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golden oak, plam oak and quartered oak.
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Combmahon Book and LIbrary Cases.
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THE GLOBE FURNITURE CO.
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Chamber SUites, Odd Dressers, Beds and ChIffoniers in Imitation quartered oak, ir~\ltatlOn
mahogany, and ImItation golden oak
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THE METAL FURNITURE CO.
Made by The Karges Furllllure Co
Manufacturers of "Hygiene" Guaranteed Brass and Iron Beds. CrIbs, Wire Springs and Cots.
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Evansville is the great mixed car loading center of the
United States, made so by the Big Six Association.
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Profits Guaranteed.
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Qran~Da~MsDlow Pi~e
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devtce for handltng
slJ,avmgs and dust from all woodworking machines. Our ntneteen years
experience in thts class of work has
brought it nearer perfectwn than any
other system on the market today.
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scientific fact, as we have several hundred of these systems in ltse} and not a
poor one among them. Our Automattc
Furnace Feed System, as shown In this
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GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
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Our greatly enlarged line of Fiber ..Rush Furniture and our recently increased
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C. F. Lehman
Iowa, Nebraska
Missouri and Colo.
Illinois and Indiana
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City of Chicago
E. A. Sibley
J. R. Walters
Credit Department
Sales Manager
Pacific Coast
Southwest
J. I. Brewer
Michigan and Ohio
J. R. Cline
J. C. Hubbard Central South
L. D. Green
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F. H. Waterbury City of Chicago
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J. S. Boyer
F. E. Hunn
Floor salesman
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L. H. Steiner
A. H. Jennings City of Chicago
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Have you had anything from The Luce Furniture Co. lately 1
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Luce-Redmond Chair Co.,Ltd.
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MICH.
High
Grade Office Chairs
Dining Chairs
Odd Rockers and Chairs
Desk and Dresser Chairs
Sli pper Rockers
Colonial Parlor Suites
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Dark and TUlia MahogallY
Brrd,' J Ey Maple
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CtrcaJJum Waillut
Our Exhibit you will find on the
fourth
floor, East Section, MANUfACTURERS'BUILDING,North Ionia Street
Exhibit
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GRANO RAPIDS, MICHIGAN
of ]. C. HAMILTON, C. E. COHOES, ]. EDGAR FOSTER.
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GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.• FEBRUARY 19. 1910
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DEALERS
The Sixth Annual Convention Held at Toledo9 Proves a Pleasing Success.
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Addresses and Report.
Toledo, 0, Feb Ii-The
"lxth annual com ent10n of the
Oh1O RetaJ! Furlllture
Dealers' assoclabon
wa" held 111 thlS
cIty at the Hotel Secor tl11s week Tuesday
and vI, ednesday
It v,a::, a most succes"ful
and harmonlOus
affalr mal ked espeClally by a "'plllt of cOf(!Jahty C'n the pal t of the enterta1l1er"
compo~ed of the deale I " and manufacturel'"
of 1 aledo and
by a feelmg of good fello'" shIp pervad1l1g all of the seS:,lOn"
The attendance
was conSldeldbly
lalgcl
tha.n at the last
conventlOn thel e bC1l1g about fifty outsIde delegates present
The fir"t "e"SlOn \\ a" helel at 2 30 Tuesda}
afternoon,
w1th P1 eSldent Ii \V )Jo~ey of :\IarYSY1Ile 111 the chall
\\ I Owen of VetrOlt, presIdent of the :\IlchllSan Retdll
Fur111tul e dealel,,' a",soclatlOn bell1g present was fir:,t called
to addres"
the COI1\entlOn and 111 a bnef talk Il1vlted the
OhlO dealer~ to attend the meet1l1£i of the '\atlOnal
Eetall
Fur111iurc Dedlers'
a..,:,ouabotl
111 DetrOIt
on lehrual y 21
and 22, mgm~ that their pre:,enCL \\ ould add ..,tren£ith dnd
mtluence to the con\ entlOl1 dnd thdt l11dny mdttel.., of "\Ital
mtele..,t \\111 be con"ldered
He conglatl1ldted
the ()hlO A..,"ouatlOn upon hdvmg "'0 many membel" prc..,ent, ?lIlch1gan,
he said, ",as the filst state to ha\e an a~<"OClat1(lt1of fmmtl11c
dealers, there hemg one hundred and fift) on the roll" at the
present tIme
He refelled
to the fact that thele ,ire 5,000
mem bel s affihated \\ Ith the natIonal a'iSOClat1On ri he assoCIatIOn.., 111 the dIfferent state" dftord the dealels the mean"
-of gett111g together and to can cct abuscs and to brmg about
better enforcement
of laws
to a town, stopped at a hotel, and a:sked for rooms
The propnetor of the hotel saId he couldn't
give them room; that
there were two corn ent10ns 111 the cIty and there was no
"pace left m the mn
'\Vell,' they said 'can't you get us
100111S out somewher
e m the town?'
The proprietor
of the
hotel sald, '0.0, I can't do that, they are all taken.'
Can't you
let ns sleep on the bllhard table")'
'N 0, he said, 'four men
ha" e all ead} spoken
for the b11hard tables'
They sald,
'well, how about the bal ber shop, can't we sleep in the chairs'
'\0,
there are t,,\>o men for each chair as rt 1S." The propl ietor saId, 'I want to take care of :; ou in some way, gentlemen and,'
he saId, '1f you w111 wait untl1 9 o'clock and meet
me alound the corner I thmk I can arrange accommodatIOns
fw } au'
\t <) o'clock he met them around the corner, he
came aloll£; wlth a lantern, It \\ a'i a small town, and he took
them clown the street anel around a C01 ner and up another
..,lde "tree1 and finally he stopped in front of a large bmldmg,
1t \\ ,j-, a (hurch bl11ldmg, and he opened the door dnel said,
'flll.., I" the L 11Itdnan Church
It rs wa1m, they are gomg
to ha\ e "en Ice t0l110rrw dnd thcse "eats are comfortable,
and
) au can <.,leep herc on these walln cush1Ons, and perhaps tomon o\\> I can tmd you more comfortdble
qual ters
They
thanked h1111and he left
Along about 10 o'clock the whole
town \\ as stdrtled and awakened by the nngmg of the Unitanan Chul ch bell
The whole town flocked out and rushed
up there, the landlord
along wlth them-hc
of course sur1111 s1l1g \'\ ho It '" as that
was responsible
for thls demonstratIOn, and he 1ushed 111 and saId, 'what I::' the matter WIth you
felIo",
s,' and they sald 'nothmg
we are Just ordenng
two
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dry MartIms for ~ a 313'
Welcomed by Mayor Whitlock.
2\Iayor Brdnd vI, hltlock was next 111troduced dnel 111
welcome
spoke a" follows
"1ir ChaIrman and gentlemen,
I am sure lt gn es me a
great deal of pleasure thIS afternoon
to come here ,md say
to tIll.., ASSOCIatIOn of lurmture
Dealers that they al e welcome to the CIty of Toledo,
and 1 'ihould hke to make thls
V\ elcome
a warm one pef'wndlly
as well as officially--mdeed
I should hke to have you feel lt IS not a mere c0ld officlal
formahty
\Ye fcel that by com1l1g hcre you do Us an honor,
dnd we seek to honor you to the full extent of am ablhty
"1 wlsh 1 rl11ght say someth1l1g to make yOU feel at home
m Toledo
1 hcard d httle :star} the other day 111\\ ,tsh1l1gton ",hlch E IJopkm::,on Sllllth told, and thCle IS a (ertam
spint about that story that I shoud hke to £;et 111to 111\ lCmarks If It \\Cle pO':'lble He saId that t"'o Udvd111g men \\ent
"N ow, gentlemen,
lf there lS anythmg
l!1 Toledo
you
want, Just nng the bell and we wlll turn out, the whole
town, and £;et It for you
As I said before, we feel honored
by yom COll1ll1g here
You replesent
a great and important
mdu Stl:; .. I used to know a man who was a councllman
and
he at one tnne had been m the furnIture
business,
and the
men in the councll one mght asked hrm what he made his
fm nltm e out of dnd he saId "out of my head" and one of the
men neal the door saul they supposed
he dId because they
had notlCecl hI'" head \\ as usudlly "cry wooden
As I say,
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a great dud lmportdnt
mdustry
and we arc
£ilad to haVE you co.me helc, and I hope you will go away
r celmg \\ c h,n e done yOU :some good I aSSUl e you now we
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feel honored in your coming and I hope } Ou may feel hke
comlllg back again and staylllg as long as } ou feel lIke sta}ing
I thank you."
President Morey's Response.
As a response
to the Mayor's
welcome
president
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said
"Mr. Mayor, and gentlemen of the com entlon
I thll1K
the walt was worth the story and I hope you \,,111 not be :0,0
unfortunate
as to meet With the expenence of the travelll1g
man In the story
Weare
very glad to be 111 Toledo, ill r
Ma} or. 'Ve have heard of your enterpnse,
your progl e"".
} our bounds toward a greater majorIty or a greater populatIon lather-the
maJOIlty came to you when yOU \,ere
elected-but
a greatel populatIOn; and a progres~li e people
bespeak" an entel prIS1l1g city
The towering bUlld1l1g:o here
I efIect credit, and thi" hotel celta1l11} reflects credit to thr
capitalIsts who have ventu! cd to put It hel e I thlllk \\ Itllout an exceptIOn It is one of the leadll1~ hotel", It not the
leadmg hotel, of the state
There IS a great deal, a ~reat
deal to be proud of, 1\11 1\1 ayor.
1 don't care to eulogl7e
your surroundmgs,
or your bUIldings espeCially, you have
other advantages
hele, parks-many
of the men don't knov\
you have 24 pal ks containmg a thousand acres of land, fl ee
breathing space for the commull1ty at large
The first thmg that Identified the personalItv
of Toledo
to me was way back-I
am some 20 yeals Jour senIOr.
Mayor,-way
back in DaVid Locke's tllne, I thmk of that
time as I remember the Toledo Blade
There \\ a" nothmg
that gave the personalIty to the people of the state a:o P V
Nasby in hiS day
He aroused a patronage,
I don't knO\\
how well it has stuck to It; but he certaInly did arouse a
patronage that certamly made Toledo famous
My recollectIOn way back there is of thiS being his home, and he lived
to erect a monument that is wlthlll probably a squal e or two
of thiS place where I am speakIng
Mr :\Iayor, the city
doesn't stand Just for bUlldIngs and parks and such as that,
but it stands for somethIng I want to bring out to these men,
and in bnnging It out pardon my speCial bouquets that may
come to yourself
They wIll be deserVIng and mented. merIted thus far m your admInstratlon
of thiS Clt}
I suppo..,e
there will be no serIOUS obJectlOn-I
don't \\ ant an} tlllng
I might say to get Into pi ess notIces because I dldn t prepare in a careful way anything of that kind. but I am going
to read a little that I thought I had In my head but I find I
have not.
"YOul success as an Independent
Mayor of this to\'-'n
stands out before the people of the state with a prommence
and a character that IS above almost any CIty of the state
Columbus has wrestled with the question of punty and uplift in political hnes and it has just been resurrected
here
within the last fall by Mr ]Vrarshall
The task of governIng
a city is great.
He has a job and so has Mr "hltock
You
have in your midst today a man of exceptIOnal character, a
man who has surrounded
himself With the upnsIng generation, a man whose heart goes out to the boy" of thIS to\\ n,
who takes them under his counsel, I elieves them of their
little difficulties, pictures out the higher ideal" of lIfe-that
is something for a town to be proud of, Just as proud of as of
the buildings and the churches and the hbrary bUlldmgs, for
he is mouldUlg the characters
of tomorrow. and the boys of
today are the voters of tomorrow.
That man IS John B
Gunkle.
So I won't want to speak altogether
of the town.
It is the men that are in It that make the town
The efforts
of her cItIzens to the higher ideals of hfe are what bring out
and make a city. I know of no such work as Mr Gunkle is
doing in this town, anywhere in the state.
I will admit that
the influence started is permeating
other cities.
We see
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a httle of It else\'; here, It has been taken up by Judge Lindo,e) of Denv er and it probably Will be taken up farther along
1)\ other cItIes, but the} have thought so much of the movement that thiS town hao, helped to bUlld a modern auditorIum for these boys
You don't know what IS in the boys until
\ au get do\\ n 111\\ Ith them and wrestle with them, and take
them 111:' our heal t, and help them over the hard place"
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(ltwkle ha~ been tel mecl 'a fisher of boys'
"'\nd } OUI actIOn a" an 111dependent mayor of this to\'-' n
m your admmlstratlOn.
m grapplIng With human paraslties
of society, the hangers on 1f you please, that both parties
ha\ e, men who seek office for the money It may bnng them
not for the good the} may do the people
You have taken
the huma11lty ~Ide of decldmg contentious
questions between
capItal and labor
U11lversal brotherhood
m the industnal
\, orld \\ III do a,,-dy With mdustnal
warfare
Did you ever
thmk of that, gentlemen?
:'-restle up clo"e to the laboring
man
Tredt h1111as a man born With the same purposes as
pOSSlbl} :;ou \\ ere and because he IS lowel clown m the struggle ot lIte, gn e h1111a chance
Brotherl} 10\ e m and among
men wIll work out a common good m a neighborhood
to\'-'n
or Clt} It IS the brothedy
spmt of the town of Columbus
that ga\ e It the clean admmstratlOn
It 13 now hay mg
You
no doubt meet With contentious
personages,
that heretofore
lu\ e gUIded the ship of ward polItics to their own lIking
Thlo, Clt} has almo~t been bathed m the tears of the
\\ eepmg oneo, \\ho ..,a\,-,w the future government of thiS commonwealth
dire thmgs were going to happen
I can only
<-a} to your wdependent
admil1lstration,
naIl your ideals high
Up on the mast of mdependence
Counseling yourself with
thlo, thought, ll1dependence of thought and actIOns in politics
IS the anchormg
keystone m the arch of our government.
The whiplash of partisanship
is fast slackening
her reins,
the new errOl of controllmg
men IS upon us, let us meet it
mflll1chmgly
It was the Immortal Lmcoln who said, and
we have Just passed the day set aside m memory of him.
"Let reverence for law be taught in our schools and colleges,
let it be written m spellmg books and prImers, let it be publIshed from the pulpits, and proclaimed in legislative
halls
and enforced m the courts of justice, in short, let it become
the reltglOn of the nation
So I say, give us men who are
fearless, \\ ho dare to do nght as they see It, men who believe
that the laborer has nghts, as well as capital; then we will
have less contentIOn and the true brotherhood
of man will
be achieved."
REPORT
OF THE SECREATRY·TREASURER.
The I eport of secretary-treasurer
C. M. Voorhees was
next read and accepted.
To the officers and members:
In presenting
this my
"ixth annual report I wish first to submit a roster of the
membershIp
at this date alphabetIcally
arranged
according
to cIties and towns
Akron-Burdette
L Dodge; The M. O'Neil company.
Alliance- J. H Sharer & Son.
A.thens-Home
Furnishing
company.
Bellaire-Mellott
& Myers; H P. Rodewig & Co.
Bowling Green-Coen
Bros.
Blyan-The
Bryan Hardware
company.
Camblldge-Gillespie
& McCulley.
Canton-The
Klein & Haffelman
company.
ChIllIcothe-Willis
N. Allen; W. B. Billings.
Cincinnati-Julius
Berger
company;
Anthony
Cook's
Sons, Betz and Central avenue; Dine's Furniture House, 1123
:-lain street, The Fair Department
Store, F. C. Buddington,
manager,
Henry Franke;
Groese Bros., 1710 Eilm street;
Theo Heck & Co, 323 W. Fifth street; Louis Hellman; The
Herbert Furniture company, 3942 Spring Grove avenue; The
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January, 1910.
OLD SPACE,
Furniture Exhibition Bldg.,
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Library Bookcases, Medicine Cabinets,
Ladies' Desks, Commodes,
Sheet Music Cabinets, Folding Tables,
Piano Player Roll Cabinets.
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A Lille which IS wen worth gomg to see
A Lme that you
should have a complete catalog of
fhe fact that you have not our
catalog can only be rectified by
WrItmg
for your
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E Kleeman compan}, 314 VV hfth
street; Adolph Kle1l1,
224 VV FIfth siJ eei, LoUIs l\Ial'C & Bros , Nev\pori, K} , A
Ste1l1kamp & Co, 225 v\ I'Ifth street, Jake Tennenbaum
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Co, 206 \iV ~ lfth Stl eet, Tennenbaum
BlOS & Co, 213 vV
FIfth street, Tennenbaum
& Mode, 315 VV FIfth street, Thos
P. Zackman, 4024 HamIlton avenue
Cleveland-Aldnch-Howey
& Co, 2120 OniallO ~tJeet,
Geo Belz, 4967 vVoodland avenue,
The BIebel Furlllture
company, 3039 \Voodland
avenue,
Blown Bros, 2040 Oniario street, N W, I'leishelm & SmIth; Glckman & Weinberk, 3841 VVoodland avenue, Koch & Henke; S Kohn &
Sons, 2336 vVoodland avenue, The Lederer Furlllture
company; Strauss-MIllel
compdny, 836 Huron Road, The Shelwood FurllltUI e company, 7313 \\ oodland avenue; The V1l1
cent-Barstov, compam, 72S Fuchd a\ enue vVm V\ lschmelel
2S60 W 25th stJ eel.
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Columbus-Carhle
& Kell
629 \\
Broad street
The
W. S Carhle & Sons company,' 445 N HIgh sireet, J 01111 D
Cochran, 1023 ~ HIgh street; The Frohook Furniture
company, 260 S Fourth Stl eet " \V E Heskett , 507 N Hlah
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The Home Furlllsh1l1g company, 239 S Fourth street; Val
Loewer, 136 E Ma1l1 stJ eet, May & Co, 239 N. HIgh street,
The C R PalIsh company, 461 -:-J High. The SteVl art Bros
Furlllture company, 467 N HIgh street
Conneaut-The
SImmons & Bennett company.
Day ton- VV. N. Al tz, VV. Byrne, FI ed Cappel, VV D
Huber, May & Co, S A. Pnce & Co
Delaware-Blair
& Co.
Elyria-Harry
H Smith & CO.,The Wilk1l1s-Hurst
Co
Glbsonburg-M
G Veh
J ackson-C
A. Wood
Kent-I.
L Harriff.
LeeoniaC L. Crowell.
Lima-J.
W. Rowlands.
Logan-J.
F. Harden & Co
Lorain-Fred
J. Fey, VVickens & Ransom
Marysville-'Edson
G. Lott, H \lv. Morey & Co.
Middletown-The
Convoy-Levy
company
Montpelier-Beach
& Gause
Norwood-The
Gobrecht-Geyel
company.
Oberlin-A.
D. Booth
Painesville-E
D Keener.
Portsmouth-F.
C. Daehler, Samuel Horchow
Sandusky-Dilgart
& Bittner
Urbana-The
Mammoth Furniture
company.
Van Wert-H.
L. Sidle.
v\·ell~ton-Hotchl(Jss
& Co
\ \ estcn 11le-- \\ C Ph1l1ney
vVOO'otE'I-J H n Danford
YOUl1l:;,:>iov\l1-fhe II L 1\IcEhoy company
-:-J ew memhtrs adll11tted Slllce ihe last meetlllg of the
,1SsoudtlOn al e a" follow"
May & Co, Columbus
Henry Franke, Clllclllnati
J Ulllh- Derger Co, ClllcinnatJ
'lhe Goblecht-Ge}er
Co, NOlwood.
