YRIGYV a SBS a cian SS vad ny. FASCIA KG RRS KGW WD WL: AN ea oe PUBLISHER ee 2 SELES TEENS Far DOR Siebeies XIE. “GRAND RAPIDS, WEI DNE SDAY, AUC UST 28, 1895. nauaiien 623 Take hhpne Address If you need Peaches, Pears, Plums, Apples, in fact, anvthing in the line of Fruits and Produce, correspond with us. We are a ma — r truitand produce house and can Save you mo! y See Guotations on Prod GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. HENRY J. VINKE MULDER, We have both Long Distance and Grounded Wire Telephones. + Sale 9SOOSOS2 69090949646 66096006¢ aati tila inline 4 ¢ e e e ® * i > E N * e e 4 ¢ ¢ SPECIALTIES. ¢ 3 E FoR THE BoILeR AND ENGINE. ARE THE ENGINEERS’ Favorites. $ e 85,000 PENDERTHY AUTOMATIC INJECTORS in use, giving perfect satisfaction e ° under u.1 conditions. Our Jet Pumps, W Sane ages and Oil Ct ups are 2 nequalled e e ‘ Seno FOR ai NBERTHY INJECTOR CO. DETROIT, 9 e ici Dian Gace CaTacocus. BRANCH FacTORY aT WINDSOR, ONT. 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( guaranteed or money re- 6000860600008000060000--.....-0065395006000808S0008 Put up one dozen on handsome 8 x 12 Easel Card. Per Dozen, $1.50. a FOR SALE AT WHOLESALE BY l. ARK G;ROCERY Co, HAZELTINE & PERKINS DRUG Co. ® NI AN GROCER Co -. Beoows & Co. LEMON & WHEELER Co PUTNAM CANDy Ci «e : . Riek. Bie eae Pius Ci, Wisin Bees os The uniform excellence and established reputation OR BY THE MANUFACTURER. of our brands of flour and cereal specialties makes them quick sellers, satisfies and pleases your customers, and holds trade for e W. T. LAMOREAUX, SES GRAND RAPIDS, PICH. | Gi SS you. Se. Prices low. Low freight rates. Quick shipments. Write us. PL LLLLLLIXOXL OL LDO®DDODO®O®ODDD®DGD®OOD®DOOOH/56)0 50060000000 oe We Want Every Retailer to Share the Profits of KOFFA-AID The Walsh-De Roo Milling Co. HOLLAND, MICH. I ! It retails at 12 per package, equal to one pound of ground , i : : coftee. Refer to price current in this issue under the head of Coffee for Price Thereon. If your jobber cannot supply it, drop us a postal, and we will see that you vet it. Each case con- l ‘ed Banner Placque and advertising matter. The Koffa-Aid Co., = = = Detroit. I =: %, —— conanmedamd Dibeiniiiieeisis:.sxnlanaineiin #1) © ©) ©) @\O)@)@)O)@) ©) 000) 0100) 00K) 0000 OOO eo el\eve OKO) ©) Oh OKO OKO OK e Kee) ee eee) ee \e\e) eKeKe@\e\e\e1e ee "getenonerenevorororosonenererevererererenensnssesers — : s a, MURPRY, Manufacturer = NEEDED. e = 5 OFFICE AND FIXTI FS Pec. AND TTR TURE: 55.57, 99.6 S STORE... ORDER... : — ae e 99 N. Ionia Street, Grand Rapids : eens Oia Buy Phi Hi ps’ C mommme, Grand Rapids Show =- Cases’ © nstruneatt PTUSH CO. sHoW CASES, STORE FIXTURES, Fic BRUSHES © .-pnuupseco. Detroit, Mich. Our Goods are sold by all Michigan Jobbing Houses. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ESTABLISHED 1864. t iy | i ¢ ¥ Volume XII. Commercial Credit Co., Limitea. Reports on individuals for the retail trade. house renters and professional men. Also Local Agents Furn. Com. 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The | MI | Offers exceptional facilities to its custom- erg, and is prepared to extend any favors consistent with sound banking. DANIEL. McCOY, President. CHAS. F. PIKE, Cashier. The Michigan Trust Co. Makes a specialty of acting as EXECUTOR OF WILLS ADIINISTRATOR OF ESTATES GUARDIAN OF MINORS AND INCOMPETENT PERSONS TRUSTEE OR AGENT In the management of any business which may be entrusted to it. Any information desired will be cheerfully furnished. ' LEWIS H. WITHEY, President. ANTON G. HODENPYL, Secretary. OUK NDER? Grand Rapids, Mich. LO AND 7 PEARL STREET. The Tradesman’s advertisers receive GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1895. THE HOPE OF THE WORLD. The reign of the Plantagenet family in England was a negative blessing. In the fight for between the king and the barons, everytaing else and supremacy was forgotten, whatever was wrested from the king on the one side the other: and when the reign was over, every ad- vantage, from the Magna Charta down, or from the nobles on adversity are sweet. Among other evils which existed then was the condition of the finances of the country. Dishonesty was the watchword of the hour. deplorable fraud only flourished and integrity and uprightness were unknown, Trade, if not paralyzed, languished, and the money that repre- sented it was as untrustworthy as the worthless made In the midst of financial cor- ruption created a coin of gold found its way across the channel commodities it faithfully to represent. was the confusion which this into England, and on account of its purity was eagerly sought after the English and made standard of pure money. Retaining the name of the Eastphalian traders who coined it, known then in as Easterlings, the sterling ; England money was called and a word was incorporated into English speech which, from most of its users, conceals the fact that. it was the trader of the twelfth century who rescued the English speaking race from financial anarchy, and who showed himself to be then what he is the hope of the world. No one thinks -that since sterling became an English word: but that there is a painful similarity be- tween the conditions of things then and now is undeniably true ‘The humanity of the twentieth century is as eager as that of the twelfth to get something for nothing. to-day, certainly no one. be- lieves no progress has been made As earnestly as they of the olden time, do we bend our energies to getting gain, with ways and means quite as unscrupulous as theirs. ‘They cheated in weight, and so do we. Yardsticks shrank then as ours do. They bragged, as we do, of goods ‘‘all wool and a yard wide’’ and flooded the market with an equivalent for shoddy, exactly as we do to-day. Cheating and sham were liv- ing then and as royally entertained as they are_now. Theft and robbery were almost as Common as they are to-day, and the eagerness with which they in the days of John of Gaunt discussed the money of the Easterlings has its coun- terpart in the modern agitation of cur- rency and coin. With this similarity admitted the remedy for existing evils is not hard to find. Now, as then, difficult as the task may be, the trader is the one to do. it. ‘The same hands that struck the standard of the English pound are called for now to restore the bushel of our grandfath- The varying weight and the un- certain measure are waiting for his seal. ers. His voice is needed to expose the cheat, to confound error,to right the wrong in a word, to prove himself in the twentieth century as he did in the sure and profitable results, twelfth, the hope of the world. progress was made in civil life in any direction was a proof of the fact that the uses. of | THE BALANCE OF TRADE. There can be no question but that many elements go to make up the bal- ance of trade than the relative proportion of imports to exports, hence the Treasury statistics of such matters other should not be accepted as the sole guide in determining whether or not the coun- try has a favorable or bal- Nevertheless, the unfavorable }ance to reckon with. | Statistics of imports and exports are | prima facie evidences and should be | carefully weighed. The ‘Treasury statistics of imports and exports for the first seven months of the present year are now and it figures are available must be confessed that. the not reassuring. The tendency of im- ports to exceed exports which has been apparent for the past few years is even more pronounced this year, as the total of imports for the seven months exceeds, by a very considerable amount, the ex- ports during the same period. The ex- ports show a considerable decrease this year, while, on the other hand, imports have materially increased. For the seven months of the calendar year ending with July the exports are valued at $443, 465,860, which represents a decrease of nearly $13,400,000 as compared with the corresponding period ot 1804. The $465, 069, 683, imports valued at represents an in- were which crease of over 907, 300,000 as compared with months of 1894. For. the seven months ending with July the im- ports exceeded the exports in value by $21,603,823, whereas during the seven seven months ending with July, 1804, the ex- ports exceeded the imports by $50, 182, - 709. With such an excess of imports over exports it is not astonishing that there should have been exports of gold, but it is a remarkable fact that the gold exports in 1895, although greatly exceeding the imports of the precious metal, fell far short of the exports of last season, al- though during 1894 the exports of mer- Chis better showing as re- chandise exceeded the imports. comparatively spects gold shipments is, without doubt, in a large measure due to the workings of the bond syndicate. Had the syndi- not interposed between the Treas- ury and exporters there is little cate reason to believe that the Shipments of the precious metal would have fallen any short of last season. The tendency of exports to diminish in proportion to imports is not an. en- couraging sign, and it is to be hoped that the remaining months of the year will develop a change, which is possi- ble,as the crops all promise to be large. PERNICIOUS LEGISLATION. It is unlawtul to engage in any for- eign country any foreign citizen or sub- ject to labor or the United States. This law has been con- strued to apply to clergymen, teachers, render service in artists and musicians, as well as me- chanics and laborers, and, if such per- sons are engaged and brought to this country, they will not be allowed to | land. The interpretation placed on this law | have been small. Number 623 in learning, science, the fine and useful arts, is to be permitted to come her from foreign countries, and only loafers and beggars who positively wil are wanted. | not work his act has just been put in force at New Orleans against a young Englishman, named Schrieber, who was sent over here by parties in Liverpool to sample cotton for their agents, who are Stationed) im San Antonio, Tex. The United States immigration commis- Sioners sat upon his case and dec ided that he must be sent back. This law, which was enacted at the demand of the trade unions, was. evi dently intended to exc lude the imm gra tion of men who would compete with their membership in their several lines - i but it has been construed t apply to persons who can render any sort. of Ser- vice, with the view of keeping them all out of the country. It is, however, ut- terly powerless to keep labor of any sort, and it only Out COompetins Operate Ss to vex and annoy a few respectable per sons, while hordes of criminals, pau pers, worthless persons, provided ley have their passage paid and a little show of money to live on, come at their will; while there is no restraint on any sort of workmen, they have not been formally engaged to work here. A little jugglery is all that is needed t provided ) secure their admission into the country, and they can be set to work without any open violation of the law, which only catches honest men who have been en- gaged abroad and are willing to the truth. Under the Commissioners, aVvow decision of immigration respectable have frequently been excluded from the coun- Thien try, while pirates, brigands and de spera does are admitted without question, be- them, criminal cause there is no law to prevent unless they will avow. their character, or the hand all that is ac- testimony is. at to prove it. hat is about ] complished by such invidious exclusion. A FAVORABLE AUGUST. The unusual makes the usual apparent ; but, in activity during = July \ucust dullness more reality, the month has been unusually active in some lines and the outlook is favorable for fall trade. Wheat has declined 3@4c. Ex ports have been about one-half those of the corresponding month last year. The fact of the decline indicates that lack of buyers abroad has more influence on the market than the reported holding of the crop by the Western producers. Corn has declined 4c, while the tendency of pork and lard is upward Cotton has advanced a little and the demand for manufactured goods has been. corre- spondingly strengthened ; yet the price of prints is The price of wool is kept up stiffly and sales slightly weakened. Foreign competition in manufactured goods is causing un- easiness. The iron situation continues very encouraging, although new. orders are not numerous. Bessemer has ad- | vanced 50c and there isan advance. in | barbed wire; but other prices are un- changed. would seem to be that no person skilled It recognizes no competition--Signal 5. 2 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN r MEN OF MARK. few years, having a little trouble with! thoroughly knowing his own country. Shoes and leather the iain I went to New York, and| An ardent lover of nature and an_ en- Wm. A. McGraw, of W. A. McGraw —— laid in have alw: vs j Sast- | thusi: - fishermat He was known laid in and have always dealt in’ East-|thusiastic fisherman. gta ' : : 1 ie . & Co., Detroit. A NOBLE LIFE ern made goods, in connection with our}and loved by the guides im the Adiron- ’ ce ey own make, which for many years was|dacks, the skippers at Nantucket and If there is any truth in the moral of i : , De no : : ee co tiie al a ; . . a Late A. C. vf the heaviest and best quality. The} the punters in Florida and his own fish-| the old Latin fable, that youth is in / obiogr: vy OF h Autobiography the no better way than by exam- McGraw. demand for heavy goods has become} ing club on the Lake St. Clair flats. Al- | structed in ile, then the statement of Mr. McGraw, : : : a ae less as the country has become cleared | though in his 85th year, — he made his | ] } én } m 4 + } « has } oe : * l wa ee ee 7 ip and attention has been turned to! usual trip to Nantucket last summer | that there Is little to say regarding my 1 1 sl. { . 1 } ‘ i " ane . “ u HN i sh e Huds ra ™Y light, fine goods for men and women. and it never blew so hard but what he | early life, or present one for that mat- i i a r m Have been a housekeeper sixty years. | was ready and eager to go after blue }ter, of interest to the average met ; : oe ur PEDANTIC Have always lived from a half to three- | fish if apt. Adams would venture out. | chant,’’ has little foundation to rest up- i @ oe aug a : ee "| quarters of a mile from the store. Have I have made no changes in the fore-|on. Indeed, to the Tradesman, the j + _ | c ly r ‘ ‘ ' ee : u i a i — a ny Ce ‘Y always taken three meals a day athome. | going manuscript. The story is one} splendid story of his” prosperous life u ina ae Ss fook Mcil | Have no recollection of ever eating a truly eloguent in’ its simplicity. Phe | leads promptly to other conclusions, and hides te t ea een ete ee meal in Detroit at any hotel, or restaur-|}dead man was a hater of shams and] not only to the average country merchant ee re ee een nt. Up tothe time of running street} empty pretensions and his long life was] is this life story of the greatest concern, | Whi } oO I : i. } 2 Ce } eer " bra ears, have always, when in the city, | as the page of an open book, but to the whole world of trade as well. Hous sal amily shoes Tor) walked two times a day each way for —.]- The time has come in America when h i ( thre esh . | 1 E ; oe : a oe ’ oe we Vin A aril v _ thirty years and at least half the time {here is one instance where it 1s not something besides ‘getting ready’’ and man class, faking my Test tessons | since. When in Boston and New York | wise to add rapidly, and that is to the|-‘hesinning’’ should be looked for. Ii ae me ' fine md i ing business, I, as a_ rule, retired to} items of your expense account. not Monotonous and not exactly stale, it he Cat Whippet intil | was fitteen . i ‘ing " i ante is not, at least, unusual for remarkable vears ol when | entered the sophomore : yea ‘ . Wel entered t Cpr tie success to point with pride and justly is sia is a : : e . ' , | so. to the unpretending cabin where its 1 \ \ 1 t where : i ee ne | - humble life began. was OV OL all WOTK eine the younr- i : | Che grandest fortune of modern times est bo i must wiswer Mii «Cals vine ; . 1- . i : started with an oil well. The first genu- of which was s “eq ue particulariy } i OG i inely American President began his life at nignt uF out LOT W rOr tie : a : 7 ' as a railsplitter. A. little one-story journeyimen, DeCAInK so. disgusted | ey , f house in Ohio furnished the greatest With their nabits, it InaGe Of me a tem- ' io : : . P ae }veneral which the continent has seen: t pcrance Man th all my AriC! strc. ry ' : : : ' but the time has gone by in this country fathie would eve denture any « his \ rn : . : for going into ecstasy over an oil well DOVS. tne < 1 1 made tor m \ I , : a Sco cabin of a chestnut tail With was et ' dollars a yea : ji ieee eelininale oe 1] for tl st year and board: thirty the these preliminaries done, and well i ‘ ‘ . ko done, it is the next step that is of inter See 1 \ t L ai PULL \ ae an est, not only to the average country DOSS Ciosed it) ghiS PUSIiCSS LHCT¢ ’ ae ' a merchant, but everywhere; and on that moved to ‘Cw rk. mL nY Contract - ! “41 a cc eo L a Faccount the Tradesman reads, with the was ended. MLV Trathe was acquainted | § with George Mecklem, the most reliable }usual joy of a paper in securing som Ee Te Newburrl j thing new, | never lett homie at 12 ears of age an ‘ke 2 Vez - 7 i oo a }years of age tnd worked three years for Pi ee ie jay board and clothes, with a dollar a ame che ne » wil s Wn) ed me with a motherly | year fo pending money. Phe foun Oe | dation ol a genuine mercantile life had : a oe lalready been laid by the father, and hand's shoe store and shor first \ ] | , i} every stone of that foundation had been 0 rT 1 eal | ‘ ily) business placed solidly on bedrock by the sturdy | “se l y % y father decided to UAer, sé e old ta 1 so to Michiga When, on January 12, 1557, the boy, three s vould all « e with |} whose name stands at the head of this and we all voted ves and on. the jarticle, was placed in the father’s arms, « morn of May 183 mur whole fa resolve was made, that all that abun- family were abe f§ a sloop at the }dant means and worthiness of purpose wharf in Newburgh, where George }could accomplish should be done to Mecklem was the last man to give us fmake--not a professional man, but a Godspeed, with advice to me to create broad-gauged, well-educated merchant, no speculative debts. We arrived in fto rest upon the foundation the father had | | Detroit May 20, via Hudson River, i then begun to lay with so much Care. Erie Canal and Lake Erie. We remaiz | It was training indeed. The best in ed in Detroit a few weeks, then a city ithe line of instruction was not thought ) of 2,222 inhabitants, mostly French in- }too good; and when the eductional ad ‘ { a |vantages of the New World were ex ri ar =Po ' : as aes : : lh: , he : fF learning in the —* -_ THE LATE A. C. McGRAW. —— eo Se where [ went to work f{ } Old World swung open and let him in. Vermont, wh \ st Gesaeins enrolled him as a student, un- ; ~_ ~< a nel r | Model H I G N i ftil the difficult) speech of the Teuton : pegged work and | made the first | had | ™my room before to p. m., very seldom odel Hotel at Grand Marais lara ac Reusibiae ac Bk cer Sateen ever seen made; up to that time pegged | ever going to a theater, or other place Gand Marais, Aug. 26—-As a matter | With this preparation for a groundwork, work had never been seen or worn in|Of amusement, or very seldom away | of simple age | would like to call) air MeGraw returned to America and : ; ; oa . . : (ooo a — the attention of traveling men to the ac-|, ~ ca i . Newburgh. In one year 1 had saved | from my own home alter tea at night, ae oat bo a Ale ._| began his life work, entering the em lred d 1 | Now, I think I hear you say, he has |CO™Modations offered by the New Wa- | . haar 5 i I iw, = N < p< ’ “ 1 —“ | f i Sy » one hundred do s and with it I bought aga : eas bash Hotel. Landlord Cummings and | ploy of the old-established shoe house ot Pa er a. wan +s ¥ “al oe 1 - : . . 