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GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1895.

GROCERS IN CONFERENCE.

Second Convention of the Northern
Michigan Association.

The second annual convention of the
Northern Michigan Retail Grocers’ As-
sociation convened at. the city hall,
Reed City, on Tuesday morning, Aug.
13, President Tatman in the chair.

On motion, E. A. Stowe, N. Bicknell
Niergarth were appointed a

topics, the meeting adjourned until af-
ternoon,
AFTERNOON SESSION,
On convening in the afternoon, <A,
Rosenberg, President of the village,

welcomed the grocers to Reed ity IN} gan during the time of the convention,

the following words:
Your meeting here calls forth the re-

Programme, and, after!
an informal discussion on a variety of

$39, all of which has been turned over
to the Treasurer, and for which I hold
his receipts.

Our expenses since our organization
in June, 1804,, have been $41.25, which
includes $10 in postage stamps.

As the dues for the second fiscal year
are now due and payable, and as_ there
are a sufficient number of constitutions
and application blanks to last us during
the coming fiscal year, I think you will
agree with me in the statement that we
are in an excellent financial condition.

I confess myself somewhat disappoint-
ed that the growth of the Association
has not been greater. | confidently ex-

| pected when we met at Clare that our
| Mount Pleasant meeting would be. at-

tended by a couple of hundred grocers,

| but when I realized the fearful drouth
jand threatening fires which were pre-

flection that the trend of the times is to- |

wards organization and co-operation in
all directions. 1 believe it a good and
wholesome tendency. It 1s largely a
result of widespread, cheap and rapid
communication between individuals,
communities and countries.
is to draw men closer together, to create

cement the fellowship and brotherhood
of man.

Deeming the object and purpose of
your meeting a commendable one, I, as
their temporary representative, and in
behalf of the citizens of Reed City, wel-
come you most heartily to our little
town, hoping that you may be successful
in finding ways to head off the false
bottom fiend, short weights and meas-

Its effect |

vailing in all parts of Northern Michi-

I was not surprised that the attendance
was not greater, as many grocers who
would have surely attended the meeting
under ordinary circumstances were de-
tained at home to protect life and prop-
erty.

It isa matter of congratulation that
one abuse which brought the organiza-
tion into existence was abolished soon

| after the Association was organized. |
a common feeling, like sympathies ; to |

| Cartage and boxing.

refer, of course, to the rule charging for
Although this is a

| question which has more than one side,
jand the members of the Association are

ures, dead-beats and trade parasites of |

all descriptions.

President Tatman called on N. Bick-
nell to respond to the address of wel-
come. He stated that the grocers were

glad to go to Reed City, as he had rea-

somewhat divided on the subject, | think
I am safe in stating that all were glad
when so annoying a rule was abolished
and the practice of charging cartage
was abandoned.

At our Mount Pleasant meeting reso-
lutions were adopted, calling upon our
members to use their influence to secure

jan amendment to the present exemption

law. lam aware that considerable effort
was made in this direction, but experi-
ence gleaned at several sessions of the
Legislature has convinced me that the

' ; only way by which this reform can be
son to know from past experience that |

the people of the town were warm-heart-

ed and ideal entertainers.

President Tatman then delivered his
annual address. He compared conven-
tions to schools, inasmuch as they edu-
cated merchants as to the right methods
of doing business, just as the schools
educated children in the stern. realities
of life. He cited
that business

instances showing
methods are constantly
changing and that the yrocer must be
The Asso-
ciation has accomplished one important
reform during its brief existence, and
there is every reason to believe. that
other reforms will be accomplished and

other abuses abolished as time goes on.

progressive to be successful.

He cited the new laws needed to prop- | : : !
| tions of retail dealers in other

erly protect the merchant and referred
to the desirability of repealing a num-
ber of old laws which tend to perpetuate
dead-beatism and deception.
system, also, appealed forcibly to his
consideration. He expressed the hope
that the discussions would be full and ex
haustive,and that the proceedings would
be characterized by the spirit of charity
and good-nature
ly realized.
Secretary Stowe then
annual report, as follows:

a wish which was ful-
presented his

In presenting my annual
Secretary of the Northern Michigan Re-
tail Grocers’ Association, I assume that
the first thing you will want to ascertain
is our financial condition.
for dues during the past year have been

secured is by means of concerted action
among the business men, not simply of
one section of the State, but of the en-

| tire State, for a law which has been. on

ithis convention

|organization, |

the statute books for nearly half a cen-
tury and has grown time-worn and. ven-
erable with age is a difficult thing to
repeal. I trust that before the close of
Some plan will be
adopted which will secure for the busi-
ness men of Michigan some immunity
from the deluge of dead-beatism which
this unjust law stimulates.

I hope, also, that effective measures
will be adopted for increasing the nu-
merical strength and influence of this
candidly believe that
it can be made the means of bringing

| about needed reforms, abolishing time-

worn abuses through the medium of con-
certed action and by co-operation with
the wholesale trade and with . organiza-
lines.
Within the past two months the hard-
ware dealers of the State have started

}the nucleus of a = strong organization,
The cash |

since which time the wholesale hardware

|dealers have come out with an an-

report as}

|nouncement abrogating charges for cart-

age which have been in vogue for a
great many years. [| am not prepared
to say that this departure on the part of
the jobbing trade is due entirely to the
organization of the retail hardware deal-
ers, but it ceratinly looks as though the
movement had something to do with
the change of policy on the part of the
wholesale trade.

I do not wish to be understood as ad-
vocating antagonizing the wholesale

trade, as | am one of those who believe
that retail dealers can usually accom-
Our receipts | plish all they desire by agitation, co-op-
compromise

eration and

Number 622

There may be times when it may be de-
sirable to take a firm stand, but experi
ence has taught me that intelligence is
usually met with intelligence and _ that
a disposition to ask for only that which
is fair and just is almost unversally met
with prompt recognition at the hands of
the class addressed.

In conclusion, permit me to thank you
for the honor you have bestowed upon
me m permitting me to act as your S€c-
retary during the past year. While |
regret that there has not been more work
to do, I assure you that I have endeav-
ored to perform the meager duties de-
volving upon me as understandingly and
promptly as possible, and = | rust that
my successor will meet the same kindly
co-operation and hearty response which
you have given me on any and every oc-
casion.

Treasurer Smith presented his annual
report as follows:

I beg leave to report that 1 have re-
ceived from the hands of the Secretary
the sum of $39, for which I have
proper receipts.

[ have paid one order on the Treasur-

iven

er for $20.75, |
hands of $18.2

‘aving a balance im my

The report took the same course as
the Secretary's report.

H. W. Hawkins then read a paper on
the subject, ‘‘Is it Possible to

1
lmprove

the Present Exemption Law?’’ as fol
lows:

The question asked in the subject
under consideration involves a knowl
edge of the prov isions of the present law
on this subject; so, before atte mpting
to answer the question, | will give a
brief digest of the law as it stands on
the statute book :

REAL ESTATE.

i. Homestead, whether it be a vil
lage lot with the buildings thereon or
forty acres of land,
value $1,500.

CHATTEL PROPERTY.

not exceeding in

All

spinning wheels, weaving
looms, stoves put up and kept for use
in any dwelling house.
ae A Seat, pew Or slip OCC upied Ih
any house of public worship.
2 ll cemeteries, tombs and rights

of burial while in use as repositories of

the dead.
}. All arms and accoutrements re-

quired by law to be kept by any person.

All wearing every

and tamily.

§- Library and school books of every

individual or family, not exceedii

: yarel {
apy SECs Gh

person

Vaile S250,

©. To each householder ten sheep
with their fleeces and the yarn as. cloth
manufactured from same ; two cows: five

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swine; provisions and fuel for the com
fortable subsistence of such household
or family for six months.

To each householde r all household

goods, furniture, utensils not exceeding
in value $250.

8. The tools, implements, materials,
stock, apparatus, team, vehicle, horses,
harness or other things to enable a per-
son to Carry on his protession or trade
and not exceeding in value $250.

9g. <A sufficient quantity of hay, grain,
feed and roots, whether growing or oth-
erwise, for properly keeping for six
months the animals herein enumerated.

There is also exempt from the process
of garnishment the wages of any labor-
er not exceeding in amount $25.

It is a well-known fact that by far the
larger part of the business of this coun-
try is done on credit. The manufac-
turer sells his products, to a large ex-
tent, to the jobber on credit; the job-
ber sells the retail merchant largely on

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the consumer largely on credit
we have a chain of credits. The man-
ufacturer, in most instances, can readi-
ly enforce payment on the jobber; the

hence |

jobber can nearly always enforce pay- |

ment on the retail merchant;
retailer can scarcely ever enforce pay-

but the |

ment on the part of the consumer, for |
the reason that an unjust exemp-
tion law stands in the way. Hence
we see that the retail merchant is the
least protected of the three classes of
traders I have named. The retailer
needs some ready money with which
to meet some pressing claim from his
jobber. He knows he must meet the
obligation. His credit is at stake; his
property is at stake; his honor is at
stake—his all is at stake. He consults
his ledger to see where he can secure

the available means to satisfy his cred-
itor, and finds, greatly to his dissatis-
faction, that scarcely one out of ten per-
sons against whom he has claims are
collectible. Although there are many
hundreds of dollars in accounts due him

in excess of the amount necessary to
meet his own obligations, yet he must
suffer the humiliation of allowing his

credit to become impaired because of
the indifference which the consumer
manifests, as regards the account stand-
ing against him.

How can the present exemption law
be improved? By cutting down the val-
uation to $1,000 on homesteads exempt
from execution; by taking off all ex-
emptions on chattels, with the exception
ot household utensils and wearing ap
parel; by allowing no exemption from
process of garnishment to the wage
earner. Let the labor of his own hands
stand as security for his credit.

When the exemption law on our. stat-
ute books ts amended so that the retaii

merchant shall have better protection,
we shall see, (1), that the dead-beat
will have to give up his business or
move to some more congenial clime;

(2), that the thoroughly honest man will
not be obliged to suffer for the guilty,
as heretofore, but will find ready means
of assistance when better protection
is afforded ; (3), that the whole busi-
ness of the country will be reduced more
nearly to a cash basis, thereby being
mutually beneticial to debtor and cred-
itor.

When the exemption law is so amend-
ed as to cease placing a premium = on
dishonesty by holding out inducements
for honest men to become ‘dishonest,
and compelling dishonest men to  be-
come honest, as regards their obliga-
tions to their fellowmen, then shall we
see that the thoroughly upright man will
receive just treatment at the hands of
his fellowmen and the dead-beat will
not flourish as the green bay tree.

Mr. Wisler stated that the
dead-beats, as a rule, were up on legal
that they
because a

worst

were worse than a

the

tactics ;
thief,
lookout for a thief.

Mr. Stowe then explained the efforts
which had been made in the past dozen

man can be on

years to secure a change in the law, with-
out result as yet.

Mr. Bicknell that the
be laid on the table for further
sion later, which was adopted.

moved matter

discus-

Jess. Wisler, of Mancelona, then
read the following paper on the = sub-
pect, “Is it Desirable to Substitute

Weights for Measures in the Handling
of Produce?’’

It is well for the Northern Michigan
Grocers 'Association to take up _ this
question and thoroughly discuss it, so
that the people of Northern Michigan

 

| see to it that none but true

may have no doubts as to how we. stand |

upon the question.

1 am well aware how slow we are to|
do away with every thing that has long |
been the established custom and are]
ready to say, “The old way is the|
best ;'" how we dread to make an. in- |
novation upon the traditions of our|

fathers and how slow we are to change
the laws, customs and manners of the
past when experience has taught us there
should be a change; but I believe it to
be the duty of every dealer—I will put

it broader, the duty of every true Cit- |

izen—to point out the errors of those
who have lived before us and be ready
to suggest improvements and a_ better

way, where experience has taught us
there is a better way.

Our fathers builded the best they
knew and we ascribe all honor and

praise to them for the advanced
they took in the cause of human liberty
and the rights of the people; yet we,
their children, standing near the
hundred and twentieth milepost,
full well that the advancement of civil-
ization, art, science into the high state
of develodment which goes to make up
this busy, hustling, onward-moving peo-
ple of seventy millions have outgrown
many of the theories, thoughts and
ideas of our fathers; and, true to. the
best interests of all the people, each de-
partment of business, the earnest, hon-
est men of each calling have ever been
willing to take a step in the advance and
the masses have only been too willing
to follow on. Such being the case, why
shall not we, the retail grocers, keep
abreast with the other business interests
of the land and “keep up with the pro-
cession’’ in all that gues to advance the
best interests of the people with whom
we are brought in contact?

I hold it to be the duty of those who
have a matter of as much
the lead and hold themselves in readi-
ness to give a reason for their action.

‘*Is it desirable to substitute weights

for measures in the handling of pro-
duce?’’ | answer, most emphatically,
“yves."’ The announcement of the sub-
ject at once suggests the thought that
we, as retail grocers, deal directly with
the producer and the consumer. The
producer is the farmer, the man who

produces by his labor the produce that
we buy and sell to the consumer. — Ex-
perience has taught us there is no hard-
er worked people in the land than the
class who produce the necessaries of
life and class that should be more
fairly dealt with. ‘*Equal and exact
justice to all’’ should be our motto.

ho

There are too many ways in measure-
ments by which the seller and the buyer
can be wronged for me to attempt to
point out in the time allotted me, but
that the present system of measurement
is open to the wickedness and_ selfish-
ness of men needs no argument.

‘The size of the bushel’’--the peach
basket, the berry basket, the grape bas-
ket and, in fact, all measurements are
looked upon with mistrust by the buyer.
Che puns and jokes which have been
hurled at the retail dealer over the
smallness of the measurement has many
times caused us to regret that there ever
was such a thing as a basket, box or
measure made. | know our fathers in-
troduced and put into law what they be-
lieved to be a good system of weights
and measures, but we have learned by
sad experience that, through or by the
shrewdness of some sharp, shrewd Yan-
kee, measures have fallen short of the
system adopted by law and the consum-
er has had to pay for too much ‘‘short-
or for too much ‘“‘hollow in the
bottom’’ of the box or basket.

What would I suggest? I answer: |
would have the Legislature change the

ness

steps |
iselves of the stimga_ that
jto them and for which they are not re-

Importance |
as the subject under discussion, to take |

the oldest jnstice of the peace of. the
township, the marshal of the village,and
police justice of the city to have a_ true
and tried system of weights tested and

|recorded, open to the inspection of all,

one |
know |

with a good round penalty and a_vigor-
ous entorcement of the law, and the re-
tail grocers would do much to rid them-
now attaches

sponsible for small measurements. The
producer and consumer have a right to

} look to us, the retail grocers, for a rem-

 

| who consider their

fedy in the long delayed matter.

1am glad it has come betore this hon-
orable body for discussion. | have the
honor of representing the northern por-
tion of the Lower Peninsula of Muichi-
gan, and | am glad to state that no bet-
ter, more Wee, Carnes, Cnerretic,
ahead people live in Michigan or in
any other State in this honored land than
the producer, the dealer and consumer
of the portion of the State which I rep-
resent. Believing, as | know they do,
in ‘* Equal and exact justice,’’ | repeat
what I said before most emphatically,
‘It is desirable to substitute weights
for measures in the handling of prod-
uce.

As the paper by J. W.
Reed City, on the subject, ‘* How
of handl-

ing fruits shipped in bastard baskets?’’

PoO-

Densmore, of
long

must we endure the disgrace

character to
have it
the
paper

was somewhat similar in
Mr. Wisler’s
read at the same time and

Mr.

, It was decided to
discuss
two together. Densmore’s
was as follows:

When | received Mr. Stowe’s. letter,
requesting me to present a paper on il
legitimate fruit baskets at this conven-
tion, | felt unequal to the task, espe-
cially on account of the short time in
which | had to prepare it) and, also, on
account of my mexperncnce in prepar-
ing such papers. | felt, however, that
there were others in the same predica-
ment and that if they all shirked their
duty, it would make a pretty dull con
vention. I, therefore, wrote Mr. Stowe,
accepting the assignment.

The question, **How long must we
endure the disgrace of handling fruit in

bastard baskets?’’ is a subject fraugh
with vital interest to the merchant who
handies them, [ff it is some ‘skin
aint: = 6or irresponsible person who

handles them, it makes but little differ-
ence; but, to the majority of
reputation Of

frocers,

more

| consequence than their money, it is ex-

| bushel of peaches.
} home and

tremely annoying, and at the same time
hazardous to their business. To illus
trate: A customer comes in and buys a
When he gets them

measures them, he finds he

has received about three pecks. You
}can imagine the reflections which will
} pass through that man’s mind, and, if

he has not too great a distance to go, he
will promptly cart them back. If at too
great a distance to return them, you

} will hear from him at the first opportun-

law so that all produce should be bought |

and sold by weight, the light articles by
the pound and the heavier ones by the
hundred weight. I would attach a pen-
alty that whoever should be convicted
of giving light weight should
heavy tine, be he tarmer or grocer.
And no man should be allowed to sell
until he had his scales tested by the
proper officer of the city, village or
township, whose duty it should be to
scales were
being used in or under his jurisdiction.

| 1 know we have a law now for weights

and measures upon our statute books,
but it is a dead letter. No attention is
paid to it, hence the smallness of meas-
urement and the fault finding, grumb-
ling, and gibing at and with the deal-
er. We have to take all the blame. The
retail grocer has to take all the cussing
for the shortness and smallness of the
bushel or basket, when, in fact, but
few of us, if any, have anything to
do with the manufacturing of the arti-
cle. Let the law make it the duty of

ity in words about to this effect: °° Mr.
Grocer, how many peaches did you sell

| stoop to the most

i thirst for greed

me the other day in that basket? The
!grocer will answer that it was  sup-
posed to be a bushel. ‘‘Supposed! is
that the way you do business? Are you
} doing a supposing trade? Are you sell

ing three pecks for a bushel? Are you |
lselling three-fourths of a pound of ‘tea
jfor a pound? Are you giving short

pay a}

| the better.’’

weight and measures generally? If so,
the sooner I change my trading place
And, gentlemen, that is a
mild phase of the matter. The disgrace
runs all the way down the line

| bushels to quarts.

It is almost impossible to get an hon-

!est basket; and, to go still further, there

is almost as much fraud

the manufacture of barrels
kets. Nine, ten and eleven
rels are the rule, and the
purchasing fruits and

compelled to protect himself by having
an tronbound contract, in black and
white, specifying the amount each pack-

prac ticed
as if}
peck

grocer,

in

age is to contain or he is sure to be
swindled. ‘To go still further, we can
trace the filthy tracks of fraud in the

politician who poses as a philanthropist
until he gets into office, where,

from |

 

bas- |
bar- |
when |
vegetables, is]

first opportunity, he sells his birthright
for a mess of pottage. Even the, min-

isters of the gospel,who should .be up-
right and square--models for their
churches and congregations--will often

contemptible frauds.
Dollar -the everlasting
is at the bottom of all
this. It is one of the primary causes
of our social troubles. It is making the
rich richer and the poor poorer. , It is
building up a superstructure of fraud
which will not stand the censure and
indignation of an honest and discrimi-
nating public. These giant frauds are
the growth of recent years. They have
crept upon us like a thief in the night.

The Almighty

It is within the reach of everyone's
memory in the room to remember the
good old days when it was the excep-
tion and not the rule to run across
frauds like these.

Gentlemen, are we to submit to. this
humiliating disgrace and swindle? Are

we to be robbed of our good reputation
and money? Are we to let the profes-
sion of merchant go down to posterity
with such a rank odium attached to it
asthis? I think not. | think we are
on the threshold of a mighty reform,
both socially, politically and financial-
ly, and in this particular reform we need
not be behind. In my opinion, we have
only to come out like men and show up
this fraud in ‘ts true light. Let us have
a thorough investigation of the matter.
Let every grocer understand the false
position in which he places himself
when he handles these baskets. Let
these packers and manufacturers under-
stand that we, as retailers, will not
handle their bastard packages; and,
last, but not least, if they persist in
packing fruit in bastard baskets, we
will have recourse to the strong arm. of
the law. .
President ‘Tatman expressed himself
as very.much pleased with the contents
and conclusions of both papers. He
stated that he had = frequently bought
peaches at $1.50 a bushel and placed the
selling price at $2, but that after he had
the

sold three pecks out. of bushel, he

found he had no peaches left. Until
this abuse can be remedied, the yrocer
will lose money right along.

H. W. Hawkins stated that he had
been struck with the same club and
that, in his opinion, the Association
should put itself on record as opposed

to all sorts of deception in weights and
measures.

Mr. Beebe stated that, in his opinion,
the abuses grew out of the desire of the
grower to withhold enough fruit. to. pay
for the package.

Mr. Fleischhauer stated that the way

out of the difficulty would be to sell
everything in the lines of fruits and
vegetables by weight, instead of by
measure,

Mr. Stowe related the progress made
by the ‘‘honest farmer’’ in getting the
basket manufacturers to reduce the size
of the standard measures, year after
year, and moved that the matter be re-

ferred to a Committee
composed of Messrs. Densmore,

Resolutions,

Wisler

on

and Beebe, to summarize the ideas of
the Association on this subject.
Adopted.

N. Bicknell then addressed the Asso-
ciation on the subject of the desirability
of establishing uniform prices on pro-
duce by means of local boards of trade.
He recited a number of amusing inci-
dents met by the merchant in buying
produce and set forth the reasons why
local boards of trade would be advan-
all around, in
however, a better plan would be to. es-

tageous his opinion,
town, with
butter,
everything the farmer
could be purchased by a

tablish a warehouse in each
cold storage connection, where
eggs, beans, hay

has for sale

| manager, who would represent the mer-

at the| basis.

chants of the town on a stock
This would do

company
with the

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rivalry which now exists beween mer-

chants in the purchase of poor butter for

the sake of securing trade. He related
a lady who came. in-
with two rolls. of
which were so inferior that they would
have to be relegated to the grease tub,

He declined to purchase the butter, al-

a circumstance of

to his store

though he knew that he would lose her

trade unless he did so. She went
very indignant, but came back a little
later, stating that another merchant had
purchased the butter for his
and that he
same amount every
table.

Mr. Wisler stated that plan
would not work in Mancelona, for the
reason that the merchants of that
have nerve more

own use,
wished her to bring in the
week for his own
such a

town
than
the market price for produce, when the 5
know that the adel is on an upward
tendency. He stated that Mancelona
was passing through a transition from
timber to agriculture, and that until the
new order of things became established,
it would be undesirable to make any
change in the present methods of buy-
ing produce. He past
thing a
woman

enough to pay

realized from
that the hardest
merchant has to do is to tell a
that her butter is not good.

N. H. Beebe then led the discussion
on the advisability of adopting the Blue
Letter collection system. He stated that
when the system was introduced in Big
Rapids the merchants all pledged them-
selves to stick by each other, and that
if they had done so, it would have been
very much better for them. all.
who violated their agreement may have
gained a little temporary advantage,
but they ‘‘got it’’ later on. It is an ex-
cellent system, without a doubt, and if

experience

Those

the merchants would stick to their text
they would have the dead-beats on the
hip every time. Mr. Beebe stated that

he began selling for cash September 1
1894, and that he had
well pleased with the change.

been remarkaby

Mr. Niergarth stated that he had con-
ducted his plan
1893, and that while he
did not carry it out absolutely, he was
so well pleased with the results that, if
we were to start in again, he
would sell for cash only.

business on the cash
since October,

business

Mr. Wisler demurred to the cash plan,
on the ground that it curtails sales, and
that he would rather sell $10,000
even if he did lose
still be

more
$200
money

goods a year,
or $300, as he
ahead.

would

Mr. Densmore stated that in the feur-
teen years in which he had been in
trade in Reed City, he had held his
book accounts down to $1,800: he found
it necessary to charge off $200 to $300
each year for bad debts, but he found
that he could always collect $50 or $100
of this amount the next year by schem-
ing and watching his debtors. He
thought the merchant should use com-
mon sense in shoving out goods, and
that if he did so. there would be very
little fault found with the credit system.

The meeting then adjourned until
evening.
EVENING SESSION.
At the opening of the evening ses-
sion, W. D. Hopkinson, of Paris, start-

ed the ball rolling by a few remarks on
the subject of ‘‘Store pay vs. cash for
produce.’’ He found it beneficial to
pay cash for produce, but made a dif-
ference_of 1 cent a dozen for eggs and
2 cents a pound on butter between cash
and trade.

George F. Cook, of Grove, objected
to paying cash for produce, because in

butter

| Many Cases the money would go directly

| farmers got in the

away

| in his

to merchants in competing towns.

J. V. Crandall, of Sand Lake, stated
that his experience had been that it was
not desirable to pay cash for
the country, for the
habit of saving up
their money and going to the cities to
do their trading.

LM, Schilling,
experience,

produce in

of Clare, stated that,

}money paid for butter and eggs was in-

| variably left in the

store before the sel-

| ler went out.

}ers making business for the
| attracting the traveling men,

 

Mr. Tatman then introduced the
ject of wholesale
to hotels. He

grocers selling goods

> spoke of the retail deal-
hotels by
who
port the hotels, and that, in his opinion,
the landlord should buy his goods in his
home town.

sup-

Mr. Densmore stated that he had
been annoyed by this abuse for thirteen
where a Milwaukee
vinegar house sold him five barrels. of
vinegar and then sold the hotel man one
barrel at a less price than the agent had
charged him for five barrels.

years, citing a case

In his ex-
perience not one-tenth of the goods used
by hotels were purchased in the home
town.

Mr. Bicknell
found a selling hotels
he would drop the house immediately,
and in such case the traveling

stated that when he

wholesale house
salesman
visiting the town, as. there
would not be enough in the hotelkeep-
er’s trade to warrant his stopping off.

Mr. Wisler cited an instance where a
Grand Rapids jobber had sold a Mance-
lona hotelkeeper ten Bull
Durham at 46 cents a pound, when the
regular price to the retail trade
cents.

Mr. ‘Tatman offered the following res-
olution covering this point,

would cease

pounds of

was 50

which was
unanimously adopted :

Resolved——That the President desig-
nate a member in each town in which
the Association has members whose

duty it shall be to report to the Secre-
tary the name or names of any jobbing
house or flouring mill selling ‘goods to
hotels or boarding houses (cigars ex-
cepted) ; that the Secretary immediately
communicate with the offending house,
protesting against such practice and
in the event of the house re fusing to
pledge itself to desist from the practice,
that the facts be promptly communicat-
ed to every member of the Asssociation.
An interesting discussion followed on
the subject of package brands and the
giving of exclusive
brought out the interesting
many cases flour mills and

which
fact that in

agencies,

ers of package goods had played double
with the retail trade.

The meeting then adjourned to the
dining room of the Hotel King,
sumptuous banquet awaited the
participated in by about fifty
men and their wives,in addition to the
guests of the evening. After the menu
has been disposed of W. H. Hawkins
was announced as toastmaster and _pre-
faced the responses with a few happy
remarks, after which he called upon sev-
eral gentlemen to respond to pertinent

where a
guests,

business

toasts as follows:
Our Association—J.  F.
Clare.

Tatman,

sub-

. |
manufactur-

reason that the |

| Blue

two-thirds of the |
ia grand,

| City for

 

The Traveling Man—J. N.
Grand Rapids.

Bradford,

Future of the Potato -Jess Wisler,
Mancelona.

Mixed Pickles-—-N. H. Beebe, Big |
Rapids.

The Off Horse—J. V. Crandall, Sand
wake.

The Ladies—N. Bicknell, Clare.
Early Days at Reed City—E. A. Stowe.
Our Village-—-C. A. Withey.

| Wisler for

WEDNESDAY MORNING SESSION

At the opening of the
sion, nineteen applications for member-
ship were read and accepted, after
which a telegram was read from the
Worden Grocer Co., regretting its in-
ability to be represented on the occasion.

President Tatman then called for
further discussion on the subject of the

morning ses-

Letter collection system.
Mr. Niergarth pronounced the system

good one’’ and greatly regret-

ted that it was not now in use in Reed
City.

H. W. Hawkins stated that he never
Saw a system so effectual as the Blue
Letter method, as it stirred the dead-

beats from center to circumference.
Many people will pay from policy's sake
only, and the co-operative system is the
best thing known and the only efficient
way to shut off bad pay customers.

Mr. Stowe moved that the matter of
adopting or the Blue Letter
system be left to a Committee composed

of Messrs. Tatman, Niergarth and

rejecting

Beebe, to report at the February meet-
ing.

The Committee on Resolutions then
presented the following report, which

was adopted :

Resolved—-That the members of this
Association will do all in their power to
discountenance the use of short. weis ghts
and measures:

Resolved—-That when buying fruits
and vegetables we will insist on getting
a standard bushel and sixteen ounces to
the pound;

Resolved--That we

earnestly com-
mend the intent of the invalid. statute
enacted by the last Legislature through

the efforts of Representative Hoyt, as
we are of the opinion that the taxing of
country peddlers should be taken out of
the bende of the State and placed in the
hands of the township, where it proper-

ly belongs. Under the present system
not one peddler in a hundred takes out
the presc ribed license. which is a man-

ifest injustice to legitimate trade

Resolved —That we urge the grocers
of every town in Northern Michigan to
use concerted action in securing ade-
quate protection from village aaa llers
in the shape of efficient ordinances pre-
scribing license fees which shall be
made large enough to be regulative, but
not so large as to be prohibitive ;

Resolved--That the thanks of this As-
sociation are due the grocers of Reed
their cordial greetings and
splendid entertainment on the occasion
of our second annual convention: to the
Hotel King for reduced hotel rates: to
the village fathers for the use of the city
hall; to the local committee of arrange
ments for their painstaking attention to
details.

