although the breach of faith complained of is not common. Business men,
as a rule, while anxious to obtain an order, are equally as anxious to
fill it, for the very obvious reason that the motive governing them in
the one case is the same which governs them in the other. The truth is
that in these competitive times everyone is desirous of doing all he
can, and hence he accepts orders with the belief that, barring accidents
or other unforeseen circumstances, he will be able to redeem his
promise. Of course the wilful promise breaker and his business, too,
regulate themselves, for if a man’s word is not to be generally trusted,
depend upon it his goods will not find a very extensive patronage for
any length of time.--[Stationer.
A PRACTICAL SYSTEM.
Some business men do a vast amount of work without any apparent effort;
they are rarely, if ever, rushed, and are seldom compelled to seclude
themselves from their friends on account of the pressing demands of
their business. Other people, who really accomplish very little, are
always in a hurry; they seem to have a dozen things to do at once, and
the result is, they are in a state of almost perpetual confusion, and
the little they accomplish is only done by the greatest difficulty. In a
very small country store perhaps a merchant can get along without any
system or method in conducting his business. He knows where everything
is in his stock, and can lay his hands on it at a moment’s notice, and
if a customer calls for it he can serve him without any very great
amount of trouble; but, on the other hand, if he is at the head of a
vast business, some great establishment, perhaps, in which there are a
hundred departments, it would be utterly impossible for him to keep
track of things without the most methodical arrangement throughout the
concern with which he is connected. Our great merchant leaves the
details of his business to subordinates, who are accountable to him that
everything goes right in the departments over which they are placed.
Some of the great establishments in our city employ thousands of men,
yet so perfect is the system that every man can be located at a moment’s
notice, and the closest watch can be kept upon the work which he is
doing. There is a system for receiving and shipping goods, a system for
keeping track of stock while in the hands of the producer or dealer;
there is a cash system, a system of bookkeeping by which a mistake of a
penny can be detected at the close of every day’s business. It is only
by these wise and sensible precautions that a great business can be
carried on successfully. Thousands of losses, little and great, are
averted that would certainly occur did not this watchfulness prevail in
every department.
A writer in the Detroit Free Press said not long ago that “there are
some occupations which compel those who follow them to be orderly and
methodical. There are none in which these qualities, where they have
been neglected, can not be cultivated to good advantage. Deficiency in
them is far from being a token of genius. It signifies something of
indolence and much that is slipshod. Every man knows whether or not he
is as orderly and methodical as he should be. If he is not, unless he is
too old to attempt the task, he should endeavour to improve in these
respects. There is no danger of his carrying it to that excess which
marks persons who have a passionate love of order, but there is a
likelihood that he will materially lighten his work, or find that he can
do much more than he has been in the habit of doing.”
It seems to the Criterion that this is the keynote of a business man’s
success. No man who conducts his business in a slipshod manner can
expect to achieve desirable results. He should determine to be orderly
and methodical at the very commencement of his career. Order soon
becomes a habit with a business man, and by its observance he is enabled
to do a hundred things that it would be impossible to accomplish if he
did not go at them in the handiest and most effective manner.--[Grocers’
Criterion.
BRAINS IN BUSINESS.
One secret of success in business--the secret, in fact, of success on a
large scale--is to conceive of it as a matter of principles, not merely
as a series of transactions. There are great merchants as there are
great statesmen, and there are small merchants as there are small
politicians, and the difference is very much the same in both
professions. The small politician works by the day, and sees only the
one small opportunity before him, the small merchant does the same
thing--he is looking for the next dollar. The statesman, on the other
hand, is master of the situation, because he understands the general
principles which control events; this knowledge enables him to deal with
large questions and to shape the future. The great merchant does the
same thing, his business is not a mere money-getting affair, not a mere
matter of barter, but a science and an art; he studies the general laws
of trade, watches the general condition of the country, investigates
present needs, foresees future wants, and adapts his business to the
broad conditions of time and place. He puts as much brains into his work
as does the statesman, and he ends by being not a money getter, but a
large minded and capable man. An eminently successful business man, of
statesmanlike quality, said the other day that the more he understood of
life the more clearly he saw that it was all done on business
principles. By which he meant, not only that the universe stands for the
dollar, but that the universe is governed by unvarying laws, that
promptness, exactness, thoroughness and honesty are wrought into its
very fibre. On these business principles all life is conducted, if not
by men, at least by that power which is behind man. It ought to be the
ambition of every young man to treat his business from the point of the
statesman, and not from that of the politician.