1 } out the concern and run it until the first | S0t 19 2 Tut and Cannot pet out OF 1t, Dut) Lis estimable wife are ever on the alert! A. C. McGraw & ( o., which had been cases of Asiatic cholera in the United | Het 50 Dy any Means. to please the traveling public, and ex | founded and was still managed by his | 1 1 a , ee a te ‘ rdial Wi 1O " } : r : States broke out, July 5, 1832, in De- NOTE BY HIS SON, W. A. MCGRAW. tend : | invitation to trave — father. The house was then located at : ’ a . a ‘ men to Dring their wives with them and | " | roit L ha eviously engaged rooms this Mr. McGr s pe tg : - corner. of ‘ard avenue and troit I \t l pomnt a Le raw toppe d see the coming city of Grand Marais. the corner of Woodward avenue i + it ' ‘. eal - . “ ’ . i ‘i ‘ Bia , “poet: rear) floras ind = store 13 tf, and riting, expecting to finish next day, The Wabash Hotel is now a three-story | Larned street, where Swan's restaurant while the cholera was yet raging, | came | ] was taken sick and never re-/ building furnished throughout with new | now stands. While engaged in’ master- here to stay and have staid pegg covered, furniture. ‘Phe rooms are large and | ing the rudiments of the business, Mr. iway for over sixty-one years of con As he says, he never got into a rut, | Well: ventilated, nicely decorated and McGraw conceived a strong liking fot ; tinuous bt | i City Phe first] Hic Grn ns ee carpeted. There is a double-deck ver ' bl t and he. deter nuous Dusiness in this ty. irst is firm as alwavs » 2. g a th a ar “par » ar » > - ; i ; anda on three sides of the building, the rubber departmen i winter of 1033 and 34 employing only | the largest business in boots and shoes in| making a pleasant promenade and a mined to know the business **from the five or six men, im the spring of the lat- | Detroit or Michigan. He was a man of place where everyone feels at home. | cellar up,’ and, with a zeal worthy ol ter year, 1534, | changed my store to al/extensive reading, unusually well in-| The house is also furnished with fire es-| his Scotch ancestry. he bent to the. task J - . tch ancestry, nd} formed upon all subjects. A great Mich; —— vi a better place in| he had set himself, Choosing the work : MICNnIgan tor a traveling man t ake - j an . his famil : yok because he loved it, the enthusiast be- i r in L mae | : is family for an outing than Grand work, never at any time doing a custom | visited all parts of Europe. From the ee || 'gan with the gum. He made it a study. increased my business in making up/traveler, having, at different times, made business to measure, which 1] North where the sun never sets, to the} ee He familiarized himself with the facts found to have mi objections. In a] Mediterranean in the South, also} Have you tried it—Signal Five? lconcerning it.from the time it is taken c THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 3 from the tree in South America, togeth- | see more of the world and its people er with the methods of obtaining it, un- than can be viewed from the narrow til it is manufactured into boots and confines of a counting room. The Ger shoes. The fact is, his determination man songs the boy had learned in the ‘to know all about it’’ has made him schools of Berlin had a deeper me ny an expert in whatever pertains to rub- as the man of business hummed them ber. He is, without doubt, the best on his journey down the castle-guarded posted man in his line of business to be Rhine. He learned by experience the found ; and they who know what they pleasures and dangers of Alpine travel. ; are talking about concede that Mr. Mc- His own eyes saw the magnificence i» Graw is a hustler on general principles and a King in the rubber business, with a Capital K. the Austrian capital, looked at the won ders which Italy had been centuries, rode along the ¢ hamps Elysee Noting his partiality for the rubber (by far the finest : In the world business, his partners naturally insisted and ransacked the British Isles to learn that he take entire charge of that de- something of the home of his Scotch a1 partment, which became, under his. en- cestors. Nor was this foreign travel to ergetic management, the banner depart- take the place of journeying at home. ment of the establishment. His famil- He has learned its geography by see larity with the business and his intimate it From the woods of Maine to Cuba knowledge of details caused him to be and the Gulf, over the Rockies to the consulted by the manufacturers on mat Golden Gate. Across the Pacific sea, ters of moment to the trade, such as the probable selling quality of new patterns twice traversed, Mr. McGraw journeved and, with an interest not common. he made himself fam and the prices which new styles would bear. No one connected with the trade enjoys the confidence of the manufactur- ers tO a greater extent that Mr. Mc- Graw. people and her history, and is one of the best posted Nien on lapat history, her resources and her fut authority, in fact, on whatever pertains . o the Flowery Kingdom. In fact. what Devotion to duty soon rewarded Mr. ; i i ga : : vo : study and intelli t McGraw with a partnership interest) in i 2 HT ent travel can do to the business, which will be continued widen a man’s world has been made th until Sept. 1, when the old firm of A. C. McGraw & Co. will be dissolved by mutual consent, W. A. McGraw. taking the rubber portion of the business, which he will continue at 80, 82 and 84 Jefferson avenue under the style of W. A. MeGraw & Co., handling the prod- most of in this instance. ] 1 * None knows better tl mn. Mir \VicGraw uhhi that the structure he is buildii a firm foundation is by no. means con pleted. To him it may seem a private matter how he builds, and uct of the Boston Rubber Shoe Co. added, day by day, can be of no con cern to the average country merch ant - having already employed an office Dut it isa matter of the greatest mx and traveling force for that purpose. ment, not only to the storekeeper in the At intervals during his busy, business Wil. A. McGRAW. career Mr. McGraw has taken time to Owing to the Great Advance in Leather, Agents for the soots and Shoes are necessarily much advaneed in price : BOSTON RUBBER LEDER BROS. SHOE (0. “as GOODS Have a great many things purchased before the advance that they are still selling at ol ld | prices, and balance of the line at not one-half | of the advarce of the cost to manufacture the goods to-day. It will pay you to examine our line of samples when our representative calls | | on you. | 2, 14 and 16 Pearl Street city and in town, but to the boys and young men behind the counter throuch Manufacturers and Jobbers of Boots and Shoes 9 Gnd 7 North lonia Si. Grand Raids. oo | ec Tone aet tee en eae SERELE TOR | Candee Rubbers THEROLD - BERTSCH SHOE Co. Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers in | satmmavirrm.... BOOTS, SHOES & RUBBERS 5 and 7 Pearl Street GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN SiMe AQEMIS WALES-GOODYEAR RUBB:RS We carry in stock Regular, Opera, Piccadilly and Needle Toes. Prices advance 5 per cent. Oct, 1. Until that time our prices on Candees, 20 per cent. discount. Federals on Jerseys, 20 and 12 per cent. discount. Imperials, 20, 12 and 12 per cent. discount. A de lay in placing : orders will = you money. We have a full line of Felt Boots, We also carry the finest line of Lumbermei’s Socks in Michigan. ‘STUDLEY & BARG | - 4 TIONROE ST. Grand Rapids, Mich. i 5 We are prepared to furnish a Rubber of superiority in quality, style and fit. eae stcsanen i a aed I I crop is unpromising. vovernment has THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Around the State. The attachme..ts executed by & Co., of Duluth and other on the E1- Sidnaw Wells, Stone wholesalers, general stock of Movements of Merchants. mer Desvoigne, have been’ released. Munising—Cox & Cox succeed W. F. The trouble came about through a mis- Cox in vseneral trade. understanding. Owosso—Otis Gould has removed his| Alma—The business men of this place drug stock to Oakley. have raised $10,000 for the purpose of Battle Creek—-O. V. Pratt has sold his| Purchasing the right of way through srocery stock to Daniel W. Maynard. Alma for the Toledo, Ann Arbor & Flint—The hamess stock Gf HN. | North Michigan Kailway, | which) in- Gay has been assigned to Henry H. Gay, | Velves the erection of a union depot for Climax Lee & Riley succeed Pierce the joint use of the D., L. & N. Rail- & Lee in the drug and grocery business. | W4Y- | ae | Reading--Geo. W. Ocker has pur- lronwood -Chas. H. Koenig & Co. . chased the dry goods stock of Weller & | Clothing stock has been seized by E. D. Ellis. ui Nelson, President of the First National St. James The A. Booth Packing Co, | Bank, by virtue of a chattel mortgage has closed its fish business here for the | for $4,000. The liabilities are stated to Sie cea | be about $8,000, and the assets in the Muskegon F. M. Averill has begun | "€ighborhood of $5,000. the mauufacture of cigars at 229 Western| Kalamazoo -H. B. Fisher and W. M. avenue. Thompson have formed a copartnership lraverse City--G. H. Colman has sold | under the style of H. B. Fihser & Co. his fish an | produce market to G. W. for the purpose of continuing the men’s | Coleman. } furnishing goods business at 7 West Nessen City -Sarah C. (Mrs. Wm.) | Main street, formerly conducted by H. Hogg has removed her grocery stock | F. Weimer. The new firm will add vu ie | line of hats and caps. Cass City J. S$. MeNair has pur- | Allegan-—O. R. Johnson will agai chased the planing mill business of L. | embark in the mercantile business here. | The interior of the store he formerly oc- A. DeWitt. Holland W. T. Hardy has removed | Cupied is undergoing repairs and will Wh, his boot and shoe steck from Sparta to be made ready for his occupancy. Geo. this place | E. Rowe, who succeeded Chas. S. Ford } Negaunee The dry eoods stock of si EE at ag eo — has Henry H. Bregstone has been trans ee the stoc © did Not dispose of | } astings. ferred to Alex. Heyn. ra 29 . ri r . . raverse ity he raverse City St. Louis-—-John R. Hughes has re ’ ' oc . 4 44+} Lumber Co. has sent tifty vessel loads of moved his jewelry, notion and bazaar nn ) ' , os jt lumber to Chicago thus far this season, Stock to Waveland, Ind. | : ) |< Arty more are ready to send. Uver Hastings -Farrell & Cowan, clothiers, | 2! ! - re “id to : } . S125 0 ve Deer l ro Cr i ve dissolved. The business will be >i lig sm si ' ™ shai Ha oie tc See labor. The output of the company’s two i : mills will be greater this season than Rea—L. F. & W. F. Overmyer, gen- : 7 | : ! ; ; . | ever before, 25,000,000 feet having been eral dealers, have dissolved, W. F. : ' f / i}sawed in two months. Overmyver continuing the business. : net i : ' Florence—The peppermint crop in / a. > en _. | Cadillac / The creditors of the insol- | this vic inity will be almost a total fail jv nt John G. Mosse r estate will shortly | ure, on account of the injury done by | receive a dividend of 12% per cent. ithe frost last spring. Mr. Hall, one Battle Creek—L. W. Robinson & | the largest growers in this vicinity, suc- ) Sun, dry goods dealers, have dissolved, | ceeded in getting only 23 pounds of oil | ‘ t} lL. W. Robinson continuing the busi- | from 73 acres of old mint, when he ness. | should have had from to to 20 pounds Newaygo—Thompson Bros. & Co. |to the acre. He has 300 acres of mint have purchased the stock of groceries | which will not yield enough oil to cover of 5. D. Thompson and will continue | the expense of cutting. the business. \drian—-The appraisers of the Met lron Mountain —Rusky & Sackin, gen- | calf dry goods stock have awarded the feral dealers, gave dissolved. Each will | owner $40, 433, the stock to be retained | | continue thezeneral store business in | by the insurance companies, which have -l his own name, | shipped it to the Western Salvage anil | Thompson, Graves & Co., wholesale | Wrecking Co., of Chicago. | The ex flumber dealers, have dissolved. The|penses of appraisal were about $700, | business will be continued by B. R. | which will be borne equally by Mr. Phompson & Co. | Metcalf and the insurance companies. | Kent City-—-M. E. Gone has sold bis! Shattuck, who was appointed trus- el al seatite and shoes to Albert | tee, still holds the policies in trust. N. Saur, who will continue the business | Mt- Metealf was unable to state whether at the | Seene liscatinis, | he would re-enter business, when asked ceed Sheme: & Mate deal. | tis question, but intimated that he : : : jmight. jers in drugs and stationery at this place at Hurley, Wis., have discontinued >| their business at Hurley. The Dry Goods Market. still advancing. hand Cotton Lor rds are Aliegan-A. W. ‘Tripp, of Cedar} All best mz es of prints are now job- Springs, has purchased Mrs. G. C.|bed at 54@ 5c%2, with a few brands still Adams’ stock of stationery, books and | held at 5c. 1} fancy goods and will add lines of jew- Dress goods for fall are being shown and drugs. Theo. Scattergood has re- stock to Mt. Pleas- elry at prices ranging from 744c@S$1. Mancelona Amoskeag staple ginghams are now ; quoted by manufacturers at s@4c. i moved his jewelry Sic; dress cambrics at 37 ant. The ficid here will be occupied by J. \. Jackson, of Kalkaska, who will re- All American prints, both wide and move his stock to this place. narrow goods, have advanced {c. Simp- oe : ) _|son’s new Hazel brown prints are beau- Hudson Arch ere of Rome, has tiful and are proving good sellers at the purchased the interest of Mr. Wiles in| yew price of 5%c. jthe cigar of Burk & Wiles, jand the business will be continued un- der the name of the Hudson Cigar Co. business Napped goods are also shown in qual- itie s to se iP at toc and 12%c in Persian effects and stripes. CHICAGO Travelers’ Time Tables. June 16, 1895 and West Michigan R’ y Going to Chicago. G'd Rapids 6:00am 1:24pm *6: 0pm Chicago. ...12:05pm 6:50pm 6:00am 6:25am Returning — Chicago. Ly. Ar. 30pm *11:3 Ly. Chie ae :20am 5:00pm *11:45pm Ar. G'd Rapids... Pe 2:40pm 10:40pm *6:30am To and from Muskegon. : : pole Rapids.. . 6:00am oe 6:30pm id Rapids. . 11:30am 5:15pm 10:40pm " eeae erse City, Charlevoix and Petoskey. 8:00am Lv. G’d Rapids. ‘ Ar Maniste¢ 1:00pm 11:00pm ar. Traserce City... .. Opm 4:00am Ar. Charlevoix ‘3: Opin pm 6:30am Ar Pe oskey *4:20):m pm 7:00am Trains arrive from north at 5:30a.1n., 11:45a.m., 1:00p.m., *1:30p.m PARLOR AND SLEEPING CARS. Parlor Cars leave Grand Rapids 6:00a.m., 12 p.m.: leave Chicago 7:20a.m.,5:00p.m. Sleeping Cars leave Grand Rapids *11:30p.m.: leave Chi cago *1145p.m. ‘Every day. Others week days only. 7:00a.m., at Detroit with all through trai OF | 4 | For G’d Haven, | For G’d Haven and | Car. Oct. 28, 1894 Northern R’y DET ROIT yransing & Going to Detroit. Ly. Grand Rapids 7:00am 1: 2pm 5: 5pm Ar. Detroit eeeees. 11:40am 5:30pm 10:10pm Returning from _ Ly. Detroit... 40am :10p m 6:00pm Ar. Grand Rapids 72: 40pm 5 2pm 1 :45pm Saginaw, Alma and St. Louis. Ly. G R7:40am 5:00pm Ar. G R 11:35am 10:45pm To and from Low ~ Ly. Grand Rapids......7: am = 1:20pm) 5:25pm Ar. from Lowell 12340pm = 5:20pm THROUGH CAR SERVICE. Parlor cars on all trains between Grand Rap ids and Detroit. Parlor ear to Saginaw on morn i Mere week days only. M. Funier, Chiet Clerk, Pass. ers. “ T we Nia ‘Niagara Falis “Route.” Arrive Depart Detroit Express —. 10:20pm :00am *Atlantic Express..... . 6:30am 11:20pm | New York Express....... 11:45am 6:00pm ‘Daily. All others daily, except Sunday. Sleeping cars run on all night trains to and for Detroit at truit at 12:20p.m.: return dop.in., arriving at Grand Direct communication made is east over the Michigan Central Railroad (Canada Southern Division.) A. AtmgQul:T, Ticket Agent. Shion - ussenger Sti ition. from Detroit. Parlor ears leave reaching Det ing, leave Detroit 4:: Rapids 10:20p.m. Grand Haven & Milwaukee Railway DETROI Eastward. TNO. 4 +tNo. 16 +No.18 *No. 8 Ly. Gd Ra, ids.6:45am to: Gam 11:0 pm Ar. lomia......7:40am 11:25am 5 Ar. St. Johns..+:25am 12:17pm Ar. Owosso... .9:00am Jp Ar. E. Saginawl0:50am 3:4 pm 8: -O4ypomn 6:40am Ar. Bay City..11:30am 4:35pm 7:15am Ar. Flint......10:05am 3:45pm 40am Ar. Pt. Huron.12:05pm.) 4:50pm Oum Ar. Pontiac... 10:58am 3:05pm 7 Ar. Detroit H:s0am 4:05pm 9:25pm 7:00am Westward. For G'd Haven and Interu.ediate Pts For G’d Haven and Muskegon For Gd Haven, *8:40am . Milwaukee and Chi Milwaukee and Chi Milwaukee... tDaily except ao *Daily. from the east, 6:35a.m., 2:00p.m., 5: p-m. Trains arrive ites the west, 6: a.m., 10:10a.m., 3:15p.m., 7:05p m. Eastward—-No. 14 hus Wagner No. 18 Parlor car Westward—No. Parlor Buffet car. JAS. CAMPBELL, Buffet No. 8 Wagner sleepe r. Parlor 11 Parlor car. No. 15 Wagner No. 81 Wagner sleeper. City Ticket Agent. GRAND ahi” Rapids & Indiana Railroad Northern Diy. Leave Arrive +7:00am + 5:15pm 8:00am *10;00pm y., Petoskey & Mack, Petoskey & Mack Tray. Cy Trav. Cy., Traverse City a 5:25pm +11:30am Seow ft) :00pm +11:00pm Petoskey and Mac kinaw Rar +10:45pm + 6:20am 7:00a.m. train has through cars to Saginaw. 8:00a.mn. train has parlorcars for Mackinaw. p.m. train has parlor car for Traverse City. p.m. train has sleeping cars for Petoskey Mackinaw. Southern Div. I Arrive 19: ona + 2. Cin., Ft. Wayne & Kalamazoo.t+ 7 Ft. Wayne & Kalaimazoo...... 7:15pm Cin , Ft. Wayne & Kalamazoo 10: 5pm *6: 50am Ky alam: ae. -+ 6:00pm 19:2 am 7:25a.m. train has parlor car to Cincinnati. 10:15p.m. train has sleeping ears to Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Louisville. Chicago Wreles. Ly. G’d Rapids......*7:25am_ = +2:00pm +10:15pm Ar. Chicago.... 2:40pm : 05pm 7:10am 2:00p.m_ train has through coach, 10:15p.m. train has through coach and sleeping ear. ay. Ceeaeo.... |... t6:50am = 43:00pm *11:30pm Ar. Gd Rapids...... 2:15pm 9:15pm 6:50am 3:00p.m. train has through coach and 11:30p.m. has through coach and sleeping ear. Muskegon Trains. Ly G’d Rapdist7:25am +1:00pm Ar Muskegon..8:50am 2:10pm 9 Ly Muskegon. #9: 13amt2 2:05pm +6 Ar G’d Rapids10:30am 1:15pm = 7:55; 5:20pm sae Sunday. *Daily. tSunday only. A. ALMQUIST, C. L. Lock woop, Ticket Agt. Un. Sta. Gen. Pass. & Tkt. Agt. 30am 15:40pm i } i f i LAMAN Nitec iceemnseere a THE MICHIGA N TRADESMAN Grand Rapids Gossip Stephen C. VanderPlas has opened a| meat market at 549 Ottawa street. Floyd J. Everhart, grocer at 47 Eleventh Street, is suc eeded by k-edward R. Connell. D. Fisher has opened a grocery store at Stetson. “The stock was furnished by the Ball-Barnhart-Putman Co. Oo. Rr. grocery business at \llegan. Barnhart-Putman = Ce Johnson has re-engaged in the The Ball- furnished = the stock, Longeor & Grove have embarked in the grocery business at Shepardsville. The stock was furnished by the Ball- Barnhart-Putman Co, F.C. Miller has been engaged by Putman to close out the stock, manufactured and unmanufactured, in- Enos cluding lumber and other raw. material on hand, of the Widdicomb Mantel Co. G. J. Johnson, who recently purchased the cigar stock of Geo. W. Hart, at 20 Canal streeet, has sold the stock to Geo. Peacock, who will continue the business under the style of Geo. Peacock & Co. The report that Appel Bros. have transferred their lease to a dry goods firm which will occupy the double. store “with a line of staple dry goods and. no- tions is denied by the tirm in question, The road race from Chicago to Mil- waukee to occur November 2. between horseless vehicles, in competition for $5,000 in prizes offered by the Chicago limes-Herald, is receiving considerable attention at the hands of the motor man- ufacturers of the country. Already about eighty entries have been made, includ- ed among them being one by the Sintz Gas Engine Co. of this. city. Ihe vehicle it has entered is nearing com- pletion and promises to be a formidable competitor. If its success in this appli- cation of its motor approaches the suc- cess which has attended its use for pro- pelling launches, its chance of carrying | off the first prize is 2 food one. The outcome of this competition will be a matter of great importance to those who succeed in making a practical self-pro- pelling vehicle, and in so public) and well advertised a manner demonstrates its practicability. The adoption of this mode of transportation is making rapid | strides in Europe since the recent | French road race of the same kind as| that proposed here. The world is’ ripe | for itand the manufacturers who succeed in first gaining recognition will be the fortunate ones, >eso is unloading. Some profess to believe that this is simply a process to work the market, and that there is no indication | that the syndicate will let go beyond comparatively small quantities, and this | in order to depress prices, so that they may buy im again. Tea As compared with the early part of the month, there is probably a. little more business being done, but, as a whole, t 1 he market shows no active con- ditions. The country buyers cannot be induced to operate beyond actual neces- sities, as they see nothing in the. situa- Most green tion to induce them to speculate. interest centers on fine lines. of and black teas. Slight declines are re- ported in line prices on fine grades of | imperials, Hyson and lons, although on the India and Cey- latter auction prices seemed to be somewhat stronger. Dried Fruits moderate Have been in- very request, orders being of a hand-to-mouth character. The market for prunes, apricots and currants is in | an unsettled condition, while on apples | prices have a declining tendency. The remainder of the offering is without ma- terial change. Coffees of coffee have been Both Brazil and mild grades dull, Buyers are disinclined to operate, and holders do not, as a rule, see any good results to be obtained by breaking the market. Molasses with prices rather weaker. While about the usual run of orders for motasses comes in daily, the market ina large way is dull, as transactions are confined to small indi- vidual quantities. Prices on both open kettle and foreign molasses are very firm, while low grade centrifugals are unsalable, as they cannot be laid) down here at the prices dealers are willing to pay. The receipts at New Orleans con- tinue light and the stocks in the sheds there are small. Nothing much in. the way of business is expected here until] the early part of next month, when it is expected that more interest in the arti- cle will be shown. Syrups The market keeps well sold up and prices are a trifle. firmer. Job- bers are displaying considerably more interest. The outturn from the refin- eries is small and everything offering is quickly absorbed. Bananas-- There. is Virtually no de- | : }mand for them, and importers will con- | sign to any wholesaler who may be. in- duced to take the freight out of a car. chance of getting It must not be in- ferred from this, however, that. the. re- tailer can get them for a song, as so many bunehes ina carload are. ruined, the few good shippers must, of neces- sity, bring fair prices. fruit holding of local merchants, who report Oranges Rodi comprises the |a most spiritless demand. Peaches have The Grocery Market. | the middle and both sides of the road Sugar--Raw sugar has declined 1-16c | now, to the exclusion of other fruits, during the past weck on weak and lower! especially oranges and bananas. ) European markets. Sellers. still main- | tain a firm front. The decline im re-| side’’ are very light and ‘‘the other fancy goods Lemons--Arrivals from fined has been from 's@3-16c, while the | bring $6@7 at the auction sales. Many trading was not stimulated by the lower prices. The market for German granu- ; seem to think it will be October before there will be a decline of any moment, lated was working constantly to a lower) while others think that early in Septem- basis all the week, which influenced the | ber we can look for much lower prices. decline. Should the decline continue in Europe still lower prices are. predicted. There is a better demand. for spices in a jobbing way at steady prices, quiet. Spices but invoice dealings continue Advices from foreign markets are very meager, largely for the reason that} prices here are so much below those rul- |. ing in foreign centers. It is certain, however, that all are buying from hand to mouth, and prices have crept up a peg almost daily for the | past week, Buying in small lots, as ineeds require, is safest until the re- | action. +eo- Improve the opportunity on Gillies’ 1 | The Drug Market. Alcohol. Nothing has improve the situation. developed to The demand. is | rather slow. Arsenic--The demand for white con- | tinues light, and the limited wants. of | consumers are being supplied at | within the old range. Cascara Sagrada——Reports from the is hardening, most of the bark in. sight strong hands which expect to hold it over until next year. It is claimed that the | lable to make ends meet, and the disap were so low that many of them were un- ointing results will cause them to aban- | don the business. | Cocaine—Is in moderate request for | consumption at the old range. Cream Tartar -Is moving steadily into }consuming channels, with values. un- | changed and firm. Ergot.