The selection of the next place otf
meeting being then in order, Mr.
invited the Association to meet at Big
Rapids. Mr. Densmore spoke for Reed

Beebe

City, Mr. Bicknell for Clare and Wm.
Hoag for Cadillac.
Mr. Niergarth moved that the next

convention be held at Big
second

Rapids the

Tuesday February, which was

adopted.
Mr. Bicknell moved a Committee on
Membership-—-one from each point of

the compass—be appointed by the Pres-

ident, retaining one-half of the annual
dues obtained for their — services.
Adopted.

Election of officers being then in. or-
der, President Tatman nominated Mr.
President. Mr. Williams
nominated Mr. Densmore. Both gentle-
men positively declined the honor,
the election resulted as follows:

President--J. F. Tatman, Clare.

when

Vice President—J. W. Densmore,
| Reed City.

Secretary—E. A. Stowe, Grand
| Rapids.

Treasurer—Jess Wisler, Mancelona.

Executive Committee-—N. H. Beebe
Big Rapids; Wm. Hoag, Cadillac
Frank Smith, Leroy; TT. Béroy, Mt.
Pleasant: C Yost, Ithaca. '

Mr. Wisler

certificates be

moved that membership

printed for distribution

among the members, which was

adopted.

+

further |

There being no business, the

meeting adjourned.

NAMES OF THE
At the close of the
the membership list included fifty-five

MEMBERS
Reed City meeting

grocers and grocery firms, as follows:

Clare]. FL Tatman, Becknell &
Co., C. 3S. Chase, G. W. Halstead, Ma-
son) cc) Boyd, Al Van) Brant, A, S.
Rhoades, J. H. Schilling, J. L. Welch.

Cadillac--Robert Johnson, Snider &
Hoag.

Hersey —John Finkbeiner, Frank Proc-
tor, (. M. Bisbee.

Paris--W. D. Hopkinson, J. L. Dav-

cnporti® Co., Bisbee
Reed.

Manton — J. : Williams, O.

Mancelona-—Jesse Wisler.

Coleman--M. O. McFarland.

Shepherd —F. M. “lag IL. DD. Bent.

Leroy Frank , Gustafson &
Olsen.

Reed City---C. T. Ke ry, H.R. Nier-
garth, John Marin, J. W. Densmore, H.
W. Hawkins, Wm. H. Hawkir
Bros. & Co., Martin Miller.

Big Rapids--N. H. Beebe, ee

Bros.) john L,

Smith

K irk

 

Megargle, W. E. Haney,Chas. B. Love-
joy, |. i Barker.

Ithaca--S. E. Parish, Lewis & Yost.
Ludwig & Isman, A. S. Barber & Co,
ED. Hamilton.

Mt. Pleasant--Frank A. Sweeney,
Kane Bros, PT. Béerey, R. 1). Balmer,
W. C. Vowles, Hamilton & Co. A.) N.
Ward.

North Star-—J. H. Pettit & ¢

Gladwin-—-J. M. Shaffer.

Dushville—G. O. Adams.

Grove—Geo. F. Cook.

 

MICHAEL KOLB & SON,
Wholesale
Clothing Manufacturers,
ROCHESTER, N.Y.

Write our representative, WILLIAM
CONNOR of Marshall, Mich, Box 346,
to call upon you and see our fall and
winter
Suits for all
guaranteed, or

lines of Overcoats, Ulsters and

+ } 1
ages, prices, fit and make

meet Mr. Connor at

Sweet’s Hotel on Friday, Aug 0, and
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and
ae Hepe FO! Tt, I and 1s) State
Fai rv Week.

 

A. HIMES

Wholesale Shipper
Lime
Cement

COAL

CANALST., GRAND RAPIDS.

 

THOMAS E. WYKES

Wood
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sé wer
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Flour

Feed Ete.
Corresponder

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GRAND RAPIDS

The a Is
cordially

vited sn wees
us for sum-
mer prices on

GRAND HURL MICH.

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THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

 

 

Around the State.

Movements of Merchants.

 

 

Sturgis Frank Nathan has sold his
clothing stock to John Tripp.

Lucas —G. W. Taylor succeds Taylor
Bros. in the grocery business.

Charlotte Wm. Jordan succeeds Tur-
ner & Jordan in the grocery business.

Charlotte. Mitchell & McCarger suc-
ced Hults & Mitchell in the meat busi-
HESS.

Lake Ann—-Potter &
ceed Virgil & Farmer in the meat busi-

Anderson suc-

ness.
Schoolcraft

ceed A. R. Gilmore in the grocery busi-

hess.
Erie--Cornelius $. Droutiliard is suc- |
ceeded by C. C. LaPointe in general
trade.
Lake Odessa--Wright & Friend have
soki their grocery stock to Geo. Ai.
Fowler

Frank G. Sherwin suc-
Ball

Battle Creek

ceeds Sherwin & in the grocery

business.
Grayling —Isaac Rosenthal is succeed-

ed by Jos. Rosenthal in the dry goods

business.
Petoskey]. Welling succeeds B. Perl

& Co. in the men’s. turnishing goods
business. |
Cassopolis —G. C. Underhill & Co.

succeed Underhill & Bonine in the gro-
cery business.

Homer Edwin C. Doolittle succeeds
Doolittle, Anderson & Co. m the
cery business.

Blissfield The Phillips
Co., Limited, is succeeded by the Phil-
lips Co.,

Lake Wight
ceeds Samuel Bair in the agricultural

Yro-
Hardware

Limited.
Odessa Gardner suc-
implement business.
Detroit--Chas. Addison &
cers, have dissolved, Fred Addison con-

Bro., gro-
tinuing the business.

Gaines Station—-W. B. Cozard
ceeds F. W. Blodgett in the hardware
and lumber business.

Battle Creek —Louts
moved his clothing and men’s furnish-

Suc-

Strauss has re-

ing goods stock to Detroit.

Stanton -Lamb & Peterson, agricul-

tural implement dealers, have dissolved,

Hans Peterson succeeding.
Kalamazoo—H. B.

the tailoring

Fisher has pur-
and — turnishing
Wenier.

Youngs,

chased
goods business of H. F.
Geo. A.
partner

TO-
gro

Grand Ledge
admitted a and the

style of the firm is now Youngs & Ab-

ce has

bey.

Muskegon—-S. A. Soderberg has sold
his shoe stock to A. P. Conner & Co.,
who have consolidated the stock with
their own.

Chadwick -E. T. Bolster has admit-
ted his son to partnership in his grocery
The firm will hereafter be
known as E. T. Bolster & Son.

Marine City Markle & Thatcher, fur- |
niture and undertakers, have dissolved.

business.

Che business will be continued by Nor-
man J. Markle in his own name.
Phin Smith has purchased |
Pad-

now ch-

Hastings
the boot and shoe stock of H. E.
dock, at Grand Ledge, and is
gaged in removing it to this place.

lonia—Jos. H. Canfield has purchased |
the interest of Wm. F. Scammell in the |
old-established grocery and meat busi- |
ness of Scammell & Canfield and will |
continue the business under the style of |
the Canfield Grocery Co. Mr. Scam- |
mell will embark in the purchase and
sale of live stock.

Gilmore & Harrison suc- | i
|engaged in general trade here for several

| stroke of apoplexy.
/in Paw Paw Lake at the time the attack

| wanted.

| SIO.
ias low as So.
| way

East Jordan—Geo. L.
sold a half interest in his meat
to C. HL. Giffent, of Grand
The new firm will be
man & Gifford.
Ground has

market
Rapids.
known as. Sher-

Jennings been broken
for a new store building, 30x70 in
for Mitchell Brothers. A general stock
of merchandise will be carried, A. C.
MecNitt acting as manager.

John W. Baldie has sold his

interest in the produce, wood and_ coal
business of W. C.

size,

lonia

Page

| partners, R. Lee Page and John Scott,
iwho will continue it under the same
name.

Watervliet —R. E. Wigent, who was

years, recently died as the result of a
He was in bathing

came on him, but was dragged to the
shore by a pissing Companion,

Grant —}. BF. A.
erection of a two-story solid brick build-

Raider has begun the

ing, 24x50 feet in size, which he will oc-
cupy with a drug stock as soon as com-
pleted, which about
October 15.

will probably be

His son, Lynn, will have
personal charge of the business.
Devereaux and A. F.

formed a copartnership

Owosso EE. L_
Loomis have
under the style of Devereaux & Loomis,
and will embark in the grocery business
about Sept. 20, taking possession of the
H. W. Parker store building,
cupied by the Hookway & Son = grocery
stock.

now oOCc-

Manufacturing [Matters.

Muskegon—-Bennett  Bros., | lumber
dealers, have merged their business. in-
to a stock company under the style of
Bennett Bros. Lumber Co.

Cheboygan— Geo. Quay has sold his
interest in the shingle mill business of
D. Quay & Sons to his’ partners,
w:l]

who

continue the business under the
same style.

Manistee-—Eastern buyers are Coming
back for hemlock. One

just placed an order for water shipment

concern has

that will take a little over 1,000,000 feet

and will take more as soon as a good

assortment offers. ‘The demand for hem-

lock lath is falling off, consumers using

| pine lath now that they are so cheap.

Col A. T. Bliss is cutting
a quater of a million feet a day at his
own sawmill at Carrollton, and the Cen-
tral Lumber Company’s mill at Zilwau-
kee, of which he is the principal stock-

holJer.

Saginaw

He has sold a number of mil-
lion feet this season to go to Chicago.

Bay City run-
ning their sawmill with a night and day
the daily output being
The band and gang are operated
The mill is
cutting Canada logs, and 2,000,000 teet
of lumber on the dock is sold for imme-
diate shipment. The firm expresses
satisfaction over the prospects for a good

Hargrave & Son are

crew,
feet.
days and the band nights.

125,000

fall business.

Bay City—Things are looking bright-
er all along the lumber line. There is
a better demand for lumber, although it
is chiefly for good stock which is most
The sale of 500,000 box cut to
order to a Saginaw firm is reported at
sold
There is very little Nor-
being cut owing to the low condi-
tion ot the market. There 1s some lum-
ber being shipped by water and _ there
ought to be more at $1 freight to Ohio
and $1.25 to Buffalo and Tonawanda.

Detroit—The senseless strike of cigar-
makers, which has now been in opera-
tion for a couple of months, has
duced one effect which was

It is said that some box has

pro-
hardly

Sherman has

& Co. to his}

shop on any terms. If

 

looked for, the equipment of a Cigar
factory with women and women alone.
John H. McLean, of the Detroit Cigar
Co., is responsible for the scheme, and
says that it is going to prove a_ great
The idea
eral shops which have been running w ith

success. is taken from sev-
women employes for some time, notably
a large factory at Mansfield, Ohio. Mr.
McLean thinks the employment of mak-

ing cigars will become more attractive

to the girls who seek employment than
work in a factory or laboratory, especial-
ly when it is considered tnat a_ girl

cigarmaker, or rather ‘‘lady cigarmak-
McLean them,
earn from two to. four
money in a week as she can in a factory
or laboratory. The strike was virtually

er, as Mr. terms can

times as much

a move to crowd the women out of the

business, but, as reforms seldom go

backward, it is bringing out the
prevent. Mr.

very
thing the men struck to
McLean announces that he so well satis-
fied with the that
male cigarmakers could get back in the

results none of his

other manufac-
turers should take the same views of the
matter as the one pioneer in the move-
that there
would be little use of union cigarmakers
staying in the city at all, as the increas-

ment does, it is safe to say

ing demand for Detroit cigars since the
strike clearly demonstrates that the union
label is no advantage to a manufacturer,
but, instead, is a disadvantage, as it
compells him to pay high wages to an
inferior class of workmen.
2-3ooe
A Boycotting Letter and Its Result
Incongruity of Unionism.

A certain Grand Rapids jobbing house
recently received a circular from_ the
headquarters of the striking cigarmak-
ers at Detroit, warning it not to. pur
chase any cigars made in Detroit, on
the ground that the cigars turned
out by the large factories there are pro-
Phe
house in question immediately ordered
Detroit
statement that
it felt perfectly safe to place woman-

how
duced by non-union female labor.

5,000 cigars of a well-known
brand, volunteering the

made goods in the hands of its custom-
ers, as it would be impossible to find
amore filthy or a more repulsive class of
workmen than the average union Cigar-
maker, who is notorious for the amount
and the

of whisky he can

baths he never takes.

consume

Nothing could be more ridiculous than
the outcry against woman labor in cigar
factories, especially when indulged in
by men who seldom draw a sober breath
and whose personal appearance betoken
their unfamiliarity with every manifesta-
tion of cleanliness. As a matter of fact,
women make as competent workmen. in
cigar factories as men and they have
one decided advantage over most union
men--they are, as a class, clean in their
habits and they keep sober. They de-
pend on holding their positions by the
character of their workmanship, rather
than by reason of their connection with
an oath-bound, boycotting and black-
mailing organization.

eee

The strike in the Detroit factories 1s
at an end, so far as the employers are
concerned. The workmen who permit-
fools of by
venal and unscrupulous leaders are now
eating the bread of bitterness and

ted themselves to be made

have
the alternative of quitting the union or

which
is not an easy matter to do, as the mar-
ket for that class of labor is badly over-
of the
there |

seeking employment elsewhere,

stocked. The strike
most senseless ever indulged in,

was one

being no grievance as to hours or wages,
hinging simply on the demand that none
but union men be employed--a demand
which no honorable employer can con-
cede, as it deprives him of every attri-
bute of independence and makes him a
slave to a tyranny ten times more irk-
some than that sought to be established
by the slaveholders of the South.

The country dealer remote from large
centers of population-—where the saloon
and the union thrive in mutual helpful-
ness—is sometimes at a loss to under-
stand how any organization can influence
a man to throw up a job he has had for
many years and with which he is entire-
ly satisfied simply to humor the caprice
of a walking delegate whose wages go
on whether his dupe works or not. The
cause for this deplorable lack of inde-
pendence on the part of the workman is
his fear of personal violence in case the
mandate of the agitator is not obeyed.
The moment a union man fails to obey
the commands of his superior officer he
boycotted,
if need bein the

is. blacklisted, assaulted

murdered, name of
union labor. Judges and
and police officers whose duty it is to
apprehend, prosecute and punish viola-
tions of the law wink at the murderous
committed in’ the
unionism and even the Governor is) un-

prosecuting

assaults name of
able to dispatch troops to quell a riot
until overt acts committed,
albeit the existence of angry and ungov-

have been

ernable mobs are at once a menace to

ithe public peace and a sure. indication

of impending disturbance and = crime.

Remove the fear of personal violence

from the minds of the rank and file. of

union workmen and the pernicious in-

fluence of trades unionism will cease.
->-oe

An Abuse which Should

ished.

be Abol-

Reed City, Aug. t9--I wish to. call
your attention to an abuse which grocers
have to contend with: It is in regard
to railway agents and employes ship-
ping in fruits and vegetables, supply-
ing themselves and neighbors with these
goods at first less the freight.
It seems they have the privilege of ship-
ping goods tor themselves without any
treight charges. The amount of fruit
shipped here in that way cuts quite a
figure. I think if the railway officials
at headquarters were made acquainted
with this abuse, they would curtail some
of these privileges. These people take
advantage of this privilege and make

cost,

| quite a little money out of it during the

fruit season. It is nota ‘fair shake,’
as these people get good salaries and
should be made to keep their noses out
of the retail trade. |
JOHN W. DENSMORE.
——

There has been a considerable specu-
lation and some concern as to the effect
of the opening of the new Hennepin. or
Chicago drainage canal on the level of
the Lakes and the consequences to the
harbors. In an General O.
M. Poe, chief of the Government Com-
mission for the

interview

investigation of | the
question, gives the assurance that the
lowering will be slight and that it will
require years to reach the new level.
He says the change may be three inches
As the natural var-
iation greatly exceeds these amounts it

or it may be eight.

will be seen that there is no reason for
concern. Any change on that account
could be prevented, if desirable, by the
building of a wing dam in the St. Clair
river equal to the sectional area of the
Canal. This would need to lessen the
outtlow only about one-twelfth to pre-
vent any variation.

Improve the opportunity on Gillies’
®& Co.'s special N. ¥. tea offer, It is 2
new Japan cheap. J. P. Visner, Agent.

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THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

 

 

Grand Rapids Gossip

J. C. Miller & Co. succeded G. W.
Miller & Son in the groc ery business at
480 Lake avenue.

Calvin H. Catlin. formerly clerk for
MM. OK
store at 20 Plaintield avenue.

. iL Parker ox Co E
Lamb & Co. in the and com-
mission business at 33 Ottawa street.

Abraham Kok and
have embarked in. the

Collins, has opened a_ grocery

SUCC eed ae |

produce

Adrian
flour and
business at 19 West Fulton street
the firm name of Kok & Hoffins.

Hoffins
feed
under

H. M. Geiger has gone to New) York

to assist in opening an Eastern office of

the ¢ hampion Cash Register Co., which
will be in charge of Blount & Otto.

KF. Herman
Lowell,

Ziegler,

succeeds FE. F.

formerly — of
Herendeen in
the meat business at 420 West
street. Mr. Herendeen has removed. to
Rochester, N. Y.

Bridge

Thos. E. Wykes has sold a half inter-
est in his coal, wood, lime, cement and
grain business to John W.. Baldie, of
lonia, who has removed to the city and
will take an active part in the manage-
ment of the The firm
will be known as Thos. E. Wykes & Co.

business. new

A light-weight local commission
house is exciting considerable comment
among the retail trade in towns

from Grand Rapids by

remote
consigning
fruit will
the returns in such cases are

be acceptable. Of course,
quite apt
whereupon — the
merchant indites insulting

to be disappointing,
commission
letters to

port satisfactory returns. As a
of such

those dealers who fail to re-
result
dealings, ill
and

unbusiness-like
feeling is created and) crimination
recrimintion ensue.

Judge Burlingame has decided, in the
case of Jacob Norman, that peddlers of
fruits and vegetables must hereafter
license fee

the Su-

either pay the
without kicking or

prescribed
appeal to

preme Court. The defendant’s attor-
ney, 5S. Wesselius, argued that the case
should be quashed, on the ground. that

the charge was made under a_ repealed

ordinance and that the charter provision
trade,

was in restraint of inconsistent,

unreasonable and oppressive and. the
than the charter

The motion to quash

license fee larger

authorized. was

denied and, in view of a recent ruling

of the Supreme Court, the case will
probably not be appealed.
>. em
The Grocery Market.
Bananas. The wholesale dealers and

commission men are ordering them for
ward very sparingly, owing tothe limit-
out-of-town dealers.

ed demand from

This has caused the importers to reduce

prices considerably, im order to stimu-

late the demand. It is more than prob-

able, however, that for the next six

weeks, or nntil peaches are out of the

way, there is not much hope of what
demand be-
fruit

dealers still order regularly, but grocers

can be called a satisfactory

ing encouraged. <A few regular

and other dealers who handle these goods

periodically are very chary of them.

Prices are in favor of the dealer who

orders.
how the

Oranges It is remarkable

California crop hangs on. They can
still be had at prices much more favor-
able to the retailer than the Rodi fruit,

; month,

fore the latter variety will be all that |
still
ing, im part, to the small demand.
Lemons —Importers and brokers have
been talking higher prices for the past
but their predictions did not
be verified by facts until
in the last ten days.

can be had. Prices are low, ow-

with-
A great many deal-

SCCM tO

ers had a fair amount of stock on hand
/up to August 1, and it was almost im-
possible to induce an order until they
were practically out. This state of
things seems to have occurred all at

; week are much below the

| decline during the next two
| retailers

once and, as a Consequence, orders were
plentiful with the brokers last week and
as the supply is somewhat limited —con-
siderably so, for this season of the year

prices were advanced sharply, much
to the gratification of the importers. At
the sales Saturday common to choice
stock brought $4.50@5 and fancy Ver-
dilli,
There are a few wholesale

either size, from $5.75@6. 37%.

dealers who

{still have a fair supply, which they wiil

be able to work off at remunerative

prices, although quotations made. this

auction. sell-

ing price. There is no probability of a
S|} I ;

and

escape an ad-

weeks
may possibly
vance by ordering at the present prices.

Figs -There is a fairly good demand
for a fancy grade of stock, but as all of
it has been placed in storage for safety
weather, it

during the hot presents a

candied appearance when opened up,

ithe cause of which does not seem to be

|i uantities,
peaches without any intimation that the |! small quantities, as,

clear to a majority of the retailers. It
will be safer to order this class of goods
like all other
goods which have been in cold storage
any length of time, they will deteriorate
rapidly after being exposed to a warmer
temperature.

Dates—All the stock is kept. in
storage, the same as fies, and is subject
to the
qualities

cold

same appearance and
taken out.

slowly at present, but the approach. of

keeping

when They sell

the county fairs will stimulate the de-

mand and dealers will) probably close
out present holdings during the next
month. Prices are low.

Cheese ~The market is weaker and

a tritle lower.
>>

The Drug Market.
\cids

owing to rumors that the new seller, who

Benzoic is somewhat steadier,
was recently soliciting orders for future

delivery at comparatively low prices,

has met with obstacles which will delay

  

the realizing of expectations for an— in-

definite period. Salicylic shows no im-

| provement.

Alcohol Continued dullness is noted

-*
|in the market for grain, and there is no

although it will be but a short time be- |

apparent improvement in the general

condition of affairs, notwithstanding
favorable developments in the reorgani-
zation of the old combination of distill-
ers.

Caffeine
but there
market is inactive.

Cod Liver Oil--A number of

have withdrawn from the market, owing

Remains nominally steady,

is not much inquiry and the

holders

and

prices, when

to stronger advices from = abrvad,

indications point to high

the active Consuming season sets in.

Cream Tartar--Continues to move
fairly in moderate quantities for con-
sumption, with values ruling firm.

Cubeb Berries. -Remain quiet. with

values unchanged and nominally steady.

Essential Oils--The market for pep-
permint is somewhat unsettled and ir-
regular, with reports conflicting. Cas-

sia is jobbing freely and holders are

firm in their views. There is no change
in other descriptions.

American saffron
in small parcels only to the consuming
trade, the condition of the market being
practically as noted in previous issues.

Flowers is selling

Other descriptions are without note-
worthy feature.
Leaves--There is an absence of new

features in any description, and aside |
from continued activity in. short buchu |
and senna, the market has a quiet ap- |
pearance.

Opium-- The market is un-
changed and quiet and here a fair de-
mand is reported. The available
stock is light, but in view of the

omyrna

spot

large
current crop the general impression is
that future prices are more likely to. fa-
vor buyers than. sellers.

Roots No important movement is re-
ported in any of the various leading de-
scriptions and the changes in_ prices
are slight and of no especial significance.

Seeds All varieties of canary show a
fractionally lower range of values, main-

ly owing to an easier feeling in Euro-

pean markets, but aside from a_ fair
movement in Smyrna there is little to
note in the way of business. Dutch

caraway to arrive has been fairly active
with considerable sales of new crop. re-
ported. There is no quotable change in
values of mustard.
+>3e>
The Grain Market.

To say the wheat market was dull and
be speaking of it
There is simply nothing do-

uninteresting would
mildly.
interested in
it. The lower the visible goes the lower

ing; no one seems to be
prices go. The visible showed another
decrease of 954,000 bushels, against an
increase of 1,580,000 bushels the corres-
ponding week last year. The visible to-
36, 875,000
against 63,901,000 last year, or 25,446,-
than last The
whole amounts to this: while all factors
markets the real
While the ex-
ports are remarkably low the

day amounts. to bushels,

000 bushels less year.

point toward higher
fact is, prices are lower.
receipts
are still smaller as is shown by the. vis-
ible and the present amount in sight is
less than it had been since 1891. Prices
are about 20c per bushel higher to-day
than they were the same date last year.
We will not prophesy this week, as our
predictions have been wrong so. far.
Spring wheat has commenced to move
comes in
(yal of I:
cars received in Chicago only ten

ed No. 2 red.
Corn also declined in

but not very freely and what
is very deficient in quality. 33
grad-
price for rea-
sons given in our previous letters.

Oats show the same reduction as_ the

other cereals and will be on the down
grade this week.
Receipts were: wheat 35 cars: corn

3 cars and oats 5 cars.
C.G. AL Voigt.
> 7.
The Dry Goods Market.

All grades of bleached and brown cot-
tons are advancing steadily in price un-
til now about to per cent. has been added
on these goods since June.

The
Some makes are now 5 '4c in fancy blacl.
and white, and and
still 5c.

Staple ginghams range
5c, according to quality.
hams are held at 4%4%@8c.

a

The attention of the

readers is called to the advertisement of

same may be said of prints.

wines greys are

from 4%c to

Dress ging-

Tradesman’s

Studley & Barclay on page 22 of this is-
sue. By an unfortunate error, they were
made to last week’s paper,
| Prices advance So per cent. Oct. 1,7’

Say, in

which should have read ‘‘5 per cent.’’ |

|travels in

1& Russell ¢ o.. of
| distributors for the Ow] Cigar Co. (New

| York )

|eral weeks later than

ltion of the

Gripsack Brigade.
D. E. MeVean
Co.) has been compelled to return to

(Musselman Grocer
Mt. Clemens for a short course of treat-

ment. His territory is being covered
in the meantime by McCleary,
who is accompanied by his smile.

A. E. Worden, President of the
Worden Grocer Co.. is

John

accompanying

|}A. S. Doak on his calls to his trade this

Mr. Worden
will investigate the circumstances. at-
tending the killing of sheep by Mr.

week. During his absence

| Doak’s dog at South Boardman. several

ycars ago.

(). M. Clement, of Lansing, who

Illinois and Jlowa for the

| American Whip Company, of Chicago,

recently returned home in a badly bat-
tered up condition. While
his hotel at Cedar Rapids,

going to

lowa, last

| Thursday night he was set upon by foot-

pads, who choked him nearly to death,
and then knocked him senseless by hit-
ting him over the brick.

He was robbed of $53 in cash anda gold

head with a
watch and chain.

i succeeded in se-
curing a release from the Wellauer &
Hoffmann Co., of Milwaukee, to ac cept
a flattering offer made him by the Best
Western

Gonzalez has

Chicago,

and E. H. Gato (Key West).
Mr. Gonzalez represented the Owl Cigar
Co. for four years and the change is a
welcome one to him in several respects,
with
which he is entirely familiar. The Mil-
waukee house loath to part with
him, as it was gratified over the success

principally because the line is one

was

he had achieved in the= short space of
s1x months in this territory.
> o>
The Condition cf Trade.
In spite of the decline in the aggre-
gate of trade transactions occasioned by
the midsummer dullness, which is sev-

usual, prices in

most lines have continued to advance.

The most unfavorable indications are

the great increase of imports and the

dec line of exports, and the ( onsequent

unfavorable condition of exchange,

which causes continued apprehension as
The sales of
chec ked

to the Treasury reserve.
cotton goods have been SOmTIC-
what by the advance in prices and_ the
heavy imports, and the woolen trade is
suffering from the foreign com

petition.
Che uncertainty is increased by the de-
mands of the operatives for the restora-
wages paid before the
panic.

The condition of the
continues

Iron

industry

very encouraging. fhe ae

tual consumption is large and the prices
continue to raise in the face of the = in-
output. Wages
senerally advanced Canes i ad-
generally advanced. oppe! nas ac

creasing have been
vanced to12% cents.

Wheat is still being held by the grow-
ers, although prices have declined 1%
Corn

shown more or less decline, on

cents. and pork products have

account

of favorable news as to condition of the

crop.

The comparison of failures with last
196 against 229 In the
United States, and thirty-eight in Can-
ada, against forty-five last year.

year is favorable

> o>
Evaporated potatoes is the latest pre-
served food product of the Pacific
Coast. A Washington concern engaged

in the business of preparing evaporated
apples and prunes has been experiment-

ing with potatoes and finds that, pre-
pared in this way, they will keep good

for an indefinite time and retain practi-
cally all their food value.

    

6

THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

The Back Office.

Written for THE TRADESMAN.

| the women of the East, unlike their V. SEBRING HILLYE

Western sisters, have, when clad in Consulting Engineer

=R_ Are Your Coal Bills too High ?

A leaky or improperly adjusted valve may
cost you hundreds of dollars per year atthe
coal pile.

Ican show you how to save it by apply
ing the indicator to your engine.

Address, 74 Monroe St., Room 5, Grand Rapids.