Lotus Hellman, ClllC1l1naiJ
Tennenbaum
& Mode, ClllclllnatJ
Grosse BIOS. Clllunnatl
A.dnlph Klc111, CIllCl11nal1
Loms l\Ian. & BIOS, ClllclllnatJ, (?\ ewport, Ky)
Jake Tennenbaum
& Co, C1l1ClllnatJ
!\ Ste1l1kamp & Co, ClllclllnatJ
The Conroy & Le\} Co J\Ilddletown
The ran, F C Budc1gllll5ton, l\Igr, Clllclllnatl
Theo Heck & Co, C1l1clllnati.
Dllle's Fur11ltm e House, Clllclllnati.
Thos P Zachman, ClllclllnatJ
Anthony Cook's Sons, Clllcinnatl
The E Kleeman & Co, ClllclllnatJ.
'1he followlllg membel s have WIthdrawn or gone out
of bus1l1ess
RelIable FurnIture
com pan} , Dayton
R C 11 Hastings, Athens.
The C 1\1 M cClalll company
Total membershIp, February 15, 1909
70
XeV> member" dUllng year endlllg Februaly
15 1910
19
Toial numbel of withdrawals.
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3
TOial membershIp
Februal}
15, 1910
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Financial
Statements.
FolloWl11g IS the finanCIal statement of the secretary
l1casurer for the yea I endlllg FebrualY 15, 1910
and
Balance on hand ai t1111eof last report February 15, 1909.
$1500
Received as l11iidtlOn fees and dues during the year end1!1g February 15, 1910, ihe following sums, to-wit:
1909
Feb'y
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16 H VV Morey & Co, MarySVIlle
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16 C R Pansh company, Columbus
16 Henry Franke, ClllclllnatJ..
16 JulIus Berger Co, Clllcl!lnati
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$300
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Takinli Your Own Medicine.
"Take your medIcine" "try It on the dog;' are not
uncommon expreSSlOns when one wants to know something
about a thing presented to hIm, If It is 111the nature of an
investment. When one is running a large business, has many
thousand dollars 111vested,and from 50 to 100 or more men
employed, the matter of economy IS one of the most important th111gsto be considered. StIll he does not hke to experiment-want's
some one else to do that ThIs IS so much the
case in the matter of furniture making that even 111the
matter of design most manufacturers are afraid to branch
out, and bring out someth111g new, but are content to go
along in a rut till some more enterprising company does the
experiment111g and bUIlds up a demand for something newand then they are ready to Jump 111and harvest whel e others
have sown. Take, for instance, the new stuff so prevalent
this year-Flanders,
Tudor, Ehzabethan, etc , no one ventured
to bring out anything of these styles untIl some of the Grand
Rapids factories blazed the way. The same is true in almost
Made by Charles Bennett
doubled, but the lumber came out so much better that the
furnace was cheated out of enough waste in a year to more
than pay the cost of fitt111gup the kilns in the new way.
"Trying it on the dog" was an eminent success. Watch the
ad" of the Grand Rapids Veneer Works for the next three
months and see what other manufacturers say about it.
Buyers in Grand Rapids in August, 1880.
Mr. Dewey, of Dewey & Stone retailers of Omaha, Neb, ia
purchasing goods for the jobbing trade of the firm, which is
large in Nebraska, Dakota, Wyoming and Colorado. Other
arnvals include J. A. Colby of Colby & Co., Chicago; Mr.
Thayer representing William Salomon, a prominent retailer of
Chicago; \V. N. Conant of Conant Brothers, Toledo; C. F.
Ran of Beloit, Wis.; WIlliam Striker of Palo, III ; Mr. Donnelly of Donnelly & Barnes, Chicago; Mr. Hayden of Hayden
& Brother, Rocheater, N. Y.; W D. Pennington, Lyons, Mich.;
J M. Bess111er,Hastlllgs, Mich.; W. N. Nordseick of Weber's
funllture emporium, DetrOIt, Mr Lake of Hartson & Lake,
Furmture
every case-vve are all waIting for some other fellow to take
his own medIcine-to
"try It on a dog"
ThIS leads up
to the matter of drying lumber-one of the most important
things in wood working establishments.
PrevlOUs to 1904
the Grand Rapids Veneer Works-which
operates one of the
largest panel mills III the country, in connection with veneer
works, were compelled to face the fact that their dry kilns
were wholly inadaquate to their requirements, although they
had what was supposed to be as good an outfit as any in the
country. They were also compelled to face the fact that too
great a percentage of lumber was going to the furnace Somethlllg had to be done and that at once. So they instructed the
supenntendent to see if he could not find some way to relieve
the sItuation. He studied the matter over carefully and reported that the only way to 111creaSethe output of dry lumber
was to put in more kIlns. which meant more waste for the
furnace
Finally they put the matter into the hands of a
scientist who made a thorough study of the SUbject, and reported that with the expenditure of some hundreds of dollars
he could double the capacity of their old kilns. They decided
to "take the medicine," in other words "try it on the dog,"
and to their aurprise the capacity of the kilns was not only
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MlCh.
Ea ton Rapids, Mr. W lrts of W irts & Scholle, Chicago; George
Brandt of Bloomington, III ; Robert Keith of Kansas City; E.
A Carder, Kalamazoo; Julius Kegal, Detroit; Nicholas Wagner, Kent CIty, Mr Montgomery, Montgomery & Vander
Werp, Muskegon; E S. Noble, Elk Rapids, A. Kie1, William
\Vallace and James Barnes, Grand Haven; Henry \Voodward,
Eastmanville and A. Spangemacher, Hastings, Mich.-Michigan Artisan, August 1880.
Immigration Doubled Last Year.
Immigration into the United States doubled in 1909.
In
all 95,105 alien immigrants entered the United States last year,
against 410,319 in 1908. Arrivals of non-immigrants numbered
188,610.
From Europe came more than 85 per cent of the immigratIOn, Italy leading with 221,964, of 25 per cent. Russia
next with 161,142, or 16 per cent, and Austria and Hungary with
117,087 and 115,267, respectively, or about 12 per cent each.
The immigration from Italy to this country last year numbered four times those of the year before. The only decrease
in arrivals was from Roumania, which contributed 200 fewer
immigrants.
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We take plea%ure 1U mtroducwg
to you our new Saw Table
The base IS similar to wha
we have been usmg on our No 4 Saw Table
only we have made It larger on the Roor
The
raiSIng ard lowenn'l
deVIce 1$ the same as we have on the 1'.0 4 Machme
""lth lever 3'ld
pltman
The lever 15 made of steel
fhe arbor IS made of 1% lOch steel mnOIng In Ions nng oIlmg boxes, and 1S for 1 Inch hole
Ill'law
We furmsh one 14 lOch saw on each machine
It WIll carry a 16 Inch saw If deSIred
Table ho made With a center slide 12 Inches WIde WIth a movement
of 21 lllches
It has a
lockIng deVIce- to hold it when yOlo. do not Wish to use It and has a detachable
mitre guage to be
used when USIng the shdIn~ table
Can cross cut WIth table extendtd
to 24 Il'ches ah:o np up
to 24 Hlches WIde
Table hJS a removable throat that can be tlken out when usJOg dado
It
also has two mItre guages for regular work and a two Sided np guage that can be used on f"lther
Ide of the S1W. more especially when the table IS tilted also a tIltIng TIp gauge to be used to cut
bevel work " ....hen yoU do not wl~h to tIlt the t<:l.ble The top IS 40x44 Inches
Countershaft
has T & I pulleys lOx 14 mches and the dnve pulley
16xS m,..hes counter
haft should run 800
Mabng
In all about
as complete
a machine
as can be found and at a
s~asonable pnce
Wnte us and we WIll be pleased to quote you prIces
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ALEXANDER DODDS, CO.,
~8~!II3 Canal St. Gran,!!a:",I"
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()r(~ncl !\cr,pIds, Mich
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In J eph; to 'jOW letter of Jan. ] 1th. beg to
adl7SP
yon that SInce Installing yow 7vIln ne hale
j07",nd 1t ~'ery satIsfcwtory and cun ythll~g you
clmm It to be. Also fInd It a very economu al
kiln to operate
J oW'S 7 cspeetjully,
Th e C G BI Ol~n Fnnntll,re Co
Dean E Broun
AGAINST PATERNALISM
Would Prohibit the Government From Printing
Addresses on Stanlped Envelopes.
1 he \atlUnal
Echtollal assodauon,
the NatIOnal Aso,ocI(1 "'tatlOnel -', the IntelnaLlonal
ASSOcIatIOn of PhotoIngld\er".
the \atIonal
Tract\' A.s"oclabon,
the P1111ters
league
01 'l.menLa the l-mted
Typothltae
of \mellca
and
1'"
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turers' aSSocIatIOn have unIt 1 '11 1'1 eR.n t to hay e the gOy Plnment
dlscont1l1ue the free
()llltl'l!.., Ct letUln addles"e~ on stamped envelopes
They have
"PI ( Jntec! a ]OIllt cC'mmlttee to l1anage theIr campal1:;n and
hay ( (~t.lbh"hed
then headquartels
at 212 ]el11fer hUlldIllg,
\\ 2,hll'~toll.
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] he file:t mc,e
by the commIttee was to
',c ]~ the Illt]oc!udlCJn ot ,l bIll 1Il both house"
of con~less,
\\ hldl
ead" a, tollD\\-,
-\ hIll plO 1111)1 tIllg the prm tlllg 01 certam ma tier on
"tel', pcd e'm elope~ and the
sdle thereof
'Be It enacted b)
the. "enate and hou"e ot lepresen abves of the Ul11ted States
"..mellca III cOllgle~s assembled,
that from and after the
app' 0\ al 01 thl::' \ct It shall be unlawful for the Post Office
J)ep,l tment, 01 an, officer. head of bureau, 01 chief of dlVl,Ion the1 e01, to PIIllt or hay e pnnted, or sell or offer to sell
an\ "tamped
en, elope healll1g upon It a pnnted
dlfectIOn
~J\ IIle; the
name uf an, IlldlVlclual, f11m, O[ company, 01 any
nUll he1 oj dn\ po~t-('ffice box CJI lrawel, or ,lIlY street numbel or the name of am bUlldlllg tu whIch It shall be returned
It uncalled tor or uncleln ered
PIO\ Ided, that thIS shall not
dpph
to tllO~e em elopes pnntecl WIth a return
card left
blank d~ to name, addless, box, dl aVler, street number, or
IHl1ld1l1g. 'll1d \\hlch onl) gne the name of the town or city,
1\ lth
the. State DI"tllCt, or TelntOlY"
1 he bIll III both hou~e and senate vvas 1 eferred to the
cunllllltte.e on post office~ and post loads and It IS expected
to be I eported out du mg the pre-ent seSSIOn \Vhether
the
I cP! I h \\ III he fa, orable or aclYere e remam'o to be seen, but
tile \\olk that the Jomt «( mmltice
1'- dOIng to secure the
dl"11ul dctlCJIl h} «()lli.;lCC,,,h mdlc1ted hy the chstnhutIOn of
Ll Ll1cnlal
that 1 ead" a" 10110ws
thleatelll11g monopoly
a confi"catIOll of pnvate propel t} an encouragement
to SOCialIsm
Lm elope mdnnfactmcrs
paper mannfdctl.lrer",
paper
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chanh,
"tatlOnel c" p'mter"
trade penodlcal
publIshers,
II tckh
ne\\ ~PdP"1 publIshel '0, lItlwgrapher:o,
photo-engravers
,\11(l ]Oll1ne\ men pl111tel:o and all other workmen
engaged m
the g'dplllc drt'o, plotest unItedly and unalterably
agalllst the
c.ontmued free pnntlllg of Government
stamped envelopes by
the Post Office Department
1he, IdlO\\ that It IS a v.rong 0 every taxpayer, and so
1ar as It de" tl Oy:o, or e, en tends to destroy, the busllless of
an} pI 1\ ate manufacturer
or merchant,
or the property
of
am cItIzen, It IS confiscatIOn.
"So far as It monopolIzes
for the benefit of a single
COlltldc.t01 Jt IS ,1 \\ long upon all other labor, whIch desires
competItIOn and has a nght to it.
"It I' a monopoly,
and It promotes
monopoly.
It encourage" the sOCJahstlc tendency
lll',idously and menacingly.
E\ cry busllless
man in the whole country
has equal
cauQe, WIth the allIed pllntmg
and paper trades and the
\\ orkers III the graphJc arts. to oppose this dangerous
practIce
It IS not a far cry from these paternalistic
practices to
an ever lIlcreasmg
enclOachment
upon the private business
of anybody and everybody
Therefore,
it is absolutely
true
that thIS is everybody's
fight who believes in the right of
propert},
m competJtIOn
and in opportunity
to do business
and to work.
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ThIS eVIl practice has been promoted
by the Post Office
Department
by an mgenlOus and persistent
pressure through
the postmasters
of the count1y such as any behever m competition or lOver of faIr play has an absolute right to protest
agamst; It IS his duty to protest agamst them
"The frankmg pnvl1ege IS used wIthout lUlllt
Postmasters, post-office c1t:~rks, lettel-carners,
all have been drafted
mio the monopohstlc
sen Ice of the Government
stampedenvdope
contractor
and the Government
monopoly
Itself.
"The claIm IS made that the use of the free-pnnted
Government stamped-envelope
ImpIoves the po'>ta1 serVIce, chIefly by decreasmg
the act1\ Itles of the Dead Letter Office, bnt
the fact IS, the use of pnvately
pnnted
stamped
envelopes
serves the purpose effectively and properly.
BeSIdes, the use
of the free-pnnted
stamped envelope as at present promoted,
IS almost wholly confined to large corporatlOns
and other
concerns whIch would use return-request
envelopes any way,
and are well able to afford them. ,Vorse th~n that, the general pubhc, Vv111chmIght use the return-request
more extenSIvely and thus really dee 1ease the work of the Dead Letter
Office, gets no conbldelatJon
in the sa1es-promotlOn
scheme of
the department
"Thus,
tl11s abuse
the few and notonously
and the many have to
pnntmg,
but ultimately
from the growth of thIS
of paternalism.
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for the advantage
of
for the dIsadvantage
of the man} ,
pay the bill, not only for the free
for the numberless
dangers resulting
most glaring and dangerous
example
"Moreover,
thIS m:::reasing volume of free pnntmg
by
the Government
involves an equally irksome volume of free
advertising
for the few favored
users of the free-pnnted
stamped envelope, who can and do employ their free advertising opportunities
every time a free-printed
stamped
envelope is mailed.
The bill by means of which it is proposed
to secure
legislation
to stop all these abuses, and make no mi5take
about it, forbids that any officer of the Post Office Department whatever shall print or sell any stamped envelope bearing a printed direction
for the return of any mail; but the
1 eturn-request
card left blank as to name and business, may
be used. Thus the il13urmountab1e competition
of the Government monopoly
is prevented
and the convenience
of the
return-request
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"If yOU pllze your busmess
if you ale jealous of the
nghts of ploperty
and opportumty,
If yOU are agamst Gavel nment monopoly,
paternahsm
and soclahsm,
make It certam that any Senator or Repl esentatn e m Congress
whom
} ou are ac<'!ua1l1ted Vvlth or can ~reach 111any way WIth argument and protest, shall not fad, ImmedIately
or at any tIme,
to understand
the VItal Importance
of thIS issue
"\iV nte persona11etters
to } our Senators and Representabves today, and mad us copIes of theIr rephe:,
We cannot
Vv 111 WIthout
thIS help on yom part and Vv e cannot know
whether we are mak111g heachvay unless you keep us posted I
"0 ONE CAN DO THIS WORK BUT YOU"
The jomt commIttee has also sent out copIes of a letter
1rGm the thIrd aSSIstant postmaster
general
m whIch he
ex-plams that the practIce of plmtmg
addrcbses on envelopes
IS reqmred
by ex-Ist1l1g la vv'0 and that It can not be dlscon[1l1ued WIthout leglbLltIon
ThlS 1S accompa11led by a rep1:
from the commIttee
on pllnt1l1g stamped
envelopes
of the
::\atIOnal Paper Trade aSSOCIatIOn vvho take Issue WIth ThIrd
ASSIstant Postma-ster
Genel a1 Lawshe and contend that government IS v101ating e'-lsting laws by the practIce of whIch
they compla1l1
The joint commIttee,
however, has deCIded
that m'3tead of appea1mg to the court" the better vvay is to
secure 1eglslatIOn that wl11 prohIbIt the practJce, 2.nd, as WIll
be seen, they ask all interested
to unite in urgmg the passage of the bill
Make
Less
Waste
Use a veneer
punch to cut
out defects In
Walnut and
Blrd's Eye
Maple.
For sale by
Sells more Bud's Eye Maple Veneer per )ear than any other
two mIlls because he manufactures nothIng el e. GIves blrd s eye
the preference and hIS whole attention
Has 3 000 000 feet on
hand NOW from whIch you can have your pIck Our s, and no
other, bIrd s eye maple veneer 1$ 1-24!l thIck Won t sand thru
Yau can t see daylight thru a sheet of our blrd's eye W nte for
samples They aTe FREE
PrIces lowest consIstent wah good
quahty
Birds Eye
Walker,
Chicago.
Phone Hyde Park33
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--pnngs, couch bottoms, moss, tow, feathers, etc, headed by
H ~W Fned of the Bronx, A A M111er, Manhattan
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Hemley, Brooklyn.
J Holly \v ood, formerly \\ 1th A. Plser, is the new furniture buyer fot Sand
\,V Bauman, 2131 Third avenue, suc-
Manufacturers, Jobbers and Dealers
Predict a Prosperous Year.
ceedmg G J afta
C E Leahey
New York, Feb 17 -~Ianutacturels
ale fee1111g encour
aged by the orders recelve1 so far tor the "pl111g and "ummer
business
and the year promIses to be one at the be"t ,,0 far
experienced
There lS an actlve teJ;ldency throughout
the
trade.
The factones
are busy and salesmen are bnngl11£S m
fairly good order" from the wholesale trade
The vvho1e:oale
trade are working on the new hnes and send m good reports
from all sectlOns
Dml11g room and parlor sUIte" are much 111
demand as are rockers
The retaIl trade are not buymg \ cry
heavl1y yet, but are fairly well stocked
up, Consen atl\ e
buy mg is the rule.
The \V F. WhItney
ChaIr company, who hay e occupIed
two bmldlllgs in BlOoklyn at 495 Kent a\ enue and 193 Gland
street have sold their interests to Robel t J Ehlers, \v ho as the
Robert J Ehlers company will contmue busmess at the lattel
address, Jobbing only.
The Star Upholstery
company
who haye not beLll 111
busines" here very long, have mm ed it 0111210 East T\\ en t \
third street to 36 East T\\ enty-th1rd
"treet and are mahl11S;
a new Ime of couches.
Max Englander,
manufactunng
couch bed" on Seyenth
avenue has leased property
at 513 to 523 \\ e"t T\\ entyfourth street, where he w111 build a SlX story factor}, 100 x
150 feet in sizze and w1ll occupy most of 1t hlmself
T. C YVaterman, who has had charge of the PubhClt\
department
of the Furmture
Exchange,
has been plomoted
to the head of the field bureau his former pO"ltlOn bemg taken
by W llliam Bangs
Elins & Sillen,
upholstery
dealer'> have
succeeded
ltnes
The PoughkeepSie
(1\ Y) Chair company
have been
\\ ul kmg "ome mghts and have an exhibit here. YV. S Hodge
manager has taken a five year least' of qualters
in the new
turmture
('{change bmldmg here
George F. Underhill
has
bought
an interest
in the Kaal Rock Chair company
of
Poughkeepsie,
N. Y, making high grade chails.
Sam Ed\\ards,
retall furl1lture, h;; s moved
a\ enue to 479 F1fth avenue, Brooklyn
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and
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Old Trade Jokes.