DRUG MARKET REVIEW.
August 10, 1889.
Business for summer months has kept up very well, and for the past month
there have been no notable changes in value.
Quinine is dull; there is a strong impression that quinine will not be
any lower; an upward move seems probable.
Morphia and Opium, slightly advanced.
In Camphor there is a large demand and a further advance probable.
We were in error regarding duty being taken off tannic acid, it is only
free when imported by manufacturers for manufacturing purposes.
Cubebs are dear and scarce, supplies are smaller every year.
Cascara Sagrada has gone back to old prices.
Pot Iodide and Bromide are unchanged.
Fair demand for Insect Powder: prices unchanged.
Mercurials are all higher.
Oil Anise will probably be higher as the bulk of it has passed into the
hands of three holders. The basis of the speculative movement is owing
to the probability of a stoppage of the shipment owing to a disagreement
between the producers in China and the importers here.
Balsam Copaiba will probably be lower; the high price was caused by the
crop last year not being marketed by the South American natives. The
result was high prices which stimulated the natives to great activity in
gathering and forwarding the balsam, and stocks have accumulated
rapidly, so that at present there are 40,000 lbs. in first hands in
European markets.
Golden Seal Root is unsettled and the tendency is to higher prices.
Senega is in about the same position. Serpentaria continues to advance.
Coca Leaves reported advanced.
Caffeine and Salts are cheaper.
Glycerine unchanged, but there has been a sharp advance in crude.
In Gallic and Tannic Acids the reports of short crops from China are
confirmed. Galls have gone up 10 to 15 per cent., and we may soon have
to ask more money for Gallic and Tannic acids.
In Sulphonal the extremely keen competition between the eight or ten
manufacturers has resulted in a decline in price. As things are it seems
advisable to order only for immediate wants.
Oil Sassafras is likely to be dearer.
Opium, cuttlebone, quicksilver, anise oil, golden seal root, senega
root, serpentaria root, shellacs, star anise, cassia, cloves, allspice
have advanced.
* * * * *
D. S. Sage, Brantford, is doing the Continent. Mr. Charles Miller is
looking after his business.
C. H. Moderwell, formerly of Stratford, now with Caswell, Massey & Co.,
New York, was visiting old friends in Stratford and vicinity.
[Illustration]
WILSON’S FLY POISON PADS.
[Illustration]
If there is a Druggist in Canada who is not selling them we say to him,
You are losing money every day, you are losing opportunities of selling
your customers goods which will give complete satisfaction, and bring
them back to your store.
No other Fly Poison has ever had the same sale in Canada, or given the
same satisfaction.
PRICE PER BOX OF 50 PACKETS,
$2.50, OR THREE BOXES FOR $7.00.
RETAIL PRICE, 10 CENTS.
ARCHDALE WILSON & CO.
WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS, HAMILTON, ONT.
CANADIAN DRUGGIST PRICES CURRENT.
CORRECTED TO AUGUST 10, 1889.
The quotations given represent average prices for quantities
usually purchased by Retail Dealers. Larger parcels may be obtained
at lower figures, but quantities smaller than those named will
command an advance.
