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In a previous article discussing the prospects and results of a certain reform in commercial methods recognized by congressional action in 1866, it was treated from the standpoint of one who naturally enquires, ‘‘ Where are we at?’’ The writer entertains no hostile feeling towards the new system because of its being an exotic, but, on the contrary, fa- vors it as a decided improvement over the exasperating methods now in_ use. No attempt was made to be logical or connected in treating the subject, which has many points of view outside of those that are economic and_ useful. It was, in short, an offhand way of pressing what might be the average thought of the public, if once wakened up to consider it in the light of an ac- complished fact, to be enforced by National statute upon every transaction in the remotest corner of the land. In harmony with thousands who stand ready to welcome any policy that makes for true progress, even though it tears down old and venerated customs and makes it necessary to remove much ‘*rubbish, ’’ the writer believes that the hope of early success lies mainly in cx- preparing the way by the practical pioneer work of enlightening the masses. All will admit that this has not been done to any great extent up to the present. You may ask the first 500 persons you meet, including profession- al and business men, what they think of the metric system as compared with the crude methods in use, and very few will give you a definite reply. The ma- jority will even require some explana- tion before understanding the question. It is not because they do not care or are wedded to precedent. But the bold fact stares us in the face that there has not been, in the last thirty years since the reform was introduced, any general organized effort made to attract public attention to its details or its merits. Can we then wonder at the ignorance acknowledged by a certain representa- tive in a speech made in opposition to the law lately passed by a bare major- ity, and afterwards reconsidered and re- committed? As the chief arguments in favor of the metric system are advanced to business men, and as its advocates insist so strongly on the economic advantages accruing to every individual of the 7o, - 000,000 of American people, one might naturally expect them to use business methods to attain the desired end. They surely cannot attribute the slow progress of this reform to opposition on the part of any considerable number, unless the inertia caused by want of knowledge may be so called. It is safe to say that not 5 per cent. of our whole population have been approached, either by speech or in print, with an intelligent, practical proposition concerning the subject. The question is to nine-teuths as little known and as comparatively unimpor- tant as that of the balance of power in Europe. So far as now appears, this system has been kept as a pet, carefully guarded by chemists, scientists and men of high professional standing beyond the reach of the common people. True, some articles and editorial comments in drug or scientific journals are occasionally printed for a special class, and perhaps now and then in the general press may be found morsels of news partially sug- gestive of information. They are, how- ever, of little use to the multitude. Would it not be more practical to pur- sue the course adopted with other re- forms of a political, moral or economic nature? A campaign of education has been usually considered the logical pre- liminary to legislation, except within the last few years. The most valuable and enduring policies that ever contrib- uted to National prosperity were built upon the foundation of intelligent popu- lar consent, instead of being thrown over the people after the Napoleonic style of originating and_ establishing measures affecting the general welfare. This very system was once imposed on France by his authority as dictator and guardian of her interests. The people had no choice in the matter but sub- mitted by virtue of necessity, and as soon as the pressure was removed by the allied armies, they restored the old system ; not because of merit in the lat- ter, we may justly conclude, for they adopted later the one so arbitrarily en- farced, but because its value had after- ward become better understood and they were given freedom of choice. It is surely not in harmony with Republican precedent to adopt Napoleonic methods here where the masses have intelligence of a higher grade than that of European peasants, and where every household is in close connection with the omnipres- ent press, and every one can be rea- soned with as they are concerning other policies deemed necessary to the gen- eral good. It may be noticed, in the editorial discussion containing a kindly criti- cism of my article, that there is one special point, at least, where the new system meets serious difficulty. This partly justifies my treatment of the sub- ject, particularly as to the last para- graph. The proposed law tacitly admits the fact, and proceeds to overcome the land measure obstacle by going around it, which all will agree is a wise con- clusion. As one who is confronted daily by a vexatious compound system of weights and measures, the simple terms of the proposed method offer advantages that cannot be realized too soon for his satis- faction. The decimal part is in har- mony with National usage. If the units can be expressed in language as_ plain and easily spoken or written as are coin decimals, the whole system can be _nat- uralized in as short a time as a foreign- er in his own person is allowed to be. As Horace Greeley said of the plan of resumption, ‘‘The only way to resume is to resume.’’ Yet it took much prep- aration and earnest effort, even then, to ‘*get there’’ on time. It is possible to reach an equally happy conclusion with the metric system; but there must be more hustling done among those who are expected to use it, if we desire to come in together under the wire of suc- cess at the time set for the adoption of this method. S. P. WHITMARSH. Number 658 Unique Order for a Bonnet. When a woman buys a bonnet she wants the fun of trying on all the mil- linery in the house before she makes a selection. This is merely by way of a treat, as she knows quite well what she mail if she desires. Of course, there are cer- wants and can order a bonnet by tain directions she wishes to give on an occasion when she does not personally inspect the article, but they are few and simple. A store in Detroit, which has a customer who lives afar from the places where artificial roses blow, but who wishes a bonnet, has received the following letter of instruction: ‘*Ma- zure of head from ear to ear over top of the head, 12 inches: trom ear to ear under my chin, 9'% inches; from fore- head to back hare, 7 inches. | want biack lase bonnet with streamers and rozetts of red or yallow sating ribbon, an’ would like a bunch of pink Roses or a blue plume behind with a black jett buckel, if artifishels is still all the go I want a bunch of grapes or a bird’s tale somewhares. I do not dezire any- thing too fansy but if you think a reath of pansies would look good you may put one on. I have some good pink ribbon here at home, so you need not put on strings. ’’ 2-oe - _=The Michigan branch of the Bell Tel- ephone Co. has constructed thousands of miles of telephone line in the State at the people's expense—and still owns the system. Now that competition is becoming formidable, the monopoly is rapidly constructing new lines in all parts the State at its own expense, depending solely on long-time contracts for service. The Tradesman warns. its readers not to place too much confi- dence in the perpetuity of the Bell mo- nopoly. Its days are numbered. Hun- dreds of Bell telephones will go out. of service in Grand Rapids between now and July 1, and the country merchant who imagines he will be able to talk with any cgnsiderable number of Grand Rapids wholesale houses through Bell phones three months will find himself grievously disappointed. Grand Rapids people have organized a tele- phone company of their with larger poles, double the better phones and better switchboards than the Bell combination has ever had, and, from present indications, the competing systems friendly to the Citizens Com- pany will soon present a much larger of hence own, wire, array of outside connections than the Bell exchange has ever had or ever will nave. After an existence of less than six months the French ministry has come to an end on account of the Senate fusing to appropriate means to continue re- the military occupation of Madagascar. These changes in the ministry have be- come so frequent that they excite little comment except that recently they show a tendency to a change in the presi- dency as well. There are intimations that such may be the case this in- stance. in A Georgia farmer, while digging in his field the other day, unearthed a box containing nineteen silver coins of French and Spanish coinage. They bore dates of the early half of the pres- ent century. w THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN FIRE IN DRUG STORES. Precautionary Measures Which Deal- ers Should Adopt. A drug store was recently destroyed by fire which originated in a natural but unusual manner. A loosely covered can containing water and several large sticks of phosphorus had gradually rusted until a hole was opened and_ the water gradually leaked out and evapo- rated. The phosphorus, thus exposed to the warm atmosphere, ignited during the night, and, as no person was_ pres- ent, the flames spread over the shelves and other inflammable material and gained good headway before being dis- covered. We once read of a courtry druggist who had sold gunpowder at retail by lamplight for over twenty years and never found fault when customers or loungers leaned agaist the counter and smoked while he pcured it out. One night in the twenty-first year, however, there came a—-whish !—bang !—boom !— three men killed--no more powder -no more drug store—no insurance. Many druggists carry on business for years without consideration of fire precautions, but they, like our rural iriend, are liable to be suddenly called down. The causes from which fires can oc- cur in drug stores are numerous; and, in most cases, the origin is difficult to determine, since it 1s the interest of those at fault to suppress all evidence. Few fires bave occurred which might not have been prevented by exercise of common prudence, and many such ca- lamities are attributed to ‘‘accident’’ when they really result from the lazi- ness or recklessness of an employe, or lack of vigilance on the part of the pro- prietor. Matches are, as everybody knows, es- pecially designed to start combustion, and their use and storage must there- fore be subject to careful restrictions. Don't allow them to lie around loosely or in paper boxes. They should be pro- tected by closed metal sates, out of the reach of rats and investigative juve- niles. Receptacles should be provided for burned matches ; throwing these up- on the floor is a phase of carelessness to be discouraged. Matches should not be kept in the pockets of shop coats or overalls, where they may be ignited by friction against each other or by rats. When a match accidentally falls upon the floor in a cellar or store-room, ever leave it there to be stepped upon and cause conflagration. Gas-jets present a constant menace, Wall brackets of gas-pipe should not be placed near to, or underneath, sections of shelving, as paper parcels on shelves above them may be lett protruding and become ignited by heat from the flame. When pressure is increased by turning off other burners in the same_ building, or at the gasworks, the flame from a gas-jet will frequently leap one or two feet into the air, and perhaps reach a wooden ceiling or overhanging timbers, Large metal shields placed above tke burners, near but not in direct contact with the woodwork, afford protection in such cases. Jointed swinging gas-brack- ets are particularly dangerous, as they are almost invariably capable of swing- ing the flame into contact with some woodwork or other inflammable mate- rial. Fires have repeatedly spread from the upper portion of an inside blind or a curtain swinging over a lighted wall- bracket. Certainly every one has read of the man who carried a candle into the cel- lar to search for a leakage in the gas- pipe—and found it. Special care must be exercised in the use of gas-lights, lanterns, and candles, in the cellar. The use of ordinary kerosene oil lamps in the cellar is almost certain to lead to disaster. Remember that kerosene oil lamps are more likely tc explode when nearly empty than when full. It is a safe rule to prohibit the use of lights in the cellar altogether ; necessary business can usually be transacted in this department during the day. When, however, the cellar has to be explored after dark, closed lanterns will usually answer all requirements, and are much safer, provided they are lighted in the store beforehand. The writer recalls a destructive fire which was started by a candle which, instead of being placed in a metal candlestick, had been impaneled upon a nail driven through a block of wood. This was left burning in the cellar by an errand boy in the evening, and dur- ing the night the candle burned down and set fire to the wooden base and boxes upon which it was standing. It is an established and well-known fact that sawdust or rags saturated with vegetable oils are dangerously liable to spontaneous combustion ; these should therefore not be left carelessly about. For the same reason, overalls should be hung up loosely, to permit free circula- tion of air, and sawdust should not be used to catch drippings from oil-tanks or barrels. Owing to its spontaneous inflammabil- ity when exposed to atmospheric oxy- gen, phosphorus must be handled with appropriate circumspection lest it cause serious conflagration, or, what is incomparably graver, personal injury. It is safest to cut phosphorus under water. Although it can often be dried on a soft towel and cut in the air with- out ignition, this operation is always attended with more or less danger. In drying and weighing phosphorus, always handle it with forceps, the heat of the hand being sufficient to raise its tem- perature dangerously near the point of ignition. In this connection it may be of inter- est to note that the addition of ether to phosphorated oils reduces or entirely prevents phosphorescence — in the dark, or the production of white vapors on exposure to atmosphere. Storage of phosphorus in the phar- macy or laboratory is always attended with considerable danger from fire, and the customary method of keeping it in a bottle of water will not permit of its being placed out of doors during the winter season. In view of all this, the following ar- rangement was devised, and has been employed for somethingzover four years with gratifying results: (1) Place the phosphorus in a wide-mouthed bottle or jar containing a sufficient quantity of a 25-per-cent. solution of common salt. (2) Place this bottle of solution ina crock with earthen cover, containing glycerin enough to immerse the body of the bottle, having only the neck ex- posed. (3) Protect the crock by sur- rounding it with a layer of sawdust or asbestos fibre packed in a suitable box with close-fitting cover. A 25-per-cent. solution of common salt will preserve phosphorus quite as well as pure water, and will retain its fluidity at a very low temperature, con- siderably below zero. In case the bottle should by accident be broken, the phosphorus is deposited in the glycerin, which will protect it perfectly and is also capable of withstanding cold. Hf the box affords due protection, the liquids will rarely reach zero in the most extreme weather. Many drug stores have been injured or destroyed by conflagration resulting from accidental breakage of carboys of nitric acid in the cellar. When suffi- cient quantities of this powerful oxidi- zing liquid are brought in contact with vegetable substances such as hay or tow, exceisior, paper, sawdust, etc., fire is apt to occur. Remembering the value of carbonic acid gas as a fire-extin- guisher, a profusion of carbonate of soda solution should be promptly ap- plied, or a mixture of chalk and water may be made to serve in an emergency. Metal boxes or pails should be pro- vided for the reception of waste paper, rags, and other refuse. It is considered unsafe to use wooden vessels for this purpose. Refuse boxes should not be pushed under tables, shelves, or other woodwork to which flame would be communicated in case of fire from spon- taneous combustion, but should occupy a conspicuous place in the open room, where they are more apt to be kept clean and receive proper attention. It is a safe rule to have them set out of doors during the night. Sawdust or rags used in cleaning NUNN NNNNOTNDNOTNNNT ETN DE NTE AN AUNVNNITININNNHHNHTNNNRAD DDH TTe NDT T Tey THe W°, do we buy one or two cars every week of “ Worcester Salt? Because it is the best salt on earth! Our references 80 per cent. of the creameries and dairymen in the country. ( = Bros Canned Goods are higher priced than many so-called fancy goods. They are fancy in quality. That sells them. he largest jobbers in nearly every city are handling 5th Avenue Java and Mocha Coffee. We handle O’Donohue Coffee Co.’s line, 5th. Avenue included. That is why you find our coffee fast taking the lead everywhere. ee Oats! Douglas & Stuart pack the very finest white oats in their package goods. We claim for them, first, quality, best in the market, second, our price sclls them to every customer. Zinney Salmon Steaks. All middle Cuts. Very fine. f it’s Canned Fruit you are wanting, the best packers in California are Fontama & Co. We carry a full stock and stand back of the goods. e are exclusive agents for this market for the above lines and they are all trade winners. The mer- chant makes no mistake who has this line to offer his trade. LJ. GRARK GROGERY 60., GRAND RAPIDS. WLUAAUaLAAALbAAalbbakldbAdGdddS PTTUUTYTTTTTTUUT reece CCCO UCC TL o 9 o ° o ° ° ° 9 9 9 o o 9 9 9 9 G G PED SC oC oC 3 ad * y Gage OPEC IRS a oa a a o o o o ° a o ° o o a — oO ° 90 0° GAR a o °o DOK So @ Soro ° ao ° o ° ° ° o oa ° ° o : ° 'o o The financial condition of this country grows worse o oe daily. Every prudent merchant is keeping close to ONOfs 3 the shore. Our motto, “Cash is King,” is fast being a ae adopted by scores of retailers and has set a great 2 XS many who formerly purchased and sold upon long ° rks 2 credits “to thinking.” ° Sore We offer this week a line of canned goods which oASfo . . © . ,o-o, 2 ought to start a good many retailers “thinking.” They S ° § ; ) 5 J ° olsve are all well-known standard brands and at our prices o10fg o should prove a hummer for any live retailer. o We offer ten cases of the following brands, twenty es g ds, y ONO%, 3 dozen in all, at 60c per dozen—24o cans of standard a _ 2 goods for $12: 2 g be 1 Case 2 dozen 3’s Eclipse or Riverside ‘Tomatoes. Sant? ° r 1 Case 2 dozen 3’s Indiana Apples. . ° o i Case 2 dozen 3’s Riverside Pumpkin, ° za 1 Case 2 dozer. 3’s Hopkins’ Hominy 2 ° 1 Case 2 dozen 2’s Peerless String Beans S ero 1 Case 2 dozen 2’s Clark’s Peas ° a 1 Case 2 dozen 2’s Dailey’s French Kidney Beans ° ° 1 Case 2 dozen Pride of Columbia Salmon. a ooo 1 Case 2 dozen Dailey’s Lunch Beans. S 3 1 Case 2 dozen McCall’s Sugar Corn. a = Oe We have 18 barrels of pure Buckwheat Flour on hand in 1-16 &g O° sacks, which we offer at the remarkably low price of $2.40 per barrel ‘ Abs s in order to close consignment. ° oO °o ° yore We have a new line of fine Japan Teas, 158 packages, 80 pounds to DC © chest, jobbed at 23@24C last fall. We bid them in for spot cash and 4% of will sell same for 17c. Send for sample. Cash with order in cur- oAe(e oe rent exchange. o 9, ° @ ° Oo ° o ° a ° x x ° 9° ° *y ° oO : 2 Jace (LIMITED.) Se ° o ao NP SAGINAW, MICH. Ne 2 9° J oO ° o ODQa? HAs ° ° ° ° 2 HROE QS % OI OUCIOOO OOOO ° ° ° ° ) ° ow OW ouse ° ° o ° ° owtdo i | —— a S eensmeeietaatadiee ele saan dl ET i ii ul —— a ey i eee ee tale al a ee a ae ee ET 5 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN greasy mortars, graduates and other utensils should not be thrown into the dirt bucket, but rather burned or placed outside the pharmacy at once. It is appropriate here to recall a fire which originated in a jewelry store from rays of sunlight which, being focused through some large reading-glasses dis- played on a rack in the window, set fire to a velvet curtain. Pharmacists are, of course, subject to similar conse- quences trom show globes in windows. Spontaneous combustion of com- pressed tablets of potassium chlorate and ammonium muriate has been made the scapegoat for a large number of fires. In the writer’s experience the behavior of these tablets has been no more offensive than potassium chlorate alone. Reports of this kind of spontane- ous combustion have the flavor of ghost stories. We often meet a person who knows some one who has seen a_ ghost, but we have never either inspected the ghost itself or seen any one who has. Ointments, plasters, and similar com- bustible material should not be melted over an open gas flame or fire without the intervention of a sand or water bath. Drippings running down the side of the vessel may conduct the flame to the entire contents, causing serious Con- flagration, which may result in injuring the operator and destroying the prem- ises. Alcohol, ether, and benzin, or prepa- rations containing them, should never be evaporated over or near open flame, owing to the inflammable nature of their vapors. Benzin is probably the lightest and most dangerously inflammable liquid commonly handled by the pharmacist. Its storage in barrels is both hazardous and wasteful. In most cases it will be found quite as profitable and much safer to keep a stock of only five or ten gal- lons in a tin can, which should be stored remote from combustible material, fires, and lights. In case of leakage, the premises may become filled with its va- por, which is extremely inflammable and explosive, and if ignited would create havoc. Turpentine is tc be regarded as dan- gerously inflammable. It burns with a strong, persistent flame. Bulk stock of benzin, ether, bisul- phide of carbon, kerosene, turpentine, and other inflammable substances, is frequently stored in small buildings which, while accessible, are sufficiently remote from the pharmacy to prevent a communication of flames to it In case of accidental ignition. It is also a good plan to store gun cotton and sim- ilar explosives with the combustibles, where their.explosion during a_ confla- gration will do the least possible dam- age. Gun cotton, benzin, oil turpentine and similar.extremely inflammable ma- terials should not be stored with phos- phorus, matches, or any substances which are capable of causing spontane- ous combustion. It would be quite as rational to store matches in a powder- magazine. Lycopodium, although not particular- ly inflammable in substance, explodes with a vivid flash, when ignited, in the form of floating powder. It is therefore imprudent to openly transfer or handle large quantities of it in too close prox- imity to a flame. Don’t encourage incendiarism by leaving heaps of straw, papers, and boxes about the premises. Straw, papers, and other combustible materials should not be allowed to accumulate in the space underneath grates opening through the sidewalk. Many fires have been stated by a burning match or lighted cigar carelessly dropped by pedestrians. Smoking on premises, by employes, should be strictly prohibited. It is a common mistake among _ phar- macists to believe that the vapor of chloroform is as dangerously inflam- mable as are the vapors of benzin, ether, and benzol, probably because chloroform is extremely volatile like the others. Asa matter of fact, chloro- form and its vapor tend to extinguish flame rather than feed it. Natural gas is now largely used for heating purposes, and many deaths have occurred from asphyxiation when the supply has been temporarily shut off during the night and soon after turned on again. Our attention was recently directed to a clever arrangement which has proven an efficient and compara- tively inexpensive safe-guard against such accidents. A small jet of artificial illuminating gas is placed in the stove near the natural gas burner; this small flame keeps on burning when the natural gas is shut off, and promptly ignites it again when subsequently turned on. Remember that by prompt applica- tion a bucket of water will often extin- guish a fire which would soon be beyond control if action were delayed. Suitable apparatus for extinguishing fire in its incipient stages should be kept at hand, and employes should be thorough- ly familiar with its location and use. Fire apparatus should always be placed near the entrance to a room, where smoke or fire will not cut off access to it. A dozen buckets, covered with loose plates of tin, painted red, and labeled ‘*To be used in case of fire only,’’ should be distributed through the cellar and manufacturing rooms within easy reach. A small force-pump such as is frequently used for washing windows, kept in a bucket of water, serves as a cheap and efficient fire-extinguisher, and is less likely to get out of order than more complicated apparatus. A small alcohol-blaze can easily be blown out with the breath, but a flame of dangerous size is most readily ex- tinguished by dashing water across the surface of the liquid or floor. If in an open vessel, prompt closure with a loose cover will subdue the flame by cutting off the supply of air. Remember that fire cannot burn without a supply of air. Smother it if you can. Remember that soda-fountains can be made to serve as excellent fire-extin- guishers. Two men can easily carry a small fountain to a point from where its éarbonated contents can be emptied on- to a fire. Hand grenades have fallen into a richly merited state of ‘‘innocuous desuetude,’’ and little reliance should be placed upon them for extinguishing fires in drug stores. Where fire-shutters are capable of preventing communication of fire to the premises from adjoining buildings, in the rear or at the side of the pharmacy, they should certainly be applied, and invariably closed and locked at night. Heavy shutters and doors of wood cov- ered with block tin are considered more serviceable than iron shutters. ‘Fire precautions not only confer a degree of safety, but materially reduce the rate at which insurance can be _ se- cured. Permanent paper labels on stock-con- tainers should, as far as practicable, be kept varnished. In case of fire, great damage often results from the loss of identity of pharmacueticals through washing off of labels by water used in extinguishing flame. Ordinary shipping tags, bearing the name of the contents, are well protected by sizing with glue and varnishing on both sides. Ordinary ink or pencil marks on unprotected la- bels are soon obliterated by action of damp air in a cellar. During the excitement incidental to a fire, don’t forget that the prescription records rank among your most valuable possessions. Some neighboring drug- gist will be willing to repeat prescrip- tions for you until your plant can be re- established. While one person is engaged in an attempt to extinguish the fire, another should promptly proceed to turn in an alarm. Escape from a burning building can often be effected by creeping on hands and knees to a window, door, or stair- case. The atmosphere of a room so full of smoke as to cause suffocation of a person standing upright can general- ly be safely breathed near the floor. Several folds of wet cloth, or even a damp handkerchief tied or held over the mouth and nostrils, will often enable people to pass through dense smoke. — Don’t neglect to keep your stock in- sured. INO] UBISLIed Parisian Flour Lemon & Wheeler Company, SOLE AGENTS. Parisian Flour Parisian Flour OF COURSE YOU HANDLE 4LION COFFEE- ——— For Sale by All Jobbers. ro 20000000040000050000000000000 7 ¢ + Te: ean > SEE PRICE LIST ELSEWHERE. F ite ¢ 2 ¢ A > e f 3 EVERY PAGKAGE 16 OZ. NET 3 P + : ° ¢ 3 WITHOUT GLAZING. 3 ; o _ * ip @ Perfectly Pure Coffee. 4 0 ? > 4 9999990090 990006060090066066 WOOLSON SPICE CO. TOLEDO, OHIO, and KANSAS CITY. MO. Ws yy ee STE DIOL SRS SRS Was WarHSArs [PASSA “There is no higher art than that whtch tends toward the tm- provement of human food.”’