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LIBRARY, HOTEL and
CLUB ROOM
Herman
ca1 t- to his hnes
1 he Cloker
Chalt
company,
325 West
Thirty-third
--u eet, makl11g receptlOn chair" of maple, oak and mahogany,
ha \ e added a new lme of saddle seat C1rcas5ian walnut chairs.
'"1
makers
from 194 Fifth
The Atla" Furl1ltUle
company
of Jamestown,
N. Y,
hay e mcreased their capaclty by 33 1-,\ per cent and have had
tu retuse orders as the1r output was 111 contracted
for.
F. Mohr & Co., who have been in business only a few
months, have a warehouse
estabhshed
at 505 \Vest Thntysecond street, havlllg 60,000 square feet of space
The Amencan
Sea Grass company
lS a new incorporation, with a capital stock of $25,000, to deal 111 jute, shoddy,
HOPKt:r-.S AND HARRIET
727 Fulton
the1r
The Grand Rapids
Show Case Co, 724 Broadway,
in
addition to manufacturing
show cases, are equipmg a large
plant for the manufacture
of dlsplay itxture",
hay 111g p1 e
viously handled the line of another film
The H. J Montgomery
Manufactunng
company of SIl
ver Creek, N. Y , making patent leathel lockers and Tmk1sh
chalrs, are very busy on their special 1I11e'3.
Frank M. Randall w111 have in hlS new bmldlllg at 136
West Flfty-second
stl eet 200,000 square feet of floor space
and wl11 let out conslderable
of it as a furmture
exchange
This he wlll arrange so as not to confl1ct with h1S own hnes
Mr. Randall has fmnished
47 city hotels w1th furmture
Henry Schmit 8
at
capaclty
The Cooper Store and Office Fixture company has been
111COl
po rated to manufacture
office furniture, with a capital of
$5,000 by Joseph and Abel Benjamin
and Samuel Cooper.
S Karpen
& Bra,
at 115 V{ est Thirty-fourth
street,
haye added to their floor space at 22 Sudbury street, Boston,
and have "pace to lease to manufacturers
who wish to exhibit
El111s
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hlrnitUl e dealer
The Plsel s have opened a new furniture
store, opposite
then pre"ent quartel s in the Bronx
Slmon Siegal, who was
111bU0>111es.,f01 hl111self, 1'0 With the firm
S K P1erce &.. Son have put cut a new hne of office chairs.
1he Grand Rapids Furmture company, 168 yVest Thirtyfourth street, after thelr fire some time ago decIded to give
up the factOl y end of their business here
1 he Stal Gedding company who had a fire at 12 Montro<;e a\ enue al e el0111i.;bus111ess a, usual and running to full
& Co , 38 Whlte street.
The Empire
Clty Metalllc
Bed company
hay e moved
from 184 Lewis street to 184 Thirteenth
street, Jersey Clt)
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1S a ne\\
"treet, Brooklyn
Charles Fram, late salesman in the east for Boll Bras, is
the new representatlve
in N e\v York for the Limbert
compam of Grand Rapids, :;\1ich
Benja111111 Flledlander
has succeeded S Mlller as president of the Chlcago Cred1t con pany, 3351 Th1rd avenue.
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house of Grand
Ra p1ds recen ed a letter trom a dealer 1111\ ew York, one sentence ot \\hKh lead as follows
"Your goods are 111 great
demand and I need them badly
If you cannot ship at once
senelme a b111of ladms; \\ hKh J could sho Vol my customers and
tell them the good" w111 soon be rece1ved "
A letter from another dealer read'
"Please do not ship
me pal ts of smtes
I cannot show a wash ,tand and sell it for
a chamber "mte"
;\nother
manufacturer,
responding
to a humorous
letter,
complammg
of delays m the shIpment of goods written by a
elealer sa1d
"\\ e can Shlp the pulls at once, and you can
dra\\ on us for the smtes If you "0 desire"
~rlc1l1gan \!tl-:;an, Sept
1880
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CORRESPONDENCE
Linn Peacock, who was buyer for the Prince Furniture
company of Hazelton,
Pa, will start In the furniture
business
again on his own account
at W Ilmll1gton, Del, where he
u sed to be in business.
Derbyshire
Bros. have taken the Hope street warehouse
that was used by John Moore, to take care of their increasing
busl11ess
RItter Bras
have made many improv ements to their
factory, among which is a new sprinkling
apparatus,
as a
precautIOn against fire
Mr. Koehle, who until recently was a furniture
dealer
on Girard avenue is now inside salesman for Van Scivers of
Camden, N J.
The estate of the late John Tanner, are closing out the
fur11lture busmess at 705 Girard avenue
The executors have
charge
The city authorities,
throug"h Mayor
Reyburn,
have
charge· of the project to build a big exhibition
and conventlOn hall here, but no official actIOn has ibeen taken, except to
talk It over
It is something
that is needed very badly in
this city as there is no place large enough to hold a furniture
:,how properly.
They think it is time the citizens should
get together and build a hall such as Madison Square Garden
or the Coliseum
William
H. McMahon,
handling
brass and iron beds,
cnbs, mattresses,
feathers,
etc., at 244 South Second street,
reports that a general advance in prices is due for all lines
Guy W Banger
has been appointed
receiver
for the
HanOver (Pa)
Furniture
company,
manufacturers,
and the
plant Will be operated to fill orders.
The assets are $33,000
and liabilitIes
$43,000
Department Stores Trying to Increase Their Mail
Order Business.
Phlladelphla,
Feb
17 ~ There lS a great deal of mall
order bus111ess belng done 111 furniture
here
The various
depal t111ent stures ofter to Shlp furnitm e to every state
This
1111eof the bus111e% is 1)1anch111g out all the bme and is quite
\\ ell patron1L:ed, especially
wlth111 a radlus of 500 to 1,000
mlle':> Every year the blg "tore i" 1eachlng out further into
new channels
Jlohn \;\7 anamakel ':, are making
extended
mentIOn of thlS mall order busine<.,s
They advertise
their
store here as the largest retail store 111 the world, covering
45 acres of floor spaef', takll1g in a whole city block, 485 feet
long from Chestnut
to Malket
street and 250 feet from
Thil teenth to J U11lper street and it dwarfs the $30,000,000 city
hall, close by
It rises 12 stones in the all or 247 feet above
the glound and ha;" 2Y; stories below the street level
It is
bUIlt of gra11lte and bteel and fireproof.
George Kelly and the Union Furniture
:\Ianufacturing
company are also dOll1g a large mall order business.
They
put special Y; to 1 column "ads" in the mail order section of
the daily and Sunday papers
Some of the papers here have
a special section or page for the mall order business and is
not intended
for the city trade as much as for the outside
bwoiness.
The three depal tment
stores
at Eighth
and Market
streets, Strawbndge
& Clothier, Llt Bros and Glmbel Bros,
have each year at this bme all k111ds of manufactunng
shown
<it their industrial
exhlbltlOn
The machinery
IS put 111the
alsles on each floor, from top to bottom and one can see
fur1llture,
optical goods, Jewelry, cdrpeb,
dres<.,es, clothmg,
laceb, curtains,
shoes, flower;", picture
ft ames, cand} , cut
glas<" prmting,
hOSIery, glass blowing, silk making, nbbons,
suspenders,
gloves and about a hundred lines of all kll1ds of
manufacture
It is open to all and each store gives out
souvenirs
Jacob Alber shows the makll1g of ruStIC furniture; Kasansky
& Bloom bamboo tabourettes,
S M Gosch
& Co, picture frames
I don't know of another city where
one can see such an exhIbItion in the department
stores
\V L Horam has succeeded
Bailey & Horam
111 the
fur11lture busll1ess at WIllsboro,
Pa.
The United
Upholstery
J\lanufacturers'
association
of
Philadelphia
have advanced
pnces on all 1ll1es of goods 10
per cent
This was expected
as some have been charging
the advance for some time and now united action has been
taken
The Funston Molding company has been incorporated
at
Camden N J with a capital of $50,000, to make mold111g,
paints and var11lsh
It is headed by \Villiam J. Crompton,
Eugene A Hogh, Benjamin Funston
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The Phlladelphla
Excelsior
company lecently had a big
order of 150 car loads of exceblOr which is the lalgest order
received so far The demand IS very heavy and they have had
to refuse many orders.
;\lanufacturers
here say that with the scarclty
of mahogany logs, prices are fil mer and have advanced during the
past year 2S per cent, the stock coming mostly from Mexico
and Honduras
Further
advances may be made at any tlme
The J. R Bunbing Beddmg
company of 232 South Second street are very busy and expect a big bus111ess this year,
They think that this year will break all records
The past
four years have been somewhat
quiet tIll oughout
Pennsylvallla and it has taken two years to get back to prosperous
times
Cotton is hIgh and the consumer can not tell where
they stand from week to week.
It is hard to make contracts
for cotton ahead of time
At this plant mattresses
are made,
whle the metal beds are made at Jersey City, by the Mersereau Metal Bed company
At that end they are swamped with
orders
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Sharp, Very Sharp, Sharper Than Any Other.
SUPERIOR TO SAND PAPER.
It costs more, BUT It Lasts Longer; Does Faster Work.
Order a small lot; make tests; you will then know what you are getting. WE GUARANTEE
SATISFACTION.
Furniture
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Barton's Emery Cloth, Emery Paper, and Flint Paper, furnished in rolls or reams.
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teenth "treds, Indlanapohs
$3,600, Mrs James M Harrison,
c..,chool lane, PhiladelphIa
Pa, $15,000. C Cravens
Gray• 111( nt, Blfl111nlSham Ala, $3,800, Dr J S Glllesple, 1714
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$6,000, Dr R V Mobley
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and
Sixteenth
street
south B1rm1l1gham,
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Hyman
228
Rigsby
avenue,
San AntonlO Tex
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\11ce Illlson,
28 Russell place, San Anto111o
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Thlfd street and ~meteenth
avenne
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50-1-,000
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Belli",
V\
oodland
park,
Duluth
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"treet, De;" M0111O'S,Ia,
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Fl eel \ r K \ 110'1 220 H nmston
stl eet, Des M01l1es,
•I '-,') ;00 lied Durg e~s 129 :\1110 street, Des J\lo111es, $3,500,
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\ (11 ton
2204 Loublana
;"treet, LIttle Rock Alk, $3,500,
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c:; Scll11balc1, 1407 South Llghth street
Omaha, ~ eb $4,000;
C }{ \\ hlte. Elk a\ enue, Cleveland, OhlO $4,000. L Abrams,
1;23 E ?\ 111eh-thll el street
Cleveland,
Uh1O, $5,000, John
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~,t'-. C!t\ \10, SG 500. Charles I: Phllhps, 3560 Flora avenue,
l,..<lI1~a~ Clt\
S'1 000, II' IV Jo1-]n"on, 3515 Locust street,
Res1denees-Chadt:':>
H Kuehn 365; Humboldt boule\ al d
kaL'a~
C H\ S5OO0 G C A.ndel son 129 Cypress street,
Cll1eago, Ill, $6500
GO'OIge 1)e111n~ 1.21.+\\eo,t Oh1O street,
l'can,a.., Cm, 53,000, Illlltam
F FnO'gang, 2841 vVJlllams
Ch1cago, $7,500, T J H.e\nelhon
19)7 \
101t1eth sheet,
~tleel \[111neapo!lo, \Imn
$3000, Hl1ma?\
;\Iallauder,
1702
Ch1cago, $8,000, C L -"-ndel son 3R.+CJII dco'. a\ enue ChIl'le1 Le ~t] ect, \I111neapohs,
$3,000; W. G. Gardner,
lOSe
cago, $3,000; 1 B Tlcle}, .+CJ39 \\ a~h11lf;ton houle\aul,
Ch1
1\\ lilt, ~l,th a\ enue \[1l1neapoh",
$3,000, v\ A Jackson,
cago, $10,000, P ] \Ic '\fahon
3;(>2 1\ ent\\ olth aHnue. ChI
lW) 1\ c11len a\enue
Columhns, OhIO, $3/)00, Oscar Davis, 20
cago $'+,500 -r. \ h.ll1del 11m 1\ eb~te1 ,1\ enue, Cll1cago,
1 a"t Iluntel
~tleO't !'Ictlanta Ga. 9;4000, i\Irs Lee Jordan,
$7,000. IV II' Goodwll1, 585 \IcLenol c a\ cnue, \Iemphh
R20 T'eclcht1 ee stl eet. A.t1anta, $10,000, '\ \. \IeGraw,
1720
Tenn, $3,000, Jane Ha110\\. L28 \\ (st \01th Temple stlect,
l\\ent\
nIllth
SUeet
Omaha,
'\eb.
$5,000,
Albert
Olgen,
Salt Lake CIty L tah, $8,000 Tohn \IOre"l.
\pple and 1 ern
l()Qo Shel \\ 1ll a\ enue, Chicago, $4,500, D Ii'! Glenn, Cypress
;"treets, ::\ e\\ 01 leans, La 5;3,500, 13 D Ladd
368 Bl emeMesa, Anz
\! 111estreet
?\ ew Odean s, So 000, '\nme II unt 6038, 11 ~ll11cl ell enlle Rec11and" Cal, $5,000, M J :\IcDonald,
S-1-()(\O \[I~ H \1 Palo,ons, M13slOn street and Brent, avenue,
avenue
5t Loms, \1,) ,33,800
C \ DIeckmann
3830 101
l:.:outh Pa~ae!el1a Cd
$10 000, J l' Burns, Ardmore
street
~0ll1 avenue, St Lotus, S'1,'100, :\Ib C G 1310\\n 312 \hltle
Cal, $10.000, 0 H.
street, Atlanta,
Ga, $8,000, \11 s S \\ hltner
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FOU1- dnd II 1hhue boule\ aJ el, Los Angeles,
HalOlc1 \Iar"h
HellShts
l'\ogale'i, Ariz, $4,500, Col \i'! P.
ttenth
street,
!'Ictlanta, £4,500, II E HO\\ ard, 6-1--1-9South
Cuelk Rech\ ooel and CnlOn streets, San DIego, Cal, $15,000;
Kll1gs h1gh\\ ay . St L01m, \10, S'+ 500 L LIane),
1220
Cnttenden
street,
n01 th\\ est, II ash'ngton
S6,000, Juhuo,
Ii'! e1n1g, 144 Bates street, north\\ e~t II a~ll1ngton, 322000)
Mlscellaneous
BUlldmgsThe Emanuel Preshytenan
soE T Cnsmand,
516 LH;hth "treet, nOl th\\ e~t, 1\ a~hmgton,
Ud\ 01 Dd10lt,
\IJCh, 1S b1111d111ga ch11lch to cost $40,000
$3,300, S C Thayel,
32 OahJal1d a\ enue, Columbus.
OhlO,
j he Rtalh
-\~~uuate" \\111 elect a ~IA-,tor} hotel on the corner
$3,000, J C Stncklel, 2(j(j \Ilelland t\ enue. Columb11'" S3OO0
c t 1 1\ lllg ~ton c.tl ect dnd Hano\ el place. DlOoklyn, NY,
at a
o C; Rankm, J\J aek o,t1eet an 1 the huule\ al el Detl OIt \Ilch
co,t ot ~120 000
I Ollg Beach, Cal, WIll expend $250,000 III
$8,000, Jacob Bolze1, Clchllal ,111elCanfield st1 eet" Detlo1t,
thl C011 QluC't!on ot ,,( hool bullcllllc;" d111111l:;
the coml11g year
$3,000; M R Bt1110\\s. c.,el1l1llClleanel '-,i I\1111 "tleet", DctlOlt,
I he 01 phcul11 "'I nc11lcllO'h to C1 eet a c1uphcatO' uf the Orpheul11
$11000, \\
II 110'11,ILuth\llCe!
elml Ll1l1c1"tleeto, DetlO1t,
thtaill
I J
r o~ \ngele" lal. on C;tate c,treet 111 Salt Lake
$3,;00,
Salah L \"al}U1
Cllft(ll1 ,me! 111l1h tl1l1d ,tlefts,
\ 11 \
l tclh
1hl \lthlh I ,1llc1C()1l1pan} WIll hu11cl a 'i1X-story
Inc11anapolI", ~3,()00, II tlhall1"
I1t/~ll aId I\.cn\\ (lod boule
h lte! 1)] IhL (llnCI
"f I !fih and Oltve streeh,
Los "\ngeles,
\ clrcl and ShO'palCl a\ eune, \111\\ autec
\\ 1'-. S12 ~OO \11 ~ r;II ,1V"t
(1 Sl-l-OOOO J he c.,lstels of St Joseph
ha\e adopted
r Glsh DeAtel aud 1 \\ eut} -c,econd "t! eeh, ])l11\ u Col
J)lalh ,me! '-.]JluhutlOlh
t( 1 a com ent lJtllld1l1g to be elected
$10000,1
G Dloe1111,cl 382; :outh (Hanel a\ enl1L St LOlm
,It CGng1l '-.~ "t! cer ,11H] '-,Janson a\ O'nue, Loo, \l1f.;eles, at an
i\[o. $6.000, CreOlge r 1n~el 2012 Ruc,,,dl a\ enne
"'t Lenll'
l~tJJ11ated lo"t 01 C!;lrocoo
The K111g-hh of Columbu'i wlll
i\Io $3,800, Valent111e Kcmpu,
38.+.+ C0111pton d\E'l1nO' C:;t
u eLt a ~1, "t01 \ ufhce and luelg e bUlld111g 111Salt Lake CIty,
Loms $3400, R B Tuttle, Capltol t\ enue and [h1rt} -tl111d
l tdh
l apltalhh
,,1 '-,alt Lake Clt J and DOlse, Idaho are to
::,tleet Indlanapohs
9>3,500 Bachel H1cm 919 \\ e"t Tl1l1 t\111\("t
~FO,OOO 111 the electlOn of a theatre
at TWIll Fall'i,
thud street Kansas C1t) \10, S3 sro 1 I Clltz \\ 111stonl t2h
[he kl11ghh of Pvthla" WIll erect a lodge hall and
Salem, j'\ C, $3,000: Ora S Gould, ~220 11001, SIde houle\ al d,
)ff]( (
lJtlllcl1l1g- 111San Dlec;o, Cal, elt a LOst of $75,000
Kansas CIty Mo $5,500 \Ir~ J efterson CunnllH;ham,
South
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and D111widd1e streets
'\ orfolk Va ~() 2,-0 T ohn C Ball 30-1- t
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Sy1acuse, '\ \
S-1-000 Hcnq
Rouo,e, 201
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Rl1s~lan manufacturers
are I11vlted to avail themselves
of this
Opp01 tunJt"l to (lJspla} theJr ploducts
111 the principal
ports
of the Ottoman
Emplle
Each exhlhltOl IS expected to allange hI" eAlnblt 111 an attractl\e
and artIstIc manner and
111,[\ ~Lnd attendant:,
It I" hoped that the exposltlOn WIll
un (1 qmte tl1lh the expO! t pos'-,lbJ1lt1es of RUSSIa and WIll
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Entered as .econd class matter, July 'i, 1909 at the post office at Grand
under the act of March 3 1879
RapIds, \lIchlgan
Clarence H Mackay, pre"ldent
of the Po~tal- Telegraph
and the CommercIal-Cable
companies,
ha"lll1g Just returned
from a southern
tom of obsel"l atlOn and Il1SpectlOn, IS 111
elmed to be ImpatIent wIth people \\ ho g-et nel"l ou ~ 0"1 er pI 0'0pectlve legIslation,
COUlt decIsIOns gO"lernment pohcJ('" and
all that sort of thll1g
If, he sa) s, we are all gOlllg to \\ alt
till capital ceases to be timId and labor demand" le"s Il1stead
of more and statesmen
stop seekin>; populallh,
"\\ e mlQ,ht as
well shut up shop and >;0 home ] he onh attdck \\ c ha\ e nm\
i" an attack of the hu>;aboo'i
l'Lndll1g c1eCl~1()n~])\ Ihc SIl
preme CaUl t, may be and doubtle~., ,\1 e 1111j)OI
tant
PlojJo-ul
leglslatlOn 111 Congres" mayor may not be U1dl ted-bllt
\\ 1M!
