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31. Michigan Artisan; 1906-04-25

Notes:: Issue of a furniture trade magazine published in Grand Rapids, Mich. It was published twice monthly, beginning in 1880. and UBLIC LIBRARY Twenty-Sixth Year~No. 21 emi.Monthly FIFTY C NTS We will mail the Retailers' of the Michigan Artisan to any a dress in the United States during the re ainder of the cunent year. ~Send in your der. ~~---~=~===~-- MICHIGAN ARTISAN CO., Grand Rapid" Mich. :~~~! ,~ \ = THIS PUSH BUTTON distinguishes the ROY AL Morris Chairs from the other kind Six Years of Test Haye Established Its Supremacy. MORRIS CHAIRS -FROM- $6.00 to $30.00 THE"ROYAL PUSt( BUTTON MORRIS CHAIR CATALOGUE UPON APPUCATION, Permanent Salesroom: Fourth Floor. 1411 Michigan Avenue, CHICAGO. ILL. The Royal Chair Co., STURGIS, MICH, "WE ARE MAKERS OF CHAIRS" Give us a call or send for our 1906 Cata-logue and be convinced that we manufacture one of the finest and most extensive lines of Dining, Library, Office Chairs and Rockers to be found in the West. OIIice and Factory 237 to 255 N. Green 51. Salesroom 14 I I Michigan Ave. Johnson Chair Company CHICAGO, ILL. The McDougall Idea , McDougall I\itchen Cabinets showing twenty-one new and original designs at prices suited to every class of your trade. are advertised more extensively than any other article of -- -- - -- .._-- - -- -_ ...- furniture on the market to-day. Beginning this month - --- - and continuing throughout the entire season McDougall advertisements will appear in practically all the national magazines and will be read by at least 25,000,000 people. Are you one of the dealers who will enjoy increased business and enlarged profits by this McDougall National Advertising expenditure? If not, you should write to-day for the new handsomely illustrated McDougall Catalog G. P. McDougall &. Son Indianapolis, U. S. A. -••=• \....1 One of our most Elegant Colonial Music Cabinets No. D 1159 40 inches high, 22 inches wide, 16 inches deep. Has 9 compartments. In Solid Mahogany or Circassian Walnut. Price $21.00 This is a perfect Colonial type,···historically accurate and in perfect taste. Cadillac Qgality in every inch of it. Cadillac Cabinet Company Detroit, Michigan =••-• \..1 GRAND RAPIDS PUBLiC LIBRARY 26th Year-No. 22. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., APRIL 25, 1906. $1.00 per Year. Salesmanship-An Art or a "Hold-Up"? "Salesmanship is a bluff, it is i11tuitioll, it is anything from the lowest cunning to the highest art-and a sl1ccessful sates-man may have to nUl the whole gam.ut 01 these possible things in a single day. Noone man vvill be big enough to succeed always by a single method." These arc the ideas of Charles Kerns, who is a sort of analyst on sale:::.man"'hip. 1I~ sat the other day a listener to a sales bargain between a close buyer and a shrc\'v·d salesman, and thus reports the col-loquy: "But I told Semple man, as the customer the talk. "But he hasn't done it," persisted the customer, and Sem-ple ·was caned in. Semple insisted that he had given the cus-tomer the rate named hy the chief sales1TI;\tl,at which the cus-tomer insistcd that the figures meant no rate at all. Certain-ly there was little art in this sale as effected by the chief sales-man himself. There was enough and to spare of cheap re-partee. Several embryo bets were sprung and died natUl'al deaths of bluff. Finally, the salesman turned to Semple and said: "Take another ten per cent off-don't let him out of here without an order-ah, what did I say? Tell-not on VOUf life-take off the five and let It go at that-we can't afford to lose moncy merely to get an order." The customer bought at the five off. Kerns asked whether the ten off would customer had insisted. "Yes," admitted the salesman. "But when I saw his face at the figure it was entirely too much pleased in expression. I knew the figure would bear scaling at least half. And yon sec it did. There's nothing that one could explain in this. It is intuition, and intuition v,-ill lead you almost anywhere at any time to the most vulnerable place in a man to whom you want to self. "For instance, I could tcll of a country customer who eame up here a few months ago bringing his pretty wife. IIe may have figured on what her expenses for the trip would be, but I'll bet you he didn't know that it cost him an even hundred in addition to all that he had figured befO""e starting. "How? She was a vain little thing and was as assertive as possible in everything. He had spotted her, good and plenty, too. She was in that state of vanity toward him and c~erybody else t~lat she couldn't think 01 having one of It'.' slmplest sugg-estlOns p;lssed 11p and overlooked and dO\Vll d. "Do you inUl,gine that T 'wasted any time talking to t e husband? I made a hit with looking to her always- for tile decision and pointing out to her the merits of the goods. Tn ten minutes she was in the position of not letting- him talk when he wanted to, with the net result that her husband paid list prices for everything. "Salesmanship may be an art-when it isn't a hold-up !" to give you the rate," said the sa1cs-stepped into the o[nce, interrupting \\Then he was gone have "galle" if the Well. Informed Salesman. T\.fen and books are the great educators. hegins for most of us after the school master The influence is done. It is then that the mind lS best fitted tn absorb useful knowledge, and he that is receptive to it can easily become what ",...e term a ,Yell-informed man. If yOU have this keen thirst for knowledge it will aid in your setf-development and your busi-ness success as well, says the New York Commercial. In salesmanship it is an investment that makes large re-turns, There is not another calling so full of educatinnal opportunities as this. The \york that lies in your path is ahvays and everywhere an educational process. If you had only an ounce of brains and the faintest desire to use them you could scarcely help developing through your daily exper- Ience into a refined and cultured gentlem'an. Are you dis-posed to grasp or neglect these advantages? As a salesman, much is given to you and much will he ex-pected of you. Let us consider, says the American.Jeweler. You are in daily contact with all kinds of people and have a direct interest in studying their characters. You talk with them and hear their opinions and frequently have occasion to "draw them Ollt" 011 business matters or on topics relating to art, literature or the home. Many of thes~ persons are apt to be scholarly or accomplished; all are more or less friend-ly and communicative. Assuredly, it will be your own fault if you do not learn much from them, and add to your store of knowledge every day. After market. July 1, Grand Rapids will be an open-all"-the-year Sample lines will be intact at all times. THE CORRECT Stains and fillers. THE MOST SATISFACTORY first Coaters and Varnishes CHICAG(rWooii'i:iNlstflNG co. ZSg·63 ELSTONAVE.",Z·16 SLOAN ST. CH I CACO. F 4 GOOD FACTORY TRUCKS With u, mean, the best ca,tings are used, all lumber is thoroughly kiln dried, and the work is done hy skilled workmen. Our Catalogue show, a complete line of Clamps, Cabinet Benches, Etc. We have had Fifteen years expenence In building Trucks. GRAND RAPIDS HAND SCREW COMPANY 130 S. Ionia St., GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. The New "PERFECT" FOLDING CHAIR PATENTED OCT.:20, 1903. Comfortable Simple Durable Neat The Acme of Perfection in the !if'lC of Folding Chairs. PERFECT CoMPACTNHSS when folded. Hard maple natllnli finish. WRITH POR p..leKS. 'f5h. PEABODY SCHOOL FURNITURE CO. North Manchester. Indiana Factory Locations There is in the various offices of the Land and Industrial Department of the Southern Railway and Mobile & Ohio Railroad late information regarding a number of first class locations for Furniture, Chair and other Woodworking Fac tories, which will be furnished Manufacturers upon appliea tion. An invitation is extended to all who use wood in their plants to write about the timber supply, good sites and mar-kets available in our territory. Address your nearest agent. M. V. RICHARDS. Land and Industrial Agent, WASHINGTON, O. C. CHAS. S, CHASE. AGe"t, M. A. HAYS, AGent, 622 Chemical Building, St. Loui" Mo. 226 Dearborn St., Chicaa'. III Century Furniture Co. Factory and Sale5foom J 53-159 Canal st., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. INCREASED FAClLITIES DESIGNERS AND MAKERS Of fiNE Parlor and Library Furniture A NEW UNEOF Odd Chairs and Rockers and Reception Chairs Es,cZu.m, and Pure iD De.ien. LARGER LINE ; : i // ~~ AN IN~ER'E~TINacONTlNUATION oi ,he n",.' l'uVlliar \"O\·",t«lt 0. Fum;. 'uro in ,hi, ,i'y', hi,'ucy. TO-MORROW '''gin, tho ,il'h I"eok of On' gnal Free Premium Sale TI,. oppurllmi,." f,,, <hing i, .1"" ""rC,ll Ihi.' we<k., '\110Lltl,"."le.tarled. The promium, ... jn,"~' handsome. Tl,o ro",,,,ioll.; ,~'e .i'L" .' pcM.OLmccd. Ev<ry day '"" m,ny n~w ad<l,'ion' to Ih, alroady I"g-e v.nett<-<- The v.lu •• O"e m",'~loll" In lact, ha~d t~ ,c~li" .n' ~pp"ci.te "nl ... )"ou ",c cighl 1L~r<among thorn III jU,t"c.to )'0",,01.1, we ~.<I,i'oU no' '0 co"I"," 11", PREMIUM SALE wj'h anv mho, ""Ie In ltldian'[lo],> f", d'~~"'" ,,,d l.ar mo"e ,n'er."i,,£, \0 )"011,\Ve 'old more 1m",,"''' l,." ""eI< ,11",." m ~'" ?«V'~ll'WO,1< '" ",," l'"",O'~ ~m" .. '" ~<l-\l~t>' ,,"' 1-.. Tb, ,.,a.pJe"d'd ,~do"em."t ;'omyou. ~"IIl;' """'.< ...~...... ,' " Everyhody R.eoeivecl a 'ree~ Premium Last' Week lI'e ;n"nd '0 "'''i.1 your.conlin""1 cotllidel1<.U,)"..<deeming ."~')' [lro",i,.~b)" ab· ~olnte \~y~hy tn yn",' mlO'O'l-l:.y m,j'm~g'''!: ~n6 I1nl"I,?'!: Oil":" '" l'''''' 1:.0h.\1. 0,,, "'lero,I> arc rnt1ltt31, ;lnd wo know )'00 1",11 "',,1 yOIl"eh Ol tl", oppOTtllnlt}' 10 OW" hOllse·r"mi'!Jillg," Legitbnate Savings. of One-Fourth. One~Third. One~Halt Our Proposition: Firs. of all: Tho furnitu,., is good, of ;,~"(l>"",e <!6;gn,. oi b-e,t 'ini,il ~nd """. ",,-,cti~II~~1I "L""I"k'j' glL, ..a",,<d. You "k, !to <home.< of g.tttng a poor baTga,n. L\-I,·stand back of e""'~'p,.ce ' Next' Ou,-pri,=,! are .he lowest: . 011r '''0"'' ,,,cee.,.,I,,l h,t,-" in' "taking salo; i. <oll1pam"" .. II 0 i"~'''c L!_W< w,'nl It. Look OI'.r)"wllo", unywhe ... then look h<r<. and, ~".1"l' hOC~1L~l"y, we w,n ""dersell the other 1<110w_ Try u .. Next--Our Premiums: N""" bducc;n ,h. l,i'lOr" 01 "etailing hM j,,,t ,ue!>'" offer been ",.do t.....o.u----an nO'er of ",dt hller,I,')', lit ",ch- val"", oi suoit '1,lend,d p,e,,",,'" V,,,t don'l hvt·to wait lor ,hem, Yo" don', haw l~ g"e" 10.. 'hell', YOII,Ion', haw 10 -:trawf~r;h.m. Tho)" Of" )'0"'" ""'Ih <'''Cry purch ... , R.;l,j rho pcioc. Iv< qllore 1><101". Dnring ,hi, .<ale w' gi"e the follnwi"i:,Premi..m. Absolutely Free: A Hlgh·Oracle Range with every purdruenf $175.00 A Beaulliul SidebOllrd wIth every purcballe 01 150.00 A Handsome Coudl with every purchase of 125,00 "Fine ()ritsser ",Ih nery pUlcbue /It 100.00 A Beaulilul 'hiDII. CI/l~et "lib c\ery tJUrcha~e of 90.00 A Ha.dsome bleu~ion Table wllh every jlurchase of 15,00 A 'oovepieat Kitcheu'abiuet wilh e\'ery purchase of 60,00 A COlY Mnrris Chair wilh ner,. purcba~e 01 ~5.00 A Prelly Parlor Table with every purchase oi 2.5,00 A Handsome Rocker with Hery purchase of 15.00 A BeautifUl Rug- with every purchase of 10,00 AlJd mun}' ,nl.'lll p,,,ni,,,,,,. "'i,h b'(1 "m"",", Buy 1101'0\'";eN<an <a,'. if'''''''''c,; unll 10 (,,,,·\,,1, ,\,,\<'i<tg,hi, ,,(, HDa. AU A raw IJ.LUSTkATION'5 01' THE. LOW PPJ<:INC~ Folding Beds ":;:.F"'''''~ $11.75 I!~",".'d~~. $15.00 ""J,~,~""" ,$21.00 Side/lo...... IL:,~8i~'."".,. ,sl).OO IJ:;: .... -.-.. $11.50 "'.'" ""_Nl' $18,00 D4ven~u ":-:~:'':!r:''..,":'.. $11.75 1.1t.~-=:::: $22.50 ..~ ..~~.": .SJl.O{\ "t.~.:: ..$40.00 "~:-:-=.s;: S55.00 Spie~el's Weathered Mission Dining Doom Svite, $49.50 rw~--"E consider this Dining Room Suite the most ! ,'desirable one th<lt has ever been offered at the price, 'Ve regret that 'E'.-:-:'-. '.'." no newspaper illllstra.tion call adequately portray its uti~tie beautyalld rich -~'-I weathered nrllsh, but this one, «t least, rev'ealsthe hnes. You un imagine, , doul>tlcss, Itow beautlful (he dining room would look wilb these follr pieces ill H. They are beyond ~he pale of criticism both as to style and character of (:ollstrudiot:t. The 5.u<te <.:(lllsis\s o{- Bu fit! .. __. _•... (il inches high, 44, inches wide Dirtillg Table .... , ... 42x42, extends 6 (~et China CabineL _.HI inches bij,lh, 32 inches wide Sel\'ing Table _ ., 4\) inc'hes bigh, :n inches wide II .nd 13East Washington_ Speciol Price. Suite CampIele, $49.50. Terms: $5 Cosh, $4 MiMllbly, SPECIMENS OF GOOD ADVERTISING. Heating Stove, China Oosets $12.00 $18.00 ..",,,., ... :...... ,$11.00 Bookcases. ",,'"'. .. $$129..2550 ...... $20.00 Dre ...... $i.56 ,.$11.00 $16.50 ':':;~H.,,'•• ",.,'" $1.6.; l~o,'~ ;.. ,,,,,. $4.00 ":';~, c.. "" .... , .56.00 ";;Z H, .. ". s.. ,·.. $9.00 "~:~ H"'OO, ",,,,,~ $13.50 Iron Beds O<';':'~''' ••• " $1.65 I~~,,~.""" $3.00 IWlil I",. "N'< $7.57 Similar Rcdoc,;ons Thr<ll1ghoul thc Em:re Siock. 5 ~m ! G..eates • FURNITURE' ",/ Bargain Event ",rJOHNSON' UNusUAL BARGAINS. Cl,While it is possible to find bargain. ill this store every m,;,nth in the twelve, tbe month 01 February offers rmusoM opponunifies. tlThe new spring ~tyle$ are alrea_dy arrivmg. ROOM! ROOM I ROOM I that l~ the problem here, illTherefore, no single ODD PIECE in the store has escaped the stockmen. All are marke<J for a quick sale. ao you may expect IOme very lIIIu,sIl,l bvgaiIU when y~u tom~-and ~ 'WlU I\ot be diuppolnfft!. B.E.SCBOLLE& GO~Z22WalIasb lkt_n A~.....dC-"--. p A Problem Easy to Solve Minuend - 1906 Two factories A and B employing over 500 men. Output in Chamber Suits the largest of any factory in the world. Subtrahend 1869 Started business in the woods. Water power. Twenty em-ployees. Output 30,000 per annum. Difference - 37 YE4RS Of EXPERIENCE. From the Least to the Greatest From the Least Known To the Greatest Renowned From a Small Line To a Large Line To the Best Line To the Greatest Line 1869 Our Line for 1869 was exclusive and created by ourselves. There probably were professional designers those days but we did not know it. The trade was so well satisfied with our creations that we did not change them for five years. bley's Expan- si•on Factory A. Factory 5. Our 1906 Line is also Exclusively made by our own designer. Material, Workmanship, and Finish not equaled for the price. ESTEY MANUF ACTURING COMPANY owosso, MICH., U. S. A. No. 451 Chiffonier. No. 22 Somnoe. No. 818 Dresser. No. 884}{ Dresser. 8 71R.. T I IS,' ...7I..N HORN BROS. MFG. CO. 281 to 291 W. Superior St.. CHICAGO, ILL. MANUFACTURERS OF Chamber SUites, Odd Dressers, Chiffoniers L4D1ES' DRESSING TABLES to match Made in Golden Oak, Genuine Maho~any Ven~ered, Birdseye Maple. White Enamel Highly Pohsbt"d or Dull Finish. We also make 8 line of PRINCESSDRESSERSfrom $13.00 up. In QUDrter-S8wed Oak, Mahogany and Birdseye Maple, Veneered If y~u have not received our Spring Supplement, ask for it. SAMPLES SHOWN BY PECK & HILLS 1319· Michlpn Avenue, and HALL & KNAPP, 187 Michigan Avtnue, Chkago. BEST SELLING LINE of BEDROOM FURNITURE -a. hne good enough for the most exacting and not too good for the average trade requirement. We issue no catalogue. Our salesmen show photos. SLIGH FURNITURE COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. RICttMOND RICHMOND, IND. The Standard line of Double Cane CHAIRS and ROCKERS Mention MICHIGAN ARTISAN 7fR'T' IISJI~ e 7 $# ..,.- Let SPEAR "Feather YOUt NeS):." I .\ Last Week of Spear's Annual February Sale. fflHE LAST WEEK OF THIS SALE will iailly bristlewitb bargain' inFurniture,Carpe~, Stov", and Range, . ., Economical buyers cannot fail to be delighted with the greatly reduced prices and the splendid opportunities to save that we present at this time. The goods are not c.heap, shoddy and undesirable F umiture, but the very best that money will buy; and because these goods are samples and odd pieces we mu:fi dispose of them to make room for new full lot,. We still ofter you the opportunitie' afiorded by our DIGNIFIED CREDIT SYSTEM 'Without any additional charge, Spear's Combination Spear's Sideboard. SPEAR'S SPECIAL CHiFFONIER. Bookcare. ADolLv~,Tw~ A Wd; ",at Do. This Beautiful Side-hoard i, made of fine ",1""1ed colden oak, highly polished and pcrf",tly COn:;lrucle<1. He a large French plate mirror. and. i, a beauliful omomenl for any diniog ""om. Spea" I>'i.::.e Thi. O,iJIonier i, made of either solid 001 or "",hog"nw,d birCh, is we\1 fmi,n.o, stTo!lllly ",adc. has E,·.. I~I):" spaciou, drawers, wdl lrimmed and is an ""- ceplional value. Spear', p~' 11i. Ca..e i, made in golden oak Of mahog. any fmish. highly pol. iohed. con~·..niendy con. >l~t ..d. LUUlifuJly carved and f'lled with French plate mirror. Spear', pric.. A Dollar or Two .Wedr.WilI[)<,. i\DotlatorT ..." .Wedr.WillD~ SPEAR'S IRON BED OUTFIT. SPEAR'S CHINA CLOSET. This China Closet i, a b""utiful ornamenl for any home. Made I 1H:I-',.."..-l1H of highly pol"hed goJd~ (>ilk, filled ",.,th $12.50 cu"·,,,j gla" end.. Spear> pnc.e...... ...... = , I 1:::ii1Beauliful Iroll Bed (cuct:ly ~ like illu'lratiOll) fini,hed in any practical color. br .... Iri~p:neO and .a. """I dw-llhle picoe 01 furniturc; complete with 'lee! 'pring and 41}-Ib ....-.'c::..:"'-_""'t!i~o~::."';.$~.9.50 A Dolkr or I'.xa<~y Tw<>.Week ~~ ~~ WR~ Spear's- Remarkable Davenport Bed. Th .. Davenport i, made either in golden oak or mahogany fini,h. with wide ribbed Corduruy cu,luuns, 'n a "ariety of ,hade" when dO-'ed ma\;.,. a h.<>d,ome. ma,';,." D.~enp~n: when open a lull:"ilt' $2t-J .50 comfu,m6k: Lt:<1. Spear, Price. • . .. I= A dollor ," ''''0 • wed. ...at do SPEAR'S SPECIAL HALL RACK. This H"ll Rad. and Umbrdla"Stand 1$ made -of ,oIid oak, well fini,hed. and a moO! cOllvenient pi""e of f"rn,. ture: i, Ened with a plate m,,.,,,r and bra" drain S3.25 pau; acl:\lal ~alu~ $5 50. Spear'. price ... .... -- w~"'~e particular pride In oIFering you lhis Three--Pi""e Pari", 5uiL u<.h picce i. beautifully ~on-ed and htgblr poIi.W MahogOI/YfuWb. c-..red will. k.uliful .oft ~elo~. and;' worth atr l $20.00 $12.50 Spearspo'lCl!' . fNGRAIN.G'\~PETS-Not Ifu, ~hcap kin.!. 22c btll'lual,!Jc> you can dep"nd Upoll. worth 35<- INGRAIN CA.R.PE.T5---E~lr" 'lu~\iti"". wnm. 38c 60<: per yard. Reduced to .. BRUSSELS CARPETS--Over )() choice pal. 49c tern. to choo'e frnm. worth 6S{ " yard .... BRUSSELS CARPETS_ Thi. i< the exira 65c 'lIp<I: """hly Ii"'l ... oally ..,11. at 8-9c a yard VELVET CARPE.TS-Ncwc'" wea"", ~nd qOc tJ"-l'Itml;. wonh $\.1') a yar<l. .. 20% TO 40% OFF ON CARPETS AND RUGS. tremendous lot,. worth 3Sc ISc a yard . 'NGRAIN RUCS-Room "'-e. ,plemlid $3 48 color .. worth $6.00 .•. .. ....... • INGRAIN RUGS-Room me: beaulilul t.498 pattern .. $8.00 qua~ly. ' ~uced to. .. <P,' BRUSSELS RUGS-Room ,ize.· 91;12 $10..50 led, worth $18.50.. ..... . ... " ... VELVET RUGS--R_ "'. ",,, $16 75 lee!, worlh $2:'.00. Re<lur:ed to.•...... , • A DOllAR OR TWO A WEEK WILL 00 YOUR CREDIT'S GOOD. "NUF CEO' SAMPLE OF GOOD ADVERTISING. AN EXPENSIVELY FURNISHED DINlNGROOM SECTION OF DRAWING ROOM AND UBRARY Janesville, Wis. }Ir. Estes, manager ~f the Choate-Hollister Furniture COIl1p;lllY, said: "Our husiness this year is much larger than ever. A1Hl. what is still better. the demand is almost en-tirely for the better grade of tables--so much so that we have entirely discontinued the manufacture of cheap tables. l\[ore than two-thirds of the tables we sell have round tops, which are all the rage nmv. \.\7e will soon bring out a line of high grade dining extension tables in mahogany, n11l-ning up to $100." The Hanson Furniture company will soon commence the erectioll of an addition to their factory that will enable them to increase their output nearly fifty per cent, Hints for the Merchant. A dealer need not carry heavy stocks of staple goods, yet he "hou1<1guard against the e,vi' or evel' bel.1lg out of them. He must always have the staples. It has a bad d-fect on the customer to be told that you are unable to snpply with maple or birch fnrniture. for i.nstance, The manner in which the stock of a store i,<;kept up has much to do with its success or failUl'c. A man may be a good salesman, <l good collectol' and keep his books methodical1y, but if he does not carefully watch the The Greatest Combination on EARTH for cheap and mediun priced Goods. With our facilitieswe can give you prompt shipments. Factories A. and B. amount and conditiOll of his stock he wi11 be almost sure to fail. This one thing has been the cause of more failures than any other business condition. Keep stock continually moving; it soon hecomes offen-sive if allowed to remain still. Tf goods remain unsold from season to season it means that the money invested in them is idle capital, and bring-ing you 110 returns, which if you had it could he used in tak· ing advantage of cash discol111ts or put into staples alld mad,' to earn good inte,'rest. The store sF{o'uld be kept clean; "order is heaven's firsl la\,>,." All stores should be s\vept daily, in the evening, so that the ,dust may settle over night. Mr. Shanahan Purchases a Home. Robert E, Shanahan, lhe secretary and general manager of the -Bisscl1 Carpet Sweeper company, recently purchased an attractive home on East Fulton street, It is in the best residence district of Grand Rapids. The grounds are large, and the house a modern 'structure, has beautiful surround-ings and an inspiring. outlook. 11 RIGHT NOW IS the time to stock up with CEDAR LINED BOX COUCHES for Spring and Summer sale. For real Couch comfort, durable service and all around utility, our Wardrobe Couches beat the world. Dealers willlind that a special advertised, will sell Box Couches. sale, judiciously Try it. Largest Line, hest designs, Solid Dust Proof Bolloms, Climate Top-Lift. Made Moth-proof with odorous Red Cedar lining. Weare advertising our Box Couches in leading magazines. All sales through dealers. This will create a demand. Get ready. SEND FOR CATALOG 17 B. Jamestown Lounge Co., Jamestown, N. Y. ...---------------.- - VALLEY CITY DESK COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. No. 541.· One of our new styles. MANUFACTURERS OF OFFICE TYPEWRITER AND STANDING DESKS Write at once for new Spring Cata-logue. Mailed to deafen oldy. LUCE No. 1'21 BUFFETS possess the Individuality of design and the careful construction which is characteristic of the Grand Rapids product. CATALOGUE UPON REfl..UEST. No' 112 LUCE FURNITURE CO., Grand Rapids, Mich. ~J'1J9f1IG7}N 13 "He built better than he knew" is an expression that may well be applied to the originators of Mission furniture.. The ever increasing _popularity of this peculiar style of furniture is undoubtedly due to the realization of home furnishers that Mission furniture embodies that strength and simplicity of construction that is necessary to stand the test of time. No matter how long you have it, there is always that rest inviting appearance about it, and the very plainness of style becomes an accustomed beauty. This spring our purchases of Mission furniture have been larger than any we have previously made. Many shipments have been received. and include pieces in the now so popular fumed or early English finish. This is a rich, chestnut brown. and has a dull wax polished surface. The upholsterings are all in genuine Spanish leather and these harmonize perfectly with the hnish and style of the, frame and general construction. Our stock includes pieces for the library, living room, dining room, or den. These are all built of selected quartered oak, in fumed or weathered hnish. The dining room furniture is ~ speCiany aura-dive, and embtoces many perfectly matched sets in whi.ch the artistic decotations have been carried out in the construction of the entire set. We want you to walk through and see the many handsome pieces now on display. -~-' -'~, ,-~-- ~--,=;=. ,_. ._- Necessary Odd Pieces A very Illlnd""me Dresser. made 01 "Oilll oal,. two oerpeutlue drawer". bell.<ll.it"l t1nt"h. French plde mtrror $12 95 18x36, .. U6 value for only,.. • Solid Oak ChUrnnler, cO'llto.lns Ove large. rboZllY drll;werll, Frencb bevel ml""oT. nnll ~::;~' for. ~~~.~~~~ .•.••...... $8.50 Hat Racl< and Hall SIlt/ee, made ot Bolld oak. F"rimch 'plate mirror, br""" hangllr~. $1500 beautifully pollabed. . . . . • . •• . . • . .. ... . • Oak Cobblllr !kat Rockers. wj~b turne,l splndle". ~~t. ~~r.~~~~,g.t~l~. ~~ .<:~~~O.T..:•,..••..•• $3.00 OL'R TEJt.'IS , ,A,l...."y. ,h~ .am~ IOt-Mnd olIt"y.....- '" f1,1r_l_W_Drilh" ~cf... 1 5O:~Jic: GoodJl IN Cad '10G(1__W...I.lJh8.C.,C'" -----,-, SAMPLES OF GOOD ADVERTISING. • _~ak $14.50 For This CHIFFONIER A repFeseatattve valoe- in tlbs ~s offering of 115 liigh..grade ClIif-foniers- wlde chol,;e of patterns, In OAk and Ma1iog!U1y~mllde to our spedlll on1eI" and bought for spot cash at It big priteeo:neflSo- ~on. 1'hese CbIflotlIC'.~ a.re exreptlooaUy WI bQ\'t frolll selet:ted woods and p~t ' Values That Are Remarkable R_mh.Ir tlm: tlrM' l.!l ONLY ONE STRiCTLY-CASH ~w"ilur~ and e.srpd d168 III' PhrLJd8lphia.. This" d. That's l)IU t'#tJ5011 fDhy (>fd jJrlr= at'e l(Y(Hj!. "::i;IJ • _ _ t.. J WE PAY V- ~r~ FRElGUT SUSQUEHANNA A\'E. AND EMERALD ST. OpeD Monday, Friday aDd S.tnrday EV'p. F:RONT ST., 14 e:STABL.ISH~D 1880 PUBLI$HIfP illY MICHJGAN ARTISAN CO. ON THE 10TH AND 2STH OF EACH MONTH OFFICE··2-20 LYON ST., GRANO RAPIDS. MICH. ~NTERI!D ...5 MATTER OF THE SEtOND CLASS The science of salesmanship is to be taught in the public schools of Boston. The authorities have not announced the names of the professors who are to fill the chairs in this department. Desiring to co-operate in the effort to make the school successful, the Artisan respectfully presents the names of the following gentleman whose qualifications to fill the se...e.ral chairs ably will be generally acknowledged: Chair of Jolly-Prof. Thomas Crane. Chair of Hypnotism-Prof. Lewis Eldredge. Chair of Psychical Research-Prof. O. B. Starkweather. Chair of Commercial Language-Prof. Charles Cox. Chair of N et Prices~Prof. Robert G. Calder. Chair of Personal Attributes-Prof. J. B. \Vatkins. Chair of Diversions-Prof. Panl F. Markoff. Retailers are anticipating a livelf month of trade, as the "vedding season approaches. Not much confidence is put in the claim of the superstitious that May is an unlucky month for matrimonial ventures by the anxious-to-wed, while June is considered the month of all months by seekers after happiness. Advertisers are raking their brains to bring out matter that will attract favorable consideration of brides and grooms. Last year the Kennedy Furniture company covered the dead walls and bill boards of Chicago with lithograph portraits of "a happy pair," with this couplet: "The bride and groom Are happy today- They have furnished their home In the Kennedy W4y." The efforts of the railroad magnates to introduce a uni-form bill of lading have been continued during the current year. The joint committee of railroad officials and shippers which has been making a heroic struggle to solve the prob-lem, had another meeting of two days' duration. Although no fi"nal conclusion was reached, some further progress to that end was made. Another conference is to be held with-in thirty days. A meeting of the National Case 1\lakers' association will be held in Chicago on the 8th and 9th days of May, when the subject of another advance in prices will be considered. The cost of materials at present is much greater than when the last advance was made, and as the manufacturers observe no prospeCts of modifications in the near future another advance may be necessary in order that goods shaH not be ma(le and sold at a loss. The Artisan was the first to discern the necessity fo;' making Grand Rapids an all~thc-year l11ark~t. Its early ad-vocacy of- the plan did not meet the approval of manufac-turers generallYI but it will soon be put into effect and the judgment of the Artisan approved, "Vork has be~11 commenced upon the factory of the new Globe Parlor Furniture company, in High Point, N. C. 711'<-T 10'71.2'1 • $'" The heavy stocks of chamber furniture purchased before the ad V<.lIlceofprices five months ago, have not been disposed of, and the effect on the approaching fall market season in a problem in which the retailers and the manufacturers are deeply concerned. There is a factory in one of the southern states so poor-ly equipped that the owners never think of locking the doors. Neither the machinery, the goods produced or the supplies used arf' worth stealing. The greatest inventor is the man ,"vho tries to explain his nocturnal whereabouts. There is no question that the miners' higher wage argu-ments tip the scale. The height of a city's pride should not be measured by its tall buildings, Arrangement of Display Windows of First Importance. Ou a recent bright morning the Artisan's representative made an inspection of the furniture store windows of Grand Rapids and was disappointed in not finding something mo:-e than a jumble of furniture in some of them. Others were ar-tistically arranged, the color scheme being harmonious and suited to the purpose for which the furniture was to be used. A toona mahogany bedroom suite looked well with a blue and white rug, wall coverings and draperies. A room done in mission style with dull finished furniture was toned up with a red rug and red burlaps on the walls. Screens with bright colored hunting scenes also helped to brighten up the prevail-ing somber color. Onc window displayed a mahogany bed-room suite very elaborately carved but the effect was spoiled by the discovery of the absence of the proper bed coverings-a cheap fringed coverlet was positively the onty thing on the bed. The most common mistake noted was the aforemen-tioned crowding of the furniture together in !! ~mail space. It is confusing and troublesome for the onlooker to single out a piece of furniture from the conglomerate mass. A few windows were tastefully arranged, pottery and statuary adding to and improving the general effect. ,A; carved high-backed settle decorated with dragons has a hinged seat which can be raised and beneath which wearing apparel can be stored. A chair and table are similarly decorated, A dis-play of gold furniture is made, but it is too crowded to show ...p. well, In one window was a card reading as follows: "Now on Display 1906 Samples Visitors More Than Welcome to America's Furniture Fashion Show." There is one store which is noted for its artistic window displays. At night the windows are brilliantly lighted and one may gaze at a completely furnished parlor, l'ibrary or din-ing room and think how well a ce:·tain piec'e of furniture would look in one's own home. The,n the desire to possess it becomes so strong that a vow is made to have it as soon as possible. Furniture men would all have a larger business if the importance of proper, appropriate and artis-tic window dressing was morc generally recognized and. ef-forts made to improve them as they should be. A windo"w should form a complete picture so that the first glance of the passer-by would lead to a minute and careful' inspection From the window displays a stranger gains either a good or bad impression of a furniture store and all furniture dealers should aim to make the best first impression as "first impres-sions are generally the best" in everything. The Ford a>. Johnson Co. Chairs, Rockers, Settees, Complete Dining Room Suites, Mission Furniture, Children's Go-Carts and Carriages, Reed Comfort Rockers. Our Dining Room Suites include Buffets, China Cabinets, Extension Tables, Side Tables and Chairs, all to match, made in Oak, all finishes; also in Solid Mahogany. SALESROOMS .. Clzicoj[o, New rark, Bostoff, MOff., Cincinnati, 0., Frankfort, Ky., Atlanta, Ga. MANUFACTURERS OF "Fiber Rush" and "Malacca" Furniture ALSO No. 3519;.<; GENERAL OFFICES: Sixteenth St.. and Indiana Ave., CHICAGO. i IL ROCKFORD FRAME AND FIXTURE CO. ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS. SEND FOR CATALOGUE PARLOR CABINETS MUSIC CABINETS DINING CABINETS HALL SEATS HAT RACKS HALL TREES SHAVING STANDS CHEVAL MIRRORS LADIES' DRESSING TABLES LADIES' DRESSING CHAIRS With Patent Adjustable Fixtures LADIES' WRITING DESKS GRILL CABINETS LAMP STANDS FRAMED MIRRORS 16 ~MlfpIG7!-N 2 "SAT-IS-FI-ED .,TH LIF£" Oho,u. of Thomas &. Co.'s Customer. PAINE FURNITURE CO MaJnEnlranoe, .8 Canal SI.. el, Near Norlh SIal'on MISSION FURNISHINOS MfsBlon Furniture is jdea,l 10r -the Library, Den or Dining Room. This Desk is o'ne of our latest Mis- ~ion Novelties, The two doors enclose divided compartmen ts; the top can be pulled forwarn giving ample' writing sur- j face; th~ swinging candle'sticks are a !L~liIiIilili!iiliiiiitl very ~ffe"ctive innovation. Our price is $15.50 Mlss.lon Desk Ohalr,solld wood seat, lefltber pa.1l811n back .... '4.00 Sideboard, large minor. ebcl', two drawers, closet with donble doon. $20.00 Chlffonnler, five large drawen, w"atl'ered oak· ...• ·, ·.· ..S7.!50 Mission Chair, weathered oak, brood arm~, 8pal11sh loath"r ....lIt." ···· .... ····.8.00 AND DRAPERIES Weathered Oak Bookcase, adjusta.ble Ilhelves,two slidlng do<ms ,. ,.,$17.00 Mission Library Table. five drawe1'1O"".eather.,jl oak.;.····$9.50 ORIENTAL RUeS BABY'S NEW EQUIPAGE ISWAITING FOR HIM HERE WbI:n 1M br,... blawl ".. ,m I,om U1. sunny .ouUl baby will ri<Io: 'broad in hi. own little priv,,,, ,on.,.y""'. 'M brutho.N. r_b.alr of "" .. or.d.., .... W ,:",,<10 • ..,.dahy ol.inlan\ .quipaj;eo this xuoo an<l.<l.oyt~ 'hio '0"'""'''''' oql",t<d lIIdllOt'Y '" i" hlJ!:~'" point 01 p l '&0 \t'. hilh """, "''''ho, ' <hio.king ot Baby'< C.. t, and ou, dioplay ~I :::::, ..U>d ... n ru",,,",,, hot W. in"i.., h.,.. ,"',..{or •• to 0 p.-.hrnlllO<y "« 01 '''' n<W cIal4JIS. T ...... Of< b<aUl'!"l in Th, C... h.", iII"""a"d;. no.. and d.in.ty and mh •• houCh very ble 10 pri<o.1'he bodJ' ioor """ qwtli,y t"'pott .... ,,, ..... "'o..,ly WOV<'n .nd band_ly ro,;"hed Ou. i.tub"lOtiol .. d ily oper.tO<!. Whtn /.014"" the Co'" O«"l'ioo a ."",.1, ,~p""'.blo• .,.•.o. Po, •• rA i•• dju bloo. HandJ... a.. of wh~ am.l, with ..... 1P"""""n<! &p,ing. of bu. qu.lity .... 1. Thi. '1'« .. 1 "pnud .. $9.15. T $,-00 ... 1>--5"" we<kly. , T~." ,ho,,, Go-C.", os ,,·,11., oey ",h" ,ingl •• ni,I......" 0''''' ",. "« ho",. ou,n ........... t yOll' di'po>.1'hrough our .pp... :.d mor.'hly ,h•.,;' ""'Q""' 0' ,nod",i.'''d ,.y;t,", 01 ,"".lIm,", ",d;'. n. now ~r.:~;:,,~k.":.~:n:r'~:,r:~t;~~:~.:n;:,i;;:;;.;:;'~;:~~~~!i~~:;t;.: .«om",""""," that. K'''' "<g.o;,,tion <I" eIf« w- Ow- .5peqaJ Price on This Go-Cart is ~9·7-? 71R'T' I IS JI.l'\I e $ 1:. Rusults Thus Far DrThis Annual March Furniture Sale ArB !!!mrBGBdented in the HistorY.]! The Krauss Fumiture Co. ONLY 18 .DAYS MORE GREAT ;nterest hli:< heen manifested by h"n- ,'drcd5 of PflCpk f;ho know and Want GOOD I. ~ Furnrture, Our Ann\lOll fur",tu'" SALE i. nO ordin.uy evetft..-e'\, pleee .of hif!:h wade . furn;tu,e on ou' luur Im>!e Aoon; is ~ed .~t:7W~. way hdQW the usu,1l PH':". The few 'I' price. quoted below "~flU.1,m"la'e every buyer to ln~nf-""A're<:larlO" of thl~ 1l",,,,,tc5t,,1- " all furniture: .""fe•• Sale wm "ontlnue 18 more day,. ~ -_ .... '~-'.....I •• _ ~CREDIT ~~, ATA40% Saving to You DURINCTHIS Clearane. Sale To qu,<I,ly ""d dod""411y<I... ou, oW" ",ooom Slo<k of Fu.--nl,ure In '""1""0<;00 for .he ""'" ..,.,;~.ls,_ 011"... ehoso p,iI:... Tho .. .-ln$. 0.. poolelY • ...., :u:tuaI. Com. in \oday. "THERE'S A REAS.ON" No Rent to Pay-Own Our Own Bulldlna; Pickcrini"s Why Shouldn't We Be Able to Sell Good Goods as Cheap as the Renter Salls Cheap Goods .--: >.. This World Beater a·Piece Parlor Suit fJ $13.50 Your Credit's Good Mahogany trame, velour covering, really worth $18.00, but to start _~ar Spring trade we p~t it'in this week for thirteen fifty. SAMPLES OF GOOD ADVERTISING, This is one of our Famous Non~Dividing Pillar Tables THESE ARE THE ONLY TABLES THAT ARE PERFECT IN CONSTRUCTION ANY DEALER THAT HAS NOT TRIED ONE OF THESE SHOULD NOT FAIL TO ORDER ONE Price = • $21.50 Choate-Hollister Furniture Company JANESVILLE, WIS. Dressers and Chiffoniers TO MATCH CENTURY FURNITURE CO. JAMESTOWN, NEW YORK In QUARTERED OAK, MAHOGANY, BIRDSEYE MAPLE and CURLY BIRCH SEND FOR CATALOGUE 18 Points for Salesmen. A bedstead taken apart and crowded up against a wall, is worth twenty-fIve per cent less in the buyer's eye than the same thing ready for use. You must please the buyer'·s eye. There is many a bookcase 'which appears to better ad-vantage six feet away than it does close by, and it is fre-quently packed in an aisle three feet wiele when it should stand by itself. It is much better to show a small stock, and ~how that stock well, and pack the rest of the stock in the storage rooms, than to attempt to crowd the w.:Jrerooms \'\Iith every-thing, each thing handicapping all others. The average business man, or salesman, has not the slightest idea of interior decoration. He due.s not know how to arrange interior things. It is the business man's business to find some one among his employes, or outside, who understands harmony of ar-rangement and who knovvs how to make everything in the store show to the best advantage. Such a man is inval-uable and should be appreciated J-inancially. 1£ goods \>,Ioul<1sell without salesmen, the nicke1-in-the-slot idea would penneatc retail husiness. Seventy-five per tent of sales are made through the per-sonal magnetism and ability of the salesmen. Relations between employt:r and salesman should bc franl< and cordial. This docs not mean intimacy-a desjrc' te, associate socially. The employer should see that the salesman understands th('. goods more than in a general way. The sal'esman should be elll.:ou,aged to gain technical in-formation. The salesman should remember that he is a, vital factor in the business. ~inety per cent of unsuccessful business owes its failure to the total inability of the salesman. Too much attention has never been given to the quality of salesmanship, and too much .attention never will be given to it. All the advertising in the v\iorld will never sell goods unless there be salesmen to show the goods and speak of their good points and so impress the possible buyer with the necessity of buying that he will buy, an'd buy of that store. One great essential in selling is quality of salesmanshjp. A poorly clothed and unbrushed sort of a salesman cannot he expected to sell mahogany. The principal selling suggestion is in the proper selec-tion of salesmen for their work. Furniture cannot be sold in the warerooms. rnonest piece of furniture can be made to look cdy surrounded. The majority of bliyers ace buyers of fancy. They know their desires-a chair or something else-but it is their faicy which decides them ouany parti~uJaT chair. The corn-well if prop- The successful salesman is the one who understands his customer 'Nell enough to build around the article for sale that which will work upon the customer's present feeling. There is no dishonesty in telling all the good yOU can about a thing, if the thing will substantiate it. It is just as dishonest, so far as business logic is concerned, to under-estimate an article as it is to -overestimate and over-rep-.-esent it. Advertising simply suggests to people that they buy a cer-tain thing or that they come to look at it. Beyond that, Made by Mecbanie& Furniture Co.• Rockford, ID. advertii;ing docs nothing; it docs a vast deal in doing that. Then, everything depends upon the way the article is repre-sented and the ability of the salesman. The man who treats his customers well, who appreciates their trade, who does everything to please every customer, who especially caters to women and arranges everything in his store after their idea of good taste, is the man who does business, and always will do business. 'K C. FOWLER, JR, IF" YOU HAVE NEVER TRIED OUR RUBBING AND POLISHING VARNISHES DETROIT I"ACTORY YOU VET TO LEARN THE OF WHY NOT PUT IT TO FULL POSSIBLITIES OF THE TEST BY GIVING US A HAVE CANADIAN FACTORY THIS TRIA~ CLASS GOODS ORDER? NEW YORK PHlLADEL .. HIA BALTIMORE BERRY BROTHERS, LIMITED, VARNISH MANUFACTURERS etolieAGO ST. LOUis CiNCINNATI SAN FRANCiSCO FACTORY AND MAIN OFFICE, DETROIT CANADIAN FACTORY. WALKERVILLE. ONT QUARTER-SAWED INDIANA WHITE OAK VENEERS CHOICE FIGURE " EXTRA. WIDTHS When writing for prices, mention widths required and kind of figure preferred. HOFFMAN »ROTHERS co. Fort Wayne Indiana Mechanics Furniture Co., ---ROCKFORD.ILL.-- Makers of fine and medium Buffets, China Clost:l:s and Serving Tables in Oak. Parlor Cabinets in Mahogany. Music Cabinels in Mahog~ any. Walnut, Oak and Birch. New Catalogue just out. Send for it. No. 104. NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA, Via GRAND TRUNK·LEHIGH VALLEY ROUTE. Two Fast Trains Dally Except Sunday. Daily. Leave Gd Rapids , 2:45 p. m. 7:05 p. m. Ar Philadelphia 3:40 p. m. 7:25 p. m. Ar New york :30 p. m. 8:40 p. m. Service unsurpassed. For further information apply at City Office, Morton House Block. ' C. A. JUSTIN. C. P. & T. A. THE ONLY CASTER CUP THAT Will NOT MAR OR SWEAT ANewCaster- CliP, a furniture Protector and a Rest We guarantee perfect satis-faction. We know we have the only perfect C&"ltil!:crup ever made. This cup is ill two sizes, as follows; 2J.' i[lch and 3 inch, and we use -the cork bottom, You know tbe rest ~ SmaJl si:ze, S:!.60 per 100 Large size, 4.60 per 100 Try it and he convinced. F. O. B. Grand Rapids. OUf Concave -Bottom Card Block does not louch the sur-face, but upon the rim. permit-ting a circulation of air under the block, thereby f'rev~nting nwlsture or marks of any kind. This is the only card block of Its kmd on tlIe market. Price $3.00 per 100 Grand Rapids Caster CUPCo., 2 P.. , • .,. A" .• Grand Rapids, Mich. Also can be had at LUSSKY. WHITE & COOLIDGE, 111-113 Lake st.. Chicago SPRATT'S CHAIRS ARE THE JOy OF THE CHILDREN. Our new CHILD'S MiSSION ROCKER was a winner from the start. Wriu for Cataloglu and prices. Our line is large and prices are right. We make CHAIRS (0' GROWN-UPS as well as CHILDREN. GEORGE SPRATT & CO. Sheboygan, Wis. Say )'OU saw thi, ad. in tbe Michigan Arti-san. ROCKFORD UNION FURNITURE CO. ROCKFORD, ILL. Buffets, Bookcases, China Closets We lead in Style, Construction and Finish. SEE OUR CATALOGUE. ------------------------ - Our New"and and foot Power Circular Saw No.4 The strongeSt, most powerful, and in every way the best machine of its kind ever made, for ripping, cross-cutting, boring and grooving. CABINET MAfiERS In theae days of close competition, need the best possible equipment, and this they can have in . . . • BARNES' Hand and Foot Power Machinery Send. fot" our New Catalogue. "W. F. ®. JOHN BARNES CO. 654 Ruby Street. Rock.ford. Ill. Smith & Davis Mfg. Co. ST. LOUIS, MO. METAL BEDS . WITH STANDARD REVERSIBLE RAILS MAKERS OF Patent~ July 15, 1904_ No. 704'~. This rail is reversible in the true sense of the word-ean be used either side up and enables the dealer to make one -set of rails answer instead of having two stocks, one of regular, the other inverted. Standard Reversible Rail Pillars, 1 1-16 inches. FiUjng, 3-8 and 5-16 inch. Hearl, S6 inches. Foot) 40 inches. Sizes = 3 feet 6 inches and 4 feet 6 inches. Weight, 67 Ibs. SOLID .. .. RIGID REVERSIBLE N... 328 $Q. 7JI!f All Iron v. J net BEDS THAT DO NOT WIGGLE - ---------------------------- 21 The Rex (Inner Tufted) Mattress. (PATENTED. TRADE MARK REGISTERED.) DEMONSTRATED sa:e ot 00.'[ REX C3.use inc\uiry ~ufu('ietH gut's or: gnJ\\ Jng ann \u'J~ 1"o:I~(,~S as ')lJ~:' has en:::HgeJ- 00 R The :;evonl~ /' do'.;:', ·'tJat tCle inner T ':(',: l\']a:trl>" wi:' lo 'J\\'O ane 0;.1 Hi'", j 1 RIDE \\' I': ',t' '1\; j~.\," ,)' v\.: e ~lHIl:~l, -vI ';u IlCI\ bcuk:,~: ;'fhe h.ng 0: '"",r" ,1" <I\'V,: :his Sr1cllc:'I,i MRr'~Tss. ',":'C 'C,'iil\'U' .illl:: .eeJ j;Jg:? buo~,(:';~ to ,W~-;IJt, ern our tcr:1h, nG\~ Don't \\ilit. :\ :0 s1,o\y vOl,r :nterest. Cl:S:OJnt':-S it Ij, :,'('1 ,.~,:' C"l \\' -"f' card ',I I' d,j. An\ :r,:l:g CH/JRLES A. FISHh;R fi CO. 1302 Michiga.n Ave .. CIUCAGO. ILL. PF.ORfd, hI .. ,~T. 1.0l/IS, AI0. l.f.1.'VCOLl"/, nL. klli\',\rEAPOLIS, MfA'.!.V. 22 Sheboygan, Wis. The furniture manufacturers of Sheboygan are a busy lot. \Vhat beer is to Iv[ilwaukee, chairs are to Sheboygan. Tile six large chair factories in Sheboygan turn out more chair:; than arc made in any other western city, while the six fl1l'- niture fa.ctories ha\'e an output that runs well along toward $2,000,000 in value. The largest furniture factory \ove::it of Lake 11icbigan is that of the Northern Furniture company. The,y .employ nearly 1,000 hands and their output is nearly or ·,quite a million dollars a year. Their line is vcry exten~ sive, including chamber and dining room furniture, in oak, mahogany, plain and bird's eye maple, white enamel and birch. The line will be shown in Grand Rapids as usual in July on the second Aoor of the Vilaters building, where it is always visited by many buyers, and sales in car lots are the rule instead of the exception. The Sheboygan Novelty company will soon bring out a numbex of new ladies' desks, combination bookcases and their first line of china closets. This year opened up the best of any year since they have been in business. A new cata- Jogue will he issued the latter part of June or early in July. The Sheboygan Chair company arc famous for the {~X-lencc of their chairs. Lumber, designs, consL'uction and finish are all 1irst class. Their trade mark, which may be found on all their goods, is a guarantee that everything is the best. Georg;e Spratt and company report bU!'iiness as very heavy. Among the newest things brought out is a child's mission rocker. It is simple in design, strong in construction, has a leather seat, and is just the thing to gladden the hearts of the girls and hays. A picture of this rocker put to its b~st use may be seen in their advertisement tl1is month. Don't Be Too Cautious. The best advice a merchant can give to a young man who enters his employ to learn the business or art of selling goods, is: "Don't be afraid of making mistakes." The man ..\.'ho never made a mistake neve, amounted to anything. This point finds striking illustration in the story told by Success of the late E. D. Jordan, the millionaire drygoodsman of Boston. One day he inquired of one of his lieutenants: ;;'VVhat sort of a fellow is Smith 7" ';The best sort," replied the lieutenant. "I am glad to hear that," said IVIr. Jordan. "Be has had charge of this department for ten years, I believe." "Yes, sir, and he ha~ made a great record. He has never made a mistake." "Eh? Hlhat's that? Discharge him at oncc." "Sir?" stammered the surprised subordinate. "No, on second thought," continued Mr. Jordan .• "you needn't discharge him right away. I'll give him another chance. Send him in to me," ,~rhen Smith showed up he said to him in substance: 'ff don't like men who never lllakc mistakes. What I need here is a progressive man-one with plenty of pu."h and enterprise. Now, a man who is full of zeal 'for me and primed with ambi· tion for himself is sure to make a mistake now and then, "The man who never blunders is too' cautious, too slow to be wo:th much. 1 have had a statement made out showing me the percentage of increase or decrease in the business of each department. Your department is the only one that causes me any tUlcasiness. I find the reason to be that you are too infernally cautious. You never make any mistakes," No. 22$ Ccmbfnatlon Case. Convincing Arguments they might business. may be easily written, and and might not bring us your We know of a better method, that is sure and easier and more one con-vIDcmg. Here it IS ! Send us your trial order and we will let the goods make the argu-ments and do the convincing. WE KNOW. THE RESUUT. Bet~rSend in that order right now -rhen YOUwill know the result. S"BOYGAN NOVELTYCO., Bookcases, Combination Cases, Ladies' Desks, Music Cabinecs. We JtJJicily/)ur inljllirks. SHfBOYGAN. - - WISCONSIN Patents that "old THE Posselius Bros. Furniture Mauufacturing Company, of Detroit, Mich., would have everyoue in the furniture trade to understand that their patents on their famous Victor Extension 'fables are valid, and that they are determined to protect their rights against all infringements. 'fhe order of the United States given herewith is self explanatory. At a s&ss10n of t.he Circuit Oourt of the United Statell for the Eaete:m n18tr1(:\ of Mlehl~an (tOntinued and held. pUl"!Iuant to adjolll"rUllont, at the District Court ROOlll, 1.1'1 t.he c.1.ty of Detroit, on Monday, the Elr.hth day of JalUlary. in the yo!!.!"one thousand nino ~ndNd and I31x. Present. the Honorable Henry A. Swan, D~~trict JUdge. CHARLES W. MUNZ and POSSEL!US BROTHERS FURtlITUPR !AA.'4UFA(:TIJRING COMPANY I Compll'!llnantB In Equity .. No.3ij73 v. LINnow BROTHERS - EF.~RS COMPANY. Dofendant. This C8.lHlllcomlnr; on for he£\rln~ on this (lay, on ;>lea<llnt:8 Ilnd proora, it is ol"del"'ad, adjudged and dar:l"eed, that United Statsa Lettera Putent No. 548,449. ~rant8d October 22, _1895 to ChlllrloB W. Fun:::, 1s II [';ood llnd valid patent. and the exclt;sive riGht s tha:~ein are vElBted in the cOr.lplainonts. '!'hat the ll~t!lnsiorl tllblll8 ]{lade anu sold by the defendant. liktl the sanple offered in IlvioJellce, ~Ilrl"inf:1l claim ana of said patent. I'. is further oruel'ed, adjwJl1ed (\n<.1l1ecreod that the said dl'feJ1Uante. their cOl,nsellcrs,! attorne~'8, oclir.lto'rs, flgel"ts. sel""'fnT\t.aand workmen, bo, ::md they ore each and every one of t.heM per1'6ttlally enjoined 1'1'01'1t~e m::t'.ufll<,:ture, $.lEl O!"use of tn'o]tls. emhodying in their stl"lH~tll)""etllt1 inventl.on of' tho hereinbefol"'e I'Illn~i(med !latent. Tt ia further orde:"ed. lldjuur:ed and decreod that the conplalnanlS :"ecove~ a~a nat. the said defendant the costs to be taxed, and t.hat the said COf'lplninanta have execution thel'ef,!ro, One of Many Patterns in Q!artered Oak POLISHED === BUffET No.2 Prlce:$14. Ask for ourCATALOGUE. CHARLES BENNETT FURNITURE CO. CHARLOTfE. MICH. 000 DRESSERS and BUFFETS, WOODARD FURNITURE COMPANY OWOSSO, MICH. Have you received our 1906 catalogue' If nol. you should send for il by first mail. It shows Ihe besl values in medium priced bedroom furniture, in all the fancy woods and finishes. WOODARD FURNITURE CO. 23 KARGES WARDROBES ARE GOOD WARDROBES OOODSTYLES CONSTRUCTION FINISH Prices right WRITE FOR C .... A.LOGUE nARor~ fUKnnUK[ co. EVANSVILLE INDIANA In writing mention Michigan Artisan GLOBE SIDEBOARDS are the BEST ON THE GLOBE FOR THE MONEY GET OUR CATALOGUE. Mention the Michigall Artisan when writing. GLOBE FURNTURECOMPANV EVANSVILLE, INDIANA BOCKSTEGE FURNITURE CO. EVANSVILLE, IND. NO. 10. DRESSING TABLE. TOP 2Ox40. FRENCH PLATE 22x28. SELECT QUARTERED OAK, RUBBED AND POLISHED. Makers of the "SUPERIOR" Extension, Parlor and libralY Tables NEW CATALOGUE JUST ISSUED-GET ONE 1858 1906 E. Q. SMIT" C"AIR ===COMPANY=== MANUfOACTURERS OF WOOD, DOlJBLE CANE. CANE. COBBLER TlJfUD LEATUf:R AND VENEER SEAT CUAIRS AND ROCKERS No.145 Reception Rocker Veneered Rolled Seat Quartered Oak Finished Golden Office and Warerooms, Cor. Third and Division Sts. Factory and Supply Mill, Foot of Oak S1. -----EVANSVILLE,IND.----- MAKE MONEY MR- DEALER BY SELLING THE Dossr KITCHEN CABINETS CUPBOAROS SAFES and WARDROBES Best Goods lowest Prices BOSSE FURNITURE CO., Evansville, Ind. The "ELI" fOLDING BEDS ~~~f~t~'~Nm No Stock couqJkte without the El( Be<.l~ill MalJtd ;J.lId Upright ELI 0 MILLER & Co Evan .. I1I•• lndl.na • • \-"rile for cuts and pnces hansville Furniture Co., EVlImville. Ind. MalilIlllCturers oj the "Celebrated Flowered White Oak Goods," BEDROOM SUITES CHrFFONJERS ODD DRESSERS WASH STANDS "The Line with the Finish" Somethin\l Entireh New Goods shown at Chica-go. lll., at No. 13Hl Michigan A\'e., ld floor aud also at Ollr factory sal es-room at Evans-ville, Ind. New Catalogue just issued. We Manufacture Trade Expanders Write for our New Cala/ague. Manistee Manufacturing Company MANISTEE • • MICH. Sideboards. Dressers. Buffets. Chiffoniers. and Commodes in MAHOGANY ..ad OAK. MANUFACTURERS OF No. 305 Our line contains nearly One Hundred Patterns. "GET WISE" to it. No. 310 50Complete Lines of Refrigerators at RIG"T PRICES Opatite Lined Enameled Lined Charcoal Filled and Zinc Lined Zinc Lined with Removable Ice Tank Galvanized Iron Lined Stationary Ice Tank Send for new C4 TALOGUE and let us name you price Challenge Refrigerator Co. GRAND HAYEN, MICH., U. S. d .. HEAVY MiD EXPENSIVE FURNISH[~GS NEAT AND INEXPENSIVE Koenig &. Gamer furniture CO. MANUFACTURERS OF VICTORIA, COMBINI\T10N, UPRIGnT and MI\NTfL folding Beds Odd Dressers, Princess Dressers, Napoleon Beds in Qnartered Oak, Mahogany and Bird's Eye Maple. Our full line shown on 3d floor, 1319 Michigan I\ve. . Office and Warehou5e 266 to 272 N. Green St .• Chicago, III. Factory No. 22 to 48 Pratt Sh"eet Catalogue ready Ma ...ch Ill. Send for it and me7llion the Artisan. "This Trade Mark Guarantees the best." No. 526. No. 525. Our Oak and Mahogany DINING EXTENSION TABLES Are Best Made. Best Finiahed. Best Values. AU Mad~ from ThorouahlY Seuoned Stoclt No. 465 Dining Table T QP541:>4, Made in Quartered Oak and Mahogany, ~ull Pol~ iehed. N'tekel Cuters .•• ..• LENTZ TABLE CO. NASHVILLE, MICHIGAN Goods Bearing This Trade Mark are Profit Getters for You. SUITES, SIDEBOARDS, BUffETS. BOOKCASES, HAll RACKS. Blue Prints for the ask.lng. WE manufacture the larg~ e&t line of FOLDING CHAIRS in the Utlited States, suitable tor Sunday Schools, Halls! Steamers and all PUblic Resorts. . . . . We also manufacture Brass Trimmed Iron Beds, Spring Beds~ Cots and Cribs. in a lar~e variety, . . . Send for Cat.lope and Prlcel to Kauffman Mfg. CO. ASULAND, OUIO THE NEW BANQUET TABLE TOP as well as Stow & Davis Furniture Co. Grand Rapid" Mich. Write fm CatalO!ilUe. Get 1IaPlp!es of BANQUET TABLE TOP Oflic~1 Dini.nz and Directors' Tables are our spe<:ialty «Rotary Style" for Drop Carvings, E.mbossed Mouldinll's. Panels. Etc. ~MBOSSING and DROP CARVIIIIG MIlCUIIIIES Machi~ for all PUfJ)0f.e5, and Ilt prices within the reach of all. Every Machine haft Ollf i:uaranlee !lgainsl breakage for oDe yellr. "Lateral Style" for urKeCapacity He81'Y Carving5 and Deep EDlbowini'i W" ha ...e the Machine you wanl a1 a 9.aQsfaclnry pnctL Wrile for descriptive circulus; Also mak" dies for all makes of Machine!. UNION EMBOSSING MACHINE CO" Indianapolis, Ind, Morton House American ......Plan Rates $2.50 and Up Hotel Pantlind European ......rlan Rates $1.00 and Up The Noon Dinner Served at the Pantlind for SOc is the FINEST IN THE WORLD J. BOYD PANTLIND. Prop. 30 urge Illustrated Catalogue JhiJWJwhole line. Ask for Ca/alogu! "A." Go-Carts and Baby Carriages To show our line is to show the best This Folding Reclining Go-Cart is representative Of the most popular kind this season. Wheels are 12 inches in diameter; rubber tired. Springs front and rear, nutless axles. Dash and Back adjustable. We manufacture four other sizes of Go·Carts in many designs, also a large line of handsottfe Baby Carriages. American Go-Cart Company Detroit, Mich. No. 898 The Murphy Chair company have just completed a cement smokestack, 110 feet high. It is the [lfst one built of cement in this city,. James E. Inglis, president of the American Blower com-pany, was elected president of the Detroit Hoard of Commerce on the 10th inst. Mr. Inglis is one of the most active mem· bers of the board, and under his admil1stration nothing will be left undone that \vill add to the growth and grory of Detroit. The Posselius Brothers Furniture ]\1anufacturing company havc donc a larger volume of business so far this year than in any previous year in their history. The big factory is operated up to the limit, and they have more orders on their books at this time than some so-called large table factories could 611 in a year. The first lot of their new round top extension tab1e1'ihave just come· out of the fac-tory and bid fair to become as popular as their famous Vic-tor extension tables. The \Volverine Manufacturing company and Cadillac Cab-inet company are having a fine trade. They will add a g··cat many new patten~s of tables, pedestals and fancy cabinet ltOOKWOOD and a general litle of fftN6Y TftBLES Write for Cuts and Prices PALMER Manufacturing Co. 1015to 1035 Palmer Ave. DETROIT, MICH. ware to their fall lille, which is shown in Chicago and Ncw York at the summer and ~...i.n.ter exhibitions. The Pioneer .:\lanufacturing company have done a record breaking business so far this year. Sales of reed and rattan rockers, chihlren's carriages and go-carts J~ave been veri heavy all of this S(;aSOll. The Palmer 11allufacturing company is another of the busy ones. \Vill Streng, the presid,ent of the company, said the demand for their finest tables, including their well known Rookwood finished goods, is very heavy. The old house of Smith-Day and company, so well knOWll in Detroit for nearly thirty yea:'"5,has vacated their premises at Sixth and Congress streets and moved to Indianapolis, and been merged into the Indianapolis branch of the firm. The business. of the American Go-Cart company is very heavy this year, not only in go-carts and children's carriages, but in reed and rattan rockers as well. lt is said that there is a fine opening in Detroit for a good medium priced chamber suite and case goods factory. The city is growing su fast that the retail merchants would find it a great convenience to be able to telephone such a factory every day for goods. Pioneer Mfg. Co... DETROIT, MIen. Reoo furnIture Babu GarrlaDllS Go-Garu Ideas of a Furniture Salesman About the Way to Furnish a Flat For $200. A furniture salesman employed in a slo,·c In an eastern city, gives an il1teresting account of how t(, furnish a flat for $200, which young couples contemplating matrimony and whose mean sare limited, will find" of great help. The salesman starts in \I'litll the suvposition that the young man's salary is $12 a ""eek, out of ·which $2 or $3 is paid the furniture mall. The furniture purchased includes tile fol-lowing for a suite of [lve rooms: "Tv"ellty dollars for a r;lnge. A couch for $8 is a good thing for the kitchell. Two or three chairs and a table whiclt arc Hot expensive arc 50011 chosen. The little thin{l;s I \vill' lwt sJlcak of now; we will consi(le~· only the larger pieces of in ··niture. T .Ols of the little things you will have given to you, yOll know. vVhat do you send out cards fo:·: "The chamber is generally planned for next. Some per-sons prefer the iron bcd, others like the entire wood set. Though it is more expensive to buy the wood chairs and the bed of iJ"(m it is frequently done. It is expensive hecause we seldom have cali for an old w(iod bed and taking it out of the ~ct is <:l loss to us, T should advise yon to get two or three chairs amI a rocker for yOur chamber and you can use one 01' t.,,,,o(If tho:.;e chairs in :your spat-e room vv·hen yoU have WE ARE THE Largest Manufacturer of Chamber Suites in the WORLD $12.50 to $80.00, Elm, Ash, Oak and Mahogany. company, You can get a cheap b<.:1, but a good one, fur this room, anu it call be fitted up for a night or two from other rooms, so it will be inexpensive. You really ought to have a spare bedroom because you will have lots of c,l.lls from relatives when yOll arc a bride. They arc illtercsted ill your housekeeping. You do 110t need a sidehoard for your dining room right :l"\Nay, but W(~ can "how yon \\ :~ood one if YOUW,Ult it. \Ve can put straw matting dOWlJ if t:lC Hoor does nul look we11, nr, if it is polished, an art square would bc pretty. \Ve rarely sell \vhok c.Z\rpet~to t<lt+ <\o\\"n The matting IF the plain JIon]", with or withotlt rugs, is quill' correct. as well as heing the ll10re heallllfllJ. YOtl will only buy fOll" dining room chairs fit Ilr5t. They all do. B1lt yOlll- husband will return for two more after l1l;ir,-iage. You ·will han; lots of company, SUiH1;lyS. "The parlor comes next and it is always the hardest to furnish. .Now that entire suit over there would he just what a 1"n<l11 won1.d like, but women ahvays ask fat' odd arti-cles, a chair of one kind, a sofa of another. They always fig-llrc the cost of ftlrnishing a parlor too low. There's a nice Wi.llD'>\'chalr {or the cornel". and those two rncke:·s wnul(l look well with it, and that couch. If the room is large enough, have a table, but don't put it in the center; have it at 31 Murphy Chair Co. MANUFACTURERS DETROIT, MICn A COMPLE.TE LINE. lhe side. 1\ car the door is a good place, as it can be used then for cards. The pictures you buy depend on the amount of money you want to put into them. They can be pur-chased now and then as you get prosperous. Don't forget a .:\'1onis chair. Tbat is seen in the outfit of every average bride. Of course, therc are odds and ends of other things but you call buy them at rates to suit the general furnishings. Among those littl..;; things, 1 know thcfC are many important ones." Then the salesman began to rumirmte and J~is thOtlghts were expressed in this ",-ise: ;'Funny, how, when a girl and fcJkl\v come here before maHtage, he 15 willing to let her helve her own way in ('very thing. Piece set, instelld of suite. hecause she ",-anted it; stove like her mother's, rug instead of tbe caq)et he. \vanted. "Funnier, wIlen they come back afterwards and she hasn't a word to say. ITe gets what he wants then, all right, and he IV()ll't \.lay much for it, either. He is saving. Nothing like marriage to make a man save. That's the secret of more fortuues than a few. To sell goods to an engaged couple, and then to the same ones after they have been married a couple of years or even a shorter time, is like making sales to two different parties. They \-V<:Int a different class of goods, and they have entirely different tempers. All you've got 'to do is to :;uit the girl heforehand. Afterward it's different." Should Earn More Than He Receives. It may not be right to set up certain rules as to how a 'l salesman shall make a sale of goods, but it is entirely cor-rect to require that if he sells he must do so at a certain price. T-low he docs it is characteristic to himself and must he ldt vcry largely to him, but that it s11all done, and with certain results, is something that an employer has a perfect right to require. ).:!o husiness mal1 SllOUld keep in 11is employ a salesman W"lto does not earn more than he receives. It should be ev-ery ·salesman's aim to serve the best interests of his employer ;ud tlH~best servi.ce can only he g"iven when a s;llesman has his employer's il1tercsts at heart. Fcv\' saksmel1 work from this standpoint, but it is the 01l1y true one to work frolll. The rapid prom.otlon of the s'llesman who is not afraid to work, \\"110 is c()llstantly suggesting wbere sm;lll leaks may be stopped. expenses lessened, business extended, is ample testimony to prove the trtltl1 of tl11S rule-a sal.esman of this st.amp is worth <:I dozen of those whose main aim seems to be to put in so many hours for so many dollars. Furnished to Dealers Gratuitously. An excellent line of medium and low~p~-iceds;deboards. buffets, dressers, chiffoniers and commodes is illustrated in the new catalogtw of the )"h11istc:e (1)fich.) MallUfacturing company. ------------ - ATLAS fURNITURE COMPANY JAMESTOWN, N. Y DRESSERS CHIFFONIERS ALL WOODS The A. C. NORQUIST CO. =======JAMESTOWN, N.Y.======= MANUFACTURERS OF DRESSERS AND CHIFFONIERS In Plain and !!I.!!artertd Oak, Mahogany Imd Birduye M.pl,. PERMANENT EXHIBITS - AT Chicago and New York Brief Mention. The James D. Bennett co~npany (It Loui'sville, Ky" I;an' been declared illvolulltary hallkrl1rt.~. A,",Sct:; arc $12.0C", liabilities $16,000. The creditor!; uf the C01l1P,-1I1Y \\'cre the Made by the Northern Furniture Company, Sheboygan, Wis. filers of the suit. Their charge was that certain creditors had been shown the prc[e)"cllce in th(: payment of claims. Of the one tIwusalld men employed by the Xorthern l'm-niture company of Sheboygan, "\,Vis., seven hundred work in the furniture factory and the remainder in the mills of the company. Thomas \,Vard will open a first class ir:rnitlSC S~OH: ill Sioux City, 1a. ConDor Brothers llave 0l)(:ned a new fX,I\\tl.\--e store in Johnson City, Tenn. Alonzo Smith has ,",old his furniture :-;tc<:.k in Cmmcil Grove, Ia., -and ""ill locate in Salina, Kall. John Heely succeeds Bcdy & Fis;;('\ in Le':'b·.-~~. 1;1. Fankhoner & Grinstead have bought the IVlarioll (Ind.) \Vrccka!-':e & FlIrllitnre cornpany. G. C. Countr:y11lan is clusing- out his LUrJdl1"C bIlSill<'SS in ~ew London, la. \V. H. Russell succeeds nliss & Xyc ill .:'\nv DeMo ·d, 1!ass. Frallk ),1. Sunday has purcb;l.~ed the fUt-nitllrc allrl U1J(ler~ laking buslne~"" of Lucas \:Vcbhcimer III Fort \V,l~':l~:, Ind. An Explanation Due, A. B. L\,-IcCallof the Peck & Hills Fl1r1liturc COlll.pany has been sojournillg in Old flJcxico since Fehru;\ry looking after the eOH\pany's extensive interests t11(~H:. '·i\l ae" -wrole in-terestingly to his friends on the 27th ult., about a fishing trip on Tampico Ray, in which he relates that he captured tl:lree tarpons weighing respectively 105, 103 and 83 pounds, but that they -Y,,",crenot cx~eptionally large. The optics of "..\-Iac's" friends bulged oot some when they perused the contents of his letter, the query in their minds being whether or not "1\1ac" had been tempted to write them a fairy flsh story. Another matter of mudl douht to them was, how wa" it possible for "l\tac" to get such heavy \veights nut of tbe briny deep ullless he was equipped 'with a derrick. 33 Sturgis, Mich. Sturgi;; has four furniture factories. The Ji. st (f theje In ag-c is the Aulsbrook '& Sturges plant, wbich jias been turning out a good line of low and medium priced fur:1't·.~rl: for nventy years or more. The next is the Grobhiscr lv__ Croshy Furniture eompally, mallu[;)eturers of dining, cxtell- :-iOll. parlor, lihrary aud directors' tables. This is one of th . largest coucerns in the state in this line of goods. The l1e::t was the Royal Chair compal1y, manufacturers of thc famoj~ Royal and l{eg-a] 1-Iorris chairs. Under the \'.'alchful ca-(~ and persoll<d dil·celion of !vlr. YValtoll this compallY has grU\\'ll to be OIl(; of the larR"est in the country rnanufactu-ing :Vlol--Tischairs. Every reader of the !\ rtisan is familia:· ,,<th tlIe lady and push bUlton, a,~ .c;hown in their advertisement. Trade has been very large this year. They exhibit ill Chi-cago ill July and January. Last hut not lea5t is the fllle lIelV fom story brick factory of the Stebbins Manufadu,-jllg COlltll,l1ly, which carne tn Sturgis from Lake View, ~lich. ~1r. Srebbins is the sole man;lger in this busi,ie"s ,11lc\ will conti.nc himself tll table,; (')"Chlsivdy, discontinuin!,--! lno',{- cases and writing desks. Great care is taken in packing· ailli "hipping goods. A sllipnH:l1t to J:(alam;lZ()(), thiTty-six mile-; al~<ly, is packed and crated with as much care as if it -wcr.:: g-oillg to 1'\ew York or San Francisco. New Catalogue of Peck & Hills. The Peck & 1--1 ills ]-;'urnitl1rc company have recently is~ sued Olle of tl1e Jiuest and most comprehensive catalogues ever gotten out by any of the furniture companies in the trade. The catalogue numbers almost 6eO pages, {:11Jbracing information in detail of the great array of goods handled by this company and illustrating everything needed in a fur-niture store at manufacturers' lowest prices. The covers an~ of strongest linen paper, the front including a flne design, bearing the words: "The "\Vorld is our lVlarket. 1906 Made by lhe Norlh("rn Furniture Cmnpany, Sheboygan. Wis. \Vholcsale Furniture. Dependable Lines at Factor}' Prices. Peek & Hills Furniture company, Chicago. The Great Central lVlarket. ellequal1ed FacilitiC',J3 for Loading Mixed Cars." 34 THE IMPOSSIBLE IN ANTIQUES. Things Women Demand From Dealers in Old Furniture-and Get. "Purchasers of antique furniture <:.ould avoid being de-ceived in many cases if they took the trouble to inform them-selves concerning what they intend to buy," said a dealer who tries to be conscientious. "'An instance of the common lack oj knowledge came to my attetltion the other day. "A woman was willing to pay any price I demanded for a genuine old corner cabinet with glass doors. It had to be absolutely genuine, ,hO\"lever. "I had two beautiful old cabinets, just the kind she want-::,J. They were also antiques in every particular but one. They had formerly had solid wooden doors, just as all cabinets of that early period had. "Corner cabinets, as well as those made for glass and china now, originally served only to keep food in, They were like the ordinary pantry or closet of today, Naturally such cabinets were heavy and clumsy com-pared with those with glass doors. In all cases the glass doors have been put in later to make cabinets correspond to modern taste. Corner cabinets can never be very old, because they were not in use ulltil a comparatively late period in colonial history. The earlier colonial houses were all supplied with cabinets built into the corners of the ro0111. So it is impossible to get a cabinet of this shape that is as old as the first of the American made furniture. "I told the lady all of this, which was, of course, quite new to her. I don't think she believed it because she went away without buyjng my cabinets, although they were exact-ly "whdt she was looking fOL "Now, i.f I had shown them to her without explaining that the doors were originally of wood shoe"':ould pr·)bably hayt' i'ought them "m1TI,cdi:l,ely" Dealers soon learn that excessive honesty on their part is Made by Eatey MllDufachlrillg Co., Owosao. Mich. not necessary. Their patrons do not want to know too much. It embarrasses them to reveal their ignorance. They like to be left in the happy impression that they know it alL ··..1 have sold so-called colonial bookcases for years," said one dealer, "and in all' that time I have rarely come across a regular bookcase of the kind that stands on the floor. "The bookcases were all built to sit on the tops of desks, in accordance with the fashion of that period. We put small legs on them and sell them. "If I told that to the women who come to buy not half of them "would take the bookcases. If I told them how these Our Dry Houses. A and B. Have a capacity of over one·half miUion feet of lumber giving fUs a large stock of thoroughly dry lumber at all times. No furniture plant in the world has the lumber dry-ing facilities that we have. Good lumber makes good furniture at' ESTEY'S bookcases were made it would not give them any assurance 8nd it would lose a customer for me. So I keep still. "1 do not mention either the fact that the desks to which these bookcases were attached have new tops when the trans· formation is made. It is more for the sake of the women than my own profit that I do not mention these facts."-Ex. PopUlarity of Rugs for House Furnishing. "There are ten houses furnished with rugs to every house with carpets in Kansas City," said the head of the rug depart-ment of a furniture and carpet company in that city. "i\, decade ago just the converse existed, At that time rugs were scarcely salable, no matter how cheap in price. Com-mon sense more than anything else has caused the rug to risc in popularity. It is generally conceded by all handlers of rugs that the rug has come to stay. In my opinion the chief reason for the rug baving supplantccl the carpet is the san-itary reason. As rugs are not tacked down they are easily removed, and are consequently cleaned much more often than carpets. One would naturally SUppOSethat the latter reason ,,·,:ouldbe the most important. It is not, though, because the difference between the cost of a rug and the cost of a carpet is small when taking into consideration the additional ex-pense of a hardwood floor The most popular rttg of to-day is \vhat is known as the Wilton rug. The \Vilton is a plain rug of modest design and is moderate in price. The next best sellers are the Oriental rugs. They are much more costly than vVittons. To the prosperity and rapid growth of the town is due their popular-ity. "It is the tendency of late to have rugs made larger, tlnts causing the floor margin to be narro~Ter, t account for this by the fact that housewives then have less of the wood floor to dust."-Ex. Office Building Complet.ed. The Bissell Carpet Sweeper company are ab9ut tooecupy the large new addition recently made to their plant. Early Purchasers of The Northern Line Are attracted by the success attained in selling this popular line. The High Quality of Construction Large Variety of Patterns No. 5555 f]In many popular finishes are the features finding special favor. f]We have anticipated your wants which enables us to fill orders promptly. I I, t Northern Furniture Company SHEBOYGAN, WIS. Manuf<2((uren r:/ BED ROOM, DINING ROOM KITCHEN FURNITURE. Get the Catalogue. No. 5547 36 ~MlprIG7JN THE LEXINGTON Michisll.D Blvd. & 22d St CHICAGO. ILL. Refurnished and re-fitted throughout, New Management. The furniture dealers' head- Quarters. Most con-venienUy situated to t he furniture display houses. Inler-State Hotel CO. OWNKR & PROPRIKTOR E. K. Criley_ Pres,; T. M. CrBey, V. I,'res.; L.H. Firey, Sec-Treas. Chicago. April 25.-Many of the Ch:c:\go ft:r:litu:-e man-ufacturers arc ;\s husy this month as they have been in J al1U-ary, February ~:lld 1\larch; while some others \\'hose t ";\dc in large part comes from the east, have had a falling off ill their volume of business on account of the millers' strib'. The prevailing opiniotl seems to he that tile conditions in the east ate temporary and \vill not he prolonged to any l1otal!le extent. Karl Stccnberg, one of Chicago's ,,,ell kno\vn t:"avclillg furniture saleslilen, died April 2, after a ten' days' illness from pneumonia at his home, 542 North Sacramento :~\'enl:C. The deceased was a native of Norway and came b the Unite; States in 1884" 1Ir. Steenberg was about forty-three yca:'s of age, and of sixteen years ill the furniture business the past fourteen years havc been spent 8S a tra\'eling represeu-tati\ Te in tbe middle ",'cst for the Kational Parlor Fll:-nituj C company. 1Irs. Stcenberg and three children are left to mourn his loss. The funeral was held h0111 tht: family home April 5, and the interment took place at 1\1cunt Olivet cemetery. th. Steenberg was highly estel't11ei] hy the Natiollal Parlor FUTnitlce company al~d w: s a 'H~~H{,l' salesman among all 'W ith ,vhom he came in '.::ont<.:ct. The Columbia Feather company, 95-97 Indiana street, Ch'- cago, are making ex~ensive improvements ;'n:1 C;) lI·res ;t their factory. The entire building ha::; been ll" sed so that all six floors win now he used illSt,,~\d of focr. Electric: power will be tlse'd instead of steam power t1JroL1'~'houtth' plant :'llld the first floor has been fitted up for the IJfic:-> and show room. The front of the bUilding- h,:s beel1 Ile·.\'!y painted and when completed will give the Columbia Feather c01ppany one of the linest plants of its kind in Chic;:\go. Secretary-Treastlrer T.ec C. Davis of the COllrey-])a\'is l\'lallufacturing' company, Shelbyville, Ind., was in Chicago April 17-18. ll-Ir. Davis says his corllp,llly are as busy now as ;at any time since the :61"stof the year. The Central 11anufacturing company of Chicago arc fllll-ning on a ten hour schedule. This condition has been k<.~l)t up, Secretary Xormain states, for the l)(.~st t·.\,o ln~llt!s, the regular schedule being nine hours. The Niemann Table company .. Seventy-seventh Pnd Cot-tage Grove avenue, are having their plant taxed to the utmost capacity in order to meet the hig volume of bcsincss the ;:company is having. IMPROVED OPEN BOLSTER ROLL Shipl'ed one dozen in a case, K. D. flat. Covered in white muslin, $11.00. Covered in colored sarine, $12 00, The Best Open Bolster Roll on the market. TRY A BOX. The Sanilal} feather Co. 249·255 S. Canal $' (,;.HIGACO. o. c. S. O;SC11and company report trade on their line of desks as bcin:{ satisfactory this seaSOll. The demand seems to come from all sections . .\:lc/\ nsh, Dwyer and cumpany ar<~issuing a 4CO-pag'e cat- ;lloguc M this wrifng which will make its app::-a:·,-nce in the furniture t:ade :tday 10. The catalogue win be fnlly as large and substantial in ma.ke-up as was the Olle of 1905. A feature of IVlcAl1Sh,Dwyer ~~ud company's line this yC~l1" lies in the fact that the bulk of the ease goods they are supplying the trade "vith will come from thcir Eve factories at T_~noir, K C. Cuts and printed matter covering fully the tines manufactured by the Lenoir factories will be shown in the new catalogue. President R. H. Hufford of the Wholesale Furniture Ex- Iiibition Building company, 1323' Michigan ;,venue, visi;ed Evansville and several neighboring cities on April 19, 20, 21. The Heywood & \~lakefield company repo:t their trade such that they find it an impossibiHy to l,eell up on orders. They are having an cspeciall'y heavy trade <La ca:'- Reduce Your StockII FOUNDED 1888 at a good profit or sell en-tire stock at cost. "TnE NEW.IDEA MEN" 460 Monon BI'd'g CHICAGO SALES MANAGERS WRITE FOR TER.MS. riages, the demand being !>"l.1ch that the comJl<llly has been compelled to turn do-wn orders. One of the latest ilJdu,stries to join the ranks of Chicago\; furniture factories is the 'vVest Chicago Chair company, 63- 71 Milwaukee avenue. The officcr~ are: President, Georf{e V/. Brown; vice president and treasurer, 110/. 1. Bunker; sec~ rctary, Ernest Bunker. The company's plant is at present turning out 100 cbairs per day, ;:tnd the litle manufactured consists of upholstered rockers, tables ~llld :11orris chairs. The company's catalogue states they are presenting to the trade a sm~dl line of well constructed, artistically designed tables, J\'lorris chairs 'lnd upholstered rockers, which will" en-able them to give the trade better prices and prompt deliv-eries. The goods are in oak and the compa.ny is enjoying au excellent trade on thesc goods ever since they started their manufacture, the trade being from <lll sections and not con-fined to any particular section of the United States. Manager Reggio of the Clemetsen company, Chicago, re-ports trade on their well known "Clemeo" desks as being very satisfactory_ j\ll sections seem to unite in the demand for the Clemco goods. MaInger Colbeck of Oh1brich & Golbeck says: ;'Busi-ness "with LIS up to )""f:trch1 was very good, but sillce that time on· account 0[ t11.('. coal' strike has dropped nff. \Ve have qu.ite a large trade in the east and the strike has made the dealers cautious about placing o;-dcrs. I hdicyc the c;,nd.i-tions. however, are only temporary." The Cash Buyers' Union Insolvent. The Cash Buyers' Gnion I·'irst Xational Co-Opnat\\"c Society of Chicago is illSo1velll. The attorney of the COill-p; my informed Judge Bethea that a syndicate of business men v.·ishcr! to purchase the company for $500,COO. The C0\11"t approved the plan. Ull::[er the arrangements made ill court hids are to be advertised Ior for the sale of the ;]sset~ of the company within fourteen days. Luce Line Well Advanced. Secretary A. S. Goodman of the Luce Furniture company, Grand Rapids, informed thc /\ rtisan recently t.hat the com-pany's new line is well adV<lllCedand t.hat it will contain man;: new and valuable features when the season opcns in Juno::. The past season has been a very prosperous one for the corn-p; lt1y. A Substantial Contract. "Manufacturers of Grand Rapids llave t!lken thc ccmtract. through a Chicago (kaler, [or the furnishing of a llCW addi-tion, containing 400 rootH, to the Auditorinm Anne,;_ Chi-cago. H ig-h grade goods will bc used. Merit Wins. The success of the Xo-Kum-Loosc To'V\'c;"Patent fasten-ers, manufactured by the Gralld Rapids Brass company, is based solely on mcrit. Their merit consists in their practic-ahility, as they absolutely prevent the glass, brass or ""ooden knob",. c1ra\ver pulls alld toilet screws from getting loosened, I1!HI marring the furniture. This was never accomplished until' Daniel VV, Tower, president of the Grand Rapids Brass cornp;l11y, invented tbis device. Tt is such a thorough success in en~ry way, coupled ,"vith the fact that no additional cost is put onto the furniture trimmings that it is no wonder the sales are steadily illcreasing for all goods so lltted up. Merit wins, as it deserves to. Ordered Furniture For a New Hotel in Cincinnati. Orders for furniture for the new' Hamlin Hotel in Cin-cinnati were placed by the manager, James Clyde, who was recently in Grand Rapids for the purpose. Twenty thousand dollaL3 will he expended. The hotel win have 200 rooms, and plans afe outlined for an addition. 37 I THE UNION DAVENPORT BED I OUR LATEST AND BEST PRODUCTION ----=~-- Its operation is simplicity itself. Is strong and serviceable. Makes an excellent appearance with its handsome cushions. Has high grade spiral springs throughout, and spring edge all around. A PERFECT PARLOR BED Without being moved from the wall opens into a perfect bed. Send for descriptive matter and prices. We want you to handle this excellent article. UNION WIRE MATTRESS 00. 187-188 Michigan Ave., CHICAGO Metal Beds, Woven Wire Mattresses, An Steel Springs and Metallic Conches. 38 Sells Goods in Ten Counties. E. M. Austin and C. E. Shrader are engaged in the busi-ness of selling goods under the name of Austin's department store in the little inland town of Litchfield" in the state of IllinQis. They employ between $15,OtJOand $20,COQ in their business, a sum much larger than is considered necessary to All our goods are of the Estey Standard Quality None on earth equals them for the price. Thirty-seven year!:=making Cheap and Medium Priced Furniture. Ad-dress a Posta) Card. ESTEY. Owosso. Mich. For Catalogue to Trade Only. conduct a husncss !;t1ch as they are engaged in when the lo-cation is in a town of 6,000 people. "Vhile Litchfield's six thousand are not engaged in very heavy enterprises, they arc all industrious, thrifty tot, and Austin and his partner seem to be the best of the bunch. The house of Austin does not con~ fine its businc% ramifications to Litchfield and its immediate suburbs, but· ten of the wealthy counties of southern Illinois containing thirty good villages and cities, receive its atten-tion. The house uses printers' ink very liberally, using the newspaper3 and a. va.st number of large illustrated circulars in making their establishment known to the people. An im-mense volume of business is transacted. ;;One. who knows;' or- presumes to know, declares that the capital of the house is tUrJlCd over every sixty clays. Litchfield looks good to Austin and Shrader at present, but these gentlemen keep in mind the fact that many of the great merchants of Chi~ cago, New York, Cincinnati and Philadelphia commenced their business careers in a small' way in towns of much le~s importance than Litchfield. The big cities will look good to them in time. Fret Work Although not much used at present, there is a great deal of artistic worth it! fret work. A fret js a form produced by wearing away, or cutting away, some portions of the material so as to leave other portions in relief. The parts removed are usually CtIt away by a band S:'l'W stretched in a frame to keep it perfectly tant, that is worked either with the hand or fixed in a machine, which, by means of a treadle, is made to work up and down with considerable rapidity. The saw being vcry narrow, the most intricate shapes may be cut out with ease, and to reach many of the spaces to be cut away, it is necessary to start by gimblctting a hole through which the saw c<\n be passed. Fret work was formerly used for piano fronts. For chair backs it could be used to good advantage. Each one might be different in detail and yet with certain generat traits, so as to give the appearance of oneness when the pieces are seen together. Keep Pegging Away! This world is a world full of pitfalls and snares, Of Lilliput pleasures and Gulliver cares, \Vith people more ready to curse than bless, \~iith little to cheer you and much to depress; But the best thing to do is-believe 111e, I pray~ Face your duty, be brave, and keep pegging away! The pitiful creatures of envy, indeed, ,~rjl1jeer or wiJJ carp if you fail or succeed; There are those without number who lack not the will To give you a kick once you've started down-hill. Don't let them disturb you; don't mind what they say; Turn your eyes to the light and keep pegging away! Devotion to duty a lever will prove ""'herewith yOll can myriad obstacles move. You may find that life's gold overmatches the dross In striking your balance of profit and loss. Be steadfast and patient, be hopeful and gay, To business attend and keep pegging away! vVith the honey of life must some 'wormwood be mixed, As the daintiest rose by a thorn is transfixed; But the honey's more sweet from the leaven of gall, And the rose rudely pierced the most fragrant of all. You'}] find your reward great and lasting, some day, If, strong in your faith, you keep pegging away! To Enlarge Their Factory. The Colonjal 1Janufacturing company of Zeeland, Mich., let the contract on April 13th for the erection of a three-story, ;;L" shaped brick factory, the center building to be built at once, and to be 112 x 60 feet in size. The two wings to be added witt be erected later, and each will be the same in di- Made by Estey MllQUfaClurl.oi- Co.. OwOSllO. Mich. mensions.as the center building. Manager John Spyker says the factory will be of mill' constr-uction and equipped with all of the latest improvements. The main building will be ready for the compa.ny to look after tIle fall trade. 39 TYPIFIES the highest standard of excellence in Carpet Sweeper mechanism, and this claim is abundantly ju;;tified by its superior saleability. It is very easy to make claims, but to have them su~ported by {aus, is quite another thing. One rbing is certain, you can't deceive the public by reckLess, unsupported claims, and we therefore realite dlar unless the Bissell were all we represented it to be, we would soon hear from this in the way of dimisbed business. The facts tore, the Bissell has achieved more than we have ever claimed tor it in an auvertlse-ment, aod its eJ<tensive and constantly growing sale throughout the world, wherever carpets or rugs are used, is a visible and p<lsitive proof of its recognized superiority. The Bissell has maintained the leadership for thirty years, and is the one only carpet sweeper that has ever been advertised extensi\"ely to the consumer, or that has ever been sold under il sound, sincere price maintenance system. "CYCO" BEARING "I Prize my . Bissell Sweeper" "Beyond any labor saving device In my home." BISSELL CARPET SWEEPER CO., Grand Rapids, Mich. (Largest Sweeper Makers in the World.) Branches: NF.w YORK, TORONTO, LON~ON, PARJS. SAVE FREIGHT Why go west for CASE GOODS when the BU RT line will satisfy the bulk of the trade demands of the average dealer, without necessitating delays in shipping. ChaMber Suits. Sideboards. Chltfonlers. Dressers and Toilets. Write for Cataloaue. BURT BROS., 2000 S. Ninth St., Philadelphia, Pa. 40 7f R.'T' IIS' .7l.Z'\I « 2 re TRANSFER POOL CARS FOR PACIFIC COAST OVERLAND FREIGHT COMPANY. SAN FRANCISCO, CAUFORNIA. make a specialty of distributing pool cars 01 all kinds and PART! CULARL Y. furniture, carpets, linoleum and interior finish. References, Bradstreet's or Dun's and any hank in San Francisco, and the trade. Carloaderin Chicago Carload';"in Grand Rapids J. W. Welling,633 So. JeffersonStreet Gelock TransferCompany, 108 So. Ionia Street. TEAMING FORWARDING STORAGE RESPONSIBILITY. Listlessness, Lack of Ambition, and Lack of Interest Charac-teristics of Salesmen. Responsibility is necessary in the furniture store, not only in heads of departments, but in the minor positions. Thos:? stores, in which the head of the house, or the manager, take.~ the entire load, you will tind generally equipped with a fwee of salesmen V1;hoare looking for six o'clock, and whose sales arc carried just beyond the discharging point. Some one salesman is the best and st'lyS so. The other.; trail along without much ambition, other than to sell enough to hold the job. The department stores rep:'cscnt this c1a.~sand it is a no-torious fact that the majority of such stores do not pay in The average salesman in the average department store ha.o; the shivers every time he sees the cash girl' coming v.ith ;1 pink slip, which in most of such stores .is the discharge calo' The average buyer of the average department store h:cs the same shivers as his contract expi:·es. The'e seems to he a lack of taking anything for granted there. In the regular storc you meet the head sometimes. He knows you, and you feel he. has your measure. As long ~iS you feel that you fit the measure you neglect to worry ove' your job, amI not worrying, you call sell better. The <l"epartment store represents more than anything in the busincss world, an entire lack of responsibility outside the heads of departments and their superiors. The rank and hIe don't care ahurr<lh for anything pertain-ing to the welfare of the store other than what pertains t-, their immediate welfare. If a key falls from a dresser No. 507 Dining Table. Ma4. by Lenlz Table Co .• Ndlville, Mich. their furniture department as they shonld. In no regular iUrIliture stores will yon find such under the surface listless-ness, lack of amhition and irresponsibility as in the furniture end of the big department stores. The sal"esmen are automatons, and know it. They are hired on that understanding, and seldom give to tlleir employers the best that is in them. They seldom feel identifled with the interests of the house, as the people '''lht) control them are so far removed from them as to' be in sonl.C cases actual strangers. dra'wcr it lays where it fell', if a caster is loose or broken it can remain so. It is 110 concern of theirs and makes not im-pression on them. A salesman may sell a bill of goods to a dead heat, knowing l1im to be such, but if his sale passes the credit office, where they may not susp~ct the: dead beat, it is entirely satisfactory to him. If the firm loses the ac-count he, if he is all old hand, eare:.s less than if he is a new-tamer; knowing the ropes he has nothing to fear. T have sold goods in a small installment house, in a large installment house, in a department store, and in a high grade • cash store. Tn the small installrnent store we were all re-sponslhle, in the large store \'Ve were more or less responsible The llllyer watched tl1e sa1es~ had his stand bys among the salesmen, The head of the finn knew liS all, knew how bard it was to sell sometimes, itH\1.li,e(l ahout the sales "'<C', did not make, looking for the flaw, and made us feel we \vere doing him an injustice not to put forth ollr bcst elIorts at <111 times. The high gTade c<lsh store had its responsibilities.' Thi,,; man did such a thing, that man sonH~ other thing. They all sold goods and they had a good time selling them. But in the deparbnent store the '1Nho]c thing was a grind from eight ontil six with the t\Vellt)' minutes lonch out. Tbe only standard of selling was that set hy the high salesman, Thc buyer was a gnod enough felloV\', but he wore goose l1esh lllOS,t (){ the time. llis immelliate superior wc\s a gen-eral office man. who never showed himself in the furniture department, ,vhile if any of the firm headed that ,'vay, word \vauld he passed ahead of him, and immediateJy the people Mad" by Rockford Fram" al1d Fixture Co., Rockford. Ill. would ~'i llger up as they called it. Tiley g·elle·ally succeed·· cd in fooling him. except whell hc would snap (In them [rom the t'lev;\tor alld growl if he found one of them sitting- down. The lack of personal responsibility, and the general sub-jection showed me clearly why the a:verage furniture depart-lllent of the hig stores is seldom a profit winner to any large extent. There are several ways of making salesmen and store peo-ple responsihlc. Olle way is to put the salesmell on the salary and com-mission b;lSis and sold their hustle determine their pay_ This, £01· any store, is a good metllOu, provided always a fair way is devised of getting the c11stomer to the salesman without fal"oritism. The l11etilOd of rotation cannot be ex-celled [or faimess as it gives, everyone the same chanec in the long nlll Tf there <Ire six salesman numbered from one to six the first customer goes to number one, the second to number tlvo, etc. [f thc salesman called on is not at his desk, lhe ne.xt 111 lurn prCSc11t gets the cha11ce. Of course, 41 tlle Cl1:'itomer calling for a particular salesman gets him with-nut affecting- his turn, if he is jresent when it comes. H.e-sjJOllSihility may be carried further hy giving to each sales-man some part of tile stock to keep in order, and report upon. He should be. held to strict account by the buyer for the con-dition of the stock, action of drawe,:"s, clean glass. loss of keys, dusty fabrics, and general artistic appearance. The furniture cleaners, dusters, repairers shoul(l know that they are expected to car:-y out his suggestions and the result will he a well arrang·ed; well or(Lerc(l, and easy working stock. The huyer or manager to be sure must see that each man does jnsticc to his stock. Tile actual selling is not by any means al1 tbere is tn sell- Illg. The carelessness of some helper or repair man will often he responsible for the loss of a sa\'c, rather than the illcxpcrtness of a salesman, and it should be in the powc:r of a S<lkSt11;J.n to l"emcl\Y such an occurrence in the future. Thc shipping cud of ,IllY furniture business entails a great deal of responsibility. The customer doc~ ,;ot judge the (inn by what the salesman says of the article, when he sells it, hut by the appearance and condition when delivered, con~ sequently a careless shipper or delivery man can pl.ay h:tvoc with a star salesman, and the star salesman should have ",ume l1lC;ll\" of t:,ltin:J hack the applecart. The buyer has alt this at his disposal quite as much in the dep,lTtillent store as in the regular store, neve,thelr:ss it is the exception to find one who on takillg cllarge o.f a furniture department does 110t lose his personality or even his identity. It io> the: duty 01 the tlepartment store buyers to do .iu;'l-tice to themsclves and keep furniture where it he\"ongs. The furniture salesman is a hi:;{her g-rade man than the cOllnte:' jumper, the ribbon man, or the dapper chap in tlIe Rents' [llfllishing, allCl it is up to cyery buyer in the busincss to keep him high grade and I",ss of an aut0111aton. A woman buying a ne~~ktie for her husband needs no advice. T f a d(~Her in the slot could he d~\"\~ed to deFver the rig-ht s',:,,\!:: aild pattern it would serve the purpose. '\:citheT dot'S she need adv:ce when she b~:'ys cut glass, or' crocker)', or cloth. In such C;l,~CS her kno.vlcd.Q'c will n;-t,'ll !'.tltl"lln that of tl:e :;alesm:ln. Hut - when it is fumiture, call the chetol'. Is this 111ahog-nllY? Is that vcnce:'ecl? \\1ith ,"'chat is the daven-port lilled, hair or moss? \Vhich ,vea:'s b('st, binI's, e:le maple or cudy birch, ;llld a thousand nthc:' ql1estion~ to he jJ:operly answe~ed by the responsible man who knows and knows he knows, and shows that he knows, lts ;\ r'11an'3 hnsiness. ])()l]'t let anyone d:op you into :1 slDt. A Stamp Tax Proposed to be Levied on Convict Made Goods. A hill is pending before the congress of the t:"nited States to prohibit the purchasc of furniture made by convict labor hy th<: :;:!;eneral governm(',nt. The FtlTlllture .~ssoci<\ti()l1 of America has urged the house of repr(':selltati,'~s to amend thc bill by adding a stamp tax of twenty-five per cent ad val- Ol"('lll on all goods made or partly made in prisons, and sold in competition \vith the product of free labor. The amendment proposed \\ auld serve a good purpose, but the ovcrloading of the orig'inal bill m,ly cause the loss of the measurc. If the \l1"()01otet"s of the measure to prohibit the purcha~_e of con-vict made furniture are wise they will 119t accept the amend· ment. By asking too much in thc first instance, they may not gain anything. The proposition to impose a stamp tax nll eOl1vict made goods should h,~ p:-esented in a bill pre· pared sote\y for that purpose. C. L. Ross, v.rho succeeded the Hatt Polish com,lany, i,:; continuing the business LInder the llQl11e of the Grand Rapids l'urniture Polish company. 42 MAHOGANY IN NEGRO CABINS. But Collectors in Georgia Now Have to Take to tl\e Swamps to Find It. Several of the curio shops in Savannah are kept by colored men. They have attained considerable sagacity in the pur-chase of antiques, especially of old mahogany furniture, and There is a Standard for everything and the standard for Cheap and Medium Priced Fumiture is the ESTEY STANDARD If you have not got it on your floors, write lor catalogue, do it now. , they talk as glibly of Sheraton, Chippendale and colonial styles, inlay and veneer as their white competitors. "V'/her(' do you reckon I find most of the old mahogany?" asked one of these dealers, pausing in the work of preparing a Queen Anne bedstead for the polish. "In the negro cabins. Not the shanties in or near Savannah, nor those on the main travelled roads. All that furniture was picked up long agr). H!'\ ow we have to take to the swamps to find it. I fre-qucntly leave my "\vife in charge of the shop whilc I go off on J. collecting trip for several days. I walkacToss tlle woods and fields, and find a litde old shanty somewhere off in a pine clearing, wllere the children may have but one garment apiece and sleep every night in a mahogany bed. "Once I happened at such a cabin just in time to keep a cJawfoot bedstead from destruction. It was a chilly evening in spring, there was no fire\vood at hand, and the man of the house was just taking one of the posts ofa splendid coloni.11 hed, which was in disuse in :1 shed, to the chopping block. A moment later if would have heen on top of the crackling, fat, pine kindlings in the smoky fireplace. "The darkies know nothil1g of the value of mahogany. It came to thcm from their friends or the plantation aW1H'~S who put it away for ne,ver pieces of walnut and maple.' It went out of fashion and so into the attics or the quarte s. though the servants came into possession of most of it whell the old homes 'were broken up after the war, "Any of this generation of ncgroes would rather have <111 up-ta-date dresser of pine wood brightly varnished or a white iron bedstead. I have sometimes exchanged new fllr-nitul" e with them for the old pieces which collectors p:-ize. That is always very satisfactory to the darky, although a dol-lar or two of ready mOlley wilt buy anything in his house. "That is why the negro can secure the real old stuff down here better than a white man. He understands the manners of the cabin and can live with the people. Even if a white man succeeds in finding them in the marshes, the darkies would be distrustful and not likety to show him hospitality. "It amuses me to see collectors from the north come down here, hire a carriage or a machine and dash out on the country roads after old furniture and other curios. All that territory has been covered long ago. "Indeed, although Savannah is full of old mahogany, s.il-ver and porcelain, there is very little of it for sale, and what there is. tlle OWJlerSknow how to value. I count, however, that I make about 700 percent on the p;eees that I pick up in the negro cabins in the interior."-Ex. Chicago Undertakers' Restrictions. Organized Jabor is making rapid progress. The Chicago federation of Jahor has opened war on the Chicago under-takers' association and hostilities have been declared. The other day, the Chicago federation ador;ted the foll'owing rules, which are now in force in the metropolis: "N a union man shall purchase a non-union casket, or assist in paying for a JlOll-lmion casket for a member of llis family or a friend. "No union man shall act as pall-bearer at a funeral where a non-union casket is used. "vVhere the services of an undertaker are needed by a friend of a union man, it is his duty to tell the members of the bereaved family how to secure a union casket." From Carpets to Rugs. That American tastes cnange quickly and that American manufaetlliers are enterprising and quickly catcr to the changing wants of the trade is again demonstrated in the al-most phenomenal change from carpets in the roll to carpets n~ady made, properly called rugs, which has taken place in the past two or three years. Americans have discovered that carp~ts are unwieldy and unsanitary, and So the use of rugs is becoming more gen-eral every year. Carpets have had their day and it has been it long one, originating in Persia. Hut rugs have been found Made hy Estey Manufacturing Co., OwOllllO, Mich. to be more convenient, practical and, last but not least, their beauty, especinlly that of the Oriental article, appeals to us all. The only thing to be said against their use is their ten-dency to slip on the polished floor. G. R. ~ I. fLYERS BE:TWE:E:N Grand Rapids and Chicago To Grand Rapids ------'----,--------- Lv. CHICAGO 8:45 A. M. Ar. GRAND RAPIDS. . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. 1 :50 P. M. Lv. CHICAGO. ~ihUSt~:at~E~x. Sun 1.15 P. M. Ar. GRAND RAPIDS ......•.... , " ., .• 5.50 P. M. Buffet Parlor Car Lv. CHICAGCJ, r:tbCSt~:~WE~x. Sun 5.30 P. M. Ar. GRAND RAPIDS 10.25 P. M. Parlor and Dining Car Lv. CHICAGO, Nibcijt~~~~Dta~i:l:y 11.55 Night Ar. GRAND RAPIDS 6.45 A. M. Electric Lighted Sleeping Car Phone Michlg.n Cettob'alCity Ticket Office for Re..eryatioDliIo 119 Adam. Street To Chicago ROBBINS TABLE COMPANY owosso, MICHIGAN Lv. GRAND RAPIDS, Ex. Sun 7.10 A. M. Ar. CHICAGO 12.35 Noon Buff.t Parlor Car Lv. GRAND RAPIDS, Ex. Sun , .. 12.01 Noon Ar. CHICAGO 4.50 P. M. Parlor and Dloln.ll: Car Lv. GRAND RAPIDS, Daily 11.50 Night Ar. CBICAGO 7.15 A. M. Electric Lighted Sleepind Ca.r -----'====== Phone Union Station for Reservatlona No. 402. Leaves stored in top. 1906 CATALOG MAILED ON REQUEST No. 301. Center column does not divide. 44 The Refrigerator Season will be here very soon. If you have not yet received a sel of our CAT ALOGUE.S and PRICES for 1906 a postal card will bring them to you by return mail. We make a full line of Zinc-Lined, White Enamel, and Opallte Lined, and Porcelain Lined Refrigerators of any size desirable. THE ALASKA: REFRIGERATOR CO. Exclusive Refrigerator Manufacluren, New York Office, 35 Warren St. MUSKEGON, MICH. Cur ~.:Iu3kegon Lec"\.er. Muskegon has been ve:"y generous in the c1istributicn of bountie>; to industries induced to locate in our city. No OIL' ilas objected during the twenty years it has been pursued, but the legality of the bond issues is undergoing a t~st of the COIn-ts at the instance of one of the benefic.iaries. The value of these issues to Musk:;>gon cannot he estimated, and our people earnestly hope tha.t the is;;.ucs \vill be prollOllIH::eJ valld by the con:t of last resort. OUT manufacturers are making extensive preparations for the cm:ning season of trade. Extensive lilles of salable goods are in course of preparatioll, and when the buyers ar-rive in Graud R;lpids jn July they will find many good and useful pieces among the Muskegon exhibits_ The Muske-gOIl Valley Furnitore and the 11-'100nDesk compZll}' will oc-cnpy spaces in the new lIvlanllfacturers' building. "Vith the resumption of daily service b~twcen the lake lWI'b, our manufacturers will ship a great part of their out-put hy \,ater. Goods shipped th~-ott:~h Chicago «iHl \lil-waukee are handled exjeditiously_ l\iluskegnn continHes its g;-owth in l'nallllfactllriug Cllt"' prise and 8c1'eral new industries will add to the impo:-UlllcC 01 the city. OVER FORTY DESICNS TO SELECT FROM The Sargent Mfg. Co. MUSKEGON, MICH. Bachelors' Cabinets Ladies' Desks, Extra Large Chiffoniers Alto Manufacture-IS and E;lJ,>QTten. of ------- ROLLING CHAIRS Chairs adapted to all kinds of invalidism. both for house and street use. The pleasure l-esorts in the vicinity of ou, city attract thousands of sojourners annually, and with the approach of warm 'weather their arrival is anticipated with pleasure by those 'who are bellcntfd by their prcsence. Made to Last. A very substantial line of office desks is made by the Valley City Desk company, Grand Rapids. It contains about 100 patterns in various sizcs and woods_ The prices range from low to medium. Nothing· is lacking in the work-manship of the goods nor the materials used in their COllstruc~ tioll. Concerned in Regard to Accounts. ~Thile fhe mrullli;ldurcrs have contributed liberally for the relief of the sufferers from earthquakes and confiagration~ in California, considerable anxiety .is naturally felt 011account of the claims due for goods furnished in the past to jobbers and retailers of fn:-niturc. The manufacturers of Grand Rap-ids have shipped vcry large quantities of furniture to the coast, that wealthy sccCon of our country taking a large per-centage of fine gOO(h. \Vhat the settlements wilt amount to is problematical. Muskegon Valley Fumiture Co. ----- MUSKEGON, MICH. ------ Odd Dressers Chiffoniers Wardrobes Ladies' Toilets Dressing Tables Mahogany Inlaid Goods ... Trade Notes. F. \\1. Hart is abuut to upen a furniture store in l\lcdical Lake, Wash. He will also conduct all undertaking business. C. S. \Veakley and comp;ii1y, Harrisburg. Pa., will retire from business as soon as their stock can be sold. The Clarkston ([daho) Fnrnitmc & Undertaking C0111- pftny's store was damaged $5,000 by water. The furnibJre stock of the HUlltcr l'l1rlJitllre C0111pall.y, Indianapolis, was sold by the receiver for $8,2.10. The\Villis Smith-Crall company of Korfolk. Va" ""ill close out their Gruuby street sloTt.: and concentrate tbci r business in the main store which will he enlarged to double the prescllt capacity. ;\hout $55.00 wOl'lh of furniture \vill he sold from the Grallby slrect slO'"e. The Coonell _Furniture company of Spokane, \V:1sh .. have begun th(: erection of a large stOlle building. Tietje & Cllrist have urgallized a business ill :\cw York THE. HA.WKEY'f. KITCHEN CA&lNET Original fealures. DesiJ!ll. finis}) and cabinet work the best on earth. Prices range from $3.00 to $52.50. Exclusive sale gh'en. Sold to deal en; onl\'. Price is a j!;()od~alesman. Qnality is a better one. ¥le ha\'e them both. Catalogue on application. Union Furniture Co., BURLINGTON, IOWA for the purpose of importing' fnrl1iture, carpets, rugs and uil cloths. Capital is $50,000. J. H. l\loserip succeeds .-\. :\. r':';1\,{:11 as tllt: \\wniluH' \)\\Y ('1' of Heyman's stnre in Grand Rapids. The Shepard Cox Furniture company, D;:llas, Tex" 11:\\-( changed the name to the DcnlOll Furniture C,)lllp:1lJy. The ::'1'1 e),'iichael & Hig-lcy company of Buffalo arc new dealers, A. r >. Higley, formeyly ol tl,cF'eoplc's l'urniture cumpany, having formed a pa.rtnership with C. Y. l\lc.\-lichad. B. H. COl1nat of Atla.nta, Ga., E. Rtlbillsleill of ~1aCOl1 Jllc1 others eontcmplZltc establishing a cllair factory ill Algier.s. Tenn. C. 3J. Coon, C. F. Rieken and II. \V. Lind.cl1ldll have or-ganized the Standard Furniture company and opened a stock of furniture at 135 Gratiot avenue, Detroit, :\ilich. 1h. Lin-deman, who was formerly with Janl.cs Fitzsommlns and com-pany, if the huyer for the COmp'll1}". Their building is 30 x 110 and containsfonr floors, The furniture dealers in Oklahoma and ,lndian territories met at Shawnee on April 2G and orgallied an association. 45 No. 533 A A desirable combination desk at a low price. 12 pigeon hole boxes with quartered oak fronts, card index drawer with follow block attachment, leiter file drawer with index. Plenty of room on writing bed. Type. writer shelf when in position for use, 26 inches high, standard height. SELECTED QUARTER SAWED WHITE OAK 60 Inches long: 32 Inclles wide; 50 Inches high; weight. 355 Ibs. MOON DESK CO. MUSKEGON, MICH. A receiver has been appointed for the Bazaar Furniture company, Atlanta, Ga.; the liabilities of the company are $4,342.76, assets, $3,900. S. ROSCllbcrger, proprietor of the Hub Furniture company, YoungstO\vn, 0., will sell out his business, The store of l\-fessrs. Lamm, T"andkammer & Hohmann, Made by Estey MaoufacturiogCa., OW0550. Mich. retail dealers ill furniture, was opened for business recently in ,\Tankato, 7\Iinll. Four floors arc occnpied. Furnished the Hotel Belmont. The Berkey & Gay Furnitnre c::J1npany milnufactu:-ed the IU;-llitnrc supplied by "\V. & J. Sloane for the new notcl Bel-mont ill Nev\,' York. The order called for high grade goods ,wd amounted to a large sum. ---------------------_._- - 46 OUf Evansville Letter. The Fcllwock Roll' & Panel company are operating their ne"'· ...plant to its full capacity all orders for roller veneer stock. The big factory of the Bockstcge Purniture company is the scene of great activity. Manager ]ou:-dan states that Chamber Suites Sideboards Chiffioners Toilet Tables Buffets Odd Dresser Sommones ALL OF THE ESTEY STANDARD QUALITY CATALOGUE TO THE TRADE ONLY. th~ orders for "superior" tables <IfC satisfactory in volume. "Ed." Sm.ith, the business getter of the E. Q. Smith Chair company, keeps the plants of the company in full operation. Good goods at fair prices secure the orders. The Globe Furniture company is one of the most success-ful of the many furniture manufacturing corporations of Evansville. Their line of sideboards, hall trees, chamber suites and buffets contains many desirable patterns. ivlany applications are received by the Karges Furniture company daily for the new catalogue of the company. It Where the Minister Belonged. The Rev. \V. H. Morrison of Brockton, 1'1ass., formerly of Manchester, N. B., where he enjoyed a long and success· ful pastorate, is a bit of a humorist, and enjoys a joke, wheth-er on himself or another. His manner and sympathetic characteristics make him in much request at funerals, and -it is related that on one occasion it so ha-ppcned that the hacks allotted to the mourners were all filled; so the minister rode to the cemetery on a hearse with the driver. On returning M!\.nufactll~ by Manistee Manufactllring CompaJly, Manistee, Midi. from the grave he \vas driven to his home on the same un-conventional C01lveyance. His wife met him at the door, and, somewhat indignant at the apparently unusual proceed-ing, and not noticing that it was a hearse the clergyman was riding on, exclaimed, ",Villialll, what did you ride Up there for? \Vhy didn't you get inside, where you belong?" The Retting Furniture Company Busy on Orders For Lodge Furniture. The Retting Furniture company do a large business in lodge furniture through the furniture dealers. Among orders recently shipped are some to the Elk lodges in Portland, Ore., Roanoke, Va., and the Elks' club in McKeesport, Fa. Ma~ MADE IN EVANSVILLE. The beds shown below are laken from Ihe line of the Evansvi1le, Ind., Metal Bed Company. No· 66. Price $5.00. No. 203. Price $4.50. shO\vs a choice line of dressers, chamber suites, chiffoniers, dressing tables and v;ardrobes. In the manufacture of folding beds, the Eli D. Miller com-pany ranks high. A fine catalogue gives the dealer a very good idea of the merits of their work. The Evansville Furniture company not only manufac-tures a very large line of bedroom furniture, but are engaged J.'lrgely in the fUrJliture (rade. The pages of their catalogue if spread out, would cover an acre of ground. sonic lodges in Hart, Mich., Alameda, Cal., San Francisco, aud New Castle, Pa., have purchased furniture for their use. At the present time the Retting company are at work on orders for Elk lodges in Evansville, Ind., the Elk lodge and club room jn Manistee, Mich_, a lodge in Hoboken, N. J., and the Elk lodge and club in Sacramento, Cal. Other orders now in are for the Odd Fellows' Hall, vVarren, 0., the Eagles, Countil Bluffs, la., :Masons in Anomosa, J a., Knight~ of Co-lumbus in Painesville, 0., and a number of others. VALLEY CITY DESK COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. G======;--o A complete office outfit in one Desk. Quarter-sawed Oak. Liberal dimensions-35 in. deep, 50 inches high, in three different lengths. Letter files alphabetically arranged in pedestal. Underneath, a large drawer for ledgers, etc. C<trd index drawer with ball bearing follower, drawers and finished wood pigeon hole boxes. Our new Spring Catalogue showing fun line of Office and Typewriter Desks mailed on request to dealers only. (l D No. 541. One of our new styles. -~====DA VENPORT BEDS~·====='C----- We make the BEST and LARGEST line of DAVENPORT BEDS in America. Styles and workmanship cannot be equaled; prices the very lowest. Every dealer should see them at our show rooms in our city or write for our Catalogue. We make a line that guarantees satisfaction. DAVENPORT BED CATALOGUE READY TO MAIL ON REQUEST DAVENPORT BED CATALOGVE READY TO MAIL ON REQUEST THOS. MADDEN, SON & CO., Indianapolis,Ind. Permanent Show Rooms_ 37 to 41 N. Capital Ave. • 48 furniture Polish We offer a polish guaranteed "=~~~~~,=,,,,~'" to produce a BRILLIANT altld PERMANENT lustre on any finished wood. A dealer's trade builder, ~end for sample M gross, $3.75. Our SUPERIOR REPA.IR fiNIS" never fails to remove burlap mark!> and mars; and, used with crystal shellac and a set of our colors, (aniline, to match any finish) will repair deep scratches and jams, and reproduce the C'Tiginalfinish, at once. A boon to factory or .store. Repair outfit, complete, with colors, one quart $3.25 finish, and instructions for use .........•. SEND fOR SAMPLES. Grand Rapids Furniture Polish Co. 5 HOLLISTER !:rr. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. HOW MANY CALLS FOR INVALIDS' CHAIRS DID YOU HAVE LAST YEAR? Do You Know Where 10 Get Them? We Manufacture the Largest and beSit line of these goods on the market. We furnish you catalogues free. Write us today. THE INVALID APPLIANCE CO. 629-631 N. Halsted St., CHICAGO. • FOUR TRAINS TO Af¥O FROM CHICAGO Lv Gd. Rapids 7:10am ArChieago 1:15pm Lv Gd. Rapids 12:05 nn Ar Cbicago 4:50pm Lv Gd. Rapids .:25 pm Ar ChJcaco 10:SSpm Lv Gd. Rapids 11:30pm daily At Cbicago 6:55 am Pullman Sleeper, Opeh 9:00 pm on 11:30pm train every day. Cafe service on all day trains. Servict: a 111. carte. Pete Marquette parle;tr cats on aU day trains. Rate reduced to 50 cents. TltREE TRAINS D E T R 0 I T TO AND f'ROM Leave GrandRapids 7:10am. Arrive Detroit 11:55:tm Leave Grand Rapids 11:15 am daily AmveDetroit 3:15 I»D Leave Grand Rapids 5:20 pm Arrive Detroit 10:1)5pm Meal. served a 1. carte on trains leaving Grand Rapids at 11:25 am and 5;~ pm. hre Marquette Parlor Canon aU tralbll i seat rate, 2:5 cents. "ALL OVER MICHIGAN" H. ). GRAY, DtSTIUCT PAUSNG_ .. AGENT, PHONE of of 68· Grand Rapids. Mich. Growth of the Carpet Industry. An increase in the carpet and rug industry uf the United States is shown in a preliminary summary compiled by the census bureau fo: the year ended December 31. 1904, as com-pared with 1900, the year of taking the twelfth ccnsu". There were in 1904 139 establishments, <.:n incre<~se of ti~"e ver cent Made by Century F urnitur(; Co • Crand Rapids. Mich. over 19DO. The capital invested increased hventy eight per cent, the amount being stated as $56,781,074. Other figures given are as fotlows: Number of salaried officials, clerks, etc., 1,023; salaries, $1,393,691; wag-eeamers, 33,220; wages, $13,724,233; value of products, $61,586,433. These statistics are for carpets and rugs other than rag. P1ac,ed Heavy Orders. John Builder, the chief of the cont-acting department hr l\larshall Field and company and "Vll.H. Russell of the H. S. Pogue company, spent a week in Grand Rapids w:th the O"NIl ers of hotels in the course of erection in Chica3"o and Cind:l' nati, placing orde:'s .for furniture. Factory Operated at Night. The J\' e1son-:.\Iatter FUTlliture COmpaJly of Grand Rapids IS so well provided with orders as to re~jttire the operation of their factory until a latc hour of the night. Object to the Neg:-ces. It is said by well informed persons that the ca~:se uf th'~ lockotlt of workmen in the facto ies of "High Point, N. c.. was the refusal of the ·white men employed to work with 'lC-grof.~ Soperating machines and doing bench work. They had no objection to the employment of blacks as helpe:-s and yard men. The lockout could not have occu··red at a time more favorable than the present, and the manufacturers ,-tre confi-dent of Willl1illg. "opkbtJ aad "."Iet SU. Cincinnati, 0, Menry Schmit So Co. UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE PO' WDoE AND PULPIT. PARLOR LIBRARY. HOTEL AND CLUB !tooM THE WILLIAMSPORT SUN. FREE EXHIBITION Products and Premiums of .£iTr.ldn Cq.. Buffalo, N. Y. Y, M, C. A, FOURTH STREET Aplil9 to 21, inclusive Open daily from 9 3.. m. to 6 p. m., also Monday and Saturday everll!lg5. The gen:eral publi<::.especially all La;kin cuslomffi. are cordially invited to visit Ih~ handsome display of '000 Larkin Ptemiul!l5. Ilnd 311 the Larkin Products. The e:thibitionwillinterestyou. f·h.!r.ti~ed5 of people in this city are prontins: by FJ.c~o~y-to-F arniiy deaiing; $10.00 worth of Larkin Prociuct, and a SIO.OO frelnilJm~both. fOf $10.00 •. Y01.l ,ave money and furIllih your home without co,t SOUVENIR TO LAD,ES A Soap Boiler Invades William:q:ort. Larkin, the soap boiler of Buffalo, inv8dcd the business 49 community of vViltiamsport, Pa" recently, making -his'p~es-ence known by the a.bove advertisement. THE • lm!ml WestEn~Furnitllre&~ar~et~O, ~ MAKES THE BEST SOAP OFFER This Iron and Brass Bed or This Morris Chair Or <l fine McKinley Rocker, an 18x40 French Plate Mirror, a "i;o;:-foot Extension Table, a Couch or an Oak Chiffor!ier shipped from the Larkin Factory AN D your choice of any $10,00 assortment of Larkin Soap $8.98. WE THROW THE SOAP IN. ""''''EN VOU COME ""O' ...T D'OW" TO PACTS, T"ERE IS NO "OAF "ACTORV_oF "ER~t1"'NT EIT"'ER~T""'T CA" BE...r TI'lE wUT END FURNITURE ':0'11 ""QQ" A"o pn,cES. lOO~ AT THE AeOIrE OFFE" pon 'NHANCE. WE BEAT nit lJF .. CTURER~ ON "''''£1'' OW" PIIIlPtl<ll'f\oN "NI> '1nT" ."... £\11. OW"~. ..." ''','1 "'ENU1N~ '-"'""" EO",.. m" WHOl " ""'AIr "NO "' ...Vii THE OOOIlE IN OUR eTORE Fon voun 1... "E'erION. SEE -w,,,oow- 019pL"" "PREMIUM" BUVE"s, WHV 9""0 "':>u" MONEY OllT OF TOWN WHEN WE OFHR TO 5hV£ VOU '1.~1 ON" '10.00 OEAL ON TtlE " .... " '''!NTICAL G0008? wE ~RO: "OT 'N TI-lE 80~p 8ue'''EG5, BlJT MA~E nus OFFERTO pRovo T"AT ..aME PEOPLE HA'IE ~EE" FOOUGHLV8ENO'NG T"E,R GCoo MO"EV OUT OF TOWN W'T." THE BEL'E" THAT THEV ARE GETT'N" A FREE "FREM'U"'." JlJST THINK ~ MINUT'I:. NO ONE COU~O "O'VE'" OOOOBAWAY FOR '0 OR 20 YEARB AND STlll.cOME OUT A ""l~'ONA'RE. IN "'l~ "FACToRY TO HOM"E~ OEAlS. T...ERE'B .. N0t'!'Y CONs,oE"AT'ON. YOU'VE NOT'CED T"AT HAVEN'T"vom "RE"'U", SOAP FACTORIES AIl.E i<lOT IN BUS'NESS FOR THEIR HI!'.A~TH. THEY ARE '10 eus,Nns TO "~"'E MONEV AND OUR OFFER WH'CH SAV," 'IOU .',11:2 PROvES IT. 'F Sf"'''''- pEO"'U WANT A """EN'O'" WE ARE pREPA"EO TO O'VE IT TO THEM 'N THE SHAPE OF lARK'" SOAP, 8lJT CANOIO~V, VOU ARE PAv',.o FOR E"ERV PREMIUM V<JU<JET.ST'~l WE aFAT THE" FACTORY TO HOME OEAl" BY $1.(12. West End Furniture and Carpet Company, LINCK BLOCK, NEAR PARK HOTEL. The vVe,st End Fl11"lliture & Cnpet company of tile same city, immediately prepared to resist this ;nvas:on of their trade territory, and published the above announcement. Little old \Villiamsport was badly torn up at the end of two weeks and the Larkin outfit looked like the bull that tried to toss the ;'Black Diamond" express off the track. 50 -~MICHIG7IN 1\' i Ilemovea Shipping Mark" Mars, Scratches. Stain •. Cleans, Fills In and polishes. MICnlGAN ARTISAN CO. Grand Rapld:l, Mich. Double daily train service to New Orleans. Send -for a free descriptive booklet. Connects with Southern Pacific Steamship leaving every Wednesday afternoon for Havana. Send for free <.illustrated folder on Cuba. Through tick~ ..rates, ete., of I. C. R. R. agents and those ..~nnecting linea. A. H. HANSON,PASS.,TRAFFIQ MOR., CHICAQO. 6. O. HATCH, OINl!ltALfASS.. AQI"NT,CHICl'AOO. fOR 50 CENTS \Ve will mail the Retail Edition of the Michigan Arti-san to any address in the United States during the remai!1- der of the current year. Remit with order .. .. \ \ INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. American Go-Cart Co , .. , , , , 30 ' Alaska Refrigerator Co 44 Atlas Furniture Co 32 Barnes Co., W. F. & J , . ,20 Bennett, Chas., Furniture Co 23 Berry Bros , _ , 18 Bissell Carpet Sweeper Co. . 39 Bockstege Furniture Co....... . .. 24 Burt Brothers .39 Bosse Furniture Co .. _ 25 Century Furn. Co., Grand Rapids 4 Century Furn. Co., Jamestown 17 Cadillac Cabinet Co , 2 Challenge Refrigerator Co 26 Choate-Hollister Furniture Co 26 Chicago Wood Finishing Co 3 Estey Mfg. Co ... 6-7-11-31-34-38-42-46 Evansville Furniture Co 2S Evansville M,etal Bed Co 24 Fisher & Co .• C. A... . . . . . . . .. . 21 Ford & Johnson Co _ 15 010 be Furniture Co , 24 Grand Rapids Caster Cup Co 19 Grand Rapids Furniture Polish Co .. 48 G. R. & I. Railway. . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Grand Rapids Hand Screw Co , 4 Grand Trunk Railway 19 Hassler Co., Owen C _. . . . .50 Hoffman Brothers Co........ . .19 Horn Brothers Mfg. Co , 8 Illinois Central , .. 50 Invalid Appliance Co ,48 Ihter-State Hotel Co, 36 Jamestown Lounge Co 11 Johnson Ghair Co Cover Karges Furniture Co 24 Kauffman Mfg. Co , 29 Ko,enig & Gamer Furniture Co 28 Lentz Table Co., , 28 Luce Furniture Co , 12 Manistee Manufacturing Co 26 McDougall & Son, G. P 1 Madden, Son & Co 47 Manufa~turers' Exhibition Bldg. Co , Cover Mechanics Furniture Co 19 Michigan Artisan Co 50 Miller Co. .. 25 Miscellaneous , 50 Moon D,esk Co 45 Morton House , 29 Murphy Chair Co , 31 Muskegon Valley Furniture Co 44 National Furniture Co 29 Nelson-Matter Co Cover Norquist & Co., A. C ; 32 Northern Fumiture Co 35 Overland Freight Transfer Co 40 Palmer Mlg.Co 30 Peabody School Furniture Co. . . . .. 4 , Pere Marquette Railway , 48 Pioneer Mfg. Co , 30 Posselius Bros. Furniture Mfg. Co .. 23 Richmond Chair Co , . . . . . . .. .. 8 Robbins Table Co .43 Rockford Frame & Fixture Co 15 Rockford Union Furniture Co ; .. 19 Royal Chair Co Cover Sanitary Feather Co., .. , ,35 Sargent Mfg. Co 44 Sheboygan Chair Co., 28 Sheboygan Nov,elty Co 22 Sligh Furniture Co ,... 8 Smith Chair Co 25 Smith & Davis Mfg. Co 20 Schmidt & Co., Henry , , 48 Southern Railway Co , . . . . .. 4 Spratt & Co., Geo 19 Stow & Davis Furn. Co , .. , ,29 The New Idea M"" 36 Union Embossing Machine Co 29 Union Furniture Co .45 Union Wire Mattress Co .. , 37 Valley City Desk Co 12-47 Woodard Furniture Co 23 MISCELLANEOUS ADVERTISEMENTS. WANTED-FURNITURE SALESMAN OF ABILITY. Good salanr for the right man. Must in-vest $Ui.OOOto $20,000 In established busi-ness doing $800.000 a year on $100.000 capi-tal. Address, C. L. Baxter, Seattle, Wash. 4-26 it. W.'lNTED-AN .EXPERIENCED SALES-MAN For Michigan, Indiana. Illinois and Wiscon· sin, to handle the best line of sideboards and buffets made on earth. Address F. S. Gibson, Chairman Greenville Manufacturers Co.• Greenville, Mich. 4-25-5-10. Good Commission. On side line of furniture specialties. Big sellers for holiday trade. Address Clair MUI1eon,Clinton, Iowa. 9-26 tf. The Chicago Exhibition ----======================~1319 MICHl GAN AVEN UE ==============~~~ Lines on Permanent Display. Ready for Business Every Business Day. Preparations going on for July. Much less space available than any previous season. "Nothing doin" for any manufacturer who lingers. Manufacturers' Exhibition Building Co. Chicago, Illinois. F ,n ,.' • ..- 1 • l - GRAND RAPIDS
Date Created:: 1906-04-25T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
Collection:: 26:20

32. Michigan Artisan; 1907-03-25

Notes:: Issue of a furniture trade magazine published in Grand Rapids, Mich. It was published twice monthly, beginning in 1880. and GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC LIBRARY Twenty-seventh Yea.r-No. 18 MARCt! 25, 1907 Semi-Monthly THE MONARCH PUSH BUTTON CHAIR EVERY PATTERN OF OUR WELL KNOWN L I N E OF MORRIS CHAIRS WILL BE E QUI P P E D WITH THIS PUSH BUTTON ATTACHMENT. The Monarch is Perfection, Comfort and Utility. Ramsey -Alton Mfg. Co. :\otc the ,simple yet abso-lutelyrigid construction. Fully guaranteed and pro-tected by .D, S. Letttrs P<ltent Nos, 653,452 a11d PORTL'IND, MICH. 648.715. Will Exhibit on the Ground Floor of the Ashton Building (Formerly Pythian Te:nple), Grand Rapids, in July, 1907. A SHERATON DRAWING ROOM. ""' MAKING GOOD "!v'laking good" is a hobby with us---:making good LEATHER FURNITURE for one thing,--the best. "Reliance" Natural Grain .Leather--is the handsomest and -most dependable brand of M. B. Fumiture Leather manufactured, but we ask no more for ··'Reliance" Leather work than many charge for inferior grades. If something cheaper is wanted, buy our "Oakdale" No. I Natural Grain stock~~~we are quoting this at speCial low figures. The "Oakdale" quality is fully equal to the average market best. Some manufacturers of Leather F umiture use Grain Leather for the wearing surface and "Split" or "Deep Buff' for hands, backs and trimmings. We condemn this practice ~-~"We me no "Split" Leather-·~no "Deep Buil"~-nothing but Natural Crain stock. ElG CAT Aloe SENT TO DEALERS UPON APPUCATIO!". JAMESTOWN LOUNGE COMPANY JAMESTOWN, NEW YORK Woodard furniture Co. OWOSSO, MICHIGAN· OUR 1907 LINE of Mahogany, Circassian Walnut, BIRD'S-EYE MAPLE, Quarter Sawed Oak, Curly Birch BEDROOM fURNITURE is the sensation in the Furniture Market today. It's the kind the best merchants everywhere are buying. If you are not onto this, get next quick. If you say you saw this in the Michigan Artisan we will let you into a get rich scheme that beats anything you ever saw. WRITE FOR CATALOGUE 1 The Ford & Johnson Company "EVERYTHING IN CHAIRS" When in Chicago do not fail to see our immense display at our salesrooms, 1435·37 Wabash Ave. Many new patterns. l06CI Solid Mahoa-any. ==== SEEOUR==== Complete Dining Room Snites•.Oak and Solid Mahogany. Chair, and Rockers··All Kinds. Mission F urniture--AII Finishes. Children's Go-Carts and Carriages. Reed and Rattan Rockers. Fib,e Rush and Malacea-- The Ideal F urnitu'e, ===GENERAL OFFICES=== Sixteenth St. and Indiana Ave., Chicago. =~=~-SALESROOMS~- CHICAGO BOSTON, MASS. ATLANTA. GA. 1433-35-37 Wabash Ave. 90 Canal St. Marietlaand Bartow Slg. NEW YORK 202 Canal St. CJNClNNATI, O. FRANKFORT, KY. 47 E. Sixth St, 106C7 Solid Mahogany. THE GREATEST LINE of the GREATEST MANUFACTURERS --------- OF --- CHAMBER FUR;NITURE Every Dealer Wants It Because Everybody Buys It. SLIGH FURNITURE COMPANY, Grand Rapids, Mich. Manufacturers of BEDROOM FURNITURE EXCLUSIVELY. New Spring Line ready. We operate the largestfactory in the world producing chamber furniture. L pe 2 Beautiful Bedroom Suites In our new catalogue we are showing a number of beautiful bedroom suites. With our enormous variety of styles and designs, (for example, one dresser case is provided with seven different styles of mirror, and each is made up in four different finishes, making a total of 28 different designs to choose from), it is very easy to make up bedroom suites to please any and every customer that might come into your store. Our new catalogue is now ready showing hundreds and even thousands of hand-some and new designs. We have more white and birdseye maple than any other manufacturer in the .United States. No one else can give you the splendid grading of price that we offer, from the lowest to the highest. Elegant simplicity is the popular rage in furniture this year. We have always been leaders in high grade simplicity, and now we are enjoying a total business far in excess of that done by any one of our competitors. You had betterget [amdzar with our new linejust as quick as possible. There is money in itforyou. Send for our NEW CATALOGUE. Northern' Furniture Company SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN L . GRAND RAPICS PUBLIC LIBRARY ~,-; .. 27th Year-No. 18. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., MARCH 25, 1907. $1.00 per Year. HOW TO "GINGER UP" THE SALESMEN. D. M. Wegner's Interesting Response to a Hypothetical Question Propounded by the Artisan. "Suppose yoUr force of salesmen had become indifferent and careless, showing a lack of energy and ambition, what means ",vould you use to put 'ginger' into them, wake them up and cause them to put forth their best efforts to increase your business? The hypothetical question was put to D. 1'1. \A/egner, of \Vegner Brothers, prominent household in-stallment dealers of Grand Rapids, Mich" by a representa-tive of the Artisan. "\Vc11, I don't know," was the response. "I \vish yOlt would go anJ interview somebody who does know and then tell us just how to do it-we may want to know just what to do in such a case some of these days." Mr. \Vegner did not drop the suhject, however. Contin-uing, he said: "Many salesmen need urging at times, some of them quite frequenl1y. Sometimes the best salesman may falloff in his ,,,,ark He may not kno"\v or notice it hims('.1£, but his employers notice it. In such a case, if the man is of Ole right 50rt, all that i5 necessary is to call his attentioll to the fact. vVhen the force shows lack of ambition, and it is necessary to brace them up, the placing of a new man among them will have the desired effect, if the newcomer is able to set a good pace. As they do not like to be outdone by a new man, his presence stimulates them to greater exertion. "Our men are all on the salary system. \ATethink that better than the commission plan, because when we pay a man a straight salary he will recognize our right to ask him to do other things than sell goods, and it is frequently to our advantage to have him do so. vVhen a lllan is work-ing on commission he can not be expected to give attention to anything except selling goods. However, we encourage our men to increase their sales. v\Then we hire them they understand that they are expected to seH a certain 8.mount. Lf they exceed the amount agreed upon they arc allowed a commission upon the excess or, perhaps ttpon the total of their sales. Sometimes we agree upon an incrtase ill salary when a man has shown his ability to maintain a cer-tain average, and sometimes we ~dlow a commission or make an increase in salary without any previous agreement. Any of these plans will serve to 'ginger up' the force if they are the right kind of men. 'It is a difficult matter to secure capable. efficient sales-men in such a business as we arc conducting. It is not like a department store, where you can place a man behind a certain connter and it don't matter whether he knows any-thing about any other department or not. Here the sales-man must have good common sense, and possess a large fund of general knowledge. He must know all about furni-ture, and must be well posted on carpets, curtains, stoves, ranges, baby cabs and all kin{ls of household utensils, and then-he must know how to use his knowledge and ability." Asked as to the method used by his house for keeping '1- account of stock, 1fr. \Vegner said: "-It is very simple. Our stock account is ke.Pt just as carefully and accurately as our ca,sh book. Vie use the card system, and "\~otk it so perfectly that we can take a complete and correct inven-tOty at any hour. As the stock comes in each pattern is given a card on which the number of pieces are noted. As sales are made they' are deducted and the card shows the number of pieces in stock at any dme. ';\Ve have. no particular system for checking deliveries," said Mr. \Vegner, when that subject was mentioned. "We never require a receipt for goods. If required to prove delivery we would have to depend on the shipping clerk and the men on the wagon, but we have had no trouble of that kind-nothing worse than leaving goods at the wrong door or with the wrong person where the house was occupied by more than one family, and such mistakes are easily cor-rected." The state authorities have been investigating the Nebraska Retail Lumbermen's Association on the charge of maintaining a trust, but after three long hearings, have been ullable to uncover anything tending to substantiate the charge. The matter has not been closed, however. Steam in a ket.tle is as useful as reading about sUccess without action. THE CORRECT Stains and fillers. THE M.OST SATISFACTORY first toaters and Varnishes /JIIANUFAr:rURCt1 ONLY UY CHICAGO WOOD FINISHING CO. ZS9·63 ELSJ[)N AVE'NDZ-16 SLOA.N ST. CHICACO. 4 ·:f'~MICHIG.7IN " 7 i THIS PUSH BUTTON distinguishesthe "ROYAL" Morris Chairs from the other kind MORRIS CHAIRS ·-~FROM-~ $6.00 to $30.00 CATALOGUE UPON APPLICATION Royal Chair CO. STURGIS, MICH. Story of the Factory Lights. The lights of a hundred windows blinked in the early evening as a crowded ferryboat cut its way acro.ss the Eas.t River, says the New York Sun. The building which loomed like a big shadow save for the lights was a factory. A Long Islander remarked to a friend: "\Ve are going home, but think of the people who are still at work in that factory. I cross on this ferry five days in the week, and generally about this hour, and r never look at the lights in those windows without a feeling of sadness for those who are detained there." "I understand your feeling," replied the friend, "but I chance to know something about the concern that operates that factory which may cause you to think better of it." , "One of the stockholders, who, by the way, is not oftcn seen about the factory, established a custom a good .many years ago which -is st-ill in vogue. Every s-ingle man or woman, for both are employed there, who has been in the concern more than a year is presented by this stockholder when he or she marries with a complete set of household iurnitttre. "The furniture is new and placed in the flat or house to be occupied by the newly ri1arried before the ceremony takes place. 1 happen to know of more than twenty~five couples that have b~en beneficiaries of this stockholder's kindness. "That is not all. \II/hen a baby is born to any couple this oM stockholder places a sum of mo'ney in a savings hank, to the credit of the firstborn, to draw interest, until the ehild becomes of age, Then the money, principal and interest, is paid to the grownup. "On the occasion of the birth of the child its mother is preseJ?-ted with a sewing machine if she has none, and if she has, ~~ith some other article to help her in her work So you see, that building contains something besides hard labqrand late hours, Six Years of Telt Have THE"ROYAL' PUSHBUTfON MORRIS CHAIR I" ElltablisLed Supremacy "Every employee who has not been benefited, knows that he or she has some incentive to stay there at work a little later than you and I stay in our offices." When it Pays to Break the Lamps. I have no intcrest in the sale of electric lights or fixtures or any kind of illuminating apparatus for that matter, but from a carefUl examination of the question I have come to the conclusion that the benefit to workman and work is greatest where incandescent lamps are renewed when their lighting efficiency falls say 25 per cent, says a writer for Woodcraft. Where the supply of current is generated in the shop plant and not at an outside source of energy, it can easily be seen whether the voltage is kept normal or not. A higher pressure rapidly drives off the carbon particles from the filament and these coat the inside of the glass globe with a black deposit that makes the lamp very inef-ficient. The high preS-SUTegives a good light for a short time only and after -that the illumination falls off for the reasons given. The filaments also break more readily under the high voltage conditions. As a matter of fact a lamp sbou19 not be used until the filament breaks. When the light becomes inefficient for the workman, it pays to break the lamp anyway, Morocco is not attractive to the seller of furniture. The natives sleep on the floors or on the stones in the streets. They would not know how to use spring beds, and but few have chairs. Brass pans upon short legs answcr the pUrposes ofa table. Some of the legs are beautifulJy carved. "Central" did not have much sympathy for the subscriber who complained that he had been -at the 'phone ten minutes; "That is nothing," she sweetly murmured. "I have been here all day." 5 REX r::::~]MATTRESS CHAS. A. FISHER & CO., 1319 Michigan Ave., Chicago. WRITE FOR BOOKLET AND PROPOSITION Warehoul!eS: ST. WUIS. MO. KANSAS CITY, MO PEORIA. ILL. LINCOLN, lLL MINNEAPOUS, MINN. CHICAGO. ILL. SYSTEMS MAY BE EXPENSIVE When Followed Too Closely They Tend to Cut Out or Decrease Dividends. Vv'hile talking with John Mowat, the veteran superin~ tendenL of the Grand Rapids, (Mieh.) Chair factory, recently, a representative of the l\Jjehigan j\rtiSall asked him to de-scribe his system for keeping account of supplies and mater-ials. such as glue, varnish, trimmings, fixtures, etc. "V'le havn't any system of that kind" was the reply, and Mr. Mowat continued. "You remind me of a young man who went into a table company a few years ago. He was to manage the concern and proposed to have it well organized. Before he started in he came to me and confidently informed me that he wished to ask a question. He said that I could answer his query or not, just as I pleased. I thanked him for that privilege, and he said: 'I want to get at your system for figuring cost, or get yOU to recommend a good system.' "I answered that man just as I have you~1 told him we had no system for figuring cost. \Vhen he asked for my opinion as to the best system, I told him the best way to get at the cost of a piece of furniture was to guess at it. He was surprised of course, but I assured him it was all right, and that it all depended 011 the guess-that if he proved a good guesser his factory would pay dividends; if not he would probably have occasion to become acquainted with the sheriff. "Of course I overdrew or exaggerated the matter a little. \Ve have to figure cost closely, but we do not need an elaborate system, and I think a man who does not thoroughly understand the business would do better to guess than to use too much system. At any rate the young man who insisted on having a system for his table factory failed in about two years. "1'1Iere's too much system in many factories. loVe do not think it necessary to have any deftnite system for keep-ing track of supplies, Our glue comes jll, a certnin number of barrels, twice a month. The varnish is bought on C011- tract, and ordered ,...hen wanted. The foremen who use these and ?ther materials in their departments help them-selves, and it is vcry seldom that we have to caution a man about wasting materials. "Systems are all right, they may be necessary, but I think that in many cases they cOst more than they saVe. At any rate I have noticed that as a rule the factories that pay the largest dividends .are those that have the least red tape in their management. K a system of rules, records, reports and dlC like will insure success. They may help a little under certain conditions, but they are more liable to have an opposite effect." An incident tending to corroborate Mr. Mowat's state-ments as to the policy of the Chair Company, is recalled by Grand Rapids furniture men. It is related that a few years ago after the company' had put out a new line of b0.okcases, E. H. Foote, president alid general manager, sald to the superintendent: "John yOU made a mistake on the cost of those book-cases. \!Ve are not making as much as we figured on them; you must have figured the cost too low." "\\Tell, I'll look it over," said Mr. Mowat, "and if it's wrong I'll change it." "Never mind," said ll'1r. Foote, "I can fix it easier. "I'll just change the selling price." Edison as a Prophet. Thomas A. Edison recently announced his retirement f/"Om the busine;<;s of invention. It appears that as a pastime he has taken up prophecy. In a recent interview he de-scribes. our large cities 'one hundred years hence. He says they wdl be free from smoke and steam and that the chim-ney will be a thing of the past, while the waste of coal and other fuel ~'ill be stopped throu~h the use of electrieity, generated dlrect from the fuel Without the aid of engine, boiler or dynamo. In factories each machine witI have its individual motor. Houses will be heated electriea11y and most of the cities' noises will cease. Skyscrapers will be ul1i\'ersal in the business section, and the streets will be bridged over at different heights to facilitate transit from one side to the other. He estimates that buildings will then average thirty stories in height, and the greater number will be constructed of concrete and steel. Such buildings, he says. will stand a thousand years or longer. His new battery, he says, ·will make electricity porta hIe for street vehides or airships, An irritated manufacturer declares that the legislature should make legal provision whereby the minds of the de-signers of furniture could be sent to an asylum twice each year for readjustment. Perhaps he has been read.ing the testimony of the experts in the Thaw triaL A new black stain for producing Circassian mahogany is Rppropriately called "Pittsburg." 6 A Fine Catalogue. The De.troit Folding Cart Company's 19{}7catalogu~ of Ideal folding go-carts and baby carriages is as handsome as'it is useful to the dealer in baby carriages and go-carts. The front cover contains an illustration of a stork pushing an Ideal go-cart in which is a little child all smiles c.ntl hap· piness. The book contains forty~eight pages of illustrations and descriptive matter, there being fifty-live cuts of go-carts and carriages, and thirteen cuts of parasols. The variety is sufficiently large to meet a'll de'mands. The cut shoV(n here-with gives one an idea of what the catalogue contains. These go-carts are manufactured under their own patents, taken out in the United States, Canada and Great Britain. The Ideal line is made up to gratify all desires; a variety of small street car folders, medium folders and three-quarter sleep-ing folders, that remain closed when folded, and do not have to be locked. The sleeping go-carts, in both three-quarter and full size, have adjustable backs and dashes. Other illustrations from this catalogue will be shown in future numbers of the Artisan. Bargain Day in a South Dakota Town. Merchants at Milbank, S. D., recently conducted a unique bargain day, and the result of their experiment passed beyond the expectations of the most sanguine and enthusiastic mem~ bers of the organization which originated the clever idea. The merchants offered prizes to the farmers bringing the biggest load of people to town. One of the dealers hung up a cash prize of $50 for the farmer who brought the most people on one vehicle. Other merchants offered goods worth $50 or more for the same thing. The farmers were not slow to seize the opportunity to make some easy money.' They began 'arriving in town before the sun rose. Blocks of ten and fifteen were brought in, and they were considered large, but later in the day the loads were made up from twenty~fi.ve to fifty and seventy-five people. One farmer capped the climax by bringing to town 142 persons. The offer of prizes certainly had the desired effect. One of the Milbank papers describes the scene enacted there on the great day, saying that at about 1o'clock Gust Angerhofer drove up to Schneider & Ne'1son's with a load of fourteen persons. He was shortly followed by August Woette with a load numbering sixty persons. A little while later came the load that knocked the persimmons from the bush, that of Berner Bros. & Trapp-the load numbering by actual count 142 men, women, children and babies. The rig which brought this big loa.d was constructed from three sets of bobs, upon which was built a platform from thr-ee-inch planks measuring thirty-four feet long and twelve feet wide. Across the front end for the driver was a full 1ength wagon· box. As the rig was coming along the road the rear bob Droke and the end dragged on the ground and spilled a lot of folks, or the load would have numbered over 200 souls. Many cities in Minnesota, as well as the Dakotas, are adopting schemes similar to the aIle mentioned above for the furtherance of their business radius. The merchants know that farmers living at greater distances are attracted to the town wide awake enough to go after the business, and, after the first visit, they are likely to come again. Trouble for Organized Undertakers. John Knight, an undertaker and embalmer of Spokane, Wash., is fighting the Funeral Directors' Association of that state. He accuses the undertakers of the state of having banded together, forming a virtual trust, their object being to extort exorbitant prices faT thelr work and to crowd out competition. Also claims that the embalmers' bill, recently introduced in the state legislature, is the work of members of the association and that it will work incalculable harm to both the non-association undertaker and the public. "There is an unwritten law among association under-takers that they must get a certain price for certain articles," says Mr. Knight. "They do not have a printed list that I know of, but their prices are usually very high. "Some time ago an undertaker in this city took a dead man off a train. He charged $1,800 to bury him. I know that it did not cost him over $150. "A casket sold here for $200 costs the undertaker about $100. These undertakers are fairly fleecing the people all the time." As a reason for refusing to act with the state associ-ation Mr. Knight mentions first, the restrictions put Upon the members, especially the rule that prohibits them from advertising. He is also dissatisfied with the embalmers' law, and charges favoritism in its enforcement. Why Not Order? Say a dozen or more Montgomery Iron Display Couch Trucks sent you on approval j) If not satisfactory they can he returnedat no expense to you whatever, while the price asked is but a trifle, com~ pared to the convenience they alfotd and the economy they represent in ,the saving of 8.001 ~ace. Tbirty-two couches mounted on the MontgomeryIron Display Couch Trucks occupy tbe same floor tpace as. twelve dis-played in the usualmanner. Write for catalogue givingfull descrip-tion and price in the dilferenl finishes, to-gether with iIIustrati0D3 demonstrating the use of Ihe Giani: Short Rail Bed Fastener for Iron Beds. Manufacturedby H. J. MONTGOMERY PATHNTJ<S Silver Creek, New York, U. S. A. DeniW Wire and Iron Co.• CaaadJau MaI1U-factuten. Lmdon, Onl. Altruistic Advice to Merchants. We shou"ld not lose sight of the truism that "example is stronger than precept." Retail dealers should all be on good terms with each other, says the St. Paul Trade. They should do even more than this-they should plug for each other's interests, notwithstanding some of them may be handling the same line of goods. Talk for each other; never miss an opportunity of saying a good word for your fellow merchant, send customers to each other, teU your customers what a nice satisfactory coat your wife purchased of your dry goods merchant up the street; or what a lovely bracelet she purchased of your 'local jeweler, or what nice, fresh groceries John Jones always keeps at reasonable prices; or what an elegant range you purchased for your wife at your hardware store, how nicely -it bakes, and how much better and more economical it is, in the end, to pay a little more and get a good reliable article than to get anything cheap in the furniture line thinking to save a few dolla.rs. When you all get to pulling together as you should, each patronizing and boosting the other; when yOll stop howling abollt the catalogue house evil and instead go right after the business with every fair, honest, legitimate and up-to-date method at your command, buying as low as possible and selling on as close a margin as is consistent with good busj·· ne5S principks, \ve think, if you will take pains to look into the matter, yoU will find that th<-re will be a decided falling off In the receipts at your raihvay station, of cata-logue house goods. Carpet Manufacturers Form a Selling Pool. A majority of the ingrain carpet manufacturers in Phila-delph. 1. and Vicinity have signed an agreement to consolidate their :interests and form a selling pool with "V. & J. Sloane of New York as the selling agents. 1'1aurice E, Masland was chairman of the committee appointed to carry out the scheme and he reports that nearly all of the manufacturers have "signed up':' and he expects all the others to do so. lt is declared that for several years the manufacturer:. of ingrains have had good reason to be dissatisfied with the condition of their business, and they see no way tl):mprove the situation except by going into a selling pool. The pro-posed pIan will enable them to dispense with their travdin; salesmen and reduce the cost of marketing their products from sixtecn to about three per cent. -VV, & J. Sloane were selected as !)elling agents becausl' they have branch houses in many cities, east and wesc. They are to guarantee all ':LCCQunts.They are expected l:) inve~t about $2,500,000 in the enterprisc, and it is promrsc,I tlIa retailers will be allowed to share in the saving efiectcil by the arrangemenc, New Use for Table Tops. The story of the detection of the smuggling of saccha-rine in hollow table tops is told :in an action by the King's counsel against Lewis Aarons, Isaac Spilberg and Morris ::'a60n, a'll living in the East End of London. In June last it was discovered that Aarons had imported from Rotterdam under a false name what were apparently half manufactured round table tops. Suspicion being aroused, Aarons' premises were raided and saccharine was found to the amount of 200 pounds, worth $1,000, packed in the table tops, which were hollow. The Metropolitan Grille and Mantel Company, to man-ufacture grills, mantels and fret work, has been organized in Brooklyn, NY., by Jacob Kl:inkowstein and others. Capital, $1,000. Gilbert McElveen, manager of the McElveen Furniture Company, Pittsburg, Pa., died recently in Naples, Italy-a victim of tuberculosis. 7IRTIS'7I~ . 7 f; &ii MANUFACTURERS OF HARDWOOD LUMBER &. VENEERS SPECIAL TIES: ~1."\''1?E'gQUAORA.K VENEERS MAHOGANY VENEERS HOFFMAN BROTHERS COMPANY 804 W. Main St., FORT WAYNE, INDIANA The New Banquet Table Top III well as OFFICE, DINING and DIRECTORS' TABLES ,aft QUI:' .l;Jecialty. STOW & DAVIS FURNITURE CO., ~~~ .... Write for Catalogue. Get $/Impks of BANQUET TABLE TOP. WE manufacture the larg~ est line of FOLDING CHAIRS in the United States) suitable for Sunday Schools, Halls, Steamers and all Public Resort'. We also manufacture BraslS Trimmed Iron Beds, Spring Beds, Cob and Cribs in a 1arlte variety. . Send for Catalocu_ and Prices to Kauffman MfS. CO, "'S"LAMP. 0"10 EXCEPTIONAL FACTORY OPPORTUNITY Do you wish to find an opening for a CHAlK FACTORY or would you like to remove to somE: more favorable locahon ? If so, it would repay rou to at once :reqUf'st infoTmatiOIl about a fine location in thegre9t timber section ol Southeast Missouri along the ... Liberal inducements are offered to secure 9 bona fide proposition em-ploying not less than forty men. Good di-<uibutin& facilities lor finished ptoduu. CorrespOildenc~ is invited regarding thIS and other excellent opportunities [or furl1iture, mattress. iron bed and other factories along our Hnes. SendfQrindltstriat descriptive mo,tleraoaut the Rock lstand- Prisco. M. SCHULTER. Industrial Commissioner, Rock hiland-Frisco Lines, 1t44 Fri$CO a,da., ST. LOUIS. MISSOURI, 7 8 Upham Manufacturing -Co. MARSHFIELD, WISCONSIN Never have we offered a line that compares with our present productions. Very low prices. Prompt Shipments. THE LINE WITH BUT LITTLE COMPETITION Send for catalog illustrating the greatest variety of· designs made under one roof. Suites Wardrobes Chiffoniers 277 SIDEBOARD • Dressers Sideboards Buffets, Etc. SALESROOM: 1323 Michigan Ave., CHICAGO. 1918 DRESSER 9 FROM THE LINE Of THE UPHAM MANUFACTURING CO•• MARSHFIELD. WIS. , l ._ 10 ~MICHIG.7·"lNc a 0;71:RTI.52'JmLN ~- five Complete Lines of Refrigerators Challenge Refrigerator Co. GRAND HAVEN, MICH., U. S. A. at Opalite Lined Enameled Lined Charcoal Filled and Zinc Lined Zinc Lined with Removable Ice Tank Gakanized Iron Lined Stationary Ice Tank Send for new C!\ U,l.OGUf. iIIlnd let us nilme yo .. price Our New nand and root Power Clroular Sill" No.4 The strongest, most powerful, and in every way the best machine of iu: kind ever made, for ripping, . c:ross-cutting, OOrioc and grooving. Cabinet Makers In these days of close competition, need the best possible equipment, and this they can have in • . . . BARNES' Hand and Foot POWER Machinery Send for our New Catalogne. "W. F. ®. JOHN BARNES co. 654 ~uby Street, ~ochford, Ill. -~ EXPENSIVE CASKETS. How Funerals Furnish Evidence of the Prevailing Pros-perity of the Country. "The prosperity of the country is in no m;lllllec more dearly shown than in its present day expenditures for funer-als" says an undertaket', to the New York Sun. "YVe are se:Uing now a greater number than ever before of the more expensive kinds of burial caskets, and among these a larger !lumber than ever of caskets of the more elabopte and costly forms of construction. "The most expensive sort of burial casket now to be found in stock is one that sells for $2,2;'50; a mahogany casket this, elaborately carved and beautifully trimmed with costly materials. J'he sate of such a casket ,,,,ould not be considered a remarkab1e incident in the trade. "There are now sold large numbers of hurial caskets at $200, $300 and $400 each; these ;{re carved caskets of oak or mahogany. Then there are various sorts of caskets that arc cloth covered, silk covered or plush covered; these each to be found in various colors and shades of colors, as well as in white and in black, and many of which are costly; and among these various sorts of more expensive caskets that I have described-of ,...o..od, or cloth or plush covered-the sale of a casket at $1,000 ,.,..ould not be unusual. "You understand that fewer and fewer people are now-adays buried in the old style coffin, which has now been in great measure supp'lanted by the modern burial casket; and T can think of no change in our customs that has been kinckr to us than this new way. "The olel time, once universally used coffin was the verv symbol of death; the burial casket is as different from th~ coffin in shape and appearance and finish as it is possible to make it. Vie may not forget its use, but the caske::t does not inspire the old time coffin's dread, and it may of itself be beautiful. It may not lessen, but it may soften our sorrow. "By no means all of the burial caskets sold are expensive, in fact the great majority of them are caskets of compara-tively moderate cost; but, as I have said, we sell a greater number than ever of the more expensive kinds, and among these a greater number than ever of caskets of elaborate and costly character. "TJle expenditure of the money that some of these cask-ets cost, to be put in the ground, would doubtless seem to many people a ","'asteful extravagance, but I think there is another view to be taken of it. If a man of large means should want to huy a casket not suited to his circumstances I should persuade him to buy a suitable one, if I could, just as if a man of limited means should come to me and want 1I to buy a costly casket I should dissuade him if I could, but I know of no reason why a man with ample means desiring to buy a costly and beautiful casket should not buy one in accordance with his inclinations, and I should regard this as neither extravagant nor ostentatious, but simply as a mani-festation of his 'love for his dead. "There is !