—HENRY WARD BEECHER. SAaSsSAaS3 aK) 5 A 4 IGAN SPICE CO., ‘*ABSOLUTE”’ Butchers’ Sausage Spices ‘“‘ABSOLUTE”’ Cigars——~==* MICH ‘“ABSOLUTE”’ Pure Ground Spices ‘“ABSOLUTE”’ Baking Powder i? Os D A i A Importers of «‘ABSOLUTE”’ Teas, Roasters of ‘‘ABSOLUTE”’ i IS) SSA Coffees, Jobbers of Grocers’ Sundries. L. WINTERNITZ, Manager. Me 1 and 3 Pearl St., Grand Rapids. Tel. 555. A De anes eT Bae SOIggISS SIS . mC EES SASS SASSI ' XZ AUTIPVIPNEPNT IE NEPNNP ET NEPNP HERE NerNor HER Naren Tr Nar ete tT d IVOPNONENN NET NTE NNT VE Venere en NenNorNorNorenrNerNarNTe NTT NTT ttAEZ CHAS. E. STORRS, Dairy and Food Commissioner. Lansing, Mich., Feb. 25, 1806. E. B. MILLAR & Co., Chicago, [{ll., Gentlemen: The December number of the Bulletin of this De- partment contains the analysis of a sample of Pepper from R. B. Shank & Co., of Lansing, produced by your firm. In a re-examination of this Pepper it has been found that a mistake was made in classifying it as an adulterated product, which correction will be published in the next number of the Bulletin. Respectfully yours, (Signed) C. E. STORRS, Dairy and Food Commissioner. MUMGMh GAA AAA AAA AbAdbA Abb AAA AAA Shh JbAdbb ANA bk bA AA Jbi db dd wll DAAMMGUASAAAUASUAANAJ4A AAJA AAA. J44 db J44 Nb d4i 004 dbd.Jbb ddd dbbdb0 J44 000 4+ Around the State Movements of Merchants. ie—Wm. Fisher succeed Homer—Samuel Hat has pur- chased the grocery stock of J. A. Clark ji. | 2. Pomey saeceeds Page & Turney in the grocery business. McBain—O. Hart has purchased the grocery and shingle mill of S. E. Mar- tin Leland—Mrs. J. M. Watts succeeds Halmond in the grocery busi- taburen i. FE. Davis & Co., sén- eral dealers, have removed to Carson City. Ewen) Mo (Mrs. J.T.) Gardner has removed her drug stock to Waiker, Minn. Battle Creek—Frank C. Beard has purchased the drug stock « f Herbert A. Fisher. Nashville—B. C. Button has_ pur- chased the grocery business of Ed. White. Lansing -O. A. Jenison has purchased the book and news business of F. F. Russell. Homer Aldrich, meat deal- Vv. Sioan & ers, have dissolved I. Sloan suc- ceeding. Milford— ceeded by -James G. Holmes is suc- S. Clark Eddy in the grocery business. Ithaca—E. R. Van Duser succeeds Kinch & Van Duser in the jewelry business. Kalamazoo—Rakider Brus. & Co. succeed Radiker Bros. inthe plumbing business. Palm Station—John E. ceeds Eastman, Graves & Co. 11 Eastinan suc- cn eral trade. Lapeer—Robt. D. Malcolm, merchant tailor, has removed from Port Huron to this place. Liberty @ Carey, dealers, have dissolved, Carey & Hilton Gibbons seneral succeeding. Pine Creek dealer at this Battle Creek. Marlette—Stroebel 1. E. place, Cole, has removed to general Co. have purchased the hardware stock of Dan- Bros. & iel Thompson. Harbor Chas, W. jewelry business. Kent City—Daniel McInnis succeeds O’ Connor McInnis and meat business. Woodland--S._ 5. his intention of removing his general stock to Northville. Traverse City—Jobn C. eecas FP. GB. (Mrs. ML OE) in the grocery business. Alba—De Voist Bros., ers at this place, have removed their stock to Thief River Falls, Minn. Perry—I. Osborn & hardware and agricultural have Osborn ceeding. New Era—Frank Veltman has sold his store building and stock of general merchandise to H. H. Pleschee, formerly of Allendale. feetzel & Teetze] senton Hayden succeed in the x in the grocery Schantz announces Ringler suc- Greenough general deal- dealers implements, & Locke suc- Son, in dissolved, | begun the erection of a three-story | basement | feet | decided to locate at THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Evart—D. G. Forton has purchased City bakery plant and business of s and will continue the busi- tk . ie Stephen ness at the same location. Hawkins—W. L. i the grocery stock f ducted in connection with the sawmill of Jackson & Darling and it with his own stock. Remington has pur- chase¢ ormerly con- consolidated Ithaca—Frank Dreese, who conducts a dry goods, clothing and boot and shoe | s place and also at Edmore, store at this pla has sold his stock and discontinued business at the latter place. Carson City—E. C. Cummings has and store building, 42x110 The building has been leased for five years by Cowman & McKenna, who will occupy it with their general stock. Sutton’s Bay—John Litney & Co. have brick " ' in dimensions. sold their general stock to E. K. Dailey, of Empire, who will continue the business. Mr. Litney has been identified with the mercantile business He will implement here for seventeen years. the agricultural em bark in business. Ignace St. Walter G. Wing has pur- chased the grocery stock of Joseph Con- rad and will continue the business at the same location. Mr. Wing is well known in St. Ignace, having been for the past fifteen years in the employ of the Mackinaw Lumber Co., eight years as manager of their store in this city. Rockford--W. F. Hessler has pur- d the lot « the corner of Main and Courtland streets fer tion of $1,000 and will immediately be- chases mn a_ considera- the construction of a three story and 71x80 feet in dimensions. Hessler Bros. will occupy the ground floor and with their hardware stock. Bay City—E. Fischer, the Celum- bus avenue grocer who was arrested a charge of throwing poisoned sausage into the street, asserts that he pursued by enemies that this case has been put up by them. He says that he has two dogs anda cat of his own and he would be a fool to throw iT basement brick block, basement K. on is being and claims poison out in front of his store, as they claim he did. Holland—H. DeKruif, Jr., of Zee- land, has about completed arrangements to buy out the implement business, building and grounds of Allie Van Raalte and expects to move here with his family in a few days. The Zeeland branch will managed by Will De Kruif and the two stores connected by private phone. It is probable that Mr. Van Raalte will remain in the employ of Mr. De Kruif. Munising—The town of Muni- sing, where beds are at a premium, will soon take on metropolitan airs—charter water works, electric light be new election, plant, police protection, and last, but not least, a saloon. Unlike all other new towns, there is not a saloon within four miles and that is at Wetmore. It looks as if T. Moses Bissell would b2 a candidate for village president. Mr. Bissell is in the hardware business. Sault Ste. Marie—R. who recently sold his hardware stock here to Chesebrough Bros., has about Bay, Wis., capitalists there offering to contribute $100,000 toward a stock company to con- G. Ferguson, Green duct a wholesale hardware’ business. Mr. Ferguson is a thorough hardware man and will make things hum. wher- ever he goes. He was with W. H. Mil- ler, Bay City, for years up to eight years ago. Manufacturing Matters. ]. H. Gillette will build a or Yorch Lake Marquette mill this season. Saw mn Portage Tecumseh— Martin A. Zimmerman | succeeds M. A. Zimmerman & Co. in| the sawmill] business. | Ithaca—The St. Johns Manufacturing 4. 1Co. is succeeded by the Ithaca Saw | |Mill Co., with a capital stock of} $15..000. Homer—The Homer Steel Fence Co. has merged its business into a corpora- tion, under the same style, and will re- reek, Stone has purchased the move to Battle C Marion—bradley of Wm. Daniels his half interest in sawmill and hardwood lumbering busi- ness of Daniels & Stone. Lake Ann—Hawley & Bolton, who operated a sawmill at this piace, have The business will be continued by Darius Bolton. manufac- dissolved partnership. Sebewaing—Liken & Bach turers of staves, heading and lumber, with headquarters here, are the project of building another plant at Alpena. Cadillac—The Stave Heading Co.’s plant is producing 000 elm staves and 3,000 of wood heading daily. The company has 3,000,000 feet of logs on hand. considering « 3G, bass- Cadillac Sets Cheboygan-—Thompson Smith's Sous have contracted to manufacture 12, O00, - ooo feet of Canadian for Alger, Smith & Co. The mill will start May 1 and will be run night and day. Lewiston—The Michelson & Hanson saw mill shut down last week to repairs which will require about four weeks’ time. This mill has run steadily day and night for two years with the exception of two months, when it ran days only. Shelby—The project to establish a canning factory here has been aban- doned by the Dunkley Celery Co., of Kalamazoo, The business men of the place still stand ready to donate $1,500 to a cannery enterprise fathered by re- sponsible people. 3yron—M. S. Doyle has discontinued his cheese factory at St. Johns and opened a factory here, beginning oper- ations for the season April 22. At pres- ent the factory is turning out thirteen cheese per day, but Mr. Doyle expects to have an output of thirty per day dur- ing May and June. Saginaw-—The planing mill plant and lumber yard of E. O. and S. L. East- man, at Carrollton, has been purchased by the Brewer Lumber Co., which has been organized with a capital stock of $50,000, A. P. Brewer & Son have 15,000,000 feet of dry white pine Imber piled up at Duluth and Ashland, which is to be brought ts Saginaw by lake and handled in the planing mill and yard of the Brewer Lumber Co. Houghton—The deal which the Huron Isle Royale Portage and Shelden & Columbian copper mines were to be consolidated hangs fire—at least that is the popular impression, as nothing is learned regarding the definite outcome of the matter. The consolidation § of these four mines, all of which are idle, would add another big producer to the present list. It is the opinion of com- petent mining men that these mines, if properly opened and equipped, could be producing nearly as much copper within five years as the Quincy is mak- ing now, but to do so will require an enormous amount of money. Haif a million dollars is the estimate of the ] “ ogs make by promoter, but these figures might easily be exceeded through unforeseen require- ments, or through a desire to bring the property to a high producing plane at the earliest possible moment, without waiting to make improvements through profits realized from the operation of he property. Calumet--All that prevents the open- ing of a number of new copper mines in. this veins of undoubted merit is the enormous cost of putting the properties on a plane to compete region on with the gigantic mines of this county and Montana. All the big miners own mills and railroads in addition to mines. The pump of the Calumet & Hecla mills, at Lake Linden, which furnishes water for the stamps, would furnish the water supply for as large a city as Providence or St. Paul. Its size can be imagined best from the work. it must do. It must supply enough water to carry off, as sand, 5,000 tons of rock twenty-four — hours pounds of sand carried for a quarter of a mile through wooden Such as these, with 7,000 horse power hoisting engines and like millions to the Calumet & Hecla, and even the small- est of copper producers must expend its every 10, 000, 000 In suspension launders. pumps machinery, cost tens or hundreds of thousands on equip- ment if it hopes to produce copper at a profit, no matter how rich its veins may be. The machinery of a Houghton county of the second class, such as the Quincy or Tamarack, probably cost as much as all the ma- chinery in the great gold camp of Crip- ple Creek. The 37 foot double conical hoisting drum at the North Tamarack, which hauls up a to ton load in a_ ver- tical shaft at a speed greater than that of an express train on a_ horizontal track, could alone hoist all the gold and silver mined in Colorado and not work overtime doing it. Traverse City— Secretary Fleming, . of the recently organized Michigan Hard- wood Lumber Co., has been at work for several weeks securing from the several members of the company estimates of the total cut of hardwood, as compared with that of last year. The Association includes in its membership nearly every manufacturer from Cross Village to Ludington, and the result of the Secre- tary’s investigations has been surpris- ing to even the lumbermen. Very few members of the company are compelled to ship by rail, most of them being within reach of water transportation, and for this reason the figures compiled by Secretary Fleming represent, practi- cally, the total output of the region. The percentage not represented is ex- ceedingly small and will cut only an inconsiderable figure in the total out- put. The total cut last year was 68,000, ooo feet, and of this quantity 4,000,000 feet were left the manufacturers’ hands at the of the season and had to be carried over. It is estimated that the total cut will this year amount to only 50,000,000 feet, of which 20,- 000,000 feet have already been sold, leaving only 25,000,000 feet of maple in copper mine ore on close <)>) this entire region to be put on the mar- ket this season. Some of the most con- servative lumbermen are of the opinion that this amount will not be sufficient to supply the demand. As a_ conse- quence, the price of maple must ma- terially advance. The report of Secre- tary Fleming has inspired confidence in the future of the hardwood lumber trade, and it is conceded that the out- look for manutacturers is better just now than it has been for many seasons. —_$_~>-2~<______- The Dodge Club cigar is sold by F. E. Bushman, Kalamazoo. 5S THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 5 Grand Rapids Gossip Samuel A. Potter, baker, has removed from 400 South East street to 500 South Division street. Myers Bros. have opened a grocery store at Dunlap’s, Ind. The Musselman Grocer Co. furnished the stock. Gibson & Knolty have opened a_ gro- cery store at Barryton. The stock was furnished by the I. M. Clark Grocery Co. Landeman & Ostenbrugge have re- moved their grocery stock from 748 East Fulton street to 208 Sinclair street. i Arthur Manley, grocer at 418 West Bridge street, has opened a meat mar- ket at 42c West Bridge street, and conduct business at both locations. will The Michigan Spice Co. will shortly remove from its present location Pearl street to 30 North lIonia street, opposite the Ball-Barnhart-Putman Co.'s establishment. on Chas. H. Butler has sold his interest in the Valley City Implement Co., at 83 South Division street, to Stephen L. Parr, who wil! continue the business at the same location, under the same style, in company with his son, Silas L. Parr. F. Letellier, Trustee of the mortgage creditors of the Buss Machine Works, announces the sale of both the Grand Rapids and Benton Harbor plants, in- cluding machinery and merchandise on hand, at the Kent county court house on May 14. Catalogue of the property to ke sold can be obtained on application to Mr. Letellier, at his office with the Goshen Sweeper Co. , Miss Mary E. Collins has invented and patented a hook and eye which, in her opinion, is ahead of anything else on, the market. The matter has been taken up by Kalamazoo people, who have or- ganized a_ stock company to undertake its manufacture, with a capital stock of $18,000. The name of the corporation is the Four Loop Hook and Eye Co. The American Pin Co. is constructing ma- chines for the manufacture of the de- vice. __~- 2 —- The Grocery Market. Provisions—-Since our last report the market has been further depressed and another new record of prices has been established. This has been occasioned by arrivals of hogs beyond expectations, while their average weights are heavy and point out that the corn crop is_ be- ing freely used and to better advantage by putting it into hogs. ‘There appears to be a good deal of uncertainty still, and the next few days’ developments are awaited with a good deai of interest. Rice--The demand for rice continues good and values rule at about the same range as quoted last week. The fact, however, is perceptible that domestic standards are being lowered gradually, as desirable lots are taken and changed, in reality prices are better than they were. This condition has strengthened the position on foreign very materially, and the latter shows increasing activity Lemons—A full demand has been in force this week, and values have shown an advance on the average of 5o0c per box. The warmer weather has. stimu- lated the demand, and this, in connec- tion with the reduced quantity on the way, has given a firmness to values. from. stock, while the. market 1s quotably un- Not only is the local demand good, but orders come in freely from out of town, as further advances are looked for. Canned Goods--The inquiry — for canned goods during the period under review has been of a desultory charac- ter, end confined entirely to small lots to keep stock assortments complete. Buyers will not allow themselves to be interested in a large way. Except on Calfornia fruits the tendency of values has been to an easier basis. Vegetables are slow of sale, tomatoes being dis- tinctly weaker. The pressure to sell corn reported some time ago. still con- tinues, and stocks are evidently greater than was generally supposed. There little doing in peas. Cannned corn beef shows a further decline on several sizes, due to the generally dull condition of trade, there being but little demand for home consumption, while in an ex- port way the West Indies and South Atrica are taking fair quantities. RS) Spices—Prices are still very low on all varieties of spices—lower in this country than any of the other markets of the world—and this has been brought about by a speculative demand which has kept the American’ markets abun- dantly well supplied with stock and really the cause of the slowness of the recovery of prices to a parity with other markets. ‘sarding crop reports there is nothing materially new. Recent as- sertions that there would be a_ shortage in pepper and Cochin ginger seem to be verified. There will be an average clove crop, but the interference with the slave trade at Pemba and Zanzibar have an influence on the clove The opening of the canals has stimulated the country demand. 1s > ENC may market. slightly Molasses—The demand for centrif- ugal grades is quiet and prices are well maintained. Kettle varieties are sell- ing slowly, but holders still adhere to quotations, and buyers are compelled to pay them when they want selections. The shortage on centrifugal grades at New Orleans continues to grow, and was reported on April 20 to be 99,934 barrels, as compared with last year. It is said there is little or no stock in first hands at New Orleans. The demand for foreign molasses is good and_ prices are firmly held. Tea— Price show no material change, except on uncolored Japans, which have eased off slightly, owing to the de- of holders to season’s teas arrive. The trade is about sire sell before the new facing a new season, as new cron teas will be in in about five or six weeks, and it is this that has caused the weak- ness in that particular variety. ee ae lour and Feed. Another of markets, with a general downward tendency of futures, has not tended to liven up flour markets. The trade is waiting for more settled conditions, and, in the mean- time, buying only for actual needs. The output ‘of flour for the past few weeks has greatly restricted throughout the winter wheat States and must, necessarily, be until after harvest, which, in Michigan, promises now to be a bountiful one. The local mills have been running steadily and have had a fair average demand for the product, so that stocks have not been materially increased. Feed and millstuffs are in fairly good demand, with prices 25@s5oc per ton lower. week seesaw been Wa. N. Rowe. > 0. Gillies’ New York Warrior Japan Tea at killing value. Visner. IS IT INSINCERE? Motives of the Street Railway Co. Questioned by a Dealer. Grand Rapids, April 28 brought to your attention that the Con- solidated Street Railway Co. has pursued a very peculiar course in the matter of the tickets recently placed on sale by that corporation? Ordinarily, what does a business man reduce prices for—-to sell goods or to keep them? Officers of the Street Railway Co. have said pri- vately that they do not want to sell these tickets; in fact, prefer not to sell them. What reason have they for such a course? Let us see: The company has *‘ vol- untarily reduced the price of transpor- tation 20 per cent.,’’ as Mr. Johnson said to me one day recently, and now assumes that it is deserving of much commendation from the public for this philanthropic move. It has put all pos- sible obstacles in the way of a general distribution of the tickets. It will sell them at one place only—at its office all advertisements to the contrary not- withstanding. Its announcements of ‘‘agencies’’ in many diverse locations is untrue, for no genuine agency for the sale of street car tickets exists to-day. All dealers selling them do so of their own choice and not because the Street Railway Co. makes it any object for them to do so; in fact, the company does not wish the tickets sold, for it will neither pay a commission to any one for selling them nor allow transpor- tation for the remoter dealer to come after them, nor deliver them to the dealer; and when the suggestion was made that it is no object to the dealer to handle them the answer was to the effect that it was to the interest of the company not to sell them, anyway, and it didn’t care whether the dealers sold them or not. Another point: The conductors do not sell them. This is for two reasons: one (inferred), that the company does not want the public to use the tickets; the other (expressed by Mr. Hanchett), that it dare not trust its men with them, as that would be putting a premium on dishonesty. Now, I ask again, what does policy mean? Keep watch of the fu- ture Council proceedings and __ note, sometime next fall, that the company will ask some ‘‘littie privilege’’ and plead against any concessions the Coun- cil will demand in return by the state- ment,’ We reduced the fare last. spring and summer and it was not a_ financial success; you really cannot ask us to go on losing money, can you?’’ This ticket deal will bear watching. Why did not the company put them out, as General Manager Johnson is_ re- ported to have recommended-—at eight for 25 cents—and adopt a liberal policy, establish real agencies in a few well- selected localities and give the public the benefit of a real reduction, instead of such a deluding policy as appears to have been adopted? Finally, why not carry out the promise of 20 per cent. reduction, and not stop at 1673, per cent., as has been done? This attempt to secure commendation and future re- muneration for a move which has not yet been a success, and which the com- pany hopes will fail, is bad and should be widely known and_ severely con- demned. such 2 RETAIL DEALER. ~+>o<—- . The Grain Market. In last week’s article some one made a slight error and where it should have read, ‘**The corresponding week last year the visible decreased 2,250,000 bushels,’’ it was made read, Phe corresponding week last year the visible decreased 225,000,000 bushels,’’ which is more than half the amount raised in the United States. Errors will occur, even with editors, especially where they are so rushed with business as is the editor of the Tradesman. This exceptionally fine weather has a depressing effect on the price of wheat. to | | i | that Has it been | | cash and 23;c on active futures. Wheat hard to get at the prevailing is very prices, and we are still of the opinion we shall see better prices before harvest time. Our exports were ot a diminutive character, being only about smallest The reason for this is because there are only 1,286,000 bushels, which is the weekly export in five or six years. about 2,200,000 bushels of wheat in ele- vators east of Chicago. As soon as some of the cargoes now enroute from = Chi- cago and Duluth arrive we may see much larger exports. The. visible showed a decrease of only 537,000 bush - els, but this had been discounted, so. it did not have any effect on the market. Chis may be considered a weather mar- ket. and it seems that people are consuming Other commodities are also cheap something else besides wheat flour. We note a decline of 2'%c per bushel on corn, while oats declined only ! Should the off injure the young corn plants, we may We Can nothing at present to advance the price rC, frosts hold so as not to expect another large crop. see of coarse grain. The receipts during the week were: wheat, 44 Cars; corm, 15 Cars; oats, 3 cars. Cc. G A. Vorer. a PRODUCE MARKET. \sparagus-—3oc per doz bunches. Butter—On account of large receipts the price has sustained another decline, fancy roll commanding 12@ 13¢, with fair to choice dairy ranging from 10@ 11c. Factory creamery is in moderate demand at 15c. Cabbage-—-Florida stock has declined to $2.75 per crate of about 4 dozen heads, Cheese--There have been further ar- rivals of new stock, which bring g@ric, but the trade prefers old goods at 10@ 12Cc. Cider--15@18c per gal. ; Crabapple, 20C. Cranberries—-Jerseys in boxes are still in limited demand and supply at $2 per bu. Egys-—Arrivals have been liberal dur- ing the past few days, but trade has been extremely dull and_ prices have declined materially. Fancy stock, close- ly graded, suitable for cold storage pur- poses, commands g!2c, but many sales are being made on the basis of oe. Green Onions—toc per doz. bunches. Honey —Dealers ask 13@14c for white clover, 11@13c for dark buckwheat. Lettuce——1oc per Ib. Maple Sugar--Fancy commands per Ib. Fair to choice brings 6@8c. Maple Syrups—6o0@8oc per gallon, according to grade and quality. Onions--Home grown are in fair de- mand and ample supply, commanding [oc 25@@30c per bu. Bermudas command $1.50 per crate. Pieplant—Home grown is now in market, commanding 1!2q per lb. Rice, 3¢ per Ib. Potatoes No change. Radishes—-30c per doz. bunches. Seeds—Clover command $5@5.25_ for Mammoth, $4.85@5 for Medium, $4.75 for Alsyke, $3@3.25 for Crimson and $5.50 for Alfalfa. Timothy commands $1.55@1.65 for prime to strictly prime and $1.75@1.80 for choice. Spinach— oc per bu. Strawberries — Beginning with more regularity, about 20€ per qt. Tomatoes--33 Pop Corn | arrive commanding per 6 basket crate of Florida stock. Vegetable bunches. Oysters—15c per doz. -ee Illustrated Advertising. Drop a postal card to the Michigan Tradesman for a catalogue of many new and attractive cuts of different sizes which can be used in your advertising displays and obtained at very small expense. SS Buy showcases of F. E. Bushman, The record shows about 3!4c decline on | Kalamazoo. | fon) THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Hardware THE TIE THAT BINDS. Why the Traveler Hastens to Return to His Own Hearthstone. Correspondence Pittsburg Times. Nestling under the hills of Pennsy!l- vania lies a small town and in that town lived a traveling man once on a_ time, and in his home lived two little tots, whose blue eyes glistened and glowed with pleasure when *’ papa came,’’ and from the same little eyes dropped **tears as big as a pound of wool’’ when papa ‘started out.’’ His territory was large and took him from four to six weeks to cever. About ten days after he was gone two little heads might be seen bending over ten dimpled fngers, on which the days were being counted *‘till papa would be home avgain,’’ or Eliza- beth, sprouting up tall and fair, would watch the trains that daily deposited the weary travelers at the wayside inn; and if the crowd of cager men hurry- ing up the walk, each weighted down with sample cases too heavy for mortals to bear, was larger than usual, the tears would roll down the fair little cheek, and ‘‘it makes me think of papa’’ was always the answer, if questioned. Margaret, however, laughing, roguish witch, would weep and wail, i want to see my papa so bad—-I want my papa. (a One Sunday had been unusually lonely. Bad colds kept them away from the usual Sabbath service. ‘* Meeting, Sun- day school and Christian Endeavor had been well attended several times, and at the ‘‘twilight hour’’ the mother thought to pass the lonely spell singing the hymns and songs that she and the father sang together. But scarcely had the first chords been struck when a wail loud and long came from ‘*papa’s chair,’’ and soon wee Margaret slid down and hunted till she found a_ book of papa’s and then an old pair of slip- pers, and with them tightly clasped in her arms she walked up and down the room, sobbing: ‘‘Oh, my dear papa! How many more weeks will it be oe see my papa?’’ Elizabeth softly whis- pers: ‘‘Won't you let me have one of papa’s slippers?’’ And, taking it in ber arms, she cuddled down on the couch, patting it lovingly and crying silently. This is one of the little incidents in the life of a traveling man's family,and it is these little pathetic side scenes, these little white milestones on life's pathway, that make the traveling man stick so close to his own fireside when he has a day off. It is these invisible cords of love drawing him that will al- low him to ‘‘skip’’ that town on his home trip and ‘‘do’’ this on the outgo- ing trip. Who can fathom the great depths or heights of a little child’s love? Who can estimate the preserving and purifying power oi our children’s affec- tion for us? It shields from tempta- tion, it takes the sting from sorrow, and gives more worth and beauty than the “finest bill of goods’’ ever sold by the ‘‘best drummer’’ for the ‘largest house.’’ Woe to him who “‘smiles not over a cradle, or weeps not overa tomb.’’ Pity a man, for he deserves it, who has never had the companion- ship of a little child. He has missed the greatest pleasure of life. Oh, the love of a little child, so pure, so con- fidingly trusting! No man can be a bad man long who holds in his heart the love and influence of a little child and lets it bear fruit. There is no proper equilibrium of life and character without this influence, this love that the dear little eyes, looking up into ours, give us. No home is complete without the purifying life of a little child. It is no wonder the traveling man ‘*rushes’’ his orders on the home stretch no wonder he does not feel like tak- ing in that town or this, when it makes him step off a train which runs_ by his own cottage door, where the shouts of welcome from the babies are awaiting him, and where ‘‘mamma”’ adds this or that dish to the cooking department, because ‘‘ papa likes it,’’ and dons the blue instead of the green dress, for the same reason. Home! How the name touches every fibre of the soul and strikes every chord in the human heart! Nothing but death can break the spell. To the commercial traveler it is the one name altogether lovely. As the train rushes on, he sits worried over the thou- sand and one things which make his life unpleasant (for a drummer is not Car- ried on flowery beds of ease, although some folks think so). Even when he smiles and is ‘‘so polite’’ his heart may be heavy, but *‘it’s one of the tricks of the trade, ’’ and he must be “* polite’’ and smile, though maybe, in that home far away in the village under the hills, a little curly head is tossing and fever- parched lips are asking: ‘‘Has papa come yet?) Oh, { want my dear papa “al and steam and electricity cannot bear him swiftly enough to the little arms stretched out to greet him. - >.> __ How a Woman Made a Fortune Patch- ing Greenbacks. The story of the rise and fall of Er- nestine Becker has never been truthfully told in print. She was the ingenious woman who, being employed in the re- demption division of the Treasury De- partment, devised a method of making nine notes out of eight. Of course, the paper money that comes into the Treas- ury for redemption is in all stages of di- lapidation. Some of it can only be identified by pasting scraps together. Ermestine would tear a strip from one note and paste it upon another, so artfully manipulating the section thus obtained that the original material of eight notes served to compose nine, leav- ing one bill over for herself. This was very profitable, inasmuch as she was able to deal with fifties and hundreds ; she never bothered with notes less than $20. There is no telling how long she pros- ecuted this business. She did it with the utmost boldness, and there is every reason to believe that she carried it on for a unmber of years. Her profits may be faintly surmised from the fact that on the last day of her employment she earned $980 in this way. ‘This was in the autumn of 1883. On that day she was so unlucky as to be absent from the office for a while and a_ package of money which she had made up was torn by accident. It was handed over to an- other clerk to be repaired, and the lat- ter employe counted it again, according to the established usage. The first thing that excited her atten- tion was that the numbers on the tops and bottoms of some of the notes did not match. Nevertheless, she suspected nothing. It was evident that the notes had been patched wrongly. According- iy, she soaked them in water and put them together properly. As a result she had a less number of notes and a less amount by $980 than had been indica- ted. This discovery resulted in an in- vestigation. Ernestine claimed that the money had reached the Treasury and been handed to her in the shape in which it was found. Proof to the con- trary could hardly be obtained, and_ so no prosecution was attempted. The woman made good the $980, A Wash- ington real estate agent who died the other day swallowed the fortune which was thus criminally acquired. The woman died not long ago ot cancer ina New York hospital. +372 Wooden Sheep Possible. The interesting agricultural announce- ment is made that vegetable wool is_ to be introduced into the United States. It comes from Peru, where it grows on a perennial tree that lasts years. It has a long and fleecy staple and is the best thing yet discovered for mixing with the real wool. In fact, for many purposes it is a satisfactory substitute for wool. Its great forte, however, is as a mixer. It is claimed that garments manufac- tured of a combination of sheep wool and vegetable wool will be as soft and pliable as the all wool, while its pres- ence will render the winter undershirt less shrinking and retiring in its dis- position. The growing of vegetable wool will offer many advantages over the ordinary wool in neighborhoods where there are sheep killing dogs. MICHIGAN BRUSH CO., Granp RaPIDs. FREE a book containing over 100 views of New York City and incidentally some informa- tion about the best thing in the market in the way of ROOFING writeto Warren Chemical and Manufacturing Co., 1120 Chamber of Commerce, Detroit. m BIUSHES TOT Spring Gleaning SSS cleaning, alogue. Any sort of brushes for ser whitewashing, cleaning, paper hanging, etc. goods, lowest prices. Send for cat- rubbing, window Best ges a eB a Bus 3 Seieecein A couple of pointers and other information on The Ideal Fencing for Fancy Stock es ‘ FROM A PHOTOGRAPH. Cheap, Strong, Visible, Durable, Handsome. Regular—Put up on spools of about 100 pounds each. Runs twelve feet to the pound, and is 134 inches wide. The above shows % size of ‘regular’ wire. NOTICEABLE FEATURE. Notice particularly that the main parallel wires are wrapped around and securely fastened to the ziz--zag truss wire. This construction makes a rigid, visible and absolutely non-col= lapseable fencing strand, a distinctive feature with the Hath- away fence, not found in other patterns of panel or truss fencing. Write for prices. FOSTER, STEVENS & CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Sain lees oes ienleenoean! ts 2s 2s es i270 ie 2s ae is ey Da aaaraeasceee Bis ed es 3 os eu eh eossres ces Sats Be Be as cul Ve Ae en RS ee Dts THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 7 Discovery of a Lost Art by an Amer- ican Potter. Among the triumphs which America has recently scored is the reproduction of the famous ‘‘dragon’s blood’’ pot- tery, originated under the Ming dynasty, in China, 500 years ago. The vases and jardinieres in this unique ware are much in vogue and likely to be more so because of the costliness of its production. The glazes are a gor- geous blood red, veined and streaked in places with the richest purple hue, and for ages they have been the coveted standard of all that is most distin- guished in the world of ceramic art. The secret process by which this pe- culiar ware was produced was lost to the world for over a century, then it re- appeared and was again lost, until an American potter, a poor man, who made every sort of sacrifice to obtain it, finally succeeded in his aim. Early in his career a curious accident led Hugh C. Robertson, a Chelsea potter, to a discovery which made him confident of possessing a Clue to the long-lost art of the Chinese ‘‘dragon’s blood.’’ He concentrated al] his energies upon at- taining the secret outright. On one oc- casion he remained for sixty-two hours constantly on the watch at his kiln, with his eye glued to the sight-hole, while a fire of 3,000 degrees raged within, every faculty on the alert to catch, from the appearance of the flames and currents ot air, the secret of the transformation he was seeking. His business, financially, was a_fail- ure. Whenat length the kiln stood idle, for lack of money to procure fuel, the shelves of his shabby shop were filled with the fruits of his labors—-priceless vases and jars of a deep iridescent color, which declared at once, to the virtuoso, their unmistakable kinship to the ancient ware of China. The leading art critics of the country are now con gratulating the self-sacrificing potter on his discovery. A company of interest- ed capitalists have established for him a new and improved pottery, and have enabled him to gain public recognition. Tiffany gives among foreign importa- tions a prominent place to the new American ‘‘dragon’s blood’’ ware. Another artistic success, more prac- tical and less costly than the coveted ‘*dragon’s blood’’ ware, is the gray crackle ware produced by an American potter. This crackle china is decorated in a harmonious blue shade, and gets its name of ‘‘crackle’’ from the innu- merable fine lines, simulating cracks, appearing cn its surface. - a ae ~ Scheme to Use Cigar Boxes Twice. A manufacturer and importer of to- bacco applies to the Commissioner for information in regard to the re-use of the material contained in old cigar boxes. He says that his presumption is that the purposes of the law are to se- cure the total destruction of the stamps and _ the re-use of the old pack- age for fraudulent purposes, but that he has understood that it has been hereto- fore ruled by the Commissioner that when the stamps on the empty boxes are utterly obliterated by washing, or some similar process, and the boxes them- selves reduced to ‘‘shooks’’ and the parts cleaned off so as to obliterate all the old marks and brads, that the ma- terial thus obtained can be used for the construction of new boxes; that in view of the great saving to the trade to be effected by such a practice he desires further information. The Commissioner informed him that Section 3392 of the Revised Statutes prescribes that all cigars shall be packed in boxes, not before used, for that pur- pose; that, in regard to his_ special query, he is advised that the Commis- sioner has ruled that old cigar boxes can be taken apart, the pieces planed or ctherwise treated, so as to remove a’] traces of previous use, and that new boxes may be constructed out of such material, but that the Commissioner has not and does not feel authorized to rule that old boxes may be re-used sim- ply by removing from them all traces of previous use. a - “Eureka” Self-Locking Hand Potato Planter. The We here illustrate the celebrated Eu- reka Hand Potato Planter, manufactured and sold by the Greenville Planter Co., of Greenville. With such favor was the ‘*Eureka’’ received last season that the manufacturers were wholly unable to supply the demand and, when their fac- tory was closed June 8, it was found the cancelled orders ran up into hundreds of dezens. To meet the greatly in- creased demand for the season of 1896, new special machinery was constructed, and on Nov. 11 their factory was again in full blast, with a capacity of 200 complete planters each day. The pros- pects now are that they will run equally as late this season. cS Ss — As wili be seen, the ‘*Eureka’’ isa most simple device, strong, durable and little likely to get out of repair. Pigs, 1, 2 and 3 well ilustrate the mechanism of the jaws or beak. The dotted lines indicate the position of the slot in the back jaw. In this slot the heavy special steel bolt, which is. sta- tionary in the front jaw, plays freely up and down, locking the jaws as the planter is swung clear of, and unlocking them as it strikes, the ground. attached to the lock, which is fully covered by letters Great importance 1s patent. As this lock holds the jaws se- curely together against pressure from within the operator is enabled to drop, the potato or seed at any stage of the operation, as, for example, when the planter is swung forward, and at the most convenient height to be reached. Without it, the dropping of the seed must be delayed until the beak is brought into actual contact with the ground. When in this position, how- ever, the tube cannot be reached without stooping forward. Consequently the lock saves both in time and fatigue. . +0. - Be More Lenient. If you are the proprietor of a store, and consequently the boss, bear in mind that you are not the only individual in the world who is running a store. Don't use your employes as door mats and forget the courtesy and consideration due from one human being to another. Treat those in your employ with a jot more leniency at least than you would a machine. That you would keep oiled up, if for on other reason than because it would pay you to do so. Sound busi- ness policy, if nothing else, would dic- tate as good treatment of the human machine. Everyone makes mistakes, perfection cannot be attained this side of the heavenly rest—and there it is not needed. Don’t get yourself into such a state of excitement over some delin- quency on the part of an employe as _ to almost bring on an attack of apoplexy. Exercise common humanity toward those in your service, and thus secure their good will, instead of a wholesome longing to punch your head. Hardware Price Current. AUGURS AND BITS Sees ee ee .... counee Senue.................... Jennings’, imitation ....... AXES 70 | Stamped Tin Ware......... | Granite Iron Ware.. .. 2510 | Pots oa Relics .................. First Quality. S. Bb. Bronze _................ 530 Hirt Quality, D. B. Bronze... |...) 950] First Quality. S. B.S. Steel... .. First Quality, D. B. Steel ...... | Spiders HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS .. new list 7010 Nal 20810 a +seaeeee. OW Tet Gale HOLLOW WARE Japanned Tin Ware . 60410 H0&1O Se al at ao. «COME EO HINGES Gate, Clark's, 1, 2.9..-.. Ramee. Cu. _-1-..-.--.. GS hae oe Oe Ce eek oS oe WIRE GOODS Priegnt....... . 80 screw Oyen... se eee 80 Hoon s....._...... : ee 1. 80 Cate Hooke anc Kycs....................... SO LEVELS Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s............dis 70 | ROPES | Sisal, % inch and larger............. 5% [ee 9 SQUARES steel Sd inon.......... ee 80 ‘ry ond Mevele. |. ......-... Mitre ....._....... BARROWS | a $12 00 14 00] ——. ._......................... a oa 00 | | BOLTS | Steve 2... TE 60 | Carriere wow ist 6... 65 ee 10K 10 | BUCKETS | Well pla. ll aS BUTTS, CAST Cast Loose Pin, figured......... NS 70 | Wrought Narrow........... so oceo eee | | BLOCKS Ordinary Tackle.... ee eee ew 70 CROW BARS Caststeer .- per Ib 4 CAPS Bly s 1-10...... er re 65 heasc er... er me ad ff... perm 35 asc. | per m 60 CARTRIDGES Rim vic : . O& 5 Central Fire. . ae Zod 5 CHISELS SOecnet Bimmer. ............_._.... a 80 Socket Prams... 80 socket Cormer........ oS sO Societe Seeks... ee. 80 DRILLS Mavse’s Hit Stocks |. i 60 Taper and Straight Shank...... . Ok 5] Morse’s ‘Taper Shank. : . gee > ELBOWS Com. 4 piece, Gin..... ee 60 CO eee . ais Uv Adjostable i a ae EXPANSIVE BITS Clark's small. $18; large, 26.-........-...-. Ives’, = Sic; 2, 4; 3 ee FILES—New List New Ameniean 3 .-. O&10 Nieholson’s..........-..- eee cee ol 70 CO&10 25 Meller s Horse Raspe...................... ale GALVANIZED IRON Nos. 16 to 20; 22 and 24; 25 and 26; 27. ... 28 List 12 13 14 15 ...... 17 Discount, 70—10 GAUGES Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s...............W&16 KNOBS—New List Door, mineral, jap. trimmings.... ......... 70 Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings............ 8O MATTOCKS Beee Bye... ..._-..-...---. .... $16 00, dis 60410 Hot Bye... a ae as Ol Huns -. 2... #18 50, dis 20X10 MILLS oe tetas... CC... 10 Coffee, P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s Malleables 10 Coffee, Landers, Ferry & Clark’*. oo 10 Coffee, Nnterprise.......-. ee 30 MOLASSES GATES Steuoin’s Pattern............ . __.... oe Sich bins Gonuine...................._._.... GURaa@ Enterprise, self-measuring ....... _ 30 NAILS Advance over base, on both Steel and Wire. » ££ Steel nails, base..... .- 65 Wie pals bace .... -.-.......- ...--... 2 70 10 to GD advanee................ a 50 a Le 60 Teeeo a see... 90 aS 1 20 a .. Lo ss... 6. 1 60 =. ....... ee. 6 Case &....... Se 75 Cote Bo dae oe 90 Pinish (@........-. a 7D ee ee ee 90 Pigisn 6.........-. ll, 10 te... a ont Ss 80 eee Ge eee coe... 90 Bone: &.... . PLANES @bie Poo! Oo7s, fancy........-._.-...-..... Gag Cot ee... we 60410 Sandusky Tool Co.’s, famcey......-------++-- @50 Bench, firstquality............---...---..... @50 Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s wood........- 60 PANS Bry. feme ............._..... J++ +... COCunOee RG Common, polished..............--------- FO& 5 RIVETS ron and Tinned .... -......... oe Se Copper Rivets and Burs........--+++-++++-+ -50K10 PATENT PLANISHED IRON “47? Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 10 20 “B” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 25 to 27 9 20 Broken packages 4c per pound extra. HAMMERS i Maydole & Co.’s, new list........ .--+-- dis 234, ROS ce dis 25 Verkes & Plumbis...........-......-...... GS 40gn10 Mason’s Solid Cast Steel..........-... 30e list vil) Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel Hand 30c list 40410 SHEET IRON com. smooth. com. Nos. Fite MH. ....... #2 40 Ee 2 40 Nos. Is todt...... 2 60 Nos. 22 to2s.......... 2 70 NGS 2 0G oo. ............ 2 80 No. 2. es 2 90 All sheets No 18 and lighter, over 30 inches wide not less than 2-10 extra. SAND PAPER List acct ..........--._.__... SASH WEIGHTS : .... per ton 20 00 .. dig 50 Solid Hyés..... TRAPS Stec!, Game,......... oe 60&10 Oneida Community, Newhouse’s....... 50 Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton's 70€10410 Morse CHORCE................. . per doz 15 Mouse, delusion.. oes per doz i 2 WIRE Drie Mareet........-..... ' .. D Annealed Market... . Po to Coppered Market. .- T&10 Wieged Marhe.............................,. 62% Coppered Spring 50 Barbed Fence, l 2 3 Barbed Fence, painted 2 00 HORSE NAILS Au Sane .--- Gis 4&1C Putnam 5 ae dis « see Coes ene eee shee ee o NWorthweterm «= dis 10410 WRENCHES Baxter's Adjustable, nickeled.............. 30 ne sGeavine ... oo fe 50 Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought ....... 80 Coos Patent, mallcabic..................... 80 MISCELLANEOUS Bid Cases 3... 5 Pumps, Cistern.....-. T&10 Sercome Mew List |. 85 Casters, Red and Piate............. ... 5UK10&10 Dampers, American............... 40X10 METALS~— Zinc oo) pound Canes ||... 614 rerpound i. 4 634 SOLDER ee a The prices of the many other qualities of solder in the market indicated by private brands vary according to composition. 4 TIN— Melyn Grade eit IC, Charcoal... ...._..-... i 14x20 IC, Charcoal ....- : 20x14 IX, Charcoal . § 25 ee 6 25 Each additional X on this grade, $1.75. TIN— Allaway Grade 10x14 1C, Charcoal .... - ox 14x20 IC, Charcoal .... oo lS ini4 0S Chaveoal |... ll Hix20 IX, Charcoal ... ee 6 00 Each additional X on this grade, $1.50. ROOFING PLATES 14x20 IC, Charcoal, Dean.. _.......... oo 14590 0M Charcoal Dean......... .......... 6@ 0725 1 Charcoal, Dean. ...... .......... BG 14x20 IC, Charcoal, Allaway Grade......... 4 50 14x20 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Gradc......... 5 50 20x28 1C, Charcoal, Allaway Grade......... 9 00 20x28 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade......... 11 00 BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE 14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boilers, | er pound 14x56 IX, for No. 9 Boilers, ( ?* FOUN --- TINWAR We carry a full stock of Pieced and Stamped Tinware. wel WM. BRUMMMELER & SONS Manufacturers and Jobbers of TINWARE. Dealers in Rags, Rubbers, Metals, etc. nee Pe 260 S. lonia St. Grand Rapids, Mich. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN (CHIGAN TRADESMAN Devoted to the Best Interests of Business Men Published at the New Blodgett Building, Grand Rapids, by the TRADESMAN COMPANY ONE DOLLAR A YEAR, Payable in Advance. ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION. Communications invited from practical business men. Correspondents must give their full names and addresses, not necessarily for pub- lication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Subseribers may have the mailing address of their papers changed as often as desired. No paper discontinued, except at the option of the proprietor, until all arrearages are paid. Sample copies sent free to any address. Entered at the Grand Rapids Post Office as Second Class mail mutter. When writing to any of our Advertisers, please say that you saw the advertisement in the Michigan Tradesman. f. A STOWE, Eprror. WEDNESDAY, - - - APRIL 29, 1896. TAKES A BOLD STAND. The Solvay Process Co., a tion having a capital of several million dollars, has begun the of a branch of its Syracuse establishment in a suburb of Detroit. is usual in such cases, the called upon to define its position to- ward unionism, which it does in a news- paper interview, in no uncertain terms. Superintendent Angell— who is a broth- er of President James B. Angell, of the University of Michigan—plainly de- fines the policy of the company as un- compromisingly hostile to unionism and Not only does he corpora- construction Ao 245 management has been the walking delegate. consider labor unions as inimical to the interests of the company on account of the fact that its process Is a secret one, but he positively refuses to permit a union man to be employed on the work of constructing the buildings and plant. Every man applying for work, if con- sidered, is subjected to a searching ex- amination. If he is found to belong gto a union, all negotiations Cease. Mr. Angell gives as his reason for this course ** walk- ing delegate as a walking pest on the face the that ‘‘ union men create dissensions among the other workmen, and, if we can prevent it, not one will find employment here.’’ The works will employ a force of 1,800 men when spring, and the plant will be run day and night in eight hour shifts for 313 that the company considers the oi earth,’’ and manufacturing commences next days in the year. For this positive and manly stand the Solvay Company will be held up to ex- ecration as the enemy of labor, and, if possible, its products will be boycotted ; and it is fair to presume that, with such prestige and intelligence in its manage- ment, its determination is the result of careful other phases of the question doubtlessly con- that of the rights of the company in the premises. Through the operation of unionism it has come to be quite generally that all questions as to wages and management consideration. Among sideréd was considered of labor, hours, etc., are questions for the sole consideration and decision of the walking delegates. If this proposi- tion be true, the company is decidedly radical and high-handed in its position. | But is it true? This company comes | to,the workman with a quantity of labor it wishes to have performed. Has it not a perfect right to say how much it} will give for it? of men a right to say tbat this labor | must be done at prices they will name | Has any man or body | and under restrictions they will impose? The reply is self evident, yet the man who undertakes to do work on this basis takes his life in his teeth. The man who assumes the position indicated would be decidedly silly to offer his labor at a price so low that he could not secure suitable workmen. The laws of competition are effective here as elsewhere. If a man insists on prices too low to secure good workmen, if he gets any they are not such as can properly and_ profitably do his work. The man who offers better wages gets the efficient workmen; and in the mat- ter of hours and the treatment of men the same rules apply. On the other hand, the workmen en- joy the same rights. They may estab- lish their price and even join with others in doing so, and this right is not infringed by the action of the company referred to. It is the observation of the management that unionism is in- imical to the interests of the company, and, in deciding to exclude it, it sim- ply exercises its unquestionable right of seeking its labor in other markets. The position of the Solvay company is a consistent one and is one worthy of the consideration of the management of other similar enterprises. The cost of securing employes who can be depend- ed upon, and who must each stand upon his own merits as a workman, is well incurred when permanent arrangements aad future results are under considera- tion. The time for temporizing is past for those who are building for the future. HOMICIDAL MANIA. There has never been a time in the history of the country when homicidal mania was as prevalent as it is at the present. The terrible tragedy at Pent- water, having a local interest on ac- count of its being so near and the ones concerned having interests and relatives in this city, is cnly one of a series of a great number which have been occur- ring all over the country for some months past. Chicago and vicinity have afforded a considerable proportion, ranging from the killing of one or two individuals to the destruction of whole families. The most plausible reason for the prevalence of this mania just now, is, perhaps, the continued hard times and the uncertain outlook for the future in the minds of those inclined to take a pessimistic view of life. In several cases the cause was directly traceable to this condition, and it is noticeable that the tragedies are not the result of actual destitution, the murderers 3 in some cases having a large bank credit. Instances of the fatal results of homi- cidal mania are, of course, always oc- curring, and will occur as long as it is impossible to know of the existence of insanity until it is thus manifested. Adding to these instances those caused by the effects of financial stringency on the mind is sufficient to account for the unwonted frequency of the demonstra- The lesson to be taught is great- er and watchfulness and more summary action in cases where threats or other manifestations of mental dis- order indicate the possibility of de- rangement. tions. care ———_—— LL The Chicago health department has condemned 500 cans of corn, packed at Hoopeston, II]., in 1893, found in the hands of a retail grocer on State street. The department has found that consid- erable of the canned corn packed that year is unfit for consumption and has advised that none of it be used. It is being condemned wherever found. INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION. The convention held in Washington last week to consider the question of in- ternational arbitration was notable in that there were present many of the leading educators, statesmen and politi- cal scientists of the country. With such a representation, it was to be expected that the subject would be handled in a manner to secure a decided advance of the cause of universal peace. _It is pos- sible that the action taken in the adop- tion of the well-written report presented by President Angell of the University was as much as could be accomplished ; but the speechmaking which preceded it was very disappointing. Not only was the matter principally the threshing over of old straw, but some of the speakers of greatest prestige went out of their way to bring in the irrelevant discussion of the past foreign policy of the Government. Thus President Eliot, of Harvard University, gave President Cleveland and Secretary Olney a partic- ular scoring for the Venezuela episode, and condemned, in unqualified terms, the prompt action of Congress in the matter. President Eliot seems to forget that, however desirable a National arbitration tribunal might be, there was none in existence at the time of this incident. The officials of the Government are placed in their positions to discharge their duties in conformity with condi- tions which are in existence, regardless of theoretical ideals which might be de- sired. The prompt seconding of the action of the Government both by Con- gress and the people indicates that the conditions demanded the action, and it was more effectual in preserving the peace, as events show, than a less de- cisive course. But, in any case, the action was subject to conditions in which there was no such court of arbi- tration, and so the blame for it is en- tirely impertinent. It may be pertinent to deprecate the conditions, but it is, to say the least, not patriotic to condemn the spirit of Americanism called out by that incident and to say of it, “‘Can anything be more offensive to indus- trious, sober, hard-working American citizens than this chip-on-the-shoulder attitude, this brutality, coupled with a desvotic militarism?’’ President Eliot also deprecates the fact that *’ foremost in this enormity are sundry graduates of Harvard University.’’ Rather should Harvard be congratulated that some patriots are included among its alumni. It is fair to say that the remarks of the learned professor were not enthusiastic- ally seconded, and Bishop Keane, of the Catholic University, took occasion to all attention to the fact that they the delegates—-were not there for the purpose of blaming the President or Congress, and pertinently added, ‘‘It is a pity that things are as they are, com- pelling the President and Congress to talk of war with another civilized na- tion. | E. V. Smalley, of St. Paul, a former Washington newspaper correspondent, indicated the situation more correctly by dissenting from the proposition that this country should welcome the exten- sion of the power of Great Britain over the world as an agency of civilization, while we should keep within our own borders. He believed in a navy and in a competition for the commerce of the world. However commendable such philan- thropic gatherings may be, and however beautiful the theories of universal peace to result from arbitration, it must be taken into consideration that national- ities still exist, that there is still such a thing as national aggression, which de- mands the continued existence of pa- triotism. For men like President Eliot to decry such a spirit under present cir- cumstances will be apt to awaken a suspicion of Anglomania on his part not favorable to his influence in this coun- try. It may be the destiny of the world to secure universal peace by universal subjection to Great Britain; but it will be some time before this country {is ready to accept that proposition, GENERAL TRADE IMPROVING. While the opening of spring has de- veloped a greatly increased trade move- ment, it has also developed the extent of overproduction which keeps prices down and prevents any rapid recovery in the tone of the markets. The opera- tion of combinations has been disap- pointing in that, while they succeed in nominally advancing prices, it is gen- erally found that dealers and consumers have sufficient stocks on hand to pre- vent demand. The increased activity has also developed a disposition for strikes, which has a discouraging in- fluence. Commodities are generally continuing the downward tendency of prices, though they were already lower than e. Wheat has lost about one- advance the first of the other cereals have sym- ever before. half of its month and pathized with it. The fact that there is a better retail trade gives a more hopeful outlook in the cotton manufacture, although the actual improvement is slight. Raw cotton is advanced a trifle. The woolen situation continues the same old gloomy story—everything dull except women’s dress goods. Mills for all other lines are rapidly decreasing production. Sales of wool continue very small. Although the demand for shoes has been fairly good, leather is weaker, with increased sales. Hides are stronger. The speculative situation continues the bullish tendency of last week, with an increased breadth and confidence of operation. On the average, prices have continued to advance. This favorable outlook is attributed to a revival in London speculative markets and to the usual spring awakening. The continued advance of Diamond Match is becom- ing almost phenomenal, having ad- vanced to 235. Predictions are made that it will reach 250 before the end of the week. The improvement in general trade is reflected in the bank clearings, which exceeded the billion mark. They have been below this for a long time. Fail- ures were a little less—240, against 244 last week. Notwithstanding the fact that the Ital- ian population of New York is much greater than that of either the French or Spanish speaking colonies, it is re- marked that the sign ‘‘Italian spoken here’’ is very rarely seen, while those of the other nationalities are frequent. This is attributed partly to the fact that the Italians are more inclined to patron- ize their own countrymen and partly to the fact that, while they remain 1gno- rant of English, they are generally too poor and unprofitable as customers to have their patronage sought. Those of that nationality who become prosperous at the same time acquire the American ways and language, while the German and French population represent con- siderable purchasing ability at the start and continue longer in the use of their mother tongue. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN TURNING OF THE TIDE. During the past few days a small amount of gold has been exported, not a sufficient quantity to occasion any un- easiness, but just enough to cause spec- ulation as to the prospects of gold ship- ments this spring. The course of the exchange market recently has not indi- cated any prospect of immediate gold shipments, and it must be admitted that the general impression is that the exports of gold will be rather light for some time to come. The reason for this improved state of things is perfectly plain. In the first place, the trade balance has been in our favor for some little time, and, secondly, the liberal dumping of Amer- ican securities by London and other foreign markets upon our hands has ceased. In fact, the tide has com- menced to flow the other way, and, in- stead of the steady return of our secu- rities by foreign investors which has been in progress since the Baring fail- ure, there is now an outflow, as Euro- pean investors are beginning to pur- chase American stocks and bonds with something like the old-time confidence. Money never was cheaper in European markets, and very naturally there is a brisk demand for desirable investments. The unfortunate experi- ence with South American securities, and more recently with African ven- tures, has been such as to divert the more conservative class of investors to something more solid. American se- curities which represent more stable values are accordingly being looked to with more avidity than has been the case for several years, and the fact that such securities can be disposed of at a pinch, as the steady absorption of vast quantities by this country. during the past few years has demonstrated, has won them friends among conservative investors. It is true that the foreign demand for American securities has only reached moderate proportions as yet, but the fact that the selling, which so recently played an important part in financial history, has ceased entirely is a signifi- cant sign of the times, and is accepted in well-informed quarters as a promise that from now on a steadily increasing demand for American securities will be experienced. There can be no denying that foreign investors suffered considerable losses in the case of certain American enter- prises which were badly or loosely man- aged; but, at the same time, it is like- wise true that American enterprises are now on a much sounder basis than they have ever been before, and, consequent- ly, will recommend themselves with greater force than formerly to the for- eign investor seeking an outlet for his surplus money, which at the present time brings butilittle interest in Euro- pean money markets. With this prospect of a good demand for American securities, there is little danger of any large exports of gold;| hence it may safely be said that the large outward movement of the precious metal witnessed last year is not likely to be repeated again for a long time to come, if at all. WASTED SYMPATHY. The series of resolutions of sympathy for the Armenians and in denunciation of the Turks, which are again being passed by public meetings in England, come at a late hour in the day and with little consistency from that source. If responsibility for, these outrages rests the upon any one nation other than Turkey, England is that nation. It is'too late for the British govern- ment to act. Russia has achieved such signal diplo- matic triumphs and acquired such a standing at Constantinople, through the halting and cowardice of the Salisbury government, its clumsy diplomacy and final confession of impotency, that the Czar alone possesses the key to the situ- ation and is now alone responsible for the continued inhumanity towards the Armenians and hostility towards the missionaries. England, at the begin- ning of the troubles, by prompt and de- cisive measures, could have checked the wholesale slaughter. By common con- sent of the majority of European pow- ers, England was expected to take the lead and interpose between the Sultan and his suffering subjects. For fear of permitting Russia or France to gain some little advantage in the East, the British government deliberately and cold-bloodedly abandoned the Arme- nians and devoted itself to maintaining the Eastern statu quo, What has been the result of this short- sighted and selfish policy, after all? Simply that England has lost its pres- tige at Constantinople, while Russia has acquired the mastery. England could not have lost more by an honest resort to force. Selfishness and heartlessness have overleaped themselves, as_ usual. The British government could not have stood an hour unless it had been sus- tained by British opinion. Opinion over there can drive a ministry out of office at any time. If these Good Sa- maritans who are now ‘‘resoluting,’’ and other Good Samaritans who have never been resoluting, had brought the proper pressure to bear at the right time, they might have seen the Turkish outrages stopped. In view of the continuously cowardly, selfish and cold-blooded posi- tion of the British government in the premises, resolutions by large and re-f spectable and presumably influential bodies at home in Old England look extremely like buncombe. When work was slack last winter, in San Francisco, the completion of the Parrott building was hastened in order to give employment to mechanics who would otherwise have been idle. They were employed at the current rate of wages, and for the usual hours of work. They do not pretend that ‘the terms of their contract were violated by their employers. They were ‘‘called out’’ because the demagogues who manipu- late the unions put forth new demands which were not thought of last winter, and which are not essential to the well- being of the mechanics. The work- men and their wives and children were, in fact, required to give up their means of livelihood in order that the officials of the unions should win a victory over their employers, and should demonstrate to the men that they are useful, and that they ought to be supported in idleness out of the funds of the unions. A competent authority places the sal- aries and commisssions earned by the commercial travelers in the country at about $500,000,000. These men also distribute in traveling expenses, rail- road fare and hotel bills another $500, - 000,000, or a total of $1,000,000,000 in- vested annually in this factor of trade. Yet so evenly is this vast sum distribu- ted and so well adjusted to the needs of business, that it all runs on smoothly, constantly augmenting commerce, de- veloping the resources of our country, and making it the wonder of the world. 9 | Pepegeeenmmmee 3 HAS NO EQUAL FOR CARRIAGES AND HEAVY WAGONS ne WN : » WP Never Gums. Keeps axles bright and cool. -} 4 doz. in case. .> TIN BOXES < 2 doz. in case. 4 2 doz. in case. Ke Scofield, Shurmer & Teagle, Bie GRAND RAPIDS. at ISR AUE NES AUER eR EE ASRE SOUS E AM CCRE NEA? 11lb 3 1b 25 lb. Wooden Pails. 5 lb Half Bbls. and Bbls. org SASS Standard Oil Go. Wat DEALERS IN Illuminating and Lubricating OILS Naptha and Gasolines ee pg Office, Mich. Trust Bldg. Works, Butterworth Ave. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. PSDs pases Dasa a euar NSPS PUSS gy yee BULK WORKS at Grand Rapids, Muskegon, Manistee, Cadillac, Big Rapids, Grand Haven, Traverse City, Ludington, Allegan, Howard City, Petoskey, Reed City.. Highest Price paid for Empty Carbon and Gasoline Barrels Darla edaetar sees aS sess SuSE Gren eetard ee at are eee MERCER STO zs E am 10 Bicycles METHODS OF TRAVELING. Written for the TRADESMAN. nations the THE MICHIGAN country. boat was a ‘affair, as the skins of animals extended | by willow branches making the ‘‘cor- } It is a disputed question whether the } primitive human animal, in his earliest | traveled on all mode of progressiot! | yurs-or walked upright as he does now. [ rc . foo shad was the original If the former method was the original vention of progression was t tembodied a great improvement. made, While some of the creation g to the iature, de- OTGeTs 01 nore conservative, Dy adnerit use of all the lezs given Dy veloped a degree of speed and endur- ance not to be attained by two legs, there are cure those advantages at the expense of and majesty none who would wish to se- the commanding dignity of the human figure. The mole of pro- gression on two legs, whether the orig- inal cne or a later invention, is the most universal: all other the direction of human comparatively unimportant exceptions ; walking is the democratic method. inventions In transit are It is probable that, fora large portion of the existence of the human race, this We know that in races no other was ever was the only method. many Savage invented. Thus the never conceived the idea that he could American Indian do more than endeavor to develop the universal method, which he did by the training of runners until they became wonders of agility and endurance, when the horse was provided, and its use taught by his unwelcome visitor from Great The same fact observed of most primitive across the Sea. has been races of both ancient and modern times. It is probable that the first aid to pro- gression was that devised by the earliest ones of the race who succeeded in es- tablishing an authority over their fel lows and compelling them to relieve their legs of their proper duty by them- selves acting as bearers for their aristo- cratic persons. Of course, it is a mat- ter of conjecture as to whether this was by the commonly p! apack, or whether there were sev- eral whose services were made available method known) as by means of the branches of trees used as a stretcher. It has been observed by travelers that in many primitive tribes the pickapack method is most in use as the proper way to manifest the dig- nity of the highest rulers, and it is, therefore, fair to presume that it was the earliest improvement on walking. The method earth on of bearing the great ones of the some form of hand carriage, stretcher as a or palanquin, doubiless became early developed; a is still widely in use among savage peoples and among some not so savage, as the Chinese, life is so plentiful that it provides the Japanese, etc., where human cheapest burden bearers. The water would serve as a medium method of where by the aid of some object that would float o1 its surface was, no doubt, an early in- vention in many tribes and races. The necessity, which is the mother of in- vention, of crossing rivers and streams in nomadic life probably produced some form of boat at an early day in human progress in the different localities. progression Thus we note that, while the American | Indian had only been able to use the original possibly the pickapack method in some cases, he had invented a most efficient boat in the birch-bark canoe, was able to navigate it with wonderful skill on all the principal waters of the 1? > 1 , ° | s > ch f 2 one, all will admit that, when the in- | made use of the | purposes of acles’’ of the early Britons. The next invention was a more cal one and came more largely into use. Indeed, it was a natural consequence of the commission given to man to subdue the earth. It is probable that he had animal creation for food long before the idea mind that some of the radi- came into his gentler and more docile of «ts members might be taught to relieve his legs of their tedious duties. The animals thus utilized represent many families and species, from the elephant, whose hu- man load is relatively very insignifi- cant, to some varieties of the donkey species, whose burden is relatively very great. Of course, the animal best adapted to such duty is the horse, whose use is from a very early date. The next departure was in the nature use of the animals for carrying, Hor the primitive form of this we must go to savage tribes. Among American In- dians, after they bad acquired the horse, the carriage was, and is, two poles at- tached to either side, with the burden strapped upon the trailing Very likely this was the original vehi- cle. Improvements on this arrangement doubtless early evolved the sledge, with runners or other provision for passing smoothly over obstructions. The time of the wheel for carriages cannot be of an additional which had been. utilized by the invention of the vehicle. portions. invention of the located. such contrivances, it in different Like many other may have been invented places aud in different ages, and it may have been lost and re-invented, as in other cases. This may be said to be the generic invention, making possible nearly all forms of artificial transit. Chariots for war are mentioned In very early histories. [hese contrivances, usually were rather extravagant as means of progres- sion. In early Roman history they are represented as being drawn by four horses and would carry only two at most. What they might lack as economical modes of traveling was doubtless made up in their efficiency as engines of de- moralization to foes. The evolution of the cart, and so the wagon, may be conjectured as soon fol- lowing the more modern chariot. This invention was a gradual evolution, and was made available wherever highways could be provided for their accommoda- tion. the carriages and roads went hand in hand. As European civilization developed in the Old World and was carried to the New, the various as they arc described, evolution of wagons were very slowly im- proved, The modern wagon 1s, perhaps, the slowest invention in coming to per- types of fection of any. In the space at my disposai I can barely touch upon the modern departure mode of traveling by land, or | and he} in methods of transportation. Until near the close of the last century, there little thought of anything beyond the wagon for transportation on land. The needs of transportation of coal and | goods great in some parts of | England, however, that the idea was 'conceived of facilitating it by the use which the wheels of the wagon should run. Thus was invented the tramway, which, with the evolution of the locomotive, made modern rail- ways possible. It is a source of wonder | when we think how new they are. The railways supplied the need for was was so | lof rails on In the case of some primitive | much cruder | TRADESMAN rman] cama fia ee > eae ag 7 — | - el > Zz S fT = | Made by the only exclusive Tandem [Manufactory in the World. TANDEM TRUTHS. 1. \n expeetant public is just beginning to realize the pleasures that come from Tandem riding. 2. Long wheel base, excessive strain on the front fork, clumsy steering, and many other disagreeable features have heretofore made ‘Tandems inconvenient and undesirable. 3. The Tally-Ilo, the result of careful experimenting, en- tirely overcomes all these objections. 4. The Tally-Ho is distinctly a Tandem, and, unlike many others, is not constructed of bicycle parts. | 5. You should write for further particulars. THE TALLY-HO TANDEM CO. TOLEDO, O. SoS AS SFIS VIS ~ CSR ASSO A SS FSET ES EESEEESSSS King of Bicycles As near perfect as the finest equipped bicycle factory in the wor|d can produce —the acme of bicycle construction. acacia = a —_ os wa — — SIN! PBA) ENS PA) FOUR STYLES, $80. and $100. FOUR STYLES $80. ( and a $100. AVS SPARSE SESSA KS K a If anything cheaper will suit you, the best of lower-priced wheels is Defiance; Ke eight sty es for adults and children, $75, #60, %0, and #40, fully guaranteed. Send 6) for Monarch book. i Monarch Cycle Mfg. Co., we Lake, Halsted and Fulton Sts., - = Hi GEO HILSENDEGEN, Agent for Michigan, @ ADAMS & HART, Agents hie Grand Rapids. CHICAGO. RS SASES Sass Oy : be ISES A SSI SesSee A SSAA sSe3 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 33 transportation on a great scale, at great speed and for great distances. It was necessary to continue the use of the ven- erabie wagon for ordinary transportation for short distances. This has been done, with a slow evolution of barely usable highways, until, in very recent times, there is a new departure, which will render the plodding vehicle great ad- ditional value—the movement for good roads. Recently, too, the use of the wagon has been supplemented in cities by the street railways, which have a yet greater destiny before them. All these modes of transportation have one common characteristic which makes them ideally far from perfect—they are tremendously wasteful. Not only does it seem ridiculous to train and support a huge elephant for the purpose of car- rying a single puny man, but, following down through the list, there is no mode of transit but that is the same in less degree, unless we except the poor don- key, and he is scarcely adequate to the task. Take them all—horses, wagons, camels, railroads, street coll are a great expenditure of energy for the meager result attained. The invention which seems the most nearly adequate to the task imposed is the bicycle. This is a return towards the point of departure, in that it isa machine auxiliary to the legs. In the use of this there is put forth most nearly the amount of energy adapted to the task. This vehicle relieves the rail- roads of no part of their duties, wagons of comparatively little, while horses and carriages are so largely supplanted by its use that, as branches of economic in- dustry, they are great sufferers. There are two other modes of pro- gression receiving public attention whose careers are yet inthe future: The motocycle, or horseless vehicle, prom- ises to supplant the horse at as early a day as the perfecting of mechanical ap- pliances and the training of men to use them, with the building of proper high- ways, will permit; and the time is not very far in the future. The other method —aerial navigation—may not be so near. This will require such a high efficiency in mechanics and such a high training of aeronauts that it will probably be a considerable time before it will even threaten to supersede any of the methods mentioned above. And yet there are some of the finest inventors and scien- tists constantly at work on the problem, and they promise us that something particular will soon be developed as the result of the experiments now in prog- ress. NATE. —____<@© © @___ News and Gossip of Interest to Dealer and Rider. ‘Talk about wheels in the head,’ said the manager of one of the largest and best known concerns in the city, ‘‘why, I dream about selling wheels all night long. I’ve been selling them in reality from early morning until after midnight every day this week, and can’t even get a rest from it in my sleep. Judging from our own sales and what I’ve learned of those made by other concerns, this has been the great- est month that the trade has ever known. It looks now as if the factories would get behind with their orders, as they did last year. It will be wonderful if they don’t. So far we've kept uf pretty well, though we are not deliver- ing special orders as promptly as we and our purchasers would like.’ oe Just as purple and green are a partic- ular fad of this spring’s millinery, so tandem riding is of bicycling. The tandem is in the ascendant. What man is there with soul so dead who does not love a bicycle built for two? And what girl is there whose heart does not beat more quickly when mounted on a_ tan- dem in front of some man she likes, or one that she doesn't care a rap about, so far as that goes? Tandem riding for the woman is bicycling without any effort. Those who have never known the joys of a tandem ride have absolute- ly no appreciation of it; but, judging from what the there will soon be few such ignorant persons, for hundreds of tandems are being sold. People who own single wheels are no longer content, but long to own tan- dem, too. dealers say, a oe | Interest has for some reason been re- newed in the question whether it 1s the proper thing for a fond father to take his offspring out on his bicycle, carry- ing the youngster in a sling in front of him. That it can be done with safety on a smooth and unobstructed road may be frankly admitted, and that normally constituted children enjoy it and are not made nervous by the operation is equally true. But it is a different thing when a child is carried in this fashion through crowded city streets, and many a rider has received a nervous shock at seeing another running the risk that is inevitable in a crowd when a baby is carried on a bicycle. At certain times the practice is fairly safe, even when street car tracks have to be crossed ; and the man’s control of his machine, if he knows well how to handle it, is not less sure because of the child in front of him, since he can mount and dismount as readily as if his wheel had not a second occupant. But the custom is not to be commended when children are carried in this fashion through crowded thoroughfares or over rough roads. ge ae As respects form and construction, the present year has witnessed marked advance in the bicycle. In gen- eral there is little change as compared with the wheels put out in 1895. Such differences as appear are mainly in the direction of making the machines stronger and more durable. There has been somewhat of a reaction against the extreme lightness of weight that marked many of last year’s wheels, and it seems plain that the limit has been reached in the efforts to reduce we ight | by all possible means. It would not be | strictly within the bounds of truth to | describe the bicycle as a perfect ma- | chine, but one can doubt that the | | wheels of the best type are a proximation to perfection, from the hu- man point The question of saddles has not been satisfactorily tled, but so many new designs offered this year that the fastidious ought to get themselves suited without extreme difficulty. The choice of a| saddle is largely a matter of individual preference or idiosyncrasy, for what is perfectly comfortable and satisfactory for one person may be quite the oppo- site for another. no ho close | of view. set- are oe) ae oe It is a good idea to wear an old pair of gloves while cleaning the bearings of one’s wheel or doing anything else to it which requires the use of kerosene, graphite or other material which soils the hands. A mixture of oil, dust and kerosene will stick to the fingers in spite of all efforts to remove it with soap and, once it gets under the finger nails, can only be coaxed out by chem- ical means, or be allowed to wear away. | as fruit. ap-j|# ian Rel HELICAL TUBE PREMIERS! SELLS EASILY 0}025 a De, a 'We are away behind on our orders for you can’t resist—Helical famous ‘‘Monarch,”’ ‘“‘America,”’ ‘‘March,”’ ‘‘Outing,”’ ‘“‘Envoy’’ and Others. of Wheels Great ADAMS & HART, Wholesale “A vital as have beautiful whee ls. that twist. We these Tubi ng point see the Our Line at $59.00 and $60.00 are Sellers. and Retail Bicycles, NO. 12 WEST BRIDGE STREET. HERRICK WIRE 'EDSPLAY Y STAND gy = Looking For a Bieyele that has more points of merit about it than any you ever Saw and with a stylé and finish that would sell it alone, to say nothing of the fact that it will pay tr to handle it, correspond with us about “THE GARLAND ' PENINSULAR WHEEL GO. Size, 6 ft. high, belins shelf 30 in., top shel 10 in. diam. 13 Fountain St., Grand Rapids. Ne : grocer or fruit dealer can atford to be with out one of these stands. It can be used for any amount of other goods about the store as well The shelves are made of wire, which llows the air to circulate through the fruit and Also agents for Sieetee Day- ton, Phoenix, Ben Hu * 2 keep it from decaying. This alone is worth the ae agian pale} eS 7 a Agents Wanted. ae pot ptr a ais So $40 to $100. Cor- HERRICK [VF’G CO., 00092866 S8OOS006 JACKSON, MICH. GRAND RAPIDS BRUSH CO........ Manufacturers ot BRUSHES Our goods are sold by all Michigan Jot bing Houses. Grand Rapids, 6000000000060000000000000000000000090000 JOBBER OF Paints, Oils, Brushes, Varnishes, 6t6. Plate and Window Glass. Grand Rapids. “SOLID BACK Mich. 26 and 28 Louis St., 12 JANE CRAGIN. The Tree Planting at Milltown. ‘‘See here, Jane. How will this do fora programme? First thing in the morning, have everybody along the road, where we've settled it with ’em, plant the trees in front of their houses and lots. That can all be done by Io o’clock. It won’t take long, you know, to do that, because I'll see to it that every tree’s where it ought to be over night. Then everybody with a cart or a yoke of oxen, a pick or ashovel, is to be ready to start in and work on the road. I don’t see why the young ones couldn't be on hand and pick stones a spell.® ’Twouldn’t hurt ‘em, and it would keep ’em out of mischief. I should think you and Dolly might look out for that.’’ ‘*Well, you’d better not put it down on the programme, because it might not be possible to carry it out. For my part, I'd rather pick the stones myself than try to get the boys and girls to do it. You left off where everybody was working on the road. Then what?’’ ‘*Well, that will take up the bulk of the day. Most of ’em won't want to keep at it after two o’clock, and I think I shall get tuckered out by that time. Then we shall have lunch; and, if you and Dolly won’t pick stones, you can engineer that. I’m not going to have that gang upstairs, though, I can tell you that, and I don’t see what hurt ‘twould do to use the old meeting-house. 1’ll tell you how we'll manage that: Mrs. Bettis won't want any better fun than getting it for us, just to stir up ‘them there Pelseys and Bassetts.” That’s a good idea; and both families will be sure to be there so they can have a good _ solid meal at somebody else’s expense in the old ‘ark of Zion,’ where they can look out into the burying Pont D—dogs =e such folks, I say!’’ ‘There, Cyrus, don’t get excited too long before hand, or your strength won’t hold out. You’ve got us all into the old meeting - house—then what?’’ ‘Well, then comes the dinner. You women folks must see to that; and [’ll tell you right here that you’ll wanta lot. More than half of ’em will come for the sake of getting something good to eat, and I'll be hanged if I blame ‘em. ’Long this time o’ year, and on till hog-killing time in the fall, the farm- ers don’t have half enough to eat. Meat’s all gone, except a little corned veef they’re keeping ‘if any body should come,’ and they keep body and soul to- gether with salt pork and potatoes and brown bread, with salt codfish for a change. I should think they'd die. Good many of ’em do; and the rest dry up. That’s what makes ’em so skinny —it’s codfish and salt pork. So let’s give ’em something good for dinner. They'll know what to do with it, and there ain’t one of ’em that won’t look as plump as a pollywog by the time they've eaten all they want. So just let ‘em have it, and let it be good anda il ‘Well, is that all?’’ ‘*No, at that stage of the game yours truly is going to hammer everybody to order. Then, you know Sid’ll be home by that time, and I'm going to have him make a fine speech. He can make a good one—I know he can—for I've been writing to the head principal about him. I just want the folks ’round here to know that a store is the best place to bring up a boy in, providing the store is the right kind of a store and the boy is the right kind of a boy—which Sid is. ‘I knew it the minute I set eyes on him, that day he came in here all tired and dusty. Don’t you remember, Jane, how I said, ‘Here’s your man?’ ”’ Jane’s eyes snapped. ‘‘ ‘Do I re- member how you said it?’ Yes, just how; and if there was any sneering or contempt in tone or manner left out, it was because you couldn’t express it. You’d better go on with your pro- gramme. What next?’’ ‘‘Well, I knew Sid was a good fellow, if I did have a little fun about him. Let’s see; what does come next? You are always breaking in and putting any- body out so. Well, next—’’ ‘‘Did I hear you say,’’ interrupted Jim, ‘‘that you are going to furnish the reese ‘‘Why, yes, I thought I would. I want some likely ones, and the only way to get ‘em is to buy ’em of somebody you're sure of. Why?’’ ‘*Nothing much; only, if you’djjust as lief, I wish you’d make me chairman of the tree committee, with power to act. Will you?’’ ‘‘What’s come over you?”’ ‘‘Never you mind. Will you?’ ‘All right. Jane, if anybody comes in to sell trees, you are to turn ’em over to Jim—Hello! What’s that old skin- flint of a Henderson hitching in front of our door for, I’d like to know. I don’t want anything to do with the old kermudgeon, I can tell you that. Jim, I’m so awful busy that you'll just have to take care of him—I can’t treat him I don’t want anything to do ? decent. —_ him! *‘ All right, I’li take care of him, but | want you to be within hearing. We’re going to have some fun with that feller. -~Good morning, Mr. Henderson. Isn’t this a little early for you?’’ ‘*Oh, no. I was coming daown and I thought I’d come daown. Heerd some little talk, t’other day, abaout some trees. I got some likely ones and | says to myself, says I, ‘I'll go daown and see ef I can’t onload some uv ’em onter Cy.’ How are ye on’t fer trees, this mawning, Cy?’’ ‘*Too busy to talk to you—Jim’s the man to gouge.”’ ‘‘Gouge? Can’t be no gouging with them there trees, onless I be the one ter git it—straight ez a narrer—every dumbed one on ’em.’’ ‘*Well, you'll have to talk to Jim. ‘*Makes no defference, ez I knows on, who I talk ter, ef I kin git rid uv the likeliest trees above graound. How many do yer want, young feller?’’ ‘*T want just a hundred, half elms and half maples--the kind of maples that turn so red and shiny in the fall. Got "em?”’ ‘‘Waal, I hain’t got nawthing else, 4 I'll tell yer that. fer ‘em?’’ ‘*What’ll you take?’’ ‘*Waal now, le’s see. Five times five is twenty-five—I don’t see ez I kin git aout uv it and make anything with- aout I charge yer a dollar and a quarter. Must make suthin,’ yer know.’’ What’ll yer gin me ‘*We don’t want ’em. ‘*Waal now, I’ve made yer a noffer and yer wouldn’t take me up—suppose you make me one?’’ ‘*All right—I’ll give you a dollar apiece for every first-class tree you have here at the store two days before the day we want them; and, if you don’t have them here, you’re to pay me a dollar for every tree missing. ”’ There was mischief in the air and Cy smelled it. Even Jane’s eyebrows A ‘GREAT a Valey Gly = lig Ct... e @ Grand Rapids, Mich. DEAL a Of trouble and loss might be saved by the retailer if he would buy his flour, feed, bran, corn and oats and everything i in the milling line in mixed car loads of one firm. There would be less freight, no torn orsoiled flour sacks, no shortages and no delays. A great deal depends on how you manage the little things, and pennies are little things, but if you are trying to make a great deal of money EVERY} CENT: OUNTS£ Sole makers of LILY WHITE FLOUR PPPehehohohepep S{UHYVNNNYADTTIONNNNDDT TN NNN NANT TINT TTT N TDN MeN N ttt kkktkkllkLdkkdlN SULNIHHTTTPPTYYYYDDD DTT TTNTN TYTN NLS Did You Ever Have a good customer who wasn’t particular about the quality of her flour? Ofcourse not. We offer youa flour with which you can build upa pay- ing trade. The name of the brand is GRAND REPUBLIC And every grocer who has handled the brand is enthusiastic over the re- sult, as it affords him an established profit and invariably gives his cus- tomers entire satisfaction. Merchants who are not handling any brand of spring wheat flour should get into line immediately, as the consumer is rap- idly being educated to the superiority of spring wheat over winter wheat flours for breadmaking purposes. All we ask is a trial order, feeling sure that this will lead to a large business for you on this brand. ote quota- tions in price current. BALL-BARNAART:-PUTMAN CO, GRAND RAPIDS. Usd ow ~* ~* could be seen peering from the office window. ‘*Waal now, I couldn't do that; but I’ll split the defference with yer and call it a dollar and twelve and a half cents. ’’ ‘*On the conditions I named?’’ ‘You are ter pay cash daown when the trees are delivered?’’ ‘‘Tf Cy says they’re all right, I will.’’ ‘*All right.’’ ‘*Will you sign a paper to that effect?’ ‘*Le’s hear yer read it.”’ The statement was made as given above and duly signed, and the parties to the contract went their way. That very afternoon, Jim had to go away. The next morning he came in to say that he ‘‘believed he’d go over and see if the Amidowns had any eggs,’’ a remark which turned Cy’s face a little red and brought a smile to Jane’s. He was gone all that day, and the next went by without his putting in an ap- pearance at the store; and so it went on up to the afternoon before the morning when the trees were to be delivered. Just before closing, Old Henderson drew up his horse before the store and called for Cy. ‘*I’ve come over ter let yer know that I can’t git them there trees fer yer.”’ ‘*That ain’t any o’ my funeral—you’ll have to see Jim about that.’’ ‘‘Jim be hanged! I can’t git the trees and that’s all there is tew it.’’ ‘*Oh, well, settle it with Jim.—Jim, come out here. Henderson, here, says he can’t get those trees.’’ ‘‘Why can’t you get them?’’ ‘*’Cause I can’t, and that’s all there is tew it.”’ ‘All right; but you remember the bargain. Here it is in black and white, with your name at the bottom ; and it’s money or trees—I don’t care which.— You and Miss Cragin saw him sign it, didn’t you, Cy?’’ ‘‘I’m ready to swear to that,’’ was Cy’s emphatic rejoinder. ‘*Vis, I know I signed it—I ain’ tago- ing ter try ter back daown on that; but yer ain’t agoing ter hold me ter any sech a thing ez that, be yer?’’ ‘*Why not?’’ A bullet in his breast couldn’t have turned Old Bill Henderson’s cheek quicker or paler. The veins in his neck and forehead stood out like cords. ‘*You—know—why,’’ at length he stammered. ‘‘T’ll bet I do!’’ was Jim’s short an- swer. Then he added, ‘‘But Cy and Miss Cragin, here, don’t. Hitch your horse and come in and tell them.’”’ ‘*Will that be all there is tew it?’’ ‘*Never you mind. Come in and tell them !’’ With his whole body aquiver, the man climbed from the wagon, hitched his horse to the post and walked slowly into the store, his head on his chest. ‘Clutching the edge of the counter with trembling fingers, he made this shame- faced confession : ‘*T was agoing ter git them there trees outer your woods, Cy, over there back o’ my haouse.—But I didn’t tech one on *em!’’ he hastened to add. ‘*You bet you ‘didn’t tech one on’em!’ I can swear to that. Now, then, what you going to do about the trees?’’ ‘*What yer want me ter dew?’’ ‘*There’ll be a hundred trees here on the morning train. You go and get them and bring them up here. They cost 50 cents apiece. Here’s the bill— you pay it.’’ The old man took the paper, looked THE MICHIGAN hard at it a minute and then asked, ‘*Will that be all there is tew it?’’ “*Will it, Cy?’ ‘‘T hope so. Here, let me have the bill. You go after the trees in the morning and I'll pay this. I don’t want any trees you’ve paid for planted in Milltown; but I’ll say this to you, Bill Henderson—if I ever know of your darkening my woods with your shadow again, I’ll bring this up as sure’s my name’s Cy Huxley. Now you git.’’ The old man needed no second invita- tion, and with commendable alacrity was soon urging his horse homeward. ‘‘How did you get onto it, Jim?’’ asked Cy, the minute the old man was out of hearing. “‘Oh, that was easy. You know the big fuss he made about the trees? Well, the day before, I happened along that way, and there he was in your wood lot, sizing ’em up. He acted so suspicious about it that I watched him; and any- body could put this and that together. I made up my mind what he was up to, and I just lay low and waited. That's what made me want the management of the trees. Then, about the time he’d have to dig ’em, I went over there and watched him. He kept prowling ’round for a chance to begin. He didn't get it. All there was to it, the jig was up.) It was. The trees ordered from town came on the morning train and Old Henderson hauled them from the sta- tion and they were duly planted. Then Cy’s programme was carried out, the crowning success of which was Sid’s splendid speech. When it was all over, and the trees extended in long and even rows down the village street, it was unanimously declared that Mulltown was the prettiest little town in all the country ’round, and one and all vowed that it should improve more and more each year of its life. RICHARD MALCOLM STRONG. 0 How Modern Chemists Eclipse Those of Old. From the Chicago Record. There were learned alchemists long ago, it is said, who, versed in the mys- teries of the black art, turned clods to gold. But there is a modern alchemy of food manufacture which completely eclipses the ancient. It certainly would turn any old al- chemist green with envy to stand by to- day and see apple cores changed into currant jelly, good butter and cheese made from pork, corncobs turned into maple syrup, old nutshells transmuted into cinnamon spice, and honey which would deceive bees manufactured ac- cording to chemical formula. Not long ago an enterprising dealer gathered together from various dealers in South Water street a carload of nut- shells and old nuts and sent them to a Missouri factory to be made into spice. The sale of apple cores, which are man- ufactured into various jellies, is a_ reg- ular part of the dried fruit business. It would not cause much surprise if some ingenious person with a few acids and alkalies and an array of bottles and flasks should devise a chemical formula for producing an artificial cow, which would give milk, tread on the flower beds and have all the ‘‘cuts of beef’’ found on the stock-yards original. Even eggs have been counterfeited, but the inventor of the artificial egg was not long in learning that the hen could un- dersell him in the egg line and gave up. > 2-2 A Russian physician has conceived the idea of a sort of floating hospital for consumptives. It is to cruise North in the summer and South in the winter, and visit spots which experience dem- onstrates are best for the disease. TRADESMAN 13 NA AAMRAA ASAD The Stimpson Computing Scale Declared Honest by the Court and all dealers and their customers. Nothing is more important to the retail Grocer than a perfect scale. Why waste time and increase liability of mistakes by using a complicated scale that must be adjusted with absolute accuracy to every change in price and which at best only gives one-half the information sought? The Stimpson gives both:weight and value by the movement of one poise without adjustment of any kind. Customers prefer to trade with grocers using the Stimpson Scale, which gives pounds and ounces as well as money value. WRRRRMARY BARBER & CRAW. L. oO. Barber. Fruits, Groceries and C. B. Craw. Farm Produce. Lowx£.1, Mich., March 16, 1896. Gentlemen: After using the Stimpson Computing Scale for two months we are pleased to say that we are perfectly satisfied with them and no money could take them off our counter. They are saving money for us every day. BARBER & CRAW. Dedede dace dace dade dude Write for circular giving full particulars. SIIMPOON COMPUTING « TECUMSEH, MICH. ARRRARLLRL LLL VER oe 7 IF RRR RRR RRRRRRRRRRRRR _— Successful Dealers are selling OUR SPECIALTIES VUVVOTCTCTCTCCCCCCTCCCCCCOCCOCCCCU Pecan Wafers Raspberry Fingers } \ Novelties | NS / 4 tp dp bp tn bp tp bn be by bn bn bn be be bn be be be he he hr hr hr hr hr hr hr he hr hn br he he hn hn hn POV VE VEE VEE ECCT ECE E UE EVV VV VY A he tp bp bn bp bn bn be be te be be he he he bb he ee he he hr hn hn hn he Lor hr PVC VV VEE EEE T EOE EEO EOCENE We have imitators but no rivals. THE NEW YORK BISCUIT GO., Grand Rapids. yvevuvuvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvrvvvvvvvvvvvv~vvvvwvvvvvvvvvvvvwvv. GFUVVUUVUVUVU VUE OUVU OU U UU VOU EUV VV EVV EVV rwwvvevvvVvVvVvWVvVvWVvVvVVvwvGVGV. GUGCCOCOCOCOOCSCCCCCCCCCCC CCC ECE EEE OEY ae. 14 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Shoes and Leather What Constitutes Civilization. ‘‘Civilization’’ is a word which has various meanings, depending on condi- tions. In the earlier periods it meant a high state of development in human liberty and intellectual culture. To-day it seems to mean distinguished progress in the creation of wealth and material development. The ancient Greeks, who established republican forms of government and invented the word democracy and the original principles which it individual- izes, and who were pre-eminent in poetry, painting, sculpture, oratory, rhetoric and philosophy, were, in their day, at the head of the world’s civiliza- tion. To-day the people who have the greatest mileage of railrcads, the largest numbers of steam engines and machines for manufacturing, and the widest ap- plication of electricity to the various economic purposes, and the most exten- sive commerce, would bave a potential claim to being far advanced in civiliza- tion. Then there is the title based on in- tellectual progress. The country which possesses the greatest number of com- mon schools, colleges and universities, and the most effective system of free education, also the most numerous printing presses and the greatest pro- duction of newspapers, magazines and books, would certainly have a right to be considered to have reached a high position on the rolls of civilized coun- tries. Then there are the churches, the asylums for the care of the poor and the helpless, and the institutions for the ed- ucation of those unfortunates who have never enjoyed a due distribution of their natural faculties, such as_ the deaf, dumb and blind, also the hospit- als for the treatment of disease, and the other grand charities which have been so largely, if not exclusively, developed by the Christian religion. Surely all these would constitute a high claim to the title of being civilized. But from no classifying of the various sorts of progress that are demanded of civilized people can be left out just and wise codes of law, embodying the re- pression and punishment of crimes and protection of free institutions and all rights and immunities which are con- sistent with constitutional liberty. From these propositions it seems plain that the highest civilization must embrace all the qualifications and the various sorts of progress that have been enumerated above, because develop- ment in morals, in intellectuality, in science and the practical application of natural forces, in the securing of lib- erty and free institutions to all men and in the increase of their comfort and in the promotion of general prosperity must all go on together. If the proper object of every human being is the pursuit of happiness, a substantial, lasting and profitable happiness, the object of the social and political con- ditions in which human beings have organized society is to protect the in- dividuals in the proper enjoyment of their rights. But, in coming together into these conditions, which are called govern- ment, the few must give way to the many. This is a natural result of any social system which accords to every individual equal rights. Such equality is the basis of all government by the majority, and is as far as possible re- moved from those systems of govern- ment where one man, as in an empire, or where a limited class, such as an aristocracy, is regarded as being pos- ksessed of superior rights and is en- titled to govern the many. Therefore, a constitutional democratic-republican government should be most consistent with the highest state of development in everything that can be termed civiliza- tion. FRANK STOWELL. —___»0s___ Suggestions As to Shoe Styles. From the Lewiston (Me.) Sun. As history repeats itself, so does the style in shoes. Although there is not the slightest danger of the present style of razor-toed shoes losing their prestige, with the younger class at least, yet there is apparent tendency towards a combination of the styles of years ago and the present extreme style. For in- stance, it is a fact that very few low-cut or oxford-tie shoes have been worn for the past few years, yet the manufactur- ers who have already commenced to get out their spring samples are making some excellent lines in this style. One manufacturer with whom the reporter talked informed him that he believed the greater portion of his product during the next run would be low cuts, and also expressed the belief that he would not be at all surprised if the nickel-plated buckle fastenings which were so much in vogue from 1872 until the Centennial year of 1876-would again be all the rage before another year had passed. The buttoned bal., which held the preference for so many years after the buckled low cuts went out of style, is again coming into pub- lic favor, and some of the manufactur- ers and drummers think it will claim a large share of the patronage during the next few years to come. There are many who consider this the most com- fortable of modern style shoes to wear, and no one will attempt to deny that it holds its shape a longer length of time than a majority of the prevalent styles. Of course, those will be made with the crescent style of peaked toe, for a time at least, but the fact of their again coming into favor shows a tendency to return to styles which have been practically dis- carded for a number of years. One thing is certain, that a buttoned bal., either hand-sewed or Goodyear, or a moderately high cut oxford tie made in the same manner, would make an ele- gant and durable style of footwear. —___ 6>__ Decline of the Tin Peddler. Correspondence New York Sun. Twenty or thirty years ago there were more than 50,000 men engaged in bar- tering tinware for old junk in the New England and some of the Middle States, going about in the familiar kind of red cart —‘‘the tin peddler’s go-cart.’’ To- day there are not 500 of these peddlers in the United States. These peddlers were famous for inventing kitchen utensils for every purpose in the days when every woman in Yankeeland spent several hours a day in her kitchen, and when it was the ambition of every good house-wife to have her kitchen shelved and pegged for holding the bewildering variety of plain and japanned tinware bartered for rags, old metal, yarn, stock- ings, mittens, dried apples, eggs and butter. In and around Salem, Mass., until twenty years ago, the peddlers, of whom sixty were sent out by two Salem firms, received in barter vast quantities of pewter platters, porringers, candle- sticks, ale mugs, etc., which were used by the early settlers of the Puritan col- ony; but the stores of pewter were soon exhausted, consequently the peddlers got out of that business, and throughout the territory once ranged by the tinware carts from Maine to Cleveland, Ohio, the sales of tinware have fallen off at least 75 per cent., as compared with the sales of, say twenty or thirty years ago, when the red tin cart was seen on every road and street within the terri- torial limits, in which, for a hundred years, it was a picturesque and familiar object. ¢ bb Db DAA A AH ALLAHOOOOSS}S}SOOOOOOOD nw Ee A = 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 = = 3 = = 3 = 3 3 3 = 3 = RUBBERS FOR 1896. The Boston Rubber Shoe Company are making a great many new kinds this season, embracing all the new styles in toes, including the extreme 20th Century; also Boys’ and Youths’ Sandals in narrow toes —just what the boys want. e will have them. They are packing nearly all the specialties in bulk, and we will carry them in stock and be able to take good care of any orders given us. Discounts and terms are as favorable as offered by any agent of the Boston Rubber Shoe Co. Wait and see our salesmen before placing your order. Discount—Bostons, 15 per cent.; Bay States, 15 and 12 per cent. Payable December 1, 1896. RINDGE, KALMBACH & CO., GRAND RAPIDS. = AMAAMAAMAJAAUAAUUU UL AbAAbADA.SbA.JAAJ4AJ6AJ44 444 G44 0b bb 4b 464.46 J44 G44 Dur Shoe Department Is your stock complete for spring trade? Look it over and write us for samples in Misses and Children’s. Our Bob and May is the best grain shoe made. For a Kangaroo calf, we can give you one that competition cannot meet. You ought to see our Berlin Needle toe, Misses’ and Childs Dongola; this is the neatest shoe out for spring. Our Little Gents’ 9-13, 1-2 is on Needle Toe and as tony as any made. Our Rochester Misses and Childs’ Dongola they all swear by. Send us your order for turns 2-5 and 4-8. Hirth, Krause & Co. 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The Boston Rubber Shoe Co. and Bay State Rubbers - W. A. McGRAW & CO., DETROIT, MICH. EXCLUSIVE JOBBERS OF RUBBERS. Seeeerereerres b RS RS + RS i + + + » RS fe eS RS + hibehepohohehhehehepepeey | 7 nw Ee THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 15 Why People Buy Goods by Mail. The enormous business of mail-order houses is not founded on an inherent snobbishness to prefer to buy away from home. The system in force in these great houses makes it easier, often, to buy by mail than to go and make _ per- sonal selections in local stores. Goods are all catalogued and the descriptions are clear and accurate. How many clerks tell the story as well as the cata- logue? The greatest variety is shown in the catalogue, which is perused in the evening at one’s leisure and in con- sultation with other members of the family. The catalogues are usually cor- rect arbiters of fashion and can always be depended upon to list the latest thing. The managers for mail-order houses are men of great ability. They keep in touch with the people and know what they want. The patron of a mail-order house can get the exact style and shade and quality wanted. The system in vogue in these houses makes shipments prompt and the correspondents are usually men of business who can read human nature in the letters they receive, and play up- on the same accordingly. Prices are us- ually low. Above all, the business is advertised, and advertised well. The mail-order house wins because the local dealer is not equal to his opportunity. Many retailers buy good things and wait for the people to come in and ask for them. The mail-order man_ uses the best descriptive talent in advertise- ments and in catalogue to tell the peo- ple exactly what his goods are. Many. retailers meet a customer’s call for a cer- tain thing with the statement, ‘‘We haven't it,’’ and let it go at that. The mail-order man will get things not shown in his catalogue and say he is glad to do it. I told a shrewd mail-or- der man some time ago that, if I was a retailer in a country town, I could kill all his trade within a radius of twenty miles, and he remarked that there would always be enough of the other kind of retailers to give him a chance to do business. The retailer who watches the things advertised in the great monthlies and weeklies by mail-order houses, and ad- vertises in his own local paper the same goods, need fear nothing from this com- petition. Most people would rather see a thing before they buy it, or would rather let the retailer order it than do it themselves. The mail-order man, to win, must make large profits on a good many of his things, because his method is expensive, and the shrewd retailer who isn’t afraid to use his local papers to tell what he has and what he can do, and that he will furnish quickly at the same or lower prices anything offered by mail-order houses, is not going to lose in the game. He must have the same snap, the same push and the same energy ; but with these you can count on the retailer as the winner every time. JoHN LEE MAHIN. > 2<____ Argentina as an Agricultural Competi- tor. Europe and the United States are ac- customed to look upon the Latin-Amer- ican countries as worth little notice from a political point of view, but as valuable fields for the expansion of trade. At least one of these countries, however, is rapidly assuming the pro- portions of a trade rival, namely, the Argentine Republic. This State is as badly governed as the rest of the Latin- American countries, and its finances are in a hopeless tangle; still, as a wealth producer, it is most prosperous and promising. The lands of Argentina are fertile, and the area susceptible of cultivation is very large. The climate is favorable, and the country is capable of producing many of the same products grown by the United States. Wheat, sugar, cot- ton and other staples can be profitably produced, while in cattle-raising, Ar- gentina has already achieved a high reputation. It is but a few years since an initial shipment of Argentina wheat to Great Britain created a sensation. In 1894 the exports of wheat from that country to Great Britain alone reached 13,272,000 cwt., valued at $17,000,000. This marvelous development of Ar- getina as a wheat producer, and her ability to flood the British market while prices were at their lowest, were sad experience for English agriculturists, and compelled them to realize that the despised South American State, while a pigmy politically, was a formidable competitor agricultyrally. The supply- ing of the English markets with wheat has also made Argentina a dangerous competitor of our own wheat industry. Before Argentina began to ship wheat in large quantities, American wheat had largely a monopoly of the British markets; whereas now it competes with the South American article on terms anything but favorable to the American interests. Wheat is but a single item. Now for another. As late as 1892 the number of beef cattle shipped to Great Britain from the Argentine was so small as to get no separate mention in statistics. But in 1€93 it was 6,882, and in 1895, 39,494. The same is to be said of sheep. In 1893 the exports of them to Great Britain were 22,365; in 1894 73,- 446 and in 1895, 308,094, while the quantity of dressed mutton was also steadily increasing. Here again, not only has the British farmer found a dangerous competitor, but our great American cattle interests have also discovered a formidable rival. At the rate at which Argentina has _ ex- panded her commerce with the outer world, it may be safely assumed that she has by no means reached the limits of her possibilities; hence we must expect that the formerly despised little Latin- American Republic will become a yet more formidable trade rival. FRANK STOWELL. —_———_ oS... A Vast Advantage. As the question of cash must always figure greater than all others, it is plain to be seen what a vast advantage cash has over credit. Note when the cash buyer comes into market in quest of goods how anxious all are to sell and how cordial are friends and acquaint- ances. If any snaps are about how speedily he is informed. Everything is life and animation and business. He cannot help but be a happy man. He embraces every opportunity to push forwarc his business, and it is safe to presume that his customers actually en- joy spending their money with him, be- cause they know they secure good re- turns. And he knows that a sure profit is his from these customers. It may not be large, but it is sure. Of the many failures which occur, the assertion can be safely ventured that few, if any, were those who conducted business on a cash basis. This is coming to be more generally recognized than was the case at one time, and the prediction is ven- tured that before another decade buy- ing on credit will very nearly be a thing of the past. ‘‘Why do democrats wear lace shoes?”’ ‘*] give it up. y do democrats wear lace shoes?’’ ‘‘I'll tell you why dem- ocrats wear lace shoes.’’ ‘‘Why?’’ ‘Because they can’t get in congress.’’ And the dull thud that followed be- tokened a tragedy. A tp fp Oy Oy Oy Op by by by be bn bn bn bn bn be bn he he he ha he he he bn hn he he hn tn i hr he he Ma hr a Mh hi Mh hn, hi hn hn Ma hn Manin di GOUGC UOC CUCCCOCCOCOCTCTCTCT OTC CT COCO C OOO OO GG NY bata tnd tr FUUVY ‘ * - = . 7 N | i ited HEMLOCK BARK, ‘ WABER, SHINGLES, RATES, POSTS, ee ve POLES, We Pay HIGHEST MARKET PRICES in SPOT CASH and Measure Bark When Loaded. Correspondence Solicited. FOuCVVVVTVTVTVTVTVVvVTVvVVVVvVVVVTVVVV.% _pbh hb ph bbb Abb Abb btbtbtbtbt bbb thn’ be he bn by bp bn be bn bn bn be be be be he he hn he he he he he i he eh hn er CVV UV VUE VUE EVV EV VV A fp fp i by fp fp bp Oy by by tp by by be bb bn bb be be be be be bn he hn hh he nh hh hr hn hn hn hn hn ha hn hn POG VCCTOCOTOCOOOCOTODTST OCC CCTCOTO SOC OCS ECT COO CUCU VV VV DOOQOOOOOQOOOQOOQOODOOQDOGDOGQOQOOOGOGOGQOOOOGOGOGOOGOGOGQOOGQOOE) Michigan Bark Lumber 60. Grand Rapids, Mich. 508, 509 and 510 Widdicomb Bld. N. B. CLARK, OOGOOOOQOOOOQOOQOQQOO® Pres. W. D. WADE, Vice-Pres. Cc. U. CLARK, Sec’y and Treas. ——een ee We are now ready to make contracts for bark for the season of 1896. Macs Correspondence Solicited. a DOOGOODOOOOOQOOOODOOOODOGQOQOOQOOOOOGOGOGOOOOOGOOOOGCOGOOOSE HCOODODOOQOOOQOQOODODOOOQDOOOODOHDOGOOQOQOQOOSO PHOOQOQOOOQOQOOQOQOOE Send in your orders now for your FISHING OUTFIT We have a full line of Mackintoshes, Wading Pants and Boots and Rubber Goods of all kinds. —~—_ ee We would also remind you that the dealer who places his orders early for his fall stock of Rubber Boots and Shoes, Felt Boots and Sox, will have them when the wearer wants them. We = guarantee prices. Ask for price list. STUDLEY & BARCLAY. 4 Monroe St. Grand Rapids. Weare the Originators & Manufacturers of Bronze Clocks you will certainly get p better prices and sat- faction direct from //// the factory. \ Reeder Bros. Shoe Co. are closing out their entire Leather Stock of Boots and Shoes. Come in and see the bargains or see samples of our men on the road. We will do an ex- clusive rubber business in the future. Hold your rubber orders until we see you, as Lycomings and eystones are the best. REEDER BROS. SHOE 60. GRAND RAPIDS. o Weare furnishing cou- y pons and advertising 5 matter, Same as our ea rs jobbers, ere Write for Catalogue. The Golden Novelty Mfg. Co., 88-92 W. Jackson St.. CHICAGO. 16 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Getting the People An Advertising Legend. Several years ago there was a very large dealer in linen collars in St. Louis. His sales were “enormous. As a result he obtained generous conces- sions from manufacturers, buying on the most favorable terms. Desiring to make a big drive one season, he made unusually heavy contracts at an extra reduction in price, only one __ firm, Messrs. So-and-So, standing out. For some reason or other Messrs. So-and-So declined to make any concession what- ever. As the dealer wanted every pattern obtainable, he nevertheless made a small order. But he determined to ‘*bring the firm around,’’ as it were. Flaming advertisements were inserted in the St. Louis dailies announcing a reduction sale, and saying that any col- lar made in the United States, no mat- ter what the quantity or pattern, could be had ‘‘two for a quarter—excepting So-and-So’s, price twenty-five cents each. Greatly to the dealer’s surprise, al- though a heavy trade followed, every- body wanted So-and-So’s collar, and he telegraphed in hot haste for a large supply. Inadvertently he had taken the very course to create a demand for the collar that he least wanted to sell; but as his profits were good, he kept on ad- vertising in the same way. ==Messrs. So-and-So, surprised at the sale and learning its cause, caught the idea and determined to improve it. Thenceforth they only made a high- grade collar, and adopted the one price and high price system, not only them- selves, but putting every dealer under a written contract to do so. Then they spent money lavishly in advertising, until their collars became household words. As an actual result of this brilliant business stroke, the partners became millionaires. + 0 Advertising Illustrations Carnot Be Copyrighted. A very important decision to this effect has been made by Judge Gross- |: cup, of the United States Circuit Court, in the case of J. L. Mott Iron Works ws. low, 72 Fed Rep. 168. | Suit had been brought to enjoin infringement of a copyright. The complainants, who are manufacturers of bath tubs, have issued, from time to time, advertising sheets containing a description of their porcelain baths, the dimensions and prices of the same, and such other in- formation as people in that trade are interested in. The sheets also contain cuts or prints of such baths as are offered to the trade. The defendants engaged, among other things, ina like business have also, from time to time, issued advertising sheets or books con- taining like information, and, in some cases, Closely copying the prints or cuts of baths contained in complainants’ sheets. A comparison, Judge Grosscup goes on to say, makes it pretty manifest that some of these cuts or prints of the defendants have been copied by photo- graphic processes, or otherwise, from the complainants’ cuts or prints; and the latter so averred. The defendants took the position that the matter irs question was not, in law, a proper sub- jeet-matter of copyright. Judge Gross- cup holds that it was not. He says that the cuts or prints shown in complain- ants’ sheets, in connection with their ornamental settings, may have such ar- tistic merit as would support a copy- right if offergd as a work of fine art. But the United States statutes, as amended by the act of 1874, limit the right of copyright to such cuts and show that the author or designer in- tended or contemplated these cuts and prints as works of fine art. No copy- right was asked upon them separately from the advertising sheet of which they are a part. They were not offered to the public as illustrations or works connected with the fine arts, but as ad- juncts simply to a publication connect- ed with a useful art. The court, says Judge Grosscup in conclusion, will not supply an intentions that the author or designer has not avowed, nor give to the cuts or prints a character and purpose different from what their surroundings indicate. —__—_>-0 A Perplexing Problem. A problem which confronts owners of small stores in large cities is that of gaining effective publicity. As trade can only be drawn from a circumscribed area, it is an exceedingly difficult mat- ter to reach every person residing with- in a certain number of blocks of a city store. It is very discouraging to the proprietors of these small stores to find that all these people, whom they are prone to regard as their natural patrons, daily read the announcements of their great competitors, the big stores, who can afford to spend large sums of money in advertising, and pass them by in search of the proffered bargains, sim- ply because they have but limited means for letting people in their neigh- borhood know that they can do as_ well by them as the larger houses. While these small dealers may be firm believ- ers in advertising, they know thata modest announcement in a paper of general circulation with many thousands of readers would not prove of much benefit in catching the trade of the few hundred people they are after in their immediate neighborhoods. No thorough, effective solution of this problem has been reached, but thére are several agencies which might be brought into play to ameliorate this trouble. That window advertising is one of these every up-to-date dealer fully appreci- ates. The circular, booklet, etc., got- ten up so as to compel attention and ju- diciously distributed are other means to the end. A plan which has_ been a neighborhood to combine and publish a sheet- containing their advertisements and a limited amount of carefully se- lected reading, which can be sent to those whose trade they are in search of. - oe Odd Scheme of ‘Marking Down.” From the Chicago Record. A Chicago bicycle dealer has adopted a curious cut-price sale. He puts one of the bicycles listed at $I1oo into his - window and begins cut- ting the price $1aday. That is, the price the first day is $100, the next day W899, the third day $98, and so on until some one takes it at the quoted price, when a new $100 wheel is put into the window, and the cut of $1 a day again begins. If the great public could be induced to hold off there might be a chance for some one to get a very cheap wheel aft- er the price had been reduced every day for a month, but the dealer is shrewd enough to know that some one will jump in and take the wheel before the price becomes very low. In fact, there is not much chance of the wheels remaining unsold after the price drops below $go. The latter figure is supposed to be the common cut price on the wheels listed at $100, but there are still a few manufacturers who can afford to stand on their reputations and refuse to allow any discounts. ~-----~>-0 An Observing Customer. ‘“‘T am afraid,’’ said the young wom- an who is candidly critical, ‘‘that there is some foreign substance in_ this coffee, ’’ ‘‘Ceratinly,’’ replied the grocer. ‘“That remark shows that you have the palate of a connoisseur. The coffee itself is imported.’’ ———__+>2.—__ The way for a young man to improve prints as are connected with the fine| his time is to improve himself when he arts. And the complainants did not has time. found effective is for various dealers in, NUVIPTOPTerTerNerNeNerNT Nee en eraoreerNTe Nee ner ren eereerNertTr ter tfLz The “EUREKA” Patent Self-Locking Potato Planter Locked. Unlocked TO THE TRADE. As usual, the unparalleled success of the ‘‘Eureka” Self-Locking Hand Potato Planter has called forth a small crop of imitators, who, quick to recognize the ad- vantages of the Tube, have jumped at the conclusion that the Tube is the ‘‘whole thing,’’ whereas, without the Self-Locking Jaws it is robbed of half its effectiveness. The “Eureka” alone combines these two essential features—the Tube to receive the potato as the Planter is swung forward, and the Locked Jaws to prevent its drop- ping through. Furthermore, the “Eureka” is the only tube planter that has had a practical test in the field. The others are experiments, liable to ‘‘fall by the way- side,’ when brought toa practical test. The ‘‘Eureka’’ for 1896 is greatly strengthened and improved throughout. We unhesitatingly guarantee it to be the lightest, strongest, best finished and most perfect working hand planter on the market. In the language of that great agricultural paper, the ‘‘Ohio Farmer,” ‘“‘The ‘Eureka’ planter is a simple device—strong and durable, and little likely to get out of repair. We especially note,” continues this great journal, ‘‘the absence of springs and other devices so objectionable in a tool of this character.’ Over 300 ‘‘Eurekas’”’ were sold at retail in this city last season, but then, Greenville is the greatest potato market in the world, and every farmer hereabouts knows a potato planter when he sees it. While other towns we might mention did almost as well, we do not advise you to or- der 300 or anything like it to start with. But you owe it to your customers to give them a chance to buy the best. Place side by side with any other planter made, and it will outsell it ten to one. For Sale in Michigan by Buhl, Sons & Co., Detroit. Standart Bros, Detroit. Saginaw Hardware Co., Saginaw, Mich. Grand Rapids M’f’g Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co., Chicago. C. Sidney Shepard & Co., Chicago. Sidney Shepard & Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Greenville Planter Co., (Successors to Eureka Planter Co.) SOLE TANUFACTURERS, Greenville, Mich. MU AMAGMASAA ANA dbk.J44 bk ddd J44 46k Abb Jbi JbL bb Abd Jbd Jb4 bd ddd Jbd dbb ddd ddd TPYEPYNPVOPNO ITA NTNDP ED NTPNOP ITNT NOP NENT NP HET NET NE rNNT ET NErNor HEP Norton HED ierNereer TER Nereer eT Noreen oer er erate ttt? ZprrypriyriyrverrerryrryrryriyreyreerverrerrenryrryiyriyreyrrerrerrerryrrariyriyreyrrerrerrgrrgrryrtyrryirerrerrerrerrerryTtyTtyn sitersert | DO YOU SEE » THAT? = This means that for a one cent postal card you can have an expert examine YOUR LEAKY roof and tell you why it leaks and how much it will cost to “stop the hole.’’ We have had 28 years’ experience in this business, and are reliable and responsible. We have men traveling all the time and can send them to you on short notice. All kinds of roofs put on and repaired by Be : BS POSTATECATID, - OWIRCE NT ESS, United States-America, ' a lg t BP c PEIe secs ron tne mOntSS OMS H. M. REYNOLDS & SON, Reliable Roof Builders, P Grand Rapids, Mich. Detroit Office, Foot of Third Street. tiiiiiinis tintin naman Established, 1868. ;.. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Commercial Travelers. Michigan Knights of the Grip. President, S. E. Symons, Saget Gro. F. OwEN, Grand Rapids; T Frost, Lansing. Secretary, freasurer, J. J. Michigan ee Travelers’ Association. President, J. F. Cooper, Detroit; Secretary and bt D. Morris, Detroit. Gripsack Brigade. I. A. Gonzalez addresses the Men’s Club of Traverse City subject of Cuba this evening. It is necessary to-day that every com- mercial traveler should be an_ interest- Young on the ing talker and that he be well informed on topics of the times. HB. BL Biel. of the John Pretzlaff Hardware Co. in the Upper Peninsula, doing the trade. He sells lots of curling trons. It is easier for the house to correct the experienced traveling of is salesman his faults than to imbue poor raw ma- terial with qualities that are not in- herent. There is nothing lost by pleasant words and courteous treatment. The merchant who judges the © traveling salesman by the clothes he wears and treats him accordingly makes a_ sad mistake. Miss Fannie Spearman, tormerly stenographer for W. C. Dewey, will shortly be married to J. D. Beckwith, traveling representative for Uptegrove & Bro., of New York. Mr. Beckwith is to be congratulated. Representatives from City, Omaha, East St. Louis and from the Chicago stockyards met at Chicago one day last week and discussed the advis- ability of dispensing with traveling so- licitors employed by the men at the several markets in the coun- try. The expenditures in this direction by the commission men in the markets named amount to nearly $1,500,000 an- nually. The result of the meeting was the adoption of a rule cutting down so- licitors to one with each firm. ‘The rule will be submitted to each exchange to be voted on. Traveling men generally will under- take to see that Governor Rich fails to reach the of his ambition at the hands of the Republican State conven- tion in the shape of delegate-at-large to the St. Louis convention. So far as the Tradesman’s information the traveling men who are delegates the Detroit convention will center their efforts and votes on Hon. T. J. O’Brien, of this city, on the ground of his ex- ceptional fitness for the position, Mr. O’Brien isa gentleman of high stand- ing and strong character, who will grace any position his friends may see fit to bestow upon him. Dick Warner is disconsolate. Warner, Jr., recently began short trips on the road for the Michigan Spice Co., with which institution has been identified for several years, but neglected to use the term *‘Jr.”’ his advance postal cards. This natur- ally led the trade to believe that Mr. Warner had changed base from the Lemon & Wheeler Company to the Michigan Spice Co., and the traveling men took up the report and spread it broadcast. It is understood that Dick Warner and Dick Warner, Jr., had an interview and that the younger member of the family has been persuad- ed that it would be well for him to use the junior designating term with his signature hereafter, as the senior mem- ber of the family is satisfied with his present position and doesn’t relish the Kansas commission goal goes, to Dick making he ou have | | | | | idea asked down of being rowed his line and spices. why he has nar- to teas, coffees, > 2 +> Meeting Michigan TT. PL A, At the annual meeting of Michigan Division, T. P. A., held at the Trades- man office very early in the week, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President—-Geo. F. First Vice-President— Second Smith. Third Vice-President— zelman. Fourth Annual Division, Owen. E. Vice-President ip A. Stowe. -Guy ©. Geo. Heint- » Vice-President—D. R. Mc- Can the jolly representative | Fifth man. Secretary and Treasurer Innes. Board of W. AL Stowe, E. Owen, J. B. McInnes, Railroad Committee Vice-President—Samnel New- Jas. B. Mc- -A. E. A. Stowe, BM. “Hu W. McG TuUIre, Ge ne F reeman, Freeman. Directors Press Committee--E. A. Stowe. Hotel Committee —John M. Shields. Legislative Committee--H. A. Hud- son. Employment Committee A. Cad- well. Sick and Relief Committee—O. C. Shults. Physician and = Surgeon--Wm. F. Hake. > ee > Conservative View of the Sugar Sit- uation. Detroit, April 27—-The general posi- tion has not changed materially since we last wrote. No new features have appeared and the course of the market has been simply one of development. We have now a _ visible deficit in the world’s supply of about 310,000 tons, against an apparent surplus approxi- mating 750,000 tons on January 1, but there is no immediate prospect of sugar famine, the supply in sight for this campaign being more than enough to go around in any event. The prime factor at the moment is the outlook for the succeeding campaign. Cuba, ac- cording to authorities, cannot possibly, under the most favorable circumstances, produce more than half a normal crop in 1897. Europe, with increased acre- age and average yield, will about offset the Cuban loss and advices from Loui- siana indicate the largest crop ever pro- duced. It would seem, therefore, that there is no immediate cause for anxiety as to supplies. We have experienced a total advance of 1 cent per pound in sugar during the six months just closing and can afford to study the situation carefully before entering into large transactions in anticipation of a further upward mov — NV. H. EpGarR & SON. = ae Producer Selling Consumer Direct. Butter routes will soon be established in Chicago. Housekeepers can leave their orders at the central depot and have one or more one-pound rolls de- livered to their kitchen doors every morning, just as the milkman and _ the baker deliver their commodities. The plan is the idea of an Elgin man, who is said to be the largest buttermaker in the world. He has organized a company to operate in Chicago, and after the venture may be made in other cities. Ten delivery wagons, equipped with re- frigerating outfits, will be used at the start. a ae S| A canard, teed possibly on some freak of a treshman’s Gian society, or a silly joke on the apostle of strikes, has been going the rounds of the press, to the effect that E ugene V. Debs has been invited to lecture before the stu- dents of the Chicago University. Such canards are given currency by enterpris- ing reporters and complaisant editors on account of the comment and interest they will provoke, even when their fal- sity, as in this case, iS apparent. —_—~> -# 2 Business men who buy Robinson’s Cider Vinegar are always to the front in | trade. LANSING LADIES. How They Entertained the Men of | Samples. Lansing, April 25—-The Ladies’ Aux- iliary to Post A., which was recently or- ganized in this city, gave a most de- lightful leap year a on Friday evening, April 24,-at Elk’s hall, in honor of their Knights. The rooms were most beautifully with cut flowers and potted plants. doors cf the dining room were thrown open at 7 :30, where sumptuously ap- pointed banquet tables were in readiness for the guests, who marched in to the strains of the grand march played by Richmond’s orchestra. The tables were handsomely decorated with cut} flowers, each guest being provided with | carnations. After partaking of the sumptuous re- | past, the company listened to the toasts, which were most ably responded to by | Tbe the ladies. The President of the Auiliary, Mrs. Jas. F. Hammell, introduced the toast | mistress of the evening, Mrs. Nellie P. Fields, who made appropr iate opening | remarks and presided in a very able manner. Some of the notable features | of the entertainment were the following | toasts : The Gentlemen--Mrs. R. Mrs. Kellogg very ably traveling men in. their of life, their honesty, religion, life, sociability, and good fellowship, and interspersed the toast with numer- ous witty roasts, which were greatly en- joyed by the Knights. B. Kellogg painted th various. phases | “As his Mother used to do’? was re sponded to by Mrs. J. A. Weston. Mrs. Weston was well received and made numerous hits on the local travel- ing men, which were highly appreci- ated. We think it safe to say that mem- bers of Post A hereafter will not be found telling their wives ‘‘how mother used to do.” ‘The New Woman’’ was most ably who ' had responded to by Mrs. E. L. assured the Knights that come to Stay. The toast ‘‘My Smith, ‘She’ Grip,’’ by ** Mary,’’ scored a great success. After the re- sponse, Mary pulled out a large manu- script prepared by her Private Secre- tary, which she had not read_ but no doubt could; she was not allowed to read it, however, as the members knew what it meant to listen to speeches written by the Secretary. Miss Maud Holdridge, with Mrs. John Bush as accompanist, rendered two vocal solos in a highly pleasing manner, A piano and violin duet by Miss Clara Gower and Clarence Urquhart was very favorably received and en- joyed. . During the evening numerous tele- grams were received from the ‘‘first ladies of the land,’’ expressing their re- grets at their inability to be present and respond to toasts. ‘‘After the ball’’ the Kuaights voted the ladies the honor of having aT ithe most enjoyable banquet they had ever attended. SECRETARY OF THE AUXILIARY. - > o> - Reduced Rates to Mt. Clemens. For the meeting of the Michigan State Medical Society, at Mt. Clemens, June 4 and 5,a rate of one fare = one- third will be made by the D., & M. Railway on the certificate ne Cer- tificates can be had of all Agents of this company. JAS. CAMPBELL, City Passenger Agent. o> & > One of the most peculiar orders a wholesale hardware house ever received was one the Fletcher Hardware Co. re- ceived from Kante Bros., of Holland, for one white bull dog. Mr. Kante got the dog, has him yet, and says he is a good one. ee Satisfied customers are good advertis- | ers. Such are the customers who use Robinson’s Cider Vinegar. elegant | decorated Bridge Street | ak TOES... | | Corner of Bridge and | Kent Streets, Grand Rapids, Flich. Rates $1 and $1.25 per day. Best House in the State for the [oney. E. FULLERTON & nad — home } GLIFTON HOUSE Michigan’ Popular Hotel. Remodeled 1 Refitted Throughout. Cor. Monroe and Wabash Aves., CHICAGO. Moderate rates cial attention troit and Mieh n guests. Located one ce ce business ce “iter. Come and see GEO. CUMMINGS HOTEL CO., — Cummings, Pres. Geo. Cummings Honorary member of the Miehigan Knights "of the Grip. and spec to De- +] lock Ws. is an Cutler House in New Hands.! rE. ©. and F. i. [rish, formerly landlords at the New Livingston Hotel, at Grand_ Rapids, have leased the Cutler House, at Grand Haven, where they bespeak the cordial co-operation aud support of the traveling public. They will conduct the Cutler House as a strietly first-class house, giving every detail painstaking at- tention. > O@ IS O® COOOGOQOOQOOODE SELL THESE CIGARS and give customers good tanaae a © * (XOXO OXSXOXOXGXe a vs ad a a a ae a efooforgo ote 2 >. Delivered from cars into your store at Manufacturers’ Cash Prices. ent Me Drop postal NOW to RY $$» 0.» Buy showcases of F. Kalamazoo. E Bushman, | | Grand Rapids. Prerererepes Hehe ate ae ale adeade adeno Q np pepepey “* 18 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Chemicals STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY. Drugs-- C. A. BueBEE, Charlevoix Two Years—_ - - S. E. PARKILL, Owosso Three Years— - F. W. R. Perry, Detroit Four Years— A. C. ScHumMACHER, Ann Arbor Five Years— - - Gro. GuNDRUM, Ionia President, C. A. BuGBEE, Charlevoix. Secretary, F. W. R. Perry, Detroit. Treasurer, GEO. GUNDRUM, Ionia. Coming Meetings—Detroit (Star Island), June 23. Lansing, November 3. MICHIGAN STATE PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION. President, Gro. J. Warp, St. Clair. 