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- Issue of a furniture trade magazine published in Grand Rapids, Mich. It was published twice monthly, beginning in 1880. and 26th Year---No. 6 SEPT l~ j b ~ 1- rJl ;1,j .Q.... ~ ...: ~ 0.. ~ " ~. 00 ~ ~ 0 .0 ~:r: 0 ~ii~~ • .. ~.~ ~ Bffi Q~ .S :::::::r: 'l:l ~:: .... ..c II) >: ..c Z~ U ~~~~.~ ~ "::K ~ g ~; ~ 0 ~:.!!E'2 ~ '" oj (').D g ~ <-' .-.0 8~~~~ II) .~.:: ,; ,,"0 ~ Z iii<~ 0 "•" , .'i U z'", Q -::J...J ~ W ",g~ '" ~2;.... ~ w .:.I..: .o.°JL~io: ~Qog: ~ "' '" z~c ~ "~'."...'~Z ~ ~ :iQ 2"'j'!''->if-l g o ~ _<ti:5 0'\ a.. :r::r: I--l .-.0 -.0 -<:ci:r:l-o:; ....-t Q5!J!-~l.L.l ,; . ~z:il :t Z z o -Ii: mf- Z ::J:tiQi("' .... '" " ~ 5::J~..J~ "c':':'tjb<C..1.J-< 5>-wl-<I: ~ ...J>l.I.1:I: . .. "'.:>- ....lQ o~:t'"~::l ~ ~~~~:J~ 00 0..« "On the SLY we coPy the SLIGH" Confidential admissions of .. enterprising:' .. progressive'o m.anuraeturers~ Dealers who han-dIe our line know that there's a difference between making SLY lines and repro-ducing the SLI G H line. Even Laraelll Fa.ctory in the World devoted exclusively to the production of Chamber Furniture. those man-ufacturers who have taken our goods apart and used the pieces for their cutting orders, know the difficulties, of making SLIGH goods, for they have been unable to produce SLIGH goods even by such methods. We object to the "Butchering." SLIGH FURNITURE COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. Parlor Cabinets Music Cabinet. Dining Cabinets H.ll Seats Hall Racks Framed A Stub-Toed Truth Shaving Stands Cheval Mirrors Dre.sing Tables Dressing Chairs With Pl1-te_-' Adiultable Mirton; This is th.e Famous Rockford Line, That shows the spirit of the time; That gives the merchant joy and ease Because it's made to always please. It's full of perfect Art in wood Pronounced by every critic good. The finish shines like polished glass! And outwears any of its class. It's merit's sung from shore to shore By those who use it more and more. You're kindly asked to join the throng, So let your orders come along-. The Music is in Our New Catalogue. Ask for it Will Also be Sung by OU[ J<llly Salesmen ROCKfORD. ILL. DO(KfOftD tDAMt AnD flXTUftt m. Mirrors ROCKFORD, ILL. j ,- i l 2 THE McDOUGALL IDEA. McDOUGALL I\ITCHEN CABINETS On the 25th day of September, full page advertisements of McDougall Kitchen Cabinets aPPl'ilred in practically all of the prominentmagazines. Thee most noticeble was a full page in the Ladies' Home'Journal. Our list includes such publications as: Everybody's. Ladies' Home Journal. Reader. Munsey's. Woman's Home Companion. Delineator. McClure's. Saturday Evening Post. Table Talk. Scribner's. Youth's Companion. Collier's Weekly. Harper's. Good Housekeeping. Designer. Century. Country Life in America. House Beautiful, Etc Are you ready to supply the demand created by this immense,effectiveMcDougall advertising? A full display of McDougall Kitchen Cabinets on your Boor will enable you to realize the pront from the sales of McDougall Kitchen Cabinets that will be made in your locality as the result of this advertising. Your nTststep toward securing the agency for your locality should be to write to-day for the new Mc- Dougall catalogue showing Jifteennew and originaldesigns. The length of this year's line will enable you to supply every demand of your trade. Get ready for the busy fall and winter season. We will work with you and for you. Write for catalogue to-day. G. P. McDougall &. Son. Indianapolis. Ind.. U. S. A. Office and DiIplay Rooms 502-7 TRACtiON BUILDING.. Faetm'y and Warehouses 1421-27 S. MERIDIAN STREET. r G"nl\.AN!D RAPiDS PUBLIC LIBHARY 26th Year-No.6. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.. SEPTEMBER 25-30, 1905. =~ ====~=~== MUSKEGON LETTER. EVANSVILLE LETTER. The industrial growth of mlt city is something wonderful, which must be attributed to the work of the chamber of com-merce. As a result of the well-planned and carefully executed work the city has within the last fev·,.. years won siganl victor-ies in the commercial world. In spite of the opposition of some of the foremost industrial centers it has landed several large factories. Several tlrl1es have the citizens shown their confidence III the organization by voting that the city might be bonded In order to further develop the pla.ns. The city's bonded indebtedness for helping out the cham-ber of commerce amounts to approximately $200,000. As the result of having this co-operation th'e industrial growth of the city has been very rapid in the last few years. Factories that have been brought here in the last three years are the Racine Boat Co., makers of launches, yachts and motor en-gines, employing 400 men; Linderman Manufacturing Co., w:a:$N ctrPm'B DART PO:ROES YOUR HEAB.T~ COME. TO US. WE Wll.L GIVE YOU A START. An Attracti\'~ Advertisement of the Kennedy Furniture Company, Chicago. employing zoo men; American Electric Fuse Co., employing 300 men and girls; Superior Manufacturing Co., makers of store and office fixtures, employing 300 men; Independent Manufacturing Co., rubher stamps, employing IOO men; Atlas Furniture Co., employing 200 men. The Bnmswick-Balke-Collender Co., m<Lkersof pool tables and howling alleys, will soon erect a factory here which' will employ 500 men. To secure this plant the chamber of com-merce was obliged to promise a bonus of $60.000. In hopes of securing this company several other Michigan towns made excellent bids for the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co., but Muskegon won and a contract ·was signed a few days ago. The furnitmc factories are well supplied with orders and the year promises to be a profitable one for the industries. $1.00 per Year. Evansville, Sept. 28.-The newly organized Evanville Metal Bed Company will sooo erect a factory to be used in the conduct of their business. The trade of Ottr manufacturers has been somewhat af-fected by the reigning pestilence in the Gulf States, but Evansville goods are adapted for use in evcry section of the c0l1l1try and the north and west are supplying the deficicncies in the volume of trade naturally expected from the south. All of the local factories are fully employed on orders. Especially active is the hig factory of the Karges Furniture company, manufacturers of low and medium priced chamber suites and ..v..ardrobes. The Bosse Furnitme company, one of the new concerns of our city, is meeting with gratifyil1g success in the sale of their goods. "Ben." Bosse's ability as a manager would make any enterprise Sllccessful. A very good line of metal beds is manufactured by the Evansville Brass and Iron Bed company. The styles, con-struction and finish are all that could be desired. The manufacturers of our city are not only bu~ily engaged in filling orders, but in getting ant various new patterns in all lines for 1906 which will, in artistic beatlty and design, sur-pass anything here~to-fore put on the market. Especially would we mention the suits and wardrobe of the Karges Fur-niture company and the side-boards and hall trees of the Globe Furniture company; Bockstege Furniture company's "Superior dining and parlor tables, also their ladies' dressing tables, and the" Banner Line" of brass heds of the Metal Bed company; "Eli" upright and mantel 'folding beds of the Eli l\.liller company and the Evansville Furniture company's gen-eral line of fLlrnitnrc: E. Q. Smith's production of "Smith" chairs and, last but not least, the wardrobes of our neighbor, The Marstall Furniture company of Henderson, Ky. Any and all of onr factories will be ·pleased and more than willing to entertain dealers, from any and all parts of the country, wishing to buy goods in the furniture line. They will find buying Roods in Evansville a profit and a pleasure on account of being able to load mixed cars from one of the best furniture centers. Dealers, give us a call; we will be glad to welcome you. B. E. WILL MAKE FRAMES. The Century Furniture company, of Grand Rapids, have leased the large Gay building on Canal street and will put in the necessary machinery and tools for making frames. This work will be in charge of a competent man, who has had the making of the company's frames at a private factory ill the past. The company will be enabled to double their already large and excellent business in fine parlor, den, club and library furniture. Thc Raab Chair company, recently incorporated in Grand Rapids by John D. Raab and others, will manufacture fine chairs. ~- L 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 NO'T FAIL TO ORDER ONE No. 340 Price, $19.50 Choate- Hollister Furniture Co. JANESVILLE, WIS. The Club Table That Satisfies Everybody EASILY FOLDED SIMPLE, STRONG Size 32 In. long~ 21 In. wide; 21in. blah Covered wltb Leather-or Felt COOK'S PATENT FOLDING ATTACHMENT ~~~sih~dle;t~if~~c~~~~ of the table, as shown In . the illustration. Our tables are made of hardwood, and covered with green felt and leather. The cross-piece of cleat on ~nd of table keeps the top from warping, and is so arranged that a person can sit close to the table without cramping the knees. The felt used on this table is of extra thickness and made special, and is much better than padded tables where cottOIl batting is used and inferior quality of felt. Very useful and convenient, for card parties, children's gamesl ladies' fancy work, or tea table. BELDING~HALL MANUFACTURING CO. BELDING. MICHIGAN WAREHOUSE5-I% Monroe Street. Chicago. 213 Canal Street:,New York 400 Pieces of Parlor and Library'l Fumiture CoDsistina: of Colonial Repro-ductions. Odd Pieces and Suites in Louis XV, Loui. XVI, Sheraton, Heppelwhite and Chippendale Designs. Also large line of Leather Rockers, Chairs and Couches. No. 1221;.;; Buffet Quartered oak. Highly polished. Bage, 25 x 50. French bevel mirror, 44 x 14. Finished golden. Bew·J gloMdoors. Silver drawer lined inside of closets and drawer. varnished. Price, $27.50 CENTURY FURNITURE CO. I59 Canal Street, Grand Rapids. Mith. The T. B. LAYCOCK MANUFACTURING COMPANY MANUFACTURERS OF Iron and Brass Beds, Cribs Child's Folding Beds, Spiral and Woven Wire Springs Cots, Cradles, Etc. TO MAKE MONEY, HANDLE OUR GOODS CATALOGUE ON REQUEST EVERY DEALER SHOULD HAVE ONE OR MORE OF OUR No, 550 MATTRESS AND SPRING DISPLAY RACKS, WRITE FOR No. 1401 Sideboard BOOKLET ILLUSTRATING IT .' Quartered: oak. Highly poli5hed. Bue, 25 x 52. French bevel mirror, 40 x 18. Fmished golden. Heavy veneered e/leds. Silv<;:Tdrawer lined. Closeu and drawers varni!lhedinside. Price. $35.00 ---=---:-:----,--~ Goods that are made 00 well that they wme to you with a guaranlee canDot fail to please your trade. THE WAIT FURNITURE. CO. PORTSMOUTH, OH~O. The T. B. Laycock Mfg. CO. INDIANAPOUS, IND. 6 Chicago, Sept. 25.-- The conditions existing at the present time among the furniture manufacturers is satisfactory. l\hny are kept busy getting out goods to supply the wants of the trade and the demands are such that a general feeling of confidence prevails, "Business has never been so good with us as it is at the present time," said Mr. Frank Powers of the Union Wire Mattress company. "The chair houses, J hear, are all busy, too. The volume of business is certainly very satisfactory. Lyman Lathrop returned early in the month from a trip through the states of Texas and Arkansas and the Indian Territory, On account of the Yellow fever Mr. Latluop did not visit ]'i1ississippi nor Louisiana. "Conditions in some of tlte states I visited were good, while in others th"ey were not so good," said he. "It was a little early as business men in the south generally wait to see what the cotton crop is going to be. So far as ourselves are concerned, the Lathrop com-pany did thirty-three and a third per cent. more business last August than we did in August, 1904, and we feel as if a good fall is before us." Notable improvements have been going on the past month at th'e office of the Ford & Johnson company. Fifty feet has been taken off the ware room and added to the office depart-ment, and in addition to the private offices -of President J. S. Ford and Treasurer "V. F. Johnson, several private offices have been fitted up. Treasurer Johnson, when questioned, said: "\Ve probably have now an office one-third larger than before in order to make room for the purchasing department, the headquarters of which will be here, and so that all cata-logues and records of that department will be kept here. We are also putting on more clerical help as the business has in-creased to a considerable extent. A special private office for the use of H. \V. Johnson, vice president, and R. A. Ford, purchasing agent, has been fitted up, also a private office for Mr. E. S. Sibley, secretary and credit man . ..A.. Il branches of the Ford & Johnson company in other qities will make requisitions on the Chicago office for what-ever s~tpplies are wanted, and will be especially desirable in-asmuch as Chicago makes the purchasing department advan-tageollsly located. "Business is moving along nicely with us. We are already at work on our new patterns fOf the coming January season. The baby carriage and go-cart season has opened up now and we will run the Kinley Manufacturing company line and the Rattan :Manufacturing company of "Dan" carts. Both of these lines are exceptionally strong, the folding cart line be-ing especially so These goods will be shown by us at our show rooms on \Vabash avenue in January." W. M. Bray, buyer for J. Hopp & Company, Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands, was in Chicago recently. "We do a large amount of bU5iness for a little country," said Me Bray. "OUf ~tore building cost nearly two millions of dollars. It is fire proof throughout, equipped with elevators, and in size, have a frontage of sixty-four feet and a basement by eighty-two feet in depth. It is an exclusive furniture store. Hopp & Com-pany have been established fOf twenty-eight years. In addi-tion to what we buy we make all kinds of hand made stuff and also make mattresses. We sell most of our cheap stock to th'e Chineese and Japanese who are numerous on the Islands, and ship goods to the different islandS by steamer. l'he sugar plantations constitute the industries of the Islands. I The Taylor Furniture & Carpet company of Jackson, ! L Miss., were represented in Chicago reecntly by their buyer, Mr. A. T. Covey. ''''Our company started up for the first time in March of this year," said :Mr. Covey. "\flle are occupying a stone building fifty by eighty feet, and also have a big ware house. Business at Jackson is awfully quiet just now on ac-count of the yellow fever epidemic. The fever has not hit Jackson yet, although we have had many examinations. I left there in July and expect to return in a few .weeks. Jack~ son has a population of twenty-two thousand and is located right in the middle of the cotton country. There is some manufacturing but not very much." F. L. Hood, traveling representative for the Royal Chair company, Udell \Yorks and Knoxville Table company in the south, spent the month of September in Chicago, on account of the quarantine prevailing in .a large part of his territory. E. E. Rimhach, floor salesman with M. L. NelsaH at 14II Michigan avenue, has been transferred to 1319 Michigan ave-nue where he wjll look after the hnes between the January Manufactured by Evans\'jlle (Ind.) Furniture Company. and July seasons of the Indianapolis Chair company, the Emrich' Furniture company and the Shelbyville lines. The Kindel Bedding company of St. Louis, Mo., have been demonstrating their Somersault Davenport at Hartman's Furniture store, at 223-22'9\Vabash avenue. The demonstrat-ing lines arc in charge of Mr. J ahn A. Arton. The Kindel Bedding company have completed their new three story fac-tory on Eighth and Hickory streets, St. Louis. One hundred and twenty-five Davenports per day will be th-e eapacity of the plant. The company are about to rent a warehouse in Chica-go, the same to be in charge of Mr. Arton. H. Goldman, of the Goldman House Furnishing com-pany, Green Bay, \Vis., visited the Chicago market recently. Mr. Goldman came to make purchases for a new store the company are establishing at Appleton, Wis.-a general line of house furnishings- ·and will operate the premium plan in connection th·erewith. :Y1rs.Joseph O'Neill, of Lake Forest, In., was in the Chi-cago market a few days ago to make purchases for the O'N eill store. "Lake Forest is a summer resort," said Mrs. O'Neill. "Our place of business has been established for a number of years. Trade has been good this year." O. C. Hill and Howard Lilly, buyers for the Warren Hill company, Elkhart, Ind., wet'e in Chicago a few days ago. The \Varren Hill company has been established the past three ye.ars and carry a general Ene of furniture. "We have had a good trade this year," said Mr. Hill, "and I look for a con-tinuance of the favorable conditions. "Ve have <L merchants organization, called the Century Club, through which \ve fight the evils of the. trade. There is nothi.ng, however, in the furniture trade in Elkhart requiring the attention of the club at present. Elkhart has a population of 20,000, and is a manu-facturing to\",-n. The new factory addition of S. Karpen & Bros. will be ready for occupation October I5, said Julius Karpen when CJuestioned. "The structure will be four stories high and will be used by the finishing and upholstering departments." John E. Moyer, of the firm of Smi.th & 1Ioyer, Dixon, nL, was one of the dealers who visited the Chicago furniture market recently. \Vhen questioned about trade with his firm he said: '''We have had a fine business this year-better than last year. You see, our firm is the successor of the firm of Camp & Son who had been establighed for a period of fifty years. Both father and son died and the mother and daughter continued the busincss for a short time and up to the time we bought them out. It was our first experience in the furniture business and consequcntly it was a year of experience to a large extent. The building we occupy is three storics and twenty-five by one hundred fee in dimensions. Dixon has a popnlation of about 10,000 and we have several very substantial factories there such as the \Vatson-Pltltnmer Shoe Co.; the Grant-DeFour \-\lagon Co.; the Stewart Press company; the Dixon Box Factory, and a number of others. \Ve have a business men's association and at present they are figuring on building a plant to employ three hundred hands. Vie also have a retail merchants association which is a mem-bcr of the State retail merchants association. The local or-ganization is a strong one. The State association, with the assistance 01 tlle local organizations, has been making a deter-mined fight the past two years against the proposed parcels post la\"." "Jake" Hetz, one of the best known furniture salesmen on the road in Michigan, is cotlsidering a proposition which the Diehl Lumber con1pany, of Napersville, Ill., has wade him. Mr. Hetz a number of years ago resided in Muskegon, Mich., and gained a fortune of at least a hundred thousand dollars being a member of such well known lumber concerns as Beaudry, Champaign & Company, Montgomery, Champaign & Co., and the East Shore Lumber company. Through' sev-eral fires these firms suffered disastrous losses in ·which Mr. 11etz lost all he had. One of the mills hc operated used to cut from forty to fifty million feet a year. The Diehl Lumber company ha"e been negotiating with lvlr. Hetz for over a year. The mills (m,ned by this company are located at Or-ange and Everett, Louisiana. He will go south on October 3d to look at the plants, the timber and the railroads owned by this company over, and if he closes with theni \"ill become the manager. 1.1r. Hetz is sixty-flve years of age and as act-ive as many men at forty. He was formerly mayor of Muske-gon as well as city treasurer, also holding other offices in the same city. During the month of August "Jake" covered the State of \Visconsin for Tillman Brothers, of LaCrosse, wh'o are big jobbers in the furniture trade. On the Napersville line of couches, which they handle, Mr. Hetz sold forty-five hundred 7 dollars worth. This company are anxious to have him take the State of \Visconsin and handle all of their lines. "I will bet $5,000," said Jake, <'that 1 can sell more stuff on the road than the best man Marshall Field, ]. V. Farwell or Carson Pirie, Scott can put against me, although I am proba-bly considerable older than any such man." Secretary Nels Johnson, of the Johnson Chair company, returned with his family from Lake Delevan, where they had been spending the summer. J. lVL Powers, of the .:\-1ichigan Specialty company. Muske-gon, r...l-ich.,was a visitor to the Chicago furniture market October 4. 1'1'1r. Powers has been in the furniture and install-business the past three years. "I have just come from New York," he said, "and have been doing some business with the Mutual Trading company. This company was organized last spring with a capitalization of two hundred and fifty thou-sand dollars, and is developing rapidly. Before I went into business in Muskegon I was in the employ of the American ",[ringer company and I know that this new concern is, to a large extent, made up of the stockholders of the American vVring'er company. They are in the business to supply in-stalllll~ nt houses with the goods usually sold by such con-cerns. 1 would say that business in Muskegon this year is lair. There it goes by fits and starts. We are getting several big factories in there now." One of the buyers in Chicago from the far west on Octo-ber 4, was Thomas G. Kiel of the the Cocur d' Alene Furni-lure company, Coeur d' Alene, Idaho. "Ours is a little town, twenty years old, but which has had no growth to speak of until the last three or four years. Coeur d' Alene is princi- As it is uscd!.in:Tl.Hlmeapolis.. pallya lumbering town and is also somewhat of a summer re-sort. 'ATe have six lumher mills, cutting on an average about twenty-five thousand feet of lumber a day. Some of these mills, the larger Dnes, employ one hundred twenty-five mel) 'laily, while the oth'ers employ fifty 'or seventy-five mell. Trade has been very good with us the past year." Paul Plimpton, of F. T. Plimpton & Company, arrived in Chicago, October 4, from a two months trip through Iowa and other states of the Middle West. Paul says he had a satisfactory trade during his trip. H. E. Belding, of the Spencer & Barnes company, Benton Harbor. 11ich., was in Ch'icago, Sept. 30. Mr. Belding says. the Spencer & Barnes company have been having a good trade. Vice President J. W. Smith of the vVolverine Manufactur-ing company and the Cadillac Cabinet company was in Chica-go Oct. 3. L. E. Hotchkiss. of the Uph'am Manufacturing company .. returned the 27th uIt., from a two months' trip through the south amI reports a satisfactory trade in that section. Mr. Hotchkiss says he did not get into the yellow fever district but went all around it. 8 -~M.lP,.HIG7!N SIZERS. The Tricks Some Wives Are Playing on Their Husbands. "Do you know the sizes of the things your wife wears?" The manager of a big department store shot this question at the friend with whom he was taking luncheon. "Not guilty," was the reply. "No more than I know the sizes in inches of the average Zulu's belt string. Why?" "Well, then," said the store manager, "YOlican hand your-self a pat on the back that you're not being gently shoved along for a good thing by yottr wife. Amazing number of sizers in trOLlsers hopping around the shops nowadays." "Sizers?" said the other man. "Say, Cllt out the riddle thing. What's a sizer?" "New breed of trOl1sered creature," explained the store manager. ;'Only developed in its high state of efficiency, cOlnplaisancy and good-thingness during recent years. "It's pretty soft for the woman who has a sizer answering to the pet name of hubby on her staff. Saves her a vast lot of hard work, and, besides, she gets about four times more out of the game than the woman whose husband doesn't be- 10ilg to the sizer species." ,:"That sounds bully," said the other man. ;;50 does a C~inese orchestra when you're in Shanghai. But this is New York. \Il,.ihat's a sizer?" "Well," the store manager explained, "a sizer is a married man who knows the sizes of everything his wife wears, from soup to-that is to say-er-the whole works, you know. Why, any cash girl around a big store nowadays knows what a 'sizer is, and can spot one of 'em as soon as he swings into the plant. "I should say that at least one married man out of every three)n New York at this stage of it is a sizer. Which speaks highly for the acumen and adroitness, not to say foxi-ness, of New York married women. "A woman whose husband is a sizer has got just a dead open-and-shut snap-there's nothing to that. There isn't anything coming to her in the way of togs, inside or outside, that she doesn't get fourfold, and she's fixed for life at that, or as long as her man's bank roll lasts, for once a married man becomes a siLer he never gets over it. I He falls for his wife's little cornerino gag for the remain-der oftbeir -married life. She has only to continue to shoot the hunk into him, and he'Jl get so ~tuck on his ability as a shop-per for his wife that he'll hate to go home from work without drrying something wearable to ber of his own selection. I ';Few men are born si;:;ers. Their sisters don't teach 'em how to be sjzers, either. Their wives start them along that path. HA commuter is pretty liable to develop into a sizer, and, as 1 say, when he once becomes one, he never gets over it. ;'The commuter's wife wants a pair of gloves, say, for a party that evening in the Lonesomehurst place, and she hasn't the time or the inclination to come up to town just to buy a pp.ir of gloves. So she gives her husband, just before he hustles for the train in the morning, her glove size and direc-tions as to the kind of gloves she wants. "That starts him off as a sizer. If she came up to New York for the gloves, the probabilities are that she'd dig around aU·day for a pair on the bargain counter at seventy-ll~ ne cents. TIut her husband, even in his earliest stage as a sizer, doesn't do that." "He walks up to the glove counter of the first women's store he reaches and says to the girL " 'I want a pair of white kid gloves,' naming the size. r; 'About what price?' the girl inquires, knowing perfectly well that a man would rather get run over by a milk wagon than look like a piker before a shop girl. "Oh, I want the good stuff,' the man says, in that off-hand, Itm-no-cheap-skate way, and the girl flashes a pair of three-diollar white gloves on him. L "'They look all right,' says the sizer in embryo, picking t11e gloves up and pretending to know something about them by the way he inspects the seams. 'How much do they set me back?' "'Three,' says the girl, and the man digs up three bones and takes the gloves. "'I guess I'm kind 0' poor when it comes to that shopping gag, hey?' he says to his wife as he tosses the gloves into her lap. 'Kind 0' common' ornery-looking gloves, that pair, yes?' "She undoes the bundle and holds the gloves out before her enthusiastically. "'Why, where in the wide world did yon get such bee-yu-ti- iul ones?' she asks him, while he swells up with pride. '\Vhy, you extravagant old thing, you! They e'>uldn't ha\;e cost you a penny less than six dollars. I saw a pair exactly like them at Ta-Ra.-Ra's only last Tuesday marked six dol-lars.,- imported, you know. Why, you reckless old love!' and then he stands grinning elatedly while tlwt hug thing is pulled off, ;, 'Six, 11othin',' he says, with pompous amiability. 'Catch me falling {or six bucks for a pair of mitts! Thev're the six kind at that, but I want to tell you that there'.s a hull lot in this thing of knowillg how aJld where to buy wOHH"n'struck. Only drained me of three simoleons, those gloves, but I bet yOU the cutest box of candy that you ever saw that you couldn't have snagged 'em for any three.' ;c'Why,' she says .. holding him at arm's length, admiring-ly. 'I just know that I couldn't! 1 declare, yOUhave a per-fect genius for getting just the right things, and how do you do it, gracious sakes alive, with so many things to worry you in your business? Well, I just know one thing, J never do half as welt when I buy things for myself.' ;, 'Oh, I guess I'm not such a lob,' he says then, all bloated out of shape by her praises. 'Hereafter when yon want any-thing in town and don't feel like making the ride up, just notify your little Archie and he'll come pretty near landing right, and he won't let these shop sharks bite any hunks ant of him, either.' "And that's the way the sizer puts his neck into the noose. There isn't anything easier in this life than for a married woman to fan her husband into a flame of self-admiration, and when she gets him nudged along that way as to his clev-erness at the shopping gag it's all off with him. "He'll stand a tap any old day for the joy of having his wife hold up her hands ecstatically over the gear he's picked out for her when he gets home. And that's the reason why so many commuters we know haven't got anything besides the red and green painted shack out in the woods; they're sizers. "A lot of New York married men b~come sizers, too, by living out of town at nearby resorts during the hot months. "One morning, when it's sizzling hot, she mentions at the breakfast table that she doesn't know what she's going to do, she needs stockings so badly; but it's too hot to take a chance on going up to New York, and if she only thought that he-er- would have the time and could get the right kind-- "'Oh, I'm not such a pinhead as you probably think I am,' he says then. 'I guess I can make a stab at buying you some hosiery without getting arrested or anything like that. What's your size, anyhow?' "She teJis him .the size, and he jots it down on his cuff or in a notebook "Want some number nine stockings, black,' he says to the girl at the stocking counter. "'Lisle or silk?' inquires the girl, superfluously-she knows it for a cinch that he'll have only one answer to that question if he has the looks of a New Yorker. "'Why, silk, sure,' he replies, grandiosely, and the girl stakes him to a peek at the three dollar kind, and he falls for half a dozen pairs of them when the young woman behind the counter mentions that that's the kind that Lillian Russell wears. "'Very sleazy goods,' the girl says, as his chest hegins to grow. 'You could pass a pair of these through a smaHfinger ring " 'Maybe you're in bad when you're wearing the same kind of ho,,;iery as T .ilJian Russell,' the unfortunate makings of a sizer says exultantly to hi,,; wife when he hands her the bun-dle t1110n hi,,; arrival at the summer stopping place that evcn-mg. 'PlIt a dent in me, at tiJat--hut say, just look at the qllal-ity of 'em! \Vhy, you could pass one of 'em throllgh a finger ring~look here!' and he tries the trick, and is tickled foolish when it really comes out that way and he gets by with it. "She almost ,veeps in hel- delight over his artistic taste, and that's how oodles of married chaps who live out of town during the heated spell grow into sizers. There's many a \V0111allin this to\Vll wearing' $3 hosiery of the silkerillo kind as a regular everyday thing who never knew what it was to stake herself to anything better than the mixed lisle-and-cot-ton seventy-five-cetlt kind until she'd trained her husband 1nto be<'.om.i.ng a sizer. "And it's only a step from gloves and stockings to waists and skirt>; and kimonos. and even hats. "The sizer traipses right along to his doom, and belore long he has, duly tabulated in his little notebook, the sizes of everything that his wife wears. \\Then he gets it as pat as this he's trained for fair. "Passing by a window in \vbich there is a swell display of waists, he sees one that it strikes him would look mighty well on his wife~and it's only fair to say, when it comes to that, that most men nowadays have a corking right and good idea as to what'll look well on their wives. "He stops and looks and rubbers and begins to figure on the size of the bundle in his pajams. ,I 'Eighteen bucks for that waist, hey?' he say,,; to himsclf. 'Why, that is like robbing the firm~cheap as dirt B'lieve I've got twenty-two in my kic.k now, and I gl,ess I wo\.\ldn't make a hit for myself if J'd edge into the flat and toss that waist at the wife. J llst her color, at that. Let's see, she wears a thirty-six waist,' and then nine times 011t of ten, he shoots into the store and cops out the waist, even if the giv-ing up of the eighteen scads entails a number of genuine sac~ rifLces on his part. "You see, a fellow doesn't mind making a whole heap of sacrifices as long as he gets a lot of praise for it. When he carries the waist home, his wife immediately calls in all the women of her acquaintance from the other flats and spreads the wa1st out and shows it to 'em and tens 'em that her hus-band picked it out all by his lonesome, and asks them if they don't think he has the most artistic taste ever. "The other women plug the game along by saying that the waist is just grand, and say that 'deed they wished their husbands would fetch things home that way, declaring, how-ever, that they, the other husbands, never think of sllch a thing. It must be so lovely to have such a thoughtful hus-band~ and one wbo has stich a clever eye for effects, toO-perfectly marvelous, they think it. Hov.·.. in the world did he know what size to get? " 'Oh, says the sizer's wife, 'Jack know,,; the size of every-thing I wear; and the dear old chap is forever fetching home the loveliest things.' "During all of which the sinr sits or stands around the flat, taking it all in, but trying not to look so self-conscious, but puffed out, at that, to the enlls of his fmgen; over the ten-strike he's made. "The wife of the trained sizer gets him to design hel-gowns for her after she has him thoroughly seasoned. She tells him that she's given lip trying to arrang'e the details of pretty froch for herse1f~his judgment is so infallibly supe-rior to hers, and the things that he has designed have always attracted so much attention and approval. "Vv'hen a ".-oman gets a man to believing that he's a star drcss designer, his condition is hopeless. There's no cure for him, "She knows exactly what she wants, and by gradual stages. but making him believe aU the time that he's the whole plant and doing it all himself, she leads him around to expressing his preference for exactly the thing that she wants, and then it's all over. She gets the frock that she has made up her mind to have, and he gets the credit of having de-signed it, the poor jay. "The sizer like, ...i.se picks nut his wife',,; hats. That is to say, she g-oes to her regl1lar hat place and picks out the hat she wants and then, a day or so later, she tells him that she needs a oev\! hat, but that she wouldn't think of selecting one unless }le accompanied her-she always made such a dismal hash of picking out a ,,;atisfactory hat without his judgment to go hy. "Thcn she leads him to the hat that she has already picked out and had put aside, and she tries it on with little exclama-tions ot delight, and tel1s him that it's just the kind of a hat that he's always been so fond of. For that reason alone, she says, she'd like to have it~tbe hats that he picked out for her always grew 011 her so, she goes on~but of course the price is ridiculously high-she wouldn't think of paying such a flg·ure. for a hat, even if he was such a dear as to be cra;,:y for her to have it, and~-- " 'That'll be all right about the price,' he says, pompously, thel1. 'That's the lid I've picked out for you, and that's the one yOU are going to take, see? You don't know a swell-looking top·-piece when you see it, my dear. That's a babe of a looki.ng hat on you, and I guess I can stand for the ptlce~ that end of it's up to me, anyhow.' "And she cops out the hat of his selection. "There isn't anything much easier than a trained and sea-soned sizer extant 110W that the green-goods come-oas have got wise." "Pa" Was Annoyed. Tile head of the family, with his beloved sweet-briar and his favorite maga;,:ine, had settled back in the rocker for a quiet, comfortable evening. On the other side of an intervening table ..v..as the minia-ture coullterpart of himself, the wrinkling of whose eight-year- old forehead indicated that he was mentally wrestling with some perplexing problem. After awhile he looked tCHvarri his comfort-loving parent. and, with a hopeless in- Aection, asked: "Pa?" "Yes, In)' son." "Can the Lord make everything?" "Yes, my boy." ,.Every everything?" "There is nothing! my son, that He cannot do." "Pava, could he make a clock that wOltld strike less than one?" "Now, Johnny, go right upstairs to your ma, and don't stop down here to annoy me when I'm reading." Johnny went and wondered still. Heyman, of Grand Rapids, assures the readers of the Incal newspapers that their "homes can be nicely furnished," and continues as follows: "There is no reason why it shouldn't be. Don't poke along without home comforts. Yon don't have to. It's a mistaken idea that one has got to have a lot of money to have a pretty, pleasant bome. We've furnished thousands of 'em--furnished them right, too; treated our customer:=>right; they stick by us year after year. 'vVe wOl-lldlike to furnish your home. Vie would like to treat yOll right. Just renlember when yOll want something for home to give this store an opportunity to make good. V\.'e'll charge it, yOu know." . 9 Sweeper occupies a distinct positiou iu the trade, that it is beyond comparison; that it is the only carpet sweeper for which there is a general demand, the only sweeper ever advertised extensively to the consumer, and the only sweeper ever sold under a sound, sincere, fixed policy, we present facts entirely familiar to both the trade and consumer and clearly attested by the volume of business we do (fully 80 pet cl of the world's output of sweepers). Write for Christmas offer, the most liberal we have ever made. Claims for Superiority not supported by public approval and public demand for the product advertised, are worse than misleading, and necessarily harren of results. ',' .• .• BRANCHES: New York (Eastern Office, Salesroom and Export Department) 25 Walren Street. London, Eng. (Office and Warehouse) 38 Wilson Streel. Fimbury. E. C. Toronto Canada (Office and Factory ) 18.20 Pearl Street. Paris, France (Office and Factory) 42 Rue des Vinaigriers. BISSELL CARPET SWEEPER CO. Grand Ra.pids, Michigan, (Largest Sweeper Makera in the World.) ESTABLISHED 1873. When we Say BISSELI.:S BISSELCSi}rcO' ~OMENDE:SIRE: ;Jf ~ }~ ~ ,1~\ ,,~\'. , are our specialty Write to us at once for our new and beau-tifullyillustrated Cata-log, showing Dressers and Chiffoniers 0 I ongID~ des~ made in Oak, Birdseye Maple and Mahog-any; ~o Plain and Quartered Oak Chamber Suites. Everything except Plain Oak goods are Polished. Empire Furniture Company JAMESTOWN, N. Y ICatalog free THE NEW BANQUET TABLE TOP as well as offi<e, Dining and Direclors' "i~Thhi; ~ _~':;1~ -_ =- ::- f , ~",~'-':.:r~~" ~ Tables Stow & Davis Fumiture Co. Grand Rapids, Mich. w.rite for Catalogue. Get 1lUIlp)es 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 Resorts. . . . • We also manufacture BrasllJ, Trimmed Iron Beds, Spring Beds, Cots and Cribs in a larl{e variety. . . . Send for Catalogue and Prices to Kauffman Mfg. Co. ASIlLAND, 01110 L ~ Talks with Sojourning Buyers in Chicago. R. E. \\filkinson of the Ullery Furniture company, Ros-well, New :Mexico, was one of the buyers from the south-west who visited this furniture market the latter part of Sep-tember. ""\fI.,'ehave had a very good season of trade," said he. "in fact, we afC having a boom down aUf way. OUf sec-tion has, until a few years ago, been a desert country, but about ten or twelve years ago artesian ·wells WCfe discovered at Roswell, am\ recently about thirty-five or forty miles south {lows have been struck from artesian ""ells fUllning; from eight to ten thousand gallons a minute. This, of course, has been a discovery which is developing that section marvel-ollsly. The c1inwte is similar to that of California, with' the exception that it is a dryer one. The soil is one of the best in the world, and the conditions are such as to make it a great fruit country. Immigration bureaus, backed by the Sant<1 Fe railroad, are sending excursions do\vn our way twice a month, each excllfsion bringing in from two hundred fifty to five hun-dred persons. The country clown there is also immensely good for grazing- pLltposcs. "\Ve are operating three stores: one at Roswell, which has a population of seven thousand; one at Artesia with a population of two thousand; and one at Carlsbad whose population is thirty-tlve hundred. Artesia and Carlsbad are both new to\,.illS, the first named having sprung up in the last two years. At all of our stores \'ve arc handling a high class of furniture, also stoves and rugs, and arc in the undertaking business also. At Artesia we are just building a new three story building, fifty by one hundred in size, with plate glass front. At Roswell we are abollt to build a warehouse, fifty by one hundred and fifty, \'.·.h. ich is to be completed in ten months. All three of these towns are provided with electric light plants. Roswell has a \'.·.e.ekly and a daily; Artesia one weekly, and Carlsbad three weeklies." B. E. Seaver, of Seaver & Bush, Tecumsch, Neb., was in th'e. Chlcago furniture market the last week in Septemher. "\Ve are a new concern." said Mr. Seaver, "having just bought out A. A. Simpson. \Ve are ruuning a furniture and hardware business and OCCllPYa store forty-eight by eighty, and also have a work room twenty-four by forty.. I have been in the drug store busincss for twenty-five years, and will retain my interest in the same, but expect to devote my time to the fllrniture and hardware business hereafter. My partner, Mr, Bush, has been a mail carrier for several years. Tecumseh has a population of three thousand and is, in my opinion, located ill the garden spot of the world. Vife are in a corn and ..v.heat country and the crops this season are fine and will be the biggest we ever had in Eastern Nebraska." Geo. J. Spmr, of the East Chicago Hardware company, East Chicago and Indiana Harbor, was seen at one of the furniture exposition buildings on the 28th ult. "Trade has 11 been pretty fair with us. "'V'vT e can't complain at all. Business is better than it ought to be for the time of year," said he. "Although judged by the name you would think our company only in the hardware business. Wc have worked out into the furniture business in our store in Indiana Harbor. We have built a new store at the latter place. We started the con-struction of it on August 1st and completed it on the 15th ult. It is sixty-five feet square. We own the property ad-joining it and figure building on that also. Indiana Harbor Adverlising design s\1~g-estedby the Four Leaf Clover. is only three years old and, although not generally known, it is the fourth ward of Chicago. It is a good factory town and includes such conce:ms as the Ill1nois Steel company; ace· ment factory operated and owned by this company alone em-ploys seven hundred men at Indiana Harbor. \lv' e organized a business mcn's as:,ociation about 1\\'0 months ago and, al-though we arc saying' nothing for publication, arc getting after some matters that demand immediate attention. East Chicago is all right but is dipping too much' into politics lately." \tv. F. Iv'lorgan, of Hebron, Ind., one of the furniture deal-ers from the Hoosier State; looked over the Chicago furniture on the 2Rth ult. He said: "Our bLlsiness has been established for three years. \Ve are in the fttrniture and hardware busi~ ness and have found trade good this year until the present time. Just now things are <luiet. Hebron is a small town of nine hundred population and is located in an agricultural dis-trict." IF YOU HAV E NEVER T R lED OUR RUBBING AND "POLISHING DETROIT FACTORY VARNISHES CANADIAN FACTO FlY YOU YET TO LEARN THE WHY NOT PUT IT TO FULL POSSIBILITIES OF THIS CLASS THE TEST BY GIVING US A TRIAL ORDER? HAVE OF GOODS NEW YORK BOSTON PHILADELPHIA BALTIMORE BERRY BROTHERS, LIMITED, VARNISH MANUFACTURERS CHICAGO ST. LOUIS CiNCiNNATI SAN FRANCISCO FACTORY AND MAIN OFFICE, DETROIT CANADIAN FACTOII:V WALKERVILLE, ONT. 12 Lightning Calculation Art Immense Aid in Business. phhaps a. majority of the American people think thosl:' who 'can figure quickly "in their heads" must be gifted with some kind of special talent in that direction. This is a mistake. Anyone can become an expert in this science jf he will give it attention. Much less study is re-quired than in any other branch of commercial learning, the rules' being few and simple and, once mastered, a little prac-tice wiJl put the student in possession of something that will be of the greatest value to him. Of course, there have been mathematical freaks, and smile of Wem were able to do things no one not specially gifted could even attempt. Such freaks are not common, however, and there are no instances of anything practical having been accomplished by them. CURIOUS TRICKS OF ARITHMETIC. Leaving the subject of freaks, there are a great many curious and valuable things connected with ordinary every-day arithmetic and used by all of us who are engaged in any kind i'of business, which ca.n be easily learned. If engaged in cleribl work, you will find much to aid you,.. If you are a younig man entering on a business career, you can better your! prospects. If you are a business man you can also profit; for a knowledge of the correct application of figures is a necessary adjunct to business, and you will be able to learJ things through this medium that are never taught in , . schools, but only in the course of business, most of them being purely inventions of the counting room and all ex-ceedingly important. Take the figuring of profits, for instance. The text books used in our schools certa.inly were never written by successful men of business. If they were, they would never contain such examples as the following: "A man buys a horse for $50 and sells him for $75, what percentage of profit does he make? Answer, fifty pet! cent." You will find in every arith-metic such examples. No more fatal and misleading ones were ever penned. They lead the student to think of the per-centage of profit in an entirely false manner and cause many busiqess men to think they are making much larger profits thanl they really are. This makes them prodigal of expense and bften leads to a failure, which, with a better knowledge of p~rcentage! could have been avoided. RIGHT WAY TO FIGURE PROFIT. Suppose a man to have in contemplation the sale of .a hors~ on the basis of the above transaction. A broker ap-proaches him and offers to conduct the negotiation. He asks a commission of thirty-three and one-third per cent. Now, the owner of the horse, having a profit of fifty per cent:in sight, agrees to this, and the broker having completed the transaction, renders a bill as follows: Sold one horse at. _ _. . .. $75.00 Commission, thirty-three and one-third per cent. .. ' .. 25.00 Due seller _ _.$50.00 The seller's books would show a profit of fifty per cent, entirely eaten up by a commission of thirty-three and one-third per cent. Not good figuring, is it? Still, that is the way nine-tenths of our smaller merchants figure, which fact often accounts for their being small. Now, there is only one way to figure a merchandise profit, and Ithat is one the sale, not the purchase. FnrI out what percentage of the sale is profit; govern yourself accordingly, and you will not go astray. Had the seller of the horse fol-lowed this rule, he would have found his profit to be thirty-three and one-third per cent, and would not have made the mistake of giving it all to the broker. There is a great mistake made in ever considering the profit as made on the investment or on the cost of an article. Some teachers dispute this statement, but let them ask any sllccfssfuJ wholesale merchant what he thinks, and see what he will say. Most of them hold that figuring that way pre- . eludes success. FIGURE PROFIT ON THE SALE. Always figure your profit on the sale. Then you will be on the safe side. To obtain the correct percentage of profit on any transaction subtract the cost from the selling price, add two ciphers to the difference, and divide by the selling price. Example No. I-An article costs $5 and sells for $6. What is the percentage of profit? Answer, sixteen and two-thirds per cent. Process-Six dollars minus $5 leaves $1, the profit. One dollar divided by $6, decimally, gives the correct answer-sixteen and two-thirds per cent. This operation is simple, and a knowledge of it being vital to anyone engaged in, or intending at any time to engage in, business, it should be carefully committed to memory and constantly borne in mind. Never figure a profit on the cost, but always on the selling price. Should you not know the latter, but wish to mark your goods at a certain per cent profit, subtract the per cent of profit you wish to obtain from 100. This will give yOll the relation the eost bears to the selling price. Example No.2-An article costs $3-75. What must it sell for to show a profit of twenty-five per cent? Answer, $5· Process-Deduct the 25 from roo. This will give you a remainder of 75, the percentage of the cost. If $3·75 is 75 per cent, one per cent would be five cents and roo per cent $5. Now, if you marked your goods, as too many do, by adding twenty-five per cent to the cost, you would obtain a selling price of about $4.69, or 31 cents less than by the former method. Which is right. When you take twenty-five per cent off the selling price, figured according to the first rule, you still have your cost intact. Take twenty-five per cent from the second sum, and see if the cost remains. Suppose two men engage in business and both essay mak-ing twenty-five per cent gross profit. One figures his profit according to the rule laid down in this lesson, and the other adds twenty-five per cent to the cost of his goods. Could they both show a gross profit of twenty~five per cent at the end of the year? GREAT MERCHANT SHOWS IGNORANCE. A large department store changed hands_ The goods in stock, to cover freight and other charges, were marked up ten per cent. They were sold at actual cost, but for con-venience sake were invoiced as marked. The inventory hav-ing been completed, Iladling remained to be ·d.one but take off the ten per cent. that had been added. The parties to the sale accordingly approached the ac-countant having the matter in charge with a request that this be done. The man of figures set about making an elab-orate calculation with this object in view, when he was ques-tioned by the seller as to what he was doing. "Reducing the goods to cost," he answered. "Nonsense! J Ltst take off ten per cent,' said the seller. "Do you want it done that way?" asked the accountant. "Why not?" said the merchant. "Well, just add ten per cent to a dollar and from the amount thus obtained deduct ten per cent and see if you have your original dollar left." The merchant saw the point at once and said no more to the man of figures, who was saving him more than $3,000 he would have lost and the buyer gained without either of them knowing anything about it, and all on account of a little lack of knowledge of percentage. Nearly every merchant tries to mark his goods at a cer-tain percentage of profit. In doing so he will find the follow-ing table valuable: To make 16 2-3 per cent, add 20 per cent to cost. . To make 20 per ccnt profit, add 25 per cent to cost. To make 2.; per cent proJ-lt, arid :1.1 1-3 per cent to cost. To make ;',3 1-3 per cent profit, add 50 ptr cent to cost. To make 50 per cent profit. add JOO per cent to cost. You can mark goods by the preceding rule, and ally time yOll deduct the rcrcentagc of profit you ·will have the cost left.-J. M. Stewart. Business Method and Common Sense. Business is business. as a general proposition. but some htlSinesses ?,X~ so little Eke other bU:"J-inessesas to require t1H:': evidence of an expert in applying the adage. A man knowing a business at one extreme of observation Hlll!:itprove a mis-erable failme at thc other extreme; and yet, after all, a broad husiness princillk would underlie S\K.cess in eithe.T case. Per-haps the broadest lines of distinction in bnsilless can be shown in comparing the business specialty which requires high profits on a few sales. and the business which seeks the maximum of transactions at the minitnum of protits. Ko one. sweeping, gcneral statement will apply in the comparisoll; a practical business application of common sense must govern the conduct of a business at either of these extremes. But there are some interesting and suggestive object lessons to be shown in either premises. For example, illustrative of the day of quick sales and small profits, there was ne\'er a time before when a newspaper route in a great ('ity was as valuable as it is now, and when it attracted to it such an adult, business-like set of newsdealers. Yet never before was there so small a profit in the handling of a single paper as now. Only a few years ago. compara-ti\' ely, daily ne.vspapers sold for five cents a copy and the whole business virtually was in the hands of the street arabs. Now, with papers selling at onc and two cents a copy, the business is in the hands of men, some of whom are owners of flat buildings and store buildings and other income properties. This condition is the resn1t of a recognition of business prin-ciples. Where a boy once sold fifty five-cent papers at a profit of one dollar the man has discovered that he may sell six hundred papers for one and two cents each at a profit of $3.50 to $4 a day. No more time is required for the selling day; the labor of handling the greater 11l1mber of papers is inconsequential; it is as well for the salesman to be busy as to stand idle on his corner. \Vhen the half-cent profits no longer a.ppealed to the small hoy without business method, the opportunity bad opened for the man who had stich method. METHOD MAKES SUCCESS. And it is tlle possession or the ab.sence of method in busi-ness which today is making success and failure in the world. For example. there is a small luncheon place on the edge of the dO\"lntowlt district in which the proprietor takes more than a lfH'.rccnary int("Test. It 1S a place so sman that were his patr(mage to grow in 11umbers to any extent it would force him to move. But he bolds the patrons that he has month after month, by catering to their wants with the bc:;t that the markets afford. As a 1:esn1t of this buying the best and serving it in the best manner. he is conducting the restau-rant business virtually at a loss; there is not enough profit in it to hold him there a month were it not for a cigar trade \,-,hich he has built up from a merely incidental side line. The cigar case was an afterthought to the business, but the pro-prietor himself is a judge of a good cigar and hc has a con-nection through which he can buy to advantage. TIlltS while he is making no money to speak of on his luncheon place his family is getting a good living from the cigar counter annex. One might ask, \Vhy doesn't he sell ont the restaurant, or give it a\"iay, and open a cigar store instead: The anS\"ler would be, Bccause he is a good business man. It is true that he stocked a cigar case simply as the necessary annex to his restaurant business, but when it develops that his restaurant 13 htlSiness has become only the annex to the cigar business he has too good a head on him to sacrifice tbis annex, which in reality is the entrance door for his cigar trade. Ag-ain, 011emight ask why this man doesn't open a larger place in a better trade neighborhood, serve twenty times more restaurant customers than he does, and with his slllall profits on meals mak(', hls pronts in the aggregate big enough hom the re!:itaurant itself? There aTe several reasons why he doesn·t. In the first place, small as his present rest an rant is, his own time enters largely into its conduct as a mere helper, \vhik at the same time his snpexvisioll over everything in kitchen and dining room has given the restaurant its distinct-ive character that holds his trade. In a larger place, making it impossible for him to be purchaser in person, cook by in-spection, l'.iaiter through vigilance, and entertainer of many of his patrolls through a long acquaintanceship, the man might be even a failure. His patrons go to the place because it is "so different," and to keep it different, he recognizes that he must have different surroundings and opportunities. Here is a man, however, who is making a success of a busi-ness \vhich has opportunity for only a few sales and small pcolits. JOHN HOWLAND. Wisdom Made Simple. I t was a bachelor who thought he would enjoy being frank with his wife. The trouble 'with a fool is that when he does know a thillg hedocsn't know t),at he knows it. \\That killed Tompkins was the biograph. In it he saw how he really looked when he was taking part in amateur theatricals-and no wonder. It's a nice thing to visit the widow in her affliction, but let's see you do it and keep the whole world from spotting yOu. It's funny, but the average woman is perfectly capable of heing de!',perately conscious-stricken over a past flirtation the while she is carrying all an exac.tly similar affair with a better looking man. When you find yourself desperately anxious to defend a woman from all other men, it is time to get out; you're the m'll] she needs defense from. There's a large number of people who know all about it he foreh and-afterward. There arc very many proper people who recite platitudes in much the same way that a motto says "God Bless Our Home." They kl10W very well it is worked in worsted on the outside of them a11(lunderneath they are just cardboard like the rest of us. Dodging A Dun. A bill colleetor called several times at a certain house for a little account and was informed on each occasion that "father ""as Ollt.' He noticed that as 50011 as he turned the corner into the street a small hoy playing in front of this particular house in-variably ran in. Next time he approached the hOL1!:ie from the opposite direction, surprising the youngster on the doorstep. "~ow, my little man," he remarked. "Father out as usual ?" For some seconds the youngster didn't reply. Then be suddenly blurted out the truth: "No, 'e ain't! An' shan't I ketch it! Vv'hich way did yl}U CaIne, mister?" Portsmonth, 0., eXlleds to sec.ure a new hun1ture fac.