B. E. PARKS, Engineer.

 

‘Do not try to be men.”’ said the| these garments, features sufficiently dis-
preacher ‘God created you separate | tinctive, to make them *‘separate ee: ‘Gane t onstruction
yreacner. ad at you separ: r ats i ste structi i '
and distinct beings! Do not attempt distinct beings,’’ and so render it need- Machinery Draughting.
am stince peings.: » a Z n : : an in ) -
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by a change of garments to alter the de- | ** Te ro GRAND RAPIDS
cree of the Almighty !’’ and, if the pen clad in similar attire.
I ( tn Al int : < i‘ i I I i : |
: It is to be hoped that nothing which

of the recorder is to be depended upon,

the sermon cre

 

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far been said has suggested the

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io em a thought that there is any doubt as to
As the years go by, am mor andi. . e : ae :
Pe f i . a. ¢ | the decree, or its authenticity. Noth- j
re presse itn IC Sic a" dT i ore } - . eG i u ee si * . "
more impressed w ' - co ee ing is further from the purpose. The | We handle all kinds FIELDoSEEDS, Clover, Timothy, Hungarian, Millet, Buck
scripture. I know, for example, that — | wheat, Field Peas, Spring Rye, Barley, Ete. Buy and sell Potatoes, Beans, Seeds,
Cr 4 a were the | PUTPose is to show that the clergyman | Eggs, Ete. Car lots or less.
the evening and the morning were e l / / :
rst dav. but when I turn to the sacred | Bimself is the one who has disobeyed | EGG CRATES and EGG CRATE FILLERS.
ae Wee Dut whe urn to wc Ss ( a iM
ee sing sant age agree ‘*the decree.’’ and to ask him how he| If you wish to buy or sell write us.
page with the query how long tha irs : a ' ,
s iis c en Segre dares to enter the sacred desk ina Par- i OSE EY BROS 26=28=30-=32.0T TAWA STREET
qay fas, Here IS SIence. her S no} i ae ne i i . oi : i i
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qagoubt iat — or 1OW! y i _. : a a
ike Be peek 6 a ee OO Oe ee OO Jobbers SEEDS, BEANS, POTATOES, FRUITS.
aon al ae ae “What k }| cree of the Almighty’’ and worn cart
men the question comes, la cre . a i
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It looks as if the hurler of the ‘
worded thunderbolts”’

‘fiery

rarded as a settled question that |
caren ' a was, so to speak,

been re

the first attempt at civilization was the

|
. . : . : | off his base;:”’ and when he tells]
making of aprons, but when the mo- | ; as Ege, ME N
| i*‘twenty young lady bicyclers in s
mentous question arises, How were | ie ; : A things, but we

not to ‘‘attempt by change of

decrees of the Al-

: : 8 audience
those aprons fashioned? there is the }
. ne | garments to alter the
oppressive silence which the cen-| >". al
: / i. : , |mighty, it
have not been able to break. | i
: : : doesn’t know what he is talking
been busy. She has] . : :
; as |She who rides a
from | -
" " i tree use
has startled |

same :
is very suggestive
turies ,

Sc ience h =, indeed,
wheel,

Such
prevailing skirt.

turned the leaves of the rocks,and, : : :
: : of her legs. freedom is
ine testinrony written there,
with the

not found

us with what she thinks the Creator] _. : ; od ne
ae a ; oe There is danger, too, of its catching in| is immense.
means by ‘‘the first day. Belief has | a : a |
ae i , |the wheel and the divided article obvi- | us your card and our
settled into conviction, that it was. the | a ; : |
|ates these difficulties. Necessity, then,

he Rhode Island Greening }
first transgression, and
that the
aprons which our first parents made for

ancestor ot :
is the mother of the

which led to the iC
bifurcated garment ;

it early passed into tradition

Mahommedan woman has been
by the Christian
faintest

God save

maiden,

themselves in the secluded bowers of

idea of trying to be
the work !--or altering
of the Almighty."’

It will be that “‘the
created no Sensation.’’ It

a Man

plain :
: a single

Eden were garments, plainly
sewing together of fig
ading what ‘‘the
there is an anxiety to

of scripture

made by the :
z : decree
leaves: and when. re
observed

little
not well be

— sermon
reacner Saitn,

| could
certainly

said Gen-

learn, if the silence has at : i
: vi _ : otherwise. I
last been broken, and if the science of
: : a never saw anything like
theology has so far ascertained ‘‘the de-

: : a ana eral Grant of Mark Pcs s military
cree of the Almighty,’’ as to settle for- | : :
Ln ge : ‘yy71,,,| Map; and that congregation went away |
ever this theological question : wWhatt ||. ee :
a ae . | with the same idea of the sermon; and
dress Shall a woman wear on a bi-

if the hearing anything like
the same effect of the reading, that con-
had worship
convinced to a man, that
ended his har-
angue by calling as lustily as Dogberry

. ee produced
CVCIC:

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the centuries, to see how

vregation who come to
ittle “‘the de-

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would suppose, for instance, in design-

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MEAN men say

MEAN just what we say
We are headquarters for
LUMBERMEN’S SUPPLIES ?
Our line of Duck, Kersey, Mackinaw and Leather Coats,
Mittens, Gloves. Lumbermen’s Socks and Kersey Pants
Values that make a man’s eyes “stick out.” Send
Agents will call.

Voigt, Herpolsheimer & Co.
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decided the que stion of sex in dress; RICHARD MALCOLM STRONG. : SOLD ONLY BY
but, if the pencil of the artist is at all —~> 2
to be depended on, the flowing robes of The Electrical World is authority for °

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the woman of to-day resemble the high | the report that an electric car will com- e TELFER P| b

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priest s dress more than the priest's} mence running tn Rome next month. L 9
does who has lately handed down ‘‘the The modern world will thus establish . ]
decrees of the Almighty.’’ They who] its latest triumph over the dust of the C GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.
are up in Classic lore will correct the | Caesars. Meanwhile, a trolley line is

 

blunder, if there be one; but isn’t it | being projected t» the Pyramids of 9
true that the graceful garb of the Greeks | Egypt; and locomotives, built in Phil- tre S
furnished the design for the Roman | adelphia, are running to and from Jeru-
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reached its culiminating splendor— the | |
trailing robe prevailed That, how- aa 5 CENT CIGAR =. —
ever, was the beginning of the Christian i FE ¢ ? 0. F..E..BUSHMAN, Agent,
gee oo ecccccce cooccccee |:)). |i. KUHL, MAKER, CHICAG 523 John St., KALAMAZOO
era, and th f scripture allows |
a een SS NIST LNT INTL IS NST MTS SN TSS
us to believe who was Bethle- | bende x9 ©CQOO©COCCO©OGOC©O Wes XSL OKT YOK eKoKoV eK oY LFF ELKe
SG ic Ge ak : = rS @ Monday is wash day in three-fourths of the %
: mp 2 homes in America Probably that’s why it’s ©
time, was clad in the garb common. in F id d Gi d é 6 / i es H J fe
“ee ee a aes 1. a ie an ar en = pe called ‘‘ Blue Monday.’’ The drudgery of wash-
ee ee eee ee , % & ing is lightened greatly in many homes by the &
cree of the lighty made it plain | Qi Clover, Medium or Mam- 3 g use of 4
» the theologian of to-day that ** pants’’ moth, Alsyke, Alfalfa and s - =
were in fashion during the first quarter hw Crimson, Timothy, Hunga- 5 sian 5 iS
I iI le i 1 GUTiIng il iiSL « ae 5
REE i 4A rian Millet, Peas and Spring 5 S ae
a tte een Rye. Garden Seeds in bulk x 2 tee,
These wok be nahin pope < -
Phe a OF Oe Peres and sia n Tools. % ew ir ihe notin “ait bas It washes the clothes in every oa chcoreie
the followers of the Crescent and the eadquarters for Egg Cases and Fillers. = & sense of the word—makes them clean and white. eS
Cross which good Christians are bound Bs Does not injure either the faéric or the hands. a
to respect, but it would be pleasing to W i ( FAX | 7ry it when you wash again. You can get it at
> . iCdasilis | _ }
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know if “‘the decree of the Almighty any store. Send for cat: <a G
yave to the Orient the exclusive privi- a 7 } i.e
g a ent the exclusive privi- | 928-132 West Bridge Street, i iS
lege of bifurcated garments ; and whether GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. IIIS. ee

 

 

 

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THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 7

 

Fruits and Produce a. * be sure to find in|
ome Ward L. Andrus & Co.

 

 

Everyone Pleased with the Change PRODUCE [PARKET.
in the Morning Market. \pples No change from a week ago, “pce rs — Jobbers, :
a SWianarie: cents | COOKING Stock commanding 30@4o0c per} oreign and Domestic Fruits,
Louis street, as a public market, isn’t lia: ail goed eating ‘sasteaues “ee mea Canned Goods and Fancy Groceries,

"in it’’ any more morming stro]
t ny tore. \ morning stroll on 1o@ 50¢.

the old camp ground now is worse than Beets roc per doz.
a visit to a graveyard, for the monotony Butter -Factory creamery is %c high- | ESH Pp ACH S
is unbroken by an epitaph to stir up the | er than a week ago, commanding toe. |
passer with its chiselled lie. On South | Choice dairy is without change, hover- | And Baltimore Canned Oysters a Specialty.

ing around 14@ 16c. | We Solicit Your Consignments.

Cabbage--$2 per 100,

a it oor a how Celery Home-grown, 12%c per dozen | 53=55- 57 JEFFERSON AVE., ae L DETROIT

and quietly the crowds adapted | bunches.

lonia street the tents of trade are

 

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themselves to the new conditions, and Cucumbers-Large, 25¢ per bu. Pick-

1a,

} oe SEND YOUR CONSIGNMENTS OF
now that the change has been made, | /!ag sto k, 75¢ per bu.
|

how general the rejoi fae cde j ys Handlers pay TOM and hold
“Wh: : ie at a per doz. Weaker in Eastern |
hat do you think of the present | markets, but unchanged here.
place for the market?’’ has been the Grapes Home-grown Concords, 25
question all along the line from. the per 8 Ib. basket.
grower to the jobber and the answers Green Corn— 5c per doz.

; Muskmelons oF L1G > »
from all are remarkable for their unj- luskmelons—-Nutmeg,  $1@1.2 ikl

: ‘ | doz. < nd er scarce. se Te, + se :
formity. By common consent the site a a ” tie eects Pel To GAWLEY BROS. «& CO., 64-66 Woodbridge St. W., Detroit.

wn

chosen is the most « entral one and the Onions-—<o@6o — — a. | Stencils furnished upon applieation References

: ' a ere eer bu. for home- | DUN’S & BRADSTREET’S Agencies.
most Convenient for all concerned. The| grown Yellow Danvers. | HOME SAVINGS BANK = = = = Detroit.
grocer likes it, for the reason that the Peaches. Hale’ 's Early are about at |

 

a an end. The favorite varieties this |
location is easy of acc eSs. The shipper | 1 : |W
: , " PI week will be ark Michigan (white) HOLES ALE

likes it for the same reason and for the |. cae ae

' and Crane’s Early (yellow), although |
equally important advantage that the arly Crawfords are expecte <d to put in COMMISSION......
shipping is easier than ever. The grow- appearance by the end of the week. |

ers,among whom it was supposed would Prices run about $1 per bu. to-day, but
be found the most objection, expressed — aed ivals — exp a ted | — ay | nUTTER EGGS FE EGGS, FRUITS We can get you the Highest Mar-
naa en he Hi and Friday, which may hammer the bi al ket Price at all times.
eS themselves as well satistied RS S08 es | ree earn eg@poce. | he brid
1) some instances, than they had hoped. ‘

’ coming in this week is fair in size and
Those who come from the north, espec- | excellent in quality and will give satis- EF. i DE T T ‘| aN T HAI | R,

growers, while) knowing | faction to the — and Consumer, H a

: Pears. $1 per bu. for Flemish Beau- | ©2779#9 Monroe Street, i Grand Rapids, Mich.
ties, Bartletts or Clapp’s Early.
/ : Plums--S1@i.25 per bu. for Lombards, atk. Warn
ter all, that this one would answer the Green ¢

purpose, although it was farther for Te ee ee sa WATKINS& AXE, Wholesale Predeice

 

site would have been

 

more convenient for them, thought, af-

 

them. Potatoes -30¢ per bu. The market is
After locality, convenience was main. | Gul! and sluggish, with an entire ab- FRESH EGGS, CHOICE CREAMERY and DAIRY BUTTE R

iy mentioned In the first place. the sence of shipping demand. ! Northern Trade Solicited Special Attention to Consignments
ge pieuue inal ' ' Pomatoes 75¢ per bu. for home- | for Meats and Produce Phone 39% and Buying on Track,
street is wide wider than the y thought. grown. The qu: lity of the stock now in 84 and 86 South Division St., GRAND RAPIDS.
This was a great advantage. It meant} market is excelle ‘nt. Phe price will. of |
less crowding and more of a chance to! Course, recede rapidly. Grand Rapids Is Headquarters
get around. There was more ‘‘elhov Watermelons. Cheap Southern stock
i i. : is entirely exhausted, the only variety
room. In the old place, when the mai a. kee de For Peaches! eac es

' / . : : 1ow in the market ber ig large ndlana
wagons were in line, there was little) melons, which command 20c. The
chance for teams to pass. All that is|season has been a very unsatisfactory | Our crop promises to be large this year, and as If you wish to keep in touch with the

we have had some nice rains lately, quality will

obviated now and, with the wider side- | one all around, owing to the lowness. of ie uned. We dacll bails wnce Geis peas than market correspond with us and we

 

 

walk, there is ample room for all. In| the price. ever before, and are in position to give your or- ee ee ing
' ders prompt and careful attention. Early Mich. port which will be mailed regularly
fact, the growe1 lave Defun to realize freestone), Crane’s Early (yellow) now in mar free of charge. The crop promises to

ket, and will have some Crawfords and Barnards t

e what disadvantages they had to put up last of week. Prices are about The to $1.50 per be a large one and quality is fully up
with in the old place. bushel. In abont one week we shall be getting to the standard.
e e plenty Early Crawfords Barnards, ete. Send in

Phe advantage of being on a paved | your orders at limited price and I will ake care WRITE US TO-DAY.
street was frequently commented on. [n : : of you. We bill at market price day of ship

WHOLESALE DEALER IN
: 1 ment, and our terms are net cash \ weekly. ms
the old piace, Wewas muddy in wet Pears. Plums and Crabapples are now coming ALFRED J. BROW N co.

in: prices reasonable.

-eather an stv in \ ~ondi- Grand Rapids
we ather and du: ty in dry- both condi Apples. Potatoes Melons, Cucumbers, Celery, Rap
tions being anything but desirable and Onions, Cabbage, ete.. at lowest market prices.
both removed by the pavement which | We respectfully solicit your mail orders; sane |

[ ps sey ’ ’ will have our prompt and careful attention and i Send your consignments of

they had needed so long. benefit of lowest possible prices.

In the matter of cleanliness, there is | HENRY VINKEMULDER,
but, one opinion it Ww ill be a much b 1) 418-420-445-447 Ss. Division St. Grand Rapids e€ac eS
: easier place to keep clean than the old ) Long Distance Telephone 1084. j

site or any of the others mentioned; in State how to ship: Freight or Express and |

fact, there was not a discordant note on over what Line. een qe
the market along the line, and the ques-
tion, as it has been ‘decided, seems. it ; | BUTTER, EGGS, POULTRY and

meet with general! satisfaction.
It is too early to expect to find every Orders Promptly Filled FRUITS to
thing settled. No one seems to know Write for Quotations _—
; : —
just yet where in the line he wants to lo- ul
cate and that will take time. With HOLLAND, [UCH.
* more room to select from the matter | a - 4

will be comparatively easy. The police

 

 

officers have been on Weare now receiving New
thing along, and it w

|
. helping th | r i
; ill n a reat s! | Crop Timothy. — If you wish 42 Jefferson Avenue,
while before affairs on the market will to buy Timothy or Clover ; : '

142 Woodbridge St.
be Tunhing smoothly. The test of the | correspond with us. We 4 §
new locality will probably come when Butter, handle all kinds Seeds, Al- <
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4 GEO, E. DARLING
the peach crop gets fairly started. If Eggs and syke, Alfalfa, Crimson Clo- | # 4. ROBINSON DETROIT

 

it meets the requirements, then the Fruits! ver, Etc. : a

1 ’ . ~J r os we
market place and all that pertains to. it Grand Rapids Fruit Growers Assn.
will no longer be a subject of concern, Constirnments received. Highest Each grower sells his own stock

a ' r ae ina We respectfully solicit your orders.
and buyer and seller alike will continue Prices procured. ,

fresh picked each day

to wait with patience for the ultimate | / R. D. GRAHAM, President.
. ; i ‘ cil. which will enable i 36 Market St. ALFRED A BROWN CO., J. A. PEARCE, Vice-President.
action of the Council, which will enable ‘ ir ‘ is 138 Bates St. SS ee, Ve eee
a grower to have his own. stall, where Seed Merchants, M. W. RONAN, Secretary.

~ he can come when he pleases and where! _ Telephone 1218. DETROIT. GRAND RAPIDS | Headquarters until Oct. 1 116 LOUIS STREET.

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E. A. SFOWE, Eprror.

WEDNESDAY, - - AUGUST 21, 1895.

 

BUNCOMBE LEGISLATION,

Republic a
privately

remarkable

In the earlier days of the
Representative, on being
called to account for some
statements which he had made upon the
floor of the House, explained his_ posi-
tion by saying, ** Phat was all for Bun-
combe’’--a name applied to that part of
the country which he was supposed to
represent, and to whose whims he was
expected to cater. The explanation was
evreeted with a roar of laughterand Bun-
combe became the geographical center
for that kind of legisiation.

It is to be regretted that the chick-
ens hatched at Buncombe, should not go

home to roost. It is a matter of regret
that the idea -harmless enough to begin
with—should have passed from — the

Representative to the constitutency and
that
everywhere,

they, not only at Buncombe, but
should) openly avow that
Buncombe laws are enacted for the stat-
utebook only, with the distinct
standing that they are never to be exe-

under-

cuted.
iting the sale of intoxicating drinks

New York passed a law prohib-
on
The disciples of prohibition,
to be the only

Sunday.
believing a law thing
needed for the accomplishment of their
well-meaning purpose, rested from their
that a bit of
Buncombe legislation had been enacted
and that the *‘wet’’ element was moving
its triumphant banners in the despon-
dent faces of the ‘‘dry.’’ Then a change

labors to learn, In time,

came. A man was found who believes
that a law upon the statute book is not a
dead letter; that the the
with sufficient will power behind

arm of law,
it, is
effective ; and
when the Buncombe constituency of New
their
own guns are turned against them, with

only needed to make it
York tind to their amazement that

an impudence equaled only by their
baseness, they boldly avow that the law
was never intended to be enforced, and
that any officer who insists on doing his
duty is doomed.

No less important and far commoner
is Buncombe legislation seen in other di-
rections. Laws of transportation are en-
acted with fixed limits of

passengers

and freight; but when the captain of an

overloaded excursion steamboat is. re-
minded that he is exceeding the condi-
tions of his charter, says, with a

laugh, that that law is a little Buncombe |

legislation which was never intended to
be carried out, it is time that some thing
should be done about it. The street car

traffic is assuming enormous
Made to carry a fixed number, it

upon words

tions.
is made (so the player
would argue) to carry all who can hang
fit comparison. It is carrying the joke
altogether too far.

Hasn't it far enough?
Isn't it time to call a halt?) Hasn't the
Buncombe idea passed its usefulness in

been carried

representative and constituency? With
higher aims and purposes hasn't the
time come for something better in leg-

islative halls than the enactment of
screaming farces? and, far better than
anything else, isn’t it time for the con-
itself
outcome of its en-

stituency to conclude to look to
and, if this 1s the
deavor, to purge not only itself but the
legislature and so save the statute book
from the condemnation of all just men?
INCONSISTENCY OF UNIONISM.
the trades
condemning the

The action of several of
unions of this city in
action of the Board of Education in the
school book tight now raging illustrates
the inconsistency and hindsightedness
of the average union labor leader. The
great war cry of these leaders is‘* Down
The book fight is be-
tween Ginn & Co., one of the few anti-

with movopoly.”’

trust schoo] book publishing houses still
existing, and the American Book Com-
pany, the greatest school book monop-
The Board of
Education voted to adopt a book pub-
lished by the former company. Through

oly ever organized.

influences that only such a monopoly
can command the fight has been egged
on by the daily press and every other
possible means, until a great hue and
cry has been raised against the action
of the Board. It is probable that at the
school election, just approaching, the
same influences will defeat a majority
who voted for the anti-trust
book and the Board will be turned over,
bound hand and foot, to the tender mer-
cies of a monopoly supposed to be the
peculiar detestation of union labor. The

of those

generalship and strategy of the assumed
leaders of the poor dupes of the unions
would be beyond comprehension were it
not that they care more for the agitation
which keeps them to the front than for
any consistent purpose which would
benefit their followers.
It naturally affords the Tradesman
much pleasure to be the first and only
journal in the State to publish a com-
plete report of the proceedings of the
North-
Associa-
tion, which was held at Reed City last
week. As will be noted by the proceed-
ings, the meeting took advanced ground

second annual convention of the
ern Michigan Retail Grocers’

interest
to the retail grocery trade, and it goes
without saying that the influence of the
organization will
beneficial to

on several subjects of material

be widespread and
Although
the convention was not as largely at-
tended as was expected, those who did
attend acted the assumption that
they were there for business and, as the
result of

all concerned.

on
such much
progress was made in several directions.
Che Tradesman is pleased to note that

determination,

the organization is gaining in strength
and numbers, twenty additions to the
membership list having been registered
at the Reed City meeting. It is hoped
| that the next convention, which will be
|held at Big Rapids in February, will be

 

jlargely attended, as the grocers have it
in their power to remedy many reforms
| by concert of action, properly applied.

| Bastard baskets must go!

 

propor-

to it until a clinging swarm of bees is a |

 

BASTARD BASKETS MUST GO.

Logic in much of its modern applica-
tion is not convincing. There is sure to
be a fallacy somewhere and the fallacy
is sure to lead to conclusions if faithful-
ly followed, which are simply disas-
A strawberry box, for example,
strawber-

trous,
was made to hold a quart of
ries. In time the box and the quart be-
came in the public mind synonymous,
and, finally, syllogistic, as

The measure holds a quart ;

The strawberry box is a measure ;

Therefore, the strawberry box holds a
quart.
the growers’ stand-
encouraged
met-

from
invincible

The logic
point 1s
with the outcome of this practical
aphysics, they, reasoning from analogy,
conclude that what is true of the quart
is equally true of the bushel. It was
found that a basket was needed to hold
a bushel, that amount of produce being
the unit of measure, and one calling of-
tenest for frequent handling. In time
the basket in many instances took the

and,

place of the measure by common con-
sent, and its contents sold for a bushel.
It soon was noticeable that produce was
sold by the basket
and from that time the shrinkage in the
size of the bushel basket began. It has
kept on shrinking and will continue to
do so, probably, until, as in the
of the strawberry box, some one calls a
halt, holds up to ridicule that kind of
logic and pronounces both reasoning and
conclusion to be a delusion anda snare.

presumably a bushel ;

case

The Tradesman is pleased to note that
the halt has already been called. The
Northern Michigan Retail Grocers’ As-
sociation has taken the matter in hand,
and with no uncertain sound has put it-
self on record in regard to it. The out-

raged grower may continue to be ‘‘out-
raged ;’’ but it must be at the rate of
67.2 cubic inches for every quart of
strawberries he sells. He may | be

‘*down trodden ;’’ but his bushel basket
shall hold 2,150.42 cubic inches so long
as there is enough of him above ground
to call him a grower; he may be ** poor
and but every half bushel
measure and every peck measure

whether in basket or in box. shall
tain the requisite number of

abused, ”’

con-
cubic
inches laid down by the law.

It is, indeed, true that
the bastard basket and the
are not the only offenders. Every yard-
stick in creation may or may not be too
short ; every scale in the land may or
may not have been tampered with—-that
the What is
wanted and what will be insisted

the maker of

user thereof

is nothing to purpose,
upon
is that, measure for measure and pound
for pound, this
shall be stopped and that goods shall be
what they are sold for, whether it be by
the  ‘ar-
‘‘grasping deal-

swindling business

the ‘* poor, despised farmer, ”’
rogant jobber’’ or he
er.’’ That is what it is coming to, and
he who shapes his course accordingly,
the line,
will find, as others have found, that the
right way in the best way and that a
thief is a thief, whether he plies his ne-
farious trade in back yards and _ alleys
or on the public market by means of ‘a
bastard basket.

irrespective of his place in

 

THE WISDOM OF IGNORANCE.

It isa noticeable fact that all ques-
tions of public policy, to the superficial
and slightly informed, seem very simple
and perfectly easy of solution. It is
only when the intellect of the student of
such questions becomes broadened by
long and careful study, thus gradually
and slowly acquiring a comprehension

 

of the various elements and factors, that
the real
The trite
‘*fools rush in where angels

a realization is obtained of
complexity and uncertainty.
saying that
fear to tread’’ is nowhere more appli-
cable than in the questions of
civil and financial policy, especially
the last.
Among

social,

the least informed will be
found the most positive and conclusive
opinions, and the greatest surprise and
impatience will be manifested by them
that their views are not universally ac-
cepted. To such people the discussion
of these questions at such length in’ the
press is a matter of the greatest aston-
ishment, and not a few of them essay to
set the world right by conclusive disser-
tations on the subject.

The theories of free trade and protec-
tion can be fully stated in a few pages
with a positive clearness. sufficient to
‘‘convince any honest man’’ by one. of
these political economists, yet eminent

statesmen have hesitated before the
questions raised after long lives devoted
to the study. At every turn will be

found those who are prepared to give a
solution of any question as to the best
system of currency--perchance it. will
be the greenback, perchance bi-metal-
ism, or the gold standard. Whatever it
is, his positions are absolute and unas-
sailable; yet the press will be filled for
weeks at a time with the debates of the
most celebrated students of these ques-
tions with the result that they are left in
the same state of uncertainty as at the
beginning. That such lengthy discus-
sions of these almost self-evident
should

prop-
even
possible passes the comprehension of
such people.

ositions be necessary. or

It is a wonder to the superficially in-
formed that questions of this description
should need to occupy the attention of
a body like the United States Congress
for long periods of time. If they could
have a hearing, the matters would be
soon Cleared up, and yet the greatest fi-
nancial ability of the country is repre-
sented in, or is available to, that body,
and after long periods of discussion they
all remain vexed questions.

To the administration are
called men of the widest experience and
most ability to be found
that field
made matters of grave consideration by

financial

specialists in

and questions of finance are

large councils, composed of such men;
yet, the hesitation,
knowing will answer the
most abstruse proposition in finance and

without slightest

these ones
lay out the only proper course to be
taken, and this in terms that do not ad-
mit of debate or question.

The proposition that the horizon con
tinually broadens to the — increasing
power of comprehension of the student
is no more applicable to the abstract
sciences than to questions of the great-
est apparent simplicity in the common
walks of life.

Ce

American citizenship does not count
for much in Germany. William Glazer
of Cleveland, Ohio, a naturalized citi-
zen, who lived in this country since he
was a boy, has just got back from a vis-
it to Germany, and tells about being ar-
rested and imprisoned for having failed
to serve three years in the army. His
passport was taken from him and_ va-
rious indignities were heaped upon him.
After awhile, he was released and_ told
not to leave the country until his case
was investigated, but he paid no heed
to this, and got home as soon as_ possi-
ble.

 

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PEOPLE

Prof. Percival

E OF PEACE.

Lowell, who has been
for months observing. the planet Mars
with a powe rful telescope from an obser-
vatory in the rem; irkably cloudless at-

mosphere of Arizona, has been writing

some interesting accounts of the red
planet.
The presence of

human inhabitants

in any of the heavenly bodies outside

Of our earth, while inferred from

grounds of reason, never had any foun
dation of proof until the Italian Schia-
parelli discovered what he “declared to
artificial canals upon the planet Mars.

Phere are no straight
All natural

lines in nature.
Forms are im curves. A
straight line is such a remarkable. ex-
ception that it would be at once. recow-
nized as outside of the universal rule of
natural forms. ‘There are upon the sur
face of Mars straight lines a thousand
miles in length,and they are so remark-
able that the
artificial, “What can be. their pur

is the natural question.

pose!

Che observation of astronomers seems
to teach that Mars is a dry planet. The
seas are small «
nents ;

make u

p about three-fourths of its) sur-
face. The directions of the canals con-
necting, as they do, with the ereen areas

which are considered to be seas, show
that they are for the purpose of leading
the water for long distances across. the
arid, red continents. These canals are
doubtless more for
wise; but they are al
for the purposes of navigation.
Prof. Lowell has) enjoyed the advan-
examine the red planet, and his) obser
clear that
the circulation of atmospheris vapors is
not affected there

vations have rendered) more
as here by the evapo-
clouds and rivers. bear-
Mars has

few showers, few clouds- no storms, no

ration of seas,

ing water again to the ocean.

hurricanes, no tempests, no cyclones. | :
ne | But this would have eaten up all profit,
invisible, |

Phe watery vapor, generally
is condensed into show in winter
and the continents re

comes and. the

the polar regions,
main dry. Summer
snows melt and dissipate in a gigantic
that fills the
that empty themselves across the

overtlow - canals and lakes
conti-
nents by way of the small seas with
which they connect. Summer passes,
and the snows collect anew about the
poles. ‘This is a hydraulic system very
different from the one

the earth.

prevailing on

Prof. Lowell has been writing his ob-

Atlantic

they make up an extremely

servations in the
Intere sting
and important collection of information
concerning: the

planet. He has given

about | :
eT been suspended. As it is dividends

THE MICHIGAN

TRADESMAN

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tions, instead of engaging in war and |

destruction, burning in each century all |

works erected in
the previous age, they have devoted
themselves to the most peaceful of all
the arts, agriculture.

the cities and public

 

QUESTIONABLE METHODS.
Che action of the First National Bank
of Chicago, one of the largest and

Strongest of the national banks, in

charging off to surplus $1,000,000 of bac
debts, thus reducing its surplus from
$3,000,000 to $2,000,000, and leaving the
capital intact at $3,000,000, has natural-

ly attracted much attention. Not only

is It significant as showing the extent of |

the depression and
swept over the
distrust on the examinations and the re-
ports of the National Bank
based thereon, which appear to be but

Examiners

| Superficial.

inference is that they are |

It is nowhere even
First National Bank of Chicago, which

bears the re putation of being most con-

disaster that has |
country, but it throws |

hinted that the |

‘Seamless

|servatively managed, has suffered unus- |

}ual losses, and it is, no doubt. true that |

: . |other banks have suffere losse [ -
ompared with the conti- |. . pian og d i ot eS

tionately great ar at their
whereas, on our earth, the seas | th ce Ve oe
jare equally impaired.

capitals
It is unfortunate
that the Bank Examiner should have

| passed on these bad debts, now charged

irrigation than other- | :
A , 1 TCServation.
also probably used

|} suffered by the First National

: : | Chicago also excites unfavorable
tage of a cloudless sky, through which to |

off, as good, for it destroys confidence
in the reports of other Bank Examiners,
and such reports showing the
and surplus of other banks to be
paired will now be

capital
unim-
at cepted only with

The method of charging off the losses
Bank of
com-

ment. [t is understood that dividends

|will be continued at the old) rate. of) 12

ito distribute in

per cent. and earings not
restoring the

applied to
surplus. Of course, the
losses now charged off were not sudden-

ly incurred, but have been accumulat- |

ing for the past three years and) should
have been charged to proht and less.
and dividends would of necessity have
have been paid for the last three vears
not out of earnings, but surplus.
NL eh
Secretary Morton has conferred a fa-

voron the nation by abolishing the
varden-seeds bureau in his department.
This bureau was originally intended to
promote the introduction into the United
States of such foreign plants as might
be found suited to this climate, and also

various parts of our

lwide domain those plants which already

Monthly, and |

human affairs of the red |

good reasons for |

the belief that the great canals are not |

250 and 300 miles wide,
but that the

> tracts of irrigated
aa banks of the can:
seen as stripes of verdure upon the vast
red desert that
planet.

