¥ $ VOL. 3. ic GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, higan Tradesman. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1885. NO. U8, PERKINS & MASON, Tnstrance and Law Office, SOLICITORS OF PATENTS. MONEY TO LOAN ON REAL ESTATE. PENSION, BOUNTY AND ALL WAR CLAIMS PROSECUTED. Correspondence Solicited. 75 Lyon St., Court Block, Grand Rapids, Mich. Sweei (6 Laundry Soap MANUFACTURED BY OSBERNE, HOSICK & CO. CHICAGO, ILL. PEIRCE & WHITE, JOBBERS OF CHOICE IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC CIGARS, Plug, Fine Cut and Smok- ing Tobaccos, Specially Adapted to the Trade. 79 Canal Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. BATON & CHRISTENSON, Agents for a full line of \ W. Venable & Co.'s PETERSBURG, VA, PLUG TOBACCOS, NIMROD, E. C., BLUE RETER, SPREAD EAGLE, BIG FIVE CENTER. MILL HHL AG aNV “AGUNOW WAVS LSad [thas beenin constant use for 15 years, with a record equalled by none. WaArR- RANTED not to blow down unless the tower goes with it; or against any wind that does not disable substantial to be perfect; to outlast and do better work than any other mil! made. Agents wanted. Address Perkins Wind Mill & Ax Co., Mishawaka, Ind. Mention Tradesman. | Asbestos: 2.10, bly ys at shoes, $4 ¥ LADIES AND CHILDREN: How to make a lightsummer shoe “do” for winter. Mothers, do not fail to investigate and ue ama t Cocth vent 4 D4 Ic. aye te’ p fice |W ‘ L i SC. Ce, | Box iene | CINTE= ‘EASES this. We carry a full line of Seeds of every variety, both for field and garden. -arties in want should CEE] \ write to or see the GRAND RAPIDS GRAIN AND SEED C0. 71 CANAL STREET. DRYDEN & PALMER'S ROCE CANDY. Unquestionably the best in the market. As clear as crystal and as transparent as diamond. Try a box. John Caulficid, Sole Agent for Grand Rapids. A WORD TO RETAIL GROCERS Ask your wholesale grocer for Talmage Table Rice. It is equal to the best Carolina and very much lower in price. ALWAYS PACKED IN 100 POUND POCKETS. Dan Talmage’s Sons, New York. HENRY KRITZER, PROPRIETOR NEWAYGO Roller Mills MANUFACTURER OF THE “Crown Prince” BRAND. . ALWAYS UNIFORM IN QUALITY. FINEST GRADES OF WHEAT AND BUCKWHEAT FLOUR A SPECIALTY. BUCKWHEAT FLOUR, ROLLER PRO- CESS, GUARANTEED PURE. The Tower of Strength. Golden Seal Bitters, a perfect renovator of the system, carrying away «ll poisonous de- posits, Enriching, Refreshing and Invigorat- ing both mind and body. Easy of administra- tion, prompt in action, certain in results. Safe and reliable in all forms of liver, stomach, kid- ney and blood diseases. It is not a vile, fancy drink, but is entirely vegetable. This medicine has a magic effect in Liver Complaints and every form of disease where the stomach fails to do its work. Itisatonic. It will cure dys- pepsia. It is an alterative and the best remedy known to our Materia Medica for diseases of the blood. Jt willeure Kidney diseases, Ner- vousness, Headache, Sleeplessness and en- feebled condition of the system. The formula of Golden Seal Bitters is a prescription of a most successful German physician, and thou- sands ean testify to their curative powers. Sold by Hazeltine, Perkins & Co., wholesale druggists, Grand Rapid@, Mich. 9 ARTHUR R. ROOD, ATTORNEY, 43 PEARL STREET, ROOD BLOCK, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Collections a Specialty ! WANTED. TO CONTRACT FOR 2,000 CORDS OF BASSWOOD BOLTS FOR EXCELSIOR. ADDRESS A. DONKER, 383 BROAD- WAY, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ALBERT COYE & SONS MANUFACTURERS OF AWNINGS, TENTS HORSE AND WAGON COVERS. WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Oiled Clothing, Ducks, Stripes, Ete. 73 Canal Street, - Grand Rapids, Mich. CINSENG ROOT. We pay the highest price for it. Address Peck Bros,, razgists, Grand Rapids, Mich, STEAM LAUNDRY 43 and 45 Kent Street. STANLEY N. ALLEN, Proprietor. WE DO ONLY FIRST-CLASS WORK AND USE NO CHEMICALS. Orders by Mail and Express promptly at- tended to, PINCGCREE &SMITH Wholesale Manufacturers Boots, Shoes and Slippers DETROIT, MICH. | | very Pair Warranted, y E (3"Michigan Agents Woonsocket Rubber Company. &] Office and Factory—tl, 13, 15 and 17 Woodbridge street West. Dealers cordially invited to call on us when in town. LUDWIG WINTERNITZ, (Successor to P. Spitz,) SOLE AGENT OF Fermentum, The Only Reliable Compressed Yeast. Manufactured by Riverdale Dist. Co., ARCADE, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. Grocers and Bakers who wish to try “FERMENTUM?” can get samples and full directions by addressing or applying to the above. b. AUIS & U0, No. 4 Pearl Street, Grand Rapids. Aan 49 nN hei SHE Positively at whole- sale only. Orders by mail receive prompt at- tention and liberal dis- count, BROWN, HALL & G0, 20 AND 22 PEARL STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Fur Robes. We have the largest and most complete stock of these goods in the state. Japanese Goat Robes, Felt Lined...$ 5 00 Japanese Gray Goat, Plush Lined...$ 7 50 Japanese Extra Fur, Fancy Lined...$ 8 50 White Japanese Fur Robes........ $ 5 00 Dyed Black (imitation of bear) Felt PiGC0 Ga $ Dyed Black, Plush Lined, or Black Beaver Cloth Lined.............. $12 00 Extra Large, Extra Fine Fur, Jet Black, Fancy Lined, this is a very Oe Ps och ces $15 00 Black Center, White Border, or White Center and Black Border, Fancy BNO yank eons cwevdenias bes $15 00 Horse Blankets. Cheap Shaptd Blankets, 6oc, 75c, goc, $1, $1.25, $1.50, $1.75, $2, each. Cheap Square, goc, $1, $1.25, $1.40, $1.50, $1.65, $1.75, $2, each. Square Wool Blankets, $2, $2.50, $2.75, $3, $3.25, $3.50. Sizes 70x78, 76x80, 84xg0. Fine All Wool Blankets, $3.50, $3.75, $4, $4.50, $5, $5.50, $6, $7, $8, Pro each. Sixes, 76x80, 84x90, goxo6. Discount to Dealers. Mail orders will receive prompt attention. GRANELLO, MERCHANT TAILOR, LEDYARD BLOCK, 107 Ottawa St. Suitings for Manufacturers, g 00 Suitings for Jobbers, Suitings for Retailers, Suitings for Traveling Men, Suitings for Clerks, AND (vereoats for Kiverybody. AND DOMESTIC WOOL- THE BEST AND SER- FOREIGN ENS AND WORSTEDS, MANUFACTURED. FINE VICEABLE TRIMMINGS. SUPERIOR WORK AND THE PROP- ER STYLE FOR THE WEARER. ALL AT PRICES THAT WILL IN- DUCE YOU TO LEAVE YOUR ORDER. SI is valuable. The A r Grand Rapids AUF FOC wxs::0035 College is a practical trainer and fits its pupils for the vocations of busi- ness with all that the term implies. Send for Journal. Address C. G. SWENSBERG, Grand Rapids, Mich. Broken Down Invalids. Probably never in the history of Cough Med- icines has any article met success equal to that which has been showered upon Dr. Pete’s 35 cent Cough Cure. Thousands of hopeless eases of Coughs, Colds and Consumption have yielded to this truly miraculous discovery. For this reason, we feel warranted in risking our reputation and money on its merits. Sold by Hazeltine, Perkins & Co., wholesale drug- gists, Grand Rapids, Mich. LUDWIG WINTERNITZ, JOBBER OF Milwankee Star Brand Vinegars Pure Apple Cider and White Wine Vinegars, full strength and warranted absolutely pure. Send for samples and prices. Also dealer in Sauerkraut. Arcade, Grand Rapids, Mich. TO THE TRADE. We desire to call the attention of the Trade to our unusually complete stock of SCHOOL BOOKS, school Supplies And a General Line of MisceHaneous Books, Stationery, Paper, Ete. We have greatly increased our facilities for doing a General Jobbing Business, and shall hereafter be able to fill all orders promptly. We issue separate lists of Slates, School and Township Books, Blanks, Ete., which will be mailed on application. Quotations on any article in our stock cheer- fully furnished. We have the Agency of the REMINGTON TYPE WRITER For Western Michigan. Haton & Lyon 20 and 22 Monroe St., Grand Rapids, Mich. Never to our knowledge has any medicine met with the success as has Golden Seal Bit- ters. It combines the best remedies of the vegetable kingdom so as to derive the greatest medicinal effect, and is making wonderful cures. JUDD c& CO., JOBBERS of SADDLERY HARDWARE And Full Line Winter Goods. 102:\CANAL STREET. THE DEAD BEAT. Written expressly for THE TRADESMAN. MERCHANT’S SOLILOQUY. Past she sails arrayed in splendor, Sealskin sacque and Lyon’s fine, Envious eyes and hearts attend her, Gracious goodness! don’t she shine? Wonder will she call this morning, Or will some other business place Furnish silks for her adorning— Bolts of ribbon—clouds of lace. Ah! my friend, did you observe her? Yum-yum! Don’t she cut a dash? Let me whisper what she’s lacking— A pocket sometimes blessed with cash. The sealskin was a Christmas present, Bought of me a year ago, Sixteen times bills been presented, *Tis not paid for yet, you know. Last July she bought that velvet, Husband would call soon, you see; Perhaps he’s called a hundred places, Has not called, as yet, on me. She doesn’t seem to love us lately, Passes on the other side; Let herdo so. If she doesn’t Call, she will not get denied. GROCER’S SOLILOQUY. Whew! There goes Mrs. Von Slasher, in her seal and velvet dress, Methinks she boasts an added flourish, New dead-beat game on foot, I guess. All her last year's groceries faded Irom my shelves like morning mist, But the money for them never Left its impress on my fist. Cool two hundred, I’m lamenting, and may do so till I die, Silks and velvets pay no grocers’ Sills, on that you may rely. They’re the kind that swell in splendor, Tnose Von Slashers and their set. They live well, always dress in fashion, And never did they pay a debt. Their very style upholds their credit, Appearances deceive, you ses, But she’s got the last trust groceries That she'll ever get from me. ADA L. JOHNSON. A Mechanical and Scientific Notes of General Interest. Baltimore, Toledo and Philadelphia have added manual training to their publie school course. A France-Russian engineering commis- sion is prosecuting the undertaking of con- necting the Volga and Don rivers by canal. A new means of operating rope railways for inclines is to utilize the power of the lo- comotive employed to draw the train on the level thus avoiding the expense of keeping a stationary engine in operation when the intervals between its use are considerable. M. Pasteur, the celebrated French medi- cal scientist, has treated two severe cases of rabiti dog bite by his system of rabbit innoc- ulaton. In one ease a lad twelve years old had been bitten fourteen times. His life was saved and in three months he had fully recovered. In the other a boy of fifteen the treatment was equally suecessful. The addition of two stories to the height of the Cooper Institute a few years since made the weight to be sustained by the lower construction too great, so that it has been necessary to make alterations and re- pairs to the extent of a quarter of a million. This expense has been borne by several wealthy philanthropists of New York. Mr. George M. Hopkins, an attache of the Scientific American, has been quietly com- pleting his inventions and has organized a very strong company called the Inter-State Telephone Co., which it is claimed will do more for the solution of the monopoly prob- lem than all the litigation with which the Bell people have been fought so long. In- stead of employing the ‘‘vibratory” princi- ple which the latter company claim to con- trol, Mr. Hopkins employs the ‘‘make and break contact” principle, as in ordinary tel- egraphy, a positive break being caused by each vibration of the voice in speaking. The great advantage this system has over the Bell is the ability of transmitting effec- tively on lines of 1,000 miles and tpwards. , 2 A Slight Inadvertence. From the Detroit Tribune. “Did you hear the joke on Dr. Mulher- on?” asked a neighbor of the genial physi- cian yesterday. “About his new arrival?” was the queried reply. **No, this is more recent. It is said that the doctor, in making out a certificate the other day, inadvertently wrote his name in the space left for ‘cause of death’.” ~~ © —- Warranted by Circumstances. ‘See here, young man,” said a father as he was dressing for church, ‘‘that sort of language won’t do. Don’t you know it’s swearing?” ' “Yes, pa, but ma gaveme your collar but- ton to bring to you, and I’ve dropped it and can’t find it.” “Well, by the—the—er—ha—um—eternal hornspoons, that collar button must be found.” ——~> -2- << Paper and leather may be rendered very pliable by soaking in a solution of 1 part acetate of sodium or potassium in 4 to 10 parts of water, and drying. The Arabs still continue to obtain butter in the primitive fashion of 3,000 years ago. When traveling they milk their camels at dawn, and after their morning meal put the residue in a sheepskin bag and resume their journey. The jolting received en route does the churning and butter is ready at the | night encampment. The Power of the Boycott. From the New York Sun. The cigar manufacturers, Messrs. Strai- ton & Storm, reopened their factory on Mon- day after a lockout of about a month, and therefore their great force of operatives are now able once more to earn their living. The remerkable thing about this case is that the factory was not closed because of dullness of trade or dissatisfaction among the workmen. ‘‘We had employment all along for our people,” says Mr. Storm. “Out of two thousand people employed by he firm,” writes the man who was mainly responsible for the lockout, ‘‘not three per- sons could find fault with the treatment of their employers.” The factory stopped work because the la- bor organization to which the operatives be- longed had boyeotted the goods of the firm in the New England States, and thus seri- ously interfered with its business. Messrs. Straiton & Storm, as a measure of self-de- fense, decided to lock out their workmen until the boycott against the common inter- ests of employers and employed was re- moved; and at last it is removed through the exertions of the locked out operatives, who have lost in wages because of it about forty thousand dollars. The managers of the labor union find after investigation that the boycott of the tobacco manufacturers was all a mistake— that it ‘twas put on their goods without any cause;” and now the mistake is to be cor- rected, after it has caused a loss to the work- men of forty thousand dollars and to their employers of very much more, perhaps. But boyeotts where the union has made no mistakes as to the facts which have induced them are going on all the time. The product of a lager beer brewery is boycotted until the proprietors yield to the terms imposed on them by discontented em- ployes. A theater is boycotted until the manager agrees to employ only musicians belonging to a regular organization of mu- sicians, and, besides, to pay $400 for the expenses of boycotting him. The boycott on two other theaters has just been raised by orders from the labor union because the manager has been starved into making the concessions demanded by his musicians. All business was lately kept at a standstill in Galveston because a steamship company was boycotted. Two postmistresses, one in Massachusetts and one in Pennsylvania, are now boycotted because of objections to their appointment. These are only a few among many cases, but they serve to indicate the tremendous and revolutionary power of the new foree which organized labor has begun to wield, and whose use it learned from dis- satisfied tenants in Ireland. In the ancient Athenian republic Clisthe- nes devised ostracism as a of get- ting out of the way any public man whom the people feared or distrusted. If six thous- and of the citizens voted for the ostracism of aman, he was compelled to withdraw from the city within ten days, and remain in banishment at first for ten years, and af- terward for five years. Even Aristides, Themistocles and Cimon were thus quietly sent into exile. But the modern boycott, originally devised solely to punish employ- ers and capitalists by injuring or destroying their chances of making money, seems like- ly to become a political force even more ef- fective than ostracism was in the old Athen- ian republic. A few weeks ago, for instance a Connecti- cut correspondent described in the Sun the working of the boycott in that State, and how the Knights of Labor have aequired the balance of political power by boycotting po- litically eandidates who are objectionable to them. ‘There “is no question,” he said, ‘that the rise of this new spirit of menace on the part of labor is deeply agitating those at the head of the Ansonia manufacturing interests,” and there is no doubt that Con- necticut politicians are feeling very uneasy over the showing that the Knights of Labor made at the last election; and all business men in manufacturing towns know well the penalty of breaking faith with - the Knights.” We see, therefore, that there are terrible possibilities in the boycott. ———— <> +9 <- - method Distinction Between Broker and Commis- sion Merchant. A produce commission merchant is not taxable as a ‘‘merchandise broker,” accord- ing to the decision of the Pennsylvania Common Pleas. The courtsaid: ‘The ad- mitted facts of the case are that the busi- ness of the appellant for which he has been thus assessed is of the following nature: He receives fruits, butter, eggs, poultry, and various other kinds of country produce, which are consigned to him from distant points for sale, takes the same into his ex- clusive possession, has the exclusive care, custody and control thereof, holding him- self responsible therefor to his consignor, disposes of the same by sale and delivery in his own name, and upon accounting with his consignor receives for his compensation a certain percentage of the proceeds. It is apparent from this statement of the charac- ter of the business carried on by the appel- lant that he is not a broker but a factor, the difference between which pursuits is well defined by the law, as well as in the com- mon understanding of the people. A factor and a broker are both agents. A factor is employed either by a foreign or home mer- chant, or other person, and is intrusted with the possession and apparent ownership of the goods to be sold by him for his prinei- pal. A broker has not the custody of the goods of his principal. He is merely em- powered to effect the contract of sale, and when he has affeeted such sale he is funetus officio. A factor is distinguished from a broker by being intrusted by others with the possession and disposal of goods. A broker is employed merely in the negotiation of mereantile contracts. He is not intrusted with the possession of goods, and does not act in his own name. A merchandise bro- ker is a commercial agent who makes sales or purchases for others. His business is to make contracts to be executed by other peo- ple. custody of the goods, no property in them, no lien upon them, and as a general rule never sees them. The appellant’s business is altogether a different business from this. He is what is called in common parlance a produce commission merehant. ‘That is, he is a factor employed to sell products which are sent to him for sale, with which he deals He receives no consignments, has no as if he were the owner, in whieh he has a property, and maintain replevin and trover, or if sold, an action for the price.” special for which he may eee penn mmmenes The Failure as Viewed on the Ground. Otsego Correspondence The Norton & more talked about than have firms in town the Allegan Gazette. Wolff has been all the weeks. firm of other L am not very inquisitive, but have had a chance to talk with a few level-headed men, and this is my opinion in brief: The firm