- tory in which W. D. Waite, A. J, Fuller and W. S. "Valker are interested. The hoard of trade is making a canvass to raise a $5,000 donatioll. The Parkersburg Mattress company, Parkersburg, \V. Va., are completing a new three-story brick factory building. r------ 1 14 ESTABLISHED 1880 PUBLISHED BY MICHIGAN ARTISAN CO. ON THE 10TH AND 25TH OF EACH MONTH OFFICE-2-2Q LYON ST., GRAND RAf:oIDS. MICH. ENTERED AS MATTER OF THE SECOND CLAS; We ask the indulgence of our readers on account of the delays occasioned by the strike of our compositors, in the mailing of recent editions of the Artisan. The compositors demanded an eight hour work day and nine hours pay, which was refused, when they walked out. \\re are filling our shops with non-union meo and hope to have 'all departments of the Artisan and the '''hite Printing Company in full operation, running smoothly SOon. The strike required almost a suspen-sion of work in oUt business and editorial departments. "c. M.." Alderman Harry and the "Old Man" laid off their coats and entered the composing room to take up a trade they h'ad learned years ago. They are still giving the greater part of their! time to the printing department. In the meantime we ask our friends and patrons to have confidence jn our pluck and patience with our mistakes. On October 26 a convention of delegates representing many trades will be held in Chicago for the purpose of taking action to impress upon Congress the extent and persistence of th'e demand of the peopIte of all parts of the country for legislation outlined in the President's last annual message to Congress in the following language: "The Interstate Com:'" merce Commission should be vtsted with the power, where a given rate has been challenged and after full hearing found to bJ unreasonable, to decide, subject to judicial review, what shall be a reasonable rate to take its place, the ruling of the commission to take effect immediately and to obtain unless and untll it is reversed by the court of review:' It is almost impossible for comrnerc·jal travelers to do any business in Para, Brazil. The license costs $426.II and prior to its payment the salesman has to pass his goods, samples and ~atalogues through the custom house. This takes from a we~ekto ten days. The avowed object of the regulations is to c~mpel foreigners desiring to do business in that state to appoint local native business agents, to whom all goods shall be consigned and who alone shall sell the goods. Virtually the foreigner is expected to furnish the means for setting up the Paraans in business. "It is so simple that a child can open or close it," is an ex-pression used so frequently by advertisers that it would seem that the poor infant is liable to be worked to dcath. Besides, some of the articlcs of utility which the child is expected to open are so heavy and cumbersome that a c.hild would require the strength of an able bodied man to open or close them. Oth~r comparisons might be used just as effectively and the chil4 given a rest. \Vhy not try this comparison for a change? It is so simple that a charge of dynamite, when ex-ploded, would open it. \Ve reproduce on another page an advertisement of a prize distribution house, operating in Chicago, to enable many read-ers of the Artisan to learn how the scheme is worked. One of the greatest dangcrs to the trade of legitimate dealers is the method of doing business revealed in the adlrertisement reprpduced, which is running in several of the low priced journals for women. "No first payment required," is the interesting headline employed by W. H. Keech & Co., of Pittsburg, in an adver-tisement published recently. "Yat1 can furnish a home at Keech's without $1;'·' is the equally interesting statement that follows. The paragraph continues: "Some one said-'lt is unreasonable to undertake to construct a house with no ma-terial excepting one brick.' Vlcll, you can furnish a home at Keech's without a dollar in your pocket. We believe the workingman has a right to credit as well as the man with thousands of dollars, and we recognize th-is right by offering credit to all. \Ve simply take your word that you will pay us a little each week as you earn it, and we endeavor to make the terms suit you. It's a new way of granting credit: differ-ent from the old~line installments you may have had experi-ence with. It's equitable, straightforward, dignified. Come in"-let us talk it over-not necessary to buy." An unexpected demand for an outfit for a home was created in 1'Iarion, Ind., recently \Vhen P. L. Kratzer and wife returned from a visit to friends in the Indian Territory. On entering their home after their return to Marion, Ind., they found it as devoid of valuables as an oil well run dry. The occurrence woke up the dealers of Marion and the competition instituted for supplying the new outfit was lively. No clew to the thieves had been discovered to date. A tempting offer to trade is made by the Reliable Furni-ture company to th'e people of Indianapolis. An advertise-ment published in the daily newspapers of that city reads as follows: "Buying furniture at the Reliable is merely a matter of selection. The payments take care of themselves. A wood carver busily engaged in carving a beautiful figure stationed in a large show window of the Lederer Furniture company, Cleveland, 0,. attracted large crowds and furnished a model and inexpensive advertisement. The Leader (department store) of Pittsburg, Pa., have added a furniture department. V. Jason, the buyer, would be pleased to meet representatives of the manufacturers. If the mattress makers on strike in New York stay out long enough the people will have to stand up for them. Buying at Home. It h'as always seemed to us that the cry «buy at home/' was one -which should be used with fear and trembling. What if the other fellow takes up the slogan? Would not the result be that every little eommunity would 1?ecut off from the rest of the world, living unto itself exclusively? We believe that our people should patronize our h·orne industries all they can. But we want other people to come to us and patronize oUr industries as well. The fact of the matter is that people will do the best they can, whether at home or abroad. The mer-chant to succeed must have something besides th'e warcry quoted above to establish and maintain himself.-Portland (0.) Tradesman. Death of Mrs. Clara Morley. After undergoing an operation at the Butterworth Hospi-tal, Grand Rapids, recently, Mrs. Clara Morley, a lady widely known in the furniture manufacturing trade, sustained a shock which resulted fatally. Mrs. Morley had long been engaged in the lumber trade, succeeding her father and later her brother in the business. The De\Vitt-Seitz company will open a large furniture store in Duluth, Minn., next month. Th'e Willis-Smith-Wells company have opened a large stock of furniture in Norfolk, Va. Our Oak and Mahogany DINING EXTENSION TABLES Are Best Made, Be~lFinished, Best Values, All Made from Thoroughly Seasoned Slock No. 434 Dining Table Top 54:x54. Made in Quartered Oak and Mahogany, Full Pol-ished. Nickel Casters . LENTZ TABLE CO. NASHVILLE, MICHIGAN. 7IR'T' IIS'JIL'J iF;;;; 7'$· EXCUSES Are often accepted as a matter of courtesy, but seldom wil1- iug!)', and neVtT 50 when they are needless. /\nnoyances and troubles that might easily be avoided should never be thrust upon others with a begging-to-be-eXcllsed by the guilty party. In conversing with a very ~','ealtlfy gentlcIltan from Kansas C,ty, not long since. the conversation turned to furniture, as he h~d reccntly built a magni(lcent twenty-eight room hOl1se. He aired his troubles by saying that he had not been able to 15 frequently get loose or come off, marring th'e furniture. The find furniture in which the drawer pulls or knobs did not "Rotary Style" for Drop Cal'Yinas. Emllossed MOlJldinv. Panels, Ele. writer .said to him, "Your troubles and annoyances along this line are needless. You have only to insist that the furniture merchant you patronize shall demand of the manufadurers that they fit up all the furniture you buy of him with the Tower patent fasteners (made only by the Grand Rapids Brass company, Grand Rapids, Mich.,) and as they cost the manufacturer nothing, and the dealer !lathing, there is no reasonable excnse for his not furnishing you with furniture wherein the trimmings will be as firm as the furniture itself, without a pOE,sibiJity of their ('ver getting ioose." A copy of the }\{ichigan Artisan was given him, containing an illustra-tion of the Tower Patent Fastener, as shown in the above cut. He was very much' pleased, and said he would, on re-turning to his home, call on the merchant, show him the illus-tration and demand to know why his huyer had not pur-chased goods from factories using the Tower Patent Fastener instead of the other kinds, and c.ausing him so much annoy-ance and trouble. These little fasteners do the business; cost nothing to anyone except the Grand Rapids Brass company, who charge nothing for them, but simply "use them for bait," as it were. to increase the sales of their goods. And every expectation reg:nding them has been an is being fulfilled EmDossino and DrOD Garvino Ma6hin6S Machines for a II purposes, and at prices wit h in the reach of all, EveryMachine has our guar-antee against breakage for one year UNION EMBOSSING MACHINE CO. INDIANAPOLIS, IND. "Lateral Style" for I.arge Caoacity Heavy CarvIngs and Deep Embossinos We have the Machine you wallt at a satisfactory price. Write for descriptive circulars. l Anol~er "American" Vidoij 15 the Triumph of our No. 99 Reclining Rocker '''Wylie'' Adjustable Chairs and Rockers "SIMPLY PULL UP THE ARM.S" A TRADE: A TRADE: Our61G Our BIG CATALOG CATALOG for your for your Little Little Postal Postal No. 19 MimOD Rock$' Prices and Goods "will do the rest" ~ lU[ AM[UKAn ("AID (OMPAnT Seymour Indiana No. 124 Library Chair When it comes to Leather Furniture, §2Jtality Tells. Good Leather work is in demand, and selling better every day. Dealers should satisfy themselves that they are selling Reliable Leather. Buyers of Leather Furniture expect it to wear a life time. If the Leather is right, uphol-stering properly done, frames built as they should be, it will last a generation or two. Our "RELIANCE" brand is the best natural grain Furniture Leather we have ever been able to find, and we guar-antee it to give satisfaction. Our New general Catalog No. 17 shows a large Dum-ber of Couches, Davenports, Adjustable So&'s, and Sofa Beds in RELIANCE Leather. It is free to dealers. Jamestown Lounge Co. Speciali5tS in tbe Manlifaaure f!f Leather Furniture JAMESTOWN, NEW YORK -_.~ "Tales of th'e Road." The helping hand is often held out by the man on the road. Away from home he i~ dependent uJlon the good will of others; he frequently has done for him an act of kindllcss' be is ever ready to do for others a deed of friendship 0; charity, Road life trains the heart to gentleness. 1t carries with it ."0 many opportunities to help the needy. Seldom a day passes that the traveling salesman does not loosen his purse strings for some one in want--no. not that; he carries his money in his vest pocket. Doi11g one kind act brings the doer' such a rich return that he does a second generous deed, and soon he has tbe habit. The liberality of the traveling man does not consist wholly of courting the favor of his merchant friel1ds·-he is free with them but r:nainlv because it is his natmc. It is for those frOtH wl;om he nev~r expccts any rcturn that he does the most. SAMARITAN OF THE GRIP. A friend of mine once told this story: "It was 011the train traveling into Lincoln, Neb., many years ago. Jt was near midnight. It was, I believe, my first trip on the foad. Just in front of me, ill a double seat, sat a pOOf woman ..v..itb three young children. As the brakeman called: 'Lincoln the llext station! Ten mill utes for lunch!' J noticed the woman feeling in her 'Pockets and looking all around. She searched on the scats 311don the floor, A companion, Billy Collins, who sat beside me, leaned over and asked: ':Madal11, have you lost something?' "Half crying, she replied: 'I can't find my purse-l want to get a cup of coffel'; it's got my ticket and money ill it, and 1'111 going through to Denver.' "'\Vc'lI help you look for it.' said Billie. "We searched under the seats and up and down the aisle, but could not find the pocketbook. The train was drawing near Lincoln. The poor woman began to cry. WIDOW LOSES HER MITE. "'1t's all the money I've got, too,' she said, pitifully. 'I've just lost my busband and I'm going out to my sister's in Colorado. She says .I can get WOrk out there. I know I had the ticket. The man took it at Ottumwa and gave it back to me. And I had enough money to bny me a ticket up to Central City, where 111ysister is. They won't put me off, will they? I k110\'I'I had the ticket. If I only get to Denver I'll be all right. I guess m-y sister <:an send me money to come lip to her. I've got enough in my basket for us to eat until she does. I can do without coffee. They won't put me off wi--ll--?' "The woman couldn't fi11ishthe sentence. 'One of the hoy-··Fergtlson was his name-who sat across the ';;sle beside a wealthy looking old man, came over. 'Don't yOu ,,,,orry a bit, madam,' said he. 'You'll get through all right. I'll see the conductor.' The old man, a stockholder III a big bank, 1 aftet\ivard learned-merely twirled his thnmbs. THREAT TO EJECT THE ORPHANS. "The conductof came where we were and said: 'Yes, she had a ticket ""v'henshe got on my division. 1 punched it alld handed it back to her. That's all I've got to do with the matter.! "'But,' spoke up Collins, 'this woman has just lost her 1111sbancland· has11't any money either. She's gOi11g through to Colorado to get work. Can't you just say to the next conductor t1lat she had a ticket and get him to take carl' of her and fass her on to the !lcxt division?' "'Guess she'll llave to get off at Lillcolll,' answered the conductor, grumy. 'OUf ordel's are to carry no one 'without transportation.' All railroad men have not yet learned that using horse sense and being polite means promotion, "The poor woman began to cry, but my friend Billie said: 'Don't cry, madam; you shall go through all right. Just stay right where you are.' .7IR'T' I >5' ..7I.l'\I , g e :z:aa;f'" 7 T *' 17 COLLINS CALLS THE CONDUCTOR. "The conductor started to move on. 'Now, you just hold on a minute,' said Collins. 'When this train stops you be right here-right here, I say-a.nd go with me to the superin-tendent in the depot. If you don't, you won't be wearing those brass buttons mtlch 101lger. It's your business, sir, to look after passengers in a fix like this, and I'm going to make it my business to see that you attend to yours.' "The conductor was lots bigger than my friend; but to If coward a mouse Eeems as big as an elephant, and 'brass hut· tons' said: 'All right, I'll be here; but it won't do no good.' "As the conductor startc,d down the aisle, Ferguson turned to the woman and said: 'You shall go through all right, madam; ho\'I' much money did you have?' "'Three dollars and sixty-five cents,' she answered-she knew what she had to a penny-$J.6S. And I'll bet she knew where every nickel of it came from! A crt1el old world this to SOme people, for a while! CHIP IN FOR THE WIDOW. "The train had whistled for Lincoln. Ferguson took off his hat. dropped in a dollar and passed it over to Billie and me. Tl1e\1 he went dm.'.m the aisle, saying to the boys, 'Poor woman, husband just died, left three children, going to hunt work in Colorado, lost purse with ticket and all the money she had.' He came back with nearly enough silver in the hat to break out the crown-$I8!/'· ' "'\Vill you chip in, colonel?' said Ferguson to _the old man who had been his traveling companion. ' "'No,' answered the old skinflint, 'I think the railroad company ought to look after cases of this kind.' "'\\-'ell,' said Ferguson, snatching the valise out of his seat -I never saw a madder fellow-'we've enough without yours even if you are worth more than all of LIS. You're so stingy I won't even let my grip sit near you.' GETS PASS AND $18. "vVhen the train stopped at Lincoln Billie and Ferguson took the C(mductor to the superintendent's office. They sent me to the lunch counter. I got back first with a cup of coffee for the mother and a bag for the children. But pretty soon in bolted Billie and Ferguson. Billie handed the woman a pass to Denver a11dFergusoll dumped the $18 into her lap. ,; 'Oh, that's too much! I'll take just $3, and give me your name so that I can se11d that back,' said the woman, happier than anyone I ever saw. "But we all rushed away quickly, Billie saying: 'Oh, never mind our names, madam. Buy something for the chil-dren. Good-bye. God bless you!"-C. 1\T. Crewdson. A Point Overlooked. There is 01le reason, which is frequently overlooked, for manufacturers withdrawing a design which has proved a good scller and woulrl continue so, The reason is especially inci-dent to an advancing market. Say that during one season a particular dresscr l~as been much sought after. Materials, labor and other e~·penses are advanced, and the manufacturer lllust advance the price of the dresser in order to. s<il.vehim from loss, owing to the increased cost of production. Now, tlle dresser has \~een retailed at a certain price and the con- Sl1mers know the article and the price. It would be eql1iva-lellt to losing a sale for a retailer to ask a consumer more for the same piece than the customer's neighbor paid for it. Yet be lllllSt 3dvance the prices if the manufacturer makes him pay more for it. The easiest way out of the difficulty is for the making of the dresser to be dropped and something to retail at the same price sl1!;stituted, which beillg con-stcucted at less cost, can be sold at the old figure, or if of jll."lt as expensive constructioll. can be sold at an advanced price. because it is a new desigl1. A pound of "that tired feeling" is not as valuable as an ounce of gct-up-and-get. ~-- Best Selling Up-to-Date VALLEY CITY DESK COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. No. 557 OFFICE DESKS In the Market. The Profitable kind to buy 1 Hence the Profitable ones to Sell. YES! We are the only specialists in the manufacture of Office Desks in Grand Rapids. Why not drop a postal card for our new fall Cal:alogue-? Mailed '0 dealers only. Mention Artisan. Strong Construction has been the ATLAS hobby for twenty years. Some of the most ex-acting buyers in the country have been con-tinuous purchasers of ATLAS goods during all of that period. This demonstrates that the designs and prices have always been "right," as well as indicating satis-factory and pleasant business relations. ATLAS FURNITURE COMPANY, Jamestown, N. Y. Jobs and Salaries. Increasing the salary of a man at a certain desk is a serious proposition beyond its first aspect. No matter how deserving may be the individual who has benefited by the increase, no person ever before in the position got as much and in all }lrobabillty no pen;on ever again may earn as much in the placc. But this increase in salary of an individual al-ways thcreaHer attaches to the position itself, and to promote a man to a vacancy in sllch a place, cutting the. pay, is at once a dash of cold water and profound disconragement, ·writes John E. Howland. It is always easy to raise a salary and always hard to CLltit In many a position in the bnsillcss world thc ill effects of a phenolnenally largc salary paid to a phenomenal employe in that work have gone down the linc to a dozen after employes, making dissatisfaction for every one. of them. "Oh, yes; this position used to pay thirty per ccnt more than it pays now." How many persons hearing this plaint eyer needed to have it illterpreted further? I twill bc granted that most employes ar~, looking; O\\t for larger salaries alld greater profits. It may be overlooked by the average employe that the employer's one recourse in this direction is in clltting salaries, getting larger returns from his employes in service received, or at least in keeping salaries at their fixed levels. All this applies necessarily to the avcr-age salaried employe who has more or less a fixed routine and work; it is scarcely ·within 11i5powers by evcn Titanic efforts to increase his employer's income tlntil an increase in salary wilt appear a bagatelle; the opportunity to accomplish such results is further up the line of promotions. H,(', is in the position of doillg the fixed work that scores and hundreds of thousands may do almost as well for as little and for even less money; be is one of the many who lllllst work for as little as they will in order that the employer can pay the few as much as they demand. To the young person in business life who is considering a change of employers and not of employment, his own "\vel-fare must be of first COllseql1enceto him; he will be allowed the privilege of considering it unless he shall altow himself to stoop to underhand methods. Let him be weB assured of his own reasons for change, and in this it should not be for-gotten that money is frequently a poor measure of the de-sirability. There are positions in the business world so full of opportunity that individuals adapted to them might well afford to take the placcs without salary. Yet more places than these ,,,,·illnumbel· have flattened out in the hands of the workers. These are the mcn who are asking, \-Vhy do I not have a bigger salary? It is a, trllism passed into triteness that a man in a posi-tion can get a job easier than a man who is out of one. There arc several reasons for it. First, an employer is inclined to ask tbe applicant why he left his last place; he would rather have a man step from an established place into the vacancy in his OWI1 house, and for this reason more men seek the new place before letting go the old. Again, (me of the best pos-sible lines for a young man to have out is a wide and agree-able circle of acqnaintance in his own field; these friends make the best of references and are the hest of advertisers for thc young man who may bc seeking betterment of his condition. But, in the main, the young man seeking new opportuni-ties wilt find individuality in the want advertisements a pay-ing venture. His efforts 1n that field may be made witllOut interfering with his duties where he is, and especially if he have a position as long as he may care to hold it, this mcthod of seeking new opportunities is wide and is comparatively inexpensive. If you got your position in a business wayan your busi-ness merits and are not tied down by contract, change when you will and when you are ready, beillg just to yourself; for in the widest sense in being just to yourself you cannot afford to be unjust to your present employer. 19 The Dining Room of the Past and Present. A backward glance into thc latter part of the eighteenth century gives us a contrasting view of the dining room of the past with that of the present. Thomas Sheraton, an English designcr of furniture, who helpcd to make that early period a famous one for the house-hold art of his country, described a "dining parlour" of his own furnishing as having "a large glass over the chimney-piece, with sconces for candles. At each end of the rOom a large sideboard nearly twelve fect in length, standing be-bveen a couple of Ionic columns worked in composition to imitate fine variegated marble. In the middle a large range of dining tables standing on pillars with' four claws each." The general style of fUfI1ishing, he concludes, "should be in sub-stantia! and useful things, avoiding trifling ornaments and unnecessary decorations." Sheraton's ideas and ideals for the dining room were in accord with those of other English cabinet workers,- Chip-pendale, Robert Adam and his brother, Heppelwhite and Shearer, each of whom contributed his individual tOllch to the diffel·cnt articles of fnrniture. A plain side table, without a drawer, was Chippendale's introduction to the sideboard that was invented in later years by Thomas Shearer. "This piece of furniture, by its great utility," said Heppelwhite, "procured for it a very general re-ception, and the conveniences it affords render a dining room incomplete without a sideboard." Sheraton and Heppe1- white, with its originator, lavished each his utmost skill on the construction of the sideboard, and with so true an art that our present generation returns to their models for in-spiration. The characteristi.c rnarks of the Sheraton sideboard are similar to the well-known lines of the Louis XVI furniture, both showing a reaction from the overloaded ornament of the earlier French reigns. The slender fluted or square legs, brass railings at the back, plain front and trim outline of the Sheraton sideboard have combined to make it, as some one says, "the acme of stability and refinement." To Heppelwhite the sideboard offer~d an opportunity not so much for creative work as for presenting for the need of the hour the patterns that were most in vogue at that time, with certain -practical devices of his own for interior arrange-ments. Our own careful contrivances fOf meal-time com"'" fort are not so startlingly new when we compare them with those that were provided for British homes of the eighteenth century by Heppelwhite. In the graceful serpentine front sideboard, with concave or convex doors, ornamented with delicate inlaid lines, therc werc drawers for storing table linen, compartments for wine bottles. and a slide to pull out to form an extra shelf for serving. A knife case, too, was also devised for the top of the sideboard, sOffi('.ti111eSmade of mahogany, sometimes shaped in copper that was painted and japanned •. Various accessories for the sideb(lard-coas&'rs on which to rest the decanters, spoon holders, tea chests and tea cad-dies, cellarettes or wi'1e coolers-were not overlooked in this period of house furnishing.-Alice M. Kellogg. The furniture firm of Kretsch & Kastner, New VIm, Minn., have dissolved partnership, \iVilliam Kastner pur~ chasing Mr. Kretsch's interests. Mr. Kretsch has prepared to condact a farniture store of his own. A lazy mall wins success quite as often as a hen lays a ..:ornerstone. The Eureka Manufacturing company, of Warren, 0., have met with wonderful success in their business of furnishing the furniture dealers with space~saving fixtures. There is no store too large or too small, or no dealer too rich oJ; too poor, to use some of these racks. They are indorsed everywhere and can be found from Maine to Texas. Ask for a catalogue. 20 ~tvLI9HIG7}-N , 7I~TI~*.tN ~ Exceptionally Good Values SOME SELECTIONS --- FROM THE HOLLAND LINE TERMS: 2 per cent. off 20 days 60 days net No. 520 Dresser-Golden Ash. Top, No. 520 Commode-Golden Ash. Top, 21x42. Pattern l\lirror, 24x30. Top pol- 20x34. Top polished. ished. Price. $4.00 SEND FOR CATALOGUE Price. $9..50 Holland Fumiture Company No,!S20 Bed-Golden Ash. Price $5.50 HOLLAND. MICH. J No. 214 Dresser Plain Oak. 25x:42Top. 2b28 Oval Mitror. Top Drawers Veneered. GLOSS FINISII, PRICE, $8.50 " ,I No. 33 Chiffonier Plain Oak. 20<l:3.TJ-op. Two Top Drawers Veneered. 14x24 Oval Mirror. PRICE, $7.00 Every Day Sellers w ITS THE PRICE THAT CUTS THE ICE TER.MS: 2 pel' Clent off 20 days Net 60 days F. o. B. LOGAN. OHIO MAIL ALL. .. ORDERS TO Snider Mfg. Co. LOGAN, OHIO No. 227 Dresser Plain Oak. 22x44 Top. 24x30 PalteTll Mirror. AUDrawers Veneered. GLOSS FINISH. PRICE, $10.00 No. 1 Commode Plain Oak. 20x34 Top, GLOSS FINISH. PRICE, $3.00 -- ------- ------------- The Rex (Inner Tufted) Mattress. (PATENT£O. TRADE MAkK REGISTERED.) The fact is NOW DEMONSTRATED beyond all doubt that the sale of ONE Rex Inner Tufted Mattress will cause inquiry sufficient to sell TWO and so it goes on growing and enlarging your business as ours has enlarged--OUR BEST TRADE. Write for our new booklet "The King of Tufts," and learn all about this Splendid Mattress. We furnish these beautiful little 20 page booklets to our cllstomers and licensed agents. Get our terms, prices, etc. Writeright now. Don't wait. A eard will do. Anything to show your interest PEORIA, ILL ST, LOUIS, MO. IHINNEAPOI,IS, .MIlv'1.V. Ll1'v'COLN, ILL. CHARLES A. FISHER ~ CO. 1302 Michigan Ave., CHICAGO, ILL. J The A. C. NORQUIST CO. ==========JAMESTOWN. N.Y.========== MANUFACTURERS OF DRESSERS AND CHIFFONIERS In Plain and ~f1rtered Oak, Mahogany and Birdseye Mdp!e. ~ ..==--.=-' PERMANENT EXHIBITS ~~~-AT---- Chicago and New York OUR NEW CATALOGUE SHOWS A MOST COMPLETE ASSORTMENT OF Dressers and Chiffoniers In QUARTERED OAK MAHOGANY VENEER BIRDSEYE MAPLE CURLY BIRCH Not a Sticker in the Line LIBERTY FURNITURE CO. JAMESTOWN. N. Y. r 24 THE "GREAT WHITE STORE" AT PEORIA. Schipper & Block's New Department Store Largest in Illinois Outside Chicago-Thirty-Seventh Anniversary. The recent completion and occupancy of the "Great White Store" by Schipper & Block at Peoria, Ill., marks an epoch in the history of a firm whose beginning, thirty-seven years ago, was in a small back room on a side street in Pekin. Honest, determined effort exercised in the right direction and coupled with enterprise and foresight, have brought the business to its present magnitude. The building is constructed of steel and white terra cotta. It is seven stories in height, with basement and sub-basement, giving 112,348 square feet of floor space. The framework of the building is steel, making it practically fire proof. Each floor is given individuality by being furnished in a different wood, such as dark baronial oak, colonial oak, maJlOgany, etc. The floors are of rock maple and rendered fire proof. The store is notable for the number of windows it contains, two-thirds of the outer walls being of glass. In the sub-basement is the massive machinery that generates the power to operate the elevators, drive the perfect ventilating appa-ratus and run the pneumatic cash carr'ier system. Through-lars surmounted by Grecian capitals. The furnishings are all in richest mahogany. In the rear is the observation plat-form, where are located the private offices of Henry and Fred Block and Theodore KuhJ, the desks of the firm's buyers, etc. On the second floor is located the shoe department, larger than many exclusive stores which deal in footwear only, the men's clothing department, musJin, underwear, cor-sets, children's wear, etc. Here also mahogany is the wood used in the fittings, with plate glass display cases for the finest grades of goods, their interiors lighted by electric globes. A feature is the baby outfitting room, where, entirely separated from the other departments, a mother may sit at her ease and buy every dainty necessity, and luxury for her little one, from top to toe. In the rear on this ·floor are the general offices, the credit and mail order departments and the great fire and burglar proof vault. The third floor is in mahogany. Two-thirds of its space is devoted to ladies' cloaks, suits, furs, waists and, in fact, all kinds of outer wear for women. There are numerous private fitting rooms. The millinery department is also here, with rooms for trying on, lined with mirrors, The millinery and read-to-wear alteration room are all in the rear, and there is provision for fifty work people. The fourth floor is given up out electricity is used for lighting-. Aside from the elevator system, broad stairways of slate oinnect the various floors, wJijch give further assurance of safety under all conditions. In addition, each floor is equipped with automatic sprinklers. The chief purpose of the sub-basement is the storage of sur-plus stock and power room. The hasement above is lIsed for a variety of purposes. In the rcar is the retail shipping and delivery service. In front are domestics, calicoes, muslins and goods of that class, a bargain section, candy, book and l"esser departments. EXTENSIVE MAIN FLOOR. But the main floor is the most spectacular. Here are twenty different departments for dress goods, silks, linens, men's furnishings, patterns, etc. Features which will be ap-preciated are the check room, the bureau of informatio·n, tel-ephone booths, mail facilities, etc. A special bargain depart-ment is located in the center. This immense room is eighteen feet high, the roof supported by sixteen round massive pil-i to carpets, rugs, wall raper, draperies, etc., and is provided with a workroom where carpet!; and other floor coverings are made up ready to ·lay. TWO FLOORS DEVOTED TO FURNITURE. The fifth floor is given up to furniture, where everything that goes to furnish the home, tables, chairs, beds, divans, de., in endless design and every style and price will be han-dled. The sixth floor is also devoted to the furniture branch of the business and the rear is partitioned off, containing the buyers' sample room and the advertising office. The seventh floor is a paradise of beauty. Its furnishings, like those of the floor below, are of old mission oak and leather. The tea room will scat ninety~four people in comfort and the menu will be served a la carte. Its- furnishings are of the German arts and crafts, dark green the prevailing color, and the furniture of dark baronial oak. The kitchen is fitted with gas ranges and the refrigerator room adjoining with white glazed tile. There is also an employes' dining room, not so richly fitted up, but .fitted with every convenience, where those of the working force who wish may eat their luncheons in comfort, The women's rest room adjoins the tea room. It is furnished richly with couches, rocking chairs, etc., provided with every requisite for the toilet. supplied with magazines, writing ma~ terial and other details of comfort and convenience. On the seventh floor. too, are the art g-allery, blown and cut glass, china, pottery, etc., shown to advantage in their dark, plate glass covered cases; also house furnishings. Toilet rooms and lavatories are 011 each floor, drinking fountains are con-venient and everylhing at hand which ingenuity can devise to make shopping a pleasure. Thelate John F. Schipper. There are numerous features aLOLltthe great store which it is. impossible to mention in detail. The women employes will wear a species of uniform, of black, l,vith linen cuffs and collars, Machines have supplanted the old method of stitch-ing previously marked price tags, on stockings, gloves and the like. Press a lever and by electricity the machine prints a tag cut from a long ribbon of cardboard, with the firm name, the size, the selling price, and fastens it by a wire staple to the goods, and all in an instant. An exchange desk on the first Boor provides for and prevents the discomfort and Henry Block. delay which sometinles occur in exchanging goods, An ice cold room has been provided in which for a trifling cost furs 25 may be stored and insured, safe frolll moths, and restored to you without the smell of camphor. In all the store is a mar-velously built and marvelously arranged mart, half <l hundred stores combined under one roof, a triumph of Peoria's enter~ prise, a monument to her commercial greatness. HISTORY OF TIlE FIR,,!. The firm of Schipper & Block hac} its birth in Pekin. The late John F. Schipper and Hemy Block entered into partner-ship in the winter of 1868, doing business in a single small room on l\'1argaret street in what was called "Smith's Row." The firm was as progressive in its way then as now and soon outgrew its quarters, moving in TR74 to the corner of Court and Third streds, where business wus carried ()ll 011 a larger Fred. Block. scale, ever increasing'. It was not many years until another move was made, this time to the corner of Court and Capital streets, which is today occupied by the parent store, Some seven 01' eight years ago the store was burned and nearly all of its contents ruined by fire or water. The debris had not ceased smouldering when plans 'were' being made for the handsome and commodious building which is its home today. In 1879 a store was opened in Peoria at 116 South Adams street, Frederick L Block and Theodore Knhl becoming in- Fred. Kube, terested in the business. The prestige and popularity of the firtn grew steadily, and five years later larger quarters were sought at Il8-I20 South Adams street, It was believed then " 26 there was room for all time to come._ hut the tide of traffic steadily rose, and in r8go another removal took place, to the Woolner building, which for fifteen years has been its home. Space was added in every available way, but the vast business was congested by lack of room, and as a result of necessity stands the mighty emporium with seven floors above the street and two below, giving three acres of spaCe. In 1893 the parent store at Pekin was .incorporated for $40,000 and jts lusty offspring in Peoria for $140,000, various stockholders becoming interested. A few months ago it was decided to still further increase the capital stock of the Peoria concern to $250,000. WOMEN DEALERS IN ANTIQUES. Business Attracts Them and Some Prosper at It. A business which many women of good family have taken lip within the last few years is that of the sale of antiques. They offer their customers old-fashioned furniture, pretty, quaint pieces of china, laces, silver, and even jewelry. One of the largest shops of the kind in New York is kept by a woman, and it represents her individual work, b11iIt up from a small beginning. She had the taste for it in the first place, and that is one of the essentials. \Vhen she came to New York to take up a profession her first thought was to make a pretty home for herself. She took a room and every spare minute she devoted to hunting for furniture to put into it. She had little money and she was obliged to bt1y old and worn pieces. That was some years ago, when such things were easier to get than they are now. She could not afford the money to have them put into shape, but having a knack with tools she did it herself, She scraped and cleaned and polished and was delighted with the results, The mania for buying possessed her, and in the desire for hunting for antiques she lost sight 'of her original object-an attractive room. Hers became ugly because it was filled with old things and resembled nothing so much as a junk shop. She sold some of her cherished possessions occa-sionally, because her friends wished them and it gave her money to buy more, Then she began to take orders for special pieces and made small commissions. In the mean-time, her health failed and she was obliged to give up her profession, and to her surprise she found that she had an-other business started, into which she went with enthusiasm. Now she has taken an old four-story house in' the heart of the city. The main floor has the appearance of a shop; the rest of the place is furnished as a house should be. There are the bedrooms furnished with high post tester bedsteads with their white draperies; there is a dining room and table which may have mahogany claw feet today and delicately curved little Dutch legs' the l1cxt, for the table is sold under one's plate, With the testc:r bedstead goes the lovely old Heppelwhi~e bl1fcau or chest of drawers; there is a mahogany sewing table with a qnaint little spool holder of mahogany standing upon it. Old china, laces and embroideries can be seeu. through the doors of the bookcases, and there are desks everywhere. One of the difficulties of being an "antique" woman is the demands mane by cllstomers for stories with eaeh piece of furniture. "'It is surprising;'" she says, "how even prosaic business men beg to know where the furniture they buy comes from, who owned it and why they were obliged to sell it." If the woman gave a story with all the pieces of furniture that she sold she would have to invent them, and there have I L been rumors that dealers in antiques conld not always be depended upon for perfect accuracy_ This particular one, however, declares that she made up her mind in the first place to be strictly honest and that it has paid, Occasionally an old bureau will be picked up which has solid front posts which can be carved and fifty per cent added to its attractiveness. It is annoying then to have a Cllstomer refuse it and know that s11e will go off and buy another which will be perhaps just the same thing with only one little lie attached. When the interest in the old mahogany first began to de-velop there was a chance for stories. Then buyers picked up furniture from their original owners. Now this is not often the casc, yet here and there wilf be a story, One piece of this kind is a highboy of light wood, which was bought of a woman in New York, who came to the shop in its early days offering a piece of furniture for sale. She was an English woman of cultivation, but it was easy to understand why she sold the furniture. She was shabbily dressed, "made up," and signs of drink were unmistakable, This highboy, she said, had been sent to her by her grand-father from Cardiff, Wales, when she was married many years before in England. It was an old family piece then. She had taken it to Canada and brought it to New York. The dealer went down to see it before she made the pur-chase. The woman was living in dingy little rooms on the lower East Side with one companion, a man, She made some money by writing when she was capable of it, but this was not often, and when she became desperately hard up she sold a piece of furniture. Finally one day the dealer went to hunt her up to see if there was anything else to sell, but the rooms wefe vacant. There should be many interesting things about the secret drawers of the desks, but secret drawers arc too well known now and have generally been ransacked, One desk that had belonged to an old Huguenot family, and which had been tucked away in an attic in an old house in Brooklyn, looked promising, There was a SIJace evidently filled for a scret compartment, but no sign of an opening. The back of the desk was removed and there was the drawer, to be sure, hut nothing was in it and the wood of the sides looked almost new. Another desk, whose previous history was not as well known, contained in its secret drawer, carefully wrapped in tissue paper, a pretty little cut glass sugar bowl, with a silver top and a little silver sugar scoop inside, Even the babies and dolls have antiques nowadays, Though babies are not supposed to be rocked there are many mothers who cannot resist the temptation of an old mahogany cradle with a hood at on~ end, An odd ~hing was one of these cradles for a doll. It was an exact reproduction of the large one, the top of the hood made with a shingled effect. A New York mother bought it for her little girL Another thing for a child is a little mahogany four post bedstead, which will have to be corded, for it was made before the days of 5Iats.~· S11n. HiJlman, of CJJkago, who added furniture to his stock of general merchandise a few months ago, is offering low grade goods at very low prices. A very good round top table with shaped carved legs in oak and mahogany is priced for $2.29; a box seat dining chair in quartered oak, with leather seat, for $r.c9; a round end, all glass front china closet, for $7.98; a handsome arm wood seat rocker, in oak or ma-hogany, for $1.89; a metal davenport for $3,g8; a commode, with towel rack, for $2.98; an iron bed, with one inch posts, for 8g cents, In addition to the above, Hillman offers "hun-dreds of attractive bargains," heart breakers for competitors. Hillman must have in his employ an able purcbaser of jobs. HOW TO HANDLE RAILROAD MEN. Sermon on the Text of "Jollying" by a Furniture Dealer Who. Has Had Experience. "How to Handle the Railroad Agent," was the topic of a lecture delivered in one of the hotel lobhies to an assembJag-e of furniture men by olle of the buyers who lives on the over- CTmvded branch line of a company which has a reputation for damaging goods in transit and delays in shipment. From the expre5sions of approval with which his talk was greeted it v"a.s evident that his methods appealed strongly to his auditors. His prescription for the evil "vas soft soap. which, he said, thought it "..'ould not cure the disease entirely, carne nearer being a specific thall anything else he had been able to find. "\\-'hen some shipment to me gets tied up some-where between the shipper and me," he said, "or when some piece or pieces of furniture arrive hearing the marks of care-less handling, I don't get mad and take it out of the agent at the end of the line. I used to, but I have learned hetteL Instead, I jolly him up a bit. If it's a case of delay, I tell him that it's probably none of his fanlt, which is nStlally tn,c; remark that the trouble must be with the poor man at the other end of the line, and ask him as a personal favor to pnsh the matter along whenever he gets a chance, and en-deavor to locate the missing shipment. Result, agent feels well disposed toward me for not taking it out of him for the railroad's fault and interests himself, not only as an official, but also as an individual, in getting my shipment to me as soon as possible, I'll admit that it isn't human nature not to get mad under the circumstances, but suppose yOu do get hot and give Mr. Agent a dressing down for the delay, which may and may not be his fault. Result, he feels aggrieved, gets warm under the collar, too, doesn't care a rap whether you get your goods between now and doomsday, makes a formal report of the circumstances to the next man along the line, and, satisfied that he has done all that is required of him, passes the matter up until the next man in line gets ready to report, instead of hringing pressure to bear on all the intervening parties, Result NO.2. Instead of being in continual hot water with the agent you are on friendly terms w1th him, and whenever any of those cases come up in ,'vhich the railroad people may, if they are so disposed, throw yard after yard of red tape around it, he will not only omit to add his share of the wrapping, but will even aid you to cut through the outer layers of the red tape and get right down to the meat of the matter with the proper authorities. Suppose a case of mirrors comes to you, as it recently did to me, with several of them broken in shipment, and a thoughtless employe opens the case and takes the mirrors out before he reports the breakage to you. Under the 'get mad' system the hostile agent comes in answer to your summons and tells you that the road is not responsible, as it should have been notifled before the mirrors "vere un-packed. Under the 'soft soap' regime you explain to the agent, he accepts your statement, sends in his report, 'Broken in shipment; recommend that the claim be allowed,' and yon get your money in half the time that yon would have if yOll had fought the case with the agent's report against yOlt. If a cheap table leg gets cracked, or comes loose in transit, or some other minor injury occurs, I don't make a $50 howl over a thirty cent matter, but -instead I wire to the lactory, get the part replaced in a day or so at an expense of about half a dollar, call on the agent and tell him: 'Never mind that report of breakage; I've got it all fixed ;l.od }'on can cross the matter right off your books.' \Vhercas, if you take the matter up with the railroad in the usual way, it will be a month or more before yOIl get any satisfaction and the expenditure of your time, patience and postage stamps wi\! sum liP about five times the cost of repairing the damage. I'll admit that it goes against the grain to grin and hear it, 27 when yOLl know it's all the blasted railroad's fault, but you'll find it cheaper to swallow your wrath and look cheerful." The sermon seemed to strike home, but as he pronounced the benediction, one of his auditors remarked: "I realize your system is all right, Joe, but the man who can apply it all the time can ,..,ire St, Peter his measurements for a robe of the latest cut, a pair of fine ".rings and a brand new harp, and ask 11im lo reserve a seat in the front row, right next to the man with the big bass dl·Llm,where he can flirt with all the pretty little angels in the. chorns. He's too good for this world."- LINGUISTS IN BUSINESS. Increasing Foreign Trade Developing Stenographers Who Read and Write Foreign Languages. Tl\.e nse of forejgn languages for c.ommercial purposes is a matter of great and increasing importance, as the growth of foreign trade from the United States promises a large new lle1d for them. The services of a young man or woman com-manding one or more of these languages are of distinct value in an exporting house. They may soon become well-paid foreign correspondents; or rise to the management of the foreign department, and perhaps be sent to foreign countries as a trusled salesman or agent. In the present state of foreign trade the Spanish is the leading langnage, coming as it does with the trade from Cuba, Porto Rico and the West Indies, the Philippines, South America, Mexico, and also from Spain. The almost universal knowledge of French makes it the next available tongue for business correspondence, and closely following come German, Italian and Portuguese, and after these, as the leading foreign languages in business correspondence, come the Rus-sian, Swedish, Norwegian, Dutch, etc. The merely literary translator finds difficulty at first in the commercial use of the languages on account of the trade expressions and technical terms peculiar to each line of business. Almost invariably the foreigner of intelligence, in writing a business letter, puts into it a good deal more of formality and of politeness, than does the American, at the same time putting more care into the penmanship and general appearance of the missive, If a business man indites a letter in a short, brusque manner, the translator, who realizes that it wilt go to a person where the formalities of life count for a good deal, has the opportunity to soften the diction and round out the sentences. In this manner the translator of foreign languages requires a more complete equipment than does the shorthand letter writer. BLlsiness methods in business languages are the otttriders of this foreign trade, and the necessity for linguists in han-dling it comes of the fact that foreigners generally insist upon writing letters in their own tongue and upon receiving replies that require no interpreter. They frequently live in small provincial towns or out-of-the-way places, far removed from anyone speaking the English tongue, so that transla-tion is impossible, and letters in English are often returned to the senders .."ith the notice that in order to do business with their correspondents letters must be in their own tongue. The variety of lines to be handled in general translation makes the \vork interesting, besides which there is the fasci-nation of handling matter coming from alltlarts of the world. To understand ,,,hat is wanted in many cases, however, re-quires not only knowledge of the language involved, but ex· perience in the work and a natural keen intuition for making out obscure meanings and strange penmanship. Local usage varies also as to the names given to some things in the va-rious c.OUl1triesspeaking the same language, 50 that the cor-respondent, not always knowing the exact technical name of what he wants, gives it the best one that he can think of, which often keeps one guessing at what he means. The St. Louis Bank Fixture company has been organized at Sf. LOllis with a full paid capital stock of $100,000, The Northern Line, THE "L.INE OF LEAST RESISTENCE." MokeJ NO CHARGE for its Attractive Designs or Superior Finish. Every Dealer is alive to the fact that these are the Q..UALITIES that mean Increased Sales With no Dead Stock at the End of the Season. No. 2094D,_ Top24><24,P~,.28,34, PolUh<d. This Means Increased Profits. Quartered Oak, M~ny Bird's Eyf! Maple. A Trial will Convince you of the Correctness of this Statement. Write for our Catalogues. Northern Furniture Co. SHEBOYGiAN. WIS. Manufacturers01 Bed Room, Dining Room, and Kitchen PURNITURE. No. 3093 ClillJocier. T<lP21x34; Plate IBx24 ; Poli5bed; Ouartered Oak. MahogaftY. Bioo's Eye Maple. Where Skill Is Not Needed Wages of Men Are Small. A close study of economic conditions as they exist in different parts of the world discloses these import<int facts that, as people become more civilized, the skill of labor ad-vances, work becomes more specialized, and wages arc ever on the increase. There arc countries where specialized and skilled labor are not needed and appreciated, and ill such countries wages are decidedly low. Most .l\lnericans would prefer remaining idle to accepting fifty cents a day a5 wages, hut there are thousands of men and women \'vho are glad to work for this St1l11. The average BedQuin Arab is a shep11erd. His days arc spent watching great flocks belonging to some rich sheik. I-Ie knows that if he is a conscientiolls shepherd he can earn a howair-that i.';, a young camel. a pall' of shoes, a skirt, a kerchief, a cloak, alld a sheepskin-worth about $25·· -in onc year. An Asiatic Kboud usually works on a farm or attcnds to cattle. and he does not fare better. Jf at the end of the year he receive.'i a bullock, a goat, a ]Jig, fowl, a bag of grain aud a set of brass pots he is satisfied. The Nagas, a tribe in India. receive abollt the same wage. hut they will only accept cOllch s11clls. and twelve conch shells will buy one cow. The Afric;J.n laborer receives wages in different standards. l\-Iost of the Damaras work at smelt-ing iron, and if they arc not n1Hlsl\ally lazy they can earn a bracelet a week. They use them to decorate their wives and children-more frequently themselves-and they barter them when ill need of oxen. A bite of meat and a gallon of milk is enough for the most extravagant African. Their neighbors, the Kafhrs, receive ahout the same wages, but they will only be paid in cattle, which is theil- standard of wealth. The natives of North and South America are little dis-turbed where their wages are concerned. The Chinooks will hunt and fish a whole year for five bright blankets. The Naupes find hlankets useless, and if they plow another man's field they want an ax, a cutlass, a knife, and fish hooks. Often among more advanced peoples a Ilced for skilled labor is not felt. In China a farm hand never gets more than two meals a day and $2.50 in currency a month. Skilled labor does not fare much better, as a carpenter feels v,:ell satisfied with thlrty c,ents a day, v\7hile mason" and painters do not average forty cents. Conditions for the working men in Persia arc not much better. Men who arc employed in cotton mills do not average more than forty cents a day, while women and children get hut half as 11111CI1. In Madagascar the trades arc few. A boy is apprenticed as a shoemaker, painter, carpenter, or boat maker. He fares best making shoe.';, where he can earn eighty cents a month aftel' be knows his trade, but as a boat maker he can hope for only half that SI1111. ).ill1ch has ceen written and said about the poverty known to Ttalians, especially in southern Italy, where wages are low and taxes are high; where families live 011 bread, macaroni, and cheap wine, with meat only as a feast once in a while. But these facts are exrlained by the figures that a farm hand never earns more than thirty cents a day, while a linen ",,-orker is usually paid half that wages. Even a skilled coral worker, onc '\vho fashions snch dainty pieces of cOTaL cannot average more than fifty cents a day. Natl1rally in countries where ·wages are low wom('n'5 ,vages are stilllo\ver. Tn the \Vest Indies most of the ·W0111en work in factories for twenty-five cents a day. Domestic labor cannot even command a fair price. In Turkey a \'loman cook never Rets more than $60 a year, and she. mllst be well verse(l in culinary matters to earll such a SU111, while d housemaid never expects more than $50 a year.-Chicago Tribune. The Furniture store of Frederick H. \Valker, Chester, Pa .. has sustained $1,000 damages through fire. 29 Sears, Roebuck & Co. Plan to Increase Their Business. It is authoritatively stated that Sears, Roebuck & Co., one of the original mail order houses, ship good}; on an average to .15,000 customers per day_ Two carloads of mail matter is delivered to the postofficc in Chicago every twenty-four hours. 'The finn has a mammoth building under con-struction, and when completed it is their purpose to handle 200 c.arloads of freight per day. The main bnilding will can·· tain 1,232,914 square feet, the anne.xes 513,183, the printing and mailing buildings combined, IIO,OOO square feet. \Vhen in use the goods handled by the firm will be stored in separate departments. The packages are carried to the shipping room floor by gravity and run out on horizontal cOliveyors,' which \vill thcn carry them either to the mail, expres}; or freight shipping rooms, where boxing and pac'king takes placc in a logical way, fil1ally ending with the various pack-ages ready for shipment at the places where ma'il, freight or express goods are taken out of the building. All goods meas-uring in si;.,:eup to four by five h~et are sent down these con-veyors. Extra large articles and heavy merchandise arc stored Ileal' the shipping room floor. The freight department is arranged with a large train shed some 400 feet long, with glass skylight acove, similar to a railroad depot, in which freight cars are sent by means of electric engines. The great-est care ha~ Leen glven in this building, as well as all others, to construct the buildings with the best possible fire protec-tion. Evidently the firm is not disturbed over the half-hearted effort undertaken by the scveral state associations of retailers to drive the mail order houses out of business. In discussing the proposition of the manufacturers of cheap chamber furniture to withdraw their lines from the furniture expositions, the Cabinet Maker says: "None of the Grand Rapids manufacturers would be af-fected, because they now, or a majority -Of them, show in the factory. Holland is within trolley distance, Owosso and J'vluskegon are but a short journey away, and the local fac-tories in Chicago ca'n be reached quickly and for a nickel. These \vill possibly benefit if all stop showing~that is, they will see the trade each factory owns. But how about the manufacturer in Janesville, Rockford, St. Louis, Indianapolis, and the mally small w"vns where a large part of the total product is manufactured. \Vill they accept this feat? That is the crucial point. The exhibition idea is an evolution and meets actual needs of the bulk of buyers. (t enables the manl1facturer to make only what the trade demand}; and eliminates challce to a great degree, It tills a definite place in the sale of a great product. The custom of fiftecn years or more cannot be reversed in a momel1t,'or on ,paper. Fac-tories which arc p1"Ogressive and which have not reached their limits ill production; factories producing new goods each season and holding their places by their ability to makc usc of their natural ad\'antagcs regarding material, labor or distrihtltion 'w-itl have none of it. There is one contingency only which. ill our opinion, would be effective-the consoli-dation of all case goods interests. When this is accomplished the show can be cut out for the consolidation, and also enough bl1."iness at the same time to allow a big batch of new fac-tories to step into their places in the exhibition buildings." Bosse Company's Second Catalogue. The Bosse Furnitl1re company, Evansville, Ind .. have just issued thei.r second catalog\le, which shows an entirc new line of wardrobes, kitchen cabinets, cupboards and safes. The increased demand for their goods has compelled the Bosse Furniture company to increasc their facilities, and they afe now prepared to cater to the demands of the trade in a a prompt and thoroughly satisfactory manner_ --------- If you have not already seen and J bought our new fall line of me-diumpnced bedroom furniture, you should do so at once ..... Made in all the fancy woods .... ff catalogue has not reached you, send for one... Woodard Furniture CO. OWOSSO. MICH. Schultz & Hirsch Co. FEATHERS FEATHER PILLOWS and BEDDING SUPPLIES 260 and 262 South Desplaines Street CHICAGO Dressers and Chiffoniers TO MATCH In QUARTERED OAK, MAHOGANY, BIRDSEYE MAPLE and CURLY BIRCH SEND FOR CAT ALOGU£ MANUF ACfURERS OF AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN CENTURY FURNITURE CO. JAMESTOWN NEW YORK Smith & Davis Mfg. Co. ST. LOUIS SOLID .. .. RIGID REVERSIBLE Standard Reversible Rail MAKERS OF METAL BEDS WITH STANDARD REVERSIBLE RAILS N... 328 $q.7·4! net <1\11Iron oJ:J Pillars, 1 1-16 inches. Filling, 3-8 and 5-16 inch. Head, 56 inches. Foot, 40 inches. Sizes: 3 feet 6 inches and 4 feet 6 i inches. Weight, 67 Ibs. ! Patenttd July:I.5, 190Z. No. 7(14'702. This rail is reversible in the true sense of the word-:-can be used either side up and enables the dealer to make one set of rails answer instead of having two 1 -' stocks, one of regular, the other inverted. BEDSTHAT DO NOT WIGGLE LUCE FURNITURE CO. I GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Makers of Medium Priced CHAMBER AND DINING FURNITURE EN SUITE SEND FOR CATALOGUE Menlion Mi~~R Arman A HOMELIKE LIBRARY HALL AND MUSIC ROOM OEALERS NEVER "KICK" ON THE BURT BROS. GOODS I . A Sample order will prove beyond question their Superiority in Design. Construction and Finish. Write for Catalogue. BURT BROS. One of Our Easy Sellers. Suite No. 762U. 2,000 S. Ninth Street. Philadelphia. Pa. OUI"New "and and foot Power Clroular Saw No. 4 The strongest, most powerful, and inevc!y way the best machine of its kind ever made, for ripping, cross-cutting, boring and grooving. CABINET MAI\E.RS In these days of close competition, need the best possible equipment. and this they CAnhave it] . . . • BARNE.S' Hand and Foot Power Machinery Send. for our New Catalogue. 6.54 I\.uby Street. I\.ocl\ford. Ill. w. F. ®. JOliN BARNES Co.- __ I 53 - Nl!. tzS-tu.lIr Dlnaer Set Fille QuaJitr.1i8 full alze I>i""' .... ele~An'Jy doool'8ted. our best cy~cl:".l' olf<,r. }"ur .elllllll' ad"". HELP WANTED. Ladle. _. Girl.: We want you to beJp us lotrodu""" ..... Glll!' your trlel1da oUr oelebnbe<l .. RED CROSS" FlavotingEnracts Qll~carll any or these PREMIUMS or rour cbolce or several bundred otneTll. Our E::nract.~..ell at:.'(l cenUl and ...re QuIckly sold. 'ooeClI;uoe .. "trIt.C1.l'I are used In "''''''7famllY, our'. Ollce bol1ll'bt Sri: alway. asked ror Ill/'aln-and our lil'St C\l!ItomeTll are our best one8.. We .etl tbem OIla llUll>'lI.lltee-money bll'lk if not sathracto'/'Y. III.~bi8 ad ..e..w.ementwe lliustraw a few 01 tbe many bUlldrel1 PREMIUMS we elve, wliloh 81'$ fully descrlbacl. In o;m.N" .. loo.Page ('at.a1oll'ue. W. h ... P __ lu.m.. Cor •• 111ftlt 1 dozen. up to 40 de-':<:I:':",and .1'00 are at liberty 00 .tot> work at all) time end ....leet )'on. pramiu'" 1ffJm tbls big J.5:;; ._"'Illt. We believe our ol1er UI be u,e mOllt Hbera.l eVH mElde by II. relllLble Urll'l. You ...m be BU\'tIriood t.o IInd tlow plea.senL tbe ... orl, Ill, and bow quickly you <I6D Gell Lbo Extracts. :By our plan YOU ILre DO~ ove~~.J;.e~n~~b ~~'i:I~~II~~r;.d~~~~~Uy;~trbe'::Jna~~ ~ b:!~hl~·s. Ftll In I'nd cue oue tho CouPOn.below and Sf-od IL to U8 M onoo; w8 wUl ~ben send you by mall. posq:lIlld, 1 dozen a8llOrted .. RED CROSS" Fla"orlnll ExtraCt/! LQ oommellce wltb: 1'11;0 O\lr Hill Premium CB.ta.1oll"ue. If you can·t 8ell ,bell> .. e WiIll&ke tbem back: but tbue's Q(> eao't about It-you ean. Do 1\ DOW, PETERSON A 00 •• 95 Kinzie St., Dept. 1, Chicago, In. 110. 4O&9--tambrlc J't'lt!Ula\ FoorY1l'ldato"hoQ lac,; trimm~, ..lI"i,"". 1'0' saUinlll do•. . f!tf. No. 168-Klt<:1ltft CliPboard' Ol'ollk .• tron~ly bni1l7ft7in~,il:b ~ ft. a in. -,,·ido. l:l"'S$ doors. 2 d"""',,n, etc_, ",ei~ht_1WJb•. Fors&1linl:4doz. CabIQet ToU 261'18 In.• ! la,~ .. 1I0nr bill •• 2 drawerg, on" divided into eowp&rt· !USnTS. .E\:lr 5ellinl:. d",., ..-- Ctmb\tltUou DIsk 110. 3t2-Bnrw!I ;aDd. 8eDtcI1ll Fv Scarf Solid OU:,Fm1l.ch. Flu,,- donbl .. plMe mtrr<.>r,hrlile. SCerl ov..r ro in. Iinos dOl>l' In book- lonl. "'I~h 6 I&rl'& "".e.andacompletG, It·lncb tails. Rlld fniliWi deli:. ornamenl at o""k. Vorlb!.Unlil5do>.. ForsellJoIil2do •. CUT T:!US OUT NOW PETERSON &- CO., 95 Kinzie St., Dept. I, CHICAGO, IL~. Send me ODe doJen Extmots- assorted. t1avors. and premium llst. both b....mlloll.postpa.ld. J will tr1 my be9~ to- 81':11Ulem and Re.lectpremlumlaw. ~~= Qlll\rterod "'lIk bMk Rod ~"""t,,,1\ \"rned lIt>\."dles. hillb bnck. solid "nd ~11 braeed. F..r uJli"1l J d . Qnart", .... ed 0II1r.. Top :21114210.. plate mirror ~ in .. weltht 140 Ibs. F..r selllllot:7 d.... Sl,eer . __._... St8.u, . ••••• A Sample Advertisment. GLOBE SIDEBOARDS KARGES WARDROBES ARE GOOD WARDROBES Are the BEST . ON THE GLOBE lor the mooey GET OUR CATALOG. Mention Michigan Artisan when writing QlOOf Furniture Company Evansville, Indiana BOCfiSTEGE FURNITURE CO. EVANSVILLE. IND. 48 in. diameter, made of Plain and Quartered Oak Ma.kers of the "5U PeR lOR" Extension. Parlor and Library Tl'bles NE\V CATALOGUE JUST ISSVED-GET ONE fVAn5VIUf "WARDROBES tUDnnunf m. EVANSVILLE, IND, TO MATCH QUALITY OUR FIRST CONSIDERATION Chamber Suites I bat IS why our line is justly named the "Good Value Liile." We have marie a complete change of patteflls for 1'J05. and if }'Oll waDt goods that are made right ann. at the right prices, call and see made by all leading, manufacturers, may be procured of the Bedroom Suites Dressers Washstands a~d Chiffoniers MAD51All rllDnlTUDf co. AS:!lorled Car lots and New Stocks our Specialty Our !Jew catalog nas just blOen issued a II d sent to the trade. If you h a v eliot received it, write Wi. It shows the largest lille of money makers eveT offered. Henderson, Ky. Line Shown at t319 Michigan Alle.,2d Floor Chicago, Ill. Also at our own Sales-rooms at Evansville. Ind. Across the River from Evansville We also job a complete Mixed cars loaded with Evansville goods li~~~~~~rd~~~~:'P 1858 1905 8MII" C"AIR ===COMPANY === E. Q. MANUFACTURERS OF WOOD, SPLINT, DOUBLE CANE. CANE,