ACID, Acetic lb. $ 12½ $ 15
Arsenic “ 26 27
Benzoic, English, (from benzoin,) oz. 25 30
Boric lb. 25 30
Carbolic, Crystals, super “ 1 35 2 15
Commercial “ 50 70
Citric “ 65 70
Gallic “ 1 45 1 80
Hydrocyanic oz. 10 12½
Hydrobromic, dil. “ 30 45
Lactic, concentrated lb. 3 50 4 00
Muriatic “ 3¼ 6
chem. pure “ 20 22
Nitric “ 11 18
chem. pure “ 25 30
Oxalic “ 13 14
Phosphoric, glacial “ 1 55 1 90
dilute “ 17 25
Salicylic “ 2 00 2 50
Sulphuric “ 2½ 5
chem. pure “ 19 22
Aromatic “ 50 60
Tannic “ 1 10 1 40
Tartaric, powdered “ 50 55
ALCOHOL, pure, 65 o. p. by bbl.,
net gal. 3 28
By gal “ 3 60
ALLSPICE lb. 13 15
Powdered “ 20
ALUM “ 2¼ 3
AMMONIA, liquor, 880 “ 13 18
Aromatic Spirits “ 40 45
Bromide “ 75 80
Carbonate “ 12 15
Iodide oz. 50 60
Muriate lb. 12 14
ANNATTO “ 30 35
ANTIMONY, black, powdered “ 13 15
and potas, tart “ 55 60
ARROWROOT, Bermuda “ 45 50
Jamaica “ 14 32
ARSENIC, Donovan’s solution “ 30 33
Fowler’s solution “ 12½ 15
White “ 6½ 8
BALSAM, Canada “ 45 50
Copaiva “ 1 00 1 10
Peru “ 2 50 2 75
Tolu “ 65 70
BARK, Bayberry, powdered lb. 18 20
Canella Alba “ 13 10
Cassia “ 18 22
Ground “ 25 30
Cinchona, red “ 50 2 40
Powdered “ 60 2 50
Calisaya, yellow “ 1 00 1 40
Pale “ 90 1 00
Rub. “ 50 1 00
Elm, selected “ 15 18
Ground “ 18 20
Flour, packets “ 28 30
Orange Peel, bitter “ 16 70
Soap, Quillaya “ 14 18
Sassafras “ 12 15
Wild Cherry “ 10 12
BEAN, Tonka “ 2 50
Vanilla “ 7 00 9 00
BERRY, Cubeb “ 2 50 2 75
Powdered “ 2 60 2 80
Juniper “ 13 15
BISMUTH, sub-carbonate “ 3 00 3 10
Sub-nitrate “ 2 50 2 60
Liquor “ 35 40
BORAX “ 12 13
Powdered “ 13 15
BUTTER, Cacao “ 75 80
CAMPHOR, English “ 52 55
American “ 45 47
CANTHARIDES “ 2 00 2 25
Powdered “ 2 10 2 25
CAPSICUM “ 25 32
Powdered “ 30 40
CARBON, bisulphide “ 17 20
CHALK, French, powdered “ 6 10
Precipitated “ 10 12
Prepared “ 5 6
CHLOROFORM, pure “ 1 10 1 20
D. & F. “ 1 75 1 90
German “ 65 75
CHLORAL, hydrate “ 1 35 1 60
CINCHONINE, muriate oz. 15 20
Sulphate “ 20 25
CINCHONIDIA, sulphate “ 15 25
CLOVES lb. 35 40
Powdered “ 40 43
COCHINEAL, S. G. “ 40 45