-Small parcels of the better grades continue to find a good consum- | ing outlet. | Essential Oils ; unsettled and irregular market for pep- There is a continued permint, but while the new crop. is un- doubtedly short in some sections of the growing districts, it is believed that the aggregate output will be ample to meet requirements. Anise, | cassia are all firm, but the latter is the more active. Gums Asafoetida is in fair demand, for the time. of Priccs. Veal, at Camphor is in active request, with the market decidedly strong, all indications favoring an early advance. The prinepal holders. of further advanced their price. Opium kino have The market is without anima- tion and there is an apparent lack of interest in the article on the part of both buyers and sellers. Quinine—The been steadily hardening, and during the past ten days the advances aggregate London fully 2 cents per oz. While prices abroad have been moving upward, no change has occurred here, and it is not. sur- rising that the difference between the | I | two markets should have developed an export demand ; such is the fact, and we ; understand that fully 50,000 ounces have been taken tor shipment to London and that further parcels would sell readily if suitable quantities were available. The tone of the local market ifirmer, with prices from second hands on a parity with those of manufacturers’ is decidedly }agents when the question of discounts are considered. It is a well-known fact |that outside holdings, especially round lots, have been gradually absorbed by the consuming trade, and that many of the former large operators have closed | out their holdings with a view to aban- | doning the business, and leading brok- ers acknowledge their inability to fill or- ders of any magnitude. market for strong with values tending upward and Roots--The an improved demand is expected next month, when the consuming season usu- ally begins. Jamaica ginger is meet- ing with an active seasonable demand and a good business is reported in. both | bleached and unbleached at full prices. Golden seal has met with increased at- tention. : o-oo It is estimated that the bicycle output of 1894 was 200,000, while that of 1805 will be 400,000. It is thought that next year the output will reach 700,000 | wheels. —_—__~.>9»>___ A report is go-| & Co.’s special N. Y. tea offer. It is a| P. Steketee & Sons still offer 3{ Ar- ing the rounds that the clove syndicate} new Japan cheap. J. P. Visner, Agent. | gyle Standard Indigo blue at 4%c. prices | Pacific coast state that the market there | having already gone forward and is. in| prices realized by gatherers this séason | bergamot and] unchanged | market has | Ipecac is| The Hardware Market. While there is a good deal of fault found with General Trade the du } trade, if the merchant will only refer back to his books and comnare his trade | with last year at this time, he will find he is doing just as well, if not a little better. We rvthi De to a good fall st of the crops are good and a general revival of buy ng 1s |sure to come. In other sections of the country this is er than it 1S in Michigan, but our time is soo jwe must be prepared to improve. it All goods in the hardware line are hav- | ing material advances, and we see no reason why there should be any declines for a long while to come. Raw = matet ial is up, labor has been advanced, and everybody is getting tired of sel g goods at cost. Now, if the retail met chant will only imbibe a little of. this confidence in the { re and eep his jselling price up. with the present ad- vances, everybody will he St 2S Well off. Barbed Wire The excitement of the week in the hardware market has been the recent advance on b: rbed Wire. Painted wire has advanced $12 a ton and galvanized $13 a ton. The present * pric . Fa. .. and most advance that has occurred in. the ware line, but, according to all accounts, the wire manufacturers have — their } affairs well in hand and are able to. put the price at a living profit. Plain Wire The |nealed wire has not been so great. We advance in plain an quote that as follows: From Mill From Stock no. 9 tl 73 : $1 95 No. 10-11 Le 2 05 No. i2 1 % : o 1S Ne iS » OB >5 No. 4 2 15 No. 5 No. 16 | Bd Extra for Galva ed ie, Wire Nails--Are stationary at last quotation, which was $2.15 at mill and 2.35 from stock. The anticipated ad vance did not take place, but, if trade continues good, we may look for it next month. ices and are gradually making it We quote sisal rope 6@5 %c and manilla at 9 4@oc. Sundries—-We are advised that all makers of shelf hardware, locks, knobs, etc., have withdrawn all quotations ; are now revising their costs and will soon | issue new and advanced prices. no doubt, average from to to 25. pet cent. Agricultural tools have advanced | §O per cent. ; screws to So@1o@s8s5 pe cent. ; carriage bolts to 65 machine bolts to Os per cel and spades, 50c per doz. ; sash $2 per ton; plain board to board to pI. 30. As we have said before, it behooves ithe retail dealer to watch the market carefully and not give away his. goods. Those be st informed on the s tuation do not look for a deéclinin market for some two or three years: hence we retail dealers should bear this in = mind and keep their selli the market. >eoe C. E. Block, Secretary of the mercial Credit Oakiand Beach, Com- Company, has been at with his family, for a week. Fred H. Ball (Ball-Barnhart-Putman Co.) is spending the week in participating in the Ki Boston, hts Templar | festivities. 6 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN The New Ways and Work of Woman. \nd w she wants Blackstone. Only the othe lay | ird 1 oi of the per- ’ S t she coud vet the creat ‘ ry non law. In New Vorl ere S 2 ( iss yi Ve iv ladies taki i I Compe mstruction ( st t w and political ecor ‘ \\ W i mdicate that the fen ‘ tele the day was drift | ’ stone " and ( hitty on { tra te of the guide oO goo! houseke e and Ella L. Hoyle’'s Co i | ks a t ladies were Gg fyit cmselves for any pub- co cal duties that might de Ove tive & LHes¢ days of} i v t . ver , women tris i { ed olates. Vine w tie ri irl tRerr Attention «& pra f law What would be the ‘ S ‘ of our dear old grand- ! Ss cou ey be lid Belva Lock wor i Clara Kilgare at the bar? But f the dears devote a f their time to aw o and hi « on Wrat on Cart will 1>¢ ’ t the Is the kit t ‘ court-rov the house Ol legis 1 The o s will soon ere ot wenera md pressing MmMportance, Women everywhere are doing the work of men at counter, desk and office table. Young ladies getting from Sio to S80 a month for light and pleasant employ ment at servants doing domestic drudge daylizht till dark for S12 am? SiS a mont Men) paying their typewriters SS> a month and finding fault with their wive tor paying the half of that he servants. American girls are learning to despise home du- ties and are crowding capable young men out of their Customary avocations. Chis changed condition of affairs will soon require a readjustment of domestic and } rial relations. Phere 1s a good reason for girls siv- ing up housework when they can com- mand double the day for half the hours of work sedentary situations. “" The bread of dependence Ss bitter,’ and whe 1 woman works faithfully and well and then asks her ‘*legal protector’’ for ifew dollars to spend for recreation she Is ofte et with a reproof and her little leas are denounced as foolishness, and t the monev 1S given it s hinded out so gingerly that her spirit sinks within ind ‘ Ss ed of the pleasure that she w l have had if the manner gy ne had been different. And so she becomes studious of how she can ean 1 ttle noney and she dreams of the great de ht of spending it the way she kes. it 1S not that the sex has sudad conceived a distaste for do- NESTIC SErVICe it So manv are foresak x it, but ! e reason named,and he- cause they can get larger salaries for far tborious employment. And so they ire wding and p ishing onward to fill ipations which suit their tastes and Of course, the domest'c derartment du t is being ren- is mands and and 1 dered less drudgeful everv day. Labor- Saving inventions and appliances are vading kitchen, laundry and. every int r house So as t dispense wit! ch of the old-time menial toil. Every requisite is now brought to the door T¢ family s¢ The question has been asked, what “ ecome of the babies while the mother is away studying Blackstone and at the ballot box? Easy enough an- swered. I nurseries will be estab- lished where the little ones will be looked after and managed by patient and loving women who are experienced trained nurses. These little ones) will enjoy. the association of other children and advantages not provided in the av- erage household. Sometimes mothers are over-ftond, fretful, inexperienced, overworked and are really not qualified to attend their children. And the men that women are crowding out, what will become of them the limbs of the law that these young lady students are pre- paring to displace or subserve? Let them take to sterner and more. stirring if crowded out, to something pursuits, manly endow more suitable for thet: ments, to their ambitions and adventur- ous turn of talent, such as engineering, mechanical inventions, supervision of ndustrial establishments, scientific dis- covery, etc. The ladies will allow them to be leaders in all the avenues and un- dertakings of life for which they prove themselves capacitated( 7) Let them show their mental and manual superior- ity by constreting sewing and typewrit- g machines and such things for the women to use; by producing works on law and political economy for them to inclement. el- befte1 study ; by conquering the ements and making the earth a abode beings. There is human for the ] for handed, hardier if plenty Cav ict headed gentlemen to do they leave the type the tape-measuring in stores, writing im offices, the teaching in schools and like employment for the gentler going, tiner brained, fairy-fin- gered ladies when they prefer these avo- Cations to Marriage. The twentieth century, pushing, per- intellectual wo- She sistent, self-reliant and man is already here. has come to assert her dignity and independence worth, and to be the asso- ot and womanly ciate and assistant man in all of his achievements. PLLA R. BERRY. >> The Art of Selling. Goods will not You and that ‘ll themselves. S¢ may be the best of buyers is half the accomplishment of a good man of business but that will not be. sufficient unless you are a master of the art of sell- ing the \ good l-arranged store are also goods. store, a bright store, and a wel in the They necessary sood making up of a i but business. help the selling, they will not do it all. Goods weli bought and these other desideratums, are like the paints and brushes in a They are necessary to the work of making the picture, but it artist's talent to use them and the desired result. Manv persons a store attracted by advertisements window display, or perhaps from mere and are received coldly, and nterlopers than their entry is demanded. The ing partly lies in) understand- ig just how to treat different classes of The must study so as to learn all about goods he has to sell manufacture, and all about uses and But above all, he must study human nature, and have regard for varying likes and dislikes, opinions and prejudices. .Such knowledge, with tact in its application, will teach the salesman how to adapt himself to his different classes so as to give the great- est satisfaction to all, and that means much business as_ possible studio. needs the produce enter or curiosity, made to feel more like is, if the cause of sharply and abruptly art of sell frienc salesman the something of their I their customers. successtul } Value, vetting from all. as +3 The value of advertising is nowhere so greatly shown as in the phenomenal success of Mr. Wanamaker. He is nota man of extraordinary brains, but he is an extraordinary advertiser, and hence his enormous profits. $4,000,000 last year. They were AUVNrververververernerneratr nnn Blank Books - Tablets Stationery af EATON, LYON & CO.=—— 20 and 22 Monroe St. Grand Rapids i" dubai TONEP HOP HNP OOP OO NOR NEF HEF OOROTFOOROONS 9 FAW diddbsdidddsdidddsdidddsddddds UAW Ah Ahab kdb dub dAk bk bbb dd BOMERS’ EXPRESS & TRANSFER CO. et " dua Phone 509-3 R ip g6 OTTAWA ST. We Have It In y amounts from a gallon to a What? A chemical compound that will absolutely fire proof wood? you may « arload. want Yes Sir...... \nd we earnestly invite you to call on or write us for full particu- lars and prices. Also headquarters for the leading brands of Building Papers, Roofing Paints, Ready Rooting, and in fact we are Jobbers of all kinds of Rooting Materials. MM. Reynolds & oon, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ooden Shoes Penbrook Wooden Shoe C0. 803 Mich. Trust Building, GRAND RAPIDS GOOC\eaT ORDER Il VULCANIZED LEATHER INNER SOLES Hirth,Krause We Carry a Large Stock. = GOVE = RUDDETS Are the Best. — & Co. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. WHOLESALE M EXCLUSIVELY ® e 161-163 Jefferson Ave. DETROIT Specialt ies packed WOONSOCKE in bulk list 5 cents RHODE ISLAND == chennai ati light BUFF lin’g WIDE, MEDIUM, NARROW and PICCADILLY TOES Excelin FIT, STYLE, QUALITY and FINISH The TRADESMAN’S Advertising Columns Prove Its Value as a Trade-Bringer. SUCCESSFUL MM. Mi. Read, Mictiipis Mepececeta: tive for E. B. Millar & Co. It is not always possibl looks of hails from, but SALESMEN. a man wh after the formalities, in this instance, were over, and I was ar- ranging my Camicra Lot the customary exposure, [ said to myself, this man has stubbed his toe, or his ancestors have theirs, England or I miss my guess. He against the New rocks may not although is something in the cut of his) jib COTHE there that : Ppop- from a university town, roests it, but here's Su 1 ular proportion now-a-days that he has had more than a pa acquaintance Phere ome on be- with the inside of a school house. wasn't any quarreling tween his verbs and Che final ¢g their substant was not absence and was not represented by the sound of utter a wholesome >and the mndicated its middle letter lack of the atmosphere point, which it was a pleasure to and fixed the fact that the locality where all nasal from the educational stand- note, home was ina these are carefully looked after. characteristics a place he |’ | The Safety | From ves, | Conspicuous Dy its] jthat will apply in all cases. ‘My parents came to the State of New York from New England’’- what was | the use of bothering any longer with a pencil and. statistics?) Like the judge who listened to Webster in the famous Dartmouth College case, everything fol- lowed so naturally and easily that 1 had no need of a pencil, and, finally, laid it down. New York was "Out West’? when left the from this particular Read New England the New England N.Y. all day without any opposition from the and on that 1854, the born. It would be a family hive. They went row ks to county, , where they could plow farm, this stones, in February, subject of sketch was good place here to launch out upon the farm as the nursery of great men. There isa good chance here to drive home a truth or two with- told tale, perhaps com- out giving it the air of atwice- but with a mendable, | forbearance, refrain, pausing only long enough to record the fact that, during these early years, the boy developed a love for a good horse which has. clung to him since and made the ownership of tine horses one of pleasure, if not al- ways of profit. The farm life ended at 16, Before that period, the country school had done young idea had enough, and in Watertown, N. Y., students the head of what it could to train the how to shoot : but when the best been done, it 1870, the was not schools of enrolled upon its. list) of name which graces the this ar- ticle. When the it was only a step from the pupil’s desk to the years he taught school he did !--in the Empire State. The employment student life was over, teacher's, and for a number of must as - ésaid was agreeable enough, and he found it profitable enough, but the teacher's career has its clearly defined limits and the young man made up his mind to leave the good for His time came the Davis Sewing Machine Co. Southern travel. He and continued teachers’ ranks, while he was something else. when wanted a man for jomned them, a success, with them until when he to E. B. Millar & coffees and spices at but the business was 1880, made a transfer _o.. jobbers Chicago. date CcConnec- Ol teas, That was fifteen years ago, is the beginning of a tion which has never been. interrupted. In 1881 occurred the second important Jefferson | THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN T married Miss Ilda E. Bassett and set uy his household where he has since Mr. Read belongs to the Communicants foods im Ypsilanti, lived. church whose daily admit that they things they ought not and there is no health in believe have done those to have them,’ but that the rest of the petition is yranted ; that his home in that Nermal Schoo! town 1s a pleasant one: and that the little daughter who calls him papa and who strongly accomplished mother the world. done there is reason to favors her is one of the dearest children in ~~ > Line in Credit Business. the lion Age. The line of demarkation tween satety running be and danger in the credit business must vary according to the cir- cumstances of the merchant, the tions of and the community in business. No Spe tron-clad rules can be cond trade which he is cine oF doing ado} ted Home ven- eral rules, however, may be formulated as a safe guide, the violation of which, if not bringing real disaster, will result in much worry and embarrassment. The cautious and caretul business man will not extend credits so that his) bank account is constantly overdrawn. The retailer with a ( cood whose annual sales foot Up $20,000, 61 four times the amount of his doing as large~a business as he can Is fortunate with jobbers from ] lentsh his 5, OOO stock ot S stock, Is safely do, to he mc ¢ unless he in a city whom an daily rcp toc lt ita tl valueless ot | \ i Ww ‘ Ss s I he tan it \ ( H ire S th Sc V i writes ad t 1 Crs L tin fi | 1i¢ I it urt i “ <. > Wi , oe { it en read properly "4 1 « People is ciass i . ce ) e fe ri i t i > Cx rit ‘¥ s i ms > 1 ill ri i t et l 1S CS ‘ 1 t t l MANN oO t \ t are ing, W CSS ¢ ‘ ) be, expence i] ma thie ASS OF publicity turnel out by ns of these tl-built advertisement writers. We se constant evidence of s itte oftentimes bright iseil, and not lkackin:e other elements Ihan the one Of youd taste, contormity | to the appropriate, tact, and, there can by etter way of putting it, want of | knowledye human nature. ve many advertisers and ever yet one who did not thoroughly the thing he by advertising t ‘ ie ui. The object. of i Sers 1S Sales d of sales profit, and the er ¥ is the most faith in his OW yoods is the one who makes the ro pit i t is Woman Carries the L oak: .2°2.3"2 Or housek wed, therefore, should nude as light as pos ant and ec a gpg task of wom: rand happier \ full ae of F niieane for Homes....... ilways stock at lowest living N. 0. DRUDGERY & CO. prices, Sound Caneriny Buys sound Crockery at Breakem’s China S ra d (ilasswa n immen e Variety } ine before g for I DUYI ie] juantities. E. BREAKEM. Behind the Scenes—_ tus tell youthat ity to clothe aiateae *rthan e line - of i n prices f¢ ie LOW & NICE. Testimony AD tpn nnn ind the verdict has been returned that r lit d es and Canned Goods by anyone. We aim lete a stock that any ‘ath frou I. KETCHUM. good roc 1 from our stock an d ap to-date stole | the squirrel at the first opportunity. See- | first shot set the barn on fire.’’ An Autumn Sun eee... Shines gloriously down on our Annual Clear unce Sale. wants of people who appreciate our = = = Annual Bargains. | Each year we pull down from our shelves all stock which is ikely to be eut is on Men’s and Boys’ Suits this Fall. ALLRICH & CO. Burning Greenbacks, Are You? Well, try some of our celebrated mond Coal this winter and you won't stuff so many greenbacks n the stove to It’s clean and bright and HOT ! MINER & CARR. Black Di have to } Warm. The Warm, Soothing Pressurez:::::: Of an Overcoat will soon be grateful. Our comp lete line is now ready for nspection the prices a eso small they are near y invis- ible you never saw good clothing so ¢!e p It keeps us busy in supplying the carried over and | mark it at such a price as is sure to sell it. The | ; ) ¢ as We ocr it SPINK & SPAN CLOTHING CO. | | have in mind a little story published | about as |} 1 CT act in Court, which runs il | if I le WS . A lawyer advertised for a clerk. The ext morning the office was crowded with applicants all bright and many suitable. He bade them wait until all should arrive, and then arranged them them a judge and said he would tell their a row and would choose. story, note comments irom that whom he ‘A certain farmer,’’ began the lawyer, ‘was troubled with a red squirrel that barn and resolved to kill got in through a hole in his his seed corm. He hole one vo In at the noon he took his shotgun and ing him fired away. The ‘Did the barn burn?’ said one of the boy Se he lawyer, without answer, continued : ‘*And seeing the barn on fire the farm- er seized a pail of water and ran to. put itout.’’ ‘Did he put it out?’ said another. “As he passed inside the door shut to When girl rushed out with more wa- and the barn was soon in flames. the hire d ter— ‘Did they all burn up?’’ said another boy. without ‘Then the old lady came out, The lawyer went on answer : and all and confusion and everybody to put out the fire.’’ “Did anyone burn up?"’ was noise was trying said another. The lawyer said: ‘‘There, that will do; you have all shown vreat interest in the story." But observing one little bright-eyed fellow in deep silence, he said: ** Now, my little man, what have you to say?’’ Phe little fellow blushed, grew uneasy and stammered out: ‘‘I want to know what became of the squirrel ; that’s what l w: a to know. ’”’ You'll do, ’’said the lawyer; ‘‘you are my man; you have not been switched off by a confusion and a_ barn burning, and the hired girls and water You have kept your eye on the squirrel, ’’ pails. It is a rather long story to illustrate a little point, but answers the purpose bet ter than anything I know of. The point is that the writer of advertising must never lose sight of the business in hand- While he may di- verge from the beaten path and wander among selling the goods. the flowers of rhetoric, poesy and yet he must keep the beaten turn- di- there- song, pike of business in sight and never vert the reader’s entire attention from. Stick to your text. Fpc. 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Try, and be i = convinced. = ~ ° “| Selling | . Is a very easy matter if you sell [7 = Crackers the kind the people want. = * and Cakes Our aim is to produce the best. |Z ‘i Only the choicest Creamery |, Butter,the purest,sweetest Lard, e i the finest Patent Flour and the a oe richest Molasses enter our pro- |= - ducts. % Y| We make a Specialty of SUMMER DELICACIES. i ->| THENEW YORK BISCUIT CO. |: Z Successors to WM. SEARS & CO. 4 te Grand Rapids, Michigan. 5 VANILLA SQUARES ——GINGER SNAPS—————__—____IMPERIALS BARES NE I Hse MTN a > - ALARA aR as CARLIN GEM DNO* anaeneneli > - Artificial Meats and Vegetables. From Printers’ Ink. I wish to re tain to a topic on which I have slightly expatiated for teaching, like advertising, prospers by Once reiteration. Yhe matter concerns vro- cers and butchers and. fish dealers al- most exclusively, and I should. be glad to draw out the ooimions of even one from each class on a custom that is com- mon to the three classes named. all make so universal and liberal a dis- play in the front of their stores and on the sidewaik or street of their very per- ishable and easily-damaged goods. Of course, they are advertised by so doing, ly regrettable loss body. or damage to some- These tradespeople wish to attract at- tention, and are anxious to show the public, represented by. the passer-by, that they have the best fruits, fish and food that the market affords. So they take their very best samples and place or suspend them) where the dust and dirt of the street, besides the tlles and winged feeders prevalent in front of such stores, Go through Vesey street, in this city, for imstance and see the tea boxes and coffee boxes, the tea itself finely pulver- ized often; the cakes and biscuits: the sugared and sweet things, ete., one would say should not onlv be cov- ered up but should—many of them—be sealed up from the air, left wide open and exposed to the heat, dirt and_ blaz- ing light. Would a ‘‘drawing’’ they catch all] hack into my business, making needed which | obliged to drain my resources to the ut- | most and borrow a | for the purpose of speculating in | business from the start. : ) } Warning retail Let me ask them why it isthat they | | | believe IS but at a very great expense, orat a real- | THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN know what he wants when he sees the less suggestive separate piece that he secks, and all our meals taste better when we who are not obliged to know drop the curtain over a considerable part of what is precedent to them. oe Retailers Should Avoid Speculation. Kalamazoo, Aug. 17. | note, with in- terest, a récent article in your paper, dealers against taking money out of their legitimate business real estate or other avenues. of Investment foreign to their own business. [ am an instance myself of that tendency, which more general than you} think. I started in business for myself in 1889. I had little money, had’ had experience, was able to control a fair line of credit and did a pretty good It takes more than three or four years to firmly estab- lish a business, however, and what I | should have done was to have put every | | cent I made above legitimate expenses improvements in the store, keeping a reserve fund of sufficient dimensions on hand and discounting my bills when- ever possible. I didn’t do this. [| got enamored with some suburban property and bought several acrés, to make. the required cash payment on which I was The little besides, | monthly payments were large and I soon from | that powdered tea, after standing out in | this way for three hours only, be entire- ly what it should be?) And ‘if it out for days and weeks, as no doubt. it usually does, who can guess what auto- matic, unflavorous and unwholesome adulterations must take place with it? Even the bottled and canned goods, which, perhaps, suffer least, cet unduly heated by this almost) universal EX Pos- ure, and are soiled outwardly in a very brief time. destroyed, and vegetables and berries age and wilt visibly every hour. Some of these things must, in fact, be kept as signs while they preserve any attractive look whatever, when they must be thrown away to the refuse heap, or, if sold, advertise the store so much in the w rong direction as to drive those particularly victimized cutsomers away for all time. I passed a new, clean and particular- ly well-managed butcher shop the other morning where some fine hams, bacon, and the usual half-dressed trunks of calves and sheep were deftly suspended in the orthodox way. The wind was filling the air with fine, impalpable dust from the soil and refuse of the dry that no small amount must have been imbedded in these prospec- tive viands before the day was done. Now, either the butcher was to throw away these several hundred pounds of choice meat within a few days, and put another assortment of the same kind in its place, or he must sell it very | and impose on a large number of contiding Customers. Street, so soon his It seems to me there is more than one objection to this long-existent fashion: and, in addition to all that may be said defensively of it, the fashion doesn't appear to be at all necessary. People may forget certain kinds. of dry goods and the various novelties: but they don't forget their dinner. If there were painted signs or sculptured models ( like the porcelain egg-heap, say), made in perfect color and form of each class. of these goods at the proper _ and placed conspicuously at the store’s front, why wouldn’t all the advertising pur- poses be even better served than they are now? The dealer’s advertisement in the papers could tell with force why he had made this new departure, so that his rivals would be forced to follow him, or to confess to a less scrupulous care of their best wares, which would prove them to be inferior. And there is another. consideration. One who enjoys carnivorous foods, pecially doesn’t wish to whole bodies too much resembling his own an- atomy suspende before him in a chost- ly manner. The table-provider will season, es- sce stands | | work to get even again, Fish soon become stale and | | found that | had more on my hands than I could easily meet. I learned a les- son when the dull times came. [| was obliged to sacrifice the property, which has since greatly appreciated in value. I had got behind with the wholesale house with which I dealt, and had hard although they were very lenient with me. I have been very careful since, it is useless to say. I think it’s right, of course, for a man to make money in every way he can le- gitimately and there’s no surer way for a man of moderate means to invest his money than in real estate. I hope to be able to be a property owner on a moder- ate scale some day, but I will wait be- fore taking any step in that direction until I can do so. without jeopardizing my regular source of revenue in any way, and even then I shall proceed very slowly. KNowS BETTER Now. >.> Bustle Is Not Business. Some dealers labor under the delusion that they nrust be doing something ail of the time to attain the highest. suc- They are too dull to perceive that the really able man is he who seeks to avoid drudgery; who spends not a little time in calculation, while the shal- low mind whose sole ambition is to get up early in the morning and saw wood with vigor until night, never rises above the wood pile. We have seen. it Coss. | stated somewhere that the desire to es- | | cape an unwelcome task led to the dis- | covery of the safety valve. A man in a large business concern was cousidered a loafer by his partners. Chey bent over the books for hours, and attended to every detail. He would saunter into the office and stay only an hour or two, doing nothing ‘except to give the others advice on important points. They deemed it best to get rid of him. When he was out, it was all | the firm could do to prevent the busi- | ness from sinking. He had. furnished | the brains for the establishment ; and | his partners did not realize it until he was absent. The Tradesman Company has in prep- | aration specimen sheets of engravings | especially adapted to the use of retail merchants. The cuts are made from original designs, prepared by our own designers and engraved by our own workmen, and cannot be obtained else-. where. These sheets will be ready to, mail to applicants in a short time. 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Written for The TRADESMAN. ‘Il guess, Miss Cragin, vou’d_ better vet interested in what they are talking about. They are both hot-headed when they get started, and | haven’t anv busi- mess to say anythin It's vetting worst instead of better and I Puess it will be better to try to stop it when you ( im ‘What seems to be the matter, Sid? Which one is to blame?”’ "“1 don't know who beran it. New- stead said something about getting things cheay Ise, and per somewhere ce Mr. Huxley tlared up like so much gun- powder and denied it; and it has taken want. You paid cash for whatever you got, didn’t you?’’ everything you ‘Y-a-s, but ‘*I know, it seems so; but it does make all the difference in the world. | Pay us cash when you take the goods | and you will be surprised what bargains | we can give you; and if you’ should | come here for a wagon load of goods |} and do your own carting as you do} when you go over there, and pay cash, | you'd be still more surprised. I'd like | to have you try it, some day. What | did you pay for your last barrel of flour | over at Holbrook’s?’’ | ro, I don’t remember , : , 's S long 'o but “twas s’ much less m’ wife spoke | "bout it, "n° said "twasa dumb shame no, Jane, sh’ didn’t say that; but she } said ‘twas funny t there sh'd be s' | Newstead all this time to mention in-! much diffrence, ’n’ she thought *twould | stances where he knows he has been] more ‘n pay t’ trade mos’ ly over there. ”’ cheated here and where Mr. Huxley ‘Then why 'n thunder don’t ye dew |} knows it, only to be answered by Mr. / it, ‘n’ not be ye’pin’ ‘round ‘ere what | Huxley's ‘taint so. Do come out and ye cn dew. I don’t b’lieve a word on’t, | stop them.”’ | tell ye Gat!’ Cy broke im, as it he | Jane put down her pen with ao sigh. | was ‘‘good ‘n’ rested’ and was. going | “TP don’t suppose, ’? she thought, “"that/ to have one more round in spite of any- | there is anv blood relation between Cy! body. | and Charles II., who ‘never did a_fool- “Cy, the first thing you'll know, you'll | ish thing and never said a wise one; | be sent to bed without any supper; but, | but there are times when it does seem Joe, to be honest about it, I should think as if the men were brothers. Cy won't} you would want to trade over there ; and ie out and.out, if he isn’t driven to it;) just for the sake of knowing how much | but he does do some of the unwisest | better they will do by you than we can, | talking of any man | know. He will! 11 tell you what I'll do, you and Lov- | talk by the hour of how ‘a woman's} icy fix on some time when you want. to tongue goes rattle-te-bang and never ‘d} go, and I'll take our old John and_ the stop if “t didn’t git hitched somewhere ;’ | delivery wagon with the wide seat, and auld he can’t see that all Joe Newstead | we'll drive ever to Holbrook’s. I’ve needs is just the least) patting on the | one or two friends over there I want. to back not pounding. Getting things} see, and you and she can do what trad- cheap at Holbrook’s Mills is one of | ing you wish; but you must let me ae Joe's hobbies, and instead” of letting your bills. If you'll do that, we'll all} him have a good ride on it once in a!go over and have a good time: and 1} while and getting all ‘tuckered out,’ as! won't charge you anything forthe team. | Cy would put it, he takes the other way, | Will you do it?’’ mad. and then we don't see a bet I will,’”’ rain for a decade. Let me see if ‘* After I see your prices I'll compare can pour a little oil on the troubled | them with the same quality of goods waters, > and the litthke woman slid from | we have, and you may see our. prices her high stool, put up both hands to|and so settle this question once and for- feel if her hair and neck ribbon” were} ever,.’’ 1] ht, and then leaving the office ‘I'll bet ye ten dollars, Joe, that you listening, for a moment, on the! get stuck,’’ broke in Civ: threshold, looking “like a_ lily in ‘*We’ll have no betting about it, un- bloom,’’ as Leigh Hunt puts it. less Mrs. Newstead gets the bet which “That aint so. ever way it goes. Do you say yes to ‘EL tell ye ‘tis. that?”’ ae ‘*Well, y-e-s,’” was Cy’s half-hearted Tis tea” ” response; and “lcan’t kack on that’’ ‘Which one of you is six, and] was Joe's. which tive; You must be the six-year-| | *'There’s one thing more, and | older, Cy, for your hair is getting gray;] won't go, and the team shan’t, unless but both of you are too old for this ‘tis- | you agree to it; and that is that there and-’taint business. What is it allishall be no ‘twittin’ ‘n’ "flingin’ one about, anyway, Joe?’ | way or another which ever side comes ‘Wal’, nothin’, Jane, when ye come] out best: and the one that does. that, right down t’ the pint on’t; but I tell} shall turn over to the other the ten dol- Cy there's lots of things I c’n git ajlars. Now, you two shake hands on dumbed sight) cheaper over “t Hol-| that, right here and now, and give me brooks: ‘n the dumbed whelp sets | your money ;’’ and the contract was so there ’n’ yelps ‘taint so” ‘t ev'rything | sealed and the money received and put l say, when I know ‘tis f'r [I’ve tried | into the safe. "aida ‘Now, then, when shall we go?’’ “What makes you, Cy, when he’s|asked Jane. been over there and knows he can.’’ ‘*How about to-morrow, if it’s fair?’’ ‘Why, fane, it holds to reason} ‘*To-morrow it is, and I'll drive up fat” }at your door at ten o’clock sharp; and “No it doesn’t. You can’t reason} you tell Lovicy that she needn’t bother against fact. What was it, Joe, you got] about lunch. I'll see to that.’’ over there for less than you can get it} When Joe had gone, Jane looked at the | here. Are you willing to tell?’’ isenior member of the firm without a| ‘(Good thunder! th’ ain’t no secret | word. 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THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN office to see how the land lay, that the | book-keeper was bearing down a. little harder on the pen than there was any need of. Promptly at ten the next morning, Jane and old John stopped at the New- stead door with the delivery wagon, and soon after Joe, between two fine lookit women, was on the way to the store at Holbrook’s Mills. ‘* Have you a long list, Lovicy?’’ Don't ask (er, I don’t want ¢’ puttin’ things ever sence | got home ’n’ ] couldn’t git ’er t’ bed till I blowed the light aout.’’ **Let me look it over, please: ani know. She's ben a daown the long list was put into Miss Cragin’s hands. list, a smile crept into her face, As her eye glanced down. the and re- turning it, she said, ‘‘Be sure to put down the prices for each item, because there are some of them I am curious about.’’ Then they gave themselves up to the enjoyment of the ride and reached the Mills in due time for dinner, which Jane ordered at the hotel. This over, and you may be sure. that it was a dinner well worth the eating, Jane went her way and the Newsteads went to the store, Joe remarking when ‘When Jane sets aout t’ dew anything, she does it right up t’ the handle. anything ‘gin till day a’ter t’-morrow!”’ the two were by themselves: I shan’t want “She's just as good ’s she c’n be, ‘n’ live; nT cin tell ye b forehand, | Jos Newstead, that y’ ain’t goin’ t’ make such a dreadful sight out 0’ this. trip, f’r all y’r talkin’; 'n’ I don’t want ye t’ go in, ’n’ the fust thing, say y're f'm Milltown where they've ben a = cheatin’ yur eyes aout. Taint fair. Jane's ben more than fair with us, ‘n’ jes’ let's see ‘thout any snoopin’ what the diff’rence is in prices. Ye won't) now, will ye?’’ '"Wha’ d’ ye take me for?”’ Pr better "5 wus: fr richer)’ poorer.) (on) TTL leawe tit) wou | Et haint ben wus ‘o’ poorer ev'ry time. Naow min’, don’t ye dew it;’’ and their entrance into the store prevented a reply. ‘*Good afternoon,’’ said the proprietor, ‘‘what can I show you to- day?’’ ' Ve'd better put it t other way; it i take less time. She's pot a list tll reach fr’m here t’ Milltaown; ‘n’ ys want to give us y're bottom prices t’ pay f’r drivin’ fifteen 'r twenty mile t’ Team costs suthin’, ye Milltaown, t’ trade with ye. "Ve ben tradin’ t’ the brick store, ye know, n° they ben pullin’ ’r back teeth right aout on us; 'n’ Bn'ly, IT says t m, wite, we'll go t the Mills 'n’ here we be.’’ “That's right. We're glad to sec you. Let me look at your list ma’am.’’ "Vou can't) tell \ There’s a good many things that I don't want. What’s y’r flour?’’ He ran through the list. “Gi mea sack o Lip) Top. How know. anything by = it. much is it, and she put down the price. ‘'Fhat’s all t’-day,’’ she said after a **Naow, Joe, you go "n’ eit the boss, ’n’ we'll start f’?r home. Old John’s such a good traveler we'll git there 7u time f’r chores.’’ Pye Sit. iv | think, didn’t ve, we | Drive ’raound, Joe, we'll drive over agin. Good. day. There, Joe Newstead, I guess you'll larn one 0’ can’t f *Nother time when I tell ye not to dew a_ thing, these days, that ye play off any y’r games on me. you go right off ’n’ dew it ‘n’ see what Bean t want comin’. There’s Jane naow. so she cp It in On t other Siac. - ‘*Well, how’s the trading gone on? You don’t seem to have much of a load. Flour and-—only those few packages? Why, there aren’t enough to pay for coming over. Why didn’t you get your hist: ’ ‘It’s the same ol’ story, all smoke ‘n ‘mighty little fire. Then Joe had. to show off a little ’n’ that made me mad. Want t’ look at the list?’’ **Wait until we get to the store where you can see our prices for the same things. They did. ence teaches everywhere, that a respect- They found what. experi- able grocer wants a fair profit on what he sells and only that; and when less is claimed, the conventional pickanniny will be found somewhere in the weood- pile. In counting up the cost, loe found that the trip to Holbrook’s Mills didn’t pay. Leaving out of the account the price of the team, he was out. of pocket two dollars and a half: and when Jane said. that, possibly aif they had bought more, they would have come out even, Joe with a pretty strong VOIce got as far as*"if’’ and suddenly stopped. Chere was something in his wife’s face which seemed to savy: Gast ter,’ and he didn’t dare. Just "Goon — ve then, too, Jane said, “Now, boys, we'll wind up this business and have. every- thing square. There, Lovicy, that. ten dollar bill is yours. The boys) wanted to bet and you were to have the money whoever won; and | want you to. prom- ise that you'll lay every cent of this out Will you?’’ Ves, i wall.) 1D ve hear that) joe? Kivry cent. Put me dow, jane, fir on something tor yourself, ev ry blessed cent.’’ Cy couldn’t indulge in any ** *twitin’ 'n” fingin’,’ 77 but Jane had forgotten to bar out Cy’s laugh, and he made the MOSt Of It. ‘Jes’ hear that blame-fool-laugh !”” was Joe’s Comment as they rode away. ''E d’n’ know what there is abaout it, but it’s the meanest, dog-gone-dest hec- iterin’est laugh that a human ever had hung onto im.) i'd ruther ’¢ ‘d) slap! me square ’n the face any time ’n_ ter hear it; ‘n’ I s’pose I s’ll have to hear ita good many times a’ter this;’’ and he did, complained about the prices at Mill- although he never afterwards town, nor afterwards did any trading at Holbrook’s Mills. RICHARD MALCOLM STRONG. ->oo A Dry Smoke. Frank Chase recently took his seat in a first-class passenger ‘coach on a north- bound G. KR. & L train, with an un- lighted cigar in his mouth, when a brakeman came in and sized him up and / ithe following Conversation ensued : meager list had been checked and tilled. | Brakeman Say! this is no smoking 1 Car. ’n’ by the time ye git bac kt the tah- vun, Miss Cragin ‘ll be waitin’ for us, | Chase-—_-Who’s smoking? Brakeman mouth, Chase --Yes, and I have got my feet lin my shoes, but | don’t thimk | am ‘*Miss Cragin? Aint she the Milltown | with a new idea, but a troubled counte- storekeeper?”’ "Ves, n) "s her hoss 4 warin: but | she offered t’ take us over ’f we wanted t’ come. She was comin’ herself and so she didn’t charge anything f’r the team. When the flour’s gone, mebby walking. 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My tt d. and while sales estima ATCT than those of one ol possibly two, cepting bition of my life had evaded my grasp. | was enjoving the truits of nine years ; 11 i nremitting effort ina well established business. Mv stock was steadily grow- i [| was sure of a competency for ife. But that was not enough. Twelve vears ago my determination to own a made. For three pleasures of life Was rihiced the und some of the necessities, that I might the sooner and = tirmer establish miyeelt ness. Economy having always been : nherent quality of my nature | had previous to my determina- on to start im business saved $1,000. The three years of especially rigid econ- omy had netted me $1,900. When, therefore, | had reached the critical period in my life to which doubtless every clerk looks, viz. : buying a stock for myself, I had $2,g00 in the bank. This was not by any means a large amount to compete with old and firmly established merchants, but sufficient, | hought, if backed by unbounded en- ergy. I felt that the quality I needed most was nerve to make the. effort | had great faith in these words: You can et to any station, That's on life’s schedule seen, If there’s tire beneath the boiler, Or ambition’s strong machine; {nd you Il reaea a place, called Flashtown, Ata ri ute of _— ed thi i's grand, If for all the slippery places. You've a rood supp ly of sand. It was with considerable difficulty that | decided on my location. My deter- hang up my sign | expected to remain the remain- lieving strongly that | could not afford to exert myself to estab- reputation, and then suddenly box up mv stock and remove elsewhere. Such procedure | deemed very foolish, \fter serious Consultation with mination was to whe re der of my life, be lish a maeed. friends and whomsvoever | could, 1! chose he town I had been clerking in for some seven or eight vears. To be sure, it was not a large place only about 1,900 inhabitants. -vet I felt that it poss- | essed advantages which I could not af- ford to ightly. During my _ clerk- ship I had exercised my quality of civ- ility to such effect that I prided myself on the large number of friends who de- ighted to have me sell to them. They | manifested an interest in my welfare, which I knew was genuine. So confi- dent was | that their interest in me was more than that of ordinary patrons ] pass | i follow me if. I And more. than opening a StOCK in the same town in which I was clerking, | resolved on near proximity to my old employer. I had settled the matter in my own mind. that it must be a roval battle: that I would never be content to simply own a store. c. : whom [| believed would business. started in 1 It must be a store which would be a credit to myself and the town, and 1f to| drop my $2,900 was necessary, I would | at least demonstrate of le, and if I possessed none of the ar- le of which merchants are made, | was going to know it by experience. \nd so by course of reasoning | was led to rent a store directly the street from the mercantile sium where | had trained. Those nine vears are full of interest to me. task at the beginning to meas- ure myself with the experience of the town and other towns. My $2,900 did| not go far stecks- varying from $25,000 to S50, I found my watch- | fulness taxed to its very limit to keep in stock what I might be asked for. Every such across gymna- no easy igainst D> night after closing I would carefully go) | bogus dignity. through the stock and learn what I need- ed—not what I was low on, for that | flamed ltalk of our for | clerks that I checked up a list of those | | what stuff I was} | tion it will soon It was | tion, though but | ing of size. week. ic ulmin: iting point of extravagance, and | slow and tortuous. | was everything—but what I might be sold out of within a week. My com- petitors went to market twice a year, and the amounts of plunder they brought home used to make me thoroughly dis- heartened. Their advertisements fairly with the information of **im- mense purchases.’ But while they were passing my store and chuckling at *‘the express packages which he gets,’’ I was ‘sawing wood.’’ They were turning their stock one and one-half to two times, and I was turning mine six times. I had no old stock ; they did. I, there- | fore, had no under ; they | did. When my competitors were work- | ing in pushing goods on which they | were ok I was pushing new, clean, | bright stuff, and told the people so. My | windows and store I kept scrupulously | losses on pl clean. My large plate glass windows | were the first introduced into my town. | I polished them daily, and they shone | French glass. The inte- windows [I made an index of throughout. They were the town. I was lavish with paint and water. My counters and shelves were always clean. No dust] was permitted to accumulate. I insist- | ed on especial effort on the part of every clerk to please. Every favor possible was shown a customer without lowering the dignity of the store. My clerks were asked to dress neatly. No slovenly package was allowed to go out. My pur- like the best rior of the my store pose was to excel. | had special sales | on which I made large returns. To in- | terest the people I would advertise an | article at a price that would surely create talk, because of an exceptionally low figure. These sales I would run a day. Then I would follow them with | one on an article on which I made a} handsome profit. These I would run | several days, carrying no large. stock, | but ordering every night such styles as | | sold out during the day. Thus by ex- traordinary effort and application Thad | gotten together a stock of $14,500 in| those nine years. My were good | about $63,00 the ninth year but I had not yet realized my ambition. My de- liberate purpose at the beginning of my | career was to sell more stuff. annually | than any other merchant in town. This | I was not doing, and because of it I sat, | as explained at the opening of this let- ter, well nigh cast down. In such ai condition I had remained for some two hours, turning over and over different schemes to increase my sales, when, presto, one flashed across my mind that made the perspiration start and the ex- ecution of which during the next year trotted my sales up to $117,000 and} made me the leading merch: int of our | town. How I did it will be told next | sales avveverpererertnenirDS | >> Big Sleeves Reach Their Zenith. From the Chicags D y Goods Reporter. Big sleeves have at last reached the the decadence has set in. Opinions con- flict as to the length of time it. will take for the big sleeve to pass away. It seems likely that the change will be In fact, it will be a case of death by inches. Just as it was about to be decided that the big sleeve was to continue, at least a season longer, the fatal prejudice set | in. The women have suddenly discov- ered that the huge inflated balloon sleeve iS a monstrosity, and its former devoted adherents are crying out against it. The dressmakers finding that the limit in size had been reached, and that the only variety to be given the new season’s productions would be by lessen- ing the volume, serted the cause which they had so firm ly espoused. From an object of pride and admira- become one of ridi- is sealed, for the reac- slightly indicated so far, is cides a decided one. We will continue to see big sleeves for some | time, but the changes will be entirely | toward the lessening rather than increas- icule. Its fate ~——~> 2 <> Few things are more ludicrous than A home without children is like a PA without flowers. turned traitors and de- © Drie : And Napped Back Printed Flannels ARE IN. All the best MAKES are represented: Hamilton, Windsor Epatant, Pacific, American, Grand Prey, Washington, Coechco, Simpsons, | Garners. 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SPRING & COPMPANY, Grand Rapids UMN AWN AN AANA dN dNk A dUk Nk Ak bk dk Ak Lb bk Ak sb shh bk bd dbb db add a OO a> Ga» a JESS Plug Tobacco JESS Why is there such a sale on this brand? ist—Because it is made of the choicest of leaf. e<- Keep Stock ia Sight. A great many sales are lost and a great deal of dead stock is carried by stores which are in the habit of hav ing places behind or under the counters in which to plac e goods. These goods are probably never overhauled, except at stock-taking times, and these drawers and hiding places are an excellent catch basin for all sorts of goods, which are usually called ‘‘stickers,’? and which ought to be out on the counters where | they can be pushed more than ordi- | narily. Do not have any places in your. store where goods can be stuck out of sight. If you have plenty of room it is better to have all the goods on or in front of the counters, or on shelving conspicuously situated. Have no shelves below the counter, so that there will be no oppor- } tunity to put things away out of sight. A | great Many stores, however, cannot do | this, as they are crowded for room, and | it is, therefore, necessary that a part of | ' the goods should be kept in places | which make no display. [f this 1s necessary, see that every piece ol goods NOt In E€asy access is} rand examined and brought | 1 looked OV . out to the light at least once a week. If the goods are kept out where they can be seen all the time, they are very much more apt to sell than if hidden away. Che salesmen are usually very careless about goods which are not easy to reach, and they very seldom take the pains. to look into any of these old drawers or un- der the shelves to find foods to sell. and call for h they know ice, they usu- If customers come in i some particular thing whic to be in such and such a pl place where there in any doubt about finding it, they either say they haven't got it, or they don’t take the pains to look for it where they should, and_ try to substitute something else which pos- sibly the customer does not want. If you have goods that cannot be car- ried on the shelves, arrange them about the store where they will be in full view >see Handling Other People’s Money. The true course for evey person to fol- low who has in. charge the moneys of | other people is this: Insist upon your accounts being audit- | I J ~ | ed once a year or more. Do not. wait until you retire from office or until you resign from a position, but demand a close investigation of your financial ac- counts as you £0 along. If you ScCrve as treasurer, of any kind of a society, hold- ing any sort of a fund, make a full and complete report of your accounts from time to time, then ask that they be] jaudited by a committee which shall be appointed by other people than yourself. | Do not ask that any particular persons | | be the auditors, but keep your books and moneys so correctly that you can face }even your enemies and ask them to ap- point auditors to investigate your ac- counts and make their report, with a consciousness that you have sacredly through your hands, knowing that not ;one cent has been misappropriated but being sure that you can render an ac- | | count for every farthing that has been | jentrusted to your keeping. Then you | will have a good conscience, a good | character, and a fine reputation in the | business world. a Bastard baskets must go! See our line: Folding Furniture, Pictorial Books Quadruple Plate Silverware, Framed Pictures, Crayon Portraits, Ete. ‘rite to-day, commence to touch that Manufacturers’ Book Co., 523 S. Division St., Harris Block, Grand Rapids, Mich. Home Office, Fond du Lac, Wis. — ON Knock out the credit business Build up a cash trade Save many dollars Make home happy Trade, you can afford es to give a small discount in the shape cree et 43 If you discount your bills, Cash is taken off the total | al] If your customers pay cash you give a premium which | A] | Costs you less than the discount, your customers are pleased and | | Catch the Idea? Don’t Use Old Chestnuts! "°" ’'¢ mits. F, 0. B. GRAND RAPIDS ing or for shipy $15 per dozen, Open for use, $000000000000000000 0999096000 SEE PRICE LIST ELSEWHERE. EVERY PACKAGE 16 OZ. NET a a a Perfectly Pure Coffee. 09090090000006060090000000008 WOOLSON SPICE CO. TOLEDO, OHIO, and KANSAS CITY, MO. Boh a koh i GQbeo6ébéb64bGbbbbiih VeVVeVyrVy ST he UEA hl EA a Ss ee OF COURSE YOU HANDLE 4LION COFFEE ‘ ally go and get it, but if it isin some] For Sale by All jobbers. WITHOUT GLAZING. SSOSCESCSSCOCOSOSE Mr. Thomas THE BEST FIVE CENT CIGAR IN THE COUNTRY. ED. W. RUHE, MAKER. CHICAGO. FE. BUSHMAN, AdL., 623 Jonn S1., KALAMAZGO 16 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Clerks’ Corner Advantage of Good Breeding Behind the Counter. There is no place where the prin- ciple, ** Learn by doing,’’ can be prac- ticed more effectively than in a general store. ‘*Let me show you how to_ hold the broom,’ followed then and there by an object lesson in broom-holding, is worth more than a doze tellings how; and everyone of my clerk readers. will bear me out, I think, in the statement, that they never did up a package neatly and snu rood fellow no a she--taught him how of that the other saw some rice done up by a Ciy until some i it WEre t I I day when matter yurrht to do thougnt tied | a sifting through the loose ly that good text for my weekly sermon; but | novice, package, and con luded was } have decided that an object lesson Is needed, rather than a talk, and, as [| cannot give the one, [| will refrain from | the other. There is nothing more dis- couraging toa learner than a list of | ‘don’ts,’’? and 1 am going to take you | on a little trip this morning and give you an object lesson upen a_ single | * don’t?’ for a subject, which I hope you | will remember as long as you live. It is a busy day and we will make a call at a grocery store in Somewhere county. The people there are not over sensitive and the grocer there, wise in his own conceit, wants it understood that a busy, business man has no chance to be polite or even respectful to a friend or stranger who comes in_ bother- ing and hindering. You will, usually, find, boys, that these grocers are well- to-do. They are up in matters of finance. alert for the ‘tel just They are on the nimble Chey what he’s got to do and, if he can’t do it, fire to good look at the store and at the Everything is as neat shilling. la man once him.’’ | want you take a store- keeper himself, asa pin. Everything is in its place it doesn’t dare to get out of it--and_ the clerk jumps for us the minute we enter, as if somebody had jabbed him with a needle. Iam told) on good authority that this Somebody in that Somewhere store charges more for the same goods I a than any other grocer in town. mecn- tion this because you why ob- can It is | worth studying. know without a word from me. an ject lesson wel and | knowing, of This man doesn’t me, have come in here without course, that this is his busiest day, as any stranger is very Hable to come inat While the clerk putting up the peanuts you have asked for, you Is any time. watch the porcupine while I ask him the way to the Morton House. He will look at me until his eyes fairly glare, wasting ten times the time it would take to answer my question. When he sees that I don’t care for that kind of and that I waiting for a respectful answer to my perfectly nonsense am respectfully respectful question, he will “This ain't Grand Somewhere ;’ snap out: Rapids, it’ will whack up against the period at the end of his remark with the bang of a freight train. When I! say, ‘OO, don,’’ he w and his voice s | beg your par- turn away from with into sound he will crowd all the overbearing of coarseness have intensified. I have gone i]] me a ! and that ominous Humph!’’ ill breeding which years practiced thus into details, so you can see how ex- actly he has carried out my programme particular. That’s exactly what he did the other day when he was in every | other grocers, but, ithem and it’s trading your after, | bringing up, or enough to. treat not especially busy and when he didn’t | have a customer in his store. Then, it Now, it makes me laugh. it, | Sauter in there with some idiotic question and let him glare at me and ‘‘humph.”’ That sort of cattle isn’t There are several, I Somewhere. Everywhere ; but angered me. And whenever I feel like to am they all confined told, over in have the same leading traits. I met one ot the one d le customers the his Somewhere grocer’s and asked him wherein 1: Here Ly iy dealer’s successful trade. is answer : He prompt customer best. goods. has Store. He The first comes in is waited on first; and a child "He keeps the IS in cleanest se who is treated as considerately as the parent be. He than the get would charges more when you used to his peculiarities, you don’t care for any- way. If the man had had any kind of people decently, he’d be one of the leading |} men in Somewhere. ”’ How many of my boys see the point? UNCLE Bos. ~ Sticking to Business. ‘*What in the name of common shrewd | of | often brings to | sense | are you doing, George?’’ asked the boss | of the new boy who had been sent to tap | a barrel of vanilla syrup. business, sir,’’ he stammered, as “Sticking to | he | vainly tried to hold his hand over the | broken spigot, and at the same time, lift his feet trom a pool of wasted molasses. The Crystal Valve Oil Can...... THE BEST TO BUY! THE BEST TO SELL! THE BEST TO USE! Automatic Valves--Non-Explosive Over 100,000 Sold in 1894, Ask your Jobber for them, or write STAR MANUFACTURING CO. CANTON, OHIO. : 6 hs, 0 § HLH, oA HER ” to our market, where they can PFOCUFE | Cast Loose Pin, feured on | SHEET IRON Owosso Business Men’s Association. just what they wish and in any quantity Wrought Narrow. vicoe Ge -“MEN0| No. 10 to 14 wuss age oo. ; vi h } i Nos. o 5 BY #2 5 President, A. D. Watpr.e; Secretary, G.T. Camp desired. By this means all outside mar- BLOCKS | Nos. 1 to 1 Z 50 2 ®) BELL; Treasurer, W. E. CoLuins. ok : a i Ordinary Tackle. . ee 70 | Nos. 18 to 21 4 0S 3 my i | kets are kept regularly supplied, and, CRADLES | Nos. 22 to 24 3 55 2 80 Michigan Hardware Association. at the same time, are seldom or never| Grain. Wood brace £16 00 | — a 3 oo = 30 President, F. S. CARLETON, Ca umet: Vice Presi-| glutted, as they often are where fruit is | Grain, Wire brace..... helen eT ‘mbaues ts No. 18 and lighter : bag I vn dent, Henry C. WEBER Detroit; Secretary-| - ry . . . CROW BARS | wide not less tt 2 idextra. te emt Treasurer, HENRY C. MINNIE, Eaton Rapids. consigned. There is now coming in a as i) ee *. MIN a en WR perIb 4 SAND PAPER 3 ne splendid lot of choice yellow “aches : E | List acct. 19. ° i : - Grand Rapids Fruit Growers’ Association. 4) eer pad nw os CAPS on a oe te «8 President, R. D. Guana: Secretary. M. W. and, with our sytem of pac king and Ely’s 1 10.. .. per m 65 | Solid Eye SASH WEIGHTS RoNAN; Treasurer, H. O. BRAMAN. ’ loading and refrigerator cars, no market oo SOU. Foo... eee a oa ee : i ao : : ltl... per m 25 | APS within three or four days’ ride should be | Musket a m Steel, Game. 60.10 : without plenty of fruit. CARTRIDGES | Qneida Community, Newhouse’s. 50 The Fruit and Produce Industry of amt I : i / Rim F " _. | Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton's 70&10& 10 This year is our fourth full successive | Bim Fire.... ..-....-.--....-.- 50& 5 | Mouse, choker. per doz 15 Kent County. tiie Maio ee ee Central Fire : -25& 5! Mouse, delusion................. per doz 1 25 Wiis Gains {crop here and the farmers are taking CHISELS | 2 ritten r the TRADESMAN. r : : 3 sisson ee hold of the matter in earnest and are] Socket Firmer........ _.30&10 | Bright Market. — vs ntil very recently Kent county— or, | making the production of this fruit a te seven = ‘ aries ib i : Le a os oc ke orner ..S0&10 oppered Market. : 70d . a the usual on Grand Specialty, and, for that reason, are | Seekes Slicks./)0.000/001) 1 Suc10 | Tinned Market ‘2h Rapids —-was not, particularly, promi- | growing better fruit and putting it up in DRILLS oe : ee ee i oe : : : ae ae : : " to re en & eC dil ao nent or very well known a5 a trait and) 2 pies manner than ever before, Grand — _— es pa soa | Barbed Fence, painted be i ai i i‘ i aa ene 4 » . ™ ? 2} : produce center, We have always heard Rapids has, perhaps, a dozen local | Morse’s Taper Shank. 50k 5 | re — NAILS Le oe fle elie: (ii, fe me Au Sable dis 40¢ of the a at orchards of the Lake Shore wholesale buyers who not only keep the ELBOWS | Putnam = " ? and of the immense shipments of ber- different towns of the Sete supplied, oo .- doz. net . Northwestern. 4 : 2 dis 10&10 ~ a ' a e ‘ i : : rrugate .dis 50 | /RENCHES ries and garden produce from ot. Joe but do a large carload business, ship- | Adjustable...........-.........-. -dis 40€10 | Baxter's jusabie, nickel 30 and — Harbor; and, while it is ping to Detroit, Buffalo, Cleveland, EXPANSIVE BITS | Coe's Genuine. 50 nnn : : _. i. L ' / [ ' Clark’s s ll. $18: large, #26. S0& | Coe’s Pateut gricultural, wrought SO 7 oa in many small towns along the | Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Paul, St. rea! T. 318: 2 L eo a Oe 10 | Coe’s Patent, malle anne 40) wake Shore the fruit and produce indus- Louis and many other cities of the FILES—_New List MISCELLANEOUS try is paramount to all othe rs and of linited States. New American .................. “OK 10 aoe tek ha a = vast importance,Grand Rapids, with its > \ Ce Nicholson’s.... 0... .2---2 0 -+-e+-++e +: --70&10 | Screws, New Lis os rreat 1 ied f : 1 rr eed Heller's Horse Rasps.... a . 