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- 1905-09-25T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- Issue of a furniture trade magazine published weekly in Grand Rapids, Mich, starting in 1879. and /7 /~~/'fl//-;d/ d:/r/ h4"/?A/ , ~~ GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.• SEPTEMBER 17. 1910 SLIGH FURNITURE COMPANY The Largest Manufacturersof CHAMBER FURNITURE EXCLUSIVELY IN THE WORLD Catalogue to Prospective Customers. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. - --~---- -------------------------~ HARRr C. WHITE, II Treasurer. II III III , I Ii I -------------------- _. -- ..--- -_. I ARTHUR S. WHITE, i President. I ALVAH BROWN, Vice President. LET US MAKE YOUR HALF-TONES IIIiII• IIIIIIII I I II II ,III I CO. I IIII ! IIII ------------------------------------- .. .. Perfect Prod uct Large Facilities Courteous Treatment "Right" Price IIIIIIII MICHIGAN ENGRAVING III IIIII II ,t GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Samples and Estimates Upon Request. ~--------------------------. WEEKLY ARTISAN 1 YOU CAN MAil YOUR CATALOG OCTOBER 5th If you place the order with us. W"ITE PRINTING COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICU. I PRINTERS FOR THE FURNITURE TRADE. I 2 WEEKLY ARTISAN ,,---,---~-- . .. ---------- --------------------------------~ LUCE FURNITURE COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. I Manufacturers of COMPLETE lines of MEDIUM PRICED DINING 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 Btrd' J Eye Maplf Btrch !Zullrtered 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. GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC LIBRARY 30th Year-No. 64 GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., SEPTEMBER 17,1910 Issned Weekly RIGHT AND WRONG KIND OF FIRE DRILLS The Main Object Should Be to Get Everybody Out of the Building Quickly Without Confusion or Excitement. A cIgar factory m the crowded sectIOn of a bIg CIty employ s more than two thomand \VOl kers, chIefly women and gIrls The SIX story bUIldmg was put up for a warehouse years ago It IS of bnck and wood constructIOn, cut up WIth lIght board partI-tIons, and filled WIth mflammable materials. The ordmary way of gettmg out b by means of the one open wooden staIrway leadmg to the ground floor, where two doors gIve on to ctreet and alley Extr aordmary ways of get-tmg out would be through the wmdows, or up on to the roof, or down the fire escape The place IS surrounded by old three-story reSIdences, however, so that the first two ways would not help those m the upper floors. As for the fire escape, 11. lIes far to the rear, and employes hardly know where 11. IS, much less how to use It 111an emergency. The propnetor of thIS factory I~ a conSIderate employer. He pays good wages for qualIty productIOn, and holds hIS workers together by numerous lIttle cIVIlItIes of management. But, lIke a gi eat many other well-1l1eanmg people, he seldom ha" occaSIOn to th1l1k senously about fire The 1l1surance men bnng up the subject when 1hey charge hIm a stIff premIUm, and occasIOnally "ome chsaster chromcled 111the papers leads him to mve~tIg-ate whether IllS fire paIls are full and hIS fire alarm 111order But the fil e eng111es are clang1l1g around that part of town every day. HIS employes have grown accustomed to them. "And beslde~, we're very, very careful about fire," he ~a) ~ to 111mcelf "It IS only carele~s people that burn out Then there's luck m an aIel bt1l1chng-why, this one has been ~tancll11g fO!ty years t" Umformec1 firemen often come to look at thi~ clgal factory, III couples or three~, and sometImes bnng a CIVIlIan WIth them The manufacturer always gIves them permissIOn to Inspect the place, and supposes that they come on some errand connected vVlth theIr own bus111ess They do. It mIght dIsturb hIm to hear one fireman "ay to another as they are walkll1g past hIS place, "Jerry, Just stop 111thIS factory a mmute, J want to show you a rotten nsk" One afternoon a fireman brought around a stranger who after qUIte a prolonged m~pectIOn of the premIses, introduced hllllself to the manufacturer as an engineer who made a specialty of arrangmg fire dnll~. "How long would It take you to get all your people out of thI~ place in an emergency," he asked "Oh, we could clear It out m about ten mmutes, I guess," rcp:led the proplletor "That's all they need at mght, and we'd beat It If there was any reason for hurryIng." "ThI" bUIlc1mg would make an awfully qUIck fire," ventured the englneel "Don't you thmk you ought to have somebody layout a systematIc fire dnll and tram your employes?" "Flre dnll , ' exclaImed the manufacturer "\;Y hy, we've got a fire dnll of our own." "Suppose you show me ho\v your dnll works," suggested the VISItor "Well, thIS is a pretty busy day WIth us," saId the manu-facturer, "and there's no use Img111g the alarm for nothmg But I can explalll It " Vvalklllg through the dIfferent rooms, he showed how he thought the employes on each floor would take care of them-selves 1ll an emergency, pomtmg out the vanous eXIts to stair-way and fire e~cape, exhlbltmg hIS fire palls and axes But hIS "fire dnll" had the grave short.:ommg of bemg laId out only in hIS own mllld Taklllg stock of pOSSIble eXIts on each floor, he had assumed that employes would have sense enough to use them If they had to The system had never been explamed to them, nor tned ~Iost of hIS plans had been made not to get people out of a burnlllg bUIldmg qUIckly but to fight an Imaginary fire WIth palls and axes. The fire-dnll expert was tactful, and saId the manufactureI's "dnll" was good so far as it went; but 11. dIdn't go far, and could not be expected to Arranging to get two thousand people out of a fire trap m an actual emergency was a busllless in itself "\11 your employes on the two upper floors are ~upposecl to go down the fire escape," saId the expert. "They are all wo-men and gIrlS If they got out of the building in a hurry that escape would be Jammed III three minutes, and all crowding to-ward the bottom \<\Tho \V auld lower the ladder from the bot-tom of the escape to the ground ?" "\Vhy they would," was the reply. "That ladder IS SIxteen feet long, made of steel, heavy and rmty If the strongest man you've got can put it in place in five l11111utesI'll buy you a box of good CIgars," declared the engineer. .,uppDse you get a man and try it." The ]amtor, a muscular fellow, was sent on to the little plat-form at the bottom of the fire escape, a story from the ground. After ten minutes struggle he gave up The ladder was un- WEEKLY ARTISAN 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 kind and quality of varmshes 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 wieldy, and to place it through the narrow opening in such close quarters called for two or three men. The manufacturer was startled, and the engineer told him this difficulty existed with every fire escape of that type, and that at many fires where such escapes ""ere used people jumped to the ground, sustaming inJunes. He told the manufacturer other things as well. For instance, the factory fire alarm was a deaf-ening gong, ngged to sound contmuously when a button \\ as pressed at any statIOn, and it could be heard all through the building. "That would have the same effect as a yell of 'Fire I m a crowded theatre," he said. "Your employes would be thrown mto a panic because they could not tell where the fire was Most of the danger in connectIOn with a fire arises from panic. Pan- ICSare caused by the element of the unknown. You need an alarm system that Will strike low signals in various parts of the bU11d-mg, indicate where the fire IS, and then stop nngll1g when It ha<; given the necessary information." "How long would it take you to get our people out?" asked the manufacturer. "If I couldn't get them out in less than two mmute~," \\ as the sigl11ficant reply, "I shouldn't consider it of much use to get them out at all." Ultimately the cigar man commissioned this expert to lay out a fire drill on sound eng111eering hnes. After a study of the factory the expert made some alteratlOl15 to provide more eXits The fire escape was given to the two upper floor's, the ladder at the bottom be111g replaced with counter weighted stairs that au-tomatically swung to the ground the moment anybody stepped on them from above. Doors were cut 111the ""all on the fourth floor to let its occupants out on to the three story bUlld111g next door by means of stairs. The first-floor people \\ere given the - - Philadelphia alley door, and that left the main staircase for the 'second and third floor workers. A suitable alarm system was installed, and then, one even111g, pnnted notices were given employes to be tak-en home, read, thought about and discussed for at least two weeks, so that the system would be thoroughly understood before any-th111g further was done. These notices contained few 111struc-tlons, bemg cl11efly an explanatIOn of the fire dflll, which was compared with that used in the pubhc schools. 'When the employes had decided that the drill was ratIOnal and necessary, and that the boss had nothing up his sleeve, the ' expert brought around a dnll-master to impart further instruc-tions. This dnll-master was simply a retired city fireman, who came in hiS ul11form, and the work of 111struction was given to him because a fireman m uniform is bound to command more re-spect than an ord111ary engineer in a business suit. Foremen 111 each department were made chiefs, and required to carry a list of their subordmates A number of men in each department were told off to man the buckets and chemical ex-tingUIshers on the stroke of the bell, while all that was reqUlred of the mam body of employes was to rise in their places when the fire bell rang, pJ1e their chairs and stools upon the workbenches where the alleys were narrow, and look to the foreman for fur-ther guidance. Then the various diviSIOns, following their chiefs in single file, were led out by carefully arranged routes that kept -------_. -- _. _._._--. . , . I•• IMPROVED. EASY AND EL EVATO RS QUICK RAISINC Belt, ElectrICand Hand Power. The Bert Hand Power for Furniture Storer Send for Catalogue and PrIces. KIMBALL BROS. CO., 1067 Ninth St•• Council Bluffs, la. Kimball EI."atol' Co.. 3~ Prospect St., Cleveland, 0.; 1081lth St., Omaha, Neb., 128Cedar St, New York CIty. . ...., WEEKLY ARTISAN 5 ....-------_._._-_._._._---_._-----------------._----------_._. __._-_._----------~ marks every table in the Stow & Davis Ime. Masterly designs. sturdy oak. and rich, glowing mahogany are fashioned by our skillfulworkmen into Our Bank and Office tables display the same care and merit in their building-the care that appeals to paying customers, whether they be home-keepers or business men. f- II II 463% See our line. Tables alld Banquet Tops. 4th floor, Blodl!ett Bldl!. everybody on the move dnd prevented the movement of one di-vision interfering With that of another. Where two hnes of em-ployes came out of opposite doors and joined on the stairs, one had instructions to hug the stair rail and the other the wall un-til they actually Jomed, when the people in both hnes lmked arms for mutual support. Guards were stationed on the stairways to give assistance and check fright, and a number of searchers were told off to look into closets and dark corner" to be sure that nobody had been left behind On reachmg the street the various divisions were led some dlstdnce from the btllldmg, and each chief went over his 11st, cdl11ng the loll to be certam that every-body was out or accounted for These measures, together With regulations for keepmg the factory cleal of rubbish-the usual cause of fires-compnsed the drill in Its essenilak \Vhen It had been put mto practical oper-atIOn, and tned once 01 tWice, the entire btllld1l1g could be cleared 111dbout ninety seconds, Without hurry or confusIOn One practice dnll each month wa:, enough to keep employes in training, and dS new employes were given a printed shp, with a few 01 al in-stluctlOns, the dnll took care of itself. Hundreds of stores and factones maintain 'Some sort of fire drill, but the expert who laid out thiS one, and who makes a spe-cialty of such work, says that very few indeed are planned on sound lines. He maintains that satisfactory results can be at-tained only by an engineer With considerable experience in mak-ing such studies and laY111g out dnlls, as conditions are never twice alike. The first task of tIllS sort that he ever undertook was in an oil-soaked factory With only a single staircase in the center of the building. In the event of fire probably not half of the em- STAR CASTER CUP COMPANY NORTH UNION STREET. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. (PATENT APPLIED FOR) We have adopted cellulOid as a base for our Caster Cups, makl ng the best cur on the market. CellulOid IS a great Improvement over bases made 0 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 nse of these cups tables are never marred. These cups are finIshed III Golden Oak and White M..ple, finIshed light If you WIll tr1l a 8ample order of tht,e good, 1/ouW$Udutrt to handle them tn quantttie8 PRICES: Size 2U Inches $5.50 per hundred. SIze 27.(Inches .. •• 50 per hundred. fob Grand Raptd8 TRY A SAJlPLH OR.DER •.... . .... Perfection of Detail Stow & Davis Diners Stow & Davis Furniture Co., Grand Rapid., Mich ..I. ployes would have gotten out safely ilIan} were women and girls Even the notion of work111g there himself for a few weeks worned him until he hunted up the supenntendent and asked what arrangements had been made for c1ealmg the place m case of fire. "Oh, we have a regular fire dnll," said the 5upermtendent confidently. "I'd hke to see it 'work," said the engineer. The supermtendent went to the nearest fire statIOn and pres-sed the alarm button' a bell rang, and immediately some of the employes manned the fire hose, extinguIshers, buckets and axes. "There!" exclaimed the superintendent proudly "That took only a few seconds---l11 case of fire we'd be on the Job, you bet." No precautions whatever had been made for gett111g em-ployes out of the buildmg, yet that was the superintendent's un-derstanding of a fire drill, and it is the common one You sel-dom find an employer who does not 1l1sist that he has a bully fire dnll; but when you ask him to explain or show It you usually find that he has little idea of what IS meant by the term. vVhen "fire drill" is mentioned most people think of fire fight1l1g measures, which are a very different thing Long ex-perience has led this engineer to disregard fire fightmg arrange-ments except for a few of the most rudimentary devices, as he beheves that unless a fire can be checked by water buckets or chemICal extmgmshers m the first few moments it will have to be fought by profeSSIOnal firemen, and that most of the work in a crowded store, factory, hotel or public building should be di-rected to gettmg everybody out as soon as possible. One day in Philadelphia, he was asked to come and watch the operation of a fire drill in a large plant filled WIth women and girls, and to suggest llnprovements if he saw the need of any. When he arrived an alarm was turned m, and in an instant all the employes fellmto line and began to pass mto the street through the \ arioU" eXIts The arrangements, on the whole, were very good Some minor changes were suggested, and a major one. The latter covered the plant's standpipe system, by means of which fil e hose 111various parts of the bUlldmg were supphed with water under constant pressure of a hundred pounds. When the alarm rang the expert saw men, appomted for the purpose on each floor, run to these statlOns, unreel the hose and pomt the nonles at the imagmary fire "I'd abohsh that," was hiS adVice "Let me tell you why Suppose you had a gymnasium upstaIrs, and every afternoon those men were cent there to pc1l1ch the bag under the direction of a boxmg l11structor. They might become very proficient But fancy that, some afternoon, when they walked into the gym-nasium as usual, the bag were taken down and there stood John the latter dccepted on the "pot, stl ode to the nearest fire ho,c, pulled It out and turneq the cO"k Kot a drop of water came He trIed another \\Ith the same lesult, and another, untIl about ell! tne eqt1Ip1re lt he had was found tJ be out of orelel Then he c!I 'in l?1 ~d Clc'thllcn, and I~t the fir~ drIll man 11 t,lll hIS ",ctem rh", Jll! tl~lll1 f ldOly fnrl1l"he" a fan Illmtratlon of how ncce<'S,lf) IS the expert m such matter, It had a well planned fil e drIll that "'1', capJ.ble of emptYIng two hI ge eIght ctory b nldm~s of all occl1Innts m about five mm'ltes A strong file \\ all ran beb\ een the tW) structures, however, and tlle tIme was [11111ensel},hortened b} the 'Imple deVIce of ce'1dIng all the peo-p'e fro111 0 Ie bl1Ilchng Irto the other and shuttIng the fire door" for a fire O!Igmatmg m 0'1e bmlelmg could not spread qUl,:hJy to the nher a 1d the chance that fire would start m both of them at Olll e \\ a, remote Dy thIS Illeans eIther bUIldl11g could be emptIed II1 a mmute The chIef clIfficnlt} In connectIOn WIth a fire drIll IS to mam-tam It after It hao been II1stalled 1urnmg out every employe dUrIng workmg hour, once a month costs money A new man-a~ emcn t comes II1 and the drIll IS dropped The chance of fire I~ ah\ a\" rerrote m the average ml11d, hke the probablhty of dedth ,md to keep on g0111gthrough the fire drIll year after year, \\ Ithout e\ er havmg a I eal fire, is lIkly to stllke people as foohsh, but a \\ ell planned fire drIll has It, compensatlOns, for It IS an cAcellent preventatIve of fire In"pe-:tlOn 15 a part of It, a" al e I cguhtlOJ1S cOICIIng- t11e clIspoo,t! of rubbish and the cal e of 111- flammable materIals In a plant where the emplover consclen-tlOusl} protect" hIS employe, he has compen'cltlJ11 m protectIOn of hIS plOpert}, fO! the plant that ha" a good fire drIll seldom has an} fires-Toh'l M~ppelbeck 111 the 5atl'ldc\ l,-~emllf!, Post, PhIladelphIa 6 WEEKLY ARTISAN ~--------_._-------------------------------------~ ,II IIIIII lII I II ...---------_.----- - ,, I tt II I,I It IIII ,, I II , II II ______ • .4 L SullIvan 1I1stedd, reaely for a pllze fight \\ Ith them Ho\, do you thl11k they would fare? l\OW, no matter how often the) practIce with that hose upon 1111agl11ar)fires, \\ hen they get up agal11st the real thl11g they WIll go to plece- lIre h an a\\ iU: enemy-sudden and terllf)111g X 0\ Ice, IMtl11all) feal It Thu \\ III not approach close enough to find the SOUlce, bnt the} \\111 SImply play water on the smoke." In thiS engl11eer's 0p111l0n the best weclpon to put 1I1to the hands of employes I, the old-fdshIOned fire pat! contaI11I11g'l111ph water That has doused ma11) a blaze 111 ItS lI1fanc\ But pra~- tIce IS needed to do effectIve W01k even WIth a fire p'ill ;,110"t persons try to throw a full pall of water on the blaze. \\ Itb the 1e-suIt that It IS spIlled and wdsted The best method IS to emptl half the water and then dash the rest. a lIght handful, 111 such a way that It WIll spatter Widely. The general alarm gong IS \ er} \\ Ideh m"talled ,dl 0\ el thIS country, usually by \\ ell-meanmg emplO\ en and pl1bhc ot- £lCIals, who congratulate themselves upon hav111g tclken one ot the wisest precautIOns fm dealtng WIth fire PeIllclp, the be,t 11 Imtration of the wrong prinCIple upon whIch thIS torm of alarm IS based can be found 111a great metropolItan ho,pItdl \\ hel e the loud gong 10 the only alelrm prOVIded, and If rung \\ ould ,Imph serve to throw I11tOa pams of fear hundreds of p,ttlents who are helpless in theIr beds The men who go about 111elustnal plant, I11stalltng fire elnlb often h a, e amusll1g experIences F0r example. an expert \\ a, CO'11c1looKneel to m,tall an effectIve model n S}stem In a large factory 11 the city of ~ew York One Important detaIl 111 con-n~ ct all \1 Ith such work IS to allay preJuchce agamst bE'ttel meth-od, T11e superIntendent belIeve, that he already has an effect-ive system, because he arranged It hIm,elf The employes a,- sume that the boss has some deep scheme that I, gOIng to \\ork out to theIr arlva 1tag~ The co,t of cutt1l1~ ne\\ exIt~ \\ ldelllng stall'\\! ays, I11Stallll1g a proper alarm S}stem, and ,0 forth, 111a} he hIgh enough to (II plea~e the employer In thIS partlcnlar fd~- tory the fire drIll l11,l!1 found the engl11eel deCidedly hostIle He was a'1 eldf'rl) man who had had charge of th H pll11t h 1 }e,lr" and he openl) resented an InvestIgatIOn or ImprO\ ement tInt w::mlcl as he tho 19ht, cast chscredlt upon hI, own firefightll1~ eqL1lpment Several tImes during the prelll111nary ctudy there were words between hImself and the fire drIll eApert the oteam engineer Inslstll1g that no fire could ever gam enough healh\:l\ in that plant to do any damage whIle employes \,ere dt work 111 every corner of It, and the ciVIl eng1l1eer tactfulh trymg to shO\\ the old fellow that, thou~h he had made excellent prOVI,10no ac cordmg to his lights, he greatly unclel rated a verv real cladger Finally the dispute wound up by the CIVIl engmeer challeng1l1g the steam engineer to a test of 1m pet fire fight111g de\ Ice, ane! - ~-~~- - --- ---~~ ---~- • 0 U·:c (,) '01) ... ..s.:.:~... ~ "" 0 ," ...,foo (,) ~ • eo! .>- r:t:J ,.. 0 < ~ s:: ... 't') •e 't') ~ : 0 Q.) ~ (') Z ~ C) (> "" - .,.. Q,) .0. $.t e I.I.). ~ ..... .(.>. (G ~ 'WEEKLY A RTTSA N 7 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 Cone All Wire Springs. SEND US YOUR ORDERS. SMITH &, DAVIS MFG. CO., St. Louis $2~ $2~ Each Net Old Trade Items Reprinted. I 10m the MIchIgan ArtIsan for July, 1882 -The Phoel1lx J l'rl1lture company recently refurl1l~hed the Dobbms cottage at T~ong TIrcll1ch The Berkey & Gay lurmture company wJ1l furl1lsh the ne\, tate bmldmg at Houston, Texa~ Bedsteads wIth mlrrOl ~ m the head and footboarcl~ are g0- "lg out of me Moct people do not Cdre to hdve thlel looks re-rlededm the morning ~ Strahan ha~ engaged m the manufacture of parlor ft1l- 'llture m Grand RapIds At the annual meetlllg of the runuture Trade A.ssoclatlOn of Grand Rapids, 0 L Ho'A ard was elected precldent, Charles R SlIgh, VIce presIdent, F R Luce, secretary, and E C. Allen, treasUl er \ l11dn out \\ e~t b011ght a bedstead The lumber was so green that one \\ arm spnng day It was' een beanng buds and a c10rt tIme later the pIece was covered WIth branches. In the ---------------, Henry Schmit 8 Co. I HOPKINS AND HARRIET STS. ,I ClDcinnati, Ol.io I makers of ! Upholstered Furniture I II , LODGE and PULPIT, PARLOR, I LIBRARY, HOTEL and I CLUB ROOM I!~ ~------------------------ I III I I,••• , •I I• '- __ • ~ ~__l for fall hI, chIldren gdthel ed che~tnuL from the ralls and m the -prIng the heddboard was tapped and from the sap gathered maple syrup was made X elson, ~Iatter & Co have shIpped fur11lture to be placed 111 fOIty r00111S recently added to the Hoffman House in New York \t the HamIlton ,dIe m London recently a table that for-merly belonged to Mane Antomette sold for $73,000. 1\la]or 1\lacBllde of Nel,on, 1\1atter & Co, spent a part of ld~t month at hIS boyhood home, Monroe, MICh. D 'vV Towel, late WIth N ebon, 1\latter & Co, has com-n elL ed the manufacture of metal furl1lture tnmmll1gs in Grand Rapids A.mong the buyers who recently VISIted Grand Rapids are the follow111g C C Holton, Holton & HIldreth, ChIcago, Thom-a D Pattel 'on, l\farshall MQ, W N Conant, Conant Bros, Toledo, Robert KeIth, Kamas CIty, WIlham B~hl(l'A, San Fran-ll~ CO, George Sch111dler, POI tland. Ore, \1 r Barstow, Cleve-lanel, WIlham Stqcklel. Polo, III , 1Ir Wyman, \Nyman & Rand, Bmlmgton, C C Me111ll1ger. PhIladelphIa, Anthony Cowell, ProvIdence, R 1, l\fr Pernne, Ec1mund,on & Son, T'lttsbl1r~h, George W \lItchell, 1\Iemphlc • Tenn , .:vIr Mc C1llltock MIles CIty, Mont, S L Kll1g, Kll1g & Elder, Indlan-clpoh~, Henry Straus ClllclnndtI, LoUIS Hax, St Joseph; J F S1l11011S,SImon, & Shaw Gdlveston, D \V Jones, AuSt111,Tex , 11 RothschIld, RothschIlcl &. Son, '\ E lIes" He'iS & F1ll1n. Lancaster, Pa , C GottfnAc1 Gottfned & Son, Spnngfield, Mo , .\ D Seaman, MIlwa11kee, A. T Cdmpbell, MIles Clt) , Mont, 'vV C 'vVarren, NashVIlle, Tenn ,J E Walker, Hudson, M1Ch , M Ingalls, Nevada, Mo ; "Mr Turner, Fakes & Co, Ft 'vVorth, Tex • WItEICLY ARTISAN WE WERE WOOD FINISHERS BEFORE-WE WERE STAIN MAKERS That's why we KNOW a stain is a PRACTICAL WORKING STAIN before it leaves our factory. We make mighty pretty stains; not based on pretty theories, but on every day finishing room conditions. We put the materials in them that make for longer life and greater beauty. Our stains are NOT cheap, but they ARE economical. W rite for sample panel to desk No.3. MARIETTA PAINT AND COLOR CO. MARIETTA, OHIO. Detroit Store and Factory News. DetrOIt, Sept. 16-As the vacatiOn season is over, and peo-ple are commg back from the resorts, retaIl trade is pickmg up and promises to be good the rest of the season. Deb OIt ha~ grown so fast in the past five years that the number of fur11lture stores has nearly doubled, so that whlle the volume of trade I" greater some of the furnIture dealers are not increasmg then sales materially. The Humphrey-Widman Bookcase company reports a good business in the sectional bookcase lme. Geo. F. Streng, who started a furlllture store at 415 Grahot avenue a few months ago IS b1l11dmg up a fine busmess, \Ylth 111- creasing sales every month. He IS surely a hustler The Bosely Furniture company, who bought the \\' E Braher store at Michigan avenue and Thll c1 street, IS ~0I11~ out of busmess, Mr Hosely hav111g other mterests that takc up hh time It IS saId that the old house of C D \V HIJ11dn8c (0 man-ufacturers of hall and d1l11l1g 100111 furmture. at e also gomg out of busmess, havmg sold theIr factOly to an automoblle com-pany. ThIS is one of the oldest furlllture manufactunng com-pa11les m DetrOIt, and wlll be l111ssed by the fur11lture merchants as well as manufacturers. J. C. Vhclman & Co are havmg an excellent busmes~ Then exhIbIt m Grand Rapids 111 July was so effectIVe and thur sale~ so great that the factory IS kept running to ItS full capaCIty The boys on the road are doing a fine bus mess :VIr. WIdman ,a) ~ he is going to show a number of popular-pnced buftets and some higher priced ones 111 Grand Rapids 111 January The Palmer Manufacturing company are ha\ mg plenty of business. They are btuldlllg a new bnck dry kJln 21 x 88 feet, "lllCh \\ 111more than double theIr ell) mg capaCIty and a new cut-t111g loom IS also added 1\ ne\\ catalog 1:0 m the hauds of the pt 111telsand \\ III be ready fOl malllllg m October. ThIS com-pan) \\ 111ha\ e space 111 the Furmture Exchange, Grand RapIds, m J anual") and w1l1 show a larger and finer hne than ever before The Possehus Brothers Furmture Manufactunng company are ha\ mg a good trade TheIr cApellment of g0111g into dm-mg room stutes has been a wmner from the start They have al-ready booked more 01 del'S for dmmg room furmture than they expected for the whole season TheIr new catalog IS bringmg them orders nght along. It is one of the best catalogs ot din-mg room fur11lture and tables that has been issued thIS year. Some ot the 111ustlatlOns from the catalog pages of dmmg room fur11lture \\ t11be sho\\ n m the October numbers of the Weekly \1 tlsan ..- -----------_.-.~~------_.-., III II II I I• II • •••••• _ •••• a •• _ ••••••• ~ ....-... I I I~ . THE WEATHERLY INDIVIDUAL Glue Heater Send your addre.. and and receIve deSCriptIve Circular of Glue Heaters, Glue Cookers and Hot Boxes witl. prtces. The Weatherly Co. Grand Rapid., Mich. WEEKLY ARTISAN 9 FOUR NEW ....---------- - ..-..... - .....-----._._._._.__.---~ , 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 acid and oil. in acid and oil. in acid and oil. TRADE MARK REGISTERED PRODUCTIONS 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 ---._._._-- . EverythIng m Pamt SpeClaltIesand Wood FIU1shingmaterials. FIllers that fl11. Stains that satisfy. -------------_._-_._._._._. ---------------------.. .. Business Methods of Undertakers. Dunals m the bIg Clty whele survlvmg relatJves have no permanent homes are conducted qUIte dd'ferently from burials m small towns and vIllage') In a sense, the dead of a great City, except In estabh'ihed famllles, are bUt ieJ by the dead Put in another way than the Scnptural phrase, the homeless dead of the great City are buned by strangers A s1I1g1e ca:oe 111 pomt 1:0 a 'iample of how the dead m the c1a'is refen ed to are 1loked after A man left IllS apartment for an opera tlOn 13efore IllS family knew of his condition an undel taker near the hospital "'Where the patlent was recel, ed was mfOlmed by somebody connected with the ho'Spltal that the operatlOn would probably be fatal. ThiS unclei taker knew before the family when the man dIed Before the falmly reached the hospital the undertaker saw the fanll1y an,l mqUlred ,'V hat the wishes of the family were for the 111terment. The faimly, hke many of a great City, had few friends They were only too glad tCJ have suggestions, even from one they had nevei heard of bEfore The bare 'Statement 111cold type seems pItiful The family clld not turn to the few fnends they had, as would ha, e been the ca"e 111a small town The undertaker steppe,] 111to take the place of relatives and fnends He was gIven carte blanche to make all arrangements He learned from fnencl'i of the family that the family had no church con-nectlOns, so that it vvas left to hIm to make arrangements for the serVice The m111Ister had never known any member of the famlly He attended because he was "engaged" by the under-taker The undertaker arranged for the carriages, hav111g learned about the number of people who would attend the service at the grave, He also learned, because this was part of his business, that the famlly had no burial plot in any cemetelY of the city. The fanllly of the dead left the place of l11terment to the undertaker A few hours before the body was placed in the coffm the famJly were informed that the grave had been pre-pared They did not even know where the cemetery was until the undertaker e'Cplal11ed to them where it was located and how long It would take to reach the place of interment. The cemetery was across a nver from New York City A.1though the c;erVlce at the house was held in the afternoon the cortege did not reach the grave untJl nearly 6 o'clock The mterment took place at dusk. The next day when the family returned to the cemetery to pay fm ther tnbute to thelr dead they were compelled to employ an attendant at the cemetery to show them the new-macle grave. They werE dissatisfied WIth the spot In one way It was theIr own faLllt They had left all to the under-taker \Vhy he had no asked where the family wished to have theIr dead laid dces not appear. Undoubtedly he re-ceIved hiS commIssion Jrom the cemetery. Such things are common 111a great City Many who live 111the CIty will not be surprised to know that they are watched, for bus111esjo reasons, every day of their lives by all sorts of agellts. But It may not be generally known that thele are men 111 t 1e CIty who "'Watch the deaJ, and bury them, as was done 111j his case, without <communicating with. the fnends of the dean as to then wishes. It is bus1l1ess That is suffi( ient. An undertaker who was asked about it reJ=lied' "It might be worse." Maybe he IS nght. 10 WEEKLY ARTISAN 'VHEN YOU WANT MONEY RAISE RATES Some Interesting Testimony Taken in the Freight Rate Investigation. Some of the testimony taken 111 the ll1VestlgatlOn {)t the plOpJSeel aJvance 11l freIght rates before the Inter~tate Com-merce C01111111';';lOnl1l X ew Y OJ k, IS decHledly ll1tere-,tlllg The Shlppers' a ssouatJons are 1 epre:,ented by able la \\ \ C1 , and thelt cms ,-C},amll1atlOns of 1:11ltoael offiClals are qUIte amuSll1g at tJme,; The mve,tlgatlOn IS plOceec!ll1g slo\\1y and ,,0 far nothmg has been developed that seems to l1l(llcate 1esults, but whale\ er may be the outcome, It v\ 111 tUlI11"h 111uch 111for111:1tlOn,as to t<lJIhoad 111ethoc]" and management, that WIll be valu,tble to manufactm er" shlppel ~ de,der-, con sumers anel the pUbhc genelally Last Tuesday two of the most Important \\ Itnes..,e-, on the raJ1lOad 'mle of the case were examll1ed-Ch'llle:, I D,d\ one of the VIce pI e"ldents of the '\ ew York Centl aI" ,tem ,lI1cl D. VV Cooke, genelal tJaffic manager 01 the Elle ,II D,ll\ under ClOSS-CXamll1atwn by the lavv) en for the ,lllppel' InsIsted that the offiClals of the '\ew YOlk Centlal had noth-mg but thelt own Judg-ement to rely on v\ hen they conclllcleel that the class freIght rates would stand a g-euel al ac!v,lI1ce, ,lI1e! declal ed that they (hel not reqtllre figure:, to back lip the11 )tle!g-ment He stated fJ anll) that the ultl1l1clte con..,umel h the one who wl11 have to beal the burden of the ll1crea sed ra tL' Mr Daly had trequent tJIts \\ lth the la \\ \ ers ,wcI a \\ Ol(h set-to wlth I~rank Lyon, coun e1 f01 the com1111"SlOn \\ hen ,f 1 Lvon was readll1g from a statement of the \e\\ '1ork Cent! al , expense account fO! the fil st ';IX 1110nth~ot 1(llO \\ Illt h had bee n hurllecllv prepal ed f01 use at the heanng but \\ hlch '\ [r Dah sa](l he hadn t seen yet \Yhen ,[r Lvon lead the figl11e, t01 FURNITURE MANUFACTURERS ATT~TION ! 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Mr. Lyon dId reae! the fig- 11fe~later ~ho\\ 1l1g that the 111crea~e for the other months of thIS \ear (}\er last year \\as Jannar}, $130,000, February, $JOO,OOO; \pnl \>110,000, ~L\y $800,000, June, $1,200,000, and July $600,- COO \lr Dalv saId that he "a" away 111 March and couldn't e'Cplalll the enOrmot15 l11crease over the other months especlally "IlLe the wage l11crea"e dIdn't go !Dto effect untIl ~pnl 1 1he cro",-e"amlllatlOn of Mr Daly was begun by Francls B Jallle~ at CmCll111cttl, \\ ho represents the N atlonal Indu~tnal Ilaffic League ot St Lams He wanted to know how the rall- 10dc1, arrived at theIr deCl~lOn as to the proper advance to be made ancl ~l 1 Daly s,lId \\ e filA deClded that V\e needed money, and then we went ,lbol1t the l11attl! ot ac1Ju~tmg rate, ,a a" to plovlde that mane) [ \I,mt to "~tv that \\ e cia not pi etenc1 that the rates whIch \\>C' plopo,e to Pl1t 111toeHed \\1th the approval of the C0l11l111';SIOanl e pel tell V! dIn \\ hel e neal perfect The! e never wa" ape! fect acl- Direct-connected to any good make of dynamo. 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An "ABC" Verllcal Enclosed Self~Oiling Engine. direct-con-nected to dynamo. making an ideal Outfit for Isolated Electric Light Plants. Mailedpostpaid at your request. WEEKLY ARTISAN These Specialties ~re used all Over the World Power Feed Glue Spre.din8 Maehine, Sinele. Douhle and Comhination. (Patented) (Siz •• 12 in. to 84 in wide.) -- Veneer Pre ..... different kind. and aizea. (Pate.ted) Veneer Presses Glue Spreaders Glue Heaters Trucks, Etc., Etc. ...-._--_._-------------------------_._---_._---------------., III I I f I II II II II I...--_._--_._--_.._----_._._--------_._.-._.-. ---------_._._._----------------_ .. ---------"" Hand Feed Glueine Maehine (Pal&t penclma. ) M.ny aty lea and ai"ea. Wood·Working Machinery and Supplies LET us KNOW YOUR WANTS N. 20 Glue He.ter CHAS. E. FRANCIS COMPANY, Main Office and Works, Rushville, Ind. No.6 Glue He.tor • Justment of freIght rates and there never wIll be one I am frank to say that the rates '" hlch have been raIsed are not the only rates that ought to be raIsed-or the only ones whIch \\ e hope we shall be able to raise." After Mr Daly had stated that c1assJf1catlOn of .lrtlc1es IS one means of rate making, l\fr James saId: "Now, do you want the commi%lOn to under~tand--' "I want the commISSIOn to understand Just what I say." re-plied ~Ir. Dal), "so don't put It m my mouth. "\Ve WIll put several thl11gs 111 your mouth before we get through," said Mr James ":\0 you won't," rephed l\Ir. Daly. illr. James asked If .M,'. Daly wanted to be understood as saymg that the three upper classes of freIght are confined to ll1xunes, and:M1 Daly said that a number of nece~sanes \\ ere mcluded, but that they are the higher pnced nece~salle", \\ hel e the mcrea"ed freIght rate has an mfil1ltesimal effect. "\Vhat you were speakl11g of then was the mdlVl(lual con- SUlnel Y' asked Mr. James. " I was figUl mg on whoever pav~ the frel!Sht," I eplled the \'v Itness. Mr Daly refused to state what he would con0)(ler a fall' re-turn on the property of the Lake 5hOl e, l\ (ld1lgan & S:::mthern raIlroad Mr. James suggested ;) per cent, 10 per cent, and finally -to per cent, but the wItness would not answer Mr Daly refused to answel sevel al other que..,tlOn~ \\ hlch he declared were improper. "DId yOU 111 makIng these rates take 1l1t"Jcon~lderatJon the Cclpltal stock of the N ew York Central raIlroad?" 1\[1' James a~ked ".1\ 0," saId the vice president. "DId you consider the secUlltles held by the '{ ew Y OJ k Central 111 other raIlroads?" ".t'\o, we dId not, we consIdered only the fact that we needed the money to meet our 1l1creased operat1l1g expenses." LoUIS BrandeIS, representative of the Seaboard Orgamzation, took Up the cross exammatlOn of Mr. Daly at noon Rcferr1l1~ to the vIce preSIdent's statement that the present class rates had been in effect With very shght changes for twenty years, 1\Ir. BrandeIS asked If It was not true that the abohtlOn of rebates m 1903 had mcreased the revenue from claSSIfied freight. Mr. Daly admItted that this was true. ){Ir Brandeis asked If the road dIdn't usually confer WIth the shippers before advancing the rate, and Mr. Daly said It wa~ true. but that If d.1lthe shIppers affected by the present advance had been comulted, "you and I wouldn't be here to see It go through. l\~r. BrandeIS The shippers you repl esent do not say when they are gomg to raise a price." Chfford Thorne asked what hardship would result to the 1'.Jew York Central If the present rate wasn't approved, and Mr Daly salel there would be a very matenal decrea~e 111 the op-el atll1g revenue. He thought posslbly there would be enough left to pay operatll1g expenses, but wasn't sure" ;\11' Cooke';, testlmony \\ as along the same lmes and practi-cally to the same purpose and effect, as that of Mr Daly ----------------------------------------~-----~ Dodds' Tilting Saw Table NOe 8 We take plea.ure m mtroduclng to you our new Saw Table The base IS SimIlar to what we have been U'lDa on our No 4 Saw Table, only we have made It larger on the 600r The r&lSlOg and IowennK deVice IS the same al we have on the No 4 Machine, With lever and pitman The lever IS made of steel The &rbor IS made of I ?fr~IDchsteel, runDing in 10Da nng othna boxes. and.1 for 1~mch hole In $AW. We furmsh one t 4·iach eaw on each macmne It Will carry. 16-tnch saw If cleaned Table IS made Wlth a center .hde 12 mch•• WIde WIth a movement of 21 mches It has a lockmg deVIce to hold It when you do not Wl.h to use rl, and has a detachable mItre lIuaae to be used when uSlnll the sIKhna-table. Can erNs-cul wllh table extended to 24 mches, .110 np up 10 24 Inches WIde Table has a removable throat that can be taken out when USlna dado It also has two wtre auages for reaular work. and a two Sided np guage that can be used on f'lther Side of the .aw. more espeCIally when the table" blted. allOa lilting np gauge to be used to cut bevel work when you do not WIShto lilt the table The top IS40x44 mche. Countershaft has T & L pulley. IOxl4 Inches. and Ihe dove pulley 16x5 mo.be., counter- .haft .hould run 800 Making m all about as complete a machme a. can be found and at a sealOnable pnce Wnte us and we wul be pleased to quote you prices Addr_. lII ~---------------------------_._---- ... ALEXANDER DODDS, CO., ~1-183 Canal St., Grand Rapids, Mich. 11 II I I 12 ~--------------------------------- I,, III II I II ..._---------_._----------- TO DISCOURAGE MIGRATORY HABITS WEEKLY ARTISAN Ranney Refrigerator Company's Plan to Secure Uninterrupted Service From Employes. VV Ith the approach of cold weather man} pamter" and carpenters endeavor to secUl e posItIons m the vanoth tac-tories, as varnishers and cab111etmakers ThIs a"sures them a wmter Job \Vhen bUlld111g operatIons become actIve 111the spring, many of these operatIves gIve up theIr factor} P0..,I-tIons for the more remuneratne opportumtIes In the buIlc1mg trades and the physical benefit" re<;;ult111g from fi, c or "1"'( months of "'ork 111the open aIr \\ hlle thl~ ha" dh\ a\" prm en a very satIsfactory arrangement for the" orkmen, It l1a" been the cause of great 111COnVel11enceto manufacturer" of refnger-ators especIally, as the buildmg trades open at about the tIme in the spnng when manufacturers of refrIgerators are the busiest Some three or four years ago the Ranney RefngeratOl company of Greenvl1le, MICh , evoh ed a plan for paY111g prem- Iums to theIr employ e~ for contInuous employment ThIs con- .50 1 No. Date~_~ ___ _~ __ 190__ -- -- .75 2 PREMIUM TICKET. -- I- 1.00 3 NOT. TRANSFERABLE -- -- 1.25 4 THE RANNEY REFRIGERATOR COMPANY -- I- 1.50 5 WIll pay on or before Oct 1,190 __ -- -- 1.75 6 To ~----- -- -- The amount mdicated by punch marks on margm of thiS 2.00 7 ticket, prOVided conditions stated m notice dated OCTOBER -- I- 1, 1907, and posted In factOrIes have been comphed WIth 2.25 8 --- Do not lose or mutilate thiS ticket as NO duphcates 2.50 9 Will be Issued 2.75 10 SISt-, 111 creclItll1g each employe monthly WIth a Lcrtal1l dl110unt for contmuous and u111nterrupted sen Ice The arrangcmen t" all begll1 the fir"t of October and contmue untIl the fir"t cla\ of August. Evel y employe who has rendered Ullll1terru pteJ serVIce dunllg thIS peIlOd recen es cash to the extent of $1625 The premlUm tI,ket Issued by the company IS ..,ho" 11 herewIth It WIll be notIced that the Cledlb are lUcrea~ed monthly. By the first of AprIl the emplOye has to hh CIdlt the SUlu of $675, whIch he forfeIts If he lea' es the COmpall}'S employ at that time • It w111 be notIced that the amount which w111be credIted hIm f01 the month of Apnl IS $200, fOl UNION FURNITURE CO. -1II,, III , :I It• IIt I ROCKFORD, ILL. China Closets Buffets Bookcases We lead m Style, Comlrutbon and Em.h. See our Catalogue. Our lme on permanent exhlbl-bon 3rd Floor. New Manufact-urers Bwldmg, Grand RapId •. I• II ----~--_._-----~ the month of ~Iay $225. for the month of June $250 and the month of Jul} $2 Il, "0 that the Ialgest portIon of hIS pren1ltll11 h C1edIted to h1l11 dUllng the months of \pl il to July 111- clu"ne Thl" plan lJ,l~ PIO\ en "ncces"ful WIth the Ranney com-pan} fell the pa"t thlee yeals \VI11le the amount "eems 111- slg11lficant tOI each mcln IJual employe, It amounted to con- SIderable 111a factory employmg 300 or 400 men (Even at tIns the Ranney company belIeves that It pays them The premIum system does not affect the man's general wages at all If he thmb he IS entItled to more pay, he IS at lIberty to pre~ent hIS claIms to the managel the same as he would though the premIUm S) stem \\ ere not m eAlstence The premwm seems to be ap-preCIated by many of the Ranney employes, who would con-t111ue regular serVIce throughout the entIre busmess year even If there \\ ere no prem1l1m To them it IS a form of profit <;;Innng. Freight Cars Are Busy. \" I qlOrted 111the current bullet111 of the Amellcan Ral1- \\ d\ a""UcldtlOn there wel e only 50,729 Idle freIght cars on the 1 all\\ d'" of the l111tecl States and Canada on September 1, comparee! ~,lth 73,679 on August 17 allll WIth 140,000 at the heg1l1n111g of rnly The 111creaSe 111 traffIc accompanymg the mo\ ement of the uop" to market ha" thu" blOught back mto actn e "en Ke ahout tv" o-thlrds of the freIght cars from the Idle h"t t\\ 'l month" dgO \\ hen it IS realtLed that there are \\ell a,el 2,000,000 fJel~ht CdlS 111 the L11lted States, It 15 cleal tha t the equ Ipmcn t of the I atllOaJ.., h now fallly well c111pl'oyed for the Idle lIst on \ngu-.,t 31 amounted to less than 2.0 per cent of the total eqtllpment owneJ b} the ral1roads "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 Factones, Sash and Door Mills, Railroad Companies, Car Builders and others will consult their own interests by using it. Also Barton'. Emery Cloth, Emery Paper, and Flint Paper, fumished in rolls or reams. MANUFACTURED BY H. H. BARTON & SON CO., 109 South Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. .. .•. WEEKLY ARTISAN CHOICE TOOLS FOR FURNITURE MAKERS If you do not know the "Oliver" wood workmg tools, you had better give us your address and have us tell you all about them. We make nothmg but Quality tools, lhe firSt coSt of whIch is consIderable, but which WIll make more profit for each dollar mveSted than any of the cheap machmes flood-mg the country. Oliver Tools Save Labor "OLIVER" No. 16. Band Saw 36 Inches. Made WIth or WIthout motor dnve Metal table 36"x 30" W,ll take 18" under the aUlde- bits 45 dearees one way and 7 degrees the other way Car-nes a saw up to 1 %11 WIde OutsIde beanna to lower wheel shaft when not motor doven Welaht 1800 lb. when ready to ship "Oliver" New Variety Saw Table I'Io 11 Will take a saw up to 20" diameter Arbor belt IS 6" WIde Send lor Catalog "B"lor 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-Ohver Maclunery Co .. Hudson TermInal. 50 Church St, New York. Ohver Maclunery Co. Fmlt NatIonal Bsnk BmIdIna, Clucaao, III • OlIver MachInery Co • PaCIfic BuddIng, Scstde, Wash, OlIver Maclunery Co ,201-203 Deanlgate, Manchester, Eng Wanamaker Guarantees a Square Deal. The New York CommercIal announces th,1t John \Vana-maker has taken a long step 111 advance 111 se1l111gmerchanJlse by dlrect111lS that all good" ~old on hIS floOl s shall bear a card or label ~tatmg the matenals of wll1Ch the al tIcle 1~ compo'3ed and the relative proportlOns of each constituent Gnder thIS sy"tem '\ir \1\ anamaker or hIS agent~ wl1l be enabled to look a cust'Jmer squarely ll1 the e) e and :oay "there IS nothmg but mahogany 111thIS table" The CommercIal dIscusses the plan ed1tonally as follows "A most admllclble system' A most commendable 'squa1e deal' between seller anJ buyer' K eIther can be dece1ved--- and the rule 1" to apply to everything the component parts of '" h1ch the concern cannot 1t~elf regulate When it cannot regulate them it wdl tell the facts about them, any way, no matter how many shopp1l1g l11uslOns may be d1spelled there-by 50 far. "0 good' The entIre bmmess world ought to be found forthWIth patt1l1g the vV,1namaker management on its back for thus mS1stmg on honest dealing" Government regulation of food products might be eAtend- (cl to the regulatlOn of all artJcle:o of dome!OtJc U~e There IS ,1" much need for guard111lS the publlc against fraudulent manufactUl er" of clothmg or mattI es"e" as aga111st 1mpu1 e med1cmes or doped fnnt an,! vegetables Forced to Raise Prices. Some of the raw matenals whlCh are useJ m the manu-facture of var11lsh co-,t nearly double what they dId eIghteen 111onth~ ago ThIS 1del s espeually to hn"eed 011 and turpen-t111e, and there IS apparently no 1ehef 111 sH.;ht On March 1, 1909 turpentUle wa~ quoted m balfels dt 38 c and on Septem- " TIme " Tempers .. Cost bel 1. 1910 at 75 cents On Mal ch 1. 1909, lmseed 011 was quoted m barrels at 56c and today at $1 03. In VIew of these facts the PItcaIrn V arm~h company have sent out a letter to the trade m WhICh they say. "On account of the contmued h1gh pnces of raw matellals we ale compelled to WIthdraw our sellmg pnces on all varn- 1she~ We herewIth enclose reVIsed llst pnces which wl1l be m effect on and after thIS date, the dIscount remammg the same "vVe have heSItated for some tIme before makmg thIS change m the hopes of seemg a declme m the pn~e of raw matenals, but on the contrary they contmue to advance, and m some ca~es a1e actually more than double \\ hat they were one year ago, WIth 110 lower pnce 111 SIght It is therefore ab- 'lolutel} necessary that we make th1S advance or reduce the quahty of our goods "The HIGH QUALITY of PItcaIrn VarnIshes Will be mamtained ,. "--------_._._--------------------.. 10U15 babn DESIGNS AND DETAILS OF FURNITURE IIII ---------_._----- ---_._._._._. -_ .. 154 Livmgston St. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN CItIzens' Telephone 1702. - "" Minnesota Retail Dealers' Furniture Association WEEKLY ARTISAN OFFICERS-PresIdent, J R. Taylor, Lake Benton, Mmn , VIce-PresIdent, D R Thompson, Rockford, Mmn , Treasurer, B A Schoeneberger, Perham, Mmn , Secretary, W L Grapp, JanesvIlle, Mmn EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE-Cha,rman, Geo Klem, Mankato, Mmn., 0 S,mons, Glencoe, Mmn, W. L HarTIs, Mmneapohs, Mmn , C. Damelson, Cannon Falls. BULLETIN No. 144. THE PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS AT THE MEETING IN MINNEAPOLIS LAST WEEK. AGREEMENT AND CONTRACT. I, the underslgncd, a mcmbel of the "\II"'dsOT\ RLl\If IlR"I1lRLD1\rrR~'A~~oLI\lION,herebyauthonzethe .. bUYing commIttee to shIp to mc such Items, not to exceed $ worth mane yeal, whIch in the judgment of the buying committee, are extraOl dlnary values or \\ hich are needed m closmg their ongmal contract with the various fac-tones As a member I agl ee to protect invOIce by check upon receIpt of notice. ThIS arrangement may be canceled by giving the chairman of the bu) mg committee 30 clays' notice The followmg 1I5t of Items are goods that I cannot use: To sa) that I apIJl cClate the pI esence of OUI member, hCI e today IS puttmg It Imldl), becausc If you havc been as bus) .1', I have bcen your pret>ence hel e today shows a sacnfice I sa) ,acllficc, because somc of us cannot see the hIdden aeh ant,lge~ of a meetmg hke thIS My expenence has taught me that the mo,t practIC.1l tune for the Imd-summer meeting IS dunng the state fall' Yet \\ e find that oWing to all the busmess appointments that \\ e have to make m coming hele .1ndm trYll1g to get a 1Ittle plea,ule mIxed 111 WIth It, we find our time so occupied that I am fearful \\ e do not get out of our meetmgs all that \V e should A.s your pI esence here today shows the expendIture of tunc and money, I, as presIdent, most earnestly urge) au to make the most of thIS meetll1g and to gIve the associatIOn \\ ark prefcrence today There are so many thll1gs that could be qld m the prps- Ident's adell ess that would be helpful, ) et I behe\ c that due to the free dISCUSSIOnof an infOlmal meetmg 1Ike thIS, that \\ e can get a great deal of good from It Therefore, I am leav Ing the prmclpal subjects that are so close to om heal ts for each of }au to discuss I can report that tIm, fal 111 my adnlllllstl.ltlOn the as,ou- .ltlon WOlk has been call1ed on vel y aggres~lvel) and th.1t \\ c .11c not only holdmg our members, but are steadll\ grO\\ mg 1 have becn so busy In taking care of my road \\Olk that OIe1l-nanly I would not havc kept 111 touch \\ Ith thc assouatlOn and what it is doing. As I mect our members in towns that I fl cquenth \ bIt I reahze more and more the great II1fluence of the aSSOCIatIon I want to tell you that I am ploud of the fact that \\ c havc such loyal members We all reahze the amount of opposition to OUI pohcy of co-operative buymg, yet as I viSIt the vallOUS stores I find that thIS co-operative bUYl11gIS thc vel') thl11g that IS holdl11g our asso-ciation together. As I study the vanous Items that the as~ocI-atlon brm~s up I cannot help but wonder why any furniture dealer stays outSIde of our assocIation To me thIS ar- Iangemcnt puts the small dealers on the baSIS of the carload bu) ers and not one of us can get the vanous Items we need to meet mall 01 del' competitIOn alone, instead of havll1g to go to the necesslty of gettmg them 111 car lots and having them all come at one tune, whIch requires St01age and all the other draw-b. 1ck5, thIS method of buymg gets them for the small dealers a5 they need them Not only that, but buymg m thIS way you alwa) s have new stock You have no surplus money tied up In the house and so on down into the details. It has also bcen unpressed upon my mind that the very fact that \\ e ha\ e such an aggressIVe assoCIation is worth money to e\ el y dealer 111 the state, that IS, 100kl11g at it only from a cold financIal P0111t of VIew, whIch after all, IS nothing as compared \\ Ith the result~ m good fellowshIp that these meetings bring out. \\'h) a certall1 per cent of OUI members do not look to the pal ment of their dues, who are a part of the assoCIation, is be-yond me Yet, \\ hen we look over the history of the various a,sociatlons, I find that Mmncsota should have no complaint to makc, for we al e growing faster and accomphsh mOl e than any other sU1ll1ar association. TIm should cncourage m in our ef-forb \\ e must either be going forward or backward I am 5ure that wc ale not gOll1g backward. I have been a member of the a5SoclatlOn ever sll1ce it was 0lga11lzed and oh, how much mOl e confidencc \\Ie have 111 the assoCIatIOn now than wc had then' I cspecIall) want to call your attentIOn (because pos'lbly none of )Ot! have noticed it) to the gooc! wJ11 and co-opelatlOn that IS be1l1g worked out 111 connectIOn WIth our work One of our members says that if we hac! told 111mfive year:-- ago that we would accomphsh this heart) co-operatIOn he would have declared It was impossible, or might have called It a "pipe dream' Yet. today it IS a plcasll1g fact To me thIS phase Member's Signature. I WEEKLY AR1ISAN 15 of the dssoudtlon 1", onngl11g more good to the retaIl furm tUl e dealers than anyone thmg. TherefOl e, let us not forget the slogan, "Let's Get Together," because it means so much to us all. In closl11g I want to thank you as best I can for your pres-ence here todav. I can promIse you that the officer~ WIll do all that IS In then po" er to make thIS year the banner year of the aSSOCIatIOn The officers al e only mstl nments thl n which our work I~ carned on and It IS up to you to ask fot v,hat you want and above all to give your aSSOCIatIOn the finanCIal "up-pOl 1. that It needs 111 can} mg on ItS work. I thank} au for your patIence J R TAYLOR ANNOUNCEMENT. The executn e commmlttee has made all angement \\ Ith H F. DavIs of Mankato, to 1 epresent our aSSOCIation as organi7er and he stalted out on hIS tnp September 12 We tru"t that all 1I1emOeis wlll gIve hun theIr hearty co-opel atlOn m thiS work of orgamzmg The aSSOCIatIOn ha'i felt for sometime that we ought to be m constant tonch wIth our members and we hope through thIS orgamzer to onng about much better feehng where we have several membel s 111the same town, and we also hope he Will be the factor throngh whIch our members WIll work to correct many of the eXIstmg eVIl'i that are nvw botherIng us. J\Ir DavIs is authorIzed to collect dues and aSSOCIatIOn ac-counts and rcndel any other serVice" that the aSSOCIatIOn mem-bers find necessary. We have already found that thele IS many a dealer who has ~ta} ed out of thIS a'iSOclatlOn because our proposItIOn has not been put up to hIm rIght and because of the knocks our co-op-el atlve bu} mg ha" brought out Therefore, we speak for ]\1lr. DavIs such help and adVIce that wIll enable hIm to brmg about the conchtlOns v\ e all \\ auld lIke to see so much, that of a pay- 111gand prospelous aSSOClatlOn RICHMOND TABLET CHAIRS A Sermonette on Pessimism. To the Chattanooga Tlmes-\Valkmg along ),Iarket street the other day 1 overtook the head of one of our be"t clothl11g stores "How's busmess?" saId I "Rotten," saId he, WIthout askmg me to conSIder hIs reply confidential. "Rotten?" I 1 e-peated. "Would you say that of your WIfe, your horse, ) our automobile, dog, gun, piano, or anything el'ie you have ?" Would you permIt another person to say that of your busmess? Of course you would not. Yet WIth a SOUl face and saddenmg manner, you pubhcly charactenze as rotten that whIch enables yOU to 'iupport your famIly, keep an automobIle, or have a plano dog, gun, or grocerIes. \Vhen I asked the man if he had ever thought of it in 1.1115lIght he adlmtted that he had not What a pIty such things cannot be brought to the attentIOn of the ABC classes in our schools! I have here "ntten of no uncommon OCCUIrence Thl" busl11ess-kIlhng pessimIsm IS practiced by enough people to keep all of us 111a state of fear and depression a large part of the tnne. If, when 1 met the clothing man I had been on my way to 111""tore to bu) a $30 St1lt, thll1k you this remark would have stimulated me to buy a $50 outfit? I gues" not' To wear mv old suit or get a $12 98 "hand-me-down" would have accorded better WIth my state of mind. I mIght have figured It ont thIS way If the clothing busi-ness is rotten now, how 10m; wIll It be before the chIna business WIll need to be taken out and bUlled") i\nd straIghtway all my expenses would be cut down-grace I, butcher, rl1llk man, five-cent show and all the rest would buffer becau"e the cloth111g man saId hIS business was "rotten" If there IS no other CUle fOI 1.1115thl11l:; let U'i qUlt askll1g each other "how's busl11ess" until 'iome of us can go somewhere and be tredted for foolIshness. Em\ \RD ABBOTT August 29, 1910 David W. Kendall's Estate Settled. The WIdow, as executnx of the estate of the late DaVId W. Kendall of Grand RapIds, ha'i filed hel final account. If the pro-bate cOUlt apploves the account as lendeled, the property WIll be c1btnbuted Ul accordance WIth the provI"lOns of the will. The estate wa" appraIsed at $2'~f),OOO,of whIch a lllece and a nephew of the deceaSed receIved $l,OiJO each. Half of the rema1l1l11g $218,000 went to the WIdow and the other half was dIVIded eqnal-ly between M'ir Kendall's SIster and hel husband, Irvmg A Dean The ll1hentance tdX nnposed uncler the state law-one per cent on the 'ihares of the WIdow and sIsteI and five per cent on those of the nIece, nephcw and brotheI-m-law-amounted to $4,460 "SLIP SEATS" AND THE MOST SANITARY RICHMOND CHAIR CO. No. 100 DOUBLE CANE SEAT RICHMOND, IND. No. 100 GENUINE LEATHER SEAT -~ I ~a1d 'In 01del to clenve any benefit m fuel economy the opel atOl must have a machllle that can be operated eCOn0l111- call}, one with tIght bode1". tlght steam p1pes, eylmder anel \ ah t ~ pI opulv packed. square, ah es preferred He regretted that thulhancJ~ of \ ah es now 1n use dre n)t square" If a loss of $10,080000 annually 1S susta1l1d m the operatl'JU of a slllgk I ne of raJlwa) by \\astefulne'-b 111 the rUnDll1g of locomot1ves. \\ hat d tl E:111ClH]( us 10-" mu~t esult t'l the ope rat )1s of "tat101Y dn "tea 11 plant~ not prupeJl} eqUlPlx! and handled 16 WEEKLY ARTISAN PUBLISHED I!'VIIRY SATUROAY • .,.. THB: MICHIGAN ARTISAN COMPANY SUBSCRIPTlON 51 00 I"ER YEAR ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATe:S OTHER COUNTRIES $2 00 PER YEAR. SINGL.E: COPIES 5 CENTS PIJBLICATION OFFICE, 10e-112 NOPITH DIVISION ST, GRAND RA," OS. MICH, A S WHITE. MANAOINQ EDITOR Entered as second class matter. July 5, 1909. at the post office at Grand R"plds. MichIgan under the act of March 3 1879 CHICAGO REPRESENTATIVE E LEVY One of the most succe"stul manufacturer" ot the pa "t generatIOn ehel not even pI etenJ to know an} th Ing dJY!l1 t the schools on lles1gn The work;, of the r 1ench I tallan dnd l:<.