of It)
Properties
are not gOlllg to be con fica ten dllll thc
country is not going to smash
On the contlaly,
"1\ e ha"l I"
only to nd ollrseh es of '3llh appl ehen ~IOlb 01 \\ an tlm offiual
assault upon legItimate
busmess to enlO\ the (?,enelal PIC'.,perity whIch condltlOns
v\ all ant'
Pre'i1e!cn t ,Lacka \ \\ d ~
talk111g of condItIOns m Y\ all .'otleet and hI ~ I emdl K' may
have been I11tended to re"tore confidence
on thc 'itock 1""change but busll1ess men generally
"1\ III endor~e
hI" sentiments
Unless reports are mlslead111g and estlmate~ Ul11 eha ble,
"our possesslOns,"
the PhJ1tpp111e'O ha"l e great
t1mbel resources 111the hardwood
lInes
It IS saId the blands
possess the most beautiful
woods m the world and they arc
reaching theIr development
Just at a tIme \\ hen the \\ orld 100
100k111g for hard \"Ioods
The tImber h not located 111 thIck
stands but is well scattered,
cm enng, It has been e"t1mated,
an area aggregating
40,000,000 aCl es
Of thIS great amount
less than 1 per cent IS under prl\ ate 0\'\ nershlp
:\Iost of
these woods, which have no equal 111llel1l1eS'i of colol durabilIty, bnllIance
of polIsh and sIze of tImber, al e c1Jtficult
to transport
by water
TheIr texture
l'i so elo,e and theIr
spl"clfic gravity so fSreat that they qUlckl) 'illlK Then \\ eIght
a\ erage" about 75 poune!" to thl ulhlC foot heH::ht 110111;0
to 100 feet, the natUlal annudl ~lll\\th hl1t1~ c,t!nldtul1J\
tlll
insuldr gm ernment at 1 -WO,OOO 000 CUlllc tLet neaJ h ,Ill of
which IS now gOll1g to \"Ia'ite
Tn 190-1- the bmeau of tCl1L~hy
had 1ecord of some 396 dIfferent ~peclcs no\\ the lJst has 1ncreased to 665, the specIe" bel11g \\ ell m1'<:ed
When 1t comes to gOl11g after hade the RLhslan" dIe
not so slow
They have sent out a floatl11g eAposltlOn \\ 111ch
1S to "I iSlt the chIef seaport'i of Tl11key and latel ma"l call at
GrecIan and other Medlttelfanean
porh
'\ vesse! ot about
7,000 tons IS furnished gratIs by the Rl1'~lan Steamsh1p company
It has been fitted up espeClalh
f01 this exposition.
\\ hdt ,lbuut It)
\ clecOldtOl asl~" "Is the1e not dn Engll~h 'ichool \\ lth an dffectatl0n of SJl11phClty a1110untmg to the
obI lOUS stln mg aftel ,1 conceIted p1 nmtn eness?"
He also
a.,k" "Is thele not a F1ench school that lets 1tseH go mto an
l11eblJatlOn of fOJ111 and flagJ ancy of decoratlOn that kicks
0\ el the tI aces of all clIsClplIne and
traclItlOn ?', \Vith eng ulfmg tears a rended heatt, sun ounded by walls of gloom
ele\ en feet th1Ck, the edItor of the Artisan
mournfully
re~poncI:, "thel e IS' there 1SI"
FUll11ture manufacturers
generally
will endorse
President Taft's
declaratlOn
that CO'fpOratlOns whosje bus-iness
method:" conflIct WIth the law must change those methods.
,'cry fe\\ cOlporatlOns are "'\lOlatmg the laws in letter or in
'ipmt
,lost of them, however, have fixed ideas as to what
extent theIr business should be affected by law.
The fml11tl11e trade paper publIshed in New York logicalh m11"t he opposed to the fur111tl11e exposltlOn interests
r t he he"l es m the pI aCtlcabilIty of a furnIture tJ ust, which
\\ (Jt1ld \\ IthclI a \\ ,111 hne" fJ om the expositlOns,
and adVIses
the 111dnutactl11 er.'o to entel mto a combine
The obJ ect of a
tl u"t I" to de"tIoy
compeiltlOn
\V1thout compet1tlOn there
1\ ould
be no need 0 f the eAposltions
The I epl oductlOns
of personals
and news items from
the \1 tl~dn at thlfty
) ear" ago wh1ch appear
on anothel page, \\Jll gl\ I" many readers
a sensation
akm to
sadness or "arrow
Many of those connected WIth the furnitme mdustry today will recog111ze the names of their predece"sors, at least nme tenths of whom have passed to the
unknO\\ n \\ orld
A furnltme
paper pubhshed in New York states that the
condItions were not favorable for a furniture
combination
at
the time of the Marston-Flint
campaign, "to organize a trust
of 111an11facturers"
The conditions
are no more favorable
at present than at the period indicated
above.
\V1th the organization
of the manufacturers
of furniture
d., a trust the expositIOn plan of selling furniture
would disdppear
Furniture Manufacturer Left Millions.
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(J ~1111111uns)pI eSldent of the Sl1n111011sMal1u[actUfJng
CU111pd1l\ of BelOIt, ,V 1S, 111anufactl11 ers of brass and 1ron
heds, dJed at hJS home last Saturday,
aged 81 years
He
lea"l es an estate valued at about $5,000,000 whIch under h18
\\ III goes to relatives, nearly all to his only son and two
daughter:"
Under the provisions of the will the entire estate,
I11cludl11g both leal and personal, is bequeathed
to the son,
7 almon G SImmons, with the understanding
that it is to be
held 111h ust and under hIS management
for a term of ten
"I ear~
~t the terml11atlOn of trust the management
may be
cont111ued and the estate 1S to remain l11tact unless one or all
of the chIldren call for a dIVISIOn
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is our capacity during this
year on
POPLAR
CROSSBANDING
Cut to dimensions if desired.
Write us.
Walter Clark Veneer Co.. Grand Rapids, Mich.
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JUSTICE IN ARKANSAS CITY
How the Pioneer Settlers Resented Aspersions
on Their Methods.
"Somepm'
'pealS to be \\ 10n~ \\ Ith Joe TIa""ett the"e
day', " said old man Gl eenhut, 100kmlS out thl ou~h the \\ m
do", of his saloon m c\lkan"as City at a ~rou]J of men on t11e
lev ee who :oeemed to he eXCIted
"How do } ou mean")
asked Jake \\ 111telbottom
\\ lw
was also lookmg- out, and seem eel mal e mtel e"ted m the
domg"s outside than m \\ hat old man (,reenhut
\1 a" "a\ m~
"I ham't seen but \I hat 1oe s dom' 'hout 1I1,.ehe al d\" doe"
Long's he take" hi" rum an tObdCCO lei:', lal I lec!"on t am t
nothm' ser ous '
"\Vell, thel e," 1epheel the olel man as 1\\ 0 01 the men m
the g10Up drew ,\ capons "lmultaneou -h '1l1d began shoot111g
while the othels hasttly \\ Ithdrew to a httle ehstance '\I auld
n't you Just nachully look f01 Joe to be II~ht 111tOthat thel e
scrap?
J don't call to l11md no sel'ous au;\ ment 11 some
consld'able spell hut what Joe \I as on hand
"I done said man) tune 'v hat he \\ as the mo"t 1elta hIe
man what we cd hay e f 1 Shellff, bem' he d al a\ '" "henl up m
ca"c of an} dl"tUI bance, e\ U1 If he cltdn t stell t It Ill" 01\ n ",ell
but here sa,
al'able citizen ltahle fOI to cash m "lllldcn dl1Cl
where's
Joe")
"Jim TInnkle} " do\\ n ,In' luelgln f 111 the 100L I "h d
"ay most hkely Hank Parkel
el got h1S man
'1 hat 11 mal,."
three 't he's killed m"'lde of a year an' a half
'Peal" lthe th1"
un \\ as d fair fight, an' ltkely thel e ,un t noth111 mOl e to 1x
said but looks ltke \\ e'd oUi:','htel ha\ e mo' peace 111tO ,I
c'mulllty ltke this here an' J oe'd oughtel be on hand am hO\l
so's to make sure It's reg'ldl "
"Oh, I don't kno\\,'
",ad -:\Ir 0\\ en Peppel
Llheh
Joe's somewhere,
You can't 'xpect him to be e\er)\'Vhere
all
to oncet no mo' 'n you can anybody else"
"That's
Just It," said aIel man Greenhut,
\I ho \\ as tou
much intere"ted
111hlS 0\\ n tram of thought
to 1chuke ,11
Pepper with hiS usual se\ ellt}
'You hadn't ought tOI to
'xpect no man to he e\ elywhele
to oncet an' pealS hke Joe"
tryin' to splead hlsself too much
It he \las \\hele
he d
oughter be he wouldn't he whe1 e he 1'0 c.:.omeboeh cl ou~htu
take Hdnk 1'01 tel 111chalge vll a'tel the 111quc"t ,m\ \\al
"Likely Joe'll be '1011l1d some time thh e\ enm' an' he 11
tend to It," said Jim Dlal"dell
"1 seen him lldm' a, el to the
no'th 'long about noon hut 1 1eckon he Ivd'n t sta1 tm' un 1W
Journey 'r else he'd "atel "omepm'"
"Don't the \\ Iddel Hdnk" hI e U]J to the no th "ome IC"
d"heel old mdn (Jleenhut
\\ 1th (1111C\",lhp1uon
"Sure cloe"," said Sam Peal :o,dl 1\lth ,1 g 1111
"1 mough t 'a knowecl thel C was a woman to the bott( 1
on t," sale! the old man, 'hut I done ~n e Joe lJa,sett
ClulJt
f r mo' sen"e 'n to be took 111at h1" tUlle 0 lJfe ITa111t thc
,y ldder Hanks been mal11ed tvvlcet a 1eady "Three times," said Sam Peal sall, 1\ ho seemed to find
the subject amus111g
"Be111' a marned man) r 0\\ n "elf
"aid old 111ap G1cen
hut severely, "YOU'd oughter find S0111ep111bettel to do than
to set there g-nnn111' 'Ion£; of a fl1end 0' \ onl n bem 1n Jlcl11
e,' the sa111C th111g If th1" hCle \\ldc1c1'~ fiat thc 'lab1t (\
mallY111 ltke yon "ay Joe \Ion t "tand no chan",t but llL
onghter know enough not to run a tel hel
If he'd stay to
h0111e "he'd do the ll111n111 ,lu' 'n that, Ill' \\oltldn t be hable
fer to be neglect111' hiS dnty when he's meded '
the
I'w thel cOin ersatlOl1 on thiS subject wa" "usptnded
for
1lm(' bCCdUC,Cof the cnil am e of 1VTl Parkel wltl1 llcllJ ,1
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do/en of IllS fnends \\ ho scemed to feel that then recent expe11ence necessItated
the hbe' al use of some stlmulatn e restolatne
TheIr mVltatlOn to those abeady m the room to
][111' them
In thc quenchmg
of thlrst was promptly
accepted
anc! olc! man (;1 eenhut
hlb1ed himself
m serv~ng them
H0\\ come \ au an TIImkle) met up ltke you done?" he
a"ked 'Ir
Parkel
pleasantl}
" 'T\\ a'n t nothm' much fil ",t off," 'oa1d that \;entleman
J 11111 dn' me \I d" mto d POkC1 £;amc last Saturday an' he was
"0111C,,01 e, be111 as he lost consld'ahle
of a \Yad
'Pears like
he hac! hard teclm s f r me long 0' me wm11m' the most on it,
an he tells one OJ t\lO what he wouldn't
never set m agam
II 1th me
, 1 heel'd ot It an 0 C0111<,e 1 ast h1111when I seen him
\\ holt the mea11ln \\ a" If he d ',l' sdld, gentle11lanbke, what he
Jc!t hke hI" luch \\a n t good enough, lust nachullv that'd
'a'
been all thel e v\ a:o to It, but he hemmed ,111' hawed a blt an'
then sa, s he rec1,.oned he d1c!n't hay e to "a, why he said lt,
"c 0' course the e \\ a n't but one th111g to do, more speCial as
111'-. tlleml"
an' nn fllends \I as both thele to see what It was
"culed 11~ht
[\I 111"a\ f 1 Hllnkle,
't he didn't shirk a fight
bnt he ,\ el e a leetle '-.10\\ 111the ellaw '
,\ ell 0' C(1\.11
"e th' 1" th111gs what no man c'n put up
'-.dlClold man Crleenhut \\lth Judlclal £;rdvlty, "an' If
\ uU tel! I\hat
B1111kle} \la" Cd"t111' dl"pehlO11s onto yO' play
111!r1,I ~dme 0 pokel peal <, ltke It sho' \\ dS needful for to
-]j()( t but T "ec they Ie a-b1111gm of hl111111hele, an' s'long's
th am t 110 (OJ onel 111tal', n T reckon J 11 ha, e to hold a inqne"t
Be111 as \ on done thiS ShOOt111'I'll have to ast you to
-t,l\ t111 It" helt ,w then I'll b111d ,011 over for the Gland
r nl \
\\ nh
'Thu C \I ('n t be no b111d111'done to me," saId Mr Parker
c1efianth
not 11 the bo)'s'lI stand Ly me
I won't stand for
to be tIed up b\ nobod)
"
HIS fnends
assUl ed hlm v oClferously
that they would
",tand bv him, and old man Greenhut assured h1111as soon as
he could be heal d that no 111chgnlty was contemplated
ra111 t noth111' bnt a fOlm 0' fictIOn what the law re([UllC- he '-.,ud '\11 s I'll do lS to make a note what you
~lec t01 t() appedl dtOlC the (Jland JUly \\hen yOu're wanted
fha"" \I hdt the la\\ "a, s t yOU must"
Oh, \I ell, It that" the la\\ an'the
am't no tYln' up to be
(11d J 111,l~l ee,lble
"alCI '[I Parl,e1 plea"antly,
and he called
I(J1 ,lllothu
10und oj c1lmk", 111c!uchng m h1s 1l1Vltdt10n the
tlllnd", of \fl B1mklc,
\lho came m beanng hiS rema111S
\ite1 they had all (11 nl1k to~ether amlLabh
the 111quest
\\ a", held ,llld '[I
1',11ku \' a" duly held all hl'" O\Yll 1eco£;11/'11ec
1111, bU11" deuJmph"hed
old 111all (,1 eenhut "d1d
) (11 lId" "pcdkm' ol d ~d111Cof (haw poker II hat yO 1 an'
the dl"'ed",ecl \\ d" "dUI1 III ,It Ill') (11 111uch of a pl'1) e1")'
, I \ ollldl1 t ~( "0 fm d" to '-.d\ tlut"
"aid \11 l'a' kel
1101 'e"tll
, 'hut I C n mo"t gen ly hold mv o\~n mto d game"
, Hc II come \ 011 11dlll t l1e, e1 cOll1e 'round here to play")"
lllr"'htecl the old mall
'] he ho}" l1a~ a >;ame III the 1,lch100111 it e([uent '
\\ ell
"a1d ,II T'alkel, "omewhat emhallassed,
"1 recLOll lllehhe the he"t \\a\ I c n put 1t 1" for to say what my
1, e1, ,1111 t t"tn
good \\hen I'm playm' wlth wllat v('u might
c,dl e, lCIj, an they tell 1,1e \\ hat "0111e 0' ,au un:o 1" COll'1<1,lhlc ,1,I1led
[
1CC \011
II h'lt \ ( u d lJettel jJnt that the L d lcetle h1t
pLll11l1
"'lId
I'l\c \\ llltelhottom
\\lth gleat
deltbel<ltlOn
'"'( unc1" ,,0111eItke 1\hat, on \\ as SdY111't TInnkle) was "aym'
I htl e ~ ot he1" he"le!c" } ou \\ hat won't stand f r no dlsper",1011'-.
hem c,l"ted ol1to the11 "tylt 0' pld} "
111 ,1111'tno c,lll l I } Oil to he "0 hell 1Odl111hd"ty, J ak(',"
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BROTHERS CO.
FT. WAYNE, IND.
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"That's
right," "aId BlaIsdell
"If the gent IS afear'd to
play th' ain't no use 0' tIym' to make hun Gleenhut"
But Mr Pal kel declared agam wIth profane emphasis
that he wa" afraId of nothmg dncI nobody, and to prove it
\vhen he saw \\Tmterbottom
and Pearsall
slllllm~ contemptuou'ily he followed the party mto the hack room and bought.
ChIp"
Bas"ett bemg ab"ent only thlee of the home partv sat at
the table, but Palkel
dnd a fnend of hI" lumed Bate" took
the fOUlth and fifth "edh and one Hathavv a}, \\ ho had been
of the IIImkley pal ty oUhlde took the e,IAth
'1 d kmcl 0' lIke to take It outen Hank Palku
"ol1le\\ay
]'1 \Ilut he clone to Dnnk Ju"t novv,' he "aId III a e,tage Wll1"pel to alloth(l Illdn \dw "talted to ICIlIUIl'itJate WIth hl111
\1eantlmc, It I" lHopu to c:Aplam the 'cmam" oj the LIte
III Bnnkle) hMI bcen tdken .1\\ e1\ h) the locdl undeItakel
CONGRESS STREET
Near Woodward Avenue
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GEORGE FULWELL,
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Proprietor.
