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Grand Rapids, Sept. 3—I have no- ticed several very able articles in your paper lately in regard to the position of ‘*The Woman in Business,’’ but of all those who have written on the subject | have failed to notice any one who has reviewed the juestion from the = stand- point of the man whom *‘ The Women in Business’’ is crowding out. Will you permit one who has had_ ex- | perience in this direction to express a tew ideas that have occurred to him? | That the new woman is crowding the man out nobody can deny, and many people seem to think it a most com- mendable thing. Let us look first at the motives which actuate women in invad- | ing the business world. Some are, no doubt, prompted by a motive the justice and reasonableness of which no one can dispute i.e, being compelled tO pro- vide for themselves, they naturally wish to make as good a living as possible, and, finding the fields of teaching, dress- making, millinery, etc., overcrowded and the field of domestic service not to their tastes, invade the fields which have been held as man’s own for so. long. Against such, no reasonable person can complain; but there is another class, and by far the greater of the two, that, having finished their education —either | all they can get or all they want -think it more refining to bridge over the space of time that intervenes between school days and marriage by working in offices or stores rather than to remain at home | and assist their mothers in the manage- ment of the household, where their as- sistance is, as a rule, more needed than the paltry salaries they can earn. These people have, in very few instances, no idea of making life work of the branch of business they take up, only intending to follow it until they have a chance of getting married, which they all look for- ward to as only a short distance away ; and it is this class of women, more than those who excel in their calling, that are crowding men out. Now, why are they crowding men out? Because they will work cheaper than men will or can, And why will they work cheaper? Because they can make their own clothing, board at home, or, if necessary, board themselves and are not called upon to defray the expenses of a companion to the theater or other places of amusement or entertainment, for it is very noticeable that, however clamorous women are to fill men’s places and to be recognized as men’s | equals, they are never very anxious about paying the bills, but would per- mit the young men to bear all the ex- penses and then underbid them for their position the very next day. Now, is this fair competition? Does it not approach very closely to the great- est evil known in _ business —cutting prices? The Tradesman has always lifted up its voice in no uncertain man- ner about the price cutter, but where is the difference between cutting the price of sugar or calico and the price of ser- vices? If there is a difference it is so finely drawn that I am too dull to detect it. ‘The question has been raised, What are men to do if women fill all the breadwinning positions? This has been most summarily dismissed by the ad- vocates of ‘*The Woman in Business”’ with the injunction to seek new fields of labor. This may be entirely satisfac- | tory to the woman and the advocate, but | how about the man who has been turned down? I call to mind an acquaintance, a book-keeper, in which field, perhaps, the woman has done more crowding than | in any other. | work. jwas forced to look for a new position. i will get a girl for the place. A girl will |work cheaper than you can atford to | continued ito win }that is a question for her to decide for petent, a master of such it may be called) ; having taken it up when a mere boy and pursued it with the intention of making it his life By force of circumstances he He was well known in the city where he lived and had friends, but time and again he met the same repulse, ** Yes, we know you and have no doubt you are a first-class man but—well, we think we and will answer our purpose.’’ This until it began to look as though he might have to work on the streets to support himself and family, and he was finally forced to accept a position that ten years before he would not have looked at for a moment. Now, this man was in a very good po- sition to ‘‘seek some new field of labor’’ and begin at the bottom of the ladder (with a family on his hands anda home partly paid for)—a new field of labor was just the place for him! Competition is all right, but let the competition be fair and honest and not a price cutting war. Let the woman come into business, if she wants to, but let her stand on the same basis man stands on; let her take up her calling with a determination to make it her life work and to win promotion as men have it, purely on her own merits, and nobody will object. 1 will not en- ter into a discussion as to whether the woman will be better off or happier than if the had remained out of business herself- but, if she proposes to compete with man, let the competition be hon- orable and fair. EVANDER. >of. From the Standpoint of a Single Tax Advocate. Grand Rapids, Sept. 3--Mark Twain, in one of his sketches, tells how he, de- siring to obtain a situation as editor of a farmer’s journal, supported his claim for the position by assuring the pro- prietor that his absolute ignorance of agriculture was his strongest qualifica- | tion, which, he thought, eminently fit- ted him to perform the duties of that po- sition. A perusal of Mr. Partridge’s disquisition on the ‘‘Rights of Man”’ leaves no room for doubt in regard t his unqualified fitness for his task. It is not my intention to follow Mr. He was thoroughly com- | his profession (if | Partridge in detail, but merely to notice his fling at single taxers, since he has} coupled them with anarchists and the class of men that thinks the world owes | them a living. Where did Mr. Part- ridge gain this information? Certainly | not from studying the rights of man, as | embodied in the single taxer’s creed ;| and why does Mr. Partridge undertake | to instruct on a matter in regard to| which he displays such woeful igno- | rance? Did he ever see anything in the | doctrines of the single taxer that war | rants him in asserting that they hold that no man has a right to property or anything else beyond a bare existence? Why, except for personal ends and} gains, intelligent men (of the upper classes, of course) should be willing to advocate such falsehoods, it is difficult | to understand. The doctrine that Nature recognizes } no right but that of labor,and this with- | out regard to person or station, is self- | evident. It is a pity Mr. Partridge does | not understand its full significance. Neither bird, beast nor fish can be said | to be provided with a living by Nature. | If the savage dies when no longer able to | hustle: if bird, beast or fish must | skirmish or starve, on | to see it independent. | ognition Number 624 abun- not, neither so-called rights of those who are dantly able to work? Toil | do they spin, yet the lilies of the valleys |are not arrayed like one of these. The assumption that the ruling class must, of necessity, be heaven-born is comforting, especially if one is in. the swim. Mr. Partridge makes it clearly evident when he considers himself in on the ground floor. [f Mr. Partridge’s other qualities are on a par with his knowledge of the rights of man, as set forth in his screed, one can more easily | understand the necessity of asylums for feeble minded and accept the belief in divinely-equipped individuals, born to govern. . advise Mr. In conclusion, I would Partridge to invest 50 cents in a copy of ‘‘ Progress and Poverty’? and would recommend its study until he under- stands the natural rights of man, for then he would cease to weary a suffering public with statements concerning things of which he knows nothing. A, PALKEL. >oo STILL LOOKS TOWARD FREEDOM. The Cuban outlook continues favor- able to ultimate independence. ‘The re- ported barbarous ferocity of the Span iards, while rough on the Cubans which may come into her power, is a_ benefit to the Cuban cause, and is as serious a mistake as could make if she The in sympathy for the struggling islanders will be an important aid to them and will result in increased accessions Spain wishes to regain control. increase from those who had remained neutral in Cuba and from sympathizers in this country and elsewhere. England is beginning to manifest some uneasiness as to the outcome. Should such Cuba freedom the example might be f a colony as obtain inimical her less do- The press to British rule over some of cile colonies, as India or Ireland. fear is expressed by the English }that the cost of putting down the rebel- addition to the tremendous debt Spain is already carry- This is a matter of lion will be too great an English con- cern,as most of the debt is held in that country. The fear of the United States taking the island is with- out toundation ; this country would prefer ing. English The British am- | bition for territorial conquest colors that nation’s estimate of the intentions of | others. The prospect of Cuba receiving rec- as a belligerent, if not as an independent power, is continually grow- ing brighter. endorsement of the vast majority of the American people. >eo> Iceland is at last waking up. The spirit of the early discoverers of the Western World is rousing itself, like a Either would receive the ! strong man from sleep, fully determined to have her share of this tourist business or die in the attempt. Information about the Island is to be abroad, and a steamer is to be bought with England during the summer for mails and scattered to establish direct Communication good attractive in the very name of the Island on a hot day; and, once the movement is started, the passengers. It’s a move. There is something what theory of | place will be flooded with the American ethics does Mr. Partridge defend the | traveler and the American dollar. 4 4 b HS ? Si Ft ¢ THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Criticism by Ezra J. Ware Reply by R. M. Streeter. Written for the TRADESMAN. The schooi system of the mn has been the pattern tor many other states as it far excels) mosi systems previously instituted in) Amer- ica It Pierce, was devised by Kev. i. 1). a Congregational missionary who was appointed by the Legislature OF 631 as State Schools, Superintendent — of with instructions to organize the common schools and University of intelligent study system olf the State, and to his of the Prussian gymnasium and university we owe the excellence ot and its con- at Ann Arbor, whereby the high schools of the our public school system nection W ith the University, State are feeders to the University. ludge Cooley calls them ‘‘our acad- emies."' Our public schools are graded upon this plan: Four years’ primary work, the vraduates going into the grammar { department, when four years more are require} to complete the work, when they CQO Ww the high school for four years more, when they are graduated, receiv- fact. the diploma, the graduate may Ann Arbor, without m ing a diploma as evidence of the Having xo to the University, at where he examina- tion, and study four vears, receiving an- may Cnc, other diy him a degree as loma, giving bachelor of something ; then, if he de- sires two years’ post graduate work, he I octor of may obtain the degree of d something--a literary degree. ‘Then we have the plan in theory : Primary, tour years; Grammar, four years ; High school, four years ; University (undergradiuit.), four years ; University (post graduate),two years, education in making a complete " eighteen vears. Our Uaiversity has been a leader in e-lucational imnovations and = improve- ments and is recognized as one of the best in The board of regents have been America. faculty and *‘raising the standard’’ until, at the present time, the conditions may be said to be almost as follows: Work formerly done in the two post graduate vears has been introduced = as required work for the bachelor’s degree ; the former senior and) junior work has been, to a considerable extent, *forced down into the sophomore and freshman work years and much of the formerly done in these lower years has crowded out of the | niversity altogether and thrown into the “‘requirements for is that all di- forced to do formerly, in order that entrance’ The result ie } } a ploma schools have been more work than been | ie : —" |an academy and a University. }attempted in our high — school. The eraduates are not educated properly; they are not. prepared for life but for }examinations, and a subject, once | passed, is with State of | jthey are | fout the possibiliy of relief to be | Education would do school work, to them passed down them and most of it is crammed eraduated mental indigestion and seasickness with- found forever in a condition of in physical sickness, and they cannot expell the mass of half digested knowl edse and begin again it is a tact, | way. which the professors at Ann Arbor ob- | serve, that ‘diploma = students’” are not | as well fitted for University work as the examination students (those who Pass entrance examinations). Our theory is tolerably well, but that it 1s. all certain fine and has worked not well enough to assert right. At the present amount of work must be time a done in a giv- one who is unable to That is all en time and any “do” it sets left right, probably, with a reasonable require- ment; but must a whole school be keyed toa high pitch in order that a sinall perceitare of our graduates come University students? Our remedy les in this: (1) Let oui high school cease to be a diploma school and Jet our students trom Grand Rapids vo to Ann Arbor so well examinations that they will prepared for rank high as University students; (2) In order to this ict a course in the high school be vraduate instituted accomplish post in which all shall pay tuition, and Jet the instruction be selected with such care and discrimination that a) boy (or girl) having completed the post) graduate or academic Course may pass with ease any requirements of the University for en- trance. Harvard requires every man entering to pass examination; so does Yale; and in the East it is customary fora boy who wishes to. enter either of the universi- high preparatory Academ- the univer- ties, after having completed his spend a period at Andover or Exeter ies, from which he goes to sities well equipped for his tussle with and The University of Michigan is striving Latin declensions Greek roots. to equal Harvard and Yale in the quali- ty of work,as she does now in the quan- tity of students. make on the University of Michigan as ile institution; but [| have no criticism to a si when she spreads out over the State, entering our high schools and crowding altogether too much work upon our corps of teachers and scholars to have it properly done, | think it time to call a halt and ask why we are called) upon to support a school, A motto and Board of which our high school well to keep con- |stantly before them is: their diplomas shall be recognized, and | at the present in our high school and text books which were to be found only in the Uhi- The grammar versity ten or twelve years ago. work of the last two years. of school and the four years ol high school must all be done, besides considerable work which was formerly University work crowded into these six years as well. We are, in fact, paying taxes to the State to support the University of Michigan and other taxes to the city in order to considerable high accomplish a work in our amount of college school, which makes our burdens a trifle unjust. Aside from the financial time work is being done used | considera- tions is the graver and more deplorable | condition that too much work is being j i “Not how much, but how well. Ezra |. WARE. REPLY BY AN OLD EDUCATOR. ‘The author of the above communica- tion is the well-known Cherry street druggist, who is a graduate of the Grand Rapids high school and, also, of the Pharmacy Department of the Michigan University. Believing that his criticism of the present school system is well in- tended and that a discussion of the sub- ject will be productive of good to all concerned, the ‘Tradesman cheerfully gives place to the communication, ac- reply to the therein by the asso- companying same witha salient statements ciate editor of the Tradesman, who is an educator of twenty years’ expe- rience : The tone of the above excellent paper cannot be too much commended. With shall be- | no fault-finding spirit it states clearly its objection to the State system of in- struction and as clearly offers a remedy. Concisely stated, the question is, Shall the University of Michigan do the work for which it was designed? that work in- education tn- Most certainly, and cludes whatever "superior cludes. In all that pertains to what ts best Ith learning, the ( niversity not only stands first but is expected to lead the Chis makes it progressive ; and, if it be true to its trust, it must keep ibreast of the times. So it 1s that the university of to-day has left far behind the university of yesterday ; and so it ts that the hardly covered the college of our grandfathers | ground) which be- | longs to the high school now. Phe problem which the University ts t trying to solve is, how to within the four years of her curriculum, compress, the needed nourishment which scholar- ship has lately harvested in the rich | fields of learning and of thought, by not adding to the time of the course, for public opinion has fixed the limit to] the Uni-| it must four vears. The demands of versity are equally imperative do its work, and the requirements olf the two masters are met by the high putting mito | school the lower) work of the | University. | of arithmetic, the student 1s asked to and he can't his poor, add a column of figures get the right answer to tortured, examination-racked soul; and when, after six raphy, the same pitiful child cannot lo- save or more years of geog- cate a town in her own county and says that peanuts grow on trees, | am forced to believe, as eye-openers and mind de- | velopers, these two ought not take up the time everywhere given them for eight long, wearisome years. | know that it requires experience to make the expert and that the school room cannot furnish experience, and for that very reason | would not try to furnish it; but I would stop wasting so much time on these and the other studies in’ the) pri limary grades and [| would put that same time on these studies pushet down by the University from the high school in to the grades below. The child, when placed at the age of s or-6 years in the schoolroom, 1s looked upon and treated too much as if he were a little fool; but, between babyhood and his fifth birthday, he has learned to walk is Simply surprising ; and the knowledge and to talk with a facility which lhe has vained of his surroundings often < wet of be eee He is aching to learn to do something and of- SUPpasses jten, in spite of the teacher, he learns to fread and write long before the time laid The writer clearly states the condition, | principal bend problem. The and the high school and the school superintendent together | over the puzzling prin cipal, taking the hint from the Univer- sity, soon finds its) plan his, and he | promptly pushes his lower grade work into the grammer school and leaves the superintendent to solve the problem as i } best he can. Che first fact that official | will be almost sure to grapple with Is that for eight years the children are studying, daily, lessons in reading, spell- ing, arithmetic, grammar, writing, drawing, music and science, with geog raphy added for four years and history that eight and sometimes nine studies, he is for one year. Vo daily round © expec ted to add several more without killing the child and injuring the health of the teacher! The school age of five years precludes the possibility of begin ning a year earlier. What is tobe done? |, } De 1rOoUunG that the halt be | called on the University ; but, with that The paper sugvests list of sta lies to waich eight precious years are given, is it just the thing to in itS work: | think, in the first average cripple the donot think so. i place, that it does not take the that child more than four years at. the University child, taught as should be, outside to | learn to read and write and spell. | think that three years, under a = good teacher—-be sure to notice that condi- | tion--will,in most cases, be long enough to teach the child to do his own work in that trinity « study, and that, | after the third year, the three should be made the daily means and no longer the f school that the real teacher, with the ordinary reading end of school work. I believe book, or without it, will prove the text | book on grammar and elementary. sci- feo- ence and physiology and) primary graphy to be unnecessary; and when children who can’t sing and don’t want to sing and won't sing are daily led up to the musical trough and time is wasted in trying to make them sing, | believe it is better to call the halt there and de- vote the time upon some study forced into the grade from the high school. On the subjects of arithmetic and geography I know I am not orthodox and I hesitate to state any Convictions; but when, af- | ter eight, nine and sometimes ten years | | University has I come to be regarded as one of the | way to meet the difficulties, if | difficulties, which the down for him in the programme. Why not let him and so save a part at least lof those dreary years of primary study iby taking kindly to the work which the wisely and mercifully crowded down to him? To me. the strong point in the paper is the ‘diploma student, ' ’ I do not mistake, Michigan University 1s not institution of and, it its kind which The diploma system is not adapted to broad- the only } has reached the same conclusion. en scholarship and the student is nar- by it, but not quite so much as ‘The end: and when teacher and student set- with the rowe means is made the the teacher. tle down to work, conviction that mental training consists in_ being able to repeat word for word the correct sub- rule ior an unfrequent use of the junctive, the result cannot be called The remedy for the evil will doing away with the diplo- student to the Un- This, in my scholarly ma and admitting the iversity by examination. opinion, in connection with putting In- to the will be lower grade, the studies which found to belong there, will pre- clude the need of breaking up what has best, best school systems known. body what the nervous system is to the physical, with if not the It is to the educational erebrum, the pri- and the the University as the maries as the terminal nerves other grades as ganglia, not one of which can be cut without danger. This, it seems to me, is the better they are paper has pre sented. It is dangerous alwavs for those |not in the thick of the fight to venture an opinion ; yet little harm can come from the discussion of the engagement on the part of those who are watching its prog- The of its kind and the statements are made ress, certainly is a model paper with apparent candor; and, while | do not concur in the conclusions which have there been reached, | am not quite ready to insist that mine is the only way. It is, after all, the good of the child which the paper and the response are seeking, and if that end be at- tained, it can make little difference whether one or neither bas been the agent for securing the end desired. REUBEN M. STREETER. ad it THE MICHIGAN TRADESM BANK EXAMINERS. Plain Statement as to Their Duties and Authority. Aug. 27 Grand Rapids, I was interested in! your Issue) Of Aug. 2, ‘Questionable Methods,’’ referring t the action of the First National | Chicago in charging $1,000,000 of debts to surplus account. do not know who wrote the article, but it is so mis- | leading, and contains so many. state- ments that might give rise to false im- | pressions that I felt as if the truth un regard to the matter should be known. I am not in any sense writing for pu . lication, for, although I nave had fifte: years’ experience in the banking hess, when it comes to writing for publi- | = : ‘hicago bank has for a long. time cation, there are older heads than mine | had a surplus of $3,000, 000, _ h Is] in Grand Rapids whose names should | 57749008 I oe legal require: | more properly appear in connection | ™&"**- Supposing, as m the action of ; | the city bank quoted, they in Chicago with any printed article concerning the much in an article which appeared entitled Jank of bad beet | ducting therefrom losses and bad debts, and if such losses shall exceed the un- divided profits on hand, other than sur- plus, no dividend shi ull be made. Care- growth of the surplus fund of a bank. This growth is caused by the bank’s carrying to surplus fund each six months one-tenth part of its net profits since the last preceeding dividend, until the sur- can then, if fall the balance of earnings to undivided profit account. For example, the Grand Rapids National Bank, on its organiza- | tion, put $100,000 (its legal requirement lital, of it SO please, fon $500,000 capital) to surplus, which | | be is alwi iys remained at that figure, and all earnings carried to undivided profits. | hi id simply kept the surplus at the legal banking business. I have failed to see any reference in | fi gure and carried all other gains to un- banking journals to the transaction. re- divided profits, the charging off of any ferred to, but, doubtless, many of your | suc h amount as named would not have numerous exchans ycs have touched upon a ated aie Cen ayn [ni the one ae it. The first thought that attracts atten- the consent of the Comptroller of the tion is that this action throws distrust Currency must be obtained, when the upon the reports and examinations of National Bank Examiners. The says it is unfortunate that Bank article Exam- iners should have passed upon these bad amount to be charged off exceeds the un- divided profits and in the other not: and inasmuch as the Chicago bank, after charging off the $1,000,000, still hand— which case ful provision is thus made for the steady | Pp lus shall equal one -tifth pan of — carry |° e a eeeoeeos and Nichols, eo aS. firm in Michi We any firm in tl The We a a a SSSSSeSSessCVVEVTVTVTeEVTVTVTVVVTVIVVewVVUwYVueVeweveewwwe las $2,000, surplus -p debts as good. Now, if the Examiner - ‘ = one = eae a : Lobacco Co., 1 se ¢ ey had knowingly passed upon bad debts | j> ¥" > wo i | 4 as good, then it would be, indeed, a look very much as if the capital of the : nn . ' ’ s| bank we ( : \ state of affairs open to very grave and| 2 1k is hig uir . to any ve . se —— ; just criticism; but the function of a age as the article in a stion _ ) “ . . os ] ~ } j Bank Examiner is not to pass upon the ae ee er ee ; value of the assets of a bank. What doe in regard to other banks are hardly jus- ‘ assets a bank. lat GOES | J iCable bill ce weeks | . » he know, or can he tell, of the value’ of ut = “4 ha ig 7 een ve » the notes a bank may have on hand? — ' 3 ' yin ii i " | ee ee a ; An institution might have my note for], SU!P.45 or the last few years, instead | e $5,000 in its assets, which might not be | Of earnings. “The records do not justify | : worth the paper it was written on, but the statements. Phe whole article is |-seee® an Examiner is not supposed to coe misleading in its tendency and, hence, |e anything about that fact, unless he finds hurtful im its . : should al-|. > that note in the ‘past due file.’’ Then A ee) ee re ee te a e it is his business to exercise control. bank has six months in which to a past due item before ‘charging it off.’ His business is to count the cash of bank and see that it tallies with the casl on hand, as shown by_ the must make a list of the bills receivable, finding whether his toti ils ag gree w ith the amounts standing to *‘B. R.’' accou on the bank books. He must, at. the same time, notice any excessive loal that is,any firm or individual having a line of direct paper in ¢ of the legal amount of‘the bank’s capital; examine tne cer tificate of ,deposit account ; look the charz wcter of the collaterals the bank \ of a journal to maintain carry books. He that 1s,10 per cent. confidence = in so important factors in the Commerc ial world as our financial stead of breeding distrust. times to express, one written Communication, but I trust you | will receive this in the same cordial | — in which it is written. Ht is hard at i : ’s self clearer ina 1 BANKER. a Obligation of the Rich to Pay Promptly. If there is any class of people in mmunity should be scrupulous in paying debts, it who, more than another, s rich people. No sacrifice is incurred. institutions, in- | | EXECUTIVE the | may hold, and attend to some minoi de- | They simply discharge a duty, and in tails, such as the reserve fund, ete. Be-| the act are making for themselves habits yond this, his,authority docs hot $0, UN | which will be of bene fit in their busi-| less the institution is fou id to be in bad i : ness relations in life. But by thought- | condition, and the books an d cash are ‘ : : : out of balance. It is not his function less inattention, or a singular reluctance to pass on the value of the bank’s as- }to pay out money, which even those who sets. As I said in regard to ‘past due} have much of it exhibit, they do great | paper,’’ he must inquire into its value | injustice to others and get into very bad | é > prospects of its being paid and]. : — - ehitiig og me Ci it _ } ways on their own account. report these findings to Washington ; W) bill is d 1 i and it is only. whe! paper _is “past hen a i SS aque tO 2a salt Manic OF; due’’ that an Examiner MUNA Abb ANA AAA Sb dbkdbk dk dNA ANA db UbNdbAdUDN |: “save ai _5 AND7 PEARL STREET. Place to secure a Business, The Res Shorthand and Typewriting education is at the old re- liable NCIC = blll iid ee, For new catalogue, address A. S. PARISH, 78 Pearl St. i 4 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN | - en Around the State. | ty cut" hemlock to order, ut the Figur . enamel and | Uisputes the Supremacy of Kent a | ta « iff County. , ‘ ¢t “36 ? 2 ? ? ~ + 4 4 + ‘ + sserts t Ke es t Ne t tT ‘ ~ ec? ‘ ~ ‘ ~ T ~ ut " i . + W este y é Se a so a ' , . t ‘ { \ t ~ tT ‘ kW \ g S en- ~ ~ t ? t ~ < f ~f T 4 t “ c é W { t - : ¢ < t i i i t eg f « s ents t n ‘ - ] e Kent s rs ta ave ¢€ g e 2 > e to « Fi it t t the i n < < ~ ere are 4 a ishels f a Single seas the I this ve t A ( ¢ t t t - t, great S - S ' To ‘ tw te s ride t = ~- > t ~ ¢ ~ ts E “ thefts t es t i we i to quest er s t CV t t t ely < S ‘ | that she Sin tt very f : 4 a © ‘ cn ae i = ; . S Ss ew the ‘ ‘ i i g : 5 : S . ey tot eg w they re i > t ‘ u “ ¢ es i . s t ot g t a ts t \ p g i = c : . inese figures were e@ive t \ wal - Hutchins “ secured tly with Mr. Hig e Wells-Hig : ianufacturing “latters. kag kers. That night there ‘ ere s t hfth-bushe skets, f ' Ganges pit 2 < si } a ~ t N J = as on), PIL rs } w ™ i t WOK } i nO ig S < =" i tow .. D " > X 1 e + t t S g : s X : 9 ; : ' Epwy C. REID. : ' : this ry K. W. Solheim,the Traverse City ¢ro- ' i a “_ ne rhe ai a cer, informs the Tradesman that Sofie ie a . ‘ fie oe ; motheim, his daughter, whe was reported i ; nc was Ir 1 t ¢ ‘ i. | nh the papers as having el with her “ i a ia rae " ee i ie , | lormer en ployer, at Muskevon, spent 3 ee ‘ co ‘ a ‘4 g . buen . . ory ¢ c na their aI c i er it thic | “UC tit rquestion with hi and nis ae ee + | wint x the : ‘ ic family at Traverse City. The report ~ - r < ‘ . Was a Cruel one and the persons respon- - . + fo i i Ps —_ . sidie for the rumor should be made. to g K s cleaned It the report: should) prove true. that e n sel g ‘Ity or -\ uy inis healthy state i atfairs has’ the English crops are turning out badly, j Cting ym account Judge H ved t tiffen tl acxDone of our | the United States may be called upon ~ ty and now they will offer! to supply the deficiency. peeeeteyr Grand Rapids Gossip Persons Bros. have opened a grocery storeat Lansing. The I. M. Clark Gro- cery Co. furnished the stock. Geo. H. Timkler’ has the grocery business at embarked in | Hastings. The} stock was furnished by the I. M. Clark Grocery 0. | The Calkins Mercantile Co. has Har- | bor. The Musselman Grocer Co. fur] nished the stock. opened a grocery store at) Benton in the | meat business at 351 South East. street, | Klaas Geut, formerly engaged has re-engaged in the same business at | | the same location. - | C. Kinney, whose grocery stock at ~ | Ola was recently destroyed by fire, has | resumed business. The | M. Clark} Grocery Co. furnished the stock. Frank Van Deven, clerk for H. M. Liesveld, the Cherry street grocer, has | invented a file for paper sacks, which | is evidently destined to meet with a | large sale. | Geo. Brown and Wm. Eaton have| formed a copartnership under the style of Brown & Eaton and opened a gro- cery store at 732 South Division street. The I. M. Clark Grocery Co. furnished | the stock, j i i | | j | | | ‘I always get out of the city of July and Fourth | Labor day,’’ remarked a | leading business man, the other day “Fourth of July, on noise, and Labor day, on account of the of the | | account drunkenness Geo. Hecox, formerly on the road for | Bj. W. Hart cigar and tobacco stock at 20} Canal street. The statement, last week, | that the stock had Geo Peacock, was incorrect. Reynolds, has purchased the Geo. | been purchased by Geo. W. French has purchased the | musical merchandise stock belong- | ing -to Mrs. Alice Lockerby and re- moved it to Belding, where he has em- barked in the business of selling musi- | cal instruments and merchandise. Everett P. large blocks of Boom & Lumber Bristol, corporation Morton and Lewis have purchased in the Willey having Constantine stock Coa.. Tenn., and will headquarters at give the the benetit of their experience from now on. The company has large holdings of choice timber and will, probably, in- | crease its holdings, as Bristol is an ex- | cellent location for cutting and market- ing the timber of Eastern ‘Tennesse. The untimely hour at which the gro- cers and commission men arrive on the public market during the months of August and old- | timers of the days when the stores kept open until late at night,each waiting for September reminds the neighboring store to be closed before winding up the day’s (and night’s) busi- | ness. It is by no means unusual for grow- ers to arrive on the market at 2 o’clock, while 4 o'clock finds no number of buyers already on the ground. | While the commission men claim that | they must get an early start, in order to get off their freight and express, this reason does not inconsiderable morning shipments. by | apply to the retail grocery trade and, by | concert of action, it would be just as} well if the grocers arranged to get on the market an hour or two later, thus en- abling them to get the usual amount of | sleep at a season of the year when sleep is at_a premium | business) of lthat year, and there is every | believe that a repetition of the i trifle more active, but mild trade and | Tea is selling so low now that itrading was THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN The Grand Rapids Packing & Pro- vision Co. has leased the plant of the Steele Packing & Provision Co... just below the G. RL & EO car shops, and will undertake to the slaughtering of hogs and defunct conduct lsoon as necessary repairs can be made on the premises. thirteen land and especially adapted for the acres of buildings slaughtering steers and and handling fresh economical manner. Klap hogs meats in an Homer that another suggests | package tying contest be held under the auspices of the Retail Grocers’ Associa- The held at Ottawa Beach, two years ago, was one of the tion. contest most interesting events of the picnic reason to feature Mr. Klap sug- gests that several too pound bags. of would be well received. | granulated sugar be borrowed from the wholesale grocers and that each con- testant be required to weight and do up fifty packages, to be judged by a_ scale of points somewhat as follows: Speed, 30; appearance curacy, 40. [he of package, 30; ac- hint is an excellent fone and should be given careful consid- eration. > es» The Grocery Market. Sugar--Raw sugar has been dull, | prices being entirely nominal with buy- Refined is weak, Nos. 4 to 14, inclusive, having been re- ers and sellers apart. } duced in price. (Coffée--So far as Brazil concerned, the growths are market has been just a erades are still very quiet. Dried Fruits has generally been moderate. — In Trading in dried fruits Cali- fornia prunes the low price on the Coast influenced quite some business, but the rest of the list is in request. hand to mouth Canned Goods Very quiet, the whole list being neglected, as far as any spec- lulative business is concerned, and there lis very little doing on the spot. Tea There is no particular life to prices remain unchanged. there is but little probability that values will re- cede much. The stock jn second hands is ample, but jobbers appear to be will- ing to run along on small stocks and do not relieve the market much. The con- dition of the market now is in_ strong contrast to that which existed at the cor- responding time last year, when a large being indulged in. Pres- natural from the speculation that was in ent conditions are only a reac- tion 'force during the period that China and war. However, with weather it is believed that a stronger demand will start tn. Japan were at cooler Syrup—The syrup market is fairly ac- there tion of stock, there seems to be a slight tive, and, while is no accumula- weakness on the production of one or two refineries. Starch tinues quiet. The demand for starch The taking in a hand-to-mouth manner, and the market is steady at the moment, al- though lower prices are confidently pre- con- grocers are gor rds dicted, owing to the large corn crop in sight. Molasses-- Trade continues quiet in all lines, but a change is looked for in ithe next few days, when it 1s expected | necessity will compel buyers to replen- ish their stocks to some extent. Prices remain unchanged and while only a | small run of orders comes in, sellers are cattle as} The plant comprises | several | not holding out inducements in the way of concessions. The statistical position of the article is such that holders can afford to await the advent of buyers in ithe market. The stocks in New Orleans jare very light, being | hausted of merchantable goods. | Provisions~ The provesion trade has continued under the dominating influ- ence of speculation of a nature which finds its reward in a lowering of values and the tendency has been downward. Che liberal supply of mess pork at Chi- cago has been a convenient facility for promoting such speculative interest. Expectations of a large corn crop have served to encourage anticipations of a liberal supply of hogs and low prices for the winter this condi- tion has had an unsettling and unduly depressive bearing on the markets at season, and the present time for current trade. The manifest weakness of the markets urally tends to restriction in from nat- demand consuming although a fairly good distribution appears to be maintained. ufacture of West and about 30,000,000 pounds weekly, and the distribution is $5,000,000 pounds or And_ this relation between production and con- sumption is likely to continue for some time to The British markets, which were understood to have been in regions, The present rate of man- meats of all kinds, for the East, tS more. come. favorable position for responding to an advancing tendency under the large re- duction in manufacture in this country and the offerings of Danish product, naturally weakened and declined with our markets. Irish and have It is within reason to assume that had there been a speculative effort to sustain and = im prove values, having a forceful nature corresponding with the influence which has been brought to bear in favor of de- pressing prices, the markets would have shaped favorably and satisfactorily, and the holders of product would have been spared the losses which have overtaken them. Oranges Continue to sell in a= small way, although prices are necessarily higher, owing to scarcity. A few seed- lings remain in the hands of certain i wholesale fruit dealers, but the main of- ferings are Rodis. Lemons During = the lemons reached the highest past week peiut since 1892 and good sound fruit is selling at present at $8.50@10 per box. and a few fancy Maioris have brought Stock in orders are as high as $12 per box. few. Everybody is waiting for the decline that is sure to come with the frost. > o> The Drug Market. Catfeine tendency and IS Very S€arce and Is firmer with an upward holders have advanced practically ex- } model in point of system, conven Verdellis | sight | their prices, but the demand is not par- } ‘ticularly urgent and the market presents a quiet appearance. Cocaine—-Continues in very good re- quest for with | maintained. Cod Liver Oil--Has_ continued _ to meet with an active inquiry, and orders consumption, have been coming in freely, indicating that important that interior dealers are convinced there is not likely to be any reaction In prices. Cream ‘Tartar—Continues to move steadily into channels, and owing to the upward tendency of abroad manufacturers their quotations. Cuttle Fish Bone material advanced crude have The trade demand values 'for small lots shows no abatement, and | prices remain steady. 