-ng llsh class1cs d1d not 111tere"t h1111,but he see ned to po"-es,, mtll1tlve knowledge of the styles that" ould pl~d"e the tr,l Ie He employed fro111 two to fOUl de"lgneh and ~pent but httle tUDe 111d1scussmg the detaIls wIth them To one he \\ ould say "make a sldeboard that WIll sell tor $250" 1 0 anothel he \\ould say, "make a three pIece chamhel sUIte that \\111 ,,_II fOJ $400" "\7hen the c!rawmgs of the 51Clebodlcl \\eIC com-pleted he v\ould study the ~a1l1e eagelh and thln e\.llaIll1 "thIS 1<.,not gor)l], make dnothe1' 1f It (lId not 1110 1t 111~,lp proval 1£ the deSIgn plc'l:oecl the manuL1ctl\lel he \\ oulel ",\\ "Get out the detaIls and send them to the pattell1 100111 I hc same course would be pursued \\ Ith the deqgner makll1 t.; th __ $<-00 chamber Sl1lte The lIne ne\ el lackec1 In \ al1et\ and th e deSIgners never showed a lack of mterest 1ll th e1r \\ ork [0 gam the approval of theIr emplo) er \\ as cono.ldered \\ orth the effort In an address dehvered by rred HIlI the c\e~lgner employed by the Impenal FurnIture compan} of Grand RapId" to the teachers of the specIal cla"ses and the ec1ucatlOnal com-mIttee of the Young :Men's ChnstIan a"SOC'latlOn 1t \\ ,I" stated that the succes"ful desH,;ner of fl1ll11ture mu"t po"~e",, both business and artistIc abIlIty m 01 del that hh (!e~l(~l1' may meet the reql1lrements of the manufacture1 Ot one thousand sketches that m1ght come under one pal t1culal sh Ie of mechal1lcal art, not one would meet the part1cular 1equ11 e-ment of a manufacturer The Independent comme1ual de-slgners realIze thIS fact 1110re keenly than others Dunng the months preced111g the open111g of a season commel c1al lle~l~n-ers prepare thousands of sketches whIch are submItted to small manufacturers \Vhen selectlons have been made, the detaIls are III awn an d the deSIgner plOceeds on h1s \\ a) to other fields of employment The most capable of thIS c1a"~ of artIsts earn larger incomes than are Pd1d t,) "alaned de"lt.;llLl s Mr HIll sounded the keynote of success 111 the desIg nel ~ p10 fession, when he pomted out the nece"slty for an eJucatlOn 111 bus111ess as well as in art Being- a graduate of the \1 I Instltute of Chicago and an expenenced man 111bU"lness, he expresses 111his work ideas that are of p1act1cal \ alue alld that please and gratIfy the eye UnskIllful stokmg WIth poorly cono.tructed locomotn es causes a loss of $10,000,000 annually to the LehIgh Valley rall-road, in Its tram serV1ce In discussmf,; thIS 10<;<;\\'Illlam Owens. a fuel ll1spector 111the employ of the raIlroad company, (ln~Uldl agent" ()f the l nlted ::'tdte", ar2 ftl111hhmg a gl Cdl deal 01 1l1tol11latl 111 cOnlCnlIng the market'"> d the coun-t! 1e- III \1 h1ch t11e\ al e Ie cater] dnd endedvonng to mterest the ll1<lllulde U1C " 01 the llllte 1 ~tatc~ 111 the same The \men- Cd'l lllanuJdltll1 er care" lIttle for f01 elgn trade "0 10llR as the c101,lC-,tICmal ket" take hIS output at re11luneratn e prIces ThIS I S em UIJ\vhe p0hcy to pur"ue. but the i\mellcan manufacturer h nut af aId to tdke the gamble1'" chance even when It IS unneccs,al) for hIm to do so \n e).po~ltl')n 01 manufacturers was held 111 LouiSVIlle. l\. \ • 111 ) llh 1883 Th e manufacturers of furl11turc 111 Grand [LlJ))ds filed ,111eal h applIcatlOn f(Jl space on the mal11 floor, but \\hen the a"slgnmenh were made preference ",as gIVen to the loc,d manuiactme1S of fm111ture and the Grand Rap1ds glOUP \\ a" notlfie,! that the only "pace ava1lable for the1r use \\ a" d "ec tlon ')f the gallef} ThIS was refused and the manu-taltl11 10:1"of (Jrand RapIds were oblIged to cOlltent themselves 11\ jlas~1l1Q,'a b1ace of sl/zllnr; re,ulutlOns l IJ(lcrtd],el ~ dl e tl equc nt1) asked "\\ hat 1" the most dUl dblc 1\ oc! to! a hunal casket ),. 1~"peII1l1enh CCJl1Jucted In Ihe t()Je~tn 1ml edll show that the d\ era~e lIfe of tImber IJ"erl ff)l fence ]l0-,h belcm ti10und, 1S fourteen years Osage olan£;e 1" the ll1()~t eItllable The compalatl\e hfe of othel \ dlletlC" of t1111hel. tI0111 the Ie ngest to the shortest pellOd IS ,b tollO\\" Red ceclar, locnst, white oak, northern white u~clal catalpa, black walnut, hntternut. red oak and WIlla",. \n i\mencan consul 111 A"Ia, whose name 15 WIthheld 111 the 1011Snlar reports "dl furnIsh 111formatlOn in regard to an o elel for 100 metal hcds to he placed 111a hotel \Vho w1ll turnbh the name ot the consul J i\mellcan manufacturers who <!c"lre to "figme 111 th1s order wonlcl probably obtain the lnlormatlOll needed, If the usual red tape lOutme shoule! be follo\\ ee! m the transactIon of government business, SIX or eIght months afttr the contract has been awarde,l \\ hJ1e Grand RapIds IS WIdely known as a furnIture town hut one exh1hIt of turnltul e was made at the \\' est M1chlgan ~ta te FaIr A local 1eta11 fil m exhlblte,l a larry load of house furl11shmg good", not "made 1n Grand RapIds" The reader may comment on thIS fact a" he pleases One thousand famJ1les f1om 1'1ance art jJreparmg to set-tle 111the \ 1C111Ityof ~ elV Orlean" \n 111creasec1 demand for I rench tur111tl11e WIll 111e\Itably follow 111 the course of time Conficlence IS e~tablIshee! 111 the manufacturer who put<t a trade mal k 011 h1:, goods anc1 the retadel handlmO' the same • b has somethmg on hand on vvh1Ch he can pledge quality, Dullness prC\aII" in the furnIture trade of China Sedan cha1rs are not selhng \V ell 011 account of the ad\ ent of broug-hams, dravvn h} "plene!lcl horo.es, bled In Austna WEEKLY ARTISAN Food for Thoul1ht. A boy on an occaSlOn went 111tOd hardware ~tore and a"kerl for employment There dlJ not seem to be an openltl,g and yet the manager ~eeltlg the app11cant had a bright. 1I1tcllI-gent face, wa" de~lrou'i of helpll1g hl111 ~ow, It "0 happened that there wa'i a lot of bra"s and "teel tack'i that by 'iome ml~hap, had got mIxed together llk~ p1IntCl'" pI, and wa" lay- 1I1g on the floor In a heap All of the clerk" were (head1l1~ the task of assortIng them and "0 the managel ~alrl tJ the bu} "There arc some bra"s and '3teel tack" on the H('ol U\ er the e 111 a pile, if yOU vvhh to "ort them, } 011 may do '- )' rl he hen wIthout a wr~rd l111mer11dtely took off hI" coat and 11,lt, walked to a '3ho\\ ca~e and takll1g Ollt a ll1a~l1et pI ('ceedeJ to hI" ta"l, and ltl very much "hOl tel tlllle than an} of the clerk, OJ mana-ger dreameJ of, he had th,c Job completer! 11nt bov got hI" Job at once \Vhy;l Becau"e he had bld111" and knew how t) ARTHUR KIRKPATRICK Well Known Teacber of Furmture Designmg of Grand RapIds, MlCb. u~e them This is Just what ::vIr Arthur KIrkpatrick. mana-ger of the Grand RapIds School of Furmture DeSIgn, is on the lookout for, boys wIth brains The Vvorld IS full of boys and men who are lookmg for nice, easy Jobs---jobs wIth 11ttle work or re~pomlbllIty, and good pay They never finLl them The dIamond has to be cut and polished before It can be marketed All the gold Itl the mountaltls IS worthless so long as it stays there And when It is dug out it has to go through the fire and the meltltlg pot before it can enter the great wor! 1 of commerce The Grand Rapids School of FUl niture Design IS the refining pot, where the dross is elimmated---the shop of the lapidary. where the dIamond is cut and polIshed, but it is absolutely helpless with material that ha~ no stuff in it--- brains, ambltlOll, willingne% to sacrifice pleasures and am-bition to c11mb But the boys with steel In their mu"cles, dIamonds 111 theIr eyes and that which is better than gold Itl their make-up- clean bodIes, pllre heart~, conSCIences void of offen<,e to all men, ambItIOn that will not be satisfied until the top of the mountal11 has been scaled---these boys are sure to succeed, do succeed. and are fillmg re'iponslble pO~It1ons Say, boy, whIch kll1d are yOll? Let us hear from you The Grand Rapids School of Furniture DeSIgn, 542-545 Houseman BUlldltlg, Grand RapIds, ::\11ch 17 ~-------------------------------- III II II I II I I II II ,I t II ,I , If ,• ,,,I I I,,, t,I , I I, t II ,,I : TIfE "ELI" \,,IIII ,, I III .----------------------------- ---_._-.,,I It ,i , It t II I,I II ,I I IIIfII II FOLDING BEDS AR!" BRUD AND f PROfIT WINNEfCS I I II ELI D~vA~!,~E~~~N~ co. I I• No StoLk Lomplete wlthoul the h.ll Bed., m \1alltt--J and Upng:ht V\ nte for cuts and pnces ON SALE IN FURNITURE EXCHANCE. EVANSVILLE. ~,-------------------------------------- _.,I I Palmer's Patent GluiUlr Clamps I i I III ,I ,II I,III The above cut 1S taken duect from a photograph, and shows the range of one Slze only, our No.1, 24.-inch Clamp. We make six other Slzes, takmg In stock up to 60 inches wide and 2 mches thICk. Ours 1S the most practical method of clampIng glued stock m use at the present time. Hundreds of factones 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 or-dered and reordered many times. Proof pOSItiveour way 1S the best. A post card WIll brmg it, catalog inclUded. Don't delay, but wr1te today. A. E. PALMER &, SONS, Owosso, MICH. I-....-.. ....-_ ...-_. . -- -_._------_._----- .. FOREIGN REPRESE:N"l"ATIVES: The Projectile Co., London, Engoland: Schuchardt &; Schutte, Berlln, Ger-many; Alfred K. Schutte, Oolo/01e,Par1s, Brussels, LIege, MIlan, Tunn, Barcelona and BIlboa. •.. '" E Ree111'm}del. F C. V{alters, \"T. C Lane, S S Soutzen-h'l'ier and C Cr Hel bruch l1<1ve111corporated the Reemsnyder- \\ altel'i company to engage 111the undertakmg bU~111ess111Can-ton, 0 George F \V1llal d and SIdney "'-der have purchased the home fUl11l,h1l1g bU'il1less of F 1\1 Sledge of W111ston-Salem, 1\ l The ne\\ firm WIll be known as the \V1llard & Ader Funu-lm e company. \blaham Kopelman, furmtme dealer of 799 Broadway, BlOOkh n. "); Y, has settled with h1s cred1tors at fifty cent'i on the dollal He 111C01 porated his bUt.mfSS about a year ago and tatled 111J ul) The H \. Schuermann company of vVashmgton, N J, man-utacturers of plano stools, benches, etc, has been 1l1corporateeel. Capital stock, held by Harry A and Freel A. Schuermann and \\ Ilham \Vhltmore, $35,000. \\ C Gott\\ als, who recently purchased the plant of the Crleensooro ('\ C) Fur11ltm e l\Ianufactul1l1g cOl11pan}, IS pre-pal111g to put the factory mto operatlOn. He w111make a ll1le ot cab1l1ets and office fixtures. The 1l1~ta11l11entdealers of BlflTI1nghal11, Ala, have asked the Clt\ counCIl to pass an ordmance requllmg furniture movers to file repOl ts showmg the names of owners of the furmture mo\ ed and whence and where, etc. Fled R. Young, unt11 recently manager of the cha1r fact01y at X e\\ Sharon, IS one of the VICtOrIOUScandidates 111 the Ma111e elect10n last :,Ionday He wa:, elected by the democrats to rep-re" ent 1~rankl111 count) 111the state senate. The Bralc} -Grote Furn1ture company of Oakland, (aI, has I1lOV ed into handsome and commodlOus new quarters on Broad- \\ a} near T\\ elfth stl eet They celebrated the event", Ith a great hotlse-\\ a1l1l1ng \\ h1Ch was attended by thousands E ,I. Se\ erance, formerly a member of the firm of Robbms 8'1 Severance, ftu nltl11e dealel s of J\I1cldlebury, Vt, has taken the posltlOn of managel of the fUllnture depal tment of the Ver-mont 2\Iarble LOmpany's general stOle at Proctor, Vt. fhe Rhodet.-Burf01d Furniture company of Paducah, Ky, ha\ e enlan.;ed the1r Fourth street store by taking a ten-year leasc ot cl half of the (It} X atlOnal Bank butlding, thu'i securing a Broach\ c1\ entrance, and the} now have the largest furniture store In the state. Through S D Johnson, deale I , the \V & J. Sloane Furni-tUle company of San Franc1sco, have been awalded the contract tm fllll11~h111gthe Elks' temple of MarySVille, CaJ. lVlost of the fUI11ltm e IS to be made to order and fi11lshed to harmonize with the \\ aIls of the vanous rooms. \bout a hundred manufacturers and shippel s of western "e\\ England met at Spnngfield, Mass, last Fnday and passed I esolutlons protest111g aga111~t demurrage rules that are aoout to be put 111tOeffect 111that section They have a'iked the Inter- :,tate Commerce comm1SSIon to pIohlblt the enforcement of the I ules unt1l the shippers have had a hearing on their protest Trade between the United States and the Philippine Islands mcreased RJ per cent dunng the fil st year's operatlOn of the new tal Iff law, which proVides for free interchange of merchandise bet\\ een those Islands and the Umted States Imports from the 15lands doubled dllnng the penod 111questton and exports thereto mcreased about 70 per cent. Furniture does not appear in the statIstics pubh'ihed by the department of commerce and labor, but It may have been counted unclel the head of "all other ar-tIdes," that aggregate $2,364,000 MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND NEWS llank \\ adder 1Sa new undertake I at Hanl11bal, ::'IIo J \V Bowmdn, unclel t"ker of 131a} nel, l\Io , ha'i sold out to IE P l\1tchael The Acme Chal1 compcll1) ot \Vl1hamspolt, I'a, 15 g01l1~ out of business. Henry Parkm~ ha~ pUIchased the fUI111tme StOIe of \ \ 11 Hamilton & Co, Roscoe, Pa, John R Dunn has purchased the retail furmtm e bu"mc "" oi ~ J Hmgten at LaMotte, Iowa The \Vhltfield (La) rur111tm e compan}. de,tlel'- hd\ e Jll-cO! porated Capital stock, $20,000 The Palace Furmture company of Deer Creek, Okla he\', lllU eased 1ts capital stock from $1,500 to $3,000 Th.e Rh1l1elander (\VIS) Refngelator comapnv has lll-creased Its capital stock from $50,000 to $75 000 The Fleck Fur11ltul e compan), dealers of ::'IIlh\aukee al c erectmg a $25,000 store bmldlllg on Cllllton street The MIchaels Fur111ture company of Chicago ha'i clepo~ltecl $13.000 111court to complete the re-orga111zatton of the bU"l11e-~ The FaIrfield (Me) Fm111ture company shut dfl\>n It- LlV tor) for four days last week to allo\\ the employes to attend the fair Al thur ,\ Jone", of the Jones-DaVIS Furllltule company. ;\[esa, Anz, IS VISlt1l1g eastern malkets, bUY1l1gfor the late fall trade The \Y B Trumbo company home furnbher:, ot Lom"> Ille Ky, are now OCCUPY111gtheir ne'\ store at Fourth and \\ alnut 'itl eets. The name of the Dewend-Kllschn1clnn lm111tlll e compall\ dea1cr~ of 1\lolme, 11, has been changed to the De\\ end-(31Ik company Crechtol:' have filed a petttlOn 111bankruptcy ag,11l1"t :, ra "- Lyman, ftU11lture deale I of La WIence, ::'IIass LI,lbIIttle", $.),;")00, J.t.~ets, $2,JOO . O:,car WllIts I~ a new undeltake1 111Jack"on Ga lIe h,,'- been assOCiated With h15 father 111the I etall fnr111tnre bns111e~~ for several years. H C. Chl1Sttansen ha~ pIn chased an 111tele"t 111the T unctlO11 Fm111ture company of RacJlle, \V 15 , and Will take an clctlYe pal t m the management. John Cox, furmtllre deale I of Columbia sheet, Ltlca, '\ Y has opened a branch store at .'32.3Bloecker street, \\ hlLh \\ III bc known a~ Cox's Eat.t Side store limon uphobte1eIs m :t\ew YOlk cl11d VIC1l11tyhave been granted an 111Celase 111wages from $1 to $+ 50 per day The new scale took effect last Monday. The Sunthers & \Yand Undertakmg company ot St LOIll'i, J\Io, has been 111corporated Capital stock held by John \ Smithers, Thomas \Vand and Frank Holland, $25,000. \Vork on the ne,v plat1t of the vVorld- 13osse-Globe I Ul111 tllre company of EvanSVille, Ind, IS progl cssmg rapid!> \11 of the bUlld1l1gs will be roofed by the l111ddle of Oetobel On petltlOn of cred1tors James R Thomp:,on has been ap-p0111ted receiver in bankruptcy f01 J\Iorrh J Hoffman. fm111ture dealer of Newburg, N Y Liabtllties, $6.000, a:,set'i. $1,300 The change of name of the Rhodes-Burford company of Lex1l1gton, Ky , to the Roberts Fur11lture compam, \\ a'i clue to L. L. Roberts havmg purchased a contlolhng mtel est m the bns-mess WEEKLY ARTISAN 19 . ... a.a_ .. a.a ... ----a- .. _-.., 30 000 ~~:~tR~ck • Vises Sold on approval and an uncon· dItIonal money back guarantee SHELDON'S STEEL BAR CLAMPS. Guaranteed Indestructible. \\Ie soliCIt pnvllege of sendmg samples and Pl!IItent Mal1eable Clamp Fixtures. our com~ It.te catalogue E H. SHELDON & CO Chlcalto 111. Gentlemen -We are pleased to state that the ~'idozen Clamp FIxtures whIch we boutht of you a lIttle over a year ago are gIVInl?; excellent servIce We are well satlsfied WIth them and shall be pleased to remember you whenever we want anythIng addltlOnalm thiS lIne Yours truly, Sion CIty. Iowa CURTIS SASH & DOOR CO. E. H. SHELDON C!J CO. 328 N. May St •• Chicago. '----------------------------------- --_._-_._._-----_. ----_._---------------~~ on Main street, Spnngfie1d, Mass, was damaged to the extent of a few hundred dollars by fire last Saturday mght. The store is owned by E J. and F. C. Murphy and the loss is tully imurecl. Furniture Fires. Fred Peterson's furnIture store, Le Deau, S Dak, W<l~ to-tally destroyed by fil e on September 8. Insurance, $1,000 The NIcholson furnitUJ e factory at Pl10t :Vlountam, N C, was totdlly destroyed by fire on September 10 Loss not reported The Standard Fur111ture company of BaltImore, :!\Id, lost about $1,300 by fire 111 their store on Septembel 9 Fully msured FIre recently damaged the stock and store of the Newman Furniture company on Seventeenth street, San FranCISCO, Cdl, to the extent of $15,000 or $18,000 Parttally insured. Fire in the busmess section of New Haven, Conn, on Sept 14 caused a loss of over $200,000. Among the buildmgs burned was that of the Hegal Furniture company, dealers, whose los~ is esttmated at $80,000 to $100,000. New Duluth, Minn, has had SIX mystel ious fil es m four weeks, believed to have been started by a "fire-bug." Last :\10n-day the warehouse of the Thomps-on Furmtl11 e company, WIth a loss of $18,000, partially insured The store and stock of the New England Deddmg company New Furniture Dealers. \V. H. Call has opened a new furniture store at Lamar, Co!. J B I'rench has opened a new stock of furnIture at Bellfield, :t\ Dak \Vlllard IIdrpole will open a new furnit11l e store in Union CIty, Tenn. Robert H1I1man IS to open a new £111 niture store at Alexan-der, N. Dak. Edward Davls i~ a new furniture dealer and undertdker at Lal ey, Idaho The J HJ11 Furmture and Carpet company opened a new stOle v.ith a large stock 111 Rhode Island, Ill, lact Monda} :\Ir HJ11 was formerly WIth DaVIdson & Bros., fur111t11le dealers of Dc" l\10111CS,Ia UPHAM MANUFACTURING CO. MARSHFIELD, WIS. Dressers Chiffoniers Dressinu TallIes Suites Wardrolles Sidelloards Buffets Etc. Made in Oak, Bird's-Eye Maple, Mahogany, etc., and All Popular No. 2228 Todet Table. Finishes No. 2240 TOIlet Table SEND FOR OUR COMPLETE CATALOGUE - - - ---------------- -- -- I I 20 WEEKLY AR1ISAN Rockford Chair and Furniture Co. ROCKFORD. ILLINOIS Dinina Room Furniture BUFFE TS. CHINA CLOSETS and TABLES Library Furniture- LIbrary D("~ks,LIbrary Tables. LIbrary Bookcases, CombmatIon Book-case~. Etc Our entIre lme wIll be on exhibItion in January on the thIrd Roor of the Blodgett Building, Grand Rapids, Mich. lluildinf1s Tbat '''"ill Nec:>d !:<'ru'niturf". Re"ldencl,,-Do~ton, I[ac", \\ 111Ia111llamc1 120 "l)II1L~ Stl e2t, $7,000, E1I7abetb If (xl el,ll 130 Iletwpo1ltel11 a\ lllllL $5,000, \\Tdha111 \\ IICJ11to 16 11ulman "treet, :::-l-800 \ \ Tob111, 6-l- Hemba\\ :,tleet, :f'i 000, Illcbac! -\n~ello. 37 Cell ter street, $3,500, LOlme Dmto' d, 3G-l- Centel "tl eet, S-l- or) ) ~I1chael Lake 176 1,alcon c;treet, S9 000, J F 1 lallel h 1~ Colomal a\ emle, $3,000 Duffalo, \' V --John C ::--aHll, lW no, "tied S3 -l-O(I Paul Kuehn, llR \\T dldln "tJ eet 8;2,::;00 \ \ 1111111 (J ::--l\ n1 Jlll. 17& Xorth Parh street $3,::;00 Conld 1 l \\ e1l1111111111(J! Korthruj) street, $2,900, GeOlge L ~chank 133 SI,tecnth ,tllll $2,800, Sarah Staff 01 1, 460 Koons 'itJ eet $3.000, Gem Q l Plank 466 Koon:, 'itreet, $3,000 L G Ilan""ell, -l-oG \\ In,,!O\\ 'itJeet, $2,500, Ceorge \ \ oa'i -+68 Seneca "tleet, S5,-l-()() Fredence \Iedmger, 2022 Halle) "tJ en S3,-\-00 Puel Catd lano, 283 Sevent 11 street. $13,000. III" \ulSu "t Del k, 3m RIchmond "treet, $8,000 ChICago, Ill---}Il'i'i "\ Schulze, 1813 ~ ebraska a\ enue, $8,000, Harry Genn. lOS43 Long\\ )od a, enue, $::;,000, :rdwal el Brown, 6814 VlI1cennes avenue, $3,000 H E Stout, 3210 \V est SIxty-fourth 'itreet, $2700, 1 X Lberhart 3222 II e"t SIxty-fourth street, $2,700, DavId }~lchberg, 7337 \bercleen street, $2 500, Erne~t \\ ondell 1733 "\orth r orh-filst avenue, $5,000, J R Peterson, 57S8 El1/abeth :,treet, S9 000, 1\ II Walker, S430 Shendan road $10,000 Cbatles RlI1zer 8025 Escanaba avenue, $2,500, -\n111e ::\IcReno, 'i-l-'i9 \\ md"ur a\ e-nue $4500, John \1" Rels, 3 'i02 Cullom a \ enue, S5600 DetrOIt, l\1Jch ---Edmund KosnowskJ, Chene stl<cet and Forest a, enUe, $4,600 Stephen Trvbus, Chene street ancl Fore'it avenue, $4,400, James S Holden, Cu~ter street and \V oodward avenue, $7,500, Samuel Stralth, PIngree and Sec-ond street'i, $5,000, i\h In D Herscb, ll'i Bethune sil eet, $ 3,- 500, Flora B DIxon, 227 Longfdl)w ~treet, M,800, \VJ1IIam C Roger, 73-5 Phtladelpbla street. $5,500, John HopkIn, 1'i6 \Varren street, $4,500. Duluth, \lmn ---/L, 1 lIe) Cl, East lourth ~tl eet and Twenty-first avenue, $3,000, Ole J Kolstdel, I allb:U1lt "hed and ElySIan avenue, $3000, ;\11s H ::\1 Edll1, 780 Lake aYe nue, $2,500, Ec1\\ln Olson, 182-l- ~eventh street $2,500 ::\1111neapoh~, :U111n---John T Enberg, 3527 Tenth a\ enne, $3,000, E A Dl ewS, 90J Twentieth d\ enue, $7000 Lotlls Garzon, 3328 Colfax avenue, $2,800 C \1 Locke 903 Speth avenue, $5,000 Grdnc1 RapIds, Mllh ---Fe1CI \\ eHel, 618 Last Fulton street, $3,500, -\ Glholl, 486 \V Cst Bndge sil el t, S2,500, \ \ ar- 1 1 f"'''h C", -l-8 C()m;re~~ ~t1eet, :';2,'i00, Edwdrcl H 1~lrl(\\ood, I,Lk, III "l eel and \ dlle) a\ cllue, $2,500, Dr D Emmett \\ c!-h )(17 \LJlJl~ a\e1111e $3 'iOO, T II Rlclldld~, \Vealth) d\l,lUl ,111'\ Rlclldrc\ tlfldlP, $3,000 j C }ladH;an 106 SC;1001 ,,(1(et, S2 lGO \\ d1ldl1l \ 017 Cadield avenue anel \\ est Blhig:: "tllet $2 ::;OC \llanta, (Jd ---D \\ Slott, 2'i Inman ~ircet, S3 000, lloyd \\ ( Jel, 20Q I a"j Ildkel "ired, $2,'iOO.] 'I Rogel~ ']9 ]oseph- 1m "tied $2,::;00 \\ \f ::\Illlel, 1GG Jonl:, a\enue, $2500, luhn n E,lharrl~ 2?~ I l( ~lJeet $4,200 ~dlt Lake, (It) l-tah --Peury GI Ol1\\d) , 722 Durley ave-nUt $2,~OO f< L RIch, Jl . 49 :'\orth Seventh \Vest street, S2,;00 Tdmes S \ \ alkel, 344 "\ ell th }fam street, $6,000, G I '-,UI11l11er, 022 South "\ mth :rast street, $3,000, Frank E I O('"e ()H South 'I \\cltth East street, $2,500, Mary A Yea-go, 1::;'i) South Iourth East street, $3,500 T'lthburg, Pa ---George \V Johnston, 682 Gross street, $4,900 ::\Ilss Ella Ha1l1e, 113 CraIg street, $7,000, Samuel In\111. 330 Ba)nc1f.;-e a\enue, $2,900 Peona III ---G J Blandm, 263 ::-J orth Douglas street. $32'iO D Beckel, 200 Callender street, $3,000 ::'lhll1ectad.\ "\ 'I - \Ibert J LeVI, Avon and Stratford street", $1'i 000, -\ i\ Ros~, 5 Ingersoll avenue, $4,350, Ecl- \\ al d Sl Sano, 311 lront street, $2,500, Ra) mond Duntz 24 Elbu t street, $2, SOO han"a" City J\lo ---George Kuhn, 4216 Ge.ne'isee street, S'(lOO [lh\arc1 Durket, 3131 Luchrl avenue, $2,100, C \V DUl1"\\orth 3828 Palk 'itreet, $3,000, H V{ \Valker, 3421 L0cust stlcet $'i,SOO George A Hawk111s, 210 North Colo-rado stl eet $2,500. 'I homas \V Parry, 3751 Paseo street, $4,COO ::\llh,aukee, \\ IS ---Charles Dllefahl, 2417 Bro",n street $6,000, Adolph Koth, ThIrty-thIrd and Center streets. $3,- 500, LoUls T~lbow 969 Twenty-fourth street, $3,000; H F Vogt, ThIrty-first and Cedar <;treets, $9,000, Charle<; Leh-hel";-, '11111ty-elghth anJ \\ alnut streets, $5,000 Ed Bluhm, 1 \\ent\-fir~l and Lapham "ileet~, $4,000, P I-I ~IcGovern, 1.27-l- '1 \\ ent) -second street, $2,700 Phda,!elpllla, l'a ---J ohn J HU11ey 490 ::Wonastery a, e- 1 11l, $ 'i,000, J o"eph Coodman, 59 S3 DI exel road, $3,500, YIlT 11~~her BLn 1" dnd lltteenth street-., $3,000,; George \i\Tlllmg Pell" 11111lOad amI Germantown avenue, $1-1-,500, B L Car-rol1, I elQ"e\\uuel and L..,u111l1s1elc,treet, $16,200, Barry Schmltt, '-,j'..'11 "trcet an,! Olnev a,~nue $3,SOO, John Brougly, 380 (Tl!ha11l "tt eel S-l-000 Charle<; Gelke, Jr, 842 Vandyke street, SCJ000 Charles \ \ under 'i4'i Pallthorv 'St! eet, $6,000, A WEEKLY ARTISAN Jackson. Hlook, llOnt and GreenwIch "Ueet" $5,800 Cincmnab 0 ---Henry Hatel. Seton and" lllton ..,treets, $4,800, John Dlgget, Llllwood street and Grace avenue, $3- 000 Edward 11:vers MIddleton and v\ ood stl eets, $6,500 Cha'rles Schott, 2CJ5 {(norr avenue, $4,000, II \\ \\ ldme\ er 490 Cryer avenue, $4,000 Indlanapolts, Ind -Mana Dooley, ThIrty-first and ::\11' Pherson streets, $3,500, Charles Yagerlm, 1-1 endncks place and New York street, $4,200, J G KmgslJUry, 5553 Lowell street, $2,500, l\1arvm 1\1 Lam, GOS North Dela",are street, $4,500, Fl ank Chance, Th11 t)T-secol1cl and Ruckle "treets, $4,- 900 Los Angeles, Cal---::\I ::\1 BenJaml11, 180) :Manhattan place, $3,500, F H Redpath, 4200 South Flower srteet, $4- 500, H F RUdell, 249 South CalOndelet street, $2,500 RIchmond, Va ---John \V Moore, Porter street and COVy-ardm avenue, $6,600, '\ E Satchfield, 223 East Thil teenth street, $2,500 Muscatine, Iowa-i\1atthew vVeshate, $2,,500, ::'111 s G Altham, $2,500, W HUtt1g, $6,000, F \\ Swan, $),000 Oklahoma C1ty, Okla ---:\llss i\ra~~le DaIgle 913 v\ e-,t ThIrty-first sbeet, $2,:;00, Jo-,eph VlrlM, 81) \\e"t Reno a\e-nue, $4,000, S L ITaxy\ ell, 222 \Ve"t \\ ashmgton avenue, $3,000, Mrs J D F Jenllmg-" 2(1) CLtssen avenue, $6,000 St LOlu;" Mo ---l\Irs R IIarkne"", 929 J u111ata street, $3,500, J D F1dler, 5937 Waterman avenuc, $4,450, F C Doyle, 5820 Romaine place, $3,200, Petel DoIrnnascolle, 2700 Utah stJeet, $3,000, \; V/ Amos, 5744 ]\JcPhelson avenue, $5,000, J D S",eetm, 3030 Rolla place, $2,800, Khyarc1 Rut-satz, 4266 Athlone stleet, $2.700 Dallas, Tex ---Henry IIornson, FItzhugh street and Reiger avenue, $S,OOO, J R Eldlldl:;e, 297 V1ctor street, $7- 850, H Holtkamp, Sr 395 Bryan street, $2,900, Y B Dowell, 129 Re1~er avenue, $3,000 Newark,}; J --- Bernard Kel111, (,7 Claremont avenue, $2,- 800, Hulda Stuettgen, 30 Headley terrace, $4200, John 0 Neefus, Jr, 1262 Spllngfield avenue, $5,000, Hemy Tonnen be1g. 811 Stuyvesant avenue, $7,000, OscaI Schoc17ke 109 CUm1111l1gsstreet, $8,000 Tene Haute Jnd-J C ~Iernm, 1enth anti llankl111 ~trcets, $2,700 13 r Dav, F1g-hth and Du(1(C)e st1ert" 'j)3,CO:J Topeka, Kan ---~lr,,~ \1l1e Tlwl1l<!" () \cJi 1:;17 1\\1(11an-an street, $4,000 Columbu", 0 ---:\Iargaret J R( "e, 22)2 j nc1l<!nil il\ E'l1l1e, $2,900, ::\I1s JOSle lay \Iaxwel1-llueller, CJ70 ITuclle "t1let, $2,800, \\T F' ;";orton 340 \\ eSt \111th "treet 9\2,:;00 1 rancis C Fletche1, 373 East T\\elfth street, $2,GOO Columbia, S C ---S t' \lcfdl ee, 19]2 Cac!-,den "treel, $4- 000 Houston,Tex---J T Settega'it,40:? P1allle a\enue, $3,- 600. Elle, Pa --- J George G1emer, Slxth and Plum StI eets, $5,280 MIscellaneous StrucLures---The ChIcago Society of J eru-salem are bU11d1l1g a $25,000 church at 2749-39 Le Moyne avenue, ChIcago The L~l11ted E\ angellcal associatlOn are bU1ldmg a chUl ch at Camden and Thirty-seventh streets, Omaha, N ebr The PItman :!'IIethod1st Ep1scopal SOCIety are erectmg a $40,000 church at DIckInson street and Twent)- eig'hth avenue, Ph1ladelphla, Pa The Fern Rock Method1sts of Phlladelphla, are enlarg1l1g thClr church at a cost of $12,- 500 An add1tlOn 1S bemg made to Grace Fpiscopal church, 2600 Eleventh street, St LOUIS, ::'110, at a cost of $10,000 The Glenwoocl MethodIst socIety of Colt,mbus 0, are erecting a church at a cost of $25,000 The vVesleyan Methodists of Columbia, S C, are bU1ld1l1g a $15,000 church ", IIII I I IIII• I II, ItIIII fII f f II I I Here is a Rocker that's a seller. Write for the price. GEO. SPRATT 8 CO. SHEBOYGAN, WIS. :No. 592 --._------------- ----~I ..- II If I f IIII Il 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 ua right now for further information. We have made solid steel cutters for thirty· six years. Is 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. 21 ..., " I .. Manufacturers of 22 WEEKLY ARTISAN -•.. -_1-- -----~~---------.-_------_.-----------------_._-----. ." I Pitcairn Varnish Company 1II Reliable Varnishes of Uniform Quality Our Motto: "NOT HOW CHEAP-BUT HOW GOOD" c. B. Quigley, Manager Manufacturing Trades Dep't. .. Guuu's Office Desk Catalogue. The Gunn Furmture company are mal1mg \\ hat they de'lg-nate as their Office Desk Catalog D-IDll T1m b one of the he,t elesk catalog~ ever l~sued, both a, a -peCll11en at \\ ell dt~lglled pnl1tmg and as an eApo'ltlOn of a complete l111eof cle,k" ,neh ,1', \\ on1d L)() tUlles out of 100 satl,fy the need, at the ,1' era~e lnrm Factories: Milwaukee, Wis. j Newark, N. J. -------------------' famlhar \\ Ith the fact that the C:rnnn typewriter elesk has advan-tages not found 1tl other 11l1es The typewrltl11g maehme clisap-pear~ 111to the pede,ta1 of the desk when not 111use Dy the lll- LOJporatlOn of a tl11n table the machllle may he turned so that It mal be operclted h0111 either wle of the support. ThiS per- 1'111-, of the tull use of the top of the desk for other pnrposes. t 1re dealer or statlOncl [he 1me rangLs all the \'oay from the 1,)\\ roll banker s desks 111 finely selected anel bec.l,t1fully fig\.1leJ qual tel eel oak down to the slllgie peele~ta1 flat top 111tl1e p1a111 oak "VI11le the bulk of these goods are lllustr'ltecl m the 111gh leg 01 samtal y ~t) Ie, qmte a number of patterns 111smg1e anel donb1e peelest,ll are ,hO\\ n 111full length pede,ta1s, both m flat afl,l meel1l111111gh roll tops. In aelchtlOn to the foreg01l1g, IllnstratlOns a1e ~l\ en of the can pdl1y <, 1l11eof type wllter desk, Thc tI ade I> ot (OUhe Thl> Lon<,truLtlOn 1" shm,,"11 111 "lI1gle and double pede~tal flat tops. as \\ ell as roll tops The catalog also ,how~ a low priced, roll top typewriter desk knO\\11 a, \;"0 BO which IS 1I1tended for tvpewrlter use exc1us1vel). IllustratlOns are also sho"n of letter press stand~, bookkeeper';' <,tan(1l11~desks and catalog cab1'leb The catalog COl1'-.1Stsof 7'! pa~(, ,me! cover-each of the pages bel11g embellle,hed "Ith a headlll£; ,hO\\ 11 hel e\\ lth Every fl11111tnre dealer who deale 111 dc,b oclQ,ht to \\ rite fOl thb catalog ~------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------~ I I I I Pittsburg Plate Glass Company ! I L-ARGE&T ..JOBBERS AND MANUFACTURERS OF I I I GLASS ! ,I IN THE WORLD II I Mirrors, Bent Glass, Leaded Arl Blass, Ornamental Figured Glass, Polished and Rough Plale 6lass, Window Glass : I WIRE GLASS : 'I 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. I II For anything III Builders' Glass, or anything III Paints, VarnIshes, Brushes or Pamters' Sundries, address any of our branch " warehouses, a list of which is given below •I lfEW TOBE-BudsOD and VaDdamSt.. CLEVELAlfD-143G-1434 We.t 2'Jlho48t. I• I BOS2'Olf-41-49 SUdbllJlJs't., 1·9 aowkeS'S\. OMARA-l101-1107 Boward St. I:, CIUCAG0-449-459 Wab&shAve. ST. PAt1L--459-461 J&CkSODat. cmCIlflfA'rt-Bro&dw&,. and Court St.. ATLAlfTA, GA_30-32-34 a. PJIJ'orSt. S2'. LOm8-CO:r. Tenth &ndSpruce Sts. SAVAlll'lfAB.GA.-745-749 Wheaton St. I MDl'l'rEAPOLI8-500-516 a. Third St. EAlfaAS CITY-plfth and W,.aDdotte St.. :': DE2'BOlT-53-59 L&rnedst., E. Br&MDrGBAJlIA:,LA.-and Ave. aDd !19thSt. GBA:NDBAPIDS, llIlCB-39-41 •. Divi.ion St. BVPPALO, Jr. T.--379-74-76-78 Pearl St. PlTTSBl1BGB-l01-103 Wood at. BBOOELTW-Third Ave. and Dean St. llIlLWAl1EEE, WlS.--499.494 I/Iarlt.' 8'. P:lULADELPJDA-Pitcairn B14g.. Arch and 11th St•. I BOCBEa~ •• T_WU4Bl! Bld«., Xam 81ExohlUll'. Slis. DAVEJrPO:a'1"--flO-416 Scott 8t. : I BALTDll:0:aE--310-11l·14W. Pratt 81:. OELABOMACITY, OXLA., lI10-212W. Pirst St. I ~---------- .. -----------------~----------------------------------~-----------------~ WEEKLY ARTISAN r-- -----.----------.---,-----------.--. IIIII III ......... ----1 23 II III All Knobs and Pulls have the I Fasteners II III ~---~------------------------------------------ -----------.------------------------------------~ Waddell Manufacturing Grand Rapids. Michigan COlD.pany No-fium-Loose ~------------------------- ,IIIf I I !.II Ifffff ff j Ifff I I • fI II ~----------------_._-------------------------~ 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. 1Itt III III ttt IIIIItII I I ~, -----------------------------------------~ I I! \,t III I• HOFFMAN BROTH ERS CO. FT. WAYNE, IND. I IIIIII III J..- _ HARDWOOD LUMBER I I {VENEERS I ---------- SAWED AND SLICED } QUARTERED OAK AND MAHOGANY WE MAKE REFRIGERATORS IN ALL SIZES AND STYLES ,t III II IIIII III I t t I II '-------------------------------- --------------------- --------.----- l New Factories. George Sulter and others have 1I1corporated the Su1ter 1ur-niture company to e-,tabhsh a new factory at Dayton, O. R E Stafford of MemphIs, Tenn, \Hltes the 'Week1y Ar-tIsan statmg that he expects to start a small furnIture factory m that Clty m January vVI1ham C and Lotus C Clemmon, of Jamesto\\ nand '\1- b::rt 11 Taylor of New YOlk have 1l1corporated the Clemmom Plano company caplta!I7ecl at $,30,000, to manufacture jJlat1o~ and other muslca1mstruments in Jamestown, N. Y lVIartlnsvI11e, Ind , I~ to have a new kItchen cabmet factor) The b,llld1l1g- 1, to be one "tory, 30 x 200 feet, bnck, ane! wIll cost $'1,000 It WIll be operated by a Greencastle company that WIll move to Martmsvllle when the bU1ldm~ I, completed. The Krom Lace Cabmet company, capltahred at $10,000, \\111 estabh"h a new factory and manufactme a lace cabInet, pat-ented, at DouglasvIlle, Ga. J T. Duncan IS preqdent of the company, C F Krom \ Ice presIdent. C 0 DOI,ett manag-er and J R Duncan secretary and treasurer. Chicago Bankers Organizing. ChIcago bankers took the first step~ to\\-ard the organi-ratIOn of a natIOnal currency aSSOCiatIOn last Saturday at a l11eetmg, pn:"lded 0\ er by James n Forgan. chaIrman of the ChIcago cleanng house assoClation Twelve banks out of 15 elIgIble to membership were repre;,ented at the meet1l1g anJ a unal11mOl1S vote was recorded 111 fa \ or of forml11g the currency assoClatlOn in complIance WIth the term;, of the Aldnch- Vreeland la w as Interpreltled by SeCletary of the Tleasury J\IacVeagh Permanent orgal11za-tlOl1 \\-111 be effected at the next meet1l1g r----------- -------------------------------------------------------------1 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, EXCI~S~~:~~:~M~U:S;K::EoGrON, MICH. New York OffIce, 369 Broadway, L E. Moon, Manager. 24 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 618 North Front St. Grand Rapids Factory Affairs. TImme,s 1S qLllet II 1th ne~l1\ all ot the Grand Rdlw!-, tUl111- ture factones Feyv of them al e rushed to any ~l eat extent and a few complam of dullnes" :\fost of them emplOl their full com-plement of men ancl 1Ui1full tIme \\ 1th the e'..ceptlOn of the Sat-urday hdlf hohclay IdllCh 1\111he contmuerl th10U~h ~eptember at lea.,t Trdve11l1g men ~enerdlh, 1eport h~ht bU"ll1c,s \\ Ith few exceptlOn, they LOns)(ler pre,ent conc!ltlOm shghth better than those of a }tal ago Snme are confident m the bel1ef that trade w1ll nnplove a" the fall ,e~son advance., \V hl1e other, de-dare there II111be no bettell11ent unt11 after '\ m embel electlOns The cha1r manufadm eh seem mOl e p10Spe1OUo,than manufac-hIrers of other hnes, and a pecuhal feature m the sltuatlOn 10, the fact that complamh of dullness dre heard more frequently from the manufactm e1s of h1gh g1ades than flOm tho~e \\ ho make cheap or medIUm ~racles The Grand Rap1d" ~ovelty vV01ks suftered a lo~s of about $2,500 by fire 111then factory on SIxth o,treet on September !) The blaze is supposed to have started from a hot box m the ma-chine room which \Vas badly scorched The machinery was not badly damaged, but most of 1t IV111have to be overhauled Con- Siderable stock was bUlned and as about half of the men had to be laid off the company w1ll have some d1fficulty 111 filling ordero, for a few weeks. The fire spread to the office and gutted one room completely. The factory is located 111the btllldmg with the Fox Excelsior Works where insurance costs 6'/;l pel cent and the lo~s is not fully covered by pol1Cles amount111g to $2,000 Some of the carvers, partlcularly those employed by the Grand Rap1ds Carvlllg company, which is an adjunct of the Hand Screw Co., Gra.nd Rapids, Mich. , harles -\ Greenman F urlllture company, are of the opinion that t) e long talked of rev 1val m the carving business 1S about to be reahzec1 They report a marked increase 111 the demand for carv-lJ1g, "mce the close of the July sellmg season. If the demand is J lallltal11ed for another month the force of workmen w1ll have to be mereasec! for the first bme 111 several years Grand Rap1d., lumbe1 dealers and factory buyers descnbe the narch\ ooc! lumber ma1ket as qUlet at steady pnces. The supply 1~ ample f01 the current demand 111nearly all grades and van-ttles. one of the exceptlOns bemg maple which has been scarce dll ,ummer A plano "1l1 the wh1te" displayed in the w1l1dow vf a D1v1slOn street muslC house during the past week, called at- LmtlOn to the grow111g scarcity of maple lumber by showing that h,ulders of plano "bod1es·' use maple veneers, both plain and bird's eye ThiS lecalls the fact that the most expensive piano 111 the Clty-sa1d to have cost more than $3,000-lS framed 111 b1rd's eye maple It was bmlt in Paris but the VI ood was cut 111 :JItchigan. The Amenca'11 Seating company's Grand Rapids plant is re-ported as runmng w1th a Llrger force and turning out more and better goods than ever Victor M Tuth111, of Baldwin, TuthIll & Bolton, manufac-turers of saw fitting machinery, etc, who went to Europe in July, 1S expected to reach home dur111g the coming week. Factory managers are quite unanimous in declaring that fhere can be no advance in wages under present conditions. WEEKLY ARTISAN 25 Jobbers Raise- Oilcloth Rates. St Loms ]obbelsand wholesalers have entered into d "g~n-tIeman's agr eement" to raise the price of all kmds of OIlcloth 10 cents a pIece, says the Republtc of that CIty. A pIece comprises twelve yards The agreement was brought about through a rep-resentatIve of the Standard Ol1cloth compau), follow11lg the re-ceIpt of adVIce by telegl ams of the comummatlOl1 of a s1111llar agreemen t on the part of the Chicago and ~ cw York dry goods houses A meet1l1g of the local firms handlmg OIlcloths was called for last night at the Hotel Jefferson, but was not held, following the agreement of all St. Louis firms. The St Louis jobbers sell yearly between 150,000 and 160,- 000 rolls of oilcloth The bv 0 larger firms of the city alone sell 60,000 a year The nse '" III apply to the sales of practi-caIly the entIre output of the Standal d Ol1doth company this year, a total of more than 3.500,000 rolls. St Louis and ChIcago tI ade has prese.,ed a grievance against the OIlcloth monopoly for trade methods used by the big com-pany in dealing with the buyers dIrect and ehminat1l1£; the job~ bers of the cities The obtaining of the additional profits for the wholesalers is a move to reconcIle them to the manufacturing company. It is denied by the local fil1115that the 1ise vvIII be paId by the ultimate consumer According to them, it WIll be met by the retaIler. The demand for OIlcloth is increasing greatly since the introduction of sanitas, the oilcloth used in finishing bath-rooms and toilet rooms. The "gentleman's agrement" was to take effect next Mon-day, September 19, but most of the jobbers applied the new pI ices a week earlier. A Sensible Arrangement of Stock. L. Lamberts, a successful retailel in the Wealthy Heights (hstnct of Grand Rapids, owns a well planned store bmld1l1g and can ies a stock of low and medmm priced furniture. Know-mg the value of 'show windows, he plans his displa)s so as to permit an uninterrupted view of the interior from the street No screens are used as backgrounds for the wmc10ws TaIl sideboards, haIl racks and 11ke goods are placed agamst the walls, while music cabinets, fancy floor rockers, parlor tables and other smaIl articles are used in the windows. The store is well lighted and cheerful. THE WORLD'S BEST SAW BENCH Built With double arbors. shdlOg table and eqUIpped complete With taper pm guages carefully graduated. Thls machme represents the height m saw bench con-strucllon It IS deSigned and bUllt to reduce the cost of sawmg stock. Write us for descriptive Information. THE TANNEWITZ WORKS, ~~cum:~PlDS. .....--------------------_._. __._. -------------------.-.-...., A. L. HOLCOMB & CO. Manufacturers of HIGH GRADE OROOVINO SAWS DADO SAWS CItIzens' Phone 1239 27 N. Market St., Grand Rapids, Mich. ~-------------------------_... ---_._, .....• r -..-- ---- ----------_.. -----------------.., I Lentz Big Six •• No. 694. 48 in. top. II No. 687. 60 in. top. I Others 54 in. top. I I 8 Foot Duostyles I•••• ANY FINISH , I I • CHICAGO DELIVERIES •II I • Lentz Table Co. II NASHVILLE, MICHIGA!'v • -------- ------_._-_._._._._-_.---------- ..- .-- III • WEEKLY ARTISAN l -,--- 1 Most Attractive Inducements for Car Load Buyers Are Offered by the THE KARGES FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of the "Superior" Lme of Parlor, Library, Dming and Dressmg Tables. I! I THE METAL FURNITURE co. Mooufa""''''' of "Hygi'n'" G"",oo'"d B,," ood 1m. B,d., C.b., w,« Spnn" •• d Col. I• I I I II I II• I III~----~-----~---------------------------------------------------------------------------~ Manufacturers of Chamber Suites. Wardrobes, Chiffoniers, Odd Dressers, Chifforobes. THE BOSSE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of KItchen Cabinets. K. D. Wardrobes, Cupboards and Safes. m 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 plain oak. imItation quartered oak. and solId quartered oak, Chamber Suites. Odd Dressers, Beds and ChIffomers in Imitation quartered oak, INitatlOn mahogany, and imitation golden oak. THE BOCKSTEGE FURNITURE CO. Made by The Karges Furmture Co Evansville is the great mixed car loading center of the United States, made so by the Big Six Association. WEEKLY ARTISAN 1.7 I h-- •••••• + . =:=e~~~=~~~ .. .. Vlade by World FurmtUle COmpdllj / I 28 WEEKLY ARTISAN f"· -.- ." I ,...----------. I I'"- • ._._._. _. __ ._._. -4 III I III II III ..... Chicago Notes. C. P . Van Ausdl1l, after a thl ee years' absence ft om ChlLa-go) during which he was for a time sales manager for the For-est CIty Furniture company of Rockford, IS back wIth the Peck & HIlls company on their sales force He \'vas formerly then advertising manager. Lyman Lathrop of the 1411 company, reports that a ldlg-e number of the tenants of his bul1dmg '" hose leases expll ed 111 July, have renewed them, and a number of them have Increased their space. The large Increase in the number of dealer~ \\ ho visited thIs market IS another indIcatIOn that dealer~ are I eal-izing more and more the Importance of coming to malket and viewing the goods in sample The addition to the factory of the Commercial 1U1 niture company at West Superior and VVashtenaw street~, b almost ready for occupancy, and wIll be occupIed in about three \\ eeks Mr. Stringe, who has entIrely recovered from his recent 'llckness, says they have not had to close down a day on account of theIr building operations. They have arranged to have all theIr ma-chinery operated by individual motors and \'v III 111stall qUIte a number of new machines and by the fil st of the year \\ III have greatly increased their capacity and output Will Play No Favorites. During the recent heal ing that he helel In Salt Ldke CIty, and while J. A. Munroe, general freight agent of the UnIOn Pa-cific was on the stand, Charles \ Prout), a member of the in-terstate commission made a statement to :'lr :'1un roe \\ hlch IS regarded as reflecting the probable attitude and pohc) of the commission with respect to the long and short haul clause of the law. Mr. Prouty said: "You should not make rates ",hich put one producer In the market with an advantage over hIS competitor That's been the trouble with your rates The day when freight rates are made for particular communities or pal ticular interests has passed. We must give an equal chance to all." ROLLS For Bed Caps, Case Goods, Table Legs and many other purposes; in Gum, Mahogany and Quartered Oak Veneers. The Fellwock Auto & Mfl!. CO. EVANSVILLE, INDIANA ~._ ..._----------- II I•• I II I IIII These saws are -1 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 •• for PrIce Ibt and dlscollBt I.------_._---------------------- 31-33 S. Front St., ORAND RAPIDS, MICH. ... . .. ... . ...--- _ ...- ..- ..--- .. ..-"" , ..- ..._. --... .- - _.. --" Manufadurers 01 Emboued and Turned Mould. in. ... , Embo .... ed and Spindle Carvin ... and Automatic Turoin .... We allO manu~ fadure alai'll' hne 01 Emboaaed Omamenta for Couch Work. BOYNTON &, CO. 1725-1739 Dickson Street, CHICAGO, ILL. .,. I -- .. ----------_. -, ----_._._._._. --- -.. , GRAND RAPIDS UOTELS .. i FOX SAW DADO MORTON "OUSE (AMERICAN PLAN) "OTEL PANTLIND (EUROPEAN PLAN) Rates: $2.50 a day and up. Rates: $1.00 a day and up. The Noon Dinner served at the Pantlind for 50 cents is the finest in the world. J. BOYD PANTLIND, Proprietor. SMOOTHEST GI\OOVES FASTEST CUT LEAST POWEI\ LONGEST LIFE . . . .. ....., HEADS GI\EATEST I\ANGE QUICKEST ADJUSTMENT LEAST TI\OUBLE PEI\FECT SAFETY Also Machine Knlve.r, Miter Machines. Etc. 10- • -........ • - •• ••••• 4i 185 N. Front Street, Grand I\aplds, Mlch We'll IIladly tell you all about It. PERMANENT ECONOMY FOX MACHINE. CO. WEEKLY ARTISAN Toured Europe in Their Auto. Ralph P. Tletsort of the Royal FurmtUle company, Grand Rap1ds, has returned home from a ten \\ eeks' tour of Europe. He was accompamed by Mrs T1etsort and the1r son and daughter and d1d most of the travehng m theIr automob1le. They went to England first and before crossmg to the contment Mr. T1et-sort secured membershIp 111 the AutomobIle ASSOCIatIOn of Lon-don and found the badge furl1lshed to member::- of the organi-zation saved much time and elIml11ated much delay, annoyance and l11convemence usually expenenced w1th customs inspectors and government officials 111 other countnes. Mr. Tietsort 1S ql1lte enthus1ast1c over the condition of tne roads in El1lope He suggests that 1t would be profitable for American road budders to take such a tnp as he has Just fin- 1shed. "It is my opmion that dnving 111 a car 1S the best way to see Europe," he says. "You can stop when you hke to ex-amme more closely an object or view which mterests you, and of course the greater part of such a Journey 1S taken off the beaten paths and mto roads and lanes which are remote from steam cal travel, but I am sure that the gl eat pleasure of the whole tnp, a::- we look back upon 1t, was made pOSSible by the splendid roads which are found all over England and the contI-nent Even the1r lanes and bv-ways are kept 111 good conchtlOn-better than most of our roaels." The party crossed England four t1mes 111both directIOns before gomg 111toFrance, Mr. T1etsort dnvmg the car. At Paris a couner was 11lred and the first chrectIOn sought was the LOire; then the champagne dlstllct, and then to Rhelms, where the alr-sh1ps proved the lodestone All Amencans were dehghted \\ Ith these machmes as seen under such cIrcumstances-seven 111 the air at one tune-and waxed enthUSIastIc over the big dlnglble balloons With then many passengers and heaVy eqUlprnc.lL. Then they went thmugh Germany, \\ here they watched the peas-ants at work 111 field and home, and into BelgIUm and Holland, whel e their mode of travel enabled them to come into close con-tact with the home hfe and the natlOnal Me of a people as the hurried and conventIOnal path of the average traveler cannot do. From Hol1and the car was shipped to America, while the Tletsorts went down into Italy and Swit7erland for a short trip by train. ~........••.••..• ---- .--............... ..... B. WALTER & CO. Manufacturen ot TABLE SLIDES Exclusively WABASH INDIANA ."..-.--------_W.l_lITI.t FOR PRICES AND DISCOUNT ---- --. .._. ....... _ .. ~-------------- ~ ._. __ •• r ••• .., .....-....•...•.••. REVERSIBLE AND ONE-WAY CUTTERS The Shimer Reversible Cutters for Single Spindle Shapers, Variety Moulders or Friezers, 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-in expensive-time saving. We also manufacture One-Way Cutters for Double Spindle Shapers. They are used in pairs, right and left, one Cutter of each shape for each spindle. In ordering special shapes not listed in our catalogue, send a wood sample or an accurately made drawing. Address SAMUEL J. SHIMER & SONS, MILTON, PENNSYLVANIA. ... -. ••••••• -.. •••••• • •• a ••• _.~ Bedford, Ohio, Aug. 3, 1910. Grand Baplds Veneer Works, Grana Bapids, Mich. Gentlemen:-About a year and a half ago we installed :live of your kilns, and smce that time have been drying all kinds 0i1 lumber, for the most part, with satisfaction, but we have not seemed to understand just how to manage drying our quartered oak seat stock so that we could finish the drying in our kilns. You kindly sent MI'. Crandall here a couple of weeks ago to make some further tests and lnstruct us on this particular kind of drymg. Mr. Crandall has put through a kiln of this stock to our entlre satisfactlon, and, wlth the very careful and pains-ta.k. lng lnstructions he has given us, we should be able to get along now and dry satisfactonly, all of the kinds of lumber we are using. In connection wlth :Mr. Crandall's work here, we wish to say that he has now been here twice to instruct us in the use of these kilns, and we are very much pleased with his work. Assurmg you that we appreciate your co-operation, we are Very truly yours, B. L. MABBLE CRAIB COMPANY, A D Pettlbone, Sec'y and Treas Another Comstock Park. The memory of the late Charles C. Comstock, one of the pioneer manufacturers of furniture 111 Grand Rapids, Will be pre-served in the minds of generations to come by the generosity of his daughters, Mrs. Huntley Russell and Mrs. LucIUS Boltwood, who have given to the city forty acres of land located on the eastern embankment of Grand river a short distance north of the plant of the Grand Rapids Chair company, an industry which he founded in 1873 and fostered unbl his death about ten years ago. Mr. Comstock commenced the manufacture of furniture as the head of Comstock, Nelson & Co., upwards of sixty years ago, and the prominence this industry has attained in the commercial world is due in a large measure to his sagacity and enterprise. Another park, which Mr. Comstock gave to the vVest Michigan State Fair association many years ago, bears his name . THERlndetpAR1.OR.. NEW~U B1:D11 Need not he moved from the wall. Always ready with bedding in place. So simple, 80 easy, a child can operate it. Has roomy wardrobe box. CHICAGO, Erie &: Sedgwick NEW YORK, Norman &: Monitor. ..... ..., If your DESIGNS are right, people want the Goods. That makes PRICES right. <!larence 1R.bills DOES IT 163MadIson Avenue-CItIzens Phone 1983. GRAND RAPIDS, UICH ... ... ..... -..... . • • I) WEEKLY ARTISAN NATIONAL UNDERTAKERS' MEETING Twenty-Ninth Annual Convention to Be Held in Detroit. Mich. 1he program f01 the twenty-nl11th annual C011\entlL n of the ~ atJOnal Funeral D11 ectors' ;lSsoClatlOn to be held 111 the \Yayn:c Pavlhol1 Detlolt, \Ileh, on September 2R 2) and 30 and October 1, 1)10, has been al ranged a" tollo\\ '0 FIRST DAY. WEDNESDAY. SEPTE;\tBUt :'!'j. Morning Session. 9 o·clo('k. (all to 01 <lCl, l'rt"lclent Ge Jl ge L Thoma" \Id,\ auke, \VI" InvocatlCJn, Rev Eel\\ald H Pence. f) f), jld." I Street. Presbytellan Chm h, Detr01t, \IICh ;\I1101c,male quartette. A.ppomtment of L0l11111lttee on Cledentral" Addres" of wele l11e [{on Phlhp I1Iutll1e\U ,LI\I) (1 the CIty of DetJOlt Respon"e, Kenyan \\ ellItl1, Pa"aclena, lalllLJrlll,l \Iuslc, melle quartdte Roll call ot State \s"ocwtlr n" Report of ExecutIVe Coml111ttee A.nnual 1l1~"sae;e, Ple"lrlent (,e Jlge L I homa" Repol t of ~ eCIctary H \1 Kdpatrlck Elm\\ ( (J 1 IllIl1 I' Commun1ca t10n S 1ecen eJ Reports of CommIttee on CI ed~n tIal-, ,IUS1C, male quartette Afternoon Ses ..ion. Boat nde Led\ 1l1~ at 7 p m fl)m the \\ a\ ne Pa\ III n, a run WIll 1J:c maclc to "Bob Lo.' a bealltltul "ummel re,ort near the mouth of Ld.he Fne, \\ here refre"hmenh \\ ill be ..,en ed and a generdl good tl111e held SECOND DAY THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 29. Morning Se ....ion. A.ppomtment c f c Jml11lttee" Conference of Stelte -\'500atlOn 1l1tere"t~ eld 1re"l' 1)\ State seci etanes and othet" Address "The Pt ofesswl1al Hook- \ \ Oim L -\ nIlg (ll n. :.\IJ1vvaukee, WI'S Addres~, John:.\1 Beffel, 1\1 D, ::\[11\\ aukee \\ h Afternoon Se@O ..ion. 2 o·clock. Reporb of stanclmg commlttt e" CommIttee on Organl/atlO11 Cummlttee on LeglslatI011 CommIttee on ConstltutI1n and 1\\ -La\\ "- CommIttee on f'eder ell Lee; l"la t10n Coml111ttte on Educatlon CommIttee on Rules of tr,111"p)' tatlOll of dead bodll' 'oll1ppeJ from l\,[exlco CommIttee on Rule" of tlan"pOltatlon of de,lel b ldlC' "hIpped mto CanaJa SpecIal Commtttee fIC 111 ~ew YOlk CIty SpecIal CommIttee on transpol tatFlll lule-., Report of repre'3entatlVe to the COl1fuenLe of c,tate anel Prov1l1clal Board" of Health Dunng the afternoon '3e"SI011 ,dl \ l"lt111g ladles aH' re-quested to partIcipate m an automoblle IlCle "tal tmg from the \Vayne Pay IlIon at 2 p 111, gomg thmue,h DetIOlt's beautI-ful boule\al ds anJ Delle Isle Evening. ExlllbltlOn of funeral funlhhllle." and "upphe" 1pen to the publIc THIRD DAY - FRIDA Y. SEPTEMBER 30. ~Iorning Se ....ion. 9 o·clock. Adchess---VlctOl C ValH.;han.:.\I n. Dean ,)1 the Depart-ment of ;\JlcdlL1n~ and Surg-ery, LT1lverslty of 2'llIChlg:W, \n 1 •\rbor, :\llch \dJress---\\ llham A.lden SmIth, Umted States Senator, (Jrand RapId", ::\llch Paper, 'A Laboratory Inve"tIgatlOn of CommercIal Em-b, tl111111gFll1lcJ,,' (from the Hygletl1C Laboratory). Presented by \s"lstant Surgeon Edward FranCIS, U11lteJ States PublIc Health and \[allne HOt>pltal SerVIce, Vv a"hlllgton, D C \e!dre",,---Re\ f'athel Stntch, Profes"or Dftr01t College, 1)( tJ Olt, ::\[Ich Aftt"rnoon Se ..sion, 2 o·clock. 1{':;lc!Ing ( f \vlltten tepolb by State delegatIOns \IbLellaneou" busmess I~vt"ni,,~. \ au lev 11Ie ane! danclllg at the Wayne Gardens .FOURTH DAY-SATURDAY. OCTOBER 1. Morning Session. 9 o·dock. Re]ln It" n f dppom tee! commIttee" RejllJrt ot 1 manee Committee Repnl t oj Trea"urer, Charles -\ MIller, Cmcmnatt, OhIO l=leLtlOn of officer" '-,electlon ot ne:».t pldce of meetlllg 1naugUJ atwn of offIcers \dJouinment 1 he \\ ay ne Hotel has been selected a" Convention head-quarter" Resel \ atlOns for rooms may be made at any tIme The Funelal DlreLtors' A,,'30ClatlOn of the CIty of Detolt ha" ar anged for a sene" of elaborate entertamment features to be gn en dUring the \\ eek of the conventIOn. They have also ,11I,mged \\ Ith the man ULIl tm ers of matenals used by our pro- II "lUll to make a mammoth exhIbIt ot funeral furtllshings and 'ou]lphe" 1he Lntlre space of the \Vayne PavI1lOl1 has been engd~ed, and thb exhlblt WIll be the largest evel held any- 1\ hell' 111 the "orId They urge upon the funeral directors (el11d the11 Lt,lJes) of the Lnlted States to be present at the I l1\entlOn \ \ e d"..Ule yOU a plea sant and profitable tIme I C,lgnee!) GEORGE L THOMAS, Pre~ MIlwaukee, \VIS \ He" t II \1 T'\.llpatlllk, C:ecretaly, [ 1111\\ ood, Ilhnoh --------~.,fI Ii II I• I I I I III ,IIII I,I IIII II I ! ..- - .-.--------------------------- ~-------------------------- I I II II) •II II I I IIII II I t I, I III II I We Manof.ctore tl.c Larl/Clt Line of Folding Chairs lfi the UDlted States, SUitable for Sun day Schools, Halls, Steam-ers and all pubiJcresorts We also manufacture Brass Trlmmed I ran Bed" Spnng Beds, Cots and Cnbs In a large vanety Send for Catalogue and Pnces to KAUffMAN MfG. CO. ASHLAND, OHIO ..... ..._ ....- ..... WEEKLY ARTISAN 31 ~------------------------------------------------------------------- No. 1711 "~ I I No. 1705-1705 WRITE FOR SAMPLES AND PRICES. II IIIIII I __________ --..4 New designs In the Louis XVI Style. GraQd l1apids GRAND RAPIDS, Brass <00. MIOH. ------------------ --_._-----------_.------ --------- ------------------ Denver 'V ants Stop-OveJ."Privileges. \\ hIle thel e IS a possJ!:Hhty of cl general dlscontmuance at an earl) elate, by all the raIlroads of the country of the ten-day stopover pn vIleg eo, on one-way tlckets, the questlOn IS "till undeCIded so far as the roads 111the Trunk L111eassocIatIon are concerned ActlOn taken by the Central Passenger, \Vestern and 1ranscont111ental Passengel assocJatlOns, makes such a rule effectIve, except west of El Paso, Tex, and Salt Lake Cll), Its apphcatlOu 111Central Passenger terntory be111g to tIckets to St Lot1l:'>v la ChIcago The pI actlce has been 111v ogue for a conSIderable tlme, and ItS abandonment now 1" saId to be on account of the op-portu11lty It affords for tlcket scalp111g Thb doe'i not apply to rounel tnp tlcket'i as It IS a'isumed that those who buy them 111tend to use them Contend111g that the 'itop-over ha'i been benefiCIal to Den- ,er and Colorado 111genel al the chamber of commerce of that CIty does not 111tend to submIt to ItS withdrawal V\lthout an effort to 111duce the roads to eIther cont1l1ue It or at least grant It f01 a penod of five days The matter IS 111 the hands of It'i transportatlOn commIttee, and one 111eth-Jd ha'i been plO-posed 111the way of a repn'ial 1\ew O'ileans and San FrancIsco are c0111pet111g f01 the h01101 anel profit of hav111g the natlOnal celebratlOn of the open1l1g of the Panama Canal 1111915 held 111theIr 1espectlve cIty It IS a'iserted that the we'itcrn and transcontmental raIl-lOads are 'iecreily favonng the Paufic Coa'it, on account of the long haul that they wIll get and whIch means greatel revenue fr 111the bUS111e'iS At present Denver 1'0 neutral on the prop-oSItIon, but If the stop-over pnvdege IS not alloV\ccllt can cast 1t'i 111f1uence for New Orlean'i Bidding for Busines ... The I X L Furmture and Carpet Installment House, Salt Lakf' CIty, Utah, of 'v hlch P '\ Soren"en IS preSIdent and manager, has sent out a C1r-:ular letter to f11l11lture manufac-ture1' i and shlpper'i, whIch says "'\re you reach1l1g out for western bUSlne'iS or "h1ppll1g goods to thIS locahty at the present tJme -;; If yOU should have occasIon tJ Use our warehouse faclhtles, or to store goods,' or 'ienel goods on consIgnment to thIS CIty, we should hke to handle such busll1ess for you We have Ju"t completed a 'iIX St01y. fireploof V\arehouse, equIpped WIth spr111kler system, eleva t01 s, scales, and all the most modern deVIces for proper hancl1111g of c011'ilgned goods and storage of all k1l1ds \tv! e have 200,000 square feet of avadable fI )or space, our own \ ans and drays togethcl WIth a force of expellenced and cal eful men \'-Iho hay e been V\lth U'i for a number of years. (\Vc ale, therefore, m a posltlOn to gIve vOU prompt and careful serVice, as well as low ratee vVe make a 'ipeClalty of dl'itllbut111g pooled cars, and shall be pleased to quote rates or £; \ ~ any 111frllmatlon you l1li~ht de';lfe legalclmg any l111eof bU'il11es'i 111 thIS ternt01y " Money in Murphy Cbairs. The Ml11phy Chalf company of DetrOIt have sent out a unlCjue foldel 111whIch they gIve dealer'i an excellent talk on two 1 ockel s of theIr latest deSIgns One 111 golden oak and the other g'llden elm The foldE:r 1S entltlecl ":\10re Money for Y ru" and It sho\\>s dealers that there IS 11101e 111 hanclImg Hi.e products of the :\1urphy ChaIr company who "make seven chalf'; a ml11ute" and "sell to fur11lture dealer'i only" 32 WEEKLY ARTISAN I' Miscellaneous I ..... Advertiselllents. I •I II• III•• ,,I ,,I ,I • POSITION WANTED. Foreman Finisher of lone; experience, at present employed, desires new posItion. Address Van. care Weekly ArtIsan.9-3tf WANTED. CommercIal salesman for IndIana and Illinois to sell Parlor and LIbrary Tables. State territory covered and lmes car-ried. Address "Map". care Weekly ArtIsan. 9-3tf WANTED. Traveline; salesman to carry a lme of R~ed Rockers and ChaIrs in IndIana and Illinois. State territory covered and hnes carried. Address "Near", care Weekly Artisan. 9-3tf POSITION WANTED. A salesman of ability furnishing best of references and at present engaged, desIres a change. Thoroughly acquainted with the trade of New England and New York stat;es and can guarantee results. Address C. A. R., Weekly Artisan. 7-23tf FOR SALE. A nice clean stock of Crockery in a live West Michigan town of 10,000 population. Would also rent store tf desired. Address "See" care Weekly Artisan. 5-28tf. • New York Markets. )Jew YOlk, Sept 10 -The plecl!ctlOn of dollal Imseed 011 has been made good Pnces advanced about three cents last Saturday and as much mOle on Tuesday of thb \\eek and dl e stll1 firm at the new figures. There IS mOle or less speculatlOn m the market but the nse has a leg1tnllate baSIS 111 the ~hortag e of the flaxseed crop. The scarcIty of seed b so great that many of the crushers are Idle Today\ quotatlOn~ al e %@;0? tor the ·Western raw, 97@08 for CIty ra\\ and double botlcd and 00@; $1.00 for smgle-botled, the higher figures on each grade apply-mg lots of less than five ban els, though smgle barrels are ~old at $1.02Y;;@$1 03 per gallon. Retailers here are chargmg $110 per gallon and reports from the mtcnor show that at many points the retaIl pnce IS $1.15@$1 20 Calcutta OIl sells at $1 wholesale and $115@$1 20 at retatl Pllce~
- Date Created:
- 1910-09-17T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- 30:64