6010 | Casters, Bed aan ‘Plate. KOK LOG 10 great < rarer ‘ ac e 4 Meee ae Set Ae : | ha ap ya ai sii s va 7 ctu haan amt a turing oa Pres. G. R. Fruit Growers’ Ass'n. GALVANIZED ‘IRON | Dampers, American ay 10X10 mercantile industries and its many rail- oy Nis. 16 to 00: OF nnd OF Sy and oe o7. og | Forks, hoes, rakes and ail steel goods.. — 70& 5 roads and greater population, has scarce- Appointed Pure Food Spies = 12 - Mt ao 15 16... AC a i METALS— Zinc oe a / i i i at iscount, 6o¢ } 600 pound casks 6 ly taken note of the magnitude and Food Commissioner Storrs has awaken- GAUGES | Per pound : 6's growing importance to the general pub- lic of its own fruit and produce indus- try. Little by little, however, the peo- ple are beginning to see that Grand Rapids is getting to be one of the great fruit and produce centers of the West, and especially is this true of the pro- duction of peaches. I believe we are to-day producing more and _ better | peaches than any other country in. the State; indeed, a large portion of the county is admirably adapted to the pro- duction of this fruit, the land being high and rolling and the soil of a qual- ity exactly suited to the culture. There being planted an- nually hundreds of thousands of peach while most of the old orchards are The deadly yellows’’ has not, needs of peach are trees, still disease as yet, orchards, and, in bearing condition. known as the made any serious inroads on our wherever it does appear, it is immediately stopped by the de- | struction of the infected trees. Not only is this true of the trees, but there is a commission appointed by the Council to inspect the fruit offered on our market, fruit found, it is promptly condemned and destroyed. Our system of marketing differs from that of any other with which I ac- quainted, almost the entire product be- ing sold on the open market practically to the highest bidder. There very little fruit being consigned by the grow- er, at least among those who have or- ganized the society known as the Grand Rapids Fruit Growers’ Association, the object of which is to advertise our fruit, secure better shipping facilities and ad- vocate and encourage the use of a and, if any diseased is am is ity. Here, uni- | form package of standard size and qual- | again, our practice is some- | ed from his lethargy and appointed three commissioners to look up violations of the pure food W. B. Scattergood, of Ithaca; John I. Breck, of Jackson, laws and John R. Bennett, of Muskegon. They will receive $3 per day and ex- penses for time actually spent in. the service of the State. It will be well for all retail dealers to look over the law enacted by the last Legislature (it was published in full in the Tradesman of Aug. 7), with view to the of gcods which do not conform to the law. new abandoning sale visions of the Heavy fines are pre- the law, and, as new brooms usually sweep clean, the probably, be vigilant in prosecuting all cases of vio- scribed for violations of hew inspectors will, very lations brought to their attention——not forgetting to draw on the State for $3 per day and expenses. —~> 2 <> Georgia has one man who farms right and makes money. Captain W. H. Hodnett, who resides near Neal, (sa... nothing has a magnificent plantation and it wasted. He everything on it, including bantams and His the shipped to market this season. he found the market glutted the best, and those into. peach brandy. on is raises finest When popcorn, peaches are next best were made He quantities of vegetables and fruits which He meat and corn, and has a pond from which he gets all the sh and turtles he can use. ber of customers with the best of butter. _—-~> 2. -- do if the raises. large he cans for market. Love in a cottage will cot- tage isn’t mortgaged. a} any | pro- | he canned } raises his own | His dairy supplies a large num- | Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s........... . B0K16 | KNOBS—New List 70 | Door, mineral, jap. trimmings. . Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings..... 80) MATTOCKS Adze Eye.. eee #16 00, dis 60410 | OO eee . B15 00, dis 60410 | Hunt’s.. neneeee esse, OOO 30 Ge | MILLS | Coffee, Parkers Co.'s... 40) | Coffee, P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.'s Malleables... 40 | Coffee, — Ferry & Clark’s.. 40 | Coffee, Enterprise. 30 MOLASSES GAT ES” Stebbin’s Pattern . . 60410 Steblain’s Genuine eee toe aes - 60&10 Enterprise, self-measuring ....... 30 | NAILS | Advance over base, on both Steel and Wire. Steel nails, base......... . Leone oe | Wire nails, base... . _ =e 10 to 60 advance. 50 De es ean ae 60 le 7d Ee ee 90 3. 1 26) | ee 1 60 ‘os st 1 60 Te ne 65 ee fe Case @... 90 | Finish 10 | Poven 3... 90 ria. 6... 10 | coo... .... 70 Oe So 80 | Clinch 6 90 | | Barrel % \ i ‘PLANES Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy. D0 Sciota Bench ..... oe 6010 | Sandusky Tool Co’s, fancy a @50 | Bench, first quality. a £50 | Stanley Rule and Level Co.'s wood... 60 | PANS Pry, Ache ..... . BOK 10K10 | | Common, polishe d. mie W& 5 | RIVETS | | Iron and Tinned .. eee 60 Copper Rivets and Burs. Ma 50.410 | PATENT PLANISHED IRON | A’’ Wood's patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 10 20} **B’ Wood's patent planished, Nos. 25 to 27 9 20 | Broken packages 4c per pound extra. | a | eee & Ce.’s.. Le dis 2510 | ee is 2 Vovken © Plame dis 40&10 Mason’s Solid Cast Steel............. 30¢ list 70 | Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel Hand 30¢ list 40410 HOUSE _ GooDS | | Stamped Tin Ware.. lee -new list 70410 | | Japanned Tin Ware................ 20410 | | Granite Iron Ware................. new list 40410 | | 14x56 EX, for No. 9 Boilers, (? iG. 1. SENNKe....... Co SOLDER “The prices of the many other qualities of solder in the market indieated by private brands vary | according to composition. i TIN— Melyn Grade 10x14 IC, Charcoal. $6 00 14x20 IC, Charcoal 6 oo | 20x14 1X, Charcoal ol 7 50 14x20 IX, Charcoal. ‘ow Each additional X on this grade, #1.75. TIN—Allaway Grade 10x14 IC, Charcoal! ... 5 2a | 14x20 IC, Charcoal . .. > 20 | 10x14 IX, Chartoal . 6 14x20 IX, Charcoal ae 6 25 Each additional X on this grade, #1.50 j ROOFING PLATES | 14x20 IC, Charcoa', Dean. 5 00 | 14x20 IX, Charcoal. Dean. 6 00 | 20x28 IC, Charcoal, Dean. 10 00 | 14x20 IC, Charcoal, Allaway Gri aude t 75 | 14x30 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grad 5 7 20x28 1C, Charcoal, Allaway Grade 9 50 | 20x28 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade 11 50 BOILER SIZE TIN PL ATE 14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boiiers, | ler poUnG 9 Pronrpt shipper of Hal), GTaln, Flour | Will exehange for seasoned 16-ineh wood Pl lace to secure a Business, 30 E. Bridge St., Grand Rapids. Shorthand and Type writing educ ation iS at the ‘ old re- The Best : ee Gnd = Raps = Business = Golge nalts RAPIDS, MICH. For — catalogug, address . PA aout, 78 Pearl St. G. ‘H. BEHNKE Prompt shipper of Hay 30 E, Bridge St., Long Distance Telephone, Grand Rapids. Flour Feed 18 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Drugs-=-Chemicals STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY. One Year— GEO. GUNDRUM, Tonia Two Years— - Cc. A. Buesser, Charlevoix Three Years S. E. PaRKILL, Owosso Four Years F. W. R. Perry, Detroit Five Years - A. C. ScuumacneErR, Ann Arbor President, C. A. BuGBEE, Charlevoix Secretary, F. W. R. Perry. Detroit. Treasurer, GEo. GUNDRUM, Ionia. Coming Meetings—Houxghton, August Lansing, November 5. MICHIGAN STATE PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION. President, Geo. J. Warp, St. Clair. Vice Presidents, S. P. WHitmMaRsH, Palmyra: G. C. Puitiips, Armada. Secretary, B. ScHroupER, Grand Rapids. Treasurer, WM. Dupont, Detroit. Committee—F. J. Wurzpure, Grand Rapids: F. D. STEVENs, Detroit; H.G. Cotman, Kalamazoo: E. T. Wess, Jackson: D. M. Rvus- SELL, Grand Rapids. GRAND RAPIDS PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY. Executive Joun E. PEcK B. SCHROUDER President, Secretary The Magic Wand of Business. Written for the TRADESMAN. that the now-a- ‘* There is magic in the air successful merchant breathes Chat there must be some magic in that the great ‘Storexeep- days. it is evident from the fact unnumbered majority of ers,’’ in spite of their most diligent. ef- forts, win nothing but vexation of spirit and shattered hopes. What is. this ma- gic that the exigencies of the day has made so hi hly essential ment of every concern where merchan- fof his more thorough business in the manage- | | mate business tactics, could dise is retailed successfully toa factious | and whimsical public? In_ staid coach days the door of success All that stage was not barred to mediocrity. was necessary was resolute will, honest endeavor and unceasing perseverence. Where there was a will there was a way ; and individual effort, backed up with ordinary imdividual capabilities, was sure and certain of its just) reward, But the old-time list of business quali- fications essential to business success to- aspirant for have lost their grip. It will not do day, to teach the young old | hum; the the busy feet; the low conversational the ripples of thudding, ripping clanking of weights and the click of the little metallic silvery laughter: and tearing; measures, and cashboy, as it starts from every quarter of the busy scene and goes spinning over the wire to a common center, where it de- posits its precious cargo and then flies back with the ‘‘change,’’ to relieve the customer with the milky boots, who im- agined that his ‘‘V"’’ had been. stuffed nto some sort of a bomb and fired into the ethereal regions. In the very nature of things, every| store cannot be made a busy place and, therefore, it iS absolutely impossible for every storekeeper to succeed. If the an- gel Gabriel were to assume the manage- would not Indeed, | ment of every retail store, it put them on a_ paying basis. | case, all being under one | management that the most perfect, and the public patronage being, distributed were such the and in con- evenly sequence, more there could be no success in any one of | The fact 1s, invested, too much storing space | them. there is too much} capital rented, and too much “‘help”’ in the make success possible, except fora lim- | ited employed ce : a. distribution of commodities to | tew. There was a time when **the life of trade.’ and meant that the man who, by competition was It was healthy virtue training and his superior knowledge of legiti- sell goods | cheaper or of superior quality than could | his neighbor, would get the plum. But | competition of this kind will not) win Leaving the great mass of the plums to-day. of incompetents out question, ithere is still leftan indefinite number of | competitors who are peers of each other in capital, business capacity,and every- thing else that once insured success, but to whom success is absolutely impossi- ible, simply because there are not plums jenough to go mercantile fame that success behind the | counter depends upon a_ schoolastic knowledge of business transaction, un- impeachable personal habits, and a buli- | that knows no rest. At this very moment there are tens of thou- dog tenacity sands of over-worked hustlers coffee and tying up an endless variety of parcels who, like the young man we read of in have kept all these things their a, and yet they are painfully aware that I S¢ ripture, trom youth something is yet lacking in their efforts | to make a success of life. Success means business. A successful grinding | | phases, Although these old-time qualifications are still essential around. and magnified a thousand diameters, beside” the competition of to-day de- mands something more. ‘To succeed in the mercantile business to-day,one must that possess an inspiration an insight | will enable him to look into the true in- nature. He must his variety of wardness of human understand man in. all and him to his own advantage. know how to manipulate | Dollars he dollars is impossible to the man who cannot win the dollars. The who cannot aim higher than his longed- | must have, and the winning of owners. of man for customer's pocket-book IS proceed- | mercantile concern is a busy place. | The prosperous merchant does not spend his time standing in the. door, looking up and down the street for cus- neither do his clerks kill time in the back yard pitch- ing quolts. tomers that never come; The accumulation of inter- est and wages, and the growth of rentals never ceases, day nor night; and the and merchan- counter-currents of cash dise must be kept in motion during bus'- | ness hours, or success is out of the ques- tion. There is no lounging or ** pos- i the where prosperity reigns, and Trilby cannot be found on How familiar is that medley of sounds which strikes the ear, as one enters the door of a prosper- ous city trade emporium. It is the sweetest of music to the successful man of business and a matter of profound wonderment te the casual customer from the back township. The shuffling of inp C= lim store any of its counters. ing on the ‘‘tail-wags-the-dog’” theory. He sets traps for pocket-books while his successful competitor catches the owners | ot pocket-b« wks. A knowledge of human nature is es- | sential to success in any calling in life| depending for its support upon public | patronage--especially, when that pat- | ronage is measured by the direct result | of a daily, personal contact with our fellow men. Courtesy is the magic wand made use of by the successful man of business in turning this knowledge of human nature to practical account. | He understands the foibles of nature and makes use of them as human step- ping stones for his own advancement. | He is not in business to prepare men for the millennium, and so he takes man/ just as he is and makes the most of | him. He is no hobbyist and displays | no particular fondness for that numer- | ous fraternity; yet he knows the dollar | of the hobbyist is as valuable to him as| i through fields and into the homes of the people | iand, at the }adepts in | satisfying | This is a true reflex of ; consistent with perfect |‘ business’’ isignated the magic faction would make an enemy of that it 1s connected with the hobby. he tickles the hobby under the chin and any other, and inseparably q herefore, secures the dollar. The great whimsical public is made up of individual units, no two of which are alike, except in one thing utterly powerless to resist that which pleases it. The art of pleasing carries with it the force of attraction, and is as sure and certain in its operation as are the effects produced on matter by the laws of gravitation. If any one of many ‘storekeepers’’ I might name could be spirited away from himself and taken | the workshops, out into the the comments so and trace out the and hear dulged in, these comments, he would return to_ the effects of flesh a wiser man than he now. ts. on his shelves become stale and. shelf- worn before they are disposed ot He i would then know why Tickle & Pleas- ure can obtain better prices than he can | time, command Tickle & Pleasure n possession of the magic wand of same trade of the street. are business. They know more, and the art of attracting, pleasing, holding They and him. | possess the requisite inspiration, and, other things being equal, they are on the They care not for solid road to fame, glory, | position, the welfare of their country, or pardon me their welfare of fellow beings. lare in it for dollars, knowing that busi- | ness success in these rushing, grabbing times is measured by the num- ber of dollars accumulated, and nothing | cise. One of the first questions debated by a New York club, for the promotion of morality, was: ‘'Is with perfect recently organized true courtesy consistent sincerity?’’ A preponderance of opin- ion was given in favor of the negative. the ‘‘spirit of courtesy is in- then which I have de- the times.” ff trae sincerity, courtesy, wand of business, cannot be expected to bear any resem- blance to perfect sincerity. Why, there is no such thing. speech and cerity ! verfect sincerity of look, each 1s] freely in- | He} } would no longer wonder why the goods | the | mercantile success. | social | but mighty little for the | They | money- | Perfect sin- | every | other person we meet, and put business success beyond the possibility of at- itainment. In these days. of superficial | polish, such a course would starve us ito death or shut us up in an asylum The behind the indulge in perfect sincer- for -incapables. man counter may itv of feeling, but, if he is there to suc- ceed, he will never express it by an act, Were he to for- sincerity a word, or even a look. set himself and give perfect lof expression to perfect sincerity of feeling, he would address about half of lhis customers in terms not at all com- plimentary and kick the other half into the street for their perverse pig-headed- ness. become To displease one’s self and ‘all things to all men,’’ without letting | other people know it, may not be = con- sistent with perfect sincerity, but is is business the only kind of if guided by a courtesy knowledge of nature, which which, good, old-fashioned human will the SUCCESS possible. furnish inspiration makes a OWEN. oem |Don’t Sing the Old Song Too Long. Where is there a | who is not always ready and anxious for really good business are men who delight in telling good business man arc | ideas? There some fossils ‘*hefore old style take no modern of how things used to be done who tind the good sood enough for them, and who and are ithe war, stock in new-fangled ideas }notions which, they assert, turning } things upside down. “Why, ”’ | better satished with these fancy they say, people are no fixings. | They them laside for the next new toy.”’ are continually throwing That is just what we want. Play the jnew tune while it is popular and then change key; but never tire people with the same old song. The modern miller never sighs for the water that is past to turn his mill- wheel. He knows that there isa plenti- ful and fresh supply constantly arriving from the fountain-head. Soe One person of every seventy-three in | England is a Smith, and one in every i seventy-six Is a Jones. i > +> It has no equal—-Signal Five. HEADACHE.,......+.- scsscessceel OW UERS Order from your jobber PECK’S Pay the Best Profit. Merchants If you want to please a few cranks, who don't patronize you, insist on having blue label cigars. But if you want to give your patrons the worth of their money with cigars made by clean honest people. give them GREEN SEAL CIGARS And you will always satisfy them. Absolute Tea! @eeeeeee:- 2065086, The Acknowledged Leader... SOLD ONLY BY ELFER SPIGE C0, GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. Ghent’s Headache Wafers Immediate Etfectual Harmless = Handled by all Jobbers. Prepared by Cc. N. GHENT & CO., Pharmacists BAY CITY, MICH. 4 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 19 ——— RICE 5 Advanced -Turpentine CURRENT. Meet : enthol . Morphia, S. . @' 3 : il P.& W. __@ * 50 | Sied] A i Acidum i Declined—Linseed Oil ae ea N.Y. Q.& 1 65@, 1 90 | Sin: ac Mixture.. @ 201 L: iN ceticum. onium Ma . L oo < eae, gab. a be ~ arc Oo. oi & ~ \ ac pi “++ no iS a : | an . 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«= OZ Size CHEESE. Amboy 7 Acme 1 Jersey ls @ Lenawee @ Riverside. 7 Gold Medal Skim i. 5s @ Brick SS @ Edam. @ Leiden. a @ Limburger. . @ Pineapple... ... / @ anes. ........ @ Sap Sago...... @ Schweitzer,imported @ Schweitzer,domestic G@ Leather Cement, Rubber Cement. xq Cash buy Subscribers are earnestly 1 Chicory. Raisins. | gross | Bulk 5 Ondura 29 Ib boxes.. @d% | 6 00) Red 2 Sultana 20 Ib boxes.. (63,4 + 00 Valencia 30 lb boxes | Ee CHOCOLATE. ‘> een, | FARINACEOUS GOODS. | ‘ aker’s. | a | 8 00 | German Sweet 23 | a Farina. . 6 00) Premium. 37 | Bulk . Breakfast Cocoa 15 | Grits. CLOTHES LINES. | Walsh-DeRoo Co.'s... ....2 60 45 | Cotton. 40 ft, per doz % iL Hominy. van 7 | Cotton, 50 ft, per doz 1 15 j et a : en CZ ce 1 09 | Cotton, 60 ft, per doz 1 35 | Flake, 50 lb. drums oo 10 | ( otton, 70 ft. per doz 158 | ; Lima Beans. eee ra 1 95 | Peerless evaporited cream.5 7 | Dried eae 645 4 Jute, 60 ft, per doz SO | a. : r . . , 33 | dute! 7 ft! per doz. 95| COUPC Th ccsaamcntigecptonegymagd a ina ne —_e — omestic. 10 1D. box .. ” 2 OO CLOTHES PINS. p Me imported, 25 Ib. box. 2 50 9 00 | 5 gross Pee ananennt 10 _ Pearl Barley. COFFEE. | Empire se ; 34 = Green. | (Chester .... . 2% 140 Rio. o | Peas. Fair 18 | Bm Green, bu an 115 Good 19 | a Split, per lb ee Gl 2% 85 : . =I al = Rolled Oats. ely | Pst un ‘‘Tradesman.”’ | Schumacher, bbl.........4 20 vel ! © | books, per 0... .... .. - 00 | Schumacher, % bbl.......2 25 Santos. % 2 books, per 100 2 50} Monarch, bbl : 3 60 45 | Fa f is 3 books, per 100 3 00) Monarch. _i. 4 KD | Ce00d # 5 books, per 100 3 00) Quaker. eases 3 1 50 | Prime #10 books, per 100... 4100! Oven Baked 3 | Peaberry #20 books, per 100..... > 00! Lakeside : 2s Si. Mexican and Guatamala. ‘*Superior.”’ Sago. al a. 59 | $ 1 books, per 100..... oe : ee >, | 8 2 books, per 100 “o> th ie | Fancy fares 24 # 3 books, per 100... 3 50 | aide a i Maracaibo. . | #5 books. per 100... (oer es k: cla on _. | Prime “3 | $10 books, per 100. 5 | 24 2 lb packages...........2 4 0} Milled 4 | 20 hooks, per 100. 6 00 | SU | I, Jaya. | | FISH. | Interi 1 _ | (:ross | Private Growth 2G | a 3 601 Mandehling » Cod. ae 6 551 | Georges cured.. k @, 5 9 OB | Mocha. in | Georges genuine...... @ 5+ yom Imitation ‘ oo? | Georges selected..... @6 San | Arabian zai 1 — per 100 oe Strips or bricks... 6 @9 a : cn 2 = “OOK, per 100.......... 3 ap a ” : Roasted. # 3 books, rer 100..... . £0 Halibut. . 4 ~~] To ascertain cost of rousted #5 books, per 100..... 