COCAINE, mur. oz. 6 00 7 00
COLLODION lb. 75 90
CONFECTION, senna “ 25 50
COPPER, sulphate “ 8 9
COPPERAS “ 1½ 2½
CREAM TARTAR, powdered “ 30 32
CREOSOTE, wood “ 2 00 2 30
CUDBEAR “ 18 30
CUTTLE-FISH BONE lb. $0 30 $0 35
DEXTRIN “ 10 12
EPSOM SALTS bbl. 1½ 2
ERGOT lb. 75 1 00
ETHER, acetic “ 75 80
Nitrous, spirits “ 50 55
Sulphuric, 720 “ 35 75
EXTRACT, Belladonna “ 1 75 3 25
Colocynth, Co. “ 1 25 1 75
Gentian “ 50 60
Hemlock, Ang. “ 1 00 1 10
Henbane “ “ 2 75 3 00
Jalap “ 2 50 3 00
Logwood, bulk “ 13 15
“ packages “ 15 18
Mandrake “ 1 75 2 00
Nux Vomic oz. 20 30
Opium “ 75 80
Rhubarb lb. 4 00 5 00
Sarsa. Hond. Co. “ 1 00 1 20
“ Jam Co. “ 3 00 3 35
Taraxacum, Ang. “ 70 80
FLOWERS, arnica “ 22 25
Chamomile “ 40 45
FLOWERS, Lavender “ 7 12
Rose, red, French “ 2 40 2 60
GALLS, powdered “ 25 30
GELATINE, Cox’ doz. 1 20 1 25
French lb. 50 60
GLYCERINE, 30° tin or “ 22 25
Price’s “ 70 80
GREEN, Paris “ 20 22
GUM, Aloes, Barb “ 30 66
Aloes, Cape “ 20 25
Socot “ 45 80
Powdered “ 70 75
Arabic, select “ 1 00 1 10
“ “ powdered “ 1 10 1 20
Sorts “ 75 80
“ powdered “ 85 90
Assafœtida “ 24 28
Benzoin “ 50 90
Catechu “ 14 16
Gamboge “ 1 20 1 30
Guaiacum “ 60 90
Myrrh “ 48 85
Opium “ 3 75 4 00
Powdered “ 5 50 6 00
Scammony, powdered “ 6 25 7 00
Virg “ 12 50 14 00
Shellac, orange “ 32 35
Liver “ 25 28
Storax “ 55 65
Tragacanth, flake “ 75 1 00
Common “ 25 65
HERB, Boneset lb. 20 25
Goldthread “ 60 75
Horehound “ 15 20½
Lobelia “ 15 20
HONEY “ 20 30
HOPS “ 30 40
ICHTHYOL oz. 40 50
INDIGO, Madras lb. 75 90
INSECT POWDER, pure “ 50 55
IODINE, commercial “ 5 00 5 50
Resublimed “ 5 50 6 00
IRON, carbonate, precipitated “ 16 20
Saccharated “ 35 40
Chloride, solution, B. P. “ 15 18
Citrate and Ammonium “ 75 80
“ and Quinine oz. 20 40
“ and Strychnine “ 18 20
Dialyzed, solution lb. 50 75
Iodide, syrup “ 40 45
Pyrophosphate “ 1 00 1 00
Sulphate, pure “ 8 10
IODOFORM “ 6 00 7 00
JAPONICA “ 8 9
LEAD, Acetate, white “ 12 14
Sub-Acetate, sol. “ 10 12
LEAF, Belladonna “ 25 30
Buchu “ 18 20
Coca “ 75 90
Digitalis “ 25 30
Eucalyptus “ 25 35