5 Essential Oils-——-Peppermint is without further change, the general conditions referred to in our last issue still con- trolling the situation. Anise is decided- ly stronger and more active, with prices higher both here and abroad. Bergamot Cassia is firmer and tending upward. is very firm. Lavender is firmer, the im- provement being due to cables showing upward tendency abroad. Sanderson’s Orange has been advanced. Arnica and both in good demand = for at unchanged prices. Flowers chamomile are consumption Lycopodium---Is. rather quiet, but there is no effort to force business. Opium Cables from Smyrna_ report ing an advance for ordinary druggists’ firmer feeling among td has stimulated a holders here. Quinine Has continued in good de- mand for consum] i tion with rather tree buying by both pill ll] makers and the gen- eral drug trade throughout the country, and in some instances sales were made by second hands at the full parity of The bulk of the direct to turers’ agents, and it seems manufacturers’ pric es. orders have manufac- gone to be im- possible for outsiders to furnish round lots. port, The recent sales reported for ex- together with what pill makers have quietly taken up, has apparently absorbed all available large lots. ‘Phe developed any new Roots general market has_ not features of special interest, although the jobbing demand for most of the leading varieties 1s moderately active. > o> Welcome to State Fair Visitors. Next week will, probably, chronicle nflux of Michigan merchants than Grand Rapdis has ever seen be- fore, and the Tradesman a iarger cordially in- vites all isitors to make this office headquarters while in the city, inspect its mechanical department, which is a FEnCE and neatness, and note the operations of its Thorne type-setting machine, which is one of the mechanical of the age. > > Nothing could be than the spectacle of a trio of more ridiculous laboring men who smoke clay pipes and Peerless tobacco dictating to a dealer what. sort stock DuUSINeSS of to cent cigars he shall keep in for his customers among the and professional classes. The incon- gruity of the demand is so manifest that no dealer of independence will submit to such an imposition. oe Improve the opportunity on & Co.'s special N. Y. tea offer. It is a new Japan cheap. J. P. \ ISHCY, e oe 9OX@) @) © 01@ oe) eKeKe\ choco e s) e :Zenoleum re e : < ° Used as a sheep dip, hen dip, & vermicide or djsinfectant. 50 per cent. Profit On Goods That Do Sell. Write for p rticulars. Ask your jobber. A. H. Zenner Co. 98 Shelby St., DETROIT, MICH. Exhibited at State Fair. i A cae i Ha rdware al em - — Mich oo £ os “N TRADESMAN ¢ Traps boiled down into a better one. at one-third Se wae price. 4 FIRST CLASS TRAP. No mole can pass under G Foster, Stevens & Co. © Grand Rapids. ‘ S WM. BRU MMELE R & SONS, es TINWARE Selling ink fer + Setanta Enameled Stee! Ware. 200 South lonia Street GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ee ee oreueronsuonstenereneronouoneuenenenenenenenenenenen PERKINS 8 HESS. ‘is Fs, Wold Ta WE CARRY A STOCK OF CAKE TALLOW FOR MILL USE. Nos. 122 and 124 I ouis Stree: GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. CTT AT ree erenoncnoncnononoucnonens MANUPACTUR OF cr ackers Ss AND FULI INE OF =— e Sweet Goods 252 and 254sCANAL ST., GRAND RAPIDS o> The Hardware Market General Trade—-Continues fair but there is every prospect of a great re September. All pont 10 a good vival im indications Many goods are being advanced and in nearly fall business. every line prices are bemg withdrawn THE MICHIGAN Forty years ago all the vaged in sewing and domestic sevice, lived at home as wives, mothers, sisters or daughters, and were their fathers, other male supported by husbands or brothers and relatives. There was then no such male creature as a hoodlum. The word had, perhaps, not been ili- vented. Some men were idle and drunken, but the number was small. To-day all \ll through the country there are male is changed, do not work. There are many who, if tramps, are no better. bands, fathers and = sons who = spend their earnings im vice and debauchery, and do not provide for their families. | What are the women of these families to until the manufacturer can figure up his | present cost and establish a new list. of selling figures. have, no doubt, Many of our readers read in the daily of the advance on bessemer pig of more than $7 a ton, and as this is the basis of press | | these all steel and iron, it will cut quite a| figure in the cost of manufactured arti- | cles. A further advance of $3 a ton is looked for. Wire Nails—-No advance was made for September and it is hoped there will be none; but if the raw material contin- ues to go up we may look for for October. The present price is $2.35 from stock. Barbed Wire we quote as last week : Painted barbed, from mill i. .ee 20 Painted barbed. from stoek 2 6) Galvanized barbed, from mill 2 S0 Galvanized barbed, from s ock | 2 ee We look for another advance 11 sometime this month. Plain Annealed Wire-—-A recent ad- vance has been made and the u present price las plain No. go WwW ire IS 1.90 | if there is anything from wire mill and $2.10 from stock. llet those who can enjoy the fun laugh. price | Extra for galvanized, 40c. For ltures that are do but seek work wherever it can be found, in order to earn a living for them- | selves and their children? This is. the origin of the new woman. She its the creature of man's worthlessness. It 1s not strange that woman, rebel circumstances, should against the yoke that puts her in any | sort of servitude or position of infertor- ity to men. There is no wonder that in comparing herself to some of the créea- called men, the honest, | hard-working woman should feel her su- advanc co i No change to note and periority. instead of being an taken for what she is, a monument of the The new woman, object of ridic ule, should be decline Forty years ago men would have been ashamed and degeneracy of the male sex. of the spectacle of hundreds of thou- sands of women going out every morn- ing to labor. To-day men only laugh at them, and not a few are willing to live on the earnings of those whom they | should support. in the other sizes add 1oc for each num- | ber. Miscellaneous--We note all kinds of copper about 5 per cent. as follows: which averages tinners’ rivets, 20 per cent. ; shelf brackets, 10 per cent. ; poultry netting, window glass, 5 per cent. ; IO per Cent, | galvanized sheet iron, Io per Cent. ~~. ee The New Woman as an Object of Ridicule. The men who write funny things, and those who draw funny pictures for the newspapers are of the ‘*new woman. ’ up in all sorts of unseemly rigs, and they describe her as a coarse creature ‘chawing’’ tobacco and swearing un- couth profanity. There may be women who are disso- advances on | i black, llays eggs, and has The new woman is man’s shame, and funny in the fact, FRANK STOWELL. > > Everything Opposite in Australia. Australia is really the the remainder of the antipodes of world in, all re spects. Summer time comes during the time of American winter; the rising barometer indicates rain, and the fall- ing the opposite; the bill like a duck ; ithe native dogs never bark ; the serpents making a harvest out | They dress her | have tails like bats; the prickly pear grows to be a tall | tree, and the poplars and oaks seldom | srow above five feet in height; the elm | i has hairs in place of feathers; the birds lare without song; the sun is in the >} north at noon lute and profane who do not wear trous- | s,and there always will be,as there al- ways have been, women who were de ceived, ruined and brought to disgrace and depravity by the wicked arts of wicked men; but these are facts which so-called new woman. She, Heaven help her! is the result of the have nothing to do with the incapacity or the seltishness, or of both, on the part of the about that there are so many women who, by the failure of men. to stronger sex. It has come support them, are compelled to support themselves that there are not places enough for them in domestic service, in dressmaking and in teaching, the only callings that were women, and they have been forced to find places in the occupations heretofore once open to working reserved for men. - the chief rivers flow in- land; the pear tree grows a fruit that lis beautiful to look upon, but which, _fash- wood of the tree itself ; the leaves of the trees ail stand pee wise and cast no shadows; the stone or pit of the cherry is on the when ripe, is as hard as though ioned from the must be cracked in order to get at the meat; the opossums fly like bats; the never catches fish, but lives fruits; the peas are kingfisher poisonous ; the oaks bear no acorns; the chestnuts are without burr, and, in many instances, the trees are hollow, with the bark on the inside. ~> 2. It is to cost 10 cents to get from At- lanta to the exposition. The street rail- thinks that it can get double fares, and it means to have them. If the hotels, boarding houses, etc., are road company going to charge double fare, too, let us know it right now. It will save hard | feelings and cuss words afterwards. women, with | the exception of teachers and those en- | tramps, who | le vafers j not as ragged and vile as} Phere are hus- } _| Hick’s C. F under | swans are all} and the eagles white; the male | fishes and wings like] outside, and | TRADESMAN Hardware Price Current. AUGURS AND BITS Snell's... See aes 70 Jennings’ , genuine a : ....29&10 Jennings’, imitation .:.. .- . oc . F0K10 AXES First Quality. S. B. Bronze oe - oe First Quality, ) © Bronze... ss. First Quality. S. B. S. Steel 1 ' 6 2 First Quality. D. B. Steel : : =. 10 2 BARROWS | melroed ........ . poe #12 OO 14 00 | 1Garcren........... oe . net DO BOLTS Steve ..... oo 60 Carriage new list oa . HX 10 Plow oo Se, 410.410 BUCKETS | Well, plain : : «a 2 mo | BUTTS, CAST Cast Loose Pin, igured........ : 7D Wrought Narrow. FIKAV “BLOCKS Ordinary Tactic... ..-.... ‘ 0 CRADLES Grain, Wood brace #16 00 | Grain, Wire brace $18 OO cROW BARS Cast Steel .. \ per Ib 4 | CAPS Kly’s 1-10 oe perm Seg eer ciao perm ie Ee. ee li per m 5 Musket. ia perm 6) CARIRIDGES Rim Fire. tae ane dn DUK 5 | Central Fire..... 5 ne once S| CHISELS | Socket Firmer SOK 10 | Socket Framing SUX 10 | Socket Corner SUN 1U socket Slicks. : Cs S:X10 DRILLS Morse’s Bit Stocks 60 Taper and Straight Shank. DOK 5 | Morse’s Taper Shan i SOK 5 ELBOWS Com. 4 piece, 6in. ane ‘ doz. net 60 Corrugated H a a dis 5U Adjustable : 4. dis 40410 EXPANSIVE BITS por large, #26 SOK&10 Sa #10. Clark's small Ives’, 1, $18; 2 nie ES- New List New American ; TOKO Nicholson's. . Ce 70 Heller's Horse Ras sps 6010 GAL VANIZED IRON Nos. 16 to 2); 22 and 24; 2 and 26; 2: 28 List 12 13 14 15 16 17 Discount, 65410 GAUGES Stanley Rule and Le vel Co.'s... KNOBS New List | Door, mineral, jap. trimmings.... . ww Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings... so) | MATTOCKS Adze Eye.... #16 OO, dis HOK10 Hunt Kye. : : a, $15 OO. dis 60410 Hunt's. Le ace. O16 SO, dis MOEI0| MILLS Coffee, Parkers Co.'s “. ‘ 1 Coffee, P. S. & W. Mig. Co.’s ‘Malle: ables 10 Coffee, Landers, Ferry & Clark’s.... mot 10 | Coffee, Enterprise.... oe 30 MOL ASSES GATES Stebbin’s Pattern Pla GOK1O Stebbin’s Genuine .. oa al ea a Enterprise, self-me asuring .. o. : 30 NAILS Advance over base, on both Steel and Wire. Steel nails, base 22 Wire nails, base | 10 to 60 advance : oe Loe 0 si ccna ania siete rain eric rales Ee a 60 | ame 6. ...L.. a So ceuls. oe (> .. Ow ee i as aa cide Selanne 1 20 es 1 60 Fine 3 : : i 1 60 Case 3¢.. ... seit Sorcha areca iis 65 Cage Bo. 00. auc y oo 7D (mee 6... ae oc 90 | Pins WO .. .- “ ee oe D Finish & Eo . ns 90 Finisn 6. e a 10 Clinch 10 Tae : ‘ aoe 70 Cieen G......... i SU Clinch 6 aa iy Gu Barrel 7 a : i | PLANES Ohio Tool Co.'s, faucy oe D0 Sciota Bench : HKLO Sandusky Tool Co’s, fancy. : AO Bench, first quality i. - @ Stanley Rule and Level Co.'s wood “ 60 PANS Fry, Acme - GUA LOK 10 Common, polished. ne Wdé& 5 RIVETS Iron and Tinned .. 2. 60 Copper Rivets and Burs : _... oe ie PATENT PL ANISHED. IRON ‘A’ Wood's patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 10 20 “Re Wood's patent planished, Nos. 25 to2% 9 2 Broken packages '4¢ per pound extra. HAMME = Mas dole & Co,'s...,..-..-- , .- «Gis 2adc lO Kip’s ose : .dis 2 Yerkes & Plumb’s... ee nel “dis 40&10 Muson’s Solid Cast Steel. 30e list 70 Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel Hand 30e list 40410 HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS Stamped Tin Ware. -new list 70410 | Japanned Tin W are. 20410 | Granite non Ware................. “new list 40&10 | BUK16 | Lo ae a ee qT HOLLOW WARE Pots Pes 6UAKTLO Kettles HOKU Spiders HOA TO HINGES Gate, Clark's, 1, 2, 3 . lis H0A10 State : .. per dez. net 2 50 WIRE GOODS Bright sO Screw Eyes RO Hook’s : SU Giate Hooks and Eyes “O LEVELS Stanley Rule and Level Co.'s dis 70 ROPES Sisal, 43 inch and larger 5% Manilla 9 SQUARES Steel and lron $0 Try and Bevels Mitre .. 20 SHEET IRON com. sSTnOotn com, Nos. 10 to t4 RS DU $2 50 Nos. 15 to Ii o oO 2 & Nus. iy to 21 $05 - 70 : 2 ee 2 Sp 2 o & > Ow «> 4 > (a) All sheets No. PS and lizhte over 30 iches wide not less than 2-10 extre SAND PAP E R List acct. 19, $6 dis 50 SASH WEIGHTS So id Eyes per ton 20 00 TRAPS Steel, Game HUA 1O Oneida Community, Newhouse’s. 50 Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton's T0K1OA 10 Mouse, choker per doz 5" Mouse, delusion. per doz i WIRE sright Market. 7 Anne d Market 7D ( ‘oppe red Market. VOAK10 Tinned Market 214 Coppered Spring Steel 50 Barbed Fence, galvanized 3 05 Barbed Fence "pt tinted > & HORSE NAILS Aus s te Put avenue stern lis 40.410 s 5 dis 10X10 WRENCHES Baxter’s Adjustable, niekeled 30 Cue’s Genuine, nO Coe’s Pate t icultural, wrought SO Coe’s Patent, malleabie sO MISCELLANEOUS Bird Cages 0 Pumps, Cistern A510 Serews, New List. sr Bed and Phat MAK LOKLO ¢ ipers, Amer {N10 Forks hoes, rake and all steel poods “0 METALS — Zinc | 600 pound casks 6 | Per pound 615 SOLDER , 1? The prices of the othe sof 1 in the market indici ry prir s vary according to Composition, TIN Melyn Grade 10x14 1C, Charcoal + 6 OO 14x20 1C, Charcoal! 6 00 20x14 1X, Charcoal 7 50 14x20 FX. Cl arcoal. io Each additional X on this grade, $1.75 TIN Allaway Grade 10x14 LC, Charcoal D 14x20 IC, ¢ 5 10x14 TX, ( 6 14x20 LX, Charcoal § 25 each additional X on this grade ROOFING PLATES 14x20 IC, ( harcoa', Dea 14x20 IX, Charcoal. De n. 5 UO 20x28 IC, ¢ harcoal, Dean. 7 10 00 ee Allaway Grade i i 14x20 EX, Chi reoal, Allaway Grade 5 WD 20x28 1C, Charcoal, Allaway Grade 9 50 x28 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade 11 50 BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE 14x36 IX. for No. 8 Boilers, } : per pound 9 14x56 IX, for No. 9 Boilers oe John Brechting Architect Grand Rapids. (Continued from last week to get the work, thus saving the architect's Client sometimes triple the architect's fees besides when the house is Completed, its just us he planned before he saw the tect e the econ tractor ient hé but half of his idea- and seldom that much 5 ik and if he wants them he will have : to pay extra The arehitect’s client gets a better constructed building throughout. lis warmer in the winter, ae he gets all the different things mentioned. He has 2 more aah looking build ing and possibly cost less than the contractor's _clie s house. And when you get a perfect house there are other tee untages it has (To be eontinued) Anybody having any question to ask on this subject will be cheerfully answered. B- THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN emt SS) MICHIGANTE RADESMAN Devoted to the Best Interests of Business Men Published at the New Blodgett Building, Grand Rapids, by the TRADESMAN COMP ANY ONE DOLLAR - YEAR, ‘Payable in Advance. ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION. Communications invited from practical business men. Correspondents must give their full names and addresses, not necessarily for pub- lication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Subscribers may have the mailing address of their papers changed xs often as desired. No paper discontinued, the proprietor, until all arrearages are paid. Sample copies sent free to any address. at the Grand Rapids Post Office as Second Class mail matter. Entered When writing to any of our Advertisers, please say that you saw the advertisement in the Michigan Tradesman. A. STOWE, Eprror. WEDNESDAY, - - SEPTEMBER 4, 1895. TWELVE YEARS OLD. With this issue the pletes its twelfth year of publication. With a larger than that of all other the State combined ; Tradesman com- paid circulation trade journals in ing subscription list and a gradually en- larging advertising with a partonage ; positive conviction that its field of use- fulness is constantly expanding and that its circle of friends is correspondingly the is thirteenth year past every confidence widening, Tradesman enters upon with patronage in the future. complacency, thankful for and with WIDENING THE BREACH. that Labor day should American parentage American soil. Here, if any- should Labor be exalted, for here only have its grandest hopes been real- throne. Home- untrammeled king; and with these mar- velous results before but that the should seek to have a day set which to gather his fam- sing labor and the work when he lays down the pick axe or throttle. There for a holiday fitting born of Hn is have upon been where ized, unshadowed by a making by priest or has been his task, him, it was natural workingman aside in to. glorify about him, to children to his labor, . ns ily songs so incite his continue loosens his grip on the is, indeed, ample excuse which shall be to American Labor what Independence day is to American lib- erty, and, with that thought, the great heart of the Nation placed Labor day upon its calendar of holidays. The story which could be repeated on the would be the less pleasant on account of its being occasion of Labor day none an essential part of American history. Were the exponent of the laborer to be faithful to his theme, how, like an. in- spiration, the figure of the old Pilgrim would appear,as he stands at Plymouth, axe in hand, ready to hew his pathway continent to the ( picture rolden Gate! the fields green with corn and bridges leap across the Now, crow as the widens, to their places across the rivers! Cities ic! The or tunneled ; and the iron, earth and beaten into bars, becomes a band whereon the pant- spring up like mag mountains are leveled wrested from the their manes of smoke streaming upon the wind, pilots the train from sea to sea—a royal high- through a royal country where prince nor peasant never yet has trod ! ing steeds of commerce, way except at the option of | with a rapidly increas-’ |dupes who have taken an oath whichar- | | future ends of That was the theme which the otic people of the country had reason to expect on Labor day. Has that expec- tation been realized? It has not. The holiday has been monopolized by less than one-tenth of the sturdy laborers of | the country and made to subserve the selfish and venal exponents of Only a small portion of the country are permitted to participate in the event the privilege of walking in the proces- | sions being accorded pnly to those poor trades unionism. laboring men of the bitrarily and absolutely their conduct and deprives them of their liberty and every attribute of free- lom, binding them hand and foot, body and soul, to the despotic exactions of the walking delegate, master workman, strike committee and district organizer. Not a Labor day has so far come and governs gone without causing this Nation to hang its head with shame. Instead of the indomitable courage of the Puritan and the heroic story of his early toils and tears, the words of the labor orator are fiery with threatened vengeance against the demon of corporate wealth. In place of eulogy for the tireless arm which has made a_ harvest field, rich with ripened corps, out of the trackless forest, he denounces the tyrant who wants a full day’s work for a full day’s wages. Upon the marvels on_ every hand which has made this country the wonder of the world and the glory of the workman, he turns his back and longs for that ‘‘glorious epoch, that noble day, when the abused and down-trodden union workman can make and unmake abolish military des- potism, wipe out contempt proceedings and injunction take the ruling power into his own hands and bring this Government back to its orig- inal prestige!’’ That is the inspiring theme and its equally inspiring treat- judges and courts, commitments, ment which has made of Labor day a blistering disgrace. The looked-for blessing is, instead, acurse. The crown of La Gambrinus and, instead of the libations poured forth from thankful hearts for work and the blessings that come from it, the redolent of whisky and beer resounds with the shouts of the disor- bor is placed upon the head of air derly crowds that misuse the day and make its name a misnomer. The Tradesman believes that this was not the purpose for which was intended. the day That purpose was a avorthy bright with the ing together elements < one, promise of bring- with That pur- Instead of has widened it. variance not at war. is not accomplished. closing the breach, it Instead of ennobling labor, Labor has been debased. The day is a failure. Let it take its place in the line of other failures and pass forever from the mem- ory of men! a one another if pr SC A movement is being Cubans made by the loyal to Spain to secure home rule for the island with a view to thus pacify the revolted districts and so end the war. It would seem that Spain must be infatuated with the idea of who have remained power that she should not avail herself of this opportunity of sav- ing a modified dominion land. until such an opportunity is gone. over the is- It is to be hoped she will persist and Bre- something Emigration from Hamburg men seems to be like 12,000 more coming to this coun- try the first half of this year the same time last year. reviving, patri- | THE AMERICAN DRUMMER. Those who have been watching recent events in England attendant upon return of Lord Salisbury to power have not failed to observe the sumption of plans for the railway be- }tween Burmah and Yunnan. Since 1860 | England has been clamoring for such a railway and the time come for something to be done about it. Indeed, the work long. The fact is, relief must somewhere for the industrial population of England, which is r much faster than the visible means of support. If recent statistics can be at all relied the inhabitants of Lancashire are increasing at the rate of 3% per cent. a year, while the cotton have increased at the rate of less than % of per cent. Other means of show the same great pressure, unless a market vigorous — has come from increasing upon, operations that, so there is These consumers are of consumers, serious trouble ahead. found to the number of a hundred million inhab- itants in the Western half of China who have become sufficiently civilized to make good use of British manufactures, Hence the need of the railroad and the great need of its early completion, with the additional reasonable prices. reason that France, too, is looking out for the main chance and is hoping to reach the same market ahead of her great com- mercial rival. While these great schemes are carried on by the English and the French, the where in this great game of involving, as it does, the trade hundred millions of people does America come in with the irrepres- sible and omnipresent American drum- front is, finance of one mer? Is it charged that the Govern- ment at Washington is coolly looking on, interested only seeing whether England or France reaches the goal first? Does the Monroe doctrine stand in the way and prevent the American gripsack from disclosing its wonders to a part, of the one hundred mil- lions shut up in the Western land- locked half of the Chinese empire? These have not, heretofore, sidered momentous questions ; history of this republic does not that the American drummer has ever waited for the Government to go ahead. It should be with us a question of po- litical economy, as it is with England, although in a less degree. There are the Celestials wanting the goods which we are wanting to sell. How shall the matter be adjusted? England and France have answered the question with railway surveys and terminal plans. Let America answer it with the Drummer. cren, been con- and the show American THE CROSS AND THE CRESCENT. The tempest of indignation which is sweeping over Christendom at the Ar- at last, made an impression on the Sublime Porte, and the Turk is troubled. His peculiar right and privilege of fleshing the sim- itar of the Crescent in the upholders of the Cross has been interferred with and he is aggrieved. Smarting under his wrongs, he complains bitterly to Russia and to France at the unseemly attitude and the discourteous language of Great menian atrocities has, Will not} their good offices in his behalf and in- provided the goods can be secured at | Britain and avows both to be derogatory | | to the prestige of the Sultan. than for|these two powerful friends of his use ieee England to so modify her attitude the | has already been put off too | itice is older still. It Turkish Ar- practice easiest and by with the differences long not to interfere method of settling menia, a method which has confirmed to be the far the best? The plea is an old one and the prac- began—the prac- as tice—so far back as when the Christian world made Jerusalem, the home of the Holy Sepulcher, the end of many a pious pilgrimage from every quarter of | the Christian world. Then, as now, the Christian pilgrim suffered every indig- nity and cruelty at the hands of the Turk. Then, as now, the story of this j treatment was repeated throughout Christendom with the same result of un- heeded protest, until Peter, the Hermit, wakened Europe and set in motion the Crusades. It was the Turk with his sword, as it is now, and from that dis- livelihood | | tant time to this the centuries have been can be found for Brit- | . ish products with a new and large body | 0! | Turk. marked and marred with the slaughter Christian by the sword of the It is pleasing to notice that the whine of the Porte is receiving little attention from Russia or from. France. The | Christian ear is getting more than weary { | | | | | ! : | before for centuries and question which comes promptly to the | of the Christian bloodshed. rhe humanity is taking the place of policy and the balance of pow- er is getting to be a question of less mo- ment than the preservation of human life. It was the battle of Tours that freed Europe from the Moslem, he Arab or be he Turk, and if the time has come for the final settlement of a ques- tion too long delayed, Christian Europe will breathe freer than she has breathed the pest and soon perish story of love of be civilization will earth. bane of from the ALMOST A BOOM. Some apprehension is being manifest- ed by observers of the industrial situa- tion that the increase of business and improvement in prices may go_ too rapidly, and this apprehension has a tendency to create a careful and conser- vative spirit that will go far to prevent an unhealthy boom. The continued ad- vance in prices has a tendency to check business and will, also, tend to keep it on a healthy basis. It is probable that the export of gold will not continue much longer and there will be un- as to the financial situation. Crop prospects are generally improved. Labor troubles are less disturbing. The conditions of railroad securities are more promising. The improved condi- tions in iron and steel are beginning al- most to amount to a boom. The strength of the advance seems to be maintained by the fact that the great steel ies are buying material wherever can. The general demand seems. suffi- cient to sustain the advance in prices thus far made. Fear is expressed that the strikes of miners and ore handlers may Cause a scarcity of bessemer. The advance in copper is causing the return of American from Europe. Other metals are strong. Coke and coal trade continues very satisfactory. Prices of wool have been advanced to the extent of materially checking the trade. The demand for dress goods is good although still threatened by tinued importations. Wheat has begun to move somewhat, though prices have fallen slightly. Ex- ports continue small. Corn is also mov- ing with promise of large crop. Price is a little lower. This has affected the price of pork and lard. Cotton is rising and chases are being ‘made. reports are not favorable. less easiness compan- they Ccon- extensive pur- The cotton crop | 4 i 8] hpi ORIN < @ THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 9 NOTHING NEW. When Solomon, who is credited that reigned, declared that there is nothing new under the sun, he doubtless meant that there is nothing new in human with having been the wisest king ever na- ture or in human thought. Human nature is a_ characteristic common to all the race, and is modified | according to the degree of development | But variations in produced by circumstances. while | there are differences and the degree and method of its manifesta- tions, its real qualities and the laws by | which it operates never change. : Human thought, which is the definite | expression of a finite intelligence, can- not pass beyond the limits set for it. Some vainglorious people in this age ot boasted enlightenment are accustomed | to congratulate themselves that they are | tne} But the fact | wiser in their generation than were people of any other age. remains that this nineteenth century has not advanced in poetry, oratory, statu ary, painting, belles letters, metaphysi- cal and moral philosophy, and many other branches of mental culture, beyond what was attained thousands of years | ‘sand uni- | the | ago, and to-day, in our college versities, the chief attention oi learners is directed to the study of an- tiquity. It is in the realm of physical science that the progress of the present age 1S most distinguished ; the buried giving out facts which make it extreme- ty iti into cities of the past are | ly probable that the civilization of dia and Egypt possessed a knowledge of electricity and modern — scientitic | agents that would rival that of to-day: | There are evidences in. the rock -cut temples of India that have led modern to that the light and the telephone were known to explorers believe electric those who constructed and used those re- markable monuments of a past age. Engineers who have recently — ex- amined the colossal stone structures of Egypt that the mond drill and the diamond saw, which have discovered dia- are among the most recent inventions for working in rock, were known to the ancient Egyptians, and were used by them in quarrying the great stones which were built into the pyramids, the tem- ples, and formed the obelisks, a few. of which have with infinite difficulty been transported to Rome, Paris, London and New York. The late Captain of the United States navy, the obelisk which now stands in New York, from Alexandria, declared to the writer that it was impossible not to impute to Gorringe who bre sught the ancient Egyptians the highest en- gineering science after surveying their works, and there was reason to believe that they possessed many mechanical appliances of the highest scientific de- velopment in the production of the tonishing results ac complished by them. In atime so early that there is certain date by which to fix it, the Chinese possessed the arts of making | as- | ho silk fabrics and porcelain vessels of ex: | They printed books ; | they cast and made great use ol bells | they had a knowledge of the mariner’s | compass and of gunpowder. They bored | quisite delicacy. artesian wells to procure salt water, and utilized, in the manufacture of the salt, natural gas which came from the borings along with the water. few of the arts which are supposed to| belong exclusively to modern civiliza- | In | These are only a tion, but which were known and used periods exceedingly remote. The simple fact is that human thought, and | May but the explorations | constantly operating according to con- stant laws in a definite field,can scarce- | ly do otherwise than examine over again ground that has been formerly explored, that been known, but from some great social rediscover arts had formerly disturbance, like a destructive war, had been lost, all truth there is that not at so that in nothing new, nothing has some previous time been known, if not} to the many, at least to a few. | In ancient times knowledge was not] given to the people in newspapers and | public prints. It was preserved among | the learned and only taught to chosen | | disciples, who were commonly sworn to} SeCTresy Thus it was easy, by the death |} initiated, in war or In of disease, some | terrible epidemic for the knowledge of some important art to be and to remain forgotten until it was redise overed. lost In this connection, reference be made to the What is te SOE new woman, Sso- called. rmed the new woman is the woman emancipated from the | control of the other sex. She is to be] vested with the same political and }ever made of the capacity of a lrailway train to attain a j speed ton } movement Is converted into a On the London & Northwest- ern, from Rugby to Crewe, a scored. distance miles, a speed of 534% miles an On the of 75% hour was attained. Caledonian, from Carlisle to Edinburgh, a distance of 10034 miles, a velocity of 503g miles per hour was made. These are probably the fairest tests steam high conditions. rate ol As constructed, the *the under existing locomotives are now power is applied in manner com- mon in all steam engines, and that is that the steam is used to push the piston from one end of the cylinder to the other. Having reached its destination, the forward movement ceases; the pis- a dead stand; the the comes to Steain tS tin at the other end of cylinder, land so the piston is pushed back to the | point from which it started, and thus this back-and-forth movement of the | piston in the cylinder is continued. At the further end of the piston rod it con- nects with a crank which is fastened to d-forth circular the drive wheels,and the back-an social rights as are pussessed by men, | Motion. ie ic ty vole. tobe elaible w ofice,| > little consideration of this piston, and to be subject tO nO THO SOM ial or | Which goes to the end ol its Course, moral restraints than are put on men, | Stops still and then goes back to its being, to all intents and purposes, a | Starting point, makes another full stop, free and independent person. This | and afterwards returns on. Its route, would be only a repetition of what. has must show that there are limits beyond be Ore. Amazons, are \ ‘“ } +} ‘ Not to speak of the nations of women whose acts recorded in his- tory, it is only necessary to the history of the Roman Empire, in| the middle part of the first century of | which women were completely emanci- | pated from control. If they did not} actually command armies and conduct | the business of the State, they were freed | from all restraints, except those imt- posed by the general laws. The mar- | riage tie became virtually a matter of | business, and was. dissolved with the | vreatest ease for the most trivial causes. Che slaves became so common that laws had | marriage of noble ladies with| | olution. | which such a movement cannot be used, and this must be the case wherein. the power is applied by converting a hori- zontal or vertical motion into one of rev- The swiftest mfachine motion is where a rotatory movement, wnce se- lcured, is maintained and propagated by th } a } } revolving mechanism, and not by a back-and-forth device. f these facts the that limita- It is a recognition « has revealed to machinists tions of speed of a steam railway train with the power applied as at present. They now hope to obtain extreme rates of speed by means of electricity, and they ta velocity from to joo miles an hour. 150 miles | 1 | 1 . »] »ot le t Ves | to be made for the protection of the | It is entirely questionable if any de- i | } » he } x ot . weh ‘ masters, to prevent the free wives ab- j} vice has yet been invented which can sorbing too much of the time of their | give to electric trains such velocity ; but slave spouses and detracting from the sranting that it exists, and that tracks labor due their masters. of the requisite solidity, smoothness and . i - o« r} , il] » ‘On - » the But this was only one of the oscilla-|Stmaightness wit! be constructed, — the tHiane of beams nate... Like a penda | Proposition worth attemiron * 4 sub- lum, it swings from one extreme to. the | Ject, not only for scientific Investigation, its course; Dut other of its fixed limits. There have been, it cannot depart from in the past history of the world, periods when women were abject. slaves, and others when they despised all restraints. again return. It Such periods will is all in the swing of the pendulum. ‘The new woman will, doubtless, run her course, but she will continue In the fu- ture, as in the past, to be the wife and the daughter of the mother, the men. | Human nature, operating by fixed laws, will go on forever. EXTREME RAILWAY SPEED. It is doubtful if a greater speed of transit has ever been made than sixty miles an heur. Some trains may have been moved fer a few moments with greater rapidity, but the rate was not kept up long enough to warrant its be- ing made the basis of any Computation. There is at hand a table of speed made by fast trains in the tracks are especially solid and well England, where built, and the figures given show. the the time speed. traveled and con- sumed, and the rate of on the Great Northern, from Grantham distance Thus, mules, to Rexford, a distance of 3334 a velocity of 55% miles an hour was | but as an economic problem, Extreme speed would be impossible’ in street transit, where must be made at every crossing. On trunk line railways, Stops where stops are to be made only at 2) few important places, the operation of such a system of travel would be more practicable, and it would) enormously please the traveling public, which never vets forward fast enough. The danger- racing Of Steamers ous and often fatal inland waters 1s the on the sea and only done to please passengers gratify their demand for faster travel. There is no question that any serious increase in the speed the vastly Increases danger; moreover, since railways are not built for the exclusive use of a but large freight service as well, it would be few swift trains, for a passenger next to impossible to get the trac k clear for trains traveling at from 100 to 400 miles an hour. Then the stopping of such a train would be a serious matter. An expert authority, the Chicago Rail- way Review, declares that a train run- ning at forty miles an hour can at pres- about ent make an emergency stop In 600 to 660 feet if the brake equipment is in good condition; but oftener the train runs a greater distance before the stop is made feet. At hour, it Js sometimes as mt oO: tO entirely ich as 300 from 150 miles per improbable that a stop can be made with a heavy train, such as would be required to withstand the shocks of high speed, in a distance less than two miles to two miles anda half on level track. To make | KS such operating must be entirely speed trac 1 with ind free from connectiotr other tracks, from crossings with other roads at grade and from street crossings at grade, all of which combines to present such difficulties in the railway speed as that it cai be reals unde r spe ial } OLY at present out Of reacn. REDISCOVERING LOST Che ane ARTS. ed NA Ent NMICXICan CVE! Faces have been credited with the knowledge of some process for temperin Ce mper } 1 oo } h made it as hard as steel, and oa: whi } it were fashioned weapons, mechanics’ tools. and particularily the chiseis that were used in working and cu stone for their temples and other colossal structures. Copper, as is well s extreme ly ductile and malleable—that 1s, 1t 1s rawn into wire and wot readi- \ the hammer—but it will not weld. NV he two picces ¢ Viite hot iron are hammered together, they adhere and rOrm, tO all pract Ca ul Ses 1 single piece. Phis is an extremely val- uable quality, whicl is known as See ding,” Che refusal tO DE we ded has ope rated as a defect in the copper, and, from time to time, an an nouncement is made that the art of weld- ing this metal has been discovered. However this may be, the art of tem pering copper to make It like steel has long defied modern science. Recently, is Claimed that this | been discovered. The di out to be Albert F however, it SCOVCICF iS rivell Lytte, of Chicago. | The metal so treated is said to be per- fectly pure, not being alloyed with any other, and can be produced of ditferent | degrees of hardness, and is capable ot being rolled into thit sheets or drawn into ine wire when cold, without anneal- ny. The lHinois Central | oad shops have made some tests ol this treated metal to determine its action while being worked in the machine shop. During the operations of plan ing, boring and turning, it behaved much like steel, though slightly easier } to cut. Investigations made at the Washing- ton avy yard show the tre ited coppel to be ure and, on a test Da 14 cnes showed a | pounds. show. the to be be- ads The ast Cop- vimed that } 1 ° no alov is used In ne YMrocess i treat ing, and that the process 1s not expen- sive and can be applied to a quantity of ke the est castings. The «€ metal can & worked successtu with the planer lathe, dies and rolls, or can be drawn into wire. If this be true, as, in probability it is, it appears to be only the discovery former age, but, [hus it 1s that progress, stum- of an art known in a like many others, lost. i its bles upon nuggets of truth known to the people of antiquity. Probably, if only knew < that they were familiar with, we would not be so proud of our superiority over the men of the earlier ages. modern science, 1n we 10 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Getting the People Art of Reaching and Holding Trade | by Advertising. now until Christmas the advertiser may reap an abundant har- Vest. Chere mus we no Cessatiol how- eve tl vdvertising. It must be] } and purposeie OL money ; +} 1 ' : «i ' tay , \ ’ +} method and thoroughness oniy can. the mercnal out jan of adver novei and practical, i on the Doth media to be used and the WaVs WIlI¢ Cnhanvcs. visable to patronize this, even at. the { ' LOT Sacrifice OL ali OlLber the associate of all hold alike. It from ications, the in daily pal ror timate } members of the house is read every day bv all aownh to refully ums of their family journal. »sinaller te where WHS association with one or WECKIY jJOUTNaIs, a Certain amo ould be used in the WCCKHK I ‘es pupication Ss oa farmer’s house i ld. and is credited with a large share and hews advertising + riper] } } the rural resident. r SsOmec Onc Say, | KTLOW Very are valuable 1 only say the people, in the Poo many writ- ‘rish the E ullacy shire — | SVSteim- | laced him- with the con- put on the lat- ter’s spectacles and looked at the matter interest in?’’ After having | self in entente cordiale in other words sumer ght, then it becomes possible for the to advertisement which will sell jin the buyer’s li merchant write an his goods, | and not until then. |} There must be sufficient oddity and fnovelty in the w rding to catch the eve land > se the fancy. There must be ¢h sound common sense and reason- reno jing to force belief upon the reader's ni. There must be enough economi- ical attractiveness in the prices men- tic ok to reach the spot in the human the ingredients, anatomy commonly called pocket- book. With these mixed and properly flavored with the right kind ol Spice, wl command the tO attract. a few oddly worded I present for the the advertiser has at his attention of those he wishes i have picked 1 Ip vivertisements which beneiit of the Tradesman’s readers. Some of them are ridiculous in the ex- treme, and show great ignorance, but among them are some good ones. which may be taken advantage of : A sign in New York reads, ** Real Es- tate for Sail,’’ which conveys the idea that the seller has a floating island or two to dispose of. ‘New which is A provision dealer laid eges-_JUST OUT, literally but when he asks the public to [ry my sugar-cured Loo says, COITeCct ; own would appear that he is generous with his anatomy. \ sausage factory in Brooklyn has— in the window a card, “*Fresh country- made sausages daily,’’ and) on the door leading to the rear yard is the significant of the not specify whether in legend, ‘* Beware Dogs. : sausage form or otherwise. A furniture dealer in C incinnati went So far in his ads. as to say, ‘Our car- pets cannot be beaten in this city, ’’ which Statement is not likely to sell many, as their at home most people prefer to beat them |} it Is necessary. ( arpets, or have eaten whenever The fish deale announced 1 stock’’ and so did the there’ r who boldly his goods as ‘‘waterec made a coal man who the matter happy hit, wrote —'If s anything with our coal—fhre it! We won't kicc. 4 clever ad. is that of a Chicago hatter: “Of all the felt | such felt ever felt, |] felt necessarily | be made Ol lipromou ceabl words. | Continus prac- | ticed by the largest and successtul ited tates. | write | sits down to ten thie and Or view ol use, O1 Drice. as { } able mpared to and offering with what he has been buy what other merchants are his, the iS tine ground to take: ‘What would I, were I in the position of the b ver fOr consumption, like to read, and what would I take the most simplicity}. ja ‘cycless never as that felt hat felt [ bought from Bates, the hatter.’’ Here are some odd things in con- nection with that always attractive and usually pleasing subject, women ‘God bless ’em!’" These can be used |to advantage in many ways, taking them e by one as introductions to the body of the ad. - mortuarist. °’ Arizona’s best mining expert is a man. Buffalo has a lady ** Wwo- An expert tea taster in San Francisco young girl. On Sixth avenue, New expert woman silversmith. One of greatest wood engravers is Miss Donlevy, of New York. In the Coggswell Polytechnic is 2 York, is an the sé hool the best blacksmith is a girl. New Orleans has the only woman vet- nary surgeon in the world. In Boston a weil educated woman electroplates in gold, silver and is nicKel, Nebraska has a woman who earns her living by operating a steam thresher. The finest raisins in California are raised and packed by three women near fk resno. The ful thing on wheels woman or girl. most gracef ich is brevity and terseness, | hams” it! It does | e ¢ ¢ ° ; 00900000 99990909 99000066 SOSSOSSSOSOSOOOD No Better Line Shown Look our line over tor all the latest novel- ties n JEWELRY HATR ORNAMENTS. lf you ana 0999000650000 00¢ in need of Silverware— Let us hea you. Send for sheet list of silverware. are rfrom Worzpure . 2. GRAND RAPIDS ® The finest ecanne Musselman Grocer Co. GRAND Rapips Jewerry 0990999990090 O00 0909000000680 S08 ‘ad goods rk Staite, i The line includes the following varieties of Fruits and Vege tables: 21b. Black Raspberries 2 ib. Corn 21lb. White Wax String Beans 2 1b. Blackberries 2 lb. Suecotash 3 1b. Golden -quash > ib. Red Pitted Cherries 2 1b. White Mar rrowfi it Peas) 31b. Hubbard Squash 2 1b. Strawberries 2ib. Extra E June Peas 31b. Cold Packed Tomatoes 3 ib. Bartlett Pears 2 1b. Sifted Fanc June Peas 21b Refugee String Beans 3 1b. Apricots To those who have had these goods we need say no hing. To those who have not we can only licit a trial order. sO panned <= Goods NICKELINE.... A MODERN WONDER. it isabsolutely the only pol- ish that will not dry up in stock, or become hardened. We will refund the purchase Price if it does not please. eee Every box is guaranteed to the trade and consumers. If your jobber doesn’t keep it, write ", TRACY & WARREN, Graiid Rapids Agents, 737 Mich. Trust Co. Bidg. S58 aE RS SSRs A ’Cycless ° _) Don’t be an Oddity - - - Without Trousers ! Eccentricity is no si fashionable, and no well-bred persons will allow themselves to be thought peculiar. IT IS ODD that you haven’t taken advantage of 8 our Midsummer Clearance Sale, for | 7 d ¢ you can make money by so doing. | ra esman ompany S Everything in our Summer goods -_ goes ata slashing reduction. Don't be Ba Odd! -. gas » SLASHEM & CO. Specimen Sheet No. | “My Good Mr. Mephistopheles, at r ' = =i ise Cuts for Retail Advertisers sl Is Now Ready. Would be quite a novelty in Paris. A lady | without some one of our hundreds of bar- | gains in Dress Goods Novelties is almost as | 4 great a rarity in this city. Our new Fall | ; Goods are arriving daily and we can show the finest line of fabries in all grades ever | exhibited. oe Mailed on Receipt of Postal. LACEDGE & CO. 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0- 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-O- ‘ tu J See? “fb: Crazy Man “Just now we are usiug Luckamanua Hard . e Wouldn’t give away goods, neither Nut Coal, but it burns so hot and lasts so long i do we—not so _— - Ww beige what that it scorches my boarders too rapidly and Sense we are endowed with. We are in don't give “em work enough to do while they do business to sell goods, to sel] good aa i SEND Us A goods, to sell goods a little “« gooder”** $6 aclean ton at than anyone else keeps, and to sell FAIRWEIGHT & CO. real goodness of good goods, it will good goods at a good deal closer mar gin = profit than even the “goodest”’ —__—___-- SS Lama cindof merchants—our competitors f can do. If you have a good idea of the I wish to Impress upon the minds. of S Few pay you to be good to us and advertisers the mcceaeity - meaner “ gooder”’ to yourself by investigut- ance, push srogressiveness ugnacity ing our goods. ance, | sh, } STESSIN SS, pugnacity, : a e DOOGOOD & CO. prominent publicity, and perpetual pre- e dominance of pleasing paragraphs, all O ey-in _ aw to be combined in perfect harmony in the advertisements. First, ‘‘Get the People,’ and then, by continued efforts to please and satisfy, hold them. Fpc. FOSTER FULLER. Hiding THE BABY When the Note Falls Due. You may say that life is trouble YO U R PET DOG When the clouds are in the blue: aa | YOUR STORE FRONT wa THE OLD HORSE Due! Sorrow’s nothing but a bubble That will vanish from the view: THAT STRING OF FISH But it’s trouble, trouble. trouble, : : When the (You didn’t catch) Note | YOUR OWN “PHYS.” Falls ‘ab ee Sargon: ETRE | Due! | | And the corn—it goes to stubble, And the rose—it withers, too: By this stutement we mean toeonvey the $49 } ' | : And it’s trouble, trouble, trouble, | idea that it’sa hard matter to beat our When the YOU prices on Carpets, Floor Mattings, Rugs, Note ARE NOTHING AXYTHING- Lace Curtains and Draperies. The goods Falls cannot be approached in value at the Due! NOW -A-=DAYS You would like to hand out to your friends eS _ a pang Go it single file, or double, IF You or customers on January Ist. We will re- — waco o> Care ae There'll be vo —— for you produce it and get you up a Calendar with iran isin ii In a living world of trouble, J ei Ln Nl WILTON & CO. ea ARE NOT an individuality that won’t need a trade- Note | ORIGINAL. mark or a patent. Falls | You We carry in stock a class of a aoe goods that pleases those who / | wish pare food af 4 peasen. A short time ago at Brunn, the capi- : | : a reas : : , Want © able price. We do not cater | tal of Moravia, a journeyman baker and WE ALSO HAVE A VARIETY OF DE- Ss to those who want cheap gro-| his sweetheart determined to commit SIGNS IN STOCK WHICH WE CAN E000 @ ceries at cheaper prices—| suicide together by drowning themselves are’s ‘ is "ti in sue “ . a 1 ’ = there no satisfaction in such in the Schwarza. The young man was FURNISH ON IMMEDIATE NOTICE. * © dealing. But to those who | | aa dk aan sl a ‘i. i Groceries @) want their | out of work and saw no per ct oO e- © i ing able to get married. The couple CHEAP S Groceries carried out their fatal resolve, and their © n bodies were found in the river. The . S mn ero and pockets of the young man were| 5 2 © Table Delicacies rf 3 aragt ! @) searched, and in them were found a e ° * e) Pure, Fresh and of the best | florin and a lottery ticket. A few days GHEAP srades, we can guarantee | afterwards the drawing of the lottery e “alk ow! = o. & CVSty siticle on ourshelvesto | 140k place, and that very ticket turned a x @) be of the first class and at : Cc : , = Toceries ® ] 2st living retes out to be the winner of 20, 000 florins, & owest living rates. i ie EXCELL & Co, | Or about $10,000 in our money. TRADESMAN COMPANY, CHEAP? 3 Prone os ee os. : In everybody’s mouth—Signal Five. Getters-up of Original Printing. 12 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN JANE CRAGIN. How Cy Huxley Reclaimed Waste Land. Written for Tur TrRapESMAN ‘*Cyrus, what is the trouble over In the Fairbat iks neighborhood ? Yesterday it was Goodwin who backed vou into a corner and nodded his head and wageed his index finger at you; the day before both the Ammidowns were doing their best to get you to Say ves to some- thing ; to-day old man Herbert came. in to irden himself; and to-morrow brother Bateman will be stopping in bec ause he hapype Tit d to be voing by. | about. Have over there?’’ that it should like to know what it’s all If it isn’t a secret, tell what it is. they got into a quarrel] “Well. i isnt so bad as looks to me like a little piece of human nature working out; and somehow they all seem to fancy that I can. straighten things out by going around and talking to the others and telling them = that they've all made a mistake. ’’ ‘You mean, don’t you, that each thinks the others are to blame? Isn't that just like a lot of men?’’ 'N’ women? Yes, just like ‘em. It’s human nature all over.’’ “What 1s it about, they are squabbling anyway?’ ‘*'To tell you the plain truth, Jane, | don’t know, I'm come OVeT there to- day to tind out. I judge that I shall find a big swamp bordering on four. or five farms and near enough te others. to atfect them more or less. It’s wet land, anyway, and what they all want is to drain the swamp | can reap the benefit of | have someone of ‘em so that the others a. that's what, | guess. Then I have an idea from the frequency with which | Widder brought in Malony’s name 1s that ‘has been having a good deal to | say and ck That's natural, too. There | never was a quarrel yet, you know, | which didn’t show a woman’s hand, | sooner or later. but £ have or two instances where a wo- much belied tongue has been the [| don't know it: KRHOWT one man s peacemaker. oOniy ‘That's right; only there are peace- | and wrong kind. That’s the} You mean all the illogical, makers and piece-makers you've | vot hold of the way with you women. right the your intentions are best in world -but you're Jane, and you're hasty in your conclusions ; you re governed by sound instead of Sense Mey Why don’t you combine the two, Cyrus? Make it sound sense, just once, and let’s see if we're so far behind you “And when you see that you are get- | ting the worst of a discussion, you. cut | r im and try to break up your oppo- | of meeting him fault, with a pun, instead I don’t tind any n t help i built that ; you re that | ‘n'ta doubt every L alt that quiltin s-bee at Chursday afternoon before the Excuse SsaViINnYg went home thinking and >} } Blesse i are prece-Mmake! forth! me, Miss Cragin, but, if you have any designs to carry out with = the help of that paper weight, let me remind you that the window hind you is. plate glass and that cows *n’ wimin ‘n’ hens kin’t throw a —-there’s Fairbanks. ”’ “Don't eit through the open window. aout, jJosh,’’ he callec | haved }as one would }inile or two betore it reaches jto make it respectable, | a | was that stretch of sluggish stream | wasn’t going to give ;}come to a decision. right in and drive over there with you.” ’ ** After you get things all snarled up, you'd better let Mrs. Fairbanks untang|¢ them for you!’’ called Jane through the window, as they drove away. *“Wha’d she mean?’’ ** Nothing We got to this morning, and Jane’s like the rest on at all talkin’ “em she’s bound to have the last word About and out honest with you, there ain’t but this business, Josh to be out one way to fix up this swamp fuss. What every one of you wants is to have the other feller drain his land for him. ten for the sake of Goodwin's vetting tifteen You ain't going to pay out dollars out of it; and that’s the way I expect to You have been grinding this thing over until tind it all along the line. tellows every one of you thinks the rest are try ing to squeeze him. You ought to know better than that, “Wal, naow, see 0. losh. ' here. ’’ I’ve been seeing here for the last } five years and | know the thing from a to z, with the etc. thrown in:and I'm sorry to see it. Now, we’re not exactly what but know, and so do i, that this bie | am little you business ts all wrong. they call ‘getting on in years’, vou There's the point, right there. I don’t want. to wait until you get through breathing be- vet a whiff, Say | Shall, i kick, and I oupht to kick.’’ fore | and when you "Wal, whose coin’ to five ine | amt “We can both of us tell bette: about the home, ”’ consent the Conversation was turned it that on way and by tacit to other channels. Mill what somebody has put down as the cus- On its way from its fern bordered home in the River 15 a fair illustration of sedness of inanimate objects. uplands whence, with the reflected blue of the sky upon its brow and with the happiest of home-songs upon its limpid lips, it goes winding and dancing down to the level lands below, it is as well-be and as companionable a Stream but, for a Milltown, it sulkily and sullenly dragged its slow Carc o see: jlength along, spoiling more valuable |} meadowland than any ten streams of its size ought to monopolize. First) one farmer, where it touches his farm, tried and then = an- other, but to little purpose. It the same obstinate, pig-headed thing it had was made up its mind to be, until it reached the old sawmill. From there it makes }up its mind to be somebody, and is a useful and well-thought-of river: but. it ithe ears and thither one of them and the storekeeper were on their way. The outcome was what had been pre- }dicted. Not aman of them but admit- ted that the whole was a mistake, but he in and there wasn’t The She’d lived among any use talking. widder’’ had the heathen long enough, ‘‘them Fair- bankses bein’ a head and shoulders wust of any of ’em,’’ and she dropped a mock courtesy to the Fairbanks repre- sentative before her. She had made up her mind to sell out, and if Mr. Huxley knew of a purchaser, what little land she owned on Mill River would gx ( heap. ‘*How much land have you, Mrs. Ma- lony, and how much do you want for it? It’s barely that I may across somebody wantin’ to buy.’’ possible come ‘*Il’ve got a hundred acres here i wuth | ‘Tl git|$25 an acre if its wuth a cent; and for| that | {had set the farmers upon its borders. by | the | VANILLA WAFERS GINGER VANILLAS GINGER WAFE RS .D COFFEE TALE Y COCUANI Als LUsce a 7D CREAMS Pia! Be Progressive! Pen Gch are Th... Handling our Crackers and and Sw at Goods? | PURITY, QUALITY and PRESTINESS make the finest line in the world to select from. Making Money Will be comparatively easy if you_ push our goods. Liberal profits and quick sales will be yours. Customers buying once will come again. Try, and be convinced, Selling Crackers and Cakes Is a very casy matter if you sell the kind the people want. Our aim is to produce the best. Only the choicest Creamery Butter,the purest sweetest Lard, the finest Patent Flour and the richest Molasses enter our pro- ducts. We make a Speciality of SUMMER DELICACIES. THE NEW YORK BISCUIT CO. Successors to WM. SEARS & CO. Grand Rapids, Michigan. AHNOH ein Sli (INV isl DNO | LHAV AN Se ) be tee ke iy SVNV VANILLA SQUARES GINGER SNAPS ae ig 9OOOO9OS 09904906 00000006 5 999996666000 006 Hold Your Nose To the grindstone, if you want to, but if you would rather straighten up and move through this world with less wear and tear and more money in your pocket, ™ Lily White Flour Note the following ' Pointers! ‘This Flour is always the same. People always want more of it. Where they buy Flour they buy Groceries. Pleased customers are vertisers. Valley City jlilting Go. MANUFACTURERS GRAND RAPIDS, Micu. good ad- SOLE —= 999099996006 6000 aa IMPERIALS Sve oS SOOOOOO0 699666066006 0060 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN the sake of Fetting out of Tophet, a sell it for Sic. 7’ "Vou H by. No, I Shan't. and, if I can’t do any better, I'll let the feel better about it, by and My mind’s made up ; whole place go to rack and ruin. ['m YON to leave. | Wal, Tt don’t want to take no advan tage on you, Mrs. Malony, but if its any object, | FIVE yOu Si2 cash. if vou say and five you the money as qui k as the papers are made out. Will vou do fir rou bet [1] do it If wor cq said $10, I'd took you up: but I’m sorry. for YOu. x Ou micht est as well try to take CoOmiort in a Camip-meeting, with a hor- net buzzing around your head, as to live in this neighborhood with a. I airbanks. I il come to the village this afternoon and we'll fix this thing up; and Ill vet out of here in short order, Mr. Huxley -’’ hated Fairbanks, she turned buggy with the air of an injured Juno and went into the house. The transfer was properlys and duly made, and Huxley went over at an early day to take possession, he expected to find: that) some twenty or twenty-five acres of the best land on his farm were worthless, on ace ount of a much-needed ditch. The other farms were in the same condition. What was wanted was a littl united action. Would the others “mom for it? Wer one. Would they be willing to let him go ahead and dig the ditch and they No. Then the storekeeper, with something that sound- share the expense? ed like a ‘‘cuss word,’’ after a little fig- uring, asked them if they would let him dig it at his own expense. If he was big enough fool to do that and would signa paper releasing them from all ]i- ability, yes.’’ The paper was and the ditch was dug and some of. the Signe dl richest land in the whole County was re claimed, and the crops~-"you ought to see the crops they raised on that. river bottom! Never saw anythine like it: and to think of what they’d lost all these years just because a woman got her spunk up and wouldn't do nothing !’’ But that wasn’t the best of it. When the water was drawn from. the swampy soil and had carried with it every ves tige of the late unpleasantness, it wrad- ually dawned upon the minds of the farmers that there were matters of com- mon concern among them besides swamp-draining ; that good roads and good schools and a desirable community could be secured and sustained: only by the healthy and concerted action of alr: and that for getting out of a tight place, Cy Huxley had the longest head on him of any man in Milltown. There was an- vathered other idea which grew and strength. Che signers of that paper be- gan to be dissatistied. More and more the selfishness of the whole matter came home to them and, finally, when they had *‘stood as much of that sort of thing as they cared to,’’ the signers came over to Huxley's farm ina body and, with- out hardly giving him a chance to say, ‘* How are you?”" Josh Fairbanks stepped np to fn 1 Ve got some im and said, “Cy, thing here for you and you've got to take it. There ‘tis; and he took Cy's hand and put into ita long leather wal let. “Youll find in there what that ditch cost, and a little besides, to pay you for your trouble; and we want to say that if it of having some of the hadn't been for you, instead best land in the State,we should still be trying to cut each other’s throats. That’s about what Cso0d day. | and, utterly ignoring the | from. the | He found what | you wanted me to say, wasn’t it, boys?”’ When Huxley had told Jane all about it, he tossed the wallet and its contents Better I don’t want it: Jane, after store- the most profitable business. I know of is digging ditches!’ RICHARD MALCOLM STRONG. ->ece Tribute to the Dead-Beat.* My remarks will be somewhat s atter- on the book-keeper’s desk with, ‘' put that into the safe: but [ll tell you what, keeping, ing and will, necessarily, have to be scattering to hit all the dead-beats, be- cause we tind them everywhere and in all grades of society. The dead-beat is not always clothed in poor apparel, and, | blush to say, not always dressed in male attire. Sometimes the most august looking men are found in this class and they do not hesitate to send us to hades further }credit. The worst class of dead-beats | when we refuse to vive them | know anything about are those whom | fam absolutely afraid to dun. These are {the fellows who are considered good, but, when we politely ask them to help }us out on their long-standing accounts, | they flare up and say, ‘*What!’’ Ain't I good?) Are you afraid to trust me?2’’ Just how to get along with this. class is a puzzle to me. I wish I had more confidence in my audience here this evening 1 would give the medicine in more herculean doses but I don’t know What! lack brother grocers? just how you would take it. of confidence in my Ves) that’s justit, | To explain, | will say that | have belonged to other asso- Ciations than this. ithe Michigan I used to belong to Business Men's Associa- tion and | frequently met brothers Cran- di clasped hands and pledged eternal fidel- ll and Stowe at the conventions. We ity to each other, so far as the dead-beat was concerned ; promised to guard each other's interest in fighting him, and then we went home and immediately commenced to feed our groceries to this insatiable octopus, the dead-beat. Is it any wonder that my confidence should be a little weak? This condition of affairs is our own fault. We own the dead-beat and we should) squelch him. | Say we own him. [ will demonstrate this by the simple rule of three. We are taught or were taught, when I was a boy, that ONCE in S€VEN Years a man is renewed in other words it takes seven years to entirely change every particle of the hu- nan anatomy and, as we have kept the dead-beat in groceries for more. than seven years, it stands to reason that we own his body. Some of us grocers keep other commodities for sale beside. gro- ceries, such as boots and shoes. pants, etc. So the dead-beat soes to my broth- er | inkbeiner and Chen Mr. the genuine dead-beat has no other soul. gets a pair of shoes. Finkbeiner owns his sole—for Chen he goes to brother Proctor, and is ina pair of rigeed out pants, which, of course, Mr. Proctor owns: [ think it can be truly said, we own him **body, soul and breeches. ’’ >. Commercial therefore, Bulletin: Tradesman is Minneapolis The Michigan handsome in a new dress of really type... Our very successtul contemporary has busi- ness back of it. That always counts. >oom Saranac Local: The Michigan Trades- man comes to us this week in a brand The type is set by a Thorne typesetting machine and it is almost a new dress. luxury to glance over the handsomely printed pages. Response by W. D. Hopkinson, of Paris, at annual banquet of the Northern Michigan Re- tail Grocers’ Assuciation, at Reed City. QUAKER” KO" STATE HOUSE BLEND’ Roasted and put up especially for us by Dwinell, Wright & Co., the famous Coffee Roasters TRY THESE COFFEES NZ ax Worden Gf0cer C0. GRAND RAPIDS TO abo oaeaeeLea e e 626264262646 2242226262 24 4226246 8244444446448 = Se = ° Keestiorsht Bere Sore ee Ee IBIS EERE SEES FSP USP USEC PMCS Ss SID 9 , er 2x3 PGES ree ie dss We have the agency for CURTICE BROS.’ 60 is fete —. : or Early Sweet Corn SS Ex. Fam. Tom. 31h. Ree} Blue L’b'l Tom. 3% th. Be Succotash « : i Puss Lima Beans | Ress Refugee St’gles B’ns eit Golden Wax Beans aa White Mar'fat Peas ay 2s Send us your order. Celebrated Canned Fruits and Vegeta= bles, among which we carry in stock: Ssftd Early June Peas Sw't Wrinkled Peas June Pickings ( Fr’ch Style ) Preserved Peaches P'd Bartlett Pears Preserved Ouinces keg Plums The packer’s name is a guarantee of quality. The prices are right. © 1.1. CLARK = GROCERYCO. ae Grand Rapids ou ES f ay say gaits warerasaaysaayss Lp aigo tans ise SQENE INSTANT PPR RSE URED eaaao ore REIN IOIeE Ee 14 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN D G | | they want sold to them more civilly and} person addressing her. Not so the | women in this position, or, indeed, in | i. a a f i rire "oo ¢ © ~ r r ; 00 S | cheerfully elsewhere, remains one of the | saleswoman; she might be a statue or a lany other of importance and author ity, except, of course, where they are at the most curious of the phenomena that | deaf mute for all the sign she gives of “. cee . ere meet one in the investigation of this) having heard. Sometimes the floor- | head of establishments of their own. In CLERK AND CUSTOMER. ee ee subject. Within a block of each other, | walker himself, when appealed to by a | shops where both men and women are Value of Courtesy Before and Be- |!" the fashionable shopping quarter, are | weary or impatient shopper, is met with | employed, the position of women is al- churlish stolidity. most invariably ,inferior and subordi- two large establishments dealing in| the same n nter. Sg 8 : on nn lress < fancy g To all ; ar | leed, the floor-walker wl s set{nate. It is men and not women wh dress and fancy goods. To all appear-| Indeed, the floor-walker who is_ set | nate. ‘ : 0 ances they are in every way equal, ex-| over women has not a happy lot. They | sell the silks and fine dress goods that Store manners, the behavior of sales- and saleswomen and the behavior : l on a Bey ——— sae pa ; ie : cept that in the one the clerks, as aj defy his authority, or, in submitting to! women wear. ’ SROppeErs, aS Gispiayed in the tarre¢ : i. . . : (me oe ee i ne - i ig jinass, are perhaps the worst mannered | it, do so in a way a man would not Why?’’ said a gentleman prominent retail establishments, are an interesting : | : i ic | : 3 : : oem iT ; | in the city, whereas in the other they}dare. Occasionally, they coquet with}in the dry dry goods business in re- 4 subject to study, revealing as they do : : Q : i : ' : a an a a se 4 1 1] : are equally civil. Yet the former has by | him, but, asa rule, they seem neither|sponse to the reporter’s question. i ~y, O1tGn brutally, wwWways) Uuncon- : i ° " - u . : , se y iE Me i a 1. : 4 oT . ia far the greater run of custom. Nor is} to like nor to fear him. Why, because to sell silk or any other sciously, the real character and princi- A few days ago the writer stood at] fine dress goods something more is. re- in prices to the advantage of the more} the same counter with a_ gentle-looking quired than merely to tell the price and largely patronaged house, since these} elderly woman, who had brought back | measure off the material. It takes judg- range alike in both. Of course, there are |an article she wished to change. The|ment, skill, knowledge, information, : ie this to be accounted for by a_ difference | ples of conduct of those concerned. il- Waits, traits Of class, of are above all of sex, are nowhere more broadly exposed than across the con : i »,{mMany persons who, having once ex-|saleswoman to whom she addressed her-|and a certain feeling for color that — oo s apni : ‘ i perienced uncivil treatment in a store, | self interrupted her explanations curtly | women don’t seem to get.’’ It is men elem . Se never return to it again, or who, if they | with ‘See the flawker. ”’ }and not women who sel] the jewels that ; a ie eae a hs Galieut points do, avoid the particular department ‘The flawker?’’ said the customer, in | women more especially prize. It is men for ats ferred a dhe bis he che whe re, or the particular clerk fromja puzzled tone. — coe and not women, in short, who do the ; i th ee a ea ce oe whom, the uncivil treatment was re- ‘Yes; that’s him over there,’’ jerked | fine, the higher grade dealing: in every 4 a Omen, but the great ma jority of shop- out the saleswoman, pointing with her} branch of trade, except millinery and ; ee a pers go on submitting as if unwilling|thumb at the floor-walker, who was|dressmaking. The reason for this, as 4 a a |! indifferent or insolent service were a} standing near. In fact, these police of | for the worse manners of saleswomen as 4 el us Dberin with the Bianners of i necessary part of their purchase. the trade seem to be regarded, at least} a class when compared to salesmen as a The display of bad manners by clerks| by the women under them, very much] class, is best given in the words of the clerks, for it is their manners and. not those of their « domonmamaane that are of the} j. especially marked in those depart-|as are the marines by the sailors on a| gentleman quoted above : co ee lerks they | ments of large shops where women sell | man-of-war, the difference in sex add-| ‘‘The trouble with women is that they soja ca dae aa le of the public, |. women. Here the primitive feeling | ing, apparently, to the difficulty of |don't take enough interest in business : and thus under certain obligations to It, tof sex antagonism, which would seem maintaining discipline on the one side | to excel in it. They resent being under 9 and because the position behind the]... n< stronger or at least less controlled | and to the presumption with which the | the necessity of taking it up, even as : unter, even when Billed by a hireline 2 | counter, even when filled by a hireling, in women than in men, together with attempts to do so are defied on the] the temporary makeshift they consider the smaller animosities such as envy, }other. At least, in one large store| it. They all want to marry, they all color and race prejudices and the like, | where this function is performed by | mean to marry. Their minds are. dis- of vantage. The shopper ‘“d, go away, but if he wishes hat ti clerk has to sell he intensify the incivility so often shown. A} women in every department in which tracted with that idea while they are. in fm} me BETS MARNE, | lecman is consequently surly or impa- | women serve, not only is the service ex- | business, and at the first opportunity to é is may be, of selling it to tient ; he is sometimes fairly brutal in his | ceedingly good, but the understanding | marry gladly give the business up. Nat- the manner of the salesman attempts to bully a shopper—particular- | between overseers and overseen is ap-|urally, they ‘do not take the same. inter- ite german i aE ae alum element ly when that shopper is a woman—into] parently much better than in those es-| est or do as well as the man who is in in the matter BO one will de si sae purchase, but he is rarely indifferent, | tablishments where such overseers are | to stay, whether he marries or not. A : : = cable, o nterested or simply Ping ll} as the vast majority of saleswomen are. | men. Is good salesman knows that his manners 4 oT ee induces a pure hase If the incivility of the latter ceased, It is not usual, however, to find|are an important part of his equipment ; coe re o oe “rl however, with this indifference, the 3 Co ee Peat “a ee complaints against them might be dis- i ED E é seit omit nice rive an itenc-) missed, but it often shows itself, : 5 ee ee nee OC one tener Kaen in a Ger eee * 5 3 well aware of this fact, and, consequent- | (gonsive form. Not long ago the writ-|§ a oe ee ee whe re the proprietor | a+ was walking behind two ladies who| @ himse If does the selling or is able 1m-Thad just come out of a well-known © ee | : paomanety Coe those whom he] sore. They we re well-dressed, refined- | @ 3 ‘ employs oc at pr posc, Customers | looking women, with the hand-bags © E pret nvariably oe ul civil) and hurried air of the suburban shopper. And Napped Back Printed Flannels ARE IN. | fearmMent ial is the réeai secr 4 mal ‘ ic 3 . Satan ins ce ren nee Oh, Gear, exclaimed one of them All the best MAKES are represented: 4 ae in dismay. ‘‘I'’ve forgotten that shirt ; a In | establishments, however, waist! If I don’t get it to-day I shall ee waieer Eyadent, ; ; where both the selling and the supervis have to make another journey into town Pact, / American, i ‘neu: deliekie he ina” ene oe Grand Prey, Washington, i aes just for .. ell, I'm afraid you | Coechco, Simpsons, ee C | ee : ah, cog ‘-d her companion, ‘‘for you | . Garners. ers is often different. The proprietor’s , , Write for samples. cant fo back now. Its nearly 6] ntention remains the same : c _eVeTY | o’clock, and you know how they’d act;| store, hoy “+r large, every “Th S @€x-iis . i | | ce ome te sig they’d not show you anything, and| e Coe «2 OCOSETVE 6CVeTY ustomer wit! - A 0 i Se ey oe tN! they'd be positively insulting about. it, | e SEP a ret f = politeness, promptness and attention. oe? This is the theoretical, the ideal state Chis incident illustrates the condition | GRAND RAPIDS E of the case; but the actual is such that | of dread, if not of awe, to which many | \OOSOOOOO ©6208 —_______ ——_—_— 960006000. ae § while ther large stores in this jwomen shoppers are reduced by the F city where the best intentions of the|]adies behind the counter, for ladies proprictors toward their customers are | young ladies these saleswomen_ insist WIPVTPNOP NOP NA VER NnANPNOR One VOPVTPOPNED NOP NEO OPED VenNOOVNnNORLe For, strange as it may seem, those|her back on a customer, asa real lady carried out in the courteous conduct of | on being considered, however much | their employes, there are others where | their manners may dispute their claim. | S rin & Com an these subordinates are notoriously un- | The persistence with which this much- | p g p y ; nee — every shade of ae abused title is dinned into shoppers’ | IMPORTERS and from dow! rigit msolence to dull inertia | ears is often ludicrous in the extreme, | WHOLESALE DEALERS IN : is encountered Dy ‘buyers who, never-|as, for instance, when such a self-| : theless, flock to their sales. styled young lady at the same time tara DRESS GOODS, SHAWLS, CLOAKS, | NOTIONS, RIBBONS, HOSIERY, GLOVES UNDERWEAR, WOOLENS, FLANNELS BLANKETS, GINGHAMS, PRINTS and stores where the behavior of the clerks} would never do, and lets her wait while is the least pleasant and often the most} she discusses with the other young ladies offensive are precisely those where the|the cut of a new gown or Tom’s atten- rowd of custom is greatest. Toa cer-| tion to Jennie at the dance the night be- | : DOMESTIC COT S tain extent this is a case of cause and | fore. | 0 TONS ye effect. A continuous crowd of custom Another common disproof of such a/} f i ) crowd of <« om \nother common disproof of such a | We invite the attention of the Trade to our fatigues the clerks, tries their patience | saleswoman’s claim to this title is the Complete and Well Assorted Stock at Lowest Market Prices. SPRING & COMPANY, Grand Rapids MAN AA ANA ddA dA SAk dh Abb Jbk bbb ddd dbi dbd Jhb db ddd dbd bbb dd dd ddd dbd bbb dba } and dulls their interest by a too con- | reception accorded to the appeal so fa- stant demand. That buyers, however, |miliar in our crowded Stores: Will will continue to submit to the treatment | you wait on me next, please?’? A lady that is the outward and visible sign of|answers when she is addressed, or at these effects, when they could get what! least glances an acknowledgment tothe rm UMN AMUN AANA AA dk dk bk bk bh dbh bk ddA ddA tien’ a 4 a THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN for his business, the means of drawing custom to him. Every good salesman builds up a clientele for himself out. of his employer's custom. It reason that if a Stands te man or woinan is. well served and well suited in a¢ ertain store, | when they want anything in the same line again they are likely to go back to the same store and. the person. Such a clientele is the beginning for an same ambitious young man of 4 business of his own. Women, as a rule, lack that sort of ambition entirely ; they don t exert themselves ina way to succeed, generally know beforehand what they want and how much they will pay, and they will get through with the operation as quickly as possible, to the saving of their own time and the clerk's patience, The result is that they are favored, even by a salesman, over women buyers ; of a mixed company at a counter,the men, lalthough they may not be the first com- Lers, are likelier | fhe woman shopper is terribly prone to Of course, there are ex: eptions to. this | rule; and where a woman Stays in busi- | compels such a decision | to take. | decision dally: she does know what she wants ; she can’t hot lack of them all decide--where a money sufficient to command which of them Frequently, it is the lack of itself, rather than of money, | that makes her vacillate until the deal- | hausted. ness until she’s too old to marry, or where for any other reason she has got that idea of Marriage out of her head, she is apt to settle down into a first- | rate saleswoman. Such women are in- | valuable in business, and you will gen- erally find them in positions of trust and very well paid."’ This gentleman, whose experience certainly makes him an authority on the Subject, also maintains that the sales personnel of an establishment, as amass is a reflection of its chief, and. that where the former is ‘‘not up to the mark" it’s because ‘‘there’s a screw loose somewhere higher up, |” This control,, however, so far, at er’s stock and patience, too, are ex- All shoppers and clerks are with the husband, mother, daughter or friend to decide the matter for her. A salesman knows well how to deal with this psychological women Customers ; familiar woman who brings LO rd peculiarity in his of suggestion to bear upon it, shows an admirable skill in guiding an The uncertain mind to its conclusion. | bearing of a saleswoman in the face. of | this trying vacillation takes more the | form of dumb endurance. least aS manners are concerned, would a cae : | more or less long sufferance for it to find seem to be indirect —a matter of ex- ample, perhaps, rather than of precept, since there does hot appear to be on the part of employers any direct and spe- cihe requirements as to the behavior of their employes toward their customers. The matter is left to the sense of what is due. clerk’s She does not try to pursuade or bully; she waits with | Its own way to a conclusion. ‘T don’t mind how long a customer detains me, if she really means to buy, isaid a saleswoman to the reporter, " but OW] | Both salesmen and saleswomen are in the habit of attuning their manners to | their customers’ clothes, a shabbily dressed shopper receiving shabby treat- ment, while a well-dressed one is civil- ly, and an elegantly attired one cring- ingly, served. Judging thus superticial- ly, they sometimes make amusing mis- takes, ance had in wear last winter two cloaks. One was a valuable fur garment of the | i their there are lots of women who. come. in and try on garments just to fill up. their time. "’ This is quite true; in every store such women may be seen wandering aimless- ly about, picking up things and asking and them down prices, laying jagain, to pass on to. the next counter \ lady of the writer's acquaint- | 5! ig ition asked for: but it latest fashion, the other was a good but | r iii | should become less willing and less po- passe cloth wrap. While wearing the lently left patronize it, at least so far as that department was counter in a certain store that she it, resolving never again. to concerned. However, some weeks later, when her indignation had did return to that department, having reduced her boycott to the particular cooled, she whose insolence He, sciously of having offended her, hurried salesman raged her. evidently all uncon- forward to serve her with such alacrity lin which the had so out- | } serving the manners of shoppers. that her indignation subsided _ still further and, instead of punishing him as she had meant to by declining his | services, she suffered him to wait her, which he did in be an upon that acknowledged such a way proved him to knight of the ventured yardstick. even to remark, in a tone ex- pressive of admiration, ‘‘That’s a garment you have on, ma’am, 2nd com- fortable for such a day as It was his. cold, and she was. wearing r 1 some fur cloak. Of the manners of shoppers it is more | dividual. Finally, he | fine | her hand- | difficult to treat, since the variety is al- | inost as great as the endless procession | of purchasers. The worst behavior be- match before latter of the former. than its the hind finds more the counter. Indeed is often the Here, again, women are the worst of- fenders. Men, when they go shopping, aggravating cause llc h: he latter one stormy day she was so inso-|!ite, and that the treated by a salesman at the silk | Should sometimes have to Against such pseudo-shoppers. the clerk has no and repeat the performance. defense. He-—-or she is obliged to show the articles and give the informa- is not to be won- dered at that, riences, the service thus imposed upon after a few such expe- bona fide shopper suffer for it. Vulgarity, aggressiveness and every degree of ill-breeding, or of no breed- ing at all, are displayed by those who times, the mere tone stated would the the breast of a saint. The superintendent’s desk in a large store is an excellent place for ob- Here come to buy. At i errand is arouse demon. in the customer comes who has any com- plaint to make, and the way In which it is made, not infrequently the com- plaint itself, is a fair index of the real of the in- The retined person states the character and. social status to get waited on first. | or she wants so many things that | the furious ‘‘What do you take me for?” A lady, of course, that she would in- ' Of course 1 am,’” woman. snaps sist upon. The title is as often misap- plied before as behind the counter. In a laundry the other day such a lady was berating the proprietress about a pair of which had not been done up to her satisfaction. lace curtains ‘I want you to understand,’’ she screamed, at the end of her tirade, ‘‘that Tama lady, and 1 know better how curtains Gught to look than you, who only wash ’em. I shan’t pay you a cent ,’’ and out she bounced, slamming the door behind her. The washers and ironers at the bac k had listen, and as she made. her noisy exit, one of them, a big fat forward and looked of the room stopped their work to Irish woman, canie out the door j after her. he brings all the arts | and often | grievance quietly, the clever one con-| cisely, and the voluble one in a of words, and the coarse and one somewhat in this wise: “TL bought and paid for a pink silk waist in this store a week ago. This is what Was Sent me pink, was flourished angrily in the su- | perintendent’s face. ‘It ain’t I bought at all. it; I’ve sent my friends to see about it: and now I want to know what goin’ to do about it.’’ **Madam,’’ blandly trol and suavity, these functionaries— ‘are you sure this is not the waist you bought?’’ you're the asks deluge ill-bred | and a waist, also | the one | I’ve wrote to you about | superintendent | they are marvels of self-con- | ‘*Well,’’ she exclaimed in her inim itable brogue, ‘‘if that thing’s a la ly, lim glad I ain’t one. 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"Td ist like to wet a lot of us fel = tA lows together and have you talk to us ten minutes with the privilege of a swering back We'd have some f{ a be you we would, and when we got through, a good many of these store keeEpe;rs w d ti } mselves *] smal potatoes a i few ii} { was OnTV an exe Lng? picas ries yu t forced Upon Wy mind npotrtant facts hat 1 Ww ta cCvcry wee to } im who have he rivilese back und: tha ie th ne iS my birds as I can ste 1 iva we tne of the hint ately ive lit t hat the boss ove the coals, I will ventleman a he clerk a half dollat ‘ best opportunities will ever have to sive a well-meaning became rc that that and, without knowing it, he sponsible for other blunders which same clerk will be sure to make in Boys, there are one or two facts which ] to know and to which you are welcome. They are fresh from the mint am mito my POSSESSION Here ¢ the last twenty-four hours. an't understand what a_ business is thinking of when he employs a : with an unwholesome mouth. He think that it is no concern of his, an tell him that right here 1 this ‘| city of Grand Rapids to-day there are clerks whose unwholesome mouths have driven customers away from his coun- ters. Think this over, all of you, and a week from to-day I'll tell you how. | UNCLE Bos. oo > The Ethics of Getting Rich. More than 19.000 | At prices ranging ifrom $15 upwards. Mr. Thomas THE BEST FIVE CENT CIGAR IN THE COUNTRY. ) ED. W. RUHE, MAKER. CHICAGO. FE. BUSHMAN, AgI., 023 don $1, KALAMAZOO Computing Scale FOO OO9O9 900669666006 66000000046 oe spe vs In Use! The style shown in this cut $30.00 which includes Seamless Brass Scoop. u43 ge SOSSSSSSHOSSSHSSSSSSSHSHSHHSSOSHOSOSOHOSHD POSSOHSSOSHSSHHSH SSH SHHHSHOSHOHHHHSHSOSOOOO OH 9OOO96 00990949400 090060060006 l-or advertisement showing our World Famous Stan- dard Market DAYTON COMPUTING SCALES see last page of cover in this issue. The Computing Scale Co., DAYTON, OHIO. . : i i i | question or two kes it. | Prof. A. T. Hadley, in Yale Review. | » | I'm going to ask hi place On account of the mistakes of a few] : ° | f he doesn’t know tha ibout all the} economists in confusing social and. in- | fau which he finds th his clerks is} dividual wealth, socialistic critics are vy to himself. A stream frequently led to charge the economists | ve its source, and, while} as a body with glorifying the pursuit of | ttle and care less about} wealth and making it the chief end of | the antecedents of his clerks, he ought} man. This is exactly the reverse of the | to know 1 ct mid Care more 1” what] truth. The economist views the pursuit } they think and do after the life} ot individual wealth, not as an end, but cheat neles w is as thev rney | aS a means to the general well-being = of | : , ae “Ke } rs all i a | Society. He shows that the effort to mak« I j money 15 a most powertul imcentive to} or instan } 1 that fa j 3 i coh j areal ee | work in the service of the community—- | came down to the store the other day —|in fact the most powerful incentive th wel ist wee to be exact abx t--| world has yet known; and_ that, within | with a necktie ud enough to se} Certain limits, the commercial success | ' : : Due Bona bee cs . srprise 1 ane “) } the dead, then was the time for the mer- | OT {allure of an enterprise is depend nt | | ‘ +} } }; upon the question whether the communt- | chant to have a talk with the well-mea + op ot jty needs it. To this extent he may be | y ! mt hat s ao ht t " r j : Ing Clerk ¢ ae wes Mom. ‘Ol said to glorify the pursuit of wealth, in| } | al he = store , | Showing that it is a means of mutual | : j r ] } | he ould have sai }service, instead of mutual robbery; an | ne i ch | honorable ambition, instead of a base| ; : fone. But in thus elevating it to its] vive away. AnyDody Can s i / / ae | / } } : : i propel piace in the social order he also ic | rd ‘ vO Sth ‘ > i Ln Son ) ‘ , ‘| reduces it to its proper place. By un- be Careful about wearing anythi which | derstanding the uses of the commercial attracts atte I That was e tirst}svstem he is able to more. effectively apis i i CO hic 1 Critictse its abuses. The day is past, if | > j se , as } 2 | nie oy it ke nv eves ol i ever there was one, when indiscrin : nate condemnation of business methods | til vi : ind then | sav \ oe oe ' Ce ree ' and business ambition can be effective. | a ) ‘ . . j what nobody likes to set Orig S The moralist who tries to show. that scarf with a ich soiled colla \ cus- | money-getting is a mean : tomer will notice that at once and the| shoots the mark. His own acts in_ his : —" are nenall None 1 examination will be sure to go on. He] G@@!ly tie are usually enough to convict : : ' him of imeconsistency. The economist, will see, as | do, that you haven't take 1 1 1 1 : ' On the Other hand, in polnting out the ood il oft ourself 1 Ss t a good Care OF elf. There isn't Yj reasons why modern business methods partic reason why you shouldn’t}are approved by society puts himself in part your hair in the middle, if you}a position to condemn those methods want to this is a free country but] When they are carried to a point where : 7 they cease to be of social service an there is every reasen in the world why ; ae rvice and : eng violate, instead of furthering, the pur- ou shouldn't part it witl ur fingers:|, _ : : you ouldn t | t Ww you HiThS *| poses which have justihed their ex- nor 1s there any reason why you should | istence not make yourself generally. acceptable ee in that particular direction. Mind, | It recognizes no Competition--Signal 5. don't want vou to go to the other ex- treme A dude ts a nuisance, and. while you may not know it, anything overdoin in the matter ol persona i adornment turns the customer's at from tthe goods goods on your back and spoils many a bargain which would otherwise stand to your credit when the day’s account of sales is made up. | guess your tie cost you half ad i Here's the half dol lat anyway. Take t ind get ye some necKwear more appropriate C)ye ills and cardiga jacket for the rough work, something appropriate and neat for the fine; and then, when you meet your customer, you have no prejudices to overcome and are ready with that salesman’s knack you are developing to dozen bargains to 1 storekeeper send her away with a when she d make one.”’ That have said. iGh t €xpect S what that should GRAND RAPIDS SCALE WORKS Manufacturer of Latest Patent Improved e eee U. S. STANDARD SCALES eee Kk conomically Constructe a. sensitive, Oui kK, Durable. 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MAJOR CEMENT CO., —~=i 9999909090009 09 For Repairing China, Glassware, Furniture, Meerschaum, Vases, Books, Leather Ano rdinary plate bro CEMENT held a stone Belting, Tipping Billiard Cues, etc. TRADE MARK. \ ken in two and me weighing 300 pounds dur the Columbian Exhibition at Chicago, 1893. It’s the Sore Finger foe at — a the | thi : JOR’S CEMENT and put on a bandag Then you FOR rrbe i — es Seta ( j SS ee aoe wi al rapidly. ObSTINATE RU INNING SORE S, use a bandage with ab tte rk a ell is h your hands. This ban Mayor is Ce men Major's C Mayon Maio r Ss | c; Mayor's pata Cement, 2 « Major's Rubber Cement, 2 « A fi Dign, 1 Sthlalt if ye ie 4 ft or Showcase Box orders. nu handle Major’s Cement anc Box am | ining LIST. ither Cement, 1 oz. Si ©, 15 Cts, per ero. +, 20 cts., per gro. 2. SIZE, I5 Ccrs.. per fro. 2. SIZE Thermometer, Folding and Tumble Write for particulars. 1 haven 1 wish one, we will send you, ex] the Box, also a Tumbler. ta Si Chair, Out dal pe Size, 15 Cents... _.. per gro. S12 ment; 1 OZ _ size: cle pee eee 's ag Li Iq id G lue, I oz. size, io cts.per ¢ RE _ISTERED TRADE JIARK No. nde d wi th se a 2 y Door r, given away with Ww ¢ yressacge pre] ase raid, Aol Pers near Pork Row, NEW YORK I UAAAAUAbssAdddscbssAdddecisdAdddcssddddccssddddscssdddddccacddddccadaddscdd 7, 570. MAJOR’S RI ubber Boots Universally BEER CEMENT, fo hoes. Rubber Gar a OSS SS ee VdsbdidOiOdGitdbissiscecsisvsidisaiu FAMAvdbiddadsvsdsssiddddddadisdd ' i & f ee ae tate eeeenats ey A ee Se ar ar ee Sette niacin a aes eeaaena Ace ceeenaneAar 18 THE MICHIGAN T RADESMAN Shoes and Leather with the resvet: — cat-like ier and swaying elegance of the tiger. generally shod i These careful feet are ao ee > | hand-sewed shoes with dainty tips of ™ —— _—— — s| \ ther on the toes. An e xplana- Sure Indication of Character in the | tion can be given for every move they Manner of Demolishing Leather. | make. Such feet often belong to lead- | Phe feet are a most interesting study, | ers in dishonest political deals, minis | have spent many months in perfec ting |ters who are not true to their preach- | thes Hie aon proving facts, aad consid- ings, women who are fond. of £OSSIp, | racter simply from }and to people who believe In getting ; I | practical service. | they can out of friend, then throwing | him overboard 00-0-0-0-0-0- 0-0-0-0-0-00-0-0-0-0-0-0 = W.A. McGraw & Co. SUCCESSORS TO A. O. M°GRAW & CO. RUBBER DEPARTMENT ew woe | $ Make it their business to carry in stock goods not shoes and abide | Phere are other feet that are irregular | 0) 1] 1] up- you will sax that | in their stepping and full of joy and | found i In SHOE NOUSES. Ul SarcSmen Will ca ] sresented are start- | « carelessness. They are never encased in | ON YOU as usual. have confidence in tight shoes, the toes are broad and oft- | ee nge your reasoning | times the leather is calfskin, but soit | land elastic; the owners of such feet are | W A McGraw & Co Detroit Mich have observed that le 1@ people you want to call upon when | e e e9 * * i feet are dictator- | in trouble and need the quick, light, | 0-0-0-0-0-0.0-0-0-0-0-0:0-0-0-0.0-0.0-0.0-:0-0.0.0-.0.0.0.0-00 in a degree, can stand much physi- | willing step of a sunny-tempered friend. cal endurance and have functions of cle | The broad, vood-humor foot some | Agents for the fense that bring them wealth and se-| times goes with bow legs. The owner curity ; faculties for econon and cau I f such appendages will have the re pu- | KINDGE. BOSTON RUBBER tron generally lead them into being a] tation of being jovial and it. is pag i policen { ’ or a desire to sible to keep from laughing when he SHOE CO. S vote, if a woman jaround. Knock-knees and a eae GOODS he function of ambition is someway | stiff foot invariably go with persons | mysteriously seated the heel and | whom you are un onsciously and eve r- | causes one to pound the floor if _ Seated, 1] lastingly pitying. There seems to bx ofter iving no let up until a aver oF | no spring in their life, they jolt aaa two of the leather Ss lo seed i. retting the benefit of every knock and | enough to catch in a splintered board | jar that comes their way. and throw one. \Vinew shoe with the I have my mind on an office boy when | heel battered on the back sets the eee I speak of feet with the firm quick tread. er dow edalately my min | He is bound to amount to something, i: Ove ca > He has ail 0 but "0 Hor the toes point straight ahead of i, | 2, 14 and 16 Pearl Street CXEer ve wers- {never striking against things, never in siiseabicstiuaiies aii ee \ stro elastic ca oe it wears | the way ; they are full of elasticity and | ee ee ne sole evenly adicates a cheertu nature | ving striking the floor in a manner hat | tat carries a fountain of sunlight ab Ut | means business every time. There is | Boots and Shoes oo ns OS ee pen rer oe in tees, en sal courage, for they | ep Ae erates Mesum Priced Goowls in the bea ambitious who kicks out the hee “| walk right ahead ics told they must | | market Wish ean danas ve your trade by hand] i rs NEE DLE TOE. ee Pl earl celts Guat oh cs wa Jotetoncroncnenoncnononene OHOHOROHONOHONOHOROROOHORE eyes eis oe | There is t long, narrow, thin foot. . \ woman. editor L we mite of icone a foot is cautious and soidines Un = co i Bets through more w a ie FT leads its owner astray. The imagination : 2 ate ay tan SOF a oe sao + Eanee, that goes with this foot is not very vivid | @ e slice emu mein arti 7 pe ind takes no wild flights. There is a iz . s . 1 nessa a ee . living in - present the ambition is : . i. i | ar a j not great, _ - nee is oer The ie Are the Best. . i jay tre | SHoes generally look well; they grow old B “ oT ee ee Oe cco ee | without being wrinkled or run down at|@ e & shoe tha pecays tke tte wonderful I the heel ; there are never any buttons off |B ae ° ae r cn ene ay , lon laces broken. They seem to always . g : makes his ¢ sunsh nish-i, , " gid : a r oe a pe OOK attractive without any special ~ i a > Lt 7 i ' i ~~ I tention being paid to them, yet | don’t | ge r S S see fa ce cag i” en Ol like these feet as well as I do the short | @ 9 @ our coth Mis a nai ( | stubby ones. is = A youns man acquaintance who is | Che thick, short, well-knit, stubby | & Co a egotistical and unpleasan tly indepen- | fees are noted for their quickness, and | 4 ® S dent kicks jrctutarte with his feet while | though they may have many places to go|8 We Carry a Large Stock. . talking as if thereby to emphasiz > bis | the ‘y are generally late, but at the same! ®@ i e statements. By observing thers with | time there is so much good humor, 3 GRAND RAPIDS,” MICH. = habit, T note that such habits | frankness of character and merriment | = ee connected with them, that though they HOECHO *onotencuens HOHOHOHOHOHONOHOHONCZOZOHOZOEeHOHES Give wide berth to. the person who break all rules of etiquette in the mat- walks tur his feet unusually far out. | ter of | ctuality, they are generally HEROLD - BERTSCH SHOE Co i Although | welcomed with creater enthusiasm than ° Cree Ren ny ; i the precise, never-making-mis- Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers in Be Goes ti KIT. n his. shoe Other feet have great —— The shoes of them are sometimes run lat twist and|down at the heel: they are large and | fap, tapping |heavy, and they sometimes tumble ee ae : 5 and 7 Pearl Street mad. Those | about, not awkwardly, but blin« ly. Such S GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Strive to work | feet are never elegantly dressed and the und no won- | shoes are seldom blackened: they are less, has a!not at all stupid feet, but a solid, w: itch- | ‘] one's soul, | ful kind that al lways stop at the first sign | t es witha q kness that startles | of danger and are ready to. walk ind is sponer oF tater to have ner-|througch fre if necessity calls for it. VOUS prostt or perhaps a peculiar | Above them is a head full of thought stomach trouble bri on through «x-|and purpose, and power and a heart cessive wor iri vatience. Thes vorth its weight in gold are ever to be feet are always well dressed and often | fou; 1 in close connection. There is a belo: to politic » journalists and! will of iron, and a tender hand full of public speakers. sympathy in the hour of trouble. | I have You will {notice in the row of feet learned to look out for the feet SIOIG AQeNIS WALES- GOODYEAR RUBBERS We carry in stock Regular, Opera, Piecadilly and Needle We are prepared to furnish a Rubber of superiority in quality, Style and fit. Toes. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN j}and slender seen in a car that some are encased in sleek, well-polished shoes, with gaiters to match the dress or trousers. These people have a_ lot of time, their hours of work are few. If you look above] them you will, without doubt, find a| merry face, free from wrinkles and lines of care. He may be a dude: she For owners a belle. lack of occupation they lead the I) kinds of movements and philanthropic clubs. into a Another kind turns up at the toes turns up so decidedly that it is an ‘possibility for shock ; they slide the greatest who owns them; he his opportunities, has contempt for them to met a jar ora with the person over everything ease, so does most of the has a certain sense of . makes the fopperies of life, humor, though rather seriously ; but a other feet that are grounds. is inclined to take life is a stupid Companion, socially, good one in finances. There are the athletic lar in a way, too long or to Sscen OF They are pecul- for they are springy, not broad, but just right. f-adoration to make but never enough van- Feet that take to unless they make the sport a body that animation, and a brain There is enough sel them look neat, ity to pinch them. athletics, fad, generally carry a of vigor, health that is laden with good is full common SCHSe. There is the nervous foot that the shoe reiorm | | well-balanced ankles make one’s head- ache if time is taken to stop and think of the pain that woman must be. suffer- ing while she wears the uncomfortable bit of leather. Properly shod feet, as to } conifort, th and neatness, show a eal properly lI mind every KATI > 2 > Expedients to Cheapen Shoes. ufacturers are time. KENSINGTON. “a u ial trying in every way to cheapen the cost of Che high price of leather forces them to possible shoes expedients never before thought of, and especially is this true regarding the |} cheaper grades. There is a se fac- tory in Maine which is turnt out a compressed paste that is extensively used in the manufacture of shoes. Large must shrink to. There is the practical foot with the thick sole and low heels broad and well braced. There 1s. the} aggressive foot, which seems connected to the shin with a hinge. Then there |) is the broad, normal size that, when | once placed, does not swerve one hairs- breadth until called upon to move. the body ; these feet look like empty shoes slipped under the edge of the dress merely for effect; there is no life in much in. the the neither is there Then there found in them, wearer. are re-assuring feet, which are shoes but expensive ways in a rush; the longer than to say unsatistac tory, a | kinds ol al- stop l ones; they are owners nevel -do. In because how-de Ole way they are you never see enough of them. There is a gay foot dressed in fancy colors, no matter what the weather; they are al- ways ready to dash into a waltz or come and are a great bore to foot that for lack of attention, down in a jig, the ambitious brown and gray solid, STOWS and looks upon its high-polished neigh- bor with disdain. street with a toot that Cinderella A woman in the looks like a miniature *s must be put down immediately as narrow- minded, simpering and. silly. I much prefer the mannish boot, for we wiust go to extremes jet us take the one which is the less detrimental to the health. A woman who wears a shoe too small for her has a soul too small for het body, but I am glad to say the women of such description are growing less in number every year. A woman who wears a shoe to match her gown shows great artistic taste, a possessor of lots of time and lots of money ; and a woman who brushes her shoes with a ‘‘bit of old merino’’ and ‘wrings a small sponge out of cold water and washes them’’ every night before retiring, is on the verge of what seems insanity or imbecility. The se- cret of pretty feet is in the selection of | must not bind, and must that do not throw the weight forward on the ball the and thus unduly broaden it. should be neatly buttoned, never limpy or run down at the These dainty feet, with arched shoes. They have sensible heels root, They laced or heel. that the tread brings the upper close down tothe foot, which has also the effect of giving toa fat foot a petite j appearance. Notwithstanding prices charged for shoes in the French capital are extrav- agantly high, there is said to be but one really high grade store, as we would regard it, in the entire city, and this one is naturally very successful. Here seems to be an opening for American |manufacturers to push their goods! insteps | them are and they are People in think they are quantities of t shipped to other Countries, also used in this buying these eoods getting the genuine arti- cle, as the appearance is just the same as leather. This class of shoe wears very well kept pe but after a good soaking, or twice faring in the rain they will tear and are of little use there- after. It is cheaper in the end to pay a little more and get reliable goods. that will give satisfaction. Sheepskin is being used a great deal by manufacturers to cheapen the cost of shoes. This is being done by some reput- able hou which use it as a substitute for dongola calf and kan The process of tanning has been so improved that in appearance the fraud cannot be detected. In = weather sheepskin wil lair sat but as five ilo ses, saroo. l soon as it i becomes wet the goes all to the dur- the shoe is a the pres- * toughness, and tf > way under DIeCES. ability of cal little tight will] sure \ large number o turers have f Eastern manufac- been in this market during the last two weeks, but they have not taken many orders for spring. When orders are taken the manufacturer cov- ers himself at once on. the leather There is a feeling among the manufac- turers that should they go in the market and try to buy any large amount of stock it would push the price of leather sev- eral notches higher, and this they wish to avoid. This is the season when the largest quantity of leather is cut, and this has an important bearing on. the situati i The —— States Leather Company, otherwise known as the leather trust, has CHnor- already protits of the aed $8,000,000 to its mous capitalization, recently which The reaches $120,000, ooo. trust by the advance in leather have bee Nn Cnormous. -eoo French Shoes and Shoe Stores. From the Shoe and Leather Gazette, It is peculiar that France has very f stores of what may be. termed Mecca ot that world, is singularly de- ew chaos hrst class. Faris, mnable f elegant and ishmet can and Eng pearance when located near equal ge in Other Perhaps this is owing in th c ae Tashi luxurious retail shoe Ameri- streets a handsome t void « estab! its such as give to rlish ap- stores. ot } reeousness CS. SOmMme€ Wc ure to the fact that French shoes are not the graceful, artistic articles of foot apparel to which Americans are ac- cusomed, but are built more for com- fort than looks, as a general thing. Che men’s shoes made in French fac- tories are coarse, ill-shapen and poorly made. Women’s shoes are little more sightly than men’s, but are made_ par- last being bottom so comforable by the and rounded at the ticularly rrowed through retail stores, ‘Owing to the Great Advance in Leather, necessarily much advanced in price. Boots and Shoes are KEEDER BROS. SHOE (0. Have a great many things purchased before the advance they are still selling at old that prices, and balance of the line at not one-half of the advance of the cost to manufacture the goods to-day. It will pay you to examine our itutive calls line of samples when our represet on you. Candee Rubbers — We We Imperials, 20, lay in placing orders will cost you money. have also carry the finest line of Lumbermen’s Socks in Michigan. YO Dealers, Please Take Notice - = - - _ Prices advance 5 per cent. Oct. 1. Until that time our prices on Candees, 20 per cent. discount. Federals and Jerseys, 20 and 12 per cent. discount. 1 ( 12 and 12 per cent. discount. A de- a full line 4 Boots. STUDLEY & BARCLAY. NO. 4 MONROE ST. Grand Rapids, Mich. Wooden Shoes _ Cement =-COAL Puymbroek Wooden Shoe Co. 803 Mich. Trust Building, GRAND RAPIDS We Have It In ally amounts you may from a gallon to a carload. What? A chemical compound that will absolutely fire proof wood? Yes Sir...... And 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 Roofing, and in tact we are Jobbe rs of all kinds of Roofing Materials. H. MM. Reynolds & Son, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. want | cordially in- | mer prices on . D. BENNETT COAL ° | Long Distance Telephone. A. HIMES Wholesale Shipper | CANAL SYP. COAL tL AND IGE GO. GRAND flee MICH. THOMAS E. WYKES Wood Lime Sewer Pive Flour Feed Ete. GRAND RAPIDS. The Trade is vited to write us for sum Correspondence 45 South Division St. G. H. BEHNKE Prompt shipper of Solicited. GRAND RAPIDS lour Feed Hay Bridge St., Grand Rapids. 30 E. Morgan & Co. Manufacturers of WNINGS, TENTS, FLAGS AND CANVAS COVERS YACHT SAILS A SPECIALTY 187 Jefferson Avenue DETROIT, [ich. See apres Sagihcne ata os meanisinltnethrnat ses aig efecrase seeste ore geeeaat cog emen ay pases ) ~~ O THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN THE SWEAT-BOX. ms -* wa ecessity of Reform in Some of Methods. Those who by mishap, misfortune, or N Something worse, ‘are helplessly and hopelessly conducted into the perspira- | tion department of any institution and afte one dip in the warm bath are inn danger of buying a ticket trip. seldom anxious to get there for a return For all that, it isa necessary de- partment in all sorts of conditions of in dustrial life. In railway service it has a well-round- | ed and vivid sunflower bloom and. the| executive chair in its torrid limits of wainscot « rough pine, has supreme and unques- are | ower, Seated on a revolving | | yr] j culprit must answer for the lapse in the | department where nothing freezes but a |} salary and a situation. | We are of the opinion, both from. ex | perience and observation, that while | what is known as the sweat-box is as necessary as an office in railroads and | workshops, there in need of reform in some of its methods, Into accidents, duty, Inquiries reported and are | : . ineglect of insubordination | other forms of disaster © offense | | not always. what they ought to be in We bee BY have de equity and impartiality. | known cases where men have posed on unverified statements and with | | but one side of the case considered. Personal spite or malice too often find to | ithe sweat-box a valuable assistant tioned authority. | their evil designs. It is a short cut for lf what is figuratively known as} even a good man into the street when he ‘chopping off heads’’ was of the Rob-| has become objectionable to a clerk with a prisoner is charged with stealing a watermelon or a horse and we can do no less with a workingman in. the shop court room. We need not say that it would be well iW managers and heads of departments did not leave their hearts at home when they shut the door. We know that ina certain sense there is no standi room lor sentiment in business, but we have yet to find out the reason why a man. in control ot management ot others should) consider their interests and rights beneath his notice. For such as these it 1s a consolation to remember there 1s a sweat-box to which there is no back door. lo the many whose souls have not ru into) pig iron and who would i] things be both just and generous in all their dealings with men, the sweat-box can be made not only ‘‘a terror to. evi Fe Maser Meglhiide Vbch August 8, E. A. Stowe, Esq., Michigan Tradesman, City, Dear Sir--This week's issue Suit, and we must say that for neat Bar will compare favorably wit 85 comprehensiv ness our teeming terspersed with interesting @ moral=-make it welcome alike in progressiveness tiplicity of adv bers and manufacturers of the Vall profit, may it improve eee gentleman with a peculiar appetite for heads with- out would espletre type, that sardonic wish for a second birth of the nineteenth century. owners In many of our factories and mills, our mines and shops, as well as our law courts and the furniture. Ssweat- lf a to | police stations, box is a piece of warm man has broken a_ tool if a motorman has passed a Street crossing aud to take zed the hub of a osed the biography of if a molder has wasted time and iron in bad castings or plumber has left a free passage for gas or water ina pipe connection ; if a clerk has mistak- en a figure three for an eight, and puts or forgotten oil a bearing: neglected up a passenger, has sr wagon wheel or cl a dog; a cents on the dollar column of a ledger : if, im fact, anything has been done con- trary to and rules instructions, either | wilfully, maliciously or innocently, the | reasons, almost as numerous accurate and up-to- ight editori le with ertisements--repre as the paper is a credit t and thrive under it more collar than sense or to a foreman who has more bile than honor or manli- ness in his make-up. Many a name is struck off the pay-rol] and many an honest man robbed of | the opportunity to earn his bread and_ find bread and shoes for his family not for real but for alleged offenses. sometimes to make a place for a friend : sometimes to get rid of a man whose only fault is that he has none or because his native work might For these and other brightness or skill in his make him a rival. and often as unclean as many of the animals which found free Noah’s Ark, 1 men and true find their Food the street via the sweat-box. in lodgings way into Whenever a man’s character and_ his | bread are at stake, no pains should be spared to get the whole truth and noth- ing but the truth. We insist on this if | ness, Gleannes h any of the t and your efforts to create a trade p date as relate als concisely written fiction in small store and home; apparent from cover to Senting.as t quantitie cover, i doers but a praise to those who do well.”’ FRED W OODROW, eee The Sending of Statements. There are statements of account and Statements of no account. Observation of some thirty before us shows that five of the nu only intelli gent idea of the expected result. [f you nber convey any send it only for Comparison ' say so lo not Waste too Statements for purpose lf it a that the account is due, Say So, politely, ver About one-half of fore us are mere apologies—-weak-kneed plainly ; but « much time sending this alone. IS sent as reminder forcibly. those be affairs which disclose weak business methods. | The manner in which the statement is | inclosed has its effect A man who to | it the importance you do, therefore you 1. also. receives a statement seldom attaches 8B W PUTNAM PREST HENRY should not depreciate its value by mak- Ing it apologetic or weak in any partic- ular. This can be done in the typo- graphical arrangement, in the wording and by inclosing it with other printed matter, \dvertising circulars destroy effectually the object) otf a statement. If mailing advertising matter pays, mail it by itself, but if you are expect ing favorable results from the statement by combining the two, the chances are surely against you. One might arcue that it costs two cents anvhow and why het put mm circulars t oiake up the Ince Phey might do some good, but destroy the effectiveness of your state- ment. The policy of getting something for nothing, or trying to, has ruined many fair prospects in business. Many houses stumble over the ques- tion of drafts, but if, when the very first monthly statement is sent showing any- ESTABLISHED 1865 NCORPORATED (889 MB JETT. v PREST IDEMA.SECY& TREAS IKI 5. of the Tradesman comes to us in ats new. S and typographical correct- rade journals that come to aper that is a trade 8 to market conditions, on topics of the hour, in- 8 that always points and the air of thrift and the symetrical beauty and m)- hey do, all the foremost Jjob- ey City--must be a source o © its proprietor and S present able management. Yours very truly, The — Candy Co. GLE. paper-= f pride and to the city. Long | thing due, notation is made inten- to ten days, it will start the account right. ot tion to make draft within seven The good business man and. the best trade for which we are looking will not think less of you for wanting your money when due. Many hesitate to notify a new custom- er of intention to make draft, and this is just where the if from the beginning, unless prompt pay- error 1s made, for ments are made, you make draft, there will not be as much difficulty as if the account at first was allowed to run. in- definitely and then when such is past due, you provoke your customer ‘‘be- cause you have never drawn before. ’’ W.S, Park, > 0 > Have you tried it—Signal Five? > eo Bastard baskets must go! MEN OF MARK. John P. Hemmeter, Manager of the Hemmeter Cigar Co. of interest as a 1ave just listened to a story as full written White 1] m well romance, From towpath to House’’ has been in my mind from the beginning to the end-—-with this difference: that as i : 7 Gartield’s life, while beginning with poverty and surrounded by the vici influences of the canal, was soon changed for a higher order of existence ; but this one, witha beginning equally as humble, drifted into a saloon, and with that for odium Clambered up the a stepping stone, in spite of the centering there, heights where he stands to-day, a living example of what a man can do in the midst of unwholesome surroundings, if he will ionn PP. Hemimeter was bom on a farm, two miles from Saginaw, Aug 1862. His parents were German | erans and, when the boy was old cnough to learn to read, school of that sect, where he rex thirteen years. of until he was School over, he still staid under ental roof until he reached his majority, | ] 1] , wid FORM begin and then, taking off his coat up his sleeves, he was ready to wherever tate should decide. At first it was simply a change o place, but the same old work of *’ chor ing around’? went on for three months for | Geo. lL. Burroughs, OL Dafminaw, a plac better than he could tind at hom« fe there was more money in it. With money still “‘his plea,’’ he found he could do better for Geo. W. Morley, of the same town, and for six months he rendered him good service. Cha brought him to the season for rafting logs: and, leaving behind him LIS record as a chore boy, he entered the service of the Tittabawasee Boom Co., as a raftsman. It was here that he earned his) spurs The season was at its height and the hy business which gave the commercial world a new word was literally on the “‘boom,”" when all hands struck. For the moment the company was powerless. Che shock came with the suddenness of and, a bolt from a cloudless sky not knowing which way to turn for relief, find among the many who, witha No! they were rejoiced to one man to the strikers that started the saw-logs, report- ed to the company for duty. That man Hemmeter. The breath. The. strikers was John caught its company lost ! they sent him to a] us. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN theirs and the booming logs went down Stream as. if no strike had been de- ei Tr} + ++ ] } } Clarexi. at SeCLICs tiie JUSTTLESS for Hemmeter. He had proved himself the man fpr the hour and fron he had a firm frie nad in the | LHe wo was not, Howe ( IS King, It was hard and danverous 1 E Vile tne seas VAS OVE he went te) Cit it the \r ( rouse, it Daginaw, where e staid ( nonths This led t seems to to the bar-tending, which followed 1 general liquor store, one of the worst places in the world for a young fellow and one which, nine will ticket him to the devil and) ensure HiS Sate arrival. He was there a veal | Phen he became ba Cepner tr a Sa | | fpie room tor four months: and thi fconcluding that he might as well have whatever profits accrued ithe sale busine Ss, he opened a Saloon of IS OW There is no use in saying here. that the best friends of the man were sorry when this step was take More thar one heard of it with a Sieh and a **Good bye, John It we 1 be the old SLOFY, told in the Od, sad way with the old, sorrowful end id with a! ‘It's too bad,’’ they went their way and he went his. He was in that saloon fort and when he found himself ts ownel tie old SI) t (hat SHOwed Iit- S€lr af (he Strike OF the low minners ap- peared in that saloon i ts strength. its doors, SCE lresicte | not a dice i dice-rattle was er heard upon its counter. There was no rushit thie growler’’ on Sunday and if there eve was a respectable saloon in the wide world, it was found in Saeinaw under the ownership of | Lemme Such a thing as that soon attracted at tention. Looked Upe At rst AS a ce idition to wear away in time, it came time to be considered as a phenome Ne spoke abi it > one a the Ci Fizens who neve! idl Seen the nside ot la saloon came in to see and went away to report. he friends who knew him | his ier davs ere, and vet were hot, St ised They were afraid, and fyet the outcome was what they who knew the man had every reason to ex } pce t. So he went out and came in among them and with them, not) only | respected but kindly thought of, and the saloon life came to an end. yishment had been for the decline. It needed ’ when, one dav, there had rary talk among those in business and a conclu reached, one of them the Hemmeter saloon and : the proprietor; and | » gl the substance of this ilk for tl benefit of those whose young eyes have looked upon the saloon and wondered why it is not a business eood enough to | low ohn said the man of business, ‘we are needing a new manager over at our cigar factory and we have made up our minds that you are too good a man Here's a and your to stay in aA Sa. place where you can turn your time talents to good account and we want to | ielp you. Give up this business and go into something that is respectable. We know that your place has been respect- t make a t 1 able, so far as it 1s possible to saloon decent ; but, afterall, John, it isn’t a business aman of your stripe ought to nyage in and we want you to come with There could be but one result. A! PRICE having GOOD goods that are tractive in finish and style of pack- age-—in f: Up-to-Date RED The kind produced by - PUTNAM CANDY GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Don't take everything offered as Confectionery becc: low. just may be ict the Insist on at- Luse Se CO. ~ % nS ~ SY BE ryt Ss fe Sree ¢ KES Ge Oye Ges oy & ay os S Poh Oreo ie SESRES ry t 258 G Ne ae a ns 2 we oe & 7 StES = s x & Se 3 5 ri oe ES Se os § & Y ones Ris St tw eee. PESPESES Grand Rapids Paint & Wood F Iluminating and Lubricating OILS Naptha and Gasolines end ee Office, Mich. Trust Bldg. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ee 2g. BULK WORKS at Grand Rapids, Muskegon, Manistee, Cadillac, Big Rapids, Grand H Allegan, Howard City, Petoskey, Reed City. Highest Price paid for Empty Carbon and Gasoline Barrels meh on Ov, anes , ; at mek oe SEES ONES SOO mandard Olt Go. DEALERS IN Works, Butterworth Ave. aven, Traverse City, Ludington, eta ice se Sire Sire hee, ESOS ESTEE nishing G0. Manufacturers and = « Jobbers of Write for prices and Color Cards. 51-55 Waterloo St., @@@ GRAND RAPIDS, MICH William 26-28 Louis’ St. Rel JOBBER OF Paints, Oils, Brushes, Varnishes, Etc. PLATE and WINDOW GLASS. GRAND RAPIDS, IICH. apnea eben aage tenis 22 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN stock company was formed under the name of the Hemmeter Cigar Co., with John P. Hemmeter General Manager, as Secretary and with headquarters at The } 122 and 124 South Hamilton street. enterprise began business some time 1] 1875, with a force of ten hands. It now has seventy-five h:z with a pay roll of $750 a week. It is a success and has been from the time Mr. Hemmeter took the management. The old spirit that opposed the walking delegate on the booming yround and whose thundering ‘*No’” gave strength to the Boom Com- pany’s paralyzed arm has forged its way to the front and, in spite of the saloon, in the widening field of a legitimate business, 1s making its wholesale u- | ence felt upon the community in which itS POSSESSOT fiVCs. ->es> Contract Requiring Breach of Confi- | dence Is Void. } } } 1-1] - i“ An agreement by the bookkeeper of a corporation to disclose its financial con- dition to another party is void, and it is immaterial that such other person is a stockholder ok the corporation. In the case of Davenport vs. Hulme (32 N. Y S. Reporter, 803) the Superior Court of New York city makes the above deci- We have no hesitation sion and says: in condemning the agreement on which this suit was brought as absolutely void and unenforceable, and approve the ac- tion of the trial judge in dismissing the complaint on this It involved a clear betrayal ust by the book- keeper and was utterly sordid and con- scienceless in its purpose and = concep- tion. He was an e! of the com- pany holding a pl rust and confi- dence. The information he had obtained in the course of the performance of his duties belonged to the company and was not his to use against his employer or to dispose of to his own advantage. When he agreed to barter it awav in the man- ner proposed he not oniy violated an obligation to his employer springing out of the contract of his employment and the relation in which he stood to the company, but the whole transaction was, in foro conscit ntae, flagitious and inde- fensible. The aw has sternly set the seal of its disapproval and condemna- tion upon such acts. It reads into ev- ery contract of service an obligation on the part of servant to be faithful to his employer in respect to matters with- in the scope of his duties and pronounces any violation of such duty to be a breach of contract, for which the ser- vant may be discharged. The betraval to others of facts which have come to his knowledge in the house of his em- ployment, and which are confidential in their nature, is within this principle which applies with peculiar force to the office of a book-keeper. His employer is compelled to confide to him almost every detail! of business venture and financial condition. The knowledge he thus acquires is usually of such a char- acter as to expose the employer to loss | i} poss! l ne SETIOUS CI The mi and gated to others. fore, is proportions i saster if promul- obligation, there- T I Preat t preserve the party to whom the disclosures were made was a stockholder and entitled to the information which was the subject of the barter 1s without legal support. Assuming the existence of the right it by no means follows that the book-keeper was entitled to give it. He was the servant of the company, not of the stockholders. He was neither em- ployed nor could he be discharged by them. His whole duty was to the corpo- ion represented by the directors, who managed and controlled the business, who were alone entitled to exercise cor- porate powers, and to whom he was sole- ly responsible for the proper discharge f his functions. Suchan agreement as in suit, though made with a stockholder, is as much within the rule }of prohibition as if entered into with a | Stockholders must seek the | information they are entitled to through | the proper channels and not by corrupt- | ing the employes of the company. The j book-keeper had no other thought than ne one stranger. his own profit, and he drove as hard a bargain a8 he could in his attempt to make the utmost farthing out of a shameless act. The agreement sued upon presents itself as a mere bargain for the betrayal of a trust, without qual- fying circumstances, which the law repudiates and which no court of justice * will enforce. > o— Proposed Chemical Combination. From the N. Y. Shipping List. Vague rumors have been circulated for some weeks concerning negotiations now in to unite the leading manufacturers of heavy chemicals throughout the world. Advices to that effect have come from England, and the fact that forward delivery prices on alkali, caustic soda, sal soda and soda ash have been advanced recently is con- progress sidered rather significant. Inquiry among representatives ot home and foreign manufacturers failed to throw any light upon the situation. In every instance all knowledge of the alleged negotiations was denied, and in some quarters the report was emphatic- ally denied. However, there is a feel- ing that some action is necessary to make the business profitable. For a year or more Competition has cut prices to a low point, and consolidation is con- sidered the only salvation unless the law of the survival of the fittest is to follow its natural course. The latter as a_ heroic remedy for overproduction, is seldom adopted, however. According to one of our informants the trade is expecting some developments from abroad which may have reference to the three American heavy chemical manufacturers located in Syracuse, N. Y.; Wyandotte, Mich., and Saltville, Va. The opinion has been expressed that future arrangements may mean the , | development of factories here to supply States | ithe whole demand of the United allowed | | without resorting to the necessity of im- 1 por por g, and in this connection we have | | been asked to look up the present con- | nection between a leading American | |heavy chemical works and one. of principal concerns in England. It is | denied that any relation exists between the | | the two, and there the inquiry rests for | the present. inviolate the confidence reposed in him} Whatever is done will not affect. the| which the performance of the duties for} bulk of next year’s business, as con- | which he has been employed has ren-| tracts have already been made ahead for dered necessary. There doubtless are | heavy chemicals by the glass and paper cases in which the prevention of fraud| manufacturers. They will doubtless | or other service of the ends of justice | have to pay more money the next time create exceptions to the rule, but this} they enter the market for supplies, and case does not come within any such|in addition to the articles mentioned modifying principle, and it is not nec- | A violation of | essary to discuss them. duty of the character above mentioned also involves an element of moral turp- itude. It is a recognized and_firmly-estab- lished maxim in the law that ex turpi contractu actio non oritur, and ho ptr- son, so far back as the feudal ages, was | permitted by law to stipulate for iniq- uity. But authority is unneccessary to support plain a proposition. The consideration for the agreement in suit was illegal and the contract sued upon never had any legal inception. The contention that the agreement was relieved of the taint of illegality because SO | i above, prices may harden on_ bleaching | | powder, bicarb soda, chlorate potash, | salt cake, etc. | Sparta Sentinel: The Tradesman of | | Grand Rapids has placed a new Thorne | typesetting machine in its office and that journal came out last week dress a suit. new summer Not only is the in a new | bright and sparkling as a girl in Tradesman of interest to business men, | but to the family as well, the local writ- er’s aged mother (68 years old) taking | great pleasure in reading it, and if we do not take it home she will remind us of it. We wish Editor Stowe unbounded success, Importers and If you want to please a few cranks, who don’t pationize 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 Merchants & GREEN SEAL CIGARS And you will always satisfy them GROSKOPF BROS., Manufacturers of Trunks and TRAVELING BAGS a Wholesale and Retail Sample Trunks and Order. Repairing neatly done. (‘ases Made to Telephone 906. 