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It is a means of settling serious questions without the loss of life and treasure involved in war, and would seem to be a natural sugges- tion growing cut of the greater enlight- enment and broader humanity of the world in this modern time; but to the general court of arbitration proposed for England and America for the set- tlement of all questions between them there must be some objection and some exceptions. It appears to be generally forgotten that only two or three years ago the British Commons sent a commissioner here, under a resolution of Parliament, to secure our consent to a permanent arrangement of arbitration between the two nations. Nothing came of it, for the simple reason that leading Senators and officials of the Government would not consent to have the Monroe doc- trine, or its individual cases of appli- cation, made the subject of question or arbitration before European tribunals. It would be equivalent to surrendering the dignity and self-defense of the Na- tion to others’ keeping to submit such a matter to arbitration. The correspondent of the London Chronicle, now in Washington, put the question to members of the Senate and House, with the proviso that the gen- eral agreement for arbitration should ‘‘not affect matters involving the National honor or autonomy,’’ and, of course, received general approval of the scheme of this international court. But that is a wonderfully broad excep- tion and would leave the door open for either party to back out, whenever it desired, on the ground -that it was a question, at least, of National honor at stake. Such a general agreement would hard- ly be feasible under present and rapid- ly changing conditions. Individual cases should stand on their respective merits, and, if proper matters for arbi- tration, should, of course, be arbitrated. Anything, in honor and dignity, rather than war, but when honor and dignity are involved war may be the very least sacrifice. All this talk about arbitra- tion just now between England and the United States over the Venezuela mat- ter is absurd and betrays ignorance. We have nothing to arbitrate. We are not championing England or Venezuela. We are not a party to the boundary question. The question is not between England and the United States, but England and Venezuela. We _ have simply asked England to arbitrate with Venezuela and she has _ arrogantly and contemptuously refused to do so. The only interest we have is in seeing that the Monroe doctrine is not violated, and that is a matter affecting our ‘‘honor,’’ and possibly our ‘‘autonomy,’’ at least our National dignity, and is not a subject for arbitration. When newspapers and others, there- fore, speak of being in favor of arbitra- tion, in the present instance, they ought to specify, for the sake of their intel- ligence, that they mean they are in fa- vor of arbitration between England and Venezuela, and of the United States’ compelling England to arbitrate with its weak antagonist, if it will not do so under our kindly suggestions. Co TRADE STILL WAITING. The dilatory attitude of Congress on financial matters is exercising a very positive influence in trade depression. The celerity of the initial action in the passage of the relief bills in the House gave an_ indication of promptness which, in its failure, has served to greatly increase the hesitation and _per- plexity. In addition to legislative un- certainty there is the possibility of se- rious financial disturbance in placing the loan and the foreign complications which are enough alone to make _finan- cial trouble. It is not at all strange that everything is ata standstill. Failures, while not as numerous as last week, have been very heavy. They number 395 against 373 last year. While everything is thus waiting there is little change in prices in most lines. Wheat continues the same with good receipts and the same may be said of corn. The exports of the latter were five times those of the corresponding week last year. Cotton declined one-eighth cent on account of small demand for goods in this country. While prices are not much lower concessions for orders are more common. Indications that deal- ers’ stocks are running low begin to fa- vorably affect the demand for staples. Iron output declined 4.3 per cent. during December and the demand con- tinues so light that further lessening of product is probable. Still pig iron is higher in price. Bessemer about 50 cents and gray forge and anthracite 25 cents. This, of course, is the result of combination on ore and coke. Minor markets are weaker, with copper at $9.75, lead 3 cents and tin at 13 cents. In the money market the same _hesi- tation and uncertainty rule. The issue of bonds caused quite a demand for gold and some was imported at the same time that shipments were going out. Both gold and legal tenders com- manded a premium ot % to 34, but this has declined. The military movements and prepara- tions of Great Britain have been so threatening as to cause a feverish con- dition of speculation and finance, which has been considerably allayed by the conservative and pacific replies of that government to the inquiries pro- voked as to what such movements mean. The diplomatic attitude of the Government is such as to cause a much better feeling in both American and South African securities. ee Annual Banquet of the Traverse City B. Tl. A. Traverse City, Jan. 20—The B. M. A. banquet will be held Feb. 12 at City Opera hall. W. H. Fletcher will be the caterer. It will be the great event of the season. Members of the Association will be eligible to seats at the tables. They will be allowed to bring their ladies. The price will ,be $1 a plate. An interesting programme of toasts and responses is being arranged by the com- mittee having the matter in charge. The Grain Market. Wheat during the week has been on an up turn, with no weak spots. At times it would slump off 's@%c, and then it would go up K@%c. —_ Consequent- ly, we can report an advance of 3c since one week ago. Prices would, probably, have been more elevated if the political and financial policies were more clearly defined, as the legislators at Washington seem to be somewhat unsettled at the present time. Should they pull together and work in harmony, it would bea good bull factor to advance the prices. The winter wheat receipts are still away below the usual amount and the spring wheat receipts are growing less at the initial points. The exports are quite lib- eral and the home consmuption shows quite an amount, owing to the small winter wheat deliveries. The showed+ a decrease of 957,000 bushels, which is about what expected. However, on this the market advanced fully tc per bushel. There was virtually no change in corn and oats, as the large amounts puta damper on _ the these cereals. The receipts during the week were: wheat, 52 cars; corn, 6 cars and 4 cars of oats. Detroit received during the same week 24 cars of wheat. Cc. G AL Vorer. — —_ . > — The Future City on Munising Bay. ideal visible was speculation in Munising, Jan. 20—This is an spot fora town. A prettier location is nowhere to be found. It lays at the head of Munising Bay, on Lake Super- ior, on a gravely plat twenty to fifty feet above the Lake. This plat forms a horseshoe opening on the Bay and back from the Bay a half mile rises abruptly a range of hills, perhaps 500 feet high. [t is actually located in a valley, com- pletely surrounded by hills. Out in the Bay two miles lies Grand Island, which forms a perfect land locked harbor. At the present time there are but a few buildings. Quite a number are in process of construction and by May 1 there will, undoubtedly, be 1,000 inhabi- tants. Geo. L: Burtis’ sawmill is ready for the machinery. The Southerland- Innes Co. is at work building two stave mills and a third one will be com- menced in the spring. The Souther- land-Innes Co. is a factor in the stave and heading business in this country and Canada, having large works in several places, especially Toledo and Chatham, Ont. These two companies will employ 400 to 500 men the year around, which is a guarantee of 2,000 inhabitants. The Munising Ra.lway is being built westward and will, event- tually, connect at Little Lake with the C. & N. W. Railway, thereby making direct connection with Chicago. Mun- ising is within a short distance of Pic- tured Rocks, one of those sublime pieces of natural architecture which but few tourists have ever seen. Witha steam launch from Munising a trip to Pictured Rocks and return may be made in an afternon and will be worth going many miles to see. Fishing and _ hunt- ing will furnish plenty of sport for men and boating for everybody; and, with- all, Munising bids fair to become one of the favorite summer resorts in the near future. With the Munising Co. behind it, comprising such men as Fayette R. Brown, of Cleveland, its stability in a business way is assured. - 2 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN THE BACK OFFICE. Not many days ago the community of Grand Rapids was shocked to learn that murder had been committed by a young man who has been rightly classed among the city’s promising young men. A little byplay, carried to extremes, ended in blows, and the result was a re- sort to concealed firearms and death. Last week a small boy in a New York City grammar school emptied the con- tents of a 22 caliber cartridge into his own leg; and hardly a newspaper can be taken up which does not give the dreadful results of the revolver. There seems to be created in the hu- man masculine breast an intense desire to handle and to carry about these weapons of destruction; and the point to be considered is whether the young carrier of the weapon is the only one to blame. It is not to be denied that the young man in question had arrived at the years of discretion and knew that he was violating the law when he put the revolver in his pocket; it is not to be thought for a moment that the school- boy intentionally shot himself, but it is submitted that both these instances are due to the carelessness and the negli- gence of the home life and the com- munity where these boys were born and reared. The young man had, indeed, passed beyond the age of reading the fiery lit- erature of the Wild West. He _ had every reason to believe that the streets of the Second City in the State were free from wild animals and Indians. Law and order prevail and he knew it; yet, with all his training, he considered it a manly thing to break the law of the land by carrying about a loaded revolv- er. It is pleasing to read the testimonials as to the rectitude of his life. They have come from trustworthy sources, many of them from persons of eminent respectability, and they all speak of the young man’s quiet manners and the ut- ter absence of any trait indicating any- thing which could lead to such a de- plorable result. The case hints strongly, not of home indifference but of home thoughtless- ness. It is an instance of ‘‘My boy is all right, of course,’’ on the part of home and friends generally; and under that home blindness this boy has, un- discovered, fostered a piece of foolish- ness which has brought him to this _ter- rible condition. Heaven only knows the young man’s agony; but it does know that he is not the only one to blame. The New York affair is the same old story right over again. In this case it was a borrowed revolver,and the parents could not have known and prevented the accident; but it is safe to assume that there has never been that direct teach- ing at home which the boy should long ago have received. There may have been on the part of the mother a little of this teaching; but a boy knows that women are afraid of firearms and early learns from his father to laugh at her foolish fears, while the father, positive that his boy knows intuitively how to handle a gun, goes on in the even tenor of his way and the boy—on his! It was the father’s leg which should have re- ceived the pistol bullet. Is the community ever guilty of such indiscretion? How long ago was it that a store window on Monroe street was the center of attraction used in a shooting affray ; and how long ago was it that another window on the for weeks on ac- | | Haven, has issued a calendar good for count of a display there of weapons | : same street was made attractive by the cap and rope which figured largely in a hanging affair to the south of us? Who knows whether the pistol display had anything to do with suggesting the carrying of concealed weapons in this and other instances; and .who can tell what wild ideas came into the heads, old and young, of the crowds which, day after day, had their fill of the grue- some sight? Absurd? Granted; but is the community blameless which allows these public exhibitions which do have an untold influence for evil upon the humanity about them; and is ‘‘absurd”’ just the word to use, with one man dead and another incarcerated for killing him? It is too early to predict the outcome of the dreadful affair referred to; but be the result what it may, it is submit- ted that there are parties to share that result besides the young life now brought before the bar of justice to an- swer for the dreadful crime. RICHARD MALCOLM STRONG. The promise of the companies under- taking to utilize the power of the Ni- agara to make there the manufacturing city of the country seems in a fair way to be realized. As fast as the power has been developed it has all been taken and the demand for more is keep- ing the hydraulic engineers putting in new apparatus and making plans for al- most unlimited extension of the works. Enterprises requiring a great amount of power, such as the Pillsbury Reducing Co., the exclusive American manufac- turers of aluminum, the company man- ufacturing the new abrasive powder to take the place of emery, carborundum, are meeting such success that they are extending their works as fast as they can get the power and install additional plant. Several companies have been organized for the manufacture of chem- icals and other gproducts which have never been made in this country. Then, in addition to the extensive use of the power as electricity for traction pur- poses, and for motor and lighting pur- poses for all the region around, includ- ing Buffalo, a large number of ordinary manufacturing enterprises, such as paper manufacture, are rushing to the new eldorado of energy. It is an inter- esting speculation as to the magical re- sults of the utilization of this force, made possible by the development of electricity. The civilized world is still watching the Armenian situation with the great- est anxiety and casting about for some means to interpose in behalf of the stricken Christians. The Turkish gov- ernment is treating them as insurgents, and, through the .Turkish Ambassador at Washington, they are compared to our Indians. The rejection of the Red Cross by the Sultan is defended on the ground that it would be as_ inconsistent for such aid to be given the Armenians as for such aid to be given our Comanches when on the warpath. would seem as though the feeling gendered by this violation of the Red Cross treaty by the Porte, who was one of the earliest signers, would lead to some effectual movement for relief ; but there seems to be no leader, society or party with sufficient prestige and stand- ing to take hoid of such a movement, and civilization stands idly by while barbarism sates its fiendish triumph. Professor A. C. Totten, of New 67,713,250 years. 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The failures of those that have gone before do not seem to deter or depress those who have~come afterwards; but each country which aspires to national predominance addresses its energies to the task as if it were a foreordained destiny which was being wrought out, instead of the deliberate and desperate game which was being played. Times change and manners change with them; but the springs and inspira- tions of human action remain always the same, and, therefore, human affairs seem to recur in cycles, bringing repe- titions of great characteristic events in the history of the world. The desire for preponderating influ- ence, if not for supreme empire among nations, is no less active now than in past ages, and at this moment there is a struggle for such control going on be- tween Great Britain and Russia. This is no new state of affairs,for it has been in progress for, perhaps, a century, but only gradually developing. England represents the most enter- prising, adventurous and land-hungry of all the races of men. Russia is the expression of the newest of all the great peoples that have contributed to mold the destinies of the world; but it is Ori- ental and Asiatic, rather than Western and European, and the Russian charac- ter has not even freed itself from the savagery of its Tartar ancestry, which horrified and alarmed the worid as it marked its track of conquest with fire and blood. Englishmen, Vikings, descendants of Norse pirates and daring freebooters from the rocky islands and storm-beaten coast of the German Ocean, have ever remained masters of the sea. Failing to retain any hold upon the mainland of Europe, they pushed their adventur- ous ships into every ocean, bay and navigable river of Asia, Africa and America, and established their colonies on every shore and their conquests in every land not controlled by Russia, which, Colossus of the North as it is, aims at the sole dominion of Asia, a very great part of which has been sub- jected and brought under the dominion of its empire. England, which has gained large possessions in Asia and Africa, owns in North America a domain vastly greater than the area of the United States, be- sides important territory in Central and South America, and it is not strange that the little island empire should re- gard witha sort of contempt a nation of 70,000,000 of English-speaking people which does not own a colony or a_ coal- ing station on the entire face of the earth, and whose ocean trade is wholly in the hands of strangers. rethe United States, as a_ potential possibility in the far-off future, may be entitled to some consideration by the great powers of the earth; but at pres- ent it is left out of all the calculations and plans of combination and conquest, for not only do the other powers con- summate their projects of ;dividing up and parceling out the countries of Asia and Africa without the slightest regard to the United States, but they have al- ready begun their depredations upon the American hemisphere, without so much as considering if the United States has any interest in the matter. The leading European statesmen, finding the people of the Great Repub- lic wholly asborbed in their own inter- nal disputes and discords, and destitute of all enterprise and spirit of adventure, and ignoring every question of foreign policy, have wisely left this dummy country to its fate, realizing that it would never interpose any obstacle to their schemes of conquest and empire; but occasionally some bumptious Eng- lishman has undertaken aggressions up- on the people who prefer domestic war and international peace to any other condition, and once only the English were able to arouse the Americans to the point of retaliation. In all the other controversies the United States, by resorting to arbitration, was able to avoid trouble without actually surrender- ing all points of their contention. Now that this once weak republic has grown to vast material proportions, the time has come when it must give up its timid policy of seclusion, isolation and deference to other nations and assume its place among the great powers of the earth. So far it has taken no position ; it has announced no policy; it has_ set for itself no goal in the career of na- tions. The Great Republic is no longer in swaddling clothes or in adolescent immaturity. It is full grown and must take on the duties of power arid sov- ereignty. The people of the United States are not enterprising in the full sense of that term. They are not far-reaching sail- ors; they are not explorers or discover- ers, and in no sense colonizers or con- querors, for least of all are they like their English cousins; but they are brave, and they are pre-eminently fight- ers when aroused. They are enormously rich in material resources, and these conditions lead to great things. It is time to shape their destiny. FRANK STOWELL. ul eS Got Into the Saloons. A great manufacturing company in Massachusetts recentiy paid their work- men on Saturday evening 7oo $10 bills, each bill being marked. By the fol- lowing Tuesday 410 of these marked bills were deposited in the bank by the saloonkeepers of the town. Four thousand one hundred dollars had passed from the hands of workmen on Saturday night and Sunday, and left them nothing to show for this great sum of money but headaches and poverty in their homes. —___<@& © @___ It is said a bill is to be introduced in the New York Legislature proposing the levy of a tax on bicycles in the county of Oneida, in the discretion of the su- pervisors of that county, to be applied to the making of sidepaths for bicycle rid- ers along the highways. The tax is to be from 50 cents to $1 per year; but measures are first to be taken to ascer- tain the willingness of the wheelmen to submit to the levy in consideration of the use to which the money is to be put. 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Our Brooms Please 4 Around the State Movements of Merchants. Brown City—John Windsor succeeds Windsor Bros. in general trade. Coloma—Enders & Young Schairer & Son in general trade. Middleton—J. B. Resseguie succeeds J. B. Resseguie & Co. in general trade. Kinde—Storbeck & ‘Tyler succeed Brown & Tyler in the furniture busi- ness. succeed Brighton—R. E. Baetcke has_ pur- chased the hardware stock of S. IL. King. Iron Mountain—Godshall & Co., fur- niture dealers, have made an assign- ment. Charlesworth—Wm. Gifford has pur- chased the general stock of B. & W. Pratt. : Ironwood—Samuel A. Reid, Jr., suc- ceeds Reid & Leininger in the meat business. Ypsilanti—-Mrs. L. J. Doyle suc- ceeds Strand & Co. in the notion business. Manistee—E. A. Gardner succeeds E. A. Gardner & Co. in the grocery business. : Tecumseh—R. S. Moore has _ pur- chased the grocery stock of Chas. E. Williamson, Alma—Peters & Dean succeed John T. Peters in the furniture and undertak- ing business. Howell—Beurman & Ryan, have dissolved, Mr. Beurman ing the business. Marcellus—W. R. Walker succeeds Bent & Walker in the agricultural im- plement business. Grant Station—W. Gale succeeds A. H. Judd in the dry goods, notion and _ confectionery business. ’ Manistee—Jarka Bros. have decided to add a line of shoes to their clothing emporium in the spring. Mancelona—A. Young, bazaar and dry goods dealer, is closing out his stock and will retire from trade. Sault Ste. Marie—Armstrong, Cathrae & Co. succeed Howlett & Armstrong in the flouring mill business. Marquette—F. L. Herlick & Co. con- tinue the grocery business formerly con- ducted by C. Herlick & Son. Carson City—Frank S. Caswell has purchased the furniture and undertak- ing business of S. H. Caswell. Charlotte—F. H. Goodby, dry goods dealer, offers to compromise with his creditors for 40 cents on the dollar. Orleans—F. E. Bradford continues the general merchandise business for- merly conducted by Bradford & York. Muskegon—Lincoln Rodgers has pur- chased the interest of H. A. Wolff in the confectionery stcck of Wolff & Rodgers. Hastings—Hicks & Spence have di- vided their grocery stock and Thos. Spence will close out his portion in his brother’s shoe store. Middleville—-John Schondelmayer, dealer in boots and shoes, has added a line of clothing. The stock was fur- nished by Wile Bros., of Buffalo. Battle Creek-—-Chas. D. Murphy has opened a new drug store here. Mr. Murphy was formerly employed in the drug store of Amberg & Murphy. Watersmeet—Henry J. Osier & Co., proprietors of the Watersmeet Meat Co., have dissolved partnership, Henry J. Osier retiring from the business. Cheboygan—The dry. goods store be- longing to L. E. Hamilton has been closed under a mortgage held by Burn- ham, Stoepel & Co., of Detroit. grocers, continu- THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Sumner—-O. W. Rogers has sold his general stock to Melbourn Medler and Edwin Medler, who wil! continue the business under the style of Medler Bros. Petoskey—Jesse Tracy has purchased the harness and saddlery concern con- ducted by George H. Mills and will continue the business at the old loca- tion. Owosso—Rolland W. Mann has sold his interest in the hardware firm of Thompson & Mann to his partner, who will continue the business under the style of Josiah Thompson. St. Johns—Clark & Hulse is the name of the new boot and shoe firm which will commence business here about Feb- ruary 15. Charles Hulse and M. F. Washburn will be in charge. Escanaba—Benjamin_ Salinsky, dry goods dealer and clothier, and H. Sal- insky & Co., general merchandise deal- ers, have merged their business and will continue same under the style of B. Salinsky & Bro. Munising—T. E. Bissell, of West Bay City, Grand Master Workman of A. O. U. W. of Michigan, has decided to locate in Munising and engage in the hardware and furniture business. He will be ready by Feb. 1. Woodland—Faul & Velte, who have conducted the hardware business here for several years, have agreed to dis- agree and negotiations are in progress with a view to one or the other of the partners succeeding to the business of the firm. Detroit—The dissolution of the firm of Torofsky & Levinson bas been con- summated, the stock being divided by H. F. Wyatt and P. W. Donnelly, who represented the respective partners. Mr. Levinson’s share was 37 per cent. of the stock. Alma—-F. E. Pollasky has sold his dry goods and carpet stock to J. F. Medier and O. W. Rogers, who will continue the business under the style of Medler & Rogers. Mr. Pollasky will close out his clothing and shoe stock as rapidly “as possible. Alden—R. W. Coy, who has con- ducted a general store here for the past twenty-five years, died last week as the result of paralysis. He was the founder of Spencer Creek, the predecessor of Alden, and was universally respected for his integrity and business ability. Lansing—C. A. Mapes, formerly en- gaged in the clothing business at Vas- sar, is organizing a stock company here, with a capital stock of $50,000, to em- bark in the clothing business on a large scale. The new enterprise will be managed by Mr. Mapes and will open for business about March 1. Manton—The stock of groceries and accounts of the Patrons’ Business Asso- ciation was recently sold at public auc- tion. The stock of groceries, invoic- ing $680, was bid in by Frank Seeley for $295, subject to the taxes. The ac- counts, notes, etc., amounting to $1,500 were purchased by W. H. Nagney. Caro—B,. Himelhoch & Co. have pur- chased the boot and shoe stock formerly owned by Lee Powleson. Powleson was a general merchant and conducted stores at half a dozen Michigan towns. Strong, Lee & Co., of Detroit, however, at- tached his stock at Lapeer, claiming fraud in the transfer of certain property, and his downfall! was the result. Big Rapids—The meat firm of Rouch & Arnold has dissolved, Silas Kouch selling his interest to his partner, John Arnold, who will continue the business. The change takes effect February 1, soon after which Mr. Rouch will return to his old home in Indiana, having re- purchased the business there he sold to a brother before coming to Big Rapids. Detroit—The jewelry house of Smith, Sturgeon & Co. will continue as in the past, although two members have retired from active participation in the affairs of the corporation. F. G. Smith, Jr., and M. S. Smith, 2d, retired Saturday, but retain their stock interest. The business will be conducted by Charles F. Hammond and Mr. Sturgeon will be at the head of the company. Manufacturing Matters. Harrietta—The Louis Quinnin Lum- ber Co. has opened a general ggore at this place. Detroit -The Detroit Umbrella Co. has increased its authorized capital stock to $50,000. Alba—The Gould & Alling Manufac- turing Co. is succeeded by the Thos. Tindel Co. in the manufacture — of staves, heading, hoops, etc. Flint—The Diamcnd Buggy Co. has been organized, with a capital stock of $25,000, for the purpose of embarking in the manufacture of buggies and car- riages. Vanderbilt—F. F. Spiegel,of Oakley, is building a sawmili here. The ma- chinery of his Oakley mill has been shipped kere and other machinery has been purchased. Whitehall—G. H. Nelson and W. F. Nufer are negotiating for a partnership to manufacture boxes under the Nufer process. The box stuff is turned out on shingle blocks from ordinary bolts, ard the process is said to be materially cheaper than any other. It is purposed to build a $5,000 plant. Alpena—The Alpena Thread Co. wants to enlarge its plant, and asks the city to donate several lots necessary to do so. It seems probable that the city will grant the request, as the factory employs from fifty to seventy-five per- sons the year ‘round, and its monthly pay roll crowds the $1,500 mark closely. Menominee—The present winter has been a good one for the heavy loggers, those who have appliances for making ice roads, but for the small jobbers, who depend entirely upon nature, it has been disastrous. Especially is this so of the cedar jobbers in Menominee county, who will lose considerable unless a heavy snowfall occurs soon. Morley—A. W. Dodge, manufacturer of clothespins, with factories located at Shepherd and this place, has made ar- rangements to remove his plants and combine them in one large factory at Coudersport, Pa. This removal is made necessary on account of transportation considerations and the desirability of being nearer the export market. Manistee—There is already consider- able inquiry for hemlock from Eastern buyers and it looks now as though most of our product would go in that direc- tion in the future. Our mill men think that $6 for strictly short on the dock at Manistee will be about the figure and that an added dollar for long would make things even. Buyers are not yet decided about conceding those figures, but may have to come to them. Plainwell—The Michigan Paper Co. held its annual meeting last Tuesday in secret and, as a result, information regarding what transpired behind the closed doors is very hard to get at. It is known, however, that it was voted to increase the capital stock from $50,000 to $250,000 and that the proposition from certa.n Kalamazoo parties who aie reported ready to buy the plant was ac- cepted. It is understood that this prop- osition gives the stockholders in the old company an equal amount of stock in the new company which is to be formed. It is also reported that a new paper machine of a daily capacity of twenty tons will be put in, also a new engine of the Corliss type. The meet- ing was adjourned without any steps being taken for the organization of a new corporation. —___>0»__ Middleton & Son, Decorators. Mr. George Middleton and his son, Harry, are located at 37 North Division street, Grand Rapids, where their many friends are congratulating them upon the bright prospects of their new busi- ness.. Mr. Harry Middleton will give special attention to artistic sign paint- ing and his father, with his thirty years’ experience and well-known skill, will attend to fine fresco painting, paper hanging and all kinds of decorat- ing will receive proper attention at rea- sonable rates. A nice office is being fitted up and the work room will be well supplied with modern appointments. Oscar Allyn returned Monday from Port Huron, whither he was called on consultation with the officers of the Great Camp, K. O. T. M. - a a ae ¥% off on New York Fancy Basket Japan Teas. E. J. Gillies & Co. J. P. Visner, Agt. Cow Butter and Hen’s Eggs 4 I can supply a limited number of custom- ers with choice butter and fresh eggs, and solicit correspondence with merchants who prefer to deal direct with the buyer, thus saving the profits of the middleman. Al- legan, Barry, Kalamazoo and Van Buren counties are noted for the superiority of the dairy products—I draw supplies from all four counties. In writing for quota- tions, please mention name of grocery jobbing house with whom you are dealing. A. B. CLARK, Plainwell, Mich. Our Spring line of Ready-made lothing Includes all the latest Novelties in ad- dition to our complete line of Staples. Write our Michigan Representative, William Connor, Box 346, Marshall, Mich., who will call upon you with samples. We guarantee fitand excel- lently made garments and _ prices guar- anteed as low as can be made. Mail orders promptly attended to by MICHAEL KOLB & SON, Wholesale Clothing Manufacturers, ROCHESTER, N. Y. William Connor will be at Sweet’s Hotel, Grand Rapids, Thursday and Friday, January 30th and 3ist. Customers’ expenses allowed. Extra Fine Candy.... If in need of any place your order with SNYDER & STRAUB and you will be sure to be satisfied. These orders receive their personal attention, and they do not depend wholly upon hired help as a major- ity of the Candy Factories do. They are both practical Candymak- ers and have worked at this busi- ness since they were boys. Also a fine line of Penny Goods, Mixed Candy, Creams and Everything to be found in a Candy Factory. nYCer & StraUd, 15, 17, 19 E. Clay ave., Muskegon, Mich. - RUDDGT STAMPS. espe Rubber Stamp sreeeeeee 99 Griswold Street........ . Company. é THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 5 Grand Rapids Gossip F. L. Bills has opened a grocery store at Grand Ledge. The Olney & Judson Grocer Co. furnished the stock. F. C. Scott has embarked in the gro- cery business at Lansing. The Mussel- man Grocer Co. furnished the stock. H. A. Smith has embarked in the grocery business at Belding. The Mus- selman Grocer Co. furnished the stock. A. R. Morehouse has opened a new grocery store at Big Rapids. The stock was furnished by the Worden Grocer Co. ‘ Henry and George Lang, under the style of Henry Lang & Co., have opened a meat market at 827 South Division street. Zwingeberg & Brandt, furriers at the corner of Fountain and North Ionia streets, are succeeded by Clara A. Zwingeberg. Eaton, Lyon & Co. have sold the Ri- naldo Fuller drug stock, at Traverse City, to R. A. Hastings, the Sparta druggist, who will continue the busi- ness at the same location. in the paint and wall paper stock of Miller & Middleton to C. W. Miller, late of Dayton, Ohio, and the business will be continued under the style of G. N. Miller & Bro. The show rooms are being enlarged and re-arranged. The Grand Rapids Soap Works has purchased the machinery and labels for- merly owned by the defunct Grand Rapids Soap Co. and removed them to its factory at the Lake Shore crossing, where the manufacture of cold process soap will be added to the other depart- ments of its business. F. C. Miller, agent for the directors of the Widdicomb Mantel Co., has sold the machinery adapted to the manufac- ture of furniture ornaments to the Ger- nart Bros. Lumber Co., of Louisville, Ky., which will remove the machinery to that place and add it to its establish- ment, continuing the business in the line formerly carried on by the Wid- dicomb Co. The State Bank of Michigan has sold the elevator and warehouse formerly owned by the W. T. Lamoreaux Co. to W. H. Beach and James Cook, of Hol- land, who will embark in the hay, grain, mill stuffs and produce business under the style of W. H. Beach & Co. Mr. Covk will give the business his per- sonal supervision, Mr. Beach dividing his time between the Grand Rapids en- terprise and his Holland establishment, which he.has managed successfully for several years. Hubert Weiden & Son recently sold the city poor department twenty-five boxes of laundry soap at $3.35 per box. Alderman Verkerke noted that the brand purchased was quoted by the Tradesman at $3.10 per box in twenty- five box lots and on the verification of the Tradesman’s quotations by the ex- hibition of the price list sent out by the factory, Alderman Verkerke insisted that the bill be revised, which was done, thus effecting a saving to the city of $6.25 on the transaction. If all the purchasing departments of the city were subscribers to the Tradesman, the municipality would save several hun- dred dollars per year. The Grocery Market. Fish—The inquiry for fish still «con- tinues limited, but there is no great pressure to sell, as holders teel that stocks will be wanted just as soon as the Lenten demand starts up, hence prices are fairly steady on the majority of ar- ticles. Provisions—The long-looked-for ad- vance in hog products set in last week. Whether the strength and tone will be continued depends upon the receipts of hogs. It is only a few days ago that the packers had expectations of full supplies of swine for January. The re- ceipts last week were so much under their calculations that the packers be- came buyers of the products and gen- erally there was more demand to _ pro- tect short sales than had been supposed possible. As everybody had the idea that the products were cheap, it did not require more than the manifestation referred to, to bring in quite a liberal outside speculative buying interest. Rice—The assortment of domestic rice on the market is poor, the bulk of the stock now offering being composed of inferior or medium grades. Foreign styles (Japan and Java) are growing in favor, the trade finding that prices at which they can be bought are below the parity of domestic and besides the uni tormity of grade is also an inducement, as orders can be duplicated from time to time without a question as to quality, which is invariably up to standard. Canned Goods-——There has been con- siderable improvement in the demand for canned goods during the period un- der review, the request being of a more general nature, which has resulted in a fairly free movement in several articles. This has been brought about largely from the fact that in instances values have eased off a trifle, which has in- duced some speculative buying. Buyers have been ready right along to take ad- vantage of anything that savored of a bargain. Prices have ruled low, and any concessions on quotations, as far as staple articles are concerned, were looked upon as not likely to be tasting, and transactions followed. Syrup—The market rules strong, es- pecially on low grades, and as refiners are not turning out much of the poorer qualities stocks are rather light. Molasses—Values of kettle and cen- trifugal molasses are fully maintained, both at distributing centers and at New Orleans. The receipts at the latter place continue light of all grades and are said to be 75,000@8o,000 barrels short of last year at same time. Fly Paper—The O. & W. Thum Co. announces a decline of 65c per case in Tanglefoot and 3oc per case in Little Tanglefoot. The new quotations ap- pear in Price Current. Bananas—Our wholesale dealers state that the demand from outside towns is very light and, consequently, do not seem disposed to order a carlot without first making arrangements with their neighbors to take a portion of the fruit. This is by far the best plan, as a car- load can thus be divided and worked off without loss and each dealer will have enough stock to supply his demand. Prices range from $1.25@1.75 per bunch, according to size. Lemons—There seems to be an im- pression among importers and large wholesale dealers that good lemons have struck bottom, and a feeling of relief must, necessarily, follow. The handle to the jug has been on the buyer’s_ side for some time and the actual producers hb have been getting very small returns for their labor. An upward turn is probable and it will, undoubtedly, stim- ulate the rather sluggish demand. Ex- tremely low prices are not desirable and their existence benefits the actual con- sumer but very little, as about a certain number will be used, whether the price | be $2 or $4 per box. In the one in- stance the grower gets no reward for his efforts and in the other he does, and_ it is un-American to do, or see others do, business for fun. of fruit being offered that is more or less touched with frost, and the surety of getting ‘‘straight up’’ stock is so un- certain that the safest way is to buy in small quantities until there is a_ pros- pect for a sharp advance, in which event | it might be that a good profit would be assured, after allowing for a certain per- centage of shrinkage. Oranges—Demoralized! That is the keynote to the present condition of the market. There has been a good deal said about the recent frosts on the coast and it is, undoubtedly, true that a con- siderable portion of the fruit in many groves has suffered; and, in order to escape loss, it has been hustled forward in large quantities, and, at present, the largest receiving centers are, in the current vernacular, ‘‘chock-full’’ of oranges, there being two boxes in sight for every one really needed to supply the ordinary healthy demand. Buying for speculative purposes, even at pres- ent prices, is not advocated, as there is nothing to warrant sharp advances and there is.too much risk in holding them. Frequent purchases, if in moderate quantities, will prove most satisfactory and profitable in the end. Foreign Nuts—Prices are exceedingly low on nearly all varieties, especially Naples and Grenoble walnuts. Brazils There is a great deal | are quiet, owing to generally poot qual- | ity. | Figs and Dates—Continue to sell at {very low prices, and, as holdings are ample, no improvement in price. is | looked for. Peanuts—A good deal of interest has | been centered in them during the past | week more or less excitement has |been caused by the latest move of the | cleaners, which has been conducted in a very quiet manner. About a month | ago, the ‘‘ Association,’’ which has been | in existence something over a year, dis- ; banded and the firms which composed |it went back to their respective well- | known brands and, naturally, endeav- and ored to place liberal quantities. In the | eager effort to do so, first one and then |another would shade the fixed price which had been promulgated by the As- sociation, until all the profit had been pared off. Some large distributers took on a fair stock at low prices, but the majority would not buy to any extent, thinking that the end had not reached ; so, in reality, the cleaners dis- posed of but few before the better business instincts came to the rescue, and, very quietly, they got together and perfected another association, which in- cluded all of the former members and some half dozen who had previously re- mained outside. As a sequence, the peanut crop at present is controlled by a strong organization which believes in maintaining fair prices, and to prove it, the first thing they did was to order an advance of 3¢¢ per pound, and, in view of a short crop (a fact acknowl- edged by all who make a business of handling peanuts), another advance is almost certain. It is, therefore, now deemed advisable to buy liberally, even if prices do seem a trifle high, in order to secure a probable profit of to per cent. been 00O00000000000000000000000 #9090000000000000000000004 eran Republi FU Absolutely the H a SPRING — 099999 909O099O950S9990900009009900900006600060000006 WHEAT FLOUR Manufactured. Ball-Barnhart=Putman Company, Sole Distributors, : | hest Grade of Oo Ig Grand Rapids, Mich. DSbSGOO SS } HOSOOHS SSS SOHO OHSOOOSOOO5 O56 Hb bb hb bb bbb bbb bb GGbGbbbGbGbGb bbb GGGGOS rrr eevee eevee eee eee eee eee eee Vee Vee Vee Vee eee eevee eee eee Vee eee Vee Vee rab AAA: ; E : £ 3 ; Bi THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN _Hardware_ MEN OF MARK. H. P. Belknap, of the Belknap Wagon & Sleigh Co. It may be true that everything comes to him who waits, but the length of the waiting time makes a great difference, and the question is sure to be asked, sooner or later, whether it isn’t possible to arrange matters so as to avoid the waiting and at the same time be_ ready to receive the blessing when it comes. That is the idea which seems to under- lie the life and the business career of the Secretary and Treasurer of the Bel- knap Wagon and Sleigh Co., of Grand Rapids. Nothing is left to chance. On the appointed day and hour the infant wail told of the arrival of the young stranger and, when the excitement was over, the date, Nov. 22, 1859, was care- fully written down as the beginning of a useful life. The home that day blessed was in Grand Rapids and located on South Front street. There is no need—there never is any need—of asking about such a home life. Whatever has to be done is done in de- cency and in order. There | is no wait- HERBERT P. BELKNAP. ing until ‘the last minute for anything ; there is no putting off until to-morrow what ought to be dene to-day; and, bet- ter than anything else, the future, be it of a day or longer, is planned for and what then remains to be done is to see that the plan is patiently and _persever- ingly carried out. Children brought up under such a regime can’t help turning out well. The problem of *‘get- ting along’’ is solved under the home tree and the final leave-taking comes at the time fixed upon,and so is considered as a matter of course. It is this plan- ning and carrying out of the plan—the utter ignoring of the element of chance —which will be noticeable in the follow- ing narrative. When the child whose birth is above recorded was 6 years old, the school- room was asked to assist in the educa- tion which had been going on at home, and for a year he fought and overcame the literary foes that barred his prog- ress, in the primary schools of Grand Rapids. The family then moved upon a farm near Sparta,and the boy’s train- ing went on under the most promising circumstances. The date of this change, 1865, calls for a passing comment. The farm dwelling was a log house; and a log house only thirty years ago, on a farm only twelve miles from Grand Rapids, with a population to-day of 90,000 peo- ple, tells a story of development almost impossible to believe and robs wholly of its terrors the idea of going West, a distance of twelve miles, to grow up with the country! Whata place to plan and carry out that log house and the farm surrounding it was! There were busy days and long hours, but to a child of six in that household there was abundance of play, with work enough to ‘‘keep from mischief still’’ what idle hands would do; and for three or four years, until he was to yeras old, the lively boy carried out to the letter the part assigned him on the farm. Then there was a change. If the boy was to have any future, the time had come to get ready for it. It was a little early to say accurately what that future was to be, but one thing was sure, the primitive school teaching going on at Sparta at that time amounted to but lit- tle in quantity and quality. Something better was wanted, and could be had at Greenville; and the farm boy went over and had it. It was a long pull anda stout pull, that ten years of school life; but the wise ones knew that it was the laying of the foundation which was going on and that it was best to make haste slowly. So the boy began the long course of study, ‘‘line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little and there a little,’’ for ten good years, and then, with the course finished and di- ploma in hand, he came home to Grand Rapids at the time appointed, placed the long-toiled-for testimonial of his schol- arship in the hands of his parents, and went over to the wagon factory to work. That is all there was to it. The school train came into the union station on time,the working train was all ready to pull out and the passenger stepped from one platform to the other, according to programme, and was soon busy with the mysteries of his art. All this reads easy. It looks easy. It was easy; and yet it was a most re- markable circumstance that culminated that morning when this boy, 20 years old, hung his hat and coat on the nail in that wagon shop and, rolling up his shirt sleeves, went to work. Look at it! Here was a boy, whose early training was carefully attended to; who was _ ed- ucated for ten years in a school so_ well known for its excellence that its di- ploma was a guarantee that the holder is well-trained; with ability, plainly adapted for a professional life—yet this same boy, as a matter of course, took off his coat and went to making wagons. In ninety-nine cases out of a hundred this boy would have gone to college at the end of the ten years and then have been turned over to a_ professional school and so made into a lawyer. How did it happen that he went to making wagons? The answer is easy. In the log house on the farm near Sparta not a trace of foolishness was allowed to exist. Wisdom presided at the table and common sense governed the house- hold. Not one of the children was led to believe that heaven had destined him to be President of the United States and that such a destiny precluded the very thought of working with his hands. He was sent to school to learn some- thing. Ten years ir such a school was a good start, and only that. That done, he could go to work with the hope of being something if he would; and it ‘N OOOO ORI $ o *¢ CHURCH, SCHOOL, HOUSE es AND FARM aS oS sfo OE wey oS Mee Nee Be Se3 NP ae REP Re ote ne eee eAe(e ee Nee RED ae A ee ne Oe ye oe aw &3 aa SP SS We carry in & a 0jOeH NOP stock most de- §3 Sse sirable sizes--- 382 32 Catalogue & a6 and Price #6 ENS furnished & SEP upon applica- § a tion. RED OEP RNG o oa _ Foster, olevens & i, GRAND RAPIDS. | OOOO OOOO. 9 0JOr5 o ee ROS NICKELINE.... A MODERN WONDER. It is absolutely the only pol- ish that will not dry up in stock, or become hardened. GOO We will refund the purchase price if it does not please. @O@O® Every box is guaranteed to the trade and consumers. ©OO If vour jobber doesn’t: keep it, write TRACY & WARREN, Grand Rapids Agents, 737 Mich. Trust Co. Bldg. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 7 was to be hoped that he would make the most of the start they had given him. That is the home cane and that is the talk which. make men; and if the homes of the land would do more of this training, there would be more of the better class of manhood among us and less talk of the failure of the col- leges and schools. The trade-learning was the school life repeated. It was a part of his life plan and he carried it out. He had made up his mind to know how to make wagons and he devoted two years of work to learning how. That wasn't . all he learned. He wanted to learn book- keeping and get a general idea of busi- ness; and, after he had finished his day’s work in the wagon shop, he went home to master the subject of accounts. He succeeded and turned his study of book-keeping to such good account, that soon after he took a position as book- keeper in the furniture factory of Stock- well & Darrah Furniture Co. This was in 1881. In 1882 he became Secretary of that company. The next year, 1883, he helped organize the Belknap Wagon & Sleigh Co., of which he was elected Secretary and ‘Treasurer, a_ position which he has held ever since. He is, also, interested in the Chicago Pumice Co. Mr. Belknap has been a Mason for several years. He is Warden of Doric Lodge, No. 342, F. & A. M.: a mem- ber of Chapter No. 7, the Masonic Club; Tyre Council; of and of the Yo M. Gui. In 1883 Mr. Belknap was married to Miss Julia FE. Graves, of this city, and two daughters--aged 7 and 5 years, re- spectively, complete the family circle in the beautiful home at Thomas street. In this record of a quiet life, aside from the successful carrying out of well- formed plans from childhood up, which it has been the purpose of this article to bring out, it is to be hoped that the reader has been able to detect no sign of the hustler. Bustle and business, aside from the alliteration, have nothing 2! in common. They are as antagonistic as night and day. The one, with all the fuss and fury of the rocket, rushes toward the stars, to fall an ignominious stick ; the other, like the planets, treads without noise its endless circle, and earth and sky alike are gladdened by its never-failing light. In business, as in other walks of life, it is the man, quietly and persistently minding his own business, who succeeds and who, while others are seeking for honors abroad, is winning hearts at home, contented if, in his little corner of the world, he can make even that little cor- ner better because he has lived there. —____»9~»____ African Philosophy. ‘‘How do you sell these apples?’’ asked a gentleman of a colored woman who had them for ‘*Six for a dime, The gentleman began picking out.a half-dozen of the largest and finest. ob can't ler yer do ae boss. Yer can’t pick out de biggest ones onless yer buys ’em all].”’ sale. boss. ’ ~~» The Sunflower Is Still in It. The Western farmer who becomes disgusted with corn and wheat raising, because of the low markets for his products, can turn his attention, as in Russia, to sunflower raising. One acre of sunflowers will vield quite a large number of cords of good fuel, besides the seed, which has an important com- mercial value for cattle feed. | —— — Their Real Merits as Distributers of Business Literature. Written forthe TRapEsMAN. Copyrighted, 1895. Business people read business papers. He who can’t get business out of the business paper has no business to be in business and generally isn’t. The daily partment. paper has its business de- The religious paper recognizes busi- ness. » The business paper is all business, for it can centain nothing excepting that directly pertaining to the business it represents. The business paper is the distributer of hard business literature. The business paper clearing balance of trade. The business regulates tries. It is a protective organ, as well asa medium for the distribution of unpoliti- cal free trade. is the periodical house in which is made the paper increases trade ; competition ; protects indus- I do not mean to. say that all poor business men do not read trade papers, but there never was good business man who did not depend upon the paper of his trade. a Perhaps the trade paper editor may not have been drilled in the business he represents. Perhaps he may have been a_ failure as a business man. It is not the business of the business editor to be a success in business. It is his business to act in the ca- pacity of the absorber of business infor- mation; that he may the better present, with or without argument, the data of business. Into the trade paper the theory and practice of business manipulation. It is a mirror of business. It reflects trade directly It does not allow the rays of go business to diverge from the straight line of trade. The business man may read an hun- dred daily papers, or he may read a dozen magazines, and from them all he may obtain genera] information of pos- itive value in the conduct of his busi- ness; but from a_ good trade paper he receives definite, practical information of as much importance to him as the counter in his store, or the record-book in his office. Folks read business papers because they want to. Folks read business papers because they have to. The first indication of intelligent progression in the clerk is when he turns from his desk at opportune mo- ments to absorb the paper of his. trade. The intelligent man of business reads his trade paper from beginning to end, advertisements and all. He may not always read it intelli- gently, but he gives to every page at least an eyeglance. The advertisements to him are of the same importance as the reading matter. In the combination of the two he de- rives information of pertinent necessity to the management and development cf his business. The trade paper is a necessity, and so long as it occupies that position it will by read conscientiously and intelligently by every business man who has_ proven his right to do business. NATH’L C. Fowter, Jr. Doctor of Publicity. Hardware Price Current. PATENT PLANISHED IRON | A’? Wood's patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 10 20 | “*B’? Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 25 to 27 9 20 Broken packages ¢ per pound extra HAMMERS Maydole & Co.'s, new list...............dia Sit, Kip’s ‘ ee ss ee - +. dis 25 Ye rkes & Plumb’s... «+ ..-- Gis 40810 Mason’s Solid Cast Steel. .30e list 70 Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel Hand 30e list 0&10 HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS Seemed Tin Ware,........ ...... new list 70410 vupenned Tin WOre................ Lote a s Oe Granite Iron Ware.......... -hew list 40&10 HOLLOW W ARE AUGURS AND BITS Snell's. Cee 70 Jennings’, genuine eee ce ' 25410 JGHMInes', Witetion - 60410 AXES Bivst Quality, S. B. Bromze ....4............ 5 50 First Quality, D. B. Bronze..............._. 9 50 First Quality. S&S Steel. Piste Quality Db B Siecl... ... 10 25 BARROWS NSE ee ee OO Oe . .60&10 ee net 30 00] Kettles GOK10 BOLTS Spiders ' a OUR 10 Sere... CC... 60 Gate. Clark’s. 1, 2 HINGES lis 60&10 Cc arri: ize new ‘list... 65 Py maya Ss, £, 2, . i dis 6 We 1 Pe 40810 State... eo _per ‘doz. pet 2 50 | WIRE GooDs BUCKETS a 80 Well, plain.. oo So oo | Serew Byes... fe 80 | Hook’s.... cg SO BUTTS, CAST Gate Hooks and. Eyes. —. ee sO Cast Loose Pin, figured v0 LEVEL Ss Wrought Narrow........... soe : .75&10 | Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s............ dis 70 BLOCKS i ae ROPES i Ordinary Tackle... ... ee 70 | mie AOD Se rN ern a . CROW BARS SQUARES: : ce .. per Ib 4) Steel and On. 80 CAPS | Try and Bevels.... Ely's 1-10 ei | Mitre ..... ll . 20 Hiek’s ©. eT ere an Ba "SHEET IRON Do ee 35 | , com. Smooth. com. Wackel ee. perm 6 | Nos. 10 to H.... #2 60 | Nos. 15 to 17. 2 60 CARTRIDGES | Nos. 18 to 21 2 §0 Pim Pe Ok 5 | Nos. 22 2 90 Central Fire. 25d 5 | a 3 90 > 00 S , Oe, 400 3 10 cris ELS All sheets No. 18 and lighter, over 30 inches Socket Firmer.. 1... SO Socket F raming.. ee es 80 mocket Commer............ ee ee 80 Meche Sims eu DRILLS tag it Stocks ..... : 60 Taper and Straight Shank.. 2. Wd 5 Mmorse’s VAper Sane... .. | See ELBOWS Com. 4 piece. Gin... . doz. net 60 Comme mied dis 50 Adpuastapie.. dis 49410 EXPANSIVE BITS Clark’s small, oe; latge fp. 7 yes’, 1, 388; 2 oa: 2 Se... FILES—New List New Aumerican .............! a TOK10 Niehonmens =... . C... 7 Perere Bore Meee... _................ -60K10 GALVANIZED IRON Nos. 16 to 20; 22 and 24; 2% and 2; 27. ... 28 List 12 13 14 15 ...... 17 Discount, 70 GAUGES Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s..... . 