Such a system of canals as appears in

as was first sup-
oe broad green strips

wsriculture along

   

and thus are

 

Mars would have required for their con-
struction the united labors, through
thousands of years, of a great body of
the population. This would prove that

the people of Mars are not the fierce

| October 1
make up most of the |

| growing

Hourished in certain localities. It de-
generated into a distribution agency tor
flower seeds.

common vegetable and

Phe Congressmen of some agricultural

districts found in it a means of supply-

ng farmer Constituents with seeds, and
city Congressmen helped them out by
loted to
themselves. The abuse was_ notorious,

gifts or sales of the packages al
and its abolition, which is to take place
isa matter of thankfulness.
lo prevent its restoration,
Morton has already cleared out the
rooms devoted to this fraud, and will

Secretary

occupy them with other business of his

department. Hence Congress-

men who call for the restitution of the

lseeds bureau. will be obliged also to de-

imand a new buildiny for the

and warlike races that would be inferred |

from the name of their planet,
from that of the Roman god of war. On

the contrary, they were thoroughly

taken |

peaceful and industrious, devoting scien- |

tific skill to the watering of their dry
planet. Thus, for hundreds of

genera- |

purpose

Mark ‘Twain has declined an offer of
$10,000 for a series of twenty letters of
about 4,000 words each, to be. written
during his tour around the world. If
the job be still open, there are several
men in this office who would not de-
cline it.

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l‘or advertisement showing our World Famous Stan-

dard Market

DAYTON COMPUTING SCALES

see last page of cover in this issue.

The Computing Scale Co.,

DAYTON, OHIO.

 

In Earnest!

tween several of the largest Plug
turers in this country, in their different

at I4c.
Sales had been made at 13'%c.

We are of the OpImion that our 12 4 price on

be reached by our Competitors within ;

Of Fine Cut in 40 Ib. drums at

pails.

aae a a 2a P<
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We renew offer upon Peas and Tomatoes.

(LIMITED. )

EAST SAGINAW, MI

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It isan open secret, to the trade, that a fierce
and Fine Cu

A Saginaw firm is out with a circular qu

The Plug War Is On

 

War

oti

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Hcs.

We Offer a Small Lot

l4c, and Lorillard’s
famous Corker, quality of Fine Cut, at l6c in 10 tb.

Rolled Oats in bbls. at $3.25, Standard brand.
Buckeye Rolled Oats, 36 2 Ib. packages in case at $
per case, called cheap at $2.10 by a Detroit firm.

Our terms, cash with order, in current exchange.

The Jas. oleWalt Go.

     

 

 

 

 

 

  

    

10

THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

 

Getting the People

 

Art of Reaching and Holding Trade
by e-
Why do you buy of So & So,” I

propounded to a lady acquall ifance, the

 

 

i ‘em and you've got ’em,’’ or words to}
( r day |
ithat effect. While he may have been|
" WWE ¢ easol s, they cCeD :
| : i ght in his way, yet behind the hum- }
| 1 A S thie Sell re st . q i iat
r , : ; bug there must be something which will
es ‘ ie i Del : : :
: ' satisfy and appease any feeling of cha-
: 7
t ha Wi uy Cs 1 - i °
ce ‘rin they may have by reason of the |
} Sid lL wav « r 1 1 t OK i i T i i cae
fi humbuggery. It is possible to “‘hum
2 at the yoods and, 11 . ami... a a ad. by |
buy people into reading an ad. by
sure ) soinet fr UM ways 1 +17 a
: some hocus-pocus, but vou’ll never get |
t ‘ es ea oo i :
: : a cent of their money unless you keep |
fhe same reply and reasons may bei, . + oo at | |
os ae for the last something so pleasing and
t i\ t clay DY i ttie } 1 l oe i
I protiti sible to them that it will act as
| s t t ag the vive | ‘ , i .
* balm tor their feelings of disappoint
s Not \ a. Det if suc i
: men 1 being unwary enough to read
VAN i ely OOK uy ut te 1 j
er att.
S The best and only true way to adver
‘ SeCre o hie \ ‘ : i
\ tise profitably is todo it square from the
shoulder) hit out hard and) straight) on
ers SLC Mape»rs mS tie } c }
Week] Th the start. Drive the first nail in so. fat
~ \ \ | i ter
ACV Ork VWOCKIY IMAC 2 Ciaso (i i 3 ’ }
cn ’ the reader can't get) Icose and must,
i \ ‘ WW uit rac st Satiol a) rs .
' | through absorbing interest, take the bal
Nc \ ters tneitr by fF words f .
i ance Of Wial you Say into tS tner
s c a profound! earned ;
: sanctuary of reasoning.
tio na \ fhe man or w :
i S weal l orety | { hi = Y
at oegeage lip is this Yours,
quest t otoriets Lit WSs but |
- , i r | ?
al Ps tame dips the stvlus in Madame:
t k of ve egitimate Vrill Its a dainty. delicious creation of
\] : lace and wash goods. stylishly
‘s stCTS do : up mec 1 » ade, fullsuit. Itis made as well
selves \ rot it i opula us any dre smiker ean do and
a ' even more stylishly. It is a suit
t t y theory reins 1or or which would cost you to buy and
make up yourself not less than
1 | wand 1 ‘ : ; :
aie tan i He Dew and unique Grn #15. We are offering them in a
und so goes the world o lvertis variety of styles at $8.59.
: .
v yer for fame or cash-—the ain Is this Yours,
ak ( + 4 |
al as « il s me’ t t il M >
A merchant cannot sit down and adame:

write a treatise on Saturn and his rit
and expect to sell goods through

ency, Neither can the astronomer ex

 

pect to gain a clientele by talking about |
butter, when he should give facts on the |
heavenly boclies. So each advertiser |
must hew his own woodpile, and gather |
> OW ( ps. His axe must be sharp-
ened for the particular kind of work to
be done, and it must be an edge like a]
razor. The mercantile world is full of
advertisers many of them = superior
‘ i ‘ i rvineg rhance 1]
thie 0 i MICcttyv, «rm t do some
t ge sTea and brighter and better in
Ways tal mis Iclihow, whe Simypry
throws in a pebble occasionally, and
lazily awaits the coming of the surface
rippies to him.
Phe mercantile advertisement of mod
f tl Ss Ss pave sal hustle nad
Line ring a «trie etal in it Buvers
oo cle i the n w cial or the

 

cracked bell and dist ngvuish at once the

reverberating resonance of solidity and |
soundness. The mercantile meeting
house wl nis ed n openimn

Ss YY wit Cavet DUuverTs MOUTL each
21S Siar Of ft s ite Lit nerchnant §s
t s the house that rings constantly
the changes , Stvies and prices and]
values from an honest, clear-toned, ys
vertising bell, which, as it swings

d fro,can be heard loud and clear :
distin all the discordant « vie
OL the cI |

 

hearin

 

The advertisement writer of these |
times must ** know his trade,’’ even as}
the ancient artificers in tine gold were
SO ¢ sly taught. More than this,

he must be a deep student of humanity |
and an unerring judge of what. will
“teet the People.”’ Folks who buy
won't listen to “’clap-trap,’” neither will
they read the same old story, day after
day. They wanta kaleidoscopic vari-

they are children inthe sense of an

|Everlasting Greatness

, Absolutely Hopeless

Esl end aig asia eas A Fall Overcoat

Save es Your Health.

overweening desire for novelty, and he
who gives them new “word playthings’’
to amuse and interest them, is he who
will receive their gratitude and nickels
11 exchange

The departed amusement furnisher, |
P. T. Barmum, once said, ‘Humbug |

An Old Soak,

In the ease of a lot of pickles, may be
all rightand it may not. Ifthe Vine
gar used is superior, the more they're
soaked, the better. We have just re
ceived a lot of excellent Vinegar
which is guaranteed. It will add zest
to your relishes.

QOurline of Groceries and Table Delicacies is |

| surp ssing

Is Known by the Pickle

Can be obtained by persistency and |
effort
We are persistent in pleasing
Wes te

 

We are consiste ntinv: alues. |
Will it be poss ble for you to call and inspect |

| our New Fall Stock now coming in

Will You Accept

A Dollar ?

If we offer 100 cents’ reduction on |
our line of Ladies’ Fine Shoes—the
whole line, including all the latest
styles—it means giving you a dollar
The full value is in the shoes. Look |
ut the display in our window. |
LOWPRICE & CO.

, Harvey and Horr |

Never wore nicer or more stylish and |
durable Suits than the line we are now |
opening for the Fall Trade. There are |
any number of new novelties in Dura- |
ble and | p-to-date Garments for Gen |

tlemen.
FITTEM & CO.

Is the case of the man who doesn't know
a good thing when he sees it.

Made of first-class material, nobby and
sty lish, every part guaranteed at #10, is a
— thing both in economy in cost
ind doctor's bills, for it

See our line before purchasing.

 

Here’s a novelty for a window catch-
r for any line of goods. Cover the win- |

dow with whiting, evenly laid on. At
a convenient height leave a small hole
about as large as a _ half-dollar. Above
this hang a printed card, as follows:

A WAFERS GINGER VANILLAS

 

TAFFY-——ICED COFFEE

T

COCOANU

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Crackers
and Cakes

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Be Progressive!
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APO TWOP
Hlandling our Crackers and
and Sweet (;oods:

PURITY, QUALITY
EP RIESTINESS make the finest
line in the world to select from.
Making Money

Will be comparatively

you push our goods.

profits and quick sales will be
UVING ONCE
[ry, and be

yours. Customers |

will come again.
convinced.

the kind the peopl

Only the choicest

Butter,the purest sweetest Lard,
the finest Patent Flour and the
richest Molasses enter our

ducts.

We make a Specialty of SUMMER DELICACIES.

THE NEW YORK BISCUIT CO.

Successors to WM. SEARS & CO.

Grand Rapids, Michigan.

 

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Hold Your Nose

if you want to, but if
you would rather straighten up aud move
through this world with less wear

tear and more money in your pocket,

™ Lily White Flour

Note the followins

Pointers!

(Groceries.
Pleased customers are
vertisers.

Valley City MMilting Co.

SOLE MANUFACTURERS

GRAND RAPIDS, Micu.

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wore OO 6 ©. 8) 8 C1e ee) Ce\e\e OOOO
© ‘e
; SECRET REVEALED. ¢
- Look in small opening below ©
® and you will find S
; ‘*Truth at the bottom of the well”’ ;
306 © 0) OO C1 OO@ O18 De eG 81e oes)

Place a cone made of heavy

the

paper at

Withee Chis should
and lined with

It should be the

in the window.
be about six feet
black cloth or paper.
of the hole in the window at
the window end and as large
other,

ontal position, making it

long
Cxact size

ble at the Place this in a. hort-
Cassy tO Ste
larger end. Now, in the big end, place
a picture of a nice looking lady, a_ liv-

Have
black

very plain, on white
| 1]

board, as follows,

ing picture, if possible, a card,
letters,
placed im a Conven

lent position near the lady:
a
S . . r
This is Truth.
She is at the bottom of our price
well. That's why we do business
and that’s why
You are Looking at Her!
Come in and get acquainted
wit truth about our ods
w
Eve

ry pas cr by will look, and

 
   
   
 
   
  

each
will call his preoccupied or near-sighted
triend’s attention to. It.

1
It costs noth

ing but a little labor and time, which

can easily be spared in the mid-summet
quietness, |
anyone trying this tdea write me as. to
the results. I know it’s a winner.

Fpc. FOSTER FULLER.

- ee

Pertinent Observations by an Out-
sider.

Eli in Minaeapolis Commercial Bulletin

this week and,of

something, No man

I have been traveling
COUTTS learned
with eves can travel and not learn if the
used. A cood Many
things: First, that

‘am, second, that one can

eves and tongue are

people forget two

One cant 1

} sei } . " hi 1] ’ i 1] i

learn by seeing and talking as well as
/

by reading and study. | have no idea,

however, of engaging ina discussior on
knowl >: | shall simply call attention

to 4 Sil business matter that attract

ed my attention in some of the country

 

 

towns of Dakota, the sinall towns.

it does a city fellow good to get int
the country occa lally, justas it helps
a country icllow to visit the city. I lik
to visit the country < asionaliy for the
purpose of testing my ideas kor i
stance, when | advocate better care of
l POMTELS ' ww tow lisp ivs |
like to visit t country and See if it 1s
done. If it ts, the theory is practical,
ef course. | have seen, therefore |!

cluttered store win-

towns are not only

know, that smutty,
dows in the sinaller
unneccessary, but they are just as. ob
they are in the city.

jectionable as |
town |

made a study of this in one
visited. bout one-half of the stor
were well kept: the less said about the

|
other half the

In the well-kept

I

better perhaps.

Stores the
were clean and appropriate displays. of
. These really inter
out-
who

| JrFeSss

windows

roods were made.
ested = mie

classed the proverbiai

Mose | fairly

and | sup

countryman
: os
visits the city and looks.
in various drat
thev were really inviting. There
display in. the
the work

eoods were shown es and
were a
few attempts at spre
: ;

way of decorate! figures and
: STOTES

was Very wé li done. [bye S1iK

were nicely represented im the windows

and inthe general dry Is and FTOCery
stores were 10ViItine.
Phis work can be done, because what

: . i
ne another can do, conditions

if 1 lived in

it
one has d

being equ And I know

the abo e town I would buy my. goods
1 i .
) that appeared inviting?

i

; : : :
outside and inside. One cannot help

eye for order.

clean

of the st
t
doing it if he has half an

Why can't

stores? It isnt ReCesSsary that large

sums of money should bye CXp nded in
little to

keeping clean: it Cusi

we have more of these

Very

aS possi-

|}munity to permit of an

ithis line, no

1 would be pleased to have

keep clean.
a fortune

People act sometimes as if
was necessary to clean the
glass ina store front, when two cents’
worth of brush and a little el-
bow grease would work a revolution in
any store front in thirty minutes.

There is one more thine that should
attention —late store hours. It
IS necessary at certain periods of the
year for country merchants to keep their

Soap, a

FECelvet

stores open in the evening to accommo
date farmers, and that is all  richt.
What I wish to talk against is the keep-
ing open of stores when it isn’t neces-
sary, and I know that if acity of a mil-
lion people can get along with stores
closed at 7 o'clock, that communities of
2 people can manage to do
their buying before 8 ©’ cloc ; at
The reason

oO clock

100 16 1.000
least.

some people buy after 3

is because the stores keep
after that hour:
the same
}

Hetore

open
if the stores close at 8
amount of goods will be sold
that “hour.
iS tO CIOSe,
There ought to be sufficient affiliation
among

\ll that is necessary

com-
agreement along
}

matter how sharp the com

local business men in any

petition between them may be. [am
ior 2 policy oT cre
times and my are

neral decency at all
ument is that when
Community
other that
in the social system of
community that needs to be

First of all be

the business men of a can-
not speak to each there isa
that
tightened.
men and al
ways be decent business men. Be above

screw loose
business

the petty quarrels of children: act ina
manly way in all
will have I:

neighbor ana

your dealings and you
ttle to complain OF in Your!
Ve .
neighbor will find
that you are above the tricks that be-
|

me to ihe Cate

Vout
FOry ol

+e
Integrity in Trade.

MCcanness.

Some think it an évi

dence of smartness to palm off an infer
lor article upon a customer, but in many
instances it proves to be a fatal mistake
their part. Many a retail mer-
chant has ruined his reputation for hon-

storekeepe rs

Wpon

esty and integrity by petty little tricks
which have offended) those who have

been his patrons.

Our leading and most successful mer-
chants pride themselves upon their in-
teority, it an defective or
tl their
it, and customers who buy. it
at a reduced and fully un

@iticie is

imperfect they instruct clerks to
1

Trevanryt it 4

price know

derstand what they are getting. If
foods are unsatisfactory they permit
them to be returned, often when they

« bee Buel
* package Droken.

  

bhey exes theit

retain their patronage, as

}
themselves to please
patrons and to

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well as to make a reasonable profit on
thei Is. In the long run they gain
than the lose, because all such

courtesies are appreciated and = kindly
remembered by customers,and they take
| continuing to
who

pride and = pleasure. in
trade with the merchant
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JANE CRAGIN. tight we find it hard work t’ keep what |
" help we've got.’”’
Her Ideas on Keeping Boys on the ‘Wouldn't be no danger ye're want- | 8 & a e@
Farm.

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Written for the TRADESMAN work, would they?’’ A MODERN WONDER.
It was ‘‘raining pitchforks with the ‘Wal, that’s too fur off t euess.’’ — It is absolutely the only pol-
mwhward,’? and had been, all the *S'pose ye rake ‘im over "n’ see ’f | 3 ish that will not dry up in

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Custom, at that season al-lhe’s goin’ t’ be wuth anything 'n’ a

was espec ially so on such a

 

store. Ask ’im a question ‘r tew ‘n’ eve

dav, for the farmers who might have see what vou c’n make aout on 7im. |
We will refund the purchase

price if it does not please.

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dropped in if the rain had been a good, | Great Scott! suthin’s got to be done! |]

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haint agoin’ t’ have any more o’ this}
rave a regular downpour, even for the | everlasting dingin’ goin’ on; ’n’ I want

sake of enjoying the gossip of a country | 4? know, b’fore 1 @’ back, whether it’s

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eo ee ee in 6 6storekeepin’. «6[ Swan to the trade and consumers
sprouting potatoes, md another under gosh, I’ve had *nough on 1! Can't ye

ve roof at work, the senior preprietor | managce some ‘ow?’ oveve

of the Milltown store was vawning and |

\ prompt refusal was prevented by
: : If your jobber doesn

tch rand wondering ‘‘what such

  

three things- a pleading look on the

dumbed weather was made for, any-| keep it,owrite

TRACY & WARREN, Grand Rapids Agents, 737 Mich. Trust Co. Bldg.
Sos. La Take ow what) Tot hia apision wil asoune UNPRNNPRE EIRP PHENO NENT TTS

ive done -—-r fane? That's it—it'stto much, but I'd like to think the mat-

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PURITY and QUALITY are the twin characteristics

boy's face, a smothered chuckle from Cy
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now, when one Oo: _y S cetestead nay j}and a desire to find out if what she sur-

fed horses’ stopped at a hitching-post

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iter over. I'll tell) you what we'll do. |
| You let Cy take you home to dinner

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‘O. you've been a-doin’ suthin’, ’n’ |he owes mea half. dollar anyway and |
tow you're goin’ to git your pay for't!| Ill take Jed along with me. That will
Here's that old skinflint of a Foster | give me a chance to look him over and
with a tin pail. I ha’ n’t done nothin’. | have a little talk with him; and about

It’s you, ‘and you've got to trade with | the time you are ready to go home, I'll |
‘im. Im glad he let that) !ed 0’ hisn|tell you plainly exactly what I think. 1]

 

 

 

 

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suthin’ to ‘im. Tl talk to Jed and} “‘Jes’ so; ’n’ ye can’t make it tew| $3 a
watch you and the old man dicker. | plain. a See Se4 =~
"S worth half a dollar any day, ‘n’ Vl} *’ Well, Cy, your dinner’s about ready| & POSteS =
nay ye alter he’s one. Here they come. | —if it isn’t, it will be by and by, and| 3 —_
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Now then! Well, well, Foster! ye must} you'd better go now so you can get back | e Th ; PI _ d S ti f ; a
‘av’ sot aout @ terbacker, t’ come in/in time for wus to go to ours.”” The! = ey ease an a IS y —»
this cloudbust. \in’t ye soppin wet? |smothered laugh had taken wings to it- | a t] C ' t] ) fit ——
a i | . : i a a i a . - ~ . ae — « -
Come up t’ the stove. in aint any nre self and flown from ¢ y Jane. | al te OnsuMmer ane pay 1c Caicr a pro It. —
t, but all ve've gottodew st’ make] **Come in here, Jed, where you. Can > =
p Cv tne) ‘n’ ye’re all right. Miss} have a comfortable seat, and I can. talk oe ——l Ee a
Cragin ‘n' | ‘ve been leanin’ towards | and work at the same time. fhere,| 3 —
Christian Science, sence we let the fire | that’s a great deal better than standing. | ——
fut is c ! Rain looks} ] ne, Jed, if I lived al = =
4s" aout. It's cheaper: a ers) | it anes Oe me, jea, 1 ved on ay
si twas prutty wet HLOW 1S tl Jed -| farm like your father’s, that nothing in| = e =
ttle damp/nin’ “long ‘n the ruts?’” and-| the world could get me away from it.| oe oe
the stor keep sho kk the stout, good- | Do you hate farming ?”" ae GRAND RAPIDS =
ooking young fellow warmly by the} **Why, no; I don’t think I do.” = a
hand ik te ch : iM ' i sili i ani iti '
hand | , te must be pretty hard work to be) Q7AGMLAMAAULAMAAULAAA GUANA LAAN Uk dNA Ak dNk db dk bk bk bk dk ddd Abb dbk ddI
Not on ou ai. We come just be- jup in the morning early, and working |
hind the last pourin, mn’ that washed | Jate at night: and I know enough about | ’
the bottom ‘o the ruts clean out. Did, | such things to understand that a young :
fora tact. Pop was a little careless of | fellow must get pretty tired of it after
‘is drivin ‘nn’ sot in once er twice, 1’ | following it year after year as you have.
ft hadn't been f'r th’ ex, we'd a gone | The chores would stump me.”’
down, sure’s guns; wouldn't we Pop?”’ |] °*O, they don’t amount to much. |

 

: wet Lt’ home 's we'd ough’ | Once in a while it’s a little hard to get
' w made any difference | home in time to do them; but every- | eer
whether we woulde’r not."* The little, | thing can’t be pleasant, you know. ‘Tl " ii {
lried-up, old man was in no mood for/like getting up in the morning. It’s| a
banter. He was wet and cross, and | the pleasantest part of the day and, so|

his nin voice, 2aiwavs oO a high key, | far as the work is concerned, | Hever |
k a still higher pitch when **mad,’’ |knew a bov who didn’t manage, in some | i
as he evidently was now. — But no, |way, to get along without breaking his fal SUrCc DI tection against ( attle
nothin’ ould dev D't e mus’ ome a. oy r . : vi iC 1
aorcuang . = Some eeck. i‘ly. A valuable Antiseptic Oint-
ve've got here, | hope ye’re satisfied. | least I should and that’s having a horse| Ment for stock of all kinds. Can be used for Sores o1

Have ye gin Miss Cragin “er cheese? |to go and come with, just when you feel] Bruises. Makes an excellent Hoof Ointment.

 

trampin through the rain; nm naow}] ‘*There’s one thing you’ll miss—at

Where s fane?—O. ‘d mornin’. Maj like 1 Manufactured by
sent ye over s'm Dutch cheese she’s] There was no reply and Jane said to
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Thank fou---she’s very kind. Fell

such things; but you have a large house

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ve found it disagreeable driving room in it. You're going to miss that

through the rain, big chamber of yours, and after vou D 4 t & W d bj ‘ hi c
‘Yus, bad ‘nough -plenty bad ’nough;| have tried to sleep one night in the] ain 00 nis ing 0.
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you get fresh from the garden, | don’t Saat dew nothin’ with ’?im: ‘’n’ naow
see. You think it will be a fine thing, |’f you e’n tell me what. ter dew, for
at the end’ of the week to vet your | goodness’ sake dew tell it.’’
wages. There is something in that, “*It isn’t any secret, Mr. Foster. A
but you can’t have your own garden plat little good management is all that’s
and what you can raise on it, nor your | needed. Folks are just like a lot of cat-
own calf, nor your own colt in fact, |tle. They must have the best. there is
none of those thousand and one things | to eat, a good, well-furnished house,
which a thrifty farmer’s boy is sure to } and the best of care, and they mustn't
have, because he can raise them him-| work themselves quite to death either,

self. Take your clothes, now: you have
what you want, because you can get it
and that extra half
dollar, which all of us like to

farmer’s boy

with what you raise ;
have in
our pocket, a iS sure to

have, because he has raised it, in some

way, on the farm.”’

had
at several others for the boy to do a. lit-
tle but he easy
milker didn’t down wuth a
She took another task.

Jane stopped at this point as she

talking; Wash t “an

Hh"

give

cent."

‘*One thing you would have to make
up your mind to, 1f you should
would be to. cut from
all that belongs to it, it
seems, sometimes, as if you’d give any-

£O Into
a store, vourself
home and
thing, if you didn’t have to hear every

morning somebody calling up the cham-

ber stairs: (Come, jed, that milk 71
curdle before you can get it into. the
pail if you wait much longer;’ or,

‘Come, Jed, don’t you want to draw me

2 pail oO water: or, (| wish you'd

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gO

down and bring me up a pan o’ milk ;’

or

There was no need of going on. A
flush of red flooded his face and left. it
like marble. He said nothing, and. of
course Jane noticed nothing for she
was looking just then across the road
where she saw Cy and his guest on their
way from dinner, who_ shortly after
came in. Then calling the boys, the
four were soon on their way to the
Neely’s, where they were to dine to-
gether. When the meal was over Jane
sent for Mr. Foster, who soon came. in.

‘I brought over the cheese Mrs. Fos-
ter sent me, and Mrs. Neely and | have
been wondering why your Dutch cheese
and
other we get around
Mr.

“Taint no secret.

is so much better nicer than any

here. What’s the

secret, Foster?’

A little good man-

agement is all that’s necessary. You
know enough about cattle to know. that
you can't git good milk aout of a bad
caow. Wal, cattle ‘:e jes’ same’s folks.
A likely critter must have the best she
¢ nm cat, n’ a good stable, n the best
@ care. Then she'll give the best
milk. Uhats all they is tew it.
“Well, ul you take a eood cow that
has been taken good care of, must you
keep up the good feed and the care, if
you want to get the rich milk and_ the

tine cheese?’’
‘tSartin! It’s the only way, but wha’

think

ad make aout o Jed: Db’ ye ve
c’n make a place for ‘im?

**led isn't any more fit for a store
than your handsomest Jersey is fit for a
race horse !"’

Good! b’ gosh, that’s jes’ what |

tell “im.

‘There isn't anv need of your telling

him what he knows already. That) boy
isa farmer. He likes the farm and
evervthing belonging to it. You don't
have to urge him any in his) work, do
vant?

‘Uree! Wal, | guess not. He's up

in the momin’ b fore | be; “n’ smarter

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‘n’ a steel trap a’ter he
'd spile (tm,

up.
that boy into a stor
‘Then don’t put him into one.”
‘Wal, great king, woman, how c’n |
stop it? That’s what | want t know.
talked ti} I'm “bout blind, ‘n |

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Puttin’ |

f you expect from them the best. that
they can do. It is your own argument.

1 don’t think you understand that boy of

yours, and I’d like to go on. with this,
only I don’t want you to get mad.

‘Say what ye wanter, Jane; 171] swal-
rer it,”

Well, in the first place, you want. to
get over the idea that your cattle are
worth more than your family. They’re
not; but you give your cows the best
they can eat; and your butter and. eggs

and chickens and fresh meat, which you
ought to use at home, you sell, and feed
your family on skim milk and codfish.
You have the likeliest barn in the coun-
idea of
Your

it is certainly large enough

fitted up with the one
that

well enough

making

cow comfortable. house is

and yet when I spoke to Jed about the

to give up, if he went away from home,

I could see that the boy’s room is in the

garret with the hired man: and when
you came to talk about care, you. know
that that yoke of steers which you. talk

so much about gets more of it in a day

than your whole family gets in a week.
Now, I’m going to tell you something.
He’s
but for all that, the
reason for his wanting to be in the

is that he may earn some money to hire

That boy, Jed, isa thoroughbred.
as dumb as a clam:

store

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Jed’s motive is

his, to have for his very own to
wants it, and to sell
it when he ¢

as long as he

keep the money for

read it with the rest of the family and
talk it over. I'd take him to the

and i'd @o around with him as if he
were a younger brother; and in every
way | could think of, Id let him see

that | thought a thousand times more of

 

tion. I'll tell you something else, Mr. |
Foster. The boy loves his mother and |
|—and ] should do everything | could
[to please him in that direction. The |
lfact is, this skimping business on a
|farm, or any where else, doesn’t pay;
land I say to you now what [| Ronestly

believe: It's a great deal better not to
ibe quite so rich and have some genu

line, well-trained men and women be-
hind you than it is to leave a lot of
money to a lot of half-brought up young
ones who have just sense enough to
show how out of all proportion the old
man’s pocket-book was to his brains!
Well, [| must go to work. You think

lthis over, and don’t spoil a_ first-class
boy and a first-class farmer for the sake
ber first-class voke of steers or a num-
of aone Jersey calf."’
And he didn’t.
RICHARD MALCOLM STRONG.

ty, and every cow has a stall made and |

large, well-furnished chamber he’d have

help, that his mother needn’t work her- |

self quite to death on that farm. I|
wouldn't have told you this, if I hadn’t |
thought that vou ought to know what!