>till another view that may be taken of the subject of costly burial caskets, this being one that perhaps may never have occurred to you, The $2,250 casket of which I spoke to yOU occupies seven months in the building; it is something that can not be made by machinery or in a hurry, and in the course of its construction it will have given more or less employment to a score or more of persons, including men and women, to whom, in the form of wages, a large part of the money that will finally be received for- it is p'ai.:1out in advance. ;;Somc of this money goes thus to the men who got out the log from the forests whence it came, and some to the men on the vessel that brought it to this country. Here some part of the money is paid to the sawyers who saw the log and some part of it to the cabinetmakers who fashion the casket into its first form. ';For the carving alone, all hand work and requiring months for the labor, there is paid out $600. The casket is fastened together with brass screws and copper nails-some· thing to the makers of these; it has a copper inner lining-some of the money for the casket goes to the coppersmith. The varnisher and the rubber must be paid; and some of the money goes to the weavers of the silk with which the casket is lineel, and some goes to the casket's upholsterer, as other parts go to still others whose labor may b~ required upon it. "In fact if we were to go back to the miners who mined the metals which, in finished forms, are contained in it, and to those engaged in the original processes of production of all its other various materials, and to those who in various ways took part in assembling them, we should find that not a bare score of people, but a hundred, or maybe more, were in some way concerned in it, and viewed in that light we might not look upon the amount paid for the costly casket as an expenditure of extravagance. "And for that matter, as to the distribution of the amounts paid for them, the same would hold true as to all caskets, whether costly or inexpensive, in greater or less degree; as it 'would hold, indeed, as to all funeral expenses of whatever nature; for it must be clear upon a moment's reflection that, however deeply we ourselves may mourn our own dead, to the exclusion of all things else, yet none of us can die and have a Christian burial without thereby con-tributing in some measure to the means of existence of many still surviving." CJlNAblJlN F"JlCTORY,WALKERVILLE ONTARIO CHICAGO, CINCINNATI, ST. LOUIS, SAN FRANCISCO. BERRY BROTHERS' Rubbing and Polishing Varnishes MUST BE USED IN FURNITURE WORK TO BE APPRECIATED THEY SETTLE THE VARNISH QUESTION WHEREVER TRIED WRITE TODAY FOR INFORMATION AND PRICES. FINISHED SAMPLES ON REQUEsT. BERRY BROTHERS. LIMITED VARNISH MANUFACTURERS DETROIT NEW YORK, BOSTON, PHILADELPHIII, BALTIMOflE. 12 BAMBOO FURNITURE. Growth of the Material and How It is Worked to Produce Pleasing Effects. Bamboo is a tree-like plant belonging to the grass family. It is hollow with a very shiny surface. Its growth is very rapid, having been known to sometimes grow two and one-half feet in a day. Transplanting is necessary to obtain good bamboo. A healthy root is planted and four ODD CHAIRS. or five inches is left above ground. The crop of shoots is destroyed for three successive years, then the fourth crop is allowed to grow. Many kinds of bamboo arc imported from the tropics, as well as from Japan, for the manufacturer of furniture. There is the natural pine color mottled with brown; the very dark brown, flecked with green and green marked with the natural pine color.' A very small species of red, much like some of our red willow, is used for stems in low reHef. Still other species are used for flowers, buds and leaves. Many Americans have practically failed in the manu-facture of bamboo furniture because of the ram-shackle method' of making joints. As soon as the furniture is sub-jected to heat, it straightway falls to pieces, demanding re-gluing or even wiring to keep in place. Y. Nagatomo came to America from Japan, several years ago, landing at Seattle, where he hired himself out to a certain bamboo manufacturer. Not being satisfied with the quality of the work done, he decided to go into business for himself. He also decided to make furniture that would stay together, so established himself in Tacoma. Thoroughly familiar with bamboo and its possibilities, and having been a designer in Japan, he bunt up a most flourishing business. His first reformation was to fill the hollow stem with hard wood, for several inches each side of where a joint was to be made, thus making a perfectly solid joint to be screwed or bored into without splitting. His arrangement of tiny shelves and corners for brie-a-brac, bespeaks the Japanese artist. Each tiny shelf is often panelled at the back with Japanese Matting, with a natural floral design worked out in low relief upon it with cut and carved leaves, buds and blossoms of bamboo. At a distance, this low relief looks like some beautiful oriental embroidery. Mr. Nagatomo fills orders in any part of the United States. He still designs for firms in Japan, and always has time to explain the quality and strength of his wares. MABEL WOOD. Lumbermen Plead "Not Guilty," Nearly two hundred members attended the fifteenth annual meeting of the National Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Association held at Washington, D. C. last week. The annual report of President Lewis showed that the past year was one of great prosperity to the lumber industry of the United States. He referred to recent' charges made in Con-gress to the effect that the association was a trust and a monopoly. "To the charge that we form a lumber trust," he said, 'Iwe plead not guilty," MUSIC CABINET. LADIES' DESK-BAMBOO. PLANT STAND. BOOKCASE. BOOKCASE. HANGING HAT RACK. BAMBOO DESK.. CORNER CHAIR. 13 L"'ORNERCURIO CASE. LADIES' DESK. BAMBOO FURNITURE DESIGNED AND MANUFACTURED BY Y. NAGATOMA. TACOMA, WASH. 14 OUR NEW 1907 LINE ,OF ALASKA REFRIGERATORS with side ice chamber is made in twenty-one styles, zinc lined, white enamel and porcelain lined. Our cataloguewill interestyou. Write for it. THE ALASKA REFRIGERATOR CO. Exclusive Refriger$lOf Manufacturers. MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN. EASY MARK AND MR GROUCH. Both Must be Endured but Neither is an Absolute -Necessity, This world seems to be made up of all sorts of classes of people, ranging from the easy mark at one end of the line to the chronic kicker at the other. Of the two extremes it is hard to tell which is the worst, the genuine easy mark or the everlasting kicker, says the Merchants' JournaL Of course Easy Mark is agreeable. He never gets in anybody's way, or if he does he is ready to apologize and get out at once. People get onto him right away. They understand that he can be worked and they work him; work him to a fare-you-well The butcher knows that Easy Mark won't roaf if he gets a tough piece of meat when he ordered tender-loin. Somebody has to get the poor meats, and Easy Mark is the most pleasant customer to deal with. The grocer understands that he can put off inferior vegetables on Easy Uark and that good-natured man will stand for it, The hired man also understands that if he neglects his work Easy Mark will let it go without saying anything about it. If there is a job left over that the hired man ought to have done, Easy Mark will go and attend to it himself. So it goes. They all hand "lemons" to the excessively good-natured man. Men come to him to get him to sign notes with them and then let him pay the notes. After he has been stuck for their debts, they never even thank him for his accommodation. Easy Mark never gets rich. It isn't in the nature of things that he should. He is probably indus-trious and saving so far as his personal expenses are con-cerned and mak<is a good deal of money, but there are plenty looking for chances to get it away from him, . But then Easy Mark has this much compensation: He is gen~ eraIIy conceded to be a good man. He hasn't any enemies to speak of, People are even ready to hand him honors that don't cost them anything and mean work for him. For example, if there is a public function of some sort there is- a·' lot of work to do. Easy Mark is universally selected as one of a committee to do that work. He goes uncomplainingly and Joes it. He works like a dray horse for nothing. He turns the ice cream freezer all day before the night of the church festival. There were other members of the com-mittee on refreshments but they slid out and left the matter to Easy Mark. They know he will do it and not kick about it. In fact they get a fool idea somehow that he really enjoys doing that sort of business. All the way through life Easy Mark has to pull on the short end of the double-tree, but when he finally dies the papers say that he was a splendid neighbor. On the other extreme there is Grouch, the kicker. Grouch was born kicking and he keeps it up until they caTTy him out to the cemetery. You can bet there is nobody getting any the best of Grouch if he knows it; and he is always look-ing for it. v\rhen he cats at a hotel he makes the waiters jump sideways. He commences to grumble right away as soon as he goes to bat and keeps it up. Of course the waiters hate him and talk mean about him when they get 011t in the kitchen, but you bet they wait on him. If they don't do that there· will be something doing right away and a good deal. of it. He grumbles. at the gas man and he grumbles at the plumber. Furthermore, while the gas man and the plumber say things about Grouch that ought to make his ears burn, they do get a move on them and tend to his work and let Mr. Easy Mark's work wait. Grouch has a chronic row with every merchant he does business with. He grumbles about the kind of meat the grocer gives him, and rather than have him chewing the rag continually the butcher picks out the best pieces for him. The merchants hate him; the clerks despise him, but they all wait on him. They have to or have a row. Grouch generally has a kick to register with the city council, and oftentimes he is right: He keeps jawing and prodding the city officials and does make them give more attention to the duties they were e'1ected to perform. Grouch does some good; in fact he does a good deal of good, but he is mighty disagreeable. Everybody cusses him and he is pointed out as the meanest man in the town. When he dies everybody says that it is a good thing that he is gone and that he will make trouble, no matter whether he lands in heaven or the other place. As between Grouch who grumbles at everything and quarrels with everyboqy, and Easy Mark who never complains about anything and lets everybody impose on him, it is better perhaps to be Easy Mark, but there is no use to be either. There is no use to be grumbling and chewing the linen continually and treat-ing everybody as if they were trying to do you up; and neither, on the other hand, is it well to let everybody make a .foot mat of yOU. There is a time to be good natured and a time to kick. There is a time to let disagreeable things pass and then there are times when it is the proper thing to get up and roar. If nobody kicked the world would be run by dead beats and grafters and honest men would have no chance whatever. The really good citizen is the one who is nearly always good natured; who doesn't do much grum-bling but who can make things sizz if the occasion really demands it. He Loved Her Not. Before the furniture show window. Lover-"What! Steal that davenport for you. It is not an easy undertaking." Swcetheart-"You wouldn't mind spending three years in prison if you should be caught, to please me?" Thomas M. Buckley, furniture dealer, Le Roy, New York, has made an assignment for the benefit of creditors. COST MARK SYSTEM. Various Methods Used by Merchants to Conceal Their Margins of Profits. Speaking of old fashioneJ cost marks, says a writer ill the Jewelers' Circular, a majorky of the cost marking systems now in use are impracticable,! being either unwieldy or too easy to solve. I The first systems were b~sed on the use of words con-tajnillg ten lett"",rs, no two like, each letter representing ~ num~ra1. Probably the mo t venerable of the words still III use IS: Vl ASH Iii N G T 0 X 12345167890 somewhat less tasilY decipherable by the cu,- l!;IVE UP 567890 I BYE AlfD KOST 123 4~6 7890 Such markes as these arb no secret if one sets himself to pick them out. Usually ad that is necessary is to .find out what several of the ten letter1 are, and then fix upon the ones most likely to represent 1,1 ;'; and O. Such secret cost marks can be figured out in j1thisway in five minutes ~ome-times. Other merchants use tbe letters in this way: ABCDiEFGHIJ 1234$67890 I Another, tom~r, is: DONT 1 2 3 4 Another one is: follows: ZYXW1vUTSRQ 1 2 3 4 15 6 7 8 9 0 Still other systems take ~vE',rysecond letter in the alpba- , bet or every third letter, be~jnning at either end. The crowning argument! against these 1iystems is that all betray the fact that they ~re cost marks. B I X on a tag can mean nothing but costj What does it matter? ynly this, that the more the cus-tomer's mind is diverted fr0im thoughts of what the article costs the dealer, the more lrikely he is to be favorably im-pressed with the article its~lf. The solution of the pro~lem lies in using a cost mark which will appear to be somrthing else. An ideal cost mark is the one that has an easil1 remembered key; that may be transmitted by voice; that isl so simple in form as to minim-ize chances of error in writ~;ng and reading, and that is not 'what it seems. The following is such a onc: "1 2 3 4." To use it: 1 doubles tHe figures placed after it, 2 adds 50 per cent to the figures placed after it, 3 deducts a third. 4 deducts a half. The cost mark key is always the initial letter. To i[Justratc its US!; In marking the cost on~an article costing 60 cents, one may write it in f011r ways 130,240, 390,4120--as the initial 1 means to double the folle -iug figures, the initial 2 means to add 50 per cent to the foIl wing figures, the initial 3 means to deduct a third from the t~l1owing figures, etc., thus: 130 (2x30) is -60; 240 (40 plus sb per cent) is 60; 390 (90 minus a third) is 60, and 4120 (12: minus a half is 6D)_ In writing the cost on he goods under this system the abbreviation "No." or the s'gn - is placed before the cost. Thus the customer is led t believe that it is the number of the article instead of the c st mark. This makes it a great advantage in a conversatio between the clerk and the man-ager or proprietor before a customer. For instance, the custo er is protesting against the price. The clerk may think a reduction wise, and that it will be granted by the manager, ilir he may desire the manager's indorsement of the price. I Or, as 71RTIoS.7U'J 2 • 7 .. • 15 Thc manager does not have to examine the tag or ask its price to learn the cost. He simply asks; "What number is it?" The letter or hieroglyphic system wou-Id not permit this simplicity in such a case. The writer in the Jewelers' Circular has failed to men-tion a cost mark that was very popular twenty-fivc or thirty years ago, and is still uscd by many merchants, being rarely deciphered by buyers. It is madc out of a double cross, such as the children use in playing "tit-tat~tow-three in a row." The cross is made. like this: The character is then marked in this way: 1 9 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Thus a key for the cost mark is formed. Then it is broken up :md the nine digits are expressed as follows: r LI L ::J 0 C -, n L 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 More Trouble for Country Merchanu. The Farmers' Union in Mississippi has inaugurated a new price system that may prove a stumhling block fer country merchants. The idea is to send to m,;:mher~ of the union bulletins giving the maximum price they should be charged for any commodity. These will be issued a::: oiten as changes in prices occur. It is planned to have the members keep the conte.nt8 of these circulars secret, and to force the coltll!:ry merchants to cut off a considerable portion of what ':he:, have b~en charging, in the form of what the Farmers' Onion calls "e_,<- cessive profits." STAR CASTER CUP CO. NORTH UNION STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. (PATENT APPLlKD FOR) 'Ve baveadopted celluloJd as II base for our Caster Cups. making the best cup 0....the markel. Celluloid is a great improvement over bases wade of other w!lterial. When it is necessary to wove a pif'ce supported by cups with celluloid ba~es it can be done wlth ease, as the bases are per-feetly smooth. Celluloid does not sweat, and by the use of these cups tables art! never marred. These cups are finlshed in Golden Oak and ,"Villte Maple, finished light. l.f you; will try ~ sample order of tlwle goods yo'l(.-will desire to handle them tn 'luanlitus. PRICES: Size i3{ inches $5.50 per hundred. Sb:e 27.1'itlcbes 4.50 per hundred. f. o. b. Grand Rapids. TRY A SAMPLE ORDER. 16 Sellers Sample Good Always. Try Order NQ.46. Sinlile Con •• $Z.OONet. GENUINE TEMPERED ALL STEEL WIRE MATTRESSES MANUFACTURED BY $2 SMITH CD. DAVIS MFG. CO., St. Louis, Mo. MAIL ORDERS TO ftit(~en (abinds of OualilJ Sell at sight. and make a greater profit than other lines of kitch"" cab-inets. Send for catalogue. Th. BEST 01 QUALITY I•• lust mODey. We haore doubled our capacit)' And will be better IIble to lake care of our trad" thaa before. We lolicit your palroDqe. C. F. SCHMOE & CO. SHELBYVILLE, IND. SPRATT'S CHAIRS ARE THE JOY OF THE CHILDREN. Our new CHILD'S MISSION ROCKER was a winner from the start. Wriu fir CAtalogiaand prim. Our" llne is larie and prices are right. We make CHAIRS 10, GROWN-UPS as well as CHlLDREN. GEORGE SPRATT & CO. Sheboygan, Wis. Say you saw Ikis ad intbe Mithiglitt drti-san. MUST HAVE "ALL-ROUND" SALESMEN. An Installment House Can Not Be Run on the Depart-ment System. After the interview \'v"jth 1-Ir. \'Vegner, which appears else"."here in this number of the Artisan, the reporter called all Herbert G. Hefferan, manager for Heyman"s, the big installment house all Canal street, Grand Rapids, 1\1ich., and asked him fOT an expression of his ideas on the subjects disCllssccl by 11t. 'vVegncr. "That's a big proposition," said :)1r. Hefferan. "The best salesmen never need much urging, but many of them become listless or get a tired fcding at times and it is difficult to brace them up. Personal encouragement or careful criticisl1l will do it sometimes, but I think a better way is to have a meeting of the whole force to consider the matter of pushing sales and asking each one to express his opinion, and make suggestions. If the purpose is to Pl.lt pressure on a certain man the discussion can easily be turned to his particular ,\ 17 -feel that they are pretty wel1 acquainted with him and have no misgivings about asking questions. V\lhen they arc ready to look at a bedroom suite they must be taken up to the next floor; up again for the dining room furniture, and still further for the parlor goods. It will not do to introduce them to a new man in each departmrent or on each floor. They w·il1 not enjoy making a new acquaintance at each step. They may like the first man, they might not like the next one and before they get through they may meet one who displeases them to such an extent as to spoil the sale. "\Ve have tried the department plan for assigning sales-men. and it won't work. 'ATealso tried the placing of each man all a certain floor, but it was a failure. We have cut the store into four geJleral divisions. with a man to have general supervision of each, and that is as far as we have been able to use the depa.rtment plan. Each and every man must have the range of the ,,,ho1,(:house, and he must not only have the manners, tact aIld ability necessary for a good salesman, bt1t he must possess ~neral knowledge, and specific information that will enahle him to handle anything A Beautiful Napoleon Foot Bed No. 842 From the Line of the Hard Mfg. Co., Buffalo, N. Y. ddects or short comings, and if he is good for anything he will take the hint and try his hest to get into the game. ·"\Vc never have to break in what you would call 'green-horns' in an establishment like this. Vo/eshould have experi-enced salesmen, btlt we are not always able to get them. \Ve can get able and experienced furniture salesmen, carpet men, _~tove experts or curtain and drapery salesmen, but in an installment house, all those should be combined in one and it is difficult to find such men. "The best we can do is to get a man \"ho has been SllC-cessfu1 in one of those lines, and anow him to leam the others by experience, and it takes time to do it. No matter how good a man may be, on furniture for instance, he [s liable. to fall down when he goes jllto the stove or some other line. It will not do to assign each man to a certain depart-ment and keep him out of all others. Each must be an <111- around man, and in addition to being a good salesman he must be well up on everything in the house. «You see it is this way: A lady or perhaps a happy couple come in to buy an outl-it. They start in with the kitchen furniture. They select a stove, and by that time they are we1l pleased with the salesman who is serving them that his customers may want-he must be able to tell them anytbil1g they want to know or that we want them to know about the goods. You can readily understand why it is difficult to become it successful salesman in an installment hOllse. "Vile do not use the card system in our stock account we have the stock ledger in which the goods are entered ,""hen they come in, and they are checked out from the sales slips by the ofl-i.ce force. The sy~tem works very well, at least we never have any difficulty in finding out just what we llaVC in stock without gojng olit of the office." How to Handle "Kickers." /\ "kick" is always a- "boost" if you treat it right. The customer who comes into your store and kicks because she is dissatisfied with a purchase is a benefit to your store. It puts yOll on to the fact so that you can rectify the evil. Satisfy her right _then and there. and invite kickers to come in and make their complaints. Satisfy a customer who is dissatisfied and immediately yOll have. made a friend who will always have a good word for yOUr store. 18 ·f'~MICHI..G. .77IN • EST A.BLISHED 1880 ,;!~, , , ' I I I \ , , .::..i~, \ '- I;? ,..~f.;, ,,,,,::~ ,-~~, ~ ~ -""""'!!O ~ _ c _ PUeL.ISHI!!:D 8V MICHIGAN ARTISAN CO. ON THE 10TH AND 25TH OF EACH MONTH O......ICe:-2-20 LYON ST .• GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Vienna, Austria, appears to be leading all other cities in the matter of municipa1 ownership. For several yeats the city has owned the gas, water, lighting and street rail-way plants, and now proposes to take the undertaking and the brewery business out of private hands. With that pur-pose -in view the municipality has just paid half a million dollars for the business and equipments of two undertaking companies which had, practically, a monopoly of the busi-ness and has also established the largest and best equipped brewery in the city. Whether. the authorities had the under-taking business in view when they built the brewery is not stated, but many will believe that the beer will tend to boost the volume of business in the undertaking line. *1* *)* *1* *!* Quite a "rumpus" was stirred up by the newspapers of Michigan recently on account of the purchase outside of the state of $600.00 worth of furniture by a committee of the house of representatives, Jor use in the chamber of that body. The committee journeyed to Chicago and indulged in a round of "sight-seeing" a,nd fcasting that cos.t the state nearly as much as the furniture. A lot of leather covered d<lvenports, purchased at a cost of $30.00 each, will last until the close of the session if handled carefully. The capitol building at Lansing is now well supplied with folding beds and davenports. These were undoubtedly needed. The occupants of the capitol are a sleepy lot. *r* *1* *r* *1* The retail merchants' organizations seem to be making headway in their campaign against the mail order houses. They are forming anti-parcels post clubs in rural sections, with a view of applying pressure to congressmen, and have thus enlisted the aid of many county newspapers. They are also encouraged by the conversion of two prominent dallies, the Chicago Journal, which gave evidence of its change of heart by a severe attack on the parcels post proposition, and the 1\Jinneapolis Tribune, which announces that here-alter all advertisements for mai1 order business will be barred from its columns. *1* *1* *r* *1* Manufacturers of bedding claim that seventy-flve per cent of their orders are furnished by dealers in dry goods. This condition is not creditable to dealers in furniture. There is no reason why the regular dealer in furniture should not handle every article needed in furnishing a bedroom. By his failure to do so he neglects a fine opportunity to add to his income. There arc nice margins in the sale of bbnkets, sheets, pillow cases, and kindred goods and there is no reason why the dea1er in furniture should not share more largely in this trade. '1* *r* '1* *1* Judge Hunt of San Francisco has decided that the earth- Quake -clause in an insurance policy relieves the company only when the building is completely destroyed before the fire starts-that when fire destroys a building that has been only part tally wrecked by the earthquake the company is certainly liable for what the building was worth after being damaged by the shock. That seems to be a sensible de-cision. *1* *1* *1* *1* Will there be another advance in the prices of furniture before the fall season of trade opens? Ask the manufac~ turer, In turn the manufacturer will ask the lumber man, the glass bevelers and the railroad magnates, and finally the manufacturers' association. *'* *1* *1' *1* Advances in prices made by the furniture manufacturers last faU seem small when compared with the action of the wagon makers who at the meeting of the national associ-ation in Chicago,- recently, ordered a raise of 50 per cent, to take effect on April 15. *1* *1* *1* 'r* To "ginger 'I1~J' salesmen: Increase their pay with every additional thousand to their sales over the corresponding quarter of last year, .and reduce it in the same proportion with loss of sales for a corresponding amount for the same period. *1* *r* *1* *,* Complaints of the scarcity of cars are still heard in all Quarters, and thc present selling season promises to be pro-longed. The goods mostly in demand are used in furnishing summer homes. Buyers are Quite impatient over the delays. *'* *r* *1* *1* Salesmen who would increase the number and size of their orders must never misrepresent the goods they sell. The temptation to pervert or stretch the truth should ever be throttled. By selling the customer what he wants he call be depended upon to buy what the honest dealer has to sell. *1' *1* *1* *1' If you must relate your "talc of woe," hire a hall. Don't impose upon the time and patience of those who are so unfortunate as to be ass-ociated or are compelled to come in contact with you. ** '$* .* Why not visit the expositions in July Mr. Stay-at-Home Buyer? You would learn many valuable lessons about the business of buying and selling merchandise that never dawned on your mind. ** ** *:4< Sanderson, of Phi1adelphia, is the most notorious dealer in furniture in the United States, but no one envies him his notoriety. ** ** ** The salesman who wastes his substance feels like a mil-lionaire for a night and a fool for a week. "'* ** *'" Close shots don't count in hilliards or business. Only those that hit the- mark are effective. >i:>i: ** ~" The conversation of grumblers and knockers is flot so pleasant as the howling of the wind. Evidence of Prosperity. As an indication of the enormous business being trans-acted by the railroads, A. H. Smith, general manager of the New York Central, tells how that railroad recently broke all records for the number of loaded cars handled in one day. The record was broken by 1,312 loaded cars. A total of 31,440 cars were handled between New York and Buffalo-more than 23,000 being loaded. These cars would make a train 246 miles long. In addition to the freight trains, 1,000 passenger trains were moved, making a total passenger train 75 miles long. An army of 49,7M men were required to handle these trains, exclusive of clerks, accountants and men employed on construction work. In operating them for 24 hours by the manual controlled signals, there were approximately 500,000 signal indications to be read and obeyed. J Bricklayers Opposing Use of Cement. The industrial world is interested in a contest between brick and cement as materials for construction that is now going forward. Cement is yielding more and morc to the demands of C011struction and fast becoming a formidable rival of brick and stone in all classes of work in which they were once used exclusively. It has also entered the field of street paving. There is still some prejudice against con-struction entirely of concrete, and for smaller dwellings in particular the rule is to build foundations and basement walls of concrete and the superstructure of hrick a5 yielding more readily to the approved lines of architectural beauty. But the architects are fast leaming to blend concrete into artistic forms. The principal objection to cement from the view point of the workman is thilt it can be laid by unskilled Jabor, while the bricklayer of today ranks with the best paid work-men in the country, drawing from $5 to $7 for a day of eight hottrs. Cement blocks, a rival of brick distinct from the monolithic concrete, are beillg used now for the erection of smal1 homes. These arc said to be jn many ways the equal of those built of brick or stone, but they arc erected with cheaper labor and so cost less money, says the St. Joe News. In some parts of the country the bricklayers and brick manufacturers are aligni.ng themselves against the groWillg use of cement, but the wisdom of their course is open to debate. Since they have begun to build fourteen-story sky-scrapers ,vholly of cement and independent of brick or brick-layers, it would seem that the favoritism for it as a building material has gone beyond the point where thc attempt of the opponents to stop its use at the ground line can he suc-cessful. Says Demonstrations Are Useful. "\Vell that's a hard question to answer," said H. C. Smith, l\lanager of \i\linegar Bros. Canal street store, Grand Rapids, l\1kh., when asked to talk on the matter discussed by 1vlr. \Vegner on another page in this number of the Arti~ san. ""V hen a salesman bec.omes indifferent or careless in his ..Y. ork, and fails to brace up after having his attention called to the matter, it is time to let him go and try another. A little talk. however, will generally cause a man to mend his ways and do his best, unless he is looking for a change. 19 SHELBYVILLE DESK CO. MANCFACTURERS OF OFFICE DESKS Mahogany, and Imitabon Qyartered Oak, Plain Oak in Three Grades. I SPECIAL I"EATURES A SQUARE DEAL Write for late!t Catalogue. SH ELBYVI LLE, IND. "Demonstrations by experts from the factories also have a good effect on the salesmen. We have them frequently. Just now we are having experts demonstrating the merits, advantages and possibilities of OUT gas stoves in both stores, and the salesmen will certainly gain much information that may be used to advantage in dealing with customers. "Of course demonstrators can not do much in the fur-niture departments, but it is a good thing for salesmen to talk with expert finishers, upholsterers, etc., from the fac-tories. A man never learns too much ahout the goods. To know all about how an article is made makes it easier to gain the confidence of a customer." Michigan to Tax Catalogue Business. State Senator Kane, of J\H. Pleasant, proposes to have the IVlichigan legislature enact a law that will require cata-loguemail order houses to pay taxes or take out licenses for doing business in that state. He has had a conference with the state attorney general, who is said to have expressed the opinion that such a law can be enacted, and enforced, but details as to how it can be applied to concerns whose headquarters are outside of the state have not been described. That the l;nv is expected to hit the big maj] order houses of Chicago is apparent from Senator Kane's declaration that it is not right to allow such concerns as Montgomery Ward & Company, and Sears, Roebuck & Company to draw tens of thousands of dollars from the people of Michigan with- OLlt paying even a cent for the support of the state govern- Inent." That l\1ichigan senator who proposes to levy a tax on those who fill mail orders from his state has tackled a doubtful proposition. A law for that purpose, in order to be valid, would have to cover all kinds of business, and would apply to the man who sells lumber as well as to those who sell soap and low grade furniture, and it is difficult to see how the tax could be collected. It would seem to be easier, and perhaps more effective, to tax those who give the orders than to collect from those who fill them. In other words, make it a tariff measure for the protection of 1Iichigan dealers, and then the scheme would appear in its true nature-so ridiculous that its sponsor would dis-own it. 20 The Luce Fumiture Co. INVlTES ATTENTION TO ITS LARGE u~ OF I Bed Room and Dini~ Room Furniture. ! GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Salesroom at Factory Only. Something DiffERENT in Couches No. 155 WOVEN WIRE COUC" $4.00 Net We have made for some time, Couches and Davenports with woven wire tops. Our latest essay in this line is DIffERENT. Made and shipped K. D. Easily set up. "trial order will convince. SMII" L DAVISMfG. CO.,St. Louis. THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK. No Probability of Hard Times, But it May Be Well to "Touch Wood~' Occasionally. Account<:\nts have unusual opportunities for accurate observation of business tendencies, and their opinions are entitled to respect. Professor Joseph French Johnson, dean of the Kew York University School of Commerce, Accounts and Finance, has secured from leading public accountants of several important commercial centers a symposium 011 the business outlook, which appears in the official organ of the American Association of Public Accountants, The Journal of Accountancy, edited by Professor Johnson, and in all editorial prelude to the symposium he says: "\\,!hen a man is in abounding health and begins to boast that his stomach can dissolve nails, rarebits and ground glass., the French proverb warns him to "touch wood" in humble propitiation of the fates. If a man is so confident that he fails to make this acknowledgement of hi" dependence UpOll a superior power, wise men shake their heads and predict his collapse. "During the last six months the statistics of this country's trade and industry have reached such astonishing totals that thoughtful men are beginning to fear lest people get over-confident. Never before during a prosperous period has there been so much talk about panics and crises as there is at the present time. James J. Hill, president of the Great >Iorthern Railway, is full of foreboding for all sections of the country and all industries except his own. NIr. Stuyve-sant Fish, fonner president of the Illinois Central, has pre-dicted hard times in 1'.:107and 1908. Even John D. Rockfelter has taken the public into his confidence and declared that there is likely to be much suffering and involuntary i.dleness during the coming year. Cassandra is evi.dently in the sad-dle and is megaphoning her dire prophecies throughout the land. "In view of this condition of affairs The Journal of Accountancy believed it wise to appeal to its constitutents for a calm and sane expression of opinion with regard to the outlook. Of all businc"s men accountants are the least likely to lose their heads in any speculative furor. Their training and occupation compel them to be sane, fair and conservative, It is as bad for an accountant to underestimate the assets and prospects of a client as it is to o\rcrestimate them. He knows that the client is entitled to the exact truth, and that it is his business to discover and state the truth. The Journal, therefore, has a great deal of respect for the opinions and conclusions which repre'sentative accountants have expressed in the symposium published in this number, and it is glad to note that their message to the business world is on the whole one of encouragement. Several of them have dis~ covered reasons why business men and bankers should pro-ceed ,..·.ith extra caution, but nOlle of them seems to think that the present period of prosperify is destined to be fol-lowed by immediate or disastrous reaction. "\Vhen we analyze the reasons upon which current pes-simism is based, we find more occasion for cht;er than for despair. Money is tight, the rate of interest is high, b~lllk reserves arc low, to be sure, but those are inevitably the phe-nomena of good times. "Vhat is the quality of the loans and discounts? That is the vital question, and with respect to it we have little evidence one way or the other. Railroads and other corporations cannot borrow the capital they need and must, therefore, retrench and forego certain contemplated improvements and extension. That situation is also the pro-dud of good times and does not furnish the slightest reason for believing that railroads will do less business this year than last. But wages have risen and cut into profits. So have prices risen and the railroads appear to be doing things that arc equivalent to an advance of rates. The administra- 21 tion, by attacking business interests, especially the railroads, has destroyed confidence and given enterprise a fatal check. That argument is urged by interests who want the people to let them do as they please and do it in the dark. The Inter-state Commerce Commi:;sion may possess undue power, yet no fair man expects that it will exercise that power unduly 01" unjustly. "But the situation is critical and Roosevelt is liable any day to thrO\",,-a bomb that will rip things up. Quite so, but the President is a very shrewd and practical man, and no man or corporation doing business on the square is afraid of him. President Roosevelt and Governor Hughes of the state of New York will dOUbtless do unexpected things this year; but we are certain they will not wittingly do anything to injure the material interests of the people they represent. Grand Rapids Caster Cup Co. 2 Park wood Ave., Grand Rapids. Mich. ""'~ are now putting 011 the best Casler Cups with ~or" bases evof'r offeree; to the trade. iht:se aTe fillished in Golden Oak and White Maple )n a light finish. These goods are admirable for polished floors and funl-lture rests. T hey will not sweat or mar. . PRICES: Size 2U inches $4.00 per hundred Size 2%"inches······ 5.00 per hundred Try a Sample Order. F. O. B. Grand Rapids. "The worst that can he said -..",ithregard to the busii\ess outlook is this: \Ve have had three years of ripping pros-perity, and experience warns us that a change is due. That, however, docs not mean failure, panic and distress. More likely it means mere1y a patlse for adjustment to the new con-ditions. ~Tages and salaries must be brought up to the higher price-level of the necessaries and comforts of life. New capital must be created before ncw enterprises can be undertaken. New gold must be mined before bank reserves can support larger credits. These are facts that cannot be denied, but they predict merely a breathing-spe[J, not a panic. Nevertheless, as we sny jt, it is well to "touch wood." An Antique Hunter's Lucky Strike. A \'\ioman who makes a fad of collecting antique furni-ture and old blue china had a peculiar experience recently. She lives in' one of the larger interior cities of York State, and when a man from New England came to town with a fine collection of old mahogany she, was among the first to inspect his stock, which contained a grandfather's clock that struck her fancy from first sight. It was a fine old specimen of Colonial furniturc and it somehow appealed particularly Lo her, but the price was more than she felt she could afford. The first day she didn't buy it, but went home to think it over, with the result tha.t the following mnrning she purchased the coveted article. After its arr:val at her home she began investigating the ncw purchase, when what was her surprise to discover that tIle name pajnted inside the clock was that of her own great-grandfather, who had lived in Roxbury, Mass. He was not the maker, but the former owner, as she afterward discovered, and now she doesn't wonder that she was so closely drawn to the old timepiece. 22 TABLES OR TEN-CENT COUNTERS. Yankee Ingenuity Ignores Precedent and Makes for Progress of the Nation. American business men are never bound by precedent, and to this bet the United States largely owes its. present position as the greatest business nation of the world. A short time ago a consignment of street Celrs was made in East St. Louis for use at Los Angeles, Cd. The usual custom is to load new rolling stock of this kind on flatcars for ship-ment. "\A/hy not run them out to Los Angeles on their own wheels?" suggested the venturesome spirit of Ingenuity. "Such a thing has never been done," replied cautious Prece-dent." "That's 110 reason why it can't be done.." replied Ingenuity, and the cars were made ready. They were fitted with a temporary equipment of couplers and air brakes, and a train of twenty-four cars and a caboose was started. Oilers rode in the caboosc to watch for hot boxes and the scheduled sp.eed of fifteen miles an hour was maintained. c This was the first instance in which street cars have been run on a railroad track. Mak~.ts of American' agricultural imp.lements have been more aggressive than almost any other dass of Americans in pushing their wares into foreign markets. One Illinois concern sent a man to Asia Minor with instructions to stay there until he opened the market. Catalogues, samples, much talking-nothing could over-come the precedent of two or three thousand ycars of plough-ing with bullocks and a crooked stick. After three years of failure the Illinois man got it into his head that these Asiat-ics were closely related" to the inhabitants of his Qcighboring state of Missouri and would have to be shown. He showed them. He rented a piece of ground and divided it in half. One side he ploughed with an lliinois plough, harrowed it with an Illinois harrow and planted twenty pounds at wheat with an Illinois wheat drill. The other half was ploughed with native bullocks and a crooked stick, wasn't harrowed at all, and was planted with sixty-six 'pounds of wheat sowed broadcast. Everybody waited for the harvest. Thc Illinois half produced a 10 per cent g~eater yie1d! and the Asiatics were reminded that less than one-third as much had been sowed on it. After that Asia Minor became a good market for Illinois agricultural machinery. Americans like to buy East Indian rugs, but the native designs have not proved entirely pleasing to Yankee tastes. Therefore a company of American carpet makers went to India! bought ten large factories employing 15,000 workmen, and began the business of making Indian rugs with Ameri-can designs. The material used! the dyes and the methods of weaving areal! Indian. Last year $400,000 worth of rugs were made in these American factories in India and" sent to the home market in this country. Que day last summer two business friends were chatting at a club in a manufacturing town in the Middle West. One of these men was a manufacturer of furniture and the other was a huyer for a cha~n of tcn cent stores located in pros-peroustowns in the Mississippi Valley. The furniture manufacturer was lamenting the fact that the dun season was upon him, that many of his expert work-tilen whom he would have to layoff woulddri{t away where he could not locate them when the rush came on a few months later. The buyer scenteu a business opportunity, and asked the other if he would be wiliing to turn out stuff at cost in order to keep his organization intact. The manufacturer said he would, and they figured all over "the back of the bill of fare. Result: An order for several tra"inloads of little stand tables which were sold at 10 cents apiece in the various stores of the buyer's combi-nation. \iVith the multiplication of inventors and inventions came an increase in the problem of how to manufacture small articles without the forced expense o,f erecting a fac-tory especially for the purpose. Some' factories took in jobs, but this method often proved unsatisfactory to an in-vcntor who wished his model to havc more attention than that generally paid to a side line. So necessity has again borne a c.hild. A specialty fac-tory in Rhode Island has a plant equipped with a'll kinds of machinery. The concern makes nothing foritseH, but merety sits by a.nd waits for customers. It wilt undertake on a 'moment's ,notice the manufacture of anything from a campaign button to an airship model. Steel Box Cars in Favor. Experiments with steel baggage and passenger cars hav-log proved entirely successful, attention is now being given to experiments that are expected to result in perfecting the steel box car. It is understood that some of the biggest railroad systems, induding the Pennsylvania, New York Cen-tral and Rock Is'land soon will make contracts for a large number of such equipment. The new box .car weighs 37,800 pounds, or about twelve -per cent less than the standard box car u~ed on the Harriman lines. The strength is such that property can be much better protected in transit, and that in turn will permit of more speed" The venture is made by men who have spent years in this industry, and who be-lieve that the time is not far distant when there will be no wood construction in any freight train. Thi5 may even come about in advance of the solid steel passenger train, as badly as that is thought needed. Don't Fight the Fads. There is a general moral in the story of a retail hard-wareman in a medlum-sized city of Ohio who cursed the automobiles and dedared he would have nothing to do with them. The owners and drivers put on an extra spurt when-ever they saw him, so as to kick all the dust they could into his eyes. There was another hardwa"reman in the same line who stocked up on automobile accessories, made friends with the owners and sold thcm all the goods he could. The moral is to be found in the two balance sheets at the end of the year. Expressed in words, it is like this. Don't fight the fads. Sell what the, people wart. American Furniture in Mexico. There arc several furniture factories in Mo terey, Mex-ico, but they are all small and there is said to be an excellent demand for American furniture in that part of the country. The people there are prosperous, and morc pro ress\ve than thos"e in any other section of Mexico. Many of them are wealthy, and they demand the best and most ad ern out-fits for their homes and offices. There are se erathouses in Monterey that handle Amcrican furniture exc usive(y, and they are reported as having an enormoustrad in roll":top desks, sectional bookcases. file cases and high rade chairs. Keep On Keepin' On. lf the day looks kinder gloomy An, your chances kinder slim, If the situation's pttzzlin' And the prospects awful grim An' perplexities keep pressin,' Till all hope is nearly gone, J us' bristle up, and grit your teet An' keep on keepin' on, 23 GEESE Do Not Grow BETTER FEATH RS and DOWN THAN THESE PILLO S ARE FILLED WITH. _ WRIT THE ------- SCHULTZ 8 HI~SCH COMPANY 260-262 S. DESPLAINEg ST., CHICAGO, 10' ,~. 190 7 Illustrated Catalogue an~ Price List. That. will tell yOll all about il. We would 1ikr 10 have you say that you saw this in === the Michigan Artisan.: No, 160 Plain Oak Front. Height 76 inches. Base 421126 inches. The White Directory Poplar top. Two large drawersin base. Largecup-board space with sliding shelf. 4 spice cans. Plate rack. 5°li~~~bi'~id~~~ 1 bread board. Canopy, 2 cllpboard spaces. 2 drawers. 2 tilting sugar biTls, 1 large china closet, Finish, Golden oak, gloss or wax. Brass trim-mings. CONTAINS A CAREFULLY COMPILED LIST OF MANUFACTURERS OF FURNITURE, PIANOS, ORGANS, INTERIOR FINISHES AND KINDRED INDUSTRIES Now Ready. Send inyour order. No. 161 Satin Walnut. Same as above. Finish, Natural wood, dull mbbed. WHITE. PRINTING COMPANY PRINTE1S, ENGRAVERS, PUBLISHERS, BINDERS 2-20 LYON ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. C. f. SC"MOE, Shelbyville, Ind. The New UNION FURNITURE CO. "PE.RFE.CT" FOLDING CHAIR ROCKFORD, ILL. China Closets Buffets Bookcases Comfortable Durable Simple Neat The Acme of Perfection in the line DE Foldil:lg Chairs. PERFECT COMPACTNESS wh~n folded. We lead in Style, Confuudion and Finish. See our Catalogue. OUT line on permanent exhibi. tion 7th Floor, New Manufact. urers' Building, Grand Rapids. WRITE fOT PIHCHS The Peabody School Furniture Co. North Manche.ter. • • Indiana GLOBE SIDEBOARDS .--------- ARE THE ------------: BEST ON THE GLOBE FOR THE MONEY GET OUR CATALOGUE. Menti.. the MICHIGAN ARTISAN when writing. Globe Furniture No.257. Price $18.50. Has 48 Inch Top,S Legs and is Highly Polished. It's One of the "SUPERIOR" There are many more, all Peaches, Pie and Puddin~. Send for Catalogue and get a taste. THE BOCKSTEGE fURNITURE CO. EI/4NSI/ILLE IND. Company EVANSVILLE, INDIANA. Kar~es War~ro~es are Good Wardrobes GOOD Style Construction Finish PRICES RIGHT Write for Catalogue Karges Furni!urs CompanJ. EVANSVILLE •. IND. --..-- MAKE MONEY MR. DEALER BY SELLING THE D055r KITCHEN CABINETS CUPBOARDS SAFES and WARDROBES Best Goods lowest Prices The "Ell" fO No S<ock LOING BEDS 4RE E LI 0 complete without the Er E PROFrTR~I~N"D I eds in Mant 1 " ERS • MILLE R &. Co • and Upd,ht. • EWVn!t'De: .f.o..rmeut."sanJdndlparnicaos IlVANSVILLIlDIlSK CO. Manni.c(m you to send us an order. Write E DESK S on ethfSe t~ll[lHtkheet BEdST VALUE OF or neweatalollUe• to ay. It will pay FURNITURE CO., Evansville, Ind. 26 ~MI9 ..HIG?1N , NEW NEBRASKA IDEA. Legislative Scheme to Stimulate Cash Imports Supported by Business Interests. Men with great bank accounts, or plenty of idle money, on which they object to paying taxes, may be accommo~ dated in Nebraska in a very short time if an act now before the Legislature is passed, which is entitled "an act to create a board of immigration, industry and commerce and defining its duties,providing for the appointment of advisory secre-taries, and defining their Qualifications and compensations." The intent of the bill is plain on its face, the idea being to offer to men of wealth from the outside world who have large sums of idle money in hank an opportunity to bring it to Nebraska, place it in hanks -for safety and not be in fear of paying a large tax on it. In fact, under the provision of this law, there will be no tax whatever, although it is not put in just that way. The board created is composed of the governor, treas-urer of state and attorney-general, together with such advis-ory secretaries as shall be appointed from time to time. Any man who comes to Nebraska may declare himself to be a citizen of the state, so far as the provisions of the law arc concerned, and thereupon seek and secure appointment of advisory secretary on this board. Upon being appointed his compensation will be equal to the amount .of taxes he may pay on his deposits in banks, and will be paid to him promptly on presentation of tax receipts. He may secure the benefits and protection of this law when he enters the state and declares his residence, although sueh declaration does not make him a voter until he has 1ived in Nebraska the constitutional six months. The bill is, well supported by industrial and commercial bodies of the state, who argue that ~ew Jersey has invited the trusts, that Texas has passed bountiful exemption laws, and that South, Dakota has hid for the divorce immigration and why should not Nebraska secure the ready cash? Received a Shove. From the Furniture vVorld.-The White-McCarthy Fur-niture Company is now seven weeks old. Charles G. White is president, C. A, McCarthy, secretary, while Walter Crow is the rematnmg stockholder. The firm commenced bus-iness just in time to 't-ateh the convention trade and received a splendid "shove." Mr. Ctow will soon head a corps of salesmen upon the road while Mr. 'VVhite will have charge of the Chicago office, Char'les G. White, secretary of the Manufacturers' Ex- "hibition Building Company, resigned once more, a few weeks ago, but it is now rumored he will be re-elected just the same at the April meeting. Joseph S. Myers will in all prob-ability be asked to remain in the executive chair. Manages the Sales; Not the Factory. ]. W. Flesh has not severed his connecdon with the Cron-Kills Company, but has added to his duties and respon-sibilities the management of the sales department of the L. C. and W. L. Cron Company. Bedroom Suite No. 14~8 Made by Nelson·Matter FurnitW'e Company. Grand Rapida, Mich. How to Measure Men. A subordinate; was speaking to the boss about another subordinate. "He: isn't much good," he said. ",""That's the matter with him?": asked the boss. "I don't know," said the subordinate, "but there is something about him that doesn't seem just right." I He had nothi*g to gain by making this statement and he would have gaiined nothing had he left it unsaid. But it started the boss tHinking. He began to watch the man who had been the subject of the conversation. He found that he went about his work quietly and patiently, that he I was neat in his manner, that he always was on time, and ,never broke his neck to get out ahead of the others when quitting time came. He could see nothing remarkable in the I way he worked, hut, on the other hand, there Was nothing iabout his work that was slipshod or badly donc. ' So the boss w~nt to the man who had told him that he didn't like the m~n's work, and he asked him again if he could point out a~y specific defect. "I can't" the lather confessed, ;;but I still have that fee'lillg." I "The trouble,"'1 sai.d the boss kindly, "is not with what you were looking at but with the way you looked. You did not want that man to please you particularly. True, you had nothing agai.wst him. You simply were indifferent to him. That is the wrong way to size up men. An experience of thirty-five years has taught me that if you "vant to see the best in a manijand want to get the best out of him the thing to do is to qxpect it. Remember this." Too manv merl size up other men as beneath themselves or as inferio; to tllemselves. Too many men bring -in ver-dicts against othe~ men without first getting all the evi-dence. Clothes, little mannerisms, the state of the judge's digestion, whether! or not the world has been good to h1m :~~el~~\~I~~neS;e~:'i~:~:nhg~:~ee~e~~il:t:hOe ~re~ce'ption that Judgments of f man's ability based upon such accidents and ulterior thingsl as clothing, manner, or the like are bad judgments. They ~r('. no worse intrinsically than judgments made upon the mall's ability, but made with a wcjudiced or an -indifferent eye. Kothing is truer than that we get what we give. This app~(es to our impressions of others. 'Nork-ers who expect their fellow-workers to be good workers wiI! be surprised at the number of times that their impres-sions are confirmed by the event. Those who gq through life looking for defects, turn-ing a thing over tal pick flaws in the back, surveying this or that with glances that are born of distrust or dislike, such folk are not capable of coming to judicious and sane con-clusions about any~ody cIsc. If they afe employed in posi-tious in which some of their work consists in the estimating of other men they are worse than a passive badness. They are actual, living drawbacks to the success of their employers' business. For they: do not use charity. They do not allow for the personal equation. To everything they bring the hard and fast rule and that is no method to use in measur-ing men. The ""vise know this. The foolish are forced to learn it sooner or later. 1'he Call of the Farm. ';Oh, I knor the grass is budding And I "1'ant to watch it bud, To see the I polecats dam the creeks Vv'ith dams of sticks and mud; To watch the grapenuts ripen, and To hive the bumble bee- For it's Spring Lake and the frog farm I kllOW is calling me. PAUL F. MARKOFF, Los Angeles, Cal., March 17, '07. FURNlTURE POLlSH We offer a polish guaranteed to produce a BRILLIANT and PERMANENT lustre on any finished wood. A dealer's trade builder. Send for sample J4 gross, $3.75. Our Superior Repair Finish never fails to remove burlap marks and mars; and, used with crystal shellac and a set of our colors, [aniline, to match any finish] will repair deep scratches and jams, and reproduce the original finish, at once. A boon to factory or store. Repair outfit complete, with colors, one $3 25 quart finish, and instructions for use, • Send for Samples. Grand Rapids Furniture Polish Co. 20 S. Fuller St•• Graftd R.aplds. Mich. AutoDlaUc: Phone 8226. Thousands In Use Furniture Dealers need have no more fear. With the use of Cline's Caster Cup one table may be placed on top of another without injury. Made in two sizes in the follow-ing finishes: Oak, Mahogany and Rosewood. Special pre-pared feet bottom} preventing sweat marks, scratching, etc. Price: 2]4 in. per 100. $3.50, 3Yain. periOD. $4.50 We also manufacture the mOlt reliable Card HoMer on the market. Write for our uew 40 palre Catalogue. L. Cline Mfg.Co.• 1239W.b •• hAve .• Chicago Hall's, the Polish that is making Evansville Famous NaII's Red Star PolM!. dries iJUtantly and never :lOltens or IifUntS. No dillBereeab!e Of offensive odor. Never settles or evaPOfltes. A lrial order always make. a pennanent cus-tome[. Bn~ out the 6uMb and llil'eS new life to fumitun'!. Thil polPb is free from acid. Can be used by any chlJd. Guaranteed to give satisfa&on. Sold in I; 2, 5 aDd 10 aaIIOn....m.and in bartelso also put up in 2. 3.and 6 oz, bottleI retaifmllfor 10c, 15c and25c. nIIowio(/ a IibetaJ prODt to the retailer. Write· for pnces and ~ate quantity wanted. A per[ed Polish and Cleaner for Furniture,' Office and Bar Fis.ture •• Piano., Ollrau •• Bicycle., Iron Bed .. Carriuel and Automobile •• We refer you to the Crescent Fumiture Co.• The EVlll6villeDesk Co•• The Eli D. MiUer Folding Bed Co:, and lhe City National Bank of EvaMVille. AMERICAN PHARMACAL CO" ~,. '''ST .T., Evansville, Ind. Morton House American ......Plan Rates $2.50 and Up Hotel Pantlind European ......Plan Rates $1.00 and Up GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. Tho Noon Dinner Served at the Pantlind for 500 is the fINEST IN THE WORLD J. BOYD PANTLIND. Prop. 27 28 A SAMPLE OF THE BIG MICHIGAN LINE "IDEAL" THIS FINE HOOD GO-CART COMPLETE· FOR $20.50 MANY OTHER STYLES. SOME LESS IN PRICE. SOME MORE. OUR FAMOUS SPECIALTIES The New 20th Cenlury Box Spring (WITH F1E:N1QIo'ABL£CO\l£Fl) Double Deck Bed Springs, Folding Bed Springs Woven Wire Mattresses Cots, Couches and Stuffed Mattresses A great v'lriety of styles and construction to select from. Let us know your wants. Will be pleased to furnish catalogues on application. WE MAKE A FULL UNE OF FOLDING CARTS. GO·CARTS AND BABY CARRIAGES. If you have nor reccived a Catalog' we will be pleased 10 ,mail same upon requeu. Detroit Folding Cart CO. DETROIT, MICHIGAN The Ford & Johnson Co. MANUFACTURERS Are you handling Fibre Rush? If not you are missing profit-able and easy sales. Fibre Rush and Malacca Furniture sells quick-ly to discriminating trade because of its Lightness, Durability, Artistic effects and its beautiful Color, the FIBRE RUSH GREEN-a soft, natural green that is restful and pleasing to the eye and harmon-izes so we'll in any place. No. 3772}i FIBRE RUSH Stock carried and delivered from any of the following warehouses: CHICAGO CINCINNATI ATLANTA NEW YORK BOSTON PERCENTAGE AS A SPUR. Effect of a Conversation Overheard by an Employer in the Theater. /\. lesson which I learned from one of my c-Jerks about two years ago ha!i resulted in a great increase in the profits of my retail business, and incidentally a raise in his own salary and in the pay of every other salesman in the house, says Sheridan H. Grallalll, in System, the "Magazine of Business." It was one of those lessons which come by chancc-T overheard him talking to a friend in the theater; for I sat just behind them. "Vvorking pretty hard now, Bert?" asked the other man. " Not a bit of it," answered my salesman; "just loafing and waiting for the end of the year. The Christmas stock is all .in, hut the people can't see their own advantage nor 29 year opens, and if I have sold $20,000 worth of goods by December 31, next year's sales will be figured on that basis, no matter whether I have gained this year just enough or four times enough to warrant my $100 increase in salary. ")1" 0 man who is wise will make his work for next year harder when he has no hope of extra reward this year. Why should I add two or three thousand dollars needlessly to the amount which I must sell next year?" "\i\lhy man, that's all wrong," was the answer. "There ought to be some way of encouraging you fellows to work hard all the time, to keep your sales up through dull seasons and rush season, and make every single year a 'long step ahead of the previous one." That conversation set me to thinking. r didn't hear or see much of the play, but I got a good many hundred times the worth of my ticket in the ide~s that salesman and his companion had given me, If the increase in a clerk's salary Front View of a Grand Rapids (Mich,) Retail Furniture House. the humanity to the clerks in buying early, so the holiday trade will a.ll come with a tllsh, and then we can let the green extra crew handle most of it." "But I should think you would be hustling to make a good record and get a raise of wages the first of January," said his friend. "Don't worry, my SOl1," responded the clerk. "That's all fixed. T figured the first of October that I'd increased my sales enough beyon.:1 the first nine months of last year to entitle me to our conventional raise. So now I'm just resting on my oars. No use making the amount much larger. "You see we don't get all increase in proportion to the gains we actually make. If we raise our last year's sales by a certain percentage we arc entitled to an increase. "I've been in this place six years and my sa1ary has been raised $100 a year regularly. That's the rule for a· profitable salesman in our store." "But don't you get a bigger raise jf yOU deserve more?" queried the stranger. "'1 should think yOU would be paid a certain percentage of your sales." "No, I suppose that's the basis the rule originally fol-low, ed, but now we get a stereotyped raise or none at all. "At first I tried every year to make my sales show a greater proportionate increase than they ever had before. Now T am too wise for that, and so is every salesmall who has been in the store very long. "For the gains of one year arc: forgotten when the next is theoretically based on his sales, why shouldn't it be actually? \.~lhy should a limit be set to his progress? Since then we have been paying salesmen an actual per-centage of their sales, with the result that their efforts do not cease October first or on any other date. They know that the size of their salary for next year depends on ellery dollar they sell. If at the end of the year a man has sold more than he has been paid for, he gE',tsa Christmas present of the balance. So his efforts affect not only next year's salary, but this year's. The new system has worked so well that we a·re elab": orating it. J..len are more willing to work for a pres'ent reward than for one that will be postponed six months or a year. So we have begun to compare each man's monthly sales with the average sales in that department during the corresponding month of last year. If ten men in the dress goods department sold $30,000 worth of goods last November, then the standard sale for each man in that department in November of this year is $3,000. Any man who sells more than this amount is help-ing to raise the standard of the store, and he finds his pay envelope correspondingly thicker at the e:nd of the month. This plan is too new for me to give figures on its results, but I know that our salesmen work harder, our customers go away better pleased with the service, and our sales are increased. Vv'e pay rriore money to the salesmen, but bear in mind that it is only a percentage of our ine-reased receipts. 30 ·~~MIPjIIG7JN Large Profits in Fire Sales. That immense profits may be made out of so-called fire sales was demonstrated in Grand Rapids, Mich. not long since. A department store was badly scorched. The mana-gers had no difficulty in showing that the loss exceeded the insurance and arc said to have received all that could have been collected on the policies even if the stock had been com-pletely destroyed. After, the insurance had been adjusted at $118,000, a "fire sale" was inaugurated. Preparations for disposing of the damaged goods had been started immedi-ately after the firemen _had the flames under, control. There had been no such saJc. "in the city for a long time, and it was a great success, many of the goods being-.dispi::i.sed6{at prices higher than they were marked before thefirc. It is told that the managers, finding that they could not supply the demand for "damaged" goods took stock that had not been touched by smoke or water, trumbled it about and turned the hosc on it to give it the appearance of having been damaged, and then marked up the prices. They also finance' and magazine writer: At the time I was selling a new "code" book, says the writer. 1 knew Mr. Lawson was one of the heaviest private users of the wire in the country, and believed I could interest him beeaus,e the code would save him money. Getting through his secretary all right, I found myself ushered into ?vIr. Lawson's private office. He sat at his heavy rich desk in the midst of many papers and the still more multitudinous decorations and brie-a-brae that filled his office. My opening talk brought not a word from Mr. Lawson; only a nod. He evidently was listening to what I was say-ing and appreciated it, although his, eyes were fixed on some pap'ers on. his desk. 1 went on to the' next section of m'y, talk. showing how valuable this thing would be'to him. Still not a word; only a 'second nod. There was only one ,thing left to say or do-to make my stereotyped ending of the interview, which consisted of fill- Made by Lentz Ta.ble Co., Nashville, M1ch sent abroad and picked up wherever they could be found, over $50,000 worth of all kinds of stale, she1f worn goods, wet them a little, put them -in w-ith the "fire" goods, ani disposed of them at much marc than the usual profits on clean stock As an instance of the profits realized, it is told that a sideboard, only little damaged, that had been selling at $25 was put out in the morning with a notice that the highest bid received during the day would take it. An hour or two later it was marked "first bid $10." The sccond bid was $15, and then they ran up to $20, $25, $30, and it was actually sold for $35, cash down, before noon. Other prices of furniture purposely slightly marred were offered on the same plan and nearly all were sold at figures higher than were asked for them before the fire. The managers are said to have made profits, almost equal to the amount of their insurance, out of their "fire" sale. Surely therc arc great possibi.lities in a fire sale when conditions are favorable. Signed Without a Word. The following story is told of Thomas W. Lawson, the famous carnation connoisseur; speculator, enemy of 'high ing out a contract and in a suggestive manner slipping it along the desk. Mr. Lawson saw it coming. He reached for it and signed his name, handed it back to me, and turned his attention again to the papers on his desk. Absolutely not a word had he said. He had not opened his lips. I am.in the peculiar position of having interviewed Mr. Lawson, gotten his order and yet not knowing the sound of his voice. "opklna .. d " .. riel SII. Cincinnati, O. "eRry Schmit &. Co. M~SOIl' UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE '02 LODGE AND PULPIT. PARLOR L18RAJlY. HOTEL AND CLUB II.OOM The Sargent Mfg. Co. MUSKEGON, MICH. Bachelors' Cabinets Ladies' Desks Extra Large Chiffoniers ------ Aha Manufactureq and Exporters of _ ROLLING CHAIRS Chairs adapted to all kinds of invalidism. both for house and street use. OVER FORTY DESIGNS TO SELECT FROM Total Wealth of the United States. The total estimate of the valuation of the national wealth in 1904 was $107,104,192,410, according to a special report issued by the census bureau on wealth, debt, and tax-ation, which represents an increase in the four-year period from 1900 to 1904 of $18,586,885,635. This advance has no parallcl in the history of the United States, except in the decade from 1850 to 18M. In 1850, when the first estimates of tbe national wealth were made, the figures were only $7,135,780,228. The most potent cause for the increase from 1900 to 1904, it is stated, was the reaction from the low prices of the period of depres-sion from 1893 to 1896. The annual increase of wealth per family from 1890 to 1904 was $182. The various forms into which the nation's wealth is divided, with their valuatiotls, arc as follows: Real property and improvemellts taxed. Real property and improvements exempt. Live stock. Farm implements and machinery. J\Hg. machinery, tools and implements. Gold and silver coin and bullion .. Railroads and their equipment .. Street railways. Telegraph systems. Telephone systems. Pullman and private cars. Shipping and canals .. Privately OW11Cd water works. .$55,510,228.057 6,S31,244.,57'O 4,073,791,736 8H,989.8Hil 3,297,7;)4,180 1,998,003,303 11,244,752.000 2,219,966.000 227,400,000 ;}85,840,000 123,000,000 846,489,804 275.000,000 31 Musket;!on Valley Furniture Co. Mu.l<e~on MicL••• Odd Dressers Chiffoniers Wardrobes Ladies Toaets Dressing Tables Mahogany Inlaid Goods Ladies Desks Music Cabinets Privately mNned light and power stations .. Agricultural products . lVhnufactured products. Imported merchandise. Mining products. Clothing and personal adornments. Furniture, carriages and kindred property. Line on sale in New jlfanujac-lurers' BltUd-ing, GRANE RAPIDS. 562,851,105 1,899,379,652 7,409,291,668 495,543,685 408,066,787 2,500,000,000 5,750,000,000 The total public indebtedness of the Continental United States in 1902 was $2,789,990,120, and the total per capita indebtedness was $35.50. The total indebtedness of the national government for the same year was $925,011,637', and the per capita indebtedness was $11.27. Japanese Genius Masters Bamboo. A few years ago an attempt was made by factories in the East to make furniture out of an imitation of bamboo. They turned American woods into the desired dimensions and then smoked, stained and po1ished them untl} they re-sembled the tropical product. The experiment was a fail-ure, however. The designs were faulty and pieces were so small that it required great skill to make perfect joints, and the furniture would not hang together. An effort to use gelluine bamboo was also tried without ;tnything like satis-factory success. Other Americans have tried to make bam-boo furniture, with indifferent results, but, as shown by an illustrated article in this issue of the Artisan, there is one American factofY that seems to be entirely successful in that line. It is oWl1ed and managed by a Japanese, who is an expert in designing and also in manipulating the material. White Printing Co. HIGH GRADE CATALOGS =========IGRAND RAPIDSM, ICH.,=======~ COMPLETE 32 $25.00 for this Complete Suite Mirror 10x30. Top 20x42. Top ISx30.. Choice of Weathered or Early English finish. Let us send you a sample. You will uot be disappointed. 6 or 8 ft. 45 Incb top. CHARLES BENNETT FURNITURE CO. ~atalo'u, on "qu"t. CHARLOTTE, MICHIGAN PUTTY AND PAPIER·MACHE MAHOGANY. More About the Graft in Furnishing Pennsylvania's Capitol Building. The committee appointed by Governor Stuart to make fur-ther investigation of the frauds perpetrated in the erection anJ furnishing of Pennsylvania's capitol building has progressed far enough to show that the graft was much more extensive than'was supposed when the methods of John \V. Sanderson and others were exposed last fall. It is reported that astoundw ing discoveries have followed each other with such rapidity that the investigators are dazed with the enormity and variety of swindles connected with the construction and furnishing of thc capitol. It is now believed that whcn the investigation is com-pleted it will be found that not a single item among the tho1Jsands that" make up the total of $31,000,000 that has been expended on the building will be found unpadded by the thieves who participated in the gigantic robbery_ The substitution of papier-mache for mahogany and of birch for oak affords an idea of the character of the work of the builders. It was testified by John 'F. Wilt, of the firm of \Vilt & Sons, subcontractors under George F. Payne & Co., who worked in conjunction with Sanderson & Co. in furnishing the capitol, that he sold two rostrums to Payne & Co. for $2,060. For these rostrums the state paid $35,144 for the one in the state senate rODm and $55,604.80 for the one in the house caucus rOom, a total of $90,748.80, or $88,688.80 more than the price paid by the subcontractor. It was also developed through the witness that while he had furnished "designed woodwork" in fourteen rooms of the capitol for $28,724, Sanderson & Company had co'llected $155,369.60 for the same work from the state. Mr. Wilt testified that he had an understanding with Architect Huston that a great deal of finished woodwork which he furnished' should be putty composition. It is in imitation mahogany and cost fifty per cent less than mahogany. The latter had been charged for, however. Murray Gibson of the firm of John Gibson & Sons, of Philadelphia, who was an unsuccessful bidder against Sand-erson for painting and decorating the capitol" testified that the cost to the state was $1.990 cents a foqt more under the Sanderson contract than it would have been if the work had been done under his bid. Thermostatic apparatus for heating, which cost the Scott -Engineering Company, Philadelphia, $18,645, was explained by Robert Scott, a member of the firm, subcontractors under Sanderson. The state paid Sanderson $39,408 for the work. It has been discovered by counsel for the capitol investi-gating commission that the total cost for "monumental art bronze, standards, chandeliers and brackets" in the capitol is $2,258,955.96, instead of $2,049,522.96, the figures given in the j\),int statement of ex-Governor Pennypacker and Auditor Genera1 Snyder. The increase is due to the discovery of $137,600 charged by John H. Sanderson for "modeling and sculpture work with patterns," and $71,833 for "additions and alterations in the electrical equipment of the building." Besides charging by the pound for the chandeliers, Sand-erson is said to have also obtained $100 per foot for making each model. In "the senate this model cost $13,300, which was based on "square measurement," both breadth and height of fixtures being taken. The General Specialty Company and Metal Art Com-pany, of Philadelphia, who were unable to meet financial obligations have settled with their creditors, paying 20 per cent cash and the remainder in notes running thirty, sixty and ninety days. - -- -- --~~~-~~- To Our Western Patrons NOTE: There has been no change in the management of our CHICAGO FACTORY.. the same practical men who have brought it to its present high standard continue in our employ. BE NOT DECEIVED. I WE CAN MATCH ANYTHING I FILTLHATEWiRll DRY BONE HARD OVENRI G H T The great majority-in fact just about all 01 the manufacturing trade ask for a filler to be hard dry the day after filling. We can do better than that. USE OUR FILLER AND YOU CANNOT DIG IT OUT OF THE PORES THE ============= NEXT DAY ============== IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR VARNISH TO PENETRATE THE SURFACE IT SANDS OFF IN A POWDER THAT WILL LEAVE YOUR SAND PAPER CLEAN AFTER THE WORK IS DONE. The Barrett-Lindeman Company IN CONSOLIDATION WITH The IJawrence-McFadden Co., Ltd. 61·63·65·6N1o. Ashland Ave., CHICAGO. 1400-2-F4rankford Ave., PHILADELPHIA. Inset .~MI9rIG7!N The Universal Automatic CARVING MAClllNE ==== 'PE~FORMS THE WORK OF 25 HAND CARVERS And does the Work Better than it can be Done b~ Hand -------MADE BY-~----- UnIOn [noosslno M'(Dlnt (0. Indiana poll .. Indiafta Write lor Information. Price. Etc. Plain and Beveled Mirrors, Bent Glass for China Cabinets, Plate Glass for Desks, Table Tops and Shelves. The Pittsburg Plate Glass Company MANUf"ACTURIU:S AND JOBBERS 011' OUf facilities for supplying furniture manufacturers will be understood when we state that we have 10 Glass factories, from Pennsylvania to Missouri; and 13 Mirror plants, located as follows: It needs no argument to show what advantages may be derived from dealing directly with us. New York .Boston Philadelpblu. Buffalo Cinciooatl St. Louis Minneapolb. Atlanta :Kokomo, Ind. Ford City. Fa. IDgb Point, N. C. J)a,venpori Crystal City. Mo. Also, our Z2jobbing houses cartY heavy stocks in aU lines of glass, paints, varnishes aDd brushes and are located in tbe cities named below: New l"ork-HudlWn and Vandam St8. Butfalo-3'12-4-6aB Pearl Street. B08ton--U-49 Sudbury, 1-9 Bow;ker. Sts. Brwklyn.--635 and 637 Fulton Street. Chleag0-442-4.52 WabaBh Avenue. PbUadelphJa-Pitcalrn BullilIng, Arch Cincinnati-Broadway and Court St.. and Ele,,_th 8t8. St. Lottl-eor. 7th and Market St8. Davenport-410.416 Scott Street. MtnneapoUs---300-tiilO S. Third st. CleveIand--149-51~58 Seneca St1'eet. Detrott-Il3"-lJO Larned St., E. Omaha-1608-10-12l Harney Street. Plttsburgh-IOI-103 Wood Street. St. PauI-lW9~51 Mimle8o$a. street. Milwaukee, Wis-l92-494 Market St. Atlanta, Oa.--30, 82 and 8018. Pryor St. &chester, N. Y.-Wilder Buildlna', Main Savannah, Ga.--';'74lli-749Wbeatou Street. and ::Exebange Sts. Kansas City--F:Itth 8Qd Wyandotte 8ts. BaItimore-221-223 W. Pratt Street. Birmingham, Ala.-2nd Ave. and 29th St. extending AGENTS FOR THE COULSON PATItNT CORNER POSTS AND BATS. WABASH INDIANA GLOBE VISE AND TRUCK CO. Offic::e321 South Divi.ion St .. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Mfrs. of High Grade Wood Workers Vises AND Factory Trucks Qilallt~ and Price talk in factory trucks and . we can Joter-est you. Will yOU send 11S your address and let us write you about them? Writ~for Prices B. WALTER & CO. Mon.fa"."" of T ABLE SLIDES Exclusively WRITE FOR PR1CES AND DISCOUNT SOM.ETHING NEW WE have perfected a new GOLDEN 04K OIL STAIN without the use of asphaltum or add. This stain is the strongest and most penea trating stain on the market. It entirely penea trates the wood, leaving no surplus on the sur-face to penetrate with the filJer. Samples furnished on application. ORAND RAPIDS WOOD FINISHINC COMPANY Sl5arlS E:Ll$WOATH AilE .. OMAND RAPIDS. MICH. We have over 12different styles of factory and warehouse trucks to offer, also a compLete lir.e of wQodworki.ng vi.ses and bencMs. This Machine Makes the Money ========== BY SA VI NG IT ========== It makes a per/ect imitation of any open grain because it uses tbe wood itself to print from, and one operntor and a couple of boys can do more work with it than a dozen men with any other so-called machine or pads on the market. That's why it·s a money maker. It imitates perfectly PLAIN or QUARTERED OAK.1MAHOGANY.WALNUT. ELM. ASH or any other wood wUh open grain WRITE 'tHE ~-- -------.-.~ PosseJius Bros. Furniture Manufacturing Co., Detroit, Mich. FOR PRICES AND FULL PARTICULARS. MENTION THE MiCHie AN ARTISAN. Inset Inset Oran~Da~i~sBlow Pi~e an~Dust Arrester (om~anl THE LATEST device for handling shavings and dust from at! wood-working machines. OUf eighteen years experience in this class of work has brought it nearer perfection than any other system on the market today. It is no experiment, but a demonstrated scientific fact, as we have several hundred of these systems in use, and not a poor one among them. OUf Automatic Furnace Feed System, as shown in this cut, is the most perfect working device of anything in its line. Write for our prices for equipments. WE MAKE PLANS AND DO ALL DETAIL WORK WITHOUT EX-PENSE TO OUR CUSTOMERS EXHAUST FANS ANDPRESSVRE BLOWERS ALWAYS IN STOCK Office and Factory: 20&-210 Canal Street GKAND KAPIDS. MICH. CltlzeD. Pbone 1283 Sell. Main 1804 OUR AUTOMATIC FURNACE FEED SYSTEM • BOYNTON &. CO. ~ ~ -=-- = ! : ..:~!.-':.~t-=-":Cl:.!TO:"~t'I:.:.;I':'~:":.:.:"':.:.:.:.:..:.::~~o~ ~~~ ~~~ ~-~- -~-- SEND FOR CATALOGUE Manufacturers of Emb~ •• ed and Tumed MouIdinKll, Embo81ed and Spindle Carvings, and Automatic Turnings. We also manu_ facture a large Hne of Embo.ed Oma. menb for Couch Work. 419-421 W. FIfteenth St., CHICJl.GO.ILL FOLDING BED FIXTURES Profitable fixtures to use are those which give the least trouble. They are made by Folding Bed Williams in many styles and designs, suitable for every folding bed manufactured. Furniture Cast-ings, Panel Holders, Corner Irons, etc. New ideas and inventions constantly being added to the line. F', B. WILLIAMS 3812 VINCENNES AVE., CHICACO Manniacturer.oi Hardware Specialties tor tb", Furniture Trade. Established 1~78. 7IRTl.5'A1"I ~ .. 1 7"+ ~ Inset FOX SAW SMOOTHEST GR.OOVES FASTEST CUT LEAST POWER LONGEST LlFE We'll IIiladly lid) YOU all about It. DADO HEADS GREATEST RANGE QUICKEST ADJUSTMENT ..E.A.ST TROUBLE PERFECT SAFETY Also Machine KolveJ'. MiteI' Machines. Etc. PERMAKENT ECONOMY FOX MACHIN~ CO. We offer exceptional value in Reversible and One-Way Cutters for Single and Double Spin-dle Shapers. Largest lists with lowest prices. Greatest variety to select from. Book free. Address SAMUEL J. SHIMER & SONS MILTON. rENNSYLYANIA, U. S. A. 185 N. Front Street. Grand Rapids. Mlch Wood Forming Cutters THE KNOB THAT WONT COME OFF NO·KUM·lOOSE WOOD KNOBS 2 inch "A" The face of knob" A" is veneered with specially selected fancy stock, same as used in making cross band veneers, presenting a beautiful and attractive appearance wben finished. TOILET SCREWS: Hi to 2 inch knobs can be furnisbed as toilet screws to order only with standard bolt 3~ incbes long and patent drive nut and washer. Section of "A" GRANO RAPIDS BRASS COMPANY, Grand Rapids, Mich. CUT shows tbe construction of our line of Wood Knobs. Tbe metal nut is clinched into tbe wood at its front end",pre-venting turning or pulling out. To tbe back end of the nut is riveted a steel base, having projecting spurs wbich enter tbe drawer front. The knobs are beld in place by a screw and corrU-gated spur washer, which avoids any possi-bility of unscrewing. All goods are smootb-ly sandpapered, and shipped only in tbe White. Regular screws furnisbed will take drawer fronts % to l}i thick, lon~er screWs to order. Stock knobs will be kept in mabogany only. Otber woods to order. Inset Johnson's Tally Sheet ---I'"OR:---- HARDWOOD LUMBER NOT LIKE OTHER TALLY SHEETS. C. A. JOUNSON, Marshfield, Wis. "Rotary Style" for Drop Carving"" EmbOl!l8ed Mouldings, Panels.. EMBOSSING AND DROP CARVINC MACHINES. Machine8 10J' all pOrpll8eS, Rnd at prlceg within the reach of aU. Every machtne.luuio our guarantee against bl'l'lokage for one Y"l?ar. "Lateral Style" for lal"ge capacity heaVy Carvinp and Deep EwboBBJngs. We have the Mtulblne you want at R satisfactory price. Write for detHlrlptive clreu.la.r8.. Also make dies for aU :makes of Ma-chines. UNION I:MIIOSSING, MACHINI: CO., IndianapolIs, Ind. 7IR.TI.s'~ & 9 ...e INSIST ON HAVING MorrisWoo~3 Sons'Soli~Stetl Olue~int (utters for there are no otber., U Ju.... t a.r &ood." They cut a clean perfect joint always. Never burn owing to the GRADUAL CLEARANCE (made this way only by us), require little grinding, saving time and cutters. No time wasted setting up and cost no more than other makes. Try a pair and be convinced. Catalogue No. 10 and prices on application. MORRIS WOOD&. SONS Thlrt:r-two years at 31-33 S. 'Canal Street ..CHJCAGO,ILL. P. H. ~eddinger Carving Worlis (Formerty Cincinnati Oat'Ving Works of Oincinnati, 0.) CARVINGS and FURmTURE ORN AME'NTS of all kinds. EVANSVILLE. IND. By sending me a small order I will convince you that I am the man who can make your carvings. ONE TRIAL WILL DO THE BUSINESS. - -- ------------------------- Inset Ou.r Clamps received GOLD MEDAL at World'. Fatr, St. Loute. Write l<>rprices and particulars, Black Bros. Machinery Go. MEN"DO,.A. ILL. V!tNEER PRESS (Patented June 30, 1903.) CHAIN CLAMP (Patented June 30,1903.) CABINET CLAMP. 60.ton New York ----- -------------OFl'ICESi-------~--------- Jamestown High Point Clnolnnatl Detroit Grand Rapids Chicago St. Louie Mlnneal)oU. A.saclate OfftceB ..nd Bonded AUorneya in all Princ.lJ)al clUe. The Furniture Agency WE PRODUCH:RESULTS WHERE OTHERS FAIL WRITE FOR :P ... tlTlcuL ....as AND YOU WILL SEN'tl us Y OU"R B'(ISINE:';OS. Our Complaint and Adjustment Departm.ent Red Draft. Collect. H. J. DANHOf. Mlchigo.n Mo.nager. "No-Kurn-loose" Mission Knob This is the latest style in Mission Knobs. It is made in plain and quartered oak, and takes the same finish as the drawers it is designed to go on. We make a toilet screw to match. We also make the uNo-Kum-Loose" Knobs in birch, maple, walnut and mahogany in many sizes and styles, and carry in stock a full line of Quartered Oak, Walnnt and Mac.ogany. (PATENT APPLIED FOR) WADDELL MANUFACTURING CO., GRANDRAPIDS,MICH. SAY yOU SAW THiS AD IN THE MICHIGAN ARTISAN, MARCH 10TH EDITION. New 200 page Catalogue for 1906 Free. B. T. &. B. Shle O. Krl.lfeG. rit\d.er. Full Automatic. Wet Of dry Saw and Knife Fitting Machinery and Tools [~n""Br1.~·~I.~~~,~J~1 Baldwin. Tuthill ®. Bolton Grand Ilaplds. Mich. . Filers, Selters, Sltafocen.er$, Grinders, Swaaes, Stretchers, Brazing and Filing Clamtls, Knife Balances, Hammerinl:l Tools. lnves~~~~ our Bolton Band Saw Filer for Saws 7i inch UD. PALMER'S Patent Gluing Clamps USE A MORTON KILN IT WILL END YOUR DRY KILN TROUBLES Does not warp or check lumber. THE MOST PERFECT MOIST AIR KILN ON THE MARKET. At'e tb. most aucoe .. lul Piling Clamp. Made For tbe followlog reason. They clamp in1!itantlly any widthotdtmenslon stock, no ad-justing clamps to fit the work, the7 book .• toDee to tbe desired width. ~~d iustelttly-throw out the level.' R.Dd. t;Qke the.m aft'. Tb"" work .cao be removed as fast as it can be haDdled. 410 the ~a.mP hi placed OVel' the work and 10$& Into the .0006 below it, the dl.'@w is alike on-booth skies. prevents all lipringing 11.0matter bow wide the stGck may h. Impollldble fol' them to slip; the wedge has S6lTRted edge and canoot be moved when clamp is closed, hammer all YOQlike. VnJindtedpowel'; great strength and dumbUlty; malleable :Iron and steel; the kmu:kle Joints are socket joints, not rivef;s. AltboO#h tlre best they cost yon less" For further iDtGl"DlBttonuk for catalope N(II"4. TRUC~S, CANVAS DOORS, RECORD-JNG TaERM:OMETERS alld other sup-plies. Write for catalog H which tells HOW TO .DRY LUM:IlER. MORTON DRY KILN CO. 218 LA SALLE ST.,CHICACO~ A. E. Palmer. Owos.o. Mich. Duplicate Orders Attest Satisfaction Regarding their "A B C" MOIST AIR KILN THE AMERICAN LUMBER co.. Albuquerque, N. M., write .. II *..* * The receipt by you of a duplicate order from us is evidence of our satisfaction with the Kiln. and we believe the fact of Qur havinl'f placed duplicate order with you is as strong a testimonial as one could givet and you may use this letter assllch." Shan we .end YOUour Catalofllue No. 166 !II A? AMERICAN BLOWER COMPANY, DetroIt, MIch. NEW YOR.K CHICAGO ATLANTA LONDON AMERICANS IN CUBA. Pouring Millions Into the Island and Will Soon Control All Its Industries. (Written for the 1\-fichigan Artisan by John D. Case, secretary of the Sligh Furniture Company, of Grand Rapids, Mich., who recently rctuf11cd from a few weeks sojourn in the "I s]and Republic.") The island of Cuba has attracted the attention of many of our people in the past few years as indicated by the large numher of tourists ,,,,ho make that place their objective point. That they are charmed with the beautiful climate and foreign character of the island is evidenced by the crowded condition of the steamers sailing to Havana, and the hotels which can't increase fast enough to accommodate them. That mally are impressed with the future possibilities of the island is evidenced by the investment of over $160,000,000 by citizens of our o\..-n COllntry in the past few years; why not, when ten acrcs of good land there, costing thirty dollars per acre, will yield as large a revenue as 100 acres of land here, costing $100 per acre? Think of it for a minute! )Jo frost, no irri-g, nion, no fertilization. \..-hat a comhination! This does not apply to all lands, as there are good lands and poor lands there, just as there are here. Sugar and tobacco have been the principal products of the island, but in the past fc"\vyears many acres have been planted to citrus, fruits and vegetables by luneric8ns. The latter crop has proved to be very profitable. The former takes abollt tive years to begin bearing \vell, and iLs success is not yet assured, but the prospects are very encouraging. The few orchards that have reached the bearing period have produced the finest quality of fruit in large quantities, and are held at $750 or more per acre. The future value of lands must be determined by their productiveness, and from all indications that value is soon going to be mallY times greater than at present. The transportation problem is being solved very satis-factorily. 1\ ew lilies of steamers are being added from XC\.v York City to the different ports of the island, so that fruit and vegetables can be shipped to that port at less expense (including the duty), and in much shorter time than from California; another advantage is that Lhe season is earlier in Cuba than in any state of our Ilnioll, and the early products bring the best prices. The exports for the past year in fruits and vegetables have illcreased very materially. 879,000 crates of pineapples, 300,000 cocoanuts. 700,000 crates of oranges were shipped in the month of January, besides oLher products of which I have tlO statistics. Around Santo Domingo, about 150 miles east of Hav"na, arc located seventy Americans, a'll from Michigan, who own property in that vicinity; we visited many of them, espccially the Santa Clara Fruit and Cotton Company, v'''ho have over 200 acres planted to citrus fruits which will hegin bearing in a year or two. and if nothing unforcseen happens. they will certainly reap a rich re\"iard from their investment. At Ceballos. a few miles further east. is a citrus fruit plantation of 30,000 acres, partly under cultivation; the trees are just beginning' to hear fruit, and the owners predict from the present crop that in a short time they will be shipping over 1,000.000 boxes every year; if yon know what oranges are worth, fignre that out. The tendency of the new settlers is to\'..'anls the cast, on the main line of railroad running to Santiago. There are the virgin lands of 10\.vprices, capable of producing crops of great value. The cOllntry along· the railroad eastward is rolling, and in places hilly and mountainous, especially as you approach Sanitago. Comparativel:y small tracts are yet under cultivation. I ~- 33 '!v'e saw numerous tracts of timber by the way as we journeyed eastward. The trees average small, but are very sa'lable, being in demand for fence posts, raiIroad ties, tobacco poles, cigar boxes, building material and furniture. Mahog-any and cedar are the most valuable woods, but many of the other native woods have a beautiful grain and are. capable of taking a fine finish like the majuga. Then there are the lignum vitae, acana, jiqui, cottonwood, logwood and jaguey, all indigenous to that country. The better timber lands are further back from the liTle of railroad, though we saw a number of saw mills, mostly rlln by American capital, that are said to be doing a profitable business right on the main road. Some of the large tracts of timber in the interior can be bought at very low figures at the present time, the land being worth the purchase price after the timber has been removed. That means an invest-ment for the future or large capital to extend railroads to carry out the lumber. The principal mineral products thus far developed are iron ore, of good quality, copper and manganese. American capital is developing a gold mine near Holguin, on quite an extensive scale. and the managers an; confident that they will be richly rewarded for their labors. The question of what will be the future mode of govern-ment for the island is the all important subject
Date Created:: 1907-03-25T00:00:00Z
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33. Weekly Artisan; 1910-04-09

Notes:: Issue of a furniture trade magazine published weekly in Grand Rapids, Mich, starting in 1879. and 7 ~ ~II,/: "'1 ~" J. J' , / .~ ./ -1,( ' ...7. A. ~ ~ GRpAuNnD~~~~RAP1?;) } GHA~ J) RAPIDS •.MICH., APRIL 9, 1910 SLIGH FURNITURE COMPANY The Largest Manufacturersof CHAMBER FURNITURE EXCLUSIVELY IN THE WORLD Catalogue to Prospective Customers. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. WEEKLY ARTISAN 1 2 WEEKLY ARTISAN .... . 5 •••••••••• --- ••• I LUCE FURNITURE COMPANY I III II ,,I II ,I I If I I II I I• I• IIII I I -,I I I •t I IIII I GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. III I t III ,, I,I I I, I IIIIIIII II .I Manufacturers of COMPLETE lines of MEDIUM PRICED DINING ' Catalogues to Dealers Ooly. and CHAMBER FURNITURE. I ..- - .. - . .. - _ .. _. --------- ---- ..... ~ Luce-Redmond Chair Co.,Ltd. I BIG RAPIDS, MICH. High Grade Office Chairs Dining Chairs Odd Rockers and Chairs Desk and Dresser Chairs Slipper Rockers Colonial Parlor Suites In Dark and Tuna Mahogany BIrd' j EYf Maplf BIrch !Z.u4rurfd Oak and Clrc4jjllJn Walnut Our Exhibit you will find on the fourth floor, East Section, MANUfACTURERS' BUILDING, North Ionia Street GRAND RAPIDS, MICUIGAN Exhibit in charge of J. C. HAMILTON, C. E. COHOES,J. EDGAR FOSTER. 30th Year-No. 41 GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.• APRIL 9.1910 Issued WeekI,. RAILROAD RATE BILL AMENDMENTS Comluittee Agrees to Impose Additional Restrictions on Traffic Agree- Iuents and Also on the Consolidation of Lines. All manufacturers and shIppers are more or less interested m the so-called "aclmI111stration rate bIll" a resume of the prOVISIOns of whIch was gIven m the \lVeekly Artisan last week During thIS week three Important amenc1ments have been offered m the senate and a~ they have the endorsement of the commIttee on mter~tate and foreIgn commerce they are expected to be adopted Indeed they have been accepted with a view of assullng the passage of the bdl All are in the nature of conceS<;lOns to the opponents of the measure. One of the amendments mserts the words "Subject to the approval of the Interstate Commerce CommIssion" m hne 22, page 13 of sectIOn 7, whIch will have the effect of requmng the approval of the commission to every traffic agreement befO! e It WIll be effectIve The pendl11g bIll only reqUIred the fillmg of such an agreement WIth the commIs-sion Another of the proposed amendments strikes out the conc1udmg sentence of section 12 which sectIon m general authonzes the acquistIOn of one radroad of another road, provlc1ed the acqUIring road owns not less than 50 per cent of the stock of a road to be acquired subject to the approval of the court of commerce The words proposed to be strick-en out are 1ll the prOVISOand as follows In making the determmation herein provided for the court shall take mto conSIderation the effect of such pro-posed acqtu<;ltlOn upon the due observance and effec tJve en-forcement of all the laws of the U111ted States and the relatIve importance of any benefit to the public interest and of any effect upon competItIOn resulting from such acquis- ItIon The third amendment inserts in the same section the word, "lawfully" as qua1Jfymg the word "owns" to make It incumbent upon the road seekmg to acquire another road that it shall "lawfully" own not less than 50 per cent of the stock of the roac1 to be acquired The adml111stratlOn raIlroad bIll WIll be taken up in the house as <;oon as the naval appropriation bill is disposed of Chanman Mann of the hou~e mterstate and foreIgn com-merce commIttee, has secured the adoptlOn of a resolution to thIS effect It provides that general debate be germane to the blll-a rather unusual propOSItion and that the bill shall be privdeged as are appropriation bills, that is, it remains the unfinished business and may be called up at any timfl there IS nothing else in the way. The resolution was adopted without much argument The Democrats dId not seem dIsposed to interpose any ob- JectIOns Representative Adamson of Georgia, the senior minority member of the interstate and foreign commerce commIttee, made a bnef talk to the effect that the adITI1l11stra-tlOn bill, as mtroduced by Mr Townsend, was entirely ob-nixious to the Democrats, but he said, the minority members of the committee had succeeded in amending it materially and they hoped to be able to accomplish more when the measure was read in the house for the amendment under the five minute rule As a result of the action by the house, the bIll probably will be taken up sometime during the coming week. Senator Crawford of South Dakota spoke in favor of the admmistration's bill last Tuesday He expressed the opinion that the court of commerce provision would not be Justified unless it has JunsdictlOn over cases to annul orders by the boards of raIlway commissioners of the several states and offered an amendment glvmg this increased jurisdiction to the court. This amendment has not been considered by the committee. Tanning Company Enlarges Their Plant. The Dahm & KIefer Tannmg company have been making a specialty of goat and sheep skms for upholstered furniture and thIS product of theIr tannery, at Grand RapIds, MichIgan, has been so well receIved and successful, that It crowded their capacity and they have found It necessary to gIVe that depart-ment of theIr tannery more room. They have just added another floor to theIr tannery to accommodate their growmg trade, and wJ11 now be able to take better care of trade m this Ime than ever before They color the skins m a great variety of shades and colors, and show a very attractive assortment of which they furnIsh sample pads, to those interested. l'4r Dahm and Mr. Keifer are both experienced and well known leather men, and they are enthUSIastic over the results they are havmg _n the production of these skins and the manner m which many of the foremost upholstenng houses have come-to use them. The salesroom in Chicago IS at 204 Lake street, where all mail should be addressed WEEKLY ARTISAN WANTS 66NEW OLD" FURNITURE Cleveland"s Shrewd Millionaire Hotel Proprietor Displays His Esthetic Taste. W R Holden IS one of the many wealth, men of Cleve-land, OhIO Among his most \ aluable po,;;"e":,lOn,,, are the Hotel Ho11enden and the Cleveland PlamJealer, one of the oldest dai1Jes m the :,tate The methods by which :\Ir Hol-den amas<;ed his wealth and the po!Jcle:, Ihe pur,;;ues 111 mal1iagmg It are frequently dbcu,;;sed by the gue"b at his hotel, particulaJly by tray el1l1g sale"men \\ ho heal anJ tell all k1l1ds of stones about his cal eer, some of \\ hlch are based on facts whJ1e others are more or less imagmary What they consider his succe<;s 111 hfe IS attnbuted to quah-ties 111hiS character which \ ary with the per<;onal opmlOns of those who are faml!Jal with hI" method", Some call It luck, others pi efer to credIt hun \\ lth "hre\\ dne"s, keennhs. foresight or 1I1tUltlOn, \\ hJ1e a few al e kmd enough to de-clare that It IS nothmg more or le"s than hard v\ ork and natural abi1Jty Years ago HoLlen \\ a" a :\1Jc11H;an peda~ogue. poor as most of them are, and not credIted \\lth an} great abIllh as a teache1 The most generalh accepted \ el ';;10n at the ,;;t01\ of hiS start in the w01ld of wealth runs about hke thb He went down to Cleyeland m farther east, It cloes not matter where, and fe11111 WIth men who had put conSIderable money into a Colm aJo m111111gpro] ect, and were "orely dl,;;satlsfied With theIr mvestment He tiled to console them .U1d <;uc ceeded 111domg so to such an extent that they ",ent llll11 to Colorado to mvestlgate and I epDrt as to the actual l-onl11- tlon and prospects of their property \\ hen he returned hIS reports were not Opt1S1111,;;tICat all and the "toLkholc1el';; \\ ere -------._. _. _. -----_._-----_._---_._------.,.." r I.. WABASH B. WALTER & CO. INDIANA Manufacturers ot TABLE SLIDES Exclusively WRITE FOR PRICES AND DISCOUNT .. ..- !~ discouraged IIe could not give them any hope for getting the11 money back, much less, could he promise them any-thmg m the way of diVidends The investors were in the Jumps and the matter was allowed to rest for a few montths. In the meantime ~1r Holden had managed to raise a httle money and purchased nearly all the <;hare::. at ten or fifteen cents on the dollar ?\o sooner had he secured the stock than it began to lIse 111value but It was not for sale The mine "panned out" great-even much better than Mr Holden ex-pected- and in the course of a year or two he had become a nlllllOmare So much fm hiS start. Another story about ';\Ir Holden IS of particular inter-est to fur111tUle men The fur111ture m the Hotel Hollenden was made by the Phoe111x Furniture company of Grand RapIds t\\Cnty-five years ago It IS of the solid substantial ty pe that \\ as popular at that tIme and is not much the \\ ol::.e for hay mg been used for a quarter of a century -\bout a yeal alSO tJhe tax a"sessol" deCIded that It was valu-able and \'\ as dsses:,ed too low, so they boosted ItS taxable \ alue to the e,tent of several thousand dollars Mr. Hol-den prote:,ted vigorously agamst paymg taxes on the old furmture declanng that It was nothmg less than robbery, and at hI';; sugge"tlOn three fur111ture men were asked to e,amme the fll1111ture and detel mme ItS actual value. They 1 eported that the hlll11ture while m fan cond~tlon was old, of a sty Ie long "mce discarded and that It was really worth httle or nothmg As a result Mr Holden's taxes on the ." FOUR NEW TRADE MARK REGISTERED PRODUCTIONS BAR 0 N IA LOA K S T A I N in acid and oil, F LAN D E RS 0 A K S T A I N in aGid and oil. S M 0 KED 0 A K S T A I N in acid and oil, EARLY ENGLISH OAK STAI N in acid and oil. Send for finished samples, free. Ad-el-ite Fillers and Stains have long held first place in the estimation of Furniture Manufacturers and Master Painters. In addition to the reg-ular colors the above shades offer unusually beautiful and novel effects. The Ad-el-ite People CHICAGO-NEW YORK • Everythmg in Pamt SpeCIaltiesand Wood Fmishing materials. FIllers that fill. Stams that satIsfy " WEEKLY ARTISAN ---------_._-_._--------------------------- 5 WE MAKE REFRIGERATORS IN ALL SIZES AND STYLES Zinc Lined. Porcelain Lined. White Enamel Lined. Opal-Glass Lined. You can increase your Refrigerator Sales by putting In a line of the "Alaskas." Write for our handsome catalogue and price lists. The Alaska Refrigerator Company ExcluSIve Refngerator Manufacturers Muskegon, Michigan New York Offlce, 369Broadway, L E. Moon, Manager f I -..II .h.._..._--_._------------------------------_.---_._---------- hotel furniture, mc;tead of bClI1g raised 100 or 200 per cent were considerably reduced The sequel to the furmture story IS now belllg 1 elated III furnIture cIrcle" 1\1r ITolden h bUlldang a largc addltlOn to the Hotel Hollenden, and hc \\ ant<-, furnIture for the new room" and department'-, He doe" not care for Sheraton, HepplewhIte, LoUIS XV] or all) of the popular perIod ~tyleb He wants It Just hke the old furnIture, III style, materIal, con'itructlOn, fi11lsh and general appearance He ha" not suc-ceeded m placmg the order, but wIll probably be able to do so, though the ('new old" furmture may be qUIte expenSIve The patterns, desIgnb, etc, used b) the Phoe11lx company twenty-five years ago were long S1l1ce burned, but the de- SIgner could copy the old pIeces qUIte eaSIly, hence It IS qUIte certalll that the addItIon to the Hotel Hollenden WIll be supplIed with "new old" furmtUI e that wIll harmolllze perfectly with that m the olel part of the house In that event what wIll the asse~sors thInk or do about the valu ation? What wIll the experts sa} Jf asked to fix the value of the "new old" furnIture? WIll they decIde that beIllg out of fashion It 1S worthless? Perhaps they may reach the con-clus1~ n that the reproductIoll'i m the old ~tyle are not only valuable but that they have restored the value of the furlll-ture that has stood the weal, tear and hard knocks of twenty-five years. At any rate many furnIture men WIll be mterested in notlllg the effect of Mr Holden's plan By c1mgmg to the old style, whatever be hIS motIve, he may bnng It mto popu-lar favor and cause many manufacturers to use It for a few years at least New Factories. J S Mc ,1aster & Co ha \ e ~tarted theIr new excelsIOr factory at Rutland, Vt Col Hagan and Mr DlI1gu" dre promotmg a new furni-ture factory at Dungannen, Tenn fhe HelD & 'Vood Carpet company arc new manufac-turers of carpeL> and rugb III Lowell, Mass The manufacture of mattress felts IS d new industry successfully launched by Joseph R I'racId and Thomas \iVood 111::Ylanchester, N. H The Dumeer Pobsh company have esta,bltshed a factory at South Farms, Conn They make the Dumeer furniture pobsh and a dustless duster James H Hooper, Henry I Greenblat and Jacob Maurer have 111corporatecI the l\Iarblette Garden Furl11ture company to establtsh a factory In Yonkel s, N Y Capltal stock, $10,000 .. ....... _. - . .., "THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST" BARTON'S GARNET PAPER 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 and Chair Factories, Sash and Door Mills, Railroad Companies, Car Builders and other; will consult their own interests by using it. Also Barton's Emery Cloth, Emery Paper, and Flint Paper, furnished in rolls or reams. MANUFACTURED BY , H. H. BARTON & SON CO., 109 South Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. P.... .. 6 WEEKLY ARTISAN --------------_.-._._--- .".. ....._- -----------.-_-_-.e_-.-. -_.-_-_-.. .. Lentz Big Six No. 694. 48 in. top. No. 687. 60 in. top. Others 54 in. top. II IIi II I I---_. _._.-._.. ....----_._-_._.__._------ ..I. 8 Foot Duostyles ANY FINISH CHICAGO DELIVERIES Ii Lentz Table Co. NASHVILLE. MICHIGAltt •• • __ • • __ ._ a ••• _____ not provided by law to any per'3on 1l1formatlOn obta1l1ed by hun 111 the dlschalge of this officIal duty or to divulge OF make knO\\n 111 an) manner not provided by law any docu-ment recel\ cd e\ J(lence taken or report made under this '3ectlOll eAcept upon the "peclal ,1Irection of the President; an,l an) offen">e aga1l1~t the foreg01l1g PlovlslOn "hall be a misdemeanor and he pU1l1c;hed by a fine not exceed1l1g one thou"and dollar,,> or 111lpnSOnment not exceeding one year or hoth. at the (lI'-oCletlOn of the court" The two palagraphs, on their face, appeal to conflict-one ">aY1l1gthat these cor-poratIon return" shall be open to 1l1"pectlOn 111 the internal-re\ enue comml-,c;lonel'" office "a" publIc document"," and and the othel fOlblJdmg "anv officer or employe of the l~l1lteel State,,>' to dl\ ulge an) of the 1l1formation "except up-on the "peclal clIrectlOn of the Preqdent," but the latter para!.;raph ma111fe"th has reference to divulging any of the 111formatlon before It has been filed "a" a pubhc document" 111 \\ ashington-as, for 1l1stance, disclosures hy an internal revenue collector or by any attache of his office, for a report of this sort cannot at one and the same time be open to in-spection a" a regular publIc document and still he examin-able only by the President's directIon The Gillett amend-ment, If finall." enacted will simply repeal the clause that makes the report,.., "subject to examinatIOn as public elocu-ments" <\nother amendment offered by Senator Hale of Maine and alread." passed by the senate, pi oVldes that reports of RESTRICTING PUBLICITY Obnoxious Clause in the Corporation Income Tux Law to Be Amended. The hou"e ot I epl e-,entatl\ e" b} a eleci '-01 \ e \ ate has adopted an amendment to the obnOxlOtb publICity clause m the corporatIon 1I1come tax law. that, If pas'ied by the senate will go a long way toward correctmg what 1'-0 cOnSl(lel ed a glanng defect and VICIOUSprOVl">lOl1111 the la\\ The amend-ment passed by the hou'-oe was wntten and offered 1)\ Repre-sentative Gillett of .l\Ia%achu"etts It \)rO\ Ide" that reL turns made by corporatIOns under the terms of the la\\ a'-oIt now stands shall be made publtc only on the order uf the PreSident of the Untted State", "111 accordance \\ Ith rule~ anJ regulatlOns to be prescnbed b." the secretar} of the trea'3ury and approved by the President" The law now prOVides that \\hen the a""essmenb ,hall have been made on the corporations. a" directed the re-turns together With any correctIOn thereof that may have been made by the commiSSIOner shall be filed in the office of the commissioner of internal revenue 'and shall consti-tute public records and be open to 1l1SpectlOn a<; such . the "\el y next paragraph of the sectIOn. ho\\ e"\er-paraQ,ra ph seven-reads as follows "It "hall be unla\\ ful for am col-lector, agent. clerk or other officer or emplo} e of the t-11lted States to divulge or make known 111 an} manner \\ hate\ Cl ...." Pitcairn Varnish Company I pIII ~anufacturers of Reliable Varnishes of Uniform Quality Our ~otto: "NOT HOW CHEAP-BUT HOW GOOD" c. B. Quigley, Manager Manufacturing Trades Dep't. Factories: Milwaukee, Wis.; Newark, N. J. ........ ... ._._._._. . _._._._. • .. . -.6... WEEKLY ARTISAN 7 corporatIOns made under the law shall be made public only when called for by resolutlOn of the <;enate or house or upon the order of the Pre<;ldent, that IS, were the President to re-fue;; e an appbcatlOn for glvmg publicity to a corporatIOn re-port, the applIcant might go to Congress and get authonty for the pubhClty Jeslred, Probably there will have to be some compromise amendment framed by a conference com-mittee from each chamber, but the "pubhcity clau"e" will al-mo" t unCjue~tlOnably be mOchfied at this session of Congress Meantlme, the Supreme court 111 a Vermont case brought under the law IS considering the very pomt of objection from bhe outset urged by many newspapers-that where a firm and a corporatIOn are m busmess competitIOn the firm can learn all the company's trade secrete;; while the latter has no such pnvllege as to the firm's busmess And possibly the court may declare the "publiCity clause" to be uncon"ti-tutlOnal before Congress acts on it-especially as adJourn-ment IS not expected untIl June or July No Profit in Government Contracts. ::\llchlgan ArtIsan, Grand Rapids, Mich, Gentlemen: Learnmg that the war department is about to issue proposals for sohd mahogany furmture for the officers quarters, it oc-cure;; to us that the furmture manufacturers ought to be warned by the experience of those who handled some of this contract work in the past A year ago when business was quiet a great many manufacturer~ went after this contract The Luce FurnitUl e company of Grand Rapids and ourselves wet\:e awarded part, and the Batley-Jones company of Jame<;- towl~~\part, and several other manufacturer~, the Grand Ledge ancl some Brooklyn and Philadelphia factories, and we are not betra) mg any secret when we say that all of them doubt- Ie"., lo"t money The feel1l1g exists among those familiar v\ Ith the c('ncb tlO11S that It is worse than folly for us to go after such a clas<; of work Without a good margm of profit We Lad to put up a bond in the American Surety com-pany of $91,000 to carry out a contract of about $20,000, and the gover111'1ent had the nght to reject them on the open market and charge us up with the difference \Ve beheve Without an exreptlOn every factory that handled some of this contract lost money, and it was a Job worth fully 50 per cent profit, with the 00ther and the danger and the worry. Every-thing is higher today than formerly Would it not be well for you to comment on the conditIOns editorially? A quartermaster captam came to us and said that Uncle Sam had appropnated $1,000,000 to buy furniture and he bought it at $600,O()o The way that he expre"sed It was that the furniture manufacturers were --- fools for domg this A manager of the contract department of one of the big stores I emarked the other day that there wasn't a fur111ture manufacturer m the United States that he knew of that wa~ rich I do not know that thl., \'0111 do any good, but It might, for j au to comment on It Your truly, THE WHITE Mebane, \T C, Mar. 29, 1910 FUR.:-rlTURE CO, J S White, Treas .. ----.------. ---.-.-.----.-----------'1 IMPROVED, EASY AND ELEVATO RS QUICK RAISINC Belt, Electnc and Hand Power. The Best Hand Powet' fat' Fut'mtut'e Stores Send for Catalogue and Pnces. ~ KIMBAll BROS. CO., 1067 Ninth St .. Council Bluffs, la.' Kimball EleTator Co .. 3:l3 Prospect St., Cleveland,O., 10811th St., Omaha, Neh., 128 Cedar St , New York City. " - "----------------_._._._---------~..,- -, DO YOU WANT# the PRETTIEST, BEST and MOST popu- L.A-R LEATHER FOR FURNITURE. ANY COLOR. WILL NOT CRACK. I I GOAT and SHEEP : SKINS If so buy our Write for sample pads of colors. DAHM & KIEFER TANNING CO. TANNERIES CRAND RAPIDS, MICH. CHICACO,ILL. 204 lake Street, CHICAGO, ILL. ,',-- ------------- ._....-.---- -------------~ '.. The above cut is taken direct from a photograph, and shows the range of one size only, our No.1, 24-inch Clamp. We make six other sizes. taking in stock up to 60 inches wide and 2 inches thick. OUrs 1S the most practical method of clamping glued stock in use at the present time. Hundreds of factories have adopted our way the past year and hundreds more will in the future. Let us show you Let us send you the names of nearly 100 factories (only a fraction of our llst) who have ordered and reordered many times. Proof positive our way Is the best. A post card will bring It, catalog included. Don't delay, but write today. AI E. PALMER &. SONS, Owosso, MICH. Foreign Representatives: The Frojectile Co., London, Eng-land: bchuchardt & Schutte, Berlm, Germany; Alfred H. Schutte, Cologne, Faris, Bl'I1lIsels, Liege, Milan, Turin, Bal'4lelona, and Bllboa. --... ...-_-------------------------- -- - 8 WEEKLY ARTISAN RETAIL • FURNITURE ADVERTISING Condncted by H. H. STALKER. Dealers Are Urged to Send in Samples of Their Advertisements and to Offer Any SnggestioDflJ and Helps Which They Believe Will Be of Benefit to Others. This Department Aims to Be of Practical Service. Help Us to Make It So. ....,,\ I know an engraving house catering to furnIture men, and furnishmg many wIth good stock cutss, that last :\1ay doubled theIr business on a "June Bnde Sale" full page bor-der design Scores of furniture dealers used effectl\ e full page "ads" m going after the June bnde busmess These "ads" ran anywhere from May 10 to June 1 and captured a lot of business There are many weddmgs in June, and these young folks must have homes eqt1lpped for housekeepmg The furniture man that appeals most allunngly to these people will naturally get the bulk of the business It b "orth gOln!{ after, not only on account of Itself, but because It mal lead to a life time account Then there are those who are plannmg on fall" eddmgs or en a year from June A !lttle artful persuasIOn and sug-gestion may deCIde some of them to marr) no" and ;tart living at once, and that's Just what you" ant N OW, I'm gomg to gl\ e you an Idea for a full page ad\ er-tisement, and I hope a large number of you wIll work It up and "cash in on it," for T beile\ e It can be made very effective Supposmg we head It, "June Bndes and Groom.., Will Find Pleasure and Profit m \Yan,lering DO\\ n Our Aisles of Fine Furmture" Then hay e your engra\ er put the headmg mto pIcture form, sho"l'.mg "everal ro\\:, of furniture of all kmds, dIVIded by ahles, say three, down which are coming young couples eagerly absorbed m "hat they see I would not try to hay e any particular pIeces stand out Make the cut thIS tune what I call an "atmosphenc pIcture . Let It breathe the spint of the head1l1g and produce an all around, complete effect, instead of try1l1g to feature any particular pieces Throw m all the descnptlOn and pnces and talk you want and enumerate the thmgs they ,,111 be sure to need. I thmk a good way to layout thIS "ad" \\ould be to have the head set m, say 48 pomt upper and lower case way across the top It will make two, maybe three lmes Then an mtroductlOn of seven or eIght !lnes of 18 pomt Then reserve a space the width of a newspaper column on the i . IIIII IIII II II extreme nght and left of the page for descnptlOn, prices and talk Confine your pIcture to the space left, of course leav-mg room at the bottom for a conspIcuous name plate and address :\0\\ I gue:,s that's fairly clear Anyway, your en-gra\ er \\111 understand the Idea, and the pnnter wIll catch too It might be a good plan to cut thIS column out and maIl with your order to engraver so he wIll get the Idea. The MIchigan Englavmg company, Grand RapId;;, MICh, "1'.111take care of ) au mcely on this I heard a lecture the other mght on "Art in Advertls- 1I1g" 111u<;trateJ WIth some very pat examples, which lent a great deal of force to the talk It was most 1I1terestmg and ll1'itructive I have WIshed smce that all my readers mIght have heard It, for It was a breeder of new ideas The lec-turel "ent on to sa) that the most forceful way to attract attentIOn to \ OUI plOpositlOn by ll1u..,tratlOn was to center on some feature and play it up strong He explamed the psychology of the effect of such an Illustration on the read~f. makmg the pomt that It \'vas much eaSIer for the ey~/and 111md to take In one pOInt at a time Of course he bq.~ed hIS argument on ~111g1epropOSItIOns, urging that Irrelevant mat-ter and pIcture; be kept out But the idea is applicable to us m one partIcular That IS that it is a mIghty good plan at tImes to break away from talk111g about furniture as a whole and sho\"', ing a dozen or more cuts, and get right down to brass tacks on some one particular thing, remembenng that there are 365 day; 111a year and plenty of time and space to talk about other things later It would be a good plan for some of Y011 to try this Suppose you cut out runmng bIg space occasKfnally, and run Instead, some nice clean-cut five inch double columns "ads" contain1l1g one slick cut and a few pat sales points Keep this up for a month or so and see what happens. I'll hazard a gue"s that results wouldn't be so bad but what friends would say, "Jones feels pretty good lately, doesn't he?" Some people are so tlreles<; that they become positIvely tIresome Waddell Manufacturing Grand Rapids. Michigar. --~~------_.._--_._---~ CO. II This is one of our Latest Designs in Drawer Pulls. Watch This Space for Others The largest manufacturers of Furniture Trimmings in Wood in the world. Write us for Samples and Prices. Made in Oak, Walnut, M!hogany, Birch and all Furniture Woods. a- • • .,.;,_. ._. .__ . - /# / ,r a,. . ... I - WEEKLY ARTISAN A Few Moments with W. J. Calder. One of the great mercantile establishments of San Fran- CISCOIS that of the D N & E Walter company A heavy Jobbmg, Importing, manufacturing and retail busIness is car-ned on An idea of the amount of busmess done i" furnished in the statement that the sales of carpets, rugs and mattmgs alone amounts to $2,000,000 annually The furmture de-partment IS under the management of W. J Calder, formerly of Grand Rapids, and occupies 120,000 feet of floor space Leadmg manufactunng hou.3es are represented on the floors and the stock on hand when the writer inspected It demon- '3trated the fact that wise discretion and intelligent appre-cIation of the trade of San Francisco had been exercised m the selectIOn of stock. The goods dIsplayed were mainly of medIum and fine quality, although there was a sufficIent stock of low-priced stock to meet the requirements of a firm not seekmg e.3pecially low-priced trade. The buildlllg m which the house furnishing store is located i'3 a modern one, it having been erected by the Walter company ."mce the "tremble" of three years ago. All the fine SUItes are dIS-played in rooms constructed and decorated especially for the purpose. If Mr. Calder desires to ",how a mahogany suite m a green setting a rug in which that color predommates IS placed on the floor, and the reversIble and quickly adjustable panels used in the screens which supply the walls of the rooms are changed when necessary to produce the effect de-sired. A suite requiring a setting of blue, white or other colors to bring out its beauties effectively, is quickly pro-vIded by a change in the panels. "Ninety per cent of the oak we sell is fumed," Mr Calder remarked "We keep a small stock of golden oak on hand, for WhICh there IS a mode-rate call, but nothing in weathered" The company manu- --~-----~-_._-----------------.., III II ,I , I,I ,, I,I I " factures cOD'3Iderable furniture upon order An additional warehouse to contain 100,000 "quare feet of floor space, wIll be erected soon The \Valters have been engaged m bU.3i-ness m San FranCI'3CO over fifty years. It Brings the People to Their Store. The John Breuner company of San FrancIsco, have opened a free hou.3e rentmg agency m their store Owners of houses, apartments or flats are permItted to file lists of their proper-ties'" Ith the agency wherre renters may obtam the keys of buildings and such information in regard to propertIes as they desIre Landlords are saved the exorbItant rentmg fee;, charged by real estate agents and the Breuner company keeps 111 close touch with the great army of home renter.3 Each Net SINGLE CONE ALL STEEL SPRINGS Are very popular with the Furniture Trade. 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 $2~ $2~ Each Net 10 WEEKLY ARTISAN / 10 SPINDLE MACHINE ALS€l MADE WITH 12, 15, 20 AND 25 SPINDLES DODDS' NEW GEAR DOVETAILING MACHINE ThIS lIttle machine has done more to perfect the drawer work of furnl ture manufacturers than anything else m tbe furniture trade For fifteen years It has made perfect fitting, vermm-proof, dovetaded stock a pOSSI bllIty. This bas been accomplIshed at reduced cost, as the machme cuts dove-tails m gangs of from 9 to 24 at one operatIOn It's what others see about your busmess rather than what you say about It, that counts m the cash drawer It's the thnll of enthUSiasm and the true nng of truth you feel and hear back of the cold type that makes you buy the thmg advertised ALEXANDER DODDS CO" GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Representedby Schuchart & Schuue at Berhn. V,enna. Stockholm and St PetersburR Representedby Alfred H Schuue at CaloRne.Bru-u. ueRe. Pa",. Mden and Bdboa RepresentedIn Great Bnban and Ir.land by the Ohver Maclunery Co. F. S Thom_n. Milt., 20).203 Dcalllllate.Manchdter. En,Iand Buildings That Will Need Furniture. Residences-E. R. Johnson, 1312 Morse avenue, ChIcago, $5,000; F. M. Walter, 2727 Fletcher street, ChIcago, $3,800, Albin Peterson, 1730 ·Winona Sheet, ChIcago, $5,000, C H Radcliff, 5401 Wayne avenue, Chicago, $7,000, }\!~rs. H ::v1 Spraker, 62 West roorty-FIfth sheet, New York, $JO,OOO, Gladys E. BruneI, 115 West Forty-Second street, ~ew York, $6,500; Benjamin Benenson, 407 East 153d street, New York, $45,000; Fred Wagner, Beaubem street and GratIOt avenue, De-troit, Mich., $4,000; Joseph Buckley, Fourth and Charlotte streets, Detroit, $5,000; Anthony TheIsen, CharlevOIX and Goethe streets, Detroit, $4,250; James Hl. Brown, 211 'Edl'30n street, Detroit, $7,500; Carroll S. Brown, 219 EdIson street, Detroit, $4,000; Henry Peabody, Midbury and John R 'Streeh Detroit, $9,500; C. R. Lambert, 25 Owen street, Detroit, $tl,- 000; C. S. Gilbert, 104 Clairmount street, Detroit, $4,000; W L. Blackburn, Boulevard and Second streets, Detroit, $8,000; C. S. Vaughn, FIscher street and Gratiot avenue, Detroit, $8,- 500; Matthew B Whittelsey, 109 Rowena street, Detroit, $9,- 000; L. B. Taylor, 1404 Forest avenue, jEvanston, Ill., $6,000, Goerge S. Ford, 140-J: Elinor Place, Evanston, $6,000; J. L Flannery, 822 Judson avenue, Evanston, $6,000; A. P. Cote, 2402 Central Boulevard, Omaha, Nebr., $3,000; E. L. Cain, 1517 South Eighth avenue, Omaha, $2,500; Fred Hamilton, 608 South Thirty-eighth street, Omaha, $18,000; Frank '.;Y. Bacon 432 North Thirty-eighth avenue, Omaha, $7,500; Benjamm Grab, Elm and Forty-sixth streets, Milwaukee, Wis, $4,500; B. T. Van Trees, 3927 Cornelius street, Indianapolis, Ind., $11,- 500; Mrs. C. E Summersett, 1015 Bryan street, Columbia, S c., $3,000; A. E. Hofer, 1812 East Fifty-eighth street, Kansas City, Mo, $3,000; Fred Danz, 1637 Kemington stt eet, Kansas CIty, $3,500; John S. Webber, 3877 Fifty-ninth street, Kansas City, $3,000; George C. Hall, 6808 Cleveland street, Kansa~ City, $3,000; S. H. Everett, 10830 Magnolia street, Cleveland, 0., $18,000; Edward Becker, 676 Parkwood avenue, Cleve-l.. wu, $5,000; John KIlroy, 10010 Parkgate street, Cleveland, $3,500; Charles Lalsy, 7801 Lorain avenue, Cleveland, $5,000; Mrs. Anna Gregg, 3410 Maple avenue south, Los Angeles, Cal, $9,800; WIlham J. HIll, 1525 Marcus avenue, St. LotUs, .:\10, $3,500; Harry Quest, 4221 College avenue, St. LotUs, Mo., $3,500; Mrs Bettha Zlegahn, Hewitt street and Snelling ave-nue, St. Paul, M mn, $4,200; Mrs Marie Basting, Sherburne and Grotto streeb, St. Paul, $4,500; Fred R. Ross, Gilpm and ThIrd streets, Denver, Col., $10,000; J. L. Day, Vine and Twen-ty- mnth streets, Denver, $3,000; J. R. Day, 3455 Shenandoah avenue, St LotUs, Mo., $4,000; E. C. Clostermeyer, 4124 Con-necttcut avenue, St LOUIS, $5,500; Emeha Wis'smann, 4237 Russell avenue, St LotUS, $6,000; Mma MIller, 233'1 Tennessee avenue, St. LOUIS,$9,000; Kathenne PasqtUer, 5967 Van Versen avenue, St LoUls, $5,500; Ehzabeth Schneider, 5134 Portland Place, St. Louts, $21,000; Joe M Walker, PonCe de Leon avenue, Atlanta, Ga, $9,000; Fred Walter, Krug Park Place, St Joseph, Mo, $4,500; J J Lahey, 2269 E. Nineteenth street, Brooklyn, N. Y., $10,000; M. Solomon, 105 Ellery street, Brook-l) n, $7,000, F Elermann, 63 Ridgwood avenue, Brooklyn, $4,500; G. L. Beer, 914 Broadway, Brooklyn, $6,500; Charles Boeswald, 2030 Alta avenue, LOUlsville, Ky, $3,000; Mrs. Ahce Elliott, 121 Bayly street, LOlllsvil!e, $4,000; W. E. Seymour, :!14 West Newell street, Syracuse, N. Y, $5,500; James Mullm, .f38 East Washmgton street, Syracuse, $5,000; H. H. Benson, 229 West Brighton avenue, Syracuse, $6,000; F. H. Ladendorf, 112 East Cormng avenue, Syracuse, $4,500; George Frey, 981 Island avenue, Milwaukee, WIS, $3,800; George J. Markey, Texas and Wentworth streets, 1V\ilwaukee, $4,800; Mrs. Marie '\ HIcks, 1798 Wclshmgton ~treet, PIttsburg, Pa, $4,000; Mis~ \ _._.a_a._ _ .__ __ . FOX SAW DADO HEADS SMOOTHEST GR.OOVES FASTEST CUT LEAST POWER. LONGEST LIFE GR.EATEST RANGE QUICKEST ADJUSTMENT LEAST TROUBLE PER.FECT SAFETY We'll iladly tell you all about it. Also Machine Knlve..., Miter Machines, Etc. PERMANENT ECONOMY FOX MACHINE CO. 185 N. Front Street, ... -.- .._.~._.---...Grand Rapids, Mlch • •• aa. _ ... ROLLSI For Bed Caps, Case Goods, Table Legs and many other purposes; in Gum, Mahogany and Quartered Oak Veneers. The Fellwock Auto & MfJ!. CO. EVANSVILLE, INDIANA WEEKLY Mary McConegly, 614 Forty-fifth street, Pittsburg, $4,000; IE. J. Kreitzburg, 5908 Spruce street, Philadelphia, Pa., $6,000; John W. Shisler, 2331 Mifflin street, Philadelphia, $19,600; Robert A. Smythe, 1216 East Fifteenth street, Atlanta, Ga, $8,- 000; J. H. Jackson, Sixth avenue and Kline street, Abeldeen, S. Dak., $12,000; A. Eynon, Belmont and Madison avenues, Youngstown, Ohio, $12,000; Andrew Higgins, 228 Falls ave-nue, Youngstown, $3,000; Fred R. Moody, 417 FaIrgreen ave-nue, Youngstown, $4,500; Alis H. Kelsey, Lincoln and Ellsworth streets, Denver, Co1., $7,000; James Doyle, West Grove and Twenty-second streets, Denver, $4,500; Mrs. Stelle M. Starr, Sunset Place, Los Angeles, Ca1.,$8,000; 1. T. Etheridge, Wood-land avenue and Third street, 'Winston-Salem, N. c., $3,500; H. L. Cobbs, 15 Windsor street, Atlanta, Ga, $3,750; A. S. Merritt, 623 Thirty-seventh avenue, Seattle, Wash., $3,000; O. J. Johnson, 4714 Eighteenth avenue, Seattle, $3,500; Henry S. DeForest, 433 State street, Schenectady, N. Y., $4,000; John Zruszoski, Crane street and Second avenue, Schenectady, $5,500; Mrs. M. Olmstead, 1155 North Broad street, Knoxville, Tenn., $3,000; Fred S. Colebrook, 101 Euclid avenue, Sracuse, N. Y., $5,000; G. B. Out, 303 West Ostrander avenue, Syracuse, $3,- 000; D. L. Court, 400 Walnut avenue, Syracuse, $3,000; O. D. Baughman, 113 Garden street, Bellingham, Wash., $3,50; Mrs. Barbara Wuest, Seminole street and University avenue, Cin-cinnati, 0., $6,000; Mrs. Emma A. Towsley, Ludlow and Brookline avenues, Cincinnati, $7,500; Mrs. Fred Seeburger, Seventeenth street and Washington avenue, Terre Haute, Ind, $5,000; Frank H. Chisholm, 304 Auburn avenue, Buffalo, N. Y., $3,500; Wellington Salt, 402 East street, Buffalo, $3,600. Miscellaneous Buildings-The Swedlsh Baptists of Du-luth, Mmn., are bUllding a church at a cost of $20,000. The Arlmgton hotel of Santa Barbara, the first tOUlist hotel in south-ern California, which was burned last fall, is to be rebuilt at a cost of $300,000. A. M. Birkel will erect a fine 150-room hotel at Bakersfield, Ca1. The first Congregational Soclety of Riverside, Cal., has adopted plans for a new church to cost $100,000 "Nat" Goodwin has purchased 1200 acres of or-ange land near Rlverside, Ca1.,on which he will erect a chateau, on plans suggested by Mrs. Goodwin, at an estimated cost of $18,000. The Sisters of St. Joseph are erecting a new school buildmg in San DIego, Ca1.,at a cost of $125,000. The Meth-odlsts of San Luis Obispo, Cal, are bUIldmg a new church at a cost of $36,000, exclusive of seat1l1g. Managers of the Gem theatre of Albuquerque, N. Mex, will rebUIld their house at a cost of $30,000. The Beaulah Baptist Society of Atlanta, Ga., wIll bmld a new church at a cost of $35,000. The Scottish Rite Masons are bUIlding a temple in East St. Louis, Ill, to cost $75,000. The Odd Fellows of East St Louis are to build a temple at a cost of $45,000. Death of Charles M. Freed. Charles M. Freed, for many years head of the Freed Furni-ture and Carpet company of Salt Lake City, Utah, died on March 24, aged 67 years. He was a natIve of Bohemia, came to America when 13 years of age and went west in 1889 with the intention of entering the mining business, but soon aban-doned that idea and established a small furniture store in Salt Lake City, declaring his belief that the town would become the metropolis of the mountain region. He was a quiet, and unassuming man but remarkably enterprising and energetic, constantly improving his stock and business methods. His trade kept pace with the growth of the town and he leaves one of the most prosperous stores in the country, which passes to his widow and children-three sons and a daughter. He was an Elk and a member of the Knights of Pythias and was highly honored and esteemed in both orders. ARTISAN '" . I :No. 592. Here is a Rocker That's a seller. Write for the price. 6RO. SPRATT 8 CO. SHEBOYGAN, WIS. .. -- . ... ____ ~ •• - • •• • III __ • _ .... __ • 31-33 S. Front Sf., ORANDRAPIDS, MIen. SEND FOR ...-.__ ._--- I These saws are made from No.1 Steel and we war-rant every blade. We also carry a full stock of Bev-eled Back Scroll Saws, any length and gauge. Write UtI tor PrIce IMt &lid dlIGOUDt ~-----_._---- Manufaduren of Embo.. ed and TumedMoulcl. inca. Embo... ed and Spindle Carvin... and Automatic Turnin.a. We a110 manu-ladure a large me 01 Embo .. ed Ornamenta for Couch Work. .256-.258 W. Fifteenth St., CHICAGO, ILl. , . ..------------------------- 11 .. ., --_ ... I . " 12 WEEKLY ARTISAN WALTER CLARK VENEER GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. COMPANY Yau can always get IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT 1~8", 1~20", 1~24" and 1~28" R. C. BIRCH 1~16", 1~20", 1~24", and 1~28" POPLAR 1~20", 1~24" and 3~ 16" GUM Direct from our Grand Rapids Warehouses. We solicit your trade. 1~20" R. C. PLAIN OAK SENSIBI~E REVISION OF RULES Shippers Will Not Be Charged for Large Cars When Smaller Ones Are Ordered. The official classification commIttee of the Amencan Traffic association have made a reVISIOn of rule )Jo 27 whIch will remove the cause of many compla111ts and save annoy-ance and expense for many .shippers. The sectIOns of the revised rules which are of especial mterest read as follows (c) Owing to the limited number of cars mer 36 feet six inches in length, carners cannot undertake to furm"h such cars unless they are readily available. (d) If a shipper orrders a car less than 40 feet, ..,IX inches in length and the carrier is unable to furnIsh such a car, and furnishes a longer car than ordered, but not exceed ing 40 feet, SIX inches 111length, the minimum weIght shall be that fixed for the car ordered, except when the 10ad111g c<lipacity of the car furnished IS used, the mimmum weIght shall be that fixed for the car furnished (e) When car.s exceeding 40 feet, SIX mche" in length are furnished anJ used, the mlmmum carload weIght shall be that fixed for the car furnIshed, regardless of the length of the car ordered by the shipper. With the announcement of the reviSIOn of the rule the committee has issued a CIrcular which makes these state-ments: "When shippers order cars of .speCIfic length theIr at tention should be called to the prOVISIons of rule 27 111odel that they may fully understand the duty and oblIgatIOns of the carrier, as well as the shippers' privilege or nghts when accepted and loading cars of greater length than ordered "Cars more than 40 feet, SIX l11ches in length, should not be turl11shed III place of shorter cars avaIlable for those ordered In the e\ ent that shIppers order cars of specific lengths, \\ hlch are not readIly avaIlable and the only readIly d \ allable cars more than 40 feet, SIX inches in length, ship-pers' attentIOn "hould be directed to that provislOn of the rule \\ hlch prescnbes the mil1lmum car load weights as applI-cable to the cars furl1lshed irre,pectIve of the length" of the cars ordered "When under the provisions of section (D). A longer cal than ordere~l IS furnished the following notation must be made by agent on the bill of lading and way bill: 'Car feet.. ... inches in length ordered by shipper and car. feet in length furnished under the pro- \ bIOns of sectIOn D Rule 27, Official Classification' "\iVhen shIppers order cars of speCIfic length and accept cars more than 40 feet six inches in length on the basis of the 111111imumweight applicable thereto, the following nota-tion must be made by the agent on the bIll of lading and way bill: 'ShIpper ordered car feet.. 111ches, 111length and accepted car .. . feet. . inches in length with under standmg that mmi111um of car accepted will apply' "Agents shall keep a record of all instances where ship-pers order cars of speCIfic length and accept car longer than .:1-0 feet, six inches in length, such record to clearly indicate that the attentIOn of shippers was directed to the prOVIsions of paragraph (E) of rule 27." The revision made and the regulations establIshed are in re,ponse to a long tIme gnevance of shippers and are ex pected to obVIate complaints caused by carners furnishing cars longer than \\ere applIed for because of the fact of the WEEKLY ~._-_._._.-._...-._-_._-_._. ---_.-._._._._._._.-.~---- III iI II~ .......... UNION FURNITURE CO. ROCKFORD, ILL. China Closets Buffets Bookcases We lead m Style, Conftrudton and Fimsh. See our Catalogue. Our Ime on permanent exhlbi-bon 7th Floor, New Manufact-urers' BUlldmg, Grand Rapids. II ."" '3IZe wanted, and the charging for the minimums of the larger car instead of those ordered. If the instructions gIven to agents, yardmasters and employes upon whom the duty and responsibility of placing cars for loadIng are observed carefully, there will be no occasion for the claims that the cars employed were of a dimension or capacity of which the shipper had no knowledge. It is understood that whenever possible, the carrier'3 In-tend to furnish shippers with the particular cars for whIch application is made, but if they are not available, and cars of other dimensions are supplied, the shipper will be fully advised as to the charges which will accrue on such cars A Terrible Night in a Pullman. The weary, overheated occupants of a Pullman sleepel running west on the Rock Island railroad had just entered the snoring stage of a troubled sleep, when the train halted at Bu-reau Junction and the doors were thrown open. A chorus of female voices approached and when the leader entered the car she called out in loud tones, "Porter, oh Porter, where are you?" "I say, our berths are lower five and seven," one lovely loud-spoken damsel declared. "Why, JulIa, you are mistaken. The numbers are five and nIne." "The agent (lId not mark the numbers on the card," I e- JOIned the woman named Julia. By this time the occupants of the car had awakened and rubb1l1g their eyes, grumbled about the disturbance. "Oh Harry 1 Harry' Bring baby to me. 'Muver's'darling' "You were very nice Harry, to stay with us untIl 2 o'clock 111 the mornll1g whIle waiting for this train," remarked 'Muver ' "I thank you very much." "Yes, Harry, I hope you will visit us when you come out west again" "Yes, Harry, come out to Dry Run, Kansas, and see the warships," suggested the furniture salesman m lower fifteen "Oh Hal ry, shut up You are disturbing all the people in the car," abjured the varnish salesman from between the curta1l1'3 of lower eight. "Oh, you," remarked Harry, and subsided. "Must 'muv-er's' darlIng go to the baggage car? Go along with the porter, dear. Good night, dear." "For the sake of the Old Nick, what do you think about It neighbors?" remarked the man in lower eleven. "'Muver's' darling is a dog." "Harry went over to Juarez, Mexico, last summer and bought a lot of genuine Mexican IndIan pottery," remarked the occu-pant of lower five. "When he opened the stuff in Bureau he found it decorated with the trade mark of a firm in East Liver-pool, Ohio." ARTISAN 13 .~ '",I IIII IIII II SAMldEL J. SHIMER & SONS, Milton, Penn. I Manufacturers of the Shimer Cutter Heads for Flooring, Ceiling, I SidIng, Doors, Sash, etc. ~... . . Don't Bum Your Moulding. Blackened edges so often found in hard-wood Mouldings indicate the use of inferior tools, which friction and burn because of their failure to have proper clearance. The Shimer Reversible and Non- Reversible Cutters are made of the finest tool steel by experienced workmen. In deSIgn and con-struction they are superior to anythIng on the market. They cut well and retaIn their shape until worn out. Send us drawings or wood samples for estimates on special cutters. Many useful de SIgns, with prices, are given in our catalogue. "Herause nut yourself," advised the German occupant of upper thirteen. "Oh, Harry, the tram is moving. Don't be carried away with us." "Oh, you Robinson girls," Harry ventured to utter. "Embrace the ladies first, Harry," advised lower two "Do it now," chimed in number four "Do It right," echoed number fourteen. "Give our love to 'popper' and 'mommer', Harry dear, pleaded Jeannette. "The man in the moon is winking at you, Hal ry. Do It now," number sixteen exclaimed. "Come out to 'Peblo' next May, Harry. I will give you a ticket to witness the balloon ascenSIOn, free," said the Colo-radoan. Harry stood the gaff well and departed amid the roars of laughter that filled the car. One of the young ladies seemed sad when Harry waived a farewell salute from the platform. But on the morning following the handsome and unusually at-tentive young Pullman conductor seemed to fill the vacancy oc-casioned by the violent pdrt111g WIth the good natured and pa-tient Harry. Judgll1g from the pI esent condItIOns of the lin"eed 011 trade the country needs more flax farmers or more trust in-vestigation. .. . ---- _._._._--_._----- 1I We Manufacture the Larl!elt Line of .. rOlDlno (nAIDS In the UnIted States, SUItable for Sun day Schools, Halls, Steam-ers and all publIc resorts We also manufacture Brass TrImmed I r 0 n Beds, Spring Beds, Cot. and CrIb. In a large variety. Send for Catalogue and Prtces to I~.... . KAUffMAN MfG. CO. ASHLAND, OHIO rI 14 WEEKLY ARTISAN Complete lines of samples are displayed at 1411Michigan Ave .. Chicago, and in the Furniture Exhibition Building, Evansville, THE KARGES FURNITURE co. Manufacturers of Chamber SUItes,Wardrobes, Chiffoniers, Odd Dressers, Chifforobes. THE BOSSE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Kitchen Cabinets, K. D. Wardrobes, Cupboards and Safes, in ImItation golden oak, plain oak and quartered oak. THE WORLD FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Mantel and Upright F oldmg Beds, Buffets, Hall Trees, Chma Closets, Combination Book and Library Cases. THE GLOBE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Sideboards in plain oak, imItation quartered oak, and solId quartered oak, Chamber Suites, Odd Dressers, Beds and Chiffoniers in lInitation quartered oak, imitation mahogany, and imitation golden oak. THE BOCKSTEGE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of the "Superior" Line of Parlor, LIbrary, DmIng and Dressing Tables. THE METAL FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of "Hygiene" Guaranteed Brass and Iron Beds, Cnbs, Wire Spnngs and Cots Evansville is the great mixed car loading center of the United States, made so by the Big Six Association. • • Made b~ The Karges FUrtllture Co • WEEKLY ARTISAN 15 •III III III•• IIt •I I•• I• II I, IIIIII III II I II "-- ~ . • • -4 Made bj World Furlllture Company. Made by Bosse Furniture Company. Made by Bockstege Furlllture:Co. Made by Bockstege FurnIture Co. 16 WEEKLY ARTISAN PUBl.iSHED EVERY SATURDAY av THII: MICHIGAN ARTISAN COMPANY SU.SCRI~TION SI eo ~ER YEAR ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES OTHERCOUNTRIES SZ 00 PER YEAR. SINGI-E CO~IE. 5 CENTS. PUBLICATION OFFICE, 108-112 NOI'lTH DIVISION ST, GRANO RAPIDS, MICH, A. S WHITE, MANAGING EDITOR Entered ... aecond class matter, July 5, 1909, at the post office at Grand RapId., MIchIgan under the act of March 3, 1879 CHICAGO REPRESENTATIVEE I-EVY Manufacturers as well as retadels of furniture should undertake an educational campaIgn at once to check the growth in the demand for "bUIlt-ill' and "knock-dolWn" furniture-the kind that "any woman of fifteen or bov of ten can set up and finish in his or her home "Ithout th; aid of a cabinet maker." Especially 111 the mIddle \,('.o,t and on the Pacific coast has an inCl ease in the demand for this stuff been noticed, and that it has seriously affectecl legIti-mate trade there is proof in abundance. "BUllt-m furmture" originated with the archItects, and they are pushll1g the fad for all it is V\; orth. It is bUIlt by carpenters, and IS .-ery in-ferior to the work of trallled cabll1etmakel rs The people need only to be shown the difference between factory bUIlt furniture and the illy-designed loosely jOlllted and mcon-venient stuff of the archItect and the carpenter to gIve the preference to the former HIdeous looking budt III beds, tables that may be hinged to the wall as III a Pullman car, bookcases, chma cabinets, buffets, wall cabmets, cupboards and many other articles may be seen bUIlt mto apartment houses and bungalows, in many cities of the we"t and the fad is spreading to smaller places The apartment house owner tries to make his propel ty mOl e I entable than the ordinary house by building in much of the furl1lture needed by a tenant, going to the extreme of fUlnishmg rugs for the floors, curtams for the windows and mirrors for the walls Knock-down stuff IS advertised very largely 111 the maga-zmes and a heavy trade established The stuff IS of little, if any value LegItimate manufactm ers and 1 etallel s should not silently permit the growth of thi" trade to undermine theIr mdustly and render their stocks and plants practi-cally worthless. Nowadays, to man} people, an advel tlsement IS hke the mdex to a book. They can look thlough the mdex and find what they want. If Jour advertisement IS of the same kmd It WIll be of such a convemence to people that they WIll use It: and you need never say that advertismg IS worthle"s to VOll If you went to a man and said to him: "My name is John SI;llth, and I keep staple and fancy groceries," that would be adver-tising, we presume. Then he would say, "Have you any soap, and if so, what kind and how much do you charge for it' Your reply is, "My name IS John SmIth and I keep staple and fancy groceries." He would grow dIsgusted before long. It is the same way with advertiSing in a newspaper or trade journal. AdvertIsements should not be confined to routll1e matters or everyday topics They should talk to readers 111 an entertaining manner. }lr ,Vhite of j\Iebane, N. C, whose communication ap-pears on another page is probably right in the conclusion that there IS little or no profit for furniture manufacturer" 111 government contracts. He is wrong, however, in hIS be-lief that all the manufacturers who had such contracts dur- Ing the past year "lost money on the job." The Grand RapIds manufacturers who had a large share of the busll1e'iS declare that they worked out about even. They dId not make much profit direct, but the work came in the dull season and by increase the volume of business helped to carry the overhead expenses of the factory. The Grand Rapids manufacturers had no trouble making the goods to meet the requirements of the contract. The idea of a school for the teaching of merchandIsmg excites a considerable amount of derision today. There was a tIme when scientific farming was sneered at by farmers, who thought agricultural schools were a waste of money of the state Today SCIentific farming is recognized by almost everybody as \V lse and advantageous. The day will come when scientific merchandIsing wJlI be taught in full, possibly in schools de-voted exclusively with that subject. Why not? We must have merchants and salesmen as well as bankers, bookkeepers and craftemen. Schools for teaching merchandising will fol~ 10>\ the manual training schools. One of the greatest failings of the average man is lack of patience He is in a hurry and if he does not get results 1l1stantly he is ready to give up. This IS not so much because he is famt-hearted as it is because he is Impatient. Patience l'i one of the finest quahtles a man may possess. It is not to be confounded with laziness. The greatest successes have been dttall1ed by men who possessed a patience which was suffi- Clent to stand for dIscouragement and apparent lack of inter-e<; t and dullness. PreSIdent Taft says railroad and traffic managers should be consulted m regard to laws affectll1g their business, the same as bankers are consulted when financial legislation is bemg conSIdered. The same rule should be applied to manu-tacturers, merchants and workingmen, but no class of men hould be allowed to dictate or control legislation affecting theIr trade busll1ess or vocation. The foreign trade in automobiles now amounts to more than a milhon dollars a month and that is little when compared with the domestic trade The enormous, rapid growth of the auto business must have a telling effect on nearly all lines of trade Many a man has Il1vested money in a "benzine wagon" that but for the popular craze would have been used m buying furniture The raIlroad paS'ienger assoCIatIOns are trying to get to- ~ether on rates fOI com entlOns, reUllIons, faIrs, home-coming gatherings, etc. WhIle they are at it they should try to ar-range some praCtlcal way to gIant reduced rates to Grand RapIds, New York and Chicago during the furniture sales seasons ,\ Ith the Steel Trust, the Sugar trust and the big railroad "} 'items advancing wages, the pessimists must take back seats. I f congress would fix up that rate bill and the corporation tax la\V and adjourn the entire country would be assured a pros-perous summer. It 1'3 pleasll1g to note that no furniture dealers are mixed up In the graft and corruption that has been exposed at Al-han} Washmgton, PIttsburg and other cities. WEEKLY ARTISAN New York Notes and Personals. New YOJ k, Apnl 7 -Manufacturers here are falrly busy with bl15l11esswell up to the average. Parlor furniture is in very good demand as well as all spring and summer lines for porches and outdoors. Wholesalers are doing enough to keep busy and the retaIleI s are doing d moderate amount of bUSI-ness. The H Acltman Company has been incorporated to manu-facture and deal in furniture, with a capital of $6,000. The company is headed by Louis C. Neuberger, Henry Jackson and Herman Altman. The Moller & Schumann company of Brooklyn, making furniture and finishing materials, has built a large new ware-house and new brick chimney and will have 16 fires going. They are putting on the market a new product, a white enam-el for the interior of refrigerators, which has no odor and ap-pears like opalite glass. It dries very hard and has a fine gloss. S. Baumann & Co, have opened their new furniture store at Eighth avenue and Forty-sixth street, which is a five story buildmg, 50 x 100 feet in size. The first floor is done in white, with a white metal ceiling, massive white pillars and handsome show windows to take in the entire first and second story. The first floor will be devoted to mission furniture and novel-ties and for the office. The third floor will be used for parlor furniture; the fourth floor for bed room furniture and the fifth floor for dImng room and library furniture. It is one of the largest and finest retail furniture stores here. Jacob Kraft of Brooklyn, who was recently discharged from bankruptcy, has opened a new retail furniture store at 1580 Broadway, Manhattan, and another at 551 Court 'Street, Brooklyn. Antonio Monaco, doing business as the Madison Furniture House, in Hoboken, N. J., is to retire from business soon. Van Dalfsen & Stone of Newberg, N. Y., have taken an-other floor and enlarged their business at 17 Water street. The Cahoon Furniture & Novelty company, which moved from Charliet street, Brooklyn, to West Hoboken, N. J, has had some financial trouble, but has secured extensions and is expected to pull through all right. The Liberty Furniture company is working a full force. It has added new machinery to its plant. A ,Veston Smith is not representing the Wolverine Man-ufacturing company in the New York district any more. H. K. T. Wright will take out the line of the Hardesty MfLl1ufactunng company of Canal Dover, Ohio, which makes mission furniture, opera chairs, etc. H. Franken has left Price & Rosenbaum's upholstery depart-ment of Brooklyn, and is now with Cohen Bros, of J ackson- VIlle, Fla J F. Phelps, late with the Goerke company of Newark, N. J, has succeeded Mr. Franklin. The H. B. Drake company, manufacturers of office furni-ture, of this city, has leased property on East Forty-mnth street, Bayonne, N J, and will build a one story factory 160 x 160 feet in size and will keep fifty hands employed. Their busi-ness has shown a great improvement recently. Louis Gottesman of 86 Forsyth street, making spring beds, has incorporated his business. T. J. Venable, late with the R. II. White company of Bos-ton, has joined the contracting and interior decorating staff of the Simpson-Crawford company of this city, on Sixth avenue The Western Chair company, jobbers at 513 Hudson street, Manhattan, has moved to 160 Grand street, Brooklyn. Gluck Bros, manufacturing drop leaf kitchen and card tables, are very busy at their factory on Manjer street, and are also operating a branch factory in Philadelphia. Selig Voit will sell Voit Bros.' upholstered furniture line 17 Muskegon, Mich., May 28, '07. Mr. Geo. T. Hancock, 116 West 84th St., New York, N. Y. Dear Sir: Referring to our conversation with you while you were in our city looking over the dry kilns installed by us under the Grand Rapids Veneer Works system and plans, we wish to confirm our statements to you, that the first lumber through the kiln when it was green, having just been completed in winter weather, was 4-4 white oak, which came out thoroughly dry in seven days, and in better condition than what we had been getting out of a hot blast kiln where we had been allowing three weeks and over for kiln drying, and since then we have been taking out all kinds of lumber, 4-4 maple and 4-4 plain and quartered oak in seven days, and the stock is softer and works easier than any we ever had in our factory. Weare pleased to state further that the kiln has fulfilled every representation made by the Grand Rapids Veneer Works and is entirely satisfactory in every respect. If we were to install another kiln, or half a dozen, at [he _present writing, they would all be of the Grand Rapids Veneer Works system. If we can be of further service to you, command us. Yours truly, MOON DESK CO. in New York and Mayer VOlt will take Pennsylvania and New England. The Hale & Kilburn company has been showing some up to date lines at the warehouse, 33 Union Square West, of dav-enports, sofas, couch beds, commodes, etc. They will move the warerooms to larger quarters at 39 Union Square. J. B. Greenhut of the Siegel-Cooper company, presented a G. A. R. hall to Peoria, Ill., his old home. The New York Sample Furniture company has enlarged ib quarters by taking half of an adjoining floor and have now 30,000 square feet of space. Freman Fraim, who was with Colie & Son, is now with the New York Sample Furniture company. R. R. Mitchell & Co., manufacturers of bedding supplies and dealers in curled hair, has moved its factory to 608 East Eighteenth street and 609 East Seventeenth street and put in the latest machinery. This is the plant vacated by the Kindel Bed company. The warerooms of the Mitchell company have been moved to 38 East Twentieth street. Mr. Siegel, late with the National Parlor Suite company, has gone into the retail business at 126 Clinton street, under the firm name of Siegel & Rubenstein. The Wickes-Hoskins company, wholesale dealers in office furniture at 354 Broadway, is in financial trouble, owing 700 creditors $160,772, with assets estimated at $133,592. An Effective Advertising Device. The Eastern Outfitting company, dealers in house furn-ishing goods in San Francisco recently purchased a large number of electric clocks and placed the same on walls of buildings in all sections of the city, where they may be 3een by pedestnans The clocks furlllsh accurate time and valu-able advertr'iing for the firm 18 WEEKLY ARTISAN ...