60&16 KNOBS—New hit Door, mineral jap trimmings.... _........ ri) Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings............ 80 MATTOCKS Adve Bye | ... $16 00, dis 60410 Mount Bye...........1.. Se Oe dis Ge Mis BIS 50, dis 20410 MILLS Coffee, Parkers Co.’s... _ 40 Coffee, P. S. & W. Mfg. Go.’s Malleables... 40 Coffee, Landers, Ferry & Clark ~...... . 40 Coffee, one... ........ i. 30 MOLASSES GATES meeboin’s Pattern............ .-- 00&10 Stebbin’s Genuine.. aay Enterprise, self-meé usuring: ee 30 NAILS Advance over base, on both Steel and Wire. Steel nails, base......... ee, Woe als base... -.-..... 2 55 10 to 60 SE Ce ny 5U ee. 60 7 and 6 iD 4... 90 ee 1 20 EE 1 60 eee 65 Cee ee v6) —— =... 90 Pinish 10... .... a : 75 ss... 90 Pine Goo 10 Cen ee 70 Citeen §& 2... 80 OE —————— 90 eS en eo ic PLANES Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy Sel dccecs @50 Bere Benen 60&10 Sandusky Foel Co s; fancy................. @50 Henen firetatiaiity. .-.... es . @50 Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s wood......... 60 PANS Pow Rome 2. 60&10&10 Common, polished... 5... Wk 5 RIVETS iron and Tinned .... .....-.... fe ees 60 Copper Rivets and Hurs.-.................. 50410 wide not less than 2-10 extra. SAND — List acet, 19. S6..... . ais 50 SASH Ww EIGHTS Solid Eyes. .... ...per ton 20 00 “TRAPS | Steel, Game. i. a 60&10 Oneida C ommunity, ‘Newhouse’s... 50 Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton's es motes, COOuer................... per doz Mouse, delusion................. per doz i 3 WIRE Brent Mareet.... ................ 5 Annealtd Market a 75 Coppered Mame... TO&10 Wined Wareet. i244 Coppered Spring Sicel.......... ..- 1... 50 Barbed Fence, galvanized . 2 40 sarbed Fence, painted..... 2 00 — NAIL s Au Sable. ‘ Putnam. “3 Northwestern. Neues oo — a “Gis 10810 WRENCHES Baxter's Adjustable, nickeled.............. 30 Coes Genuine. ee oe. 50 €oe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought ....... 80 Cove Vatent, misiieawe........_............ 80 MISCELLANEOUS Bird Cages ....... 50 Puraps, ( istérn 75&10 Screws, New List.. A a 8 Casters, Bed and Plate... . O&10K10 Dampers, American. . 40X10 Forks, hoes, rakes : and all steel ‘goods.. 70 METALS~— Zinc 600 pound casks... ... : 614 Perpouna.. |. 634 SOLDER ee 12% dy he prices of the many other qualities of solder in the market indicated by private brands vary according to compvusition. TIN- — n Grade 10x14 IC, Charcoal... -- 860 aoe 0 Caress... ....,............,.. 6 00 poet 730 14x20 TX, Charcoal........ 7 50 Each additional X on this grade, $1.75. TIN—Allaway Grade iris WO Ciarecal 5 ae Ce .Ci«zé#si###N UCL... 5 25 Mextt tx Ciarveos!.. 6 25 Heo rs Charcoal... ot 6 25 Each additional X on this grade, $1.50. ROOFING PLATES 14x20 1C, Chareoa!: ean. 5 00 iu Tx. Charcot ean......... .......... 6 00 20 aC. Charcoal Dean. ...... ...._.._... 10 00 14x20 IC, Charcoal, All: way Grade......... 47 14x20 IX, Charcoal, ANlaway Gradc......... 5% 20x28 1C, Charcoal, poate! Grade:........ 9 ia 20x28 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade......... 11 50 BOILER SIZE = PLATE 14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boilers, " 14x56 IX, for No. 9 Boilers, ( Per pound... 9 Any eee see pe , ae We FULI aT TRA PAND.RAPIDS, MICH. “WM. BRUMMELER & SONS, MANUFACTURERS AND JOBBERS OF... Selling Agts. for Columbian —— Steel Ware. Write for Catalogue. Telephone 640. TINWARE o South lonia Street GRanp RAPIDS, MICH. \ 5 é inebar eracapra dea e Tn By ee THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Devoted to the Best Interests of Business Men "Published at the New Blodgett Building, Grand Rapids, by the TRADESMAN COMPANY ONE DOLLAR A 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. Subseribers may have the mailing address of their papers changed as often as desired. No paper discontinued, except at the option of the proprietor, until all arrearages are paid. Sample copies sent free to any address. Entered at the Grand Rapids Post Office as Second Class mail matter. When writing to any of our Advertisers, please say that you saw the advertisement in the Michigan Tradesman. FE. A. STOWE, Eprror. WEDNESDAY, = = - JANUARY 22, 1896. ADVERTISE YOUR OWN GOODS. Perhaps the most common mistake in advertising is that of inadvertently doing more to advance the sales of the competitor’s goods than of one’s own. This unsought and undesirable result is brought about in two ways -by the mention of the competitor and his busi- ness or wares and by the adoption of his methods and modes of expression. It is desirable, of course, to have a knowledge of what is being done in the trade—of prices asked and prices taken —but this knowledge should be as _jeal- ously guarded as possible. There is no conceivable contingency which justifies a merchant in mentioning another in the same line to his cus- tomer, consistent with good advertising sense. Every time such mention is made, even if it be in the most dispar- aging way, it is a valuable advertise. ment for the competitor which does not cost himacent. And if it is foolish to mention the rival and his business to the customer, how much more foolish it is to do so in a printed advertisement. It is not so common to mention particu- lar houses by name, although that is frequently done, as it is to mention **our competitors’’ by way of compari- son. Every merchant will recognize how common this is. It seems as though a little consideration would convince any one that, if such mention brings the thought of the competitor and his busi- ness into the mind of buyers, the adver- tisement is just as effectual for him as for the advertiser, barring the possibil- ity that the comparison may be so_ un- favorable to him as to engage the atten- tion of the persistent bargain hunter, a customer whose patronage is worth less than nothing. In the matter of imitation the mis- takes are just as serious. There isa tendency to look for that to imitate which has proved a success to others. Sometimes this imitation is for the rep- rehensible purpose of profiting by the publicity attained by cthers in similar lines. Of the degrees of business fool- ishness this is the superlative. The al- literative, catchy expressions or the ideas which they suggest connected with a business enterprise are about as_ un- stealable a kind of property as can be of business imagined. And not only that, but every attempt to steal such expressions or ideas is only adding to the advertising value to the rightful owners. It is amusing to See the horde of imitators | who are trying thus to appropriate the brains and money of others, and it is| satisfaction to the fair-minded to know that all such are only adding to, instead of taking from, that which does not be- long to them. The reason why it is im- possible to profit by the work of the originators of successful schemes is that the alliterative phrase or idea be- comes so thoroughly connected with the thing advertised that it is impos- sible to suggest it to the mind connect- ed with anything else. Thus ‘‘press the button’’ is connected with and sug- gests a certain camera. It is impossible to refer to it in any way, or to the ‘‘we do the rest,’’and apply it to anything else. It is the same with any of the catches which have been effectually used, either alone or the ideas con- nected with them. Originality in advertising is difficult to command. The temptation to imi- tate knowingly is constant, and the air is so full of successfully worked schemes that imitation will creep in in- voluntarily. But it is an invariable misfortune when such imitation sug- gests in any way the business of a com- petitor. To successfully advertise it is not es- sential to get up some great *‘scheme,’’ but it is essential to advertise your own Straightforward, candid announcements about one’s own busi- ness are original. Careful thought to make such announcements reach the mind of as many as possible and sug- gest to them only the one merchant and business will be successful. The more intelligent the thought the better, and if the merchant, through inability on ac- count of other duties, sees fit to call in the assistance of specialists to aid him, it is well; but let him give the matter enough personal attention to see that the advertising is not for the benefit of some one else. goods, The retirement of General Campos by the Spanish government is likely to bring Cuban matters to a crisis ina short time. The degree of humanity and conservatism that he has shown in his dealings with the insurgents is not in accord with Spanish ideas of the energy necessary to effect their suppres- sion. Hence they have sent in his stead as Governor General of the Island, Gen- eral Valeriano Weyler and as Captain General of the Spanish army a man_ by the name of Polavieja, who is said to be an exponent of typical Spanish cruelty and ruthlessness. Terrible sto- ries of his cruelties in the rebeHion twenty-five years ago are told by the Cuban patriots, and they express them- selves pleased at the appointment, as it will serve to stimulate Cuban sympathy and drive many who have held aloof into the insurgents’ ranks. The fact that the cool season is so far advanced makes it probable that the new com- mander will attempt a prompt and des- perate campaign before operations are stopped by the heat and malaria of sum- mer. This will probably bring matters to a decision very soon. It is reported that the striking cigar- makers of Detroit are not pleased that Debs, the “‘apostle of labor,’’ preferred to spend his leisure at the bar of his hotel with congenial ‘‘spirits,’’ instead of addressing the protesting tobacco rollers and giving them his sage advice |as to the prosecution of their campaign | against the masters. | wider experiences have spoiled him for | such petty controversies as the Detroit The great man’s unpleasantness. Cash distances credit in the race. ORGANIZED LABOR AND POLITICS. The average aspirant for political honors, located in towns where there is much activity in the so-called ‘‘labor’’ organizations, stands in considerable awe of the ‘‘walking delegate.’’ There is among these organizations so much of self-assertiveness—they make them- selves so numerous—that it is difficult to persuade the politician that they are not all powerful ; and many of the _bet- ter element of those having such ambi- tions are kept from pushing them be- cause they will not truckle to these self constituted arbiters of political fortune. Thus it is that the governments of such towns are so largely given over to time- servers who manage to ‘‘stand in’’ with the ‘‘labor’’ leaders. Thus it is that a small minority actually does control the governments of many of these towns. If it comes to an actual dem- onstration or test of strength, organized labor and its following prove much less formidable than is generally supposed. The representatives of ‘‘labor’’ in the ‘*federations’’ are especially formid- able. If their conventions are held where they can take cognizance of the doings of some ambitious politician, they usually lead him around by the ear in a manner neither graceful nor pleas- ant. It is well for him if he has made a correct estimate of the prestige and power of his would-be tormentors and has the temerity to assert his independ- ence of such leadership. A notable instance illustrating the futility and foolishness of yielding to the dictations of the federation is the case of Colonel Bliss, of Saginaw. It had become quite generally known that his great ambition was the governor- ship. The meeting of the State ‘‘fed- eration’’ was held at Saginaw. Now it had happened that the Colonel had let some contracts for the construction of buildings to an old soldier who was ein- ploying some of those who had not sworn fealty to the walking delegate. This was an opportunity for the asser- tion of the dignity and power of ‘‘la- bor’’ not to be missed. Without a hear- ing he was condemned by the secret tribunal and resolutions of ‘‘anathema maranatha’’were quickly passed. Then a committee was sent to acquaint him with his fate, and tc indicate the terms by compliance with which the curse might be removed. Right here was where the most serious mistake was made. Instead of correctly gauging the political importance of this body and promptly inviting its committee to at- tend to its own affairs, he temporized and made promises which warrantel it in making a report causing a_rescind- ing of the condemnatory resolutions. The servile yielding to the arrogant and impertinent demands of the federa- tion was of little service. His action received the prompt condemnation of those having any regard for the best business interests of the State; and, in addition, the demands of the unions were carried to such lengths that he could not comply with them and the ‘‘anathema’’ was again pronounced and circulars were to be sent to all labor or- ganizations to secure their co-operation in defeating him. Taking advantage of the feeling against him engendered by his weak compliance with their de- mands, he is an easy victim of their triumph and his defeat gives them a prestige to which they are not entitled. A juster estimate of the power of or- ganized labor—labor dominated by the walking delegate—will rob it of much of its formidable character. American independence and fair play are too prev- alent among the real working men for the successful influence of such leader- ship. The Tradesman is cognizant of sev- eral business enterprises which have had the good fortune to incur the dis- pleasure of the unions and have been placed under the boycott, either open or secret, with ail its terrors. These are all concerns of high standing, with wide business relations. In every case the operation of the boycott has been beneficial and, in proportion as it has been urged, it has been necessary to enlarge facilities to meet increased re- quirements. If the political aspirant would inform himself as to the real strength and pres- tige and the advantages to be gained by a course of manly independence, or- ganized labor would soon lose its ter- ors and our cities would be redeemed from the misrule to which they have been surrendered. DEBS IN DETROIT. It was considered that, in view of the extensive preparations and adver- tising for the recent Debs lecture in this city, the cool reception he met was creditable to the intelligence and good sense of Grand Rapids working men. It was naturally expected that when he reached Detroit, where there is so much more available and pliable material for the demagogue, the demonstrations would be on a scale more nearly com- mensurate with the claimed merits of the hero martyr. Instead, however, in the Detroit reception the workingmen shamed the intelligence of those of this city, in that they gave him a reception more nearly in accord with his real merits. His widely advertised lecture in the auditorium of that city brought only $80 gross receipts, entailing a heavy loss on the unions. ‘The Presi- dent of the Trades Council denies that Debs drank too much wine for his own good, albeit several union men who called to pay their respects assert that he was too ‘‘mellow’’ to receive them. The officer referred to admits that the ‘*entertainment’’ furnished Debs by two prominent labor leaders cost the unions over $75. Considering that his stay was only twenty-four hours, it is fair to pre- sume that the ‘‘refreshments’’ were on a more generous scale than that afforded by the average Detroit wine cellar. On the whole, the visit to that city seems to have left a bad taste in the mouths of all concerned. The expensive manner of his entertainment and his in- difference to the local labor troubles which are chronic there caused a_ good deal of dissatisfaction. Since his visit a session of the cigarmakers’ union has broken up like Flanigan’s ball, and another row is reported of the striking moulders of the Hyatt & Smith Manu- facturing Co. The fact that such petty matters are beneath the great man’s no- tice will not tend to make him sought for very generally as it becomes mani- fest in labor circles. ” Flour and Feed. Flour markets have ruled very firm throughout the week, prices advancing 25@30c per barrel, with good demand and sales exceeding the output. Grand Rapids mills are running full time, night and day, although the win- ter wheat mills, as a whole, are turning out only about 60 per cent. of their ca- pacity. The demand for feed and meal is in- creasing, with prices firm at quotations. Wm. N. Rowe. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN NATIONAL POLICY. All great nations whose rulers possess any statesmanship and political wisdom have a general policy for the advance- ment and upbuilding of the national prosperity. If the people of a country are fairly prosperous, are not too heavily taxed, and not seriously oppressed by their government, they care little about its form and doctrines, and they are ready to respond patriotically to all demands for the public defense. No people can be kept in this condition of general prosperity unless their public affairs are wisely administered for the geneial good. In their efforts to accomplish such desirable ends, the leading satesmen of the great nations have come to adopt some general line of public policy which appears to be best fitted to fulfill the objects in view, and in many cases these policies become sanctified by tra- dition and popularized by their adapt- iveness to the ends sought. The settled policy of the ancient Ro- man Empire was robbery. The Romans from their very beginnings were rob- bers. They stole the women of their neighbors, the Sabines, in’ order to get themselves wives, and they carried on their policy of plunder until they had conquered and despoiled every rich people within their reach. The wealth plundered from all the then known world was brought to Rome and the peo- ple were for centuries maintained in prosperity. So long as money was plenty, nobody cared how it was orig- inally procured, nor was there any pop- ular indignation-against the crimes and corruptions of the rulers who had brought about such a desirable state cf things. English statesmanship has learned important lessons from the policy of Rome. Of course, the conquest and plundering of foreign peoples in this age of the world cannot be carried on upon the scale that was practiced by Rome, and so commerce must be made to take the place of force where force will not accomplish the desired result. England, therefore, started out as the great colonizer, and this policy has been carried on until colonies and possessions in every zone and quarter of the globe have been brought under the British flag. The object of this movement was. not to plunder and abandon the countries so occupied, but to develop their resources and monop- olize their trade. England, which is a small country and produces naturally little besides iron and coal, has become the workshop and factory of all nations, taking their raw products and returning manufac- tured articles. The profits of this sort of Strade have been so enormous that through its operations for many years England has become the richest nation in the way of acquired wealth in the world and it is this enormous wealth that has enabled so small a country to carry on a system of conquering and absorbing territory and peoples until it has put all the other nations of the earth to shame. England’s policy has been extraordi- narily successful because every art of cunning as well as every resource of wealth and power has been used to ac- complish it. The other countries of Europe for the lack of wise statesman- ship and largely because they possessed more internal resources, neglected the policy of foreign conquest and coloniza- tion, with the one exception of Russia. But Russia was s6 little engaged in for- eign trade that she never came to be a commercial rival of England. The United States was the only power that ever threatened British supremacy in commerce, and every art of statesman- ship has been used successfully to se- cure British superiority. The United States has never had any national policy. Almost from the very beginning of the country the people have been divided upon sectional lines and issues into hostile and warring fac- tions. For nearly a century this war- fare was between the people of the Northern States on one side, and of the Southern on the other. After resulting in enormous damage to the progress and prosperity of the whole people. the sectional war between the North and the South is being replaced by one equally as bitter and uncompromising between the West and the East. Under such conditions all the evils of a house divided against itself have been realized, and since the War of the Revolution up to the present moment it has been impossible to get the people of this great country united on any great question of national interest. The politicians of two hostile sections of the Union have been constantly trying to down and crush each the other,and they have used, whenever they could, the power of the Government to carry out their belligerent designs. As a result, there has never been any rational economical or commercial pol- icy that can be said to have been thoroughly agreed upon, and the result is that the United States, with more sea- ports and more miles of seacoast and more productive capacity than can be stated of any other country upon the planet has the fewest ships engaged in foreign trade, having surrendered all its commerce to foreign nations, and does not possess a colony or an acre of land on any shore or island outside of its own immediate territory. Whether or not Briish diplomacy and statesmanship have brought about this state of things cannot be declared; but the situation presented is one ideally desirable to the greatest of the com- mercial nations. It is not astonishing that England, fully realizing the humil- iating and defenseless condition of the Great Republic, should undertake to bully this country; but it would have been far wiser to have left it in its di- vided condition, so as to perpetuate is chronic sectional disorders, for, if it should ever be possible to unite and weld together the public sentiment of the American people into one great thunderbolt of national feeling and patriotic pride, it would not be long before British supremacy on the ocean and in the world’s commerce will be- come a thing of the past. The ability of a farmer who planted seed and then left it to take care of it- self would be questioned. Just so with advertising. This is the seed the mer- chant plants, and, if not rightly taken care of, a fruitful harvest ought not to be expected. To get good results from advertising you must help it along. This is the grease put on the squeaky wheels of your wagon to help it up the hill. Simply oiling the wheels though will not start it going, nor keep it run- ning. It requires pushing, and then the grease will make it move, and live- ly, too, if the requisite amount of push be there. It will have to be a case of pushing and pulling if you want to get the wagon to tke top of the hill. +0 Difference of opinion is a sin which we do not easily forgive others. Qwosso Butter Crackers... Are winners, so are our ‘‘J’’ Butter Crackers, Ginger Snaps, Coffee Cakes and Sweet Goods. Manufactured independent of trusts and combinations by THE JOHNSON BAKING CO, Write for Prices. OWOSSO, IICH. SOAP Is what you should advise your custom- ers. People who have used it say it is the BEST. x 9 Over the wash-tub trying to xv4 the dirt out of Be 38 Don t your week’s washing. There is a detter way to x 5g get the clothes clean with much less work. Use 8 Break (JAK-LEAF SOAP. 5 Bg It lightens the labor of washing—takes the dirt Bg 5g our out with wo injury to either your wash or your x sg hands. Getacake at your grocers and give it 53 Bg B a trial. Send for catalogue of beautiful pictures. Be _ Back | GOWANS & SONS, Buffalo, N.Y. | aS SZANINZS ANAND ASIA SS SS SSS NOSSO ISIS COMPUTING SCALES MORE THAN 19,0007IN USE, At prices ranging from #15 up- wards. The style shown in this cut $30.00 which includes Seamless Brass Scoop. This is not a real Computing Seale, it being necessary to make mental calculations. It is also limited in capacity. You cansell in fractions in the following prices per lb. only: 3%, 4%, 5%, 6%, 7%, 8%, 9%, 12% cents. This cannot be avoided, on account of the construction and the limited capacity in this style of scale. It is equal in every respect to all scales of this style sold at much higher prices. The Computing Scale Co., of Dayton, Ohio, brought suit in the United States Court at Detroit, Michigan, against The Stimpson Computing Seale Co. forinfringe- ment of our Patents, and for dam- ages for such infringement. If the infringement is proven, all users of the scale will be lia- ble for damages. kj OMPUTING SCALE CO oleae hes TNE or chose > ° ee For advertisement of our World Famous Standard Market DAYTON COPIPUTING SCALES, page of cover in this issue. The Computing Scale Co. DAYTON, OHIO. see last sarang PAPEL i ten me att ee ttre = ¢ " 10 Getting the People by Advertising. If I were a dry merchant and desired publicity for my wares, I would employ five good looking young ladies, goods taking great care to see that each has a well-formed back. I should then dress one lady in red, another in_ blue, another in yellow, another in black and white, having the colors harmon- complexions of the ladies. one in ize with the I would then decorate the them in my s white lady in the center. them with their backs to the strec : and insist that each should dress her hair in a different fashion most becoming. to her erie style of beauty. I procure chairs for each, prettily, placing the 1 would chairs and seat show window, place would give each lady a book to read and posi- tive ESE to keep her tace sone the window. Under and back of eacl 1 would place a half sheet card, using DeVinne type, if possible, plain black advertising whatever I wanted Phe curiosity of mankind will letters, to push. make of strongest show window. such an attraction one of the drawing cards ever put ina 1 How to advertise successfully for a general store in dull times is a ‘difficult subject to properly decide. It is, at the same time, a subject upon which there is a great diversity of opinion. At some merchants largely in- their advertising expenditures. continue about the same as in Business discretion should, used by all, but, asa rule, the most ad- best can bring up more these times crease Others busy times. of course, be I believe that those who do vertising at these of the argument and good reasons to support their side than the others. If the purpose is to draw trade, then why not advertise when you need trade the most? In dull more inducements should be held out to the customer than in_ brisk times have the seasons seasons. More care should be used in selecting articles to be advertised and more thought should be given to advertise- ments ; but, may view this subject, for I know a great many shrewd business men view it in exactly the op- from which I have men- tioned, do not, circum- stances, drop your advertising entirely however you posite way under any Every intelligent business man must recognize the fact that advertising is not a matter to be let out to the lowest bidder. It might be so if all papers equal oe advertising mediums. But with this value in differ- ent publications ranging from nothing to the highest figure, it is contrary to the first principles of ee to take the one that will do the advertising at the cheapest rates. It pe be about as sensible to put in office men who might bid the lowest for the place. Fancy a great railway corporation, a bank, or an insurance company selecting its presi- dent other officers by competitive bids, were of and without regard to their laser qualifica- tions, or the mar of an extensive mercantile business or a suit involving millions of dollars being selected because he is the lowest bidder. The purpose in cure the best services for the prices paid—the best returns for the money spent. se Did you ever sit Sonn and give five minutes’ consecutive thought to the] subject ‘of advertising? Like | is worthy of your best consideration and ~ | should receive it. Say in Art of Reaching and Holding Trade t all such cases 1S Sto se- | lawyer ina] | | | | | ' | every | you have not and, | fort the poor lad, THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN other inceutive to secure customers, | your adver- tisement just what you would say to a prospective customer, and say It as though you meant business. | loa: i = | | The conspicuousness a an advertise- | ment does not depend upon its size. If | you have a large department store with | five hundred bargains to advertise, you will need a page to do it; but if you have just one thing to pose it is a house and lot or a threshing machine—don't take a page. You can, do much better with the same outlay by | a hath oF you have a whole page people that If you have a quarter page and the rest is read- read all around and necessarily absorb quite a proximity. advertise-—-sup- anni TL. advertising on for, if will skip quarter page, | page entirely ing watter they will HPOTFVOPONNOPNNAND vour ad. little of it While I have pOCtTY i my simply from sometimes made use of advertising matter, yet, as a general proposition, | should say that, is hardly in while poetry has its uses, its place advertising matter. The best sort of advertising is the plain, un- varnished tale of the goods and the pol- icy of the merchants. Rhymes sacrifice of the "idea to the Advertising poetry is usually insufferable doggerel, and gives one a mental which does not induce favorable consid- eration of the It is almost always poor advertis- o.. mgs require constant method of expression. also, nausea, aIPRPRRURRTITTT MTT » goods sought to be adver- tised. ing to use poetry for the purpose, ex- cepting in exceptional instances, such | as, for example, the soap placards in street cars. Poor poetry is so immeasur- ably inferior to poor prose that the read- er rebels against it instinctively, the prejudice is generously extended to | A novel | | savors practiced to and wer the advertised soo0ds cover the advertised foods. which being scheme, and one some- what of Erand, is some extent across the ocean. A_ little boy was discovered the other day cry- | ing as if his heart would break, in one of the principal streets of Dublin. More than one person stopped to com- and after a crowd of sympathizers had gathered on the pavement. At last the tears were sto] yped, and the little boy exclaimed, ‘Il want to be taken to John Brown’s shop in Hugh street, boots at 4s. od., 6s. and tos. the pair. I taken there.’’ It is stated that man near being | older a time quite who sells good | want to be the young lynched was aS 1ed as people ever get in the countries. Fpc. FOSTER FULLER. ee — Some Wise Sayings. In some men prosperity leads to am- bition, and ambition to disappointment. It is a good thing we have not pre- | science of our prosperity. We would be careless. It is no small matter to learn to bridle your tongue, but it pays to get a bridle. Try it. There is wealth and we we progress. A first-class clerk is essentially one that knows that there is much he doesn t know. only one honest path to have got to make it as two handles hold of either to-morrow has Take Every anxiety and faith. you please. Don’t quit your post without permis- sion of the commander. The post of the merchant 1s duty to business. Don’t wear a face that would scare a sawmill off a creek when trying to in- troduce new goods. Self-help is a good thing,but be care- ful and don't help yourself to anything compctitor, verdict for Quality and Finish will be decidedly favorable to us TAA NaNAbDsbssbasatbaiisuasbbatie N TOE TT Te ee ee eee 2 WE DO_NUL PRETEND To be leaders in making low prices, but we our goods with those 4 yroduced by any challenge a comparison of Pa, feeling el 1S that: the Stick, Mixtures, H. M. Creams, Chocolates, Fruits, Nuts, Oysters Putnam Candy Co. GRAND RAPIDS Grateful Refreshing Ft Fifth Avenue Mocha and Java Coffee ne ll Strength wwe "Ae L. J. Glark Grocery Go. Wholesale Agents for Western Michigan. GRAND RAPIDS. ossareronssenennerennenenenner OOCHOROEH dbdbiddbads 5 ‘ OneOnOROHO bdbbabadbbddiad LS AMbabbdbbshdObaMsabusbbabhashdiia r7TTVYUVENY TY > Guenene bop bandon bandon Delicious THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 11 _ Dry Goods REPRESENTATIVE RETAILERS. T. B. Robinson, the Grand Ledge Dry Goods Merchant. **Shake hands with Mr. Robinson, of Grand Ledge.’’ The ceremony of civil ity was gone through without a break, the compliments of the season were pleasantly exchanged, and the pen of the biographer was duly dipped in’ ink and a few leading were asked. They were not answered. They have not been answered yet; and while a delightful half hour of conversation followed, only a single date—August 28, 1886—fell from the man’s lips—the date of his beginning business in Grand Ledge; and the wiliest art of the inter- viewer was not able to draw from the victim a single tangible fact, with one single exception. When asked if he was a Mason, he answered promptly : ‘*Yes, sir—’’a reply which utterly dis- couraged further inquiry in that direc- tion. With this meager data from the sub- ject, the reader will kindly overlook any mistakes which he may detect in the following narrative. Daylight came peeping over the hills of Grand Ledge some forty or forty-five A little baby boy had been born during the night, at the Robinson farm, who later was pop- ularly known as Tom. The educational facilities of that period were not conducive to an early attendance, the parents of the boy be- lieving that the two or three miles from the farm to the schoolhouse was a little too far for the young feet to trudge daily, and what the schoolhouse failed to furnish the farm made up by giving an early bend to the twig committed to its care, with an occasional twig to the bend, as time and circumstances re- quired! The boy in due time found his way to the schoolhouse and he made the most of the four or five years during which he was enrolled asa pupil. Reaching the age of 17, he made up his mind that the farm and the work on it ought to go to those who like that kind of work and that kind of living. He was going to try something else. He did. He heard of a _ possible va- cancy in a dry goods store not a_thou- sand miles away and he was so success- ful in his application that he was soon at work. There were two good years of this. Then the temptation came to try his hand in a grocery store and the change was promptly made. Six months was found to furnish all the experience he wanted in that line; and then his coat came off, his sleeves rolled up questions years ago and was happy. were and for the next nine months the young man was earning his bread by the sweat of his brow in a planing mill. Then his old love came back, and, shaking the sawdust trom his shoes and the shavings from his garments, he tramped over to Charlotte one day and went into a dry goods store. That was more to his taste and for five happy years he gave his undivided attention to the business which he now determined should one day be his. Why is it that the hardest time in one’s life is always looked back upon as the happiest, by the one who lived and endured? Men, grown gray with toil and privation and hardship, finally win the goal of their hopes and desires ; and then, surrounded with plenty, in their sase they look with longing eyes upon ithe old life, to think and to talk of what ithey then went through with, and con- | stantly refer to it as the one spot in the wilderness of as happy as it was toilsome. So ful ones. He had known a business on the outside. Then he made it a part ot himself. He had had a These were put aside, and dry goods was the only idea after those five years began. He entered the business a nov- ice. The five years found him so near a master in theory that a year or two. of practice in Chicago, and a few more in Charlotte, brought him to Grand Ledge at the date recorded, and August 28, which, if amount to anything s store, in signs and rumors the man has made a success. | A eity set on a bill cannot be hid’’ and when a man is made President of a bank lives, it means that he is getting to the top of that particular hill. It gets into the papers and into the directory, and all that is necessary to find out anything about the is to ask somebody. This is what the Tradesman has doing and, while the dates in the above are few and far between, the facts re- corded there are just as valuable and show how unimportant figures really are in matters of this kind. Here are other items which a little industry has secured: When a man has been having hard luck and doesn’t know which way to turn, he is very liable to bring up sooner or later against Mr. fT. B. Robinson, if he knows him, and the affairs of the unfor- tunate man begin at once to brighten. Need never held out to him her plead- ing hands in vain; and sympathy, even when it costs something, is found on hand in generous quantities with the proprietor of this dry goods store in Grand Ledge —a record worthy of a bet- ter telling and one which is_ easily recognized by those who know him best. 2-es - The Value of Rank. The extreme cheapness of military titles, a few years after the war, is well illustrated by a story that was told at a recent campfire. The narrator said that in| the’ year iI37o be was through a certain populous country dis- trict, and stopped to converse witha shoe manufacturer who had a_ consider- able number of men at work in his fac- tory. ‘* Most of these men are old soldiers, "’ in the community in which he mah some traveling said the maker of shoes. ‘Indeed! Are any of them officers?’ ‘*Two of ’em. One of ’em there was a private, and that fellow beyond was a corporal, but the man beyond him was a major, and the man away over in the corner was a colonel.”’ ‘*Indeed! Are they good men?’’ ‘‘Well,’’ said the manufacturer, ‘‘that private is a first-class man, and the corporal’s pretty good, too.”’ ‘But how about the major and the colonel?’’ ‘*The major’s so-so,’’ facturer. ‘*But the colonel?’ ‘*Well,’’ answered the manufacturer, ‘‘T ain't agoing to say a word against a man who was a colonel in the war, but I’ve made up my mind to one thing —I ain’t agoing to hire any brigadier- generals. ’’ ’ said the manu- > © > A daughter was bern to the Czar and Czarina of Russia recently. When this daughter attains the proper age for its first pair of shoes, according to custom, the Czarina will give the poor children several hundred pairs of shoes. these | 1886,saw him at the head of a dry goods | been | 1 the past where life was | five years to Mr. Robinson were event- | little of | | taste of lumber and the grocery trade. | Last Trip This Season I will be at Sweet’s Hotel, Grand Kapids, and Friday, of this week. Thursday Shall be pleased to pay ex- penses of merchants outside of the city who will come and see our line of Hats, Caps and Straw Goods. M. J. Rogan, with Moore, Smith & Co., $ Boston. Established 39 Years. 0000000000 000000000000000000€ WASH GOODS We have received our new goods for Spring season of °6. Percales, Dimity, White Goods, Prints, Indigo, Black and Brown Twills, Plaids, Stripes, and printed Ginghams, also new Drapery, and a large line of Dress Goods. . Steketee & Sons, GRAND RAPIDS. ESTABLISHED 18062. 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QMAAMAAMA.SAA.JALJ44. 444.444.444.444. 444. 446444444446 446 446446446 dbb bd ddd ddd dd NUIPIIPNOP HEP EPNEPNONENerNepNeRNeR tren IeREA A 12 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN JANE CRAGIN. Dolly’s Manner of Meeting a Diifi- culty. ‘*Dolly, is Cy anywhere around the store?’’ asked Miss Cragin with a_ tone of anxiety. **] think not,’ was the reply. “He said, when he went out a few minutes ago, that he was going around to Wal- jace’s. Is there anything I can do for you? You are not looking well this morning.”’ ‘Tm not well at all. I’m almost sick enough to go to bed; and that Ann Weaver that I never could and never shall endure is just pulling up at the hitching post. I used to think Amanda Bettis would wear me out, soul and body, but she couldn't hold a candle to this Ann Weaver. Dirty! I believe she’d improve the crops if the wind from her neighborhood should blow over the fields; and, when it comes to trad- ing with her, she’s the biggest cheat that eyes ever rested on. I can’t trade with her this morning, Dolly; you'll have to do it and get along with her the best you can. Just let her have one good time having her own way. Give her what she wants at her own price and get her out of the store as soon as you can. I suppose it’s a wise dispensation of Providence that brings such folks into the world, and a wiser one that doesn’t kil! ’em off after they get here, but I have never been able to under- stand why. Pull that curtain down at the office window, will you? I’m. not to be seen to-day by that woman. She drives me raving distracted when I am at my best. Here she is—go and do your best ;’° and Miss McWayne went out to dicker with the cantankerous’”’ woman. Good morning, Mrs. Weaver. You must have had an early start this morn- ing.” ‘* Morning. Not so. awful airly. Folks that live on a farm have to be up and stirring by sunrise if they're going to do anything; but, land sake, that ain’t nothing arter ye git used to it. He says I’m allus up and wuser'n any owl he ever see; but I tell him there’s a few things yit that he hain’t seen. Where’s Jane? 1 see the office winder’s shet. is she?’’ **She has a bad headache this morn- ing. What can I do for you?’’ ‘*That’s too bad. Jane’s one o’ them kind that keeps agoing as long as they can hold their head up; but, when they do go down, they are flatter’n a pan: cake. Tell ye the plain trewth, I don’t know what I dew want. Have to look ‘raound and see. If he was here he’d say [ never did: but | tell him it’s enough to make anybody lose what little wits they have got to live with him! Now, lemme see; I[’d like to look at some han’kerchers and some o’ these lace things ye wear 'raound yer neck— rootches, | guess ye call ’em; and ye might throw down some o’ that light colored calico. My butter 'n aiggs are on t’other counter; and he put in some p’taters and turnups—the likeliest ones, I'll bet, ye ever see. Tell Jim or some- body to onload ’em, and, while you're weighing the butter and counting the aiggs, I'll haul things over and_ see what I want.’’ Jane Cragin, behind the office win- dow, heard and groaned: ‘‘Oh, that woman, that woman! There won't be a handkerchief or a piece of print that won't be a sight to behold after she’s pawed ‘em over with those fat greasy Ain’t sick nor nothing, hands; and, because she thinks I’m not out there to stop her, she’ll go right around to the other side of the counter and poke around and spoil to her heart’s content. Oh, dear!’’ And then she heard ‘‘that Weaver woman’’ say: ‘'Now, there ain’t no sort 0’ need 0’ my putting ye to all that trouble—I’ll_ just come right ‘raound there and look at ’em where they be, so ye won't have to take ’em all daown.”’ In Dolly’s pleasantest tones came the reply: ‘‘Oh, no, Mrs. Weaver, not for the world! Why, if any one should see you behind the counter, half of Milltown would give me no end of trouble in that very direction. No, you stay on that side; I’m here to be troubled in just that way. Suppose we see to the eggs and butter first. Why, what small eggs these are! Your hens must all be bantams. Five dozen and nine of them, but they are so very small, Mrs. Weaver. ’ ‘Five dozen and nine of ’em! Can't ye count straight, or don’t they teach counting in Vassar? See if ye can’t squeeze out the six dozen I put in there. ’’ ‘‘A better way will be for you to count them for me. You are more used to it, you know. Count them a dozen at a time and I'l] put them in this box. [That's it. Now | have the five dozen, and how many more are there?’’ ‘*That comes from ever expecting a man to do anything you tell him! Last thing I said, when I begun to put on my things, was, ‘Now, you count six dozen of aiggs,’ says I, ‘six dozen, SIX, six! Do ye hear?’ and that two-legged gump up and left out three! It’s jest like him—-it’s jest like the whole pesky pack. ‘They hain’t one on ‘em that knows anything natcherly ; but I’ve been pegging away at him so_ long that I did think he could count seventy- two without my standing right over him, but there “tis! Never mind—you can pay me for the six dozen and then I'll bring the odd ones next time I come.’’ ‘Do hear the good-for-nothing !”’ whispered Jane to herself, and held her breath to hear what Dolly would say to the at. ‘That would be an easy way, but it wouldn’t be the right way, Mrs. Weav- er. Such a lot of loose ends as that would work havoc with the business. Mr. Huxley might do it or Miss Cragin, but you can see that it wouldn’t do for me. We’ll call the eggs five and three- fourths dozen—just what they are; but, with eggs so small as these, I hardly know what to do about taking them. Guess we'd better weigh them. Of course you've taken the precaution to see that they’re all good? No? Never mind, it won’t take long. Only six— not so bad as might be. Now we'll weigh them.’ ‘*Weigh my aiggs? Waal, I guess not, Doll McWayne. — we ~~. . that won’t be spoiled by too THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 13 for me—I never was strong in my arms. There—thank you. I’d give anything in the world if I had some of your strength. Do you have a spring house,’ Mrs. Weaver?’’ ‘*Well, he calls it a ‘spring house’ but I told him, t’other day, that, if he had any regards fer the trewth, he’d better git another name fer it, or I should have to take a shovel and dig the spring out, fer I hain’t seen any- thing on’t sence the year one. So I jest churns my butter, and spats out the buttermilk, and sifts in a little salt, and then hangs her down the well till I gits a good ready to come to taown— and there ‘tis. Ye can see fer yerself it’s hard’s a rock.”’ ‘I’m very sorry, Mrs. Weaver, but this didn’t hang quite long enough. We have to be very careful about the butter that comes to us; and this, besides be- ing soft, has a little too much butter- milk in to keep long. It hasn’t quite that sweet, fresh, butter smell which we are obliged to insist on. Some- times, you know, we keep the _ butter quite a while before we sell it, and butter like this would soon be too rancid for the table, and would spoil any other we might have on hand.”’ ‘*Do ye call my butter ‘rancid’ ?’’ “It isn’t that now, but it will be if the buttermilk isn’t worked out. I think, Mrs. Weaver, if you'll take it home with you and give it a good working over, you’ll have some_ butter much buttermilk. As it is now, I couldn’t take it. Shall we look at the dry goods now? Oh, we’ve both been handling these butter boxes, and your hands are almost as dirty as mine. Let’s step into the back room where we can have some warm water and soap. Here youare. I want you to tell me what you think of this soap. We like it, but we want to see how our customers like it before we give a large order. You see, it gives a good lather—don’t be afraid of it. One’s hands do get so dirty in a place like this. I like warm water, for this kind of dirt won’t come off with cold; and this soap keeps the hands from chapping. I’ll wrap up a couple of cakes and ask you totake them home for Mr. Weaver to try. Here’s the towel. I’1] wash my hands now, and then we’ll be ready to inspect the dry goods. ’”’ ‘“Ye don’t mean to say that ye have hot water and a clean towel here all the while, do you?’’ ‘“‘Yes, and we use them, too. Goods like handkerchiefs and laces are easily soiled, and I wash my hands every time I touch anything on the dry goods side of the store.’’ ‘*That’s the man on’t all over! A man and a hog are pretty much the same—both made out o’ dirt. ‘Baout as much airth sticks to one as does to t’other, and all the difference I can see is that one goes on four legs and don’t chaw terbacker, and the other goes on two and does. I told him, t’other day, that I believed at the fin- ishing off the head got hitched to the wrong body; and the longer I live the more I believe it. Oh! these are the rootches, be they? Hain’t—they— pooty !’’ ‘One trouble with them is that they must have careful handling; and I’m sure, Mrs. Weaver, you won't take it amiss if I ask you to be careful not to rumple them. This is rather pretty. Let me take that one a minute. There —this-is the way to wear it. Isn’t it pretty? MHere’s one not quite so_ wide; it costs a little more, but is much finer and would be more becoming to you. My neck is so long that I must use the wide to cover it. There’s where you have the advantage of me. Shall I put this one aside for you?’’ ‘‘T guess so. I don’t know what he'll say, but I don’t know’s I care. Lemme see them there han’kerchers. Have to git suthin’ fer him or he'll tear the house daown. My! What a pooty ring that is on your finger. What is’t, a diming? When ye hold it—there, like that--ye can see red and green playing tag on it. What makes it look so kind o’ milky? Oh! a upple, hey? Don’t b’lieve I ever seen one afore. Air upples costly? What did ye give for it—or don’t ye want to tell? I wonder how ’twould look on my hand—jest slip it off and le’s see. ‘‘Why, Mrs. Weaver, I beg your par- don a thousand times, but the ring was a present, and—I"’ ‘‘Ah! um! I see—wished on and dassen’t take it off! Oh, waal, young folks will be young folks to the day 0’ doom. That’s what I tell him when he gits rampagin’ ‘raound about Laviny’s beau. She and Jed’s ben keeping com- pany fer "baout a year now, and I don’t b’lieve the old Harry hisself could tell how it’s coming out. I told him, t’other day, when he got to growling "baout it there! that’s the thing that takes my eye. Now, if you had some a leetle finer ‘twould be jest what I want and tickle him almost to death.’’ ‘‘Wait a minute—here, Mrs. Weaver, is a silk one, the last of the lot, and I'll let you have it at the same price. I like to wait on anybody who isn’t all the time beating down. Now, this is something really worth buying. I won- der if you wouldn’t like some of this ribbon? It’s all silk and fast colors. Such things often come in play; if your daughter wants to brighten up a dress or a hat, she can do it without having it cost much. Why not take what little there is left—there is only a yard and a half? Here’s half a yard on this—I’ll throw that in. You'll want more than two colors to have handy by; why not take these other two remnants, three- quarters of a yard each? This white one would make a hardsome necktie. Tie it like this. There! Isn’t that ex- actly what you want?’’ ‘*Yes, ’tis; but I must git out o’ this store afore I’m busted! i’m sorry ’baout the butter and them there aiggs; but Cy allus was putchecky as any old woman I ever see, and I don't see how you women folks stand him as well as you do. All ‘tis, 1’d make him know his place if | had anything to do with him—all the time poking ’raound. I s’pose ’tis ’baout the fair thing to sell them beets and turnups by the paound. I believe, my soul, I should make more than I would by the bushel.’’ ‘*Now, Mrs. Weaver, before you go, I want to show you a nice piece of goods that I think will make up for you handsomely. It’s a piece of alpaca. See how fine and lustrous it is. if you don’t care to be just exactly in style, you’ll find that that will make you a handsome dress, and with a little trimming will be as pretty a gown as anybody’d need to own,and it will wear like iron. You see what it is marked, but I’ll let you have it at fifty cents a yard.’ ‘*Throw in the linings, I s’pose?’’ **No, | can’t do that, for we must serve all our customers alike; but I'll forget to charge you for the ruche, and, what’s more, I'l] put in enough of Now, this scarlet ribbon for a bow. You'd) better let me do it up for you, hadn't you?”’ ‘ivam, 1 blieve ye may. I hain’t had an alpacy sence I can remember. I don’t know what he’s going to say howsomever,, if he knows what's for hisself, he won’t say much, now I tell you. I can stand ‘baout so much and no more. There, I must go. ‘ Baout them aiggs—I they be ruther small. I told him, when he fust brought } or { 00a guess ‘em in, that I guess he'd ben arobbing of a quail’s nest; and he laughed and said—well, he said that I could tuck "em off on to Cy, if anybody could. | guess ‘tain’t wuth while to carry ’em back home. The rest of the truck I'll leave—all but the butter. I7Il git the buttermilk out o’ that, or I’ll know. the reason why. There’s Cy now—I’ll yell to him to onload ’em;’’ and she rushed to the door. ‘*Here, you daddy long-legs,’’ she screamed, as she opened the door, | ‘‘come on and hustle this stuff out o’ my wagon;’’ and a little later, with her butter under the wagon alpaca on the seat and her seat beside her, she} brought down the reins with resounding slap on the horse, that noticed it no | more than he did the violent jerking of the reins immediately afterwards. When, however, she reached for the whip, the animal gave a start so sudden that only her firm grasp on the lines prevented her from going heels up and head down, over the wagon seat. It is paid for needless to say that the horse his indiscretion and the dreaded Mrs. Weaver, vigorously plying the lash, was soon out of sight; and Dolly McWayne turned from the door, where she watched the departure of her customer, with a satisfied ‘‘ There !’’ ‘Cy,’ said jane as she opened the office window, *“‘what do you think! Ann Weaver hag come and with- out getting mad. She took back her vile butter without one word; she gave in about the little bantam eggs; she had to wash her dirty hands in good hot water and soap; she carried away that old alpaca dress pattern that’s been an eyesore so long, and Dolly has made her a friend for life. What do you think Of that?’ | i) Bot Surprised, I knew she would. I’ve felt all along that all Dolly needed Was a chance, and SO when | saw Ann coming, I just shacked over to Wallace’s and let her have it!’’ RICHARD MALCOLM STRONG. gone MANUFACTURER OF Crackers AND FULL LINE OF » Sweet Goods 252 and 254 CANAL ST., GRAND RAPIDS Chas. A. Morrill & Co, —.. ©@000000 Importers and —Jobbers of TEAS 60009006. 00 21 Lake St., CHICAGO, !'1. LEMON & WHEELER CO. Wholesale sessees IF OCETS.scecee \ aut ww ww GRAND RAPIDS The ‘Silver 2 1b. Black Raspberries 2 1b. Corn 3 lb. Apricots Lanned The finest canned goods packed in New York State, for sale only by Musselman Grocer Co. The line includes the following varieties of Fruits and Vegetables: 2 1b. Blackberries 2 1b. Sueccotash 21b. Red Pitted Cherries 21b. White Marrowfat Peas 3 1b. Hubbard Squash 21b. Strawberries 21b. Extra Early June Peas 31b. Cold Packed Tomatoes 3 1b. Bartlett Pears 2 lb. Sifted Fancy June Peas 2 1b. Refugee String Beans To those who have had these goods we need say nothing. To those who have not we can Only so- licit a trial order. UGE of GRAND RAPIDS MI 21b. White Wax String Beans 3 lb. Golden Squash 0005 seh alpha 14 Shoes and Leather The Three Dollar Shoe. From the Shoe and Leather Gazette. Ask anybody what is the popular- priced shoe and nine times out of ten the answer will be, $3. The $3 shoe has been popularized by the liberal use of printers’ ink, Certain manutacturers have spent fortunes in impressing the | public mind with the notion that $3 is a fair and equitable price tor Service- able shoes for the million. Probably this price was chosen because it best suited the notion of convenience and profit of the manufacturers. The bene- fits derived by manufacturers by adver- tising goods to sell at this price cannot be overestimated. The result of this campaign of education, which has been going on for years, has been to increase sales materially of the goods manutac- tured by the advertiser, but it has also aided others making goods at a similar price. In other words, while the adver- tiser has derived almost untold benetits from the money expended, he has to a certain extent helped his competitors along the road to success. Many con- ie cerns to-day thrive on the reputation of | others, ‘‘stealing their thunder’’ when- ever and however possible, but much success has also been achieved by fol- lowing along the lines of a leader and, while not aping his works, at the same time taking advantage of popular senti- ment created by the efforts of men who have spent fortunes in this education. Have you noticed since patent food products were first popularized — how many concerns have found it compara- | tively easy to tempt the public to eat of | What } is true here is equally true in greater | or less degree in the shoe and leather | their viands and concoctions? trades. if you can’t lead yourself, just watch some leader and see if you caynot in a legitimate manner utilize some of the instruments of success he has created. > - Wear Out the Most Shoes. ‘‘One would naturally suppose that the most shoes were sold to letter-car- riers and book agents,’’ said a dealer to the New York World the other-day, ‘but that is notso. (There are many things harder on shoes than walking and the man who can’t go a few blocks| without taking a car often wears out a pair quicker than the one who walks | several miles a day. ‘‘The regular walker really knows how to walk, an art which is not as common as it used to be before the day of elevated roads and electric cars. The non-walker is generally a person of in- dolent disposition, who takes no more | } care of his shoes than of the rest of his! wardrobe. He breaks them across the | back by forcing them on and off when they are half unlaced and he saves him- self the trouble of removing any mud } by applying an extra quantity of black- ing. Most of this stuff is full of vitriol and if a man would only use less black- | ing and more oil and elbow-grease he would have fewer cracked shoes. 