Now that you know it, |

you may be able to keep him at home |
if you want to; but I can tell you his
mind is made up, and if you don’t look
out for the help in the kitchen you'll
lose the boy. If he belonged to me, I'd
fix up the best room in the house and
put him into it alone. I'd give him
two or three acres of the best land) on |
the farm and give him every cent he}
raises from it. I'd tell him on the way |

home that I'd vive him that handsome
black horse which he looks so well on

keep |
and |
ets tired |

of keeping iL. Ld subscribe for a first-
class magazine: and I'd bring home}
a new book every once in a while and

City, |

him than of any Jersey calf in all crea- |

   
   
          
   

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SPECIAL SALES.

How to Conduct Them with Profit
to all Concerned.
ian 4. v in Drv t:00d~- Reporter.
Che subject that the leading dry goods
paper of our Country pronounces the
most important to the fraternity which

it so admirably stands for, ought to in-

terest every mer hant and. clerk, and |

ute * Special | cg
election 1S Opecia") Mississippi, is a store doing a business

| of $125,000 annually.

inasmuch a; that
Sales,*’ it is well for every dry goods
re he stands on it.

our country, retail

man to know whe
Phe merchants of
and whol le al

HOolenale like,
hive adopted the special
forceful) and their
most aggressive method, and that very
lusive evidence that the

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fact tS Con

question admits of mo argument; it is
already answered, and answered by the
most practical .1 ss of men im our nha-
tion, whose judgment is) more nearly
infallible thin tait of any other class,
and whe aco: t that only which shows
largest results. Lhe point may be

taken that Ulvsscs S. Grant was not a
ereat general, but the fact remains that
he crushed the 1

cess in life is to be measured by results,
Grant was a reat general. Likewise
the question mery be asked concerning
the wisdom of using the special sale,
but if America’s most practical men
adopt it, by th t very adoption the best
possible 1 ment has been made
and the question is answered,
i therefore, — the Spec ial sale has
been proved by a John Wanamaker or
a John V. Farwell, the one as a retail-
er and the other as a wholesaler, and by
thousands of just as practical merchants
throughout the country, to be a winning
idea, we have but one duty regarding
the matter and that is to define special
sales and examine the elements which
make it so pronouncedly successful.

First, have we all a clear idea of the
Spee ial sale? We believe that this deti-
nition will suffice: A particular em

more articles by some

phasis of one o
i. ’ ] > +} } Th ole ’ 1]
unusual method. nat dennition will
surprise him who looks upon the
ial sale as an offering of stuff at cost or

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less. It may also surprise him who
has associated only the idea of pushing
old and untlesirible goods with the

special sales. Qur detinition includes
both these id-13, but also much = more.

A special sak & Spec ial effort. it ts

 

 

an effort bey ithe ordinary. And he
who questions the desirability of the
special sale ld eliminate lite’s most
commendab] lity, . € spectal ¢f-
fort.

Indeed, we believe special sales are
nothing but inte ‘ely aggressive mer-
chandising -keen baying and forceful
pushing. \ cdecace ago the merchant

was content to wait for a visit from a
possible patron, when the clerk would
call attention to a special lot of unde-
s.rable stuff or a s;-ecial article very new
and stylish, or a special purchase at a
low figure They we'e all special sales.
To-day, however, rather than await the

hants are telling
the clerk’s same story by the news-

paper and the circular letter, which is

customer’s visit, met

so much more effective that the prac
tice is almost universally adopted. ‘The
qiestion under consideration —conse-

quently 1s but this:

tent te

Shall we be con
await a visit from the customer
| tell the story of special
values and prices, or shall we go out af-
ter the trade and tell our story of spec-
ial offerings, not only to those who visit
our store, but also to our Competitor's
best customers?

Which will ! larger results? The
special sale may be employed in a fi-
nancial gale, as did A. T. Stewart when
he originated the selling-out-at-cost sys-
tem to escape commercial shipwreck ;
or it may be used to escape commer-
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chant is becalmed ; or better than all for |

the peerless energy of American man-

ly drop anchor in tl
bitions. One may *’
““A particular emphasis’

means £ct-

ebellion, and if suc- |

| successful retailing.

he port of our am-|
set there’’ quicker. |

ting out of the crowd’’—-doing some-
thing your competitor is not doing. and
if that is not wide-awake merchandis-
ing, pray what is?

The merchant who is succeeding to-
day is doing it by emphasizing tn a par-
ticular manner his goods. He must do
it to get the women to his. store, and
the more original his ideas the larger
his results. Anda man may exercise
originality on the special sale as on no
other department of his business. One
is able by the special sale to emphasize
as in no other way. For example: In
a town of 1,800 inhabitants, across the

Bear in mind the

size of that town. They believe in the

: i ,..| special sale and use it. A’ blanket is
who are eminently | offered them at $3.75 per pair. It’s a

corker. They want a price on 500
pairs. One of $3 even is made. They
accept it. Now what? Are they going
to wait for cold weather and for cus-

itomers for that blanket? No, they are

going after customers and by the special
sale. They advertise that on August 1

these 500 pairs will be offered at $4, |

about the price that their competitors

will pay for the dozen pairs they will |

buy. Winter goods in mid-summer is
nothing if not unusual. They advertise

extensively a rare bargain secured. Peo- |
ple know they can be believed. And |
|we declare tacts when we write that the |

500 pairs were sold. Could they have
been sold in a town of this size by the
old method? Results of the sale:

possibilities of a special sale.
mous advertising alwaysa result of the

special sale.
result.

Good profits- the without-which-not of
And possibly the
result of largest returns- that of getting
the people acquainted with your store
and clerks for the heavy fall business.
‘*Got a pretty good pair of blankets of
Messrs. Special Sale & Co. ; guess we’d
better go there for that carpet and cloak
wite, hadnt wer” ~All
man,’ and they go. We repeat: The
special sale may be used to draw trade
during dull seasons as no other method.
Then there is the special sale of an arti-
cle at or below cost. Good?
times, yes. We know a dry goods _re-
tailer who accomplished last year what
few did turn his stock nine times -and
his most effective method was the spec-
i Towels that cost him $1.20
per dozen he offered at four for 20 cents,
and would not sell more than four to
one woman. He also. had towels that
cost $2, $2.50 and $3 per dozen. These
latter he mixed together at 39 cents
Women flocked to his store, and
so skillfully were they manipulated by
the salesmen that by far more of the 39
cent towels were sold than of the four
for 20 cents. Think of having 500
women in your store from 1 to 5 p. m.

Another had a sale of a carpet at 4
cents that cost 13 cents. Only about 150
yards were cleaned up——it was a sticker

but he received advertising for miles
around and doubled his’ sales — that
month.

Some-

al sale.

each.

to be reduced and then lead competi-
tion by a special sale. Many people
will think your enterprise did it.
Special sales on articles at cost or less
are very seldom necessary, but when
made let them be, indeed, special cuts.
Time sales are sometimes criticised,
though they, too, possess good quali-
ties. We admit that they swell the vol-

ume of business abnormally, but it is a}

rood thing to advertise now and_ then
that your store was crowded. Women
are great transmitters of such facts, and
to crowd your store is to secure lots of
free advertising. Listen. Grade in
your normal periods with extraordinary
effort so that they will be ona level with
high water marks of special sales, and
you'll have just what you dream of
night and day. The abnormal results

\ | of the special sale enable one to deter-
hood, it may be use.i to the more quick- |

mine his_ possibilities
one’s best.

The argument is sometimes made
that a woman will wait for the special

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Getting to their store pat- ;
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sale, and thus profit is lost. Not if she
wants the article badly. Also the man
who argues so forgets that the special 1... } '

sale may return a good promt. He is to relegate pedestrianism to the category

progression as any. If its present ratio
of increase*continues it bids fair soon

asleep to the possibilities of the special of lost arts. Wheelmen will bear wit-
sale. And then it is the correct idea to | ness that walking soon becomes tedious
have no certain days. Change days and In Contrast with the wheel, and when
articles. Phe Spee ial sale sells stuff the use of the latter bec omes universal
that a customer was hesitating a or a ie
didn’t need at all. We believe there are welhing, must
more cases of this than we realize. Indeed,

Then the novelty special sale is a|W€ May imagine in'the not distant fu-
winner, Here is an or

as It seems to promise,

needs be almost discontinued.

ial one. You | ture how our children will be told of the

  

have gone through your dress goods | time when people could only get about
stock and tind = several pieces tiati;
f i

“stick, 7 You have failed to move
them. Suppose you would cut them in-

oi a 1
y walking or riding on the backs of

animals or in clumsy vehicles drawn by

to dress patterns and attach to each pat- |S" h animals, ex< ept on long journeys
tern an envelope containing 5 cents ot by ‘ain,

0.) | Leas advertise that you have on] , ca is observation brings us to. the
sale for one week a number of dress pat- | effect of the wheel on the horse. The

terns to each of —— is attached an
envelope contain Com SiVver dollar. | / / an .
Head it ‘The Silver Question Settled,’ | ectricity for street car traffic in all the

displacement of the noble animal by

This is a special sale with a most lau- | towns of the country has already exert-

 

dable object, viz: Clearing up stock. |ed a greatly depressing influence on the
sae it will _ you! dress soods value of the medium grades* of horses.
Ceoartment [Of Tall wondertully. Ur | 1 { \ 1 1

| . oo "|The advent of the bicycle has almost

this: Advertise as the other-a sale. of : ae

1 } ’ . “om ted the Str t} > -. .
vour better wool dress goods that are vet CoOnipiceted tie destruction ot the trac
a | ades and 1

   
   

on your shelves. t requires | I » addition has
Or. With | worked sad havoc with the dividends of

entitiing

Spec ial effort or
every dress give : the | the street railways as. well. There has
woods dre ss

‘Would not |

wool al cl

purchaser to the never been a time when horse-flesh was

Mn StIOCK alter 1 4 ;

such a sale clea ee ee eens there

wash goods? An

and trimimngs
In cities one day is enough

vote to a sale. In towns two or three days | distant {

are more effective. How often? Ofte

no market for it at any

   

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ime to de- | street railways has been put into the far

   

: ’ majority of the towns of the country.
enough to lead competition in your | a i H :

} t j tw 1 maturall fool th) 1 » yr
town. This does not imply oftener than | F would naturally tollow that the cay
your Competitors. The special sale | Tiage trade must suffer from the same
has its disadvantages but the advan-|causes. The intelligence comes. from a
fees OF it tO the ambitious mer- | large number of the most extensive car

j \ i a ee 1
chi ar mi: ane rhted |. \
hant are so | many and treighted | riave manufacturers that they are pre
with such DOSSIDINNTICS that they offset | i: 1 — i
‘ ; 2 4 paring tO add the Dulhiine ot bicycies
easily the former. He who has tried it]! cy
: 1 ‘ oir He ciece Pia ia —
is continuing the same, which is a sure | to their business. he carriage trade

guarantee of its worth. He who has|has so greatly fallen off it is necessary
never tried it will do well to demon-|to do this to continue thei! plants at
strate to himself by experience what. it
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lel scale.
is and what its possi

anvthing near the
MIEtICS are. Our. Tl

 

silt iee fluence of the bicycle on the

own experience and observation are—- | ' Leen

it pays big. | horse and carriage trade is dependent
o-oo fon another cause in addition to its) dis

SOME INFLUENCES OF THE BICYCLE.

Written for the TRADESMAN

“n | a " ¢]
Ppracement Of (her me, Viz., the fact

hat the money that would ordinarily

 

 

 

Uhe more the subject “is considered | have been expended in that and similar
the more one is impressed with the}trade has been monopolized by. the
significance of the bicycle moven wheel. When the amount of money thus

with its far reaching Consequences re- | invested is taken into consideration — it
lating to social and economic condi-| will be found of no small importance,
tions. Phe press is teeming with dis- | and that it had a vreat influence on
cussion and comment on the social sig- | Many othe ae s of trade. /
nideance. its effect on fashion. the ad. Indeed, it is impossible to realize

how far is influence extends; and _ it

is interesting to speculate as to where
activity, freedom and independence of | jt will end. W. ON. FE,
>e¢e

 

vent of the bloomer, and the . increased |

  

women. Indeed, the ‘‘new woman’!

 

 

the term has an earnest, candid mean-|Impossibilty of Compulsory Arbi- |
ing, as well as the sarcastic one—is the tration.
contemporary of the bicycle. The social Arbitration, says justice Henry B.
significance is receiving considerable | Brown, of the United States Supreme
attention from all) purvevors of public | COUT, 1m the August number of the Fo

\ i Pull, iS thou by some to promise al
opinion the press, the pulpit, gossip ; solution — of these problems, and
indeed, everyone must needs com where a dispute turns simply upon a
ment on the subject. rate of wages it may often be a conven-

 

 

 

 

But there are some economic features|ient method of adjustment. Yet its]
ff the wheel movement that have re-| function is, after all, merely advisory.
,4 : | { ¢ It cannot compel an employer to oper-
CéiveG ie€ss attention. an fact, tCw rrca- 1 a _

i ate his establishment at a loss: it can
Oo ee aac Guance it . he
Lize how wide I read | o INMUENCE i not compel employes tO WOrK for tess
the manulacturimy md commercial} wages than they may choose to demand.

 

world. And, great as that influence has/ If it could, it would re-establish slavery
become, every indication points | under the name of an award. The
: : whole theory of arbitration presupposes
voluntary action--a voluntary submis-

sion of something in dispute--a_ volun-

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already

 

to greatly increased

  

immediate future.

crease in the use of the wheel of the] tary performance of an award. Compul-

present year, wh :
umber throughout the | tradiction in terms. One might as well
speak of an amicable murder or a
friendly war. There are certain things,

ch has much more than | sory arbitration is a misnomer—a_ con-

doubled — its

country, bids fair to be greatly outdone
another season. It would seem that the too, which cannot be arbitrated. Sup-

pose a labor union should assume to
will be a necessity for all able bodied, dictate who shoulc it) ve employed and up-
and many not so able-bodied, of town jon what pi of whom material should
i | be purchased, and to whom sales should
be made. This involves no more nor
: less than the control of one’s business,
is its effect on other modes of transpor-| the surrender of which could not be
tation. Perhaps as little has been said | made without the certainty of ultimate
about its effect on walking as a mode of | bankruptcy.

time is not far distant when the wheel

and country.
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KOFFA-AID

coffee. Refer to price current in this issue under the he
Coffee for Price Thereon.
us a postal, and we will see that you get it. Each case con
tains samples colored Banner Placque and advertising matter.

The Koffa=Aid Co.,

  

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Why is thy re such a sale on this brand

Ist — Because it is made of the choicest of leat

nd—-Because it is wrapped with the choicest of wrappers

3rd — Beeause it is cased to suit the taste of the 'arge majority of chewers

{th— Because it is sold .ta price within the reach of all,

J i
ess Fine Cut Tobacco

Our success with the plug has shown us that we can se’l a tobaceo under a

private trand if the goods are right, so we have introduced a tine cut also, whic!

we trust will be given the same recepti nthe plug has

JESS

Musselman Grocer Co.,
Grand Rapids, Mich. JESS Z

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Clerks’ Corner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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A Clerk’s Opinion of the Clerks
Corner.
1 hav een crowding so ch wis-
do tor thie ist one ¢ two of my taiks
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tor thre oe | a 6 y Lil¢ t ne fas
con or mnie here ind there
o See 1¢ Lit ession
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ere S cery near where i £0
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is } ics SC rt mmcre Lo! l
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St uy eadading i Lil
proved a tu y wht | knew
re was IS a

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) ‘ prades 1ere
‘ ‘
i as ( t al
( ‘ 1 ¢ 4
e cle 5 NS
ears < w! was
S t ct uy
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wha
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Yes me ; ihaie Vir
Boss t ic ( a itl
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sis | res ‘
ber wid ‘ e Clerks UI
i { cae Te »\ - 4t-¢
W } = i > ry Hd T t 1
ke tit neo
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vas { id ands and
< dl swet oO the store
et is ' s clea 1 the
is as Lire lie
yas ~~ Te 1 it : pele
| ( S Si iry s es
1
i ona very ried i
‘ i! 1
G » jitth ‘ that da
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W 1 en _ Mal i
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ti
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ly s : ae finger
la Line Ds Mighty
{ oy k cies where
ts i ciea 1d al
t W tT
good ae fis Ww G ‘
iD ts ir om the lO} ne
v : ran pe
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< ‘ \s ‘ t ul c as
‘ i i ie i c rut te Vi
1
Ww i W ‘ eve oS oS 1 cc <x
CS ice WW to Vt i
od big ‘ s inother feller’s
eck.
“What dees Mr. Boss say Out itr
‘Not v 1 wisl ‘ d Pwould
ry ( uct 1 what |
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ll \ ee a you
| Lis i 1 a \ i
vet your bottom dollar, - Would. \fte!
} vits ‘ ear o tik aper ht
* > t A. rit eads W : nis pen-
His 6& ( and Whe! ile comes
across g t KES, i nomstens
, 1
the pene ( akes big’ blac mark
] \
close te e line. I -had noticed it.
1 1 _ . |.
O, he es He thinks there aint
invthing the el ke the ( ks
se Cane « these davs, whel the
old ly ¢ sses the ne and talks abo
e ot side of ce im = - te
get hold « 1 paper first d do a little
1 cing oO y own account
' } + - } y }
What were some of the hings he
marked?
Well, there w

What

money-two-or-three-times-over.
kind of stuff ’s that to put into a paper,

mine

If |

once, I’m satisfied, but Boss would just

| should like to know? earn
to have me do it two or three times
to
they

know well
ut it

four

over. I’d like mighty
eround | on-—-earning
mey three or times over!
s i would.”

VC
BY Ti he
a Bale.

‘7 Sos |
Lame tt |

.
DOULA VC
Ves pretty
Well enough to go right on with]

Why, yes, | have

I'd
than

a |

S¢

} 2.
think
etter and a bigger store this,
had
Mr.

hing

the

uppose i money
out,
start
ne

not quite so quick as that. A]
s got to a lot of things that }

{ you
Boss
to
wouldn't

oUuyIny
Be

instance,

a hicc

Ea
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learn

, 1 1
| don t know vet Detore he Cah fo

into |

yusiness for himself.’
You are learning these things right |
along now, | suppose?’’
We if VES, slowly. ”’
Phen it’s barely possible that Mr.
Boss thinks that this mercantile learn-
¢ is worth something. Your wages are
or the work you do, and the double |

balances the instruction you are

etting every di See??? And while he

_ ol

Ly.

was saying, ‘‘ Wall, there may be some- |
thing in that,’’ | came away.
UNCLE Bos.
Se
Unique Substitute for the Cash Sys-

tem.

t takes an original man to solve diffi-

ulties these days. So many ordinary

have tried todo it in ordinary ways |

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REDDIGK TRAP

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that the difficulties that still exist yield ,
miv to original methods. |
There is an original man in Tempe, | NP
ofp
\rizona, and he is in business. He has Gory
ween bothered for years by bad debts | 2 ane
2 na i Meena el | a ° an . oan
and long-time credit and determined to Sexo All the old Traps boiled down into a better one, at one-third G8 0
t t Qo Ss NBS
put a stop to it NP i TE : i ae,
S. hi ic oe es ce el ee ee FIRST CLASS TRAP. No mole can pass under &s %
striking about. the matter. there are Se this trap and live! oa
housands of men in trade to-day who | Cow -se
: : ALN as
feel exactly as this man felt. For years | ie osie
and years they have toiled early and | Sono FOR SALE BY OD
y ; QOD Ye
ate, schemed and planned to gain a} lero 2g
: ER
( nce behind the counter, and year | ——.

‘ar thev have seen
accounts.

ledgers are filled with epitaphs

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on their mercantile ambitions.

They have struggled on, making the
vest of a bad bargain, living-—living
wel but laying nothing up for a rainy
day They have longed for the cash}
syst but have passed it by with the |
conviction that it was impossible.

Not so this retailer. He studied the

er and at last determined upon a

 
  

whereby he could achieve a result
roximating i yet not

the cash basis,

requiring the possession of cash by the
purchase Original, was it not?

Phe dealer first made his basic rule,
which was, “Not one cent’s worth sold

The customer who found

on credit.

he could buy nothing except for cash
and who had no cash was told to make
out a list of his purchases. This being
done, a promissory note for the amount

was 1
him by the cashier.

cash thus Gbtained.

The originator of this idea states that
it works well and is, he believes, the
on]

satisfactorily in country districts. It
vives the merchant promissory notes
instead of open accounts, which are

not only more easily collected, but are
negotiable and may be discounted when
money is needed and when book ac-

as the earning-your-| counts are but a jeering mockery.

the protits of |
bors eaten up by bad debts and }

nade out, signed by the purchaser |
and the proper amount w ithout discount }
The custom- |
-then paid for his purchases with the |

ly system of the sort that will operate |

       
 

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Association Matters

 

 

Grand Rapids Retail Grocers’ Association

President, E. WHITE:

|

| precedes the coming storm.
ot
| cold storage,
itive

Secretary, E. A. Srown;
Treasurer, J. Geo. LEHMAN.
Sugar Card — |
514 cents per pound. » pounds for 25 cents

10 pounds for 450 cents. Ks ‘pounds for $1.

Jackson Retail Grocers’ Association
President, Byron . Hii; Secretary, W. H.
TER; Treasurer, J. F. Tee.
Sugar 3 ~Granulated.
5'%4 cents per pound.
19 pounds for #1.

Por-

Northern Mich. Retail ‘Grocers’ Association

President, J. F. Tatman,
Stowe, Grand Rapids:
Mancelona.

Clare:
Treasurer, J.

— Business Men’s Association.

President, A. D. WHIPPLE: Secretary, G.T. Campr-
BELL; Tre asurer, W. EK. CoLtirms.
Michigan Hardware Association.
President, F. S. CaRLETon, Ca umet: Vice Presi-

Henry C. WEBER
Henry (

dent,
Treasurer,

Detroit;
}. MINNIE,

secretary-
Eaton Rapids.
Grand Rapids Fruit Growers’ Association.
President, R. D. Granam; Secretary, M. W.
Ronan; Treasurer, H. O. BRAMAN.

 

GRAPES AND PEACHES.

Observations of a Detroit Grocer on
Grand Rapids Orchards.

Secretary, ©. A. |
WISLER, |

| der
; ope nings.

914 pounds for 50 cents |

What was
system of
without ice, which the ac-
brain of Mr. Munson devised. It
is simplicity itself, a fact which greatly
commends it. A cottage has been  pro-
vided with a tall cylinder through the
roof. Large tiles conducted the air un-
ground to the cellar from remote
Holes are cut in the floor of
the cottage and the draft through the
tall cylinder is sufficient to keep the air
inside at the required temperature. By
this means, when the picking begins, it
goes on without interruption, the cold

great interest to me is the

|storage receiving each day’s surplus.

on the
rounds here
was harnessed

orchards
and when the
been taken,** Kittie’’

There are no peach
Munson farm,
had |}

| to the tilbury and away we went over
ithe road which, in the distance, looked
like a ribbon of tan, winding with

|many a turn among the

| Had the

missed the
the

'

jacquainted with

| you-ma’ams’’

hills and knolls.
roads been rockier and lined by
walls, it would have been easy to
fancy that I was riding through a neigh-
borhood of New England farms; but |
sprouting white birch and
chestnut woods which are common
there, and the absence of the ‘‘thank-
in the New England road
banished that thought and kept before
me the plain fact that | was becoming
Michigan instead.

stone

In due time a peach orchard came in
view. In due time ‘*Old Kit’’ stopped,
fand, shortly after, there was an exten-

sive testing of peaches from trees bend-

Detroit, Aug. !9——-Without bearing
down very heavily on the fact, that
through my own stupidity, I failed ‘‘to
hook on” (at the proper time m the)
morning, let me say that later in the
day I managed ‘‘to get there, with both |
feet,’’ if I may be permitted to drop in- |
to the vernacular of the street. The|
‘there’’ in this instance, was the farm |
of W. K. Munson, a name by no means

nnknown in the fruit growing circles ot
Michigan.
A street car took me as far as the law

allows, and from that piont my own pri-

vate conveyance was depended on for
the remainder of the journey. I hat, af-
ter all, is the royal way to travel Tes-

la may harness the lightning streak to
the flashing car and time and. distance
may be annihilated ; but what I was af-
ter was to get an idea of the country to
the north of Grand Rapids the condi-
tion of the roads, the lay of the land,
the fertility of the soil, the
landscape, where the sun
painting the peaches and tl
where the grape
itself royal in robes of purple.

was already
1¢ plums, and
making

Conscious Was

weather

 

ing to the ground with the almost
tered, red-cheeked fruit. It was a
pleasure I had not indulged in for years
and. -1 made up for lost time!

With thanks for the

feast, we went on,

clus- |

and
bring them
trade. He
and no influence

tamed, untutored
methods or
with the
self,
trade can throw around him will
his everlasting bull-headedness or
his understanding. What he
know-about business isn’t
He banks on the fact that be
stock of and that no law of
trade interests reaches him
his action. If he
hasn’t he a
sell at 5 cents? If

into harmony
unto him-
legitimate |
check |

open

is a law
which

doesn’t
worth know-
ing.
his goods
or
pays $4.96 for
lated sugar,

Sr_i5

he pays per
dozen for canned corn, hasn’t he equal-
ly good right to sell it at to cents—-trade
interests to the notwithstand-
fie will pay 11 cents
when they are only quoted at 10%
at the trade He
for butter, regardless of
strength,
butter that*'
by

contrary
ing?
centers. pays
quality or

14 cents

sometimes paying more
can walk down cellar,
placing a premium on poor
of better

promiscu-

and discouraging the
grades, finally
into a barrel

making
dumping all
and
bogus creamery butter factory.

ously shipping it to
the His
system of buying and selling is rotten to

unbusinesslike }

Owns |

controls
granu- |
perfect right to |

for eggs
cents |

for |
’’there- |
grades

Travelers’ Time Tables.

CHICAGO and West —_ R’ y

Going to Chicago.
Ly. G’d Rapids 6:00am 1:25pm *6:30pm #11 ‘30pm
Ar. Chicago. ...12:05pm 6: 50pm 6: 00am 6:25am
Returning ee Chicago.
Ly. Chicago. .. 20am 5:00pm *11:
Ar. G’d R: ipids. : ae 2:40pm 10:40pm *6
To and from Muskegon.
Ly. G’d Rapids . 6:00am 1:2 ):30pm
Ar. G’d Rapids. .. -11:30am 5:15pm 10: 10pm
Traverse City, Charlevoix and Petoskey .
Lv. G’d Rapids.. .-.*8:00am 1:00pm 11:00pm
a Manistee r

 

1

 

5pm
30am

 

  

2:55pm

 

 

Traverse Oity. 20pm 4:50pm 4:00am
he Charlevoix 3:50pm 6:30pm 6:30am
Ar. Petoskey... : "4:20pm 6:55pm 7:00am

Trains arrive from north at5:30a.1n. 11:45a.m.,

1:00p.m., *1:30p.m.

PARLOR AND SLEEPING CARS.

Parlor Cars leave Grand Rapids 6:00a.m.,

; leave Chicago 7:20 a m., 5:00 p.m
s leave Grand Rapids *11:30 p.n.;

é 11:45 p.m.
*Every day. Othe

   

   

srs week days only.

 

 

D ET ROIT, Lansing & ates oe

Going to Detroit.

 

 

  
 

 

Ly. Grand Rapids 7:00am 1:20pm 5:25pm
Ar. Detroit 11:40am 5:30pm 10:10pm
Returning from Detroit.

Lv. Detroit. 40am 1:10pm 6:00pm
Ar. Grand Rapids 12 4@pm 5:2 2upm 1 :45pm
Saginaw, Alma seg St. Louis.

Ly. G R 7:40am 5:00pm G R 11:35am 10:45pm
To and ions ‘Lowell.

Ly. Grand Rapids......7:.am i:2ipm 5:25pm
Ar. from Lowell. 12:40pm 5:20pm '

SERVICE.

THROUGH CAR
Parlor cars on allt
ids and Detroit. Parlor cz

 

be twee n Grand Rap-
uw On morn-

    

 

 

 

 

 

ing train. Trains week days o1
L. M. Fuuier, Chief Clerk, Pass. Dep’

_MIGHIGAN ( ===
| “Tse Niagara Falls Route.’’
Arrive Depart
| Detroit Express .......___. 10:20pm +:00am
j}*Atlantie Express..... ... 6:008m 11:20pm

New York Express...... ll:45am 6:00pm

* Daily All others daily ‘ept Sunday

the core. His influence on the trade is
ivile and pernicious and every square
dealer is damaged thereby. No influ-
ence can be brought to bear to check
his reckless manner of conducting his
busimess. fle is the ‘off horse’ im
every community, and = our organiza- }
tions and legitimate trade interests have
no restraining influence over him. He|
jis the Aaron who forges the golden calf
for malcontents and pirates of the trade
| who bow the knee to worship with Pi-
late or Barrabbas. No system of educa-
tion can bring him into line or stay his

and, when we stopped again, it was at
the home of a genuine peach-grower. |
There were peaches to right of us, |
peaches to left of us, peaches around |
jus; and as far as the eye could look in
either direction it was limited in its}
range by the green foliage of ‘‘the em-
erald peach’’-emerald no longer, for

| the

the sun was even then at work,
green to a comely red.
Think of an orchard of ninety acres
. ach trees, bending zlmost every
one of them with fruit burde ns until the
branches reach the ground! The weight
of many of them was too great and_ the
boughs were split or broken with it.

turning

of

| Five or six men were at work and little
|

farm-dotted } ;
| which a tree was stripped of
|! had fancied I had seen peaches and a

| have

The sun was hot. -good) corn

but the grass was green and cool, and |
the wind from the ripening fruit laid |
its peach-scented palms upon my face |
and so greeted me upon my first Country |
outl for over a twelve month. Still? |
There was nothing astir but the wind;
and so light was its tread, that the grass |

only bent beneath its passing footstep.
The locust that likes to stab the silence
of the August noon with its sharp sound
had gone to sleep and the dunes) which
the winds have made from the shifting
sands lay basking in the - sun, bare-
ly protec ted from its ams by the]
scanty covering of the s¢ oie red grass |
and burweed. It was a typical August}

driver of a passing
milk wagon asked me if I would. ride,
I forgot about the royal independence
of a private conveyance and concluded,
in spite of the Psalmist, to put.
in the strlength of the milkman’s

day ; and when the

horse.

