- ulators in linens have prudently re- leased their grip to some extent and the market seems to be on a much safer basis for the long pull of wait- ing until more flax is grown. Correctives are slowly being ap- plied to the distorted labor conditions in textile manufacturing centers. Clothing and garment workers are being told plainly that higher wages and shorter working hours will not Those who have work are better disposed to hold on to it and to make a little more effort to produce reasonable quantities. After eliminating most of the hy- pocrisy of many retail sales that have occurred in a month or six weeks past, there still remains the fact that many retail buyers at the counters cannot afford to pay the high prices as freely as they would like. There is still a substantial purchasing power in the country and business will not roll on its back from merchandising influences be conceded. alone if prices are not worked up to a prohibitive level. It has been definitely settled in the minds of many of the leading primary mer- chants that retail prices based on primary values are not workable in As to the amount of revision that can be made or the character of the readjustment that is looked upon as inevitable, they are still very much in the fog. Job- bers can give them very little leading at this time, and financial prospects are too little defined to immediate move on all lines at first hands. A very general revision of orders is going on in many lines, notably in silks, woelens, some lines of cottons aid yarns, and some lines of knit g20ds. Repudiation of orders is not as common as_ public. discussions would lead one to think... Readjust- rents are being forced in a number of instances in order to meet the difficult financial problems arising out of long delayed deliveries Srecula- tors in some divisions of the market @ satisfactory way now. Werrent an MICHIGAN TRADESMAN are being tcofts view of their amazinys in squeezed out ard must have their readiness to without court assistance. been pull out There are many still left to deal with and the bankers are better acquainted with them than they were two or three months ago. It is very well settled that most of the large and well managed mills are now inclined to absorb extra costs of the time in the profits of the past. 3ecause of the high costs of produc- tion profit contracting, but too much must not be expected in the way of permanently lower prices at once. margins are The past week has developed a will- ingness on the part of some yarn spin- ners to listen to reason on prices and in a few weeks it is expected that yarn users will be better disposed to go ahead. The woolen goods out- look is newly complicated by trouble- some problems arising out of the de- clining price of wool and the abun- dance of wool at a time when mills dare not buy. The silk trade has with- stood a great most re- markable way and the stronger men in the industry are beginning to take hold of the new conditions they must face. There is still a great deal of hectic merchandising discussion in the dry markets and too little readi- ness to grapple with problems that must be settled on a sound price basis in the next sixty days. shock in a goods Extremes in fashions, the flaunting of luxuries and luxury prices, constant issuing of mis- leading propaganda designed to start more price booming, must give way, conservative merchants are agreed, to a policy that will insure a larger and steadier output of the standard hon- est merchandise American mills can make when labor will settle down and do its part. MRS. TOODLES OUT OF DATE. Something like a half century or so ago, the fictitious Mrs. Toodles was put forward as the type of person who bought things because they were cheap regardless of whether they were needed or not. It was of her it was told that, at an auction sale one day she bought a coffin at a bargain, ex- plaining that “it was a handy thing to have around the There are those who believe that the spirit of Mrs. Toodles still abides here, and, in corroboration of this, point to the kind of buying that many have in- dulged in since the “reduction” sales have been staged in different portions of the country. So long as such pur- chases were made in moderation and to meet real needs they were highly commendable from the thrift stand- point. But when, as happened, a large number not only bought too much of what they needed, but also a lot of things they did not, they were help- ing rather to keep up prices than to bring them Depleting the shelves of retailers too quickly only sends them bidding against one an- other to those who supply them and that, of course, means higher prices. The kind of economy that will have an effect in reducing the high cost of living is one which implies that only so much of anything shall be bought as is absolutely needed, and that it house.” down. shall be made to last as long as pos- that nothing shall be bought unless it is virtually indispensable and that every dollar that can be saved shall be put in bank or in securities bearing interest. A general adoption of this would bring down prices of commodities with a rush. sible, WATCH THE ARTERIES. A man is as old as his arteries. While circulation of blood is strong can do things and keep on doing them. This is equally true of both the body physical and and safe a man the body commercial. As a Nation we are only as strong as our arteries. While products and population circulate freely and_ safe- ly, we live; when that circulation be- comes impossible, we die. To-day the arteries of commerce ceased to function in normal Railroads lack rolling stock because the and the sidetracks are glutted with loaded cars shunted there by shirking have fashion. terminals are clogged union employes, who follow the or- ders of their leaders and work only half-heartedly. Public roads, put in- to bad condition by heavy war-time trucking, cannot play their old-time part; a succession of strikes has crip- pled certain ports and thrown all ex- port machinery out of gear at a crit- ical moment in the world’s history. It is time to face real facts, recog- mize a real danger and find a real The heart of the world is sound and strong, but it cannot function with clogged arter- remedy. commercial ies. Let us forget, for a time, minor ills aflecting minor organs, and con- centrate on the vital question of mak- ing National life safe, by making Na- tional and international arteries able to do their work. PENALTY OF CARELESSNESS. A fire breaks out somewhere in this country every thirty seconds. Every thirty-five minutes a human life is sacrificed to the fire fiend. 1918 showed a fire loss of approxi- mately $290,000,000, $2.63 per capita, nearly nine times the average of Eu- ropean countries, a loss that more than equals our gold production for 2% years. Carelessness with matches was re- sponsible for over $10,000,000 in fires. Cigarettes caused the loss of an- other $11,000,000. Electric fires cost over $23,000,000. And so it goes—getting worse and worse—more startling and more ter- rible every year. Stop for a moment to consider the terrible threat these facts and figures fling in your face. How much will you do to lessen the fire loss for 1920? Se Boss gompers boasts that he will write the labor plank of the Demo- cratic platform for 1920. It does not seem possible that the staid old party of Jefferson and Cleveland would per- mit such a fire brand free play to wreck a party which has frequently stood for the best there is in Ameri- can life. If gompers is able to make good on his boast, the lines will be pretty sharply drawn between Ameri- canism and gomperism. June 23, 1926 NOT BREAKING HOME TIEs. The transfer of Burton Home. with its beautiful traditions of early privation and heroism and subsequen: atmosphere of domestic happiness, jn- tellectuality and inspiring uplift—to new ownership marks an era in th: historic records of Grand Rapids. linking the past with the present. j) a most harmonious cycle of events. Mr. Garfield has given more of his valuable time to the betterment of Grand Rapids and Michigan than any other man in the State and he has also bestowed upon the city a price less heritage in the Garfield play ground .which will make his name cherished one as long as time lasts. His splendid physique, his extraordiy ary vitality, his keen mentality, his boundless nervous force, his immeas urable energy, his great human sym pathy, his love of life, his broad, deep interest in affairs, in people, in all human problems, his devotion to his family and his friends, his love of country—all these find expression in Burton Home and its surroundings, which are the creatures of his genius, carefully nurtured and execution. carried into It is the individual quality of Mr. Garfield that endears him more than even his remarkable achievements. Whether or not he pours into his everyday work the precious lifeblood of a master spirit, he is a master spirit. With a multitude of workers and associates he terms of the freest intellectual ex change. They are at liberty always to draw upon him on sight for what they need. If it is advice, they get it, as penetrating as kindly. If it is criticism, he gives it to them from a clear mind and an honest heart. En- couragement, cheering up, humored rallying, all pour from him in streams. fellow lives on good- And he is just as gen- erous to struggling aspirants as he is to those of achieved position. How many a fumbling hand he has patient- ly guided aright! To what a number of striving talents he is a beckoning friend! His genial, sunny ways, his spontaneous sympathy with thing human, his persistent courage, his quiet and smiling identification 0! himself with unpopular causes, his calm acceptance of a life of labor, without haste and without adequate rest, his admirable poise, his splendid Americanism—in the best [ that much abused word—all find ex- pression in a life which has always been sweet and pure. every sense ot To the casual observer it may ap- pear a little singular that Mr. Gar- field should at his age leave the home which has housed him and his family for sixty years, but in transferring his effects to a more modern home, scarcely 100 feet away from the scene of sixty busy, enjoyable and profitable years, and in hedging the transfer with conditions providing for the maintainance of things as they are during the lifetime of himself and his estimable wife, it will be seen that he is pursuing a logical course which will ensure a placid, continuance of the primitive and out-door life this worthy couple has so long en- joyed, * = 2 I June 23, 1920 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 9 ISE DRY Gare { - oS Reza VEGETABLES ane ae Pras. i area eae i Pee Dusty Streets Cost You Money . A dusty street in front of a store causes financial loss to any retail mer- .. chant. Goods are spoiled or rendered less attractive by dust that blows £ in. Many hundreds of dollars are lost that way every year in many . smaller towns all over Michigan. 4 A single application of Solvay Calcium Chloride makes a street cool and J dustless for many weeks. Two applications will last a season. As soon t as the clean chemical salt is applied to dirt, gravel, or macadam streets, it begins to absorb moisture. There isno mud, no stickiness, nothing to . track, nothing to harm automobile tires. The road stays slightly damp, E becomes smooth and packs down with traffic. Solvay Calcium Chloride can be applied with a shovel to small stretches and a two-horse spreader can cover |} miles per day. Does not require Z skilled labor. Makes the surface road last years longer because it keeps 3 the binder from blowing away. e If your business is located on a dusty street, investigate Solvay Calcium x Chloride, talk it over with other merchants and the city authorities. It g gives you a cleaner, better road without the extra taxation paving re- e quires. Get all the facts by writing for booklet. | gOLVAyy eo ~ . Sales Agent for ' THE SOLVAY PROCESS COMPANY : MANUFACTURER OF ALKALI _ Calcium Chloride 10 : MICHIGAN TRADESMAN June 23, 19: 1) ——, Si, 2 = Rasa — AKG A } s REVIEW or SHO \ AT\G) ae an \\ty on Ac f\ act] CS FAAS — KD, = { — ~= r — =< = 2 = a DILL S I 49)), sav t ) a & an us : A oy berry at pe OT LAL a al ‘ = ca —— Kod O Michigan Retail Shoe Dealers’ Associa- tion. President—J. E. Wilson, Detroit. Vice-Presidents — Harry Woodworth, Lansing; James H. Fox, Grand Rapids; Charles Webber, Kalamazoo; A. E. Kel- logg, Traverse City. _ Secretary-Treasurer—C., J. Paige, Sag- inaw. Increasing Shoe Sales By ductions. Written for the Tradesman. Price Re- Shoe dealers in many sections are experiencing difficulties in liquidating their stocks. The spring selling was nothing like as good as had been con- fidently expected. This was due in part to a cold, rainy, backward sea- son, and in part to an organized but rather general protest against the current high prices of footwear. As a result many dealers found them- selves going into summer with ex- cessively heavy stocks. With the merchandise of two seasons on hand. and only a single season in which to dispose of it, something had to be done. Sales had fallen away below nor- mal and the public had become ex- tremely unresponsive to announce- ments based exclusively on the eter- nal style feature. As a matter of fact. they were fed up on style talk, and sore as a boil on high prices. Conse- quently people began scaling down their footwear requirements, as peo- ple will under certain conditions: and without any formal announcement of such decision, they watchful waiting policy. It was an- other illustration of the: old saying about the worm’s turning. It was so general and so unexpected, and doubtless many retail shoe dealers have been painfully disillusioned and worried thereby. Many of them had come to think that pretty much any- thing that came in cartons and look- ed a bit like shoes could be sold on sight, and at almost any price. adopted the The people decided otherwise.. The people decreed that shoe prices had reached and passed the high peak. And the people have a way of en- forcing their decrees. ly effective. They simply quit buy- ing. And they could do this. always can. It is extreme- They Between the low level of actual footwear necessities beyond which the public cannot go and keep anything at all on their feet, and the high level of footwear consumption possibilities is Buying from necessity rather than choice is slow, hard work for the seller: and on the whole it tends to take the joy out of life. So stocks that were slat- ed to move lively didn’t budge at all. And the wet, cold weeks of spring offered little to relieve a situation which became increasingly acute as June drew near. some cry. Something had to be done. But what: It evidently had to be drastic. It must be something that would tremendously stimulate the selling. It could be but one thing, and that was drastic price-cutting. To get the people to buy shoes the people must be given an opportunity to buy them for less money. One of the most successful and best known business men of the East started the ball rolling by inaugur- ating a widely advertised sale of all goods at reductions of 20 per cent. from original markings. His example was followed by merchants through- out the country. And this wide- spread price-cutting activity not only attracted general attention, but great- ly stimulated buying. Shoe prices in particular were cut substantially in many localities thus offering shoe store patrons real economizing op- portunities. As some one has aptly put it, all this has at least created a psychologi- cal background for lower price levels. To what extent the growth and vigor of this mental attitude which, after all, is economic law action, will in- fluence the future course of prices, is problematic. While it is doubtless true that there has been as little profiteering in the retail shoe business as in any other single line, and far less un- doubtedly than in many lines, it is also true that some dealers have marked their shoes higher than they should. Here is an illustration: In a line of boys’ shoes for spring wear the cost per pair to the dealer was $3.50. He sold them to his customers at $8, thereby making a gross profit of 114 2-7 per cent. which is positive- ly exhorbitant on that kind of a-shoe. Now if the shoe had been a freak or a novelty shoe—a commodity ex- tremely precarious because of its ex- cessive style element—the case had been different; but this particular line was almost what one might term a staple product. There is a strong potential demand for merchandise of all kinds. Gen- erally speaking, stocks are not large, though a backward season has re- tarded selling in footwear. and this has resulted in a temporary stock ac- cumulation. 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Get acquainted with this wonderful line now, if you are not already selling it. It’s the most consistent seller and best trade builder offered you today. Manufacturers of Serviceable Footwear Herold-Bertsch Shoe Co. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. — — June 23, 1920 this is the trick retailers are hoping to turn by their price-reductions. On the whole it would appear the plan is working out rather encouragingly. The public still has good purchasing ability, which is abundantly demon- strated by expenditures on luxuries. Many shoe manufacturers are ee Plaining that crepe should really be tacked up by their office entrance in as much as every mail is bringing in cancellations; and some of them are passing the buck to the retailer, Saying that it is due exclusively to the retailer’s profiteering disposition that the shoe game has been spoiled for the present. But those who know the real inwardness of the situation will take this complaint with a gen- erous pinch of salt. Where you'll find one profiteering retail shoe deal- er, the writer will undertake to find at least two profiteering shoe manu- facturers. And, after all, the game hasn’t been spoiled very much: for aggressive and alert dealers who now have re- duced prices in vogue, are filling their MICHIGAN TRADESMAN stores with customers; and they are also making fairly good net profits in spite of such reductions. Their original markings were so high they can easily afford to cut them from ten to twenty-five per cent. Having liquidated present stocks a new sea- son will bring new opportunities and prospects, and the game will go on quite as merrily as_ before. True the average shoe dealer will be a bit more cautious, and he’ll look carefully before taking a plunge, but the American public must have foot- wear. Shoes are essential commodi- ties, and while the present is not al- together free from difficulties and perplexities, the prospects for a good fall demand are encouraging. This is no time to lose one’s punch or ac- quire a panicky mood. Cid McKay. ——_2+-+___ If you never get into a bigger town and see what others in your line are doing, you will be pretty well satis- fied with a second rate shop which costs you business every day. WHITE CANVAS PUMPS AND OXFORDS IN STOCK IMMEDIATE DELIVERY 2721—Wos. White Canvas 6 Eyelet Oxford, Covered Louis H., Turn C-D $2.75 2722—Wos. White Canvas 6 Eyelet Oxford, Covered Low HI., Turn C-D 2.75 2716—Wos. White Canvas 6 Eyelet Oxford, Covered Louis HI., McK. D 2.20 2725—Wos. White Canvas Plain Pump, Covered Toe Low Heel, Turn D. 2.75 2724—Wos. White Canvas Plain Pump, Cov. Toe Louis Heel, Turn D 2.75 2726—Wos. White Canvas Colonial Pump. Cov. Toe Louis H., Turn C-D 2.85 2718—-Wos. White Canvas Colonial Pump, Covered Louis HI., McK. D 2.25 2764—Wos. 