- ~ ••_. • --'9.. ~II I I E. H. SHELDON 0 CO. I 328 N. May 5t., Chicago. t .--~ ... . 30 000 Sheldon Steel Rack • Vises The locatIOn of the den is really the prImal condItion. It must be removed from that part of the house where the work of the day is carrried on and where the children ramp and play, for if it is not qui~t and peaceful, it is not a den, but a mere apology for one. It falls to the housewife's lot ofttimes to select the room \\ I11Ch shall be used as a den, as well as to aid in choosing the furnish111gs, and it is then that her tact will have its best opportunity for Llisplaying Itself If she but pauses to think what this WIll mean, she will forget the absolute necessity of using that little back room with its fireplace, for a second spare bedroom, or a sewing room, and will cheerfully relin-quish it for the den The result nine times out of ten will mean that John stays away from the club seven nights out of the week, and his morn111g gruffness will lose itself inside of a week. Once the room is selected, and a fireplace added if it be not in possession of one already, the furniture should be selected mo"t carefully Better the parlor have one treasure . - .., t Patent Malleable Clamp Fixture. E H SHELDON & CO Chlcal(o 111 Gentlemen -We are pleased to ,tate that the /') dozen Clamp FIxtures whIch we bought of you a httle over a year ago are glVlnR' excellent se"VlCt> "Ve are well satIsfied WIth them and shall he pleased to remember you whenever we want anythmg addItIOnal III thIS Ime Yours trulv SIOUXCIty Iowa CURTIS SASH & DOOR CO ~--_.-_. Sold on approval and an unLon dltlOnal money back guarantee SHELDON'S STEEL BAR CLAMPS. Guaranteed Indestructible. We solICIt pnvllege of sendmg samples and our complete catalogue ------- . .. . ..-------------- j .--,~._---------------------------------------._._-_._-----._-----,.. I IIII I! IIII I II IIII I The Den and Its Furnishings. There are times in the lIfe of every man when he deSIres a quiet spot where, undisturbed by the household rout111e, he may concentrate his thoughts upon some perplexing sub-ject, or throwing all thoughts aside, dream day dreams 111 company with his pipe and his open fire The fulfillment of these desires is found in the den, the popularIty of whIch among the masculine sex is limited to no single class or caste. Theoretically speaking, these dens may be dIVIded 111to two classes, those of the rich, which are fine in archItectural points, are finished productions of the decorator, and tho"e which represent careful thought and economy guided b} the 111dividual tastes of the owner. \iVhile we all delIght 111the luxury and magnificence of the first, the second appeals to us personally, carrying with it not the thoughts of nnlImIted wealth, but of real comfort and enjo} ment To the Idtter also we look for the touch of OrIginalIty, of redl gel1llb \\ hlCh limited means so often serves to call forth No. 1711 ---_ .. . - .. No. 1705-1705 New designs in the Louis XVI Style. WRITE FOR SAMPLES AND PRICES. GRAND RAPIDS BRASS co. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. • a. • a • a •• •• _ WEEKLY ARTISAN 19 -----------~~..---- - - - ..._-~ I I :fK1:A~ou INTERESTING PRICES g~~~~vllt~5 ! SEND SAMPLES. ORA WINGS OR CUTS FOR PRICES. II III ,I ,IIIII I I,, ,IIIII II ._--------------_.. .I.-.. rI I,I II , IIjI , I I STAR CASTER CUP COMPANY NORTH UNION STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. (PATENT APPLIED FOR) We have adopted cellulOid as a base for our Caster Cups, making the best cup on the market. CellulOid IS a great Improvement over bases made of other matenal When It ISnecessary to move a piece supported by cups wIth cellulOid bases It can be done wIth ease, as the bases are per-fectly smooth CellulOid does not sweat and by the use of these cups tables are never marred These cups are fimshed In Golden Oak and WhIte Maple; finished light If you wtll t1'1la samp!t ordtr of thtlt goods you Wit! dtstrt to hand!, thtm tn quantttt88 PRICES: Size 2U Inches $5.50 per hundred. SIze 23( Inches . 4.50 per hundred. fob Grand Rapids TRY A SAJlPLE ORJ)ER ~-..... less, than the den lack any of that cozy atmosphere whIch makes it dear to its owner's heart. There is no neeiJ for elaborate decorations or color schemes; indeed the plainer and more serviceable the furni-ture used and the less obtrusive the colors, the better the den will be liked by its owner. Beauty appeals to a man as to a woman, though in a different way, and the room which would be to the good housewife a perfect bower, would be utterly condemned by her hU'3band There is no place in his den for the rockers, little tables and bric-a-brac which Je-llght a woman's heart, and she must remember this when "electing the furniture for the den To begin with, the floor and wall are the first consider-ations. Hardwood floors and plain dark hangings are the rule in any den, but the rugs are of course a matter of taste In one Jen, which was that of a huntsman, the rugs were of fur, while the settees had robes of fur flung over them; trophies of the chase were everywhere, and the three really good pictures in the room were of the hunt. In a unique little den which was in the upper story, or loft of the barn, the rug was an arts and crafts and occupied the center of the floor, which was oiled The remainder of the room contained artist's matt:!rials and some furniture which was the work of the owner. For the orJinary den, the housewife will find one large rug better than several small ones, and the darker colors are always preferable. The oriental rugs look well in such a room, and wear well. One little woman tacked down the rug in the center of the room very carefully, explaining apologetically to a friend' "WJ1lIam catches hIS feet in It, ["HOFFMA·N---;RO~H~~~_·C~:--' FT. WAYNE, IND. I HARDWOOD LUMBER / I II.. SA~~D } QUARTERED OAK { VENEERS SLICED AND MAHOGANY ---_._--------------------..1 ----_. ------------- ---_._._---~----, • • __ aa. •• ,II ._-----.4 CWartiatteowfnoer. rI E• P• ROWE CARVING WORKS , ALMLEICGHA.N. and kicks! It up, or tumbles over it, and he is apt to use som~ "trong e:ApreSSlOns to rellei e hI!:>feell11gs, so I am fastening it down for him." It is for this very reason that the small rugs lying promiscuously about the room are objectionable, for "Wil-liam" is not the only man who kicks up or stumbles over the rugs. A good easy chair 1'3an indispenslble part of the furn-ishings of the den, and the table of medium size, as well a13 the bookc'age, may well be counted another. The table should occupy the center of the room, and should be large enough to hold a goodly number of books and papers wIth writing materials also Even then, a smaller table will not be founJ amiss, for the tables in a den have a way of be-coming piled up and running over with a ma'3S of literature and papers, that wIll fill the soul of the neat housewife with horror. Passing of a Word. In certain quarters there seems to be a tendency to drop the word "solicitor," and use either "representative" or "sales-man" To many persons, perhaps, the difference in terms does not seem of much Importance, but who ever has a due regard for exactness and the suggestive effect of a word, and will consider the etymological and accumulated meaning of the words in question, will wonder why astute sales-managers have not long ago relegated the word "solicitor" to that lin-guistic cemetery where now reposes that other age-worn term. "vVe beg to advise "-W. B. \i\farren, in Colliers. r--------------------------------------l II I, III ,,II , IIII I I... THE WEATHERLY INDIVIDUAL Glue Heater Send your addre.. and and receiYe de.criptiye CIrcular oE Glue Heater •• Glue Coof<er. and Hot Boxeo with prices. Grand Rapid., Mich. I f.. The Weatherly Co. 20 WEEKLY ARTISAN ~--~------~------_._---------_._-_._-_.~._----~------~-_-..-.-----~----~----- I ACCURACY, DURABILITY, ECONOMY Three most important requisites in case construction. We absolutely guarantee our method of construction to be stronger and less expensive than all others. Let us tell you about it. I III III ..-._._~------~-----~-----_--.----~----_._-----_._._._---------------_ ... No. 181 Multiple Square Chisel Mortlser. Ash for Catalog "J" •••••••• we •••• _ ••••••• WYSONO « MILES CO., Cedar St. and Sou. R. R., OREENSBORO, N. C. Care of Furniture and Woodwork. Supposing the woodworking of one's house to be sound and clean, as things go, the ordinary maid's idea of cleaning is to "give a good rub up" or to use some kind of pohshmg paste or liquid. After this treatment the furniture \\ 111 look bright for awhile unless one should peer into the corners and find the white dust hiding in crevices and portiom of molding or carved work. All rubbing and polishing are labor in the wrong place unless the first process of cleaning has been thoroughly car-ried out. There are many ways of doing this Some hou ,e-keepers use cold tea, vinegar and water in equal parts. Either application is good, although my preference is for the cold tea, which seems to cleanse more effectually than anythmg else. Whatever is used, it must not be swabbed all over the piece of furniture as if a ship's deck were being treated to its morning bath, but with soft, clean cloths, dampened \\ Ith the tea or whatever is used, and then rubbed all 0\ er the surface and dried carefully at once. The crevices and cran-nies are best reached by a tiny pad of cotton on the end of an orange stick or an old penholder. If there is much dirt to vanquish, it means very hard work, much rubbing, much renewing of the tea water. Thus free the article from dirt and greasiness and subsequent polishing will be an easier task and the final result a very great satisfaction Sltght scratches may be removed by being anointed with linseed oil (boiled) at night and then rubbed next day with linseed oil and turpentine in equal proportions If they are very deep they require professional treatment. When the surface has not been scratched, but bruised or indented, the bruised part can be dampened with warm water first, and then a pad of brown paper folded many times, so that it conducts heat only slowly to the wood below, is laid on the part to be restored, the paper being soaked thoroughl) in warm water before application Now comes the critical part of the operation, for an iron, warm, but decidedly not hot, must be held over the damp paper The pressure must not be hard, but the iron should be kept in position until all moisture has been evaporated If this is done directly a bruise is observed, one application is almost sure to Iaise the surface of the wood up again, but old bruises require sev el al treatments. Immediate removal of ink stains is the obvious filst aid to the injured wood, but there are stains of this natUle that are never detected until they have attained a good old age, and then they need careful management A small quantlt) of niter applied With a camel's hair brush will remove very obstinate and hardened ink stains Six drops of the lllter to a teaspoonful of water is suffiCIent, apphed until the ink has dlssolv ed and disappeared. Then rub the place With a damp cloth and pohsh with a soft duster. vVhen time for housecleaning IS at hand and the house-wife finds her leather chairs, for example, in need of reno-vation and yet does not feel that she can afford to spend much money, she may make them look ever so much better by using the whites of eggs. Beat them well, remove all the dirt and dust possible from the chairs and rub the egg in good; when it dries go over the whole with soft, clean cloths, and the change will be very e\ ident To clean Japanese matting and 11110leums use bran water which is made by taking two handfuls of bran and boiling it in a gallon of water. After this has boiled twenty minutes strain and cleanse the matting or lmoleum with a flannel cloth wet \Vlth the bran water yiVipe immediately With a dry cloth. 011 alone does not really clean anything, it polishes for a short whl1e, but in the end it makes matters worse; but a mixture of one part of turpentine to two parts of oil really makes a \\ onderfully good pohsh, It removes scratches and even dents \\ III many times disappear; it may be mixed and kept in a bottle to be used as occasion requires Vlllegar-just hot vinegar-applied to paint spots on window glass will usually take them off without any trouble or scraping Painted WOOdWOlk should never be cleaned with ammonia; It eats off the polish of the paint; but make a mixture of three quarts of hot water, with soap enough to make a good lather; add three tablespoonfuls of turpentine and two of ml1k, and you will find the wood look as If it were freshly pamted instead of the dull, hfeless appearance usually noted after soap and water. \A.'hen \ er) much soiled, all wickel furniture may be I enovated by first taking off every pal ticle of the pamt With soap and water in which a little soda has been dissolved; then the piece may be stained or just revarnished to good effect Oxahc acid is a Virulent pOlson, but a solutIOn is very useful to the housewife Four ounces 111half a pint of watel will remove stains and dark spots, only the place must be \\ ashed at once in warm \\ atel to remove the acid --~---------..., IIIII II II I. •• ,~ .. • __ ••••••• __ ••••• 1.1 _ If your DESIGNS are right, people want the Goods. That makes PRICES right. (tlarence lR. bills DOES IT 163Madison Avenue-CItizens Phone 1983. GRAND RAPIDS. UICH ...._ ... ----_ .. WEEKLY ARTISAN Philadelphia Brevities. PhIladelphIa, Apnl 7-The trade here is moving along at a very good pace All the manufacturers and wholesalers 'ieem busy and are not complaming much With few ex-ceptIOns this year WIll be as big as any in the past, with the profits probably smaller, yet on the whole satisfactory The hIgh price of materials has of course cut into the profits con-siderably Some advances have been made in furniture, more on the higher grades, than on the cheaper goods, but the increase noted IS much less than the advanced cost of manu-facturing. Smith Bros. & Pierce, 310 Spruce street, are quite busy on "orco" elastic felt mattresses. The Manufacturers' club have taken the old Bellevue Hotel bUIlding at Broad and ,1\1alnut streets, and will re-model It for a club house L D. Shreve of Union City, Pa, will build a large table plant, covel ing several acres of glOund near his chail factory The new buIldin~ wIll be of concrete construction, cost $300,000, and employ 500 men William Rogers of the J R Bunting Beddmg company has taken the third floor of the MIller buIlding at 254 South American street, for a wareroom. Edward Duncan is now with William Wright at Nine-teenth and South streets. Herman Silverstein has moved from Hammond and Orthodox streets to 4258 Frankford avenue and is carrying a large line of furniture S Bowman, furniture dealer of 336 North Second street, has opened up a new store at 621 South street in charge of A H Goorland William Koehle, an old furniture dealer, has taken a position with the Van SClver company of Camden, N J. B Levin, formerly proprietor of the Greater New York Metallic Bedstead company has been dIscharged from bank-ruptcy. Thompson the manufacturer of Wood finIshes. has opened a down town office in the Bulletin buIldmg and has a very large sale for his products Porclltte IS made for re-fngerators. It is claimed it wIll not cnack or peel and comes m all colors. The American Sal11tary Mattress company, SIxteenth and Huntmgton streets have moved to a larger plant at 209 Thirty-second street. The bus111ess had grown beyond the capaCIty of the old quarters. T. Steinmitz, receIver for Boris Levin, Bons Lev111 & Co, Woodstown 'Metallic Bedstead .company and the Greater New York ~Ietalltc Bedstead company WIll practi-cally have nothmg to dlstnbute for the credItors ..---~-'--- III II I 21 ------------ -- .- ..-. ........ ., I Henry Schmit tJ Co. HOPK:INS AND HARRIET STS. Cincinnati, OLio makers of Upholstered Furniture for LODGE and PULPIT, PARLOR, LIBRARY, HOTEL and CLUB ROOM III .." I~_.--------------------_._------~ The EmpIre Door and Tnm company, wood workers, has been incorporated with a capital of $40,000, by WIlliam Biggart of Bloomfield, N. J, and John Biggart of the Bronx, New York City. The firm will do business in New York William H. Gosnell has been on a selling trip to New York and through New Jersey. His daughter Miss Gosnell travels to Baltimore, Washington and South New Jersey points, handling parlor suites and couches. Stone & Moffat have moved from Sixteenth and Federal streets, to larger quarters at Fifteenth streets. "Sandy" Blanton has taken the Hall & Lyon 1111efor PhIladelphia and Trenton. He is assisted by Peter C Lee who also sells for the Southern Furniture company. The Lyon Furniture Agency will move from Walnut place to 608 Chestnut street. Jackson Bros store at 38 South Eighth street was sold sometime ago to Snellenburg Bros. The Jackson's wIll 111 the future devote their time to their Washington store Philip Gazon as the Michigan Furniture company is 111 financial trouble. His assets are reported at $38,400 and ha-bIlities at $18,000, with 105 creditors. Emil Cohn, formerly buyer for George Kelly, has agam taken that position, succeeding Jack Talleman. H D Dougherty & Co, is a new furniture manufactur-mg concern in North Philadelphia. Harry Sanderson has succeeded John H Sanderson and wIll locate the furnIture business farther uptown. The Bernstein Manufacturing company of Third street and Alleghany avenue, making metal beds, are adding an-other story to the factory and to the foundry and putting up a new finishmg bUIld1l1g to cost $40,000. This firm's growth has been very rapid. They have been consistent advertisers. 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L__ 22 WEEKLY ARTISAN •----_._.--._._._._~-----------,--------------------------. f II II , II ,I I I I IIII I '" NO.OTHER , SANDER No. 111 Patented Sand aelt MachIne. WYSONO « MILES CO., Cedar St. and Sou. R. R., OREENSBORO,...N. ...C. .. ...1 FASHION IN HOME DECORATIONS The Classic Adam Style Now Popular in Wall Paper Designs. To an ever-widening circle of wealthy citl7ens, \\ ho-,e thoughts and aspirations are largely centered upon "oeial functions and the endless round of 1eceptions, entel td1l1- ments and soirees thereby entailed, the decoration of the home is a subj ect of perennial interest No matter what the cost may be, those who are ambitious to retain promment positions among the leaders of fashIOnable slclety mtl~t not lag behind the times in things pertaming to the adornment of the home. To do so would be almost as reprehensible a.., to appear at a funtion in apparel of an antiquated type As a result, the professional decorator IS commIssIOned at intervals to bring the interior arrangements of the home into line with the latest development of ornamental art Really fine furniture is bamshed to the garret or otherWIse disposed of, rich damask is stripped from the walls, elabo-rate draperies and portieres are displaced, elegant frescomg is obliterated. But the idea of replacing the furmture and decorations thus removed with others of greater artistic value, plays little or no part m the proceedings The \\ ark of renovation is usually ordered on the pI inciple that one may as well be out of the world as out of fashion The owner of the mansion may take his famJly for,a European trip while the alterations are m progress Later they re-turn and admire, also congratulate themselves upon the modish, up-to-date interior of the residence Unfortunately it often happens that the work of mterior decoration does not require, for the dIsplacement of orna-ment that is good, something that is more refined and artis-tic as well as newer. Too often it merely represents change for the sake of change and under such condItIOns, the evane-scent fad of the hour is sure of consideration, and, most likely, adoption. The whole field of decorative art, from Rameses to Roosevelt, or from ancient Assyrian to modern mission, with every conceivable variatIOn and recomposition has, in this way, been exploited as a passmg fancy ever since the days when designers and decorators di"covered that it was easier and cheaper to pJlfer the ideas and work of predecessors than to Cleate equally meritorious ornament of their own. At present the trend of fashion is in the direction of the historic styles of the seventeenth, eighteenth and early nine-teenth centuries. The beautiful ornament of Louis the XIVth, that of Louis XVIth and the Empire period are also much used. makes it possible to dispense with hand sanding. Our No.i71 Sander produces a fmish on flat surfaces, irregular shapes and mouldings that would be spoiled by hand retouching. Ask for Cataio, HE" In addItion to these, one of the most refined and grace-ful styles now popular i.s that of the classic "Adam" period, a style which, for quiet elegance, refinement of form and n:quislte rendering of detail is surpassed by no other. To A mellrans It i" doubly interesting and attractive because Adam Style as Used m Wall Paper of the mfluence which, along with the Georgian, it exerted on the Colonial architecture and ornament of our forefathers. The creators of this style, Robert and James Adam, were the sons of a talented Scottish architect, WiIIiam Adam, of Maryburgh, officially known as the "King's Mason." With Robert and James were associated two other brothers, Wil-liam and J ahn. Robert, however, was the recognized genius WEEKLY ARTISAN of the family. He was born in the town of Kircaldy, in 1728. After spending several years in Italy, studying the clas-sic art of that country, he returned to Britain and became associated in business with his brother James In a few years they became famous as the architects and decorators of numerous public buildings and private residences. Highly as their work was esteemed. it has not escaped criticism James Ferguson, author or "History of Architecture" writes: 'Their great merit, if merit it be, is that they stamped their work with a certain amount of originality, which, had it been of a better quality might have done something to emancipate art from its trammels." In spite of criticism, the fact re-mains that their buildings, notably the interiors, are gene-rally beautifully proportioned, while the decorative features and the furniture, which they also designed to insure the unity of the whole, are the acme of delicate grace and refine-ment. As such, the work of Robert and James Adam is appreciated more highly today than ever before, While easily outclassing contemporaries, the Adam brothers were alive to the importance of securing the most talented assistants obtainable. We find among the employes of the firm such names as Angelira Kauffman, Pergolosi, Zucci, and others. The work of these men, however, con-si" ted in the execution of detail. The broad, comprehensive plan of building, interior decoration and furnishing was con-ceived by Rand J. Adams and they alone are entitled to the honor of results. About 1773 they published the first of three famous volume"> on "Architecture, Interior Decoration and Furni-ture " These books cover practically every phase of the subject-building plans, wall and ceiling decoration, all kinds of furniture, mantelpieces, mirrors, clocks, carpets, draperies, upholstery fabrics, etc. It is worthy of note that in the pre-face to this work they do not claim originality for their style, as that word is often interpreted. They say: "We have been able to seize with some degree of success the beautiful spirit of antiquity and transfer it with novelty and vanety through all our numerous works." A modest claim, indeed, but the results obtained were original, even though the makers derived their inspiration from the work of men whose bones had been mingling with the dust of mother earth for nigh two thousand years. The Adam style has often been described as English Empire Its relationship to Louis the XVlth ornament has also been spoken of. It is true that the influences which broua-ht about the Empire style in France and the Adam b • style in Great Britain were at work during the same penod yet, while each derived its inspiration from the same source, the Empire style is more massive and pretentious in form-ation than the Adam, as might be expected from a style which was created for the purpose of adding luster to the name of the Little Corporal Compared with the beautiful designs of the Louis XVlth period, the influence of which on the work of R. and J. Adam is apparent, the Adam style is more distinctly classical and is almost devoid of the dainty floral forms so charactenstic of the elegant French style. In surface decoration, ceiling, wall or panel, the central figure in an Adam design is generally a circle, oval, medal-lion, octagon, hexagon, parallelogram, lozenge, sunburst or fan shape. The surroundings details consist of scrolls, wreaths, festoons, garlands, ribbons, chains, rosettes, urns, husk, paterae, etc. The ovals, hexagons and geometrical centerpieces are often embellished with mythological figures and groups, such as are found in Pompeiian wall decoration. To recapitulate, the leading characteristics of the Adam 23 ............... ,•I•I I I -----------------------~ Give your men tools that are ac-curate to the one-thousandth part of an inch. Tools that are straight and true and hold their cutting edge. No matter how expensive and per-fect your machinery may be, if the cutting tools are not of the best, you can not turn out good work. We pride ourselves on the fact that we have manufactured only the very best for thirty-five years. Write for our complete catalog, It shows many new ideas in fine labor saving tools. MORRIS WOOD & SONS 1508-1510 W. LAKE ST., CHICACO, ILL. e...__,_._. _ -----,-_._.-.---------.-....1.. style may be summed up as follows: Extreme delicacy and refinement of form, exquisite symmetry of design and per-fectly rendered details. The accompanying original design illustrates one phase of the Adam style A senes of patterns would be required to demonstrate the various ornamental details made use of by the Adam brothers Designs like the illustration are used for the fashionable, one color, silk wall covering, known as taffeta damask. During the past four or five years hotels and residences have adopted this form of interior decoration. The pattern is formed by weaving the bnllIant silk warp threads loosely over a dull background of the same color. These two effects in combination, produce a soft but rich contrast, pleasing in the extreme The width of the pattern 1epeat is twelve and a half inches The design is equally suitable for the better class of wall paper. Western Imagination. Oregon Tradesman-The Gunn Sectional Bookcase com-pany of Grand Rapids, Mich., is preparing to locate a fac-tory here, and has made preliminary arrangements for the purchase of a large tract on the Portland peninsula. The plans call for an expenditure of something like $250,000. The company is anxious to have a factory in the timber country and has selected Portland as the one best fitted for its pur-poses in every respect. When the foregoing paragraph was mentioned to John P. Homiler, manager of the Gunn Furniture company, he declared it was news to him. "There's nothing 111 it," he said. "It's the product of some westerner's imagination." 24 WEEKLY ARTISAN y--------_ •.••• --------------------------------. • •• _.. .---------- ••••• ----------~ , THE LYON FURNITURE AGENCY I CREDITS AND COLLECTIONS ROBERT P LYON, Ceneral Manager SOUTH CAROLINA RETAILERS Proliram for Their Fourth Annual Convention to Be Held Next Week. The fourth annual convention of the South Carolllla RetaIl Furmture Dealers' association IS to be held at Spartan-burg, next week Wednesday and Thursday-Apnl 13 and 14 The call for the convention is in the form of a greetlllg sIgned by 0 M. Heard as president and A 'vV. Lltschgi, secretary and treasurer, which reads as follows' "Our annual convention meets at Spartanburg on \pnl 13th and 14th, we want you to come. We expect to have the largest attendance and the best meeting we have e, er had. there IS nothing that you can do that wl1l aid you as much in building up your business as your attendance upon thh meeting. We want you to come, for if you come once } ou will always attend. The meetings are interesting and lll-structive, we have arranged a programme for this meetl11g with a list of speakers that any body of men would be .le-lIghted to have address them. "If you will come to this meeting you '" III lea' e It \\ Ith higher ideals, a stronger determination and better fitted to make your business a success. You will always be glad} ou came, for in addition to all the good things you '" 111 get from the association, you will have the opportulllty of at-tending the Concerts of the "South Atlantic Music FestIval" So meet with us on April 13th and 14th \Ve want to make this the best meeting we have ever held, we want you to see what the furniture dealers can do by co-operatIOn Come to the convention, bring your competItors and yOU ,"Ill go back home better fitted, and thereby better prepared to make more money out of your business "Look thiS programme over and you WIll beglll to ap1)rc-ciate what is in store for every Jealer in thiS state The time and money spent III attending this com entlOn wl1l be the best investment you can possibly make \Ye are look1l1g tor you." THE PROGRAM FIRST DAY, \\ EDKESDAY, APRIL THIRTEENTH Afternoon Session. 1 Openlllg of the ConventIOn by 0 }I Heard. PreSl- (In Chamber of Commerce.) Addrerss of Welcome-A W Smith or ~rr \Vood D. H. Traxler, Tlmminsvl1le, S C We1coming Address-C P Hammond, Spal tan bUH;, dent 2 3 4. S C. 5 (j Recess FIfteen ~11l1utes Reading of the Mlllute" PresIdent's Address 7. ADDRESS-"Relations Between Manufacturer and Retailer"-S. L. Davis, Secretary and Treasurer Southern Chair company. 8 Report of Secretary and Treasurer. 9 "What Benefits are to be Derived from Membersll1p in the Association."-E. G Cook, Columbia, S C. 10 (Announcement as to Question Box) Report of Exe-cutive Committee 11 A.pplication for Membership and Payment of Dues Evening Session. Adjournment to Converse College to concert musical festival SECOND DAY THURSDAY. APRIL FOURTEENTH Morning Session, 9 o'clock. 1 Communications and Testimonials received 2. Opening of Question Box. Discussions 3. Travelmg Men's Hour: Talk-C. A. Smith, High Point, N C, G F Jenkins, Winston-Salem, N C. and S G Ring, Kernersville, N. C. 4 Report of Special Committees. 5 ADDRESS-"What the Trade Paper can do for the Dealer"-A. T. Thoits, Editor Grand Rapids Furniture Re-cord 6 Unfinished Business. 7 ADDRESS-O. H. L. Wernicke, President The :YIacey company, Grand Rapids, Mich. 8 New Business. 9 "Freight Rates and Claims."-C. J Field, Secretary Case Workers' association of North Carolina 10 PAPER-J. M. Van Metre, Columbia, S C. 11 OffiCial Photograph Afternoon Session. 1 ADDRESS-"Manufacturers vs. Retailers' assocI-ation "-Fred N Tate, President North Carolina Case Work-er,;' association. 2. PAPER-"How Should we Regard the Corporation tax "-A. W. Litschgi, Jr. Informal Talks by Visiting Members of the North Caro-lina Retail Dealers' association. 3. Election of Officers 4 Selection of Place of Meeting 5 Installation of Officers. 6 Adjournment. Evening Session. Grand Banquet, 11 P. M, Spartan Inn 11 F Ansell, Governor of South Carolina. Howard B Carhsle, state senator from Spartanburg r' (\ Truesdale, etc , ,;peakers OF THE: THE SPECIAL CREDIT BUREAU FURNITURE, CARPET, UPHOLSTERY, UNDERTAKING, PICTURE FRAME, MIRROR VENEER, WOOD, CABINET HARDWARE AND HOUSE FURNISHINC TRADES. New York Grand Rapids Philadelphia Iloston Clnclnllatl Chicago 5t LouiS Jamestown High Point IMPROVED METHODS WEALSOREPORTTHEPRINCIPALDRYGOOOS GRAND RAPIDSOFFICE,412.413 HOUSEMAN BUILDING DEPARTMENT AND GENtRAL STORES. C C NEVERS, Michitan M.anater Capltal, Crewt and Pay Rahngs Clearmt House Df Trade Experience The Most Rehable Credit Reports. I RAPID COLLECTIONS. t ..---- --- _. - - .....---------------------_._-_. __._-_._----_._---------------------..-...~.. WEEKLY ARTISAN Knew It W8S 16Madein Grand Rapids:' A lady livIng in Los Angeles, after havIng planned, erec-ted and furni"hed a handsome bungalow, on one of the hIll", overlookIng the sea In the Hollywood dIstnct, h"tened wIth pleasure to the utterances of a party of fnends, praIsing her skill, taste and Judgement in the creation of a heautIful home A fine buffet, m the dmmg room deserved and receIved espe-cial attentIOn and the o~ ner prouJly remarked It wa'i "made m Grand RapIds" One of the party pretended to doubt the truth of the <,tatement, when the lady pulled the pIece away from the wall and 1 e\ ealed on the back of the case thb m"cnptlOn MADE BY THE LUCE FURXITUR£ COJIF"1"\ }', GRASD RAPIDS, MICH Cabll1et Work by P Peter'ion Stammg by Robert Owen FIllmg by John Fopma. Varmshmg by Albert Tllumer Poh <,hl11gby Isaac Crane. The proof wa", consIdered sufficient anJ the party con-gratulated the owner on account of her possession of a piece of Grand RapIds furnIture of uncommon merit. In thIS connection when the fact IS considered that much poor furnIture is sold under mIsrepresentation as to its ori-gl11, why would it not pay manufacturers of establtshed repu-tatIOn to authenticate theIr gooJ', by some such mean" as the foregomg suggests Welcome the Bar~~ain Hunter. We have notIced that when some of the trade magazme Writers ~ ant to ",ay a partIcularly wlthenng and bhstenng thmg about certain class of customers, they call them "chronic bargam hunters" says the Merchants' Journal. A man who IS <.,uppo"ed to watch the papers for low pnces, to go where he can buy a hat or an overcoat cheapest, or a woman who attends the specIal sales and stocks up when she has a chance, at low prices, IS classed a'i a "chromc bargam hunter.·' The way some of the merchants talk about them, one would thmk that a chromc bargal11 hunter was a sort of a thIef or 'ihopbfter Don't be too hand on the bargam hunter Don't call hIm names There are a great many of them. He COni>tltute<.,a very large proportiOn of humamty The chances are that you are one yourself. The man who Isn't a chronic bargain hunter IS generally comldered as afflicted with an ingrowing surplus of money whIch he needs to have extracted, or else he is mentally defiCIent. Every man of sense tries to get as much as possIble for hIS money The merchant '" ho can "buy close" is a chronic bargal11 hunter The man who pIcks up real estate when he can find somethl11g that looks as though It was worth more than the price is a chromc bargal11 hunter. Every body to ."...-. ------••-••-••-••----.---.-.-.- I • • ••• ....-. .. ... .-..4.!. 25 Built WIth double arbors, sliding table and equipped complete with taper pin guages carefully graduated. This machine represents the height in saw bench con-struction. It is designed and built to reduce the cost of sawing stock. Write uS for descriptive Informallon. CRESCENT MACHINE WORKS OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. I.._ ... - .. ---- - --- --------------- whom money means anythl11g IS a chromc bargam hunter. Some men'", abIlIty to find bargams may run In the hne of buying hats and SUltS when they are offered cheap, and some other man's abilIty a'i a chromc bargam hunter may be mani-fested m hIS skill m buymg lO-story busl11ess blocks, but they are all bargal11 hunters If the merchant offers goods at speCIal pnces, he expects the public to come and buy He would be bItterly disap-pol11ted If they didn't The chromc bargall1 hunter, If he comes with h1s money in hIS hand, ought to be Just a~ welcome as any one else. To the abo, e 111lgJhtbe added a rem111der that the bargam hunter or the man WIll IS keenly mterested 111 making the weekly or monthly salary go a~ far as possible, generally pays hIS bIlls. The one who IS careless about his purchases, buys what he needs regardless of the pnce, often eIther mtends beat-ing hIS debts or unwIttIngly gets 111to a financial hole from ""111Chhe IS unable to extncate hl111'ielf " Trouble l'i the 1110Stobbg111g th111g 111the world It WIll never dodge the people w\ho are looking for it ..~ An ounce of pen ent1l)n IS a good antIdote for remorse ..... ~ A. L. HOLCOMB & CO. Manufacturers of HIGH GRADE QROOVINQ SA WS DADO SAWS Citizens' Phone 1239 27 N. Market St .. GraDd Rapids. Mich. t.. ••• ... . - ..._. ... .. 26 WEEKLY ARTISAN Drying Furniture Stock If the information contained in this book would save you a carload of oak a year, would it not be worth reading through? Not a common catalog, but a book of information, containing practical suggestions really valuable to men interested in lumber drying. A complete treatise on Forced and Nat-ur.. l Circulation Kilns (progressive and apartment types) with details of equipment. A book you ought to have. Sent postpaid to any address. Where shall we mail your copy? AMERICAN BLO')/ER CoMPANY ---- DETROIT. FIlCH ----- U S. A. Manufacturers of "ABC" low speed; low power exhaust fans. "ABC' 'roller bear-ing trucks, trans-fer cars and flexi-ble doors. L"Detroit" Return Steam Traps. FOREIGN TRADE IN AUTOMOBILES Develops to a Million Dollars Per Month in Five Years. Thc forclgn tradc of the UnIted States 111 automobIles now amounts to a 11111lIondolars a month, or twelve 1111lllOndollar~ per annum, of whIch sum about four mIllIOn are Imports and eIght mIllIon, exports Ten year~ ago the trade m automobIles \\a~ not of suffiCIent value to JustIfy the Bureau of StatIstIcs of the Depdrtment of Commerce and Labor m mak1l1g a separate rccord of elthel the Imporh or exports, the few automobile, entermg or leavll1g the country be1l1g lI1cludecl under the mIs-cellaneous da"s of "All other artIcles" In July 1901, however, the Bureau began to record the exports, whIch m the fiscal ) ear 1902 amounted to about one mIllIon dollal s, and smce that tune the ,alue of automobIles and parts thereof exported to foreIgn countnes has been m round terms thIrty mIllIon dollars, of whIch total about twenty-five mIllIons has developed 111 the hve years endmg WIth December 1909, V\lth a prospect that the fiscal year 1910 WIll show an export record of fully eIght mIllIOn dollars In Imports the record was not established untIl July 1905, \\ hen the total of automobIles and parts thereof Imported amounted to four mlilron dollar~, 111the fiscal years 1906 and rn 1907 over five mIllIOn, but fallmg below that figure m succeed-mg yeal s, makmg the total ImportatIOn for the five years endll1g December 1 ()Ol) for whIch a record eXIsts about eIghteen 11111- lIon dollal s of automobIles and parts thereof. . The shIpments of automobIles ,rnd pal ts thereof to Alaska, HawaII and Porto RICO are not II1cluded m the figures quoted dbove, but amount, 111the past fi, e years, to doout tv\ 0 mIllIOn dollars, makmg the totdl \ alue of the automobrle pa'osll1g 111and out of porb of the ll11ted States 111 the past fi\ e year", about forty-five mIllIOn c!ollar.., O[ he Import~ ale cIuefly flom ['rance, Haly, Germany, and the Cl11ted KIngdom, and the exports to practIcally every eoun-tf) 111the world, though the largest number go to Canada, the C111ted Kll1gdom, :;\lexlOo and Australra 1he number sent to Canadd 111 the fiscal year 1909 was 1,230, valued at $1,457,121, to England 590 machmes, valued at $1,693.914, to France 209 macIl1nes, valud at $643,692, to :Ylexlco 200 :Ylachmes, valued at $282,462, and to Austraha 127 machmes, valued at $81,426 The prices of those sent to iGuropean countnes are, as a rule, hIgher than that of the machmes sent to Canada, MeXICO and -\.ustralIa. the average pnce of those sent to France bel11g over $'1,000 each, accordmg to the pnces and numbers of machines reported to the Bureau of StatIstIcs, tho~e to England average nearly $3,000 a pIece, those to Canada about $1,200 and Mex- ICO about $1.400 each, and those to Australra less than $650 each. The total number of automobIles expO! ted m the fiscal year 1909 wa~, according to the Bureau of StatIstIcs' figures, 3,184, valued at $5,387,021, an average value of about $1,700 for a machme, and the number imported 1,624, valued at $2,- ')05,191, shov\l11g dlso an average of about $1,700 for each machl11e The dlstnbutIon of automobIles extends to all parts of the world, the number of countnes named by the Bureau of StatIstIcs as destll1atlon of automobiles exported m the fiscal \ ear 1909 bel11g not less than 50, and l11cIudrng IndIa, Chl11a, Dutch East IndIes, Japan, Canary Islands, Egypt, French and Ijntl'oh -\.fnca. South -\.mencan countne'l Central Amencan ::,tate~, ,\ est IndIa Island'l, GIbraltar, and Portugal The figures for the calender year are larger and "how aha hIgher pnces, the number of machl11es exported in the calendar year 19CfJ bel11g 3,686, and the stated value be1l1g $6,889,031. an average of nearly $1,900, these figures mcludmg only the shlp- WEEKLY ARTISAN These Specialties are used all Over the World '" II II• III IIt tII t II •I I• II II t •1 V.neer Pre ••••. d,ffer.nt kind. and .iz.. (P.te.ted) Veneer Presses Glup Spreaders Glue Healers Trucks, Elc., Etc. 27 ~- Hand Feed Gluein .. Machine (Pal~nl penmna.) Many .tyle. and .ize •. _ ....., II III II I I I II Wood· Working Machinery and Supplies Power Feed Glue Spreadinc MachIne. Sin..le. Double and Combination. (Patented) (Size. 12 in. to 84 in wide.) LET US KNOW YOUR WANTS No 20 Glue Heater. CHAt E. FRANCIS COMPANY, Main Office and Works, Rushville, Ind. No.6 Glue Heater. . ._---------------------------_._._~ ments of machmes to fOIelgn countnes, and not mcludmg the shipments to our noncontiguous tern tory, or the parts of ma. chines whIch are included m the grand total stated below in comparing our own exports of automobIles with those of othel countries. France lead<; the wodd a" an exporter oj automobIles, WIth the United States "econd m rank. StatIstics compiled from the offiCIal publicatIOn of the countne<; named show that the ex-ports of vehIcles of thl<; cla"s m the latest yea r for whIch detaIls are at hand were from l'rance, in 1908, $25,5(;9,000; the L'mted States, in the calendar }eal 1909, $8,6GI,397, the Umted Kmgdom, in 1909, $7,610,2fi7, Italy, m 1908, 15,533,000, and Germany, 111 1908, $,1,031,000 Cost of Living. From "Good FIxtures," publibhe~1 by the Seng company, ChlCago-"When the farmer gets enough for hIS produce to enable hIm to mdulge in some of the luxunes of modern Ii\- mg, when wage-earners and salaried people get paId enough, so that they can afford to eat the farm products wlthont stintmg themselves, and to mdulge m some of the luxuries of modern Irving-buying good furnIture, for example, when the masters of finance capItalize theIr propertIes at two or three tIme<; theIr real value, and force dIVIdends on the m-flated valuations by ehmmatmg the competitIve element, and when general business has to support this scheme of thmg<;-then we have a government commission to "investI-gate" the hIgh co"t of hvmg and we have to II"ten to the explanation<; of a lot of speCIal pleaders who are chiefly con-cerned in mamtaming theIr own position at the apex of the indu<;trial pyramid. JIm HIlI of the Great ~01thern call<; it rightly enough, the "co<;t of l11gh hving" and advI<.,e" frugalIty-on the part of "the people," mmd you BIll Brown of the VanderbIlt system echoes that sentI-ment and would have the farmer produce more, so that the prIce of food would be les<;, <;0 that labor could exist without increased wages, presumably ~othing much was <;aid about the cost of hvmg until the farmer began to prosper and capltahze hIS business and people WIth fixed mcomcs began to clamor for more of the proceeds of theIr labor m order that they might mamtam theil accustomed scale of hVIng ~ ot an unreasonable am-bition conSIderIng the prospenty of the country General Busmess wants the farmers to prosper, and workIngmen of all degrees to have steady Jobs at good wages They are the spenders And there IS enough prosperity for all 1£ it is equitably dlstnbuted Possibly high finance will have to get along with-a re-duced percentage of profit-with less "graft," not to Ibe the har"her word In thi<; great country and 111 thl<; day and age, StraIght BusIne<;<; and "ll1gh hving" are not IncompatIble \'Ve can all h\ e If we all hve nght The accent IS on the all, Mr Aldnch Drying Hemlock. Here IS an InterestIng testlmomal regardIng the drYIng of hemlock. It's worth reaelmg, as hemlock IS one of the most cltfficult woodb to elry: Amher<;t, Nova ScotIa, Nov 2, 1908. Granel RapIds Veneer Works, Granel Rapids, MICh Dear SIr .-In further reference to the hemlock lumber that we kIln dried in our kIlns The hemlock was I" thIck and green when we got It, and then was stuck on sticks in our yard for about three months, and put In our kIln for 48 hours, comIng out a" mce and dryas could be WIshed for. The stock was mce and straIght and none of It showed any checks In the dryIng We never were able to kIln dry hemlock in any of our old style kilm. Gum-wood IS another wood that we always have trouble WIth to kIln dry, but WIth your new process we can take gum-wood out of the kIln In 120 hours and every boarJ straight and true and WIthout an) checking Vve might also say that the kilns SInce bell1g fitted up with your process are giving us entIre sah<;faction They have ful-filled every repre<;entation made by you. We dry all kmels of lumber and thicknes<; up to 3" and we have no trouble now WIth the "tock checkmg or ''<arpmg, thus makmg a savmg m lumber as well as the tIme In clJymg Yours truly, RHODES, CURRY & CO, LImIted, C L Suess man, Secy ... We can help you. Time saved and when done leaves are bound (by your-self) and mdexed by Roors or departments. BARLOW BROS.• Grand Rapid •• Mich. ...-.-.-.-----_._._._. Wnt. RtyhtNow .i. _. _._- --- -... ....- ... 28 WEEKLY ARTISAN Minnesota Dealers' Retail Furniture Association OFFICERS-PreSIdent, J R. Taylor, Lake Benton Mtnn, Vice President, D R Thompson, Rockford, Mmn , Treasurer, B A Schoeneberger, Perham, Mlnn , Secretary, W L Grapp, Janesville Mlnn EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE-ChaIrman Geo Kletn, Mankato Mmn a SImons, Glencoe, Mmn, W. L HarrIs \1mneapohs, Mmn C Daluelson, Cannon Falls. BULLETIN No. 105. that the assocatlOn has to deal wIth and "tIll make d "modI pl0fit So do your ~hare and help us make good 1y\ U,,111g up the llumbel ot suites that are llOW com111g thru f01 us 1'h1'->"lute wIll be turllbheel to our members for $1885 ThIS 1" a httle more than vve \\ ere furn-lo;; h111gthem for as glass and lumber hay each ancerJ 111 co"t Do not lay thb bulletm aSIde, thmk111g yOU \\ III order "ome a httle later but "end us your order now so that we can "hO\\ thIS factorv that our bUS111ess is worrth \\ hIle Send all orders to the secretary, JanesvIlle, ~1111n J he "llltc" (,rdel eel dt com cntlOn \\ 111 be 1 eaJ) for dehvery 111 a iu\ da\" \\ e hdd thl" "urte made e"peclall) f01 OUI purpo:oe:o One hunch ed at thcm al e made up for u:oe and V\ e want every membcr to put thl" ~ulte on the flOO1 :00 a:o to protect themselves aga111"t thl" p11d"e of l Ol11petltlon Thl:o :OUIte IS ..,oLl by l\Iontgomery Wdrd fOI SlO<); 1\\ the tlme \OU pal the heIght, a httle o;;ettll1g-up and a httle tor dell\ el111g, \ ou \\ III "trll be able to meet the hardest proP0:Oltlon WEEKLY ARTISAN AN ADVERSE VIEW OF CO-OPERATION A Paper Read at the Annual Convention Held .in Minneapolis February 7 and 8. Mr PresIdent and Brother r'urmture Dealers We have assembled here from all parts of thl" grand state of ours for the purpose I may say of touchmg elbow"" exchangmg vIews anJ dlscus"mg the vanous methods, and to try If pos",ible to Improve our conJltlOn as retaIl furnIture dealers Now, m the first place, I wIsh to say that as I am only a country dealer, the same no doubt as a great many of you who are here today, I shall confine my remarks to you who are furl1l-ture dealers m the ",maller towns As I am not a pubhc speaker and have not the faculty of expressmg my thoughts m an oratoncal manner, I have Jotted down a few Ideas as they occur to me m regard to thIs co-operatIve buying plan I do not wbh to go on record as bell1g a kIcker or a knocker, but I wIsh to sImply state before thIS conventIOn my VIews on thIS questIOn a3 It OCCUI"to me from a general busmess stand pomt As there are always two sides to every que"tlOn to be con"ldered, I deem It adVIsable to thoroughly study and weIgh both "Ides and look for a place to hght before we Jump too far In the fir",t place, as I understand It, we are attempting to fight the catalog house eVIl by combmmg or rather co-operatmg m the matter of buymg. \Ve employ a set of them, or a commIttee as we term them, to go down south m some other state to negotI-ate for and buy m carload lots a lot of the cheapest, trashIest goods that can be found on the market-good" that are made of cheap matenal and by cheap, unskIlled Idbor They are ;,hlpped to our state and dlstllbuted among the vanou.;; dealers to be palmed off onto our customers and fnend". Why do we do thIs? SImply to try to impress upon the mmds of our customers, who are our best fnends, that we can sell goods as cheap a3 the catalog houses ;\Jaw, gentlemen, I want to ask you, a" a body of intelhgent busmess men, IS It nght that we should tIy to educate our customer" to buy cheap artIcles Just because It IS made cheap and I" not worth the money that they pay for It" Should we not rather try to educate the trade to buy good" that wIll not only gIve them value receIved but WIll ;,atbfy and please them I am "ure that I would rather have one satIsfied customer than a dozen who are dIssatIsfied wIth the goods that I sold them Gentlemen, I want to aJmlt that I am opposed to this present plan of co-operatIve Imymg for vanous rea;,ons, a few of whICh I WIll state for the purpose of your consIderatIOn In the first place It IS assumed that we are all domg busmess wIth the de",lre of makmg a legItImate profit on our good3 Now our success depends entIrely I mIght sayan our ablhty to command the trade In our re~pectlve commumtles, and 111 order to accomplIsh thIS enel we must put forth every effort to please and to command the respect of the people upon whom our busmess Jepends In order to do thIS It appear3 to me that we should at all tIme", sell them a good <;ubstan-tIal class of goods, m the second place we should endeavor to persuade or educate the people, espeCIally those hvmg m the farmmg commumtIe"" to buy a better class of goods, where there IS a better profit for the dealer and satIsfactIOn for the purchaser-goods that we can recommend and stand back of and make goo;} on-good", that have the guarantee of the factory behmd them The largest portlOn of my patrons al e farmers wh.o as a cla.;;s are the greatest catalog house buyers. I have been workmg along the hnes sug-gested and find that It IS bnngmg good results Our farm-ers today are prosperous and theIr surroundmgs demand a 29 better class of goods, and we have only to get him into our store and show hIm the latest, most up-ta-date ;,tyles to mduce hIm to buy a pIece or two Once they buy a pIece of good stuff they wIll return for more to match It, and will keep on coming untIl they have theIr homes cosIly furnIshed. Of course we stIll have a few of the ",a-called catalog house fiends m every commumty, but that c1as", as a rule are not a deSIrable clas" of customers to deal with As a general thmg we finJ that theIr credIt is not any too good and they are always lookmg for bargams, and If you don't throw off the profit on the goods they want thev WIll not take them, unless you sell them on tIme. Now, the most Important reason why I am opposed to the co-openatIve buymg plan 1.0 thIS I am heartIly opp.)sed to boycottmg our home mdustnes Weare CItIzens of the best state m the unIOn and should be proud of our home mdustnes and help 111 every way 111 our power to encourage and buIld up and mamtam them, and never seek to cnpple or destroy them I w1.oh to ;,ay nght here that our home manufacturer", are Our be'lt friends and we should go hand m hanJ wIth them I have always found them ready and wl1l1l1g to lend me a helpmg hand and why should I go back on them? Weare today hvmg m the grandest and most prosperous ;,tate 111 the umon and I am proud of It \lYe have "ome of the most up-to-date factones m the world m our own state and m our own CItIes that are capable of manufactunng all of the good", that we need and If we all patrol1lzed them as we should they no doubt could furnIsh us our good., cheaper than they Jo now TheIr busmes'l IS conducted along the "ame 11l1es as ours, they have got to have the patronage that belongs to them 111 order to make theIr bUSI-ness pay. Now, gentlemen, I am at a los., to see why I should buy my goods a thousand mIles from home when we can buy better goods nght here at home for the same money that It costs us to lay those southern goods down 111 our stores Another rea"on why I am not 111 favor of thIS co-oper-atIve buymg busmes, 1.0 thIS, I do not thmk It adVIsable to tax thIS as;,oCIatIOn or It;, members for the purpose of de-fl aYl11g the expenses of thIS buymg commIttee or for rnam-taml11g a d1;,play room I prefer to do my own bUYl11gand when I find that I am not capable of so dOl11g I shall quit the busl11ess I have tned both plan" and I find that the old way SUlts me be"t \;\Ie talk about the catalogue house evIl Are we not dOl11g our country a greater harm by not patro-mzmg our home factones than the catalogue house;, are dOIng? I am heartIly m favor of co-operatlOn but we should co-operate WIth our own manufacturers who are domg more toward the up-buIldmg of the country and cIty than any other class of people m our gland state Furthermore, I do not thmk It a credIt to our association at large to be advocatmg and advertbmg this co-operative buymg plan m our trade papers under the head of the Min-ne" ota RetaIl Furniture Dealers' associatIOn. If there are those who WIsh to co-operate for the purpose of buymg a lot of that cheap Tohn stuff they should co-operate under a dIfferent name. The object of our aSSOCIatIOn, as I understand it, is for the purpose of meetll1g together once or twice a year to get acquall1ted, talk shop and to obtall1 from one another all the knowledge, lllformatlOn and pOlllters we can get as to the best methods of handllllg the busmess at a profit, and for the upbUlldll1g and protectIOn of the busmess in which we are engaged, and not for the purpose of retardmg the progress of the commu11lty m whIch we llve but rather to use our influence for Its upbul1dmg. ' C F French Discussion. o A 0 Moen-"I am no speaker but I have listened to the paper read by Mr French WIth a great deal of inter-est I can not help but feel that Mr. French has not stopped 30 WEEKLY ARTISAN DO inform himself as to the eXlstmg condltlOns m connectlOn with the bUYlllg comlttee because he has made statements which I, as treasurer, know are not true As your trea'iurer. I have never paid out one cent of expen'ie caused b) the bu)- 1I1g committee I also take exception to the reterence he makes to buying trash "It Ishould not take much of a fur11lture man to "ee a" he goe:> over these samples that the maJonty of the lllles repre-sented here are standard hnes such as tho'ie made 111 Rock-ford, Grand Rapids and III fact, some of the be"t lllle" 111 the market As to the members not bemg 10) al to our home manufacturer'i, wlll say that I happen to kno" that OUI buymg committee has tned and tned to get \\ hat the) need m this market but have always found that the' could not get 1t Now that we are gettlllg v,hat "e neerl to meet a pha"e of compehtlOn which I'> not at all of om l11aklll~. \\ e are "omc-times accused of gettmg plunder I \\oulJ hke to a"k \Ir French where he can buy that smte over there m the mall order corner, made a" good and fi11lshed as good as that h, for what the assoclatlOn l'i furmshmg It So I could go on but I feel that the sample'i here wlll 'ipeak for thenheh e" I would hke to hear some one el"e e"pl es" an 0p11110n along these lines' C Da11lelson of Gannon Falls, "\fmn _li\\ e tllerl to make terms with our home manufacturer" time dl1(1 tIme again I have been on the floor e, er "mce can, entlOn opened and I find that our fnend .:\1r French ha:" )U"t come l'rom the tone of hiS paper, I am afraid that he ha" not taken tIme to see the hnes repl esented here or he "ould not call the"e sample& plunder of cheap goods I \\Pould hke tu hdve the pleasure of showmg 1\1r French the vanou.., line" repl e-sented upon thiS floor "In regard to the eApenses of the buy mg commIttee. \\ III say that I have been one of them and hay e been gl\ mg m) services Without any pay beSIdes standlllg m) ov, n eApen,e" but I do not know whether I am gomg to do It am more It this IS the thanb we are gettmg ,. ANTIQUES FOR THE CHILDREN Great Demand for Miniature Furniture Made by a Pair of Veteran Toy Makers. Of the numerous toymakers who once" orked m lImghanl, "Ma% , only two-George \V Feanng, aged 72, and Lonng .:\1 Cushmg, aged 70-are still engaged 111 the busmess .:\111 } ear-mg ha'i been thus employed for about 25 year", dnd "\11 Cushmg's record IS not far behmd Long ago an endles~ vanety of toys was produced, SdyS the 13o~ton Globe. but dunng recent years both these makers have confined themseh e:" large-ly to the constructIOn of hand-made dntlque to) furmture A minature old-tnne bucket. for whIch Hmgham "a" famou'i, IS fa'ihlOned "tlll to some extent by l\1r Feanng, tal It IS very populaJr With the chlldren Mr. Feanng was an expert bucketmaker and follo,,", ed thiS v, ark for thirty years. In fact, It was while employed at \VIlder's bucket shop that he first began to try hiS hand at toy bmldmg dunng hiS spare moments. .:\1r Cushmg 'vas also a bucket-maker and the two men were often employ ed at the same bench. "In those days," said Mr Feanng, "It seemed a~ If every other house was a bucket shop, but as 111 the case of other 111- dustnes, ""'hen machllles came III to use and the bucket.., could be made more quickly and cheaply b) them, hand"ork was dnven out. Mr Fearmg owns sevel al sets of the old tools which cannot now be duphcated. Mr Feanng and Mr Cushmg are members of the Hmg-ham !\rts and Crafts sOCIety Their work IS always on exhibi-tIOn and throughout the summer months I" the center of an admmng throng of out-of-town 'Isltor.., Very frequently stranger" go to the homes of the two toy makers, where each has hiS workloom Little c1111dren are among their most enthusiastiC admirers, anJ ,ery often the "ame httle 'Isltors Will seek them out yeal dfter yeal The demand for the toy furlllture IS far greater than eIther Cdll ..,upph Each man works entlrely without assistance, and e\ en to) plOduced IS noted for the unvalying accuracy as to detenl of constluctlOn .:\11 Cushmg.., furmture i.., alway" made m imitation of mahogan), "hde \tr ] eal1l1g ..,ometlmes Lhe" the Flemish oak, chern and other "tams, althongh hiS fourpost bedsteads, bur-eau". lowboy sand desb al e of the mahogany type The tiny desks are copied elfter pattern.., m me from the middle of the seventeenth centnry. The bureaus With their quamt brass handles are always fa, antes" Ith the children, and are modeled after vanous styles One IS a very fine speclman of the furmtllle m the heavy style fd..,hlOnable dw 1l1£;the fir..,t qndrtel of the mneteenth century. If there h an) mtncate carV1l1g on the old-time furniture med d~ models It I" duplicated In Its mmutest cletall by these two clever to) makers The settle I" always of mterest, as lt was the fir"t form of the long sedt "hlch IS found m the earhest 1l1ventone" m thiS country, and still earher m England It I'> "aId that the ..,ettle ofteneslt "een m Amenca is of "Imple comtructlOn, usually of pme and pamtecl It was made to stand by the great fireplace to keep the drafts out and the hea t m "I th ItS tall back In keepmg ,\ Ith hiS settles, Mr. Feanng also makes wan-del tull) constructed fireplace, With pot, cane and andirons Each tmy bnck I.., cut out With a kmfe. There are mahogany tables of vanous patterns, mcluding a tea table of l'no and a Dutch "tand of the same period. DUrIll£; the elghteellth centnry tables were a coman article of turmture "Ith top" of square, oval and round and feet of the cLm -elml-ball type (hllthen dre always dehghted with the cradles of 1687, \\ Ith open top, which these toymakers produce to fit the tiniest doll, 01 the v can be had measunng sixteen inches on the inside The chairs are numerou" and begm With the duphcates of the old Gov Carver chair, the Wmdsor and the Dutch, fol-lowed by the Ch1ppenddle, Hepplewhite and Sheraton styles. The GovernOl Can er chalf IS ten mche" high whl1e others measure nIne mche'i One piece of furmture which a cl111d invanably insists on hav1I1g once she sees It 1S a beautifully constructed mahogany grandfather s clock. \\ hlch IS conSidered one of Mr Fearing's best e'(amples It stands twelve inches high and is patterned after a clock of 1770. Furniture Fires. Otto Hll'lt's furmture store at Mamto, Ill, was burneJ on March 29 Lo'iS $5,500, msurance, $2,800 Geiger Bras furniture store at Ashley, Ill, wa'i burned on March 30 vvlvh a loss of $3,500, partially insured. The Bra" n FUlnltUle company of Syracuse, NY, lost $-!-,OOO or $5,000 by fire 111 their warehouse. Fully lllsureJ A Bradfield, furniture dealer and undertaker of Mecca, Tnd, was burned out recently Loss $1,500; lllsurance $1,- 000 The furniture and undertakmg estabhshment of B F. Burke at Carnegie, Okla. was destroyed by fire on March 9 Xa lllsurance operations, making a lme of medIUm pnced dinmg room fllI11ltllre Fred A \/Vright, furniture manufacturer and dealer of 157 Fulton street, Boston, has filed a voluntary petitIOn In bankruptcy. LiabIltties, $13,000, assets, $3,300 N Schoen & Son, wholesale and retaIl furnIture dealers at OrtonvIlle, Mmn, have incorporated under the name of the N Sohoen & Son company CapItal stock, $100,000. ::\1 Kroos & Son have succeeded A W. Ramm in the furnIture and undertakmg busmess at Sheboygan, WIS Mr. Ramm WIll engage in the undertaking business m Milwaukee. Ash & Lynch who recently purchased the stock and
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34. Weekly Artisan; 1910-06-18

Notes:: Issue of a furniture trade magazine published weekly in Grand Rapids, Mich, starting in 1879. and GR~D RAPIDS PUBLIC 111illARY GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.• JUNE 18. 1910 weara iginntors ....l•.l.n.nroor rs ORGANIZED 1872 FLOOR SPACE 175,000 SQ FT. GRAND RAPIDS CIIAIR COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS BSTABLISHED 18'72 HIGH GRADE GOODS AT MEDIUM PRICES --------A COMPLETELINE OF------- SIDEBOARDS MUSIC CABINETS HALL GLASSES BUFFETS BOOKCASES HALL TABLES SERVING TABLES HALL RACKS DEN CABINETS CHINA CLOSETS HALL SEATS HOUSE DESKS LIBRARY TABLES CEDAR LINED CHESTS OUR LINE READY FRIDAY, JUNE 24th, 1910 GOODSSHOWNAT FACTORYONLY (TA"" TAYLOB Sr. CAn Non,." To TnAns AVE.) FURNITURE THAT BUILDS BUSINESS. It's the service a store renders a community that determines its value and reputation. A store whose highest ideals are expressed in the desire for profit, is not of real or lasting benefit. If the ideals embody, primarily, quality in merchandise, a reasonable and proper profit is expected by the purchaser and can be secured. Any furniture dealer who sells Berkey & Gay furniture renders a real service to his community-the beauty and quality bring a satisfaction that lingers in the mind of the customer, Ion g after the price is forgotten. There is a "good will" in the name of Berkey & Gay, which any retailer secures, who handles the line. The standing of thIS Company as the oldest and largest manufacturers con-tmuously of hIgh grade furnIture m Amenca, has been attamed only after 50 years of unmterrupted operation. Our extensive magazme advertlsmg is lllcreasmg this knowledge on the part of the consumer The exclusive agency for our product IS a valuable acqui-sitIon for any store. OUR SHOW ROOMS WILL BE READY FOR INSPECTION JUNE 24th. BERKEY & GAY FURNITURE CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. -------------------------- WEEKLY ARTISAN ~-.._----_ ..••.•........... ------_._---_._-_ ..------_._-------~ .-~ 1883 MIC"IGAN C"AIR COMPANY 1910 GR1\ NOR 1\ P IDS, M Ie" I G1\ N -, C" 4 I RS c" 4 I RS I CU41RS I "Michigan's Foremost Chair Factory." For the coming season we would respectfullycall attention to our DINING ROOM CHAIRS, unex· celled in variety of attractive patterns, matching and harmonizing all designsin Sideboards and Buffets. CHAMBER and SUITE CHAIRS to fill all needs in woods,stylesand finishes. We refer to the foregoing staples with especial emphasis. Our FANCY ROCKERS, Hall and Desk Chairs, Cafe and Odd Chairs in almost endless variety, will look good to the Trade thisseason. The designs are excellent. Qyalityand pricealwaysassured. Better and Best. Factory warerooms at your disposal, on the opening day, June 24th, 1910, and for the season. REPRESENTATIVE SALESMEN: SOUTH W. R. Penny WEST Chas B. Parmenter Robt ]. Calder H. M. Story EAST Chas. H. Cox Robt. E. Walton .. . ...... .... 1 ,._ •••••••• __ a ••• a ••• ••• a •• • _ rI I I ROYAL FURNITURE CO. I IIII II•t IIII , IIII III I I, III I II I 2 WEEKLY ARTISAN , ••• , ••• -- ••• ---- • - 1IIII II GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Dining Library Bedroom Suites HALL CLOCKS In "Colonial" Style \~ ~ LNew Adaptations ~ FACTORY SALESROOM Ready for Inspection June 24, 1910 Shown at I IIt t I• III I I ,,_._,_._ __..._. ..._. ._. .__._-.---·-----------'i WEEKLY ARTISAN 3 WEEKLY ARTISAN .. . ._--------------------_.~, I LUCE FURNITURE COMPANY II, II II IIII •• II ,,f •,,, · GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Manufacturers of COMPLETE lines of MEDIUM PRICED DINING I and CHAMBER FURNITURE. Catalogues to Dealers Only. ~..... .. _. ----_. _..~----------~ Luce-Redmond Chair Co.,Ltd. I BIG RAPIDS, MICH. High Grade Office Chairs Dining Chairs Odd Rockers and Chairs Desk and Dresser Chairs Slipper Rockers Colonial Parlor Suites In Dark and Tuna Mahogany BIrd' J Eye Maple BIrch !Zullrtered Oak and C,rCIlJJlan Willnut l Our Exhibit you will find on the fourth floor, East Section, MANUfACTURERS'BUILDING,North Ionia Street GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Exhibit in charge of J. C. HAMILTON, C. E. COHOES, J. EDGAR FOSTER. GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC LIBRARY 30th Year-No. 51 GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., JUNE 18. 1910 Issued Weekly HOME LIFE AND HABITS OF THE CHINESE They Care More for Coolness in Summer Than for Warmth in Winter and Use But Little Furniture. Chma I" now rapIdly changmg RaIlway s, telcgraph and newspapers are moder111zmg It. It IS worth capturIng a glImpse of the home lIfe that has remamed unchanged smce the tIme of ChrIst, If not of ConfucIUs, before It dIsappears omtecl by the coobtove, 011 heater, kerosene ldmp dnd collaps- Ible fUImtme The WrIter lIVed in Ch111d many ) ears and had unu'3ual opportUnItIes of mtlmate acquamtance WIth the home lIfe, both of the country poor and the cIty rIch The Chinese do not use much furnIture TheIr home lIfe and habIts do not requIre It In theIr IIbranes and fre-quently theIr IIvmg rooms the most promment thmg IS the opIUm couch, as mseparable a feature of a gentleman's home a" the armchaIrs and cigars of an Amencan den Perhaps It must dl"appear now before the prohIbItion campaIgn whIch IS being waged from Pekm, or it WIll remam under the inno-cent guise of a reclIn111g readmg table. as "orne mnocent globetrotters have descnbed it OpIUm as u"ed m the ordmary cItIzen's prIvate house IS con"ldered no more a vIce than tobacco WIth Amellcan" It IS the custom, that IS all The host waves you to the couch for a perfunctory whiff Just as Americans begm by offering a guest a cIgar or dnnk Chmese books are lIke Amencan magazmes, paper bound and stapled with thread Consequently they are pIled flat on the shelve" mstead of standmg upnght This fact may offer a temporary resIstance to one of the vVestern mnovatIons, the sectional "ty Ie of bookcase, but already educated Chmese are begmnmg to read EnglIsh and to exhIbIt m the place of the ConfUCIan claSSICS text book" on phy slOlogy and mter-na tlOnal law Chme ,e wn tmg IS done with a pam t bru sh on b lottmg paper or nce flImsy It never smudges The Ink "tIcks whIch are rubbed on a slate as i\mericans rub a cvlmder of shavmg soap on theIr chms, are aromatIc and beautIfully stamped WIth dragons and trademarks The wntmg, whether scholarly or runnmg IS a thmg of beauty, a fa"cmatmg exer- CIse, and very qUIck 1\evertheless the Amencan typewrIter WIth the EnglIsh alphabet, IS now found on many a shupan's desk I Chmese, even of the hlghe'lt cla;-,s. go half nake,J mdoors in summer, and theIr chalf" often have marble seats They understand the art of keepmg rooms cool, but they have I never troubled to ma'3tcI the art of heat1l1g room". except I I 1 __ - in the north, where you sleep on a stone couch full of burn-ing charcoal In the Yangtse provmces, where the wmter is the same as m our mIddle or northern states, the customary heating was only one or two tray" of charcoal balls standing on trI-pods The real heatmg IS all done by the clothes; layer on layer of fine Imens and SIlks and furs, WIth felt shoes The enterpn"e of the Standard OIl company 1;-' placmg 011 heaters in the homes of the rIch now The educated Chmaman is a vIrtuoso His bric-a-brac, consIstIng of Chine'3e porcelam and bronze only, becomes a famIly heIrloom, to part with whIch is lIttle short of ancestral sacnlege K evertheless they are partmg WIth it Rus"lans first. then French, then English, and lastly AmerIcans who are too easIly satisfied with imitatIOns, offer hIgh pnces for these helrloom'3, the antIquity of whIch is authentIcated by famIly catalogues, Illustrated m colors by hand The Chine"e, 'begmnmg to yield to the manIa br in-novation, '3urrender these antIques for the prIce of modern furnIture, motor boats, acetylene gas plants, etc The time is not far dIstant when they will come down to roadmaking, and then what a boom there wIll be m automobIles 1 Chmese home hfe, however, can never be comprehended untIl you penetrate theIr kitchens ThIS IS a privilege ac-corded to few foreIgn men, because the women of the house are hkely to be encountered there You would not, however, know If they were ml"tresses or servants RIch Chinese are more or les'3 polygamou" The real or number one wlte ceases to be ornamental and mIght sometImes be mistaken br the charwoman Your host WIll not enhghtem yeiu, naturally Anyhow, by the etIquette of the language, he would mtroduce even hIS best wife m terms of singular deprecatIOn Ch1l1e"e cookmg ranges are mvanably built m of plas-tered brIck or concrete an..1 m a large house there may be two or three v\ hat surpnses the foreIgner IS the apparent absence of flues SometImes there i" a flue, the chImney going only part way up the wall, but often there IS none because the only fuel u"ed IS, practIcally dry straw or charcoal Fuel has long been the great dome'3tic problem of China, all wood having been cut off centures ago and coal mining bemg undeveloped. Coal imported from abroaJ has long been m use among 6 WEEKLY ARTISAN -----..., III , I I,I I II I II IIIIIII I,II ... ..__ .- _ _-- _ . THE ANSWER TO SOME QUESTIONS Muskegon MlCh, Oct 20 1908 The McCasket RegIster Co, Alliance OhlO Gentlemen Your favor of the 19th regardmg kIlns Let u~ say to you first that our old dry kIln was ot the Sturte,ant Blast S,stem WhICh we remodeled usmg only the outsIde "ails not mcreasmg the soace caoaclty of the kIln "nd after lll~talllllg- the Grand RapIds Veneer Works system of dry kIlns m the same bUlldmg "e found the followmg 1st-We mcreased the capacIty of the kIln 7" pel cent 01 m other words dned the same number of feet ot lumber m one fourth of the tIme beSIdes havmg soft, straIght and thoroughly dned lumber to work 'together WIth ha,mg the knowledge based on facts lUst what condItIOn our lumber "as m and bemg treated at three dIfferent perIOds <'lunng each da} 01 can be taken more or less as the operator deSIres From the~e records we are able to answer your questIOns as tl1P' aTe aSMld FIrst-From 5 per cent to 10 per cent tl11s ho" e,er depends greatly on condItIOn of lumber When entenng kIlr If lumber IS of good quality clean and straIght a percentage WIll be less But take many mstances where vour lumber IS crooked and warped, WIth thIS class of lumber you could sa\ E at least 10 to 25 per cent for It IS a fact that we ha\ e taken Sap Gum 4-4 thIck badly warred, and tWIsted out of shape "hen enterIng kIln and have brought thIS lumber out perfectlv straIght and dry ThIS also applies to oak and ash and other lumberb whIch we ha' e treated WIth equal satIsfactory results Second-ThIs IS a hard matter to accurately Slate but thIS matter has come up from tIme to tIme WIth US 'l'he superm tendent and foreman of the maclllne room claIm a sa, mg of 40 to 50 per cent ThIS however IS based practlcall, on theIr Judgement, not from facts as we have no way of ao;;:certalnlng It ThIrd-ThIs to be answered m percentage from only estl mated bases on facts whIch many condItIOns enter mto ,Ve havmg onl} one man lookmg after thIS work m our plant who has other dutIes to perform at the same tIme and formerly It took one man all hIS tIme and an aSSIstant part of hIS tIme Our estImate of savmg to us IS 50 per cent Fourth-We ha' e never up to thIS tIme smce mstallmg kIln reached more than 75 per cent of the capaclt" of our kIln dally and we are now drymg 75 per cent more lumber m t'le same length of tIme You WIll of course take mto conSIdeI atIOn that there are many condItIons entermg mto the questIOns you have asked about and "hlch you should consldel ,eI' carefully m makmg companson of capaclt} of kIlns 'l'he WrIter was for fifteen years m the heatmg and po" er plant eqUlppmg busmess and ha,mg come mto contacl WIth man} processes of dry kllnmg We adopted the Grand RapIds Veneer Co's kIln as m our Judgement bemg equal to the I)est So faT It has sen ed us very satIsfactonl' and no doubt" III sen e 'ou equally well We have a system of keepmg track of temperature lI1cl relatIve humIdIty tests etc, WIth our loIn WhICh the "'Itel adopted for our bUSIness here and has pro, ed In n1cllly 111'3tanre<;;; a valuable record of facts WhICh we "'ll gladl} send 'ou a copy of should } ou be mterested There are a good many thmgs to be sard abeut dr} krlns makmg comparIson etc but not" Ishmg to go mto long tedIOUS mmute Ideas unless you want further data and trustmg the above WIll serve "hat you deSIre to know Yours very truly BRO,V'J\E :YIORSE CO R H Browne Pres and 1 reas .- --_._._-_._..~- _. _._.---------------- .... I I II II,, II ..- - .. THIS OUGHT TO SATISFY THE MOST SKEPTICAL, SEE ARTICLE HEADED "INVESTIGATING' IN ANOTHER COLUMN. GRANO RAPIDS VENEER WORKS CRAND RAPIDS, MICH. foreIgners, but Chinese houses had no sto\ es ':>Ultable for Its use American cast Iron ranges are now feelIng theIr way m, and coal will be abundant as 'iocm as the raIlway anatomy is complete Another change yet to come l'i the plpln~ of water throughout central Chma; there IS pI actIcally no 'Iater 'oup-ply above the le,'el of the hou'ies It 1:0 all lIfted from the rivers and carned mto the cItIes daIl} by hundreds of coolIes, who fill the stone cIsterns or earthenware ranges of each house at a rate not much exceedmg ten cenh a month There wa'i a tremendou'i outcry amon~ the ri, er boatmen when 'iteam launches were admItted to mland water'i, but the m-stall at ion of tanks and pIping would inVIte a revolutvm Worthless VacuuIU Cleaners. From a mechamcal standpOInt the vacuum cleanel has reached a stag-e of the ndiculous, and ItS evolutIOn only plOves what Barnum announced to the world year'i ago, namely, that the public loves to be humbug-ged The cleaner, one of the greatest labor-savmg and sanitary devices ever mvented for the use of the hotel operator, IS now fearfully and wonder-fully made and sold to a confiding public at a price WIthin the reach of all, for there are "vacuum" cleaners to be had for less than ten dollars Some of the machmes now offered are no better than to) 'i, utterly worthless; they only serve to add so much junk to the worthless stuff you find in your home on moving day, and the manufacturer's sale aim IS to make a sudden fortune. c\J, ertIsements of these worthless, even silly, devices are found 111 the lead1l1g magaLines, and housewives are inviegled mto pal t1l1g- with theIr money through schemes little better than dOli nnght frauds A man II ith any< mechanical understanding can see at a glance at the pictures that some of the machines advertIsed are II orthless It should be unnecessary to say that a prac-tIcal hotel man WIll certainly not be deluded by these cheap de,lce'i, an,! if he does experiment WIth one, it should not mItIgate aga1l1st hIS later gett1l1g a genU1l1e vacuum cleaner, of whIch there al e a number on the market It reqLures power to produce a ,acuum It requires well made and accurately adjusted machmery to produce a vO-cuum and It I equll C'i matenal anJ workmanship that cost money to make ct cleanel that is durable and lasting, as well as effiCIent at the start -The Hotel "" orld Southern Factories Consolidated. The ConsolIdated FurnIture "Yorks, capitalIzed at $300,- 000 WIth .sO per cent paId 111, have been 1I1corporated to take over the as'ieb and bus1l1ess of five prosperous dIvidend-pay-ing compames and consolIdate them in a new plant at Alta- ,Ista, Va The Lynchburg Lounge company of Lynchburg, Va , the Snow Da'iket company, of HIgh Point, ~ C; ann No. 1705 Pull Made by Grand RapId6 Brass Co., Grand RapIds, MlCh the HIgh Pomt Upholstenng company of High Point, are three of the five concerns to goo mto the new company which 1'0 officered as follows President, A. T. Quick, of Lynch-burg; vIce president, P. V. KIrkman, of Hig-h Point, secre-tary, R G. Evans of Altavista Directors-A. T Quick, P. V. Kirkman, T. V Els0111, W B Lilwood and Dr. W. J. Quick. "Volk on the factory building is to begin at once on a sIte of 2 one-half acres fronting on the Virg1l1ian railway The bUlld1l1g II 111 be two stones, 200 by 400 feet, and w111be ready to OCCUpyby September I The city also donated three acres 111 bUJldmg- lots on which the company WIll erect houses and sell or lease to employes on the building and loan association plan The companies that hay e been absorbed wIll take n1Jst of theIr employes to Altavista Better be sure that you know how to run your own bus1l1ess before you beg1l1 to cntlclze your neighbor's methods WEEKLY ARTISAN First Courses in Forest Prohlems. Madison, Wis., June 15.-The first course of mstruction in wood technology and the mechanical engmeering of wood work-ing plants ever offered at the University of Wisconsin are an-nounced for the coming year, as a result of the co-operatlOn of the college of engineering with the new Umted States forest products laboratory at the university. The three phases of the problem of saving timbers and us-ing all the present waste from the lumbenng and wood manu-facturing industnes WIll be considered 111the new lectures and laboratory practIce by the students, 111c1udll1gspecial study of the phYSIcal and chemical propertIes of wood; of preserving and utl1lz111g not only the timbers but the stumps, small branches, bark, sawdust and all the waste bits; and of the mechanical means of transformll1g standl11g tImbers into commercial pro-ducts. Four courses in wood dlstillatlOn, wood preservation, the chemical constItuents, and the phYt<lcal properties of wood WIll be gIven by the staff of government experts in charge of the laboratory A fifth course in \" ood manufactunng machinery Will be given by Prof. Robert M Keown of the engineenng c-ol-lege. In the coures of the properties of wood, the study WIll be mainly of the elementary structure of dIfferent species and its effects on the value of woods for use in various arts and indus-tnes Methods of testmg woods and conditionmg them will also be shown in the laboratory demonstrations. The course Will be given dunng the first half of the first semester The chemical constItuents and fibers of wood, with refer-ence to the uses made of the material in art and industry, will form the subject matter of the course to be given the second half of the first semester. Hardwood and softwood will be studied and compared a~ to their use 111chstill111g alcohol and producmg turpent111e and other materials in a course to be given 111the first half of the second semester. All of the basic principles, as well as the pro-cesses and products of such distIllations Will be taught, and the students will have an opportunity to make a personal study of the government's investigations in ways and means of using all the waste products of logging, lumbering and wood manufacturing, amounting altogether to two-thirds of every tree cut down. How to save timbers, especially those in mines and on the water from animal and fungous pests, will be the problem on which a course in wood preservation will work. The students will compare the resistance of different woods, their fibers and the conditions of deterioration, and Will be sh-own the (hfferem I preservative processes in the laboratory, including both those in w11ich the timbers are given surface applications and thl>"(; III which the aseptics are forced into the fibers. All the machinery and methods used in logging and in V\oJ,l L1dnufacture With the designing of wood working plants 'A ill be t1.uf,"ht by Prof Keown dunng the second semester in hiS cot,r~" ('n wood manufacturing machinery. In addition, advanced research work may be done by stu-clents who are preparul fel,- it in the government laboratory 11n- (ler the sup;:'-vision d the experts in charge. Bean Cluh Organized. Lovers of baked beans as "bean porridge hot" as many men or women were taught to smg in chIldhod's sunny hour, have organized the Bean Club of America Waldo E Buck is the Chief Kidney Bean, E B. Caldwell, Lima Bean Bag Holder and A S 'White, White Bean Scnbendl Every lady or gentleman of good moral character, who will obltgate him or herself to use the bean pots provided by the chief kidney bean after paying the express charges of the same and the clubs' recipe for cooking beans is eligible for membership r-.-_---.-~n_--_.__.._. -----'_._._.~.~._-.--~----. Quality Attractive Designs Low Prices No. 159. Oak, finished golden. Leatherette Chase Leather $7.25 8.60 Are embraced in the long line of rockers, Morris Chairs, Turkish Rockers and Mission pieces that will be shown at our July Exhibits. 4th floor, 1319 Michigan Ave., CHICAGO, ILL. 2nd floor, Furniture Exchange Bldg. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Catalog ready July 15th, 1910. Traverse City Chair Co., TRAVERSE CITY, MICH. t- . .~ ~ ... ..~ ~-- ..... -- . 7 ..- -.., 8 WEEKLY ARTISAN How Trade Papers Help Salesmen. '\n ongmal and aggres~Ive advertIser recenth paId the fo\- 10w1l1g tnbute to the trade press "In 111) ~tOlI.' are ~Il:;n' that read, 'It matter~ not wlMt your bU~1l1e~sh I have tnnc to h~tl.'n Consequently the travehng salesman ha~ a standlllg mVltatlon to come mto thIs store He can have a chat WIth me on bUSInCSS if he wants to I WIll hsten to what he has to sa) "The men at the head of each department \\ III treat the travelmg man WIth Just as much respect a~ I do But It I don t know the house he represents, as least b) reputatIOn, \\ h) then hIS task IS harder than If I had knm\n somethm~ of 111sfirm "Now, I read trade papers a~ I read newspaper,,-to get the news The local ne\\ spapers gn c me the ne\\ s ot 111\ cIt, and the \\ orld In \\ hlch I hvl.' I am much mtel e~ted m both But I make my hvmg sellmg \\ eanng apparel to men and I hale d hvely mterest 111\\ hatever helps to bnng m 111) hvmg-and C"\.il a, "So I take a number of trade papcrs and read them from cover to cover to get the news of the varlOm branches that con-stItute my stock And that s one of the way s I leal n about the manufacturers, whose salesmen come to sell me a httle bIll of goods "If the manufacturer's advertbements hay I.' IJ1Jpres~ed me hIS salesman ~ets a careful heanng for I want to know more of the story the trade paper ad started to tell ., Shre\\ d merchant tl11s It's safe to qv he'" sure to ~uc-ceed Now what a golden opportu111t) for the ,a\e~l11dn \\ ho calls on thIS merchant to plant the httle "seed at /'< ijOiW! o/' peal The "field" ha~ been plO\\ ed and harrowed b, trade papel advertls111g, the salesman\ calls and fertIh7ers and \\ atel awl It hc's \\ Ise he'll leave behmcl hIm. be~ides some hUll.' acll erth1l1g speCIalty, the seed whIch WIll ,prout 111toa harvest of 1corders Bunching the Vacations. Seng company of ChIcago has sent out to Ib patron~ a let ter in whIch It ~ays \Ve WIll close down our factO!) fO! a pe-riod of t\\ a weeks begmnmg Satl11day noon Tnl) nand enchng :'\londay morn111g A.ugn"t b Dunng thh tllne no \\ 01 k \\ III he done-no shIpment made-and the \\ atdmlan \\ 111 hay l ;,011.' charge of office and works ThIS l~ an attempt to mI111mlZI.'b\ bunching the annoY111g con~equences of ' the vacatlOn habIt" "HeretofOle we have tnned the vacatlOn~ of our office torce and men m the mechamcal departments so as to dlStllblltC the COIl'vemenccs ;\io\'. 111stead of takm~ Oul tlOub\e on the 111stall-mcnt plan we are gomg to try to dIscount It hy 10caltz1l1~ lt As thl~ new plan mvolves the mterests of our lusiomer~ \v t-are sendmg thIS notIce m ample tn11e for them to place theIr or-der, accordmgly." Very tIuly ) OUI'. T:m:: SC\C Co\[p \ \ \ Frank J C;enCi Pre~ Grand Rapids Manufacturers. At the annual meetIng of the Grand RapIds f tll111ttllI.' l1an-ufacturers' ASSOCIatIOn, helrl in the Glllld 100m la~t \Ionday mght the follo\'. mg dlrector~ wel e elected "\ S Goodman, Ralph P Tletsort, DaVId H. Drown Bert Hathaway and F Stuart Foote The chrectors W1\\ elect the offiCI.'Is late I It IS understood that ~lr Goodman wIll be re-elected preSIdent The aSSOCIatIOnhas deCIded to enlarge the scope at the lar loadmg dlvlsIOn, WhICh vva;, Olga111zed early m the ~plmg, and to make it more valuable to the members Hereafter ~hlpments ongmatmg with membel s of the a~soCIat10n WIll be loaded m mixed cars WIthout expense to the customer, hut the usual chargc wIll contmue to be made on 10ad111g for outSIde shIpper;,. The car loadmg dlvlslOn ha~ proven a great succe~s, and It has the cordIal approval of the raIlroads, wlth whom the ft1f11lture 11lan-ufacturers endeavor to co-operate The value of the car load-mg bllSmes~ has more than doubled smce the assoCIatlOn took It 0\ er Foreign Trade in ~Iay. I'oreIgn trade dunng the Month of MillY ;,howed smaller Im-ports than m any month smce !\ugust of last) ear and larger ex-porh than m J\lay of any year WIth the smgle exceptlOn of 1907 The total Imports for the month, were $119,929,608, agamst $13 >,9~3 3(l9 m Apnl and $162,999,435 m March of the present year The eAport~ of the month were $131,U:J,+28, aga111~t $123')22,178 m May, 1909, $113,610,378 ll1 May, 1908, and $134,- ?'59,S(J8 m :'\ra, 1907 the smgle year whIch shows a hIgher rec- 01d ot lla\ e\ports than the one Ju~t announced The excess of e\l){)rt~ O\er 1l11porb for the month of ::Way, 1910, IS $11.215,820, agall1~t $?,2(l'2,2+J m Mil) of last year The total Imports fO! the eleven months endmg wlth .1Iay, 1910, were $1,+J8,16}),302 and the total imports for the eleven months' penod $178,989,G7() The exports for the eleven months endll1g WIth May 1910, ex-ceed those of the correspondmg months of last year by $11,367.- 663. Oilar Brothers. -\ large busmess has been established in house fUlI1bhmg ~oocb at Indlanapohs by Ollar Brothers, in a comparatIvely short tlme '-.,0 ~reat has been the grow th of theIr busmess that they 1M ve Iecend} taken several lofts adJ0111lng their store m \\ hlch to ,tore and chsplay gom!;, TheIr locatIon on East \Vashmgton street j;, a very good one and the blllldll1gs are convement and pleasant OIlelr nrother~, although young men, have had el WIde e::,vellence 111 mel chanch~ll1g household goods and have earned ~tllCeSS by deservmg It. George H Ollar IS the Vel) effiCIent presldent of the IndIana RetaIl I, urmture Dealers' AssoclatlOn Getting Ready for the Opening. -\mong the early arnvals of oUblde 1111es111Grand Rapld~ al c the IIa\ hew of :'\I11wauhee, and the Onnoco, from Colu111bu~, 1m\ \\ hlch \\111 show m the :'\Ianufacturers' bUlldmg and the C. II :'\IedlcllS ]me, from New York, m the FurmtUl e Exchange Every dely there are other Ime~ arnvmg and the cartll1g com-pames al I.' havmg all they can do and wIll have tIll after the openmg of the season, and before the next edltlOn of the \IV eekly \rtI,an appears, nearly all the exhIbIts WIll be Ieady for 111 "pectlOn Retailers of Indiana Will Meet. [he RetaIl rurmtlll e Dealel s' !\ssoClatlOn of the state of 1n-chana WI]] meet lJ1 elnnnal conventIon at 1nchanapoh" on June m and lontmuc several days Presldent George H Ollar is plepanng a program ot mterestmg features for the occaSIOn. The procpelh mchcate a large attendance of dealer~ Addressed by the Governor. Governor "Tom" Marshall of Indiana VISIted the gl eat plant of the T D Laycock Manufactunng company at Inchanapolts, relentl) and dmed WIth the offiCIals and employes of the com-pany Governor Marshall dehvered a shDrt address Three hundl ed and seventy-five were seated at table,;. Shipped Their Samples. The 1Jdell \1\1orks of Incllanapolts have shIpped theIr ;,amples to Grand Rapld~, there to be placedm the Klmgman buIlding for mspectlOn of the July market buyers. The 1mI.' contains 250 pieces WEEKLY ARTISAN Porch Furniture. Furniture for piazzas must be carefully chosen lest plO-portion shall be oyerlooked. For example, porches that are not wide cannot ha\ e the same weight in chairs and other seats that may be placed on broad piazzas, because the floor would seem crowded and heavy. Therefore, while there are extremely neat and comfO! table sets of porch furl1Jtul e which wdl la"t for years notwlthstandll1g wind and weather, they neverthele;:;s mu"t be a\olded except for houses that have piazzas at least 12 feet wide Fortunately f01 the average house dweller there al e artistic chalfs and benches wl1lch, though !lght In effect al e strong- and comfO! table; anJ a cane finish IS bemg used as never before for out of doors Thel e are some Austlian pieces, the cane Vi, 0\ en in dia-monds and points of dlffel ent colors, which are pretty enough to be drawn II1to the hVll1g room when occasslOn re(IUlres and light enough to mahe moving not clJfficult BesHles the usual "Side" and arm chairs. there are long lecllJ1JJlg m Jc1els, Made by Mechamcs Furniture Co, Rockford, Ill. whose foot pieces s!lde 111 and out, and whose backs al e arranged on the same method as the Morris K othll1g could be more comfortable for an afternoon nap, and th( yare decorative The! e are aha I echnmg chairs made III one piece and stllctly a "chaise longue" They are pretty anJ comfortable, but take more loom than those \Vhlch shut in Another different and comfortable type of chair has a bamboo frame and stuffed seat, With bamboo arms, and the backs of tightly stretched, heavy cam as Theo,e fold, so that when not reqUIred they take httle space Tables to match all hll1ds of porch furl1Jture can be bought, and whde for artistiC effect one may hke those wlllch are rounel, square deSigns are more ea sdy managed where space IS limited Also to be recommended for out of door use are small tables WIth plall1 wood tops shaped hke tnangles, for these can be tucked IIlto COJ ners by the rallIs, and are u"eful. Demand for Dodds' Machines. PreSident Dodds of the Alexander Dodds cOlllpany re-pOI ts an excellent elemand for their woodworklllg machll1ery Among their late shipment" Vi, ere a dovetaller to Rochester, N. Y., another to New York City and sevelal saw tables and other machines, while In dovetaJ! bits they have never had so large a demand as at present, which IS an indication that the manufacturers al e or expect to be busy. ....- • - • - •• - - - - •• - - - •••• - - _. • • • • - - •• • • - •• - • - ••• -1 Buchanan Cabinet Co. BUCHANAN, MICH. Makers of Baraains in Kitchen Cabinets, Cabinets and Desks. Not the lowest price, but the BEST for the money. Send for our Catalogue and be convinced. ~----------.....-- -------------- .._._-~I ..,.---------------------- ..... - - ..- - .- ...- .... I TUE "ELI" FOLDING BEDS aRE BRUD aND PROfIT WINNERS I ELi-rt"iVI'i'LL.'E'Rm,&u,CO. EVANSVILLE. INDIANA Wnte for cut. and pnces. ON SALE IN FURNITURE EXCHANGE, EVANSVILLE. ~--_._ ---- -- ----- _a .•• _ 9 ... .. 10 WEEKLY ARTISAN "IIII OBJECTIONS TO THE USE OF MAHOGA~Y. Written for the Michigan AI·tisan by the Late David W. Kendall in August. 1881. Ed Artisan-The mahogany monomanIac come- befO! e the pu(bllc as often as some art critic conJLlIe.., up a nc\\ ab-surdIty about the mag-mficence of thai vvood, or a.., otten ;Ie, pub1Jc Journals, havmg no other use for thclr "pdCC, grant hllll admisslOn to their columns He alway s be'" ads the scanty supply of black walnut as one of the reason.., \\ In llMhogany must come into general use, and CO\\ arclh 111S111uate:o, that walnut may be very much ovell ated after all fhell acln1ll atlOn is based upon the fu1o,o111c terms of prahe and tJtled surroundlllgs wlllch accompamed ltS fir"t 111trodul t1l1n In England, by Dr Glbbons, and undel the PdtlC IMgC ot the Duchess of Buckmgham 111 1720 1\0 ,Ioubt labOllllg undel the deluslon that the language useel to descnbe the c JIm 0 at (old) mahogany necessarily constitute It the eidel ot the two woods, whereas black walnut was kno\'. n and used a.., far back as European hlStOly extends, v\hlJe the nch colors that recommend mahogany as the heIr apparent III all C0l11111g furniture, accordlllg to thelr Judgement, have scarcely np'-l1ed as yet, in the two ong-Illal bureaus whIch were made at the wood one hundred and Slxty years ago, thus barely entltlmg It to that re",pect due to old age, eSipeClally m regard to ltS color Because af the twadd1Jng sentIment "0 \\ Idelv db-en'ln-atee! under the g-Ulse of art cntIcis111 on the "g~~nd nch' "deep" colors of (old) mahogany, dunng the paot fe\v ,ears, many expensive attempts have been made b) tI ade manu-facturers to llltroduce furmture madc of thls wood, pdI tIcu-larly since the decline of mahog<tny ,eneel ed goods, but 'v nh nothlllg like encouraging results, not "0 111uch, hem e, el. be-cause of the cost, as of mdJfIerence fOJ the goode, The"c eA-periments were frequently lepeated 111the belief that there \vas somethlllg III the color of the \\ ood that mIght ultImately bring lt mto general favor, because of the contlllual harplllg by art cntIcs on the grand, nch colors of (old) mahogam but the great public stili contmued to feel lllclItterent to\\ arc! this wooden ldol of the mahog-any \\ OJshlpers Of course, there are and ah\ a) s WIll be, a fel\ e:xpen- Slve artJcles made out of it, but for general u:oe, as 1:0, the cae,c WIth black walnut, mahogany IS not the comlllg matenal fUl furniture, even though lts cost 'vas the same dncl the \\ oocb were full of lt Mahogany, 1Jke other woods, has it-, proper place and uses, whlch tIme and eXJpenence has demonstrated, yet these mahogany idolaters never wJ!1 be happy untJ! the parlor, "Itting room, the hblary and even the chamber IS furnIshed , . DO YOU WANT the PRETTIEST, BEST and MOST POPU-L- AR LEATHER FOR FURNITURE. ANY COLOR. WILL NOT CRACK. If so buy our I GOAT and SHEEP I SKINS Write for sample pads of colors. DAHM & KIEFER TANNING CO. TANNERIES CRAND RAPIDS, MICH. CHICACO, ILL. 204 lake Street, CHICAGO, ILL. ~----------------__________ • A \\ lth a vvood the preclommant red and orange shades of WhlCh neces"anh plOcluce ll1harmony in the highest degree, and then assumed mtJmacy of colors prompts them to recommend even the bastal d or bay wood fOJ such general use which lS "tIll more oppreSSIve to the SIght Usually, lhJwever, thelr tune of admlratlOn IS pltchecl m the key of nch, dark (old) mahcgan), \v]llch, of course, becomes dark in tlme, and takes on rich "hades of van dyke wlth great age, but who is there among ltS aclmners wh,') can afford to wear out the balance of theIr naturdl 11\ PS ( lloflllg a mahogany chamber Sl1lte The beautlf111 poh"h whIch mahogany takes lS one of lts populal qua1Jtle~ (whkh lS also trne of maple, and costs less), but \\hat a fm;htful state of total deplavlty must these hIgh art gladuates of the Ruskll1 and Eastlake schools have fallen mto The latter, e-,peclally, permIts 110thlllg 1ll the way of filll"h except 011 an.J elbo\\ grease, Just enough to rub the p.----- .------ .- -_._---_._-- ._--------------_._-------------- ACCURACY, DURABILITY, ECONOMY 1 Three most important requisites in case construction. We absolutely guarantee our method of construction to be stronger and less expensive than all others. Let us tell you about it. No. 181 Multiple Square Chisel MorU"e., WYSONO « MILBS CO., Cedar St. and Sou. R. R., GREENSBORO, N. C. ..-.-_ ... ~ Ash for Catalog "J" .--- WEEKLY ARTISAN 11 Rockford Chair and Furniture Co. ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS Dining Room Furniture BUFFETS, CHINA CLOSETS and TABLES Library Furniture- Library Desks, Library Tables, Library Bookcases, Combination Book· cases, Etc. Our entire line will be on exhibition in July on the third Hoor of the Blodgett Building, Grand Rapids, Mich. dust and dIl t nicely mto the pore" of the wood, the labor of which he thmks might be 1mposed upon the overtaxed house servants or upon anyone knowmg the least albout mak-mg furmture. Yet vvith such high alt treatment, where polish IS an abommatlOn, there 1S no doubt but VI hat the profound darkness so highly admi1 ed m malwgany may be reaJdy ob-tained without reference to Its age, and the wonderful nch-ness so captnatll1g to the future publIc eye may be seen 111 the attractn e appearance of a red barn, painted, say, about the time mahogany was first dlsco\ ered Buoyancy and resistance to water 1S another of the 11lgh art ments of thiS commg "'ood for furmture uses, which antl-albsonbent glue, ,eneer and cloth covermgs, but m furmture, no paramount benefit can be aniIclpated from the floatmg capacity of Its "ood, a~ pallO! frames anJ marble top tables ale not generally mtended to operate as lIfe preseners. \\T,hen mahogany fur11lture first came mto anythmg lIke general use, (If 1t ever (lId) the age of chnalry and muscular development had not qUite appeared Stl ong nen es predom-inated among the purchasels of such goods, hence they were more or less proof agam"ot nenryious attacks lIkely to ensue from seeing mahogany furmtUl e all over the house But 1t IS different now. The people generally are not, er} robust, and there al e sufficient causes for nen ou scam plamts m tht> present age, Without adding mahogany to them The pract1cal manufacturers and earnest ad, ocates of mahogany no doubt belIeve that 1t Will ere long become che31per than black walnut, becduse of the rapld consumptlOn and total disappearance of the latter from am upland forests, forgetting that the large remammg supply of that timber 1S no more d1fficult to reach than mahogany IS, (without add-mg the expense of tl ansportatJon), low bottomed being the pnnclpal obstructIOn m both ca;,e;" whlle the advocation, the mterest of high art imagme that the nch, deep color of ma-hogany W1!l ultimately bnng 1t mto such general favor as to d1splace walnut, providmg the price of e1ther becomes equal forgetting that not all the vanetles of wooJ termed ma-hogany possess the nch shades of van dyke, blended with I ed and orange common only to the most eApensive kinds called San Dommgo, none of them posse;,smg this rare beauty when newly dressed, that the nch old mahogany ImplIes, and that age alone can Impart to them, but always presentmg that pamful mharmony of color m a roOll11,which m effect bears the same relatlOn to the nervous system of the human family that a red shawl does to the mad bull- 'Vood Chopper _ It Does the Work. The Lentz Table company of N"ashv1lle, J\I1ch, have the 1eputatlOn of makmg as good ext en '\lOn talbles as any com-pan} in the counby, and a great deal better than many They have been in th1S bus1I1ess at least 25 years, and If any-th1l1g goes wrong, Lou Lent7 IS quick to find 1t out. They know that to make good talbles they must have thoroughly dned lumber and that the only way to get 1t 1S to have the best kilns that money can buy; therefdre when they say that the Granel RapiJs Veneer system of dry1l1g lumber 1, all nght, they know what they are talking about Nashv111e, Mich, 9-14-1909 Grand Rapids Veneel \\' arks, Grand RapiJs, Mlch , Gen-tlemen ReplY1l1g to yours of the 13th, we do not keep re-ports on the bIn any more, 1t does the work and we let 1t go at that, hence vve are unable to send you the cards, as we dId not fill them out Respectfully, Lentz Table Company, L E Lentz. yo- ., I \II IIi I III ....I Wood Bar Clamp Fixtures Pel' Set SOc. Sheldon Steel Rack Vises Sold on approval and an uncon· dltlOnal money baek guarantee SHELDON'S STEEL BAR CLAMPS. Guaranteed Indestructible. We sohelt pnvllege of sendmg samples and P8Itent Malleable Clamp Fixture. our complete catalogne E H SHELDON & CO ,Ch1~aRo Ill. Gentlemen -We are pleased to state that the 25 dozen Clamp FIxtures whIch we bOulht of you a httle over a year ago are glvlnj{ excellent se"'Vlce We are well satIsfied with them and shall be pleased to remember you whenever we want anythmg addItIonal III th1s hne Yoms truly SIOUXCIty, Iowa. CURTIS SASH & DOOR CO. E. H. SHELDON & CO. 328 N. May St•• Chicago. I I .. ·----_·_~~-------_·_·_·_-_· - ...••••• -.---.---.-.----.-.-.-.-.----.-.--~-------.------ .... 12 .. I I WEEKLY ARTISAN -" OBERBECK I• Red Gum Furniture A Special Feature A line that will be a revelation to the furniture trade-rnarking a period of evolution in the use of furniture woods. Bea utiful Rich Classy in figure in color in effect Exquisite and delightful effects resulting from INLA YING with foreign woods. Substantial Durable Perlllanent (Guaranteed) (Guaranteed) (Guaranteed) The OBERBECK PRODUCTS also contain the largest line of CIRCASSIAN WALNUT BEDROOM FURNITURE in the world and a most varied assortment of MAHOGANY and OAK. Perfect in DE~ TAIL, STRENGTH and QUALITY. Reproductions of ALL PERIODS. F ulliine of complete suites, including chairs and rockers! on displa y at our exhibits: Chicago Grand Rapids, Mich. Manufacturers' Exhibition Bldg, 1319 Michigan Avenue, 3rd floor. Klingman Building, 2nd floor, S. P. Porter & Son in charge WRITE FOR CATALOGUE. BED ROOM FURNITURE .-------. J WEEKLY ARTISAN " . ....._-------- ~_._.~._---------...- IIII •II II I I IIII• I I .., IIIII I •IIIIII •••• I II IIII•I II II•I , IIII IIItt tt I I,!I ,, ,III IIII I,III ,II II III I •I,IIII•• I, I• I ....•I 14 OLD STORIES RETOLD. WEEKLY ARTISAN Paragraphs Copied From the Michigan Artisan for August. 1881. Poplar furmture 1S populdl 111Baltllnorc Old gold is the faJvonte color 111upholster} B V05burg w1ll erect a warehouse 1ll J 01111 "on, ;-, \ Leo Goldsm1th ha5 opened a stock of furmture \D 1uc-son, Anzona Allen & fllaxwell ha\ e taken po"se,,-:lOn of a ne\\ ,inl L m LewIston, Me R Delmel & Bra", ChlLago, ha\ e mOl ed to ne\\ qUdl iel" on Lake street Milton S Pnce has erected an addltlOn to hb sto! C 111 Syracuse, N. Y. An advance in pnce~ fOI look111g gla-:, platc::> of ten PCI cent has been made George \V Gay of the Belke} & Ga, IUlnltulL liJlJ]- jany is in New York N Jacobson of ChIcago, has 5ued ~ Bambergel for $500, due on account D Aude & Bra of St LOlliS, bUl ned ant I ecenth Lo'-" $17,000, fully msured \V R Bus" of the Buss Machllle \\ orks and :\11"" :,algLn1 were married I ecently N 1chols Brothers of \Vestm111lster, Mass, lost thell chall factory by fire recently Shaw, Aplin & Co WIll exhllbit parlor sUlte-: at thc Mechanics' fair in Boston Baumann Brothers ha' e leased a new bU1lding In \\ c'-t Fourteenth street, New York L C Stowe of the Grand RapIds FurnltUle compam 10 fishing in Northern MIchigan L. Bruie Holabird 1S makmg hI" fils1 tIll' fOI thc I n Albro company of Cincinnati C D D'Arcus has resigned the supellntendency of the Grand Rap1ds Chair company. Orin A Ward of the New England FUllliture company spent his vacation at Petoskey Ristine & May are prepanng to manufact11l c 125,000 bedsteads annually in Atlanta, Ga Wemyss Brothers and F J\I Holmes of Boston ha' e advanced prices on chamlber suites A company wIth $50,000 capital has been organized to erect a furniture factory at \Vhitesboro, N Y The St Louis Furniture \Vorkers AssoClatlOn \vIII el ecl a factory at Twentieth and Sahsbury streets R R Chadwick has purchased John J ohn"on's Intere"t in the firm of Mallette & Raymond, ChIcago F Rahn of Ch1cago has compromIsed hIs debt" fOI 20 per cent and resumed the manufacture of fu! llIture J H Beasley, travelmg salesman, has retlred from thc employ of the MItchell Furniture company, Cmcinnatl PhillIp N onweller, of the EvansvJ1le (Ind) FUr11ltUl e company, paid his first vIsit to Grand Rapids recently. H G McDowell, representing the Stockwell. Belknap company has returned from a trip through the northwest Grand RapId", pelsonals El~as Skinnel, of the Ne'" England Fur11lture company, is sojourning at Vineland. N ] Thomp'ion & Bergerson, manufacturers of Chicago, who::>e factory was destroyed by fire a few weeks ago, have resumed business In Baltimore cabmet makel s al e paid flom $10 00 to $1200, machme operators from $1200 to $1500 and packers $9 00 per week. • 0U :C (,) '~i ..s.:.: .r..: ~ '"'0 .=...' ~~ U ':l eo! . • ti cO ~ =' ~ 0 So 'l) flit s:: II 'C) CO (e; 0 ~ ll. Q) C") Z • () c:> '"' - ~ ..... .0.. $.f e I.f.). c:> ~ ~ ... CO ~ [om S :\[o"e1} 01 the Bel key & Gay Furlllture company ha -: I etllln ed flOl11 (Jo",hen, Ind , whel e he secured a contract fOI furlllsh111g the new Haskell hou~e E L Young, for many years a deSIgner of fancy furni-tm e III the employ of H W. Jenkllls & Sons. BaltllTIOre, has engaged ,'Ith Hess & Co 111New York Deacon ;-,Ichols, who has made honest furniture and dll ected the musIc III hIS church at Portsmouth, 0 , during the past thil ty-five years was a recent visitor 111Garnd RapIds l\Ir Fuller, buyer for J H Wait & Son, Portsmouth, 0 , 13 H Soper of Oshko"h, Wis, 1\11' Phelps of Phelps and Bradbireet, Mmneapolts, D 'IV Huntsman of Alleghany, Pa ; \\ Illtal11 Stllkler. Palo, III ; l\lr Gtllette of GIllette & Pratt, 1oledo, D 'IV Guernsey of Guermey & Jones, St LouIs; \\ \\ Conant of Conant Brothers, Toledo, A J MIller of Savannah, Ga ; Mr ·Wallace of Wallace & Frazee, Ashland, 0, R R Davl". Galveston; John C Book and DIN. Toneo, -'\ustm, Texa'i, :\fr Keville of Kansas City, Jacob Hetz, \luskegon, Mlch , G \V Knapp, Jackson, J. Lentz, Nash-I VIlle, :\iIich ,C P Page, Monmouth, III , 0 P Reed. Laredo, Texas, :\11' John V{lrtz and John A Colby of Chicago; Mr \lendall of \Vheeltng, 'IV. F Damon of Kenton, 0, and Ell1est FeIge of Sag111aw were amonlS the buyers who placed orcler~ 111(,rand RapIds dUrIng the past month (Not one of 1he men mentioned above is now in the tlade and a majorIty ,Jf thc nUl11hel hdve dIed-Ed \rtlsan) The I egl~ tellng of all rel110\ als of famlltes or business houbes i" fa' 01 ed b} bus111es, men m a number of cltles 111 l\llchlgan 01dll1ance'i V\ 111 he pa'ised requtrlng owners of movlllg 1\ aguns or automobiles to report all removab WEEKLY ARTISAN Moved to Avoid Congested Conditions. K ew York, June 9 -Three furniture firms of consIder-able stand111g 111the trade, ha\ e remo\ ed from l\fanhattan, N evv York CIty, to South Brooklyn \\ hICh sectIOn of the metro-polI" IS con"Ideled by expert" the best development of all 111the matter of economIC 'ill1pp111g advantages and general faCIlItIes for the convenience of manufactunng merchants and \\holesaler'i The firm'i who have tIansfened theIr plants to the new dI'itllct are The Englander Sprl11g Bed company, The Amencan Couch company, and }\Iax Englander, manu-facturer of uphol"terecl furnIture I\t pre"ent the"e concerns ale located at the cornel of Seventh avenue and N111eteenth street, Manhattan In then new quarters they wIll occupy an aggregate of nearly 42,000 ,quare feet of floor 'ipace in \\hat i" kno\\n as Model Bush 10ft bUlldmg No 4. ] hI" "tructure IS one of the large chaIn of "IX story bUIld111g" whIch con tam m el 350,000 square feet of floor "pace each They are pal t of the most modern commercIal development In )Jew York and thetr usefulness corre.sponds to the tendency of scores of merchants to leave the crowded cIty sectIOns Ul fay or of locatIon" which on the one hand, are not 'iuffenng from the conge"tIon eVIls of all large CItIes and, on the other, Ulake It pOSSIble fOJ manufacturers and whole- "dler" to send theIr goods from then vel y doO! s to any part ot the country or worlel wIthout 111termediary trucking In ellscu""mg hI'i rea"ons for mov111g the three factory estab-lI" hments referred to above Mr Max Englander, \\ ho hold" a controll111g mterest 111them, made thIS statement "It IS my firm opl1110n that the example of tho"e manu-facturer" and wholesalers who have moved to the Du"h Ter-mmal company'" plant WIll be followed by many othels, e"peclall} 111 111y trade In N e\\ York CIty 1 abo pI edlLt that wherever a simIlar aggregatIOn of shlppmg facIlities will be called 111to lIfe 111any other city it wIll quickly attract large manufacturer'i The furniture men of the country are prob-ably the greate"t sufferer'i from the freIght and trucking evtl" which prevaIl 111large Amencan cltIe" Our shipments are invanably bulky and the cost and trouble of sending them from the old-tIme wholesale .sectIOns to the various freight depots and steamshlppers IS actually appall111g" The Hammock Cradle. A sub"titute for baby''i cradle ha" been 111vented by a Tennessee man 111 the fOIm of a hammock, adapted to be hung over the parents' bed Thi'i hammock is so designed that It combines perfect safety and is wlth111 easy reach of the mother If baby needs attentIOn The body portion of the hammock IS a boat-shaped affaIr of some fleXIble matenal and laces together at the end A hood "helters the head of the devIce and a belt passes around it and serves the double purpose of keepl11g the infant from fallIng out and keeping his covers on Ropes are attached to each end of the ham-mock and their other extremIties fastened to hooks in the opposite walls Thus 'iuspended the hammock S\\ ings over the bed in full view of the chIld''i parents, who can rock it as they lIe abe,l and with much less trouble than it takes to rock the ordl11ary cradle When not in use the hammock takes up no more room than the "pace requireJ to hang It on a hook in the closet The business men of Sagl11aw, MICh , wIll send a petItIOn to congress askl11g for early and favorable action on the parcels post bIll 15 THE L. Mac E. VARNISHES BLUE RIBBON RUBBING and POLISHING VARNISH, QUAKER CITY COACH VARNISH-CABINET FLOWING VARNISH, WHITE MAPLE RUBBING and POLISHING VARNISHES; WHITE MAPLE GLOSS VARNISHES-WHITE REED FLOWING VARNISHES, FLAT ALL VARNISH and ALL DULL FINISH-JAPANS, Etc. DIPPING VARNISHES NOTE-Our many years of practIcal expenence wIth the Furniture, Piano and kindred lInes of manufacture enable us to know just the kind and quality of varnIshes demanded. Also the fact that our strong corps of salesmen have an already establIshed trade with this class of customers through visiting them with fillers and stains, makes it possible for us to sell varnishes without additional ex-pense to us, which advantage we are disposed to give to our customers in quality. Send us aTrial Order. THE LAWRENCE-McFADDEN COMPANY Philadelphia 16 WEEKLY ARTISAN ~U.LIIHI:O EVERT SATURDAY BY THE MICHIGAN ARTISAN COMPANY -------~-------_ .. ~----- SUIISCPlIP'TION $1 80 P'EI'! YEAI'! ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES OTHEI'! COUNTI'!'ES $2 00 P'EPIYEAR. SINGLE COP'IE. 5 CENTS. PUBL.ICATION OFFICE, 108-112 NO",TH DIVISION ST. GFlAND RA,"IDS, MICH. A S WHITE, MANAGING EDITOl'! Entered as aecond class matter, July 5, 1909, at the post office at Grand RapIds MIchIgan under the act of March 3, 1879 CHICAGO REPRESENTATIVE E LEVY A letter from Berlm ~tate~ that the \1 tl-an _ Illllmate friend "Bill" Hohenzollel n fincL the bu "me-~ ot bo--mg' ell1 empire somewhat tedIOUS and pm po~e~ addl11~ a !lttle \ arlet} to his dal1y occupatIOn by engagmg' m the hotel busme,,~ "BIll" WIll erect a bIg hou,;e m Bellm elnd ftlll11sh It \\ Ithout regard to Vvhat It may C)"t the people of C.rtlll1am ITel\- ing ever in view the \\ elfal c of Ite; fllend ' DIll' the \lll"Zln takes advanta~e of thl" ,KCel"l(1n to mlolm 111"IIohCl1/ulllln-ship that he would make no 1111"take If hl ~hould 11l1jJloy "Bob" Calder to place thl ordelb fll hllnlttne fOI hI" Cella-vanSal}. "Bob," )eal" pd"t, h,l" "el\ec1 the Cnl of RU""I,I, the Kmg of Spa1l1, the Sult,lll o± Zulu and othel - \l1< 'll l)j less incompetent Inlel" dbh and \\el1 and he h,h al~) ~,1tJ-fled the clavings f01 fme fll!J11tme \\Ith \\h lh tlJe td11l0n-l\ Iesdames Yale, L)dla Pmkha11l, "Xat" (Tuud\\1l1 (lth) Emma Goldman and Dr MalY \\ dIkel, \Hle a±t1Jued \" a special list in the busllle,;s of fll! J11shl1l~ hutel" ho\\ c\ el, "Bob" has never had an equal One David Rank1l1 (\'\ho is bmli upon plell1~ -.,l1lJllal to the Arab of poesy, Abou Ben Adam) of C;t LOUI", ,0 L:n es his fellow men and the "kIds" of 111"fello\\ men that he hd-handed 0\ er a f01 tune of :;;3.000 000 to d hUZll d ot l 111111)1to be useJ in teelc111ng bo) '; the mlchel11llal al h Dl"l-2.11I11l.., scul ptUI e, modeling, \\ ood and 11 on \\ 01k and olhll U"etu 1 trade" wl11 be taught Probably l\Tr Rankm had no Idea ot the height and sIze of the monumellt he el ected to pI e"en e his memory vvhen he ±t11 ned m el hIS Cel~h and ,;ough t th ~ seclUSIOn of three httle 100111Sm el a glClClfj store, thel e tl pass his remain111g JelyS frugally upon an 111loml that \\ ould not suffice to keep an automobIle 111lunn111g orcICl It IS .1 monument that WIll ne\ er be fi11l"hed Thousand,,) It unbOln v\lll contnbute thel eo.tee111andlme to ItS ahead) n',lgl11tl cent proportion-., That the l\lerchants' aSSocIatIOn of '\ e\\ York IS an effecttve orga11lzation is shoVvn by the anangement 01 ,,])Cclal lallroad lates to that cIty annoUllced on another page ot thl" edItIOn of the vVeekly Al tisan The announlement .1ga111 suggests the q11e,;tion why shouldn't the men \\ ho \ lSlt GlancI Rapids dming the fUlUltule ,;ales seasons have the benefit of specIal rate,,? If thel e is any \ II tue in the "bIg anc! bttle 01 long and short haul prinCIple apphed to freIght rates, It ,;hould be apphed to pa,;senger lates abo and such apphcaUon \\ ouLl gn e Grand RapIds and all othel CItIes the ach antages nmv en-joyed by New York DUlIng 1909 the hfe inb11rdnce compa11les collected $10,- 000,000 a" pI em1Um, 111:\1111ne"otd and paid losses amount111g to about $4,000,000 "~bout the same I a tto between pI em1Um '0 and losses pI ev all" 111other states, whIch ploves that there 10.a \\ Ide mal gin of glObS profit in the 11fe 111surance business awl condItIOn ~ al e SImIlar 111the fire insurance bUS111ess In b11"me% <;0 well e"tahhshecl, b11re and steady as insurance, It cloe., not "eem I easonable that the ""ale., depal tment" and )\ uhlacl e""pln"l" ,11Ould ab<'Olb 60 per lent of the gross lell Illng" \mong thl many free enterta111menb prm Idecl for the merd1clnb of InJlana during theIr 1ecent 1el11110n at Indlan-elpuhs Vva" a roof garden concert, when musIc composed e"peuall} for the occasIOn was <,1111gand played The fhol11a, n Lay cock Man11fact1111112, company of that cIty pulled off a great ,;t1.1ntwhen It pnnted and c1lbtnbuted freely the mU';lc of the day IncIJentally the thou"ands of s111ger" leel1ned sometl11ng abo11t the product of the Thoma" B I a) lOlk ,Ianufactunng company I rl he people, \\ ho ulttmately pay the freIght rates, should thank the manufact11rers,' merchants' anJ shIppers' assocI-atIOns for hav1l1g called a halt 111the raIlroad program As a result of the contt ovel ~y there WIll be a shght advance 111 flelght late", plOba1)ly not l110re than ten per cent on the a\ elage TIut f()1 p10te,;ts made by the manufactUl111g and l11e1lanUIe O1ga11lLatlOns the adv.1nce would have been at least il11l ty per lellt ] he Pd ~~elgl of a postell savUlgs bl11 "eems absured The llOlhl and the senate have passed dJfrerent bllb, b11t the chtterenCl~ all' not so great that they can not be eaSIly "Ironed nut' b\ the confel ence commIttee to \\ ham they ha\ e been I efe1l ed 1hl plo"pecb for the parcels po"t bIlls al e not so 10'0\ It 1" mOl e than doubtful that defiUlte actIOn on that me.1"UI e \\ 111be taken dUring the present se"bion of c mgress DunnLi the month of },Iarch 1910, wholesale pnces for hou:-.ehold commoJlttes were hIgher than any tlll1e 111the pI e-ced111g tv\ en tv ye.11s accord111g to a repOl 1. of the natIOnal Ll1)()1 bUI e.1U That oU2,ht L) "lttle the ploposed creattOn of .1 lelliti l0l11111l""llJn The 111formatton the commiSSIOn would ~eek t01 h .1heac!v 111 the 1.Ib01 bmeau d\adable to Congre"" and the pre"lden t ] he Commel Clal 1'1 aveler'<; club of Spnngfield, Ma:-.s, 111 a book J11"t b"ueJ, states that the commercIal travele1s of the l:l11ted State,; n1111Jber 3,000,000 An Important omISSIOn, ho\\ e\ e1, In th}" connectIOn 111a ,;tatement of the actual num-bel of salesman, of near salesmen and of occ.1slonal sale"men, emblaced 111the club's enumeratIOn A. telegl am from \\ ash111gton btates that more small bl1ls are needed The eJltor of the Arttsan has entertaIned a su<;plclon dUl111~ the pel,;t ten years th.1t more small bIlls \\ ere needed e"peuellly on the days when the butcher, the gl Olel, the m111111e1and the launc!Jyman "mght to obtain theIr due" ::YIanagel s of the HarrIman I alhoad" eVIdently expect that the raIlroad bl11 \\ III be fixed up all right or at least, that It \\ 111not 111terfere \'\ Ith bUS111e% to any mate1 ial extent Last Iionday the\ placed orders for eIghty-five locomotives to be deln ered 111October and November WEEKLY ARTISAN 17 Reproduced from a ChIcago Paper of Sunday, June 12, 1910 11 WEEKLY ARTISAN New Variety of Saw Bench. Here is type "F," the \ ery latest vanety saw bench made by the CI escent l\lldcihme \Yorks, Grand RapIds, \llch Ii is the finest machme m ltS c1a"" on the malket today 1t 1" constructed wIth the table ralsmg and lowelmg to "eeUI e thl cltfferent heights of the saw blade abo\ e the table ",mtale m order that the arbor yoke may be statlOnaly, pen11lttlng belt-mg from above and below the floor as desIred The base I" extremely heavy and ha., a lan~e beanng alta on the floor Thl" floor bealmg doe" nut mtel fel e \\ Ith the '1 he Ldble 1-' 38 x 44 \\ Ith extenslOn It is extremely well Ilbbed, \ er} thllk, glound off true and handsomely finished The table ttlts to 45 degree'o on heavy, durable, semI-machined lunge" 1he degree of tIlt IS accurately regIstered by gl adu-dted "e~ment and pomte1 '1 he table IS qtllckly and eastly t1lttCl b} a cut gea1 and 1alk mechamsm convemently hcated on flont of machine A lock 1'-, provIded for rapIdly c1amp-mg the tIlted table It 1:0 qUlcker and ea:'i1er than the old style "ll e\\ and nut method The 1a1s111g and lowenng of the t,lble 1'-, dllomph-,hed b} the large hand wheel on the front feet The yoke IS bolted to the top o± ba"e b} mean" 01 10m cap screws ThIS permIts ad]ustlllg the) oke to allm\ fOI an} weanng out or altgnment that may OCCU1m the boxes Th'e arbor IS made of 1 and 5-16 mches ground cruuble steel seasoned The pulley IS 4Y;; A 5y;; lllches tmned III "Ide and outsIde and grooved means provIde for tmnmg up elhl play. The al bar IS left suffiCIently long to pen11lt the use at a bonng attachment at any tllne The boxes are full 6 mche.., m length lmed with best babbItt hand scraped to fit anc1.self otl-mg from ample reservOJrs Threaded end of arhor 1., left long enough to arccommodate a 2 inch dado head HARDWOOD LUMBER SAWED AltO SLICED II } QUARTERED OAK {VENEERS I AND MAHOGANY I .I. II• . .- _._---_._.-- ---_._-_._--------- .. 01 ba.,e, the .,hatt u1 \\hlch entels the base at an angle and opelates a pall at steel bevel gea1s whIch eastly and qtllckly I alse OJ 10" el the table The table yoke IS extremely stIff and ttavels III planed WdY WIth a glbb take up This provides means fOJ lockmg The table surface IS graduated to 24 muhes 1he gauge.., are fOUl m numbe1, two cut off gauges, one plam llppme, gduge and one t1ltlllg npplllg gduge. The ttltmg may be used on eIther SIde of the saw blade ThIS gauge IS prm 1ded WIth means to faclhtate the easy and ac- CUIate tllimg' of fence '1 hIS fence may be shd to front or 1 eal .,Ides uf tahle tor u"e Ul elther p0':lltlOn --- .-- .., BEST BOAT SERVICE BETWEEN All state rooms are outslde and have runmng water, electric lights and call bells. For berth reservations call on or address R. C. DaVIS,G. P. A , docks foot of Michigan Ave., Chicago, or P. Robbins, G. A., 91 Monroe St , Grand Rapids. ...I WEEKLY ARTISAN "THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST" •••• a ••••• aa_... aaa .. BARTON'S GARNET PAPER 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 and Chair Factories, Sash and Door Mills, Ra~road Companies, Car Builders and others will consult their own interests by using it. Allo Barton's Emery Cloth, Emery Paper, and Flint Paper, furnished in rolls or reams. MANUFACTURED BY H. H. BARTON & SON CO., 109 South Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. 19 ....I Red GUIll as a Furniture Wood. During the past year a gn:\at deal has been "ald and written on the merits of red gum as a furniture wood It has received many favorable comments, it is true, too, that some few adverse cntlcisms have becn made, but such c,an only come from those who have had no experience wIth the Vvood after the plesent day method of treatment and cUl1ng has been given it Such treatment rcnders It as fit to go 111to furniture of the highest gnaJe as any other foreIgn or domes-tic wood known to manUfacturers, and thIS without any ex-aggeration Elsewhere 111thIS is::,ue are cut::, shOWing some of the bedroom furDltUl e made by the Oberbeck Brothers Manufacturing company of Grand RapId::" \iVIS The'ie cuts give but a slight Idea of the beautiful effects to be ploduced by the use of red gum The rare'it effect'i can be obtained by fUlDl'ih1l1g the wood 111 its natural fiDl'ih; thIS brings out the soft Siatin tone, the exquIsIte lights and shadows, and enhance'i a rcally beautiful fig ure, reta1l1ing all of its own delicate t111ting and blend1l1g of shade of colors In the fullest sense, beauty and nchness exist 111 furnitUl e produced in this wood Clean and classy. thIS line of red gum bedroom furniture imprcsses one profoundly by its nght to go into hIgh grade furDlture Its strength and durabilIty can no long-er be questIOned It ha" all that is necessary-all that any other high grade wood has--and rIght now dnd for some time to come ItS populallty is assured. Under the proper methods of CUrIng such as the Ober-beck Brothers Manu£acturing company have in process, the na tural tendency of gum to warp, twist and crack on the ene]" Vv hIle drylllg has been ehmlnated entIrely The gum comes flom the kilns flat and commel clally dry, thus Increas- 1I1g its 'itrength and beauty by rea 'ion of letain111g all of Its OIlginal hfe and fiber Re"t ac,surec1 that sufficient time has been gIven to its CUrIng awl treatUlent to make it eUl111ently fit to serve the purpose £01 wI11ch It IS intended In 01der to more clearly demon'itrate this condItion and estabhsh it as a fact the Oberlbeck Brothers l\lanufacturing company guaran-tce each and every piece of their red guUl furniture and hold themselve'i responSIble £01 any deviatIOn UI the slightest way from the al)Ove. Careful and eAhau"tn e 'itudy, long cxpcllence and ex-perImenting 111the handlUlg of gum and the exceedingly great care and pains they gIve to the CUrIng thereof put them 1I1to a pOSItion to know whereof they speak There is absolutely no doubt about the worthine'is of red gum In rIchness of color and beautiful blend111g I eel gum far surpasses all other native woods and makes the k1l1d of furn1ture that creates a demand for itself No.9-Porch ChaIr Large size. Oak Seat. Green or MISSlOnFtnISh. Weight, 20 pounds No. lO-Porch Rocker Large SIze Oak Seat Green or MIsslOn FinIsh. Weight 21% pounds No. l1-Porch Settee Seat 40 Inches long 17% Inches deep Oak Seat Green or MISSlOnfinIsh Weight, 32 pounds RICHMOND CHAIR COMPANY, RICHMOND,INDIANA 20 WEEKLY ARTISAN -- - ..__ .._~ Special Reduced Rates to New York. 1\1clchants' I educed I atee., to ~ e\\ YOlk. City from '1'1 unk. Lme and Central pae.,sengel terlltolles ha\ e heen authOll7ul for the fall. 1910, meetmg'3 of the \Ielchant:-,' i\ssoclatlOn ot New York The special I ate wl11 be a fare and one-half fOi the round tllp, being granteJ on the cel tlficate plan 1 he lates wl11 be effeLtl\ e from each terntol} on sixteen "elhn~ date", arranged 111 foUl e.,ellee.,of fOUl ead1, ae.,follcl\\.., Trunk Lmc 1ellltOl}-]uh IG-l<) \u~u..,t 13-1(J, \u~uc.,t 27-30 and Scptunhel 10-13 J Iltel n cla\ I cturn 1111l1t Central Pac.,e.,enger '1 ellltOl}-Jul} 9-12, ruly 23-26, August 6-9 and '\ugue.,t 20-23 rlllll t} da\ return limit The e.,tate.., of \"e" YOlk l'enne.,d\a1l1a. \"e\\ ]er-e\, Dela-ware, :\Iaryland. a lal ~e pal t ot \\ ee.,t \ 1T~mra. \ Ir~ll11cl nOI th of anJ on the Ime of the Che'3apeake &. OhIO rail" ay, and the Dhtnct of ColumbIa, IS a lOugh geogl apll1cal <1ee.,cllp-tion of Trunk LlI1e terlltOl} The late does not appl} fl0l11 pomb less than 100 n11lee.,h om \" ew lork lIt} The Central Pa.,e.,en~el ae.,e.,ouatlOn hae., jUIl"c1rLtlol1 ()\ II pomts wee.,t of (but not mduchng) Durtalo \ la~ctl a 1 all., Made by Rockford Frame and Fixture Co • Rockford. III SuspensIOn Dndge and Salamanca, 1\ Y . Plthbuig and \lle-ghany, Pa , Bellalle anJ \Ianetta, 0 , \\ hec1mg, Chaile'3ton and II untmgton, \V. Va. and POll1ts on and north of the OhIO nver and eae.,t of the ::\11Se.,he.,IPPInver, and "CJuth ot an imagmary Ime from Keokuk, Ia, to Chicago, 111, mcludmg Cmcinnatl, Lomsvl1le, all towns m Kentucky on the Che"a-peake & OhIO Ral1way, St LOUl". Keokuk, Chicago, e.,outhel n peum'3ula of l\I1chlgan, and Canadian t~wns on the IfJ<J11gan Central railroaJ and the Vvabash railroad The ::V1erchants' associatIOn of \ew YOlk leJuceel fale circular, which wl11 he b'3ued the lattel pal t of thIS month, WIll also announce that elunng the present Summer Season Tounsts' Fares somewhat lower than the -;\ferchants' fare and cJne-half on the certificate plan. wl11 be m effect to 1\, e" York from portl me., of Centlal pa"senger terntOly, pnnupally the western '3eetlOn. the I eturn 111111ton the tickets bemg tl11rty days The Circular ,,111 suggest that merchant" m Central passenger terntory commg to K ew York consult theIr ticket agent to learn If the Summer Tounsts' fare has been authorized from their town and, If so, If It is less in amount than the merchants' rate The plan inauguratej by The Merchants' assocIatiOn of New York last season, \V hereby only one viSit to ItS offices is ....... --._- III THE FORD & JOHNSON CO. CHICAGO This is one of our popular Hotel chairs. Our chairs are found in all the leading Hotels in the country. The line includes a very complete assort-ment of chairs, rock-ers and settees of all grades; Dining Room furniture, Reed and Rat tan furniture. Special Order furm-ture, etc. A complete hne of sam-ple_ are di_played in The Ford 8 John_on BUlldlDl!, 1433-31 Wabash Ave •• in-c1udlnl! a special display of Hotel Furniture. III .. , . ... All furmture dealers are cordially invited to visit our bttilding. ..I. I cquued to secure the l ertlfica te \\ hlch ne\\ 1 illo\\ eeI nece"saly validation of the return tnp plan proved so popular, will again be Investigate and Be Wise. The Wisest man III all the world, KlI1g Solomon, said, \\ lth all thy g-ett1l1g, get wisdom" Much study IS a wean-nes" 01 the flesh, ancl of the mak1l1g of books there IS no end' ~olomon \\ a'3 the wOlleI's ~reat Investigator Thel e \\ a" noth1l1~ on the eal th nor III the heavens that he dId not \\ an t to kno\\ In these days, when men al e 1I11ltat1l1g the bIrds; when thev arc talklllg through the aIr as well as fly lll~ through It, when husllless competitIOn b ,0 sharp, and lll- \ entlOns so numerous that a man may take hiS mornlllg paper whIle eatlllg hIS bleakfast and find he IS a back number, al-though when he \\ent to bed the night before he thought he wac., 111 the forefront of the Illle, it IS well to be constantly 111\ e"tlgatlllg and as St Paul says "prm e all things" ThiS lIttle talk to the WIse readers of the V'{eekly Artisan I" suggested b} the letters of mqmry sent out by the Mc Cashay Reg-Istel company of AllIance, OhIO. to several nartles whv are USlllg the GranJ Raplc1s Veneer \Vorks new proces, dl y kiln sIn thi s letter they ask First-What per cent of lumber is saved on account of the normal thickness being mainta111ed and the absence of "arpmg? Second-\Vhat increa"ed output, expressed in per cent, IS obta1l1eel in the machme room as well as the cabinet room, because of the lumber worklllg more easl1y? Thlrd- \\ hat uercent savlllg IS obtamed III keeplllg saws and kmves 111 proper worklllg- condition? Fourth-What percent is saved 111 the expense of the drvlllg process III the kIln) For the answer to some of these questIOns look up the Grand Rapids Veneer company's "ad" 111 this issue of the Weekly Artisan WEEKLY ARTISAN The Santa Fe"s TimbeI' Experiment. Smce the mstallation of the pumpmg plant on the San DiegUIto Ranch, owned by the Santa Fe raIlroad. rapId pro-gress in the growth of the eucalyptus trees has been made on the PacIfic Coa:ot Several varietIes of the sugar gum planted three years ago have reached a height of 18 to 20 feet and from 15 to 16 inches in circumference The sugar gum i", bemg grown exclusIvely for tIC makmg purposes The com-pany expects to allow the trees to grow 20 years before they are cut It i" saIJ the sugal gum wIll defy the ravages of tIme, as fence posts that have becn m the ground for 15 years show no sign of decay Other varietIes, such as the blue and red gum, will he used for fcnce posts, fircwood and othel needs of a great raIllOad The San Dieguito Ranch compnses 8,600 acres It IS one of the hlstonc spots of the country, lying in the valley of San DiegUIto Rrver, five mIles east of Del Mar Several years ago it was purchased by the raIlroad company wIth the hlea of establIshing a mammoth nursery ::\luch of the land was rough, hIlly and overgrown wIth greasewood The ground was first cleared, han owed and then prepared for planting. Three years ago the first seedlIngs vvere set out The company smce then has planted 500 acres a year The seedlmgs are set out eIght feet apal t m rows and the rows five feet apart ThIS proVIdes for the planting of 1,100 trees to the acre. vVhen about SI},. yea I s old many of the trees wIll be thinned out. At that age the trees so cut out WIll yIeld three or four good fence posts to the tree. WIth leavmgs for fire-wood; bnngmg m conSIderable reveune The th111ning process w1II be kept up untll about 200 tree;;; are left on each aCI e of ground, whIch means several thou-sand tIes when they are e, entually cut 01 dmary tIes now a1 e 21 worth about $1 each Twcnty yeals from now they wiII be worth a great deal more Eucalyptus culture demonstrates that saplings wlII grovv from old tree stumps. ThIS provides for a second crop to be grown more qUIckly than the first The blue gum is expected to make a yearly growth of from 12 to 15 feet a year dunng the first few years The Santa Fe started in to grow the trees WIthout irn-gation, and so far has been successful beyond expectations HoweveI, to insure a more rapId growth recently a large pumpmg plant has been m stalled. Will Take a Day Off. Members of the C1l1c1l1natI FurnitUI e Exchange wlll en-joy theIr twelfth annual outing on June 25 They have char-tered the river steamer Kentucky, whIch WIll leave at 8 '30 m the morning and reach Glen Park at 11 o'clock Dinner wIll be served 1n the grove at the park and the afternoon WIll be spent with such games. c;ports and recreatIOns ac; may please the participants The boat will leave on the return tnp at 7 o'clock and reach home about 9 30 The committee 111 charge of the affair is composed of Henry Hoffeld, J E. Dulweber, Paul Schirmer, H. A Lloyd, F H Uchtman and John Wolf. The "Hello" Business. There are now in the whole WOIld very nearly as many messages sent by telephone as by letter; and, there are thlrty-tvvO tImes as many telephone calI-, ac; telegram" In the United States the telephone hac; grown to be the big brother of the telegraph It has six tImes the net earn1l1gs and eIght times the wire, and It tran"mlts as many messagec; as the combined total of telegI ams, letterc; and raIlroad passengers CHOICE TOOLS FOR FURNITURE MAKERS If you do not know the "Oliver" wood working tools. you had better give us your address and have us tell you all about them. We make nothing but Quality tools. the first cost of which is considerable. but which will make more profit for each dollar invested than any of the cheap machines flood. ing the country. Oliver Tools Save Labor "Oliver" New Variety Saw Table No. 11 W,ll take a saw up to 20' dIameler Arbor bell IS 6' WIde SendforCatalog "B" fordataon Hand Jointers, Saw Tables, Wood Lathes, Sanders, Tenoners, Mortisers, Trimmers, Grinders, Work Benches, Vises, Clamps, Glue Heaters, etc., etc. OLIVER MACHINERY CO. Work. and General Office. at 1 to 51 Clancy St. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH .. U. S. A BRANCH OFFICES-Ohver Macbmery Co .. Hudnon Tenmnal. 50 Church St. New York. Ohver Maclunery Co. FIrst Nallonal Bank BwldIns. Clucago. Ill. Ohver Machmery Co • PaCl6c BUlldms. Scalde. Wash. Oltver Maclunery Co .201.203 Dean,gate. Manchester. Ens " Time "OLIVER" No. 16. Band Saw 36Inche •• Made with or wilhoul motor dnve Metal table 36"x30" Wdl take 18" under 1h e SUlde- bits 45 dellJ"eea one way and 7 degrees the other way Car-ne. a laW up to 1%1' WIde_ OutsIde beanns to lower wheel .haft when not motor dnven WeIsha 1800 lb. when ready 10 sh,p .. Tempers .. Co.lt I I 22 WEEKLY ARTISAN New Buildings That Will Need Furniture. Residences- Phlladelphla, Pa -John F ReIchart, Sha vv-mut and RIdge avenue, $9,000, P H Kell}, l\1ldvale avenue anJ ThIrty-fifth street, $23,000, R S Van Cleave, Land,,- downe avenue and lelton stleet, $l-1-,lJOO,\VIlham P \1uench, Broad street and Seventy-first av enue, ~7,500 MOIIIS Bhden, 20S6 Clearfield street, $6,200 New YOlk Clty-Mrs H ~1cCarthv, 215 \Yest EH;htv-seventh street, $25,000, John VIOlante, 367 Ea,t 181st "tied, $40,000, Edward Hawle}, nab} Ion L I S)O 000 \\ 111Jam Lechnyr, S46 Brook a\ enue, the Bran", $1-1-000 \\ Rocke-feller. 5 East FIfty-fourth "treet, $16 -1-00 T \ \ C I0"" ;27 Fifth avenue, $5,000 l\frs G L Dodge 689 llfth a\ enUl, $5,000, \1 llham II H yele, 66 Ea" t ~ 111etv-fil" t "tl cd S8000 ChIcago-James Lvons, 394-!- \\e,t \10111 le ~t1let, S2' 000, Ida SmIth. :;040 i\gatlte avenue $4,000, Cl H I humaml0 2960 Michlgdn a\ enue, $8,000, l\lrs Emma L} l11ILek -+810 c,t Lawlence avenue, $20.000, John R Rabelt"on 100-+2 Led\lit street, $9,000, H L Hutchens, 1301 Ro"dale a\ enue ::;4000 Ernest Hoehmc, 4507 La\HenCe a\ enue S3 ;00 \ugu-,t \\ olt, 351 Fullerston Parkway, $1'=;,000 Mllwaukee-Mrs E Sle~ffled, C,1),.th,md Llo) d "t! eet" $3,500, Mrs H \1 lese, fhlrty-n11lth and Chell\ ~treets, $6,- '])0000, George F C01llgdn, 346 Lafayette street, $8,000; Jacob Ha""111gel, Eleventh avenue and South EIghteenth stleet, $7,000, Valent111e Mahret, 844 1ft Prospect avenue, 9;8,500, R A Heller, 827 De Graw avenue, $8,000, Vllo A Galanti, 163 :-1alvern street, $3,500, Henry F Schuelke, 9 Gene\ a street, $4,000, Mrs LOUIse Powell, 25 Vernon ave-nue, $5,000, Dav Id Elm, Avon and Pesch1l1e avenues, $8,000 Ehzabeth, N J -Jacob A Slem, Jackson avenue and Tulta "tleet, $S,OOO Omaha, )'\ elbr -Edward Johnson, Mason anel Thlrty-hbt streets, S20,000, C P Traver, 113 North Thirty-first avenue, $18.000, L D Wllhs, 1136 Palk avenue, $14,000; I aura f\ AtchIson, 3:;03 \Voolworth avenue, $4,500, S B Dov Ie, Cahfor111a an~l ThIrty-eIghth streets, $8,000, E F, ITO\\ e PaCIfic and Twcnty-111nth streets, $10,000; Mrs Em-ma Boland, 913 '\ orth lorty-first street, $3,000 Indlanapohs, Ind- \V R RIley, 1819 Orleans street, $3,000, G C Jose, Hoyt and )'\elson streets, $3,000; F, J Hay, HIghland dllve near Ruckle street, $3,500; Clara B. \\ al d, 2101 HIghland place, $3,500; Mabel GIllum, Linwood anJ \\ ash111gton streets, $3,500; Harvey Ingram, Garfield (It 1\ e and Shelh) street, $3,000 Svracuse, ;\ Y -John Ripke, 210 Greenway avenue, $4,- Made by Northern Furmture Co. Sheboygan, WIS, 000; W 111iam Schll11dt, ThIrty-fifth and Llo} d st! eets $-+'=;00, Frank Raasch. Clarke and v\ nght st! eets, $3,500, 0 J Stuer-wald Brown anJ Forty-first Stl eets, $4, SOO, MI S L Ruehl, 410 FoUl th avenue, $4,000 DetrOlt~Frank VVItch off, L1I1coln and l\111wa ukee stl eets, $4,500, Frank \V Palk, 417 Grummond street, $6,200,. John Sweet, 618 Fourth stl eet, $4,000, Feltrty Barku111e, lort stJ eet and Boulevard, $5,000, Geollge C L Lam ence, 300 C,tanley street, $:;,600; GeOlge J l\1111er,Stanley and \\ 111"lov, ~t!cets, DetrOIt, $3,250, George VV Croshy, 411 Tl1l111ct11 e,tleet $-+000, F E Schultz, Cass and Columhla stl eet", $7, SOO J R Black wood, Bouleval d near Cass street $12,000, \nna vlouhlman Seyburn street and Kercheval avenue, $4.000, vldl \ S L) nch Mt Eltot and Hastings street, $S,OOO St LoUls-W A Frantz, 0150 :-lcPher~()l1 a\ enue, $4,800 A L Morgens, 3929 Magnolta avenue, $10,000, James R DaVIS, 5234 Cote Bnllianlte, $3.500, George Tomehe, 3914 North N mth street, $4,900, vV T Murph), 1624 Clara ave-nue, $6,000, r R Rice, 4069 Ohve street, $7,000, \ndrev\ DlIemeyer, 3615 North Twentieth street. $4,500 , John J ans-sen, 5200 Flon"sant avenue, $8,500, Dorothy Engleman, 8306 LUCIlle avenue, $6,000 Newark, N J -Morns Lltvinoff, 164 II a\\ thO! ne a\ enue, 000 Charle~ I 111kel, 007 Stolp avenue, $3,500, Ella M Tup-pel 11:; Eln1\\ood avenue, $4,500, Dr N. :l\Iulvey, 502 vVest (Tenc ""ee :,treet, $3,000 Salt Lake CIty, Utah-M, A. Reyser, 1404 East First South street, $10,000, Tda Berkner, 343 South FIrst West "tl eet, $6,000, ::\lrs B H Hunt, 478 H street, $3,000 Seattle, \Vash - J ]7 Stelte, 2026 \Vest Seventy-eIghth stl eet, $3,000, Max VVIllars, 4226 Seventh avenue, south, $3,- OOJ, \ L O~horn, 4028 Pa"adena place, $3,000, MIS, Martha Ro~" 120+ Howell "treet, $4,000 Kal1~as CIty, \10 -J 0 VVade, 4636 Tenace street, $8,- 000, \\ eh \Vlthers, Jr, 410 East] 11lrty-seventh street, $7,- ;00 \ E Tlhlmas, 32-1-1l\fontgall :-.treet, $7,000, BenJa111111 ~helc1011,3308 Coleman avenue, $3,500 \lohlle, Ala -Helen Shamberg. Hel cule" and Llvoak <.,treeh, $3,000, vIrs 11 Mornson, Maryland and WIlkl11son "tl eeh, $3 :;00, \1 F Bolton, 394 Kentucky street. $4,000 Eugene, Ore -L H StraHan, Pearl and SIxteenth streets, $3,000, Ii t\ Soults, Fourteenth and Mtll streets, $3.000, \llsse" ELand M L Hendricks, Nl11th and Oak stl eets, $13250 James vValter", 202 Seventh street, $4,000 Oklahoma CIt}, Okla - T J Hawk, 1405 V\T est Thirty· WEEKLY ARTISAN 2J eighth street, $5,000, F A Caldwell, 1213 West Twenty-first street, $4,000 Little Rock, Ark - \N J Cotton, 400 Johnson street, $3,- 000, George C Naylor, 2815 HIgh street, $3,500 Wheellng, W Va - \1rs lVIary Reuchler, 154 Market street, $3,000 Denver, Col-H L Hoffman, 1120 Race stJ eet, $4,000; Alexander Scott, 783 Columbine street, $'),000 ,rrs Saclte Spaldmg, South Pearl and Cedar streets, $ ),500, l\Irs n Habletzel, 421 J osephme stJ eet, $3,000 N orhlk, Va -COl nella Sulll\ an, 608 Graydon avenue, $4,000, V\'allace Lail d, 720 \\ estm er a\Cnue, $7,000 Topeka, Kan -Stanley l\IedlIcott, 1226 F11lJ1lore street, $4,000, Henry CRoat, 1125 Gal field street, $3,000, l\Irs Anna V\Tmans, 709 Bramer street, $3,000 Fort \;\ ayne, 1nd-\Vanen SmItley, 1518 Fast Crelght J11 avenue, $3,500; FI ank C\1n111S011,1208 T\ uttman avenue, $3000 Utica, NY-John L Dorsey, 51 \Yatson place, $4,200, DommlC Salerno, Blandma and Mlllgate streets, $6,000, Cy nl Roberts, 21 Culver avenue, $3,000 E Paso, Tex -Mark\1s Samuels, Kansas and RlO Grande streets, $7,000 RIchmond, Va -Vngmla II Hubbard, Clay anJ ThirtJeth street, $4,000, 0 J DaVIS, 518 Chaffin street, $3,600, \Y ] G11man, 227 Grace street, $3,000 HaIIlsbUlg, Pa-George \\ V\ 11son, 1317 Velnon street, $3,000; BIshop James H DaI1mgton, 321 N 01 th Front street, $4,000 WichIta, Kan - \ndrew \Val e, 63 South Topeka avenue, $3,000, J C San, 630 ElIzabeth street, $3,000 Dallas, Tex -B F Hmson, 317 Tenth street, $4,000, Mrs LIZZIe :l\IcCart, 725 South Ervay street, $3,000, Dr A C CJlllespie, 188 Cole avenue, $3,600, M L Dabney, 505 Colum-bIa avenue, $3,000 Evanston, J1l-An11le EScott, 1025 RIdge avenue, $6,- 000; A D OrVIS, 821 Judson avenue, $4,000 Peoria, Ill-Dr S H0!1wit7, 480 South Bourland street, $6,700, Frank Hem7, 185 t'nn erslty avenue, $3,650; John T Moran, Elmwood avenue, LTplands, $4,000; Dr. J. P Mahan, 303 North Elizabeth street, $3,150 Miscellaneous Buildings.- 11: J "Walsh is bUIlding a theatre to cost $40,000 on Ken:oingston dvemle, PhIladelphia, Pa The FIrst Baptist SOCIety of Seattle, vYa~h , are bUlldmg a church to cost $150,000 Seattle, vVash, IS building a manual tramUlg school at a cost of $165,000 LIttle Rock, Ark, IS buIldmg an addltJon to the Robert E Lee school at a cost of $28.000 Rev Rabanus Thill has charge of the erection ,f a church in SIOUX CIty, 1a, at a cost of $75,000 The Elks of Hal risburg, Pa, are erectmg a temple that will cost $60,000 The Rock Creek Baptnt church, \Vashmgton, DC, is bemg remodeled at a cost of $20,000. Always Prosperous. Buchanan, Mlch • June 15 -Manager RIchards of the Buchanan Cabinet company repOl ts thIS year's business as the best ever. He IS getting out a number of new patterns m desks and kitchen cabinets, for the fall trade He is also gomg to put up a large wal ehouse on the SIde-track of the Mlc111gan Central RaIlroaJ, whIch rUllS from the main track a quartel of a mIle avvay to the factOly so that cars may be loaded from the warehouse and save all cartmg ThIS com-pany has one of the best bUllt anJ mO:ot com e111ent1y arranged fur111tUl e factones in the country and ha" enJoyed an un-broken pro,pellty frOJ1l the first Jay 0f ItS eXIstence But don't forget the WEATHER. This new Porch Furniture is for OUT -door use; and ordinary MISSION FINISHED PORCH FURNITURE GROWS IN PUBLIC FAVOR MARIETTA PAINT AND COLOR CO. MARIETTA, OHIO Also grows the demand for those popular effects, WEATHER-ED OAK, MISSION BROWNS, MOSS GREENS, DULL BLACKS, SOFT REDS, etc. Effects not difficult to produce for mere display; or for ordinary in-door use. stains are not adapted to outdoor wear. AURORA PORCH STAINS are specially made to meet the new need. They combine the transparent beauty of high grade stain with the weather-resisting qualities of first class paint. Practical. Can be used either with brush or dipping tank. To facilitate prompt attention, address Desk NO.3. 24 WEEKLY ARTISAN Minnesota Retail Dealers' Furniture Association OFFICERS-PresIdent, J R. Taylor, Lake Benton, Mmn , VIce-PresIdent, D R Thompson, Rockford, MlIIn , Treasurer, B A Schoeneberger, Perbam, Mmn , Secretary, W L Grapp, JanesvIlle, Mmn EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE-ChaIrman, Geo Klem, Mankato, Mmn, 0 SImons, Glencoe, Mmn, W. L Harns Minneapolis, Minn ,C Daluelsoll, Cannon Falls BULLETIN No. 146. ANALYZING ANOTHER TRADE EVIL Is It a Golden Pot at the End of a Rainbow or Is It Scientific Business Methods? Weare feadul that the readel s of our department may think because we are contmually plctunn~ the darkest sIde of bU~Iness condItIOns, that we are aitogethel too pe"sll11lstlc In our ideas On the contI ary, we belre\ e m 0]'tlm1o>m and we chensh all hopes for' a bnght dnd prosperou" tutule In the commercIal worlJ Had It not been for that true SpUIt at optimism, we woulJ tIme and tIme agaIn. have become tIred in our efforts to create better business condItIOns Long a~o would we have ceased In our endeavor to arouse the IndIffer-ent and do-not-care merchant to the real condItIons of affall 0 and to the lurkIng danger that surrounds hIm and hIS bUSI-ness However, we are stIll optImIstIc and the officer::, at OUI as'SociatIOn belreve that It IS OUI duty to expose anvthmg commg to notIce, that mIght have a detnmental effect on the prosperity of our members Now that we have soh ed the mall ordel ploblem to the satIsfactIOn of the maJonty of our members, and n)\\ that \\ e can truly say and are assUled that \\e can \\1ll III al1\ phclSe of this sort of competItIOn, we belre\ e It our Jnt\ iJ tUI n our attentIon to the next great pI'!blem that confront-, u~ and whIch appears a ten tImes greater menance to the fUI nltUl e husJness. \Ve mean the soap, tea, gi ocel y and kll1clred club eVIl., We hal dly belreve that there 15 a smgle 1e'lcler of tll1 s department, who has not felt tll1S phase of competItIOn more or less, espeCIally dunng the last SIX months You are surpnsed that your old customers begm to lose, that old tIme loyalty that they have always g1\en yOU and now you find that every once In a whIle, a pIece or two of fur111ture goes Into theIr home And yOU mal \ el why It 15 so. You are stIll more surpnsed when you learn that those 111ce pIeces of furl11tul e ha\ e blought WIth It, to } Oul UIC;- tamer $10 of other \ alue, such as soap, tea", coffee.,. etc When you lealn that, It begIns to smk 111, \\hele It hurts, because If you study thI'S problem cartfull}, and WIth-out preJudIce. you WIll be made to real17e, that they are really gettIng more value for theIr money, than you cauld hay e gIven them Is It any wonJer that they dre more Inclll1ed to trade with other~, when they can get a $20 \ alue, whIle} au on the other hand only gn e them $10 worth of frlll11ture They may be yrlUI bec;t fnendc;, but the facts remams that fnend ShIp cea'Se'S as SO,J11a" they dl 'SCO\er that theIr money does not go as far In your store, a" In others If you have haJ your ear to the ground and 1£ vou hay e been espeCIally watchful. you WIll have notIced the mcreas- Ing number of magaZInE 'ads" anJ the Increas111g force af SolICItors In your commu111ty, 'Spread1l1g the gospel of $20 of value for $10 As a con"equence, we find a contInudl "tream of thIS class of good" and merchandIse findlllg ItS way 111to all towns, large and small In many place", the"e club" number by the hundreds and there IS scarcely a commlmlt} that has not come wlth111 the scope of the"e club" Our reaJers who may not happen to be 111(lose touch WIth the soap clubs may ImagIne that we are ovelestImatIng thIS evIl For theIr benefit, we WIll say that sooner or later you WIll lrsten to statements lIke thIS "I can buy thIS, that. or the other thIng, for whIch you are askmg me $10, and I can ~et enou~h teas, soaps, coffees and e"tracts to last m} famIly for several weeks, and not be out any more than you are a"k111g- me" Lei''S carryon the analysis a lIttle further Say you are "h0\\ mg- an AllwIn CollapSIble go-cart The cart IS all ng-ht. lu"t the thlllg wanted and pOSSIbly, to make it more certaIn. } au Intorm the customer, that today you WIll sell the g-o-cart at a bargam and you name the pnce that this artIcle usually carnes However, your customer, who is reading soap-dub lIterature, cannot see It that way and probably \\ 111 exclaIm "\Yhy, Mr, don't you know that I can get an \lh\ m cart and filled WIth soaps and coffees for about that "ame pnce?" On the other hand, your customer may not be so bold as to offel hiS opmIOn so freely on a subject, that he kn,JWs \\ 111 hm t your fee ltngs and he tells you that he will think It 0\ el and oee vOU later As he leaves your store pOSSIbly ne\ el to appeal dgd111, he has had, at the expen"e of the mer-chant, one of the most practIcal lessons of the value to him of the soap club methods that could hay e been taught him, d11c1\\ hlch he I'S not \ ery apt to forget soon "ow 11 these condItIOns are true and we challenge any-boJ} to pro\ e It otherWIse, how IS It that such conditIOns hay e CIept mto the melcantrle world? Let me tell you some-thmg- \To matter \\hat kInd of a pro pOSItron you'le exploitmg, do not forget that unless you make good, you WIll be a faIlure Doe"n't the phenomenal growth of the Larkm concern prove that thev are makmg good? If you WIll stop to look into thIS problem as bu smess men should, } ou WIll probably be made to realtze that thel e must be some fundamental prinCIple hack of It all Let thIS thought smk Jeep mto your mmd \\ hrle thus far, \\ e have been gIV111g-the greater part of OUI tIme m ')oh m~ the mall order problem, yet we have not neglected thI~ end df onr \\ork and have been workmg to find a \\ a} to C01rect th1o. evrl or rather to pnt onr members 111 a pOSItIOn, ')--1 a') to protect themselves, for the last three vear~ "\s officer" of thIS aSSOCIatIon we deeply deplore the fact that the Jobbels of our country have allowed these ~Lheme" to gam snch a footholJ as they have attained and \\ hether the} \\111 e\ el be able to remedy thIS, only the future can tell '\0 don1Jt \ ou ask the questIOn what has made it pOSSIble fOl the"" ~()ap and glocery clubs to assume such power~ ~othmg more or less than the cutting out the waste m gettmg the supplv and "econd theIr method of carrying on hu "mess \Ve the small dealers of the country can not con-tmne to hold our place In the mercantrle world If we contmuc to buy m the round-abont way, that IS generally thru agents. Of course we mUot not foro-et that these soap and grocery club., hay e selected a lrne of merchandIse that carries a long ]Yofit TI11t th1s doe~ not alter condItIOns If our patrons al e 111 the habIt at paymg 10, 15, 25 cents for a standard e'(t! act pel f11me, tOIlet al trde or washsoap, and we all know that the a\elage home pa)" from 25 to 35 cents for theIr teas and coffee", It \\ III make no dIfference to them whether that artIcle carne" a lon~ profit or not. They do not know nor do they care what the profit IS, on such articles as long as they are standard, 01 a" long as they have to pay that whenever they b11y It SO IS It al1\ \\ onder m this day of high lning when the WEEKLY ARTISAN average housewife must do everythmg she can to economIze that she becomes an easy vIctIm to any scheme or pollcy that WIll bnng to herself the necessary al tIcles that he must have m her househdld and at the same tIme can fur111~h her home wIth many artIcles that she never could dream of havmg otherwise. Of course not, she IS 100k111g at the dollars as every good housewIfe should. So If you really want to get at the bottom of thIS, lust look around m your commulllty and you wIll not have to go far before you wIll see many a mce artIcle of furmture, rugs or ornaments which has been secured thru this soap and grocery club medJUm Weare aware of the critIcIsm that we are '3ubJect to and to the "ba-haw" that certam mterests wIll brmg up because we have expressed ourselves thus and because we intImate that the prIncIpal thmg that makes thIs method possIble 1'3 thru the natural old tIme busmess method, the Jobber, etc But brother dealers, to these cntlclsms we would ask, '" hy IS it that a mercantlle firm can give twenty dollars worth for ten (don't think for a minute that they are not domg it) unles'3 they are able to get theIr source of supply at a figure that we the small dealers, little dream of For If they dId not they certamly could not make the profit they do thus bringmg to life the big problem we arc now facmg We have gone far enoug'll into thIs problem to find that if we can do as they Jo, that we can gIve $20 value for $10 and stIll make clear profit upon every $10 you receive We beheve we have given you enough to thmk about this week and while we hold out that there is an ample rem-edy for thIS eVIl yet we are fearful that the remedy for It is such that it will create a still stronger oppositJOn than has our co-operative plan If this remedy hes, however, In the ,,:cope of scientific busmess method, then It wIll \'\1m, no mattel who it hits, and who ever creates a new conchtJOn for those whom thIS may effect wlll have to finJ the way to make it po~slble for these soap and grocery clubs to eXIst The last thought we wish to leave you is that we the small merchants everywhere have had no part m the makmg of these conditions and while we have Illustrated the effects of this evll upon the furniture business, yet it does not stop there, because they use every kmd of an article that goes mto the home for general, or for personal use So we ask our readers to g-et a Larkm's book, study Its pages daily as we are domg and remember what we have saId and we are sure you will say WIth us that thIS ev II IS the naughtiest problem that the small merchant of thIS country encounters Yours truly, THE CO::\L\lITTEE OK THE SOAP CLUB EVIL Association Advertising Helps. (See Palle 26.) A member writes "I llke your system of advertlsmg, be-cause I have found that it is so very, very hare! to get tIllS kind of descriptIve matter set up properly m a small coun-try pnntmg office. N111e times out of ten, If they are not watched closely, they wlll use type for descriptIve matter about five times as large as necessary I11'3tead of pUtt111g wnting at the side, they cut 111the rmddle and descnptJOn below and by the time I am through WIth the ad, the space alone, has generally cost me as much as your units cost me TherefOl e I am very enthusiastic over thIS ASSOCIation help and hope that our members will support thIS movement, so that It will grow and give us everyth111g we need along this hne. I prepared a large circular, newspaper SIze, lay111g It out, prIcing them and by US111gthe U111tsystem, It took only forty minutes to prepare it If I had undertook to have wntten up this myself, It would have taken me almost a day to do It It not only saved me my valuable tIme, but I find that I can get my cIrcular pnnted for Just half what I used to I have thus saved 111this one instance more than my assocI-ation expenses cost me 111the last two years" If one of our members could do thIS why can't the others? ThIs only goes to show the value of our aSSOCIation advertlS111g helps, and It will work for you just as well, If you gIve It a chance But remember, you have got to do your part Use them ADVERTISING COMMITTEE '------------------------- ........ _ ..-.- ..., The Hff and Hff Line BuffetS?1 -Tile -L-in-e-T-h-a-t .E_v_e.r...y._b-o-d-y Buys Seasonable Furniture for the Dining Room. Music Room, Parlor, Boudoir, Dressing Room, Hall and Bath Room. Chma Closet 866 Fullline shown in the Furniture Exhibition Building, Grand Rapids, also in Chicago and New York. Send for our New Catalogue No. 38. Rockford Frame and Fixture Co. Rockford Illinois ~ -_ . 2S 26 Minnesota Retail 1'13-700-6 "'A n eat bttle rock er made at "hlte oak wIth cob hler - seat fhlS cbaIr has rod ded arm' and bolt and nut construct Ion whele the arms fasten to ~r: rsta I stretcber I that runs under the seat Embosslllg IS verv deep and clean cut. turnIngs are smooth and 1t IS In ('very way a deSIrable rocker A very fine lookIng chair at a low prICe UnIt wIth type 40c Cut wIthout type 25c Price of Hocker to members $M.EF BOW·BACK KITCHEN CHAIR F18 No. 35 T b 1 S b a w-back kItchen chaIr, IS made of bard wood bas fou r turn ed spmdles In the back, It also has two StIE'tl hers all around bot-tom makIng It solId, and not apt to come apart as chans fre-quently do 1.' hIS chaIr has a nIce, deep, rIch, golden oak fill1sh. Note seat IS saddle f]lHSh. Also t"ke notIce of the turned spIndles In back of chair. Usually 1'1 Ibow-back chaIr~ tbe spIndles In back are stralgbt. TbiS Is an exceptIOnal bargalU I Unlt wIth type 40c Cut wIthout t, pe 25c Price of ChaIr to members $ .EF Genuine No. 1 Leather Seated Arm Chair FI3-No. 161l-5L. ThIS neat htt! e arm chaIr, ....J..ust the thmg for read mg ard takmg comf rtwhenycu ale tIrEd It has a genUIne No.1 lea the r sea t French front legs stn:tcher under-neat. h chaIr bot-tern. ard In evuy ',r:.ya goed, sub-slaptml chaIr. If you ",II put thIS on the floor WIth a Eample the mall or ler chaIr, you WIll be convinced I at once that you are gettIng a g;reat bargaIn, and a cOllfortable. up-to-date cha r t) Elt In. Price at our sto::"o 1J nIt WIth type 40c Cut WIthout type 25c Price of arm chaIr to members Price of dmer to match $E.XP $M.RO WEEKLY ARTISAN Dealers" Association BULLETIN No. 146. Advertising Helps. COBBLER-SEATED SOLID OAK ROCKCR' F13 No. 750 -b T hIs cob b Ier-seat rock-er m a de wltn bolt construc-tlOnwhere the arm fastens to b a c k of post Has turn spm-dIes thru-out. Note the rod runmng under ~eat ThIS gIves It a very rIgId con-structlon. FJnl'ih and everythmg "bout thIS are of the, ery best. A very comfortable chair Solid Oak Arm Rocker FI3-N 0.3453 -6. ThIS "t-tracilve & neat arm rocker 1 S made of sol- Id oak and has pohsh fimsh WIth a quartered back. ThIS chair is a good large SlZa rocker. and con~ struchon 181 of the very best. Is m golden oak fimsh Turn I sp i n dIe s throughou t Made es-peCIally for heavy peo-ple. Avery fine looking chair at a very low PrIce.· Don't I mISS It. Here is your good chance to buy an ex-tremely valuable chaIr at a low prIce. Price at our store 1 nit \ It] l\]lp Hie ( 1 t "1 thou t t \ pe ( PI] e ot PO(h ..el t) l1H111lJel"-, $M.FF Pmt ",tll type 40c Cut "Ithout t\pe 25c FIH e of Rocker to menlherr., $X.Ml' HIGH-BACK DINING-CHAIR Fl"'\u 2") Agooc1 l\ltrhen or dln- Ind' room chal1 e "( t r at" strOll,"" made of wcll- ~oa,'"onedelm ha~ golden oak hm,1l NotIce top sl"t 1'i ,ery rIchl V dccOl"ted an (' hd" fdncy turneec "pmdlc, stretch-er" Mound bol-tom m"ke It a ,ery strong dnd subst"ntlal evel y d"y chall good for h.1rd U"-G but It docs not 'hm\ Jt as someUother cllcap LhdllS do ~lde PO'-lts are o;,tron~ and neMly tUl ned 'cat slOoped out and ...,}l'lpcd m tldn~ It a 'Lry conlfort'lblc Slttlllg ehall WeIght about lOjJounrls BROAD BACK ROCKER 1mt "Jtll l,pe 40c (ut \\lthout t\pe 25c PIlre of ChaIr to mcn1bers $ .PE F 18 No 218-3-4 ThiS rICh-looklllg rock e r, made 0 f h a r d wood. fimshed , In the beautIful AmerIcan quartered oak Has three he"vy spIndles under e" c h drm Arm.., "'e fastened to back PO&t by extra heavy screw and are also notched out A heavy spmdle under the arms, pas~E'd thru the heavy ~eat, makes It rIgId 'I'h", handsome rocker IS worth tWICe what WE' ale a"klllg for It. THESE SPLENDID Umt WIth type 40c Cut WIthout t;\ pe 25c Price of Rocker to members.. $ .FF These chall~ are made of 'elected oak, upholstered >11th genume No 1 leather, qu"rter sawed back, rIch golden gloss fimsh. se"t mort l'ed and scr, >led togeth-er back legs bo !ted to 'eat makwg ,ery llgid conslructlOn "WeIght about 15lbs :B nil s 7 has an eleg"nt]y shaped scat and'" Ju,t tl 0 r ght Lllghu to -be very comfortable StrIctly h1g!J-g 2,(0 C c)- Ity Newestc.eSJgn Sears Roebuck prICe at fBCl,::Y"Y ('5 F181ght lOv C'vvtlngand::ol s~ ~0 Os Price at @Ul' storeD 1 13 ~o 1 11 IL BEAUTIFUL LEATHER BliCK AND LEATHER SEAT DIP/ER 1 mt WIth type 40c Cut Without type 25c Price of chairs to mE'mbel s each $M.RQ 1 uNo 17,))- bub ThlS bl'JutJful bo" seatflontdln-er, J S made WIth genulnr leather bJck and blat I, mad, ot white OJk .• r,n,sh,d In golden o<.1k or P] e In I ...h oak. Full Sl~- cd chaIr wt about 17 Ibs The fimsh and constructIon are the best, and the up-holstering u,t ani plIable 'IIY a sct ofthesechalls d find out tl,eIr real ,aIue 'Iheyareof he ven best to 1)e haC' In thiS killd of L <1Jr Umt "Ith type 40c Cut Wllhout npe 25c Price of chairs to members Pll( e of arm chaIr to match $A.OX $E.XP SEND ALL ORDERS TO THE SECRETARY, JANESVILLE, MINN. WEEKLY ARTISAN A LIVE FURNITURE MANUFACTURING TOWN I Shultz &. "irsch Company All Establishments Have Prospered at Shelbyville, Indiana. NEW LINES TO BE EXHIBITED IN GRAND RAPIDS AND CHICAGO A Model Factory Erected by the C. H. Campbell Furniture Company. 1\ ~tranger arnving 111a prom111ent CIty of the golde,l \\ c"t asked a passer on the street for directIOn to the CIty hall "You walk two blocks east, then turn to the nght and w411, to tIlt' bridge. After you have crossed the nver turn to th9 left and walk one block. You can't help but 1\1~SS It," the ~ownsman replied. I The wnter had a ellfferent expellence 111ShelbyvlllF F111d-ing himself out of the beaten path he asked of a rdident di-rection to the factory of the Davls- Birely Table Fompany. "Walk north one square, then walk westward on~ SqUdle The build111gs and yards cover three or foulr aCl-CJ You couldn't miss It if you tnee!." The townsman spoke in enthusiastic, appreciative terms He thought it was a ~ne th111g for Shelbyville to possess a plant so large as that of t~e Davis- Blrely Table company. HIS pride in the factory and hiS home town is creditable to his 111telhgence. And there are ma.ny more 111Shelbyville hke him. I While the subject of furmture factories is unde~ consid-eration, the new factory of the C. H Campbell Furniture com-pany should be remembered It is located in the western fac-tory district of Shelbyville upon a broad plateau overlooking the city. Mr. Campbell spent much time 111the study of fac-tory constructIOn and eqUIpment and when his plans were per-fected, the work of erection proceeded under hiS personal direc-tion. The ma111 factory conta111S 75,000 square feet of floor "pace-the factory recently vacated contained 32,000. The dry bIns have a capacity of 200,000 feet of lumber-the capac-ity of the old kiln is 100,000. The bUIldings are substantially constructed of bnck, provided with spnnkler:'>, a mammoth ele-vator, an electric generator and all conveniences needed for rap- Id and economical operation The machinery is motor dnven .. . --- ---- .._. ----- --------.--.-----.~ STAR,o~H~~:~"~T ~~:'.p:sO~P ANY I (PATENT APPLIED FOR) We have adopted celluloid as a hase for our Caster Cups, makmg the hest cup on the market. CellulOld IS a great Improvement over bases made of other matenal When It ISnecessary to move a piece supported by cups with cellulOid bases It can be done with ease, as the bases are per fectly smooth CellulOld does not sweat and by the use of these cups tables are never marred These cups are timshed m Golden Oak and White Maple, timsbed ltght If you Will trll a sample order of the,e good, you WIll dtslrt to handlt them In quantltlts PRICES: Size 2~ Inches .. $5.50 per hundred. Size 2~ mches. 4.50 per hundred. ~_f.ob.._._G-rand Rapid,... _.. ... ....TRT.A SAJlPLll ORDER 27 ..--_..- ----------r ManUfacturers of HIGH GRADE BEDDING fEATHERS, fEATHER PILLOWS, DOWNS, ETC. UPHOLSTERED BOX SPRINGS and CURLED HAIR MATTRESSES A SPECIALTY III 1300-1308 Fulton St., ElIl~c;:~~rst, CHICAGO I... •• __ •••• a •••• ... and the dust remov111g apparatus effinent ~Il goods shipped, whether in car lots or open freight, are loaded on C\ sid111g and the open freight shipments are sorted at the depot There IS no cartage expense to be met Mr. Campbell commenced the manufacture of hat racks twenty years ago, in a modest way, but hiS bus111ess grew rap- Idl) as the result of £;ood workmanship, good deSigns and the employment of fair methods 111the transaction of buslDcs:,>. Hall furmture was added 111later years and at present, With a man-ufacturing capaCIty more than double that of the old plant, he is add111g a l111eof desks for ladles 1\1r Campbell Will ex-hibit a full line of hall furniture and desks 111Grand Rapids and his l111eof hat racks at 1319 ]V:I1chlgan avenue, Chicago The Conrey-DaVIS Furmture company have completed a very successful year of business and prepal ed many new pat-terns of extension table" and novelties for thc faIl season of trdde which Will be found on sale 111Chicago and Grand Rapids The company wJ11Issue a caidlog 111the near future The DavI~-Bllely Table company Will exhibit between five and six huneh ed pattern:'> 111 the KI111gman build111g, Grand Rapids, and at 1319 J\Ilchlgan avcnue, Chicago The l111e of hbrary table~ I" almost entirely new, and deslgnel Elchelsdoefer has made lt the greatest sinde of hiS hfe It numbers 1;,\"0 hundred patterns, in oak, mahogany and walnut An extensive line of miSSIOn work will be a feature of the exhibit In parlor, cham-ber and hall tables there vnll be a great vanety of styles and a Wide range of prices ThiS great estabhshment was developed by its present own-er:'> from a modest foundation laid upwards of twenty-five years ago and It is I ecogl11zed as one of the most important in the country. The D. L. Conrey Furniture company will exhibit their ex-cellent line at Chicago and Grand Rapids as usual. II I I I.. 28 \\ EEKLY ARTISAN -----------------------------------------------------------------------------_.--.--------------~ rI II Diners, BanquetTops, Office Tables, Directors' Tables and Bankers' Suites complete Stow & Davis Tables Possess in-dividuality--- That sterlmgquahtyth'lt appeals to buyers every-where. Even the novice appreciates the exquisite601shon our tables-the expert can see that the materials,workmanship,and thousand and one detailsof constructionare right- right by the rigidGrand Rapids standard of excellenceIII fur01turemakmg. Let us prove this to you at our exhibit,4th floor, Blodgett Bldg., of ------------------------------------- STOW & DAVIS FURNITURE COMPANY GR~~~fc~~DS. ..------ FURNITURE FACTORY METHODS. Some Interestin2 Ohservations hy a 'Vriter for the Woodworker. "1herc 11cl\been C011'iH]e1,\bk \,ud1\1 thl \\ uud-\\ llku " lol umn\ about cl01l1£;\pec1,tl k1 H], ot \\ 01k ,me] "U111l \ tl \ 111 aemous c1ev1ce~have heen 11lnst1ated f10111tnne to tnne I hb "eAchange of 1de,\\ ,mc1 ne\\ \\ 1l,lkleo 1, \ el \ hend111,d tu ])()th young dnd old 1 have been \\a1t111£;anA1m~h t01 \Oml 01 the 11101e able \\ nte1 s to :;:;1\e t1'- el bt u "h up on the iUr111tm, idCto \ 'UUjlct but a, mo,t ot them "eem to hay e otbe1 fi"h to t1\ 1 \\ 111endeavor to p01nt out ,0111e of tbe 11100tC0111monell 01" C" Ft1l1g 111present-d,\\ methods In the hrst plel! e 1\1tho age oj l0111IKtJtl J11 It I" ,11bo]utch nele~san to be eqmppee] \\ Ith muckrn mall1111el\ and LIllhtl~" for hanclhng the V\01k and even \\ Ith these th111g, elt b,ll1 I thc n1ctnufactm el cannot expect 10 meet \\ Ith 111ulh Ulle'-, un1c" the1 e IS a practIcal" ,tem oj d0111g l111n2," dml It h ,1])C111tItll, 0) stem ancl the conehllOn, perta11111u:;thel eto th,lt 1 \\ hh to con fine m) remark, Probably 111the meehul1l ane] lheap c1a,,,e, of £m mtm C the keenest compet1tlOn e"lsh ,Inel hel e the \e1 \ Iceo oj d pI ac1Jc.l1 ancl S) stematlc foreman al e a nece"lt\ Thu e ,1.1 C a £;rlat many factones malone; medltlm ,me! lhe,lp ft1lnJ( llll \1111ch 11C po\\cssed of f01emcn \\ho are nel1hel 1Jl,1c1Jl,tl nm "\,,tt1l1eltlC th1~ be111g eV1dencee! b) the de2,lCe of ,nccee, thc, hen e 0]) td111ed \OW let us cOn\lclel the lea\on:o fO! tl1C\e manu[dl tUl er:o se1ect111gsneh men In the fil st place the) cannot secm e a man 111 thlll 0\\ n \]- C1111tyfor the \\ dges the) offe1 and the eOl1l!ttIJn\ the\ l11'hl on, so the) ae!vert1~e for a . \\Ork111g [Oleman, ane! a:o ,nch an OFFICE OF CITY CLERK. Wichita, Kansas, June 3rd, 1910. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that bids will be received at the office of the City Clerk up to 9:00 A. M., on June 20th, 1910, for furnishing seats for the Forum. Plans and specifications for seating said Forum can be had at the office of the City Clerk. Bidders will be required to submit sample chairs prior to date of opening bids. Bidders will be required to enclose a certified check in the amount of $500.00 as a guarantee of good faith. Commissioners reserve the right to reject any and all bids. Wm. Sence, City Clerk. -_. _. ------------_._-----.---~~ .._ ..__ .~I dch (rt1 ~ement cloe' not appeal ,er) 111V1t111gto the 1110Stable ,md ]JlOfillent men 11 1he fur1111ure bU\1l1ess, the result IS they cn2,age the be't they can ~eU1re for the wages etc, usually get t111~ d man not elt all SUIted to he job-but they seldom ac-kllCl\\ lecl2,e theu m1,take untIl dftCl the) are out of busmess. "0 douht the~e manufacturerc :otdrt out Vv Ith really good in-tentlOn, but one trouble 1\ they do not reahze how Important I Ie,tlh good 101lm,111 hand 111fix111g hiS remunerat10n they do not ,j', ,I lule attach 111uch value to hIS mechdmcal gemus or l "ecnt1\ e db1htll s but ,ll e ~O\ erned largely by the amount of altnal Idb01 he h able to pel form thmk111g tl1dt b1a111Sare re-c, t Ired o,lh 111the offile eml of the bu:ome:o\ ()cl,l~lOnalh "ulh manager\ have the good fortune to se-lUI e a I ealh £;ooe! mdn bLlt the) :ooon attach so 111dny stnngs to him he 1\ unable to accomphsh very much m the way of re-t01111 ane! soon 10,eo 111te1e\t m the work One reason IS, they lan110t keep from lmttmg nt the ~ V\ ant to know the whys and \\ hel eto! e" ot e, en move he makes N 0\\, there are scores of lIttle th111g, a jOi emall does thelt requll e longer to explant to a man \\ ho b not d mee hamc than It takes to do them, beSIdes, It IS ,en annO\ 1112,to the foreman \nothel I ed\On IS If he IS hIred b) the month or year, they l111a£;111theey al e be111£;robbed If he has a few hont s to himself 111 the \\ a\ of ,1 ::"aturc1ay afternoon or a hohday, dnd they con-lOct ,dl mannel of schemes to have a job f01 hIm on such occa- ,10lJ, that he ldnnot vel y \\ ell refuse to do Kow, thIS method ot £;Citl 12, \\ 01k out of a good foreman IS to be condemned, for he \1 III soon 1eah7c that mechamcal sk111,md good eel Y1CeSare not elP]JleClated and ell the fir~t opporlu11lty WIll depart for a more lOJ1[;e111dlsltuatlOn Let m nO\\ lons111er what the concht1Ons should be in the 1110cler1 fnr11lture factm) for the busmess to be a success The fil ~t 11l1pO! tant lh111g IS to have each employe's dutIes defined, f(11 t]J1, 1~an age of ,peuahsts There should be no overlapping of anlhollt, the hedd\ of clIfferent depal tments should know \\ hat h expectee! of them, and be' responsIble to the owners for all \\ 01k donc unclel their superv l\lOn ~ll m del s to the dIffer-ent dep,lllmenh \hould come duect from the office For in- \t,mce, "hen a job IS billed to lhe mach111e department, each sub-seCluel1t clepclrtment \houlcl reCe1ye a copy of the order. ThIS a\ Ole!\ the nelcs~li\ of one foreman hav111g to gIve orders to ,molher \\ l11ch h "en apt to Cduse hU11to become OffiC1OUSand then, b\ credte £ncl1011 fhe l1ext 1mportdnt thmg 1s d good ~ystem m each depart-ment dnd111 orde1 to dccomph~h thiS the hedcl of each department reCjUlleo the co operat1On of the office for It i~necessary that the offile keep 111touch WIth the dIfferent c!epdrtments, and Y1Ce ver,d It IS Impos\lble to lay clOWI1an) hard and fast rules in ll£;ard to the detall\ of the system eldopted, as fac1ht1es and con-chtlOlF are so c!lfferent, ane! what may be a success 111 one place WEEKLY ARTISAN The PROUDFIT P 8 BINDER for Blue Prints9 Photos and PhotoJ!ravures has been adopted with success by the following firms and many others WHY NOT GIVE IT A TRIAL AND BE CONVINCED" IF YOU WilL SEND US A SAMPLE: SET OF YOUR BLUE PRINTS WE WILL INSERT THEM IN ONE OF OUR COVERS AND SUBMIT FOR YOUR APPROVAL Wolverine Brass Works, Grand Rapids GIand Rapids Brass Wks, Grand Rapids. MIChigan Chair Co , Grand Rapids. Grand Rapids Chatr Co , Grand Rapids Berkey & Gay Furniture Co., Grand Rapids Century Furniture Co Grand Rapids Imperial Furniture Co , Grand Rapids Royal Furniture Co , Grand Rapids. Phoenix Furniture Co , Grand Rapids. 29 John O. Raab Chair Co , Grand Rapids Hastmgs Cabinet Co., Hastmgs, Mlch Barber Bros Chair Co , Hastmgs, Mlch Grand Rapids Bookcase Co , Hastmus Wolverine MIg Co, Oetrolt. The Sikes Co , Philadelphia, Pa The H Lauter Co , Indianapolis, Ind Langslow·Fowler Co., Rochester, N. Y. Galiia Furniture Co , Galilopolis, O. THE PROUDFIT LOOSE LEAF CO.9 8 AND 10 LYON ST., CRANO RAPIDS9 MICH. would be a failure 111ail0ther, howevcl, the deaI111t;'Jof the office With the cllffel ent depal t'11ent, may be the same Il1 ,dl cases A pnntecl fOIl11of convement ~Ize to file may be used to good advantage Il1 makmg out the 0\ del~, and all mformatlOn either regular or ~peoal, should be pl,unl) 'Hltten on the order In adchtlOn to thiS, each department should have a lecord book, and all 01 der:", on bemg I ecelved, ~hou1d be entered and dated-v, hen commenced and when completed-and after the completIOn of the Job the ongmal oreIer should be returned to the offi e Thh \\ ill 111form the office that the Job m que,tlon ha:" paosed thlough a certam department rj here should aho be a monthly or seml-monthl) hst made out m the office, of the l?,ood, 111stock andm proces:", ,md a COP) glVen to the head of each department He can then ~ee for him-self what lob:" al e low on the h:"t, and get them under v\ay With-out any mconvenence of 1I1terference With the other liv01 k 111 plO-ces:". Tl11s ~Olt of hst ~erve~ a double pm pose Tt aVOids the necesslt) of fthh orders, wluch are a cletnment to any good s, ,- tem, and the 1I1convemence of not hav1l1l2,"good~ 111 ctock to fill orders pi omptly A~ to the work1l1g out of tl11s k1l1d of system, \\ e ,'VIII ."tart at the begmnmg, ~ay at the 'breakmg-out corner In the ma-ch1l1e department It may not seem to some aver) lmpOi tant Job, or yet reqmre vel y much consideratIOn on the part of the foreman Thl', however, IS a mistake, for the breakmg-out cornel IS I eally the controllmg lever to the 'v hole department, for thl~ reason If the Ie are several Jobs of one kmd sent out 111:"uc-ceSSIOn, thel e IS sure to be a com;e~tlOn at ,ome mach1l1e" ,'Vl11le othel' hetve hardly enotH;h to do A Juchclom selectIOn of lob~ 111 the corner WIll aVOid thl:" 1l11l1ece"sar) conge~tlOn and keep the \\ 01 k 11lce1ybalanced, abo reduce the tendency to mix th111gs up It IS a common practJce 111 ~ome shops to do a little work on ne'lily every Job 111 the department, the whole affaIr bemg clone some,'Vhat on the m~tallment plan 1hiS sort of a :"ystem IS a 10,el of tJme, bewles makm£; It vel) chfficu1t to keep tab on the -~--~--~-_.,---------- -- y\ork c\ much better ,\ a) I, to complete each Job beLll e stal t-mg another-although some foremen con,lclel It a ga111 to do sU111larpal t, 01 chffel ent lobs at the one settmg of the machme. I d{)J1't approve of thIS \Vay ,£01 :"everal rea,on" \lZ (1) The chfficulty of gettmg ,llcur,lte tune on the Job, 111 case of keepmg LOSt, (2) the tendency to lSet the chfferent Jobs l111xed up, (3) the extra amount of hanrl1mg neces,al" ,l~ very often trucks have to be pal t1) unloaded to gd ett the part~ wanted It IS also goo,l pohc) to have a certa1J1 W,IYto do the chfferent parb of the yyork, and always do It that wa), as the men become prohuent and can handle their worh. to much bettel advantage Death of Thomas Madden. On Tue"clay mOf11mg, June l-±, Thomas .Madden. the founder of the home of Thomas :i\f adden Son & Co, (111corporated) ched at hl~ home m Inlhanapohs, aftel an Illne~s extend1l1g ovel sev-eral \V eek ~ ::\Ir :\radden was born m Ireland and came With Ius parent~ to c\menca as a youth and :"ettled \VIth 1m parent:" at DelphI \t the outbreak of the CIVil ,'Val he enli,ted 111a volunteer regiment and rendered gallant and conspicuoUS sel- ,ice, su~tammg very pamful wounds 111bdtt1e, necessltatmg hiS 1etlrement fwm the arm) Captalll ;\Iadclen engaged m the manufacture of pador furmture With 1\1 Clun~ at InJlcll1apo h: m 1878, and after ,everal years of successful busmess ''Vlth-dre,\ and e:"tabhshed the firm of rl homas .i\Iadden & Son Latel hIS :"ons-m-la\\, "Mr O'Conner and Mr. O'Relll), \\ ele admitted to partnership and stlll later the firm took on the corpOi ate form m which the lalge and profitable bus1l1ess of the house I, con-ducted Capt Madden selVed hl~ ot) \l1 ~everal offiCial capacltJe" councllman, pre~ldent of the public wOlk~ board and as a clerk of ::'IIallon count), and 111all hI s busmess transactIOns acctll acy and pi omptnc" predom11lated He was hIghly e,teemed m lll~ ot) and ,tate, no man 111 hl~ l?,cneratlOn commanclms; s:reai.el respect and esteem TIe \\ a, b-l-) eal, of age ... - I ------------ ..._-.- .... --------- -.~.-_.-_------.-. --_.-- THE LYON FURNITURE AGENCY CREDITS AND COLLECTIONS ROBERT P LYON, Ceneral Manager THE SPECIAL CREDIT BUREAU OF THE FURNITURE, CARPET, UPHOLSTERY, UNDERTAKING, PICTURE FRAME, MIRROR VENEER, WOOD, CABINET HARDWARE AND HOUSE FURNISHINC TRADES. IMPROVED METHODS WE ALSO REPORT THE PRINCIPAL DRY GOODS DEPARTMENT AND GENERAL STORES. CapItal, Credl! and Pay Rahngs Cleanng Honse of Trade Expenence The Most RelIable Credit Reports. RAPID COLLECTIONS. New York Grand RapIds Philadelphia Iloston Cincinnati ChIcago St LOUIS Jamestown High POint ~-----------_... --- . ------ GRAND RAtOIDSOFFICE 412-413 HOUSEMAN BUILDING C C NEVERS MIChIgan Manager - .. MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND NEWS OFFICES: CINCINNATI--Second National Bank Building. NEW YORK--346 Broadw ..,.. BOSTON--18 Tremont St. CHICAGe--14th St. a.d Wabash A••• GRAND RAPIDS -Houseman Bldg. JAMESTOWN, N. Y.--Ch ..d..koln Bldll· HIGH POINT, N. C.--N. C. Savings Bank Bldg. The most satisfactory and up-to-date Credit Service embracing the FURNITURE, CARPET, COFFIN and ALLIED LINES. The most a.ccurate and reliable Reference Book Published. Originators of the "Tracer and Clearing House System," The TaylO1 lurl11tme COmpdn} of IIomton, Tex, Ius added pIanos to its stock. G M fhomas, furl11ture dealel of \Vllhston, N Dak, has sold out to Champ10n & :Meyers The Colhns Brothers Undertakmg compan}, capltahzed at $1 0,000, l~ a new corporatlOn 111Seattle, Wash The vVolff & Roth lurniture company, dealel s of Ehza-beth, N J, has 111COploratecl. Capital stocl, $50,000 The Black & Blacl company, funeral directors, is a ne" corporatIOn, capltahzed at $20,000, m Columbns, Oh1O The Hampton-:M111tle lml11tm e compan), dealers 01 \\ lCel bury, Conn, has been 111corporated Capital stock, $20,0(;(1 James Connelly, ""ho now has a furl11ture store at Sank Center, Mmn l~ pi epdlmg to open another at St Cloud, ~1111n J o11n R \dal1J~ & Co I hardwal e dealers ancI ship chandleh of H()n~ton, Tn: , \\III add a furmtm e depal tment to then bmi-ness The East End lurnitnre compan), 111anntactn1 e1~ of POIh mouth, Oh1O, l1<1sl11creasecl Its capital stock from $30,000 to $50,000 The Read SbOl0 (Mass) Chall company has added bab) walkers, meny go-rounds, shoo-flies and hobby hor~es to Its 1111e of products. The Tucker, Hanks & Danghdnll lurmtm e compam of Oklahoma CltV, Okla, has mCl cased Its capItal stock fJ om $25,- 000 to $80,000. R S Hershey, for 35 years a furmture dealel sand umle1 taker of Bloomington, Ill, has tm ned the bl1Sme"s over to hh son John Hel shey The htlgat10n bet\\ een 13 \ Klpp and the Kiel Furmture company, ovel the sale and transfer of a Mllwankee furmtm e factory, has resnlted 111favor of Mr KIPP John Sbff, who fOlmedy conducted a lalge furmtme stOle IJ1 St Paul, 1\1111n, has pmchased the furnitm c department in Burke's general Store at Central City, N ebr McCadden & McI1wee of Baltlmore amI othel credltm ~ have filed a petlt10n m bankruptcy gamst the bchelbergel & Gray company, fml11ture dealers of Tampa, Fla COInel1l1s Delury, fm niture dealel of Danbury, Conn II ho recently purchased the Marshall block m which 111, ,t01 e 10 cated, WIll bmld a lalge addltlon to the bmldmg S SlIver, furmture dealer of Duluth, l\~111n, \\ a" fined ~G and costs recently for obstlnctmg the SIdewall In flont of 111~ store by dIsplay lng a davenport and a few chail s J olm F. GIlmore has sold his stock of fml11ture at 1 11Jal1Zl. 111., to the \V J Saffell compan} l\Jr GllmOle 11111£;0 tu 1),111- Vlll, TI1, \\ here he WIll engage 111the undel tak11l~ lm~ll1e" r-------------- I I The Lindholm lurmture company of San FranCiSco, Cal, ,lga111~t \\ hom crecl!tors recently filed a petit10n \n bankruptcy, hZlve filed schedules showmg habilities $42,503, assets $39,344. Loms N. Hart whose fUl111ture store in Fall RIver, Mass., \\ as "evel ely damaged by fire recently, has made an assignment to O,car D. Thomas as trustee LiabIlities about $3,000; a~- ~et, ~1,000 Ludv\dg Bros. & Chapman, house furmsher" of St Louis, \10 have 111corporated their business under the name of the Lm]\\ l~ Bro~ & Chapman House Furnishmg company CapItal ,lock $+0,000 1he Rosenthal Fl11111tnre tcompany WIll occupy the bU1ldl11g recentl) vacated by the Rhodes-Haverty company in Fort Worth, Texas The new tenants WIll 1emodel the bmlding to accom-modate ,1 lalgely mcreased stock. The Dmghamton (N Y.) Lounge company, of which F, E f'1 oehler 1S pi esident and general manager, has let the con-i! act fm a four ~tory addition to theIr plant. The new bmlc1- 111g\\ 111front on three streets and WIll cost $25,000. -\fter negotiat1Ons extend111g over ten years F. W Schneck, house furnIsher of MIlwaukee, has purchased from his sister-in-law a stllp of land twenty-five feet WIde, adJol11ing his store on Thll d stl eet It cost hIm $55,000-$2,200 per foot frontage. The \Veeks Furmture company of Woonsocket, R. 1., whIch failed recently, has been reorganized with adchtional capItal an(l three Boston men on the boal d of dIrectors Arthur L. Lougie of the He) wood Brothers & Wakefield company IS preSIdent ot the ne\\ company. 1he deal by whIch the Booth Manufacturing company of :\Iuskegon, 1\JIch, was to move Its plant to Waukesha, Wis, has been declared off, the Bus1l1ess Men's club of \iVaukesha hav111~ faded to raIse the bonm of $12,500 that had been prom-hed fhe company makes a lme of office furniture. It IS estImated that the Gold Coast and Ashanti could ,,\1P-ph GO,843 logs of mahogany and cedar a year If the mternal commU111cat1On were better. With mechanical haulage, such as tl actlOn engmes and hght tramwa} s, the output could be m- C1easeel to "ome 250,000 logs per annum without depleting the natm Zll 1eserves. Cl eelttor, 1,:;\.C filed a petJtlOn m bankruptcy again:"t -'am-uel Mlller hUllture dealer, of 1883 ThIrd avenue, N. Y., alle~- mg that he has made preferentJal payments and surreptitiously 1emovcd a pm hon of hIS stock. MIller, who began hb \Je\\ YOlk busl11es~ last November, was formerly president oj tll" (hlcaC;o CJ eeltt company Hi s liabl ltties are placed at '1i~,000. \\ lth assets estllnated at $l,GOO ------------- -- ------------ ... ... . .--.. -- - ... -., CollectionService Unsurpasud-Send for Book of Red Drafts. ~-- . ------ - -- - - ,-- - ~I WEEKLY ARTISAN 11 New Factories. Kronlund & Schnabel have begun operations m their new mattress factory at Supenor, W1S. H. B Goodloe 1S buymg equipment for a new table factory that he 1S estabbshmg at Roanoke, Va. Frederick and Ida M. Rossow and Dav1d H111 have 111cor-porated the Puget Sound Veneer Works, to estabbsh a plant at Tacoma, Wash. Capital stock, $5,000 Otto F. Ring, Joseph Z. Klenka and Edward J. Smejkal have incorporated the Western Couch company, capitabzed at $1,500, to establish a factory in Ch1cago. The United States Barbers' Furniture ManufactUl ing com-pany has purchased a slte and w1ll erect a $50,000 factory on OhlO street and Western avenue, Ch1cago. The Pead C1ty Furlllture company of Jamestown, NY, cap1tahzed at $5,000, has been mC01pOl ated to estabbsh a new factory 111that C1ty. C. J , J. \V. and Emma M. Lmdback are the mcorporators. The Asbestos Table Mat company of St. LoUls, Mo, has been 111corpOlated by A L DevOlgne and others, to manufacture asbestos mats They will estabhsh a plant 111St. Lotus. Capi-tal stock, $3,000, pmd 111. The ratepayers of the town of Lake Megantlc, Ont, have voted a bonus of $10,000 to the Megantic Furlllture company, for the estabhshment of a furlllture factory. The company must payout $10,000 dunng the first year and 111ncrease the amount $5,000 per year for ten years. Someth111g new in the bne of mattresses 1S prom1sed by the Oxford L111en Mattres~ company, incorporated w1th $600,000 cap1tal stock, to estabbsh a plant at Portland, Me. Clarence E. Eaton, T. L. Croteau, Albert F. Jones and B J\I M\axwell, all of Portland, are the promoters. The Union Parlor Furlllture company, capitalized at $50,- ~i----------------------- II I I W. F. & JOHN BARNES co. _____ . JI Our New Hand and Foot Power Circular Saw No.4 fhe strongest most powerful, and III every way the best machme of Its kmd ever made, for npplOg I cross-cuttIng bonng and groOVing 000, has been incorporated to estabhsh a new factory in New Orleans, La The stock 1S owned by John Corbera, August H :\1!:,se and vV1lliam Corbera, who also control the Ul110n Furni-ture company of 529 Baronne street. Fitting Up Their Show Rooms. The Century company, Grand Rap1ds, are pUtt111g the final touches on the show rooms 111their new factory blllld-ing, corner of Wealthy avenue and South Ioma street, and w1ll install the1r new line of samples during the commg week The work of removing machinery, stock, etc, from the old plant to the new will begin as soon as the samples are com-pleted The Hot-Blast Feather company, who, heretofore, have shown the1r line in the Furniture Exchange and other exhl-b1tion build111gs, are fittmg up show rooms m the factory near the west end of Pearl street bndgc where they WIll he 1eady for the buyers at the opening of the season Furniture Fires. J. B. Cummins of Hartsville, Ind, lost $1,230 by fire 111 his undertaking estabbshment. Insured. M. J. Fitzpatnck, dealer 111 antique furlllture in Baltlmore, Md., lost about $1,500 by fire 111 h1s store. No 111surance The furniture store of H. D. Kaplan, M'lcon, Ga., was dam-aged to the extent of about $2,000 on June 7. Well 111sured. F1re in the finishing department and warerooms of the Union Furniture company, Rockford, Ill., on June 8, caused a loss esti-mated at $75,000 to $80,000, which is fuly covered by insur-ance- a blanket policy of $200,000 on stock, machinery and build111gs The burned buildings will be rebUllt at once. Cabinet Makers In these days of close competItion, need the best pOSSIble eqUIpment, and thiS they can have in BARNES' HAND AND FOOT POWER MACHINERY Send for Our New Catalogue. 654 RUby Street. Rockford. Illinois .. 32 WEEKLY ARTISAN .-. --- --------------------"1 1 Miscellaneous Advertisements. FOR SALE. One Possehus Bros. Furmture Mfg. Co, 36-mch Grammg Machme complete in good condition. Has two Quartered Oak rolls and one Mahogany roll. Cost $500, Will be sold for $200. The E. M. Hulse Co, Columbus, O. 6 18-25 WANTED. Furniture men to learn furniture designing, rod making and stock billing by mall. Our course of instructlOn is just the thing for superintendents, foremen and factory men who wish to increase their knowledge and salary. Grand Rapids School of Designing, Dept. L., Grand Rapids, Mich. Arthur Kirkpatrick, Instructor and Designer. 4-9 e.o.w. tf POSITION WANTED. A practical man is open for a posItion as Manager or Super-intendent of Parlor Furniture, Case Goods or Lodge and Spe- Cial Furniture Factory. Correspondence inVited from new manufacturers and firms contemplating changes. Address "Noble" care Weekly Artisan. 6-18 6-25 7-2 • FOR SALE. A nice clean stock of Crockery in a !lve West Michigan town of 10,000 population. Would also rent store if desired. Address "See" care Weekly Artisan. 5-28tf. WANTED. An up-to-da
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35. Weekly Artisan; 1910-04-16

Notes:: Issue of a furniture trade magazine published weekly in Grand Rapids, Mich, starting in 1879. and GRAND RAPIDS P[TBT T "\ I LtJcV "- GRAND RAl:lIDS. MICH.• APRIL 16. 1910 NELSON-MATTER FURNITURE GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. BED-ROOM and DINING-ROOM COMPLETE SUITES in Mahogany, Circassian Walnut and Oak. If you have not one in your store, a simple request will bring you our IDagnificent new Catalo4ne oj 12x 16 .Inch pagt" groups. sllo·w·. ing suites to match. With it, even the most moderate sized furniture store can show the best and newest furniture satisfactorily. ,------- -- -- -- WEEKLY ARTISAN 1 2 WEEKLY ARTISAN ...-------------_. _._..-_._-----------. .-.--,.-. --. ..-. PO' • • ••••• - ••• • • • -- •• LUCE FURNITURE COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. j II Manufacturers of COMPLETE lines of MEDIUM PRICED DINING and CHAMBER FURNITURE. Catalogues to Dealers Only. _______________ • '" • 1 ••• _. a_a. a_ ad •••• -.-.- ... .. . •••• a •• r.e P_ ••• -.- Luce-Redmond Chair Co.,Ltd. I BIG RAPIDS, MICH. High Grade Office Chairs Dining Chairs Odd Rockers and Chairs Desk and Dresser Chairs Slipper Rockers Colonial Parlor Suites 111 Dark and Tuna Mahogany BIrd' J Eye Maple Birch ~ullrtered Oak and ClrCI1JSlan Walnut Our Exhibit you will find on the fourth floor, East Section, MANUfACTURERS'BUILDING,North Ionia Street GRAND RAPIDS, MIC"IGAN Exhibit in charge of ]. C. HAMILTON, C. E. COHOES, ]. EDGAR FOSTER. GRA~TD RAPnJS pun~~J' 30th Year-No. 42 GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.• APRIL 16. 1910 Issued WeekI,.. THAT TARIFF AGREEMENT WITH CANADA Principal Concessions to the United States Are on Prunes, Nuts and Perfumery. Furniture and Wood Pulp Not Affected. Washington, April 12-Whatever may be thought on this side of the line of the new agreement with Canada, un. der which that country is given the minimum rates of the Tanff law of 1909, the Canadians seem to think that they have not given much in return. An examination of the agree-ment will not lead to great doubt as to the correctness of the CanadIan vielw. Mr. Fielding, the Canadian Finance Minister, who was chiefly concerned in making the arrange-ment, stated in the Canadian Parliament that they had main-tained the right of Canada to negotiate her own trade trea-ties, and by the granting of a "few small, comparatvely un-important concessions" on dates, nuts, feathers, and scents, had quenched the fire of a long trade battle. He stated that 50 per cent of the total trade of Canada was with the United States, and that 59 per cent of Canada's imports came from the United States, and 35 per cent of her exports went to that country. He said that was done under Tariff conditions that were not so favorable as could be desired, but he admitted that the Tariff of 1909 was more favorable to Canada than the Dingley law, and that on the exports from Canada to the United States last year the changes in duty were equiva-lent to $1,000,000 in favor of Canada. He said that if an I agreement had not been reached "a deplorable Tariff war would have resulted, and while the United States would have I suffered more than Canada, both parties would have suf- I fered to an enormous degree." I Minister FIelding said that he wanted to correct a false impression that had gone abroad about the maximum Tariff I of the United States. He said the maximum was 25 per cent of the value of the article and not 25 per cent of the duty levied. He explained the failure of the new arrange-ent to include in any way pulp wood, and he admitted that I many Americans had invested large sums in timber limits I which would be to a large extent lost under the proposed prohIbItion of export of pulp wood from the crown lands I of Quebec. He said, however, it was a matter of Provincial concern, and one with which the Federal Government could I not deal. Mr. Fielding made a great deal out of President Taft's I anxiety to bnng about better trade relations, and said that I the President gave assurance of his willingness to accept a moderate concession to meet existing difficulties. Mr. I Fielding said that the problem that faced the Canadians at the conference was to create a situation which would be ac-cepted by President Taft as sufficient justification for him to grant Canada the benefit of the minimum Tariff. The Canadian representative had not given the United States the benefit of the French treaty, of which thirteen other countries also got the benefit, but Canada had made concessions "to the) num1ber of thirteen which had been granted without affecting any Canadian industry." Mr. Fielding said: "We declined to grant concessions to the United States alone, but the reductions in the general Tariff apply to the whole world." Sir WIlfred Laurier, the Canadian Premier, stated that "peace had been preserved by small concessions," and that "the peace which Canada had with her neighbors was worth all the nuts and prunes in creation." He also stated that a reciprocity treaty was within measurable distance, and that Canada had sacrificed \nothing whatever. That is the Canadian view of the agreement, which is emphasized by the Montreal "Gazette," which remarks that "President Taft seems to have been ready to accept anything that would save his face and give him an excuse for propi-tiating an element which demanded that nothing should be done to increase the cost of livinR." The "Gazette" goes on to say that "really the United States has given Canada noth-ing by this latest agreement. It is true it may not have received much in exchange." Canada has given the benefit of its intermediate Tariff on thirteen numbers, covering forty articles, or 3 per cent of our exports to Canada. She granted her intermediate Tariff to France and thirteen other countnes, including Japan, Austria-Hungary, Spain and Switzerland. It would appear as if Canada should have been willing to give the same inter-mediate rates to the United States, but this Canada declined to do, without a return on the part of this country, and the President had no authority to grant anything more than Can-ada has been receiving. There was a promise of recipocity with Canada, Ibut that depend,;; on Congress. The trouble with reciprocity with Canada has always arisen out of the fact that Canada insisted on reciprocity in natural products only. That would mean the sale of practi-cally all of Canada's farm products in this country, without any further market in Canada for American products. There 4 WEEKLY ARTISAN ...---_._--------------------.. 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 and Chair Factories, Sash and Door Mills, Radroad Companies, Car BUilders and others will consult their own interests by using it. Also Barton's Emery Cloth, Emery Paper, and Flint Paper, furnished in rolls or reams. MANUFACTURED BY H. H. BARTON & SON CO., 109 South Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. WIll never be a reCIproCIty treat) agam on "uch a ba~h \l11e-teenths of the edItors of Amellcan ne"spapers appedr to be wholly unaware of the fact that Canada has never oftered or agreed to accept any kllld of recIprocIty except on natural products" The Provmce of Ontano no" prohIbIt:, the n:port of pulp wood to the Gmted States and the Prm mce at Quebec proposes to adopt a sImIlar measure I egardlllg crm, n land~ This she proposes to put IlltO effect next September \ othmg has been done or will probably be done III 01 der to meet such unfan dlscnmmatlOn The Illtermedlate Tanff \Vhlch the L mted State~ gets the benefit of on forty artlcle~, WIth the le..,t at the "orld. means a reductIOn to 17;h from 20 per cent a 1 I dlorem But these artlcle'3 are ~uch a'3 come mto (1Irect competitIOn \VIth goods of othe1 nations, and the I alue ot the eApOl t" 0\ "uch articles to Canada amounts to only about $5000,000 dnnuall) Canada will adml t ImpOl h tram the Lmted Klllgdom and reClprocatmg Bntl~h colomes at the Bntlsh preferentIal rdte, Imports from othel DlltI'3h colomes and from France, \rgen-tllla, Au~tna-Hungaf), Boln d, Colombld, Denmdrk, Japdn Korway, RU<i:ola, Spalll, Sweden, S" ItLerland dnd \ eneLuela are admItted at the mtelll1eJlate I ate (111 the ca"e at dl tldc" mentioned III the 1:' ranco-Canadlan treat)), and Imporb trom other countries are admItted at the rates of the general T dllft FurnIture from Great Bntlan ",Ill be taxed 27 Y;; per cent, from France and other "most fdl 01ed ndtlOns" 20 per cent and from the Umted State.., 30 per cent ad I alor~m, whIch IS the general tanff rate Bltuml11ou~ coal from Eng-land pay'3 35 cents per ton \Vlllle that !10m the State~' h taxed 53 cents per ton Sa"s, tools and machmer) trom the UllIted States mu~t pay 30 per cent whIle tho~e trom CIreat Br~tam anJ Bntlsh colol1le" are admItted at 210 per cent Canada leVIes no tanff tax on lumber, log., and timber nor on "manufactures of "ood' except furl1lture and h"\.ture~ Advlces from Otta"a state that It IS prdctlcallY certam the Quebec government will prohIbIt eAportatlon of pulp \Vood to the Ul1Ited States and \\111 make a COlblderable mcred~e III the rents of tImber lImIts as "ell as an adl ance 111 "tum-page ,Jue3 PremIer GOUIll has announced that he \Vould de-clare the attItude of Quebec on the que~tlOn III the legl"lature before the close of seSSIOn, but at pre~ent neIther he nor dn, of his colleagues IS wlllmg to gIve out an) Illtormatlon Mr. Allard, mllll~ter of lands and fore~ts hml el er. g,lI e an intere"tmg resume of the SItuatIOn . The g-Olernment has not sold any tImber lands," saId :\Ir \llard "\\ e leal e these limIts to the lumbermen for one ) ear O\Vmg to the large amount Ill, ested III the timber Illdu"tr), howel er, the limIt wouldn't be increased for a certalll tIme In 1900 the .. . .. ., DO YOU WANT the PRETTIEST, BEST and MOST POPU-L- AR LEATHER FOR FURNITURE. ANY COLOR. WILL ,NOT CRACK. If so buy our GOAT and SHEEP SKINS Write for sample pads of colors. DAHM & KIEFER TANNING CO. 204 lake Street, CHICAGO, ILL. TANNERIES CRAND RAPIDS, MICH. CHICACO, ILL. ... . . .._--- .. ------- ... _ ... gOl ernment <lgreed not to increase the rent for a period of tell ) ear~ 1hl~ agreement expIre" m September The gOl ernmellt \,111 then b~ at lIberty to make new terms with the lInl1t holdel s ' :-Ir \llard would not adm1t that 1t was the intention of the gal ernment to prohIbIt the eAportatlOn of pulp wood, but "aIel that It thl'3 wa~ done It would undoubtedly be bene-fiCIal to the pro, mce The prohIbItIOn of exportatIOn would have the effec~ of greatlv mcreasmg the mdustry m the provmce," he said :-lam CllIted States manufacturers would open mIlls on thl~ .,Ide at the lme and thl~ would gIve employment to a great many people The opelllng of new mIlls m thIS pro- \ mce would check the flow of elmgrahon to the UllIted State~ " WEEKLY ARTISAN MANUFACTURERS SHOULD ACT Advised to Assist in Securing Desirable Business and Trade Relations With Canada. The following from the edltonal column" of the ~ ew York Commercial, makes suggestIOns and urge" actIOn that should be well consIdered, then followed by actIOn by bUSI-ness organIzatIOn, 111the l'11lted State'i and Canada, e'ipeCI-ally a" the manufacturers on thl'i "Ide of the lme are to re-ceIve no benefit from the tanff arrangement recently made between the h\ 0 natIOn" The matter surely should be gnr-en attentIOn by the Furniture Manufacturers' NatIOnal asso- CIatIOn The Commercial says "Accord1l1g to a report from \Va'ih1l1gton, whIch bears the impre"s of offiCIal sanctIon, there WIll be a conference at the capItal or at Ottawa wlth1l1 two month'i between repre-sentatives of the P11lted States and CanadIan governments for the pury)ose of negotJat111g a recIprocIty and trade tI eaty betwecn the two countne,', ThIS WIll be one of the most tImely and Important treaty negotiatIons that our govern-ment has engaged 111for a long tIme Upon the conclusion of the conference must depend in large mea'iur~ the future bUSiness relatlOns of thIS country and Canada on thIS conti-nent and <!Ibroad If a treaty IS settled that wIll give the Dominion preference over other countnes 111American mar-kets, whIle conceding certa1l1 reductions in duties to us, some-thing hke a cnSIS may be precipItated invoh ing senous tar- Iff dlfficultIe" with France, Germany and other natIOns, if not 111deed WIth Great Bnta1l1 Y ct because of the enor-mous ctevelopmenh that the gOing on In Canada, tl1P great wealth that IS being uncm ered 1tl every part of the 00m1l1- lOn, the ,<,urpII"lng commerCIal and productive expanSiOn there, In whIch the L;11lted States not only ha'i the largest part but an ObVlOUS respomibIhty, It is most deSIrable that a treaty be effected In the broadest terms of mutual advan-tage _ No mistakes shoul,l be made, and in order to avoid them official dIplomacy, in which the people on both SIdes of the border have full confidence, 'ihould have the guidance. the expenenced directIOn, the concen"us of judgment of the bus- Iness forces of the two countries There should be a con-ventlOn of representatives of the leadmg branche'i of com-merce and induo,try summoned at the earhest practicablc date-at Montreal as the most central point-for the thor-ough di"cu"slOn of the actual requisities and to preserve the continUlty of Interest and amIty from confUSIng or entang-lIng dIlemmas Such a conventlOn 'ihould be called by the CanadIan Manufacturers' A'isoclation, the Montreal Cham-ber of Commerce and the 13u'i1l1e"s ~Ien's League of that cIty and should inVIte the partIcipation of delegates appointed by all the bu"llles'i orga11lzations of Canada, the National Manufacturers' AssociatlOn of the -United States and other industrial bodIes, chambers of commerce, boards of trade, mercantIle, shipp1l1g. export, transportatlOn and other or-ganizations. The Commercial make'S bold to suggest such a con-ventIOn as an essential and a matenal help in the proposed negotiatlOns and urges l!pon the Canadian bodIes mentioned such early, defilllte actIOn as may be conSIstent WIth theIr own views ~rost of the que"tions that would naturally be taken up by such an offiCIal conferencc concern the tViO principals only, but any extensive preferences yIelded to Canada might at once be foll"wed by demands from nearly all the European powers for similar concessions As such an extension of the COnCeS'ilOllS would make them useless and leave the Toledo, Ohio, June 10, 1908. Grand Rapids Veneer Works} Grand Rapids, Mich. Gentlemen:- ReplyIng to yours, would say that we have nothing but words of praise for your system of Dry Kiln whIch we have in-stalled and it IS working to our entire satisfaction, and furth-ermore we are much pleased With it. Yours truly, The B. A. Stevens Co. 5 United States and Canada precisely where they are today, the representatives of the two governments would be obliged to de,Io,e 'iome acceptable means to make the conceSSlOns agreeable to the other natlOns And It IS m reaching this mo"t essentIal and dIfficult result that the clear, logical, pen-etrating sense of the leadlllg business forces of the Domin-lOn and the States IS a necessary element at thIS time. A Made by Waddell Manufacturing Co , Grand Rapids, MlCh plalll, amIcable, endunng treaty agreement that would not so conflIct WIth the eXI,',tmg agreements VI ith Germany and France as to cause tanff repnsals could be constructed, If at all, upon the decJaratlOns and recommendatIons of a me-monal such as would be pre'iented to the governments by the conventlOn here propo"cd • Furniture Man Studies Civic Affairs. Robert VY Jrwlll of the Royal Ft1ll11ture company, Grand RapIds, has Just returned from a tlip or VISit of two months on the PaCIfic coast He went for bus1l1ess and pleasure and was successful 111 both mlSSlOns Mr Irwin I,', 111terested in mUl1lclpal matters and whIle on hIS tnp gave conslderaJble attention to CIVIC affaIrs, particularly to the llghting systems used 111 the coast CIties. r------------------~--------------- 6 WEEKLY ARTISAN .-.--.----._...---._._----_. -- ._•._._._--- -----------------------------. NO ........ ., OTHER No. 111 Patented Sand Belt Machine. SANDER can possibly do the variety of work that is being accomplished on our machine. Our No. 171 Sander is positively superior to all other methods on flat surfaces, irregular shapes and mouldings. Ask for Catalog liB" ......W..Y..S.O..NG « MILES CO.1Cedar St. and Sou. R. R·1GREENSBORO, N. C. t .._-- .. To Curb the "Curbstone Brokers'" The following pream1ble and resolutions .\ ere adoptc 1 by the executive comml1ttee of the National Reta11 Furmture Dealers' associatIOn at a meeting held recentlv III Chicago Whereas, the abuses of the card system ha. e grown to an enormous extent, and fostered the grOl\ th of a class of men known as "curbstone brokers" who do busllless 111 an illegitimate manner with and through the conl11vance of un-scrupulou3 manufacturers, commisslOn men and agents Be it therefore unanimously Resolved-That \\ e, the Kational Retal1 Furl11ture Deal-ers association cannot patrol11ze any manufacturer, agent or commission men, who wlll make a sale of furl1lture, .1h1ch 1S not filled and shipped direct to a honafide retail furl11ture dealer. Resolved-That the assoc1ation recogl1lze no one as a legitimate and bonafide furl1lture dealer except such as carT) at all times a full stock of furniture, commensurate II ith the locallty in which they are doing business, and .\ e most posi-tively exclude second-hand dealers, repair shops. mattress factories, auction house3 and storage II arehouses Resolved--That we absolutely ar eopposed to the ISSU-ing of fictitiou3 business cards and that under no condition will we countenance or approve of the selling of goods by manufacturers or their agents who~after a sale has been com-pleted give some dealer a trifling commission, thereby trying to give an illegitimate transaction an honest aspect Resolved-That it is the sense of this association that we will patronize those manufacturers, Jobbers or sales agents \\ ho will further our interest by complymg with our just demand Resoh ed-That a copy of these resolutions be furnished to el ery tt ade Journal for pubhcation Dissolved Corporations Liable for Tax. Attorney-General Wickersham is lof the opinion that corporations that were in existence when Ithe corporation tax law was passed but were d1s30lved prior to Jan. 1, 1910, when the tax became due, are subject to the tax. In an opmion subm1tted to the secretary of the treasury the attor-ney- general says' "If the corporation in question engaged in bus1l1ess after the approval of the act of Congress of Aug 5, then 1t \\ as hable for the tax, though it may not have be-come due untl1 after the corporation wail dissolved and the government may collect the tax by pursuing the assets of the corporatlOn mto the hands of the stockholders in the same manner as that by which any other creditor might ob-tam satisfaction of h1s debt." Hotels to Furnish. A large additIOn to the hotel Alexandria in Los Angeles, Cal, IS under construotion. l1he hotel Maryland at Pasadena, Cal, will be enlarged by the erectlOn of a la1ge addition to the main structure during the current year. The :\formons of Salt Lake City have commenced the erection of a large hotel, opposite the temple in Salt Lake City SEND FOR CATALOGUE. ----------------- WEEKLY ARTISAN You can always get IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT 1·20" R. C. PLAIN OAK 1.8", 1.20", 1.24" and 1·28" R. C. BIRCH 1.16", 1.20", 1.24", and 1..28" POPLAR 1.20", 1.24" and 3.16" GUM Direct from our Grand Rapids Warehouses. We solicit your trade. WALTER CLARK VENEER GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. COMPANY Foresight and Hindsight. "If that man's forsight had been as good as his hind-sight he would have been a rich man long ago," is not an uncommon saying. It applies to most people, looking back-ward is much easier than looking fovward. The writer was inspecting a new factory not long ago. It seemed to be a model in many ways. In the ba'3ement was a fire proof vault for storing patterns and tools. The office was nicely fitted up with all modern conveniences, but the books were kept in a COmimonordinary safe, instead of a fire-proof vault. I wonder if those patterns and tools were more valuable than the books In another three story building in the same city, there is a fire-proof vault on each floor, so that not only valuables for the working of the plant were safe but the books as well Which of the two, gentle reader, think you ha'3 the best foresigiht? •• - ••••••• - ••••••• -------- -._-._ aa aa aa _~ J. BOYD PANTLIND, Prop. Morton ffouse ( American Plan) Rates $2.50 and Up. ffotel Pantlind (European Plan) Rates $1.00 and Up. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. The Noon Dinner Served at the Pantlind for 50c IS THE FINEST IN THE WORLD. .. ••• __ ••• aa •• • •• __ • I .... Now all this simply applies to every department of busi-ness. In case both of these plants should be destroyed by fire, it is not hard to tell which one would sustain the greater loss, or which can get the lower rate of insurance. T:le common, ordinary dry kiln is one of the most dangerous fire risks around any woodworkJing plant ·When the same kiln is fitted out with the Grand Rapids Veneer Works patented process, the danger from fire is almost entirely eliminated, besides givlllg the bIn double its capacity, and when waste from checking, case hardening and working is taken into account, the kiln is worth from three to five times as much as before. Watch the advertisements of the Grand Rapids Veneer Works from week to week in the Weekly Artisan and see what a lot of men there at e whoi3e foresight is at least equal to their hindsight. Newmark Makes Good. When Samuel Newmark of Salt Lake city, departing from his usual vocation, engaged in the mining bUi3iness, he re-marked that he would expend one half of the results of his venture, if successful, in the improvement of the city of his adoption. In the course of a few years Newmark gathered unto himself $20,000,000 and he is making good his promise Dunng the pai3t year he completed the erection of a mam-moth sky-scraper, now ui3ed for mercantile and office pur-poses, and has in course of erection a large modern hotel located in the same city. Newmark owns the great flatiron building in New York. Free Rugs Do the Trick. Olinger Bras, of Franklin, III., are giving away very good Brussels rugs as a premium to all customers buying $25 worth of furniture at their store . MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND NEWS The factory pay roll" of Portland, Ore, no\\ a\ erage $80,000 per day HIcks & Pearman, furnIture dealers of Seba"tapol, Lal have ",old out to L \\T Schram Furl11ture ,alued at $715,000 "as manufactured at \\ 111~ ton-Salem, I\f C, dunng the year 1909 D~nman & SoU<; have sllcceeded G \ Slaughter 111the retail furmture busme",s m Floy dale 1 eJ\. 1\1 J Mersch has sold hl<; furl11ture and undertakmg busmess at Ste, en" Point, \ \ IS, to i\dam & 13m er Merchant" of St John."\ 13 are offenng mducemcnt, for the estabhshment of a furmture factory 111 then to\\ n The Sligh FurnIture company of Grand Rapld~ ha<; a contract to furnIsh 700 rooms m the Hotel Sherman. ChI-cago The People's FurnIture "tore of (u1111)lrlanc1 \ld ha~ moved 111tO N"o 5 BaltImore "treet, \11 11 (,ruher ~ old stand CredItors hay e filed a petItIOn In bankruptcy a~am,t Max Schwabsk), furnitllle dealer at 1()f)3 Thl1d avenue. New York C. M Pace, a young but expenenced furmture "ale<;- man, has purchased an 111terest m the People ~ Furmture company of Roanoke, Va North Carolma has I11nety-eight furnIture plan b, \\ Ith an aggregate capital of $3,475,600 U~111g10,157 horse pm\er and employing 6,271 people , The Spear lur11lture company of Cle\ eland. O. ha<; made an a"'llgnment to \laJ\. P Goodman Llahlhtle<;. S20 000, assets estImated at $10 000 W ] l'ear"on, k L Robert<;on ane! \\ \ 11adden have incorporated the San Antol11o (Te,) FurnIture com-pany, dealers CapItal stock, $2 SOO \V H DuBell who 0\\ ns a furnIture compam <;ome-where in Kew YOlk. has agreed to mo\ e It to Tampa rIa If announcement m the Tampa papers IS correct Kirby & Gulledge, furmture dealers of Jackson Tenn. have moved into new quarters 111the bul!d111g formerly oc-cupied by the Kmzle-Glass FurnIture company The John Breuner company of Oakland Cal. \\ III clIs-pose of a handsome bungalow soon b, a \ otmlS conte"t lImIted to purcha<;er" of house furm~h111g goocl<; at theIr "tore The "Tlchlta (Kan) \Vhole~ale FurnIture compam. one of the most prosperous concerns 111the CIty. IS about to beg111 the erectIOn of a four-<;tory blllld111g to co"t about <:;100.000 EmIl J ohnsgaard of Bott111eau '\ D ha~ ~old 111, fu r111- ture busmess to Knox Fergu"on and] H \\ ea\ er and the "tack will be consohdated wIth that of J H \\ ea, er 8. Co Bankruptcy proceed111gs have heen ...tal ted agd1l1<;t 1-'1- dor May, furnIture dealer of 1934 ThIrd a, enue, Xe" 'lark. He has been m the hus1l1ess S111ce 1882 LlahIlltIes. $-1-,000 The employment of m1110rs under "IAteen y eal ~ of age in manufactunng establIshments at mght 1<; prohIbIted m the state of New J er"ey by a recent enactment of the le2;I<;- latlll e M E Matthews one of the most prom111ent furmt ure dealers in Atlanta. Ga, dIed "uddenly on i\pnl:1- 1-1e \\a<; 43 years of age and IS sun Ived by hI"> "Ido\\ and three daughters Fred A Kutbrown IS reported to hay e dIsposed of hIS interest in the hardware and furnIture firm of Nutbrmvn & Sons of Portland, Ore His 111terest goes to the other mem-bers of the firm The Marshfield ("'IS) Beddmg company has been placed 111 the hand ... of H G Hambnght, cashIer of the llrst ~atlOnal bank, a, recel\er i\ reorgal11zatlOn of the company IS expectecl The Ro) al FurnIture company are enlarg1l1g the capacIty of theIr tacton b) addmg a fourth ,tory to the finishing and o,tock departments ancl thus relIevmg the crowded con-dItIOn of other room <; The Crocker ChaIr company of Sheboygan, \VIS, have lust completed a large addItIOn to theIr plant and wl!l soon hegm another whIch wIll enlarge the saw room and wood- \\ or!ong department of factory 13 The chaIr factones owned by Newberry Bros & Cowell at Dunn, '\ C, whIch hay e been Idle for a year or more hay e been started agam, but they are making dressers, chiff-ol11er<; ancl "Ideboard s m, tead of chair" Henn CIC'c1on, ftlll11ture dealer of Korfolk, Va, has let the contract fOl a ne\\ hlulchng that 10 needed to accom- Illoda te hI <; rapldh groW111g bus111ess [t wIll be two-stories, 7~ '\. 3~0 feet and \\Ill cost upward" of $50,000 C Fll1le) KlIlght has sold hI" 111terest in the K11lght lurl1lture and Crockery company of Jacksonville, Fla, to another <;tockholder "J1r Kl11ght IS 0l'ga11lzI11g a new com-pam to handle furnIture and crockery at ",holesale There are ...IX factones 111 Knoxvl1le, Tenn, and three more In that sectIOn of the state which are making wood mantels They ha\ e a combined output of 118,000 mantels a \ ear 1 \\ a of the KnoJ\.vllle plants have a capacity of 25,- 000 each BU<;l11ess and manufactunng cOl1ChtlOn" 111 Fort Smith arc reported as film \, Ith hU"111es", on the lump The coun-tn ~eel1l" to be addll1g to ItS reqll\rements steadl!y with \ alne" a,h anc111g The demand seems to be general and not confined to an, particular commodIty \ "hortage of fifty-foot cars IS reported from fur11lture manufactUring center" due to the clemand for long cars from automobIle shIppers Some of the automobIle concerns are reported as hav111g used 300 or 400 cars per month since \Iarch 1 and no decrease 111 their demand is expected until the fibt of June The common councl! of Los i\ngeles, Cal, recently created a clem and for "mall mIrrors by passing an ord111ance reqUlnng that a mIrror be placed on the front of every vehIcle, 111cludl11g tractIOn cars and automobIles, used in the city. The purpose of the ordl11ance IS to enable dnvers to learn the con(htlOn of traffic and the movements of pedestrians in the rear of theIr vehIcles The Com erse T\Ianufactunng company \ and th~ Gale ChaIr company of '\ e",aygo, Mlch, have been reorga11lzed and consolIdated under the name of the Newaygo Chair compan), capltah7Cd at $100,000 Joseph J SchneIder of the ne\\ company, Hdrry M Allman of ChIcago, vice-presIdent, ~ orman i\ Lar"on of 1IIa11ltowoc, \Vis, secretary and \Vil-ham H Gale of 1\ ewaygo, manager Furniture Fires. TIre 111the chaIr factor) of \;\T aldcutter & Kahlenberg, 10ledo, 0 , caused a loss of about $500 Fully insured The \\ E Bradey Fur11lture company, dealers of Athen"" Texa~, were burned out recently with a loss of about $1,000 pal tlall) 111sured \\TJllIam H Tullah's furniture store in Rose CIty, was Je<;trO\ ed by a fire that WIped out a large sectIOn of the to\\ n on Apnl 8 Mr, Tullah's loss is well covered by in-surance WEEKLY ARTISAN GRANI> RAPII>S FACTORIES MERGED Show Case Company Absorbs the Michigan Barrel Company. '\fter ne~otlatlons e:xten-lll1!S U\ el ~e\ eral months, ar- I ang enllnts hay e been com plet ed, tl11l1l1g the pa "t \\ eek, \\hereby the Grand RapIds ~how Case company v\lll take 0\ el the plant and hU"lJ1e~::. uf the 1\IJchlgan Barrel company, wl1Jch I~ one of the uld manufactUrIng concern" of the same cIty 1he ,[Icblgan Barrel COmpally \\a, ()J £;allueJ 111 1870 and for many ) ears had a larg e and profitable busIne'o~ IJ1 the manufactl1Je of lumher, and stave-les" or hoop ballel.., and meastI1e.., In recent vealS refngcr-at01s have been thclJ jJlIncljJal jJloc1uct thou£;h thC\ have con- 9 \\ as Illcreased to $700,000, of \vhlcb, a~ shown by the latest rtpOI t, $492,000 IS paId In It IS under"tood that the manufactunng of refngerators at the ban el company plant WIll be chscontllll1ed ::.oon and that the bul1d1l1g WIll be used maInly for warehouse and ;,torage purposes, but the sav" mIll vvIll contInue to cut ma-hogan) and othel cabInet \\ oods New Karpen Exhibition Building, Chicago. Tlll" WIll be the 1110"t convemently located, complete, ma!Snlficent, nO\ el and adll1Jrably planned furnIture exhib1- t10n h11l1dmg ever erected hy pnvate cnterplse Its floor "pace \\,ill aggregate eIght and one-half acres ()nc flom \\ J11 be al ranged for acceptahle lInes In floor ------ ----------- -- ---- -----------------., tlllued to operate the saw 111111m, ainly on mahogany and other commerCIal or cu"tom \\ OJk The company i:" cap1talI7ed at $150,000 all pale! In The Grand RapIds Show Ca:"e company It:>one of the cIty's most prosperou" manufactullng I11stltutJOnt:> It ha" hdd a rapId growth 111 the pat:>t tew ) ears and IS stIll grovv1l1g The htb1l1e"s wa.., stal ted anI) ten y eal s ago by Raymond Mancha and Henry \\TIllIams Later S D Young dnd \V K \VIllJalJ1::. were admItted as partner~ SIX years ago Sam-uel M Lemon pUl chaseL1 ]\[1 Manche':, mtere"t for $24,000 and the company wa" mcUl porated \\ Ith $200,000 capItal stock of whIch $120,000 \\ a" then paId m Samuel M Lemon became president, \V K and Henry \\ IIlJams, vIce-presi-dents and S D Young "ecretaly-itleasurer and manager. Smce the lllcorporatlon thc glOwth of the business ha'3 heen remarkable, necessrLaLm£; contmued e:xpant:>JOn and Improve-ment of the plant Two years ago the Lutke Manufactullng company of Portland, Ore, was merged with the Grand Rapids Show Case company, under the latter name and Robert Lutke be-came a member of the board of directors. The capitalization I j / ~ COyenngs, textllc fabl ic", wall papel, decoratIons and alheJ produch 5- KaJ pen & Urn", now hav e "ale"room~ at 187 and 188 :\f1chlgan a\ enue, ChIcago, 1')5 and 157 \\ est ThIrty-fourth t:>treets, Xev, YOlk and 22 to 26 SudhtllY strect, Boston Enlarging the Macey Plant. 1 he :\Iacc) company, (~1and RapILb, have accepted plan::- for a new factOly btJJldll1g to be located Ju"t south of the malll bUlIJmg on South Dn l..,lOn ..,treet The new buIldlllg wIll be 96 x 1::?-l-feet, four ..,tone" and basement, of bliCk, mJ11 construction and will be fintt:>hed by September 1, at a cost of about $50,000 The company no\\; ba" 110.000 .,quare feet of floor space and the new buIlclmg vv111add 60,000 square feet, making the Macey factory one of the bIg factones 111 the city. The card indexmg department. wl1Jch h now do\\n town, WIll he trant:>ferree! to the new bl1lldll1g It's the things we don't get that we should sometimes be most thankful for. to WEEKLY ARTISAN THE ONLY rIORTISER That does not require material to be marked off. Makes each and every mortise accurately and perfectly. Each spindle instantly adjusted by hand wheel. Automatic Spacing Gage. Patent Automatic Stroke. Patent Adjustable Chisel. ....... No. 181 Multiple Square Chisel MOftlser. Ask for Catalog I'J" .. .WYSONO « MILES CO., Cedar St. and Sou. R. R., OREENSBORO, N. C. ... BALTIMORE MAKES PROGRESS Has Abolished Some of the Burdens and Re· strictions on Business Men. "tore~ here, at Annapolts, Md, \Vllkesbarre and PottSVIlle, Pa The bu"me,,:o they ha\ e bUllt up ranks among the larg-e" t 111the country For more than 50 years theIr store has been located here on ;'\ orth Gay street, above the BelaIr market 1he) ha\ e aho taken over the busllless of the DelaIr Furl11ture company The Chdrles H Horner company have opened a new retall fur111ture ~tal e at 345 North Charles street They \vere formerly 111busllle:os at 328 North Cha1les street Chaudron & Co, plate and beveled glass, have moved tr0m 412 East Sdratoga "treet to 217 West Camden street Hart\v 19 & Kemper, wholesale chairs, 316 West Pratt ..,treet, ha\ e put mane", lllle of d111mg chairs, porch rockers, etc . .. BaltImore, Md, Apnl 14--Baltimore h not knO\\ n Lh a large manufactunng centre, although there are a numbel ot good SIzed furlllture factones het e ThIs b due 111 a mea",ure to the system of taxation \\ hen an officeman, retailer, wholesaler or manufacturer starts 111 oU,,111ess he IS ta "ed or ltcen:oed and generally has th1 ee 01 tOU1 kmd.., of ta "\.e", to pay In the "tates of \Te\V York, Penn,,)ha11la and '(e\\ Jersey, WIth few exceptlOn", no merchant of an\ kllld pa\.., any hcense to start III bu"me"s, all the re\ enue nece"",an being raised on real estate 01 per:oonal propert), except the I urst Bro~ & Co ha\ e moved frOim 211 \Nest Camden liquor taxes Baltimore has come to a realtzatlOn of thiS and ~treet to 38 Hopkms place and are makmg a new 1111eof the legislature has passed an act authonzlllg Baltll110re to .... • • • •• •• • ••••••••••• allow manufacture1 s to do OU~111e~"hel e on \ ('1 \ ea..,) tel 111"', whIch, WIll be expected to help the Clt) 1Ih1S cIty 1:0 a \ ery large \\ hole"ale center and ha", a 1m; trade WIth the south, but they have to hustle to hold It \" a jobbing center, It IS noted and an Immense bus111ess IS done in all hnes ThIS ]obbmg busme..,,,, b furthered b) 1m) 1ng conventlOns whIch a1 e held here t\\ 0 month" 111 the ",prIng and two months m the fall \V hen t11Ou"and" of buyer" come from all the southern states TheIr fares' are refunded 1t-. ~ they buy a certam amount of good" ThiS method ha:o helped the trade to a large degree Some of the firms who take part 111pu~hl11g thb mo\ c ment are, the Reltable Furl11ture \IanufacturIng company 303 PreSident street, makmg sldeboa1 d", and chamher "UItc" Foster Bras t.fanufactunng com pan) , 320 Xorth Holltda\ street, bras.., and Iron bed manufactUlers, Furst D10~ L Co, 211 \Ve"t Camden street, pIctures, mIrrors and molclll1g'" Pollocks, whole"ale furlllture. Howad and Saratoga ",treeh. and the Heywood Bras & \Vakefield company, reed and rat-tan furniture. The tradmg stamp bU3iness 1S carned on here to such an extent as to make it a posItive nUIsance You get tiadll1g stamps WIth everythll1g but a haIr cut and shave and step,., are being taken to end it to a certalll degree at least The legislature IS takmg the matter up Hochschtld, Kohn & Co, Ho\Vard and Lexll1gton street" retail furlllture, Will bUlld a large addition to thelr store They already have an immen:oe structure for a general de-partment store Since the death of Isaac Benesch, retaIl furniture dealer, CRESCENT MACHINE WORKS the business has been taken over by !\aron, Samuel and \\ 11- OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. liam M. Benesch, who now control the house and have large ~._._._._._._.~_ ._._._._._._._._._. • .... Grand Rapids Crescent THE WORLD'S BEST SAW BENCH BUilt with double arbors, sliding table and equipped complete WIth taper pin guages carefully graduated. This machine represents the height in saw bench con-struction. It is designed and built to reduce the cost of sawing stock. Write us for descriptIve InformatIOn. . . ..... WEEKLY ARTISAN 11 THE L. Mac E. VARNISHES BLUE RIBBON RUBBING and POLISHING VARNISH, QUAKER CITY COACH VARNISH-CABINET FLOWING VARNISH, WHITE MAPLE RUBBING and POLISHING VARNISHES; WHITE MAPLE GLOSS VARNISHES-WHITE REED FLOWING VARNISHES, FLAT ALL VARNISH and ALL DULL FINISH-JAPANS, Etc. DIPPING VARNISHES NOTE-Our many years of practical experIence with the FurnIture, Piano and kindred lines of manufacture enable us to know just the kmd and qualIty of varnIshes demanded. Also the fact that our strong corps of salesmen have an already established trade WIth thIs class of customers through visiting them wIth filIers and stams, makes it possIble for us to sell varnishes wIthout additional ex-pense to us, whIch advantage we are dIsposed to give to our customers in quality. Send us aTrial Order. THE LAWRENCE-McFADDEN COMPANY VenetIan \ abeb of rattan They ha\ e 200 men workIng, hand-lIng the materIals from the log to t1he finIshed product TheIr bU'-,Ine"" of makIng pIcture frames whIch are bold mo"tly to the furnIture trade, Ib very heavy The factory 1'3 at Leadenhall and Ostend street Gumpert & Benesh, furnIture mbtallment .dealers, have bought out JulIu", IImes & Son, a furniture catalogue house on Gay street Mr. Foxwell, buyer fOJ 27 yearb for Frank J Murphy, furnIture dealer of LeXIngton street, has retIred from the busmess Frank .:VIurphy, Jr, has taken hIS place George C SmIth & Sonb have moved theIr retaIl furnI-ture '3tore from 107 North Eutaw street to 220 \Vest LeXIng-ton street. Thomas 1\1 SmIth is dOIng a fairly good business at 514 \Vest Gel man "treet, b makIng mattresbe"" spring bedb and cots RIch Bros, makmg go-carts, have moved from 116 South Howard street to 221 \Vest Pratt street. They also make reed furnIture Baker Bros & Co, handlIng plate and beveled glass, had a fire at 102 Hopkllls place and were forced to move to 108 South street They do a large bUSIness For the Charter Commission. Among the nameb ::>uggesteJ fOJ member", of the com-mlbSlon to be chosen for the purpose of drawmg a new char-ter for Grand RapIds, are the following "furnIture men." George G \/Vhltworth of the Berkey & Gay Furmture com-pany; Robert W Irwlll, Royal Furniture company and John D Karel, J\Ilchlgan Chair company The Artisan respect-fully suggests the followlllg addItIOns: A S Goodman, Luce Philadelphia FurnIture company, George A DaVIS, Stow & DaVIS FurnI-ture company, Robert E Shanahan, Bbsell Carpet Sweeper company and E J Aldworth, \Vaddell :V[anufactunng com-pany Loss of a Promissory Note. A promissory note for $1,500 gn en in settlement for a bIll of furnIture purdhabed of a manufacturer of Grand Rapids six months ago, was 10bt In tran"lt for collectIOn, during the inundation and bnowslIde penod of last winter. The manu-facturer i", naturally solICItous about the faIlure of the banks to dIscover the whereabouts of the note r'~~~Rna-pi;ds Caster Cup Co. 2 Parkwood Ave.• Grand Rapids, Mich. We are now puttmg out the best Caster Cups With cork bases ever offerea to the trade. These are timshed m Golden Oak and White Maple m a light timsh These goods are admirable for polished floors and furn- Iture rests. They will not sweat or mar. PRICES: Size 2U mches $4.00 per hundred SIze 2~ m~hes 5.00 per hundred 'I'r1l a Sample Order FOB. Grand RapId,. .. . ••••• - •••• •• ••• _ .A 12 t-- WEEKLY ARTISAN ----------_._-- - . WE MAKE REFRIGERATORS IN ALL SIZES AND STYLES Zmc Lined Porcelain Lined. White Enamel Lined Opal-Glass Lined. You can increase your Refrigerator Sales by putting In a line of the "Alaskas." Write for our handsome catalogue and price lists. THE ALASKA REFRIGERATOR COMPANY, Excl~s~~eu~~;~~:;:~or MUSKEGON, MICH, New York Office, 369 Broadway, L E Moon, Manager III..... I, I IIII --------------------------------_.---------- ..... ----" now TO !"CR.NISII A S~IAl .L. J1~.A.l T Au Inexpeusi ve Scheme fOI' Decoration and Selection of Furniture. Thel e ale lnan \ pcople ot modcl ate mcan-, \\ hu lu not kno\'v Ju,-t \\hat to elu 111 ho\\ to bU;lll to make.1 Plett\ COZ\, cOl11fu!tdhle h011le Il1t \ al e ohll~ul t ) dcplnd (Vnthl .\(h III (ll ,ale"mln \\ hlch h n It aL\ a) 'ldlahL Idll elm e It I" 11e11ned that the follo\\ mg ~lhcmc for fUI111"hlll~ a ,mall flat \\ III ap-peal to \\ omen ut ta"tc 1\ hu al c lllc"pellenLcd 111 thc lJ1,tttu ot "electIOn ~ ~uppo~e th,lt a ,m,dl apa1 t1l1ln' h takln L1Llll£; 'outh 01 \\ e~t su that the "un" Ia\" lln PdlUl atl and nuke It chcert111 Tdkmg It f01 ['Idnlul that thc h,dl h lon-.; and not e"tra \\ de paper It \\Ith a L\u tone Idl pallel a" that I' ah\a\" 1 good ~-------------------------------------------~ I I I : I I I : I , I , I I I I I : II ,I I , I , I I f I I I I I I I I I I : I I j I I I I I I I ,I I, I I I I I I I I I I I , ! I I I I I I I I I I THE "ELI" FOLDING BEDS ~~~frl~I~N~I~g I ELtO:""MI'LLE'R","&u'co.1 II.. EVANSVILLE. INDIANA Wnte for cuts and pnces ON SALE IN FURNITURE EXCHANCE, EVANSVILLE. lJal k£;lOunc1 t01 the Jlhoto~1 aph" anll cngld\ m£;" to be hung 0'1 the \\all~ Inegularly, not on a Ime The woodwork and lulmg to t11e mouldmg 'ihould b~ whIte Select a couple of I ed hall runners WIth very nan ow dark edge and ha\ e the portlere~ of plam dark red velour or "ome in-e,- pensl\ e "tuft ~\bolt:oh the old fashlOned hat rack anJ use a ~mall ImItatIOn malhogany "ettee, If the genume IS too ex-pensi, e, \v hlch VI III fit m the mche m the wall whIch IS u'iually there A narrow but l11gh table VI III sen e to put the hats on, \\ Ith a medIum sIze mlrorr above and umbrella :0 tand neal, and the hall WIll look attractIve The It, mg room should be a place of comfort and a deltght fOI the tneJ busllless man when he returns at mg1ht Paper the \\ ails m a '3oft, Itght tobacco brown to the mould-mg It the \\ ood\Vork IS not mahogany fimsh have It done 0\ er, but lea\ e the Lellmg wlllte In one corner near the \\ Indo,\ place a comfortable, medIUm sIze davenport, some ea,,\ chalb ~hould be ,lslble, coveled WIth an mexpenslve 111a tenal m a darker blown L se 10\\ bookca"e" m mahogany fimsh WIthout doors m the tv\ 0 lal ge~t "pace~, WIth chma stlk curtams of a nch dark ~Teen Th~y WIll throw m rcltef the colored bmdmgs 1he pOItlere'- too "hould be of the "ame shade of green but ot heal ler matendl They could have a ltttle brown velve-teen appltque m the corner" outlmed WIth antIque gold cord, and any \Voman who IS fond of embrOIdery could do It her- '-elf lor the \VmdO\\ curtam'3 ecru sCllm WIth a lace border \\oulcl he appIOpl1ate and at the top have a fifteen or eIgh-teen Il1lh \ alance of brown stuff to notch the wall~, eIther "tl alght ot ,,11aped WIth some anttque golcl galoon The floot cm elmg ~houlc1 he a bl 0\'\ n rug V\Ith somc green, thu:o pull- 1I1g the \\ hole colol ~chemc together In the "pace between the wmc1oV\s a hIgh secretary cle"k ut Colomal c1e~lgn would look well A. few water colors of fac~lmlle'- and "ome etJchmg'i m gtlt frames on the V\alls 1\ ould gn e a cIash of color, and \'\ Ith a few good pIeces of bnc a-blac or bronLe here and there the en~emhle \'Voulcl be prettv and homeltke To thi'3 room add a Itbrary table for hanelv hook" and magaL1l1e'i on Whll h a lamp can he set at mght If thl'3 Iuom opens mto the dmmg room use for the lat-ter a re"eJa green paper on the wall~, a two tone stnpe IS good If the cetlmgs are not too hIgh, cetlmg whIte to mould-mg "\11 thc \\ oodwork and floor mahogany color A. plam green rug WIth shaded border is effectIve The wmdow curtams can be of cream scrim WIth a stenCIlled bor-der of a gl ape, me m color, WIth a perfectly str~ight fifteen or eIghteen mch lambreql11n tnmmecl WIth eJgmg of the color of the walls PortIeres can back those of the living room, - - - -------- WEEKLY ARTISAN mmg only one pole, and would look well m a green stnped velour A round Colomal dmmg table--reproductlOns are some-tIme" good-looks well m the centre In the large ,t space put a SIdeboard WIth cupboard", a small senmg table IS always u"eful If a chma closet IS out of the qUestlOn a couple of "mall hangmg clo"et" WIth dIamond panels add to the look, of the walls, also one or two plate rack" enhance the decoratIve effect Thel e are many t) pe" of Colomdl chalf" to "elect f1 am, but have them broad and comfortable, and cover them WIth the "ame stnpecl matenal as the portlere" The centre hght usually has an al gand burner Cover the globe WIth a dull gold stlk "hade WIth deep fnnge For the chIef bedroom have the woo.Jvvork and cetlmg whIte A" these rooms are rarely large, hang a whIte ground paper on the vvaIls WIth a small de-olgn m flowers and bow knots The carpet may be of rose color and the sam~ plam color may be used for portIeres m armure or mercenzed stuff, on whIch sew a whIte lace msertlon about four or fi\ e mches WIde FOI the \vmdow use a shaped lambrequm WIth whIte lace medalhons cleslgned to "Ult and a ro:oe colored fringe at the bottom, under whIch place v. hlte lace curtams Twm Sheraton beds would look well here WIth bureau to correspond, and WIth wardrobe, a small table, chaIr and rock-et the room WIll be pI etty Another bedroom I" perhaps not qUIte as ltght a" It mIght be, so a pure whIte stnpped paper IS best here and a cutout garlan.J of pmk ro"e" below the mouldl11\S Cellmg and v. ooch\ ark whIte, portIeres of a daInty blue and the lam brequll1 of the "ame, wll1dov. curtam" v,hlte lace Small ru~s may be stre" n about a SImple b a"" bed, alongSIde of whIch hay e a good SIzed trunk-you can put so 13 many thIngs m It-or a chest of dra\\ ers, low and broacl Procure a seWll1g table a couple of I11che, longer than the trunk and cut off the legs to \\ Ithll1 fiftcen mches flom the top and stand It on the trunk tl1e ,pace bet vvcen vvIII gn e room for thl ee hat bOAes \' O\v drape It v\ Ith blue and whIte lace CO\er and d pI etty c1res"mg table hIde" the tlunk and aclds to the appea t ance of the room \ lon~ not vel) v\ Ide nllrror ma) be set 0\ er thl-, \ \ lth a locker, "ltppel chalf and "'mall table another attractIOn I" added to the apartment Rug Weaving in a Show Window. J Kennard & Son", furmtUl e and Cdlpet clealel' of St LOUIS, J\10, hay e been gn mg an exhIbItIon of rug wea\ mg Il1 one of thelf show wllldows and It was a deudedly Inter-estll1g a" well a" an educatIOnal ad vel tl"ement The appa-ratus and "killed opelatn e" nece",aly to COI1\ert raw wool 111tOfinhhcd lug" v. ere tbrought fn m \\ orce"ter. :'\L,,,,,, dnd dunn~ the week that the "hO\\ w"s on It Vva" "een by hun-dreds of thousands of people [he rug" were offered fOI "ale and \vere taken a" rapIdly as they could be ploduced at pnce" conSIderable hIgher than the figures place,l on the same good" carned m "tock Interested in Turpentine. o II L \Vernlcke, of the rl ed '\1ace\ com pam I" mterested \\Ith (Jthel capltahsts ot Grand RapIds, UI two turpentmc dl"tIlhng plants UI Pemacola, rIa Th:: company o\\ns large tract" ()f tll11bel and the bu,lI1es" IS plOfitable especlall) "0 at current pnces ------\ Lot" of u" never put off ttll tomorrov\ v\hat \\e Lan hdve done for us today -\..--------------------, /~_I --_. __ ... ~, Brilliancy, transparency, depth and durability of color are characteristic merit-points of They retain the tone and beauty of the wood--never give the muddy effect peculiar to pigment--colored fillers. If you have not used the improved Marietta Fillers you are not getting all that's coming to you. Marietta Fillers hold their parts in solution in the liquid. They work freely and dry perfectly in 24 hours. They pack well under the pad and fill perfectly. MARIETTA PAINT & COLOR CO., Marietta, Ohio MARIETTA FILLERS O:- Ir ---------------------------~- -- 14 WEEKLY ARTISAN New York Trade Notes and Personals. New York, Apnl 14-- The demand for furnIture contin-ues very good The mechum grade, are ~a1CI to he se11111~ the best, but there IS also a faIr mm ement 111 the hetter hnes The past few years of un<:;ettled hU<:;llle~'" conc!JtlOn", and hIgh cost of 11\1I1g has ~el I ed to accenttldte the pl1Ce mark of the cheaper grade<:; among a large proportIOn of the people Bus1l1e ,s 111a general II av 1<:;qUlte sa tbfactor \ In hoth wholesale and manufactunng hnes The threatened tIe-up of all the bU1ld1l1~ trade~ here has not occurred yet. but there 1<:;a pO"'<:;lblht) that a ma) come later There 1<:;a large amount of hul1d1l1~ planned to go forward thl<:; ) eal and the fur111tul e tl ade II 111 benefit matenal1y hy these operatlOn<:; J Levy and 111'; II Ife II ho fallec1 <:;ometlme ago 1lJ the retal1 furntture bU<:;1I1e<:;1s1a1e boug-ht out the ,tore ()1 I Goldberg, 191 Columhu<:; al enue. Drookl) n J D Dougla~ "ho I epre",enteJ the ~tla<:; ,I etal Bed stead company on the PacIfic Coast has taken up the Lng-lander box couch line The ne" Isaac ::\Ia<:;on fl11mture store II hlch ha <:;heen opened on ::\Iyrtlc a\ enue. BIC'okh n l~ a \ er \ Impo",1I1g structure Thev hal e al"o hlll1t a nell <:;teel ane! concrete - 'to \\ arehouse Bert Ford \"ho gal e up the Fore! S- Tohn<:;on Illle II III be represented hel e In B J 1 ea pIe, \\ ho II a <:;0ne of the officer" of the J\Ietropohtan ChaIr compam He II III he a<:;- slsted by Charles F Lehlman Phl1 rnedenbur~ 1<:;the nell salesman for the '\ ew England "tates, havlllg headquarters m Boston and New Haven Charle, J\IcLaughlm, I"ho has been ~e111l1gthe SImmons bed::, 111 l\ew York Clt), \\111 take \e\\ 101h '-tate dnd \ell England DavId J\fa~ch, late \\ Ith the SIegel-Cooper com pany wll1 take up the cIty trade Richards, Atk1l1son & Hasenck hal e retIred from the burlap busmess, whIch wtll be contmued by J E Kerr S-Co Frank Nagle who left the letal1 furntture bU~1I1e", of Whalen Bros, SmIth street. Brookl) n, IS now II lth II V Monahan, FIfth avenue. Brooklyn Frank Telford \\Tood<:;, formerl) 111 the 1I1tenol decor-a tlllg buslne"s at 2 East Thll t) -thnJ <:;treet 1<:;no\" II ah G A P. Burns of 355 FIfth avenue T Rothberg, assIstant to T r rra71er, head of the furn Iture department of the Fourteenth street <:;tore, IS 11011 m charge of the shlppmg department Aaron Shapiro, formerly salesman for Barnet Cantor ot Newark, 1'\ J, has opened a furlllture ~tore at 21 CentcI street, Orange, ~ J " ..._.. -------------_._-------,---_. BOYNTON &, CO. Manufaduren 01 Embolled and Turned Mould-in .... Embo ... ed and Spindle Caninaa. and Automatic TumiD ••. We also manu fadure a large hne 01 Embo .. ed Omamenta for Couch Work. SEND FOR 1256-1258 W. Fifteenth St., CHICAGO, ILL. ~-_..----- -----_ -_ .. .,... --. -.-. ----.-- .. .--------_. .------------~ I THE FORD & JOHNSON CO. j CHICAGO This is one of our popular Hotel chairs. Our chaIrs are found III all the leadlllg Hotels m the country. The line includes a very complete assort-ment of chaIrs, rock-ers and settees of all grades; Dilling Room ftll1l1ture, Reed and Rat tan furniture, Special Order furni-ture, etc. A complete line of sam-ple. are displayed m The Ford 8 Johnson Bu,ldml!. 1433-37 Wabash Aye .• m-c1odml! a spec.al display of Hotel Furniture. All furmture dealers are cordtally tnvited to visit our building. I~ - -----------._------_._----....~.I. The Sel\l~ compan) of Braadwa), ?\ewburg, N L, II III bur1d a model n ,;tOI e bl11lc1mg for theIr retad furlllture bl1~l11e,," Geor~e J Carter, bUyer for the upholstery department of Stel n Bra", h now at the head of the same department for J01111\\ anamakel, succeeJmg R Aldnch C F Vogel & Co , have mm ed thelr office from 200 East rJ II enty-sel enth street to 218 Ea"t Thlrt)-se\ enth street Lawrence & Lee, manufacturers of plate glass and mn-ron. ha\e mcolpOl ated, WIth a capItal of $12.000 E. Law-rence, "Morgan, K J , Charlotte E Lee and Amos H. Step-hens of Xew York are the ",tockholc1ers The Huc1<:;on :.'Ifetal Bed company, wholesalers, WIll al- "'0 Ilandle the hanc1some Ime of chamber furlllture made by ::\f el nam. Hall S- Ca , and the BeldIng-Hall refngeratol s The -" ~ _ -..8----_----------.------------- III I I I I I I ! I III I .~ ..............--"" FOX SAW DADO HEADS SMOOTHEST GROOVES FASTEST CUT LEAST POWER LONGEST LIFE GREATEST RANGE QUICKEST ADJUSTMENT LEAST TROUBLE PERFECT SAFETY Also Machine KnlveJ. Miter Machines. Etc. We'll Illadly tell YOU all about It. PERMANENT ECONOMY FOX MACHINE. CO. 185 N. Front Street. Grand Rapid •• Mlch ~ ••• ._~ __ ••• _ •• _ •••• _a __ a •••• _ •• • __ ._~ WEEKLY ARTISAN 15 ------- .--- -- - - --------------- ----- ----------------------1 GLOBE VISE and TRUCK CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Don't you want the BEST bench that was ever offered for the price, $12.00 (SubJect to discount) This bench IS 34 inches high, 6 feet, 3 inches long-front J 5 inches; made of thoroughly kIln-dried hard maple strips glued together, 2% inches thick. The balance-I 3 inches is soft wood. Can ship on receipt of order. ._--------------------- . - - --- .- - - - .- ---._----------------_. ---- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - .-- -- - - '"I '" arerooms are at 213 Canal "treet Herman Stark wIll con tmue to scll the BelJmg-Hall regllgerator" m th eeast \V K Jordan, formerly '" lth hsac Mason, b now wIth the O'T'\"el1l FurmtUlc company, at thClr new store at Halsey 'Street and Broadway, Brooklyn OlIver BIO'S, who have a large metal bed factory at Lockport, 1\ Y, are enlargll1g theIr bmldmg m 01 der to keep up wIth theIr mcreasmg bU'ime'is AleAander LanRel formerly wIth Henry Guttlman, IS now 'Salesman for thl;, CIty, wIth Charle'S VOlt The Royal l\Ietal FurnIture com pan) , who make a large lIne of bra,os and Iron bed'i, have put on the market a new safety sIde Iron cnb, wlllch IS takmg well wIth the trade Isaac :\lay IS the ;,upenntendent The Portland Mattre,o'3 company of Brooklyn, are rushed wIth order'3 They have been m bu'Smess two year'i and wIll have to enlarge the plant J \N Mason & Co, 436 Pearl street are makmg a spec- Ialty of lodge and parlor furnIture and chaIrs The P ;l.lahoney company has bee'n mcorporated to manufacture rattan furlllture and wIllowware, WIth a capI-tal of $10,000, promoted hy \\ I1lIam D Saunders of the Bronx, H D MOIr of Brooklyn, J C Bnll of Elenhurst The Myrtle Beddmg compan) oi Brooklyn have ,111' corporated WIth a capItal of $5,000, to manufacture beds and bedding, Hand M Feldman and H Frank are the in-corpora tors The DlamonJ Fabnc company, 586 Wa'3hmgton street, have put out a new wIre mattres,o, the stram of whIch IS even at all pomts It IS reasonable m pnce, does not sag or hump and IS sellIng well R R Henderson, who represents III thIS CIty, Boden-stem & Kuemmerle of Phl1adelphla and the New York Me-tallIc Bedstead company was marned I ecently to MISS Estes of Atlanta, Ga The Frankllll Dcsk facto! y ha vmg ;,aleslOoms WIth the K ew York Sample lurmture company have moved from 152 East Twenty-thlr,l '3treet to 46 East TwentIeth street. Joe MIchaels of Blooklyn wl11 bUIld a furlllture store eIght stones III heIght, of concrete con'StructlOn, fire-proof and 75 x 100 feet 111 ~I/e, at \\ arren and SmIth streets He proposes to have the largest furnIture store III Drooklyn and '" 111also have a large warehouse besIdes Brunswick-Balke-Collender Refrigerators. The WIckes Refngelator company of Elkhart, Ind, has been II1corporated, capItalIzed at $50,000 The dIrectors are B D Houseworth, Joseph Maurer and L D Hall All are resIdents of that CIty, l\1r .l\.Iaurer bell1g the supenntendent and Mr Hall the secretary and attorney Interested parties state that the style of the ll1corporatlOn does not change the fact that the company is backed and financed by the Brunswlck-Dalke-Collender company of ChIcago, but that the state law of IndIana reqUIres that the incorporators of a company shall resIde m the state Circumstances 0\ er which we have no control frequently take the form of wIves. •••••••••••• -• -a.a .-•••.•••-•• ._-----._--•••-•• ------_-_• .___ --------- - . ~ MUSKEGON, MICH. MOON DESK COMPANY DESKS OF MERIT ~----------..-..... ------------ .. ----------- -----.----------.------------------..-.4...... 16 WEEKLY ARTISAN ~UIILISHEO EVERY SATURDAY .Y THE MICHIGAN ARTISAN COMPANY SUBSC/lI"TION $1 eo ",,/I YEA/I ANVWHER" IN THE UNITED STATES OTHE/I COUNT"'ES $200 "ER VEAl'!. SINGLE CO"'ES SCENTS PU.LICATION OFFICE, I08-11Z NO"TH DIVISION ST. GI'!ANO RAP> OS. MICH, A S WHITE, MANAGING EOITOl'! Entered as lecond class matter, July 5, 1909, at the post office at Grand RapIds, MIchIgan under the act of March 3 1879 CHICAGO REPRESENTATIVE: E LEVY \iVhatn er may be thought or "ald of the co operat!\ e plan of buymg, the J\lmnesota Retal1 LUlnJtUle Dealcl" ae,,,ouaUon hay e SUlel) ShO",11 then memhel" hO\\ to melt m,lll 01 clu competltlOn fhelr artlcle and lllu"t1atlOn" 111 thh ml111ber of the \\ ee1dy ~rtlsan 1;" CCltamh \\ OJ th llUn\ tllnc, the subscnptlOn pnce ot the papel and many time" the ,ll1l1U,t! expensc of mamta1l1mg membcI ",hIp m the a"'''OU.ltlOn } \ el \ dealer whether a membel of an as"ouatlO11 01 not h bunG; benefitted b) the \\ork of the \11l1l1e"ot,l a" ...ouatwll \m dealer \\ ho I... bothel ed 1)\ mdrl ur del c0l11petltl0n (all )0 Uluch to dl1\ e It out of hIS ten !tOI \ b\ a( tllJg 011 the "u~ ge;.,tlOn" offel ed by the \1ll111e..o. ta a ....o..ua t1011 Ih ( de,llu \\ ho douhh the effectl\ elles;., ot the \f 1111(1,(,ta pLlll "hml1cl OJ cler a few e),tra copIes of the \ \ eekh \1 tban OJ "Ol11e of the bulletl1l'" lssued b) the a'i"Ouatwll dnd 1J"tr 1hute thell1 among fOllnel cu"t0l11e1" \\ho ale lHJ\\ kn()\\n to l)e P\\I()l1 1Z111gthe maIl OJ del h011"e" It the pla11 "U~g."tl(l I~ nr)) fea"lble, the nuttel ma) he 11...edl1l !c'L.l1 achuth,l1lcnt~ \ Jlh tellm<; effect rOJ m"tancl the al tIde m the ::\fll111e"rJl.l dl partment thh \\ eek, If "'11h"tanUall) llp1 ()(111LlelIn el11\ dc,d el " local papel \\ 0111cl'iUIeh mt1uenLl the mail (ll JLl P ltl (111" and cony mLe them that thl\ Lan get 11101( tor thU11 llwnL \ at home than b) 'iendmg It to "t!an~u" 11l thL la1-.,( tltlC" Ihe first sentence m thl" pelrdgTaph l'i not 1l1,emlul t 11 Itl uze or condemn the co-opelat1\ e bu) 111<;plan u-ul 1)\ t IL :\Tmne')ota elssoclatJon TI1dt plan ma\ not be pe1tec+ thuL md\ be ...cnous defecb 111It and the pnnclple ma, l)e oblec tlOnabll, but It hel'i cel td111h becn "uc(e~ ...lul 111p1( \ 1n~ lh,lt b) co operatlUn deelle1'i 1n "mall utle" and \ dla"':t~ Lall meet mall orJel competJtJOn \\ lthout aLtULt! In," t them'\! sehe" and actually gl\e thon patlon" bettu \alu.'- th,m L,n he ohtamed f01 the "'ame amount ot mone\ ~ent tel cdta]u..:uc hem ,e'i \nothe1 al tIde III th1" edltlOn ot thL II eekh '\1 tj"dll that may be u"ed to advantage b, fur111ture clealer" I" the de"cnptJon of final proLeed111g" aga111st a firm that 1101 ked a clubbmg ,,\\ melle m }Tlh\ aukee fhe method- of the Ifd waukee bankrupt, \v el e ;"lmI1ar to tho"e u'ieel In a conCCI n that blOUl.;ht gnef to man) people m the \ IC1l11h Clt Pro- \ Idence, R I. a fe" \\ eek;., ago and another that operatcd 111 C111c111natI and Lm lllgton la'it fall The !ldcle ol maJ1\ dealer, IS m]ured b) the club, pn7~ and 1'1 em1um "chemer" who shDuld be expoe,ed and pUlll'ihecl ~nd the tJme to cx-pose them I, when the) hC'g111 not elfter they ha\. ~athered then han est, clo'lecl thell dooor'- dn,1 Q,"(JllLllnt(J lJdllkI uptcy \ oluntanIy 1he dealer \\ ho \\ III enllghten hI' p,lt!CJn" on the hl"tory of the ProVIdence ClllClll11dtl ,ll1d :\Ilh\aukee (a~e'l j'-, not 1Jkeh tn hay e h1'o field lll\aded hy '3uch sWlllcl-leh rl en thL "oap dub" Lan not floUllsh 111 the 1Jght of j'uhl1ut \ l n J Ia 1111It01J head of the pubhut) department of the 1\0Ike\ 6.. (,a\ Tur111tu1e compan), 'itated lecently that ,,( d1l (h a (1a \ pa "'"c:" w hen the department IS not called U]JOIl tl) I'll teLt the pubhc from Impo",ltJon on the part of Ull~L1Upul( \1" dt,tlel" Lettel'" from cal eful buyers asklllg It t!lh 01 that let,111 hou"e handles Berkey & Gay goods enable" thL c(Jl1lpaJ1\ to dllelt the enCjUlrel'i to the retaIler') the\ "eek l n '.u Upulou " elealer", often represent 1l1fenor p1CLL" a" ha\ 111~been made In the Berkey & Gay company, \\ hen 111taLL "uch deale! " hel\ e not a pIece of Berkey & Gay tUlnllUle on thul f]C'Ol" For thIS 1ea"on the company dc!olJted a tl acle mal k and are expend111g many thou'iands of dollar" ann\1alh 111acquamtlllg the pub!Jc \\ Ith the same Hetal1e1" Lllgd~ed 111the 'iale of hl1111ture in the vanous utle" ot "outhu n la!Jfnr111a alc endea\ onng to ecIucate the peopll as to the dlfferen~e between good anel cheap furnl-tUl e It h ...ald b\ pel ;.,on, VI ell 111formed that many fine, llhth home" al <:: "hlbb11) fUllll.ohed 'stocks 111 man) of the "tOle" Inc!Jeatt thdt the pelcelltage of good fUlnlture ;.,olel to thc peoplc I~ out 01 ploportlOn to theIr wealth It the U)mmel ual bodle" of the ClllteJ Stelte'i could be 1l1ducec1 to take 111'and p11;.,h to le~I"latlve enactment hy the "c:\ el al ...rate" the plan ot J H Kentnor of the SmIth & DaVIS \Ll11ulaLtlllll1£; COmpalT\ L,t ~t 10Ul" fOJ nnpO'i111g "e\ ere }'Lllalt1L" Up)Jl pel "rm" founel l;1111t) of mak111g fab~ C0111- 111Cl ual "'UtUlJcnt" lm the purpD"C of obta111111<;crecht, a ~Ilat ,ll1d gr 0\\ mg L\ 11 111 the ll11111tme traele 'AcmIJ he gre.l th mCJCld1,-d If not en tl1 eh aboh shed l ('llJjJLl1llt" lu \ Ill~ bLLn mack 11\ the nlelllufdcturer'i of "'t I )U1~ ,1-;cl111"tt]1()"L o[ L\ an", 111" 1n the c1atl11g of bIlls, the LlttU ])1 lllJpth l hallgdl thell ") ...tun to confOlm to that ol "'t f Ol11" I hL 111all u [alturu ~ of [~\ an,,\ dIe e\ er stanel 1each to (0 ( peLl tL v\ 1th (,thch 111 the tl dde for the pro IlJCJt!"n oj cln\ 111tl\L11lUlt elL"lgnL 1 to p10l11ote the \\ eHare of thL lllcIu ...tr \ ()llL f1" 1 ,,[ thL ~1L,lt Hdmbl11ger stOl e 111Lo" \ngeleo 1... dL\oted to the "ale Df hll111tu1e Lpon U1l ... Hom a large and helnc1""111LlJl111galO\\, con'itl ucteel a, ,-uh"tallt1all) a" 1£ 1l \ (1 c 1lltLlle!Ld fm aLtual u"e dncI Lompletel) fUl111"hec1, "11 \ c" to 111"L1ULt \ h1tm'" 111 the art of harm01110U'3 home dLU 1at1on '1l lLih "peak111g the l111p1re 1'i not a 1 rench "t) l~ It" teaL\11L" II cre c r (,leek and Roman ong111, but It \\as "ucces'O-lulh adapted t) meet the taste'i of t11e I rench b) the artht Da\ 'd dunng the era of the fir,t '\apoleon Da\lcl's plaLe 111 the art fur111ture \\ 0] Id I" a'i 'iecure d'i that of Sheraton \I lth all thL be"t hne'3 of fur111tule 'ieLl11ely "tIed up' lor a telm ot \ ear'i 111 \[ ew York ancl PhIladelphla, the \\ ,ll1amelkel management naturally I" cIbpo;.,ecI to enql11re, of II hom \\ 111Ua1k Brockway obta111 the stocks he w111 need to! the (,lmbe1 "tOle' It h prc"umLcI that \\hen the fall ,ea')on of trade open" e\ u \ m<1n 111 thL l mtee! Steltcs WIll ha\ t purcha;.,ed a" Il1dny ,ltltomobtle, ,h he mel) need an,1 that he 'AlII be prepared to pllr Lha "e a tn\ el]llc1e'i of furmture WEEKLY ARTISAN 17 FOREIGN TRADE MAKING A RECORD More Thun Half of the Imports AI·e Classed as Manufacturers' ~Iat('rials. 1he forel~n C0111mece ot the ll11ted '-,tate" pH ml"e" to make It hlghe~t recOld 111 the fi<cal \eal \~hlch end" Ie'i' than 90 da}" hence Thp fi~Gl1 },dr a" Ie, \I ell kno,~n, CL d" wIth the month of June, an 1 the eIght months of that fi'ical year for vvll1ch the bureau of sta'I'itlCs C't the Def':lrtment of Commelee and Lah01 has now a\adable fig-ure" "hO\\, a la rger aggl cgate of Imports and c, ports than 111 the carre 'ipondll1g penod of an} earller} car of our f01 elgn commerce The Import, fOl the eIght 1110nth'i enc1ll1g wlth rehrual) amounted 111\alue to 8;1,021317,090, aga111"t $)32734,8;9 IJ1 the eH;ht months end111g \\Ith rcbruarj 1907, the former hIgh recOId \ear for 1111pOlh The e,port'i fOJ the eIght months are $1,20'),248,899. agalmt $1,356847,583 III the same month" of the hIgh record) ear fOl e,ports 1908 The Imports fOI the pellCJd 111questIOn I' el e la 1 ger than tho"e of an) llke penod III earller } edr", \lIhlle the ex] 01ts are sllghtl) Ie"~ than tho-e of the cone"ponJ111:'; el:.;ht months of 1908 and 1907 1he ag g-ru;ate of Import'i all c! e'()J ell b for the eIght month'i 111 questlOll I" $2 230 ;6~,C)89, a~dl11~t $2,221,949,/30 111 the eIght month'i ()f 1907, the fondel 111:.;hlecOld ) ear for a~gre-gate of Import" and e,ports The dedme 111 eAport" compcllln~ the elg1t month'i of 1910 \\ Ith the con e"pond111g pellod" of 1908 and 1907,occllrs dl1efly 111 food"tnff" ['Ie/,Ll "blfr" exporteJ 111 the elf;ht month'i of 1910 amount cd 111\ alne to 1111t10) ml111ol1 jolla1 'i, ag-a111"t 1(/) nlllllOn In the conr>opol1r1lllg pelloc! of 10)8, and meat and clan \ prodnct'i to hut 01 11111110ndollar", ac;all1'it 133 Jdl1!lOn--.of 1<),)8 !ooc!,t'1f1", thn" f01mlJlg a "ma11er ,hale of the totdl eAport-, ot If)} 0 th an f )I,11erl\ and manufactu 1eo ,1 Lugel percentage, the "halc \lhlLh manufacturel", f'1111ed of thc c"pllrb f01 thc Ll~l]t llJonth" In CjuLqlOn hdn~ -!-1 pel L\ nt d~aln"t 37 pel Lent 111 the C()!fc--.P( nc1ln£; mouth" 111 1C;C\ \\ll1Ie for the ",1I1f;"1Lm nth of rehnlcl!) 1CJI0 manufdc turL" actuall} f[)Jt11ec!01 er one ktlf of the tOLal e""l)0 t'i, the aetnal "hare llLlI1c; SO94 per cent of t'1e tOtd1 cAj)orh foocl- 'ituff" fCJ1m1l1g1mt 22 S; pel ccnt, and crucIe I1ldtenal" f lr uoe 111 n, an uf lct t11111£;26 09 In lmjlOlh thL \Lal " lecold th'h fal c,C(eel::, tlat fOl an} edrller } car, he1l1g f()) the eJ~ht month'i 111 que"tJon S1 021.- 317,OCJO,of \\ 1IIch S~()2.()27,02~ \\ a" matenal fo' me 111 manu-factunng, 373 nl1lhe 11>of th1" tot,d bung- elude t11dtUldl, and 18() 1111111"n':>palt1y mallufdctured n,atulal fOl further 11'ie 111 111dnufa('tunn~ '1 he percenta~e \,hlCh manufacturer, IJla-tenal'i tonned of the Impol t" I" large I than e\ e1 bet ore ]n1l1g ;~ per ceut 111 the el~ht month" end1ng \11th lebrual} 1910, agal11'it ;2 per cent for 1()0f),1007, anJ 1903 anc1 SO 1)e cent 111 190'5 and 1°0S f11e 'illarc of the manufacturer,,' 1l1atellal" entenng flee of clut} 'l,lS 111 the 1910 penod 6;; per unt, agd111",t 64 pe lent 111the --.ame months of la"t } ell! New Occupants. \Tallager ROil 1ette 1I1foll1" the \rthan th2t nedJl} all "pace 111 the turn1ture F,c11dnge, Cldnd Rapld'i. nOI\ 111 pro-g1 e"" of reht111e11l1g, ha" been taken Se\ elal nc\\ tenanh among \\hrm are the Pah,1e \fanL1Llctul111l.; Cl mpdn} of De-trOIt, hay e "Ig-ned contlaLh The 1)t1l1d111~\\1111he ready for ocCUpanL\ ead, 1l! June Touring the Southw('~t. DaVlcl E LThl e r tile Cland l~dPICh [dnll fU1111tnre company, l'i tounng the trade centel" of the 'iouth", e'it ~------------------------ ---------------------j LEXINGTON HOTEL I 500 Rooms. :II II I II I III Michigan Boulevard and 22nd Street. EVERY MODERN CONVENIENCE. ..~-- ...,'''''' New Cafes. New Grill Room. Offices and Rooms Redecorated. Absolutely Fire Proof. "YOU WILL LIKE THE LEXINGTON:' I II J E MONTROSE l p HORACE WIGGINS, I CHARLES McHUGH I ropnetors. ASSistant Mgr. I Also operatmg I' L._~Hotel Montrose, Cedar RapI-ds-, la, Rock Island Hou~se, _Ro_c~k I~sla~nd. III I • 0U :r: u 'of) i ..~... ~... ~ "="' ~0 ..... 1...:1 U Q • c.! ~ rfJ :> =' ~ 0 flit '" 'C) ~ «> «S s 'C) ia ~ l:l. 0 ~ M Z ~ 0 C) "" ~ ..... .0. $.c e l./.'.). 0 ~ ...... .... ~ ~ 18 WEEKLY ARTISAN TRUCK TALKS Might not convince you without evidence. But compare a wagon to our truck, note the similarity of construction fea-tures-- No box bearings; nothing to easily break or get out of order; extra large center wheels, revolving on taper turned axles; wide treads; special first-class cast-ings. Grand Rapids Trucks are first, last and all the time the safest in construction, and positively the best. No. 15 Catalog Shows Them. Grand Rapids Hand 618 North Front St. Screw Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. Hints on Furnishing Summer Rooms. If your rooms are to be redecO! ated thIS ..,pnng thel e are many thmgs that should be taken I11tO con"lderatlOn whIch are too often neglected 1£} au can affO! d to turn the refurmshmg mer to a profeSSIOnal decorator "nch mattel s a~ light, exposure, and color schemes \\ 111 be treated from an artIstic and "clentlfic standpol11t As the maJonty of gIrls make theIr m\ n selectIons the} "hould inform themselv es on these pomts, that results may be more artistic and hygIenIC If the rooms open out of one another the} should not have different color schemes or the effect will be ugly If you do not like decoratl11g an entIre floor 111(hfferent tones of one color. as IS now popular, have only 'two colors 111har-monIOus tones For upper rooms the present fashIon of hay I11g the pa pers of each room 111 the same neutral tone ",Ith col()red borders IS good Soft gray, pale tan or t", o-toneel stnped whIte or cream papers are preferred for the foundatIOn In the small house It IS a great advantage to have the calm scheme m one key, as It adds to the apparent Sl7e of rooms If a roem IS rathel low and dark a good \\ a) to gl\ e a hghter effect IS to carry the paper to wlthm b\ a feet of the top and ha \ e border and cel1111g of v, hlte Thl s canopy tOj IS not particularly fashlOnabl(O, but It makes a dlfferenc(O m the lIghtne"s of a room If heIght IS a con"lderatlOn rather than ltg-ht, run the the paper to the celhng and fimsh WIth a narrovv pIcture ralhng Stnped paper I11creases the apparent heIght of a room, but If the proportIOns are small the stnpes should not be broad, and preferably one-toned 111 glazed and ungla7ed effects Exposure of a room and t'he number of Wl11do\\s 5houle! al,o be regarc1ec1 111 furm.,hlng The room, facmg south "-houlJ ha\ e a cool neutral tmt, wlllch tho.,e toward the north ~houl'l be gl\ en Jihe appealance of .,unhght \'lth warm, cheer-ful paper., that do not ab.,orb hght Hall" that ha \ e no \\ 1I1c1ows 5hould be kept ltght, despIte the fashIOn at the moment 1£ one can afford wooden rafter and panehng, notlhmg IS more effectIVe, but do not attempt to SImulate thIS effect WIth dIfferent colored dallas These \V ere formerly I ecommended to keep the lower part of the paper clean, but they are far from styltsh Tan I" a good paper for a hall e'(cept when It IS very clark. "hen yellow sihould be chosen Blue should be used sparlngl}, as It has too cold an appearance for most halls. Recl IS an as"el tn e color. but IS dmgy at I1Ight and needs hIgh IllummatlOn In hall or hbrary It IS apt to ab"orb artl-fieal hght. and IS nn er restful Some ph} SIClans conSIder red had fOl the nen e"- and mterest1l1g expe11ments have been made to sho\\ that It should not be used 111ltvmg rooms GI een IS alwa} s restful, but care should he taken that It I, a tone that reflects hght -J he blue greens are ah"ays dark, thougth consldereJ mOl e styll"h than those WIth a tl11ge of } ellow or gray In puttmg gl een on a dark rcom a hght paper should be used 0n the cedll1g to gn c a ref1ectlOn on the somewhat ~ombre SIdes For the same reaSlJn whIte pamt IS a softener \\ here a hou:oe IS to be Colomal 111 It'-, furl11-lhll1g noth- 1I1g equals" hlte pamt It goe" well wlth 11JO"t papers, but need" care and frequent renewmg, an ObjectlOn where econ-om} 111ust be consldeled Yello~ pme tnmm1l1gs and base-boarJs. \\ hlch are found m many rented house,;, when given "-C\ eral coat,; of whIte pamt, \\ ItJh a fim"hmg coat of enamel tor eaS) c1ealllng, are vastly Improved Dark oak, Flenllsh or Enghsh, looks \\,11 WIth red and ., WEEKLY ARTISAN 19 blue papers, whl1e "Ith mahogany, yellow, gray, tans or browns are styhsh A plam paper of neutral tint forms the best background for pictures, a warm medIUm gray and a hght ecru being ad-mirable Just now gray IS m high favor, either in plain sur-faces or in self-toned stnpes. Flowered designs are '3t111 much used, but should be chosen With discretIOn, If one cannot afford to paper often In a bedroom, particularly they are hable to grow tiresome The same apphes to large and dlstmct conventional figures, whether m sharp contrast or self-toned effects. CHOICE TOOLS FOR FURNITURE MAKERS If you do not know the "Oliver" wood working tools, you had better give us your address and have us tell you all about them. We make nothing but Quality tools, the first cost of which is considerable, but which will make more profit for each dollar invested than any of the cheap machines flood-ing the country. " Tempers " Cost "OLIVER" No. 16. Band Saw 36 'nches. Made WIth or wlthoul molor dnve Melal lable 36"x30" WIll take 18" under Ih e gUlde-blls 45 deKleell one way and 7 degree. Ihe other way Car-riel a .. W up to 1~ll WIde. Oulllde heanng 10 lower wheel shsft when not motor dnven WeIghs 1800 lb, when ready 10 shIp Oliver Tools Save Labor " TIme "Oliver" New Variety Saw Table No. 11 WIll take a saw up 10 20" "'ameler Arbor hell IS 6" WIde Send for Catalog "B" for data on Hand Jointers, Saw Tables, Wood Lathes, Sanders, Tenoners, Mortisers, Trimmers, Grinders, Work Benches, Vises, Clamps, Glue Heaters, etc., etc. OLIVER MACHINERY CO. Works and General Offices at 1 to 51 Clancy St. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., U. S. A. BRANCH OFFICES-OlIver MachInery Co, Hudson Tenmnal, 50 Church St, New York, OlIver Maclunery Co, F"'ll National Bank BuIldIng, ChIcago, 111, OlIver MachInery Co • Pacrfic BuIldIng, Seattle, Wash. OLver Maclunery Co , 20 J -203 Dean,gate, Manchester. Eng \Vhl1e gl1t mixture papers which represent tapestry or brocades and the exqUIsite fabric Imported papers are desira-ble, choose somethmg cheaper If their cost mean" being kept On for years lit is unh) gienic not to paper often, and with the sooty atmosphere of Cities tihe paper soon looks soiled Morris Resigns. l\Ir. l\Iorris for sixteen years supenntendent of the Ford & Johnson factories, at Michigan City, Iud, has resigned and will enjoy a seaison of rest before seeking other employ-p--------_._----_._-----------.------_ .. ------m-e-n-t-. -.-.---.---------~----------. ----------------_._---- -- .. .. .- .....-_.------_._---_._-------- --_._. --_._--_.--_._----- - .. ..----- ..... ..•. aT T •••• aTe_a •••• _. __ ~ ~ Lentz Big Six No. 694, 48 in. top. No. 687, 60 in. top. Others 54 in. top. 8 Foot Duostyles ANY FINISH CHICAGO DELIVERIES Lentz Table Co. NASHVILLE, MICHIGAh ....- _. .. -- 20 WEEKLY ARTISAN Minnesota Retail Dealers' Furniture Association OrFICERS-Presld.nt J P I d,lor Lake Benton '{lnn Vlce PresIdent D R Thompson RockIord, :lllIIn , 1 reasurer B A Schoencben;er Perham Mmn Secretary W L Grapp Jane<;v1l1e Mmtl EXECU I IVF COMlVlITTEE -Chamnan Geo Klem, Mankato MUIIl a SImons, Glencoe, MlIln W L Harns \1mneapolls MInn l C Danielson Cannon ralls BULLETIN No. 106. Mail Order Leaders and SOIueof Their Overdrawing. 1he e " ~011lttll1J1-'; of the l1\e "l1e "Olt do'nl.; e,ll\ mlllute 111the cdtal)~ lw11,e, ] t It h11 t OJ1Ct11111-';11 h d11 other II e l11,e e"])(heL! ~e,eLtl ); the11 ule,-L1ldll11 pIC 11le" and tin" al tldc h \lllttC11 tor the pm pehe oj c"p ''''11g Ihc 0, er drall 111g01 the ChilLI do eh I'll hclhh thc, hel c n, leI been caught u11t1l qUltc I el enth 101 the "allle I e2 ~on thc fellow v\ a" ne\ el c'lught 111a he-thev al e out ot one "U1pme Into another "0 fa"t that t11e\ can t he caught, el, ea"l!, But the ugh thd do ~ lit ,Il Ik I'htll the, get ,teluee1 tIll \ do not ad on the I111pu1,e (1t the 11W111ent l' el, th11L., 1- celrefully planned and UllhlllC1ed helO1 t the, llake el 111( Ie 1he men " ho go ta,t and tdl al C t'1O,e II ho lllal,e 11 a plnJ11 to go ,,101\ :\ otlce hOl' ca I et11lh ""ant to call \ OUI atte11tll n OIer,lla""n \ute caldulh thel Cl](,("e then leadel" lie to the \, ell th h C11III ad, ,e t l' hm, letlge tIlL' etlelll the trl nt 1111, 1S l11 (hllI1-111~ CUI ,h(l\\l11- thl Chill I do,et 11l Ib tlllL pI JUI tJ 111 Il(! h {lllllhhu! t(l (lm ml nhl1" I I 2JC \\ e fl1l111,h the lInn I df'll tor $12,00. the clltJdc" thenhehc" \\111 bung' home the lesson so that It II 111not he t01~otten II e fine! that human nature IS so COll"tltlltccI th'lt 1\ e cIo not tmst a firm or an mcIn IcIual who h,l' once been l aught U"lng- que<,tlOnable methocIs At least thett "!1Uuld be the 1ule Then Ie ok elt thIS bookca"e '1 he man who planned thIS \Ia" llot h01n \e<,telda) He Ju"t Vlent ahead and saId noth- 111gand thIS 1" the lesnlt The men who are dOIng- most In the II m Ie! d.Ie not tollOl\ me; bra"s bands or finn£S cannon e, el I tIme the, ,e ore ,I bnllse) e Of course, thI" man'" abll- 11\ undd lM\ e ber'n much hetiCI emplo) ed but that doe" llot altel the tact that the mall orclel hotl,;e" are managed by men or lJ1am, In makmg,' thIS bookcase, 111ch boards were l1,ed to make the II111tatlOn claw feet The glass IS made to l1111t2te lcaded gLI'" 1\ hoe\ er S3.W a bookcase Illustrated a" the"L cllC II hen leaded gla"-s VIas not used) :everybody Thl' I' 1 Il pI dill ttOll ol tlll lhml cl ,-Lt l' ,1011 II 111 \[(11tgo Hen \\ lid, Clld(_ 1-11t It l pedch ot 1l1clll\\ll1_ lhl\ lell IIIl lll\111~ I tIll ho I 11\ It 11 111 the Olll II l _ t J !11" 10 \0 ,172 clllll,t c!o,et Whlcll 1" a PIL!tll e ot the one "ell t to our fnelld II ho 01del ed It tor us "ou c nnot m,ke ,t CdmCta lIe dnd II l h tV e u-ecl thc hu"ht cIS a compan ",n .\ dllll'l lloset of tl1l" e 'Cact de sIgn m Ide 111 Rockton! funw-hed our munber, for $1200 door g,'la~,; h It an) ,\ one!rr that ,I U)J1"n111e' thInk" he C,l!1 e!o betiel h\ ,tl1e!111g' ell\ a\ II he 1 le c01npart> U11" pIC ttl2 II Ith v\ hat the al tlclc Je,tlh b and 'll11ch \ eu naturally ,ho\\ hl111J ] l1e de,;cnvtlOn underneath thh c!l1nel cle ,et 1" ,dcn tlcal \\ Ith the arttcle I (CPI\ ed II e hehc\ e t h onh t11 II 0' eldla,\111g- thc,;e pIcture,; that the' 111ducc the Um,al\ to sencl then monel aIVel) \ot onh tlut hut t 'LV cut ~'H the httle fll11" ,\hele\ el tll' \ Lan h\ leallng the un In2,' Ou the hottom of the c!lllM c!o,;et 1 he\ hay e ,d,e, lett tIlt can lllg- off the chcap h ol~ca:oe It seem"- to 1b that 11 dIn one ha" to "toop to the" p "c-tlce" to get hus111e's It OU2,'llt t'l hel\ e Ih eftect upLn tIle con"-umer \vho 1" u,;nal1) hone,;t If thI" h not an 0pf0rtu111tv to eh1\ e homc a lc""on, tile ( nevel \\as one Ilut remember It I" cnt11ch l1"dt"" llnle" you u"e It Do nc t dep.cnd llP, n plCtllll" cllolle "ut thc artIcle on your nOOl" so that, uu Ccln g1\ e d P elctlcal demon ,;tratlOll. Yon wIl1.fincl that von I, I1l not het\ e to t,tlk 111UL11 k 1On" that leaeled gla""- I" \ el y expen"lVe "0 thev £S1\e tl1e L 111,11on"and etchmg glch" the 111ul1-,,0I1nd111gn,'ame of "Queen \nne gla,~ \\hICh has an::,,\ered Ih purpose vvell IVe knOll ot h\o (f our custo111eI'- ,\ho thou£sht they ""ere g-et-t111g leadecl glas" III the cloor of the bookca"e they ordered rl1~ can 1J1~ at the top I" Ju,-t 1\ hat vIdl al-,pLaI to 111lddle la,,, tl ade II e cIo not ad\ ocate mad order 111ethod" by any 1l1elJh hut ,\e tll~e our members to put out a few leader", a, tht' cIo ~peL al "elle" ancI "peclell lea,ler" have become a tI'\.ecI telLlllr 111 up to-dette hu"me"" If all our 111embers WIll u"e d' 11111Lllthou~ht and fore~lght 111 prepanng leaders as the 111cll1 01eJeI hOll,e" do the\ \\111 find then bu~mes" Im- 1'101 cel I, onelel tulh II e ,lie 111eetmg- and beat111g thl" catalog competltlOn aId nOI\ h'lI e \ en Itttle to fear hom It nut that IS no j (cl'On II 11\ ,I t ,11011ld "top and I c"t ThI" I" Ju~t the tIme t(, ~tt bu'-\ \I ( elle at the "tage of the game where Itttle tlnn+?;, LO\111t, dltllo they ah\av" count fOl more or Ie,,, WEEKLY ARTISAN 21 1bh IS tbe ,td, Ll tl,m" cut ,how mg thc c.lse m ItS tl ue propOl tlOns ,mu showl11g It In pldlll odk msteac1 of qllaltcl ed 0.11. as l11uStLltcd III MOlltgomcry \Vard, eat.llog N" otc th It they 11cl\ e leU the e"l \ 111" oft the doOl ,md note thc 0\ el cll lv.lng or the I()\\ er p,rt of tile bookc'lSe 1hb 10 from the photogl.lph of the bookc.lse reccn eu by one of Oul mcmbel s, ,bow, tbe bookcase .1, It 1 ( Jly IS Fnrl11shcd to om mcm-bcr, for $6.98 m plam g!cIS' and $7.48 m ctched glass ThIS cnt IS .1 reploductlOn of tbe bookcase 11l11stldted IT! ]\lontgomery \Vard s cat dog \\blch cel tallllv ,haws up" as though It was quar tCIed oak whJ1e the one \vc got was phlll oak Tiley also left tbe bot tum e.ln lllg off from thc onc we got Son,etll11e" one httle 111C1dent \\ III make 01 \vrcck a bUS111CSS \ \ ery ,mall e\ ent wdl sometIme" change thc mental attltuetc and "et the m111d n1l1111l1~m new channel" 'Th111k naught a tnfle, tho It "mall appear, Small sand, the m0l1l1tams, moments make the j ear, And tllfles, bfe" It hll't ,0 mu~h how hard you \Vork as how you go about 1t fhe man who \\ork" harrle"t l"n't ah\avs the one who accompb"he" the most But wIth these 1Ilu"tratlOns here Ibetore yau, vou don't need to work hard L\ erj thmg 1S already done for yOU Jmt place the"e lllustl atlon" be-f01 c your customcr" \\ lth a few comeni'. of y Oul 0\\ 11 Or you do not even need to do that- \\e abo fUll11sh the wnte-ups If v\ e have aheady "ucceeded so well, Just lmagme \vhat the result "auld he If e\ en dealer \\ auld do h1s part m expOS1l1g these pi actlce" All j au need to cJo 1S to sug-gest the Idea, to your patrons ~ fnend of our- set up a trelh" for a "maIl V1ne on hIS lawn After putt111g 1t 111 place, hc took some of the tendnls and enmeshed them m "uch a \'vay as to gn e them a deslred cIJreLtwn Nature dId the rest J n the same way, yOU can chrect the human l1lmd so that It w111 follow any tram of thought Learn to concentrate your thoughb upon one sub lect at a time and, Jl1st at p1 esent, let that subJcct be the ma1l order house problem AIl of us hen e wa,ted and are st1l1 wa "tmg good opportumtlec, \\ hllc the catalog house mIsses \ ery few but we must make up tor th1s 111the future \ v here "t\\ 0 are agrecd" thet e 1" certa1l1ly more powel set m mo-hon \\ hat then, 'v\ould be thc re,ult If a great many were agreed? \\ e have found that 1t has a powcrful eHect but we are not ..,atl"fied \\ e \\ ant to cIo better Thb dCI\CItl,mg cut Illllstratmg the case In Its trne proportIOns, furmsbed to our members for 25c ThIS IS a half tone I eprocluctlOn and IS as the case really cOJl1':S, fur mshed to our members m Rockford qua1Jty for $8,25, plam glass, $9.25, etched glass. ThIS cut shows the overdrawn Il-lustratIOn 111 Montgomery Ward's catalog Note the s,>ell glass door <\l1d drawer as compared WIth the half-tone IllustratlOn ThIS cut fm mshed to our members for 25c. 22 WEEKLY ARTISAN A Unique and Artistic Buffet F8 No 0- 8 9 I S made of genuine quartered oak It is 54 mches high and 4? mches Wide The top IS fit-ed with 8 x 34 m eh mIrror of excel-lent qua-hty The design IS very neat a nd at tractn e It IS spa- ClOUS and roomy and at the same hme orna-mental It has two draWels and a large cupboard whl( h IS fitted \Hth a glass door lmed \'\ Ith lathce work It will look weil many dmmg room A Rich.Looking Buffet F8 No 9- 79 IS ma d" of ~ol- Id oak It IS 50 m ..... ' hIgh and 42 mches .~.iia \\ Ide ~ The de sIgn 1S plam and art I s tiC and alto-gether It IS on" of the best alues "e ha\e e\ er been a b 1 e to offer m a 10\'\ PriC ""I buffet The top IS hUell \Hth a 10" 36 mch Flench b"\d mlllOl The base IS prac~lcall\ al1-ang-ed It has two dra\,elS for lInen or ~ll\f'r "are and t\\ 0 lal g" cup boa 1ds Polish finish Adv Unit With type, 40c Without type, 25c Price of buffet to membel s .\(1\ Lillt \\lth t\P" 40c \\ Ithout t\ pc _:ic $9.35 Pllce of buffet to membel S $9.90 A Large and Rich China Closet F8 Xo 0 b8 IS made of s e 1 e c te d qu"rtered oak It IS b8 m high and 36 In \Hde The top IS orna-mented \\ Ith a b " Ib mn- 101 ot ill st ()as~ quall-t\ The de- ',)gl.19 \ el1' attI ac-t1\ t. and ar-tistIC It has bent glass end sand ~haped bent glass m the door rhere tj a I e fa u r shel\ es and the can mg at the top b \ en neat \\ hen deco-rated \\Ith cut glass ana clllna It IS verj handsome TillS I~ a good prac-tical piece uf fUlnltule fOl an~ one PolJsh fin"h An Artistic. Refined Wood Bed F8 No 5- 821 1 S made of s el e cted quartered oak We guarantee thlS bed t p b e made by the high-est grade of work-men ThiS fac-ory has the repu-taUon of ma king the very best bed~ at the lowest prICe If you want somethmg which Will give a qUIet and refined effect to the bed-room, you Will surely get It from thiS piece Those lookmg for a bed constructed In a hIgh grade manner should order thiS on" POIISl1 filllsh Adv Unit With type 40c \Vnhout type 25c Price of bed to members \l1\ Lillt \\Ith npe 40c ",thout t~pE' _J( Pllce of (hma closet to mem-bers $10.65 $10.86 A High Grade Chiffonier A Genuine Quartered Oak Case F8 No 1-962 IS made of select-e d quartered oak The mlr-or IS 20 x 34 m and of excel-lent qualJty It-has four large d rawer sand one small one all fitted WIth strong locks It IS gotten up m a plam rich style With no carvmg It IS made by a fac tory whICh em ploys only high g r a d e labor They have the reputatIOn 0 f turillng out the very best goods m thiS lJne Pollsh finish F8 No 3:i3 IS made of genUIne qual tE I"~d oak It IS one of the most beauU ful and at-tracti\ e L 0 mblnatlon cases ever put on the market at the price It IS 75 m high and 38 m \\ Ide The top IS fitted \\Ith a 12 x 12 mirror of extra quality InSide the desk part is nicely parU-honed The deSign IS ex-clUSIVe and \\ e you If you are grade case kno\\ It "Ill please lookmg for a lligh Adv Umt with type, 40c Without type 25c Price of clllffomer to members $11.34 Adv Lmt \\ Ith t) Pl'. 40c WltllOUt type, 25c Price of combmatlOn ca.se to members '11.60 An Unusual Value in a High. Grade Napoleon Bed <\dv Lmt With type, 40e ~WIthout type 25c Pllee of bed to members $9.92 A Fancy. Artistic Combination Case. F8 No 9-63 1S made of selecte d quarte r/<ed oak Jt IS 72 III lllgh and 39 In Wide The upper part IS ornamell ted \\ Itl> a 12 '( 12 clr cular m I r-rOJ of the best quality It IS neatly carved and mcel:; fimsh ed '1' h e door IS made wJth the shaped swell fron t and all the shehes are adJu~t able In- Side the desk IS arranged WIth pigeon holes and dra\\er There are three drawers below the desk the top one havmg a swell front We espec mlly recommend thl~ bookcase Adv Umt With type, 40c Without type, 25c Price of combmatlOn case members to $10.86 A Dainty Princess Dresser F8 No 7- 551 IS made of genume quarte red oak It has a 22 x 40 m top The mIrror 1 S extra large Jemg 18 x 36 m It has one I a I g e dra.wer and two small drawers 'I' his Will match any brass or non bed and IS one of the best va-lues we have It IS made III a plam neh sty 1 e and ver)' mcely finished It Will be an orna-ment to any bedroom 3erpentme front polIsh fimsh Adv Umt With type, 40c Without type, 25c Price of dresser to members $12.11 A Chiffonier of Excellent Value F8 No 3 862 IS made of quar tered oak '1 he top I~ 20" 3. In The mIrror IS 1b '{ 20 In "nd of c"t,a quarlh '1' h e 1111rror frame 18 In keepmg WIth the base It has four large dra'" er", and onc ~mall one all fitted \\Ith ~trong- locks It IS made bv a factory employ-lIlg the 'er:, be~ t of Illgh grade labor It IS made In an al tJ~tlC refined style wIth no carving ThIs cJllffolller can-not t'111 to pledsc Polish filll~h \d\ l!lllt wIth type 40c \Vlthout tvp~, 2Sc PrIce of chltfolllPr to member~ $12.28 A Practical and Ornamental China Closet r8 No 0 78 IS made III hIgh grade manner 0 f qUa r t Pr ~Id oak It IS 65 m hIgh and 40 III "Ide It IS hIghly pol-ished and neatly carv e d 'I' h e door and ",d% ha,e bent glass It IS sup-ported by grac efu 1 rrenLh le;;& WIt h cIa" feet ThIS I~ one of the most artIs-tIC and gra ceful de~lgns we ha, e P\ er had at the price It IS SUItable for any dllllllg room Pohsh filllSh Ad' )Tmt \\ Ith type 40c \\ Ithout ty PP 25c Price of chllla clospt tv mem-bels $13.02 Spl"'ndid Valu", in a Hil1h Grad", Buff",t F8 No 3 59 19 m ad e of sol tJ oak '1 he de blgn Ib plaIn and re-fined It h good ~ I Z e bel n g 57 1 n - h I g h and 42 ,nches ~-""~~ WIde It -~-- has one e,,- t r a 1a r g e dra'" er, two sma 11 dldwels and two large cupboards The large drawer IS fitted WIth the best cast bras~ handles The top ha'S a shelf extendlllg the entire length and IS fItted WIth a 10 x 34 mIrror of excellent quality We know thIS WIll please you If you are looklllg for a plain h,gh grade pIece PolIsh fimsh Adv Dlllt WIth type, 40c vVltllOut type, 25c Price of buffet to members $13.23 WEEKLY ARTISAN 23 An Attractive Buffet F8 No 1 89 IS made ~f 'Se Ie c ted quartered oak The de&lgn IS \ elY "t tl dotlve and neat It 1&spa CI )u<:, and ro 0 m}- anll at the same tIme ,ery o rnalnen-tal It 111 a s a large dra wer t\\O 1 a r g e cup-boalds and two small dra" er s The glass doors of the cupboards are fitted WIth lattIce work I'I1e top IS ornamented WIth a 10 x 28 French bevel mirror ThIS IS a ,ery good pIece tor the prrce It . WIll be an ornament to any dllllllg loom Pohs1l filllsh An Artistic Dresser F8 No 1- 961 IS made of genUllle qU;:Lrte rLd oak 'I' h e top IS 22 x 44 III The ill 1 r r 0 r IS a very mce SIze, beIng 24 x 30 III It IS made by the best cabinet ma-kers and h,ghly hand polrshed There are two large dra" ers and two small drawers Nothmg but the best matellal en-ters mto the constructIOn of the~e dressers When you want a hIgh grade pIece of furlll-ture there IS nothmg better than one of these dre~ser'S Pohsh filllSh '----------------~ Ad, Inrt WIth type, 40c \\TJ!'llnllt type 25c PrIce of Buffet to members Adv Gmt WIth type, 40c ''Vlthout type 25c $12.30 Prrce of dresser to members $12.75 A Lar~e Colonial Dresser F8 No 3- 86 1 IS made of genUIne quartered oak The base IS 22 mches deep and 44 mches WIde The plate mlr ror IS 24 x 30 mch-es There are two large and two small drawers, all fitted with str-ong locks It IS consl-d erably larger than the dressers usually sold at this prIce It IS a first class artIcle In every respect and made by a factory whIch turns out only honest, well made furmture Polrsh fim~h A Unique Design in a Dresser F8 No 8 161 IS made ot genu me quartered oak The top IS 22 x 44 mehes The muror IS extra large bemg 2. x 30 m-ches It has a serpentme front and IS gotten up m style whIch cannot fall to appeal to people of re-fined tastes It IS a fine, hIgh grade pIece whIch WIll adf! tone and re-finement to any bedroom You WIll notIce that It ha~ no carvmg An excellent, a\up for the prIce Hand rubbed fimsh Ad, Dmt" Ith type 40c \Vlthout type 25c PrIce of dresser to members $1323 "-.dv LTlllt WIth typP, 40c ,Vlthout type 25c Prrce of dresser to members $13.23 SOJDethinil New in An Artistic Wood B"'d Gentlemen's High.Grade Chiff·Wardrobe F8 No 0- 921 IS one of the most de- SIrable com-binatIOn cas-es we have ever had at the p r Ice It IS one of the most neat, refined pIeces In OUr lIne Made of qua r tie rle d oak 'I' h e top IS fitted WIth a 16 x 20 F r e n c h bevel plate mIrror The desk part IS Illcely arran ged WIth PI-geon h 0 Ie s and drawers Also three drawers under desk WIth shaped swell fronts All shelves are adjustable Th,;, desk IS an orna-ment to any home F8 No 6-821 IS mad e of large f 1 a k y qua rt-ere d oak in the gol den fin Ish 'I' hIs desIgn IS "\ery art 1 S tIC It Will go nlcel y Wit h any oak mahogany or maple dresser On account of It~ extreme plalnne'Ss thE' wood shows off to excellent ad-vantage ThIS bed was especIally de- SIgned for one of our leaders As we employ only the best cabinet makers and filllsher~, we can guaran-tee that thIS bed WIll please you m every wav Just what people of re fined ta~te are lOOKing for Po!r"h filllsh Adv Dlllt WIth type, 40c 'VJthout type, 25c PrICe of bed to members Adv Dmt WIth type, 40c \Vlthout t~ pe, 25c PrIce of combmatlOn case members $13.23 to $14.18 24 WEEKLY ARTISAN UPHAM MANUFACTURING CO. MARSHFIELD, WIS. No 2228 TOllet Table SEND FOR o IJR Dressers \.,. ffoniers Dress. r, Taflles Suitt_ Wardrofles Sidefloards Buffets Etc. Made in Oak, Bird's-Eye Maple, Mahogany, etc., and All Popular Finishes No 2240 ToIlet Table CO~IPLETE Exciting Times in EI Paso. Tra\ cling ~a1C~lllell I l~lt111g [] l'a~o L e"a~ u-.,ualh ,," 1K'lcnLe mULh ann,) ,UKC thlOll'!,h IhL11 laLk ot kno\\ lul'::;l of the "C\ clal "tandal d~ oj t11nL ob~u I cd 1n thc J all, Jad~ 01 that uh \ tl;:L1l1110!11thL La.,t ~1111e., at 10 a 111 on Cenl1al .,tanc1alc1 tl1l1C 1\ hln thL tld\ elLl ahghh 110m t1]," 11 ,1111 he learn~ that thL ttam \\a, tlO!11 onL to t\\() h()UI~ 1atl It he consults a tll11e plLLC Lall) mg 111outll,lm tllnl lll~ l1all1 VIas one hour late, and tl\O haul" late It he 100k~ ,ll ,1 dock rUlln1l12, on l'aClfic tJ 111e 1he tl a\ der ma \ \\ I..,h to tal~L a tram for the (a"t at 7 0 doll,;: and ~l) )IOtlfics the del k on dut\ elt hI'-, hotel l.he olcler h clull noted 111 thc call hook and the alaI 111 ~1111111Wnl1Hth;e ~lcepel to all-"C at thc hoUl I11tn tlOnLd I., soundcrl \1 hen thc tl,I\c1ulll1Llke_ hI'-- appe,ll,lllLl ,lt the office he !Lal n~ that the hotel clol L ) cLord~ 111011nta1l1 tJ I Ie and t11at th L tram hc expeLled to tra \ e1 on had depa I tlll an hOlJ1 bdOle he I\a., l,dlcd \ tla\clel all\\1112, tlL\lll thl VI e~t !Larn~ at 111..,hotel that he ha" "pent t VI 0 hO\l1- III I h11112,lulf a 11l11efWl11 thc depot to LI"> hotel, UI II he I'" pa~, m£; throl1'!,h ,I l'a..,o ffIJ11l tile \\e~t to tlll ea~t that thc tla111 upon \\hllh he lud tra\l1el c1Cp,lltLc1 !10m that 01\ tl\U hour~ hefclle hh alll\al ,,,utll12, ~ttenuou~ llw1l1enh 1l1,n hL \\ Itne ~"ec1 III the hotel office.., e\ u \ mOl n111" \\ hen thl dcrk~ tl) to jJlopltJatc thc> 111dl2,1111llllaldlh \\ho ha\c 1'1-1 tram Lonn eLtJ()n ~ on aCl oun t of the11 laLL ot kncm 1tc1ge ot tht se\Lla1 kllld" of ytand,lrel tIme uncler \\ll1Lh Idl1roacl tram and hot('l~ ,llt optlatecl m that cIty Southern Michigan Factory Notes. Stebbms & \\ Ilhe1m of Sturgl" \\ III ha\ t a large numbel of new patterns to "how m Gl dnd RapIds m J u1) Busmes" IS fair WIth them CATALOGUE 1 he \ul~1J1ook L Ilnc~ u 111pan} are ha \ llle; a guocl busl- 11(", and ,\JlIl11c'Lr- L"te1hl\(, cHlclltH)J1~to the11 1me of fine huh 00111 iUln1tUl L 1m then e"h,hltlCJn m (,1 and RaPId" 111 [uh 111C 1111e1\ III Le large and hettcl than e\ er The (II (1J'l1~U L,l1Jlndl1l,lkel ~ lO1l1]Jal1\ l~ allothr-1 of the pro~- pu )11- tUln1lUJ L C01l11"ll11L"\\h Lh h1.\ e ehme 111uch to Illake "tU) '!,1~ kn( 1\\ n el' a hlll1ltUl e tO\, n all 0\ el the country L hel \\ III ,tl~o ha' e mam nel\ patten]', to "how m Ju1) In the ILanulaLttll CI~ Ih1l1dll1~, Grand Raphl" Thc Kompa~., & Stoll C0111pan} of ~11c~ report a fine 11l1~111('~ 111 the11 kItchen cabmets~a., good a~ at any tIme 111 the hl,tol, oj thc L01l1pan, III RH hell rl oj the l\l1l hanan Cahmet company reports 1 grJl)(! lJll~l11l-'" 111 1,ltlhen l,thmeh h()okLa"tS, laches' and uJ111bl11atlun C1l..,k~ lL 1 hI"> I"> O,lL l-i thc bcst 111ecltum and l hl,lp 1111l~Illdde In thl "'l,tte and therc I" alVv'l) " a demand t t th'111 Famous Rugs on Exhibition. \Ial "hall I IL1d & Co daml to hm e the largest collec-lion oj 0 lenLtl 1u2,~ LleI .,een In \ mellca 1he) placed a P lIt ()j thc!J ~t( l k on L "hl1)111011 m the ClllLago store last \\ uk ,1nd \\ 1111t11l ,tc!c1ltlOn of 'oOl11elare plcces, loaned for t1]l e Lla"lOn 11 l1udL a glt,tt ~ho\\ \mon£; the speumens In lhe loan depal t111L11t1\,1'" KelJl1an"hah, 41'( G8 fect It lS the l,llgest Ollent,d IU2, 111the \'IolLl and \va.., made for the iOl111Lr Shah of Pu la J he Ill£; \\elghs 1,G75 pounds and alll\ed1l1 the Ll11ted State~ l\lthm the last month Its value h placed at $'i0 000 \nothet CUlIOSlty \Va" the famous $22,- 000 \kbar lUg, \\ hlLh \\as madc m the sIxteenth century Much feedmg maketh a full man. WEEKLY ARTISAN MANUFACTURING· COSTS By F. B. Smith. President of the Wolverine Man-ufacturing Company. Detroit. Mich. There is not a shade of real dIfference m the cost of manu-facture between one plant and another, whethel the plant be small or large There are Just so many feet of materIal that enter into the cost, Just so many houn., of labOl in proper pro-ductIOn It co"ts a gIven amount to "ell good", and It costs a gIven amount to freIght goods. Now, let u" make a qUIck analy"is of the real ~ItuatIon A manufacturer located in one section of the country, may, perhaps, buy his material a little cheaper than another, by vIrtue of the fact that he is nearer the matenal supply Very well, it costs hIm more to freight his finished proJuct He may buy cheaper labor than the manufacturer at a great center Very well, he gets less efficiency. When the total cost is assembled, the fact has been demon-strated more than once that there is practically no dIfference between one plant and another. For mstance, the manufac-turer of an output of $100,000, pays its management con-siderably less of necessIty than the plant with a larger output and larger organization We wIll say that the manager of a plant wIth an output of $100,000 draws $1,800, and the manu-facturer wIth a plant of $1,000,000 would certamly be un-usual in the furmture busine"s If he drew $18.000 a year He don't. The larger amount of busme'iS that is taken on is trans-acted at a less overhead expense than the <:;maller manufac-turer, the cost of his g-ettll1g bu"mess 1<., in all prababI1lty Ie"" than the cost of the smaller manufacturer \Vhat "avmg may be made in one end on the part of the smaller manufacturer is offset by the gain of the larger manufacturer in the purchase of his materials m larger quantities, and vanous other Items that might be cOl13idered On the other hand the larger manufacturer l,as nothmg over the smaller manufacturer. Vv hat saving he makes in one end IS offset by the fact of closer ~upervislOn and watch-fulness and less department expense on the part of the man making a smaller output. \iVhen everythmg is said and done, If we are all produc-mg a table at a cost of $5, one man may proJuce It at $490, one man at $5, and one man at $5 10, but all practically must secure the same sellmg price if they understand -their costs As a matter of fact and matter of history in the furni-ture manufacturing business, there IS about one man in fifty (and I think that is rather lIberal), that under"tands costs, and by that I mean who knows absolutely the amount of matenal that enters the actual table-not what he estimates to enter into it,-the amount of waste that is deve1opeJ,-not what he estimates,-so that when he makes one hundred tables he knows exactly so many feet of lumber enter mto them, exactly ,,0 much waste developed, exactly so many hours' labor, exactly "0 much executIve and sell111g expense, and that It IS not an estImate, but actual figures If he does know that, he knows how to merchandise his product. I have been m busines.s albout twenty year", and I prob-ably have had as fall' a knowledge of costs as the average manufacturer in our lIne of busine"s I won't say any bet-ter, but perhaps fully as good, but I realI7ed that the manu-facturer" in the iron and steel works were far ahead of the woodworking 'business, and it occurred to me that it would be of the utmost importance to develop a thorough and scientific cost system Two years ago we commenced the installatlOn of a scientific cost system, and It has been of inestimable value. zs We can tell today the amount of waste 111every car of lumber that we buy \Ve know who IS furnish111g us the best ma-tenal for the money vVe know on every 100.000 ft. of lumber that IS run through exactly what the ",aste IS and the actual net filllshed amount of material Under our sys-tem the man who makes reports of shortages comes to the co"t department to locate the time the material was sent up It saves duplIcatIOn of parts becatbe one portIOn has care-le<., sly been mislaId It stops the accumulatIOn of odds and ends m the plant, and keeps the whole sItuation clear. Vl e know absolutely every detaIl of the costs, and we make up a halance ~heet at the end of the month, not at the end of the year, showmg the result" for the month I consicler that It is of the utmost importance that every manufacturer in the furmture busmess should consIder this questIOn most senously, and If he does there will be no such demoralization of the furnllture trade as there IS today. This will benefit not only the manufacturer, but the retaIler as well If the retailer is able to buy somethmg bc-low the market pnce, hIS neighbor buys perhaps stIll lower, and neIther one knows wl;ere he IS at. The be"t wish that I can give the fur11lture manufac-turers IS that they shall know their business more thoroughly, understand it more SCIentIfically The Ibest way to get at this IS by fnendly, asssociated effort. The tIme has gone by when one manufacturer knows It all, and when one retailer knows It all, but by associated effort and dissemination of knowledge, results can be dbta111ed that WIll be for the bene-fit of the furniture trade, both wholesale and retail There IS actually, if the figures could be computed less than 2 per cent between the various manufacturers in the total cost of the good", whtle there IS all the way from 10 per cent to 50 per cent dIfference 111the .sellIng pnce. It has been recently stated somewhere that when a com-mittee of manufactnrers VISIted the Carnegie plant to learn how it was that Mr Carnegie conducted his business so suc-cessfully, and made the profits that he made, they wanted to go mto the plant, but Mr Carnegie stopped them and took them into a roam and said, "Here is where I make my money." In the room '" ere a large number of clerks, from eighty to a hundred men, simply workmg and studying costs, and developing the CarnegIe business. "That, gentlemen," ~ald Mr Carnegie, "is where I make my money, because that tells me what I want to know." What is good for Andrew Carnegie ought to be good for the furnIture manufacturers. ~e~ l?actories. A new mattre~s factory is to be established at Vienna, Ga, 111the near future H D Dougherty & Co, are new bedding manufacturers at Seventeenth street and Indiana avenue, Philadelphia, Pa. Joseph Jaggers ha" e"tablished a carpet factory in Pough-keepsie. N Y He wIll make the best grades of Wiltons, velours and Bru "sels Charle" A . Albion Nand Nellie \Varner have incorpo-rated the C A Warner compan}, capItalIzed at $5,000 to establi"h a plant and manufacture furmture, vacuum cleancrs, etc, m Brooklyn, N Y. Manufacturers' Annual Meeting. The annual meetmg of the FurnIture Manufacturers' Na-tIOnal assoclatlOn WIll be held 111Chicago 111May 10 and 11 In additIon to the electIOn of officers for the ensu111g year, other matters of importance will be conSIdered. 26 WEEKLY ARTISAN RETAIL FURNITURE ADVERTISING Conducted by H. H. STALKER. Dealers Are Urged to Send in Samples of Their Advertisements and to OfferAny 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. I vvao; talk111g wIth the \(h CIi1"l11g ~Ianagel of alal!:ie retal! furl11ture store the other da), anel 111 a \ erv earnest, sane manner he voiced some of the obJ ectlons raIsed b, re-ta1lers generally to handling ad, erti"ed brands of furllltul e Some of his arguments \\ ere \Yell made and had the nng of truth, but as one is apt to do when talkll1g from theIr 0\\ n viewpoint, he falleLI to mention any of the thIngs 1n fa' or of handling adverb sed goods Now, here 1S just the trouble Lack of co-operatlOn That's all. The proper spint is missll1g The manufacturer plans a campa1gn along ltnes wh1ch he thinks \\111 be nght He does it carefully and systemabcally But he doesn't con- SIder the dealer True, he figures on local cond1tlOns, takes into consideration the market there \\ ill be etc But all the dealer hears about the campaign as a whole, is when an ela-borate circular comes along telling 111 glo\\ ing terms of the great benefits to be derived by puttll1g 111 his line and bene-fitting from the business that will result from the ad, ertls-ing that will be done. The retailer says "Uh huh" and for-gets all about it A few of the h, e ones may take a wh111 at it The manufacturer 1S cast do\\n Tells the "ad" man the copy was no good. Sa}s "I told} au so lur111ture 1S different You can't advertise furnittrre The dealers \\ on't stand for trade marks. vVe might as \\ ell do as \\ e ah\ a} " have done. Just make good goods and let the I eta1ler 0\\ n us body and soul Dictate our poltcy, etc" He doesn't ,ay this last, but he acts It, which is all the same thll1g And that's where he loses out If, instead, he'd gnt hIs teeth, take another l11tch 111 his belt, and go at It to find out why the dealer \Yon't co-operate, the hIstory of tur11ltl11e advertising would read differently If a manufacturer has a manufacturing problem bothering hIm, he 301ve" It He goes out into the factory and he won't lea' e 1t tlll he has found the leak. If his selling end is falling down, \ ou can bet there's somethi~g doing unbl sales shO\\ up good aga1l1 But when it comes to the modern method of marketIng hIS product-advertising, he is apathetic-1I1d1fferent Some are so far gone they won't even grant a man an interview Yet, Just as sure as I am writing these \Yords, there is a profitable way to advertise furniture both from the manufacturer's and the retailer's end, Haw? That's a questIOn whIch each manufacturer in conjunction with hIS retailers and the help of a good advertis1l1g man, must figure out for himself But I thll1k I can suggest a way. First, the manufacturer and retailer must get together They must realize that neither can get along without the ather and that to pull away from each other is Just lIke tv'- 1I1g a weIght to a race horse and expect1l1g 1t to WIn Let each ask the advice and opmion of the other, and let each be generous in accepting and uSll1g the helps that each may furnish There must be give and take The manufacturer must not expect that the dealer will put in $300 or $400 worth of goods on the strength of a few magazine "ads" and run several dollars worth of newspaper electros which perhaps do not conform to hIS advertis1l1g policy. On the other hand the dealer must not think that he I~ d01l1g the manufacturer of an advertised hne a favor b} pu tt1l1g In hIS goods, and expect him to step 111 and sell them for hIm He must remember that national advertis- 1I1g IS a mIghty factor, 111 fact the strongest sellmg force in Amencan bus1l1ess today; that an advertised brand grows 111 ,alue each } ear, and the longer he handles it the better hIS ~tore \\ 111stand in the community Some\Y he1 e there is a happy medium-a common grounJ \\ here both dealer and manufacturer should meet and lay the battle plans that shall result in more business for each The obJectn e point IS the consumer The consumer can be reached both through the magazines and the newspaper The magazme "ad" furnishes the introduction; the news-paper IS where the sale must be started; with the salesman on the floor is where It ends. How many 1I1troductions-fa' orable one depend on the efficiency of the magazine. How many sales are started depends upon the newspaper; hO\\ many are successfully closed depends upon the store and the salesman LogIcally, therefore, the whole must be united. The manufacturer, the retailer, the sales force must be a Ul1lt 111 plannmg and carrying on a successful campaign It \\ ould take a \\ 1zarJ to tell you how to get together, but \\ here there's a WIll, there's a way; and get together you must or contmue to sell about half as much good furniture as \\ ould be pOSSIble by intelltgent, well directed, co-oper-a tn e methods Get together ~Iay Cause Competition in Fire Insurance. There 1" <:alJ to be a movement on foot among the non- U11l0n fire msurance companies operating in Western UnIOn terntor) to form an or-S-a11lZatlOn of their own. A recent circular letter "ent to these companies advocated either J01l1- mg the \\ estern U11Ion or formmg an independent as'ioci-ation About t\\ o-th1rds of the companies whi:ch responded \\ ere opposed to joining the Western organization. All but one favored a rival body. It is rumored that five or six of the largest outsiJe compa11les hay e reached an agreement to work together. The knO\\ ledge of this fact has made the other outside com-pa11les SUSPICIOU" and re<;entful Return of the Absentees. ,VdlIam H Jones, president of the v\Tilliam A Berkey Furl1lture company and wife, \\ho 11ave spent the winter in the most beautIful little cIty 111 CalIfornia, Pasadena, making the hotel lIar} land their temporary home, will return to Grand RapIds early in May. Charles FRettIng, president of the Retting Furniture campan), has retm ned after spendIng several months on the PaCIfic coast Harry S Jordan, president of the Michigan Chair com-pany, who spent the winter with his family in southern CalJ-for11la, has returned It keeps many a fellow busy looking for a job. WEEKLY ARTISAN 27 No.9-Porch Chau Large SIze. Oak Seat. Green or MIssIOn FIlliSh. WeIght, 20 pounds No. lO-Porch Rocker Large SIZe. Oak Seat Green or MISSIOn Fmlsh' Weight 21% pounds. No.ll-Porch Settee. Seat 40 Inches long, 17% mches deep. Oak Seat. Green Or MISSIOn filliSh \VeIght, 32 pounds. RICHMOND CHAIR COMPANY, RICHMOND,INDIANA MAY BREAK THE GLASS TRUST Pittsburli Grand Jury Indicts the Imperial Win-dow Co. and Fifteen Officers and Directors. An indictment of special interest to m,.anufacturers of sideboards, china closets and bookcases was returned by a special grand Jury in Pittsburg, Pa., last week It makes three counts against the Imperial Window Glass company, a West Virginia corporation, which has been acting as sell-lllg agent or as a holding company for 57 glass manufactur-ing concerns Fifteen officers and directors of the Imperial company were also indicted individually for violating the Sherman anti-trust aw. The first count in the indictment declares that the Im-perial Window Glass company and the individual respond-ents have prevented and destroyed competition between 57 •glas"making corporations, partnerships or individuals, by per-suading them to enter into a contract by which the Imperial company controlled the sale and prices of their entire out-put of hand-blown window glass, and in which each and all of the 57 concerns agreed not to sell separately to any other persons or corporations engaged in interstate commerce. It is charged that when a company, partnership or indi-vidual could not be induced to enter into the agreement, they were induced to lease their factories to the Imperial company for a term of years and thus enable the holding or selling company to control the price as well as the amount of the output. The "econd count charges the respondents WIth con-spiracy to create a monopoly in restraint of trade between states. The third count charges an attempt to monopolize the trade in hand-blown window glass, not only between states but in the states in which the various factories are located The indicted officers and directors expressed great sur-prise at the action of the grand jury. They declare they have not violated the law in anyway and that the indictments are based on misinformation or lack of information as they will show if brought to trial. It is interesting to note that the Commoner and Glass-worker, officiaJ organ of the union glass makers, comes to the defense of the indicted company and IndiVIduals, declar-ing that the alleged illegal combination has not been detri-mental to the interests of consumers nor has it operated in restraint of interstate commerce. While, admitting that the Imperial Window Glass company is a trust, it is declared to be one of the organization that President Roosevelt had in mind when he said: "There are good combinations and bad combinations." The labor organ contends that the in-dicted corporation, by reducing the expense of sales and dis-trilbution has brought about lower prices than would have prevailed, had the producers who signed the agreement con-tinued to handle the products themselves. In short it argues that the Imperial company is one of the "good trusts." On the other hand glass dealers and consumers generally consider the window glass combination as one of the wor~t of the trusts. They declare that prices have Ibeen advanced to extortionate figures and that the government officials will have no difficulty in securing evidence sufficient to convict the respondents, dissolve the Imperial company and thus cause a reduction in the cost of window glass. Luce Busy on Orders. 'Dhe Luce Furniture company of Grand Rapids report the operation of their factory on full time in filling trade and government contract orders. They expect to ship the last of the government order in hand on June 1. -- . -.., BROTHERS CO. I FT. WAYNE, IND. HARDWOOD LUMBER I SAWED} QUARTERED OAK { VENEERS SliCED AND MAHOGANY I..... . ----.. . . I.. 28 WEEKLY ARTISAN F. Parthier ...... - -_.. ..... -- ----- .- --- - --- .. ANGRY WOMEN STARTED TO RIOT But Their Passions Cooled Before Reaching the Proposed Scene of Action. Readers of the "T eekl) 4..rtl;-,an are 1I1c1ehted to the 'itom hearted court reporter on the E\ en1l1g II l<;con"111 tor tl~e follow1l1g descriptIOn of the clos1l1g scene 111 the bankruptL\ proceedings aga1l1st the Grand Furl11ture and Carpet com-pany, installment dealers on the club and premIUm plan. of Milwaukee An insurrectIOn of women. portentou'i. direful. tll1 eaten-ing, raged this mornIng 111 Referee E Q ~\ e\ bankruptc\ court One hundred of them gathered there muttenng an-gry, heart" steeled aga1l1'it all clemenc\ One man met \\ lth them He wa" silent, cleple<;sed and fingeled hi" hat nen-ously The referee entered, took hl'O 'ieat. ~azed \\ Ith all the majesty of the la\\ upon the as"emblage HI-- clerk, George Fischer, followed hU11, Shpplllg qUleth 1I1tO hl'i chair Silence reigned The seml-darkne"" of the CUIta1l1ed court-room was broken only by the gl1l1t of the sunsh1l1e reflected from ominously p01l1ted hatpins "We have met," began the referee, cleanng hiS throat, "as the last meeting of creditors of the Grand Furl11ture company, 658 Third street, bankrupt ,. Hisses Stage whispers. soull,11I1g "trangel} hke ' Cat'i I" and "Beasts I". The referee faced the ;-,ltuatlOll boldl) and went on "It was conducteJ as a copartnership b} one Henn H}- man and one J\10rns Bes"man" 1034 Grand Avenue CHICAGO Manufacturer of I• I --~------~------I --~ Willow Furniture ---------------------_._------- -- ----- . - - - .. - - - _. - _. - SEND FOR CATALOGUE ~.-- -- . Scm\ Ie". "uppre"'ied murmur" of ",\!e're onto' 'em," and clire grumhl1l1g "Thel e al e no a,,<;ets," the I eferee n'iked C,dence Jeep a" the grave i The exempted allowance of $200," went on the referee, and there Wa'i a nen ous catch 111 hiS throat, "has been cut dm\ n to $68 each That IS all There IS nothing to distri-bute . 4..ga1l1 that awful "dence Over 111 the southeast corner of the courtroom, a woman wept softly The sohtary male creditor of the bankrupts hung hiS head Then he lifted it. HIS hp __\\ ere dra\\ n 1I1tOa th1l1 I1I1e He arose He grabbed Ill' hat He hfted up hiS v Olce and spoke, break1l1g the doom-filled 'illence It 1 e\ er catch Clther one of those fellow;.,," he threat-ened, the\ 11 get a black eye" i Let U'i go.' he added. and he went The \\ omen follo\\ ed, murmunng grumbhng, threaten- 1I1g fhe man. foreseeing trouble, ducked He disappeared, lea\ 1I1g the scene forever Angry \\omen, surging 111 a tum-ultuous a;-,,,embl) filled the corridor Government offiCials peeped out, Withdrew their heads and bolted their doors The tumult 1I1creased 111 volume Court officials were ,Ii,ereet, and rema1l1ed 111 their places Then a woman, short, 'itockd) bl11lt fire 111 her flash1l1g eyes, stepped forward. ~he spoke first 111 Enghsh Then she repeated her remarks, \\lth hut shght vanatlOn<; 111 German She would have talked French had she espied a Frcndhwoman there ,i\!omanhke, she had the gift of tongue" "II e "omen.' ~he exclaimed, in Spartacus-hke tones, Rockford Chair and Furniture Co. ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS Dining Room Furniture BUFFETS. CHINA CLOSETS and TABLES Library Furniture-Library Desks, Library Tables, Library Bookcases, Combination Book-cases, Etc. Our entire line will be on exhibition in July on the third floor of the Blodgett Building, Grand Rapid., Mich. WEEKLY ARTISAN ... -....... - ... ..- . .....- . -.-.... ----_. . . . . . ..- .. ... ..- .. - _. ----- V.n.er Pre ••••. different kind. and .i",e. (Paleated) Veneer Presses Glue Spreaders 61ue Heaters Trucks, Etc" Etc. These Specialties are used all Over the World Power Feed Glue Spreadinc Machine. Sincle. Double and Combination. (patented) (Si",e. 12 in. to 84 in wide.) Hand Feed Glueine Machin. (Paleat pendtnl.) Many .tyle. and .i",e•. Wood·Working Machinery and Supplies LET us KNOW YOUR WANTS ~-----20-Gl-u.~Hea-ter_. ._._CH.A.S_.. E. FRANCIS COMPANY, Main Office and Works, Rushville, Ind. No.6 Glu.H.at.r. -.__._. _. -- -,_._. --_ _---_ _._ _._----------------- "we women need a chief, a head, a leader We ought to do somethmg m concert If none otlher will lead, I will do It" Loud aCclallTII Cheers' Clm ed hand-clappmg! "Ladles" shouted someone, "let us fight for our lights" As It echoed across tlhe hall, the navy recruiting statIOn closed Its hatdhes anJ unlimbered the heavy guns "Let us fight for our nghts," she cned agam "Is It right for those fellows to impose upon us Just because we are women? Let us demand our nghts Shall we let them Impose upon us?" Great ohorus of "No," echomg across corndor", reverber-atmg agamst closed doors, ommous and threatemng Riot was suggested "Let's go out to their place and get what's coming to us I" "I'd feel Justified in taking that rug I wanted for the south room!" " It was an awful swmdle from "tart to finish Let us give it to them I" "My husband never had no such clothes as them col-lectors wore I" "It's a dirty shame the way they came around and col-lected just before they went mto bankruptcy I" "I was gomg to surpnse Adolph with a Morns chair for his birtlhday," came one voice, half sob-chokeJ "Now, yes-terday wa<; hiS birthday, and it has went I haven't got any-thmg for him." "They got $830 I earned by doing washmg," came an angry mutter Then the leader, smiling Iher approval on this anger, took her statIOn. "J ust because we're women," she exclaimed, her hatpins bnstling Viciously while her parasol did duty as a lance, "Just because we're women they think we're easy IvVe'll show them We'll have them pmcheJ \Ve'll go to the po-lice, that what we'll do!" Yelh of approval as the exhortation ended. Much cheers agam Applause A rush for the elevator, the leader lead-ing First floor reached Only part of tthe as<;emblage do""n Back ndes the leader to the fourth floor She exhorts agam. Down come the others, en masse, as fast as the ele-vator can do duty Ranks were formed, and do>yn Wisconsin 5treet they marched, three and four abreast, their leader at then head Oh, it looked lovely for the bankrupts if they were ever caught I The procession, on the south side of Wisconsm <;treet, stretched for a full three-quarters of a block Then, 29 . ......... somewhere down m the shopping dlstnct It attenuated, short-ened, disappeared into a sweet nothmgness It was all 0\ er' At the police statIOn It wa" reported at noon that no angry women had arnved I n the government buildmg offi-cials breathed easJly agam. Peace reigned, and the matter of the Grand Furmture company, bankrupt, was closed for-ever. Stamp books, filled and half filled, are held by the in-surrectiot1lsts I They are the mementoes of it all I Fmls' Vollendet' It IS finished Selah I New Furniture Dealers. Jacob Bornstein has opened a new furniture store at Hazelton, Pa George Haddad is a new dealer in carpets and oriental rugs in Rutland, Vt Fred J Fey has opened hiS new furniture store on Broadway, Lorain, 0 The Midland Furniture company have opened their new store at Capa, S Dak The Enterpnse Furmtm e company has opened a new store 111 Seattle, \Vash Faggs & Jackr is the name of a new retail furniture firm at Bartlett, TFxas Flaherty & MfCabe have opened a new furmture store at 28 Preble streef' Portland, Me. Stanley Morn t W1ll engage in the furniture anJ under-takring buo,mess at Patch Grove, "Vis. A Leath & C have opened a new well stocked furni-ture store at 70-72 74 Grove avenue, Elgm, III Freel Lowenth 1, M. L Franey and ALbert M111er have incorporateci the reat American Furmture company, capi-tallzed at $2,500, t do a general house-furni"hing business in Chicago H Pockels, arter R and Henry Roper Bishop have incorporated the ockels-Blshop Desk company, capitalized at $25,000, to deal in desks, office fixtures, etc., in Los An-geles, Cal James K Sto kton, Edgar A Stockton and Effie Stock-ton have in corpora ed the James K Stockton & Son company to esta1b!Jsh and m intain a store with a furniture department in Brooklyn, N Y Capital stock, $5,000. 30 WEEKLY ARTISAN .. • •• a.a ••••••••••• . Doetsch & Heider Co. Telephone, Lmcoln 796 1534-1544 Greenwood Terrace CHICAGO Manufacturers of Parlor Furniture Frames TO Reach OUR FACTORY Take Clybonrn Avenue car to Ashland Avenue and walk three blocks North to Greenwood Terrace, then turn East mto Green-wood Terrace. Or, Clybourn Avenue car wIth transfer on South-port Avenue car, thence over Southport Avenue to Greenwood Terrace and walk West. ~._.. ----------------------- ..........•... -~ Buildings That Will Need Furniture. Residences-Henry S Saxe, 3838 Ridge\'.aY avenue. ChI-cago, $7,000; Mf3 Johanna Blumer, 2439 Pensacola a\ cnue. Chicago, $6,800; Axel L Svenson, 4111 KImball aHnue, Chicago, $3,000, C J Martin, 875 Peachtree street, Atlanta. Ga, $6,000, Mrs M T Lambert, 139 Eighth "treet, Atlanta $5,500; W J Dodd, St James court, LOUlsvtlle, Ky, $8,000 John Allen, 456 South EIghth East street, Salt Lake CIty, Utah, $3,500; R. E. Caldwell, 223 EIghth avenue, Salt Lake CIty, $5,000; H. L Stubbs, Twenty-fifth and Mulberry streets, St. Joseph, Mo., $3,500; Elbert B. Drumtler, \Vashlllgton a\ e-nue and FIfth street, Odgen, Utah, $3,000; Thomas R }1orns, 305 Coltart square, PIttsburg, Pa , $4,500; E C Petersno, 3230 Summit street, Kansas City, Mo, $4,500, George B Bosworth, 125 Cypress street, Kansas CIty, $4,000; \V. A }\1cFerren, 2833 East EIghth street, Kansas City, $6,000, J F }1oseley, 2815 Victor street, Kansas City, $4,000; Ira Hess, 1206 Seven-teenth street, Altoona, Pa, $5,500, F H Vollmer, Hamtlton and Calvert streets, DetrOIt, Mich, $5,350, George T Phllltp", King and Cameron streets, DetrOIt, $3,800; George F Elltott, Collingwood and Woodward avenue, Detroit, $5,500; Gertl ude Seeley, 120 LeIcester street, DetroIt, $5,000; LydIa J Hart-rick, 236 Phtladelphia street, Detroit, $3,500, ElIte Blake, Ker-cheval avenue an dSt. John street, DetrOIt, $3,500,0 \- Da\\- ley, Linwood and Stanley streets, DetrOIt, $6,500, Isaac Ros-enthal, Twenty-sixth and Sassafras streets, Ene, Pa , $-+,400, J enme King, 228 MIami street, South Bend, Ind, $4,000, Frank Unham, Lincoln and Linden streets, South Bend, $3,000; Samuel Apmstrong, Heatherington and ~ assau streets, Winnipeg, Man, $4,000; J. B. Eagan, 35 Athal street, Wlllm-peg, $3,500; Wtlliam McFarlane, Deerfield and LlVania street, Wlllnipeg, $3,000; R. J. Magruder, 397 Korth Jackson street, Atlanta, Ga, $8,400; Mrs S. E. RIchards, 202 McDal11elstl eet, -I iI• •• •I •• I II I •••••• l ••••••••• •••••• ••••••• ~ .We are Special Tool Manufacturers for the Wood Working Trade. Our SOLID STEEL MOULDING CUTTERS are the Best in the World. SPECIAL ORDERS SOLICITED AND GUARANTEED SATISFACTORY WOOD WORKERS TOOL COMPANY, 542 Jackson Blvd., CHICAGO. SAW, KNIFE AND TOOL MANUFACTURERS • ••••••••• _•••••_._•••••••••••• •__••••4 \tlanta, $4,000, ::\1rs L E Bennett, 20 East Delta street, At-lanta, 83.250, \\ alter \Vellman, 2 Steuben street, Schenectady, 1\ Y, $3,500 J A Tally, 4119 Green Lea place, St. Louis, ::\10. $3,600, EmIly Bauer, 3906 Palm street, St Louis, $6,000; R J Froese, 5850 Garfield avenue, St Louis, $3,500; Louisa Stellman 3027 HIckory street, St. Louis, $4,000; Dr. G. A. \' oker~, 4339 Compton avenue, St. Louis, $3,800; F A. Hueser 22-+2 ral1 avenue, St Louis, $4,000; H W Hall, EI Paso, Tex, 85,500; NarcIssa Licon, EI Paso, $3,000; Joseph Raw-son, Chfton and Greendale avenue, Cinclllnati, 0., $4,500; Xlcholas Karg, Sandheger place and Deckebach avenue, Clll- C1l1natl.$7,000, \V T V Creamer, Observatory road and Cryer a\ enne, Clllc1l1nati,$6,000; Carrie O. Bossenberger, Ross and Mayfield stl eets, C1l1cinnati, $4,000; George J. Kuehnle, \\ oolpel and Carthage avenues, Cincinnati, $5,500; Dr. J. 1\1 Pre\\ itt, 35 \Vest Fourth street, Cmcinnatl, $3,500; R. A DrawJ}, Jr, Jackson and vVlllter streets, Jacksonville, Fla, $5,500 ::\!Irs H GIbbs, 358 Cedar .street, Jacksonville, $3,400, L V. Benedee, MadIson and EIghth streets, Jackson- \ rIle, 83,500; Arthur Kahn, Broadw