89-91 CANAL ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. LEMON & WHEELER CO. Wholesale secvoee IL OCELS.csseee Pars GRAND RAPIDS Chas. A. Morrill & Co. ——©9000000— TEAS OOOOOOO 21 Lake St., CHICAGO, III. OF COURSE YOU HANDLE 4LION COFFEE— | | —Jobbers of For Sale by All jobbers. las Soensoeseneeonsoonroesouennnte I ry + SEE PRICE LIST ELSEWHERE. } Bie @ . ey eal = 2 i: Ws 4 ap = 3: EVERY PACKAGE 16 02. NET $ 4 4 . ? ib e : he : ° il 3 WITHOUT GLAZING. > * ° ae $ Perfectly Pure Coffee. $ Ne WOOLSON SPICE CO. TOLEDO, OHIO, and KANSAS CITY, MO. SRS Ra eo Osc Oo Soa ee aaS SSS S CH eae ete. = Nearly every woman dreads ‘“‘wesh day” with : e @ its drudgery and discosnfort. Some women have # = . found out that there is one great aid that helps . * % to make lighter the work of washing clothes. % % % That is % x of e o_o 3 6 a = G & % - € st & % It takes the d/r¢ out without excessive rubbing— . & + leaves the clothes clean and white,without injury. x . * You can well afford to give itatrial. Getitat ¥ | js tk & @ your dealers. A catalogue of beautiful pictures § 4 —_ ¢ free. % s : = 8 = GOWANS & SONS, Buffalo, N. Y. 8 VOC CORO O00 COC OOOO Oooo OOOO GC OoO Coton BOS THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 23 ow ® ° not make victory complete and deliver 5 Vehicles these eoods to his bia witl 1 the : G. Dunton & Co. BOMERS’ EXPRES ae SS & Ww same display of neatness he exhibits WILL BUY ALL KINDS OF TRANSF ER CO. dub Opinion of a Leading Manufacturer | in and around his place of business? e : spe : es fics : etl GO on Delivery Wagons. i ak Ses es a LUMBER-=-Green or Dry Feehan Hae ice : : : So ees i : : Phone 509-3 R Writt _— THE TRADESMAN. ee shadow, his harness old and soiled, his | Office and Yards—Seventh St. and C. & W.M.R.R. ve oe a It affords me the greatest satisfaction; wagon misshapen, bruised by — hard GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 228 @OSee-. 56 OT TAWA ST. to notice the effort the Tradesman is} knocks, and defaced by mud and_ time cme making in an endeavor to convince the in fact, the entire outfit has the ap- dealers and merchants of the necessity} pearance of decay and neglect. This of an improvement in their delivery necessarily, must effect and counteract and freight wagons, and I have read|many of his previous efforts to secure with much pleasure the articles pub- | patronage. lished inthe Tradesman on that subject. H. P. BELKNAP. Being a wagon manufacturer, I prob- > o> ably notice the great assortment of non- | Eating Bones. descripts much more particularly than} One of the New York reformers who others; yet I am convinced that the} would improve the diet of mankind has general public notices and comments on | just put out a proposition for the eating the poor quality and design of the deliv- | of bones after they are ground fine He ery wagons in use by merchants through- | holds that under es ie ,e St: an ¢ icnlarlyw : a 1 im out the State and, particularly, in Grand | the bones of the human frame are not existing regimen Rapids. Our merchants will exhaust . properly supplied with the chemical ele- every resource to make an artistic dis- : 1 ye urtistic dis-| ments needed to keep them in sound play of their goods; will use every pre- | a : ; land vigorous condition, and that these caution to prevent their being damaged, ; . elements can be most easily obtained by yet, when these goods are sold, they are = By is sent to the buyer with no thought as to ; their condition when delivered or in | animals scraprenntane —- for food. He BUSINESS WHEELS what kind or shape of vehicle they are —— = es — LIGHT ROADSTERS | | consuming the powdered bones of the : ; t ee ie it delivered. lample, with bone dust, after the manne st, li ’ I contend that a fine display of soods | in which it is sprinkled with salt and LADIES WHEELS : : : | pepper, and he c tains th us the . ’ » } Bi } ) et : should be invariably delivered fothele re? and he maintains that thus the A High Grade Machine, Built on Mechanical Principles. Prices Right. [mmedi- “ 2 » Yeor ' . } consumer in as perfect condition as | st of the meat may be greatly im- ate Shipment. Dealers, write for discounts. when placed on sale. In order to do proved. a this, it is absolutely necessary that a | : — 4 S Division I and Ka ifs : ae | Best seller in the world—-Signal Five. °9 “7 vehicle should be provided suitable to | those requirements. As a means of ad- | Soc 0 a prominently to the eyes of the public, a St ! " op! fine appearing wagon affords great op- AND READ portunity. Make no contracts for The wagons in use by our merchants are constantly under motion and, Cconse- quently, present exceptional oppor- INernernnrnnrNePNNP NPN NNN tunities for successful advertising. If a wagon is neat and tasty in construc- | tion and finish, it at once attracts atten- tion, not only to the wagon but to the owners and their business. If a mer- \ chant desires to keep his name and bus i895 until we call or you write us about iness before the public, can there be de- vised any better means than that afford- Portland and Swell Body Cutters Belknap, Baker & Co. <0 eOQOOee-- --200OOOee:- +00 O@OCee-- GRAND RAPIDS, MIC oan cies tellin wans Tes 0) 10 nA AAA ALAA AA OU J 4444444446444 4AA 044444644 AA cle is produced which soon becomes a snare wtieownerani ote oe THE BET KNAP WAGON AND SLEIGH CO. The life of any vehicle depends large- i | GRAND RAPIDS. ly upon the care it receives. It should ed by his wagons? ' Che merchant alone is responsible for the present deplorable condition of the delivery wagons seen on our streets. In former vears the question, ‘*What is the quality?’’ was first asked, price be- ing an after consideration. Now, the first question is, **What is the price: | quality and adaptability to the use for which it is intended not being givena thought. . Che manufacturers, as a rule, are not ert uli ddA iI AUT “i use, be properly housed when not 1 oiled and washed at least once each Spring ° - a < Pi week, and thoroughly painted once im r..: ; oe ad “feig each twelve months. By doing this the rreig ht, life of any wagon Is greatly lengthened, Expre SS and while the vehicle is made much more presentable. Lumber Wagons. It is a supposable case that when one embarks in business he’ expects to s < icturers ot bel Iku nt Ss P atent maintain his position against competi- tion and to endeavor, through the qual ity and neat display of his wares, to dis- tance his competitors. The store and fixtures are thoroughly modern, the goods are displayed to the best possible advantage, and he and his clerks are polite and painstaking. As a result, he Send for New Catalogue. GENERAL DELIVERY WAG secures the diniund coe: ‘Why does he A FINE APPE EARING WAGON iS ‘YOUR BEST ADVERTISEMEN GAMBLING IN TRADE. THE BACK OFFICE. or the i RADESMAN Chances Must be Taken but Some Ventures are not Warranted. From the Keystone. were talking of Chicago, who had lately been there and W inages an extensive and. thrifty cb oe oe : ' in a broad way it nay ye salad ul nanuf ¢ establishment. it Grand all trade 1s gambling, since there is a1 : : : | 2 5 : Rapids, re that one of the most Cremcnht Ol Chance OF Tisk in every } : i } tac ble ‘ hit ni th \ stern n - business venture—chances which lie out- ee shits in the Western me side tl oliS was the tramp. It is a topic too self ne Staie to discuss, but it led to the remark pial UC that the upheaval in business had fur- de > } : : shed y men who, without em- ovmel nd without visible means of sO S ’ ul n yes. |S t, are refusing to accept any po- ( rehe is} sition which does not ensure. the old- al which } 4 , come of $2 to $x per as 66s Ee ; eee i Iman come imto my office tast St only Ss directly responsible: nd i ’ a "i 1 @e>> It has no equal F ive. | Sho ] Signal Che extravacant | resident of the United States of Zmerica, To HENRY KOCH, your Clerks, attorneys, ager Satlesmaem and workmen, and all claiming or holding through or under you, GREETING: Whereas, it has been represented to us in our Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Ne.’ Jersey, in the Third Circuit, on the part of the ENOCH MORGAN'S SONS COMPANY, Complainant, that the door of fortune whe alls into the] it has lately exhibited its said Bill of Complaint in our said Circuit Court of the United States for the District sat hand,and whieh only once o1 Twice of New Jersey, against you, the said HENRY KOCH, Defendant, to be relieved touching the matters therein i tin is \ to ey trader *t s " ‘ : ci a ater ig ae ri oe complained of, and that the said SHOW DiS SK Handing it he sud de the old jeweler who had Line : tie Ce inity furnishes 3 ‘ one CCasio i e nerveless be- SFinner wi sil =» oe if trial sub- 5 seque Vv finds © Caras ii the hands . ‘: . ‘ . ° . . ‘ of fate *’stacked’’ agains m. He is Complainant, is entitled to the exclusive use of the designation ‘‘SAPOLIO” as a trade-mark for scouring soap. henceforth out of the game, and_ be- Ce S a wretche oker-on, while a Tt ( oe eee cee ae co ow erefore : i a t cgi gene othe } 3 we do strictly command and perpetually enjoin you, the said HENRY Another 1 etch iS tix merchant nh 3 7 oe a ie ar He Ce KOCH, your clerks, attorneys, agents, salesmen and workmen, and ail claiming or holding through or under you atting the needs nae perpet- vader the pains and penalties which may fall upon you and each of you in case of disobedience, that you do ally dallies with his dete ination to absolutely desist and refrain from in any manner unlawfully using the word ‘ SAPOLIO,” or any word or words ao t neediul t forgett e tat a : os . : . ° : oid pt : cua 7 substantially similar thereto in sound or appearance, in connection with the manufacture or sale of any scouring ! S ‘ < ge perio as ‘ i ; i F ji! ° ut his fifty-second veat accordit to | soap not made or produced by or for the Complainant, and from directly, or indirectly, Statistics In economic science. Af- | ‘ cr St tis tvotes en e e e e thusiasm; the productive faculty wanes. ! Bw qword of mouth therw ll eo. M : 7 y word oO ou or otherwise, se ing or de Ivering as ‘ S S¢ Se whicn | re — 7 66 99 ‘ . te, | SAPOLIO when “SAPOLIO” ked f What shall we say « who gam-| > en 1S aSkKe or, es W tre ide: with e| ) thy } Vw thre ws Of NTO | . i ’ . ini TL sl a a that which is not Complainant’s_ said manufacture, and from in any way using the word ‘‘SAPOLIO” in any : ni ; ea a ialse or misleading manner. ric a ahaa Witness en ‘ I ue 9 The honorable MELVILLE W. FULLER, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the t < \ { { United States of America, at the City of Trenton, in said District of New : Jersey, this 16th day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, [sEAL] [SIGNED] S. D. OLIPHANT. " (Vere ROWLAND COX, { Complainant's Solicitor Association Matters Grand Rapids Retail Grocers’ Association President, E. Waite; Secretary, E. A. Treasurer, J. GEo. LEHMAN. Sugar Card—Granulated. 5144 cents per pound. 444 pounds for 2: 10 ‘pounds for 50 cents. 20 pounds for #1. STOWE; 5) cents Jackson Retail Grocers’ Association President, Byron C. Hitu; Secretary, W. H. TER; Treasurer, J. F. HELMER. Sugar —— 514 cents per pound. > pounds for 50 cents 19 pounds ved $1. Por- Northern Mich. Retail Grocers’ Association President, J. F. TATMAN, Clare; Stowk, Grand Rapids; Treasurer, J. Mancelona, WISLER, Owosso Business Men’s Association. President, A. D. WHIPPLE; BELL; Treasurer, W. E. Secretary, G.T. Camp- COLLINS. Michigan Hardware Association. President, F. S. CARLETON, Ca umet: Vice Presi dent, Henry C. WEBER Detroit; Secretary- Treasurer, HENRY C. MINNIE, Eaton Rapids, Grand Rapids Fruit Growers’ Association. President, R. D. GRranam; Secretary, M. W. Ronan; Treasurer, H. O. BRAMAN. Gripsack Brigade. L. (Windy) Williams, traveling repre- sentative for the Detroit Cigar Manufac- turing Co., of Detroit, is in day, accompanied by his wife. W. H. Downs has engaged to for the Milton Hosiery Co., which controls the output of He also represents the of G. W. Hoyt, of Chicago. There will be a Rapids traveling men at the Livingston Hotel town to- travel of Chicago, six mills. meeting of Grand next Saturday evening to consid- depended on as a Secretary, E. A. | exultant ‘* | raged | fated | earthed, ier who is the i single | found in ican be THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN CURRENT COMMENT. The Chamber of Commerce. of chester, England, has decided to 1 Testing House, condition, Man- have ‘to ascertain the true length and other physical properties of such articles as the Board of to time determine. ’’ ber settled question of shrinkage, weight, from time the Cham- discuss the f Directors may When gets down to how would it do to send over a Grand Rapids peach bas- ket and strawberry box and decide how far the heve ‘them atmosphere can be cause for the change? + *£ + The despairing *' public, suffering from the building contractor, At last,’”’ public. The ciency led to the Ireland murderous is relieved by the out- ineffi- catastrophe of the 11 building from the same rascal whose been It is the plaster- all this wretched has been found that not a inch of plastering its place, when even a that if the has un- and arrested. cause of business. It was child plaster square made to see How long?’’ of the | ¥ had stuck not an iron girder would have ifallen. The plasterer isthe rascal. Off | with his head! kt * 4 Here’s a goodly row of figures —88o, - suspender house | er the mattter of holding an annual pic- | nic and make the necessary preliminary it is thought ad- under the arrangements, in case visable to hold a pices of the local salesmen picnic Ed. Germain, the Saginaw lumber- man, has a panacea for the stagnation in the lumber follows: their would advance 50 cents a thousand within 60 days. The stocks at all Eastern and interior points are small, crowd- ing their commodities upon the market, and when a dealer is drummed by sibly a different will buy only as his necessities demand, for he that when the lumber manufacturer is so present business, as ‘*If dealers would all call in salesmen lumber but manufacturers are Pos- dozen salesmen he reasons unload prices are likely to drop, and he ts_ not disposed to buy on a falling market We all know that better times are but the difficulty just when they will arrive.’ a investig anxious to COm- ing, is we do not know into the Wyoming mur- The official ation Bannock Indian troubles in that the ‘‘trouble’’ der of one poor old Indian by the tlers’ hunters for killing game in the accorded to with whom shows was the cer posse who had arrested a party of Jackson Hole region, a them by treaty. impunity as the the murderers would be arraigned are parties to the conspiracy against the In- dians. It is probable that the privilege The murder is officials before passed when there is a an outbreak of the United States. subdued and cowed by the and there fighting spirit left to make it that such reports as the one sent out by ago of the They are thoroughly ryovernment officials is not enough of the possible the press a few. weeks ‘Bannock massacre’’ should be true. Indians may be disorderly but the days of Indian wars are forever past a Signal It is the best Five. Indians in any part of | ‘backs ” aus- | $43, 000. of the it will begin to mean something. this country That isn’t sum Now put this little contraction United States before it (S) and is what the exports from valued at all. Three-fourths of from the republic, were for last year. that farmers and the Just let the communities get rid of Camec this farming » farms of genuine their way- and their ‘‘hay-seeds’’ That | and that | | fishes amount, large as it 1s, will be doubled ; and it may be well enough to say right |here, that the farmer isn’t the only | |skin without making a llations in a way that time is} possibility of | ; woman American citizen with hay-seed in his hair and sandburrs in his stockings. * It is a disputed question whether the | Bay City serpent, which the three ladies the a seal. At safe to say letting that to an sea other day, is a this sea distance it is lion. No three unclaimed lion or it was a sea sane alone would be as near as fight doubt it vigorous for it. Without any kind of was a Sea lion. given to lying !’’ “How the world is attacked | seal | | less than 100 cents on the dollar and _ its | debts never outlaw. interest in the publishing firm whose capital | furnished. If the firm had prospered I should have expected to col- lect two-thirds of the profits. As it is, I expect to pay ail the debts. My partner has no resources, and I do not look for from him.’’ I had a two-thirds assistance Canadian farmers haven’t been idle: and for a country making no Agere to greatness 46,000,000 bushels of wheat for one season is doing pretty well. Of course, that is nothing when compared #ith what the Nation to the Canada but its a good and the farmer up there should be gratulated. south of is dette. crop CoOrn- -_ + It is safe to say that fruit near Benton Harbor will not be molested. It has been the proach the orchard on the by means of row boats and, orchards further fad to ap- water’s side after ing the peaches to steal away. man with orders to , steal- A watch- will have a » fun. shoot tendency to ear an end to th If that Bangor corre oa nt who says that peaches shipped to Chicago do not pay will send his fruit toGrand Rapids, he will find that he and fare better. need not go so far If pleasure is business Lord and Lady | William Beresford have been putting in some heavy strokes this summer in Nor- way. They wanted to go fishing for sal- | My lord bought a| Land of the Mid- and he and my and ; mon and they went. salmon stream in the night Sun for $4,000 lady took a day off immensely. enjoyed the Sport They caught -two | (one weighing—-if the | joke isn’t too far fetched £400. Nice} salmon they have Norway ! According to the report of Warden | Fuller, of the Ionia House of Correction, the manufacture of furniture stitution has yielded a during the past year. only possible through sales at rates. cal- apiece) m that im profit of $26, 000 Such a profit is culated to injure the industry elsewhere. Wholesalers will not handle prison made goods except at prices far below those made by free labor. Of course, it is possible to make and sell such goods at a profit where the labor costs | nothing, even at the prices the contract- } ors are willing to pay, but every dollar thus saved to the State costs many lost | from the profits of the furniture factor- ies elsewhere in the State and the | maintenance of such a factory at Ionia to support criminals is no small factor A story has found its way into the papers to the effect that) a Michigan | farmer has been caught by the green goods scheme. It is a_ base, ignomini- ous whopper, and as senseless as it is wicked. The idea of a Michigan farmer being caught as that at this time when he by any such scheme of the hand over fist without fear and favor of the law with the bastard fruit basket. In the language of the street gamin’, (Wat ye year, is making money us?” givin’ Mark Twain explains his business re does him credit. Says he: ‘‘It has been reported that | sacrificed, for the benefit of creditors, the property of the publishing firm whose financial backer I was, and _ that [ am now lecturing for my own benefit. This is an error. I intend the lectures, as well as the property, for the creditors The law recognizes no mortgage on a man’s bral and a merchant who has | i take given up all he has may advantage of the rules of insolvency and start free again for himself: but I am nota busi- ness man, and honor is a harder master than the law. It cannot compromise for rit that’s exactly what it is;| in keeping the wages of workmen. else- where below what they should be. > o> A New Calling for Women. From the Emporia, Kan., Gazette. There is a woman in this town has invented a new calling for she is a_ professional companion for women ens husbands are away. She will go to a house and be company for a lone woman at $5 a week, - will go out for the night, while husbands are away, for 75 cents an evening. She knows all the gossip and will tell for 50 cents a night extra. In families when there is a young woman with a beau, who 1S liable to be talking ma low tone until to o’clock in the parlor, and then hush up until she is awakened by the front door slamming about mid- night, the woman charges a dollar a night straight, making no reduct long-time contracts. In families where there is a bov who lies on his back screams at bedtime, the woman char double who women ; or she FOssip tion for Fates. One 1S parin a | ilar very independent, and as the lod grow in the t her business is Dranch out, iS Salad ft € putting Mey the bank every Sa day night. | Michigan Central DETROIT. re re we Travelers’ Time Tables. CH I CAGO and West aon, Going to Chicago. Ly. G’d Rapids 6:00am 1:25pm *6:30pm #11:30 Ar. Chicago....12:05pm 6:50pm 6:00am 6:25am Returning from Chicago. Ly. Chicago... ..- :20am 5:00pm *11:45pm Ar. G'd Rapids. . 12:40pm 10:40pm = *6:30am To and from Muskegon. i Ly. G'd aoe --eoes 6:00am 1:25pm 6:30pm | Ar. G'd Rapids. -11:30am 5:15pm 10:40pm — a City, Charlevoix and i Ly. G’d Rapids... ... 8:00am 1:00pm 11: 00pm Ar. anne bed ae cs ee Ar. Traaerse City 0pm 4:50pm 4:00am Ar. Charlevoix 43:90pm 6:30pm 6:50am Ay. reeeey........... “4:20pm 6:55pm_ 7:00am Trains arrive from north at5 1:00p.m., *1:30p.m. ee :30a.m., 11:45a.m., AND SLEEPING CARS. Parlor Cars le Grand Rapids 6:00a.m., 1:25 p-m.; leave Chicago 7:20a.m., 5:00p.m. Sleeping Cars leave Grand Rapids #11:30p.m.; leave Chi cago *11:45p.m. *Every day. Others week da VS only. DETROIT, Lansing & Northern Ry Going to Detroit. Ly. Grand Rapids ..:0uem, | Ar. Detroit -ft:40am 5: “pm 5:25pm 30pm 10:10pm Returning from Detroit. Ly. Detroit... .. 40am 1:10pm 6:00pm Ar. Grand Rapids. 12: 10pm 5:20pm 1 :45pm Saginaw, Alma and St. Louis. Ly. G R7:40am 5:00pm Ar. G R 11:35am 10:45pm To and from Lowell. Ly. Grand Rapids 7:4 am Ar. from Lowell. 12:40pm THROUGH CAR SERVICE. Parlor cars on all trains between Grand Rap- ids and De troit. Parlor car to Saginaw on morn ing train. T ‘pm 4:25pm 20pm — Dep't. MIGHIG a “‘T1e Niagara Falis Route.’’ , Pass. | Arriv Depart | Detroit Mxpress............ . “ 20pm 7:00am *Atlantic Express........ . :30am_ 11:20pm New York Express..... . 11 45am 6:00pm *Daily. All others dail xcept Sunday. Sleeping cars run on all night s to — | from Detroit. Parlor cars leave troit at | 7:00a.m., reaching Detroit at 12:2 re a ing, leave Detroit 4:35p.m., a Rapids 10:20p.m. Direct comm at Detroit with all through tra at Grand ation mad ns east over the Railroad (Canada Southern ALMQuist, Ticket Agent, Union Passenger Station. Grand Haven & Milwaukee Railway Division.) 5. eastwara: as . 18 tNo. 16 tNo. 18 *No. & Ly. G’d Rapids.6: sam 10: 0am 3:25pm 11 Ovypm Ar. a -...6:40am 11:25am 4:27pm 12:35am Ar. St. Johns. .8:25am 12:l7pm 5:20pm 1:25am | Ar. mee -.-9:00am 1:20pm 6:05pm 3:10am Ar. E.Saginawl0:50am_ 3: 45pm 8:00pm 6:40am Ar. Bay City..11:30am 4:35pm 37pm 7:15am Ar. Flint 10:05am 3:45pm 5:40am Ar. Pt. Huron. 12+ Ar. Pontiac. ..105 50pm :-20am 8 7:05pm & 8 s 5:37am Ar. Detroit 11:50am _ 4: :05pm 9:25pm 7:00am Westward. For G’d Haven and Intermediate Pts....*8:40am For G’d Haven and Muskegon.... +1:00pm For G’d Haven, Milwaukee and Chi For Gd Haven, Milwaukee and Chi 7:40pm For G’'d Haven and Milwaukee.... +10:05pm tDaily except Sunday sap Trains arrive 5:35pm from the east, 6 10:00 p.m. Trains arrive from {0a.m., 8:15 @.m., 10:10a.m., 3:15p.m. Eastward—No. 14 has Buffet ear. No. oe ar. sleeper Westward . If Parl Wagner Parlor Buffet ¢ ear. aa JAS. CAMPBELL, ( s per eper. ‘icket Agent GRAND Rapids & heaatees Northern Diy. Leave Arrive Trav. Cy., Petoskey & Mack (:00am + 5:15pm Trav. Cy., Petoskey & Mack $:00am *10:00pm Traverse City t):25pm_ +11:30am Saginaw n +11:00pm +) 00pm Petoskey and Mackinaw +10:45pm + 6:20am 7:00a.m. train has through cars to Saginaw. 8:00a.m. train has parlorcars for Mackinaw. 5:25 p.m. train has parlorcarfor Traverse City. 10:45 p.m. train has sleeping cars for Petoskey and Mackinaw. Southern Div. I Arriv Cin., Ft. Wayne & Kalamazoo. + +9 Ft. W ayne «& ™ ulamazoo 2 Cin., Ft. Wayne & Kalamazoo 6 Kalamazoo .. ) ya. TN. 10:15p.m. I Indianapolis and Louisv Lv. G’d Rap Ar. Chicago... 2:00p.m ) : -P pm am sy wo: 1S »Y f 1 lf it) ve L i D S 4 Shab L, N a 4 My 4 a ogni omy pn 1s THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN <> 'OO00000000000000000000000000000 ¢ Shoes and | eather posensconscosecs : ae W.A. McGraw & Co. A. 0. MCGRAW & CO. ¥, wh hk be bed + lk x ~wre Indkation of Character in the x Manner of Ik molishing Leather : MEN | ‘ or 4 ] | Make it their business to carry in stock goods not four 1 shoe houses. Our salesmen will call up- on VOU 2s 11s i} 6 tli... W.A. McGraw & Co.. Detroit. Mich. 00-0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0-0-0:0-0-0-0-0-00-000-0-0 00-0-0000000-0-0-0060-0-0-0-0-0 ' Agents for the . BOSTON RUBBER a . SHOE CO.’S 3 KALMBAGH ue 12, 14 and 16 Pearl Street 00-0-0-0-0.0-00000-0-0-0000-00-00 0000-000000¢ SOO-O-0-0-0-0000)4)0 rOO-0O-0« ‘ T r r ‘i Manufacturers and Jobbers of ‘ | |. st ty a (j — a manner that Siness every time. There is oots and oes t uric] rage, for they . ie We make the bes eof Medium P 1 Goods it LINDEN wine told they must | market. You e trad Is NEEDLE TOE | e a * 2 e = e cs a 7 @ a e a @ w e a ® a @| =: @) -: @| =: 3 @ a @ a @ ” a @ = @ a e a e a e a e a a e e a) eo a e a s Ww root ® a eran ® : 5 seldom | @ a I wination | @ e ‘ S I nag '@ “a = = “ < a 1c ot very Vid ° aru aronne 2 | S There is a = ® t Ose e¢ ambition § is S : oe ba The — sa a cn | = Are the Best. : ‘ i OK We CY £TOW oid a : 7 é a rinkled or run down at S a S ee pg, ere e never anv buttons off 2 ‘ s ‘ | vy seem to always . e ° ttractive without any special at-|@ = cing paid to them, vet I don’t S e ese feet as well as I do the. short e 9 = stub es e e ' (he thick, short, well-knit, stubby ; O ° is Lepe feet are noted for their quickness, and = ” = S fee W ‘ ile ae “~~ } mat »] Sto oe ¢ = - igh they may have many places to go a We Carry a Large Stock. a s Size ~j they are generally late, but at the same s e < | hers with], _ nae : i : ml ~ a : tite {tume there is so much good humor, |@ GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. e S ‘ t ts chess of character and = merriment = = ‘ connected with them, that though they HOEOHO *OnCESBOEOES HOROHOUCHOHOHOHOHONOHOHOHOHeHeZOHOS ( “ t t the ers vine rea a rules of etiquette in the mat- ieee eae Attn ered Sh ahs” MIEROLD - BERTSCH SHOE Co He is tt & a ile \lt igh | welcomed with vreater enthusiasm than i . ne 15 Cage : ' 4 ” Sonne f © precise, never-making-mis- Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers in the heel; they are large and ‘ s of snow that Ener | his shoe Other feet have great responsibilities. top. lhe shoes of them are sometimes run Phere are nm iS feet that twist and | down at tl : | ’ : —_———__ wr t i avy, and they sometimes stumble i 5 and 7 Pearl Street I s ( { se about, not awkwardly, but blindly. Such , GRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN . ‘ , Striy to work | feet are never elegantly dressed and the nl | “ ind Wo! shoes are seldom blackened: they are : : Lo ‘ | it 7 | the vii S restiess, has a/| not at all stupid feet, but a solid, watch- siale Agenis WALES-GOODYEAR RUBBERS . Be’s soul | fal i:ind alwavs ston : first sion s cS on ul, | fu kind that always stop at the first sign We carry in stock Regular, Opera, t tes with a quickness that startles | of danger and are ready to. walk Piccadilly and Needle Toes. f iS 2pt s ner or iater to have hner- | through fire if necessity Calls for it. We are prepared to furnish a Rubber of perhaps a peculiar} Above them is a head full of thought superiority in quality, style and fit. a stomach trouble brought on through «x and purpose, and power and a heart cessive worry and impatience. Thes vorth its weight in gold are ever to be eet ar Ways we dressed and often | foun in close connection. There is a belong to politic aus, Journalists and/ will of iron, and a tender hand full of public speakers sympathy in the hour of ble 7 Di p . Syiupathy in the hour of trouble. | I have learned to look out for the feet You will Znotice in the row of feet THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 19 Owing to the Great Advance in Leather, REEDER BRO SHOE C0. >> Expedients to Cheapen Shoes “ wey slice ‘ \ wis the t s { eries of tt “ t st — t , < ‘ ‘ " . ‘ ‘ ither se SIV Sa st i ¢ | . ' i 7 q Noh Ianin vy Aral fn nn ric ete ta spe : E NOMMN 10M of. GONG RODS , 4 at AN ‘ t t ¢t ‘ Ther tre other et t } ire Se , i < RN si Ml | the athletic rounds [he é t i rina way, for they ar : anaee u ers ~ A . € t t too long ro yroad t st ! the ' ire of e us There Ss eng Nn self-adora Ke ite i ~ the ¢ ti iv i| them look neat, but neve enough va ttle C al ( reliable wus tha a 1 fi s | t } ity to pinch them. Feet that take to|™ ict Sheeps s he + deal] h s, unless they make the sport al,’ ' D ae Oe Dealers, PI > ir ke N ice athletics, unless they m Port 2) by manufacturers to cl Ee Calers, Fiease lake Notice Sonera ll — L a. ; : fad, generally carry a body that i My shoes, his 1s being done by some reput an of vigor, health, animation, an ses, which use it as a substitute that is laden with good com ola calf and kangaroo Phe Prices advance 5 per cent. Ox ( t ‘ ft tanning has been mprove 1m nd per | \ i al 1 . oe s 1 oved ne our prices on Candees per ce scount I Carance the traud cannot he ederal d Jerseys. 2 nea 1? ner os a cee nd Jerseys, 20 and 12 per c scount must SHrink to. here is the practiCal | detected In drv weather sheepski will | Impert als, 2 12 and 12 per cent. discs A ce , | : ia. Ae i | IS, 20, 12 2] 1 l foot with the thick sole and low’ heels, vive fair satisfaction, but as soon as. it] lay in placing orders wi cost you mone broad and well braced. Chere is becomes wet the eather goes a to We have a full line of Felt Boots. i ae ie lai tha A. A , ha 1 aggressive foot, which see ms connected | Pieces. At lacks the toughness, the dur “eee seaipedh the nest line ot Lumbermen’s 5 a we } } } : : i ibility of aliskit nd i h ho S cks i hig: to thé shin with a hinge. Then there]. | 2. “4 , and if the shoe 1s a Socks in Michigan. : ‘ ittle tight will give way under the pres- is the broad, normal size that, when] —,,, once placed, does not swerve one hairs- | \ large number of Eastern manufa breadth until called upon to move the} turers have been in this market during I a: . body ; these feet look like empty shoes} the last two weeks, but they have not ° 7 pt) ay slipped unc merely for ler th effect ; them, neither is wearer. Then the feet, which shoes but ex are fo pensive ways in a rush; tl longer than way they are to Say essed ders for spring. When the manufacturer cov- once on. the leather. ne among the manufac- turers that should they go in the market and try to buy any large amount of stock ooden hoes A. Hi IMES it would push the price of leather sev- Wholesale Shipper e edge of the dress] NO. 4 MONROE ST. Grand Rapids, Mich. there is no life In | there much in the! Th re are the re-assuring und in al ones; they are al- ’ A : ’ i }eral notches higher, and this they wish , the owners never stop], avoid. thie ts the Season when ‘the ea , how-de-do. In one | largest quantity of leather is cut, and Puymbroek Wooden Shoe (0 | Sewer Pipe ce Stactory, Decause ou | as | S ah tmportan bearing On the carumemeriiad ee TOS | tots Ses an teaportant s ‘Ne | 803 Mich. Trust Building, GRAND RAPIDS | Et: never see enough of them. There is a] Situation. gay foot dr 1 CANAL GRAND RAPIDS. The | | nited States Leather Company, in tancy colors, no t Hat 4) eee a pe otherwise known as the leather trust, has The Trade is < ‘r whiz . reatner; the are al- i Ludiaibe 4 penance een “i recently added $8,000,000 to its enor ven ine in. sii al oe i ‘ alty } Ol . ‘ a Vitec ite ways ready to dash into a walt o1 COME} mous ‘capitalization, which — already oe down ina jig, and area great bore to] reaches S$120,000,000. The profits of the mer prices on the solid, ambitious foot that grows|trust by the advance in leather have brown and g and looks upon its high-polished neigh bor with dis ray & dain. w lack of attention, | been enormous. S. P. BENNETT FUEL AND IGE 60 NEI tut » MICH. > o> French Shoes and Shoe Stores From the Shoe ane eather Gazette A woman in the street with a foot that sees CE Ee | ea oe THOMAS E - WYKES looks like a miniature Cinderella’s musi few shoe ‘s of what may be termed oe be put down immediately as narrow-|the first class. Paris. that Mecca. of ao minded, simpering and silly. I much] the fashionable world, is singularly de- € On Ly Pine preter the mannish boot, for if we must void - legant and luxurious retail shoe e ave t ps us take cae ane wai establishi nts Such as give to Ameri- £0 to extrem woman who wears a shoe too small for her has a sot es i¢€t il too Correspondence Solicited wet Car and streets a handsot : ng] 1€ ap 4 oi : : a is the less detrimental to the health. A Gapeide eka turned dee pa of 45 South Division St. GRAND RAPIDS , Lied Tit i ! 