1

|
| star

| be the watchword ;

A few minutes later found me at. the
well, with a glass of its dripping cool-
ness, and then, with the stains of the
dusty road removed, the business of the
afternoon began. |
The vinevard ot Mr. Munson first |
claimed the attention; and while the |
vines, to my untrained eyes, looked
heavy with the abundant clusters, the
frost had already materially lessened the
promise of early spring, while the hail
of a recent storm had in some places
made the crop still smaller. It is evi-
dent that there are lively times when the
grape harvest begins. Here was the
room ready even now for the packers.

Over head the baskets are stored for the
coming *' season,

lull which

the signs of that portentious

>? and on all sides were

isteps backward shot be taken—a
my trust | steps backward should be en

ward movement all along the line should |

less than magic was the

speed with
its. fruit.

delusion. I

experience
might
too,

Say,

peach orchard. It was a
had up yposed that my past
would warrant any statement |
make, however extravagant. That,
was a delusion; and | will simply
in conclusion, that I know a little some-
thing about peaches, but not much; I
have in my time consumed a few; I
walked over a_ part of a ninety-
acre peach farm; but the man who wants
to get a good idea of the peach must go to
the peach orchards, as | have and look
and oak aud keep his tongue still!
OCCASIONAL.
—
The Off Horse in Trade.

In these days of combined business
interests and unity of action,
principles should be the
the | light toward

life’s barque be

trade guiding
which

No

acon

should guided,

yer, in the
desideratum, the
and appears the
element, the unknown
life’s pleasures and

such a desirable

horse’’ ever always
disturbing
to

business relations.

one
quantity mar
Trade Interests
trade journals have no influence in keep-
in line. He knows
about business
interests than all
of the retail
runs his own business, buys

Committees on or

ing the ‘‘off horse’’
his line——he
principles and trade
the combined teachings
trade. He
as he chooses and sells as he_ pleases,
and no effort of the trade can draw
charm or harness his un-

» knows more

within its

legitimate |

 

for- j

face of |
"ott |

him |

reckless course in business.
the

shyste rs in the

the cancers in trade,
the

€rs are

in business, commun-

sell on an honorable system, ignoring |
the shyster and tramp dealer the *‘ off
horse’? in trade and business.

The world moves, the masses are|
reading and are being educated. No

asks or

goods to he

intelligent community
at this late date for
simply for love or fun.

expects

pects business to be done for profit) and

gain, and he who caters to the credulity

of a gaping crowd reckons without his |

host. Double dealing and recklessness
will soon rele ‘gate the shyster to the rear
of the procession, while the square,
upright, legitimate dealer will have the
respect of his fellows, the ap proval of
the good and true and, in the fi
oning, will be pall bearers for that con-

summate jackass the ‘‘off horse’’ in
rade.
J. V. CRANDALL.
Sand Lake, Mich.
-ee

The pack of salmon -for this season
in Northern British Columbia is 174,000
cases by sixteen canner
ooo cases last year by twelve canneries.
The great incre in this industry
that locality is attributed to the fact that
the seals which prey on the salmon are
rapidly becoming extinct.

Of the $6,000,000 Samuel J. Tilden
left for the foundation of the New
Public Library, about one-half
realized for the purpose, the
being sacrificed by a compromise with
the contesting heirs of the rest of the es-
tate,

cS,

ase in

will

Such deal- |

leeches |

ity. Sooner or later they are pushed to
the wall and the red flag of the sheriff
or auctioneer floats over the doors. of
their places of business. Their mem-
ory is a stench, sweetened only by the}
thought that they have gone to fill the
ranks swollen by the fool-killer, whose |
lepitaph is mene tekel--weighed in the}
balance and found wanting.

There is left but one course for the
legitimate dealer to pursue to buy and

  

Sleeping cars
from Detroit. Parlor cars
7:00a. mm. , reaching Detroit

run on trains to and

    

 
      

ing, uve Detroit 4:35p.m.,
Rapids 10:20p.m. Direct communication made
at De troit with all through tr $ east over the
Michigan Central Railroad (| ada Southern
Division.) A. ALagurer, Ticket Age

Union Passenger Sti ition.

 

 

Grand Hayen &
Milwaukee Railway

DETROI

tNo. 14
Ly. Gd Rapids.6:45am
Ar. Ionia 7:40am

Eastward.
t+No. 16

+No. 18

*NO. 82

  
   

 

254m

 

 

 

 

    

 

Ar. St. Johns. .§:25am 5:20pm = 1:
Ar. Owosso. . ( 6:05pm 3:10am
| Ar. E. Saginay 8:00pm 6:40am
Ar. Bay City 8:37pm 7:15am
Ay. Wit... | 7:05pm 5:40am
Ar. Pt. Huron 8 opm 7:20am
Ar. Pontiac 8: 5
Ar. Detroit é 708 9 7
‘Westward.
For Gd Haven and Intermediate Pts 8:40ana
For G’d Haven and Mus skey gon. 1:00pm
For G’d Haven, Milwauk« 1 a: )
For Gd Haven, Milwaukee : h
For G’d Haven and Milwaukee 10 0
tDuily except S nd ily. Trains
| from the east, 6:35a.m. Y , 20D. Tn.
p.m. Trains ar from the west, 6:4ua.m., 8:15
a.m., 10:10a.m.,3:15p.m., 7:05p m

handled |
Civilization ex- |

   

   

Eastward—No. 14 ha
car. No. 38 Parlorear. |
Westward—-No. 11 Par
| Parlor Buffet car.
JAS. ¢

  

AMPBELL, City T

 

 

GRAND Rapids & hii”
Pp

Northern Div.

    

 

Arrive

Trav. Cy., Petoskey & Mack, t7:00am t+ 5:15pm

Trav. Cy., Petoskey & Mack 8:00am *10:00pm

Traverse City i) ) 11:30am

| Saginaw +11:00pm
Petoskey and Mackinaw )

nal reck- |

 

    

     

7:00am 1 has through cars
8:00a.m. train has parlorcars for Ma
p-m. train has parlor car for Trave 10:45
| p.m. train has sleeping cars for und
Mackinaw.
Southern Div.
Arrive

| 10:15p.m. t
against 130, - |
| Ly.

York |
be |
remainder |

 

   
 
  

in., Ft. Wayne & Kalamazoo.t+ 7
)

m
. Wayne & Kalamazoo :0O0pm

 

, Ft. Wayne & Kalamazoo.*10:15pm
MAZOO ....-.-- a + 6:00pm +9: 20am
a.m. train has parlor car to Cincinnati.

ain has sleeping cars to Cincin
sand Louisville.
Chicago Trains.
Gd Rapids .*7:2am té
Ar. Chicago ‘ 2:40pm
2:00p.m train has through coach. 10: 15 p.m
train has through coach and sleeping car.
Ly. Chicago .-.-fo:00am 13:00pm *11:30pm
Ar. G'd Rapids 2:15pm 15pm 6:50am
3:00p.m. train has through coac I 1d 11:30p.m.
has through coach and sleepi c
Muskegon vie.

 

Indi

anapoli

 

pm

9:05pm

a
7:10am

   

 

 

 

  
 
  

    
 

 

 

Lv G’d Rapdisti 1:00pm 78:30am +5:40pm
Ar Muskegon..8 2:10pm 9:55: 7:05pm
Lv Muskegon.*9:(8amt12:05pm +6 Opn m +4: 05pm
| Ar G’d Rapids10 1:15pm 7 5:20pm

‘Sanday only.

} +tExcept Sunday. *Daily. y
| A. ALMQUIST, C. L. Lockwoop,

Ticket Agt. Un. Sta. Gen. Pass. & Tkt. Agt.

 

ee

aptera meee

 

18

 

THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

 

 

MEN OF MARK.

Heman G. Barlow, Secretary of the
Olney & Judson Grocer Co.

There may be a question about the

truth of the statement that a man is the

creature of circumstances, but there has

never been a doubt in my mind _ that
natural surroundings have much to do
with the human life brought up under
such intluences.

William Tell may or may not be the

      

myth a modern iconoclast has asserted,
but, admitting all that was claimed for
him--his love of liberty and his manly
independence he cou 1 no more help

playing the part he did in Switzerland’s

 

historical drama than he could help
breathing the air that the Alps sent
down to him from. their bonnets of
never-melting snow. That may be an
extreme example, but ina less degree
the same is true of every one of us,
The boy, prairie born, and of the

same blood as his cousin whose home is

among the rocky hills, will show when
they are together the influences of the
plain; and he of the hills will tell in
numberless ways what the rocks have
done to fashion the life committed to
their care.

I thought of this when writing the

 

name of Rockton, an Ontario. village,

where Mr. Barlow was born one day in
March hal

when the half of the centurv’s

  

course was run, and | wondered if
when the brief interview was over, |
| - and there, a uch of
id anything to suggest

stones’’ which had

him there. The eld-

n children :m i

easy to understand why he might early
be called upon to render a helping hand
in that numerous household and why his

school days ended when he
old.

The links in the ch:

Was 12 years

uin of his mercan-

 

tile career are soon noted. When the
time came for ‘‘all work,’’ he found his
way to Grand Rapids, where he was
first employed by Berkey Bros. in their
furniture factory. Then Buddington &

   

Turnham, retail furniture dealers, en-
| for a year or two,after which

s hand to something in. the

line of pailmaking in the establishment
of Hon. C. C. Comstock. At that time
he decided to take a course in’ book-
keeping and he devoted six months. to
mastering that attainment at Swens-
berg’s Commercial College. Ready now

for the serious work of life, he struck

the center of the city at Grab Corners
bad name that for trading

and began there his book-

a house!

 

keeping Career

in the old grocery house of Crawford
Bros. Cody & Olney then wanted him

this was about 1872. and they contin-
ued to want him for seventeen years
although two years inthe meantime
were devoted to the service of lohn
Caulfield and C. W. Jennings. Shortly
after the organization of the Olney &
Judson Grocer Co., Mr. Barlow ‘pur-
chased an interest in the concern and

]

was elected a director and, later, Sec-
he |

retary. In this position yrought to
bear all the valuable experience he had
gained during his seventeen years’ con-

nection with the wholesale grocery trade |
(on the strength of which claims to
be the oldest in point of experience of
any one now connected with the whole- |
sale grocery trade of this market), and |

 

to his devotion and experience are due,

inno small degree,

the rapid strides

that house has taken in forging its way

to the front. Mr. Barlow is alsoa stock-
holder and director in the Reeder Bros.

Shoe Co., a director in the Grand Rap-

 

ids Mutual Building & Loan
tion and a half owner of
the
binding establishment in the State.
Mr. Barlow was married March
1371, to Miss Rm Elall
children have b the union,
one of whom survives —Miss Julia

charitable

Barlow Bros.,

most prosperous and _— successful

20,
Julia Three
iced

only

   

who

is well-known tn social, and
society circles.

While emploved as shipping clerk for
Cody & Olney, Mir.
and had patented the
1

Barlow originated
manifold

of

Barlow

shipping book, which has been one
the best money-making devices of the
are. }
**How did you happen to do it?”’ was |
the abrupt question.
‘‘Why, it was one of those things
which have to be done by somebody,

he

never meant to do anything of the kind

and [ suppose I was the one to do it. I

 

ang it was a sort o
mother-oi-invention affoir all arou
|

|

|

|

|

 

 

 

something

 

li have ¢g and happened
to hit on that. [It answered my purpose
and one or two. other shipping clerks
saw it and liked it; and, finally, some-
one asked me why I didn’t get a_ pat-
ent This I finally did, and. the
books are now in use in all parts of the

country. It is turning out profitably,
but I don’t claim any great credit for it.
{ couldn’t help it. If I hadn't done it,
somebody else probably would. ’’

d t
That is what Sir Isaac Newton said in
An

him on the head, exactly as it

 

announcing one of his discoveries.
}

apple hit

had been hitting men since apples began
to fall the
Sir Isaac who caught from that circum-

the the falling

in garden of Eden, but it was

stance idea of law of
bodies.

*' Do vou belong to any social organl-
zation?’

‘Yes, one. It
and when,

cx lusive
at night, |
office for 279 Lyon street, the

iS very

home ; leave my
of
when
little of

doors

hat club house swing open

world

t to me
I reach them and the

sees

 

 

: |
Associa- |

 

prise to be told: “I like hills, in the

first place. Theair is better there, and

when down town it is dead and hardly
worth breathing, a whiff of the air on
the higher elevation puts new life into

the being that breathes it. Yes,

me the hills. It may be hard sometimes |

to climb them, but a man is all the bet
ter when he reaches the top.’

They who have followed me so fai

have not failed to notice that Mr. Bar-
low has made but a_ single move. He
came from Rockton at the age of 12 to

Grand Rapids, and has been here ever

since. There have been changes from

one position to another, but these have
the
every move bringing the climber nearer
the top. What of it? He

been made on same ladder, with

Only this:

learned a lesson from the rocks before
he left them. He saw that the moss
i gatherers were not the stones that the

necessity-is-the- | quail and the chipmunk dodged, but the

|rocks that cling to the spot where Na-

jture planted them. It was a useful les- |
{son for the young life to learn, and
while he may repeat the proverb of the
rolling stone and the moss, if asked
how it happened that he made but a
single move, the rocks at Rockton will

}ence of early surroundings upon human |

 

}a boy he frequently accompanied

the foundation of the answer, and
they strengthen the theory of the influ-

be

a

life and character.

The next idea is pure conjecture
they who know Mr. Barlow must deci
whether it be wholly

wrong. Granting

that the man who comes to a place and
stays and builds his house on the hilltop
does so because the rocks and the hills of

the long ago so persuade him, does
further still? I think
If Hugh Miller was
ks that they him
peace until he found imprinted
them the ‘‘footprints of the
why the same spirit

influence go
does.

by the

so)
roc yave ho
upon
Creator, ”’
I Sscc no reason
should not leave such an impression up-
on a child as to give bent to
Mr. Barlow makes
claim, I believe, to being a scientist, |
think I am right in the statement that
the best are scientific
rather than historical or those based

his. read-

ing; and while no

books he loves

on
tiction.

We need not carry this study further.

Theory and reasoning alike may be
illogical; but in the realm of fact, if
our surroundings early in life, or later,

us to realize, as Mr.
Barlow has done, the truth that
does not roll

be

will only enable

a stone
gathers
to defective
theory and look with complacency upon

which
shall

moss, we

reconciled our
the abundant moss which a logical prac-
tice has realized.
>37o>
Luther Lafiin Mills, the
criminal lawyer, says that when he was

Chicago

his

father, who was a wholesale merchant,

on collecting tours through the North-
west. They had to travel by wagon,
and as the father would have large

sums of money about him it was often

a problem where they could safely put
up for the night. ‘My boy,’’ the old
man used to say, **it 1s safe to stay ata
house where there are flowers in the

me until another day begins. ’’
Past ‘se portals the Tradesman. is |
conscious that it has no right, uninvit-

ied, to go; but as the doors are seen to
of the

it is no betraval of

im <a

open, and a glimpse
cheery home within,

 

confidence to devel the flash light

enough, at least, strengthen the
theory that early surroundings make
;themselves manifest whenever and

wherever opportunity offers.

| It would not be necessary, for exam-
ple, to go far for a reason for locating
|this home on the hilltop; and if ques-
| tioned why, it would occasion _ho. sur-

 

a
window.

give |

- and |

}
de}

it |
haunted |

Mason Fruit Jars

 

We quote for immediate orders the following
prices: packed one dozen in box, each jar in
sep rate compartments. Price subject to change.
No charge for box or cartage.

Per Gross.
; Pints. wide mouth.
| Quarts, wide mouth
Half gallons, wide mouth.... .
packed in straw as before, 50 cents |

gross less.

 

 

 

Extra caps and rubbers $3.50
Rubber rings for Mason jars 30
Mail orders direct to
a GRAND
H. Leonard & Sons, SSS.

 

| ' Architect
| John Brechting “tts
Grand Rapids.
Continued from last week)
as his neighbor, who had an ar
chitect and had a number of con
tractors give him prices. Now

 
 

let us cc mpare the buildings:
tice the height of foundation
above grade line on both build-
ings. The usual case is that the
con rae or building has but one

course, while the other tus three. (
Then notice the ‘water table”
finish. Has the contractor any
on his bnilding and is there any
windows
Then no-
d porch
finish and look about you and see

ho

| finish at the top of

called ‘belt
the

cour-e>"
tice gable finish a
if you cannot see the same pat-
tern on some other house which
this carpenter built forits pattern.
To be continued)
Anybody having any question
to ask on this subject will
cheerfully answered.

oa aes DaD
Morgan & Co.

Manufacturers of

AWNINGS, TENTS,

FLAGS AND CANVAS COVERS
YACHT SAILS A SPECIALTY

187 Jefferson Avenue
DETROIT, Sich.

L.G. Dunton & Co.

WILL BUY ALL KINDS OF

LUMBER-Green or Dry

Office and Yard —Seventh St. and C. & W.M.R.R.
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

PECK’

Pay the Best Profit.

 

 

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Headache
souree Wafers

Supplied by All
WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS.

Handled by all Jobbers.

 

Prepared by

C. N. GHENT & CO., Pharmacists

 

 

 

 

 

 

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WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT. Morphis SP&W! 16@190 Si a — oe @
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Boracic. / a 15 | BXecntpitos 1 O@ 1D Le | Pie
Carbolicum mq gz | Erigeron. 1 0G 1 Tinctures | Picis Liq 1
Citricum Ha Gaultheria 1 Ha. 1 «&) | ACOnitum Napelli 60 '
Hydroehlor x, | Geranium.ounce a 7%| Aconitum Napell 50) | I '
Nitrocum wn 12 ii, Sem. gal w@ 70 nme 60! Pi
Oxalicum We 12 1 257, 1 49 | Aloes and Myrrh 60} P 5 =
Phosphorium, dil a wie i 1 Bua 2 30 | Piper N i
Salicylicum. axe 65) Lavendula -@ 2 00 501 Pir
Sulphuricum 1@ 5 | Limonis 1 1 4 60} Pi
Tannicum 1 40@. 1 60 | Mentha Piper . 22m 200) = 5301 Pl
Tartaricum...... ax, 35} Mentha Verid 4 ae 200 oin at Pia
Mor use. gal 1 why ‘ izoin Co yi I
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Ammonia ounce... 7 3) Barosma 50
Aqua, 16 deg 17 6 i War 3.00 7 "
Aqua, 20 deg.... “a 8} Picis Liquida | Wu 12 O > \ i. \
Carbonas 12 14} Picis Liquida, gal 35 Ti € 2 / or [ e
Chloridum 1a 14 | Ricina RS, OG 7 | ¢ % i a p i
Aniline ~aaroygelero @ 100 00} ¢ : mr) = AK
. | Rose, ounce 6 5O@ 8 5O 50} 1 ‘inetorum 7 ‘ Varnishes
ens 9 Vm 2 9 aS rum , 8 shes
—— oo ou © — | Secemi 17 15 50) | SaccharumLactis pv » O0r a | No.17 ‘ "
rown .... . 80@ 10)! Sabina 0 1 00 60! Sa 1 gs o cbt :
Red in pee ee i 147 0 | Sontal 2 =m 7 oO =o! Sa at a et é s y ] f 0
Yalow. ....._...... = on 3 00 | Sassafras 50GB =| Sa \\ : Lu i 2
Bacce. Sinapis, ess., ounec a & 50 | Sapo. M on a pis a
Cupese........p0.0 Ma % Tig! : @ 100 ' 30 | 5a G 60 65 ane ~ >
Juniperas..:....... wa, 10) Lbyme .: - 10a, AO al i
Manthoxylum.. .... S@ 301 oe opt » 1 60 0 :
: ; :heobromas : Ly 20 oa
Balsamum ea ={)
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Copatha. ...... @ 50 Bil u 60
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Peru. , : De Oe ee ; HHPH PPP HOND 9 A vn? ’ ’ 99 ? q 99 ) )
Terabin, Canada.... 45 50 : ew 13@ «©6115 | Guiaea ammon 5) Qe \ | | | . |
Touten........ . oie 5 | wromide . H@, 48 mus | eo
Cort See De 15 ~z | ‘
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Abies, Canadian 18 | Cyanide Wm 5d d
Cassiz 12 | lodide > Oy > : eG 4
assiz en ewee oes 2 aaa _. 2 0a x 50| a ‘
Cinch 1 Flava : 18 | Potassa, Bitart. pure D4 4; rh. aay | ea e
Euonymus atropurp 30 | Potassa, Bitart. com a wb ux Vomica 50 | e- t
Myrica Cerifera, po 21] Potass Nitras, opt. Xa 10 i a :
r s Virgi 2/1 Potass Nitras.... ~( a} ¢ i cu ion te oS ‘
runu irgini. 12 tass Nitras. . G 9) Ovil, camphorat ») a—
Quillaia, grd 10 | Prussiate 27 ®8| Opii, deodorize : 1 30
Sagsafras...... . 12 | Sulphate po 1 Is | Quassia a =) e
Ulmus...po. 15, gr’d 15 | Radix ‘ 0) ea &
Extractum | Aeoaity 0) eo
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Glycyrrhiza Glabra. 234@ 25 | Althe =) , i
Glycyrrhiza, po... 33@, 35] Anchusa a 80
Hematox, 15 lb box W@ 12} Arum po a 60 eo ;
Hematox, Is sa 14 | Calamus 2007 mr eo
Hematox,'4s........ U4@ 15] Gentiana Si te }
Hematox, 14s 16a 17} oro ‘ 160 on oe e
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Citrate Soluble. : 80} Ipecac. po 1 300. I 10 | ee
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Avetea ... 4. ; Ize : as a 8 a 7
Anthemis _. 18a Ss Se | Ba tilead Bud 3G | oo
Matricaria .........- ING —— pon B th S_N 1 20@ 1 30] @&—
Folia ‘officinalis a 5 = | : B he > ok a “¢ “~
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Cassia Acutifol, Tin rode 10% Ca =
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Cassia Acuti ci 261 das, po........ @ 351 ¢: . fo, — | a
Salvia officinali | oe ina,En ( mei ea St 3, ) | we I t 1 yrusand
and 14s 20 | Valeriana, German ne, WiC
Ura Ursi. 10 | Zin IN Mie -
Gummi | Zi 1 M1 C ae
Acacia, ist picked 7, 60] — ey | oe
Acacia, 2d picked a to} Anisum po. 20 15 eo ces.
Acacia, 3d picked a . 16) 1 7 f
Acacia, sifted sorts ( 20 | 6] = ee
Acacia, po. . ea ss Is Bt, bee eo
Aloe, Barb. po.20@28 Ma 18| 1 251 oy 0 Sie
Aloe, Cape po. 15 a 2} 14] oy tase a ae
Aloe, nag po. 60 ae 5 o eC ‘ e 35 ea ° i
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Benzoinum DOT 5 OG. 5 ee
Catechu, 1s. a | aS rs
Catechu, 4s. a 14 0 Oo) ee
Catechu, } ! 16 344 a a Sd -
Camphorz 5a 60 ; Z g : eae a
Euphorbium.. po. 35 a 10 5 é jo L i =
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GROCERY PRICE CURRENT.

The prices quoted in this list are for thetrade only, in such qui intities as are usually purchased by retail

dealers.

possible to give quotations suitable for
erage prices for average conditions of purchase.
those who have poor credit.

all conditions of

purchase,

our aim to make this feature of the greatest possible use to dealers.

 

AXLE GREASE

 

 

 

 

 

7 Bulk 5 |

Aurora Bi Red 7

Castor Oil. 60 i 00 ieee

Diamond AO 5 50 CHOCOLATE.

Wrazer’s : — ooo Baker's

Mic 60 8 00) German Sweet pa

Paragon a) 6 00 : remium . 37

: y fast Coce 45
BAKING POWDER. | Pxtet tt Cores |
Acme. CLOTHES LINES. |
144 Ib cans 3 doz. 45 ee ee ee = 2 : % |
. Ib eans 3 doz. wD Oo ton, Of ; per doz lo |
1 lbecans 1 doz. 1 09 | Cotton, 60 ft, per doz ..1 35]
Bulk. ; 10 | ( otton, 70 ft, per doz.... 1 55 |
a Cotton. 80 ft, per doz 195 | Peerless evaporited cream.5 75
Arctic. -- | Jute, @ft, per doz 80 s
ly Ib cans : = case = Jute, 72 ft, per doz.. 95 COUPON noor>.
ib cans oz case i che a
|” a came 2 den cone > 00 CLOTHES PINS.
5 Ib ease 1 doz case 9 00 | 5 eross boxes.... 10
Red Star. COFFEE.
14 lb cans. - 40 Green
b cans rf) Baa
2 io.
: tb ecans 1 40 Pair 7 18
Van Anrooy’s a. | Good 19
14 lb cans 6 doz case.. 8d Prime ee 21
2 Ib cans 4 doz case Nia jessy = “Tradesman.”
! Ib eans 2 doz case.. 25 | Peaberry . 23 # 1 books. per 100 > 00
Telfer’s : Santos. #2 books, per 100 2 50
ly Ib cans doz.... 45 | Fair : 19 # 3 books, per 100 3 00
1, Ib cans doz gr Good : -... 0018 & books, per 100 3 00
1 Ibeans doz 1 50 | Prime . . aoe #10 books, per 100 100
Our Leader | Peaberry . 23 | £20 books. per 100 5 00
1¢ Ib cans. A Mexican and Guatamata. i ‘‘Superior.”’
; ™ cans. = A ‘eaasl =!'| $ 1 books, per 100 2 50
i Ib cans. ; 51 | 8 2 books, ;er 100 2 00
Fancy oo 2 > : :
| ' $ 3 books. per 100 ; we
BATH BRECK. Maracaibo. #5 books per 100 1 00
2 dozen in case. _, | Prime i. 23) $10 books. per 100 » OO
a ‘0 | Milled . 24] 20 hooks. per 100 6 00
English. SO Jav i
ava.
BLUING. | Interi r =
Gross | Private Growth a

Arctie 4 oz ovals.. 3 60] Mandehling.... 2s

Arctic 8 oz ovals...... 6 % | N
.. | Me -

Arcti¢ pints round #0 | Imitation — 2 es ion,

Arctic No. 2 sifting box.... 2 | a ranian & | £1 books. per 100 3.00

Arctie No. 3 sifting box . 400] 29) ook« per 00 3 50

Arctic No. 5 sifting box.. .. 8 00} Roasted. § 3 books. er 100... 100

Areti¢ 1 oz ball. : 4 50 | To aseertain cost of roasted | g 5 books. per 100 5 00

Mexican liquid 4 oz. 3 60 | coffee, add ‘se per lb, for romst- | s19 books. per 100 6 00

Mexican liquid 8 oz. 6 80 | ing and 15 percent. for shrink | $9 books, per 100 "= 00

BROOMS. | age. / Above pr ces on Coupon books

No. 1 Carpet. » 20] 4 : Package. ok a are subject to the following

No. 2 200) _ c : ' — on qvantity discounts:

No. r i: 200 books or over 5 per cent

No.4C arpet 1 60 | 500 books or over...10 per cent

Parlor Gem 2 50} Li 1c ff, 1000 books or over. .20 per cent

( ue 10n Whisk 85 ion o ee Coupon Pass Books,

Fancy Whisk.. 1 00 ior inte Can be made to represent any

Warehouse >) | Games now in the pack ages. denomination from #10 down.

CANDLES. 16 Ounces “Net 20 books -: . 00

50 books 2 00

Hotel 40 Ib boxes. --10 Cases 100 /bs.\ 2| 8-10 neces le
~ ar _— boxes.. . ~_ wy 250 boo! s t 25
iraffi : - S : |
i | Cabinets /20/bs. SamePrice | 500 books --10 00)
CANNED Goops. | 9OF Extra for Cabinets. | 1000 books 1 50]

. : | . ae > Credit Checks.

“ane re — = sven bowed eet NeLaughlin’s XXXX. “1 80) 500, any one denom'n 3 00}

egiIn parrive any uan»ntity 5 00}

until about Sept. 1, we have Extract. | oe ee one eee ant

: : : a im .000, any one denom’n 8 00
concluded to deferthe publica- | Valley City 44 gross 75 Steel punch %
tion of full list under this head | Felix % gross tt fe |

untii our issue of Sept. 4. Hummels foil % gross 85 |

CATSUP Hummel’s tin % gross... 1 43 DRIED FRUITS.
Blue Label Brand. DOMESTIC

Half pint Po DOLIIES .. ._... 2% | Anples. r

Pint 25 bottl ss . . 450 ee PP 6

Quart 1 doz. bottles... 3 50 Evaporated ae, sen 74

____ Triumph Brand. . | 100 packages in case 9 00 California Goods.

Half pint per doz.. 135] 60 packages in case 5 & —
eer ln COCOA SHELLS. \ pricots .. R15, 814
rt per do7 > | a9 Ib bar v1, | Blackberries..