5 09 | Smoked ee. @i2 moo | Cofiee. atd tse per Ib. for ro»st- | 319 hooks. per 100.......... 6 00 | Herring. j and 15 per cent. for shrink #20 books, per 100...... . 7 00] Holland white hoops keg 80 | Above prices on coupon books | Holland white hoops bbl > 2%) a Package. _ are subject to the following | erweermn.... 20... ... eT Trslosetap Hane 3! | quantity discounts: | Round 100 lbs............. 255 1 ta | Jersey . 21 SO 200 books or over S percent | pound 49 thn. ............ 230 1 fo] - ‘00 books or over...10 per cent Scenes. 13 00 > a0] L ¢ ffi | 1000 books or over. .20 per cent | Mackerel. SS : ion oltee Coupon Pass Books, | No. 1 106 Ibs reese sees 12.00 1 00} Fine Assortment of Summer Can be made to represent any | No.1 401bs ) 10 >”) Games row in the sackages. denomination from 0down. | No.1 101bs 1 35 } 16 Ounces “N-> ° 20 books .. 1 00} No. 2 100 Lbs 9 2% | . ang jt 50 books... .. 200} No.2 40 lbs. 4 00 10) Cases 100/35. \ 21 8-10 oe fe. a a1 . oe “7 250 books... .... 6 % | Family 90 lbs '” | Cabinets 120 /ss. Same Price 500 books .-10 00 | Family 10 Ibs... | 9OF Hatra for Cabinets. | 1000 books...... . -----17 50 Sardines. Le a ae \ Credit Checks. Russian kegs........---... 5 vot | McLaughlin's XXXX. “1 80) 500, any one denom'n 300) _ t aon. 4 5 ave | Extract. 1000, any one denom’n Sa) No. 1 ee 25 Lave | won Ci 2000, any one denom’n..... 8 00} No.1 40 Ibs............... 1% p Sales City + Bross . - Steel punch oe Cea %D Pt Se... 96 | Felix % gross : i | No.1 oe ee 48 | Hummel": foil 44 gross 85 : : | ' Whitefish Hummel’s tin % gross 1 43 DRIED FRUITS. No.1 No.2 Fam "lebibe........ 1 to 2m : DOMESTIC. Mite.......3 322 120 a | - : Apples. His... 7 40) | | Sundried. eek 614 file .. 71 63 35 | Evaporated 50 lb boxes 74 | W packages in case ¢ | > ae oe 1 35 | pen a o oo : we California Goods. | FLAVORING EXTRACTS. a ee ' Bxs Bgs | Souders’. : Ee COCOA SHELLS. | aprecots._.__. --8'5 8144] Oyal bottle, with corkscrew. “120 :b bags 2 | Blackberries.. | Best in the world for the Less quantity 2 7 —— tees el money. Pound packages 4 6| Peaches... 81g 814 | . 2 a i eee 64 6%} Q Regular 12 00 CREAM TARTAR. | Pitted Cherries... |. | | ' Grade . = 00 | Strictly pure . | Semen. a oe Lemon. i 29 00! Telfer’s Absolute 30 | Raspberries........._.. doz ene. ae Raisins = ~ 02 = ete :% ‘<....... — CONDENSED MILK. aie ieacanne: | Hi™® 3 ant 1 doz. in case. 12 Crown... .... os |Z : ~ Regular : | 3 Crown.. 4 if i SS — a eEES eae ee ee 5 ly ae oz foes DENBED ae aos oe rim 20Z...... 120 | San FOREIGN. SOUDERS|§ ie. 2 12 CO] er Currants. i CLEGAN? “| Patras tile 0 aoa sFuavoring |! xx Grade : Vostizzas 50 Ib cases @2% | fF SN il onion i acs _ Sehets Cleaned. if G : 7 cot eesen @byy | BRS 9° : ? | | 50 Ib box eo @ \f ite ro aes -o ait | | 1 1b packages. @6 | i as 914 | i | ag | Peel. XX Grade | Citron Leghorn 25 Ib bx =: Vanilla. 7 | Lemon Leghorn 25 !b bx La nf | Orange Leghorn 2 Ib bx 4 Poe... 1% 00 | N. ¥. Condensed Milk Co.'s | Prunes. oe 2 ee 20 | brands. | 25 lb boxes. | Jennings. 15 | Gail Borden Eagle... .7 40 | California 100-120........ 414 | Lemon Vanilla | a isl os egieet Ee co EE TEE 6 2 | California 90-100........ 514 |20zregnlar panel.. 7% 1 20} o | Dey .....-2-.......-.,., ae Cees en 6 |40z regular panel..1 50 2 00 > Seen California 70-80......... 6% | 6 Oz regular panel. .2 00 .3 00 = (eee 4 25| California 60-70........ : Tig | NO. 3 taper... |... is 2e eee 3 35| 44 cent less in bags Mo. 4 Taper... 150 2 50 It is im- as representing av- ers or those of strong credit usually buy closer than requested to point out any errors or omissions, as it is atest possible use to dealers. HERBS. SEEDS. Sage os ; 15 | Anise cu wh eaas 13 eee a 15 | Canary, Smyrna 6 . Caraway a 10 GUNPOWDER. | Cardamon, Malabar 80 Rifle—Dupont’s. | diemp, Russian. 4 | Kegs .. _ } | Mixed Bird....... 414 Half Kegs 1 90; Mustard, white 6% QuarterKegs. 1 10 | Poppy 8 [i> cans. .... i oe............ 4 14 Ib cans..... — 18 | Cuttle Bone... . 20 Choke Bore Dupont’s. | SYRUPS come... oo. Corn. malt Keen...... a ....© 40) Barrels.... ' 18 Quarter Kegs 135 | Half bbls lo 20 1 cons...... Co 34 me Pure Cane. Eagle Duck—Dupont’s. | Fair ...... . tees 16 ee -....18 Go| Sood ....-... oe 20 Half Kegs : 5 75 | Choice ... See p3) Quarter Kegs S 00 SPICES. 1 Ibcans.. : ‘ oO) Whole Sifted. INDIGO. Allspice .............. 9% budine 6 hy Basle ne Cassia, China in mats... a. oe a i a, stl ib ne Pd Cassia, Batavia in bund... 15 ' eee iy — . Cassia, Saigon in rolls 32 JELLY. | Cloves, Amboyna.. 22 5 1D pads... .. 36 | Cloves, Zanzibar 11% 17 1b pails 42 | Mace, Batavia 70 30 1b pails 70 | Nutmegs, fancy 65 Nutmegs, No. 1 60 LYE. Pen ae 2, lll le Condensed, 2 doz ..1 20} Pepper, Singapore, black... 10 Condensed, 4 doz 225 | Pepper, Singapore, white. . .20 i | Pepper, shot... ae 16 Pic LICORICE. 39 | Pure Ground in Bulk. Calabria .. 25 | Allspice . 15 Sicily... 14 | Cassia, Batavia 5 18 Pot... “| 10 | Cassia, Batavia and Saigon .25 Cassia, Saigon. 35 MINCE MEAT. | Cloves, Amboyna. 22 SS Cloves, Zanzibar... 18 Se et Ginger, African 16 SS Ginger, Cochin. 20 Ginger, Jamaica 2 Mace, Batavia.. ‘a 65 Mustard, Eng. and Trieste. 22 Mustard, Trieste...._. 20 Phiatmer, Mo. 2... ae = | Pepper, Singapore, black 16 | Pepper, Singapore, white. .24 Pepper, Cayenne............ 9 Mince meat, 3 doz in case..2 75 | Sage.................. _-o Pie Prep. 3 doz in case......2 7% | ‘‘Absolute”’ in Packages. MATCHES. | “4s Ks Columbia Match Co.’s brands | Alispice ................ Sf 1 55 Clemebin Pasier..........: £25 | eemeemiom. St 1 56 os leer... ee Ceewes.... 8 a Diamond Match Co.’s brands. | Ginger, Jamaica. . 4 15 No. 9 saiphur.... .. a 3) | Ginger, African. a 13% Anchor Parlor. 17 re... O11 ee 10 | Pepper oe 1S Export Parlor... ssn ot rc ........,...., MOLASSES. STARCH. Blackstrap. | Kingsford's Corn. Suger house........- 10@.12 | 20 1-Ib packages........ . 6% ; 401 1b packages.......... 614 Cuba Baking. | I ar Ordinary... ..............12@14| Kingsford’s Silver Gloss. Porto Rico. | 40 1-Ib packages............. 6% remo 20; 610 Gomes c. O Peeey 2. 30 Common Corn. a New Orleans. Ob eee) . 5% Fair ..... wettet ete e esac 1 401b boxes... | . 5% oe. 22 [ ee eh Common Gloss. ere se, oe: 27) 1-lb packages...... 5 PO icio packages.............. 5 Half-barrels 3¢ extra. 6-lb packages. . 534 OIL CANS. 40 and 50 lb boxes 334 Crystal valve, per dos eo Berree 2... 334 Crystal valve, per gross. ..36 00} nal SODA. " ' a | Boxes . Coa wks 5! PICKLES. | Kegs, English. . 13 Medium. i SALT [ Barrels, 1,200 count........ 4 2% Diamond Crystal. Half bbls, 600 count........ 2 6 |, : Cases, 24 3-lb boxes.... 1 00 Small. Barrels, 3201bs....... ee Barrels, 2,400 count........ 5 25} Barrels, 115 2% Ibbags...... 4 00 Half bbis, 1,200 count...... 3 15 a = mee 3% Barrels, 3010 Ilbbags......3 50 Clay. No. oo! 1 79 | Butter, 56 1b bags........ 65 Clay, T. D. full count...... 6 Butter, 20 14 1b meee 2 3 50 ib Mes 1 299 | Butter, 280 1b bbis.... 2 50 na : " | Butter, 224 1b bbis... 2 2 POTASH. e : : Common Grades. 48 cans in case. ‘ aa 4 00 | 1003 Ibgacks.'..: . 2 00 Penna Salt Co.’s...........309| ©sIbeacks.... ....: 1 85 25 14-10 Gheks....... 1 70 RICE. Domestic. a __ Warsaw. : : , | 56-Ib dairy in drill bags.. 30 — oe. pose ee aise ow 28-lb dairy in drill bags... 15 Canine NOS. aa __ _Ashton. : ike a 314 | 56 1b dairy in linen sacks... 60 Imported. : Higgins. 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"i von we Geass | No. a .4 12] Decorated Un a 2 oes aaa to 1 Mr. T t. . pieiletacmcd | No val ..4 06 String R Creams... 60 @S Flour i isual ca hom lg ae hn with i \ : an | Salad I small tian nb ecial S... w]e ohn @\0 aurek With spo 2 as Dre 1 375 | oe lied Com mec 1% hucks @ fle i kn witl ispout a Vv | Salad yressing el da @s oa M . 16 Me tates ; 6160 Ie vith spo : 0) ‘ “abba mg ee 295 | RU Winte Wheat Bic a 6 50 a 16@n 7 a oo B. ; R Was ¢ dmall. | ise (iD ITS eee So ae 17 00 a : - ry ss Hornet’ eynalde’ . 2 onl ASHING Sime fedt Sv cvs enings it Middli aa? : : np W vt Ss > | ~ Or o ny ‘i 3 lv ir ans. M as Piva Nest... ined: POWDER lp i) = a 150 _ nes. .16 50 oo Pork. lv iron N Hive a ie A) ate ar . | Feor S.. Ss; i ( _ soins acefas 0 5 Quintette 35 oo | OL ‘oo — Sa @ L _ rots. 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Corne anned M pvr ioe ain Shad a ea ‘ Imperis S, printe @b Strais _ ie red beef Meats. iM , 2 de es 0) S 4 37 | afont rials . ed 60 | Cl sight U +00 | comes re £ 3b ammoth C »% 1 00 VO hora os | Preoed 3 eel — ee 15 1b 215 | peers me 90 e ul ee nwen = @60 | Bur nam... oe 3 90! P ‘ted ham Bb 1450 | No. 3 Roe amps. 1) r Store| / @70 Re kena | oe 3 101 a eae ‘carga Say | No. 3 Re ¢ hester li oz. Box | ‘ nd ae 3 40 | “epg , oe 00 | No.3 pai a me 1 5 oe Revi an 28 a | 2 Pear r. flin ao 450 | vile i 1, ie 1% | we rl 1 0 3 ai Potted. tons oT me | No. ae glas' or or > <0 > ong 95... wo slot 5 ‘otted Semeue Mc... 7 sy »ybe Ine ande 1% 5 Sa Ae 788 Me 7 a 2 Globe 1 a: 1 i V¢ y 5 eas you No. 2 Pe ; . arl gle ae ob GbE ese © 00 on . J So THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Fruits and Produce Desirability of Attractive Vehicles on the Morning Market. ‘It is queer how matters take good care of themselves when piously let alone.”’ One doesn’t hear that kind of remark on the market, or anywhere else, for that matter, without having some- } } } thing behind it; and | became intense ly interested in a tine basket of peach es close to the elbow of the man who made the statement. ‘I was down here a coupie of days ago, and the growers were all mixed up ; | peaches ai potatoes, first one and then the other —and now look at them! L started in on lonia street, going north fre Wea y avenue and for a block ot two there was nothing but peaches—-big way loads of thet wma otal tise { lie the ( i t ad ts IV} und, mer ch Ltie ve etanles were show endless ofusion. Valk about your d irtinent stores ! When you get thre t comes down to the ‘birds of a feathe oO together dea, and mere i 1S Phe flocl s tovether’s all oh as. the imswe Dut you wont hnd cc 2 ! Cc who ce COT, al | ti S wWlit t ISCHICI COMES ! It 1 quest CONVENIENCE iter i i ; Une Yrowel Sow) is aly MLN Lot s why Ore « ers do ec it 1S to their interest to hx i t tl eo % V Ol attractive out fits t | C Speaker Sat itered o1 out I v the idea, however, and I ap plied the vehicle behind which 1 stood. The thill had met with an acci- dent i i@ distant past and it had been nended by the mg on of a stout nar- row board , little farther on, an anti- ri ited harness had bee strengthened with a rope; and, long before I reached the end of the line, there was enough to find fault with had [| felt so inclined. however, was. the exception, most of the growers being | 1 ’ provides with well-made wag ons: but almost nem were ca void of any attempt in the line of at- : 1 tractive display. Why couldn’t a grower make himsel conspicuous with some such little de- vice. 10F tmstance , aS Coming invari- rket with a freshly washed roads are not atttempt to to begin with and Degi! ith,and wagon? The always so as to hide the That will do, keep in time, other suggestions will come. of 1 1 1 i Me 4 | themselves. | know one thing: if I had bought out tl huckster’s load whose harness was tied up with a rope, I be- ] | L2 - Soe CVE t WOUKME ROL 11KC to unload it. Of a cart is a cart and fine vegetables is to have him drive up to my door course, what the buyer ts after; but, after all, would any of our first-class think 1 i huckster’s boare advantage to use the -mended vehicle for a delivery wagon? t could I know that it seems as if make but little difference as the wagon hether it and unpainted, but there nature in the hature incidental stands backed up to the curb, w ve Clean or dirty, rough or cake with care and paint; is a great deal of human and human little things—-so much so, 1m tact, that, if the should dealer buyers on the market racted by these town dealer and the producer change places, the first thing the would do would be to provide himself turn-out. I know the country cutting with an attractive story about the boy's an alder and catching more trout with that and a bent pin than the city chap could with the I was the boy but for all that, the lives, to this day, that, had he ped’’ tackle with the city chap, his own costly rod country boy be- “swap- string of trout would have been larger and the city smaller, for he didn’t been I like may not boy’s couldn't have have any. tackle and, while there be in it anvthing in itself to the fine insure a there is everything in its is nothing but the string of tish, favor, even if there fact of ownership to recommend it. Vith a new market and the new con- ditions attending it, we shall see wheth- attract methods so Common now er an attempt will be made _ to custom by the in the trading world. RAMBLER. >eom PRODUCE MARKET. Stock, $1. 5OG@pI. eating Ve a- Appes I ‘ : for 3 bushel Cooking barrel. | ancy rieties, such as Twenty Ounce Pippin, Maiden Blush and Strawberry, $1 pcr 0 Beets joc per bu. butter--Factory creamery is strong, on account of an improvement in the demand at the Eastern markets, com- ling toc. Dairy isa little weaker and lower, being sluggish at) 14@1514¢ Cabbage—Slow sale at 25@30c per doz. The country appears to be over- stocked at present. ( celery i5c per doz. Crabapples.-35@4oc per bu. Cucumbers Pp ickling stock, Soc per 1@0. I: About higher, handlers paying Iic and holding at 12c. ati 2oc, per 5 ID basket for home-grown Concords. The stock is fair in size and excellent in quality. n Corn 5, 10K per doz, ing to quality. Muskmelons doz. and doz. crate. Onions —50@55c per bu. for grown Yellow Danvers. Peaches—-This is the big week for} early yellow stock and every ie a ae belief that the transporta- tion tacilities, complete as they are, will be inadequate to handle promptly Cree accord- Nutmeg, Very Scarce. Si@1.50. per home- leads to the all the stock offered for the next = ten days. With this in view, it will be well tor dealers to get in their orders ~ and ahead of their to suffer as little requirements, x loss and annoyance as possible in the event of delay in receiv- ing shipments. The favorite varieties this week are Mountain Rose (white i. Red Crawford, Yellow —-. Bar- nard and Foster. Prices rang — 75¢ for white to $4.50 tor fancy yellow, a good canning yellow peach command- me >t. Pears -75c per bu. for small pickling stock. —- Favorite, Bartlett and Flemish Beauty varieties command $1 @1i.25per bu. Plums Lombards and Green Gages command $1.50@1.75 per bu. Fancy Bradshaws find re acy sale Potatoes — Ranging about 30c per bu. In the rush of fruit, this staple is entire- ly neglected. At $2. lomatoes--50c per bu. for good} smooth stock. i Watermelons—-15@18c_ for stock of good size and excellent quality. a Hence Those Tears. A gentleman Western railway got out at a station where the train stopped for a few while min- utes, and entered the Casting his eyes on a basket containing buns, he suddenly burst into tears. he sympathetic barmaid gently asked him what was the matter, and elicited the following touching information ‘Pray excuse my emotion. Two years ago | was traveling on this line on my honeymoon. My wife came into this re- freshment room and stratched our ini- tials on a bun which I see in this basket. 1 beg you to let me have it as a_ tender souvenir. Here is a half dollar.’’ | 418-420-445-447 S. Division St. Osage, SI per | traveling on a| refreshment room. | CUT THIS OUT Fill in and Mail: 0 @(@XOXe) © © © eee eKe\eveeje) exey J. VINKEMULDER, Grand Rapids, Mich Dear Sir—When you can ship us good yellow peaches. such as Crawfords, barn- ards, Fosters, etc., at $1 pe bushel or less you may ship us bushels times a week via signed (eXe) OX (eKe (eKeKeve OCC é ® ® ® ® ® e e e ® e e ©) © © @ 010) e)\0\e 0/0 0( ee) eae) eee e @eKe State how to ship: Freight or Expre-s and over what Line. Halper ou Plums and Crabapples are now coming pric es reasonable aaa es. Potatoes Me lons, Cucumbers, ¢ elery, Onions, Cabbage ete... nt lowest market prices, We respectfully solicit your mail orders; same will have our prompt and careful attention and benetit of lowest possible price HENRY J. VINKEMULDER, Girand Rapids Long Distance Telephone 1084. Seeds= New If you wish e are now receiving Crop ‘Vimothy. Clover with us. We handle all kinds Seeds, Al- syke, Alfalfa, Cy ver, Etc. to buy Timothy or Ce rrespond imson Clo- We respectfully solicit your orders. ALFRED J. BROWN CO., Seed [erchants, GRAND RAPIDS Peaches If you wish to keep in touch with the market correspond with us and we will enter your name for market re- port which will be mailed regularly free of charge. The crop promises to be a large one and quality is fully up to the standard. WRITE US TO-DAY. ALFRED J. BROWN CO. Grand Rapids Send your consignments of Peaches BUTTER, EGGS, POULTRY and FRUITS to GeO. E. Darling & C0. 42 Jefferson Avenue, 142 Woodbridge St. DETROIT GEO, E. DARLING H. H. ROBINSON Grand Rapids Fruit Growers Assn. Each grower sells his own stock fresh picked each day R. D. GRAHAS1, President. . A. PEARCE, Vice-President. H. O. BRASIAN, Treasurer. M. W. RONAN, Secretary. Headquarters until Oct, 1 22 S. IONIA ST. ARTHUR J. WATKINS J. H. AXE WATKINS& AXE, Wholesale Produce FRESH EGGS, CHOICE CREAMERY and DAIRY BUTTER Northern Trade Solicited for Meats and Produce Phone 395 Special Attention to Consignments and Buying on Track 84 and 86 South Division St., GRAND RAPIDS. SEND YOUR CONSIGNMENTS OF PEACHES To GAWLEY BROS. & CO., 64-66 Woodbridge St. W., Detroit. Stencils furnished upon application. References = DUN’S & BRADSTREET’S Agencies. HOME SAVINGS BANK = == Detroit. Ward L. Andrus & Co. Importers and Jobbers, Foreign and Domestic Fruits, Canned Goods and Fancy Groceries, FRESH PEACHES And Baltimore Canned Oysters a Specialty. We Solicit Your Consignme ants. 53-55-57 JEFFERSON AVE., i u DETROIT wholesale Commission PEACHES Live and Dressed Poultry. Butter, Eggs, Cheese, Vegetables ........... Fruits of all kinds. F. J. DETTENTHALER, | 117-119 Monroe Street, : r Grand Rapids, Mich. REPRESENTATIVE RETAILERS. Frank West, the Hoytville General Dealer. Frank West was born in Madison| county, near Syracuse, N. ¥., Nov. 23, 1855. His parents were natives of Nutmeg State of try, Revolutionary ances- and an Orderly Sergeant’s book, the property of a 2 reat grandfather who was under General Green, is among the family archives. Like other boys, farm-born and farm-bred, he passed his early days in the green the still the and LOW until the the Morning pas- the } 1 SCHOO! tures and beside waters of country, now in country house in Summer in the active duties of the 15th birthday. Then and the early the road to with his trunk behind him, to farm dawn of his first change caine, found him ina wagon On WV TAcUuse, take his ranks of the the senior partner of Fitch, place in the bread-winning His uli le, Estes & and Frank was chosen to the for world. the ola boy, need sup- fashion firm of was in ply the need. It was not then, as it is so often now, lookout for ‘* soft place to work, they called if there idea in the that it would be a little e for his uncle, the thoug pelled. The awakening lusive dream was disturbing, boys. to be on the snaps. ’” - it then: and was an boy’s) mind asier to work ht was soon dis- that but settled brave- meay er from de- when this was once over and he ly down to earn his wages, the yvreat lesson of personal independence was learned and the solid foundation of a successful career was laid on the solid rock. For seven years he worked in that Syracuse grocery store, beginning with the broom and gradually climbing up ward, round by round, so that, when at the age of 22, he thought best to see what he could do somewhere else. With his seven years’ of bard earned experi- and the had brought came ence money that it him, he to Michigan and,at Grand ledge, launched this financial bark in he furniture with his brother, and undertaking business with whom he entered into partnership. For two years prosperity smiled the up what was upon estab left, where he car- them, when a fire broke up lishment. Gathering he removed to Hoytville, ried on the same business for two years more, and then, forming the hrm ol West & Co., added lines of dry goods and #rocericés. and then, undertaking \nother two years went by, and establishment was made dropping the furniture lines, the into a veneral country store. Prosperity was avain leading the concern kindly by the hand when the fire fiend again swooped down and flew skyward with whatever its flaming talons could clutch; and the next morning, after clearing away the ashes, he ‘opened up with voods which arrived from the Lemon & Wheeler Company, of Grand Rapids, and which he had wired for on the night of the fire before he went to bed. That meant business, and in less than a week salamander firm, finding the ashbed commercial the undesirable for purposes, found accommodations in a neighboring hall, it remained until a. fitting building could be permanently secured. Phe store with increased facilities, with here is in that building now, where, including cold the helj telephone exchange ol storage, it manages, the the and the office to busy day, as well asa protitable Mr. . : > i Carre Prenat post office, express make out a onc. West was mz ee in 1880 to Miss F Watertown, N. Yu, the | Ee served | THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN and two boys are growing up to be as thrifty storekeepers as their father. » Dressing. The fall will be a season This is already seen in the shown. are ol for colors. goods being Plaids now seen in the striking appearance of the bright colored stripes. | be used a y on account Blue will reat deal in window displays | what is called old blue or Dutch blue being one of the most popular |Green will also be a favorite color in combination with red, yellow or blue. One State street trimmer will trim a i few of his windows in solid colors. in contrast to the multitude of bright col- ors which will be shown. Windows. of two colors he will experiment with. Dress among the portant articles a trimmer has to play. One trimmer, speaking of trim- ming a dress goods window, said: ** The soods should be draped in a way to show how the goods. will when made up. The flaring skirt can be il- lustrated by spreading the | im- dis- goods arc most look goods out at the bottom when draped on a stand, and the pleats and organ pipes can be shown by pinning the goods in the place. The upper part of the should be draped atter the style of the hat. If it is plain make the display piain, but if it is elaborate or of fancy design the waist should have ribbons, lace, flowers, etc. Baskets of flowers are quite appropriate im a dress goods window. ‘hey adda touch of beauty and color that pearance. | Another trimmer, yreatly iniproves the speaking ol are usually dark effects, and in order to display them in the windows it is advis- able to remove the looking glass. effect produced by the dark color. Lo do this we would suggest the use of suitable light backgrounds, which will, of course, throw out the goods and the patterns can be more plainly seen, which otherwise would have been lost. The use of tick- ets with prices or the name of each nov- elty displayed tends to dispel the dark- ness of the goods and throws out the patterns more plainly. The sale of dress materials may be increased by the use of wax figure dress forms, upon which the trimmer will effectively drape such material as is displayed in the window which not only attracts attention but often the onlooker the manner n which the goods will look when made suggests to known trimmer. ** Heavy silks, taffetas, etc.. do not need this lining, as the goods are heavy enough to keep the form desired. ‘The same is true of dress voods. Light weight yoods should have a stiff lining underneath, while goods such as sicilians will keep any desired windows | shades. | proper | costume | MOSELEY BROS., We handle all kinds FIELD-JSEEDS, wheat, Field Peas, Spring Rye, Barley, Eggs, Ete. Car lots or less. EGG CRATES and EGG CRATE If you wish to buy or sell write us. Millet, Beans Hungarian, and sell Potutues, Clover, Ete. Buch seeds Timothy, Buy FILLERS. Grand _— Mich. Jobbers SEEDS, BEANS, POTATOES, FRUITS 6 ~ SEEDS, POTATOES, BEANS a >> Some Suggestions for Fall Window | Mason Fruit Jars W.H. BEACH We WHOLESALE DEALER IN HAY, GRAIN, SEEDS, Sy PRODUCE, Orders Promptly Write tor quote for immediate orders the following 1 prices. packed one dozen in box each jar in HOLLAND, Mich. |}sep ra e compartments. Price subje t to change. | No charge for box or Cartage. ap- | dress Per Gross. 