1 « i} « ) > | : i : In any amounts you may want equal gorgeousness in other lines. . ot eae ; ne a : 1 from a gallon to a carload. small for her body, Perhaps this is owing in some meas- u i but | am glad to say the women of such} ure to the fact that French shoes are description < every year. A woman who wears a shoe to match | fort than looks, as a veneral thing. ire gr her gown shows ¢ possessor of money ; and a woman who brushes’ her shoes with a *‘ lots bit « ““wrings a small water and w before retiring seems insan! cret of pretty feet is in the selection of | shoes. They have sensible weight forward on the ball of the foot, ashes i is ty or must > heels that do not throw the | agantly high, there is said to be but and thus unduly should be 1 never limpy or run down at the heel. These dainty 1eatly feet, What? A chemical compound that will absolutely fire proof wood? Tc ee... And we earnestly invite you to call on or write us for full particu- lars and prices. Also hei es for the leading brands of Buildin Papers, Rooting Paints, feoude Roofing, and in fact we are Jobbers of all kinds of Roofing Materials. HJ. Reynolds & Son, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. r| not the vraceful, artistic articles of foot apparel to which Americans are ac- cusomed, but are built more for com- wing less in numbe Prompt shipper of Flour Feed Hay 30 E. Bridge St., ‘aos Distance Telephone. Grand Rapids. Morgan & Co. Manufacturers of WNINGS, TENTS, FLAGS AND CANVAS COVERS YACHT SAILS A SPECIALTY 187 Jefferson Avenue DETROIT, [lich. reat artistic taste, a The men’s shoes made in French fac- of time and lots of | tories are coarse, ill-shapen and poorly made. Women’s shoes are little more Si ghtly than men’s, but are made par- ly comforable by the last being sponge out of Cold) yn cae and rounded at the bottom so them’’ every night} that the tread brings the upper close t ff old merino’ an on the verge of what|down to the foot, which has also the ieffect of giving toa fat foot a petite | appearance. Notwithstanding prices charged for imbecility. The se- not bind, and must] shoes in the French capital are extrav- | fone really high grade store, as we would | broaden | it. Chey | re gard it, in the entire city, and this - |}one is naturally very successful. Here jseems to be an opening for American manufacturers to push their goods! with arched insteps | through retail stores, laced or buttoned, MRA ee aaa a | i g 3 a ca THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN THE SWEAT-BOX. Necessity of Reform in Some of its Methods. Those who by mishap, misfortune, or something and hopelessly conducted into the perspira- worse, are helplessly tion department of any institution are seldom anxious to get. there and afte one dip in the warm bath are danger of buying a ticket for a trip. In me returi For all that, it is a necessary de- partment in all sorts of conditions of in dustrial life. In railway service it has a well-round- ed and vivid sunflower bloom and the executive power, seated on a revolving chair in its torrid limits of wains: ot or rough pine, has and supreme unques- tioned authority. lf what is figuratively known as “chopping off heads’’ was of the Rob- the | culprit must answer for the lapse in department where nothing freezes but a salary and a situation. We are of the opinion, both from. ex that sweat-box perience and observation, while what is known the as iS as necessary as an office in railroads and workshops, there in need of reform in some of its methods. Inquiries into accidents, reported }neglect of duty, insubordination and | other forms of disaster or olfeuse are a always what they ought to be. in cmaing and impartiality. We have | known cases where men have been de- | posed on unverified statements and with | but one side of the case considered. Personal spite or malice too often find {the sweat-box a valuable assistant to | their evil designs. It is a short cut. for feven a good man into the street when he to acl | has become objectionable erk with E. A. Stowe, Esq., & Michigan Tradesman, City, Dear Sir--This week' Suit, and we must say ness, it will compare ladies our teeming terspersed with profit, as the p may it improve ce ae ere eet cet espletre type, that sardonic gentleman with a peculiar appetite for heads with- out would for second birth of the nineteenth century. owners wish a In many of our factories and mills, our mines and shops, as well as our law the box is a piece of warm furniture. tool if a motorman has passed a street crossing at.d to wel the hub of a wagon wheel or closed the courts and police stations, sweat- lt a man has broken a or forgotten to oil a bearing: neglected take up a passenger, has sr biography of if a molder has wasted time and iron in bad castings or plumber has gas or water a dog; a left a free passage for ina if a clerk has mistak- en a figure three for an eight, and pipe connection ; puts ledger ; | if, in fact, anything has been done con- | trary to rules and instructions, cents on the dollar column of a either | wilfully, maliciously or innocently, the | and your e with more collar than sense or to. a foreman who has more bile than honor or manli- ness in his make-up. Many a name is struck off the pay-rol] the tind and many an honest man robbed of opportunity to earn his bread and bread and shoes for his family hot for real but for alleged offenses sometimes to makea place for a friend - som times to get rid of a man whose only fault is that he has none or because his native brightness or skill in his work might make him a rival. For these and other reasons, almost as numerous and. often as unclean as many of the animals which Noah's good men and true find their Way into found free lodgings in Ark, the street via the sweat-box. Whenever a man’s character and his bread are at stake, no pains should be spared to get the whole truth and_noth- ing but the truth. We insist on this if NUT AERU S issue of the that for neatness, cleannes favorably with any of the t fforts to creat comprehensive, accurate and up-to-date as relates bright editorials concisely written ~representing.as they a ers and manufacturers of the Valley City--must de aper i8 a credit to its proprietor and thrive under its present Yours very truly, a prisoner is cha red with stealing a watermelon or a horse and we can do no less with a workingman in. the shop court room. We need not say that it would be well if manage and heads. of did they shut the door. 1S not leave their hearts at home when We no standing know that ina certain sense there is room for sentiment in business, but we have yet to find out the reason why a man in control Oo! Management of others should) consider their interests and rights beneath his notice. For such as these it 15 a consolation to remember there is a sweat-box to which there is no back door. To the many whose souls have not run into pig iron and who would in all things be both just and generous in all their dealings with men, the sweat box can be made not only *‘a terror to. ey i] (andy ape eyes SA ESTABLISHED should not depreciate its value by mak Ing it apologetic or weak in any partic- ular. This can be done in the ty po- graphical arrangement, in the wording and by ine losing it with other printed matter. Advertising circulars destroy ol advertising effectually the object a statement, matling If Ly FALE 1c PY matter pays, itself, but if you are expect- favorable results from the the Une mig ine statement chances are ht costs two cents anyhow and why by combining the two, surely against vou. argue inat it not put in circulars to make up the Phey might do some vood, but of e policy of getting something CICS the Ph i nothing, or destroy effectiveness your state- ment. feo trying to, has ruimed many fair prospects im business. Many houses stumble over. the ques- tion of drafts, but if, when the very first mouthly statement is sent showing any- 4865 INCORPORATED (889 8B W PUTNAM PREST M BARNETT. v PREST HENRY IDEMA.SECY& TREAS Land Hey Mb Vuh August 8, Tradesman comes to 6@ a trade pap cover, able management. I515. us in its new. S and typographical correct- rade journals that come to er that is a trade paper-- to market condition on topics of the hour, in- tities that always points and the air of thrift and the symetrical beauty and mil- ©, all the foremost JjJob- @ source of pride and and to the city. 8, Long The Putnam Candy Co, doers but a praise those who do to I well.”’ i RED W OODROW, 2 ~<— The Sending of Statements. Chere Statements of no are statements of account and account. Observation of some thirty before us shows that only five of the number convt y any intelli vent idea of the expected result. If voy Semi it ‘only for Comiparison,’’ sav so ; but do m statements If it the acc ount 1s due, plainly for asa sending this purpose that Say so, politely, yet forcibly. About one-half fore us at alone, Is sent reminder ot weak-kneed those be ‘mere apologies affairs disclose weak business methods. The manner in which the Statement is | inclosed has its effect also, A man who receives a statement seldom attaches to | it the importance you do, therefore you t waste too much time | made. of tion to make draft within seven thing due, notation is inten- 1 ten days, it will start the account right. The good business man and the best trade for which we are looking will think of money when due. hot less you for wanting your Many hesitate to notify a new custom- this il from the beginning, unless rompt pay- pt pas of intention to make draft, and IS just where the error is made, for draft, there not be as much difficulty as if the account at first was allowed to run ments are made, you make will ih definitely and then when such is past due, you provoke your customer ‘‘be- lrawn before. ’ W.S. Park. cause you have never « 0 Have you tried it—Signal Five? + o> Bastard baskets must go! THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN MEN OF MARK. John P. Hemmeter, Manager of the Hemmeter Cigar Co. [ have just listened to a story as full written of well ‘From towpath to White House”’ Interest 25 a romance, has been in my mind from the beginning to the end —with this difference that Gartield’s poverty and surrounded by the \ life, while beginning with IClLOUS red } hh influences of the canal, was soon chan for a higher order of existence ; but this one, witha beginning equally as humble, for a stepping stone, in spite of the odium there, heights where he stands to-day, a livin drifted into a saloon, and with that } centering clambered up _ the example of what a man can do in the unwholesome surroundings, tt midst of he will. john FP. Hemmeter was born on a farm, two miles from Saginaw, Aug. 13, 1862. His parents were German Lutl erans and, when the boy was old enough to learn to read, they sent h tO 3 tmained | school of that sect, where he until he School over, he still staid under the pat was. thirteen ental roof until he reached his majority, and then, taking off his coat and rolling leeves, he was ready to be up his s wherever tate should decide. At change of place, but the same old work of first it was simply a chor ing around’? went on for three months for (seo. L.. Burroughs, of Saginaw, a piace better than he could tind at) home for there was more money in it WV “his he ul W. Morley, of money still pita,” ’ could do better for Geo. the same town, and for six months he rendered him good = service. Phat brought him to the season for raftin logs: and, leaving behind him his } } ] record as a chore boy, he entered the the Tittabawasee Boom Co., as a raftsman. Service ol It was here that he earned his its yave height and. the the literally onl struck. | ‘The season was at business which commercial world a new word was the all the moment the Company was powerless. ‘*boom,’”’ when hands or The shock came with the suddenness of a bolt from a cloudless sky and, not knowing which way to turn for reliet, they find among the many who, witha No! strikers that started the saw-logs, ed to the company for duty. That man The company strikers lost Mah to the were rejoiced to one report- Hemmeter. breath. The was John caught its theirs and the booming logs went down Stream aS tf no strike had been de- clared. That settled the business for Hemmeter. He had) proved himself the man for the hour and from that time he had a firm friend in the Tittabawa see Boom Cx The work was not, howeve to his Liki it was hard and day rous ; ind, when the season was over, he we to clerkin ¥ ai ihe rie House it Saginaw, where he staid three onths This led-—naturally, it seems to me. -to the bar-tending, which followed, in a general liquor store, one of the worst places in the world for a young fellow and one which, nine times out of ten, will ticket him to the devil and ensure his safe arrival. He was there a yea Then he became bar-keeper for a sa ple room tor four months; and. then concluding that he might as. wel ve whatever profits accrued from the saloot business, he Ope ed 1 Saloo ot hisown her: S no use I Saving ner that the best friends of the ma were SOrry when this Ste] Was take! More tha one heard of it with a sieh and a ‘* Good bye, John it w be the old story, told in the old, s way, with the old, sorrowful endint ind with an “It’s too bad,’”’ they went their way and he went his. He was in that saloon for seven years, and when he found himself ts owner, the old spirit that showed it- self at the strike of log runners ap peared in that saloon in all its strength NOt a Cara or a « (I tlie was €CVel See]! nside its d S rt t hice ‘ t dice rattle was ¢Vel heard Woo its counter. [here was no — rush the rrowler’ on Sunday and if there ever was a respectable saloon i the wide world, it was found in Saginaw der the ownership of |. P. Hemmeter. Such a thine as that soon attracted at tentiol Looked upon at first 25 a c dition to wear aw: 11 ‘ t came time to be sidered asa phet ¢ NI Spoke Wout Lt rhe i ti ( iZcns who neve iad see the S cle ol a saloon ca t away to report w him i his earlier vere hot, Surprised, hey were atraid, and yet the outcome was what they w knew the man ha Le Cry reason uO ex pect. Se ie WEIL OU Lin Line I! among them and with them, not only frespected but | naly thought of, and ithe saloon life came to an end \ } month Lp Thre decline. It needed a manager: and whe one day, there had 1 si il } bee a preliminary talk among those imn- + } i } i ' j 1 lay terested in the DUSINEesSS and a cConciu \ 1 / ' f \ Son nad peen reacned, om OL then went over to the Hemmeter saloon and had a talk with the proprietor; and |! im glad to give the substance of this talk for the benefit of those whose young eves have looked upon the Saloon and wondered why it is not a business good enougn to i Ww ohn said the ma ft business, "we are needing a nCw VET al our cigar factory and we have made up our mil are too good a man ids that you to Stay in a saloon, Here's a place you Cal where n your time and your talents to good account and we want. to Kxtve Up this DUSINess and £o We resper t- nance 4 help you. into something that is respectable. } 4 rie , heen know that yout piace has Decn able, so far as it 1S possible to saloon decent ; but, after all, John, it isn’t a business aman of your stripe ought to engage in and we want you to come with | 1s. aes Feacwwecmn ree There could be but one result. A'! WO OXI OXI O WEE ONG Wate. Don't take everything offered as Confectionery just beccause the FRICE may be low. Insist on having GOOD goods that are at- tractive in finish and style of pack- ave—in fact _ Up-to-Date o 2 The kind produced by PUTNAM CANDY CO.: GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. \ Or Kees COP ROFIS1l os SES EEE ESE SEES SEES vandard Ol bo DEALERS IN t oy 5SRES yi c= ese es se Ste ( ay fe S ue Iluminating and Lubricating OILS Naptha and Gasolines 4 4 “eS re SEES Oy re c ‘S oY PATS re fe ote SES ea & me RPO se Ses Office, Mich.Trust Bldg. Works, Butterworth Ave. > ore ré ( GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. We tes s a Rg vs BULK WORKS at Grand Rapids, Muskegon, Manistee, Cadillac, Big Rapids, Grand Haven, Traverse City, Ludington, Allegan, Howard City, Petoskey, Reed City. Ore C fe rs es Highest Price paid for Empty Carbon and Gasoline Barrels spar ass eases ease aN SI ASTNS ones us $2. es a res Grand Rapids Paint & Wood Finishing C0. Reid Paints, Vils, Brushes, Varnishes, Etc. Manufaeturers and & Jobbers of ¢ S S Sa PLATE and WINDOW GLASS. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. =~ a 2 Write for prices and Color Curds,. e 51-55 Waterloo St., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH Willi 26-28 Louis’ St. JOBBER OF THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN stock company was formed under the name of the Hemmeter Cigar Co., with John P. Hemmeter as Secretary and General Manager, with headquarters at 122 and 124 South Hamilton street. The enterprise began business some time i i875. with a force of ten hands. It now has seventy-five hands, with a pay rol o1 S7so a wet It iS 2 success ind has been {fr ie me Mr. Hemmeter geme The old spirit e wa leg: 1 d and host tk ‘ oti a t Be ed arm has to 1 its way d spite of the sa in the wide x field of a lepit t yusiness, iS Nl ng influ ence Teil UpoO ine « 1 ly which its poss ves. ee Contract Requiring Breach of Confi- dence Is Void. A‘ a eement DV tie bookkee per O1 a corporation to disclose its financial con re void, i d os Otner person is a ol the corporatiol In the enport vs. Hulme (72 N. Y. o me ouperior Court ol ty ikes the above deci- SIO ind = says We have no hesitation n condemning the agreement on which this suit was bro as absolutely void a ceable ind approve the ac tion of tl ‘ lve in dismissing the comp! On this et nd. I ved a clea eirava i rust by the book keepel d was utterly sordid and con- pose and Cconcep- pioye oO! the com- 0 rust 1d confi- ‘ | btained his was i or to nti hei away tne ma t only violated an lover springing out s employment and ine stood to the company, but the whole transaction was, in foro conscientae, flagitious and inde- fensible. Lj w has sternly set the seal of its d i il and conden la- tion upon s cts. It reads into ev ery contract of service an obligation or the part of the servant to be faithful to his employer in respect to matters with- in the scope of his duties 1 pronounces any violation of such o be a breach of the ser- vant my betrayal | tO ot ( Come to} his know] ploym«e zit, their natu nis 6 €ir which app office ot a is compelled every detail of business financial conditic Phe thus acquires 1s usually of icl acter aS to expose the employer to loss and possible serious disaster if promul- gated tO Otners. The ob gation, there- tore, is proportionately great to 7 serve inviolate the confidence which the performance of : : which he dered hecessary. ‘There are te ibtless cases in which prevention of fraud or other service of the ends of justi create exceptions to the rule, but case does not come within any such modifying principle, and it is not nec- essary to “disc uss them. A viola ion of duty ‘of the character above mer at also involves an element of moral turp- | itude. It is a recognized and_ tirmly-estab- lished maxim the law that ex turpi contractu actio non oritur, and no per- son, so far back as the feudal ages, was permitted by law to stipulate for iniq- uity. But authority is unneccessary to support so plain a proposition. The consideration for the agreement in suit was illegal and the contract sued upon never had any legal inception. The contention that the agreement was relieved of the taint of illeg | Y.; Wyandotte, \Va. ine | that future |} without resorting to the 1} been asked to look up the i tracts have | above, ality because | . the party to whom the disclosures were made was a stockholder and entitled to the information which was the subject Or the barter is without legal support. Assuming the existence of the right it by no means follows that the book-keeper was entitled to give it. He was the servant of the company, not of the stoc kholders. He was neither em- ploved nor — he be discharged by them. His whole di ity was to the corpo- tion represented by the directors, who unaged and controlled the business, entitled to exe porate powers, and to whom he was sole- ly responsible for the proper discharge who were alone ‘cise Cor- of his functions. Suchan agreement as the one in. suit, though made with a , IS as much within the rule if entered into with a I Stockhold must seek the mation they are entitled to through > proper channels and not by corrupt- as CTs he betrayal of a trust, ifying circumstances, which the idiates and which no court of justice will enforce. +7om Proposed Chemical Combination. N. ¥. Shipping List From the Vague tor 1OW 1D manulacturers have been concerning negotiations to unite the leading of heavy chemicals throughout the world. Advices to that effect | have come from England, and fact that forward delivery prices on alkali, caustic soda, sal soda and ash have been advanced recently sidered rather significant. / Inquiry among representatives home and foreign manufacturers failed to throw any light upon the situation. In every instance all knowledge of the —s ed negotiations was de ne and it me quarters the report was emphatic- rumors weeks pre yey some ress the soda ally denied. However, there is a feel- ing that some action is necessary to make the business profitable. For a year or more competition has cut prices to a low point, and consolidation is con- sidered the only salvation unless the law of survival of the fittest allowed low its natural course. The latter as a heroic remedy for overproduction, is seldom 1 adopted, however. According to one of our informants the the is to foll circulated | is con- | jing the employes of the company. The |book-keeper had no other thought than iis own profit, and he drove as hard a rgain aS he could in his attempt to make the utmost farthing out of aj} shameless act. The agreement sued | m1 presents itself as a mere bargain | without qual- | law | of | trade is expecting some developments | from abroad which may have reference to the three American heavy chemical | manufacturers jocated in Syracuse, N. Mich., and opinion has been arrangements may Saltville, expressed mean the } deve lopment of factories here to suppl} ly | United States necessity of this connect the whole demand of the ng, and in present leading con- nection between a im- | tion we have | American | heavy chemical works and one of the principal concerns in England. It is| denied that any relation exists between | the two, and there the inquiry rests for | the present. will year’s Whatever is done next not of business, as con- heavy chemicals by the glass and paper manufacturers. They will doubtless have to pay more money the next time they enter the market for supplies, addition to the articles prices may harden on powder, bicarb salt cake, etc. mn bleaching soda, chlorate potash, +o Sparta Sentinel: The Tradesman Grand Rapids has placed a new Thorne typesetting machine in its office and that journal came out last week in a new dress bright and sparkling as a girl in anew summer suit. Not only the {Tradesman of interest to business men, but to the family as well, the local writ- 1S affect the | already been made ahead for | and | mentioned | | of | er’s aged mother (68 years old) taking great pleasure in reading it, and if we| do not take it home she will remind us| of it. success, We wish Editor Stowe unbounded | Merchants | nks, who don’t blue label cigars. patrons the worth by clean honest you want to please a few cra pationize you, insist on having sSutif you want to give your of their money with cigars made people, give them GREEN SEAL CIGARS And you will alway s Satisfy them GROSKOPF BROS., Manufacturers of Trunks and TRAVELING BAGS Wholesale and Retail Sample Trunks and Cases Mude to Order. Repa neatly done. Telephone 906. 8 9-91 CANAL ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. LEMON & WHEELER CO. Wholesale sesso IF OCELS.cssere Pres | we GRAND RAPIDS Chas. A. Morrill & Co. Importers and —Jobbers of 21 Lake 00000000 TEA 90000000 St., CHICAGO, III. OF COURSE YOU HANDLE 4LION COFFE 4 4 yl 54 4 0] 0} mi | 9} r He ni ¥ 4 tg I iy 2 rs] ra] z WOOLSON SPICE 4} 666666456 bb 46464666 bbb bib bab inte : SEE PRICE LIST ELSEWHERE : , o © ¢ ¢ 3 EVERY PACKAGE 16 02. NET 3 ¢@ . ¢ 3 WITHOUT GLAZING. 3 * ° ¢ Perfectly Pure Coffee. $ $9990000000000000000000000 CO. TOLEDO, OHIO, and KANSAS CITY, MO. te Wash Day Pereerecesocosoncceee MRE Ge Se Gh ae ae a aa ae ce tae a ate a sooeeeneccocones SOAS SS a eo tet eres He paces 20202020 202cl0 2020 f0lc am Nearly every woman dreads ‘‘wash day’? with its drudgery and discosnfort. Some women have found out that there is one great aid that helps make lighter the work of washing clothes. That is OAK-LEAF SOAP. It takes the d7r/ out without excessiv e rubbing— leaves the clothes clean and 2 vhite ,withoutinjury. You can well afford to give if atrial. Get it at £ your dealers. A catalogue of beautiful pictures free. ; GOWANS & SONS, Buffalo, N. Y. CERES ES ee a a tte a ae to Bi teats THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN a5 ot not make victory complete and deliver ~ ae : a Vehicles these goods to his ed ihe - c; G. Dunton & Co. BOMERS'’ EXPRESS & " same display of neatness he exhibits WILL BUY ALL KINDS OF TRANSFER CO. dab Opinion of a Leading Manufacturer !0 and around his place of business? aC on Delivery Wagons. In most instances bic bore ic 2| [teen ot Ey ——— Written for THE TRADESMAN. shadow, rites old aml soiled. bic | Oliec aad Vind Geventh Gt nde AW RE. Phone 509-3 R It affords me the greatest satisfaction | Wagol pen, bruised by hard GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 0 29@QOoe-- 56 OTTAWA ST. to notice the effort the Tradesman is| knocks, and defaced by mud and_ time -—-~—— making in an endeavor to convince the in fact, the entire outfit has the = ap- dealers and merchants of the necessity | pearance of decay and neglect. This, of an improvement in their delivery necessarily, nist etfeet and counterace and freight wagons, and I have read} many of his previous efforts to secure with much pleasure the articles pub- | patronage. lished in the Tradesman on that subject. H. P. BeraNnap. Being a wagon manufacturer, [ prob- > o> ably notice thé great assortment of non- Eating Bones. descripts much more particularly than One of the New Vork reformers who others; yet I am convinced that the general public notices and comments o1 the poor quality and design of the deliv- wagons in use by merchants through- the State and, particularly, in Grand Our ery out Rapids. exhaust make an artistic merchants. will every resource to dis- play of their goods ; will use every pre- caution to prevent their being damaged, re yet, when these goods are sold, they are sent to the buyer with no thought as to their condition when delivered in or what kind or shape of vehicle they are delivered. I contend that a fine display of goods delivered pertect In this, it is absolutely necessary should be invariably condition as to do that a vehicle should be provided suitable to consumer in as when placed on sale. order those requirements. vertising and of bringing the dealer prominently to the eyes of the public, a fine appearing wagon affords great op- portunity. The wagons in use by our are constantly under motion and, conse- | quently, tunities for a wagon is neat and tasty present exceptional —oppor- successful advertising. | in construc- it at Once attracts atten- to the nier- tion and finish, tion, not only to the wagon but and their lta chant desires to keep his name and bus } <- owners business. iness before the public, can there be ¢ vised any better means than that afford- ed by his wagons? r Che merchant for the present deplorable condition of alone 1s responsible the delivery wagons seen on our streets. ‘What ts was first asked, price be- In former vears the question, the quality?’’ ing an after consideration. Now, the first question is, *‘What is the price: | quality and adaptability to the use for which it is intended not being given a thought. ° The manufacturers, as a rule, are not given to selling wagons at less than cost, and, as a result, an inferior arti- cle is produced which soon becomes a disgrace to the owner and to the manu- tacturer. The life of any vehic le depends large ly upon the care it receives. It shoul be properly housed when not in-use oiled and washed at least once each week, and thoroughly painted once in each twelve months. By doing this the life of any wayvon 1S ereatly le ethened, hh fh while the vehicle is made much = more presentable. It is a supposable case that when one embarks in business he expects to maintain his position against competi tion and to endeavor, through the qual ity and neat display of his wares, to dis The modern, tance his competitors. store and fixtures are thoroughly the goods are displayed to the best possible advantage, and he and his clerks are polite and painstaking. secures the desired trade. Why does he As a result, he jample, to the |! would improve the diet of mankind has just put out a proposition for the eating of bones after they are ground fine. He at | | : holds that under the existing regimen the bones of the human frame are. not properly supplied with the chemical ele- ments needed to sound | + KCep tiem in and ] iy } I and vigorous condition, these that elements can be most easily obtair ied by consuming the powdered bones of the = Hin animals ordinarily used for food. He B Is ES os =f * SS USINESS WHEELS would sprinkle a steak or chop, for ex- LIGHT ROADSTERS LADIES’ WHEELS with bone dust, after the manner 1in which it is sprinkled with salt and a a ‘ ' : 1 ; cad tua ein he maintains that thus the A High Grade Machine, Built on Mechanical Principles. Prices Right. [mmedi- taste of the meat may be greatly 1m- ate Shipment. Dealers, write for discounts. proved. ° ° e on ow . CYCLOW CYCLE CO., 488 5. DIVISION SI., Grand Rapids Best seller in the world-—Signal Five. "9 ' a merchants | As a means of ad- | NNNPOP OP OPUOpODIOPEPRHNOrYEPNpOr NRO NOP rerNnYqnrvtrieY AVVO HOTONPNOPNRT NOD ER NERNERNOPNOPNRrNRR HED ERE ONRONT Stop! AND READ. no NUOPUDPNPNOR OED HERNOPNOPNER NER NETNOPeDRNEREnNerNrORRONAES Make ISgos until write us about Portland and Swell Body Cutters Belknap, Baker & Co. : GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. FAUWNAAAAANANLANAAAAAAUAbAAAAJALAbAdAAJ4N4bA4NA444bi 444 48444440 408440 d0044b4b0 00440440 db044bdbN J0b 44k dba 608 dbL ddA THE BELKNAP WAGON AND SLEIGH CO. GRAND RAPIDS. contracts for we call or you GAbdbbdbedbhdbbabedbadbbabedbbdbbdbadba dbbdbadbadbbdbidbaddedd Spring, Freight, Express and Lumber Wagons. ” iis ae EI¢ 42e3 je manufacturers of Belknap’s Patent Send for New Catalogue. WAG iS YOUR BEST ADVERTISEMENT. GENERAL DELIVERY A FINE APPEARING WAGON a aT aT a Ta te hr nna ry . . am Nw 4 é THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN THE BACK OFFICE. Written for the TRADESMAN Chances Must be Taken but Some = We were talking of Chicago, and the Ventures are not Warranted. visitor, From the Keystone. GAMBLING IN TRADE. who had lately been there and who manages an extensive and thrifty In a broad way it may facturing establishment in Grand iN trade site S Rapids, remarked that one of the most “ain eet tou Monee _. ceable sights in the Western me- side the operations of olis was the tramp. It is a topic too } se] stale to discuss, but it led to the remark lf, and are external nian. the ta that the upheaval in business had fur- ; . dents of Hood < | 1 } } mn ce ee shed too many men who, without em- tions of Pr i; ie / | es ovment and without visible means ot sé the bankruptcy of deébtors}! } act } ] Sul Tt, af etusiny to < pt an DO- al ilessness of trusted employes. Iipport, ate rerusine we accept any 6p ject, however, comprehends | sition which does mot ensure the old- ~ 1 of gambling, in which} time income of $3 to $5 per day. ‘I a : himsell, and nim a man come into my office fast a oe ee ae week,’’ remarked. the manufactur if we given the ‘“‘hard name of ’ : : va ying to mere bad judgmenta id un wanting something to do, Four dol- fitness it is because these faults deserve | lars a day was what his old position the severer name when honest creditors | had eiven h and was what he wanted have left to them only the luxury of w. IL had nothing like that for him. was common day labor at the regu- wages, Whicn he, of course, re fused. wn men with families, behind in rent and in debt at the grocer’s, refuse » take S1.a day when they had nothing ito do and their families were suffering The only thing I could possibly give He is not the only instance. I have Why, if I were in these men’s shoes, I would rather work for that very dollar. at socents a day and have it mune, earned by my own hands, than to sit around doing nothing, with my family suffering for the things that 50 cents would buy. ”’ That spirit, out of work, is bad enough, but ite is worse, if anything, when it accepts under protest the posi- tion it is confident it can more than fill. The dollar a day is the badge of servi- tude; and every stroke of work, instead of being done with gratitude, as it should be, for the blessed privilege ot honor- able work with honorable rewards, how- ever meager, is made the occasion for resentment of the decrees of fate and the inscrutable dispensations of divine Providence. With that motive as the mainspring of action, the unsolved problem is, how much of my over-plus ought I to furnish for this miserable dollar? If I am worth $5 a day, then, unless arithmetic and ‘figures won't lie’’—-is at fault, only a fifth of my value is needed to equalize the demands of a full day’s work. Phat point settled, ‘*My employer cannot another promptly takes 1ts plac c. expect me to come to him for details which I know more about than he does |, who, in my prosperous days, had better men in my employ than he. If he has work for me to do, let him bring it to me: that will be time ae rh enough! Ingrate that he is, will he never learn the lesson that it is the basket, full and running over with his best, which wins favor, not only with Good well done, is its own reward; but how d fold is the value of that work when it is. the out- men but with Heaven? work, much more than a thousa pouring of a grateful heart! Chink of it, you who scorn the dollar that is intended only to hold) you up. Chink of it, you who are abusing your only means of climbing again to the shining heights, and may the reflection strangling the spirit of the tramp which is in you, nerve your heart and strength- en your hand with a worthier purpose and enable you, by a generous outpour- ing of the best that is in you, to gain and keep the old position which long- ing alone will never again secure. RICHARD MALCOLM STRONG. >eo> It has no equal--Signal Five. OVETSLOC k will its prolusiol forward by |! quence, with easily abic keep a large a he SUit Of RIS li chance of a m oometi Che takes another 1 deavor oo tf by the size of | seek to impress Oo {i c way. He will 7 f pearance ot | mat then success,’ by building an extravagant | house or driving a‘’swell’’ team, or by | some lavish entertainm or by dress, } or by some other loud personal adver- | tisement. But it is gambling, just the] same, if it is not justified by his actual } GREETING: net worth. | Phere are other classes of gambling | which are negative in character but] are no less worthy ol consideration. Many a merchant gambles with oppor- Ann} n g | et | 1 IMIOCKS en it fails into right hand,and which only once or twice of New Jersey, against you, the ny ly tim i iven to Every trade 0 . on f oj 1d a TIT ( ee en t . :F complained of, and that the said show his skill in handling it. The sud- den death of the old jeweler who had ity. furnishes one such o€casion ; he nerveless be- the trial sub- ] in the hands mner who sp sequently fil ds the car of fate “‘stacked’’ against him. He is henceforth out OF TRE Fame, and be- comes a wretched looker-on; while a more confident r grasps the gold that lies within his easy reach. Another poor wretch is the merchant les with time. He is forever needed rerorm, perpct- : who gam 1 " ] 1 ey-minmaking period ends accoraing t0 economic science. Ai- m Outvotes €n- oductive tacuity wanes. y ina sense which he with the laws of prog who does not advertise : : : ae false or misleading manner. Mivertises; who does not in a way that forn contorm his } a + +} i + na 1 1 il t Tri iALCSt al aw proved theories and the established tra- | ay ditio j ho unter to the eneral | raries must UnNeAaIthy [SEAL] who eventt Crass im ti ally drop out of the uneven Strugyvie be- cause they gaml and *‘took the all of fate against them. j } | | | } led against certainties | ROWLAND COX, hazard of the die’’ wii] Ne./ Jersey, in the Third Circuit, on the part of the ENOCH the it has lately exhibited its said Bill of Complaint in our said Circuit Court said HENRY KOCH, Defendant, to be Aresident nited States of Zmerica, To HENRY KOCH, your clerks, attorneys, ager 5, salesmen and workmen, and all claiming or holding through or under you, eight hundred and ninety-two. Dhereas, it has been represented to us in our Circuit Court of the United States for the District of MORGAN’S SONS COMPANY, Complainant, that of the United States for the District relieved touching the matters therein ENOCH MORGAN’S SONS COMPANY, Complainant, is entitled to the exclusive use of the designation ‘‘SAPOLIO” as a trade-mark for scouring soap. ( Mow, Cherefore, we do strictly command and _ perpetually enjoin you, the said HENRY KOCH, your clerks, attorneys, agents, salesmen and workmen, and all claiming or holding through or under you, ider the pains and penalties which may fall upon you-and each of you in case of disobedience, that you do t absolutely desist and refrain from in any manner unlawfully using the word ‘‘SAPOLIO,” or any word or words substantially similar thereto in sound or appearance, in connection with the manufacture or sale of any scouring soap not made or produced by or for the Complainant, and from directly, or indirectly, By word of mouth or otherwise, selling or delivering as “SAPOLIO,” or when ““‘SAPOLIO” is asked for, that which is not Complainant’s said manufacture, and from in any way using the word ‘“‘SAPOLIO” in any ° itess, The honorable MELVILLE W. FuLLER, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States of America, at the City Jersey, this 16th day of December, in District of New the year of our Lord, one thousand of Trenton, in said [SIGNED] Complainant's Solicitor >» DD. OLIPHANT, Clere -« Association Matters Grand Rapids Retail Grocers’ Association President, E. WHITE; Secretary, = A. Treasurer, J. GEO. LEHMAN. Sugar Card—Granulated. 514 cents per pound. 414 pounds for 25 cents 10 “pounds for 50 cents. 20 pounds for #1. STOWE; Jackson Retail Grocers’ Association President, BYRON . Hii; Secretary, W. H. Por- TER; Treasurer, J. F. HELMER,. Sugar Card—Granulated. 5% cents per pound. 914 pounds for 50 cents 19 — for #1. Northern Mich. Retail tail Grocers’ Association President, J. F. Tatman, Clare; Secretary, E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids; Treasurer, J. WisLER, Mancelona. Owosso Business Men’s Association. President, A. D. WaiprLe:; Secretary, G.T. Camp- BELL; Treasurer, W. E. COLLINS. Michigan Hardware Association. President, F. S. CARLETON, Ca umet: Vice Presi- dent, Henry C. WEBER Detroit; Treasurer, Henry C. Minniz, Eaton Rapids. Grand Rapids Fruit it Growers’ Association. President, R. D. GRaHam; Secretary, M. W. Ronan; Treasurer, H. O. BRAMAN. Gripsack Brigade. depended on as a | building contractor, Secretary- | THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN CURRENT COMMENT. The Chamber of Commerce of chester, England, Man- has decided to have 1 Testing House, ‘‘to ascertain the true condition, weight, length and other physical properties of such articles as the Board of Directors may to time determine.’? When the Cham- ber gets settled down to question of shrinkage, to send over from time discuss the a Grand Rapids peach bas- ket and strawberry box and heve ‘them decide how far the atmosphere can be cause for the change? ok * The despairing * public, ‘How long?”’ of the suffering from the murderous exultant ‘* At last,’’ from the same raged public. The rascal whose ineffi- ciency led to the catastrophe of the ill- fated Ireland building has earthed, It is the plaster- | er who is the cause of all this wretched has been found that not a out- and arrested. business. It single square inch of plastering was | found in its place, when even a_ child can be made to see that if the plaster L. (Windy) Williams, traveling repre- | sentative for the Detroit Cig turing Co., of Detroit, is in day, accompanied by his wife. W. H. Downs has engaged to for the Milton Hosiery Co., of Chicago which controls the output of six mills. town to- ar Manufac- | travel | He also represents the suspender house | of G. W. Hoyt, of Chicago. There will be a meeting of Grand Rapids traveling men at the Livingstor Hotel er the mattter of holding an annual pic- nic and make the necessary preliminary arrangements, | were valued at for last year. That isn’t | all. Three-fourths of that sum came farmers and the farms of this from the next Saturday evening to consid. | lcommunities get rid of i backs © in case it is thought ad- |} | here, visable to hold a picnic under the aus- | pices of the local salesmen. Ed. Germain, the Saginaw lumber- | man, has a_ panacea for the stagnation in. the lumber follows: ‘‘If dealers would all call in their lumber would advance 50 cents a thousand within 60 days. The stocks at all Eastern and interior points are small, but manufacturers are ing their commodities upon the market, and when a dealer is drummed by sibly a dozen different will buy only as his necessities demand, that when the lumber manufacturer is so unload prices are likely to drop, and he ts_ not disposed to buy on a falling market. We all know that better times are com- ing, but the difficulty is we do not know just when they will arrive.”’ a investig present business, as salesmen crowd- pos- salesmen he for he reasons anxious to into the Wyoming mur- The official ation Bannock Indian troubles in that the ‘‘trouble’’ der of one poor old Indian by the set- tlers’. posse who had arrested a party of hunters for killing Hole region, a privilege accorded to them by treaty. The murder is with impunity as the officials before whom the murderers would be arraigned are shows was the game in the Jackson parties to the conspiracy against the In dians. It is probable that the time is} passed when there is a possibility of an outbreak of the United States. They are subdued and cowed by the officials and there is not enough of the fighting spirit left to make that such reports as the one sent out by the press a few ‘Bannock massacre”’ Indians may be disorderly but the of Indian wars are forever past >7oo ‘Signal Five. Indians in any part of » thoroughly government it possible weeks ago of the should be true. days It is the best | | y | } | | | | P ithe law with the had stuck not an iron girder would have fallen. The plasterer isthe rascal. Off with his head! a goodly row of less than too cents on the dollar and its | how would it do| | course, is relieved by the} been un- | ihe will find that he Here's figures. -886, - 843,000. Now put this little contraction of the United States before it (S$) and} it will be That is what the exports from this country “rin to mean something. genuine their and that republic. Just let the and their large as it is, will be and it may be well enough to say that the farmer isn’t the American citizen with hay-seed in his hay-seeds”’ amount, right hair and sandburrs in his stockings. * * * It is a disputed question whether the Bay City sea serpent, attacked the three ladies the other day, a seal. At this safe to say it was a sea letting as near as that to an skin without for it. Without any was a sea lion. which distance it 1S lion. No three lion or woman alone seal fight } unclaimed making a. vigorous kind of ‘How the world is given to lying !’ sane | culated to injure the industry elsewhere would be} debts never outlaw. interest in the publishing firm whose capital I furnished. If the firm had prospered I should have expected to col- lect two-thirds of the profits. As it is, I expect to pay all the debts. My partner | has no resources, and I do not look for} I had a two-thirds assistance from him.’ Canadian farmers haven’t been idle ;} L and for a country making no pretentions to greatness 46,000,000 bushels of wheat | for one season is doing pretty well. Of that is nothing when compared with what the Nation to the south of | Canada is doing, but its a good and the farmer up there should be gratulated. crop con- * - = orchards near Benton Harbor will not be further | molested. It has been the fad to ap- | proach the orchard on the water’s side by means of row boats and, after ing the peaches to steal away. man with orders to It is safe to say that fruit steal- A watch- shoot will have a| tendency to put an end to the fun. *« £ *€ If that Bangor correspondent who says | | that peaches shipped to Chicago do not pay will send his fruit to Grand Rapids, need not go so. far} and fare better. ee + If pleasure is business Lord and Lady | | William Beresford have been putting in | i}mon and they went. farming “way- | doubled ; | only | iS a SCa | | Fuller, some heavy strokes this summer in Nor- | |way. They wanted to go fishing for sal- My lord bought a | Land of the Mid- and he and my| salmon stream in the night Sun for $4,000 lady took a day off and enjoyed the sport immensely. They caught two fishes (one apiece), weighing—-if the joke isn’t too far fetched-~£400. Nice | salmon they have in Norway! * * * | According to the report of Warden | of the Ionia House of Correction, the manufacture of furniture in that in- stitution has yielded a profit of during the past year. Such a profit is only possible through sales at rates cal- $26, 000 Wholesalers will not handle prison | | made goods except at prices far below those made by free labor. Of course, doubt. it} A story has found its way into the} papers. to the effect. that a Michigan farmer has been caught by the green | soods scheme. It is a base, ignomint- ous whopper, that’s exactly what it is; and as senseless as it is wicked. The idea of a Michigan farmer being caught as that at this time when he is making money by any such scheme of the year, hand over fist without fear and favor of fruit basket. street bastard In the language of the ‘W'at ye givin’ us?’’ ae Mark Twain explains his business re- lations ina way that does him credit. | ‘It has been reported that | sacrificed, for the benefit of creditors, the property of the firm whose financial backer I was, and_ that [ am now lecturing for my own benefit. I intend the lectures, Says he: publishing This is an error. las well as the property, for the creditors. | man’s | than the law. The law recognizes no mortgage on a brain, and of the rules of insolvency and start free for himself; but I am not a busi- and honor is a harder master | It cannot compromise for | again ness man, it is possible to make and sell such | goods at a profit where the labor costs | nothing, even at the prices the contract- ‘lors are willing to pay, but every dollar thus saved to the State costs many lost from the profits of the furniture factor- lies else Aa re m the State and the maintenance of such a factory at Ionia |to support criminals is no small factor | in keeping the wages of workmen else- | From the Emporia, Kan., i has invented a new calling for where below what they should be. > «> A New Calling for Women. Gazette. There this town who women 5 is a woman in ishe is a professional companion for | by the | long-time contracts. a merchant who has | given up all he has may take advantage | Spa Inara ore , | women whose husbands are gamin’, | ia lone woman at $5 a week, or she laway, for 75 away. She company for will while husbands are cents an evening. She | knows all the gossip and will tell gossip for so cents a night extra. In families when there is a young woman with a| beau, who is liable to be talking in a low tone until 10 o’clock in the parlor, and then hush up until she is awakened front door slamming about = night, the woman charges a doll: a night straight, making no ee ''e In families where there is a boy who lies on his back and screams at bedtime, the woman charges double rates. She is particular and very independent, and as the lodges srow in the town her business is | branching out, and she is said to be) putting money in the bank every Satur- | day night. will go to a house and be vo out for the night, Dae | Ly. G’d Rapids 6:00am 1:25pm *6:30pm *1 Ly. Gd Rapids.. | Ar. G'd Rapids.........11:30am | Ar. Detroit. .. 