CEMENT. Less qui intity 3° | Nectarines i
oie Pound packages 4 Peaches... .... 84 8%
75 i s 14 Ws,
9 OZ Size 12 00 CREAM TARTAR. eae Che errie c. oe
: ST eacae. : B an Siracey pure ............ 30 | Prunnelle :
4iq. Glue.] z 9 601 -Telfer's Absolute, : 30 | | Raspberries... ....
a OE ce DG
Leather Cement, | oe In@ Raisins.
ee 12 00 CONDENSED MILK. Loose Muscatels.
2 oz size 18 00 1 doz. in case. | ee rown.. 3
S rown..
a 5
Rubber Cement. — ui r
| FOREIGN.
> ozsize 12 00 | Currants.
Pairas bbls... . . ex
CHEESE. if Vostizzas 50 lb cases a@2%
a ; 91 | Schuit’s Cleaned.

— ed d z | 25 ib boxes... . (514

sea . giz [50 > boxer....._...- ad

1 yng ll Os | 1 lb packages. @6

Riverside. 91% | Peel.

Gold Medal | Citron Leghorn 25 lb bx 13

Skim 6 a . | | Lemon Les ghorn 25 Ib bx 11

Brick a ii | Orange Leghorn 2% Ib bx 12

Edam .. @1 00 is . Condensed Milk Co.'s | Prunes.

Leiden.. a ty | 25 1b boxes.

Limburger. @ 15 | Gail Borden Eagle.... 7 40 | ¢ talifornia 100-120. 444

Pineapple Sas. ius... .6 25 | California 90-100..... 514

Roquefort. . @ 3 | Daisy ...................... 5 (>| California 9)-90.. 6

Sap Sago @ © | Geampion ................. 250i Calter Doe... : 6%

Se hweitzer, importe 1d @ 24 | Magnolia ..4 2 | California 60-70. oe. iM
Schweitzer,domestic @ 14 ae 3 35 4 cent less in bags

 

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Raisins.
Ondura 29 1b boxes @5'4
Sultana 20 Ib boxes.. 6%,

Valencia 30 1b boxes
FARINACEOUS GOODS.
Farina.

Bulk ‘ : 3
Grits.
Walsh-DeRoo Co.'s > OO
Hominy.

Barrels : >
Flake, 50 lb. drums.... 13
Lima Beans.

Dried 6

Maccaroni and Verasivetl.

Domestic. 10 1b. box 60
imported, 25 lb. boX 2 50
Pearl Barley.

Empire -. 314
Chester 215
Peas.

Green, bu oa 1 5
split, per Ib i 2%
Rolled Oats.

bbl
46 bbl

Schumacher,
Schumacher,
Monarch, bbl
Monarch, %% bbl
Quaker, Gases
Oven Baked
Lakeside

to we

Sago.
German 4 4
Fast India . 315
Wheat.
Cracked, bulk.... 3
242 1b packages..... 2

FISH.

Cod.
Georges cured..
Georges genuine.
Georges selected.....
Strips or bricks.. 6

Halibut.
Smoked . 11

a.
Holland white hoops keg
Holland white are | bbl.
Norweemn... ....
Round 100 lbs _.... 2
Round Sips............. 3
Seated... ...
Mackerel.
No. 1 100 lbs
Ne. lt @iee.......
No.1 10 Ibs oe _'
No. 2 100 lbs . :
No.2 4 lbs
No.2 i0lbs
Family 90 lbs
Family 10 lbs
Sardines. |
; Russian kegs....-. x
rout.
100 lbs Lae 4:
1

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No. I
No. 1
| No. 1
i No. 1

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3)
5
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Whitefish.
| No 1 No.
j oe 8s
| 70 1
3

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40)

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7 2
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FLAVORING EXTRACTS.

Souders’.
Oval bo'tle,
the

corkserew.
for the

with

Best in world

| money.

Regular
Grade
Lemon.

 

   
     
      

202
1 0z

Regular
Vanilla.
i doz
= 2o8,.....3
h| 4.02 2 40

XX Grade
Lemon.

LLEGAN?
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ReweoveEh Pact |
DAYTON. 0,5)
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mm 2 O8...... 1 50
A | tos......3 ©
| XX Grade

Vanilla.

cos......1
: 402 .-3 3
Jennings.

Lemon V anilla
oz regular panel.. 75 20
4 oz regular panel..1 5 2 00)
6 oz regular panel x 3 00 |
No. 3 taper. ae OO]
No. 4 Taper...... 2 50

 
 

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Hops .. SG
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Rifle aiausaby
Kegs . oe
Half Ke: gs

| QuarterKegs
111b ecans..
14 lb cans

They are prepared just before going to press and are an accurate index of the local market.
and those below are given as representing av-
Cash buyers or those of strong credit “usually buy closer than
Subscribers are earnestly requested to point out any errors or omissions, as it is

a

Choke Bore Dupont’s s.

Kegs
Half Kegs
Qui irter Kegs...
1] lb eans

Sante Duck men's

  
 

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Quarte De 2S
1 lbeans. :
INDIGO.
M: ud ras 5 lb boxes
S. £2, "3 and 5 5 lb boxes
JELLY.
i ID paiis.....
17 1b pails
30 1b pails
LYE.
Condensed, 2 doz
Condensed, 4 duz
| LICORICE.
Pure :
Calabria
Sicily
Root..

MINCE MEAT.

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| Mince meat, 3 doz in case
Pie Prep. 3 doz in case...
MATCHES.

Columbia Parlor.
XXX Sulphur.

No. 9 sulphur..

ay hor Parlor..

No.2 Home...

1B xport Parlor.

MOLASSES.

| Blackstrap.
Sugar house

Cuba ae.

Ordinary
| Porto Rico.
Prime ...
Pam
New Orleans.
‘Par...
| Good....
Extra good.
Choice
Fancy ..
Half-barrels s3ee xtr: a
OIL CANS.
Crystal valve, per doz..
Crystal valve, per
PICKLES.
Medium.
Barrels, 1,200 count.
Half bbls, 600 count
Small.
Barrels, 2,400 count.
Half bbis, 1,200 count

gross

PIPES.
Clay, No. 216. . .
Clay, T. D. full count
Cob, No. 3.. oe
POTASH.

48 cans in case.
Babbitt’s......
Penna Salt Co.’s.

RICE.
Domestic.

GCarciina bead...........,..

Carolina o.1....
Carolina No. 2
Broken...

Japan, No.1.
Japan, No.2...
gava, No.f....
re,
Patna ...

SAL SODA.
| Granulated, bbls........
Granulated. 100 lb cases
Lump. bbls.....
| Lump, 1451b kegs.

Di: cee Match Co.’s brands.

Columbia Match Co.’s br ~

1 00
1 65
aw
I i9
-4 00

10@12

12@14

|
20 |
30

SEEDS.
Anise .. ;
Canary, Smy rpa
Caraway
Cardamon, Malabar

Hemp, Russian
Mixed Bird.

 

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Mustard, white 3
Poppy toes le 8
cave ......... t
Cuttle Bone...... 20
SYRUPS
Corn.

Barrels... . ue 18
Half bbls... : 20
Pure Cane.
wale ee ened 16
Good . —- 20
Choice . ae 2
SPICES.

Whole Sifted.
Allspice 9%
Cassia, C hina in mats i 9%
Cassia, Batavia in bund....15
Cassia, Saigon in rolls. 32
Cloves, Amboyna...........22
Cloves, Zanzibar.... 1144
Mace, Batavia. 70
Nutmegs, fancy 65
Nutmogs, NO. t...... 60
Nutmegs, No. 2.. -. a.
Pepper, Singapore, black...10
Pepper, Singapore, white... .20
Pepper, shot 16
Pure Ground in Bulk.
Allspic e ' ..
Cassia, Batavia . i 18
Cassia, Batavia and S#igon 25
Cassia, Saizon.. ...... 35
Cloves, Amboyna... 22
Cloves, Zanzibar 18
Ginger, African 16
Ginger, Cochin.. ”)

Jamaica
Batayi ..

Ginger
Mace

Must: urd, Eng. and Trie ste.

Mustard, Trieste.
Nutmegs, No. 2.
Pepper, Singapore,

 

 

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Pepper, Singapore, white. .%
Pepper, Cayenne........ _.. 20
| Sage . ‘ 20
“Absolute” in pone ony
4s 168
Alispiee |... .. oe 1 S&S
Anema. 3... 84 155
ae 4 15
Ginger, Jamaica........68 | &
Ginger, African........6% & 55
Mustard... a is
Pepper So! 13
Sage... 4

STARCH.
Kingsford’s Corn.

 

| 20 1-lb packages 6%

; 401 Ib packages ; 614

| Kingsford’s Silver Gloss.

| 40 1-lb packages 634
Gib bOKeS .... 74

| Common Corn.

| 20-lb boxes. 534

[oe Ootee.. 5%

Sammeaie Gloss.

| 1-lb packages 5

|3-lb packages... 5

|6-lb packages... 534

| 40 and 50 1b boxes 334
Barrels 334

SODA.

Boxes i 5!
Kegs, English. 134
SALT.

Diamond Crystal.

Cases, 24 3-lb boxes 1 00
Barrels, @B0lbs...... 2M
Barrels, 115 2% lb bags......4 00

sarrels, 605 ib bags.. 3%

Barrels, 3010 lb bags oo

| Butter, 56 1b bags.. va 65

Butter, 20 14 lb bags.... 3 50

Butter, 280 lb bbls > 50

Butter, 224 1b bbis 2 2

Common Grades.

1003 Ib sacks... - 2 00

C051 cacks.... .... 1 85

38 11-1b sacks...... 1 70
Warsaw.

56-Ib dairy in drill bags 30

28-Ib dairy in drill bags 15
Ashton.

56 lb dairy oe n sacks. 60
ggins.

| 56-lb dairy in st n sacks 60

Solar Rock.
56-lb sacks... se
Common Fine.

Saginaw : Vo)

Manistee ee i
SNUFF.

| Scotch, in bladders......... 37

| Maccaboy, in jars........... 35

| French Rappee, in jars... 43

 

 

 

THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

  

SALERATUS. No. 1 $37 | Cream Bar @, 5
y > | r

Packed 60 lbs. in box. No ett e cee eee eee tee tees 4 37 | Molasses Bar ....... @D0
Chureh’s ao No. > } 37 Hand Made Cre ams 80 «90
Deiand’s 3 15 No. 4 437 | Plain Creams i 60 @R0
Dwight’s 3 30 | No. » 4 31 | Decorated C reams 90
Teavgiors........ 300} No. 6 2 Rock / abo

: No si mons i 125 @mg90

TOBACCOS. No. § reen Berries 60
° oO. 9... ~
' ns. No. 10 Caramels.
Edw. W. Ruhe’s brands. No, No. 1 wrapped, 2 Ib.
Signal Five...... vos ne ++- 28 08) SO +4 | boxes ... @3
; is | ae ei oe xe | N ‘
Mir. Mois Lo 35 00 a 13... | rath appe d, / 51
Johnson's brand | No. 14 : . | No. 2 wrap, « ed, 2 Ib.
TABLE SAUSES. | boxes iS . £28
Lea & Perrin’s, lar
Lea & Perrin’s, sm |
Halford, 'arge | FRUITS.
Halford small |
Salad Dressing, large | 0" ‘dt Sweets, 1508.3 25 @
| Salad Dressing, 3mall | S, 2008 : 350 @
. i | | Rodi and Sorrentos
WASHING POWDER. 160 Imperials.....4 00 @
} 200s 4 oe @
35 00 / | 100s
| in Flats @
“e ai is’ ‘brand AOL esta | Lemons.
Bhat gt 30 00 | 4 | Extra Choice 360

Private brands. | New Verdillis 5 0 @
Quintette ..... --------.-30 00] 100 packages in case 3 35 | Extré Choice  300_

Now rick......../.. 35 08 : |} New Verdillis....5 00 @
SOAP WICKING. } Fancy 300 New Ver-

. | 1 ( Ss 5 5 (

| No. 0, per gross | lilli oa . ow ¢
Laundry. | No. 1. * r gross Fancy 360 Novem! er

Allen B. Wrisley’s bre nds. i'No 2 ; | cot l 550 «
Old Country 80 t-1b Not ne | Extra Fancy 360 6 00
Good Cheer 60 I-lb... 3S 3 | Extra Fancy 300 600 @
White Borax 100 %;-1b 3 6 | B i

i | ananas.

Proctor & Gamble | CRACKERS. A definite price is hard to
eee i ' 6 | | name, as it varies according t
Ivory, 10 oz... an oo The N. Y. Biscuit Co. quotes | size of bunch and quality of
eee 6 Oz eo. 4 00 | as follows: | fruit.

eno one ° ) « 1} or

a } Small bunches 1 0 ati =
Mottled German. 2 Butter. | wc seat Hone ce 2 = 1 ae
Town Talk : 3 } Seymour XXX 544 | Larve bunches im Ga
Dingman brands. | Se your XX%.3lb. carton 6 |
Single box... 2 ily XXX ear | Foreign Dried Conte:
5 box lots, delivered ---2 (XX.31b carton 6 | Fig-, Faney Layers
10 box lots, delivered o i al, | 10 to 16 ibs Wb
Jas. 8. Kirk & Co.’s brands. 3)b carton Gc (fe ih shoice Layers
* * *y 2
American Family, wrp’d...3 33 -. Orb... 13
wiean Mamily ; 2 oO Soda. _,,|_ Cie, Naturals in
American Family, plain 3 27 | anda XXX ai ae i
ie in oa : ‘ UES » 6
UN. K. Fairbank & Co.'s bre ee Soda XXX,3 Ib carton 6 Dates, Fards in 101b
Santa Claus... .. 3 90] Soda, City i boxes / a, 7
Brown, 60 bars = 10] Ub Wafer 10 Dates, Fards in 601b
Brown, 80 bars --..-0 10} Long is and Wafe rs 11 causes 5
Lautz Bros. & Co.’s brands. L. |. Wafers, ! lb carton ke Dates, Persians. G.
Aeme ‘ i 3 65] ' Ovster | Ms 60 Ib cases (a
Cotton Oil... 0 OT | . _ | Dates, Sairs 6 ib
Marseilles. .. / 4 00 | Square Oyster, XXX -- © | eases 314
Master 4 00 | Sq. Oys. XXX. 1 1) carton ;
ual a Furitr Oyster, XXX 6
Thompson & Chute brands. i ' NUTS
| SWEET GOODS. Boxes. '
Animals 10: Almonds, Tarragona p15
| Bent’s Cold Water Lc Almonds Ly: it
Belle Rose & Almonds, California,
Coe mans Tatty 8 soft shelled D12
Coffee Cakes x Brazils new “8
Proated Honey Il Filberts 110
Graham Crackers & Wainuts, Grenob e rit
Ginger Suaps. XXX round. 6 Walnuts, French a
Ginger Snaps. XXX city 6 Walnuts, Calif No. 1 v12
Gin. Snps,X XX home made Walnuts, soft shelled
Gin. Snps. XXX s‘ ulloped 6 ( ie r13

: i Vanilla 8 Table Nuts, fancy O'4
Silver rials 8 Fable Nuts, choice 9
Mono... .. 5 Honey 11 Pecans, Texas H.P... & 12
Savon Improved Molasses Cakes 8 Chestnuts ;
ee hag r : Marshmallow 15 Hie kory Nuts per bu.,

Golden Marshmallow Creams 16 Mich ' a
Economical Pretze Is, han id mi ide s Cocoanuts full sacks 03 6
Henry Passolt’s se Te ae Pretzelettes, tleGerman 6 Butternuts per bu a
Cake Ss Black Walnuts per bu !
I Peanuts.
pier 2 Fancy, H. F.; Game
Squat Cocks a
Wafers 14 i a
Fancy, H. F., Game
Roasted i i
Fancy, H. P., Associa
“ANDIES eo
Fancy, H. P.. Assovia
The Putnam Candy Co. quotes tion Roasted @ 7%
as follows: Choice, H. P., Extras @ 4%
i —e ' Choice, H. P., Extras,
Atlas, 5 in lots, dei.......5 & Stick Candy. Is. pa Roasted » 6
ybIs. pails
Scouring. : : ,
| standard 6 @i a
Sapolio, kitchen, 3 doz % 10 | Standard it. i 6 @i Fish and Oy
Sapolio, hand, 3 doz 2 40) Standard Twist 6 j
« Oat ‘ s yn =e
Gowans & Sons’ Brands. | ©! bo 1 rests Fisis,
. eS | Whitefish 9
Crow eet 3 OU! Extra H. I as Trout : a 8
German F amily as . I Boston Cream - 2% 842 | Black Bass. » 13
American Grocer 100s » 60 | Halibut 13 15
American Grocer 60s 3 05 | Mixed ear. Is. pails | Ciseoes or Hecuine a e
N.G | 3 30 | _. a uetist @ 12%
Mystic White 3 80 | Competition a ee = aaa Ce aa a
Lotus a 400 | Se-ndard 4@ 82 | Boiled Lobster a, 20
Oak Leat.....-.... 3 55 | Leader 0 @ ¢ Cod 7 12
Old Style 2 55 | Royal 6s@ 7 Haddock 8
3 10 | Conserves sq Ly Dea a
mae py Day Bt et eiuLa + _ 1 Pickerel 9
STOVE POLISH. Kindergarten 74@ 8 a White e fe
Nickeline 14 gross 1 00) French Cream » 9 R as d Whit RB 15
Nickeline is gross 2 Oly alley Cream w12 rep } R a Salmon u 1)
Nieckeline 1 gross. ; 4 00 1k almon. h 20
SUGAR Fancy —In Bulk. Mackerel - = . mo
° +. | Shrimps, per gal @1i
Pails

Below are given New York | Lozenges. plain » 8% Shell Goods.
prices on sugars, to which the | Lozenges, printed » 9 | Oysters, per 100 .1 2EK@1 5O
wholesale dealer adds the local | (hoe. Drops 11 @12 | Clams. per 100 75q01 OO
freight from New York to your) (hoc, Monumentals @i2 8
shipping point, giving yOu, Gum Drops @ d Oysters—in Cans.
credit on the invoice for the | Moss Drops @ % F. J. Dettenthaler’s Brands.
amount of freight buyer pays | sour Drops @ 5 Pairhi iven Counts 10
from the market in which he | |mperials a9 D Selects 3a
purch: ases to his shipping point, F 1 ib. B : |
including 20 pounds for the ancy—In § Ib. Boxes. _ Tn i =
weight of the barrel. Per Box eo and Feedstuffs
Domino ..b 31} L: mon Drops Qo Wheat.

Cut Loaf ..5 31! Sour Drops oe, | ald 66

Chee ..4 94) Peppermint Drops OU aw 66

Powdered. lk 5 0O oo ate Drops. a o 3 . : i

XXXX Powde ‘red. 5 18| H. M. Choc. Drops | Ce a. Flour in Sacks.

Granulated in bbls .4 62) Gum Drops 5 @0 | Patents .

Granulated in bags 4 6&2 | Licorice Drops 100 @_ Second Pate:it

Fine Granulated ....-4 62| A. B. Licorice Drops Gin | tral

Extra Fine Granul: ited .4 7 | Lozenges, plain @60 C ar.. 3

Mould -A 494! Lozenges, printed (O65 Graham 35
Tac. 6 rial @6o Bur kwheat 4;

Diamond Confee. A.. 4 62 Imperials ... ype Rye 3 60

Confec. Standard A. 4 50) Mottoes . @io | hy¢ be

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

   
 

 

 

 

  

 

 

PROVISIONS.

The Grand Rapids Packing |
and Provision Co. quotes as fol

 

mot) Pails, .. advance
advance
xdvance
advance

Sausages.
Bologna
Liver
Frankfort
Pork
Blood

Tongue

Head cheese
Beef.

lows:
Barreled Pork.
Mess 10
Back : Lee as 12
Clear back | 12
Short cut il
Z 13
Dry Salt Meats.
Bellies .
Briskits
Extra shorts
Smoked eats.
Hams, 12 lb average
Hams, 41b average
Hams, 16 lb average.
Haims, 20 lb ave rage
Ham dried beef.... :
Shoulders (N. ¥. cut).
Bacon, clear..
California hams
Soneless hams
Cooked ham
Lards.
Compuund, tierces
Family, tierces
Grange ‘
Kettle (our own)
Cottole e
| Cotosuet ‘ enue
Wib Tins ..-- advance

Extra Mess az
Boneless ss
1 Pigs’ Feet.
Kits, 15 Ibs
bbis, 40 Ibs 1
bbls, 80 Ibs 3
Tripe.
Kits, 15 Ibs '
< bole, we ipe............ 1
bbls, 80 Ibs 2
Casings.
Pork ..... ,
Beef rounds...
Beef middles
Butterine.
tolls, dairy
Sotid, dairy
Rolls, creamery
Solid, c-eamery .
Canned Meats.
| Corned beef, 2 Ib 2
Corned beef, 15 Ib 14
Roast beef, 2 Ib 2
Potted ham 4s
Potted ham, ‘46s 1
| Beviledhum, ‘4s.
\Hevilcdham, %s..-.... i
| Potted tongue \4s.....
| Potted tongue 4s 1

 

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Crockery and
Glassware.

LAMP BU — RS.
No. 0 Sun

i No. 1 Sun
i NO. 2 San

Tubular
Security, No. 1
Security, No. 2
Nutmeg
Arctic

 

LAMP CHIMNEYS Common.

Per box of 6

No. 0 Sun
No. I Sun
No. 2 Suan.

First ‘Quality.
Ne. © Sun, crimp top,
wrapped and labeled....
No f£ Sun, eri imp top,
a labeled...
2 Sun, tg bel top,
rhea and label i
XXX Flint.
No. 0 Sun, crimp top,
wrapped and labeled
No. | Sun, crimp top,
wrapped and labeled
No. 2 Sin, Crimp top,
wrapped and labeled

Pearl Top.

| No.1 Sun, wrapped and

labeled .
No.2 Sun, wrapped and
labelec
No. 2 Hinge, wrapped and
labeled
Fire Proof—-Plain Top.
No. 1 Sun, plain bulb
No. 2 Sun, plain bulb
La Bastie.
No. ' Sun. in bulb, per
doz

 

No. 2 Sun, pl
doz
No. 1 Crimp, per doz

ain bulb, per

  

No. 2 Crimp, per doz
Rochester.

No. | , Lime (65¢ doz)
No. S We doz)
No. i. lint (80e doz)
Electric.

No ime (70e doz)

 

2, I
No. 2, Flint (80e doz)
Miscellaneous.

| Junior, Rochester

Nutmes .. .
luminator Bases

Barrel lots, 5 doz

Zin. Porcelain Shades

Case lots, 12 doz
Mammoth Chimneys for S

 

Lamps. Doz.
No. 3 Rochester. lime 1 50
No. 3 Rochester, flint 1 75
No.3 Pearl top, or
Jewel glass. i
No. 2 Globe Incandes.
ig a. 1 oo
No. 2 Globe ‘Ineandes.
flilnt .. 20
No. 2 Pearl glass —.. 2 i

42 |
1s
wv
D0 |
6d
~s
a)
t is
doz.
1 85
2 00
2 80
2 10
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4 40
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5O
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1 00
90
100]
90 |
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4 80

5 10 |

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Subject to usual cash dis R E OIL CANS. Doz.
count. F ESH M A iS. 1 gal tin cans with spout.. 1 60
Flour in bbls., 25e per bbl. ad- 1 gal galv iron with spot 2 OO
ditional Beef. Ont a ae
| ' Mez Careass ... a ; cA 2 gal galv iron with spout 3 25
Meal. o1/¢ 3 gal galv iron with spout. 4 50
Bolted . » 9) | Fore quarte rs 3'a@ 4 2 ; : c
_ “Ga 5 gal ka with spout 6 50
Granulated ... .. 245 | Hind quarters 5 @9 = nid alert sa 4
Loins .No. 3.. ao | oo: ee
Feed and Millstuffs. + Se 1s gas D ga riron A & W 7 50
St. Car Feed, screened 19 OO Rounds... |... 64@ 7 | 2 84 ting cans, M’n’ch 10 50
a ¢ al eihe . Mueetac 9 0)
St. Car Feed, unscreened. .18 50 | Chucks............ 31,@ 5 | 9 sal galv iron Naceta , OY
No. 1 Corn and Oats mt Fiates ................ Sea So Pump Cans
No. 2 Special. . it 50 9 a 7 e
Unbolted Corn Mea 17 50 We ee ee do
Winter Wheat Brar 15 00 | Dressed .. a2@ 0 5 gal Home Rule.. ----12 00
1 : be
Winter Wheat Middl ings..17 0O Loins ne ee ail 3 gal Goodenough +0
Screenings 14 00 Shoulders a m8 5 gal Goodenough 3 00
Se @ 8 5 gal Pirate King 10 00
Corn. ea
oe tas | 14 Mutton. i LANTERNS.
Less than ear lots 47 satel So 1'2@ 92) No. OTubular 3 50
Oats pring Lambs......... 6 @ 7 No. 1B Tubular 5 AO
" og No. 13 Tubuiar Dast 5 OO
Car lots 5 Veal. ae r Lai 2 t
Less than ear ‘lots om) Carcass .... 1... .. G6 @6& No. 1 Pab., gis iss Fount 7 00
No. 12 Tubular, side lamp.12 «0
Hay. No. 3Stre.t Lamp... 3 2)
ge oe OILS. LANTERN GLOBES.
VO, 10 ONIOTS HEWLD) 1 wy ree.
. | No. 0 Tubular, cases 1 doz
H id P \ The Standard Oil Co. quotes | each, box 10 cents 45,
as f. s: i No. 0 Tubular, cases 2 d
ides and e ts. is follow lar, ca 2 doz
Barrels. | each, box 15 ceuts ns
: Eocene ... @%.4|No. T..bular, bbis 5 doz
Jorkj ’ . av : i , r, iS ¢ 107
co en ee ee | 8668 each, bbl 35 10
- . Hides | High Test Headlight @7 No. 0 Tubular, bull's eye,
( Rr eo a ae a 8% | eases1 doz. each 1 25
bh a : O2@ 72 | Slove Gasoline 10b5 3
Part cured @B8 Cylinder ‘ 3 aos | LAMP WICKS.
“ta sosilien oe rey Engine... 12 @21_ | No. 0 per gross 20
| rhe Toa : @ be : Black, winter Os | NO per gross Ds
Kips cured "* gigq@ 9a; | Black. Suman. @, 7% | No. 2 per gross 38
ia : (7% iM No. 3 per gross 6d
Calfskins, green." S01") Brom Tank Wagon. | Momoth pet doz :
altskins, eX 1 ~ Eocene as 1
Deaconskins * @s XXX W_W_Mich Halt @, 6, \SELLY TUMBLERS--Tin Top.
Pelts. : oo | 34 Pints, 6doz in box, per
Shearlings 5 @20 Scofield, Shurmer & Tengle| box (box ov) : 1 60
V ambs 0 @30 quote as follows: | 33 Pints. 24 doz in bbl, per
Old Wool Ww @D : | doz (bbl 35) 20
: Pula Barrels. 1% Pints, 6 doz in box per
Wool. ae @10'4 | box (box 00) 1 80
Washed 10 @is Daisy White D9 » Pints,1 doz in bbl, nex
| Unwashed .... 5 @iz | Red Cross, W.W.Hdlt w 8 “doz (bbl 35 i 2)
Misc Naphtha @ 8% sii
i Miscellaneous. Steve Gasoline Alls FRUIT JARS.
dalle cir EGS | From Tank Wagon, | Mason old ssl
Switches : 14@ 3 | Palacine / gig old style,
Ginseng...............2 00@2 z5| Red Cross W. W. Hdit @ 6% | Mason—old style

 

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Mason—1 doz in ¢ 6 2%
Mason—1 doz in case, val 8 25
Dandy lass cover pints

Dandy SS cover, qts... 9 00
Dandy-— glass cover, 14 gul 12 OO

Business
Men

Are
Convinced
Of the
Value

Of the
Tradesman

Company’s

Coupon

Books.
They will
Please you
And

Save you

Tloney!

 

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THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

 

 

 

Shoes and Leather

 

 

READY-MADE SHOES.

What a Grest Newspaper Has Learned
About Them.
From the New York Sun.

Selling ready-made shoes is a very
hing now from what it used to
be, when many thousands who now buy
them had their footwear made to order.
Sizes in ready-made shoes have been

reatly multiplied. Not only do men’s
shoes run up to No. 13 in length, but they
vary 1n width from AA, the narrowest,

EE, the widest. A salesman must
know all about sizes and be able to

make a pretty good guess at what a cus-

 

tomer needs,and must as well know what

 

nakes of shoes run wide or long for
hel nbers

Before these niceties of shading
wert nvented, the matter of fitting

 

 

 

eady-made shoes to a customer's feet
Cas a x simple one. Perhaps. it
would be more accurate to sav that there
vas no such tl isa fit in readv-made
shoes save for persons of normal and
iverave feet. Lhe long, slender foot
was not provided tor, and neither was
the short, thick foot. The numbers of

: : on :
mens shoes most called tor now are

7% al 1d d, with the widths A. Band C. In
i

 

women S snoes ti ers 1 length
most it Ss, 4. 4% and
5, with ind B But the

  

unusual sizes above and below these are
provided

inany calls for

 

 

at the large conceéermis,

where unusual sizes are provided. It

is difficult in small concerns to get any-

 

thin above 10%. Phe difference in
price tor si | or no thing , save
that what : ‘misses’ shoes, ’”’
which run | and are iy some

 

reason sold cheaper than women’s shoes

of like size. Some women know this
ind profit by it.
Women trom time immemorial

 

been ibominably it] shod, and most. of
makers of ready-
ingly cater to fash-
ion, ald it 1s di ficult for us men to tind

a ready-made with a low heel and

+

them are so still. The

made shoes unhesitat

 

a roomy toe, Nine women out of ten
have wretchedly abused feet, and the

   

condition of their walking shoes at the
end of six weeks’ use 1s such that their
husbands would not fora

1k of wearing them. Work-
ing women stand or walk all day long
on French heels, partly through vanity,
partly |} better shaped shoes have
to be made to order at a compartatively

brothers o1

 

moment tl

 

 

aust

 

high price. Children’s shoes, save in
rare instances, are still made in detiance
responsible for hal I

 

to walk. Doctors
are recommen that infants be

ight up barefoot. The price for in-
Y

ha
ling
f

ants’ shoes made t Ys prohibi-
ive to the poor, Every st ol shoe

be hy ic has a hich
price put upon it because of prea name.
Women have of recent years learned
some wisdom in the matter of footwear
from the fact that shoes for wear in ath-
n sensible and

letic Sports are made
comfortable shapes. Chese shoe s, which
have to be raga to be endurable . Rave
brought abou a4 ight reaction a waist
the vanity of wearing shoes too short
and too narrow for the feet.