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he vvas Vvaltlllg hIS tllne WIth the full expectatJOn
square w1th somebody
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of gettl11g
Then IS seemed as If the tllne had come
Thel e was a
Jackpot, and he sat to the left of Pearsall who dealt and who
vvas not credIted vvIth any speCIal skIll 111 dealIng
Ha\ IIlg the first say, l\1r Pa1ker passed WIthout looklllg
elt hI" cal d"
The othel s ulldel e,tood hI::' motlye of course,
dnd knew a::, well as he dlCI that he would I eap no advantelge unless he happened
to have a stroni!,' hand
\\ IIltel bottom,
who had the next '3eat, opened the pot
fOl the Sl/l of It, vvl1lch was $6
Bates pds"ed, BlaIsdell
stayed, ILatha\\ ay rahed It $0 and Pear"all dropped bringlllg
It up to Pdrker, who then lIfted hIS hand and looked at it
They could not tell anythlllg
by hIS exprC::,SlOn, but he
counted out $18 III clup'3 and shoved them forvvard, maklllg a
second raISe so that the ll1dlcations
VI, as
clear that he had
struck luck or was blufflni!,' strongly
vYll1terbottoll1
heSItated
a moment
but traIled
Then
BlaIsdell, who had nothll1g, but who saw that he might be
useful to \iVll1tel bottom,
put up hIS money
Hathaway
raised It $25
Parker \1' dS "tIll Immo\ ed and he pushed hIS whole stack
fon, ard makll1Q, a ral "e of $10 Cll $12, and of course concIudmg ll1S pal t m the bettll1Q,'
\V111terbottom,
who had
heen a W111nel up to that tune, put up enough to see the
double ral"e but IVent no fl1l thel aile! Dlal::,dell dropped
Then ITathaIVay, "eell1g that hIe, enemv's pIle wa::, all 111,
looked 0\ el at \1 I11terbottom's
Seel11~ a ~oodly numbel of
chip,; there he looked a £;alll , thl'3 tIme at 1\ I11telbottom's
face
C:;ol11ethm~ that he ::,aw there gel\ e lum pell1se, and aftel
"tudy Ill£.;el bIt he thl ew dO\iVnhIS Cdl ds
On thc dldW both men "tood l1c1t, and Pdl kel '-howecl
dOli 11 el <iUlen iull II Ith a confident
elll \vTlIlterbottom,
how
l\ el, shook lu" head
The game \Va" al1<l1?ged de, table e,tdkee, and each man
toot $'10 m chIps de, a 'ital tel
There \1 3e, no gl edt Che,POSltlOll
"'Ta111t no good," he "alel bnefl) , and "howed
fom
::,ho" n to make It a con \ el e,atlOnal gan1 e, but on the conb ary
each of the pIa} els seemed deeply Intent on the stuel, of hIS -.eY1l1S
calde,
There \'Vas m LIlt a genelal ul1preS"lOn In the com1\11 I'a1kel::, face d1d 110t change, but he lO:-.e flOm the
tdble
mt1111ty that "Ir Dnnldey \\ ould ha' e been Ju"tlfied m speakmg e\ en more plaml} than he clId to J\II Parker, and the
"I reckon I hal11't no call to pIa) pokel 111tOthIS C1owd,"
home part) pIa} eel cautloue,lj at fil ::,t, bemg anXIous to knovv
he "aId and started to lea\ e the room
1f he hael anv "peclaltles
m hIS gdl11e
"Hold on there I" ::,ald \v lIlterbottom
"Be111' as you're
\' one appeared for a tIme
Oil the contrary
J\Ir Heltlu
"0 p tIc'lar
about what''3 "aId 0' yom game I'll Just trouble
way, \\ho had 110 great leputdtloll
ae, e' player and wa" un) 011 TO "ay that
e,Ollle plal11el, "ame's you done to Brinkley"
\Van enou~h to h~iIay hIS pel'-onal enmltl hy hI" mdnnel,
"\0 offence," said l'cl1l\er unglacJOusly,
"I a111t lookmg
"Ull cedecl III gettlllg
thl ee gO( d SIzed pots from \Ir l\l1ker
t'r 110mo' Shootlll '3crapes, not to-day
T don't mean noth111' "
1Il"lde of half an hour and openly exulted in hIS sucu"s
"1\ ell," Sdlel old man (JI eenhut a" he left the room, "belll ,
\ r r Pal kel, ho\\ elt I, pIa} ed on Impel tUI Lably, and even dS hI::' comb" clone been cut lIke It has I reckon Hank Parker
II h Cll he had 10"t Ill" fi 1 -. t "tack and had bou!?,h t another he
won't "hoot IHJ 1110' ntl/ens
f'l ::,Ol11etlll1e 'Pears lIke he',>
~holl cd no \ eX,ltH)Il Hath('l It 1111/<hthdve been suppo::,ed that
clone clIoppcc1 hIs telll"
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Day and upwards,
European Plan, $ J 00 per
Day and upwards,
Hot and Cold Runmng Water
m all Rooms,
Rooms WIthBath extra.
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e,ald ]un DlalsdelI 111 a concIlIatory
tone
"'Tam't
lIkely the
gent has no such meamn' as you're tabn'
He done shovvcd
d few mmucb
ago vvhat he'd I uther fight nor take a msult,
an' bem' as he\ wllIm' to fight he'd speak plaIn enough If he
had th' Idee 0' gn mg any of VI e uns a msult
"1 take It," contmued
Blal"delI
"what he's afedr'd 0'
pldyllU( wIth them ~lVhat ondel stan de, the game
"You needr.'t to take It what I'm afear d 0' nothm',"
e:Acldlmed J\Ir J'alkel
dngnl}
,. fhen th' aIn't Ilothm' to ptl\ellt
you 1111'0 f m helVln' a
~d1llC lIght no\\, If all} on } e " cb"posed to 'pla},' "dld the old
mall Greenhut
gcttlng out the card" alld clupe, wIth great
promptnes"
"I ham't e,ald nothm' dbout pld} m 'now," saId \11 Palker, "an' I am't one to be devIled into dom' nothm 't I don't
want to do"
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lRAILROADS PLEAD --NOT GUILTY"
Declare That They Suffer From High Prices
While Freight Rates Are Lower.
j\s a refutatIOn of tbe cbal g e madc b, f!w111as \ \ La II
"on and otbels that the lal1lOacb ale lalgel)
lC~POI1~lhlc 101
the hIgh prices of pro' 1"1011.0 and othu commmhtle~
I epl e~Ultatn e~ of a numbel of ea"tel n roach ha' c I~"ued the 10110\\ 1I1g
statement·
"At a time when dctlve effOlt;;, ale be1l1g made to fi'\. thc
le;;,pon~lbi1lty for hlghel prices, It should bc mdde plal11 thdt
the ral1road" ha' e not 111 any v'dy been re"pon~lblc tOl the 111crea"e m the co~t of In mg
The) ha' e been the 'Ictlm~ ()!
lugh prices wIthout benefit1l1g flam thcm at all
"ThIs statement
IS not one 01 opmlOn-lt
hone
01 ldCt
supported by the officIal figures of the llllted
States Gm crnment
If beef, or pork, or flour. or an) othel commodlt'
costs more now than It cost 10 year:o ago not e, en thc tl action of a cent of the mcrease can be charged to tl an:opOI tatlUn
"The figures gathered by the Interstate
Commel ce Com
mission
show that the level of freIght rates has dec1med
steadtly
In 1897 It cost less than four-fifths of a cent to shIp
a ton of freight one mtle, 11 years later, in 1908, the ton-ml1e
rate was still lower, bemg about three-quarter~
01 a cent
"Bradstreet's
index numbers
for 96 commodltle"
~hm,
that the increase in the prices of these commodIties,
on the
average, from Jan 1,1890 to Jan 1,1909, \\a:o 21-1- per cent
If freight rates had mcreased dUring the same pCrlod at thh
ratio, the gloss freight receIpts fOl the yeal endcd T11I1C30
1908, would havc been $243,536,407 gl eatcI thdl1 thc) <lct11dlh
were
"Tbl" sum leple;;,en1">, thcn, ,\11dt II a" ~alul to thc ]ll1hhL
in tran"portation
COSls by leason of the pllCC ut tldn"pOltdtlun
not ad, ancmg along \\ Ith othu pIlLe"
"WhIle rates have dec1med, the pllCC ol elel}tlun~
tlldl
a ratlroad b11yS has advanced, so that the net c<lIlllng~ al e C11t
into from both ends
PeriodIcal
advance~ 111 I' age, hd I C
brought about a large mcrease in the cost ot lahOl
The total
cost of fuel for the country's ratlroads was 208 pel cent gTeatel
in 1907 than m 1897, though freight traffic 111CI
ea~ed onh 1-1-8
per cent, and passenger
traffic only 126 pel cent
"RaIlroads
are heavy purchasers
of e, er) th111g on the
market, from steel to butter, and no corporatIOn or mdlvldual
is more affected by a rise m price than a I allroad company
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tell "peclmen mcreases smce 1897, 111 the prices of things the
companle"
h<l\ e to buy, are as follows
Lead pipe, 55 per
cent y cllm, pIDe, 85 per cent; hemlock, 102 per cent, window
g-lass, 27 pel cent, cut natls, 62 per cent; common locks, 140
PCI cent steel door knobs, bronze plated, 171 per cent
These
<lie onh a fell e'\.dmples Illustlatne
of the general movement."
Selling Timber From Government Lands.
\ statement
J11~t rece1\ ed from the forest servIce office
at l'Ottland,
Ole, "ho\\s that the timber sdlc busmess
on
na tlOt1<\1fOt e~ts m the PaCIfic n01 thwest IS mcreasing
very
1 clj)ldh
Thh 1I1Uea"e IS regarded
as an mdex of the re11\ al of h11"mes:o m the lumber mdustry generally and shows
cd -0 thc g 1m, mg use of )J a tlOnal Forest
resources
by the
pubhc
The contrast
betvI een the amount and value of timber
~uld dlllm~ the last SIX months of 1909 and that sold during
thc COlIe'ipond111g period m 1908 IS very marked
The figllle, dlC tOI mo:ot of the natIOnal f01(sts in Oregon and Wash1I1gton, and they ;;,hovv timber sales of over 52 million feet,
lor nearly $114,000, dUring the last six months of 1909. This
compare;;, vvlth sales of dbout 17 ml11l0n feet, for a total of
$27000, dUring the same period in 1908
The local officers of the department
al e very m~lch
plea"ed \\Ith the fact that the demand for national
fore~t
tlm bel IS mu ca 'illlg so deCIdedly
The prospects
for the
comlllg SIX months are I egarded as promising even better than
"hat has becn I ealtzed III the period just past It is claimed
that thl~ lllcrccblllg Umber sale busllless opens the way to
maEa£;cment of the natIOnal fOI ests along the best ltnes, by
pel1111ttlllf; the I emm al of ovcl-matured
and decadent ttmber
1\ lllc h ha ~ pI dctlCdll I comc
to a stand stIll m p01nt of growth,
dnd dllo\\ lll~ replacement
of these ttces WIth a fully "tocked
~ldll(l uj lclJlHlh ~10"lllg young trees
Grand Rapids Furniture Leather.
Ddhm &.. Klelcr, tanners of Grand RapIds, who added a
ltll111tUI e leathel department
last fall have made a pleasing
~ucce~:o of the ,cnture
They dress goat and sheep skins
col0t111g them a" de"11 ed by upholsterers
who apprecIate the
dClvantdgc of be1l1g db Ie to obtain the supply of leather at
home
C:;ofal the film have had no dIfficulty 1ll dIsposing of
theIr output, the qualtty of whIch IS equal, If not better, than
that of leather ordered from eastern tanners at SImilar prices
WEEKLY
ARTISAN
RETAIL FURNITURE
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ADVERTISING
Conducted by H. H. STALKER.
Dealers Are Urged to Send in Samples of Their Advertisements and to Offer Any Suggestions
and Helps Which They Believe Will Be of Benefit to Others. This Department
Aims to Be of Practical Sel"vice. Help Us to Make It So.
How al e the ads pullmg?
Got started on that booklet yet?
Those new cuts are an improvement, aren't they?
Don't you find that folks pay more attention to your
wmdow displays, since you began to give them more attentIon?
Have you rearranged your floor dIsplays lately?
Kmd 0' freshel1'3 up a store to change the furniture
casional1y. Try it
oc-
clearly and use lIberally of white space. Get COpy in early,
have the newspaper submIt proof. Then go over it carefully
Improving the appearance in every way possible. This will give
your sale a tremendous impetus right from the start, a good
start is half of any race
Back this ad up with the goods,
cauttous treatment, tactful suggestions and lively interestIng smaller ads as the sale progresses, and you'll vote the
Lhmg a big succes::, when its all over.
A good many furniture houses. are planning on a February Clearance Sale. Suppose you try a full page "ad" as a
starter.
Have a special headmg made, or select one from
the bulletins of stock cuts whIch reach you from time to
time. Then write the strongest, most convincing and interesting opening paragraph you can flame, and follow with
good cuts, brief descripttons and bold pllces of say, ten or
fifteen bargams
Arrange these so that each WIll stand out
A very successful plan follO\,\ed by many furmture men
and one not by any means new, IS that of watching the papers
for birth, marnage and new arnval announcements.
For each class a form letter IS prepared.
For 1I1stance when a marriage lIcense is announced, a
courteous and cordIal letter IS sent to the pair, inviting them
to the store and mentlOning a few items calculated to interest.
The letter to new atrivals m town deals with the matter
from the standpoint of the needs hkely to arise-furniture
broken or marred in being shipped and of pieces needed to
properly fill out the new home.
BIrth records are filed and at the right time a letter is
sent call1l1g attentlOn to cribs and baby carriages.
These things take time and attentlOn, but I have yet to find
the dealer who dlscontmued the practIce after once beginn1l1g it
A very common practice in department stores and indeed in many others is that of advertising a special or leader
which is sold at little or no profit and is designed primarily
to get people into the store. I believe this could be worked
out better in the furniture business and more often than it is.
For instance, get a quantity of some reasonable priced novelty and advertise it for a certain day, arrange them in a part
of your store that will allow of grouping other attractive
articles near by. Suppose you have a kitchen cabinet near at
hand or a davenport bed, or any special or advertised article
WIth good selling joints easily and quiCkly made. Have all
these things conspiciously displayed and your salesmen
dnl1ed. Then when the people come in for the cheap special,
it will require no great amount of tact to interest them in the
other things
By laying your plans carefully splendid results
will follow. Start looking up some good leaders. Get the
people in your store
Then make your talk so convmcing
that they'll save some of their money
When a salesman
persuades a ~ oman to mvest in worthless thmgs he hasn't
much to be proud of But in persuading her to invest m
furniture you are doing her a service
This thought should
add strength to your sales talk
Coroners May HSit on Fires.
Attorney-General
O'Malley of New York has advised
the superintendent of insurance of that state that the laws
enacted in 1909 give authonty to a coroner, sheriff or deputy
sheriff to summon a JUIy whenever It is made to appear by the
affidavit of a credltble witness that there IS glound to believe
that any bUlldmg has been mahclOusly set on fire or attempted
to be and the coroner, shenff or deputy sheriff is requested in
wntmg by the presIdent, secretary or agent of any msurance
company or by two or more reputable freeholders to investigate the truth of such belief
The state furnishes an expeditious method of making inqUIry into facts and circumstances relatmg to a fire beheved to be of an incendiary
origin.
Herewith IS :-,hown one of the best "general publicIty"
"ads" of "mall S17e that I have seen in a good whIle The
heading IS bold and attractive and at once catches the home
mterest
"Your home" are two magIc words to most folks,
for nearly everybody IS mterested m a home. While this ad
IS good, It might have been strengthened by a specific suggestlOn or two together wIth pnce.
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Should be the brightest n cst! omehke home you
k 0 v of I'llU
Have
bought anythmg new
to br gh en It up?
your home IS 1I1 a
rut-needs a fe v bnghteners to make It more
COs)
.and cornior
able
The Heyman Store lS full of sugge"tJans for
makmg 1t a more attractn e horn", Fifty years
expenence tn n akmg nevI- homes and bnghten
mg up old homes make<; )t tl e logIcal store to
go to
EverytIung
for the home
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NASHVILLE,
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Mr Phelps of Phelp-, &- Brad<.,ilLet. \Il11neapoh.., )<.,pL,C
mg orders \\Ith our manutaLtl1leI'o
E G Pdrtndg-e, a ,ett>lan dealel at ]amL"tU\\n
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laymg m hI." first stock of Grand Rapids tm nltUI e
Several carloads of furmture
\\ 111be 'oll1pped to 101edo
,n the near future, a:o the 1esult of the, hIt ot B \Iel1ll1t~
C M. Plum of San f'ranCl"co
\\ ho e;c11~the plOcluCh at
the Berkey & Ga} and the Phoem'( rurl1ltm e Lompan\ b cl
1ecent arnval
Weaver
& Son have opened a "taLk of (;1 and RapId"
furmture
ln LockpOJ t, ~ Y
Thc firm came hel e dnd pmcha<.,ed the same
J M :V[eneffe of ~Ie,(lco, \10. \\ ho 1" 111Granel RapJd..,
for the first tIme, has ~n en hI" a ppi 0\ al tu the "'La~un " "t\ It"
and workmanship.
F Stukenborg
of C111unnatJ \iJ I"ee\ llle nl I"lt'\ 111e &"\Vapplee;. Kansas CIty and !\ D Seaman of Seamdn & Co ,
::YIllwaukee, are bu} 111g hberalh
John L "\Vm:oton ,\ho ha.., lecenth
engagecl 111the sale
of fmnlttlre
111Lynchburg-.
Va, "talted fJ~ht 1)\ pm Lba"llU?
I11s Imtlal stock m Gland RapJCls
~Ir Cooper of Cooper & Hammond.
\\ ho e;ell tm mturc
to the prospeiOUS farmel e; of 10\\ a fI om then lar~c stOl e J1,
OUunnva, IS here
The "t}les ha\e \\on hIe; adl1111atJon and
he wl11 purchase
Grand Rapid" furllltUIL laigeh
hCle3.1tel
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'II Ul1on, PULblo, '\ D Mal,11 of C UOpCIS\ llle; J B Eastmgs
nt La Gl ang e 0 and r A Eckelsfels of Flfe Lake are m the
un
1)11\me, fur11ltUl e for stocks
(,eOlge r \\ eeb of Baldwm & \'Veeks, Akron, 0, partlupated ll1 the late tnennlal
conLla, e of the Klllghts Templdr.
)n U11cagu ,mu then came to Grand Rapld<; to purchase goode;
John Rett111g of Rettmg & Son, who sell large quantItIes
ell turn ltUl e 111the Creen
Mountam
state ,at the Clty called
I\ldttleboro
h 111 the malket
Mr Rettmg 13 paY1l1g hIS first
\ l~Jt to G' ,111dRapids but has found <;0 many artIcles smtahle
I II 11h t1,U!c that he I" purchas1l1g- hberally
Lesson From a Fire.
[he \ rll1ker", ~ Y. Herald,
commentmg
on the
\ ha 1 Lan "'ed a loss of SSO,OOO m th3.t Clty on February
file
3,
fil e m a e;t01e loom of the Smlth Cal pet company
uJl1cln"n el) that there ale fir~ proof bulldmgs, wlllch
11cl11} ha, e doubted
And It serves to plOve hkewlse that
mal1\ fire plOof bUJldmgs may be deCIdedly dangerous
unless
pl l)pel h \ entJlated
[he le""on of that fil e <;hows moreover that the need of
dl! ect wnnectlon
between aU the cIty's large bmldings
and
hI e heaclqudl tel:-, IS hke\\ lse a necessIty
But as to the fire
plCJot b11l1dl11g" It 1:0 \'Yell known that conllete
Wlll not
hUII1 Dut l! on and :o.teel girders wl11 yield under a suffiClent
~1r One;on, the hghtJ1Jng-hke bu\ CI tor tht ~1edt hou"e
de~l ee nf hedt
Concrete walls wlll stand, of course, but they
of Abernathey,
Xorth & OJJson
Kan"a"
Clh
h \\ alk1l1g
ha, e not succeeded
m perfectJng
concrete
gl! ders yet, to
through the warelOoms and keepmg the salesmen Jumpmf; 111
st3.Dd the stram
theIr efforts to note hI." ordel s a" fast as he calls out hlS
The fire m a very shOl t tIme destroyed
many thousand
:oelectlOns
dollal S \\ 01 th of <;tock, but had the hUJlding been more or
The veteran Colonel c\bernathe\
of Lea\ e11\, 01th, Kan"a,.,
le<.,e;mftamll1ahlc constl uctIOn the loss Vv ould have undoubt\'\ ho bu} S hlS <;tock fOI the 10\\ est pllce:o conceele,l to an} man
edh I eachul the hundl eds of thousands
in the vvorId, IS placin~ heavv orcIels
FJHeen cadoads
of
chaIrs IS a smgle ordel placed V\ ith the Grand RaplcIs Chall
company
The colonel injects actlvltv mto the malket whenHandled by One Firm.
evel he comes here
~ con cspondent
of the MichIgan Artisan at Baltimore,
Mr Avery of Comstock & A.vel) PeoJJa, III . :;\11 Ell
cIreth of Holton & Hildreth,
Chicago,
Loui,., OttenacI of St
Louis, A Bamhelger
of Chicago,
MI Johnson
of JacksonVille, Ill. \"\ H Clal k of Decatul,
M1Ch , E C Ransom of
GJIbelt, Ransom & Knapp Jacke;on. ~[lch , Chdlle" Jackson
of Corunna, :lVflCh,]\,Ir KreIsel at /\.It:-,t111
, 1 exas, :'vIr Southard of Southard
& Pratt, Toledo,
MI. Morton of Perk1l1s &
fhe
p
0\ t-,
\\ JJtmg unclel elate of August 10, 1880 gave the following iniOlmiltJon m legal d to the sale of Grand Rapids ftllniture
in
that cIty
, KhppCl, \Vebster & Co are 1ecen mg larg e quantities of
furlllture from the factones of Grand Rapids
This lS the only
firm that handles Grand Rapids furl1Jture 111 tl11s Clty and their
business lS large and profitable."