11:40am 5 | Ly. Grand Rapids DETROI | Ar. Pt. Huron.! soe ee ” , ’ a ee 25 Travelers’ Time Tables. June 16, 1895 CHICAGO and West Michigan R’ y Going to Chicago. 1:30pm Ar. Chiecago....12:05pm 6:50pm 6:00am 6:25am Returning —= Chicago. Ey. Chicago ...........- :20am 5:00pm *11:45pm Ar. G'd Rapids... 12 -40pm 10:40pm *6:30am To and from Muskegon. «ces 6:00am 1:25pm €:30pm 5:15pm 10:40pm Trav erse City, Charlevoix - Petoskey. .- -*8:00am . G’d Rapids.. Ar Manistee Traaerse ¢ ‘ity. a Charlevoix... 6:30am Ar. Petoskey ‘2 7:00am Trains arrive from srg at5: 30a. m., 11:458.m., 1:00p.m., *1:30p.m. PARLOR AND SLEEPING CARS. Parlor Cars leave Grand Rapids 6:00a.m., 1:25 p-m.; leave Chicago 7:20a.m., 5:00p.m. Sleeping Cars leave Grand Rapids *11:30p.m.; leave Chi cago *11:45p.m. *Every day. 1:00pm 11:00pm 4:00am Others week days only. DETROIT jonins « soncre 3 Going to Detroit. Ly. Grand Rapids 7:00am 1:20pm 5:25pm ypm 10:10pm Returning from Detroit. Ly. Detroit..... 40am 1:10pm Ar. Grand Rapids. "12:40pm 5:20pm 1 Saginaw, Alma and St. Louis. Lv. G R7:40am 5:00pm Ar. G KR 11:35am 10:45pm To and from Lowell. -- +24 am Se 4:25pm Ar. from Lowell. 12:40pm 5:20pm . THROUGH CAR SERVICE. Parlor cars on all trains between Grand Rap- ids and Detroit. Parlor car to Saginaw on morn ing train. Trains week days on ly I 6:00pm :45pm M. Fuuuer, Chief Clerk, Pass. Dep't. _MIGHIGAN CENTRAL “‘Tve Niagara Falls Route.” Arrive Depart Detroit Hxpress,................ 10:20pm 7:00am *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 from Detroit. Parlor cars leave for Detroit at 7:00a.m., reaching Detroit at 12:20p.m.: return ing, leave Detroit 4:35p.m., arriving at Grand Rapids 10:20p.m. Direct communication made at Detroit with all through trains east over the Michigan Central Railroad (Canada Southern Division.) A. Aumguist, Ticket Agent, Union Passenger Station. Grand Haven & Milwaukee Railway Eastward. tNo.14 +No.16 tNo. 18 *No. & wv. Gd Rapids.6:45am 10: 0am 3:25pm 11,0Upm Ar. Ionia ..4:40am 11:25am 4:27pm 12:35am it: Ar. St. Johns 29am 12:17pm 0pm 1:25am Ar. Owosso. am 1:20pm 6:05pm 3:10am Ar. E. Ss aginaw 10:50am 3: pm 8:00pm 6:40am Ar. Bay City..11:30am 4:35pm 8:37pm 7:15am Ar, Wim. ..... 5 3:45pm 7:05pm 5:40am pm 5:50pm 8:50pm am 2 |} Ar. Pontiac...10-58am 3:05pm S:zopm 5:37am Ar. Detroit...11:50am 4:05pm 9:25pm 7:00am Westward. For G’d Haven and Intermediate Pts....*8:40am For G’d Haven and Muskegon.... For G’d Haven, Milwaukee and Chi For G’d Haven, Milwaukee and Chi For G’d Haven and Milwaukee........ tDaily except Sunday. *Daily from the east, 6:35a.m., 12:50p.m., 5:30p.m., 10:00 p.m. Trains arrive from the west, 6:40a.m., 8:15 a.m., 10:10a.m.,3:15p.m., 7:05p m. Eastward—No. 14 has Wagner Parlor Buffet ear. No. 18 Parlorecar. No. 82 Wagner sleeper. Westward—No. 11 Parlorecar. No. 15 Wagner Parlor Buffet car. No. 81 Wagner sleeper. Jas. CAMPBELL, City Ticket Agent. GRAND Rapids & enue Northern Diy. 7:40pm +10:05pm Trains arrive Leave Arrive i Trav. Cy., Petoskey & Mack. +7:00am + 5:15pm Trav. Cy., Petoskey & Mack 8:00am *10:00pm 3:25pm _ +11:30am Sarinaw...... fs . .- to 00pm. t11:00pm Petoskey and Mackinaw... paring + 6:20am 7:00a.m. train has throug h cars to Saginaw. 8:00a.m. train has parl lore te Mackinaw, 5:25 Dp m. train has parlor ¢ ar for Traverse City. 10:45 p-m. train has sleeping cars for Petoskey and Mackinaw. Traverse City Southern Div. Leave Arrive Cin., Ft. Wayne & Kalamazoo.+ 7:25am = +9: i15p ym Ft _W ayne & Kalamazoo.... 2:00pm Cin., Ft. Wayne & Kalamazoo.*10:15pm Kalam: Bae... .+ 6:00pm +9:2Cam 7:25a.m. train hi us “parl lor ear to Cincinnati. 10:15p.m. train has sleeping cars to Cincinnati, | Indianapolis and Louisville. Chicago Trains. Lv. G’d Rapids......%7:2am t2:00pm Ar. Chieago...... 2:40pm 9:00pm 7:10am 2:00p.m. train has through coach. 10:15p.m. train has through coach and sleeping car. Ly. Chicago +6:50am +3:00pm *11:30pm Ar. G ‘d Rapids.......2:15pm 9: — 6:50am 3:00p.m. train has through coach and 11: 30p.m. has through coach and sleeping ear. Muskegon Trains. Lv G’d Rapdist7:25am +1 — m 78:30am +5:40pm Ar Muskegon. wn sam 7:05pm Lv Muskegon #9: 30pm +4:05pm ArG'd Rapids10: 30am ‘5pm 5:20pm +Except Sunday. ree +Sunday only. A. ALMQUIST, C. L. Lockwoop, | Ticket Agt. Un. Sta. te Pass. & Tkt. Agt +10: 15pm — See ee pe ra Sages t iy qf 26 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Drugs-=-Chemicals STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY. One Year— Two Years— - Three Years— C. A. BueBeEE, Charlevoix President, C. A. BuGREE, Charlevoix Secretary, F. W. R. Perry, Detroit. Treasurer, GEO. GUNDRUM, Ionia. Coming Meetings—Houghton, August Lansing, November 5. MICHIGAN STATE PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION. President, Gro. J. Warp, St. Clair. Vice Presidents, S. P. Wairmarsn, Palmyra: G. C. PHIturps, Armada. Secret ry, B. ScHROUDER, Grand Rapids. Treasurer, WM. Duronrt, Detroit. Executive Committee—F. J. WurzspurG. Grand Rapids; F. D. STEVENS, Detroit: H.G. Cotman, Kalamazoo: E. T. Wess, Jackson: D. M. Rus- SELL, Grand Rapids. GRAND RAPIDS PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY. Joun E, Peck B. SCHROUDER President, Secretary, - - THEORIES OF INSOLVENCY. The Right and Wrong Views of the Question Involved. From the Dry Goods Chronicle. There are wholesale houses which make it a rule never to. settle with an insolvent debtor for less than the face of his account, if they think there. is any show whatever to force it out of him or his estate. Such a rule is. not based upon a correct theory of honestly - conducted business. It is founded on the assumption that insolvency is chief- ly, ft not wholly, an abuse of conti- dence. Where the latter is the Case. it cannot be too severely dealt with, but most settlements grow out of a CONVIC- tion that there is more misfortune than rascality in business disasters. What we regard as the true theory of the relation between wholesaler and re tailer is often acted upon but seldom analyzed and definitely stated. That relation is in the nature of a limited partnership. The retailer, when he Starts in business, puts in such capital as he may have, his experience, intel- ligence, time and labor. The whole- saler voluntarily contributes goods from time to time. If the business prospers, both parties have their reward. The goods contributed are paid for, and. the way opened for increasing transactions, which may continue to grow year after year. If, however, the retailer faithful- ly employs all the elements named above, but is overborne by adverse con- ditions or unfavorable events, it is. but equitable and fair for his creditors, who may or may not have profited liberally from the connection, to submit to share in the losses of the concern. This is the well-settled principle un- | derlying insolvency legislation, and has basis of proceedings in bankruptcy. If, a5 we are olten told, “Law hath its source in the bosom of God,’’ it also appeals to the love of fair play in man. Mutual dependence is a large. charac- teristic of Commercial affairs. To stand alone and aloof is more truly impossible in business than in any other depart- ment of human life. To give and take, to live and let live,to share and recipro- cate, rather than to maintain a_ solitary rectangularity, are the watchwords and principles of that great civilizer of man- kind, the Genius of Trade. But all this presupposes honesty and fair dealing. Either party may Vitiate his rights by fraud cor chicanery. The retailer who obtains coods, knowing that he is unable to pay for them, who adds to his liabilities when his living assets are so far below them that no amount of boosting will ever bring the two entities within sight of each other,or who delib- erately fails in order to make money, has forfeited all claims to any implied partnership considerations,or to the mand him to his proper place, that he may ho more imperil the property of others. Let the line between the two kinds of delinquents be drawn with a GEO. GUNDRUM, Tonia | a S. E. PaRKILL, Owosso Four Years - F. W. R. Perry, Detroit Five Years - A.C. SchumacHeEr, Ann Arbor atic | purifies the blood, and thus mercy of the court. Strip him and re- | subsoil plow, and never be overstepped | or obliterated. The privilege of preference has be- come a deadly weapon in the hands of insolvents. The carnage has been fear- ful among those who didn’t know it was | Insolvencies which should pan | loaded. out at least fifty cents on the dollar, in- ure only to the benefit of the preferred, other creditors receiving nothing. We could fill pages with instances, but re- frain, our readers being well aware some of them, no doubt, painfully aware | of ‘‘how the old thing works.’’ It seems incredible that so wide-awake and progressive a people should so long endure the oppression of this unjust and exasperating law. itors, it has outrun that benevolent de- sign and become the ready and potent instrument of mercantile thievery. The new national bankruptcy law, if we ever | get one, should draw a line with dis- tinctness behind which, if anywhere, | Meantime | the preference may prevail. it is well, wherever the sum involved is worth fighting for, to invoke such aid | as the courts can give in preventing | fraudulent settlements. a How the Street Fakir was Rewarded for Honest Dealing. ‘Gentlemen,’’ said the street. fakir, as he arranged his bottles on the table before him, *‘I did not come here to lie and deceive, and rob you of your hard- earned dollars. | have stuck to the truth 11 all my life, and, though that is the rea- | son lama poor man, I shall continue | to speak the truth to the end of my | days. The crowd had been coldly surveying his preparations, but began to warm up a little over his address. ‘Tl might say to you,’’ he went on, as] he held up one of the bottles in a loving way between his eye and the sun, ‘‘that | this medicine was discovered by a cel-| ebrated medicine man of the Sioux tribe | of Indians, but why deceive you? It is a remedy entirely unknown to the In- dians. It is my own discovery, and never saw an Indian in my life.’’ The crowd increased in numbers and began to press closer. “1 could tell you that this compound would cure Bright's disease, and in ten minutes every bottle would be sold; but could I sleep to-night with the weight of so much deception on my conscience? How could I ever again look an hon- est man in the face after telling such ; falsehood? It will not cure Bright’s disease -it would even hasten the end of a victim of that baleful complaint.’ There were now 100 men in front. of the fakir, and at least half of them had their hands in their pockets in search of money. ‘I could say that it was a pain killer,’’ continued the man, as he brought out more bottles from an old satchel, **but an accusing voice would 1 | be whispering in my ear forever more. been delcared from the bench as the | f You might rub a barrel of it on you and it would not affect a pain. I miss the sales of at least fifty bottles because |] tell you the truth, but it must be so. ”’ ‘“Gimme a bottle!’’ shouted a dozen men in chorus, as they held up their $1 bills. “No, gentlemen-—not yet. I will neither deceive you nor allow you to de- ceive yourselves. You are an honest, confiding people, and I might tell you | that this discovery would stop a head- ache in five minutes and you would be- lieve me and hand up your money. It will not cure a headache. I even de- clare that it would make one ten times | worse. : The number of men who now wanted a bottle was at least twenty, but the | fakir waved them aside and said: ‘‘Wait a minute. The discovery will | not cure consumption after one lung is | gone. It will not cure catarrh after the | disease has a firm hold on the bronchial tubes. After both kidneys have wasted | It simply | away it is no use to take it. ‘‘Gimme a bottle! Gimme a bottle !”’ yelled fifty men as they pressed forward and in less than ten minutes the last | one had been sold and the fakir had the money in his pocket. Created at first, | doubtless, to protect the interests of non- | commercial and non-participating cred- | As we went down on the train to Ot- itawa Beach that afternoon together I | asker ‘After you have mixed water, mo- lasses, and alcohol together do you add anything else?’’ isell,’’? he solemnly replied as he took out his wad of {bills and spread them on his knee and started out to find the ; sum total. IR CIC AAR tie oe STATEMENTS, R ENVELOPES, COUNTER BILLS. Yes, cayenne pepper to make it] bite, and the solemn truth to make. it | Are Your Coal Bills too High ? A leaky or improperly adjusted valve may cost you hundreds of dollars per year atthe [can show you how to save it by apply ing the indicato’ to your engine. i | Address, 74 Monroe St., Room 5, Grand Rapids. Bb. E. PARKS, Engineer. V. SEBRING HILLYER Consulting Engineer Structural Iron Work Conerete Construction, Machinery Draughting. 803 Michigan Trust Building GRAND RAPIDS PECK’S Pay the Best Profit. HEADACHE.......... see eeeeeeee POWDERS Order from your jobber isies that the S. C. W. Cigar will be smoked by the cit- ‘izens of Mars in 1900. | Prof. Popdeloola prophe- } | There is no better cigar ‘in this or any other world than the S. C. W. Ask Grand Rapids trav- eling men about them. oval BaNne Best Cigars On Earth. WASHINGTON'S CABINET Order from your Jobber or from The King of toc Cigars. OTARTLER Best 5c Cigar Made. CABINET CIGAR CO., Manufacturers, DETROIT, MICH. _Ghent’s Headache Wafers Permanent cure for NEURALGIA ...... | Handled by all Jobbers. Prepared by C. N. GHENT & CO., Pharmacists iti BAY CITY, MICH. eee espe l atda | 4OOOSOO66666666466 6466464645 hA. SOOO SOOGOG44664b4464h4hAA rs i a a i hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi a hi ba ha ho ho hh ip bGbébbbobhbbhbbbbiiiih rrr eee eee ee eS ee VE VE VV VV VV VV OOD Chocolates..... and Bon Bons An endless variety of the toothsome dainties to be found at the manufacturers, —=—A. E. BROOKS & CO. 5 and 7 S. lonia St., GRAND RAPIDS . 4 9OOOOOS $$$$F$44S444F4445545555SS S556 bhb4 bb ddd ddd dro oe In large or small package — quarters, halves, pounds or five pound boxes. Just the thing for Summer Resorts and fine trade gener- ally. Sb@ebébébbbbbbhhbihbiah VV Ver Ve Vee VV eV Ve GS OOOO OOOO OTIGOSTPIIVVVOOO DOO OOOO 99999 999OGOSO ; i ' THE MICHIGAN eee WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT. Advanced— Acidum Aceticnm......... _. eos 00 Benzoicum, German 65@ ® Boracic....... Cae ba « 15 Carnercam (5.02... 224 32 Cire .... ... - We 14 Hydrochlor .. en 3a 5 Nitrocum lie 12 Oxalicum ue 1a 12 Phosphorium, dil.. @ > Salicylicum. ... 55@, 65 Sniphuricum. .....- 134 5 Tania .......... 1 40@, 1 60 Tartericum.......... 3a = Ammonia Aqua, 16 der.... 1 6 Aqua, 20 deg . Wa 8 Carngeas .........-: 120 14 Chloridum Ie 14 Aniline Black. r0@25 Brows ......... si, 1 09 mee. : ie Toe. ....:.... 2 50@. 3 00 Baccez. Cubeee. .po. & a5) ouniperag.......... 10 Xanthoxylum.. 30 Balsamum Copeitia. ....... Ca Per... See aes @ 2 00 Terabin, Canada 4m. 50 elaine wae MME 5 Cortex Abies, Canadian.... 18 Cet . 3... 12 Cinchona Flava. . Is Euonymus atropurp 30 Myrica Cerifera, po. 2) Prunus Virgini. 12 Guiliata, erd....... 10 ares............ 12 Ulmus...po. 15, gr’d 15 Extractum Glycyrrhiza Glabra. HQ % Glyeyrriitza, po..... Ba 3 Hematox, 15 |b box. We 12 Heomanton, 16. .....-. 13@ 14 Hzematox, 4s .. l4@ 15 Hematox, 4s 16a 17 Ferru Carbonate Precip. . 15 Citrate and Quinia 3 50 Citrate Solub le. : 80 Ferrocyanidum Sol. 50 Solut. Chloride 15 Sulphate, com’l..... 2 Sulphate, com'l, by bbl, per ewt 50 Suiphate, pure ..... 7 Flora Arnica ee Pa i Anthemis.. one 18 ®% Mericaris .......... mm Folia Barosma... Lie 14@ 30 Cassia Ac utifol, Tin- meveny. .... ..... IN@ 2 Cassia Acutifol, Aix. 257 30 Salvia ee inalis, 4s one we.......-.... 20 Dee Crs 10 Gamat Ist picked... @ 60 2d picked @ 40 3d picked.. @ 30 Acacia, sifted sorts. Qa Ww ACACIA, 1O..... 60a 80 Aloe, Barb. po. 00 Dg Mea 18 Aloe, Cape ....po. 15 @ PB Aloe, Socotri..po. 60 50 Aeonise........_. 60 Assafoetida....po. 25 35 senzoinum . 3 Ad Catpenan is. ........ @ 13 Catoctin, %s.....—... a i4 Casechu, i8......... @ 16 Camphore ‘ Be 60 Euphorbium.. po. 35 @ 10 Gearengm.......... @ 1 0 Gamboge po : 6540 70 Guaiacum . po. 35 @ 30 Kino po. $2.00 @, 2 00 —c.. a Myirh.........5o. © @ 10 Opii po, %3.00@3.20 1 8m 1 90 Shellac...... we 60) Shellac, bleached. 1OG7 1h Trapacante .......-- 5G 80 Herba Absinthium..oz. pkg a Eupatorium .oz. pkg 20 Lobelia......0z. pkg 25 Majorum .0z. pkg 28 Mentha Pip..oz. pkg 23 Mentha Vir..oz. pkg 25 Rue oz. pkg 39 TanacetumV oz. pkg 22 Thymus, V..oz. pke 2» Magnesia. Calsined, Pat....... An? 60 Carbonate, Pat : 200 = Carbonate, K. & M. 20 ca Carbonate, Jennings 357 36 Oleum eee. _.. 2508 3 00 Amygdale, Dulc... 30K AO Amygd: oie e, Amare. 8 00M 8 2% ee 2 16@ 2 20 Auranti C ortex. 1 80@, 2 00 ~ weemti...... 3 00@, 3 20 ae NG Caryopoyli......... ta 8 Cedar. . 35a 65 Cc henopadii. @ 1 60 Cimmamont......... | Mm 1 8 Citronella. . 15@ 530 Conium Mae . = Copaiba. SOT Cubebee... a Exechthitos. tote Erigeron 1 POG maultheria . \ . | We Geranium,ounce @ Gossippii, Sem. gal Hedeoma. Junipera. Lavendula . Limonis Mentha P ipe r Mentha Verid Morrhue, gal hy Myrcia, ounce... .. _. @ Give... . Wher Picis Liquida. : 1a Picis Liquida, gal @ Ricina ee SN Rosmarini. | a Rose, ounce .. 6 ae Suecini ier Sabina We Sontal Sassafras a Sinapis, essS., OUNCE Gi Tiglii / i @ Thyme / Wher Thyme, ope.....- @ Theobromas ina Putusstens -. Oaro........ 1a | Bichromate ia Dromide....... 1 Carb a 12a <7 hlorate -po. 17@.19e 16@ Cyanide Ka | Jodide...... .. 2 oe | Potassa, Bitart, pure 24 | Potassa, Bitart, com @ | Potass Nitras, opt. Sa Potass Nitras. T@ Priseate. Sa Sulphate po a. ly Radix Aconitvm \ AKT A... | Anchusa Lo. 12@ Avion 6O............ @ Calamus . oe Ka Gentiana po, 12 xo Glychrrhiza...pv.15 16@ Hydrastis Canaden a Hydrastis Can., po «a Hellebore, Alba, po. lia Inula, po oe ny Ipecac, po... .. es [ris plox....po3s@38 35@ Jalapa, pr 1a Maranta, \4s.... a Podophyllum, po Ia Rhei ee oa Ta cot... a et pe... ..... _.. Ta ; i ow SP Sanguina po a Serpentaria . WK [eee F DM Similax,officinalis H @ iSmias Mw. a Seite. ........ po.sa 1a | Symploe: arpus, Pevti Gus, pO... @ Valeriana, Eng. po.30 @ Valeriana, German ba Zingibera... Isa mineiper). ....._... 1k Semen Anisum -.-.po, 20 @ Apium (graveleons) 14@ Bird, Is. oo 107 Oe po. 18 10@ Cardamon.. 1 0O@ Coriandrum. 1a Cannabis Sativa ' Ka Cydonium. THe Che nopodium 17 Dipterix Odorate 1 80@ Feeniculum a Feenugreek, po Lini i bbl. 344 3146 4 a ele 30 Pharlaris Canarian ho Rapa ... i. ee Sinapis Albu Ta Sinapis Nigra ll@ Spiritus Frumenti, W. D. Co. 2 00@ Fromenti, D. F. R.. 2 O@ duniperis Co. O. T F guniperis Ce........ 1 a@ | Saacharum N. E 1 904 Spt. Vini Galli 1 T0@ Vini Oporto 1 2 | Vini Alba 1 2a Sponges Florida sheeps’ wool carriage 2 50 Nassau sheeps wool carriage a Velvet extra sheeps’ wool, irriage , @ Extra yellow shee ps’ wool. carriage @ Grass sheeps’ wool, carriage a Hard, for slate use. @ ¥e meef, for > use i a Syrups Acacia ...-. ; : @ Auranti Cortes. ae @ Zimeiber. ..... li " « men. ......... @ Worri ton...........- @ Rhei Arom.... / @ Smilax Officinalis. . ALG Senega .. _ @ | Seille Lees coe weil @ Frumenti Declined— Linseed Oil Scilla Co Tolutan ... Frans virg.. ____. Tinctures Aconitum Napellis R Aconitum Napellis F Aioes. .. Aloes and Myrrh Arnica. Assafcetida Atrope Belladonna Auranti C: rtex Benzoin Benzoin Co.. Barosma Cantharides. Capsicum . Cardamon... Cardamon Co Castor. .... Catechu Cinchona. ( ( ( ( Cc tinchona Co Jolumba ‘ubeba. . ‘assia Acutifol assia Acutifol Co Digitalis Ergot. Ferri C thlori dum. | Gentian 10 Gentian Co Ginaca ..... Guiaca ammon §| Hyoseyamus . lodine lodine, Kino. i Lobelia... Myrrh... Nux Vomica. Opii colorless Opii, camphor: ited Opii, deodorized. WUeseia Rhatany.. Rhei. Sanguinaria Serpentaria Stromonium Tolutan. Valerian . Veratrum Ve ride . 1 Zingiber Miscellaneous AEther, Spts. Nit. 3 F ther, Spts. Nit.4 F Alumen Alumen, Annatto Antimoni, po Antimoni et PotassT Antipyrin Antifebrin oe Argenti Nitras, oz .. Arsenicum. gro’d po. " | Balm Gile ad Bud . | Bismuth et Caleium Chlor., 1s. Calcium Chlor., 4s Calcium Chlor., 4s. Cantharides, Rus.po Capsici Fructus, af Cc ‘apsici Fructus, po. Capsici FructusB,po Caryophyllus..po. 15 Carmine, No, #..... Cera Alba, S. & F Cera Flava. Coceus ... a Cassia Frue eg Cemtraria...........-. Cetaceum.. oe om Chloroform....... Chloroform, squibbs Chloral Hyd Crst Chondrus. .. oe Cinehonidine,P.& W Cinchonidine, Germ Coeaine . Corks, list, dis “pr. et. 4 ‘reosotum. Wd Creta,... bbl. 7 Creta, prep Cc re ta, precip i Creta, Rubra Croeus Cudbear.......-... Cupri Sulph......... | Dextrine. 50 | | Ether Sulph..... Emery, all numbe rs Emery, po or; po. “40 | Gk amaiae . Gelatin, C ooper Gelatin, French..... Glassware, flint, box Less than box Glue, brown Glue, white Glycerina ..... Grana Paradisi Maumee... Hydraag Chlor Mite Hydraag Chlor Cor g Ox Rub’. g Ammoniati agUnguentum Hydrargyrum Ichthyobolla, Pee. me lodine, Resubi...... lodoform. Lupulin. Lycopodium ........ Maca. Liquor Arsen et Hy- Gram bod..,....... LiquorPotass Magnesia, Sulph.. Magnesia, Sulph,bbl Mona. 5. F........ Am re RSNA at EMRE = TAA SO TAN AE a 3G 380 2u0@ 607 1 1b@ 200 iy MO 5 00 60 60 = yt PPYVPTI TPAD NTT HPE TP Tp nT HrereN TPN ONS ¥ 5 > ° 5 1 8 Quinia, Quinia, Saccharu Salacin.. Sanguis I Sapo, Sapo, M.. Sapo, G NUTTY PTNNT NPT NT ND PT nee neD eneeT pnereT eT rrr reTety Ss. German N.Y. Rubia Tinetorum. mLactis pv Jraconis. I Menthol @ 5 50! Siedlitz Mixture.. Morphia, S. P.&W...16@1 90 | Sinapis.. Morphia, S.N.Y.Q.& Sinapis, opt... . c. Ce. 1 55@ 1 80! Snuff, M: 1ecaboy, De Mosehus Canton. @ 40 Woes... Myristica, No. 1..... 65@ 80! Snuff,Scotch, DeVo's Nux Vomica...po.20 © | Soda Boras.......... (Os Sena. ........ | ae 1S | Soda Boras, po...... Pe psin Saac, H. & P. Soda et Potass Tart D. Co.. . @ 1 00) Goas, Caro.......... Picis Liq. NN. 1% gal. Soda, Bi-Carb.. Go Gog... ee @2@)| Soda Ash... Picis Liq., quarts a @ 1 00| Soda, Suiphas....... Picis Lig., pints... .. @ | Spts. Cologne........ Pil Hydrarg po. 80 @ 0 | Spts. Ether Co Piper Nigra...po. 22 @ 18 | Spts. Myrecia Drm. Piper Alba....po. 35 @, 30/ Spts. Vini Rect. bbl Piix Burgun.. @ 7 | Spts. Vini Rect.'4bbl Firomb! Acet..._... 10 12 | Spts. Vini Rect. 10gal Pulvis Ipecac et Opii 1 10@ 1 20} Spts. Vini Rect. 5gal Pyrethrum, boxes H. Less 5¢ gal. cash & P. D. Co., doz 10 days. Pyrethrum, pv.. Strychnia, Crystal.. Quassie a. Sulphur, Subl Quinia, S. P. & W Sulphur, Roll Tamarinds.... . Terebenth Venice. Theobrome Vania... Zinci Sulph Oils winter. Gxtra......... | Whale, Lard, Q 20 @ 18 | Linseed, pure raw 44 @ 30} Linseed, boiled.... 416 Neatsfoot, winter @ @ straine d no o 65 @ 34} Spirits Turpe ntine of , 9 9 Paints BBL. 2 25 | Red Venetian... . ix 14a 2) Ochre, yellow Mars 134 3a 5 | Ochre, yellow Ber 134 34a 4| Putty, cammercial a 2| Putty, strictly pure @ 2 60} Vermilion, Prime Ker 55 American.. oo 1S@, @ 2 00} Vermilion, Enghish 70G @ 251 | Green, Paris ....- .- 204%@ @ 2 56 sgt Peninsular 13@ a (head, tea........... sae @ Lead, white 514 @ | Whiting, white Span a Whiting, gilders Q 1 45| White, Paris Amer zd 3| Whiting, Paris Eng. 2 cliff ®D 10} Universal Prepared. 1 00@ oO He 18 Varnishes 9 (O16 09 | No. 1 Turp Coach 1 10a Va x ) ra Turp 1 60M , ach Body _.. 2 we BBL. GAL. No. i Tarp F urn... 1 OO} 70 70 Extra Turk Damar. 5a 60 65 | Jap. Dryer,No.1Turp 7M | Lard, Ne. t......... 40) The Best 5 cent Cigar HAZ $35 per thousand see gece 7ix ting & Perkins Drug G0. arand Rapids, Mie. ar aaa Quintette Quintette Quintette eens WLLAUAALaahddAAdaad Aa AGLUk ka AAGUed dk dddddd » » ° = oO ISssau TOTVOYRN TT NTT Tne verry rTeet vet re Atte ntette intette intette Vidi AAA GAA Add did a wild 28 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN ROCERY PRICE CURRENT’. The prices quoted in this list are for the trade only, in such quantities as are usually purchased by retail dealers. possible to give erage prices for those who have poor credit. average conditions of purchase. our aim to make this feature of the greatest possible u use c to dealers. They are prepared just before going to press and are an accurate index of the local market. quotations suitable for all conditions of purchase, and those below are given as representing av- Cash buyers or those of strong credit usually buy closer than Subscribers are earnestly requested to point out any errors or omissions, as it is It is im- AXLE GREASE. Chicory. | Raisins. doz. gross | Bulk Lo 5 | Ondura 29 1b boxes.. @d% Aurora..... 0 600| Red — ee ” Sultana 20 Ib boxes.. 6% Castor Oil. ..6 7 00 S : if Valencia 30 1b boxes sng E 5 ep CHOCOLATE. | inn nara - on le _FARINACEOUS GOODS. ! 49 9 00 Baker’s. . 60 8 00 | German Sweet 2 cn Farina. . Paragon. .... 5 6 00 | Premium . 2. on Bulk ...... .... . 3 BAKING POWDER. Breakfast Cocoa ieee 45 | | he i CLOTHES LINES. ; alsh-DeRoo Co.'s peo | 4 Ib cans 3 doz, og 45 Cotton. 40 ft. per doz 9 | Barrels _aey- 35 1, Ib cans 3 doz “| Cotton, 50 ft, per doz Ls x i ae ae 1 00 | Cotton, 60 ft, per doz 1 35 | Flake, 50 1b. drums 1 50 Bulk 10 | Cotton, 70 ft. per doz ! Lima Beans. oT Cotton. 80 ft, per doz --1 95! peerless orated er 5 7 | Dried . 6% Arctic. oe Ste, ti ff. nh hog ) Peerless evay ted cream.5 7% | _ Vv ce 14 Ib cans 6 doz case ...... 5) | Jute. 72 ft. per doz 95 COUPON BOOKS. Maccaroni and ermicelli. 16 lb cans 4 doz care ..... 1 10 — i Domestic, 10 1b. box...... @ 1 Ib cans 2 doz case - 200 “CLOTHES PINS. | Imported, 23 1b. box 2 50 5 Ib ease 1 doz case ...... 9 00/5 cross boxes Pearl Barley: Red Star. COFFEE. Empire ee 314 ice... ............. 40 ee Chester i 24 | 2 lb cans Po ee 75 “ma a [| btans ..... 1 40 Fai Rio. | Peas. i | Fair _ By | Green, bu. i Van pane ne. [ceot.._..... N4 {| Split, per Ib. ciao 2% | 14 Ib cans 6 doz case....... 8 | Prime = ee Rolled Oats. 14 Ib cans 4 duz case...... 1 6 | Golden as ““ {Ib cans 2 doz ease... 3 25| Peaberry ... oo " 8 1 books, Tradesman." . 2 00] eo a e : a i 3 2 Telfer’s. ua Santos. 1 $ 2 books, per 100..... 2 50 | | Monarch, bbl a si. | lb cans doz. 45 | Fair a tes 3 books. per 100..... 3.00) Y% bbl 1a | :; a 29 | i Monarch, % bbli.....-. i, Ib eans doz : I x5 | Good 0 | $ 5 books, per 100..... 3 00} Quaker. cases “39 | 1 Ib eans doz... : 1 50 | Prime 2 | $10 books, per 100... 400| Gven Baked 3 Our Leader. | Peaberry 23 | $20 books, per 100 2 00] Lakesidk oo oe | 1y 1b cans. 45| Mexican and cea. ““Superior.”’ Sago. Re teenseng a ao —. - 8 1 books, per 100.......... 2 50 ee ee Siemsname alae an ca gg) | etl 541% 2 books, per 100.......... 2 00} 285 ss BATH BRICK. [ay ee “4 | $ 3 books, per 100...... 4 = heat. ae | aracaibo. $5 books, per 100... 400 ac iG, OUAK.........-... 3 2 dozen in case. _ | Prime 23 jon baa, Gas 100 5 00 oe econ i LR | waa all a Milled -24 | #20 books, per 100 6 00 : ? , a ~~ FISH | BLUING. | Interior i pda e | siete Private Growth 27 4 Arctie 4 0z ovals.. 3 60] Mandebling = eg . a Aretie 8 oz ovals G i : Georges cured.. @, 5 Arctic pints round a0”) a Mocha. nN i ET Georges genuine. @ 5} Arctic No. 2 -ifting box.... 2 7 | Lmitation i ee ju Georges selected...... @6 hace a Sc fine 109 | ATabian 28} 1 books, per 100....... 3 00 Strips or brieks....... 6 @9 Arctic No. 5 sifting box... 8 00 Roasted. $ ane er — ie mo Halibut. Arctic 1 OZ ball. 4 ow To ascertain cost of roasted & 5 books. per 100.. : i: i 5 00 Smoked ee @A2 -nianamae oe : -. : : nd coffee, add 4c per Ib. for roast- #10 books. per _..... .. 6) Herring. Mexican liquic 02. 5 ing and 15 per cent. for shrink | g99 pooks. per 100 eet Holland white hoops keg. 80 BROOMS. age, mn Above prices on coupon books | Wojjand white hoops | bbl. No. 1 Carpet. 2 20 aka Package. oi an are subject to the following | Norwerian... .......-- No. 2 Carpet. 2 00 oo a ae eo an pores. beyageemongy : Round 100 Ibs............. 2.55 No. 3 Carnet. 1 7p] UCTSEY.--.---- 200 books or over 5 per cent | Bound @ite....-....... 1 op No.3 eae t. 1 60 500 books or over...10 per cent | Sealed... oe Parlor Gem 2 50 Li C ff, 1000 books or over. .20 per cent Mackerel. | Common Whisk os 8 | ion olte™e Coupon Pass Books, | No, 1 100 lbs ee Fancy Whisk.. ............ 100| Fine Assortment of Summer | Can be made to represent any | No.1 401bs.......... ...- 5 30 Warehouse - 0) | Games now in the packages. | denomination from #10 down. | | No.1 1 Ibs......-.------- 1 40 CANDLES. 16 Ounces Net SeDOOksS _... 100) No.2 a0 Te. ne : = 50 is 2 00 | Ne 2 40 lbs ee eee Hotel 40 Ib boxes. ..10 Cases —_— 21 8-10 oo wat ek Sti ar 40 Ib boxes.. 2 250 books... 6 2 | F amil y 90 lbs ee Parafline ' a ld Same Price 500 books... -10 00 | Paaiie Whe... CANNED Goons. | 9O¢ Extra for Cabinets. 1000 books. . --17 50) Sardines. a | Russi: kegs ee oe a) As the pack of 189 will not | McLaughlin’s XXXX. 2180) soy any roait Chocks. 3 00 | meee Strout. begin to arrive in any quantity a weg ae | : . 4 25 until about Sept. 1, we have Extract. 1000, any one denom’n..... 5 00) No. 1 100 Ib oe 1% ; 1; ral} ie : 2000, any one denom’n..... § 00| No.1 401bs.... * concluded to deferthe publica- | Valley City % gross ... 75 Stee x yunch mime | ibs. |... 56 tion of full list under this head | Felix 4% gross...... ..... 115 } ce an a No.1 Sibe 48 until our issue of Sept. 11 Hummel’s foil 4% gross... & aidieny CATSUP Hummel’s tin % gross... 143 | D/RIED FRUITS. | Whitefish. 2 Fam lue L 1 d. [upite........ 70 6@ 2 50 matt aaetos — 2% DOMESTIC. 40 Ibs........310 270 130 Pint 25 bottles® —. . 450 Apples. : ois 85 i 40 Quart 1 doz. bottles. 3 50 Sea 50 1b bo: a Z "4 1 Site 71 63 35 Triumph Brand. 100 packages in ease. 9 00} : ‘A | iG EXTRACTS. Half pint per doz...: 35] 60 packages in case 5 | California — i FLAVORING EX R int 2 bottles. ! 50) | u ceans ce ee : : esc ae : 3 | COCOA SHELLS. i Apric ots... ter er ener eet @ Bol Oval bottle, with corkscrew. a 0 CEMENT Ae ua | 20 1b bags... oy | Blackberries,........- Best in the world for the vi. | Less quantity. 3 Nectarines ...... oe. | > 2 ajor or gTOS | Pound packages Peaches..... 81g 81 Major's, y« r gros 8. i ‘ound | ige 4 ‘paar i 6% 6% iy y A Regular a © OZ siz ..12 © i CREAM TARTAR. Pitted C ‘herrie Ss. C as | Grade on tle a Strictly pure 30} Prunnelles.......... H i Lemon. Iq. Glue, Z 9 60 | Te Ifer’s Absolute. 30 | R: ispberries.. | | } doz Grocers’... .. HO25 ‘ 2 OZ e) Leather Cement, *** 1G | Raisins. re 1 50 a . CONDENSED MILK. Secs Muecubne. 1 Oz size 12 00 . Se aie “18 00 4 doz. in case. ps oo — g Vanilla, er ' | 3 Crown.. oe r . ~ | Cia 5 doz Rubber Cement. | | Dome 1 FOREIGN. SOUDERS eee -- 5 2 oz size 12 00 | | Currants. ee tt | —t..titi«é#ti..... @25 LAVORING ae CHEESE. | Vostizzas 50 Ib cases @2% — ; oe | Schuit’s Cleaned. Bamber . cae f : | 25 Ib box @51 Acme . @ 934 | = — ee Pee...... 1 50 cae i 4 )we ib boxes... -- @® i ice... 8 Lenawee : o- 6 | | 1 ib packages......... @6 Riverside. @ 9% Peel. | XX Grade Gold Medal...... a | lc itron Leghorn 25 lb bx m | Vanilla. ——— sea Ff | Lemon Leghorn 25 Ib bx - Brick. = WW | Orange Leghorn 25 Ib bx =. i ie... 1% Edam . @100 | N. Y. Condensed Milk Co.'s Prunes. | ii mm 40z......3 50 Leiden.. @ 2 | brands. | 25 lb boxes. iottinas, Limburger. @ 15 |Gail Borden Eagle | California 100-120... .... 414 | Lemon Vanilla Pineapple............ @ A ee » | California 90-100...... 544 | 20z regular panel.. 75 1 20 Roquefort.. -+ @ 35 | Daisy 5 ‘alifornia 80-90......... 6 | 40z regular panel..1 50 2 00 Sap Sago...... @ 18 | Cc hampion eee 4 50 | California £70-80....... 6% | 6.0z regular panel. .2 00 .3 00 G « I Schweitzer,imported @ 24 oe 4 25| California 60-70......... a i | HO. S taper... iS ce Schweitzer,domestic @ 14 |Dime ......0...2.00000020) 3 35| 34 cent less in bags No. 4 Zaper. +150 250 ee SEEDS. oe ae >| Anise .... 13 oes ......, : 15 | Canary, Smyrna. 6 tio 10 GUNPOWDER. | Cardamon, Mal: sbi | 80 Rifle- eet Ss. | Hemp, Russian...... a { | Kegs . peaee 2 00| meee Cae. 414 | Half eG 80 | Mustard, white...... 6% Pwoereeweers. ss ssi se rere _ & 1 1b cans........... ae, 30 | Rape ...... ei, , iD cams... 18 | Cuttle bene 20 Choke Bore ~ Dupont’ s. | SYRUPS i“ ........ & 251 Corn. mee ere. ..2 40| Barrels........ 18 } Quarter “Kegs. ee 135 | Half bbls.. te 20 ie Game... _ 1 i oii Eagle Duck Dupent’s | Fair He 16 Keg it OS 20 Half Ke gs Le 5 75 | Choice ‘ eee 25 | Quarter Kegs... _ .3 00 SPICES. [meas .. CL; 60 | | Whole Sifted. INDIGO. Allspice eee ti M: i Ib 1 e- | Cassia, China in mats... -. oe - TAS, 2? ower te+ OF | ONaiela Batavia tA band |_| ib .. 2, 3.and 5 Ib boxes... °” | Cassia, Saigon in rolls......32 JELLY. | Cloves, Amboyna......_... 22 ol meme 33 | Cloves, Zanzibar............11% | 17 lb pails..... 42 | Mace, Batavia.... 70 |301b pails 58 | eee — oe 65 | 2 meee et... 60 LYE. Nutmegs, No. 2.. cites ae Condensed, > Gor ......... 1 7 vepper, Singapore, “black... .10 Condensed, 4 doz.......... 2 2epper, Singapore, white. . .20 i a | Pepper, shot .16 Pe LICORICE. 29 Pure Ground in Bulk. Calabria _.. o | AMepiCe |... 8... a 15 Sicily.... 14 | Cassia, Batavia ..... a0 << lr 10 | Cassia, Batavia: and Saigon pa) . Cassia, Saigon. ao MINCE MEAT. | Cloves, Amboy na 22 — | Cloves, Zanzibar... 18 | Ginger, African..... 16 Ginger, Cochin... 20 Ginger, Jamaicn............ 22 [eoce, Batam... «... i... 65 Must: urd, Eng. and Trieste. .22 | Mustard, Trieste...... 25 | Nutmegs, No. 2.. Pepper, Singapore, ‘black. Pepper, Singapore, white.. Pepper, C — Mince meat, 3 doz in case..2 75 | Sage. oe : ++ oe Fie Prep. 3 doz in case...... 2% “Absolute” } in sine. MATCHES, ie §63h6 Columbia Match Co.’s brands | Allspice ........... oo. 1 Columbia Parior.......... 1 2>| Ciimamon.......- 2 1 5S XXX Sulphur.. Aes... -<, oe 1 oe Diamond Match Co.’s ‘brands. | Ginger, Jamaica........84 155 No. 9 sulphur... _..-.-.1 | Ginger, African... 84 155 Anchor Parior......... ee one... 1 10| Pepper Lei ek 2 oe Export Parlor... A Ee MOLASSES. STARCH. Blackstrap. Kingsford's Corn. Sugar house. . .10@12 | 20 L-Ib packaces............. 61% ii Sukien. 401 1b packages........ 614 Orditary 12@14 Kingsford’s Silver Gloss. Porte _ a0 1-5) packages............. 634 ee. ool G20 Poses... C8 74% Fancy -: 30 Common Corn. New ‘Orleans. 20-lb boxes... . BY PRE 18 | 40-lb boxes...... . 4% Good . ee pees dees 22 Extra good. oe, 24 Common Gloss. eee... 27,| 1-lb packages..... is Fancy - 30 | 3-lb packages 5 Half-barrels 3¢ extra. 61D packages.......... 5% OIL CANS. 40 and 50 1b boxes 334 Crystal valve, per doz..... 4 00 _— 3m Crystal valve, per gross...36 00 io SODA. ma » é oe PICKLES. Kegs, English. 434 Medium. Barrels, 1,200 count 425 i SALT. SaTTEIS, 1, wrcos-c = oD Diamond Crystal. | Half bbls, 600 count... 2 © | Cases, 243-lb boxes.........1 00 | Small. Barrels, 320 lbs. . ua Soe | Barrels, 2,400 count. . 5 25 | Barrels, 115 2% 1b bags os 4 OO Half bbls. 1, 200 count. 3 15 | Barre ~ > Ibbaes...... 3 75 Barrels, 3010 Ib bags. 3 50 | Clay, No. es. 1 79 | Butter, 561b bags..... 65 | Clay, T. D. fullcount...... 65 | Butter, 20 14 1b bags 3 50 og Sa a 1 29 | Butter, 280 Ib bbis | ' | Butter, 2241b bbls. | POTASH. . | Common Grades. | 48 cans in case. i Baebes 4 00 | 1003 Ibsacks..... 2 00 Penna Salt Co.’s........... 300] @5lbsacks.... .... 1 & Ro tl) seeks........ 1 70 RICE. Domestic. a __ Warsaw. ee -,, | 06-lb dairy in drill bags... 30 Carolina head.............. 5% | 98-1 dairy in drill bags... 15 Carolina No.1..... 5 Carolina No. 2 1. _ Ashton. Broken... 1. ee 1 Oe an Gailey oe sacks.... 60 imported. a Japan, No. 1 iti oo 4x; | 6-lb dairy in linen sacks... 60 oomen, FOS. 414 Solar Rock. eee, et... 54% | 56-lb sacks..... “ 22 aoe, See... 44 Common Fine. Pees. See 7 SAL SODA. weeeeee ws. SS Granulated. bbls..... 10 SNUFF. Granulated. 100 Ib cases. I : Scotch, in bladders......... 2 on oe... Maccaboy, in eee Lump, 145lb kegs.......... A 10 French _Rappee,_ in jars..... 3 TH E MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 29 : SALERATUS. ima 3 Pac od 60 Ibs. i ae alee aa ola aoa n box. fs 2... a = Cream Bar...... 4 ea nh 3 30 No. 3 oo. ~ Molasses Bar + @55 | Buekwheat Dwight’s tees ! 3 15 ~ { : = Hand Made Crean, ‘ @0 |Rve. i a 4 zo | F ESH Tavior’s eee iad : 5 ain Creams. _ . 3 @9 | Subiec a ee R ME “ / FIO ene i. 300 = 6 a “ae Reese cees ae ne Se oe ee ATS. OIL CANS. Doz TOBACCOS pao. ¢. 06 | String Rock oo 90 Flou 3 gal tin cans wit i i Ee tata seme 8 ! : Flour in bbls., 25¢ pe Beef. al pally ie h spout.. 1 60 Cigars. No. go... Cale ek oe a per Dbl.ad- | Careass nT Lgl lv ion with Spout. 2 signal s es aa i “i 2 3 7 | ntergreen Berries =a nae Meal. argc rs 3144@ 4 ul galy si sh spout 3 & Signal Five eo. a. .-,.. ‘ . ¢ S : ith spot Ea hie a ° IVE... ..---- 20. 35 00 a Ce : 3 81] No. 1 wr = Gr: namiaie d » 19} Loins No. . 8 @9 a Eureka with ‘nea oe Mr. “Phot sh ee fneeehr i No. 12. : 3 75 oo apped, 2 lb. 5 35, | Ribs.. . H a0 al Kureka with faue 0 ou a iS ae ce > vette : wa Sh aie Gena | aucct Me ie ay / Ne. ie. - 90 Be sacs 43 a Feed and Millstuffs. Rounds .. a ate i. galv iron AX W 7 OO re ‘and No. 14.. © boxe ppec +o ID St. Car Feed, screened ' Chucks kD) 672 al Tilting cans, M'n’ck 6 ov i 3 OF - i ‘ ‘ > ned . 18 P : i i 314@, 5 | al galv iror ’ hh 105 TABLE SAUSES 3251 No. 2w gl c ae @pl ora mpd Feed, unsereened 7 a Piites -.._. reap : | ul galv iron Nacefas : = Lea & Perrin’ boxes ' orn and Oats ~ | od P > inje lance _ | | No.28S -- 17 00 Pork ump Cans fea Bocca large 17 — G@22 | 2 Special | 2. | Beco ork. bs at Se ‘ in‘’s, small fo Unbolted © .-16 50 ressed ... = 3 gal Home Rule Halford, | mall 2 75 2d Corn Meal : “yp 514@ 6! tule o : , large Se Winter W 17. 090 | /Olns »|5 gal Home Rule 10 50 Halford small i ge FRUITS Winter Wheat ae 14 09 | Shoulders i } gal Goodenoug 12 00 Salad I 22 ° | heat Middlings ; Leaf @s nough 12 Salad nd ssing, large $55 Medt S$ Screenings Li ~ a — cs a oe lac ressing. 3 — * oy dt Sweets, 150s [ OO @ 8 |5gal Pirate ne 3 00 — ig, Small. 2 65 Bing 2008. ... ce ‘ ea Corn. Cares Mutton. | sa 10 00 ‘ . (a lots t SS | 1 it SHING POWDER. | ages und Sorrentos ov | Less tk nae a 41 | Spring L pl te em 4140, 51% | LANTERNS. a a 25 00 : 160 Imperials than car lots.... ‘5 iz Lambs. tae i No. OTubular te week Z 200s ' a | ' rf to tal 3 5 cane fe) ee oe - ace 3 30 Priv: . 35 00 Extr Lemons. | Pou . : ; 4 aréacsa i. Lae eae N fu ular Dash / n> rivate brands, txtra Choice 26 | ian car lots fe | 5 @ 6%] NO. 1 Tub., glass for 9 oy Quintette ... nee | New Verdilli ny bas : “0 ay 12 Tuoula ir, side int 7 00 Le ee oF ) ak Zz 4 vison “ ay. N 9 Sle lamp.12 Rew Braex...... ee 33 00 100 packages in case 3 35 - \ hoice 300 ™ | No. 1 Timothy, ton lot | OILS. ce ee a ar bon oO oe New Fulah is Iw ae y, + ots | : a 2 SOAP. WICKING. Faney au remap @ | No. 1 Timothy carlots......14 00 a: lc ANTERN GLOBES Laundry No. 0. pergr | dillis : er | The Standar 7 cr No. 0 oa rt . Allen B. Wrisley’s brand No. I : : auaes ; . 95,| Fancy 360 N @ Hid as follows: ard Oil Co. quotes | each, bi een — is y's brands No. 1, per gross =) | y 300) a i | | 8: Uae . box 10 cents ' = a 80 1-lb 3 99 | NO-2, per _ (fo aac fides and Pelts. |; Barrels | No. 0 Tubular, pupal 15 700d Cheer 60 1-lb : a No 3; ei . . 40) Extra ¥ @ [ ocene oa i easel ar, Cases 2 doz. rite ' 3 9p | *V°- % per gros = wXtra Faney 360 Lot Perki il * G 1, box 15 cents i. —— Borax 100 3;-Ib. : a s . ceoea eee Extra Fancy a @S8 50 | = & Hess pay as fol- nck 7 W. Mich. Halt @ o | No wy ubuls tr, “tri os 45 -roctor & Gambl | 7 : @s 30| : xh Test Headlight @ 8 each, bbl : Is 5 doz. Concord. rf R \ i Bananas lo Hides. Naptha : Qs No. 0 Tubula r Ne 40 o . d aR Gree . @, 8% . lar, bull's eye in 100z.. a ; 45 Cc ACKERS. Pct gp a price is hard to | a ete i 6 @t wee — G 3 1 eases 1 doz. e bul eye, a vory, 602 es » ™ : sis ge aries according ley ree + @ &s ylinder.... on ae : “9 a: SoZ... 100! i. Y. Biscuit Co. quotes | — bunch and ae a —" ured... “% he ei omg * 38 LAMP WICKS Mottled G er oT 26) 7 OHOWS: | At. : | sty .- : giz 1 | Black, winter @>1 “pep ated r 3 yerman. S ae | Smi . ree --- 94@l1_ | Black : « Town Talk. 3 Butter. | oe teas 100 @125| Kips, panic d --.-6 @7 Black, summer. at “i oA id al = Dingman b ss .-+-0 28) Sey i yuNnches 1 25 | S, CUPL : 1 ‘ | i. @, 44 | NO 2 per g 2x ie rands. a mour XXX my | Large : 25> @l 50} Calfski : : @, 9 | : rOss mo Stagie Bem. 0). sa Seomacie SEE. Sin cartes 5g | — hes. ia | Caifskine’ green | 7%@ 9 ‘ aH From Tank Wagon. stb 3 per gross 38 2 box lots, pea oe % F umily XXX ee on 6 a oreign Dried Fruits oe --- 9@N | ae oe aa cL ommoth per doz a »0X lots, delivered ie a oe amily 3 XX, 31b ec: vey at, | Figs, Faney | i " | eee 5 @40 | ich. He lt. ( . JELLY TU ‘ : 3 751 Sal arton 6 | ta sayers i ai © 0" =LLY TUMBLERS m a S. Kirk & Co.'s nee ene. a 8 cone j 51 2 | Figs, Ch, a @ls | Shearlings ge ‘ | Scofield, Shurmer T } ‘a Pints, 6 doz nee ipnatieass Ame co = “* aoe wrp'd...3 33 . 3 lb earton et Gob vice Layers Lambs ne as e quote as follows: & Teagle ond (ine aay | box, per ' amily, plain R OT Ss Fig a . @iz | ld Wo ae oN | i ; Pints, 2 1 60 $2 i Soda. igs, Natur. < ! oO W @T | t — in bbl, K. Fairbank ‘| Soda XXX ‘ tturals in | : 1 Gio | Barrels ‘di I per é ‘ & Co.’s br soda XX} _ bags | > ‘ els. / yz (Dbl : : Sania Clans |. 0. ‘sees Soda XXX, 3 ib carton. 2/2 aa eSnips @. 614 | Washed Wool. | oe acine . @io% | 2 r as 6 a doc in i . 2 Disa 60 bars -+ 3 9) | Soda. City arton... 6 have ards in 101b * | Unwashe a 10 @is IR sume § White ps 2 box (box 00) oo bee : ayes ; j re i ashe : 2 a a. 9% : ) Brown. 90 bars..............3 a Crystal Wafer... a 102 Dates, Fards in 6 @ 7 a _ 6 @i Nap Pa W.W.Halt Anil Pints, 18 doz in bbl -. 180 A Lautz Bros. & Co.’s br si is a ee Wafers L “ri Cases " rb Tall Miscellancous. Stove Gasolin @ 8% doz (bbl 35) dal Oe ome... |. ia nea 1.1. Wafers, Llbearton .. 12 Dates, Persia : @ 5 -ALOW ..... | 2 on - “OMS Lexy 25 Aa bee ei a rton = | Ms 60 1b —— a. | Grease Butter a 1 ie 4M From Tank Wagon r FRUIT JARS. Mauniiiee 10. oe Oyster. Dates, Sairs 60 1 @ 4% Switches . oe. 2 Palacine i | Mason—old style, pir acto: a al Hl "4 00 | Square Oyster, XXX. 4“ ee ' 0 Ib Ginseng [ i ae Red Cross W W - @, 9% | Mason—old eva joss Hi i Cine 1 00 | Sa. Oys. XXX.11 It 5M, us _ @, 31 2 eae : . Halt a 64 Mason—old cl juarts.. 