2 a ot et i" h on ti ~ o } Sut it is neither the walker nor the careless man who uses up the most shoes in the } tender. [t used to be said that snow | water would rot leather quicker than | anything else, but that was before the invention of chemically-made beer. [| don’t know just what it is that the brew- ers use, but there is something in beer that eats not only through leather but through hardwood floors. I have bar- | tenders who come here for a pair of new | shoes every few weeks and they all agree that the reason is because they have te stand so much in the beer-drip- pings. for a temperance lecture could look in no better place than behind the bar.’’ a Pointed Rubbers. The hygienists and the health reform- ers can say all they choose about the | matter—people are going to wear point- ed_ shoes. them now for some years and there is no indication that the public is going course of a year—-it is the bar- | The man in search of a moral! They have been wearing | THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN | back to the broad or round toes, however much more wholesome such broad-toed footwear may be. The pointed toe is certainly much prettier than the square itoe of many years ago, and this is an aesthetic age and people want footwear ‘that is not only serviceable, but that is also attractive. Now the pointed toed |shoes that the public are wéaring re- quire pointed toed rubbers, not only on account of looks but on account of wear, because it is a well-known fact, and | every retailer should keep this in mind, i that a rubber wears the best that fits the | best. +7 Minor Shoe Notes Certain brands of dressing for wom- en’s shoes produce a splendid polish on patent and enamel stock without in- jury to the leather. Just a dusty brown, hardly a choco- late, is one of the handsomest shades for a lady’s 20th Century shoe—and one of the hardest shades to get. A retailer who desired to impress up- on his customers’ minds that he was cutting prices put a butcher’s block in his window, laid a shoe on it and chopped it clean in two, leaving the cleaver sticking in the wood. | Rochester shoe manufacturers who | have made successful efforts to secure foreign trade are furthering a move- iment to secure for their product as fa- vorable terms of entry to French ports as are accorded English goods of the same class. | narrow enough, and as a consequence a 16% E foot is fitted in an 8 A shoe. The width is all right, but the length is_al- together too great. It brings the ball of and results in a general wrinkling that would not otherwise occur. Vaseline is the salvation of new shoes |which have become wet and muddy. First rub the shoes well with a soft | cloth and thus remove alljthe mud. Now | for the vaseline. Saturate a cloth with it and rub it well into the shoes. Stuff |the shoes into shape and let them rest | for awhile; then give them another oil- ing and rubbing and thev will appear as good as new. This same treatment will do much for old shoes which have been out in the rain. - ee | The Good-will of a Business. Whit is the good-will of a business? |What does the good-will represent? These questions are not difficult to an- swer. Why does a merchant advertise season after season and offer the most earnest inducements he can find? Is it |merely to get people to come to his store ionce? Isn't it to gain the permanent | good-will of the people and induce them to think that his is just about the right place to purchase? The point is to | build up a trade that will stay with you, leven though it be necessary to sacrifice 'a temporary advantage in order to gratify this settled ambition. Frequent- ly unreasonable demands have to be ac- | ceded to, and the ‘‘soft answer which turneth away wrath’’ is brought into | play in order to lay the foundation for ‘future profitable associations. Perma- nent relations are only established by gaining the confidence of the commu- nity, and this is not gained in a day. 3ut, when you have reached this goal and people say, ‘‘If you want to get things just to suit you and be treated right, go to B -’s,’’ you are in pos- | session of something in comparison with which a_ stock of goods seems of little |value. This is the good-will of the community. - +. 02 Keep Goods in Sight. It is advisable to dislpay goods as /much as possible. ‘The more goods are i displayed, the more apt they are to be |sold. Not only have them brought forth /on the counter, but overhead, on the ishelving, in some proper way. The | more attractively arranged is the stock ithe greater is the inducement to buy. Always keep these display goods in prime order. Have them kept thorough- ly dusted, and, as they are sold, fill up ithe gaps with others. Plenty of price- | tickets are always an aid to buyers. Some salesmen appear to think that | a shoe cannot be too long provided it is | Our Spring line of samples are being shown by our representa- tives on the road and the prices are —- based on to-day’s ; ———— latest price of leather. We want you to see them as we can and will do you good. We want your order. State agents for Lycoming and Keystone Rubbers. They are the best. Stock full and complete—can fill orders at once. Send us your order. | REEDER BROS SHOE CO., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. the shoe forward of the ball of the foot | ADAGE “Where There’s a Will There’s a Way” IS A GOOD ONE We have both, the WILL, and the WAY to serve you for 1806. Our line of Footwear for Spring is the best we have ever shown in the History of our Business Career, which dates back into the Sixties. Our Stock of Boston Rubber Shoe Co. Goods Always Complete from A to Z. = AINDGE, KALMBACH & G0., - GRAND RAPIDS. OO® DOOQOQQOOOGOGOOQOQDOGOOQOQOGOOQOOOSO GCOQODOODQOOQOQDOOOOOQOOOQOQOOOE QOOQQOOOO®D ® © ® C) : O) @) © ne tb OO hn pp Op fe te fe bn fe bn bn bn ha ba ba ba br bah babar Ir har hr trhrirlrirharhriurhrtrhrphirgrgr PIT VEC CCC C CCC VCC CCRC VCC CCC 4 q 4 4 4 4 bata tn tat. VuUVY bb tp fe b> tp tp ty > by be bn bn bn br br br bn hn bn hn hn hn hn hn hn hr OPUVV CUVEE CCTCCCTECCCOCCUVUVUEV VV Our Spring Line is in the hands of our travelers. They will call on you early with the “Market's Best” at prices to match the times. If you're not on our calling list kindly consider it an oversight and drop us a card. 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It was a clear cold morning the latter part of February, 1850, that the writer stood in front of the Kalamazoo House, in Kalamazoo, waiting for the stage which was to land him at Grand Rapids on his first visit to that city. I found the inside seats all occupied and it was with pleasure that I accepted the kindly invitation of the driver (Crawford An- gell, of your city) to take a seat on the driver’s box with him. I learned later that he was a general favorite with the traveling public and considered by them the prince of Jehus. Subsequent business transactions with him con- vinced me of his business capacity and moral worth. The were frozen and smooth, the air was bracing and the gentle swaying of the old-fashioned thoroughbrace coach made our thirty miles to the dining station seem short, roads and as we drew up to the Yankee Springs House for dinner it was with appetites ready to do justice to the good fare always served by Mr. Lewis, mine host of that eight-story hostelry at Yan- kee Springs. The eight stories did not rise upward after the manner and _ style of your beautiful Grand Rapids hotels, but it was literally eight stories on the ground, a single one-story addition having been built from time to time, as it was needed. After leaving Yan- kee Springs the roads became rougher, the journey more tiresome and much unbroken forest was passed through in the last half of our journey. The in- side passengers were all strangers to me, although Grand Rapids men, and my genial friend who held the lines beguiled the hours by giving me their names and peculiar characteristics, and answering courteously all my inquiries about Grand Rapids and its population. The bursts of merriment and laughter from the inside ring in my ears to this day. It was a pleasing revelation to me of the genial character of the business men of Grand Rapids. All bore honored names, and all now fill honored graves. Some of them gave up their lives in de- fense of the union; others, after long lives of usefulness, were gathered in by the Great Reaper, surrounded by sor- rowing relatives and friends. It was late in the evening that the stage stopped before the Rathbun House, where | received a formal introduction to my traveling companions, some of whose names I shall have occasion to mention as business men at some future time. My visit to Grand Rapids was at the earnest solicitation of my boy- hood friends, the late John W. and Peter R. L. Peirce,who were earnest in their confidence of the future of the Valley City from a business standpoit. Many of their predictions, which looked extravagant to me then, now seem al- most prophetic when I compare your city in 1850 with what it is to-day. Breakfast was hardly over, when I heard the voice of my friend, Peter, cracking his inimitable jokes, and was soon car- ried away from the hotel a captive. It was a Captivity long to be remembered by me. The next few days I received a hearty welcome. The evenings were spent in social calls and gatherings, the days in talking business with business men. The outcome of this visit was that arrangements were made for open- ing the first clothing store, to manu- facture its own stock in Grand Rapids. The following first day of May found myself and family an our way, by pri- oul vate conveyance, from Coldwater to Grand Rapids, a three ‘days’ journey, to try my luck at business in that city, which then claimed a nearly 3,000. After a tortuous route via the Erie canal to Buffalo and round the lakes to Grand Haven and Grand Rapids, my stock of goods arrived safely, just twenty days from date of shipment from New York. Having identified myself with the business men of Grand Rapids in 1850, I close this introductory chapter. i WS. HL WELTON. Owosso, Mich. - > 0m The Upper Peninsula After Tanneries. Marquette, Jan. 18--A company has been organized here for the purpose. of attracting Eastern tanneries to the Lake Superior hemlock districts, which are said to be the most desirable in the country at the present time for that pur- pose. Maps are being made of the district and circulars will be sent out calling attention to the same. Three or four years ago the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad took similar steps, and now along the Wisconsin Valley division of this road are located some of the most extensive tanneries in_ the worl. For forty miles on each side of the harbor of Ontonagon the hemlock forests are untouched, and examination of the bark by tannery experts from New York and other points indicates that it is of the best quality. Besides the tanning industry, efforts will be made to attract hardwood and_ pulp wood industries to locate in this region. ee The enterprise of American papers is proverbial; but Spain has a journal whose sphere of usefulness far exceeds anything we have in this coun- try. It is a weekly illustrated paper, printed on linen, and sold at the insig- nificant price of 244 pence. After ting forth the various merits of his paper, the editor calls particular atten- tion to the fact that it has only to visit the laundry to be converted into a= su- perb pocket handkerchief, that it. is useful for dusting things and invaluable in taking part in popular demonstra- tions. Such a journal must be deserv- edly popular. People who are always writing to the newspapers, telling them that they should not print this article of news, or that account of something else because it was sensational, or didn’t suit their taste, have only to take a nice washable paper like the Spanish one. Then in the morning the elderly spinster can say to her maid: ‘‘ Mary, if you have washed out ail the divorce proceedings and the murder trials, and the sporting gossip, you can bring me the morning paper.’’ +3 Give money pienty of air and it is a power for good. Shut it up and it will breed trouble. news- set- population of | ‘Jo You Want to Increase Your Business ? | Do you want to sell a New Shoe that is More Comfortable than an Old One ? Requires No «Breaking In.”’ Any person who wears one pair of = = Goodyear Welt Shoes = = Made with Sleeper Patent Flexible Insole, Will wear no other. 3 Made for Men and Women. > Retail fram $3.00 Upward. Send for Sample Dozen. H: S: ROBINSONs8> COMPANY: Detroit. A br BDatadrdrteréartadtatiadat aa aaanataLaa ahaha dL ahiatadrasahiadn dn Ln Mn eA Min Mn ln Mn aM Min en Min Ma Me dies PV GOV GOO EV EV GEOG SEES E OOF OEE ES ESSE SE SOE SOOO OE OOO WE KNOW That just now you have a stock of Rubbers that you want to reduce. But you may need a few sizes to help out. We have sizes and widths, and as we are an Exclusive Rubber House Can send you just what you are short of and ship goods the day the order is received. W. A. McGRAW & CO, Jobbers of Boston and Bay State Rubbers. . dado tea tna bein tata ba hr hn Ln Ln hn he Mn br bn hn hr in ter hin kn hin Dna hin Mrs CVV VC ECC COCC OOOO OC OOOO COO OE ‘ POPP OPE ESS OOO EES OOS ES CVE EV EV ‘-w~wrrwrwe8§6:weeetrrtrfe6wrervn"“?'’#U‘v"T"T"7T"7"T"v"v7vrv""y" rvuvuvvvvvvvvwvwvvws POG FIVE EF OOS FOO ES SE OFS ES OES EN OEE EEO EOE OOS GO SIS q 4 ee @ Write for Prices on Any Showcase Needed. 55,57, 59, 61 Canal St., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. The Bradstreet Mercantile Agency THE BRADSTREET COMPANY Proprietors. EXECUTIVE OFFICES— 279, 281, 283 Broadway, N.Y. Offices in the principal cities of the United States, Canada andthe European continent, Australia, and in London, England. CHARLES F. CLARK, Pres. GRAND RAPIDS OFFICE— Room 4, Widdicomb Bldg. HENRY ROYCE, Supt. | | { | | | | | | | Michigan Bark & LUMDEr G0. Grand Rapids, Mich. 508, 509 and 510 Widdieomb Bld. N. B. CLARK, Pres. W. D. WADE, Vice-Pres. €. U. CLARE. Sec’y and Treas. QDOOQOOQQOOQOOODO®@ aw We are now ready to make contracts for bark for the season of 1896. 3 @ es See @) : Sa a a cae cenune @ Correspondence Solicited. 416 _ Clerks’ Corner _ No Effect Without a Cause. ‘I'll bet you, he’s a tough one to work for! From morning to night it’s ‘Here, boy!’ and ‘There, boy! and never a let-up. First one thing and then another, and, if he just catches vou stopping a single minute, you get your raking-down instanter. I’m going to stand it little while longer and then I'm going to quit. So long!’’ and, with an easy, not overanxious gait, the pestered boy sauntered on to the store. Now, there isn’t the least idea about that bov’s thinking himself an exceed- ingly abused mortal—he simply knows it. ‘The day, to him, is net only one of hard work but of constant nagging. The ‘‘Here, boy!’ and ‘‘ There, boy!" have never a regard for the weary limbs and never a thought for the poor dis- couraged heart beating in his. tired body: and so, from day to day and from week to week, despised and un- appreciated, he ts dragging out a mis- erable existence at that treadmill of a store. Had ¢t that bov been the only one in the world suffering with the depressing hie disease, he would not have been allowed to pass on without immediate treatment ; but I find that he is only one of many who are encouraging an ailment purely mental—-one which, if left to itself, will become chronic and so incurable. 5o, then, my good boys, the frst fact for you to be thinking of is that ‘‘nagging’”’ is usually a result—that there’s a cause behind the effect. ‘lack, did you do up and take over lohnson’s celery that he ordered this morning?’’ ‘No. sir, I was doing something else when you told me to."’ ‘Do it right up and take it over; he was waiting for it.’’ A few minutes later, the man who is grinding that poor boy's life out of him says: ‘' Taken that celery over?’’ ‘‘Hain’t had a chance to do it up yet.”’ " ‘*Well, why don’t you go and do it? Hurry up now!”’ Then foilows a little private conver- sation, which ends with Jack’s doing up the celery and starting over with the bundle, muttering something under his breath which will not bear repeating, but which appears to relieve him im- mensely. Do you imagine that Jack would have been nagged that morning if he had done his duty? A man with a store on his hands, like a man in any other business, con- siders his part done when he makes known his wants. Johnson wanted his celery. The store-keeper told Jack to do it up and deliver it. It was Jack’s duty to. charge his mind with it, or, better still, make a note of it, and the minute he had an opportunity take it over. Instead, the store-keeper had to remind him twice to do his work. Jack calls that ‘‘nagging.’’ This is how fack’s ‘‘nagging’’ was brought about: A little while after the boy began to work for that store, a housekeeper came in and ordered some butter for dinner. It was then a little after ten o’clock. The order was put into Jack's hands, who was told to see to it at once. Fifteen minutes after twelve, there was an angry housekeep- er who came into that store. ‘*Where’s my butter?’’ ‘*Hasn’t it been sent over yet?’’ ‘(No, it hasn't; and if I’ve got to come twice for what I want, I'll go somewhere where I don’t have to!”’ ‘*T beg your pardon and I'll send the butter right over I thought it was taken over right after you left the order. It sha’n’t happen again.”’ It hasn’t, but the reason why is this: After Jack has been tcld to do a_ thing, his employer has to follow him up to see that the order is carried out. S¢ as I said, nagging is a result, and the boy has only himself to thank for the unpleasant condition of things. The boy's remedy for the evil is sim- ple and natural, from his side of the fence: He will stand it for a little while longer and then he will quit—a statement true enough if he will only quit the right thing. Leaving his posi- tion will not accomplish it. If he ‘‘take the wings of the mornng and flee into the uttermost parts of the sea,’’ he will find himself handicapped by the bane of his life—the putting off for a more convenient season the duty of the pres- ent. ‘Now is the accepted time;’’ and the boy in a_ store, or anywhere else, who doesn’t make the most of that mighty NOW will always be nagged and always be ‘‘standing it as long as he can and then quitting. ’ Glance down the columns that furnish in this issue of the Tradesman the cheering story of one of the ‘‘ Men of Mark.”” There is no “nagging” re- corded there, for the simple reason that this man never was nagged. That, as said before, is a result, and he avoided the result by never allowing the exist- ence of the cause. It does not require much reading between the lines to see that, in his case, not only was the work done at once but he was able to anticipate a task and have it done before he was told to do it. “The fault, dear Brutus,is not in our stars But in ourselves, that we are underlings,” is as true to-day in a common grocery store as it was in the Roman capital centuries ago; and it teaches to-day as plainly as it did then the simple truth that we who will “Can build the ladder by which we rise From the lowly earth to the vaulted skies, And mount to its summit round by round ” UNCLE Bos. eos Fulfill Your Promises. It is easier for a merchant to make a promise than it is to fulfill it, as this weakness is one of the traits common to humanity. But does it pay to make promises that are not kept? Most de- cidedly, no. Why tell a clerk you will give an increase of salary if you have no intention of doing so? Sometimes when this promised increase of wages is not received tae clerk will hand in his resignation just when his services are most needed, and after his de- parture you realize that it would have paid better to have given the promised increase. Then, if you do a repairing business in connection with your retail- ing, as many dealers do, you should not promise John Smith that his boots will be done on Wednesday and keep him waiting until Saturday for them. The aforesaid John may not say much, but the chances are he will do some tall thinking, and when it comes to patron- age his will most likely be missing. Then, again, when a representative of some manufacturer puts in an appear- ance and proceeds to talk business, you put him off with the promise of an order next time, and then turn around and | give it to a salesman who calls the next week. This may seem like a little thing to you, but it is the little things that count. Downright lying, which is just the plain English for it,never benefited anybody, nor never will. +--+ 0 The true philanthropist is the man or woman who provides work for the wage- earners. ee eee : ) e @ Q. E. Brown Mill Co. : ® e e e3 SHIPPERS OF S @ ©) : © @) : : i In Carlots. ® Western Michigan Agents for 8 ® Russell & Miller Milling Co. of 3 — West Superior, Wis. 8 @) ° © Office 9 Canal St., © S Grand Rapids. 8 Bia cceiincene COQOQOQGHOOOO © MOHOHOROHOROROHOROHOHONOROHOHOREOHOROOHOHOROEEOHONOS a a e = Self- a e e 5 Raisi : : Raising : e 5 Ready for use. Always uniform. = = No salt. No Soda. No yeast. = © Warranted to Contain no Injurious Chemicals. . ; DIRECTIONS FOR BUCKWHEAT CAKES. = = With Cold Water or Sweet Milk make a Batter and bake at once on a = e HOT Griddle. e : ~- : 7 ee ee a ° SILVER LEAF FLOUR e ° The Best Family Flour Maav. Always Uniform. e = egage e e = e =Muskegon Milling Co: . > MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN. - . CUOHONOHOROROHOHOHOHONORORONOROROHOHOHOHORONOHOHOHCE Awake nights figuring out some plan for increasing sales and making more money. Sleep nights and write to us daytimes for prices on mixed carloads of Spring and Winter Wheat Flour, Ti Bran, Middlings, Corn, Oats, { Meal, Feed, Rye, Buckwheat, | Se or anything else in the milling line. You will be so well pleased with the result that you can re- tire early and sleep late. Y MILLING UD. Sole Manufacturers of Lily White Flour. Grand Rapids, Mich. ee bes CB MP PRG AAS 5 ramet eget cost ene é THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 17 CommercialTravelers Michigan Knights of the Grip. President, S. E. Symons, Saginaw; Secretary, Gro. F. Owen, Grand Rapids; Treasurer, J. J. Frost, Lansing. Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Association. President, J. F. Coorer, Detroit; Secretary and Treasurer, D. Morris, De'roit. Special Meeting of the Board of Di- rectors, K. of G. Grand Rapids, Jan. 20—Ata_ special meeting of the Board of Directors of the Michigan Knights of the Grip, held at Hotel Downey, Lansing, Jan. 18, 1896, all the members were present, with the exception of Director Tyler, who was detained at home by illness. Secretary Owen presented his finan- cial report, showing the receipts from Dec. 30 to Jan. 18 to be $465 in the general fund and $30 in the death fund, making a total of $495, which amount he had turned over to the Treasurer. Treasurer Frost presented his report for the same period, showing $1,170.55 on hand in the general fund and $368.58 in the déath fund, making a total of $1,539.13. The report was accompanied by a statement from the cashier of the National City Bank of Lansing that the balance ,.to the credit of J. J. Frost, Treas., on Jan 18, was $1,530. 13. The reports of the Secretary and Treasurer were reported correct by the Finance Committee and were accepted and adopted. The following bills were pronounced correct by the Finance Committee and the Secretary was instructed to draw orders for the sums: Secretary’s salary todate ................. $382 95 @reasurers salary to date................ 35 86 Tradesman Company, printing and sta- omery 70 80 Secretary’s postage account... ........... ot & _/ Mrocs, OFINGINE. 1d S. E. Symons, attendance at Board meeting 5 95 Geo. F. Owen, attendance at Boird meet- oe 5 70 Sohn R. Wood, attendance at Board meet- ee gs ee wo ce ce ec eooe 4 02 B. 'D. Palmer, attendance at Boardmeeting 4 05 A. F. Peake, attendance at Board meeting 3 73 F. R. Streat, attendance at Board meeting 3 00 President Symons announced the _ fol- lowing starding committees, which were confirmed : ‘ Legislative—E. P. Waldron, Chair- man, St. Johns; N. B. Jones, Lansing ; L. M. Mills, Grand Rapids. Railroad—C. S. Kelsey, Chairman, Battle Creek ; Leo A. Caro,Grand Rap- ids; Henry P. Goppelt, Saginaw, E. S. Hotel—Geo. A. Reynolds, Chairman, Saginaw, E. S.; A. W. Stitt, Jackson ; J. C. Saunders, Lansing. Bus and Baggage—Giles C. Burnham, Chairman, Detroit; A. Sant, Menomi- nec; M. |. Moore, "Jackson. i Employment and Relief—A._ E. Smith, Chairman, Saginaw, E. S.; Thos. Madill,. Detroit; Frank L. Nixon, Kalamazoo. The appointment of John M. Fitch (Corunna) as Chaplain and C. L. Law- ton (Grard Rapids) as Sergeant-at- Arms was approved by the Board. Communications from Wm. S. Coop- er, of Lansing, and Fred Kohl, of Quincy, were read, and, on motion of Director Hammell, the Board instructed the Secretary to write Mr. Kohl, recom- mending that he make a satisfactory set- tlement with Mr. Cooper for the coat and also for the statements made by him in relation to the affair. A. F. Peake presented the following resolution, which was adopted by the affirmative vote of all the members present: Resolved—That the members of the Board of Directors of the Michigan Knights of the Grip do petition and earnestly pray for a 1,000 mile inter- changeable mileage book, good over the different railroads of Michigan; and, further Resolved—That we present this peti- tion to the Railroad Passenger Agents of Michigan for their consideration. The claim of Mrs. Nellie P. Field, as beneficiary of the late Albert L. Field for the sum of $500, was approved and the Secretary was_ instructed | to draw an order on the Treasurer for the amount, The following resolution was _pre- sented by Director Peake and unani- mously adopted : Resolved—That it be the sense of the Board of Directors that, inasmuch as the claim of R. W. Jacklin in regard to expenses to the Atlanta Congress did not come before the convention, as was intended in the resolution adopted at the last Board meeting, therefore Resolved— That we, the Board, do not feel justified in allowing the same. The Secretary was instructed to have printed the necessary application blanks and also to make a contract for the printing of 3,000 certificates of member- ship for active members and 500 certifi- cates for honorary members. It was decided to hold the next meet- ing of the Board at the Hudson House, Lansing, on March 7. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned. GEo. F. OWEN, Sec’y. 2. Thanks of the Saginaw Boys. Saginaw, Jan. 18—-At the last meeting of Post F, Michigan Knights of the Grip, a committee was appointed to draft certain resolutions, and the fol- lowing have been reported : Resolved, That Post F, collectively and individually, acknowledges with ——— recollections the untiring ef- orts of Post A, of Lansing, to secure the comfort and welfare of ev ery guest, and the gracious hospitality of their ladies toward the wives and daughters of visiting members, and the provision for entertainment, which was worthy of future emulation. Also that the thanks of the Post be extended to the Flint & Pere Marquette Railway, for liberal rates and excellent train service furnished To Boos’ Light Infantry band, for its superlative music and faithful attend- ance, and the cheerful manner in which it rendered extra service free of charge. To Colonel A. T. Bliss and all others who donated so liberally to enable the Post to be represented by so fine a mu- sical organization as Boos’ band. To the press of the State, for its lib- eral notices of the convention and the courteous treatment accorded, and last but not least, to the members of the or- — throughout the State for their handsome endorsement of Saginaw, and our fellow citizen, Samuel E. Symons, in electing him to the honorable _posi- tion of President of the Michigan Knights of the Grip. A. G. ELLIs. J. P. HEMMETER, Committee on Resolutions. > 0. ao Gripsack Brigade. Learn to be quick to detect any little peculiarity in a customer’s nature—it pays. The ‘‘loaded”’ traveling man is in one respect, at least, similar to a gun. He gets ‘‘fired.’ An indisputable instrumentality to modern development, progress and civ- ilization—the drummer. The method of doing business and the treatment of customers go a long way toward making a_ successful sales- man. You often meet men who want the earth. Such fellows should remember the experience of Adam and Eve, who had it once. ‘*‘Who is the commercial anyhow?’’ asks an exchange. Well, that’s easy. He is a capable, intelli- gent, shrewd and reliable business man. ‘*What man has done man can do.’ The man on the road who learns this lesson can accomplish possibilities that before seemed out of reach. To the honor of most commercial travelers it must be admitted that they represent the interests of the firms they travel for, and but very seldom misrep- resent them, traveler, There are men on the road who are almost successful in effecting sales. ‘*Almost’’ is a dangerous word. What a firm requires of its representatives is ‘‘orders’’ and lots of them. The triumphs of the American com- mercial travelers’ skill and activity in the business world have aroused the industrial energy and given inspiration the inventive genius of the entire con- tinent. The commercial traveler is ready at all times to raise his voice or wield his influence for his own or his firm’s or his country’s good, for he is an intelligent, patriotic, progressive and loyal citizen. The President and Secretary of the M. K. of G. have awarded the contract for getting up the new membership cer- tificates to the Tradesman Company, its competitive design being considered the most acceptable, workmanship and expense considered. In this enlightened age oxygen is hardly considered more essential to combustion or respiration to human life than is the traveling salesman to the continued development of this country’s commerce and to the financial success of our great manufacturing, jobbing and wholesale establishments. It is the duty of every commercial traveler to encourage publications of character devoted to the interests of traveling salesmen, by subscribing to one or more. Such publications are as much a part of your business and as necessary to your business as your sam- ple trunk and order book. A great deal of trouble is being saved the merchant nowadays, owing to the regular visits of the king of the grip to his establishment. Instead of compell- ing him to pay his railroad fare to .and from some distant wholesale center when in need of goods, he permits him to remain at home and brings samples to him to select from, and thus the merchant is not dependent upon anyone line—but hundreds of lines are offered for his inspection. Owing to the rapidity and_ universal- ity of his locomotion, the traveling man comes in quick and consecutive contact with every class and clan of the human race. His continuous intermingling with and observation of the varied and diverse elements of human _ interest, sentiments and society, have necessarily broadened his gauge and_ liberalized his mind. Sectionalism is not a con- stituent element of his composition, hence he is a diplomat—a potent agency in harmonizing National and interna- tional sentiment, bringing sections and nations into a more tolerant and sym- pathetic touch with one another. Our attention has been called to the advisability of firms, when sending let- ters or other mail to their traveling salesmen in care of a business house, stating conspicuously on the envelope that the person to whom it is addressed is one of their salesmen. It happens at times that one of the employes of the house has the same name as the travel- ing salesman, so that letters are opened | ~ in mistake. What is perhaps of more consequence is that frequently such mail is returned to the letter-carrier as the house does not know of any one who is expected to call for such letters. As a general rule, letters for salesmen on the road should not be addressed to them at any place except their hotel; but, when this is not practicable, the obser- vance of the foregoing hints will greatly tend to simplify matters and prevent delay in delivery. Said a traveliig man at the Morton House the other night: ‘‘There are three men in Oceana county, Messrs. Perkins, Fuller and Tennant, serve the gratitude of all the men who visit that county, for through their efforts we can talk with Walker- ville, Crystal Valley, Ferry and other points in the county over the farmers’ telephone line. Some time three men, who knew as much about the telephone business as they did about dancing the two-step in patent leathers, got it into their heads that a_ telephone line out into the country was what the farmers of Oceana county wanted. They formed a telephone company with $1,000 capital and paid in $300. To-day the company has forty-one miles with thirteen telephone stations. have built into Walkerville, Crystal and Ferry, are within eight miles of Hes- peria and will hustle to get into Mears, Shelby and Pentwater this year. From Hesperia they intend to go to Fremont and down to Muskegon, where the Har- rison Telephone Co. of Grand Rapids has promised to meet them. They have their central office at Hart. They no salaries and have paid all they have Farmers come to the different telephone — stations through the county and pay a small sum for the privilege of telephoning, and you have no idea how convenient this is for the many farms around one. station. A traveling man, when he gets to Hart, calls up his customers at the small towns and finds out if it is necessary to drive out to their places of business, which 1s a great benefit to them. This company charges $25 for a phone for the first two years and $10 after that per year. Out of this $25 paid the company pays $16 fora phone. They the Schomberg-Carlson telephone, of which they say you can hear a watch tick eight feet away. As Oceana county is getting to be a great orchard county, with a tendency toward small farms of forty acres each, this telephone line can- not but get a large number of telephones, as it will be a convenience to the farm- ers to ascertain the prices and about shipments each day and to talk with the business men at the county seat. Some of the new counties in Northern Michigan can give pointers to the coun- ties in Southern Michigan.’’ ee Bank Notes. The stockholders of the Second National Bank of Saginaw have voted to increase the capital stock from $150, - 000 to $200,000. The $50,000 new stock will be sold at $250 per share, thus realizing $125,000 additional capital and surplus, which will make the total capital, surplus and undivided profits nearly $500, 900. Lee Bros. & Co., of Dowagiac, have opened their Buchanan bank for busi- ness. H. S. Hull has been elected President of the First National Bank of Traverse City, J. T. Beadle resuming his former position of Vice-President. who de- traveling ago these of wire They pay debts as gone along. are using Cutler ies in : nae iad H. D. and F. H. Irish, the New Livingston Hotel, at Grand Rapids* have leased the Cutler House, at Grand Haven, where they bespeak the cordial co-operation and support of the traveling public. They will conduct the Cutler House as a strictly first-class house, giving every detail painstaking atten- tion. Rubber Stamp BADGES. “ssx 99 Griswold St. formerly landlords at Detroit t ena 18 Drugs--Chemicals STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY. - Gro. GuNDRUM, Ionia C. A. BUGBEE, Charlevoix S. E. PARKILL, OWOSSO Four Years— - F. W. R. Perry, Detroit Five Years— - A. C. ScoumacHER, Ann Arbor President, C. A. BUGBEE, Charlevoix. Secretary, F. W. R. Perry, Detroit. Treasurer, GEO. GuNDRUM, Tonia. Coming Meetings—Grand Rapids, March 3 and 4, Detroit (Star Island), June 23. Lansing, November 3. MICHIGAN STATE PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION. One Year— - Two Years— - - Three Years—_ - - President, Geo. J. Warp, St. Clair. View Presidents 4 S. P. W HITMARSH, Palmyra: 1G. C. PHttuips, Armada. Secretary, B. ScHRoUDER, Grand Rapids. Treasurer, WM. Dupont, Detroit. Executive Committee—F. J. Wurzpure, Grand Rapids; F. D. STEVENS, Detroit; H. G. COLMAN, Kalamazoo: E. T. Wess, Jackson; D. M. Rus- SELL, Grand Rapids. The Drug Market. Acetanilid-—-The demand is_ only moderate and a continued quiet feel- ing prevails, but holders maintain firm views owing to the strong position of raw material, and prices are well sus- tained. ¢ Acids—The movement of leading de- scriptions into consuming channels is steadily improving and the general market is gradually assuming a more active appearance. The © principal change in vaiues was an advance on Thursday last of 1 cent per 1b. in| man- ufacturers’ quotations for tartaric, due to the higher cost of crude material. Carbolic has again advanced abroad and the market here is hardening. Arsenic--The temporary scarcity of powdered white continues, and the mar- ket is firm. Balsams—-The jobbing demand _ for copaiba continues active with prices unchanged and steady. Tolu continues to reflect an easier tendency. Peru is only in moderate request but with stocks light and under good control. Canada fir is quiet and easy with more sellers than buyers. -There is a steady market for all varieties but no business in excess of jobbing transactions. Cacao Butter—The higher prices re- alized at the regular monthy sales in London and Amsterdam on Tuesday last have influenced a firmer feeling among holders of the limited stock here, and prices for bulk have been Beans-- advanced. . Caffeine—There is no_ particular change in the situation and the inquiry has continued light. Codeine --In the absence of important developments in opium, prices remain unchanged with pure in bulk held steadily. Colocynth Apples—Values are stead- ily hardening for all varieties. Cream Tartar—On Thursday last manufacturers advanced their quota- tions 1c per lb. The improvement is due to. the higher cost of crude argols and the market is firm in tone, but a few small lots in outside hands might yet be had at a shade under prices. Cubeb Berries—Are slow of sale and the market remains dull with the job- bing quotations more or less nominal. Cuttle Fish Bone—The inquiry has continued light, but holders relax none of their firmness and former prices are steadily maintained. Essential Oils—There is no special activity in any description and the general market is without much anima- tion. Cassia is easier. Sanderson’s lemon has been reduced. Rose is firm- er owing to stronger markets abroad. demand or new Glycerine—The market continues firm with the demand fair from manu- facturing consumers, but there is no further change in prices. Gums—Camphor continues to be the chief article of interest in this depart- ment, but there is no change in manu- factures’ prices of domestic refined, and no important business is reported. There is a large demand for Japanese, mostly for forward deliveries, but sellers de- cline to make contracts and will sell on the spot only. Aleppo tragacanth con- tinue firm at the recent advance, with a fairly good consuming demand. The principal holders of Kino, who have practically controlled the article for the past four years, have withdrawn their support from the market and_ prices have declined. Leaves—Short buchu and the various kinds of senna are all in good jobbing request and steady at previous prices. Menthol—Is moving in a small job- bing way only and prices remain nom- inally steady. Morphine—Nothing of consequence has transpired since the advance noted last week, and the market has ruled quiet. Opium—Nothing has occurred dur- ing the past week that calls for extend- ed mention and the market has ruled quiet. The volume of business report- ed is small and no interest is manifest in round lots. Quicksilver—A continued inactive market is noted with prices unchanged and steady at the former range. Rochelle Salts—Have been advanced. Seeds—Dutch caraway is very firm and tending upward. Celery quiet but firm. Russian hemp_ has declined. Stocks of coriander are accumulating and prices are weak for bleached. Seidlitz Mixture—Is higher in sym- pathy with other tartar preparations. oe Druggists Cannot Be Convicted for a Single Sale. Lansing, Jan. 18—Another difficulty has been added to those which already exist in convicting violators of the local option law. Frank Brainard, of Char- lotte, was found guilty of retailing liquor as a beverage from his drug store. The prosecutor relied upon proofs of a single unlawful sale. The Supreme Court holds that, while it is clear a druggist cannot sell liquor as a beverage, a charge of this nature, based upon proofs of a single sale, is an attempt to charge invalid and un- lawful sale in such general language that the accused is given no information of the precise offense which it is the intention of the prosecution to prove. Under such a general information, the slightest infraction of the regula- tions relating to druggists would render a druggist liable for keeping a place prohibited by law. Such was not the intent of the Legislature. — > Om - To Discuss Box and Cartage. The Western drug jobbers meet in Chicago this week and go over the whole question again of free box and cartage. The charges are considered in the West as perfectly legitimate, and there is a desire to check the alleged encroachments of jobbers in the East who decline to restore the charges. It is claimed that in some instances the cost of boxes and cartage is added to the price of goods. This question promises to monopolize as much at- tention as the rebatg plan. The result of the Chicago meeting is awaited with interest. Pk 6 eee Pay the Best Profit. Order from your jobber Well Advertised. Practical. Easy to Work. Economical. Easy to Sell. Durable. An Ornament as Beautiful. Shelf or Window Goods. Does not set in the Dish, thus Avoiding all Waste. The Advertising furnished Dealers who buy GY PSINE is Effective, selling not only GYPSINE, but other goods in their Lines, as well. Write for Prices, copy of “Gypsine Advocate,” and Advertising Plan. DIAMOND WALL FINISH CO., Sole Makers of Gypsine. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. OS HOGHOGSSHOS9HF9HH99HHHHH9909990900995900000000000 The = Best = Seller = in - the = [larket Retaii Prices:: 99090990 O9909090900000006600000000 SOOO OOS OOO990OO9900060990000900006 als Ping i $ _ PONG eee ee — aero. 75 ——— Half Gation.......:.. 2... 1 10 —$—$—+ r Gatton. -. 2 00 Me I A Combined Cleaner, Polish and Disinfectant. The Only One. Sample (% pint can) and prices sent to dealers free on receipt of business card and 20 cents postage. See wholesale quotations in Grocery Price Current. W. F. Henderson & Co., | : “ % i Sole Manufacturers, Se ‘ atl i ~ 42 Hubbard Court, Chicago. bs oh Shale atlas ih Ale alsibil Lata bn brn tn tn tr br be hr be he br hr hr hr tr hr hr hr hr hr bn hn hn bin hr hr ha hn hn hn he he a hi hn hr he hh Mr ha i a TeV CCC CCC CC CCUVC CCC CVC CCC CCC CC CCCOCSC CCC OCC CC CC CC CCOC we Candy! A. E. BROOKS & CO., : GRAND RAPIDS, IMICH. Lada hata tr hutn hata hr hn hn hn bah hn hn hr hn hr hn hr hr hr hh hr hr hr hr hn he Mr hi hr hr hn hi hi Mr hr hr Mr hr hi Mn hn Mn Mn POOF OOOV VOD GTO EGOO OOO SOE SDE OT ETSI ESOT IIT TITIES EOI BRUSHES FOR OFFICES One side of the brush is made stiff, making it exceptionally convenient and durable for office use. Send for catalogue to the MICHIGAN BRUSH CO, > > Now is the time to put in new Varieties that attract attention. We are con- stantly adding such to our line in both fine and penny goods. Give usa call. VUE VU VUVUUOCTCUCUCS PV V VU VV UVUVVUVV VY bn sn da te ba bn bn bn tn be bn bn bb tr Lo bate tn bn bt bah be br br hte GRAND RAPIDS, MICH ~Sorip BACK Grand Rapids ....Brush Co. MANUFACTURERS OF BRUSHES GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. MCN ROUnen TT Our Goods are sold by all Michigan Jobbing Houses. QDOQOOODOOQOQOOOMQOOMOOQOOOOQOOOQOOQOOO® Metals and Rubbers Rags Bought at Highest Market Prices Factory Cuttings a Specialty : Wm. Brummeler & Sons, 260 S. lonia St., e Grand Rapids, Mich. POOQOOOOOQOOOOO COO® and give customers GOOD SATISFACTION. 4 CIGARS» oe 4 ‘ 1B ; a THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT. Advanced—Sugar of Milk, Oi] of Orange, Turpentine. Acidum Acetvicum.......-.... $ s@s 10 Benzoicum, German 65@ 7% Borel... 2... 2... a 6 Carbolicum -........ 2a 36 iGitricum ...:...-.... H@ 46 Hydrochior......... 3@ 5 Nitrocanm ........... 10 — «12 Oxalieum ........... te Phosphorium, dil... ao Salicylicum. ........ 55 65 Sulphuricum. ...... 1%@ 5 Tomnictm .....-.... i 40@ 1 60 Tarcaricum.......... 36q O89 Ammonia Agus, 16 deg.:...-.. 4@, 6 Aqua, 20 deg........ 6@, 8 Carbonas..........-. 12@ 14 Chiovidum ......-...- 12@ 14 Aniline Binek... ... ........ 200@ 2 mrowe ....--..-.-... 80@ 1 00 Med... 5... 45@ 50 Wellow. ............ 2 50@ 3 00 Bacce. Cubewe........ po. UW@ ® Juniperds........... 8@ 10 Xanthoxylum.. .... 2@ 30 Balsamum - Capaipa........:.... fox@ 90 torn @ 2 80 Terabin, Canada.... 40@ 4 Tolutan.............- 75@ 80 Cortex Abies, Canadian.... 18 IGRI -....- 12... 12 Cinchona Flava..... 18 Euonymus atropurp 30 Myrica Cerifera, po. 20 Prunus V irgini Soo 12 Quillaia, gr’d....... 10 Saegearmas...-........ 12 Ulmus...po. 15, gr’d 15 Extractum Glycyrrhiza Glabra. 3M@ 2 Glycyrrhiza, po..... 33@" 35 Hematox,15ibbox. WU@ 12 Hsematox,Is........ 13@ 14 Hematox, 6....... “m6 oC Heematox, 14S....... 16m Ferru Carbonate Precip... 15 Citrate and Quinia.. oe 50 Citrate Soluble...... 80 Ferrocyanidum Sol. 50 Solut. Chloride..... 15 Sulphate, com’l..... 2 Sulphate, com’, bbl, per cwt....... 50 Sulphate, pure ....- 7 Flora Aveda... 8... 122@ 14 Amtnemis........... 18@ 2% Matricaria .........- 18@ 25 Folia Barogma............-. 20@ 30 Cassia Acutifol, Tin- meyely...... ..... 18@ 2% Cassia Acutifol, Aix. 3@ 30 Salvia officinalis, 4s one Ue...... .-.... a2@ 20 Ora Urs... @ 10 Gummi Acacia, 1st picked... @ 60 Acacia, 2d picked.. @ 40 Acacia, 3d picked.. @ 30 Acacia, sifted sorts. @ 2 AGREIA. HO........... @ 80 Aloe, Barb. po.20@28 Me 18 Aloe, Cape ....po. 15 @ ek Aloe. Socotri. -po. 40 @ 30 Ammoniac.......... 55@ 60 Assafeetida....po.385 30@ 35 Benzoinum ......... 50@ 5d Cateehu, Is...:..... @ & Catechu, %s @ 14 Catechu, \4s......... @ 6 Camphore .. 68@ 68 Euphorbium. “po. "35 @ 10 Galbanum........... @ 1 00 Gamboge po........ 56Q 7 Guaiacum..... po. 35 @ Binod.......: po. $2.50 @ 25 Mase ......0... @ 6 Myrna... .. @ 40 ee -po, $3. 6503.20 30 2 2 BE 2 30 Shellag) 2/00 a , oO Shellac, bleached.. 40@ 45 Tragacanth eee 50@ ~=80 Herba Absinthium..oz. pkg 25 Eupatorium .oz. pkg 20 Lobelia...... oz. pkg 25 Majorum ....0z. pkg 2§ Mentha Pip..oz. pkg 23 Mentha Vir..oz. pkg 25 eo... oz. pkg 39 TanacetumV oz. pkg 22 Thymus, V..oz. pkg 25 Magnesia. Calcined, Pat..... .. 55@ 60 Carbonate, Pat...... 200@ «22 Carbonate, K.& M.. 20@ © 25 Carbonate, Jennings 35@ 36 Oleum Absinthium........ 3 25@ 3 50 Amygdale, Dule.... 30@ 50 Amygdale, Amare . . 00@. 8 25 Ae cs 00@ 3 10 Auranti Cortex..... 2 3 300 2 40 Bergan... .......: 3 oe 3 20 Cayiputl...:......... DD Caryophylli......... a Coter os... cc 35@ «65 Chenopadii.......... @ 1 60 Cinnamonii. ........ 3 10@ 3 20 Citronella...... .... 5@ 80 - Morphia,S.P.& W... 1 75@ 2 00} Sinapis.............. @ 13 | Lard, No. 1.... 40 43 Morphia, S.N.Y.Q. & i | Sinapis, opé......... @ 30} Linseed, pure raw. 40 43 : 30... oe 1 65@ 1 90} Snuff, Maccaboy, De | | Linse ed, Dolied..... <2 45 Declined—White Lead. Moschns Canton... we a ‘1 ¥ 008. eaio @ 34| Neatsfoot, winter i tica, No. 1..... XD | Snuff,Scotch,DeVo's @ 4; strained... 65 79 in .- po.20 a, . ae —— oe 7 @ 10) Spirits Turpentine.. 38 42 : Re @ | Soda Boras, po...... 7 @ 0} oo ste ee tenes : = —s Saae, H. & P. | Soda et Pot: aes Tart. 2@ z | Paints BBI LB. eae os ee s ie... @ 100} Seda Carb. ......... 14@ 2) Red Venetian...... 1% 2 @8 Prunus et seteee @ 50} Picis Liq. N.N gal. | soda, Bi-Carb....... 3@ 5 | Ochre, yellow Mars. 1% 2 @4 : Tinctures a @ 2 OO} Soda, Ash........... 34@Q@ 4} Ochre, yellow Ber.. 1% 2 @: — — = — “rm — es @ t 00| Soda, Sulphas....... @ 2| Putty, commercial.. 24% 24%@3 Aconitum Napellis 5 ne18 1ig., pints..... @ 8 Spts. Cologne........ @ 2 60! Putty, strictly pure. 2% 2%@3 AOC el. 60} Pil Hydrarg...po. 80 @ 50] Spts. Ether Co...... 50@ 5d Veruitnen, Piime co Aloes and Myrrh.... 60} Piper Nigra... po. 22 @ 18) Spts. Myrcia Drm... @ 2 00 American... ... 1I3@ 15 Ames 50| Piper Alba....po. 35 @ 30) Spts. Vini Reet. bbl. @ 2 49! Vermilion, English 0 MScaroetida ......... 50} Piix Burgun........ @ 7 | Spts. Vini Rect.'4bbl @ 2 S4| Green, Pars ........ 20u4@ 27 Atrope Belladonna. 60 | Flumbi Acet........ 10@ 12); Spts. Vini Rect.10gal @ 2 57| Green, Peninsular 13@ 16 — Cortex..... = rank he rege _—_ 1 10@ 1 20| Spts. Vini Rect. 5gal @ 2 59 Lead Bed........... 5Y4@ 5% nzoin.. 6 »*yrethrum, boxes H. Less 5e gal. cash : Lead, wWhite........ 514@ D3, Benzoin Co.......... 50 & FD. Co., doz... @ 1 25} 10 days. Whites widis@pa : "@ 70 Barosma ee ue, 50] Pyrethrum, pv...... 20@ 30/ Strychnia, Crystal... 1 40@ 1 45} Whiting, gilders’... @ 9 Cantharides.... a i> | Clases. SQ «610)| Sulphur, Subi....... 24@ 3| White, Paris Amer.. @ 1 00 pea Petes cs i 50 auain . = aw. 3i@ 42 Sulphur, Roll. 2@ 2%/)W hiting, Paris Eng. i vardamon........ 5 uinia yerman. 30@ 40; Tamarinds..... &s@ 10 chit . @14 Cardamon Co.... 75) Guinta, N-¥......... . 24@ 37% | Terebenth Vi enice. 28@, 30! Universal Prey pared. 1 00@ i ‘3 —— Leelee 1 00 ae Tinctorum.. Pm 14| Theobroma....... . £a 6 Vv ish ‘ateehu. |... || iL 50| SaccharumLactis py 24@ 26) Vanilla............. 9 00@16 Oo | arnisnes Cinchong.. 2)... 1... Se oasem |. 2 00@ 2 60 | Zinci Suiph......... 7@ 3 | No. i Turp Coach... 1 10@ 1 BW Porn Co... . 2... = a. Draconis... 40@ 50) Oil ' | Rixtra Torp......... 1 60@ 1 70 Jolumba ............ Ser Sane Wo... . 12@ 14 Ss | Coach Body. .-. 2 toe 3 ro. ............ Se wabe, Me. Me 2) BBL. GAL. | No. t Turp Furn. 1 00@ 1 10 Cassia Acutifol..... SGisape,G ..... . . .. @ 15) Whale, winter....... 70 70 | Extra Turk Damar.. 1 55@ 1 60 Cassia Acutifol Co . 5) | Siediitz Mixture.... 20 @ 22} Lard, extra......... 60 65 | Jap. Dryer,No.1Turp 700@ Dicitalis ....... : 50 | | ll Bice. 50 | ————— Sica sli ei Ferri Chloridum.... 35 Geman. 50 Gentian Co.......... 60 Gaiaca 50 Guiacaammon...... 60 a cue. 50 —oe............... 7 — ae Iodine, colorless.... | ea — Oe | eo ——_ Penens... . | &— << ; | ee — Nux Vomica........ | oa ——p Opii. | a— —_ Orii, cam] shorated.. n| a ——_ Opii, pon mr a 150| eo —|p Grassi 0) &— -——<_ Riatany ........... 50| &— —< ener | eo ——_p Sanguinaria . ...... 50| &a— —_ Serpentaria® ......... 50| a —— Stromonium ... .... 0 | ea Wolutaw 22.2... 0) &— an Nae ............ | aa << Veratrum Veride... ni o-— —<|P Zimpiber........._... 20; &a— ep Miscellaneous -. — AKther, Spts. Nit.3F 30@ 3|a— — ‘ther, Spts. Nit.4F 31@ 38] @— —» Alimen 240 3), — Alumen, gro’d..po.7 3, ae ———— aaa a, 50| ee Daa ——- Aiitimoni, po... |. aoe 5 oe —_ AntimonietPotassT 55” 60]/ @-— —_ AMtpyrin..... |... . @ 140) &— 8 —_ Anitebrin. 2.1... eo be —? = Nitras, oz .. ae Bo —» esenicum. | .... 0.2. se ni ae— — Balm Gilead Bud .. 33@ 40| @— Importers and Jobbers of —» Bismuth S. N. .. 120@ 130) &— ae Caleium Chlor., gl. ae 9 e-— —» Calcium Chlor., %s. @ 10, e— ——— Calcium Chlor., 4s. @ 2) a —» — Rus. po @ 10) & —-_ Capsici Fructus, af. @o he — 2» Capsici Fructus, po. Oo be = —_=— Capsici FructusB,po eo Fie i aa = - w— Caryophyllus..po. 15 10@ 12) @— ——_ Carmine, No. 40..... @3| ea— —?_ Cera Alba,S.&F.. 50@ 55| @— —?> Gera Playa... |. 0@ 2), e— —- — a ao oe —<— Jassia oe ) 5 o— ‘ ee ¢ CHEMICALS AND PATENT MEDICINES. — Cetaceum............ eo 5 eo-— — Chioroform......._. 0a 63) a— Dealers in —_ women ome ga @125| & — Chloral Hyd Crst.... 1 15@ 1 30) @— —»7 Chondrus. .... 0@ | & —-_ Cinchonidine,P.&W 156@ 20|a— et Cinchonidine,Germ 34@ 2) ea— — Cocaine . 5 @ 5 25) &— —— Corks, list, dis.pr.ct. 65 | ee —» Creosotum. ......... eae ds eo-— —? Greta... bis @ 2) Full Bae oil tai druggists’ sun- = ‘reta, prep..... oe . ( 5, ee —— 4 ee eee 9@ . yaad dries. = eta, ISWDra.... .. .. @ 7 7 Croatia ne saeco 0 5 We are. sole proprietors of —— oe GS Ae 7 ’ NA; 1 7 Cupri Sulph..... 2... 5 6|a— Weatherly’s Michigan Catarrh —@ Hextime.......... 10@ 12) a R 2d _—_ Kther al i a 5: 7 | o— emedy. = mery, all numbers @, 3| & ] : a . Emer pO i We have in stock and offer a full — rgota. pe ). 30@ 3) & : . ° 7 : Flake White... Le | line of Whiskies, Brandies, Gins, = 208. ............. @ & . a @ le Wines and Rums. —=s Gelatin, Cooper... .. @ 6|\ ea 7 : 4 Sal —_ Gelatin’ French..... ne 50, o— We sell. Liquors for medicinal — Glassware, flint,box 60, 10410| &— —» “ess thai box... 60 | purposes only. = Ginue, Drown........ @ 122) 8 fan ae Be | oe We give our personal attention — Glyeerina ...... .... 19@ 26 | oo oS Grana Paradisi <0.) @ 2] a= to mail orders and guarantee satis- —#» RGEEORS ok 24 2 ee —~ Hydraag Chlor Mite a 7\ ea— faction. —_—— Hydraag Chlor Cor. @ 69|& - . : : = Hydraag Ox Rub'm, @ 89|a— All orders shipped and invoiced — Hydraag Ammoniati @ 99|\a— : _. = HydraagUnguentum 453@ 55] o— the same day we receive’ them. — Hydrargyrum....... a 6 e— ~ : (i er Ichthyobolla, Am... 1 25@ 1 50| &— Send a trial order. —» Pee ss 7@ 100| &— = aa 3 0G 39| ——_— Todbform............ Qi 0!\ eo = Enns ..- tk... @? | a Lycopodium ........ 0@ 6| & —» mets. 6@ | & e =» — Arsen et Hy- a od rare lod.......... G 71)\ eo 2 LiquorPotassArsinit 10@ 12|@— GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. =» Magnesia, Sulph.... 24@ 4|@>— = Magnesia, Sulph,bbl @ 1% . Mannia, S. F........ 63 ddd di Monthol... ......... @ 5 50 Conium Mac........ 35@ 65 Copaipa j.::- -...... og o Cnmenee ooo s. 1 50@ 1 60 EXcenthitos .......- 1 20@ 1 30 — eel 1 20@ pO Gaultherta ..... .... 1 50@ 1 60 Geranium,ounce.... @ @& Gossippii,Sem. gal... 60@ 7 Hedeoma..... ...... 1 26@ 1 40 dumipera............ 1 O@ 2 bavendula.......... 9@ 2 00 irmonis,-... 2... 1 30@ 1 50 Mentha Piper...... 2 2@ 3 00 Mentha Verid....... 2 6@ 27% Morrhue, gal....... 1 75@ 1 80 Myrciagpunce....... @ 50 Ove 9@ 3 00 Picis Liquida. . Ra ef Picis Liquida, gal... @ 35 Riga co... 1@ % ROsmAarini,.......... @, 1 00 Rose, ounce........ 6 50@ 8 50 DUCE oo. 40@, 45 Sapimns . 2/00 ss 90@, 1 00 ae 2 00@ 7 00 Sasser eas._.......... 50@ 55 Sinapis, ess., ounce. @ 65 el ae @ 1 00 (iiyme. _........... 40@ 50 Thyme, opt........- @ 1 60 Theobromas........ 15@ 20 Potassium Bi Barb........._.. . ne & Bichromate ......... i3@ .& Bromide. ........... 45@ 48 So a 122@ «15 Chlorate..po.17@19e 16@ 18 Cyanide... 50@ 55 lodide.-........._... 2 90@, 3 00 Potassa, Bitart, pure 29@ 31 Potassa, Bitart, com @ bp Potass Nitras, opt... 8@ 10 Potass Nitras........ 1@ 9 Prassinge. 9: 5. 2@ 28 Sulphate po ........ Bb@ & Radix Aconitym ........... 20@ 2% Atthee ..... ee. 2@ 22% AMGRUSE .... 1... 8... 12@ 15 Ava PO............. eo > Calamus ......-. 20@ 40 Gentiana...... po ‘2 8s@ 10 Glychrrhiza...pv.15 16@ 18 Hydrastis Canaden . @ 30 Hydrastis Can., po.. @ 3 Hellebore, Alba, po.. 6@ 2 India, pe.......... 1@ 20 Npecac, po... ...... 1 6@ 17% Iris plox....po3i@28 35@ 40 aie, PE... 10@, 45 Maranta, i4s..... @ x Podophyllum, ‘po.. 15@ 18 Bet... ee. 75@ 1 00 Hhei cut... .......- @1% mei py... 7h@, 1 35 Spigelia. . 20. ga < Sanguinaria.. . “po. 25 @ wm Serpentaria ......._- 50@ 55 Nemera 5@ 60 Similax,officinalis H @ 40 Saillax Mo a wa Seiie. 8 po.35 10Q@ BP Symplocarpus, Feeti- Gus, POs... 2... @ 3 Valeriana, Eng. po .30 @ B® Valeriana, German. 15@ 20 Zingivera........... 18@ 20 Zineiberj. ......... 23Q@ 2 Semen Anisum....... po. 20 @ & —. (graveleons) 14@ 16 Bird, is 4@ 6 Carat... po.18 1@ Cardamion........... 1 00@ 1 25 Coriandrum..-:..... s@ = 10 Cannabis Sativa.... 5@ 5 Cydoninum..-........ T5@ 1 00 Chenopodium ...... 10@ = 12 Dipterix Odorate... 2 90@ 3 00 Fonicalum ........- @ is Foenugreek, po...... @, 8 [1 .............-.., 3%@ 4 Lini, grd....bbl.3% 3%@ 4 Popela 0a 3@ 40 Pharlaris Canarian. 41@, 5 Rapa ......... Jl. a 5 Sinapis Ape 7@ 8 Sinapis Nigra....... N@ 12 Spiritus Frumenti, W. D. Co. 2 00@ 2 50 Framenti, D. F. R.. 2 00@ 2 25 Frumenti . - | oom 1 oD Juniperis Co. 0. T.. 1 65@ 2 00 Juniperis Co........ 1 75@ 3 50 Saacharum N. E.... 1 90@ 2 10 Spt. Vini Galli...... 1 75@ 6 50 Vini Oporto... ..... 1 25@ 2 00 Vint Ama........... 1 2@ 2 00 Sponges Florida sheeps’ wool carriage oe 2 0@ 2 Nassau sheeps wool cariage........... @ 2 00 Velvet extra sheeps’ wool, carriage..... @ 110 Extra yellow sheeps’ wool. carriage.... @ 8 Grass sheeps’ wool, Carreege,.......... @ 6 Hard, for slate use.. @ B&B Yellow Reef, for slate WSe oo. s, @ 1 40 Syrups Aegeig 8. 6 : @ Auranti Cortes...... @ 50 Pinger =... 32... @ 50 MpCCaG. 26-5 @ 60 Perr 10d............ @ +50 Rhel Arom....02. @ 50 Smilax Officinalis... 50@ 60 ae MS Se @ 50 Seine... ...'... oe eee @ 50 RE REBAR TN CRIN aha ings 20 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN ROCERY PRICE CURRENT’. only, in such quantities as are usually purchased by retail The prices quoted in this list are for the trade dealers. They are prepared just before going to press an possible to give quotations suitable erage prices for average conditions of purchase. those who have poor credit. our aim to make this feature of the Subscribers are earnes greatest possible use to dealers. for all conditions of purchase, a Cash buyers or those of strong tly requested to point out any erro d are an accurate index of the local market. nd those below are given as representing av- ng credit usually buy closer than rs or omissions, as it 1S It is im- AXLE GREASE. doz. gross | 55 00 Beers... <2. 5D 6 PactiorOl............ 00 7 00 amend... 52. ¢......30 5 50 es ........-..- 7D 9 00 aA 8 00 Paracan.-.-..| 6 00 BAKING POWDER. Absolute. i. yj Ib cans doz...-.. --++-- 45 % lb cans d0z......------- 85 . cane doe........---.-- 15 Acme. L 14 i Cans os Goe........--..- 45 4 lb Cans 3 dOz.....--.---- 7D s cans | Gou........... 1 00 ac: 10 Arctic. i 14 lb cans 6 doz Case ..-.-- 5d 4 Ib cans 4 doz case ...-- 1 10 1 Ib eans 2 doz case..-...- 2 00 5 lbease 1 doz case...... 9 00 JaXon i 14 Ibeans 4 dozcase.. ... 49 14 Ib cans 4 doz case...--- 85 1 lbecans2 doz case.....- 1 60 Our Leader. Y Ib CaNS...-------- eee eee 45 16 Ib CANS......------ +--+ +s wD t th Cans...-....---.------ 1 50 Red Star. 1g Ib Cans...---.--------+-- 40 iZ Ib cans ...-.--------- -- 75 AR Came 40 BATH BRICK. 2 dozen in case. il American .......--.----------- 70 English.........----------+>-:- 80 BLUING. Gross Arctic 4 oz ovals......-..--- 3 60 Arctic 8 oz ovals......-.--+ 6 7% Aretic pints round........- 9 00 Arctic No. 2 sifting box.... 2 7 ‘Arctic No. 3 sifting box.... 4 00 ‘Arctic No. 5 sifting box.... 8 00 Aretie 1 oz ball........-..-- 4 50 Mexican liquid 4 0z....-..-- 3 60 Mexican liquid 8 0z......-- 6 80 BROOrIS. No. 1 Carpet..__-.---------- 2 20 Mo. 2 Garmet......... ...--- = Ne Samet. .........-...- t ve No. 4Carpet.... ....------- 1 60 Parlor Gem .......-.-------- 2 50 Gammon Whisk............ & Fancy Whisk.. ...