3 26-28-30-32-0TTAWA STREET Filled Quotations | Pints wide mouth. $6.0) Quarts, wife mouth 6.50 ] ] . i Half ga:lons, wide mouth 8.50 goods displays, said: there are} Same preked in straw as before, 50 cen's per many suggestions for the Coming Season | gross less. - au 2 a ‘ and rubbers So which may be found profitable to mer- aes caps me _ ers ; ~ i } tub er rings ror wson jars a chants. New fabrics for the fall season | up. A constant change of goods tn win- dows adds vreatly to the sales of such departments. ”’ One well-known trimmer will use the new style background made -of blue satin with scroll patterns in his dress soods windows. This wiil be — ularly effective in dress goods displays, setting off the dark colors of the i Ics by contrast. Light backgrounds are necessary to properly display these goods. ‘In the display of light weight silks | some kind of stitf lining must be used | to produce the organ pipes, and repre- sent the flaring skirts,’’ says one well- shape. Both silks and dress goods will be shown with organ pipes and pleats.”’ > 20> Nikola Tesla is beginning to tind the honors shower thickly upon him. THe! has already been made, within the last | year, a doctor by Columbia College and an M. by Yale, while one of the | leading universities of the far West has | recently invited him to accept one of | its diplomas. A couple of years ago he | lreceived the rare order of St. Sava from | the king of Servia, and last week news reached him officially that the Order of the Eagle had been conferred upon him by the prince of Montenegro, who may be said to represent the race from which | Tesla springs. Mail H. L orders direct to eonard & Sons, GRAND RAPIDS. Peaches C R. Tc lephone 1218. eae AY» Clover, Medium ot a Alsyke, \ltalt: 7 rimson, Limothy Millet, Peas and juarters Butter, Eggs and Friuit- ! ive tve. Garde Tools. sate Hohn tor oo { ases and Le rents received. Highest Prices procured. iit Jr., Ses DETROIT. ONSIZNY 128=132 West Bridge Street, Seeds im Everything for the Field and Garden We I. LAMOREAUY 0 88869608 < 30209896 GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. WM. BRUMMELER & SONS MANUFACTURERS AND JOBBERS OF... Wei @ toc ¢ tuiogue Pelephone 640 TINWARE Seliing Agts. for Columbian Enameled Steel Ware. 260 South lonia Street GRAND RAPIDS, [ICH. SEE QUOTATIONS. eo, PASSKESSSSSSSSSESSESSSSSSESSCOVECSY * 2OSO0SOS8 ee Catching Rain Water : is a familiar practice in sections where the regular water supply is too hard for use. Its softness and purity make it very desirable on wash day. The ve same results can be derived by using /- (JAK LEAF SOAP. It makes the hardest water soft, makes the clothes white without in- juring them, and reduces the labor of washing one-half. Ask the grocer for it. OLNEY & JUDSON GROCER CO., Wholesale Agents, Grand Rapids, Mich. ee eaeee C0 OO SO OOOAEEOLANAMOO™~ AOMOMBNME 7 24 pe TET a THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN GOTHAM GOSSIP. News from the Metropolis---Index of the Market. Special Correspondence. New York, Aug. 24—The foreign fruit trade of this city, or, more accu- rately, the fruit trade in general has fer years been in a chronic state of agita- | tion. It has been almost impossible to | keep track of the ups and downs and the innumerable entanglements which have occurred between the importers and the buyers. What is called the Fruit Exchange has a_ nice suite of rooms and has enjoyed a good degree of prosperity ; but it has finally agreed to lease the rooms to a more recent organi- zation, called the Fruit Buyers’ Union. The number of members of the latter organization rapidly growing and will probably number about 150 when all are in, and the future of the society seems to be very bright. [f the drawn-out quarrels will be ended, the trade will on the road to prosperity. [he fruit trade of New York will make a great demonstration the twenty-fifth anniversary of Italian unity ! : Is long- be oll sept. 21. There will be a big military parade, living pictures, etc.,—all show- ing the progress which Italy has made during the last quarter of a century. General ig groceries has trade in jobbir been disappointing during the — past week and it is hard to tell just what the trouble is. Cost is even lower on some articles than at the beginning of August, but there is no rush of buyers. How- ever, there is no doubt we shall soon see a better prevailing condition. For two ort weeks coffee has been in an unsteady condition. While there has been no great decline, nor likely to be at once, the fact is that there 2 general feeling that prices must decline before there will be selling. Rio No. 7 is worth Mild grades ITe¢ o> The click of the typewriter is the tap }of the hammer on the nails of the coffin containing all that remains of the old- time prejudice against women in_ busi- ness. -+eoe The aggregate of the employes of the | railroads of this country is as large as the whole German army. Nine hundred | thousand people work for the roads. -~7oo There is no worse investment than barter character for money. 2-30 Best seller in the world—Signal Five. to traveling | hold the next | ! 1 ; j | Consisting of groceries, dry goods, boots and and | the | Fort D : ) 005 Central avenue, Grand Rapids. is a large stock- | | Grand | for WANTS COLUMN. BUSINESS CHANCES. kK RR SALE OR RENT—LIVERY BARN. Ilave also for sale ata bargain one carryall and three-seat carriage. C. Big Rapids, Mich. 834 JILL SELL ONE OF THE SBEST 34,000 W 50 cents on the dollar. Cash—no traders need apply. Lock box 46, Reed City, Mich. 835 5 ASH AND HOUSE AND LOTS IN GRAND Rapids, Michigan, to exchange for first-class stock of boots and shoes. Address Box 101, Les- lie, Mich. $31 ee SALE—HARDWARE STi CK, SET OF tinner’s tools and store furniture, invoicing about $2,500, in a town in Michigan, located in a good farming country. Address No. 832,:care Michigan Tradesman. $32 ‘OCK OF MILLINERY AND FANCY! ll S goods, Sale or trade. Will inventory at Cost and discount for cash 80 per cent if sold at once in a lump. Address V. E. Roland, Traverse City, Mich. 833 DRUG STOCK AND FIXTURES gs SALE in thrifty Indiana town, \ Address C. M. W., 2% Central avenue, Grand Rapids, Mich. 823 POR SALE STOCK OF GENERAL MER- I: ¢ehandise in a live growing town of 3,000 pop- ulation. Will inventory %,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 a. LOCATION FOR A HAY AND feed store. New towns preferred. Address “Feed,” care Michigan Tradesman. 825 W ANTED-— A COMPLETE OUTFIT OF MA- chinery for band sawmill and planing mill plant to supply the place of one recently de- stroyed by tire. Second-hand will doif good and cheap. Address Fearon Lumber & Veneer Co., Ironton, Ohio 826 en SALE - STOCK OF BOOTS, SHOES AND diy goods, cheap for cash. Invoices about *1.800. Address No. 827, care Michigan Trades man. 827 A 24 GOOD TWO AND ONE-HALF STORY brick house and good lot in the city of tapids to exchange for merchandise, dry goods preferred. Enquire of the Boston stores, St. Louis, Mich. 829 pete RENT—THE WALDRON BLOCK, OP- posite Union depot. Best location in city wh slesale or Commission business. See Scribner Bros, or F. D. Waldron. S30 ype SALE—OR WILL TRADE FOR PROPER ty located near the corner of Hall and Madison avenue, a stock of general merchandise, shoes, flour, feed, ete. Good reasons for selling. For particulars call or address on the premises’ slg BIG CHANCE FOR SOMEONE—JEWELRY 44% stock, tools and fixtures, to the amount of #1.300, Can be bought for $550, with first class lo- cation. Address No. 813, care Miebigan Trades- man. S13 — 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 31,500 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. 820 \ 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 property, 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 milland planing mill: two small honses: 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. 811 \ 7 ANTED—PARTNER TO TAKE HALF IN- terest in my 75 bbl. steam rolier mill and elevator, situated on railroad; miller preferred; good wheat country. Full description, price, terms and inquiries given promptly by addressing H.C, Herkimer, May bee, Monroe « ounty, Mich. 711 > SALE—DRUG STOCK AND FIXTURES: corner location; stock in good condition and business paying. Good reasons for selling. Ad- dress Dr. Nelson Abbott, Kalamazoo, Mich. 776 MISCELLANEOUS. W E BUY ALL KINDS SCRAP TRON, METAL, ags, shirt and overa!l cuttings and rub- ber. Write for pr ces. Wm. Brummeller & Sons, 260 S. Ionia St., Gran:! Rapids. ‘Phone 640. 804 \ 7 ANTED—BUTTER, EGGS, POULTRY, PO- ' tatoes, onions, apples, cabbages, ete. ‘Cor- respondence solicited. Watkins & Axe, 84-86 South Division street, Grand Rapids. 673 \ J ANTED—EVERY DRUGGIST JUST COM } mencing business, and every ore 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. For Bargains in Real Estate, in any part of the State, WRtee Oooo G. W. Ames 106 Pheenix Block BAY CITY, MICHIGAN general stocks of merchandise on earth at | No pharmacy law, | TO CLOSE | nee piacere oe UP AN ESTATE Good Furniture B. Lovejoy, Agent, | Business...... nel @ | Established 1887. Always good growing business. Occupying new build- ing in prosperous city of 100,000 people. Large territory tributary to it. Well selected and complete stock of all kinds of Household goods. Yearly business of $50,000 can be done. Will be sold at a bargain, No. TRADESMAN. Address 1,000, care MICHIGAN Are You Looking .....f0r Business? FOR SALE . MH e GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Buildings, Machinery, Foundry and Boiler Shop, with Tools, Patterns and good will of the business. Located right in center of the city, on the bank of the river and near the railroad. Now: in eration and doing a fair business Size of ground. 160x170 ft. Machine Shop, one story, 60x65 ft. Foundry, 60x60 ft., two cupolas. Boiler and Pattern Shop, two stories, 50x100 ft. Blacksmith Shop, in rear, 50x60 ft., two forges. Engine Room, 33x20 ft. Engine and Boiler of wD horse power capacity. Vacant ground for stor- age, 60x 160 ft. Will be sold cheap and on easy terms, to close an estate. Wil. T. POWERS & SON, Grand Rapids, Mich. By Wm. T. Powers, Survivor. ee John Brechting Architect Grand Rapids. (Continued from last week) The mill keeps it on hand and they sell it cheap, while he charges you just as much as if he had to make it to order, while the architect's client gets some thing different in style, and Op- withoutad ubt Le gets a better finish throughout and pays no more. And you are sure you are getting your money’s worth. It stands to reason that in competi- tion you figure close and when you have plans, they tell the econ tractor just what you want and he knows what he has to do and no guesswork, and when a per- son knows just what another wants it is an easy matter to give him a price and it is given so as (To be continued) Anybody having any question to ask on this subject will cheerfully answered, he Are Your Coal Bills too High ? A leaky or improperly adjusted valve may cost you hundreds of dollars per year atthe coal pile. I can 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. V. SEBRING HILLYER Consulting Engineer | be Structural [ron Work Concrete Construction. Machinery Draughting. 803 Michigan Trust Building GRAND RAPIDS Millers! Attention! We have for salea number of NEW PURIFI- ERS, FLOUR DRESSERS and SCALPERS. All Standard Machines at much less than the cost of manufacture; also two sets STEVEN’S ROLLS, DOUBLE, 6x12. smooth. One PERPENDICULAR BEEKER BRUSH MACHINE. Address SPOONER & HALL, Grand Rapids, Mich. Room 34. Powers’ Opera House BI’k. Pritchard’s Rotary..... Cycle Chain Cleaner Price, 50 cents, \sk you Hh OF AGGTESS J.J. HAYDEN & C0. 69 Pearl Street,, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Will you allow us to give you dim. sabes ot Sane 4 wae 5 ass Sa aa BUSINESS WHEELS igar, So y all Jobbers traveling ee from Grand Rapids and by Snyder & a 7 ae LIGHT ROADSTERS LADIES’ WHEELS Straub, Jobbers of Confectionery, Muskegon. We:do notjclaim this Cigar to be better than any 10 cent Cigar made, but we do claim it to be See ee ter hae he FS SEL GYGLE i. 480. vison SL, ‘brand Rapids Se 7 anica blser: es Pr 7 2 DEALERS THT == ° RE-MODELED S & @ © NEWLY FURNISHED @ © = PERKING & HESS," HIGES FuIS, Wool and IdloW #? Griswold House v.00 = WE CARRY A STOCK OF CAKE TALLOW FOR MILL USE. =o wee0@ BEST $2.00 A DAY HOUSE INSTHE CITY gece e © Nos. 122 and 124 Louis Street, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. & @ Corner Grand River Avenue and Griswold St., DETROIT, MICH.§ SHORORONORORONOHORONONONONORONCHOROROHOROHOHOReHOHORG CucHenenoneHonoReneHeHonenenoHonononeHeneHOReEonOHOES Walter Raker & C0 Limited NIVIPATTNN EPID NT NNT NOR NTE NTA ERNE NEE VERNOP NTH NEnNOrNTH Ven HorNaT Urn NorNoT NED erNoP TD eneorNTD EnNOrNTD VeneOrtTAEA The Largest Manufacturers of = > = PURE, HIGH GRADE = St op = = \ COCOAS AND = n = & CHOCOLATES = AND READ. = on this continent, = a m eget = Make no contracts for = | , HIGHEST AWARDS = 1895 until we call or you = ; Wily from the great = write us about = slndustialand Foul = = portiand and 3 IN = = Europe and America. = Cutters 3 CAUTION: fiisons “ornths = B | B C = labels and wrappers on our goods, consum- = = eee e elk nap, akerG@ Co. 3 is printed on each yacKage >< = SOLD BY GROCERS EVERYWHERE. = —— ae ee GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. = Walter Baker & Co. Ltd, Dorchester, Mass. UUUNAANANAbOLdANAAAAOL4Ab4AA bb dbL44A Jb bb444408Abb444 4444484444444 Jbb db 44440846444 4884444440 4bb44b 0 dbbdddDS : ee eee ee ee eee SLOELLELOLOELE LE LILLE LLL 7 the best trade is a perplexing problem to some people, but its solu- \ ‘ tion is simple. $ » fe First. Make the best goods possible; not once in a while, but » i always. ® | SECOND. Let the people know of it, early and often. s ® | THirp. Don't neglect details. tH \ ‘ Attention to these principles has placed the iS py : { e ~ 3 a ae TI ° Ry ees Gail Borden Eagie Brand Ss ® fesse Se s?i| CONDENSED MILK at the head, and ie X Sr ron | Borden’s Peerless Brand RB 8 | cen orden s Peeriess ran 1% » | = i as ea | EVAPORATED CREAM is sure to obtaia an equally high place in ‘ peta ce - the consumer’s favor, because it has INTRINSIC ME RIT ® < IT HAS NO EQUAL. Prepared and guaranteed by the NEW YORK CONDENCED PHELK CO. ABSOLUTELY PURE. e . Don’t fail to order a supply now. b> For Guotations SEE PRice COLUMNS x Semone: LE SAI e a eA CR e Ee ae RAR RAAT Tae RRMA ORR ae eee eee eee wea we wwe eee aS Sor) me & aS eee ir~ Investigate the Dayton Computing Scale. PAYS FOR ITSELF Every 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. You can not afford to be without one. 118-124 State St., and 77-79 Madison St., _ YOU NEED IT! SEE WHAT USERS SAY. | j J.W. WHITELEY & SON, | Dry G s Oo ing. Gr — BOSTON STORE. | Dry Goods, Clothing, Groceries, ete. CasH MERCHANDISE. | | Di iyton Computing Scale Co., Dayton, O.: Bonaparte, Iowa, April 22, 1895. Chicago, Dec. 31, 1894. | GENTLEMEN: In reference to yours of recent | date regarding the Computing Scales which you The Computing Seale Co., Dayton, Ohio: ; Sent us, permit us to state that they have ex- I 3 y since November 24, 1894,in our butter, cheese GENTLEMEN: We have had your scale in use Ceeded our expectations, giving us the utmost satisfaction. We consider it one of our greate st conveniences in our store,and knowing it, as we and meat department. We find themtodoev- now doand from the expe rience we h¢ ave had actly what you claim. Our clerks can wait on fromits usage in the store. we would not dis- a a Tn curacy iney Pense With it for ten times its value. Any ordi- more Customers and assure them accuracy in ev nary clerk, with common school edue: ation. ein ery and groceries Yours truly, respect. We can recommend them as the expedite business equal to two or three clerks, most economical seale in use for meat markets nd we prize itas one of our foremost fixtures paid for itself in two mo LosTON STORE. Yours truly, For further particulars call or write in our store We consider ind feel tha it ours has J . WHITELEY & Son. THE COMPUTING SCALE CO., Dayton, Ohio. SNTTINVTTVOTyT nT eT eTeTveT rT rT veTirnveTnenvenneTverorrorrorr oer onr er nTnrToeTonTorTnrDneTneTnrTienE ve Ideal Shape. Luton Decoration. FAVYTYTPTPYYPT TPT PTT TYPED PPT TPO epH eT onere nO NnTD PEARL. Doz 4 doz. 5 ¢ 62 4 doz. ¢ 76 6 doz. 3 8&9 l dor. 8 lec 2 Ou. F 89 4 doz 41 4 doz. I vi 28 2 doz. Bone Dishes : : 69 @— 2 doz. Oatmeuls 69 @— _! doz. Oyster Bowls, 30s 110 @— 3: only Bowls, 30s : 1 10 @~— 1201 } inch Bake rs ml 96 oe «= s«é@s:« TV 7 inch Gakers............ 1 6 @— 3 only § inch Bakers -2 3 e— only 7 inch Scallops. ie 1 65 e— 3 only 8 inch Scallops...... 2 48 @— 3 only & inch Dishes.... i... 20 ee e— o “FLOWN PEARL.” > tenors =OUR | LATEST = ALFRED MEAKIN’S SEMI-PORCELAIN. FLOWN PEARL. A beautiful blend }, ' } it + - Cul Oavineg tae CIBeCt OF : ye } f pi mduced for BROWN AND PINK ENAMEL. The Decorator’s art is here produced in the highest degree, as S produced in this decoration. BROWN and PINK ENAMELED. NODS are It OF the prett lea a tral ily 10 inch Dishes.. So ny h Dishes.. cc Pic Sauce s0ats is Jugs only 8 inch Covered Dishes... onl A inch Casseroles only Coy. Butter and Drs. nly Sugars 30s nly Creams 30s Sets Handled Teas.......... Sets Handled Coffees... Total Amount Forward These Goods Also in Open Stock. WUUAWAQdLAAdd AAA LAL Add UAd Add dbd AGA LUL MAL AA LAA Adb Add dbd Abd AAAdA LALLA LAG 44 444 dbd Abd dddddd ddd ddd ddd ed col 1 order alled your attention to it. |. Leonard & Sons GRAND RAPIDS L Wie, the ricl Iest at Once ath of roses. One of the handsomest money. 1 ‘ a (2 ERR Ad 26 li 3 1 46 39 or bord ier ly or! and most id yon will sure ly thank us for utiful blended color - Imported Twins ron a Dilue tmt. Very clear your customers will not be ] lamented with gold, and alto- “) Ideal Shape. Luton Decoration. Gold Handles and Knobs. attractive patterns we have to These Goods in Open Stock Assorted Crate Flown i and Brown and Pink Enamel No. 1. BROWN AND PINK Amount Forward 76 43 Amount forward... #46 39 3 only 8 inch Dishes. 44 doz. 5 inch Plates .Doz.3 7 316 3 only 10 inch Dishes. 79 doz. 6 inch Plates % 38 2 only 12 inches.. FS doz. 7 inch Plates _ Lt 6 84 I only y 14 inch Dish. 61 doz. § Inch Plates ..... 1 31 3 only Pickles ... 53 doz. ¢ inch Coupe Soups -.. 114 228 3 only Sauce Boats... 70 doz. 4 inch Fruits ... oe - #8 2 only 24s Jugs . 41 doz. Individual Butters....... 35 140 3 on) y 30s Jugs 52 Gee. Gome Dishes ............ 88 19 3a nly 36s Jugs 44 Ger (ameas |... 8 176 3only 8 inch Cov Dishes, 8 inch 2 0 doz. Oyster Bowls, 30s.... 1 40 3 only 8 inch Casseroles, 8 inch. § 2 36 only Bo = . ' 1 40 5 2 only Covered Butters and Drs 6 3 16 only 3 inch Bakers : 123 123 2 only Sugars 30s _.. 70 Only 7 inch Bakers ..... 2 Be. 2 Only Grease S06 0 33 only & inch Bakers............ 3 ip 9 Per Set. only 7% Inch Sceallope........... 2 10 = 2! Sets Mandied Yeas........_.. 14 70 only 8 Inch Staliope:.......... 3 7 3 Sets Handled Coffees......... 2 46 76 47 Total . Se #105 49 Crate and Cartage Net. ae $2 50 \uiuauiuire SFMA\MAAAAANAAALAAAbU4LAAAAAALAAAAAAAbUUULAAAAAG | a ee owe é ad Ce Beles eon seme