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- Issue of a furniture trade magazine published weekly in Grand Rapids, Mich, starting in 1879. and GRAND RAP!I)'") PUBLle LP ~ ~~Wf & UJ.lil.1i.c 1 GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., MARCH 26,1910 / SLIGH FURNITURE CQ,MPANY The Largest Manufacturersof CHAMBER FURNITURE EXCLUSIVELY IN THE WORLD Catalogue to Prospective Customers. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ~------------ - .------------- - - - - - -- 2 WEEKLY ARTISAN ~"-----------------'_._._._. ----------------------. -----_.-.--- .. LUCE FURNITURE COMPANY I I,I I,I ,I I II f I,I I II,,I ,III , IIIII I IIII I --------~ GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Manufacturers of COMPLETE lines of MEDIUM PRICED DINING and CHAMBER FURNITURE. Catalogues to Dealers Only. Luce..Redmond Chair Co., Ltd. II BIG RAPIDS, MICH. . . . .-- _. ---_._. _. ---_... - -------------- ._-"------ Our Exhibit you will find on the fourth Floor, East Section, MANUfACTURERS' BUILDING, North Ionia Street GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Exhibit in charge of ]. C. HAMILTON, C. E. COHOES, J. EDGAR FOSTER. .. -- . . High Grade Office Chairs Dining Chairs Odd Rockers and Chairs Desk and Dresser Chairs Slipper Rockers Colonial Parlor Suites tn Dark and Tuna Mahogany BIrd,' s Eve Maple BIrch !0fartered Oak and ClrcasSlan Walnut CtlAND RAP}[)S rt\uhnL1.C.. Lf1 n I~ H)A.~£1._ 30th Year-No. 39 GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.• MARCH 26.1910 Issued Weekly FIRE LOSSES AND FIRE PROTECTION New York Merchants Urge a Change in the Policy of the City's Fire Department. From the :l\Iarch number of the "Proceedings of the Mer-chan ts' aSSOClatIon" of N ew York. In the year 1097, the total CO'3tof fil es and fire protection in the DllIted States amounted to almost one-half the cost of new buIldll1gs con"tructed that year The cost of fires and fire protectIOn in the D11lted States 111 1907 amounted to over $456,485,OOO-a tax on the people exceedll1g the total value of the gold, "lIver, copper and petroleum produced in the lJntted States 111 that year The cost of new bmldmgs dunng the same year IS conservatively estImated at $,000,000,000 The total cost in thIS country is five times as much per capIta as 111any country in Europe In 1907, the actual fire los" due to the destructIOn of b11l1dll1gs and their contents (exc1usn e of the excess of pI emlums paId III addItIon for insmance) was $2 51 for each mhabltant of the UllIted States The per capIta loss m the CItIes of the SIX leadll1g European countnes was but 33 cents, or about one-eIghth of the per capIta loss in thIS countly ThIS startlmg cltfference IS due to the fact that 111Europe the preventIOn of fires IS the object of pnnclpal attention, whIle in Amenca It is 111large degree Ignored Comparisons show that If buildings 111the L llIted States were as nearly fireproof as those 111 Europe, the annual fire cost 111 this country, including premlllms, would be $90,000,000 instead of $456,000,000. Of the Immense annual co'>t entaIled by fires and fire pro-tectIon, over $215,000,000 I epre"ents complete and irretrievable waste due to the actual destructIOn of property by fire; and over $241,000,000 represents excess of 111surance premiums over 10'3"es paid, expense of waterworks chargeable to fire serVIce, expense of fire departments, and expense of private protectIOn The excessIve extent of the loss and the cost of protec-tIOn 111America, a" compared wIth the European figures, are due pnmanly to the fact that fire proof construction of build111gs 111 Europe IS the rule, and in America the ex-ception Nevertheless the amount of loss in America 13 swelleJ by the general and indefensIble negleot of precau-tIOnary measures other than the use of fireproof matenals In the case of New York, whIle there has been constant Improvement in the way of fireproof constructIOn, and lll-creas111gly '3tringent proviSIOns for fire protectIOn in the bUlld111g code, It is nevertheless true that adequate inspec-tlOn for the purpo"e of reducing fire-risk by enforcing laws and ord111ances has been almost wholly omitted It is fur-ther true that no adequate effort has been made to control fire-ri'3k by compelltng the 111stallation of automatic sprinklers for ext111gmshing fires in their 111clpiency In consequence of thIS omISSIOn dangerous risks are per-mitted needleS'll} and very generally to eXIst, whereas they might be lessened, and 111many cases aboltshed, by efficient official 111spectlOn and the compulsory installation of auto-matic devIces which "'ould hold a fire in check or extinguish It at the beginning. At fl equent intervals throughout the business distrcit are buildll1gs, which, by reason of inflammable materials are partIcuharly hable to destructlOn by fire In many of these hazardous occupation'3 are cal ned on Such buildings are a menace to adjacent prel111ses, and the latter are therefore compelled to pay insurance rates based upon this external menace That is to say, occupants of premises which in themselves contain little ri'3k of fire, pay an additional fire tax because their neighbors ma111tain dangerous condItions The point of this article is that those dangerous condi-tions are to a considerable degree controllable, and are per-mitted to exist to an extent greater than is "inherently neces-sary, by reason of the defectIve organization of the New York Fue Department That department as it is now ,and has practically always been, organized, concerns itself almost wholly with extin-guishing fires, and gives almost no attention to their pre-vention The relative Importance which the fire authorities attach to extinguishment and to prevention appears from the fact that out of a total annual outlay of $7,000,000 to $8,000,000 for FIre Department purposes, less than $15,000 per year has been recently devoted to prevention, while the remainder was apphed to extll1gui'3hing fires-and, it may be added, to destroy111g by water what is saved from fire. The assocIation committee on insurance has made a care-ful and expert study of thIS subject and is convinced that measures for fire protectIOn should be given great prominence as part of the work of the Fue Department, instead of being almost wholly neglected, as at present The measures of preventlOn that are urgently needed are: 1 Comprehell'3ive, systematic and continuous official in- --------------------------_._-- - 4 WEEKLY ARTISAN spection of all bu"ine::,::, premIses to 111sure comphance "lth all laws and ordinances for the pul pose 01 fit e pt e\ entlOn 2 The g-eneral compul "Ol} In stallatlOn ot automa tJ~ sprinklers in non-fireproof prellll"e:o of certaIn classes Such measUl es, If adequately planned and thoroughh enforced, would recluce the number of fires, e,t111gutsh many fites m theIr ll1C1plency and thereby le"sen the lo"s, and reduce the cost of ll1surance by lessel1lng the risk ThIS reduction of ll1surance rates would be particularly important to 0\\ nel:o of premIse" ad]Oll1lng extra-lhazardous nsks, ll1 ca"e automatic ~prinklers were compubonl} ll1"talled ll1 the latter Expenence has shO\vn that automatlL spnnklel" al e an extremely efficient means of fit e pI e\ en t10n Recent repO! ts of the fire department "how that \\ here fires occur ll1 sp11nk-lered premIses, ll1 a large maJ Ollty of cases the fires are extm-gLllshed by the spnnkler" befOle the arnval of engllle", that ll1 other cases a chemIcal hand extll1gmshel suffice" to put out the remall1ll1g fires, and that ll1 e\ en case the spll1lkler cftec-tlvely prevented the Spl ead of the fire unttl the fire engmes arrived ::\foreover, the loss from fire and vvater 111all these cases was allllo~t nominal In Vle\\ of thIS gl eat effiue11l \ as a lllean" at hre pre-vention and of hl111tl11£;fne 10"", It IS hlghh de'llable that automatic spnnklers be genelall} ll1"talled e~jleclalh In extra-hazardous nsks whIch 1l1Clea"e the C(I"t (If ll1"mance upon aJ- ]oining premises. The fire comml"SlOner now has legal autho11tv to compel ::,uch installatIOn, but It IS not effectn el) e"el cIsed hecause the department lack::, the machll1elY for nece,,~al \ UJllljJJ e-hen" lve ll1spectton, WIthout \\ hlch he cannot act ll1telhgentl} and WIthout which enforcement of the pUI po"e h chfficult Last year, at the request of the vlerchanb' <1""oclatlOn, hut only after cOllSldelable proddIl1g, the then file Cllllll111"- "loner Issued an Older requ11ll1g the 0\\ ners ot ten ,pcuhed extra-hazarJous premIses to equIp the11 pt elllbe" "nh autf) matlc spnnkIers ThIS was the fil "t occa"lon on \\ hlch am attempt haJ been made to enforce the commISSIoner's powers In thl s respect J n t\\ ° cases the order \\ a" enforced th 1ough the corporation counsel Tn the othel" no senou, attempt at enforcement vvas made The legal 11ght" 01 the «)mmt" sioner to ordel and enfOl ce "uch a mrasure 01 fil e pI otel ttf)n was demonstrated, whICh \\as the end atmed at 11\ the a"llCl ation This point hay mg been e"tahlJsheJ the a"OclatlOn hd' recently taken "tep", throug-h the le£;l'ilattlle, to caU"l the creatIOn \\lthm the fire depa1tment of a btlleau 01 file pIe ventlOl1 adequate 111 all re~pects to the comprehelhl\ e ,\ ,- tematlc and frequent lllSpectlO1l of all premIse", to the en-forcement of all laws and ordlllallces for fire pI e\ entlon, and above all to the general compulsory mstallatlOn 111 all (lan~er-ous premIses of automatic spnnklers It is propo"ed to conso!Jdate m th1S bureau the pr""ent fire marshal'" bureau, the bureau of combthtlhle" and the bureau of VIOlatIOns and auxlhal\ fire app!Jances, to iI ,111"- fer the ll1spectors of these hureaus to the ne\\ bureau to 111 crease the number of tllspectors as may appear nece"al \ an 1 to place the new bureau m charge of an officel de"H~nate<! "chIef of the bureau of fire preventIOn," who shall be mde-pendent of the "chIef of depal tment \ the officer v\ ho no\\ controls the entIre U111formed force) and .,hall I epOl t only to the commIssioner. ThIS plan WIll create an effectl\ e I1hpeCtlon force, and wJ1l utJ117e for fire preventIOn a cons1de1ahle number of offiCIals and fil emen, now scattered among three pal bally llleffectn e bureaus and largely employed 111 work ot much le::,s practIcal Importance The ,bsoclatlOn's plan \\ dS ap '" . .. _ ....... 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, OAHM & KIEFER TANNING CO. II ... ...... 204 lake Street, CHICAGO, ILL. TANNERIES CRAND RAPIDS, MICH. CHICACO, ILL. pro\ ed 1)\ the legIslature',., charter reviSIOn commIttee and Iecommended to the legt:>lature for adoptIOn. \ "ub'itantlal reductIOn 111 the fire fisk and in the aggl e-gate coq of m'iurance 111 this cIty WIll ultimately result fron: thl" or any "ll11tlar measure for fire prevention, If the offiCIal machmen for \\ hlch pro,lslon I" made IS uttllzed In good tclnh ane! tu Ib 1ull pos'ilbJ11t} The man who 'ieh out 111 !Jfe's race expecting to hay e a \\ alk-m er I" !Jkel) to be fUn over before he has proceeded tar npon hIS \Va} ,c.,ome lJt the leal fa1111er" compla1l1 that the average CIty agncu!tur1st <!oesn t kno\\, a corn on the foot from corn 1fI the ear '". ---~ ..-_.------1 I HOFFMAN BROTHERS CO. I, : FT. WAYNE, IND. I I ,I HARDWOOD LUMBER SAWED l QUARTERED OAK { VENEERS , SLiCED fAN D MAHOGANY .I..... --_. ---------_.- .__ .... . .I. WEEKLY ARTISAN Lansing, Mich., Sept., 1908· Grand Rapids Veneer Works, Grand Rapids, Mich. Gentlemen: Referring to the kiln we purchased of you nearly a year ago, wIll say that we have found same very satisfactory to us, and would not consider going back to the old style kiln. Weare able to dry stock much faster and to get better results in the way of having stock flat and free from checks. In our business it is absolutely necessary that our material be bone dry or serious trouble will follow its use, and we are pleased to say that we have had no trouble whatever since installing your kiln. Very truly yours, THE AUTO BODY CO. H. E. Bradner. Steel Office Furniture. The rapidity with which steel office furlllture has come in-to favor In the ea"t Indicates that It filled a want that has been generally felt It IS no longer uncommon to see entIre office eqUlpments maJe of steel-IncludIng the desks-and Its quali-tIes of weanng strength and rigidity, coupled With the fact that it IS fireproof, haye espeCIally recommended It for special uses, where valuable papers and document" are kept, where climatic condition<; are unfa yarable to \\ ood, etc The steel filing cabinets, filllshed in imitatIOn of mahogany and oak, are remarkably true to the original woods. It is necessary for manufacturers \\ ho are displayIng wood and steel cabinets together to label them, for the eye cannot dis-tinguish between the two, judged only by outward appear-ance The grain and color of both the oak and the mahogany are reproduced exactly, and It is thus possible to combine \\ood with steel eqUIpment In an office or institution without there being any lack of harmony in the effect The plain, dal k green finhh, which IS a dht111guishing mark of the 'lteel furniture, IS wlelel} used, and WIll doubtless grow rather than decrea-.e UI populant}, as the use of the steel equipment becomes more common '\ dl~pla} of '3teel ftl1111tllre which attracted conSiderable attentIOn was "hown recently 111the wmdows of a New York manufacturer On the one Side were wood cabinets, badly eaten by mice-large holes showmg in the corners of the drawers-and, to heighten the effect, very natural-looking stuffed mice were shown, apparently crawlmg in and out through the holes On the other hand were the steel cabi-nets, absolutely mouse proof It was an effectIve means of emphaSizing one of the advantages of metal over wood in the manufacture of office filing devices That a number of the leading manufacturers of wood furnIture have taken up the makmg of a steel 1111eI" an l11dICatlOn of their appreCI-atIOn of the fact that there I" a cel tam class of trade to which the ad\ antages of metal 0\ cr \vood \\ III appeal New Factories. CapItalIsts of ]\1t AilY, N. Care establI"h111g a new furniture factory at Galax a "smart lIttle raIlraod town" in Old VirgInia \i\'lllIam, 'vV T, E E, Dora "'IV and Estella Smith, have incorporated the Smith Mattress company to establIsh a fac-tory at Marion, OhIO Capital stock, $25,000 Grand Rapids and Chicago furlllture manufacturers have taken stock in a company capitalIzed at $75,000 which wIll rebUIld the veneer works at Reed CIty, Mich, that was burned about two yeals ago The new factory of the \Yebb-Gordon Furniture com-pany at Greenfield, Ind, was put Into operatIOn on March 15. The same company IS remodelUlg the Comstock-McKee plant in the same town and Will soon have It ready for busines" Contractor "Gus" Holm is reported as making a recorJ 111 rushing work on the neV'. plant of the Supenor Furmture company at Rockford, III The plant IS to be completed in ::\1:ay and the managers expect to put It in operatIOn in time to get out a lIne of goods for the fall season Furniture Fires. The Butler Furlllture company of l'\"asl1\ IlIe, Tenn, lost about $6,000 by fire m their store on March 17. Partially 1l1sured, Fire start1l1g In the shay 1l1gs box damaged the plant of the Rathbone Fireplace .l\Ianufactunng company, Grand Rapids, Mich, to the extent of $3,000 or $4,000 on March 23, Insured The Dobbs FurnIture company of Terre Haute, Ind, lo-.t $25,000 or $30,000 by fire that destro} ed their stock on March 18 Their bUlld1l1g was also damaged to the extent of about $20,000. One of the factones of the E C Paige company, cnbs and cradles, of Antrim, N H, was destroyed by fire on March Made by World Furmture Co., EvanSVIlle, Ind. 19 The clothing of a man who was varnishing cradles was accidentally ignited and the flames spread through the varnish room With a flash. The man saved his life by Jump1l1g mto the river. 5 II I I I 6 ------_._~~_._-- WEEKLY ARTISAN ~---------_._------------ po--- I I NEW YORK CORRESPONDENCE Notes. News and Personal Mention of Funlitllre Manufacturers and Dealers. K ew York, .:\Iarch 24--Bu"111e~" h gOIng ahea I leI \ \\ ell t'he total of order., taken smce the fir"t ot the;. eal ha, e been qUlte satlsfactOl) and the return" 1rom the tlal el111g 111cn contmue to be moderately good The manutactlll er~ ellC pretty busy and all sectIOns of the Ul\\ntl I al t c,dI111e; tOl theIr Ime" The whole"alers feel \ el I much cnlOUl "gee! and have had a very good demand 111 mo"t l111e" The retall traJe IS plo~Te"~Ulg fineh 111 all 1111eS fJ nn and bra"s beJs seem to be sellll1g \\ ell and bcdchng IS 111 aetn e demand A falll) good husme"~ 1'-, looked tOl m all channel., of trade dunng the spnng Fndnel & Eb"te111 ha, e takcn the .,torc thelt II a~ OCCllpH'd by Sperry & Hutchm-,on In Hallem dnd hale Il(l\\ one of the largest furmture stores out that v, a) J & 1\1 Olswang IS a ne" carpet and pIcture 11ame e"- tabhshment at 1056 Broadv.a;. Brookh n The JVIaJestlc FurmtUle compan;. ha", been mUJlpOlated at Mexico, NY, WIth a capItal of :j;40,000 , headed by II H. Osborn, F \\ Flash of .:\1exlco \f Y. and E P (o.,t!- gan of Syracuse, ]\ Y 1 hey \\ 111 Ulan ufacture furmtl11 e Mr Abraham of L\braham & Strau,,~ Brookh n has bought the Clarendon Hotel there Some of the 1m) er" who ha, e been m Gland IZaplch DELAWARE CHAIR CO. DELAWARE OHIO. 1 DOUBLE CANE ~ LEATHER J MISSION CHAIRS, ROCKERS and SETTEES LARGEST llQUAlITY" LINE of CATALOCUE TO THE TRADE ONLY ------------------------------------~ - - -" II ah111 the pa~t month are Robert Cunnmgham, WIth R H \1 aCI &. Co R (T \lnander,,, Ith the f'onrteenth street .,turl Da\)(l I"ahn \\ Ith the Slmp-,on-Crawford, Charles \\ Itnl \\lth Loe"el ~ 'Ill 'IIl!ler, WIth '\braham & Strass, I\; -\ \IcLallghm \11th C-Iegel Cooper Co , "J F Lemmon, with the (JeOJ g c C II111t lompany , John E Stagg, wIth the 0']\ elI-Ae! am" companl an,l HOllald '\1 Cowpelthwalte PIOn BlOthers fur111ture clealer" of fiS ayenue 13, have opened a hcdd111~ qfn e at 83 al eune n BeU]am111 PIOn lOrl11('111 1 au the bU'-,111C"'-, alone \!r '-Jlh erhcIg 1'-, I1he manager for thc new retal! furt1l-ture ~t01 e stdl ted b\ LoUl" Dorfman, at 818 \\ estche",ter a\cnue George \1 TIo:,,\\orth one of the hest known 1I1tellor deu)l at III "- 111the cl1\, ha" left here and Jomed WIth T ~I lohn.,tOJ1l &. (0. or Portlancl, Ore, and wl!l take an actl\ C p,ll t III the 1l1a11a~e1l1Cnt Thc L 11Itccl \Iall Ordel Hon~c lS a new firm m Brookl) n to handle tUrJ1ltnre II Ith a capital of $150,000, headeJ by Max TahIti H100kh n an d \ \ Ilham -\braham and Margal et Sher-l1Ck \lan!1dttan (,ottheb \\ cher Co manufacturers of davenports, couch trames, etc at:; Lagl ange street, Brooklyn. are working fuTI tIme and hU"-111e"s1'-,\ ery .,atlsfactory For the .:.Jew York .:\1etall1c Bedstead Co, Charles P Rog-el-, ha" charge of the ea'itern terntor) and D R Hencler- ,on h the g-eneral representatIve Henn Lnttcman, 127 \\T e"t Twenty-fourth street, manu- ----------~--- ---- - -- -----_._---_._---------_._-~----- --- --- -- - - - - - - - - - - - - -" Pitcairn Varnish Company II Manufacturers of Reliable Varnishes of UniForm Quality Our Motto: "NOT HOW CHEAP-BUT HOW GOOD" ..... C. B. Quigley, Manager Manufacturing Trades Dep't. Factories: Milwaukee, Wis.; Newark, N. J. .I. ._----_.~-----_._-----_.__._~~----- WEEKLY ARTISAN ~----_ .. - .._----_._-- _--- .. - . ------- ------~------- Don't you want the BEST bench that was ever offered for the pnce, $12.00 (SubJect to "• dIscount) This bench 15 34 inches high, 6 feet, : 3 inches lon~-front I5 Inches, made of thoroughly : klln-dned hard maple stnps glued together, 2% II inches thick. The balance-J 3 Inches inches, IS soft wood. Can ship on receipt of order. ! --~-----_._-----_._--------_.- ----_. .... .. . ---~ II 1._----------------- GLOBE VISE and TRUCK CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 7 - -~ opencd a furl11ture store of 111', own at Th1rd street and Second ayenue David J\lasch who has been for year'i in the fU1111ture depal tment of the Slegel-Cooper com pan} has left that firm and now represents sc\ cral hnes on the road 'Ihe C B French Cahmet company of Brooklyn, has been incorporated b} i\ P i\lmour. G P l'lench, \Ydham Kennedy and G T Raymond I Teltelhaum & Co, who 'itarted a few} ears ago hand hng second hand furl11ture haye now tv. 0 newly erected butldlllg" fOJ thell large retad busllle,',s at 446-8 \Vestcheste1 avenue, the TIronx The Flel111sh i\rt company have bought the 'itock of the fa1led concern, the Goldc "N" ovclt} company, 50 Frankhn strect, manufacturer" of bllC a brac, YV ood noveltles ,etc Henry Batterman has reured from the department store DU'i111eSSat Broadway, T'lu"hmg and (;Iaham Ave, BlOoklyn, and \V 111dey ote h1s yvhole tune to the DroadwdY Bank H L Batte1 man h1S son 1<;now pre::;ldent of the H Batterman com-pany Greenhut & Co, depa1 tment 'itore at Slxth avenue and EIghteenth street have enlarged the1r store and now take m a full block The Slegel-Cooper company control tll1S store The busmess of N Hatern, furn1ture 'itore, and the BlOnx Stov e compan}, Thll d ayenue and One H unc1red and Slxty-th1rd street, are bemg closed out The Abdale Eqmpment company 1S a new firm at 53 \Yest Twenty-fourth street, handhng fur11lture only for hotels and steamsh1p lmes ---_. .-.._. _. .- .... ---------_.~---_._--_.---~ ! "THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST" I I BARTON'S GARNET PAPER I• I IIII, factunng parlor furl11ture 1S 'ia1d to bc 'iellmg mahogany furl11- ture at the same pnces as ml1tat1On good:" and ha'i a ne" lme of Engh"h chairs, upholstered m leather and fabncs Then hne'i are meetmg w1th good success The Pooley Furn1ture company, large ma11ufactu1 er'i of Ph1lac1elph1a, are m theIr new home he1 e, at \Iachson avenue al1d Th1rty-first street, wh1ch h a fiye 'itory palace The exterior 1S all m white, a handsome marble entrancc, hall decorated m clas"lc 'ityle, m hardwoocl'i beautJful uphol-ster111g and nch tapestnes and altogether the} have the mo"t beautlful and artht1c 'iample rooms here The fifth floor 1s furl11shed as a five room hotbe The firm mo, ed from 235 \IVest Twenty-thml street awl haye added to then "ales force Be111g 111onc of the best 10cat1011" here for the sale of h1gh pnced goods, they expect to do a large bU"111e'iS Israel Zal11t'iky, who 1S 111partner'ih1p V\ 1th Kahn, ha\- mg a furl11ture store at 329 Kn1ckerbocker ayenue, Brookl} n, a'i the Kl11ckerbocker Furl11tm e company ha" obta1l1ed per-m1S'i1On from the court to change hh name to Sanit F D G1eenough, manager of the Prame Grass Fml11- ture company, reports good results from then 'ihow111g at Grand Rap1ds, of Crex gra'is furl11ture They are advert1smg a new finish Charles F. Redly, late WIth the J\ldler Cabmet company wdl repre'ient the] ame"town (N Y) Lounge company 111 th1s C1ty, Ph1ladelph1a and BaltllTIore. S Bauman & Co , are in the1r new home at Eighth ave-nue and Forty-sixth street and have now one of the largest stores here. ]. E Roantree ha'i retired from the bus111ess of the Cort-land (N Y) Cab111et company A Caopleman, late w1th Freec1berger & Kos'ck, has There a1 e some men ,,0 lazy that they will not even file thelr hens 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 llnd 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-_.._B._A.-.R_-T- ON & SON CO., 109 South Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. .. - (-Ialf of them are to be fifty feet long and the othel half £01ty feet MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND NEWS Frank Floerchmger ha'i purcha"ed Tom ~I01 n'ie) '" fm111 ture store at Oxford, Iowa W A Larwlg "ucceed" Bogel 8..- Lad\\ Ig m the I etaIl furmture busmess at Newport, "a"h The Green Castle (Incl ) Cabmet compan) ha\ e mClea"ed theIr capItal stock from $10,000 to $25000 Kiefer & \;Ylttkopp. succeed KIefer & SIemers In the retaIl furnIture busine"s at Plymouth \\ I" S Bent & Bro, furmture dealer, of (Jardnel \Id"" ha\ e incorporateJ wIth capItal stock fixed at $7=)000 Manor & Rittman, furl1lture dealer" and unclel takel" ( I Genoa JunctIOn \\ h , are "ucceecled b\ J T \1anol \;Y B Anderson, furl1lture dealer" of \ngleton. j e\. has made an a"slgnemnt for the benefit of h1" crel!Jtor, E D Alexander ha" purchasecl the retaIl fUI mture bu "I ness of the Walter" Fur11lture company at 'lay ton, Ore J 0 Beauchamp and C J Cro"hy ha, e purchased the undertakmg busllless of L J :\1Illel at T\\ m 1 all" 1claho The ='\orns Safe and Lock com pan) ot Seattle \\ a"h have solcl theIr furl1lture department to \IIle" P Denson \;Y A. French & Co meorpm ated ft11l1ltul e clealers 01 St Paul, 1\lmn , have mcrea"ecl then capital "tock to S2;0 000 Challe, '1 \Iaynard, furntlUre clealer ot "WI III Lake Io\\a, ha" sold his ,tock and busllless to C;chnlldt ~ \\ lllldm'- The ~Cdell-PloflOck ;\IanufaLtullng compam table". ot St LOttls, 1\10, ha' e mcrea,ed the1r cap1tal ,;tock trom $20,- 000 to $25.000 Bresee Brothers, undertaker" of Lo" \ngele'-. Lal ha\ e opened a branch estabbshment at LanLastel, Cal \\ 1th I (, KIchline as manager Herbert Schofield, furniture deale1 of "e\\ Canaan. Conn, has just completed and mO\ ecl 111to the fine"t hllLk buIlding in the town The PO'itle Fur11ltul e eompan). deale I '-. ot Lolul11hu'-. ( ) have filed a voluntar; petItIOn m bankruptc) J lablbtH.''' $9,4425; asset" $11,815 R J Arthur of the :\rthur Plano compan). lolull1bm, Ga, has purchased the business of the DIXIe Furn1ture com-pany of the same town The Hardy Fur11lture compan) of I mcoln "ebr, ha\\:: made arrangements WIth their landlorcl to add two floor, to their three-story buildl11g John Samuels has sold hI'; fur11lture ,;tore m Spokane. Wash., to W G Thompson of Spokane and \delbel t O' Meara of Missoula, Mont S C. ,;Ynglht & Son, furnIture dealers of Pt1ca. O. are to have a new bttllcll11g reach for occupanc, b' c,entembel I It will be a three story bnck The Utah County Mattress company \\ho hd\ e Lonductld a factory at Pro\ 0, "Gtah. ha\ e mcorporatecl Capltal "tock $25,000, dIvided into shares of $1 each A petition in bankruptcy has been filed agamst I, \Iohr & Co., furniture manufacturers of 507 \;Yest ThIrty-second "treet New York Henry MelvIlle IS the receiter D G. Peoples, propnetor of the Delta Furnltt11 e com-pany at Benzona, MIss, ha" filed a ,oluntar} petJtlOn m bankruptcy. LiabihtJes, $4,628. a""et", $3,547 The Santa Fe RaIlway company has placed an ordel for 1,000 new furniture cars all to be dehvered before Sept 1 C; Il De1shlme of Hazelton, Pa, IS movl11g his stock 110m the old \[ans1On House block to his new furmture "tm e south we"t corner of Droad and Laurel streets S J Barber of Carthage, :\10, "tate" that the company \\ hlch 0\\ n" the Carthage furmture factory WIll probably be 1 e on;-anl7ed "oon and he put in better shape than ever G " \\ 11"on John Carlm and Ora \Vabon have pur-cha,; ed the furl1ltUl e bu"mess of r II Story at Montesano. \ \ a ,-h . and \\ 111trade under the firm name of \\ 11son, Car-lJ" le ~ \\ ahon The bu<;me"" ot Young & :\TcCombs, department store furllltnre clealer,;, etc, of Rock Island Ill, has been 111corpor-ated as the Young & 1\lcCombs Co-operatlve Store company Capltal <.,tock, $200,000 The retad ftulllture firm of Brown 8..- Durham, New Ha\ en Conn ha" been d1SS0!\ ed The 1m,mess wIll bc lont1l1Uec\ h\ lreclellck H Blovvn, w1th \lelh111e S Chance, Lite \\ Ith jrdnk T ellnancl ot Boston. as manager The d1"cn'-"10n of the methods of clatl11g bIlls ahead oc-cupIed much oj the t1me of the St LOUlS, :\10, Furlllture Iloa1d ot [lacle at a lecent meetmg \n add1ess on the sub-ject ,\a'- clell\erecl b, tit D :\Idler of E,anWIIle, Ind [he Chall tactone,- dt (~arclner, J\la"", are cllscardmg '-team for electne pln' el-llldl\ Idual motor, fOI each of the malhllle" The 1-' Derb) lompany put 111elght motors last ,eal and ha\ e 111stalled fifteen more dunng the pa,t "lX \\ eek,; The 111SUlance on the plant of the Valley C1ty Desk compall\. Grand Rapid". vvl11ch ,vas badly damaged by fire t\, a \\ eeks ago has heen "athfaLionly adjusted. a "upply of 101n drIed IUl11bel ha" been secured and the factor} 1" running \\Ith a full fmce \[llIlh ~ J (JOllll". fUln1tule dedler" dt 11(J\\ke1 and Port- Iclnd "t1 eet Tlo"wn \Id''- ha\ e 1 el110deled theIr ~tore 111order to ,-entre el Portland "tl eet front The ma111 entrance and ,)ffice are no\\ at 100 Portland "treet, but the old entrance at 43 Dowker Stl eet IS "tlll used The Klanke Brothers fUflllture factory at New Bremen, Oh1O, wh1ch has heen shut down S111ce the recent death of John Klanke IS to resume busl11e<;s under the name of G. Klanke & Bros. Ge01ge. \Vllitam and Edvvard Klanke ha'l11g purchased the 111terest held by tlhe estate of theIr deceased brother One at the mo"t elegantly fur11lshed bus111ess .,tructures 111 c'an To,-e Cal I" the new home of L Lion & Sons, ",hlch 11d' 1U"\ heen LOl11pleted at the cornel of Second and San f el nando ,-tl eet" ] he blllldmg h a model of Its kllld, large ell1d commodlOU s. \, ell lJgh ted a1hl perfect! y a ppoin ted 111 e\ e1\ \\a, The B II Gal dner furnIture and underta10ng stock of l.;0m}-; of \1 nrph} "lJoro, Ill, whIch has been 111the bankrupt lourt ha" been "old Two-rhirds of the stock was covered b, l11ortl:;al.;e and that part was bid 111by L T HamIlton of (rl and T(m er 1he other th1rd was sold to the Phillips Farm Suppl} compan} of Carbondale, Ill, at about 40 cents on the dollar E\ en the \\ Ise men are occasIOnally otherWIse WEEKLY ARTISAN This is one of our Latest Designs in Drawer Pulls. ,~-------------------------------------- ..... 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Space for Others ~-----------------------------------------------~-----------------------------------------------~ STANDARD BILLS OF LADING Now in Use in Nearly All of the Country and Will Be Legalized. ~t the begmnmg of 1909 a ul1Jform b1ll of ladmg wa" adopted by the carners of the so called "offic1a1 cla'i'i1ficatlOn terntor) ," whIch compnses but a mmor part of the el1lted State" (Jthe1 forms 'itIll permissable 111 the western and 111 the "ot1thea"tern cla'i~lficatlOn terlltones Dunng the pa"t week the southern freIght assoc1atlOn has adopted the stand a1d form and 1t 1'i expecteJ the fa1 western a,,'iOnatlOn and the Canad1an road'i IV 111 'ioon fall mto lme It ha" been objected that complete Ul11formlt) th1 Jug-l'~ out the entIre country I'i unde"Irab1e and 1mpract1cab1e, 0,,- 1l1g to d1fference" 111 commercIal customs and the cond1tlOn'i 12,0\Cl nll1g- "lllpment", but thel e IS lIttle If any dIssent from the propo''lt1011 of u111brnllt) 1n the eS'ientlal" that affect 11c g Jt1ab1h t) anJ a "'i1Ue safety 111 bank1l1g, vvarehOll'oe and fi'1:111Cla1tm11sactlOl1s upon the secunty of bdl" of ladl11g InaQmech as the commld1tJes wh1ch undeJ11e 'illch tra11,,- actIOns are ln large part the 'iubJect of Interstate commerce 1t h oln lOll., that effectn e regu1atlOn a'i to bl11'o of 1ad1l1g can only be hall bv fedclal legislat1On, VI hlCh has hlthert'J heen 1eCl'mmencled b) the TntelOltate Commerce C01111111SS1011 rIwrefore a h111 to legah7e the "0 ca11eJ st? ndard hIll uf IddJ11g ha.., been l11trodllced 111 congre'os and 1'0 expected to j'e pa""ed dunng the current 'ieSS10n It 1'i knO\\n as House BIll \[0 17267 and p101 lde" for "uch regulatlOn a" vvl11 pro 1110te eS'oentla1 unJformlty of practlce and of legal effect, IV lth Jut compell111g Ul1lfOlnl1t\ 111m1110r partlclllars d1ctaterl 1)\ lucal cond1tJons Th1" mea'iure defines an "order bdl of ladl11g' as one b) whlch the property de'icnbed may be deln erable llpon the order of any person there1l1 mentJoned, reqmre-. that the ~un ender of the ong1l1al, properly endorsed, shall be re- CJlll1ed before the delnery of the property, forb1d'i the me of the words "n;:l11-negotlable" or \\ ords of 'i11111IarImport, and per1111b the m-.ertlon 111"order bllls of 1admg' of other ter111~ or cond1t1On'i not mCOl1"I~tent WIth the prOVb1Ons of the \ct OJ othe1 WIse contrary to publlc laVl or polley \ "stra1ght bIll of lad1l1g" 1'i defined a'i one 111 VI hlch the plOperty de'icnbed there1n IS stated to be con'i1gned 01 de- In erab1e to a specJfled per'i'll1. vv1thout any 'otatement that sllch property lS cons1gned elr Jellverable to the orde1 of an per..,on Such stralght b111 1111bt ha, e pro111mently "tamped upon 1tS face the worJs "?\ ot 11egot1ab1e" Other not mcon-sl" tent prOV1"1Ons are lIkewlse permltted V1OlatlOns of the prO\ l-'lOn~ as to negot1dblht), and a" to c1eln er} of property ale made pU11lshable by a fine of not more than $1,000 01 lmpn sonment 110t more than one year, or both But notwlthstand111g such 1101at1On, and "order" or a "straIght" bIll of lad111g ..,hall be wlthll1 the pro\ lSlOn~ of the I\ct If earners or theIr agents lssue a b111of la,hng before the \\ hole of the property has ben rece1ved, or lssue a second bIll of ladmg WIthout prom111ently markl11g "dupllcate' a- C10'3" the face, they a1 e "topped from denymg the recelj)t of the property de~cnbed therel11, and are llable for damage" d" to an} pel "on who ha~ acqmred such bdl of lading 111 good falth To knOll mg-h 1s..,ue a bdl of lad1l1g under the cond1- t10ns next abO\ e utecl. or negotiate sllch a bdl, 1'i pU111'ihable by a fine not exceedmg $S,OOO, or 1l11pn"011ment not exceecl-lllg fi\ e year'o, 01 huth Caf11er" or agents who clehver the plOperty de'icnb.ccl m an order ])]11 of lad111g w1thout 1equlll11g ~urrender and mak- 111g cance11at1On of such bdl, or 111 case of partJal cleln er) 1l1dOJS1l1g thereon a ~tatel11ent of the pr Jperty dell\ creel, a1 e e"topped fr0111 assel t111g that the property a, deSCrIbed there- ,n has been dehve1ed 01 pariI§.:.l1y de1n ereJ and are hable tor <111damag-es 'iustamec1 by any pe10l0n because of reltdme. 111 ~ood fa1th upon the b111 FaIlure of the carnel to exact a bond 111double the vallle of the property 111ea"e of deln el y VI 1thout takll1g up and ca11- ce11mg the oUhtandl11g bdl of lad111g 1" made a l111sJe111eaner, pU111'ihable by a fine not exceedlllg $),000, or h) 1l11pn~(Jnment not exceedmg fi\ e ) ears, or both Sec 8 plOVldes "That any mdtellal alteratlOn. add1t1cn. or era~ure ll1 01 to an ordel bdl of ladlllg or a stra1ght b111 of lad1l1g. fraudulent 01 other\\lse, ,hall be \\ ahout efreet, and 111the hanJs of a bona fide holder fOl value, not d party t J the alteratlOn thereof, such bdl :oha11 he vahd and 111a) be enforcecl accOl d1l1g to 1tS onglllal tenor P 0\ 1ded, hoVl-e, er, that an alterat1On, adehtlOn, or era"llre 111 or to all, such bill of lad111g with slgnature thereto endorsed the1 eon by the lS~U1l1g calner, or 111Sofficer, agent Ol senant 111hls behalf and \\ 1th the consent of the holdel thereof, shall be I ahd and effectlVe" Th1s mea"ure 15 adapted not only to aboh"h certall1 If regulantle" 111the l'iSUanCe of bllb of 1ad111g, of whIch com-plalllt hd'o been made, but 111 general lS an effectn e qep toward a "Olunng the safety of financial tJ an'iaet1Ol1'i based upon b111s of ladmg The b111 has ben approved by many boards of trade. :ohippers aSSOelat1Ons and other eommerd1al orga111zat1Ons and there 1-. httle doubt that lt \\ 111be passed when cOllgre,," get'> around to 1t to WEEKLY ARTISAN RETAIL FURNITURE ADVERTISING Conducted by H. H. STALKER. Dealers Are Urged to Send in Samples of Their Advertisements and to Offer Any SugKestion!IJ and Helps Which They Believe Will Be of Benefit to Others. This Department Aims to Be of Practical Set·vice. Help Us to Make It So. Every fUlll1ture dealel who uses lalge space WIll do II ell to study thIS e'Ccellent advel tlsement from Km2, s, Toledo It IS never an easy ta"k to !.SLJUp effectively as many dlffelent Items as are here lepresented, and the "ad" man lesponslble tl\e S~leJlII1oledo IsWo.itil\! for King's Second Anniversary Sale Kmg's Second Anmversary Sale Don t JWlt gla.nce over tlrls IlAivert sement Read everv 'l'b. II We (If QIl ., W1l'. be 1lo ml.l;tn iU'tlke 101""US li.Ild." L tenl OIJIDpa.re other prlces WIth our $llJe pnces Note the prove a gold nun ... of ba.:rgaUlll to our patroll.l We Ilre • ad real actull.l. and extrllOnllna.ry values t!us sale olfers You do of t. We a.re de1J.gb.ted to be ab e to lIlLV... our cwtomeN 'e> :Ot~V:~~P:~:: ::de;=~ Th.,\~~e~~~: milchmO!l~ on thm1uM!ture a.nt\carpe~p" cbue1: In th wont of our ca.re ...r :wd t 15 of" equal mterest and lJllpo1't.moe face of al the talk of lugh po es !or commodlt e:s a d we •• >ed to you T!lJ>:e advll.1ltag'e of 1t Buy for present needs aJ:ld COflt of h"Ulg we know that here rot l'lllSt the neceS! t e. and 5Upply your wante for the Ile'Xt $U mon.hs 01' year to coone l=es ID bort1e furmsbJ.IlglI un be bought &t ower price. tll&n Itwillbethebgge&tllJld!J.estmWlltmentyoueverJllll.de Never Will' before Yes a.t Mtmilly leu than the actual ~CllI.t of UllIld the erow<k. We will b&.'<e plell.ty of :I'IJ.~ p~'Dl& to wa. t lIlllll.u.fa.ctunng It IS up to you to take a.dvantage of the op oIle'veryoneprolllptlya.ndcareful!y rr';1 h.... portuJUtywlllleltlast& All Goods Marked tn Platn FIgUl'es ~nX SUse Your Credtt--Buy on Crecht-·We'n Ar- You See What You Save ~., ••• ••••• • range the Terms to Swt Your Convemenee Our Great Anniversary Sale Starts Monday, March 7th Exten'lOnTable' 3P"" PorI", SW" Center Table I ,....--,--, ~ ~alpep for $27 SO ,• .~ ., "$'2"7.50 "~ ,: ... "' ~98c Go-Carts " ' • $4.95 $1275 $12.75 $l5lJc:l<sb $150 cash 5<low"," roe w~'I;. Iy &emg ly S .. At'tIst1c<l.sn mad.,,! " "'tl~ "'" =, .0 ~ "ak "ge "" ""- hog w. 'mol (:.~~;. $li:75 ta.1l Bb,()W barpmM yo< 5 Piece ParlOf Suit $25 Oak S,d.- board, $1475 "" ahg :.~: • $42.75 $18.50 Ch",a Clo .... $1275 ~. ',-' ~ 51275 I G () C .CI •• "" I E F C eC 11 :31::~:Ch::~nn:> , (J-'bc .. ClO :: a h "' ... $675 ChIffon I e r$ >I ",ad 0"". IWd rn I<'>cl ';;:k_hiUI 00 I .~"; • $4.98 l$Z.50lr~8tIls~~ 5(l1 i~:;~~l~~:1'!·!~ $18 Couche. foY $1050 '\\~ ha e ti.' B o "-lcP Ra ..... !o. , " $.j..98 Carpet Sweepers for thiS layout IS to be congratulated I Vvould advIse you to cut out thIS advertIsement and refer to It ne'Ct tIme you get up a large "aJ" You WIll find It helpful One thing especlally worthy of note IS the uniform good-ness of the cuts, although of course they form part of a de-sIgn and were all made at the same time But had one or hI a of them been black smears, as is so often the case in large , ads·' the entIre effect would have been spoiled Then the items al e !SlOuped under strong, easl1) read headmgs, and boxed in "ll a" to be readIly dlstll1gUlshed from the rest The plOpor-tlOnmg of "lute space abo "hows care The opening para-graph" at eIther SIde of the cut of store at top are to the pomt, and vvell calculated to excIte interest in the bargains 1\ hlch follm, I thmk hem e\ er not wlthstandmg the high chal acter of thh aeh eltlo,ement, that li could l1al e been considerably "tl engthened b) one or tv\ 0 changes They are undoubtedly pomts that occurred to the "ad" man after It wa" too late to make the changes '-\ e 11 begm at the begmmng and analyze thll1gs as we £;0 al mg lust, the headll1g, "The Sale All Toledo IS '-Naltmg I 01, cloe" not tell as much as It should for a headmg Now Kmg s as I undel stand 1t, IS a bIg and popular furmture house Kll1g'" many announcements have lead people to gIve atten- Ion to IV hat he sa) s, and have bmlt up confidence m hIS ,tore Thelefore, I shoulJ have started this "ad" wIth the ,ub-head appea1ll1g some inches below, makmg It read 'Kmg's Great Anniversary Sale Starts Monday, March 7," Here you have, m my Judgement, an attention-compellIng head, and one full of meanmg K1l1g IS gomg to have a sale and a leI) Important time of It" commencement IS pro- (lal111ed L hen, nght underneath, I should have made a sub-lH: a lot the plesent heac1mg, "1he ~ale All Toledo IS Waltmg 101 I bellCl e that I should also have ehmmated the entire h'Jrcler The rOI\ of cuts on eIther SIde, together wlth the '>ollel appearance of the entire "ad" lead" me to believe that 1\ lute "pace mstead of the bordel would have been more effectll e The two panels or border of cuts al e about three quarters of an mch shorter than the four columns of Items including the name plate at bottom It would have been an easy matter to ha, e confined these columns to the same length a, the cub as long as there was such a "light dIfference, 0111, matenall) lmprOl mg the appearance of the whole "ad" I am mc1med to thmk, too, that the rules around the db play Item" m the tv\O mner columns would have appeareJ to hetter acIl antage If set m one point instead of two pomt rule I wIll mentIOn one other Item, whIch though perhaps not of 'ltal Importance, would, m m) opinIOn, along wlth the other suggestIOns, completed a perfectly balanced a~lvertIse-ment It IS thIS The two outer columns of specIals contain each eleven Items enclosed m rules But these are not um-form I should like to haye seen each panel balance WIth the one correspondmg V\ lth It on the other SIde ThIS would haye reqtllred some care m confimng each descnption to so man) V\ orcls, not a dd'ficult task. I ,10 not doubt for a moment that this "ad" produced ex-cellent results a" It stanels, for it IS exceedmgly good. My chIef cntlcbm and what I consIder the most "enous defect, IS the headmg. for upon the headll1g depends so much. The other suggestions are merely techni- WEEKLY ARTISAN 11 •i A SUPERIOR Sand Belt Machine . ..., No. 171iPatented Sand Selt Machine. WYSONG <1l MILES CO., ~.. cal, and yet, aftel all, would, I believe, add much to the strength of the "ad" I have purposely devoted all the space thIS week to thi" subject, feelIng that it mented it ,Vho can beat this layout? vVho ha<; a better one? Let's have your samples and ideas The Age of Financial Delirium. James J HIll, in the Minnesota conservation conven-tIOn, held at St Paul last week, advocated the conservatIOn of capItal, and condemned extravagance as one of the causes of the lllcrease 111 pnces He "aid' "\lVe are lIv lllg III an age of world wide finanCIal delinum," and that "next after the conservation of the land, ItS area, use and fertihty, must come the con"ervatlOn of natIOnal capital III the form of cash and credit" "The immense increase of wealth all over the world has augmented greatly the supply of capItal, and has stImulated the splnt of finanCIal adventure and the love of squandenng The total debt of the states, lllc1udmg all m1110r CIVl1 dIVI-SIOns, lllcreased between 1890 and 1902 $727,778,393, or 64 per cent, an average of $60,000,000 a year. "But I know of noth111g beanng more (hrectly or for- -clbly upon the subject of national waste and the conser- \-atlOn of natIOnal resources than the profhgacy dIsclosed by our pubhc expense ledger It is one of the causes of the mcrease in prices Foodstuff" cost from 10 to 70 per cent more than 10 years ago Something is due to enormous currency inflation The total per capIta 111 the United States in 1896 was $2141 and $3501 in 1909. In these 13 years the per capIta mcrease was more than 60 per cent "The tariff contnbutes, but it can furnIsh only a partIal explanatlOn. COmbl11atlOns which are actually in restraint Flat Surfaces, Irregular Shapes and Mouldings sanded faster and better than by any other method. We guarantee to reduce your sanding costs. Ash for Catalog "E." Cedar St. and G b N C Sou. R. R. reens oro, . · . t .... .. .. of trade are partly responsible. But perhaps the greatest factor of all is the wage rate, which has been rising steadily As cost of production is chiefly labor cost, the price of the finished article must go up If the pnce of labor is raised. Still more of the rise of prices IS due to the ~lecline of agricultural products as compared WIth the increase of population. "Stop graftmg, the offspring of public extravagance and the parent of civic decay. Individual and pubhc econo-my, a check on mcome wasting, debt creation and credit inflation-these are the e<;<;entials of the new and better conserva tron." "Chautauqua."" The Jamestown Lounge company have put out a neat and Jecldedly interestl11g booklet entitled "Chautauqua." By way of l11troductlOn It tells of the romantic beauty, lovehness and charm of Lake Chautauqua and then gets down to the real purpose of teh author in this way Lake Chautauqua IS at the very gateway of the CIty of Jamestown, and its waters, coursing through the wl11dl11gChadakoin river, are mtercepted and made to pay toll by turning the wheels of the great factory of the Jamestown Lounge company, where the Chau-tauqua wordrob couch 1<;made. So that more fitting name could have been chosen for thIS ideal embodIment of beauty, comfort and convenience." Then follows 24 pages descnbing the construction, ma-terial, convenience and utihty of the Chautaqua wardrobe couch with 21 IllustratIOns Showlllg the different styles and the "lllwardness" of an artIcle that IS sure to become popular WIth the people and profitable to furniture dealers. " ..- The Best Square Chisel Mortiser Entirely Automatic. Instantaneous Adjustments. Makes the STRONGEST, most ECONOMICAL and most ACCURATE Case Construction possible. No. 181 Wultlple Mortlser. WYSONG <1l MILES CO., Cs~:~:R~d Greensboro, N. C. Ash for Catalog "J" ... .... ....-- a.a .a. aa ••••.••• 12 WEEKLY ARTISAN ,------o---------RICH-;~ N0_0 0 --o-------------~·-·l I CHAIR CO. I III• l• I GENUINE LEATHER SEAT Catalogues to the Trade. RICHMOND RICHMOND TABLET ARM CHAIR INDIANA IIIII II ,,• I II III IIII III I _4 DOUBLE CANE LINE "SLIP SEATS" - the latest and best method of double seatmg. No. 70 Tbe Best Value and Greatest Service for .he MOR8'1 HOW TO START AS A DECORATOR ---------------------------------------------------------------------- First Steps in a Vocation or Profession That Is Well Adapted to Women. "Home decOlatJOn I~ a vvoman., ~phcle It she 1'" ]ll'lperh trameJ," saId a v.oman who has made ,1 "'UCle,,, at the \\ork "She knows better than ,I man \vhat a \\ oman \\ anb, and d chent feels les" restramt m tdlkmg to hel ahout b1g' and httle thmg" and glvmt; <;ugge"tn e hmt<; than .,he I\ould \\Ith the eye of the profe"<;londl man clelorat 11 upon hel "Izmg 1;',) her knowledge "There I" a fine field tor women m deloratn e al t, hut they mu"t be up and dOIng, keep pace vvIth the tImes, ::,tud\ everythmg pertammg to theIr prote""JOn and knmv It thlll-oughly, 01 they WIll be pushed to the wall 111 the<;e da\., 01 keen competitIOn "A" tastes are \alled. the} mu"t be \\ell mfOlmec1 on all penod" and st} Ie", and "llOulcl he able to tell at a glance to wluch pellOd a chall 01 plece of f111111ture 01 .,ample ot clelor-atn e matellal belong" \11 the~e thlng~ all \ en 11l1JlOl tant "An addItional advantage 1" to be able to make a ha"t\ penCIl "ketch, whtle gettmg' an Idea from a sugge",tloll made by a chent The qUIck wltted artist v\ 111.,e1/e and turn "nch a hmt to acconnt and frequently c1mch an order 11111"hed water color sketche" are 111\ aluahle aIds to sho\v ho\\ a loon' WIll look completed "Women become vel y ea -,tly dlscouragp,] unles, th e\ ha\ e thorough ).,nov\ ledge and If order., do not lull In at first, but the} must creep before the} can \\ alk It h uphJ1l work startll1g an,] becomll1g knoVln, hut the\ \\ onld "'tll\ to It If they have natural abl1Jty, plnlk and pel ,e\ erance Let them do somethIng' worth whIle, then the\ \\ 111 1 ea1Jn thelr ambItIOns but It lannot be done 111 a \\ eek "month 01 a year "] t l" not enoug'h to knoVl ho\\ to al ral1>;e a loom ta-,te full} They must knov. whIch COlO1" to selelt for an expo-sure faCIng north, .,outh, east or west "SIde v.alls anJ cellll1g<; too must be attended to WIth care Woodwork mu<;t be thoroughly c,m"ldered. for "ome colors enhance, whde other., desha) the tone<; of different kll1ds of \\ood Be careful of detads, a \\rang note m the rug, \\ 111rum the whole scheme ha\ e a leal mter,o<;t 111 her pro- One ""oman once said to me floor cm ellng. he It carpet 01 1hen a decorator mu"t le".,1On It ,he I" to "ucceed VI 1th d shrug , ]'11 gne them whatever the} "'0 l11dn\ cnrtam", portlel es, chal1 s mean", 0 much money' . I., that th e way you look at decoratlOn and fur11lshmg?' I a"ked J" lt onl} the commelC1al SIde that appeaL to hke, Ifs an order for tables, sofas, etc, and )OU' , \\ ell, partly, yes I clon't bothel \\Ith "entlment It'" rlollal'" and cent ... only,' ,;he rephed There ale man) lIke that hut It I'; dIfficult to \\ork "'ulle",,,fnlh 111that \va} \ 1\ oman ahout tu take up the profes"lon of decorat- 1l1~ and furl11shmg should learn all "he can ahont It to begll1 1\ lth, then .,he IS not handIcapped at the "tart, but begll1<; her career \\ lth the feelmg' that she knows "ometh111g about \\ hat "he undel LIke ... ancl It make" her feel more ass11red "She \\ Cluld take a qtJ(lto dccordl11g to her mean" In ,I good locdhty It need not be large at first, that come" a., her bu"me"" mcredSfS, but .,he "hould be "ure that It ha'> g'Clod hght, tor It makes a v a"t dlfference 111shO\\ mg matenal., 'Ha\ e the \\alls papered With a nch maroon, or waln 011\ e, prefe1 ahl) on the } e11O\\ ca"t, for It lIght,; up better Don't ha\ e glanng figures, a plam grounJ or <;elf-toned "l11all pattern I" best for It IS unob"trusn e 1hen a l:;oocl plam fillmg or carpet to tone WIth the walls 01 rug" strewn ahout 0\ fl the fil1Jng IS clecoratn e, prm Ided the1 e h nJ c1d",h \\ 1th the VI alls 'Get some lOll" of papel from twenty cente, up ]]ave () Ie and a half} ards ,;ample" of plam and decorative matellal", lInen taffetas and cretonne." as It I" well to havf dIfferent ..?,lades 1he books of plam v clam s, velvet, ar111UJes, etc, am upholsten hou ,e \\ J11 supply [f she cannot affor,l to hll} some well madf, pretty and arthtlc pIeces of furl1lture she can get same, but not antiques, on memorandum from fur11lture hou::,es Then too "he can hln odd pIece ... at some of the good auctIOn sales On the \vall", hang quamt mIrrors old prmt", water color", engrav-mg'-' and some of hel own sketche<; If she has them, but bv dll mean,; .,he should make her studIO 'ohm\ the ta",te and .. 4 _ WEEKLY ARTISAN ~----~ II,II I I II ,, ,,,,, , I,IIII , I f ••• ,, ! Lentz Table Co. ,,, •• ~----------------------------------------------- .--------------_._-----_.----------- _. ---------------_._-----~~---- Lentz Big Six No. 694, 48 in. lop. No. 687, 60 III lop. Others 54 In. lop. 8 Foot Duosty/es ANY FINISH CHICAGO DELIVERIES NASHVILLE. MICHIGAlIt .._._--_ ....----------~ III I IIII III II• I ••• ••• •I II IIIIIt - - - .- ._~ meh \ lclualIt} of the owner, for that stnkes the cu"tomer' '" eve "\Vhen ready for busmess let her send out cal ds to all her friend'i announcll1g the fact, and If "he can, ha\ e a ve,y Il1formal afternoon tea That will bring them to see the place Then they wIll 'ipeak of It to others--and her first clIent call" '\\Tlth the knowledge "he has gamed she l'i able to talk to her cu~tomer knowmgh, but she must never allow the latter to thll1k that she knows mOle than the decolator She I11U"t be COI1\mC1ng 111 all she say" and does "Often "he cannot have her own way m the loom or hou"e under dlscu'islOn In that ca'ie she "hould not argue, but "hould gl\ e m and lIsten to her clIent's ideas, then Wlttl tact "ork around to her own ",chemes if the} are ~ood th1 ou~h the sugge'itlOn" gl\ en, and the chance::, are that the cu"tomer "Ill adopt the decorat01's wa} m the end, whtle thlllkl11g It hel o"n, but the decorator must use tact, tact, tact 'The decOlatOl mu"t study rale combmatlon", learn popu- Idr and effective decorative medlUI11'i and have a strong color 'iense, and she mtbt put earne"t con~lcleratlOn m e\ el} th1l1g pertall1mg to her order, be It large or small, and alway~ I e-l11ember that a satIsfied CU'itomer b hel best adverttsement " 13 They Trace Second Closs Motter_ The postoffice authontles of Gla",gow, Scotland, are re-ported to have adopted a method of tracmg lost second or third cla"s mall matter that may be of advdntage to tho"e who mail catalogues, pllce lI'its clrcular'i, etc In thIS coun-try and mO'it others when a pIece of second class matter 10'ie., ItS wrapper It l'i u'iually thrown away lIttle or no attempt bemg made to JelIver It at the destmatlOn intended \t Gla"gow, whenever there IS receIved at the postoffice a wrapper or envelope WIthout contents It IS stamped "Found at Gla.,gow \"/Ithout Contents" and delivered to the proper adelIe'i", together WIth a form which the addressee IS re-quested to fill up, and gl\ e as nearly as possible the mf01- matlOn desired and forward It to the "Returned Letter Office," whereupon search WIll be made f01 the missing contents QUIte a large amount of 'iecond-cla'i~ mail matter goes to Glasgow from Amenca, a'i well as dthel countries, and un-le" s the wrapper'i or envelopes are of strong durable paper they are lIkely to be torn or broken open as a result of the handlmg necessary It would be well If all exporter" send- IlIg out CIrcular letters, or publI'iher" forwardmg any kmd If plmted matter m wrappers. vvould "ee to It that such \\ rappers 01 envelopes are sufficiently hea\ y to re'ilst the "tram of bell1g han,lled and dlstnbuted many tImes SEND FOR CATALOGUE. _ as 14 WEEKLY ARTISAN SINGLE CONE ALL STEEL SPRINGS Are very popular with the Furniture Trade. $2~ E.ach Net $2~ E.ach 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 ARKANSAS ADVANTAGES Fort Smith Trying to Become the "Grand Rapids of the Southwest." Forth Smith, Ark, :\Iarch 23~Reflectmg the hea,) ele mand for refrigerators in the western countn the Fort Smith Refrigerator \1Vorks hay e Just completed and eqUlppeel ad dltIOnal factory facIlItIes by the erection of an additIOnal two "tory bUilding 65 x 110 wIth a lean-to 25 x 110 connected with the main bUlldmg by a covered bridgeway I\lso undel one of the big bUildings a cellar was excavated and cement floors laid to further meet the space requirements. The Fort Smith RefrIgeraJtor \\' orks have been runnmg full time and withm the past ten days heavy consHsnments have been made the followmg cItIes Seattle, Spokane. Port land, San FrancIsco, Memphis, Tenn , Little Rock, I\rk , San Antonio, Stamford, Dallas, Tyler, Au~tm, Beaumont and other Texas points, Tulsa, :\;{u"kogee and other Oklahoma pomts The range shown in this marketing mdlcated the countr) which IS controlled m Fort Smith traJe terrItOl y With an authorized capital of $100 000 the T ort Smith RefrIgerator Works is a concern empLn m£; 75 hands and • using about 1,000,000 feet of tImber a ) eal It" as located several years ago by the Fort Smith Commercial League and began its career as a small mstltutlon Year b) ) ear It has grown until now It IS the blgge~t plant of It'3 lond m the west It has, in fact, no competitor Fort Smith IS now the center of the furmture industry of the west In fact It may be said to be the extreme \\ e,tertl point where furniture capital may be succes'ifully emplo) ed Without assuming undue hazards Close to a large and a, all-able timber supply, With cheap coal or natural gas for fuel, sel ved by nme dl'itInct raIlroad" runnmg m all directIOns and reachmg the prIncipal markets m the southwest and western empIre, a large and "teady supply of labor which naturally drIfts to a lalge City, Fort Smith pre'ients unusual induce-ment" to manufactUrIng capital There have been no com-mel clal faIlures m Forth Smith anel every mdustry located here has gro\\ n to assume large proportions in its particular field The \\ arcl Furmture :\1anufacturing company is steadily mcreasing ItS output and extendmg ItS trade territory ThiS company deals only With jobber-; and ships only in car lots It is now shlppmg regularly to Denver and Will push steadily to the \\e~tward, m fact, James A \VarJ, Sr, the preSident of the company, IS now arrangmg for a trIp to the PaCific coast cItIes to establIsh trade relatIOns The success of this com pan) may be best understood when It is stated that the hmmc:-,s dr)11e In 1909 \\ a'i 30 per cent greater than the pre- 'IOUS ) ear" ))Ll'iInCS'i and It l'i the intentIOn of the Wards to make thiS ) ear's busmess an equally large mcrease over la~t Thr:-, company IS Just making its first shipments of clre'i'iers With the mirror lowerIng attachment, mvented by Ja'i 1\ \Yard, Jr, secretary and tIeasurer of the company Thl'-, attachment perrntts the adjustment of the mirror to any deSIred height and makes It aJaptable for many purposes It IS bemg attached to all dres'ier'i Without extra cost and as it ha~ been ,'\ ell ad\ ertI'ied a gooJ demand ha'i already been \\ ell ach erthed a good demand has already been created The Standald Excel'iIOr company h 'iteachly Increasing ItS output h) the InstallatIOn of additional equipment and IS now makmg an avel age of eight tons of 'ituff daily, havmg grown from one ton at the tIme of the change m management. The bU:-'Ine'ic, l'i :-,teadIly gro\\ mg and the trade terrItory is bemg extended Two additional machmes are Just now being WEEKLY ARTISAN 15 .--., IIIII Zinc-Lined, Porcelain Lined, White Enamel Lined and OPAL-GLASS Lined. Write for our beautiful illustrated catalogue and prices. The Alaska Refrigerator Company ExclusIve Refrigerator Manufacturers Muskegon, Michigan ~.N_ew -Yo-rk-O-ffI-ce-, 3-69-B-roa-dw-a-y,_L. .E._Mo-on-, M-a-nage-r ---------- m"talled and four more men wIll be put to work by the first of Apnl The MItchell & Mitchell Manufacturing com pan} , mak-ers of metal bed spnngs exclu"lvely, are enJoymg a steadIly mcreasmg bu"mess and wIll soon begm to enlarge theIr build-mg as addltlOnal machines are to be mstalled. The plant is runnmg to its full capaCIty and readIly dIsposing of Its entIre output. New Refrigerator Trap. There is great need of a better trap for refrigerators than has heretofore been m eXIstence The obJectlOns to the traps, placed on the bottom outslJe of the refngerator are many, \12 First They are supposed to be an extension of the waste pIpe, but If the VI aste pIpe does not happen to reach down mto the bowl, there h no sedl anJ consequently no trap, SectIOnal View. The Trap III Place InSide the Refrigerator Second They hold mOlstm e against the bottom of the refngerator every tIme they clog up, causmg the refngerator to mould and rot. ThIrd They were frequently broken m transportation, Fourth They were hable to get lost off and nobody knew anythmg about It, VI astmg the ice FIfth They were mcom e111ent to get dt and conse-quently hard to clean All the'3e ohJectlOn" are 0\ ercome m the new one piece Leonard trap shown abm e, made of sohd cast aiumlllum and offered as an addltlOnal attractIOn to the purchasers of the Leonard Cleanahle Porcelam-hned Refrigerators made by the Grand RapIds Refngerator company, Grand Rapids, 1\11ch Chicago Factory Additions. Chicago. March 24-J D Fleese & Sons company, 2509 H orner street, ChIcago, WIll commence the latter part of thIS month to erect an add1tlOnai two story and hasement hul1d-mg 75 x 124 feet, whIch WIll be bUIlt on the cornel of Homer street and Campbell a\ enue adJommg the present factOly They WIll put in a foundatlOn for a four story bmldmg so as to be prepared for enlargmg theu plant \\ henever It may be reqUIred The B reeses' are the only manufacturer" m Chi-cago makmg a low pnced hne of ch1ff0111ers and dressers H C Klemann & company are now occupymg the two floors they recently added to theIr mam bmldmg at the cornel of Rockwell street and Bloommgdale road They re-cently purchased add1tlOnai ground aJjo1111l1g theIr factory on WhICh It IS proposed to huIld as soon as they find then present quarters msufficlent for then 1eqmrements, which they have reason to beheve VI ill be m the near future. The Pullman Couch company have almost completed the add1tlOn to theIr factory on \;\T est Km71e street and Ash-land avenue, and are now occupymg offices m the new quarter" The space IS double that of the old bmlding and when com-pleted \\ 111 greatly fac1htate theIr out.put They are now mal1mg out a new catalogue -----------~ r· .•• . •.•. ,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 furni-ture, etc. A complete hne of sam-ple. are displayed In The Ford 8 Johnson Bnildml!, 1433-37 Wabash Ave., in-dudml! a spemal d,splay of Hotel Furniture. All furmture dealers are cordtally invited to visit our building. I,~_. __._._.----- _- _..