have assets to about $35,000 and _ liabilities of $60,000. '* Up to eight weeks ago they ,were solvent. Up to the time the creditors be- came alarmed and pounced upon the store and goods, they had paid all their bills as they matured, and they then declared that they should, in the future, have money to pay their bills as they matured or they would have on hand the goods for which the bills were made. This {was probably true two The some reason, were thrown into a panie and then the firm caught the same infeetion and all serambled to save all they could for themselves. Goods that creditors expected to find in the store were past two weeks ereditors, for ago. not to be found at this place, Plainwell, or Saranae, and ered- itors are probably not wild when they say the firm and a few unknown mum persons know where they are. The goods are not very likely buried or drowned and by and will have Are Norton, Wolff, and I They have bought extravagantly large asa by somebody chance to buy them. est? bills this fall; in some matters wild almost For example, a bill of $200 from Jennings & Smith, of for flavoring extracts. lieved that trade and prices of all zster hon- to craziness. Grand Rapids, In a man who be- was immediately to revive goods were going to rise 10, 15, or 25 per cent. in ninety days, sueh acts would be prudent, although the firm never sold $40,000 worth of goods in any year. As level-headed a man as there is in this town has the theory that Norton (who is really the firm) is a little off mentally, be- cause of losses that he has sustained outside of the store during the last five years, and affair that the charitable can entertain that know how Nor- That Norton has been too full of business troubles out- that is one solution of the ton’s business has run lately. side of the store to know how the store was being runis true. It is a fact that when Norton had no but the store he made money fast and kept it. All of thir- ty firms have replevined from the store. Some attachments have been made and chattle mortgages have been foreclosed, and many lawsuits will arise out of this matter. I predict that five will not see them all closed, and that lawyers and courts will get more than $60,000 out of the job. Goods have in a number of instanees been taken out of the store by replevin that the firm were never asked to give up to the claimants. Of course, this won’t hold. In some eases the claimant invoiced, called off, and appraised the goods, and his attorney listed them and no one else had anything to say about them. These won’t stick. A butcher who never clerked in a dry goods store and did not know delaine from linen, has appraised goods for replevin. Much of these proceedings has seemed like a grab- bag social. business goods years > > <> Western Union Tactics. From the Chicago Current. In Chicago, if a man send a ten-word tel- egram to, say, Washington, from the oftice of the Western Union Company, it costs him fifty cents. If he step across the street to the office of the? Mutual Union, which is the same rose under another name, the charge will be twenty cents. The differ- ence of cost may be on account of the super- ior black-walnut counter at the Western Union. We do not understand that the Western Union wires run through any bet- ter stretch of country than the wires of the Mutual Union. — sae The Michigan Trades. A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE Mercantile and Nanufacturing Interests of the Siate. E. A. STOWE, Editor. Terms $1 a year in advance, postage paid. Advertising rates made known on application. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1885. om ecemitearatinn enter Merchants and Manufacturers’ Exchange. Organized at Grand Rapids October 8, 1884. President—Lester J. Rindge. Vice-President—Chas. H. Leonard. Treasurer—Geo. B. Dunton. Annual Meeting—Second Wednesday evening of October. Regular Meetings—Second Wednesday even- ing of each month. Traverse City business Men's Association. President, Frank Hamilton; Secretary, C. T. Lockwood; Treasurer, J. T. Beadle. (@" Subscribers and others, when writing to advertisers, will confer a favor on the pub- lisher by mentioning that they saw the adver- tisement in the columns of this paper. ee THE “RED STREAK.” Although upwards of 200 letters of in- quiry were sent out by TuE TRADESMAN, asking for information respecting the ‘‘red streak” in the Late Rose potato, less than fifty replies have been received up to present writing. ‘These are given in fullin this week’s paper, and the others will be published as they are received, from week to week. Opinions as to the cause of the blight differ, but the majority—including Prof. Beal, an established authority on the subject—seem to favor the idea that the seed is ‘running out” and that it is not ad- visable to longer attempt to raise Late Rose potatoes. Prof. Beal’s letter is peculiarly suggestive and the information he imparts will be particularly appreciated at this time. The readiness with which he replies to all questions brought to his notice—and the avid- ity with which other experts in the same insti- tution hold themselves in readiness to assist in the promulgation of correct ideas—serve to assure the tax-payers of the State of the value of the Agricultural College and the experimental knowledge incidental thereto. Notwithstanding the attempt of several contributors to make it appear that the loss incident to the ‘‘red streak” is unimportant, it is nevertheless a fact that the defect has killed the shipping demand for the Late Rose, thus rendering it necessary to con- sume the crop at home. In localities where the local demand is small, the only course left for the farmer to pursue is to feed his crop to his stock, and this is being done in hundreds of instances. Based on a more thorough knowledge of the extent of the blight, THe TRADESMAN is prepared to maintain that its recent estimate of the loss to the shippers and growers of the State at $50,000 was only about half the real dam- age, which will undoubtedly exceed $100,- 000. tegarding the healthfulness of the pota- to, Tur TRADESMAN is not yet prepared to speak. A local health officer claims that several severe cases of diphtheria are direct- ly traceable to the use of ‘‘red streak” pota- toes, and Tor TrAprEsMAN has referred the matter to the State Board of Health, which body will make a thorough investiga- tion of the subject, and report in aecord- ance with ascertained results. Tue TRADESMAN will continue the dis- cussion of. this subject for some time to come, and earnestly solicits the opinion of all who have anything which would add to the interest of the discussion. If the number of letters of inquiry THe TRADESMAN is receiving from various parts of the State is any criterion, the grocer moyement is moving forward with a clean sweep which is bound to carry everything before it. In towns where organizations have already been formed, good results are noted almost from the beginning. Every member of the Grand Rapids Association has already received stuflicient returns to re- munerate him for the outlay of time and money involved in a year’s membership. The action taken by the Retail Grocers’ Association of Grand Rapids at the last meeting, providing for the exchange of de- linquent debtor lists with other associations publishing the same, serves to show the dead-beat that he will be shown no more mercy than he has exhibited toward his creditor. By asystem of exchanging lists, the delinquent can be tracked from town to town and made to pay the penalty rightly attaching his nefarious practices. ‘‘In un- ion there is strength.” The circular to the drug trade recently issued by Powers & Weightman, and given in full in this week’s paper, is worthy the careful consideration of every pharmacist in the State. The suggestion is timely and valuable and should receive the attention of every local and state pharmaceutical asso- ciation in the country. Tne TRADESMAN presents the compli- ments of the season—a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year—toits numerous friends and patrons, and trusts that the close of 1885 finds thom richer and happier than a year ago. The pharmacy law is now in full force, haying gone into final effect on the 18th. The law cannot fail to result in great good to the trade and the public at large. LA TNC ae thirty-four wholesale aud 2,005 AMONG THE TRADE. IN THE CITY. Wm. Morman has retired from the firm of Wm. Morman & Son, lime burners and deal- ers. The business will be conducted by Samuel A. Morman. Ludwig Winternitz will remove January 1 from his present location in the Arcade to 106 Kent street, where he will keep his stock of vinegar, sauerkraut, yeast and im- ported cheese. E. B. Husted has purchased a desirable mill site on the line of the Grand Rapids & Indiana, north of Leonard street, and will remove his planing mill from Petoskey to this place. He expects to be in readiness to begin operations in time for the spring trade. Curry & Holmes, grocers on Stocking street, have been closed on a $750 mort- gage held by the father of the second mem- ber of the firm. John Caulfield and Clark, Jewell & Co. hold a second mortgage for $400, on which they will probably not real- ize anything. The unsecured creditors will also walk the gang plank. A. C. Cutter, for the past eleven years manager of the lumber department of Han- nah, Lay & Co., has severed his connection with that firm and engaged in the lumber business on his own account about seven miles from Traverse City. He was in the city last week and purchased complete dry goods and grocery stocks. Spring & Com- pany furnished the dry goods. Rickard Bros. have sold their hardware stock on South Division street to a man named Hill, who has removed the stock to South Haven. The boys have leased the second floor of the Judd building, on Pearl able for the manufacture of their patent ex- tension step ladder and other patented spec- ialties. The new factory will be in opera- tion about January 1. An enterprising West Side grocer has adopted an ingenious method of bringing his name before his patrons on Christmas day. For two seasons past he has distri- buted about $100 worth of glassware each Christmas, and he has made arrangements to repeat the operation this year. The present is delivered to each family on Christ- mas morning, attached to a neat card bear- ing the name of the donor. The dealer says he finds that such a practice serves to create a friendly feeling on the part of his customers out of all proportion to the cost of the presents. AROUND THE STATE. Jorn Bros. sueceed Frederick Jorn in the grocery business at Sturgis. H. L. Brown, druggist and grocer at New Baltimore, has sold out. David Long, bazaar dealer at Lansing, has been closed on attachment. R. J. Pinkerton succeeds Pinkerton Bros. in the drug business at Bancroft. Sickles & Douglass succeed Douglass Bros. in general trade at Ashley. A. D. Baughman succeeds Jas. Landon in the dry goods business at Charlotte. Putnam Bros. succeed D. L. Smith & Co. in the hardware business at Nashville. Chas. Hecock succeeds Chas. Brown & Co. in the hardware business at Midland. A. C. Stetson, general dealer at Stetson, has closed out and removed to Colfax. A. Anderson sueceeds A. Anderson & Co. in the boot and shoe business at Cadillac. M. W. Brainard sueceeds Brainard & Drury in the grocery business at Coldwater. Margaret M. Campbell succeeds C. Key- ser & Co.in the hardware business at Monroe. The general store of H. A. Morrison, at Harrisville, has been closed on attachment. Wilson & Eldridge is the name of the firm. who have bought out A. C. Boyes, at Dow- ling. Jos. Brown has concluded to dispose of his grocery stock at Boyd’s Corners and re- turn to Maryland. Dr. J. F. Snydam, druggist at Alma, has moved into a new store he has lately con- structed at that place. tobert North has moved his general stock from Lake P. O. to Park City, where he has re-engaged in business. O. A. Cooper has retired from the firm of Cooper Bros., grocers at Charlevoix. The business will be continued by A. J. Cooper. John J. Heighes has purchased the gro- cery stock and fixtures of S. W. Perkins, at Williamsburg, and will continue the busi- ness. Peter Zalsman, who has operated a gen- eral store at Paris for several months past, has removed his stock to New Era, where he has re-engaged in business. A Lakeview correspondent says that “John E. and R. C. Tunter will soon open the fourth drug store here.” John E. Hun- ter was formerly engaged in the drug busi- ness on South Division street, this city. MANUFACTURING MATTERS. Canada parties have rented buildings at Owosso and will manufacture inside blinds, Jas. M. Baring, who recently moved his sawmill to Lakeview, has begun operations, N. W. Shautz, shingle mill operator at Remus, has put in a sawmill for custom sawing. W. J. Barnart has sold his planing mill at Bear Lake to the Hopkins Manufactur- ing Co. Ovid’s buggy manufacturing business and Lowell’s cutter making trade are both booming. J. O. Button has leased the Hopkins Station sawmill and will put the same in operation as soon as the repairs now under street, and will put in new machinery suit- }, Stiles Bros.’ new mill at Chase, to re- place their mill recently burned, is nearly ready for business. The St..John & Thibout Plow Co., of Kalamazoo, has been incorporated under the style of the St. Johns Plow Co. Rounds & Saxton, of Farwell, have made arrangements to purchase the canthook han- dle factory of Graham & Miller, and will put in a shingle machine. FURNITURE FACTS. Mallett & Walker succeed Geo. Fox in the furniture business at St. Ignace. John C. Peters succeeds Barnum & Gould in the furniture and undertaking business at Owosso. Walter Maxim and Grant Baker have formed a copartnership at Luther and en- gaged in the furniture business. The Pheenix Furniture Co. will establish a branch house in Chicago about January 1, locating on Wabash avenue, near Van Buren street. Messrs. Nelson, Matter & Co. made a similar move about three years ago, cater- ing only tothe wholesaletrade. The Pheenix Furniture Co. will look after both the wholesale and retail trade. Big Rapids News: A decided change in the ownership and management of the Big Rapids Furniture Co. will in all probability take place by January 1. J. G. Martz, who controls the stock, will either assume the management of the concern or else sell his stock at this time. William Van Loo has been manager of the company for years and may conclude to purchase the stock offered for sale. STRAY FACTS. W. J. Preece, miller at Monroe, has sold out to Stiles & Coux. John Reed has purchased Wm. E. Weav- er’s meat market at Luther. Robinson Bros. succeed C. the bakery business at Allegan. W. J. Sills succeeds Colwell & Sills in the flour and feed business at Detroit. Jas. Mathews succeeds Mathews & Wil- son in the livery business at Cadillac. W. F. Vanderburgh, banker at Roches- ter, has allowed his paper to go to protest. J. H. Cooke & Co. sueceed Evarts, Wil- liams & Co. in the brokerage business at Detroit. The banking firm of T. J. Tobey & Co., of Adrian, will hereafter be known as How- ell, Baker & Co. Wright & Lumsden succeed Wright, Lumsden & Colby in the lumber, lath and shingle business at Alma. The New Era Lumber Co., at New Era, has shut down for the season, having cut 7,500,000 feet, mostly pine. E. W. Miller, of Cadillac, has sold his meat market to Fred. Ernst and will builda two-story 22x80 hotel near the new C. & N. E. depot. The farmers in the neighborhood of Mo- line have wisely concluded that a cheese factory is the proper caper, and have ac- cordingly taken steps toward that end. There is more lumbering being done around Farwell this year than has been done since W. S. Garrish’s demise. About 100,000,000 will be put into streams and on the railroad this season. A. L. Dennis, of New Era, has a contract to get out 20,000 railroad ties; 50,000 feet of hemlock logs, and 20,000 feet of red oak lumber for furniture for Grand Rapids par- ties. He employs altogether 60 men. The Ionia County Savings Bank was or- ganized last week and will open for busi- ness early in January. Its officers are, H. R. Wagar, president, F. H. Dolan, vice- president, J. E. Just, cashier. The board of directors are among the prominent men of the county. Capital stock, $100,000. The Detroit News of recent date contains the following: ‘‘Sampson & Drury, Cadil- lac hardware dealers, have made, probably, the biggest sale ever made by local dealers in Northern Michigan, being 146 tons of 20 and 30 pound steel rail, with all the neces- sary fish-plates, bolts and spikes and net- ting between $7,000 and $8,000. The pur- chasers are Cadillac lumbermen.” As a matter of fact, the transaction nettéd the Cadillac firm only about $140. A. profit of $7,000 on one transaction is most too rich for the blood of a Michigan firm. <> -9-<——____ Purely Personal. W. A. Stebbins, formerly with the White- hall Manufacturing Co., has taken the posi- tion of book-keeper for the West Michigan Oil Co. C. C. Wolcott, formerly engaged in the hardware business at Nashville, but now a banker at Larimore, Dakota, was in town last Saturday, the guest of Dick Sheeran. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. B. Eggleston, of Wil- son, N. Y., are spending a few days with their nephew, Hub Baker, on their way home from an extended trip through the West. F. A. Ganson, formerly of the firm of Ganson, Campbell & Co., sawmill operators and general dealers at Lumberton, but now engaged in the grocery business at Lake- view, is in the city purchasing new goods. Jas. M. Boyd, Jr., who has represented the Globe Oil Co. in this city in the capac- ity of corresponding secretary for the past eight months, has resigned to aecept the position of manager of-the Star Lubricating Oil Co., at Cleveland. <-> --<-$_$_—__— Oatley Division, No. 102, of the Order of Railway Conductors, will give their first an- nual ball at Rinquet Hall on Christmas evening. The Division includes nearly all the conductors running out of Grand Rapids, which is sufficient guarantee that the oc- C. Wade in The Gripsack Brigade. There are forty T. P. A. men in Jack- son. A. F. Peake and wife, of Jackson, are visiting Leo. A. Caro and family through the holidays. Napoleon Bonaparte Chapman, represent- ing Henry C. Meyers, the New York cigar manufacturer was in town last week. Algernon Edmund White favors Tur TRADESMAN Office with a photograph of his little one, about a year old, who is destined to sit in the President’s chair at Washing- ton. All the papers published in the interest of the traveling fraternity are received and kept on file at Tok TRADESMAN office, sub- lect to the inspection of the gripsack bri- gade at all times. Jas. E. Ireland has engaged to travel for | Clark, Jewell & Co., the engagement to be- gin January 1. He will cover the Lake’ Shore and other territory formerly covered | by D. E. MeVean. Fred. Bosworth, a Kalamazoo traveler, | recently fell through the trestle bridge near the Grand Trunk depot at Cassopolis, soon after getting off the train in the darkness, and was severely injured. Martin N. Moyer, formerly general tray- | eling representative for the Phoenix Furni- | ture Co., but for the past three‘or four years with the Berkey & Gay Furniture Co. in the same capacity, has resigned the position to take the general management of the Wind- sor Folding Bed Co., at Chicago. Tue annual social party of the Grand Rap- ids traveling men, to be given at Armory Hall next Tuesday evening, promises to be the event of the season. All the boys will be there, and so will their wives and sweet- hearts, and unless THe TRADESMAN is very greatly mistaken there will be the jolliest and handsomest erowd ever seen in the Val- ley City. Tickets for the traveling men’s party, and also for supper at the Morton House, can be obtained at Time TRADESMAN office, of Geo. H. Seymour, Wm. H. Downs, Frank H. White, W. G. Hawkins, Chas. S. Robinson and others. All who have sold tickets are requested to report to Geo. Seymour Sat- urday evening and again Tuesday morning, in order that the number of plates needed at the Morton House may be determined. As the new year approaches and the ques- tion of engaging traveling men for another year presents itself, the matter of compen- sation receives more than usual considera- tion. A new rule is likely to be adopted by several firms, viz: To add the expenses of transacting business, and interest on capital employed, to the cost of the goods, and al- low the salesman fifty per cent. of the net profit. This is an equitable division and cannot fail to give satisfaction to both mer- chant and employee. The salesman, when he knows his income depends upon the re- sult of his labor, will study his own inter- | est, and thereby the interest of his employ- ers, by pushing the profitable goods and maintaining the rates on the leading arti- cles. To a certain extent he is a partner in the business and can tell, each day, what he has accomplished and what the net results of his sales amount to. The Eastern houses which have adopted this plan report that it has proven a suecess and materially inereas- ed the salaries of men who are competent and industrious. | | | | | | | { The Jackson Times thus pays its respects to the grip carriers of that place: The job- bing interest of Jackson is one of the most important features of the city. A quiet and unpretentious industry, it makes no great display and its magnitude is scarcely known | to the public or its importance fully realiz- ed. Over fifty establishments in this city | do a jobbing business, and their traveling salesmen, like the four winds of heaven, cover all the territory adjacent to the Cen- tral City. On every railroad running to and from Jackson, at every town, village and hamlet within a radius of 100 miles and tributary to Jackson, these capital, whole- souled commercial tourists, full of grit and eternal sand, and the enterprise that has made them famous, may be found ready to make a sale, They are the very backbone of the jobbing trade. They study the re- tailer; become his ardent friend; tell him the latest stories; post him on all the new ‘‘vags;” smoke country cigars with him, and, indeed, are an indispensable adjunct in the world of businessmen. Distinctively they are alike the life of the jobbing trade and the Good Samaritan of the retailer. Jackson is a substantial commercial city, and from her confines go out over a hundred gentlemen— Knights of the Grip —whose urbanity is pro- verbial, whose cleverness is notorious and whose capacity as salesmen are justly cele- brated far and near. > Noy. 6 the last spike of the Canadian Pa- cific Railway was driven. The road, includ- ing its branches, is said to have cost $250,- 000,000, and much of it is in regions where there is no traffic to begin upon. The sale of lands and opening new territory must be depended upon to make the enterprise a profitable one for a long time to come. ee ee ‘“*T was never exactly buried alive,” said an old clerk, recounting his experiences, “but I once worked a week in a shoe store that did not advertise. When I came out my hair was almost as white as you now see it. Solitary confinement did it.” ~~ <> A retail grocer of Barnesvi e, Ga., offers to allow any of his customers to eat any- thing they want from his stock for a week for twenty-five cents a day. Oe young man who tried it has paid a $5 dgcte far. ‘ 's bill so s : Good Words Unsolicited. I. 8S. Boice, dry goods, ble.” Dibble Bros., general dealers, Burnip’s Corn- ers: ‘Valuable paper.” Samuel Hale, general dealer, Lee: “I find it to be of more valuethan [at first anticipated.” Stitt Bros., general dealers, Stittsville: “We would not miss a numberof your paper for the price of one year’s subscription.” Spepard & Backman, druggists, Stanton: “We find THE 'FRADESMAN a very valuable paper and cannot well do without it.” Maurice M. Houseman, attorney, Grand Rap- ids: “Itisapaper that every merchant and professional man in this section should take— and read.” Jas. C. Avery & Co., cigar manufacturers and jobbers, Grand Haven: “We find il of Hastings: “Valua- great value in Our business and could not well afford to be without it.” W.F. McLaughlin & Co., jobbers of coffees and spices, Chicago: “We want your excel- lent paper to come regularly. May your en- terprise grow and prosper.” H. L. Carter, furniture, Sand Lake: ‘“Al- though but little space is devoted to my line of business, THE TRADESMAN has been a wel- come visitor in my store, and I hope and trust you will continue to prosper.” Alex. Barclay, cranberry grower, Whitefish Point: “it would be useless for me to say any- thing of its merits, for it carries them on its face all the time. But this I will say, that it is a dignified, respectable paper, and the only one in America which devotes so much of its space to the interests of the cranberry vine. Hence, it is the duty of all growers to support it.”* OYSTERS. | Canned in Baltimore. ar Prices To-Day, Subject to Change without Notice: E. & C. Selects E. & C. Standards No. 2 Standards Standard Bulks’ - 28 18 16 - 1.00 Eaton é& Christenson, GRAND RAPIDS, a= MICEX. Curtiss, Dunton & Go., HEADQUARTERS FOR WOODENWARE! A LINE OF WRITE CEDAR TUBS AND PAILS, THE BEST GOODS IN THE MARKET. TH ' ELKHART PAPER PAIL, Seger | THE BEST PAPER PAIL MADE. OIL TANKS, 1, 2 AND §$ DIAMOND and KING Oil Cans, BARRELS. “GOOD-ENOUGH OIL Cans, all Sizes, O1 and 58 Lyon 8t., Grand Rapids. CHOICE BUTTER A SPECIALTY! CALIFORNIA AND OTHER FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. Care- ful Attention Paid to Filling Orders. M. C. RUSSELL, 48 Ottawa st., Grand Rapids. HFALUAS, Wholesale & Commission---Batter & Hews a Specialty. Choice Butter always on hand. All Orders receive Prompt and Careful Attention. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. No. 1 Egg Crates for Sale. 97 and 99 Canal Street, Stevens’ No. 1 patent fillers used. 50 cents each. Grand Rapids, Michigan F. J. LAMB & Co., WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Hruits, Vegetables, Butter, Higgs, Cheese, HEitc. S and 10 Ionia St., Grand Rapids, Mich. SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO FILLING ORDERS. A. J. BROWN, COMMISSION MERCHANT, WHOLESALE DEALER IN WECETABLES, OYSTERS, ETC. Specialties: Florida Oranges, Cranberries, Sweet Potatoes. 18 North Division St., Grand Rapids, Mich. Drugs & AMedicines STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY. One Year—Geo. M. McDonald, Kalamazoo. Two Years—F. H. J. VanEmster, Bay City. Three Years—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon. Four Years—James Vernor, Detroit. Five Years—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor. President—Ottmar Eberbach. Secretary—Jacob Jesson. Treasurer—Jas. Vernor. : : Next place of meeting—At Grand Rapids, March 2, 1886. “9 Michigan State Pharmaceutical Association, OFFICERS. President—H. J. Brown, Ann Arbor. First Vice-President—Frank J. Wurzburg, Grand Rapids. : Second Vice-President—A. B. Stevens, Detroit, Third Vice-President—Frank Inglis, Detroit. Secretary—S. E. Parkell, Owosso. Treasurer—Wm. Dupont, Detroit. Executive Committee—Jacob Jesson, Geo. Gundrum, Frank Wells, F. W. R. Perry and John E. Peck. Local Secretary—Will L. White, Grand Rapids. Next place of meeting—At Grand Rapids, Tuesday, October 12, 1886. Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society. ORGANIZED OCTOBER 9, 1884. OFFICERS. President—Frank J. Wurzburg. Vice-President—W m. L. White. Secretary—Frank H. Escott. Treasurer—Henry B. Fairchild. : Board of Censors~President, Vice-President and Secretary. Board of Trustees—The President, Wm. H. Van Leeuwen, Isaac Watts, Wm. E. White, Wm. L. White. ; . Committee on Pharmacy—M. B. Kimm, H. E. Locher and Wm. E. White. Committee on Trade Matters—John E. Peck, H. B. Fairchild and Wm. H. Van Leeu‘ven. Committee on Legislation—Jas. D. Lacey, Isaac Watts and A. C. Bauer. Lb Regular Meetings—First Thursday evening in each month. : : Annual Meetings—First Thursday evening in November, Next Meeting—Thursday evening, January 7, at “The Tradesman”’ office. Detroit Pharmaceutical Society. Organized October, 1883. OFFICERS. President—Wm. Dupont. : First Vice-President—Frank Inglis. Seeond Vice President—J. W. Caldwell. Secretary and Treasurer—F. W. R. Perry. _ Assistant Secretary and Treasurer—A. B. Salt- zer. Annual Meeting—First Wednesday in June. Regular Meetings—First Wednesday in each month. Jackson County Pharmaceutical Asso- ciation. OFFICERS. President—R. F. Latimer. Vice-President—C. D. Colwell. Secretary—F. A. King. Treasurer—Chas. E. Humphrey. Board of Censors—Z. W. Waldron, C. E. Foot and C. H. Haskins. Saginaw County Pharmaceutical So- ciety. TEMPORARY OFFICERS. Chairman—Henry Melchers. Secretary—D. E. Prall. Next Meeting—Wednesday, January 15,2 p.m. Muskegon Drug Clerks’ Association. OFFICERS. President—I. F. Hopkins. Vice-President—John Meyers. Secretary and Treasurer—O. A. Lloyd. Regular Meetings—Second and fourth Friday of each month. Next Meeting—Tuesday evening, December 29. The Lord High Executioner’s List. Those who have seen the ‘*Mikado” will appreciate the patness of the following para- phrase of the Lord High Executioner’s song: As some day it may happen that a victim must be found For some blund’ring pharmacist, 1 have another list Of pharmaceutical offenders who might well . be underground: Who never would be missed, Who never would be missed. There is our enemy the sca)lper, who sells nos- trums below cost, And sells adulterated drugs to make up what . he’s lost; Whose store is filled with placards and his win- dows filled with bills, Saying “Sarsa a 60 cents,’’ a dime for “Liv- er Pills.” _~ He’s show bottles in his show window, and his sign reads “Pharmacist;” But he never would be missed, I’m sure he’d not be missed. There's the oily-tongued wholesalers, who with gelatin-coat pills; I have them on the list, I have them on the list. They coat you well with “taffy,” but they put it in the pills; And they never would be missed, I'm sure they’d not be missed. And the wise young man from Yorkville, with a literary bent, Whose wisdom, like his quinine, sells ‘ttwo grains for a cent;” And the Wolff in Sheep’s attire, who invades the Quaker camp, And writes columns for the Rundschau while he burns the midnight lamp; And that learned German exile whois nowa journalist; They’d none of them be missed, I’m sure they’d not be missed. There’s a lot of other fellows, but they may be 1ere to-night, So perhaps I'd best desist, Though | have them on the list. But one of you can wink at me if you think I am not right, And if they will be missed, I'll let them all exist. There’s the isinglass importer, who is down on Uncle Sam, And never takes the customs oath but what he says a d——n; : And the man who tells you peppermint is ruined by the frost, Orthat the drouth has withered it, and all the crop is lost; And the man who corners cubebs, and swears that none exists; Perhaps they might be missed, But I don’t think they’d be missed. There’s the Deutscher apotheker who plays the violin; The punning pharmacist, I have him on the list; And the N. RK. D.exponent whostrivesto bring you in; He'd probably be missed; In fact, they’d both be missed. And the men who in the summer open drug stores by the sea, And for a draught{to *‘cool your coppers” have the nerve to charge a “V;” And the men who make tooth powder, and those who make cologne, And when you ask for Lubin’s, begin to praise their own; And the druggist politician, who’s likewise a pianist; Do you think they’d be missed? i’m sure they’d not be missed. eo — A. P. Emery, of Mendon, one of the largest peppermint growers in Michigan has 70 acres under cultivation and proposes to make it 90 next season, He has torn down his distillery to make room for a larger one. Order a sample package of Bethesda Min eral Spring Water from Hazeltine, Perkins & Co. See quofations in another column. Scarlet Label on Morphine Bottles. Messrs. Powers & Weightman have issued the following timely suggestion to the trade: © You are probably aware that the legisla- tures of Florida and Georgia have enacted laws regulating the manner in which pack- ages containing sulphate and other prepar- ations of Morphia shall be wrapped, etc., when sold in their respective states. In Florida, the bottles must be wrapped in scarlet paper. In Georgia, a scarlet label, with white letters, is required, as well as a scarlet wrapper. The Georgia law is as follows; An act to prescribe the manner of selling the sulphate and other preparations of mor- phine in this State, and for other purposes. Section 1. Beit enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia: That on and after the first day of January, Eigh- teen Hundred and Eighty-six, it shall notbe lawful for any druggist or other dealer in drugs and medicines to sell or offer for sale any Sulphate or other preparations of Mor- phine, in any bottle, vial, envelope or other package, unless same shall be wrapped in a scarlet paper or envelope, and all bottles or vials used for the above purpose, shall have in addition to said searlet wrapper, a scar- let label, lettered in white letters, plainly naming the contents of said bottle. Section 2. Beit further enacted by the authority aforesaid: That anyone violating the provisions of the above section, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars, at the discretion of the court, for each and every violation of the preceding section. Be it further enacted: That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. [Ap- proved Oct. 15, 1885. Recent mistakes, in some cases attended by most distressing circumstances, and _fol- lowed even by loss of life, have drawn the attention of druggists and the general pub- lic to the necessity of additional safeguards in handling morphia preparations. The subject has been discussed by Phar- maceutical Associations in convention; by the publie press, as well as by journals and newspapers specially devoted to drug inter- ests; and, as has already been stated, action has been taken by the legislatures of two states. It is more than probable that other states wil! enact laws of similar character to those now in force in Florida and Georgia, and it will be of very great importance to dealers, as well as to manufacturers, to have laws harmonizing as closely as possible. Should one state require a scarlet label with white letters: another a black label with white letters, another a green label, ete., the greatest confusion would result. Manufac- turers and dealers alike would be quite un- able to regulate their supplies so as to meet, with promptness, requirements so conflict- ing in character, while consumers would be utterly at a loss to understand why an arti- cle heretofore presenting a uniform appear- ance, should be offered in various styles, and differing so greatly from what they have been accustomed to receive. Hence we think it would be well to have brought to the attention of your State Phar- maceutical Association, or such other or- ganization as you may deem proper, the ad- visability of adopting a label similar to that required in Georgia, a scarlet label with white letters. Such a recommendation, ad- dressed to the legislature of your State by so well advised a body as you State Phar- maceutical Association, would doubtless be adopted. The Drug Market. Business is good and collections fairly so. Quinine is very much depressed, and the German article has declined 10 cents an ounce. Whether the American manufac- turers will meet the decline remains to be seen. Pink root has sustained a consider- able advance, in consequence of scarcity. Other articles in the drug line are about steady. << No Need of It. The maid expects Her beau to-night, And fills the stove With anthracite, Because the air Is raw and damp, But quite forgets To till the lamp. John E. Peck, as a member of the Execu- tive Committee of the Michigan State Phar- maceutical Association, has received a letter from Secretary Parkill, asking his opinion of the advisability of printing the constitu- tion and by-laws of one of the local phar- maceutical societies in the published pro- ceedings of the Association. Mr. Peck re- plied that he was unqualifiedly in favor of the project, on account of the value it would possess to druggists in towns where it might be desirable to organize similar so- cieties, and THe TRADESMAN cordially en- dorses Mr. Peck’s approval of the measure. - > -.