WEEKLY
ARTISAN
Brisk Demand for Carpets.
All repolh
from the east agree that the cunent
featme
m the cal pet and rug market I" the 1mprO\ ement m demand
for three-qualtel"
gOOl]-., It \va" ])('lle\ ul that the earl)
hea\ y sales of rugs \\ auld rest! Ict demand for carpet..,
On
the cont!al},
a steady ImpIO\ ement I" shown
DuplIcate
orders dre comlJ1g steadIly Jl1 spite of pnce advance~ on pnncipal hnes
Selhng agents expres::, much ::,aU"factlOn ov er the bu"iness lJ1crease, and are SUIpnsec1 at the early heavy c1uphcate
orders
IVlthdlawals
of both carpet and lug lme') ha\ e been
numelOUS
In some quarters
t\\o-thuds
of the hnes "ho\\n
at the openmg have been wIthdrawn,
and mother
quartel,)
full} one-half
PromlJ1ent sellmg a~ent::, state that the wIthdrawal" ale posltl\ e II hen Ii I" crmsHlerec1 that pnces hay e
been advanced two or tllJ ee tIme') "mce the opeDln~ uf the
season, the fact that these lme.., hay e been sold up "how:o that
trade has been exceptIOnally
good
Demand from the 1\ est has been unu"ually
heavy and
busme')s m that ::,ectlOn seem" to be e'(cellent
The south
has also taken large quantities,
and duphcate
orders from
that qualter are heavy
At present there is a strong demand
from the south for three-quarters
carpets of vanous descnptions
Tapestnes
and wlltons have been favored, and buyels
have expressed
ch..,appolJ1tment at the \\lthdrawal
of certam
of the most popular patterns
m these
Cel tam 111111swhICh
have not made pnce advances as } et are expected to do so
soon as they are repOl ted to be heaVIly sold up, dnd theIr
raw matellal to be practically
exhau~ted
Supphes of new carpet \v ool Will cost from 3 to 4 cents
per pound more than last year, and It IS hardly pos"lble that
these mIlls can tU1"n out ham new wools at pnces now pre-
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vailing
Alexander
Smith & Sons Carpet company
report
duphcate
spnng
busll1ess exceptlOnally
hea\ y
The most
notICeable 1J11pJOvement is on three-quarters
~oods, such as
tape"tnes,
Wilton" and axmmsters
The carpet sale::, smce the season opened ha \ ~ ')hown a
mal ked lJ1crea"e 0\ er la')t yeal. and \\ Ith duphcate
order,
"tl1l c0111mg the I e')ults for the season WIll, It I" expected,
break recolds fOI four or five sea:oons
An Important Infringement
Case.
The Seeger Refngerator
company
has started
SUIt m
the federal court at St Paul, "0.1mn, agamst the vv hlte Enamel
Refngerat01
company
askll1g damages
for mfnngement
on
patent nghts. etc
The complamant-.
a::,k that a permanent
111J unctlOn be Is..,ued forbldd111g the IVhlte Enamel Refngerdtl r company to manufactu1 e refngeratol
~ made accord111g to
the L\me~ patent, that an account111g be I eqmred ::,how111g
what profit.., the company has made from the manufacture
and sale of these refngerators,
and that Judgement
in that
amuunt be rendered
111 favor of the Seeger company.
The
court granted
a temporary
restra1l11l1g order and WIll take
lesilmony on the ments of the case at a heanng on a motion
£01 dlSsolutlOn of the wnt
The proceed1l1gs are based on the allegation
that the
Ames patent, under whIch the liVhlte Enamel company have
heen manufactunng
and sell1l1g refngerators
for about eight
} ears, IS an 1l1fl1l1gement on the Quinn patent. owned by the
Seeger conlpany.
The complainants
estimate that under the
~\mes patent the vVhlte Enamel company have manufactured
and sold 15,000 raIlroad car refrigerators
at a profit of $40 on
each car, and 75,000 household
refngerators,
at a profit of
$15 on each, mak1l1g a total profit of $1,715,000
SINGLE CONE ALL STEEL SPRINGS
Are very popular with the Furniture Trade.
$2~
$2~
Each
Each
Net
Net
No. 46, Single Cone, $2 Each, Net.
We manufacture a full line of Single and Double Cane All Wire Springs.
SEND
US
YOUR
ORDERS.
SMITH &. DAVIS MFG. CO., St. Louis
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND NEWS
C H Bauer, "old his furmtu1 e store at Bethany, :'10, to
E. W Prentiss
P H Schwek, furniture
dealer of Tama, Iowa, has sold
out to Cochrane
& Plumb.
E 1'\ Schlager,
furmture
dealer ha" mo\ ed from Ro::,alia to VVenatchee, \Vash
Roberts & Son, undertake1 s of Sterlmg, .l\ ebr , ha\e sold
their busmess to Zink Bros
Sweet & BIggs of Grand RapId..., hay e moved theIr upholster)
plant to Allegan, :'hch
The Johnson Furmture
and Hardy\ are company of Fluvanna, Tex, has been chssoh ed.
Henry Kahn succeeds the ZImmerman
& G1ay Fur11lture
company, dealers at Racine, vVis.
Wtlham
\VIlltams has purchased
the furniture
business
of Alfred Johnson at Deerfield, W 1S
B. Gold, furn1ture dealeI of Vi. elch, \V ,-a, \\ 111open a
branch store at Red Gramte, same state
The Pnor rurmture
company, dealers of Dem e1, Colo,
ha" been inc01 po rated
CapItal stock, $5,000
O. E Perry, fm11lture deale 1 of Alban}. Ore, h 1eported
as closing out hIS stock, \\ 1th the mtent10n of engagll1g 111
the busmes" 111some othe1 to\\ n m that state
The Harry II Sm1th, company furmture dealer., ot Lh na
Ohio, have mcorporated
Cap1tal stock, 5;50,000
G \V. and G E Meyers of Cheshire, Conn, hay e been
granted a patent on a "combmat1On article of fm mtm e '
Ha"eltme
& Gordon hay e purchased
the e,ce1s10l manufactunng
plant of Charles S ~ esm1th at :'lcrnmack.
'\ H
W H Peden of Fredencksburg,
\- a, b rebl\1ld111g hI"
excelsior works that were recently totally destroyed
by fire
The \V1lham Abel & Sons compan),
deale1 s m housefurmsh111gs, of Cle\ eland, O. hay e mcorporated
Cap1tal
stock, $25,000
Gomp1echt
& Benesch,
furmture
deale1" ot Dd1t1l1l0re,
Md, have purchased
the stock of then compet1to1 s J uhus
H111es & Sons
The Athens (Ga) Mattless and Bed Sp1mg compam are
conside1 ing inducements
offe1 ed for the remo\ al of then plant
to Cordele, Ga
S. W. Dobson succeeds the Burnham FurmtUl e com pan} ,
dealers at BIsbee, A1 i7 He owns the buildmg m \\ h1ch the
store is located.
The K1el Furmture
company is bUlldmg t\\O add1t1Ons to
the plant, in 111h\ aukee-a
bOIler 100m and a storage house,
each to cost $10,000
The liab1hties of the Eagle Furniture
compan) of Lexmg-
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ton, ~ C, \\ h1ch recently \\ ent into the hands of R. F. Dalton as 1ecen er m bankruptcy
are scheduled at a little more
than $100,000, assets, $85,000
C R Van Marter, H M Maus and W, H. Poulson have
orgd111zed the Kmgman Undertaklllg
company, capitalized
at
$15.000, to take 0\ er the business heretofore conducted by Mr.
,-an :'Iartel at Klllgman, Ariz
:'Ia1 qual dt & Zarbel, furniture
dealers and undertakers
of Oshkosh,
\Y1o" hay e dlsolYed partnership.
Mr. Zarbe!
1 etmng
R E :i\1arquardt will continue the business under
the name of il1arquardt
& Co
The plant ot the ~cme :l\1anufacturing
company of Pittsburg Pa, recently burned, is bemg rebuilt.
Heretofore
they
hay e manufactUl ed \\ ooden specialties, but will put in suitable
machmery
and may give more attention
to furniture
in the
future
Offic1als of the Gold Medal Camp Furniture
cbmpany of
Racme, \\ IS . a1 e repOl ted as saying that the mam reason for
the recent mcrease m then capital stock from $60,000 to
S300,000 IS then mtent10n to establIsh a factory in Ontario,
and thus "get 0"\ er or under" the Canadian tariff wall
The Bass Brothers company, department
dealeis of Griftm Ga, held the1r annual meeting on "groundhog"
day, made
all "tockholders
dIerctors and declared a div1dend of 100 per
cent on the pa~t ) ear's bu..,mess
The stock is owned by H.
H Bass, J L Bass, B H Moore, B C. Randall, W. T Scott
and il1lSS Kate Camp, J R Thaxton is manager of the furniture department
Firm Dissolved-Name
Retained.
The firm of McManus Bros , of Eltzabeth,
N. J , was dis"nh ed b} mutual consent on February
10 Walter McManus
buy mg h1s brother's interests and contmuing
the business under the same firm name (McManus
B10s)
The workmg
capItal of the busmess rema1l1S intact and the management
the same as 1t has been for several years past.
The bus111ess
\\ as e"tabltshed
by \JYalter McManus and John J. O'Ne111 in
1882 as :'IC}1anus & O'Neill, in 1885 Joseph McManus
was
admItted
as a partner
and John J O'Neill
retiring.
The
stores are well appointed
and very spacious,
and command
a good suburban
trade as well as quite some following on
Staten Island, New York.
Marquetry
was used unsucceessfully
as an ornament
for
furmture by the manufacturers
of Grand Rapids thirty years
ago. It d1d not please the buyers.
Carvings in plenty were in
demand 111that year.
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Pitcairn Varnish Company
Manufacturers of
Reliable Varnishes of Uniform Quality
Our Motto:
"NOT HOW CHEAP-BUT HOW GOOD"
C. B. Quigley, Manager Manufacturing Trades Dep't.
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WEEKLY
ARTISAN
25
DEATH OF DAVID W. KENDALL
John T Strahan,
supenntendent
of the Phoenix
Furniture
company,
who engaged 111m to come to Grand RapIds, and
Another Prominent Grand Rapids Furniture Man- enter the employ of the company a'i an aSsIstant de;,igner
ufacturer Answers a Sudden Summons.
HIS 1 eSIdence 111Grand RapIds dated back to 1879 and wIth
the exceptIOn of two years ;,pent wIth Carlton L Beardslay
Da'Id II
Kendall who dIed m the CIty of \Iexlco
on
111DetrOIt and three years wIth the Berkey & Gay Furniture
Feblualy
Ib, wa" born 111the clt) of Rochester,
NY,
111
company, his tIme and talents were devoted to the welfare
October
1851
He learned the cab1l1et makers'
art 111 111'; of the Phoenix Furniture
company
tather s ..,hop 1111111edldtely after leav1lJ~ school and early
As a deSIgner Mr Kendall was resourceful
and origmal,
e,mced
a talent for drawmg
and pa111t1l1g It 1" 'oald that
u"ually in advance of the trade and the tImes.
Many of hIS
dUllng hIS noon hours at the shop, when a )outh, he vvould
productIOns were so mentonous
that he deserves such recogsketch figure" or callcatures
Up011 the bottoms
of bureau
nItIOn as has been conferred upon Sheraton,
Chippendale
and
drawers
or odd bIts of wood and that he cra, ed that Inthe noted desIgners
of France
and Italy
In hIS work he
laId the foundatIOns for the Kendall school of art
He compounded
many fancy finishes and UltIlI7ed metal in many
way 'S as d suh..,tItute for can mgs and 111lays \" hen the trade
tll ed ot those for111s of decoratIOn
The glo%y hlack iron of
Bell111, antIque brass tnmm111gs and fancy carved work were
111trocluced by J\[r Kendall
He was a master of compo<.atlOn
and m the mtel pretatlOn of the purposes
of the master de..,lgners of past generatIOns
he had few equals
vIr Kendall
was not popular,
generally
speak111g, becau~e he dId not "eek populanty
Outside
of hIS bus111ess
dUjt'a111tances he was lIttle known.
He had well grounded
Ideals and lIved close to them
To an opinion once formed he
clung tenacIOusly, and great) enjoyed the discussIOn of prohlem" m whIch he took an 111terest espeCIally when hIS arguments wel e opposed
At the tIme of hIS death Mr Kendall ,,,as the trea;,urer,
..,npel mtendcnt
and deSIgner of the Phoe11lx Furntmre
company, m whIch he was largely 111teresteel as a stockholder
Henry C. Schaefer. Victim of Apoplexy.
} rom the effects of a thltel ;,troke of apoplexy '" l11ch he
~l1ffered on February
7, Henry C Schaefer, a well known
fnr11ltnre "ales111dn and commIssion
clealer, died in St 2'llary';,
hospItal, GI and RapId" on Fnday, February
18, aged 58 years
:\Ir Schaefer ,va" formerly a re"ldent of EvanSVIlle, Ind, and
[01 se\ el al year;, tray elled f01 the K11l1gman FurnIture
company ot Gland RapId"
Seven yeaI" ago he came to Gland
Rd plcls and went 111to the ftllll1ture commI SSIOn hU"111e,,~ WIth
hI" two ;,ons, Hem) F and \\ alterC The decea'oed had a WIde
aCCll1a111
tance among ftllniture
manufactureI",
buyers and 'SelIcI ~ anc! hac! dn excellent 1 eputation for 111tegIlty and abIlIty
Busy Factory in Toledo.
DA VID W KENDALL
"U udlOn
111the tIne al h \\ hlLh
11l
latel
} eal " he "vas able to
ohtam
~Ir ~enddll
wa,', be"t kncmn on account
of hI" lon~
..,enlce 11l the fur111ture tIdde
HI;, fir;,t employment
"va"
"Ith the \I ooton De..,k com pan} at Inehanapoli",
I nd
~ man
named IVooton had mvented
t\\ a speCIaltIes m office desk,
but wa.., unable to perfect them mecha111call}
HIS 1I1ventlOn
ante-elated the roll top or curtam desk now generally
u"ed
In mechanICS .J,II Kendall was a natmal ge111us and when the
sample de",ks \\ el e placetl before hIm he mstinct!vely
found
the ImpelfectIon.., and Cjlllckly remedIed the "ame
Mr Kendall deSIgned the \I ooton desks aftel \\ aul and theII sale
\\a;, Hly 1,Llge Y\ OOt011faIled In 1873 dnd :Ur Kendall then
laund emploYl11tnt '\Ith all ardlltect
named Shdhan, 11l ChICdgO, \\here
he de\ eloped great abIlIt} d,', a c1raughtsman
\Vllllc su engaged
he attlactcd
the attentIOn
of the late
1 oledo, Ii eb 18 -The
Hucke} e Parlor
Furl11ture C0111pam are \ CI} bu"y at tll1::otune
The factOly IS be111g nm
tu full capaCIty to keep up WIth the demands of the company b tl ade
Se, ent} employes
are on the pay roll
The
company al e OCCUPY111ga 'SubstantIal four story brick bul1dmg 100'{ 120 feet anc! have recently opened np on the fourth
floO! one of the hand"oll1est "ample rOOms that can be founc!
an} where
The c!I"play of the Buckeye
goods numhers
'Se, en hund1 eel pleces-conslstmg
of three and five-pIece suites
da\ enports,
couches and rockers
the ma111 portion
of the
th"play consist111g of davenports
of which goods the c0111pany
make one hundred
and two CllSt111C'tpatterns,
",hlch doubtle"s place'S the Buckeye
Parlor
Fmniture
company
in the
f01 efl ant a" 111anufacturers
of thI,', l111e of goods
FOl ty-fi' e Tungsten
lIghts al e used m the dIsplay r00111,
the walls of which al e tinted green, the floor covered With
!2,"1 een carpet
and the w111doV\s adorned WIth reel draperie,
rhc ..,ampIe r00111 is one of the most effectIve of Its k1l1cl, and
VI d.., 'SUpI0110Unceel by the
\ I<.,It111l:;
elealels who attended
the
OhIO RetaIl FurnIture
Dealer,',' ConventIOn here thIS week.
ARTISAN
WEEKLY
OHIO RETAIL FURNITURE DEALERS.
(ContlDued
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17
17
27
"2\ldlch 2
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Apnl
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Dec
Jan'y
Feb'y
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from Page".)
The Gobrecht-Geyel
Lompany, '\ 01 \yooel
\V S Carhle & Sons Co, Columhu"
Lom" Hellman,
Cmcmnatl
~tewal t Bras rm n Co, Colum hu"
Tennenbaum
& Mode Cl11Cmnatl
(,rosse BlOS CmunndtJ
..JTennenbaum'
HI os & Co Cmcmnatl
5 Adolph Klem, Cmcmndtl
5
Lom;, "2\lalA & Bros (\e\\pOlt)
Cmunlldtl
6 Jake 1ennenbaum
& Co, Cmu11natl
11 A Stemhamp
& lo, ClnUllnatl
15 1he (0111 ov &. Le\ \ ( a , \1 lclclletcm 11
17 \Vtlham
ByJDe, Diy ton
17 The Cappel F11In Co, Day ton
N Art7, Day ton
17 \\
17 H D H11hel &. Co DZl\ t( 11
18 Mav & Co, Day ton
24
The Fan, F C Buddmgton,
\1g1
(111
7 Theo Heck & Co . Clllclllnatl
2 Val Loewer,
Columbu"
2 H. B Rodevv 19- & Cn , Belial! e
Co, Ely na
3 vVllkms-Hubt
& SmIth, CIe\ eland
3 Fleshelm
4 J D Cochlan, COI11l111111"
lu.
C(JIUllll111~
5 Home Furillshm£;
Sldles & :\ eedleI, \ an ,,\ el i
9
lo
POlhllwmh
9 The Samuel Horcho\\
10 Brown Bl o~, Clev eland
bIb
11 Shannon r mlll tm e (0 Co 111111
14 S Kohn & Son;" Cle\ eland
19 VV S Carhle & Son-, Co, ( llUlllbu"
18 Dme's Fmlllture
Hou"e, l111um1cltl
1910
The Herbert l~Ull11tm e Co, (mclllnatl
27
P Zachman, Cmunnatl
3 Thos
Geo Belz, (In eland
4
4 Carhle &.. Kelr, Colul11hu~
Cook'.., Son", Clllcmnatl
4 Anthon)
Co, Cln elancl
4 Strauss-.MlllcI
7 \Ym \Velschl11e1el, lIe\ eland
7. C L Clowell, Leetol11a
9 The Blebel lurl11tme Co lIeyeland
& Co, ClIlC11111dtl
11. The E hleeman
11 Fred J I, e\, Loram
14 The Frohook Fmilltmc
Co, Columhu"
300
3 00
) 00
') 00
300
300
300
300
)00
') 00
300
) 00
) 00
) 00
') 00
) 00
) UO
300
300
3 00
) 00
) 00
) 00
) 00
300
608
-1-17
') 00
3 00
1 7;
') 00
300
300
300
3 00
300
300
300
300
') 00
) 00
) 00
3 00
600
Total
.