•...... ,I• . ... WEEKLY ARTISAN "UBL-ISHED EV~RY SATURDAY BY THE MICHIGAN ARTISAN COMPANY SUBSCRII"TION $1 00 I"ER YEAR ANYWHERE IN THE UNITEO STATES OTHER COUNTRIES $2 00 PER YEAR. SINGLE COPIES SCENTS. PUBLICATION OFFICE, 108-112 NORTH DIVISION ST, GRAND RAP OS, MICH A. S WHITE, MANAGING EOITOR Ffltered as second clalOs maUer, July 5, 1909, at the post office at Grand Rapids Mlchlg..iIl under the act of March 3 1879 CHICAGO REPRESENTATIVE E LEVY B) 1eadIng the artIcle heatled "Flfe Los"cs and} Ire Pro-tectIon,' 111thl" numher of the \\ eekh \1 tban many me11 "'111 be surpn~ec1 to learn that 111the mattcl'i of m"pectlOn and preventlOn, the "J e\\ York hI c deral tment 1'0 much le~" effiClent than those of mU'it \\ e'otel n c!tle~ 1\ e\\ YOlk l'i ~enerally "upposed to hay c the mo"t effiuent fire depal t ment In the world, but the artIcle referred to "hems that ",hIle the department may be ven efficIent 111fi~htln~ fil e~ It is 'iurpnsmgly weak 111the matte I of prey entlOn, e\ en m- "pectlon beIng neglected If the \ anou'i bUI eau'i \\ ere effec-tn e-If they would do \\ hat the) arc L "pected to do-the cIty would be \Vell 11Igh fire proof but It appears the mel-chant'> have dl'icovered they ale 111efficlent If not entlleh uselcs'i, therefole they urge reorga11l7atlOn and con"ohdatlOn There IS a lot of common "en'ie a" \\ ell a'i ",me startlmg o,tatements 111the artIcle and the Iecommendatlon" made b\ the ;\Ierchants' a",'iOClatlOn 'ihould 11e cal efull) con'ilClcre 1 and adopted b) man) Amencan cltle" [he old adage abOll1 an ounce of preventlOn and pound of cure 10, applIcahle to file a'i \\ell a'i to dlsea"e or dl"astel The plO'ipects for the ajoptlOn o± the ~enelal mcome taA dmcndment to the constltutlOn b) thl ee fOUlth'i of the state~ are not "0 hrIght as they \\ ere a few month'o ago c:.e\ el al state'i mclud111g IllInOIS have adopted It, hut the le~I"lature of Kentucky, one of the states that ha" been counted a'o 'iUIe of fay orable actlOn has refu'ied to adopt It-It \\a~ defedted 111 the Kentuck) 'ienate b) a \ ote of 17 to 17 Thc \ ote \\ a" not "qual el) on the amendment hut on a m ltlOll to take It up uut of the legular order that lequllecl a ty\O thIrd" \ ote 1 he countl \ l'i not lIkely to 'iuffer from dela, ed actlOn to the amendment It may be bettel to \valt untIl the cm pm-dtJon 111come ta'C has been trIed out If that \\ 01 k'i ~atl" factm II; there \\ 111be le,,'i ohJectlOn to thc genel al InUJ111 ta'C pr 0p0'31tlOn Advlce,; from Plthburg Inchcate that I allroad manage!" are expectIng a larg e 111Crca'ie 111the present v oll1me of bu ", nes,; In the nedr future Dunng the past week the Pfnn", r \ ania l111es ha \ c placed an order wlth the \mcllcan Loco motn e Co, fOl lllnet) locomotIves to cost $1.800,000 \\ l11lc the \ e", York Cent! dl has ordered six and the no~ ton 8c ]'lIame ten Announcement al"o H made that th", C'hcsapeake & Ohio ha'i placed ordel" for 2 000 ~teel cal ~ and that the mana~er" of the Harnman hne" al e SOhClt111g ploposal" fOl 224 locomotn e'i and 8000 01 10,000 fl eIght cars ~ecldalJ of the \a\), 11eyer. I" 111 P')"ltlOn to ad\I'oe peopl e ho\\ to a, Old the 111gh cost of In 111~ He Ild" I eporh on the co,t of 'iuppl)ln~ the nay y \' Ith meat hutter. egg" eh \\ hlch "ho\v that \\ hen beef co"t'i 14 to IG ccnts a pound 111Brookh n, '\ Y It I" hought at Chet 0, l h1l1a at -'1 c~nh fhc nay \ pay " 30 to 34 cent'i pel del/en f()] e~g" it \me can po t" anc! () to 8 cent'> at ChefeJCJ anJ thel e I" a "1l11l1al JdtJO !'] ]Jlke" ±m o±hel PIO\!"IOn, Hence thJ"e \\110 \\I"h ±o h \ e cheaph ~houlc! cmWI dtt to Ch1l1a 101 the gooc! of the mdnufactunng 111tele"h )f thc c un-tn It 1'0to be hoped that I're"lclent I aft w1ll he dble to a\ Old a tanft \\ ar \\ Ith Canada '\n 111Cl ea'oe 'lf 2'i IJel cent In thc (( ,t of lumber Importee! from the Dom1l11On woule! certa111ly be had fOI manufactul el 'i of furl11ture and more 'iO fOI tho'ie 111~0l11e otl1"l hne" 1 url11tl11e men Jo not u"e much Cana chan lumber, hut 1f 1t \\ e1e "hut out pnce'o un the elomestle PIOe!Uct \\ ould "UIelv he ach anced FlIlll1tlll e clealel ", no matter \\ here located, who are bothel ed h) mad ordel com petJtlOn wdl find 'iomething of 1I1tele"t to them 111the IJ111ne"ota department of thl" num her of the \\ eekh \1 tIsan If they WIll keep a copy on hane! and 1I1duce those of theIr customers who are 111c1111edto patronl/e mad order hou"e'i to read It, they WIll ha \ e httle I eason to fear mad order competitlOn '\ otJh1l1g doe,; more than ad\ eriI~mg to mcrea,e the \ aille of the good \v 111'111an) bU'i111e,;S Thel efore advertJ'i- ]n~ mu"t he consldereJ an 111ve~tment rather than a mere ltcm of eApen'ie It is a pnmary element a most Important clement 111 the make up of neall) all bU'i111eSS 111st1tutions :t\0\\ that "Cannon and Cannom,;m' ha'i been "do", ned" It I" to he hoped that LOJ1~re,o, '" III do someth111g and ad-journ '\n earl) adJ'111n111ent \\ ould be of more benefit to the bu S111es~mtere')h of the c0l111tn than an) thmg that i'i hkeh to be done b, the cun ent congre",s The man \\ ho makes $10 a day and spenJs $950 may not he -,0 \\I'ie a'i he \\ho make,; $3 and ,;a\ es half of It, but he enJoy" hfe to a gTeater extent and he lS of much more bene-fit to the to\\ n 01 commu111ty in whIch he In es It I" generally conceJed that ~Ia'i" wldO\\ 'i kno\\ enou~h to 'make hay \\hde the 'iun 'ih111e" , In that re"pect they ma\ be ,\I')er than "ome hU"111e,," men who ale constantly neglect111~ golden opportullltle'i Hecall::,e thel e\ no fool ICJ\\ that all fool'i are a~ed \\ 110 dl e Cjlllte \ outhful I1ke an old fool It ,loe" n ,t fol- Most of us th111k v\ e know some It leCjlllre'i httle mOle hla111" to do bus1l1e"s on a large ~cdle than 111a small \va, but It leCjlllres con'lderable more CnelZ\ and courage Il C\\ al e of the dch el th111~ managel 01 ag ency that pre-lcnd" 10 hay e a ' pull' on the neW'ipdpelS, magazmes or trade 10111 nal" rll,lllhlc 111 'imall doses may he a good tomc, but 1t can not he I ecommended a" a bey era~e WEEKLY ARTISAN 17 ---_.-----------------_ . -...., II , III• II I IIII II I I I I,I I,• I ..-------_ ... ----------- --- . - I I II II I II I II I,f I I,,II I II I I,• I I, III I I,,I II, I,IIf , I.~-----------------_._-------------------------_._-----------------------------------------------~ No. 1711 No. 1705-1705 New designs In the Louis XVI Style. WRITE FOR SAMPLES AND PRICES. GRAND RAPIDS BRASS CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. or 111eluclIllg the marble mantel dnd look1l1g glas'S, 8,000 francs It lS shown that the purpose of the ImportatJOn was that these ~everal parts were dehberately purchased abroad by ~he ultlmate consignee wlth a ,lew to ha\ mg them placed III as nearly the ong1l1al form and st} Ie as posslble III her own house 111 the Clt} of ~ew York" Elsie de Wolfe"s Old Furnitun·. The board of Ulllted State;;, genelal appralsers at New YOlk refused to re,er"e Collector Loeb's asses~ment of furn-ish111gs fCJ! a room modeled after the style of LotHS XVI, lm-ported b} ~IlSS Elsle ,Ie \\T olfe, the former actres<" who b cle<'cnbed 111the cLhtom house paper" as an '1l1tenor deco-ratO!" The furnishlllgs, which Ml:OS de \\ olfe 111formed Col-lector Loeb and Appraher \N anamaker were mtended fO! her house at 1\0 1S9 \\T est Eigthy elghth street, '\ e\\ York, III elude panels, moldlllg", corlllces and wllldo\\" \1l sect1On'S, marble mantels and mlrrors llltended to be framed bet\\ een panels The appralser III hls repO! t to Collector Loeb stat od "that the artlcles are appalently of consldelable a::;e and are m a more or less dJIapldate,l conchtlOll" The collector cla'3sl-fied the lmpOl tatJOn as "manufacture of wood," and Imposed a tax of 3S pel cent \1l'3S de \\T olfe filed a PlOt est \\ lth the board III WhlCh she tooh eAceptJOn to the collcctOJ \ a~sess-ment, alleglllg that she was entJtled tu a rate of 20 per c(Cnt under the tanff ac;; "\\ ood unmanufactured" ~t the heanng befOl e the board, '"e\ era! \\ltnesses \\ ere heard III behalf of ),11SS de \\ olfe, but thelr testJmon} \\ a" not convlllclllg to General \ppralser "\fcC!elland who preSided It was brought out that the value of tht' fU11l1'3h1l1g, f01 the room were pllrcha~ed m France for $1 ::;44 and wJ11 be set up 111 MISS Je "Volfe's residence In oven u1111g the protest, Genera! :;\I cClelland sald "It h chfficult to appreclate upon whdt theol v the elaJ111 \\a~ ba'3ed, fOl there IS not a scmtJ11a of eVIdence to "up port lt On the contrar}, each ,tatement tends to show that every piece of the \'Vood had been de"lg nedly manufactured for a partIcular u"e, all of the pal h togethel ha\ 111\;been fll! md.ny years in the intellOl of a 100m 111 France after the st\ Ie of Louis XVI, and pUlchased 111 France at a cost of 7,000 flancs Office Furniture Wunted in Italy. '\ report from an Amencan con;;,ul m Italy state, he 1" 1 elJabl} mformec1 tihat the better classes of }.mencan office furl11ture can be ~o!d 111hI" rllst11ct If the quahty and other ach zlltages al e brought to the attentJOn of mtend111S; pur-chasel" To do thIS an office c;;upply house 111that 1 e~1fm "ho111d he glVen the agenc}. and a hne of samples of "uch "ufphe" as are m current demand placed \\ lth thLo al?,el1C} to CAl11blt to tho<,e lntere':>ted \ local firm, dea11l1g lalgely m office furniture and applJance", states It would he glad to handle Amencan make" upon thIS baSIS, an,! requests cat<t-logues pnces, term" and other pert111ent mformatlOn 1 e-gard111::; thls class of good" It b ImpOltant that pnces should he quoted c I f certa111 Clt} so as to enable the firm to make an e"act calculatlOn of the net cost mcludmg duty, at then place of busme"s, and compare such pnces with those )f the German and Hallan manufactul ers whose goods they are at present hanJlmg \mong the numerOLh appliance;;, de;;'lred bv thls firm IS an !ffice phonograph adapted for record- 1112:lette s the record bel'H? placed u!)('n another mach111e after\\ard" by the t, pewnter operator and \\!fltten by hllTI from the same The film statb that It IS 111 a posltlOn to fllrlll"h the best of refel em es as tJ It;;, 1;::spon"lbihty Parties wlshmg to mv e~tJgate :ohould addl es~ the Bureau of Manu-factures', Depaptment of Commerce and LabOl, \Vashing-on, I efernng to file "\0 4686 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 ou t 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 61B North Front St. CHICAGO REMINISCENCES Recollections of Furniture Men and Factories of Twenty-Five Years Aao. It is sometIme" intere..,tmg to the "riter, If not to the reader, to get mto a remllllscent mood C:\1 II ell remem-bers when he made hIS first tnp to ChIcago to ,bIt the furlll-ture manufacturers for the l\I1chlgan ArtIsan, m the fall of 1882 Chicago ",as a new city to him then, for in the mtel"\ al of fourteen ye3irs since he left there the cIty had bUl ned dawn and been rebmlt At that tIme the E 11 Hulse com pany, now of Columbus, Ohio. had a mattress factOly d W,;11 on Twenty-sIxth <;treet and Stc\' art a,enue and the ",outh CIty hne was at ThlrtY-ll1nth street. That was before the cable roads were bUllt '\s f01 electnc and elevated road.., they were not dreame,l of E \1 Hulse had a down town office, and F ShIpman had a mattre<;s factory near by Frank \Venter, once pI eSldent of the Dral11- age Board, and who came very near bem>:; \fay or of Chlca£;o had a furll1ture factory on Van Buren ~treet, a short dIstance ea..,t of the bndge Schultz & HIrsh were on \Vest Van Buren street between Jefferson and Desplame", ancl If anyone would ha, e tolJ them that in twenty-five years they would have been m the mammoth place they are now OCCUpy111g they would probably have thought him a fit subject for the 111- ::,ane asylum Canal street wa" the great furnitm e "treet 25 yeal.., a~o and Frank Seng wa" bookkeeper for the Sug & Blersd Jf com-pany Frank ?Ieyer, long "ince passed to hIS rest, was one ot the lead111g manufacturel s of chamber fUl111ture on that street, and Col "Joe" :\1urray was representmg C SIdney Screw Co., Grand Rapids, M.ich. '\ on IS, of Dalt11110re dealers 111 furll1ture supplIes Wll1le the WIIter wa<; walt111g to get a chance to sell Mr. Myer an ad' 111the ::\Ilchlgan '\rthan, Col "Joe" saileJ m, opened up IllS samples, t )ok a bIg order and was gone 111Just no tIme That \\ a~ long before the Colonel thought of making l0 '\ 01th loma "tl eet, Grand RapIds one of the famous places t 1 sho\\ furnIture Stadfelt & \Yo1£ were making d111111gtables on Canal street and Seng & Shoen ( now the Hafner Furll1ture C;) anJ S G \Vl1k111S & Co, (afterwards \"hlkim & Esmay) were on the same street, both in the parlor furniture line The Cold Bla"t Father company has a small factory on ,,\ ("t Lake <;treet and theIr office" and salesrooms were Itr the ba"ement of the Farwell bmld111g on Market street-l thmk that at the tIme the Farrell bUlldmg was the largest hmlding in the city, \1 D Talcott \\ a.., runnmg the '\mencan Furlllture Ga- /ettc and a f111nlture lefelence book Mr De Berard, the edlt01 of the paper "as a power, none more so even at this cla, ::\latusky, Cral£; & Co, Olbrcik & Goldbeck, and Obel-heck Bras, the latter now at Grand RapIds, \Vis, and many other.., \\ ere on Canal street, wh1le BIlly Glffert and R E Pohle \\ ere on Clmton stl eet, the next "treet vvest of Canal "Jm1my" Pugh \\ho WIth "Joe" Myer, and C G \iVhite, started the fur111tm e e"hlbltlOn bulldlllg at 1319 MIchigan al enue, 1\ a.., unknown III ChIcago, but a few years later" el1t there a" a "\all11"h ,',ale~man for a Cinclllnati house, if my memon sel"\ es me lIght That was before Robert P Lyon opened up hIS fur111ture agency in Chicago, but I think it II a s ill e following year he opened up, with offices III the P ort- Ianc1 hloch un the corner of \Vashlllgton and Dearborn <;treet He dId not succeed very well until he sent Charles Sherre from Cmcmnati to take charge, "Charles" was a WEEKLY ARTISAN 19 big fat, jolly, whole-souled German who made fnends with e, erybody and soon he was a sharp competItor of 1\1 D Ta1cot, and they made thmg" lIvely Watts De Gol} er had a varnish factory at the foot of IllmOls street, on the north sIde, and De Golyer's rock fimsh wa" one of the mo')t famou" of the furmture fimshes of that day Mr De Golyer has a great trade in Grand RapIds at that time, and owned con"lderable stock m at least one of the lcadmg furmture compames of that cIty John E Turne} was then one of the chief c;alesmen, and many of the reader') of thIs wIll remember hIm He went up to Sheboygan, VVIS, and made a deal WIth some of the bIg chaIr factones there that set the whole furnIture vvorId to talking Sky scraper" were unknown m ChIcago at that time, and when the Pullman bUlldmg was erected at the cornel of Adam" street and l\Ilchlgan avenue, It was looked upon as a vvonder The wnter dlstmctly remembers meetmg a gentle-man from New York and takmg him to c;ee the Pullman bUlld-mg He looked up at It for c;ome tune, and all he saId vvas that it reminded hIm of the MIll" bUlldmg in N ew York The Grand PacIfic and the Palmer Hou')e were the tv\ 0 great hotels at that time, and the old Sherman and the Tremont V\ el e the next m ImpOl tance Lyon & Healy's musIc ~tOIe was m the old Crawford House. That was a long time before the Great .:-\orthern and the Audltorltlm were built. Twenty-five years ago there were two furniture papers in the west, the lV11chigan Artisan and the American Furm-ture Gazette, and two m the east, the Amencan Cabinet Maker and Uphobterer m Boston and the Trade BUleau m New York VV E Holbrook, who had his first experience in journalism on the l\1Jchlgan Artl'ian, went to Cmcmnati and started the Furniture \Vorker, and later \\ E Osgood, long a representative of the American Cabmet :\laker, went to St LoUl') and started the St Louis FurnIture New'i Later J Kewton ~ind started the MmneajYllIs FurnIture K ews, and still later there was the Rockford FurnIture Journal establIshed, both of whIch were merged mto the Furniture Journal of Chicago It would be a sad task to recall many of the furnIture men who have gone over the Great Divide It would make a long lIst, and would mclude many of the bnghtest and mo"t enterprismg men m furmture circles m Chicago, Rockford, Grand Rapids, Cmcmnatl, DetrOIt, Owosso, Toledo and many other CIties But when one falls out of the ranks another steps mto hIs place, and so wIll they contmue to do as long as CIvilIzation lasts and men and women want furmture for theIr homes C 1\1 Low Priced Cabinet Bench. The Globe VIse and Truck company, Grand Rapid~, are placing a low priced cabmet bench on the market that IS claimed to be the be,:,t ever offered the trade for the money ThIs bench I" thoroughly made of best matenals has two VIses, and WIll commend Itself to anyone Wdnt1l1g a low-pnceJ bench Thl') company IS able to shIp these benches on receIpt of order They also manufacture a large vanety of benches and truck:'>, and It WIll pay every manufacturer to get in touch with them I t's the way a man "tick" to a thing that marks hun as a succes~ or a faIlure :\Iany a fellow has won out at the eleventh hour, just because he wouldn't let go Don't be a qUItter Keep hItting the hne hard and result" are bound to come ~,-------------------------------------------~ I IIIIII , •Io ,, •I I, •I III ,II II , I II I "ELI" BEDS ARE BREAD AND TIlE FOLDING PROfIT WINNERS No Stock complete wlthout the Elt Beds xn Mantel and Upnght ELI D. MILLER &, CO. I.._- _._-_. EVANSVILLE. INDIANA Wnte for cuts and pnces I4 ON SALE IN FURNITURE EXCHANCE, EVANSVILLE. • 0U :c (J 'Of) i ..r.:.: r..:. ~ s,.. 0cc:: E-c ~ III U Q • ~ ai rf) ;. ::s <t 0 " l() ~ r:: II e l() 0 ~ ~"' ~C') Z • 0 s.. .~.. Q,) 0 .... .. $.c e .II.I. ~ ~ ,.... ... P-"4' .--------------------------- 20 WEEKLY ARTISAN ~-----------------_._-------_. _. _. .. . j I,, ,,,,,I ,I I• I •I II I!I ,I,, II III ..------------------------------ ------ --- ------- -_._- ----=- Jl.J.-=-- Veneer Pre.ses, different kinds and .izes (Patented) Veneer Presses Glup Spreaders Glue Heaters Trucks, Etc" Etc. These Specialties are used all Over the World Power Feed Glue Spreading Machine, 5mgle. Double and CombInatlon. (Patented) (Sizes 12 In to 84 In wIde.) Buildings That Will Need Furniture. Residences-I f· '> l1elen Ddl. \coma street and Fltth a, enue, Dem er Col, $8 000, Caroll11e L Coffee Dunke1d p1dce ancl Ro,~ court, Dem el, $4,000, F ~f \dam' 612 Rugb) road SchenectdCI}, '\ Y, $12,000 H \ Ifottlel Cle, eland a, enue and Twenty-fifth 'itreet, Ten e Haute Inc1 $32S0, Frank R Ha}, 92S South rlfth ,>treet Telle Haute. $3000 Edwl11 R Yeakle, ]20h South I'lfth -,tJeet Telfe Haute, $4,000, 1\ Llwood Jone'i \I vnnewoocl Phllac1elp111a, Pa. $16,000, G II Tlgar, 322 South Te10n 'it! eet Collll adu Spnng'>, Col $3,000. L l' SmIth, Rn el '>hle a\ enuc and Chern street Jack'>om 111e, ria, $3,000 R \\ Dlcklll'>on 4109 :0TOIth rIft) filst a\Cnue, ChIcago, $9,000 \nna Hen-necke 5624 \Yl11d'i0l avenue ChIcago, $3,000 J o'ieph Habb. 6147 Langley avenue, Chicago $5,900. J 1\ Schlmmen, 1507 Birchwood a\Cnue Chlcago $4,~00 f'd'>on TIll!:;!:;" h,-\'-h South Carolina a, enue, '>outh,\ e,t 1\ a'i11llH;ton, DC, 88- 000, ]\Iargaret ]\IcGee, 33~2 "e\\ark ,tleet, CleHlancl park \\ a'ihl11gton, $11,000. Thoma'i \ \Im'itron~, \\ e'ile\ a, e-nue and Twelfth street, Ocean Clh " T 87.000 \mellcn, R Underdown, \\ e'iley a, enue and I'ourteenth 'itl eet, Ocean Grm e, (bungalow) $6,000 \Vllham E IIassey, II e'iln a, e-nue and Tenth 'itl eet, Ocean GIO\ e, $8,000, :\II'i Ehnbeth Buckley, vVe'ile} a\ enue and SIxteenth 'itreet, Ocean GI 0\ e, $7,000, MIS" Mary Shore, Centl al avenue, ,\T esle\ avenue and rlfteenth "treet, Ocean Grm e, $~,OOO J S II1l1dman I'ourth a\ enue and Libert} park, Spokane, II a'ih S~ SOO, Edward J O'Shea, Sharp a, enue and Dakota -,treet Spokane $3,000, DI J B Long, Vermont and \IT est streets Indlan-apohs, Ind, $4,000, John K Byran, 2827 ~Ol th Penm} 1- vallla 'itreet, Indianapohs, $3,500, E l' Duck IIld1l!~an and RItter 'itreet~, Indlanapoh'i. $4.500, J C IIack'> 218 \\ a'ih ll1gton street, ~tlanta, Ga, $5,000 H C Hlgbee, 1971 (0\\ den avenue, II emphl'i, Tenn ,$4,000 R H \ ance. neh <.tlere boulevard and Harbert a\ enue IIemphl'i ~12 000 Ifl.., Ella N :\Jatthew", 333 Korth \\ 11lett street, IIemphls, $4,400 '- D Remley, 3117 Central 'itreet, Kan'ia:" CIty, ]\10, $3,OvJ I' E Reed 3126 Harn'ion 'itreet, Kan'ia'i Clt\ $6,000 \\ 11- ham f' Bal r \\ oodward a, enue and SmIth 'itl eet, DetroIt, IItch $4800 Robert G Hlll, Dal7elle and lourteenth 'itrects DetrOIt, $3,500 l,eorge Condo, GratIOt a, enUe dnd S) Iv ester street, DetrOIt, $4,000, \V dham lIalcl\\ Doule\ al d and \Iack 'itreet, DetrOIt, $12.000, Han let Kl!1kald, 10200 Gal field d\ e-nue, Cle, eland () $3, SOO, H J Dlllmghur"t, 8016 :\f edma a\ enne, Cle\ eland, $3,000, J \ ogel, 10105 Parkgate avenue ._--------._----_.-, I I H..nd Feed Gluelng Machine (P..t.nt pendIn8) Many styles and sizes. Wood·Working Machinery and Supplies LET US KNOW YOUR WANTS No 20 Glue Heater. CHiS, E. FRANCIS COMPANY, Main Office and Works, Rushville, Indl No.6 Glue Heater. -~~-,------~~----~~._._-------~ C Ie \ eland $4,000 ( T Ohl en,>tell1, 198 \ckerman avenue, '-" la, u-,e," \ , $~ 800 III~ J \\ emhelmer, 348 Oak street, ~, I a, n ~e S3 ~OO l R TIr,)\\ n, 248 Leon street, Syracuse, So ~Oo Cathellne L Dlack'itone, 607 Orange 'itreet, Syracu'ie, 9),000 llank K11ch, I'ranklm and ThIrteenth street", Dem er, (01 $18,000, J C \'mel g, Franklll1 a\ enue near FIfth 'itl eel Dem el, S3 000, ] aLoh :\1 Sche11ner, Alameda and Emer"on ~t!eet'i Demel, $3,~00 \ ~ IIawkm.." EIghth avenue and ] "ent, -tourth ,treet, DIl mll1gham, Ala, $3,000, Harlod Rob-lIhOn, 731'l flr'it a, enue, Dlrml11gham, $3,000,] B Albertson, )().2~ Troo'>t "treet Kansas CIty, \10, $S,OOO, F E Reeel, 3~26 HaJrI'>on ,tJeet, Kan'ia,> CIty, $6,000, 1\ H MItchell, Beechmont and Illtchell a\ enue'i, Cmcll1natl, 0, $7,000, U L IIonce Montieth a, enue and ZeIgler "treet, ClI1cmnati, $7,- SOO, F '\ \ilT leland, 4224 Ar'ienal :"tI eet, St Loul'i, \10, $4000, C F Starck 4001 Bota11lcal a\ enue, St LoUl'i. $10, ROO \ \f n Heal n, 42.21 Carter aHnue, St LoUls, $4,000, R ( l'ld!:;e l\U1 t "treet and Tv. entv-elghth avenue, Omaha, "eb $S,OOO. \ E S" amen, 3325 Seward street, Omaha, S) 200, Ida -\ 1101 n'i, South HIgh and IV elch street'i, Colum-bu'i, n, $4,400, v\ ~ Lll1coln, Kossuth and ~l11th street'i, Columblh, $3,000, Rose Rumar, II d'>on "treet near Madl'io 1 a, enue, Columhu'>. $8,000, L P Allbnght, 307 \Vest Srxth a, enue, Columbu'i, $4, 'l00, Joseph Schhtz, 262 J\Idler avenue, Colul11bu'i, $3,000, Ro~s Clal ke, 59 Frambe" a\ enue, Colum-bu'i, $3,000, Florence D Braden, 2003 Pll1kne} street, Omaha, "eh $4,000. F H Gu1Jck, 2856 Spanldl11g a, enue, Omaha $3000, J B LouA 1427 South Topeka avenue, \\ Ichlta, Kau . $3000 Jame'i l' Talt, 2315 RhllSe a\ enue, E\ anston. Ill. $4200 H S Shedd. 1618 ~\shland avenue, Evanston. $7,00:), T \\ Fnll1 S30 ]ud"on avenue, LHmton, $3,000,J F Tdl-mdn 1328 ColOlado a\ enue Colorado Spnng", Col, $6,000 If I'> Kathellne Cragm, 171 S \Vood .1, enue, Colorado Spnngs, $3,000, George L Bm;ardlh, 1188 Batle) street Buffalo '\ \ $3,000. II a, Jane Dye, 1991 Seneca 'itreet, Buffalo. $3,000 1 If Bndge'i, 411 GIant street, i\tlanta, Ga, $4,500, C F l nhol/, 106 Beard :"treet, Buffalo, X Y, $7,000, \\ S Ber- !:;en Oak anJ Kl11~ 'it!eeb, Jack'iomllle, }la, $3,800; John J '--herman C:;lhel and Se, enth 'itreets, ]ack'>onvtlle, $3. SOO n I L11I~ Tenth and Pendleton 'itreet'i, St ]o'ieph, If a , $3- 800 l' D -\rmbtead ~114 Klmbury place, Spnngfield, ~Io, $12000 \ Ifdtenbelger, 3842 South Ctah 'itreet, Spnngfield, $'l,000 C T II ala\, 4847 :\[affJtt avenue, Spnngfield, $4,100, i\ \ I l'>her. 6121 \\ e'ltml11"ter place, Spll11gfield, $10,000, H \1' Hal111lton, 4441 De'isle a, enue, Springfield, $5,500' WEEKLY ARTISAN 21 John 1 Yeagel, 3518 Cnttenden "tl eet, $8,600, "" 111lam A England, 30') BellefontaIne avenue, Kansas CIty, :\10, $4,000 Elmer Bodlet, 920 ,Vest 1hlrty-fourth street. Kamas CIty, $4,000, ,Valter P SmIth, Maryland court, LOlllSvdle, Ky, $3,000, John SchmIdt, Second avenue and Lapham street l'dllwallkee, V'hs, $5.080, Frank KInes, Pabst avenue and lorty-elghth street, Mdwaukee, $4,500, J II, L\lford, 3112 \ \ est Twelfth street, LIttle Rock, Ark, $3, SOO, R A PIerce. Made by Upham Manufacturmg Co • Marshfield, WIS. Grant and Ninth streets, Denver, Col, $12,000, E J Bo} 1e. Short and Plum streets, ?\ ew Orlean", La, $3,000, ILlS" Eva C Emmerson, 3804 Le"ter street, RIchmond, Va, $4,000, B H Crawford, 208 LOUlsana street, Little Rock, Ark, $12,000, ::VT L Neeley, Franklm and Lakewood avenue, LIma, 0, $4,500 Miscellaneous Buildings-The 1'111 Delta SOCIety h build-ll1g a fraterl11ty hou"e at a cost of $22,000 on the Hllhboro road, Na"hvdle, Tenn H V I'nsble and E B Barstmv wdJ bUlld a $50,000 hotel In San DIego, Cal The CatholIcs \', III erect a church to co"t $30,000 at McGdl, Nev, San Jacmto. Cal IS el ect1l1g a hIgh school bUlld1l1g at a co"t of $40,000 exclu"ive of seatmg and furnIture Los Angeles, Cal, has voted to I""ue $85000 111 bonds for a polytechl11c bUl1dmg on Rockford Chair and Furniture Co. ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS Dinina Room Furniture BUFF£ T::i. CHI \j A CLOSE rs and TABLES Library Furniture Library De.ks. LIbrary Tables, LIbrary Bookcasf's. CombInatIOn Book-cases, Etc Our entire Ime WIll be on exhIbition in July on the thIrd flnor of the Blodgett Building, Grand Rapids, Mich. the HIgh School campus C E \v hltney and local capltalI,',L:, al e to budd a theatre at a co"t of $50,000 or $60,000 111 COd~ IPg-'l, Cal Pmgham, Utah, has accepted plan ....for a new hIgh ~d1001 hl1lLl1l1g that \',111 cost $65,000 The Bapt1sts w1ll bt1lld a $25,000 church at "i[onrov1a, Cal \\' J Godley 1" bt1lldmg a theatre 111 Parten dIe, Cal , at a co"t of $35,000 Hastt'o 1here 1'0an old sav mg that' ha"tc makes wa"te,' and as a general pnposltlOn It IS tlue StIll there IS another vvay of lookmg at It In Ch1l1a they do th111gs a,', they dId foUl thousand veal., dgO, and ChIna b probably the m'l"t bach-- ward country 111 the world In Englancl the] e are many melchants that hdve the same ~tore" that the r f;reat grand father" hacl, and are content to "ell the "ame l111C at goods, and It they sell as much, they are "absfied In the "l'l1lteJ State" evelY bU"1I1es" man wants to do marc than hI" fathel dId and do It better Ha"te 1~ only anothe name for succe"" The man who 1S 111a rut and does not trv to get out, "oon finds h1111"e1fdIstanced by hIS competltOJ" and v"ll1 soon be out of bU"111ess altogether 1'hl" naturdll) leads up to the drY111g of lumber \ fe'A day" ago the wnter \Va" talk111Q WIth the managel of one of the ledd111g charnbel furmturc factones of ~fJlhlgan TIe saId that hls (hy111g capacIty "a" not up to his needs, that he needed the present kIlns fOJ storage and that he was gomg to buJ!d nevv and ldrger kIln, He IS a successful bll ..1..11e.,s man, and \\111 not he beh111d h1" compebtors It IS an 111terestmg fact that the Cl and RaplCj,', Veneer II ark" new process kIlns are so much supenor to all other proce"ses than then dry kIln department h ru"hed dll the tnne 111 gettmg out clehI1ed draw111g" an,l puttlllg up the kIln" \\ atch theIr ad" from week to "eek 111 the ,\ eckly ArtIsan and see what many of the leadmg manufac-ttHer" say about theIr porce"s of dry111l?;lumber Show me a tra v el111g man Who I" a belIever m acl" ertlS-mg and who keep~ m touch WIth the work of trade papers, and I WIll ..h..ow yOU a succes"ful ,',ale"man, IS the way a WIde a \V a~e 'Ae,',tel n man puts 1t 50m e travelers are more pro- ~I esslve than the men who are over them-over them 111 every-thInk but hrall1s and abl1Jty ~n'l that's no "yndlcate Joke, eIther The busll1e"s of a promoter 1" to pert:>uade your money ll1to hIS pocket r---- - 22 WEEKLY ARTISAN .-- .---- _ •• - - -------- ~ 4 _ MUSKEGON, MICH. MOON DESK COMPANY DESKS OF MERIT --------- .... _.- .--------~ ~-----------~~--_. ---_. ----------- FURNITURE AND PAINTINGS Famous Pieces and Collections in the New Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, March 22--\t the :\1etlOpolItan I[u~eum at Art a new W111gdedIcated to the decorat1\ e al t" \\ as openeJ wIth a receptlOn on March 17 The nevv vv111gh at the north end of the mu"eum and parallel to the FIfth avenue extensIOn I t IS of the RenaIssance sty Ie of arc111tectUl e and v\ as de-sIgned by the firm of 11cKlm, :\1ead & \\ hIte It \\as planned when It became known that J PeIrpont ,Iorgan vva" to en-rich the museum wIth the famous Hentschel collectlOn of French decorati\ e art of the MIddle Ages and the eIghteenth century The collectlOn has been installed in the new w111g, whIch 1s devoted exclu ,1\ el} to the decorat1\ e arts The ma111 or centIal hall of the new \V1l1g h dev oted to European sculpture f1am the h\ eHth to the seventtenth cen tury Here 111the maUl gallery al e many I111pO! tant e"a111plc-., of French medIaeval sculpture, ItalIan RenaI""ance, Spcwbh and Netherland and Gelman sculptUl es One of the notable pieces Ul tIllS hall IS a Spal1l"h altaI pIece oi the fifteenth century ThIS altar pIece occupies a conspILlOlh place on the east slJe of the ma111 hall It \Vas pIll chased III Pans, but formerly was in a cathedl al III the land of Spain At the n01 th end of the hall an ItalIan tabel nac1e has been erected ThIS tabernacle of the t\\ elfth century was originally in a church III Rome I was formedy pIll chased, some year" ago, by Stanford \VhIte 111 PallS for the Poor collectIOn, and later 1epUl chased by the mibeum at the Poor sale Other ob] ects in the ma111 hall 1I1clucle t\\ a cases of ItalIan Renaissance bronze" of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, purchases from the Rogers fund, a GothIC \\ mclO\v of the fifteenth century, a gIft from Jacques SelIgman, and a V 11g1l1 and ChIld in terra cotta, by Andna VeIrOCChIO, \\ hIch IS said to be a rare example The decoratlOl1S of the halls are in keep1l1g with the general plan of rearrang ement On the \\ all '-,to the lIght are hung a senes of FlemIsh tapestnes of the seventeenth cen-tury, whIle the \\alls on the left side of the hall arc dec01ated WIth a number of the Barbenl1l tapestnes of the "eventeenth century. At the north end of the hall, whIch 111 alrangement re-sembles the nave of a chul'ch, are hung three French tapestnes of the fifteenth century, wlllch were purchased by the late WIllIam M. Laffan for the museum .. The eleven gaIleIIes on the fir"t floor of the new V\ ing Inclnde the GotlllC blne room of the iourteenth and fifteenth centnnes dnd the CothIc room WIth the BIron monument In the GothIC blue rc 0111 are hung the Burgundian tapestnes g1\ en by ,Ir :\Iorgan Then there are rooms devoted to the decoratIve arts ot the German and French sIxteenth century, the French RenaIssance of the sIxteenth century, the Baroque penod of the seveneenth century, WIth examples from Netherland, Ger-man} and England, the penod of Louis XIV (French) and the French regency of Lams XV WIth a French salon A teatme of the 100m devoted to the German, French and rle111bh al ts of the sIxteenth century (RenaIssance) is the cIecorat1\ e FlemI"h Mazar1l1 tapestry, a loan from J -------_.---- ------- _.._-----_._----- ---.--P-ier-~ - ..., Here is a Rocker That's a seller. Write for the price. GBO. SPRATT 8 CO. SHEBOYGAN. WIS. ~----.-._..-._---.-..No. 592. .I. ..._--_ ...-.- WEEKLY ARTISAN pont Morgan and brought over from his London collection for the museum At the extreme north end of the nevv wing on the first floOl IS a SWlS'l loom from Zurich, furnished vvlth a curious SWlS'l stm e, wood carvmgs and furnIture, mcluJmg chaIrs and table:::" chesh, spmnmg wheels and e\ en a cradle. The stalrca..,e leadmg to the 'lecond flo)r IS ornamented WIth ItalIan furnIture from the se\ enteenth and eIghteenth centunes The second floor contam'l fourteen gallenes in-cludmg three rooms of the LOUIS XV penod and two rooms of the tIme of Louis XVI, one of these conta1l1mg a 111lnIature theatre, 'laId to ha\ e been buIlt by LoUIS XVI In the south corndor are se\ eral ca'les WIth vaned collectIOns of fans of the eIghteenth century. On the west sIde of the second floor are two rooms con-iammg examples of Jacobean, Queen Anne and English Chip-pendale fur111ture of the eIghteenth century and four rooms 23 The Whistlen loaneJ from the Freer collection in \Vash-ington mclude' "The Golden Screen", the nocturne, "V'tl-paralso;" the nocturne, "Blue and SIlver ," a portrait sketch of Whistler, portrait of F R Leyland, "The GIrlS," a whIte 'lymphony, nocturne, "Blue and SlIver, Battersea Beach;" "~nnabel Lee," "The I'lles of Ve111ce," "Venus Astarte," "A Study m Bed," "The Open Fan," "The LIttle Pmk Cap," "Le Raconteur," "LIttle Green Cap" and "The LIttle Faustma," all from the ~ atIOnal Gallery "The LIttle \Vhlte GIrl," lent by Arthur Studd of London, and 'Gray and SIh er; the Thames," lent by Miss Bernic- PhIlIps, are two examples sent from England. In the exhIbItion are also ten pIctures from the collection of Richard A Canfield, includmg "The Ocean," "Symphony m Gray and Green" and "Rosa CorJer," arrangement In black and brown The Lange Lelzem (purple and rose), IS lent by John Made by Palmer Manufacturmg Company, Detrolt, MlCh. with Amencan fur111ture of the se\ enteenth and eight-eenth centunes, showmg foreIgn mfluences In one of the rooms devoted to AmerIcan fur11lture 13 a part of the Bolle'l collectIOn, a gIft to the museum from :\![rs Russell Sage In the nOl th corn,lor of the wmg on thIS floor are specimens of TIffany glass and modern examples of nmeteenth century de-coratIve art. A loan exhIbItion of fOIty-'llX oIl pam tmgs and pastels by J ame.., A J\T cN elll \Vhlstler were be opened at the museum yesterday and wIll contmue there untIl May 31 The exhI-bition was arrang ed with the co-operatIOn of MISS RosalmJ BlrnJe-l'hIlIps of London, executrix of Mr \Vhlstler, and Charles L Freer of DetrOIt, Vi ho has contnbuted a number of Important \v histlers from the Freer collectIOn in the l\atlOnal Gallery, \Vashington, D C. Among the notable V/histlers m the exhIbItIOn are "The l\Iu"Ic Room," harmony in green and ro"e, lent by Frank J Hecker of DetrOIt, "The \iVhlte GIrl," a symphony m whIte, loaned by John H. \A,Thittemore of Naugatuck, Conn, and "The Fallmg Rocket," lent by Mrs Samuel Untermyer of New York. G Johnson of PhIladelphia, and a loan from the Carnegie InstItute IS the portrait of Senor Pablo Sarasarte "The LIttle Rose of Lyme RegIS" and "The Master SmIth of Lyme Regis" are from the BO'lton Museum of Fme Arts The portraIt of Florence Leyland is lent by the Brooklyn Instltute of I\rts and SCIences. Other examples include . "The Blue vYave," lent by Alfred A Pope of Farmmgton, Conn.; "The Japanese Dre"s," lent by Howard Mansfield of N ew York, "L' Andaluslenne," lent by John H. \Vhlttemore, and "The Little Blue Bonnet," lent by Herbert L Pratt of Brooklyn The \Vhlstler exhlbltlOn ha" been arranged in the large galleI) m the new north wmg, where were formerly hung the more Important Dutch pictures m the Hudson-Fulton Mem-anal ExhIbItion A httle vanity keeps a man keyed up to his best, whIle too much renders him obnoxious to his fellows. The nIght-key IS not usually the key to success. 24 WEEKLY ARTISAN FLANDERS OAK As Its name denotes, a repro-duction of the Flanders period, finished In a deep nut brown shade, givmg a soft, velvety dull effect. It IS a wmner with the women NOTE: To facilitate prompt reply address Desk No.3. OUR FUMED OAK FLANDERS AND EARLY ENGLISH STAINS EARLY ENGLISH An aCId stam of proved practlcablhty. Gives a correct, uni-form and permanent color without Ihe use of a fummg chamber. Should be used whether you have a fummg chamber or not Ap-phed 10 the fumed product .t adds tone and nchness, enhancmg its beauty as well as Its commercial value. Manufacturers now usmg It are one vOice m ItS praise Correct m color, durable, practi-cal. Has won the approval of the leadmg furmture men by sheer merit. A sample panel is yours for the askmg. have unmistakably hit the Bull's Eye of public demand. We have proved that our aIm was true. We have again justified our policy of forever fingering the public pulse. Mr. Furniture Manufacturer, are YOU taking advantage of this poiicy? You WILL, If you see sample panels of these beautiful finishes. FUMED OAK ACID STAIN MARIETTA PAINT & COLOR CO., Marietta, Ohio. National Forest Fire Statistics. 1"11 e pIa} ed le'i'i hay oc Il1 the \\ oodland '0 of the '\ at 1011<11 r 01 est Stateo la'it \ ear than It (hd111 1908 cdthough the llU1ll hcr of fire" \va'i ..no g-reater The Department of \gnculture ha'i Just c011lpleted the 'itatlc,tlcs The plOtectl\ e \ alue ut the work ot the depal tment b "hO\\ n 111that al11llJ~t eu:;ht \ pel cent of the fires \\ ere extll1gulohed before a" much a~ h \ e au e" had been dama~ ed le'i'i than one and one-halt aCi e, to the 'iCjuare nllle of '\atlonal 1 ore 'it lanel \\ as burned 0\ er and the amount 'If damage done to the hurneJ 0\ el area a\ el-dged but $126 per acre Durll1g the year 1909 thele \Vere 3,138 files on the foreoh, 1 18fi caused by locomotIVes, 431 by campers, 294 by lJg-htll1g-, 181 by brush burnll1g, 97 by 111cendlanes, 38 by sawmJ1l'i and donkey eng-ll1es, 153 by miscellaneous and 758 b\ unkno\\ n agenCie 0 The area burned over \\ as, 111 round fig-tll e'i, 360, 000 acres, of which about 62,000 wel e pnvate lands 111 natIOnal forests, as agall1st some 400,000 aCi es Il1 1908 Some 170,000,000 board feet of Umber II as consumed, ot which 33,000,000 fet \Vas prl\ ately O\vned, as agmn"t 230,000000 111 the prevIOus year The loss 111 \ alue of timber de.,tro} ed II a" les" than $300,000, of which dose to $50,000 \\ a., prl\ atel} owned The loss of the year before was about $450,000 Damage done to repnoJucton and forage sho\\.., a remarkable decrea'ie, less than $160,000 be1l1g the record fOl 190J anc the great Il1crea"e over 1908 111 that state, namely 573, In . n-over $700,000 that for 1908 The larg-est numbel of fires occlllred 111 Idaho 991 but entirely attnbutable to fires 111 the Coeur d \Iene, which v\ ere ext1l1gtllshed Without matenal damage Locnm tl\ e .,park c, ",ere accountable for 611 of the bla/e'i 111 tIll" fore,t lac,t year fhe explanatIOn of the 111creac,e 111 the tola] for all forests IS to be foun,l 111 thiS Coeur d' \Iene 1l1CleaSe 1 he 1epO! t of the fOl seter for 1909 said of the fire record of F)08 fhat year was one of prolong-ed d1'011ght dunng the "ummer and fall, and of dl"aotrous forest fires throul:;"hout the coun tl} fhe natIOnal forests suffered relatively httle \1J ut 2).2,]9] 000 board feet of timber, or 006 per cent of the stancl IV as destroyed A total of 2,728 fires was reported (}t II hlch 2 089 were small fil e'i confined as a rule to an area of fi\ e acres or less The CO'it of fire fightlllg, exL!u'ilve .)f the "alane" of forest officers, wa" $7328333 ThiS sum, clClded to the proportIOn of the total salane'i of J an~erc, and guards properly chalgedble to patrol and fire fig hUng VI ac, le'ic, than one-twentieth of one pel cent of the \ alue of the timber protected, e<.,tlmated at an a\ erag-e 'itumpage value of ~2 pel thou sand" The Largest Rug. ::,ome tllne ago the firm of R J Smith & Co, furniture Jealeb of Pre<.,C]ue Isle, 1\1e, were authOrized tel furnish a big rug for the \Ia somc hall 111their town The order vva, placed With the Read Carpet company of Bndgeport, Conn It has been completed and has been shipped to Pre'3Cjue Isle It" dllnenslOns are 27 x 27 feet, and the COmpdn} states that It l'i the larg-e'it rug- ever made 111 Bridgeport, be111g too lar£; e to be packell 111the packing- room of the facto!} It II ac, rolled around a four 111ch tImber for "hlpp111g The la l:;"e'it rug-" orc1Jnal1ly made are 14 feet by 15 feet The \\ eH.;ht of lhl~ rug 10 300 pound'i, it'i cost l'i about $500 In de.,ll:;"n It h e"acth copied after the on ental Khlva Bokhara lUg- rL he com pan v ha'i 01 ders for four 'imaller rug-s of the same pdtteln tor the ,ame room 111wInch the large one WIll ])c u"ed The cro\\ 'itlcko c,teaclfa"tly to 111., caws WEEKLY ARTISAN BAD FIRE IN CHICAGO Fish Furniture Building Destroyed With Terri-ble Loss of Life. The SIX story bmldmg owned by L Fish & Co furniture dealers, on the corner of Nineteenth "treet and 'lA/abash avenue, Chicago, was completely destroyed by fire on Friday, March 25, and no less than tweh e of the employe" penshed m the flames Among the dea<l are 1\1 H Mitchell, brother-m- law of 1\1r Fish and l\1} ron Bell, ach ertlsing manager for the firm The property 10"" IS estimated at $150,000 an<l l'i supposed to be well coy ered by insurance L Fish & Co. are one of the olde"t and large"t retail furniture firms m Chicago The home wa" founded by the "emor member of the firm more than thlrt} } ear~ a~o and tlle bU"lne'is ha" grown "teadil} from the start until It redched enormou" proportiOn, California's Grent Lumber Port. San Pedro, a name unknown ea"t of the :\1Is,,\sslpPI. I" today one of the biggest if not the biggest lumher-recelv111g" port of the country. accord111g to the figures of her collector of custom" The gazetteers of eJght years ago assigned less than four l111es of de..,cnpbon to San Pedro It was descnbed as "a hay anJ mlet of the PaCific Ocean. in Californlia, 105 1111le" "outhea"t of Santa Barbara, 33 degre,,", 48 m111ute" north' That was all Today It J'i known as the ocean port for the Immense horticultm al and commercial actiVity thd< center" about Los Angeles San Pedro's cu"tom house figllles "how leceJpb last year of 0\ er 500 milhon board feet of lumber ThIs" as largely redwood, Dougla, fir, and} ellow pme, brought 111by coast \ e""el" from the forests of the northwe'it Accord111g to the Department of Commerce and Labor, New York's coastwise receipts of southern pane, for the year end111g December 25, "ere a little under 490 million feet Chicago recei, cd by water, for the full calendar year 1909, not qlllte 340 million feet of all k111ds of lumber exclUSive of logs. North Tona-wanda, X Y, recen ed over 170 million; Ludi111gton, Mlch, nearly 80 million, Cleveland, about 72 l111llion, and DetrOit, a little 0' er 66 million The arrivals of redwood, pine, and fir, at all the ports of San Francisco bay totaled 900 million feet The lumber arnval" at San Pedro are sugge"tJive of the remarkably rapId development not only of southern California but al'io of the 111land 'iouthwest The fruit grow111g secbon of southern California consumes much lumber, most of whwh l'i cut a full thousand mIles to the north, but Washmgton, Idaho, and Oregon lumber IS also distributed by rail from southern Cabfornia to many 111land p0111ts Despite the cost of the long shIp transit added to the rail freight charges, the competitiOn of lumber shlpper'i who use the all-rail route" from the northwest coast ~tate", or from the east, can be suc-ce'isfully met at "everal of those points by the ocean-and-rail loute ,hlppers The lumber hus111e"" of the matchless forest'i of the north"e"t has been fightmg agamst great odds in the l\riSSI" "Ippl valley an<l eastern mark~ts because of the cost of tran"portatiOn "In the PaCific coast states, which conta111 "0 large a part of the total stand of natIOnal forest bmber," says the forester of the Lmted States Department of Agn-culture. m hiS annual report for 1909," sales are made only when a faJr pnce IS offered and only under restrictions which "afeguard the future welfare of the forest Both these condi-tions tend to restnct sales 111 a regIOn where bmber is at present so abundant and so cheap The opening of the Pana-ma Canal will of citself almost revolutiomze the situation. 2S Luttmg'i which can not no\\ be made m the best \\ a} fOI the welfare of the forest, becau~e only the relatn ely high grade" of timber can be ~old, will then be practicable under much more favorable conditIOns" Mr. Dodds Home From the South. Alexandel Dodds of the Alexander Dodd'i I com pan} , Grand Rapids, has returned home from a two month" tnp m the south He spent most of the bme 111Mobile anJ New Orleans now claims about 400,000 111babltant'i and IS grow111g saloons m that city and It IS very rare to "ee an} one mtoxI-cated The ma111 bus111ess of the city 1~ fOlelgn commerce- Made by World Furmture Co , EvanSVIlle, Ind. recelvmg and shlppmg gooch to all parts of the world New Orlean~ now claims about 400,000 mhabltants and groW111g very rapidly. The south IS prospenng, he says The weather has been very backward but IS now well on towards spnng There are many "aloons 111K ew Orleans but very few 111toxlcated men on the streets, m fact he said that he did not see 111 all hiS travels as many 111toxlcated men as he would see 111 Grand Rapids 111 the same length of bme, although Grand Rapids IS not espeCially known for the number of Its 111ebriate~ Wedding Bells. Carl Gusta, Johnson, pre-'ldent and generdl managel of the Johnson Furniture company of Grand Rapids, ,,,as mal-ned on l\larch 24 to \1lss Emogene Van \\ Iltenburg, at the home of the bnde's parent~ on CI escent avenue, 111the pres-ence of thirty relatives and fnend'i The bndal couple left for ChIcago for a short tnp and will be at home after Apnl first at 61 Bnggs Court, Grand Rapids. The Grand Rapids Blow Pipe and Dlbt Arrester com-pany are filling a large order m X ashVIlle, Tenn They have many other orders on their books and are d0111g a large bUSI-ness. r------~------------------ -- 26 WEEKLY ARTISAN Minnesota Retail Furniture Dealers' Association OFFICERS-PreSIdent J R Taylor, Lake Benton MInn VIce President, D R Thompson Rockford, Mllln , Treasurer, B A Schoeneberger, Perham, MInn Secretary, W L Grapp, Janesville, Mmn EXECUTIVE CO\1\lITTEE-Chalrman Geo KleIn, Mankato Minn., 0 SImons, Glencoe, Mllln, W L' HarrIs l\1mneapohs, Mllln C DanIelson, Cannon Falls BULLETIN No. 104. FRAUDULENT MAIL ORDER PICTURES IN THE IRON BED GAME. In thIs second sene" of ell tlcle, exposln~ the me th()(h u,ul b\ thc maIl order house to tempt thc 11One,t eon'U111cr to P11 t \\ Ith 111' money we Illustrdte three more I11St Inces \\ hlch sho\\ 1]0\\ dc\ U h thIS I, done They are shov.n 111 the Llrge 'Ize Jlbt d" tllthtldtul 111 the catalog so as to be sure that the true proportIOn" arc gn en You wtll notice thdt the half tone Illustlatlon In black I" t Iken lrom the photo Everyone knows that It IS Impo"slble to mIke '1 c ,m era he, whtle pen drav.l11£; can be nn111pulated to the \\ III 01 the de sIgner Then we show two small Sl7C IllustratIon, ot cuh pI ep Irul t I our membcls whIch may be used In the11 ach el tlol11g c tl11p11"n t) plotect theIr I11terests These show the C1\ erdraw111g 111 propOl tlOn the same as the large cuts ThIS 0\ erdra\\ 111g ot Iron bed, h IS been practIced so generally thdt \\ e have become used to It The de Ilel S hd\e qUIetly sat by and a11o\\ed It to go unchecked \t '1n\ 1'1'e thcy have not e>-po"ed the'e methods as the} dtserve to be e,po,u\ \[0 doubt the reason for thl' he" 111 tne g;re It 011l.';111tl Ul't oj 111 dUClng a selles of these cuts B} the t1111e p11c1to' lIt t ILcn Ind IUt, made, It eosh consIderable mOI1L\ Yet \\ e behn e th It It h thc busl11ess of ,\I1y as'wuatlOn to do co operatl\ eI} th,lt \\ hleh l11elJ\ lel nally \\ould be out of the questIOn TherefOle \\e hdlC jJlcpIlld thIS second senes ","ote the e"tent of the U\ erdr \\1 111~ of the dle IjJ II 1\ h el },n t It hanc\"omL? Is It ,my wonder that \\hln d el\thtl111cl Ilho hd" heen ~tUdY1116 the mat! order LIt tloQ,' Lomc, IlIt< \ IUI -r II your bec\" appeal to hl111 hke pIpe ,tern aftan s mel hI '1\' I 1 11 get a bn WIth fi11mg; t\\ICL 1S I H~e ,IS that tOI the' Il11l pIlle L\ true deSCrIptIOn I' gnell bene1th thc hell, but \lhcll t Il IU' tomer once "ees the 0\ erelra\\ n pIcture, hI JuelQ,c, h\ thl111 tl 11l ft IS Ilot the lhffcrellcc In pnLe that IS so h,ll d to 0\ el10111l 1l I" the dIfference between our beds "nd the ones of the mall ordel IWlhc- ,IS l11u"trated m theu catalo6, The consequence of thIS IS that n1dny I tlmHI customer L0111e., mto your st()1 ( alld after look1l1g; 0\ er ) our ,tock sa} s I \ ell 1 \1 III see ,bout It" 1n ,Ibotlt t\\ 0 or three 1\ eek, tl111e \ Oil 110tILL I bcd dt the depot WIth theIr IMme Oil It The} h,\\ e oent then monl} e!lc! feel gutlty so they take the hed home all(1 '\\ l10thmg to lilY one db out It Pel haps the} \\ III nn er order \11} th111g Iga11l but that sale IS lost to you fore\ cr '] 111~ "ould IlC\ er hay e happl md If the mall order houses \\ ere nudc to l11u"tl Ite thell ooc!, 111 thcll true proportlOlls ThereforL \\ e cav that If ,111} cOllcern the, elouhttul 1111thoel- to get busl11cSS \\ hlch nghtfu11} belongs to \ ou It hce Imc, \ 1lI11 elun dnd prntlege to n:pose those method, Ind <,110\\ up thell ,chell]( You all kno\\ that If a man or hrm decen cs \ oU ollce \ oU nev Cl Cheap Montgomery Ward Bed. tJ ust hIm agtan Our worthy presIdent sdld sometlung at our last C011\ entlOn banCjuet when he saId IVe may h,lVe d11 these articles 111 OUl store and be thoroughly prepal ec! to meet cat dog competItIOn \ et thel e are hundreds of possIble customers who are gettl11g mall order hterature regularly and who NEVER or very RARELY re cene anyth111g from YOU' If you WIll studv the mat! order cat'1log you must reahze the PO\\ er of sug;gestlOl1 They arc ,1lways h1l1t1l1g that certa111 articles coulll not be boug;ht ft om the home dealer for the same pnce Just IS ,O)J1 '1' \\ e can ,set the consumer to be SUSPICIOUS of these meth od, tIle blttlc IS \\ on fOI If they WIll dehber"tely overdraw pIC-tures \\ hat eonhdence c 111 anyone have 111 anyth111g they say or do? 1'\ e mastered thL oltU'1tlllll 111 our commu11lty by meetmg the prop o"ltJOn lalrly and square I} \\Ith the exact goods The Inlorm ItlOn 1nd help tInt \\ e brIllg to you dre d" vaIueIes'- md theles, de, \ Q,lgantlC Jocomotl\ e WIthout steam If they are not used '1, the} should be IIany trdde papers and dealers SdY "We do n It lIke to -.,1\ e tl1el11 trel ,1c1\ertlsmg" But the day hds come \1 hen people I Lspect d hg;hter \\ ho IS not afraId to come out squarely mel boldh 1nd <,'Iv \1h It he me lib L\ repute tlOIl for domg thIS very th111~ I' the be,t p,ly111g Isset thM \\e h ne Do you reahze wDat It \\ oulc! be worth to you It every customer m your commu111ty be hev cd tInt) ou aJ\\ ,IVS fUl11lsh 111m WIth Ju,t ,IS good or better mer lh l11ch,e th21l thdt tUluI"hed bv the m,lll oldel house and at the <;,lme pIlle? Ot C0111se It IS no bo} , play to accompltsh thIS but any '\1111"; 1101 \h \\ htll IlljUUe" \\ ork It ah, ays LIkes strenuous efforts t Illll0l111 '111 llli Il1llclI I~ powerful el10ugh to thleaten the hfe j IIUI bU'll1C" e,htellLC \\ e \\ ,mt to say llght here that thIS as , lllt1<l1l IS 110 phle tOI the r don t CHe c\!ld It Lan't be done' pe lpk \\ e pIU\lde you I'>lth the weapons to plotect yourself but II e c'Innot go mto each mc1n IduaJ L0111mu111ty and conduct your bu,111es' for} ou ThIS as"oeldtlOn WIll only CI} stalhze mto some thllH.'. useful \\ hen It h utlltzec\ as It can and should be Brother De,J!er", ev el ywhere wake up to the posslbllttJe, that he m thh l'i',OCn'lOl1 Put In a stock of a gl\ en number of these bcds spr'nk Ie the11' ar,mnd 111 the \ dnous LOm111U11ltles hdve a sale \\ hen It I., tll 0\ el you WIll wonder \\ hy you (hd not thmK of It long a~o It h ,11 o"ht je I some of our trade p,lper, to tell us to talk 'Iu \ltt\ use, tlc,m In"lllp elL fhat I" ,tll nght 111 It, place but It elr es no\ shOll the e,tent of the frwd prolctlced by the 111,\1] order hmhC ,h thh methoc\ of 0\ erc1rdv. n tlJustratlons does ThIs Cdn ml) bl IceompIhhed In the \\ay we are c10mg It It gIves leverage to the t Ilk on qlnhtv etc Remember tl1dt we usually ~et what we 11 e lookmg tor If \\ e are \\ Illmg to pay the pnce Half-Tone of Same. Advertisnll Cut in Exact Proportion .. (SIngle column size) ThIS cut furmshed to our members for 25(' r-~(,~ ~\ I - r]\f\(\ ~~~~J \-1 ~~I~) ~II tf~~l \ I ~"..~ (Slllgle colnmn size) 'I IllS cut furmshed to our members tor 2')c rhI~ bed furmshed to our members for $1 19 S ngle column SILe ) 1111<;, Cllt ±Ulll.l<....lHd to OUI membel~ fur _Lll The Best Mont"OJRery Ward Bed. Overdrawn. Halt Tone of Same. Advertising Cut in Its True Proportion. (Slllgle column size) ThIS cut furmshed to our members for 25c Smgle column sIze) '1 hIS cut furnIshed to our members for 20c (SlllgIe column size) 'lhIS cut furnIshed to our members for 25c WEEKLY ARTISAN 27 This cut shows bed as illustrated in Sears Roebucks Catalog. This cut shows bed as it really is. You can't IUake the caIUera lie. This bed is furnished to our IueIUbers for $2.95 without the spring. S. R. special. This is the advertising cut showing the bed as it really is. COIUpare this with the upper one and note the extent of the overdrawing. ADVERTISING HELPS FURNISHED BY THE ASSOCIATION By gett1l1g these Ul11ts \\ lth the typc attached m} member ( 111 arrange almost an 1l1defi11lte sIze ad 111 a fev. mInutes Ii) ou adopt thIs U11lt system, all ) au have to do 1" to ~e1ect th e PdltCI n of bed you \\ Ish to ad, ertl,e, 1l1sertmg the pnce ) au \\ dnt to sell It for and you are sure that your "ad" IS properly "et up and ul11form By the use of these cuts yOU wIll save the first ongmal cost m thc savmg of spdLe usudlly used m these descnptlOns fhese cub ,He dll morthcd dt the bottom so that pnces Cdn be changed at wIll and the U11lt 1', always sUItable for all occasIOns If you tned to get these out yourself for mdn ldual use they would cost you $2 for thc hand dra\\ mg, 60c for makmg the LUt, 25c for sett1l1g up the type and sett111g the rule ,Hound dnd 35c for electJotYPlng Thus you can see that \\ e are fur11l,11111gyou a $320 value for only 40c, to say nothmg of the tIme and Lue It takes to prepare such U11lts A Good Cheap Straight Rod Bed ThIS F 2 No 9-041 straIght rod I Iron bed IS made m the best whIte enameled flmsh or m any other plam color deSIred "e adVIse the whIte fim sh as It IS the most lastmg ThIS IS m every way a good 11 on be and one that anyone could be pr,,"l of ha vmg m theIr horne at a ,ery cheap prlce SIzes d 4 or 4% ft WIdths PRICE '10 MEl\IBERC; V\ hlte or anyone (olor C'ombmatIOn ,erms Maltm Unlts-,Vlth l'vpe V\'Ithout '1':, pe 'J'hIS F 2 No 0 392 Iron bed can be had m erther whIte green or blue enamel fimsh or m Golden Verms Martm It has a lIS mch po~t and % Inch crosq rodb and I'" In ever y r e-spect a well constructed bed at a ,ery reasonable prlce, can be had m 2 SIzes 3 6 or 4 ft WIde PRICE TO MEMBIJRS WhIte or anyone color CombmatIOn Verms Martm Mahogany or Oak Units-WIth '1') pe W,thout Type ThIS F 2 No 9-472 Iron bed, a very plam Ieflned deSIgn m qUIte a heavy tubIng Castlngs are extra heavy and are made m gIlt trlmmmgs We have had great success WIth thIS de",gn and nevel had a complamt regaldmg ItS constructIOn and finIsh We furnIsh thIS m whIte enamel or m Golden Verms Martm SIze 4 ft Wide PRICE TO MEMBERS WhIte or anyone color CombmatIOn Verms Martm Mahogany or Oak Units-WIth Type WIthout Type ..... 40c 25c $231 257 284 I 40c ..,5c $3.68 394 420 4.73 40c 25c $5.25 551 5.78 6.30 A Pretty 5 FjlJer Bed at a Low Price I IllS I' 2 ,0 1 112 fly e filler Iron bed 111ake<., a fine ornament In any helll GOIn the 11lalll pIllar", at e 1 YR 111(h8<;; In dIdDletel and ('on~tructed m tl1e best pOSSIble manner It IS fimshed \\ Ith a rIch enamel or an, other pI am color WIth hrass top rod and heans SIze of thIS hed 4 ft 6 In PR1Cr 10 ,[L;\lB~~R" \Vll1te Ol dn\ one ( 1101 COmbll1 1.tlon "ernlb ,rat tln Unlts- \\ ltll f\ pe \\lthout T)pe A Good Camel Back Bed 'llllS F 2 ~o 0 241 Camel Back hE'd can be harl In "\arIon,;;; COIOl S Note the 4 hea\ \ flllel s at head and foot, and the hea. \ v CIO';;;<;;'; bat s on saIne and ~et "lth good hea\ v CdS tOI S <:lnd In e\ 81'\ \\ a.... d.. g'ood hIgh classed hed at a \ el v 10\\ pnce SIze 4 b 1" 6 2 PRICE TO MIJNIBERS \Vhlte or anyone color CombmatlOn Yerms Martm UnIts-WIth '1') pe V\ 1thou t '1'\ pe ----------~------ Thl" r K0 0 035 IS the greatest hal gaIn P\ 81 offered In a 2 Inch post 11 on bed The maIn pIllars are 2 m m d,amete, and IS a plam artIstic deSIgn In <:111"\bedroon1 FInIshed \\ Ith one co it of anti 1u"t filler and t"o loats of enamel SIzes 3 01 4 ft PRICE TO ME\IBER:" \\ 111te or an:, one color COmhInatlon ,7 eI nIb ,IartIl1 Mallogan) or Oak UnIts-WIth Type W,thout Type $ 278 1 305 331 40c 23c $3.26 352 378 400 25c $5.42 567 5.93 6.46 I 40c 25c A Good Heavy Flush Jointed Iron Bed ThIS F No 1-282 flush Jomted I Iron bed IS the most artistIC that can be had m thIS lIne, made In 8 I good whIte enameled fimsll and easy to keep clean WIth a good strong post and by all means If ) ou want a good durable bed I \\ ould adVIse you to order thIS one PRICE TO MEMBERS \Yhlte or anyone color COmhInatIOn \erms MartIn Mahogany or Oak Unlts- "Vlth '1'\ pe ,Vlthout Type 'i'hIS F 2 No 5-092 large Iron bed hea\lly con'ltructed and made up In a hIgh class finIsh of eIther whIte or Golden VernIS MartIn The posts are 1% mche" m dIameter WIth % mch cross rods, and set WIth heavy cast-ors trImmed WIth gIlt A hIgh class bed at a \ ery moderate pnce SIze 4 ft 6 In PRICE TO MEMBERS WhIte or anyone color COmbInatIOn VernIs MartIn Mahogany or Oak Units-WIth Type WIthout Type TIllS F 2 No 0 223 hIgh classed 11 on bed mam post and top tubIng 1% inch dIameter other fillIng 1 16 Inch FInIshed In enamel whIte or cOmbInatIOn colors and IS In every respect a bed that would make a pretty decoratIOn In an) bedroom SIzes 3 or 4 ft WIde PRICE TO MEMBERS ,Vhlte or anyone color . CombInation VernIs MartIn Mahogany or Oak Units-WIth Type....... . .. 40c WIthout Type . " .• 25c $294 320 347 6.97 40c 25c $4.73 5.00 5.25 . 5.78 40c 25c $593 620 646 6.97 To the member who has not had very much expenence m pre-panng ddverhsmg matter of this kmd, we want to ask you to SIt down and try to prepare an advertIsement the sIze of thIs sheet, go-mg mto your ~tock, plckmg out the vanous Itcms you wIsh to ad-verh~ e, wntmg up the descnptlOn~ whIch, of course, must be ac-curate, arrangmg them and see how long It takes you to get a copy of nme umts ready Then take your sCIssors and chp out the cost ThIS F 2 No 6 155 non bed, strong and made of heavy tubmg i'hze of postg 2 mches m dIameter heIght of head 60 lnches and can be had m 31h or 4 ft wIdths Flmshed and baked m the best whlte enamel or any plam color desired All chills are gilded PRICE TO MEMBERS 1Vlllte or anyone color CombmatlOn Verms Martm Mahogany or Oak '--------------- Units-WIth Type Without TYPE> ADVERTISING UNITS CONTINUED. $5.93 620 6.46 6.98 of the beds you want to run m an "ad", paste on a sheet of paper to act as gUIde or dummy for the pnnter, puttmg In the pnce you want to advertIse them for and you WIll readIly see the great savmg of tIme and care you get by usmg the assoClatlOn advertIsmg umt system vVe use these 111ustratlOns to bnng forcIbly to your milld the fact that we are bnngmg yoU the best possIble help the assocI-atIOn can by these prepared U111tS A Beautiful 5 Spindle Decorated Panel Iron Bed. . 40c .25c This F 2 No 2-051 five spmdle decorated panel non bed well con-structed and can be had m white enamel or anv other one color or m Golden Verms Martm The posts are 1'1s mches m dIameter wIth % inch cross lods which renders the bed perfectly mdestructlblr< 31.le 4'1" ft Wide Good Low Priced Bed. A Good Decorated Panel Bed. This F 2 No 2 121 Iron bed can be had m White, combmatlon color or Golden Vernis Martm This bed IS made m % Illch post and % mch cross rods and set wIth extra heavy castors ThIs bed is made ln clean and smooth Chlll work and III every way a good substantIal bed Sizes 3-6, 4-6 ft Widths A Pretty Decorated Panel Bed. This F 2 No 3-051 Decorated Panel bed IS made entIrely of lron, with steel SIde ralls and % Illch pIllars It lS 52 mches hIgh, and decorated with pretty fioral deSigns and the effect IS new and attractIve This bed lS fimshed m white enamel or In combmatlOn or Golden Verms Martm colors SIze 4 ft 6 m This F 2 No 9-492 Iron bed with decorated panel and % mch posts III dIamE>ter,and wIth % mch cross rods, makes a very neat deSIgn m a low prIced bed The bed IS 4 ft WIde, and makes a very fine deco-ratlOn for any home m either whItE! enamel, or Golden Verms Martm I I---- - ------- ------- 'i'hls F 2 No 5 392 beautIful deco-rated panel bed, IS made up m a \ ery floral deSign and a very good constructed bed m every way The post~ are 1'1s mch m diameter, and the cros~ rods are of heavy tubme-and In every respect a bed that would be apprecIated m every home This F 2 No 4-492 decorated panel bed, IS made entnely of Iron wIth solId steel ralls and heavy set cas-tors The mam pIllars are 1!jg mch m diameter with % mch cross rods ThlS bed can be had m whIte or m any other plam color, or m Golden Verms Martm It IS a very artIstic bed m every respect ThIs F 2 No 0-051 Iron bed IS made of the \ ery best material and IS beautifully decorated with floral deSigns Note the heavy post~ and tubmg, and everythmg to make up a flrst class bed Fmlshed with one coat of antI-rust and two coats of enamel, Or In GoldE>nVernIs Martm Size 4-6 or 3-6 Unlts-Wlth Type WIthout Type 40c 25c ,- I 30 WEEKLY ARTISAN j I II IIt I II ,II -- .---_._----_._.-------------------- .------- - -- -- -- _. . - .- -- ..- - _._-_._---_. ---_._--_. FOUR NEW TRADE MARK REGISTERED 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 aGid and oil. in acid and oil. in acid and oil. PRODUCTIONS Send for finished samples, free. Ad-el-ite Fillers and Stains have long held first place 10 the estimation of Furniture Manufacturers and Master Painters. In addition to the reg-ular colors the above shades offer unusually beautiful and novel effects. Tbe Ad-el-ite People CHICAGO-NEW YORK Everythmg m Pamt SpeclaltIes and Wood F1U1shmg matenals Flllers that £111. Stams that satIsfy. --~-_._------------_._.--_._-----_. --_.-~ _. - - - ~_. _ •• - __ a' PHILADELPHIA LETTER H_ H. Hirsch Trying to Revive the Furniture Exposition Project. PhIladelphia, .:\Jatch 22-The U'ie 01 the auto dell' en wagon'i is becol111l1g more genetal even \car \t the ptee.,- ent time, most of the large fitnb ha\ e se\ elal large auto-mobtles wh1ch the) clan11 can do much more than hor'ies and wagons w1th a less expense on the \\ hole 1hey make de- Evenes out as fa1 a, fift) 1111lesand can carn an 1111111enSe load of goods '1 he horse 1., gradualh hemg 1eplaceel but tt 1t doubtful that he w111go out of use altogether The b1g stnke b sttIl on w1th no real .,ettlement m 'iight The Ul110n labor hands hay e gone out m 1110St all lmes of trade 0\ er 100,000 hay e been out and hay e done un-told damage to the bus1l1ess lllterests of the city Some have returned to work this week George V.,r Brenn of 1306 ~ orth l\1a1 shaIl street cloe., a large bus1l1ess in canmg chan" for the trade and se1l1l1g cane suppl1es through the west and south Burt Bros, say that furmture should have made more than a 10 per cent raise m pnces a., plate gla'is, lumber, hard-ware fitt1l1g:;, cotton and sIlk goods have all made c0ll'31der-ablt~ advances Their furl11tule anJ beddlllg plant 1S busy, workmg fuIl ttme Order'i are C01l1111gm \ e1y "" eIl and md1- c,lte a good season The Canton (Pa) Couch com pan) hay e gl' en up the couch lme and are maklllg dumb \\ alters .:\11 HaIlet \\ ho was .,alesman for the Canton Couch compan) ha., tahen up the l1l1e of the Easteln Lounge com pan) , fot Penns) h al11a and New Jersey Thomas P Lawler & BlOS, of 136 North Second street, ___ -4 \\111 plOhably go out of busllless, as the firm is in the hands of thetr C1 ed1
- Date Created:
- 1910-03-26T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- 30:39
- Notes:
- Issue of a magazine published in Grand Rapids, Mich. Created by the Peninsular Club. Published monthly. Began publication in 1934. Publication ended approximately 1960.
- Date Created:
- 1937-10-01T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- Volume 3, Number 10
- Notes:
- Issue of a magazine published in Grand Rapids, Mich. Created by the Peninsular Club. Published monthly. Began publication in 1934. Publication ended approximately 1960.