Hyoscyamus “ 25 30
Jaborandi “ 50 60
Matico “ 75 80
Senna, Alexandria “ 50 75
Tinnevelly “ 15 25
India “ 15 17
Stramonium “ 25 30
Uva Ursi “ 15 17
LEPTANDRIN oz. 50 60
LIME, Chloride lb. 3¼ 4½
Packages “ 6 7
Hypophosphite “ 1 50 2 00
Phosphate “ 35 38
Sulphite “ 10 11
LIQUORICE, Solazzi “ 45 50
Pignatelli “ 35 38
Y. & S. Pellets “ 40 00
Other brands “ 14 35
LYE, concentrated doz. 90 1 00
MADDER, best Dutch lb. 12½ 14
MAGNESIA, Carb., 1 oz. “ 20 22
Carb., 4 oz. “ 16 20
Calcined “ 55 65
Citrate, gran. “ 40 75
Sulphate “ 1¼ 3
MANGANESE, black oxide “ 4½ 6
MANNA “ 1 75
MENTHOL “ 4 50 5 00
MERCURY “ 75 85
Ammoniated “ 1 30 1 45
Bichlor “ 1 10 1 20
Biniodide “ 4 50 4 75
Bisulphate “ 1 15 1 25
Chloride “ 1 20 1 30
C. Chalk “ 55 60
Nitric Oxide “ 1 25 1 30
Oleate “ 1 25 1 30
MORPHIA, Acet. oz. 1 80 2 00
Muriat. “ 1 80 2 00
Sulphat. “ 1 90 2 00
MOSS, Iceland lb. 9 10
Irish “ 10½ 12
MUSK, Tonquin, rue oz. 36 00 40 00
Canton “ 75 80
NUTMEGS lb. 1 00 1 05
NUX VOMICA “ 8 10
Powdered “ 22 24
OIL, Almond, bitter oz. 75 80
“ Sweet lb. 50 60
Amber, rectified “ 65 70
Anise “ 3 00 3 20
Bergamot “ 3 75 4 00
Cajuput “ 1 25 1 50
Caraway “ 3 50 4 00
Cassia “ 1 50 1 57
Castor “ 9 15
Cedar “ 75 1 25
Citronella lb. 85 90
Cloves “ 2 50 2 75
Cod-liver, N. F. gal. 90 1 00
Norwegian “ 1 50 1 75
Cotton Seed “ 1 00 1 10
Croton lb. 1 25 1 50
Cubeb “ 15 00 16 00
Geranium, India “ 3 00 3 20
Hemlock “ 75 80
Juniper “ 65 70
Lavender, English oz. 1 75 1 90
French, pure “ 75 1 00
Lemon lb. 1 90 2 20
Lemon Grass “ 1 50 1 60
Linseed, boiled 9 lb., gal. 62 65
Raw “ 60 65
Neatsfoot “ 90 1 00
Olive, common “ 1 30 1 40
Salad “ 2 00 2 75
Orange lb. 2 75 3 00
Origanum “ 60 75
Pennyroyal “ 1 75 1 90
Peppermint, English “ 1 00 2 00
American “ 3 25 3 75
Rose, Kissanlik oz. 9 00 14 00
Good “ 6 25 8 50
Rosemary lb. 70 75
Sandalwood “ 5 50 8 00
Sassafras “ 65 75
Seal, pale gal. 55 60
Sperm, winter bleached “ 1 90 2 00
Tansy lb. 4 25 4 50
Union Salad gal. 1 10 1 15
Wintergreen lb. 3 20 3 50
Wormwood “ 6 00 6 57
OINTMENT, mercurial “ 65 70
Citrine “ 35 38
OPIUM. See Gum.