The man or woman of normal and av-
erage feet is always welcome in the
ready-made shoe shops, because such

persons Can usuz

 

ten minutes. It would hardly be possi-
Die to < arry on business were there not
comparative ly few feet of abnormal size
Yr woman with
( s from half an hour to
an hour of a salesman’s time, and often
goes away without buying. There must
be small profit in selling ready-made
shoes to such people.

The man that wears say 11% AA isa
most unwelcome visitor at any shoe
shop, though in all the large concerns
salesm:n manfully struggle to fit such
customers. On very busy days the man

 

 

for a man

 

  

struction of an inscription on a show

n large numbers. There are |

|

lly be fitted in less than |

| After considerable trouble the mer- |
chant extricated himself from the affair |
and never afterwards departed from us- |
ing any but signs and cards _ that| 4

or woman of abnormal feet meets with
an early intimation that there is no fit Candee Ru ers
to be had. Such persons come to be |
known in the shops and to be dodged |
by the salesmen.

How to Judge a Retail Shoe Store.

eu @

eee . | Dealers, Please Take Notice - = = -
Invariably a retail store can be judged |
the window and show cards which it]
displays. The appearance of the card, Prices advance 5 per cent. Oct. 1... Until that
time our prices on Candees, 20 per cent. discount.
Federals and Jerseys, 20 and 12 per cent. discount.
Impe rials, 20, 12 and 12 per cent. discount. A de-
lay in placing orders will cost you money.

We have a full line of Felt Boots.

We also carry the finest line of Lumbermen’s
Socks in Michigan.

STUDLEY & BARCLAY.

NO. 4 MONROE ST. Grand Rapids, Mich.

its cleanliness and neatness, have a}
powerful influence upon the person who
gazes into the window. A dirty or
cheap card betokeus shabby treatment,
while a modest and honest-iooking card |
impresses one, at least, of reliability of |
the merchant. <A greater fabrication |
and slander was never cast upon the
American people than when a_celebrat-
ed charlatan declared that ‘‘ The Ameri-
can people like to be humbugged.’’
He who humbugs an American man_ or

 

woman once never has the opportunity |

| Owing to the Great Advance in Leather,

Boots and Shoes are nece ssarily much advanced in price.

KEEDER BROS. SHOE (0.

Have a great many things purchased before

 

to repeat it. *‘He who fools me once,
shame on him; he who fools me_ twice,
shame for me.’ An American prefers
to be robbed ten times than to be cheat- |
ed once. He has a horror of being bun- |
coed. He is ever on guard against
those who would take advantage of his |
special matter.
his characteristic of eternal vigilance

ignorance upon any
: : the advance that they are still selling at old
sometimes hardens him and causes him

to be too suspicious. Consequently, he prices, and balance of the line at not one-half

is ever on guard against being cheated of the adva: ce of the cost to manufacture the

in his rchases. The peculiar con- : ;
: a purchases Ch peculiar con goods to-day. It will pay you to examine our

: / / line of samples when our representative calls
card may drive him to a competitor. I I ; alls

rhe cases, window and the price-cards on you.
should be gotten up in a manner that
becomes respectability and_ reliability.
A trick may win at first, but eventual-
ly it redounds to the loss of the trickster.
A certain merchant thought he was |
brainy when he displayed a sign on|

H . *
which he had inscribed the following

0 Od 7 Norn lorig St, Grand Ravids.
inscription: ‘‘William Williams’ best

shoes a That sign cost him HEROLD ag BERTSCH SHOE Co.

mahy a patron who would otherwise
have purchased a pair of the shoes.

But the lettering was capable of a very
wide inference. It might have been | BOOT }
that William Williams’ best — shoes, ’

though selling for only $3, were worth 5 and 7 Pearl Street
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN

Sidle AgeNS WALES- GO0DYEAR RUBB: RS

We carry in stock Regular, Opera,
Piccadilly and Needle Toes.

 

Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers in

    
     
  
  

   
   
  

intrinsically only 50 cents, as they may |
— been second-hand shoes. Don’t |
put a lot of shoes in the window with a
sign reading ** This lot $2.’ Some one
might think it meant the whole lot. It
was funny but very unbusinesslike for a
retailer to put the following sign in his |
We are prepared to furnish a Rubber of
superiority in quality, style and fit.

window :

What do you think!

What do you think!

A pair of shoes for nothing,
And a nice, sweet drink!

A\ pedestrian reading the sign entered
the store ordered a pair of shoes and
then asked for the drink, after drink-
ing which he was about to depart with-

out giving the merchant any remunera- |
tion for the shoes and drink, pointing |
at the same time to the sign in the win- |
dow. The retailer grabbed him and|
took him to the sign which he read in 9
any but the manner in which the pedes- |
trian had read it:

What do you think? |

What do you think? |

A pair of shoes for nothing,

And a nice, sweet drink? |

 

Agents for the

BOSTON RUBBER
SHOE CO.’S
GOODS

smacked of good business sense.
Pa 12, 14 and 16 Pearl Street
Explaining a Brand. ee

; Me acturers Jobbers of
Shopper—Is the color in these stock- | EES oat Fennee e

ings fast?
Salesman--Oh, my, yes! Genuine | B t and Sh
ol 1 maid's wedding. OO S O0eS
s wedding?”’ |

‘Old maid’s
It never comes off,’

‘Yes’ We make the best line of Medium Priced Goods in the LINDEN
es m.

market. You can improve your trade by handling our goods. NEEDLE TOE.

 

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THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 35
Always Examitte Their Lines. der could hardly be made. It is not |
Many retailers regard traveling sales- | only decidedly foolish, but wicked ; not | ORDER WHOLESALE
men as bores and are more than reluct-|only wicked, but dangerous. A store A
ant to spend a half hour or an hour in|that is not conducted harmoniously is SAMPLE
examining the salesman’s goods which | destined to failure. There should be CASE
they regard as nothing else than a waste | 0 friction whatever between employer | one
of time. This should not be. Instead |and employe. He should, though it be | NEW
of it proving unfruitful and unpleasant | fer policy’s sake alone, treat his em- EXCLUSIVELY
the time may be profitably expended in| ployes as his equals and his friends and
every case. It isa privilege to have a]impress upon them the fact that the
salesman journey many miles toa retail- | more his business prospered, the higher
er’s store which the merchants of 50|Showld be their positions and the more
years ago did not possess. In the olden liberal their salaries. Their interests
time the retailer. was compelled to do|are Closely allied, and each should re- | ee "
all the traveling himself. The muddy |gard the other with respect. [If an em- | 161=163 Jefferson Ave.
and dangerous roads infested with high- | ployer does not — this manner, if | VULCANIZED —
waymen, the expenses of the hotel and | he treats his employes miserably, he is, | pEATHER
the fear of burglars and many other in- doubtless, in perpetual dread of a con- | INNER SOLES WOONS OCKET oh aap om

conveniences had to be endured. To-

day a retailer may sit in his comfort-
able store from year to year without the
trouble and expense of leaving his busi-
ness and spending a day or week buying
his stock at the wholesale establishment,

as did Mr.
This privileg

Shoemaker 50 years ago.

e is greatly appreciated by

the majority of retailers, but still there
are a number who regard traveling
salesmen as bores. A mighty howl
would be heard in the land if the insti-
tution should ever be eradicated. Noth-

ing is more important fora retailer than
to be well acquainted with all the styles
that are in the market, and so, if a
salesman should insist - your €xam-
ining his line of samples, by all means
do poe
in the

more

‘There are new things appearing
and nothing is
than to

ling sales-

market every day,
important to a
know what they are. A trave
man should ever be
by the

sential to the

made cordially wel-
retailer, as he is

{
I

come largely es-

SUCCESS 0 the retailer’s

store, which should always contain the

very latest styles in footwear.

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lat the time.
|} devoted entirely to memoranda of

Don’t Make a Circus of Your Store. |

It does not pay to be sensational, or

to endeavor to make a circus of a store.
and he who cannot

ISineSS Ob sound

Business ts business,
conduct his bt business
plans should discard it for a vocation
that is more congenial t his disposition
and ideas. fia merchant can sell a
good shoe at a low pric e, he need not
fear about selling the

ple, by the

article. The peo-

assistance of a right kind of

idvertisement, will find him. These
wild and crack-brained ideas that a few
retailers put into execution to draw
trade are disgusting. They are posi

tively objectionable to the majority. of

customers. It may be all right for mer-

chants in Asia and E
method, but it is nauseous to the Amer

urope tO use this
ican people course, the
little children.
equivalent for their money,

excepting, ol

Give them an_ honest

is what they
\

demand. The cireus part will be looked

after by themselves. If they need

amusement there are scores of resorts
about that afford them legitimate
tainment. It is highly
and cheerful store, but

enter-
commendable to
have an inviting
it is the height of vulgarity and folly to

make a burlesque of the thing. Any ex-
perienced buyer knows that he or she
ow hear the circus when they
a pair of shoes. A child can

To use these outlandish

pays 10 SEC <
purchase
reason that out.
schemes to draw trade does not betoken
merchant

solidity, as a well-established

never adopts such methods. Besides,
statistics show that these burlesque es-
tablishments are nearly all short-lived.
-ee

Treat Your Employes Courteously.

A merchant makes a serious mistake
rards his employes as_ his  infer-

A bigger blun-

who reg
iors and treats them so.

lcustomers and which I jot down

spiracy among them to defraud him; his
help does not take any especial interest
in his affairs; they are
should an old patron sever his or her re-
lations with the store, and are
and delighted should misfortune
their A lever
never permits himself to fall
pit, tHe

spect and moves socially

amused
betall
employer. merchant
into this
treats his employes with re-
among them,
without losing his authority
>eo>

How One Traveling Man Holds Trade.

I make it a point to
bright de as on retailing
find that they materially
business, and [could quote you in-
stances where I actully brought a dis-
sruntled customer to time, or success-
fully worked up a new one by being able
to give him bright, practical ideas for
his advertisements, the arrangement
and disp lay of goods, or for neat little
trade bringing schemes that have proved
winners elsewhere. I keep a scrap book
in which | paste catchy advertisements
or headlines of advertisements of hard-
ware stores Clipped from the local pa-

over them.

collect all the
that [ can. 1
aid me in my

pers in towns in which I happen to be
I also carry a note
that I think would prove useful to my
as they
OCCUr TO me, i

In this way | keep myself perpet
“loaded”’ and when a
plains to me, as he frequently does, that
he lacks the results he thinks he should
obtain from his advertisement in the lo-
cal paper, {| am prepared to
attractive cat h line or point out
some Improvement in method that might
be made. If he claims of f
trade,

some le

on
UALS

CUSEOMer Com

sugvest

some

dullness of
[ can probably give him a tip on
Vitimate little act of trade enter-
prise that will serve tomake him talked
of more than his rivals for the time be-
ing. Of course,

these suggestions must

all be made in a tactful manner and}
who do not |

there are many merchants
need them or if they do would
them an impertinence and an insinua-
tion that I thought they were not ca-
pable of running their own business. — |
have many men on my list, however,

consider

 

who realize the fact that a man circulat-
ing among the trade in different towns
and sections is bound to pick up a great
many bright ideas that would not occur
to them, and they look for my coming
more eagerly than if it meant simply
the opening of a sample trunk  inste ad

idea box’ as well.
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Busincss in Old Shoes.

‘Spall l put up
you?’’ asked the

customer stamped his heels into a

olan.

your old ones. for

shoe dealer, as the
pair
said the custom-
er, ‘but what can you do with the old
shoes?’ | We thirty
calls a day for answered the
dealer. Some are from needy men, who
put the shoes on instantly. Other call-

of new shoes. No,

have twenty or

them,”’

ers are men that go from shop. to pei

gathering old shoes which they seil to
the second-hand de raters.) | AL par OF
shoes will fetch at least 10 cents, and |
doubt not some of these beggars make a
good thing out of the trade. [ suppose
nearly every store in the city is beset
with such beggars. ’’

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GOTHAM GOSSIP. CURRENT COMMENT.
ice Se ae Metropolis---Index | The Situation in Cuba continues to
become more favorable to final inde-

of the Market. Ey a
| pendence. The Spanish officers are

spec ial Corre sponde nce

| fire and burnt steadily on the surface
lof the liquid oxygen, which became
opaque because of the carbonic acid

Nie Wieck Ake pee | ope | greatly discouraged and are resigning
od ie mot Aug. animated this | °F asking to be relieved, while the con-
week. The weather has been ‘‘agin’’ | dition of the rank and file is becoming |
active movements and the trend of trade | more deplorable on account of the rav-
has been toward the seashore. Still | ages of disease in the terrible summer
ad a i . climate. The call for more men im

|

a | Spain is received with the greatest re-

 

given off. He also burned some graph-
ite on liquid oxygen, and said that the

combustion of this form of carbon is
sometimes more difficult to start than
| that of the diamond.

* *

A Washington expert, who has evi-
dently drunk a good deal of beer,
|warns people against drinking se-
ductive liquid in places where the
kegs are furnished with brass spigots,
but rather to find a place where the

The coffee trade has not been as ac-|/luctance, and mutiny and desertion are
tive as it might be and there is a feel-| apprehended when they reach the is- |
ing that the top has been reached in/jand. As to the question of annexa- |

notations rrivals have been quitel.- :
quotations. Arrivals have been quite|tion the Cubans say that is not what
large and buyers are not showing great | th t Th "i 1 ie
; ey we *y have already organ-
“agerness to purchase. ‘There are atloat | ' oe os 5
530,578 bags of Brazil coffee, against | ized a government and consider them-

3,070 bags the same_ time last year. |Selves competent to take their place

Mild grades are not selling with great} among the family of republics. It isa
reed “oyhya hy] » “ec. . ni

freedom and, —. some weg question whether it would not be better,

Sions are made rather than lose a_ sale. .

r : eee i on the whole, for both countries that she

Phe sugar market is dull and trading | ~ i : i ;
very light. Considerable disappoint- should do so in the event of her throw-
ment is felt at the manner in which] ing off the Spanish yoke. There would,
granulated is going off, and it is hard] undoubtedly, be a close commercial

e ~ 7 rr the ] x »sTyy< } » Mh .
to account for the light demand. Some} union, which is all that would be of
ake it that stocks were purchased larce.
at it that xt CKS were pur iased large value to either country.
ly ahead earlier in the season and are See

nl ! w } me lose 1 Yealers are i
only now being Closed out, Dealers are French servants seem to be endowed
expecting a better condition of affairs

every day, but, as vet, there is no delay | With great curiosity or immense patriot-
in filling all orders that come. “}ism. It is reported that Lord Dufferin,
Rice is hardly as firm as last week|the English ambassador at Paris, has
and buyers are showing very little ani-| had to fire all his French servants be-
mation in making purchases. They buy | «2 c¢ they were caught meddling with
only for everyday wants and are waiting | Ce gc ;
for the next turn of the market. At the} BIS. official dispatches. One of them
moment come reports of a big Gulf had a key made to fit the ambassador's
storm with its accompanying damage dispatch box, and would stop on the

good condition and
for first-class quality

Molasses
buyers who seek

> im

Stairs, or in some private place, to open
it and read the dispatches. It is hinted

 

do not scruple to pay the rates de- -
ae i that the servants were the pay of the
manded e : -
Syrups are selling well and dealers | French Government.
are expressing considerable satisfaction * * *
iTi) ye* THI t tr ) -} > > Hy ar hn . . -
" ith the turn of the marke . Aetiners | There was no little excitement in a
are not preparing large quantities. an \ \
1 . ing > go ‘ ] a. ] 4
Spices begin to show up_ better and | Cloth ne store at loberly, lo., the
several quite large transactions are re- | Other day, when a big cinnamon bear,
ported with interior dealers. jthat had been placed in the show win-
Canned goods are quiet and every-|dow for advertising purposes, slipped
body seems to be having a vacation. | his chain and started to investigate the

Peaches are cheap at present prices and | é . . :
ei nn establishment. He had it all to himself

 

kegs are provided with modest wooden

kK

spigots. He says that there is nothing
that will act on the acids in beer so|
qu:ckly as brass. The fact is, there

ought to be a kindergarten in this town

to teach barkeepers about handling
beer. A keg ought never to get above

60 degrees from the time it is put in
age till it is used. A rise
will spoil it by starting the second fer-
mentation. Then beer does not improve
by ale and porter and
The right age between
four and eight months. Beer kept long-
er commences to go down hill.’’

Kate Donahy, of
probably be a_ little hereafter
about what she stands The other
day she went into the orchard to gather

aging as does
such drinks. is

* *

Winsted,
cautious

Ct. will

on.

some apples and climbed on the head | F°
" PI ind | | 305 Central avenue,

conveniently
old and
softened the

which stood
under a tree. The’barrel
the heat of the had
pitch which it contained, when the
way under the young lady’s
weighs she found herself up to her ank-
les in the pitch, get out.

of a_ barrel,
was
sun
SO
a “ad gave

and unable to

| She slowly sank deeper and deeper into

| the sticky mass. When help reached her
it took half an hour to get her out. of
the barrel, and three hours more to get
the pitch off her so that she was able to
walk.

The Japanese have but barely had

| breathing time

in which to recover from

| the effects of their struggle with China,

| when they

yet demand is by no means active, sell- | ° ! i : :

ing for $1.20@1.30 for No. 3. standard for awhile, but finally an intrepid young
yellow as to brand. Not much doing in| man went in and chained him up again.
manages es, which are worth from 67'4@|The> bear was perfectly tame, and be-
rain Kes ; standard. Five hundred |

oc for No. 3 standard. Five hundred j longed to a butcher of the town.

cases Of gallons of a well-known Balti- | : u

more packer are offered at $1.65, regu- | ' a

lar terms at Baltimore for future deliv-| The story is told that a Michigan wo-
ery. Peas are in light demand and] man had a very fashionable silk waist
cte- lv at 7<@8 - for ard Marr . ‘ a . ‘
> Sa ng r standard Marrow-| made, which she sent to her sister in a
ats. ee s . ° .

The de mand for butter is not all that } little We stern Kansas wanoougs She re
could be hoped for. There is quite an| ceived in reply a letter of thanks, in|}
accumulation of creamery of best qual-| which the sister said that she found the |

y and 20c can be regarded as : ve .
ity and ' egarded as bout | Jeeves much larger than her thin arms|
the very top quotation. Under grades | ta
of creamery are extremely dull and, as needed, and she had cut them over,
accumulations thereof are not to be de-j| getting enough out to make her five- |
sired, quotation is are made that wil! sell| year-old girl a dress. ‘* You must have

eI whether Or no. F a i
them, wheth la ul thought | had awful fat arms,’’ the sis-

Receipts of cheese have been light \W
and, although the demand has not been | t€? Cut West a i
very active, the market is in pretty ae
good shape. Small colored fancy is} Prof. Dewar says that carbonic acid
worth 8@8 '<« has the peculiar property of possessing
ESEs, as : rule, show the effects of | a boiling point lower than its melting

weather and it is very : : ce . 4 .
the hot weather and it is very difficult point; in fact, it is a boiling solid. In
to find strictly honest goods which have 1] ; £ thi 1
come from any distance. For the best |!UStation of this, at a recent ee
Western, 13%C is top. jhe pressed some solid carbonic acid in-

Lemons have taken a ump and onj|toa kind of snowball, tied a piece of

Friday were a dollar a ek higher than | string around it, and suspended it in
> previous d 3e]]- 1 : }

on the previous day. lo a dealer sell | water in a glass trough with parallel
ing 20,000 boxes this little raise means |_- hie cn tee a ore .

ee : s —_~ a < > OO or mCt age
quite a little fortune made within 24 ne : eo ee ee
hours. Sometimes, however, the cat|0f the block upon the screen. It was
doesn’t jump that way. | then seen to be giving off carbonic acid

Beans are dull and weak. The mar-| gas freely. In molding it with the fin-
“a s very little animati ; ~~ oe
ket shows very little animation. Choice] gers, he said, it feels no colder than
pea beans are worth $2@2.05. c So. ae

ge ee - , 7, :.|Snow, because in reality it never comes

Dried fruits are extremely dull. It is} * th i! aa :
thought that about 300 cars will com-| ito contact with the skin. There is a
prise the dried apricots. Few have| layer between in the spheroidal condi-
come to hand, as yet, and they have not | tion. He also burned diamonds in liquid

 

been all that could be desired as to qual- | oxygen, an experiment never shown be- |

itv Ss are worth ic for _ < |

ell —- ane = ; 2¢ aoetigy ha |fore. He dropped one or two red hot |

Ss oT x sins are cy quiet. NCW - . : . _.

California dried peaches are quotable | diamonds into liquid oxygen. The cold |

at 6c. Scarcely any demand exists. | put them out, and they sank to the bot- | BEEKER BR

~>2—- Then he made a diamond extra

yaskets must go!

|} tom.

Bastard |

 

| hot by means of a blowpipe; it caught! Room 34, Powers’ Opera meine

are threatened with another
This time it is General Booth
upon Japan, and who
flag of
shores.

invasion,
who has his eye
has resolved upon planting the
the Salvation Army its
The general has made the preparations
for taking the field and for commencing
operations immediately.
+e.

Prof. A. S. Parish, proprietor
Grand Rapids Business College,
turned from his
New York State.

Tes
Gand ~ Rapids = Busss = Clg,

For ne y* c yo address
- PARISH, 78 Pearl St.

We Have on Hand

For prompt shipment, Nos. XXXX, Ex-
tras, 1,2 and 3 Axe Handles, Whiffletrees,
Neckyokes and Pick Axe Handles. We
will make special prices until Sept. 1.

J.M. HAYDEN & CO.,

Phone 540 Grand Rapids, Mich.

upon

of
has re-
in

summer vacation

 

Place to secure a Business,
Shorthand and Typewriting
education is at the old re-
liable

Millers! Attention!

We have for sale a number of NEW PURIFI-
ERS, FLOUR DRE-SERS and SCALPERS.

manufacture; also two sets STEVEN’S ROLLS,
6x12. smooth. One PERPENDICULAR
USH MACHINE. Address
—— & HALL,
oo. Mich.

DOUBLE,

| stroyed by fire.

to |
of 10 degrees |

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WANTS COLUMN.

Advertisements will be inserted under this
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and one cent a word for each subsequent in-
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BUSINESS CHANCES.

NOR SALE—DRUG STOCK AND FIXTURES
in thrifty Indiana town. No pharmacy law.
Address C W., 295 Central avenue, Grand

Rapids, Mich. | 203
OR SALE- STOCK OF GENERAL MER-
chandise in a live growing town of 3,000 pop-
ulation. Will inventory $5,000 and is in fine con-

dition. Best building and location in town.
Will sell for ninety cents on the dollar cash.
Address No. 824, care Michigan Tradesman. 824
\ JANTED—LOCATION FOR A HAY AND
feed store. New towns preferred. Address
“Feed,” care Michigan Tradesman. 825
_ A COMPLETE OUTFIT OF MA-
chinery for band sawmill and planing

mill plant to supply the place of one recently de-
Second-hand will doif good and
cheap. Address Fearon Lumber & Veneer Co.
Ironton, Ohio. 826
POR SALE—STOCK OF BOOTS, SHOES AND
dry goods, cheap for cash. Invoices about
$1,800. Address No. 827, care Michigan Trades-
man. 827
gp SALE—HARDWARE STOCK IN DE-
troit, good trade now. Would take Detroit

property in exchange. Address No 828, care
Michigan Tradesman. 828
GOOD TWO AND ONE-HALF STORY

brick house and good lot in the city of

| Grand Rapids to exchange for merchandise,

dry goods preferred. Enquire of the Boston

Stores, St. Louis, Mich. 829
OR RENT—THE WALDRON BLOCK, OP-

| consisting of
| shoes,

 

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the |

| elevator, situated on railroad:

 

=
I posite Union depot.
for wholesale or commission
Scribner Bros. or F. D. Waldron.
ae SALE—OR WILL TRADE FOR PROPER-

ty located near the corner of Hall and
Madison avenue, a stock of general merchandise,
groceries, dry goods, boots and
tlour. feed, ete. Good reasons for selling.
for particulars call or address on the premi-es$
Grand Rapids.

Best location in city
business. See
830

S19

tae SALE—DRUG, PAINT AND GROCERY
stock. Nearest drug competition, eight
miles. Cash sales, $100 = r week. Rent $ 6 per
month. Address Cash, care Michigan Trades
man. 817

BIG CHANCE FOR SOMEONE—JEWELRY
£\ stock, tools and fixtures, to the amount of
$1,300, can be bought for $550, with first class lo-
cation. Address No. 813, care Michigan Trades-
man. &1é
apes SALE—HALF INTEREST IN A WELL-

established drug store located in best town
in Upper Peninsula mining district. Stock also
includes stationery, blank books and wall paper.
Cash sales, $8,000 per year. Will sell half in-
terest for $1,500 cash and permit purchaser to
pay for balance of interest out of profits of busi-
ness. Purchaser must be able to take full charge
of business, as present Owner must remove to
warmer climate on account of ill health. Ad

dress No. 820, care Michigan Tradesman. 20
\ JANTED —TO EXCHANGE DESIRABLE
residence property or vacant lots located
in Benton Harbor, Mich., for stock of groceries
or general stock. Address Box 1296, Benton Har-

bor, Mich. 815
NOR SALE OR EXCHANGE—A FINE MILL
propert, , 40 horse water power; would make

a good fish hatchery; excellent spring creek;
well located on railroad: store building, 20 x 90;
hay scales; side track: agricultural ware house;
saw mill and planing mill: two small houses;
one nice large residence; all well rented except
mills run by owner; excellent potato and wood

market; plenty of hardwood saw timber near by.
Exchange for farm or city property. Address
W. H. N., care Michigan Tradesman.

J ANTED—PARTNER
terest in my 75 bbl.

TO TAKE HALF IN-
steam roller mill and
miller preferred;
good wheat country. Full deseription, price,
terms and inquiries given promptly by addressing
H.C. Herkimer, May bee, Monroe county, Mich. 711
FOR SALE—DRUG STOCK AND FIXTURES;
corner location; stoek in good condition and
business paying. Good reasons for selling. Ad-
dress Dr. Nelson Abbott, Kalamazoo, Mich. 776

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS.

JE BUY ALL KINDS SCRAP IRON, METAL,
ags, shirt and overall cuttings and rub-

\

ber. Write for prices. Wm. Brummeller & Sons,
260 S. Ionia St., Grand Rapids. ‘Phone » 640. 804
YOR SALE CHEAP—COMPLETE SET TIN-

ner’s tools.

Mich. _

Ww AN T ED—BU TTER, EGG iS, POU L TR y, PO-
tatoes, onions, apples, cabbages, ete. Cor-

respondence solicited. Watkins & Axe, 84-86

South Division street, Grand Rapids. 63

W: ANTED—EVERY DRUGGIST JUST (¢ ‘OM-

mencing business, and every one already
started, to use our system of poison labels. What
has cost you $15 you can now get for #4. Four-
teen labels do the work of 113. Tr desman Com-
pany, Grand Rapids.

Address P. W. Holland, Chapin,
734

 

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All|in any part of the State,
andard Machines at much less than the cost of | write tO.........cscees

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Investigate the Dayton Computing Scale.

PAYS FOR ITSELF

Ikvery two months and makes you 600 per cent. on the
investment. It prevents all errors in weighing and

STOPS THE LEAKS
in your business these hard times.
to be without one.

YOU NEED IT!

You can not afford

SEE WHAT USERS SAY.

J.W. WHITELEY
Dry Goods, Clothing, (
Bonaparte

& SON,

sroceries, etc,

BOSTON STORE,

118-124 State and 77
CasH MERCHANDISE.

Chieago, Dec

al . Iowa, April 22, 1895.
St., -79 Madison St., thesia sh 18%

Dayton Computing Scale Co.,
GENTLEMEN:

Dayton, 0.

In refe rence to yours of recent
date regarding the Computing Scales which you
sent us, pe rmit us to state that they have ex-
ceeded our expectations, giving us the utmost
bites. We consider it one of our greatest
conveniences in our store, and knowing it, as we
now do and from the experience we have had
from its usage in the store. we would not dis-
pense with it for ten times its value. Any ordi-
nary clerk, with common school education, can
expedite business equal to two or three clerks,
and we prize it as one of our fore smost fixtures
in our store. We consider and f
paid for itself in two months.
Yours truly,
J. W

c. 31, 1894.
The Computing Seale Co., Dayton, Ohio:

GENTLEMEN: We have had your scale
November 24, 1894, in our butte
We find them to do evy-
actly what laim. Our clerks can wait on
more customers and assure them accuracy in ey
ery respect. We can recommend them as the
most economical;seale in use for meat markets
and groceries Yours truly,

in use
since r, cheese
and meat department.

you ¢c

eel that ours has

Boston STORE.

. WHITELEY & Son.

For further particulars call or write

THE COMPUTING SCALE CO., Dayton, Ohio.