- Date Created:
- 1940-02-01T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- Volume 8, Number 2
- Notes:
- Issue of a furniture trade magazine published in Grand Rapids, Mich. It was published twice monthly, beginning in 1880. and ----- ---- -- .-- ".~ 1 .26th Year---No. 14 JANUARY 25, 1906 One Dollar Per Year fl~"I· '~'~~ II ~ WHO LOOKS NOT BEFORE, FINDS HIMSELF BEHIND! WE WANT TO EMPHASIZE IT, THAT IN OUR LINE FOR SPRING SEASON 1906 THERE IS VARIETY-DASH AND STYLES WE HAVE NEVER BEFORE ATTEMPTED TO BRING OUT-THIS BEING MADE POSSIBLE BY OUR IM-PROVED FACILITIES, RE-ARRANGE-MENT OF METHODS AND CON-STRUCTION, AND WE BELIEVE THAT ANY DEALER WHO HANDLES GOODS OF OUR LINE WILL FIND THEM WORTHY OF CONFIDENCE, QUICK SELLERS AND GOOD PROFIT PRODUCERS. WE HAVE A NEW CATALOGUE MAKING AND A POSTALREQUES'f WILL SURELY PUT YOU ON THE LIST. DINING ROOM SUITES BUFFETS SIDEBOARDS. CASTERED, SECTIONAL BOOK-CASES. NEW ENGLAND FURNITURE CO. CRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Very Popular Colonials No. 1831 Top 22 x 16. Mahogany, Carved Edge. Dull or Polished. Price $7.00 Each Handsome Colonial patterns, to meet the latest demands in style are being constantly prepared by our Two Skilled Designers. We guarantee critical inspection of every piece by Two Expert Inspec-tors. Our complete Line shown during January at Chicago, I3 19 Mich. Ave., 7th Floor, in charge of Mr. J. W. Smith, and Mr. H. S. Smith. New York: 428 Lexington Ave., 5th Floor, in charge of Mr. A. Weston Smith. Wolverine Manufacturing Co. DETROIT, MICHIGAN MR. KROLL'S AGREEABLE SURPRISE. 26th Year-No. 16. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.. JANUARY 25, 1906. $1.00 per Year. His Visit to the Gral1d Rapids Market an Education. \\'hell 11. D. Shattnck of UU=,tUIl. buyer hw I!Ollghtoll & J)utton':-.;fnrnittt:"c dep;'lrttlH'llt. c;\ll1C to the January exposi- 'i'lll, he was acc\)lllpanied by Charles K~'()ll, the dry goods huyer fur the same C(ltllp:llly. 1t ,vas tbe latter's first visit to the lnarkel-"ma<!c," said he, "jl1st 011t ()f curiosity," After an inspectio11 ot' the market ::'IlL [(.roll expressed his snrprise ;111(\ astonishment at the 11l<lg-llilicCl1cc. the quality ,\1ld the l~()111pldenes,'i (If the exhibits and above all the absence of c'!ll\"elltiollillity. A cumparisun bctvrccll tJJe dry guods 111a~·- kct and the furniture market made by hinl shows that furni- Inre is sold on its merits and not on price alonc, a fact ·which met the great approval of ?vTT. Kroll anti which elicited the wish that in his line of buying husiness might be conducted ,111 the samc basis. Furnishing the Hall. Halls that. are e,lSY to treat are those ·where the stair-case turns ahove <t platform near the base of the stairs. A pretty scheme has white paint, ;\1](:1rcd felt wails, with a cream ceiling. A dado (Ol[ warm Persian design jn paper protects the 100ver \valls. The staircasc winds until it comes opposite the front door, and with a mabogall:r handrail and thin white spindles h;:15an old world appearance. This hall is square and with a sofa and a table makes an attractive reception hall, although it is sm;dl, and only all old house on a stt·eet with no garden in hont. Another hrdl in a l,lrge colonial honse, in the country, possesses a wide staircase with a balcony leading to the second flight. which continues up the othel· side. A large two toned. green foliage p;tper covers the walls broken only by a chair rail. Lots of light comcs from the staircase windows and door windows. and the white woodwork and (lId m;l!lOg;l11Y flrllitl1re <,etchmake the Sl11TOlllHlings;\11([ help \0 make a ple;lsiug- imprcs;;ioll rf the walls of a hall a:·c high, they lLlttst be broken h.v llwulding, and it seems most practicable to have <I dado of hurlap, paper 0,· paint. This should be ill proportion to the height of the \vall on the staircase. One might have the dado rencwed without undue expenditure, whcn (as the eu-tire hall always costs money) expense could be saved. Avoid large figures, also set figures. One rarely sees so-called "hall paper" that is suitable for the purpose. They are mostly badly drawn, and poo:·ly colored, and the poor creatures who are talked into buying them are much to be pitied. There is a Jap811csC chrysanthemum papel·, made in a11 shades, two tonc which is entirely a background paper; it is sold as a bedroom paper, hut it is peculiarly well adapted Ior a ball. It was ncw last spring, and costs twenty cellts: although treated in a Jajl,l11ese manner. it is American in make. Plain felt papc ;; are good, and economical, espec-ially above a stained burlap dado, but they certainly fadc. J.et the halls look inviting lla\"(~ a little table near the door, a mirror, and a chair or settee, but do not !l;n'e comhi-nation scats or painted drain pipe~ for umbrellas, and large p;lttemcd carpds 011 the Boo,s. 'staineu floors and rng.'i which can be ~1Jakell at least twice a ",'cek, {)are stairs, or velvet carpets (If neat Persian designs; sheer wil'Ldow cur-t. ains that let ill all the available ligbt. copper bmvls for cards, ;llld a growing plant llr fern 011 tbe t;\hlc; these are the little deL\ib t!l;lt l11;lke a succes~ft11 hall. Chicago Furniture Dealer's Narrow Escape in BJieaeh of Promise' Suit. A furniture dealer of Chicago n;l111ed\Iax Provll.:'; be~~allLc infatuated with a young lady's photograph and a con-e~pol1- dence ensued \vhich in duc time led to a proposal of mar-nage. Provn5 wished the young lady, ).liss Shafer, who is a Russian. to come to America and she consented. Tn the meantime before her arrival in this country, Provus married a .Miss Schoenberg. \Vben Tvliss Shafer arrived in Chicago, she sued Pronts for breach of promise, and $10,000 damages were asked. Defore the suit \vas tried 1\1iss Shafer met and married Samuel Perlman So the furniture lnan narrow-ly csc[lped the payment of $10,000. THE CORRECT Stains and fillers. THE MOST SATISFACTORY first Coaters and Varnishes J,lANurACTURCD DNt-y a y CHICAGO WOOD FINISHINti CO. ZS!I-63 ELSTONA.VEmZ-16 SLOAN ST, CH I CACO. 4 "Cyco" Bearing SWEEPER The kind with the demand established and constantly being expanded. Not the "Just 85 Good" kind, bot the BEST. The kind that sellsltse1f and always pays the dealer a good profit. Our line for 190h will be the largest. most complete, (and contains more valuable mechanical improvements that experi-ence alone can produce) that has ever been offered to the trade. You don't have to waste your time talking the Bissell to sell it, as its reputation is too well known. The advertisements of the Bissell in high class magazines and newspapers for the year 1906, will practically reach the entire reading population of the United States and Canada. Write for our spring offer. BISSELL CARPET SWEEPER CO., Grand Rapids, Mich. (Largest Sweeper Makers in the World.) BRANCHES: NEW YORI{ (Easteren office, salesroom and export dept.) 25 Warren St. LONDONl,..ENGLAND(Office and warehouse) ~ Wilson St. Finsbury, E. C. TORONTO, CA~.ADA,Office alld fadory, l8'20 Pea,1 St. PARIS, FR'NCE, (Omce and factory) 42 Rue des Vinaigne-rs. All the kids are in love with Spratt's Chair GEO. SPRATT & CO. SHEBOYGAN, WIS. CHAIRS AND ROCKERS FOR EVERYBODY Send for Catalogue No. 88-Child's High Chair with Unger Safety GUiU"d. Yukon EGonOmiG Refrigerators AND 6hllkoot ZINC LINED AND WHITE ENAMELED There are exc-ellent reasons why you should buy the above. The catalog tells you what they are, Send for one. The Michigan Barrel Co. 670 CANAL IT. GRAND R.APIDI. "'Ie". RICIIMOND Chair Co. RICHMOND, IND. The Standard line of Double Cane CHAIRS and ROCKERS Write for Catalogue. Mention MICHIGAN ARTISAN Smith N... 328 All Iron ~ $3.75 net & Davis Mfg. CO. ST. LOUIS MAKERS OF Patented July 15, 190~. No. 704702. This rail is reversible in the true sense of the word-can be used either side up and enables the dealer to make one set of. rails answer instead of having two stocks, ODe of regular, the other inverted. Pillars, 11-16 inches. Filling, 3-8 and 5-16 inch. Head, 56 inches. Foot, 40 inches. Sizes: 3 feet 6 inches and 4 feet 6 inches. \i\Jeight, 67 lbs. METAL BEDS ... WITH STANDARD .-t REVERSIBLE RAILS Standard Reversible RaU SOLID .. .. RIGID REVERSIBLE BEDSTHAT DO NOT WIGGLE YOURS FOR THE ASKING A CATALOGUE OF The Estey Standard Line Large and complete and can't be beat. Drop a postal card to ESTEY MANUF ACTURING CO. owosso, MICH. THE BUILDERS OF ====The ==== Northern Line are showing DISTINCT ADV ANT AGES in making Design, Finish and Construction the Important Factors No. 90. BED. Fun Si,.. 74 in. high. Poli,hud Q".""ud Gnlden O.k. GIVING IT Mahogany, Bidsye Maple. PHYSICAL as well as ARTISTIC STRENGTH The Line as it will be shown in January will be WELL BALANCED as to GRADE and PRICE and will STIMULATE DEMAND in the broadest sense of the term. NORTHERN FURNITURE COMPANY SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN LMannl.ctnre" 01 BED ROOM, DINING ROOM, .nd KITCHEN FURNITURE No. 2090. DRESSER Toy 24x44. Plate 24x30. Full Swell Polished O!!ar-tercd Golden Oak, Mahogany and Birdseye Maple. 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 TABLE LADIES' DRESSING CHAIR With Patent Adjustable Fixtures LADIES' WRITING DESK GRILL CABINETS LAMP STANDS FRAMED MIRRORS DRESSERS Princess Dressers Misses' Dressers Manufactured by WRITE FOR CATALOGUE, CHIFFONIERS Liberty Furniture Company Jamestown, N. Y. In Golden, Curley Birch, Golden Oak, Mahogany Veneer and Birdseye Maple. . 8 G. R. ~ I. fLYERS BETWEEN Grand Rapids and Chicago To Chicago Lv. GRAND H.APIDS, Ex. Sun 7.10 A. M. Ar. CHICAGO. . . . , , 12.35 Noon Y.uffet Parlor Car Lv. GRAND RAPIDS, Ex. Sun , 12.01 Noon Ar. CHICAGO 4.50 P. M. Parlor and Dining Car Lv. GRAND RAPIDS, Daily 11.50 Night AT. CHICAGO •.........•........•.... 7.15 A. M. Electric Lighted Sleeping C8.r Pbone Union StatioD for Re•• rvatlons To Grand Rapids [,v. CHICAGO 8:45 A.M. Ar. GRAND RAPIDS .•••••. , ••...•••.•.. 1 :50 P. M. Lv. CHICAGO, i"iihCSt~:~~WEx~.~ Sun.. . . .. 1.15 P. M. Ar. GRAND RAPIDS 5.50 P. M. Buffe. Parlor Car Lv. CHICAGO, r:ihcs&~~ti't1E~x. Sun 5.30 P. M. Ar. GRAND RAPIDS 10.25 P. M. Parlor and Dlnlnrt Ca.. Lv. CHICAGO, NibCSt~~~~D~aily Il-55 Night Ar. GRAND RAPIDS 6.45 A. M. Electric Lighted Sleeping Ca.r Phone Mlchlian CeDtl'll. City Ticket Office for Reservations. 119 Adam. Street Dressers and Chiffoniers TO MATCH SEND FOR CATALOGUE I, QUARTERED OAK. MAHOGANY, BIRDSEYE MAPLE aod CURLY BIRCH CENTURY FURNITURE CO. JAMESTOWN NEW YORK The Safe Side isthe Right Side THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE REFRIGERATOR TRADE IS FILLED BY THE BELDING-HALL MANUFACTURING CO. MANUFACTURERS OF REFRIGERATORS THAT CONTAIN ALL THE GOOD POINTS --IN-- REFRIGERA TORS Three Great Factories Capacity, 80,000 per annum Write for Our Catalogues Investigate Our Quarter Sawed Cases SOLID QUARTERED OAK The Belding~HallManufacturing Co. BELDING. MICHIGAN BRANCH OFFICES-213 Canal Street,New York, 196 Momoe Sl., Chicago. 10 MATTRESS VALUES. Process of Manufacture Explained. This article is written at the suggestion of a well kllo\VIl retail furniture dealer who made the following statement: "I find on investigati.on that the mattress and bed business is the most profitable branch of our trade, and considering the capital invested, very much t11C best. I am informed that you wefe among the first, if not the first, mattress 111<11111- facttlrer in this country to 'break away' from the old and in-ferior methods. I also remember thn1 the first cotton felt MliPufactured11J.y Ranney Refrilleraror Co .• Greenville, Mich, mattres J ever saw ""as ('xhibitcd hy yOll at Grand Rapids ahout eleven years ago, and T do not remember that any nthcr manufacturer was offering them to the trade at that tinLe. r am seeking information on the subject of mattresses, and shall propound the same qucStiOllS which I now ask you, to other manufacturers before T leave the, market." Different Grades of Cotton F~lt. The first qll(~stion discussed was the relative real value of the different g;'ades of cotton felt. To cover this point it was necessary -to explain as briefly as possible the present llH·~thod of producing cotton felt, which is ,\S follows: The raw cotton is takcn from the bale and passed through an "opener" or beater"~ which loosens it up, in which condition the Just and foreign matter can be cxtractcd by means of air currents, screens, etc. It then goes to the carding engine, where it is carded or combed into thin gauzy sheets of such delicate texture as might be compared with a lady's veil. These sheets are folded back ..v.ard and forward by a special machine, scveral thousand folds forming a "batt" of the de-sired thickness. These "batts" form the layers in a cotton felt mattress. In the handling of the stock through the above process there is an average loss or shrinkage of thir-ty per cent About ten per cent of this loss is absolute, be-ing dust, saud and other foreign matter. Twenty per cent, however, appears in the form of short fibers of pure cotton which have been combed ont by the carding process and are found collected in and around carding engines and the open-er. The long staple has all been carded into the gauzy web which forms the "hatt" ami a certaill percentage of sbort stock as well, but as abo ...e. stated abont twenty per cent of the original amount is lost unless reclaimed. As a method 71R T I >5' JI.J'J' e 7$. of reclaiming this hventy pcr cent of waste, a second and in- (erior grade of feit nnttress was found expedient. Taking advantage of the bet that a certain pe'centage of short staple can be c<lrded into the weh ,'vith the long staple cottOll, manufacturers of felt mattresses have taken the waste from the highest class of cotton manufactured'by them, mixing it with a lower grade of cotton, and producing a lower and less costly grade of felt; ag;:tin taking the waste. rcpeating the process, and each time producing a g;-ade inferior and less costly, It is to be regretted that some manufacturers have carried their ideas of reclaiming this waste beyond the limits of utility, and in many cases to the actual detriment of the business, it being impossible for dealers and consumers to judgc thc valuc_ of a felt mattreSS except by using the article. Tn this OllC can readily see the origin of the many grades of felt mattresses offered in the market by some manufacturers. The comparntive value of the felt nwde in the original or first process withollt the waste, and of the felt 111ilde by the fifth 0;' sixth proccss, in which the -v.'astc has been mixed, can he readlly imagined, f;spec1ally hy one w1w is aware of the Lt-l that the length of the st;ll)le or libel' of cotton contrihutes illlly ninety per cellt to its real value in a cattail felt lrtattress. The h\ea~hing prn~es5 is sonwti\l1cs res')rted to after the third or fourth process of carding. for the purpose of making LIp in appearance whnt the stock lacks in real value, hut the effect of the disillteg--:\ting chemic:tls used ill the bleaching proccss has been found exceedingly dct:-imental to the prac-tical value fn cot1011 felt, as it takes away its resiliency, and \",ill doubtless be abandol1cd altogether for this reason, a1- thOllg\1 m,Uly (lealers (lnd consumexs are deceived hy its ap-pearancc. Tt is to he reg·retted that inferior g;'ades of felt mattresses have b(~en offered by manufactnrers and demanded hy dealers. -in view of the fact that consumers were prepan'd to pay a price for the ;\1 ticle commenSllrate with its callie. The next question was, "\iVhat is the comparative valtH' of curled hair and cotton felt as a filling for mattresses?" T have :dways conceded that curled hair is far superior to cotton felt as a mattress filling, if the 'cost is not to he con-sidered. Curled hair is the most perfect fibre, for mattresses known at the lwesent time, being the most resilient, but good curled hair (long staple) has a high market value. It is true that a good cotton felt mattress is a more satisfactory article at the same cost, than a very low priced hair mattress, but a customer who wants the best regardless of cost will do well to consider the merits of long curled hair. And here I want to refute the charge that all curled hair is obtained from the cilrcassesof -infected beasts. Repl1table manufactluers of curled hair are scrupulously ca:-eful in the cleansing and prep-aration of the product, and it is safe to say that fully ninety per cent of all hair used in mattresses is taken from slaugh-tered or Hve beasts, and not from infected carcasses. Fur-thermore, in the process of curling hair it is subjected to heat of suJlicient intensity to destroy all germs. The next question discussed was the ticking or covering for a mattress and its construction. It was my opinion that the cloth should be sufficiently strong to retain the filling ma-terial, and for commercial reasons should be of cost propor-tionate to the calculated life of the" article. It is, of course, essential that every seam in the COllstructi~n of a mattress tick should be cqually as strong and substantial as the ticking itself. In the fierc.e war of c.ompetiti.on th.e 'double sewed" mattress tick was abandoned many years ago, and fe\V dealers who arc now in the business have ever seen such a thing. To construct a tick by the, "double seam" process, it was first formed and joined "wrong side out," and one seam run all around. It was then turned "right side out," each seam was doubled back and covered with a heavy tape or braid; a sec-ond sealll was then run around it, passing through -and secur-ing the braid while at the same time it gave a double strength to the parts united. Old Method of Joining Mattress Ticks. This process more than doubled the lahor cost oyer the process ]l(l\V in ('onUllOIl use, hut mving- h\ the f~lct th:lt tJ](· rig 1 difference in c011structinn wa;:; 110t apjl;\:-vnt to the casual oh-server it was -abandoned. 111 Figuc 1 i.'"i hOWll the proC(,!-i~ of "double seaming." Present Common Method of Joining Mattre~s Ticks. Single S.. ~- '~ Tn figure 2 is sho-wn the ordinary method 01: the present day used in the construction of so-called "bound ticks. ' and in Fig 3 • (q,i:-llre 3 is shown the dotlhlc welt, a scam produced hy an Double Welt Seam Improves Method of Joining Mattress Ticks. atlachlllcnt for a sevving machinc which has becn recently in-vented, and which will dOUbtless c(lrne into general use, o\ving to the fact that this seam can he lL'oduced by meaHS of this ,at<ichmcnt at a trilling cost ovn the common method of bind-ing, and is much strong'er than the tick itsclf. The next important point discussed was the comparative value of thc imperial edge finish Of "roll edgc" over the com-mon ~tyc of "bliud stitching" or side stitching. Showing Natural Form of Edge Before Finishing. Referring; tC) the illustrations, rlgure 4 represents a piece cut ont of a mattress with a knife, the same ftS you wOl\ld cnt a cheese, Of in technical phraseology a "sectiour:d view." This mattress has heen brought dowll to a level hy the tufts, and it will be 110te<1 that the edge is round, assuming the form 11 which any bag will assume \vhen filled with rcsilient m<lterial. To produce a square or rectangular form thc edge of a mat-tress 111\1:,t be stiffened and reinrorced by S011le 111eans. and the ordinary blind stitching or ';side stitching'· \Vas used for Blind Stitching. this 1)(1:·po~e. As shown in Ilgue .1 ~tichcs WC1"e pass('d around a portion of the resilient material awl back a~:;-;lill rhHl11gh tIle ticking, d.awing the cflg;e of the mattre~s in and givill:-;- it the desired rCclangn1:tr iurm. line shows the original form. Eff,ect of Service on Blind Stitched Edge. The dotted hgllre 6 show~ the generic defect of this process. It will be observed h.y reference to thi~ ilhlstr~ltion that tht: rcsiliellt materiri.l has become somewhat separated, and that t.he lIiltui"al pressure whi("h ("c,mes by the lIse of a mattress has forced the edge (jut almost to its original imperfect form -,-Olle oj lile r~as()lls \vhy mattresses spread in service :111(\ hecoIlle lon large for the hed which they originally lit. Advantage of Imperial Edge Finish. Fig-me 7 shows the Cllllstnlction of the imperial edge, the l1tility of whieh is obviolls. The stitches pass through the ticking and top of the llUlltrcss as \'V-ell as on the side, awl , , form :l gcolllelrict1 arch which will Hot yield to pressure so long ,IS the cords arc intact. This style of ilnishing, \vhile rcquiring a greater deg1-ee of skill in its pfoper execution, 1."1much more desirable, ;\l1d <'ldds double its cost to the value of a mattress. C. A. FISHER. ~- The Luce Furniture GRAND RAPIDS, MICH Ask the Attention of Furniture Dealers We Manufacture Bed Room and Dining Room Furniture in Mahogany, Oak. Birch and Maple, Century Furniture Co. F ac.tory and Sale",room 153-159 Canal st., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. INCREASED FACIUTIES DESIGNERS AND MAKERS OF fiNE Parlor and Library Furniture ANEWLINEOF Odd Chairs and Rockers and Reception Chairs Exclusive and Pure in D",.il!n LARGER LINE Co. NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA, Via GRAND TRUNK-LEHIGH VALLEY ROUTE, Daily Except Sunday. Daily. Leave Gd Rapids.. . 2:45p. m. 7:05p. m. Ar Philadetphia , 3:40 p. m. 7:25 p. m. Ar New York. _.. . 4:30 p. m. 8:40 p. m. Service unsurpassed. For further information apply at City Office, Morton House Rlock. Two Fast Trains C. A, JUSTIN, C. P. & T. A. • Lv Gd RapIds 710 am Ar Chicago 1:15pm Lv Gd Rapids 12 OSIITi Ar Chicago 4:50pm Lv Gd. Raplds 4:25 pm Ar Chicago 10:55pm Lv Gd. Rapids 11:30 pm daily AT Chicago 6:55 am Pullman Sleeper, open 9:00 pm on 11:30 pm train every day. Cafe service on all day trains. Service a la carte. Pere Marquette Pllr!o:ITcars on all day trains. Rate reduced to 50 cents. TNREE TRI\INS D ET R 0 I T TO AND fROM Leave Grand Rapids 7:10 am Arrive Detroit 11:55 am Leave Grand Rapids 11:25 am daily Arrive Detroit 3:25 pm Leave Grand Rapids 5:40 pm Arrive Detroit 10:05 pm Meals served II. la carte all trains leaving Grand Rapids at 11:25 am and 5:20 pm. Pere Marquette Parlor Cars on all trains i seat rate, 25 cents. fOUR TRI\INS TO AND fROM CmCAGO H. J. GRAY, DISTRICT PASSHNGKRAGENT, PHONE: 1168 Grand Rapid_, Mich. "ALL OVER MICHIGAN" DOUBLE THE NUMBE.R of Mahogany Patterns and a largely increased number of patterns in Quartered OaK are shown in our Spring Line. Ct:lAMBER SUITES. SIDEBOARDS. Ct:lIFFONIERS. DRESSERS and TOILETS. WRITE FOR NEW CATALOGUE. BURT BROS., 2000 S. Ninth St., Philadelphia, Pa. Exhibits Chicago, 141 t Michigan Avenue. Fourth Floor, in charge ofF. L, Billings. New York. Furniture Exchange. Fifth Floor. No. 33, inchargenfGeo. C. Dyer. Makers of Library Suites. Library Book Cases, Music Cabinets, Ladies' Parlor Desks. Medicine Cabinets THE UDELL WORKS INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA WE manufacture the larg-e$ t Hne of FOLDING CHAIRS in the United States, suitable for Sunday Schools, Halls, Steamers and all Public Resorts. . . . . We also manufacture Brass Trimmed Iron Beds, Spring Beds, Cots. and Cribs in a larg-e variety. . . . Send lor Ca.taloglle R[ld Prices to Kauffman Mfg. CO. ASHLAMD. OHIO QUARTER-SAWED IN~~~ OAKVENEERS CHOICE FIGURE " EXTR<\ WIDTHS When writing for prices, mention widths required and kind of figuu preferred. HOFFMAN BROTHERS CO. Fort Wayne Indiana Valley City Desk Company GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. A most successful sale in the market speaks for it-self. Seeing is believing. MANUFACTURERS OF OFFICE TYPEWRITER and STANDING DESKS Irrilt ilt OJUf lor }/(''It' Spring Caft/log. MAiled If) dtdJen only. The Ford en Johnson Co. MANUFACTURERS OF "'Fiber Rush" and "'Malacca" Furniture ALSO 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; alw in Solid Mahogany. SALESR OOMS .. Cl!itdgl), Neu/ l'(Irk, BriSton, ft1dHq Cincinnilti, O.~ Frllllkfort, Ky., Atltmfa, Ga. GENERAL OFFICES: Sixteenth St.. and Indiana Ave., CHICAGO. No. 3jlJ;..f C 2 L. THE EVIL EYE'S SPELL. Anna Eva Fay's Prediction Proved an Unhappy One for Providence Dealers. Tlle merchants of Providcuce cOlllplailL that the last h"liday trade ,vas not up to its usual Inark owing to All11a Eva Fay's malign predicti011 of a boiler explosion, due to take place ill the furniture department of some store. The result was that many would-he pllrch,lsers \",ere influenced awl made IW ]>l1n:hascs. ,\1](1 others went to Bost(IJ\ lor their shopping. Tl\(, s('nsih](- nul'S, of COllrsc. were not influ-enced. oIll' fl,"1l1 \\'Cllt Sll far :l:-' to (Iraw tll(' lires l'om their heating apparattl:-'> aud to SPClut sC\Tral hundred dollars ~1c1- yertising the fact. It migbt he \vell. ,llllJther Chrisllll;\S season to have ~\lllla Eva Fay packed ofT s;tfely tn EW(llH.' :llld ,,0 insl1re a better trade. 1\Teedless to say, the e:\plosioll fnilcd to arrive. Important Ruling in Insurance Case. The supreme court ()f i\!illllt'''ota 1t;ls (lecided that ill ~'ilse of fli·C. !Julieie" arc \i)id llilles," s;lid prllpnly and huild-ing" ane o\ulcd hy the 111Sl1r('(\ The case in (jl1estioll was that ui Parsuns, l:':'ich and Cll111P;lll}', Ill<lIlUfacturers or l\'cw (on. la. 1\1'1'. P;trSOIlS owned ;111(\It'a~ed 1Ji~ IHOpCl-ty to tll!..: el,II1lJlal1y ill which hc had all interest and when the hnildill.~-S \\'cre damag-ed by j-ire: the recei\"er of the bankrupt ill sur-anee cumpany rdl1~e(1 to admit their claim ;IS yalid, The judgc directed tlll' return of the premillms alld g';"'C his \)pillioll ill tile case as fullo\vs: Tbe provision with rc:ierellce to cnvnership alHl title applied tu the existing conditiol1s and not to fnture Cll;lllg,,-,S in title. It \\'<'lS incumbent llpon tile applicant to disclose the natllre of the title.. ~'* .\n insurance company can!lot lake advJntagc of a condition in its Jlolicy to avoid pa}'melLt of a l()ss when the facts, which hy its terms inval itlate the !JlJlicywcrc known to it or its agent, when it issued the policy, * * * \Vhen a policy of insurance ncver atlaches, and no risk is ,lsslnned, the insured may recover back the prel11iu111S, unless he has been guilty of fraud, or tbe contr;\ct is illegal, and he is in part delicto. :I: * * Tbe contract is entire ;lllcl the increase of a moral hazard caused b:r thc COllditiOll oi a title to the land upon which tbe building's stood, affeeled the elltire property, which was destroyed. Entitled to Trade Discount. The Slllith Table C01l1pany sued P. \V. i\ladscn of Salt Like City to recover a balance said to be clue for the salt:: 15 The defendant was to receive a cash if aCCol1l1t was paid within fifteen of ccrtain furniture. disCOll11t of fifteen per cel1t days. The defendant contended th;,!: he was to have \'v·bat IS knO\Vll as a "trade discount," which meallS a discoullt of that ,llllm11lt if paid within ninety days. The amount of the sale less the fifteen per ccnt discoullt was paid by defendant within ninety days, but the company refused to allow the discount ;l1ld gave the defendant credit for the amount: paid <111(1sued him for the balance. The 10we1" court f01111c1 th,lt tbe agrecment \vas that defendant .~holdd have a tratle diSCOlLnt and hellcc rendered a decision 111 hi,:; favor. 1'he company in its appeal cOlltelllleJ that the salesman \\11\l made the sale !J;j(.1 110 al1tllority to give anything l)11t a Manufactured by Cenlury F umiture Co., Grand Rapids. Mich. c<lsh discoullt and hence exceeded his jurisdiction whell he gave defendant a trade discount. The supreme com·t, 11o\\'(':\,cr, holds that the <\g-ent was tbe general agent of the company in charge of its gcneral salesroom at Grand Rapids, :IIH[ that lie had authority to bind the comp,lIly 011 a uade discol1lJt as well <"ISa cash discount. I F..-Y 0 U H AV ENE V E R T R lED 0 U R RUBBING AND POLISHING VARNISHES DETROIT F'ACTORY OF GOODS CANADI"'N FACTORY YOU HAVE YET TO LEARN THE WHY NOT PUT IT TO FULL POSSIBILITIES OF THIS CLASS THE TEST BY GIVING US A TRIAL ORDER? NEW YORK BOSTON PHILADELPHIA BALTIMOFlE BERRY BROTHERS, LIMITED, VARNISH MANUFACTURERS CHICAGO ST. LOUIS CINCINNATI SAN FRANCISCO FACTORY AND MAIN OFFICE, DETROIT CANADIAN FACTORY WALKERVILLE. ONT. Koenig &. Gamer furniture Co. MANUFACTURERS OF VICTORIA, COMBINATION, UPRIG"T and MANHL folding Beds Odd Dressers, Princess Dressers, Napoleon Bedsin Quartered Oak, Mahogany and Bird's Eye Maple. Our full line shown on 3d floor, 1319 Michigan Ave. Office and Warehouse 266 to 272 N. Green St., Chicago, III. Factory No. 22 to 18 Pratt Street "It "Was "Worth Coming Three Thousand Miles to See" Remarked a buyer from the Pacific Coast. Of course he referred to the SLIGH LINE. Every-thing for the bedroom Wait for our agents. SLIGH FURNITURE co. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. POOL CARS FOR PACIFIC COAST OVERLAND FREIGHT TRANSFER COMPANY. SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA. make a specialty of distributing pool cars of all kinds and PARTICULARLY, furniture, carpels, linoleum and interior hnish. References, Bradstreet's or Dun's and any bank in San Francisco, and the trade. Carloader in Chicago Carloader in Grand Rapids ]. M. Welling, 633 So. Jefferson Street Gelock Tran,fer Company, 108 So. Ionia Street. TEAMING FORWARDING STORAGE ·"~M']f]iIG7fN The Rex (Inner Tufted) Mattress. (PATENTED. TRADE MARK REGISTERED.) Th, fad i; NOW DEMONSTRATED 'l~eyond a:l doubt ~hal th~ sale ot ONE REX Inner Tuftel~ Mattres~ \vir cause inquiry sulliciellt :0 sell T\VO and so i: goes on growing and enlarging your husiness ag ours has cnlargeJ- () C R BEST TRADE. \Vrite lor o',n DelY book:et "The King at Tufts," and !earn aJ: abO,lt this Sp:cndir. Ma::rcss. v;,! e hlrnish these heal:.,)fll: :i:tle 20 page houkleu to ClHwmers and. licensed agents. Get on terms, pr:ces, etc. \Vrite right now. Don't wait. A card Hil! do. AllY thing to "ho,v your jnteres~. CHARLES A. FISHER & CO. 1302 M;ch;gan Ave .. CHICAGO, ILL. PFORIA, n!.. ST. I.orns, MO. LiNeOl.H, ILL, )'vllNNEAPOLIS, llnNN. Sole ]'v!anu./arturen under Licenst Amtriow Maltre11 ana' CUJbion Company. 17 SUPREME "SIMPLICITY" No. 556 liS a Davenport. BEST SELLING SPECIALTY IN UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE IN AMERICA, "Simplicity" Davenport SofA Bed. Seal Raised fot Acce~s 10 Bedding. In Thil Position lhe Bed isself-Suslaininll" EVERY DEALER WHO ASPIRES TO DO HIS SHARE OF THE DAVENPORT BED BUSINESS SHOULD CARRY THIS LINE ALWAYS IN STOCK, Ne'n-' Ctltt1!og Prilltillx,. Jamestown Lounge Company, JAMESTOWN, NEW YORK "Simplicity" a8 11 Bed. OUR NEW LINE FOR 1906 CONTAINS A LARGE NUMBER OF NEW AND NATTY CON-CEITS IN THAT "A LITTLI': BETTER THAN SEEMS NEC-ESSARY" FURNITURE. Our Salesmen Have Photos. We Mail Catalogues. ROCKFORD CHAIR AND FURNITURE CO, ROCKFORD. ILLINOIS The T. B. LAYCOCK MANUFACTURING COMPANY MANUFACTURERS OF Iron and Brass Beds, Cribs Child's Folding Beds, Spiral and Woven Wire Springs Cots, Cradles, Etc. TO MAKE MONEY, HANDLE OUR GOODS CATALOGUE ON REQUEST Every dealer should have one or more of OUf No. 550 MatHess and Spring Display Racks, Write for Booklet illustrating it. The T. B. Laycock Mfg. CO. INDIANAPOLIS, IND, VISITING THE FURNITURE MARKETS A GREAT EDUCATION. A Buyer From Olney, Ill., Makes First Visit. B. R. Cooksey, of Olney, 111.,visited Chicago and gave his impressions as follows: "This is my first visit to the furni-ture cX-P05itiof1, :1Il(! horn \vh:tt I h;l\-'c seen of it in th~'ee clays [ dOll't want tll miss !lllOthcr one. I believe I could make more by coming here in one day than if T stayed at bome doing business a week. \Vc have jt1st originated tbe Rich-land County C'-edit and Ratil1g System. This assaciat[i)ll ~l'Cll-CS ratinQ;.~ fo" the deale:'s in our county and they have agents who g-et the past records ;\11(.1 make special reporLs on any ClIst0111cr we m;ly want to know ahollt. The expense PQr ye;lr, to the dcaln, is $15.00. The organization is a pll:"e!y ]I.)cal one and its rules and regubtiollS arc copied from othe: similar organizations. \Vc have lots of competition of the worst kind. The country is wcd<cd to death hy thesc cata-logue houses, which i8 l:lrg-cly due to the fact that Olney is so Hcar Chicagu. To countc)·act this competition we lldver-tise extcnsively to the effect that we will meet the advertising 19 price of anybody. \Ve formed a Merchants' association ahmlt a year ago {o, the ptl'."pose of inducing factories to lo-cate in 01H tmvn. The organization has a secretary, and a la1·gc planing rnill I1mv loc01ted there is one of the best in-stitutions we bllVC landed. Other things in a smallel· way wc have secnred, and negotiations aTe now in progress ,."ith a llumber of other manufacturing eonccrns, some one of which we expect to secure for our eity. \,Ve arc raising mOlley tn cari·y on the wo.k of this associatiull by assessing eve:·y mell1bc;· a ce tain amonnt each month. The member-ship- is faT fln: years. \Ve have no retail (h::ale~s' association in Olney. but 1 have ,since coming to Chicago, joined the Illi-nois Retail Dealers' Associatioll." "Big Lcuie" \11{ ants A Bed. l.(1uis I\foi1aucu. belt!:'r known as ;'Big Louie," who travel-ed \vith Ringling B.os.' ci CllS last summer. but who is now a saloonkeeper, has gin'll ;111 order for a bed suited to his slature and proportiolls. The oilicers ;lncl committees of the piallo dealers associa-tion arc making arrangements for the nation,l1 convention to be beJd ill \Vashington in IVby. l C. F. SCHMOE & CO., Manufacturers of Kitchen Furniture, Shelbyville, Ind, No. 25. f. Plam Oak front, Ash ends HeIght 6 feet 6 Inches. Base 4Rxz6 Pop-lar top Zinc Drain Pan 8lCr6,So lb Flour bl1l; 25 lb Meal bin. RIg cup-board ~pace I drawer and 4 spIce callS Top h illrhes deep Three small drawers. two sugar tlltmg bins, one small cupboard space, one long cupboard space with shelf and glass doors. Finish, Golden Oak, two coat gloss varnish or wax I'1nish, Brass Trimmings. A full alld up.to-date line exhibited on the Eighth Flnor of Mann-facturers' Exhibition Building, 13r? Michigan Ave., Chicago, F. G. Clark and A. G. Su:wart in ch:uge. 1%6 CATALOGUE NOW OUT. EVERYBODY ABOUT OUR PLACE Tries to Make the STARLiNE Better Than Ever No, 95. Made of Selecl Quartered White Oak, One of man)'. Ask fOr the other stwenteen. We have :se-cured the ser-vices of several Gnmd Rapids finbhers of many years ex-peri. ence ill furniture finish-iug. and we :are httter prepared than ever to meet competi· tion of tbe old-est and keenest }illd. {I, sample will convinl:e yo U that aUf goods are as good as th~ best. A postaL card brings you our catalogue with our compli-ments. WRITE FOR JT. SUR fURNITURE COMPANY, Zeeland, Mich. Michigan Central LEAVE Aug. 13, 1905 ARRJVE 7:00 am Toledo & Detroit .. * 6:20 am *11:10 am Toledo Detroit & New York'" 1:00 pm 4:00 pm lacks~n & Inter!:!lediate P'ts 9:30 am 5"20 pm Toledo, Detr?lt & East·.··,·S:1S pm lL30 pm Toledo, DetrOit & East ... ,10:45 pm *Daily. AU other trains daily except Sunday. New York sleeper. fine cafe coach and through Toledo coach on n:lo a. m. train. Thledo coach on 7:00 a. m. tra:n, Detroit and Toledo parlor car 011 5:15 p. m. tra~·w. RUGGLES. G P. & T. A. E. W COVERT, C. P. A. H1E NIAGARA FALLS 1I0\JTE. ------"T"[ ------ YEAGER fURNITURE CO. ALLENTOWN, PA. Upholstered Parlor furniture and Novelties A Large New Line of Upholstered Rockers and Wood Seats C"ICAGO 4' We Make Out' Own Frames" EXHIBITS NEW YORK Manufacturers' Exhibition Bldg. 1]19 Michigan Ave. 7th Flour 333 to 1'P Fourth Ave., Corner 25th St. :ld Floor "Rotar~ Sble" for Drop Car~ing5. Embossed Mouldina. Panels, Etc. EmOossinu and DrOD Garvinu MaGhin6S Machines for a II purposes, and al prices wit h i n the reach of all, EveryMachine ~as our guar· antee against breakage for one year UNION EMBOSSING MACHINE CO. INDIANAPOLIS, IND. "Lateral Style" for Large Calt8city Heavy Carvings and Deep Embossino.s We have the Machine you wallt at a satisfactory price \Vrite for descriptive circulars. Shelbyville DesK Company MANUFACTURERS OF Office Furniture MAHOGANY AND IMITATION QUARTERED OAK, PLAIN OAK In Three Gra.des A full Line, Up-to-Date. Exhibited EIGHTH FLOOR. 1519 Michigan Avenue ~ CHICAGO ~ Write for Lau: Catalogut. Shelbyville. Ind. Morton House Rates $2.50 and Up American ......Plan Hotel Pantlind Rates $1.00 and Up European ......Plan The Noon Dinner Served at the Pantlind for 500 is the FINEST IN THE WORLD J. BOYD PANTLIND. Prop. Robbins Table Co. OWOSSO, MICHIGAN 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 \Voodworking Fac-tories, which will be furnished Manufacturers upon applica-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 Agenl, WASHINGTON, D, C. CHAS. S. CHASE, Allent, M. A. HAYS. Agent. 622 Chemical Building. St. Louis, Mo. 225 Dearborn St, Chi cae.. III. No. 286 Improved Extension Table Leaves stored in top Center column does not divide CATALOG AND PRICES TO DEALERS ON REQUEST 5 Complete Lines of Refrigerators at RIGHT PRICES Opalite Lined Enameled Lined Charcoal Filled and Zinc Lined Zinc Lined with Removable Ice Tank Galvanized Iron Lined Stationary Ice Tank Sendfor new CATALOGUE and let us name you price Challenge Refrigerator Co. GRANDHAYEN, MICH., U. S. A. 22 ESTA!3LISHED 1880 F'U6LISHED BY M ICH IGAN ARTISAN CO. ON THE 10TH AND 25TH OF EACH MONTH OF"FICE-2-2Q LYON ST .. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ENUIiED ~8 MAT1ER O~ THE 8fCO'lD CLASS l{eal \\'0;t1l di"jlell:-ie:-; with a hra~.:-; 1><111<1. It san'" a 1nt (Ii" word ~attery 1(1 simply lLCSl'llt her with a mirror. An exchalliF' :\H':'" that {in!y a (j(ICI,)!' 'II" :1 (I,'llti,;t Gill re]lair :-;0111etypew:iter,;. OL1, we. don't knuw; :l nc\\, ri.bhon alld <In attachment have been kll()Wll to \\"ork \\,ollde:--i. The clo:-iing of the markets fOj" the ."caSU]) dep:-in's the publishers of the Furniture Journal of the plea:'iures they de-rived daily from their effort .;; to l){1ost Chicago and de"trny the Grnnd Rapids market. The people of St. Louis are united ill a ll1i"l\'Clllcnt III hreak the bridge mOllopoly. For yc"rs tile bridgc O\\'nCTS have exacte<l toll fruUl eve:-y pcrSOIl cllte,-ing- "I' lea\"illg the city over the rivcr and a bnrdCll:,01lH~ l:lX hilS ])eell I('\·i('d ;111(1 collected 011 ('vcry pound of fr{~ight carried over the lrirlges The lIl<\lltlf"cturero; (,f furniture in that city illallg-ur:lted the moyeIlH"llt that has nn;llly resulte([ in the ()i'ganil:lti('I\ (,f Ih" "\[al1t1factuI'crs' Railway enmp;\llY tll carl'y Il11t a ncw lermi-nal and rail!'oad p"(,jc:et. The \ris.~i:-i .;ippi ri\'er will be eithe' bridged with a $3.000/1CO bridge Tnr which land h;lc; beCl] hought, nr a tU\1nel built under till' :-itrcam. It will he a ti'r-minal ,~ystcrn purl' :\lld simJll('. On(' of the many freaks exhibited at the exposition at: Sl. Louis in 1904 was poody-designed, badly-prop(-,j·tioned and faultily constructed chamber suite, furnished by the republic of Cuba. It contained six varieties of ".·.o. od native to the island, and, like ~tllsuch combinations, the colors were in-harmonious, and shocking to the artistic senses. Carv-ing of nO particular sigl1iflcancc ;111(1 " varnish finish on shellac rendered the ensemble offensive tn t:he eye of the he\1olde:' It was stated that the collection ,vas v;lined :It. 525,000. al-though for prac:t.ical purposes, t,venty-livc cellt:-; would be tCl() mllch to pay for it. Effort:-; to sell the lot were 111l.successful and weary of paying" storage charges, it is IJOW propos cd, in vie ..v. of the approaching rnarriage of t.hat Illost popular and altogether charming young lady, l\Iiss Roosevelt, to Con~ gressmail Longworth, to make that y',)nng lady the unwill-ing custodian of the collection. It is stated that the picces are 50 large that nOlle of the rooms in the congressman':-; happy home could contain them and that it \vould be nccess"ry to erect an allnex to the stnlcture in order to house them. If ~liss /\1ice and he cong-ressman were permitted to follow their inclinations they would prohably send it to the back yard to be cut into stove \\'00([, hnt as such a proceeding" would offend the donors and is not to be thought of hy the estimable young lady, the Artis<-ln suggesb that th('. stuff he disposed of by storing it in the )rational 1\TuscU111 at \Vash-ing" ton, with a lot of cxpcnsiYe hut useless furniture ,\-,hich was presented to General Grant du:-ing- his t!'ip arouud the world. It is scarcely worth \",hile t(l express the hope tint the people of the world will cease to make such u"eless stllff as the Cuban chamber suite The 11\.1111bc'·of lines exhibited in ;111 cxposition of furui-t! t C i:-i oi 1ittlc ('(lllSe'lUCIlC(', The quality of the goods cx-p<'~ l'd t,) \·iew and the ,;izc (JI' the lines is iL11Jlu rant. Thl' C:hic~\g-o FllrnitllC J(11Irll:1I, eyer persistent in the pursuit of it,; \l()lic)' III l',,-,tlting' Chicagn alld helittling G:·alldRapids. declare,; that while fOll,. hUlldred lines \\'cre placed on :-iak h~l munth i1\ Chicago, ('Illy two hundred were e:.:posed for c_';\lnination ;111(1 sale ill Grand Rapid,;;. Pe:'haps the JourJnl ila" 11"t 1e:l;'lle(] the fact that no fwnitnre exposition huildin~ f1ul,;irlc '"if G:'a1\d Rapid,; is capable of holding the lincs cf ,;i'i: i1.l.-lliture mallufac1l1:'ers of G,-and Rapids, The sample .; "I' the following cnrp():"atinll.s would t1l0;'C than lill any (JIll' of [he fllrlliture ('xpnsition hl1ildillg.~ of Chicago, 1\C\I' York or St. Loui,,' Berkey & Gay Furniture company, Nc1so11-:\latter !,'u'1llttne ('(It1lp:lny, Sligh Furnitl1:'c compatl}', O;'iel Cabillet company, Lht' Jnhn \Viddicomh company and thc :\lichigan Chait- company. Or the toll()wing combinations v.·'ould '-;('1"\-(' the same llurpnsc: \\'iddicomh Furniture comllan)', Ph'-'CIlix Furniture company, the Grand Rapids Chair C01ll- V~\lly, 1"11ee Furniture cumpany, \Villiam A. Berkey Furnitnre c"mpal1.Y and the Royal Fnrnitl1;'c company. \:() exposition hnil(ling' contains snflicieIlL 1100r space to h'I\I:"(' the fUll(HVil1g lines: Gunn Fllnliture company, Grand R,\pids Fancy Fn:'nitn:'c (ompallY, Imperial Furnitu,e C0111- ]I;\11y. Valley City DC:-ik company, Rettiug Furniture com-pany, Stickley Brothers, Celltury Furniture company, Charle:-i S, Paine company, Central FurlliLure company, and :\'1e11er & Slack company. One thnnsand three-piec(' lines, such as the buyer see:-i in Chic:\g'o, :':-c\V York allil St. Louis would appear in:'>ignifl-- cant whetl compared with several of the big' line:" of G;'alld Rapids, DENVER GROWING RAPIDLY. Mail Order Competition Not NoticeabLe. II. J Schwartz, (,f the Standard Furniturc C(lmpal1y. 1)eI1- \'t'r. \\'llile ill Chicago .. qid: "I have hOllghl my g(I()(L" till:=; J;llI1.1il'-y j1.lsl the same a~ if therc wc:"c no ~\(lvancl'. I think it. w()l1.ld be \'e;''y foolish of furniture dealers to h()ld back in placing bllsinc.~s bl'eause o[ the advance. The dealer cannot Ilx prices inr the manufacturer and the latter is ec,·tainly cn-tilled to raise prices if therc has bCCll ;\11 advance in the cost of materials, There is considerable building going on in Grand Rapid~ this year and our city is g'·owing very rapidly. Yes, there is possibly s0111email order competition in Denvcr, but we don't notice it and T think that probably affects the country dealer outside of Denver. \Vc have a credit associa-ri(' I], hut so far as strangers are concerned who come in to huy goods, we dealers o1.lrselves, will have to decide whether to let th('m have the guods or Bot hy siLing them np as tll hOtlC:-it~l, appearances and ability to pay. The ratings es-tahlished by our credit <lssociation apply more to people \\'ho h,lve ')('en residing in Denver who have establishcd for tl1C11l.sdves a reputation for willingness and ability- to pay. The fnrnitnre expositions suit me and T believe ought to be continued. T have been coming here since 1897, and I have found the expositions have helped me materially." The salesman should remember that his employer !l;JS itl\-e.~ted his money in the store, that he has been engaged ill business fo'- a long time, and that he probably knows more about how mattcrs should be conducted than the salaried em-ploye. Tf he ha" i<1ea:-i which he helieves to be of value he SI'Oll\{1 offn tht:111 i)l a humble: ,-pi.r\t and not with that arro-gant: air which bespeaks superiority, If he knows more than the bas,,;;, why is he nnt bnss?-Ex. ThCf(~ i.;;; mllc.h in merit. Two stores of equal merit :-ihould do the same amount of business, but the store which has merit and advertises is the one which forges ahead .. NEW CHAIR SEAT CLAMP This clamp is adapted for every kind of seat. It is also made in a larger size for other work as Mitre Ftames, etc. Manufactured UQOO the BENEDICT PATENTS ! I. GRAND RAPIDS HAND SCREW co. 130 South Ionia St., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ATLAS fURNITURE COMPANY JAMESTOWN, N. Y DRESSERS CHIFFONIERS ALL WOODS KARGES WARDROBES ARE GOOD WARDROBES COOD'TYLE' CONSTRUCTION FINISH Prices right WglTE JTOR CATALOGUE KARQr~ fUKnnUK[ ( O. EVANSVillE INDIANA MABErIN GLOBE SIDEBOARpS III wnting mention Mkhil':atl Artball Are the BEST ON THE GLOBE tor the money GET OUR CATALOG, Mention Michigan Artisan when writing QlOD[ Furniture Company E~annille. 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 library Tables NEW CATALOGUE JUST ISSUED-GET ONE WANSVIL1B ~ , -- 1858 1905 E. Q. SMIT" C"AIR ===COMPANY=== MANUFACTURERS OF WOOD, DOUBLE CANE, CANE, COBBLER TUfTED LEAT"ER AND VENEER SEAT C"AIRS AND ROCKERS No.H5 Reception Rocker Veneered Rolled Seat Quartered Oak Fmished Golden Office and Warerooms, Cor. Third and Division Sts. Factory and Supply Mill, Foot of Oak St. ------EVANSVILLE.IND •-.----- MAKE MONEY MR· DEALER BY SELLING THE KITCHEN CABINETS CUPBOARDS SAFES and WARDROBES Best Goods Lowest Prices BOSSE FURNITURE CO., Evansville, Ind. The "Ell" fOLDING BEDS mfr,.Rw,~.m No Stock complete without the Eli Reds in Mantd and Upright ELI 0 MILLER & Co Evan.vltl., IndIana . .• • \\Trite for cuts amI prices hansYille Furniture Co., Evansville, Ind. Manufacturers of the "Celebrated Flowered White Oak Goods." BEDROOM SUITES CHIFFONIERS ODD DRESSERS~ .<><1 WASH STANDS "The Line with the Finish" Something Entire[~ New Goods shown in January ex-hibil at Chica-go. 1lI., at No. 1319·Michigan Ave., ';ld floor and also at our factory sal es-room at Evans-ville, Ind. New Catalogue ,just issued. 2(, HOW TO DEAL WITH CUSTOMERS WHO PATRON-IZE CATALOGUE HOUSES. A Buyer From Columbus Tells His Way. F. A. Clove:' genc;'al111all;lg<:~I' of the ::\orth 1':11<1l,'urnitllre compan.y and the YVest Side FWlliture comp<:ll)', Columhus. 0., was seen ill Chicagoo last week. "Our trade has he('11 very fair," said I\fr. Clovn. "<Ill ing- 1905 alHl we ;11'(' looking for a \'ery g'ood ycar in 190h. 'I'he :\nrtlI E,11(\ hlrtlitLll"l:' company \vas established fnllr 1l1nl1ths ,\g'O ;-llId tile \\" e.~t Side Furniture company OIW year ago. Yes. we have CUl\l-petitioll from the -cataloguc !louses and the only thing \ve call do is to sell to Cl1StOIl1Ci"S who dOll't buy 11'0111 such establish-ments. \\' e have to buck ag'ain;;t the prize (listributillR houses very often. \\'c can't do 111uch ag"ainSl such COlll[H:ti-lion; the only thing that is left for l1S to do is to show the customers \v1l0 cleal more or less with them that we <Ire gi\'- illg them better value for their money than they are g'etLillg' f!-om the catalogue hOl1ses. I think the expositions are a very g(Hid thing" alld give yO'l a liIlt' 011 all gn(lds in the m,l' keto They fl1rnish you Ht'W ideas and a pei .SOIl call see a gn~at deal of new stuff. Columbus has a pupuiatiull oj 175,000, and is getting many new factories." Lathrop Company's Warehouse. BelolV is a cut of a new warehousc nccupic(l hy the Lathrop company since January 1, 1906. The huilding is ADVANTAGES OF A PERSONAL INSPECTION OF GOODS. How a Southern Furniture Dealer Prevented a Skip. Charles Dietzel, a fll:'llitnr(' dealer of Union City, Tenn., IS nnl' of t1le 1mye,s who \vas in the Chlcago market last \\·et'k. ··T ban' be('11 established in the fu '11itu,"e business for tilt;' p'l:c.l lin' years," s;lid i\Tr. Dietze1. ··:tnd succeeded my 1'at1l(';'",who had heen in the same husiness iOi' three or four years :\ year ago 1 made s('.v(':·;11 improvement.~ in Ollr e,s-labli";\ l1ll('nt which included the putting in of a new plate ~l;ISS frnnt. Our building occupies one of the most promi- 11cnt cn:-nc:-s in the city. Last July was my ilrsL visit to Lhe l"u:-nit\1re expositions. I think the fmuiture expositions are an excellent thing- because the dealer can see the goods on the floor and the:'e note the finish, the shapes, the desig'us and the p,'opnrliotls of all goods. .It is my expetience that ph,,[()s Shl'W all iU:'niture about the same way. The best \Va,Y i_sto \-isit the expositions and then you call make no mis-tak( ·. To b"y ll1flliture from photos is like buying a horse willl'lllt sceillg him. allcl yOU may be liable to jJu_chase a horse willi all of his b1<'mishes if Y'-JU don't see him when yOll are making thc purchase. J intend coming hvice a year to the eXl'()sitiolls and :1111 now 011 my way to Grand Rapids to see the show there. Yes, we have mail order competition, but \ve don't dn anything vei'y llltlch to C01l11teract this evil, be-cause we 1111dit a hard p;·oposition. People \vho buy from Warehol1le of the Lathrop Company, Chicago. located at the corner of Twenty-second and Halsted st:·cets. and ill it the Lathrop cOlllpany will carry a full stock of the li.nes thcy ",ell. 11r. Lathrop has ma(le lIse of the \VarehOllse plan during the past year and found it proved sllccessful, es-pecialty so in dealillg with the western trade The Wertheimer-Hurst Theater Party-Fun at Furniture Men's Expense. A theater ])arty in Chicag;o pbllned hy llarry \\Tertheimcr and Billy Hurst was attended by many fUn1iturc people no\\- in Chicago. It took place J;Ll1nary 17 at the T.aSalle the-ater. A number of men ill the audiellce were honored by the performers. Parodies all "You Look Good to Father'," and other songs being applied to Charles G. \Vhite and others, The song for 11r. \"/hite's lwndit was :\s follows' "The buyer looks good to the seller, Both look g'ood to Charlie \Vhite; \\Then they c')t1le to thirteen nilldeell, It Jllls them with delight. Chicago is the Great Central :\larket, As you can plainly see; I hate to tell, but I Inight as well- III you boys look good to me." Before the performance was (lyeI'. the audience became participallts in the fun, joining in the singing and giving the Michigan and Chicago Vniyersity yells. The affair was thoroughly enjoyed by all present. 'lleh houses a;'c inexperienced and whell they look at a cata- 111g-lIC thq' think they are seeing just as good a5 your own g'llods. In regard to credits, our plan is, regarding a !:itranger who want_", to buy, ii he cannot give references, to make bim g-ive ,I contract and Jlay one-third in cash down, the bal-ailce to be paid in installments of $l.00 weekly. This is the .';;l1ne as an installment lea!:ie and enables us to retain our ownership in the goods. \Vc have had some "skips," Our method of dealing with such cases may be illustrated by the f,ollowillg; SCl\11ctill1e ago a negro woman hought a lot of iurniture on contract and on account of getting out of work we let her off from paying ior some time. One day when I wcnt down t<J the boat to look after a shipmcnt of furniture T .";1\'" a \-vag-0Il hacked up to the hoat dOCK and recognized some Lurnitu:'(' of ours that was being unloaded by a dray-man. \VI1('.111 asked him about it, he said it belonged to this negro womall, who was going to ship the same to St. T"ouis. I told him the goods \vere ours and not to ship them, hut leave them in the warehouse, which he did, The woman ar-rived late,- Lo see me, saying she undcrstood 1 was going to take the goods away from her. T told her no, I am not going to do .-:0. bltt "he couud not h;'(\'e the goods, ulltil she paid for them. She leit without getting the furniture. Every col-ored per"ou iu Union City heard of this case <llld the moral effect of it did our concern a great deal oi good, because it edtlcated the colored people into knol,','ing what our' rnles are in such cases." - 27 OUf Oak and Mahogany DINING EXTENSION TABLES A'e Best Made, Best Finished, Best Values. All Made from Thoroughly Seasoned Slack No. 435 Dining Table Top 54x54. Made ill Quartered Oak and Maholl8ny. tull Pol_ ished. Nickel Calters . . LENTZ TABLE CO. NASHVILLE, MICHIGAN A PERFECT DAVENPORT OF ELEGANT APPEARANCE NOT NECESSARY TO MOVE FROM WALL THE BACK SIMPLY ROLLS FORWARD NOT NECESSARY TO REMOVE BEDDING SIMPLE; CANNOT GET OUT OF ORDER CUSHION AUTOMATICALLY TURNS INSIDE OUT MAKING A PERFECT BED I THE KINDEL SOMERSAUL TIC DAVENPORT BED THE GREATEST Household Invention of the Age TH IS is the NEW DAVEN-PORT that is creating all the turor, and the only one which is FREE FROM FAULTS. Must be seen to be appreciated. When your customer sees this handsome piece of furniture and tries with what ease it can instantly he convected into a full sized bed, with bedding in place ready for use, and tests the luxurious double «me springs, with the restful, felted cushions, held in place by our invis-ible clasp, and, in addition to all these advantages, learns that it costs no more than the ordinary or anti-quated Davenpoct, they will con-sider no oth~r, as it is very apparent to anyone that "No Other is Just as Good" EXHIBITED Sec. 20. 6th Floor, 1319 Michifl" Ave CHICAGO, ILL. C, J. KINDEL BEDDING COMPANY Eighth and Hickory Sts. ST LOUIS JAMESTOWN, N. Y. MANUFACTURERS OF DRESSERS AND CHIFFONIERS In Plain a1Jd §(tjartered OaR, Mahogany ilnd Birdu),t Maple. PERMANENT EXHIBITS ~-- ·-AT Chicago and New York This is one of our Famous Non-Dividing Pillar Tables THESE ARE 'THE ONLY TABLES 'THAT ARE PERFECT IN CONSTR UCTION ANY DEALER THAT HAS NOT 'TRIED ONE OF THESE SHOULD NO'T No. 340 FAIL TO ORDER ONE Price, .. .. .. $19.50 Choate-Hollister Furniture Co. JANESVILLE, WIS. ROCKFORD UNION FURNITURE CO. ROCKFORD, ILL. Buffets, Bookcases, China Closets We lead in Style, Construction and Finish. SEE OUR CATALOGUE. 29 THE ONLY CASTER CUP THAT Will NOT MAR OR SWEAT A New Cster Cup, a Furniture Protector and II Rest We guarantee perfect satis-faction. We know we have the only perfect ca~ter cup ever made. This cup is in two sizes as fonowa: 2iJ.{ inch and J inch: and we use -the cork bottom. You know the rest Small size, $3.60 per 100 Large size, 4.60 per 100 Try it and he convinced. F O. B, Grand Rapids. Our Concave Bottom Card Block does not touch the Bur-face. but upon the rim, permit-ting a circulation of air under the blm::k thereby preventin~ moisture or marks of any kind. This is the only card block of Its kind on the market. Price $3.00 per 100 Grand Rapids Casler CUPCo., • Parkwood A.e •• Grand Rapids, Mich. Also can be had at LUSSKY, WHITE & COOLIDGE. 111-113 Lake St., Chicavo CABINET MAI1ERS BARNE.S' Hand and Foot Power Machinery Our New "and and foot Power Circular Saw No. 4 Tb~ strongest, most powerful, and in every way the best machine of its kind ever made, for ripping, cross-cuttlng, boring and grooving. In these days of close competition, need the best posaible equipment, and this they can have in . . Send for our New Catalogue. "W. F. ®. JOHN BARNES CO. 654 Ruby Street. Roch.ford. Ill. SOME QF OUR. NEW DRESSERS-Made In Quart.r'~Sawed Oak. OvaloI' Square Gl... HORN BROS. MFG. CO. 281 to 291 W. Superior St., CHICAGO.ILL. MANUFACTUItERS OF Chamber SUites. Odd Dressers. Chiffoniers UDIES' DRESSING T4BLES to match Made in Golden 0a.I.::, Genuirle Mahogany Vellured, BJrdse}'e Maple, White Enamel Highly Polish~ or Dull Finish. We also make 8 line of PRINCESSDRfSSERSfrom $13.00 up, in QUillrter-8awed Oak, MahOgany and Birdseye Maple, Veneered If you have not received our Spring Supplement, ask for it. SAMPLES SHOWN BY PECK & HILLS 1319 Michigan Avenue, and HALL & KNAPP, 187 Michigan Avenue, Chicago. ~:;::,::.'o':::~'.:;~;~~,':',,;[:':~',l~'~"i::::~"::,;::,:'~:;:,;";~"""'":tL<~,I~""\~,I;'e;~"I,'',i, ..".:,. "'" ""',, •.... 1 ,n, "o~" ,-n I ~ •.,,, .. " 1>'-"" ,'e.., 'c,: ....:, ...., ".,~',' w "','" rr....~' TJ" II, ',,,h~lo 1-:, •• "',,,' -.. I', d, ;," ,"u-,' PAY LATER. The verdict:- No divorce 00 home! Let tlARTMt\N feather ne.st. Specimens 01 Good Advertising 31 The Accommodating Merchant. There aremallyaccoml11odat.:;.gmerchants.Illfact. nearly all of them are anxious to have the name for accom-modation. They are too much so for their own good some-times. Quite frequently when a man asks £0)" extension of time on payments of account, when he asks unreasonable thing;; along the line of exchanging goods, brings back goods after they have been worn or used, the merchant submits to the wrong for fear he will not be considered accommodating if he refuses. The result is often failure ill business after a struggle with adverse circumstances. "You ShOllld be accommodating in OllC sense, remarks au exchallRe." "For instance, you should establish a reputation for handling guod goods, reliable goods which pcople depend Manufactured by Nel5on-Matter Furniture Co" Grand Rapids. UpOlL. You should accommodate by prompt deliveries, by procuring for customers what they want, by having a store of whicl1 Hot only you, but the whole neighborhood is proud, and for heing ready always to do what is right when a mistake is made." It is lIot nccessary for a merchant to prove himself "easy" in his efforts to be accommodating. The traue such a course brings never pays a cent if it can help it. If you have the reputation of being a "ma:-k," you will discover plenty who are willing to take advantage of you. The dead-heats will swarm about you, begging for favo;"s which should never be graHted. It may gratify you to know that people speak of yOU as all "accommodating merchant," but the mall who is not so easy with his ~lccounts is the man who collects the money and who handles the tr(ldc that pays and does not need to ask so m;tll.y favors.-Ex. Manufactured by Nelson~Matter Furniture Co., Grand Rapids. I The Safe Side isthe Right Side THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE REFRIGERATOR TRADE IS FILLED BY THE BELDING-HALL MANUFACTURING co. MANUFACTURERS OF REFRIGERATORS THAT CONTAIN ALL THE GOOD POINTS --IN-- REFRIGERA TORS Three Great Factories Capacity, 80,000 per annum Write for Our Catalogues Investigate Our Quarter Sawed Casel! SOLID QUARTERED OAK The Belding-Hall Manufacturing Co. BELDING, MICHIGAN BRANCH OFFICES-213 Canal Street, New York. 196 Monroe St., Chicago. THE LEXINGTON Michigan Blvd. & 22<1 St. CHICAGO. Ill. Refurnished and re-litted throughout. New Management. The fumiture dealers' head-quarters. Most COD-t'eniently situated to t b e furniture display houses. Inter-Slale Holel CO. OWNER & PROPRIETOR E. K. eriley. Pres.; T. M. eriley, V. Pres.; L. H. Firey, See-Treas. The Jallll:try' seaSUIl, just c]o:-iing", has proved a vcry satis-factory one VI the exhibitors notwithstanding adverse condi-tions at the olltset. The lateness of many exhibitors in getting" tl1{'ir displays ready and the fact that many dealers anticipatinR ;\11 advance had placed good sized orders befote January, while many other dealers retrained from placing or-ders during' the season, preferrillg to 'wait thirty or sixty days after the season closed, expecting at such a time to g"et goods (lg:lin p~-actically <It the old prices, \vere good and ~uniciellt reasons for cxpcctill.Q: a backward season. Yet -('ports heard L"om many exhibitors h:1VC h(:ell vct·y cneou:-- ;\gltlg. President Juseph S. }'1cyer, of the .:\lanufacturcrs' Exhihi-cion Building" company, is spending a week in 'Roche.stc:-, 1\-. Y., \'lith his motheL who has just hall ;1 hirthday annivCt"sary. T\Tr. \f eyer's mother is over 70_ R. .A, Forc1. general sales manager and purchasing agent lor the Ford & Johnson company, has been laid up for five weeks witll all altack of pleurisy. .:\1r, Fo:-cl is nuw im-proving rapidly and is e""!.H.'cted tt) be out again very SOOIL A. J DeVries of tl1c Gr,\ce Fnrnilnre company. Gr'\lld \bpid."i, visited tbc Chicag"u Itlrnit\11-e exhibilion Oil llle 24th illst, The Grace FU:'niturc company is <tuing- a l11ail order business and when questiuncd about this branch of the tr,loe, .:\Ir. DeVriC6 ~aid: "\,Vc arc still doing business. 