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The long-predicted decline in prices seems at last to have made its ap- pearance in many quarters, and the main question now in the mind of the public and the business man is “How far will prices fall?” Though prices of some special articles will doubt- less move contrary to the tide, the general level seems to have reached the flood, and a definite recession is present turn back- ward, however, is not likely to be as indicated. The great as appears to be imagined in many quarters. A decline brought about by the forced sale of goods through credit scarcity is in its very nature temporary. And such a rush of buying as followed recent price cuts in many cities certainly does not presage further declines. —— There are numerous forces pulling both ways at prices. Tending to pull them down are the shortage of credit which may continue to force some goods on the market; the economy movement, the protest against high prices; the falling off in purchasing power of people who had sold their Liberty bonds and cumulated savings; and finally, the very belief that prices are due for a consumed = ac- decline. In addition, increased pro- duction is indicated in some lines. Tending to keep prices up are the continued shortages of many com- modities, with little prospect for re- lief; shortage of all kinds of goods at the points at which they are want- ed, and the disappointing outlook for leading crops, such as wheat and cot- ton, with the prospect of poor crops in general because of the farm labor Also tending to hold prices up are the high costs of production, shortage. high wages, and the labor shortage which works at the same time to maintain high wages and to limit pro- duction. Foreign Trade and Prices. A highly important factor, though of uncertain influence, is our foreign trade. Though the March figures, our April exports substantially below were the fifth largest of any month in our history. It is altogether likely, however, that this trade must soon or late begin to show a decline, unless credit is liberally forthcoming. The proper way to trade is by loans. finance this export long-term investment For the past year or more the burden of financing this export trade has been thrown upon. the banks. The present alternative is either that these extensions of credit will suddenly come to a stop, because of the present scarcity of credit. or that the loans will go on by further inflation. If the first policy were adopted, it would mean a severe fall- ing off in our export trade, and a consequent decline in commodity prices here. The second course would mean not only that commodity prices would be maintained by the continued sales to Europe, but that continued credit inflation wervld tend to raise prices of all commodities still more. This continued inflation and the extent to which it is likely to go, depends largely unon the attitude of the Fed- eral Reserve Board. The alternative could be avoided if the investing pub- realize quickly lic were made to enough the national need and_ the personal advantage of taking long- term European obligations. There is an historic precedent for some decline of prices at this time. In the Civil War period prices reach- ed their peak not during the war, but one year later. At a basis of 100 in 1860, they rose to 19014 in 1864 and to. 2167% im 1865. It was in the fol- lowing year, 1866, that the strain up- on credit forced commodity liquid- ation, bringing the level down to 191, The general level of prices never re- turned to that of 1865; but it is signi- ficant that a recovery followed this break, and that prices did not return to their pre-war levels until twelve years after the war. The Credit Strain. The commodity liquidation which appears to have gotten under way in some quarters may lighten the bur- den upon the banks, and it may be that the worst of the credit strain has now been seen. But prediction proves difficult because of the large number of factors that enter. The autumn al- ways brings additional demands for 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. 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A Living Trust is a plan that will relieve you of the care and management of your estate. “YOU AND YOURS,” our monthly trust letter for July, discusses this matter. We will gladly place you upon our mail- ing list without charge, upon request. [;RAND Rapins TRusT[OMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. BOTH PHONES 4391 OTTAWA AT FOUNTAIN June 23, 1920 credit to move the crops. The banks will doubtless continue for a time to be called upon to finance our export excess. Any indiscriminate calling of loans or refusal to renew loans is out of the question: “deflation” at the cost of essential production is not. desir- able. That part of present bank loans due to transportation tic-ups cannot he reduced without damage unless and until the railroad congestion is relieved, and though some relief may shortly appear, permanent betterment can come only from more labor and more equipment—the last not a very near probability. That part of bank loans due to purchase of Liberty bonds cannot be reduced without in- jury to individuals until people take more seriously the need of saving and paying for the bonds which they are sull allowing the banks to carry for them. That part due to certificates of indebtedness cannot be reduced unti! the Government’s revenues exceed ex- penditures enough to give a surplus to redeem the certificates— again not a very near propability. Finally, that part of loans due to the financing of European export trade by bank credits cannot be reduced without bringing a halt to our excess exports until people here realize the necissity and the advantage of funding these credits in long-term investment secur- ities—or until trade so reverses itself that our imports begin to exceed our €xports—again a very distant pos- sibility. It would greatly relieve the present situation if the Government could ar- range for the gradual retirement of the certificates of indebtedness and of the currency and credit at present outstanding against them: and if this were effected, not by levying still greater taxes in order to pay off this floating debt, but by Government economy that would leave a surplus from present taxes to enable such debt to be paid off.. Such a step would also greatly relieve the pres- ent credit strain. The Effects of Extravagance. Any failure or inability of the Goy- ernment to bring about a contraction of expenditure does not, however, re- lieve the private citizen of his respon- sibility for the correction of present unbalanced conditions. Collectively we have spent a great deal of energy and print paper in denouncing the profiteering of producers, but a large part of that profiteering would have been impossible without the extrava- gance of consumers. Extravagance encourages the increased production of the less essential goods. The in- creased production of the less essen- tial goods draws labor and materials away from the production of the more essential goods, and hence creates a scarcity of necessaries and an increase in their price. The prosperity of the ‘luxury” trades was never greater than at the present day. Based on the amount paid in on the so-called luxury tax, the Collector of Internal Revenue for the Ney York district estimates that $105,000,000 a month is being spent in that city alone on goods rated as “luxuries” by the tax, and that nearly $8,000,000 of this amount represents expenditures on theaters and moving pictures alone. The consumption MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 13 and production of tobacco has grown year by year. Average production in the United States in the three calen- dar years 1912, 1913 and 1914 was 983,700,000 pounds; in 1919 it was 1,- 389,500, G00. According to figures compiled by the Automobile Chamber of Commerce, the number of pleasure cars produced in 1914 was 543,679: production in 1919 was 1,586,787: the estimated production for the current year is 2,225,000. Reports of the Bu- reau of Labor Statistics show. that employment in the automobile in- dustry from March, 1919 to March 1920 increased 37.9 per cent, a great- er proportion than in any other. in- dustry except the woolen and cloth- ing trades. A study of the reaction of this up- on other industry and upon agricul- ture shows that hired farm labor is 12 per cent. less than a year ago and only 72 per cent. of what it was be- fore the war. This farm labor short- age is part of the explanation for the shrinkage of the present indicated winter wheat crop. to barely two- thirds of last year’s crop. There has been a failure to increase, and often an actual falling off, in the production of most of the more essential goods, In the three years ended June 30, 1912, 1913 and 1914, the per capita production of which wheat is an example. of wheat in this country was 7% bushels, of which 1% bushels per capita were exported, leaving 6 bush- els per capita for consumption. The present crop is expected to total less than 7 bushels per capita, and if ex- ports maintain the same ratio as in the 30, 1919, the last for which complete figures are available. at least 2 bushels per capita will be year ended June sent abroad, leaving us with less than 5 bushels per capita. suffice to show that it is individual purchasing power and not social need that often determines what goods shall be pro- duced and in what amounts. The de- The examples should sire of rich Americans for expensive foreign limousines will lead to the production of these limousines in Eu- rope to satisfy that American demand while the need of food for starving women and children in many Euro- pean cities will not succeed in increas- ing the production of food in either America or Europe, because these starving peoples, in the absence of charity, have not the purchasing power to bid up the price of food sufficiently to encourage its produc- tion and allow farmers, in turn, to compete for labor against less essen- tial employments. It has often been said that there is under-production all around the cir- cle, and that shortages exist even in less essential industries, as proved by the extent to which orders in these lines are now ahead of production. But we must not confuse an actual shortage with an apparent shortage. When the supply of the present day is below that of pre-war or so-called normal times, an actual shortage ex- ists. 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In in supply; an apparent shortage to an increase in demand. If this increased essential com- modity, there is no assurance that it maintained; talked of “shortage,” demand is for a less and the much if any of a num- ber of factors were suddenly to af- fect demand, could very quickly turn into a surplus. Need For Balanced Production. “Produce more” has beea urged as will be the great panacea for our present ills. This, of true as it is obvious. It is not only desirable to course, 1S as produce more now; it is always desir- But it is easier to talk of more production than to effect it. The resvlt of the shortage of labor is able to do so. not only to limit production because but by feeling that they of insufficient the man-power, giving men a can always get work, it reduces the production per man. Immigration would help to correct this, and it is significant that ties report that immigrants are com- ing to this country as fast as the limit- immigration authori- ed transportation facilities can bring them, and that there 1s every evidence that, the port restrictions, there even with post-war would be the pass- greatest rush of people to this coun- try ever known if there ships to bring them. But at the present the supply of labor were only and materials and capital is strictly limited, attention, we get labor to recognize the neces- our once sity for maximum production, would better be given to seeing that that production is properly directed, that it is not misguided, that we have maximum production of the right things, and not of the wrong things. A restoration of tions and “priorities,” though it may now be forced by the railroad con- Government restric- gestion, is to be avoided where pos- sible. Such restrictions are usually clumsy and arbitrary, tie business in a tangle of red tape, and are often stupid. But each the duty of thinking carefully about his expenditures, upon citizen rests and recognizing that the manner in which he spends unsettled times is as important to the nation as the manner in which he his income in these earns it. danger of a general “over-production.” But a of unbalanced production already ex- ists, and this condition threatens to become more serious unless it is rec- There is no condition ognized in time and the proper reme- dy—voluntary thrift—applied. There is danger of over-production of some commodities in relation to others, though the better way of statement is that there is under-production of these others. The trouble on the rail- Ways is not a glut of goods, but a shortage of and of railway equipment. Extravagant expenditure brings increased facilities for ducing luxury goods to meet the ex- pected continuance or increase of the demand, and if manufacturers in these luxury lines over-estimvte this future demand, they prceduce more goods at present high costs of pro- duction than can be sold except at a labor pro- will MICHIGAN TRADESMAN loss. If those occur, men in would be thrown out of work, and there would be a falling off in general production and much in- dividual distress until these were absorbed in the lines. Unbalanced that should lines workers more essential production will correct itself in the long run, but if this is brought about by voluntary thrift. it will come without painful readjustment. correction never be more absurd than now to say that saving, by re- ducing the demand for certain goods, would throw men out of employment. ft a6 a [ It would continuation of spending, as we have seen, that will be more likely to do that. will merely prevent undue expansion of the essential the excess saving will be available for investment—for the loans to rehabilitate the sorely railroads tries, to extravagant Saving less industries, and extension of Europe and as capital tor essential indus- productive needed and other build up capacity and to provide the country our their with an increased supply of essential goods. —_2 + + Another Open Letter To Mr. Kraft. Ravenna, June 16—Replying to your letter of June 14, vou are hitting at the wrong parties when you charge the agents, as you do, with dishonesty and violation of the law. We were under orders—at least I was— and carried out the company’s orders to the letter. The surcharge is the com- pany’s profit to the extent of 85 per cent. of the amount on most policies and if there is any bomb throwing it must come from them. | Why don’t you flay the holesale and retail merchants that are charg- ing 25 to 50 per cent. over reasonable profit on life’s necessities? Milton Krait. Grand Rapids, June 18—Your point is not well taken, because no man has any right to commit a crime or do an illegal act (as you did) because some one ordered you to do it. Under the law a man who is ac- cessory to a crime is held equally guilty with the principal. Few will deny that the stock fire insurance companies are a menace to good government, because they defy every law, human and divine, and stand in the same position toward es- tablished government as trades union- socialists and anarchists. In fact, they are the greatest single fac- tor in this country to encourage the growth of anarchy, because they are dominated by (criminal) intelligence of a high order and are thus able to defy laws which even violent anarch- ists sometimes respect. Because the companies hold themselves above the law and violate it with impunity is no reason why local agents should do the same. Insurance companies are corporations without souls, but = in- dividuals cannot commit crimes with- out being penalized therefor. If you have knowledge of any act of profiteering on the part of any “holesale” or retail merchant, it is your duty to bring same to the at- tention of the United States District Attorney in Grand Rapids for investi- gation and action. E. A. Stowe. 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On the whole the ticket, Harding and Coolidge, is a strong one, and it will require careful management on the part of the Democrats to counteract the good impression this nomination has made upon the American elector- ate. There is no heart bitterness left alter the struggle such as prevailed after the nomination of Taft in 1912. The talk of a third party is mostly the idle frothings of a certain semi- socialistic element, and will, if carried to the extreme, draw fully as much from the Democrats as from the Re- publicans, which, of course, is not the intention of the management of these wild-eyed followers of anarchism. There is no liklihood of a bolt. This being settled, the prospects for Hard- ing and Coollidge are of the best. The convention soon to convene at San Francisco will have a delicate task assigned it, which will require deft and careful handling on the part of the delegates. Had Hoover re- frained from entering the Republican race for the nomination he would certainly be the strongest potentiality at Frisco next month. The wets and drys will, of necessity, lock horns because of the great per- sonal following of Mr. Bryan. That he can crowd a dry plank into the platform is scarcely supposable, nor is it likely that the wets, led by Cox and Edwards, will have any better success. The Democrats, with the record of Wilsonism behind them, have a great and seemingly insur- mountable burden to carry. If it were possible to throw off this night- mare and come out in the open with a clean slate, such as Marshall and Hoover for instance, the result would, no doubt, be problematical when it came to the voting in November. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN It is whispered that the Democrats are flirting just now with General Pershing. Such a thing is not impos- sible, but it is hardly probable that the General can be nominated be- cause of the prejudice which exists throughout the Country against a military president. It was this factor, as much as any other, that prevented General Wood winning the prize at Chicago. The American people are quite sated with militarism, so we need not look for Pershing to carry off the prize. It is all very well for the Democrats to affect to feel cheerful under the Chicago nominations, but it is so plainly evident of an effort to keep up a bold front by whistling down the wind nobody attaches any importance to it. Coolidge is a clean American, in every way worthy and capable of tak- ing the first place on the ticket. His rugged stand for enforcement of law during the cowardly strike of union policemen in Boston endeared him to every right thinking American. Should Harding and Coolidge carry off the stakes next fall the country need have no fear of cause to blush for their administration either at home. or abroad. One thing should be impressed up- on the delegates so soon to flock to the Pacific city, and that is that we Americans, regardless of party lines, want no un-American chief magis- trate to fill the presidential chair in the coming years. We want no more of a Mexican policy of “watchful waiting.” It may as well be impressed upon the assembling hosts of Democ- racy on our Western seaboard that the man they nominate must measure up to the standard of Americanism set by the people, else their efforts will be wholly in vain. One can imagine what a cry would have gone up had the Chicago con- vention placed La Follette in nom- ination, yet that un-American was one of the favorite sons of one of the States in this Union and held his delegates to the bitter end. The flag, that symbol of liberty and equality, must be respected not only at home, but in every quarter of the civilized world. A nation that will not protect its citizens on every foot of land where its power can reach is not fit to live. A flag that does not mean that the whole force of the nation is behind it when insult and danger come to one of the citi- zens it represents, is a dirty rag, fit for the jeers and hisses of the rabble. It is a matter for sorrowful com- ment that Old Glory has not been to American citizens what it was in the days of Washington, Lincoln and Roosevelt. Let us see to it that the flag, baptized in so Many seas of blood in the past, regains its past prestige with the inauguration of a new president on March 4. The \merican voter is wound up to this determination, so that it behooves the Democrats at San Francisco to 15 make good by nominating a man who is every inch an American, one who, like Roosevelt or Cleveland, will brook no insults to the flag, even in the person of the Nation’s humblest citizen, Old Timer. a ge ee Fine €corn. “Lady,” said Plodding Pete, “could you spare a hungry mana meal o’ vic- tuals?” “You go away from here or I'll call my husband.” “Ts that there stoop-shouldered man plowin’ corn in the next field your husband?” "Mes, it is. I take back what | said) Pve cot a heart in me, [ have. If you've got a meal ©’ victuals for a poor, starvin’ man, give it to your husband.” N. 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More than 2,000 property owners co-operate through the Shoe Dealers Mutual Fire Ins. Co. To date they have received over $60,000 in losses paid, and even larger amounts in dividends and savings, while the Company has resources even larger than average stock Associated with the Michigan Shoe Dealers are ten other Mutual and Stock Companies for reinsurance purposes, so that we can write a policy for $15.000 if wanted. of Mercantile Stocks, Buildings and Fixtures at 30% present dividend Michigan We write insurance on all kinds Main Office: ALBERT MURRAY Pres. Michigan Shoe Dealers Mutual Fire Insurance Company FREMONT, MICHIGAN GEORGE BODE, Sec’y The Grand Rapids Merchants Mutual Fire Insurance Co. STRICTLY MUTUAL Operated for benefit ot members only. Endorsed by The Michigan Retail Dry Goods Association. Issues policies in amounts up to $15,000. Associated with several million dollar companies. Offices: 319-320 Houseman Bldg. Grand Rapids, Michigan 16 SALE OF BURTON HOME. Link in The Local Events. Last week a transfer of real estate was consummated in Grand Rapids, j i because it was vents connect- he city from Imrortant Chain of ret passed the first invasion in the same and a whole- have run i ures of Droegeress, Cven . they é become mossy vounger real estate men, “negotiated the Fale of surton Farm home, now ime di- gg post 1e prop- removes r- ; Unite came from the United es to 'Mr. Burton in 1853: He and b uilt a house up- he resi¢ lence now oc- eae of Charles W. April 13, 1834, Mr. Bur- ton married Harriet Guild and 1m- mediately bega susekeeping in his new home. Mrs. Burton was the first white bride of the new colony. The Burton Home became at once a rest- i la f the newcomers and sneer hia ie were in red here until tem- be ar- who ie Bur- n 0 ye PUT t} an ik Lake by the aid of widely scattered neigh- bors. Judge Williams, of —— ha cone to him aul others who traveled between Al- legan and Grand Rapids in those early years on social and business errands. Th¢ Burtons lived upon this farm until 1856, when they sold the last twenty acres of the half section taken from the Government in 1833 to Har- riet E. Garfield of Wawautosa, Wis- consin. This deed was dated June 28, 1856, and was executed by Barney and Harriet Burton. The acknowl- edgment was taken by James Miller. Notary Public, who owned the farm adjoining on one side, and witnessed by Joel A. Simonds, who was the neighbor on the other side. It was recorded the same day by F. W. Worden, County cee of Deeds. The Garfields did not move to their new possession until April, 1858. Marshall and Harriet Garfield were pioneer settlers in Milwaukee, Wis- consin, and were attracted to this locality by the Simonds family, who had two years previously bought a considerable portion of the Burton holdings. Mrs. Simonds was a sister ot Mr. Garfield. Mrs. Garfield was rather averse to removal from the beautiful farm near Milwaukee she had assisted in hewing out of the wilderness. Family pressure was brought to bear and, finally, she said, “Of all the possible places you have shown me only one has any charm and that is the Burton home.” The price paid for the Burton twenty was considered exorbitant at that time, but the Burtons were not anxious to sell. This accoun i for the deed running to Harriet E. Garfield. The Garfields, between the date of the original pur- chase and the time of their removal to Michigan, secured by further pur- chase from Mr. Simonds seventy acres in addition. Mr. Simonds and Mr. Garfield owned the same amount of land with 45 rods in width on Burton street and extending MICHIGAN TRADESMAN South one mile. The Simonds resi- dence was on the present site of Gar- held lodge on the playgrounds. Sub- sankey. there was an exchange of hold and Mr. Simonds moved a ialf South upon Alger street, which was newly opened, and Mr. Garfield’s frontage on Burton street was doubled. The same year Madi- son avenue was opened for the halt mile South of Burton and a beautifu row of young trees was preserved i: idle of the highway throug the strenuous efforts of Mr. Garfield against the neighborhood contention that_ “The “brush No ne travels lichens but will say that the of Mr. Garfield was prophetic. large farm barn belonging to Mr oopala was moved a _ mile to a i 7 i } nh i should be cleaned to-day whe +, 1é new site by the Pullman brothers, W he afterward became ore 10us through the invention of the Pullman sle eping 1e Gartields co the name ot Farm to their home because affection for “Aunt Hattie” who was until her death a located. This barn was taken down piece by piece and re-erected on the same lines upon the Slot farm in the Southern part of Paris township. The lumber for this barn was cut from the original Burton acreage and at the time of its removal was in a perfect state of preservation. ; Mrs. Fletcher erected an artistic i bungalow on her new purchase using the entrance to Burton Farm Home i ommon with her cousin, Mr. Gar- i 1e property conveyed to Mr. and Mrs. Watson by the Garfields is a very irregular lot known as lot nine and contains something more than two acres. By the terms of convey- ance the premises are to remain in the present form during the lives of Mr. and Mrs. Garfield, who have pur- chased the Fletcher bungalow for their permanent home. The Garfield house was erected in 1860 and is in a perfect state of pres- ervation. Mr. Marshall Garfield carted lumber from the Kellogg Bros. mill, six miles to the wharf on the Chas. W. Garfield frequent guest and valued friend in that house. Burton street, Burton Heights and Burton Woods are nam- ed in her honor. The title of the original twenty acres passed fom Mrs. Garfield to her son, Charles W. Gar- field, the year before her death, ex- cept the home she occupied in the Northwest corner, which she gave to her daughter, Mrs. Mary G. Walker, and which is now owned by Miss Audie Kelley, a grand daughter of Foster Kelley, one of the pioneers who settled in Gaines when that township was a part of Paris town- ship. In 1914 the twenty acres were plat- ted as Burton Farm subdivision on a Dlan designed by Ossian C. Simonds who was born in 1856 on what is now the Garfield-Fletcher playgrounds. Jefferson Drive meandered through the plat as an extension of Jefferson avenue and the plats all faced on either side of this drive varying in dimensions and area. Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Garfield sold to Mrs. Julia L. Fletcher a lot adjoining their own home upon which the old Barney Burton farm barn was river bank, near the site of the pres- ent Eagle Hotel, taking his pay for the service in lumber which was “the pick of the yard,” and this material went into his new house. Mr. and Mrs. Watson, who have become the owners of this home, are greatly enamored of its beauty and associations. For a long time they were the recipients of the good of- fices of real estate men who tried to find something to satisfy their hearts’ desire and found nothing that fitted into their tastes and needs until they learned of the possibility of secur- ing this home. Mr. and Mrs. Gar- field refused to part with their home until they could learn from Mrs. Fletcher, who is traveling on the Pacific slope, that she would allow them to become possessor of her holdings on the subdivision, so they could during their lives be closely as- sociated with the pictures in grass, trees, shrubs and flowers which they had created and from which they could not be separated. There are historic things at Bur- ton Farm of interest to all lovers of Grand Rapids. A larch tree which June 23, 1920 Harriet Burton planted in 1834 stands within a few teet of the house in perfect health Walnut trees on the Burton. stree: front have grown from nuts, which Mrs. Burton planted in the angles o: the rail fence which first enclosed th: premises the same year. A bed Iris at the entrance was put there } Mrs. Burton in 1835. An elm and burr oak stand on the line of th side lawn which came up in_ the grass the year that the Gar tields came to Michigan and were carefully preserved. A _ red _ ceda: fence post brought by Barney Burton from the Thornapple river, which he forded when he drove into the Grand River valley, has done duty all these years and is still serving there as hitching post. The first nursery in Grand Rapids was planted on this place and many, tiees were disseminated in the early days from this farm. It has always been noted for its trees and Charles W. Garfield, after his father’s death in 18/6, started a nursery of forest trees which have been distributed throughout the neighborhood. Aside irom the earlier pioneer trees, ever, tree, shrub and vine on the place has becn grown ‘by him from the seed and cutting. A Norway maple, which is t..e pride of the place, was sent Mr Cartield in a common envelope by Prof. Sargent of the Arnold Arbore- tum in 18/9. Many other remarkable trees aie to be found on the premises. Burton Woods, which now belongs to the city and ‘which is a six acre truct of torest trees, was grown from seed planted in 1892 by Mr. Garfield and which will remain forever as an cxample of reforestation. burton Farm subdivision has now been entirely sold or given to the city for park purposes. The last lot sold, aside from the home which now changes ownership, was the one con- taining over an acre of ground and covered by a variety of fruit trees, recently purchased by Mr. Eugene V. Goebel, the Superintendent of Parks in Grand Rapids, for a permanent home. Mr. Garfield’s idea in platting the farm was to create a neighbor- hood of home owners who would be good neighbors, who were in love with their surroundings and who de- sired to develop beautiful permanent homes. In the last transfer of his old home and in acquiring the new premises oi part of his original domain suited to his taste and requirements, and in bringing about him people who ap- preciate all he has done to beautify the units of the sub-division and who are congenial neighbors, Mr. Garfield certainly has created a neighborhood that will be a monument to his vision and altruistic design. The dreams of to-day become the facts of to-morrow and what finer con- ception of a legacy as one passes on can there be than a colony of good neighbors who own and occupy their own homes? ——2--e Opinions of Two Niles Merchants. George 'B. Winter, grocer: “I was taking several trade papers, so I cut out the Tradesman for a while, but { missed it so much that I began tak- ing it again and now I would not do without it. There is so much in every issue, it speaks for itself. All I have to say is if you are in business, take it and read it. It will make and save you money and make you wise and keep you posted. [ am well satisfied with it.” Gerold & Miller, meats: ‘The Tradesman is all right. Good paper. Pleased to renew at the advance rate. It is well worth it and more, too.” —_»-2—2___- The Grand Rapids Grinding Ma- chine Co. has increased its capital stock from $25,000 to $55,000. pulled out of the lLaraway swamp, two miles away, and June 238, 1920 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Nationalizing Boss Work Gloves TS first national advertisement on Boss Work Gloves appears in The Saturday Evening Post of July 3d and in a long list of leading magazines. Look for it. Boss advertising is a permanent policy. Every month, year-in and year -out, a new advertisement will hammer home to millions the multiple uses and superior qualities of Boss Work Gloves. Every new customer means new profits for you. Keep a stock of Boss Work Gloves that will satisfy the steadily increasing demand. In ribbed, band and gauntlet wrists, the following are the most popular gloves: THE BOSS MEEDY— The world’s favorite work glove for odd jobs around the house and garden, and all light hand-work. Made of the best quality, medium weight canton flannel. THE BOSS HEVY— The best bet for all work that requires a strong, wear-resisting glove. Made of the very best quality, heavyweight canton flannel. THE BOSS XTRA HEVY—The world’s champion heavy- weight handwear for rough work. Made of the finest grade of extra heavy canton flannel. THE BOSS WALLOPER—This is the super work glove. Strong, flexible and built for rugged work. Made of the highest quality, heaviest weight canton flannel. THE BOSS LETHERPOM — Strong gloves for strong work made of heavy, durable canton flannel with tough leather stoutly sewed on the work side of palms, fingers and thumbs. THE BOSS JERZY — Warm, sturdy gloves made of highest quality cotton jersey cloth. These are for work and play, and are made in distinctive colors. THE BOSS TIKMIT— Big, roomy mittens made of ticking that wears like iron. Made for hand-protection ‘and rough work. THE BOSS ELASTO—-A flexible, hand-fitting canton flannel work glove made by a patented process in one weight only. This glove will be a big seller. The Boss line includes highest quality, leather-palm, jersey, ticking, and canton flannel gloves and mittens. Your service to your customers cannot be complete unless you have a good line of Boss Gloves in your stock. Write us for full particulars, sending your jobber’s name. THE BOSS MANUFACTURING CO. Sales Offices: Kewanee, Ill.; Brooklyn, N. Y. Mark This Trade-mark identifies genuine Boss Work Gloves. Be sure it is on every pair you buy. 17 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN June 23, 1920 "4 OTN Qe LG A = WN WHEE VV) \\ = (((U ee ( DRY GOODS, FANCY GOODS “> NOTIONS. | 2d), spy} er CHEZ ~~ “Ut Michigan Retail Dry Goods Association. l'resident—D. M. Christian, Owosso. First Vice-President—George J. Dratz, Muskegon. Second Vice-President—H. G. Wend- land, Bay City. Secretary-Treasurer—J. W. Knapp. Lansing. Cotton Prospects and Cotton Goods. What spurts occurred in quotations during the past week seemed rather labored and hardly in accord with the statistical position of the article or the The report on cotton consumption in domestic milis crop prospects. during May, issued early in the week, 541,080 bales of There will showed the use of lint and 31,032 of linters. be a drop in consumption for the re- the cotton ac- the usual custom. At mainder of year, in cordance with the end of May there were, in con- suming establishments and on _ stor- age or compresses, 4,280,085 bales of lint and 665,182 bales of linter. The imports of cotton have been over three times as great as in the normal years the war. A carryover of at least 3,500,000 bales of lint cot- ton seems assured with a possibility before ot even more. So far as the new crop is concerned, all reports are agreed that the very much improved since May 25, which prospects have been was the date of the Government’s first estimate, and the prediction is made that the report for June 25 will be more favorable. Little purchasing is reported from the growing districts. holding off Great Britain Domestic spinners are and exports are small. seems to have on hand a large supply and Japan, under present financial conditions there, is in no position to A significant thing about cot- is the buy. ton just now weakening of yarn prices. These had been hoisted beyond all reason. Ap- parently in the effort to prevent too great a drop, some spinners are cur- manufactures tailing production. In the case of the Gastonia mills in North Carolina the cut will amount to a million pounds a week. Not much life has been shown by the goods market. cided impression that prices will have to come down in with those of other textiles and trading, therefore, is very cautious. A lot of deliveries too late for this season’s business is another complication, be- cause they will have to be carried over. Weakness in hosiery prices is marked, and knit goods prices may be shaded to correspond to lower yarn levels. —_—_+-2___ Wool Prices, Cloth and Clothing. Abroad as well as here, the prices of wool keep dropping and the de- mand slackens. No one is able to predict at what point bottom will be touched in the decline, and trading everywhere is of the slightest. The There is a de- consonance reason for this, which has been often stated, is that the supplies large as to make the marketing of them a very serious problem. The domestic wool growers are trying to atc 680 check the decline in divers ways. One method is to have the banks help carry the supply. In Boston, which has been the wool center of the coun- the banks other their funds and are unable to give the support which is asked for. Now there is a plan for having the Chicago banks help in the matter. The propo- sition, it is said, will call for loans to- taling perhaps $100,000,000, and this would be beyond what Chicago can afford unless the aid of other Western banks can be had. It is very doubt- ful, however, whether any amount of financial backing will serve to keep up the inflated prices of wool. Mean- while, the goods market is extremely dull, with little demand and with a lot of canceled orders to contend with. Mills are closing down or run- ning on short time, while manufac- turers of clothing are trying to get rid of quantities of goods so as to make room for new ones and obtain the capital tied up in the products on hand. No one is in any hurry to put in orders for Spring. To get orders for Fall they have had to guarantee prices to retailers, which is not an encouraging sign. In dress goods the buying is of the hand to mouth order, because of the uncertainty as to the course of prices. ———_»-+-.