--------- 1 00 Racwwse .........-..-- = CANDLES. iatol 40 1b boxes........ ---.-10 Star 40 Ib boxes......-.-------- 9 Parafiine ... ee CANNED GOODS. Manitowoc Brands. Lakeside Marrowfat....... 1 00 cekeuece. J. _._.... 1 ao Lakeside, Champ. of Eng... 1 40 Lakeside, Gem, Ex. Sifted. 1 65 CATSUP. ° Biue Label Brand. Half pint 25 bottles ........ 2 60 Pint 25 bottles.........--..- 423 Quart 1 doz. bottles... ... 3 00 Triumph Brand. Half pint per doz........... 135 jane >Suotlics.............. 2 a8 Quart per dOz......---.---- 3% CEMENT. Major's, per gross. ee % oz size .12 00 1 oz size....18 © Lig. Glue,loz 9 60 Leather Cement, i ox size....-. 12 00 Por size..... 18 00 Rubber Cement. 2 ozsize.... 12 00 CHEESE. meee... sss: @ 12% Acme... @ 12 coeery. i @ 12 iomeree.. ......... @ 12 Rivers... ..---..- @ 12% Gold Medal......... 12 ees 8 @ 10 ok... @ ii Pee 1 00 Leiden... @ w Eimpereer .......-. @ 15. Pineapple............ @ Roquefort........... @ 3 Ren Sago.::.......-. @ Is Schweitzer,imported @ 2A Schweitzer,domestic @ 14 Chicory. MO 5 WN 7 CHOCOLATE. Walter Baker & Co.’s. German Sweet .....-, wee 23 Progen... se 37 Breakfast Cocoa............-- 45 CLOTHES LINES. Cotton, 40 ft, per doz.....--. 95 Cotton, 50 ft, per doz....... 1 15 Cotton, 60 ft, per doz....... 1 35 Cotton, 70 ft, per doz......- 1 SS Cotton, 80 ft, per doz......-. 1 95 Jute, GO ft, per doz.....---- 80 Jute, 72 ft, per doz........-- 95 CLOTHES PINS. 5 gross DOXES.-...--.-.. ee COFFEE. Green. Rio. hoa es a ee a... 21 Golden ook 21 Peabermy (0.00... des Santos. ye ee 19 aon | 20 Pause. .......: | 22 Preaieay ......-.._..--. ee Mexican and Guatamala. Paice... ets. 21 Poot 2... Ct 22 Rainey o.oo... 24 Maracaibo. OO eee 23 Malied 24 Java. imoerior. Private Growth..............- 27 Meandehling _.... sa ee Mocha. inntioton 0 fl 2 reese oc 28 Roasted. To aseertain cost of roasted coffee, add %e per Ib. for roast- ing and 15 per‘cent. for shrink- age. Package. ae. somes... LiIoN COFFEE IN 11D. PACKAGES. WITHOUT GLAZING. 46 Fur Ounces Nev. Cases 100 = Equality Price - 90 less 2¢ per.ib. 18 95 18 95 Casinets 120 Ibs. Same Price, 90% Extra ror CaBINETs. McLaughlin’s XXXX...... 213 Extract. Valley City % gross ..... vi) Melix 36) 2rgss............ 1155 Hummel’s foil % gross... 8 Hummel’s tin % gross... 1 43 COCOA SHELLS. oe... 2% less quantity............ 3 Pound packages......... 4 CREAS TARTAR. Strictiy pure ....-....-..... 30 Telfer’s Absolute ........ 30 Grace. . Ss 5 15@25 CONDENSED MILK. 4 doz. in case. N. Y. Condensed Milk Co.’s brands Gail Borden Eagle.........7 40 oem 5... ee Pee 2. pc coeees 5 7 Cee ee 4 50 Mossome. ... 2. 4 2 mime .....-... 3. ee Peerless evaporited cream.5 75 COUPON BOOKS. ‘*Tradesman.’’ $ 1 books, per 100.......... 2 00 $ 2 books, per 100.......... 2 50 $ 3 books, per 100.......... 3 00 $ 5 books, per 100.......... 3 00 $10 books, per 100........-. 4 00 #20 books, per 100.......... 5 00 ‘*Superior.’’ % 1 books, per 100.......... 2 50 % 2 books, per 100.......... 3 00 # 3 books, per 100.......... 3 50 $ 5 books, per 100.......... 4 00 $10 books, per 100.......... 5 00 #20 books, per 100.......... 6 00 ‘‘Universal.’’ $ 1 books, per 100.......... 3 00 $ 2 books, per 100.........- 3 50 $ 3 books, per 100.......... 4 00 $ 5 books, per 100.......... 5 00 #10 books, per 100.......... 6 00 0 books, per 100.......... 7 Above prices on coupon books are subject to the following quantity discounts: 200 books or over... 5 per cent 500 books or over...10°per cent 1000 books or over. .20}per cent Coupon Pass Books, Can be made to represent any denomination from $10 down. Sheens......-..-- 5: 1 00 BOuogkKsS.........- 6 2 00 opp oens. _..- 3 00 oe oees...........-..--.- 6 BOO DOOKS.................- 10 00 HO beoKE...... .......-_.. 17 50 Credit Checks. 500, any one denom’n..... 3 00 1000, any one denom’n..... 5 00 2000, any one denom’n..... 8 00 Steel punch. .........----- v6) DRIED FRUITS. DOMESTIC. Apples. Sundried.....:....-....- @ 4% Evaporated 50 Ib boxes. @7 California Goods. Bxs Bgs A sane SS 10 @ Blackberries Noctarines............. 7 @ Pease Se a. -....... . 8&4@ Pitted Cherries.....-...- Prannelices...........-..- Raspherries........------ Raisins. Loose Muscatels. es. ......-.....- @ 3% SCrawit.........-........ @uaw ieowh. ..-.3.--: ae FOREIGN. Currants. Patras bhis.............. @es Vostizzas 50 Ib cases.... @ 3% Schuit’s Cleaned. > ib Bemes.. @5 ee @ 434 i. ib packages........... @6 Peel. Citron Leghorn 25 1b bx @I1% Lemon Leghorn 25 1b bx @il Orange Leghorn 2 Ib bx @I12 Prunes. 25 lb boxes. California 100-120,....... @ 5 California 90-100........ @5% California 80-90......... @ 6% California 70-80......... @ 6% California 60-70......... @ 4% 1¢ cent less in bags Raisins. Ondura 29 1b boxes...... 7@8 Sultana 20 1b boxes...... @6% Valencia 30 Ib,boxes.... @74 FARINACEOUS GOODS. Farina. Bate oe 3 Grits. Walsh-DeRoo Co.’s.......2 00 ominy. Bamceis oe 3 2 Flake, 50 lb. drums.......1 3 Lima Beans. as. i... . Maccaroni and Vermicelli. Domestic, 10 lb. box...... Imported, 25 Ib. box.. ...2 50 Pearl Barley. Empime ...... 0... 8... 3 Weienter .. _.......---.--.. = - Peas. Green, bu..-....-...-.---- 90 Split, ner ib..-.....---.--- 2% Rolled Oats. Schumacher, bbl.........3 25 Schumacher, % bbl....... 175 Monarch, bbl......-.....- 2 65 Monarch, % bbl..........1 45 Quaker, cases......------- 3 20 Oven Baked......... ---- 3 25 Dakesge 6.0... ..' 3) 2 ee Sago. Gergen... 4 Best india...) _..) Sh Wheat. Cracked, bulk.......-..---- 3 242 1b packages...........2 40 Breakfast Food. Pettijohn’s Best...........3 10 Buckwheat Flour. Excelsior Self Rising. Case of 2doz:...-:...-.-- 1 90 Wive case lots...:...... -- 175 FISH. Cod. Georges cured.....---- @ 4% Georges genuine...... @ 6 Georges selected...... @ 6% Strips or bricks....... 6 @ 9 Halibut. Chumks. ............. Scie 14 Strips..... --------------s 11 Herring. Holland white hoops —- 70 Holland white hoops bbl. 9 00 Norwegian... ...--------- Round 100 lbs......------- Round 40 lbs........----- MORI... oe eee seen os Mackerel. No. 1 100 ibs.....------ ---- 13 00 No.1 @ibs..-- ----- ---- 5 50 No.1 10 ibs.....---------- 14 No. 2100 lbs... .------++-- 11 7% No.2 40 1be..0.0.../..0..2 9a Wo.2 10 ibs. -.--.-.-------- 1 32 Family 90 lbs...--.-----++- Family 10 lbs.....--------- Sardines. Russian kegs.....-.--+-+-- 55 Stockfish. No. 1, 1001b. bales.......- - 10% No. 2, 100 lb. bales......--- 8% Trout. No. 1100 lbs.......-----++- 42 No.1 40 1bs......-- oes 1 % No.1 101bs... 56 No.1 Sibs..---.--.------ 48 Whitefish. No.1 No.2 Fam 100 ths. ....--- 798 62 2% oe. 42 Ss Bie... 2.3. 75 65 37 FLAVORING EXTRACTS. Souders’. Oval bottle, with corkscrew. Best in the money. world for the Regular Vanilla. doz a 1 20 = 10s. ..... 2 40 Hi Flavoring | | XX Grade i Reet ;| Lemon. WAN han Sl 2 02...... 150 Uy Ni} 40z. ....3 00 XX Grade Vanilla. ] Qoz....-. 1% £08. ...-- 3 50 Jennings. Lemon” Vanilla 20z regular panel.. 7% 1 20 402 regular panel 1 50 20 6 oz regular panel. .2 00 3 00 No. 3 taper......... 1 35 2 00 No. 4 7aper........- 150 2 50 FLY PAPER. Tanglefoot. *Regular’’ Size. Less than one case, per box — 32 One to five cases, per case.. 2 75 Five to ten cases, per case. 2 65 Ten cases, per case........ 2 55 “Little” Tanglefoot. Less than one case, perbox 13 One to ten cases, per case.. 1 45 Ten cases, per Case........ 1 40 FURNITURE Cleaner and Polish. Henderson’s ‘‘Diamond.”’ ul Halt Pimt.... 3.-.<.-....-- 1% Pint... 3 50 > neg ee Halt Galion......-..--..-.- 2 ve Mallon .:....4-4..- ------- 14 40 HERBS. Save... 2. 15 MOPS... = eee 15 GUNPOWDER. Rifle—Dupont’s. Bers... ..3 00 Half Gegs......-.....------- 1 Quarter Kegs...........--+-- 1 00 Pip Gans... ...-. .-.--:.: 30 a6 i) Gans.......<...-.-...-. 18 Choke Bore—Dupont’s. ers ee 4 00 Half Kegs.........-. 11.2 20 Quarter Kegs........------- 1 2 fib Gans. 002202 Eagle Duck—Dupont’s. mers... ....8 00 Meot Kees. .............-..,.- 4 25 Quarter Kegs..........------ 2B Tibeans....... ee 45 INDIGO. Madras, 5 Ib boxes......... 55 S. F., 2,3 and 5 lb boxes.... 50 JELLY. 15 Ib pails..........-....--.. 30 i¢ i> paiis..........-..-..... 36 Sih gadis oo. oe LYE. Condensed, 2 doz .......... 1 20 Condensed, 4 doz..........- 2 2 LICORICE. Mince meat, 3 doz in case..2 75 Pie Prep. 3 doz in case...... 2% MATCHES. Diamond Match Co.’s brands. No. 9 sulphur.....-........- 1 65 Anchor Parior.............. 17 Ne. > deme... .... 3.8. 110 Export Parlor............ .-4 00 MOLASSES. Blackstrap. Sugar house............ «. .10@12 Cuba Baking. Ordimary... ---.-... 12@14 Porto Rico. Pye... 20 Maney (2-200... 30 New Orleans. 18 22 24 ie 27 — See ee 30 Half-barrels 3c extra. OIL CANS. Crystal valve, per doz..... 4 00 Crystal valve, per gross. ..36 00 PICKLES Medium. Barrels, 1,200 count........ 3% Half bbls, 600 count........ 2 00 Small. Barrels, 2,400 count........ 4% Half bbls, 1,200 count...... 2 50 PIPES. Clas No. 200... : 0 00055.05.. 1 70 Clay, T. D. fullcount...... 65 C8 0G, S$: cl , 1 20 POTASH. 48 cans in case. MEDIAS 5 5 oa i 4 00 Penna Salt Co.’s........... 3 00 RICE. Demestic. Carolina head.....:.......- 5% Carolina No. 1.............. 5 Carolina No. 2........:..-. 4% Bromen. 0... 3% Imported. Japan, No.t-.°. ae Japan. No.2... ..: ...-. Se dema, MO.t 2.2.55... 5% jaye, NO.2......:....- cose Paetae . 2.0.5.6 es. 4 SAL SODA. Granulated, bbls........ -1 10 Granulated, 100 lb cases..1 50 iammp, Bbis.-2.. -...- 1 Lump, 145]b kegs..........1 10 SEEDS. Auiee .. ......: ee 13 Canary, Smyrna........... 6 ee .....,...... -.... 10 Cardamon, Malabar...... 80 Hemp, Russian.......... 4 misece ie...........-...- 4% Mustard, white........... 6% EOEy 2. 8 Hepes 4 Cuttle Bone...... oe. 20 SYRUPS. Corn. BRErelg. oo. be 15 Mearr DDIS....... ......... Oe Pure Cane. CO ri en as 6 moed .... 20 Me eee 25 SPICES. Whole Sifted. Allapiee .) 3. os: 9% Casgia, China in mats....... 10 Cassia, Batavia in bund... .15 Cassia, Saigon in rolls...... 32 Cloves, Amboyna........... 15 Cloves, Zanzibar...........-. 10 Mace, Batavia.... ... .....70 Nuimees, fancy...... ...-_.- 65 Nutmegs, No. 1.. Nutmess, No. 2....... ....- Pepper, Singapore, black...10 Pepper, Singapore, white. . .20 Pepper, set... .. 3... 16 Pure Ground in Bulk. Alispice -.. -- 3°: 10@12 Cassia, Batavia ......<...... 17 Cassia, Saigon... ...........35 Cloves, AMboyna........... 15 Cloves, Zanzibar........ 2. <: 10 Ginger, African............ 15 Ginger, Cochin.. i Ginger, Jamaica............ 22 Mace, Batavia.... ..... 60@65 Mustard, Eng. and Trieste. .20 Mustard, Trieste............ 25 Muteees, No. Z......... 50@60 Pepper, Singapore, black9@12 Pepper, Singapore, white15@18 Pepper, Cayenne........ 17@20 Pa ee 18 ‘*Absolute’’ in (Ib. Packages Asispies.......5 ts ICimnamen..... cs 7 CIOVES. oe 70 Ginger, Cochin........... . mace. |... ce 10 MGUMOre 7 INURMCRR. 8. | 3 ee cee 2 10 Pepper, cayenne .... .... % Pepper, white ............ v6) Pepper, black shot........ 60 patcon.......... ie eee pee 1 50 STARCH. Kingsford’s Corn. 20 1-Ib packages............. 6% 40 1 Ib packages............. 634 Kingsford’s Silver Gloss. 40 1-lb packages............. 6 ib PORES... 74, Common Corn. 20-ID boxes... 02. e. 5% “01h DOXGS..-...0......- 54 as — Gloss. -Ib packages..............-. 4 Sip packames.......... 2... ae 6lb packages............... 5% 40 and 50 lb boxes........... 3% Barrels oe 3% SODA. ot 5% noes, Eoees............... 4% SALT. Diamond Crystal. Cases, 24 3-lb boxes......... 1 60 Barrels, 120 2% lb bags...... 3 00 Barrels, 75 4 Ibbags...... oe Barrels, 60 5 Ibbags...... 2% Barrels, 40 7 lbbags......2 50 Barrels, 30 10 lbbags...... 2 50 Butter, 56 1b bags........... 65 Butter, 20 14 lb bags........ 3 50 Butter, 2801b bbls.......... 2 50 Common Grades. 1O0S IB BOCKS.. 2... 2 60 51d Becks... 8... se: 1 85 28 11-Ib sacks............... i 70 =) PN RER DALE E E90 o THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 21 Warsaw. 56-lb dairy in drill bags..... 30 28-lb dairy in drill bags..... 15 Ashton. 56 Ib dairy in iinen sacks 6U Higgins. 56-lb dairy in linen sacks 60 Solar Rock. S6ib SREKS......-...... ---- 22 Common Fine. Sactnaw .... ....-:..---.---- 85 Weaereee .......-..:-.-. --- 85 SNUFF. Seotch, in bladders........- 37 Maccaboy, in jars........... 35 French Rappee, in jars .... 48 SALERATUS. Packed 60 lbs. in box. (@hiapetres -.. kos. 5.8... 3 3C Retour s .......-...---...-. 3 15 Dwigh@s....:..------.-...-. 3 30 WAMION 8... .c0. es. ee so = 3 00 TOBACCOS. Cigars. G. J. Johnson’s brand Sow ie - J. Reynolds’ —— Hornet’s Nest.. .3o H. & P. Drug Co.'s s brand. Quintette ..............-...9: Clark Grocery Co.’s ian Wew Griek. ............._¢ 5 00 SOAP. Laundry. Dingman Soap Co.’s brand. Single box.. Le oo 5 box lots, delivered....... 3 85 10 box lots, delivered....... 3 75 N. K. Fairbank & Co.’s brands Santa Ciame...........--.--- 3 50 Brown, 60 bars........-...-- 2 60 Brown, 80 bars.. "2 90 Jowans & a Brands. Cyom ........:....-... --..- 3 30 German Family............ 26 American Grocer 100s..... 3 60 American Grocer 60s.. Bt NG)... Ne ag Mystic White..... ........ 3 80 [a .............-.. _-. «2 Gg feof. ........ .-..-.- 3 20 Olastyle. ._.......-..-.-.. 2 oo Happy Day.......-.-------- : | JAXON Sincie box -..... 5 box lots, delivered. . : 10 box lots, delivered....... 3 10 Jas. §. Kirk & Co.’s brands. American Family, wrp’d...3 33 American Family, plain....3 27 Lautz Bros. & Co.’s brands. Ree 3 35 Comon Ol. :........... 2 @ et 4 00 Moar 3 70 Henry ees brand. tee’ i 3 5 box lots, delivered . 3 20 10 box lots, delivered....... 38 25 box lots, delivered....... 3 10 Proctor & Gamble’s brands. Concord... -. 2... Pa Ivory, 100z........ peeie tees oe 6 hyvory, GOs...-.............. 4 00 Penoe ... ............--..- 3 25 Mottled German............ 2 65 es Tere ........-......... 3 00 Allen B. Wrisley’s brands. Old Country 80 1-lb......... 3 20 Good Cheer 60 1-lb.......... 3 90 White Borax 100 %-Ib....... 3 65 Scouring. Sapolio, kitchen, 3 doz ..... 2 40 Sapolio, hand, Sdos 1. 2 40 STOVE POLISH. Nickeline, small, per gro. Nickeline, large, per gro... TABLE SAUCES. 4 00 7 20 Lea & Perrin’s, large..... 47 Lea & Perrin’s, small. 2% Pealtord, (arge........-...- 3% Halford small....... ..... 22 Salad Dressing, large..... 4 55 Salad Dressing, 3mall..... 2 6 VERMICIDE. Zenoleum, 6 02.......-...- 2 00 Zenoleum, ats Seo oe uces . 400 Zenoleum, % gal..........- 7 20 Zenoleum, gal............- 12 00 SUGAR. Below are given New York prices on sugars, to which the wholesale dealer adds the local freight from New York to your shipping point, giving you credit on the invoice for the amount of freight buyer pays from the market in which he purchases to his shipping point, including 20 pounds for the weight of the barrel. OmIBO 22 5 56 ee 5 56 oes. ......... 5 18 Powdercad ....._.-......_...5 fo RMXX Powdered......... 5b 3l Mogi A... 5 18 Granulated in bbls... .....- 4 94 Granulated in bags.. 494 Fine Granulated... v4 oe Extra Fine Granulated.....5 06 Extra Course Granulated. ..5 06 Diamond Confec. A........ 4 94 Confec. Standard A......... 438i ® 1.) 4. eee: 4 62 NO 2. ce. 4 §2 No 6... Lo 4 62 ~~ «.. ..................) 4 56 No. 5. .-4 44 Mo Go 437 No. 7. ..4 31 mo. 6... ic 4 31 Mo 9 418 ne 0... 4 12 No. 11. . 4 00 ne fe. 3 94 No Bo ..3 No Be 3 81 WASHING POWDER. 100 packages in case........ 3 35 WICKING. No. 0, per gross.........-.-... 25 No. I, perg@ross........---_.- 30 INO. 2, PER STOSS.............. 40 No 13, Duin er. ~ CRACKERS. The N. Y. as follows: Biscuit Co. quotes Butter. Seymour XXX ..........-:- 5 Seymour XXX, 31b. carton 5% Family XXX 5 ‘amily XXX,31b carton.. 5% Salted XXX 5 Salted XXX. 31b carton... 5% So Soca Ua ..............- 5% Soda XXX,31b carton.... 6 Sooa, City .......-.-. a Crystal Wafer... .. oe Long Island W afers.. i L. I. Wafers, 1]bearton . _. B Oyster. Square Oyster, XXX. . 5 Sq. Oys. XXX. 1 1b carton. 6 Farina Oyster, XX xxx... 5 SWEET Goops- Boxes. a 10% Bent’s Cold_Water......... 12 Bere Rose.: 20... 2)... . 8 Cocoanut Taff 8 Cofiee Cakes. ........-...-.. 8 Frosted Honey............- 11 Graham Crackers. 8 Ginger Snaps, XXX round. 6% Ginger Snaps, XXX city... 6% Gin. Snps,X XX home made 6% Gin. Snps,XXXscalloped.. 6% Ginger Vanilla............ 8 Dinperais .....-.......-...- 8 Jumbles, Honey........... 11 Molasses Cakes............ 8 Marsbiaaliow............-- 15 Marshmallow Creams..... 16 Pretzels, hand made ..... 8% Pretzelettes, LittleGerman 6% Sugar Cake...............- 8 CuieamMeS 0.0... ..... 2... Te Mears’ Denen .............. 7% Vanilla Saquare............ 8 Vanilla Wafers CANDIES. The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows: Stick Candy. bbls. pails Standard............ 64@ 7% Standard H. H...... 6%@ 7% Standard Twist..... Y%@ 7 Ont boart............ T4@ 8% cases Extra... |... @ 8% Boston Cream...... @ 8} Mixed Candy. bbls. pails Sieeger............ 54@ 6% ‘o .......,..... 64@ 7 Moraes: 64.@ 7% Comserves..... -.... Y4@ 7% Brome ........2..2. 7 @8 Kindergarten....... TH@ 8% French Cream...... @9 Valley Cream....... @12 Fancy In Bulk. Pails Lozenges. plain..... @ 8% Lozenges, printed. . Choe. Drops........ we Choe. Monumentals @12% Gum Drops......... @i Moss Drops.. “ @ 8 Sour Drops.......... @8 Imperials ........... @ 9 Fancy—In 5 Ib. Boxes. Per Box Lemon Drops....... @50 Sour Drops........- @50 Peppermint Drops... @60 Chocolate Drops.... @65 H. M. Choe. Drops.. (a) Gum Drops......... 35 @50 Licorice Drops......1 00 @ A. B. Licorice Drops (@50 Lozenges, plain. @b0 Lozenges, printed.. @b5 Pmiperiags........... @b0 oe... ......... @b65 Creams Gar........-.. @ v0 Molasses Bar ..... @5v0 Hand Made C reams. 80 @W Plain Creams. . 60 @sv Decorated Creams. : @90 String Bock......... @b0 Burnt Almonds..... La @ Wintergreen Berries @ad Caramels. No. l wrapped, 2 Ib. Boxes... ... @30 No. 1 wrapped, 3 Ib. boxes 1... @A5 No. 2 wrap, ed, 2 Ib. boxes _ ho Oranges. Mexicans Ree 2 7D Re . 3 00 Fancy Navels Pe ce 3 00 ee. Eo oe cea 3 25 i oe...... ....... So Valencias Cases of 420 and 714. 6 00 Lemons. Strictly choice 36vs.. @2 75 Strictly choice 300s.. @3 00 Wancy 360s.......... @3 50 Metra Ses. .......... @3 7 Fancy Gus.......... (@3 50 Extra 0s ........7. @4 00 Bananas. A definite price is hard to name, as it varies according to size of bunch and quality of fruit. Small bunches......1 00 @I1 25 Medium bunches...1 25. @I1 50 Large bunches...... ldo @ Foreign Dried Fruits. Fig-, Fancy Layers 20 Ibs.. 3 @ Figs, Choice ‘Layers Oe ee oa ee @il Figs, Naturals in bags, new......... @6 Dates, Fards in 101b boxes... 2. @8 Dates, Fards in 60 1b Cases, a @ 6 Dates, ‘Persians, G. M. i 60 Ib cases. . @5 Dates, Sairs 60 Ib @ 4% cases ... Almonds, T arragona. . @13 Almonds, Ivaca....... @ Almonds, California, soft shelled......... @12% Brazile new......-...- @ 9 Filberts ee @I10% Walnuts, Gren., new. . @13 Walnuts, Calif No. 1. @I12 Walnuts, soft shelled Cale... @ Table Nuts, faney.... @12 Table Nuts, choice... @ 9% Pecans, Texas H.P...7 @,8 Hickory Nuts per bu., Ohio . its 25@1 40 C ocoanuts, “full sacks @4 00 Butternuts per bu.. @ 50 Black Walnuts per bu @ 60 Peanuts. Fancy, H. P., Game Cooke TU @ 6 Fancy, H. P., Game Boased....-. @ 7% Fancy, H. P., Associa- tion .... .. os @6 Fancy, H. P., Associa- tion Roasted........ @ 7% | Choice, H. P., Extras. @ Choice, H. P., Extras, Roasted bet eeet cee: @ Fish and C Oys sters Fresh Fish. age - Whitefish ......7.... @ Ee ee ae @ % Biaemk Gass.......... @ & oe... 18@ 20 Ciseoes or Herring.. @ & eeeoee............. @ is Live Lobster....... @ 20 Boiled Lobster...... @ 2 ——... ............. @ 12 Haddaek.......-.... @ 8 No. 1 Pickerel...... @ 10 ee @ 8 Smoked White...... @. 8 Red Snapper........ @ 10 Col River Salmon.. @ 13 Mackere! ........-- 16@, 20 Shell ee Oysters, per 100....... 25@1 50 Cc ams, per 100....... Ol 00 Oysters. F. J. Dettenthaler’s Brands. Per Can. Fairhaven Counts.... 35@ F. J. D. Selects....... 30@ Meleets 22...5 0... 1... 25@ ro Dp... 2@ Anch@re.. 2. 00... 20@. Standards: ...... 02.25 18@ CO 16@ First Quality. No. 0 Sun, crimp top, wrapped and labeled. : io. | oan, ¢ ri mp top, ~ wrapped and | abeled. 22 No, = sun, ¢ rimp top, wrapped and labeled.... 3 2% XXX Flint. No. 0 Sun, crimp top, wri apped and labeled. 2 50 io. | San, crimp top, LW rapped and labeled.... 2 7% | Ne. 2 Sun, Crimp top, wrapped and labeled.... 3 75 CHIMNEYS, Pearl Top. No.1 Sun, wrapped and ee ee 3 70 No. 2 Sun, “wrappe ‘ds and labeled.... A No. 2 Hinge, wrapped and labeled... 88 Fire Peeet- Plain Top. No. I Sun, plain buib...... 3 40 No. 2 Sun, plain bulb...... 4 40 La Bastie. No. 1Sun. plain bulb, per ons ..... = No. 2 Sun, plain bulb, per Cee. No. 1 Crimp, per doz. 1 3 No. 2 Crimp, per doz 1 60 Rochester. No. 1, Lime (5c doz) 3 50 No. 2, Lime (70c doz). 4 00 No. 2, Flint (806 doz).. 1 70 Electric. No, 2, Lime (7Ue doz) _. £0 No. 2, Flint (806 doz).... 4 40 Miscellaneous. Duz. Junior, Rochester........ 50 NMIOCe oo, 15 Hiuminator Bases....... 1 00 Barrel lot Sd0e....._._.. OO 7 in. Porcelain Shades 1 OO Case lots, 12 doz 90 Mammoth Chimneys for Store Lamps. Doz. Box No. 3 Rochester. lime 150 4 20 No. 3 Rochester, flint 175 4 80 | No.3 Pearl top, or | Jewel glass.. 1% 5 No. 2 Globe Ine andes. lime co @ 0 No. 2 Glohe ‘Ine andes. flint . --.. ca Oo No. 2 Pearl glass..... 2 10 6 00 OIL CANS. Doz. gal tin cans with spout.. 1 60 gal galv iron with spout. 2 00 gal galv iron with spout. 3 25 3 gal galv iron with spout. 4 5) gal Eureka with spout... 6 50 gal Eureka with faucet.. 7 00 eal galvironA & W. 73 gal Tilting cans, M’n *ch 10 50 5 gal galv iron Nacefas.... 9 00 Pump Cans. 3 gal Home Riie...........10 50 wal Home Wale.......... 12 00 3 gal Goodenough. . 10 50 5 8 il Goode nough.. as -..i2 OO gal Pirate King.. .. LANTERNS. iNo. ( Fabatar............. 3% No. 1 B Tubular. _... 68 No. 13 Tubular Dash.. .... 5 50 No. 1Tub., glassfount.... 7 No. ‘2 Tubuli ar, side lamp. 12 00 No 2Strect Lamp........ 3 2 LANTERN GLOBES. No. 0 Tubular, cases 1 doz. each, box 10 cents.... 45 No. 0 Tubular, eases 2 doz. each, box ibceuts........ & No. 0 Tubular, bbls 5 doz. each,’ bbl 35 40 No.0 Tubular, bull’s ‘eye, eases | doz. cach...... 12 LAMP WICKS. No. @ per @1roes......7.. 24 ’ | No. oe ee 76 1 mo, 2 per evces.......... / 50 ING. Ser grase............ sO Mammoth per dos......... vi) Per Gal. i: am @ried beOGE.......... 9% a @2 00; Shoulders (N. Y. cut). . 6% Extra Selects.......... @i @ | Bacon, clear....... ..... 8 Medium Selects....... @i ® | California hams......... 634 Anchor Standards.... @i 2) | Boneless hams........... 5 Prec ee ceca. @i 10 | Cooked ham............. itt eee @1i % | " Oe @!1 25 | Lards. Shemnpe .... |... @1 2% | Compound, merces...... 5 Osear Allyn’s Brands. | a amily, tierces......... a4 Per Can. | Granger ...-..- bY Comms 10@, | Kettle (our own)... .... 6% Extra selects......... 30@ | Cottolene a a4 Plain Selects.......... 2@ | Cotosuet................. 74 ee 20 SUED Tins _.._... advance lq Made 20 20 Ib Pails.......advance why Stoudaras ............ Be 10 = Pails.......advance *4 Favorites ......... 16a, 5 Ib Pails... advance bs Per Gal.| 3 1b Pails.......advance 1 Lie York Counts... - @2 00 Sausages. Dates Selects...) | | @l Zo) Boloen, 5 Fasin serects ..... @1 50 | —— a 6 I X L Standards. eee ae Standards Oe ce doe @1 10 i: 6% es —— ——. ... ............,. Grains and Feedstufs | !""Scec0000000-7 Head cheese............ 6 Wheat. Extra Mess _— 7 00 a Paes OC le Wheat.. -- 61 Boneless ‘ .10 00 Flour in Sacks. Patent... 3 70 Pigs’ Feet. Second Patent............. 3 20 | Kits, 15 Ibs. ..... + oe Swen. ae '¢ bbls, 40 Ibs............ 1 65 ee 9 99 | 4 bbls, 80 lbs............ 3 OO Gratien ..._............ 2 8u Tripe. Buckwheat ..... 7 a Bite, ie... ...... Rye .._. Dette. cl. Soe OBIS, 40 ibe _ 1 Subject to usual cash dis | DbIs,S0lbs............ 2 % count. ranieall Flour in bbls.,25¢ per bbl. ad- | Pork . Cs 2 ditional. Beef rounds. . 5 iteest Meal. Beef middles. ” COG 1 Granulated), 00) 2 00] Rolls. di wo 10! Feed and Millstuffs. Solid, dairy. 10 St. Car Feed, scree..ed ....13 00] Rolls, cre ame iy... te 1 Corn and Oats.......12.50 | Solid, creamery ..... nbolted Corn Meal....... 12 25 Winter Wheat Bran. a Ot omnes Meats. . Winter Wheat Middlings. ‘12 09 | Corned beef, » Ib....... 2 00 Sereenings. i iat OOS orned beef, 15 lb..... 14 00 an Roast beef, 2 ib..... 2 00 The Ov. E. | ioe Mill .Co. | Potted ham, es a quotes as follows: Potted ham, 728 eee 125 ‘ Corn. ll Beviled hain, gS---- rh) bpd Jots |. ---- 29% | Beviled ham, —— i 2 Less than ear lots......... 3142] Potted tongue “4s | % Oats. Potted tongue %s...... 1% —ie.... ....... ae Less than ¢ar lots......... 23 Shee. FRESH MEATS. No. 1 Timothy, ton lots ...16 = B . eef. No. 1 Timothy carlots i... 144 S| Careass __.... — Fore quarters. _ Hind quarters...... Hides and Pelts. Loins No. 3...... - mips... ... Perkins i Hess pay a5 fok| Rounds ........... lows: | Omens os Hides. ; Piates ...... ween cl. ... ao @G Part cured. @ 6% | pressed Pork. Wall Cured..... ...... 34@ @% | Spreng ea Ce oe Vee ee hie. £een...........5 @e eee i oe mips, cured........... Siaq@ Gy So | Calfskins, green...... 54@ 7 Mutton. | Calfskins, cured...... 644@ 8 | Carcass®....... weeee Deaconskins ......... 2 @30 Spring Lambs........ Pelts. Veal. Shearlings .......___._1 Careass ........---+-- So : = of vou... os se _- Washed See 10 @1Mi The Standard Oil Co. quotes | Unwashed ..........- 5 @13 as follows: Miscellaneous. Barrels. a | Pocewe ............... @it MIOW 2 @sas6 XXX W. W. Mich.Hadlt @ 9 Grease Butter........ L @2 W W Miehig 3 Switches 1Y4@. 2 ichigan. i @ "4 “Licey lsc a a au @ High Test He adlight ams Cineene.......... 2 0@2 90| p. Ss. Gas....... @ 9% Furs. Deo. en 4 @ 8} We 30@ 1 10} Cylinder ..............30 @38 Gia 3M, 70| Engine. ol. Gee lee es Black, winter........ @ 9 Rat, Winter.......... u7@ 12 | Black, summer. @ 84 Ree, Poa... Ce VV) Red Yox............. 1 00@ 135 | 5 to — Gray Pox). iy | 60) oe @ WA Geen Bon 2 00% 5 00 | XXX W.W. Mich. Halt. @ 6% Pogeer. 20@ 70) D.S. Gas....:. ...... @ia (a1 0ic........ Oa 6S CC. @at House 0) 10 25 | Seaticla, alien & Teagle oe. _......... 4 00@ 6 00 quote as follows: Eves ................ 1 QOgy = 30 | Martin............... o0@ 3 Palacine —_—_ @l2 car tettte tees seen es 5 00@ 9 00| Daisy White.......... @\l B Rete aes scat 1 00@ 2 00! Red Cross, W. W...... @ 9% ~ -15 00@25 00| Water White Hdlt.... @9 CaVET ..-..-.--.---- 3 00@ 7 00! Family Headlight... @8 Opossim ............ 10 S| Naplitha...... 0... @ 8} Beaver castors per 1b 3 00@ 8 00 | Stove Gasoline........ @ 9ig ee perlb 1@ s PROVISIONS. — The Grand Rapids Pac king and Provision Co. quotes as fol- lows: Barreled Pork. eee 9 fa Back .. | ie Clear back 10 50 ee a 9 75 BT RO han Pamiy ...... Dry Salt Meats. Remiee cS 5% Brees | occ 5 xtra Sports... ......... 5 Smoked [leats. Hams, 12 1b average .... 9% Hams, 4 1b average : 9% Hams, 16 1b average..... 14 Hams, 20 lb average..... 834 From Tank Wagon. Pareine .......0...,.. @10 Red Cross W. W... @ 6% Gasatineg @ 7% Crockery and Glassware. LAMP BURNERS. No. @ Sam... cs... . 2 mo teee................., WG. we i... Te | oe, 50 | Security, No. ! 65 Security, No. 2.......... 85 po a a Rete ey 16 LAMP CHIMNEYS—Common. | Per box af 6 doz. 1 Woe ote. cos 85 ee ee i 2 00 Noe 2 ens. 2 80 _ TUMBLERS—TIn Top. 1g Pints, 6doz in box, per box @ox 0} .... 1 1g Pints. 20 doz in bbl, ‘per doz (bbl 35). % Pints, 6 doz in box, per box (box 00) '% Pints, 18 doz in bbl, doz (bbl 35). per ’ i Thi Aad y — Far Wek ek COMPANY, oe 22 Le yf MA TICLES FS TRADESMAN VI wey fs LURNITURE DINGS Us _ a see PATENTED ART ee. ian] ar ba TH tab) ON ALLL Zo) Shr ey UO NNN ee cole i i i i ; i : bite 22 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN ENGLAND’S INVENTORY. List of British Possessions Through- out the World. Written for the TRADESMAN. For a good many years Great Britain has been proclaiming to the world her doctrine of ‘‘Get there’’ and illustrating her remarks with examples taken from her own experience. So diligent has she been that there is not a quarter of the earth which has not yielded a portion to her grasping hand, and in Webster’s time, the American orator found oc- casion to declare that government a power ‘‘which has dotted the surface of the whole globe with her possessions and military posts, whose morning drum-beat, following the sun and keep- ing company with the hours, circles the earth with one continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England.’’ That is the poetic side of the ques- tion, beautifully expressed, and here is the actual summing up the English globe-dots, their extent and the number of inhabitants occupying them: Besides the British Isles proper— England, Scotland and Ireland—there are the Channel Islands off the North- west coast of France and _ the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea; Gibraltar, the ‘Key to the Mediterranean Seas Heligoland, off the estuary of the Elbe River; Malta, a naval station of great strength, and Gozo, both islands in the Mediterranean Sea, with a population not far from 150,000. In Asia, there is India, including Hindostan and several provinces on the Eastern shore of the Bay of Bengal. Its area iS 1,500,000 square miles, with a coast line of nearly 4,500 miles, and it contains a population of about 160,000, ooo; Ceylon, with an area of over 25,000 square miles; Malacca, with a tract of country forty miles by twenty-five, with a population of over 60,000; Singapore, an island twenty-five miles by fourteen, with a population of more than 100,000; Prince of Wales Island, with 154 square miles and a population above 50,000; Hong Kong,an island nine miles by six at the mouth of the Canton River; Aden, a town in Southwestern Arabia, with a population of more than 25,000, and Sarawak and Labuan. Australia has an area of 3,000,000 square miles and a population of 3, 500, - ooo ; Tasmania isan island to the south; and New Zealand, made up of three is- lands, contains nearly 100,000 square miles. Africa furnishes, ,as her part of the British Empire, the Cape of Good Hope and Natal; British Central Af- rica; British East Africa; a generous slice of Somali Land, bordering the Gulf of Aden; Sierra Leofie; two tracts of territory lying along the Gulf of Guinea and the Isle of St. Helena, ‘‘the lone rocky isle,’’ where Napoleon was held a prisoner and where he died. North America, north of the United States, excepting Alaska and Green- land, is under British control, and to this must be added Honduras in Cen- tral America, the islands of Bermuda, Jamaica, Trinidad, and other West Indian islands. South America finishes the list with British Guiana and the Falkland Is- lands, while here and there a dot of land in different parts of the world helps to make up an empire of consider- ably more than 8,000,000 of square miles, with a population not far from 250, 000, 000. Is it any wonder that the ‘* Mistress of the Seas’’ is feeling land poor, and that she feels forced to make the most of any little unguarded, gold-bearing property adjacent to her territory? R. M. STREETER. +2. PRODUCE MARKET. Apples—Greenings are about the only Michigan variety still on the mar- ket and easily command $2.75 per bbl. The trade is well supplied with Ohio fruit—Rome Beauties, Baldwins, Green- ings and Smith’s Ciders—which bring $2@2.25 for choice and $2.50 @2.75 for fancy. Beans—Receipts have been compara- tively light. Handlers pay 80@ogoc for counrty picked, holding city picked at $1.05 per bu. Butter—The market is weak and slug- gish, owing to dull trade and liberal re- ceipts. Fancy dairy brings 14c, but good to choice commands 12@13¢c. Creamery shares the depressed feeling, having sold as low as Igc. Beets—25c per bu. Cabbage—Stationary at $3@4 per Ioo. Celery—12!4c per doz. bunches. Cider—-toc per gal. Cranberries—In fair demand at $8@ 10 per bbl. for Cape Cods. Jersey are plentiful at $2.50@2.75 per bu. box. 2 Eggs—Receipts have been very lib- eral and the local demand has not shown any improvment, although cold storage and pickled stock is pretty well out of the way. Strictly fresh bring 18c at present writing, but a few warm days would cause a considerable slump in price. Grapes—Malaga stock is held at $6 per keg of 60 Ibs. net. Hickory Nuts (Ohio)—Small, $1.25 per bu., large, $1 per bu. Honey—-Dealers ask 15@16c for white clover and 13@14c for dark buckwheat. Lettuce—15c per Ib. Onions—Spanish command about $1 per crate of 4o lbs. Home grown are dull and slow sale at 25c. Pop Corn—Rice, 3¢ per lb. Potatues—The market is without change and the indications are that no change for the better will occur until the local railroads make better rates to Southern points. Local shippers have urged the general freight agents here to arrange an ‘emergency rate,’’ so as to afford, Northern Michigan growers an outlet for their crops, but up to the pres- ent time the agitation has not met with success. Unless something is done soon, Michigan growers and shippers may as well conclude that they are des- tined to be shut out, so far as marketing the potato crop of 1895 is concerned. The Texas roads from St. Louis south offer to bear their proportion of a re- duction in rates, but the roads between here and St. Louis stubbornly refuse to make any concessions, assuming that a reduction in rates in an emergency like the present would be taken as_es- tablishing a precedent in times when the emergency was not so great. Seeds—Clover commands $4.75@5 for Mammoth, $4.55@4.70 for Medium, $5 for Alsyke, $3.50 for Crimson and $4.25 @4.75 for Alfalfa. Timothy commands $1.85 for Prime and $2 for Choice. Squash— %@ic per lb. for Hubbard. Sweet Potatoes—The market is un- changed, Illinois Jerseys bringing $4.25 per bbl. and $1.45 per bu. —__> 0»—___ A principal is bound by whatever his agent may 2 do within the scope of the power conferred, and upon the theory that where a right is conferred the power is also granted without which the right itself cannot exist, this scope includes whatever the agent may nec- essarily do in the performance of the particular act expressly authorized. ai ae A Rhode Island sailor has invented a successful apparatus, it is said, by which the motion of the waves is made to furnish the propelling power for a vessel at sea, by condensing air. —__\_» 0. The New York department of char- ities has provided a place where home- less people can obtain food and_ shelter for one night, but anyone who applies twice is sent to the workhouse. Hammond, Standish & Co. ~ - PACKERS Jobbers of Provisions ,,. Refiners of Lard = DETROIT, MICH. Branch Houses: = = - Bay City, East Saginaw, St. Ignace, Sault Ste. Marie. Car Terminals: - = - Alpena, Cheboygan, Manistee, Traverre City. tear dante aca arian aa ® ! e : Buckwheat Flour-— 4 e ; “EXCELSIOR SELF-RISING” ; © in attractive ten cent packages affords 25 per cent. profit. 2 ; Pleases everybody. Mfd. by > $ CHAPPELL & TELZROW, $ : 385-387 N. Ionia St. GRAND RAPIDS. 3 $OOOOO0O6 00 00000000000000000006000000000000000000 0000 Established 1876. Merchants having Beans for sale in Carlots or less we would like to purchase. Send sample with quantity and price or ship us your Beansand will pay mar- ket price delivered here. MOSELEY BROS., 7753037 OrTAva STREET Grand Rapids, Mich. Jobbers BEANS, SEEDS, POTATOES, FRUITS. Seasonable Goods Malaga Grapes, Bananas, Pop Corn, Sweet Potatoes, Cranberries, igs, Y Chestnuts. Apples, Celery, Send in your orders to ensure choice selections. BUNTING & COvcesssssse 2° 284 22 OTTAWA STREET, © MAYNARD, COON & BLIVEN ——==ai W holesale the ‘‘F’’ brand==™=— = Oysters = 54 S. IONIA ST,, GRAND-RAPIDS. - = - - aa Growers and Shippers of Fruits, Trees and Seeds. OYSTERS Old Reliable ANCHOR BRAND All orders receive prompt attention at lowest market price. See quotations in price Current. F. J. DETTENTHALER, jigeiig monroe St., GRAND RAPIDS. Tel. 1348. FAMOUS wo LVERIN E BRA Given best of satisfaction for eight years. In can or bulk—all grades. OSCAR ALLYN, 106 Canal St. Phone 1oo1. Tradesman Coupons are Superior fan eR ibe. fan eR ibe. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN THE MODERN MISSION OF ART. The red-letter days of the furniture exhibit are now at high tide. Grand Rapids, the acknowledged center of all that is best in the art that has made her the Mecca of the furniture devotee, has thrown open her doors and the exhibi- tors are busy in catering to the wants of the buyers. The designs are new and attractive. As it was well said in these columns last week, ‘‘there is a decided advantage in delicacy and artistic de- signs which argues well for the educa- tion of artistic taste among buyers. ”’ Ever since the Grecian sculptor laid down his chisel and the old masters of jater times put by the brush, the world has been talking of the Mission of Art. It is the ideal that is only valuable, and the only way in which art can bless the world is to portray,as well as it can, the hint of the beautiful ideal which floats before its vision. Free from all that is dross, these ideals are essentially religious, and it remained for art to embody them in enduring forms and so teach a common humanity the needed lessons of purity and truth. So the Gre- cian chisel touched the marble and Apollo stepped from the stone ; so Giotto breathed upon the rocks and the Cam- panile lifted its marvelous beauty to- wards the sky; so Raphael glorified his conscious canvas with the radiance of the Sistine Madonna; and art, satisfied with these results, forgot, in her admira- tion, the toiling masses whom this di- vine workmanship could never reach; while the ‘‘toiling masses,’’ convinced that these ideals were not for them, turned to the useful, the twin sister of the beautiful, to help them in their need. The prayer was heard, and the handmaiden of art turned from the cathedral and the picture gallery to the kitchen, and the modern mission of art began. What that mission has accomplished, even in a hundred years, the different exhibits show. The cumbersome settee has lost its angular outline and is now a thirg of beauty,-it pleases the eye in color as well as in form; and body and mind alike are rested and refreshed by it. The chair has been bent by artistic hands into comely shape; the table, stout as ever, has been fashioned into a pleasing design, until] what was shunned before, as belonging only to the rude and rough, has become in the hands of modern art a teacher of the beautiful in the common things of life, and so lifting, as the painting and the sculpture could not lift, the coarse and the common into a higher plane of liv- ing. The old parlor, gloomy with hair- cloth and mahogany; the old-time bedroom, bare as the eventless life that slept there; the cheerless dining- room, when there was one, forbidding as the silence which senseless ceremony insisted should there prevail, have taken their unwilling departure to the past that created them and modern art has filled these same rooms with beauty, until they vie in form and color with the beautiful in art, seen only in the olden time in the lines traced by the pencil and the chisel of the old masters. Art has at last come down from her pe- destal. She has made herself one with the masses, and the lightened leaven plainly shows that in due time the whole will be leaven. It is not difficult to show proofs of this. Not a farm house but stands as a witness of it. Nota schoolhouse dots the land in town or country which is not teaching its practical lesson in its practical way of the ideal and so-of the divine. Not a church but widens through these same silent teachers in pew and pulpit which the workshops of Grand Rapids have furnished and so make this western city of the Peninsu- lar State the Rome and the Dresden and the Louvre of that branch of art which enters most into the common, everyday life of the people and so accomplishes most of that mission which was once thought to come only from the pure ideal, an ideal found now, let us be- lieve, in delicacy and artistic designs, which argues well for the education of the artistic taste among buyers. Growth of the American Iron Indus- try. Since iron has become so_ absolutely indispensable to the various purposes of modern life, it is, of course, a mat- ter of the greatest importance that those countries which most use it should be able to produce it for themselves. For- tunately for the United States, its peo- ple are abundantly able, by virtue of their inexhaustible endowments of coal and ore, to make all the iron they ever can require. But the American people, in their shiftless way, for a long time utterly neglected their own great re- sources, and depended chiefly for their iron on foreign countries. In 1860 there was made in the United States about 800,000 tons of iron, and only 11,000 tons of it was converted in- to steel; while in 1894 the production of iron in this country was over 6,000, - 000,000 tons, of which 4,000,000, 000 tons was converted into steel. Of course, the production of iron so soon after the great financial panic is no criterion of the producing power of the country. The highest point ever reached in making iron in the United States was in 1890, when the product was over 9,000,00,000 tons. This sur- passed the greatest production of Great Britain, with which the United States about keeps pace. The wages in the United States pre- vent our people from making iron as cheap as is done in Europe, hence the home market is the one upon which our ironmakers must chiefly depend. But the consumption of iron, great as it is, still continues to grow at a rapid rate, and, with a return of good times, Amer- ican ironmasters will have fair prosper- ity. The law requires men, in their deal- ings with each other, to exercise proper vigilance, and apply their attention to those particulars which may be sup- posed to be within the reach of their observation and judgment, and not to close their eyes to the means of infor- mation accessible to them; but the seller must not use any art or practice any artifice to conceal defects, or make any representations or do any act to throw the purchaser off his guard, or to divert his eye, or to prevent his use of any present means of information. Where, for a valuable consideration, a creditor has agreed with his debtor to postpone and extend the time for pay- ment, so that the debt shall be payable from time to time, in installments, an action to recover the entire indebted- ness cannot be maintained until the amount of the last installment is due, notwithstanding the debtor has whelly failed to pay as the installments fell due. —___+ 2. Where a father and son have the same name, and a conveyance of land is made, leaving it uncertain on the face of the deed whether the grant is to the father or son, tHe law will presume that the father was intended as the grantee, in the absence of proof to the contrary. its usefulness i This is the Season of the Year... When you need “something warm” to drink, and there is no drink more wholesome and warming, and less harmful than a good cup of Tea or Coffee. We can supply you with the very best material for both of these drinks. Our Quakeress Jaan Teas and Quaker Toko, ~State House Blend and Golden Santos Coffees are of the highest character. You can prove this by trying them. Worden Grocer Co. Grand Rapids, [lich. That’s What, e -000@ -000@@ 0000 e -0000@@ -000@@ one rea? was -000@@ -2000@ 0008 E __ . -0000@ We have a letter trom a subscriber to.the; Tradesman, who in- oe forms us that the prices we quote in the Tradesman are a = —— sight more attractive than our terms, and wants to send “ee . -000® in an order upon regular time. -000@@ 0008 : : le : -eo@@ 230 Wee are making a strong bid for cash trade and prices must be ae attractive to draw this kind of trade. Some parties, also, @ +0000 find fault with the short time our offers are good. e =e e -000@ HL l | ve tu e ceee@ We offer this week to fill orders on theabasis“of all offers made @ ae by us in last three issues of the Tradesman. Now hustle in s -000@ your orders. " e e . > e =33 The Jas. Stewart Co., 3 . Sees: " 9 = @eee-- @eeoe-- eee. (LIMITED.) : @eee-- @eee-- @eece-- @eoe-- SAGINAW, MICH. @ee--. Oar. @eoe-- Oees-- e ' j { a ee ee ener enetirne na ntlen ons reread rs erasers ta eeveccamgtencighits OEE ee Oe Poa int EIR itso rnspnnte metry THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN GOTHAM GOSSIP. News from the Metropolis---Index of the Market. special Correspondence. New York, Jan. 18—We can’t have the Democratic convention in New York. Truth to tell, however, there is no grief over the result. We prefer bicycle exhibitions. The show which opens to-night promises to eclipse any- thing in that line the world has yet seen. There are $1,000,000 worth of wheels and appurtenances on exhibition. Everybody talks ‘‘bikes’’ and it is go- ing to be the biggest sort of year, be- yond a doubt, for the makers. The streets are lined with agencies which have sprung up since the new year opened and we are rapidly becoming a nation of wheelers. The grocery trade continues to drag its slow length along, and it is slow, indeed. There is certainly a disap- pointingly small volume of business be- ing transacted and the whole atmos- phere is impregnated with hesitation. One man sayssit 1s because neither buy- er nor seller knows what a ‘“‘dollar’’ is and that, until this infernal financial question is settled for good and all, there will be no steadfastness to busi- ness. There was a big failure in the sugar trade on Thursday, the old and well- known house of Perkins & Welsh being driven to the wall by the chaos which prevails in Cuba, where they had large investments. The liabilities will prob ably be nearly half a million. This failure, coming on top of a big cigar manufacturing failure and a suspension in the clothing trade in Chicago of nearly as large an amount, has a de- pressing influence. When the sky clears off, we shall see better things. Of course, the election of a President will keep things disturbed to a greater or less extent. The coffee market is very unsettled. There have been several chawges in quotations and at the close quotations are a trifle higher than a week ago, be- ing now I4c, against 13%c last week. Mild grades of the very best sorts are selling with considerable freedom, or, we should say, are held’ with consider- able firmness. There are afloat of Rio coffee 585,896 bags, against 504,746 bags last year. Sugar is selling much more freely. Orders by mail are numerous and gran- ulated advanced 1-16c. Foreign refined is steady and rather more attention is being paid thereto. There is nothing doing in teas.- The market is full of trash and many are inclined to think that the quality of tea would be improved zreatly were the talked-of duty imposed. Purchases can be made from 5@15c and it is no won- der the article does not grow in popular- ity. Firmness continues in the molasses market and holders express confidence in the situation. Stocks are well con- trolled by a few large dealers and _ buy- ers are not procrastinating in their pur- chases. Syrups are rather light of supply and the demand is sufficient to take practi- cally all offerings. Low grades and those which may be called medium quality are scarce. Glucose is well held at firm prices. Spices are improving. There is more confidence in the situation and prices are returning to something like a_nor- mal condition. There is no rush of trade, however. There have been several failures in the canned goods trade in Baltimore and New Jersey, indicating anything but a profitable market. There is very little doing and the consumption of late seems to have declined. This is at- tributable, probably, to the vast quanti- ties of trash which have been put on the market to sell at give-away prices. The outiook cannot be called encourag- ing. Foreign green fruit is selling well and recent sales at auction of lemons show an advance in quotations. Bananas are dulj and not much call prevails for grapes. Butter is dull and weaker. There has been a downward tendency all the week and at the close not over 23c can be ob- tained. The cheese market is in a better con- dition and,as stocks have become pretty well reduced and under control, there is a feeling that we shall see a steady im- provement from now on. Eggs continue in ample supply and have declined again to 20c for the best near-by stock. It is doubtful if there has been a winter when such liberal supplies of eggs could be found in, the middle of January as now. There is a quiet market for beans, with choice pea selling at $1.35: choice marrow, 1.52%; medium, 1.32144@1.35. —_—__—~»> 0. Partiai Programme for the Big Rapids Convention. The semi-annual convention of the Northern Michigan Retail Grocers’ As- sociation will be held at Big Rapids on Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb. 4 and 5, convening at 10 o’clock on the day first named. Every grocer doing business in Michigan north of the D.,G.H. & M. R’y is invited to attend the meeting, as matters of great importance to the trade will come up for discussion and action. Among the topics already assigned are the following: ‘*Should the retail grocer favor whole- sale department stores?’’ ‘*Should the jobber handle produce for the retail dealer?’’ ‘‘The pure food laws and their effect on the retail dealer.’’ ‘‘How can the present business con- ditions be improved?’’ ‘*Who will be the Moses of the potato market?’ ‘*The essentials of a successful busi- ness career.’’ **Cash vs. credit.’’ ‘“‘Was the invalid peddling law of 1895 a move in the right direction?’’ **Is it possible to improve the present exemption law?’ “‘Is it desirable to pay cash for produce instead of store trade?’’ ‘Wherein can this Association great- ly benefit the grocery trade of Northern Michigan?’’ ‘*Is it desirable to substitute weights for measures in the handling of prod- uce?’’ Other topics are under consideration and will probably be introduced. Extensive preparations have been made by the grocers of Big Rapids for the entertainment of their guests on the occasion of the convention, including a complimentary spread on the evening of Feb. 4. Believing that the Association is des- tined to accomplish much good for the grocers of Northern Michgian, the offi- cers extend a cordial invitation to all grocers to grace the occasion with their presence. a In Celebration of Franklin’s Birth- day. From the Grand Rapids Democrat, Jan. 18. The annual supper tendered thé thirty-six employes of the Tradesman Company by E. A. Stowe, President of the company, was spread last night in the dining-room of the Eagle Hotel. Forty covers were laid, the four places+ at the hea@ and foot of the long table being occupied by President and Mrs. E. A. Stowe and Secretary and Mrs. W. N. Fuller, respectively. A bountiful menu had been’ prepared, after a thorough discussion of which many ap- propriate and felicitous speeches were made by both officers and employes, the entire affair being highly enjoyable. The menu cards were decidely unique, bearing the shape of a miniature exten- sion table. The name of each guest was printed down both margins of one side and on the reverse were the names of the employes of each department of the printing and publishing establishment. The menu was printed on a small card attached to the larger one by a narrow satin ribbon, as were miniature diamond-shaped cards containing an nouncements of the event. The date se- lected—Jan. 17—-was commemorative of Benjamin Franklin’s birthday. Review of the Sugar farket. Detroit, Jan. 18—Refined, after open- ing 1-16c lower for several grades of softs on Monday, ruled steady with moderate demand until Thursday, when, on the strength of foreign mar- kets,a sharp demand sprung up toward the close and, continuing with increas- ing volume on Friday, was followed by 1-16c advance from cut loat to confec- tioners’ A, inclusive. The advance momentarily checked the demand on the grades affected, but the market con- tinued active for sotts. . While the situ- ation is devoid of new features, the strength of the position is becoming more generally appreciated, and we are likely to experience spasms of sharp demand at any time, on any improve- ment in primary markets. As the com- parative figures for the present and past year indicate from week to week an elimination of the visible surplus, this desire to secure supplies will have a tendency to hasten the upward move- ment. For the immediate future, how- ever, there seems to be no reasonable excuse for higher prices, the advance noted having brought refined above the usual parity with raws. The principal buyer of raw sugar being temporarily well supplied and apparently mdiffer- ent, we hardly look for any material changes in refined until transactions are reported at above present quotations, except in pursuance of an apparent de- termination to meet and check any ab- normal demand by sharp advances, which recent events have proven are sometimes followed by equally sharp declines. Jan.21—The week opened with a strong market in all positions. Raw sugars are held at 3%c for centrifugals and it is doubtful if any considerable quantity can be secured on this basis. An active demand is reported for refined and the tendency of all markets is upward. W. H. EpGAR & Son. oO The political situation in South Af- rica continues in a state of decided agi- tation. The Boers are exceedingly jealous of their authority in the Gov- ernment which is exerted in spite of the fact that they are greatly outnum- bered by the Uitlanders, largely con- sisting of English adventurers attract- ed by the mining interests. Of course, the whole trouble is caused by the _per- sistence of England in claiming su- zerainty of the country. The Boers have been ariven from country to country by British encroachments until they have gone ,as far as they can. This should be taken into consideration in deciding as to the justice of their claims while they are in the minority. It is probable that if England would surrender her claims, as seems likely to be the result of German interference, it would remove the objections the Boers have to the Uittlanders as sharers in the government, and would permit the formation of a republic that can- not fail to be of great political impor- tance in that part of the world. Purely Personal. C. C. Bunting (Bunting & Co.) has gone to Ohio, where he will spend a week or ten days in search of desirable shipping stock in the apple line. He will return via Western New York and Buffalo. Marshall D. Elgin, buyer for the Musselman Grocer Co., spent Monday and Tuesday in Chicago, looking up bargains and gazing rapturously into the eyes of—further than this the Trades- man is not permitted to go. G. W. A. Smith, Manager of the Ruby Match Co., Grand Haven, was in town Tuesday for the purpose of intro ducing his goods to the trade. Mr. Smith is a practical business man and experienced manufacturer and _ confi- dently expects to make a success of the business. WANTS COLUMN. BUSINESS CHANCES. | a EXCHANGE-.4 ACRES LOCATED IN A busy town in Northern Michigan, five min- utes’ walk from depot and boat landing; in good shape for platting. Want stock goods, value, $1,500: everything confidential. Box 76, Man- ton, Mich. 937 YANTED—TO EXCHANGE GOOD HOUSE and lot, with seven rooms and fine plas tered cellar, in Grand Rarids, for stock boots and shoes. Will pay acash difference. Address Box 87. Bowling Green. Ohio. 936 ANTED TO EXCHANGE-FOR STOCK of goods, a section of choice land in the great wheat belt of Northern Dakota. For par- ticulars address C. H. White, Battle Creek, Mich. 935 JOR SiLE--NICK STOCK OF DRUGS IN Northern Indiana; town of 600 in splendid farming country: no pharmacy law; price, $1,500. T. P. Stiles, Millersburg. Ind. 934 y ANTED—TO BUILD A FINE BLOCK 50x 100 feet, five stories and basement, on lot 34, South Ionia street, for responsible tenant wishing to rent for term of years. Rent very reasonable; location, one of the finest in the city for wholesale or manufacturing business, being within 10 rods of Union Depot. Edwin Fallas. 219 Livingston street, Grand Rapids. 939 KF YOU HAVE A GROCERY STOCK AND fixtures which you wish to sell, I will buy the same for cash. All business strictly confiden- tial. Address Box 533, Grand Rapids, Mich. 932 NOR SALE—CLEAN GROCERY STOCK IN city of 3,000 inhabitants. Stock and fixtures will inventory about $1,500. Best location. Ad- dress No. 933, Care Michigan Tradesman. 9338 NOR SALE—A SMALL STOCK OF GENERAL merchandise in best farming country in Michigan. Best reasons for selling. Address Lock Box 9, Woodland, Mich. 931 y ET US SEND YCU A DOLLAR ty pewriter ribbon for 7% cents, postpaid-Rem- ington, Caligraph or Smith Premier. School & Office Supply Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. 930 ro EXCHANGE—FIRST-CLASS REAL ES- tate for stock of groceries or general mer- chandise. Address Box 1296, Benton Harbor, Mich. 908 NOR SALE-STAPLE AND FANCY GRO- cery stock, i voicing about $1,400, located in live Southern Michigan town of 1,200 inhabitants; good trade, nearly all cash. Reasons for selling, other business. Address No. 907, care Michigan Tradesman. 907 NOR SALE—DRUG STOCK ON GOOD BUSI- ness street in Grand Rapids. Reason for selling, owner not a pharmacist. Address No. 890, care Michigan Tradesman. 890 OOD LOCATION FOR DRUGGIST. APPLY to No 884, care Michigan Tradesman. 884 1 2() WILL BUY W#LL-SELECTED 9 stock of bazaar and holiday goods in atown of 1,800 population. Good farming trade; location on the main corner of town; all goods new, just opened Nov. 9, 1895. Rent, 38 per month; size of store, 24x45. Poor health reason forselling. Address, J. Clark, care Mich- igan Tradesman. 888 OR SALE—A FIRST-CLASS HARDWARE and implement business in thriving village in good farming community. Address Brown & Sehler, Grand Rapids, Mich. 881 MISCELLANEOUS. _ MERCHANTS AND OTHERS to send me an order for Rubber Stamps. Will J. Weller. Muskegon, Mich. 938 ANTED—POSITION BY AN EXPERI- enced registered pharmacist familiar with all details of retail drug business. Will accept any kind of position. Aderess No. 913, care Michigan Tradesman. 913 ANTED-—SEVERAL MICHIGAN CEN. tral mileage books Address, stating price, Vindex, care Michigan Tradesman. ANTED—BUTTER, EGGS, POULTRY, PO- tatoes, onions, apples, cabbages, ete. Cor- respondence solicited. Watkins & Axe, 84-86 South Division street, Grand Rapids. 673 ANTED—EVERY DRUGGIST JUST COM- 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. Tradesman Com- pany, Grand Ranids. We Want to Buy A Drug Stock in country town. Price $500 to $600. Must be very desirable. Terms cash. LAMBERT & LOWIIAN, Detroit. 4 q ° alifeyite ¢ = AD PAT : e;° 2 a A OM PA " ees Detroit CTE I$ RUBBER STAIIP e Company. 99 Griswold Street.