7 : : _ §S. P. Wairmarsa, Palmyra; Vice-Presidents | @ ¢. Parups, Armada. Secretary, B. ScHRouDER, Grand Rapids. Treasurer, WM. Dupont, Detroit. Executive Committee—F. J. Wurzpure, Grand Rapids; F. D. STEVENS, Detroit; H. G. COLMAN, Kalamazoo; E. T. Wess, Jackson; D. M. Rus- SELL, Grand Rapids. One Year— - - The Drug Market. Acetanilid—Is inactive, with quota- tions unchanged and more or less nom- inal. Acids—Seasonable descriptions are moving fairly in a jobbing way, but nothing has occurred to influence any important change in quotations and the general market is devoid of interesting features. Alcohol—The condition of the market for grain is practically as noted for some time past, moderate quantities continuing to move freely into consum- ing channels at prices based on the schedule rate. Wood is in fair request and firm. Arsenic—The market remains more or less unsettled under the influences heretofore noted. The demand, how- ever, is very light and unimportant. Balsams—There is a continued strong. market for prime quality Central Amer- ican copaiba and the tendency is still upward under a good consuming de- mand. Beans—Trading in the various grades of tonka continues wholly of the jobbing order, without quotable change in val- ues. Vanilla are in good request from the consuming trade and the tone of the market is strong, especially for Mexi- can, which are steadily hardening at primary sources. Cacao Butter—The market has ruled dull, and, in the absence of important demand, values are more’or less nomi- nal. Caffeine—A continued tame market, with a lack of interest on the part of consumers, has influenced an easier feel- ing among holders and quotations have been reduced. Cascara Sagrada—Is moving actively into consuming channels, with prices unchanged but firm. Cassia Buds—Strictly prime on the spot are becoming very scarce under continued active demand from consum- ers and prices are firm. Cinchonidia—Is scarce and higher. Cocaine, Muriate—The market con- tinues unsettled, but there has been no further change in prices. Cod Liver Oil—Milder weather has checked the consuming demand, and the tone of the market is slightly easier under some pressure to realize, but the easier feeling is chiefly in the lower grades. Leading brands are held with a fair degree of steadiness. Colocynth Apples—Only smali job- bing sales are reported, and quotations remain somewhat nominal. Cream Tartar—Is moving in moderate quantities only. Cable advices indicate advancing markets abroad for argols, and quotations for cygam are expected to sympathize, : Cubeb Berries—Are slow of sale and nominal Cuttle Fish Bone—Is moving moder- ately on small jobbing orders, with prices steady. Ergot—The market is dull, with values unchanged and somewhat nomi- nal. Essential Oils—Cassia is firmer, with the spot stock very light and chiefly of low grades. London cables a_ gradual but steady improvement; yesterday sales were made at 8s. and that market is said to be entirely cleared up. Spot values have been advanced. Citronella is easy, with quotations showing a de- cline. Peppermint is steady but quiet. Other descriptions are without new fea- tures and general trade is slow. Flowers—The only noteworthy feature is increased scarcity of prime German chamomile. American saffron is fairly steddy. Glycerine—Business is of fair volume and prices are maintained. Gums—The market is pretty well cleared of Curacoa aloes. Cape are firm. Asatetida continues to sell in limited quantities. There are no new developments in camphor and a contin- ued good business is reported in do- mestic. Arabic and Senegal are stead- ily hardening under the influences here- tofore noted aud values are fully 2@3c higher for all grades. Advices from Egypt just to hand, state that there are only two or three small lots of Arabic remaining in Cairo, none of which are offered for sale, and no fresh receipts from producing sections are expected for several months. Leaves—Short buchu have continued to move rather freely and values are well sustained. Senna of all varieties are tending upward. Tinnevelly have begun to share in the general improve- ment. Orders for Alexandria are be- ing cut down by sellers and it is claimed that two or more large consum- ers will be unable to fill their wants, as all the distributing markets of the world have been practically cleared up. Lycopedium—Continues* to improve both here and abroad and holders are not anxious sellers, in view of the ex- pected increase in demand when the coming political campaign is fairly inaugurated. Values are firm. Manna—Jobbing parcels only are re- ceiving attention, and a quiet feeling prevails, with large flake quoted. Menthol—-Is inactive and weak. Morphine— Continues to meet with an ordinary trade demand and manufactur- ers are quoting on the old basis. Naphthaline—Is in active demand and firm. Opium—-The market has ruled dull with the limited inquiry almost entirely for jobbing quantities. With the demand slow and_ stocks accumulating, the tendency is in buyers’ favor. Foreign markets are also quiet, with cables from Smyrna reporting small sales at 8s. 4d., and from Constantinople offer- ime at ss, 3d. ¢. and f. Quicksilver—Small lots are in fair request for consumption, with prices steady. Quinine—Has continued to meet with a fair demand from second hands, with quotations unchanged. Roots—-There is a good seasonable de- mand for ipecac and the market is stronger in tone. Jalap is working into an improved position and the tendency of prices is toward a higher basis. Most of the stock has been taken from first hands by dealers. Prime quality Ja- maica ginger is yet scarce and the in- dications are that the current crop will be below the average. Senega has shown increased activity, but at slight- ly easier prices. : Seeds—Canary remains dull and de- pressed, but without further quotable change in prices of any variety. Cori- ander is weak and demoralized under pressure to sell and lack of demand, together with free offerings for future delivery at much lower prices. Ger- man Fennel has declined. California yellow mustard continues rather heavy in the absence of important demand, although holders on the Pacific coast are endeavoring to sustain values. Brown is. scarce on the spot and firm. Sun- flower has declined. Millet is firmer with quotations fractionally higher. Sponges—The spot market remains quiet but prices for good grades con- tinue firm. The latest reports from Nassau indicate a higher market with stocks limited. Sugar of Milk—Continues to meet with a good steady consuming demand, and values are well sustained. —__<»9<+—_____ Don’t forget that success is assured by the amount of money made and not by the quantity of goods sold. a -~>-@ <> Smoke the Dodge Club Cigar. PECK’ S ee PowbERS Pay the Best Profit. Order from your jobber EEE A.E.MCGUIRE, | DAVE MCGANN, { } } WHITE SEAL PURE RYE HULMAN & BEGGS | Sole Proprietors, Terre Haute, Ind. ) Michigan Representatives, Headquarters at Grand Rapids, Mich. tia aaatptalitia cau The Great Van Twiller Again I have the agency for this, the greatest 5 cent cigar ever made. Send orders by mail and they will have prompt attention. J. A. GONZALEZ, Grand Rapids, Mich. Representing the Best & Russel Company, Chicago, Ill. All Jobbers have them __—,_ | ; J Deo LW. 5° CIGARS. 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Declined—Sub. Nit, Bismuth. Moschus Cantor.. _@ St Oe @ | Neatsfoot, winter Myristica, No. 1..... 65@ 80) Snuff,Scotch,DeVo's @ 4) siraimee.......... 65 70 a a gee — 10 | Soda Boras. lo 7 @ 10) Spirits Turpentine. 3a 40 Acidum Conium Mac........ tom 65 | Sellim€o........._.. @ 50 1 < H. & P. _ 7 aa fl ey san = Paints BBL. LB. Aceticwm............ $ s@% 10} Copaiba...... ---.-. 80@ | 90} Tolutan ............. ae @ 1 00| Soda, Carb.......... 1%@ 2| Red Venetian. 1% 2 @8 Benzoicum, German %5@ 80 a 8° tetas os 1 50@ 1 60 Prunus virg.. ...... @ 50] Picis Liq. N.N.% gal. i | Soda, Bi-Carb........ 3@ 5 | @chre, yellow Mars 13g 2 @A Borsete eee 1 20@ 1 30 Tinctures aoa ae Op Seday styl 34%@ 4| Ochre, yellow Ber.. 1% 2 @3 Carbolicum ......... 23@ 40 aan hess sete cet eee re 1 20@ 1 30 | Aconitum Napellis R 60 | Picis Liq. que rts... @ 1 00| Soda, Sulphas....... @ 2) Putty, commercial 24 24%@3 Cliricum: ......._...- 4i@, 46| Gaultheria..... ana 1 50@ 1 60| Aconitum Napellis F 50 | Picis Liq., pints..... @ &%&| Spts. Cologne........ @ 2 60| Putty, strictly pure. 2% 2%@3 Hydrochlor ......... 2 65 >i ranium Sonora -- @ fo Aloes 60 | Pil Hydrarg...po. 80 @ 50|Spts. Ether Co....... 50@ 55] Vermiljon, Prime Nitrocum oe a 10 a em. gal. . : ~~ ro Aloes and Myrrh.... 60 Piper Nigra...po. 22 @ 18} Spts. Myrcia Dom... @ 2 00 Amencan......... 13@ 15 Oxalicum ......- ++ 10@ 2B toe ea ana t som 2 = Arne 50} Piper Alba....po. 35 @ 30} Spts. Vini Rect. bbl. @ 2 49; Vermilion, English. 70@ 7% Phosphorium, dil... @ 15 Li: ds al cg a a ; Assafotida ......... 50 | Piix Burgun........ @, 7 | Spts. Vini Rect.44bbl @ 2 34/| Green, Parig ........ Ib @ 24 Salieylicum......... 55@, 65 L avendula .......... 1@ 2 00) Atrope Belladonna. 601 Pimmbi Acet........ 10@ 12] Spts. Vini Rect.10gal @, 2 57| Green, Penmsular. 13@ 16 Sulphuricum. ...... 14a 5 ae seteeeeee 1 30@ 1 0 | Auranti Cortex..... 50 | Pulvis Ipecac et Opii 1 10@ 1 20) Spts. Vini Rect. 5gal @ 2 50| Lead, Red. ......... 5uG@ 5% Warnuscum 000... 1 40@ 1 60 cs y riper... ce 5 Ba 3 00) Benzoin............. 60 | Pyrethrum, boxes H. | Less 5e gal. cash | Lead) white... Bua 534 Wartaricum......-_.- saa 40 eae ‘a a pe 5 1,| Benzoin Co.......... 50] & P. D. Co., doz... @12%)| = 10 days. | Whiting, white Span @ 10 Ammonia Myrcia, Sole s @ * =p Barosma es 50 Pyrethrum, py... 27@ 30 | Strychnia, Crystal... 1 40@ 1 45 Whiting, gilders’... a Aqua, 16 deg 4@ Saal nam 3 00 Cantharides.... Loe 75 Quassiz.... sale ee sees 8@ 10| Sulphur, Subl....... 2%@ 3} White, Paris Amer.. @ 1 00 5 1 = ‘a Hh peng ea i 3 2 Capsicum ........ 50 | Quinia, S. Pa W.. 31@ 2| Sulphur, Roll.... . 2@ 2%| Whiting, Paris Eng. + Aqua, 2X - eed =< _ soap ju . ae < = Cardamon....... 76] Quinia,S.German.. 30@ 40) Tamarinds.......... 8@ 10) eliff @ 1 i Carbonas. .. trees si 4 oo? iquida, gal... ae | Cardamon Co....... 7) Quinta, N.¥......... 35@ 40) Terebenth Venice.. 23@ 30)U nivers#l | Prepared. 1 00@ 1 15 @hioridum .....--..- i2@ ‘ oe witseteee sees 91 i Oastior 1 00] Rubia Tinctorum... 12@ 14| Theobrome....... 9Q, 45 i Aniline iy "aa Se 6 cae : Ke Catcenn......... : 59] SaccharumLactis py 24@ 26| Vanilla.............. 9 00.16 Oe | Varnishes oe. lee ei en a5 | Cinehona............ 5h) Selmer 2 50@ a. Zinei Sulph..... .... 7@ 8|No.1TurpCoach... 1 10@12 ee mie be ' 00 Cinehona Go........ 60 | Sanguis Draconis. 0@ BT on | ixtra Turp........ 1 60@ 1 70 Weg do | 50) Gago eave 08 COMmmpe 40500... 50 Sapo, yo 1I2@ 14) | Coach Body......... 2 7H@ 3 00 allow. (00/000) 2 Si SIGO Soabet gee "55 Cubepa. ..... , 50 | Sapo, M.... ....--.+. 10@ 12) | BBL. GAL. | No.1 Turp Furn.... 1 00@ 1 10 aaa ome een f @ e Cassia Acutifol.. oo. 50 Sapo, G.... oe ml @ 15 | Whale, winter....... 70 70 | Extra Turk Damat.. 1 55@ 1 60 is 183@ 1 i i @ 110 Cassia Avuifol Co = Siedlitz Mixture.... 20 @ 22) Lard, extra......... 53 60| Jap. Dryer,No.iTurp 70@ 7% Curbesee.. .... .- Oo. 3@ Siac os oS PRGES =... . E | Juniperus. . fi 6@ § —— stette reece va Oe Meeeb 50 = ——— mann ne crm Xanthoxylum.. .... 25@ 30 Theob 3 ODE. = +. _@ 1 60) Ferri Chloridum.... 35 Balsamum salina ane 1@ 0! Gentian Se ee 50 Cincine 16@ 50 Potassium Gentian o.......... 60 Pera. ee @, 2 60 = ee = = Soa ammon..... 80 : en 45 | Bichromate ........ PCTS | | -chashaiytiabasstaiea a a = eT =o 7 a ce 4M 48 oe seteeeee 30 ee Garb. L@ 5 ine... 7 Cortex Chlorate. -PO. Vi@i9e 16@ i lodine, colorless... re Abies, Canadian. . 18 | Cyanide.. 50@ 5D Kino. . ee 50 ‘Case 12 | Iodide... i 2 90a 3 00 | Lobelis 50 Cinchona Flava..... 18 | Potassa, Bitart, pure 30@ 33 Myrrh. 50 Euonymus atropurp 30 | Potassa, Bitart, com @ 6 Nux Vomica........ 50 Myrica Cerifera, - 20 | Potass Nitras, opt... s@ 10| OPil------ ® Prunus Virgini.. 12 | Potass Nitras........ Ta g | Opil, camphoruted. 50 Quillaia, gr’d....... 10 | Prussiate....... _._. esq, 28 | Opil, deodorized.. 150 Suesatead 400.000. 2 12 | Sulphate po .. |... 1, ~=s«d1g | SASSI .....-..-- a 50 Ulmus...po. 15, gr’d 15 Radix a el. = Extractum Aconitym ......... 20@ | Saneuinaria ..___. 50 Glycyrrhiza Glabra. 24@ 25| Althe............... RQ Serpentaria es FO Gly eyrrhiza, m0. ._.- — | Anendes............ 12a 15 | Stromonium... .... . @ Hematox,15lbbox. W@ 12| Arumpo............. @ 2%) Yolutan...... 60 Heematox, is .......- ism. «14 | Calamus ....... 204 a) Valoviam 2... 50 Hamatox, is... a | Genta. | po 15. tad 15 | Veratrum Veride.. 50 Heematox, 48..---. 16@ 7 | Glychrrhiza...py.15 164 18 | Aieiber.... 20 Ferru caapr oe i @ 3 Tiscellaneous i iS ydrastis Can., po.. a dd 7 9n Carbonate Precip... 15 | Hellebore, Alba, a 1b@ 2 . oe — a so — = Citrate and Quinia.. e co Tula, pow 0) i 15@, 20] Alume ' ’ a Citrate Soluble...... 80 | Ipecac, po........... 1 65qn 1 7B phe ae 24@ Ferrocyanidum Sol. 50 | Iris plox....po35@38_ 35@ 40 : umen, gro’d..po.7 a nioride..... Clee ee OKC v Mateo... .... 40@ 50 - Solut. Chlor , | Jalapa, pr........... 10@, 45) Antimoni, po 4@ ; Sulphate, comii. 1... “| Maranta, 345... ._ |. @ 35] Antimoni Poe 4@ : ; Sulphate, com’'l, | Podophyllum, po. eae Mp nietPotassT 55@ 60 bbl, per cwt..... 35] Phei po.... 15@ 18) Antipyrin.......... @ 1 40 Sulphate pure ..... 7 | ae weet testes eee i9@ 1 00| Antifebrin . .... a Sulp ’ a | a. a eo = Argenti Nitras, oz . a 6a a thei, pv........ ... %@135| Arsenicum.......... 10@ 12 nee 12@ 14| Spigelia. ...... BQ 38 | Balm Gilead Bud .. 38@ = 40 Parreberats | Tagg Se aites aE EA @ 15| Bismuth §.N. ..... 1 00@ 1 10 Matricaria ......-.-- 18@ 2% en ee = = Ci paper Chlor., 1s.. @ ¢ i * ee DE F ‘alei ’ 4s , Folia Similax,officinalis 1 @ 40 Cues a as. . Z Marogma... 2.0... 2a «ot | Smilax, ME... hel @ 20 | C: arides Rus no . es Cassia Acutifol, Tin- Cre pos 10@ 12 eiel wets ha . t nevelly...... -__- 5 25 | Symplocarpus, Foeti- Capsici Fructus, po. @ 1 Cassia Acutifol,Alx. 30 aus, pool)... @ Capsici Bunchast ao @ Salvia officinalis, 4s Valeriana, Eng. po.30 @ Caryophyllus po. 15 10@ : mn SR 12@ 20| Valeriana, German. 15@ Carmine, No. eo @37 : s “ ¢ a vee............, 8@ 10| Zingibera........... Re, Gera Alba, S.&F. 50@ 55 emicals and Patent Medicines ‘cuisine Zingiberj. ..._..... BO, Cera Flava.......... 0a 4 Acacia, Ist picked.. @ 6 Semen Coceus .......... 2.2 @ 40 Acacia, 2d nicked. 7g | Amicum. 1). po. 20 @ b pte Fructus...... @ ® i , Acacia, 3d picked.. @ 3 oa ———— @ 16 tics eee Aa eas @ Dealers in Acacia, sifted sorts. @ 28 | Bird, ts..:... : 1a 6 Chievotes See ee eee _@ 4% Acacia, po........-.- (em Soi Carut.._.... po. 18 10@ 2 eee cas wee 60@ Aloe, Barb. po.20@28 14@ 18) Cardamon........... 1 00@ 1.25) GH] ral Weed squibbs = @1: Aloe, Cape .... po. 15 @ 12|Coriandrum......... s@ 10 ps bn yd Crst.... 1 16@ 1: Aloe, Socotri.. po. 40 @ 30| Cannabis Sativa.... 34%@ 4} ( a ad tee 20@, Ayampontac.......... » 60|Cydonium......_. %@ 1 00 a a ine iI &W lo@ fs : 6h Assafcetida....po. 30 = | Chenopodium ...... Oe — honidine, Germ 342@ eS . ° oO Deuzoinum ......... 50@ 55| Dipterix Odorate... 2 90@ 3 00 fe en ae _.... 5 30@ 5 5 &° Catechu, Is Ce. a ito|boniculam__.. @ b peat ks, list, dis.pr.ct. 0 @utecha, 4s......... @ 14| Foenugreek, ae i. 6 8 oo ae pom @ Catechu, \4s......... @ 16|Lini. a fm eS Camphore .. 61@, 64| Lini, grd....bbl.24, 3%4@ 4 bt a, Prep...-...--. @ Euphorbium. “po. "35 a wv Dovel 33m 40 Pct Pbre a Ko, Galbaram........... @ 1 00| Pharlaris Canarian. 34@ 4 a SiGippaIauN aa _,@ . fe ae — 2 —— 2 tone. «@ S a qwuaiacum..... po. 35 eo Fs Sinapis Albu. ee cs 1@ Sia i Sulpl 4 Hino.) ). po. $3.00 @300| Sinapis Nigra....... 1@ wR eae a = Mase... @ 6 23 i lp ea ae : : Myrrh......... po. 45 : a ou a a “ ‘ Full line of staple druggists’ sundries. a Shelia po. $5.20@3.10 2 aie ument!, Doi. Ke. 2 00 2 oo | EMery;po........... @ We are sole proprietors of Weath- Shellac, bleached... 40@ 45 | Frumenti. .... 125@ 150! Ergota.........po.40 30@ erly’s Michigan Catarrh Remedy. Tragacanth ......... 50@ 80 a 5 io. 6. T.. 1 6H 2 00 eae White........ — : / We have in stock and offer a full line aperis OO... 2... TM 3 50 | GAMA. ...-. +... ee eee Q@ x Herba Soap arnm NB... 1 Fi : — | Gambier,............ 8@ of Whiskies, Brandies, Gins, Wines, Absinthium..oz. pkg 25 Spt. Vini Galli... |. 1 TH@ 6 50 os ue @ and Rums. Eupatorium .oz. pkg 20 | Vini Oporto. .... 1 2@ 2 09 | Gelatin, French..... 30@ : c y i ~dicinz i Lobelia eT oz. pkg 25 | Vini Aiba oe 1 hn 2 09 | Glassware, flint,box — 60, 10&10 We — Liquors for medicinal pur Majorum ....0z. pkg oe} | < i ; Less than box.... 6 poses only. Mentha Pip..oz. pkg i Sponges | Glue, brown........ wm Ll | L We give our personal attention to Mentha Vir..oz. pkg 25 | Florida = oo | a He, white... 11 13@ 25 orders mail and guarantee satisfaction. Hue... oz. pkg 39 | _ carriage. .. 2 50@ 2 75 | Glycerina . .. ae 2 All le hi ~d 1 i tt TanacetumV oz. pkg og | Ni assau sheeps ‘wool ig Grana Paradisi .... @ F £ orders shipped anc invoiced the Thymus, V..oz. pkg 35 ‘ Doxes......... 5b S. F., 2,3 and 5 lb boxes.... 50 JELLY. Bip pais... Ee ip pais... 40 2201p pals... Cw LYE. Condensed, 2 doz .......... 1 @ Condensed, 4 doz...........2 2 LICORICE. Paes 30 aoe ee. 25 Ne ee 10 MINCE MEAT. Mince meat, 3 doz in case..2 75 Pie Prep. 3 doz in case...... 2% MATCHES. Diamond Match Co.’s brands. No. 9 sulpiur......-....... 2/6 AMEnOT PAPIOF............-. 79 No. 2 Home.... a Export Parlor... .._.. _- 4 00 MOLASSES. Biackstrap. Sugarhouse............. .W@i2 Cuba Baking Ordinary... .......° |. Porto Rico PPIPNG els eevee eres: 20 POney 2c 3 30 - 12@l4 New Orleans. oe 18 eee 22 xtra 00d... 8... 24 Ones ee 27 — ee 30) Half-barrels 3¢ extra. PICKLES. Medium. Barrels, 1,200 count........ 3 2 Half bbls, 600 count........ 2 3 Small. Barrels, 2,400 count........ 4 2 Half bbls, oe count...... 2 63 i . Ciay, No. 16... 1 70 Clay, T. D. fall count. ... .. 65 Oob. Ne. 3...) . 1 20 POTASH. 48 cans in case. . Bappiaes................... 4.00 Penna Salt Co.’s........... 3 0B RICE. Domestic. Caroling heag 1... 6% Carolma Not... § Carotina No.2....-..... 4% Broken... ee Imported. Japan, NOt. 5 gapan, INO.2.. le oe Oot... 43% eave, NO. 2: 4% Pema SALERATUS. Packed 60 lbs. in box. a wetama ns ... 5s. Boies ces : Boyors.........-.. 2... i SAL SODA. Granulated, bbis........ .1 10 Granulated, 100 lb cases..1 50 Bump, bbs... os 1 Lump, 14516 kegs.......__. 110 SEEDS. MISS 13 Canary. Sayre. .......... 6 (oreeey............ ..... 10 Cardamon, Malabar ..... 80 Hemp, Russian.......... 4 Mixed Hird............... 4% Mustard, white........... 6% FOppy -...-..-.---.. 2... a ee eee 4 Cattle Bone... 0 .0:.. 1... 20 SNUFF. Scoteh, in bladders......... 37 Maceaboy, in jars........... 35 French Rappee, in jars..... 43 SYRUPS. Corn. Barres. 14 Halt bois....... ......... Pure Cane. GT a 16 Good. 2... 20 ICC 25 SPICES. Whole Sifted. Angee oo 9% Cassia, Chins in mats....... 10 Cassia, Batavia in bund....15 Cassia, Saigon in rolls...... 32 Cloves, Amboyna........... 15 Moves, 2anzivar..........._ 10 Mice, Batavia........ ..... 70 Nugmers, fancy... ..... 65 Moco oo. T........... 60 Nutmegs, No. 2... 2. oe Pepper, Singapore, black...10 Pepper, Singapore, white. . .20 Pemper, suet... 16 Pure Ground in Bulk. Alispiee ... ..._...... ge Cassin, Batavia ..........._ ig (Cassia, Saigon. _......... 35 Cloves, Ampboyna...........15 Cloves, Tansioer...........- 10 Ginger, Afvicam............ 15 meer, Cocum............. 20 Ginger, damaicea............ 22 Macc, BAtevis.... ..... 60@65 Mustard, Eng. and Trieste. .20 Mustard, Trieste....... 2 Y Lo ogee Pepper, Singapore, black9@12 Pepper, Singapore, whitel5@I18 Pepper, Cayenne........ 17@20 Nutmegs, ... ee ee ee ‘‘Absolute’’ in 141b. Packages. UISIEGe. ol) ee oeo................. 1 CO 70 Ginger, Cochin..... nee ae mace. 2 10 Mua... 2S 7 Nutmegs..... Sy Pepper, cayenne .... .... v6) Pepper, white .......-.... 75 Pepper, black shot........ 60 Saigon.... a. a ‘*Absolute ’’Butchers’ Spices. Wiener and Frankfurter....16 Port Sausaee................ 16 Bologna and Smoked S’ge. .16 Liver S’ge and H’d Cheese..16 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 281 SALT. Diamond Crystal. Cases, 24 3-lb boxes......... 1 60 ate 190 SID bags......2 % Rarrels, & 7 ib bage......2 50 Butter, 5061p baws........... 6 Butter, 2) 14 1b Dags........ 3 00 Butter, 260 1b DbIs.......... 2 50 Common Grades. feo Sibsaeks..... _....... 2 60 60 5b seers... ...........1 & Oe bp Sa@es. 10-2... 8. 17 Worcester. 50 4 Ib. Gaxtons...........3 20 ii 2410. sacks..... Om & tf seees.............2 22 14 Ib. Sacks... -. 35 Soi) (0 ocre.............3° 28 Ib. linen sacks 32 Se ih. ten boees.......-.... 60 Halk ip berves.............. 2 arsaw. 56-lb dairy in drill bags..... 30 28-lb dairy in drill bags..... Ashton. 56 1b dairy in iinen sacks. 60 iggins. 56-lb dairy in linen sacks 60 Solar Rock. 56-lb sacks.. eg Common Fine. Saginaw .... ..........._.... 85 Manistee os 85 — Bo 5 .------ oe ia “E nglish. be ee eee 43% STARCH. Diamond. ll 6410c packages ........... 5 00 128 5¢ packages.. .-5 00 32 10e and 64 5c pack: ages. ..5 00 Kingsford’s Corn. 20 1-lb — Cee ee 6% 40 1 ib packages............- 614 Kingsford’s “Silver Gloss. 40 1-Ib packages............- 6% Glib boxes...-........ --.-. 7 Common Corn. H Sb boxes... 5... a0) boxes... 4% Common Gloss. Lip packages.............-- 4% 3-lb packages............-.- 4% 6lb packagces............... 4 40 and 50 lb boxes.... 2 Barrels <8... 2% SUMMER BEVERAGES. Thompson’s Wild Cherry Phosphate “Hummer Case” con- tains 3 doz. 25e & oz bot- tles, % 00. One Big Bot- tle Free. 24 oz. 50c size, 1 doz. to a case 400. Special Soda Foun- tain Extract per gal. #2 00. Big Demon- strator con- tains 15 doz. 25c size, 1 doz 50e size, 1 jug and fixtures. See add. TOBACCOS. Ciga alee s brand Seu: Re eee 35 00 = ‘% P. Drug Co.’s brand. Quintette ................_- 35 Clark Grocery Co.’s brand. nee eeoek............... 35 eo Spice Co.’s brand. ee 35 00 OAP. Laundry. Gowans & Sons’ Brands. Crew oe 2 8 German Family.. 1 8 American Grocer 100s... 3 00 American Grocer 60s...... 2 40 Mystic Wotte....-.-... ... 3 80 Eeeug :.......-._... _. 2 oF Ook beat... ..<. 5.2... 3 00 Old Style. es" Happy Day........-....-... 2 85 Single box ......- .......- 3 00 5 box lots, delivered. ...... 2 9 10 box lots, deliver red. 2 Oo Lautz Bros. & Co.’s brands. (Weme oe ee 3 2 Common O1.............. 5D Mapeties. 4 00 Po 3 70 Henry Passolt’s brand. Single pee a 3 00 5 box lots, delivered . ..2 % 10 box lots, delivered....... 2 85 25 box lots, delivered....... 2% Jas. S. Kirk & Co.’s brands. American Family, wrp’d...3 American Family, plain.... 3 33 9 3 27 Thompson & Chute’s Brand. Single box. [oo 5 box lot, delivered........ 2 9% 10 box lot, delivered. a = 25 box lot, delivered........ 2% Allen B. Wrisley’s brands. Old Country 80 1-lb......... 3 20 Good Cheer 60 1-lb........ 0 & White Borax 100 34-lb.. .3 65 Scouring. Sapolio, kitchen, 3 doz ..... 2 40 Sapolio, hand, 3 doz .......- 2 40 STOVE POLISH. Nickeline, small, pergro. Nickeline, large, per gro... ABLE SAUCES. Lea & Perrin’s, large.... Lea & Perrin’s, small.... . Halford, large ........... Halford small. Salad Dressing. Salad — Sure... 2 VINEGAR. beroux Cider... 1... 10 Robinson’s Cider, 40 grain.. .10 Robinson’s Cider, 50 grain. ..12 UGAR. Below are given New York prices on sugars, to which the wholesale dealer adds the local freight from New York to your Ww tl ee large ue. : dom do shipping point, giving you credit on the invoice for the amount of freight buyer pays from the market in which he purchases to hisshipping point, including 20 pounds for the weight of the barrel. Domino. ee. ee ey Cubes Powdered ..... MONA Powdered......... Mould A. ee Granulated in bbis... Granulated in b: igs. oles. Fine Granulated. _. Extra Fine Granulated... .5 Extra Course Granulated... .5 Diamond Confee. A.. Confee. Standard A. No. 15. WASHING POWDER. DW ONO 100 packages in case........3 < WICKING. No. 0; per Sross.__. -. No. 1, per gros INO. 2, Per eross.. No. 3, pe r gross. a a ~The N.Y. Biscuit Co. quotes as follows: Butter. Seymour XXX ..... , Sey mour -" 3 ib By Family XX 54 Family xX, 31b carton. 5 uy Salted XXX 5% Salted X wx. a lb : arton. 5 Soda. Soda XXX 6 Soda AXX, 3 1b carton. 6% soe. Civ... 1... “ Crystal ae. 10% Long Island Wafers....... 11 L. 1. Wafers, 1 lbearton .. 12 Oyster. Square Oyster, XXX. ..... 514 Sq. Oys. XXX. 1 Ib earton. 614 514 Farina Sage ax. Ss T GOODS—Boxes. Arisaaig oo 10% Bent’s Cold Water......... 12 Meme HOce. 8 Cocoanut Taffy............ 8 Coffee Cakes............... 8 Frosted Honey... Graham Crackers,......... 8 Ginger Snaps, XXX round. 6% Ginger Snaps, XXX city... 6% Gin. Snps,XXX homemade 6% Gin. Snps,X XX scalloped... 64 Gimger Vanilig............ 8 bmipertais ....-............. § Jumbles, Honey.. a 4 Molasses Cakes............ 8 Marshmallow ............. 15 Marshmallow Creams..... 16 Pretzels, hand made ..... 8% | Pretzelettes, LittleGerman 6% [Sugar Cakes. 8 | Sercanas 2... lk BB Sear DNMen. . ....L.. 74% Sears’ Zephyrette.. ........10 Vanilia Square............ 8 Vanilla Wafers.... 4 Pecan Wafers... Candies. Stick Candy. bbls. pails Standard.. --1. Giga Tig Standard H. H...... b44@ 7% Standard Twist.. 64@, 7% Cut hoat .......... T44@ 8% cases Extra ......... @ 8% Boston Cream...... @ 8% Mixed Candy. bbls. pails Semnd@ard. .......... @ 7 beader |. @ 7 Conserve...... @S8 Roval ...... @s Ripeon. ... ...... . @ Bromen ........:... @ Cut Loaf. ......... @ Bogtich Hock....... @ 8% Kindergarten ...... @ 9 Hreneh Cream...... @ 9 Dandy Pan...... @10 Valley Cream... .... @13 Fancy —In Bulk. Pails Lozenges, plain.... . @9 Lozenges, printed. @ 9 Choe. Drops... .. 12 @l4 Choe. Monumentals @13 Gum Drops........ @5 Moss BDrops......... @ 8% rcs > - ae @ 8% Imperials .... .. @ 9 Fancy—In 5 Ib. Boxes. Per Box Lemon Drops....... @50 Sour Drope........ @d0 Peppermint Drops. @60 Chocolate Drops.... @65 H. M. Choc. Drops. @% Gum Drops......... 35 @50 Licorice Drops......100 @ A. B. Licorice Drops @0 Lozenges, plain.... @d5 Lozenges, printed. @60 “Teapestaic .......... 60 Mottiecs @b65 Cream Bar.... .. @A0 Molasses Bar ...... @d0 | Hand Made Creams. 80 @9 Plain Creams...»... 60 @so Decorated Creams. . 9 Strme Roek......... @60 Burnt Almonds.....125 @ Wintergreen Berries @bd Caramels. No. 1 wrapped, 2 Ib. Boxes - @30 No. 1 wrapped, 3 Ib. boxes ees. @A5 No. 2 2 wrapped, 2 Ib. DOXeS a ll ° Fruits. Oranges. Fancy Navels a os Faney Seedlings To-17G-20........... Oe Pee ........,....... Lemons. Strictly choice 360s.. @2 7% Strictly choice 300s.. @2 %5 Wancy 360s.......... @3 00 eee eo @3 25 ancy 300s.......... @3 50 xtra 20Us .. 1. @4 00 Bananas. A definite price is hard to name, as it varies according to size of bunch and quality of fruit. Medium bunches...1 25 @1 50 Large bunches...... lip @2a' Foreign Dried Fruits. Figs, Fancy Layers MOIS zm @ Figs, Choice Laye rs i... @10 Figs, = in bags, oo .... . @ 6 Dates, F as in 10 1b bemwes 2 5 @8 Dates, Fards in 60 1b (ee @ 6 Dates, Persi: ans, G. M. K., 60 lb cases. . “@ 5% Dates, Sairs 60 lb ttm @a4 Almonds, Tarragona. . @13 Almonds, —— @ Almonds, California, BOLL Shelied......... @12% Braziis new........... @8 Wilberis ........... @10 Walnuts, Gren., new.. @12'4 Walnuts, Calif No. 1. @12 Walnuts, soft shelled Wo @ Table Nuts, fancy.... @12 Table Nuts, choice... @ 9% Pecans, Texas H.P... @ 9 Hickory Nuts per bu., OMe. @ Cocoanuts, full sacks @A 00 Butternuts per bu.... @ Black Walnuts per bu @ Peanuts. Fancy, H. P., Game CoeEs .....5.... @ 534 Fancy, H. P., Game moasted............. @7 Faney, H. P., Associa- tion Roasted..... @7 Choice, H. P., Extras. @ Choice, HH. F., mnie, Roasted ........ @ | e | Fish and Oysters Fresh Fish. Per Ib Witteish ......... (a 9 —.. @ 8 Black Bass. eae (Ll 15 Halibut . : 1@ 16 Ciseoes or He rring. a 6 Diugéeish,....._ |. @ 12% Live Lobster....... @ Boiled Lobster...... @ 18 Cog... ae 10 Magagckh............ «a s No. | Fiekerel .... « 9 Pike... @ & Smoked White. a ( 8 Red Snapper..... @ 10 Col River Salmon. @ is Mackerel / Shell Goods. Oysters, pér 100....... 1 25@1 50 Clams, per 100. 90@1 00 Oysters. Fk. J. Dettenthaler’s Brands. Per Can. Fairhaven Counts.... 40@ Per Gal. Counts a @ extra Selects. Lo a Medium Selects...... @ Anchor Standards.... a Standards ...... Scallops ne @ Cha... (a Shrimps. @i 2 Ose ar Allyn’s Ss ‘Brands. : Per Can. ROemtS (33... | Extra selects 30 —. Selects... 2h cae ek 22A@ . ee 20a | Standards sq | PavyOres ......... 1K i New York Counts.... ~ 4 to 2 ra 1 Extra Selects.... @1 7% De, ‘Grains and Feedstufis | Wheat 1 Wee 66 | Winter Wheat Flour. Local Brands. | Patents ..... Lo 8 wecond Patent. 1... 3s ac... 3 5D | Clear. so | Graham oe 3 ao |; Buckwheat es | Rye... oe | Subject to usual cash dis } count. Flour in bbls.,25e per bbl. ad- | ditional, Worden Grocer Co.’s Br: und, | Quaker, ! oe. 3 75 | Quaker, Ss 375 | Quaker, 4s... .. = | a Wheat Flour. Olney & Judson’s Brand. | Ceresota, m8 oo 4 10 | Cemesote, 4s ................ t OO Ceresota, 4s.. . 2 | Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s s Brand. | Grand Kepublic, t4s........ 4 10 | Grand Republic, 14s... 4 00 Grand Republic, t¢s........ 3 90 Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand. | Laurel, %s.... 410 | Laurel, a 1 00 Laurel, 2H | Lemon & Ww heeler ( ‘o.s Brand, | Parisian, %48. .. -. 10 | | Parisian, s...... . + 00 | Parisian, 445.... 3 90 i Entire Wheat Flour, William Callam & Sons quote as follows, delivered in Grand Rapids: Co £ 00 10 1b. cotton sack { OO —...... -_ a2 oo les. 3% Meal Bollea: lo Granulated .... 2 00 Feed and Milistufis. St. Car Feed. screened ....14 00 | St. Car Feed, unscreened. .13 75 | No. 1 Corn and Oats.......13 50 | Unbolted Corn Meal.......13 00 Winter Wheat Eran ..... It 50 Winter Wheat Middlings..12 00 Sereenings, ......... 10 00 The O. E. Brown ‘Mill Co. quotes as follows: Corn. Cae lew... a Less than Gardots......... 35 Oats. Car lots.... —— Less than car lots | No. 1 Timothy, ton lots ... | No. 1 Timothycarlots..... 14 50 mt Hides and Pelts. | | | Perkins & Hess pay as fol- | lows: | Hides. | Green. 2 @4 [rare Gayed.... 1... @ 4% | oall Cured... ....: 1 @5 | Dry coectes cul. oe Ge | Mine. green... 3s @i4 | Kips, Cured ......... $f @5 | Calfakins, green...... 4 @ 3% | Calfskins, cured...... 5 @ 6% Deaconskins ........ 2 @30 | Pelts. | Shearlines .....)..... 10 @so PEs i... 40 @1 0 | Old Woa...... 49 @ "3 Wool. Washoe 00 0... 10 @17 Unwashed ............ 5 @13 16 00 | Provisions. | Crockery and | No. Glassware. LAMP BURNERS. Coen. le (oo 1Sue. 5U NGO. 2 o0n.....,.. hae. 7a | tabular... . 50 security, N 65 | Security, I ll Item jt... we oe Arctic... 115 | LAMP CHIMNEYS—Common. Per box of 6 doz. (ho GSan. 1 85 (eo 1 oan...... at ae NG = San... 2 80 First eae. No. 0 Sun, crimp top, wrapped and labeled. 10 No. 1 Sun, crimp top, _wrapped and labeled.... 2 25 o 2 SUH, crimp ‘OP, wrapped and labeled.... 3 25 XXX Flint. No. @ Sun, crimp top, wrapped and labeled. 2 55 No. i Sun, crimp top, _Wrapped and labeled. 2% No. 2 Sun, crimp top, wrapped and labeled. 3 75 CHIMNEYS, Pearl Top. |} No.1 Sun, wrapped and labciod.......... co. oS oe No. 2 Sun ee ‘d and labeled... 4 70 No. 2 Hinge, . wrapped and li ibe led. . 488 Fire Proof—Plain Top. No. | Sun, plain bulb...... 3 40 Ne. 2 Sun, plain bulb...... 4 40 La Bastie. | No, i Sun. “er bulb, per doz 3 25 t No. 2 Sun, plain ‘bulb, per doz oie. 50 No.1 rimp, pe t doz. 1 35 No. 2 Crimp, per dog.. .... 1 Rochester. | No. 1, Lime (66€ doz)...... 8 50 | No. 2 b ime (We doz). . 4.00 No. 2, Flint (80e doz)... ._£f8 Electric. No. 2, Lime (We dog) ..... 4 00 No. 2, Flint (80e doz)...... 