__— Embroidery and Ostrich Tips For Fall Millinery. The vogue for embroidery in wo- men’s hats continues, according to the bulletin of the Retail Millinery Association of America, and many of the new Fall models show the pro- fuse use of metallic and worsted em- broidery. Ostrich tips are favored for trimming, and duvetyn and brocade are much in evidence at all the manu- facturers. It goes on: try, have uses for “ A smart hat included in the early Fall display of one of the manufac- turers had a crown of embroidered haircloth and a brim of brown duve- tyn. Peacock feathers, embroidered old blue silk and gold thread covered the round crown and the brim of duvetyn rolled up off the face. Smal! brown ostrich tips circled the edge of the brim. : “Navy blue and gold brocade were combined with taffeta to make a gay continental. Taffeta was used for the round crown and the inside of the brim had a facing of the taffeta. A flare of brocade formed each side of the upturned brim and a band of moire formed the center. Two long blue pins pierced the fold of moire at the front of the brim. “A striking hat shown by one of the wholesale houses had a round full crown-of vivid orange duvetyn. Brown taffeta was used for the broad scal- loped brim and a band of orange rib- bonzene embrcidery, about three in- ches in width, festooned the brim. Gay-hued flowers made of the ribbon- the band zene were embroidered on about the crown.” —_——_o2.-s——__ Origin of the Word Dollar. The word “dollar” is from the Bo- hemian Thal, (valley), a little silver- mining district in Northern Bohemia, 300 years ago, called Joachimstal, or Joachim’s Valley. The reigning duke authorized the coining of a piece which was called “joachimstal- er.” The word “joachim” was drop- ped and the name “thaler’” retained. The piece went into general use in Bohemia and in Denmark, where the orthography was changed to “daler,” whence it came into English, with some changes in the spelling and pro- nunciation. silver 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. Bell Phone 596 Citz. Phone 61366 Lynch Brothers Sales Co. Special Sale Experts Expert Advertising Expert Merchandising 200-210-211 Murray Bidg. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN fae: CRE ea ans - - et GRAHAM & MORTON Transportation Co. CHICAGO In connection with Michigan Railroad BOAT TRAIN 7 P.M. DAILY Freight for CHICAGO ONLY Daniel T, FINE SHIRTS POINTED SOFT COLLARS ATHLETIC UNDERWEAR BALBRIGGAN UNDERWEAR SNAPPY BELTS ON THE FLOOR In Attractive Styles and Patterns atton & Company GRAND RAPIDS The Men’s Furnishing Goods House of Michigan UU IVAN === Adjustable to any size. if not satisfactory. Send us your order today. IUGR Kooloff Suspenders KOOLOFF SUMMER SUSPENDERS are comfortable and classy, hold trousers and shirt in perfect position. The only invisible suspender with a money back guarantee | Quality Merchandise—Right Prices—Prompt Service HUULULUTCUTANU TEAL E E E L WHOLESALE DRY GOODS Paul Steketee & Sons GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ALARA June 23, 1920 Government Taxes People $5 To Get $1. I believe it would be a good thing if the excess profits tax law could be repealed tomorrow. I say that be- tween $4 and $5 are taken from you and me, and the men on the street as ultimate consumers in excess prices for every dollar that eventually gets into the public treasury. I think that is pretty stiff taxation. If you knock the whole thing out, the price struc- ture would come down two or three stories at least and nobody would be hurt. Of Government would lose this big revenue, and then you ask me to suggest what I would put in place of it. Plenty of other de- vices have been suggested. For in- stance, a reasonably small direct tax that everybody can see, evidenced, perhaps, by a stamp on gross sales. Something that would stand right out and that everybody could see, and then have the same tax apply on everything—luxuries, necessities and everything else. We would be a na- tion of taxpayers, of course, and we would yell about it, but we are a na- tion of taxpayers now and we are pay- ing $5 for $1. course, the In the beginning, the excess profits tax, as I understand it, was not a rev- enue device at all. During the war it became necessary to fix prices of vari- ous commodities to keep the market from going wild. It was found that there was a very wide range in the cost of production of the same article in various factories or mines or mills. It was necessary that the price fixed should be high enough to bring into production the amount of the com- modity that was needed to supply the wants of war time. So they had to put on a price that was predicated on the high cost of operation then exist- ing. The excess profits tax was proposed MICHIGAN TRADESMAN as a means whereby the undue profits which might accrue to the low cost operations could be gathered back in- to the treasury to provide in part the money with which the Government could pay the high fixed price, because the Government then, was the biggest customer for everything. They put a price on copper high enough to pro- vide the last needed pound which was going to be scandalously high with respect to the lowest cost ,copper mined but since the Government was going to buy all the copper anyhow the idea was to take back the excess profits that went to the low cost prod- uct. This is the theory of the law and that is the history of the law. The theory was that by taking back 30, 50 or 60 or 80 cents on the dollar of undue profits, a condition of private profiteering could be avoided. It seems to me that it has been an at- tempt to lift ourselves by our boot Straps. The inevitable result has been the creation of a price structure which has been and is absolutely intoler- able. Since the excess profits tax was created as an equalizer in cases of price fixation and for no other rea- son and since prices are no longer being fixed I am waiting for some- body to give me a reason for continu- ing it. W. B. Colver. ee Loss With broken heart and broken wing A bird comes fluttering to earth, Still seeking painfully to cling To heaven above, that gave it birth; And Man (whom God put here to kill?) Victoriously proclaims his. skill. What is one birdling more or less? One song, one voice, men shall not hear, A little less of happiness, A poorer summer, poorer year. What is one birdling less or more? One joy that men can not restore. There is so much to make us sad (The labor’s long, the world is gray), We can not spare one voice that’s glad, One ray of sunshine from the day. Triumphantly the hunter cries— But all men lose when one bird dies. Douglas Malloch. 19 The Market and Your Buying Policy On recent Trade Extension Trips taken by our representatives we found certain merchants who were complaining about the volume of business they were doing and were very much afraid of the pres- ent market situation. At present raw silk has strengthened and is quoted higher, but you must remember that finished silk goods cannot be much cheaper until later and not until the Manufacturers have had an cpportunity to manufacture and sell the merchandise which they are now mak- ing up from high priced raw materials.. On account of short pro- duction and good demand, which has continued, it looks as if this would: be an orderly recession in prices of silk goods, which will enable any good merchant who pushes this class of merchan- dise to sell and dispose of his stocks from time to time and get a good profit thereon. We advise caution in your buying policy but not to ex- tremes. Some time ago we advised against the head-long stampede of buying and we now advise against the cutting down of orders and the policy of absolutely buying nothing at all. Some merchants have not only done this but have gone further and can- celled their orders for Fall. We have gladly accepted all such cancellations, because on many items we were over-sold with no pros- pects of getting more. Remember that the Mills and primary markets are standing absolutely firm and even in some cases advancing prices and if you sacrifice merchandise which you know is bought right, you will regret it later on. With the advent of warm weather, our business has been extremely good and it is only in spots that we hear complaining. One merchant who complained bitterly about the poor Wash Goods business he was getting, admitted that he saw his error when our representative took him across the street and showed him the stock his competitor had and the large and profitable trade which his competitor was enjoying. IF YOU DO NOT BELIEVE US AND DO NOT WISH TO BUY FROM OUR SALESMAN OR BY MAIL, WE WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU COME PERSONALLY TO THE HOUSE AND WE WILL MAKE ARRANGEMENTS WITH YOU WHICH WILL GIVE YOU A NICE BUSINESS, GOOD PRO- FIT AND ABSOLUTE GUARANTEE AGAINST LOSS. MANY MERCHANTS WHO HAVE TRIED THIS PRESCRIPTION ARE STEADILY COMING BACK FOR MORE. The present probability of another short crop in Cotton and the scarcity of long staple cotton, together with short production would indicate that somewhere near the present high price level on cotton goods generally will be maintained for some time. A reduc- tion of price on worsted and woolens has been looked for, especially on the lower grades, due to freer imports of raw wool, but this coun- dition is partially offset by the action of certain great Manufacturing concerns in resisting further labor advances and shutting down their Mills or going on part time. ‘> J oD BUSINESS WITH THE RETAILER WHO HAS THE MERCHANDISE HAS BEEN EXCEPTIONALLY GOOD and with the financial pressure and general policy of all merchants to curtail buying in every manner possible, it means that later on merchandise is likely to be hard to. get, especially if Manu- facturers and Mills continue to shut down rather than to manufac- ture without orders. Imports from abroad are not as large as it was first thought they would be and exports have not declined in the proportion looked for. Transportation delays and embargoes have caused a tying up of not less than 10 per cent. of the annual pro- duction of dry goods, thus adding to the scarcity of merchandise. THINK WHAT IT WOULD MEAN IF THE MAJORITY OF RETAILERS WOULD SUDDENLY DECIDE TO ENTER THE MARKET AT ONCE, OR EVEN IF THOSE WHO ARE NOT BUYING ANYTHING SHOULD GET EXCITED AND EXCHANGE COLD FEET FOR HOT HEADS. THE ANSWER IS PLAIN. DEPEND ON US. YOU ARE THEN TAKING NO CHANCES. WHILE WE DO NOT GIVE YOU A WRIT- TEN GUARANTEE WE ALWAYS STAND BACK OF OUR MERCHANDISE AND GIVE YOU THE BENEFIT OF ANY CHANGES IN PRICE. THEREFORE IF YOU HAVE NOT COVERED FOR FALL, DO SO IMMEDIATELY. GIVE US YOUR REGULAR ORDERS AND IF YOU ARE IN A POSI- TION WHERE YOU NEED A LITTLE MERCHANDISING HELP, COME AND SEE US. ERD neta ate > 2 On the job wherever So es — ed o> oo & big work in America —— Beas pas a is being done. Sere ne EXy Panes Os o re oO *; Kes SK eK a PR NS Ce? 3? oa © OO as x2 5 * > oe 3 > oO } oN aR 3 wR & “> sé Michigan Motor Garment Co. Greenville, Mich. be x o > 2 > 3 ae eo Se i293 exe ~ Ta > LR eR SHR S RR SOS OR SED ee Se were "ee, 2 S ox Sesoe ooh ox ie Lobe Me e. 2K > Set Factories Greenville, Mich. Carson City, Mich. Lowell, Mich. Lakeview, Mich. Se va oe RCS ore: Cx ee RR) bese 23 ye ox ‘2 CD ‘2 OSS “ a Cx) x <>? Se ae RS A emene: CoS So Bee ROY SSS 2 a 8 Branches ix} oe & S36 Ce eS Cx 5S OOO CxS Soke 3 a eer BS xo Sone OX e = > GRAND RAPIDS DRY GOODS CO. Grand Rapids, Mich. Exclusively Wholesale No Retail Connections 20 MICHIGAN AT ATLANTA< State Report of President Jones, of Cass City. I have looked forward with a good deal of pleasure, ever since we held our State convention to this National convention in Dixie. I was born be- tween Lake Huron and Lake Mich- igan and spent the majority of my life within a radius of probably fifty miles of my birthplace, and when the opportunity came for me to visit your beautiful city, Atlanta, as a delegate to the convention, I can assure you I was more than pleased. I started a little early and took the trip through the Mammoth Caves of Kentucky and to Lookout Mountain and I have enjoyed myself coming down and it certainly is a pleasure ‘to bring a lit- tle report from “Michigan, My Michi- gan.” IT am proud of being a Wol- verine, where we have one-third of the iron ore and copper and salt and are foremost in the production of beans and sugar beets and automobiles— especially fords. I am proud of the fact that we have a wide awake State Association with men like Mr. Davis. who is sitting over there, and Mr. sothwell, our State Secretary, there They are men who have been a great force in the State and beside him. are getting results. They are men who have the interest of the State at heart and they are men who are do- ing work. In our convention of 1919 our dues were raised to $5 initiatory and $2.50 per year thereafter. A great many of the boys at that time thought it would be disastrous, but during the past year we have added to our list 106 new names as new members. Relative to the National office, I want to say that we are sending our National Bulletin for one year free. We want every grocer in Michigan to read the National Bulletin and we are getting a good reputation there at the present time. We have been, as you know, all over the United States, unjustly criticised, and we have been suffering a good deal from newspaper propaganda scattered throughout the country, and as a class I believe we have groped around a good deal to find something tangible to which we might anchor our business. To-day the food supply is so depleted, the demand increased and the prices in- flated that it has been impossible for use to do much. Recently there was a bill introduced in our Legislature which passed the House and passed the Senate and went up for the Gov- ernor’s signature to become a law, when it was found out that it was go- ing to be very detrimental to the gro- cers of the large cities. We got in touch with the Governor, requested him to wait until he heard the gro- cers’ side before he signed that bill and the result was that he vetoed the bill and it never became a law. It seems to me that one of the most im- portant things we can take up is along legislative lines. I never real- ized until the last year or two what it meant to keep in touch with the Senators and Representatives at Lan- sing and Washington. They are sent down there to carry out our wishes. How are they going to know what we want done unless we keep in touch with them and let them know. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN I am glad that we have a Secretary with an eagle eye—two eagle eyes, in fact--and he keeps one of them turned on the State Legislature and one on Congress. He is watching any legislation that may come up that will atfect the retailer and im- mediately scatters the word broadcast throughout the Michigan and we get in touch with it. I wired our Congressman and got a response that he was very glad to grocers, know how we stood and he was glad to carry out our wishes in that mat- ter. We must unite. We_ have got to have the co-operation of every one to make it successful. Mr. Bothwell, our Secretary, sent out 1,500 pieces of mail during the past year. He receives $100 a month from the State. He has been in touch with 135 towns, has an active co-operative membership of over 855, and we are going to try and make it 1500 next year. convene in Our convention will Kalamazoo. I am glad we have our finances here going so nicely and I am especially interested in one thing, the registration fee. | think it is a fine idea and I am going to carry it back to Michigan. I think we are going to install it in the State of Michigan along with similar lines, on a smaller scale. Just so much as a man invests in a certain thing, just that much more interest he takes in it. It is going to hold thim if they have two or three dollars invested as a registration fee—they won't want to lose anything. They are going to want a full report of everything at the convention to take back home with them. This convention means a great deal to me, as I know it does to every one here. We are being gathered together here as one great brotherhood, under one flag, working for one interest, to show the people of the United States that we are en- gaged in a grand, good legitimate work. Our convention in Grand Rapids in February was a real success. We accomplished more real work than has been done at any former conven- tion. This was due to the fact that we had our National President, Mr. Ulmer, and John Green and Paul Findlay all there and they contribut- ed their wisdom and knowledge. We are now scouting around to find some real good fellows for Kalamazoo, for we must make the Kalamazoo convention a little better than Grand Rapids. “Michigan, my Michigan” as a State is glad to co-operate in every way possible and to assist in bring- ing forth the measures that we as a National Association are working for. Signs of the Times - Are Electric Signs Progressive merchants and manufac- turers now realize the value of Electric Advertising. We furnish you with sketches, prices and operating cost for the asking. THE POWER CO. Bell_M 797 Citizens 4261 June 238, 1920 MILLER: MICHIGAN POTATO CoO. Wholesale Potatoes, Onions Correspondence Solicited Frank T. Miller, Sec’y and Treas. Wm. Alden Smith Building Grand Rapids, Michigan eee FTIFLD SEEDS WILL HAVE QUICK ATTENTION ae Pleasant St. and Railroads Both Phones 1217 Moseley Brothers, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 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 me.’ McGuire Bros. Tea Co., Huron and Center, South “We like the Tradesman very much. Used to take several papers, but found that the Tradesman filled the bill and was Hlaven: trade the best of them all so have cut the others out.” A. R. Nelsen, grocer, South Haven: “I have taken the Tradesman for some years and like it very much. It is a necessary adjunct to anyone in the grocery business or general trade. I depend upon it to keep me posted, and would hate to keep store with- out it, [ should feel lost of the ‘Tradesman didn’t come each week for it furnishes one so much information. It is always a very welcome visitor and never disappoints me. I expect to take it while I remain in trade.” Merrifield & Twitchell, agricultur- al implements, 304 Broadway, South Haven: ‘We stand for the Trades- man, because it is the best trade paper that comes to our desk. It does so much for the man and al- ways stands for honest upright deal- ing and for good true American gov- ernment.” William Frude, coal, automobiles and implements, Breedsville: ‘The Tradesman is the best paper I ever Saw. It has sound sense and good reading in a fewer pages than any other paper I ever read. It ‘is a great help to me in my business and I expect to continue to take it as long as I remain in trade. I like Stowe for the true honest Ameri- canism that he preaches and the way he goes after crooks, cracked busi- ness men, great or small, and crooked business more politicians without regard to party. He is doing a great work for the trade and Nation.” a Allotment of Sugar Made to Can- ners. The announcement that four of the leading sugar refining companies had arranged with the Department of Justice to supply the canning trade of the country with 17,000,000 pounds of sugar in the five months from June until the end of October was regard- ed as welcome news by the canner and distributer, although: the effect of the allotment is a matter of con- jecture. A similar quantity will be put aside for the preservers during the next six months. The effects of this guaranteed allotment are mini- MICHIGAN TRADESMAN mized by the difficulty to move the sugar from the refinery to the can- nery and by the fact that the allot- ment comes rather late in the season, when the made his arrangements as to the size of his pack, which is to be curtailed not on- ly through already canner has a lack of sugar but be- cause of a similar lack of cans, a fail- ure in some cases to have future con- ha:d and by the general high operating costs which tracts already in make canning unusually hazardous in the face of unsettled financial condition. industrial and However, a sup- ply of sugar will be welcomed. <<>> -- The Big Brother of the Retail Gro- cer. which One thing created deal of enthusiasm at the nual convention of the Wholesale Colorado Springs was the complete the jobbers that the them to take a and his play “big brother’ at a good recent an- National Grocers Association at dawning upon time has come for serious hold on the retailer problem and any cost. That the chain retailer is menaced by store, corporation store, Gov- ernment sale and the fifty-seven va- rieties of “co-op” enterprises is no longer open to serious question. Nor is it debatable that if the retailer loses out the jobber must do so also. Sink or swim—in trend if not in fact —the two are partners, and the con- vention indicated plainly that the jobbers are fully aroused to the de- termination to get busy and help the retailers help themselves. If the con- vention did nothing more it cemented the destinies of the two great classes of the food trade together firmly. —_+2>—___ Traverse City—Cornell & Son suc- ceed I. G. James in the grocery and meat business. GROCERS and BUTCHERS The 20th Century Computing Scale World’s Best. Liberal exchange allowances for old scales. Write for details. W. J. Kling 843 Sigsbee St., Grand Rapids, Mich. Galespooke 100 Per Cent PLUS SERVICE ALL KINDS, SIZES, COLORS, AND GRADES. ASK FOR SAMPLES AND PRICES. THE MCCASKEY REGISTER Co., ALLIANCE, OHIO You Make Satisfied Customers when you sell “SUNSHINE” FLOUR BLENDED FOR FAMILY USE THE QUALITY IS STANDARD AND THE PRICE REASONABLE x Genuine Buckwheat Flour Graham and Corn Meal J. F. Eesley Milling Co. The Sunshine Mills PLAINWELL, MICHIGAN 21 Comes inall sizes sanitary air-tight tins, from 8 oz. to 100 Ibs. Bel-Car-Mo Guaranteed Peanut Quality Butter Get your trade acquainted with this superior food staple and they will ‘‘repeat’’ without further solicitation. Its irresistable taste and high food value makes it a household necessity in foods. Order From Your Jobber CANTALOUPES and NEW POTATOES For the season now opening, we will maintain the reputation we have earned by handling only the best Brands and Packs obtainable. VINKEMULDER COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Domino Syrup Sells All the Year "Round Grocers can sell this unusually good syrup at all seasons. Besides many uses on the table, it is excellent for cooking, preparing light, summer desserts, and as a “dip’”’ over ice creams, fruits, etc. Domino Syrup is a cane sugar syrup of the same high standard of quality as Domino Package Sugars. This high grade syrup has become a popu- lar Domino product. In convenient family sizes. ee American Sugar Refining Company ‘“Sweeten it with Domino’’ Granulated, Tablet, Powdered, Confectioners, Brown, Golden Syrup. 22 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN June 23, 1920 Hi) Michigan Retail Hardware Assoclation. President—Geo. W. Leedle, Marshall. Vice-President—J. H. Lee, Muskegon. ee —Arthur J. Scott, Marine ity. Treasurer—William Moore, Detroit. Hints on Handling the Fishing Tackle Trade. Written for the Tradesman. The hardware dealer who sells fish- ing tackle should as far as possible place that particular branch of his business in the hands of a clerk who understands tackle as well as fishing. An incident that happened the other day illustrated this point. A visitor in town wanted to do some trout- fishing in one of the nearby streams. A store he visited in search of tackle had an excellent stock, well displayed and taken care of. But the salespeo- ple seemed to have only the vaguest sort of idea as to what equipment was needed. A walk down street resulted in the discovery of a smaller and less pre- tentious store, with a stock hardly as good or as well displayed. But the man behind the counter knew quite a bit about trout fishing. He could tell the visitor just where to go, how to get there, what to use and how to use it. The result was that between $9 and $10 changed hands; and, if that visitor goes to that same “town again, that store is going to get his trade. The incident will explain why it is that some stores which pay a great deal of attention to window display, keeping up the stock, and other vital matters fail to get as good results as they should from their really ex- cellént work along these lines. Per- sonality is a vital factor. The display may attract the customer, but the salesman and the salesman’s knowl- edge are necessary links before the sale can be made. This is true of all lines of goods. The hardware salesman needs a more than merely superficial knowledge of the goods he sells. And this is why the man in charge of the fishing tackle department should be something of a fisherman. Particularly in where summer visitors a town interested in local fishing facilities are numerous. These people as a rule don’t know where to go or what to buy; and the friendlier and more intelligent your store service the surer landing their business. The fishing tackle dealer should keep on good terms with local hotel and boarding house keepers, livery men and taxi drivers; so that when a fishing enthusiast comes to town they will refer him to the merchant for in- formation and equipment. This sort of assistance is worth having, in some towns it helps materially during the holiday season. There are endless ways in which you are of the fisherman’s trade can be attract- ed. The catchers of the finny tribe are enthusiasts. They “talk shop” all the time and tell each other what they use to get the big fellows with and where they buy their tackle. The reputation for being headquar- ters for fishing information is worth many dollars to a dealer. In one town a man who is a fishing “crank” of the first water has a store in which he sells practically all the tackle used in that part of the country. He sells few other things on so large a scale; but he makes a pretty fair living from this one line because he is an author- ity. Just now knowledge in a special line will attract trade is illustrated in this merchant’s case. Before he went in- to business he had been a gentleman of leisure, made some bad _ invest- ments, and had to earn his living. In spite of the tact that his town had two hardware stores both selling fish- ing tackle, he opened an exclusive store devoted to sporting goods lines, with special stress on fishing tackle. Now the regular dealers sell practical- ly no fishing tackle—simply because their handling of this business is perfunctory, while the exclusive deal- er is a recognized authority on the subject. Yet had either of the regu- lar dealers possessed a_ detailed knowledge of the game, the newcom- er would probably have had mighty hard sledding. Hardware and sporting goods deal- ers in the vicinity of famous lakes have often inaugurated contests for the largest fish caught during the sea- son. These contests are open to any fisherman provided he registers his name and address at the beginning of the season, or at least before he makes his catch. This proviso serves to bring people into the store and gives the dealer a chance of making his silent salesmen work. Whenever an_ exceptionally big catch is made, a picture of it and the fortunate owner is placed in the win- dow, with a few words to the effect that the sort of tackle used in catch- ing the big fish is for sale inside. Where this stunt is adopted, the photographs should be kept from year to year. A series of these photo- praphs, showing the big fish and the men who captured them, would add immensely to the effectiveness of the display. One dealer elaborated the contest idea considerably. He provided a large book of registry recording the captures of large trout, the date, place, weight and length of the fish; also describing the bait; tackle and rod used. Each purchase of a dol- lar’s worth of tackle from the dealer secured the customer a membership card in this club, and gave him the privilege of registering his big fish. No fish under one pound could be registered; but every effort was made to secure registry of all fish over that weight. A prize of $10 in gold was offered each season to the fisherman capturing the largest fish, and an- other prize of the same amount to the angler who made the largest total season’s catch. Vanity and curiosity were both ap- pealed to in this contest, which proved highly profitable to the tackle de- partment. It stimulated rivalry be- tween local sportsmen, many of whom eager to keep posted on the latest records, called at the store frequent- ly to consult the records. Many townsmen were by this means _ per- suaded to buy from the dealer not merely the dollar’s worth of tackle Announcement! E ARE PLEASED TO AN- NOUNCE THAT WE ARE NOW LOCATED AT OUR NEW HOME—57-59 DIVISION AVE., SO.— WHERE WE WILL CAR- RY A COMPLETE LINE OF LEATHER FINDINGS AND SHOE STORE SUPPLIES. ‘‘The Best of Everything’’ Prices quoted on application. Correspondence solicited. SCHWARTZBERG & GLASER LEATHER Co. 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Brown & Sehler Co. ‘‘Home of Sunbeam Goods”’ Manufacturers of HARNESS, HORSE COLLARS Jobbers in Saddlery Hardware, Blankets, Robes, Summer Goods, Mackinaws, Sheep-Lined and Blanket-Lined Coats, Sweaters, Shirts, Socks, Farm Machinery and Garden Tools, Automobile Tires and Tubes, and a Full Line of Automobile Accessories. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN June 23, 1920 necessary to secure a membership card, but all the tackle they needed. Not only did the tackle department show twice the business of any prey- ious season, but a goodly increase was recorded in other lines as well. The methods to be employed in ap- pealing to this class of trade depend, of course, largely on the locality in which you do business. There are some localities where the fishing tackle trade may be a very minor item; in other places it will bulk large. Every merchant must adapt his methods to his clientele. Some very effective window dis- plays can be contrived; and good re- sults can be secured by a little extra attention to interior display. One dealer utilized an exceptional- ly large window to display a wide range of fishing goods. The back- ground of the display was a bush made up of fishing rods. The bases of the rods were sunk in imitation moss, leaves and other forest cover- ings. This arrangement gave the im- pression that the store kept an im- mense stock of rods. In front of the rods were all manner of fishing hooks, flies, trolling spoons bait. re- ceptacles, hampers, etc, The rod cases, nets, heaviness of the display was relieved by the use of a few the trophies of some and there attracted mounted fish, local sportsmen; MLiCHIGAN TRADESMAN the attention of passersby the com- prehensive display of tackle. Another effective display endeavor- ed to reproduce a fishing camping scene. In the main part of the win- dow was a large galvanized pan about three feet square and one foot deep. This was filled with water which, by means of a mechanical device, was kept running. In this tank were placed several small fish, while the edges of the pan were covered with imitation moss. At the back of the pan, on a raised knoll, was a minature tent, and in the ten were minature figures. In front of the tent on a tripod was a pot, and underneath some sticks. A red electric bulb threw a light through the sticks, mak- ing an imitation camp fire. Around the tent were a number of fishing rods. The scene was quite realistic: and at night when the only lights visible were those in the tent and the camp fire light, it was singularly ef- fective. Across the window above the line of vision was a netting on which were hung all sorts of fishing hooks, flies, etc. The corners of the window and the border of the display were made with all kinds of accessories, such as bait receptacles, glass minnow traps, rod cases, thermos bottles, ete. The total result was a very effective one. Victor Lauriston. 23 Michigan Hardware Co. Exclusively Wholesale Grand Rapids, Mich. DICKINSON’S 1D TRADE M| MARK ra at nll n . sO IT ata aiaiin igye ame ta ee Co vt. nl S02. — '“ Aa SEEDS The Albert Dickinson Co. MINNEAPOLIS CHICAGO SANITARY REFRIGERATORS YS ais [7 4a 7 [2 You Can’ t Buy This in the Open Market NYBODY with the price can buy tire machinery or material and make fair tires. But they can’t buy the family con- science that safeguards every last detail of a BRAENDER TIRE, That’s why we picked this “honor- built” tire out of the 227 that clutter up the market.. 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To Champion Henry Amend- ment Again. ‘ Coldwater, June 21—As a prelim- inary to what we hope to. offer through the columns of your journal during our campaign for proposed legislation in the interest of the com- mercial traveler and knowing your penchant for fairness and publicity in matters pertaining to public wel- fare, we recall at this time one ex- perience in the last session of the Legislature. One of the members of the Senate serving (we believe) his first term in that body, after a care- ful study of the provisions of our amendment to the Henry hotel law, said that the amendment met with his approval and stated that any hotel man who objected to such a bill was not a safe man to deal with and should be put out of business. When the bill was introduced by Senator Henry, this man received a telegram from the hotel man in his home town, informing him that if he in any way supported that hotel amendment, he need not come back to his constitu- ents and expect to be re-elected. Be- cause of this threat he voted against out interest. We understand this man is (or will be) a candidate for re-election and we wonder if he regards his hotel friend of more importance than he does the support of several hundred traveling men in his district. We are not mak- ing any predictions in his case, but are going to get busy. Another case of gross ignorance was brought to our attention through a member of the House who happened to be the proprietor, general manager, porter and everything else worth while around a ten room hotel in the Upper Peninsula. This man_ laid great stress to his objection to the clause in the amendment which pro- vides for rope fire escapes in all guest rooms in two-story hotels. This man used the ridiculous argument before the committee that in case of fire a man could jump out of the window quicker than he could climb down the rope and was, therefore, putting a useless expense on the hotel man. Can any sane person conceive of a more ridiculous argument? Can any one see any justice in sending such profound ignorance to Lansing to make laws for the tax- payers? We believe that the time has come when about 10,000 traveling men will exercise their suffrage to their inter- est and see that such men as men- tioned in the foregoing are left at home in their blissful ignorance. A few words of advice to our mem- bers: At a recent banquet of travel- ing men, the proprietor of one of the largest hotels in the State made the statement that if the United Com- mercial Travelers would make use of the three letters U. C. T. when reg- istering at his hotel or writing or phoning for reservations, he would guarantee them a square deal in every case and the best his house affords. The writer has in the past tried to urge this method of advertising with the members, having made it a rule himself to place the U. C. T. and his council number opposite his name when registering at hotels and it has in some cases proven to his advan- tage and in no case has it ever proven a detriment, so we say to the boys, follow the suggestion of this hotel man. It may not get you anything, but it pays to advertise. In conclusion, will say, we hope in due time to submit a copy of the pro- posed amendment which will again be offered by Senator James Henry and hope through the columns of your journal to present same, section by section, for the purpose of affording all parties interested in same an op- portunity to discuss it pro and con. John A. Hach. Grand Legislative Committee. —————s-_2—a —___ Five Favorable Opinions. The Elkerton Hotel, Dowagiac: “We like it and the traveling sales- men who stop here enjoy it very much.” Otto A. Van Hise, grocer, Decatur: “T like the Tradesman. I like the way Stowe goes after the stock insurance companies and exposes the crooks. It is a might good all around trade journal, no matter from what angle you examine it. The more I read it the better I like it and the more I realize what a genuine friend it is to the trade.” D. E. Ferguson, grocer, 126 Cass avenue, Dowagiac: “I would not keep store without the very best trade journal I can get. Therefore I take the Tradesman and it pays me well to do so.” Redner & Son, Dowagiac: “You tell Mr. Stowe to keep sending it right along. We would not care to keep house without it. It is a splen- did paper and very valuable to any business man. We all read it and en- joy it and it keeps us posted and up to date and makes us more efficient. The pointers we get in the Tradesman we cannot find in any other trade journal and we can and do depend upon what we read in it. Any busi- ness man, manager or clerk who han- dles merchandise should read it.” Bonnell & Hartter, Dowagiac: I cannot speak too highly of the Trades- man. The articles that appear in it from week to week are especially good and very instructive. The good work that it is doing and has done should commend it to the serious consideration of any one handling merchandise. We find it a very valu- able paper and expect to take it as long as it is published and we con- tinue in trade.” —_2<-.____ The A. F. Burch Co., upholsterer and dealer in furniture supplies, has increased its capital stock from $250,- 000 to $400,000. June 23, 1920 Rew Hotel Mertens Rates, $1.50 up; with shower, $2 up. Meals, 75 cents or a la carte. Wire for Reservation. A Hotel to which a man may send his family. OCCIDENTAL HOTEL FIRE PROOF CENTRALLY LOCATED Rates $1.00 and up : EDWARD R. SWETT, Mer. Muskegon tt Michigan InGetting (COSTS Writeto BARLow Bros. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Beach’s Restaurant Four doors from Tradesman o'f'ce QUALITY THE BES? 139-141 Monrce St. Both Phones GRAND RAPIDS. MICA. Livingston Hotel and Cafeteria GRAND RAPIDS Nearer than anything to everything. Opposite Monument Square. New progressive management. Rates $1.00 fo $2.50 BERT A. HAYES, Propr. CODY HOTEL GRAND RAPIDS $1 up without bath RATES { $1.50 up with bath CAFETERIA IN CONNECTION Ne TO CHICAGO Daily 8:05 P. M. Central Standard Time FROM CHICAGO Daily 7:45 P.M Central Standard Time Fare $3.85 plus 31 cents War Tax Boat Car leaves Muskegon Electric Station 8:05 P. M. Route Your Freight Shipments “The Goodrich way.” Over-night service. Goodrich City Of- || Interurban fice, 127 Pearl St.. |; Station, With Consolidated || 156 Ottawa R. R. Ticket Offices. || Ave., N. W. W. S. NIXON, City Passenger Agt. ED 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, Il. June 23, 1920 UP TO HIS OLD TRICKS. Donovin Now Working Swindling Game in Pennsylvania. The Tradesman’s frequent exposure of the crafty tactics of the so-called James F. Donovin Shoe Co., of Indianapolis, has evidently prevented any further efforts to secure dupes in Michigan, Ohio and Indiana, but a recent letter from a Pennsylvania merchant indicates that the crooked concern is now working in the State. ‘ihe letter is as follows: We are inclosing copy of a contract with the James F. Donavin Shoe Co., Indianapolis, Ind., rather, this is mere- ly copy of an application for an agency, which was received as fol- lows: On February 9, 1920, a repre- sentative of this firm called on us with a very attractive and low-priced line of high grade shoes with an agency proposition that looked so promising that we gave him our check for $150, with the inclosed application, without taking pains to look up the rating and credit standing of the firm. I have had a special report from Dun’s and they give no rating, saying that they refuse to furnish them (Dun’s) with the required information. We have an acknowledgment of the check and the application from them, say- ing, “It will have their attention.” Now at the same time their represen- tative took an order for shoes which which were to be delivered immediate- ly; also were to have a sample trunk sent to us not later than March 1 from which to select the full line. We did not, however, retain a copy of this order, nor nothing more than_ his word concerning the sample case. Up to this time weshave heard nothing save the acknowledgment of the check from them. Since they have done nothing up to this time, we are now desirous of cancelling this agency contract, as we do not wish to engage in the shoe line, also wish to get our $150 returned to us in the quickest manner possible, therefore we are writing to you to know what manner to pursue. We have not as yet writ- ten them once regarding this matter, as I desire to have some experienced lawyer’s opinion on the case before I take it up with them, as I have had no experience in legal matters of any kind, and do not have an attorney hired as yet. Would appreciate immensely any in- formation you will give me on this matter as soon as it is convenient for you to do so, as at present time we are pressed hard for funds and could use these $150 to mighty good ad- vantage. The paper which got the above cor- respondent’s $150 was as follows: James F. Donavin Shoe Co. Indianapolis, U. S. A. The Co-Operative Mail Order House Application For Exclusive Agency for the Town OE The undersigned hereby applies to James F. Donavin Shoe Co. for the exclusive sales agency of the line of Donavin shoes in the town or city named below. The company agrees that it will not appoint, during the life of this contract, any other agent for said city or town. The sales agent shall be entitled to a 4 per cent. discount on all goods purchased from the company. This sales agency, however, may be revok- ed by the company after two years on thirty days’ notice in event the sales agency shall fail to be profit- able to the company; provided, how- ever, that in the event the company elects to cancel this agency it shall refund to the sales agent the payment made hereunder. In consideration of the appointment of the exclusive agency, the sales agent shall make a payment to the company of $150, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged. The company reserves the right to MICHIGAN TRADESMAN issue to the sales agent its certificate of appointment. When such certifi- cate is issued the liability of the com- pany to refund the payment made hereunder, unless it elects to revoke the appointment of the sales agency, shall be terminated in which event the certificate of appointment shall be re- turned to the company. It is understood and agreed, how- ever, that in no event shall the sales agent have authority to order goods with the understanding that the same may be paid for with the payment made hereunder. Name Pown e (oes LL Oe oon Nee ch Sie Kind of Store (0 tae LL For the benefit of those who may not have seen the Tradesman’s previ- ous exposures of this concern, the Tradesman feels no hesitation in pro- nouncing the scheme fraudulent, be- cause the Donovin gang do not fill their orders; they take the $150 mem- bership fee or buying license and let the dupes whistle. Fortunately, some Michigan merchants who had. been victimized by the plausible represen- tative of this concern placed their matters in the hands of an officer of the law, who apprehended the solici- tor in Iowa and clamped him in jail in Michigan. The Indianapolis swind- lers played every card to secure his release, without effect, when they re- imbursed their dupes for the cash filched from them by false pretenses and thus secured the release of the man who acted as cat’s paw for the fakirs. —_>-.—__ Gabby Gleanings From Grand Rap- ids. Grand Rapids, June 22—The Gener- al Manager of the General Motors Co. recently stated that within three years his corporation would have under cover thirty acres of the sixty- three it recently purchased in the South end of the city. Sidney F. Stevens (Foster, Stevens & Co.) and wife have gone to Que- bec, where they will spend a month at the famous Chateau Frontenac. They were there a month thirty-nine years ago and concluded they would like to see if any changes in Quebec have taken place in the meantime. Ray Pringle and wife have return- ed from their wedding trip and will be located for the summer at 642 Terrace avenue. G. K. Coffey, who has covered Western Michigan twenty-four years for the Crown Baking Powder Co., of East St. Louis, Ill., is in the mar- ket for another job. Prior to going on the road Mr. Coffey was engaged in the meat and grocery business at White Cloud for ten.years. He is an energetic worker and keeps ever- lastingly at it, achieving success where many less resolute men would fail. John D. Martin, who is attending the Supreme Council meeting of the U. C. T. at Columbus this week, writes the Tradesman as_ follows: “On my arrival here this morning, I found I was the first Michigan dele- gate registered, but they will all be here sometime to-day. A bunch is en route from Detroit by auto. The Supreme Council officers are all here, also the members of the State of the Order, Jurisprudence and Auditing Committees. Wilbur S. Burns is one of the Jurisprudence Committee. These three committees have been working out the duties of their re- spective committees since Friday, June 18. Supreme Counselor R. A, Tates, of Utica, N. Y., and Supreme Junior Counselor, W. B. Emerson, of Des Moines, Iowa, have both just re- covered from various illness, and, as yet, neither are very strong, but will occupy their stations at the thirty- third annual meeting that will open at 10 a. m. Tuesday, June 22. Fol- lowing the opening prayer by Supreme Chaplain J. M. Moore, of Zanesville, Ohio, the good health of Supreme Counselor R. A. Tate and Supreme Junior Counselor W. B. Emerson will be carefully watched and if fatigue overtakes them in discharging the duties of their respective offices, they will be relieved for a time by some Past Supreme Counselor in the ses- sion, Many are the expressions given the Michigan delegates over our great loss, two years ago—the pass- ing of our good friend, Past Supreme Counselor Frank S. Ganiard, of Jack- son. Frank was a general favorite with all and when elected to the lower office in the Supreme Council, he was the unanimous choice, no other can- didate being presented. There is some “near ground whispering” going around of some mighty discussions that are likely to come up on the floor relative to proposed amendments to the constitution. These will come to you later. The Secretary-Treas- urers Association is in session to-day and our Grand Secretary, Maurice Heumans is in attendance. From him I will secure some news from their meeting and also give you later on as this session progresses such items as your valuable paper can use that will be of interest to your subscrib- ers. The weather is ideal here. The hotels are taking good care of some 225 officers, delegates, past supreme and past grand counselors that will be in attendance at this session, Wed- nesday evening of this week will be the annual meeting and possibly an initiation service of the Imperial Guild of the Bagmen. Walter S. Lawton holds the office of Imperial Chief of Guilds and even though Walter is not here this year, we will see to his election to a higher office in the Imperial Guild.” the new cigar and confectionery jobbing houses, the Claud Hatch Co., 25 started covering the near by towns this week through Ed. Tikolsky, who formerly traveled for the Reynolds Tobacco Co. The city trade ot the house is covered by E. W. Presley, formerly with the General Cigar Co., and Chas. Hatch, formerly with the Liggett & Meyers Tobacco Co. Uncle Louie Winternitz, who has been spending a couple of months in Grand Rapids in accordance with his usual custom while en route from Klorida to the Northern resorts, leaves the city next Tuesday for Mackinac Island, where he will re- main until the hay fever season is over. Mr. Winternitz is descended from an ancient and illustrious race. A cousin of his was the inventor of the water cure in Vienna—the same system as is now in use at the Battle Creek sanitarium. One brother was a famous musician and acted as choir master and orchestra leader of the King of Wurtemburg for over twenty years. Another brother was a famous painter and resided in Mu- nich nearly all his life, taking high rank and acquiring a large fortune. Mr. Winternitz proposes to vary his schedule next fall by going to Cal- ifornia for the winter, instead of Florida. After devoting nearly sixty years to his manufacturing business, Hon. Charles E. Belknap is beginning to take life easy, as he has a right to do. He spent last winter in California and announces his intention of devoting all his winter vacations to the Coast hereafter. He recently made an au- tomobile trip to Bay City to visit his daughter, Mrs. Bousfield, and is look- ing forward with fond anticipations to his usual fall vacation at Onota on the shore of Lake Superior, about twenty miles East of Marquette. —_2<-.—__ A gossipy store may be a popular hang out for the idle men of the town, | but it will not be the place where the most people like to trade. H. Leonard & Sons Grand Rapids, Michigan NOW READY THE MOST STAPLE LINES OF TOYS KNOWN TO THE TRADE EVERYWHERE ARE ON SALE WITH US AT MANUFACTURERS’ PRICES Tinker Toys Paper Novelty Toys Sandy Andy Toys Mechanical Toys Lawrence Planes American Dolls Juvenile Books Gilbert Toys Prang & Ullman Paints Electric Toys Schowhut Toys Aluminum Toys Bradley’s Games Embossing Co. Toys Dolls Furnishing Goods Celluloid Toys Friction Toys Steam Toys Kase Flying Aeroplanes Imported Dolls Parker’s Games Christmas Cards Seals, Tags, Etc. 1200 factories. dating and early shipments. We show the best goods and most called for goods from Come in and see our lines in person. Holiday MICHIGAN TRADESMAN ” fii!" GISTS S a wah nyt wi)! WNL atk iy NDRIES| May (CCA ((et { ie iis, van = ae Annual Address of President of M. s. P. A. The eighteen months following the close of the world war has brought to all business many problems which were not anticipated. the drug Particularly in business, new conditions and regulations have arisen and been established, which have added great- ly to the trials of successfully con- ducting it. The year 1919 was, without doubt, the year of the largest business our country Along business ever experienced. with all the branches of pharmacy has increased wonderfully and the old competition peculiar to our conditions has been less notice- able. The year 1920 is of particular in- terest to all pharmacists, because of Pharmacopoeia. You have all read of the Pharma- convention and noted the fruitless efforts made by certain inter- the revision of the copoeial ests to prevent the admission of the Thus, a fight of many years’ standing has been decided in our favor. Nard and other organizations. Michigan can feel particularly proud of its representation on the revision committee. This committee is com- posed of fifty members, of whom seventeen are from the medical in- terests and thirty-three from allied pharmaceutical interests. Of the whole committee, Michigan has six representatives, and among the three retail druggists on this committee, Michigan has one—Mr. L. A. Seltzer, of Detroit—a gentleman whom we all recognize as one pre-eminently quali- hed to act. The work of the Michigan Board of Pharmacy this last year has been abundantly successful. The evidence of illegal particularly re- garding liquor, which the Board has gathered against the very few guilty business, parties, has been so conclusive that the Federal Department has been able to inflict severe penalties upon The cor- existing between the Board and the Federal Department is its presentation to them. dial relations extremely beneficial to the practice of pharmacy in this State and should be the pride of the conscientious drug- gist. The Federal Government has com- pletely taken over control and regu- lation of the liquor business. Our State reports are no longer required and the Food and Drug Department is gratified with the splendid support of the law the druggists have shown them. The narcotic regulations are be- coming more and more complex every year and are forcing many druggists to discontinue the sale of such drugs. It appears that the best solution of the liquor and _ narcotic questions would be complete control of the pro- duction by the Government and the entire dispensing of them through the postoffices or through county dis- pensaries. The report of the State Board of Health on the results, after six months’ trial, of the venereal disease law, has been published in the Jour- nai and proves that the druggists have observed the law faithfully. The present law has one serious defeat which will be remedied by amend- ment at the next session of the legis- lature. After this amendment be- comes law, we can all expect more gratifying results. The Revenue Department has but recently issued notice that many are not living up to the requirements of stamping all proprietary medicines and toilet articles. I do not believe that they allude to the druggist, but we have the opportunity of establish- ing our support of the act and every druggist in the State should do so. Let us discontinue buying our pro- June 23, 1920 ‘Syageenne See nS ere. Toilet and Bath Woolens and Fine Fabrice Sua Toilet and Bath Chocolates Package Goods of Paramount Quality and Artistic Design Announcement to the Trade We have re-organized under the man- agement of T. H. Hinchman, President: James FE. Davis, Vice-President: Brooks, Vice-President; Secretary; Frank N. Moulthrop, Treasurer and General Manager; customers the best service consistent with present commercial conditions. A. Ss. W. D. Dodds, M. O. Williams, Director, and will continue to render our MICHIGAN DRUG CO, -~ - DETROIT nas send ech ners a June 23, 1920 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 27 prietary stamps from the postofice the Legisl. “ res ) ‘ -egislature and we should be pre- W : and buy them from the revenue office pared to protect our interests. Phar- holesale_ Drug Price Current in our district. Take a sum of mone acy has its ow -ms which are i i OS an hae oney, macy has its own problems which are Prices quoted are nominal, based on market the day of issue. $ to )0, according to our entirely separate and distinct from ; requirements, and | | f di ‘ cs. Acids Almonds, Sweet, Tinctures and Duy that amount of the ordinary business of to-day. We Boric (Powd.) _.17%@ 28 Ae a 7g OO | Acontt @1 85 g a aa ‘ 2 mber, crude __ 3 2 fon ee 2 ii ian the Government every must observe laws, not only of our Boric (Xtal) - 17%@ ie Amber, rectified 3 50@3 78 Aloes | --------—- oS wee 3y so doing, the Government State and Nation, but we are also Citrie —-___ 125@1 35 Anise —--_-____ & ages oe a ida Sa 5 will have a 1 whicl : i : Muriatic _ 3% § Bergamont -.._ 9 00@9 25 yose oEEICO OC __ ay — Nageia 5 75 SCAG @ eg of the ae ous departments of our Government. ciihaad 0 ane Gana. once ena a ae 59 Benzoin Compo'd @3 15 1€ DA and MSPA Journal has These, very often, are confusing, and ‘Tartaric __.______ 98@1 10 Ga cae 7 avers Be Coie’ g3 O le : ' ‘ : : 2 Stronelia — 2. 75@2 eter mernees | = N ee en its worth to the druggists in Inany times we do not know what we Ammonia Cloves —-______. 5 50@5 75 Cardamon a eo 50 > “ c . c ) the State. In the last few months can and what we cannot do, thus Water, 26 deg. -_ 12@ 20 eau 7205 00 Cardamon, Comp. @1 35 the size of the Journal has increased, creating some violations that are en- wa a pie ae _ a oon 15° 2 25@2 50 Se Ee ¢} io . i . . be iat 7 oe . 5G@ 5 : . ea its timely warning on all changes in tirely unintentional. Carbonate , aa 20 aa oe "70" 00eG oe Colchicum ~___- 2 40 : 7 , . iloride (Gran) .- Yu] ae @13 7 subebs q the narcotic and liquor regulations The many powerful organizations . See Me tol 7B Digitalis ea Ql 30 has been extremely beneficial, its of various interests throughout the Conc conuaage 00@1 20 po pure 2 00@2 25 ae ce oa a ae ae i : : i Opaiba 2 @1: uniper Berries 8 00@8 25 inger ---______ @2 00 niet ciel on suet and country are likely to demand of our ld Vencn Leg coe 75 oo oo ood 3 00@3 25 ane AGnaa @2 hrs ctical pharmacy have been educa- zislature < Sor aee dake ae ir (Oregon) -_. 45 Lard, extra -_.. 2 15@2 25 runac, 4 ' at Seaealsee a ae educa legislature and Congress laws that) pea ie 8 90@8 25 Lard, No. 1 __.. 1 90@2 1 s9dme @1 50 al and helptul and its news items will make sweeping changes in the Tolu ------_-_- 2 50@2 75 Lavender Flow is 50@16 75 a gi 2 SE i . ° ee = , ) pete 5 a been interesting. The Journal present method of doing business, and Barks a 4 3 0008 25 os Boe al 40 ehouid he « Lo : i oa ee Cassia (ordi 4 sinseed boiled bbl. @2 06 Myrrh_------.___ « 5 ‘git oii mmole heartedly supported all branches of business men are or- Gassia waa 15@ a saat ee tbo. a Nux Vomica ___ @1 90 »y the Association and the members. ganizing to combat its evil influence. aa cui (pow..70c) @ 65 Linseed raw bbl. @2 04 Spina. ~Camph. ai ee pie We : a Be : cap ut (pow Linseed raw less 2 14@2 2 et ee pl 25 j - ot you have read of the organ- Our organization should Deoin now fo || | 406 30@ 35 Wastird. ee a a4 95 oa Deodorz’d @: 50 ization of the Michigan Merchants’ plan loyal support to its legislative Berrle oon a ee ile asda = Le . at le : rles INeatsfoot _____ 1 75 Association at Grand Rapids in the committee. and this support should be Cubeb ________ 190@2 00 Olive, pure ____ 5 0006 00 last few months. The MSPA has measured by a 100 per cent member- Jaap Sa ce rh oa ee 3 75@4 00 Paints : - : MNEDGe oo a Se aac eee 5 been represented at all the meetings ship in the Association. Each and Prickley Ash --- 30 Olive, Malaga, : ae wal dee Beg 18 © y 74 a ae - c c ry sb < Qualex, 60s ......... Knickerbocker, 50s __ bg 00 Boston Straight, 50s 56 00 Trans Michigan, 50s 58 00 Templar Perfecto, 50s 95 00 irignois, S06 56 00 CLOTHES Hemp, 50 ft. Twisted Cotton, 60 ft. 2 90 Braided, 50 ft. _._.