<——____ L. M. Mills and M. 8. Goodman have formed a copartnership underthe firm name of Mills & Goodman and engaged in the gener- al drug store and drug clerk brokerage bus- iness under the style of the Michigan Drug Exchange. Under this arrangement, per- sons desiring to purchase or sell drug stocks, proprietors wishing to engage clerks and clerks desiring to obtain situations, can be supplied with the information at the dispos- al of the Exchange on the payment of a cer- tain stipulated fee. i The Firmenich Manufacturing Co., of Peoria, U1., which in June purchased the plant of the late Glucose Company, of Mar- shalltown, Iowa, for a consideration of $65,- 000, has enlarged and refitted the same for the manufacture of its starch, and re- moved ite headquarters from Peoria, IIl., te Marshalltown, lowa. ‘| many people pronounce it an outrage. Both -_ | The “Boycotting” Folly. From the Mechanical News. We speak of it asa folly simply, though the name and the thing are importations from abroad, although the practice here is of a somewhat milder type than the foreign original. It does not, except in rare cases, take the form of physical violence, but ex- pends its force in denunciation and threats. There have been, it is true, dangerous strikes in this country, amounting to riots and oc- casionally we hear of attacks upon persons and property by men of various trades who conceive that this is a judicious method of advancing the interests of labor and pro- moting the general prosperity. Buildings are sometimes assailed, material destroyed, and workmen who persist in acting on the principle that half a loaf is better than no bread, and whose families are in dire dis- tress for want of that half loaf, are stoned or cudgeled into a realizing sense of their mistake. But boycotting, or cutting off the trade of an establishment which has made itself obnoxious by retusing to be governed by the regulations of trades unions, is a dis- tinct and peculiar feature of the warfare of ‘Jabor against capital.” As we have said, itis not ordinarily carried so far, in this country, as an actual breach of the peace. It commonly takes the form of banners and transparencies borne in a procession, ap- pealing to the lookers-on to ‘‘boycott So- and-So’s beer,” to refrain from buying some- body’s make of shoes, to withhold their pat- ronage from certain newspapers, and to as- sist in confining to infamy some particular merchant or manufacturer, or foreman, who has distinguished himself by resisting the demands of the trade unions. Examples of this sort are constantly seen in the large cities, and were numerously observed in a recent labor parade in New York. Whether the firms and individuals who are thus publicly denounced and held up to execration, and whose business an attempt is openly made to destroy, have a legal remedy against attacks of that kind, we need not here consider. The important point in the case is that the cause of labor, or in other words, the material interest of every one who depends on his wages for a living, is the chief sufferer from the pro- ceedings we have deseribed. People are not kept away from stores or factories where it is profitable for them to deal, by any of these boycotting appeals. They will buy where they can get the most for their money; and even the boycotters are not ex- ception to the rule when they have full lib- erty of choice. As far as public sympathy is affected it is quite as likely to be drawn toward the concerns which are made the objects of attack as toward the attacking party. The community at large do not trouble themselves to inquire closely into the merits of the disputes which are con- stantly occurring between trades unions on the one side and manufacturing firms, print- ing houses, breweries and mercantile estab- lishments on the other. They assume that in such cases, as in ninty-nine out of every hundred on reeord, there are two sides to the question, and that each party would gain by making concessions; and as to which is most to blame they are apt to judge by observing the spirit and methods in which it carries on the controversy. The persons who earry ‘‘boycotting” banners un- questionably do more harm than good to the cause of labor by adopting that kind of tac- ties. Trade unions are perfectly legitimate or- ganizations, but coercion, violence, threats and boycotting are not legitimate instru- ments for the attainment of their ends. They cannot possibly succeed in any of their undertakings if they defy public opinion or ignore the laws by which society binds and protects its members. If they could accom- plish their purposes in that way, it would indicate a most alarming state of things, sinte it would imply that the restraints on which the safety and welfare of every man depend—those of the trade-unionist as much as any one else—had lost their force, and that all the conditions are ripe fora reign of terror. L. M. S. GOODMAN, MICHIGAN DRUG EXCHANGE, Mills & Goodman, Props. To the Drug Trade. We hereby announce to the trade that we M. MILLS. have established are liable bureau for the dissemination of information relating to the purchase and sale of drug stocks, as well as an employment bureau for clerks and employers desiring the services of exper- ienced pharmacists. Our facilities are unsurpassed and our terms are as reasonable as could be expect- ed, considering the advantages we offer. For circulars and full particulars, address MICHIGAN DRUG EXCHANGE, , 357 SOUTH UNION ST., WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT, Advanced—Pink root, alcohol. Declined—Quinine, German. ACIDS. BOOMO, NOL Boo oa) peas os Acetic, C. P. (Sp. grav. 1.040)...... CAP UOHO. ioe iss ceudda ck cv arice A eee elo oar ase. Muriatic 18 deg............-.0.0005 PUTRI BBO ec ec lac ce : RN ay i ded encces Sulphuric 66deg................. a Tartaric powdered................ Benzoic, English............. B Oz Benzotc, German..........-.-.0+++ TIN i ick cba asmnece ns AMMONIA. PAPTIOR BEG inci occtsy cosh nanee 8 b Muriate (Powd. 22¢).............54: Faun 6 Gem OF Br... .... cs cnctenss Aqua 18 dew OF 40... cesses ses ee BALSAMS. OT oo katie cess ceay OR ee a ia cu ce hes ba ee ee nen eas oo a oc ew oe ve ees Cane es MN eb aes 88 © O8 OHONHANHOS BARKS. Cassia, in mats (Pow’d 20¢c)........ Cinchona, yellow............--++- ME, BELOGB ooo. hicks on bees pec cane Elm, ground, pure.............+--. Elm, powdered, puré..............- Basentrag, OF TOOC.. .... +s os anon se Wild Cherry, select................ Bayberry powdered............... Hemlock powdered..............-- PO ik ian ce davawe se ceeeres Soap ground. . BERRIES, Cubeb prime (Powd 95c).......... NOE og igs ans oe BVIOIIE BGO ko cares bas ce os cc as 50 EXTRACTS. Licorice (10 and 25 i boxes, 25c)... Licorice, powdered, pure..... as Logwood, bulk (12 and 25 Ib doxes). Logwood, 1s (25 ib boxes).......... Lgowood, 4s do Logwood, 4s do Logwood, ass’a@_ do Fluid Extracts—25 @ cent. off list. FLOWERS. PIG oe eek ese an ce cedasccnanas Chamomile, Roman............... Chamomile, German.............. GUMS. Aloes, BArbadoes..............-+-- Aloes, Cape (Powd 20¢)............ Aloes, Socotrine (Powd 60c)....... MOI as ce cca ca snate Arabic, powdered select.......... ArubDIO, I8t DICKEG.........-..-+.-- Arabic,2d picked.............0.06+ ATADIC, 30 DICKOG.............-++5- Arabic, sifted sorts................ Assafcentida, prime (Powd 35c)... PO ac ads cece es need seen ns MOTOR oo cece bes ses ee ne Catechu. Is (% l4e, \s 16c) ...... : Euphorbium powdered............ Galbanum strained................ MOOS ea bk a eae os con = Guaiac, prime (Powd 45¢)....... : Kino [Powdered, d0c].............. TR eae ce oc cnerss Myrrh. Turkish (Powdered 47e)... Opium, pure (Powd $5 25).......... Shellac, eee Dek et aca eee POU AG, MAPA oii c cc cdce st enes = PO UOG, WATIVO.. ccc i cassis caaear sos Shellac bleached................... OMA OREN oo sca e cnn ae se a eet 30 @l HERBS—IN OUNCE PACKAGES. 10 @ 55@ On wt %@ TO oa oa bona wc ce de ee oa sa hh an cn eke ican ee cane eh te nesdcemseesanas P Te tis ce cen caaesiuaeanens ace OTIS ns ces i nes ec aencchvedeeonesaces WOrmwood .. oo 6 os 0c sense IRON. Citrate and Quinine............... Solution mur., for tinctures...... Sulphate, pure crystal............ oii ca cee co ceccekeceas POOR ONOLG 6 eis ces ee eves e es LEAVES. Buchu, short (Powd 25c)........... 13 Sage, Italian, bulk (148 & 4s, le)... Seuna, Alex, natural.............. Senna, Alex. sifted and garbled.. Senna, powdered.................- Meni TORIVO.. . oss 5.555 oe ee ccs MO GE cas cap ecceesncecscs TROON, nas ce dco k ane eeeee nee MO oa oes obese tc ne nee PE on. eco a eee bea cns «xe MOBO, FOO cb ee a ccna sss LIQUORS. W., D. & Co.’s Sour Mash Whisky.2 Druggists’ Favorite Rye.......... 17 Whisky, other brands............. 1 «ss o0 ee A on ds os wan wea 2 00 PN cy ada e ces ks ce dea ke ens 175 CTR, WINOG, «v6 ons ce cece ese oe 1 2 PPO OE ons rachis des neck ca eecs 135 MAGNESIA. Carbonate, Pattison’s, 2 0z........ Carbonate, Jenning’s, 20Z......... Citrate, H., P. & Co.’s solution.... PO OPNOG es cece nes ce unes eae OILS. PATRON, BWOGE. 0 oc ok is ccc cccess vace Amber, rectified...........0......: ee i inns cu ceweans WU OE bei ik as ccs cece cheese TOPO BOING ook os vc onsen ceed ce cease EE ne TR IO. eas elec keene ween Cajeput ............ eee ee eee ee eee Oe i eae hace cai anus Cedar, commercial (Pure 75c)..... i OE Ee ee ea ON ka ba cs enc ens secs ccneee Coa taver,N.F...... ...-. -B gal Cod Liver, best......... nee Cod Liver, H., P. & Co.’s, 16 epee, ©. Wo sacs ss MONOD oe ie be wc ck a ke caneenss PEO oo 5 kno ce bebe be hbks on os CPOPRTUUI DW OZ. occ c cee c tense ces Hemlock, commercial (Pure 75c).. mPUTOE WORK. oc pe cc casa casecneces PUOIDOP DOLPIOG.. co. ease ccen secs Lavender flowers, French......... Lavender garden do Lavender spike Lemon, NOW Crop...............66. Lemon, Sanderson’s............... TOD PONE nace ve ae ens oh os wees Olive, Malaga........... » Olive, ‘‘Sublime Italian . Origanum, red flowers, French... Origenum, NO. 1. 22... cee eeccsse TOGMVEOV OE cick voy caee nts saan se ae Peppermint, white................ TROND WE ODj ooo nc ned ccc nncsacans> Rosemary, French (Flowers $1 50) PURI, OP oo os os gc ad cose es Ne asker pacudeieeheseaee Sandal Wood, German............ HOGA WOOK, Wa Bias bese cscccces BABI EM cis deca a tl ceca swans ban Spearmint. . ON ay dine vce keke ce meaaaces We EU TO ooo s svn bee tee es WU AIEOTETOGR . ooo sce cece cocedna se Wormwood, No. 1(Pure $4.00)..... OBOE oa ba cc cece ec ecee kane cee POTASSIUM. DO SD SD et et Wet DOD © 10 TRIOTOUIAUE. 5 ones cass eae cones 8 Ib Bromide, cryst. and gran. bulk... Chlorate, eryst (Powd 27¢)......... Iodide, eryst. and gran. bulk..... 3 Prugsiate VOLOW.......seccccscccesss ROOTS. oe as i cas PATRI GUNG ooo vo ow ck dnnnces os va ou hs Arrow, St. Vincent’s.............. Arrow, Taylor’s, in 4s and ¥%s.... Blood (Powd 18¢)............00e08. ; Calamus, DECIOG...... 60.5 ..scce aes Calamus, German white, peeled., Elecampane, powdered............ Gentian (Powd l5c)................ Ginger, African (Powd l4c)........ Ginger, Jamaica bleached........ Golden Seal (Powd 25c)............ Hellebore, white, powdered....... Ipecac, Rio, powdered............ . alap, powdered................... Licorice, select (Powd 15)......... Licorice, extra select...... ae ll @ SSE ~ 5 Fe ct + c 2 Rhei, from select to choice....... 1 Rhei, powdered E. I................ 1 Ss GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Rhei, choice cut cubes............ Rhei, choice cut fingers.......... ‘ 22S ze or _ BSURS 5 Ole 3 S3nR 2 eF-3N-3 NOoweiwe oo S * 60 27 00 PORTING oo po cn hee cn sane eens Saedag heen ‘ POOPOGE BEGUOPAIE, 6 ois sca ss cen encccan bo ananes 5 TO yaks rene ccs ncaesnen anes eueeas f ee eae ee, 30 SS + or oS SSSSRNSSSS! uo Sus One et OO Te eto R@4 40@43 25 00 28 RSSSSES Serpentaria.. 6. oo... 0c ccc secs csc dee Seneka........ PepUb ie Vices s eels cet ; Sarsaparilla, Hondurus........... Sarsaparilla, Mexican............. Squills, white (Powd 35c).......... alerian, English (Powd 30c)...... Valerian, Vermont (Powd 28¢e)... SEEDS. Anise, Italian (Powd 20e).......... Bird, mixed in ® packages........ 5 @ Canary, Smyrna.............. ve @ Caraway, best Dutch (Powd 20c). 15 @ Cardamon, Aleppee............... 1 Cardamon, Malabar.............. as i OPE oc ee Coriander, pest English........... Fennel Flax, pure grd (bb! 34)............ xe Foenugreek, powdered............ @ Hemp, Hussian.......@........... L4G Mustard, white Black 00) eel aaa. a cc accl, wae eee cco. ce, Wort, DOVANG 2 ooo). occ. cool ec: oS SPONGES. Florida sheeps’ wool, carriage..... 225 @2 Nassau oO a0 6... 2 Velvet Extra do es 1 Extra Yellow do Grass do Hard head, for slate use........... Yellow Reef, do MISCELLANEOUS. Alcohol, grain (bbl $2.21) ® gal.... Alcohol, wood, 95 per cent ex. ref. Anodyne Hoffman’s............... Arsenic, Donovan’s solution...... Arsenic, Fowler’s solution........ Avmeteo TH rOls.................. a 2 Ib Alum, ground (Powd 9¢).......... Po oT Antimony, powdered, com’l...... Arsenic, white, powdered......... oa Bay Rum, imported, best......... Bay Rum, domestic, H., P. & Co.’s. penn Glee Bnds................. POO, TOMI ooo caches MOOMUI, VEN ooo ois os os cc oc 7 00 Bismuth, sub nitrate.............. Blue Pill (Powd 70c)............... Te VOR occ. see ec 6 Borax, refined (Powd 12e)..... ... Cantharides, Russian powdered.. Capsicum Pods, African.......... Capsicum Pods, African pow’d... Capsicum Pods, Bombay do... CPPS, HO. 40 oie cc cco ceca ces. ANN Oo oc acdeis ss Calomel. Ameorican................ Chalk, prepared drop.............. Chalk, precipitate English........ Crain, veel Gneere..........:...... Cnale, white famin................. Chloroform, Sauibb’s............. Colocynth apples Chloral hydrate, German crusts.. Chioral do do cryst... Chloral do Scherin’s do ... Chloral do do crusts... oe Oo a as Cinchonidia, P. & W...... it cua: Cinchonidia, other brands......... CAOVOES (POWG BEC). 6 66 ook oc co cc cuss Cochineal Cocoa Butter........ Beak ea ecdades. Copperas (by bbl Ice)............... Corrosive Sublimate............... Corks, X and XX—40 off list...... Cream Tartar, pure powdered Cream Tartar, grocer’s, 10 Ib box.. a ee aa Cucboar, primeé.................... Cuttie Wish Bone................... WO ee ila... occ. Dover's Powders.................. Dragon’s Blood Mass.............. WrmOt POWGGred,. ................. eo Emery, Turkish, all No.’s......... Epsom Salts (bbl. 13g)... 00.0. .000.. WON, TO a oo os da os ecco cnace Ether, sulphuric, U.S. P.......... pg a a GYAins Faragise................<.. Gelatine, Cooper’s................. Gelatine, French .................. Glassware, flint, 79 off,by box 60 off Glassware, green, 60 and 10 dis.... ie. COMO... ices, Glue, white , CEVOCVING, DUNG. . oo ooo cs ec ac cece ns Hops %s and }48............. aa TOOROTIG DD OM. oo oe vans ccc ccec ccs ee Insect Powder, best Dalmatian... Insect Powder, H., P. & Co,, boxes Iodine, resublimed................ Isinglass, American............... PRO oe ecb cacs acces BOOGOM PUIDIO.. .. . 6.5.6 cc cc ess cce EMOOKE COCEONE secs oe in ceca ecedes ees Lime, chloride, (4s 2s 10c & \s le) PU a ein ccus as ceecseaces POCO MOGIITN ow soo cc nec cec ccc dees PO ie ea a, Madder, best Dutch.............. Manna, 8. F ee a Morphia, sulph., P.& W...... 8 oz Musk, Canton, H., P. & Co.’s...... WORE, FOOIANG. «6. ooo ok esc cn ae 8 b TOG, BONG oo oc cn ss cc ce ee ce ncee Mustard, English.................. Mustard, grocer’s, 10 ib cans...... RN i ike ewe cance ecesce eG ee Me POMC oa elise i icc, Ointment. Mercurial, 4d.......... py a Pepper, Black Berry.............. ee elisa ence cuccucus Pitch, True Burgundy............. Quassia Quinia, Sulph, P, & W........ Ib 02 Quinine, German... ........cccccese Red Precipitate............... Ib Seialitz Mixture.............06.00. SUryONMis, CTVBE. . oo... ccc cc ccc sce Silver Nitrate, cryst............... Saifron, American. ................ WE I eos ook ba ink ccc cines Sal Nitre, large cryst.............. Sal Nitre, medium cryst.......... OE ES PA ie oc che dba c cba goes uae be ce cece n acca ee as cecs PN i cherishes ivcucedcc se ce Snuffs, Maccoboy or Scotch....... Soda Ash [by keg 3c NR och o's bas cae scan na sce Soda, Bi-Carbonate, DeLand’s.... Soap, White Castile................ Soap,Green do Soap, Mottled do Soap, do do To OE Ee an Bare WOO, sok von secs cesses pete ga cee 2 eee Sugar Milk powdered.............. PP, PAE. 5 oo oo ib icin ca cenee ees IN MN i sa dw cc acc een ae MURATA FORE. 6s 655 dsc csccccensns Tar, N. C. Pine, % gal. cans # doz Tar, do quarts in tin....... Tar, do pintsin tin......... Turpentine, Venice........... 8 tb Wax, White, S. & F. brand........ My, EO, ons ccc eke scs ccs 7 OILS. CMU COVE ooo bos oc vise sc cc ance ns ctsance 7 WI Css oo a cn sik dove ace dedcccubess 60 AE OI dba oe dn daa cass bpadosdeaceuas 50 Oe NN a na a oa nn cae caccacschedas 3d BTR DERG INOUT oo occ ca neascaccaccds 30 CG POON. ooo ao oc ccc c cn ceee dace ceas 25 TRO PU BING oo as bcc de cosacaccaucncs 30 Black Diamond Machinery..................:. 30 We WER CE iis cco a cn nc acnccaccsacces 6C WENO, Be GI. 6 oo onan ce ca ca wkeceeccsss 15% TRG, OR CIE oon oon nace we nnn s cuanes caseces 21 Sperm, winter bleached.................00.. 1 40 Bbl Gal 70 75 55 60 45 55 43 46 46 49 70 90 40 45 6 @ 24@ 3 @ 44@ 6 @ @ WE BIG, WIIOT. 5 5k scence cece Veuads MN UN oo ooo ois ebb ce wanend waceens ia ice ceca gk cascesen cannes Linseed, — WO eee cic iiccaes POO, COO oo oh oo oc bc ce cde nis cass Neat’s Foot, winter strained........ Poririts THPPONEINEG. 6... cs cee secnss VARNISHES. MO, BT CGO occ os ccna cence ccssces 1 10@1 20 TN io oo ro cos aca censesucevnces 1 60@1 70 CO FN oo is a sh cece cs cadwaseleses 2 75@3 00 NO. Y Pre PUrnne, . .. 56 ooo cn cenens 1 00@1 10 Weetre TOPO DMMGL. onc. cose ccccccdeds 1 55@1 60 Japan Dryer, No. 1 Turp...... ....... 7 75 PAINTS e wows TOO VOOGUAD. . 6. coc incdacess Ochre, yellow Marseilles...... Ochre, yellow Bermuda....... Putty, commercial ............ Putty, strictly pure............ Vermilicn, prime American.. Vermilion, English............ Green, Peninsular............. Lead, red strictly pure..... .. Lead, white, strictly pure..... Whiting, white Spanish..... ‘ Whiting, Gilders’...... Wi duke as White, Paris American........ Whiting Paris English cliff.. Pioneer Prepared Faints..... Swiss Villa Prepare¢ Paints... CrteWeIOo ow GG 38 HAZELTINE, PERKINS & O0,, Wholesale Druggists, OFFER TO THE TIRE TRADE THEIR EN- STOCK OF HOLIDAY GOODS, COST! Until January 1, 1886. THE LINE INCLUDES Brash and Comb Sets In Celluloid : Diatite, Florence, Odor Cases, Collar and Cuff Boxes, Gents’ Dressing Cases, Cut Glass Bottles, Fancy Perfumes, Manicure Sets, Jewel Cases, Infant Sets, Work Boxes, Game Boxes. AT GOST! AT GOST! Until January Ist. AAA INE PERKINS & OD. The Michigan Tradesman. A MERCANTILE JOURNAL, PUBLISHED EACH WEDNESDAY. E. A. STOWE & BRO., Proprietors, Office in Eagle Building, 49 Lyon St., 3d Floor. Telephone No. 95, {Entered at the Postoffiice at Grand Rapids as Second-class Matter.1 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1885. The Trsvaling Man. His coat was fashionably cut, And buttoned to the chin, To keep the snow-storm from his throat, . And the caloric in. His hat was of the latest mode, His castors they were tan; His sample case was in his hand; He was a traveling man. The snow fell fast upon the road, The night was chill and wild; His thoughts were not upon the storm, But on his wife and child: When storms abound and crowd you most, You turn your thoughts who can To those at the domestic hearth, As did this traveling man. His form was cold, but he felt not The storm’s increasing chill. How is my wife? How is my ehild? OH, are they well, or ill? He thought not of the stormy night, Nor of the morrow’s plan; In fact, he was a typical Commercial Traveling Man. All of his thoughts, by day or night, Were on his wife and child. How happy they, when pa at home, Fondly on him they smiled. Haste, haste the time; hurry the day; Quick, help me, so I can Put down the grip and cease to be A weary Traveling Man. ———_— 9 A Story with a Moral. A merchant once Was penny wise, And would not spend To advertise. After death, Upon his tomb, A wag inscribed These words of gloom; “His life was but A long suspense. He died worth Four and twenty cents.”’ MORAL. If you would saye, Economize; But do not fail To advertise. ———__— 4 =< Meeting of the Retail Grocers’ Association. The regular semi-monthly meeting of the Retail Grocers’ Association of Grand Rap- ids was held at Tur TRADESMAN Office on Tuesday evening, December 15, about twen- ty members being in attendance. Applications for membership were receiy- ed from Geo. T. Bemis, Holland & Hart- man, Albert W. Bemis and Leonard Kipp, all of whom were elected members of the Association. Jos. H. Terrill was elected an honorary member of the Association. The Committee on Entertainment was given until the next regular meeting to pre- pare a report. President Herrick requested the members to give more attention to the dead-beat de- partment. Comparatively few lists have been sent in, which is probably due more to unintentional neglect than to a lack of ap- preciation of the merits of the system. He related some of the benefits which are sure to follow a thorough prosecution of the dead-beat crusade, and expressed the hope that no member would ignore a question which involves his best interests. E. A. Stowe presented the following res- olution and moved its adoption: Resolved—That it is the sense of this Association that the butchers of Grand Rap- ids can better subserve their own interests by maintaining their present organization and not identifying themselves with this Association; but that the term ‘‘buying and selling groceries at retail” be so construed as to include those dealers in fish who also handle canned goods and other articles car- ried in stock by retail grocers. The resolution was then adopted and F. J. Dettenthaler was elected a member of the Association. E. A. Stowe then offered the following resolution, which was adopted: Resolwed—That we extend the hand of good fellowship to the butchers’ association of this city and the various retail organiza- tions throughout the State, and that we re- quest the exchange of dead-beat lists with all organizations publishing the same. A. J. Elliott moved the appointment of a committee of three members to prepare an article for the constitution defining the du- ties and privileges of honorary members. The resolution was adopted and the Presi- dent appointed as such committee Messrs. Elliott, DeJager and Stowe. The Treasurer reported $70.45 on hand. The Association then adjourned to meet Tuesday evening, January 5. ‘‘Has a Special Mission to Fill.” From the Mancelona Herald. Tue MiciGAN TRADESMAN got right to the front with a sixteen-page paper last week. Tut TRADESMAN has a special mis- sion to fill, and it is needless to add that it is doing its level best to fill it. A small piece of rubber will float on the surface of water when the rubber is pure, and will sink if it contains impurities. Rub- ber must be pure to resist the action of acids. For ordinary use, gas tubes, etc., it must not necessarily be chemically pure. i Write for Prices. OYSTERS. Eaton & Christenson Are now in the market with their Famous BIG GUN OYSTERS, CANNED IN BALTIMORE BY VW. R. BARNES & Co. NELSON, MATTER & CO. OUR SPECIAL SALE OF' FURNITURE Will Eclipse Anything Heretofore Undertake, Prices that will not only astonish but please all who are need of Furniture. NELSON, MATTER & CO. RINDGE, BERTSCH & CO. MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN BOOTS AND SHOES. AGENTS FOR THE BOSTON RUBBER SHOE CoO. We have a splendid line of goods for Fall trade and guar- antee our prices on Rubbers. ‘The demand for our own make of Women’s, Misses’ and Childs shoes is increasing. Send in your orders and they will be promptly attended to. 14 and 16 Pearl Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. BESTHR & FOX MANUFACTURERS AGENTS FOR SAW AND GRIST MILL MACHINERY, “2 Bi ATLAS Wait INDIANAPOLIS, IND., U. S. A. f= MANUFACTURERS OF | STEAM ENGINES & BOILERS... Carry Engines and Boilers in Stock for immediate delivery. a A Planers, Matchers, Moudlers and all kinds of Wood-Working Machinery, Saws, Belting and Oils. And Dodge's Patent Wood Split Pniley. Large stock kepton hand. Send for sample pulle and become convinced of their superiority. ona epeetied 130 OAKES STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH ACCO. < 0 oP S = SS “Ba ifigck oc y 108 ne : “PA. bu A a \ ye ro, by wa ats % = a pound,¢f Ta BACCO KNIFE a y EET Slee, Wie & = sie™ PS Ata iyi! i ——s {Vege —~e i) BU) Pere % —- }/} \ pe fires AINE. Chicaga~— { acumitee kawecania sail Tobacco is packed in 80 pound butts, lumps 2x12, Rough and Ready Clubs, 16 oz., full weight. A case of 30 knives packed on the top of each butt. The butt of Tobacco with case of Pocket Knives is branded “ Pen Knives; the one with Jacks, “Jack Knife.” The consumer gets a 16 oz. Plug of the Finest Tobacco that can be produced by purchasing a GOOD KNIFE at 65 cents, well worth the money. Big thing for the Consumer, equally so for the Retailer. Send us your order. W. J. GOULD & CO., Detroit, Mich. : [ee me ALER, Jobber of Oysters, NEE QUOTATIONS IN PRIGE-GURRENT. J. H. THOMPSON WHOLESALE GROCERS AND JOBBERS OF MANUFACTURERS OF ‘Leen OUR PRINCESS BAKING POWDER, 59 JEFFERSON AVENUE, STEELE & CO., Wholesale Agents at Ionia for DETROIT SOAP COS Celebrated Brands of Soaps. QUEEN ANNE, The most popular 3-4 pound cake in the market. MICHIGAN, The finest of 1 pound bars. AAML Olegant and cor. rect map of the State with every KOo=. - Price-List of all their standard Soaps furnished on application. Lots of 5 boxes and upwards delivered free to all railroad points. Orders respectfully solicited. STEELE c& co. IONTA, MIcrk8i. PHREINS & HESS, DEALERS IN Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow, NOS. 122 and 124 LOUIS STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, WE CARRY A STOCK OF CAKE TALLOW FOR MILL USE. WM. FF. SIMMONS, WHOLRSALE PINE AND HARDWOOD LUMBER, And Dealer in Pine Land. Correspondence solicited with parties having either to sell. Bees _ OFFICE, 58 MONROE ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. BEE SPICE MILLS, Teas, Cofiees & Spices, The Celebrated Butterfly Baking Powder, Dealers in Tobaccos, Cigars, Hic., DETROIT, MICH. & CO. Mo AcE 934400 334 AINOH Michigan Dairymen’s Association, Organized at Grand Rapids, February 25, 1885. President—Milan Wiggins, Bloomingdale. Vice-Presidents—W. H. Howe, Capac; F. C. Stone, Saginaw City; A. P. Foltz, Davison Station; F. A. Rockafellow, Carson City; Warren Haven, Bloomingdale; Chas. E. Bel- knap, Grand Rapids; L. F. Cox, Portage; John Borst, Vriesland; R. C. Nash, Hilliards; a ae? Adams, Ashland; Jos. Post, Clarks- ville. Secretary and Treasurer—E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids. Next Meeting—Third Tuesday in February, 1886. Membership Fee—§1 per year. Official Orean—THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. ° BETHESDA MINERAL WATER. H. F. Hastings quotes as follows; BiMrvel, 4S BAUODS. . ... 060 scces eesi de becucu 8.50 PRGit TMPWOL, FU ORHONM, «oon cc occ cc ccccccancal 9.00 Cans, 10 gallons...... eecuaua 2.50 Carbonated, cases 50 quarts.. 7.00 : " Me DAUR ki caddsciissdcs 8.50 This water will be supplied to the trade by any wholesale drug or grocery house in Grand Rapids. COOPERAGE., Quay, Killen & Co, quote as follows, f. 0. b. at Grand Rapids. STAVES. Red oak flour bbl. staves......... M 6 W@ 7 00 Elm ” wg OL ceevscasecee © Se Oto White oak tce staves, 8’d and j’t.M 20 00@23 00 White oak pork bbl. “ *“* M 18 50@20 00 Tierce heads, dowelledandecir'l’d set I@ 16 Pork bbl. ** r - ” set R@ 18 HOOPS. White oak and hickory tee, 8f’t. M 12 00@14 00 White oak and hickory ** 74f’t.M 10 }#@11 00 Hickory flour bDbl................ M 6 50@ 7 50 mune, Wee ec M 6 25@ 7 00 Ash, fiat racked, 6% f’t........... M 3 50@ 4 00 BARRELS. White oak pork barrels, h’'d m’d.M 1 10@ 1 30 White oak pork barrels, machine.. 95@ 1 O05 White oak tard tierces............. 1 20@ 1 30 Beef and lard half barrels......... 5@ 9 Custom barrels, one head.......... 1 0@ 1 2% Flour barrels........ iensuecdes bans 31 Prod i ¥ r A ” 4 £. THE “RED STREAK.” Opinions of Experts in Various Parts of the State. Tur TRADESMAN herewith presents a series of letters from prominent potato growers and shippers all over the State, giv- ing their opinion as to the cause of the red streak in the Late Rose potato, and the loss incident to such defect: Marshall, Gallatin & Co., Nashville—In reply to yours of the 10th, as to facts, it is hard to tell, but the universal opinion is the sudden change from dry to wet weather. The vines were partly dead, and the wet weather gave them a new and rapid growth; but it would be as reasonable to think they were running out. Hope we will get better information through Tur TRADESMAN. Bert Tinkler, Hastings—I have seen but one load of Rose potatoes which were not streaked with red this season, and I think the loss to Barry county farmers alone will reach $5,000. I bought considerable quantities of potatoes at a shilling a bushel, | and thought I had a good thing, but I would like to find a purchaser now at ten cents. I think the defect is due to the fact that the | potato is ‘‘running out,” although I am un- able to explain the process. Chas. W. Garfield, Grand Rapids—The whole matter is a mystery tome. It is something that must be considered by men of science and they are the only persons who will be able to explain the phenomenon —and maybe they will fail to find the cause. Frank J. Lamb, Grand Rapids—Your re- quest for my opinion as to the cause of the “red streak” in the Late Rose potato at hand and in reply will state that I think it is simply and naturally a degeneracy of the species, caused entirely by the successive and constant planting of the one kind of seed in the same kind of soil year after year. That good old variety, so well and fayor- ably known as the Peachblow, degenerated and completely exhausted itself in a similar though less disastrous manner, and it may be truly said that of all such is the true course of nature! To those interested in the growing and handling of potatoes—and they have become one of the most important fac- tors of commerce—I cannot recommend too strongly the necessity of making the most radical changes in regard to their seeding and soiling. For instance, when one has been planting Rose year after year let him try Burbanks a season or two, and when the soil is sandy let him try the seed raised on clay and vice versa. The farmers in the South get their seed from the North, and if the reverse were the case I think we might reasonably hope for some decided improve- ments in both the quality and quantity, over the present system. Jas. Richardson, St. Johns—In regard to Late Rose potatoes, I have been talking with some of the farmers about it and they think the cause is a second growth, on account of too much rain about the time they were ripe. Dr. Geo. W. Crouter, Charlevoix—My re- ply to the ‘‘Late Rose Potato” query would not be as good as one of our farmers. I have, therefore, turned your card over to Hon. J. S. Dixon, who will answer intelli- gently. My answer would be that the red streak is found in about 50 per cent. of the Late Rose, and that the loss will be very small, probably not more than 5 per cent. It secius to be due to a lack of vitality in the seed, as the potato matured very slow. The crop is not satisfactory and the seed is evi- dentiy running out. Geo W. Woodward, Shelby—Answering your card of the 10th, I have to say there is not much of the red streak in Rose potatoes here. I have had large experience in growing and handling Rose potatoes. The reddish look on the outside and red streak inside are seen only in the Late Rose. In my judg- ment, gained from observation and compar- ison, the inclination to red color and streaks is the direct result of late planting and im- perfect seed, as small, unripe tubers, plant- ed on new land, seem to cause a red appear- ance also. I think if farmers would plant | only good-sized potatoes that were ripe, cut- ting a thin slice from the seed end and threw it away, so as to use only large, healthy eyes from the body and stem end, and plant as early as during the month of May on good clover sod, there would be no more talk of ‘‘seed running out.” W. T. Long, Vicksburg—I recently clipped an item from your paper entitled ‘Trouble in the Potato Market,” complaining of the way dealers in the Eastern and Southern markets treat local potato shippers; but you say nothing of the Chicago market. Now, as I am a shipper, I would like to enquire if any shipper has had trouble will his cars of potatoes falling short in the Chicago market? Ihave shipped a good many cars into Chicago this fall and they invariably fall short from thirty to 130 bushels to the ear. I sent aman over to Chicago to inves- tigate the trouble and he reports that the commission merchants sell all the potatoes this fall subject to sorting and that they go into a car, take out the best and largest, throwing the remainder on the ground. He says potatoes lay around the railway tracks in Chicago two feet deep, and that the ‘sealpers are hauling them off free of charge. Why should they quote them at 50 and 55 cents and then shrink them one-third, if only worth 35 to 40 cents? I say, quote them at this price and sell them on their merits. I think it a steal. Le Bar & Cornwell, Cadillac—We are not ‘ aware that the red streak you refer to is of any damage to the potatoes, only in looks, as we are using them ourselves and cannot see as it hurts them in the least. Earl Bros., Chicago—-Your inquiry of the ’ ' ticular variety of potato has deteriorated to ‘the extent to cause this streak, although 10th inst., relative to our opinion as to the cause of red streak in Rose potatoes, was duly received. It is our opinion from all that we can learn in talking with different parties that the cause of this was the pecul- iar season we had, as the weather at certain times of the season was very dry and hot, later on it was very wet. Then the frost came early in some sections. Taking all the differant unfavorable changes of the weather, we think they combined to bring about this peculiar condition of the potato. 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Regular meetings—First and third Wednesday evenings of each month. Next meeting—Wednesday evening, Jan. 6. THE “RED STREAK.” [Concluded from Sth page.] D. C. Leach, Traverse City—I am not able to give any information in regard to ‘ved streak” in Late2Rose potatoes. Jas. Campbell, Westwood—Have% heard very little about red streak in Late Rose po- tatoes and have made no enquiries, so do not know to what extent it exists in this locality. Nor have I any idea as to the cause. I bought two or three ear loads last fall. The party for whom I bought did not object to Late}Rose, nordid he say anything about red streaks. John Giles, Lowell—The red streak struck four-fifths of the Rose in this vicinity. It is generally attributed to the potato_run- ning out. M. ©. Russell, Grand Rapids—The dis- ease, or red streak, which has this season so affected ourf RoseZpotatoes as to)render that variety unpopular in many markets and effected a loss in value of fully ten cents per bushel in most markets, is a matter about which there is considerable debate and variety offopinion. Many think the chief cause to be{the replanting of the seed year after year and consequent exhaustion of the original virtues and fine qualities of the tuber. While thefabove may be one of the prime causes of the disease, I think a very important one to be the planting of small potatoes continuously, and also that the past season has been an unfavorable one for potatoes in this State. As proof of the latter idea, I wish to say that in several other states the Rose potato is compara- tively free from these red{streaks, and com- mands in Philadelphia and other markets from ten to fifteen cents per bushel more than our Michigan Rose. If our Rose is running out here why is it not in other states where it has been raised as long as here? Ihave found this red streak in other _ varieties beside the Rose. I think the chief cause is an unfavorable season in this State. However, I advise potato raisers to secure pure Rose seed from Maine or some other Eastern State, as good results often follow the changing of seed: from one state to an- other. Prof. W. J. Beal, Prof. of Botany, Agri- cultural College, Lansing—I have made some inquiry and studied potatoes some. Red streaks pervade the potatoes here and render them unsalable. When boiled, they crack before done, and come to pieces a good deal, but the red streaks still show and other parts of the potato look yellow and watery. The taste is not bad. On splitting a tuber, not far from the margin, in irregu- lar lines is the outlines or outside of a red- dish streak. Inside of this throughout some tubers we find more or less red. At the eyes the streak extends to the surface. This marginal line of red is along what would be the outside of the pith of a potato—for a potato isa real stem and has a_ part repre- senting pith, one part jointly representing the wood, and one the bark, including a corky layer outside. The potatoes seen in this locality are more or less decayed this year. On looking ata thin portion of the red streak under a magnifying power of 500 diameters, we see some of the cells contain granular particles of a reddish brown color. These cells contain less starch than some of the others, and some of the starch grains are more or less decomposed. Bacteria were also seen in large numbers, indicating incip- ient decay in several specimens examined. You ask whatis the matter? Ireply the Rose red has ‘‘struck in!” perhaps. The old Meshaunak had faint purple streaks inside. The old Merino had red streaks more or less apparent, especially towards the last of its prominent use for food. This has been a bad year for potatoes, and they show their faults. Some years ago, I experimented with some 350 sorts of potatoes for some years, and with our ordinary treatment many of them dwindled and be- came worthless, some failing entirely to pro- duce a single tuber. Most likely, with plenty of potash and vegetable mould, we might have kept them up or even improved them. I should say this potato is on the x and must be re placed by others. : ; sees If some one has good nice edible potatoes—and no others are fit for planting—he may treat them just right and keep the Rose some years longer; but its day must come sooner or later. I have just been looking over some wild potatoes from Arizona and find a sharp purple streak insidetheskin. Theinside is white. The corky layer is very thick. OO VISITING BUYERS. The following retail dealers have visited the market during the past week and placed orders with the various houses: R. Osterhoff, Ferrysburg. Bassett & Snyder, Cedar Springs. W. H. Hicks, Morley. C. B. Winslow, C. B. Winslow & Co., Grand Haven. . O. W. Messenger, Spring Lake. F. R. Hayward, Casnovia. Cc. Henry LeBar, LeBar & Cornwell, Cadillac. L. B. Chapel, Cole & Chapel, Ada, H. H. Herrenden, Kent City. Jacob Barr, Grand Haven. | 3. Frank Clark, Big Rapids. | "¥. W. Preston, Millbrook. | Goo, P, Stark, Cascade. «. L.. Howard, Clarksville. E. Campbell, Baldwin. Geo. F. Richardson, Jamestown. L. A. Paine, Sparta. Geo. W. Bevins, Tustin. Chas. W. Peters, Bangor. H. H. Moore, Lakeview. H. C. Peckham, Freeport. Calvin Durkee, Lakeview. Geo. H. Foree, Morley. Dr. A. Hanlon, Middleville. S. Bitely, Lilley P. O. H. B. Trish. Lisbon. M. A. Teachout, White Cloud. F. FE. Thatcher, Ravenna. R. Gannon, White Cloud. W. H. Beach, Holland. D. Clellard, Coopersville. John Cole, Fremont. : Geo. D. Sisson, Sisson & Lilley Lumber Co., Liliey P. O. John Crispe, Plainwell. H. A. Crawford, Cadillac. D. Clelland, Coopersville. Jas. Toland, Ross. Lee Deuel, Bradley. Frank Bredeway, Drenthe. Peter Wyngarden, Vriesland. A. & L. M. Wolf, Hudsonville. I. J. Quick, Allendale. W. F. Stuart, Crofton. Hewett & Tefft. Rockford. Wm. Black, Cedar Springs. | H. M. Patrick. H. M. Patrick Co., Leroy. Jeo. Tompsett, Edgerton. Geo. W. Bartlett, Ashland. C. K. Hoyt, Hudsonville. Colborn & Carpenter, Caledonia. A.C. Barkley, Crosby. land. G.C. Willey, Summit City. A. W. Blain, Dutton. John Cole, Fremont. Lon. Pelton, Morley. Mr. Daniels, manager M. J. Bond, Wood Lake. H. A. Goodyear, Hastings. F. A. Ganson, Lakeview. Barry & Lewis, Ravenna. Walling Bros., Lamont. 