5JlS0QO
The followmg
lS ltemlzed
hst of ordels
dra\yn smce
FebJUary 15, 1910, begmmng wlth order:\o
183, to-Wlt
183. C. M Voorhees, sec'y, for expense to CmcmnatI
and return, fifth annual conventJOn, Febl uary 16
and 17, 1909.
. . .. . "
. " $ 700
184. Postage
...
.. " " . .,
200
185
Chenngton
Pnntmg
& Engravmg- Co, 200 Rlbbon Badges for annual meetmg- at Cl11cmna±1
r; 00
186 C M. Voorhees,
sel vIces of stenogI aphel. 101
months of F eblUar} and ::\1arch 1909
10 00
187. Amencan Pubhshmg
Co., for supphes as follows
175 postal cards
.
.$375
500 applicatJOn
cards......
. 250
500 envelopes No 10.......
. .
250
1000 envelopes
6}4.......
. .. ,
2 50
11 2S
188
C M. Voorhees, for sen lces of stenogl.lphcl
f01
1000
April and May
.
189
C. M. Voorhees, on account, for selVlces as seCletary for yeal begmn111g- Fehlual vIS, 1909
2~ 00
190
C. M. Voorhees,
on account,
fOl serVIces as
1~00
secretaly
secretary
.,
1000
192. Postage
. .....
..
200
193
C M Voorhees, for serVlces of "tenogldphel
fOJ
months of June, July and August
..
1500
194
C. M Voorhees,
on account of sen lces of stenographer for months of Septembel
and October..
10 OJ
195. American Publishing
Co, Columbus.
250 envelopes
$1.50
500 1 ecelpt-,
2 50
1000 letter head"
375
775
IfJ6
E H Sell & Co , Lal cl mde", cabmet, gmde and
mele" cards
-1-8J
l'o~ tage
1000
C \l \ oorhees, fOl sen Ices of o,tenographel
for
month-, ot \memhel,
Decemhel
anel January, at
S'i 00 pel month
1500
199
l \1 \ oOlhec" cApense", teleglam and telegraph
150
fotal
$1629C
Total 1 ecelpts
$1f)500
loLt! dl~lJtll "Ulle11h
16290
$ 210
! ()t,d ,1l1wnnt of clne" uncollected
February
10 1910 .SI8S 00
Re~pectfullJ
subI11ltted,
SIg-ned, C M Voorhees,
Secletary
1he follem ln~ 1 epOl t of the executn e conl111Jttee was
11e"t lead1n
Cha11111an B r KelJ of Columbus
WhlCh was
aho accepted
REPORT OF EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE.
1 he fil st meet111g of the State Executive
Committee
was
lleld 111 the eal h part of Septel11bel 111the office of the secret,u:, C \J \ oOlhees, Columbus,
Oh1O
l'resldent
H W.
\JOley, "eCletal}
C ill Voorhees,
chaIrman,
B F. Kerr, P.
\\ Sie\\dlt
dnd \V r Ganett
were plec;ent
Mattels
pertdl11lJ1g to the \\ cHare of the as"oClat1On wel e dIscussed, and
the dd tt ~et on \\ hICh the ExecutlVe CommIttee vvas to go to
loledo
Ohw, to make arrang emen ts fOI the Annual
State
C Oll\.entton
.0Jovel11ber 17, 1909. the State ExecutIve
Commlttee
met
111Toledo, Oh1O, at Hotel Secor
Presldent
H VV. Morey,
Chamnan
B r Kerr, George B vVlckellS, P. W. Stewart and
\\ 1 Gan ett \\ ere present
A numhel of the Toledo dealers,
d 1 Cpl e-,ent"tn e of the Toledo Chamber
of Commerce,
and
tht pI Opl letOl s of sevel al hotels met WIth us.
Mr. \V m
Byrne of Day ton, Oh1O, stal teel to the meeting, but dId not
get thel e, 01\ 1l1g to the wreck of the tra111 on vvhlch he was
a pa s"en~ el. and 111\\ 11Jch he \\ a" sltghtly 111Jured However,
pI 0\ lc1ence o,]Jaled h1111to dehvel hlS address to us here toda \
PI eltllll!1cllV ,u 1 ang ements were made for the holdmg
ot the conventIon
Our next meet111g vvas held at Columbus,
Ohio, at the
::\ell House
PreSIdent H \1\ 1'1101 ey, secretary
C I'll Voorhees, chaIrman B F Kerr, P. W Stewart and \TV F Garrett
vvere pl esent, at whIch t11ne we cllscussed ways and means
for gettmg out an offiClal program and mailing same to the
clealers of the state
The next meetmg,
about a week later, was held at the
office of the Home Furnishmg
company, Columbus,
Ohio, at
\\ hlch tm1e the Columbus
members
of the executive
commlttee, chaIrman B F Kerr, P. \TV. Stewart and W. F. Garrett vvere present
A hst of about 200 manufacturers
was
prepared
to whom a letter was mailed asking them to take
~pace in the officlal program at $10 per page
Sufficient funds
\\Cl e personally
supplied by B F Kerr, P. W. Stewart and
\V F Garrett to defray all necessary
preliminary
expenses.
ThIS IS the first tIme m our history that the association
has
Laken into theil hands the printing
of the official program.
\\ e 1 ecelvec1 answers
ftOm enough manufacturers
to make
om official program possible;
and from whom we realized a
sum lal ~e enough to defray the expenses of this convention.
The Statl
lAecut!ve
Committee
recommends
that the
membels
of this association
patronize
all the advertisers
who appear in the official ptOgram, as it was through
their
co-operation
that the committee
was able, in a financial way,
to make this meeting such a grand success.
A number of other meetings were held by the Columbus
WEEKLY
members
of the ExecutIve
Committee
in order to complEte
the program,
and make final arrangements
fO! thIS conventlOn
Some matters have been referred to the state executive
commlttee
by the secretary
of the assoclatlO11 which we deSlre to pre'3ent at thIS meetlllg for dIscusslOn, V1Z' complalllts
by membel'3 of the assocIatlOn agalll'3t certalll well known
manufacturel
'3
ARTISAN
27
towns where they can give better
serVlce than the local
dealer
Questions
drawn from a question box were then taken
up which included quenes a~ to best methods in advertising
answered
by J c. Herbert
of CinClllnatI;
and the question
of havlllg tax paymg tIme placed at later dates than Dec. 20
and June 20, was referred
for dIspositIOn to the legislative
committee
SIgned,
The question
"If man's tIme lS sold in advance, will a
garnishee
hold good ?" was answel ed by secretary
Voorhees
vvho sald a general asslgnment
wlll not defeat a garnishee
unless a credltol makes a demand upon the debtor a month
m advance
The committee
on membershlp
reported
the
followmg
nine names as members
Geo. H. L Burnham,
Geneva; G F. Schwltzer,
Lelpslc,
I Sllverman,
Toledo;
F
G
Redd,
Toledo;
Klllkbelller
Furn
Co,
Toledo;
Hillebrand
The Annual Banquet.
Bra" , Toledo; J ohmon Bras Fmn
Co, Toledo;
Geo BonFollov\ l11g the afternoon
se~~lOn came the annual banBell Dana Co, Columbus
quet of the assoClatlOn held at. b 30 m the Amencan
dl11111g asch, Toledo;
The Pl ess CommIttee
reported they would make further
100m of t.he Hot.el .secor and whIch
may be tI uly mentIOned
efforts
to
secure
co-operation
of dealers m getting as much
a'o a man e1 of beauty m deSIgn and executIOn.
The dlllmg
publiclty
as
possible
in
the
newspapels
by keepmg in touch
mOm bemg m red and gold aftel the French RenaIssance.
wlth
the
editor
That
they
deserved
publicity
regarding
fhE pnsm
chandehers
are fa'3hIOned after those m the
modern stuff and medwm priced stuff-not
high priced or
Hotel Belmont,
)Jew York.
President
H IV .. Morey preperiod stuff
The commlttee
on by-laws offered an amendSIded as toa'3tmastel
and after calling the 150 dealers and
ment which was adopted, that members
be suspended
who
manufacturers
pI esent to order the mvocatIOn was glven by
fail to pay dues at the end of the second year.
George B \Vlcken'3 of Loralll.
On the toastmaster's
right
The committee on convention
and location recommended
was seated sec'y C M. Voorhees, Mr Wlckens and Edward
that the next convention
be held in Columbus,
Feb. 14 and
F Trefz of ChIcago, and on his left was seated preSIdent H.
15, 1911. Adopted,
I Shepherd
of the Toledo Chamber
of Commerce,
0 K
The report of the commlttee
on nominations
of officers
\Vheelock of Cleveland and Vim Byrne of Dayton
A most
and delegates was also accepted and adopted. the list being
excellent
menu
was
disposed
of
and
afterwards
as follows'
those
present
were
afforded
much
enjoyment
by
t.he addresses
President
Shephel d dehvel ed a most
President-B
F Kerr, Columbus
llltere'3tmg
address
on the excellent
bU'3111eSS conditions
First vice president-John
A Herbert,
Cincinnati.
and facilities
existing
in Toledo and the city's future, reSecond vlce-president,
Martin
MJ1ler, Cleveland.
citing interesting
statistics
of its shipping blmncss
Secretary-treasurer-C
M. Voorhees,
Columbus.
Edward F Trefz responded
to "PersonalIty
m Business"
Executive
CommitteeliV. N Al tz, Dayton; Harry Capm a most bnlliant address refernng
eloquently to some of the
pel,
Dayton;
Wllliam
Byrne,
Dayton;
Chas. Carlisle, Colummo"t notable men, such as Napoleon,
Lmcoln, P D Armour
bus
and
Peter
Gobrecht,
Norwood
and others
In a masterly and forCIble address on "The Dealers, Deals and Ideals,"
0 K. \Vheelock
emphaslzed
the
Ohio Member on Executlve
Committee,
National
Retail
need of strict integrity
in business
and of the growth
of
Furniture
Dealers'
association,
C R. Parish.
brotherhood
in the relations
existlllg between employer and
Delegates to National ConventIon-John
A. Herbert, Cinemployee
Others
called on f01 lmpromptu
remarks
were
cinnatl; Geo Koch, Cleveland,
W. F. Gal rett, Columbus;
W.
IV. O. Frohock
of Columbus,
\Vllham
By rne of Dayton,
D
Huber,
Dayton;
Geo.
Wlckens,
Lorain;
H.
W.
Morey,
Frederick
Waldcutter
of Toledo and EdItor ::Yrillard GoldMarysville;
C. B. Johnson, Toledo and P. W. Stewart, Portssmith of the Furniture
vVorker of Cincinnati,
who spoke on
the benefits to the furniture
trade of the trade press.
mouth.
B. F Kelr
vVm Byrne
P W Stewart
IV F Garrett
Geo B ·Wickens
Wednesday
morning was spent
ing dealers in visiting the factories
Furniture
company;
Toledo Parlor
umbia Couch company;
Schauss
Waldcutter
& Kahlenberg
and the
by a number of the visitof the Buckeye
Parlor
Fmmture
company;
ColParlor
Flame
company;
\Vtlhams
Chair company.
The third and final session of the convention
was held
at 2 o'clock Wednesday
afternoon
Walter
B Moore of
Dayton, who was to have delivered an address on "Freight
Rates and Claims" was unable to be present and President
Morey called on secretary
Mark Goodlett
of the NatIonal
Retail Furniture
Dealers'
assocIation,
who referrE'd to d remark made by himself at St LOUIS three yealS ago, that "the
furniture
dealer of the country store IS the slowest man on
Earth," owing to the peculiar conditions
in the retail furniture trade, especially
in the smaller
towns
Mail order
houses he said withdraw
their operations
from every town
where they find live, active dealers-they
sell their goods in
M. G. Veh of Glbsonburg
s ergean t-a t -arms.
was
elected
to the
The Legislative
Committee
held an executive
nothing of special importance
was reported.
(More of the proceedings,
CUSSlOns will be pubh"hed
next
addl esses, reports
week -'Editor)
office of
session
but
and
dis-
Those Domes of Silence.
The Domes of Silence, or, The Invislble Caster, is owned
and controlled
by the Invislble
Caster company of London,
England.
The Umted StaJtes replesentatives
are Henry W.
Peobody & Co, 17 State street, New York, with sub-agencies
throughout
the United States.
This trade marke "Domes of
Silence-The
Invisible
Caster" is the registered
trade mark
of the Invisible Caster company.
WEEKLY
28
ARTISAN
Minnesota Retail Furniture
Dealers' Association
°
OFFICERS-President
LOUlS J Bnenger
New VIm Vice President, C Danielson, Cannon Falls, Treasurer,
a A
'VIoen, Peterson Secretdry W L Grapp Janesville
FXECUTIVE
COM'VIITTEE-D
F Richardson, Northfield Geo KlIne, Mankato, W L Harris, MlUneapolIs,
a Simons Glencoe M L KlIne St Peter.
BULLETIN
ADVERTISING
No.
99.
AND PREPARING
OF CUTS.
An Address Delivered at the Annual Convention by Frank Favour, Foreman of the
Art Department of the American Type Foundry Company.
1n pI epallllg pll "elll,l1J1L del
\ el L"emenb
\ OU lllU"t unclelStdlld \\ hat an ,Ilh el tl"e111ent
I ealll
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\ clUI deh el t1 "111~
nllht ha\ e pll "nll,tht\
I hel t
111l1.,the .,0111elhal,tltell"tll
ot
)our,elf
or
\OUI
bu"me".,
r nok at the ach el tl"e111el1t" nl
ld"lalet.,
Dougla" dh\a\"
hd"
h1-, plttl1le on hh ,IWl
del,
\ Ou 1111ht ha\ t "omethmg t]1clt
I" u.,eel all thl tll<1t "0 th,H
\\ hen p~ople un th 1 u the pa~ e"
the\ ,a \
1hel e I" Tone' ,tel
rl hllefO e the ath eltl"el11lnt
.,hould call \ "ome elhtlllLtI\ C
FRANK FAVOUR
tlcltle
11l,l1k
lOUI
del,
should make thl ee .,tatemenh
1 he lady of the hOlhe It ddlllg the ach el tl"e111ell t, \\ III '-d\,
.I "ee that so dllel .,0 I" "elhllg ,I chall tm SI;O
1he 11t"t
th1J1g 1" a good PlttUlc
\LJ1~c all ll1~la\ m~ oJ 111 a Iltlt It
t111l11lLue\\hlCh yOU ;l1e ~()]Ug to .,dl "0 th,lt It \\111 ,h \\\ 11
to the be"t ,td\ anta~e
lt hd., to bt ell,m II 111 llt ,ll 1111c
IhdV\1J1g
\ Idlge numbel oj cuh ldll bc 111dell thld)lll
111,111
one cut
ThelefOle
\\hen \0l1 oldel thlu \OUI 111111 .,\hUll
) ou get them a gll dt tical t hlapll
thdl1 \ on othu \\ hl \\ onlel
\ gleat 111dn) ldn be IhdV\n che'lpel thdll a -,mglc llll
The best photo h nee e,,:oal\ to the plopel plodnltlOn
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a good cut
If) ou get a lUt mdele 'll1el get the plOpe1 heaclmg to Call) on the aeh e1tl.,ement, kelp the tldc1e 11laJ1~the
dlstmCtlVe feature of the alh el U.,el11ent
II hen \ OU '-ee the
name Regal, It ::,ugge::,l-, "hoe", Ea.,tl11an "u~ge.,t'- kocLlk,
It IS better to sugge"t the film., ndme "0 that one \\111 .,ugge::,t the othel
It I., alwa)::, necessary
to do till" 10! the
ladles of the house
Then the sdle h mdde beto' e the lach
starts down town to do her .,hoppl11g
~he knoVl '- I' hat "he
1::, gomg
to buy, whele she IS gomg to hu\ It dllli \\helt "'1t
1S gomg- to pay fOl It It 1" well to call \ \ OUl (1\\ 11hc dclll1~
It saves prmtmg- and sett111e, up e\ 1'1\ tl111e I"L(1) a guml,
stlOng head111g and cal rv ) OUI pnce 111alk plamh
The thmg that has blOught 111ehele 15 ple"\1111dhh thl
fact that the a\ elac,e ::,null dealu does not knOl\ It 1" ntLt 'Selly to get out a good ad\elU.,mg
cut
In the fIlst pldlt
) OU cannot use all kmd., of cuts tOl ne\\ "papel \\ ()l k
rIllS
15 because
the a\ erage countn
Plll1t111g office thee, lOar.,e
papel and nece.,.,dnly,
of COUl'ol coar"c mk
It \ uu di it l11pt
to u::'c d hne dCdn halftonc, ) U\1 \\ oulcl ha\ l 11utllln~ hut ,t
black spot
Therefore,
we hnd It neces"at,\ to lhe a haltLolle
plocess
winch IS a photo on loppel
andlutilng
out dab
\,lnch
\\ e lall "u een, makmg them coarse enough ,,0 that they will
not fill up m the plocess of pnntmg'
The best results are
ubt,lll1ed by makmg a hand draw111g whIch we call zmc etchme," or l111ecuh
In Older to get one made, It 15 necessary to
£11' t ha \ e ,I hanel dra \\ 111g made of the artIcle
of whIch you
\\ dnt ,t lUt
'\ /111C etch111g made from thIS WIll give a clear
I111E'cut and VI III pnnt on almost any kmd of paper WIth any
klnel 01 mk but thl" kmd of cuts does not brmg out the exact
gl,un 01 the I' oud
If yOU are domg "ome fine ppmtmg where
\ on n~e ml e glo""y papel and good mk, It IS nece5Sary for
\ uu to ha\ e \\ hat VI e call a halftone WIth a medIum or fine
~ll een
1'hl -, \\111 enable you to bnng out the exact gram
ul the I' ood 111the mO'ot 111mute deta1l and ::,hould be used m
,tn\ th1l1g \\ hllh I" termed
bu:,:h class Pl'Intl11g
1n "tuch ne, '-ome of the advel tI:oements of the vanous
Ulllntl \ jluhhcatlon.,.