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36. Weekly Artisan; 1909-12-04

Notes:: Issue of a furniture trade magazine published weekly in Grand Rapids, Mich, starting in 1879. and GRAND RAPIDS. -MICH•• DECEMBER 4. 1909 .. _.- ..--_ .... NELSON MATTER FURNITURE CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. \ \ ""-- -----------------------------_._._--------_._-------_._-----~~ II I BED-ROOM and DINING-ROOM COMPLETE SUITES in Mahogany. Circassiall Walnut and Oak. If you have uot oue in your store. a simple request will brlnll you our mallniUeent new Fall Catalollue of 12x16 ineh palle ll....uP.... how. inll suites to mateh. With it. even the most moderale sized furaiture slore ean sho'f" the best aad newest i_itare sa:tisiaetorilr. .. . . .. .-.... ., ..... ,. WEEKLY ARTISAN -------_ _._._. -- -_..-_-_ ..----------_ ..-- .. ---_. --_._. --------------_._--- _._-......,.., II I I II ....... ..... ... Great Improvements in Refrigerators for 191 0 SEE THE NEW LEONARD WATER COOLERS FOR REFRIGERATORS! SEE THE ENTIRE NEW LINE OF SATIN WALNUT REFRIGERATORS! SEE THE NEW COMBINATION-REFRIGERATOR AND KITCHEN CABINET! SEE THE NEW ROUND CORNERS ON THE "LEONARD GRAND RAPIDS!" SEE THE NEW WOVEN WIRE SHELVES IN OUR ENAMELED LINE! SEE THE NEW CHEAP LINE OF "NORTH POLE" REFRIGERATORS! SEE THE NEW ALL PORCELAIN REFRIGERATORS-INSIDE AND OUTSIDE! LET OTHERS fOLLOW-If THEY CAN. WE LEAD SEE THE NEW HOME OF THE LEONARD CLEANABLE REFRIGERATORS. The largest and finest refngerator factory In the world It IS only m such a factory that the best goods can be made for the least money, and orders promptly filled ThIS mammoth plant IS at your servIce for the ask1l1g Send for our 1910 catalogue Vlfe make nearly everythIng that we use The Porcelam Enamel for L1l11l1gs-the TInned \\ Ire Shelves-the Locks-the H1l1ges-the Water Coolers-the new desIgns and finishes are all made m thIs wonderful factory. Our assortment IS enormous, rangIng from the very cheapest to the finest And best of all, we help you sell the goods' The "Leonard Cleanable" reputatIOn IS behmd them Our magazIne advertismg and our store Sellmg plans wIll bring you many customers I White Enameled, "Leonard Grand Rapids." i RAPIDS REFRIGERATOR CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Factory, Nos. 52 to 202 Clyde Park Ave. Salesroom during January and July, LEONARD FURNITURE EXHIBITION BUILDING. Satin Walnut, with Water Cooler. Kitchen Cabinet and Refrigerator. I GRAND II• • _. ••.• • • . • • •• •• . .• _._. _. ......... _- ...~r. 2 ~---------------------~---------------- WEEKLY ARTISAN ....-----------------------------------------------~ I Qran~Da~i~sDlow Pi~e an~Dust Arrester (om~an~ THE LATEST devIce for handlmg shavings and dust from all wood-working mac/llnes. Our nzneteen years experience in this class of work has brought it nearer perfection than any other system on the market today. It is no experiment, but a demonstrated scientific fact, as 'We have several hun-dred of these systems in use, and not a poor one among them. Our Automatlc Furnace Feed System, as shown in thIS cut, is the most perfect 'lvorking deVIce of anything in this line. f;f7rite for OUI prices for equipments. WE MAKE PLANS AND DO ALL DETAIL WORK WITHOUT EX-PENSE TO OUR CUSTOMERS EXHAUST FANS AND PRES-SURE BLOWERS ALWAYS IN STOCK. Office and Factory: 208-210 Canal Street GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Clthrena Phone 1282 &ell. 10bln 1804 ~--... -_.- - ---------------- ... . OUR AUTOMATIC FURNACE FEED SYSTEM ___ J WEEKLY ARTISAN 3 4 ~-------._._. _.._-------_. ----_. WEEKLY ARTISAN i. IIIIII IIIt I II ,j ,I I tt IIIIIII II II III II ~------_.,._._---- ---_._---------------------------~ €IIII HIE LUCE LINE Many New Patterns In Dining Room and Bed-room Furmture for the Fall Season, SHOW ROOMS AT FACTORY, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH, I IIIIII! II!! I . ..-------------------------------------- ... LUCE FURNITURE COMPANY Catalogue Up01l rrquest, '" .va _.... _ a.a. ••••...•••••• .•. __ ••••• . • __.., I LUCE..REDMOND CHAIR CO., Ltd. II BIG RAPIDS, MICHIGAN I .--- MANUFACTURERS OF HIGH GRADE OFFICE CHAIRS, DINING CHAIRS Reception Chairs and Rockers, Slippers Rockers, Colonial Parlor Suites, Desk and Dressing Chairs In Dark and Tuna Mahogany, BIrch, Blrd' •• eye Maple, Q!!artered Oak and ClrclUSlan Walnut You will find our Exhibit on the Fourth Floor, East Section, Manufacturers' Buildmg, North Ionia St., Grand Rapids, ----------------------------_._--_._----- - .- -- .-- - .- ..- - ... :..<"{Ai' T~ ql~~ crn(.\ " 30th Year-No. 23 GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.• DECEMBER 4.1909 Issued Weekly PROMOTING INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION Extracts From Addresses Delivered at the Third Annual Convention of the National Socie-ty Held in Milwaukee This Week. ::\IIlwaukee, 111" , Dec 3 -~t a banquet lact eve11lng 111the Hotel PfisteI, Governor Jame~ U Dav Idson, a" toastmaster, opened the Third An mal Convention of the X atlOnal SocIety for the PIOmotlOn of Industllal FducatlOn \ddlesses were made by PreSIdent Charle~ \I an Bbe of the P11lVer"lty of \Vh- COW111, Dr George H ::\Ltrt111 of lJo~ton, :\1as", and Alex-ander C. Humphrey~, PresIdent of the XatlOnal SOCIety and Head of Sievens In;,tItute of Technology The members of the ~ atIonal SOCIety have receIved a cor-ellal welcome from the CItizens of MIlwaukee Several largely attended meet111gs of cltlzen~ \\ ere held before the gathermg of the X atlOnal SOCIet}, and dn urgal1lzatlOn commIttee of fifty ananged all det,uls of the e~S10n" The meet111gs are held 111 the \;"ew \lHlItollum \\ Ith lh great arena and Its numelOUS ~maller halk PresIdent \ an l11se m hb ope11lng address, speakmg of "G11lVel Slty \Id m Industnal EducatIon" referred to the forces whICh have caused the gleat state schools to con"lder the demand" for llhtructIOn on the part of all classess of CItizens He saId 111 pdrt "'Cnttl the nllddle of the 19th century the ~tores of know-ledge whIch the people could u"e had been fairly well aSSImi-lated The apprentIceshIp System \\a~ 111vogue and a trade pas"ed from ma~ter to apprentIce \fter a t1lne the apprenttce became equally "killed WIth hIS ma"ter In the latter half of the 19th century has come the great revolutIon 111 the 111du"tnal \\orld bv which the \\ ork of the ~kl11ed arthan Imtead of be1l1g clone m the ~mall shop h done 1.1 the great l11anUfactOl y Also the l111e~of 111clu~tryIMve va"tl} multJplted so that where form-erlyone product \\ as pIOduced many are now made "Thm the developl11ent of applIed kno\\ledge ha" far out- 1un It" a"Qnl1latlOn bv the dl tI ~an. 'I hI" "ltuatlon IS true both 111England and \melICa In Cerl11anv the development of the trade· chool ha~ taken place WIth the revolutIOn 111the 111dus-tnes, ~o that pel haps 111a "mgle CIt}, "uch as ::\1untch, there may he thirty (l1 more trade school" covenng all the trade" of the CIty In thIS countt) the trade school must be developed upon a fal leachll1g ~cale, hut a~ Jet "uch school'3 scarcely eXht. The Stdte of \\ l~con"m constItutes an e'CceptIOn to the extent that hade "chool~ have heen begun, there hemg 111thIS Stelte a ml111Iclpal trade "chool m :\1llwaukee, a m111111gtrade school 111 Platte\lllt:, and four agTIcultUl al tt ade ~chool~ 'The rapId d(h .ll1ce of applted knowledge Ul the \\ orld, and the ab~ence of trade school" 1ll the l'mted States, have made 1t advlsab"e fot 11111ve~lltle.., to gIve aId 111 111dustnal educatIOn. 1 hI"- ha" been done at the Umver 1t} of V\TIsconSlll and to a le:-,ser extent at othel IL1Iversltle" by the estabhsh-ment of the exten~IOn dl\ls10ns The extensIon dlvl'IOn of vI, 1",COlb111, beSIdes glV1l1g 1l1fOrmatlOn by lectures and hy 1l1"tl-tute~, a~ for ll1stance, bdk.el" 111"tltute", gives sy~tematlc tn structlon by con e~pondence 111many 111dustnal hnes In thIS matter the correspondence school~, e<.,tahh"hed upon a com-mercial ba"'l", have led the way and performed a great serVlCe The chlet defects ot ~uch schools have been that each man must work by himself and that he doe" not come 11 contact with hIS teacher The 111evltable consequence 1" that comparattvely few men have the stam1l1a to cont111ue long 111~tudy The great maJonty dIOp out of the com ,e'3 whIch the} begm "Rea!tzlllg the~e defects the L-mverslty of vVI"con~m haq handled It" COIre"pondence WOlk for artl"ans so that groups of men ""ork together and meet a teacher, the travehng pro-fessor. ThIS could only be successful by the cordIal cooperatIOn of the manufactllrers The manufacturer~, and e"peclally tho~e tn :\1Jlwaukee, have fur11lshed c1a"s r00111"-m whIch the men may meet, not onl} thIS but they pay theIr men for the tIme they are reCeIV1l1g 1l1"tructlOn, an hour once a fortmght ThIS attItude upon the part of the manufacturer IS broad gauged !tbel aht}, based upon a deSIre to help hIS men to Improve themselve" a~ well a" to have the serVIce" of tra111ed men. "The travelmg profe-,sor and the c1a"s room work place study by correspondellce upon a new and hIgher plane L;nder the new conchtIOn'-, the great maJonty of student, persI"t to the end of theIr courses The work of the 'II, bconsm extenSIOn dIVISIOn has met WIth enthu"Iast1c '3upport In thIS State and pendmg the WIele de" elopment of the trade "chool It IS the be.:,t method vet dev Ised to gIve mdnstnal educatIOn "Even \\ hen the trade school I~ fully developed, as It WIll be In the future, the extensIOn work for artIsans WIll be con-tmued 11en need a broMler tramJng than a "lmply vocatIOnal ant: They need to go tarther than the it ade "chool vVhen the trade "chooh are able m th1', Stelte to do sattsfactonly the vocdtIOnal \\ 01 k demanded, It wIll be the aIm of the L;mvel ~lty of \Vl<;conqn to cont111ue to teach the al than dfter he leaves the trade "chool, not only 111advanced stud1es relditng to hIS vocatlOn, but 111"tuches whIch concern hI:> dutIes as a CItIzen, and which concern him a~ a man It h our deSire to open to all the \lay to a hlghel mtellectncll and "pllItnal hfe," States l\'IustH..lp. Dr George H ::\lart1l1, formerly Secretarv of the State 6 WEEKLY ARTISAN Board of Educat10n of '!cl"",1Chlblth "putc on L..tatt I l~I' latJon for lndustnal F dUCcltlon DI \lell tm ",1)(1 "Leg,11 1'rO\ 1,lon 1~ not needed all) \,here 101 111\e"t1g,1l!( 11 of mdustnal cOlldltlOll, or mL1ustllal educatIOnal netd~, \11 the fdcts hay e heen kllO\\ll 101 t\\ent\ fi\ c \ eals at ]ea~t alld 1111 more ~tate comml,~lOll ~ al e needed to Ie <11'C(1\ U dll(l ]i! ( claIm them "F111anc1al ,ud h) the <;tdLel~ e""c<1tlal e\ Ul 111thc \\ (,11th 1e~t ,tate~ \\ e m,ly S,1) t]1<1t It ou~ht 110t to he \\ C lJ cl\ argue that to teach the element, of ,omt OCCUp,ltJ111 11\ \\ hld1 a bo) or gIrl may hecome ,e]f-suPI UIt111f?"l~ a~ l1tC~,',ll \ ,1~ much a part of the loc,d 1'ubhc burden a~ to It \ch Ihc three R'" hut the fact lemams, and \\t have to lecko]] \\llh Jl "Indu,tnd] tJ a111mg \\ 111me\ ltdblv add tu the Uht oj pu bhc edlkatlO11 'L he eyu1pment of mdlhtnal ,chool, h mOlc c" pens1\ e than for other kmd" the matellal u<;ed 111h,\11(]\\ ork must be paId fOl, and the teaLhel, cannot be hll ed jUl the \\age" now paId to grdde teachel'i m the puhhc 'lhl)l)] , \Yere dray<,111~ anti hand-\\ 01 k 1tlJUll ed m ,\11 dUlJ( 1L,ll \ publIc ~chool~, a foundcltlOn a, hro,ld a'-, the pubhl 'clwul '\' Lem, 1helf vvould he l,nd on \\ hKh mIght be b11llt ,\11\ lltUhL '-,ort of mdu,tJ 1al eclucatlO]] Shot ,chlo]" It ,ulL "lhOI)I, mad1!111st\ school~, agncultl1\,1l ,chooh \\ oulc1 all fmcl III 'm h prehmmal) work a common ,011 m \dll~h to loot Ihu (hl Iv ~', "The prohlem of the mdlhtnal tffiUellC\ ot thc l0111111~ generatIOn h meAtncahly mtel \\0\ en \\ lth the plOhlc111" or puhhc play~rouml'-, and g) mndSlum'-" of the ',llNt,ltlOl1 ot hou'-,e" of tht conge'-,tlOn of ttnement~ ,me! of thl h011l' 0 I labor of \\ omen a,lcl chl1e!ren "\\ hIIe \\e are talkll1~ tu llJ~ht about thl tUJ1l01111l \ dhll of 1I1dthtnal educatlOn, let u" not tLJ1~et that IntL111~t1ll l )11 sumers al e <i' nect"setr) to econ01111cal "UCLe", a, ll1tt]]1";l::nt plOclucers, that It \\ III be 1e!le to tra1l1 a genel at10n ot \\ m k ,11en \\ho ca'l produce hne thl11g'-,unk,,, tht\ ale ,t!"o ll,llllU! to enjoy and cle'lre fine th111g'o, Ihat II hnC111tllt ot I I'll '\ Jm h Lames from the ~tu(h of nat111c lltel,ltu1l eme! ,l1t b h k~1l1 mate amI a, e~'ientldl a pal t of ll1du'-,tllal U!tl"ltIOl1 md 111 111, end \\ 1]] be found to he ,l~ eCOnOll11L,11h plOtlte1bli \" tlll hand tla111lng \vhlLh \\ e are no\\ empha 1711112, Wasteful and Inefficient ~I etllO(}.,. I're<;lclent Hl1J11phlC\" ,poke 011 I h, I lOl1i) 111l \ 1lul lJi lndu'-,tnal FducatlOn. ffc (lJU\ an d.nell()~\ l)(t\\((l1 ltLlJl" wa'-,te of the Lountn .'-, neltl11el] 1 e,,0111ce'-,,l11r! tIll IlllJllO\ Hll11Le and ..,upufiClal Chd.ldctel of our ulJ1LdtHlllal pIOll'''t'' III p \1t he ,aliI , Of tllll teen 111111Wl1o'f \ OUl1g 111tI 111 thl l 111t«l '-,Uh" het\\ten the agt, of 21 ,md 3; ol1h t1\1:: pll lll1t lllll\( 111 STAR -~---_ .. _ _ ., CASTER CUP COMPANY II III II• III II IIIII I........_--~ I ~, . I I•II I,• I II II III II II I I I •II• II I II•I fob 01 and Rap>ds I~------------.. ... NORTH UNION STREET GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. (PATENT APPLIED FOR) We have adopted cellulOId as a base for our Caster Cups, makmg the best cup on the market CellulOId IS a great Improvement over bases made of other matenal When It ISnecessary to move a plece supported b, cups WIth cellulOld bases It can be done wlth ease, as the hases are per fectly smooth CellulOId does not sweat and by the use of these cup' tables are never marred These cups are fimshed 111 Golden Oak lInd While Maple finIshed light If you w.ll try a sample order of th.. e floods you u,ll des,re to handle them U1 quant.tles PRICES Size 2* Inches $5.50 per hundred. Slze ZJi Inches 4.50 per hundred. 1R Y A SAMPLE OR.DER the "choo] em\ dned prepalatlOl1 for theIr \OcatlOn", and of l'\ en ont hnndred g\adnatt'i of our elementary ;,chools, only ll~llt ohtamul then In ehhood b) means of the profess101b and ll)llllllCt ual j)nr,lllh \\ Ink the remall1mg mnety-two sup-pOl tul thenbth t'~ and theIr fanllhe, hy theIr hands It \\e al e optl1 to COI1\lctlOn, \\ e need no l11Ve,t1gatlOn to C01\\ mce n that the j1ubhc school '-,)stem of thIS country has not bten de\ eloped and lJ1euntamed fur the benefit of the mass-l" but lather ha~ been operat1l1g for the benefit of the few. \\ e h,1\ l .Jl' pO''''lb1e ngllt to bmlrl up a g-eneral "cheme of puhhc pnnMl \ and ~eLOndar) educatIon WIth the college as the goal ] hl'-, IS ",ldlficm~ the nun, for the benefit of the few, a useless ,acllfiLe ]Jelau,e the few C,ll1 he tdken care of WIthout resortl11g !o 'lllh \\ ,l tefulmethoe!s (hll j)u]J1Jc 'chcoh, speakmg generall), have so far pL\Lul the 11llph,\"h tt () markedly upon the ~o called cultural ~tndle" I'll "ol1'llh I ldnnot under'itand hoV\ any ~tue!y which h Iw H"t!v tOl1l)\\ell can tall to be cultural, as far as It goe~ (Jt btt \ ear", there hcl0 been an effort to e'itabh,h the balance, ,I' (\ Idencul 1n the mtrocluctlOI1 of manual tra111l11g. l he ])uhhe school '-,),tem ot a country m whIch the pu pIt ~O\ II 11 thtm,eh e., ce1ta1111) shoule! not allow the ,ub- "UtntlOl1 oj a '-,l1latlel111g of man) '-,0 called cultural ~tu(hes for a ~ood \\ orklllg kno\\ ledge or 1eetdmg, wntll1g, En~lhh and \ oLatwl1,tl mathematlL' [hel e 'huuld be acqmred more than ,I kno\\ lldgt of tht'-,t ,uhJtch-there ~huuld be acqmred a fac1- hh 111 the ll,e of thtse 'llhllLh ,l" lead\ tooL \\ e ,hould anl1 ~---------------------------------------------~--------------------- The season for banquets is here. Get a stock of our Banquet Table Tops so as to be ready to supply the demand. I..... _.. .. ....................'" Our Large New Line of DINING and OFFICE I TABLES I are the best on the American market when prices and qualIty are considered. STOW & Df\VIS FURNITURG 60. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. _ ...- .--_._. ----------._-------- ...I _ _ _~ City Salesroom. 4th floor. Blodgett Bldg. I, The Beautiful, New : Udell Catalog I I' ready for all Retdll Furmture Dealers. It wIll help sell the lIne that of Its kind has no supenor. It con tams 88 pages Illustratmg 41 LIbrary Bookcases, 88 Lad,es' Desks, 48 Sheet MUSIC Cabinets, 23 Prano Player Roll Cabinets, 14 Cylinder Record Cabinets, 11 D,sc Record Cabinets, 19 MedICine Cabinets, 10 Commodes, 9 Folding Tables. ACT A T ONCE AND WRITE THE UDELL WORKS INDIANAPOLIS, IND WEEKLY ARTISAN 7 No. 679 ~----------------------------------------------_ .... _ ..--- --------- ..... ... ------ -----------_.~--~--~-- No 354 ······----·····1 , II I,, III I _ IIIII II II .............-... No. 1239 claimed that these al e I,olated ca"e~, we Cdn P0111t to the case of the Hnthh ~ avy 111 ,,, hlCh many of the mlc1o,hIpmen were LIken 111yeal' ) ounger than 1~, and were gn en responsIbilIty and authontv often before they well' 15 ..\\ hen we compale onr methods WIth those of other conntnes and espeCially With Germany, there may be ddference" of opl1110n, but there ,eems to be hardly any room to questlOl1 the supenonty of the German Ideal. cr he German Ideal IS to tram It, youth for tuture effiCient cltl7enshlp \Ve seem to be not ,atl,fied 111l1es~we al e attemptlng to tram all of onr boys for leadershIp, although we mmt recog1117e, as PreSident ElIot ha~ more than once pomted out, that there 10, no such thmg amonl; men of equalIty at natm dl ~Ifts uf capacity for tral11- Inl{, olaf Intellectu,I1 po,,, er . In two of the hall, of tlIe \ew )uchtonum there has been dll anged an extensn e exhibition of trade school work. ThIS IS the lall;est and mo~t vaned collectlOn of such work gathered h) the XatlOnal Society. It compnses many large photograph" of ~hop" 111 operdtlOn, charts of courses, and a great collectlOn of speClmens of the work of different school" m the form of model"" patterns, mach1l1e pal t", teals dnd apparatus Xew York h ICjl1esented h) exhibIts from the \lanhattan Trade School for ()llls, ?\ e\\ York Trade School, :\lechal1lcs Institute, INDIANA fO! ,uch a degl ee of fdclht) and ,peed cI, c,m he ~eulle(1 ,",lth ont "dn lhunl; aCUll acy .,\\ e need 111dnstnal eclnc,ItJon for the ma~se' If we arc to mall1talll onr o\"n III the field, of lllcln"tl) and commerce. Bettel, pel haps, than an) other country of the globe we can afford to enclose am ,eh e, wlthlll a wall of tanff excln ~lOn, for the vallety of 0111 natmal reS011lce" due to vandtlOn ll1 chmdte dml othel c011ChtlOn~1, almost n111que Htlt, even then, If \ve .11e llleffiuent and wd,tefnl. th011l.:;hwe may not have to meet comnetltlOn a, a people, \\e llln,t finally fall on had tIme, Molly·Coddles of Both Sexes. ";\1) e'l:penence goe" to chow that many hoys ,Ire l11cltnre enongh ph) ,ICdlh cmd mentally to beg1l1 ,n apprentlce'ihlp 01 legtlLlr VOCdtlOI1ct1tla1llll1g elt 14 )la1, of a~" \\ e all know of bo" V\ ho at thl" ,l~ C \, el e better ahk to tdke ccue of them ~elve, than m,llly othu" at 18 v ears, In fact v\ e know of man) ,d1O ,\ el e hetiel ahle to care fO! th-::nheh e, at tll1" age than others al e ,It ally tIme dmll1g thell 11, e, I ,ometlmes \\ ,)l1del If \'ve ale not tc)') 1each to moll, coddle Otll ho), III sch'Jol-ye, ,ll1d onr gIll It ma) he clall11ul that the cases I refel to are eAceptJ011cll. \\ onld thel e not be more of them If OUI edncatwnal meth)(l" ,,,ere mOTe 1 ,1tlO11al and hettel de~l~ned to de\ elop man1ll1cs~, ,\ omanhnc s, and . elf rehance) It It I, RICHMOND DOUBLE CANE LINE "SLIP SEATS"-the latest and best method of double seating. Catalogues to the Trade. ~._-- No. 70 h_ ••• __ The Best Value and Greatest Service for the Money No 100. .... .... 8 l1<lt be a\ Olded 111 the clJ"cus~lOn of 1l1dustnal educatIOn All ,cheme" ot 111dust11dl educatlOn ba"e the1r c1ann" on the years \\ a~ted between the age" of 14 to If) There lS httle use m pI opo~mg d form of educatIOn necessanly expensrve and com-phc lted unle"s \\ e ctnke at the lOot of the e\ 11 E\ ery boy dnd gl1l up to the age of at least 16 years should be engaged 111a \\ ork profitable to hody. m111dand soul, Dr else m a school \\ ll1ch \\ e hope may be even more profitable School laws and tactor} lav'v" must work together The \\hole que~tl0n of mdlhtnal educatIOn 1S one for a ,t,lte gm ernment to cO'1s1der It ranks w1th the problems of ,tate canal" hlgh\\d\ s, forests and water powers. The con "en atton 01 ch1ldren 1" a" 1mportant a'> the conservatIOn of other natural re"ource". \" the subject of 111dustnal educatlOn Loncern ~ e, en 1ntere,t 111the state a 1d nat10n, 1t lS eminently nece"san that 1t be admm1stered by the same agenc1es that dclm1111-tel our pre"ent pubhc school "ystem'. Inclustl1.d ec1ucatlOn w1ll reqmre State funds No trades "chool" 01 agllcultural ~chool,> hay e been :ouccessful WIthout gOyernment and "tate a1d The state should not pay all the expen"es of industrial educdtlon Local enterpn"e and responslb1hty must be de\ el-oped \11 mdmtnal trade and agncultural schools must be do"e to the people 1he control of 111du'>tnal educat10n "hould be 111the hancl~ of enhstmg State Hoard" of Educat10n "If \\e are to '-,uccessfull} compete w1th the great mdus-tnal ndtluns of the wotIel, e\ ery state m the umon must put t01 th 1h be"t ehorts to estabhsh lndu"tllal Techlllcal Schoob, not tor the eAplOltatlOn of any "pec1al mte1 ests, and whether 1t be or~am7ecl labor, orgamzed cap1tal, or any other part of our bod} POlltlC If we hay e m ml11d the true pnnc1ples upon \\ hlch th1s mo\ emetn lS founded, we shall Jom hand" together lJ1 common a,cord for the matenal and 111dustndl uphft of all 1111Jlt many 5->tates ha,e enacted laws \\lth a V1ew of plOmot111g and ec.,tabhsh111g ]ndustndl Techmcal Schools, there h "tlll much \\ ork to be done, and the "tate that lags behl11d 111th1s great movement, \\ 111fall In Its duty to lt~elf, 1t" people and the natlon \1 h1le man} systems Me bemg advocated, dnd most of them hay e man, good teature~, we cannot afford to be wedded to am ha1d and fast lule or pollcy, we must be prepa1ed to measure our cloth accord111g to the coat that IS needed, and the dOO1 must he open to all " lIen and women mU'it not be early tra1l1ed as spec1alt"ts, but eqlllpped to grasp the hIgher techmque of the trade or cal-lmg they may be best fitted for They must leal n the way a thl11g be done, why it h done, and the very best and most WEEKLY ARTISAN Teachers College Cooper LnlOn Hebrew Techmcal In~tltt1te and the "ew York E1ectllcal Trade School Brooklyn al"o sends the ~ ork of Pratt In"tItl1te One of the most l11tele,tlng eAhlblt~ h that ot the Intel natlOnal TypographIcal lmon of Clllca~o ThI" ,ho\\, \\ hat the pnnters of that CIty are dOIng 111the tram111g ot clpprentlce' Among other ~choo1~ exhlb1tmg are the Frdnklm Ln1\ln ot Boston and the ?\orth I~nd Lmon and ?\ 01th Bennett Street School of the same CIty, the L mted ::,hoe ::\Ianufall11nng (0111 pany of Beverly, ill ass. , :Uecha111c'> InstItute of Roche-..tel " Y. ChIcago 1" also 1epresented b) e"hlhlh from the L 111\er,rl\ H1gh School and Le\'h In"tItute, and I hlhddphla 1n tht School of lndmtnal \rh, 1\ Ilhamson Trade School anel GIrard College \\ ork lS dl"o ~hoV\n b} Call1egle fech llcal School of Pltbburg, l aS1110 Techmc.tl "Ight "-chool of I" a"t Pltt"burg, l111011 Tech111cdl In,Utnte c'f Indlclnapolh Itchl11c,tl HIgh School of Spnngfield, IId~~ I[ar} lanel 1n'-tltnte ot BdItr more. ::\Id, Rank111 School of :\Iecha11lcal Crade, of ::'t. Low- :'lID, 111dustnal ::'chools of "ewark, " J . School ot Trade" ot :'IIllwaukee, 1\ 1"., Stout 1n-tltute of Ilenom111ee, \\ 1, School of Trades of Portland, ()re~on, and OhIO IIecha 11C" 111"tl1\11<: of C1l1c1l1natI, Oh1O Welcomed B) M8) or Rose. ThIS mornll1g the conventIOn \Vas called to orc1eI In the ne\\ \uclltonum by iredenck II ::'n} el, pres1dent of the "orth ~V\Te"t :Malleable I ran com pan} Dd\ Id :::, Rooe \Ia\ or of J\Itlwaukee, offered a cordnl \\ elcome to the delec;ate" p1e"enl who repre ..ented more thdn tvvent} states Iram ot the omceI'> of the state branches were pre"ent togethel \\ lth a ldl ~e 1eprc ~entdtlOn frorn the college" and l'rade :::,choolc.,of the Illelclle \\ e~t :'IIayOI Rose extended to all the \ I"ltor, the treccJu111 of the CIty, and told them what \[r1\\~lllkee helc done 111the de velopment of the Schea1 of Trade 1te hade them "tlFh thL fine exhlblt10n~ of T1ade ~chool \\ or]" 111the nel~hblllln~ hall, dnd see what the west 1'-, dOIng 11 Indlhtlral I:ducatl011. 1 he first addre-~ of the mett111g wa~ nude I)} a rep1 e"entdtJ\ e 01 organ17ed labOl, John Golden, ot I all I~l\ el lId'S Genercd PreSIdent of the L111ted CextI]e \ \ orker" of '\mcnca I Lt Golden spoke on the grO\\ mg need fOl ",tate LeghJatlOn on Indu~tnal Edncat1On, a 1cl pomtec] ont the need t01 Indl1 tlla] Schools de\ eloped nnc1u ctate amj>lce~ H e ~ald 111 pal t "The wage earners ot the cOl1ntr} rea]ve perhap,> 111a more keen "en<;e tlMn dn\ one else the cr} mg need ot IncIn~tnal Techmcal School" to snpplelllent the eXlst111g ~chool ,,\ "tem and to meet a new ed ncatlOnal need \, hlCh has de\ eloped \\ 1th the evolntlOn of our ll1dustnes and commerce "The ral'll1g of the compnlsory c;chool a~e to 16 year'> Cdn SEND FOR CATALOGUE. WEEKLY ARTISAN 9 artIstIc way of domg it, coupled wIth an economIC knowledge of the value of theIr labor. Thl~ 1<.,the kmd of educatIon that h neerled. Let all co-opel ate In bnng111g It about. 1he 000nel the tao;k IS accompltshcd the better for all ' ~fust Raise the Compulsory Age. "L\I thur D Dean ,;poke on "State 1\Jeech and Laws" Mr Dean IS c111ef of the dl\ ISlon of trade ,chool, of the" e", York state department of educatIon He <.,ald "Indu::,tnal educatIOn mea 10;the recltrect111g of our pubhc schaab, adapt111g them to the need" of our people, from an economIc as well ac; from a socIal standp0111t It IS 111 no way antagot1!o;tIc to the lSenel al functIOn of all educatIOn whIch 1" to develop and tram the 111md The 111111dmay be tra111ed by mean'i of many 'iubJect", and -0111e "ubJects or proc '"o;e'i are be"t for one group of per"ons and other proce"ses for other glOupr ThIS IS a problem whIch ha" no "inlSle solutIon There WIll be a" many c1a'islficatlOns a,; there are vocatIons, and nearly as many 'SolutIOns as there are commu11ltIes, Trades Unions Must Approve. "The CjuestlOn of 111du-,tnal educatIOn IS of VItal 111terest to 1rade 1:1110ns and manufacturers. The state can develop a plan of procedure whIch WIll meet the cooperatIOn both of employer and employee Orgamzed labor WIll not deny the utmost OpportU111ty to It'i own chIldren through mdu ~tnal tra111mg If labor can have confidence that what I'; to be done wIll be free from selfI"h explOItatIOn and rest UPOiI a tl uthful educatIOnal footmg and be gUIded by the common advantage of all the 111tere~ts concerned IIr Charles R RIchards, Dnector of Cooper UnIOn, New York CIty, spoke bnefly on the e),.hlbltlon of trade school work "hown at the com entlon He reHewed the plan of the NatIOnal SocIety to gather together at each meetmg, a repre'ientattve show111g of the latest and be'St work bemg done m trade "chooL allover the country, and noted the growmg e),.cellence of the plocluct of theoe school'i He saId "ThIrty 'Schools, e),.tend mg from Portland, Oregon, to BO'iton, iVla"~ad1l1,,eH'S, 'lre repre"ented 111thIS exhlbItlOn The work all over the Cih111tt y "haws great progress Charles F Perry, superVhor of mdustnal educatIon 111 the MIlwaukee Schools, spoke on methods of developIng trade "chool work for boy~. He CIted hIS expenence In orgamz111g the l\Illwaukee School of the Trades and saId "A new problem Is ans1l1g to tax the be'it efforts of School "['oards all over the country It is a questIOn of "enc1l11'~out the youth of (mr land from our publtc "chools IXllfL IJrel'Jled to ('ntel tl'c Lll1k" of earners ThIS invo1' c~ -,o111l'lhlllg 1\ hl.:11 \III! help ()1,r I'CI\ '- and gIrls to find themo~lve,,' Educate the Girls. ::\Ir~ Ray mond Robll1s of the \\ oman'" Trade U 1110n League of ChIcago "poke on "The Industnal EducatIOn of GIrlS" She "aId 111part "The que~tIon of ll1elIl,;tnal educallon for young gllls "tIll cause~ a good deal of confUSIOn In the publIc mInd The average person ,ee~ 111the young gIrl only the potentIal '" 1fe and mother, for '" hlch pOSItIon she ought to be qualtfied throul2,h tral111nlS, and forget,; the addItIonal and no 1e"s un-de11lable fact that for an average of 'Seven years ~he IS a bread W111ner The shortnes" of thl" penod 111 contrast WIth the ti\ ent\ cc1d year~ of her vvIfehood and motherhood. ea"Ily causes the Importance of trallnng for tho,e "e,e'1 years of bl ead wmlllng to be overlooked, and, 111 the publtc m111d, phce the e111phasI'S e),.ch1<.Ively on dome~tIc sCIence traI111ng "1he demand f01 home tra111111gIS based on the natural real1/atlOn of It'S value to the homc and the commulllty, but It I, no exaggeratIon to say that lac1, of eqUIpment for her y eal s of bread wIn11lng bnng" al'out re"ults even more chs-astrou~ than doe~ now hel LIck of knowledge of the dome~tlc aric A::, a memlwr of the great unskIlled and unorga11lzed group, the) oung gIrl act,; as an underbIdder 111the labor mar ket, and by acceptIng poor walSe' and long hours, by lowenng the "tandard of IIvme" she 1-, I'}"trumental 111 caus111g the greate~t posqb1e attack upon the home" The dl~cu'-"Ion on the ~ubJect of Trade Schools wa" Splfl-ted Among thme who "poke", ere .:\11ss Anna Hedges, Supel-mtenclent of the Hebrew Techlllcal School for GIrls, New York LIty, \Valter C. SmIth, General Dilector of the \V1l1ona Tech mcal In ~tItute of Indlanapoh<;, Ind., and LeWIS Gustafson, SuperL1tendent of the Dav Id Rank111, J r, School of l\Iecha1l1cal Trades of St LoUIS A pUbhc meetIng held at 2 o'clock thl" afternoon wa'S addre'S ,ed by Gem ge C,rmen, dIrector of the LeWIS ImtItute, ChIcago, by \ Vtllet 1\ Hayes a sbtant "ecretary of agnculturc, Pre"ldent John L Shearer of the OhIO 1\lecha111c" InstItute. C1l1c1l1natI and other,; At the evenmg se""lOn Dr Charle~ S Ho'0. c, preSIdent of the La,;e School of Anpltecl ::-,clence, pre:-:'Ided There was a large atienclance and among the speake" vvere Dr J e~se D Burks of the bunau of mU111clpal re"earch, PhIladelphIa, Mrs. Anna (JarlIn Spencer of the Souety of EthIcal Culture. Prof. Erne~t C ::\Iever of the department of PolItIC'll <;clence, Un l\eIslty of \Vlsconsm and other" In the course of her addre~s 1\1r" GarlIn declared "Before the age of eIght, at lea"t, no chIld should be forced to SIt 111a school seat, before a ~chool desk, or be held to any torm of school lIfe whIch forbId" or checks that c')n~tant actIVIty wInch nature demand" for the chIld'::, good From 8 to 12 there ma) he, WIthout harm to the body or m1l1d, a gradual 1l1ethodlzmg of actIVIty 111 accordance WIth the de-mdnel" of regular In"tructlon But we have made mIllIons of "tupld glown people out of mIllIon" of 'brIght chtldren,' by the u~ual treatment of 'PrImary School Puphs' It I tlll1e thIS were "topped" CREDITS AND COLLECTIONS ROBERT P LYON Ceneral Manager THE SPECIAL CREDIT BUREAU OF THE: FURNITURE, CARPET, UPHOLSTERY, UNDERTAKING, PICTURE FRAME, MIRROR VENEER, WOOD, CABINET HARDWARE AND HOUSE FURNISHINC TRADES. New York Grand Rapids PhIladelphIa Boston Cincinnati Chicago St LOUIS Jamestown High POint ~-------- -----_._----_ . GRANO RAPIDS OFFICE 412-413 HOUSEMAN BUILDING e. <:" NEv];RS, MIChIgan Manager Captlal, Credtl and Pay RatIngs Clearmg Honse of Trade Expenence The Most Rehable CredIt Reports I RAPID COL.L.ECTIONS. t .. _ .... IMPROVED METHODS WE ALSO REPORT THE PR1NCIPAL DRY GOODS DEPARTMENT AND GENERAL STORES. , . .. ._.__._._.~. ~ __.-_.-._----------_-..1 10 WEEKLY ARTISAN Variety Single Sawing Machine. ThIS machine is bUIlt to meet the demand for a hea\ v and finely constructed smgle saw, such as IS reqUIred m the modern cabinet and pattern shop It is eqll1pped with every ImpIO\ e ment and convelllence possIble to facIlItate accurate and rapId operatIOn. The table-this is a very large and extremel} hea\} ca,t-ing havmg double rIbs running around the SIde to faclhtate the use of clamps and smgle rIbs to strengthen the center The rIbs and the table ibelf are made of % materIal gn 1l1g extreme stIffness. Large hmges securel} bolted to planed spots on the column support the table The,e 11lnge' al e at an a, possIble and as close to the i\rbor as possIble to avoid the lea,t \ 11)1atlOn These \vays are supported by heavy proJec-t1Om. ca ,t sohd "Ith the column and rendered free from vibra tIOn The yoke has fOUl pomts of contact on these ways, each havmg a bearIng of 15 square mches, or a total bearing of 60 'quare l11che, for the \ oke ThIs gives an elegant bearing free trom \ Ibratlon and "hlch cannot b1l1d or wear out. The ver-tIcal adjustment ot the yoke IS accomph"hed by a cut steel \\ aIm clI1d gear \\ hlch m turn are operated by a large hand wheel. convemently placed on the front of the column. A man Cdn ea"Ily operate tl1l', hand \\ heel WIthout changing his pOSItIOn \\ Ith 1elatIon to the ,aw or WIthout bend1l1g lu~ knees. DI-approved type, machll1ed all over and ale suffiuenth L11gc dlHI heavy to rema1l1 "ohd and tru~tworth\ Indefimteh 1he tront lunge IS equipped with a chal and p01l1ter accurateh Q,raduated from 0° to 45°, through whIch the table ma\ be tllted. \ heavy round rod h1l1ged to the left undel SIde of the table and passll1g through a lock-nut sItuated on the it ant at tne column "erves to lock the table in any pOSItIon to "hlch 1t ma} be tIlted The table Itself IS hll1ged m the center, mak1l1g It evenly balanced and permlttmg It to be tIlted WIth pel fect ease. The J oke-th13 IS a strong, rI~Id cast1l1g hav1l1g two 6-mch boxes WIth loose caps prm Ided \\ Ith adlthtmcnt fOl wear These boxes ale lined WIth 2;enmne babbItt and cHC oiled from ample reserV01r~ by capillal} actIOn '1 he \oke ha' a.vertIcal adjustment on two heav} way" placed as far apal t - . Mahogany Circassian Walnut Quartered Oak Walnut Curly Maple Bird's Eye Maple Basswood Ash Elm Birch Maple Poplar Gum : Oak ........ 1ecth bellk 01 the hand \\ heel 1, a hand nut, whIch loch the } oke lI2;Hll} at an} P01111. The Belt [Ightenel- ThIS h automatic In It-. actIOn and keep, a propel temlOn on the belt at all times. It 1S supported b\ t\\ 0 bi ad,ets 1>olted to planed spots on the real SIde of the culumn ThIs tlghtner operates m an al c on the ll1s1de of the mach1l1e \\ hen the }oke IS way up the tightner pulley should be nearly m contact WIth the arbor pulley \Yhen the yoke IS way down the tIghtener pulley drops through a space of 12 m-ches Proper allowance 1S made for tak1l1g up the stretch 111 a ne\\ belt 1he macll1ne h btlllt by the Crescent Maclune \Vorks, J11dnnfalturers uf Patented and Improved \1\ oodworking Ma-chll1er}, (7rancl I~aplcl" j\lIchigan, USA. --------_._-~._._._--------., II• I I... Foreign and Domestic Woods. Rotary, Sliced, Sawed. .. .--- ...- ..- ----_._._---_._----_..__._- --_._-_. ---------~-_._._. _._._---_. _. --_._._-~--_._-------~ WEEKLY ARTISAN •••• Ie ••• • I ••• a ••••••••••••••••••• _.-- ,I I\ Waddell Manufacturing Company I GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. III II III I• I• III• I• ,I II,I ,I,I I• I, I,III II I•• •• •II• II II I I IiI A new line of Carved Baled Handles made in all the different woods. These handles are very popular with the manufacturers of the best furniture. Send for illustrations and .prices. See illustrations of Period Handles on another page of this Issue. 11 .. •i•----~------.----.---.------.----.--.-- ---.~._-----------------.--_..-... •••• - • ••• •••• ._ ••••••• _ - I. . ."" 12 WEEKLY ARTISAN .....------~--------------- -----_.----------------------------------~ Our No. 171 Patented Sand Belt Machine No. 171 SAND BELT MACHINE. will sand flat surfaces and irregular shapes, including mouldings, better and faster than any other process. Nearly 1000 of our Sanders now in use by your competitors. advantage over you in your sanding department? We also manufacture special patented Sanding and Mortising Machines that are proving extremely profitable to the chair manufacturers. "E" Why give them an Ask for CATALOG Wysong & Miles Company Cedar St. and Sou. R. R., Greensboro, N. C. I II II I f I II I f I I I:, II• IIIIIIIII I I III ---------.---------- ------------------ .-4 AMONG JAMESTOWN FACTORIES A Newsy Letter on the Furniture Industry in the "Grand Rapids of the East." Jamestown, N. Y, Dec 2 -The Dal!e) Jone, C011lpcll1\ will make a change 111 their name January 1st \fter that date the company wIll be styled The Bailey T dble Compan\ The present style has been cont1l1ued, up to this tlme not\\ Ith '3tandmg the death of Mr Jone~ se\ eral ) ears al:;o One of the "peClal events 111 fur11lture CIrcles 111the !d-,t week 111 Nmember was the marnage of Pie" and Genua! Manager, P. B. RosencrantL of the Banner Fur11ltUle Compan\ and MISS Maud ~ lchols-a prom1l1ent society lach on Thanks giving Day The ceremony took place at 9 a 11J.at the home of the bnde's parente, J\1r and J\Irs BenJaml11 '\Icho!, L hc happy pall left at 1030 the .,ame day on a tnp to \e\\ \olk Philadelphia and 13altJmOl e The .:vracldox Table Com pan} , one of the mo,t \\ J(!Lh known concern" 111 the fUfJuture vvorld ha\ e done a ,01u11Je ot busmess the past "Ix month, which has been fullv up to thc correspondmg penod of any norma! ) eal. The J anuan !1I1e Will embody many new features m adchtlOn to then ,taplc hne", '1 he Maddox products are made a merchanchs111g propo"lt1U'1 for the dealer so that he can put them on llls floor and mike good proflts a~ well as qUIck sales The BaJ1ey Jones Company have recently b1111ta battcn of modern dry kiln') of cement and "teel and dlso ha\ e en-larged their woodwork1l1g depal tment so as to 1l1crea,e thell capaclty to a considerable extent. The Jame'itown Cabmet Company recently under\\ ent a change m management, \ Ice-president and supenntendent, L0111') Lucas, havelllg retired to devote all of hIS time to the Lucas lidchl11e Comp,llJ\ a 1(l 0 r. \nderson \\ ho \\ ac, formerly for d te1111 of \ eare, tldvehng ",tlesman for the J\[an el Furl11ture Lompan} becom111~ the manager to ~ucceed IIr Luca" 1 he T amestO\, n Lounge Company are erectmg a four story l)ll1l(hl1~ on pI e111he, purchased north of their present factory 1 hh mc1ucle'o \\ ater PO\\ er nghts and the company al e puttmg 111 a ne\\ model n high power turbme wheel whlch Will furmsh tor the largest part of the year all the 1'0\\ er needed The lower floor of the ne,v b111ldlllg Will be an extenslOn to the machlllen depal tment and the upper floors v\ III be used for fil1hh1l1l:; and upholstenn l:; The J anllary lllle of the Company has been strengthened 111e, ery department and the exhibit Will be chspla} le! 111the lbual ~pace 0'1 the third floor of the Furm-ture E,<:hlbltlOn Bul1d1l1£;, GI and RapIds. A special feature of the exhibit ,,\ III be d new mnel mattresc, da\ cnpOl t bed which \\ 111be shO\\ n for the fil "t t1l11e. One of the bue,le,t J ame"town plante, 1'0 that of the J amec, t(J\\n :Uetctl Jurmtltle Com pan} , manufacturers of high grade commerCial furmture. who have been runl11nl:; a 11lght crew the past month dnd from plec,ent mchcatlOn" they Will have to cont1l1UC to do c,o '1 he company IS em pIa} mg at pre~ent three hundred hand.,. 1he Jame,tovvn ChaIr Company 1:0 another of the buc,v plant'-, \\ 111ch hae, been runmng I11ght, thlOugh Ko, ember \Ll11ager L :\[ CrOUld1l1Qr,e"porh a large volume of bUSiness The "tancIal d 1 able Com pan} Ie, one of the new concernc, m the furmture manutacturlng bus111ec,s of ] amestown and are manu±dctunng a ILle of hIgh grade table OperatIOns were e,tal ted October 1 and up to date thell trade has been very .,atlsfactor} The officels are as follow., Plesldent. L G Cmv1l1g VIce Pres, \. J. Lawson, SeC}-treds, "\. Harnson Re, nold~ The chrectorate mcludes III additIOn to the officers named, 1\Iec,sre, John T Carbon and C ,- \\lJllald. WEEKLY ARTISAN 13 The Pearl CIty Furlllture Company, manufacturers of pedestal~, pedestal table~, ~kl1t boxes and noveltIes, is another ot the young concern ~ wluch started to do bus111es" July 1 last The company IS a co-partnehhlp con,l~tlng of G J, Lllldbeck anu. J \\. Lmtlbeck and are manufactunng theIr hne at 59 Harn"on street. The AllIance Funuture Company have lecently 111creased theIr capaCIty fifty per cent by the bmld111g of a four story adchtlOn on theIr old buIlr1l11g, the SIze of whIch is 64 x 106 The company ha~ also bUIlt an adchtlon of four stones 16;... 50 The present year, 111volume of bus111ess has been fully up to nm mal for the AllIance The fall trade bemg unusually larger and above normal 1 he company's trade comes largely from the ea"t The EmpIre FurnltUIe Company are busy on theu new catalogue to be sent out to the bade January L The catalogue 'v\111 be the lal gest and best evel put out m theIr hIstory, The January Fmplre hne wIll show new style" and desIgns through-out and exhIbIt-, WIll be made m the l\Ianufacturel s' Exchange Bmld111g, Grand RapIds and at ;:.Jew York m the FurnIture Exchange F 0, Anderson of the EmpIre FurnIture Companv left on the 22nd 111Stfm the south to spend several weeks 111100k111g after hl s 111terests 111that sectIon The J ame"town Panel & Veneer Company IS mak111g im-prO'> ements on Its plant. Smce the loss by fire of theIr plant at /\.'ihvllle, l\J Y, last July, the company ha" purchased the pldnt of the Falconer Veneel Company of East Jamestown and WIll add a rotary cuttl11g veneer machme to that plant and VI111 also 111crease the capaCIty of thelf dry 101m The Falconer Veneer Company's plant cuts dally SIX thousand feet of 10g'3 The State "tIeet plant IS used for glu111g table tops, panels, antomoblle dash boards and dll c1a'3se;-,of veneered work The Company has been hav111g a v olume of bus111ess dunng 19W whIch has been fully up to a normal year and conSIderably ahead of the past two yeal s The Level Furl11ture Company WIll exhlblt their hne for the first tune the cOlmng January and WIll have their dIsplay on the '3econd floor of the Furl11ture E;...hibltlOn Bmld111g, Grand Rapld'i The Level'" whole hne of O'vCr one hundled pIeces of fancy parlor tables, iabourettes, etc" WIll be shown, Salesman J P GaIge WIll be 111charge. The company have Just completed an adchtlon of 30 x 70 feet, thlee floors, whIch 111- crea"es the capaCIty of the plant one tlurd The Amellcan Carv111g \;Yorks, manufacturers of all k111ds ri II I, II I PITTSBURGH PLATE LARGEST .JOBBERS AND MANUFAOTURERS OF GLASS COMPANY of carvl11g~, are Just completl11g theIr new plant, the erectlOn of whIch Wd'i begun Apnl 15 last. It 1" a three story bmld- 1ll~ of stone and wood and Its dUllenslOn., are 34;... 64 feet The neVI factory IS located at the corner of Crescent and Sheney "treet~ and WIll he eqUIpped WIth all the latest lmprovemenb, The Amencan Carvmg vVorks was estabh.,hed two years ago and now ha've a trade extenc1mg all over the Ll11tec1 States It lS a co-pal tner"hlp composed of Messrs Adolph C Schulze and Rudolph Schulze and Jacob Van Stee, the last named havmg been employed m Grand RapIds furnIture factones before com111g to Jamestown, The Messrs, Schulze receIved theIr tra111111gat O\\osso, 1IIch" Adolph hav111g been 111the em-ploy of the \Voodard FurnIture Company The Atlas Furmture Company WIll e;...lllblt aga111 m Janu-ary and WIll have thelf dIsplay 111the same place 111the Manu-factulers' ExhIbItIOn Bmldmg, Grand RapIds, MICh The January llne \\ 111 be unusually attractIve ancl WIll show many new ~ty les and deSIgn" Messrs H L Chamberlalll and Em11 Johnson wlll be 111charge The Lynlldon !lIlrror Company, manufacturers of French mIrror plates, are bmld111g an addltlOn to theIr main bUIldmg, t\'.o stones, 30 x 40 feet, An engme loom 20 x 25 feet IS also bemg bUIlt The 11llprOVementq are e;...pected to be completed m January. The 0mon Furl1lture Company, manufacturers of chma .:abmets, buffet'3, royal chll1a buffets and hblary bookca"es, have recently completed a two story adchtlOll 60;... 228 feet, \'.hICh was bUIlt on top of the old two "tory structure They are also m:otalmg a spnnkler sy~tem throughout theIr plant. l\Jew machmery IS belllg put m and when completed the 1111- prm ements WIll double the former capaClty of the plant. The UnlOn Furl1lture Company started busmess seven year" ago and ha'i developed 1apldly, theIr trade commg from all sectlOn:o of the country The Shearman Bras Company, manufacturels of hIgh grade upholstery, davenports, couches and u11lversal sofa beds, are makmg a large mcrease In theIr January hne 111 thl ee-pIece ;,mtes, and odd chalr~ and rockers in leather Manager Shearman states they also WIll bnng out a number of Flanders plecec 111three pIece 'iuites and couches New styles and de- SIgns WIll charactenze the January hne throughout "Vhen a man I" cornered he naturally cloesn't conSIder It a squale deal. GLASS IN THE WORLD Mirrors, Bent Glass, Leaded Art Glass, Ornamental Figured Glass, Polished and Rough Plate Glass, Window Glass WIRE GLASS Plate Glass for Shelves, Desks and Table Tops, Carrara Glass more beautiful than white marble. CENERAL DISTRIBUTORS OF PATTON'S SUN PROOF PAINTS AND OF PITCAIRN ACED VARNISHES, (j[ For anything in Budders' Glass. or anythlllg in Pamts, Varmshes, Brushes or Palllters' Sundries, address any of our branch warehouse .., a lIst of whIch is glVen below' NEW YOBX-Budson and Vandam sts. CLEVELAN:D-1430-1434West Th1:rdSt. BOSTON-41-49 Sudburyst., 1-9 Bowker St. OMABA-1101-1107Boward St. CBICAG0-442-452 Wabash Ave. ST. PAUL-459-461 Jackson St. CINCINNATI-Broadway and Coun sts. ATLANTA,GA.-30-32-34 S. p:ryo:rst. ST. LOl1IS-Cor, Tenth and Spruce sts, SAVA:N:NABG,A_745-749 Wheaton St. MINNEAl'OLIS-500-516 S. Third St. XANSASCITY-Fifth and Wyandotte sts. :DETBOXT-53-59Larnedst" E. BXBMINGBAM, ALA.-2nd Ave. and 29th st. GBAN:DBAPI:DS,MICB-39-41 N. :Divisionst. BUFFALO,N. Y.--372-74-76-78l'ear1 st. l'ITTSBl1BGB-101-103 Wood St. BBOOXLYN-635-637 Fulton st. MILWAl1XEE,WZS.-492-494 Marketst. l'BILA:DELl'BIA-l'itcairU Bldg., Arch and 11th st •. BOCBESTEB,N.Y.-WilderB1dg"Main & Exchange sts. :DAVENl'OBT-41G-416scott St. BALTJ1lll0BE-310-12-14W. l'ratt St. OXLABOMACITY,OXLA"210-212W. First St. I ----------------_._---_._--------- --._----~---_._------------_._-_..-.. .. ---- 14 ---- .. --_....., WEEKLY ARTISAN Buildings That Will Need Furniture. ResIdences-Lol11"e Sch\'dng. SIC) BH;elow "treet, Peoria Ill., $3,000, John E Thatcher, Oak Lawn, Dalla..." Tex, $5,700, D S Beemer, Scranton, Pa" $5,000. Charles E ::'\orn~, 280 Franklm avenue, Columbu~. 0, :j;3,500. E ". Heston, 108 ChIttenden avenue, Columbus, $3,000, R II .:\Ia'C\\ell. 3666 Jeffer~on avenue, Kansas CIty, .:\10, $7,500, \ J IIalgoll11 Parks Ide avenue, PhIladelphIa, Pa" SIxteen three-story hou~cs $72,000, C L. Stanton, 405 Grant BUlldll1g, Lo~ \ngele~, Cal $8,000, Jason Canon, 226 Myrtle street, \ tlanta Ga. S6 500 D. J Fant, 400 CapItal avenue, L\tlanta, Ga, $3,500, John R Lord, 5909 Park avenue, PhIladelphIa, Fa, $4,600, John R Halshlp, SIX brick dwellmgs. 2801-2817 CapItal avenue, "\"\d.sh-mgton, DC, $24,000, J. C Heckman, 196 SoldIer,,' place Buffalo, N. Y, $12,000, Jacob DIttman, 212 \orthland avenue, Buffalo, $3,500, Henry J Humburch, 26 Sa) brook place But-falo $3,500, John S1l1c1alr, 44 J e~ ett avenue, Duftalo, $11 000 Henry Walter, 430 Northampton street, Duftalo $3 ::;00 J en111e Froehch, 202 East GtIca street, Buffalo, $4,000, lIar) J La \\- ton, 91 Tnmty place, Buflalo, $3,500, Gustave .:\Iet\., 916 Hum-bolt parkway. Duffalo, $4,500, "\V H Bauer, 0\\ ner fonr three story house~, Broad and Rockford streets, Pllllarlelphla Pa $22,000; LottIe GIllespIe, 755 Roberta place 53000, Sd.rah F. Murphy, 4423. Vlrgll1la avenue, St LoUl~, .:\10, $3,400, G B. Groughton, 1725 Preston place, St LOtllS, ~Io, $10,000, C .:\I. Radford, 3519 Cherry street, Kansas CIty, ~Io, $5,000, E B Bell, 2604 Lockndge street, Kan"as CIty, $4,500, .:\Irs Harn Baltmger, 156 Ocean avenue, AtlantIc Clt" \. J. $6,000 P B Dunn, J\Iagnoha avenue, San Antomo, Tex 33,::;00, J IL FIsher, 2322 Ann avenue, St. LOl11s, .:\10 , $4,200 \\ R Cl a \\- ford, Bartlett and Concord streets, .:\1Jh\ aukee. "\ I~, $3 750 Joseph KIrcher, YValnut and 38th ~t1eets IIlh\ aul--ee, Y\ 1~ $3,800; Mr~ ::\lary J\IcInerny, Seventh and G stl eeh San Bcr- ... .. ..---- _ ...-_. .--------.., I I I Alaska Refrigerators I I III I II II , •I •I I •I II I I II! in Zinc-Lined, White Enameled, Porcelain and Opal Glass Lined, in all sizes and styles. Our catalogues for 1910 WIll soon be out of press. WRITE FOR COPY. The Alaska Refrigerator Co. NeWYOrkOffice.::C::i::w:~frigerator M~~Sc;;rGI'ON, MICH. II L. E. Moon, Manager. ....... ad _ ••••• •••••• _ ... MUSKEGON VAllEY FURNITURE COMPANY COlOnial sUlles TOil POSI BeGs Odd DresserS Chillonlers wmdrooes lOUlBS' TOUBIS DreSSing TOOIBS MahOgany InlUld GoOdS II I I I I I I ! I I .!.------------------ ------_.-----------------_ ....I. WRITE FOR CATALOG nard1l10, Cal., $4,000, Dr. J. S. MIller, Redlands, Cal, $6,000; r J Symmes, Redlands, Cal, $10,000, E. L Pet/tfils, Gram-mercy place and II est 20th street, Los Angeles, Ca1., $8,500; F, L .:\Iorns, Hollywood. Cal , $8,000; Mrs. Charles Gordon, Wil-ton place, Lo:, \ngeles, Cal., $7,500; John Jones, Pasadena, Cal.. $8,000, Samuel Polk, 4445 Forest Park, St. Louis, Mo., S7.500 Joseph Habermehl, 4238 Arsenal street, St. Louis; E. Roth, 4230 \r"enal street, St Louis, $4,000, G. G Lewis, 7040 Dale a\ enue, St. Loms, $3,200, A. J. Enckson, 6757 S. Her- Imta~e street, ChIcago, $3,500, Miss D M. Hampton, 3348 N. Adams street, ChIcag-o, $9,000; J\Irs 'vV. C S1l1c1air, 534 Indi-ana street, ChIcago, $5,500, J C Joh11:,on, 6327 Ashland avenue, ChIcago $3,500, George H Platt, 623 South St. Joseph street, South Bend, Ind .. $3,750, E"ther R. Ballantyne, Champlost a\ e11ue and 11th street, PhJ1adelphIa, Pa, $4,000; Mrs. Lula St. Johns. JacksonvIlle, Fla, $3,500, Mrs. RIchard Barker, Tran- ~lt a\ enue and Glenmary street, LOUlsvllle, Ky, $5,000; Mrs. Barbala Langan, Scranton, Pa, $3,000; James R, Hughes, 900 \ \ oodla\\ n a\ enue, Scranton, $3,550; D F. Noble, 2647 ra~t Clearfield ~treet, Phtladelphla, Pa., $4,000, Dr J. A Ross, 1300 \\ 22d street, Oklahoma CIty, $3,600, Frank Coombs, 1001 \\ e~t 1st "treet, Oklahoma CIty, $3,250, Henry Huff, 217 Luule avenue, Atlanta, Ga, $3,000; H. M, Burkarth, 5227 TheodOSIa avenue, St Loms, Mo, $4,000, VIf C. Mardorf, 2136 South Grand avenue, St. LOUIS, $12,000, R. E. M. Bain, 3801 Flora boulevard, St LoUl~, $12,000; John T. Thompson, 120::; Ea~t LaIrd street, Salt Lake CIty, Utah, $3,000; 'vV. W. RanK1I1, 1202 State street, Schenectady, N. Y, $4,000; J. B. Bett~ 823 Buchanan street. Topeka, Kans., $17,500; Harry n \\ alker, SO::; Oak ;,treet, Kansas CIty, Mo, $10,000; E. Frankhauser, 7542 LakeSIde terrace, ChIcago, Ill, $12,500 l\[lscellaneous Build1l1gs-G. A Flmt wJ11 invest $35,000 or more 111 a new hotel bmld1l1g at YVilmmgton, CaL E. H. Stadler wJ11 buJ1d a modern hotel at Ferns, Cal. Fillmore Ca1., I~ to buJ1d a new hIgh school at a cost of $40,000. A new grammar school bmld1l1g IS to be erected at Santa Ana, CaL, at a co"t of $60,000 Contracts have been let for a fourteen-story addItIon to the Alexander Hotel, Los Angeles, CaL, whIch when completed WIll make the Alexander one of the large~t hotels in the Umted States, the addItIon alone costing $2,000,000 Fulkerson & Palmer have accepted plans for a WEEKLY ---------------_..-.... SA~~D } QUARTERED OAK SLICED AND MAHOGANY new theatre to be erected at San Diego, Cal., at a cost of $75,000 or $80,000, The Sextet Realty Company is bmldmg a theatre to cost $35,000 on Delmar boulevard, St. Louis, Mo T Reece Howard 1:> bmldmg a $50,000 theatre at 111-115 South 52d street, Philadelphia, Pa. Milwaukee, V{IS. IS bmld-mg a detentiOn hospital at a cost of $85,000 Samuel H. Bay-nard, Van Buren and 21st streets, vv 1lmmgton, Del, $5,000, Sarah A Glenn. 2015 Lake street, Omaha, N ebr, $3,250, C N Ray, Semmole street, DetrOlt, Mich $12,000, F. F Van Tuyl, 29 Taylor street, DetrOlt, $7,500, Herbert Jackson, 244- 6 Baltimore "treet, DetrOlt, $4.000, F J. Smith, Lelce"ter and John R streets, DetrOlt, $3,500. J \v. Clark, Brush and "!\I1d bury street", DetrOit, $lO,DOO; The Misses Roach, 259-61 Twenty-fourth street, DetrOit, $7,000, A. A Schanff, 5327 Cote BnllIante, St. LOUIS,1\10, $4,500; F W Giese, 2208 Holly avenue, St. LOUiS, $6,800. E M. Curti;', AlblOn street and 16th ARTISAN 15 THE:mndtl~ Are very popular with the Furniture Trade. ..--- . . . . . . . ., THE GREATEST HOUSEHOLD INVENTION OF THE AGE KI~,~~oL ~~~.~OT~~!;,NY \ -..---------_. -~ Need not be moved from the wall Protects covering by turn- IRg cushions Is so sImple and easy a child can operate It. Has roomy wardrobe box under seat ComprIses three artlclee for the price of one. Is fitted with felted cotton mattress. Has Luxurious TurkIsh SprlRgs. Is always ready WIth bed-dIng In proper place. Is absolutely sale-cannot close accidentally. Saves rent by saVIng space. WRITE~ WIRE, OR PHONE FOR PARTICULARS. --- .. -- avenue, Dem er. Colo $3,000, H. A Delden, \iVashington and Emerson street, IndianapolIs, Ind., $8,000. Revival of Gold As a Color. There is a reViVal of gold this season, not only in dress accessories but also in nearly every department of house de-cOlatlOn. In the matter of antique rugs those havmg a body or groundwork as near to gold color as pOSSible are the most favored and m all the lme of fabrics and te~tl1e" for curta111;, and portiere" wherever pOSSible gold thread IS interwoven. Gold or gilded paper and work baskets are seen, and 111fact all down the line the gold revival IS noted It seems more or less barbanc, and It is expenSive -~~----- Happll1ess may also consist of not getting the things we don't want. SINGLE CONE ALL STEEL SPRINGS $2~ E.ach Net No. 46. Single Cone. $2 Each. Net. $2~ E.ach Net We manufacture a full line of Single and Double Cane All Wire Springs. SEND us YOUR ORDERS. SMITH &. DAVIS MFG. CO., St. Louis 16 ~chools One of the most slgnIficant Sllrpnses in the 'l'lOja- UOll, trom the addresses h eV1dence of a change m the 3thttld: ot OJ ~d11lLed labor. \ few years ago the leader" of t"ack, Ul1l0t1~ \\ ele alm0st unammollsl} oppo"ed to mdustnal educa-tJon at state or pub1Jc expense Kow some of 1tS most carl1co,t aeh oLates al e knov\ n a" broad-mmded, level-headed lclbor leadel ~ IIho recog11lze the fact that 111 OppO"111g Indll,tllal educatIOll ,,0Ikl11~men are actmg agamst the best 111t(,1e~t ot then cll1lclren The acldre""es are \\ orthy of cons1der, bon 1 hey V\ 111com mce all mtelhgent 1eaders that mdustrl1l ('(1u-catlO, 1 1S nece,;sary to enable Amenca to compete succes"full} ,\ Ith J'uroqean nations m manufactunng mdustnes WEEKLY ARTISAN PUSLlSHEO E.VERY SATURDAY BY THE MICHIGAN ARTISAN COMPANY --------~------------------------ SUBSCRIPTION $1 00 PEA YEAR ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES OTHER COUNTRIES $200 PER YEAR, SINGLE COPIES 5 CENTS, -------------------- ---------- - PUBLICATION OFFICE, 108-112 NORTH DIVISION ST, GRAND RAP'DS. MICH A S WHITE MANAGING EDITOR Entered as second class matter Jnly 5. 1909 at the post office at Grand RapIds "vllclllg1n under the act of March 3 1879 The officel" and mdnagers of the \Il11nesuta Retdl1 rm \ ture Dealer,,' AssociatIOn al e setting a ~oocl e,-ample t01 othe1 slm1lar organizatlOns They ale usmg methodo agaln,t ,lie md1l order h011::,esq1l1te dIfferent from tho'-oe uOluall} em])l(l\ (el. Instead of denouncmg mal! order goods as ]1111kdnd del la 'll~ that the managers of the big concerns are rogues and \ 1I1dl( ~ they recog11lze them dS competitor, deall11g not onh 111cheap and medIUm pnced goods, but also m high grade fUllllLlll which they sell at pnces lower than can be afforded In ~1l1dll deale1s buymg l11(hvldually The} ~lve the nUll olCler 111111 ager<; credit for the pos,esslOn of bram~ and ~o()(l b'l~ \I( , ablhty and plopose to meet the competItIOn h, us!n£; thc Sdl e means Recogm71ng that the succe~s of the mad {)IcIer 11O,hr, h due largely to 1udlClous adverth111g and to the ablltt} to place large orders at low pnces the) are tI}111g to put thcm selves m posItion to do hkewl"e and m th1S the} have SllCCU(luj to a larg-e extent Their repOl ts, announcements and bn 'iet '11' show, that by Lo-operatlOn they are able to bu) at such fi ~Ull' as WIll enable them to sell at pnce" even 10\\ er than al e 110" offered by the mall Older houses ancI If the} cont111ue thu co-opel atlOn methods the) \~111surel) cut dovvn the mall ( , (lu cOmpetItIOn or force the mall ordel loncelne, to cut pl1ce, ,me! thus cltm111l'ih theIr plOfits ~l1d II hen the cIn IcIcnd PI 1 11~ ab11lty of the bIg concelns beg111s to dvv111dlethele II III ,oon bt fewer of them and the dreaded competitIOn \\ 111ellm1111e,h 1 ,'to' J\lmnesota a<;soclatIOn has sho\\ n that ±urmture deale1 11} co-operation can meet an) kmcl of competitIOn and It b ~\ lJUlt th.tt the same methods can be used success full} by othec t;11p orgamzatlOns ~11 that b needed 1S the aJoptton of mal! CJ1 (l( 1 methods 111bu} mg anel advert1smg, dnectecl by bra111" and ';uod business energy and ablllty "\ oth111g can be accomphshed \_\ snnply wh111l11gand denounCIng the methods used by compet1- tors \\1 hen 111chvldual dealers are able to offer the pul)] L barga111s "equally as good" the} \'1111hay e no reason to fear mall order competItion The \Veekly Arttsan In thiS 1',sue dev otes comldel able space to the addresses dell\ ered at the thl1-d annual cony el1L1on of the !\abonal SOCIety for the PlOmotlOn of Industnal EdllL;:', tton, because It IS beheved the addresses and the gleat succe"s of the t11fee-) eal old orgal117atlOn sho\\ s progress 111the me ,( ment that wl1l be 111terest111g and surpnsmg to many reaell I,. Industnal educatIOn IS a subject of gleat Importdnce not anI) to the glowm~ generatton but to manufacturers and all othel employers of labor and all who reael the aeldresse'o dehvered n the :\Ilhvaukee com entIOn \\ III be 111chned to use theIr 111f1uellLP m favor of hav111g states and mUI11Clpalttles fo,ter the t~l(lc schools or 111dustnal cour'-oes of tra111111g111the grade and hI",} It ham} 'otcr} to me how they (hd 1t," remarked the I etl1 eel foreman, rellghtmg hh cigar "\ sked to cont111ue he 'aIel ':'II} last cngagement was WIth a manufacturer who lan h1'-, ,hop ,\ 1thout a S}stem anel yet earned a substantial profit e\ el \ ,eal \ 0 10ds, bIlls or checks were used and a memol- .tncIum ot £;ooc1~I equl1ed by the sales manager furmshed by the office from tIme to tIme was all that the management re- CjUlreel 111the opel atlon of the shop The ,;upenntendent car-ned all the deLl1l" of the bu-,mes" 111111', most wonderful head \'I 01kmen neecI111gm±ormahon had only to que:"tlOn the super 111tenelent to obta111 It 111stantl} My Job was such an easy one that T felt It a cnme to take the money The men qmt work to v\ ash up from flve to ten m111utes before the whistle sounded and elIel much as they pleased when on the premi"es If there \\ as a t1111eclock 111the factory I never saw 1t, and yet the men ,\ ere 10\ al to their employer and surpns1l1gly effiCIent I he ,upenntendent cIled after a time and when one cons1der~ the v\ clght ot I e~pon"lblllty he carned the wonder IS that he In ed so long. 'I\ hen a new supenntendent, filled WIth new fangled notIOn" took hold I deCIded that a Job on the road \, ould ~U1t me and a manufacturer of machmery endorsed m} ,Ie" of the matter But the old man WIth annexes on hIS hi a111 \\ ho operated the factory Without system, was certalllly the lal g e~t peach 111 the orchard" One of the speakers 111 the conventlOn of the ~ atlnn ,1 "Oclet, f01 the PromotIOn of Industnal EducatIOn at M,h dukee tIll' \ved. pi 0\ eel the 111efficlenC) of prevalllllg publIc school methods, II hen he showed that the publtc ,;chools of tod~} ft about one pup1l III a hundred for college and ca"t llL1<. t} rlnc adnft "Ithout means of <;upport or any defimte aun or I 1J( Lt 111hfe fhe Du,111es~ Men's Club 0f Cl11C111natI,which recently elected ~. J Conroy of 1\. J Conroy & Co, to the office of preslClent. made a WI~e selectIOn 1fl Conroy 1S 111 the furn-l" hl11g husllles'-o and Will ±urmsh the club WIth 1I1telhgence, ener£;y and good Judgement, a"set~ of unmea~ured value The club ,\ III pro~per under hiS leadershIp. Representatl\e \Tann of Il111101sfears a tracIe war With Candda and \\ 111try to 111duce Longres:o to re-open the tanff questIOn. \Iann h0pes to circumvent war hy talk Grand Rapids nses to expla111 that the gl eatest show (of fUl111ture) ou earth WIll open Its doon on J.tnuary 3, 1910 \. good hohda} trade ,\ ould serve to open the new} ear Just nght Push it along. . WEEKLY ARTISAN 5 COMPLETE LINES Of REfRIGERATORS C"ALLENGE REfRIGERATOR COMPANY GRAND "AVEN, MIC"., U. S. A. AT RIGHT PRICES SEND FOR NEW CATALOGUE AND LET US NAME YOU PRICE. Banldm~ Without the Use of Checlis. Very lIttle lS known m th1S country of the GIrO system of banklllg III Germany Thh ~y~tem has heen muse m the State of Hamburg Slllce the e'itahlI'ihment of the Hamburg Bank III 1019. An account 1~ opened m the usual manner, and when pay ments are to be made the payer mstead of prepanng a check merely 1I1struct.., hl~ banker to deb1t 111~account w1th the ~um 111volved and to cle,ht R1chaHI Roe''i account Vvith a hke amount 1£, howevel, payel and payee hdve thell dccounts 111 ,htferent ballk~ the payer then requbts hIS banker to tral1'ifer the amount m questlon to the bank of the pay ee, wIth 1I1..,tructIOn'i to credIt R1chard Roe'., account Vv1th the amount of the mdebtednes'i. Convel1lent hlank forms are provIded for makmg the~e notIfi.catIon'i. \\ hen the banker 1ccen e'i an 1I1structlOn of thh chalacter, he m turn notd1e~ RIchard Roe of the payment to hIS credIt and the name of the payer In Hamburl.?, the Rellhsh,lI1k and fi, e Important hank .. use the GlIO system. Representatlve'i of the-,e bank'i meet 'ieveral tlme'3 dally at the Re1chsbank, Vvhere transactlOn .. hetween theIr ..,e,elc,l cu~tomers are cleared In Hamburo b ven • lIttle matenal money I~ usec1111 eftectlllg transactlOns, the habIt belllg to settle all ohh~atl')ns, e, en of the mO'it m'olgl1lfiCdnt character by UbCr1('ClSltll ~s::;cttcl \\ hen paymenb are to be made fI om one CIty to another thI~ I~ done u ..nally through the Relchsbank, whIch has SOO blanches, more or le'i", throughout the empIre All tran:oactlOns are undertaken wIthout co..,t to eIther payer or payee, and on the contraly depO'iIts '3ubJect to th1~ modIfied form of checkmg usually draw 1 per cent Illterest per annum The advantages of the GIro S) ..,tem fall partly under the head of ~ecunty and partly of convemence Danger from forgery 1" ehmmated, as the notIficatIon sent to a banker by a payer could not by any po"sIblhty be utlhzed ad,antageou'3ly 17 by cnm1l1ally dIsposed pel sons The only 1I1convemence ob-servable allses from the fact that receIpts for payments are not acknowledged on bIlh a~ rendered, unless "uch receipts are speCIally ~ou~ht by me ..senger after the bank exchange has been made. It 1<; customary 111 ~mall tran~actlOns fOl a payer to note at the foot of bIll" the date of pay ment thlOUgh hIS banker, and 111 case of possIble dIspute the bank IS always prepared to clear up l1lI"ul1\ler"tandlng~ Concern~ d01l1g a large ,olume of buc1l1es~ and oblIged to make numerous pay menb dally are ..,pdIed the annoyance ot prepanng hundreds of mdlv1dual check~, a~ they ha, e merely to Wllte out a hst ot names and amounts on a long sheet, 'v, hlch they send to theIr banlze1 r n •• " -----. Grand Rapids Caster Cup Co. 2 Parkwood Ave.• Grand Rapids, Mich. ., ~---~--_._-~--_._-_._.~----------_-.---~ We are now puttIng out the best Caster Cups with cork bases ever offeree to the trade [hese are timshed In Golden Oak and White Maple In a I1ght fimsh These goods are admIrable lor pollshed floors and lurn-lture rests Theywill not sweat or mar. PRICES Size 2)( mches ... $4 00 per hundred SIze 2% mrhes . 5 00 per hundred Try a Sample Order FOB Grand Rap.d, 18 WEEKLY ARTISAN ~Iinnesota Retail Dealers" Furniture Association OFFICERS-PresIdent LouIs J Buenger Ne\\ Ulm VIce PresIdent C DanIelson, Cannon Falls, Treasurer, o " 0 'Ioen, Peterson Secretan W L Grapp JanesvIlle EXECUTIVE CO'\l\lITTEE-D F RIchardson r>orthfield Geo, KItne, Mankato, W, L Harns, Mmneapolls, o SImon, Glencoe M L KlIne St Peter. BULLETIN No. 61. BEGIN NOW FOR CHRISTMAS BUSINESS. It IS sometime" said that there IS only a certam ...olume ot Chll"t mas bu"mess for the dverdge furmture dealer and that bu-mes, \\ III come whether you make an extra endea\ or to get 1t 01 not fll It may be true but It does not pro ...e that yoU Cdnnot cle lte , gle ltel demand than usu,11 fOI furmture If you WIll ask the average person when the} Ire oft then guard what they are g011lg tLl gIve theIr father, mother blother 01 ~Isti'l for Chnstmas, the chances are ten to one that they \\ III say they do not know It IS not necessary to be beh11ld the counter \ cry long to find out that over 75 per cent of your customers hay c nothll1~ defimte In mmd when they begIn theIr Chnstma, shoppl11,g 'IH\ 1l IS only through shoppmg that they begm to get Ideas of \\ hdt thn are gOIng to buy The Amencan people are observmg the beautIful custom of makmg generous Chnstma~ gIftS more and mOle Thh custom has now become e"tabltshed and anyone \\ ho cannot tee! the InSpIratIOns of Chnstma, shoppmg must be st011\ hearted m deed ChrIstmas bUYll1g IS contagIOus and the ~oonel ...ou c 111 ~et It started, the greater wll1 be your re\\ ard Some dealers wll1 say "That IS all ,ery true but ho\\ am I go mg to get Chnstmas shoppmg started m my eommu11lty" 0111 answer IS thIS "Do somethmg out of the ordmaly to dttract atten-tion, somethmg that wt11 bnng the Chn'itma, shoppe! mto ;)OUI store mstead of mto one m some othel 111leof busIness" ThIS IS the first step to\\ard gett11lg Chnstma'i shoppmg -tdfted earl) \ I) \ what would attract your attentIOn 111the customel ,pLlce \\ hat would ",uggest to you the Idea of glVmg a piece of handsome hU11l ture as a Chnstmas gift? Surely not the ordmar) furmture wmdo>\ There IS plenty of electnc ltght m almost e...el y town \vhlch, It prop erly used, WIll attract the attentIOn of mo"t pa'isers-b} \Ve kno\\ that there IS noth111g which attracts attentIOn and makes such a good ImpreSSIOn as a dIsplay of colored electnc ltghts After you have ,ecured your customel " attentIOn, you must db play your merchandise m such a way that It \\ 111gIVe suggestIOns to ChrIstmas shoppel s Don't be afrdld to change your methods a ltttle and attempt someth11lg new The fact that they have been successful so far IS no proof that they Will dhvayc, be \lany d man has found that hiS bu,me"" has glown fac,tel than IllS capaClty to dl rect It )U'it because he wac, dfrald to try nC\\ method'i ~ ne\\ com merclal era has arrr, ed, and methods which ploved sUlcesstul 111 1889 don't go m 1909 You must fight today's battles With the \\ eapom of today Bthmess methods ar" progre:OSlng all the time and the busmess wot!d hd'3 no place for the man \\110 \\111 not keep 11p \\Jth the times Therefore It IS up to you to get some wmdow dhpldYs thl'i yedr which Will go far dheacl of all preVIOU'3dl'iplays But remLmber thdt the w1l1do\\ dIsplay IS only the beg1l1n1l1g It attracts the buye, but what If he enters and finds a dmgy, III arrdnged, care1ec"ly kept stOJe? ""Vhat wlll be the good of your v.mdow display' ~ot oulv the \\m ThIS cut fUTlushf'd to our member <:; by eourtes:) of Butler Bros for 3 (' If SIngle Gut IS sent b) mall add IDe for postage This cut furnIshed to our mf'mbers b~ CDurtpc;y of Butler Bras for 35c If "'Ingle cut IS SE'nt bl- Inall add 10c for postag0 clo\\ but the \\ hole store must be cleLorated and that as early In De-cember as pO'isIble ::\ 01\ the passer'i by IS not the only one you want to reach Be- Sides your regular town customers, there dre the country people and } 01 must wake these people thmk of you whenever they think of furl11 ture Jn order to do thlS, you must reach them through the medium of Ilewspdper, CIrcular, booklet or some kmd of advertIs1l1g ThIS ad\ "rttsmg should be the forerunner of your Chnstmas preparatIOns '00 It should be dIfferent than usual and aln e wlth holtday sugges-tions For thb reason, we have devoted thiS week's department to such helps along these lmes a'i our associatIOn can give I t you \\ 111folloy\ our 'iuggestlOns With th" ...Im and the snap leCe,,~!) to a 11\ e furl1lture dealer, we know whdt your sales sheet \\tIl '''0\\ "hen S,nta Cldu" ha" come and gone We have tned tLLse meth )(ls a'1d l,now what we are talk1l1g about We know a 'itore 111 a "mall to\\ 11 \\ hlch has raIsed their sale of toys from $75 to 0\ el d thous tlld dol1ars In four years' time They did It by having ,L In e S,llla Caus and a k1l1dergarten In connection WIth theIr toy depart11ellt Don t forget that when you haye gamed the good WIll ot t;le lttt1c folks you have mterbted the mother which means that yon usually get the busmess If thIS could be done In d little town of 1200 what coulc! not be clortje 111 larger places? If thIS can be done v.lth toys, which are the harde't class of merchandl<;e there IS to ,,,'I, t surely Cdn be done '\lth furnIture whlch goes 1l1to the home l" 1 pc Imanent hxture \ world of ,uggestton for Chnstma" gIfts ltes 1J1 the furl11ture 1111tThe furmtl11 e dealers must give 'iU6gestlOns as to home comfort an-l JecOJdtlon m such a consplCUOIlSWdYthat the customer Will buy home furmshmgs rather thdn somethmg else After Chn'3tmas busI-nes_ IS easy busmess but we must get ,litel It, of course You mu,t pi epare for Chnstmas thiS year as you neve1 dId before We must hustle the rest of thiS year dnd make 1909 go way ahead of any pre \ IOUSyear Let th see If a11 of us cannot report m convention next month that we hdd the best and most prosperou'i holIday trade we C\ er enjoyed Yours truly, C DANILLSON, VIce Pres Cannon Falls, 1\1lnn \\ e hay e ten cheap chlffol11ers. SIX cheap <11essers, thl ee beds from Bul1etm \0 47 and Bullet1l1 No 46 at J\I1l1nesota Transfer and \\ e would hke to c!edn them up as soon as pOSSible and a" we Will not have dnother car thb year and as the pnce IS g0111g up, members u"mg thI'i grade of goods had better take advantage of these ltem'i As the matter of gettmg up Chllstmas wmdows thdt are attrac-tl\ e IS one of the hardest detaIl s to ovel come, we give four Illustra tIons 111thiS department, fur11l"hed to us by vanous member~ and WEEKLY ARTISAN 19 help they ought to have, we could employ one of the best artbts who could create an endless vdnety of special fur11lture cuts for all kinds of OCCdSlOns Until we get to that P0111t, we will ha,e to content ourselves by plck1l1g up the Ideas of others and US1I16 them as best we can but It IS the advertlsll1g committee's ambitIOn to mab.e thl~ department so full of helps that It Will soon be able to furnish Its members ong1l1al work along this l1l1e Can you doubt for one mo-ment that your advertls1l1g would not be Improved by the use of these various Christmas cuts? trust they Will be the means of lI1splr1l1g and k1l1dl1l1gnew Ideas 111 the m1l1ds of the readers of our department Any member who ha~ some photogrdphs of some of their displays would confer a favor up-on us by lettl11g-u~ have them for this department In connectIOn with thl" work, '" e want to advise our members that all we can do, with the help the assoCIatIOn now has, IS to as-semble such Christmas cuts as we can find and brl11g them to your notIce If our members would give the ad, ertls1l1g committee the SANTA CLAUS SUGGESTS RUGS FOR CHRISTMAS Chllstn1.aS rugs of all SIzes and COlOl S Gnf> of these soft neh lookIng rugs IS lust the thIng for an Xma~ gIft You can have nO Idea of the tonE' whwh they gIve to a loom until you have one In yOUI home Come in and se them for we can not do Justlce to theIr beuty and dura blllt} In a deSCrIptIOn No G1 unIt cost 7';)c account of tran&latlOu Continued on page 22. No 81 unIt cost 750 account of translatIOns 20 ,C,Llcch e\ Cl "lept 111the Stdte bed chamber, prefernng to he OIl ota" fitted 1\ 1th 1e~t, tor the feet, now m thIS room, no\\ 1n that \11 the pa"qge, 1111tone Ieadme; to the group of rooms on the ~round flOUl VI'h1ch he mo"t frequented dfter the edrth-quake 1\ e1e blocked up whlle the pa~sage \\ lJlch remamed open \\ ,IS filled y\ Ith che~t", cup1Joarc1'i, and even the humble,t p1ece, ot bedroo1l1 fUl111tme, "0 that t\\O meu could not pas" r]()\\ n It al11ea,t '1ga1n~t d c;l11~le enemy A.bdul Ha1111li felt h1m0df secure, tor he \\ CJl C 1111.11 and could make deadly use of the revolver~ that la\ e\tl)\lhe1e at hand HIS bolt holes, 1ron doors lead111g tll the 2,<\1den" 1\ e1e firml) ~ecured W1th111 and watched by ,entJl1tl, I\!thout I ld mrt emu,] erate OJ descnbe all the rooms of Y1lchz '10 catalogue endlec;" outrages aga111~t art1stlc taste 1\ ould be mclecent and 111a "en"e unJ1bt, f01 Abdul Hamid Wd" but a pc \,,<\nt 111mal1\ \\ al s-and a spoiled peasant too-whIle tho"e ,!l)()ut 111m \1 u e tlthel prl1111tn es or Chnstlan and 1Ioslem J el al1t 111e" \\ ho"e <\1tlstlC ) earmng" were of the crudest '1ou depal t ob"e,,,ecl b\ hornd viSIon '3 of rooms crammed \\ lth t\1ll1ltme and bnc a b1ac 111every style unde1 heaven-l1111t<\ tl0n Emplle. moclern Japane"e, the neVIest art nouveau ,H?,a111'tbac1"2,rounel, ot cnm"on \ ell et and blaz11g g1lt. The \1 dde"t 111con2,rllltJec; meet the eve-d room less oftenslVe. be-l, llhe claJ!,e1 and mOl e plamh furl1l~hed than the rest, ellS hgurecl b\ d I,Llge p1cturt worked 111a11l111ledyed wool of a \ erml1holl S\\ IS, \ lllag e embowered 111 bnlhant green groves, l arpeh from He1ekeh deC]gnecl to match the patterns upon the un ,H';hth ce11111g" d 10ugh deal table covered w1th green baize 111the 111ld"t ot a gaud) counc1l chambel. [lade catalogue" bound m vellum stamped WIth the un-pe11, tl rughra. ~llt dock~. "et presumdbly b) enterpnsmg manut<\ctm er" 111f1ame" repl esentlng the latest model of loco- WEEKLY ARTISAN TOKENS OF FEAR AND IGNORANCE What Was Found in the Palace After the "Sick Man" Had Been Banished. A correspondent of the London i Ime" \\ nte" the tollr)\\ 111[, descnpt10n of the II1tenor of the 1: 11dl? hlO"k, l )1't1ntlJH pIc the palace of e,(-'iultal1 \hdnl J ianlld II hkh "111ce hi depu~1 bon has been kept locked and can 011) be "een b\ '1 cLl,d pll m1~SlOn and m the compan) of a ::.\fJm"te1 The ~eab upo 1 the douhle door, are hlOk('n and thl 1\Illllster enter" You follovv, e'(pectll1~ to "ee <1\\ HIe 11<111 \ ~ a matter of tact) ou enter a \ eStlhule "mall ,\l1cl pia nh tU1n 1'ihed Then begms the e,-ploratlon of the palac~ !1 the hope of findmg 1f not perfect orde1 and 1eglllant) at 11a"t U1l1e ~lgns that 1t hac! been bllllt anc! I ]hal)1ted dite1 ,0111e plan 1mt there 1" nelthe1 pldl1 nor Olde1-a111S lontuSlUl' You wander m a maze ot 100111" pa,,~a2,e, and t\ll\\<1\~ for Abdul Hal111d wa" fOle\ e1 changlll~ the ,\11 <l1l('emuIt 0] hb c1wellmg place Doonv a), 1\ el e hllcked n) a,H! Ot],U" were dnven through outer v, alb, pa "a~ e II U e do"u1 U] ],\1 ro\\ed, room~ dn 1ded b) 1M1t1t1Ons, II ll1dr)\\" II erc n1<1de and unmade at lanc1om. ~e\\ quarter" ne\\ roon1' ne\\ II ,111" were e,er bemg added to the malll bulldlll!S" and II ell In tU11l altel ed and remodelled as the old had heen. So 1t 1S Impo"slble to descnhe \ 1ldiZ a" lt It \\ ere an ordmary palace It IS onh after) ou h:1\ e wandered thlOUgh 1t for come tUlle that) ou under-,tand the de"lgn that underhe, all thiS seeming confuslO11 The maZy house 1 erlech the till tuous, actn e and) et ten 01 llCldel1 "on1 of a de"pot \\ hom ,tll men feared and who feared all men It 1" the ueatlOn oj l mmd that had grown to hate the open and tealed 2,le<\t Ch,llll bers and stralght, WIde COllldors Dunng the last ten }ear~ ot hh leH.;n \bc1nl 1-1<1111](1 I-:==============.:::.======================n Equip your shop or factory with G. R. Handscrew products; you'll note a vast difference in the quality and quantity of work turned out. All of our factory trucks, benches, clamps, VIses, etc. are the best that money and skilled labor can produce. We use nothing but the very best Michigan hard Maple in the construction of all our products. It is not possible to turn out better goods than we now manufacture; years of manufacturing has taught us that it pays to use nothing but the very best material possible in the manufactur-ing of our product. WRITE FOR CATALOG SHOWING THE COMPLETE LIST OF FACTORY EQUIPMENT. GRAND RAPIDS HAND SCREW CO. Good Equipment 918 Jefferson Avenue Means Better Work Grand Rapids, Michigan WEEKLY ARTISAN 21 ,,--_.- . \II II I• '.•••I I• I• I I,• It IIt II It II Lentz Table Co. I NASHVILLE, MICHIGAl't I ~--~----,----------------------------~----------- ------------------------------------------------~ II• IIt II I It I I I I I• It III I I• II• !I III -~~-------------_ ... Lentz Big Six No. 694, 48 in. top. No. 687. 60 in. top. Others 54 m. top. 8 Foot Duostyles ANY FINISH CHICAGO DELIVERIES .._--------------------------~.-. -.-- motives 01 torpedo destroyers, hghten by a comic touch the depressIOn mduced by their surroundmgs Three rooms "tand out mo~t clearly m my memory The first IS a receptIOn room on the second flo0r, v. Ith whIte and blue cellmg and carpets to match, vvIth gold and cnm son cur-tam s, and motheaten polar bear skms for rug" Of Its furmture no two piece" match, save the chair" and two grand plano~, which are cOvel ed with gray canva' At the end of the room stands a huge deal orchestnon of the ,ort seen 111 T) lOlese mns fitted with a complex battery of 1I1stlU-ments, among which are to be seen a "erpent and a kettledrum The second IS a smaller room wherem ~bdul Hamid often "lept It IS fub of portfolIo~ and protographlc albums con-tammg phot0graphs of uowned head, Impenal pnnce, and ve~sels of the TurkIsh fleet TV'!0 book shelves contdm recent works on the Turkish EmpIre m EnglIsh, 11ench and German In the middle of the room IS cl ) ellow plmh sofa bed, beSide'=,It a lIttle rest for coffee CUD"or a revolver i\ lacquer screen hides a todet table and a ba.,m newly bUIlt mto a corner of the room. Tv. 0 cupboards are full of arms, arnong which are a few Clrcasslan daggers ano an old pistol or two, the re-ma1l1der being revolvers and automatic pbtols, '3ome splendidly mlald With gold and mother-0f-pearl and all 111 ~ood conclItlOn. vVhen the Young Turks entered YIlc1u arm" lly every-where. There were loaded rev oh ers m the bathrooms, m cup-boards, by bedsides and on the wntmg table., Some were carned off as tlOphles, but most wel e ctoweo away for safety Tn thiS partIcular room they had found more thdn ten Even now two shirts of mall With thm plates of hardeneJ '3teel covered With brown dnll are lymg upon an armchau Lastly, there h the room v.here the pnsoner of hiS own so1clIels heard his "entence of depOSitIOn It IS small-lese; heavII) furmshed than many others Clgdrette end'3 and scraps of crumpled paper he m one COIner, m anothel are the Sultan's goloshes, for the C0nquerors have, whe,1ev er pos~lble, left all as they found It On the table m the middle of the room 1° a decanter con-tammg a u Imson febrIfuge l~acmg the chair where Abdul lianucl 'Oat I" an orchestI IOn, behmd It, half hidden by a black curtam (h awn on nng." a strange picture crudely pamted A felfyboat carnes "1'( bearded father'3, m '3outane and buetta, across a nver In the stern the ferryman stano~, grIPpmlS m one hand a paddle \;\1Ith the left hand he holds a bag of money t0ward the shore which he near". AwaltL1g the boat stand 2J'( naked women, young and comely. With flowl11g hair, and be- Side them, naked and Jet black, With horns, tall and cloven feet, the deVil There IS httle that IS valuable and le"s that IS beautiful either 111 the palace or 111 ItS nelghbonng klOsk.o-2\1eraSllTI, Shah and the TaalIl11 Kham. The Jewelry and plate to~ether With a few really valuable pieces of porcela1l1 and tapestry were taken to the Serasklerate The objects which remam are more Imple., Ive for bulk than beauty At any rate, the black sheep hves longer than the fatted calf. .-... . . . - --- - . . .---- ------ - --------------.., \ "THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST" BARTON'S GARNET PAPER 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 and Chair Factories, Sash and Door Mills, Railroad Companies, Car BUIlders and others Will consult theIr own interests by using it. Also Barton's Emery Cloth, Emery Paper, and Flint Paper, furnished in rolls or reams', MANUFACTURED BY H. H. BARTON & SON CO., 109 South Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. ..------~----._.---~-_.-----_._------,------------- - - - .--- .. 22 WEEKLY ARTISAN MINNESOTA RETAIL FURNITURE DEALERS' ASSOCIATION (Continued From Page 19.) No 1 IS Inade from common cord ,\ ood uSIng the bark only and makIng It Into a frame work anI plastel'lng up the edges WIth clay The v; Indo\\ s ale paper "'lndov;s and the roof and snow effect IS brought about by the liqe of cotton and dIamond dust Thf' fire plaCE>and chImney IS luade out of 1( ] paper WIth '''hlte chalk malks The background as hIgh as the peak of th loof IS madE' of l\-hite cheese cloth and abo\€ It blue cloth upon \\hlCh I"'i strewn thln cotton to gl\ e It a cloud effect In back of thIS cheese cloth \\"1" placed electrIC lIghts 11lsHle of a f..lilnel the flont ot \\hlCh \'ias cut out In stars of varIOUS SIze and a moon \\ as fastened on a pIece of \\ lle so that It could be graduall3- mO\f>d from the front of the "Indo" do"\\n to hack of tht cabInet ,,,hICh produces a ,er3- UIGf' effect Common Amas bees make UP "Dads The fire place" as arrangpd WIth a pIece of red paper 1\Ith an electrIC lIght under It ,,,hIch gIvE'S It a Vf'rJ.' real effect No Thl<:J WIndow IS accomplIshed In a ,\ Indo\\ anI.\- A j fE'et an 1 outsld£' of the "ark It cost In matenal fOI (lecoratng the back and front was onh sevpral dollars "Inch gOE'S to show what ('an be done even In a lImited space If one but WIll The fire place and Xmas tree IS always at tractive at Xmas trme and fOI stores that c"lIry t03-S as a SIde 11ne thIS kInd of dIsplay IS a1\"ays attractIve though a lIttle old The outsIde dISplay sho\\s what a small country store does to attract attentIOn Don t "ou belIeve that no matter \\ ho came In town v,. as attracted by thIS '" hiCh only goes to show what can be done In almost any CIrcumstances If you but "\\III ~lhiS cut furnIshed to our mem.bers for 75c If SIngle cut IS sent bJ.' marl 1\0 2 A mInIature church ",as bUllt for the b3-ckground In ",hleh was placed chImes and a to.\- church Olgan "'hiCh proved "ery attractne to the chIldren V\ ho \Isited thIS dISplay The background was made out of whrte cheese ('1oth 1\lth brUSh arranged In front of It WhICh ",as varnIshed and upon "\\hiCh \\ as thro" n dI'1ffiOnd dust to gIve It a frosty appearance Cotton sprInkled "lth dIan10nd dust \,as used for snow and In the front WIndow "as placed a sno\\ storlll niachlll€ "\\hiCh could be shaken at a certaIn penod and produce a genUIne sno\\ siorm WhIle thIS wIndo" does not suggest any lllcrchandise 3-et It IS a good attentIOn attractor and more than paId for Itself OutSIde ....Iew-Ready for Chrrstmas Trade Foreign Trade Doesn"t Help in Hard Times. "I do not take any stock m the oft quoted statement that a trade m foreIgn countnes help~ out the domestIc manufacturer in times when business IS depressed and money scarce," re-marked C. S. Dexter of the Grand RapIds Chair Company "I have noticed that when we have hard tImes at home tImes are hard abroad. The foreIgn trade the manufacturer expects in such a penod falls to matenahze Con,.,lder for a mom-ent the dull penod of 1907-8 Did you notice any unusual activity among such manufacturers as market a part of their product:-> dbroad? Is It not a fact that 111our own city of Grdnd RapIds such manufacturers reported trade uncom-monly dull? I have 111m111d a large corporation that sells a large part of ItS output 111Europe. During most of last year ItS factory was operated but eIght hours per day four days of the week. Of how much value were the markeb of Europe then? I tell you there h nothing 111 It \Vhen a manufacturer can not sell hIs output 111the home market in times of de-pressIOn he loses nothmg on account of hIS faIlure to estabhsh trade 111foreIgn lands WEEKLY ARTISAN 23 Wood Handles. The Waddell Manufacturing Company of Grand RapIds, have brought out a new line of carved handles to match all of the new penod styles so proper with the trade. They include English and Enameled Suites. The Nelson-Matter Furniture company have In the course of preparation for the spnng season of trade a considerable number of chamber suites in English styles and fimshes, also the Tudor, Flanders, Jacobean, Elizabethan. Chippendale, etc the accompanying cut shows a number of these styles, while their advertIsement on another page of this ISSue shows another group equally as attractive. It will be well for the interested reader to watch the pages of the \Veekly Artisan as other Illus-trations will appear from time to time. French suites WIth caneel paneh The company wlll finish several of the new pattern,., 111 whIte enamel. Enterprise Abandoned. The Sheraton Furniture Company will not engage in the manufacture of furniture at Grandville, Mich., as reported. The practical men who were to go into the enterprise have en-tered the employ of the Colonial Clock Company, Zeeland, Mich. January 17 the next New York Exposition opens to close February 5. 24 WEEKLY ARTISAN fooN I3-w-----P-RO C-E-SS'~ FUllING LIQUID produces on any oak results equal in every respect to those obtained by the old tedious and expensive actual fuming method. This especially prepared material when applied to any oak acts with the acids in the wood and produces that peculiarly beautiful, brown-ish effect known as "Fumed Oak." Nothing affects the finish, which may be thoroughly sandpapered without fear of cutting through. Send for FREE sample. We supply everything in Paint Specialties and Wood Finishing materials. I CHICAGO ~.-_. . ._-~---------_._--- NE\Al YORK -----_._---_._------_.~ An Important Court Ruling. In a S111tb) the ~llOCCO Eng111eellng Company (one lJ t'l, constltue11t compa111e~ of the present \mellcdn Elm\ ('1 ~ un pany) agamst tne B } Sturtevant Compam for ll1fnngment of the Davld"on patents COycnng the' SIrocCO' t) pe of , (n11l frugal fan or blowel, a declslOn ha", Just been renc1erl d h\ Judge Hough m the l'mted Stelte~ ll1U11t lourt fo the southern ChstllCt of ~ ev'v York adem t11lel b\ elefenda It allegll1g that the reIssued patenb \<\1 ere" Old The court aIle' descnbmg the multI-blade or ""qullrel cage fan of the ()j -';' nal patent, sa) s "The patentee clI~cu\ eled (d~ he ong1l1alh as~erted) t111t by provldmg d relatIvely large 111take chan' her prdctlcedh unobstructed, by the projectIon mto It of blade~ OJ othel 1M '~ and by emplo)mg blades \\ hlch extend a~ short a dhtance from 'LO~ MANUFACTURER5 p.~O DEALERS \ IN HIGH GRADE BAND AND SCROLL SA~S REfAIRI NG-5ATI5FACTION GUARANTEED ~ CITIZENS FHONE. 1239 27 N MARKET 5T ~ GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. ~~"""""""4-'Vvvvt~~ the penpben of the fan mward a~ 1, consIstent WIth strength ot con,tl uctlOn \ lbratlOn" and edelles V\ere m1111111lzedann tl e \ eloclt\ and" olumc of flUId dlc,charged for a grven speecl of rC\01utlOn \\cre gleatl) lJlCrea ed ThIS \vas the kernel of (om-pldmLtllt::, 111\entl0n. In other \\ords, the chscovery C011"l-terl III PlOy Irll11g a meall" of construct111g and operatmg a centrally lOtatl11g llal rem bladed fan or pump of cylmclncal form ,'.lth a lal ge unoh~truetcd a"ldl 111take chamber The patent (o"'vered a large \ and\ of forms all cylmdncal, all wIth laree mtake chambers, all wlth ndrrow blade", all aXIally rotated, and dif-fenng from each other only m the "hape and ~17e of t1'e fan blades then relatlOlls to each other l!1 penphel alar c,' cn111- terentJal adjuotment, and the lelatlOn of casmg to hn or pU111jh" \ftel "tatl'lg how the O1l~111al was dn ldecl 111tOthree 1e- 1" ued patenb, the COlUt says ,. J do not th111k It would h 1\ e been posslb\: 10' an) form ot ellU111 "hdped dAlaIl) rotatll1g fan \\ lth narf('W ',I,,'[es and d large ullob"it ueteel a"Xla1 1l1tdke chamber h hen e been con "trl1dec1 \v hllh VI e'uld not hay e been eIther dll mfnll~Cl11ellt 01 dn antlclpdtlOn aCC"l dl11g to the t1111eof It:, dev'''l11'' The com t accordl11g1) 0\ ('rrule" defendant's uemnl rtt w1th lea'l to dn,,\\ er on pay ment of cost, \\ hlk thh deU"lon 1" not fi lal adj'ldlcatIon of all 'lues twn" all 1l1g 11 thl" 111fnngement "mt, Jet It dIspose" of de-tendant" attack r,l1~ed by dcm U1 rer upon the "alIcIa y of the ru""ued patent, co\ ellng the "lroccO fan The ~ltOCCO fan or ble \\er" ale manufactuled m the l:mtc:d State, solely by the \melllan BlcJ\\ er Cc 111Jldll), DetroIt, Mlchlgan Many a homel) man ha", a handsome mug 111 the barber's shop WEEKLY ARTISAN 25 r-----------Rockf~rd---- .---------------------~-i II II "'- ~~ 1'1 \ K i 1 I , I"- II I \ \l \ II \ \ I I [ II )~ VI \ II ",,-,...... U \ 60 Library and Dining in Selected Quarter Sawed Oak and National Furniture Company Manufacturers of HIgh Grade MAHOGANY Our full hne will be on exhIbition on the 4th Floor, North Half, Room Furniture "' . ~, It F//// -" ~ , t. . ' ,- \\ • ',n.. --. "'- ~y-,I' I' I \1 ~ ~ ~'\ 11 11 '11 ~11~l\ ,111111 it1rlo I~ ~611~I~ dl~ r \ I(I"II ; /'iiillAll'~I ,~\ ~'II\;[;~",i1rI~''~illIl~l,(I" ~ "-- 1\1~~;j Jril~~> ~11~IIIIIIIS~I~l CJII 1111i.. ,", /' III ~ I ~ ., ? 810 \I FURNITURE EXCHANGE GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Chi•• Cabinet 186. New Furniture Dealers. )'fax Bohman I~ a new furl11ture dealer dt PIedmont, Ala. L vY Howell & Co are new furl11ture dealers at Dawson, Ky Alfred Schlert wIll open a retaIl furnIture store at Easton, Pa John P J one" 1'i prepanng to open a new furmture ~tOle at Taylor, Pa Leytze & Schrem er have opened a new furnIture store at Decorah, Iowa E A. Knapp opened d new furmture "tore at Geneva, OhIO on N ovember 2~\ E. VV '\1 Day WIll open a ne", flll ltmre store at New Plymouth, Idaho The Gay Furmture compan) ha, e opened a ncw retaIl store at Gay, Ga. S H Cress & Co opened d ne\\ furl11ture ~t01e m \ustm. Tex., on December 1 E. V\T Gregory & CO. IS the name of a ne\\ retal! furnIture firm at W11hamstown, S C J H HIllen & SO'1S, general dealer, of Pomona, C al , vvIII add a furlllture department to theIr bu sme"s GIlbert DeJ\farsh and Gl1bert Casavant are to open a furn- Iture and drapery store m Hu) ck bmldmg, J\Iam street, Her-kImer, N. Y, on December 8 Carl Hauser anel others have mcmporated ,the Hau",er Furl11ture company to conduct a retaIl furnIture bUSll1ess at Portsmouth, OhlO CapItal, $10,000 John A \iV Ibbe, Ray L Sharpe and George E Bartlett have 1l1corporated the J\IcGee I urlllture company, capltahzed dt $3,000 and WIll open a "tore 111Kan~as CIty, J\lo Noah Bedk1l1. Jame" Kelle) and \\ (T \\ ard, WIth $2,400 capItal all subscnbed ha, e 111corporated tne Bard\\ ell lurm-ture and Undertak111~ compan) to do l)tlsme,~ clt Bardwell, Ky. The general store, known <t" Chdncller\ 111~an Bernard-mo, Cal, w111 move llltO magl11ficent quarter" 111 the Yan Dorm hmlcllng on \\ est ThIrd ~treet anel a Lnge. completc 1111eof furl11ture WIll be added to the general stock Ritch in the Kipp-Kiel Deal. :YIIlwaukee, Dec 1-Ben]amm A KIPP, pre~ldent of the B A Klpp FurnIture Company, whIch recently ..,old out to the Kle11 urnture compan) of Klel, \\ IS ha.., filed ~Ult agam"t J B. Lann and A \\. Ddscler, pnnClpal owner of the Klel com pan), charg1l1g that thev a1e not carr) mg out the term'3 of the sale contract. He vvanh the courts to compel them to do ",0 anel to make them renelel an ,1ccOlmtlng The htlgatlOn •1 Buffet 286. does not effect the com..,tructlOn of a large new adchtlOn, to cost $60.000 01 more, to the KIPP furmture plant at Thlrty-seconel anel Center streets \\ ark all the adchtlOn began tvv0 weeks ago and WIll cont1l1ue untIl the bIg bm1chng, a "ohcl bnck structure, four stone::> hIgh, b completed It WIll gIve work to over 100 more table makers Mr K1pP'S compla111t 'itate'3 that he sold the bmld1l1gs and ground for $82,000 and the mach1l1ery, stock and fixtures for $45,585 The defendanh paId $20,0')0 cash and gave notes for the rest He claIms the) now refuse to make payment'3 agreed upon. Mr Klpp al'3o wanh pay as manager S1l1cethe transfer was made. Model Plant in Pennsylvania. Ulllon CIty, l'a, Dec I-The UnIOn CIty ChaIr Company who WCIe completel) burned out twO) eal sago hay e been nm-nmg theIr new plant no\\ for some tIme and It 1~ one of the finest and mo~t 'iuhstantlal to be found anywhere The bul1d- 1l1gs are all of bnck WIth lovver floors of cement The plant mclude~ a machmery hmldmg 64x 2~0, a fim"h1l1g and storage bul!dmg ()4:x 320, a '3ortlng room 64 x 100, the dry klln-a four track kIln 88 feet long and a bendmg ronm and dr) kIlns m connectIOn, The bmlellllgs throughout are equIpped with automatIc spnnkler~ and the plant WIth a large fire pump. The Looml'> Table and Furmtme Company are gettmg out a new lme of hbrary table.., made m oak and mahogany and m all of the vanous fimshes The company contmues to make a large lme of extenSIOn tables. Running Night and Day. Corry. Pa, Dec I-The Kurtz Bra.., Beel Company are planmng for the erectlOll of a new plant, the chmen"lOn~ of the mam floor wIll be 100:x ZOO feet, two stones An addItIOn dbo IS planned to be u~ecl au a bufflllg room and to be 25 x 100 feet, onc "to!) r1 he company has been runl11ng night and day f01 the past three month" The company ha, secnred optlon~ on three (hfferent sItes but IM~ not \ et defInltel) fixed upon the locatIOn for the new pldnt From Januar) 17, the openmg day of the 38th semI annual exposItIon of ~ew York the comprehen~lve "arnple 11l1esof 250 manufacturers WIll be on vIew until the clo'1I1g day on rebrudr) 5 It doesn't always take a far-'ieemg man to see hIS own £.111sh. 26 Walter Clark Veneer Company II 535 Mich. Trust Building GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. WEEKLY ARTISAN WE ALWAYS HAVE IT READY FOR SHIPMENT Rotaru Cut Plain R6n ann Whit6 OaKV6n66r GOOD SIZES. CUT FROM CHOICE LOGS. TRAFFIC IN ALLEGED ANTIQUES II Frauds Perpetrated by Unscrupulous Dealers Up-on Unwise Collectors Exposed by an American Consul. ::\Iaxwell Blake, ~mencan con"ul at Dumferhne, Scot-land, wntes Intere'itlngly and 111structl\ ely of frauds that al e still perpetrated on the 111expenenced coIlector ot old "Ih Ll and ch1l1a and penod furmture by dealer'i throughout the U111ted K1I1gdom and continental Europe He ,;a}:o The U111ted States I" reputed by the well Intormed to harbor more "artistic atroCIties" that were purchased as c;en U111ethan any other country In the \\ orId and vve mav "ee even a greater flu" of pseudo vOolr,ks of art to ~nlellLan "hm e'i unlcss these fraud" are detected by gOvernment e"perh 01 rejected by the pubhc ta"te. The purpo"e of thl'i article 1:0 to state facts, not OpinIOn", and It IS not addre""ed to the c'- pellenced collector. A real sen Ice, hO\\ ev CI ma} pO'i:Olbh be conferred by \\ ar1l1ng the 1I1expellcnced-tho:oe \\ ho pel hap" go abload fm the first tune and find the cunosltv "hop" places of 1I1terest, and man} of vyhom doubtle'i'o, can httle affOld to be so heaVily penahzed fOI their cleduht} b} an tlque dealers Just now miniature" and decorated snuff and patch bo,-e'i are be111g most cxtenSI\ ely collected by \mencan" The'ie and other such smaIl "articles of vertu" al e manufactured by dextrous copyist-, and are readily procurablc by the glO% No one not po""es';111c; knowledge of the subject, gleat eA.- penence, and c1lscllm111atlOn should ever allO\y him self to be tempted to purchase mln,ILllre" unles" he I conte"1t to pas scs., a cab1l1et of fOlgene., rj he va.,t quantltv of blJoutene Dresden, and Battelsea enamel \\are that h Ju-,t no\\ flood1l1g the market IS made on the cont11lent, pnnClpally for the \mer- Ican trade Apart from thc palllting On these boxes, \\ hlch 1'3 poor 111quahty and e;enerally a crude copy of ,ome oll~lllal example, If one wlll ob"en e do"ely It Will reveal that thc nm to wl1lch the top h hinged 1'3 al tlficallj colored dnd that thc eVidence" of fre"h c;lue exud111g from underneath I., d iUl ther betray dl of It" modern and ha"ty ong1l1 Color pnnt'> die almost a" chfficult to Jud~e a" ml111a tures and .,nlJffboxe", .,U1Ce 111the pa..,t thev have becn vel v legnnately, and .,U11letlme., vel y beautifully, copied I\ut many of the'e fine reproductIOn", \1 hlch onglllalh \\ ere onl} 1I1tended d" such, hal e been conv el tec! Intu "antique" to be sold to the mexpenenced at much enhanced pnce.,. It lll<1v therefore "afely be acccpted, on the authont} of tho"e \V ho know, that genu1l1e old pnnts and engrav 1I1g, ,11 e nevel to be found on the barga1l1 counter by the amateur collector 1 he collectIOn uf chllla, hkewI.,e, mu"t mevltahly lead the no\ Ice to an el cn more hopele"s phght (]cnu1l1e examples ut Drc.,den eh el"ed "" orce ,tel, or Bow are worth more than thell \\ eH:;ht 111 gold ) Lt whdt one may fondly Imag1l1e to he a con\ 1I1unC; PICLL with It., I efinecI cJecordtlOn and "Implc ~Ilehng be,mn~ the golden anchor, I" not a bit of old Chelsea, but a "fakc' made by well-known firm" 111 the contment On I) the u11ll11tated now put any rehance III "aIel marks" Thel are mea111ngle'3"', and are freely apphed to modern copies \\ Ith open and notonou" forgery. There are occa'ilOnally '3ome 1 al e pieces of chl11a and pottery ) et to be pi ocureel, as well a" ge11t11ne example., of the more recent penoel" of some of the notable factone'i (usually early mneteenth cen-tur) ), :ouch d:ODerby, \\ orcester, Spade, Coalport, and Rock 111gham ch1l1a and \\ edgewood, Spade, Masl11, and Staf-forcl" hlrc pottene" '1 he.,c may po"scss "ome shght ~entl-mcntal and antIquc \ alue, and are \I ell worth bU)l11g fOI l)ractlCal u"e, but In themseh e, thcy can not be called fine and al e other\\ Isc un\\ orth) of collectl11g But even then "uch piece" should be purcha.sed only under e",pert ad\ Ice and \\ Ith a \\ Iitten guaranty of gel1l11neneC;" \\ Ith I eference to the effectiveness of the wntten guar-ant} the J~ngh"h caUl t'3 haye recently ~lhtal11ed the con tentlon that If a false dC'3CnptlOn of an antique I" given 111 the 1I1vOIce the purchasci IS entitled to full I ccovel y The wnt-ten guaranty h therefore far from be1l1e; \ alue1es'3 anel shoule! ah\ay s be 111'3lsted on as a protectIOn lurthermore, an) evaSIOn or he.,ltatlOn on the part of a e!ealer to gl vc one should be accepted a., a token of hh dl.,honestj Difficulties thicken a" the subject of old Enghsh fur11l ture IS approached Large "tdke'3 al e here frequently played for the cunn1l1g of the dealer amoun-b-., to .,heer genius. Illu"tratl\ e of thl., an In'itancc of recent occurrence mav be Cited \\ hat purported to be some exceptIOnally rare Chip-pendale chalr:o were sole! by a well-known dealer to a certal11 nobleman who unhc"ltatl11gly accepted the dealer'", word that they wel e genUl11e Some time after thl", however, the ser \ lLe" of all eApert were emplo) eel to fm thel exarmne them, 1\ hen It \I a, revealed that a "wl11dle had been perpetrated, the chair" hel11g notll1n~ morc than fine modern cople" The cu"tomer 111fOlmed the dealer of tll1S clhCO\ er), e!emauchng, on pendlt} ot c"po.,ure, that thc full purcha"e pnce be 1111 mecha tel) refunded. :1\1ueh to the purcha.,er'" '3Urprhe the dealel refu.,ed to makc JestltutlOn under urcum"tances w 111ch he allegcd 11n oh ed both Ill" reputation and hiS honor But to put It chfferentl}, If the Cl1'3tomer would .,mply ,tate hiS chssatJsfactlOn vllth hh purchase, then he (the elealer I, !~n()w- 1I1g the chair., to be genune, would thank 111mfor the ).111 vllege of be111g allowed to recm er them, but, It must be c1hflnct]) WEEKLY ARTISAN 27 under<;toocl only UpO,l the tel nb and condItion" of an ord1uary sale The dealel the! eupon offered $1,000 over and ;thovc t1l(' sum for y\ hlch the chaIrs had prevlOu"l} been purch::t..,ed III thl", of COUI~e, the nobleman demurred, protestIng that hf' desl1 eel no profit hom an unfortunate venture, but 111 tI'e end, 111orelel to secure the recovery of hIS money, he Yyas prevaIled ufon to acql11eoce 111thIS ext! aorelmary proposal The chaIrs hay l11g heen duly returned, no great tllle elapsed before another cu"tomer took theIr purchase under con"lderatlOn A ~ale had now, however, become much "1111- phfiecl, for not only could the source of the purchase be pomte<! to \\ Ith pride, hut actually the check wa" exhIbIted, showl11g beyond all doubt that the chaIr" had heen purchased from Lorel---, the well-known collector, at a price l11dlcatlve of theIr appal ent worth Thth the dealer, shadowIng hIS own chshonesty by thl" clever ruse, contrived to snatch even a further profit out of thl" second and more un"crupulous tran~ actIOn It IS no exaggeraiJon to say that such epIsodes are a dall} occurrence m the al1t1que trade, except that, generally "peaktne" the Ignorant purchasel "e1dom get" m exchange for hI" mve"tment even ..,0 much a" a good modeln copy l\Iany so called antique shop::, actually carr} on bu "111e,,s \\ Ithout hav111g one genl11ne pIece of antique furl1lture 111 theIr estab-h.., hment.., F111Cl)1ece" 0+ period furl1ltUl e bring hIgher price, 111London than 111K ew York, and the 111eXperlE'I1CedAmerican collector ha" httle chance of outwlttmg the alert dealers and connOIsseur" of England when It comes to securing some-thmg for nothmg In Holland old che..,ts, cahlnets, de<;ks, and chalr3 of httle value are collected and, after hClng \ eneered WIth cheaply mdde marqueiJ y, are "ellt to CJreat Brltam Olel oak beams from demoh"hed churchts or granaries are hkewlse 111 con- "tant demand for cony erSlon mto Jacohean refectory tables po and Oueen Anne furnture l\Ild- VIctorian pedestal SIdeboards are amputated mto "'peClmen" of Robert Adam, and COllven-tlonal mlay SUItable for Shelaton furl1lture 1<; cut out by machmery and supphed m an} quantity to those who have sktll and mclmatlOn to fabricate antIques Crrandfather clock" are trequentl} made up of such mcongnlltles as a modern chal WIth a fOlged maker'::, name and date, and old case patched up and ~et off b} modern 1I11ay. anel perhaps work.., of about fifty yeal" olel. CJrandfather chaIrs arc also, almost without exceptIOn, modern, or old ft ames debauched by new cabrlole or claw-and-ballleg::" \"lOhn::, ~Igncd StradIvariUS or Jacobus Sta1l1el, surreptltlonsly hIdden In rubbIsh heaps, are replaced by others a3 soon as "old. "Old" armor, medals, and medal-hons. all of modern orlgm, abound m rich profuslO'l "An-tique" ~pdnhh, Portuguese, and Cnghsh paste Jewehy every- \\ here mtrude" Itself A flood of cheap and mdrtlstlC Japanese ware IS also pouring out over the country, prints, gold lacquer, clOIsonne enamel, IVor}, and bronze contrlbut1l1g a full "hare to the swelhne, volume of alloys and commerCIal antIques To succes"fully collect nowadays reqUIres expert know-ledge and techl11cal tram1l1g, "mce It may be generally ::,tated that nothmg but the \ erle"t tJ ash IS to be found 111 90 per cent of the anttque "hops of Great Bntam and the Cont111ent Those, therefore, who wl::,h to secure genume antIques would better make up theIr mmch thdt It WIll be more satisfactory and cheaper In the end, to purchase only on expert adVIce or of dealer::, \\ tlhng to gIve a written stipulatIOn that all artIcles sold are guaranteed to be approAlmately of the penod repre sented, and, WIth respect to Englt <;h furl1lture, that no can mg, 1I11ay, or repaIrs not frankly admItted have been added, pur-chase money to be refundee! should any of these statements prove on exam1l1atlOn to he untrue Furthermore, the servIce of tllls office (the consulate) are at the dIsposal of any person WIsh1l1g more "peufic ane! detaIled adVIce --_. - - - - - -' - ----------_--._---------, SLIDING SHOE FOR USE ON DESK LEGS This shoe does the work of a caster yet allows the desk legs to set close to floor. Fastened with flat head wood screw and furnished in three sizes. SEND FOR SAMPLES AND PRICES No. 1493 PULL A very fine handle for desks in the square effect. Something dIfferent from the regular bar pulls. GRAND RAPIDS BRASS co. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. •••••• •• _._ •••••• _._ v •••• I ---_ .. ~treet", St LoUIs, :\10 have decIded to close out stock 011 hand and dh~oh e the corporatIOn Claudc Paxton V\ ho ha~ been assocIated", Ith hIs uncle El} l'a"ton 1lJ the undertak111g buslI1es~ at Spnngfield 1\10, paId $8 100 for thc fU1111ture al1d u11dertak111g bu qnes~. owned by the estate of the late J. \\ \\ hlte of the samc cIty The \\ hlte ..,tOle 1~ 110\\ the property of the Paxton firm but wIll be run 1)\ l Lll1de l'a"t()n a, cl epal dte hU~111es~. lluhtor~ oi ]'alker J \\ ebhel furnIture dealer of L}l1n \Ll' \\ ho ma(k an cl,slgl1ment recentl}. ha\ e accept hl~ offer to 1M\ GO cellt~ (11 the dollal HI~ a~seh \\ere lIsted at $20,7;3. hdhJ1lhe~ $18 ;40 [Ie" J11contn1t1e hU~111e~~ [II~ ffaJ1ure I~ ,aId to h,l\ e heen duc to 0\ U bu) Illg. dunng thc summer ~ea ,on MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND NEWS The httle town of Amt1l1. r\} e county. "evada needs a furnIture store. E Z Sdttler, furnIture dealel of J\[a/on. III IS ..,uccecded by Slattery & Belger on John \\. \;\Thlte, fur111ture dealer at Kankakee III ha" sold out to Fred \\. K111gdon John Peterson hd~ bought the retaIl fur111tUle 1)ll'11ll~" ot \V. J. Harper at l-Jolyoke. Col OrvIlle \\ \oel ha" j)Ulchased thc undel t;Jhlng hlbl Ie..,.., of Albert~en & Koch at Pek111. J]] J O. h~hheln fur11lture dealer ot Cheteh. \\ h ha" dl Clded to close out III hU~llle,~ and go "outh The ~pencer & Redell compan\ of \lemon Ind. h,l\ l changed thclr name to the ~pencel Tl able com pam . ] he Ea"t Undertakll1g compal1\ capltall/ed ,It SIO 00) ha~ been mcorporated to do bus111e~s at Te'<:arkana \1 h The E J\T. nand I UI11Iture company of \a~h\ J1le 1enn IS erectmg a buck wal eholl'e 11O:x 110 feet three stone" J J Thweatt, the plOncel melcl'ant ot JTull1holc!t 1elln has soldl1ls furl11ture and gIOCCI\ hU~ll1e" to \\ 1-1. I!le G G Hartel &- Co. furnlturc dealeh 01 1\1\ all ()hJ(l are succeeded by the" \ C \ [untLmger lur11lture Com pam The name of the undertak1l1g firm of H & \\ II \1 Jck Bellmgham, \A. ash, has been changcd to \ \ H \lock & ~Oi1S The COye FUlllltUle c'Jmpdny of ~tl\ e h l'mnt \\ I" paId a dIVIdend of fi\ e pcr cent on Decem hel I-a total (11 $6,000 Barker Bro" furnIture dealer" for 20 ) ears on .south Spnng street, hay e mO\ ed to 724-30 South BlOad\\ a \ Lo, Angele", Cal The partnel ~hlP of lTeorge l Scheel and Y\ l \ \ alhl k fur11lture dealel s of \lhuquerque \ \1 l" ha.., ]Jecl1 (11"" 1h ed ::\Ir ,I"arhck I etlllllg The Burtner 1'ur111ture company, (TreensbOlo " C, ha\c purchased the ~tock of the (Tm]forcl ]url11tme compal1\ Ie cently declared bank! upt The Rhodes- Bm ford lurl11turc- Compal1\ of LoulS\ 1ll1e. Ky, has estabhshed a dhtnbutlllg blanch at 41-+-16 "mth Broadwa), St LOUIS. :\10 The Prufrock-Lltton lml11ture compan\ at St Louh ;\10, has estabh"hed a branch Ictad tore out 011 \orth Broad-wa~ at the corner of ~t lhalle" street The QuaInt -\rt FUlnltUle compal1\ 01 S\ raC11se \. \ have 111creased the capItal staCh from $5000 to $.2:;,COO a 1](1 have enlarged the capaclt} of theIr plant Thos J\;fac1den, Son & Co, manufactUl ers 0f da\ enport beds and parlor fur111ture. Indlanapoh~ Ind ale bmldm£; dn adchtlOn to theIr plant at d co t of $-+.;00 A. J\l Swam ha.., tI dded real e"tdte tor the fl11111ture de-partment of Holton, (Tra) &- Co. general dealers and under takel" of Hradvllle, Iovva. He doe, not ~et thc undertaklll£; busme"s of the firm The MonrOVIa (Cal.) Plal11ng J\1J1l Company ",ho recenth converted theIr plant 111tOa furmture factor\ hd\ e madc UIC fir"t Shlp:l1ent of then new ploduct and ha\ e more 01 cleh than they can fill for carl) deln el} Thc\ report a ~hOl tage ot labor. ) ohn H Kernan, pre~ldent of L phol 'oterer\ L nlOl1 "0 53, Boston, 1\1ass. wa, fined $100 dml costs on \ 0\ ember 2-+ fOl contempt of court He \ lolated an mJunctlon prohlbltJ;1~ thc plcket111g of a factory \\ here the 11111011 employ e~ \vere on stnke Lease of their present C]uartel" ha\ 111geXIJlleel and bC111g unable to securc a de'lrable new locatIon the (hrcctOl s of thl Kelly J1ur11lture and Carpet Com pan) 011\ e dnd Ele\ enth 1he ,,",pear "'ample ['urnrture Company of Cle\ cldnd. O. hdd a nm e1 vI;Indol;\ ell ,pIa} 0 I the clcly before Thanksglv1l1g-a I cal \\ edd111g. Han e\ L. Kllncr and ;\11~s Rosa Broecke1 \\ ere the contI aLtlllg parties The ceremony was wItnessed 1)\ an enCl111m" UO\\ c1 a11d thou~dnd., saw the happy couple ib the\ lOde thJ()ugh the "tI eeh m an automohJ1e whIch had ]JlCn applOpn,lte!v decorated for the occa~lOn. -\ "mt entitled the ll11ted State.., vs the Globe-\) enllcke company IS pendmg m the federal com t at Cmc111natl. The compal1\ IS acuhed of hav111g J1legally co werted h Itself ,e\ el al thousand acrcs of land sItuated m \labama It IS charged that the company secured thl~ land frow the govern-ment b\ ha\ 111g a num]'er of per~on" file entry therefor as If the\ mtencled It for them "elv e and then turn It ovel to the uJIl11Jan}, \ill ho sold It to I 111{)Centparties New Factories. Illlle nlOther,,- It ~eph and John Keclar-ha\ e establIshed cl lalJlnet sbop dt Lame..,\ dIe. (Ta I he (Told 1'1lr111tl1re company. cJpltahzecl at $20.000 has been 1l1corporated to e"tabhsh d factory 111ChIcago H O. I-Lm thorne wdl estdbh~h a factor) or remodel an old one m "e\\ I onc!on lonn. to manufacture wardrobes for the 10ld111g \\ al(hobe cC'mpany of l\ew York. \ \ Ilham DICk111on and othel s hay e 111corporated the Dlck- 111son ] able Lock company to estabh~h cl plant and manu-facture fur111ture and hard \Val e m Buffalo 1\ Y. Capital stock S; 000 R (Tocppert and other~ have I11corporated the NatIOnal Shadc Cloth company to manufacture wmdow .,hades, shade cloth", etc 111 ChICago III lapltal stock. 75 per cent sub- ~cnbed, $40,000 Furniture Fires. Rea~oner & Blair, dealel" of Kennedy, Tex, burned out La".., $7, :;00 111'01d1n1ce. $-+,000 The furllltl11 e stolk and store of D E. El1ns, Inman, Kan" dal11a~ed about $7,000 by fire In"urance, $8.000 ] he plant of the Rex lllllc1 company, manufacturers of coffins and cd~ket" Empona. Kan. WdS totally destroved by fil e recenth L{),~ $18000, abont 60 per cent l11surec1 Tr:nyels in the South. \"1 B Scott ~\\ho 1eprese~1ts the Nel son- Matter Furl1lture Compan} 111 the sout1leln ~tates h at home 111 Grand Rap1cL, tOl the holIcla\ J ancl mId" Inter turmture sedson Some mcn ne\ er recogm7e an opportul1lt} unless it 15 labeled WEEKLY ARTISAN 29 New York Markets. \ew York Dec. 3-1urpentme has been up and down all thb 'i\eek. Sta1 tmg at 58 cent" on :;\londay It went to :;9 @ :;90 on Tuesday 580 on v\ edne::,da), back to 57 on Thur::,da) and today It IS "teady at 57 @ 570 Sa,annah figUl e" are 530 @ S4 Reporb of finnne::,,, at the pnmaly "ource" of supply ha, e "ttengthened the "hellac market here There have been no change::, 1'1 quotattons. however becau"e the current figure" have been "haded con"ldelah1y m neady all recent t1an"actlOns :.\Iarket nnpnJ\ ement I, nottced m the demand for, arn1..,h gum::" partlLularly from the ..,outh dnd we..,t Kaun, 1\0. 1, 1..,no\', quoted at 42 @ 47 cenb, ;\[0 2,20 @25, Xo 3, 1S @ 18 Damar-BatavIa, 13 @ 14 Smgapore, 7Yz @ 12 Man- Ila, pale, 14 @ 18, dark, hard 12 @ 14, Amber 13 @ 15. There h firmne..,::, m the lmseed 011 tl ade but tran::,actlOn s are confined for the mo"t part to ::,mall lots Few "ales are made at les::, than card rate':> VIhlCh are "till based on 64 @ 6:; cent" for we"tern raw. Flaxseed IS reported firm at western pomt" Goat skm" are ,trong and movmg qmte lnel), nearly all 1ece1pts bemg ..,old promptly Ura,nl" ha, e been hIgher and "omewl1dt exuted dunng the week Today they are quoted at 7'i @ 82 cenb Other quotatlOn.., are practIcally unchanged, :.\le'l.lCan frontIer" ,till sellmg at 34 cent'"> The burlap market IS ..,tlll «met though It ..,hmv" more "trength than ha" been noted fm ,e, eral week" Reporb of a .,hortdge m the raw matenal prO\ ed to be flCtltlOn::, and clld not affect the (luotatlOn.., wlllch rema1l1 at 350 @ 3:;5 for eIght-ounce good.., at 4 :;0 for the heaVIer grade Sheet 7mc «met at the former figures $8 per 100 pouncl::" fob Peru, 111., WIth 8 per cent dhCOllllt Steady l1nprovement m the haldwoocl lumber market h reported by dealers and producers at nearly all 1l1tenor pomts Generally there IS an actn e demand for the better glades but the fil mne..,,, I" al ,0 felt by the lower grade::, of all vanetle::' except whIte a"h Pnce::, though tak1l1g a WIde range may be de"cnbed a, stlffenmg but the actual advances are not numerous. .ModelFurniture Plant in Kansas. 1he Helme1 s :.\Ianufactunng company of Kan..,as CIty, \10., and Leavenworth, Kdn;" manufacturers and Jobber" of fur11lture, al e bmldmg a le\', plant, at Leavenworth, whIch promIses to be one of the model furmture makm£>; plant:> of the country The mam blnlcl111g WIll be of bnck, four stonec, 60 feet VI Ide and :;(0 teet long The dry bIn" and POVIer hou.,e WIll be ..,epclfdte bUlldmgs The kll11'3 WIll have a capaCIty of 300,000 feet 'I he plant WIll be ':>upplled WIth all modern fac t01 y C011\ emence" eqUlpped WIth the be"t machmel y and ope1- atec1 enttrely by elect1lc power The product WIll be cheap and medmm grade fur11lture well made dnd well fim..,hed. \\ e ale gomg to gIve the cheap and medmm-pnced ctuff a touch of quahty and fi11l..,hthat wlll be hard to beat," ::,ays V ICe-pI eSldent H J Helmer., Jr., "and we hope to make our estabh.,hme,1t headquarter;, for thl.., clds.., of gooch 111westeln terntory " Lots of New Patterns. The Luxury ChaIr Company, Grand RapId", sInce thel1 enlargement of the factory, have put m many new, up-to-date machme::, and otherwhe fitted up ::'0 a" to greatly mCl ease theIr output Trade I::' fine) and m January they wlll "how many new patterns of the now famou':> Luxur) chaIr." on the first floor, north half of the l' urlllture Exchange, Grand RapIds, and 190-191 l\IIchlgan avenue, ChIcago Speiker Retires. John Spelker, founder and manager of the ColonIal Clock Company, Zeeland, l\Ilch , ha" sold hIS "tock m the corporatIon to :.\Ie;,sl s De Krmf and LahlUs He WIll "pend the w1I1ter 111 I; londa and next year WIll tour EUI ope On hIS return he WIll engage 111 bus1l1es~. \[r. Spelker commenced hIS career as a manufacturer of c10CI,-~111 a small barn adJ01l1mg hIS reSIdence WIth two 01 three patternJ of Dutch clocb Undel hIS dlrectHm a large and prosperou~ 111du..,try wa" estabh':>hed and :.\,fr. acqull ed d comfortable hI tune. Spelker acqmred a comfOl table fortune Mr. Wolf Goes With the Nationals. J. H. \\ olf for thc pa..,t twcnty-llIne year::, \',Ith IndIan-apolts, Ind hou~ec, ,vlll at the clo.,e of the yeat sever hIS old connectlo'1 and wll1 go mto the ::,en Ice of the '\ atlOnal Furm-tm e Company of \tlant:l, Ga., to travel IlhnOls, Incltana and OhlO, "Ith d h le that the \JatlOnal company are bnngmg out for the commg sea on :.\lr 'vYo1£slang expenence on the road coupled WIth the met ItS of the ;\ atlOnal hne should gIve the company a bu,y year. Parlor Frame Company Reorganized. Petcr Van Dommelen and John L Ly nch hd' mg purcha::,ecl an mtere::,t In the Grdncl RapId.., l'drlor lrame Compan), a re-orgalllLatlOn of the company ha been effected. Mr Van nom-melen IS preSIdent, Sybrant \ \ es..,eltus, VIce pre..,tclent and :\1.r Lynch "ecretary amI trea,mer \lessr.., Lynch a lcl Van Dom m elen dre practical men of long expenencc m the (, rcmcl RdPld s factolle::, They propo..,e to lllcredc,e the company", lme of pro-duct, whIch Vvlll be ch"played m the TIlodgett htulclmg clunng the January ::,eason Alexander Dodds Incorporated. -\le:hander Dodd", the VI" ell known manufactm er of \', oocl- \',orkmg machmely, of Grand RapId", ha" Incorporated hIS bu"me"s under the name of the Alexander Dodds company The capItal stock I::' fi:hed at $63,OJ8 of whIch ::\1r Dodds hold" $52,000, H B W ooclcock, $10,500 and Albert C Stover, $500 Thl" actIOn was deemed nece""al y on account of the dIm en- "Ion" to whIch the bU..,111C"'"ha'" grown 111 the past ten yeal.., No Ohjection to HigheJ.·Prices. Roy S Barnhart. treasurer of the Kelson-Matter FurnIture Company, I eports that no obJ ectlOll'3 have been recelyed to the advances made on goods bj the :.JatlOnal FurnIture :\lanu-fasturer, ASSOCIatIOn la ,t month. RetaIlers ge lerally approve the ad, ance, It enahle., them to ,ell the good., on hand-and many were well stocked-for co 1Slderable mOle money than had heen expected when purchased Running on Full Time. The CJlancl RdPlcl.., 1 mmture Company, make1;, of lllgh grade furmture fOl the ch11lng room, are operatmg their factory to capdclty on 01 del':> and ..,tock for the commg year. l\lanager E VI. ErWlll IS pleased WIth the outlC'ok What to Buy and Where. The Henry S Holden Veneer Compa,ly, Grdncl RapId", have 100.000 feet of Clrcas'ilan \Yalnut Just 111,also a fine lme nf :.\IaholSdny. Quartered Odk, BII d s Eye :;\laple dnd Birch Crm.,bcl11dm£>;ready for prompt dehvery Some men's Idea of a corkmg good tl1ne IS an uncorking one. 30 WEEKLY ARTISAN N p Mission Oak Finishes The L. Mac 1:. Fumed Oah Acid Stain fumes the wood equal to a Fumed :Box Early English Stain No. 1719 and No. 506 Filler. Weathered Oah Stain No. 1725. They are the Standard Shades. SEND FOR FINISHED SAMPLES THE LAWRENCE-McFADDEN COMPANY PHILADELPHIA, PA. =======---- ~==~-~---- ----- _._~---_.._._._.~.~._._., I •IIIf I I ! I 1 I I I• :I ! I : I I : • I • I • I • I •• II I : I I t I t • t • I • I • I I I I •I II I : I THE "ELI" FOLDING BEDS ~~~f~-r~I~N~~~ ! I ELtD:""iVI°i'LLER"'"&"'CO. i II EVANSVILLE. INDIANA I Wnte for cuts and pnces : ON SALE IN FURNITURE EXCHANCE, EVANSVILLE. I t I ~_. ..._. .... - .. . -~ ...------------- I OLD-AGE PENSIONS IN ENGLAND The Law Does Not Work Out So Well as Was Promised by Its Promoters. (Jleat Ulltd1l1, old-d£;e pen'lOn law, whIch went 1I1tOeffect )" lldn I 1909. cluee, wt work out qUIte ,,0 e,atlo;factonly ao; \\ a, e"pelted b) Ib a(h ocate~ The law apphee, to men and v\omen ahke vvho are 70 ) ears of age or 0, er, who, If they fall "lthll1 the proVI",'OIlS of the law .are entitled to recen e $121 per "eek from the g~nelal go, ernment and dunng tne first mne n'onth'i of the ) ear 410,000 per~ol1'i m England, 184,000 111 lJeland and 73000 111 Scotland have drawn pellSlOm, aggle- ~ ltlllg d iSland total of $26298.000, and the total fOl the first \ ear I, expected to reach ;p38,000,OOO or, perhaps, $40,000,000 It wa:'>estl111dted vi<h,en the bJ11wa" pa",sed that there were 173,000 per'iom In lleland 70 year" of age or O\er, a1d that a consldel able nUl1lbel 111 thl'i ag£;re::;ate would be Il1ehglble to recen e old age pen~lons, eIther becduse they \i<e,l e paupers or had Il'COJlle" III exce,,'i, of the deSIgnated 11l1l1111lUmw, ll1le the 1111mber Inchcdted aru\ e who were entitled to rehef Ie, 11,000 III e),.ce'0 ()f the e"tll11ate (A the entire 1umber of per"ons over 70 \ edl -, of age. I he entIre e),.pen"e of the olel age pensIOns 111 the 1:l1Ited KII1~c1om 111borne h) the gO\ ernment, no contnbutlOn beIng I eqUlrcc1 from emDla) el " or frol11 wage-earners. dS 1'3the prac-tICe 111(Terman\ and other cauntne'i To be quahfied for a penslOl1 the apphcant muct be 70 years old, mu"t not have an II1COl11ee),.ceedll1g $153 per year, andmu'3t hdve been a Bntlo;h :oub]ect dnel re'ldec1111 the L11Ited KIngdom for the last 20 yeals There al e \ an01.b otbel grauncb of ell"quahficatlOn, the pnncl-pal of whICh 1'3the receIpt of lehef from the poor fumb dunng the) eal thh c1ebdrnng an apphcant till the ensUIng year The WEEKLY ARTISAN 31 ,.--------------------------------------- - . .. ---_.---- These Specialties are used all Over the World I II• III ,• II II No 20 Glue Heater. "'--_.. ............. . Veneer Presses, different kinds and sizes (Patented) Veneer Presses Glup Spreaders Glue Heaters Trucks, Etc., Etc. Hand Feed Glueing Machine (Patent pendmg) Many sty lea and sIzes. Wood·Working Machinery and Supplies LET US KNOW YOUR WANTS Power Feed Glue Spreadmg Machine, Smgle, Double and Combination. (Patented) (S,,,e8 12 In. to 84 m wide,) CHAS. E. FRANCIS COMPANY, Main Office and Works, Rushville, Ind. No.6 Glue Heater. - _. ----------- ----------- --_._----_._-- - - -- - - .- ----' pen:->lOnvanes from 24 cents to $1 21 a week, accorc1111g to the 111come of the apphcant, the ma'C1mum be111g paId "here the annual 111come IS not beyo ld $10. Some senou~ defects 111the law are "ho,," n 111the report from the ;\ ott111gham d1stnct N ott111gham's populatlOn I'> now 260,000 1 he number of c1anTIs filed for pen"lOn" wat> 3,779, of vvh1ch 3,358 were al- Ia,," ed by the 1m e tlgat111g C0l11111lttee Le"" than 3,008 apph-catlO~ b \\ ere e'Cpected ~mong the c1all11s (hsallo,," ed were ~ome the 1ehlsal at whICh, 111the op1111on of the comnllttee \\01k" ~ulh hard~h1p~ that the alt should be al1le HIed In one la,e of (l!,allov,ance the apphlant under great t>tre ., had beln 10(h;ec1 111 a vv01 khou ,e -Jne lllght, In anothe1 a woman had "upported he1 l11\ahd hu~h~L1d hy hawk1l1g until, VI hen he \va" dY1l1g ,he wa, forled to qmt her v.ork and attend to hIm, ,1 rehev111g officer gl\ 1l1g them a few chl11111g,>to a\ ert starvatlOn, thus c11::.quahfvmg her. ()n the other hand, apphcdnt~ \\ ho hay e con'lclerable money obtd1n pen"lOn'-. ()ne WIth $3.8)3 111ve"ted at 21~ per cent 1::' entItled to a pen"10n of $1.21 a week, the maAlmum A mal lIed WOl,1an v~h ise hmhancl had $6,083 111ve"tec1at 4 per cent, ) e11(hng $243 a year. was granted a pen~lon, fhe law pro 'video that the 111come of anyone ,if tv. 0 marned per'>o 1'>hv 111g together 1" t'lken to be not le"s than half of the v. hole of the mcome of both '1 he ""Ife apparently had no 111come and the hu"band S v\ as lees than double the amount wh1Ch (hsquahfie" an apphcant. The laY' \\ a~ understood to mean that the Wlt:::: \\ ould be a.,,,umed to ha, e half a, much 111come as her hu::.hand, and thl::' entitled her to a pen "Ion of 75 cents a week The relectlon of the apphcants who had recelved a httle poor rehef and the acceptance of tho"e who had an 111COn1l:' from mve"ted money were both relucta lt acb of the pen~lo 1 COml1l1t ee, who le olved to recommend a chan<;;e of the Itv.. Trenton. N_ .T. Factory Notes_ 1 ,enton, ~. J, Del 1-'1he '1 renton Spnnf?; l\lattre", Company dIe very bih) on mattret>t> v.ork and are al"o maktng bed", davenport">, couches, etc. They are three month" beh1l1d order" A '>pec1alty ,'V-th tlV'l11 1" t11e 1J1ak'll6" of '>pnng'>, III whlch they do a \ ery lan!,~ bu"ne".., 'I he 'Le,l and wIre market 1" a httle stiffer and b'1',111C"" \\ Ith c11d1r, lounge, bed and other manutacturers h strong The) 11a,(' outgro\\ n the present hUlld111g on Pal~lf avenue and helvc arranged to bul1d a new fadOl}, one ",tOly In he1gilt, 100 'C 200 feet 111"lze. A new l1l1e h be111g made or .:;Oih century . - ... -- t>pnngt> for davenportt>, couches, divan'>, E. '-, v\h1c11 1'-0 n Jh(,- le'>s and firmly "eated The New ] er,ey ~chool & Churc11 r'11l11tUl e Company are bUlld111g a large new factory for then 111('ff'a"'1J~ bU"l-ne" t>, to be 4 stone" 111 helght, 70 x 130 fe('t 1'1 "lL.C, v, h1(:h WIll double the output of the pl et>ent plant. '" ew 1\lrlch111cn WIll be put In and they wlll 'Soon be ln shape to (1) better 111cl J ever to keep pale wlth order" A .,peclalty 1" made of school .,eat" and de,k", "ome new hnes of manufactu~e \\ 11' he t-1'.;:e11 up more hand" wlll be put at \\ork and adJ'+(<J1'al "ale"men \\111 be put on "1he <- olumbla Bed Company have not bpt 11 \\ ::Jrk1l1!2, tor '>ome tll11e and wlll not re-open the plant T~p v ltJd.de hra'-::. and lron beeh The Kl111e ChaIr Company of 6 \ \ ood "treet, 11dke ckw., {OJ bable.." chlrOpo(h"h, etc, o{ lroll. "ome have uphobtered "eat" and back" 1 hey tUln out 180 to 200 a rlOntll lhe cheape~t chaIr t>elhng {o" $()J 00 [he firm lS bu"y '111.1 man a15e to get plenty of order" The \mencan 'J Ll hng LJ111pan\. who have a vllOle~2'c {Ull11tU1C bU"lllc" hert, have moved from the (,undhng bul1d111g, tll ! l111adeph a ::\lany a fellow It> all lIght 111hIS way, but It's the wrong \\ ay ~---------------------------------------------- ,,• II -~ I,• , I ~fKCl~ou INTERESTING PRICES g~~~~v:l1~5 SEII,fDSAMPLES. DRAWINGS OR CUTS FOR PRICES. WrIte for I E. P. ROWE CARVING WORKS, AL~ftH~N. Catalogue r ,. - .-------~--~------,-----------.~.. 32 ", . II WEEKLY ARTISAN Miscellaneous Advertisements. WANTED. Salesman with well estabhshed trade with retail and jobbmg furmture, house furnishmgs and hardware m Colorado, Ne-vada, Utah, New MexIco and Anzona, to handle an old and estabhshed Ime of Refngerators on commlSSlOn basIs Give full details as to hnes carried, references, etc. Address "May" care Weekly Artisan. WANTED. Superintendent-To take charge of manufactunng end only of factory makmg Library and Parlor Tables and Pedestals Must understand all branches of the work. An expenenced, progressive man. Address "Magnetic" care Weekly Arti-san. WANTED- LINES TO SELL. In the middle West. Large expenence in the sale of cham-ber and dmmg room furniture. Would engage on salary. Address "S. W. E." care Weekly Artisan. 11 27-2t W
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37. Weekly Artisan; 1910-10-29