1. J. Leggett & Co., Paris. Dr. John Graves, Wayland. D. D. Harris, Shelbyville. Dr. D. B. Kilpatrick, Woodland. Nagler & Beeler, Caledonia. W. W. Peirce, Moline. C. J. Burch, Howard City. A. M. Harrington, Freeport. L. Perrigo, Burnip’s Corners. J. R. Dibble, Dibble Bros., Burnip’s Corners. M. V. Wilson, Sand Lake. Jay Marlatt, Berlin. Henry DeKline, Jamestown. Fred F. Taylor, Wood Lake. G. C. Baker, LeBarge. J.J. Wiseman, Nunica. ville. Jas. Moerdyk, Moerdyk, DeKruif & Co., Zee- land. E. P. Gifford, Gifford & VanDrezer, Saranac. A. C. Cutter, ‘frvaverse City. J. E. Thurkow, Morley. S. H. Ballard, Sparta. Eli Runnels, Corning. Geo. A. Estes, Tustin. A. L. Dennis, New Era. Norman Harris, Big Springs. Cc. O. Bostwick & Son, Cannonsburg. Paine & Field, Englishville. Robert North, Park City. Wm. Vermeulen, Beaver Dam. Miss K. L. Kinney, Maple Hill. Geo. F. Cook. Grove P. O. Corneil & Griswold, Griswold. Jas. Barnes, Austerlitz. A. M. Church, Alpine. H. M. Freeman, Lisbon. Stanley Monroe, Berlin. G. H. Walbrink, Allendale. B. M. Denison, East Paris. Geo. Carrington, Trent. Alba Handle Co., Alba. Geo. Scribner, Grandville. Andre & Son, Jennisonville. Jas. Grannis, Six Corners. Mrs. John Stephenfield, Middleville. H. M. Harroun, McLain. <=> -4- <> The Grocery Market. Business and collections are both good. Sugars have declined since last week, but local jobbers think they will go back to the old figures, as most of the refineries are shut down for the holidays and the supply of manufactured sugar is likely to run some- what short before they start up again. New Orleans yellows have put in an appearance during the week, and are selling freely at 53¢@534 cents in hogsbeads and about lg cent higher in barrels.” A tare of 12 per cent. is allowed on all full packages. These sugars are desirable goods to buy during the next two months. English currant have advanced another 14 cent and domestic sar- dines are up 1 cent. Brooms are on a ram- page—without reference to a woman at one end of the handle in this case—in conse- quence of a heavy advance in the price of broom corn. MAIN CRONE os oo cia canoe ss se ees een se ds TORMUC BAUBARC. <2... 2.55. cca n nse ene n oan WAMELOIE BAUSARO. .. 2. i ccc s ce ccees sees BE BR ioe kc ba x cnesueces s BOIOOTA, BIFBIBNE. oo. cake cs oon os eh ee oe ne PROMI, CICK. oaks hac ee kes dcces bane nns BR OE COON i is a eid ok ea cree hana sone at PIGS’ FEET. OXS TOILE PANVONN: 5 acs, cone ns voce xs ae oe wha ens os 375 Bt QUMKOCr DAPTOIG. o.oo 6. cis ca een ene ae se FRESH MEATS. John Mohrhard quotes the trade selling prices as follows: Rrosh Beek, SiGeOB. 4.065 sek oe espe ce oo 44G@ 6% Fresh Beef, hind quarters............ 6 @b6% | PPORBO FOS. oii. esc cs ucean ee 44%@ 5 Mutton, CACASSOS. ... 2.2.0.6. 20ccecees @4 Nee aks sees av ae ees cel nae 8 @9 | POP TAUGORC soos. ce cece ase cw beens 6%@ 7 BO ee 64@ 7 PI oo ns sae esac cpa cdseencasae a8 @T 1 BGTING CHIOKONG. oi cies acces kanes 7 @8 SEPP ete hcg ss hae @Q@13 ENE gs os cov eee ha hee bods tesa @il HIDES, PELTS AND FURS. | Perkins & Hess pay as follows: HIDES. |Green....8% @i7 |Calf skins, green | Part cured... 84@ 8%|_ or cured.... @10 | Fulleured.... @ 94%|Deacon skins, Dry hides and #8 piece..... 20 1 RIDE 2. ons 8 @2 } SHEEP PELTS. | Old wool, estimated washed ® D...... @25 TANOW... i .0s0ss ak ks a0 Fuk eka nok cus 4 @4% | WOOL. | Fine washed # i 24@27|Unwashed........ 2-3 Coarse washed... 18@22 FURS. | Bear... . sc. cece eee eee cece neces ears 1 00@12 00 PUNGMOE boos iss bs ns felis one pee ete 2 00@E6 00 Re BIO cs bas oieeds bend cose aenans 25@1 00 PM FO Ss occu cs a acuw oaeae ss eaeaess 25@1 00 PMEAN ais ces ve ns gs os eee cee 25@1 00 Eos re ns fp ein Sarees 05@ 50 Muskrat, winter tan................-6 06@ 06 _ MS ih epee ae bebe ereca eaede @ 2 I os scene un che wde wes 9430 ‘ Raccoon...........+.+ SUieea es ceed win as Ace unk... Beaver, Deer, # WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT. Advanced—Brooms, currants, domestic sar- dines, Saginaw and Manistee salt. Declined—Sugars. ay These prices are for cash buyers, who pa promptly and buy in full packages. AXLE GREASE. Frazer’s........... 90|Paragon ..........- 1 80 Diamond X........ 60) Paragan 25 Tb pails.1 20 Modoge, 4 doz....... 2 50|Fraziers, 25 Ib pails.1 25 BAKING POWDER. : Thompson's Butterfly, bulk.............-++ 25 si . 6 or 10 cans...... 27 - ‘ 1%,4doz.in case... % a se \, 2 ae oe co 95 J. H. Thompson & Co.’a Princess, 48....... 1 25 + “ ‘ “ 4O8...... 2 2% " “ . - MA cok. 4 25 “ es ” * bulk..... 28 Arotic, 4 CONRS.... 6. ccc. ccceee | ccnesenes 5 | oo 1y We eae scewns wont dene 75 | a ee ee wks favs y esa esa 1 40! . L He aku hese ueecenes. 2 40 * 4 i we see tnad sae bane 12 00 Silver Spoon, 3 dOZ.....-...-. eee eee e ee eees 7 50 BLUING. Dry, NO. 2.0... ccc cscccececcecnesees doz. 25 DG, NOB. oo... ck ee een ned net ees doz. 45 Liquid, 4 02,........-- ce crerceeceees doz. 35 Liquid, 8 OZ. ...... 6. cece ee ee eee eeees doz. 6: BPOUIG © OB. oo cis fa cee caw coe nee ees 8 gross 4 00 Mente BO OB oo ks haa laatekdes meee a4s cane 8 00 REO PO on ak nen cow ka ns os C84 sanane 12 00 Arctic No. 1 pepper DOX.......... 22 eee sees 2 00 Arctie No. 2 a Pe cc awee evan we 3 00 Arctie No. 3 - Oe ences setae a& 00 | BROOMS. | No. 1 Carpet........ 2 5OiNo. 2 Hurl.......-.. 175 | No. 2Carpet........ 2 25|Fancy Whisk.......100 No.1 Parlor Gem..2 75|CommonWhisk.... 75) No. 1 Burl... -....: 2 00 CANNED FISH. Clams, 1 standards...........-+-+++++e+- 115 Clams, 2 ) standards..........-.---- ee eeee 1 75 Clam Chowder, 3 D..........00.00+- 200-00 2 OW Cove Oysters, 1 ib standards..... Via 1b Cove Oysters, 2 Ib standards............- 1 90 Lobsters, 1 Th picnic. ..........--.. eee ee eee 1 %5 Lobsters, 1 t star... ..........ce ec ee eee eeee 2 00 Lobsters, 2 BD star... ...... 2.2 ce ee eect cece 2 90 Mackerel, 1 i fresh standards...........- 1 10 Mackerel, 5 fresh standards............ 3 50 Mackerel in Tomato Sauce, 3 b........... 5 25 Mackerel,3 tin Mustard..........-...+++- 5 25 Mackerel, 3 broiled............---.-+++5+ 3 25 Salmon, 1 Columbia river.........--+-.- 1 55 Salmon, 2 Columbia river.........--++-- 2 30 Salmon. 1b Sacramento.............005e- 1 45 Sardines, domestic 148..........---+-eeeees 8 Sardines, domestic 448.........-..-eeee+s 15 Sardines, Mustard 8.......-2..:ee seer ees 10 Sardines, imported 48......-...+++++-+++: 14 Weeat, BW WTOOM . oo a5 acne 4 once ses <<. oe Oe CANNED FRUITS. Apples, 3 standards ........--..6.+++-e5: 90 Apples, gallons, standards.......-...+.-+- 2 30 Blackberries. standards..........---.-054: 95 Cherries, red standard..............-.+.+: 80 NS OO 1 00 Egg Plums, standards ........-....+-++-: 1 40 Green Gages, standards 2 Ib........ Le! 1 40 Peaches, Extra YOuow ......-....3-+---:.- 2 40 Peaches, standards............+..++- i TH@1L 95 TOON DE. GOGONOR oc. cin. esac eens cence es 1 50 Pineapples, Erie. .....-.......62-50 ceesees 1% Pineapples, standards. ...........-.+2 ee ees 1 50 AMIITIOOB ooo ie ce cease desert renee teasen es 1 45 Raspberries, extra............+-++-++.+> .1 10 CANNED FRUITS—CALIFORNIA. ; Lusk’s. Mariposa. WADTUCOUR 6 coc cbse tees os een et 2 25 2 00 Wea PUI. «on ooo or os en ee st 2 10 18 a Ue A Ate 2 10 1 85 Croan Games. ... 2... 6.2. ess. 2 10 1 85) ec ce waas 2 65 2 25 BVAIIIOOR eee sakes ae ee tence 2 75 2 2% PORGOR ooo ok kc ses tae wee hans 2 5d 2 20 CANNED VEGETABLES. Asparagus, Oyster Bay...............++-- 3 25 Beans, Lima, standard..............-. M@1 10 Beans, Stringless, Erie..............-...-- 80 Beans, Lewis’ Boston Baked.............. 1 65 av, TROON oc on os ck was nce ce cece 1 05 We ey ey cheese ayes oes 90 Me TER OBIOE se ke ci ec cw et ews sees 1 00 PORS, HONOR. oo cook kek eae ceric ee es 1 75 Peas, Marrofat, standard...............-.. 1 60 GBA, HOOVER oe ek on cnces cee e ene eh ss 70 Pumpkin, 3 ® Golden................+.++-- 8 Succotash, standard.....................++ 90 TPOMALOOR, TROD OY occ sss ce pe cece snes 1 05@1 10 Tomatoes, EUISGRIC... 2... 6.06 ices ees eens 1 05 Tomatoes, ACTION. . .. i. 0... cc cece acts esas 1 05 Tomatoes, Three Rivers...............000- 1 05 CHEESE. Michigan full cream................++ ll @12 OE a ee 9 @10% Fh ae oe ck eee ce eee 5 @6 CHOCOLATE. PORN kg. se 36\German Sweet.......25 POON Do oo ews cas ved 38; Vienna Sweet ....... 23 PUD RIOG 4 oss ends: 35 COFFEE. Green Rio...... 9@13 |Roasted Mar...17@18 GreenJava..... 1i@27 | Roasted Mocha.28@30 Green Mocha. ..283@25 |Roasted Mex... @I6 Roasted Rio....10@15_ |Ground Rio.... 9@16 Roasted Java ..23@30 | COFFEES—PACKAGE. 100 Ibs. 60 ths. MaLGUGEIO Ss (cis o5cewe ec as>-- 1344 1334 PPO ona esc ns ee cece 13% 13% 44 cent Jess in 300 b lots. CORDAGE. 72 foot Jute ..... 125 |72 foot Cotton....2 25 60 foot Jute..... 100 |60 foot Cotton....2 00 40 Foot Cotton....1 50 |50 foot Cotton. ..1 75 CRACKERS. ee eee cs eee eee 5 Neoseek Ba ak ace ce ceca ks cane 5% 5 per cent. off in 10 barre! lots. A FISH. Bloaters, Smoked Yarmouth.............. 85@90 MO WONG ng ose ie cet ew he eee en ccs ccs @5 MOG BONCIOGS... 5... 6 one ene enw e cnc ansss 54@6% anes teak sacs avec a dee Scene 11@12 BROPTING 1 DOIG. esc ie cesses nese c eee sc ee 2 75 Herring, Holland, domestic... ........... 8595 Plerring, SCAG... ...- 6c. cece cece cesecnes 18@22 Mackerel, Penny bbls................0000- 4 T5@d Mackerel, shore, No. 2, % bbls............ 5 00 ” _ m WO Rite fics. 8&0 a a” eas cca 70 “ BO, FE ooo wan cea cues 3 50 * AT MUR ois wots onsets 62 A Wace ce eaneences 5d Pe 6 in lic enh cakadees sn ceeeseewes 2 50 PONE, TG Bs oo os occ cn acc cone su ess n ees 4 00 = MT oo tg ccenense epee cannes 70 " eas annias es ck kane ceneaaas 65 WEMIEG. TO. A, WO DIB oo oa cence enc cc cs ee ccees 6 06 White. ND. F, 12 WD IUB. oo. 35 oo ce cee cence se 1 00 White. NO. 1; 10M IGS... sees ose 85 White, Family, % bbls..................... 2% FLAVORING EXTRACTS. Lemon. Vanilla. Jennings 2O8........5.065.46- # doz.100 1 40 ” eco ki seek pac wade ane 150 250 - is cae 250 400 Me ck ce ek dap enee anus 350 500 a i, @ TRON, cole e cae 125 150 " TO acs bye uave 75 300 - 44 OIE FOUNG. 201 6... 25 ones 450 7 50 a 1 ig a 900 15 00 “ Te eae 3800 4 25 -" a cio be cers ek oe 425 600 FRUITS—DOMESTIC. Apricots, 25 Ib boxes...............-4+- @ 2% Cherries, pitted, 50 Ib boxes........... @ Wb Egg plums, 25 th boxes................ @ 20 Pears, 20. DORER oie... . wae nts @ 2% Peaches, Delaware, 50 Ib boxes....... @ 2 Peaches, Michigan ...... 0.6... .6.ceccee @12% Raspberries, 50 Ib boxes............... @ 2 FRUITS—FOREIGN. OMRON ee i casa oeinea tbe te pdiniewn dn aalas @ 32 CPP TOW oo vcd i denial a eas ewe 64@ 7 Prunes, French, 608.................--- @ 1 Prunes, French, 808............... + a @ 10 Pr Gt, TAMOT oes c i ccc eee ences ness @ 05 Mining, DOROGU.. 2.62665. 0ccecas ances @4 00 Raisins, London Layers............... @3 2% Tiaieins, COUIOVUIR niece ce ley. @2 75 Raisins, Loose Muscatels, new........ @2 70 Raisins, “ . “6. @2 2% Raisins, Ondaras, 148.................. 12% Raisins, . Oy pecs ee caces @ i Raisins, Sultanas, new................ (B10% Raisins, Valencia...... Pi daseakes beans @10%4 KEROSENE OIL. ’ Water White...... 12% | Legal Test....... 114% MATCHES. Grand Haven, No. 8, square..............+. 1 00 Granda Haven, No. 200, parlor.............. 1 7d Grand Haven, No. 300, parlor.............. 2 2 Grand Haven, No. 7, round................ 1 50 CBO INO, Bia vs ok ck coca sede ae cn ny dn ee eedes 1 00 CIA ONT: MO. Boia ccc rin bw en esse scan ds owas 1 50 ke coda eh ce ee caesns 75 Richardson’s No.8 square.................. 1 00 Richardson's No. 9 ee, ii ease se 1 50 Richardson’s No. 7%, round................. 1 00 Richardson’s No. 7 WE cua co cess cece eee 1 50 MOLASSES. MATRON REINO asics cao ieee dead neanka uae eee 15@19 WG ABO os cakes escent sendasea ses 28@30 New Orleans, good............ 2.02 ce ee ee ee 388@42 New Orleans, choice..... 2.2.6.6... 6.0006 -48@50 New Orleans, fancy...... .......... Poe 52@55 \% bbls. 3c extra. OATMEAL. Steel cut........... 5 00;Quaker, 48 Ibs......2 35 Steel Cut, % bbls...3 00/Quaker, 60 Ibs......2 50 Rolled Oats........3 00}Quaker bblis........6 00 PICKLES. ETN 5 bo oso as oe era pow edeee soe ees @5 7h . We RYPGIG a ces ice scenes csays @3 25 ROE fi oe ccpagek kia mke becsistendauans @i 00 PIPES. Imported Clay 3 gross................. 2 25@3 00 Imported Clay, No. 216,3 gross..... .. @2 25 Imported Clay, No. 216, 24 gross...... @l 85 MUNOTIOON The. i cs ei ee ce @ 90 RICE. Choice Carolina..... CAL PRU eck es ssn @6 Prime Carolina..... OR OR ae irene 6 00d Garolina...... § |Rangoon....... 54@5%4 Good Louisiara..... 5 |Broken... ..... 34@3% SALERATUS. DeLand’s pure...... §%|Dwight’s ............ 5% Cnuren'6 .,......... 54 'Sea Foam........... 54 Taylor’s G. M....... 514/Cap Sheaf........... 54 14e less in 5 box lots. SALT. O Pocket, FW DAiry.... onc cscc cacees 2 30 We kg oa ck os vacua: ce caneneaacns 2 2 WE OO on cs cea ecaccaneeea 2 50 Saginaw or Manistee.................. 98 BU oe cin eciscclkeuin Gnacsees 1 60 BOGNI COBPEO, |... 5 enc nc ac ncens : 1 55 Ashton, English, dairy, bu. bags...... 80 Ashton, English, dairy, 4 bu. bags.... 2 380 Higgins’ English dairy bu. bags...... 80 American, dairy, 4% bu. bags.......... 25 Book, Dushels.............. Gage Cua. 3 SAUCES. Pr, WE WEB on oi ook icc eci wens @2 00 Pepper Sauce, red small.............. 7 Pepper Sauce, green ....... 2.2... cece. Pepper Sauce, red large ring......... Pepper Sauce, green, large ring...... Catsup, Tomato, pints................. Catsup, Tomato, quarts .............. | Flalford Sance, pints. ... ..........000- | Halford Sauce, % pints................ SPICES. Ground. Whole. a 16@25|Pepper ........... @iy AUBDIOG . 2... .. 5 12@15! Allspice .......... 8@Q10 Cinnamon........ Jig CAREER 5... oo. cca 10@11 Cloves ...........15@25|Nutmegs ........ 60@.65 COP ok rica MOG Cloves ..........- 16@I18 | Mustard..........15@30 | Cayenne ......... 25Q@35 | STARCH. \ Elastic, 64 packages, per box............. 5 35} SUGARS. Oe ie ee. @ 7% WO ii cig we Kadena cen es ce cnas @i-69 Granniated, Standard................. @i-18 MOMIFOCTIONOGNY Bock. ccc c ceca ee ceases @ 6% ROC i ica cccvuasceweles @ 65 Pea, We ee meer ©. ... .. 31.55 c ces 614Q 64 No. me ii 6 @ 64, |} NO 8G oe 5%@ 6 a cecee OF@ 5% POO A a i ia eh dicd ce 54@ 53% mew Orieaus Yellowa.................. HRD 534 SYRUPS. Be a en 24@Q28 MON, 6 is ook ne cnc se esos i cicaue as 26@30 Core PRON BOOS, 2... cca cece ees @30 | Corn, 6 ealion bees, .............:.... .. 30@31 | Cort, 456 mello OGG... .....5..6645052. BO@SL | PR eck ics acces 23Q2S | ye ee ee 25@30 Pure Sueer 6 onl koms................. @1 50 TEAS. men Greiaey 5. 4. .i 55 ...6.5. 5s. ee eM TRIE OO BOOG, «oo 5 co oo os oc ca se ne ca ee PN ob ce bike cece shoe cease cc cncaceeues BIAS NO es ee i ic cee DA20 pI ES ee BOSD PO 35,50 MO i ae si, SIO@SAGEL MOO ah ede vo os niece se see TOBACCO—FINE CUT—-IN PALLS. Fisher’s Brunette....35| Underwood's Capper 35 Dark AmericanHagle67 Sweet Roge..........45 “THO BROIQS. oo oc) ok is vs 4) Meigs & Co.’s Stunner3s ea Hira. .......... BG Atins...............0.88 tele MOGl.........<. 30;Royal Game.......... 38 Prairie Flower ......66\ Mule Mar............. 65 Indian Queen........ GO Pountain........6.5.. 74 Pa) PO. oc... ues 60/Old Congress......... 64 Crown heat .... .... 66|Good Luck...........52 Mintoniens ....:....... 65! Blaze Away.......... 35 Pewee. ase GO Hair Ditter........... 30 IONE ooo conse WU GOVErDOF ...... .<..<: 60 May Fiower.......... 70; Fox’s Choice........ 63 MRONO tsk, 45)Medallion ............33 Oid Abe. .- 491Sweet Owen.......... 68 PLUG. MUG Giele DRG. 62... -. co.cc ese. @50 - two MO a, @49 - five ” a @48 a oa ee cece, ‘ @A0 PAOUOY o.oo ceca es Ooi, @48 TO ie ea @A8 Ma ieee aac chee ease @50 Sen. OF Grand Hanids.................> @46 Ee ee @16 Pe ic . @s OU Po oo oe a ee ok aa es as @A6 oie ea ee eas @46 COO TAEC CROGIN occ soca cca ssc es @46 PPO ae @44 Te in ce cas cee eck ] @40 cee OT Ge | @38 Pele VO COUION. oe occ s ses cnc cu recess 35 WO is a ekn co ea cnc ceanedess @46 WIG RMIOW oi coco k core ccusscss @A6 a ick ieee ss eh @A6 ie @32 PP, Be NG Oe ooo ok os cece cnc @QA6 oe EE IAEA @37 Fe as abv dave ake ca esues CAG Old Five Cent Times... ........2....640. @38 Prune Nugroett, 12D. ... ooo. ccc ca ese @é Oa rs eck cw hae @AbB Ogos ka cee cs cca ceeseuaan. @38 i a eee @A6 ON ico e seca, cae ca caus neu @A6 ORI CMO eens eave cn cance usc @46 WRU CN gs eo ices da pe cccasns @35 Bisel Prince CAME)... 6. cence cece ses @35 Binem Hacer EOGTE!..............6.... @385 Leggett & Myers’ Star................. @A6 No i seca a one cokes ances @46 WEE hes ck ve nec euin ess @Ab6 McA\lpin’s Gold Shield................. @A6 Nickle Nuggets 6 and 12 i cads. ..... @51 Cook Of the Walk 66........ 6... 00.540 @3i OU Vee oo ec eee ccc. @A6 TA a cic cance uc oe es cece as GAG i eee es ici d @A4 WU i oe aio cca cea cc: @35 I NB ie ca en ca chee ass sce @A0 Ps ec ek eee ais oe ki ce cco ae @46 We i a ie nce ke gece aneenss @46 Ti ae ine ee ke os ti cae @A5 Piss i ci es cs cook as @A4 RN Oi cs onesies cscs sacs @36 Thy ORG Th, DIMOR ico sc ais a ce cece ba ces’ @36 McAlpin’s Green Shield............... @Ab6 POO FANT, TRAMs. bso os vn cs cc eens cones @35 SEM INO ok ca os a crn ans ac cckce @A6 2c. less in four butt lots. SMOKING Old Tar..... oe ae 40:Sweet Lotus..........32 Arthur’s Choice..... 22\Conaqueror ..........- 23 ee WN a i cise Se Grayling ..........«-. 82 ha a eas sees BIOGAS MOMEE 5 occ nace ns, 30 Gold Dust............ PO ee Gold Block........+.- 80;Uncle Sam........... 2¢ Seal of Grand Rapids |Lumberman......... 25 CONOR on sacas cans 25] Railroad Boy......... 38 Tramway, 3 OZ....... 40 Mountain Rose....... 18 Ruby, cut Cavendish 35, Home Comfort....... 25 BO oa cca ss se kace ce OG TE... .s. 4c: 55 POGk 8 BON. ... 6. secs 18 Seal otf North Caro- Miners and Puddlers.28| ‘ina, 2 02........... 48 Morning Dew........ 25 Seal of North Caro- OR ssc ac avcdcs nce ae. ne, 408... .... 46 POCTIO“D ooo. chicas: 24 Seal of North Caro- BEANCATG .... ne 55ess am ne, SOR... oo... 5. ss; 41 ye Pee Fo ne ee 21Seal of North Caro- Tom & Jerry......... 24 lina, 16 oz boxes....40 OO os cess Si Ra ROH ns ia ces 27 "TYOVOION ...65500044 \Apple Jack...........24 WOMIOU cc cece ess 25, King Bee, longeut.. .22 Pickwick Club....... 40 Milwaukee Prize....24 Nigger Head......... POOR og ccs anes cess cee PEGE boos onc ce esos 22|Windsor cut plug... .25 COPIA, ons ove sa cscs MN ics cua sias It Solid Comfort........30} Holland Mixed....... 16 Hed Clover. <........ 82'Golden Age.......... 15 ae TO... . 5.05005, 80|\Mail Pouch..........25 POOR ooo ids ae a eass 26|Knights of Lator....30 ME uk eat aeens 26\Free Cob Pipe........ 2t SHORTS. Mayfiower ...........23|Hiawatha ............22 SFG ay va ve canes sens 22;Old Congréss......... 23 WMitlo Bar. cic .c.. 6050 22} SNUFF. Lorillard’s American Gentlemen..... @ - PAGOOQOIOG 6 ooo coc vcceceeccs @ 55 Gail & Ax’ Fei ca ke akae: @ 44 - Bo oak eases scwas @ Railroad Mills Scotch................. @ 45 RPC is ea a i as ca vane cease @l1 30 VINEGAR, Star brand, pure cider...............0455. 8@12 Star brand, white wine.................... 8@12 MISCELLANEOUS. Bath Brick imported’.................. 95 do POTN i vicncancebeccns 7d PROTO PO TNO Boned ed dec vks cswadeeas 1 00 oO WO Me eee bivs ccceccbceewas 1 50 Condensed Milk, Eagle brand....... si 7 80 Cream Tartar 5 and 10 i cans......... 15@25 COMICON, BURN oil is hon Secs cep ecedcdeces @12% Canadien, Hote oi ica c ccck ccc c sn ciccave @l4 Extract Coffee, Ve C...... cc cccncccvees @80 do Felix ..... eebe euais 1 25 Gum, Rubber 100 lumps............... @25 Gum, Rubber 200 lumps. ............ meee Gam, Spruce. ..... cece ccc ces ccee ae ci he ‘ TROMUEINY, We DDE ood c coco ecco cana @A 00 Ore, 3 ee RIE, ks snes niet 41%@ 5 PMN OOO ao a ccc isedectscues: see 2%@ 8 Peas, Groen Bush................. ... @1 35 Peas, Spitt Prepared.................. @ 3 MOET TRG acco cos poke ccna ccs 4s @3 Wawa. 56 eee ng oo. hc ce een ca ctcces @1 75 Ts ives iawesccous @ 2B HO MNEE, Cs sacs as. se ucucnsceeas @5 00 : MT ok cae dace cis @2 75 CANDY, FRUITS AND NUTS. Putnam & Brooks quote as follows: STICK. Standard, 25 I) boxes.................. 8%@9 Twist, Oe ile i 9@ 9% Cut Loaf Oe a aaess ce as 104%@ll MIXED BUN) ee bc ok ccd cc dacsccas cs @9 RENO, OE We NIN ido dans ccccecec cued ‘@8% mentee OO MOI. occ Soak call. 10@ 10% ME) WE ON, oe ch vin ccccccscnccecces 9@ 9% French Cream, 26 ® pails................ @12% ee eg ee 12%@ Pee We me MONE occ coca cc cc. cc. 10@10% be a ee . 9D W% FANCY—IN 5D BOXES. Wi MRO ooo sos ac oe cas IAL ee A WOOOPTIINIS DIPOOR. ooo co: cece icccncdes: M@is NE See I Te Oe COORD EOIN, ogo oc oo ov cc cnc coast GE a ove os ca kcnccuncccces. aoe lw pe aoe S AB Licorice Drops... eiccelece en WINN as. ies ees ce MM, WIP OON og oo coos cdc as ds kc 16 EN ho oo oo cin os as cece , 15 MRR ee gas aces IEE a ee 1I3@u4 MO Toe alec 13 Moe cons ccc ci. 18@20 Wamets WEG CRORIIS. 6. 5. occ cccve ccc... ae Vg Og ee ee ij ee OS ES ito A AE ee tees Pete ARO, os ioe oo ono ec. 2 Wintergreen Berries........... . es FANCY—IN BULK. Lozenges, plain in pails............... @12% Lozenges, plainin bbis........... .... @i Lozenges, printed in pails............. @12% Lozenges, printed in bbis.............114%@l12 Chocolate Drops, in pails..............12%@13 a eee 7 Ors ES 6@, 64 Mose Drops, in pails.................._ 10 @10% mous prone inbhis....,............. a." Bie rote. Ih Peild...........,. |... Imperials, in pails... 1246138 Imperials in bbls... _ il @P FRUITS Bevanas Asninwall................ Oranges, Jamaica, bbls................ Oranges, Florida... .... psaiseehinss cece at i Tn Oranges, Rodi Messina.......... Las @ Cranoes. Manles,.................... er Remone Ghats... a4 00 Eerie Teey 4... a @A 50 Pige, ayers, new, @D............... l4 @li Pees Ti GO ck... @ 4 eee Meo do... @ 5 eee Ohi... : tek 6 oes... Dates, Fard 10 box @ tb............. @u Dates, Fard 50 ib box ® h.............. 94@l0 Dates, Persian 50 ib box #@ ......... " 84@, 9 Pine Apples, @ dox.................. : PEANUTS. Prime Med, raw @ WB. ...........+... 4 @ ane Choice do oe... veces MGS Fancy do Oe iia ee Conlon White, Vado ............__. 5@ hl Wee we VG. GN ...c........3...40 OO NUTS. : Almonds, Tarragona..................18 @19 - INNO 6. 6c. ae eee 8 i... ee Cheetos, por bi.................. 2... @2 00 Wine tt, PE eo i, 12 @k% “s Rarecloua:. .................. 8 Ge Walnuts, Grenotie................ @14%4 " Meer... 4)... ; = PeGUCH. 4. cee ” COW. cue, @12 weeane, bexee FP... ............. lL @I18 “ MeIOOOUNS.. .,......25...4.....8 @ Me Cogoanuts O0...........5.,)........ @4 50 OYSTERS AND FISH, F, J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows: OYSTERS. mrew pOre Counts... ...... ..c..50..0,, 33 moe Bees oo... “30 occ ce ck 2 Rng deeetgnepromoaRt tr i9 Meee 2 lj Weorttee “16 Meanie (0.6.0.1... 15 Pe 8 Bote OS RU. ..... .................. Standards, by bulk....................1] OO@t 10 Shrewsbury shells, @ 100....................1 & Princess Bay Clams, # 100....................% New York Counts, ® 100........... + ‘‘ Large and Deserved Success.”’ From the American Furniture Gazette. Tut MicnigAN TRADESMAN, of Grand Rapids, under the able direction of Mr. E. A. Stowe, has now large and deserved suc- cess. It has proven of marked benefit to the commercial interests of Grand Rapiis, and has been correspondingly supported by the live merchants of that city. The growth of Tins TRADESMAN’Ss advertising patronage frequently compels an enlargement to six- teen pages, making it the largest commer- cial paper published in Michigan, as well as one of the ablest and best edited. Mr. Stowe, who is a conscientious and hard- working journalist, is to be congratulated upon the success of his paper. TIME TABLES. Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee. GOING EAST. Arrives. +Steamboat Express. ..... ¢ *Througn Mail............- 10:40am 10:50am +Evening Express......... 3840pm 3:50pm *Limited Express.......... 8:30 pm 10:45pm +Mixed, with coach........ 11:00am GOING WEST. +Morning Express......... 1:05 p m +Through Mail............ 5:00 pm +Steamboat Express....... 10:40 p m WOO oan c pio s a nG ea wip on *Night Express............. 5:10am +Daily, Sundays excepted. *Daily. Passengers taking the 6:25 a. m. Express make close connections at Owosso for Lansing and at Detroit for New York, arriving there at 10:00 a. m. the following morning. The Night Express has a through Wagner Car and local Sleeping Car Detroit tc Grand Rapids. Leaves. 6:25 am 716 p ma 5:10 pm :l0 am 5:35 am D. PorTER, City Pass. Agent. Gro. B. REEVE, Traffic Manager, Chicago. Chicago & West Michigan. Leaves. WO ecw nse co kee ke 9:00 am *Dny EXPIGss,...,:-----.-+ 12:35 pm *Night Express............ 10:40 pm Muskegon Express......... 4:20 pm *Daily. +Daily except or Pullman Sleeping Cars on all night trains. Through parlor car in charge of careful at- tendants without extra charge to Chicago on 1:00 p. m., and through coach on9:15 a. m. and 10:40 p. m. trains. NEWAYGO DIVISION. Leaves. Arrives, 4:30 pm 9:25 p m 5:45 am 11:20am Arrives. POR OIORG. c.g ohn ee - 4:20pm 7:30pm Express................-..-. 8:00a m_ 10:50 a m All trains arrive and depart from Union De- ot. Pithe Northern terminus of this Division is at Baldwin, where close connection is made with F. & P. M. trains to and from Ludington and Manistee. J. H. CARPENTER, Gen’! Pass. Agent. J. B. MULLIKEN, General Manager. Lake Shere & Michigan Southern. (KALAMAZOO DIVISLON,) Arrive. DESSERT seni 7:15 pm AMIN aa ko eee keee 9:50 am All trains daily except Sunday. The train leaving at 4 p.m.connects at White Pigeon with Atlantic Express on Main Line, which has Palace Drawing Room Sleep- ing Coaches from Chicago to New York and Boston without change. The train leaving at 7:30 a.m. connects at White Pigeon (giving one hour for dinner) witb special New York Express on Main Line. Through tickets and berths in sleeping coaches can be secured at Union Ticket office, 67 Monre street and depot. J. W. McK ENNEY, Gen’l Agent. Grand Rapids & Indiana. GOING NORTH. Arrives. Cincinnati & Gd Rapids Ex 9:20 pm Cincinnati & Mackinac Ex. 9:30am = 11:50a m Ft. Wayne& Mackinac Ex 4:10pm 4:65pm G’d Rapids & Trav. City Ac. 7:00 a m GOING SOUTH. G. Rapids & Cincinnati Ex. 7:15am Mackinac & Cincinnati Ex. §:05pm 5:40pm Mackinac & Ft. WayreEx..10:30am 11:45 pm Cadillac & G’d Rapids Ac.10:30 pm All trains daily except Sunday. SLEEPING CAR ARRANGEMENTS. North—Train leaving at 5:05 o’clock p. m. has Sleeping and Chair Cars for Petoskey and Mackinac. Trainleaving at 11:30 a.m. has combined Sleeping and Chair Car for Mackinaw Leave. 7:30 am 4:00 pm Leaves. y. South—Train leaving at 5:30 p.m. bas Wood- ruff Piooping Car for Cincinnati. Cc. L. Lock woop, Gen’! Pass. Agent. Michigan Central. DEPART. *Detroit EXpress..........-......5-000 6:00 a m WEED TORTIOOOR, 2 oo os coe ce ta as 12:45 5 m No coc ese aide ce kone 10:40 pm WAY HVEIZht........--- se eee eee ee ee ones 6:50 am ARRIVE. *Pacific EXpress.............:..6..00 6:00 am ag ca es nie wk ho ek her enuad 3:50 p m +Grand Rapids Express............... 10:35 p m WAS PTOIGNC.; 2. 55 crease erence rencrsnas 5:15am +Daily except Sunday. *Daily. Sleeping cars run on Atlantic and Pacific Express. irect and prompt connection made with Great Western, Grand Trunk and Canada Southern trains in same depot at Detroit, thus avoiding transfers. : The Detroit Express leaving at 6:00 a. m. has Drawing Room and Psrlor Car for Detroit, reaching that city at 11:45 a.m., New York 10:30 a.m.,and Boston 3:05 p. m. next day. A train leaves Detroit at 4 p. m. daily except Sunday with drawing room car attached, arriv- ing at Grand Rapids at 10:35 p. m. Cras. H. Norris, Gen’l Agent. Detroit, Mackinac & Marquette. Trains connect with G. R. & I. trains for St. Ignace, Marquette and Lake Superior Points, leaving Grand Rapids at 5:00 p. m., arriving at Marquette at 1:36 p.m. and6:10 p.m. Returning leave Marquette at 7:30 a. m. and 2:00 p. m., nection deat Marquette with ehiaruete, Dm u © Marque ‘Pepperell, 7-4...... Anthracite, stove an car CURRENT. ~e WHOLESALE PRICE WIDE BROWN COTTONS. Androscoggin, 9-4..23 |Pepperell, 10-4...... 25 Androscoggin, 8-4..21 |Pepperell, 11-4...... 27% 164%|Pequot, 7-4......... 18 Pepperell, 8-4...... Pequot, 8-4......... 21 Pepperell, 9-4...... 224%4|Pequot, $-4......... 24 CHECKS. Park Mills, No. 90..14 Park Mills, No. 100.15 Prodigy, 0Z......... li Otis Apron......... 10% es Otis Furniture..... 10% Park Mills, No. 70.. York, f O£6...0..4,.: lv Park Mills, No. 80.. York, AA, extra oz. 14 OSNABURG. Alab®»mabrown.... 7 |Alabama plaid..... 7 Jewell Lriwn....... $%| Augusta plaid...... 7 Kentucky brown..10%/|Toledo plaid........ 7 Lewiston brown... 9%|Manchester plaid.. 7 Lane brown........ 9% |New Tenn. plaid...11 Louisiana plaid.... 7 [Utility plaid........ 6% BLEACHED COTTONS. Avondale, 36...... ty/Greene,G 44 ... 5% Art cambries, 36...1145, Hilly 4-4............. ™% Androscoggin, 4-4.. 84 fill, 7-8............. 6% Androscoggin, 5-4..124% Hope, 4-4........... 6 Ballou, 4-4.......... 6%\King Phillip cam- Ballou, 5-4.......... 6 bric, 4-4 11% Boott, O. 4-4........ 8%|Linwood, 4-4....... Th Boott, E. 5-5....... 7 ‘Lonsdale, 4-4....... 7 Boott, AGC, 4-4..... {Lonsdale cambric.10% Boott, R. 3-4....... Langdon, GB, 4-4... 9% Blackstone, AA 4-4, 7 |Langdon, 45........ 14 Chapman, X, 4-4.... Masonville, 4-4..... 8 Conway, 4-4... ... 7 |Maxwell. 4-4 9% Cabot, 4-4.......-. ‘ New York Mili, 44.10% Cabot, 7-8... .....5.... 6 iNew see: 4-4.... 8 Canoe, 3-4.........- 4 |Pocasset, P. M.C Domestic, 36....... 74 Dwight Anchor, 4-4. 9 Davol, 4-4.........- 9 Fruit of Loom, 4-4.. 8 Fruit of Loom, 7-8.. 7 Fruit of the Loom, cambric, 4-4...... i Gold Medal, 44.. .. 6% Gold Medal, 7-8..... 6 Gilded Age......... 83) SILESIAS. OPOWO 3-55 6.54: 17 |Masonville TS...... 8 24%|Masonville 8....... EGNSGRIO .. 2.02.6... 9% Lonsdale A......... 16 Nictory Q.........: Victory ]........... Victory D........-. Victory K........... 2% Parent A... ken 19% Red Cross......---- 10 |Phoenix B.......... 10% Social Imperial....16 |Phoenix XX....... 5 PRINTS. Albion, solid........ 5%|Gloucester .......... 5% Albion, grey.......- 6 |Gloucestermourn’g.5% Allen’s checks...... 5%\)Hamilton fancy....5% Ailen’s fancy.......5%/|Hartel fancy........ 5% Allen’s pink......... 5%|Merrimac D......... 5% Allen’spurple....... 5% |Manchester ......... 5% American, fancy.... Oriental fancy...... 5% Arnold fancy........ Oriental robes...... 6% Berlinsolid......... 5 |Pacific robes........ 5 Cocheco fancy...... 5 |Richmond........... Cocheco robes....... 3% Steel River.......... 5% Conestoga fanecy....6 |Simpson’s........... 6 Eddystone ..... .... Washington fancy.. Raplo TONCY. .. 5.555 Washington biues. Garner pink......... 5% FINE BROWN COTTONS. Appleton A, 4-4.... Indian Orchard, 40. 8 Boott M, 4-4........ Indian Orchard, 36. 7% Boston F, 4-4....... | Laconia B, 7-4...... 16% Continental C, 4-3.. 644;/Lyman B, 40-in..... 10% Continental D, 40in Mass. BB, 4-4....... 5% Yonestoizra W, 44... 6%/Nashua BH, 40-in.... 8% Conestoga D, 7-3... Nashua R, 4-4...... wy Conestoza G, 30-in. Nashua O, 7-8....... 634 Dwight x, rl ss ve 5144;Newmarket N. .... 64 Dwivnht V, (8....... . Caledonia, XX, 02.. Caledonia, X, 02... Economy, Park Mill Pride of the West.. Pocahontas, 4-4.... 7 Slaterville, 7-8...... \Y4\Victoria, AA \4|Woodbury, 4-4...... Whitinsville, 44... 7 Whitinsville, 7-8.... Wamsutta, 4-4 Williamsville, 36... Centennial......... Blackburn ......... 8 PPAVOL sos cceceens 14 TOGON, . oc. senses RY PARCODIR .....-.- <5. RB 534|Pepperell E, 39-in.. 7 1% 64 64 Dwigat Z, 4-4....... Dwight Star, 4-4.... Ewight Star, 40-in.. Enterprise EE, 36.. ! 6% Pepperell R, 4-4.... r |Pepperell ©, 7T-8.... ;Pepperell N, 3-4.... \Pocasset_C, 4-4..... 6% Great Falls EH, 4-4... jMAFAHAG Th... 5.6655 74 Farmers’ A, 4-4 B iparanne %.......... 9 Indian Orehard +4 74! DOMESTIC GINGHAMS, Amoskeag ......... 7%|Rentrew, dress styl 9 Amoskeag, Persian 8% Johnson Manfg Co, Bes, 6 ks i Booktola ....:,... 124 TRRUOR. . cesses a sen eee 7%|Johnson Manfg Co, Berkshire ......... 6%| dress styles...... 12% Glasgow cbecks.... 7 |Slaterville, dress Glasgow checks, f’y 7%] styles............. T% Glasgow checks, |White Mfg Co, stap 7 royal styles...... 8 |White Mfg Co, fane 8 Gloucester, new (White Mant’g Co, standard ......... 7%4| Earlston.......... PHinket =... Ti6 GOrdon ...<......... 7 Lancaster .........- 8 |Greylock, dress WIDE BLEACHED COTTONS. Androscoggin, 7-4..21 |Pepperell. 10-4.....27% Androscoggin, 8-4..23 |Pepperell, Ll-4..... B2% Pepperell, 7-4...... 20 |Pequot, 7-4......... 21 Pepperell, 8-4......2244|/Pequot, 8-4......... 24 Pepperell, 9-4...... 25 |Pequot, 9-4......... HEAVY BROWN COTTONS. Atlantic A, 44..... 734 \Lawrence XX, 4-4.. Atlantie H, 4-4..... 5 jLawrence Y,30.... Atlantic D, 4-4..... 644 Lawrence LL, 4-4... Atlantic P, 4-4...... 544|Newmarket N...... Atlantic LL, 44.... 5 |Mystic River, 4-4... Adriatic, 36......... 744 Pequot A, 4-4....... Augusta, 4-4........ 6% Piedmont, 36....... Boott M, 4-4........ 65 Stark AA, 44....... Boott FF, 4-4....... 7% Tremont CC, 4-4.... £ Graniteville, 4-4.... 5% Utica, 4-4........... 9 Indian Head, 4-4... 7 |Wachusett, 4-4..... 7 Indiana Head 45-in.124%|Wachusett, 30-in... TICKINGS. Amoskeag, ACA...12%)Falls, XXXX....... Amoskeag ‘ 4-4..19 (Falls, XXX......... Amoskeag, A..... 12. RUS, BE. . oc... cans Amoskeag, B...... 11%'Falls, BBC, 36...... ¢ Amoskeag, C...... 1! (Falls, awning...... 19 Amoskeagy, D...... 10% Hamilton, BT, 32.. Amoskeag, E...... 10 |Bamiltton, D....... Amoskeag, F....... 9%i|Hamilton, H.... .. 9 Premium A, 4-4....17 Hamilton fancy... Premium B........ 16 ‘Methuen AA....... Extra4-4....... .....16 |Methuen ASA...... Extra7-8...... ....14%/Omega A, 7-8....... Il Gold Medal 4-4...... 1b ‘Omega A, 44....... A Te ee 12% Omega ACA, 7-8.... ree oc 14 Omega ACA, 4-4.... BS tess 14 |Omega SE, 7-8...... 24 Re ios caesar, 16 |\Omega SE, 4+4...... PO Ue EE ey es 19 jOmega EE Cordis AAA, 382..... 14 Omega M, 4-4....... E Cordis ACA, 32..... 15 ‘Shetucket SS&SSW 1144 Cordis No. 1, 82..... 15 |Shetucket,S & SW.12 Cordis No. Shetucket, SFS_ ..12 Cordis No. 13 |Stockbridge A..... 7 Cordis No. 4........ 11% Stockbridge frney. 8 GLAZED CAMBRICS. APOUTIBE oo ios ca cok ss Bb DINO ce, Hookset............ 5 |Washington........ 435 Red Cross.......... B (Bawards........... 5 Forest Grove....... |S. 8. & Sons........ 5 GRAIN BAGS. American A...... 18 GO.Old Tronsides...... 15 BOAR Bo ka bas 22%!Wheatland......... 21 DENIMS. RGOStON <.......5..- Ox Otis CO.........-5.. 10% Everett blue....... 1344;,Warren AXA...... 12% Everett brown..... 134'Warren BB........ 11% OS AAA. ... i625 os 12%|Warren CC......... 10% OGG TG hose eee ae 11%|York tancy........12% PAPER CAMBRICS. Manville............ 6 |8.S. &Sons......... 8 Masgnville......... B (GMPNOr oases c ces 6 WIGANS. Red Cross.......... 7% 'Thistle Mills........ Oru... sco kay TRIB ii ook oc alec 8 RIBPR GE obo c se ces ae ok 7% SPOOL COTTON. BrOOKS .. .. 00.0.0 50 |Eagle and Phoenix Clark’s O. N. F..... 55 Mills ball sewing.30 J.& P. Coats....... 55 |Greeh & Daniels...25 Willimantic 6 cord.55 |Stafford ............ 25 Willimantic 3 cord .40 Hall & Manning....25 Charleston ball sew ‘ean ace i has ve hen 25 ing thread........ 30 CORSET JEANS. Pie 6%4|Kearsage........... 1% 7%\Naumkeag satteen. 7% 6 |Pepperell bleached 7% 64%'Pepperell sat....... 8% 6% |Rockport........... 6% Armory Androscoggin sat.. Canoe River........ Clarendon, ........ Hallowell Imp..... Ind. Orch. Imp..... 6%'\Lawrencesat....... 7% Laconia ............ 7% \Conegosat.......... 6% COAL AND BUILDING MATERIALS, A. B. Knowlson quotes as follows: Ohio White Lime, per bbl Ohio White Lime, car lots............. Louisville Cement, per bbl............ 1 30 Akron Cement per bbl................ 1 30 Brdalo Cement, per bbl..... be eae ae 1 30 Carlots ‘“ a ee C5 1 06@1 10 Plastering hair, per bu..............-. 25@ BIUCCO, PET DDL. soos. kee avec ens eeenne Land plaster, per ton............-..+4+ Land plaster, car lots..............-+4. Fire brick, per M.............00+++506- $25 Fire clay, per bbl...................08- COAL. e Anthracite, egg and ous cay lots. . $5 nut, Chr lots.. Mc 1 00 85 roe SEs co 8 & eee sere aoe eeesnee 6 3 ; 1. 8 50@4 sees ‘Seek - Ssxsns 2 Daroware. Hardware Notes. The Egyptian hoe was made of wood. The handle was about three feet long and was mortised to the blade and tied into the same by thongs. Pereussion caps were invented by Joshua Shaw in 1814, and a pereussion lock was patented some eight years later. They were not adopted by the United States army until 1842. Double-bitted axes are found in the In- dian mounds all over the country. They are made with a groove around the center for lashing onto the handle, with a hole for inserting the helve and with a socket for the same purpose. The double-bitted form was used also by the Seythians and Egyptians, and seems to have been the oldest form of this useful tool. According to the regulations of the Ameri- can Master Carbuilders’ Association the dis- tance between the parallel sides of a bolt- head and a nut for a rough bolt should be equal to one and a half diameters of the bolt plus one-eighth of an inch. The thickness of the head should be equal to one-half the distance between their parallel sides. The thickness of the nut should equal the di- ameter of the bolt. For a finished bolt the thickness of the head should be the same as that of the nut. The distance between the parallel sides of a bolthead and nut, and the thickness of the nut should be one-six- teenth of an inch less for finished work than for rough. ea Are Gas Stoves Unhealthy ? From the Sanitary News. A very convenient article of housekeeping has just been attacked in this country and in England. It is claimed by those who write on the subject that the burning of coal oil and gasoline in the stoves arranged for cooking liberates large volumes of carbon dioxide gas, the removal of which from the kitehen atmosphere is not provided for. In England, Mr. Henry Masters attacks the ordinary gas stoves for the same reason. It is undoubtedly true that the burning of gas or oil stoves liberates more carbon diox- ide than is the ease with apparatus for il- lumination, and while all houses are poorly enough ventilated, the addition of this large | Curry, Lawrence’s..... dis quantity of the dangerous gas is undesirable | and unhealthy to persons who are so unfor- tunate as to be obliged to endure the atmos- phere of kitchens. Thereis another source of danger from the same cause in the opera- tion of gas engines in the same room with | operatives, without some means of hooding and carrying away the products of combus- tion. The odor of burnt gas is always strongly noticeable in an apartment where a gas engine is in operation. It may yet be necessary for the manufacturers of gas con- ay ; suming implements to provide some means = /Q | oon Pagan The Hardware Market. Business and collections are both fairly satisfactory. The price of nails remains steady at $2.50, although there is no large buying, the futures of values being regarded as too uncertain. The number of Western machines in operation increasing very slowly, but those now at work are relieving the market considerably. The makers of cheap cast goods such as butts, locks, ete., have withdrawn quotations and gvirtually advanced prices. A firmer feeling in com- mon earriage bolts, machine bolts, nuts and washers is reported. The manufacturers of common carriage bolts are in many cases withdrawing their extremely low quota- tions, and in others making slight advances in their price; so that the lowest figure at which these goods can now be bought not quite so low as it was a short time ago. The manufacturers of strap and T hinges have reduced the discount from 10, 5 and 5 to5 percent. Other articles in the hard- ware line are about steady, although a firm- er tendency is plainly discernible. ee ee Eight Dollars a Week. Hello, Colonel! this is a cool 'day; what makes you look so hot?” “Hot! Icould thaw ice with a glance. Just come from our engine room—been look- ing at engine—bought little over a year ago —$2,000—battered—abused—I’d swear, but yowre pious., The blamed chump!