__ 4 00 Sash Cord a COCOA Bakers oe 53 Bunte, isc size —._____ 55 Bunte, % ib. .... 50 Bunte, 1 1b. 2 48 Cleveland — 41 Colonial: 4s 2 35 Colonial, 4s oo 33 Mops 42 Hersheys, 48 _. 42 Hersheys, %S _....____ 40 uwier oo 36 Lowney, %58 in... 48 Lowney, 4s ___.__ 47 Lowney, 48 2 47 Lowney, 5 lb. cans ___. 48 Van Houten, %s -_--_- 2 Van Houten, 4s --_.- 18 Van Houten, %s —____- 36 Van Houten, is —___.__ 65 Wants 36 Webb 2250 33 Wilbur, $8 220 33 Weabir, Ya oo 33 COCOANUT tgs, 5 lb. case Dunham 46 425, 5 Ib, cage 2 45 48S & s, 15 lb. case 45 6 and 12c pkg. in pails 4 75 Bulk, pais 3 Bulk, barrels 48 2 oz. pkgs., per case 4 00 48 4 oz. pkgs., per case 7 50 COFFEE ROASTED Bulk Big 22 25@28 ames 2 37@40 Maracas o20 0 43 Mexican 2 43 staan 42 ava Mecha | Bogota ____ Peaberry Package Coffee New York Basis Arbuciie oe 38 50 McLaughlin’s XXXX McLaughlin’s XXXX pack- age coffee is sold to retail- ers only. - Mail all —. direct to W. F. McLa lin & Co., Chicago. Coffee Extracts N. W., per 100 10% Frank’s 250 ae 14 50 Hummel’s 50 1 1 10 CONDENSED MILK Eagle, 4 doz. Leader, 4 doz. EVAPORATED MILK Carnation, Tall, 4 doz. 7 15 Carnation, Baby, 8 dz. 6 50 re. fan 2 7 15 Pe BAD 5 00 Van Camp, Tall _.. 7 15 Van Camp, Baby -__. 5 00 Dindee, Tall, doz. __ 7 15 Dundee, Baby. 8 doz. 6 50 Silver Cow, Tall, 4 dz. 6 60 Silver Cow Baby 6 dz. 5 MILK COMPOUND Hebe, Tall, 4 doz. ._.. 5 80 Hebe, Baby, 8 doz. __ 6 00 Carolene, Tall, 4 doz. 4 35 CONFECTIONERY Stick Candy Pails Horehound 33 Standard 32 Cases Pure Sugar ---. 6 00@4 75 Boston Sugar Stick-- 38 Mixed Candy Pails Broken ooo 32 Cut ioat 32 Grocers 2.0 ae Kindergarten ------ = BD Deader oo 33 Premio Creams -..... 44 Roya oo 20 xh 0 oo 27 French Creams - _---- 33 Speciaities Pails Auto Kisses (baskets) 31 Bonnie Butter Bites. 35 Butter Cream Corn __ 40 Caramel Bon Bons _. 37 Caramel Croquettes . 33 Cocoanut Waffles —_. 37 Cony Tohy 40 Fudge, Walnut - ____ 5 3 Fudge, Walnut Choc. 35 Champion Gum Drops 28 Raspberry Gum Drops 28 Iced Orange Jellies __ 32 Italian Bon Bons ____ 32 AA Licorice Drops Se CO a ; a Manche 20 Nut Butter Puffs ____ 33 Chocolates Pails Assorted Choc. -.___. —— of Champion oo 38 Honeysuckle Chips __ 53 Klondike Chocolates... 45 Nabobs a —. 465 Nibble Sticks, “box _. 2 76 Nut Waters. 45 Ocoro Choc. Caramels 43 Peanut Clusters 50 Quintette 87 32 Victoria Caramels _ 43 Berne Gum_ Drops Champion 2.0 28 Raspperry . 28 Favorite oo 31 Superior —-. 29 Orange Jellies ---.__ 32 Lozenges A A Pep. Lozenges —. 35 A. A. Pink Lozenges 35 A A Choc. Lozenges 35 Motto Lozenges ---. 37 Motto Hearts -----__ 37 Hard Goods oe Drops 32 F. Harchonndl Drps _ peek Squares _---.. Peanut Squares os Reck Candy 40 Pop Corn Goods Cracker-Jack Prize —. 7 : Checkers Prize 74 Cough Drops Boxes Putnam Menthol —---- : 25 Smith Bros, 2. 65 COOKING COMPOUNDS Mazola Pints, tin, 2 doz. .... i - Quarts, tin, 1 doz. —_ % Gal. tins, 1 doz. 13 72 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 _- 75 o ib, boxes) 22) 2 76 DRIED FRUITS Apples Ewap'ed, Choice, blk __ 17 Apricots Evaporated, Choice -__ 3l Evaporated, Fancy —---. 40 Citron 10 ib. box 22 60 Currants Packages, 12 oz. ~..-.. 20 Boxes, Bulk, per lb. 23@27 Peaches Evap. Choice, Unpeeled 22 Evap. Fancy, Unpeeled 24 Evap. Choice, Peeled 23 Evap. Fancy, Peeled .. 25 Peei Lemon, American -... 36 Orange, American --.. 36 Raisins Choice S’ded 1 Ib. pkg. 24 Fancy S’ded, 1 lb. pkg. 25 nL ib Dkee Seedless, 1 California Prunes 80-90 25 lb. boxes _..@18% 70-80 25 lb. boxes ~..@19 60-70 25 lb. boxes -..@20 50-60 25 lb. boxes ~__ 40-50 25 lb. boxes ~__.@25 30-40 25 lb. boxes _..@28 FARINACEOUS GOODS Beans Med. Hand Picked -... 8% California Limas --.. 16% Brown, Holland ~-.... 6% Farina - 25 1 lb. packages _._. 2 80 Bulk, per 100 lbs. -__. Hominy Pearl, 100 lb. sack —. 5 50 Macaroni Domestic, 10 lb. box... 1 10 Domestic, broken bbls. 8% Skinner’s 24s, case 1 37 Golden Age, 3 doz. .. 1 Fould’s, 2 doz. 1 Pearl Barley Chester 2) 20 7 00 Peas Seoten, ib, 22500 7 Sput, ib. — 2 Sago Hast India 11 Taploca Pearl, 100 Ib. sacks .... 11 Minute, 8 oz., 3 doz. 4 05 Dromedary Instant, 3 doz., per case -.._.. 3 76 June 23, 1920 FISHING TACKLE Cotton Lines No. 2, 15 feet _. 1 45 No, 3, 15 feet __.. 1 70 No. 4, 15. feet 1 85 No: 5, 15 feet ___-. 2 15 No. 6, 15 feet ___.. 4. 2 45 Linen Lines Small, per 100 yards 6 65 Medium, per 100 yards 7 25 Large, per 100 yards 9 00 Floats No. 14%, per gross __ 1 50 No. 2, per gross -___ 1 75 No. 2%, per gross __ 2 20 Hooks—Kirby Size 1-12, per 1,000 __ 34 Size 1-0, per 1,000 _. 96 Size 2-0, per ey -. 1 15 Size, 3-0, per 1,000 __ 1 32 Size 4-0, per 1, 7000 = 1 65 Size 5-0, per 1,000 a. 1 95 Sinkers No. 1, per gross _____ 65 No. 2, per gross _____ 72 No. 3, per gross _____ 85 No. 4, per gross _____ 110 No. o, per gross .__._ 1 45 No. 6, per gross _____ 1 85 No. 7, per gross _____ 2 30 No. 8, per gross _____ 3 35 No. 9, per gross ___. 4 65 FLAVORING EXTRACTS Jennings Pure Food Vanila Terpeneless Pure Food Lemon Per wr 7 Dram 17 Cent _____ 1 40 1% Ounce 25 Cent __ 2 v0 2 Ounce, 37 Cent _.__ 3 00 2% Ounce 40 Cent ___ 3 20 2% Ounce, 45 Cent _. 3 40 4 Ounce, 65 Cent ____ 6 60 8 Ounce $1.00 ________ 9 00 7 Dram, 17 Assorted__ 1 40 1% Ounce, 25 Assorted 2 00 FLOUR AND FEED Lily White 15 75 Graham 25 lb. per cwt. 6 20 Golden Granulated Meal, 25 Ibs., per cwt. ___ 5 65 Rowena Pancake 6 Ib. Compound -________ Rowena Buckwheat Compound _._______ Rowena Corn Flour, Watson Higgins Milling Co. New Perfection, %s 15 75 Meal Gr. Grain M. Co. Bolted 2.00 5 60 Golden Granulated __ 5 380 Wheat No. 1 Red 2 90 No. 1 White 2 88 Oats Michigan Carlots ___. 1 20 Less than Carlots -._. 1 30 Corn Carlots 222) 000 214 Less than Carlots -.-. 2 25 Hay Carlots 220000 36 00 Less than Carlots -_ 38 00 Feed Street Car Feed ___ 84 00 No. 1 Corn & Oat Fd 84 00 Cracked Corn 8 Coarse Corn Meal __ 84 00 FRUIT JARS Mason, % Mason, Mason, pints, gro 8 ‘00 pts., per gross 8 40 qats., per gro 8 75 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 % gallon oo 12 06 GELATINE Cox’s 1 doz. large -- 1 46 Cox’s 1 doz. small 90 Knox’s Sparkling, doz. 2 25 Knox’s Acidu’d doz. 2 - Minute, 3 doz. 49 Neisan's 2.0 50 ONTO Plymouth Rock, Phos. 1 55 Plymouth Rock, Plain 1 36 Waukesha 1 6 June 23, 1920 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 29 HIDES AND PELTS PETROLEUM PRODUCTS Tripe SNUFF Seasoning WOODENWARE Hid Iron Barrels Kits, 15 Ibs, Swedish Rapee 10c 8 for 64. Chili Powder, i5e ____ 1 35 Baskets 1 es Perfection — 00 19.7 % bbls., 40 Ibs. _ Swedish Rapee, 1 lb.gls 85 Celery Salt, 3 oz. _... 95 Bushels, wide band, Green, Noo te 12 Red Crown Gasoline 27.9 % bbis., 80 lbs. _--____ 3 00 Norkoping, 10c 8 for G4 Saee. 2 62, 2 90 wire handles __.____ 20 Green, No; 2 20 11 Gas Machine Gasoline 43.3 Casings Norkoping, 1 lb. glass __ 85 Onion Salt __..._.... 1 35 3ushels, wide band, Cured), Noo) 14 V. M. & P. Naphtha 28.2 _ Copenhagen, hee, & for 64 Gavlie 1°35 wood handles ______ 2 60 Cured, No: 2) 13 Capitol Cylinder, Iron Hogs, per lb. ______ @65 Copenhagen, 1 Ib. glass 85 Ponelty, 314 oz. 225 Market, drop handle 1 00 Calfskin, green, No. 1 20 Bis, oo 53.8 Beef, round set ____ 19@20 Kitchen Bouquet -__. 260 Market, single handle 1 10 Calfskin, green, No. 218% Atlanic Red Engine, Beef, middles, set_. 50@60 SOAP Laurel Leaves.) | 20 Market, extra ________ 1 60 Calfskin, cured, No. 1 23 fron Bbis., as 36.8 Sheep, a skein 1 75@2 00 James S. Kirk & Company Marjoram, 1 oz. _____- 40 Splint, larga 2 8 95 Calfskin, cured, No. 2 214 Winter Black, Iron Uncolored Oleomargarine : savory, £ oz, 90 Splint, medium ______ 8 75 A 9g American Family, 100 7 85 c I no No. Z cg ee 20.3 Solid Dairy ______ 28@29 Jap Rose, 50 cakes __ 4 85 ae: 1 PGE Slee ae aa Spine, sal 8 00 orse, CO 2 6 00 Pole. Iron Bbls. __ 55.8 Country Rolls __.___ 30@31 Kirk’s White Flake __ 7 00 umerte, 2% oz. ____ i ne Lautz Bros. & Co. utter ates Old Wool __ 1592 00 ree &e RICE Acme, 100 cakes ____'6 75 STARCH Escanaba Manufacturing Lambs ______----- 50@2 00 Medium Haney Head) 20010) Big Master, 100 blocks 8 “ Cann ss. Shearlings _______ 50@1 50 Barrel, 1,200 count __ 16 00 Blue Rose _ 15 50 Climax, oe a lasiestant tated : 25 Kingsford, 40 Ibs. ____ 11% Standard Wire End Half bbls., 600 count : a @Clamax, 1209 Muzzy 48 1 Ib, pkgs. 9% 5 gallon kegs _______ ROLLED OATS Queen White, 80 cakes 6 00 > : : Per 1,000 8 ‘ I pacer, barrels _.. 74% prin valew Monarch, bbls. 1100 Oak Leaf, 100 cakes 6 75 Argo, 48 1 lb. pkgs. _. 415 NN to ao Time ----_-_______ @ 8 Small ne acer ae Queen Anne, 100 cakes 6 75 ’ = No. % --.------------ 317 INO, 2 @ 1% B 1 0 Rolled Avena, bbls. 12 00 I tz Naphtha, 100s 8 00 : No £2 3 39 We foe C6 fe - = Steel Cut, 100 Ib. sks. 6 09 Lautz Nap | Kingsford ao 3 99 Soe ag © Monere n,, 20 Ib. packs 600 Proctor & Gamble SS ee eee ee ee 4 97 Wool 0 ee uaker egular __ BOR ox 0 ' No. 6 oe 6 91 Unwashed, medium @25 Gherkins Quaker, 20 Family -" 5 50 ee ee omen 13 50 Argo, 48 1 he su NO 8-50 ae eee te Unwashed, rejects @20 Barrels 28 00 Ivory, 10 oz, iS No. 8-50 small carton 1 27 me coos al bactela aceens nm < gone PAEGSING. ys Star ------------------ 00 fae en eee -- 3 94 No. 8 50 med’m carton 1 32 ai cea “i i oo olumbia, mts _. as Argo, & 5 Ib. =... No. 8-50 large cg Market dull and neglected. 5 gallon kegs --____ 5 00 Columbia, toe _... 4 00 Swift & Company - Silver Gloss, 16 3 lbs. 114% No. oa as Goes oo Durke lar d Classic, 100 bars 10 oz. 7 50 Silver Gloss, 12 6 Ibs. 114%. 4-50 41 ; HONEY We ee Sate tae a ce 6 ue No. 4-50 jumbo carton 1 32 urkee’s me oz. 6 75 * , . cons Sweet Small > ‘ Quick Naphtha —_____ 8 00 Airline, No. 10 __._ 4 00 Durkee’s Picnic, 2 dz. 3 00 UL D Muzz Churns Aicline| No..15 _/00 07 600 Barrels “oa 0 . Snider’s large, 1 doz. 2 40 White Laundry, 100 -, 48 1 Ib. package __.. 9% Barrel, 5 sab. cach _. 2 40 Airlinie, No. 25) (010 900 ° gallon kegs -______ 6 5 Snider’s small, 2 doz. 1 45 ie OA ee 50 4¢ 3 Ib. packages ____ 914 Tarrel, 10 gal. each _. 2 55 7 Half barrels _______ 16 OD Wool, 24 bars, 6 oz. 1 95 12 6 lb. packages iq Stoic 3 eek 39 HORSE RADISH SALERATUS ee bere © On SS ca bh. hoses 7 Stone 6 eat (9 = 73 Per doz. 00 a 1 00 Packed 60 Ibs. in box Wool, 100 bars, 10 oz. 13 50 Cob. took poe 1p Se te hey a big SYRUPS Clothes Pins ob, OZ. In box -- yandotte Ss .33 0 ——— Se : ce ae fou SE 8 4 Peerless Hard Water, i Corn e Escanaba ane Q bool a —— Half Barrels ___----- 81 No. 60-24, Wrapped __ 4 75 ae = . Wed on Company Blue Karo, No. 1%, No. 30-24, Wrapped __ 2 42 JELLY GLASSES No. 808, Bicycle -____ 3 00 Granulated, bbls. 1 2 05 OC daz 1 ea 3 40 No. 25-60, Wrapped __ 75 oZ%., per doz, _| 40 Pickett -.-.._________ Granulated, 100 lbs es 2 25 Black Hawk, one box 4 50 Blue Karo, No. 22 dz. 4 05 Granulated, 36 2% lb. Black Hawk, five bxs 4 25 Blue Karo, No. 2%, 2 Egg Cases MAPLEINE POTASH packages oe 260 Black Hawk, ten bxs 4 00 doe, 495 No. 1, Star Carrier __ 6 00 5; Babbitt’s, 2 doz. -___ 2 75 Box contains 72 cakes. It Blue Karo, No. 5 1 dz. 490 No. 2) Star Carrier _. 12 00 1 d 17 Pee ence a oe 3 00 SALT is a most remarkable dirt Blue Karo, No. 10, No. 1, Star Egg Trays 8 00 | He spdiiaig aT Ps 5 50 PROVISIONS and grease remover, with- % doz. a aaa 465 No. 2, Star Ege Tray 16 00 : ‘ t injury to the skin. Red Karo, No. 1%, 2 8 oz. bottles, per doz. 10 50 Barreled Pork Solar Rock ou : e Pints, per doz. ane 48 00 §©Clear Back -. 48 00@49 00 56 Ib. sacks -_-_______ 70 Scouring Powders ica Ware, No. = 7 aa. 4 60 rn ; Faucets Quarts, per doz. ---_ 33 00 Short Cut Clear 40 00@41 00 Ss li oe iota 11 00 Red Karo, No. 246, 2 Cork fined, 3 in, 70 Be cotions, per doz. 525 Pig —— = Gomman Peete Wecwd ae" cot dca a Gallons, per doz. ---_ 10 00 Clear Family ________ 48 00 ae Bing | a . Sapolio, single boxes 2 o Red Karo, No. 5.2 da. 5 10 ork fined, 10 in, edium me 2 Sapolio, hand ________ Red Karo, No. ,% : MINCE MEAT Dry Salt Meats Queen Anne, 60 cans 3 60 dom, ao, Mop Sticks ao hane Such 2 aa. S P Bellies -_ 32 00@34 00 Snow Maid, 60 cans __ 3 60 are phe a pee : = 4 , : Iclipse pate sp 3 25 eaae fon 5 60 Washing Powders a Pure Cane Ne i cammen 3 25 Quaker, 3 doz. case Lard Snow Boy, 100 5c ____ 4 00 Goa [ee een No. 2, pat. brush hold 3 25 oy (5) pire an Hercea | 8 qpaus Snow Boy, 60 it O42 fk OS Ideal Noo ge 3 25 Compound Lard 23 @2315 Snow Boy, 24 pkgs. 6 00 Choice -------------___- 200z cotton mop heads 4 80 MOLASSES 80 Ib. tubs ___-advance % Snow Boy, 20 pkgs. 7 00 ‘wade eauene 120z cotton mop heads 2 85 69 Ib. tubs ____advance bie rT To Soap Powders a : oo Bees Pion 95 50 Ib. tubs ----advance ie a EDL Johnson's owe a 2 : a Lea & io, large -- 5 76 1 we Pails ‘ do Na ~~ 85 20 1b. pails ____advance ¥% Johnson's XXX - Lea & Perrin, small __ 3 25 qt. Galvanized ____ 5 25 Choice Te ee - 10 lb. pails _.__advance % SA LT Kautz Napntha, 60s __ $60 Pépper 25 «12 at. Galvanized ____ 6 00 vee ee 28 5 lb. pails ----advance 1 Nine ie ae 4 ee povel Mint 2 2 a oat Galvanized ____ : 00 P ianale Be wei Ib. pails _---advance 1 Oak Leaf, pkgs. Monascq vy bibre 75 Half barrels 5¢ extra ‘ mt na IGE Old Dutch Cleanser 4 Ps England's Pride —____ 1 i Queen Anne, 60 pkgs. 3 Ast lapee — ) thpicks NUTS—Whole Smoked Meats ° aE a Ne re aac 2 i A-1. small ----------- ae Pian Meee cure . Q7 at Sunbrite, 72 cans ____ DE SADGES 220 Almonds, Terragona 35 Hams, 14-16 Ib. 87 @38 / _. & Brazils, large washed 26 Hams, 16-8 lb. 35 @37 TEA No. 48. Emco 1 60 ‘anc fixed _ 9 Hams, 18-20 Ib. 33 @36 No. 166. Eimcd 3 50 fuiberts. Poreslons i 32 Ham, dried beef Per case, 24 2 Ibs. _- 2 25 Japan » No. 50-2500 Emco __- 3 50 Peanuts, Virginia raw 16 sets 2) 41 @42 Five case lots —_-_.- 2 15 Medium = 40@42 Peanuts, Virginia, California a 23 @24 LENZER oa 2 soot Vian FIeHI SP ie ican ck ac ee cc Fine Spanish —__ 25 eo neal e @40 oe ee ee ao oe wore 4 ae sa s r, : i ia 3oile ams 57 @58 Basket-Fired Choice Mouse, wood, 6 es -_ 70 eo oo amas " Minced ped un 18 @20 Middiles 2.0... eget Ny Fancy ae a me 5 holes 4 e : Bacon |. 3h. =«@52 Tablets 1 lb a oS No. 1 TOS aa Rat, wood -~----.--... U , OC as || | ee 8 = Sittings Hulk oe Wat, spring 1 00 (Mablets,.46 1b. 1 Siftings, bulk — ~- _Sspring, Almonds beceinatia a 65 Sausages es Wood boxes _ Siftings, 1 lb. pkes...@23 Mouse, spring ____ 30 oe ae 2 75 oo 2 Hollane Herring =a Gannaveder 35@40 Tubs a Frankfort 0 So OW nina eg 5 y ‘ibr 2 4a. 06 rT a 25 Pork a ois a. bbis; 8 Moyune, Choice ____ 40@45 ag I ate oe ¢ - ri Foal) oo 11 ¥ eee “ ch il Mi So 2 00 oe a 11 Standards, ikegss ----- 1 ei wo a CC 95 Headcheese ---------- Cee ean : 7 ee 50@60 Medium Galvanized 15 00 ee $5 Herring oe " Sanall Galvanized -__ 14 00 Oolong Beef i ) 1 26 Formosa, Medinm __ 40@45 Washboards OLIVES 9 Boneless _-_._ —eene Fi. Formosa, Choice -- 45@50 | Globe 8 00 Bulk, 2 gal. kegs, each 4 5 Rump, new -. 40 00@42 00 ° '®. Ppalls ----_- 7 Formosa, Fancy _- 55@75 Banner Globe ------ Bulk, 5 gal. kegs each > - ox panels oe Brass, Single J 3 a Stuffed, 4 oz. -------- Pig’s Feet Bon a 10 Ib "b xes — English Breakfast a we 9 00 Stuffed, 15 oz. -____--- 50 Be ae 190 Boned, 12 ai nglisn ¢ Single Peerless ~____. i : a 2 45 80 can cases, $4.40 per case Congou, Medium __ 40@45 Double Peerless _... 11 00 oe os psaieupiain 00 % obo a i a Trove ; Congou, oo -~-- acoaa Northern Queen ____ .< la, 8 oz. ___- “2 bbis, ~----------- 10 x 12 Congou, Fancy -... 50@ Universal 20 Manzatitia, 8 oq 2 00 1 bbl, --------------- 16 00 Ne 7 7” re A ae Sy 4 Congou, Bx. Fancy 60@80 Our Best ____..__.. 10 00 i dg as No. 1, 10 Ibs. i Carb, Kegs ------ ou ioe 19 conned “cat No. 1, 3 Ibs. SPICES Ceylon Window Cleaners i a ia 50 Red Crown Brand Whole Spices Pekoe, Medium ____ ao Win. 1 65 Queen, a, 2S 15 ia -- : 7 morrerel Alispice, Jamaican ---- @18 Biiwere or Wace 5eO6o uM 2 : = aaa [Oo ane aa. oas eel, Sa op 90 Cloves anzibar — oe 0 w--------------- olive a ae ete ee Me wie ae Cassia, Canton Veal ee ie7 fs 5 30 Ginger, African’ mie @1s a oe Lo ewe Bowls Fie a Style Sausage, Nad 100 Ihe Ginger, Cochin —___._ 2 Cotton, ply cone --__ 75 3 in. B eo reo eres ee ee a eee eee @75 Cotton, 3 ply balls ___ 75 15 in. Butter _.-_.- 7 00 Virginies, 24 1s _--__. Ss Pe 280 Mixed, No. L_------- @ Hemp, 6 ply 16 i) th Mutiee 11 00 Potted Meat, 48%s __ 52% Coa rh Mixed, No. 2 45 19 in. Butter Dunes steak aan 7" Lake Herring Mixed, S¢ pes. ia @ @ . VINEGAR wees : oe 0 : 10) Ot Cider, Benton Harbor__ 40 WRAPPING PAPER Onions, 48 14s —--__ 175 % bbl., 100 lbs 750 Nutmegs, 105-110 _ ider, Ber I Corned Beef Hash, Pepper, Black White Wine, 40 grain 20 Fibre, Manila, white 9 DS White Bio White Wine, 80 grain 27 * : ’ 48 oq 1 75 ' SEE fs Pepper, nt cone 1 No. ft Witte 0 10 gy es ee Fe ceases: 100 ernie 29 Deicere anal —— 6 ~------------- ’ we Keates Cooked Ox Tongues, a eee 7 ae Oakland Vinegar & Pickle Wax Butter, short ent 25 ee a ue ee ee See Go pees ,. Parchort Butter, role 1 : ‘ ‘i oo AuspIce, € " Sa. Oakland Apple Cider __ Belen ie Grant chi Con peare 24 2s 1 50 2 ae oc aunet bg 13% Cloves, amasnet a ao Blue Wibtee on veaar cake i 1edi oo Se ee Cael, Canton Oakland White Pickling 20 8 oz., 2 doz. in case —_ Sliced Bacon, medium 4 00 hoppy 2 65 Ginger, African ______ @28 Packages no char ~ Masic, $ daz 2 70 Sliced Bacon, large_. 6 25 1 gs 2 L 24 1 Ib. pails -------- Sliced Beef, 2% oz... 2 a Rape ---------------- - Mustang 000 2 Sunlicht, 3 doz. _ 2 70 a ae er ee Sliced Beef, 5 oz... 4 0 Mace, Penang _------ Sunlight, 1% doz. __- 1 35 Pee a 6 in crate ice aS SHOE BLACKING Nutmegs Binge o-7- WICKING Yeast Foam, 3 doz. .. 2 70 0 a i Handy Box, large 3 dz. 3 oo ‘epper, ac 2 No. 0, per gross -... 70 Yeast Foam, 1% doz. 1 35 LS Se 1 80 Pde Box, ana --- 125 Pepper, White --_---- 52 No. 1, per gross _--- 80 ao ih. ee Condensed No. 1 car. Bixbys Royal Polish 1 28 Papper, Cayenne ---. @29 No. 2) per gross _--. 120 YEAST—COMPRESSED on Mee ec pakers brick 3° ‘Miller's Crown Polish 90 Paprika, Hungarian. @60 No. 3° ber Bross ---- 2 20 Fleischman, per doz. _.. 