Notes:: Issue of a furniture trade magazine published weekly in Grand Rapids, Mich, starting in 1879. and ,.~ I \ '--', I'; ) .., e:J...;t -<.' f' \ GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.• OCTOBER 29. 1910 BEAUTIFUL BIRD'S EYE MAPLE Just the Thing to Delight the Ladies at Christmas! There is nothing quite so dainty-so feminine-so charming for Christ-mas, as a Bird's Eye Maple Dressing Table. Light, airy and cheerful, it goes to the hearts of the ladies, and it is the only light-colored furniture that is also highly artistic. The Northern has made Maple a leading line ever since starting in business. Weare in the heart of the Maple country, where the finestMaple in the world grows, and with our standard lines, using Maple as a base, we are able to pick only the choic-est pieces for Natural Maple finishes. Therefore, when you buy Natural Bird's Eye Maple fromthe Northern, you are sure of the creme de la creme -the finest in the country. But you must have artistic shapes too-the airy beauty of Bird's Eye Maple is completely lost if it is not made up in beautiful designs. We also give you moderate prices. That is what will sell with you-beautiful wood, deslgns and workmanship, at moderate prices, coupled with prompt deJivery (and that means every-thing when you get near Chnstmas-nobody beat3 us at that part of the game). No. 1197 Dressing Table. Made in Oak, Mahogany and Bird', Eye Maple. No. 1152 Dresser. Made JD Oak, Mahogany and Blrd',-eye Maple. Full information given in courteous letters about anything that interests you. Write us frankly, freely. NORTHERN FURNITURE COMPANY SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN SeeciaJists fQ tneFurniture Trade. MICHIGAN ENGRAVING CO.GRANDRAPIDS. ..... . - --- - ------------ ----~-------_...~-------------------~ NEW DESIGNS Ir~ LOUIS XVI STYLE -- I __ - • __ No. 1711 No. 1705-1705 WRITE FOR SAMPLES AND PRICES. GRAND RAPIDS BRASS COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN ..... .. _. - . - --- _. -- .. ....I WEEKLY ARTISAN 1 YOU CAN MAil YOUR CATALOG NOVEMBER 20th If you place the order with us now. WHITE PRINTING COMPANY GRANDRAPIDS, MIC". I PRINTERS FOR THE FURNITURE TRADE. I 2 WEEKLY ARTISAN .... ~ LUCE FURNITURE COMPANY I II GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ,I ,• I I I Manufacturers of COMPLETE lines of MEDIUM PRICED DINING and CHAMBER FURNITURE. Catalogues .~. ---------_- _. .-t-o_- De-ale-rs-O-nly-. --_._----._--_._- _. ---_._._._- ---------- -- --- -_ .._. - .--~ . -- . Luce-Redmond Chair Co.,Ltd. I BIG RAPIDS, MICH. High Grade Office Chairs Dining Chairs Odd Rockers and Chairs Desk and Dresser Chairs Slipper Rockers Colonial Parlor Suites In Dark and Tuna Mahogany Btrd' J Ey Maplf Btrch !Zuartfred Oak and CtrcaJJtan Walnut Our Exhibit you will find on the fourth floor, East Section, MANUfACTURERS'BUILDING,North Ionia Street GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Exhibit in charge of J. C. HAMILTON, C. E. COHOES,J. EDGAR FOSTER. PUBLIC LIlllLtHr 31st Year-No. 18 GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., OCTOBER 29,1910 Issued Weekly FOREIGN MARKETS FOR METAL BEDSTEADS Consuls Urge Anlerican Manufacturers to Compete With Those of England and Germany. The nl11eau of J\Ianufactllre" at \\ ashmgton hd\lI1g lC-quested consuls at \ allOUS pomts, to fl11msh mf01matlOn as to the tl dde m metal beds, \'V lth partlculars as to the source of supply, local faLt01les, pnce", ctc , hdS 1ecen ed repm ts which, when "bOlled dm\ n" read a" follows Consul John E Kehl of Sydney, ~ma Scotla-Gp to the latter pal t of 1907 only \mellcan made brass beds were sold m S) dney, but the Canad1an manufacturers ha\ e smce then captured the tlade by reduung their pi Ices, by offe1mg b1ass beds of Amencan des1gn, and by uSIng best Fnghsh lacque1, cla1med to be supellor to Amcncan varmsh. Canad1an-made ",h1te enameled bed", w1th b1ass caps and rods, headp1ece 57 inches high, foot 42 mches, 3-16 mch 1al1mg, and 1 1-16 inch p1lla1 ", 1eta11 at $3 60 B1a"s beds, w1th 2-mch post", cap tops, 5S mches h1gh, finished \\ lth S-ply Enghsh golden lacquel, 1 eta1l at $18 1 he poss1b1l1ty of openmg \mellcan tl ade 1ela t10ns with Cape Breton depends on the ab111ty to compete in p11ce and quahty w1th the Canad1an-made a1tlcle Therc 1S no local prejudice agamst artlcles of Amencan manufactul e, 1£ any-thmg, there 1S a preference It 1S suggested that \'. hen corre-spondmg w1th thc firms'" hosc addresses are herewith trans-m1tted net and gross we1ghts be given, also CUb1Cmeasure-ment of the bed Clated for sh1ppmg (Address on file m the Bureau of Manufactures) Consul -:\lanon Letcher, '\capulco, :YI:exico- The iron bed-steads "old hel e a1e of ::\le"lCan mannfactl11 e They are ap-parently of cheap constrnctlOn and mfellor quahty. The re-tall pnce of smgle beds 1S $10 gold and of double beds $15. There seems to be no 1eason why Amencan bedsteads can not be placed on tl11s md1ket. I have seen nowhere m MeXICO 11on bedsteads", hlch compare with those 01dmanly reta1led m Amellcan stOles "\n Amencan bed, howeve1, 1S ra1ely seen, tl11s trade bem£; con trolled by Gel man and Enghsh mannfactm el s .l\Iost Enghsh, F1 ench, and German honses ale wcll 1eplesented m the .!\le:\.lcan mal Kets, and thlS lS a factor of great conseqncnce in dete1111m1112;v\hC1e ilade \\ 111 go. Amc11can expOJ tel s depend too much on catalogues Me1chants do not feel that any gualantlc" stand behmd the11 purchases through catalogues, and pi efe1 to buy fl om houses represented b) "drummers" Thel c 1'0 not a large dcmand hel e for 1ron bed" The ~cnel al people, Without exccptlOn, use cob of the double X ty pe of lon" tl uctlOn, as these a1e cheap, cool, and suffiClentl.' comfOl table Ilon beds al e con-sidered luxune" f01 the nch. (The names of the leadmg wholesale houses 1n '\capulco are on file m the Bureau of -:\lanufactures ) Consul Leo J Keena, Chlhnahna, Mex1co-There is one fact01Y in Ch1hnahua mannfactnring blass and 110n beds of the cheaper grades. The high-grade brass beds on sale here are Imported from the Ul11ted States. Th1s class of beds was formedy 1mported from England, bnt dl11mg the past few )ea1S all hu;h-pllced b1ass and ilOn beds have been purchased m the Umted State" The cheap blass and 1ron beds of local mannfacture ale les" accl11ately made than the same class of \mencan beds, and the fimsh 1'0also mfen01 The names of the tl11ee largest dealel s m fl11l11tnre m th1s d1strict al e trans-m1tted (and filed m the Bl11ean of Manufactures). One of these dealel s mf01 med me that he conld not import iron or chcap brass beds to sell agamst those made in Chihuahua, althovgh all the mOle expensl\e beds he handles are of Amen· can manufactul e. The second firm listed reported that for more than a year they had 1mpOlted all the11 brass and iron beds from the Umted States, and had found that they could glve a customer bette1 value f01 the same price on the 11n-ported beds than they could on the local product because of the better w01kmanslllp and hmsh of the former. Consul R E Holaday, Santiago, Cuba-Brass and 110n bedsteads ale Imported flom both the Umted States and Eng-land. \Voven vv11e and steel sprmg s are manufactured here flom matellal 1mpo1ted from England and Germany. None of the stores handle metalhc couches. Vlooden foldmg chalrs of Amencan manufacture a1e on sale in most of the stores, but the dealers say there 1S very httle demand for them, ex-cept to rent on speClal occaSlOns. Vessels of the New YOlk and Cnba 11a11 Steamsh1p Company, P1el 14, East Rivcr, pi) 1 egulady bet", een th1S pm t and New York, and vessels of the 1\lnnson Steamsh1p Lme, 82-92 Beavel sticet, "New York, ply lef.;ulal1) betvvecn tIllS pOlt and Mol)]le. Consul T{alph J. Totten, l\la1acalbo, Vcne7uela-Bolh metal and \\ ooden bedsteads al e in use m th1S d1strict, the metdl bemg 11npOlted fl om (rel many clllefly and thc '" ooden bemg manufactured m Maraca1bo, flom native wood. A local factory has a monthly productlOn of about 50 wooden beds and 100 cots wlth wood frames and canvas tops. The average bed of thlS class retalls fOl fl om $4 to $12 50. Some of the Your Continued Success Depends on the QUALITYof Your Goods- 4 WEEKLY ARTISAN It's after a bed or chair or table leaves your store that it counts for or against your future trade, Every Stow & Davis table you sell is a constant advertisement of your reliability, Our tables resist wear-quality is built in, along with the style and hand rubbed finIsh that make our designs so attractive. Our new catalog, showing some of the handsomest Colonial and Flanders dmers ever bUilt.is m press. You will just naturally want these top-nolchers in your own store, for your best trade. Send in your name for an early copy. STOW & DAVIS FURNITURE COMPANY, PERFECTION TABLE TOPS. DINERS. Grand Rapids, Mich. OFFICE AND BANK TABLES. local cabinetmakel s turn out a fel,l, hlghh 01 namental cedal and mahogany bed'i of the old ia~hlC)ned fOUl-po':>tel t\ pe whICh arc ~old at pllce" lan[,1J1c, t!om S2; to S7; alcOld1J1!?, tll elaboratene~~ of de~H~n rj he mclJ()JIt\ of the bed"tead" ~old here, lHlY\e\ el, a1 e Il on 11,l111e"\\ 1th \\ III "pl111g~ 1he mCht populal ~tyle 1~ of meclll1111-"I/ccl 11 on tub1J1c" pamtul 'll1d ornamented 111J)ll!?,ht COlOl~, \\ 1th the lO! nel pO'ib e"tendmg about 5 feet abo\ e the hed to ",UppOit a doth canopy to \\ h1ch the mosqUIto net may be fastened PI actlcalh all metal beds are bought fl om (Te1111an} and inc,land the \ alue ot \\ h1ch 1S not obta111able, bem£; mducled \\ lth lion manutactUlecl tOi domest1c use" '1he rea"C)J1S gl\ en tOi OUI gett111g ,,0 "mall cl part of thiS trade ale a" follO\\':> (1) Ge1mam and England can produce a cheape1 a1tlde, (2) fle1ghts ale cheape1 t10m ,- How about the 0 0 Z E? If you found a hole a yard square in the side of your dry kiln, you would repair it at once. Don't you know that the heat is oozing from millions of pores III your wood, brick or concrete kilns? That the combined area of these pores makes a hole bigger than your kiln door? Seal these pores with steam proof, acid proof, fire proof EBONOID Kiln Coating and see how easy it is to keep your kiln hot. Ebonoid will also stop rusting and prevent decay. SOLE AGENTS Grand Rapids Veneer Works GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. .. . .. .- .. ... -. lU10pe, due to the fact that heavy, nonperishable merchan-dhe 1S hlOUght he1 e 111'ial!mg ves'iels, wh1ch are glad to get all pO"~lble cal c,o on the voyage out, as they must come here to load mang 10\ e bal k, dn l-dIVI, and other dye and cab met \\ oud", (3) mll1 e actl\ e canvas",mg by the German and Eng- 11"h "ale':>men, (4) the plmupal commerCIal houses in Mara-caibo al e (Tel man and naturally, all things being equal, pre-fel to buy from Germany The 01 dinary grades of European metal bedstead", CO'it $7 to $10, and retal! at $20 to $25. II e1ght on th1~ class of merchand1se from Europe is about SI; to $17 50 per metnc ton Metal furl11ture pays an import dut\ of j cents pel 22 pounds, gross we1ght, plus a surtax of :;; pel cent of the duty As all Venezuelan customs duties al e computed on the glOSS weight of the shipment, mcluding casmg and packm!?, matel ial, local Importers always request that merchanchse he packed or clated as lightly as possible, consl"tent \'"lth the safety of the goods. In this particular \me!ICan expOi tel s have an advantage over European houses a" the1r good" ale loaded on the steamers in New York and unloadedm Mal aca1ho without transshipment or double hand-hng The hest way to estahhsh connections in this market \\ ouJd be the sendmg of Spal11sh-speakmg salesmen. If this h at present Impractlcable all correspondence and advertising 'ihould be m the Spal11sh language. The merchants of Mara-caibo whose addlesses ale transmitted carry lines of furniture and beds (On file m the Bureau of Manufactures.) Consul E i\ \Vakefield, Port Ehzabeth, Cape Colony, South Afnca-;( early all the brass and iron beds, woven-wire and steel spnngs, metalhc couches, and folding chairs are at pre'ient 1mported from England, and the demand, espec1ally for medlUm-p-riced 1ron beds, 1S except10nally good. The bed most 111 demand here is a cheap, sen iceable one 431 feet w1de, COSt111gm England $322, w1th packmg extra. Illustra-t10ns forwarded (and procUl able from the Bureau of Manu-factures) should gl\ e a good 1dea of the dJfferent kinds of beds m the market here now, as each l111eon wh1ch a price is gl\ en repl e"-enb a lme stocked by one of the largest importers m South ~f1lca If pnces can be met the market is here. '1hese beds are 111\anably packed 111half-dozen lots. There 1"" however, a dJfference made 111the packing ac-cord111g to whether the bed", are expected to be sold in lots of one, two or three beds of a k111d, or in lots of half a dozen each A few of the larger houses 111Johannesburg, Pretoria and Knnberle) v\ ho a1 e not direct 1mporters buy of the im-port111g houses in Port Ehzabeth comparatively large quanti-ties, but the bulk of the trade is in small orders. When beds WEEKLY ARTISAN are expected to be sold in half-dozen or doztl1 lots they are imported m a single case, half a dozen in a case, firmly packed in straw or excelsior w1th a layer of very heavy packmg paper between the straw or excelslOr and the case. All the brass work is carefully covered w1th soft paper. The charge for packmg six beds in a single case in tlllS manner 1S$2 19. In packing beds wh1ch are e'{pected to be sold m less than half-dozen lots each bed is packed separately, but they are then fastened together with wooden stl aps m lots of six so that for purposes of sh1pment they really form a smg-le ca~e contain mg one-half dozen beds. Dy packmg m tIllS manner the broad surfaces of the packages mtended for the interior of the case may be crated. A good sohd covenng is necessary for THIS store is known as "The Home of Good Furni-ture," and it wouldn't be possible to describe it better. "Good furnIture"doesn't mean hlgh-pnced furmtureany more than "a good Clllzen" means a wealthy cItIzen. Our fifty-cent challs and two-dollar tables are Just as" good furn· Iture" as our thousand doUar bedroom sUites, the purchase of one of these IS Just as certam to make a satisfiedcustomer as the purchase of the other, and It'S what you thmk when you get home that counts WIth us. Here are a few specials that may mteresl you' Actual Reductions Regnlal' Special C1Tcasslan Walnut Dresser $11000 $6750 Colomal Mahogany Chlffomer 6500 44 00 Sohd Mahogany Dressmg Table 2900 1S 50 Solid Mahogany Four Post Bed 3200 1850 Soltd Mahogany Cane Panel Beds 4000 2950 Sohd Mahogany Rush Seat Rocker 1600 1050 Solid Mahogany Upholstered Seat Ro¢ker 2100 1876 Kentlworth -ChalT 1750 1150 KenIlworth Rocker 17 50 11 50 Hepplewhlte Desk Chair 19 00 15 50 Overstuffed LIbrary ChaIt' 4200 2600 So1td Mahogany Colomal L)bt'ary Table 9500 6950 Sohd Mahogany:; ptece Parlor SUite 15000 9850 Overstuffed FireSide Chair 4200 2600 Sohd Brass Beds guaranteed 1250 and up LoU1S V SolId Mahogany Dresser 150 00 85 00 60 mch Sohd Mahogany Office Desk wholesale pnce $90 Oqr pnce $78 $0 Investigate KLINGMAN'S Sample Furniture Company loola, FountaIn and DIviSIon Sta Furmture SaIls/actIon VISItors WeJcome A Grand Raplds Pattern. one side of each of the two outer packages mtended for the top and bottom of the case. They are firmly strapped w1th wood or iron to preyent any poss11111lty of breakmg open. The interior packmg is exactly the same as previously de-scribed. The price per bed for packmg m tlus manner is from 61 to 73 cents. A combination of drfferent steamsh1p lines unite in a regular New York-South Afncan ,.,ervice of two to four steamers per month. The lines engaged in this serv ice are the Prince Line, Union Castle. Clan, Donald Curne & Co, Bucknall, Huston and Ransa. The fre1ght rate on this class of merchandise from New York to Algoa Bay (Port Eliza-beth) is approximately $10 per ton of 40 cubIC feet measure-ment. A hst of the principal importers of thIS consular dis-trict handling beds, springs, couches and foldmg chairs 1S forwarded to the Bureau of Manufactures. 5 ~ -..------ --- _ ..~-------, Sltel)oygan Novelty Co. (j[ Order your hol-iday goods early, so as not to be dIS-appointed III deliv-ery. Our Music Cabinets, Ladles' Desks, Bookcase!', etc., are just the things for holiday gifts. Write for Catalolloe. (j[ Lady's 0 e s k No. 305 is a good one, but we have many more to select from. h- ••••••• -_ •••• "' __ •• a. a .a •••• SHEBOYGAN, WIS. Lady's Desk No.30S. --- ---------._._ .._ ..... ~I ._------_._--- --_._._._-- POLISHES Quality and Economy Two excellent reasons for using the Excelsior or World's Fair Polish on high grade furniture. We claim to sell the best and most economical polishes, and have proved it by their being the Standard polishes for 25 years of use in the furniture manufacturing trade. Get our prices and send for sample before placing your next order. GEO.I W. LIGHT MFG. COMPANY, . 2312 W. Van Buren St., CHICAGO. .- . ...._ ... .-_ .... • 6 WEEKLY ARTISAN ... --., .......• ~----- -- .. - 8 • .. .. • • ~ __ • _,_. __ ~ __ • ._._._._. __ • -..A Selling Pop Corn a~ all Art. \01,\ thdt tbe haseball .,edSun I" open ,1£;d1n," "a1d the seml-plofes"lonal Jan to the Cle\ eland PIam Dedle1 "I'm 1emmded of a '3H.;ht that I took 1ll dt1l1112,a h1~ £;ame out 111 ChIcago la"t summel I \\ d., then and thell 1l11p1c""cd \\ Ith the fact that the1 e'" no ]0' Sll humble tlut the 11"ht 111<1n can't gn e d1~n1ty to It "Sellm£; pOpUlI n out ot a ha"kct due"n t 1 anl-, ,1" ,t11\ hot Job fOJ a £;lO\\n man tn he at dnc" 1l \(1 nut \<iU ought to ha\ e "een the \\ ,n th1" jJUj)L()l11ma11 ,It the ( 111 cago game I speak uf had the ClU\\ d a "umc, L 11k"" the teams 011 the field dId thlll~" pI ett\ .,pcctalula1 ta"ll1nn peo-ple would tw n a\\ a\ f10111 the battet ()l thc base 1unnu tu ha\ e a look at the bu,,\ httle J)UpCOl11"ale"ma11 "I don't kno\\ hlm he dIcl It Inn hc bad ,l \\ a\ db'lut hU11 It'" ah, a) s a pleas1ll e to .,ee a man dt the hcarl e,t the husincss OJ p1ofesslOn he\ enL,ac,ed 1ll \\hethe1 hc'., ,1 l.;leat lawye1 01 capta111 of indu.,tI, 01 a POpl(!l11 \ e11du I h1" man "as the best popC01n sdles111an I C\ el "a \\ I bUjJl h l realized just hO\\ good he \\ a" till he \\ a" entltlul tr tIll satisfactIOn of knO\\ mc, that he "tnllrl dt the tll]1 111thc lllll (It enc1ea\ or that he had l ho"e11 "In the fi1st plale he held et gUild 1111euf tall-, elnd he could sa) thin!?,'3 in a \\ a\ that call1ed l 011\ 1ct1On 1Ic dlcln t merely holle1 'PupcOln-l a "ack' and let It c,o at th,lt rre went on to tell about \\hele the lOIn \\a" lahecl and ,\hat fine Cleame1Y buttel \\as u"ed to make 11 "0 th()]olu:;hh palatable that nollod\ should thmk <if "1tt1n~ th1 r)\l~h ,1 lJdll game without It "Oldma1ily T am not eas1h "V\a\ed 1)\ ,In\ ,,()!t or "lJLll bmdmg 01 a tOlY, bu t blamed If that pope ()]n m<1n drdn t ,,1\ e me to undel stand that he \\ "" "ell 111 12, "umeth1l1!:, ckal \ '\1t I t the 01 dman , and I ne\ el \\ a" much oj d 11<lnr1t I 111t111, h popC01n or peanuts 01 an\ "ulh tIulk Imt V\hen th1" dUlk came along on hI', final tIll' and announced that 1t \\ ould hl h1" Idst t1111ea10u11d that aftel11I)011 I motlUned to h1111tr lu me ha\ e a "ack 1 1eally felt a., It I had .,a\ ed 111\"rlr 1)\ I nallow 111a1gm, flam 1111.,,,mc, one or tho.,e hidlme i)jljl'] tUl11t1es "It \\asn't onl) V\1th h1., 1111e()t tall-, that he .,lHi11e elthu ff somebod\ a )od 01 t\\o hom the 11Cdle"t dl"le \\a\er! tl h1111fOJ a "ack of pOpCOl11 he \\ould to,," It 11~11t mt,) thl 111an\ hands \\lth all the accuraL\ ot ()11e ut tIle men lI\1t 111 the field pnttm[', the ball to fi1"t ha"c. and hl l1l \ L1 letl1ul to catch the l11d~el 01 dune that the 1m) e\ \\ ()llld lhl Il\\ ll<llk to h11n He d1d all thIS \\ 1th a neeltne"s and de "tet1l\ that \\on adl1111atlon f10m e\el)hod) al011l1d hIm Onle d \\hole sectIOn of the gland.,tand applauded hU11 tll! the alCU1ac \ \\ 1th whIch he shot back a l1llkel of cha\1(;(' to ,1 Cll"t0111U WIth his thumb. "L p to that tune 1'1 nn e1 taken the populln 111,111"]olJ vC1Y serIously, but I know now that It doesn't matter 11l what a man does If he':" the he:ot ma11 111 h1:o hne hh \\ 0) k WIll stand out a:" c011c;piClou"ly as the \\ h1"ke1 c; un a "ta"l anal dllst '-Chlca~o Intel Oce2n ~_._-.- .._ .._ ..._------------_ ..---_._._._---~ I II• III IIIII• I ~-_._--------------_._--------------_._.-.-._ ..~ Here is a Chair that's a seller. Write for the price. IIII II IIII ~------ ------ -- - - ------- No 83. GEO. SPRATT & CO. SHEBOYGAN, WIS. ~------------_ ..._-_._-----------------------~ ,• I• II II I I I I I I I I I I• III IIII II I II II I Be careful of the dealer who tells you he can furnish cutters "as good or better than MorrisWood & Sons." He is imposing upon both you and our reputation. If you would have cutters which do the most perfect work, at the least expense, that wear out on the jointer and not on the emery wheel, which save their first cost in a few weeks, in the saving of time, required to grind and adjust sectional cutters, write UI right now for further information. We have made solid steel cutters for thirty-six years. Ia that worth anything to you? A trial order is our most convincing argu-ment. Write now before you forget it. MORRIS WOOD & SONS 5108 W. Lake St., CHICAGO, ILL. WEEKLY ARTISAN ....- __ .•. _.a •• & ••• __ _. ---------_._------------ ------_.- - .. . . ..._ . QUALITY MACHINES-ISN'TIT TOOBAD-People wonder where their profits are going when the trouble usually lies in poor equIp-ment A little foresight in the beginning would have saved them dollars--a httle more money in-vested at the start in "OLIVER" "QUALITY" equipment. .Some manufacturers of wood working tools shght their output by puttmg in poor matenals-employmg poor workmen-simply to be able to make a little more profit. "Oliver" tools are bUIlt along machine toollines-careful-accurate-durable-safe. Some purchasers fail to investigate thoroughly before placing their order. Some unscrupulous salesman tells them to purchase something-they go ahead-find out too late they are wrong-lose money, whereas a letter addressed to us would have procured our catalogs-set them thmking-saved them money. ISN'T THAT TOO BAD. "OLIVER" No. 61 Surfacer. OURLINE-SURFACE PLANERS HAND JOINTERS SANDERS WOOD TRIMMERS CHAIN MORTISERS LATHES "OLIVER" No. 60 Saw Bench. SAW BENCHES SWING CUT.OFF SAWS BAND SAWING MACHINES BORING MACHINES SAFETY CYLINDERS VISES, CLAMPS, ETC., ETC. ADDRESS DEPARTMENT "D" OLIVER MACHINERY CO., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., U. S. A. BRANCH OFFICES- 1st National Bank Bldg , Chicago. 111. No. 50 Church St., New York City. ..------------~_._--------_.-~----'.... _. -- Much Old Furniture Should Be Burned. Dealers 111second hand goods 111many c1tIes attend the rummage sales conducted by chanty and church soc1etIes and pKk up con"lde1able old fur11lture at nom111al cost OccaslOn-ally a p1ecc of uncommon value 1S removed f10m an att1c V\here 1t has been stored fm many years and 1S offe1 cd and qtllckly p111cha"ed by the COlln01sseU1 111a1t fUlmtUle ,Yhen the loose Joints haye been repall ed and the p1ece 1efimshed 1t usually attracts the attentlOn of a collector who '\lll111gly pays a fancy p11ce for it Much of the stuff is of httle value, howeve1 The wnte1 V\1tnessed the sale of an oak commode 111good order, 1ecentl), for $1 00 "\ small] efngerator W01th $8.00 when new, sold for flfty cents c\ v cry good sofa frame for $200 and challs brought from tV\enty-five cents to $400. An enameled 1ron bedstead, such as a reta1ler would sell for $800 sold for $4.00 l\Tetal bcd"teads detellorate 111value but slightly and when 1efin1shed pass f01 new A d1esser worth $1500, when ne\Y, sold f01 $6.00. There lS too much old furniture 111the Gmted States. A great quantIty of it 1S sold and resold many tImes In New Orleans the second hand dealers are selhng furniture that was made 111France more than a century ago. L\ great deal of the old stuff, of no value 111an a1tIstIc sense, b filled w1th disease ge1ms and 1S a stand111g menace to the health of a commumty. The fur11ltu1 e of many old hotels should be de-stroyed for the reason mentlOned. .\ few ) ears ago the manufacturers of planas 111the L;11lted States were over-bm dened w1th old planas, taken 111exchange for new ones It was deemed unW1se to offe1 the 111struments for sale The manufacturers prefe1 red to sell new 111struments, on wh1ch there was mal e profit and greater satIsfactlOn to purchasers and sellers than could be dern ed flam the sale of the second hRnd pianos J n the exchangl11g of a new f01 an old l11stru- 1125 West Temple St., Los Angeles, Cal. Pacific Bldw.,Seattle, Wash. . ..... ..----~I 7 ment \ C1y hitle \ dIne 1~ gl\ en to the latte1 The manufac-turers finally dec1ded to dcstI oy the old planas on hand, and th1S wa" done by means of file afte1 the mstruments had been assembled at a remote spot on Long Island, near the sea. The owners of the ]tmk joined m a banquet after the flames had performed the1r \York In the mterest of the public health 1t m1ght be W1se for every commu11lty to make prov1slOn for the mspectlOn of old fm11lture and when the germs of d1sease are found, cause the same to be bm ned An Eye Sensitive to Color. If you are of those ,ovho thmk that a1tlsts a1e so abstract-ed that they are sleepy you should ha\ e seen a pamter 111a house V\here an auctlOn was gomg on. It was one of those ad, ertIsed as a sale of the contents of a pnvate res1dence, V\lth the inference that the objects to be sold were the prop-erty of the house's occupant The painter stroll cd m on the lookout f()1 an)thmg useful in furniture or dec01 atlOn There was such a multIphcity of contents that he was moved to mqlllre ,\ hether all had been the furn1shings of the place as occupied by the owner and was assured that such was the fact. He walked qmetly to a wall and plll1ed out one 01 tvvo of the p1ctures, lookmg at the wall behmd them Then he walked out "The wall beh111d p1ctures that have hung the1 e for any tuue, you know," he sa1d to an mqu1 "ltIv e fnend, "lS of a d1fferent tone from the re"t of the wall. That wall was just the same behmd those p1ctures as elsewhere No, I wasn't 100k111gf01 dust" So 1f your eye lS ::,en'i1tn e to color 111the finer gradatlOns and you ever need the tIp 1ecog11lze that artists also contI i-bute to yom p1actIcal knowledge a WEEKLY ARTISAN S~ IS CERTAINLY ECCENTRIC Woman Who Has Built a House Without Beds or Closets. A house with no beds in it IS a novelty, indeed The lady who owns it lives in \Vashing-ton and has become fam-ous in many ways She IS talented as a pamter and sculptOl as well as being an authOl, actI ess and "taiSe manage!. at times, and her phIlanthropIes take up much of her tIme ::.rrs. Albert Clifford Barne) and her t\\ 0 daughtel s al e ven ex-ceptionally gifted and are disciples of BahaIsm, an East IndlOn religion. Mrs. Barney's talent for colors has been tUIned to account in the mventlOn of a plOcess of d) emg cloth The rights to this invention have been tUl ned 0\ el to the \\ omen and chIldren of N elg-hbOlhood House, a challt) m \\ 111chIIrs Barney is interested. In this way many poor people have become self supporting ]\11 s Barne) '", activ Itles are many but these, as well as the conduct of her vast e",tate were all subordmate to the bUlldm£; of the StudIO Hou",e.' as she calls it, commenced about seven) ears ago Thlou!;h this she first became WIdely known as an eccentI Ie \Yhen abroad she had collected everythmg artistIc and odd \\ hlch met her eye untIl she had enough to stock a d07en cuno shops. Reversing the OIdmaly custom of bluldmg a hou",e and then furnishmg it in accordance WIth the genel al arUstIe tone and design, she reversed proce<;ses, bought her cunos bllc-a-brac, and antiques from Dublm to Pekmg, and then Oletout to build a house around them The I esult \\ as the StudIO House." It is located on Shendan CIrcle, the mo",t tashlOn-able distnct in newer \Yashmgton. handsome but unassum-ing, and in its exterior offers no hint of the eccentncltIes within. Fearing that no architect could embody m \\ ood and stone the ideas she has wrought out. she became her o\v n archItect she became her own contractor, and personally sa\\ to the selection of every bIt of matenal that \\ ent 111tOIt There b not a door knob, a panelmg, or a unique bIt of wood 01 metal designing that she dId not WOlk out herself. otten ~om~ to the shops and standing ovel the machmlst, mstructmg hun in every particular of his V\01k In decorating the walls Wll1Ch vvere to sel ve as a back-ground for the wealth of nch tapestnes and hangmgs she had procured abroad, she donned the painter's blouse and, gettlllg in among them mixed evelY dab of paint that \\ ent 111,com-bining the colors WIth as much care as though she \\ ere pamtmg a dIfficult portrait Thus from cellar to garret she constructed the hou:"e, hel personalIty standmg out in every form and shade of it. The rooms, passages, and halls were bUIlt solely WIth an eye to setting off the curios, hence they are of a nature to bewilder the ordinary mortal. The floOling for the ground and second stories, as well as the connectmg staIrcases, are made of ordmary house brick- \\ h) hnck mstead of wood does not appear. On the second floOl IS a large room, specifically called the "studio" to dis-tlllguish It from other rooms, although that is the name given the entn e bUlldmg ThIS 100m, where Mrs Bal11ey does her painting, is filled \v Ith the most CUlIOUSof her antique finds; it also overflows \\ Ith 11111tlmerable fat Images of Buddha, who, in the Bahai belIef, has some considerable standlllg as a deity. There is an ancient Spanish arch with the supporting pillars, which V\ hlle old enough to be interestmg, looks most ludicrously out at place thus cllbbed in by a modern house. In the mam hall a handsome marble altar, taken from some old ItalIan church, forms the man tel; there are columns of Jade flom the Onent, couches from Pompeii, vases gathered £Iom all Over the eal th-m short, a wilderness of things that used-to-be. but \\ hlch have outlived their usefulness by several centunes and now serve to make art dealers rich. There is a \\ arId of treasUl e m the way of tapestl ies, costly marbles, and pIICeless CUIlOs-and thel e is not a bed in the house! Followmg the manner of living adopted by the Greeks m the golden age of Pencles, the member of the Barney famIly take theIr I epose upon wooden touches made of COUIse, undel 1\11 s Barney's eye for that purpose. The most Oltarthng thing about the whole whimsical build-mg IS that, although MI s. Barney is essentially feminine in her tastes, she vvould not permit a single closet to be built in the "StudIO" DespIte the dIfficulties of hfe under such a conglomer-atIOn of condItIons, anCIent, medIaeval, and modern, the Bar-neys, when in this country, make the "Studio" their home, and appeal to extract as much satisfaction out of it as the ne\\ mllhonalre in his modern house. ::'Ir'" Dalney has, by her will, bequeathed the whole of thIS aggregatIOn of the ages, together with the house that holds It, to the cIty of \Vashmgton; the use it is to be put to IS not speCIfied, but left to bother the CommIssioners of SOlne futule day ::'It s Bal ne) has been gIven considerable space in the ne\\ spa pel s recently She sent a marble statue from Italy, mtended to be placed in the "house without beds." One of her daughters 15 saId to have been the model for the statue, whIch IS of mOl e than lIfe size, too large, in fact, to go through the doors and as the draymen who carted it to the house, had no authollt} to break the V\alls, they left it on the lawn. It \\ aOlundraped and created a great sensation, attracting great crowds, until offIcers of an "anti-nude" society covered it WIth blankets. It has been removed from the lawn and placed m a shed awaltmg orders from the owner. Wood Bar Clamp Flxturee. Per Set SOc. " ........... Patent Malleable Clamp Flxturee. E H. SHELDON & CO • Chicago. Ill. Gentlemen -We are pleased to state that the 25 dozen Clamp FIxtures whIch we bouJ:ht of you a httle over a year ago are gIVIng excellent serVIce We are wen satisfied WIth them and shall be pleased to remember you whenever we want anyth10g addItIOnal 10 thIS hne. Yours truly, Sioux CIty, Iowa. CURTIS SASH & DOOR CO • 30 000 Sheldon Steel Rack f Vleee Sold on approval and an uncon-ditIOnal money back gnarantee SHELDON'S STEEL BAR CLAMPS. Guaranteed Indeetructible. We SOhClt pnvllege of send10g samples and our complete catalogue. E. H. SHELDON & CO. 328 N. May St., Chicago. WEEKLY ARTISAN MARSHFIELD, WISCONSIN No. 2228 Toilet Table. Dressers Chiffoniers Dressina Tables Suites Wardrobes Sideboards Buffets Etc. Made in Oak, Bird's-Eye MapJe, Mahol;1any, etc., and All Popular Finishes No. 2240 Toilet Table SEND FOR OUR COMPLETE CATALOGUE Carved and Guilded Church Panels. Wt!liam Lamel Harris, who designed and painted many of the mural decoratiom in the Church of the Pauhst Fathers in New Y01 k, IS engaged in completing a series of seven bass-wood panels, elaborately carved and gilded, to be placed in the Pauhst church next month. The seven panels are unique, inasmuch as a great variety of materials is being employed by the artist in theIr production. "These materials may be said to come from hterally the four quarters of the globe," said Mr. Harris in speaking of the panels. "The bass"" ood used in theIr construction comes from the AdIrondacks and is by no means easy to procure and has to be prepared WIth great ca,re. The mother of pearl used In the settIng of jewels In the seven branch candlesticks and the tat! of the PhoeUlx (a part of the decoration) comes from the seacoast of the Holy Land and was gathered in the far away mal ts of Palestine and Egypt. "'rhe lap~s lazulI comes from SIberia, the jade from China, turquoise from Persia and the sardonyx from Syria. The opals and malachIte are from other countries and all al e blended and harmonized in color and combined to heighten the effect WIth SlIver and gold. My method is a revival of the art of the early primitive artists of Italy and Holland and is a combInation of tempera and oil painting. "Great care has been taken in securing materials and in-stead of USIng turpentIne I have substituted the oil of lavender WIth a VIew of obtaIning greater permanency and brilliancy of colors. The copal varnish has been prepared by one man, who makes a specialty of thIS medium in the Latin Quarter, Paris. He gathers his guns and materials for thIS purpose In some remote place in Araby." The figul e of Christ is the principal figure in one of the most important panels in the series, and the seven branched UPHAM MANUFACTURING COMPANY 9 • candlesticks shown in the compositlOn, with the light of the candles extinguished, is a tradItion of Catholicism. Above the symbols of the TrImty, Alpha and Omega are surrounded by passion flowers, whIch form a part of the decoration. The two smaller designs on either side of the panel represent the Phoenix. There are also twelve white lambs carved on the panels, the ancient symbol of the twelve apostles, who, lIke lambs, were led to slaughter. Mr. HarrIS visited Central Park last summer to obtain studies from the lambs gambollIng there and these studIes are now taking form in the panels approach-ing completion. Among other decorations designed by the artist for the Pauhsts are a carved religious doorway and "The CrUCIfixion," a large paintIng which was unvet!ed several years ago.-Ex. -'" ---- --._._-_.-------_. -- ------- --------- REVERSIBLE AND ONE-WAY CUTTERS The Shimer ReverSible Cutter5 for Smgle Spindle Shapers, Vanety Moulders or Fnezers, are carefully moulded opposite to the shape of the mould to be produced, in such a way as to have only the cutting edge touch the lumber They are complete-inexpenslve-tim~ savmg. We abo manufacture One-Way Cutters for Double Spindle Shapers. They are used III pairs, right and left, one Cutter ~f each shape for each spllldle. In ordenng sepedal shape15 n~t hsted lTI our catalogue, send a wood sample; or an accurately made drawmg Addre~s SAMUEL J. SHIMER &. SONS, ___ •. a.a. MILTON, P.E.N.•NSYLVANI•A _~ 10 WEEKLY ARTISAN Grand Rapids Paragraphs. vVllham \Vlddlcumb uf the \\ 1dcl1lomb 1 UJllltUll (11111 pany, V\ ho 1 ettlllled flOm a "hOl t ea"tct n tllp. 1 clenth II ports that he found the dealel" m that seLtlOn "omen hd t dl" apPoll1ted over the condttton of fall husl11e,,-,. but ,111 \\ ell hopeful Many of them had noted a sh£;ht 1mpl 0\ emCll! m trade since the first of this month and neady all ale lontlcllllt that there will he a ~enel al pickmf; up befO! e the opelllll~ oj the hohday ,;ea,;on Mr Wlddicomh ha" noted ,1 cons1del able Improvement m his factory busine"" dlllln~ the pdst fl \\ weeks and believes that p1O,;pects fOl the holIda, b'hllle"" are much bettet than the) "el e a month a~o The Grand RapIds Refll(!,el atOl CC)ll1Pan, a1e 1 apHlh building up then expO! t 1>usmes" the InU ease hem(!, lal ~el\ with Au"traha and South \mettcan Cotl11ttle" rOt the e, port trade the I efl Igelatlll " ale paL ked to stdnd the lonL, "C,l voyage and rottf;h handlm(!, The' al e ,\ t "pped 111 hCd\ \ watetproof paper. to ~uald agdIn"t mOl,;t11le thcn thC\ elll boxed and the boxe,; ale hound '\Ith l10n hand" dt the ll1l]-... and 111 the mIddle ~mce thh method ot palkm(!, \\ d" ,1duplU! the company ha\e lecel\ed no complamh thdt ~o(J(l" 11a\l heen dama~ed In transIt The vVagemakel lurmture compam are htllldmQ, an ad dltion to their plant wlllch wlll practlcall) douhle thel1 capa cIty It will be SO x 100 feet tv\ a stone;, and basement. of mIll construct1On. on concrete foundatlOn and \\ III be cum pleted in December. The company lS aho about to put 1Il .1 new power plant of 150 horse-pO\vel The Johnson Brothers Furnltul e company h 1u"t (1)111 plet1l1g a speoal OJ del for eH~hteen hhrary table" and t011lteen large chalrs to match. made of kOd v\ ood tI um the Pll1hp pines. The congre""lOnal pal tv ,\ hlch accompdl11ed I'll "1 dent Taft, then secretal y of V\ al to the Plllltppme." tOUl Ul five years ago. brought home a quantIty at the KOd lo~" The) were made into chall" and tables f01 the membel" ,11 the party Those log., \\ el e StOl ed for seasonIng fOl a couple of years, and then wel e sent here 101 another } eal u1 (11 \ mg About a yeal ago they were sa\\ ed at the Gland RapId" Barrel company's mIll aud the lumbet ha., smce been ~OIl1-; through the dryll1g plOcess The \\ 01k of makll1g the lUI1l ber into furl11ture began about a month ago and the ~o()(l" are now neady leady fOl hl1lshin~ The \\ood .,ol11e\\hat Ie sembles cherry 111 calm and ha" a moderate fig 1lI C It makl" THE "U"':nd.lpARl.OR NEW..A.U ~. BED Need not be moved from the wall. Always ready with beddmg in place. So simple, 80 easy, a child can operate It. Hal roomy wardrobe box. CHICAGO, Erie & Sedgwick NEW YORK. Norman & Monitor. attl.ldl\ e fl11l11tllle. hut those \\ho have used It declare there J" no dall~ll that It \\ 111"upplant mallO~any to any great ex-tcn t \m()m~ tIlL I ecent shIpments and 01 ders for the Alex-anclcl Doclcl" patent £;ang clm etal1ers is a twenty-spll1dle ma-dllnt' fm \\ II1d"Ol. ~m a ScotIa, a twenty-five-spindle to ()l()gue (,elman) , a ten-sp111dle to Galt, Ontano; a fifteen- "pll1dle to l\an'3\llle. Ind. and a ten-spindle to Newark, O. In ",1\\ tdhk-, and othel WOOd-WOlk111g machme:o they are cll )111-., .l g()od hu"mes" \ \ ()( dcn kn()h" al e bemg 1 eplaced by cal ved handles, in 11l1Ltllll1ltUIL dculldmg to John \\'addell of the Waddell \IanutaLtullI1f; COlnpan) In the medium and cheaper g I adee, the \\ ooden knobs still ha \ e the preference. The Gl and RapIds DIm\ PIpe and Dust Arrester com-p. ll1\ al e \ el \ hu s, on a lot of large 01 del s that will take them some tIme to fill, but they are takmg more orders right alan£; and furl1lshll1g a system which everybody that uses it declaJ es the best 111 the countr) l he Tmpellal FllIl1Iture company have awarded the con-t1.1l t t()1 con"t1l1L hng the addltlOn to theIr plant to the Olson lUlhtluctwn compan) The ne" bt1llding is to be of modern mtl! lOlhtlUl hon. G,) " 16') feet, fOUl "toiles and basement and \\ tll be completed earl} 111 the spnng. The ~l11ellcdll Can 111£;and Manufactunng company are lJlJlldll1g dn ac1c1Jtllln to theIr plant, to be used for storage a nel b\ "lllppl11g department The bt1llding will be SO x 80 teet t\\ 0 stolles. \\ Ilham -\ RI;,tenpal t, buyel for the IV. & J. Sloane compal1\ 01 San FI anCl"CO, Cal , was in GI and Rapids, for a cla\ 01 t \\ a the 101e pal t of this week. Rockford Chair and Furniture Co. ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS Dinina Room Furniture BUFFETS, CHINA CLOSETS and TABLES Library Furniture-LIbrary Desks, Library Tables, LIbrary Bookcases, Combination Book. cases, Etc. Our entire line will be on exhibition in January on the third floor of the Blodgett Building, Grand Rapids, Mich. WEEKLY ARTISAN 11 FURNITURE FACTORY CONDITIONS Business for September ComparedWith That of the Samf"Month in 1909. Eatly m the cnnent month ahout a hundred and fifty furlllture manufacturel s, in all parts of the countly, vvere asked to an'owel a number of questIons relabve to condltj()l1S m September, 1910, as compared with the same month 111 1909 One hundl ed and twenty-seven of them answel ed nearly all of the quenes A few neglected to answer some of the most Important and othel s faIled to respond. To the questIOn "How do your September orders compare WIth those hooked m September 1909?" fifty-three out of 127 reported an increa,;e of S to 2S per cent; twelve an increase of over 2S per cent, fifteen decrea..,e,; of 10 to 25 pel cent; one a decrease of ovel 2S pel cent and fOlty-srx answered "Ahout the same" Companng shIpment';, mstead of ordel s, sIxty-two repOl t-ed increases ranging from 5 to 25 per cent; fourteen l11creases of over 2S pel cent, seventeen decreases of 5 to 25 per cent, one a decrease of over 2) per cent and tlllrty-three, "about the same." To the question "AI e you running full hand and full-time," thl1 ty-elght saId short-handed, S to 25 per cent, thirty-two nmnmg 40 to S9 honrs per week, sntv-four run-ing full-force, full-tm1e; five running overbme Seventy-seven reported theIr stock on hand at:>about the same as a year a~o Nme showed an mcrease of ) to 20 per cent; thlrty-nme a decrease of S to 25 pel cent and two a decrease of ovel 25 per cent The cost of labor IS shown to have mcreased flum 2 to 10 per cent, the average increase bemg about 7 per cent The average 111crease 111the cost of lumbel IS 73~ pel cent; glass 15 per cent and varnish and finishing matena1s 10 per cent (These Ieports mel e made befol e the Iecent advances 1111m-seed 011 and turpentme) Two factones reported lumber and burlaps slightly lower than a year ago. On collectIOns seventy-n111e reported "faIr;" twenty-n111c saId "slow;" elght "good" and eleven "velY slow" Forty-seven consIdered the outlook for fall bus111et:>s "good ;" forty-four "faIr;" twelve "only faIr;" ten "not good ," two "very poor" and five declal ed "nobody knows." IDEAL STAMPING AND TOOL CO. SOCKETS, DOWELS, TOP fASTENERS and GUIDES for Extension 1abies. Also special stampings In steel and brass Write for NO·KUM.OUT TABLE SOCKET. Patent applied for samples lInd prices 465 N. Ottawa St., Grand Rapids, Mich. \s to the capaCIty of productIOn as compared with Sep-tember, 1905-five yealS ago-eIghty-two leported no change five had mCl eased their capaClty 100 per cent; thl ee 50 pel cent, one 40 per cent, fOUl 33 per cent, eleven 25 pel cent; twelve 20 pel cent, two IS per cent and two 10 per cent A.s \\ III be seen the reports seem to show that the maJor- Ity of factolles have increased both theIr 01 del s booked and the shIpments made dUflng Septembel thIS year as compared "Ith the correspondmg month last year; but the factones as a whole seem to be runnlllg about the same tIme schedule as last) eal at thIS tnne and ploducll1g about the same quantlt) of goods 01 pOSSIbly a sh£;htlv mcreased quantlty because of lllcreased capaclt) Stocks on hand al e reported on the average a httle lowel than last} ear The reports on matenal dnd labor 1l1dlcate that the cost of thet:>eItems 111manufacture have 111creased more than 10 pel cent on the average whIch would probabl} indIcate an 111creased cost of p10ductlOn of about 8 per cent at the pI esent time at:>compared WIth a year ago CollectIOns are leported only faIr and wlth a numbeJ of factones, slow The outlook for bus111ess for the balance of the season 1S 111dlcated to be faIr 01 good It wlll be notlced that many of the factofle" have 111- u eased theIr capacity 111the past {we years The actll,tl figures as based upon the reports of the output for the same factolles for the year 1905 are saId to show an 111crease of apploXlmatel) two and a half 111llhon dollar,; As a whole the reports are not dlscourag111g by am meant:> They do not fUfl1l"h any JustlficatlOn f01 an 111- crease 111wages that IS bem~ agltdted 111some cities. Nelthel do they Ju std) the "croakel s" W 110 al e 111dmed to wall m eJ j11e"ent condlbons 111the furmtllle manufactunng 111dustl} r·-----~----- ------------------- --------------------- ------., II III• II• II I IIIII II III III •I III .. Lentz Big Six No. 694. 48 in. top, No. 687. 60 m. top. Others 54 in. top. 8 Foot Duosty/es ANY FINISH CHICAGO DELIVERIES Lentz Table Co. NASHVILLE, MICHIGAltt ..... ._._.__ ._._._._.__.. .__ ._._._. , _._. . -.4 12 WEEKLY ARTISAN ANTIQUE FURNITURE AND CURIOS John V. L. Pruyn"s Famous Collection to Be Sold at Public Auction. Many people III man} lands knO\" of the collec tlOn u1 fur111tUle, art objects and h1st011cal 1 e1lCs made by the late Mr. and Ml s. John V L PI uyn of '\Jban}, fOJ '\Ir PI tt} n had traveled much and met many d1stlllgUl"hed per-;on~ a]Jlodd and his home had many \1S1t01'-, HIS collectIOn cll1d the a,,- soc1ations attached to some of the 1elIc:, and CtlllO-; otten keyed the convel satlOn in the gl eat hotbe on Elk ~tI cet The house changed hands last summel and now the collectIon which he blOught together from many parb of the \\ odd IS to be dIspersed at auctIon. The sale ]s to taJ,e pIau' "t the AmellCan Art Galle11es, NeVv "\ Otk, and \\ 111 pI obd bl, raIl dUrIng Horse Show \\ eek The collectIOn IS so ,alled that It 15 dd'ficult to chal acte1 ize It III a word It lllclude-; OrIental pOtCelallb, antique furmture, some most mtel e"tm[?, objects of old "lh e1\\ a1e books, pnnts, autog1 aph lette1", pamtmg" ,\ atches, n U11e", and so on. The h1"t01lCal 1 elIcs m thenbeh es al e d.., 'dlled as the co11ectlOn as a vvhole There 1'3 a Cmc111natl plate from the 1amous set ot (111un-natI chma which Capt Samuel Shaw of Boston pI esentecl to Gen. Washington Capt Shaw \vas the fi1st seCletalY 01 the Older of the Cmcmnat1 The plate m thIS collectlOn "a" ob-tained by Mrs Pruyn f1om ~Il Le\\ IS, the hlbband of X elhe Parke Custis, to whom the Cincmnatl chma went b\ mhe11- tance from Martha VV ashing ton. A neIghbor of the Cmcinnatl plate IS the cane \\ 111ch LOt d BYlOn presented to the actor who first produced' ':-Iazeppa ' The head of the cane P1CtUles the "\Ylld Horse of Tal tan' m beautifully carved i, Oty Anothe1 nelghbol IS .:\la1 tm Luth-er's weddmg ring. Then thel e 1" a set of chall s that unce be-longed to Victor Hugo and there are objects that wele sold flam the King of Holland's collection in 1849. A pair of SlIver cups in the collect1On \\ el e once 0\\ necl by Lord Darnley and a milk pot was once the pI opel t, u1 Oliver Cromwell 'rhere 1'l a small paten from \\lmh It ]'0 said that Mary Queen of Scots took the sacrament and the1 e is a Book of HaUl s that is saId to hay e belonged to Cathel1ne de MedICI A pall of sJ1ve1 candlestIcks came fIom the collec-tIOn of the Duke of Buck111~ham Ul 1848 and a euftee pot 11om ~--------------------- ..- .._---- ....----------~ LOUIS HAHN II II ,, I,,II• I III I ~------------------_._-------------------------~ 154 Livmgston St. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN DESIGNS and Details of Furniture CItIzens' Telephone 1702. the collect1On uf Lord Lyndhurst VvhlCh was sold m London 1111865 Commg back to Amenca, there IS an elaborate silver ,ase bea1111iS tll1S mscription "B) CItIzens of PhIladelphia to the11 tm\ nsman, CommodOl e Decatur-Esteemed for hIS vir-tues, honO! ed for hIS valor." TheIl' 1-; a copy of the "StlaVvbetry Hill Catalogue," of Spence's Anecdotes," a pal t of DeBry's "Grand Voyage,;," a I ell e e(!ttlOn of the BIble, ~ome Grangeri/ed books and publi-catIOns of the BIblIophIle Society. There al e some scarce plints, copper plate engravings by Bollal, ra1th01 ne and others, some Ite111s of AmerIcana, art 1JOoks and book~ of 1efel ence pertaining to some of the ob- 1(ch m the collection, and some of the other things included m It al e European ceramICS and glassware. 1\11 PI U} n hImself took speClal enjoyment in his rare '-,lh el and pOl celam It has been WIitten of him and of his home "'{one could enter that house WIthout bemg struck \\ 1th the e,ldepce that every whe1 e met the eye of the rare taste and culture of ltS 0\\ nero Chancellor John Van Schaick Lansm~ Pru} n was a man of distinctlOn as well as of educa-hon and refinement Of eomlderable wealth and generous Impulses he rn)oyed the entrrtamment of hIS fnends HlS n.oOl ,,\\ un:; \\ Ide to Ame11can and foreigner ahke, and court-e~ les I ecen ed 111£01 eign land'-, he 1 eturned in the most gene- 1 ou.., hnsP1tdht\ 111'-,pubhc and pnvate hfe brought him into contact 1\ lth almo"t eVely plom111ent pel ,;onage m thIS coun-t1 \ ft om Us;O tu 1877, and few were the men of dlstmctlOn that came to the lT111ted States who clId not bear a lettel of llltl()(lud1Un to lhancellm Pruyn" PITT"SBURG -PLATi- GLASS co"~"'1 LARGEST .JOBBERS AND MANUFACTURERS OF I GLASS in the world. Mirrors, Bent Glass, Leaded Art Glass, Ornamental Figured Glass, Polished and Rough Plate Glass, Window Glass, WIRE GLASS, Plate Gtass for Shelves, Desks and Table Tops, Carrara Glass more beautiful than white marble. OENERAL DISTRIBUTORS OF PATTON'S SUN PROOF PAINTS AND OF PITCAIRN AOED VARNISHES. tJl For anything in BUIlders' Glass, or anything m Pamts, Varmshes, Brushes or Pamters' Sundnes, address any of our branch warehouses, a list of which ISgiven below :NEW YOBE-Eudson a.n4 VanAam St•• BOSTO:N--tl-49 Sudbury st., 1-9 aowJr:n S\. CEICAG0-442-452 Wabash Ave. cmcm:NA'rX-Broadwa;y and CotU't St•• ST. LOmS-Cor. Tenth and Spruce st •. M:Ilf:NEAPOLIB-500-516 S. Third St. DETBOr:r-S3-59 Larned St., E. GBA1!l'DB.A.PIDS,1lUOE-39-41 ... DlvlsloJl S\. PI'l'TSBl7BGE-I0l-103 Wood St. 1lULWA'UEEJI,WIS.--492-494 Market St. BOCB:ES"l'EB,:N.Y_WUderBldg., .ain IIIE:l:ohlm'. Sb. BALTDIOBE-310-U-U W. :Pratt S\. II i. ~ . ~ __ ------------~--------- ----..-----.-.------~-~...~- CLEVELA:RD-1430-1434 W.st 'rhla'Cl St. O]ll[AEA-llOl-1107 Eoward S\. ST. PAl1L--459-461 Jackson st. ATLAlIf'l'A,GA_30-32-34 S. Pryor S\. SAVAJr:NAB:,GA.-745-749 Whea.toJl st. XA.:NS.ASCI'1"Y -Plfth and Wyandotte St.. Bm:MDl'GEAllI, ALA.-2nd Ave. and 1I9th st. Bl1PPALO. :N.Y.-372-74-76-78 Pearl St. BBOOltLYN-Third Ave. and Dean st. PJULADELPmA-Pitca.lrn Bldg.. Arch a.nd 11th DAVE:NPOBT-41ll-416 Scott st. OltLAB:O]ll[ACITY, OltLA., 210-212W. Pint St. Sh. WEEKLY ARTISAN 13 MR. KINDEL FOR CONGRESS The "Freight Rate Buster" of Denver the Inde-pendent Voters' Candidate. DCl1\el Po<..,t,October 20-George J K111dc1will he noml-ndted for Congre"" m the fIrst dIstrlrt thIS afternoon by the J ndependent Voter<..,' league. Hc has formally accepted the honor, taking the place of Edward MlChel", a jeweler, \\hom the league nominated by petitlOn in August and filed With the secretary of state. Mr. Michels is president of the league and also chairman of the committee to fill any vacancy on the ticket. Fnends of Mr Kllldel urged him to make the race for congress. Then they set about to have him nominated. There belllg some doubt as to whether the triple alhance-Cltizens, Geo J Kmdel's dIagrams, shOWIng dlscrlmlnatlOn agaInst Denver In "he matter of freIght rates, even after the recent reduction ordered by the Inter-state Commerce CommissIon and sustamed by the courts. Platform Democrats and Progressive Republicans-could le-gally fill vacancies on their state ticket, Mr. Michels offered his place on the Independent Voters' league to Mr. K111del. "I shall make the race," said Mr. Kindel, the "freight rate buster," whom the citizens elected supervisor last spring. "My slogan and platform will be "fairer freight and express rates, also a parcel post, and above all a square deal to every-body, irrespective of politics or creed." Mr. Kllldel is well known in Colorado for hiS activity 111 secullng for Colorado cheaper freight rates. He is equally as well known throughout the nation, because of hiS } ears of "bucklllg" the 1allroads and express cOlllpames fm a "quarel deal m the matter of rates to this state. He says he is not only going to take the stump to push hi" candidacy, but that he IS also having 300,000 unique cir-culars pnnted for distribution throughout the first congress-sional district. I'll make the nominees of the two old parties go "ome," declarcd Mr. Kindel today. "I am contending for a great principle that affects every man, woman and child in the state." Evcn under the lates that ha\ (' heen findlly estabhshed by the U mted States SUPIeme court, Colm ado is still the vic-time of railroad diSCIimlllatlOn, accordlllg to Kllldel, whose "mt brought about the deci"ion. By diagrams Kllldel shows how the ral1roads work out their tanffs so as to keep this state in thrall. Diagram B shows that the apex of high rates on east bound freight is Denver, and that on west bound freight it is Gl and Junction. I t costs a shipper $3 a hundred to send goods from New York to San Francisco, and vicc versa, while from the latter city to Denver the same rate holds, and from New York to Grand Junction it is $388 Diagram A is more complicated, but also more graphic, and it exhibits how skillful manipulation allows the railroads to charge more for a short than for a long haul. Under the new rates, the tariff from New York to Denver is $2.48. From Denver to Salt Lake, via Grand Junction, allowing for a reshipment, the rate is $250, while the through rate to Salt Lake is $1 54. The injustIce is "hown by the fact that from Mi&souri river points to the Utah capital it is $2 OS, although the distance is 600 miles greater. The local rates are shown on the straight line, and the total of these, between ocean and ocean, is $6.58, though the roads charge only $3 The through rate between New York and Grand Junction is $388, while the shipper desires to send send goods to San Francisco with a reload at Grand Junction would have to pay $652, or 54 cents more than he would to send the same goods through from New York to San Fran- CISCOand back again. Insurge. From the Title Page of "Good Fixtures," the Seng com-pany's House Organ-Unless a man be affhcted With chronic cold feet, what a word to stir his fighting blood! Minted in the heat of polItical strife it should be made current in the vocabulary of business. Insurge! It has a mihtant sound-It reeks of action, en-thUSiasm, and valor. To stand pat is to see the proceSSlOn pa"s you. Let the politicians do as they Will, a busllless man must Insulge! Insurge! Insurge! ~---- I IIIII ,II , I IIIII I I II II III ._------------------------ ,-------------_.. -._.-._-----_._----., ., FREEDMAN CONVERTIBLE DIVAN BED A Revolution in Parlor Bed Construction. An Immediate Success. Full Size Bed in Divan Space. '" . SIMPLEST IN ACTION. LEAST SPACE. STRONGEST BUILT. Supercedes all other Interchangeable Parlor Beds. SEND FOR ILLUSTRATIONS AND PRICES. FREEDMAN BROTHERS & CO. Manufacturer. of Upholstered Furniture. Fac"tory, 717.731 Mather St., CHICAGO. • ••• 4 •• e __ .• __ .. 14 WEEKLY ARTISAN HOUSE FURNISHING AS AN ART Anlericans Beginning to Appreciate the Value of Appropriate Decorations. \mellca has VI. Ith1l1 the last ii' 0 decades e,pu lenced what mIght be called an aVl.akenme, \ftel an e,tended 1I1tel- \aL she has come onLe mOle to a ledll/atlOn thdt dllhltec-tUI al beaut} IS essentIal to both t(l\\ nand Lot1l1tJ\ I hh ap-p1euatlOn lIas heen la1t;eh 111'itlu111enta1111 ueatllle, an 1I1tel e'it 111the equally eS'ientIal art of decOlatlnt; and f111l1l'ih111t; the intellor of the alLhlteLtlllal QluUnle he It pnhhL hmlrl inti manSlOn OJ cottae,e \0 lont;el does the matte1 01 apj)1oj)l1atL 111llJ1~111nt;~ concern onh the fed The I each tauhtIe" f(11 'itnch the malked I111plO\ements 111 the model" adopted h\ mannfaL-turer'i fOl I eady made f1lll1ltlll e the ad\ antage" nO\\ at hand 111 the II a) uf obta111111t;I epl odnc tlOn" ot old ftll111tL11l tL" tile" and (eldmIL'i ,1" \\ell a" the cnL011laliCment uheled 1)\ thL \allot1'i 'iOCletle" of alt', and uath 111 the j)1()(\nLtlill1 (ll v\ 01 tIn al tIde" at ,1 C0111pdla tl\ eh "mall ouda \ enabl( ,tl\ V\ho VI. III to 111ake then home'i attl act1\ c <,a\" '-,amue1 n Dean 111the House BeautIful In the WIde aV\ake COmmUl11tle" the c\a\ ()t the 111tellOl ~() \ 1\ Idly pOl tray ed ])\ '\ldl k J \\ a1l1 111hh chaptel on The House BeautIful h Lht pa'i'i111~ a\\a\ The pal10l h no langei a sact ed apal tment 1 e'iel \ ed onh tOI 'itatl occa- "lOn'i It has no\\ mel g ed 111to a 11\ing 100111 The )lotted plant ha'i taken the place of the colOl 1e'i'-, \\ aA flO\\ el '-, r111- broldenes 111"'lft tones ha\ e supel seded the hll:;11h l (,lUIeel bdles and mats of eal1} memOl} The fulfilment of the pUlpo"e \\ 111Lhhas gl OV\n out ot thIS interest 111 \\ hat I'i knO\\ n a" dec01 at1\ e al t IS natm a1h dependent upon the lIght g111dance Thus It IS essential that one who £iuide'i shollld 111additIOn to a techl1lcal tlall1111g be the pO"Se'i"Ol of cel tam tl alt'i , I efined taste good 1udg ement an eye for COlOI PO\\ el of I ead} pel ceptlOn ohsel \ atlOn the gIft of ahsorb1l1e, \\ hat he sees, and the art at aelaptll1t; thll1~" to then pi oper places To one thll s eqlupped thel e un he no f01 mula 111the successful furnl'ih111g of a home TheIl" IS, howe\ el, a fundamental pI mClple \\ 111Chundel all Cllcumstances should he ob"el \ ed It IS that o! "-lmphc1t\ The W01kel "houlel llndel'itand the tl ue "Ig l11hcanLe ot tIll ~ Pl111clple (f01 It IS often mlslmdel stood) \lmphuh mCcll1" alway s \\ at kmg flom the foundatIOn If one Ldllles out thl" Idea he \\ III be able to I eft am frum adopt1l1li \ a 1 j( HI~ pOIn t~ of \ teV\ and thlh \\ III ne\ el lo"c "Ight ot thc pl111UplL 1\ l11Lh he \\lshes to demonstlate To l11ustlclte thl'i pOlllt as leLlted to fl1lnItU1C let e\el\ -III II I III I III II If I- - - - -----------, 1111ednc1 (Jll1dlllent be full of meanmg and thus avoid the errOl (it 111lloduun~ c,upelfluolb details It I" not elab01ate calv111g (11 llLh e,I1dlllli thdt IS leql1l"lte to make furniture beautIful. I ht LLJitdt;t tdble \\ Ith perfect 11l1e'i and WIthout ornament t,ple""es a "ense of beauty a" \\ell as fitne;,,, Again, a table IlLhI \ cal \ ed and gtlded 111 accordance With some defined ]}Illluple 01 al t and placed amid appropnate surroundmgs Lom e\ s aho a LOll espond111g Idea of beauty and simpltcity. lobe able to hnng togethel such artIcles of furmtUt e and O1namental obJecb a" are harmonIOus 111theIr construc-twn and COl0l1112,f01 the pUt pose of furmshmg a room m an applopllate mannel. and at the same time to Impart to It an ,111 ot comtOl t, can be accomphshed only by serious thought. 1 hout;ht \1 ell tounded gm ems Judgment and thus enables one to be consIstent 1\Ian) WIsh to express in their furmsh- 1112s, II I1dt IS known, as 111dnIdual taste, but the average taste among people l'i seldom trained and the matenaltzmg of that untl amed mdl\ Idual ta"te shows too often the result of im-pul "-e and doe"- not stand the test of tIme It IS well 111 en-decl\ 01111e,to petftct any wOlk to entnt'it it to a person of eApet lence In plann1l1£i 111teilOi work one should always bear m 111111dthat the fUrl11tul e and accessOl te'i Will need to be lIyed \\ Ith day b\ d,l\ The} ought therefOle to be of such a chal- ,1LtLl that thel1 u "efulne"s and mtet est \\ III be endunng. It I" 10-;lLal that '-,uch results Lan neyel be attamed hy pursumg undue ha"te 111the plann111g and executIOn of work. A thing tha t h II 01tll \\ htle can ne\ el be hll1 ned J [al monllJu '-, I esult" al e the bettet atta111ed when arch 1- tCl t dllc1 deLOl alOl \\ 01k m U11l<,on Thts \\ ark should begin \\ Ith the makmt; of plans Oftentnne" not the least part of tht \\ OJ k 1'-, th e adapt1112, of old al d1ttectural features as well A. PETERSEN &CO., CHiCAGO I,I II I1 -~--~~-~----_.----.~-----~----_._-------_._-- Our attention to every detail from carefully selected and matched lumber to the fimshed product has given the Petersen Desk its Leadership. SEND FOR CATALOGUE. FULL LINE. RIGHT PRICES. MANUFACTURERS OF THE BEST MADE and LEADING LINE of OFFICE DESKS IN THE COUNTRY. p- III IIIII •III I II ------------_._. ------------ .... WEEKLY ARTISAN .... -------------_._---------------.-.-._-- .... III IIIII IIIII I I I.. STAR CASTER CUP COMPANY NORTH UNION STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. (PATENT APPLIED FOR) W" hav" adopt"d c"llulold as a bas" for our Cast"r Cups makmg th" b"sl cUF on th" mark"t. C"llulOld IS a great Improv"m"nt over bases mad" 0 oth"r matenal Wh"n It ISnt:eessary to move a pICC" support"d by cups with C"llulOld bas"s It can h" don" wIth eas", as the bases are per f"ctly smooth CellulOld does not sweat and by the US" of thes" cups tabl"s ar" n"ver marr"d. These cups ar" finished m Gold"n Oak and WhIte Maple, finlsh"d light If you will trl/ a sample order of the .. good, 1/0Uwill deSIre to handle them In quantltlts PRICES, SIZ" 2U mch"s $5.50 per hundred. SIze Z).( mches 4.50 per hundred. • fob Grand Rapids TRY A SAXPLE ORDER I'-------,-----~-----_._---------" as decOJat ions and othel dLce""one" to the I equirements of the modeln dwellmg The first step of the decoratOl IS to consIder the permanent fittmgs of the apartment and thus estabhsh a ba:Ol" If the fittmgs partake of strong archltect-t1lal feature" then It IS well to allow these features to form the dommant note of decoratIOn, and wIth which the furnIture should accord. TIllS harmony is well 11lustrated 111old Enghsh homes One can doubtless recall some dwelling with ItS panelmg, crO:o"beams and othet mterestmg wood\vork How admIrably :oluted to such surroundmgs VI ere the well-chosen pIeces of furl11ture, evel y one of whIch has Its O\'I> n mISSIon to fulfIll Of the formal style:" that of the eIghteenth century Flench i:, the most comple.x Its penods of tranSItion wele by no means clearly defined Many of the decoratIve detaIls of one penod bemg cat ned well 0\ er mto the retgn of the 'oucceedmg sovellgn, the duratIOn of the style m its punty wa" comparatn ely short The \ allOUS permanent al chlteLtl11 al teattu es of the colol11al l11tenor naturally afford a hallnomous "ettm~ for contemporaneous sty les of f111niture These style" seem well adapted under almost all clrcum- "tance'o tor Amellcan needs It mIght almost be saId, when in doubt use Colomal Of the Colomal era, the work of the cdbmetmakers of the eIghteenth century IS ot chIef mtele"t inasmuch as the four great "tyles produced m England dt1l-ing that centllly form the type" most e.xten"l\ ely dra\vn Up011 for the Colol11al mtenor of today The great mastel s of that tIme wele close "tudents of contempOlaneous Flench "ehen-iste" " The fact, however, that the Em;lI"h artist" worked almost exclusn ely 111maho~anv and WIthout abundant use P' ,i1 IIII• •III It .. For Many Years Made ExclUSIVely by C. CHRISTIANSEN, 2219 Grand Ave., CHICAGO Also manufacturer of the ChIcago Truck for wood workIng factorJes Send for Catalogue The Good Old Reliable Workl Bench THAT NEVER GETS OUT OF STYLE. 15 For $9.25 we will ship this Dresser in Satin Walnut or Mahog. any finish. Chiffonier to match. Mail your orders promptly to CHAS. BENNETT FURNITURE CO., CHARLOTTE. MICH. ._ .. of metal mount111gs "crves to make theIr furl1lture dlstmctlve. The term "Colomal" 1" often mIsapplied to the mahogany fUIl1lture of the fir"t quarter of the nmeteenth century. This furnIture was adapted from thdt of the French empire and although mtel estm~ IS not of "uffiClently dI"tmctlve type to wall ant Its claSSIficatIon among the acknowledged :otyle". 1t IS prec ursor of what 1" known as the cady Vlctonan. In the selectIOn of furnIture and accessones one ",hould Icmember that an artlcle whlch IS not first class IS dear at any pI Ice At the same tIme laVIsh expendlture does not in- "ure satI,,±actlOn After all IS saId concern111g house furn- 1',hmg let one Idea be pal amount, preserv e the atmosphcl C of the home To most of us there comes hardly a sweetel thought than that expre:,sed m the old EnglIsh couplet, "East, ,Vest, "Hame's best" iI -,--_.--_. IIj I• I III II I •IIII IIII .. II II I• I •II ,I I,,II ,• I ....--------_ .. 16 WEEKLY ARTISAN pue~'SHEO I!.VI!:RY SATURDAY lilY THI!' MICHIGAN ARTISAN COMPANY SUBSCRIPTION $1 00 PER YEAR ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES OTHER COUNTRIES $2 00 PER YEAR. SINGLE COPIES 5 CENTS. PUBL.ICATION OFFICE. 108-112 NOPlTH DIVISION ST, GRAND RAP'IOS, M'CH A 5 WHITE MANAGINQ EOITOA Entered as second d .... matter July 5, 1909 s.t the post office at Grand RapId. MlchlKan under the act of March 3 1879 CHICAGO REPRESENTATIVIE E LEVY The general passenger agent of a raIlroad 1unnmg tl am5 to and from Grand Rapid" awaited a belated tlam at the Union station and utte1 ed vv 01 ds not found m the Selmon on the Mount "That mferndl one-armed si\lthchman alii ays gives us the worst of It. \Ve are llmmnlS mOl e trams mto and out of this station than all other use!,,, of thIs tel1111nal put together, but our trains ale often delaved In the stup1dlt\ 01 the cupidIty of that one-a1 med Sil Itch tendcl OUI tJ am 110m the northeast ha" been held up 111the) al d ten mmute:o "hlle five outgoing trains have clea1ed the statIon Some ddY~-" The passenger agent V\as called away at that moment leaving the uncompleted sentence hangmg 1ll the aIr. The man who had sympathetIcallv hstened to the compla111t at the official decIded to make the acquamtance of the s" Itch tender and when the 1ush of the hOUl had subsIded he ap-proached the httle shanty Ul 'IIhlCh the tender spent his leh-ure moments and was "oon seated m the httle 1oom. Cl~al:O were produced and when the smoke filled the room the tender was asked to explain the nature of 111swork "Every tram for the east, south and west must pass 01 er my sIV1tches, while entenng or leaving the statIon," he explained i. \nd them engineers are a tricky lot '\ tram ma) clear the shed at 12 o'clock and th1 ee 01 four more are scheduled to folIaI', withm fiye minutes N umber one mOves toward the s" Itches then the trains to follow WIll line up "lthout awaltmlS the "1~- nal to start \iVhen the SWItches are th101v n the tl am::, 1u "h through and cover the tracks out of the yards, blockmg and delaying several trains that were entitled to the ri~ht of Yva) into the station before the traim followmg number one al e scheduled to leave. \Vhen the SWItches are set fOl one depal t-ing train I am powerless to prevent others from U5mg the tracks if they follow the first tram closely." The explanation proved that the old man was ~uiltless of the charge preferred against him by the passenlSer agent This incident StH.;-gests several queries in regard to men enga~ ed Ul the tUlmtUl e trade. Mr. RetaIler, please stand up and ans" e1 "In) OU1 busine% are you "eeking to improve your financIal COn(11- tion, or are you SImply throwing the sV>ltches and enablmr:; the manufacturel s to place their goods in the hands of the public?" Mr. ManufactUl er, plea:oe an 5V\er Are you one of those pesky engineers, ever alert and vevatchful to run your train load of samples over the switches a few hours before the day when the market opens and book the big ordelS whIle your competitors are polishing their goods and making them ready for the sample room? Mr Superintendent, please an-swer: Are you sidetracked in the freight yards awaiting the thl0wing of a SWItch that will open the field of opportunity to )OU a" a manufacturer? How about it? But httle atteni.lun IS paId by manufacturers of furniture dnel k111d1cd gaud" to the etfOl b of federal consuls to estab-h: oh a lall;er demand for good" manufactUled in the United States It has been qUIte genelally supposed that 111times of dullne..,s m the dome..,tIc markets the Amelican manufacturer i\ ho had 1m ell;n mal kets f01 his products would be enabled to keep hI'" factOl) m operatIOn, "hlle hb neighbor with only a l1111ltcd lucal demand for hIS goods, would be compelled to d05e hIS doOl:O or operate at a loss. It is a well-known fact that a factor) operated for but one-half of ltS capaCIty is a money losel '\ gentleman who has studied the question of 101el2,n markets f01 many years declares it to be a fact that "hen there IS but a small demand for furnitu1 e at home, there 1:0httle or no demand for furnitUl e abroad. During the pal1lc of 1907 he noted that our foreign shipments were of no con-sequence in volume Panics, he declared. usually affr-ct the \\ hole" orld of business. not merely communities or nations. He adv Ises that co-operation with domestic merchants be es-tabh: ohed for the purpose of eradicatmg the evils of ovel buy- 111lSand delay'i m the settlement of accounts Panics will be of but short duration when these evils are abolished "I f ) (IU Ii 111meet N 01 th Carolma pI ices T V\111gUdrdntee to 'iell the output of yom factory 111the loop district of Chi-cac; o," 1emarked the westel n "alesman of a large furniture manufactunn~ company located 111WIsconsin, to the managel "OUI pI ices are considerably higher than those of the manu-facturer'i of N 01 th Carolina, but we have always sold our output, ,mcl \\ hlk the trade of the loop dIstrict is desirable we shall not try to compete with the North Carolina manufac-ture1" in the matter of prices" The Wlsconsin man is doubly blessed 111hIS make up He has sense and sand. A. lot of dIscarded furniture was sold by the government 111y\ ash111~ton last week. As a considerable part of it was in 2, ood order, It WIll probably be 1evarnished and resold to the ~OI ernment 111the course of tIme That i'i the governmental \\ a v of domg busmess Encourage Christmas Shopping Now. As "e approach the hohday season, we wish to impress even fl1l nlture dealel "lth the advlSablhty of telling his cus-tume1" to do Chl1'otmas buy mg early Even at thIS date it IS nut out of season to 111folm the public that holiday lines are dally bemg 1ecen ed, and are as yet unbroken. Lay stress upon the fact that the cholCe of beautiful pres-ents IS no\\ lalf;e, that alm05t anything the giver has in mind Lan be found If he \\ 111come to your "tore early. Tell the peuple that) ou have placed 111stock some furniture that is e"peelal!) appropllate f01 Chnstmas gifts In many cases \ OUI eady ~ales will be a forerunner of v" hat you may expect la tel, v" hich ,,111 gOvern your orders to us accordmgly for addltlOnal pIeces or SUIte", and WIll at the same time find our 0\\ n stoe k more complete. ShO\\ ) our patrons that you are interested in them, and the Ie"ults \\111 :ourpri"e you You have noth111g to lose, and much to ga111 for a httle effort just at thIS time 'Ve are WIth you at all tIme" to help you please your customers by quick dehvenes of quahty goods -"Northern Furniture." WEEKLY ARTISAN 17 EVANSVILL Evansville, Otc. 27-The business of manufacturin~ furmture m E, ans, l11e has grail. n very rapidly in recent years Old factones have been enla1ged and 1mproved and new ones erected. It is predicted that the census statistics of this year will show an increa'ied output of fifty per cent over 1900. In quantity and quality there has been a marked ad- ,ance, and the products which were considered, not so many years ago suitable only for the cheapest trade in the southern states, now sells readlly in all markets where high grade work is preferred. Among the progressive manufactUl ers of the city is the Karges Furniture company which leads in the manufacture of chamber furniture. "Mr. A. F. Karges, the head of this com pany has devoted the greater part of his life to the develop-ment of the great business the company has gained and is an entel prising and progressive citizen. He is interested in several lines of business outside of his furniture interests and is a useful and \\ orthy citizen. He IS the president of the National Furniture Manufacturers' association, serving h1S second term. Another live institution is the consolidated Globe-Bosse World Furniture company organized by Benjamin F. Bosse, A great vanety of cheap and medium priced furniture 1S manufactured by this corporation Their manufrlcturing faCIl-ities which are already very large, 1'1111 soon be greatly increa-wd by the addltlOn of another factory, now under constructlOn Chamber and dining room furnitUl e, kitchen cabinets and wardrobes are manufactured. Associated with thi'i corpora-tion are the Bockstege Furniture company, the A F Karge"l Fur11lture company and the Metal Furniture company, form-ing the BIG SIX ASSOCIATION, loaders of mixed goods 111 car lots. The Eli D. Miller company are one of the small numbel of manufacturers engaged in turning out folding beds, in the United States. A few years ago factories making such beds ----_._--_.-._._. _. -_._. ... _... ._. - . .... yo • .. I ._----------'I IMPROVED, EASY AND EL EVATO RS QUICK RAISINC Belt, ElectriC and Hand Power. The Best Hand Power for Furmture Stores Send for Catalogue and Prices. KIMBALL BROS. CO., 1067 Ninth St.. Council Bluffs, la. Kimball Elevator Co., 717Commerce Bldg , Kansas CIty, Mo. J Peyton Hunter Terminal BldR. Dallas Texas, Western Englneenng SpeCialtIes Co , Denver, Colo A-_-. ---•-_-_ -•-_-•_• .-------_.-._- outnumbered those employed m several other branches of the furniture manufactunng industry. The folding bed is a useful article and II. hen it is properly constructed and is given a fair trial by the owner it remains to please and satisfy and without doubt the Miller beds are built much better than some other beds, hence the company have had an easy market for their product. Manager Ploeger reports a good demand for the desks of the Henderson Desk company. A new catalogue has been issued by the Evansville Desk company. Palace Door Knockers and a Chippendale "Cat:' There turned up in the hands of aNew York collector a few day s ago a remarkable pair of palace door knockers, one of those finds that on the one hand make one wonder how it is possible stIll to obtain such things and on the other tend to keep the collector's and would-be collector's hopes alive. The knockers are of massive brass of a fine tone, worked in the form of wild boar's heads, and the rings themselves are magnificent in their :::.olidlty. It seems as though a blow of one might wake the sleeping warder of a distant castle. The knockers together look as though it would be WOl th one's while to bulld doors around them. Another object rarely seen these days which turned up as a neighbor to the knockers was a mahogany Chippendale "cat." These unusual objects of furniture which cannot be tIpped over w1thout landing on their feet are curious enough to be interesting, and they are also useful; but even those more or less familiar II. ith old furniture hav~ not often seen them. .~----~------ I ,-.. .-.-.------_._. ----_._---_._._---_._--------------_.----_._-------- - .- .-- - . IIII No. 550 Price $8.75 Palmer Manufadurin~ ======(om~an~·====== 1015 to 1043 Palmer Avenue, DETROIT, MICH. "'.. . . • •••••••• a_a ••• a_a.' __ •••••••••••••• 18 WEEKLY ARTISAN Too Rapid to Be True. George F StlaHon, one of the contnhntOJ s of "husmess stories" to the Saturday E, enmg Post tm n" out mnch good stuff, but hIS belt must ha, e been I nnnmg over a loose pulle, "hen he turned In the follo'Amg Half a dozen years ago thel e \\ as a del k m one ot the bIg department sto! es of Boston-m the fnl nltul e department which was e, en wbdepartmentlzed TIll" del k \\ ho had spent eIght} ears m the "chambel fUll11tm e ' \\ as dS 1..;e1en about other c1a%es of furnltul e as he was about laces and em-hroidenes HIS salary was-and had been tOl sn veal s-the standardI7ed rate of fourteen dollal s \\ eekh I ha\ e ne\ el heard what awakened hl111 hut he "uddenh :.;ot a de"l! e dnd determInatIOn to l.;et furthCl than the 111tel pI etatwn 01 ,I -- __ pnce mark-K F D mto $389-f01 the mfol matlUn 01 dn InquirIng customeJ He "tal ted on the "tud, 01 c dhmlt making and desll..;nmg Def01 e long he hegdn to t ]dllllate Iemark" to customel" ahout pelu1Jalltle" ot Ul11"tludlon 1111)] tl""es, tenons do\etaJl" and L10""glam" \\hlch \el\ nll1ch a"tOl1lsherl the depal tment dllef One mOlning he was dIrected to go to the geneldl man ag-er's office That gentleman opened the mtel \ le\\ h\ 1 e mal kmf{ that he understood Oldham had some acquamtan( wIth the construction of furniture. Oldham told him he h2l' studIed that suhJect "IYhat IS yom obJect)" mqul1ed the managel contemplate gOl11g mto the manufactul e" "Not at all, 'ilr; hut I feel that <Igood salesmdn ought t,) be so familiar with hIS lIne a<.,to he ahle to ,,17e up at ol1le any supenority of constl uctlOn as well as of deSIgn or fil1l"h "If you were sent to a factor} to report on it<; operatIOns Vv hat would you look at fil se" demanded the managel "The lumber. I'd go into the yard and look at that and then the dry kilns, and make sure they were using matenal properly seasoned Then I'd--" "That'll do," interrupted the manager "and y otdl do Now I want you to go 0\ el to II enham and sta\ a te\\ da\ s and report on the Vvell" Brothers' operatIOn<; lYe ale con templating a contract to take theil entl! e output hut J feel that we first ought to he sure that the equIpment and thel! methods of manufactme ale allli~ht OUI o\\n leputatlOn wIll be at stake." Oldham went, made a \ erv complete and satlsfactOl v re-port, and resumed hi<; loutine v, ork But six weeks latel he was placed 111 a positIOn that had been Cleated f01 hIm-that of traveling buyer of furnIture for the company HIS report had shown the great value of knowmg and \\ atchm~ the methods of puttmg furnIture together, and the change of Jobs brought a substantial change of salary as well as an mdn Idu- Do \ UU •• THE WORLD'S BEST SAW BENCH BUilt With double arbors, shdtng table and eqUIpped complete With taper pm guages carefully graduated. Th:s machine represents the height In saw bench con-struction It IS desIgned and bUIlt to reduce the cost of sawmg stock. Write U8 for descriptive Information. THE TANNEWITZ WORKS, ~ft:.gMPIDS. altt \ ot po<.,ltlUn 1\\0 \ eal S latel he \\ as offered the superin-tendency ot a plOgles"ne furmtlue factOly and accepted It It \\ a" hh taml1l<U11\ \\ Ith retaIl methud..., and reqUlrement<;, as \\ ell as hI" eduLdted taste m desH2,n and constructIOn, that 1l1(ltcated hh "\alue to! the new Joh ' lumpetent taltrJl\ supelmtendents can not be produced 111 h\ 0 \ eaJ" h\ suc h employment as Oldham 1:0 represented to ha\ e had HIgher qualIhLatIOn<; than Oldham possessed aJ e neles:oal") for "ucce"" In the furmtUl e manufactunng bUSI-ne"" Oldham ma, ha\ c "accepted" the supenntendency of a tdctOl \, hut that fact IS nul of much Importance Did he m<IKe good 0 II JItu ~tl atton doe" not supply mformatlOn on th IS POUI t WE MAKE REFRIGERATORS IN ALL SIZES AND STYLES Zinc Lined. Porcelain Lined White Enamel Lined, Opal-Glass Lmed You can increase your Refrigerator Sales by putting III a line of the "Alaskas." Write for our handsome catalogue and price lists, :• WEEKLY ARTISAN 19 RICHMOND TABLET CHAIRS Shippers May Select Routes. Conditions governing the routing of freight have been revolutionized by the new railroad law. It gives shippers the pnvilege they did not pi eVlOusly have, of deslgnatmg m writing the through route 0\ el which their busmess shall be sent to destination. The caniers are therefore finding it to No 1175 PRINCESS DRESSER Made by Northern Furmture Co • Sheboygan, WIS, in Oak. Mahogany, and Blrd's Eye Maple theil mterest to estabhsh agencies m territories where they have had no representation. Some of them, notably those making up the larger sys-tems between the East and vVest and the North and South, were qlllte content to have the <'Ituation remain unchanged. It meant territorial control that was more often paramount to monopoly, and enabled them to dictate terms not only to their connections, but al"o to shlppels The latter m paltlcular were completely at their mercy m that regard, and to such an extent that on the Pacific Coast bitter hostility and opposition was provoked. I t IS possible that this was m some measure responsible for the law now m effect, which ehmmates this cause of antag-omsm between the railroads and the shippers. On the other hand loads that m a sense participated in the combmatlOns which alOused the measure of hostility noted mu"t now protect them"eh e", and may perhaps be greater beneficianes than the) were under old methods and practices. !\ttcntlOn called to the change indicates that northern lines find that thev can now SOhClt t1 affic thlOughout the territory south of the ::\fason and Dixon lme on a legitimately competi-t1\ e baSIS Without danger of bemg considered invaders, and subjected to refusals The southern lines "Were practically a umt a:::;amst them, and bmlt up such formidable barriers tho It was Impossible to get a cel tain kmd of blhmess The old OpP( rtumt\ fOI (hSCllmmatm~ a:::;-am"tthem IS gone, and like the T'aLlhc Coa"t ,,11lppel" they \'\ ill he able to operate to bet-tel ad\ anta:::;-e Routing instl UCtlOns m hills of lading must now be obey ed to the letter, and competmg carners have an even chance With the sl1lpper The law IS very speCific and admits of no questIOn or dispute a'3 t) tbe ll~hts of the shipper and tl"e duty of the carnel Bigness of Grand Rapids. The ne\\ census gives Grand Rapid" a population of 112,S71, a e,am of 28 per cent m ten years The mere census h:::;-ure"do not :::;-1e\ credit that IS due to that thriving furniture center Grand Rapids can make more nOIse in the furniture mart than many towns twice the size There are apparently no dead ones dom:::;-busmess there Her manufacturers have the hve Wire attachments and when there IS a possibility of anything domg they straightway go and do It From every \ 1ew pomt, cen"us mc1uded, It IS a good showing of live peo-ple -Jamestown Index VelY good, :\Ir Index man In legard to the population of GI and Rapid" an explanatIOn IS timely and proper. The Llty hm1ts l1d\ e not been extended since 1891. There IS a lale,c populatIOn m the outSkl1 t<, of the clty-"just over the lme" \Vhen those commumtle" "hall have been embraced by the mumcipal COIporatlOn the httle old furmture town, to em-ploy the words of a Pawnee chief, wdl be " a heap big bigger." "SLIP SEATS" AND THE MOST SANITARY RICHMOND CHAIR CO. No. 100 DOUBLE CANE SEAT No. 100 GENUINE LEATHER SEAT RICHMOND, IND. 20 WEEKLY ARTISAN ... . . ... ....--_._-_.--_._----- SHOPPED MERELY :FOR PLEASURE Young Woman Who Sent Things Back Finally Came to Grief. A young" oman 'II ho Iud the ~llOjlP1l1£.;helblt U~l cl t i !.." downtown and order t1ungs hum c!cpaltmellt "t01e~ II hUl her father had cha1ge account::, \s d 1uk \\ hen the !..,I)()c!" were dehvered at the house she mel ely opened the paekat:;es looked the things over and then sent them back To be "UI e there were some th111l;S that she kept, but not man) Others in hel family remonstt a ted \\ lth hel ~a\ 111-.,('1 uu oughtn't to do that It isn't fan to the StC)l~l;,-cepel" '1 ( U waste their time and their money too having them send the11 dehvery wagon up this \lay when \ ou ha\ e not the least 111 tent10n of keeping half the stuff) ou O1del " To which she was accustomed to 1eph "Tha t " all II!.., In They have to send their wagons out an) \I a), and It Isn't am particular trouble to them to cIeln er thmgs here ~\1ll1 ])e"H11" I keep a really large percentage of 'Iv hat I orde1; more 111 fact, than other women I knO\\" '\nd hel reI a tt I es 'lh\ a \ ~ wound up by assurin~ he1 that the stOles \lould t:;et e\en \11th her. It came to pass, too One day \lhen ~he \Va" I)ut \11th some friends at one of the st01 es she made a selce tll in ot ~omc rather valuable goods, probably mOl e tOl "he1\\ dun !Ul am other leason, and ha\111g 111m111d to 1etl11n them Lltu 1hen she told the gitl "Charge those to \ccount \e) - - ' The girl sent down to see If that \I ould be all ll£.;ht ,mc1 then returned to the shopper with thIS messa~e . l hel e lsn t any such account. It has been closed" The shopper got vel}' an£;l v and told the UII tlMt \I a~ ~'-------------- III ,III II ~------ WABASH INDIANA " It I, B. WALTER & CO. Manufacture" 01 T ABLE SLIDES Exclusively WRITE FOR PRICES AND DISCOUNT ... dbSl11d ] hen ~he tu] c! hel to a"k if a mistake had not been made and If the account 1eally were closed to dIscover what the red"on was The gnl made further investtgation and then JepOl ted "J t \'1 as too small and there were too many re-tl11n~, ~o the office decided it wasn't worth while running. nC~Jde" It \I a"n't paId regularly." The shoppe1, almost purple with anger had no recourse but to lea\ e the place The f1iends she had with her sympa-tIll zed of COUlse, but theIr amusement was thinly veiled. TheJ e are not a few persons 111the cIty who have had that "UJt ot e'CpeJ 1ence recently. The stores watch their ac-counb mOl e closely than they did and if they see that the charge Sy stem Isn't profItable, but really a loss on account of tnne \'1 asted 111de!lve11es, they cut from the list the customer concelned The) hay en't any particular desire to send out (,ooeb to be 111speeted and retl11ned so often that they get into the ~econd hand class. \ gl cat deal dose1 tab IS kept on costs in the department ~tlJ1es ann\a\ than used to be the case. The strength of the llimpeiltJOn has made it Imperative to cut prices down to a plcH\ fine mal::;ln The 1esult IS that all the elements that ..'U to ail ed plOfi t ha \ e to be inspected closely. The St01 es knO\\ that one great expense is in the delivery "Cl VIce, and \\ hen one customer often returns goods without any apparently \ ahd 1eason for doing so the store's interest demand s a cm ta1lment of that priVIlege -N. Y. Sun. To the Test! Put Us larity of your pet product. What you need IS a stain specialist. Write Marietta. Making special stains to fit special con-ditions has been our special forte for years. Weare more than manufacturers, we are originators. Much of our paint is "custom made," all of our stains are "mixed with brains." A furniture maker gets a new idea-a "hunch." Designs a new line. It looks good to him. It is good--distinctive--out of the ordinary. PROBLEM: What shall the finish be ~ What particular color and tone will dove-tail with that particular design? Steady, now; you've got a real gordian knot to un-tie. Upon your success depends the popu- Address Desk NO.3. Marietta Paint &. Color Marietta, Ohio. Co. WEEKLY ARTISAN Group Your Dining Room Suites. R W. Emelson in "Northeln FUr11ltUle"-Thele has been a growmg demand the last few years for matched dmim; room Stlltes and the questton allses how best to display them on the dealer'Ol floor. On my last tnp I was in a store when the dealer had a customer for a dmmg room suite, and he had the dIfferent pIeces scattered around the store-buffet mane place, chma closet m another, sel Vlhg- table m sttll another, and the extensIOn table m another. He had to take the cus-tomer through pI acttcally hIs enttre stock before the whole sUlte was seen, and then to poor advantage, as the customer became confused m trymg to keep the dIfferent pieces Ul mmd. If that dealer had been up to date, and had had hIS dming ......--"BISHOP'S"-- ... "THE QUALITY STORE" lifre are Just a fe\ of the !'lplcudld bargams \\c .re offer~ mg m tluslugh grade Ime ot \hS'>lOll FUlllltmc FOOT RE!;TS Mrth >300 $ 135 SMOKIJ- G TA BLbS Mrth ~v 00 350 ('FLLARETTES "Orth *12 00 750 CHAIRS Mrth ~1300 775 ROCKERS worth $14 00 825 DLSKS "01th ~1500 1025 BOOI~CA SbS "orth ~2100 l4 50 COUCllFS Mltl ~24 00 1675 CLOCK;' Mrth ~16 00 2375 DA \ EJ- PORTS , orth $60 00 4250 OCTOBER SALE OF Sample Mission Furniture (SEE OUR WINDOW DISPLAY) The<;e ue not our 101\cst nor our llghcst pnccd Plf'CE'S " e ha\ e a wHle r<j.Dg'eof PllCf>S and 1-rf' confIdent that WI" (aD please vou Posltne that" e can satlsi'\. "OU ar-.to qual lty and COnVIllef' "I, ou that the go04s offered are the be"t '1ud most dependable pIeces that can be made £01"the mone) P rtur('s prIces samples of '" ood and If'atl er "'Ill be gladlv maIled out of to\\n le'>Idltnts v.ho find It ImpossIble to makf' U~a peThonal \ ISlt Do Dot heSItate to come SImplY because VOll m~l\ not be readv to bm You are equally \\elcome ab a \lsItor or purchaser BishopF umitureCompany IONIA, CORNER LOUIS STREET "Just on the Way to the UnIon Depot" "Made in Grand RapIds" loom sUltes grouped together 111a row, WIth a screen between them, the customer would not only have been able to see at a slance how the suite would look in the dining 100m at home, but the dealel would have been able to sell the goods wlth very much less trouble. The same idea would hold good in bed room suites and hbrary suites. A great many sales of d111- ing 100m suites have been made through a tasttly-atranged show window. I am a great believer in attractive show W111- dows, and in changing them at least once a week. If any furniture dealer who has his dining- or beel 100111 stock scattered about the StOIe should I ead this bllef arttcle, it may be the means of doing some ~ood 111the way of mak-ing quicker sales. ~------------------------- I III III! IIt/ I II II IIII I III II II III !I I THE II BEDS ARE BREAD AND "ELI" FOLDING PROfIT WINNERS No Stock complete WIthout the Elt Beds III Mantel and Upright. ELI D. MILLER & CO. EVANSVILLE. INDIANA Write for cuts and pnces ON SALE IN FURNITURE EXCHANCE, EVANSVILLE. ~- ------------------ ._---~ ~,----------------------------------------_ .._. ~ I Palmer's Patent GluinJ! Clamps I The above cut IS taken direct from a photograph, and shows the range of one SIze only, our No. I, 24-inch Clamp. We make SIXother SIzes, taking in stock up to 60 IncheS wide and 2 lllches thick. Ours is the most practICal method of clamping glued stock in use at the present t,me. Hundreds of factories have adopted our way the past year and hundreds more WIll in the future. Let us show you. Let us send you the names of nearly 100 factones (only a fractIon of our llst) who have or-dered and reordered many tImes. Proof positive our way IS the best. A post card WIll brlllg it, catalog included. Don't delay, but wrIte today. A. E. PALMER & SONS, Owosso, MICH. FOREIGN REPRESENTATIVES: The Projectile Co., London, England; Schuchardt & Schutte, BerlIn, Ger-many; Alfred H. Schutte, Cologne, Pans, Brussels, LIege, MIlan, TUrlll, Barcelona and Bl1boa. ~-- ........ - 2'1 .---.., ~ _ ~ ,• I UNION FURNITURE CO. I ROCKFORD, ILL. •I China Closets I Buffets •I Bookcases ,I : We lead in Style, Conltrudton • and FIDlSh. See our Catalogue. I Our hne on permanent exhlbl- I bon 3rd Floor, New Manulact- I uren' BUlldlllll'Grand Rapid•• I I ~ . 22 WEEKLY ARTISAN Those Missouri River Rates. A'3 an effect of the SUPI eme COUIt decI,.,lol1 IUIUl ul heIght rate~ went 111tOeffect 111a lalge "ectIOn of the n11ddle we'3t on ThUlsday of thIs week, but there I" 110celta111t) tlldt the lowel 1 ates wIll be made permanent, because the 01del by whIch they V\ el e hxecl, nldkes them opel atn e 0111) until November 10 \ftel that date the fight nM) be opened aga111 and the IaIlI oad 'i ma) succeed aga111 111postpon111~ el decI~IOn for a year 01 two Such actIOn IS not probable, however. It IS genelally expected that the railloads hav111g been beaten 111the Supleme COUlt \VIll contmue the rate'3 Made by Rockford Frame and FIxture Co , Rockford, III fixed by the Interstate CommIssIOners, mdefillltely, or untIl a change in conditIOns makes a revisIOn absolutely necessary. A news dIspatch from \Vash111gton says' "After fight111g an OJ der Issued by the Interstate Com-merce CommIssIOn of August 25, 190~, the raIlroads have decided to make operative rates whIch the CommIssion held to be reasonable, and which the Supreme com t approved recently. "In the famous J\!IISSOUlIRn et rate cases complamt \Va,., made that the charges on shIpments from the \tlantIc sea-board to points upon the Mlssoun RIver were unreasonable, hif carrying the ONE~PI[CE PORCELlIIN-LINED ~ONrIRD CLERNRBLE WRITE FOR CATALOGUE GRAND RAPIDS REFRIGERATOR Cg GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. 111that the ptOP01 t10n of the chalge flOm the seaboard to the 1[IS"OUlt Rnel \\as hlghel than rates to St Paul. "The COmmI"'iIOn found that the lower rates to St. Paul \\ ele lustIfiable becau'ie of watel competition, but held that that pellt of the thtough late replesented by the charges from III""t":otppl Rn el CroSS111gto the MIssouri were unreasonably 111[;h The CommIssIOn then named rates that it held to be Ilel:oonable 'On c\U!;U'it 26, 1908, the CommissIOn stipulated that the I educed rates should rema111 111fO!ce two years. The rail-toads conte'ited The COmmtSSIOn subsequently changed the d,lte from \\ hlch the t" 0 years' penod should run, so that it \\ III e"pn e '\ ovember 10. 1910 \fter pa"smg through the l (IUlt" up to the ,",upteme court, where the CommIssion was '-,tbtd111ed. the raIlroad" have gn en notice that beginning Octobel 26 the Iates fixed by the CommIssIon WIll be charged. I he ne\\ tates "Ill be a matenal reduction. fhe lates found to be unreasonable, but which the rail-wad" hay e pet'itsted m charg111g the last two years, were 60 lcnb,..j.; cents, ::;3cents, 27 cents, and 22 cents per 100 pound". I especttully, on fiISt, second, thIrd, fourth and fifth classes h om the AtlantIC seaboard to Mlssoun RIver P0111tS 'The ne" 1ates whIch WIll be charged hereafter are ,1 cent" 38 cents 30 cenb, 23 cents and 19 cents, respectfully, upon the dIfferent classes." Plymouth. Wisconsin. Factories. Plymouth, \iVIS , Oct 27-This is a fine little city located 'lbout htteen mIles \\ est of Sheboygan. It has good shipping taulItIe:o-the ChIcago & ::-Jorthwestern and the Chicago, IIIl\\ elukee & St Pdul lallroads [hIS IS the home of the Plymouth Furlllture company, the \\ estern Parlor Flame company and the Plymouth Chair company , makers of the famous Plymouth rockers The new-e" t one of these factones- The Western Parlor Frame com-pany- ts hay mg all the OJ ders It can take care of. The man-al; C1 ~[ L Reutel, 1':> a man of WIde expenence in this line, hav111li been connected WIth some of the largest parlor frame factotle:o 111 ChIcago -C M. ~--------- ~ A. L. HOLCOMB & CO. Manufacturers of HIGH GRADE OROOVINO SA WS I DADO SAWS III --._.----------_._------------... CItizens' Phone 1:139 27 N. Market St •• GraDd Rapid., Mlell. WEEKLY ARTISAN 23 Sheboygan Factory Notes. Sheboygan, \V1S . Oct 27 -The ~Teat chair town of vVis-cons1l1 i" glOw1l1f; Dy Uncle Sam'" la"t count it has over 26,- 000 1I1habltants, and at the present rate of increase will probably have between 40,000 and 50,000 1111920 All of the factOlies here ale cnJOY1l1ga £;ood husmess-very much bet-ter than at this time last year. The Sheboygan Novelty company al e having an except-lOnally fine busme"s A great man} of the1r pIeces are just m line for holiday p1esents, especlally the1r mahogany ladies' desks, music cabinets, bookcases, etc. The main line which they are preparing wlll be about 2S pel cent larger than the present line, and will be the best they have ever produced. George Sp1att & Co. are doing well Then line is com-pO'oed of din1l1g room chalrs, wood seat and upholstered rocker", children's chalrs and rockers. stools and office chairs, S2""*' 'lL A INGLE 'OLL~R Will Bring a New Stove or Range ~to Your Home~ And a "BUCK'S," Too. A dollar the fint payment-the balance on eaaf weekly or monthly payments to SUlt your convemence-the greatest .love offenng ever made In Grand Ra})lds. Every BllCk. Stove IS eqwppecl With d.. tmctJve fuel aaYmg features that put them m 8. c.1M& by themaeIvea. They are lhe marvel of the age, an co.t no morethan .ther mMe. We want you to _ them MADE BY UNION LABOR Three Rooms N: $190 4-Room Outfit $7.75 I A Grand RapIds Sample cane and cobbler seat cha1rs, and m fact about every kind of cha1r that the fU1mture merchant could ask for. The Sheboy~an Chan company 1t>havmg a good busi-ne..,.., Theil catalogue 1'0one of the largest chalr catalogues pubh"hed, and lS full of ~ood thmg'o. The Poem" Chalr company lS also domg a large busi-ne..,..,. PreSIdent Blackstock sa} s he IS gomg to butld another vel y large wal ehouse next year. The Northern Furll1ture company wlll show in Grand Rapid" and Cll1cago 111 January, the best hne they have ever offered the tr,tde. They have the largest furniture factory in this country and they do an lmmense business. They have gone mto the pubhsh111g business, lSetting out a house organ entltled "Northern Furll1ture," which is full of illustrations of the good things made by the Northern Furniture company and also many good articles that will interest every furniture !"DOETscii~~d'BAUERCO. : 1534-44 Greenwood Terrace, CHICAGO III All previous efforts eclipsed ====== in our new hne of --,=o=c==c==== PARLOR FRAMES which is larger and more effectIve than we have yet offered Now ready for inspection at our factory Take Southport Ave car to Greenwood Terrace. thence west to factory. or Clybourn Ave car to Ashland Ave. thence norlh to Greenwood Terrace. .. ._. ._ .. dealer In this ls"ue of the Weekly Al ti"an we copy from the October number, a well wntten article by R. W. Emer-son, one of theIr '3ale"men in which he tells of a merchant V\ ho had a customer that wanted a dming- room suite and what a tlme he had to show it It is well worth reading, look lt up-C M. Crex Carpet Company Affairs. Fmanclal World, New York-A high official in the Crex Carpet Co told a COIrespondent of the Financial World this week about the drastIC methods adopted at the time this company succeeded to the busmess and the assets of the American Grass TW111eCo, to put the company's affairs in such shape that the stockholders would obtain some returns upon thelr mvestment. The greater part of this information has never been made public until now. This offiCial stated, tHat from its very inception the Amer- Ican Grass Twine Co was mlsmanaged. Those who were then m control regarded the bus111ess as though it were their own and they were not the custodians to whom was entrusted the management for the benefit of the shareholders. Abnor-mal salarles were pald for work others could do and would do much better for less compensatlOn, and contracts were made WIth salesmen whIch were unjustified. As a result, there was nothmg left for the stockholders after these excessive payments v" ere made. The largest stockholders finally revolted and decided to take the company out of the hands of the old management and reorgall1ze the busmes~ on a sound basis. This was effected by scalmg down the capltal from $15,000,000 to $3,- 000,000. Thls was done m 1908, and since that time semi-annual d1Vldends of 25'i per cent have been pald on the stock. All the old crowd have been ehmmated. Investigation of the books of the old corporatlOn revealed the interesting fact that the company had the habit of capitalizing future llnagmary prospects and credltmg the charge to assets. About $600,000 paid out illef;ally as dlvldends was recovered. All dead weIght was ehmmated and the corporation, as the Crex Carpet Co. began busmess on sound hnes. According to this official the earnings of the corporatlOn were never better than they are at present. A Hole in the Wall. is a poor thmg to keep the cold out or the heat in. If you want to know why thlS exceedingly wise statement lS made, just read the Grand Rapids Veneer Works "ad" in this issue of the Weekly Artisan, that will explain it. 1------ -~~~~~--~~~~~~~- I I I I I I I I I I 24 WEEKLY ARTISAN OLD ITEMS REPRINTED Paragraphs Taken From the .Michigan Artisan for September. 1883. Nelson Lyon's furmture factory at Albany, N. Y., was destroyed by fire recently. The furmshlllgs of \V. K "Vandel bllt'S new manSlOn III New York cost $3,000,000. C H. Haberkorn & Co of DetrOlt, ha\ e commenced the manufacture of patented castel s and sockets Lams Hax, J 1. son of Loms Hax, the vetel an dealel m furnIture in St Joseph, 110, \\ as \\ edded recenth to ;-'Ib-- Sallie M. Erwlll. The Umon Chair \\ orks are manufactmlllc, cal pet and cane seat lOckels III DetrOlt J R :\IcLaugh1111 b the mall-ager of the company. \i\' llllam A Berkey of Grand Rapids was appomted by the goyernor, recently, one of the commlssionel s to 1epresent Michigan at the Loulsvl1le eAposltlOll Manufacturers are turmng out fifty pel cent mUle C,OllCJ:, than the trade requires. ProductlOn must be I educed ut the small and finanually weak manufacturel s will he tOlled 111t() bankruptcy. George B. Mattoun, the manufactmel at tmmtule III She-boygan, Wis., recently pUIchased a safe, i\ hlch \\ as too Dig for his office, so he \\ 111 Dudd a new office to hou..,e hh "ate The country dealer who kicks agalllst the ne" 1ule tot charglllg burlap to pm chasers of furniture has found a mal-ket for his surplus matellal. It has been dlSCo\ el ed that bur-lap is the nicest matenal Imaginable for the "alls of a house How to Secure Trade in Italy. Amelican Consul Charles M Caughy, j\Itlan, Ital) le-ports: "Unfortunately Amencan wales do not obtam III thIS country the foothold to \"hlCh they ale Ju"tl) entitled. but the obstacles to trade extenslOn eXist not 111Ital), but 111the United States. If, for eAample, a Gelman, a Flench, 01 a Bel-gian manufacturer \\lshes to 111ttoduce IllS goods he "end" a man who speaks the Italian language, fully equipped 111every way for his work, and competent to eAplain mtelhgently all the good qualities of the artIcle he wants to sell FI equently an Amellcan WIth the same object III ,levy sends a catalogue printed in English, WIth Amel ican weIghts, meaSUl e", and prices. The re"ult is that the salesman finds hIS way mto the good graces of the merchant, while the catalogue finds ItS way into the waste basket. A pel sonal 1 epl esentatn e IS able to bargam as to terms, sometimes gn mg as much as Sl"\. months' cledlt, but the catalogue IS mexOlable, and e,en It I"BEAVER," "GINDER ELLA," "DOCKASH" STOVE HEADQUARTERS "THE LINES THAT SELL" I NoleIMPERIAL BEAVER-one ofmany. Best, They Stdnd the rest," THIS tS the IMPERIAL BEAVER. It is the finest cooking range made anywhere In the world. We thInk: so, and so WIll you when you see its advantages: Study the above pIcture. The glass oven door is guaranteed not to break. No heat lost when you look at your bakIng. This range holds ItS heat longest, saves 250/0 in fuel, and has unusual hot water capaCIty. It ISthe best looking range built-and wear; as well as it looks. Send for samples and see It-but we warn you that no other kind will ever satlsty you agaIn, If you do I W. D. SAG E R, 330-342No.Water St., CHICAGO an llnportrr should be mclmed to give the American fIrm an OJ del he 1'-, detelled b) the knowledge that the draft will SUI cl} come by a fast steamer and the goods two months later 1n a slo'>\ frel[!,ht boat. "\nothel method adopted by American exporters is that ot tl) 111:;;to sell goods by direct correspondence with the re-tal1cl s when the freight on a small package is prohibitive. If, on the othel hand. an agent wel e established in Milan who could canvass the Province, send m orders in large lots, and dIstnbute the merchandise on its arrival to the different buy-et '3, succe"s \\ ould meet such efforts. It is an undisputed fact that e, el} Amellcan bouse represented here in this way does a .:;aod hu,,111ess" i" WADDELL- MA"NU-FACTURING CO:-l Grand Rapids. Michigan No-fium-Loose Fasteners The largest manufacturers of Furniture Trimmings in Wood in the world. Write us for Samples and Prices. Made in Oak, Walnut, Mahogany, Birch and all Furniture Woods. All Knobs and Pulls have the .... . . .. _. ..... .. .. The RelIable Furniture company, who have a string of stores wIth their mam office m IndIanapolis, opened their Detroit store, at 11-15 ,,;\Tashington boulevard, on October 20. The Standard FurnIture company, wholesale and retail dealer~ of Denver, Col., have just completed a fire proof ware-house, 50 x 125 feet, three stones and basement, at a cost of $15,000 The Cal ey ChaIr company of Keene, N. H. has been in-corporated. CapItal stock, $20,000, held mamly by Forrest L cmd C. A. Carey, E. T. and J. C. Barcalow and PhIlip H. Faulkner. H. Gorpinkle & Co., otherwise known as the Beacon Furniture company of Boston, Mass, have made an assign-ment. They sold theIr stock in bulk to another Boston dealer a few weeks ago. ";\T. 0 Dresser, who recently engaged in the retail furni-ture trade at Tonopah, Nev, has succeeded so well that he has made arrangements to erect a brick bUlldmg, 30 x 100 feet, three stones, on upper Main street. Meyer L Strauss has resigned the posItion of vice-presi-dent of the Fort Wayne (Ind) Outfitters company, having sold hIS mterest to Bennett Hollenstem, president and S. M. Hollenstem, secretary and treasurer. The retail furniture busmess of B. L Dodge, Akron, 0, has been mcorporated by B L. Dodge, J. V. OlIver, G. S. Goodman, Frank Crook and B H. Sebnng, under the name of the Dodge company. Capital stock, $50,000. Nathan Stroum, furniture dealer and proprietor of the Stoughton Supply company of Boston, Mass, who went into bankruptcy last June, has been sent to pnson for two years for practicing fraud m the bankruptcy proceedings. The Temple-Stewart Chair company of East Princeton, Mass, who were burned out Iecently, have purchased the Holman & Harns plant at Baldwmville, whIch has been idle for two years, and WIll use it in the manufacture of wood seat chairs. A petition in bankruptcy has been filed against the H. C. Swain company, fur11lture exporters of 59 Pearl street, New York. LiabIlItIes estimated at $4,000 and assets at $800. Mr. Swain V\ ho was preSIdent of the company resigned in September. As a window attraction the Atherton Furniture com-pany of PIttsfield and other New England towns, are usmg a Kmdel couch-bed, operated by an electric motor, connected, also, with mecha11l~m that dIsplays SIgns callIng attentIOn to the popular features of the bed. By a senes of deals, between J. G. Peart and ,,;\Tillard & Schmidt of Belvidere, Ill, and the ";\T. C. Gunn company of Fort Scott, Kan~ Mr Peart becomes sole owner of the fur11ltUle and undertakmg busmess heretofore conducted by "VIllard & SchmIdt at Belvidere. vValter E Olson, proprietor of the Olson Rug company of ChIcago, has just awarded contracts for the construction of a new factory bUlldmg to be erected at the northwest cor-ner of Laflm and Monroe streets. The buIldmg will be 75 by 125 feet, five stories and basement, and will be constructed of the type known as modern mill. The estimated cost is $60,000. MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND NEWS George Stewart has purchased the furnIture store of H. C. Chnstenson at VIborg, Neb. E. E. Hayden succeeds P. M. Englehart in the retail furniture busmess at Waubay, S. Dak. The chaIr factory at MunsonvIlle, N. H., which has been idle smce June, has resumed operatIOns. C. T. Krogh has purchased the retaIl furniture business of Hald & Wmchester, Danneberg, Neb. The undertaking firm of LIlly & Newton, Des Moines, Ia, has been dIssolved, Joseph LIlly retiring. The Olins Fur11lture company of Cambridge, Mass, have opened a branch store at 234-6 Providence, R 1. M. Bernstein succeeds hIS uncle, L. Bernstein, in the re-tail furniture trade at 1602 South street, PhIladelphia. The Allegan (MIch.) Fur11lture company, manufacturers, have increased their capItal stock flom $15,000 to $30,000. The firm of Landkamer Bros & Davidson, undertakers of Mankato, Minn , has been dIssolved, Mr. Davidson retiring. The assets of the Chicago Store and Office Furniture company of Seattle, ,,;\T ash, are in the hands of Raymond C. Wright, as receiver. J. M. Bntton & Co.- J. M. Bntton and Moss Harrison-have purchased the fur11lture and undertaking business of T. W. Britton at Columbus, Ga. C. R. Parish & Co, furniture dealers on High street, Columbus, 0., have opened a branch store at the corner of Lorain and West Broad streets. Joseph Dyer of FaIrfield, Me, has invented and patented a mltenng machine, which IS said to have been highly ap-proved by all who have used It. The Coffin-Rundstrom Furniture company, dealers of North Yakima, Wash, are to have a new bUlldmg, 50x 140 feet, three stones and basement. Mr. Warns has retIred from the Schuster-Warns-Damer-ath company, table manufacturers, MIlwaukee, \Vis., having sold hIS interest to Joseph Mertz. Rowlands & Co., fur11ltUle dealers of ZanesvIlle, 0., have purchased the Cooper furniture store m Mansfield, O. They WIll continue busmess in both places. B. Lowenstein & Bros., incorporated, have opened a furniture and carpet department on the fifth floor of the general store buildmg in Memphis, Tenn. E. W. Felch, chair manufacturer of Keene, N. H., has purchased the "Villiams factory buildings in Brattleboro, Vt., and WIll move his plant to the latter CIty. E. "V. Osborne, furniture dealer of SomervIlle, Mass., has sold out to vVIllIam Caldwell of East Cambndge, who WIll take possessIOn of the store on November 1. A balcony ten feet WIde and 150 feet long has been con-structed in the Miller Fur11lture company's store at Athens, Ga. It WIll be used for the dIsplay of chairs. F. A. Alexander, furniture dealer, of Bellmgham, Wash., has sold out to ";\T. C. and H. R. Knaack who will continue the busmess under the name of Knaack Brothers. At a special town meetmg the electors of Peterboro, N. H, voted to exempt from taxatIOn the property of the Phenix Chair company, who are establI~hmg a factory in that town. Isaac E. Palmer has been granted a patent on a head or shoulder rest for couches and hammocks and has assigne~ his rights to the 1. E. Palmer company of Middletown, Conn. GIve your customer "swell front" values If you would retain his trade. 26 WEEKLY ARTISAN Most Attractive Inducements for Car Load Buyers Are Offered by the THE KARGES FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Chamber SUites, Wardrobes. Chlffomers. Odd Dressers. Chifforobes THE BOSSE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of KItchen Cabinets. K D. Wardrobes, Cupboards and Safes, In ImItation golden oak, plain oak and quartered oak. THE WORLD FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Mantel and Upright Folding Beds, Buffets, Hall Trees, Chma Closets, Combination Book and Library Cases. THE GLOBE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of SIdeboards in plam oak, imitation quartered oak, and sohd quartered oak, Chamber Suites, Odd Dressers, Beds and ChIffoniers in 1ffiitatlOnquartered oak, irqitation mahogany, and imitation golden oak. THE BOCKSTEGE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of the "Superior" Line of Parlor, Library, Dining and Dressing Tables. THE METAL FURNITURE CO. Made by The Karges Furniture Co Manufacturers of "Hygiene" Guaranteed Brass and Iron Beds, Cnbs, Wire Spnngs and Cots Evansville is the great mixed car loading center of the United States, made so by the Big Six Association . • • WEEKLY ARTISAN 27 I I I III I, I IIII II IIII •I •III Made by Bosse Furtnture Company. Made by World Furtulute Company • ••• _._ ••••• _ •••••• , ••••••••••••••••••• a •••• • __ •••••• a ••• _ Made by Bockstege Furmture Co h--. - •.••. 28 WEEKLY ARTISAN FURNITURE MANUFACTURERS ATTENTION! Send for .ampl.,. of our Celebrated Nickel Steel Sword Tempered BAND SAW BLADES Warranted In every particular Best proPosition on the market. FRANK. W. SWETT & SON Mfr' of band saw blad•• and 1001, 1717 1719 W Adams St ,Chlcage Visited Friends in ChicaJio. Chicago, October 27 -Once in a \\ hIle C :\1 on 11l~ rounds stop off for a day m Chicago. Just to see some ot hI'> old tIme fnends and acquamtances, but on thiS till' he q\\ only a few Lyman R Lathrop, plesldent ot the 1411 com-pany was found busIly engaged m d1ctatmg letters to hi" stenographer. Mr. Lathrop 1S cheerful and happy He antI-cipates a fine sea 'ion m January, 1911, and 1S confident that all of the space m the big bUlldmg \vIII be taken Mr. Johnson, secretal y of the :\IanufactUl el ,,' E"\.hlblt1on BUlldmg company, 1319 M1ch1gan avenue, \\a,., al"o btb\ at h1S desk, but always ha" tIme to spend a few m111ute-. \\ Ith an old t1me fnend M1 Jackson \\a" 111the be~t ot "p11lh He says "1319" 1'i all rented for JanUal), and e\ el \ th111~ 1" lovely in Ch1cago except the Cubs But the) \\ t11 In e till oUlih it. Mr. Meyers, president of the company of \\ h1ch ::VIr.J ack-son 1S secretary, came m from the ball grounds, happy III everythlllg but the fate of the Cubs The writer went to the Seng Co. to see Frank Seng, but Frank was away, out at Albuquerque, New :\Ie"\.lco He 1-. gomg to V1S1tthe Grand Canyon of ColOlado. plobabl) to pla,,- ter 1t ove1 w1th p1ctures of the Duo-,.,t) Ie loch the '-,en~ rocker spnng'i and other things he ddve1 the,., III 'Good Fn-tI1res" Frank 1S a good deal Itke late P T Bal num, \\ ho 'ia1d he "did not care v\hat the papel s said about him, If the) only sa1d somethmg," but Frank has It on Ba1 num, for no one was ever heard to say anythmg about h1111except that which was good. Everybody knows Adolph Goidstelll, and evelybody calls him "Goldy." "Veil. "what's the matter With Goldy?" He has assoc1ated hUllself With the Fish FUI nlture com pan) and has taken hold of the11 maIl order department, and IS bU'iIly at work on a new catalogue Success to "Goldy" fOI he de-serves it -c. M New Furniture Dealers. HaIry & Co., al e new furlllture dealer" at \h lll, Tex. August Kalass has opened a new furllltUle :'ltole, dt \\'e"t Allts, \;\TIS M. J. Shapiro, has opened a new furlllture StOle at Bay-onne, N. J. M. Cohen & Son are new furlllturc dealers at 171 Fssex street, New York. The Welch Furlllture company have opened their nevv store III Bluefield, W. Va. Dav1d Pava ha'i opened a new furlllture and carpet store at 2053 Third avenue, New York D. Bernstem of Memph1s, Tenn., has made arrangements to open a new furniture store at Clarkdale, :MISS The St. Loms Furlllture company are new dealers at Ada, Okla. M. Goldwasser IS the principal propnetor. B r Stevenson of Ashland, Va, is president of the Eto\\ ah Furllltlll e and Carpet company, capitalized at $10,- 000, \\ho have Ju"t opened a new store at Gadsden, Ala. Plllltp Gaus IS a ne" furlllture dealer under the name of the Ea'it Cambndge Furlllture company, East Cambndge, :\Ias" J E York, Thomas Plllgry, Crleene Thompson and C. J Tyre, have lllcorporated the York Furmture company, capltalt7ed at $10,000, to open a new store at Durant, Okla. P \\ , Geot~e A and GeOlge E McLean and E. F. Val-en tllle, have lllCOlporated the Office Supply and Furniture companv to open a new store III Little Rock, Ark. Capital :-.tock, $10,000. Postponed Till After Election. 1h the con"tltutIOn, or by-Iaw'i, the date for the semi-annual meetm~ of the XatIOnal Association of Furmture \Ianutactul el 'i l'i fixed on November 8, but as that i,., the date for the general electIOns the meetlllg has been postponed for a \\ eek The meetlllg Will be held at the Jefferson Hotel III St Lot1l'>, 110, on November 15 and 16 The program \\ hlLh \\ III be all ang ed by the executlYe committee on Tues-day mOlnmg {(member 15, w111cons1st mainly of heanng and dhcu"-'111~ I epOl to, of committees, the only formal number so tal announced, bemg an addre'is on "Glue" by J. F. WIlliams ot BO'iton. :\Ia-,,., The I eport of the commIttee on cost sched-ule \\ 111be a 1'1ommen t featm e of the program. I t is ex-pected to call out con 'ildel able discussIOn. Another import-ant and mtere'itmg repO! t Will be presented by the committee appomted at the prey IOU,>meet111g to co-operate with the rail-road c1asslficatlOn committees III an effort to secure the adop-tlOn of umform c1as'ilficatIOn rules. Lehigh Orders Steel Coaches. \n 01 del fot 40 all-"teel vestIbule passenger coaches has been placed \\ Ith the Pullman company, by the LehIgh Valley Rallt oad company They are to be deltvered III March and '\1'111 of next yeal and wlll be put 111tOserV1ce at once. The need at the new eqUlpment has grown out of the increased traffic on the LehIgh, seveldl Ilev\ trai'l~ IJaving been added III the last fe~ month~ In the future the company wtll fol-low the poltcy of havmg all its new passenger cars of fireproof f--- .... - . ------.. -1 We Manufacture the L,,"e.t LlDe of Folding I Chairs I II IIIIII ,~_._----------------------~ In the Umted States, SUItable for Sun day Schools, Hall,. Steam-ers and all pub1Jcresorts We also manufacture Brass Tnmmed I ran Beds, Spnng Beds, Cots and CrIbs In a large vanety Send for Catalogue and P"ces to KAUffMAN MfG. CO. ASHLAND, OHIO ..I. WEEKLY ARTISAN 29 By E. Levy, Representative. Chicago, Oct. 28-LoUIS F Nonnast, the well-known table manufacturer of thIS CIty returned home last week from a tour m Europe, where he VIsIted hIS natIve home, besIdes travel-trade in theIr new convertible dIvan bed, they have been and wItnessing the PassIOn play. M1. Nonnast returns fee1- mg much benefitted by hIS vacatIOn. He found hIS tnp so enjoyable that he contemplates another the coming year. He agrees wIth the many other thousands of European tourists, among whom are many who went back to ViSIt the place of theIr bIrth, that It IS a fine thmg to travel abroad enjoying the beautIes of scenery and the pIcturesque and hlstoncal old towns, but that thIS IS "God's Country" for those who wIll WOlk and who seek faVOls from Dame Fortune It 1seven hinted that he tned a tnp in a flymg machIne of the Count ZeppelIn type, but of that Mr Nonna~t dId not hlm~elf speak. The advance in the price of Im~eed oIl whIch largely enters Into the manufacture of wood filler, and other wood finishmg supplIes, has oblIged the manufacturers of wood finIshing supplies to raIse their prices. Mr Wm. HulIn of the Chicago Wood Fmishmg company says "ThIs has been found absolutely imperative If we are to continue to manu-facture, as on the old basis of prices it would be operatmg at a loss \Ve stood out against thIS action as long as possible but all the producers in thIS lIne had to do the same In order to make a profit. Weare m hopes raw materials have reached the lImit of cost and that there wIll be no necessIty to make a further advance in prices, but we feel we must keep up the standard of our product and furnish the same quality that has secured and retained our bUSIness, and m order to do this we have had to advance our pnces a lIttle." Freedman Rros. & Co., 717 Mather street have leased from the school board of the CIty, the bUIldIng which is at the rear of theIr factory. It contains about 30,000 squal e feet of space, which will be fitted up and put into shape for theIr espeCIal use. They wIll erect a bndge to join the two struc-tures whIch when the new premIses are occupIed wIlli afford them about 50 per cent addItIOnal space. WIth their growing trade m theIr new convertible dlVan bed, they hav~ been crowded for room, and this added space wIll greatly reheve the congested condItIOn of their factory. The NIemann Table company, 76th street and Cottage Grove avenue, have all theIr new patterns now ready for the ensuing season and are arrangmg for their new catalogue, whIch wIll be pushed to completion with all pOSSIble speed. They produce a large Ime of dmIng and lIbrary tables and theIr catalogues are replete WIth good thIngs in the various grades. Jay C. Hills of the Peck & HIlls Furmture company has gone on an extended trip to the coast, stopping for about a week In Denver, to look over theIr new warehouse In which they carr) stock for the adjacent terrItory. HIS famIly pre-ceded hIm some time ago and are In San Francisco, where he wIll sojourn with them untIl about the first of January when he wIll return to Chicago in time for the mIdwinter selling season. vVIlham Patch of the Blackwill & Patch Furniture com-pany wIll be one of the manufacturers from Chicago in at-tendance at the meeting of the National Furniture Manufac-turers' aSSOCIation, whIch wIll be held III St. Louis, Mo., on November 15 and 16 Mr. Patch says they have had a rec-ord- breakIng busmess thIS season and expresses hImself as much pleased at the plospects for a contInuance of theIr prospenty. Isaac Koch of the Koch FurnIture company who shows a number of lInes at 1411 MIchigan avenue has rented ware-houses at 277 Canal street, New York CIty, which he has stocked WIth goods from hIS varIOUS factOrIes, and wIll here after make that CIty his headqual ters, comIng here occaSIOn-ally to look after his busIne~s at thIS end. New Factories. A. J. and C. E. Peugh have Olganized the Sunflower Cabinet company to bUIld a factory and manufacture kItchen cabInets at HutchInson, Kan. The UnIted Upholstery company, who have plants in New York CIty, Newark, N. J., and PhIladelphIa, have lo-cated another on Congress Square, New Haven, Conn. The Lyons FoldIng Waldrobe company of Muskegon, Mlch , incorporated WIth $20,000 capItal stock to manufacture a sanItary wardrobe Invented by H D. Lyons, wIll begin bUSIness soon in the plant formerly u"ed by the Muskegon Carving Works. The Glengarry Upholstenng company, capitalized at $20,- 000, are bUIldIng a plant at Glengarry, Wexford county, Mich. They wIll em poly about SIxty hands, manufacturing chairs and couches. Everett M. Waterhouse, promoter of the Goose Fair Furniture company whIch proposed to establIsh a large fac-tory at Saco, Me, has transferred the base of hIS efforts to Bangor, same state, the Saco board of trade having faIled to offer the bonus that he desired. The trustees of the Central Manufacturing District, Chi-cago, are about to erect for the J. L. Metz FurnIture company what wIll be one of the largest buildIngs yet constructed in the dIstrict. It will be six stories and basement, of heavy mIll construction, wIll occupy a lot 80 x 160 feet and wIll cost $90,000. Furniture Fires. Edward Lewis, furniture dealer of Chicago, lost a few hundred dollars by fire in his warehouse at 1813 West Thirty-fourth street. Fully insured. WIlliam Piton of, second hand furnIture dealer of Ells-worth street, Dorchester, Mass, was burned out for the sec-ond time WIthIn a year, on October 20. No msurance. " ..-- . .. HOFFMAN BROTHERS CO. FT. WAYNE, IND. HARDWOOD LUMBER I SA~~D} QUARTERED OAK { VEN EERS SLICED AND MAHOGANY .. T ••••••• T ••• •• • 30 WEEKLY ARTISAN ---------------------- ---. III III II I II I ...._~_.-~------------------.- --_._----- ,------ FOUR NEW TRADE MARK REGISTERED PRODUCTIONS The Ad-el-ite People BARONIAL OAK STAIN FLANDERS OAK STAIN S M 0 K ED 0 A K S T A I N EARLY ENGLISH OAK STAIN in acid and oil. in aGidand oiL in acid and oil, in acid and oil. Send for finished samples, free. Ad-el-ite FIllers and Stams have long held first place in the estimation of Furniture Manufacturers and Master Painters. In addition to the reg-ular colors the above shades offer unusually beautiful and novel effects. CHICAGO-NEW YORK .- Everythmg m Pamt SpecIalties and Wood FIlllshmg materIals, FIllers that fIll" Stams that satisfy Buildings That Will Need Furuiture. Residences- PhIladelphIa Pa -, \ Illtam ]' I[ nLlldl Broad sbeet and ~e\ent)-hht a\cnne, SROOO Tulm lUlhc.tt ShelbUlne and Le\lck 'itleeb $3 :;00, C.reon"e B,lnu 1-1-1; North ThIrty -first 'itreet, $3,000, lII'i II al \ Clal k \UlU Il an 'itreet and TabOI lOad $-1-000 ])1 If T Ka 1 pell" l h c.ltcn a\enne and Ilayne '-beet.--- S-1-;OOO TLul\ r 1 llehc.lu ell mantown a\ enne and (Tl a\ el 'i lane St) 100 Los '\ngele'i,Cal-\ ~ Dlml111lk l327'\c,tLle\lnth ~treet, $2,500; C II II d"on 2:;1 ITnc.hon a\ enne S2 ;00, T A. Jennmgs, Thud a\enne and [\\dfth 'itled StOOG, ILu\ GIbson, 2301 ~cal f "tl eet 82 ;00, l I Tubel man Dakota street and PlOspect a\ cnne, ~4 71;, ~Il" LCll d. '-, IIale 921 Lexmgton a\enne, $2,;00, D Dlako" 1;22 J d,t \Jl1th ,tleet S3,000 1\Itnneapoh'i, '!'lImn --'\lbel t II I elandel 260() Sl'-.th ~treei, $2,;00, John :\1 Carle;on 227 1\ est Ilfth ::,bcet $5,- 000, Challe'i Pearson, :;4:; ~Ibley stI eet, $3 :;00 rmll F Hneske, 1688 Lamel a\enne, $4,000, J Pattel"on 1979 'C11l- \ et'3ity avenue, $3,000, 1,lank -'\ubm, 59-1-Selb\ a\ enne, S3 000 Troy, )J. Y -ChaJ1e~ H (.raldnel head \)t rOld d\ U1nc $4,000; F. IY -'\cked, 676 L1l1dcn a \ enne S3 ;00 r 1all \ f Calhoun, 219 GUlley a\ ennc, $2, ;00 San Dle£;o, Cal -l\II'i" J l'dl tlld£', e, I ,md '-,e\ cn teemh '-treets, $5,000, F S ndll LevYI'i dnd Randolph ~tl eeh S3- 000; 111'i E r Eckhal d, :lIan land and" ,m Bl1l ell ~il cd~, $2, :;00, 11\\ m Ua"pI1l, Band [II entv "l'-.th "11cc h :-;2 ;00 DetlOlt, J\Ilch -\, t1ham (Tealln~, 13;0 Champlam a\ e-nue, $2,ROO, George \ Holste1l1, 518 Flm\\ ood a\ enne S4,- 000; Adolph ~ommel ; I aft 'itred '52900 I' R "te\\ al t 26 Chandlel sheet, $8,000, \' Elh"al Gentle\ -1-2\\ L"tlllml"tel street, $4,000, Ra, mond R RO~Cl" 40 (hape sit eet, SR,OOO \\ altcl " \ l\lCl "elond and
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38. Weekly Artisan; 1909-09-25

Notes:: Issue of a furniture trade magazine published weekly in Grand Rapids, Mich, starting in 1879. and c;RANf'\ RAPID: PIT~LIC LIBR A ny GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.• SEPTEMBER 25. 1909 ._--_.----~IIIIII I II III I IIII I, I I•••I, II~" ii II I IIIII I III I II I I II• tII !I I II ... ._----------------~---------------------- ~I t 1t t, It I II I,1 II II1 I •I I1 ,II• 1 II1t I III IIII I, t II III II IIII I•f, II II IIII I III I~-----------------------------------------------._------~- GRAND RAPIDS CRESCENT TYPE liIiA'"HEAVY VARIETY SAW BENCH Send for Catalog. GUARANTEED THE FINEST VARIEry SAW BENCH BUILT. Rips 30" wide; cuts 14" thick. will take a 24" saw. The guages and table are provided with graduations and adjustments for getting work out quickly and accurately. Shipped cmuplete with two luiter guages. two ripping guages. two 16" saw blades and counter shaft. etc. If you want a good luachine at a little more than you would pay for the ordinary kind then investigate this. CRESCENT MACHINE WORKS of Grand Rapids, Mich. ARTHUR S WHITE, PreSIdent ALVAH BROWN, VIce Pre"denl HARRY C WHITE, Sec y Treas WEEKLY ARTISAN .. - ...._--------------------_.--------- .. --------------_. -----_ ...-.- --------- j III• II i III I• •I "THE BETTER MAKE"I WE HAVE OVER 400 PIECES IN OUR LINE BEDROOM and DINING ROOM FURNITURE SUITES TO MATCH III ,It I IIIIf I It II ,, IIII I III I I II , I I I IIt IIt I I I I IIf ,I III III II I IIIII II \----_._._. -----------_._- -- _.----_._- .... ------ -- -------- FACTORY AND SALESROOM 37 CANAL STREET CATALOGUES ON HEAVY PLATE PAPER TO DEALERS Nelson-Matter Furniture Co. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN 1 • I I I t, II II ,I II II I, I I II II• I { I I ... 2 WEEKLY ARTISAN ~----------------------------- VISIT OUR SHOW ROOMS AND SEE THE ._----------- . ------------------------- , BEST LINE I OF DAVENPORT BEDS IN THE MARKET We will have the nght styles at the nght pnces and made to gIve satisfactIon Don't mIss comIng to see the lme. It will pay you ,I II I Couches I II ! Parlor Leather II Furniture Rockers IIII * t ,II I! Show Rooms 35 to 41 N. Capital Ave. Ask for catalogues. THOS. MADDEN, SON & CO., Indianapolis,Ind. Ij.---_ •.. -- .. ---- ..... --------------------- I --------------- __ ..-4 SINGLE CONE ALL STEEL SPRINGS Are very popular with the Furniture Trade. $2~ $2~ Each Net Each 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 WEEKLY ARTISAN 3 --------- ... ... .. . . .- -- ~ " ~ , I ", , ,j I , t I t I Here is 35% OFF , I I I I I I a Rocker I I I I That's I I t I , LIST $16 f a seller. I III Write for i , the price. , ORDER A • I I SAMPLE STACK ,I , I• YOU'LL NEVER I I I REGRET IT I GEO. SPRATT I I B CO. • , The Humphrey-Wld- man Sectional Construe SHEBOYGAN, WIS. I tlon has dust proof partitIOns, Iron shelf support,> and a two meh deeper case than others ! DEALERS' I, PROFIT I I 55% I I I I I LIRe on sale In FurnIture Ex- II , chah!1e, Grahd RapIds; Manufact- • urers' Ilxh,futlOR BUlltlin!1, ChI-t , No. 10·F. Ouartered Oak. I I cago ahd Furmture Ilxchahlle, I I New York. I• , I I II I I HUMPHREY -WIDMAN BOOKCASE CO. I , I II WRITE DETROIT, I FOR No. 592. I CATALOCUE MICHIGAN ~- .--------------------------~ I •~- . -- ----- .. HAFNER FURNITURE COMPANY ESTABLISHED 1873. 2620 Dearborn St., CHICAGO Couches, Box Couches, Adjustable Lounges, Davenports, Bed Davenports, Leather Chairs, and Rockers No. 3130 COUCH-Size 30 mches wide and 75 mches long. A beautiful deSign, of gen-erous dImenSIOns Heavy hardwood frame elaborately decorated with carvmgs and mould-mgs The two mch half round mouldmg that extends along the lower edge IS finished cross-banded Large wmged clawfoot legs. American golden gramed quarter-sawed oak finish. The upholstermg IS plam with ruffled Sides. This couch is double stuffed with stitched spring edges The fillmg ISof tow and cotton felt top Heavy white canvas duck bottom. Hafner warranted steel spring constructIOn, havmg 28 sprmgs m the seat and 9 m the head. Shipped K D, legs oft, and weighs about 125 lbs. CATALOG UPON REQUEST Samplesshown at Manufacturers' Furn-iture Exchange, Wabash Ave. and 14th St., Chicago. Price No.1 Leather $25.00 \V E E K L Y j\ R 1 1 ::,A N ~-----------.._. . .. -- -- - -------.. ..----------------~~------------~-- THE LUCE LINE Many New Patterns In Dmmg Room and Bedroom Furniture for the Fall Season Show Rooms at Factory, Grand Rapids luce furniture (0. ., (I III I I• III I ~------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------~ I ~------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------~fII LUCE.REDMOND CHAIR CO., Ltd. II II II• I••••I II •II •II •I III III I... .... ------------_._- -----------------------------_. --- BIG RAPIDS, MICHIGAN MANUFACTURERS OF HIGH GRADE OFFICE CHAIRS, DINING CHAIRS ReceptIon ChaIrS and Rockers, Slippers Rockers, Colomal Parlor SUites, Desk and Dressing ChaIrs In Dark and Tuna Mahogany, Buch, Blrd\-eye Maple Qyartered Oak and CIrcaSSlan Walnut Yau will find our Exhibit on the Fourth Floor, East Section, Manufaclurers' BUIldmg,North loma St., Grand Rapids. - . 30th Year-No. 13 GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.• SEPTEMBER 25. 1909 Issued Weekly EUROPEANS CONTENTED AND HAPPY John Mowat of the Grand Rapids Chair Company Talks of What He Observed on His Recent Vacation Tour. rh~ mIddle clas,e, ot Lng-land amI ,",cotlancl are happIer than \\ e ~mellcan" declared fohn \10\\ at c,upcllntenclent of the Grand Rap1ds lha1r Compa]\ el conce1n that lS 110t t1ue to name because 1t doe, not l11akt:'chaIrs IIr 110'\ at \\ a" el ll1ell1- bC1 of the \\ 1sha1t pal t}, ment10necl by the \\ eekly \1 t1Sclll last v\eek 1n an mtel \ le\\ \\ 1th IIr TutIl1ll, and ltke all the other, he 1eport, that he enjoy ed e\ el} ml mte of the ten \\ ecL' tllP "I cn jO} ed1t 1111111ensely,he "aId I chd not 1111 ~s a meal, n01 cl1cl 1 have to gIve up anv L1ke Ml rnt/llll 1[1 \Iowat 1S a practlcal man amI a keen observel and lo"t no opportn111t} to ~a111knO\\ledgc eLlld 1nfolmat1Ol1 He talk, cnthwlast1cally and enterta1111nlSh of thc tnp and makc" IllS pomh emphatIcally, ~l\ 1l1g good 1ea "on" tor hIS op1111Onselnd cond US10ns 1 he EUlOpeans are happlel tlBn \\ e al e bccause they are 11101 e contented, contmued J\f 1 :\Iowat '\ a matte1 what a man" lot 111hfc may be, he cail not be happy unles.., he lS content-ed- contentment 1S the te,t of happme"s rhere are more poor people over the 1e than here of course, but the great 1111ddlcclasses do not need our ,,)mpath} In England and Scotland-and I th111k th1~ 1S trne to a la1ge l ","tent 111F1 ance and Gel many-ma11\ of the \\olkmg people m\n then homes, that 1" the} O\vn the 11l1l1dl11gancl have a 98 year lease of the land \\ hen a lea"c e 'Cplle, and tne Lll1cllord docs not v\l"h to II ne\\ 1t, or a lease 1" to be tenmnated tor an} 1eason the landiOl d mu"t pa} tor the bUlldmg\ the jJllce bemg fiAed b} a hoard of ec,tIll1atofs 111 case of d1sagreement bet" een te1Bnt and land 0\\ ner The v\ork111g people 0\ er the1 e ha\ e good reason to be sat-l,,£ led \\ 1th the1r lot Then \\ ag e" elle lower than here 1n dollar, ancl cents but when} au COmpq1e the purchasll1g 1'0\\ er the"'e's not so much (hfference They eelt pla111el food and are more econOll11cal, but the) 11\e well and dres~ \\ ell and make better use of the1r means and O1'POltumtIes The) knc)\\ bettel how to r~al1y enJoy 11fe Most of them \\ ork shorter hom" The taLtol1ec, "tart at ~ o'clock m the mornmg and stop half an ham for breakfast bet" een 8 and 10 [he\ have h11llheon between 1 emd ~ 0 clock and qmt at ") or 5 j(J and "laturela, a ttelnoon l~ a half hohcla} rhe co~t of hvlll~ ha~ been lt1uea~ed 111Eumpe as 111 \mer- 1ca but c10thmg 1'0 much cheapel-mol ethan )() pel cent cheap-er, qualIty conslc1ered- and mCIclllltall} expense" a1e much le-s than here One membel of om 1Mlt, \\ a" unpatllotlc enoue,h to 111vest an even hunch ed dolla1 s m clothmg \\ hlch he had made to mea'ime, of the be~t of matellals, whtle 111London For h1S $100 he got an overcoat that \\ auld cost $30 01 :5GO here, a Tu'(erlo and a Pnnce ~lbel t that \\ oelld co"t $~') or $3(J each hel e and t\\ a busme~s ~mh each \1 lth an e'\.tI a pa1r of tl Olbel ", that \\ ould cost at least $30 pel St11t ht:'le \\ hett hc got to! $100 would certaml} co~t $:2 W hel e 1f \\ ell l1letcle of the same quahty of matenal "Yes, J v1slted the great Lebus immtm e faetof\ III London WIth ;\II 1 uthlll and I endol "e all that he or ] olm \ \ lCldlcomb have saId about It It IS certaml} el gl eat m~tltutlOn se\ er,t! tUlle" lal ger than any fur111ture-mak111g pLmt In \menca and 1h enormous output goes to all pal ts of the w01ld rllm \\ a, not m} first V1Slt to that factory I \\ a~ thel e 13 \ eal ~ a~{) 111 1\% 1 hen they wel e WOlkmg anI} elbout clOD helJ1(h \ 0\\ the} employ 5,000 01 6,000 It has had a wondertul e,ro\\ tll and they have made gl eat progre"~ not anI} 111 l11ethoch but b} gl cat Im1'rO\ ement m the quaht} and "tyle at theIr 1'1uduct 1 he} are now thoroughl} up-to elate 1he} emplo} the be~t of deSIgn ers, use the purest styles and thell l'i noth111g clums} 01 heavy about the1r pattel n" \ll 01 neall} all of then £lmshmg b done by gIrlS and \\ omen 0\\ mg to the clamp cllmd te they do not t1',lcvarlll~h They use shellac, cut 1t them~elve~ ell1c1lllak~ \1 hat they call a French polIsh rhe, lan £ll11~het pIece 1n t,\ 0 det\ s \\ h11e b} om method It reql111es t\\ 0 \\ elks 01 mOle 'The eldel Lebus \\ho founded the taetot) dIed a tew }ear, ago, and leU more than ha~ evel been made b, am otllel I1nlll-tm e manufaLtmll1g ltlSbtutlOn He left the fm11ltm e plant to hIS three sons and hIS }Ol111ger blOther and they h,ne managed It aclltlnably It has been chalged that the "uv:e~s ot the elder Lebus was due to the 1mpol ±ethan of cheap labol 110111ilK contment, mamly from Rus"la, but I tll1tlk 1t \\ elS due mal e to hl~ ',lde-awake progressl\ e pohey that ha, been contmued b\ hIS sons and hI;, blOther rl he} arc al\\ av" looklllg out for a chance to extend then tl ade and fOt nc \\ l1l<lchmel\ lllethods emd 1cleas The last \\oreIs to Ih hom th~ "upellntendent \\ho ,hO\\edu'i thlough the tactOl) \\erl [t }ou clt"cme1 an}th1l1g 111 the way of Improvement m tetLiO)\ method, new mach1l1ery, elC, we wlll appreCIate} our kl11dJle,,~ and be unclel great obhga-bon" 1f you WIll call om attentIOn to the tact • cl he people of LngLl11d are grE\ltl v sIII red up 0\ el govel n ment matter" at present [heIr pohtlLal hne" are badly \\arpec1 ell1d I would not be 'il1rpn"ed to see a cl1clnge 01 mod1£lcat1C111of then tree trade poltcy soon Lndel that pollcy Eflgland has competed WIth the world very succes" fully for over ~l"'"ty yeal~, 6 - - ---~~~~~~~~~~~~~~------------, WEEKLY ARTISAN .,._. The Beautiful, New Udell Catalog IS ready for all Retail Furmture Dealers. It will help sell the line that of Its kind has no superior. It contains 88 pages Illustratmg 41 Library Bookcases, 88 Ladies' Desks, 48 Sheet Music Cabinets, 23 Piano Player Roll Cabinets, 14 Cylinder Record Cabinets, 11 Disc Record Cabmets, 19 Medicine Cabinets, 10 Commodes, 9 Foldmg Tables. ACT AT ONCE AND WRITE THE UDELL WORKS INDIANAPOLIS, INO No 679 ..... ---_._._.-----_. but many of the manufacturers ,lI e tl1 eel ot It 1 hl\ deda1 e and It IS t1ue, that England has become a ,01 t ot dump1l1g f; Iounel for the surplus products of other natlOn~ \ [am manuTaltUl el - 111 other countnes, partlcu1arl) m \mcllCa and (,erm,m 1 ,ell then' products 111 England cheapel than at home (\\ t h'l\ c clone a lIttle of that om selve,) and the r:n~h,h Illanutactul L1" 111"hl that such 1mp01ts mu,t be taAed 01 "hut out "Another great pohtlLa1 Issue 111 En:s1and h the land t,l'. proposed by Lloyd-George. "'" fe\1 months ,lgO It 1\a, thought the measure was doomed to defeat but 1t~ chance" hd\ e becn greatly Improved recently b\ the d1SCo\el \ that d lut UT land owners 111 vanou~ sectlOns ot london 1M\e paId no ta'.e~ TO! many years The lllvest1gatlOn, ha\ e not bcen completed, but they are bel11g pushed and the \\ ealth\ manufactl11 ers amI other~ are contnbutl11g to the expense I hdcl the plea~Ul e at meet1l1g and bemg enterta1l1ecl by one gentlemen \\ho had Jlht q~ned a check for $25,000 to be used 111push111g the 111ve"tlgatlOn- bllng mg the tax-dodgers to ]ustlce and thm a1chng the Lllld ta'. measure "Dy the way, those Engh~lllnen dlC glCdt cntelt.llneh 1 he) are generous and knO\\ Just how to makt It pled"ant t01 then guests. I met one of the plOpllet01, {)t the TdlllOlh 1 L1, "dptha Soap Compa11les, who have factolles 111h1H;land \cot!,11d on the -------~_._._._----- -----_.~--- We Manufacture tlte LUl!est Line of fOlDlno ("AIDS In the Ufilled States, SUItable for Sun day Schools, Halls, Steam-ers and all pubhc resorts We also manufacture Brass Tnmmed I ran Beds, Spring Beds, Cots and Cribs In a large vanety Send (or Catalogue and PYlces to I KAUffMAN l._.~:~f~~:;,~:o I ...... - --1 II ,I•I ,• III I ------------------------------------------------~ No 354 No 1239 umtllJent and one 111 \mellcd He tc ok me out to hl~ Lountn pldce \\ here he ha~ ,I fine e~tabltshl11tnt There]', anI) a httle more than tour ale, at la lc! but on that patch he ral~e, every-th1l1g that C,l!1 be glO\\ 11 11 that cltmate He I~ very 1\ e'llth\ 'l11clcledal c, that he hncls 111';greatcst pleasure 111 tf) l11~ to c!o £;00c1 \\ lth Ill, mone\ He docs not beheve that an, mdn ,houlc1 lea\ e a lal!~c e,tate to JllS llUI' but should use 1t~~et nd at 1t~dullng hIS hte tnlle, for the benefit of hiS fellow men and tho'e \\ Iw ha\ e not been so fort,mate HIS Ideas are much hke lho,t Lruhted to \nc!re\\ Lalneg1e, but he IS a much Wider, blOdcled m111clecln1<\11than the Ld1nl of SkIbo' 1 dgree \\ Itn \Ir 1 uth1l! thdt \\e \mellcans make a great 111l,tdke \\hen \\e torm our conceptlOl1 of the Europeans from the general appearance ot tho,e who come here to seek employ-ment There IS tluth m the ~a) 1l1g thdt those \\Iho come here {Il onll the ",cum 01 'off ~COUI1l1g::,of their native lands \lam ot them bu ome 1l1telltgent, pllhptroUS I,tluable c1tl7em ,l£tel d tl \1 I edl ~ 11l tlllS countn, but w1Kn they come ove1 nedrh all a1e 19nord 1t amI clefiClent 111 the qualttles that go to mal,e ell' 11dJ)!L Utlzelh 1 I en thc skIlled \\ orkers \" ho come hele dre not tall ~peumens at their cia,s 1he1e IS no reason \\ h\ the be,t 01 tdll mecha1l1c, ~llOn1d lea, e any European COllll!l) ~eAcept petl1dps RU~"ldn,,~and come to th1" country 1 he\ can a1l\ a), fj'lcl \\mk ,ll1c1command good \'lclges at home 'There a1e at COIHe, some 1\ ho Lome over here because the) ale more progres~lve than then countnmen They want to \\ Iden their field dnd then opportumtles and they g-enerally ,ucceecl here, but the) t01111 an e'{ceptlOn to the general rule \lost of the bettu edulated people I\ho come over do so Simply because the) have faded to 11Mke good 111 the natIve land "The people acro" thc 1\dtcr arc tIllite plOgresslve as a whole They clo not 1u.,h th111gs d~ \\ e do hut they al e not so ~Iov\ as we have been lcd to th111k They are l11duStilOUS but they take ltfe e,h) \s I ha, e said mo~t of them work short hour'; and nobod) seem., to be 1\1 any great hun y \J el y few of the stores 111 the 1al £ie cltle" al e opened before 9 o'clock 111 the mortling and the\ c1o~e edrl J ~b·. McVey as a Manufacturer. 13 l .:\lc\ ev of Grand Rapid, ::\11ch, well known as a fur-lllture salesmen I ecenth plll cha .,ed an 1l1terest 111 the S1l1c1air- \11en ::\lanufactunng Compa'w of 1\IottvJ1le X Y, manufac-turers of 1ustlc reecl and rattan turmtUl e \\ 1th capital stock fixed at $35,000 the cOlllpany has been 111corpo1ated by B C Mc- Vey, \. J. Allen and E L Allen who Will make additions to the lIne of products and enlarge the capaCIty of the factory. WEEKLY ARTISAN MADE BY HOLLAND FURNITURE COMPANY HOLLAND, MICH. 7 8 - ----------------------------------, WEEKLY ARTISAN P------------------------------------ ~ This Group for ~51 Sohd Oak; French Plates; Any Finish Desired Wardrobe Dresser Combmation Dresser Commode Dresser Chiffonier Bed $1800 6.50 4.00 8.75 775 6.00 FhlSHloS-Golden Oak Gloss Dun Golden Early EnglISh. Weathered or Fumed FOB Mamstee. Manistee Mfg, CO. MANISTEE, MICH. II ~--------------._------_.-.--._-----------------------------------------------------------------------------~ ~ -. New Furniture DealeI·~. 1 he Olanta 1m111tme Comp'\l1) ,lle nL\\ clL1111~ elt ULlIltu ::, c. "Sute) SaftOlcl h to l~ta1Jll')h ,\ Ictal1 tmll1ture ,t')ll elt \ubtJrn, Cal. Katl :0.foore &. Co h \Ie opencd ,l nu\ t\1111ltllll ,md C,llplt ~t01 e m Columbl's, UhlO (JeOl ge HethclllU;ton IS a ne\\ tt11ll1tllll de,\lu alHI llndll-telkel ,1t Gl eenfield, Iowa J IV Grossman \\111 open ,I ne\\ illr111tmc ..,tOle ,It U1dlle" CIty, IoVl a) on October]. H E J iIll \\ 111open a ne\\ fml11tl11 e andlal pct ..,t{)1 e at SOG 810 :\ilanhattan el\ ('nul' CI eensI'm t \ \ Clockel & ()\\ ~Il h,n e 1tJ-t opclltd then 11('\\ t11111lt'lll stOl e located 111 el new tl1l Cl stm \ h1111dmg \\ hllb the\ CIU tul Oil Thll d avenue near IIam ~tl eet \berc1een,:-:, D Plllhp Gel vurt/ of POl tlcmd, 01C6011 hel' lea,cd 1 Ile\\ btl11chng In that Clt\ elt el lC ntdl 01 S(J (lllil pl1 \ cal and \\ III OCCUpy the same \\ Ith cl I etld ..,tolk ot ll111l1t111C :'IIeyeh & 1 11lstCl\\ a]d ,I fil111 1 ecc11th (J1 ~a1117ec1 \\ III "pe a large stock of fUl111ture 111 Dcb ellt tod,n 1hc\ OLCl1jJ\ a hand ~ome ne\\ fom-st01 \ bm](1JnR on Pl11£;lte '-,(11181Cnca1 I[01ll0C :"treet, eqmppec1 WIth ,dl 1110del n lon'vl11lenCe" Clelrence ll1en) pI c'lClent of the 1. 110 \ I 111111t11C1 ell1d L 11 del takmg Compan\ ot \11111qucICjue \\ ho a]..,o m\ n.., :"tore, elt \rtesla and Carhhad '\ If ha~ ]Iht 01£;elnJ7Ccl l COmpdJl\ capItalIzed at $jO,OOO to estabh"h a nc\\ 11111l1tme ~tore \\ lth ;In unc1ertak111~ depal tment ,It Um h \ e\\ If e"110 Indianapolis Illinois and New York Sts. 6 Blocks from UnIOn Depot 2 Blocks from Interurban »tatlOn 250 Rooms All OutsIde, With FlTe Escape 1elephone 111 Every Room European Plan Rate, 7;)c to $2 00 Per Ddy Dlmn~ Room 10 ConnectIOn SpeCIal I<ates to FamIlIes and Permanent Guests I adles TravelIng Alone" 111Fmd 1 hIS a VeT) DeSIrable Stopping Place GEO.R. BENTON Lessee and Manager ~.. :Furniture Fires. lh,l111pho11 .., mattl e"s t.ldOl} 111 [JoustOl1, Tex, was burned 1 C'lenth Lo'" '); iO 110 111SUlancc n " lhandlel " furll1tl11 e ~torc toLdh de,tl 0\ erl b\ 111C 0,1 '-,cpt 11 S21100 j hc tlllll1tUIl pldl1t dml plel1l1n€ 111111 of the Bradley Lumbel C 0111pell1\ oj Ch7dbethto\\ 11, Te1l1l) was burned WIth a loss of "'hO ouu on '-,eptembel 1') \\ U Plelle ~ chan 1dlt01 \ at South Ashburnham, Mass, \\ a" c1al11c1£;erlto the e"tent of about $?5,OOO on September 16. Ifl I'1ellc cal \led no l11"l11ance and 1" unleltam as to whether he \\ III be able to 1ehmlel and 1e<;ume bU"111e<;s at GI eenvdle) 1ex) W d:" Lo,s $5 )00, 111S111ance New Factories. \Ia,,()\l l\la11"tettc1 (( "an IIOIth} have estabhshed a new m,)t tIC '" ell1d bl00111 1,ldol \ at Lom"Iana 110 1 he Lt"tel \Llttll'" lOl11pany, lLlentl) orgamzed hy 0 1 IIetccl:t ,[1111othcl" \\ 111 bulld a ne\\ faltorv and beg1l1 opera-tll 111 111 October 1 hl (,uthllc (()Ua) Dl k and '-,chool FU1mtme Com-j1cll1\ :"tarted thell IlC\\ tact01y on ::'cptembel 13 They employ ,tbont 100 men and eAped to 1l1crease the force soon C I 1\ alkcr, J C '-,hechan elnc1 H IV :'IIunhall, have m-l 01 pOI cltec1 the I [Ctl opohtan Chellr ( ol11pany, capItalized at $100,- nlln alld \\ J11 estab1Jsh cl large tactory near Xew Haven, Conn UNION FURNITURE CO. ROCKFORD, ILL. China Closets Buffets Bookcases ·•• I, I II II ,•I •, II I~------------_.----_.-_._-~------------------- We lead m Style, Confuucbon and Flmsh. See our Catalogue. Our Ime on permanent exhlbl- !Ion 7th Floor, New Manufact-urers' BUilding. Grand Rapids. I ..1 WEEKLY ARTISAN 9 No. 617. No 618. No. 619. No. 620. MADE BY LUCE-REDMOND CHAIR COMPANY BIG RAPIDS, MICH. BENEFITS- OF CO-OPERATIVE BUYING Address of President Buenger at the Opening of the Midsummer Meeting of the Minnesota Retail Furniture Dealers' Association. Gentlemen -" \ condItIOn of Oul pI ebent t1l11l" had 11ldde It necessaly for us to come tog ethel at thb tIme at OUI htth n11(l-summer meetmg Dunng the fir~t part of thl ~ year \ our officer~ felt that It would be WIse to torego the ex.peme nece""ary tor d mld-sullJmer llJeetmg m 01 del to make au! annual medmg" "tIll gl eater succe,se" than the} have been, but If our a'i"OclatlOn means plotect1On to It~ members It.., fil ~t duty h to dnttclpate and head off any and all hade-e\ 11..,that lontJont them The past SIX months have been actIve ones \\ Ith OUI a,~OCld tton and we are begml1lng to undel stand more and more \\ hat close and constant touch \\ Ith edch othel means In the course of lookmg after aSSoCIatIon affan'-, OUI 1epl e"entatlve \\ ho make, It hIS busll1e<;<;to knO\\ \\ hat b gomg on at the bll.~·lll,ul order houses, 1eports, that nevel llJ the hI"t0f} at the llldtl-ordel concerns were ,uch Immeme and lavl~h pI epal atlOns bcmg made for gomg after busmeb", '\.nd thI' m such volume that we the small dealer can hardly re,lhze, and e,peclall} "mle the good crops have become an assured fact Now If they get the bmmes" the) ale aHer ham ,Ilnne"otd It means that you and 1 ale tS0111gto lo~e that mUlh dml thell fore It makes It decIdedly Oul bU..,1l1e<;<to; pi otect that \\ hlCh of nght belongs to us Remember, that It at n~ht belong" to us, only as long as \\ e can fUll1l,h am mel chandhe 111trade at the same pnces made by these cancel n" It h trut. \\ e d~ dealer" do not ltke to ,ell the quaht} of good" usually sold b\ the mall order hou,es, nOJ I~ It necessal y but, nevel thele"", \\ e have the catalogue pnces contmually and fOJevel forceel upon the atten-tIon of our patron", and they not bell1g as a rule, good ludges of furl1lture value, ludge our plOduct accordmg to the pi Ices that are quoted to them 111these catalogue" That IS onh d natural result, and therefore It become.., OUI blh1l1e,,~ (If \\ e \\ hh to be master of 01.11trade conchtlOns 111011l 1e"pedI\ e lOmmUl11ttes) to see to it that we have a cIa"s of leadel" on 01.11floO!s e'Cactly ltke the vanous kmds offel ed by the mall OJdel houses hut made dnd fil11sheel as a pIece of furnIture should be Do not t(lr~et that' Some WIll "d} that that 1'31I11po"slble but b ItO i hlee \eal.., "go we would have salel also It lannot be done Hut thanb to orgal11ZatlOn, \\ e can unhesltatlllgh "a) that It can he done and that we have a:osembled here for) OUI 111spectIOn example" "howmg ho\\ It Cdll be done, and If nghtly used WIll bamsh for-evel ft am }Oul commul11ty the mall order ploblem Remember' I "aId, "If nghtly used," and 111 that phrase hes the solutIOn of the whole problem Became If yOU do not use the matenal brought to you nghtly, It WIll be onl} hke unto a large locomotIve, that would be meless and bung c1e"tIuctIOn to Itself, If not nghtly u"ed We find that we, the furl11ture deal-ers are no exceptIOn to the natural law of proper dppllcatlOn, of that WIth \\hlch Vvework It IS only natural to ask, when we sa} we can supply you WIth any Item that has become compe-tItIve because It IS 111 the mall-order catalogue, how do you do It? \1\ answel IS "b) followl11g the same method'3 that made the mall-order house pnce pos"Ible \nd whdt ale these method,,:> FIrst, quantIty, second, cash, third, the eltm1l1atIng of all cost 11l gettmg the merchandIse to them, dealers g0111g to the source of supply only, lather than have the source of supply come to them, a~ IS the custom m plesent poltcy of \\hole"altng, fourth, no\\ follow me close1}-lf the condltlOl1'i ale such that an mc1I- \ldual dealel cannot comply WIth the..,e conclttIOl1S, and vel y fe\\ dealeI.., are ldrge enough to do so, then the mdlvlcIual dealer must find a \\ ay through co-opel atlOn to bring to hIm hIS merchandIse upon the same baSIS a.., the mall order houses get theIrs, or \\ hatever phase of competItIon he may be facmg, or else he must abIde b} the law of the .,urVlval of the fittest And I ask, where dl e you gomg to be found:> In the ranks of the aSSOCIatIOnwork-el s, ah\ ay ~ altve to that which IS for YO\.11be.,t Interest and make Olganizatton "0 strong that nothmg WIll be Impossible, or are \ ou g0111g to stay in the old rut of trade tradItIons untIl modern trade condItIons "ay "so fal and no farther," and then be num-bered m the It,,t of "Has TIeens ?" Those of you who have been WIth us '3111Cethis a,,"ociatIOn \\a" orgamzed, know how hald we have worked with our home l1IanuLlcturers, urg111g them to '3upply us WIth what we felt we needed and 110\\ that we dre workmg out our own salvatIOn, \\ hat cIa \\ cheal 111 reference to our co-operatIve buymg move-l11e11tO "It cannot be done "It never wa~ succes"ful, etc." \\ ell. let me "ay that he who would startle men mto thinking for thelll"e1ves, or brings them new Ideas, IS never receIved by re- LeptlOn C0l11111lttees,bra"" band" or gIven a re"olutlOn of thanks ,..---------------------- ......----.._.~._- ,I II II I IIII ,II I I,IIII I• •IIII tI I~-----------_.--_.--._.----------------------------_ ...- ------------------------_._-_.----_. Lentz Big Six No. 694. 48 in. top. No. 687.60 in. top. Others 54 in. top. 8 Foot Duostyles ANY FINISH CHICAGO DELIVERIES Lentz Table Co. NASHVILLE, MICHIGAN -------------------------------------------i-j III II III I II•I ,I• I t I III IIII•IIII t III ------~ \\ E I.!.. '" L Y MOON DESKS are 19°9 styles. Made to take care of the demands of progressive business men. They are not stand stills-but "Mara-thonian" business getters. MOON DESK CO., Muskegon, Mich. ARll~AN ---_._--------_. __._.--_. ----------------~ II , In the Heart of the Business~IWorld No. 1333 .--- ...-_. ..- ..----~._----_._---_._._--_._.__.-----------_._-_._. -------- - - - - .-- - -- On the contrary he IS always looked upon wIth :ousplclOn. And especially so If that Idea or pohcy affects any busine~s line of trade and were It not for the fact that history gIves us the con- ~olation that, invanably, Ideas and pohcles that worked out to the betterment of trade condItions or huma111ty, werc condemned and cnticized, I would feel discouraged about our co-operative buymg movement. But, I cannot help but feel that our association IS made up 0 f men who have the courage, who dare to do thmgs, who ha\ e good business judgement and who truly seek to serve dnd b\ ~Ct\ tn!?, one another help themselves, and that" e wIll Wl11,110 llldttl! hO\\ strong may be the oppo:oitlOn at thIs time. Brother dealers, we have got to have conhdcnce \\ L IM\ C got to be wIlling to do om ~hale of the work and lend such finan-cial aid as is necessary to bnnl:S the greate~t good to thc gtCdtl5t number vVorking dlOllg the lme:o that the mOlC plo~pelou~ \1, can make our membels, the more pro~pelOu~ OUI aS~OUdtJon \\ III be. I am glad that I can report that our assoCIatIOn is in betict condition than at any other time In ItS hIstory, and I am sm e that If it were not for the buymg arrangement, we would not have added the long list of members \\ e have m the first half of the year. And, as Jour presIdent, I wdnt to say that I almost fecI sure our members do not reahze the wOlk that IS bemg done b\ our buying commIttee vYhen you reahze that they hdve alread) wntten three thousand two hundred letters-that IS the last nU111 ber of the copy of letter5 I recelve-) ou can begm to realue what IS bemg done, and \\ e all should be ever reddy to fur111~h such informatIOn as they m their \\ ork deem necessar) The report of the buymg commIttee \\ III show that "e have doubled our volume, and that d 5ubstantial savmg has been brought to the members thu:o ~erved, and therefore hope that tlu:o much can be saId as to matter of gam, by the report of thIS com- Imttee at our next annual meeting I hope that every member here WIll study carefully the helps the assocIatIOn has brought. particularly the advertlsmg helps, became by theIr use you Cdn do a volume of advertismg that will offset anvthrng the mad-order houses can send out and at a cO'ot WIthin the,means of the avelagc small dealer, and whIch if at-tempted. i 1divldually would be utted) plohlblted '7hat:brmgs me back to the pnnClpal thought that I wish to leave you, vrhich is this' we as an assocIation have brought you the weapon of protectIOn in leaders and the powdel to make that \\ eapon effe'tive in om advet tl'm12 hcll)' h tt thc\ nH1~t be rwht- <....7 .; b 1) u:oed 111 Older to dLcomphsh their ends, and therefore, we as an a~souatlOn have donc all we could and now It IS up to you, as l11chvldual dealer~ to u~e It (The report ot the buymg cOlmmttee, mentIOned by Presi-dent Buenl:Sel, WIll be found on another page m thIS edItion of the vVcekh A.rtlsan-Ed) Frank ~I Houser, fur111tm e dealcl filed d vohmtal) petitIOn m bdnkl uptC) k:o~ than $1,000 of \ ersallles, OhIO ha:o LlablhtJes $4,817, assets r;;--;T'~T~~;;~~T- REF~i~~~~~~;I IT'S AN ALASKA I I 0"" 850,000 AI..k.1 : refrigerators sold sin c e , : I 878. DeSIrable features I : of an Alaska Refrigerator: I !t Small consumption of Ice. I" ': Maximum amount of cold, I' I ~~! Absolutely sanitary pro- : vision chamber. I I Simplicity of operation. I I Perfect preservation of I food.! II ,j WRITE FOR CATALOG. We sell to dealers only. I III L E. Moon, New York Manager, I 35 Warren St.• New York City. I ~------------------------ .-..... The Alaska Refrigerator Co. Exclusive Refrigerator Manufacturers. MUSKEGON, MICH. 11 II I.. 1he DaVidson l"urmture Compan\ of De~ :\IoInes, Io~a, have leased three floors of a large bUIldIng for ~arehouse pur-poses makIng four warehouses that the) me In the Clt) rhe Kell) Furniture Company of St LOl11s, :\10, located tor several ) ears at the corner of Eleventh and OlIve street, I~ to move soon mto a new Slx-StOly bl11ldlllg on \Vashlllgt0n avenue The two furmture factones at LexIngton, N C ,-the Dixie and the Elk-are working at full capacity They shipped 60 car load~ III \ugust and the total IS expected to be larger for '-leptember Ed H Gower of Peona, III, for several years a furni-ture buyer for the Larklll Soap Company of Buffalo has gone to London Eng to eng-age 111the I etaIl furmture businses WIth hI~ brother The Bolte Bras 1"urmture COmpdn) of \Vltchlta, Kans, hay e deCIded to go out of the furmture business and are closlllg out their stock The) have been III the retaIl fur11lture trade ,mce 1810 (,U) E \VIIlIams and 0 r Fmfrock have each bought a block ot .,tock 111the Hallock Furmture Company, retaIl dealers of Rockford, III ,md ~ III take an actIve part III the management of the ,tore J K RI~hel &.. La, of \VlllIamsport, Pa, have secured 6500 feet ot space m the Leonard bl11ldlllg, Grand RapIds, where the\ VvIII exhIbit theIr Illle of d1l1mg room and chamber furni-tm e next January The O.,terman Furmture Company of (Ie\ eldnd, OhIO has been 111corpOlated b\ r T Benesch, \1,- "'\ O~termen \ J. Con-rad \ T KI oehle B SIlver~tell1 G J Federman Capital S [0000 , ~ Lampbell and :\1 J dmeson hd ve opened one of the .,tnn~ at 'Big \111e .,tore" 111 \Vlchlta, Kans, and have stIr- I ed up the furmtl11 e trade 111 that CIty conwlerably, but, notwlth- .,tand1l1g the keen competItIOn there ha~ been no pnce cuttmg George E ColIe &.. Co manufactm er~ of carpets Iug~, etc ot Buffalo \ Y have been incorporated under the name of the (,eor~e E LolIe COmpdn), b) George E ColIe, ::\Iarv Q lollIe ,llld Uldlle., C Page Capital stock, all paid Ill, $20,000 ] he Lotu t House Lomml""lon IS advertIslllg for sealed propo.,als to turnhh and llbtall wood and metal fur11lture, car-pet., Ill~~ etc 111the 11eVvcourt house at \ew Orleans, La [he ,peclficatIOns are on file VvIth the archItect, P Thornton IIal \ e 111the Candlet bl11khm; \tlanta Ga dnd bIds must MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND NEWS. J. F Klrkpatnck, of Lamal Lola hd' ~old hl~ tUlluture Store to Church Bros Morlock & C1me, fur11lture manutacturers ot Guelph Unt have been adjudged bankrupt Toledo, OhIO, reports a great demand tor labor, partIculall) for upholsterers and car shop workers 0, Bergeron, furmtUl e dealel of North Yakima, \\ ash has made an aSSIgnment to James 0 Cull D, A Howard, for man) year~ a turmture dealer at lle\ e land, OhIO, clIed on Sept 1:, aged 71 years The LeWIston FurmtUl e Company, dealers ot LeVv!'lton Idaho, has been Illcorporated Capltdl, $25,000 The St Louis Furmture Board of Trade are taklllg dn ac tIve part III the framlllg of a new chartel for that CI1\ Creditors have filed a petitIon 111 bankruptc\ agalllst J o'eph Weber, furmture and carpet dealer of Ul1lon HIli, ~ J J. E Roantree has sold his mterest III the Cortland Cabinet Company, Canestota, NY, and Will retire from bmme~., The name of the Rock Island (Ill) Cotton and \1 attre.,., Company has been changed to the Ih~~I"SIPPI \ alle\ Cotton and Mattress Company, The Tams Furniture Company of Huron, S D, have mOl ed into their new buildlllg and now have one of the "finest and most artistic" stores in the ~tate Howard J Gnng, upholsterel and manutacturel ot svvmg' and mattresse~ of Read1l1g, Pa has lmt completed a two-,ton brick addition to his factory The Harley Furniture Company ot \ ash, Ille Tenn, hd., had to move three times 111 the past five vear~ 111 order to accom mod ate their increasing trade The bnck work for the neVv Osborn hotel at Eugene Ot e has been completed vVhen fimshed It \\111 cost about $125,000 It will be ready for pubhc me edrly 111 J anuar), Levin Brothers of :\I1I1neapolI~, :\I1I1n, are bl11ldlng' an ad ditIOn to their factory The new build1l1g WIll be of modern style and constructIOn, three stone~ GOAl~O feet W D, HamIlton, furniture dealel of :\ dsh\ Illc I enn IS to move his stock 1I1tOa neVv up-to-date four ,tol) bUllchng' that IS being erected by B F \\'I1son on SIAth avenue Joseph E Corbett, fot many \ ear., connected II tth the furm-ture business in Columbus, OhIO dted on Septembel 11, ag-ed ~(, years Death was cau'ied b) a tumor on his brain ~, ---------------------------------------- ----~I I I ! PIONEER : I I ! MAnUf AnURlnO ! I I ! (OMPAnT I I I I • I DltTROIT. MICH, I I • I I I Reed Furniture : I I Baby Carriages I Go-Carts I I ~ ! Ll Full hne shown only ! at the factory, IIII ----- ... _--------------------------_. ~----------------------------------------------~ I I : STAR CASTER CUP COMPANY •• NORTH UNION STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. I, I I I • I I t I t , I I I I I I I · , t , I , t I ,I• II, I I , I I (PATENT APPLIED FOR) I : We have adopted cellulOId as a base for our Caster Cups, making the " best cup on the market CellulOid IS a great Improvement over bases • made of other matenal When It 15necessary to move a pIece supported • , by cups WIth cellulOid bases It can be done WIth ease, as the bases are per- I , fectly smooth CellulOid does not sweat and by the use of these cups I I tables are never marred These cups are fimshed In Golden Oak and I II WhIte Maple fimshed IIght If you w.ll try a sample order of these I' goods you w.ll de.. re to handle them .n quant.tMs : PRICES:SIze 2% IUches $5.50 per hundred. : I SIze 2J{ IUches 4.50 per hundred. I I fob Grand Rap.ds TRY A SAMPLE ORDER I , I '-------- ...-----. ..... ... WEEKLY ARTISAN 13 reach Bernard McCloskey, PresIdent Court House CommIssIOn New Orleans, on or before October 15 The SalIsbury & Satterlee Company, manufacturers of beds and beddmg, MmneapolIs, .:\1Inn , are lllvestIng $50,000 or $60,000 In an adchtlOn to theIr plant The new buIlchng wIll be of modern mIll con~tructlOn, SIX stones above basement, 60 X 100 feet OffiCIals of the Cochrane ChaIr Company, CIncmnatI, gave theIr base ball team a banquet on September 16 Of course the team I~ a willner else there would have been no "feed" They won the pennant III a local league, havmg lost only two games elunng the season The FurnIture Board of Trade of ~t Lotm, .:\10 , IS con sld-elmg a propOSItIOn from a busllless man of the CIty of ::\leAlco to brmg 100 merchanb from MexIcan utIe~ on a buymg excursIOn The promoter want~ $~,)000 to pay for hIs ~ervlces and the ex-peme~ of the tnp B A. Klpp & Co, furnIture manutacturel s of :\IIlwaukee, \VIS, have solei out to the J,,"lel Furmture Company, who wIll take posse%lOn of the plant, stock, matendl, etc , on Oct 1 The plant wIll be enlarged :\lr Klpp I "aIel to have recen ed more than $150.000 fOl hl~ mterest Charles \Venderoth of the firm of \\ enderoth & :\IcGIll, fur-mture dealel s of South Bend, Ind. was ceverely Injured recently by beIng run clown by a horse and buggy One of hIS legs was so badly crubhed that It wa", thought dmputatlOn i\ ould be nec-essary but he WIll recover WIthout lOSIng I t Credltor~ of c.,chwal tz & Co . furmture dealer'. of 11'1 Pnnce street, ~ ew YOlk, have filed two petItIOns dsk1l1g that the firm be declared bankrupt for havmg made preferentIal pay ments and moved pal t of theIr ~tock ~urreptItlOusly The store has been placed In the hands of James 0 Tryon as receIver On petItIOn of the Buck Stove & Range Company of St. LOlllb, Mo, the Wmslow Furmture and Carpet Company of St. Paul, Mmn, has been placed III the hands of a receIver. The concern "Was formerly the North Star Furmshlllg Company, whIch went through bankruptcy about a year ago Luzerne county, Pa., hab a great "candal concermng the furnishing of the new two-mllhon-dollars court house at \VIlkes-barre It IS somethmg hke the Pennsylvama state capItol scandal of two years ago mvolvIng offiCIals, contractors, foremen and m- ~pectors, but so fal no furmture deale I s have been found gl11lty. J dmes H Strong, Charles H. JJurra~ and E R. Thompson of ChIcago, Fredenck L May tag of Newton, Iowa, and \VIl-ham J Hood of Shelby, OhIO, have Incorporated the Interna-tIOnal ::\ldusoleum Company of ChIcago, to deal 111 patient bunal crypt~ and mausoleums The authonzed capItal stock IS $1,500,000 \VIlham H V\! oodall, treasurer of the vVoodall WIllow lurmture Company, Boston, .:\Iass, who dlsappered last March and 111chcted by the grand Jury m June, for embezzlIng $3,400 from the company was arrested m Los Angeles on September 15 and WIll return to Boston for tnal He blames the "loan sharks" and "Shylocks" for hIS downfall The George D. Emery Company of X ew York, Importer" of mahogany, who claImed mIllIons as damages from the Nicara-guan government for the annulment of a tImber concession, as mentIOned m the vVeekly ArtIsan recently. hay e accepted or agreed to accept $600,000 as full settlement of the claIm There IS said to be some doubt as to whether the l\lcaraguan govern-ment WIll be able to I alse the money Koman can become popular unless he is WIlling to be bored once 111 a while ~-- IIII ....------------------------------_ ....-_.~ "There's Ifla!theButtoo" ~---------------------------------------------~ r- -------- ---- ----------------" I I I THE FORD & JOHNSON CO. i I CHICAGO II This is one of our popular Hotel chairs. Our chairs are found in all the leading Hotels in the country. The line includes a very complete assort-ment of chairs, rock-ers and settees of all grades; Dining Room furniture, Reed and Rat tan furniture, Special Order furni-ture, etc. A complete hne of sam-ple. are displayed In The Ford 8 Johnson Buildlnl/. 1433.37 W.I).sh Ave •• In· c1udlul! • .peclal d,splay of Hotel Furniture. All furmture dealers are cordially invlted to visit our building. III I .._. __ ."I II II I... . --. . .. . _. --.-- .-- -.---------_._--- -----.... 14 WEEKLY ARTISAN rI--------------------------------------.-----.----~·----·---·-----------------------------------------------~ I •t •I • I ,• I• I,• ,I ,I ,• ,,I I I~I to come. CIty Salesroom, 4th floor, Blodgett Bldg 1, Our Large New Line of The season for banquets will soon be here. Get a stock of our Banquet Table Tops so as to be ready to supply the demand sure HTOUCHED ONLY THE HIGH SPOTS.!! Report of the Buying Committee of the ~Iinne· sota Retail Furniture Dealers' Association. r\t the mld~u1l1l11er meetmg of the \rllll1e~ota Reta1l I U111l-ture Dealers' As~oclatlOn held a1 \Imnedpolh 011 '-,eptemhe1 ". the buymg comm1ttee p1e,entecl the tolhm 1l1~ 1 epOl t Yom comrmttee ha~ pa,sed throngh 11'-- h1"t "t,H;e ot e"ve1- 1ence, and wh1le at tlme~ VI e had mall) problem, to soh e tlldt seemed dl ~couragmg, yet we beheve that the repO! t that \\ e al e about to submIt, \\ III ~ho\\ that \\ e have brom;ht the ,ub~tdntlal ~aVlllg to the members of our as~oclatlon \ot onh that \\ ~ have suppled a clas~ of mel chand1~e \\ lth \\ Inch to meet the cata-logue house competltlOll \\ hlch \\ ed, 1l1(hV1du,tl dealel' \\ ould never have seen or been able to get That we have lust "touched the hu:;h ~pot~ 111 th1~ \\ ork, 1~ apparent to those of u~ who are mak1l1~ tln~ matter a ,tucl) and 1t 1Sonly natural that we w1ll have to go throug-h that penor1 of recen 1l1g the knocks from \\ hat ever 1l1te1e t Oell pohc\ m1ght affect and a~ time goes on \\ e behe\ e th'lt tin, llement w111see the1r m1stake and rall) to the (,m"e ot O!£;d11l7,ltlOnmOll frequently and firmly and enthus1astlcalh than e\ el h( tOll he cause we beheve that an) thlll~ that goe, to\\ al cl help1l1£; mdke the lllchv1dual dealer~ mOl e prospet ous ha~ lh good effect upon the whole furmture mdustl y Anyone who 1\ 111 ~tud) carefulh the ~,\ll1ple, a""emblecl r----------------------------------------------~ I Grand Rapids Caster Cup Co. I 2 Parkwood Ave.,Grand Rapids, Mlch We are BOW putting out the best Caster Cups WIth cork bdses c\ er offeree to the trade These are finIshed III Golden Oak and White Maple 1U a hght fimsh These goods are admlTable for poltshed floors and fnrn lture rests Theywill not sweat or mar. PRICES SIze 2U mches .•.. $4.00 per hundred SIze 2M mrhes . 5.00 per hundred Try a Sample Order FOB Grand RapIds DINING and OFFICE TABLES are the best on the American market when pnces and quality are consIdered. STOW & Df\VIS fURNITURE, GO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. hCIe toua), WIll ~()on ~ee that no one need~ to fcar the catalogue compet1tlOn an) more, but do not forget that we have supphed \ ou \\ Ith the matenal to do the work WIth and now 1t 1S up to the mchvlclual membel ~ to u,e that matenal to the best advan-tage andlf not med properh It 1S Jmt as worthle~~ as any other Ul1l1~ed thmg That om pohcy of co-operatIve bUY1l1g naturally affect~ ~ome 11ltete~t~ there can be no denymg, but 1f the ~omce of OUI ,upph cannot supply us w1th the thmg, I'Ve need to practIcally 0\ ercome am and dll competrtlOn and strll make a profit, then \\ c m turn a~ md1vldual dealers as a matter of protectlOn must u~e such mean~ a~ \\ 111bnng us such protection, and thus far no one ha~ brought out a method or means that w111 successfully do thIS othel than our method of co-operative buying. But th1S pohcl and method w111stand only ~o long as 1t rece1ves the sup-port that 1Snecessary to make 1t a success It 1S only natural that m the realm of bus1l1ess that when certam hnes have to face a certam phase of competition that they do 1t, but \\ e want to cautlOn our members to this fact, that through the medIUm of co-opel atlve buymg certam hnes and manutacutrer~ have lowered the1r pnces m order to meet the pnces made b) the commlttee, that I'Ve as a comm1ttee, feel that \ om best mtele~ts Ire m stanchng by the assoclat10n that brought IOU the pnce rh1~ we find I~ generally done by the most of our mel1lbel s, and \\ hen we go mto execut1ve ~e~~lon, we may have mam mte1 estmg thl11g~ to tell you of the condltlom and methods that control the source of supply of OUI merchand1se which we, the small dedler~, neve1 kne\\ cXlsted and feel that the truth:. that VIe have to pre~~nt )OU w1ll be valuable to yOU [n consldenng the ~dV1l1e;111dolldl s and cents, of co-oper-atlve bu) mg \\ hlch \\ e, the COml1llttee however feel 1S the smal-lest 1tem of advantage~ gamed through thIS movement, remem-ber, that our memhersh1p 1~ 11ldde up of all cla%es of dealers from the vel" largest to the mo~t humble, and that, of course, because of th1~ cond1tlOn, the ~avmg made 111 dollars and cents \\ III I an dCCOld111g 10 then abtltty to u~e volume \Ve hav~ 'ervecl fi.) membel s, and the1r average volume of the amount of £;ood~ bought 1~ $171 00, mak1l1g a total of $15,90011 worth of lSoods, fur11lshecl by tlllS C0l111111tuee Therefore 1f we ha,ve ~aved 10% to the bIg bu} er we have saved each member $11, and the mecltum-s1zed bUye1. \Ie have saved 15% or $25 65 and f01 the ord1l1al) bu) er \\ e have ~aved 20% wh1ch 15 $3420 and tor the I eal ~mall buyer, who buys wholly from the catalogue hsts \\ e have saved 25%. wh1ch would be $4275. When you cons1der th1S saV1l1~ has becn brought to our members at the cost of $3 apIece 1t p1aves conclus1vel}, the value of th1S move-ment. i\nd that 1S not all Every member who has come to this WEEKLY ARTISAN market, at thIs meetmg. can readIly see the effect of mamtain-mg thIs sample room, upon the general price" quoted While we can only come to you WIth the above actual figures, we honest-ly belIeve that we have saved many and many a dollar to each of our member'", and to each furmture dealer who comes to thIs market becau'",e of tll1~ movement. Ho\\ evel. ) our com111lttee feels thdt all of these advantages are nd ught a~ compared WIth the advantdges that the dttendance to our conventIOn. bnng Becau"e, we I ealIze, that, after all, pnces dlone do not make modern merchanclI mg a "u-::cess and anythmg thdt \\ e can do that WIll stullulate our membershIp 111tO dctlVlt) along up-to-date lmes, IS g0111g to bnng Its reward \ve know that when alll~ "aId and done, that troe res Ilts of COn-ventIOn:'> to the man 111mself IS lIke unto an electnc current to a motor, and upon the strength and abIlIty of that man or dynamo, depend" theIr ~ucce0~ Therefore we belIeve that while our co-operatIve buy mg has brought the' ISlble advantages yet we be-lIeve the 111dden and 1lldlrect ach antages that our member" get, ovcrbdlance all others. lollowmg I" a summary of the goods sold dUllng the Id"t ~IX months and a detaIled report \\ Ith the cost of ma1lltal111ng. and we trust that thIS report WIll be the means to set you thmk1llg along the Ime" of modern merchandlsmg. Total amount of merchandIse "old $1590011 Total amount of merchandIse bought 15136 82 PrOlata sample 100m charges paId $76329 3800 $801 '29 Cost of mamtam1llg buymg commIttee as follm' s . Bulletm account \;\1aseca Journal- RaclIcal vVaseca Herald The Argus Postage on bullet1lls Envelopes FoldLng Bullet1lls Address1llg envelopes Prepanng Cuts for Bullet1lls and Proceedmgs $102.2,) 9050 18.50 17000 730 340 8')0 434.65 Office expeme ~tenographer expeme" Rent on type\\ nter FIl1llg "ybtem Draymg <;ample" fom load" FreIght 011 samples Cnpackmg and settmg up samples Placmg and carrY1llg out samples m hotel 140.15 $210.00 1500 1030 1600 33.00 1350 550 30550 Balance in Trea"ur) $61 H In thIS report It WIll be seen thel e has been no charge for the office or Secretary's salary, and If It wa" not for the fact that our secretary feels that he can afford to gIVe thIS matter the tIme that IS necessary, became of the benefits thIS co-operatIve buymg gIves hIm for hI:'>three stores m supplymg hIS wanb, we would be oblIged to add a greater percent for office expenses than we have so far and therefore \\ e belIeve that \\ e ought to as an associatIOn, eqUIp the office ot the "ecretdr) \\Ith such applI-ances as will make 11ls work as lIght d" pOSSIble. "uch as an ad-dressograph, foldmg machme and mImeograph. Because WIth these appliances the volume of "ork could be doubled many tunes and not take up an) more of hIS per~onal tIme You can see by the above report, that there h Jmt a certa1ll expense 1llcurred, whether the volume of orders are small or up to the very lImIt that can be turned out by the help ot one "tenographer And thm It we can double the volume of our \\ ork 1'13 to the first of the) ear. we WIll be able to bnng you leader" at a "tIll greater 'dvmg \ om C01111111ttetreust" that thIS report WIll meet WIth y011l approval and that we WIll enJoy your stIll greater confidence than we hdve III the pa,t. and therefore close our report with the hope that \\ Ith the help" we have proVIded for you, at thIS con-ventIOn \ ou \\ III be able to come to the annual meetmg and re-port thdt )0,1 have had the best year's busmess you ever enjoyed Respectfully subl111tted D R Thompson. Geo Klein, C. Danielson, F. H Peterson, \\T 10 Gnpp New Line Called "Fiberrush.'· The American Manufactunng Compan), Sheboygan, \\ I, , IS prepanng to put out a new Ime of "fiberrush" chaIrs and othel artIcles of furmture RIchard KI ueger of Jackson, MICh, IS m charge of the new department and IS at present conductmg the manufacture of a lme of sample" but the department WIll start t11lnmg out the product WIth a reguldr C1ew about the fir"t of the year, and WIll make clI"play" in the wmter markets Brain food IS really something that man takes to feed hIS vanity. ~---------------------------_.--_._.--._._-----------~ ! I I I I I I I II ,I I , I , I I I I II II I I I I I , , I I I I I ,, ,,I II TUE "ELI" I, •• I L' ON SALE IN FURNITURE EXCHANCE, CHICACO. -------- FOLDING BEDS "RE BREAD "ND PROfIT WINNERS No Stock complete Without the Eh Beds In Mautel aud Upnght ELI D. MILLER &, CO. EVANSVILLE. INDIANA WrIte for cuts and prIces. i .....---------------------- . ...-... 16 WEEKLY ARTISAN PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY BY THE MICHIGAN ARTISAN COMPANY SUBSCRI"TION $1 00 PER YEAR ANYWHERE IN THE UNITEO STATES OTHERCOUNTRIES $200 PERYEAR. SINGLE COPIES 5 CENTS. PUBLICATION OFFICE, 108-112 NORTH DIVISION ST. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. A S WHITE MANAGING EDITOR Entered as second class matter, July 5. 