—makes me fighting mad—steam chests, cylinder cover and erank pin—banged with a ham- mer or something. Oh, but Vl fire him! Yes, he’s a goner.” “Colonel, what wages do you pay this ruthless destroyer?” “Wages? Eight dollars a week, by thun- der! Paid him that for—” But I eut off, smiling, while my friend shook with emotion from center to circum- ference. is is The Cooperage Market. Red oak flour staves and basswood heads are in better demand and prices are firmer. No. 1 heads are stiff at 444@4l¢e per set, and sales of red oak staves have been made to Eastern parties at an advance over quota- tions for choice stock. —_--—> -0- <> The total loss by fire in the United States | and Canada during November was $7,500,- 000, $1,000,000 less than that of November | 1884, and $4,400,000 less than that of No-| vember, 1883, but $350,000 more than aver- age November loss in the last ten years. Three million five hundred thousand dollars, or nearly 47 per cent. of the total loss, was consumed in eight fires. Anyone who isin a position to get out staves in tough second-growth white oak or ash can secure a contract by addressing Tux | TRADESMAN office. : f Morse’s Taper Snhank................. dis PRS i wv ica cael ac ois cdss- dis | for ventilating the rooms or spaces in which | Langdale ........... 7 mom... .....: 12% | they are used. | Clar’s, small, $i | Ives’, 1, $18 00; 2, $24 00; 3, $30 00. | American File Association List...... dis WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT. These prices are for cash buyers, who pay promptly and buy in full packages. AUGERS AND BITS. | BOR, OMT GOGO. oo hos eso asic cts dis60&10 TR A, os ks ae os coe a nee dis60&10 IE os ccs so sda baed chewed eesaecees dis60K10 I ec, isc cos ddaas dwu (aawec esas dis60&10 | eva cece as bes cee hs ce aes dis60&10 | a i ha acca cesde eases dis40&10 Jennings’, genuine................626+- dis 25 | Jennings’, imitation........... ........ dis50&10 | BALANCES. PN oi veo ho ican san seseuss dis 40 BARROWS. | TROROG I oe occ Cede wae v cua ccaleuay, seus $ 18 00 | sab elcs Sia basinene net 35 00 | BELLS. | ae eel ae kee dis $ 60&10&19 | Og a eos dace a lk dis 60X10 | i BORIS | 25 WOOe, MANBONE .... 5... eee... dis H&10 BOLTS. i i ii ab ee cass acaces dis $ Carriage now let............... cc aces dis WO asi ae dis DiC, ee eee dis Wrought Barrel Bolts................ dis Cust Barre: BOs. .... 265.5... .s esses dis Cast Barrel, brass knobs....... ..... dis Cast cease Oe, oe ce dis Oey Ce se ee on dis Wrought Barrel, brass knob......... dis WEPOR SOAEG 6c ice esc esclaces dis Wrougnt Sunk Fiueh:................ dis Wrought Bronze and Plated Knob ete aide ken hess dea, dis PO EMO esis i ec cass dis BRACES, Re i dis $ a ee oe ec icc saccades dis BONN ag lnc eu cece ans eee cee. dis a occ aa cl dis BUCKETS. PONE MN ie vig css cde e ces sy acc dees cae $ TO oo a ve kc ic ccsns ‘ BUTTS, CAST. Cast Looge Vin, feured.............-. dis Cast Loose Pin, Berlin bronzed...... dis Cast Loose Joint, genuine bronzed..dis Wrought Narrow, bright fast joint..dis Wroutnt T0080 VIA... ..0.. 6 ck cnce ss dis Wrought Loose Pin, acorntip........ dis Wrought Loose Pin, japannmed........ dis Wrought Loose Pin, japanned, silver Co ee ie dis We POMMEE BAUG. ods conc cn ca ceescke dis Wrought Inside Blind................ dis Bb le eS Te dis Ss A ge ee dis er, POT MOE 6. os coco scan cca osc cease dis Pomc, Snevard’s........ 00-2 .....0..05 dis CAPS. ease ee per MU ee acs a ee CATRIDGES. Rim Fire, U. M.C. & Winchester new list50410 Rim Fire, United States................ dis50&10 Voce | 0g a A ee dis40&10 CHISELS. Peet WiNNGr oo i. dis MOOMOU PPA. . oo oc co asc ence cscs dis eerOs CONNOR dc eae dis MNO MOY BONE. oo cic cl una e a, dis Butchers’ Tanved Firmer............ dis Barton's Socket Firmers........ aoa Ce ie a a ae ck net COMBS. “| S08IC | 4a | 60&10 | 60K10 | 60 | 60 6010 | 6O&K10 | 6010 | 60 | 60&10 40 50&10 50 net | 3 50 4 OO FOX10 | TOXIO | GUKTU 60&1U 60K10 60& 5 60& 5 60& 5 1C&60 LO&60 7O0&10 80X10 80&10 70 75&10 T5X10 T5&10 75 40 », ae | L010 | a dis 25 COCKS. | Nos. I I i] I 6Oki0 | I eee, Meowing se |... ol... ieee | TO ce, ene... Cie COPPER. Planished, 14 oz eut to size....... 60 60 | 6U ae Tit 14 UE XO) gk oe oc. 31 Coid Rolled, 14556 and 14x@0................. 19 Mrs MOUGK, T8248... 8. eee eek ee v Mee COWOOGL cy. cacccsccs ces aca 4 C, Mee, CUMPOOOL ooo. ccc xasccecccens 6 x, Te COON ooo vo coco an ckaees 7 C, Wen CNOOGL co. ic coca cucc aoecce 5 a Bee, CMIOOME: oo. 5: ccc neeceeacsal 7 Bem, «See COMTOOR .. o.oo icc co cas cccs 8 7 De SO CUMTOOOL. 0 ooo oc ccc ccs cc cnses 10 7 ee, Fae, CUMPOORL, . onc os cock cece 12 de MAU, CNOOUL gos cca sss cecscesces 15 & DC, WM) WIRE CUATOORGL.. .. . 60 cccccceces 6! Dx, MAREE GO CMOROORL, 6555 cc cccncccces) Ot ERA, 100 PimkO CHATOOL... .. 5 5 osc ccccacace 10: Sa, FO Plate Onarcoal. . ...... 0. secs; 12 5 Redipped Charcoal Tin Plate add 1 50 to 67 rates. BRMRIARE, DOENE DOr on occ cn ccce sacs cuekac 5 WRN RNR Os cece ooctcaccacee. Roofing, 20x28, I NURI, MRP, Mow 5 da os cn hacen 14 TRAPS. Pn, OU a i ce en nce danss oy Onvida Communtity, Newhouse’s....... dis 35 Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s..60&10 UMN noose dae ccc dckccancess 60&10 Be ee. WEE, GOV oo oo oo ook oe cce case, 60&10 TN ONNE iio coke. s oe cc keke ae l8e @ doz Mouse, delusion......... dae Woie a a) $1 50 B doz WIRE. Birignt Marnct..............<....-2., Gites Poe a Og dis 70 Coppered Market............ «ceces G8 OG6QI0 re a ii ncsd hosusc cau dis 55 PE OG ooo bs cect ac eca: dis 40 PUTONMNtE MERON, bic ese dvebesss caseccs Bb O09 PR AMIIE DMBENOON So ooo oss oo as ccc csecagess Bb 8% Coppered Spring Steel............ dis 40@40&10 TERUG HITT BGO) ooo. owes ccc cceacs dis 37% ORR IM ok occu oa ens i cence, B hb 3% Barbed Fence......... Oooo is cds ches ce cea new list net I ci casues ee new list net : WIRE GOODS. Bright Bs theses sed ccs were asco ens dis 70&10&10 Screw [ee Se ere dis 70&10&10 WM oc eo cau cae vc ane tice dis T0&104&10 Gate Hooks and Eyes............ dis 70Xx10&10 WRENCHES. Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.......... OW COT i rae ccct as dis 60 Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought, dis 75&10 Coe’s Patent, malleable............ dis T5&10&10 MISCELLANEOUS. Toke ee cks sel 40X10 WU CONN ooo cc coke eas cc ccc cs dis 7U0&10 TO oo vo ccc becac acc, 80 Casters, Bed and Plate............. dis50&10&10 EMOTE, AINGHICAN. «00.5 cs sccecces ass 3344 LUMBER, LATH AND SHINGLES, The Newaygo Manufacturing Co, quote f. o. b. cars as follows: Wee PIO dd. occa, per M #44 00 Uppers, 14, 146 and Sineh.... <........... 46 00 RO Mon eciceesceas ccnee Selects, 144, 1% and 2 ineh........ Fine Common, § inch... ........6-. SO ee Fine, Common, 144,1% and 2ineh. ...... 3 No. 1 Stocks, 12 in., 12, 14 and 16 feet ... No. 1 Stocks, 12 in., 18 feet... .. .. ccc ccc cc NO, 1 booms, 13 in., Pifeet................ No. 1 Stocks, 10 im, 12, 14 and 16 feet..... eG, | mioeus, 1 in,, 18 feet... . ............ iO. 5 BeOeNs, 10 in... PO TOCE.. .. 6... occ fo acs . 1 Stocks, 8 in., 12, 14 and 16 feet...... wh OOO, © IM, IS TOCS. .. oo co case lone jn © reenact, © BD., DULCE... .. 5. os cc nc ccccs . 2 Stocks, 12 in., 12, 14 and 16 feet..... be RU, Be WER, STOOGES, og oc occa cc cece NO SB COGUe, Ue Wih.. SO TOG... 5s ccs cc vec . 2 Stocks, 10 in., 12, 14 and 16 feet..... » 2 meee, 10 in., 198 feet... ..... 6.6 cccces .2Stoeks, 10 in., 20 feet Vo. 2 Stocks, 8in., 12, 14 and 16 feet...... WO. mo eOme, © TM. TRTOOE. ooo. occ ci ccecs . 28tocks, Sin., 20 feet Coarse Common or shipping culls, all Wittne Ong lengths. ... 2... 5. cc sce 8 WE A 00 BW eiring, 406 616 .... 6... ccc A rom GOP GION... o.oo occ ccc cchs cas «- No.4 Fencing, all lenaths.....2:....>.... No. 2 Fencing, 12, 14and 18 feet.......... meth emo, I fGG8, ooo... oi oi cc ee esses Wes F womeina. 4 UNGN.. .. ...5cc cc ceveccces IO, @ WOmOte, 4 TGR... o.oo cccakesnes< Norway C and better, 4or6inch......... Bevel Siding, 6inch, A and B............ po a os ee Bevel Siding, 6 inch, No. 1 Common.... Bevel Siding, 6 inch, Clear.......i..2. Piece Stuff, 2x4 to 2x12, 12 to 16ft........ $1 additional for each 2 feet above 16 ft. Dressed Flooring, 6in., A. B Dressed Fioortng, Gin. O.... .. 2. A Middleville Merchant on the Cartage Question. MIDDLEVILLE, Dec. 21, 1885. Editor Michigan Tradesman: DeAR Str—Is it right? Is it just? Is it fair between man and man? These and other questions of like import continue to crowd themselves on my mind every time I receive a bill of goods, and glancing at the bottom the ominous word ‘‘Cartage” meets the eye with a. steady stare that would do justice to the dusky native who stands guard in front of some of the tobacco stores. Again I would ask, why isit there? Are not the wholesale men of Grand Rapids do- ing well enough so they can afford to deliv- er their own goods to the depot the same as other dealers do? Let us see fora moment. Let us compare the wholesale trade of to- day with that of ten years ago. In 1875 Grand Rapids contained four wholesale houses with a capital of To-day what have we? Nine houses repre- senting about $500,000. Ten years: ago their annual sales were $800,000. In 1884 they reached the enormous figures of $2,925,000, an increase that few cities can equal and none excel. This is the pride and boast of the jobbing trade of Grand Rapids. Does this look as though the job- bing business was on the decline, and need- ed this little prop, ‘‘Cartage,” to sustain it? Again, let us look at the financial condi- tion of the men engaged in the jobbing trade and compare their past and present condi- tion with that of the retailer, even of their own city, surrounded as it is by the best of farming country and teeming with manu- facturing interests which cannot but make her one of the finest cities in the State for the retail merchant. There is not a jobber in Grand Rapids who commenced ten years ago, but has accumulated a nice competency, unless, perchance, he has squandered it in drinking or gambling; even though they have been obliged to pay large salaries, with a long list of expenses attached that would sink the best retail house in Grand Rapids. What can we say for the retail trade of Grand Rapids? Look them over for a mo- ment and find the successful ones—those who have been able to accumulate some- thing for their old age. They are not young men, yet in the prime of life, but men whose gray hairs show a life of toil—men who commenced years ago and by close ap- plication to business and strict economy have been able to lay by a small share of this world’s goods. If this is the condition of the retail merchant in one of the best business centers, how fares the one doing business in some country town, where he has to pay freight and cartage from the depot to his place of business? For exam- ple, John Jones is doing business in some town twenty-five or thirty miles from Grand Rapids. He sends for a small bill of goods, say five barrels of oil, two barrels of sugar and enough other stuff to make $100 worth of goods. What does it cost him to get them laid down? Bim ON @ bic............-..---».- aie 2 70 I oo ec nin newer oecl er eeeecces 72 1 Bag Coffe i ARO A a case paces 15 SRvIS Crackers Q1A5.........5.005-800-0000% 2 Pe, PAHOTE GD OD... . os 6 ce ences c er erweesee 1s DUNNE AOUODITOR «is... es ceeeeass cosee ees @ ec ab ke cca cose nh ee ed ho en renee $4.00 Making a total of 4 per cent. on a bill of $100. Now, add to this 1 per cent. for cart- age to the depot and you have 5 per cent. to add to the first cost of the goods. Is it any wonder that we rebel against this last act of the jobber, against which we have no re- dress unless we quit dealing with them, which I have no doubt many will do rather than submit? I would like to hear from the jobber giv- ing his reasons for the present combination. Is the jobber less able to deliver his goods to the depot than the Jetailer is to deliver his in small parcels free anywhere within the corporation? Let us hear from the other side. Yours Respectfully, E. C. WHITNEY. —_ © > --* Branching Out. From the New York Sun. se Commercial traveler (to Dakota grocer)— Anything else you think of? Grocer—Guess that’s all this time. Commercial trayeler—How’s your stock of soap? Grocer—I’ve never kept it. You might add to the order a couple of boxes of soap for a sample, and I'll see how it takes. EE A dog belonging to a Cincinnati shoe dealer chews tobacco, using up about a quar- ter of a ten cent plug every day. A Tawas gentleman sent 25 cents in re- ply to an advertisement which promised him information how to make $50 a week at home on a capital of $1. printed slip bearing these words: fools as I do.” He received a “Fish for about $100,000. f Cushman ’s MENTHOL INHALER Designed Expressly for Inhaling Menthol. A superior Remedy for the immediate relief of Neuralgia, Headache, Cararrh, Hay Fever, sthma, Bronchitus, Sore Throat, Earache, ; ‘oothache, and all diseases of the throat and ungs. Affords quick relief and effects permanent cure by continued use. Every druggist should order some in the next orderto HAZELTINE PERKINS & CO., Wholesale Druggists, Grand Rapids, Mich. Ask their traveler to show you one the next time he ealls. “It is not what we pay for a thing, but what we realize from it, that determines the economy of its purchase.” This Space is Taken by TI. H. NEVIN & Co. PITTSBURG, PA. SEE Hazeltine, Perkins & Co.| | EDMUN® 8, DIKEMAN, THE— GREAT WATCH MAKER, —AND— JEW Bi R. 44 CANAL STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. Perfumes SPECIAL Onors. Fleur de lis Pariiad Bouguel, Marie Antomette, Wintié Rose, Ylang, Yiane, FleOr de Urange, Jockey Club, HeLlO{rOpe. EF'UII IIINE OF THE Regular Odors ! PUT UP IN 4, 1, 2 and 4 oz, + pound and pound glass stopped bottles. JENNINGS \ SMITH, Perfumers, JENNINGS | SOMETHING NEW A.B. KNOWLSON, See Our Wholesale Quotations else- where in this issue and write for Special Prices in Car Lots. We are prepared to make Bottom Prices on anything we handle. 8 Canal Street, Basement, Grand Rapids, Mich. F. J. LAMB & CO, 8 and 10 South Ionia Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. WHOLESALE AGENTS FOR THE D. D. Mallory & Co. Diamond Brand Fresh Oysters In Cans or Bulk. Write for Quotations. Foreign and Domestic Frnits, Southern Veeetables, Ete, | pondence solicited. APPLES AND POTATOES in car lots Specialties. O.W.BLAIN & CO., Produce Commission Merchants, —-——-DEALERS IN—— We handle on Commission BERRIES, Ete. All orders filled at lowest market price. Corres- NO. 9 IONIA ST. DEALERS IN RAW FURS AND DEER SKIN PERKINS by HESS, Grand Rapids, Mich. y SEND FOR PRICE-LIST TO Nos. 122 and 124 Louis St., Corner Fulton, KNIGHT OF LABOR PLUG, fruit, also on apples in car lots. | | Reference—First National Bank. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH |37, 39 & 41 Kent Street, Grand WM. SEARS & CO. FOX, MUSSELMAN & Lili igh Wholesale Grocers, AGENTS POR The Best and Most Attractive Goods on the Market. Send for Sample Butt. See Quotations in Price-Current. ” oOyVvea Tears! When in want of a good brand of OYSTERS, don’t fail to get the famous PATAPSCO, which is guaranteed both as to quality and price. Sold only by W. F. GIBSON & CO0., Grand Rapids, Mich., GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, and dealers in all kinds of PRODUCE, JELLY, MINCE MEAT and PAPER OYSTER PAILS. Jelly, Mince Meat Eitc. Arriioy We have a large Western order trade for Apples in car lots, as well as a good local demand, and also handle both Evaporated and Sun-dried Apples largely. If you have any of these goods to ship, or any Potatoes or Beans, let us hear from you, and we will keep you posted on market price and prospects. Liberal cash advances made on dried EARL BROS., COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 157 S. WATER ST., CHICAGO, ILL. “WARREN'S CRIP.” This new brand of cigars (to retail at 5 cents) we put on the market guaranteeing them to equal, if not excel, any cigar ever before offered for the price. We furnish 500 “Gutter Snipes’ advertising the cigar, with every first order for 500 of them. We want one good agent in every town to whom we will give exclusive sale. MANUFACTURED BY Geo. T. Warren & Co FLINT. MICH. Cracker Manufacturers, Agents for: AMBOY CHEESE. iaSaarO H. LEONARD & SONS, 16 MONROE STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. HOLIDAY GOODS Of Every Description. Assorted Case Children’s Tin Toys No. 3. No. 138 Horse and Rf. > Vvagon. Warranted all of the best manufacture, bright colors, and good sellers at the prices named. A small assortment at low prices, showing FIFTY PER CENT clear profit. Whol. Price. Retail Price. tal. fach. T se 1 doz. Aeeoried Animale on Wheels, NG, GO... . o.oo cc ko ce cc cc cc cc cease " = _— —— 1 Horses and Riders, No. 10.. ae 45 10 1 20 %* Assorted Animals on Wheels, ‘No. i a ka ake casa 38 10 60 u%* Revolving Groups, No. 32. i vakcc cleus 7d 25 1 00 a. * Assorted Wagons. with Horse, No. 134.. ue eye oda <4 ac acne 70 10 1 20 i “ We A ee 25 1 50 4%* Animals and Children on Wheels, No. 41. Oe a 10 15 60 ae City Stree +t Cars with two Horses, No.2 PU cca pe ccecacce 2D ho 1 50 1-6 Hook and Ladder Machines, No. 43............ 00-0. 30 25 AO 1 * Assorted Horse and Cart, No. 138% 35 05 60 1-6* Troquis on Wheels, No. 403 2 64 50 1 00 1** Large Animals Asso1 ‘ted, No. ee 59 25 1 00 Pe EE ae a LU ee es ee 67 2B 1 00 Te ee, cea 73 50 1 09 w%y° Locomotives, No. SS A ae I I en al ; 67 25 ! OO ie Mecnamioal Hocomotuives. NO. GUO... won on oc ow ce ca cc wee wen cece 75 1 00 bie” Mitenene GCompiere NO. WO... . oc. cc cice aces cac ees ee ave lvis 16 : b 1-6 ** Stoves, with Furniture, eo acl acd dc eus ae 0 25 0 1-6 ** OO, Fo .4) cess. Deda ie ; eo 50 L 00 t * Voy Polis and Cover, No. 1. ..2...4..4..4..., aa aa 35 05 60 #11 30 $17 65 No charge for ease. A. L. TUCKER, Cormmission Merchant, 167 South Water St., CHICAGO. WE HAVE STANDING ORDERS FOR LARGE AND SMALL PLES AND POTATOES, AND CAN PLACE SAME ADVANTAGE OF CONSIGNORS. WE ALSO MAKE A SPECIALTY OF BEANS, DRIED FRUITS AND CRANBERRIES, AND ARE IN A POSITION TO COM- MAND THE HIGHEST MARKET PRICE ON SUCH ARTICLES. THE LEADING BRANDS OF LOTS OF AP- AT ALL TIMES TO,_THE + CQ ' oO Caw +7 i be } 7! Oiid} Offered in this Market ai Ls SG TOBACCO. A RED FOX BIG DRIVE PATROL JACK RABBIT SILVER COIN PANIC BLACK PRINCE, DARI K BIG STUMP APPLE JACK 2c less in orders for 100 pounds of any one brand. FINE CUT. THE MEIGS FINE CUT, DARK, 7 flavor STUNNER, DARK RED BIRD, BRIGHT OPERA Se BRIGHT FRUIT O SO SWERT 64 38 00 40 32 .3O0 2c less in 6 pail lots. SMOBRINC. ARTHUR'S CHOICE, LONG CUT, BRIGHT RED FOX, LONG CUT, FOIL GIPSEY QUEEN, GRANULATED OLD COMFORT, IN CLOTH SEAL OF GRAND RAPIDS, IN CLOTH DIME SMOKER, IN CLOTH 2c less in 100 pound lots. These brands are sold only by Arthur Meigs & Co. Wholesale Grocers, Who warrant the same to be unequalled. We guar- antee every pound to be perfect and all right in every particular. We cordially invite you, when in the city, to visit our place of business, 77, 79 and 24 ids, Michigan. 81 South Division Street. It may save you money. +2 ® e a