28 T ja ——saem oist in g So 30 Child Needs Exercise for His Moral Nature. Written for the Tradesman. It is a remarkable thing that grown people so oiten seem to have forgot- ten what they were, how they felt and what they lked and did’ when they were children. I wonder if it would be possible to locate the very age at which childhood slips away, and have a kind of celebration, such as they used to have on shipboard to initiate those members of the crew who were for the first time crossing the equator after which they would be true Sons of Neptune. Dear me, 1 am all the time seeing stuff in print, hearing people tell stories and seeing them do things, too, for and about children, from the point of view of those who imagine they know what children like, but really are in dismal ignorance and misunderstanding on the subject. Not long ago I heard a minister de- liver what purported to be a sermon for children on the subject of “Un- selfishness.” He had a blackboard on which with colored chalk he had print- ed a number of maxims—I've forgot- ten what they were—and a long sen- tence, composed of long words, and he used this as his text. He seemed to think that because the words were printed in bright colors and because the children could see them as well as hear what he said about them they would be interested in them. I tried hard to follow him, but I contess being unable to get interest- ed, the best proot of which is that I cannot now remember single thing Moreover, I looked over that large audience of children for one child that seemed to that the good man said. be interested. I couldn’t find one. Now, what was the trouble? What ster was saving was good and the mini true, and some of it was beautiful. The grown people understood it and doubtless assented to its truth. But it was all in abstractions; it required a definite and more or less complicat- ed act of the mind to take in the truth, recognize its quality as such ; translate it into concrete acts in the daily lite of the hearer. Grown peo- ple can do that; children, generally speaking, cannot. That is why prac- + ter said ier rae iS y } - tically everything the mit that morning, ostensibly to the chil- dren, went over their heads and really meant nothing to them then or after- ward. Children think almost whol terms of ‘the concrete, of particular things and particular people in defi- nite and familiar relations. The word “unselfishness” means very little to } 1 } eee hits ak inem, pul they understand periectiy ~ . age os Ps }, Soin . a7 i >o it 1s with all the ideals that we 30 hard to fix in the minds of 1 ionesty, punctu- SO On. ihey do not grasp eo ~} ten rtinan santal + . -ancl- ? the abstraction until it is translated : “5 * "ag Se into acts or tacts within their ordinary } eratinn - len ledce ODSeTValion ¢& nowiedge. This is why is SO Important to train children in the doing of definite = MICHIGAN TRADESMAN matters. It is idle to talk about things and the handling of definite orderliness in general unless you give them something to, with and about which to be orderly. It is futile to talk about thrift and the economical use and management of money unless you give them real money in the use of which to be wise and economical. It is equally idle and futile to talk to them about truthfulness, unselfishness, consideration of others, unless you di- rect their attention to specific acts and concrete ways and set them the example in your own acts and ways within their own observation day by day. : It isn’t hard to go, and there’s no age too early to begin doing it. Let the child do some definite thing every day in the way of a premeditated act ot kindness and_ helpfulness—give something to a playmate, write a let- ter to some relative, take flowers of his own picking to a sick person, con- tribute to the community welfare by picking up litter in the street in front of the house, clear up the front yard definitely for the effect upon the ap- pearance of the neighborhood, go without something that he wants in order to let somebody else have it. In doing this, be careful to dis- tinguish between acts that are grac- ious and_= self-sacrificing and those that are matters of common duty, like doing his share of the work of the household, running the ordinary errands, keeping his own things in order. Such things are “all in the day’s work,” and he should not be al- lowed to suppose that he is doing them as a favor to anybody. Care 1s necessary, too, to keep him from feeling self-righteous, from get- ting into a “philanthropic state of mind” in doing his “kind acts.” There is nothing more detestable than a self- consciously virtuous little pig. The point I am trying to make is that a child needs for his moral training ex- ercise in concrete things, just as for his physical training he must have concrete actions of his muscles. John Galsworthy said the other day in the Atlantic: “Boys and girls should be taught to k first of others in material things: they should be infected with the wis- dom to know that in making smooth the way of all lies the road to their own health and happiness. It is a question of the mood in which we are taught to learn. That mood, from school-age up, should be shaped so as to correct and not, as at present, emphasize our natural competitive egotism. Teachers must be inspired by this ideal for the common welfare.” Prudence Bradish. (Copyrighted 1920.) COLEMAN &rand) Terpeneless LEMON and Pure High Grade VANILLA EXTRACTS Made only by FOOTE & JENKS Jackson, Mich. June 23, 1920 WHITE HOUSE Sree waren Sea) CLG A RIDE ST OCR CTD LI Iw) In All Seriousness You Should Be Very Proud To Handle It Distributed at Wholesale by JUDSON GROCER CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. There Is No Substitute Twenty years of honest, persistent edu- cational advertising has created millions of consumers for Shredded Wheat Biscuit Their selection of this whole wheat cereal is based upon intelligent knowl- edge of the process and its dietetic value. They will not accept anything else in its place. We have not been able to supply the full demand for this product, but increased manufacturing facilities will soon enable us to give your customers all the Shredded Wheat they want. It is without doubt the most real food for the least money. MADE ONLY BY The Shredded Wheat Company, Niagara Falls, N. Y. s : WW J X ' } : a f f J i] a . , i -- 4 tae . ane ) & ae i. ; 4 a ate | é x j | & ° “ 4 oe } ; ' ob “ < a Se & - £> i { ft June 23, 1920 Fountains of Power. Written for the Tradesman. Bright the morning sun is rising Over 4 landscape washed as clean As the rains of June. devising Through the night, could set the scene. Freshened every blade and rootlet, Leaves all conscious of the shower Doubly busy now the brooklet Also feels the added power. There are voices which I follow, _In the forest o'er the plain Up the hillside through the hollow Telling of the welcome rain. Promises I know they're making Of a fruitage by and by Fitted for this undertaking By the rain from out the sky. How in life we oft are failing Set about—and long for Love, Human effort unavailing Till it's quickened from above. Charles A. Heath. Give a youth resolution and the al. phabet, and who shall place limits to his career? MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. TENTS, fi p Store and Window AWNINGS made to order of white or khaki duck, plain and fancy stripes. Auto Tents, Cots, Chairs, Etc. Send for booklet. CHAS A. COYE, Inc. GRAND RAPIDS, — MICHIGAN IT PAYS TO PAY TUITION at the Many of our graduates earn the entire cost of their courses in the first four to six weeks after completing their course, and larger salaries as they gain experience. OFFICE HELP IN GREAT DEMAND re tev- ing ten calls or more for every graduate and the demand is increasing week by week. The coming year promises to be one of unusual Opportunity for competent office help START NO WHY WAIT> ual and small group instruction. work undertaken. SUMMER SCHEDUL NEW CATALOG During the summer school a. m., and is through at 1 p. m. Our new cataloa tractive, unioue New classes will he formed June 21 and July 6. Individ- You can advance as rapidly as you master the starts at 8 is fiust off the press. It and describes’ our is at- courses in Bookkeeping, Gregg Shorthand, Touch Typewriting, Telegraphy, Civil Service, Me- chanical Machines, Secretarial and Business Administration. Training, Commercial It will be sent free uvon request. Teaching and Accountancy A. E. HOWELL, Manager, 110-118 Pearl Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. 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 No charge less than 50 cents. nt, $3 per inch. CASH REGISTERS REBUILT CASH REGISTER CO. qd nc. 122 North Washington Ave., Saginaw, Mich. We buy sell and exchange repair and rebuild all makes. Parts and supplies for all makes. If you want to sell or exchange your business or other property no matter where located, write me. John J. Black 130th St., Chippewa Falls, Wis. g Klectricians Attention—Splendid — op- portunity to open an electric store, as there is but one in town. Address Lock Box 181, Petoskey, Mich. 939 FOR SALE—One BUTTER-KISSED POPCORN MACHINE. New last fall, and in first-class condition. Price $600 cash. Arthur W. Maskey, Allegan, Mich. 940 CLEAN SHOE STOCK for sale, or ex- change for farm or city property. Sick- ness, Address No. 941, c-o Michigan Tradesman. 941 CASH REGISTER for _— sale drawer National. lL. EH. South Burdick St., Four- Phillips, 120 Kalamazoo, Mich. 942 SITUATION WANTED—Experienced accountant-auditor-banker-fire insurance special and adjuster-office manager-ad- vertising - correspondence - chamber of commerce-collections. M. S. Littleton, 306 Maple Ave., LaPorte, Ind. 945 FOR QUICK SALE $3.000. NEW AND SECOND-HAND FURNITURE STORE and general miscellany in a town of 12,000 population that is still growing. On main street. Includes horse, wagon, Sleigh, harness, stock, and fixtures. If you want a BARGAIN, see this. 205-207 West McKinney Ave., Muskegon Heights, Mich. 944 Pay spot cash for clothing and fur- nishing goods stocks. L. Silberman, 106 KE. Hancock, Detroit. 566 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. FOR SALE—A good business in a fine town in the center of the best fruit and farming region in Western Michigan, con_ sisting.of a brick store 26 x 66 feet, with full sized basement, also reinforced con- crete warehouse 40x75, one-half of which is coal shed capacity 200 tons, power elevator and conveyor; other half frost proof and will store five carloads of potatoes or grain. Railway side track. The business consists of selling hardware, repairs, implements, seeds, feed and hay, potatoes, beans and grain, and runs about $30,000 a year. Old age the only reason for selling. If interested, write D. Scott, Northport, Mich. 919 DRY CLEANING BUSINESS in best town in Central Michigan. Every thing in equipment of the newest type. One three-story new_ store, another cheap store building; all house furnishings ex- cept a few personal articles. Furnish- ings of house alone worth several thou- sand dollars; flat residence in connection with store; everything new and of an elegant type. Owner steps right out and leaves all; must go to California for his health. Write or telephone today for further particulars, to W. J. Cooper, Mt. Pleasant, Mich. 913 For Sale—First-class grocery in Mus- kegon. Stock about $7,000—can cut down to suit. Investigate. P. O. box 97, Mus- kegon Heights, Mich. 914 For Sale—Grocery and meat market in Battle Creek. $45,000 business last year. Up-to-date fixtures. Invoice about $45,- 000. Good reason for selling. Address No. 917, care Michigan Tradesman. 917 For Sale—Chandler & Price 10x12 Gordon for $200. In use every day, but wish to install larger machine. Trades- man Company. For Sale—Army Goods. Reclaimed army hats at $12 a dozen. All nicely cleaned and reblocked, with new sweat bands. Order a trial dozen, teturnable if not satsifactory. They are big sellers. "e are getting reorders in every mail. Army winter caps, for July shipment, $9.00 a dozen. Sample on request. Terms cash. Net ten days. Sikes Store Co., Leonardville, Kansas. 928 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—Cretors popcorn machine, electric power, first class condition. Will sell cheap. Geo. Moutsatson, Cadillac, Mich. 930 For Sale—A first-class meat market in good live town, year round. Will sell or rent. Reason for selling, health failing. A good bargain for some one. Address No. 936, care Michigan Tradesman. 936 BUSINESS WANTS DEPARTMENT Advertisements inserted under this head for five cents a word the first insertion and four cents a word for each subsequent continuous If set in capital letters, double price. display advertisements in this departme is required, as amounts are too smali to insertion. Small Payment with order open accounts. Cream VPar- about $7,000. miles from For Sale—Grocery and Ice lor combined. Inventory 10 tons natural ice. Two army camp and good railroad accomo- dations. Doing $35,000 business. Price $4,000 cash. Address No. 932, care Michigan Tradesman. 932 If you want to get out of business. write The Big 4 Auctioneers, Fort Pierre, South Dakota. 931 For Sale—A stock of general merchan- dise, no shoes, in a thriving town. Good business, best location in town. Reason for selling, poor health. Address lock box 99, Marlette, Mich. 933 FOR QUICK SALE $8,000. OWING TO death in family. Business property, principal business street in Benton Har- bor, consisting of two store rooms and two nice flats. Rentals, $102 a month. Can give immediate possession. Cc EE. WENMAN, 672 Ogden Aye., Benton Har- bor, Mich. 934 Watson-HigginsMlg.Co. GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. Merchant Millers Owned by Merchants Products sold by Merchants Brand Recommended _by Merchants NewPerfection Flour Packed In SAXOLIN Paper-lined Cotton, Sanitary Sacks ROCs suae ass 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 CO. PUTNAM FACTORY Grand Rapids, Michigan Ask for a copy of our latest price list. We are agents for LOWNEY'S in Western Michigan. 32 PURELY POLITICAL BUNK. E. C. Groesbeck, in announcing his candidacy for the governorship, hands which is in thorough with the elusive of the man and his shifty Briefly out a platform keeping character methods. stated, the alleged platform may be summarized as fol- lows: Minimize in procuring nom- inations and remove the $ sign from politics. Revise the primary law: the use of money We look on this as a gen- eral catchy phrase without any sig- nificance, from the fact that the law, if observed, will prove to be “limit” as he or anyone else When a Lieutenant-Gov- cover the pend but $400, enlighten the vote for as much ot a cares for. State, can ex- what can he do to public have to The candidate for Governor is confined to an expendi- ture of $2,500. If he resorts to any one of the three economical methods of informing the voters who he is, what in and what he will try to do, he is headed straight for Leavenworth. We agree that the should be amended, not along the money line, which is well cared for now if observe it. The that Groesbeck $2,500 to be possible, the amended as to ending in a farce and a small plurality naming the can- didate. Profiteering: ernor, to who him? most he believes primary law but candidates will Tradesman believes will spend several times governor. If should be so elected law prevent its use A iot of constructive suggestion except that it is “personal,” which means the RETAILER, and that the State should penalize him, big words, but not a single while the Government is willing to dodge or fuss about and end up by doing nothing—is permit- scott free. Farmer: A remarks fellow—whom the ted to go Aid the indefinite multitude of without a_ single clean cut statement as to what he has in mind to suggest. With his gen- eral statement all men agree, but his usual evasiveness and indefiniteness leaves him in a perfectly safe tion, down to nothing. Pay of School Teachers: Every- body who knows anything about the wages heretofore paid to teachers agree with him, if they have posi- because he has pinned himself scale of any information as to wages in other walks of life. For Ex-Service Men: “Gratitude and good will” fail to meet the con- ditions. Something should be done Government without further of the State should be exercised to that end. Conservation of Resources: Re- forestration is now being pushed by the State and has been for years by a duly appointed commission and he will find no one to quarrel with him on what is left in his suggestion, “Purify or rather prevent the pol- lution of our waters.” Amendments to Criminal Laws Has the Attorney General, the gen- tleman who has had supervision of the execution and interpretation of the laws for two terms, ever made any suggestion to the Governor or by the delay and the influence MICHIGAN TRADESMAN the Legislature as to how should be changed or amended? State Institutions: Any Governor whose relations to the other officers of the State (elective) are such as would permit is surely derelict in his duty if he fails to co-operate with them in the supervision of all State institutions for their economic ad- ministration and along such lines as the best interests of the individual would suggest. It will be has they that Groesbeck usual course and treated the subject of his candidacy and his on certain questions artificial and not to bind the author to a single thing after elec- tion. noted followed his “views” in such a_ superficial, evasive manner as It is a purely political general- ization of a lot of subjects to catch the popular mind of those who do not analyze the statements that much of it is already in legal effect. State of poor hands if the electorate stop to or who do not know The Michigan will be in mighty ever permit a man to hold the highest office within the gift of the people. Merchants in particular have good of the because he was long the servile tool and legal repre- sentative of the trading stamp com- such reasons for opposing a man Groesbeck stripe, panies and no progress in suppressing the evil has been made during the has rattled around in Attorney General. four years he the office of Unlawful To Permit Smoking Around Oil Stations. Lansing, June 22—We are pleased to acknowledge the receipt of vour letter of June 18, and in reply thereto are enclosing herewith a pamphlet containing Regulations issued by the State Fire Marshal of Michigan un- der the provisions of Section No. 5 of the Act No. 178 of the Public Acts of 1915. We respectfully refer you to Section 19 of these regulations which prohibit smoking in any section or part of a garage, and in all rooms or parts of buildings which contain inflammable liquids in open or closed containers or in which the vapors from inflammable liquids are present, or in which inflammable liquids are used in any manufacturing process. We realize fully the dangers ac- companying the practice of smoking around oil stations and assure you that if the department has knowledge of such practice it shall take such ac- tion as may be necessary to enforce the regulation referred to. If you can advise us the names of any stations in which violations occur, we will give the matter attention at the earliest possible moment. Ne desire to cover the field as thoroughly as possible, but you can appreciate that we encounter some difficulty in doing so, considering that we have only six inspectors to cover the entire State, and these men must also inspect all motion picture thea- ters at least twice a year, as well as attend to numerous requests for in- vestigation of fire and special inspec- tions. a. Rutledge. Assistant State Fire Marshal. Frank S. Verbeck, proprietor of Verbeck’s Tavern at Pentwater, re- news his subscription to the Trades- man and says: “It is always a pleas- ure to invest in an article which gives one so much satisfaction as the Tradesman.” The man with an idea has ever changed the face of the world. Last Glimpse of the National Con- vention. Cass City, June 2 day we were ied by a repre- sentative of the National Canners As- sociation. He explained the large ad- vertising campaign they were carry- ing on, some of which van be seen in our own Michigan Tradesman, rel- ative to their inspection service and the seal they are using on all in- spected brands. He believes this was a service the consumer was entitled to and also stated that part of their job was to help the distributor. The National Canners Association is not a commercial association. It does not discuss prices. Everything that goes into canned goods is higher this year and he could not see how any of these canned foods would Le cheap- er this year. if . . 1 » ‘= \g - cE . eo : . ty ? ‘4 * pay a ~ a ¢ > « — ' ae " ye : = . ba * ~ $