1909, at the post office at Grand Rapids. Michigan under the act of March 3 1879 The Grand Rapids Furmture Company, of Chicago, handle~ a moderate quantity of furmture manufactm ed m Grand Rapid" and a considerable quantity that IS made m other places The company, appreciating the value of Grand Rapids furmture m the estimatIOn of the general pubhc, boldly advertises ItS stock as "genume Grand Rapids furmture" The Chicago Tnbune, at September 19, contamed a very ,\ ell \\ ntten and attractlveh displayed advertisement of the compan) '\ a attempt \\ III be made to reproduce It m these columns, the substance, howey er IS as follows Grand Rapzds Furmture On CredIt Do not invest another dollar m all-on-the-:>urface-noth-mg- below furmture before seemg our genume Grand Rapids f'urmture. You Will be mane) m pocket and your home Will be a great deal more comfortable and mVltIng If you heed this advIce Grand Rapids l~ur11l-ture IS really the only kind of fur111ture entitled to "pace in your home It will mark you as a person of eAcellent taste and Judgement, for there IS that m Its design and constructIOn which gives to any home furmshed with It a certam air of artlstlcnes:> and substantlahty not to be obtained with any other kmd. You can buy this better kind of furniture from us for cash or on monthly pa,- ments at pnces not to be equaled m Chicago or e!"e where. Let us shO\\ ) au The Grand RapIds Furmture Company Madison Street at Oakley Blvd. An old fogy author of the Ehzabethan era declared that a rose by any other name would smell as sweet," but he would not be able to convmce the people of this age and generatIOn that a dresser made m \Vapakoneta would sell as readll) as one made In Grand Rapids. "put one over" on Cahfor- Here IS the yarn as pub Portland, Ore, has apparently ma m the hne of big tree stones hshed byr an' Oregon trade paper "A shIpment of big logs from Portland dunng the Id"t week shows that those m search of big sticks must come to the Pacific ~ orthwest for them. The shipment consisted of 24 mam-moth logs that were to be sent to Chma on the steamer Emma S Dollar, where they Will be used m rebmldmg the temple Lmg Yen, one of the noted places of Chmese worship The logs are 105 feet long and 40 feet m circumference and were purchased by the Chmese government. They wlll be rafted 200 mile" up the grand canal and carned SIX mile" overland over a narrow mountain trail on the backs of coohes." A log 40 feet m circumference would measure about 13 feet m diameter and If 100 feet long would make about 143,000 feet of lumber, board mea"ure Half a dozen of them would make a full cargo for a large ShiP and a 11111honcoohes could not lift one end of them Of course It may be mtended to saw the logs mto boards before the) dre packed over that narrow trail, but If so It seems the) \\oJld Inve been sawed before "hlpment, for It IS exceedmgly doubtful that there are "aw Imlls m Chma cdpable of handhng such log s Even If the logs are -10 mches m diameter mstead at -d (J feet m clrcLlmference, the coohes who tote them over a mountam Will have "cncks' m their backs before the first one I eache:> ItS destmatlOn Goods valued at $6.000,000 are oold annually by ZIOn's Co-operative Mercantile InstitutIOn m Salt Lake City The store contaInS 200,000 square feet of floor "pace and b provided With modern convemences for the comfort of customers and the rapid and economical transactIOn of busmes" The store was estab-hshed m 1868 by Bngham Young !\ considerable part of the many Imes of goods handled are manufactured by the mstltu-tlOn, but the furmture and kmclred goods are purchased m the furmture centers '\mong the owners of stock m the corpor-ation are a number ot manufacturers and Jobbers m vanous fields of mdustr) !\ bUIldIng 111 course of erectIOn for use by the Boston store, m ~hlwaukee, \\111 echpse anythIng m the northwest outside of ChICago" Refngerated air for hot summer days, a tower observatory, lunch room, deroplane statIOn, searchhght, wireless station, a weather bureau to supply weather predictions to each customer, a baby checkmg room, hospital, hbrary, play room tor chlldren, rest rooms, a cancel t hall and roof garden are speCIal features alread) provided for, and plans for an athletiC field, a rowmg course, a race track and a tnp to the north pole Will be considered Though car fammes cause dnnoyance, great inconvemence and If prolonged, heavy losse", they are posItive eVidence of a large volume of busmess and mdlcate the prevalence of pros-penty '\ a senous shortage ha~ been reported from any sec-tIOn of the country, but railroad men generally predict that within the commg 60 days cars Will be as :>carce as they were in the fall :>easons of 1906 and HJ07 and are already discussing ways and mean:> to pre, ent 'cdr stealmg' by managers of roads that are short at eqtllpment Robert \V Sear:>, havmg accumulated $25,000,000 m ten ) ears as manager of Sears, Roebuck & Co , has retired from bUSI-ness Roebuck retlr~d soon after the firm commenced ItS meteonc career ::,ears might spend the remamder of hiS days u"efully m teachmg thousand, of unsucce<:;<:;fulmerchants how to transact busmess profitably Perhaps he might be mc!uced to lecture upon the subject "What r Know About Incompetent Merchants" \Vlth more assurance than modesty Gimbel Brothers who are prepanng to open a big :>tore 111 N ew York, have named a considerable portIOn of that city "Gimbel square" and seek offiCial endorsement of the same Should thiS be granted It would not be surpnsmg If Central Park, the Riverside dnve, Prospect park and other beautiful tracts in the great city should 111 the course of time, be named 111 honor of the city's merchant princes '\ first cld:>" tLlll11ture buyer \\ III be needed by the Gimbel Brothers, for their Xe\\- York store to commence work wlth the opemng of the new year WEEKLY ARTISAN 17 MADE BY GRAND RAPIDS FANCY FURNITURE CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH 18 WEEKLY ARTISAN These lines are for sale in the Evansville Furniture Ex- I change. Call and inspect them; it is worth your while. II THE KARGES FURNITURE CO. ! Manufacturers of Chamber SUItes.Wardrobes. Chlffomers. Odd Dressers. Chlfforobes. I I II TH!::"I~~~~~E~~~l~~~~~".I,'""~.,"""bgo" golden oak. plam oak and quartered oak. II THE WORLD FURNITURE CO. III Manufacturers of Mantel and Upnght Foldmg Beds, Buffets. Hall Trees. Chma Closets. Combinalion Book and LIbrary Cases I! THE GLOBE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of SIdeboards In plaIn oak. Imltallon quartered oak, and solId quartered oak. I Chamber Suites, Odd Dressers, Beds and Chlffomers In Imitation quartered oak, Imitation I mahogany, and ImItatIon golden oak. THE BOCKSTEGE FURNITURE CO. I Manufacturers of the "Supenor" Lme of Parlor. Library. Dmmg and DressIng Tables. I THE METAL FURNITURE CO. III• I I~---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Manufacturers of "HygIene" Guaranteed Brass and Iron Beds. CrIbs. WIre Spnngs and Cots. Made b) I he Kdlges f'ullutUie Co Since the opening of the Furniture Exchange many buyers for prominent houses have Inspected the Big Six Lines. By the group-ing of the lines on one floor a great deal of time is saved the buyer and intelligent, successful buying rendered possible. III - .. WEEKLY ARTISAN 19 I IL . . ~ --- - _.--. Made by Bockstege FurnIture Co. ~1ade by Bosse Fur mture Co Made b, World FUfluture Compam Made b, Bockstege FurJ11ture Co ._------------------_._------_._.------._--.---.-..---.----._._ .. 20 WEEKLY ARTISAN r------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------~ I, •It I II t II l• I/ III IIII f I •I III• I•I .------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No.57 Flat Arm RJcker RICHMOND CHAIR CO. Richmond Tablet Arm Chair DOUBLE CANE LINE "SLIP SEA..TS" -the latest and best method of double seatmg. Catalogues to the Trade. RICHMOND INDIANA ,I , II III I --------------~ MORE OF INDIANAPOLIS TRUST. Anofhe1' Independent Joins J. C. Wilson in Fight. ing the Liverymen and Undertakers' Comhine. \V T Blasengy m, a ±ulleral elJrectOl at Indlcll1;:q )1J, " tn mg to help J C \Vllson 111 the latter ~ fight a~all1,t the cllleged trust or combme of undertaker, and 11\el,\ men ot that Clt\ mentIOned m the vVeekl} \rtlsan of la'it '-,atureLl \ Jn an III tervlew 1Ir Blaseng, m descnbes Ins po,ltlOn and e"pellence a" follows: "It seems that the undertaker, and the 11\el \ me11 ha, e deCIded that If a man does not ISo mto their combll1e he b nut to be permitted to enJoy the pnvllege of e,tabhshll1g himself m busmess "\nd It also appear, that the, have not only combl11ed to hold up the Vlcltms of death but al,o to bell comp;tltlOn flO111 the undertakers fielrl m Inchanapoh~ "J C WI1son and the new firm of mdepemlelll untie] take r, are not the only ones that have been Do} cotted b, thl~ uuder taker-hveryman trust, as:\Ir \\ Ilson has so graphlcalh labeled It m his Stllt I have gone up agal1st It 111, self I bought alaI nage and a hearse and p It them 111 Jacbon s stable all I11111Ub street, but I was soon reql11red to mo, e them I ehd not belonab to the assoCIatIOn "I have also been called up Just befOle a funeral, as \\'I1S011 was, and told that cab, that I had engaged could not be fur-nished There was one mstance \\here I \\as put In a 1 e~pcc-lally try mg position I had a funeral 0 1e morl11ng I had en-gl. ged carnages and a car the morl11ng betore and that 111ght I was mformed that the eqmpment the stahle had agreed to fUl-n1', h me would not be on hane! 1 ,\ as only told that It '" as en-glged' Carnages \\ere abo refu<ed to me because I \\as m the nelghhorhood of a trn~t 11l1c!ertakel and ,0 atter 1 \\ a~ forced to take my hearse and carnage ant of /ackson 11\en ~table I slmply saw that I was up aga1l1st a trust Lme!that I \\0 lId h 1. \ e to get ready to be mdependent of It "The ~trange thlllg IS that I am not an li1dependent b, chOICe I pa1d m} $1 adnllSSlOn fee anel made apphcatlOn for admiSSIOn to the hver)men"i trust hut I have l1e, er heard ±rom my dollal I unr!er ctane! that S0111e of the hven men obi ected to mv entenng becau"e the, ~aJ(1that 1 hac! eqUIpment that "auld come 111 competltlon \\ Ith then, Llne! the, (hc! not \\ ant that cQmpetltJOn Of cour~e. the IJlg "ealthy unclel takers have cal s No. 100 Ll1,d cab~ that Lampete bnt the hverymen know that they can not taboo them that If the) ~houlcl tn su'.:h a th1l1g It woule! mean that these unc!ertaker~ woulcl buv more cabs and tell the 11\ermen the, \\ ould not be (hctated to But they knew that I \\ as Just stal t1l1g 111 busmes~ , the) kne" that I did not have much hnanClal backmg; they knew abo, perhaps, that I \\a" 111 a pecu!lal positIOn, and they thou::;ht the} could freeze me out ,",0 1 am out at the tl ust I \\ent to the treasure] of the undertakel ~ comhme and made app1JcatlOn, but I was not adrmtteel, probably for the same 1 ea"on fhe undertaker, sa} they have no combmatlOn, no a ,ouatlon U± cour~e that 1~ a Joke I kno\\ that they had on e \\ hen 1 \\ as 111 thc employ of one of the undertakers, for I "a'o mVlted to the 111eetlllg~ I have reason to beheve that they ha\ e an a,,,oclatlon ) et and that they hold meetmg~ "1)ut \\ hether the) have meetmgs or 110t. 1t IS yen eVident that they ha, e a ~t1ong \\ ork1l1g comblllatlon with the hvervmen ]t ha, heen ,l}()\\ 1 ,el, dea1ly that It b m I estl amt of free com-petltH 11<tnd to ~OUgL the people. I am also firmly of the Opll1lO11 that It alm~ to crush out the ,mall man The hver) men and un-de' takel' have tned to root out the fe\" of us that are ontslCle the tllbt bIt thns tM the} have fa1led vVe mdependents have been tOlced to retrench oUlselves, and at last V\e have onr O\\n cab~ and onr own hear~es, and \Ve a' e 111 a posItion to defy the tt u~t " :\Ir Bahen'Z} m beheve~ that the "comb1'1e" vnc1ertakers completeh d0111mate the !lvel yll'en \ trust, not only by boycott- I11g an} one tlut tne~ to be mc!epene!ent, but by havmg secretly become part owner, (silent partners) of the hvery stables B) th1s comblllatlOn they have a V\orkmg system by wIlIch they can Sh1ft to the In er) 111enthe oel1um of bemg the boycotters of IlJrlependent undel takers I'he undertakers, loowever, It 1S de-clared, are the one" that al e really the duef 'JOIaters of the nght ot tan pIa, and the 1n el} men are more or le~s the1r tools I'he tnal of \ \ Ii '11, SUIt agamst the combme has been ad- J ourned u11tl1the October term of CQurt. A man can keep 1110redungs from hiS \\ Ife than she can find by gOlllg through lll~ 1 {llkeb Many a £e11o\\ wntes love letters who Isn't able to right him-self. WEEKLY ARTISAN 21 .,. ._------------- ._----------------------------------- - - -- - - - - -----~ II I I I,I,III III• ,I ,IIIII I,III II• III• ,• ,I III •I I,, IIII IIIII ~---------------------------------- III III I• ! I III III ,I I •III ,,I III I I IIII II I I I I,, -----------------..& SLIGH'S SELECT STYLES SELL AND SATISFY Many New Features Added for the Fall Season Everything for the Bedroom IMedIUmand FIDeQualIty I Office and Salesroom corner Prescott and Buchanan Streets, Grand RapIds, MIch. WRITE FOR CATALOGUE SLIGH FURNITURE CO. Grand Rapids, Mich. ._-------- --------------- ...-- - - - - ----------._- -------_._--- II III I,I I I• I, •II ,IIIII II IIIIIIII II III II II I•I ~---------------_.---- HAND \IRCULAR RIP SAW MORTISER COMBINED MACHINE Complete Outfit of HAND and FOOT POWER MACHINERY WHY THEY PAY THE CABINET MAKER He can save a manufacturer's profit as well as a dealer's profit. He can make more money wlth less capltal1nvested He can hold a better and more satlslactory trade WIth hIS customers He can manufacture m as good .tyle and fiDlsh aud at as low cost as the factOrIes The local cahmet maker has been forced mto only the dealer s trade and profit because of mad'me manufactured Roods of factone'"i An outfit of Barnes Patent Foot and Hand Power Machmery reInstates the cabmet maker WIth advantages equal to hiS competitors If desIred these machmes w.ll be sold on Inal The purchaser can have ample tIme to test them In hl" own shop and on the work he w.shes them to do. Descr.pt.v. catalogue and pr,ce l,st free No 4 SAW (ready for cross cuttmg) W. f. &. JOHN BARNES CO, 654 Ruby St., Rockford, III. No 4 SAW (ready for nppmg) FO_R__M__E__R____OR MOULDER • HAND~. TENONER • No 7 SCROLL SAW .0\ 22 WEEKLY ARTISAN ----------_.~~~--_._---------_._-- t-" Io- - _" " No. 5148. No. 6148. l\I11101,28~34 lop Quartered Odk \Llhogan) [oond fllrd, L) L \1aplL 22" 44 $4200 4400 4400 4500 \111101 20 'C 22 Quartel ed Odk J\!L\hol!;c\l1:Y TOOlld Bml S LH :\Japlc Top, 20 x 32 $3400 1600 3600 1700 No. 5138. No. 6138. :\111101, 24~ 30 Ql1arteled Oak Mahogany Toonel BlI d's C'ye \T Ipk lop, 22" 42 $2900 3100 3100 1100 \IllWl, 16" 20 <,ll1altered Odk Mahogan) 100na Blrd's eye Maple lop, 20 x 30 $2500 2700 2700 2700 A Few New Fan Ideas SeRt Out by the WARREN TABLE WORKS, Warren, Pa, USA ---_.~/ •/ •• I •II/ --------------6 WEEKLY ARTISAN 23 SEND FOR CATALOGUE. PROSPERITY FOR EVANSVILLE. Reports Indicating Steady Betterment of Busi-ness Conditions in the Furniture City on the Ohio. LVdn~vllle, Ind ;:"ept 22-Bth11H:'~" wIth the furmture mdn-utacturer~ as ,vell d" the 'ledler~ ot thl~ Clt) COi1tll1ue~on the up-ward grade Ordel are be1l1g I eeelved 111Idrge nU1l1bel" from the :.outh and ~outh\Ve"t and ll10~t ot the "hlpp111g dePell tmenb of the fadolle~ al e workIng ovel t1111e Inqmnes are bettel and LollectlOn~ ,11 e plck111g lip ~01l1e The I etelll tIade h better now thdn It ha~ been at ,W) t1l11ethl~ ) eal 1\anj,1111111Bo:ose, of the Globe 1 Ul1l1tUle Companv ha, 1('- tllrnul £1 om Chlca~o, where he attended the natlO11c11111eet111~of the bankel s of the umtec1 ~tdtes -\mong the late bu)els dt the Furmt111e Exchan~e ,vele the follow1l1R Charle" Plel ~on of ]\1t Ve1110n, Inc1 , F B~ Brenton of the Brenton & lLllll~I111mtUl e Company of Petel ~hUlg Ind ,J vV Redc1~on of Ollell~h01o, K) '1 vi\! \Ilffhn ot P D 1ltffhn & Son, Duqu01l1, III Ch,u le~ l :\loeller of lIt "ernon Ind , E E Lockwood of Yarblough & Lo 'k\\ ood, Po~evv111e Ind , W J Lowe, of Hunt1l1gburg, Ind He11lY J Karges of the IndIana Stove \1\ ork~ and A r Karge~ of the Kdr~e~ 1 UlmtUl e Company elle on the L01111111tteL named by the Evan~v tile \Ianufdctm er:.' A~SOClcltlO11at theIr la"t meet111g to arrange f01 an employment bmeau 111thIS uty "Gus" Stoltz say:o busllle"s I~ now better than It has been f01 the past two yedL and he I" 100k111gfor a fine w111ter trade -\ boy wa" b01n to the V\ Ife of I'red ;:"toltz, the manager ot the Crmv n ChaIr COmpdn), and .11r Stoltz has been treat111g all hI" fnends to tile be"t CIgdrS he can buy Charles Fn~se, of the vVorlc1 Furmture Company, reports all the plants of the l:hg ;:"IXCalloac1111g As"oclatlon Iunmng on full tIme WIth a fine bus111ess ,Valtel Krdch of the Bocbtege 1:'urmture Compatn IS back from a tnp thlOugh the east He ,\ as aCLompdmed by hIs WIfe J ame~ R Good" 111 presIdent of the i\ ever-Spht Seat Com pany, sa)" the C01l1pclll)e.,11e\\ faLtor, \\ III plObabl) be 111op~ra t10n b) the fiht at next) ear :\[anagel Dllll) of the 'YlsLU 1~1l1Ulall Company ~a)" th1l1~~ dIe mOI111:';dlone, all llght dnd that trdde I~ very dctlve I'.dv. al d Ploeger ot tile BO"~e I urmt111e Company and the Henderson De~k Company "a) s th111gs look better to h1111now 111 the bus1l1e~:owolld than for 111dn) month~ past Ed GeIger of (Jelger 8. ,",om, of thl:O Clt), 1eports the retaIl bus111ess Implov111g l he' a1e 100k111g for an aLtlve trade fOI several months to come C Bankrupt"s Stock Disappears. ;:"a1ah }:hrnbaul11, fun11ture dealel, of 3975 ThIrd dvenue, 'JLW Y01k, Wd" declared banklupt, la~t V\ eek and -\rchlbalel Palmer wa" appolllted I eeen el v\Then the I ecelvel took pos- "ese.,lOllof the ,tOI e he found that the ~toLk. ~uppo:oed to be worth about $3.000 had cItsappeal ed dnel learned that eIghteen van loads had been 1110ved avva) the pI ~V1OL1~ day and 11lght He ~ecured po:o~e~'lOll of accounts amount111g to $;57,000 aud hopes t~) locate and I ecovel :oome of the nll~~1l1g hU111ture [he dehte., of tht concern amount to about $6 "iOO ~,----------------------------------------------~ IIIIIII II HE~E'S THAT IS A BARGAIN IIIIIIII III• IIII •III I I..------ . .. - - - No 537. 28x42 top Quarter Sawed Oak, Cross Band Rim, Polished, $7.50 You can't make money faster than by buymg thIS fine lIbrary Table by the dozen, unless you make up a carload out of thIS and other good thmgs we have to show you. ,I II I• Ii I,I --------------------------~ PALMER MANUFACTURING co. 1015 to 1043 Palmer Ave., DETROIT MICH. 24 WEEKLY ARTISAN ..... -- ..- --~----------- ..,I I!III I IIII I I• II•• IIf ••I F.O.B Chicago, 5 30 days, 60 nel :IIII• I,I .. ... ..~ ,•• ,III II I•• I• I,I , I I• , •I• II •I,I I• It I I I •I I I I•II ~----------------------------- ---- "HOME DOCKASH" BASE BURNER We beheve the "Home Dock-ash" to be the live stove for the t.ve dealer-a powerful heater, neat and attractive. Pattern and prICeare right. Made ID three SIZes. Full Dickel tnmmed-conslstmg of left off Dickel dome DIckel swmg top, base, foot falls, ash door scroll, swan head corner panels, and urn smooth castmgs. Duplex grate With shakmg ring Large ash pan. SIZe of No Fire Pot Weight Price III II in, 2251bs. $14,50 121 12 in, 2751bs, 16,50 I~I 13 in. 325 Ibs 18,50 Send for Complete Catalogue W. D. SAGER 330-342 E. No. Water St • Tel Randolph 1372 CHICAGO, III (East End of MIchIgan Street South S,de of Barry Docks.) GOOSE FEATHERS SHOULD BE ALIVE Those Taken FrOID Dead Fowls Are Not Much Better Than Husks for Beds and Pillows. "Yes," saId a manufactLll el and dealer in bed furnishings, "it is necessary that goose feathers should be taken from the hve goose if we are to study the health and comfort of people who think they mu~t have feather beds and pIllows Dead goose feathers are not much better than husks to he on and have not that VIrtue of husks, whole,;omeness "If you have never seen a lIve goo,e pluckmg If I \\ ere) au T wouldn't go very far out of my way to -ee It, for the ~Ight \\111 not be likely to gIve you an) large amount of plea,ure You can ,ee the proce",;, though, If ) au deqre, In ,anous farm neIghbor-hoods III northern New Jer,;e) and partlculally among the Pennsylvama Dutch fal mers 111the C01111tle,;ot that ,;tate, OhIO and Indiana, where the populatlOn IS lalgeh of that cla,s "They sa) It doesn't hurt a e,oose to pluck It, but It seem~ to me that you mIght a,; well sa) that It \\ ouldn t hurt a mdn to have hIS whIskers yanked out by the handful The reason they gIVe for behevlllg a goose doesn't suffel y\hen ItS feathers are be111g plucked IS that It never squaw ks or squeaks or p1~ 1 AC '1 fuss whIle the pluckmg IS gomg on "Now I beheve It hurts a goose lIke the mIschief to have Its feathers pulled out, commg as they do ftom the tenderest spots on its body, and the reason the fmy I doesn t utter any protest prompted by pam 1". accordmg to the \\a} J have slzed gee~e up, because It IS such a blame fool \ goo~e \\ 111squa\\ k and clatter and cackle a, If suffenng mOle agony than a horse WIth the collc Just at the mere sight of you. but 1f ) ou corner It up and pelt It WIth stones seems to forget that It has a VOIce, and will take all the pUlllshment you gIVe It WIthout protest "The Pennsylvallla Dutch farmers pluck geese today Just the same as theIr forebears dId tIme out of mllld and I don t know as there IS any other way. It certamly couldn't be made any pleasanter for the goose unless the plucker held chloroform or sometlung lIke that to Its nose whIle the pluckmg was gOIng on. The geese to be bereft of theIr feathel s are first got to-gether m an inclosure used for the purpo~e The perspIcacIty r--------~·_------·-----· I I •II I I•I•II II I I I• II•I II• •I•IIII• I• I•I• ••I MUSKEGON VAllEY FURNITURE COMPANY .- .... -- --.., MUSKEGON MICH.,. , COIomol SUlles TOil POSI Bens Ono DreSSers Chl!!OnlBrs Warn robes looms' TOileIS Dressmo Tables MohOQony Inlmo Goons ~------------------- ...._--------------. WRITE FOR CATALOG II .._ ..-~ ot geese may be ,tnkmgl) made known to ) ou when they are bemg rounded up 11l such an enclosure If there ~hould happen to be a knothole In one end of It, the door being at the other That door may be six feet hIgh and three broad, but goose after goose \\ 111Ignore It and tl y ItS best to get 11l thlOugh the knothole Induced though to try the doO! every goose WIll bob its head do\\ 11 a, It passes through for fear of knockmg It against the top ot the doorjamb, SIX feet above "There IS a man or a boy in every neIghborhood where geese are plucked \\ho IS an expert at gettmg the goose ready for the proces,. ~ot everyone can do that The wmgs of the goose have to be locked together bv a peLultar arrangement of the tv,o near the shoulder, dnd whIle they are not tIed or fasten-ed m an) other \\ a) the lock 1S such that no goose can unlock it The goo,e's teet al e tIed together WIth a broad band of musltn. Then It IS 1each for the plucker 'The plucken, who are almost alway s \\omen, go among the gee~e \\ Ith theIr heads and faces entIrely covert>d with hoods tastened around the neck w1th a ,;hirr ,;trmg There are holes in the hoods for the eves and nose From the neck down the pIckers are covered WIth a glazed muslIn garment to whIch no feather or down \\111 chng The pluckers SIt on low stools around a large and perfectly dry tub Each takes in her lap a goose made helpless by ItS mterlocked wmgs and bound legs, and WIth rapId plymg of her fingers separates the feathers from It ThIS 1S done WIth such SkIll, though that the plucker rarely breaks the goose',; skm or causes blood to follow the pluck1l1g out of ,t feather The air IS constantly filled with the light teathers dWlllg the pluck1l1g, but they settle mto the tub at last 'There Isn t a" much call for the goose to undergo thi~ rap1l1g of Its feathers a,; there used to be 1'\ot one pound ot goose feathers are used today where fifty pounds were used tv\ enty-five years ago Odd as It may seem, dsthma and hay fever long ago began to ha' e a good deal to do WIth decreasing the demand tOl teather beds and pillows It was dIscovered that asthma and ha' tever had an affinity for such couches and head rests' that nothmg would start an asthmatic off for a cheerful lllght s \\ heezing so quickly as a feather bed This cltscovery spread, and the goose owes a great deal of its later day comfort to the asthma WEEKLY ARTISAN 25 ~,--------------------_.----------------------------------- I I I II II I I• •I• I• III II II• I I II I• II I No. 400-$18.1>0 No. 32-$10.00 No. '101-"20.00 No. 31-l;,14.2.5 No. 19-$10.71> ----_.-------_.------_.--.-._.-.-._.--._.------------------- ...-_ ...._-_ ....__ . ~o. :IO-S11.25 Michigan Star Furn. Co. ZEELAND, MICH. ~ .....-.... A "Disappeal'ing" Bed Used in Flats. 1he Holmes D1sappeallng Bed Compam of Lo:" ~ngelc:", (al a1e engaged 111:"elhng pen11lts to .11ch1tect~ and bmlde1 s t01 the use of a dhappeanng bed 111the C01bt1uctlOn of flats B) the employ ment of the Holme~ system beds m.1Y be concealer\ If\ the bases of kJtchen cupboards, buffeb, bookcases, hall seats, or other a1tJcles of furmttll e vVhen 1t chsappears 1t carnes the uedd111g \\ 1th 1t In the yea1 1880 a man named :-'Ianley obta111- eel letters patent from the gene1al government for a beel S1l111lar to that lllustratecl and descnbed111 c1rcnlars 1ssueel by the Hohnes company Stockwell, Darragh & Co, ot Grand Rap1d~ pur dla~ed the nght to manufacture and ~ell the same but attel :"evet al ) ears of unsucce~~ful effort to establlsh a trade 1t was abandoned In the constructlOn of the l\Ianley bed, table shdes were used, one end of the sldes were attached to the 111tenor of .1 bookcase, whlle the" other vvas SUppOlted by castel:" \ \ hen 1t \\ as desll ed to use the bed the doors of the case wen: opened and the bed drawn out, llke an extenslOn table The beddlllg was bundled and depos1ted upon the frame work of the bed when not 111use. ~ 0 slde ralls \\ ere prov1ded and the inabtllty to properly ventllate the bedd111g probably caused 1tS failure 111the market~ It was suggested that the much needed slde ralls could have been constructed to open and close hke the sections of a fie'ld glass, but the llnportant questlOn of vent1latJon apparently was cons1der-ed unsolvable The Holmes company cla1m that the1r bed 1~ perfectly ventllated and samtary and that thell patents cover the constructlOn of the houses 111 wh1ch the bed shall be used An Order From Argentina. The Luxury Cha1r Compan), Grand Rap1ds, has Just re-ce1ved an order for about half a carload of the1r yvell known, Luxury Cha1rs, to be sh1pped to a large fLumture dealer 111 Buenos Ayres, Argent111a, S A. The shtpment may be constd-ered a~ a sample lot and those who are acqua111ted \\ 1th the ments of the Luxury 1111ew1ll expect to see th1s lot followed bv larger order~ from the same source Have Plenty of Business. The Grand Rap1ds Blow P1pe and Dust \rrester Compam are not suffenng for lack of bus111ess On the contrary the) have had a plenty for seve1 al months and w1ll have for several months to come. They have Just completed eqtllpments for the ----------_. _. . -----~ Wagon Star. Hitch Your to a WHICH SHALL IT BE? The entire lot for ... $93.75 In Quartered Oak, or Mahogany or $99.25 in Blrd's Eye Maple. A postal brings a greater variety, \Iurph) U1d1r COmp.1n) cU1d the Packard \[ot01 ComlMn) of DetrOlt, the Central Pape1 Company of \Iuskegon and the \1Jch1gan Felt111g Company ot Grand Rap1d~, and they have' under way contracb tor eqUlpp111g the C R vV1lson Body Com pany, the Restmck Lumbe1 Company and the C D \V1dman Company of DetJOlt, the \uto Body Company of Lan~1l1g, the Randall Lumber and Coal Company of F1l11t, 2Vl1ch, and the \larvel ~[.1nufactU1m~ Company of Grand Rap1ds Enlarging Grand Rapids Factories. Cha1les \I" Renllngton 1S p1epa1111g to e1ect a bmld111g on ;\ ra1ket street. ad J0111lng the VV ll1Jam \ Berkey ftll11lture fac-to!) The bmlchng \\ 111be fom stones above basement, 31x123 teet 1he fJ ont of the fit st :"to1) w1ll be of l:;ra11lte w1th P.1Vl11g bnck for the upper ~tOt1e~ The Berke) company WIll lease the bUlldmg for a term of year:" and use It fOl offi~e~ and \\ arerooms thus 111CreaSl11gthe capaClt) of the factor) about hftv per cent The busmess of the John 'A 1cld1comb Company has 111creased so rap1c1ly of late that 1t has been dec1dec1 to add a storY to the adclltlOt1 to the plant that 1S now bew(?, ere, ted The ne~v bmld-l11g\\ 111be five l11c;teadof fOUl stones It lS of the most approved modern bllck constructlOn 103x103 feet 111c!JmenSlOnC; \vork on the b1g add1tlOn to the pl.1nt of the btand Rap1ds Show Case Company 1S progre~s111g rap1dl) The bmldmg \\ t11 be ready for occupancy befo1e the end of the yea1 ~._ ..........•.•. ., II BARGAINS IN NEW MAC"I~ERY I have on hand for ImmedIate shipment the following brand new machines which I WIll sell at reduced pnces 4-Two-spindle Radial Boring Machines to bore from Ij:{ to 18inch centers. 3-Two-spindle Radial Boring Machines to bore from I to 12inch centers. 2-Eighteen inch Cabinet Makers' Lathes. I -Sixteen inch Caninet' Makers' Lathe. ---.<\DDRESS-- - J. C. DeBRUYN, 130PageSt., Grand Rapids,Mich. " . .. WOULD SOLVE THE ~rIMBER PROBLEM California Proposes to Sav("the Woodworking Industries of the Country by Cultivating the Eucalyptus Tr("("for Commercial Purposes. F D Cornell m the C;un~et \lagazme- -\ fe\\ shOl t }eal" ago the commerCIal culture of cucal} ptus tl ee" was not numbered among the great 01'1'01tUl1ltle offered b\ Clhforllld c11111atl SOlI and sunshll1e, nOl \\a" thl~ L1Clustr} fot el momcnt 10n'l dered a canchdate fOI fir~t pldlC elmong Il1du,tlles ot thc ,tdt~ Today commerCIal eUlah ptm mea11llH; the lulture ot the eUl I lyptus tree on a ttemendou" 'laIc lOI the plOc!ultlOn ot h,lld-wood lumbel for the manutactm e~ 111du'-,tlll~ and ,ll t, 111,ulh a candIdate, and 111the c, e" dnd 11l11lCI,me! mtcllech ot ldlll palgn manager~, astutc 111c!nstnal pOhtIUd11S ,me! thl \ otll1~ pub hc generall} 10mmerClal clIl dhptll~ h leI tam ot e1ectlO 1 True, It may amI \\ III 1ellllll e ,e,ll, ot \\ 01k and clemon,tl atlon but yea I s WIll make the ICSltlt mOl e 1U tam "\ecesslty IS the mothcl of U1\ entlon Thu 1 h ,1 e!ue nllC"- sIty for the lllvcntlOn ot a dcpencl.lble 1l1UcaSl1~ aIle! pI odUlt1\ 1 tImber supply, partllularl} a hareh\ooe! tlmbCI "upph Cdpltdl greater than the natIOnal debt I~ employ edm harch\ oodlnclustlle" annual products a bIllton e!ollal" stlong al e taken from the hard\\ood forc~t~ tramcd hat d\\ood artlsan" numbenn£1, hun and the stanchng tImber IS consequently much 11101evaluable SIxth, 1he ttmber cncalypts can, thel efore, be grown as a 1ommel clal propOSItIOn, and 111\estment In eucal} ptus tlmbel IS thC1eb} made safe, cel tam and plofitable The trees al e not ,Ublcct to dl"case and when well e~tabhshed under rIght condI-llon, Icqll1re almO'it no lare Thc grO\\th and value ale not ,tifeeted b\ floods 01 fam1l1e", stnkes or pamcs, war~ or rumors (It \\ dl Hal d\\ ood tImber IS baSIL Takmg up these clalm~ 111,I logllal 111anner thc} ma\ be enlan;-ed upon as follows 1hc eUl,I!} pts have bcen grown 111laltforma for fifty years, but on I} dunng the ldst fe\\ year" ha~ bram and brawn and bank been centel ec! on the com111erC1al pos"IIJIlttle~ whIch thIS rapId ~IO\I mg genu~ of tlmbel ttee~ prcsent LntII of late plant- 111~, h,lVC been llll~cellanecJ\1" not C0111melclal [ oday the 1e are plll1,lp, ten thousand aCIes ot Caltformd soIl planted to tlmber em ah l' s, part {Jf ±tns mknseh commerCIal, pdrt more desIgned t01 ,,011 1ec1a1matlOn wate1 lon,en atlon affOl e~tatlOn and fuel In anotltel t\\ eh e months plobabh fifteen acres of stllctly com-mel ual tOle,t" \\ III he planted \nothel vear the plant111g WIll pel hdp, Ix c){mblee! 01 t1ebled (dltfOlma can pnt back of It 1\ II \ 1e,oUlle lapable 01 dIVersion to th1~ new 1l1dustry, can loax t10m th" L,ht e\ ln dollal that the great and legItImate claIms or tl'l 111c!n'U) lan elU1act and cont1l1lle to l11vest and contU1l1e to ((Je1" tm ~enel ,1tlO11attcr ~eneratlon, and the plantl11g of the tImber eUlal) pt~ \\ 111110t bc equal to the legItImate demands ot tlL harlh\ ooc! 1I1c!11"tl1e" \ vallable acreage for the be~t growth 1" 11111ltec!the 101111111I'a1l productIOn WIll be vay largely con-hmc! to 1 tl\\ dhl1l1h 11 Cdltior111a, and more partIcularly to lU 1,\111'U tH 11'0111the ~I eat c.."n Ioaqmn valley I he ph\ ~Ilal lhal,lctc1I~tIl~ ot the ttmber, and Its adaptabI-ht I tl) ,I l11nlUtl1dl of t"e, arc tl lh remarkable The possIble n '1' 1hl t1(1111]Jlml bC,\111"to 111tnlate parquetry, from raIlroad t11" to 111,lglllhlel1t I enell" flO111C01eI \\{Jod to the highest type I t thl lratt,mall " a1t fl1e h"t ot pur]JO~eS to whIch the timber I r 111 IIIIIII 'p Ul 11,h becn fot1111 pdrtIcularly adapted 111- dlHll' the tollll\\ 111£1, I n(l po,t" dne! j)lltm; tor shIp b 111c!111g,masts and spals, 1, 1 c!Plkl1~ 'l1eat111l1~ \\helrt dnc! plel 10n~tructlOn, and all maI- 111 11Ul1ttll11l e tCJ! Iall 1oac! tIes, blldge tImbers Cdr construc-tHJ11' 1l1e1111\ 11,Hl11e, ot tl llhPOI tatIon Inc!ustnes tor fur111tul e, h 11 1I111nm hl1hh h"tll1 e, CellVeel anel parquctl y work, barrels, kLL." ,Ll1e1,dl loopel a~t \\ ork, tIght and 1000c, tool handles ']J lke, tal101' hnb" pIc", beams, s111gletlees, tongnes and all 11l1]Jlcment anc! \ clulk \\ 01k, bo\\ It'1g alle}~, and finest floonng, L10"" t1ee~, 111snlell01 p111S,pnlley blolks, mUSIcal 111struments, Eucalyptus Board Showmg Natural Gram of the Wood dreds of tltonsdnc!~ elI~tllbnte hnnc!tcd, 01 nl111lO11"ot e!olLn s 111 wages-and all takcn tlom harelvvood s -\n(1 the tOll st 'e 1\ lle says that another tlm tn Jl \ ('Ill I' nnle,,~ somethln£; hel ml be clone WIll find the halCh\ooc! tml,h e"ha hteel \ 11101e £1,IIe\oth calamIty could not befall the lommelual 11clcl0I1 el m He ba~11 111dustry 15 not numbelec! 11 tne 111e!ll'itlles TheIl' IS nell"~lt\ 111ventton thae 11lust be The claIms of ihc C011111cldal e lcahpl11~ 1I1e!1't, I to (( ml]](:'1 clal and natIOnal Imp01lance al" b,,"ul (n t t" \\ h10ael ta t, I'lrst fhe Umbc1 enldhph l1atIll to \n-tlc1h,1 dIe tll most rapId gl 0\\ m£1,h II ch\ O( el tl e (1 lh \\ Ie! Second, [le t1l1J!1c! lKcU\]lL pllell'" l111c!\\OIc! tlll1hli remarkably dl\eIse 111lt~ e, 0 1C 'le~IO" \\ 11 pr,)(11111a 'll ISfactor) matcIlal jm C\l \ 1) 1 " 0 e t) \\hIl'l ,'ne!\\( l)e! h P 1l no matter nO\\ m1l11 hi \\ pc [1 I 1 ( It \1 1 '111 ,d Thuel 1he 1II'1!J°I CLl 1 \]1' III 1J 1 (p ,it (1 and grO\\n to 111u"hantdhle ",/<.-'1,1 c1 Ii t'lL\ l' ) I the sturnI' ane! 111 shot teI t1l11('t,nn t1 '1 I II l~, rourth, A £;redtel IPI cCI1t.'~e CJTth U llh I ( thL 1 ll1'1l1' clal eucalypts can be nu'lzec! tl1:1n c11\ 11 h 1 ~ 0\\ 11 1111till, ale almost ll1Velllabh th10nt!h elll i'1l0'~1 'L1c! llll\ p1 l IS a\allable f01 somc 01C ot the It 11ldl"els 01 pll P , Flith, On accm111t c t thIS C],IUqtl of n~l" ((J 11llctl L1Il/,1 tlOn and en011110n 1'10111ltlOl1]1 1 ,) ~ 11\1C!- lltlh 1)1 t()11,t cond1t1ons and mtenslve Cd1c; tll )( ~~11" 111 I lll1 It ,lll 1 1l1~ costs are lessened, a greatel ,) lcl 11l0rl \ tlnab'e p10cl \Ll I e"nlts, ]11<1111<1 11° 1 WEEKLY ARTISAN 27 Good Equipment Means Better Work Equip your shop or factory with G. R. Handscrew products; you'll note a vast difference in the quality and quantity of work turned out. All of our factory trucks, benches, clamps, VIses, etc. are the best that money and skilled labor can produce. We use nothing but the very best Michigan hard Maple in the construction of all our products. It is not possible to turn out better goods than we now manufacture; years of manufacturing has taught us that it pays to use nothing but the very best material possible in the manufactur-ing of our product. WRITE FOR CATALOG SHOWING THE COMPLETE LIST OF FACTORY EQUIPMENT. GRAND RAPIDS HAND SCREW CO. 918 Jefferson Avenue Grand Rapids, Michi go The posslblltty of productIOn IS demonstrated, the trees glow and thnve aacl produce 111manner 111ttme, and 111volume as before enlargecl upo 1 111 Sunset IIaga71ne The eldaptablltty of eucalyptus tlmbeJ fOI edl these purposes h demomtratecl, but the 111vesttgatlOn and expel1mentatlOn, tech111cdlly, sClenttfically and practtcalh, by e\ ery mtel ested mdlvlclual by every affected enterpnse, e\ el y threatened mdustl y and by the forest service of the X atlOnal Gavel nment IS a pdramount necessity 111order that exact and prdctlcal knO\\ledge be Iud, and that It be spread broadcdst thmugh the land, concer111ng the value and USeS of the timber of the eucalypts for each speCific purpose MillIOns of tt ees are be111g propdgated, many mllhons \V III be planted each season, but as } et dll these effOl ts al e but as an acorn to an oak as compared to ulttmate necessity pianos, organs, vlOl111s-111short the ttmber eucalypts Will supply a satlsfactorv matenal for ever} purpo e to which any harcl- \\ 00(1 IS put For all the purposes ndmed the timber of the eucalypts has been used elml \\ III be 111CeIds111gly used, and, finalh, for a vast maJont\ ot pl11poses \\111 be e'Zcluslvely used The fur111tl11e ell1d TIxtl11e mdustne" alone are approach111g a precltcament, awful enough to stag gel a natIOn In 1903 nearly twenty-five hundred estdbltshmenb reported a capital llwe"tment of $1 ),J,OOO,OOOand d product valued at $170,000000 In commenttng on these d stounc1111gfig ures thc 4 mellean Lum-bel man states "I,allure at the native hal dwood supply would revolutlolllze the fUll11ture mdustry and manufacturers would have to turn to tropical \\ Gods as the ma111dependence" Why not turn to the eucal}pts, ~rO\\n to order on Caltfor11la sOlI? A wood more deltghtful for such the, h not available, a wood more adaptable to the maa} reql11remenb has never been grown to order on (altfOf1lld sOIl") \ \\ ood more deltghtful for such uses IS not available, a wood mOl e adaptable to the many re-qmrements has never been grown-It has the fiber It has the strength, It has the beaut} 111texture 111gl a111and permits of a maglllficent fi11lsh, a fi111shwhich It holds and ennches Furm-ture and fixtures, the lllghest types of the craftsman's art, find their utmost expression 111eucalyptus It IS true, and known yet to but few. Years Will bnng an apppreclatlOn which Will clothe Caltfor11la s hills and plains With forests of matchless ttmber, which Will 111tUl n eqUIp and adOl n the office and home and palace With fil11sh and fixturE'S unsurpas~ed Details may be elaborated upon \\ Ithout end, facts may be ~tated 111 bnef or at length, the great tt uths are these The na-tton must have tlmbel for these many parttcular and technical uses, Caltfor11la eucalypb can aud \\ III supply a SUItable and 111 dlmost every case a supenor ttmber for each speCific purpose A Leader in Stoves and Ranges. AttentIOn of dealers IS called to the advel tlsement 111thiS Issue of W D Sager, manufacturer of ::.toves and ranges, 330- 342 North \1\ atel street, Chlca~o, who IS one of the best known manufacturers 111 the count!} 111 the field be covers The "Home Dockash,' Base Burner lone of the best stoves that a bve dealer can handle Tt IS a powerful heater, as well as neat and attracttve 111 appearance made 111 three sizes With full mckel tnmm1l1gs. Dealers desmng- a complete catalogue should wnte for It at once Perhaps It is bettel fOI a gtfl to "ea1 hel heal t 011 her sleeve than to he totall} heartless \ woman IS a true Christtan when she lends her best cut gldss for a church SOCiable. 28 WEE K L Y A R 'lIS -\ i\ ~I------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------~ I f 1 I ~! I I I : II I, I I •II I III IIII III II III I III I III III II I I I i I y II t1 II t I• IIII I II I I Fram the New Fall Suppl",ment of the Luce Furmtllre Company I '--- . --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------~ WEEKLY ARflSAN 29 Mr. Hulhert in a New Position. J E II11lbe1t 1" 110\1 the e,lstern sale" manage1 fm the Gralld Rapids Retnge1atOl (0111jlam w1th an offi-::e at \0 86 \\ a1rell '-,lllet \, c\1 \ (Jl k utI I he COlH1lclll\ al~o 111d1l1ta1l1'-, a wale r001111ll \'e\\ 't01k elt\ and \\l1lm thc neal t11tme e" tabh:oh allothc1 111 Bdltnl1(n c tm the copve111e11ceof the °011ther11 trade \11 H111be1t h \\ ell k11o\\J, to the tJ d(k thlO11gh 1m, pre- VlO11SassouatlOll w1th (, l' ,kuuut:;"l1 &. Son ut I11(hd11apoh" lnel ~Il H111bert \\lll ha\c cllanc;c of the E\etllgeratOl ~Ul11 pan} s t1alle 1ll the 1l1Cl1 ojloht,m (hStllct Crescent Machine 'Vorks. Crland Eapld'-, Ll C'-,CUlt j I pc '\ I!C,1\ \ \ alletv ",,1\\ Dench \\ eIght J 500 p0111l(1'-d,ll(l 110 \ 1bl,ltlOJ] ll~J(l tablc c1o~eh llbbed '-,ol1d d'-, c\ lock ~11jl]lOltell OJ] ~tlonl; c,llclulh 111dc11111Ul hl11~es lllt~ to cl" deC;lee'-, II Ith l;ladl'dtloll'-, ,,11(1 lHKrolHete1 d.d- 1\1'-,tmel1t -\11 bea\1llc,'-, ~1'\. lmlll'-, lonl; and "elf Olllllg, all loose pulley "df 0111112,-110 \\ 01\ \ llO tI onble Belt ah\ avc, tIght automatJc belt tJghtencl \11 t:;11c\gec,the fille,t made-when set \\111 "ta\ L\en palt O± thh nlc\cllllll I, made good and:oo de~lg11ed to pUlll1t q111ckand clccurate operatlOn ).Idde wIth or \\ 1tllOut 11O<l 1 plate h\ Crescent 1\1achulf \Vork, of Grand Rap1ds, \lldl1g'\ll New York Markets. ~ew YOlk ')ept 2-1-f\l1pcntl11c has been clo\\n to 39 cents dm1l1~ the week, but tOlLl} 1t IS q110ted a htt1e above last week s ng JJ eS-61@61 ~ here and 31)@:)I)! ~ava 1l1ah fhe1e hac, beell ,1 tead} demand tor 11l1seed 011 for the past fcw dd}' and pnce, hdve aclYanced about d cellt pel gallon loJay\ quotatlO\1S \\ e:ote111ra IV )1 @3S, s111g1ebOlled, 38@5~, double balled 39@61 Calcuttcl, I) cents. The shelLtc trade 15 1eported lJUIte satisfactory, at shghtly 111creas111gdemand, ha'111g stIffened pnces T N 111cases 1S quoted at 16@160, bnght 01 ange grades, 18@20, D1amond I, .~3@2(, Bleached fresh, 11~@18 ~, kIln dnecl, 21@22 The trade m varm"h gums IS stIll confined to small lots for nmmed1ate dehveq Pnces are firm, however Kaun No. 1 IS held at ±1@±1 cents, Xo 2, ~1@23, Ko 3, IG@18 cents \lamla, pale, 16@J8, da1k, harel, U@15; amber, 14@16 There 1S a -teachly 111creas1ng demand for goat skms, but a eorrespollchng 111crea:oe111rece1pt;, hao; prevented any matena1 advance 111 pnces 'IEe'dcan flontlers are stlll quoted at 33 cenb, Bueno'-, '\} Ie' J-l@-Jl /z (uracaos, 50@52, Haytlens, -t3@±6, Paytas 4-1@+2 Corclclge lS 111 bette1 demand w1thout change m quotatlOns 13 C tWll1e, ~ 0 18 IG@lb 0 cents, No 18 fine, 110@12 Imha, Ko" -1,Yi to (I, ()/z@8 The bmlap trade 1S dull w1th quotatlOns unchanged-360 for 8-ounce and cl 80 for 10)/z-ounce goods A.n advance of 50 cents to $1 CO per ton on pIg Iron was an-nounced last ::\londa}, but 1t has not been followed by other metal s ,',heet Zll1C1" quoted at $/ )0 per CII t , m carloacl lots, f o b at the 11111ls Shght cldvance'-, In pnce:o f01 the h1ghe1 grades of lumber al e 1eported from vanous p0111tS\\ lth an 111Ueas111C;demand for the 10\\ el ~rades of hardwoods HERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY. Capable ~Ien Wanted to Handle the Remains of a Southern Furniture Factory. The £0110\\111-5 'llf v\.pldlMllJlY Jetter, the \\lIter of ,\lllch IS a 1c d estatL dedle1 \\ Ith OfhLL' In the } 11st '( at1Ona1 B.lnk bUlldmg Shre\ eport Ld I, pubhshecl \llth the Idea that It may bL read b; ,,)11.C man 01 men "ho wlJulJ be pled~ed to accept II hat IS appar-enth .1 gooe1 opportunlt) to entu the fU111lture mannfaLturlng- bthl nt ss III tile south 5111L\ epol t, L'l \ug '6 1909 II ukl) -\1 tl'dU GI,ll1(1 RolpH1" ,rIch GLntlemln -\ on1 ta\or ot the 21st 111St adcllL,seel to the QueLn Clb f' urlllture \Ll11uf ldurlng Company, I ecen eel by 111e .h sUccessOl to thl el\\nusl11p of thL PIO)JUt) whJch T lLljU1leel oll leLelvcr" ,de Ifter 1 hIe \\hllh dLSllO)ed the 111olnutadulln..; P01tlOn of tile p1111t l11d put 1t ont ot bU"l11l',S Thue ICmoll11S I two story brlcl, \\ IlL house ROx100 fc Lt (and ptltfolms) conLl111111,?, .11)()l1t $190CO 1\ 01 th of ~oo Is fO\11 tenths ot \1 hlLh h Iron wIIlow beds cots eh (1" '1)lllH~' dc l1l( LlLloly output 'AIl1lh I, jJI111Up,dl; K D l1lld, l"'l111bl1112, 11hI 1lbll1\11shl11,?, of the matell,tl on hdnd clnd Offll' I ."ood t 111 l11d \\ 111tU Job f01 I Louple of cdpab,L mLll to ,11CPl up fOI thL 1l1ltKU 111d 1I1udLllt tll; 111,1\ prL,ul( I c1l'II,\blL oplll111b t01 Il,tOrlllg the plowt Be'ilde, thL Ihme lhLIL h 15 1ue, of Idnd >llth1ll tlll mmute~ 1\ 11k of the hU'll1l s" CLlltl! cllle! tll 0 bloLk" of thl e LLtnL belt ell' It h 111tclee! h:l tllO I lilt 0 ld 1l11l~ LOllnectlng \\Ilh Ll«bt olhLh ell \U"l1l~ In tll dlleltloll" lhl ])()tlu 11](1 ,111\11l~ !Wlhl' both Of 1111ek IlL 111tld ,1,,0 thl blol\j)1j)L 1LCLlIU l11d j111h and 1 100000 ';llJon cLmentld u...., t( 1 11 i1ll louncloIt101h 01 tll( j Idon ;',""IS0 1\ Itb the dLhll' oj ,I 11\0 -1(1) IntI b \s(mlnl hllL1,. ,Ill 1\\ llt1ng leLon,trl1ctJon .me! the 210 11 P COlh'iS (ng1l1l h 1c'1111'; on Ih foundatlOll shghtly Jol111 L:!,u1 1n 11e 111c1n.posu!e \11 IOL ItLd III tUllt(1) fO\11 hfths ,11 ~ln f01 e"t ot the \ al101h d,h'l'i oj pll1e CMk gU111 1,,11 lJOp1al 'OJ L l. mOl e maple magnoh I holl) l11d othll hdl d 111(1 ,oft tlmbcr 1n \\ 111('h mnumelablc ., 1\\ 111111plolnt, 'l chung mot.Ille'l and oper,ltec1 I de'ille thc tl Ide to kncl\\ thL phnt helC 1'i paltlally de~t1(l\ e 1 111d out of busllll" to s,n e them w.lste of hter,ltU1 e anel j1o,tage a, \\ (11 'l' to ,ohut the attentIOn of the men needed VC1Y tll1l; ,J](1 \t,pcl1fully ~ CURRIE 'I.(h Sept 11 18 30 WEEKLY ARTISAN WEEKLY ARTISAN 31 PREPARATIONS FOR THE CENSUS. Some Information for Manufacturers and Others Interested Sent Out by Washin~Uon Authorities. I or the benefit of mamtfacture! ~ who w1ll need to do ,ome fine figullng and cons1derable e,tlmatmg 111order to glve sat1s-factory answer;, to the censu, take!" who will cdll on them ne'Ct SprIng a sort of bullet111 of l11fOrmatlOn that w1ll sel ve as an 111troductlon to the ,ubJed ha, been ,ent out to ne\\ 'pdpe1s and trade Journal-, anclmanuLlCtureI' may ,a\ e much tune and anno}- ance by readmg carefully and actmg 111 accordance \v1th the "ugge,tlOl1S It leads a, follovv~ A,SIst,lllt Ll11ted ~tate~ Len,u, D1rectOl \\ lllIam 1 \\ 111- oughby and W1llIam .M Steuart, c1uef statIstI2Ian for manufac-tures m the Cen~u, Bweau, have 1eturned from the prInCIpal manufactunng CIties whIch they vl'lted to confel WIth the leachng trade orga1117atlOn" and a SocldtIOn, of n1<lnufacturers, m re-gard to the f011n of the schedule to be usedlll the census of man-ufactures for the calenc1al }ear 1<JO() a, 1eqmred by the act of Congress provldmg for the th1rteenth decenl11al United States census \mong the assoCIatlO11S vIsited by one or both of these officers of the Bureau 'h e1e the Philadelplua Board of Trade, the ~mencan Ilon and Steel ~s,ouatlOn, the Board of Trade and TransportatIOn of Yew Y 01k C1ty, the ~ atlOnal ~s,oclatIOn ot :\Ianufacturers, the NatlOnal Pa1l1t 011 and Yarmsh i\ssocla-tlon; the Chamber of Commerce ot the state of '\ ew York, the Papel and Pulp ~ ssoc1dtlon the Silk '\ ~soClatlOn of ~menca the Copper Ploducers' \ sCoCIatIOn, the -\,,~o'::IatlOn of \V 001 :\IanufactUl el ., etc 1he 1epre,cntatIve, of the~e a S.,OCJations dnd the othel mchv1dudl manufacturel s con,ulted, 111 general ex-presserl theIr behef that the schedule a;, ,ug-~e~ ted, called fot the mformatlon It 1, deSIrable to obta1l1 for the11 1l1clustnes ancl em-bt dced all the questIOns to vvhleh the manufactul eI, vvonlcl \011- lllgl} furmsh an.", el s \ nnmber of them, moreove1, made certdm sugge tlOns vvhlch 1t 1SbelIeved WIll be of value m c1raft- 11115the fmal f01m of schedule to be adopted The la\V P10\ 1cl1l1S; f01 the thuteenth cen, us ell! eet~ that cer-ta111 StdtlStI", m 1egal d to caplt,ll employ ee" \\ a;;e" co,t of m,tte1tals miscellaneou" e"pen"e" dnd ,alue of producb, ~hall be collected hum dll l1ldnUTdct1llll1S; establlshments that we1 e 111 operatlOn dunng ,my pOl t10n of the year 1909 fhe chrectOl of cen,us de"lre" to make these mql11nes as slmple as the reql11re-mcnt, of the la\\ w111 penl11t theref01 e, the con~ult,lt1On~ WIth repre~el1tatlVe concern~ and the CIeat10n ot the adv1"orv bOdl d of specIal agenh • The cbrectOl further has 111l11111dsubm1tt111g for final consld-erat1Ol1 and adVIce the ~chedule as drafted 111the Bureau to a speClal commIttee ot expel t, tll be ella\Vn fro111among the pnnC1- pal officCl s of the lead111g t1 ac1e a~soclatlOm and large pnvate concern, devoted to .,pellal lmes of 111'1ustl} The form and con-tent~ of the ~ever dl speCIal ~checlules WIll be c011'v1dered and adv1sed upon b) them and the) ,,111 acs1st 111 the forn1l1latlOn of the deta1led conclusIOns to be drav) n later from anal) se" of the complIed data It IS 1mpo1tant that the manufacturet::. co operdte WIth the Census Bureau to make the cen~us a Sl1cce~" and It IS the 111ten-t10n of the chrector to confe] freelv WIth the aSSoclat1Onc and re-pre, entatn e men engaged 1'1the ehfferent 111dustnes The sched-ule" WIll a" a 1ule be collected b\ cI)eCldl aoent" be<Y111n111T<tnY ~ 'b ~ '"c-uar} 1 next. but even manutdctul el w1ll ha\ e the pn\llelSe of .,endmg hI' repo! t d1rectl} to the Ccnsus Bureau bl mall 1f be prefers to do so 1 he celhU- ot l1ldnufactm e., 1~ to he conf1neei tll \\ hdt l~ ~cn eralh kl1ll\\ n dS the facton ~,stem" and exclurle" the so-called ne1ghborhood, household dud hawl 111clu,tt1e, \Vh1ch \\ e1e 111- cluded at the fedelal ce1Nl' of 1'l()() 1he 1111eof elellMlceltIOu between the fact01) 111clu,ttIe, to be taken ,md the hand tl dde", etc that are to he o1l1Itted, 1" P 1t Sd11 \!J Stewart ah\ a} s clearly defined but d fair Idea may be e bta111ecl'1t the I elatIve Importance of the two cla"ses by the follovV11li?b,tlef ,tatement \t the cemlh of 1900 thet e wa~ a total of ')12 'n~establhhment., \\ 1th plOdl1ct" valued at $lJ,OOJA00,14,i, and of tlK "e the hand tracle~ of a cha1 dcter whlCh were omItted at the ccn oll, of llJ() 3, Iepl c~entee! 804,692 estabh;;,hments wtth products valued dt 5;1,j(H,'~7\),021 or 5<)5 per cent of the total number of estabh~hl1lent, ane! 12 l per cent of the total \ alue of produdc 1he cen"ns of 1910, therefO! e, to be complete, must l11c1ude th~ 1C!))rts from everv factor}, 1111neand quaIry thdt was 111operet lC 1 dll111g anv portlO;1 of the calendar} ea1 of HJ09 The l11qu1nes a1e sim1lar to those used at pnor cen ouse They reql11re a descnpt10n of the bus111e~s or k1nd of products, the amount of capItal, the number of employees, the amo,111t p'llc1 111wages and ~alane" the amount of m1scellaneo IS expenbeS, the cost of matenal" and the value of the product-, at the factorv or mme vVhlle the act of COUgle~s, approved July 2, HJOU, under whIch the cemu, 1~taken, makes 1t obhgatory upon every owner presicIent, trea,u1 er ,ecreta1 y, dIrector, or other officer, or agent of an} mdnutae t11111g estabhshment m111e, quarry or other e - tabhshment of product1ve 111cIutr}, whether conducted a, a CU1 pOl at10n, firm, 1l111ltec1hab111t} comlMnv, 01 pnvate 111ebv111t1 to furmsh the statletlcs requuec1 f01 tht~ census, It also proVlcle~ that the 111fOlmatlOl1 ,upphec1 shall be used onh for the SLlt1 tIcal pnrpose f01 wlllch It IS 1l1tenclecl, that a p 1bhcatlOn shd11 be made b} the Cemlb Em eau whereby the clata furmshed b} any pdrtleular e"tabhshl1lent C,lll be 1dentlfied, nor shaH the chrector of the censu, pe1t111t an) one other than the ~worn em- 1'10)ee., of the Census Bureau to examllle the mchvldual reports \ se\ el e penalty 1" also p10vlClecl f01 anI clerk or bpeCIal agent who shall pubh~h 01 communKate an} 111formatlOn commg mto h1~ posseSSIOn bv 1eaSO'1 of hh employment 1n the census office The canVd'lS l11U-t be made Cllll'::kl} 111orde1 to endble the office to tdbuldtc and pubhch the ~tatIstlcs 111tIme to be of value ~t J1110r cen,u,e, <1fe\\ nl1.nutactul er, \\110 (hc1 not dpp1ec1dte the nece~slt) £01 pt CJ11ljltact101l, 1t 1~ ~tatec1, c1etn eel the1! returns untl1 the la"t n1llme 1t TIn ~ 1'1adKe on the part of a fe\\ e~- tdbhsh1l1cnts 1cteUd., the tdbulatlon at the statI"tI2" and render" 1t 1111p1 actIcabk fOl the 13m eau to make the t{)tah for Clnv state or 111clu~tl) untIl the 1cport, fOl these neglu;ent e,tabhshments have been 1ece1vee! To make d SclLCe"" of thl~ great work, therefore, It IS ab-solutel} nece~can that the Len,us Bmeau tecelves the co-opera-t10n and as,tstance of all per,ons who w1ll be reql11recl to fur-msh the 111formatlon \\ 1tho 1t ,\ b1ch 1t WIll be ImpOSSIble to take the census ,v1thlll tl'e tune lU111t and w1th the expenchture of the appropnatlOn that has been made tor the \\ ork As the statlstlcs <11e tdbulatecl the totdl., ale made for the \ anou" "tates and pubh heel 111the form of ~peClal bulletms COll-ta111111gthe tdb'llated figl11es to! the several 1l1dustnes, not only f{lr thIS censu~, but f01 pnOl censuse, 111 comparatlve form SpeCIal report~ on the lead1l1g mdust11es of the L'mted States are abo pubhshed a, qUlckh as pocslble dfter the en11lneratlon, and the"e reports and bulletIn<; are s11pphec1 free of charge to all who ma\ apph for them .. The1 e ma} be no "hart cut to fame, but the pug1list fre-quently acql11re<; 111'3tIll ongh an uppercut The meek may 111herit tht> earth but <;omehow or other they never seem to ~et possession 32 \V E.B.K L'l A Woman's View of German Ways. Luc1a Ames Mead, a cultured lad) of Boston, returned from a SOjourn in EUlope recently and 111an 111terestmg lette1 to the Transcnpt d1~cusse~ German \\ a, ~ and Our \\ ay"" The The "gre,lt \i\'oh11t1l1~s \msellUlg \\ here the tUll11tt11e 111mod-ern sty le~ 1~ ta~tefull) arranged 111 ~U1te~ of co/\ room~ re, eals hO\\ w1de-~pread 1~ the 1evolt frOUl the rococo lJOrror~ of the old show rool1l~ ot the Kahe1 ~ palace wlllch "lth 1t-counterpart~ at Potsdam and el~e" he1e ha, e tor centm Ie' de bauched publtc taste The wnte1 de2la1 e" that '\111elKdn, haH nothmg to learn from modern German} as to ~t) Ie ot al dutec ture, furl11shUlgs or c1ecoratlOn In "p1te of a tremendou" num-ber of costlv and Ill1PO~111gbUlld111g" Germall', has not produced any w1thUl four hunch ed }eal ~ equal to the pubhc hbrar} and art Uluseum m Copley "qUd1e, Boston Outs1de ot a1ch1tecture and furl11shUlgs Germanv has everythmg to teach and \me11cd t() learn Germany cloes not express an} 10\ e tot beaut, except 111 poetry, 111US1Cand landscape gdl del11ng F"ceptlOn" to nt1 \ rule eX1st and the \ynter \ece)~JllLec1 1Il \\ erthe111lU ' ~1 t,l\ department store a ht compal11on 111 nnpte"I\enC" t01 ,ral,h,t!l F1eld" ~tore, 111 ChIcago \ me "01 kman,hlp l' the dlll t ell con']Jlt~hment of Genna 1 m,l11Ufdctt11eI not guocl cle'lgn • r ,..--_ ... - II ._--~-------------------------, I,I IIII IIII• I III I II III Miscellaneous Advertisements. WANTED First class spmdle carvmg machme operator on heavy claw feet and heads. State wages expected Address 3-B care Weekly Artisan Sept 25 WANTED LINES One who is a thoroughly experIenced and practical furn,- ture man seeks to represent as salesman on commission a good furmture and a good chair factory. Prefer central states. Have been superIntendent, draftsman, also sales-man last fifteen years. Best references given. For further mformatlOn address "W" care of Weekly Artisan. Sept, 18-25 Oct. 2 --------- .. COMPETENT BOSS FINISHER WANTED. Man who can get out production and do It nght Send references, state experIence ar,d lowest salary m first letter Address "Mlsco," care Weekly Artisan 9 18-25 FOR SALE. Up-to-date Chalr Factory, cheap; a rare opportunIty, 10 acres of valuable land on whlch plant IS erected. Full eqUlpment of machmery, 150 horse power CorlIss engme, ma.enal In process, plant ready for operatIOn. Lexmgton IS the only town In North Carolma havmg two trunk lme railroads. Ed. L Greene, Receiver, Lexmgton, North Car-olma. Sept. 11-18-25 Oct. 2 I ,III /,II IIII II I• I I_-.4----.--~-.-.--.---------·4----.---.---------.... WANTED-POSITION. In progressive furmture factory, making case goods, beds or tables by a competent superintendent haVIng ten years' ex-perience. Thorougnly faml1lar With all branches. Address OW" No.2, care Weekly Artisan, 9 4-11-18-25 WANTED. CommiSSIOn man for Misssouri and Kansas representmg five furmture factOrIes. Splendid mixed carload !lines. Adress, Ballman-Cummings Furniture Company, Fort Smith, Arkan-sas. Aug 7, '09 WANTED-WOOD SEAT CHAIR FACTORY To locate on our property at Columbus, Mississippl; unhmlt-ed supply of red and white oak; red and sap gum and beech at extremely low cost; plenty cheap labor; fine factory SIte, un-excelled shipping faCilities and low freight rates to good mar-ket. Might take some stock in well managed company. Ad-dress Interstate Lumber Company, Downmg Building, Erie. Pa. WANTED. A good cabmet maker; one who c.an detaIl and make clothing cabinets. Address B. S., care Michigan Artisan. 6-10-2t. BARGAIN! 40 H. P. direct current motor, latest make and in first class runmng condltlon. Grand Rapids Blow Pipe & Dust Ar-rester Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. 8-21tf . _.... .... Century Contract Awarded. Local contractor", r\pple} ard & Johnson, bdve been awarded the contract for the erectIOn of the new plant of the Century G'urmture Camp an} (TI dnd Raplch The bmld111g, located on Commerce street. \\ III 11eof hnck five stones ()lxl-h3 feet and a one-~tor) bnck bOllel !lou"e With concrete flool Who Can Supply This Want? \\ eekl) \ltban GlalHl RaplCl" :\llch Dear .'-JIf::,-Can ,au tell u~ where we can buy a good Lmclel man automatic dove-tad glue J ointel and al ~o sanclll1g 111ach111e \Ve preter a belt ~ander-"omethl11g that Will work admirably on table tops The rea,on \\ e wnte you In t111';regard 1S because plObabl) \ ou al e posted a" to where we can get the 111formatJQn to buy such machmes at thIS class 111first clas~ cond1tlOn second-hand Yours trul) , LOl r51 R \STETTER & SONS rort II,lvne Ind '",ept '2l ] 909 More Foreign Shipments. '\le"ander Dodds b shlppmg to Lebus & Sons of London, England, one t,,\ enh five ~pmdle and Ol1etwelv e ~pmdle combina-tIOn dovetall nldch111e fhe Lebus faLtory L the large~t 111the \\ arId The} aIt each have man) of the Dodds' machme~. NIr Dodds h also ShlPP1l1g to ~trath1 OV, Ont, one twelve sp1l1dle dovetaIler and one of hIS latest nnpwved saw tables Bll~ine~s ha, matenall} lmproved ct'1d prospect" dre gro\\ 1l1g bng-hter e\ en da, INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. Alaska Refrigerator Company Barnes, W. F. & John Co Big SlY. Car Loading Company Backstege Furniture Company Bosse Furniture Company Crescent Machme Works Cume, A DeBruyn, J. C Ford & Johnson Company Grand Rapids Caster Cup Company Grand Rapids Fanoy Furniture Company Grand Rapids Hand Screw Company Hafner Furniture Company Holland Furniture Company Hotel Lmden Humphrey-Widman Bookcase Company Karges Furniture Company Kauffman Manufacturlllg Company Lentz Table Company Luce Furniture Company Luce-Redmond Chair Company Madden, Thos., Son & Co Manistee Manufactunng COlnpany Metal Furniture Combpany Michigan EngraVing Company Michigan Star Furnltrue Company Miller, Ell D. & Co Miscellaneous Moon Desk Company Muskegon Valley Furniture Company Nelson-Matter Furnlture Company New York Furniture Exchange Palmer Manufacturmg Company Pioneer Manufactunng Company RlChmond Chair Company Royal Chair Company Sager, W D. Sheboygan Chau Company Sligh Furnlutre Company Smith & DaVISManufacturlllg Company Spratt, George & Co Star Caster Cup Company stow & DaVISTable Company Udell, The Works Union Furniture Company (Rockford Warren Table Works White Prmtlng Company World Furniture Company 11 21 18-19 18 18 Cover 29 25 13 14 17 27 3 7 8 3 18 6 10 4-28 4 2 8 18 Cover 25 15 32 11 24 1 Cover 23 12 20 13 24 23 21-30 2 3 12 14 6 8 22 Cover 18
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39. Michigan Artisan; 1909-03-10

Notes:: Issue of a furniture trade magazine published in Grand Rapids, Mich. It was published twice monthly, beginning in 1880. and ·GRAND RAPIDS rH:~I'" Twenty-Ninth Year-No. 17 • MARCH 10, 1909 Semi-Monthly r-------- , I Now is Your Chance to Secure I A Clemons Flat Surface Sander I which has been replaced by OUf No. 171 Sand Belt Machine (See ad. on back cover.) We also have a Moore Flat Surface Sander, also Disk and Drum, Drum, Disk and Spindle and Spindle Sanders that have been dis-carded in favor of our machine. We can offer any of the above at bargain prices. Write us. WYSONG & MILES CO., Cedar St. and Son. R. R., GREENSBORO, N. C. ~ The Best Truck--The Strongest Truck This is the famousGillette Roller Bearing Factory Truck~the truck on which it is said,'''One 'man' can move a load of 3000 pounds while with the other trucks it takes three men." This is the truck that is strong where others are weak-the truck that has an unbreakable malleable iron fork. This is the truck YOU are looking for if you wish to invest in rather than waste money on factory trucks. Gillette RolJer Bearing CO. ORAND RAPIDS. MIClIIOAN ________T_he Ligh_test Ru_nning,__E Longest Lasting Tr,uck "ABC" Vertical Self-Oiling Engines are Arum-ged for Direct Connection to Any Make of Generator "The highest quality of material, workmanship and finish ever embodied in $team engine con-struction." "ABC" Questions on Lighting if you need a boiler to run your engine and you use Ex-haust Steam for heating and drying, how in the world can any-one sell you electric current for lighting your mill, factory and yard as cheaply as you can generate your own? Can you aiford to belt a generator from your line shaft or can you direct connect a dynamo to any ordinary steam engine when an "ABC" VERTICAL ENCLOSED SELF-OILING ENGINE WILL PAY FOR ITSELF IN ONE YEAR IN SAVINGS OF OIL AND FUEL? Tau can afford an "ABC" ENGINE and we can prove it. Write us number of lights or kilo-watts wanted, together with steam pressure carried-for proposition. Get catalog 232 M. A. anyway. lil!",I!,!I, JIi '!lil"~'liill'I""'11,.If+'''\II',II,'I''''''~llil,:1 DE~;~?~~~ae~iH. ~ llli I'I 1'1' I, ,I,I I:1"" I, I: I" 11 ,II' '1' Work., 11" 'ii' " ':1, ,,', DETROIT, MICH. and TROY, N. Y. ~ 1,,·1111 II; II .,L;II I,~ Ilmil 111111" 11J1lL'" II'It.11 MANUFACTURERS w:'Tslf~l~5~VK<i&!~~ ENGINES "DETROIT" ~~pNA~T~kAWPS~. t' HEATING AND VENTILATING APPARATUS. AUTOMATIC RETURN TRAPS. I , . \ New York, Chicago, Salea Offices) St. Loui., Philadelphia, Pitt.burg, Adanta. "ABC" t • SLIDING SHOE FOR USE ON DESK LEGS This shoe does the work of a caster yet allows the desk legs to set close to floor. Fastened with flat head wood screw and furn-ished in three sizes. SEND FOR SAMPLES AND PRICES No 1493 PULL A very fine handle for desks in the sqnare effect. Something different from the regnlar bar pulls. GRAND RAPIDS BRASS CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN • 1 MICHIGAN ARTISAN 1 f.-------------------·-----------------1 I These Specialties are used all Over the World Veneer Preuea, different kind. a.nd size... (Patented) Hand Feed Gluein .. Machine (Patent pendio'll. ) Mally Ity lea and ,izea. Veneer Presses Wood-Working ,! lup Spreaders Machinery lue Heafe rs and Supplies I Trucks, Etc" Etc. Power Feed Glue Spreading Machine, Sin.le. LET US KNOW CHAES. .FRANCIS C;;;~;~~i~:~~:r;i~~:·:)WRo::r:k~sIl::~sN..oGJ •• Hoa'.r.1 • l~~ I~N '.-.'20-01-';;;-Ho-a'''-. -----------_...:--._-----_._-------< ~, ---------- "I lONE-COAT MISSION STAINS I ! Our One-Coat Mission Stains are correct interpretations, both as to color and finish, of the early" Mission" period of furniture making. The great success of these stains is due not only to the fact that they are entirely practical, but to the simplicity with which they can be applied. The beauty of the various colors or shades in which they are made has also much to do with their popularity. Marietta One-Coat Stains are intended for oak or the open-grained woods, although they may be used with very pretty effect on some of the close grained woods. WRITE FOR SAMPLE. TUE MARIETTA PAINT AND COLOR CO. MARIETTA, 0"'0 Old English Oak This stain, white producing a perfect fin-ish, is remarkable for its con,summate beauty .0£ color. It was designed for use where a dull, dead brown color effect is desired, anJ 11]ost completely does it accomplish its pur-pose. But while the color appears dull it is 110t duli, for there is just a hint of red be-neath the dullness that gj'lles you the im~ pression of hidden warmth and transparency. Old English is a finish that'is going to be more used than formerly. Its peculiar t.one of color is one that you admire and grow to more thoroughly appreciate the longer yoU study it. . ~~--------_-.--------------------------_.... I --_._------- • WHITE PRINTING CO. I I GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. I I I HIGH GRADE CATALOGS COMPLETE ~ 2 {l7,,' /. . ". ,. MICHIGAN ARTISAN if II , I I : I I ._-~..._---_._--- ._----------' .'" Wrl~ U8 tor I"rice LIst and dllICouut a1·aa S. FRONT ST•• GRAND ,RAPIDS WHEN IN nROIT STOPAT Hotel Tuller INew andA~o1utel,.Fireproof Cor. Adams Ave. aD~ Park. St. In the Center of. tne Th~.•tre. &mp.. Pins:. and Businell$ Districl. l A la Carte Cafe • Newe.t and Fined Grill t Room ip the City. I ,.Club Breakfast. • • 4<k up LllIIcheon- - - - 50<: Table d"hore Dinners - 75<: I ,Mu.d,om6P.M.1o12P.M. t • Every l'Oom hlUl a private bath. • EUROPEAN PLAN : Rates: $1.50 per day' -and:.up. I L W. TULLER, Prop. · M. A. SMA W.-Ma-r.-----_._--- i, REVERSIBLE AND ONE. WAY CUTTERS. i "The .Shimer Reversible. Ctltters for Single .spindle I Shapers, Variety :.\1ouldcrs 'I or Friczers" ,He carefuJly moulded opposite to the shape of the mould to be be produced, in such a way as to have only the cuttio.;.( edge touch, the lumber. They are c'omp1cte,-inexpensive-time savi'ng. \Ve also ma'.lufacture One-Way Cutters for Double Spindle Shapers. They are used in v:airs, right and 17f( lone Cutter of each shape for each spindle. In ordenng: . special shapes not listed in aUf catalogue, send a wood sample or an accurately made drawing. Address. .1 I SAMUEL J. SHIMER &. SONS, MILTON, PENNSYLVANIA. ~ II- ~. __ -'"-,. __ -,. __ "" •, a0VNT0N4 ~l!I : £mbolled and Turned Moy.M. ingl, EDibou-ed IUId Spindle Carvinp, an d Automati"e I TUl'Dinp. W~also mllQ!.l-" Ml':lure II large line I of. EDlb.oued ;. Ornament.. for I Coucb Work. II ,. ii!Ii. CAT ALO,GUE 419-421 W. I'lfteOllth St .• CUICAOO. ILL I -- -...• TOote: I Wellin~on notel ,I I Cor. Wabash Ave 81 I Jacks~n Bolilefllrd , CHICAGO I I Remod",led-at a cost of I S15(},OOO Hot 'l.Dde~ld running I , water and· long dia- I MACHINE .l\NIVES I tanee ·phone. in aU I pERFECT QUALITY Pa.OMPT SEl\VICE I rooms. I 200 rooms. 100 with R.IGHT PRICES A&SOLUTE GUARANTEE I I I , kIn. Sina'" or en ~uite. , Rales$1.QO and upwards. Dado or Groin'lng Heads. Miter ~achlnes. f Ont of the mas! unique f Unl-versal Wood Trimmers, I I dinWII"rooms in the cou~. I Our famou~ Indian • f I Borlns Mae-b.lncs. Eto. ~"lEC'OIl ~~~IC" .NOtUl~lNE I McClintock and Bayfield FOX MACHINE CO. 185 N. Front St.. I I Grand Rapld_. Mich. I, F'i\O~$. I I .. '-- ---~• I, -------.. ,..- ------- ----.. I I .MANUFACTURERS OF , , I I -- I, I : I I I HARDWOODt~~~~i~, , I I I f , I I I , , : I Spiral moved and Bevel Polnled I ,I I f DOWEL PINS SPECIALTIES: , I , II II I ~t";'l?EogQUAORA. K VENEERS I I I Note,howthe 'glue In the Spiral I I MAHOGANY VENEERS I I Grooveforms Thread like aScrew. I I Bevel Pointed. easy to· 4l"1ve. I fSrtarmaiegsh.t Psroicew,.ilalndndoitscsopulnitts thoen •, HOFFMAN I application. I I , I , , I I BROTHERS COMPANY f 84 W. Main SI., FRT WAYNE, INDIANA I I STEPHSEONUSTOHNB.ENMD.FINGD.. CO., I • - _.. .- -- • GflAND RAPIDS FUBUC LIBRARY 29th Year-No. 17. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., MARCH 10, 1909. $1.00 per Year. Markets for School Furniture in South' America. The need of school fl1rnitttre in a number of southern countries has heen hrought to the notice of i\mericall manufacturers through the consular reports. ~lexico, Brazil, Colombia and Ecuaclor are not proper~ ly provided for in that respect. In Colornbia the modern school desk is not used, either in private or public schools. The kind used at present is home made amI very plain. I\ representative \'\'ho can speak Spanish and understands Spanish customs should be sent with a fnl11ine of sarllples sn;te(l to the needs of the locality. His path would not he stre1.Vll \vith roses, as he 1vauld ha"vethe' prejudices of the people to overcome, IHtt v\lith plenty of time and persistence success \vould be as-sured. The duty on furniture is 17 cents per kilo (2.2 pounds) and is an obstacle to importation at pres-ent. In Ecaudor schools are conducted in houses not built for the purpose anel furnishings arc poor-rough benches or chairs being used. American manufactur-ers have a field for the sale of their goods here \vith the aid of the municipal authorities of GuayaquiL Tn Brazil the mis::;ionarics have introduced American fur-niture into Rio de j ani.era schools and some states have follo\ve<l snit. Orders have been placed through the missionaries. In some instances the authorities £Irc makjnR unusual efforts to introduce modern methods and school equiprnent. The states have estahlished model schools and have attempted to fit them out VI"ith modern furniture and appliances. /\..merican school furniture has the lead and is the only kind imported. Th~school furniture in ~Iexico at Vera Cruz is not up-to-date. very primiti\Te in fact. In private schools the little children bring their O\II,'n chairs; there are no desks. Herc, as elsewhere. the i\..rnerican manufactllrer can get satisfactory results from the introduction of his goods. @ * @ Wire Much Used in Furniture. The \vire trade is separated into two relatively \\"('11 marked divisions-steel wire and copper \\;ire. The steel ·wire trade is much greater in volurne, but meas-ured by money the copper trade probably vvill not fall far behind. Broadly speaking, the uses are as differ-ent as the material, but at somc points they meet in the same employment, as for example in telephone and telegraph equipment. Copper wire is used almost ex-elusively in electrical equipment, while steel wire is an important factor in a great many industries. One of its most conspicuous uses is in the manufac-ture of cables for bridge construction, hut thenu111- bel' of tons consumed annually for that pW'pose ",,"auld be lost in comparison vvith the tons· required by the manufacturing trade for buildings and ordinary house-hold furnishings. Steel vv"ire serves may purposes never suspected by persons outside of the trade. There is not a hinge and hardly a butt on a door of which it does not form a component part. Every nail driven nowadays and every spring is fUfllished by the wire trade. A great rnany of the most essential household articles could not he llrarlllfactureJ without the aid of wire. @ * @ Hotel Orders to be 'Filled. A syndicate of capitalists \\'ill erect an open all year hotel in Rochester, N. ),:,., with six hundenl rooms. It will be up-to-date, The Dorchester-on-thc- Bay hotel to be be erected in Doston \,,:j11 have one hundred. rooms \vith hot and cold water and salt bath. A swimming pool GOxlOO· feet, a roof garden (to be used as a solarimH in winter) will be special features. The bay for a distance of twenty-five miles vdll be in view f~om the roof ga.rden. @ * @ "Boosting" the Town Hall. The furniture makers of Grand Rapids are "hoost-ing-" a proposition to erect a I'to\vn hall" in the city. capable of seating 7,000 people. Among those \V11O are active in the movement are Charles R. Sligh, Roy S. Barnhart. R. VV.Irwin and O. H. L. vVernicke. @ * @ Will Move the Show. In :Marcb. l!HO a business show \vill be put on in Chicago, to continue several \vceks. Cpon its conclu-sion the exhibits. dec.orations anel accolltrements will be loaded on flat cars and moved to St. Louis, where the g-ooc1s\\'ill exhibited for a Dumber of weeks. @ * @ Enlargements of Factories. Durjng the current year eight of the 1arge furniture manufacturing plants located in Grand Rapids will be enlarged by the erection of additions to existing struc-tures. The employment of thousands of additional workmen and increased outputs will follow. 4 MICHIGAN ARTISAN RELICS IN WHITE HOUSE. Little Furniture and Few Furnishings of the Olden Days. The 'White House was built on classic lines and stands as a monument to Vii'ashington's and] efferson's judgment in following the principles of the masters in architecture. Its first occupants, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, and John Quincy Adams, all were men of high culture and refined tastes. They were familiar with the most brilliant courts of Europe. It therefore follows that the furnishings of the White House of their choice must have been of the same kind and in the same good taste as that which they pur-chased for their family residences, much of ,~rhich is proudly preserved by their descendants. Had there been from early days a properly appointed curator of the furnishings of the president's house, it now would contain some furnishings, at least, such as grace the old John Adams home at Quincy, Mass., today. The handsome mahogany doors and the mahogany woodwork in the state parlors and family dining room of the White House were retained in the :VlcKim res-torations, made in the summer of 1902, and are the or-iginal mahogany which Hoban used when he rebuilt the mansion after its destruction by the British in 1814. Of course a great deal of the furniture and bric-a-brac in the house at that time was destroyed, but by no means all of it. Mrs. Madison knew for some days that the British were comit,g, and she tells of the difficulties sbe encountered during those days in obtaining wagons to carry. the things she most desired to save. Everybody knows the story of how she had the portrait of Washington Cllt from the frame and con-signed to the care of trustworthy friends, but whether it is the large painting n'ow hanging hl the red room is decidedly doubtful. The classic Italian marble mantels, now in the red and green rooms, but formerly in the state dining room, date also from the rebuilding of the mansion after the British fire. Between the windows on the south side of the green room is. 'a most interesting pier table. :\fro McKim found parts of it, broken and dis-colored, in the attic. He had it brought down, de-signed the classic legs, on which it now stands, to har-monize with the mantel, and had it placed between 'the windows. \Vith the handsome mirror whkh snr-mounts it is one of the most attractive features of the green room, which by J.nany is considered the most ar-tistic of the state parlors. There is another original piece of furniture in this apartment. It is an octa-gonal white marble table, severely plain but of grace-ful outline, and was undoubtedly chosen by one of the very early mistresses of the mansion. There was comparatively little bric-a-brac in the White House when the restoration was made in 1902, which Mr. McKim regarded as being worthy of a place in the president's residence~ and this was unquestion-ably a correct estimate, although some pieces were dis-carded, which fOf'historic associations seemingly might have been retained. From just which administra-tion sOme of this bric-a-brac dates is a hard matter: to determine. , . Probably the oldest piece in the mansion is a tall vase of French faience, decorated with a rural Scene and bearing on its rounded standard the inscription: "Sue des environs de Passy prise de la maison de Franklyn." The tradition is that this vase was pre-sented to Benjamin Franklin while he was the Ameri-can diplomatic representative at Paris, 1776-'85, and that a good many years after his death it was given to the president's house. A few years ago there was a mate to this vase, but one summer it mysteriously disappeared from the White House, as so many otber of its belongings have done. There are two other French faience vases, decorated with figures which are of the Same period as the Franklin vase, but of which there seems to be no record. On the mantel in the blue rOOm rests the most 11is-toric clock in the house. It is of heavy French gilt, and its oblong base is covered with the emblems of the first empire. The clock is surmounted with small fig-ures of Liberty. It was presented by Napoleon 1. to General Lafayette, who on the occasion of his second visit to the United States gave it to the 'White House as an expression of his appreciation of the kindness he bad received from the American people~ There is a small inlaid, lacqtt~r cabinet in the green room which is accredited with having been brougbt to President Buchanau by the first diplomatic representa-tive from Japan. There used to be two Japanese bowls of the same make with this cabinet, but for Some reason they were discarded when the house was re-stored. At the time of the Centennial at Philadelphia in 1876 Austria, with other nations, made an exhibit, and at its close sent to the White House oue of the articles of its exhibit, a handsome piece of tapestry mounted in a gilt frallle screen. It stands in front of the fire-place in the green room. What is perhaps the most intresting piece of furni-ture historically is the old cabinet table now standing in the room lately occupied by President Roosevelt as his den. This table was made from the lumber of the ship Resolute and presented to the United States during the Hayes administration, and around it the cabinet meetings were held from that time until the executive offices were: Dlovcd into their present quar-ters, the little building at the end of the west colonnade. The president's uden" also contains the three-faced black onyx clock which told time for the statesmen for many years in the cabinet room. A classic white marble mantel, its shelf upbeld by the familiar thirteen bound arrows and cap, replaced the heavy mottled marble mantel in this room at the time of the restora-tion of the mansion, and it bears a tablet with the fol-lowing inscription: "This room was first used for meetings of the cabinet during the administration of President Johnson. It continued to be so used until MICHIGAN ARTISAN N 1111 III tIll SILO - KOTE A Pigment First Coater, One that dries hard as bone, One that lays cloSre. One that requires Very Little Sandpapering, One that is made from A High Grade Gum. IT WILL PAY YOU TO TRY IT. Send for sample. THE LAWRENCE-McFADDEN COMPANY the year }cleMIJ. lIere the treaty of peace with Spain was signed.H The suite of furniture in the president's bedr00l11 is also interesting historically as it was made durihg President Buchanan's administration for the room oc-cupied b:r the Prince of \Vales \\'hile he was a visitor at the \.Vhite House, and has been called "The Prince of \~rales suite" ever since. It is of black walnut elab-orately carved with a fruit and leaf design, and there is a round center table beside the three regulation pieces of the set. The bed is finished with the high old-fash-ioned canopy and curtains. The library of the president's house was started by :Vlrs. Fillmore, who, with the late :\:lrs. Emily Donald-son \i\Ti1cox,the daughter of a niece of President Jack-son, who was born in the 'Alhite House, chose the first books which went into it. It is in the oval room on the second floor, over the blue room, and has ahvays been one of the most attractive apartments in the man-sion. Aside from the books, it does not now contain much of historic importance. ~[,here is a handsome old davenport which has been there for two or three generations, and several pieces of bric-a-brac \',.'hich were purchased by President Arthur. This ,"vas :Mr5. John Adarns' reception room. J magine the interest we would have in it if it contained today the furniture \vith which she furnished it! Several very handsome pieces of bric-a-brac anti other ornamentations have been added to the \-Vhite PHILADELPHIA, PA. Jill' ,f·· p ,.. - _- - I ~:::- .. III ,,,•• =. 11lLII' House since the restoration of '02. 1I1r. 1'IcKim de-signed at that time, the graceful vases standing in the niches of the east stairway. tIe also chose the oid Flemish tapestry hanging on the north wall of the state dining room. The exquisite blue Sevres vases, three feet in height, standing at the right and left of the large ,"vindaw opening upon the east colonnade were presented by the French government some time before that date. The French government also gave the artistic busts of VIashington, Benjamin Franklin, and Jefferson, which grace three of the east room mantels, and the one of Lafayette, which rests on the pier table in the green room. This gift is to be increased by a bust of Lincoln, and the generous French government has commissioned "!vIrs.Saint Gaudens to make the design for this from the well-known Saint Gandens head of Lincoln. The gift of the bnsts was accompanied by ejght exquisite Sevres vases,. in wisteria, maple leaf, columbine, and {leur de lis designs, which ornament the east room mantels. \Vhile .Mr. l\JcKjm consulted -;VIrs.Roosevelt in all his plans in remodeling and furnishing the mansion, and the refined, stately apartments are a monument to her good taste and judgment, as well as to Mr.Me- Kim's, yet she chose but few art ornaments for the mansion. \'lhen l\'trs. Roosevelt removed from "the cabinet in the red room the Japanese figures represent-ing the dress of the different periods in Japan's history, - -- ~~~~--~- M Ie HI G A N ART IS A 1\ ----------------------_.~. I!II I! II II I ._---------'-.~----------_. ~~y, C ~~~:~e~:~ ija~:mt, 'J ee"" O. Walnut, e""'l ~.. Curly Ma pIe. ~On ~J," d neers Bird's Eye MaPle,. 1...10, e .hr ..a.cle ~ e Basswood, c:.. D in \:\lg .U1 ~f~:\\e~t.1.1~· .1 nea\ers \,1PS, t<\1Cll1GPJ'I BIrCh, ~J," J ano v R",ND R'" Maple. C. \:urel'S '1>".< St.. G Poplar, "'" nUl.aC 2-3 Set' Gum, \~~a.· Oak. 6 r------ III !III 1. . which the Japanese ambassador, Baron Takahira, pre-sented to her some time ago, she had them replaced with several ~111allSevres and Limoges vases and some miniature Biscuit de· Sevres figures, which are exceed-ingly Jainty and pretty. It will have to be acknowledged that the historic portraits in the VVhite House are not an 'unalloyed joy. Unfortt111ate~y the best qilalified artists have not al-ways been employed in painting the portraits, and there has been a remark:fi,ble disregard as to the size or scale of 'the paintings, or the d?aracter of their frames, either to 1pake them harmonize: \\'ith each other or to fit their architectural environment. This is es-pecially to be regretted, as the portraits of the presi-dents are really an official collection, selected and pttr- 'chased, through a committee of course, by congress, and is an evil which should be remedied as rapidly as possible. Sargent's picture of Roosevelt hangs on the west wall of the main hallway and is regarded by artists as the best canvass in the house, although President Roosevelt's friends were not enthusia.stic over the Iife-likeness of the picture. O'n the opposite wall is a pic ture of lVIcKinley, which was accepted because of the enthusiastic indorsement as to its likeness to the orig-inal by the late Senator Hanna, but the technique of the painting cauSes gnashing of teeth among the artists who see it. On the v-lalIs of the corridor running back to the main hallway hang the portraits of .Benjal111l1 Harrison and Grover Cleveland, by Eastman Johnson; the life size painting of Aruthnr by Huntington; and One of President Garfield by E. F. Andrews. The only ','First- Ladies of the Land" who have been honored by having their portraits hung upon the \Vhite House v.'.a.Ils are l\frs. Roosevelt, Mrs. Han:-ison, IVlrs. Hayes, Mrs, Julia Gardiner Tyler, Mrs. James K. Polk and Mrs. Van BurelL These hang upon the walls of the ground floor east corridor, and from want of out-door ligbti'ng, have to be under electric lighting, which is, of course,- unfortunate. The pi~tLlre~ in each case have been gifts to the White House. The Daughters of the American Rev-olution gave the large painting of lvlrs. H,arrison, and the \-Voman's Christian Temperance Union the one of Mrs. Polk, bnt there is 110 record ·of the Jonors of the' L Foreign and Domestic Woods. Rotary. Sliced, Sawed. portraits of Mrs. Van. Buren and Mrs. Tyler. The lat-est aJJition is the painting of Mrs. Roosevelt by Char~ tran, which was presented hy the French republic to our government. Itis"ttnfair and .Ul1COurteollS in us as a nation that all of the wives of OUi presidents are not represented' among the portraits in the. \iVhite House, and it is hoped this stigma may soon be removed. An effort is to be made to enlist the women of the states who have, had the honor of having. a daughter who has been the mistress of the White House to club together and place her portrait upon the walls, a'S the women 9£ Ten-nessee did for Mrs. Polk In this effort care will be taken that only the best artists are commissioned to do the work and that a uniformity of 4esign,is followed in all the pictures. The mist historic part of the ·White House-that is, the collection of presidential ware-is contained in six cabinets standing in 'the lower east corridor of the mansion. Soon after 1\1rs. Rosevelt 'became· the mis-tress of 'the mansion she saw 'that there was n'othing in it representative of the great majority of th'e presi-dents who have occupied the --high office beyond their portraits. This and the desire to save something of the presidential china which "vas then in the \Vhite House led her to start the collection. She was so StlC-cessfulin this endeavor that the collection now·con-tains some piece of china, plate, or glass which was used by every president's family except those of Zach-ary Taylor, ,Villiam Henry Harrison, Tyler. Van Buren and Johnson, and 'efforts are .now under way whereby it i'- expected that the collection will be com-pleted within a year. It has been made. a part of the Bureau of public buildings and grounds, and is the permanent property of the government.-New York Times. A Temple for the Elks.. A great maily men engaged in the furniture and kin-dreJ trades will he pleased to learn that Daisy lodge, E. P. O. E., of Grand' Rapids, has determined to erect a temple during, the current year, and that it will be ready. for occupancy during the January selling seasQn In 1910. Thousands of m<lnufactt1rers and salesmen are members of the fraternity. MICHIGAN ARTISAN 7 ~ \ ---------- ------------------------... I CHOICE TOOLS FOR FURNITURE MAKERS \ I . I ! If you do not know the "Oliver" wood working tool" you had better give "OLIVER" ! I us your address and have us tell you all about them. We :make nothmg but No. ~:. ~ch~~.SawI : Quality tools, the first cost of which is considerable. but: which win· make Made wilh orwithout : more profit for each dollar invested than any of the cheap machines Rood- ~bt:3i~i}:(,YI~ ,val , ,. h take IS" UDder the • t mg t e country. auide- tills 45 clegfeea t I one way and. 7 degree~ • l the othel" way. Car - " Oll'yel Tools riefta saw liP If) 1%" , wid.. o"ide brio, ' I to lower- wheel ~ha.ft I I Save Labor when notmotordriven. I, Weighs 1800lbs when t Time ready to ship. : t, •. Tempers t' : •• Co&1 : ,:, 'I' " "Oliver" New Variety Saw Table No.II· I : Will lake a saw up 10 ZO~ diameter. Arb,}[ belt is 6~ wide : , ' ~ Sendfor Catalog "B" for data on Hand Jointers, Saw Tables, Wood ~ , Lathe&, SandeJ"3. Tenoners, Mortisers, Trimmers. Grinders, Work : ~ Benches, Vises, Clam.p8~Glue Beaten, etc., etc. , I OLIVER MACHINERY CO. ! II Works and General Office. at 1 to 51 Clancy St. ~ BRA~COHFF~C-O~~:=:~::;:~'::~~~~·~~~i~C~Ih.~u~·SOct.~N, ewYork; I I OliVer Machmety Co., Firtt Nallonal Bank Bmldiog, Chicago, Ill.; Oliver Ma.chinery Co. ! Pacmc Buildinll. Seattle, Wash.; Oliver Machinery Co ,20 [.203 Deanagal"" Manchester, Eng: ""---- -------------_ .. The First Veneer Plant Estahlished in the West. There is no name more widely knO\vn in the west atTlOllg manufactnrers of furniture, pianos, interior ,"vood work and others uSIng veneers and fancy "\-voodsthan the name of Albro. The late Henry Albro, father of E. D. Albro, of Cincinnati, established in 1838 the first veneer mill west of the Alleganies, in Cincinnati, and l\{r. E. D. ./\lbro, president of the ~\lbro \; elleer Co., on \Vest Eighth. street, is proud to sho,",,"visitors the picture of the old min, for he \\,as born in that same year in a house located upon the hill to the rea'r of the factory, from which a fine view was had in those early Jays of the Ohio river and surrounding country. l\h. Albro, therefore, may be said to have spent his \"hole life in this line of bl1siness, and there is no better judge of fancy woods and veneers than he. The v\7riter is proud too of his acquaintance and friendship \vith l\lr. Albro for morc than a quarter of a centur)·, and on every visit to Cincin-nati is glad to call and rene\v old frienclships and talk over the times of the past. The Albro Veneer Company of which E. D: Albro is the pr,esident and general tnana-ger. operates a plant that was fitted up uncler his exper-ienced and watchful eye. and nothing has been oinitted that \\'ould tend to make it complete in every tray. Every department is in full operation, turning out veneers and thin lumherirom imported and native woods. Among the most beautiful of cuts are Persian circassian walnut. \vhich is said to be vcry much superior to the Turkish Circassian walnut. In addition, every variety of mahog- . any and rose,"voo<1are to be seen, both in the logs ;and in veneers; also the finest quartered oak, birdseye I'naple, Hungarian ash, birch, gum and in fact everything that can be of 'value as cabinet ·woods. The \vnter was espec-" ially interested in a log of Tiger \vood, which \vas in ·the process of cutting into one-twentietl~ of an inch veneers, with a segment saw. This log came from British Guinea, on the east coast of Afric.a ; it \vas bought hy the pound, and is worth 1\venty cents a foot. It is a rare specimen, beautifull,Y striped, and resembles the stripes of the tiger; hence its name. The Latin name, as given in the encyclo-pedia is IVfacheiunm-Schemburgku, and is a variety of citrDl1 \vQod. This company makes' a specialty of cigar box lumber, and the writer was given a specimen of sliced veneer cut 16G to the inch. l3y holding it up to the light it becomes transparent. ':.\11'.G. B. Hopkins~. the treasurer of the' Albro Veneer company, is a bright young man full of enthusiasm anJ. rapicl1y learning all about the veneer business. He calls on the trade. and will :-:"0011 be: as ,"veHknown as any of the old timers. @ * @I Cold Feet. There are no pessimists in th~ ranks of the, manufac-turers of furniture. Occasionally a salesman is at-tacked with chilliness in his pedalics, v,rhen his useful-ness in the trade goes, and he elrops out to work on dad's farm, or to live upon the earnings of his wife when she takes up millinery or dressmaking. 8 MICHIGAN ARTISAN Improvements in Sanding. The great results in the sanding and polishing of flat and irregular shapes in wood attained by Wysong & Miles Co., by making a specialty of Belt Sanding Machinery, is only faintly indicated hy words. Their suc-cess has been marvelous in producing. machines to do sanding in a practical manner, and with great speed, handling shapes that hitherto it was deemed impossible to sand except by'hand. Their machines sand more perfectfully than by hand and many tirnes as fast. The ha1f~tone shown herewith illustrates only in a partial way the adaptibility of their No. 1'71 to shapes used in the manufacture of pianos. :!.\.1.anyvariations of each of these shapes are equally as easily sanded. Moulded shapes indi-cated, such as convex and concave surfaces of piano falls, moldings, shaped' edges, raised edges of panels, Ctoss,-veneered mouldings,are no"{ perfectly and rapidly sanded and polished by belt. The quality of work obtained by these belt sanders' is of the highest; it is more perfect than the finest hand work The speed attained is fron~ four to -fifteen times as much as by hand. On flat surfaceslhe machine shows up equally adva.ntageous, giving the highest quality of finish and the greatest amount of product. The man-ufacturers guarantee that no' other belt sander (none excepted) will do as much work or do it as well or COveras large a range of work as those of their make. This improved machine is adapt-able to lengths up to twenty feet or more and of any width, and will not cut through even the thinnest veneer where the work is warped or cup-ped. Further particulars will be furnished hy the Wy-song & Miles Company, Greensboro, N. C. @) * @ To Prevent Industrial Accidents. A committee of the legislature of the state of Illi-nois is framing a bill relative to "the use of safety appli-ances for the" prevention of industrial accidents. The act provides for the appointment of a commission to in-vestigate the subject, and it is expected that Sane and practical legislation will follow its recommendations. The commission must have co-operation of all interested par- • THE NEW GRAND RAPIDS MACHINERY STORE Wcod Working. Machinery Factory Equipment Machine Knives, Bits, Etc. Everything in Equipment for the Woodworker. Off'Jee.nd -Store, 58 South Ionia St .. Oppoaite Uilion Depot. McMULLEN MACHINERY CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. L ties if it is to get good results. It must be bold enough to take advanced ground where necessary. It must be tactful and judicious on occasion. The need for such a study as it is to make has long been apparent. In fin~, l it has a splendid opportunity to do a work that will brinll" .about notable changes in conditions of industry. @ * @ Will Rebuild at Once-Filling Orders. Hood & Wright, manufacturers of fine figured ve-neers and panels at Big Rapids, Mich.., suffered a con-siderable loss recently by a fire which destroyed a part of their plant. The firm wilI replace the burned struc' ture by a larger and modern building with all possibl¢ dispatch. In a letter to the Artisan, the firm give the following particulars in regard to the fire: "We lost all buildings on the south side of the road, in \vhieh were comprised our dry kiln, boiler house, too~ house and grinding room, as well as our veneer cutting room. The loss is total. Fortunately, we have wate~ power connected up with OUf buildings on the north sid~ of the street, which we use for our panel department and storeroom. Here we can go on with OUf panel busines$ and hold our customers, many of whom have expresse~ sympathy, and say they will stay by us. Vie don't think it will hinder our output. Our loss of $25,000 is in-sured for $8,000." @ * @ On account of the slowness of the mail service, a trav...; eling salesman in the northwest is considering the advisa.,; bility of employing homing pigeons when sending in· his orders to the factory. He would not need many birds at present. MICHIGAN ARTISAN 9 r--------------· F R SALE-Fully Equipped Woodworking Plant I Suitable for planing mill, box factory, furniture manu-facturing or any kmd of woodworking business. Splendidly f I located in Michigan. Better than a bonus. Investigation 1 solicited. Address L. M. M., care Michigan Artisan. k--__ _~ ---' rIB. W At TER &. co-:- }"NADU~~ll M,nufa'tum. ot T ABLE SLIDES Exclusively I WRITE FOR PRICES AND DISCOUNT i "- ----"""" ::;;;:;;;;~:---:;;;;;-;:----'l We can help you. Time ; saved and when don-e I leaves are bound (by your-self) and indexed by Boors I or departments. f BARLOW BROS., ,. Grand Rapid., Mich. I --_.Write Right -,-Vow. ------' ------ I! '---- -, I -------------------'I -SEE _ West Michigan Machine & Tool CO., Ltd. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. for ",Gtf GRI\DE PUNCtfES and DIES ~-------------------- I 1Loufs babn DESIGNS AND DETAILS OF FURNITURE 154 Livingston St. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Citizens' Telephone 17<12. I• ~---'--_._------ If your DESIGNS are right, people want the Goods. That makes PRICES right. ~Iarence lR. bUls DOES IT 1,63 Mad;'on Avenue-Chizoo' Phone 1983, . ----------' GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ROLLS THE "RELIABLE" KIND THE FELLWOCK AUTO & MFG. CO. EVANSVILLE, INDIANA. 10 SPINDLE MACHINE ALSO MADE WITH 12, 15,20 AND 25 SPINDLES. DODDS' NEWGEAR -------1 DOVETAILING MACHINE IMPROV<D, EASV." ELEVATORS QUICK RAISINC Belt, Electric and Hand Power. The Best Hand Power for Furniture Stor~s Send for Catalogue; andPricel/.; I KIMBALL BRS. C., 1067 N;.,h St, Council Bluffs, la. Kimball Elevator Co •• 323Pro~pect St., CLeveland,0,;1 '-- Wa.lltn St., Omaha., Neb.-; J-:WC-ed-ar -St.,-N-ew-Y_ork -Ci1ty. This little machine has done more to perfect the drawer work of furniture manufacturers than anytbing else in the furniture trade. For tifteoen years it has made perlect-fittil'lg, vermin-proof, dove-tailed stock a possibility_ This has been accomplished at rednced cost, as the machine Cllts dove-tails in gangs of from 9 to 24 at one operation. ALEXANDER DODDS, Grand Rapids, MicbigaD. Rep~M!!njed by Schuchart &- Scbutoo at Berlin. 'Vienna, Stocl:Jl<llrn and St_ PeletsbuflI. Represented by Alfred H.Schutle at Cologne. Bruuell, LiOllge.Pam Milan and Bilhoa. Represented in Grellt Britian and Ireland by the Oliver MllclUnery Co.,F. s. Tho~. M~., 2DI·203'DeaR8fJl.te, MlI:~r, EDM'1,uuJ. _J 10 MICHIGAN ARTISAN igRaplQs.f\ie~ An Unique Business Office. "fhe Oliver IvIachine. company, Grand Rapids, has an office which -in its finishing and furnishings is unique. 1t is large and airy, and its beauty is-in its apparent prim-itiveness. The east and southside arc all windows. The \-vest and north side arc in rough facing brick of a -neutral tint, with a big fireplace and mantel. The fin- : ishings- arc in ordinary millsawed lumber and this is stained a forest greCH. The floor is six inches thick, in six to eight-inch \vidths, and is so laid as to_produce a loose effect.' The furnihtrc, except the filing cabinets and some of the chairs, is made of rough mill sa\ved- lumber put to-gether without nails in true- mission style. The office tables, with crude underpinning, have tops -of solid mahogany, with rough edges, but with the tops made smooth for COll- " venience in use. On the wall are many rare old English engravings, and these are framed in rough hUl1- ber stained to harmonize with the finishings and furniture .. Th~effect as a whole is· that of an office thrown together of such material as happened to be at hand, and such as might be found in the lumber camps or at the mines. Th~greatest claim to distinction is that it is entirely dif-ferent from any other office. If the Olivet office lacks ;'polish" it is not deficient . !".-----------.:-.---------.~ in comfort. With two sides of glass the office is as light M' 0r to n 110 US e II as."()utdoors. There are no buildings around it to shut out - - -- the air or to mar the beauty of the view from the win- (Amen""" Plan) Rat•• $2.50 end Up. daws. T;he settling basin park is iinmediately in franty H 1 n J just heyoud is the Mary Waters field· and then comes a O. te rantind vista of fields and woods and dwelling honses. ~ Sketch by Robert Leibuis, Student - in Grand Rapids School of Furniture Design~ ing. @ * @ Dust Arresting Outfits. The Grand Rapids Blow Pipe and Dust Arrester Company. have put in a complete outfit for the Packard Motor Car Compauy, of Detroit. There is probably not another factory iu the world that is fitted 011t like this one. The wood shop is twelve hundred feet -from the power house, across the boulevard; too far to make it practical to pipe the shavings atid sawdust to the furnace; as is customary. 00 they decided to hail the shavings, but as there is so much fine saw dust mixed with them, the standard bailer would not bail them. Nothing was left but to devise a scheme to separate the saw dust trom the shavings, which was accomplished and the shavings are now bailed and the sawdust sacked, making a valuable asset to the product. The Packard Motor Car Company have a 6,000 horse power steam plant, the largest in the state. The Grand Rapids Blow Pipe and Dust Arrester Company are also fitting out the Posse1iusBros~ Furni-ture Manufacturing Company "'lith a new fan and tiust arrester and refitting the whole works. This is one "of the largest furniture factories in the state of Michigan. They are also supplying tbe Kre!J- French Piano Com-pany, of Newcastle, Ind" ~ith a new modern outfit, re-" placing an old one. They are also fitting up the Hayes W.heel Company, of Jackson, ;vlich., manufactUrers of automobile wheels; al£O the Oscar-Felt aud Paper Com-panp of White Pigeon,lVfich, They recently fitted up the lvIichigan Felting Company, of Grand "Rapids, makers of felt npholstery. @ * Special Orde'I's. A number of important contracts for furnishing hotels place? with manufacturers of Grand Rapids thrc!1gh dealers during the past month helps materially in keeping up the output. I I• MICHIGAN ARTISAI\ ,.. -------- ---------- , : Wood Bar Clamp Fixtures Per Set SOc. ,! , III .._-----------------_._------ VER 15,000 F UR STEEl RACKViSES iN USE Price $2.80 to $4.00 2;1doz. Clamp Fb:lun:s bought by 01le mill last year. vVe ship on approval to rated firms, and guarantee our goods uncondi-tionally, Write for list oj Sted Bar Olamps, 'VUltS. Bench Slops, etc. E.". S"ElDON &. CO. 283 Madison St.. ChiCago. I RAPID·AOTING WOODWOBKBlt'8 VISE No. S: ~ .. ----------'I --------~--------------- i ---------_._---, l III •II II! III• • PITTSBURGH PLATE GLASS COMPANY L.ARGiEST .JoeErERS AND MANUFACTURE.RS OF GLASS THE w 0 R L 0 Mirrors, B.enlGless, leaded Arl 6lass, Ornamental Figured Glass, Polished and Rough Plele Gless, Window Glass WIRE GLASS Plate Glass for Shelves, Desks end Tebles Tops, Carrara Glass more beaulifullhaD while marble. CENERAL DISTRIBUTORS OF PATTON'S SUN PROOF PAINTS. g For anything in Builders' Glass, or anything in Paints, Varnishes, Brushes or Painters' Sundries, addrec:s any of-our branch warehouses, a list of which is given below: NEW YOR.K-Hudson a.nd Vandam Sts. CLEVELAND-'430-1434 West Third St. SOSTON-41-49 Sudbury St., 1-9 Bowker St. OMAHA-1101-11b7 Howa.rd St. CHICAGO ~442-432 Wabash Ave. ST· PAUL-459-461 J.acllson St. CINCINNATI-Broadway and Court Sta. ATLANT A, GA.-30·32·34 5, Pr]l'orSt. ST. LOUIS-Cor. Tenth aadSpl"'Ice SlS. SAVANNAH. GA.-74S.749 Wheaton ~t•. MINNEAPOLIS-500_S16 S. Th.trd St. KANSASCITY-Flftb and Wyandotte 5ts, DETR.OIT-53-59 Larned St., E. BIRMINGHAM. ALA.-2nd Ave. and 29th St. GRA""DRAPIDS, MICH.-39·41 N. Division St. RUFFALO. N. Y.-372.14-16.18 Pearl St. PITTSBURGH-JUI,,103 Wood St. RROOKLYN-635-631 Fulton St, MILWAUKEE, WIS.-492.494 Ml!Iorkl!lStt. PtIILADELPHIA-Pltcalrn Bldg., Arch and 11th St •• ROCHESTER.. N, Y·-Wilder aid,., Ma.in8 Exchange Sta. DAVENPOI\T-410_416 Sgolt St. SAL TIMOR.E-310-12,,14 W. Pratt St. ... ----------- ..---------------------------_. II IIII I II ----------_._-~ OFFICES, CINCINNATI~-Second National Rank 'SuUdln!!!. NEW YORK-~346 'Broadwa.y. ROSTON~-18 Tremont St. CHICAGO-~134 Van Buren St. GRAND R,APIDS--flouseman Bldg. JAMESTOWN, N. Y.-·Cb.d.kola Bldtt. HIGH POINT, N. C.--Stanton-Weleb Bloek. The mos.t satisfactorY,and up-to-date Credit Service covering the FURNITURE, CARPET, COFFIN and ALLIED LINES. ---------_._----- The most acourate and reliable Reference &ook PubJished. OrIginators of the uTracer_ and Clearing House S]/'stem.'· I Collection Service Unsurpassed-Send for Book of Red Drafts. II H. J. DANHOF, MlchleanMana1ler. ____347_.348_H_ou.se.man BuUdlna. Grand Rapids. Mich.--' -l --------------------------- ..----------------------------_.~-_._----. II I Bldg. I !II I THE CREDIT SUREAU OF THE FUR.NITURE TRADE The LYON Agency Grand Rapids Office, 412.413 Houseman c. C. NEVERS, Manager CLAPPERTON &; OWEN, Counsel Furniture THE STANDARD REFERENCE BOOK CAPITAL, CREDIT AND PAY RATINGS CLEARING HOUSE OF TRADE EXPERIENCE THE MOST RELIAIlLE CREDIT REPORTS ROBERT P. LYON, General :Ma.na~er CREDITS and COLLECTIONS COLLECTIONS MADE EVERYWHERE PROMPTLY - REUABLY >---------------------_. ----------------" 11 12 MICHIGAN ARTISAN • Write us for Prices on ·CROSSBANDING I in Poplar. Birch and Gurn. I "WalterClarK Veneer Company 535 Michigan Trust Building, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. . I~ ~ --. -l Color in Decoration. In Good Housekeeping for February is a most inter-esting discussion of "Color Harmony in Home Decora-tion.'" The authors, lvlary and Lewis Theiss obtained an interview with Frank Alva Parsons of the Ne\~' York Art 55hool and the res.ult is a very comprehensive treat-ise on the subject of color and harmony as they should .be applied to home decoration. The most important points emphasized by l\{r. Parsons are given below. Lack of color harmony in horrie decoration is as in-sidiously- harmful as lack of fresh air. Ademaod for bet-ter art ill the home has become universal in America. Eliminating the element of discord in decorations has brought. about a new harmony in the home. Rooms are fitted out harmoniously hy salesmen of the largest furnishing houses where four years ago not a salesman in America had any scientific knowledge of what he was trying to do. Mr. Wm. Sloane Coffin a graduate of Yale was the first to urge the necessity of teaching the art of color harmony in home furnishings. It was through hiseft"orts that a class in "'art in home furnishings" was fanned at the "Vest Side Young:;\tIen's· Christian Association in Nevl York under the leadership of Mr. Parsons. Twenty of the leading salesmen and best paid employes of the larg.estfurnishing houses in New York made up the class, A course of twenty lectures with discussions and quizzes was taken. The ciass was very popular and grew rapidly. Last winter a class of 101 took the course and the attendance was ninety-eight per cent. Women of wealth learned of the class through salesmen and asked Mr. Parsons to teach them. A class was fanned of many of New York's richest women. Then: are thirty-four members of this class which meets once a, week in the home of one of the members. Next winter the course will he doubled in length so great has been the interest displayed. The work done hy the women is similar to that of the men. It deals in harmony in color, form and decorations, Color harinony is based 011 color relationship. Color is formed first by the primary colors~ reu. blue and yeUow) then by combinations of these colors. Colors .are either b,lood relations or complimentary. The colors next each other are blood relations as yello\v and green. They are parts of one another. The ·complimentary colors lie op-posite each ot.her in a circle as ye1IO\'I-' and violet. So we have two "\vaysto form a color scheme by associating re-lated colors or'by combining complimentary colors. There should never be a mixture of the two classes. Harmony in color is gained by putting colors together that are re-lated. Colors that lie next each other in the spectrum are related and so are in harmony. But this harmony can be increased by making the colors still ITlore alike. Yel-low and green in: equal parts form a new color that is more harmonious than ttte original colors together. Com-plimentary colors may be combined with a harmonious result. Red and green tll.ixed in certain proportions make grey, an absolute neutral half way between the colors. Between red and gray\ve can obtain any tone of red by uniting red and green, the redapprdaching. grey as we increase the amount of green in the mixture. The same thing is true of green and gray, the green approaching gray as we increase the amount of red in the mixture. A red that is one quarter green and a green that is one quarter reu,harmonize better than pure green and a pure red. Better still is the harmony between a red that is half green and green that is half red. vVhen we get red that is three:-q'4-arters green and green thaCis three quar-ters red we get harmony of the closest kind, both shades being close to the neutral gray. An equal mixture of the component colors of each pair of compliments produces a neutral gray halfway between them. The spectrum comes to resemble a wheel \vith gray in the center and the original six colors for the rim, the lines of color radiating from gray beIng like the spokes. Three values are recognized -in color, hue, value and intensity. Hues of color change according to the proportion of its component parts. The value of color ehat1ges as it grows lighter or darker. The nearer ,white the lighter it is, the nearer black the darker it is. The sky is liglitet' by snnlight than by moonlight. Yet may be the same color. The difference lies in the amount of light. Yellow is the m'ost penetrating, color, violet the least. A turkey red is the brightest and most brilliant red that can be produced, In, choosing pape'rs, textiles furniture, carpets, each of these qnci.1itiesmust .be taken into con-siderati~:: m, and huq, value,_ intensity, resemblance to light or' darkness. If anyone color stands out more than another in a r00111the harmony is spoiled. The question MICHIGAN ARTISAN --_._----.I T,.,U TWO WINNERS IN VARNISH I This is the verdict of the furniture manufacturer who KNOWS ..-------_._------------------- i, jI THE EMBLEM OF SUPERIORITY i Paradox Rubbing I Is the best high-grade, quick-rubbing varnish ever produced. Can be re-coated I every day and last coat rubbed safely in three days. II Ti- Ki- Lac Is our high-grade first or second coat varnish. Dries hard to sandpaper over night. Last coat can be rubbed in twenty-four hours. The man who KNOWS is the man who WINS VARNISH DEPARTMENT. Acme White Lead and Color Works DETROIT, MICHIGAN ~--------------- of light must be considered; whether natural or artificial light will be used in the room. Colors appear different under two lights. They-are different. A blue vliallpaper looks green at night. The yellow rays of the lamp or gas gas arc absorbed hy the paper and the combination yel-low and blue makes green. Red by day becomes orange at night. In buying, articles should be examined under daylight and artificial lig"ht. The colors of nature should be rememberen and ill a room the lightest parts should be overhead, the darkest underfoot and the side walls be-tween the two soft colors are best. Gray harmonizes with all types of complexion in a family. The decoration of 0111' home expresses something-. A roonl must not only be a mere color harmony. it must be in accordance vrith the purpnsc of the rOOl]). In a library the colors should be neutral-nothing to disturb the oc-cupant. A ballroom should be just the opposite. The --_._-_.----., Bankrupt Sale: Sectional Bookcase Business I All of the assets of the HUMPHREY BOOK-CASE COMPANY, a going- concern, including stock, factory equipment, good will of the business, ac-counts receivable, etc.. will be offered for sale TUESDAY. MARCH 16th, 1909. 2 P. M., at the factory. 15th Street and Warren Avenue, Detroit, Michigan. This is a first-class business if well man-aged. Correspondence invited. J. E. WIDMAN } DETROIT W, E. BROWLEE Trustees in Bankruptcy. ~-------,-------_.-" --_._-------- ____ .1 clrav,.'ing room comes bet\veen the two, In a bedroom cool, soothing colors with few ornaments should be the rule. K0 elaborate pattern in wall paper or hangings to catch the e~yeof the convalescent_ r...o. ud colors excite one, soft colors are restful. The colors chosen for rooms of southern exposure should be quiet, a clark hall needs a bright paper. Yellow and }jght red rose arc best for this. Korth rooms need bright colors, yel1mv, neutral oranges and red. Between north-ern and southern rooms neutral colors of each of these extremes should be used. "A miscolored house may be positively injuriolls. @ * @ Supplies Shipped From Europe. :I\lanufacturers and jobbers on the Pacific coast im-port a considerable quantity of the supplies they use from Europe. The cost for freight is much lower direct when tramp steamers arc chartered, than w'len goods are shipped by steamer and rail. Oftentimes six months are required by the foreign manufacturer to make a delivery by water to customers in California, but as it is. the rule everywhere prevalent in the old world to re-quire that payment for goods be made in advance, the foreigner does not mind the time lost. @ * @) More Furniture Cars in Use. March ,hipments of furniture have enabled the rail-road companies to call into use many furniture cars that have stood on the sidings a number of months. - -- ----~---'~ - .- - _.- -- -- -- -- -- ------------- 14 KEEPING COUNT OF CASH. MICHIGAN ARTISAN --'- The Register and Its Value to Business in Modern Times. The use of the cash register in all kinds of stores and business houses has become so general that' the public accepts their presence as it does that of so many other modern inventions, without remark, After all, the most remarkable feature about the cash regis-ter is that it was lacking so long a time. Gp to the time of its introduction the storekeeper reli,ed on meth- -~-------_.~ AN OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFE TIME I is o£fered'to the right party. A splendidly equipped If Furniture Factory located in Indiana, one hundred miles from Chicago. Factory is brick, mill' construc-tion, about 73,OOOfeet floor space, with never failing I water pOwer. steam as an auxiliary, trunk line rail~ road spur. to the shipping room - door and into the lumber yard. "\fiB sell property on long terms or lease same with machinery, also have one million feet dry lumber, factory is in full operation the year round. Declining health compels the owner 'to dis-pOSe of the business. For full particulars address Hoosier 62; care Michigan Artisan, I Grand Rapids, Mich. '---------._-_._- .I ods that were almost pri[~itive in their simplicity. Though cl1.mbered with more or less clumsy safe.., guards, he still clung to the ancient custom of throw-ing all motley taken in during the day 1.nto a cash drawer to which· practically the en'tire force of the store had access"- The shopkeepers of Pompeii and the retail dealers of a generation ago used the same hit or. miss method of dealing with the day's receipts. Could some sooth-sayer have foretold to ~he confiding merchant of that earlier day that in centuries to come men would have in their stores a money changer of brass and iron which· would guard their money, count it' and at the end of the day tell him what goods had been sol(l, which apprentice had, made each sale. and the price re-ceived, un·doub~edl:r that soothsayer would have been regarded as a Pompeiian nature faker of the first water and the ensuing eruption of. Vesuvius would have been cons'idefed condign punishment l~leted out to those who harbored the vain babbler. After all the centuries of development in other di-rectionsthat intervened the salesman for a modern cash -register company' would pr:obably- have had much the same reception at the hands' of the progressive merchants of twenty-five years ago. But when he came he brought with him the proof of his assertions and the first real advance within the memory of man in the cash department of store keepers was begun. The casb register had found its place, \Vhen, in 1882, the proprietor of the "general store" in the village of Coalton, Ohio, made use of the first cash register, although he appreciated its value to him and the increased profits which resulted from its llse, even the wildest flight of his imagination could 110t comp~ss the enonnous business which should gtow from that seed. A manufactllr'ing company which in 1884 had but a single dingy shop employing one nian and two boys has today one of the most up-to-date and largest p~~uts in the world with thirty-four acres of floor space! and employing 7,00D people. ' Owing: to the marvelous rapidity with which the cash regis~er has found favor this ~yankee inve~tion is now adapt~d to reckon ·in the currency of a· dozen or more diffe*ent countries. It is as iproficient in handling the yen in Japan, the rupees and pice of India, the pound,s and shillings of England as it is the dollars alld cents of its native la·nd. Hundreds of thousands. of cash registers are now in USe. During the last year the sales exc~eded . all previous records, and \vith brighter business pros-pects in sight the comiI?-g'year promises a phen01l1e~lal increase. A Warm Campaign. M. E. Case, buyer for the Liudholm Furniture com-pany, Sioux CitYl Iowa, arrived in Grand Rapids on :March 2, acconipal1ied by Frank Donahue and wife. :Mr. Donahue is the proprietor of the West house, the leading public house in the city of the Sioux. During the past year a large addition to the hotel was ~rected and Mr. Donahue's purpose in coming to Grand Rapids was the purchase of ·furniture for the same.· Mrs. Donahue was very much interested in the deal, anq her suggestions proved of great value in selecting the goods required. The order for bedroom furniture was placed with the I\luske-gan Valley Furniture company, represented by Hugo '--~-------~ Standard Uniform Colors We are producing the standard uniform colors recently adopted by the Manufacturers' Association of Grand Rapids. These colors are produced with our GoldeDOak-OU Stain No. 1909 ilLDdFiller No. 736. Be.rly Englit.h-Oil Stain No. 5S and Filler No. 36. Mahogany-Powder No.9 and Filler No. 14. Weathered Oak Oil StaiD No. 281·. Fumed Oak-Acid Stain No. 45. Place your orders with us and get the Correct shades. GRAND RAPIDS WOOD FINISHING CO. ss.S9 Ellsworth Ave., GRAND AApmS~ MICH. Kanitz, secretary and Charles G.. \Vhite .. western sales-man. Orders for chairs and upholstered goods were· taken by Grand Rapids houses. @ * @ A Difference of Interest. 1fanufacturers of cheap and medium priced furniture are more dir,ectly interested in ~he changes proposed In the tariff on looking glass plate than the manufacturers of high grade stuff. Of the materials used in a cheap dresser the mirror plate represents, the largest si-ngle item. of cost, while in a similar piece of high gradel the labor cost is the largest item. For instance, the cost of a mirror for a dresse.r that sells for $1.00.00 is not much 1110rethan a mirror for a dresser tbat sells for $20.00. MICHIGAN ARTISAN ARTISTIC andINEXPENSIVE CATALOGUE COVERS LET US FIGURE ON YOUR PHOTOGRAPHING ENGRAVING and PRINTING PERFECT WORK at Right Prices PROMPT DEUVERIES COMPLETE CATALOGS MICHIGAN ENGRAVING CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN 15 16 MICHIGAN ARTISAN -------_. , i .._------ II b 11 ~ ~~z 0 I ';l I "~ I •"", I, .9'" I ~• "0 '3 ~ "~ <i :Ii ~" •.e "11 ~"t; •~ &l • MICHIGAN ARTISAN Ii Cabinet Makers In these days of close competition, need the best possible equipment, and this they can have in Our New Hand and Foot Power Clrcul.r Saw No.4. The stron~est, mosl powerful. and in every way the best rna~hine {)f its kin.d ever made, for tipping/:CfOSs-cutting. bonng and groovlllg. == HAND and FOOT POWER === MACHINERY Send for Our New Catalogue. w. F. & John Barnes Co. 654 Ruby Street. Rockford. ...'-----------------------------., , I ! raln16r'S ratBnt Gluino GlamoS ..--_._-_._---------------_._----------------- .... I I I ! I I : I I I • 1 I ! BARNES'l j ! I I ! i I ! ! I : I ! ! I I I I I I l I i I I I t ! ~----._-----------------------------------------.------------------ ------------~ IIII ,III• I I III I II , I I I I I I I I 1..,.~~re~~,~u~:!r"j':eniati~~i:~rI~~i~Jt~,it'l:J~(e1e;;'~;;n:;on:t~~;IedEInft-... M 0 R RIS woo D &. SON S Schutte, Cologne, Parilol, Brussels, I,lege, :\\oUlan,Turin, Barcelona, I I and Hilho!l. ! ,2714-2716 W. Lake St. Chicag6• III , ~.-------- ----------------------~ ~-----------------------~--------------~ The llbol'e ('ut is taken direct from a photograph, and show!'! the l'llTlge of one >1izeonly, our No.1, 24.in('h Clamp. "'c mllke six other "bes, taking in stock 111) to 60 im'hel'! wide and 2 in(~hf'lHthick. Ours is the most pracUcEtl metbo(l of dllnlping glued Hlock in use Ilt tile present tJme. Hnndrt\d.8 of factnriel'> ba "€I lldoptcd our way the pad year and hundreds more will in the flltnre. Let llS "how ~"nu. Let us send yoU the llameM of nearly Hll) factories (only (I, fraction of our Ilst) who ha.ve ordered and reordered many times. . Pl."OOfposith'e om' way is the hest, A post eard will bring it, catalog iududed. Don't dela'~·J but "THe today. A. E. PALMER &. SONS, Owosso, Mich. ..----------------------------_.-----------~ I MORRIS WOOD &. SONS' I ! LATEST PRODUCTION I I I The re~l1lt of thirty-five years of Cutter making ex-perience. Insist on havi1'g your new jointer fitted with the genuine Morris \Vood & Sons' 20th Century Solid Steel Glue Joint Cutters, for there are 110 oth~rs just as good. They cut the same perfect joint, when ne."", pa,rtly or fully worn out. They never burn. Reqlllre less grinding than any other make, saving time and cut-ter. No time ,'\.-asted setting up as with knives, and cost 1'0 more than other makes, Try a pair and be con-vinced. Write for prices and Catalog,No. 35A. 18 MICHIGAN ARTISAN ESTABLISHED 1880 "UBl-UIHI:D B" MICHIGAN ARTISAN CO. OH THE 10TH AND 2!o,.H OF EACH MONTH OFFICE-108.110. 112 NORTH DIVISION ST •• GRAND RAPIDS, ....ICH. EHTERll.D IN THE POSTOFFICf AT GR"".O RAPIDS, MICH" AI SECOND CLAU MATTSR. A letter \vritten by an official of a certain corpora-tion engaged in the manufacture of "ecclesiastical art furniture" was received by the Artisan recently asking for the address of a designer capable of preparing "first class Hat or perspective designs; a man who could, if need he, call upon prospective purchasers among clergymen." \Vith an experience of thirty years contact with designers, the Artisan is prepared to· suggest the names of artists who are capable of supplying any sor tof help a clergy-man might desire. If a clergyman needed advice in the purchase of a horsc, the Artisan would recommend de-signer New of Grand Rapids. If a clergyman wished to consult a designer on the art of music, the Artisan w<mld unhesitatingly name Louis Hahn, also of Grand Rapids. If a clergyman should seek information in regard to tha dramatic art the Artisan would write the name of John £. Brower, of Grand Rapids, in red ink. If a clergyman deemed it necessary to extend his knowledge of painting in oils and \-vater colors, the Artisan would mail to him the address of W. E. Horner of Indianapolis. If a clergy-man were to seck the aid of a professor of the national habit (the game of poker), or a man with a tank when he desired to entertain friends, he \vould be obliged to look for such assistance outside of the designers' fratern-ity. + t [t has,· been proven that in business as well as in politics slogans are of much value. The beverage that made a certain city in \Visconsin famous; the fur-niture that made Grand Rapids known to the world; the immense trade of George C.Flint & Co., in New York, and other 'successful enterprises numbering thousands have been built up with the aid of slogans. In discussing the value of a slogan recently, a traveling salesman employed by one of the great industries de-clared that a slogan set in motion in the factories a few davs before the late presidential election ensured suc-ce~ s forNIr. Taft. The slogan was· used where it would do the 1110stgood. "On the 1.lth of October," the gentleman declared, lithe country was overwhelmingly in favor of Bryan. A day or two later the working-men in the shops were advised to 'vote for Taft and keep your job.' The appeal to the stomach proved tHore potential than the appeal to reason.!' + + :Manufacturers of upholstered furniture are more pleased with the proposed removal of the duty on hides than the proposed restoration of the stamp act for checks and other forms of bnsiness paper. Shop hands are not throwing their caps in the air and shouting their approval of the proposition to be submitted to congress to impose a tax of four cefits a pound on coffee. + + The proposed reduction in the duty on lumber by congress 111eets the approval of manufacturers of fur-niture and kindred goods. @ * @ WONDERFUL DEVELOPMENT. EI Paso, the Rising City of the Rio Grande. John A. Covode, secretary of the Berkey & Gay Furniture Company, Grand Rapids, returned on March 6, after spending three weeks at £1 Paso, Texas, the gateway to Mexico. Mr. Covode played golf and enjoyed the wonderful attractions of the Rio Grande region. "EI Paso is a prosperous, growing city. ] t has daubed its population in less than four years, hav-ing at present «,COO. Real estate values have doub-led and .with the completion of the great irrigation dam now under construction at the expense jointly of the governments of the Vnited States and IVlexico, the whole region will advance rapidly in importance and wealth. 'Water only is needed to make the valley of the Rio Grande a great region for the pursuit of agri-culturt1 and the distribution of merchandise. Nine railroads center at EI Paso and for a territory six hun-dred mqes in every direction is the natural commer-cial center. vVith the development of the country will come largely increased demands for furniture." Mr. Covode's family will return early in April. @ * @ YOUR OPPORTUNITY. When a feller's in the gutter and is freighted with des-pair, And the future's lookin' dismal with no sunshine any-where; vVhen he hasn't got a nickel, and he hasn't got a friend, And the weary way he's tread in' doesn't seem to have an end; There's a chance for you, my brother, just to boost him up the road, To enconrage him a little and to lighten np his load; That's the time to prove your friendship, if it be sin-cere and true- \\Then a feller's in the gutter and he don't know what to do. @ * @ Valuable Antique Table' and Chests. Colonel Charles P. Calkins, of Grand Rapids, is the possessor of a rare old table and several chests a number of centuries old. These articles were brought from New Hampshire in the early thirties, and were manufactured in Europe. Colonel Calkins prizes the pieces ,highly. MICHIGAN ARTISAN 19 STORE FURNITURE AND FIXTURES, Demand for Them Shows a Revival in Other Business Lines. Furniture and display fixtures in the merchandise business has not only reached the point of a business in itself, but it has become an art. Along in the fifties and sixties mercantile life knew no such appliance as a willdenv nxturc or display form, Of cases with sliding doors for the pro-tection 0 f goods. l\Terthandise \v a s suspended in show windows on strings or c lot 11e s 1 i 11 e 5, strc\vt1 about the base and garments were heaped promis-cuously on tables or on the floor. Disor-der reigned and the salesman had to drag his goods out of chaos \vhcn waiting on a customer. Sho\v ,\vincll)ws were simp-ly for admitting light. At the present time the business of making and supplying store furniture and fixtures has reached ideal conditions. Fixtures and cases ha \'c become inclispcllsabe in the conduct of a well ordered store and interior decorations and winclow:3 dressers demand the fixtures just as a mechanic does his tools. There is 11O-W a great demand for them, an c:vidence of prosperity, because makers of store equipments soon feel effects of lethargy in general business lines. 'I'he lnerchants huy gao(ls before they do fixtores to sho\-v them. \Vhen they buy both in abunclance business must be good. One is amazed at the enormous !lumber and var-iety of stands, hall trees, pedestals-cases, seats and wardrobes used in the mercantile trade. The output of one factory alone in Grand Rapids exceeds one million dollars. ]'\\,0 others are of scarcely less im-portance. Sketch by Otto Jiranek, Grand Rapids, Mich, ® * @) An Antique Collector, A. D. Porter of the 1TichiganHarrel company, Grand Rapids, on the occasion of a visit to relatives in the state of Connecticut, met a lovable old aunty who was affecte(l with the antique hobby. She had collected many hun-dreds of pieces of furniture, china, rugs and laces and talked by day and dreamed at night of their values. Her husband was patient, good-natured, and indulgent, al1(l the pursuit of his ,vife's hobby greatly amused him, Dur-ing )'-1r. Porter's stay aunty learned that the Pecks, of Stamford, off-side relatives of Mr. Porter, had filled the attics of their homes with antiques, to make space for modern, If n{Jt altogether beautiful things, and became greatly interested. I-lcr curiosity expanded with the pass-ing of the days, and when finally ':\fr. Porter arranged fDr a visit to the Peck's 1vith 31mty, thc lady's heart was filled with as much happinc::s as a bride's on her \vedding day. \Vhen aunty \vas escorted to the attics the desire to acquire the beautiful things found in the discard was so overpcl\vering that8.he purchased a sufficient quantity to fill a freight car and caused them to be packed and shipped to her horne. ,,\Then several l,vagons conveying the valuables drove up to aunty's door the indulgent hus-banel's interest \vas aroused. "\Vherc do you intend to put all that stuff I" he enquired, "Why I hadn't thought of that. Can·t \ve build an addition to the house?" Oh, yes \ve could but \-ve \von't," the husband replied. I sug- Rest that you direct the drivers of those wagons to drive to the rear of our premises and dump the stuff into the Housatonic river, tvm hundred feet below.'''Aunty Porter bad a notion that the treasures might be stored in the harn, cJisplacing- the family vch1cle... Aunty's plan pre-vailed. @) * ® Oliver Machine Company's oreign Trade. A large trade in foreign cotlntri 5 has-been established by the Oliver ::\fachine company, 11 anufacturers of high grade v.,rood cutting machinery and utfits for manual and trade schools, Grand Rapids. Th' bw:iness is handled through a subsidiary company in orporated .under the British laws and with offices and arehouses in London, and ,~hipmellts are made to the bra eh by the carload for distribution all over the ,vorkl. he shipments usually go by way of l\Iontreal. The dema d for manual training iug outfits, both abroad and in th s country, is steadily increasing, and a number of new machines and devices have been brOl1ght out especially c ~signecl for such pur-poses. @ * @ H. L. Chandler has succeeded he \Vallace Company, furniture, etc., at Lakeview, Ore all. Iff, LHOLCO MANUFACTURER IN HIGH GRADE 5A SA CITIZEN5 FHONE 1239 27 N MARKET ST ~, GRAND RAFIDS. MICH. _____________ ..J 20 MICHIGAN BUSINESS MAN'S RUBAIYAT, Awakel For morning's cares must be begun, The shrill alarm is fierce as anygtlll. Reenll the maxim old and true that says It i~the early bird that gets the bun. Dreaming when sleep's soft hand 18y on 111YbraiN, 1Iethonght I Ina'de a llew ami solemn vow To cease the strain. \Vhen suddenly a V01c~, In accents harsh commanded, "Do it now!" Profit and price wages, interest and felli, Credit and cash; details that won't relel1t Next week, next year, some day, perhaps, I'll quit, But now my busy pencil C011l1tS per Cetlt~ Buy and sell and sell and buy again, Down to the office, sun, sleet or rain. Adding, subtracting, balancing" the cash Speculating on the yearly gain. a time turn backward in yOUT hasty flight. I need more time from dewy n~ort1 till night. TO'morrow, aye, tomorrow, I've a note That falls due at the bank and money's tight. Tod<lY the trust raised prices on my ware. Already they 'V,'ere higher than Is faIr. However, it's a business maxim true The price is fixed as cloth the traffic bear. 1"d like to get acquainted with my wife And get a bit of leisure ill my life. But, spite of all my work, my plans go wrong And keep me always bamcssed to the strife. And then my children three of them in all, It sUTely·is the bitterest of gall To leave the house at morn before they risc, Returning after sleep )las made its call. 1,.edgus, day books, cash bDOk~,joornals, files, Book accounts, receipts and salesmen's wiles; These are the texts of fiscal aptitude On him who learns them well Dame Fortune smiles. Last year, when things were gOillg fairly well, EYents came up that 110 ol1e could foretell And plung-cd 111e down to desperation's depths, Transforming heaven into gloomy hell. "All things come to him who waits," they say, AnI joy will·come to him who learns to pray. To "wait" and "pray" I'd like to add "and slave" And always ask the qllestion 'does it pay?' " T drink, ah! yes, the Ctlp that cheers. they say, But not the cup that c1~cers for me, nay, nay. I dri.nk wh<:.never, be it day or night, It's some advantage in a business way. @ * @ Origin of' Ornament. A most iilteresting series of six books on the broad subject of "Decoration," published in Londoll from lBS2-H~8G by,Sampson Low has been acquired by the Ryerson Public Libnry of Grand Rapids. The books fire illustrated with drawings of styles of ornament. the interiors of famous palaces and paintings, sculpure and art manufacturers. Space is given to the various styles in furniture and home decor-at ion and one subject that is discussed is the origin of orna-ment. It is said that the Egyptiatts were not the ori.glnators of the styles of ornament used by them but merely used what came to them from an island in the Atlantic called Atlantis which layoff the coast of Spain and opposite the - ---- ---------- ARTISAN entrance to the l\lediterran~all. Colonists from this island came to Egypt after the overwhelming del'uge had nearly submerged the land which is said to be the Azores of toaay, now mostly submarinc. Atlantis was the nurse and fosterer of civilization and the colonizing power of the antedeluvian-world. So Egypt received the arts and architecture of the island ready made as did Phoenicia. These people are said to have lived before the building of the oldest p-yramid in Egypt. Art, sculpturc, painting and the decorative arts of the earliest years of Egyptian art were found showing a matur-ity, consistency and conventionality too systematic to be entirety originated by them. Other people had done the experimenting and the Egyptian works are simply perfected examples of another people's earlier accomplishments. The other eastern. cotJ11tries such as Syria" Assyria, Persia, India, Asia ?dinor and Greece received tne arts from Eygpt. From Greece they ·were carried by the Etruscans 'who were a Dorian colony, to Ital~i. In the new world, 11exlCO and Peru received seven survivors of the deluge who founded seven tribes. Explorers have compared the ad of the new world \vith the old and there is no question about the resemblance between them. :\Jexican antiquities in sculp-ture were more crude while that of the East were developed by trained artists of the mother country irn.potte.d to Egypt. The IVlexicans and Peruvians were handicapped by the lack 01 proper tools and showed no skill in "realizing delicacies of proportion or refinement of detail." Their works were mere-ly imitations of architectural and ornam·cntal forms they bad been familiar with in their own coulltry. In the west the arts spread to japan and 1Jongolia and in th~ east to Rome, England, Spain and the .couqtries of northern Europe. It is thought that in the future when more exhaustive research has been made that the origin of ornament may be traced to 011C'. common source. .. Grand Rapids School of Furniture Design For full particulars write to II!I ARTHUR KIRKPATRICK, Instructor and Designer j 642·546 Houseman Building, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. MICHIGAi'-l ARTISAN ~------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------- I,,I• III I,!I II,, I, I,,, I II,; I I,I I!I j I 21 , If Ij I, I I II! WE MAKE PLANS AND DO ALL I DETAIL WORK WITHOUT EX- I PENSE TO OUR CUSTOMERS. I I II, II 20&-210 Canal Street II I GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. I Ben, M ..llll 1804 \ • OUR AUTOMATIC FURNAOE FEEf) R'VSl'F.M I ~._-------~----_._------------------------------ --------< aran~Ua~i~sDlow Pi~e an~Dust Arrester (om~an~ THE LATEST device for houdlin!!, shavings and dust from all 'Wood- 'i.('orhillg machines. Our nineteen years experience in this class of 'lc)ork has brought it Ilcarer perfectiall than any other system on the market today. It is I/O experiment, but a denwJlstrated scielltific fact, as 'lee have se-veral hUJl-dred of these systems in use) and not a poor aile among theni. Onr AutOlnat-ic Furnace Feed SysteJH! as shO'lun in this cut, is the 1110St perfect ,(f)orki!1g device of allY thing ill this lille. VI/rite for our prices for equipments. EXHAUST FANS SURE BLOiVERS STOCK. AND PRES-ALWAYS IN orlie. and Factory; Cltla:en. Phone 1282 22 ELEMENTS OF STYLE. MICHIGAN ARTISAN By Arthur Kirkpatrick, Instructor and Designe'r in the Grand Rapids School of Designing. Immediately following that period in the history of the manufacture of furniture which might well be called the "dark ages'! of furniture, people of wealth· and taste found that in order to furnish their homes vvith anything at all artistic or pleasing to the eye that they had to revert to antiques manufactured in the eighteenth century, There arose a very large and widespread grovIlth in the admiration for and desire to possess genuine Chippendale, Sheraton and Adams pieces, so much so that England and the c;ol1,tinent of Europe were raked from end to end by the hunters .Jf antique furniture, who picked up a lot of inferior arti-cles, in thehopc which dwells in the breast of every collector of antiques of getting something of great· value at a small outlay_ There are many romantic. stories of collectors who picked up in some out-of-the-way farm house, say a :Marie Antoinette table for a few shillings, and after-wards sold it for a fabulous price, or the man who purchased an old bureau for a song! and after getting it home, and commencing to scrape off the paint with which it was SIll eared, discovered that it was richly inlaid, of historical value and almost priceless. This craze naturally led to the antique dealers and small furniture makers lifaking" antique, anti many highly prized aiel pieces owe their existence to those skillful imitators. One of the most difficult to detect of these frauds was the ingenious manner in which they made really presentable articles from old chests, discardccl paneling and odds and ends of old lumber picked up when old buildings were being demolished. This state of affairs naturally camc to an end, but the beautiful lines and sterling worth of the old models had still to be satisfied, and a number of reputable man-ufacturers commenced to honestly reproduce period furniture, and sold it as reprOductions, and there is little question but that the reproduction compares in most instances very favorably with the original. There is; in every community, a class which will not be satisfied by the inartistic, whose taste for pure lines and good coloring and general harmony of effect demand that their furniture; decoration and all their surroundings, shall harmonize without reference to any past style or period. There is,,J10 reasQ1; why the fur-niture of Chippendale, Sherato,n, and others should be considered perfect. There~,as a demand made upon the architects and designers of the latter end of Queen Victoria's reign for something typical of their own time, rather than a slavish following of old masters, From the time of the later Georges, and all through Victoria's reign, furniture, decoration and architecture fell upon evil days. Art appeared to be at a stand-still, and there was created and put upon the market the most hideous and incongruous furniture that the world has ever seen. The America.n manufacturers, with a few exceptions, practically new beginners, fol-lowed along the same dismal lines, with perhaps more grotesque results. The first designer in England of any note of the Victorian period was one B. J. Talbert, who, had he lived longer, might have proved worthy to he classed with the great designers of the eighteenth century, but unfortunately he died young. The next move in the direction of freedom from c"ollventionality and purity of. line and color, ~n furniture and the do-mestic arts, camc from vVilliam Ivlorris, the eccentr:c artist, socialist and poet. \Vhen one considcrs -his wonderful versatility, energy and industry, and notes with wonder, the many things he did and did So vvell, it seems astonishing that he alone should stand out as the originator and as the undoubted father of the mod-ern wave in furniture which swept over England some fifteen or twenty years ago, and more recently com-pletely revolutionized America. l\'1ission, Arts and Crafts and the 110rris chair; everything that tends to daintiness, quaintness, purity and harmony in domestic surroundings, can be directly traced to the influence of Morris. Contemporary with and following :Morris were some very able men, notably one Robinson, who founded the furniture department of the great London House of Liberty, which in itself is now a recognized style. It is to be deeply regretted that Morris should have died, when little past fifty, as his remarkable genius might have solved for us today the problem which is eating the hearts out of the manufacturers of "vVhat shaH we make next ?" The same demand is heard on every hand. "Can't we get up something new, some-thing different, something that will get away from the other felIows?" COlOnial has been reproduced to death. There is not a piece of furniture made in the eighteenth century which has not been copied, meas-ured, and published over and over again for the delec-tation and encouragement of our designers, and yet 1111CHI G A N ARt I SAN ~-----~--------------_._--------------------------. TI BECAUSE IT [S PREPARED TO [NTEREST RETAILERS THF MERCANTILE liDlTION OF THfi MICHI-GAN ARTISAN [S TIlE MOST VALUABLE AD-VERTISING MEDIUM FOR MANUFACTURERS OF FUJ?N[TURE AND KiNDRED GOODS. ~--------------------------------------- each recnrring- season brings the same old groups of Colonial and "vQuld-be Colonial, in most of which the only good points about them are the finish and price. In casting about for another style to popularize, if we cannot invent a new one of our own, there secm~ to be nothing in view at the present time but the .:\Jodern English, or for an easy term, let us call it the Liberty style, or the mixture of Dutch, Queen Anne and Eliza-bethan which one manufacturer of our acquaintance aptly dubs "Cromwellian." @I * @ Kenne"\lvick, \Vashington, has a furniture store, op-ened recently by Kalf & Baz, a firm name easily re-membered. --_._----- Ii -----_. ----_.~ Grand Rapids Furniture Club. Contractor l\Jorgan is making excellent progress in the construction of the Grand Rapids Furniture Club. The buil(ling' adjoins the hotel Pantlind and members of the club and guests will be served from the cafe and buf-fet of that hostelry. Elegant dining, reading and loung-ing rooms, a spacious lobby, cloak rooms and other. con-veniences will be provided. The \valls are paneled in figured woods and the floors are of tiles, mosaics or red birch. Cosy open fires, handsome electroliers and a col-lection of the best furniture manufactured in the '''''orId will make the club a delightful resort for furniture men. @ * @ Will Manufacture Special Siding. John j\. Doxtater, of Grand Rapids, who recently received letters patent upon a new system for constructing store shelving has organized with an authorized capital of $2,iO,000, of which $50,000 is paid in. Thc company will operate a factory ionGrand Rapids. @ * @ Recuperating in California. J. \V. Oliver, president of the Oliver ]\1achine Com-pany, one of the important iron working establishments of Grand Rapids, is spending:the winter months in Cal-ifornia. He \-'lilt return early in April. MICHIGAN ENGRAVING CO" Grand Rapids, Mich. ENCRAVERS BY ALL PROCESSES. 23 r MICHIGAN ARTISAN ----------- ------------------------~ ROYAL WHITE MAPLE POLISHING VARNISH White-the Emblem of Purity--our White Maple Polishing VarnIsh is Pure-and. ~he WHITEST GOODS on the market. It dries to recoat every other' day; can be rubbed and polished in four to five days. Ask for testing sample. •• !• III VARNISH COMPANY! OH 10 ~ ROYAL TOLEDO, ~------------_._------- Tracing Stray Freight Shipments. AUlloyance, delay and expense are the results of the lost freight shipments, and while the blame for loss in transit often rests with the transportation companies, in some itl-st< lIlCeS it can be traced directly to the negligence of the consignee. For instance, a consignment of two cases of builders' hardware is made to 'Wallace, Brown & Co., Dartmouth, N. H" via P. R. R. and B. W. railroad. In the course of a week or so the shipment reaches its destination and a postal notice is sent to the consignee, who apparently ignores same, as no notice of it, and the shipment is placed in storage. The consignee was not ready for his shipment, so did not take the trouble to rep'ly to the postal notice, or have de-livery made. A month or so later he calls tip the warehouse and ill a peremptory manner inquires .after his goods. From his offhand description he is told that tilCY know nothing about this shipment, and he rings off in high dudgeun. The shippers ar~ requested to place a vigorous tracer after the shipment, and after a great deal of delay the railroad company writes back advising the shipper that the shipment is on hand at destination unclaimed, and to please advise of same at once. This is not always the case, but from actual observance has proven to be the way .v..i.th about two~thirds of the cases in which shipment was lost in transit. In other cases the shipment has been delivered and "lost" at the plant of the consignee, and after some considerable correspondence is found, shipment having been on hand dur-ing the whole procedure of tracing, presumably mislaid by their receiving clerk. What can a shipper do? He receives numerous requests to trace or duplicate the original shipment. He has received no report of delivery from the, railroad company, so there is nothing left hut to duplicate the shipment and enter claim against the transpor-tation company. A few days after the second shipmen has galle out word is received stating that shipment number one has been received and the transportation company requests that you withdraw your claim as delivery has been effected. As the shipper, it is necessary to render credit for the duplicate shipment when it is returned, and as often is the case. have to stand the charges both ways. \Vith just a little patience and consideration, a great deal of unnecessary ex-pense and trouble can easily be avoided. By this it is not meant that a shipper should be reticent abollt tracing shipments claimed "lost in transit." but that a customer should not be too hasty in his demands that a duplicate shipment should be made, or that shipment should be traced before it has had sufficient time to reach destina-tion, until the railroad company has had a challce to make delivery. \Vhen a reasonable time has elapsed then itis time to go after the railroads. A number of excellent systems have been devisel, which, if they received the proper attenton. from the railroads, would facilitate matters greatly and afford the shipper some little protection. One of these systems includes a recording device that with one op.:ration makes a "tracer," "acknow-ledgement" and the stub for use of the tracing clerk. The tracer for the transportation company, the acknowledgment to go to the party requesting tracer, and the stub remaillS in the book for ready reference of the shipper. This system is a good one, if it always received attention, being inexpen-sive and efficient, as it furnishes all the information necessary for the use of the variou" parties concerned. Something that will keep the shipper advised all the time of just what is being done is necessary, not alone for his protection and information, but for the benefit of his cus-tomer. Among various systems that are now in use is th.e regis- !Ii y;1 BARRETT'S PRIME SHELLAC VARNISH Iy; I!Ii y; made from strictly pure Shellac Gum cut Specially Denatured or y; In y; Wood Alcohol. The results of 25 years' experience in the· importa- y; tion of gums, in the use of solvents, and in the manufacture of varnish y; embodied il)."Barrett's Prime." Ask for samples and prices. y; !Ii y; 219 LAKE SMT.., L. BARRETT & COC"HICAGO I y; (!Ii . ;I~.~-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------~ I Here are the Exact Shades Adopted by the I I Qran~Rani~sfurniture Manufacturers'Ass'n I I r I , I,IIt III IIII Itt II !II III ,II ~-----------------------------------------_. MICHIGAN ARTISAN Their "Golden Oak Oil Stain" is our No. 3424. Their "Early English Stain" is our No. 3425 Oil Stain. Their "Weathered Oak Stain" is our No. 3426 Oil Stain. Their "fumed Oak" is our No. 3427 New Process fuming liquid. Their "light Mahogany Stain" is our No. 3428 Dry Mahogany Stain soluble in water. Their "Dark Mahogany Stain" is ou"r No. 3429 Dry Mahogany Stain soluble in water. Send for Samples and Information. I!II IIIII III! • WE SUPPLY E\lERYTHING NEEDED IN T"E fINIS"ING ROOM. CHICAGO Tt-tE AO-EL.-ITE PEOPL,.E tered tracer system, tilal stands out prominently among the rest. As the name indicates, e,leh tracer is registered, and as it meets with prompt attention from the different railroads when properly filled nut hy the party tr,lcing; it keeps the shipper informed as to ju,;t W1J,lt j:; being uune with this particular shipment. These tracers consist of a cover, red in color, to better distinguish it from other papers, hearing a printed designat-ing number, there being 110 two tracers of the same number, the inside of the cover providing a blank form for full de-scription of the shipment being traced, including informa-tion as to name of shipper, consignee and designation, etc., \vhich information is filled in bp the party tracing and is practically a COpy of the bill of klcling or shipping receipt issued covering the shipment. Attached to the inside cover are ten record sets, each can· sisting of a thin sheet and a post card underneath, the thin sheet being permanently attached to the tracer, and the post c<lrd perforated at the top and easily attached, the printed form on the several sets being- identical as to the thin shcet and the corresponding post card. Each set bears its individ-ual lltlmber in addition to the tracer number. A sheet of carbOll paper is also <ltt<lcbed to the tracer cover. These sets are for the use of the railroad agents in show-ing their record of handling shipment, the tracer above de-scribed being of sufficient size to permit showing the move-ments of a shipment over ftve railroads, each road using two of the sets, one to bc filled out by the forwarding agent and the other by the road, showing delivery to connecting line. In tlt1ing out the tracer forms, the tracing clerk affixes a one cent stamp to each of the post cards and a two cent stamp to the cover, addresses all the post canis to the party desiriilg the immediate information ,wd also fills in the ad-dress portion of the cover. Tt is then forwarded to the agent at originating station, NEW YORK who fil1s in the first set. deposits it at the postoffice aud for-wards the tr<lcer in "R. R. B." (railroad business) envelope by baggage mail to the agent of the initial road, where the shipment leaves such road, who in turn flUs in set ~3,and fo(-- wards post card and tracer in the same manner as set 1. \Vhen set 10 has been filled in, whether ten cents were nec-eSSary or not, it is detached and dropped in postoftice and the tracer itself Jisposed of by folding the cover in ~uch a way as to disclose the return address portion of the tracer, alJd a rubber band put around the tracer and same deposited in the mails without enclosing in any envelope. By addressing the post cards to the shipper he is inform-cd, as the tracer advances, of e<lch movement of the ship-ment, and can see whether the railroad company is giving tbe tracer proper attention. If any agent has neglected his duty the shipper kno,vs just who it is and where to make complaint. By this method he is in a position to takc the company to task regarding any inattention, through the fact of his having the evidence at hand in black and white, in the form of his tracer post cards. The post cards themselves may be scnt to the consignee after llaving been filled in by the agent, as the retum of the registered tracer to the shipper gives him all the information required, though a trifle delayed, of course, but complete and ready for llis file. Some system as above, \'v-hile more expensive than most systems now in use, would seem to be the most satisfactqry and ecollomic way in the end for tracing shipments, as the fact of each tracer being registered and a set filled in and returned as the trace'! moves -along, keeps the party tracing informed, giving him a base to \""ork upon, and in the end is bot1l1d to bring results quicker than by any other method. As results are what is wanted from a tracer the system which secures them, even at a slight increase in cost. is really the cheapest <lnd most satisfnetory in the encl.-Travel-ing l\Jan. 26 MICHIGAN NEEDS IN FIRE INSURANCE. Gre,ter Care Should be Taken in Inventory Work. The subject of fire insurance may safely be said di-rectly to interest a larger part of the general Pltblic· than any other outside the vital problems of life \Vithout going into statistics, which would be impos-sible in 50 limited an article, we know that in 1907 the insurance companies paid in losses $135,270,569 to pro-perty owners in the Vnited States. The relations oh-taining therefore between, let us say, the buyers and sellers of fire insurance are very important. Fire insurance is not an exact science, that is, no matter how many risks of a certain class a company may have on its books it cannot be sure as in life insur- -----~---..