6 00 Thompson uC Farin AA. rc arton 6} : : 2 | 21M: ld style, 13 gal 8 ‘ eke brands. arina Oyster, XXX bil: Mason—ido ine gal 8 00 each EN NUTS PROVISIONS. Crock roa fll oon gg : e { ° ery and anne I doz in case, 1, sont 6 50 -~acking Dandy Sy Cover, gts 9 00 Packing Glassware. | D228!" cover: 2841.12 0 SWEET GOODS-— Boxes. : The Grand Rapids Animals | Almonds, Tarrago , Parragona @AS ‘ ee ‘ Be ie . ao 2° p rementoat fences @ " ct rovision Co. quotes as fol | selle Rose n onds, Californi: : | | Cocoanut . affy. 8 — shelled cima @l | Me Barreled Pork Ne 6 — BU unsound: | ( 8 srazils new i @i2 Pee 24... ' a | ot 1 . | os e Cakes 5 Fill ey new... / ane Back . i 1050 | No. 1 Sun | 42 | rosted Honey pores |... ’ ee ala 12 00 N ° ++: i 18 | ( t 11 | Wainuts, G (10 Clear bae k od No. 2 Sun.... | iraham Crackers 8 Wal 1 Grenob e @i4 eee a pee | Pabalar . : ~0 | Ginger Snaps, XXX round. 615 | We oe French... a Pig re 10 73.-| Security, No. 1 0 | Ginger Snaps, XXX city le Wakuoa’ Calif No. 1 ai | Bean |). 13.00 | Security, No. 2... 65 | ° ee home made ain a sett shelled Family : | ; Nutmeg’. Re 8 | uSi nes Silver .... : oe se — 61 | rable Nits la ae @13 Dr ‘Sal Arctie . : 50 | S Mot le i. oe | s, faney G i ry Salt ‘Me a . 1 15 | S: aes Impre cued | 8 oO imperials . : S able Nuts, choice 10% —— : ats. ‘ LAMP CHIMNEYS Bua | rOVeEl : > & Jumble cre t -ecans, Tex nd = ee ‘ a - | Su 2 50 es, Honey | eet? .. Giat® eye a . er os | Gentes GS ee Cakes eee — etn . ey = Extra shorts...... yn ay 0 Sun Pr eee oe | en es oe 3 95 arshmil : ee eae “+ | ory u ae b r i S SD | Economical ...... : he: 3s Marsh! ae Cre reece ie | Re . m — H re apaia Meats. No. : San. : 2 00 | He 2 es nt : aé eams : 16 Coe : i @ ams, 12 lb : il ‘ lenry Passolt’s br ‘a | Pretzels, hand made ... ! Bu oe full sacks @365| Hams, 4 ib ea - 10%) First io 80 | Pretzelettes, Little Gen » | Butternuts per bu Gs ©) ar | 2lbaverage..... 10 ~ Quality. | re Suitat Cake nan a | Black Walnuts per bu (a iain = ib oom 934 | 7 pep crimp top Sultans ene | —) ») uverage v7 _Wrapped ¢ aha P, pa macnn 2 | lV wanev Peanuts. Ham dried Hane AGc-----+ se) No. I a. labeled.... 2 10 slp oo oe a Shoulders (N. Y. cut). . 10 wrapp ee Vanill a cic cx. Y S ipped vi cre Saquare.... 8” |x Cocks ...... head Giese _ cut). . wal No. (SS and labeled. 2 9 | on e anilla Wafers a | Fancy, H. P., Gs ¢ ype A sigeoihelg gl aa 84 | at | Lome on ore lp Roasted 4 ea ui See : : 7, wrapped and Iubeled " ' 3 on | Vv i nce moo Sane ma Thc ams 2 | : 25 | CA pind H. P., Associa ‘2 | Cooked ham.... a 133 XXX Flint. | NDIES. Fancy, H. P.. Associa @ 5% | Lards. 1 “ ne ae 7 oe hin Of he einen: i tion 0 ted... LL Compound, tierces . No. 1 iif ind labeled 2 55 | eC oe narn ¢ andy Co, quotes | Choice, H. P., Extras @ %T% | Family, tierces . co | ies an, crimp top Atlas, 5 box lots, del 36 ve | Choice, H. P., Extras @ 4% | Granger .. : : 4 | No ee and labeled (26 ce a 60 | tela dais Poo } s, ie “aloe aplliha sie 4 a z un, Crimp top, ws fe ' . : ouring. | sh ' _ oe @, 64 | Cottolene : upped and labeled.... 3 73 | Sapolio, kitchen, 3 Stand: bbls. pails ie _. 2 ao] a u S io, kitchen, 3 doz 2 40 andard / a a? ° ; Cotosuet P : | Sapolio, hand, 3 doz } 10 Standard H. H ae ; q i Fish and Oysters 150 1b Tins 1. : ee . 6 ate earl Top. i " as Standard Twis | oo Win baie | snot 1,| NO. 1 Sun, wrapped : i Gowans & Sons’ Brands ra = Twist 6 @ 7 anne | to ib cee . advance ‘4 | labeled pped and | Crow .... on | 1 as W hitetish eee ee ba Pails ' advance bi No. 2 Sun, wrapped : aan Of th German Family.......... 3 30) Extra H. H cases | Trout vette @ 9 3 Ib Pails --advance BIN _— led . al e Aes ees dee ~ s Pains ese @ He | Binok Base @ & : advance 1 I 7. Hinge, wrapped and 70 | American Grocer 60s 3 = M @ 8’2 | Halibut 134 12 | Bologni re — 1 28 “a R oo i 6 @7 | Lo @ 4 | Tongu Ll | appy Day i hela a a oye ...... 6140 hal Hadd : am (1 gue _a Bastie | r10I1C i . 4M) To dock : | Head chees | m2 . | amie —_ Mi . qi. Pik i Pickerel : @ : acu beck . wg plain bulb, per | om pan "Ss Nickeline } I 64@ 7% | oe : ¥ | Extra Mess ' : on | . 4 BTOSS Kinderg v : ( a Mess | No. 2 L 1 Sat cigs tees 103) Pee wich | Smoked hides weg | PN zoo |B Si ii nih nar Nickeline 1 g coe ann Valley Cre oe i Snappe rs... a 6 | ae en 1 fee x re 1 gross. a 4 00 illey ¢ ream @i121% | § ol River Salmon ! 5 | aki Pigs’ aed. | zs rimp, per doz Pi ou SUGAR. : 2 | Mackerel! Da Sp. | ees bs No. 2 Crimp, per doz 30 | on law \ Fancy—Iin Bulk. Shrimps, p cia 1%@ WD 4 bbls, ihe || . 80 heh 1 601 ere eee ee ee i ua a es |e eee se [Rohe pray | wl a on sugars, to which the Lozenges, plain Oedic Shell Goods. : Tt ne No. 2 ime (65€ doz)... 3 50 Seatoets aes nate es ec Lozenges, printed ¢ | Oysters, per 100.......1 25@1 50 aan aS we ee £ 00 | ook ie e New York to your — Drops..... 11 2 cf ams. per 100.. ‘ Tn1 OO 14 “cea 40 iis. :* oe 7 No. 2, Flint (80e doz) ri Ss, pron 8 am. _ giving “you | G 10¢. Monumentals Oysters—in Cans Ls bbls, 80 Ibs a Electric. amount 1 the invoice for the | Se Drops | FJ. Dettenthaler’ l ss . No. 2, Lime (70e from oe buyer pays a i @mix= hile cobs a nay r’s Brands. | pork Casings. No. 2. Flint aa — . oe . 7 u Ke in which Cais JrOps cl G ‘ ip. J. 5 : hse ‘ he nen \ , OZ) 4 40 purchases jails obioeien Sine Imperials ...... @ 8 coe Zz Selects | = rounds... ... . . Miscellaneous Doz e WI ‘luding 20 pounds for : 3 va F , eef middles i 5 | Junior, Rock i al weight of aoa or the Fancy oe. | _ a 7 . , mochester........ 5 ee of the barrel. y—In 5 Ib. Boxes. Anchors. Pee Butterine. ee ' = 1O...... — 19 er B | standards | Ss, Gairy.... " ninator ses : cut eee te 5 Is \ caeis ete... oo standards. Solid. BNE. .- 0 11%, Barrel lots, eden . 1 = Please VO Cubes oe. 5 18) Sour Drops i) . | 2olls. Creal Tin. Poreel: Ul a $ 81 " ; @50 | . olid. er ee on lin Shades. .. ha Powde a fo ees Drops. a@eo | Grains and Feedst ff Solid, creamery Case lots, 12 doz I re X Powdered. 4 87 | Chocolate Drops @65 us Canne ' Mammoth Chi Granulated in bbls > 6 H. M. Choe, Drops aos | zr a nned Meats. | imneys for Store An Granulated in bags 450} Gum Drops... 35 ( lah V heat. | Corned beef, 2 Ib.. ‘ Pi Lamps. Doz. Box Fine Granulated.......... 4 50 | Licorice Drops 1 00 a sage Stage 68 | — beef, 15 Ib...... No. 3 enteral lime 150 4 20 enews se 50 > : « | oas —— ae | No. 3 Rochester, fli ve VU | Geena _ Granulated. . 4 62 fae oe Drops @i% | Patent ee Sacks. } Potted — re | No. 3 a Se a sa ‘ gen. plain... .. nk S oL : 4001 P i i. is... oe a Op, Or Diamond Conf 4 81 | Lozenges, @b60 Second Pate )| Potted har lg | Jewel glass _. lg ec. ee d - | ale ut / 2 50) | ne n, a |. eh Sit 18 52 ie ee -4 50 | Imperials ....... 2 0 j Str aight na > = | seviled Ma ga | No. 2 Globe Ineandes. 5 5B ave you steeeeees 4 37 | Mottoes...... ae Clear........... 3 10 | Beviledham, 4s | lime. .. 1% 5 He al @w Graham ..... ne seteee : 10 | Potted tongue “s.. ene) | No. 2 Globe Ine andes. > 5 10 wuncecaeee 2 401 POttC@ tongue 16s i oon a. 200 58 | TBD ecccsee No. 2 Pea Bae | oa 0 So | *Pearlgiass..... 210 6 @! oney! premmesnps Sr ere n ay ser aaa ener ot ora oar ar rr seers 350 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Fruits and Produce Why the Buyer Controls the Peach | Market. As I came down Wealthy avenue the | o =) other morning, I could see, long before I reached lonia street, that there was a full market, but a greater number of buyers. Heads of families with cran- ing necks and closely observ ing eyes were Scanning wagonloads and_ baskets. | Housekeepers with an eye to the main| chance were prospecting for the day's dinner, while here and there among the throng was the provident preserver on tae lookout for the right kind of fruit and l it? 'ao up!’ crowdeder, *’ shal] Say seller to an remarked an earnest buyer to her companion, as her t der large market basket familiarly and un- expectedly thrust a corner into my ribs a statement true to the letter the better, it seemed to me, for the lib- | erties taken with the conventional rules and all ot speech, ‘*What’s the matter with the It seems to me you fel- | market this morning? lows are not vetting what you ought te get for your peaches. ’’ ‘‘Are you buying or selling?’’ was the ‘ } irrelevant reply ‘Neither, only it seems to me_ that] you are not getting enough to pay for | the fruit, leaving out the labor part of it, and the wear and tear of getting up | in the morning.’’ The fact is, these been putting market | ‘*T should Say not. commission men have the cents this morning. ”’ their heads together and so | to ‘Then why don’t you producers yet i> has tumblex 5 your heads together and play your own game, instead of theirs.’’ ‘Because we are a lot of dashed lunk- | (He didn't trial, that s that’: lL bat ! heads, why. tind, Say dashec on . “ctives are by far y»luri : I } | adjectives are by far too lurid and muc Neen We | of | column. ) lot too sulphurous for this just go bleating around like a the right kind of | ‘It grows crowd- | which develops from organized effort 1in is just as valu- able on the other side and just as easy on one side of a barg:z to secure. RAMBLER. ->e< PRODUCE MARKET. Apples—Cooking stock, for 3 bushel barrel. $1.50@1.75 Maiden Blush and Strawberry, $1.75 | per bbl. Beets— joc per bu. Butter—Factory creamery is strong, on account of a further improvement in the Eastern markets, commanding 2oc. Dairy is weaker, if anything, than a week ago, handlers paying about 14c for | choice dairy and holding at 15c. Cabbage--In fair demand at 35@4oc } per doz. Celery—15c per doz. Crabapples—35@4oc per bu. Cucumbers—-Pickling stock, 7oc per bu. Eges--About the same as a week ago, handlers paying 11c and holding at 12c. | Grapes~ Concords and Wordens com- mand 5c per 8 Ib. basket. Delawares and Niagaras bring 20c for same. sized | package. |} homegrown stock in market. | peaches have ceased Green Corn—-5¢ per doz. Melons—-Nutmeg, 5o0c per doz. Osage, 75¢ per doz. Southern watermelons have ceased to arrive, leaving only It is small in size and inferior in quality, going begging at 4o@5oc per doz. Onions—jo@5oc per bu. grown Yellow Danvers. Peaches-—This week is ** betwixt for early varieties, while late varieties have jnot yet begun to come in in any consid- | Che glut is, appar- erablé quantities ently, a thing of the past, as an active |demand has sprung up in the South dur- ing the past three days, owing to the fact that Delaware and New Jersey to compete Northern fruit in Cincinnati, Louisville and many other Southern cities. | ters and Early Crawfords commaud $1@ his | scared sheep and when the right time | comes, them fellows let down the | bars | and shoo us into any. lot they want to| and there we are; but I guess we’ll learn one of these days * What do you waut morning ?’’ for peaches this asked a passing buyer?’’ : “1 want a dollar; but Ill let you have ‘em for 7s Cents.” ‘“What’!ll yon take for your load?”’ A little mental dulged in with this fora result: ‘You may have the load at 75 ceuts a bughel.’’ ‘*Huh!’’ was the response. ‘* What are you thinking about? Seventy-five cents and I with a family of a wife and ten arithmetic was. in- children to support !”’ “That's all right but what am I todo, with my family of eleven children?’’ The buyer stepped back, looked the 2 > year old grower over and remarked as he turned away, ‘‘I wouldn't ‘a’ thought it!’’ ‘“Yes,’’ he went on, after the laugh was over,’’ there are no two ways about it own the growers are too careless of their interests. Instead of the somebody else fixes the price for their goods and they take what they can get and go home af- having a voice in market, ter another load. There ain't any sense in it; but it always has been so and |] guess it always will be. { walked on wondering how long it would take for the average grower, us- ually alert enough in looking out for his 1.25; Susquehannas bring $1.25, 50@75¢c. Pears Clapp’s Favorite, Bartlett Flemish Beauty varieties command $1 @1.25 per bu. Peppers-——-Green, 75@8oc per bu. Plums-—Practically out of market. Potatoes —Utterly neglected and with- out demand, either local or shipping. Prices rule in buyer’s favor. Tomatees—3o@ oc per bu. for good to fancy stock. a oe A prominent French physician argues that the only way to deal with criminal maniacs of a certain type to put them to death. He says: ‘‘A crimin- ally insane person is like a wild animal, The of a copying clerk whom I knew in my youth will best illustrate this. The man had been in an insane asylum because he had, without the slightest reason or provocation, killed a neighbor in cold blood. is and should be destroyed. case asylum caused the guardians to think that he had recovered from his danger- and he liberated. One day my father intrusted this man with a valuable medical manuscript, which had been lent by the Munich library. ous madness, was The clerk was to copy it, and we accompanied him to his own door in the rue St. Jacques. We had hardly left him when we heard a noise, and upon re- turning, we found a dead man on the pavement, and the clerk in the hands of the police. Looking for the manu- script, we found it on a stone, where the clerk had placed it before he stab- bed a harmless passer-by to death. Of course, he was again sent to the asylum, where, about ten years ago, he killed the director. I do not know whether he ' i j is still alive, but there can be no doubt Own interests, to find out that two heads ! are better than one and that the strength | f that such people should be put out. o the world. ’’ Fancy eating vari- | eties, such as Twenty Ounce Pippin, | home- | and | between,’’ marking the last days of the with | Fe i while | Chilis and other inferior varieties go at | 75¢ per bu. for small pickling | and | His subsequent behavior in the IF YOU ARE IN THE MARKET FOR PEACHES BUNTING & CO. 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 Consignments. Send to headquarters. 20 and 22 OTTAWA STREET, Grand Rapids, Mich. 53-55-57 JEFFERSON AVE.., wholesale PEACHES Commission = Live and Dressed Poultry. Butter, Eggs, Cheese, Vegetables ........... Fruits of all kinds. F. J. DETTENTHALER, 117-119 Monroe Street, 2 Grand Rapids, Mich. DETROIT ARTHUR J. - H. AXE WATKINS& AXE, Wholesale Produce FRESH EGGS, CHOICE CREAMERY and DAIRY BUTTER Northern Trade Solicited Special Attention to Consignments | for Meats and Produce. Phone 3% and Buying on Track. 84 and 86 South Division St., GRAND RAPIDS. CUT THIS OUT “er eeres" Fill in and Ma Peaches WATKINS il: © CHOOGDOGCOQOQOOQOO©OGOOQOOS |@ H. J. VINKEMULDER, mo Grand Rapids, Mich. ESE? Wr aw |@ Dear Sir—When you can ship us good | ‘ - | | ® o peaches, such =. a gree | @ ards, Fosters, etc., at #1 pe bushel or less | a © BUTTER, EGGS, POULTRY and & you may ship us........ bushels | © | ® .. times a week via... ») | FRUITS to @® | © Signed..... | © | OCOO KOO e oe e State how to ship: Freight or Express and over what Line. Pears, Plums and Crabapples are now coming in; prices reasonable. Apples, Potatoes Melons, Cucumbers, Celery, Onions, Cabbage, etc.. at lowest market prices, We respectfully solicit your mail orders; same will have our prompt and careful attention and benefit of lowest possible prices. HENRY J. VINKEMULDER, 418-420-445-447 S. Division St. Grand Rapids Long Distance Telephone 1084. Seed We are now receiving New Crop Timothy. fe0. E Darling & 00. 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. GRAHAM, President. J. A. PEARCE, Vice-President. H. O. BRATIAN, Treasurer. M. W. RONAN, Secretary. Headquarters until Oct. 1 22 S. IONIA ST. 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 : ae free of charge. The crop promises to | We respectfully solicit your orders. be a large one and quality is fully up to the standard. : If you wish to buy Timothy or Clover correspond with us. We handle all kinds Seeds, Al- syke, Alfalfa, Crimson Clo- ver, Etc. | ALFRED J. BROWN CO., | Seed Merchants, | GRAND RAPIDS WRITE US TO-DAY. ALFRED J. BROWN CoO. Grand Rapids COMPETITION. Some New Thoughts on a Time- Worn Subiect. Written for the TRADESMAN. Competition is the life of trade. This trite saying embodies a truth sometimes not appreciated in localities where there appear to be too many engaged in the same line of business. The trade that is absolutely without competition is trade without life. In the normal con- where there is no competition. If, by auxiliary business, as in the case of the company store, the custom is) com- pelled, competition may be gotten rid of as to the sae yet im such cases the store, with its custom, becomes an ele- ment in the competition of the enter- prise to which it is auxiliary. There ibe fair, it will not be so important comprised in reaching the people with B | aii utter ’ } | his competitor is Close behind. Orders Promptly Filled | Another element is having the best | Write for Quotations | possible coods pure hased at correct | |prices. This, also, calls for much per- | HOLLAND, [ICH may be localities where there seems to | be no such thing as competition. It | ; ' | may be that the line carried is the only | one in the town. In sucha case the merchant may fondly suppose that the effort to sell goods which must needs accompany competition is not neces- sary, and that he may sit down and en- Joy the good the gods send. The mer- chant who does this, even in such local- ities, makes a grievous mistake. Competition obtains even there, and the trade that is not alive to it is in a lethargic condition. The merchant who will sit down under such conditions is not worthy of the vocation to which he is called. If all the customers possible to be reached, already come to his town and store, then, indeed, there may be little chance for competition; but the trade of the dealer subject to these con- ditions is dead in comparison with what might be otherwise. The cases are few where there is not trade going to other localities which might be reached and life put into the business by the effort thus made. It is not only the trade that may be attracted away from other dealers that benefits but ad- vertising creates a greatly increased de- mand among buyers. The advertised goods are sold to those who would not have bought at all. This fact ts of vast- ly greater significance than is generally considered. The word competition, to too many dealers, has a very narrow meaning. It is comprised in getting ahead of their competitors, either by cheapening in price or by running down - goods and business. It is like one engaged in a race, instead of bending every etfort to reach the goal, trying to run foul of his antagonist and prevent him from reaching it. It serves such an one right when he comes to grief himself in these attempts, but the analogy of the race does not hold good. There are equal and sufficient prizes for all in fair com- petition. Competition by cheapening is never legitimate or good policy. There is idea widely prevalent that business is increased by making the fact of low prices known and that it is the low| : : a prices i alone which increase the busi- | , | | j | } | | | | ness. There are many dealers who| will assert this and cite their experience to prove it. The error lies in this, it was not the price that brought the cus- tom, but the advertising. To be sure the customer wants to know. that the prices are right, but the cheapness would not be the prominent feature in many cases if it were not made so by the advertiser. There is a class of trade where the last cent on a bargain is. the prime object; but the loss of such trad: is not a misfortune, and, if competition | stre et, and will continue the business. | | | |has opened a fruit store at the old post ‘office building, South Mechanic. street. Cook ing gh: = ‘e a 4 8 = g us a postal, and we will see that you get it. Each case con- a wholesale ale e OUSE > 1 @ a as ‘ 2 ; Dia. see . ®) = tains samples colored Banner Placque and advertising matter. © Stowell House block, East Main street. | © 7 apieniag 1 : . | The new Michigan Corset Co. has Ss i S commenced operations in. the building ® | he mage Mie ¢ st = Detroit. ° formerly occupied by the Michigan e Harness Co. on East Mam street. | CHOGODODGOGOOOGOGOQOOOQOOOS VO VOOO oe) best of a merchant’s ability.’ Where, | co ee Hs cc jwhen, how to advertise judiciously and i ees economically requires close application Hi : j ‘ los : : : 36 Market St. ; R. irt, a... , ditions of trade, there are few instances | one who has the ability to devote. the | Telephone 1218 DETROIT {most and best mental effort in this di- i }rection is) the one who will lead in the , e | rac e and no harm will come to him if Mason Fruit Jars land fixtures of J. H. Purvis, corner of | oo , -a2 | | Wildwood and West avenues, and_ wili THE oe TRADESMAN 31 . : ; a| factor as many merchants suppose. W. H. BEACH ! What, then, is legitimate competi- eac es! tions s ar hi: any “ee : : ‘ Ihe answer has many elements, WHOLESALE DEALER IN se the best goods obtainable at correct 3 prices. It is obvious that, to reach the Eggs and 4 people, one must advertise. This is Fruits ! q itim< i ) ’ 2 legitimate Competition and calls out the Consignments received. Highest of a clear mind to determine and. the 138 Bates St. sistent, patient, careful attention. Pity | the man who has bought indifferent | goods at too high prices. He is of all men the most miserable. The only remedy for such a_mistake is for the eeds Everything for the Field and Garden dealer to stir himself, advertise goods at prices which wiil clear them out, and | then learn how to buy correctly. His | only salvation is to advertise promptly by some means; time will only serve to | make his condition worse. Other élements are an attractively ar- ranged stock in an attractively neat, | . . : a clas tell fin ia Ai) Clover, Medium or Mam- ——— clean, bright building, and the emp sloy- moth, Alsyke, Alfalfa and! We quote for immediate orders the following ment of clerks whose courtesy will at- Sp Crimson, Timothy, Hunga-) prices: packed one ~yg in een eo } , ie. a ae sepnra'e Compartments. rice subject to change. trac t and hold custom. Phese, espec- nN sa Millet, Peas and Spl ine No charge for box or ductane. ’ ially the last, are also important, and Rye. . Garden Seeds in bulk : . Per Gross. we " " / | and oe Tools. Pints. wide mouth. L a - $6.00 they involve cost, for which the custom- | Quarts, wide mouth _.. €ae {ge alf « s. wide ‘ a er should pay. The customer wants, 4 eadquarters for Egg Cases and Fillers | Half gallons, wide mouth a Same packed in straw as before, 50 cents per whether consciously or unconsciously, gross less. . . ee | Extra caps and rubbers... $3.50 something besides his goods at the low: Rubter rings for Mason jars Hh "30 est possible figure -he wants Courteous, Mail orders direct to cn odating treatment involving val- sake i West Bridge Street, + RAI iccommodatini treatment Inv Ving va GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. H. Leonard & Sons, Same. uable time and intelligence. He ought to pay for it and he will pay for it. There are customers who may think | they don’t care whether their goods = SI } DS, PO A Ol S, BEANS bought from a gentleman or a churl, o1 whether they come out of a palace or a] We handle all kinds FIELDoSEEDS, Clover, Timothy, Hungarian, Millet, Buck- i — wheat, Field Peas, Spring Rye, Barley, Ete. Buy and sell Potatoes, Beans, Seeds, pig pen, only so. the y an sood and | Eggs, Ete. Car lots or less. cheap, but they do care, just the same EGG CRATES and EGG CRATE FILLERS. and will pay the difference if they have | If you wish to buy or sell write us. a chance | : : a ; ry 26-28-30-32.0TTAWA STREET Phe race is to the ail ift and strong OSELEY BROS.., Grand Rapids, Mich. to the one who will put ito it the Jobbers SEEDS, BEANS, POTATOES, FRUITS. mental and moral effort to command | success; to the one who has mental | SEND YOUR CONSIGNMENTS OF and moral breadth of mind which will | enable him to charge what his goods are | worth, taking into consideration all the | proper elements of cost; to the one who | will most effectively and surely reach | the people by suitable and sufficient | advertising. The race ts not to the nar- | row soul that thinks he can only sell his To GAWLEY BROS. & ce. 64-66 Woodbridge St. W., Detroit. _ iy Hine the a. i | Stencils furnished upon application. References ee ee DUN’S & BRADSTREET’S Agencies. WON, Furrer, ||| HOME SAVINGS BANK = - = = = Detroit. eo Jackson Jottings. | ¢ 9) © XOXO 0KOKO\ 0K 00K 0X0) 0K 000K 0) 000) OK 00) © (OK KO (OKC\eKe\e) ©) 0) 0) 0.0/0) © 010) 0) 00/8) eK eK exes Jackson, Aug. 30 --Ex-Alderman Fred | % Lewis has purchased the grocery stock : We Want Every Retailer to Share the Profits of KOFFA-AI It retails at 12¢ per package, equal to one pound of ground coffee? Refer to price current in this issue under the head of Coffee for Price Thereon. If your jobber cannot supply it, drop continue the busitiess at the same loca- tion. Haven & Son have opened a flour and feed store at 717 East Main street. Db. F. & G. Eb. Netwdhart have pur- lchased the harness stock and tools of ltheir father, at 120 South Mechanic Charles L. Beamer, of Barry county, ieee 32 THE MICHIGAN a RI SSO SM pat ND TRADESMAN GOTHAM GOSSIP. | News from the Metropolis---Index of the Market. Special Correspondence. New York Aug. 31—Where are we at? What ails August anyway? Many jobbers Say it is the dullest August tor years and we have only to ai yr the demand for groceries as being of the most limit- ed sort. Sufficient goods are being taken to last from day to day and there | it seems to end. It is a waiting condi- tion which confronts us From some interior points Come reports of an excel- lent business being done, but, as for New York City the grocery jobbing trade can take care of a far larger vol- |} ume of business and even then not be} rushed to death. Transportation charges | will soon be advanced and buyers desire to save anything in the matter of ftreights should take advantage of present rates, Sugar is utterly ers. It has been who | unattractive to buy- } shaded in vain and foreign has been sold for future deliv- ery at 4c. It has been intimated that | the Sugar ‘Trust will use the latter fact | as an argument for the further increase | in duties when Congress assembles, so | they are “‘laying low’’ just now and| more than recouping themselves in } the stock market for any losses they may | meet in the legitimate sale of granulat- | ed sugar. The fact that 30,000 bags | (112 5 aaah each) or so of refined sugar | | have been imported into this country | ¥ will, it is supposed, make an excellent | club for Congressmen, but The declining tendency of the coffee market seems to be checked and, while the demand is not brisk, there is a pretty fair trade on the basis of 16c for } No. 7 Rio. Mild grades are about | steady. Trading has not been for any | large lots. The amount of Brazil cotfee | afloat is 546,575 against 472,101 bags at the same time last year. From reliable sources it is learned that the syndicate controlling the European movement of coffee is anxious to liqui- bags, date be ‘fore a Collapse takes place and is only ‘‘hanging on by the eyelids.’ Stock of mild coffees in New York, not including East Indian sorts, is gg, 1g2 | bags. Yeas remain in about the usual chan- | nel. While prices are at the lowest rate, the feeling 1s one of rather more confi- | dence and sellers express themselves as | not at all discouraged. Buyers, how- ever, appear to look at the matter ina diffident light and don’t seem to care whether school keeps or not. Spices are in rather better condition and a firmer undertone pervades the market. Sellers are not over anxious to dispose of stocks and ve ry little dicker- ing takes place between buyer and seller. There is a difference of opinion be- | tween buyer and seller on molasses as to the condition of affairs. The former maintains that he can buy any grade he | wants at almost his own price. Sellers | say that they are making not the least | concession in the world, and between the two it is hard to arrive at the exact truth. Prime N. O. molasses is worth Ig@21c; choice, 22@25c. Syrups are somewhat depressed, even in a period of dullness. ‘The sales are mostly of a hand-to-routh character and probably rates are shaded in cases where necessary to make Choice, 20 | @22c. The supply of rice is not so large as} to bring any apprehension of undue ac- cumulation and the demand is about equal thereto. The amount of foreign is certainly diminishing. Canned goods attract no attention. The amount of tomatoes which will be} canned this fall is, by all reports, going to be mighty small. That is, in the Maryland and Delaware districts. One reliabl> authority says there will not be a single packer in Harford county who will pack 5,000 cases by Sept. 1. Fur- ther, he says that where 1,250,000 Cases } were packed last year, less than 300,000 will be put up this season. All this is im- portant—so far as it goes—and, if the same holds good all over the country, we shall see higher prices, of course; but the country is big and the tomato is gay and festive and prolific—very much so. sale Ss. | indifferent. The | facture. i liberal and the demand has i for fresh eggs. luc. The big |the past week. On | large gold exports, }of wheat and increased receipts at the S| during the last two days. We |more of this lagging off if the | wheat farmers turn their wheat on the | market at once. | buy | time. | falling off and other exporting sections }are also shipping in less, so the are very dull and buyers are supply of pears is large and the demand Is not satisfactory Peaches lat all. Butter shows very little change, the best Western and_State being quotable fat 20c. Arrivals are not large of that quality and the demand seems. about equal to the supply. Aside from top grades, there is absolutely nothing doing and under grades sell at nominal figures. The extremely hot weather has exert- ed an unfavorable influence on the cheese market and a large share of that } coming to hand is not all that could be | wished. Small sized colored is worth from 74@73%c, but more than this seems very difficult to obtain. Best Northern Ohio and eggs are worth 15c if of fresh Arrivals have been been Michigan “manu- fairly LOC vd They are 5@9 a box, Lemons are great luxuries. selling all the way from $6.7 the latter for fancy Maiori. Oranges are quiet and steady, and the same may be said of bananas and other foreign fruits. The supply of and, in bulk, supplies of are bringing only about $1 sotatoes is immense } Long Island per bbl., | while many are selling as low as 75c. The horseless carriage, which was started by one of the big department stores last Thursday as an example of — is to come in the way of delivery agons, was a great success, and the pete which watched it was enthusias- stableful of horses which lthe stores have been obliged to keep are bound to go. Where will the end be of the reign of electricity? >> - The Grain Market. Wheat has only held its during Thursday there but the fine weather, rather small Owl was quite an advance, exports setback may see Northwest gave the market a spring Winter wheat receipts are slacking up, as the prices do not suit the farmers. Some have other work to do, so they leave their wheat in the graneries. As yet, the shortage does | not effect the markets, as foreigners can wheat elsewhere at the present However, Argentine exports are trade will, eventually, come to the United States for supplies, when prices will ad- been. The small, be- vance to where they have increase this week was very | ing only 350,000 against about 2,800,000 last year. Corn and oats are on the down grade. While oats are a very light crop in the State, prices remain extremely low. Ow- ing to the large corn crop oats, as well as corn, will remain extremely cheap, and, owing to the cheapness of sugar, there will not be as much corn used in mak- ing glucose. The receipts were: 43 6 cars corn and 7 cars oats. c. G.A eee There is trouble in tou cn this State. The fish are dying there by thou- sands, poisoned by the drainage from the Detroit Sanitary Works. What should be is to dig a canal right cars wheat, A. VOIGT. done |across the State and give the finny tribe a taste of the wholesome and _ healing waters of Grand River. |For Bargains in Real Estate, ‘in any part of the State, WERE BO... ec ice. G. W. Ames 106 Phenix Block BAY CITY, MICHIGAN WANTS COLUMN. BUSINESS CHANCES. por. SALE—A STOCK OF GENERAL MER- chandise. Double store building, saw mill and stock of seasoned lumber. Business well established in a live town, situated fourteen miles from any other trading point. Mill will pay $1,000 a year above expenses. A splendid chance for the right party. Reason for selling, ill health. Address No. 840, care Michigan Tradesman. 840 VOR SALE—DRUG STOCK IN GOOD LOCA tion on railroad. No competition within ten miles. Address No. 839, care Michigan Tradesman. 839 NUR SALE OR RENT—LIVERY BARN. Have also for sale at a bargain one carryall and three-seat carriage. C. B. Lovejoy, Agent, Big Rapids, Mich. 834 SELL ONE OF THE 56EST Cash—no traders need Mich. 835 S 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 pe SALE—HARDWARE STUCK, SET OF tinner’s toois and store furniture, invoicing about £2,500, in a town in Michigan, located in a good farming country. Address No. 832, care Mie hige un Tradesman. 832 YTOCK (OF ‘MILLINERY AND FANCY Ss 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 ye SALE—STOCK OF GENERAL MER- chandise 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 W TANTED— A COMPLETE OUTFIT OF MA- chinery for band sawmill and planing mill plant to supply the place of one recently de- stroyed by fire. Second-hand will doif good and cheap. Address Fearon Lumber & Veneer Co., Ironton, Ohio. 826 GOOD TWO AND ONE-HALF STORY 441 brick house and good lot in the city of Grand Rapids to exchange for merchandise, dry goods preferred. Enquire of the =" Stores, St. Louis, Mich. ese RENT—THE W AL DRON BLOC x OP- posite Union depot. Best location in city for wholesale or commission business. See Seribner Bros. or F. D. Waldron. 830 BIG CHANCE FOR SOMEONE—JEWELRY 4\ stock, tools and fixtures, to the amount of $1,300, can be bought for $550, with first class lo- eation. Address No. 813, care Michigan Trades- man. 813 por. SAL E ~ WH AL F INTEREST IN A WE LL- established drug store located in best town in Upper Peninsula mining district. Stock also includes stationery, blank books and wall paper. Cash sales, $8,000 per year. Will sell half in- terest for $1,500 cash and permit purchaser to pay for balance of interest out of profits of busi- ness. Purchaser must be able to take full charge of business, as present Owner must remove to warmer Climate on account of ill health. Ad- dress No. 8 820, care Michigan Trade sman. 820 W AN TED —TO EXCHANGE DESIR: ABL E residence property or vacant lots located in Benton Harbor, Mich., for stock of groceries or general stock. Address Box 1296, Benton — bor, Mich. OR SAL .E ‘OR EXC ‘H [ANGE—A FINE M s 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 houses; one nice large residence; all well rented except mills run by owner: excellent potato and wood market; plenty of hardwood saw timber near by. Exchange for farm or city property. Address W. Et. N. , care Michigan Tradesman. 8 50 cents on the dollar. apply. Lock box 46, Reed City, Ww ANTED—PARTNER TO TAKE HALF IN- terest in my 75 bbl. steam roller 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 county, Mich. 711 YOR 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. v? NG MAN OF 18 YEARS OF AGE WHO has been attending business college offers services free to retail shoe dealer for an in- definite time, in order to gain practical expe- rience and with a view of purchasing an inter- est. Address J. K., care Michigan Tradesman. 37 UMBER AT WHOLESALE; WILL MAKE 4 you wholesale prices on lumber, shingles, lath, delivered in car lots at your “pens, can fill house or barn bills direct from mill and save you .5 per cent. Address F. H. Earle, School- craft, Mich. 836 W TE BUY ALL KINDS ‘SCRAP IRON, METAL, ags, shirt and overall cuttings and rub- ber. Write for — Wm. Brummeller & Sons, 260 S. Ionia St., Grand Rapids. ‘Phone 640. 804 _ W 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 C 10M- mencing business, and every one already started, to use our system of poison labels. What has cost you $15 you can now get for $4. Four- teen labels do the work of 113, Tr desman Com- pany, Grand Rapids. #4.000/ Way. TILL W general stocks of merchandise on earth at | ——_ Beans! Either farmer's stock, machine cleaned or hand- picked. Will buy outright or handle in a commission Ample storage and improved machinery. Lib- eral advances on consign- ments. G. E. BURSLEY &,CO., Fort Wayne, Ind. TO CLOSE UP AN ESTATE Good Furniture Business...... el @ Established 1887. growing business. Always good 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. Address No. TRADESMAN. 1,000, care MICHIGAN Are You Looking .....40r Business? FOR SALE Ml GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Buildings, Machinery, 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 op- 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 75 horse power capacity. Vacant ground for stor- age, 60x 160 ft. Will be sold cheap and on easy terms, to close an estate. - POWERS & SON, : Grand Rapids, Mich. By Wo. T. Powers, Survivor. MICHAEL KOLB & SON, Wholesale Clothing Manufacturers, ROCHESTER, N.Y. Write our representative, WILLIAM CONNOR, of Marshall, Mich, Box 346! to call upon you and see our fall and winter lines of Overcoats, Ulsters and Suits for all ages, prices, fit and make guaranteed, or meet Mr. Connor at The MORTON HOUSE, “4,4... On Tuesday afternoon, sept. to to Sept, 14... FAIR WEEK. Millers! Attention! We have for sale a 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 er & HALL, rand —— Mich. Room 34. Powers’ Opera hanae Br Foundry and sree Piracenncesicen % HOW TO SECURE AND HOLD the best trade is a perplexing problem to some people, but its solu- tion is simple. First. Make the best goods possible ; not once in a while, but always. SECOND. Let the people know of it, early and often. Tuirp. Don’t neglect details. Attention to these principles has placed the Gail Borden Eagle Brand CONDENSED MILK at the head, and = 9 oo . Borden’s Peerless Brand a ~ 71 HudeonS treet ew lo _/ EVAPORATED CREAM is sure to obtain an equally high place in The Decorator's art is here produced in the highest degree, as WC shown in the beautiful blended colors produced in ‘this decoration, BROWN and PINK ENAMELED The handles and knobs are richly ornamented with gold, and alto- i gether it is one of the prettiest and most attractive patterns we have to Ideal Shape. offer. Pl: = a trial order at once and yon will! surely thank us for Luton Decoration. having called your attention to it. Gold Handles and Knobs. ‘moa HH. Leonard & Sons Ideal Shape. These Goods in Open Stock Luton Decoration. GRAND RAPIDS Assorted Crate Flown Pearl and Brown and Pink Enamel No. 1. TOVPTYDYD VPP PT PT rT neD eT reT eo rrD nen nen nen renetD iil AULA UA PEARL. 3 only 10 inch Dishes.. 2 48 62 BROWN AND PINK Amount Forward......... 76 47 Doz. 2 only 12 inch Dishes.. ——. = oo 69 Amount forward.......... 63 s2only Sinch Dishes... | As 44 4 doz. 5 inch Plates. oe _.. & 26 1 only 14 inch Dishes... ..... "oS a8 4doz. 5 inch Plaics.......Docd 3 16 3 only 10 inch Dishes.. _ob 79 4 doz. 6 inch Plates —. = =. 2 only Pickicg.......... .— 41 4 doz. 6 inch Plates a. -— =. 2 only 12 inches..... 5 RS 6 doz. 7 inch Plates . 89 534 3 omly Saute Boeats............ 220 55> 6 doz. 7 inch Plates a to lhl 1 only 14 inch Dish.. = 61 1 doz. 8 inch Plates ic i¢ 2 only 24s Jugs... : 1 93 a: i @oz 5 inch Pistes............ 1 3 3 Only Fiekles ............ _2e 53 > doz. 7 inch Coupe Soups ... ~” ts 3 < 1 & 41 2 doz. 7 inch Coupe Soups oa ae li 6th 3 only Sauce Boats... 2 80 70 4 doz. 4 inch F rults _ ' - io 3 only 36s Jugs. 1s => 4doz. 4 inch Fraiis............ oS tie 2a eae... 24 41 4 doz. Individual Butters...... 2 12 # £38 only 6 inch « ‘overed Dishes... 6 60 165 4 doz. Individual Butters... __ o t'9 only Se juee... 210 52 2 doz. Bone Dishes. : . eo is 3 only & inch Casseroles.. ~~. 62s LS 2d@oe Bone Dishes... a ss 1% 2 only 36s Jugs 1% 44 2 doz. Oatmeals...... . so iss 2 only Cov. Butter and Drs. 4 95 SS 2 doz: Oatmeals .. 2. oS 186 3 only 8 inch Cov Dishes, 8 ine BRS 20 1 doz. Oyster Bow]ls, 30s.. ‘= te 2 only Sugars 30s oe S> 1 doz. Oyster Bowls, 30s 140 3 only 8 inch Casseroles. 8 inch. 9 45 > 36 @— 3 only Bowls, 30s... - 1 10 28 2 only Creams 2s....... .. & ot 26 3 only Bowls 1 40 35 2 only Covered Butters and Drs 6 30. 1 05 @— 12 only 3 inch Bakers 66 96 Per Set. 12 only 3 inch Bakers ... ize 612 2 only Sugars 30s .. . £20 70 @— 3 only 7 inch Bakers 1 65 41 21 Sets Handled Teas. .. 55> 61155 3 only 7 inch Bakers 2 10 538 2 only Creams 30s...... Lt. 33 @— 3 only & inch Bakers _28 e 3 Sets Handled Coffees l o 1S Zoniy & inch Bakers . 3 15 "9 Per Set @— 3: only 7 inch Scallops. 1 65 42 ———- 3 only 7 inch Scallops... 2 10 Be «el Sete Handied Teas... | 70 1470 @— 3 only § inch Sc 2 48 62 Total Amount Forward 46 39 3 only & inch Scallops a 79 3 Sets Handled Coffees. 82 246 oo. only 8 inch Dishes 1 3s 4 thie ee ae 76 47 Total ie #105 49 = These Goods Also in Open Stock. Crate and Cartage Net a #2 50 it he Money- Saving 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. _ YOU NEED IT! mes Sey a SEE WHAT USERS SAY. J.W. WHITELEY & SON, BOSTON STORE Dry Goods, Clothing, Groceries, ete. 118-124 State St., and 77-79 Madison St.. Bonaparte, Iowa, April 22, 1895, Caso MERCHANDISE Dayton Computing Seale Co. , Dayton, O. Chicago, Dec. 31, 1894. GENTLEMEN: In reference to yours of recent lh a date regarding the C omputing Scales which you The Computing Scale Co., Dayton, Ohio: sent us, permit us to state that the *y have ex GENTLEMEN: We have had your scale in use ceeded our expectations, giving us the utmost since November 24, 1894, in our butter, cheese sia sfaction. We consider it one of our greatest ; , conveniences in our store, and knowing it, as we and meat department. We find them to doev-| now doand from the experience we have hi id actly what you claim. Our clerks can wait on| from its usage in the store, we would not eis- more customers and assure them accuracy in ey. | PE@S€ With it for ten times its value. Any ordi- ’ nary clerk, with common school education, can ery respect. We can recommend them as the expedite business equal to two or three clerks, most economical’scale in use for meat markets | 40d we prize it as one of our foremost fixtures and groceries Yours truly, in our store. We consider und feel that ours has ) . paid for itself in two months. OSTON STORE, ORE Yours truly, J. W. WHITELEY & Son. Investigate the Dayton Computing Scale. For further particulars call or write THE COMPUTING SCALE CO., Dayton, Ohio.