I note the great vanet)
of '>lzes used"Ul11e U.,ll1g the Idrge luh VI lllch pI esu111ably are fur11lshed
b\ the manufactlll er SOJ11ehalftones and some hand draWIngs
\\hlch plOduce':> el \ en lnegular
dnd "potted effect
If you
\\ 1,,11 tu ha\ e \ OUI dth 1'1tl.,e111ent., look u11lform and attrac11\ ( th(\ ()\1ght to bl laId out m the Ul11fOlm sIze of cub and
cll'-tll)ltl\l
l11eltttl
IheletOll,
I thl11k the a,:>,>oc1atlOn 1'>
d, ]I1~ el ~tl,lt \\lllk III lUlI11,:>hl11g)OU WIth whdt they ter111
thul unIt '0\ "te111
[n J11,lkl11g up one of thesc umt", hI '>t we 111USthave a
~()od pIt WI e ~ee()nd, we 11111:otcleuele upon the Sl7e of the
1 Iltl "tt ,t11011
1'he11 IV e ha\ e a clra\\ l11g- made WhlCh u"ually
llhh
110111$1 to $3 and then we get the productIOn
made
\\ 1nlh co::,t" 75 lenh a" a 1 ule
1'1115 1" mounted dnd IS now
I e,tely fOl the pll11tel
The pr1l1tel 111UStset the type around
Ihl., lUt a" pel the de':>cnptlOn of the MUcle and fix a rule
dlound \,hllh 1 -,hould Judge \\ould co"t db out 40 cents
Aftel thl" IS done It I11U"t be locked up m an iron case and
::,ent to the eleotrotypel
to hd\ e the cut and type reproduced
VI hlCh
costs I .,hould judge about 2S cents
""'fter th]::, IS
aClnmph -,hed, duplIcate5
can be made for a very nom111al
"U111 Thus \ ou ,ee that If you want to make an mdlvldudl
UI1lt \ OUI.,e!t, It \\ ould cost $325 to get out the first UUlt,
alto
VI 111ch It
would only cost yOU about 40 cents each
1 hl5 sho\\ -, \,y hat lo-operatl\
e buymg can do
By adoptmg
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the Ul11t .,Ize, \ ou 0\ el cOl11e the crazy llullt effect of your
acl-, dncl) ou sa\ e m ::,pacc m each ]::,sue sometImes
more
tlnn uhl co.,t of ) 0111 I' hole UUlt because If you use the Idlge
lnb fnrl11shed by some manufacturers
and you are paying
h om Wc to 20c an lllch, ) ou \\ 111find that that cut takes up
J11C)Jtspdce fOl ealh I""ue thdll two or three Lll11b would co"t
\ IlU \\l11ch I., another led.,on why yOU should adopt thl::' Ul11t
5\'ot(l11
1hen dgam, the5e umt" are -'0 ,lll anged by d lIttle mor-
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ti'3e in the top under the head hne and at the bottom so that
the pnce can be changed at will dud the Ulllt kept up to date
dnd usable, no mattel wl1dt k111d of a sale you may be (onc1UCt111g As 111all k111d"of work, thele IS good wOlk and pOOl
work hut because of the scope of your assoCIatIOn's adverU"mg helps, you can afford to employ the best talent that
money can command and therefore, get out, on an average,
better lllustratlOn.., than are produced m the usual form of
COl11meiclal cuts
As one who is in dally touch with the
troubles and difficulties that the small dealers have m gettmg
the proper kmd of photos or pictures, I can readily see the
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bv using our Ulllt system for when you use one of these units,
) ou know that the descnptlOn of the article is along the line
of sCientific salesman '3hip and IS con ect. One can thus write
an «e1>ertlsement m a half hout or so which would take him
hom" and hour'3 If he had to wnte every lme which is a great
sa\'ng to the small dealer
J n conclusIOn let me say as I said In the beginning,
we
ought to make our advel U9111gmdn tdual and you can easily
accomphsh thiS by a headm::; cut No matter where you adverUsement may be put, whether next to the locals or among a
lot of others, It will have that llldlViduahty which will make
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Wnh Some of the Samples Shown by the Co-operatIve Buymg CommIttee.
great value that your associatIOn advertlsmg helps bnng you.
The next great value that I see 1ll this is that I notice in
your Ulllt system, you use a ulllform size of deSCllptlve type
and I compared them With some of the advertisements
that
I have picked up I find that they have used every kmd from
nonpareil ty pe to pica and many descnptlOns,
as vague as
they were, used from one to th1 ee mche" on smgle column
space which cost the advertlsel
from 40c to 75c for space
alone
I am told by some men I 11dve met here today that the
average small countrv pnntmg office refuses to set the small
t) pe necessary for descnptlve
matter and when they do set
It, nme Dimes out of ten, It IS not correct
ThiS is alI avoided
it stand out more than the others and in return bring to you
great results
I would also advocate never letting an "ad"
stand for more than one week in any paper and I believe with
the helps that your association is glVlllg, It is not necessary.
Anyone
with a httle enterprise and a true desire to be a
successful advel tlser will soon see that it wII pay to change
his "ad" often and keep his ad, ertlsements
as newsy and
bright and up to date as the paper wlthm which it is pubished.
I hope that the few thoughts that I have given you will be of
sam e service to you in your", ark this year and that you will
come back to our next conventIOn still more eager for the
aSSociatIOn helps that the conventIOn bnngs
There"s Nothing Just as Good.
rather than the long handles
All of the drawer pulls and
handles made by the Waddell Manufacturing
company have
the No-kum-Ioose
fasteners-a
dev Ice that absolutely
preYents the pulls coming off. There have been many attempts
to produce something
just as good as the No-kum-loose
fasteners but without Success
The Waddell Manufactunng
company are showing a great
vanety of new pattelt1s of furlllture trimmings m wood one of
Enlarging Their Plant.
which is illustrated herewith. In their advertisement
next week
Will appear a drop handle that will appeal to many manufacturers
as the correct thing for some kinds of furniture
Cleveland, Feb 17 -The
Kurtz Furniture
Manufacturing company, manufacturers
and Jobbers, are erecting a three
story and basement bUIlding, 60 x 200 feet, (with foundation
for six st:ones) at the corner of Longfellow
and Fifty-fifth
streets.
The bUlldmg is to be of concrete and steel and ready
to occupy April 1.
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UPHAM MANUFACTURING CO.
MARSHFIELD, WIS.
Dressers
Chiffoniers
Dressing Tables
Suites
Wardrobes
Sideboards
Buffets
Etc.
Made in
Oak, Bird's-Eye Maple,
Mabogany, etc.,
and
All Popular
Finishes
No 2240 Bed
No. 2241 Dresser
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The Latest Smoke Eliminator.
F J Doyle IS the latest 111' entor clall111ng to hay e soh ed
the smoke problem
LI]..e othel 111\entor~ he clAIms that hIS
deVIce not only pre' ents ~moke but sa\ es fuel
It \\;
as
given a test before the ma"te1 mechamc", of several raIlroads,
111ChIcago, the other day and the re",ult 1" saId to ha' e been
surpris111g to the eApert
~n old, hgbt eng-111e "b1Lb "ao
1eady for the scrap heap, was fitted \\ Ith the Dm Ian "'I "ton
as It IS known, and wa" 1un back and forth on a mIle ot tlack
FIrst It was run alone and then bvo loaded coal ca1S \'Vere
attached
Later half a dozen cars" e1e hauled and the engll1e
was run at \ ar) Il1g 1ates of speed, \\ as left ~tal1clll1g half an
hour, then was run aga111 and \\a" sublected
to all the tesb
known to see If It would emIt smoke
Those who \\ltnessed
the te",t agl eed thdt no black
smoke came from the ",taLk of the engme and that nnthmg
\\;a'S enutted but a \\ lute -,teal1l1lke 'apol
fbe "eo et ot the
apparent
effectlVenes:" of the apphance
h saId to hL 1Il the
fact that It cause", perfect combustlon
10 eqUIp d locomotlve of the t} pes now 111 11se \\ \.)llld co"t about $330, but It
h assel ted that the de\ Ice wIll pay f01 It",elf 111a few month"
:-'hould the raIlroAds deude to USe the de\ Ice hm\ e\ el. the
llL\\ 10LoUlotn e" ,\ ould be hUllt occordll1gh
and "lthout
add1tlOnal expen"e
J n aclclltlOn to prevent111g- smo]..e and sa'll1g fuel the appliAnce Ie., ",ald to reduce the \\ 01 k of finng 111all ~lIld s of
ellg-111es StAtlOllal} heatl11g plante., ha\ e been run 111Chlcagu
ror n101e than a week vV1thout I enew al of fuel, It h assel ted
and sbould a 10LOl1l0tn e be hUllt ALLOldlllg to '[I
])0'1 Ie"
-,peuficatlOn, It should not ha' e to he filed e"cept hdol e the
lun hegan
The 1I1'elltor clalJn" that the d("lu'
'\Ol],.S
u(t1dll}
a~
well undel stiitlnt1al y power boIlen; as (')11locomotlv<'s
CATALOGUE
New Furniture Dealers.
lohn StrAII1 IS the newest furl1lture
dealer 111 Seattle,
\\ ash
The \\ e"t FurnIture
company has opened a new "tore
at Laldlaw, Ore
,
The Furmture
and ~IercantJ1e company are new dealers
at BIg TlJnbel, :-Iont
Robel t :-IA) 0 and Charles Volkert, Sr , \\;III open a fm nitm e store 111X ew BrunSWIck, N J
The ='\ashvvauk Furl1lture
and Undertakll1g
co~npany
ha' e opened a new store at ='Jashwauk, Mll1n
\. G Schob of Cald,\ ell, Oh1O, an experienced
furl1lture
dealel and rreel Chapman of Coal Run, OhIO, have formed a
partner~hlp
under the firm name of Schob & Chapman,
and
\\ J11 upen a first class furl11ture, undertakll1g
dnd house furnl<,hl11g sto! e, at Be' ell}, Oh1O, on March 1
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F Geol g-Ia, formerly of the Georgl<1-Stlm son Furl1lWI e com panv, and now heAd of the furl11ture department
of
the '-,crugl:;s-\ anelerHlolt-Barney
Dr} Good" company of St
Loms, :-10, ha" O1gan17ed a furl11ture company of hIS own,
And soon wIll open one of the large<,t I etall places of It:::.k111d
111the Clt}
I<~urniture Fires.
1hL I)a, lei ~ Goldberg company, dealers of Columhus,
Ga lo"t $13.000 by fire 111theIr store recently
Insured
Horace \\ ells of VlCtona, Tex, "uffered a loss of $l,JUO
h\ fire 111hIS cab111et shop on February
13 Insurance,
$1,030
The turmtul e anel cab111et factorv of Henry
Kau"man
&. ,",Oil. rlllllra
" Y, \Va" dAmaged b} file to the extent of
5110,000 nl1 Fehnlal}
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The stock of the Bay State rurniture
company,
VIr orcestel, 1Ia,," , \\ a'" badly damaged by smokf' from fire m an
adJollllnl; b1.uc1lt'\l; on February 12
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of our
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so as to be
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when prices and quality are considered.
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CIty Salesroom. 4th floor, Blodgett BIde.
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One lllCldent III John \Vlddlcomb s Stl uggles to regam
ll1S footlllg III the busl!1ess '" orld has not been told
When
he retired from the \Vlddlcomb
Furllltme
company 111 189b
he wa" "broke"
He scraped to~ ethel the I emnants
of hI"
1 esoUI ces bOl rowed
all he could and purchased
the Mantel
plant on Fifth Stl eet, whIch smce the palllc of 1893 had been
Idle
The plant Iva" all eady eqmpped
He pUI chased or,
when he could, ~ot t1 usted for a few loads of lumber and
'ouch othel matenal a'3 he needed, then came the halde"t pull
of all, III the manufactm e of fUlllltUI e the seeel 1'0 sown and
the hal I est of dollars come" III about SIX months latel
How
to bllrlge thIS SIx months ,va'3 the problem
\ot many men
wel e employed but they had to be paId and III cash
Some
of the men out of loyalty or fqendshlp
for John \Vlddlcomb
and hall11g confidence
111 hIm accepted
part pay, but even
these had famlhes
to SUppOl t and needed all they could
earn
1111 \Vlddlcomb
managed
to keep thUlgs gOl11g fOl
"evel al ~ eeks, but at last reached what looked very much
1Ike the end of his rope
X ot another dollar could he scrape
tog ethel , and the bla<.,t111g of hIS last hope seemed at hand
It occuned
to him at thl'3 cnsls that '3ome ot the ?\ew York
matenal
Ulen with whom he had dealt 111 mOl e prosperous
day s UlIght gIve him a hft, but how to reach them wa~ the
ploblem
A company IS bemg
tal v at ,Yhltne),
Ont,
I atlOn
organIzed
near the
R E \VIlson, formerly
RushVIlle, Ind , 1S prepanng
furnitm e at Eugene, Ore
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to establlsh a large facAlgonqum
IndIan reser-
of Readle, vVarfield & Wllson,
to engage in the manufacture
of
Coffins & Bo} er are erecting a concrete buildmg at J acksonvtlle, Pia, in which they propose to manufacture
mission
furnIture
and "all kinds of goods for home furnishing"
F M Ralke, G. H CoIltl1'3, Duke W Harnson
and F. D
Hyde have mcOl porated the GreensvIlle
Mattress
company,
capltaltzed at $5,000, to estabhsh a plant at Greenville, Tex
The Trompe
company
has been mcorporated
by D D
:;\.1Jller, Call 111E Troupe and others for the purpose of manufactunng
"beds and fold111g beds" in Atlanta,
Ga
Capital
"tack, $100,000
The Elk I'tlllllture
company
of Falconer,
Chautauqua
county, NY, has been 111corporatecl to manufactm e all kinds
of vlooden articles, buy and sell timbe1, lumber, etc
CapItal
stock $6,000. Frank A Jacobson, John EngstlOm and Charles
\ SmIth, all of Jamestown,
NY,
are the 111corporators.
Now It IS announced
that H W :1Iartin and others who
wel e expected
to establish
a furl1ltm e factory at Opehka,
"\la have changed their plans and WIll estabhsh a new coffin
and fml1lture factOl) at Columbus,
Ga
The busmess men
of Opehka, however, ale detelmined
to have a furl1lture factor} and are nersotiat111g WIth other parties.
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IIe confided IllS t1ouble to the late VvlllJ" Hall Tllll1er,
then manage'
of the Pre'3,)
?iiI Turner fUlnlShed hIm WIth
nev, "'paper transpOl tatlOn to Buffalo and return
1\Ir \\ Hle11comb <.,talted for New YOlk WIth Ju"t mane) enough ll1 hI"
pocket to pay hI s fal e from Buffalo to ?\ e,l York
He chd
not take a "leeper
He ~ a" IOl tnnate 111find1l1~ \\ Ithont delay the men he went to "ee cLnd laId hIS ca~e befOle them
They al5reed to ach ance h11n the fune1'o neces"al v to keep the
factory gOIng until the new hne ~ a'3 out
\nd ;\11 \\ Icldlcomb had to bonow money fl0111 them to buy 111'., d1111ler and
to pay hIS way to Buffalo
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profu"e III hIS expressIOns of gratitude
bnt those who helper!
hIm 111thl" CllSIS and at other t1111(Snevel had rea<.,on tu C0111plam of hIS lack of appreClatlOn - :\1lch TI ade"man
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:fK~A~OU INTERESTING PRICES g~x~~Vk~~~
SEND SAMPLES. DRAWINGS OR CUTS FOR PRICES.
New Factories.
VV. Stnpple
1l1g'
has opened
an uphnl<:,tenng
ut'lhh~h111ent at Vinton. Iowa,
,1.nd \ hdll-tnak
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Cat"loKue.
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New York Markets.
Advertiselllents.
OPPORTUNITIES.
Furniture and Carpet business, PIttsburg, Pa, for sale
Established over ten years; excellent down town locatIOn; valuable leasehold; fresh, modern stock; about $65,000 reqUIred,
favorable terms; selmg from poor health. Rosemond and
Bell, Cambridge, Ohio.
2-19
WANTED.
A second hand "Union Wood Embossmg Power Press" for
flat die work, reciprocating movement and also a lathe for
turning oval frames. Address "Z" care Weekly Artisan Co
2 19-26
WANTED
Salesman having an established trade to carry a line of novelties and special sales articles on commiSSIOn. Address LoUIS
Rastetter & Sons, Fort Wayne, Ind.
2 12-19-26 3 5-12
WANTED.
Commission men for the states of Minnesota, WIsconsin,
and Michigan, to sell our line of Novelty Furmture on a
commission basis. Address The Art Novelty Co, Goshen,
Ind.
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Position as commercial photographer of furmture by a practical, competent man. Ten years' experience.
Best of reference. Address J. H. Packer, care Times Union, Jacksonville,
Fla.
1-22t£
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the consummg sea..,on applOaches
..,Ol1le holc1el'" ot Lm"eed 011 betray am.Jety over the contl11llCc1c1l1llne"'" ot the uade
11equent ,;haclmg of pllce" have
heen llportecl
on "mall deal.., thIS week but the "officla1"
quoLlllOn.., ..,till ..,tand elt 76 @ 77 f01 western raVv, the higher
hg 111 e.., appl~ l11~ to lots of less than fr, e ban e13
Calcutta
011 lS no\\ only f1\ e lenb pel gallon hlgher than City doublebOlled
SIX months
ago the margm was 14 cents
Turpent111e 1" stlll qL11et The demand lS hght and pnces
ha\ e not changed matenallY for three weeks
Today's figures
eLle 63 at 63'ij here and 59 @ 59;Vz at Savannah
Shellac I'; el1so dull, the expected
Improvement
in the
demand hav111g fcilled to matenahze
Pllces unchanged
since
['ehl uar~ 10
Goa hkms are act1\ e
111the demand
"Iexlcans
but ha\e ellopped back to
at 42 (Ci; 43 Buenos c\\ les
though further weakness
is noted
\\ ent up a cent early in the week
37 @ 38 cents
Paytas are quoted
at 43 @ 44, Haytien,; at 49 @ 51;
" e1 a Cruz, 51 r(J) 52, Bla711s, 66 @ 70
COldae,e'l'; act1\e and film
Imha tW111e No,; 40 to 6 i;;
quoted at 8
8[/-+ hght 9 @ 9}~ fine '(0 18. 1P/2 (OJ 11;}4,
ra
n
C \C1 18 16 @ 160
Sheet 7111Ch dO\\n "0 cents
at $7 ~O l)el 100 pounds fob
per ton
It is now ql10tecl
Peru, Ill, with 8 per cent
c1i"count
Index to Advertisements.
WANTED.
Dc1lnes, '1'1 r & Company
Balton, [{ 11 &.. Son, Company
For territory east of Buffalo, New York City, New York state
and New England, one good line of furniture to sell in connection with my present line of dining chairs, Address A. E.
W., care Weekly Artisan.
11-20
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WANTED.
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3
New York state, outside metropolitan district, is open for a
line for buffets and china closets; also cheap and medium
priced dressers and chiffoniers. Address Box 162, Kenmore.
N. Y.
12-18tf
A good furniture man-assistant
to buyer or one who has
had all around experience.
A chance for man who wants
to leave a smaller town and go into a larger field. Address
Furniture Department, P. O. Box 245, Trenton, N. J. 11-20tf
10
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19
19
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Company
14
LctL Table Company. . . . . . . . . .. .
Luce FUl111ture Company.
'"
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Luce Redmond
Chair Company
22
KImball
WANTED.
2
InCH\ PIpe Company
Rapld.., \ Lneer 'IYOlks
and RapId"
Gland
Hottman
BrothelS
Compan)
Hotel ~ Ormell1dle, ~DetrOlt)
Bro"
4
4
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~Ilscellaneous
"[Klllgan
I=n~lc1\ mg- Company
A Manufacturers' Agent doing a very successful business in
Baltimore and Washington and surrounding territory desires
one or two good lines on commission.
Address "Success,"
Weekly Artisan.
11-13tf
FOR
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1 01 d &.. T ohn "on Com pall)'
SALESMAN.
WANTED-LINES
20
10
Dd?\\ ell C Chc1ll Company
i)oclch, \lL "andu
Company
Commission men for the states Michigan, Iowa, Missouri,
Nebraska and Kansas, also for the western states or Pacific coast, to carry our line of Library, Center and Folding
Tables on commission.
Address Lock Box No. 124, Sheboygan, Wis.
12-25tf
HELP
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1910
Experienced salesman with established trade between Buffalo
and Bangor, Me., would like to carry several lines of medium
priced case goods on commission.
Address "Es~"
care
Weekly Artisan.
10-9 t. f.
11
Richmond
Chan Company
Pltcan n Yarn Ish Company.
Ro\" e,:C P Cal \ 111g \Yorks
24
31
Schullt, Henry & Company
.
Smith & DaV1S Manufactunng
Company
St8f Caster Cup Company
Stow & Davis Fur111tl11e Company
12
23
14
31
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The Buss :\1achllle Works
G dell 'IVorks .
Cpham ~Ianufactur111g
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Company..
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30
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BARGAIN!
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BIrdseye"
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·Wa1ter Clark Veneer Company
White Prmting
Company
Wysong
& Miles Company .......................•
40 H. P. direct current motor, latest make and in first class
runnin~ condition.
Grand Rapids Blow Pipe &: Dust Arrester Co., Grand Rapid.. Mich.
8-ZItf
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11
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