ORANGE PEEL “ 16 17
PEPSIN, Eng. “ 3 00 3 50
Saccharated “ 5 25 6 00
PEPPER, black “ 22 25
Powdered “ 25 27
White powdered “ 38 40
PILL, Blue, Mass. “ 60 65
PILOCARPINE gr. 6 12
PITCH, black bbl. 3 75 4 00
Burgundy lb. 13 15
PHOSPHORUS “ 90 1 00
PODOPHYLLIN oz. 40 45
POPPY HEADS 100 90 95
POTASSA, caustic, white sticks lb. 65 70
Liquor “ 10 12
POTASSIUM, Acetate, granulated “ 50 55
Bicarbonate “ 17 20
Bichromate “ 12 13
Bitartrate (Cream Tartar) “ 30 35
Bromide “ 55 58
Carbonate “ 13 15
Chlorate “ 18 20
Cyanide, Fused “ 40 52
Iodide “ 3 75 4 00
Nitrate “ 9 11
Permanganate “ 60 65
Prussiate, yellow “ 35 38
And Sodium Tartrate (Rochelle Salt) “ 32 38
Sulphuret “ 25 27
QUASSIA “ 9 10
QUININE, Howard’s oz. 45 47
German “ 35 40
ROSIN, strained bbl. 2 75 3 75
Clear, pale “ 4 50 5 00
ROOT, Aconite lb. 24 25
Blood, powdered “ 20 22
Cohosh, black “ 13 15
Colchicum, German “ 25 35
Columbo “ 20 22
Powdered “ 30 35
Curcuma, ground “ 13 15
Elecampane “ 15 17
Powdered “ 20 22
Gentian “ 10 12
Ground “ 12 14
Powdered “ 15 17
Ginger, E. I. “ 12 18
Powdered lb. 14 20
Jamaica “ 24 28
Powdered “ 25 28
Golden Seal, powdered “ 1 00 1 10
Hellebore, white, powdered “ 13 15
Ipecac “ 2 50 2 60
Powdered “ 2 75 3 00
Jalap, powdered “ 38 40
Licorice, select “ 13 15
Powdered “ 14 15
Mandrake “ 16 18
Orris, Florentine “ 17 20
Powdered “ 24 26
Pink “ 90 95
Rhubarb “ 35 90
Fine trimmed “ 2 40 4 50
Powdered “ 60 2 25
Sarsaparilla, Honduras “ 50 53
Jamaica “ 60 65
Mexican “ 20 25
Seneka “ 75 85
Squill, white “ 15 20
Valerian, English “ 18 20
SAL SODA, by bbl. “ 1⅛ 3
SACCHARIN oz. 1 25 1 50
SALICIN lb. 3 25 3 75
SANTONIN “ 2 50 2 75
SEED, Anise, Italian “ 14 15
“ Star “ 35 38
Canary, Sicily “ 4 5
Caraway “ 10 12
Cardamon, Malabar “ 1 00 1 25
Decorticated “ 1 50 2 00
Celery “ 25 30
Colchicum, German “ 90 1 00
Coriander “ 10 12
Flax, cleaned, Ontario 100 lbs. 3 25 3 50
Imported “ 0 00 0 00
Fenugreek, powdered lb. 7 9
Hemp “ 5 5½
Mustard, white “ 9 11
Powdered “ 20 45
Rape “ 8 9
SAFFRON, American “ 35 50
Spanish oz. 1 10 1 25
SAGE lb. 7 8
SILVER, Nitrate cash, “ 11 00 13 00
SOAP, Castile, mottled “ 8½ 12
“ white “ 13 16
SODA, Ash keg or cask, “ 1¾ 2¼
Caustic drum or “ 2¾ 5
SODIUM, Acetate “ 25 30
Bicarb., Howard’s “ 16 17
“ Newcastle keg 2 50 2 75
Carbonate, crystal lb. 2½ 3
Hyposulphite “ 3 4
Salicylate “ 2 25 2 50
Sulphate, Glauber’s Salt “ 1½ 3
STRYCHNINE, crystals oz. 1 10 1 25
SULPHUR, precipitated lb. 13 20
Sublimed “ 3 4
Roll “ 2½ 3½
TIN, Muriate, crystals “ 35 37
TAMARINDS “ 14 15
TAR bbl. 4 50 4 75
Barbadoes lb. 10 12
TEREBENE “ 75 90
TURPENTINE, Spirits gal. 60 75
Chian oz. 90 2 50
Venice lb. 10 13
VERATRIA oz. 2 00 2 50
VERDIGRIS lb. 35 55
WAX, white, pure “ 55 75
Yellow “ 42 45
Paraffine “ 17 20
WOODS, Camwood “ 5½ 8
Fustic, Cuban “ 2½ 3
Logwood, Campeachy “ 2¾ 3
Quassia “ 9 10
Redwood “ 3½ 5
ZINC, Chloride “ 1 10 1 25
Oxide “ 13 60
Sulphate, pure “ 9 12
“ common “ 7 9
Valerianate oz. 25 28
Sulphocarbolate lb. 1 00 1 10
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