4 40 Miscellaneous. Doz | Junior, Rochester......... 50 hoor |, 15 | Illuminator Bases......... 100 | Barrel lots, 5doa.......... 90 7 in, Porcelain Shades..... 1 00 | Case lots doa... _...... 90 Mammoth Chimneys for Store The Grand Rapids Packing | and Provision Co. quotes as fol lows: Barreled Pork. a... 9 50 | Back / 10 00 Clear back 9 7 Short cut. 9 2 11 Oo 6 . a4 oe es. io. 5 | Smoked Heide. - Hams, 12 1b average 914 Hams, 141b average W14 Hams, 16 1b average 834 Hams, 20 lb average... Kho Ham dried beef 94 Shoulders (N. Y. cut) 614 bacon. clear....... .. 8 California hams....... 6% Bonel ry Has... 84 Cooked am ........._. 10% In Tierces. Lards. | Compound........ tes 14 Pamiity. |. 43; Granger ..... 6 Musselman’s Gold Leaf.. 65 Worden’s Home Made 734 Worden’s White Clover 644 Cottolene 53 CAXmoomes ................. 5% 5o Ib Tubs.......advance Le 80 Ib Tubs.......advyance 14 50 lb Tins .......advance 4 20 1b Pails. .. advance lg 10 tb Pails.......advance 1 Slip Pails.......advance 1% 3 lb Pails.......advance l Sausages. Bologna . 5 iver... 6 Prainntor...... the ~~: ................ 6% a Tooeve ......... Head cheese ......_.... 6 Beef. Mxtra Mess. ...... 7 00 Poaceae ............ 10 00 . Pigs’ Feet. | Kits, 15 Tbs. .. 80 4% bbls, bs 1 65 ly bbls, 80 lbs. 3 00 Tripe. Hits, 5 Ibe... . Ll vis) i bbis, # lbe..... 1. | oe Lg bbis, 80 Ibs.. 2 | Casings. ios ............ “ 20 meet rounds............ a Beet middies........ q Butterine. Hols daly ....._.... 10 Solid, dairy . 9 Rolls, creamery ... | Solid, creamery Canned Meats. Cored beef, 21Ib...... > 00 Corned beef, 15 Ib..... 14 00 Roast beef, 2 ib..... 2 00 Potted ham, 4s. 7 Potted ham, ‘48....... i> Deviledham, 4s. 7 | Deviledham, %%s.. is | Potted tongue 4s..... ‘a Potted tongue \%s.... 12s Fresh Meats. Beef. ERCASS _... _.....0 @a@ wen quarters......... 4 @5 Hind quarters. .. 6 @8 Doms No. Z.... 9 @l0 oS .§ @ mounds .............. S4@ 64 Coucee............ : @35 —. ......,......... 3 @ 3% | Pork. Prrease@ 6.8... 4 @4% 5 .............. @ 7% Mmoulders. 1... @ 6 teat iarc............ @7z Mutton. Careass ........ 2. 6 @ Ts Paster Lambs......... @I10 Veal. ‘—icass... aa a Oa Oils. The Standard Oil Co. quotes as follows: | Barrels. Eocene . @u XXX W.W.Mich. Halt @ 9 W W Michiean........ @ 8% | High Test Headlight. @ 7% D., S. Gas. Le. as @ 9% | Deo. Nap ena @ 8% | Cylinder ..............08 @as Mprine. 11 @l | ieee, winter......... @ Black, summer...... .. @ 84 From Tank a Hecene........... @ 9% XXX W.W.Mich.Halt. @ 6% | Do Gae............. °@ 7, | we | Lamps. Doz. Box | No. 3 Rochester. lime 150 4 20 No. 3 Rochester, flint 175 4 80 No.3 Pearl top, or Jewel glass.... 18% 523 No. 2 Globe Ineandes. lime. oe em oe | No. —, Incandes. i... --.. = OF 3 oo No. 3 2 Pearl eiass.....210 606 OIL CANS. Doz. 1 gal tin Gans with spout.. 1 60 1 gal galv iron with spout. 2 00 gal galy iron with spout. 3 25 gal galv iron with spout. 4 50 5 gal Eureka with spout... 6 50 gal Eureka with faucet.. 7 00 7 gal galv iron A & W so gal Tilting cans, M’ n’eh 10 50 5 gal galvy iron Nacefas.... 9 00 Pump Cans. | 2 eal Home Hule........... 10 50 5 @al Home Kule........... 12 00 3 gal Goodenougn.......... 10 50 5 gal Goodenough...... .-12 00 ogal Pirate King .........- 9 50 LANTERNS. No. O Tubular. ........... 4 50 mo. 12 Tanmiar.......... 6 00 No. 13 Tubular Dash. . 6 06 No. 1Tub., glassfount.... 7 00 No. 12 Tubular, side lamp.13 00 No. 3Street Lamp........ 3% LANTERN GLOBES. No. 0 Tubular, cases 1 doz. each, box (0 cent........ 45 No. 0 Tubular, cases 2 doz. each, box 15 cents. 2 No. 0 Tubular, bbls 3 5 “doz. | each, Oia... 40 | No.0 Tubular, bull's eye, eases! dos. eaeh ....... 12 LAMP WICKS. No. @peregross............. i ING. I fer Grogs... 36 iho 2 per eee... ......... 50 No. 3 per gross. ce oe Mammoth per ev 75 JELLY TUMBLERS—TIn Top. 144 Pints, 6doz in box, per box (ox OF ............ Tl | 44 Pints, 20 doz in bbl, per @oz (opi 35).............. % Pints, 6 doz in box, per Woe (hex G)............. 1 90 Scofield, Shurmer & Teagle quote as follows: Barrels. Pamcane 3 @12 Daisy White.......... @i1 hed Cross, W. W..... @ 9 Water White Hdlt.... @ 8% Family Headlight.... @s eo S 84 Stove Gasoline........ , 94 From Tank Wagon. Palaeine .............. @10 Hed Cross W. W...... @ 6% Ganciime.............. @i% % ioagr ty doz in bbl, ™ doz (bbl 35). pe ence lee ind ers Sr een ete THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN How to Detect Shoddy. Familiarity with handling the differ- ent grades of low stock goods is the surest way of ascertaining the percent- age of shoddy, mungo, or noils con- tained in textile fabric. Goods com- posed ef such material plainly display their deficiency in elasticity and dur- ability. Goods manufactured entirely of shoddy or extracts will also lack in fineness and softness of feeling. Thus, unless finished to a high degree of ex- cellency, it is pessible to detect adul- terating matgrial in fabrics of this class by simply handling them. There are several modes employed for ascertain- ing of what raw materials a sample of cloth may be composed. Probably the amplest is to submit a particle of the texture to a flame. [If of vegetable origin, a deposit of ; carbonic acid and watery liquor will | form, which results from the hydrogen, oxygen and carbon of which it is com- posed. If of animal origin, a deposit having the pecul.ar odor of a compound of nitrogen will be formed. Vegetable fibre, when exposed to a flame, will rapidly iguite and burn, while the ani- mal fibres burn naan aed much more sluwly. Another mode of detect- ad the presence of cotton in woolen cloths is to submit particles of the sam- ple to a bleaching bath, which tends to whiten the cotton fibre, while the pure woolen ones will remain unaffected, of, as frequently is the case, they will turn to a dark brown. The ordinary horse-hair fabric con- sists of black linet’ warp which extends longitudinally through the piece, and a horse-hatr filling which extends trans- versely through it. Much labor is re- quired in weaving this cloth, from the fact that the hairs are not in a_ contin- uous string, and no longer than their original lengths, therefore each one must be handled separately, and woven into the warp one at a time. This mode of weaving not only consumes much time, but necessitates the employment of two persons at the loom. The writer devoted several hours to watching the rapid motions of a_ hair- cloth weavér and his assistant in a Lowell mill recently, and was much in- terested in their method of weaving the long. black horse-hairs into fabrical form. The loom was an ordinary one, being similar in construction to any hand loom. The warp was made of glossy black linen yarn, and the filling was piled up beside the weaver in the form of a collection of long black horse- hairs. The weaver occupied an _ eleva- ted seat in front of the loom, while with his feet he pressed the treadles which formed the shed, and his assistant passed a single hair to him, which he quickly inserted into the open shed, and then beat up with the reed. A second movement of the feet reversed the har- ne@es, thus forming another shed, into which a second thread was introduced. This work was repeated by the weaver and his assistant until the required length of cloth was woven, when a fresh start was made. The above description #f a hair loom would give one the impression that the ancient method of weaving is_ still maintained; this is true in one sense, for every motion of the hair loom is made by hand, and the automatic de- vices so advantageous in the modern cloth loom are absent. This is all due to the fact that it is an impossibility to tie a knot in horse hair and not make a defect in the goods. Therefore, if the hair cannot be united in a continuous piece, it follows that each ss strand must be handed into the shed of the loom separately ; for this reason the hair-cloth loom cannot be made auto- matic. —____>2.—____— Utilize the Political Campaign. From the Dry Goods Bulletin. The next few months will be full of excitement regarding the political out- come, and retailers will find an oppor- tunity to interest the buying public in their stores by means of the speculation regarding who will be the standard bearer for the respective parties. One of the great difficulties in trying to get the interest of the general public is to find a common subject of interest with which to arouse them. On the subject of presidential nomi- nees this is practically solved, so that if* you can hit on some geod, bright idea that pertains at all to this subject, you have gotten the trade coming to your store, or at least interested in it, which isa big victory. What that plan is to be is, of course, the vital thing There are many ret tailers who are willing to undertake just such things if they are told what to doand how to do it. But to get hold of some idea that will inter- est the public ought not to be so diffi- cult a task. For example, if you would advertise that you intend offering a few prizes to the women who correctly guess the or- der of the first six candidates receiving the nomination on the Democratic and Republican tickets, it would create a good deal of interest. In the execution of any such plan as the above it would be necessary to give the names of all the men who have:been mentioned so far. On the Democratic ticket the Pres- ident, Carlisle, Whitney, Olney, Morri- son, Matthews, Patterson, Russell, Ful- ler and Boies are the most prominent. On the Republican ticket Reed, Mc- Kinley, Allison, Cullom, Quay and Mortan are the favorites. It would be well to add some of the less prominent names. Offer to the woman of your community who gives the correct order of the first six candidates on final bal- lot on both Democratic and Republican tickets the choice of any silk dress in your store. To the lady who guesses second best, the choice of any woolen dress in your store. To the third, some less expensive article. It will remain optional with you whether to permit every woman to guess or only those who buy from you. Possibly if you adver- tise that every woman who holds one of your guessing tickets may write on the back of it her guess, and also add _ that every purchase made in your store dur- ing such a time is accompanied with one of these tickets, it would cause you to sell more goods. The men would assist the women, so that the task would not be so difficult. Other ideas may be worked out, but at any rate you should try to create more interest by means of such things. a. Be ciaiighe in your manners and you thave found one of the keys to success. ‘ ond Field SECAS) & In Bulk. Wholesale and Retail. All Fresh Stock. GRAIN, FEED, HAY and Straw, Wholesale and Retail. We buy Potatoes in car lots and Beans in carlots and less; also Eggs and Country Produce. Beach, Cook & Co. 128-130-132 West Bridge St. W. T. Lamoreaux’s old stand. Grand Rapids, Mich. COMPUTING SOALES More than 19,000 in use For advertisement of our World Famous Standard Market DAYTON COMPUTING SCALES, see last page of cover in this issue. re rere IM PUTING CALE CO olf “THE CG TON ae a Neel $30.00 Scoop. capacity in this style of scale. higher prices. The Computing Scale Co., Dayton, Ohio. At prices ranging from $15 up wards. The style shown in this cut which includes Seamless Brass This is not a real Computing Seale, it being necessary to make mental calculations. It is also limited in capacity. You can sell in fractions in the following prices per lb. only: 3%, 4%, 5%, 614, 744, 8%, 9%, 12% cents. This cannot be avoided, on account of the construction and the limited is equal in every respect to all scales of this style sold at much PRIEST RII TTI D2 A W 5 3 Our ash Goods Stock ahs 2 — ee : : OK Cy Isnow complete. Calicos, Ginghams, Seersucker, 9%4®fo : Y 7 Oo : er Wide Prints i in colors and Indigo, Outing Flannels, o6% ° Sr eat em Mii Sc ne o a c Shirtings, Pants cloths, Cc ottonade, Denims anda 93 S 0 fo x sea ea i m 2 new v line of Red Damasks, 58 inches wide @ 20c. 2 9 ° = — — ° ‘o 3 s : a : o 3 Write for samples, if our traveling men do not call on you. o No%, : “ oO Jace P. STEKETEE & SONS Pa a . ’ 2 a GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 2 ARNE sae 6 oe on Window Shades ee oe Ball We have them in all colors, styles and prices. Packed in boxes of a dozen each. They are easy to hang and there is money in it for you. House cleaning time means new shades. Do not de- lay but place your order now. IG], HERPOLSHEIMER & 60. WHOLESALE DRY GOODS GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. > Sgr cence on ae Yo EAI St one eS NSO et ae ‘ ' > Sgr cence on ae oe a - ee FA GRR ne ees , THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 23 Produce. REPRESENTATIVE RETAILERS. Hon. F. M. Warner, Merchant and Cheese Manufacturer. Fred M. Warner was born in Eng- land, July 21, 1865, coming to the United States in the fall of the same year and locating at his. present home, the village of Farmington. He attended the village school until 15 years of age, and, after spending a short time at the Agricultural College, he entered his father’s general store, which business was turned over to him on his arriving at the age of 21 years. In 1887 he bought the hardware stock adjacent to his gen- eral store and has had a large trade in both lines ever since. In 1894 he changed the name of the firm in the general store to Wilber, Cook & Co. and in the hard- ware store’ to C. M. Doherty & Co., the partners in each case being young men who had been in his employ sev- eral years. These changes were made necessary on account of the time needed to manage his other affairs, mainly the cheese manufacturing business, which has steadily grown larger each year since 1890, when he started his first cheese factory at Farmington. In 1894 he built a factory at Franklin, and in 1895 one at Novi, both in Oakland county. Last year he made over 7,000 boxes, which were readily sold. He also owns a large cold storage and an- nually handles 25,000 to 30,000 dozen of eggs and several tons of butter and other perishable products. Mr. Warner was married to Miss Mattie Davis, of Farmington, Sept. Io, 1888, and has three children. In 1894 Mr. Warner was elected, not as a politician, but as a business man, to the State Senate from his district— Oakland and Macomb’ counties—by over 2,000 majority. He was the young- est member in the Senate and ran farther ahead of his ticket, taking as a basis the vote on the Secretary of State, than any other member, receiving 368 votes in his own township to 80 for his opponent, or over 175 ahead of his ticket. In addition to his Senatorial honors, he has been President of the village and also of the School Board for several years. Personally, Mr. Warner is a most gen- ial and accomplished gentleman, always ready to extend a helping hand to any in distress, and is liked by one and all. He has always been on the watch to help the interests of Farmington and its people, and much of the rapid im- provement of the village, during the past six years, has been due directly to his efforts and assistance. He is now doing his utmost, both in money and influence, to secure the building of an electric railway from Farmington to Detroit. —<02>__ Bectuiiiun of the Lamp. Lamps have made a permanent place for themselves, and it is safe to say that of late years no article of house furnishings has been improved so much as the lamp. Only a few years ago the artistic lamps of to-day, which can be found in the homes of thoseaof moderate meaus, were unknown outside of the mansions of the wealthier class. The most primitive lamps were probably the skulls of animals, in which fat was burned; and certain sea-shells formed admirable lamps for those to whom they were attainable. To this day there may be occasionally seen suspended in the cottages of Zetland shells of the ‘‘roar- ing buckie,’’ which form perhaps, the most ancient kind of lamps in exist- ence. The invention of lamps has been at- tributed to the Egytians, but it is far more probabie they received it from the older civilization of India. Lamps were called lychna by the Greeks, and lucernae by the Romans. At first these lucernae were made of unglazed pottery and only with one wick hole; but bet- ter material and more elaborate forms were introduced, and their light-giving power was increased by their being made to hold several wicks, from two to twelve. The wick used in this lamp was generally made of flax-tow, some- times, however, of rushes and other veg- etable fibres. Among the Northern na- tions of antiquity lamps were in use, but the difference of climate necessitated a different kind of lamp. The limpid oils of the present day were unknown to our Celtic and Saxon forefathers; besides, the “cold winters would have solidified them, and they could not have been drawn up by the wick if arranged as in the old Roman and Greek lucernae. The solid fat of various animals was their chief illuminating material, ex- cept on the sea-coast, where seal and whale gil occasionally helped them. No great improvement took place in the construction of lamps until the begin- ning of the present century. ‘Taste had been shown in the designs, but the principle remained the same: a wick sucking up oil from the reservoir of the lamp to supply itself during combus- tion, and nothing more, if we except the improvement effected by the invent- or, M. Argand, in 1784. In 1803, M. Carcel, another Frenchman, made an excellent improvement on the lamp, by applying clockwork, which acts by rais- ing the oil up tubes in connection with the wick, so that the latter is kept con- tinually soaked. The introduction of mineral oils—known under various names of paraffine oil, petroleum, ker- osene, naphtha, etc.—has in a great measure superseded the use of animal and vegetable oils for lighting — pur- poses. The great recommendation of the former is their cheapness. One first was that, without careful prepara- tion, they were apt to give off inflam- mable vapors at a low temperature, which gave rise to dangerous explo- sions. This has been obviated by processes of rectification, which get rid of the lighter and volatile ingredi- ents great difficulty with the mineral oils at i - iecaaaal OOOOQODOQOOQGQDOOODE Look at Our List of ©® © : SEASONAB E D eo @ (@) New Cabbage, Cauliflower, Tomatoes, Lettuce, Radishes, Rhubarb, @ Boro Bermuda Onions, Cucumbers, Green Onions, Parsley, P ine Apples, © o Bananas, Sweet Oranges, Apples, Cranberries and Crabapple Cider. $ Send in your order to ensure choice selections. © BUNTING és CO 20 and 22 Ottawa street, £ ny Grand Rapids, Mich. QDOOPOOOOPQOOOQOOE™ DOHOOOQOOQOGQOGOOQOOHOOGQOOGE DOOQOQOOQOQOOQOQOOO Diamond sn “the salt that’s all salt,” Peerless Crystal, Packers’ Rock, and Ice Cream Salt. Lump Rock Salt for horses and cattle. JNO. L. DEXTER & CO. 200 JOBBERS @@ee-- 12 Griswold Se., lOsctr oit. 5O0QOOOOOOOS’ DOOM OOOOQOQOQOOQOGOGOGDOODOGOOOOQOODOGQOGQOGQOGQOSGOO PMOOQOOOQQDOODOES ESTABLISHED 1876. FIELD SEEDS We carry Largest Stock Highest Grades Field Seeds in Western Michigan. Prices to meet the markets. MOSELEY BROS., 26, 28, 30, 32 Ottawa St., Grand Rapids, Mich. Wholesale Beans, Seeds, Potatoes, Fruits. We Guarantee our Brand of Vinegar to be an ABSOLUTELY PURE APPLE JUICE VINEGAR. To any one who will analyze it ona find any deleterious acids, or anything that is not produced from the apple, we will forfeit ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS We also guarantee it to be of not less than 40 grains strength. ROBINSON CIDER & VINEGAR CO., BENTON HARBOR, MICH. in = the = [larket ae ae J. ROBINSON, Manager. The = Best - Seller Half Pint. . Lee oe int ae Quart. ee rb) Half Gallon.. Lledo Galion. ..... 2 00 A Combined ¢ Menno, "Polish and Disinfectant. The Only One. Sample (‘% pint can) and prices sent to dealers free on receipt of business card and 20 cents _ postage. See wholesale quotations in Grocery Price Current. a W. F. Henderson & Co., Sole Manufacturers, 2952 Cottage firove Ave., CHICAQO. SOAP Is what you should advise your custom- ers. People who have used it say}it is ithe BEST. CHAS. A COYE Manufacturer of Tents, Awnings, Horse, Wagons and Binder Covers. Ask for our weekly quotations F. J. Dettenthaler, 117 and 119 Monroe street, Grand Rapids. Send for prices. 11 PEARL STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH, postcard rnan-ne resp _ tear cemane-heehsetonniennena-+o-norer sesamiae tains eae ier ees rts tent ei etn HT , THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN GOTHAM GOSSIP. News from the Pei of the Market. special Correspondence. New York, April 25—The week has been one of quiet, steady trading in circles in this city. satisfaction in the grocery jobbing There is cause for fact that on nothing m the line of staples has there been any decline. Prices remain firm and buyers who have tried to pick up ‘‘bargains’’ find them rather scarce. Sugar has remained decidedly firm and the demand for refined has been quite satisfactory Deliveries are prompt and, upon the whole, the situ- i , ation is very encouraging for holders. The sup; [ ly of Rio coffee afloat is! rather smaller than at the same time last year, being 370,442 bags now, against 465.5 5 bags ther Mild coffees have been in good “de cata! and holders are not inclined to make the least con- cession In quotations. Rio No. 7 in in- voice lots is worth 1334¢¢. ee was a bivy auction Sale of teas on Wed ty, about 11,000 packages being offered. It was thought that this amount would completely demoralize the market, already in bad _ condition: but, contrary tu. expectations, the sale weut off at quite goo. rates, and the sit- uation is ceitainly no worse than. it has some dealers profess more been, while cent idence inthe fut it seems to be practically in get up any enthusiasm over the lary run of teas. Cevlon and inudias hold their own and contiiiue to grow in popularity. The rice market is fairly steady, without any special activity. Upon the whole, the situation is hardly as_ satis- factory as it was a week ago. Foreign and domestic seem to be. selling in about equal ratio, but the demand for the former 1s almosi altogether for the best grades. Reports from primary - = } , = ie - i points are, aS a rule, quite satisfactory. Spices remain about the same asa week and a month ago. Trade is not active and it is not as dull as it has been. There is scarcely a particle of change in quotations. «A little is being done in a jobbing way and dealers seem content to wait th ture events. Molasses, both foreign and domestic, drags somewhat this week. The demand has not been altogether satisfactory and, while prices have exhibited no change, the feeling 1s hardly as ‘‘comfortable’’ as it has been. Syrups are steady. The along in about the same e coming GO: fu- market moves old channel, with supply and demand nicely ad- justed. ‘The better grades show the more activity, while other sorts are rather slow. Canned goods are way. There is in the usual not an item of interest in the whole line. Some prominent packers from different sections — been here during the week, looking over the situation and making ready for the ~ ie selling campaign of 1896. Some of them prob- ably wish there were no more cam- paigns to be conducted. The goods which have earned a reputation § are selling ali the time and at. satisfactory profit. Quality will tell in everything. Dried truits move slowly and it takes great effort to interest buyers in, any- thing unless at a pr ice that they cannot refuse to consider. Evaporated apples are scarce for the fanciest sorts. Re- ports of great injury to the fruit crops of California by frost attract- ed some attention, but it is generally agreed that this frost is *‘ worked for all it is worth. ”’ Lemons are selling in a_ satisfactory manner, although it is not thought that prices will show much, if any, advance over those now prevailing. Of course, ine circus’ and the Fourth’’ will have an effect, temporarily, but no im- mediate appreciation is anticipated. Oranges are selling less freely and the demand is hardly sufficient to keep the market even steady. Choice to fancy | California navels are held at $2.25@ 3-75- The market for marrow beans can be called about steady on the basis of growing | $1.27'14@1.30 for choice. Pea beans are firm at $1.12%@1.15; California limas, $1.87 14 @I1.90. A better feeling exists in butter, al- though the bottom seems to have almost fallen out. Best creamery can hardly be rated as worth over 14%c, but the feeling is a more confident one and it is hoped the tone will.become steadily stronger. The cheese market has lost strength and the outlook is for a further decline. Small size full cream may be quoted as high as toc, but it is not thought this will last. Little is doing in an export way, the basis being about 7c. Eggs are firmer. Supplies continue large, but the demand shows some im- provement. Best Western are held at tic. A good share of arrivals are going into cold storage. All who imagine that the wheel is merely a fad of the fleeting hour will be surprised to learn that i aristocratic Metropolitan opera house is to be turned into a bicycle rink. The surprise will grow when they are informed that Anton Seid] will conduct his big orchestra while riders ef the silent steed go round and round. The preliminary arrange- ments have already been made for car- rying out this program. The saloonkeepers along that part of Park Row running from the bridge en- trance to Baxter street have not hesita- ted to utilize the 1-cent lunch method of holding their customers. On several of the old signs which before read, ‘‘ Free Hot Lunch,’ ’the word ‘‘ Free’’has been coveréd with paper, on which ‘‘1 Cent’’ appears. Stews, sandwiches and salads can be had in the section named for 1 cent. In some of the small saloons on Upper Broadway, lunches are sold for 5 cents, but sales are slow. Never was a matter more literally brought home to the minds of the peo- ple than the Raines bill was last Sun- day morning. The housewives of the town hadn’t thought much about. it; hadn't supposed it particularly con- cerned them, except by way of their husbands, and they were quite willing to have the saloons closed to the men of the family. But when the maid was sent out for the fresh vegetables, which the housewife has been in the habit of getting Sunday morning from the grocer, and came back empty handed, why, that was a different thing altogether! It is astonishing how much depends on the point of view! — o> THE VENEZUELAN PROBLEM. Although the impression generally prevails that the Venezuelan controversy is in a fair way towards satisfactory settlement, there has actually been no settlement arrived at. Just where the delay is it is difficult to say, but it must be candidly admitted that, while there is no excitement on the subject, either in this country or in Great Britain, lit- tle or no practical progress has been made in the actual work of settlement. The impression generally prevails in this country that England has agreed to submit the whole matter to arbitration, whereas no such proposition has been made by Lord Salisbury, as far as any- body knows. The British Government has all along agreed to arbitrate the claim to the territory in dispute west of the so-called Schomburgk line; but, as Venezuela’s claims extend considerably within the line mentioned, it is clear that the whole problem has not yet been submitted to arbitration. Venezuela has not helped the settle- ment of the controversy to any extent. It is clear that the South American re- public, relying upon the aid and coun- tenance of the United States, intends to hold out her entire claim, utterly for- getting that the Monroe doctrine does | not countenance or imply land-grabbing on the part of the Latin-American coun- tries any more than it permits European interference in American affairs. The London papers have been en- settled state of the attention to the un- Venezuelan contro- with a view, no Government em- deavoring to call versy; some of them doubt, to cause the barrassment, and others for stock-job- bing purpose. The Government itself is apparently content to let the matter rest for the present. With so much trouble on its hands in Africa, it is well satisfied to allow the Venezuelan matter to slumber for the present. In this country, Congress, having ex- hausted its jingo fervor over the Cuban controversy, is also content to allow the Venezuelan matter to drop into the background, the more particularly as leisure will thereby be given to the special Venezuelan Boundary Commis- sion to make a report on the merits of the controversy. +o It is details that make up a successful business but the rub comes in) knowing how to fit them together. > om The Dodge Club cigar is sold by F. E. Bushman, Kalamazoo. _ > 0 <> Buy showcases of F. E. 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