-..,j Montgomery Hardwood Lumber Co. • Manufacturers of all kinds of NATIVE FURNITURE LUMBER • Crawfordsville. Indiana. • E. S. STERZIK. Pre •• ance that practically only a certain number will become claims in a given time, nor can it be sure what propor-tion of the face value of policies under which loss is sustained will be payable. These facts have-affected and governed the making or building up of premium rates for fire insurance, and as might be expected in any business where no more exact formulae than the above can be applied greatvar-iations ha,,:e been shown in rates at different periods or by different underwriters at the same period. The influence of competition has been and always will be a potcnt factor in the price of this commodity, especially in districts where no co"mpanies' agreement for the maintenance of rates exist, while a wide differ-ence of opinion as to the adequate rate on a certain character of risks has often existed between com-panies based entirely on \""hat their individual exper-ience was up to that time. Periods of reckless rate cutting have occurred in tbe past and still develop at intervals; at this date, however, chiefly limited to suburban or country dis-tricts where the personal equation of the local agents, with their SOl11.C time private business feud is in evi-dence and where the influence of the rating board of the larger companies is only slightly felt. Science has crept in, an arbitrary sd,euce you may say, in schedUling and indexing the business or mer-cantile risks of the larger towns and cities, and the work is being broadened to include the outlying dis-tricts as fast as may be. By calling the methods of r;~.ting at present in use arbitrary science, is meant that no decision that certain rates are adequate is final nor is it certain that if the fire experience of a year be normal in Kew York city while San Francisco suf-fered, let us say.that the rates in New York will stay the same. They may be raised to meet the deficit at the other side of the continent. This is apportion-ment and arbitrary adjustment. ARTISAN Class rating of risks, except for basic rates, to which would be added in each case loading of premium for de-terioration, deficiencies in protective featutes, occupa-tion, etc., as shown in the individual risks, cannot be successfully accomplished, except perhaps with dwell-ings which, according to construction materials used and "\-vhendistinctly in or out of fire protection, i. e., nearness to water supply and engines, have been ra-ten by class- for a considerable time ""vithas far as,is known a fair profit to the companies. }lost men insure their _business property adequate-ly and in direc.t ratio to the hazard of their occupation. Very few of the same men or any others adequately insure their private property or inventory it thorough-ly enough to know what they really own in values. Particularly does this hold true in respect to their household furniture, books, and jewelry. How many men if asked about the terms and conditions of the standard fire insurance policy of the state of New York could say they ever had read one over? The fact that not one man in a thousand knows anything of the legal contract he has accepted is a serious det-riment to high business development and plays not a small part in the terrible fire drama, enacted in so many places every day in the United States. Not until a fuller realization of the responsibility llt::volving upon owners and lessees of property be comes a reality will our abnormal destruction -by fire of property interest be checked and the general rate of premiums be reduced to a lower level. \Ve New Yorkers pay a high price for our fire protection, as we do for all the other privileges of living in the most ex-pensively rUIl civilized city in the world, and we seem to he proud of it and not anxious to change. If we wonld take the time to study and to carry out the best protective measures, coupled with stricter rules for the proper segregation of hazardous occupa-tions, either by locality, absolutely fireproof housing, or both, we would not continue very long to pay, for instance, from five to ten times per capita what citizens of London or Berlin find their cbarges. "Vith thous-ands of gallons of water a minute crashing through the windows of his building the careless owner and tenant would probably indorse an ordinance prohibit-ing wooden dust bins, the promiscuous throwing of oily waste, rags and papers under stairs, etc. Keeping away from technical details which no one will read or remember, what does the payment of say $300,000,000 a year for fire and marine insurance prem-iums mean to us as a tax? The American people are burning their forest interests down and their houses down at a most astonishing and satisfactory pace if we are trying to qualify as a race of pyromaniacs, bdt if our self-regard as a sane, progressive nation is to, be preserved to uS we must give more time to our fire: in-surance agent and not consider him merely a necessary eviL Out of all the hundreds of tbousands of dollars worth of clothing, jewelry, etc., on the steamer Repub-lic only a few thousands were insured. Had they: all been so covered the problem of the steamship com- . ~._--------------------------------_._-----------. : AND II I . I I I ! !I III.. • ..i MICHIGAN ARTISAN 27 OCTAGON PEDESTALS TABLE LEGS 'J.'hat is Ole Question; and a big one, too. How (10 you make them '! How much do the}' cost you? How good are the}', and are they uniform? Just take a little time and let these questions soak in. Because youmuy be wasting on [he manufacture of the Pedestal.',! and Legs What yOU save by eeo-nomical nUluufacture on the Top!I. Your profits at", then cut dOwn. Make the cost Of the differ",nt parts balance. One man with our panies for adjustment of loss to passengers \"'ould have been simplified. A better understanding of the causes of fire, its pre-vention and the true relations between the great fire insurance companies and ourselves is a national duty. 'fhe best advice to the reading, thinking public is to get in touch with a reputable and responsible insurance broker and g-o over all values with him; to make in-ventories, to check 11p existing policies and to take out suffic.ient in ad(lition to cover oneself thou roughly. :Particular notice should he paid to the standing of companies one insures V\!ith to see that the written or printed forms correctly descrihe the property covered and that all required clauses are attached. }·Jo one can fail of feeling a sense of satisfaction over a job ,",,,ell done, and while there will he in many instances a lot of hard ""vork involv('c\ it will he amply repaid in the event of a firc loss-l'\e\v York Sun. @ * @ "Opening" for Employes. The Charles S. Paine ',:ompany, manufacturers of high grade parlor and upholstered furniture, has a way of its own to keep its employes intcrested. One evening of each exposition is set aside as employes' evening, when everybody employed is invited to bring his family and friends to see the "line" as exhibited for the buyers. The evening is not without its social element, every-body, regardless of station or job, mingling on a basis of equality. It is in the n;:ltute of a reception. It has been found that the artisans take great pride in showing their wives and children the work they have been doing, and the latter do not by any means lack in interest. @ * @ Century Furniture Company Will Build This Year. The Century Furniture COll1pany, Gram! Rapids, have purchased the corner 224 feet on Prescott street and 165 feet on South Ionia street, as the site for a ne\\, factory. The plans for the building will be made dur-ing the summer, and it is probable construction will be started in the early fall. When the present management took hold in 1905 th~ entire building was leased, The business has out-grown the capacity of the building. The company LEG AND PEDESTAL MACHINE will make Oct.agon and Polygonal shaped turnings at one-tenth to one-twentieth of what it costs by ]oahd; round ones at one-sixth to one-tenth. The sllYillg in time and la,bor.is what makes that bal-ance we: were just talking about. NoW, d<m't Imy "tl:lfit sounds pretty good," and Il't It slip your mind. Just write us to-da~y. C. MATTISON MACHINE WORKS 863 Fifth St., nELOl'r, WlSCO'SSIN. I• lnanufactures high grade library, parlor and living 1'00111 goods and dining and bedroom chairs, and the goods have found favor with the tradc. @ * @ To Make Washing Machines. The Portland (Mich.) Manufacturing Company's factory will 'be used in the manufacture of washing machines in the near future. The buildings are under-going the changes and improvements necessary for the transaction of the business. @ * @ PERSONALS. Louis Kanitz, president of the :Muskegon Valley Fllniiture Company, is spending several weeks in New Orleans. E. L. J\Taddox of the Stickley Brothers Company, Grand Rapids, spent several weeks in Florida, and re-turned on ;\farch 1, when the weather. in the south had become too hot for comfort. John D. Case, secretary of the Sligh Furniture Com-pany, Grand Rapids, is spending a few weeks in Cuba, where he has important interests. Charles R. Sligh, president of the Sligh Furniture Company", has returned from a month's stay in Ari-zona. He has large interests in that territory. \Villiam H. Gay. president of the Berkey & Gay Furniture Company, Grand Rapids, and A. Nlargantin, the company's designer, have returned after a short tonr of Europe. A. \V. Hampe, president of the Royal Fnrniture Company, Grand Rapids, has arrived home from a tour of Europe, Robert \V. Irwin of the Royal Furniture Company wil sail for Europe on I\farch 20, E. H. Foote, treasurer of the Grand Rapids Chair company. having spent several weeks in the Argentine R.epubliCJ has started on a leisurely returl1 trip to Grand Rapids. C. F. Retting, president of the Retting Furniture company, is touring the far \vest. Harry Jordan. president of the Michigan Chair com-pany, will return from Florida about April 1. 28 MICHIGAN ARTISAN Old Painted Furniture. In a recent number of the Honse Beautiful the subject of old painted furniture is discussed under the caption "Some Good Specimens of Old Fashioned Painted Furniture," by Rose Standish Nichols. The vogue for painted furniture has been revived during the lQst twenty-five years with the popularity of the Colonial. style and has become especially popular in the last few years. \Vel! made and original specirncl1s have been found in out of the \vay places. Angelica Kauffman, the wen. blOW artist, who was so sought after in Loudon in the latter part of the 18th century, was responsible for the popularity of painted furniture at that time, al-though she was not the originator. Her work was done under the great cabinet makers of the time, Adams, Sheraton, Hepplewhite and Chip-pendale. They 'were very enthusiastic over her designs of garlands of flowers, landscapes, chaste figures with floati.ng classical draperies and mally minor forms. Angelica also painted a marble mantel for Sir Joshua Reynolds. ItaUan painters were also employed for this work and were very skillful in it. Their decorating was done on satinwood. Pcrgolesi was the best known of these artists. He was an assistant to the Adams brothers and was very successful. TiH~ motives he used were garlands and baskets of flowers, medalliol1s enclosing Iandscape.s, shepherds, shep-herdesses, cupids, etc. Later o~her artisaus took up this kind of dec-oration but on a simpler scale. Ordinary woods were painted. either plainly or to imitate the graining of rare woods. ]apannillg as it was caHed was often done It consisted in using turps i.nstead 'of oil to mix colors and was really only painting. The Japanese aud Chinese use lacquer in their process of japannillg. Their method spread to England and then to New Eng- If:nd in 1755. Painted furniture was imported to America be~ fore the Revolution ront England in the north and from France in the south. Tn 1'i97 811 English chair manufacturer in New York advertised to do "dyeing, japanning, wallgee work and bamboo work after the newest LOI](loll patterns" Or such pieces as chair», settees, etc. Often furniture was made to harmonize wit11 the wall coverings of the room it was to occupy. The solid wood \Vinlsor furniture was popular and with rattan and. split bottoms was often seen in drawing rooms, libraries, dining rOOms and bedrooms and for piazza use in summer. During the, eighteenth century the painted decoration of furniture was decadent. 1n 1806 it was used by "the third class of gelltry.~' At the present time there are two artists in this line in Vermont ami Boston who are doing splendid work in reviving old styles and traditions. Ch8s . .B. Ingalls of ,~rind50r, Vt., a man of so years, is very successful and has instructed Miss }oj. C. Hardy in the work, who follows in his footsteps and is inbusilless for herself. She copies his ideas and originates new combinations of styles. @ * @ and similar practices. In their petition to the service com-mission the merchants call attention to important facts: "Ow-ing to changes in business methods and conditions, shipments by express instead of by freight in many classes of commod-ities have greatly.increased, the use of the speedier ex-press service having become practically compulsory. Because of this forced substitution of express carriage for freight car-riage, a very large volume of commodities which formerly paid freig~lt charges which amounted to but a very small per- The merchants of New York have filed a petition·with the service commi.ssion asking ior an investigation of the methods pursued in the transaction of business by the express COlU-panies. Information is sought on the subjects following: Inequalities in charges-such as different charges over the samc route in opposite directions; different charges for equal distances; extra charges for delivery in excess of tariff rates; delays in delivery; failure to notify shippers of non-delivery; delay in returning undelivered goods; delay in s;:ttlement of claims; disregard of specified routing; unreason-able requirements as to methods of packing; delay in account-ing for collections; refusal to collect and return "empties" 'Sketch by Robert Leibuis, Student in School of Designing. the Grand Rapids celltage of the value of the merchandise, now pay express charges of such an amount as in many cases to consume the entire margin of profit on the commodities, the ordinary sell-ing prices of whic:l cannot be varieeJ to include abnormal transportation charges. In consequence the annual aggregate express charges paid hy a l11{'rchant have gradually increased from an almost' neglig·ble 3mouilt to a heavy item which represents an actual loss, inasmuch as the outlay can seldom be covered into the selling price. It is therefore of much importance to merchants that the charges exacted for express service shol.1ld not be excessive, but on the contrary should be as low as consistent with a just return upon the capital neces-sarily employed in efficiently carrying on the express busi-ness." It is claimed that the net earnings per annum of the express companies equals in amount their capital invest ~d. \Vith the territory divided and co-operation enforced in raiding the public the aid of the legislatures and the courts is needed to remove the burdens laid upon shippers. * A New Packing for Furniture. Retailers of furniture will soon receive goods. packed in :J new material manufactured under a process recently patented by W. E. El1iott of Grand Rapids. A company ~1aS been formed for the purpose of carrying on the business under the name of the Elliott Packing Company, of which \V. E. El-liott is president; W. D. Bishop vice president; Charles F. Powers secretary and A. C. Dennison treasurer. A factory will be erected in the near future. @ * @ One for Salamanca. Furniture will be manufactured in Salamanca, N., by a company capitalized for $40,000. M~CHIGAN ARTISAN ~_________ _ 1 r----------------------------------------~ , I I " fI I' I I IList of Buyers II I I I I I I I I I I Do you want it? : I ! , : I I If I f I , ' ! I I I I I I I II list of Buyers.!! !Dependable factory Trucks ! I : I I Do you want it? I i I I I I . I IIII IIII II I,,, IIII II I, IIII I, lI I I !! II Name I ! Address ! I , I I I ,I II I , , I I , I , ...------------------------_.... 1 ,.....-------------- List of BuyersI II fIII Do you want it? If so send in your order with 25 cents at once. List of Buyers I Michigan Artisan Co. II N, Dirision Sf., Grand Rapids. Mich. Dependable factory trucks-\vh",t a lot there i5;n that word dependable? \VbCll you are busy as the c1kkcllS ..".ith fonT car-loads to gel out at a certajl~ t,im,f}.al~;la couple trucks break down-docsl) 1 It J~u you? \Vhen you find tha.t it takes two men to move a load where it ought to take but one, don't you fed like cursin'? Then it's time to thro\",,·out the old profit-losing kind and in with the kind that arc always Johnny-on-the-sj)ot and the kind that you know you c.an depend on. 1-1ct"e arc three main reasons why our trucks arE: dependable. First. All of the framework, stakes and handles in our trucks are made of the best hardwood, thoroughly k.iln~ dried. Second. AU the castings Me heavy and of the best quality-strong. dm'. able and tough. _ The large wheels an~ 14 inches in diameter with 2}-4 inch face. They revolve on turned bear-ings on 1?i inch axles, which do not revolve and wear away the woodwork. Third. Our trucks arE: built from beginning to end by skilled workmen -not boys. All the framework is well joint-bolted together. Th(~re are other reaSOllS you wi1J discover by a perusal of our truck catalog. Please send for it today. Your name and address 011 the lines provided afC all that is necessary. Cut ()1jt the ;ld, and mail. The safest way is to do it now. , :, Grand Rapids "and Screw Co.!, 918 Jefferson Avo., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. II J:; III , I II II !! , I, II, !I,III II - - - - - -- --- -- -- -- --------------------, 30 MICHIGAN ARTISAN .,---_._------------- -------------_._----------., I We Import Direct, and Manufacture Circassian Veneers GENUINE PERSIAN WOOD., CINCINNATI, <>• I• !I• The Albro Veneer Co. Established 1838. FRANK CRITICS IN THE FLAT. Ended a Dream About $2,000 Worth of Furniture. "If you're entertaining the idea that your household furniture, no matter how costly and nifty it may be, is One of your a.ssets worth considering, then stop dream-ing," petulantly remarked a man who is making prep-arations to go away from here. "\Vhen yon ha\'e to sell your furniture you'll find out what I mean by that remark. "I know, because I have just sold the furniture of my 8-roo111flat. \\,then my Chicago firm sent me to Kew York it was the understanding that 1 was to stick around here for a while~ five or six years anyhow. Soon after ~ew Years's the firm began to hint in correspon~ dence that it was thinking of shutting up its ~ew York branch, and a week or so later, despite my wailings, the firm recalled me to Chicago, and I'm on my way back there now-for life, I suppose, gosh hang it. "vVhen I camc to New York I decided that I was going to live in comfort here, The wife and I spent a month 'picking out furniture. It was pretty nice stuff, rather above the average for flat furniture. Ev-ery bit of it was substantial, staple goods, and no fluff or gingerbread about it. "vVe had to bny the whole flatkeeping outfit from canape to crackers, and the buy set me back just a few dollars less than two thousand bucks. I got the piano second hand at a bargain-an immense hargain-though it was almost new" ",,',lithnot a nick on it. 1 . got half a dozen shadow box pictures second han~~, too, at a bargain; but all the rest was dead new. "Well, when 1 got my recall to Chicago I advertised my flat furniture to be sold all in a bunch, nothing sep-arate, dealers ignored, ad invited those interested to come and have a look after 8 o'clock of evenings. "The interested folk were right on the job, The first of them obviously had ignored that part of my adver-tisement which said that dealers would he ignored, for a blind man could have seen through a Scotch mist that they were dealers. "The first of them to heave along rang the bell while my grandfather's clock in the hall still was chiming the hour of 8-a pretty punctual customer- He was a squat young man with a pair of black, hawk-ish eyes, a very flash topcoat several sizes too large for him, a gummy notebook and a stub of a penciL "I led the way and illuminated all the rooms while he bustled through the flat. His scorn as he glanced at my stLrff was manifest. It irritated me. 01 'Say,' I said to him when he h'isted the coverings on one of my brass beds, to see if they were boxed springs, 'are you a dealer?' "He grinned indulgently at me, "'vVhat's the difference?' he replied, in a confiden-tial tone. 'You can't get anything for this ju-I meall this stuff! except from dealers. Stuff like this is a drug, you know.' "'Well,' I said, still irritated, '1 took the pains to say in my advertisement that I didn't care to deal witl: dealers, and I meant it,' and I started to guide him to the hall door. " '\IV' ell, 1"11tell you what I'I do, mister,' said he, not budging at all. 'I'd have to practically give this stuff away; but I like to help lolks out that are in a pickle- I'll give you two and a half for your mess.' "Mess! That got me on the raw, l\tforeover, it got me on the raw to have him assume so complacently that I was in a pickle and therefore forced to sell my gear at the first figure offered. " 'Beat it!' I blurted out almost before he'd finished making me that proposition. 'On your way.' "He didn't budge from the bedroom where this lit-tle colloquy was held, "'I'll tell you what I'll do, then,' said he, jabbing away at his gummy notebook with his stub of a penciL 'I want to' help you out, as I say. and so 1'11loosen up a little with yOtL I'll hand you three lor the mess right now. \Vant it?' and he dug into his trousers .PUl:.K'Ci: and produced a large greasy wad of bills, at the same time glancing up at me with a sort -of contemptuous cupidity. " 'Good·night,' said I, and I literally nudged him to the hall door and then nudged him out, while he pro-tested that maybe after he had another peek arolln"d he might offer mea few dollars more for the mess. "Two more fellows of the same strip-e, palpable dealers, appe~red before 9 o'clock, but I spotted them for dealers when I went to the door-1 attended all rings myself-and I woudn't let 'em in. They wanted ,..---------------- MICHIGAN ARTISAN 31 --_._---_._----------_ ...,II THIS MACHINE MAKES THE MONEY It makes a perfect imitation of any open grain because it uses the wood itself to print {rom, and one operator and a couple of boys can do more work with it than a dozen men with any other so called machine or pads on the market. . That'. Why It'. a MoneyMaker. It Imitate. Perfectly. IIIj 50 Machines Sold Last Year Plain or Quartered Oak. Mahogany, Walnut, Elm, Ash or any other wood with open grain. to argue it out \'\Iith me, one of them swore that he wasn't a dealer, but that he was going to get married next Sunday night and that he \vas looking for furni-ture to fix up- a flat. I fanned him, all the same, be cause the stub of a pencil \vas sticking behind his ear and his notebook was protruding fro111 his overc;oat pocket. "Along toward ]1 o'clock ..when the wife and I were making the preliminary moves toward turning in, a gay young creature who looked and acted like a chants girl swung along. She was accompanied hy a gloomy young man who had a lot of bright finger jewelry. '" 'Sctlse flle for coming so late..' said the young woman, as she breezed past me in the hall, 'but ,l\l11ttsy and I hav~ been to the theatre,' and shc swept lnto the parlor, nodded condescendingly to my wife ~nd sat down at the piano. Vcry l11uch at homej young-woman, that. r '''\. . seen your ad', S1lC Sal.( Ilkto' lne, W lac ll1gI a V1• C-ious discord on the piano, 'and I thought Iil'd chop around and have a peek. I'm looking for a IFanner,' and she walloped the piano again. ' 50 More Satisfied ! Manufacturers I II!II :I , I Posselius Bros. Fumiture Manufacturing Co. For Prices and Full Particulars. Mention the Michigan Arti,an. Write the Detroit, Mich. "----------_._---,--- "'But,' I explained to her, 'I'm not 5cUing the stuff in parcels. It's got to be sold as one lot.' "La, la, that's what thcy all say,' chirped the young \~lOman, gayly, hitting the piano hvo or three more Strallsslike chords and turning around to grin at us. II thought I'd have a peek at the pianner anyhow How much you askin' for it? Isn't a bad little old box, but second hand pianners is as common as sea~ weed. Take twenty-five for it?' "No, I rvouldn't take twenty-five for it, I told her, and, moreover, I wouldn't even consider the matter of selling the piano separately. Let me say here, by the way~ that I got that piano, as I said, at an immense bargain, and at that I paid t\vo hundred and fifty for it, for it was a high grade instrument. II I\Vell, c10ncha care, old top,'. said the yodng wo-man to me agreeably, and then my wife heat it to her hedroom when the yOl1ng woman began to pound out a ragtime song and to hum to the malignant air of the sanle. " "Aw, come on, Tinkie, these folks is gain' to beel,' put in the gloomy young man accompanying the hreezyyotmg woman, and then she got up from the stool, kiss~d her fingertips at me and zephyred swish-ingly down the hall. I found my wife rolling around on her bed with laughter when I returned from letting 'em Qut. "K ext day while I was at work dozens of folks called to see the furniture, but my wife met most of them at the door and told them that the stuff could - -- -- ----- -- -_._----., 32 ~I I CHI G A N ART 1 SAN t,Tt-!~--BiGWHI'iji~SHOP'] • I • I I ! We Furnish Every Article of Printing !: Needed by Business Men Ii I I I I I t : I II II tI,I II ,I ,,I II ,I , WHITE PRINTING COMPANY 108, 110, and 112 North Division Street,. Grand Rapids, Mich. r-THE --BIGWHITE SHOPl I • . -...1 MICHIGAN ARTISAN only DC seell, as the advertisement stated! after B o'clock in the evening, when rei be home. "J'hreelor fOUf parties vf \\'0111Cll refused to take her \vonl for this, pushed their \vay into the apartment an(l ll1oocl:~ecl around, pa\ving things over and asking questions. : "They began to flock in 1,vhile I \-vas at dinner. the dealers I met at the cloor and dismissed vl/ith sc~nt speech, hut the young couples I admitted. : "The "vomen of the couples did all of the talk~ng and examining. The men just stood around on one fJbot and then the other and looked neutral and sad abput the ..v.hole proceedings. ! "Sollle real l~ice l~ttle pieces here." s~id on(' of ithc women to my. \vlfe With great conclescenswn. . 'but th,en, too, you've got a lot of truck here that 1 wouldn't h~lve for any moncy.' ! " 'Yes?' said my wife, glancing at me \vith 1atlg-l~ter in her eyes--she sees laughs where Ion})· see kno¢ks, ~,'Oh, not for any moncy,' the business-like Y()~ll1g woman \vent on, \'\'hi1e her husband tried to catch !her eye, 'But 1'11 tel! you just what \'ve can and v\'ill d!o~ we like to be frank and aboveboard about these thi~1gs, don't vve, Egbert, addressing her melancholy mall .. ~\,;-e will give YOtl $150 cash on the nail. for what yofve got, inchlding the piano.' j "That made me so sore that I had to scamper 101lt of the room for fear I'd say something ornery. al{d I left to my \vife the job of getting rid of that cOll;)lc) "i-\nother woman, abo accornpanied by a \vhiplped-looking husband, went through the place like a genrra] of an army on a tour of inspection. She said hardly a word, but just sco\ivled a tour furniture, and she sl-Jook • ' I • her head over rnost of it in a mighty o\'erpo\ve1'ing-j re-ducing sort of a way. I ,; '\Vel1. she said to me after her ilnprcssivC' mArch through the -.,.vholeplant, from kitchen to .spare rdOlll. 'then:' are rour or five pieces here that mayhe I'd Italk business \vith you about if you did the right lhling. ]'he piano, the cahillet ill the 1)(11'lor,the ,vritillO~" d!, csk. that rnahogall\' chair in the parlor. and that ofnholt\ c1ock-\vllat (to -yOll "vant for the lot? ::\O- \V '.,+o\lr selling price. relllember-no tucking it on.' 1 __ "Some G'lvalierl)r, eh? I told her that the ytutt was only to be sold in One lot. I .. 'Uh, humbug an<1nonsense: she ,vas gooel cn911g-h to chop back at rne. ''y'oldl 11(',·er sell it as allot. There's a lot of stuff here that nohodv'd even look at. Come. no\v, and let's not \vast<.' any 1ll~re ti111<.'. \~That , , do you \Vallt for the pieces T have Hamed?" i "I executed a disappearance again and permitted my v,rife to nudge her and her ,vhipped male creJure to the door. I ",vas afraid of myself, you knc)\.v. I " 'Are these bcds-er-vl"ell, they're 110t bt1gg~' or an:ything?' another WOman who came along a 'ittle later, also '''lith a dismal man, asked m.r. \vife. ! l\fy wife replied that if they were she had not noticed it. " 'Oh. vvell, lots of folks can live with bedbugs! and never notice 'em, vou know/ the woman reassured my wife. 'Get sort ~, used to 'em. you know,' and ~hC;l for the first time I observed that mv vvife's keen ~ense ~ II of humor was put to a strain. l\l hate to say, for fear of not being- believed, just ho\'\/ quickly she got that '''oman and her husband out of the hall door. ,; 'Huh! I)':ye mean to tell me that you've only had this stuff for one year?' another woman said to the wift. and I with a tone and manner that plainly was intendeu to toss us to the Ananias Club in 'a heap. '\V ell, of courSe folks selling stuff in a hurry like this have to say something. ,V,e'll give you $150 for it, won't we, Jim?' "Jim nodded affirmatively, and they, too, \vere out of the cloor in something less than jig time. "All told, I received about sixty people, not count-ing the dealers. ,,,,,110 professt(l to be interested in my furniture. The hig-hest price 1 vvas offered for the \yholc la:\-,out of fu:~niture \vas $300, and the woman who made nlC that offer was good enough to say that she named that high figure because she felt for folks that 'vere in trouble. "So I sent the '''''hole bunch of furniture to an auc-tion roonl, and when it was finally disposed of the auc-tioneer told me that I was danged lucky to 've got $3.26.45 Ol1t of it, not counting his percentage for auc-tioning it off. "So don't imag-ine that your fu~njture is an asset. The next time I've got a flat full of furniture that I can't use any longer I'm going to distribute it among my friends by vvay of gifts and earn the name of being a generOl1S dt1Ck, at any rate. There'd be more satis-faction in that system than practically giving it away, anyhow."-::.Iew York Sun. @ * @ Cochran & Cooley of Cottage Grove, Oregon, have sold their stock of furniture to Cunningham & King, 34 MICHIGAN ARTISAl\ Furniture in Europe Seen Through American Eyes. J.\tfiner S. Keeler, president of the Keeler Brass Com-pany, has returned from a short trip to Europe, made in company with William H. Gay, president of the Berkey & Gay Furniture Company, A. \7\l. Hampe, president of the Royal Furniture Company. and A. Margautiu, de-signer for the Berkey & Gay Furniture
Date Created:: 1909-03-10T00:00:00Z
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40. Michigan Artisan; 1907-12-25

Notes:: Issue of a furniture trade magazine published in Grand Rapids, Mich. It was published twice monthly, beginning in 1880. and """-------------------- Twenty-Eighth Yea.r-No. 12 DECEMBER 28, 1901 Semi~Monthb The ROfAt is the Ori(!inal Push Button Morris Chair THE"ROYAL PUS" BUTTON MORRIS CHAIR Hi"ht Years of Te.rt Have BstaLbsLed Its Supremacy ALL OTHERS ARE IMITATIONS I MORRIS CHAIRS FROM-' I ~6.25to ~30 CATALOG UPON APPUCA TION. Royal Chair Co. STURGIS, MICHIGAN Chicago Salesroom: :Geo. D. Willi8Ill3Co•• 1319 Michigan Avenue. First Floor, ChWago, UI. -~ "~..~·~The One Motion, All Steel GO-CART , .. + FOLDED FOLDS WITH ONE MOTION NO FUSS, NO FOOLING FOLDS WITH ONE MOTION All Steel; Indestructible. Perfected Beyond All Competition. Frame of Steel Tubing. Will Carry 100 Lbs. Over Rough Pavements. The Only Perfect Cart With a Large Perfect Quick Action Hood. CATALOGUE UPON :APPLICATION. STUROIS STEEL GO·CART ===== COMPANY ===== STURGIS. MICHIGAN THE VERY LATEST! !! A New Complete Line of Popular-Priced Colonial Designs We have prepared the first and Only Complete Line of moderate-priced bedroom furni-ture in the latest Colonial Designs. Colonial Styles in high-priced furniture have been gaining ground rapidly, and promise to be as much of a fad in the next three years as Mission dining-room and parlor furniture have been during the past three. But trade that would not touch a line of dressers costing you from $20 up, will bite like hungry fish at a line costing you from $10 up. You'll get a little more money for your goods, and please your customers by giving them the latest fad. From no other house in America can you buy a COMPLETE LINE of low-priced Colonial Designs. We have one hundred forty one [141] brand new pieces, all ready, and to be shown on our floors at the Grand Rapids and New York Furniture Expositions in January. Get our special Colonial Catalogue in advance and look the line over, so you will be pre-pared to place your sample order early and get the lead over your competitors. Catalogue now ready. A postal card will bring it. These designs are NOT shown in our regular catalogue, as they are brand new for 1908. . And don't forget to shake hands with our salesmen when you attend the Expositions. As usual we shall have the largest space and the biggest crowd, for everyone likes to handle our QUICK SELLERS. Northern Furniture ·Company SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN 1 ....:; EST ABLlSHED 1872 CAPITAL STOCK $300,000 wenre iginlltors . not Imtors Grand Rapids Chair Co. Manufacturers of ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY NEW PATTERNS FOR THIS SEASON DINING ROOM LIBRARY HALL and DEN FURNITURE We Show at Our FaCtory Only Take Wealthy and Tayloe St. Car North. Open for business January 1st, 1908 2 - - -------------- 1883 1908 Michigan Chair Company Grand Rapids, Michigan sP RIN G MICHIGAN'S GREA'TES'T CHAIR FAC'TORr With congratulations and good wishes to the Furniture Trade and with thanks to all, we greet the coming year. Promptly on January I st. our warerooms at our factory will be opened to the visiting buyers and we assure all who call on us a fine display of new and attractive patterns from which to make selections. 1883 1883 Knowledge ~fTrade wants experience in serving 1908===== sPRING MICHIGAN CHAIR COMPANY comes them. with 1908 REPIlE8E}{TA TI vx S.dLI!J8iIfEN South w. R. Pfflny East. OMf;. y, Cox Root. E. Walton OhM. F. Mr:Gre(Jor iVes!, OliAs. B. PU1"IIumier Rol;t. G. C<J:lder GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC LIBRA.RY 28th Year-No. J 2. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., DECEMBER 28, 1907. $1.00 per Year. "Dry.as-Dust-Detail." An employer who"e great penchant "was dcta-il, worried the army of clerks and heads of departments in his store: over the necessity of keeping memoranda and flIes for reference of one thing and another untit they a.pplied to him the souhri-quct of "Old Dry-as ..Dust-Detail." They averred that a third of his valuable time was consumed in the c1as~.;jr1catioll of minutiae that never should h;l\'C passed the scxutinlzing ga7.e of the modestly enumerated private secretary. As a result of the onerous duties imposed Upon them the subordi-nates acquired an antipathy for detail that carried iv,eH be-yond reasonable bounds. Frotn an oyerdo:,;c of It they v,'ent to tlle other extreme and grew to negleetillg apparent trifles. The result \,\,;-15 that when certain exigencies arose they were forced to ascert;lllJ the details fronl. tho;: gCl1eral m,magcr Zrlld rcceivc<l well~mcr-ited rebukes in conjunction with the information. Finally the senior department head instituted a council and devised a brief lecture course. They listened patient1y to him .,,'hi\c 11C dis-coursed something like this: "Gentlemen, we all have our own ideas [(bout }lOW to run this business, hut if for no other reuson we must c0l1cede that 'the old man' has the right to say how because he owns it. T have been with him more :years than any of you and I rec-ognize the existence of what you term 'idiosyncracies.' They jar on some of yOll. It looks like piling on unnccessary work, Rut 1 notice that the neglect to comply with orders has caused .some of yOLl unpleasant embarrassment. ~ow, I suggest that you decide to do what I am going to continue to do myself. Do CIS yO'll are H:qLl.estcd. It is always het-tel' to do too much "vork than not enough. Evcntually w<; may, each of us, be conducting our own estahlishments. hope so. No doubt they \",'ill be models. But while we arc here let tiS all do evcn disagreeable tasks rather than 'fall down' from inattentioll to them. Just bear this fact in mind that every employe is privileged to Sltggest the additi<m of labor, but it is an obstacle in his path to suggest its decrease. That is all, gentlemen. Let us turn lo." vVhilc there ·were some low 1l11llterings, half in ca rncst, after thal there was no marc neglect, and the chief was sttr-priso;: d to see ho\v admirably his "system" worked out. Brown «Bought," A few days since a party of old-time furniture ~~alesmcn met in the lobby of the New Southern Hotel in Chicago, arid were discllssing the trade (or lack of it) when they were joiJl(~d by Brown. 1\Tow, this is. the first year of BrO\'lll'S ex-perience as .a furniture s<l.lesman, and h(~ proceeded to inform the olrl timers of his wonderful success; of the many carloads he sold in Pittsburg and. how many in the other cities in ht~ territory between Pittsburg and the Rocky :\Jountains, declar-i. ng he had sold 011e hundred thousand dollars' ·worth of goods. The boys listened to him in silence Ulltil the $100,000 \va~ reached, when, with one accord, they began to sing: "It looks like a lic; it looks like a lie; it looks like a lie to 111C, Htlt as it came from you 1t rnust he tr11c- Bur it looks like a lie to mc." RUHvn did'llt say anything, hut the har-keep said he put up Ii\Ie big round silver dollars The Man Not Behind. In almost every newspaper you pick up you arc pretty sure to lind a lot of gush about the man behind the counter, the mall behind the gun, the man behind the buzzsaw and the man behind the sun, the man behind the times and the man behind his rents, the man behind the fence, the man behind the whiskers ami the man behind his fists, and everythil1g is entere.d on the list. But they have skipped another fellow, of whom notIJi11g ha!i been said-the fellow who pays for what he gets, whose bills are always signed. ::\fe's a blamed sight more important than the man wh.o is b~ll"ind. All the editors and merchants and the whole commercial clan are indebted to tl1is bonest fellovv·-man. He keeps us all in business, and his town is never dead. so we take off our hats to the man who is ahead.-Exchan.f{e. OUD~pr(IAlIMPrRIAl wrAlnrDrD OAn Oil ~TAtn is the standard all over America. Are YOUusing it? Write us for Samples and Quotations of the BEST SHEllAC VARNISHES Il(AJIIUrA~TU.E;D 6111LY U Y CHICAGO WOOD FINISHING CO. ZS9·63 ELSTON AVE.ANDZ·16SLOAN ST. CH I CACO. 4 The Stock Clerk. A stock clerk's occupation is obvious from his title. He has charge of the stock of a firm. If the firm is a small one that handles but few lines the work of the stock clerk is comparatively simple. But if he is with a large firm, where hundreds even thousands of different articles arc constantly kc"pt in stock and constantly in demand, his way is full of hard work and worry. He is responsihle for the condition of the stock, he must be aware of just what quantity of each article is in s.tock, hm,,! much of it is apt to he· required in 1. certain time, and how long it will take. to get goods into stock after being ordered. All these things he must ha"ltc at J115 fingers' ends, for a stock clerk who should let the stock under his charge run clown so that a firm ,vould suddenly find itself-out of one, kind of goods wjll not be a stock clerk for long. For this work he is lYdidwell, hut the opportunities for h1111 to ri'se are not overly many or brilliant. A Chicago man, who has "been there himself," has this to say of thc pOSit101J in general: 110st stock clerks begin as hoys with the firms in whose employ they arc. As errand boys or as packers on the snip-firms of any considerable importance in less than fi.ve years of service. A young man beginning at his majol'jty to learn may be a clerk at 26. However. he probably will be much older before he is placed in charge. A man must have proved his absolute reliability, honesty and capacity for the work before, he will be given a chance to undertake the hand-ling of a large stock. lIe mm;t prove that, no matter what happens, no matter how busy the season, and how hard he is worked, how fast goods are being shipped out, he: will be able to handle e,verything as it should be handled and keep the stock up to the standa.rd. Probably the first thing that will help him to get a chance at the stock clerk's position will be the display,of an excep-tional memory. A stock clerk must remember more than most workers, and the young man working in the stock who is able to remember that "2 V 333 0" stands for double rolled wall paper, nurriher 3:33, series O,willstand the best chance for promotion. Probably he will be made assistant first and then promoted as opportunity offers. is pay up to the time he· is ma.de stock clerk will hardly 1 e over $12 a week. lIe is learning and a ilrm will hard y pay h111 Made by Lentz Table Company, Nashville, Mich. ping floor ;they get their flrst insight into the stock which they are some day to handle. A COlnmon school education, a natural klla~k for figures, and a faculty for remembering numbers aild what they stand for, along with a good, strong body and k natural liking for work, are the prime requisites for tbe boy who starts out with the intention of __ becOJ11~nga stock clerk. Especially is the natural liking for work de- !:'.irab1c,fot it is a vocation wherein the like may be exercised to the limit. Opporfnnty has much to do with a young man's c.hal'.cc''i for le:arniilg this line of v,'ork, as the boy who is given a i:hance to work alongside of the clerk Hin stock" has the best chance of learning the stosk and thus the best opporuntity lot" rising to be in charge. There is no general learning of this occupation possible, as the stocks 6f most houses are kept on systems originated and inco;porated in the house's own business policy. Thus a man who is a stock clerk must lea.rn in the hoose. And when he changes positions he must generally learn over again. unless he goes to a house in the same line. H is safe to say that few men get to be stock clerks with wages for a man being taught in their establishment. The pay of the stock clerk varies as. do the si7.csof firm.'; and their lines of business. A man in a small place will be paid anywhere from $15 to $20 (t, week. He may have two or three men under him and will require but 1.ittle ability save that of kllowing the stock. In the larger fi.ttrs the stock clerk is a person of considerable importance, possibly with two or more storerooms and warehouses under his charge and half a hundred men to handle. Here executive ability and the knaek of handling men will count fully as much as "know-ing the stock" when the tutal of hls e.ffic,ien(:yis summed up. A Happy Thought. In·writing the annual arHlouneement of the Michigan Chair Company a happy thought o<;~urrcd to Vice President Charles H. Cox. "Our knowledge of trade wants comes with txper-ience in serving them," he wrote. puring the past twenty-five years the company has been studying trade wants and serving retailers throughout the United States ably' and well. The company is better prepared than during any ye.ar in the past to serve the trade during 1908. The "MASTERPIECE"Line All that skill, judgment and exacting care can accomplish, is embodied III our new Line---"The l'vlasterpiece Line" ---the grand climax of twenty years of steady progress in the building of Upholstered Furniture. This is the time for Buyers to discriminate. Buy reliable, attractive goods ---at right prices---advertise them judiciously and you will do business. Our Line is for discriminating Buyers. OUR MARVELOUS EXHIBIT Embracing COUCHES, Turkish, Plain Seat, Wardrobe and Mission pat-terns, DAVENPORTS, DAVENPORT BEDS, ADJUSTABLE SO FA S, LEATHER TURKISH, LIBRARY and FIRESIDE CHAIRS and ROCKERS. Ready January First Third Floor, Furniture Exhibition Building Grand Rapids, Mich. Also selling agents for YOUNGSVILLE, MFG. COMPANY ~artered Oak Suits. Odd Dressers. Sideboards and Buffets. WARREN TABLE WORKS Bedroom Furniture in four woods and finishes. Complete new line of both shown in connection with our Exhibit. Dealers who do not visit the Market will be called upon by our sales-men in ample time for placing orders for Spring requirements. Jamestown Lounge Comp'y JAMESTOWN, N. Y. HIGHEST AWARD Given a Furniture Exhibit at the Jame.stown Exhibition received by JAM.ES-TOWN LOUNGE COMPANY on Couches, Sofa Beds, Sofas and Leather Furniture. 5 I ill. - - ---------------- 6 luce-Redmond Chair Co., ltd. BIG RAPIDS, MICH. High Grade Office Chairs, Dining Chairs, Odd Rockers and Chairs, Desk and Dresser Chairs, Slipper Rockers. Colonial Parlor Suites. II II IN III III Dark and Tuna Mahogany, Bird's.eye Maple, Birch, Quartered Oak and Circassian Walnut We have moved-·New Exhibit Location Third Floor, South Half, MANUFACTURERS' BUILDING North Ionia Street, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Exhibit in ehll.I!l"e of J. C HAMILTON. C. E. COHOES. J. EDGAR FOSTER. . --------- -- -- Sligh's Select Styles Sell and Satisfy DEALERS AND THEIR CUSTOMERS Many New Features Added for the Spring Season of 1908 Everything for the Bedroom (MEDIUM AND FINE QUALITY) Office and Salesroom corner oj Prescott and Buchanan Streets, Grand Rapids Line Ready for Inspection by Dealers JANUARY 1, 1908 .. 8 INSULATION and CIRCULATION Thes" are the two features of Alaska Refrigerators which have made them successful in ALL climates. Alaska Refrigerators are constructed different from the others. Ask for our catalogues and prices. Zinc, White Enamel, Porcelain and apatite linings. The Alaska Refrigerator Co. Exclusiv~ Refrigerator Manufacturers MUSKEGON, MICN. NEW YURK OFFICE; 35 Warren St., New York City, MmlllNlN6 JNSlIlf rIIumo USE . (11411(041 SIlUTUING WOOD[Nmm, PERBlED CMIl(On {IU.RHMLSIlUTlIlNli nUrSWf PWUfD uSE 9 == " DOES No. 6,5;) No. (jOg to stock numbers in Brass and Iron Beds that please everybody ---elegant finish, original and exclusive designs---sell easily and pay a better profit than the other fellows? THEN BUY The Laycock Line Write for Catalogue, illustrating Complete Line. MER R Y CHR I S T M A S This is No. 271-a most elegant Spring for people who appreciate a comfortable Bed. It's noiseless and will support the heaviest weight. The fran~(' is tubular side raits, and angle end rails, frJli:~bed ill gold hrOll%e. Elevated fahric- Ue,tvy rope edge. ?o.Iedimn douhle 'veave, Wit11 an eight-row spiral spring, finpported hy our Prernier F.abric. The T. B. Laycock Mfg. Co., Indianapolis, Ind. H A Ppy N E W y E A R -4 ------------------------------------ -- 10 Louis XV Cane Furniture. , The present intcrest in cane furniture has broug!'tt about a revival of the extremely attractive designs 01 the Louis XV and Louis XVI periods. Nothing better for country houses can be imagined than pieces of tbis character, for they com-bine beauty with utjJity and grace with stability. Nor is their adaptability confined to the country home. Cane furniture came into prominence during the seventeenth cen'tltry. Flem.ish furniture makers brought the art to per-fection, and it is to the craftsmen of the north that the chief glory belongs. English furniture during the late seven-teenth century was dlso embellished with cane. At tint time caning was confined to the seats and baeks of chairs, many charming exarr.ples still existing under the names of "Flemish" and ';Jacobean." French craftsmen being closely in touch with Flanders were familiar with cane treatment, but it was not until the next century that it achieved popularity _in Fram:c. Furn: ture makers under Louis XIV worked on massive lines, giv-ing protltinence to a different mode of construction and am,'}· l11ent. It was not until the Louis XV style was well established that the possibilities of cane were recognizeJ nor until the late Loui: XV period that the best furniture of this type was prod11ced. At that time occurred a re-action in France in fa-vor of simpler designs. Genuine pieces of old French cane are scarce and nm'll almost price-less, but correct repro-ductions are within the reach of home-makers of Dloderate tuea.us and it is to their ears that we would noW speak. For bedrooms this type of furniture is par-ticularly adapted, as it \,,'as for rooms of thi~ character that the old I'-rel/eh designers rnauc their must att1'activ(~ patterns. l:-'icce:3,SHell as aTe ,"3ho'\'11 herewith combine the charIl1 and durability of the old designs with the highest modern skill. by hand and every detail conforms to a c~llence. A cane bed of LOllis XV design may be purchased in either Circassian walnut or enamel with a full bedroom suite to match. French gray is an attractive tone combining "veJI with cane and affordilJg scope for a fl11edecorative treatment. To those who prefer an "all wood' effect the same de-slgns may be found without the. cane, in white enamel, gray enamel, and Circassian walnut. There is 110 style that is copied so generally by furniture manufacturers as the Louis XV,and it requi.res care and dis-cernment to be certain that the furniture offered as pure and correc.t is really 50 in fact. Manufactured The caning is donE: high standard of ex~ The man who does good deeds on the sly is admired more than the, writer of the long and meaningless editorials in the Chicago Furniture Journal. Power to Do More. A Philadelphia finn that operates the largest department store in the United States, if not in the world, has every de-partment of its huge establishment thoroughly systematlzed for securing the_ maximum amount of work and energy-which means results-from its thousands of employees. Ap-ropos of this method of conducting a large retail buslness, the following Uttle business sermon, which ftppcared recently III one of its large newspaper advertise.ments, is of interest to dealers and salesmen: "This is the season of the holidays, is well tInder way, and and women see,m se~vcs when freed from care and work. may hear during the winter: "A merchandise managet. 'Yes .• my. department has showil a gain every year; the boss is happy, and I ain't kill-ing myself. To be sure, I could have brought the volume of business up in four years instead of seven; but 'spose I had? Growth -can't keep on-I'd have had a year with no gain, and, zip" off ''v'ould have gone my head.' "A mechanical manage.r: .'I've a dandy scheme to save my boss money and really intend to increase the efficiency of the plant. I'm going to make the suggestion to him that I'll put him wise if he win raise my salary.' HA young woman: 'Oh, I've such a cinch! The buy-er is away and the man in charge of the de_partment is easy. It's most like a va-cation.' The winter season to unbosom them- Some things you by the Berkey & Gay Furniture Grand Rapids., Michigan. Company, ';And still some folks talk of hard task masters, The manager, the iort:.man, the clerk, is paid,.not for pieee work, but for the best that lies in him. Do the best-realizing that doing it is growth, and that growth begets the power to do more. Merit wins; going-to-bc'sand half-triers are greas-ing their own toboggan. Slangy, isn't it? But brutally true." For the Dining Room and Library Exclusively. The Cabinetmakers Company of Grand Rapids txhibit their superb line of furniture for the dining room and library in the new Manufacturers' building, Ionia street. It con-sists of high grade suites for the dining foom and the library, bookcases, work tables and kindred goods. L. D. Berry, A. Jennings, M. D. Blum, A. T. Kingsbury, W. P. "'\;Velchand R. E. Baxter will be in attendam::e to meet the buyers. The man who never talks shop too much is not in the fur-niture trade. -- ---- --~------------------------ 11 Ladies' Desks. CABINETS for Sheet Music and Piano Player Rolls. No. 776 Piano Player Roll Cabinet. Solid Mahogany Clmch. Hold~ 100 J4~ Inch Piano Player Rons. New Udell Samples January Exhibit 190B. Grand Rapids only. Furniture Exhibition Bldg. Fourlh Floor. We wish you a pros-perous New Year and ffi'Jddi:!y lluggest that you couldn't start it better than by seeing our excepticnal line at the market. Write for Ca.taloa:_ The Udell Works Office and FllI.ctory Indiana polis, Ind. Lack of Confidence-Not of Currency. The present trouble was c;-wcsclby hick of confidence, not by lack of currency. [l is trut': that it manife:iteft itself ill a lack of CUrI"('llCY, but if you build a dam across a river and dry up all the COt11Jtry below the dam, it is not a lack of water that is causillg the trouble. It's tlle darn. I presume that over ninety per cent of the business of the country is ltone by checks e~'en when things arc normaL The extraordinary demand for currency is duc to tllC fact that we are tolct that "Vi: cannot have it. Ergo: we W;l11t it. It is the old story of t11(' 1l1ot1H.'rw, ho, \Vhell going 011t for the, day, locked the c11ildren ill the house and toh1. tllcm llot to dimb 011 the top shelf of the pantry and get a sack of Gems 111 their ears, They diit not know of the existellce of the heans. and if the)' had, it would never have occurred to them. to stnff them in their ears. But you do not need to be told that when the mothcr retumed she had to dig the evening' meal from the ears of her offspring. "Kind Words Never Die." Henry Ringold, who, [or eighte.en or twenty years, lws represented the Estey 1vlanuf.acttlring Company, the. Char-lotte .Manufacturing Company and utl]('r well klJown houses, now represents the Hockiord Co-Opcrativ<.' I'nrnituTc Com-pany, the Rockford Vurniwre Company and the Star Furni-ture Company of Zeeland. ;\'Iich., requests the lIichigan Ar-tisan to state that he leaves his old houses with the kil,de."t feelings, and wishes all of his, friends who lul\'e bought his lines -in the past to extend tlle same courtcsi<::s to his succes-sors as tlley h<l.vc given him. This is generous Oll l\Tr. Rin-gold's part and sbo'ws tl1at his heart is in the l'igM place. The Michigan Arhsan alSO wislles him as great sUccess with his ]lCW lines as lw has had with the one.s he has left. Library Bookcases. CABINETS for Disk Records and Cylinder Records. No. 1225 Colonial HOUle Desk. Weathered, Early EuQlisb ana Golden Quartered Oa". Wax Finish. Eli D. Miller's Exhibit in Chicago With Evansville Lines. In the ~oveIllbel· 25 edition of the Artisan mention was llHHI('of tlieEvans\'ille lines to be shO\vn in Chicago. Through an oversight, the Eli D. MiUer line of foldillg beds wa.s not included ill tIlC list. The HEli'" line witt be {;xhibited with the ot!1Ct· Evansville lines in the Hew Furniture Exchange, FOlll·teclJtl1 and v\i;tbash a,'cnue, \vhere ~vIr. Miller will be in personal d1arge of the exhibit. Cuttings Reduced. Quite a Humbc.r of manufacturers have reduced first lot cuttings one-half. Pieces that would have been cut in one hundrc,d lots last season arc cut in lots of fifty for the spring season of the coming year. Others, mOre bold, or more strongly elltrencheu f1l1ancially, have not reduced their cut-tings. .. Since we hD-ve the assurance from the highest authorities, induding govlfrnmcnt statistics that there is no dearth of money ill the country, won't that make a quick difference? Henry Schmit a Co. }jOPK'INS AND }IARRrE:T STS. Cincinnati, Ohio lnakersof UpllOl.rteredFurniture fo' LODGE and PULPIT, PARLOR, LIBRARY, HOTEL and CLUB ROOM - - -- -- - ---~--------------------- lZ Don't Cheat Cash Register" .A. ~to.c manager once said to a semi-busy salesman: "John, have you been cheating the cash register?" "How's that?" exclaimed the salesman, indignantly. "The cash was one hundred and fifty dollars sbort yester-day, and you an.: respoll<;ible." HI? Responsihle;" "That's it. You rcmetnber, ~{r. Andn~w" boug'ht a dol-lar's worth of pen';; and pencils from you, but he \-vent direct-iy a.cro~s the street to our competitor and bought a hundred and tifty dollar adding machine." "But how did I know that-" ';You didn't know he wanted one. because yon did not takt. the truuble lo even try to sell him anything besides what he. asked for.'-' The manager frowned. Hi~ duty was paiuful, hut it "vas necessary, "Y()U tie up packages beautifully," be continued, ';but th;:11 does not keep the hel! on the. cash register ringing. So yOll \O\'illbe transkrred to the btlIlllle wrapping department!" This is not an c,xaggcration. It is a plain tl"lllh--a hare facL This sort of cheating the c.ash register is a common practice in retail stores galore. There is no excuse for " salesman who docs not at kast attempt to sell a ct1stomet· something besides the article asked for. Every man whu 0\1t(:rs a store to Pllfchase one article is a prospect who may easily and quickly he 'interested in other articles. The :"tore equipment and display wilt not sell goods. It is up to the clerk to manipt\late the sale, It isn't humall nature for pe.ople to buy somcthinR they have n<::ver seen 1101' heard of. Did .yOU ever buy an un-known article? \tvhen it comes to buying, all men are "from j\liss()uri," [t is only natural for .people to buy tho:"c ar-ticles they know the most about. And the only \V-ayto gee people to know aboul an article -is to tel !them often-just .as often as possible. A purch;lser wants to know all there is to be known ahout an article he buys. Cheating the c~lsh registe.r isn't the worst of it. The sales-mall who does not try to interest a customer in "something C'lsc" is cheating hinlsclf ont of a good position with a high salary. A sale: may not result with every attempt, but it is 011 the high road to s,de3 a.nd regular cllstomers. A custom-er is made regular only by a salesman's c_ourteous attention, wil!in::s-advice and ready infol"l1".ation on devices [or savlilg time and money. The salcsrnan who simply wraps up bl1ndlc~ alld makes change might as well take so much cash out of the flrawer ('(.lua1to the au,ount ·)f s<Lle~lost each day. In fact, it is the same thing 'when he lets a alstomer walk out without trying to ~el1 some of the ,}nc:, goods on hand. This hl'-k of init-iativ(' is siwply taking away from \he bank accotlnt HF;JHT which rightfully belongs to it, And at the same time it also iQ~e:'itrade by slighting customers . Every experienced salesman knows that before '\ d:>a1can he closed the customer's attention must be attracted, intert·s~ secured, amI desir~ created. From this the only way L0 m;l.k~ a sale is iirst to show and explain the goods. Any salc:=;mal' will tell you tllat it is ten times as easy to get busin..:;s"50\1 a new article when a mall enters a store to purchase some-thing else as it is to go to his place of business and try to sell him there, v./hen a customer is on your ground th-e ap-proach is made-the way is paved for cxplanauol1s and ar-guments without in-tNference. He is away from the per-plexing dilflculties of his own business. He can give yot. his undivided .attention, ".-.h. lcb is the first element in a sale.- a customer's attention. \-\ihy does a busilH:'S:"house send out salesmen-with rail-road, hotel and padded expense ,;(counts-to close deals? Maket "f Fred J. Zimmer 39 E. Bridge St.• GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. HIGH GRADE UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE Write/or Chd/land Prices, Every Piece Guaranteed PERFECT. \-Vhy all these telegraph and tong distance telephone bills to get business? "\Thy thousands of stereotyped forms of n011- result bringing letters? \\Thy? Half the time to get busi-ness which at some time or other was neg-teeted when it might have been cinched. Fcrhups the man on whom are used an these modern weapons of business wafS had been in the store only a few days before. \Vhat was the matter with the house salesman? Why didn"t he try to find out all about this man's desires and needs? He could have done it pleasantly, logically, and per-suasiv- ely. It should be clear sailing fOf' the. house salesman. vVhen a customer enters a store he throws aside all barriers, There are no obstructive railings, no pugilistic office boys, no uni-formed information clerks, nor other deadly interruptions to Made by Gra.nd Rapidl1l Ouair Co.• Grand RaPidS, :Mich" deal with. The customer came there to buy, to be advised and informed. Yet '1.vhilethe llOLlse sa1esman is cheating the cash register out of this man's money, the road salesman is almost breaking the register chasing the man who 'vas in last week. ~DW, -what is the reason? These cheating salesmen arl diamolld hUIlters. You all ktlOW thc sLory. All cli,HHoll([ hunters arc so danled by the large gems in the distance th3t tlley never see the small bur perfect stones at their feet. lohn's 8.m.biLiQrIis to be a road salesman. His mind 1~ constantly on the I"Oacl. j'darvdotls stories of the experie1H:cs a11(1salaries of traveling salesmen fascinate him. He grows tired of the lllOnotony or waiting 011 CLlstonlers who just come in to look~puhaps to buy. A ctlston:er cornes in and <~sks for a bottle of ink. John h,lllds it ov'~r and tclkes the money. That's al1 there is to the transaction. John goes 011 dream-ing of the rO;Ld~and of the great sales he wlU make then. The ink customer goes out thinking of the ;HIding machine he intends to 1m}'. Ife goes ~lcross the street bec;Ulse the saksluan ove.r theit~ took time (me clay to explain its use and advantages to him. So the cheating goes on. John is too amhitiol1s for his own good. The g-tarc of something beyol1(l has destroyed !lis vision tor the orders that s1ip througll his hands daily. The manager Wall deI's why sales are off. John wonders -why he docs not get promoted. The cllstomer wOlHlers ahout new thlngs 11e sees un the shelves. He wonders why no one ex-plains and he continl1es wondering untiL sorne 'wide awake .salesman sllows him how its lIse will be of benefit to him. Back of every customer there is always 1t10:-e In,sines,, than the regular business. That's V,dHl all nlcn arc <\1ter- "more business." And neglecting opportunities won't get it. That's certain. Get closer .LoyOHr customers. Talk \'1.'ith them alHt sllo'll: some interest in their business affairs. Finct out what a man nses, what he !leeds, what his diHiculties ;L:"C, and how you can help him. The thing is to try lo get just a little l1lnl"t; than your share of business. The way to g"et it----and the only way-is to go after it good and hard. You will nC'ver get anything worth while unless you ~sk for it. Asking custs only the effort, which 1S 110t o\'er-f;ltiguing when ;-t customer comes to you. The chances arc, the clerk \vho is afraid to ask is scared to death of \york, or else he is dreaming- of huried tt"casures. The \vay of selling more than a customer asks for is to Ul_ake st1ggestic)]ls and offer advice. Remember the business man is interested ill his OW11 affairs. Naturally a salesman 1l1l1St talk about the things which an:'. of interest to his customers. Business mell apprcciate advice when there is something lTI it for them. The salesman \v11o call Inake suggestions and show a mall where he C;l1l slop a leak or increase his production has St> cured a rcgulal- customer. And a regular customcr is a s~lesmall's most valuable asset. A good salesman always show genuine -interest in all husiness dealings. Interest })ro- Made by the Spencer & Barnes Co., Benton Harbor, Mich. dl\ces fri(,~Ht:ihjp <In(lthis is the beg-inning of confidence. And conildellce is the whole foundation of success ill business. So :1 httle thing like taking interest in acustorncr is ;t migllty it~lportant thing after all. It guar-ds against chcat~ ing the cash register. Tt Seents a trivial thing-this cheating the C:lsh tcgister ont of a sale--but it makes the difference between ;t salesn;;ll1 and a bundle \vrappcr.-c. L. Pancoast. Several fll"IilS engaged in the manufacture of furniture III Chic;lgo make their first exhihit in (;rand Rapids. Made by Orobbiser & Crosby Furniture @ Sturgis, Micb --------~----- -- - living-Room in Mahogany Tritn. Mission Room in Various Tones of Green. 15 MOON DESK CO. MUSKEGON,Mlell. OffiCE DESKS NEW STYLES FOR SPRING SEASON line an sale in new Manulaetll,ers' Buildinp, Grand RalJids. No.5ZS. Muskegon, Mich. One of the great manufacturing companies of l\luskegoll (and that city has a H1.1l1'ber of very large ones) is the Alas-ka Refrigerator Compal1Y. Last year they manufactured.and sold more than 50,000 refrigerators. This ye,lr t11<?-YwiJ1 COI)- siderably increase bst year's output. Recently the company received from nwcstern firm vVh,lt is claimed to be the largest single contract eveT received hy any n:al1ufactllrer of refrig-erators, viz., 8,OCO refrigerators to be sllipped during the year 1908. The C01Tlpany is employing nearly 350 hands ten hours a day and six days a week, han; been doitlg so ftght through t"e ycar. In August last they purchased a large pIanCform-erIy a piano factory, '1Nhich they call the annex, in which they will manufacture specialties. The remarkable success of the Alaska Refrigerator Compal1y is partly explnined by ." the statement of one of the large eastern merchant, who, after making a contract for more than $40,(JOOworth of re-frigerators, to be taken during 190H,said, "\\!e probably need the Alask;;l. more than the Alaska needs us." They are daily sending ont carloads of refrigerators on next year's contracts, The Grand Rapids Desk Company, under the management of V H. Lakin, the new manager, is already showing marked improvement The lille (aIle of the best in the country) will be shO\vn in Gral1d Rapids io ]alluary as usuaL The Moon Desk Company have just completed a large fOL1r~story brick addition to their factory, and fitted up part of -it with the fl11est offices in l\Juskegon. They will make tlleir usual iine display of office desks in January on the sev~ enth floor of the .\Tauufacturers' building, Grand Rapids. The :\1t1skegon Valley Furniture Company manufacture a mag-niJiccnt !ill\?"of chamber furniture which will be on ex-hibition in the ::\fanufllcturers' building in Grand Rapids in January-in het it is their permanent, all-the-ycar~round show room. OUR OAK AND MAHOGANY DINING EXTENSION TABLES ARE BEST MADE BEST FINISHED VALUES. All Made from Thoroughly Seasoned Stock. LENTZ TABLE CO. NASHVILLE, MICH. No_ ;;67 16 ~MI9]:-IIG7!-N 3 ESTABLISHEI:) 1880 PUIllLISI1ED BY MICHIGAN ARTISAN CO. ON THE 10TH AND ZSTH OF EACH MONTH OFFICE-,2-20 LYON ST., GRANO RAPIDS, MICH, ENTERED M, MATT~'R OF nlE llECOND CL"U \Vhen placed at the 'sides of windows, mirrors very cffec~ ti"ely exhibit the goods on display. Mirrors placed at the back of show windows never produce satisfactory results. The lounge,rs and stroUers on the streets are reflec:.ted and detract from the interest of the exhibit. "to "t" Japan promises to supply the Ur:iited States with quartered oak. On account of the scarcity of domestic oak and the heavy duty levied by our people quartered oak furniture wi1t in time become too expel:sin; for any but the \llrealthy. "te "'to During the past month t(~n thousand bills were introduced 111 ~ongress. In the nrst month of the coming year- ..v.dl, a man C<in have SOIn(' bilt" come his way without being elect-ed to congress. The kn()wledg~ that you are YOllr bne of business is painful. refused to he skinned! undergoing a skinning in \iVhy not turn skinner and or;,> °t" Buyers who ride on the W<lterwagon during the furniture expositions are 1lot compelled to "stand-off" the landlord or ,,,,ire the hOHSC for funds. °tO °t" The experienced market buyer recogni;:;cs solid mahogany at a glance. The oilice buyer uses a pocket knife to confirm his slIspicions. \V11y ate the poor pictures like. a cerbin class of men? hanging. seen in lTIany furniture stores Because they arc not worth °tO "to Vlhell the furniture salesmen shall arrive in Grand Rapids 011e cannot .look in any direction without seeing somebody. °tO °tO The Gnmd R<lpids market will be open every day of the corning year, in spite of the oncoming election for <t president. "t" "t" Every foot of space in tbe furniture exposition buildings in Grand Rapids is taken and the demand is tlllsatishecI: oro °tO vcneer is to solid wood what the kiss is to love-making: (;l the least value but vahled'tlw mosi. °tO "to TlJ-.: time spent by a buyer In bis office is profLtlcss when the furniture expositions are open. °t" "to An clastic cOllscience is liable to Jly bark and sting the man who pQ5SeSi'eS ii. "to "to The calm buyer from Kansas does not take a cyclone cel-lar to the markets. One-half of the other half sells. °tO retaiJcrs of °tO furniture don't care what the - - -- ---------------------- The. first thing that some people do when their business falls off, is to curtail their adverti,<;ing-·their business getter. Their remedy for ~{w<tter famine ;s to quit pumping. ~t" "t" A day in the market is worth two days spent in the store, if spent right. "to °tO The optimists of the furniture trade are assembling in Grand Rapids. <It" °to The road to Sllccess in the furniture trade is not maca-damized. Inside tips 011 cut prices in cast: goods seldom come out. Too Much System Doesh't Pay. His desk was a model of neatness, and it was a great pleasure to his employer to be able to go to his clerk and know. that a paper might be discove.red in a second. Each pigC'on hole in the desk was marked and sub-marked;. the ink-stand never varied from its chosen spot an eighth of an inch; the paper weight the same. Dust was an enemy which was ronted almost before it settled. • Yet thi.s employe had not advanced to anything higher than the position that was given him four years before. ",",'by? He was sy:.;tematic, punctual and trustworthy, bur he l1ad the phlegmatic temperament that goes with t~e sys-tematic- the slow, systematic man. In the morning half an hour would be spent dusting, his desk. Then several minutes would be consumed while he mastered the difficult problem of where his paper weight should lie. And his employer, looked upon him as a necessity -a sort of higher janitor. But an employer· does not like to pay a man a big salary for having no dust on his desk and for keeping' his pap('rs in order. Nor does ·he advance one who opens his morning mail ('artfully and deposits the emp-ty envelopes in the ready waste bas'/.;et with an almost tender air of reverence, or one who hesitates about the exact plac~ jng of a chair. A large firm in Chicago-says E. R. alvin commenting on this slow, systematic type of Ulan in business-employs lnany solicitors. Not long ago it hired a young man of good appearance whose references were of the best. The three members of the ti.rm all liked him and felt kindly disposed toward him. But his systematic nature proved his downfall. It '..a..s. almost a mania "'\'ith him. He reached his office. early in the morning and spent an hour arranging his desk. An-other half hOllr was spent in reading his mail. Three morn-ings in the ·week he arrived at the oilicewith a new idea for sy~ternatizing his affairs. The ideas were an good--:for in-stance, he spent three hours indexing a set of books in a W<:IY that would simplify his orders and their description-if he ever received any. At the end of ;two months he was asked to hand in his resignation. "\Ve are sorry to let, you out," 'said the head of the firm, "hut the husiness you have brought in does not pay your salary." Arrangillg papers and dusting desks are not paid for at ;.~ high rate in this busy world. Besides, an employe has IllJ right to'take the time he should devote to soliciting to book-keeping or anything else in order to evolve and put into exe-cution any idea he may have for simplifying his work. Let him take the time at home or during his noon hour. Other important matters stand ready for attentioll,.and a good ide", is worth less at the ·wrong time than a poor idea at the right time_ "Go to --- graph code. at once," reads a line from a private tele- 17 MORE FLOOR SPACE. LARGER LINES. III SNAPPIER STUFF . ."WE HAVE MOVE.D TO 1411MICHIGAN AVE. CHICAGO FIFTH FLOOR FRONT The Strongest Exhibit of CHEAP. MEDIUM and GOOD Case Goods in All the Woods. Amon/;(onr order ~etters for Jan .• 1908, will be TUPELO MHG. dressers and chiffoniers, $12 do;:n to $6, great stuff. A superior line of Imt. Quartered Oak Dressers, Chiffoniers and Suites made on solid oak---the kind we can guarantee. We distribute the output of the Capital Furniture Mfg. Co.'s Quartered Oak Porch Furniture. Get your orders in early. NO. 5675A The Ford &. Johnson Co. GO-CARTS AND BABY CARRIAGES Ford-Johnson Collapsible is the easiest to fold. the strongest and best looking cart on the market. Our complete line of samples will be displayed in· Ford-John-son Bldg., 134-3-47 Wabash Ave., including a special display of Hotel and Dining Roo m furniture. All {ttrniture dealers are cordially invited to visit our building. IT IS DIFFERENT ! NOTE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS DRESSER The Ladies' Ideal Dresser The Ladies' Ideal Dresser Our Line will be <Inaale in One of Many Good Features Manufacturers' Exhibition Building Grand Rapids Small Top Drawers in Dressers, Chiffoniers. Em~ pres; Dressers. Princess Dress-ers and Washstands in Sev-enty_ Five Dillerent Patterns and Wood,. during the monlh of JANUARY, 1908 ROLL TOP BEDS, NAPOLEON BEDS, 200 Patterns DRESSERS and CHIFFONIERS EMPIRE FURNITURE COMPANY JAMESTOWN, NEW YORK - - - -- -- ---- 19 I--- - The Manistee Mfg. Company MANISTEE, MICHIGAN The Crisis is over, Forget It, Wake Up, Place your orders with the Manistee Mfg. Co .• and continue to make money. See our new line shown at 1319 Michigan Ave., Chicago, 6th Floor OUR NEW CATALOGUE W1LL BE READY JANUARY ht. ASK FOR ONE. ManufaCturers of Sideboards, Buffets, Chiffoniers, Bachelors ' Wardrobes and Odd Dressers 20 -~MI9]-IIG7}N Nat in Stock. Being out of goods wanted by customers is one of the very best ways for a retailer to encourage the conSumers of his territory to send their orders to a mail order house. Few retailers appear to realize the fact that ellery time they fail to have an article in stock that is called for they make it easy for the customer to send away for a nice hatch of goods, to include that article. If only that particular. article was or-dered it would not be so bad, but it is only the nucleus, for it appears that whenever anyone sends a"way for anything they also order "everything needed, because the freight or express will be but little more for a good sized order than for the single article. Then, for some feason, a person who will talk to the Jocal merchant for frve minutes trying to get three-for- a-quarter price all some article which retails for ten cents straight, and then buy one and walk out without buying an-other single thing, will feel backward about sending a small order to a big mail order house. Possibly they feel that so large a house is deserving of the largest order they can send, or possibly thQYfear a small order will get lost entirely in so big an establishment. At any rate, the fact that some little thing cannot be purchased at home is usually made the ex~ cuse for fi.xing up a big order to send away for~ It VE'xy often happens that their order is held up for sev-eral days by the mail order house, on account of being out of something wanted, and in many cases something is substi-tuted and the order filled, or the order is filled out short and a due bill sent along, with the information that the particular article wanted WflS out of stock, but the average consumer does not seem to care for thcse little failures on the part of the mail order house to show up with the goods half as much as they do if their local dealer happens not to have something t:h.ey may call for. The retailer must never lose sight of the necessity of the possibility of a big order going away from home on account of his lack of stock, and one of the best ways to keep from numing short 011 regular stock is to keep a want book, in which a memorandum is made every time anything is found to be running low, and then orders ~ade up from the want book and promptly sent in, either through the traveling man or mail. Donat wait too long for a traveler. It takes but a moment to write out an order and Uncle Sam will (',arry it to the wholesale house without delay for two ce,nts and that t"v'o~cent investment way keep a good big bill of goods from being ordered away from home by some cus~ tamers. In case the dealer happens to be caught out, hc can always be stlr~ to tell the inquirer exactly when the goods should he in stock again, whether already ordered or not, and and then be sure to order so he can make his word good. In case a call is made for goods not regularly ~arrjed, reference can he made to the catalog of the jobber or manufacturer, a priec made on the artiCle wanted, and the order ta.ken wifl the understanding that it is to be shippcd with your next rC".f~ ular order from that house, in case there is no particular hur-ry, or if there is a rush, it can be sent by either freight or express at the expense of the purchaser. It may take a good deal. of time to look up some little thing, but rem embe· th.e ordenng of that little thing from a mail order house means the ordering of other goods as well. "We will order anything for you, if not already in stock," is a good motto to put on your wall and live up to.-Hardware Reporter. Retailer Has the Power. ~ northwestern exchange, in speaking of the injustice done retaIl merc'h.ants, through magazine editorials as regards so-called substitution, on the part of merchants, says: Experience has shown that many of. the best advertised lines of goods do not allow' a reasonable profit to the mer-chant and the latter will therefore, if he has any independence at all, handle some other equally meritorious artiCle, the man-ufacturers of wh~ch are mort considerate of a distributor's profit. Some manufacturers seem to care nothing ·whatever for the retailer or whether he makes a profit on their goods or not. Their idea seems to be to create a demand for their goods by appea.ling direct to thc consumer, in the belief that the retailer will have to furnish the goods whether he makes a proflt or not. The day is coming, however, when some consideration must he shown to the retailer, the man whQ literally "de-livers the goods." The retailer is awakening to a realiza-tion of the fact that he holds the trump hand jf he will mus-ter sufficient intelligence and energy to play it. He wants, and has a right to demand, a reasonable margin of profit to cover his expense of doing busincss and capital invested on every item of merchandise which he handles, and he is going to have it or know the reason why The consumer uses ail article and gets into the habit of specifying the name or brand entirely from habit, and the retailer mechanically hands it out, when a word of suggestion from him would cause the cu~- to mer to try something else. All the advertising in the world won't get the goods to the consumer unless'the retailer is satisfied. provided he is intelligent enough to be worthy of the business in which he is engaged: The rights of the re-tailer must be considered, and the wise manufacturer is aware of the changed conditions that are coming, and is see-i~ g to it that the legitimate retailer is protected in handling Jus goods, and is taking pains to assure him that no one who cuts the price will be po;;rmitted to handle the goods. This is simply justice. Tl:e retailer has to work Ihard enough with-out being compelled to handle anybody's gOOdS without a profit, and is entitled to amplc assuraticc that he will be pro-tected in building up trade on the goods. A lhTc association in any town can handle this question easily, and the truth of this statement is beil1g demonstrated in different places throughoJ1t the country. There is no violation of any moral principle in this· view of .the matter, e-.;,Tcnthough it is a rude shock to the dimin-ishing number of selfish manufacturers who have gone on the theory that they. could keep the COllSllmer asking for their goods and the retailers .v..ould have to humbly submit. A bri~ht retailer can stimulate Of" curtail the demand for any artlde hc handles, and it has been proven beyond question that the retailers of a town, actillgin concert, CflJl practically stop the sale of an artic1~ of long established use, in the face of a l~rg-e display advertisement in the daily paper.-Ex. STAR CASTER CUP CO. NOATH UNiON STFlE£T, GRANO RotPIDS. MICH. (PATENT APPLIED FOR.) b We have adopted celluloid as.a b.ase for our Caster Cups, making the est ~up on the market. CellulOldlS a gr«~at improvement over bases made of other material. When it is necess8.I)T to move aplece supported by cups with celluloid bases it can be done WIth ease as the bases are per fectly smooth. Celluloid does not sweat. and by tbe use of these CllP~ tabl~s are neV~T !1'larred. These cups are finished In GoldeR Oak and Whlte Mapl~, fiOlshed light. If you wW try a flample orr1er of thefle gooa8 you W/.ll de8ire to nandlelkem in quantum, PRICES: S~ze 2}[ !nche-s $5.50 par hundred. Sue 27,i"Incb~." 4.50 per hundred. f. o. b, GMnd llapids. TRY.A SAMPLE OR])ER. 7I R T I. 'j' 7T/"i ~~. 2 ?tfS· ~-- 21 CHICAGO MANUFACTURERS' EXHIBITION BUILDING COMPANY 13th Season Commencing January 2, 1908 13th Season Commencing January 2,1908 The Original Building----1319 Michigan Avenue-Admission tt) Dealers Only. PARTIAl. LIST OF EXHIIHTORS Allegan )linor Plate Cu., Allegan, Mich. Alwin :.ufg. Co., :mkhal't, Ind. American Chair Co., 8eynlOur, Ind. American FOl'w8rdlng Co., Chicago, III. r\merlcan .Metalware Co., Chi(~ugo,Ill. Baines.l\Io;;icl' Co., Allegan, 1"rtch. Banta .<"urnilnre Cu., Goshen, Ind. BHlow·I.upfel' Co., COIUlllbus, O. Bissell t'arpet SWCCl)cl'Co" Grand Rapids, 'Heh, Blanchard-Hamilton ]:,'urnH!lr~ Cu., Shelhy- ,:ille, Ind. Brllmhy Chair Co., .lIarietLa, Ga. TIle llucke~'e ChiliI' Co,! Thlxenna, O. Bllrkhllrrlt Furn. Cu" The, Dll;\·tIlD, O. (:ad", Cabinet Co., J,aming, l\Iich. CarlinllC. Cabinet t'o., Detruit, :i'lIi(~h. Campbell, C. II., rut'nitut'e Co., Shelbyville, Ind. Campbell, Smith & Ritchie, LeballoB, Ind. ellpital Ballan Co., Indianapolis, Ind. Cates C:hail:'Co., Thomasdlle, N. C. Central Redding Co. of I1linoil;, Chicago, Ill. (;hkago nilltributing Co., Chicago, IiI. ehicago Laml) & Beflectur Co., Chif'ago, Ill. Conl'eY & lJil'{'l;r Table Co., Shelbyville, Inti.. Conrey-Davh; .lUg. Co., Sh('lb~'\'Ille, Ind. Continenlal }o'urn. Co., High l'oint, N. C. Co·Op{,l'ati"e Furn. ('0., Rockford, Dl. Corle)', (,eurge ,"V., Atlanta, GII. Coye ."Fum. Co., Steven", Point, 'ViM. Cramer "'urn. Co., St. I.Ollis, JUo. Crowell :Furn, Co" Lexington, N. C. Da\-'is, lI11rwkh & Steinman, Chicago, Ill. Delaware ('hair Co., Delaware, O. Dlltinglll\lll l\l!g, C~)" Sheboygan, \Vis. lli:xie "'urn. Cf)., Lexington, ~. C, nuno, John A" t~o" Gardner, :\lllSIi!. Eckhoff FUrn, Co" St. Louis, 1\10. Elk Furn. Co., l.exinJl;loo, N. C. Emmerich, Cllas., & ea., Chicago, Ill. Emridl .1'urn. eo., Indianapolis, Ind. "'alcoo .l\1fg. Co., Big Rapids, Mich. 1"ull Creek l\lfg. CII., ::\lollresville, Ind. :Fanller l\1fg. Co., Cle\--eland, O. J<'aucett l\1fg. Co.• J<'enske Hr'll!!" Chicflgo, Ill. Ferguson Btfls, ilUg. Co., Hoboken, N, J. :Fisher, ChWl. A., ('0., I.incoln, III. Fullfer BC(Js. JIfg. Co., Sf. Louis, ~I()., and IJtica, N. Y. lo"lIUer- '''lll'ren Co., The. Jlilwaukcc, n'is. VlIltOIl :JUg. Co" Chicago, III. Freedman BrOil. & Cfl., ChieH~o. Ill. .Fremont Furn. CIt., J<'remont, 0, Glohe Hf)me 1"urll. Co., High !'olnt, 1i. f:. Gulden "'urn. Co., Jamestown, N, Y. Goshen Novelty & BI'usb Co., Gtlshen, Iud. lIeroy Glass Cn., Chicago, 111. lIerzfll; Art J<'urn. Co., Sllghlaw. ::\llch. Rudell Furn. Co.• Shclb:rviUc, Ind. IIolhlh: nros., (,hlcago, JlL Hlunphrey Booli Case Co., nctroit, ~Ilch. Ideal Register & l\letaUic "'urn. Co., Detroit, l1ich. Indiana Brass &;, Iron Bcd Co.• Indianapolis, Ind. Indianapolis Chair 8.; Furn. Co., Indtanap.olis, Iud, ,flu'olly Furn. Co" Yorli, Pa. Jamestown Chllir Co., Jamei>town, N. Y. Johnson, A. J., & Sons Ful'1l. Co" Chicago, Ill. KalflnHIZflll Sled Co., Kalamazoo, l1i('h. Kell('J', J. A., &1 Bros .• Clinton, Ia. KelleY-Sorem;on Furn, Co., elinton, la .. l{enmi(z, T'ICO., 1."urn. C"., Green Hal', WiS'. Keystone Fridion Hinge Co., Kiuney-Rodier Co., Chicago, lit. Knoxville Table & Chair Co., Knoxville, Tenn. I.,amh, Geo. L., Nllpanllee, Ind. I.angslow-Fowl(~r (:0., Ro('hester, N. Y. Lund1ly, JOl'>f'llIlI" Sf. I.ouis, 110. J.an(la)· Steel Range Co., St. :r.OUIS,JIo. Level Vnm. Co., Jamestllwn. 1'\". y. l.lIster Chemif~al Co., Chicago, Ill, Jlanistee Mfg, Co" ~Ianhlee. l\-lif~h. JIarietta Chair Co., l\Iarietta, Ga. illayhew l\-lfg, Co., l\Ulwaukee, \l'h. JI(~nouga,II, G. P., &;, Son, Indillnapolhl, Ind. JIeehunics "urn. Co., Rocldord. lit. JIei~r & Pohhuan l<'urn. Co., Iill. I.uuis, Mo. Minneapolis FUl'n. Co., .l\-linneaplIlis, l\-Iinn. Napen-illc T.olmge Co., Napen-iIIe, Ill. National Fon\-"lll'ding Co.. Chicago, III. ~atlonfll VUnJ. Co., Jamestown, N. Y. :National Purn. Co. of Rockford, III. Xational Table JUg, Co., l\-Iarielta, O. Nutional 'Vheel CCt., Perrysburg, O. Niall-Herin Co., .\tlantn, Gn. Norquist., Thc A. C. Co., Jamestown, N. Y. North 1St.Paul Ta.hle Co., llinnCllpu)is, n-Jinn. Oakland Mfg. Co., "\-\'inst.on-Slllem, N. C, Oberbeck Bros. .UC~. (~o., Grand Rapids, \"is. Onken, The Oscar Co., Cincinnati, O. Palmer, A. E.• Fnrn. 'Mfg. Co., Adrian, Mich. Palmer l\-[fg, Co., Detruit, Mich. Pi'llneer .l\-Ifg. Co., ])etroit, Mich. l'Umpton, }L'. T., &1 Co., Chicago, Dl. .'osselill!' BrOI!l.Furn. l\olfg.Co" Detroit, Mieh. !'raU l\[fg, Co" Coldwater, Mich. I"reston &;, Khouri, New Y'llrk. I'ullman Couch Co., The, Chicago, Ill. Queen Chair Co., Thomas\'tlle, 1'0. C. Ramsey-Aiton l\1fg. Co., Portland, l\-Itcb. Ranney Refrigerator Co" Chicago, Ill. :kilttan l\1fg. Co., New Ha"'en, Conn. IUehmond, Ind., Mfg. Co., Richmond, Ind. lUshel, J. K., Fnm. Co., '''Uliamspol"t, Pa. R{lcktord Standard Furn. Co., Roekford, Ill. ~()ckford Fum. Co., Rockford, ill. Rome lUetaJlic Hed Co., Rome, N. V. R'llot Furn. Co., Shelby\'flle, Ind. ROJ'al .l\-lantel &1 Furn. Co., Rockford, IlL SallitarJ-' Feat.her Co., Chicago, III. Schneider (I;, Allman, Chicago, Ill. Schram Bros., Chicago, ill. 8chultz &. Hirsch, Chicago, Ill. Sextro l\Ifg. Co., Cincinnati, O. Sheboygan COll(:hCo., Sheboygan, \"is. 8helhydlle '''ardrobe Co., Shclby\'tlIe, Ind. Shreve Chait' Co., Union City, Pu. 81dway l\lercantileCo., Elkhart, Ind.' Sikes Consillidated Chair Co., Buffalll, K. Y, Skandia J!·urn. Co" Rockford, IiI. i'lIJencer &1 Hames Co., The, Benton Harbor, l\1icb, SI)iegel Furn. Co., Shelbyville, Ind. ~ta·nd!lrd Chair Co" Thomasville, N. C, 8tltndal'd Chair Co., Evansville, Ind. Standard Chait' Co" Uniou City, Pa. ~tar l<'urn. Co., Zeeland, :Mich. Stearns &1 FOl'Iter Co., The, Cincinnati, O. Stickley &;, Brundt Chair Co., The, Bingham_ ton, N. Y. Stomps-Burkhardt Co" The, Dayton, O. Streit, The C. ~'., Mfg. Co., Cincinnati, O. Sturkin-Nel80n Cabinet Co., Logansport, Ind. Thayer, H. N., Co., Erie, Pa. Thomasville ::E'urn, Co., 1'homasville, N. C. Thompson Chair Co., Thomasville, N. C. l:nion Fnm. Co., Jamesto\Vll, N. Y, Verity- Cal!lwell Table Co" Portland, 'MIch. \\'ashington l\-1fg.Co., Wa.shington C. n., o. \\-'estern Pidure Frame Co., Chif:ago, DI, \Vestern Hardware & l\-Ifg. Co., j)Illwaukee. Wis. 'Widman, J. C., & Co., Detroit, :Mleh. \l'iI.cousin Chair Co., Port Washington, Wis. lVillcODSinF1JnJ. &; . .l\lfg. Co., Keithville, Will;. \l'oIf &1 Kraemer Furn. Co., St. Louis, Dolo. Wolverine Mfg. Co., Detroit, Mich. Yeager Ful'Jl. Co., The, Allentown, Pa. MANUFACTURERS' EXHIBITION BUILDING CO., 1319 Michigan Ave., Chicago 22 As the year draws to a close the manufacturers are clear-ing their order books and preparing samples for exhibition in the various markets. There will be a great many new patterns from all tho~e who show, and they will be above the average. The Posselius Brothers Furniture Manufacturing Company will show the largest and most attractive line of the famous Victors-pedestal and other extension tables-at 1319Michi-gan avenue,Chicago, in January that they have ever put on the market. This is one of the greatest lines of extension tables made in this country-nothing poor and cheap, and nothing so high in price as to place them out of the reach of the furniture merchant in the small towns as well as the large cities. The Safety Folding Bed Company will show at 1319 Michi-gan avenue, Chicago, fifteen patterns of metal folding beds, in charge of Thomas Fitzpatrick and E. ]. Buckley. The year 1907 has been the best year in the history of the com-pany. The Palmer and Pioneer Manufacturing Company will make their usual joint exhibit of parlor and library tables and pedestals and reed and rattan rockers, baby carriages and go-carts at 1319 Michigan avenue, Chicago. These lines will be finer than ever. 'l C. \Vidman & Co. will make a fine exhibit of hall fur-niture, china closets and buffets along with the lines of the Wolverine Manufacturing ompany and Cadillac Cabinet Com-pany, at 1319 Michigan avenue, Chicago, and in the New York Furniture Exchange. The ~1utphy Chalr Company are having a satisfactory trade. The Detroit Folding Cart Company will.soon place a col-lapsible folding go-cart on the market which they claim will be a wonder. George ]. Reindel & Brother, who have been in the retail furniture business at 178-80 Woodward avenue several years, are advertising a great removal sale, preparatory to .moving into their elegant new six-story building, Nos. 187 to 191 Gris-wold street. Mr. Reindel said he did not want to move a single piece to the ne.v store, and consequently a lot of peo-ple in Detroit are going to buy Christmas presents at prices that will make their bolidays more joyous than ever. The Bosley Furniture Company, Michigan avenue and Third street (formerly Barker's) report a good retail trade. A Murphy Chair Co. MANUFACTURERS DETROIT, MICH. COMPLETE LINE 71R T 1.:5'A.l"J e 3m. A visit to several department and other stores found them crowded with customers. Detroit has been growing so fast during the past five' or six years that many of the stores have had to enlarge, and this holds good with the furniture stores as much as any other line. Use of Mercury on Mirrors. Pure mercury will not adhere to glass, and this pt:'operty renders it particularly useful in the manufacture of scientific instruments. Its regular expansion by heat is made uSe of in constructing thermometers; while its high specific gravity, which enables a column of mercury about thirty inches in height to balance a column of air of equaJ sectional area, ren-ders it especially well adapted for barometers. One of the principal uses of mercury is in the silvering of glass for mirrors. W'hile, as stated, pure mercury will not adhere to glass, it has the property of uniting with or dis-solving other metals, forming compounds known as amalgams, which adhere very strongly to clean polished glass. In the manufacture of mirrors, an amalgam of mercury and tin is used. A sheet of tin foil of the size of the glass is laid upon a perfectly level table, so that its edge may carry before it the superfluous mercury and the impurities upon its surface. Heavy weights are then placed upon the glass to squeeze out the excess mercury, and after several days the amalgam is found to have adhered firmly to it. The process is one re-quiring much skill, and the workmen are liable to suffer from the poisonous action of the mercury vapor. Pioneer Manufacturinl! Company DETItOIT. MIen. Reed Furniture Baby Carriages Go-Carts Full hDe SLOWD OD second floor. 1 3 19 Michigan A,.e., CLi. <:alilO, In Jauuary. Palmer Mfg. Co. DETROIT, MICH. MANUFACfURERS OF WOOD AND IRON FRAME Wire Mattresses SPRING BEDS, COTS AND CRIBS. ALSO PARLOR AND UBRARY TABLES. Write for mw.trated Circular.' ] WE'VE GOT THE GOODS. I' - - -- ----------------- 23 NO-KUM-LOOSE FASTENER IS the only device that makes it absolutely impossible for the Knob, Pull or Toilet Screw to get loose or come off. As they cost the manufacturer absolutely nothing at all, no manufacturer can afford to trim his furniture without using these fasteners. Manufactured under the Tower Patents only by the ;0' 1 GRAND RAPIDS BRASS CO. L _ GRAND RAPIDS. MICUlGI\N Robbins Tabl6 60. Owosso. MIGhillaU No. 318. AMERICAN OAK. 44g48 IN. TOP. AMER[CANBASE. 7 IN. PlLLA.R. GED. SPRATT &, Co. Manufacturers of Ch.airs and Rockers. A complete linr:'l of Oak Diners with quarter sawed veneer backs and seats. A large line of Elm Diners, medium prie.ed. A select line of Ladies' Rockers. Bent and high arm Rockers with solid &ea~, veneer roll seats, cob-blerseats and up-holstered leatller complete. High Chairs and Children's Rockers. Tau will get in on tIll!ground jioor when )'''u huy from us. SHEBOYGAN, WIS. No. 542 Oak, SOlidSeat, Price, $17 ~:~. No,540% Same as No. 542 l;tn I y Quarteted Oak, Veneer Seat, $18 ~:;. No. 542 24 FURNISHING' "THE JUNGLE." Of Course. Birdie Admitted That She Knew Just What Ought to Go Into Jt. Hubbie called the little room opening off ,the end of the pOTch on the south side "the library," but Birdie called it ·'the Jungle," and whatever the wife says in furnishing a house is cor.ect, whether it is or not. A,1yway, "library" Or "jungle,'" time came when fnrnitllre must be bought for it. Hubbie had dreamed pleasant dreams cOncerning this room, There shQuld be an open grate, and a Ie_ather couch, and leather chairs of size, and pjpes with long stems on the walls, and decanters on the manteL Of course, the contents of the decanters should be quite harmless, but they should be placed there just to complete the "atmosphere" of the room. And the tobacco jars should hold only the very choicest brands, and the cigars should be above reproach. It would be such a dear little place to lounge in, after a hard day's work at the office, and friends might eome in and have a pipe of the best, and a glass of something hot, and life would be worth living! They talked much of the things that should go into the room, these two who were going to show their married friends how to operate a home on modern lines. Birdie went to the reference. room of the city library and read up on furniture, ani! Hubbie inspected all the "jungles" he knew, asking questions abollt the things he saw there. And so, one stormy night, when they couldn't go to a the-atre or lecture, or any place, Hubbie and Birdie sat down in two dining room chairs in the center of the furnitureless room and planned. A few weeks 'before one chair would have been quite a plenty for hoth of them, but, then, people forget their childisn preference-::; as tbe world grows older! "We'll put the big leather couch right over there, opposite the grate," sugge::;ted Hubbie, "where one can lie and watch the flames roaring up the chimney. It ought to be real lea:ther, of course, and the frame should be old oak." "That will be too cute for anything!" exclaimed Bird~e. "Be sure and order old oak, dear. Do you know that oak trees live a thousand years, and grow most two hundred feet high, and eight feet thick? And to think that there isn't a single oak tree in the Indian peninSUla, or Australia, or Soutb America or South Africa! I've been reading a lot about oak, dear. Anu when you get it in here I'll make a lot of tidies to put on it, and you must be very careful and not wrinkle or soil tllem, dear. I'm going to make them, everyone, with my own hands! And I'll make some of those shiny silk pillows to go at the top and bottom, only you mustn't get your head or your feet on them. You won't, will you?" Huhbie began to look worried. Shiny silk pillows and hand-work tidies in his own "jungle," where everything was to be happy~go-lttckyl Perhaps the pillDws would carry portraits of green tig'crs in blue copses, and they might even present such little matters of sentiment ~)s he had long read in his Sunday school books! Not for your Dude Dud-ley! "That will be very nice," the deceitful lUan declal-ed,"and I'll take good care of the "things. Just the minute I come into the room I'll lay them a-w<Jyin the closet, wherc they won't get soiled or wrinkled! You see, dear--'-' "\;Vhy, the very idea!" scolded Birdie. "They :Lre not to be taken from the couch for one minute, if you please, sir! I don't know· what sort of a looking place you'd have here if it wasn't for me." Hubbie put off the evil hour until the tidies and silk pil-lows should be in evidence. Perhaps, after all, Birdie might change her mind. "And the next thing," suggested Hubbie, "is the library table. That ought to be massive and of oak Don't you think so, sweetheart?" "\Vhy, you don't want everything of oak, do you?" asked Birdie, sweetly. "I had been planning for a mahogany table. It would make such a lovely contrast! I think a lot of mah6gany. They have to get it away off in the West Indies, and Cuba, and St. Domingo, and Campeachy bay. Do you think yotl could get a table made out of mahogany from Campeachy bay? Isn't that a lovely name, dear? It would sound quite distinguished when I explained to my friends. Then they would ask about Campeachy bay, and I (".Ollld tell them a lot I've read up in the library." "I htld decided to have all the furnishings of oak," said Hubbie. "You observe that the woodwork is of oak. \Vouldn't it look rather-rat,her-mixed, you know-to put in a mahogany t<\ble and an oak touch?" "Pm just in love with mahogany," persisted Birdie, with a little pout, ..d..lich make her prettier than eve-r, "and I'vt.- set my heart on a mahogany table! There'll be little Grand Rapids Caster Cup Co. 2 Parkwood Ilve., Grand Rapld_, Mich. We are now puttill8' on tbe best Caster Cups with co:rk bases evt'f offeree to the trade. Tnese are finished in Golden Oak aDd White Maple in a light finish. These goods are admirable for polished floorsand furn-iture r~ts. They WUlllot sweat or mar. '. PRiCES: Size 2U inches...• , .$4.00 per hundred ~ize2X inches" .... 5.00 per hundred Tt'y a sample OriUr. F. O.E. G'rand RapicU. • spiral twists in the top of it. And I'm going to make doilies for the table, and the loveliest corner pieces, <lnd you may ha ve some of my Japanese vases to put in the center. I've got some fuzzy little mats to se, them on. But you"ll have to be careful and not get them mussed up, you know. I've read that some of the trees tl1(:/ make mahogany tables out of cost as much as $5,000 .. and have to be dragged out of the forests by little black men who don't wear any'clothes to speak of." Hubbie smiled a discouraged sort of smile, and wondered what sort of a jungle he was to have, and what his friends would say when they found it fitted up like an apartment ~acred to pink teas and the gossip of new hats ~ But there \Vas Birdie, with her brown bair, and her dancing blue eyes, and the color coming and going in her smooth cheeks, and what could the poor man say: "And there arc the chairs," he said, presently. "We must have real leather chairs, big ones, large enough for two, sweetheart, with great square, massive frames, like they used to have in the old baronial castles. I'll select the chairs to match the couch." "Oh, but you don't want oak chairs," complained Birdie. "I've been reading up on walnut, and we must have some of that in here. It's a .most interesting wood, dear. Do you know that there are thirty kinds of walnut, and that it is almost worshiped in Persia and Himalaya? It was cultivat-ed by the Romans under Tiberius, 'long before the birth of I, ~M']9ifHIG7J-N , 7I R'T' I.s' ..7I~ 9 77:. 25 HORN BROS. MFG. CO. 281 10291 W. SuperiorSI. CHICAGO, _ ILL BEDROOM FURNITURE OUR SPECIALTY Goodll dillplayed at the Manufa.eturerll' Furniture Exchange. Wabuh and. 14th St. and with Hall & Kn8.P.p, 187 Michigan Ave" Chicago,lll. DRESSER No. 629 -Gal.den (Q)arte~ Oak. $18.50; Genuine Mahogany, Veneered. $19.50; Birdseye Maple, $19.50; Genuine Tuna Mahogany, $19.60. CHIFFONIER No. 60-Golden Oak, $19; Genuine MahOll'any Veneered. $20; Birds_ eye Maple, $20; Genuine T IIna MaholfllllY. $20. DRESSING TABLE No. IS-Golden Oak. $13: Genuine MMOlfl\l:lY, Veneered, $13.50: Birdseye Maple, $13.50: Genuine Tuna MaMgany, $13.50. Christ, and they lHade sugar and ·wine out of the sap? Do you think you couLd get some of th:lt old Rornall walnut wood?" "But \ve don't want oak and mahogallY and walnut '111 mixed up here, do ""ve, sweetheart," said Hl1bbie, about rcady to faU off his chair. ''I'll get a little table of this old Roman walnut, and you can place 1t in the bay ,\'illdow, 'where you call see it every minute of the day!" "~TOW, Hubbie, you know you can't afford anything of the sort," interposed Birdie. "\Ve'll just have walnut chairs, "'lith little fancy legs and backs that go t\visty, like-well, like al1Y~ thing! The idea of having great, coarse chairs in a little room like thisl I've got some embroidered silks for the backs, and I'll make blne siLk cushiollS for them, ooty you must cover up the cushions when you sit down in them. l\lld I'll tie purple scarfs o,'er the corners, and they will look too swell for anything." "Yes, dear," replied Hubbie, meekly. "I thillk they would look too swell for anything, with purple scarfs tied over the corncrs. If your plans materialize" you'tl have a room bere that \..-ill be the talk of the to\'\'n!" Birdic looked side\vise at Hubbie, but his face was grave, though sad, and she went on, cheerfully as he grew more ~nd more depressed. "And I'll put drapes 011 that mantel, and a couple of stat-uettes, and some trinkets papa picked up in Chillatown, Sall Francisco. Have you fe,ally got to have a tohacco jar and pipes up there? Couldn't you pack them off in a closet some-where. No? 'Vell, then, you get a gilt jar, and I'll put some Omvers in it every time you're going to use the room. t can get ClLlitea lot of flowers from my window garden, you know. That will he bc:tter than having smelly tobacco in it, won't it, dear? And 1'11 get some gilt-and-blue cord and wind the pipe stems, and maybe I'll haud-paint some of theln." "That'll be hue!" gwaned Hubbie. "X ow," continued Birdie, entering into the enthusiasm of the thing, "YOU must have a maple writing desk, with blue in-side the doors. You see ho"\' nicely I've got it all planned fa; you~ And you can put your decnnters inside, and I'll paint the corks and fill th.em with pcrfum.cry. I think maple is just the loveliest wood! I read about it at the library! There are sixty kind of maple trees, and they make sugar and pancake syrup out of them. And there are little-little-un-du1ations in the fiber, and they look too cute to talk abol1t." "You haven't got any pine things in yet,"observed Hubbie, turning his face away that she might not see the desperation in his eyes. "Don't yOll want some pine things t' "\Vhy, yes," replied Birdie, innocently "You won't want to go to the expense of keeping a lire in the grate, you know, dear, ,,,,,hen there will be a fire where I am, and so I'll get son"',e pille branchcs and put in there, Don't you thiuk that will be nice?" Hubbie yawned, and said that would be the best ever, and went back to the sitting room alld read his newspaper all evening, much to Birdie's disgust. And in about a week Hubbie sent Birdie og to visit ber sister. Then he boiled eggs in the coffee pot On the back of the coat stove, and mixed it with the cat about the con-sumption of milk, and bought heavy oak furnitu~·e for the jungle and f-Jlled the tobacco jars and the decanters, and had his friends in to admire the new grate, and they smoked all Over the house, and high jinks ruled! ALFRED B. TOZER. Ii BERRY BROTHERS' II Rubbing and Polishing Varnishes II II II II II MUST BE USED IN FURNITURE WORK TO BE APPRECIATED THEY SETTLE THE VARNISH QUESTION WHEREVER TRIED WRITE FOR INFORMATION, FINISHED WOOD SAMPLES, AND LITERATURE. BERRY BROTHERS,l'MITED VARNISH MANUFACTURERS DETROIT New York 262 PearlS!. BO$ton 520 Atlantic Ave. Philadelphia 26-28 No. 4th St. Baltimore 29 S. HanOVd St. Chicago 48-50 Lake St. Cincinnati 420 Main St. St. Loui& 112 So.4th St. San Fl'anel.c:D 668 Howard St. THIS IS THE CAN AND LABEL CA~"DIAN FACTORY, WALKERVILLE ONTARIO 26 -"',,-MIC.H:' IG7 ANi Proper Display Causes Increased Sales. The proper display of furniture bears a much doser rela-tion to increased sales than many dealers imagine. Like the second finger, it adds to your reach. The window show, with its haphazard assortment, or its well ordered effect; the impression on entering the store, whether negative or pleasing; and the interior arrangement, commonplace or artistic, all have their bearing on the cus-tomer's purse strings, A great many peopLe, Wll0 never can imagine effects until they see them in the store, or a neigh-bor's house, need stimulation. They are what might he called the susceptible public, and tempted to the proper pitch they become buyers. Still another class are continually in search of things and ideas new. Although they themselves may not be large purchasers, they are ever ready to discuss with their friends ,;vhatever of note or newness m furniture attracts their attention. Under tneir skillful manipulation the soap box and a d:..eap framed mirror become a toilet table for the guest room, and the sugar barrel finds itself in later life a cradle or chintz' covered arm chair. You may think such people are of little advantag~ to you, but they stir up among their friends, who have no sugar barrels, or having soap boxes, lack the muslin faculty, the desire to improve their own furniture surroundings. Keep them stirring. Interest them and make them your verbal advertisers. Make your windows and your interiors suggestions. If you have not the knack employ some one who has. The difference between you and the successful dealer may be that he does, and you do not, appreciate its import<111ce. For instance: In your carpet department, the stock runs largely to quiet shades of greens, reds, tans, and blues, rather than to the high colored effects. In your crock-ery corner the same thing applies, and lots of people buy blue. You may have some Antwerp and weathered oak furniture. In fitting up a dining room window, then, use this finish and in such a way as to suggest some of its advantages. First provide the proper background, either in wall paper hangings or by means of, tinted screens. Any of these, plain blue, tan, blue two-thirds and tan, or dark yellOW, upper third with a plate rail divider, cream white, with Antwerp wood work and plate rail. Hardwood floor or rug to harmonize. Buffet or sideboard. the latter if severe mission style, the former if not. Chjna closet, round or square table, accord-ing to larger pieces, and a set of chairs to match. Fill the china closet with blue dishes. On the table place a candel-abra at flower centerpiece. On the buffet a piece or two of silver, or stein and candlestick. Have a display card reading, "Antwerp Oak," with an old Dutch windmill in the corner done in blue on white paper, and a note that prices are no higher than golden oak. Pull up your window shades and the display will suggest to the majority of ladies who see. it that here is a style and finish of furniture which gets away from the golden oak, costs no more than oak, and less than mahogany, shows off to great advantage with blue crockery in particular, has little or no carving to dust and makes it pos-sible to furnish a dining room different from the ordinary, with a new combination of color. If yOUl" stock tuns even moderately into better grades, painted moulding on top. For mahogany display us light green or cream; for oak, darker green; for weathered, red, Dlue, tan or cream; for all around use, light green with which all furniture blends. Avoid mahogany against red, and oak against tan, If your window room is limited show popular priced furniture with plain figure prices, less than usual, and vary with matched up fine show occasionally. Change your windows once a week. If there is a shopping day in your town, have a new window on that day. Make the bargain hunters walk on your side of the street. Price and quick changes will do it. On entering the. store the customer should have an UD- ------------------------- It is easy to remember Hard and hard to Jind anything as easy as our Beds and Bedding. Price $5.50. Crib U. Sides 24" 5pindl~ 3M inchesapatt. AU casl:~ in¥s malleable iron guaranteed for 25 years against: breakage. Finished by 3 ooats porcelain enamel, each bak.ed on. New 88 Page Catalogue. HARD MFG. CO. BUFFALO. N. Y. obstructed view, looking over such dainty furniture as your stock affords, to higher articles on the walls. Have your sewing tables, pedestals with plants or figures, a little gilt, or .Vernis Martin, if you have any, a cluster of music cabinets or ladies' desks, two back to back or three surrounding a pedes-tal and figure, all scattered promiscuously and yet not in bunches, but with sufficient get-about room. To take away the fiat table top look, place here and there your best desk and slipper chair:;. Surround posts with parlor cabinets, music cabinets or desks. Behind this alternate your beSt parlor tables with your best rockers and chairs. Tables or chairs alone look too flat, or precisc, like Company A, atten-tion! \OVhcna lady is looking at a rocker she wants to see how it looks beside a table, rather than beside a-nother rockcr. If you could set the rocker down in her pador you might have it sold, but as you cannot do that, do it parlor fashion, just as dry goods stores show in their windows fine fitting clothes on wax ladies. The question of space so enters into the arrangement of stock that suggestions suitable for one store might be entirely unfitted to another, but there are certain ways of doing cer-tain things that may obtain in all stores, under whatever con-ditions. A great many couch stocks are displayed in a way not only unsatisfactory to the c:ustomcT, but destructive to the couches. Instead of lining them up in monotonous rows, closely jam· med together, admitting of no view other than a superficial one, reverSe every alternate couch. Space them at least six inches apart, more .. if possible. This enables you to show the heads _and sides, in which customers are as much inter-ested as the surfaces. Draw the couches out as far as your facilities allow you, and your display is always on tap, without its neighbor. Parlor suites sell from a view of the seat and back and in 27 REX [::;:~]MATTRESS CHAS. A. FISHER & CO., 1319 Michigan Ave., Chicago. WRITE FOR BOOKLET AND PROPOSITION Warehouses: ST. LOUIS, MO. KANSAS CITY. MO. PEORIA, ILL. LINCOLN, ILL. MINNEAPOUS. MINN. CHICAGO. ILL. arranging them nothing more is required than a straight tinc-up, but odd parlor chairs and davenports, particularly the bet-tcr grades, demand a three-quarter view and should be scat-ered space should be available in which to collect such pieces ered space should be available in which to colee! such pieces as a customer may desire in order to show their united effect. Many a. sale lost, or reduced, because too much is left to the imagination. Odd dressers and chiffoniers, outside the cheaper grades, instead of being sbown each by themselves, thus hiding the sides, which customers should see, may be alternated. This method at least ::;hows more of the chiffonier, wh-ile taking no more space and a little separation does the rest. It can be further improved upon by sLanting each piece from the wall to face the light. The better class chamber furniture, other than suites, should be shown in isolated spaces, with the <lS-sistance of screens to heighten the effect. The class of people ,.-..ho buy such goods can best be ill-fitle- need by concentrating their attention on a matched outfit well separated from diverting patterns. This may appear a great deal of unnecessary work to some, but it will never be known what trivial attentions might have secured lost customers who were all the fence. The \'cry fact of seeing a salesman pllt himself to a lot of troubLe, on her 8.CCO\111wti,ll oTten il1fllH:nce and tilt his ,,,ray the order he might not otherwise have gained. In arranging articles of color, such as couches or parlor fUrJliture. look out for proper blending. Separate a green di.van fro111a blue reception chair by a rose arm cbair, other-wise they will fight. In lining IIp couches as suggested, or UNION FURNITURE CO. ROCKFORD. ILL. China Closets Buffets Bookcases We lead in Style, Construction and Finish. See our Catalogue. Our line on permanent exhibi. tion 7th Floor, New Manufact_ urers' Building, Grand Rapids. ~- 1101.'ri5ehairs, instead of placing them as they come, see that the reds alternate with green or browns. Ii these things don't appeal to you, as sure as you live you should be in the hardware business, where taste is less nec-essary. You are dealing with women. Ii from lack of space you must double deck your tables, double tier them and avoid marred tops by constructing, or buying, a frame, which allows freedom at least of the under table. The whole aim of proper display is to please the eye, and to do it thoroughly carry everything to a completion. In the ,vindow the brass bed, however, elaborate, if set up, is in-complete unt-il you fit in the bedding. Over it spread a dim-ity or muslin coverlet with an under color of silicia, That takes away the store look and adds to ib buying chances. In the window also, the parlor piece, if in denim, or muslin, can suggest a little better if you carelessly layover one side a suitable covering. All clocks should be kept running; lamps should occasionally show an electric lighted globe; windows and bird's-eye maple should be clean, As far as possible the use and advantage of every article should be sug-gested. AJl successful stores are looking closely after s11ch details, and in these days of easy travel, comparisons may be made. Laxity brings in more competition. Be a standard, and keep your competitor awake nights. Go forth and preach good times. Kat because you want the. husiness {It" need the money, but because good times are here now, and can be kept here if you do your work well. The New Banquet Table Top as well a~OFFICE, DINING and DIRECTORS' TABLES are our Ipecialty. STOW & DAVIS FURNITURE CO.• ~lUpid.. Write for Catalogue, Get samplesof BANQUET TABLE TOP. 28 ~MI9«HIG7}N , A FARM WITH EVERY FACTORY. Genius Who Sees a Way for the Provident to Dodge the Lumber Famine. ",,Then Danforth finally got into the private office of a Grand Rapids furniture man, last week, he announced himself as an inventor and a student of nature. He looked like he needed to invent himself into a new sui,t, and a clean shirt, and a smooth shave. He was in a state of nature, all right, for he hadn't been washed in a week, and his hair was of the jungle, rather than of the modern office. "Yes, sir," he repeated, taking a chair without being asked to, "I'm an inventor and a student of nature." "Roosevelt expresses the opinion that nearly all students of nature are inventors," said Seaman, with a sigh. "What do you want?It ;;1 seck to warn yoU of approaching evil, and to point the way to safety," was the reply. "You furniture men are asleep on a smouldering volcano!" "All right," said Seaman. "Don't let the othcrs know of the fact. There are some furniture men who need warming up. "They've got cold feet." "But I have confidence in the good sense, the resourceful-ness, the enterprise, the industry of the men in the business," continued the student of lwture. "Also the patience, it appears." suggested the other. "From this wlndow," continued the other, "1 can see the site of the first furniture factory in Grand Rapids. 1 can see the streets down which Mr, William Widdicomb passed on his way to Milwaukee to sell the first batch of Valley City furniture to the outside world.. I can see-" "Perhaps you might be able to see bettcr if you stepped outside," observed Seaman. "I can see the furniture business gr,')\\r,ng by leap.:: and bounds," the inventor went all, ignoring the suggestion 01 1he fUrniture man. "I can see carving machines taking the place of the slow hand-work. I can see sand-papering machines, and dust removing machines, and all sorts of machines to hasten and pcrfect production." Seaman yawned, and took a cigar from his pocket. "vVhat sort of a moving picture apparatus have you got working under your mansard?" he asked. "As I remarked before, you might do better with it out in the open air." The inventor cast a look of reproach at the furniture man and went on. "I see the old miniature samples giving place to photo-graphs, and I see the dealers of the world coming here to buy goods instead of our going in quest of them. It is wonderful! The furniture business is going ahead of-of-anything! The culmination of it all IS the exposition! What?" "You take a trick," laughed Seaman. "Unload and be on yOUr way!" "But there is an evil day coming for the furniture men of the land';' went on the inventor. "Somcthing is coming which all your machinery, your expositions, can't put aside. It is this~ vVhere are you going to get your lumber after the nex.t twenty-five ycars? Tell me that!" "My friend," replied Scaman, stroking his gray heard with his open palm, '<r don"'t expect to need any furniture stock in twenty-five years. There is a young man in the next office who expects to be president of the concern by t]lat tirre. vVhy don't you go and ask him where he is going to get his lumber?" "When building lumber ran short," continued tce other, taking a memorandum book from his pocket and ovening it, "they found cement. \Vhen handsome woods became precious, they. learned how to use veneers, eh? Now, you can't make furniture out of cement! I lcave it to you, if you can! You can't use veneers without something to glue them on! You know that you can't. to get the timber in twenty-five years? I'm going to tell you 1" "Again 1 ask you not to repeat your observations to the other makers," smiled Seaman. "They'd give you some SO,"l of dope and extract yOUr secret from you." • "You've got to plant timber. You've got to drop seeds in the fertile soil and watch your chiffoniers, and your dress-ers, and your sideboards, and your antique tables, and your fancy book-cases, grow out of the ground," "If you've got some seed that will raise a sideboard with gold hinges and plate glass adornments," said Seaman, ''I'll negotiate with you." "You've got to plant the seeds and raise the trees,' 'said Danforth. "You've got to go out and buy this land that has been laid waste and robbed of its timber and plant little trees. You've got to watch 'em grow, and see that they are flat ruined by careless guardians." "Have you got something in a bottle," said Seaman, "that will make these seeds and saplings grow on this denuded land? If yoU have, you'de better take your tate of woe over to Senator William Alden Smith, and ask him to take the bottle to ¥l ashington. Besides, there are said to be wild animals on those barrens." "And here's the beauty of my invention," said Danforth. "You've heard of these machines that draw nitrogen, or oxy-gen, or electricity, Or something, out o(the air, and condense it and put it on the garden for fertilizer? Of course you have. I don't know what it is that they-draw out of the air, but I'm going to draw it. All I know about it is that the product of these machines makes things grow. I've heard that one hour's exposure to this life-giving product of the air caused a stalk of corn to grow fifteen feet high. Now, if one hour's exposure will make a stalk of corn grow fifteen feet, how taIt will two years' exposure make a tree?" "I don't know," smiled the furniture man, "but I think the answer must be because the elephantdidll't have on a union suit, What kind of air are. you going to use in your ma-chines?" "Just common air! Invisible air!" "Good ·ideal The stock is cheap." "Airl" continued Danforth. "Invisible, in odorous, insipid, transparent, compressible, ela~tic, ponderable, fluid air, made of o~ygen one-fifth and nitrogen four-fifths. I'm going to set up the machines 'in the forest and dump thc product about the roots of the trees. If I grow a tree fast, it will be open of fiber, won't it: Of course. I'm going to raise lace work maple and doi.ly-pattern oak." "If you get th.is timber up to man's size within twenty- NoW,where are you That is the point. Why Not Order? Say a dozen or more Montgomery IronDlspla)' touch Trucks sentyou on approval} If not satisfactol'y they can be returned at no expense to you wbalev~. while the price 83ked is but a trille, com. pared to the convenience they afford and lhe economy lbey represent in the saving of JJoor space. Thirly~two couches mounted on the Montgomery Iron Display Couch Trucks occupy tbe same IIQorspace /JS lwdve dis. played in the usual manner •. Write for catalogue giving full descrip-tion and price in lhe different nnisft.es. to_ gether with illustrations demonstrating the use of the Giant Sho~t Rail Bed Fastener for Iron Beds. Manufactured by H. J. MONTGOMERY PATENTKR Silver Creek, New York. U. s. A. DemUs Wiro aDd b-eo Co.. CanadiM Manu. facturert. l...ondo1I, Ont. five years," suggested the furniture man, "perhaps you'd better get a move on. Your machlne won't exhaust all the vitality in the air, wilt it, so that folks, and cattle and things will fall down in a Gt? I should hate to see the doctors ac-quiring 'what little money there is in the United States." "I'm going to get my machines in operation just as soon as 1 can get a little stock sold. I am going to make a test of the redatmosp'here of the sunset the first thing. If I could saturate the growing trees with the red atmosphere of the sunset, or the pearly light of dawn, or the ebony tints of midnight! Or if I could-" "Of course, you are all right in here," observed Seaman, "hut I wouldn't go talking that idea on the streets, or among strangers ~ It is too valuable a thing to be abroad, and some envious rival might fit you with a shirt without any sleeves or armholes. \Vhen a man gets an idea like that, he wants to keep it under his hat. I presume you still have plenty of stock to sel!:" "Plenty of stock, yes, sir, r still have all there is. I find the world a. cold, calculatin.g place, sir. But as I was saying, a good eleal depends on the inBuence of different kinds of air OJ1 the quality of the wood grown. If I could get a maple tree full of the atmosphere of a foot ball game, I have an idea it would be the most elastic '''load on earth! Eh! It wouldn't be much like the elm grown from an air product secured at an undertaker's convention, eh?" Seaman picked up a glass paperweight and held it lightly in his hand. This was a little more than he bad bargained for! HAND CIRCULAR RtP SAW MORTISER 7I R'T' 1.5'JI..l'1 9 7 .. * 29 "And if I can get color into my product by working my machines at the right time and place, why, that will be all the better." "Oh, now yOU expect to color your product?" "If I can do so, sir. If I draw from a blue sky, won't the product be blue, and if I feed the blue product to a "Ilalnut tree, won't the lumber be blue? Now, as I was about to ob-serve, this stock-" Seaman arose and handed the man a cigar. "-this stock depends on the way the thing develops-that is, the price of it does. I haven't any shares with me today, but I need an X to put some cogs for the wheels on the left hand back corner of the machine. I've been wondering if I couldn't \vork a purple hvilight into lumber for a young ::{irl's secretary? Huw would that do? I guess it would be pretty pan:· if I could. Oh, there's something going to come of this idea of getting quick fertilizer out of the air, and the trimmings \"ill corne in in time. If I could put a November midnight into an ebony tn;e there 'wouldn't be much need of venee\'", wou1d there? And if I could get a cold gTay dawn of the morning after into' the lumber for bar fixtures! But there are infinite comhinations, and I weary you. \Vhat about that X?" "Tell you what you <10," replied Seaman, "you set your machine at the open door of a National bank and fix an oak tree so it will grow dollars for leaves. Or you might soak up the atmosphere of a gold mine an<1dump it-" But the tree specialist had vanished-without the X! ALFRED B. TOZER COMBINED MACHINE No. i SAW (ready for cross-cutting) Complete Outfit of HANO and FOOT POWER MACHINERY ----- WHY THEY PAY THE CASINET MAKER He. <:.a1\save a manufacturer'S profit as well as a dealer's profit. He can make more money with less capit"ll invested. He can hold a better and more satisfactory trade with his customers, He call manufacture in as good style and' finish, and a.t as low cost as the factories. The local cahinpt maker has been forced into only the dealer's trade and profit, because of machine manufactured g"oods of fact?ries. An outfit of Rarnes Patent Foot and Hand-Power Macbl1lt'ry, reinstates the cabinet ll1aker with.advantap;es eqnal to his competitors. If desired, these ma('hines will be sold an trial. The purchaser can have ample time to test them in his own shop and on the work he wishes them to do. _ j)rj8cripti1J8 catalogue an.d price list free. W. F. Ii. JonN BIIRNES CO., 654 Ruby St., Rockford, III. FORMER OR MOULDER HAND TENONER No. S WOOD LATHE No, oj, SAW (ready for rippItlg} No, 7 SCROLL SAW L 30 Large Addition to Table Plant. The Northern Furniture Company of Sheboygan; Wis., is making the kind of progress that is worthy of special mention. With their wonderful facilities they have been able to make the line the most complete in the country. Vv~ith some changes that have been going on for the past three months, they are going to be able to take care of a larger volume of business in the extension table end of the line. They have made so many changes and additions that it will place them in a position to compete with any of the large exclusive exten-sion table manufacturers_ L. H. Roenick, for several years with Skinner & Steenman of Greenville, Mkh., is going to c~l 011 the trade and n.wke the selling of extension tables his special business. 1h. Roenickwill be on the floor in Grand Rapids during this coming January, and devote his time as much as possible to this special feature, and will be pleased to see his many friends and acquaintances. The Northern space will be larger than ever, 4,500 square feet having been added, which v"ill enable them to give the new features the space necessary. Everybody is specially invited to make the spaee their headquarters. A Growth of Two Decades. French & Bassett. \vell known furniture dealers in Duluth, 1\Hnn., have within the last twenty years growll from a· single store of two stories to their present size. They now occupy the largest retail store in Duluth, which covers three I1oors, with four acres of 11001' Space, located at First street and Third avenue, Vl est. Their large warehouse is located at 314-316- 318-320 West Michigan street with tracks for unloading cars directly at their doors, an advantage which all furniture dea:l-ers will recognize. The present store is the third to be oc-cupied since the beginning of the business in 1887. The firm name was then Rainey & French. \iVithin two years a larger store was demanded, and four years later in 1893 an-other and much larger building was needed. At that time the present stOre was partially occupied and from then 'on larger space was demanded until at the' present writing the whole building is in use in the company's sale of furniture and kin-dred goods. So this store has grown from the smallest to the greatest in the city of Duluth. "Continuation" Schools. In Germany parents are compelled to send their children from six to fourteen years of age to the public schools. Later, when a child selects an occnupation for life, he or she is COt11- pelled to attend a "continuation" school for three years to study the details of the particular line of work that has been chosen. A cabinet maker, for instance, learns how to use tools in the shop where he is employed. In the "continua-tion" school he is taught the science of forestry, the use oJ machinery, the treatment of timber and many other detaiL!:> that 'he is unable to learn while employed in the shop. Thl. schools supply the advantages that were lost when the ap-prenticeship system was abolished. With such schools ill successful operation the advance of Germany in wealth, power and population is not wonderful to contemplate. Gave a Good Reason. "I'll sell you ten thousand dollars' worth of this mlll1ng stock for fifty cents," urges the promoter. "It's the chance of a lifetime. \Vithin a month it will be selling at a dollar a share." "Then why don't you hold on to it?" asks the canny man. "I would, but I need a hair cut and a shave. How will I look if I wait a month?" .. Prize Puzzle Find the Location of the WHITE PRINT/NO COMPANY .1 I >-' • m . If You Cannot Find It Phone 5580 (Long or Short Distance) ORAND RAPIDS, MIClflOAN FOR PAATIOUL.AR8 OAL.L. AT OFFIOE Five Complete Lines of Refrigerators at RIGHT PRICES g Opalile Lined. tj Enamel Lined. lJI Charoo.l Fill.,] and Zinc Lined. lJI Zinc Un.,] with Removable Ice Tank. g Galvanized Iron Lined: Slationary Ice Tank. Send EDt' new CatalogUe and let us name you price. The Standard Line of America Will be on exhibition as usual in CHICAGO ONLY, 1319 MICHIGAN AVE .. Fi"t FloG', MANUFACTURERS' EXHIBITION BUILDING. No. 925~ BUFFET No. 461 CHIl\"A CLOSET No. 924. BUFF6:T Do not fail to see our line of CHINA CLOSETS, BUFFETS and BOOK.CASES. The followioll well known representatives in charae: F. P. FISHER F. E· BACKMEJER FRED PARCHERT FRill LUGER G· c. millE.N ROCKFORD STANDARD FURNITURE CO., Rockford,III. 4 --~-- Something DiffERENT •In Couches No. 155 WOVEN WIRE COUCH $4.00 Net We have made for some time, Couches and Davenports with woven '\vireJ:ops. Our latest e.. ay in this line is DIffERENT. Made and shipped K. D. Easily set up.I\'trtill order will convince. SMIT" &. DAVIS MfG. co.,St. Louis. Reliable and Substantial'o'Yurniture SUCH AS WE MAKE IS EVER THE SOURCE OF PLEASURE AND PROFIT TO THE RETAILER AND THE PURCHASER Blodgett Block, GRAND RAPIDS. in January ROCKFORD CHAIR AND FURNITURE CO., Rockford,Ill. 33 Luce Furniture Company Godfrey Ave., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. NEW FEATURES in Upper Class CIRCASSIAN WALNUT I A LARGE ADDITION TO I OUR LINE OF STAPLES MEDIUM and FINE FURNITURE for the CHAMBER and DINING ROOM 34 Inler-State Hotel CO. OWNER a: PROPRIETOR E. K. eriley. Pres.; T. M. eriley, V. Pres.; L. H. Firey, See-Treas. THE LEXINGTON Mic:hiatm Blvd. & 22d St. CHICAGO. ILL. Refumished and re-fitted throughout. New Management. The furniture dealers' head-quarters. Most con-veniently situatl!d to the furniture display houses. Chicago, 111.,December 26.-Preparations for the big fur-niture season of January, 1908'are all completed, and when the buyers come to market they will not be. disappointed, for everything necessary to stock up a first-class furniture store will be on exhibition. There will be hundreds of exhibitors and thousands of pieces to delight the eye and challenge the attention of the discriminating buyers. There will be many changes in locations, and it will take some time for· the old timers to locate them. Among these is the Lathrop Company, which has moved from the first floor of 1319 Mich-igan avenue to the fifth floor, front, of 1411. In their new location they will have about twice the floor space they had in the old, and will have the largest ·Jot of lines to exhibit they have ever made. The Banta Furniture Company of Goshen, Ind., will show a complete line of dining room furniture on the eighth floor of 1319 Michigan avenUe. This will be one 01 the. finest dis-plays in the big building, as it will show complete dining room sets in mahogany and oak, besides many round and square top tables, sold singly. Horn Brothers are known as one of the leading manufac-turers of bedroom furniture in Chicago. In January they will show with Hall & Knapp in the Karpen building, Michi-gan avenue, a large number of new patte.rns of dressers, ch-if~ foniers, dressing tables in mahogany, oak and bird's-eye maple. This line is also shown in the Manufacturers' Ex-change, ¥/abash avcnue and Fourteenth street. A new cata-logue is under way. Schultz & Hirsch, who have been manufacturers of all kinds of bedding for nearly thirty years, have built up a trade that is so well and favorably known that it almost sells it-self. In fact, they have hundreds of customers on their books who know their line so well that they do not wait for the traveling salesmen to come around, but just send in their orders. President Heron of the Sanitary Feather Compa.ny re-cently returned from a trip to Europe with his wife. He visited England, Scotland, France, Belgium, Holland and Ger-many, and was much interested in what he saw over ther. However, he said that while there are many fine stores in .. 7IR- T I oS' .7I.N 9 7 $. the big cities of Europe, there is nothing to compare with the big stores of Chicago. The Manufacturers' Exhibition building, 1319 Michigan allenue, has not a foot of floor space available for exhibition purposes that is unsold. The Ford & Johnson Company will have a great many new things for the buyers to inspect in their permanent sales-rooms, 1343-47 Wabash avenue. As makers of chairs, hotel and dining room furniture they stand in the very front rank, and all furniture dealers are cordially invited to visit their building. The Upham :'Januf4cturing Company of Marshfield, Wis., will .show on the second floor, 1323-25 Michigan avenue, a full line of chamber suites, with wardrobes and chiffoniers, in oak and mahogany; vcry cheap suites and dressers-imita-tion quartered oak-chiffoniers, princess dressers and odd dressers in profusion, made in genuine quartcred oak and ma-hogany; sideboards and buffets, genuine and imitation oak. It's onc of the catchy lines in the Chicago market. The M. L. Ne1son Furniture Company, 1411 Michigan avenue, exhibit a bgunch of ten lines which are hard to beat. Made by Grobhiser & Crosby Furniture Co., Sturgis, :Mich. Everyone of them is a good one, and so varied and well selected are they that it is esay for the buyer to pick out from one to ten carloads. This is a permanent exhibit, and buy:- ers visit this market and this display almost every business day in the year. F. T. Plimpton & Co., eighth floor, 1319 Michigan avenue, have the largest and most varied line· of samples it has ever been their good fortune to show the visiting buyer. First on the list comes the beautiful line of bedroom furniture in mahogany, tuna mahogany" oak and bird's-eye maple. Then comes the Humphrey Bookcase Company of Detroit, section-al bookcases; Goshen Kovelty Company, gas and electric lamps, domes, drop lights, ,desks, tabourettes, plate racks, tables and novelties, followed by the Bissell. Carpet Sweeper Company and their own line of brass candlesticks. Then on the fifth floor a large line of bedding goods from Billow- Lupfer Company of Columbus, Ohio; kitchen cabinets, ori-ental rugs, phonograph cabinets, pictures and room mould-ings, plate rails, etc. Surely no intelligent buyer can afford to miss seeing these lines. GeneI"JUS Employers. The manufacturers and merchants of Chicago distributed $1,500,000among the 300,000 working people of that city. The cost to Montgomery Ward & Co. was $25,000; to the Fair, $17,000; W. A. Weiboldt & Co., $2,500. The banks we;e gen-erous givers. It is estimated that $25,000,000 were spent in the stores on State street during the past month. The above figures do not suggest "hard times." GUNN Sanitary Office Deshs Regular Office Deshs Sectional Boohcases Filing Devices LARGEST LINE EXHIBITED IN GRAND RAPIDS Dealers interested in advertised 1i n e s should not fail to visit our salesroom in Gunn Building, 5 and 7 S. Ionia St. : The New Gunn Sanitary Desks The most complete showing of office fur-niture to be seen in Grand Rapids. : : D. C. McNAMARA Only Line Advertised In the National IN CHARGE. MaRazines for tlte Benefit of the Dealer The Gunn Furniture CO. GRAND RAPIDS,· MICH. WRITE US TODAY FOR CATLOGUES AND AGENCY TERMS. 35 36 ~MI9rIG7f-N Benefits of Manual Training in the Schools. In the Christmas number of the Business Man's Magazine an article appears which is of great interest to manufacturers of Grand Rapids. It is entitled "Manual Training as a Busi-ness Education." W. 1. l\.IacInnes, treasurer of the Gunn Furniture Company is the author. Mr. MacInnes draws attention, in his article, to the importance of manual training in the public schools and he believes that beginning in the kindergarten a child should receive instruction in 'the use of tools. From this simple beginning' his progress would be gradual and a firm foundation thus laid for what comes later, until by the time a pupil finishes the grammar school, he would have a thorough understanding of the work and be rea.dy to go to work in a factory when he leaves the school, thoroughly preparcd for thc work and undcrstanding it. Mr. MacInnes contrasts this desired result with the incomplete and partial instructi"on in the public schools of this" country today. Part of the article follows: "The excellence of the American public school system of education in all its branches save one perhaps is unsurpassed in any other country. The possible exception, manual train-ing from the primary on through the higher grades alld into the college course, is as yet undeveloped to a degree equal to that of the educational systems of England, Scotland and Ger-many. This fact is undoubtedly more apparent to those persons who hire and discharge the employes of a large manu-facturing plant or contracting concern than anyone else. "The crying need in our immense industrial development at the present hour is of employes who ca·n and will study out from fundamental rules and practically applied princi-ples the short cuts to a successful and profitable performance of their especial duties. "It is in the kindergarten that the first stages of manual training are taught and the first ideas of manufacture, ar-rangement and economy are approached. "Of the several periods which go to make up the manual training course in the public schools the weakest is found in the grades dealing with pupils of from seven to twelve years of age. These children have outgrown the interest in the kindergarten and receiving class ideas, but have yet to attain a growth which will 'qualify them for the forms of handicraft produced in the grammar grades. "It is during this period that manual training as a part of our free educational system sho'uld not only be considered ser-iously, but immediately strengthened. HWe find many young ,men today who have succeeded by virtue of their .inheritance to the business established by their fathers, whose early traiiling from a practical standpoint un-fits them for the responsibilities suddenly thrust upon them. Just in such cases the boy who has had the advantage of a thorough m:wual training, if he be the son of rich or poor parcnts, comes into his own gracefully and with a compre-hension of his duties to go forward and reap the greatest pos-sible benefits. "It is a sad fact that the average boy who enters a factory at the legal age if asked to describe a rectangle or an octagon, stammers, hesitates and finally turns away and laughs sillily or is so' frightened he is ·'lmble to command the pOwer of speech to give you his definition. There is not one of them. however, but what has worked out problems in schools from the rules laid down in his arithmetic involving the theoreti-cal principles of the rectangle and octagon, but a practical ap-plication of these forms by certain rules has never been taught therefore the knowledge acquired is at once superficial and unfinished. "Our preRent indm;trial supremacy over all the world and the many gigantic engineering feats of the present day by young Americans may truthfully and honestly be laid to the great influence propagated by the recognized founder of man-ual training as an educational institution in this country, Dr . .. John D. Runkle of the 11assachusetts Institute of Technology of Boston. "To the careful observer of humanity the highest growth of il1telligencc at all ages from five to thirty years is found among boys and even girls who have had tool practice along with their book training. "It is not the intention to convey the impression that the boy who has had nothing but manual training, either in school or out, witt develop into a leader. No. Book knowledge combined with a practical application of the same is the con-dition most "desired." The article is illustrated with views of the Hackley Man-ual Training school at :rvruskegon· and of work turned out there. Valley City Desks. The Valley City Desk Company of ,Grand Rapids exhibn their choice line of office desks on the top floor of the big Furniture Exhibition building. Many new patterns in roll top and typewriter desks are sho"\~m. The company's new "red" catalogue will be mailed to dealers only. Ri(~mon~ Oair CO. RICHMOND, INDIANA Doullie Carte Line SlEE OUR NEW PATTERNS CATALOGUES TO THE TRADE • 38 EVANSVILLE. Evansville, Ind" December 23.-Chicago will be the center of interest for a considerable number of local manufacturers during the corning month. The leading corporations produce goods that are admirably suited to the wants of the buyer~ who visit that city, and the advantages of Evansville as a nIixed car loading center will be impressed upon them by a talented, fine looking, gentlemanly corpS of impressarios. The goods made in Evansville are so widely divergent in styles and prices, the construction and finish is so uniformly satisfactory that there is always a sure sate and good profit for retailers handling the lines. The Kind That Sticks. The fellow who sticks to his job is likely to succeed. The thing that stays where it is put is valuable. Knobs and pulls that get loose and mar and deface the furniture are worse than useless, when without additional cost the No-Kum- Loose patent fastener, manui'actured by the Grand Rapids Brass COltlpany, under the Tower patent, may be had to take their places. Glass, brass and wood knobs and pulls are fitted up with the No-Kum-Loose fasteners. The wood knobs are made in oak, mahogany, Circassian walnut, bird's-eye maple, in fact, any woods desired. This being the fact, there is no longer any excuse for furniture being ruined by loose pulls. The retail dealer who will accept furniture not fitted up with the Tower patent 1\o-Kum-Loose fasteners has no valid excuse when complaints come to him from his eus· tamers that their furniture is ruined because the pulls get loose and fall down. Excuses don't go and in this case should not go, as there is no valid excuse for them. Let every deal-er insist on every drawer being fitted up with the N o-Kum- Loose fasteners-the kind that sticks-and there will be no more trouble along this line. The Chair of Idris. On the very summit of Cader~Idris, a mountain peak in Merionethshire, Wales, is an excavation in the. solid rock which takes the form of a couch, This is said to be tht: chair of Idris, the giant, after whom the mouritain was named. Tradition says that whoever ventures to rest for a night in this seat will be found next morning either dead or demented, or else endowed with supernatural powers. The excavation is probably tbe "Chair of Idds" to which Tennyson refers in "Enid," where Geraint says: "He fell, were she the prize of bodily force, Himself, pushing beyond the rest, could move The chair of Idris." It is situated in what was deemed King Arthur's territory, of whose sourt Geraintwas a knight. Another Desk Company. The Wolverine Desk Company is the name of a new cor-poration soon to engage in the manufacture ·of desks in Grand Rapids. A patented specialty owned by the c·ompany is a typewriter desk. Made by Valley City Desk Co" Grand Rapids, Mich, Made by Herzog Art Furniture Co., Saginaw, M1ch. 39 ROCKFORD NATIONAL FURNITURE COMPANY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS Exhibit 75 Patterns of Up-to-Date Sideboards, Buffets and China Closets (In Oak Only..·From $12.50 to $50) Fifth Floor, 1]19 MICHIGAN AVE., CHICAGO IN CHARGE OF YOHNNY YOHNSON. Yohnny's got the stuff this time, sure enough. CENTRAL FURNITURE CO. of ROCKFORD Show our Full Line of China Closets, Buffets, Combination and Library -----============ BooKcases ~~ on 5th Floor, 1319 Michigan Ave •• Chicago. (Same Space as Rockford National Furniture Company.) IN CHARGE OF E. D. MILES. (This is the Line that Always Sells.) 40 ~MI9HI~J(N A Novel Idea fOT a Ladiest Dresser. The Empire Furniture Company of Jamestown, N. V" manufacturers of chamber suites, chiffoniers and odd dressers, offer a novelty to the furniture trade in the Ladies' Ideal dres-ser. The special features of interest in this dresser arc the three small top drawers to be used for the storage of such small articles of dress as jewelry, veils, gloves, handkerchiefs and neckwear. The middle drawer is plush lined and has a private lock. It is intended for use as a jewelry 'drawer. The other two drawers are provided for the other small ar-ticles of Oress. These goods are made in about seventy-five different patterns. The small top drawers arc put in dressers, chiffoniers, empress dressers, princess dressers and wash-stands, in several different designs and kinds of wood. In addition to the above a line of rot! top beds and Napol-eon beds in various woods is manufactured, as well as the dressers and chiffoniers of the regular line to be shown by the company in 1908. This comprises 200 different patterns, fitl-ishes and kinds of lumber u.sed. The goods will be on ex- .. hibition in Grand Rapids in the Manufacturers' Exhibition building in January. Make Business! Say, there.! You fellows that insist That business is rotten t Can you tell me why? Crops are good; Times are good as usual; Money is fairly plentiful- Except with those who blew it in In Wall street. You have cleaned up your stock- If you haven't you ought, And you know it- And you'll have to buy more. Don't you suppose The farmers are going to put in a crop? Or do you really think They're going to let their land Lie fallow for a year or two, \Vaiting for you to get a move On you? Business is dull? Then why don't yoU hustle? Why don't you get out and talk To the. pe.,ople? If They're all "from Missouri" And have to be "shown," why, Go and show them. That's what you're there for. Talk up business- Don't talk it down! Congratulate the farther On his crop-if he has one; If he hasn't a good one; Show him the necessity To prepare all the better For a crop next year. There are a dozen ways- Yea, an even hundred- By which you can work up business And have something doing. Don't talk of hard times. Never say "there is no business During a political campaign." 1£ it slacks up, And incline$ to stay slack, Get out and pull on the tugs! J\.hke business! Don't say it can't bc done. Others have done it, and Vv'hat others have done V.ou can do, too, if you will. This isn't poetry, but It's business and it's sense, Concerning Ancient Glass Mirrors. An American scientist has lately interested the French Academy of Science in his researches concerning the glass mirrors that were used in .ancient times in Thrace and Egypt. These mirrors were backed with a highly polished metal, the nature of which has be.en in question for many years. The scientist referred to above has discovered that the metal was almost pure lead, an:d he be'lieves that the method of manu-facture was to pour the molten lead on the concave surface of discs cut from batloons of blown glass. In consequence of their shape the mirrors minimized the images of objects looked at in them . ROYAL MANTEL & fURNITURE COMPANY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS Manufacturers of FINE and MEDIUM FURNITURE (We Do Not Make Mantels) TJ-\E: ROYAL LINE: will be found as usual in CHICAGO, 6th floor, 1319Michigan Ave" and in NEW YORK at the Furniture Exchange during July. Buffets, China Closets, Combination Bookcases and Library Bookcases. Whether Driving or Striving Always Follow the Best Roads Furniture buyers visiting the western markets will find that the best roads lead to the M. L. Kelson Furni-ture Company, where you will find a commercial institution of more than passing interest; a concern that by ll~ mode of advanced merchandising in the handling of factory outputs and selling exclusively at factory prices, has risen to a position attained by no other similar COil cern in existence. The Festival of Furniture as manufactured and shown by the concerns below enumerated demonstrate OUf ability to save you some money. Muskegon Valley Furniture Co. MUSKegon, IvTic,;I. Fond du Lac Table Manufacturing Co., Fond du Lac, \Visconsin. Forest City Furniture Co., Rockford, Illinois. The Steuben Furniture Co., Canisteo, Kew York. Gallipolis Furniture Co., Gallipolis, Ohio. Rockford Desk Co., Rockford, Illinois. O. C. S. Olsen & Co.• The Judkins Co., Chicago, Ttlinois. Cragiil, Illinois. Century Furniture Co., Jamestown, New York. The Boatwright Furn. Mfg. Co., Danville, Virginia. Come and study the methods-the reasons that have blazed the way to sUcess for THE M. L. NELSON FURNITURE COMPANY 1411 Michigan Avenue Chicago, Illinois OPEN THE YEAR AROUND 41 42 ·~~MI9 ..HIG-';N "Fakes" in Furniture. One who travels in out-of-the-way places will find ingen-ious advertisements upon the outer walls of dingy shops, which inform the public that inside antique furniture is man-ufactured. Although America does an immense business in so-called antique furniture, certain dealer!; confess that "most of the antiques comc from France and England." France, esp.ecially, is an adept at turning out ant1que fUr-niture, which is ofte.ll sent to England and stored there awhih.: in order that climatic conditions there may the more rapidly impress those marks of age upon the pieces which render them so much more valuable. A great deal of "antique" furniture, still innocent of stain and finish, and often not put together, is shipped from Franc.e to New Orleans, a city from which much might be expected in the way of antiques, Many modern copies of old pieces are just as fine as the originals, and merely r~qU1rethe hue of age to make them perfect. Fakes in "Flemish oak" are produced by blackening mod- 7iR.TI.s~ ~. , 7"+ ~ to be found in the original, and the. modern carving is thin and poor as compared with the old. Inlaid antiques, -says Arthur Hayden in his book on old furniture, are cleverly copied by coating Qld engravings with a thin layer of liquid vellum and gluing them to panels which are to be faked. A coating of transparent varnish gives them • the appearance of inlays of ivory or ebony. Modern prints of paintings by Sheraton~s ramons artists are treated and attached to old satinwood panels, which are inserted in new pieces of furniture sold as antiques, while new panels arc plac.ed in the furniture thus bereft, and it aho brings the price of antiques. Improved Line of Wicker Goods. A new class of goods has recently been added to those manufactured in Grand Rapids, by the Michigan Seating Company, a newly organized company. The trade name for the new product is "Kaltex." It is a substitute for rat-tan and can be furnished in several colors, such as Indian Made by Mueller & Slack Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. ern oak with repeated applications of permanganate of pot-ash. "Fumed oak" is often passed off for antique oak after the wood has first been discolored with ammonia and then treated with linseed oil, turpentine and beeswax. The interior edges of the wood, however, if examined, prove the piece to be modern. Besides entire fakes in furniture, there are articles made up of portions of old and modern pieces and carving'<- so cleverly put together that only an expert is able to disc-'·v!".r the lack of harmony that usually prevails in such pieces. Again, really old and injured pieces have been repai,·'.~,i with new wood and made up to pass as entire antiques. Deal-ers have even bored "wormholes" in new wood to give it l.'. cast of antiquity and only an objection to destructivefurni-ture worms on the part of purchasers put a stop to this prac-tice . . Chippendale is the most commonly copied of all antique furniture-frankly on the part of honest manubcturers and otherw"ise by those who have in mind the tastes of the col-lector. Faked Chippendale has not the exquisite proportions red, crimson, light brown, sea green and grass green. One advantage these products possess-one to be appreciated by \vomen especially-is that of their smoothness. Light sum-mer fabrics cannot be caught or torn as in other goods on the wicker order. The first showing of this line \~il1be made in January i nthe Manufacturers' building, fourth floor, con-sisting of thre.e-piece suites for the lawn. porch and library, settees, rockers, odd chairs, tables, flower stands, sewing desks, swings, magazine racks and many other novel pieces. The officers of the company are: President, H. G. Morse; vice president, A. D. McBurney; secretary and treasur-er, H. L. Hitchcock, all of whom were formerly associated with the Ford & Johnson Company. Larger Space. Having brought out the largest line in its history, the 1\lueller & Slack Company have added very largely to their floor space for exhibiting the same, Eight thousand square feet of the third floor of the Furniture Exhibition building will be covered. The line is especially strong iri medium and· fine work. COMMON HONESTY is what every Furniture 11.erchant has a right to expect from the n~anufacturer from whom he buys his goods. In no department of the fu.rni-ture business is COMMON HO:-:rESTY more ap-preciated than in UPHOLSTERED FURNI-TURE. COMMOK HONESI'Y enters into every piece of MUELLER & SLACK CO'S Upholstered Furniture. Nothing but the best materials enter into the construction of our goods, and the work-manship is as honest as the materials. vVe stand ready for the severest inspection at all times. Mueller &. Slack Co. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. S4lESROOM furniture Exhibition Building first floor, North "alf Exhibition Line ready for inspection Jan. 2, 1908. We cordially invite all Visiting Buyers. Grobhiser & Crosby Furniture Co. STURGIS, MICHIGAN \Ve make a complete line of MATCHED COLONIAL Dining Room Suites In Circassian \Valnut, Solid M~hogany and Oak Consisting of SIDEBOARD, CHINA CLOSET, SERVING TABLE and EXTENSION TABLE to match. In addition to the above, we make LIBRARY and OFFICE TABLES, EXTENSION and CAFE TABLES in Medium and High Grades, and in all woods. No. 3154% Dining Extension Table. See this Beautiful Line on the Second Floor, Manufacturers' Building, Grand Rapids, Mich. 44 Extra Inducements Offered. "The Berkey & Gay Furniture Company offer the most complete line it has displayed in many years," remarked Jo~n A. Covode, the secretary of the company. "A special feat,": ure is an excellent line of moderate priced, popular goods for the chamber, the dining r00111 and the library. We have studied the existing conditions carefully and believe there will be a fair volume of trade placed with the manufacture.rs dur-ing the month of January. \Ve have prepared to take OUl share of it. Several months ago, the company anticipated a reduction in the volume of trade and trimmed their sails to meet the changed condition of affairs. \Vhen the money Strong Lines From Saginaw. The Herzog Art Furniture Company and its associate cor-pOfqtion, the Saginaw Table & Cabinet Company, unite in making exhibits of thelr lines at the Manufacturers' build~ inK, 1319 lvlichigan avenue, Chicago, and at the New York Ex
Date Created:: 1907-12-25T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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