1'lwy havcn't dri\'l:n us om yet. [belicve the mail urder busincss is going tn be gTcater than cver." 1\1r, Catun of the 1"01111t:1in Dry Couds cumpany. Cllsl1oc-tUll, 0., ,V;lS one of the buyers visiting' this marktt durillg" tile present week. .\[r. Caroll \V,\S accompanied by ?lTr, Davis. buyer for thc 11. 1T. G:-jggs company, Cleveland. The Foun-tain Dry Goods COI11]lauy are putting in ;1 department of fur-llitl1re wbich will he cnnw1dc in itself. Coshocton is one ()f the geratcst towns in the country for the manufacture of ad-ve; ·tising llovelties. Thc death of .:\liss Ella Oberbeck, d,nll1;llter of manager Ernest Obe:"beck uf the Oberbeck Bratllers ~lallufactl1ring compallY, occurred on lhe 20th ult., at her home at Grand Rapids, \Vis.The young lady was 17 years of aRe. Besides the parents, two sisters and two brothers are left to mourn her loss. 33 Expressions as to the results obtained this January sea-son were secured by the I\lIichigan Artisan eor;-espondent from well known furniture men .as follows: ]. \V_ Smith, vice president and sales manager of the Vlol-n: rine-Caelillac companies. "So far as the \Volverine-Cad-iliac and the \Vidman end of the seventh floor is concerned, the Januar.y season has been very satisfactory. Our old custut1lers have averaged better on the si7.e of their orders ill comp.arisotl with those of a year <lg-o, and we have many ncw eonve,'ls to all three lines. They thank their old CttS-t0111ers for lnany new ones." Lee Davis, of Conrey & Davis IVlanufacturing company: "]'his week has heen the best week in the history of the Con-r('. y-Davis Tvlanllfacturing compan,y_ The season is ahead of a YC:lr ago." \V. F. JOh11S011, treasurer of the Fonl & Johnsc)Jl compallY: "The Janllary SCC\SOl1 has been ~l very good one_ V'll c have had some pretty good ordel-s, and the volume of business up to this time has been very sati5factory. I have not figured up 0:- made comparisons, but r believe it will compare very \\,('11. indeed, with a year ago_" C. J Kindel, the Kindel Bedding compallY: "'>/I/e are vcry much g:"atil"ied with the results obtained, and even if we do 110t ,,,ell another davenport here, we know our factory is going to be crowded tq the utmost. \Ve already have out-grown our 11ew plant, into ,vhich we moved September last, and now have installed addition.al machinery to take care of the increased demand." II. A.. S\VanSOll, Skandia Furnitme cotU})any: "Th\s season het5 been the best January season we have ever had, inasmuch as our sales exceed those of any preceding season. \Ve can say that it has been a perfectly satisfactory one." FOUNDED 1888 Reduce Your Stock I I at a good profit or sell en· tire stock at cost. "rUE NEW.IDEAMEN" 460 Monon BI'd'g CHICAGO SALES MANAGERS WRITE FOR TERMS. TValter Langley, Hen:og Art Furniture company: "\Ve hm'e had a satisfactory business this January season, and .a1- thoug"h our line is a full line, our January sales are equal to the July sale,,;, which we attribute to the fact that our line b,lS more r;-l1lgc. Our table ami desk lines are larger than they \vere six montlls ago." Lyru;lll Lathrop, of tlle Lathrop company: "\i'Vith us the Jalluary seaSOll has been pretty good. Somc lines have nul been coming along ;15 fast as the rest, but this January nevertheless, is ahead of last season, and will be the biggest we evcr had, \Vc account for this because \'le have strength-ened our cheap and medium case g'uuds lines." Ed illersman, Lcnn;lTtz & l\Jersman: "The January sea-son llas been a g'ood one. vVe have had a nice business, es,· pecially in the east, west and northwest. \,Vc have just pUl out Ollr catalogue showing all the new patterns 111 our lines, and will be glad to furnish them to the trade." Al Stewart, salesman for the. Shelhy>'il1e lines: "I've got a year ago beat right now. \Vhat do you think of that? I've got some big buyers :yet to sec. I'm g-oing out of here this season in 'i1ice shape. All of my business, personally, has been during the last ten days_" '\1lClrcv\" \JcAnsh, }lcAnsh, Dwyer and company: season has been a. very good one, and is way ahead of :Iry a year :lg0. \Ve have never had such a business history." "The Janu- In our 34 Ed Plimptoll, Plilllplon and company: "\Ve haH~ dOlle a good busincs.'"i right straight through the season. \Vc could have sold even morc goods if we h~ld ClIt prices, but we adhered to our determination from the .~t;lrt to do no culting. The advance in prices is pcricd1y legitimate \\"11('11 the condition of the markets on lumber. ~'lass, etc., is ulkcll into consideration." A. E. Seaver, Valentine-Seaver comp;\IlY": been all rig-ht. \Ve have no kick coming. considerably ahead of a year ago." \-fanager Teal. Yeager FllrniltlfC comp;\llY \VI.: h;ru: dOlle up to this lime (January 26th) a very tair business and han: SOlne very large orders tllat will ('(1111(' 111 ltJlllUrrl.l\Y and llc~l week." E. A. Fabian. of Koenig & Gamer: "The SeaSl.lll 11,15 ;1\"- craged up well this January. not\\'ith~tallding the bet that the advance 011 case goods has had a tendency to check buy-ing in our department q[ the furniture trade." John Horn, Horn Brothers 11anufacturillg UJlllp,-'.IlY· ··The January season is ,1S good ;IS any other time the cxpll.sition season has been 011. \Vith us. it will he bellci than a y('(\1' "J,llllt;\r.Y' h;lei The season iei ago. C1ns. A. Fisber, (has. ,\. Fi:dl('r CUlllpan)· "I COlls;d('l" the January m,\rket, ur r'lther the lll1silless r!"I11' at the 1;l1r-nintH' Exhibiiiun during' .Tal111:-lry, to llan° be("11 the m'lst ill-tcrestillg in my per sun a; expericnee. Tl' hegin with, tlJe Il:·st week was a hitter disappointmellt tu ;1 great tHany sales-men and manufacturers. \Iutterings deep and lut1r! \\"ere heard ill every gj·oup of salesmen, \\·ho were criticiziI1;2,' \11,111\1- facturers and manage'·s. and offering pkney (If advice about the compilation of price lists. [presume l am an optimist. for [ neycx at <tlly time during the. 111umh felt in the least doubtful ahout the linal outcome of the ,~e;lS()n's business, arrivinf( at lny conclusioll largely by comparison of the 11I.1t1l-ber of huyers who we:'e visiting' the market, rather than by their movements during- the first f<~\V days after arr;\';I1. Tu me, the relucta11ce or rather the deliberate action of the fur-niture dealers when conf;·nnted by adcHlceuprices all along; the line, ",·as an indication of business wisdom. To a friend of mine. a manl1factlln;r, who is l1eryotls and prone to Juok npon the dark side of things, I said, suppose you had scen a shirt ad\'ertised ~ltsome store down tuwn. and knowing that it was the kind and style of shirt yO\1 wanted, yon wOI1I,l set out the following week t!l buy it. 011 arri\'ing at the store \'ou ,,,,oulJ find the same shirt marked $2.50. l'\uw ym1 ab- ~oltltcly Heed a shij-t and you want that style. hut wouldl1't yUl1 walk around the block. twu or three blocks, wbere y'I11 ('(l1lld find some similar st\'le if I1nt the :;ame. to see whether "r uol other dealers were asking," the adyanc('(l price III·· the goods. That would occasion a delay in the jlu;-c\nse (IT the .~hirt, but would ultimately result 111 its s;dv .-\t the same time ,you would have acted as a prudent mall, and \vould have ollly ex('xcised ordinary bnsiness caution Fur-niture dealers tbrougholtt the United States, have, 111 Illy Opl11iOIl, exercised that excellent degree of caution. hal-ing bonght prudently on ~l high market, and so far as \\'e art' concerned, our sales of our specialty, the Rex illnCl'-tllftc([ mattress, are 20 per cent beyond Ol1r expect~lti(JllS. "Another' thing (luite lloticc:lble to me is tlJe e[fect. in ;;11 educational way, the furniture exhibitions arc h,n'ing Oil the lurniture dealers. 1t seem;; to me that the wide ,l\y;\k .... P"" gressive and aggressive manufacturers ,He forging 'lheld LOlpidly. more rapidly tha11 in former d<l)'s. while the nld houses 'who are trying" to make money on their repLtulticlll. and who insist that old metllods arc the best. ;lre beginning to complain that the furniture dealers do not seem I'll know anything." Superintendent Ed DeGroot uf the Udell \Vorks, 11;\s been spending a portion of the January season bet~ ....eetl the Chicago and Grand Rapids markets. C. H. DennstedL formerly ,,,,ith George L Lamb, wilt han-d1c the litH'S hctwecll i;CaS01J.'i of the Fremont Fnrl1ittlre company. ]. /\. Kelly & Brothers and A. E, Palmer in Chi-cago. John .\. Flick, of tl1e Buckeye Cllaij' company, ,,,,ho has been ,.;!)('nding the season ,vith the Buckeye exhibit at 1319 \liehig-all ;I\·elwe. left Friday for his h0111e in Ravenna. Dur-ing Ille p:-esellt week there has been a great poultry show on ill Cllicag(). the ,.;huw being that of the National Fanciers and Hrecdcj·s a~,-;ociation at Tattersall's. corner of Sixteenth and 1)carbnnl ,.;t-el't,.; The show was probahly the h1rgcst eVCl" held ill the United SLiie:,;. Thc!·c were several {lIrll;- tllre lllen I\-ho had ]loultry un exhibition in the sho''''. Among [lIell\ W;lS \lr. Flil~k. wbu sllo\ved t\VO pcns of golden and siln \\"yand"tte,.;. 111". Flick ";('cured prizes all both, al\ll be,.;ides 011 individnal bird,;. ITe ha,; shown his poultry at the (',l:->te1'n Ohio p(Hlltry show at Kewtoll Falls and at Ravelllla c;lptnrillg fir,.;t prizes. ~\Ir. F'lick showed cleven birds in all at the Chicago sho\v. \V. C. Standish, traveling- representative for the \Volverinc \Ja11ufacturing company :md the Cadillac Cabinet company, has left for his home in Detroit and ill a few (lays starts I'll hi,.; spring trip for his territory 111 upper ).lichigan; \Visconsin .. \Jinnesota <11\(1the Dako1;ls. Uncle J),\I1 \Villiams of the l:t\ell \Vorh. llldi;UI<ljJolis, left fur his home Friday and will start ont somc time next week ,-,n the road for his regular spring trip. J. C F. Ott of the L. \\ .. Ott 1\Janufacturillg company, was ill Chicago for :l day going from hcre for his spring trip through Indiana, Kentuck.y and a part of Ohio. \11'. Ott has a most 111JiiJuc idea for :;howing thc samples oj coverings. Ask him to tell you the time and whcn he opens up his coat you will disco\·cr a vest entirely nude lip fro mthe samp1c,~ lbCd by the Ort. \lanufactl1ring company. Tbe n:st is cer-tainly a \"(;ry attr<\ctive piece of Kods. ..\V. L Day, of Smith, Day and company, \v<\s in Chicago the last wcek of the January season. "\\-'e have had a go()(l business during the year," said :'.11'. Day, ;'alld things arc op-ening" up yevry satisfactorily this year. \Ve arc now putting l1p a four-story building at IndianajJolis, which will g'ivc us 90,COO ::iqU<lrc Jeet of a(Tditiollal floor space, the building to be completed by June 1st." \Villiam P. Keeney, the well known travelil1g man through tile sot1th for the ]\luskef(oll Valley Furnitu\-e company, \Vis-e( Jllsin Chair company. and a llumber of other 1videly ktlOvdl lines, leaves today for EVilTlsvil1c, his home. \1r. Keeney will start on his spring trip very soon, going to Lotlis\'il1e, then to ~ashville, ,llld so forth ;llld ,vill he gone about six weeks. Eli D. 1\1iller of Eli Miller and company, who have had an exhibit in Chicag-o fur the first time this Januar:y seaSOll, at 1319 :Vliehigan aveuue, left fur his home in Evansville la:5t Saturday. Tile .Miller space Oil the sixth floor, during the past ~veek, has been displaying the follO\ving sign: ';The Eli Folding Bends, Sold Up. Gone Home to Evansville, Ind. You can see Eli here .Tuly 10-t." f\Ianager Sell our of the Shelbyville \Vardrobe C0I.11P~U1y, who have been exhibiting- on tbe eighth l1uo:- 01: the \1anufac-tl11' ers' Exibbitiol1 building, left 101' his hOllle in Shelbyville, today. SIc Sell our rejl();-b a very eiatisfncto:y business this J ,11111ary for his company. E. i\L Hulse of tbe E. \1. Hulse cOlllpany, arrived in Clli- C~lgO January 17th, and remained here the balance of the furni-ture season. \1r. Hulse said the past year was the best ill the history of their COHcerll. and they have cng"ng-ed 1.800 IlH)l"e feet of floor space for the coming' July season, or a liital of 5,700 square. feet. Hulse and company have bee II .~h(lwing thei;· Koods this season Oil the fifth floor, 1319 \Iichigan avenue. A deal has been closed 1131McAnsh, Dwyer a.nd company for the erection of a furniture faetory--.the largest in the snuth~aIld to be operated for the manufacture of case goods. It witt be four stories and the dimensions to be 180x310 feet. The latest and most up-to-date machinery ·will be installed. The annual output ,,,,ill bc from five to six hundrcd dotlars and it is expected to have the factory all ready for husines~ early in March. Lew \;\J('.il and "Hank" Johnson ,,,,ill take charge of the eastern business and will go to New York to secure a sample room alld oUice quarters. One of thc spccial events of the January ("06) scason took place on the 17th inst., at the LaSalle theaer, tbe oc-casion heing "Furniture Kight," fully fn·e hundred repr,;> sentatives of the trade being in attendance. The anair was planned <Iud carried to ~l successful issue by \V. H. Hurst and Harry '\/crtheimcr, to whoI11 belong the credit lor the evening's pleasure. ;\11 of the boxes and the most desirable seats in the hOllse were rc:~crvcd for the furniture me11. Among those who occupied hoxes ·wcre ]. \V. Smith and H. S. Smith and \vife, Secretary Charles G. ',,-,ihite and wife of the Manufacl1trers' Exhibition Building company; P. D. Francis of the Furniture Journal, and. wife, l\;[1'. and l\frs. Clarence Bro",'"n, Arthur Cllshnwll, Mr. and 1VIrs. Adolph Karpen and :Mrs. c. A Adon, \Villiam R. Yeager and wife, Charles Teall, George Corley, Al Cleveland, and George :\1iller and a number of others. The play, "The Umpire"- still running at the LaSalle··- "vas on the boards and wilh just a little coaching of the :lctorS on the part of ~.1essrs, Hurst aud \iVertheimer a day or two in advance, the players were all loaded and primed, and as a result some telling hits were scored Oil several of the Inure prominent furniture men. For a starter 11iss Florence Holbrook sang the fo1tmving im-p:' ovisation: Other hits were scored by Cecil Lean, (an old friend of l~arry \Vertheimer and "Chuck" \Vidman), Olive Vail and other members of the company. Much fun and merriment \vas aroused by the number of "roasts" handed out and at the conclusion the play the social feeling between the players and the visitors ran decidedly strong. After the show a large number repaired to "The States" restaurant, where a bountiful supply of goods things was handed out by Manag'ei' \\leaver. Impromptu speeches ,vcre called for and re-sponses made by 1\fcssrs. Hurst and \iVertheimer, Charles G. \-Vhite, J. \V. and 1-1. S. Smith ;{Bd a number of others. At Owosso Mich. Trade is fine with the vVoodward Furniture company. The slight advance in prices made by this company had no effect on sales, unless it was to increase them, as the goods are just what the leaders want. Their exhibit in Grand Rapids was much admired and appreciated by the buyers, who left generous orders. A ncw catalogue will be ready for mailil,lg early in Fehruary. The Robbins Table company arc cnjoying a good t.rade in dining extension tables. The Rohhins patent table, with receptacles for leaves uJ](]er the top is still a great favorite with the dealers. Their catalougnc for 1906 is out. Send for it. The Estey Manufa<""turillg cOlnpany did not exhibit in G 'and Rapid;,; in January, but they did get out a lot of llew chamber suites, and gentlemen's chiffoniers, and the boys un the road are sending in plenty of orders, The "Estcy com-pany will probably show in July in their space in the Blodgett building, Grand Rapids. Retail Prices are Maintained in England on Bissell Sweepers, "Owing to ille ingenuity of our subscriber, the p;'oprietor of Holmes' Ironmollgery stores, Lutham Road,Blackpool, and the enterprise of the Bissell Carpet Sweepe,' company of LOll-don, a very fine advertisement for both is at present to be seen in that popular seaside resort. ~Tolmes' Ironmongery stores count themselves amoIlg the most cnterprising of ironmongers, and it is their custom to fight the draper on his O\'ln lines alld hold an annual sale. In the windows of the 35 stores at the present moment are to be seen bold announce-mcnts to the effect that a special discount of 2d in the Is will be allowed during the continuance of the sale. In the cen-ter 01 the window, however, thcre is one jarring note in the shape of n poster, tastelully printed, ""hich reads as follows: "'These Bissell Carpet Sweepers are the main curiosities of Holmes' great sale. They are the only goods ill this window which arc not beil1g offered at a discount of 2d in the Is. \Ve would offer you that advantage if we could, but the nukers won't allow it. Positively ·won·t allow it. And tberefore we can only point to the Bissell carpet sweepers as being the remarkable exception to our very genuine dis-count. "'But despite the (:xception, the Rissell cparet sweeper is <.t bargain at its full price. \\i(: guarantec satisfaction and will replace any machine fonnd other than satisfactory, even after a month's tria1.' "\Ve congTatulate 1v1r.Holmes upon his enterprise in the matter of his annual sale, a plan which we have frequcntly recommended. V.,.ie congratulate the Bissell company upon the ingenious way in which they have ove~come the diffi-culty of t.he: di"count and turned what at fIrst sight would appear to he a disadvantage into a vc~y fine advertisement. The incident raise's some sorry reflections for the advocates of price maintcllance. Here we have the ironmongery store stocking- many hUlldreds of different lines, boldly announcing a rehat.e of over 10 per cent on the whole 01 their stock, and the only article to which they cannot apply this rule is the Bissell carpet sweeper. They give the discount on gas rires, dolly tubs, knife machines, i1rallght preventers, wringing machines, and a long list of other articles, all of which might be pi-ice mailltained. \Ve are aware that. there is a considerable list of articles connected with hardware to which the principle of price maimenance has been applied, but the inadequacy of the ,...h.ole thing is shown at a glance when one finds a representative trader in a town like Black-ponl stocking· only one line that is the subject of price mainte-nance."- r1ard\'lare Trade, London, England. An Advertising Trick, One of the most amusing- incidents relative to sleek ad-vcrtisillg was a trick on the Chicago newspapers several ye~lrs ago. One of the partners 01 a firm went into court and filed a bill for injunction to restrain the other partner from sacrificing the goods in their store at figures far below first cost. The plaintiff set forth in detail that his partner had \'lith some insane desire marked all the goods in the store down below cost. Then he w·ent into details and showed how different articles werc being sacrified notwithstanding his jll"otest, and asked the court to issuc an injunction and restrain his fractious partner. It was a strange fight and the lle\VSpa]lers took it up and devoted columns to the novel case. The result was that people on the lookout for bargains flocked to the store and purchased goods. Day by day the hearing for an illjunction was delayed, and finally, when the free. ad had been worked to its end, the suit was dismissed without prosecutiun, the whole cost to the firm for thousands of dollars' worth of advertising being about $25.-Ex. Valuable Paintings to be Confiscated. David S0111mc:'s, jvcsident of the D. Sommers Furlliture comp,ll1}', of St. LOllis, has been studying the internal revenue laws with the aid of the cllstoms officers of the city of St. Louis. Th:'ee years ago three paintings were imported from Europe by him fa;' wedding gifts and the government found that the appulised value was not one-half of the real value of one of the paintings, consequently has brought suit against ),[1'. Sommers to confiscate the paintings. Small salaries. it 1S discovered, require an elastic cur-rency to make then~ go round. 36 Old Furniture and Modern Copies. Genuine <lntiqtw furniture of tlh' ad}' art periucls i~ h~'- coming so rare that few of the shops pretend to offer rdic,; of the l1a,;L contenting themselves with c-"-ccl\c:nt copi(':c, of wen-known pieces of furniture by artists who in tllcir clay es-tablished a stall(];lrd of ~'"cellem'(' r;Hely rc'lcllcd before (1'- ~incc. There afC ,I 11t 1(i\1l' furnishing articles. prc:-'>l'lltcrl \11 large Cjllantitic,; ill second h81l(j ,;tnre,;, hut it should be re-membered that these. for the most part, possess \lonc of the characteristics of beanty, \yit!lout which an article: i5 of little Y;lll1e. There were period,; in uur own history, and in that of France and Eng·land. when art was ;[t;{ 10~Y ebb. Cn-scrupulous dealers may dispose of snch g·ood~ to thc llll:'ll:"- epecting, but in the cye of a COlilloi"seur they \uHl1d bc ([llick ly condemmcd. 1t is due to the scarcity of gCllllillc colonial fllrnitLtI'\' to-day tbal mannt<lcturc,":, h~l\·(' set tbclllseh·cs t11e dinlcllit t:l:;k of rCl1roelllcillg- ill ,~olid we)lld the best examples of tl1is peroid. 1\"ot ouly this" bul the old Fnglis11 tllrnitnre. from which the carly colonial lll~\ker:, drew a good deal 01 their in,~[.lir:ttinn. is being copied, Hn(\ reproduced ill ;dl particll1<lrs. as perfect as the originals. The re\"i\";)\ IIf thc fnrllitl1rc-l1icCCS (Ii .such styles founded by Sheraton. llejJp!cwhitc. all<\ C:llipPclldal~' dates part1y from the time of the coronatiol\ of King Edw:Hd. That ceremOllY stirred all the old families to ralls;\ckiug garrcls ;llld ccllars for antique ;:\rticles of orll:mlt::lll all(l ]1"e A gTeat m;my exqnisite pieces of 01(1 furniture wcre broughl to light and cxhihited f()r the fir"t time in a celLttlry A fc\\ (if the Sheralon and Chippendale pieces ('xhibited at t1)(' cOi"ullation wcre man·eluus productions (ll t11(':-ie l\yO 111;ISt<'·, artists in woud. Copies of them have since becn made. which will serve to cstahlish a new popularity ior this style oi furniture. Tmitaliull ;l1ltiql1e furniture is shoddy. and i.-; (J{ little V;dllC. Perfect copic.-i of antique articl('s, made with the S:\I11\; care and effort, in solid wood, even to the millutesl carvings, arc fully <IS \\,ol·thy of Ollr admiration as thc originals 1n fact. it is the unly way that 1I1OSt of tlS (';\11 cnjuy thl>~e exquisit(' pieces of furniture. and we must re~t content with sll('ll re-productions. There can he no question ahout lhe artislic and utilitarian valllc of tbe modenl copies of the o](l-fashil)l1cd hall-clock, which to-day :-iell as high as $500 ;\n(\ $1.000_ Tlte Inechanical movements ()f the clock" ;\r(' ,.;;upnior t(, the ancient time-piece.-i. \\·hile the WO(I(\work is c(lpied l'x,\ctly from the original lHeces Tbcy arc made ill ,~lllid mah(,g-allY. oak, or rosewood, and they l}(l:-iSC:-iSthe cll:\radnistic-, III tilt· old pieces. Likewise, the carving ()I the modernizc(l En.~-lish :,tyles lie furnilure i~as perfectly done as ;l1lJ-'·ShOl·\·lJ {Ill the i{:\y pjt'Cl'_" of thc original Chippendale Ilr Sheratl_H\ The l'ssl'\1ti;d lYlill( to ohserve, however, is that the cupics arc gc1ltlillt:: lmit:\- tion of the old furniture will not CUUtll, for snch \\"lIrk call be done by inferior wl-lod-workcr:-; wilh()ut catching ill :IllY (kgre,· the spirit nf the f'l\l1Hlers. 1t requires 11(:,\r1y a" mueh t;l"le and skill to make a mod(:rn copy of an old Chippendale (,r Sber;ttol1 ck\ir as it did for the orig·in;d. fl is \)Willl; "I thl· genuine merit that the modernized ;l1ltitltlC I"ltrllitllre ,I;" the classical English types filHLs among t!l'lSe \\"11'1 :lppr('ciat~' tasteful environments ill the hOl11c. The rcvival of these e;\rly Engli,~h scholll,.; Ilf furllitnrt· carrie.-i with il ;t kuuwledge uf :lrtistic ";UtTlltllldillgS. ;\1](1 so;ne l:;\slC in disposing of the \-ariotl:-i ;\rtic1es in a rllOlll. To carry out the effect properly, it is necessary th;\t there _~hou)d he harmon)' 111 deL\il and environment. \ r,10l11 fllrnished with Chippendale tablcs, Hepplewhite chair,.;. :l1ld Sheraton. rockillg-c11<lirs, \vith a nearly c,,1rll1ial _~idcb, ';I"-(] would hardly jJl"odllce ,\ pleasing effect 1t is bettu t" tnl nisll each room wilh the furniture of one period, carrying out ,he ,.;theme of decoratillil so far ;\:-i possible in every detail This elll f()r \lhlncy. and a g'HHI deal wurk in cullCCtillg I t is j)(lt po"sib1e to go t'l ,lLl}' store ,llld select all uf the apprllpri;\te articles for .";I\cll ]"i)!>Ill.S, hut \vith a little p'ltietlcc. ";Indy. and JL"Oper ,.;ekctil)l1, ;Ill (lid i':tlglish be(lro()]\l, ;\ Fll'llli:-.h dinillg-ruolll, and a lilw:\'-y Ol" parlor II:· colllilial furni-ture \1\a)' bc reproduced Chippcn(];de furniture i:-i hest suited for the parl,lr alld (Jill' \1;" 11110; e ))edrl)OITIS. Cilpies of the u~'ig-ill<tl pieces aholllHI in e:uJuisite liatte:-lls in C;\l'I'e([ WOOl\. sug-g-e:;tilq2: '·C·y stnlllg1y the dec(lratiol\."; ,If Ln\li,:; XV {llrniture. Thumas Chippendale. the bthn Ilf tll(' style I,vhich hears his nalllt', was grl~atly ill- Ih1t'llced by the French sdj()ul of decorah:!'"s of that and prc\·j,n1.-i ])(,l"io(L,.; lIe ',\':1"; ;1 CllllSl1mm,\te ;\rti,c;t and work- 1ll:\11. alld instead (If mcrel:y retleering- 1'1·encll influellcc 111 his Wi-,rk, 11(' f()\.lurled a distinct school of dcsig-ll ant! crafts-llla1hhip. Thcre was ;l delicHey in his work which \VOll gelll1ill~' admiratio1l. .\ gO(Jtl deal of the s(l-ccdled modern Chippcndale lliece~ ;1·;-(' -t';lr fr(\111 !)(Is:-iessing; ;ll1y of lhe original cl1araeteri...tics uf the ,.;tyll'. ;tl1d tl]('y· ;Ire Ilot even attemped copies of tilt.' gT11l111lC. E"cel1t"l\( ~·(llJ;l·~ 'If ClJippelldak e11:\;:-", can he nb-t:\ ilU:d tll-day· from $20 tel S50 upward, and wilen the room is l'lItirely d('c'lr:lted with <Ipprop:"i;\te fn:·lli:-ihiligs of th;\t pe_icHI. tbe effect is e:-:cdlcl1t. The fl1ruiture harmo1lizes Wl'1\ with 1l1urlcrIl \I-all-papcrs ;\1111 dec(,rati'llls sugg-esti\"e ()f the FI·ellcb Sdl(j\)1. 1,:>-cl1 the uphol,.;tercd seats in tapestl'y effects. if rigllLl.y seJected. CITry out the ,Itllloshpcre pf the Chi1-1pendale period. Shnatoll hHlliturc i:, (:I-el) lTlOre difticult to ohtain Lhan Chippcndale. :wd many designCt"s uf modern furnitlre a1-e j'lrced to study rcprodnctiolls ()f the articles published in <l leI\' ho01,s ;111([ periodil~;d:-i ot Sheraton's timt'. There arc ,s('H;'al c!abilrate boc,ks \\'I.lll cxCellelit clllo·cd plates, dc;dillg· with Sheratllll furniture, hul the:-ie bunks are ;l1most ;\S costly ;h some of the ;lrtic1('s of furniturc. 0111y a tel\' c()pie:, 'If these rare edition:, ;Ire ill e.:-:istcIlCc, <lnd some oj the hl:st Il1Ul!crn copie" of Sheral,jt1 chairs and tablcswcrc Blade f:"Ul1l tl1(' desigl\s thllS ftlrni:,hed ill hook plates. Shcr;\icdl wa:-i 1'[ a little later period than Cbippendalc. hut he rep:·csented :1 di:-itiucl school of his 0\\11 11i:-i ftlrnitllrc is made prillcip:dly Ilf l1l:lhogally ;ll)(1 s;ltin \VO()<.!, :llId inlaid work disting;l1isl1l'd l)l[lSt of it. ::\e<trly;111 of lbe inbid work is of lighter col(Jl"ecl wpods. ,1J1d not of iVI)l".Y 01" other material whic11 the o-ielltals tlse f(lt" thi,.; work. The \vooc1 \vas carefuly :;electc.d and cured hehll"e being tlsed ior furniture :\11(1 OJn:-iC(lllel1tly it seldom ,S\1II\VS :\11y \\-arpillg ()1' cracking tit rough year:; (If e,jllstallt ]1,,('. The :-il11all11icces of IVlJod \.I:-;ed for inlaying \1·C]"e also th()r'lug-ht]y cured, ;\nd lltey havc showu tlll'l1l,sch-e~ hi be prllDf againsttinlc and Wl'C1tl!CI". In the Sheraton furniture wc li1Jcl the decorations rending tll\vard delicatc lyre-like and tlYi,:;tcd Hntl" desigll::;, witli lite 1cg-s (,{ tables and chairs tllrned and can'ed. ;\ peculiarty ()f hoth the Sheratoll and Cbippcndalc fnrnit1ll"el1 i::; the 11l111lher 11f :,ecret drawers and "hc1\"c:," lll<tlly ~·'Irnp;\rtmellls being- separate([ hy duubk \Vill1S. \,,-ith illgclli- I>\l" pbces betwecn for hiding ;ntic]es of \,;tluc. Steet .springs and c;nc!les hold these faJ,.;e si([cs tug-ether. FDr centuries, \",dH-ahle V(ls~essions b;n·c heen held in these ,secret c1ra\ver:-i, ;\111:1 llh' ;trticlcs of furnitlll"e ha-..-(' passed fr(}111 olle family to anolllerwith 1111snspicioll 01 the existel1<::c of the .'~"I"eat Clllll-partt11l'LltS. "\Tat.erial for many guoc1 rotTIanc('s has thus been 1111car1hed by the unexpected disco\"ery in a secret (lrawer ()f a Sh~':-,ltl)ll de.sk OJ" burC;\ll of SU11le will or y;·dnable llapn d'll'll11H'lll "rite modern sideboard \o\a,.; t10t in existellcc ill the day,s 'If Chippendale, and tl1o,.;e said to be of tbis schoul \vere made ill I:lter timc:-i. The ~id('1J().1rJs (If that period were simply r:lhle~ intel1l!c([ for holding a few g-lasse~ and pbtes. Sheratoll prOlhably designed the lirst o[ tbe m()d~rn English style of AN OLD FASHIONED NEW ENGLAND PARLOR. One Seen by Mr. Bi1ltops as He Listened to the Ticking of a Clock .. ",Funny thing to see lItre in \Yew York in I90()," said \'fr. Billtops, "an old (a,,1Iion(:<\ "'\ew Englalld parlor, wi.th ~'tn in-g- rain carpet, mostly of a chn(:obtc color and \""ith a great big leaf pattern in it, on the Aoor. A cylinder sterl/c, pcrtec"t- 1)' blac1<(:'"(l and polished :\nd,vith an urn on top of it, and with a pipe that ran back it little ways and then dropped vertically a foot from an elhow, and then, from another el-bow, nl11 straight again and so through the hole it! the [)re-board into the chimlley. ,; Haircloth \lIrnitn:·c. mostly. For one item a baire'loth sofa long enongh For anybody to lie down 011, with a hack funning perfectly straight from end to cnd, hut high enough for comfort. and with end :::ectiolls o[ the same height that cnmc squ:\r-e t!l the f:"()llt. \\'oJl(lerfnl and s'lfe. Manufac1ureQ by The Uclell Wool<., luoianapolis. indo ;;Horsech;lil· chain;, really graceful in desig-n as to their [ranles, and these of solid mahogany. and carved; halldso111e old chairs, architecturally and in finish but ""ith rounded up, smooth, horsehair covered sd:as. "'1\'\'o yellow maple chairs with cane seats; simple but at the salTIe time quaint in design, these chairs, are sedate and firm, but pleasing chairs, nevertheless, and S01l1fortabk to sit ill, an(l with their light color and conlparatively light con-struction, the brightest and lightest pieces of furniture in the fOOlll. "One morc chair here. a deep scated ]"()cker. with a hig;h hulgy ont hack and high curving" arms, a11(\ with a soft cllsh-ion in it covered \vith patchwork or silk. /-\ very comfmtahlc chair to sit in. :yuu [ound this old rocker. if it chanced to fall to you whe11 :Vnll came visiting, "Between t\\·'o windolvs at the front of the room a L-rhlc \',"ith foLding top. raIded, this top has an oblong area rluing over the oblollg' 1'I";lme 011 which it rests. Unfolded and swung around, yiltl have a t,lble with f\ top square 111 shape ,tnd of twice the folded si:te. "A mahogany table this, supported by a single heavy column, rising from an oblong shaped plaform base, with a 37 heavy. scroll foot at each corner. Good thing, this olrl fashion-ed folding- top mahogany tahle. You don't find many like it to-{!.:Ly, It is folded now, as it is commonly kept, and has a h:·OW11 chenille cover on it. upon which rest au album two or three books and some old time daguerreotypes in their old f'lshiolled C;lse.s, "On the mantel, one at either end, two stuffed hints. perched 011 moss-tlecked little brancbes, under glass shields; \vith a miniature sheaf of wheat, a piece of coral. hvo conch shells <l11(1some curious bits of bric-a-brac strung along- be-t ween. ;'011 the walts old-time framed engravings, with the lIgun:s in them in queer old time costumes, and at the windows, painted shades, with a broad gold bor~ler and with a hasket of flowers paillted in the middle; these shades being-raised and lowered by a cord runnillg over a grooved wheel fastened to one elld of the roller and rUlllling down to and around a kllob set in a little ratcheted slide tacked to the side of the \vindow frame; cord always stretching a little ~ITld' getting loose, so that you have to preSS the knob down another ratchet to tighten it. ';And strange as it all did seem now, it did seem pleasant. indeed, to see this old Nel,v England parlor, here in New York, in 1906; and--Zip! Zip! Br-r- Crackety-bing-- bang! Gluck! Gluck! Gloo-k! Gurgle-gtugle.-bangl' and I open my eyes and look over at the radiator-heat COIl1~ ing up [oe the tirst time to-day-and the old New England parlor had gone, and there art' very htmiliar present day, city surroundings that T see ,tbout me now "But presently the radiator gets calmer and quieter. and hegins to purr and sing, gently and pleasantly, and the warmtb begins to steal comfortingly through the room, and then I hear again. the slow and measured and musically monotonous ticking of all old time clock. "Our Aunt l\:fary, who lives IIp invVlndham county, wrote to us about three weeks ago that she had come across, up in the ~ttic an old clock t11;:lt she thought we might like to have; ;.t1ldwe wrote to her that we'd he, glad to get it, and she sent it along. "It's a shelf clock, but a big one,ill a tall ~<Jtlare cornered, mahogany veneered case. Looking glass in the lower part of the door-the clock face of painted wood,· with a little painted ornamentation on it in the corners, around the dial; paint WOl"ll off acrOSS the face of the dail, between the key-holes, where the ,vinding key has been swept across it from 11O\C to hole, in innumerable successive windings in days gone by. "A clock with \veights, old time clock weights, and \-vith a pendUlum; and there's a soothingness in the ticking of an old time clock that you don't get in these nervous modern dock", that ail: actuated by springs. "i\nd we took the old clock to the clock repairer and had it put in order and then we brought it home and set it UJl-a line old clock, it is! And we WOt11ld up those weights and set the pendulum swinging, and the old clock found it voice and sf/oke to us long ago; as it has been doing daily since. "And this day I had been listening to it and dreamin'; that',;; all, just dre<lmin'.··-Kew York SUIl. Trading Stamp Bill Before New York Legislature. [n the. New York legislature a bin has been introduced to regulate the trading stamp business. It provides that a de-posit of $25.000 shall he made with the city treasurer in the large cities, before stamps can be issued, to be given away v"ith purchases, The stamps are used for the purpose of collecting premiums, and if this hitt passes it wi.\l regulat~. the giving of all articles of merchalldise with pl1 rchases. III the secondary cities $15,000 wilt be the charge and so do' ....n to sma\1er amounts in smaller cities of the state. The pen-alty will be a tine of not more than $1,000 or six months' imprisonment. 38 The "Jlrill~< ,;t'''~'('ll open:" \\,{.':I a/hi the jl:n.~p('ch {IJI- :1 prospC"OtlS YC~l'- are lllanifc,;ted q;·11llgly. F.arl:y :::llipnH:']l\o' of gOO(!s ill lllO.:-:t line:, ur manufacture arc called f"r, :1 condition our manutaclurn:-; C(J1l1CI1111blC with plC~I-;l1r(' By the etection of ne\\' f,lcloric-; and the l'llbrgclllVllt "I old ones dnrillg the p:r,-:( year, gi\'ing" Clllploj'IllCllt to :1 Llft')y increased ll11tllber uf 11len, the illlpl'rtallcc ()f 1'~\',Ul:-:\'iI1,l' ;1:' a fUfuiturl' manufacturing' ccut,,'" ;" 11111dl 1<1'-';",'('1"than ill the years past. Onr m;\Ill1fadurcr,; du ll(lL a:-:pirc' In l11~lrked r\i,;tillC-tion in the i11<1t1,"try. They \\iou\rl l1ur care tll llCl\'c {Ilir city known as the "great (~elHfal Jllad.:cb oi the greal "('('I1I:al west" Hor as the "Grand Rapids ol tl1(' Ohio Valley," Tileir aim is !Ofllrnish the nineteen th(J\lS,llld dC;lh'l"s "I the United Stat(':-; with good meditll1l ;llHI I,)\\, priced fnl niture, the fu,"niturt that the COlllmon people want, thelllr11i-ture lh<lt is iu dem:t1Jd eyery day. )'Ianag-erl\Iillcr of the 1Iiller Folding Be.d eump;II1Y i-; well satisned \vith !lis 11r::;t experience as an o:hibitor ill the Chicago exposition. 1I;t\-iI1:S had it great sal,' (If "Eli" l()lding heds. The Karges Furniture CiJJJlpany arc mailing ;\ c;lta[ogll<'. illustrating and descl'ihing- their ne\-"\' line of chamber furniture a11<1 wardr,)!le". i\lanagcr Ilal!. \If [11(' r':vallsviik Huokc;ls(' and Tabk company. has ret11rlled frum Chicago, where he 'ipent ,I few d:tys meeting blJp:r,-i ;It Ihe expositiolL. 'rhe Specially 1,'tlrlli[ure company will have a Hew f;ICtOl'Y and rC:,U!llC the l1lal111tactureof furniture shortly. The Fellwock l;:'ol[ and FaLlet company i,; rapidly pIT par;l1~ tu resuml' hu,;il1ei',S with ,\ we1\ equipped faclory. S('crl't:lry-trt'Il"tlr,'r Ploeger., of tile 130"<;(:,F,Hllitufe CI)1I1- pany visited tIll' Chicago Furniture market. .\lthou.tdl the Bosse line was 1I<)t 1)11 exhihition. Mr. T'1c,eger did a rille IHl:-ii-ne3S while \11 Chil'a~·". Brief Mention, The Nc\son C1rpd campau)' arc adding- l11rniturc to their lHlsilless in La Crll';sc, \Vi!". E. L. Grey bas purcahsed the il11:t'rest uf ,-\. T. ;\hln~lY III the rlrm of (;'os:" & ~Jtlrray, Plainwell, ).lich, The 'standard Furnitul'c company stlccccdH. [1. Ln11111(:' and company ;It·\ltoOIl:l, Pa. Fifty tllOlts<llld ciollars capital is invc,;ted. The :,lock of the cOlllpany will be sold out at 01lce and a llCW ;'itock purchased. Tn a recent [-ire ill Ru"sctlyillc, Ark., damages -were heavy. two furllito;'e sture.:; sllffel"ed. ThC)' Ivere X.:lllkin Brothers and l{obert l-l:.ag-sdale. Vl'ry little insurance \vas carried. G. A. Chatllcld has suld (jut hi;; furniture "ture in Bel-mond, TZl. Geo, i\1. Schaefer succu[,:; _\, J. Sehwinghamlller III .'\1- h:wy, ?\.Tillll. Jos. Hopson',; fl1rllitnrc store ill _'dart. Tex., wa.~ des[r')red by fire recently. The Eastern Furniture company \vill deZl( ill fut'niture in New York City. Their capital is $5.00n Birmingb ..1m, \l;;L, \vil1 soon JliIssess ~\llother furniture store. that of the Crook f'urniture ;llld Loan company. It was recently organized 'Nth a capital of $3,900 Clayton lleath ,;uccceds C. R, \\'arincT in Cincillllalt!", 1'\ C\'V York. The Elgin (Ill.) Furniture and Carpet company has 1>e<'11 sold to S. Feuchtwang-n, furmerly of Pittsburg. Pa. Brastcd & Vlilhelm. Hartley, la., have sold out to \11'. and 1.frs, T.H Berne and 1\.Tl-S. Broc1ers. The Thur,;to11 & L8ngl111 Furniture company are ne\vly (I"gani2ed in Anoka, 1\1inl1, E. C. JncobsoJ) Jus sold Ullt in Gary, ),lin11. \\"111. IIHlllphn'Y, .:I.lora, ;\filln., lias bought \V. A. Day's lurniture stat'\.'. Thc Sl~UHlard Furniture company of Spokane, \Vash., !l"c; heel! ille<,rpOratl'<1 \vith $,55,OCO capital. O. I" l\Ie~v(']" 'J! Xew- \'ork buys a half intcl'esL The PC,)p!c',-i ()ulhttillg C((mjlany (If Chicag,) has sold um 1,) thcllartm;\ll Furllitu,e and C;\rjlet company. The llZlrt-lll< J.1l c,nnpuny obtainc([ 1t'a~e Oil the building' occupied hy ihe People's Outfitting c()\npan.v ami lakes over the stock, li_'dur(·s. hook :lccotlJlL; ,'PH) h]J,-iinc.-;,; o[ the retiring cornpany. The Gabay Furniture and ;\'! l'rcanlilc ('()\ilvany, illco~por- ~Ited with $10,()CO eapiL,1. will do hllsines,; in .l\:[empbis, Tenn. S;lle blowers succeeded in making away with $58.31 Ir(Itn the safe of the D;\llvil\e (lU.) Furniture company. The TVanI Furniture and \nctinn company, \'lith $10,- noo capital, witl do busilles6 inf)el1Yer. Colo. The Glohe Furllitun: cnmpaLly, Fort. \Vnrth, Tex" is ballk~ rllPt. Liabilities $3(i()(). a:,seL; $2400. A $2,000 loss resulted frOlTL a tire ill the Schmidt Furni-rlJre store in Vcnligris, \Ieb. Ben T. Smith will add a rille fmlliture depat"tment to his .~tore in ~i.\iles Cty, 1\lollL The: Hopc (Ark,) Caniage and Furniture company have had a fire, the loss reaches $12,500. The Palace Furniture company, Vv'heeling, \V. Va., has become a stock ~ompat1y with $80,000 capital. _\. H. Albrecht has pnrchZlsed /\. 11oc.hsprung's furniture store' in Stewal·t, )'-linn. Cox & Leek, Knoxyille, 1'("n11" :11'(' slIcceeded by E. \1. Andre\vs, who has another store in Greensboro, N, C. Eggert & Sons, lTi\waukcc, furnitllre dcalers, wilt erect ;1 $20,000 building fot' me as sales, display and storag'e r,)(Jll1S, to be of hrick 50.\:125 feet in dimellsion:", three stories high. The CrU(I\':' 1o'11rnit\.1I·(' C()l1ip,llly, Be,;sel11Cr. Ala_, has been rt:nrg-anizc,1 with $5,000 capital. The stockholders 3nd t'IlW1oytS of the \Vinegar Fmniture CI)lllpany Clrjoycd a banqoet ;It thc Hntel Pal1t1ind, Grand R.Zlpids, January 25. The Greotzinger Carpet and Fl1r1liWrc cOl1ipaily will dn business in Newark, N. J. l C. \Iatland has opened a furniture store in Corona, Cal. 'the Jenkins Furniture and Auction e.ompany have en-n; tO'<.:d in businc~s in Berkeley, Cat CO> ""Cr,ystal Brothers, Vacaville, Cat, have a new furnitl1re store. \Tr. Baldwin has opened a furniture store at Jvlerced, Cal. C H, Burdick has moy(,d his furniture store from I,os Angeles to Ely, l\ev. F. B. \\'harton, Oakland, Cat., has made an assignment :n favor of J. L. Lyon. The 11. A. Bricr company. Lodi, Cal., have a,ided turni- III 1"" :~nd cZlrpds. Creditors of t~le Decatm ~fll.) Chair l'()Hlpany have asked f'll- -the appointment !If a receiver. The [iabilities ~\rc said tll bc $15.000 Zlnd the ,tssct:-i $50,()OO. \1, _M. \lacQl.1een has sold hi,; stock of furniture ill Oeolltt), \Vis., tn the Reynolds company. Thc l--'oc.atel1o (Utah) Furniture company has made an ,lssignment to L. ;VI. 11obson. The Globe City Furnitl.1l·(, company of rocatel1o will buy the stock. El1zcb Sanctuary has openc(l a furniture store in Hines-bnrgh. VL ]. \. Arnold, a fmnitn]"e dealer of I.otlisville, Ky., has left tlle c.ity. taking with him funds belonging to the Carnahan Lodge, Knights of Pythias, of which be lvas treasurer-, The Idaho Furnitme company, of Pocatello, Idaho, have made an assignment. No. S26. THIS TRADE MARK GUARANTEES THE BEST No· S2S. WHITE PRINTING CO. Printers for the Furniture Trade. Grand Rapids, Mich. OWOSSO, MICH. WOODARD FURNITURE COM PANY Schultz & Hirsch Co. MANUFACTURERS OF AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Manufacturers of Medium priced Bedroom Furniture in all the Faney woods and Finishes Full Line of 400 Pieces shown in Grand Rapid, during January. New Catalogue will be ready sooo. Write for one FEATHERS FEATHER PILLOWS and BEDDING SUPPLIES 260 and 262 South DespJaines Slreet Yours Truly CHICAGO WOOD~RD FURNITURE CO. 40 Pioneer MfS. Co ... DETROIT. MICH. Reed furniture Babu Garriages Go-Garts Our goods will be shown with Palmer Mfg. Co. on the second 110m of the Furniture Manufacturers' Exhibi. tion Building, I 3 19 Michigan Ave., CHICAGO, _ ILL. lkt'"it is pl,c.;pnil1g ;',IHI ill the t!nitc'd St:ll,',,; Ct'll~ll:; ,.j 1910. n'cry I'Jdrll;lc' pr"plws;c,,; th'IL ill ""l\Il! \\-i1", sh,.\\;\ h,\1f millio1! illkllJit:lllts. Then- I" u·: Llill'i:, 111\\('11 t" l'l1- c{)urap;c the helid that the city is r:ljlitlly lll';lr;lll! that 11I:lrk, ,\11(\ t11c fll'nituf\' mell, lllallllbclU1"l'L'; <llld 1l1,'r('h:1I1Ls alike :IH' doing their Tllli sh:lrl' \1-" bring" it ,1])<ll1t The 1l1:l11ui;ICLu ,'LS il:-e ;dl hns}': >"1111(.' (ll rhl'1ll with 11lUI'l" orders 1111 tbl'ir !J'loks thall (','n hc!p!"e ;,t rhi .; se:ISIlll (,I tltl' year, while the lIlerchallL~ :trv carrying: ~t()d,:-i t1l<'.\ l'.'ll1pt their custlll1Wr:-i to huy eyen !1lorc tklll they :lctll:t1ly nced Tl1c Ilc\ve:.;t :\11(1 \vhat prUlJlises tu b!:' l'Ill' ,,( thc li!lc~t fur-niture store ill tbe city, i:-i being hlli1t hy \\ .. I~. n;lrh·' ,11 1fichig,1lL al·c .. I1car third:-it. II IS a Il;\I1(1:-;"l\le thrcc' ~uwy builclillg, SI) l1ear compleLioll that it will he "pelletl up \\·ith all entire ne\\' :-itock early in ,\p:·i1. Tllis will hc a hr:llh.:h of the "\Voodw:trrl ,1\"(:" .• sto:-c of \Y. E. Harker ~'V.. Clllllll~lny. and will be :1 great aC([l1isiti('11 Ul th(' fl1rnil\1rC il1dl1:-itr .... of .\lichigan ave., w11ich ;llr~·<ldy 11:\:-imore lnrllitu'·(· st(l;'(':-' tb,ln :lny nther street jl] the city. The Po~selitls Driltht:1'''; Fur11itllH' \ral111f,\'~tl1rillg- C(\111 KOOK WOOD alLd a general line of FANGY TABLES \VTite fUT Cuts and PTice, PALMER Manufacluring Co. 1015 to 1035 P:llmer Ave. DETROIT, MICH. Will exhibit during January on second Aoor, South Furniture Exhi-bition Bldg" l31q Michigan Ave,. Chicago, W. pall) :)td a lille lHOSlH.'(C~ i'r,r as !;!T-g-c ;1 husiness: ill 1906 as ill 190\ :\J1d that was :l r,·c{)rd hreak~',. Their un·\, C;lt:t\ogtk \\·ill hl' out early ;11 1·'('!Jrll'lry Thi,.; COlllP;llly 11;1:-; hrOtlg!ll 1)11t :l llew r'llll1d jahle wi[11 a 45 inch tr,p wl1i,.'1J 11lay 1)(' c\:· tended to 64 i11cl](> :\1ld "till be a flll1ll(1 table, The exteIlS;()11 lC:I\'cs ;\re tlilder the top. ;llHl it is (k:-;igned f()r a !l;U\([Lld t;\111(', l"t is jll'cside11t \fllllZ·S l;ltcS!". and patellts haH' IWCll :l\Jphed fl.r \\"hicll will ]]<1 doubt he .::.>;:':tllted. Spcaking- uf patent,.;, mally pe(J]/,e are 11llde: \11l' illlpr,::<.-.;i.jll [hat the Cni\ed Stat,:,.; gii\"(':·llIllcnt i:-isltCS p;ltellb tt) all ,\1)- plic;\]lts wilh !HI ide;\ of p:'(ltecting' them, and th:n tberl'io,e th,~'y may be infringc(1 \vilh il11punit}, hy ~Iny one who Illay ,.;cc lit to do ,,0, This is ]ll)l the Ch(', as tllc reader may sel' hy turning to thc ad\'erti~elllellt of t.hi,.; company 1111 ;l1lothn page o[ tl1i,.; paper. The PiOlH'l'r :\f:lIlliLtnt1"ing ClIllljlally 11l(l(k a Illle ,d)ll\\' "f reed rockers. chil([rl'Il',~ clniages and gn-carb ill Chicag-o, :uld h:-id tlJe best ];llJuary trade .since they JJ;n'e been in bl1:-,i-llCS~ T!ley \\·ill S(lil1l mail <In illll~Uatcd .,.;heet of folding, g-o-cart,.;, :-i!J(J\ving- liyc ,.;mall 01le,-" tWll mcdil1111 :Iud seven t11ree-quarter si;cc Fuldillg· :llld reclining carts The Pall11('r \LlllttfaClt11'ing- c01l1pany had tbe large.,.;t trade ill Cl1icagn they ha\'c eU:T had. \\'hen they sell a CU:-itumC1" "uce tbey !l;\':e 11,1 lrO\:./)I(, ill g"l:ttillg duplicate orders. 1:'". D. j;reem<lll, whl) forme ly rq)'c,.;cnterl the \\'olvcr;ne Reed COlll, pany, uf rhi,.; city. \o\"ill C,\ ['y tbe Palmer and P;oIH~cr lilies in Indian;\ :l1ld [llill()i:-,: R. C \rc:\liII'\1l in ~Iichigan, and C. r...::. S'llH.kr,.; in 01Jiu. The beautiful ruolnvuod finished Llbll',~ 1ll;I(.k hy this C()lllpally ClllltilJue to gTOW ;11 popularity. They !J;lVC brotlg\lL uut a l1umhcj' {If 11,'\0\" oak and rnahogally library anrl parlur Llb\l''';, :t1,;() all illlllatHlil quartered oak tlt;lt i,.; 1nllCll S(lllghl after. The Jcnk:-i &: .\Illi,- c<otl1pally an-' "lI·i~lrgillg their brass awl ir"ll bed bet'!ry, whic1\ alteady i,~ ()lle IJt the largest. J C. \\"idm;l\I & company b:\d a (1:l11d,Y (r;\(l(' ill ClJi(~agll; 111\1ch 1:lrg·cr tl!;lll c\·e~· berore. The \\',J1n:rilh' \1;111l1iaClu;illg· e"lllp,\lly :tllrl th,· Cadilbc Caliill('[ cumpany cuuld nul help but h:l\c rille 3;dt',~. fur rhi' display they Pilt IIp ill ChieaglJ \\'inlld ll'1111lt (,'\'ery()IlC hut a 1Jlill(l man. and 11' he werc a r\1rnitll:~' mcrclt,ult, he would be pedectly· ",(lie ill bU.rillg them. Smith, Day & compallY have c!(lsecl Ullt thi" Detruit house al1d l1luve tu llldiallapolis. TlJe r;lil;·oa([" having' ptt:·- ch;lsed the [arg-~' live story hrick facuJry occupied hy t!J(:m at Sixth al1([ CongTess ,~trect::;. and their hl1sil1eS:-i b;lving gr()\\,n ,.;{) rapidly ill [he ]-hH):-i;('r capital, they dCl',idcd to c()llsolid;\tc both of t!leir western lFancl!es in the 18tter city. The \Voh'erill(' H.ecd cOlllpany. havillp; tired rlf prison Ctl!1l-pditioll, have moyed over to \V:dkerville, Ontario., where llnrl,'r L!le protectiug c;\rc 'jt the British lion and thirty-five l1Cr C(:llt protectioll, they' h"jJc to huild \1P a heter busiue::;::; t1l:111 they \\·('re ,lble to d'l in Detroit. Murphy Chair Co. MANUFACTURERS DETROIT, MICH A COMPLETE LINE 41 We Would Like to Get Closer~~toYou Suppose now you were the boy and we the girl and you wanted to get a little -closer. 'Wellnow suppose you do-we will teHyou how. Buya pair of our S pound Genuine All Geese Feather PillOws, size 20x26, A. C. A. Art or Linen Tick, any color, for $1.85. You will get closer to us and we wl11to you. Terms .=; per cent for cash 10 days. H. B. FEATHER CO., Grand Rapids, Mich. Double daily train aeyVie~ to N~w 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 tickets, rates, etc., of I. C. R. R. agents and those of connecting lines. A. H. HANSON, PASS. TRAFFIC MaR., CHICAGO. S, a. HATCH, GENERAL PASS. AOENT, CHlc ...ao. fRANK NETSCNERT CO :>4 BARCLAY STREET NEW YORK DECORATIVE FLOWER PLANT TREES HANGING BASKETS ELECTRIC DISPLAYS ETC. Ask us fOl our llIustraterl Catalogue No. 10. fRANK NETSCNERT CO 34 BARCLAY STREET NEW YORK THE NEW BANQUET TABLE TOP as well as Office, Dining >oJ Directors' Tables are OUT sp~ciahy Stow & Davis Fumiture Co. Grand Rapids, Mich. Write for Catalollue. Getsarnpleoof BANQUET TABLE TOP DON'T READ THIS unless you are a MANUFAC'l'URER. MILL-MAN or BUSINESS MAN, in which case you would dQ well tQ carefully comider the following facts. The St. Louis K. San francisco R. R. bettc:r known as the has built, or added to its system, over 1900 (nineteen hundred) miles of new railroo.d during tne past five yean and an traversing newly settled sections of the Southwest. NOW is the time to locate your tactory-or mill in this most prosperous section. It will repay you to wlite 'TODAY for full particulars regarding ind1,lcements offered, abundant raw materials, excellent markets, etc Illustratd booklet" Opportuniti~s" semfree. M. SCItUL TEla. Industria. Commissioner, Frisco Bldg. st. Loafs, Mo. No. 51 The New "PERFECT" FOLDING CHAIR PATENTED OCT. 20. 1903. Comfortable Simple Durable Neat The Acme of Perfection in the line of Folding Chairs. P~:RFHCT COMPACTNESS whcm folded. Ha'l"d maple. uatural finish. \\TRITE "OR PRICRS. oh. PEABODY SCHOOL FURNITURE CO. North Manchester, Indiana 42 I The High Reputation of the Alaska Refrigerator 1S JUST1FIED BY 1TS MERITS ONLY Economy, simplieilYand durabJity are combined to make a PERFECT REFRIGERATOR. When in 'he market let us hear from you and we will be pleased to mail catalogue and quote prices. The ALASKA REFRIGERATOR CO. New York Office, 35 Wanen St. EXCLUSIVE REFRIGERATOR MANUFACTURERS MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN Muskegon Letter. llolders ()r :-;b-lCk ill t11l' Alaska I'(drig-n;lt<Jr ~"'lllpallj- :Lr~' very we'll sati:died with tIll' ht1.'iinc:-is t:-an:-i:\cted by tIll' ll\111- 11a11Y1<lst .year and the l'1I11tf()ILlhk dleckc.; di:-:trilH1lt'd C!J\"l'r-ing t11e dividell(L C,)mJll~\illts are often heard {,r Ilw Ull-prolitahl(' ncss III' the 1"clrigatoj" malll\facturiug hU.'iilles,;, lml Sl'lCkllOlr\crs ,)f the \bska ;[1'(' llot :lllllltlg the g-ulllhlt'l":'i. \L-Iliager [~ord ha,; hl'l'n :\ mUllt"y maker ror hi:' ('1llpl'jYl'r.;,;. The biR fact":"y was !le\'e,' 1\](1fe cr()w(led wilh h\1~ilH'''S tll:lIl al.' prescnt. Thos\: (,f "111" 11l:11lU\acture,'s \\'1111 e:-.:hi1Jited lilll'S at G:-and Rapids dl1ring' the past 1I1"l1th are \"<'1".\- \vell satisl'll'd \\·ith thc orders takell. The hig line of (/la1ll1ll'r lnl"Jlitun' {r"lll th{; factory of the lV[ll."kegoll Vallc}' F\11"l1itl1rc company \\":1-; l)l1e of the stellar att:",lctl()llS of tlle s(';[.'"'II11. The (\r<in Llkcll \Vere lafRc, sh"willR the high appreci:nioll ill \\-lli(h tile (:'\111- !lallY's grlods afC 11<.'1\1hy the hest cIa",,> IIf trade The Sargent i\Ltllttl'al't11:-ing c"Lllpan)' 'lilH III parl'lr desks, hall racks, ho(,].;:-ca.-;es, magaZine :,11<1jarrlinier '"'\:uld" and cahillt'l.'i fllr hac-hol"I's altral'L{'d gClh'CIl ;ltlenti'lll The rHllnhcl' of ol-,krs takcn shows 111:)1 the S,lrgel1t j)l"fldlin ;-.(,11.-; The Sargent Mfg. Co. MUSKECON, MICH. Bachelors' Cabinets Ladies' Desks, Extra Large Chiffoniers ------- Al!lO Manufaclul\"I1 and Eltporten< of ------- ROLLING CHAIRS Chairs adapted to all kinds of invalidism, both for house and street uge, OVER FORTY DESIGNS TO SELECT FROM I':lstly and tit,1t the line i.'" a prnrltahle 01lC f{w dealers tll !tawlle. A cOlllplete change in tllt-' patterns of the l\loon Desk C0111- P,lll}' was 1)11('of the pleasant s"lrprises of th(· market. Ever_y appliance llcccssaq-' {()!' the cnmfo[·t .:tnd ('o(J\·'enience of the <1e.-;k \V(Jrker \vas supplied awl the stlyes were materially improved. :\Ianager Stephen;;; \vil\ lnail a catalogue to dealers who would pnst themselves in regard to the new line. The .\llas FI1rnitl1rc Cntllll',lly. the Shaw \Valker com-pany and the Grand Kapids Desk company are fully employed (\11 ()rdt:>rs. The Postal Authorities Were Particular. .\ lllcmher Ilf thc national house or representatives ha.-; had trouble with tlH~ postal antllorities through his attempt tn put a frank 011 a bookcase containing; JHlblic docutnent,s :ll1d ilrlier things and tc sCIHl it thrOll,Kh the mails from his 11(I11H: to \V!lshington. The posto!tice authorities of the capital held lip the bonkca~e, claiming it was not frankabl~, ;11111 the nwm\)cr \-vas obligc:(1 to p!ly $72 postage.', Muskegon Valley Furniture Co. --- ,MUSKEGON, MICH. -------- Odd Dressers Chiffoniers Wardrobes Ladies' Toilets Dressing Tables Mahogany Inlaid Goods ... 43 A MO(O)N-EY MAKING LINE Has raised panels all around and be-tween pedestals, wide pedestal drawers. center drawer with flat keyed lock; double writing bed, heavy pilasters and roll top arms, drawers varnished inside, have mov-able partitions, deep drawer partitioned for books. Overhanging or bracket front. golden oak finished. rubbed and polished. Desk is supplied with 13 all wood pigeon hole boxes, 41etteJ file drawers with index, one card index drawer with foHow block attachmenc, private compartment with Rat keyed lock. This desk is also supplied with space for books at each end of the pigeon hole case. MOON DESK CO. Muskegon, Mich. II ~. Crutchley and company of Albany, N, Y., have become bankrupt. Liabilities are $19.928 and nominal assets $3,175. Washington B. \iVilliams of \iVashington, n. c., a promi-nent business man, long identified \'\'ith the furniture trade, died recently. He conducted a large furniture and carpet establishment until four years ag-o, when he sold Ollt to the Hub Furniture company. M. J. Cowles, son of E. E. Cowles of the B. T.. 1'larble Chair company, is now representing the following manufac-ories; The B. L. Marble Chair company, Bedford, 0; C. D. \iVidman and company. Detroit, and the Crawford Chair company of Grand Ledge, 11icl1. Newell M. Cook, for a long time an undertaker and furni-tllrc dealer ill St. Louis, \lo., died recently. The Lyon Furniture company's store in Milwaukee was damaged by fire recently, the loss is $4,000. The Delehouse Furniture company have increased their capital stock to $30,000. Dewitt \V. Needham of Mankato, Minn., is a bankrupt. F. S. Harmon and company's new building in Portland, Ore., is nearing completion. Tt \\-'itt be one of the hest equipped and modern wholesale and manufacturing hl1ilding;s in the city. E. M. Brown, Cedar Falls, la., has purchased the interest of Mrs. S. 1. Thomas in the firm of Bro\'vn & Thomas and wil1 continue the business. The furniture business of i\kers & Smysor, Lincoln, [11., has been sold to F. E. alle] F .. 1:-1.Avery of Peoria, Ill. :\lr. Smysor will continue in the management until a new maua-ger is appointed. )iTatt F. :\lart1' bas removed from New GIants to \Tol1- tia1to, \iVis. S. IT. Bark, a furniture dealer of of $25 from a forgny perpetrated merchants suffered as wet!. George l'vr. Lawrence, a furniture dealer and undertaker of \Varsaw, Tnd., died recently. The Nebraska Furnitttre company, organized with capital, will conduct a furniture business in Salt Lake C. Black1er has opened a new funliture store in N. D. w.;. stock of Milwaukee, was by a deaf man. the loscr Othcr $25,000 City. Cando, Winkie, Lake City, la., has purchased \Vedin Brothers of Luverne, Minn_ the furniture Jacob Tamble sLlccecds Ole Steenberg in Brandon, rvlinll. S. 1. :\'.1anby and company, organized with $25,OCO capital, will conduct a furniture store in 1\ ew York. Antique fur-niture and bric-a-brac will be a part of the stock. Dunham & CassIe! of Cadillac, Mich., have sold out to Geo. \Vebber and \A/alter Savery. H. ]. \Vendclken will open a wholesale and retail furni-tu, e store in Portsmouth, 0., as soon as a location IS se-cured. The Fish Furniture company wilt con;:;truct a new build-ing at 219-221 North "venuc, Chicago, on p;'operty leased to them [or a term of ten years. The ft11"Tliture de:alers of Peoria are wroth because. the furniture lor the new Peoria city hall was purchased in Chi-cago. They declare their goods could have been furnished at the same rates as those of Chicago merchants. Japanese Looking-Glasses. Looking-glasses and mirrors of small size are being sold 11l China, in great quantities hy the Japanese makers. Glasses of all sizes from the small hand mirror abollt the size of an American silver dollar up to the full length cheval mirrors are madc by the Japanese for that market. A popular variety of glass is mounted upon ;l metal stand made of heavy wire, nickel-plated. so as to sVv·ing upon pivots inserted in the framework mounting. These arc almost entirely of Japa-nese make. and ill sizes I-ange from 6 by 3 up to 8 by 12 or 9 by 12 inches, with bevel edge, rounded COlncrs, or oval shapes, are laid down here, including freight and insurance, at front 70 cents to $1.25 each, United States currency. Bcvel g-bss mirro:-s mOUllted on wooden backs with adjustable wire brace at back, 4 by () inches, sell at 45 ceuts, (Mexican) each and $4 (Mexican) pe;- dozen. Larger siLes, 8 by 6 inchcs, sell nt 85 cents each al1d $8 per doze11 Uv1exican), about 4Z;4 cents and $4 respectively, American. A Valuable Old Bed. Mlle. Cecil Sorel, the beautiful French actres.s, is the \)os.sessor of an antique bed which dates from the time of the French renaissance. Nredtess to say, it is her most cherished possession. The value of the bed is said to be $30,000, and it is in a. state of perfect preservation. The Grand Rapids Exhibition from the Inside. Directly after Chric;tl1u,,; olle (!ll the in:-iidv (II 111rni[\11 anair,.; ill Grand H.:lpid,.: detect:-; a enlaill rl'sllc":";llo.:"-. I",\,;d sale";l1wll C1l1crgc fl"lm tlH' h(),.;()lll"; III' rl,cil' t;ulliliv,.;, ,'1' hdli:"; lip the ,.;hot g"UU, and ",h'l\\' their [ac('s ,n 11ll' lHl'.C!" 111 111· vicinity (IT the cxhihiti()l1 11l1ildi11!.!,'''; , mOlr" ]la; tll'lI,;L:'I) tlL' hig building, passer,.:lJy may he "n'n CiCC;I"j'J1LL1\\ Cr;lll1'li~ their necks, ;1,.; if wakhing a p;lrac!1ut,' 1111ll]). hut a ~el",.;cr l:X- ;Lmil1,ni'lll reveaL" the prc:-icl1,'<.' 1'1' C(I,'11 "I' 1<::111,'i1\:1 nig;gn,.; Idling da:ylig'hl lhruugh the UPllV:' !lu(" \\';!",I!(\\\"". clinging to dangerCJlIs stnrc ledges with IllJC hand ;\1\(1 giving a vig-nrolh rubhing to the glass 'with the other 11}' this Lime t\\"I' ()r l!l:"Cc I)f th~' ()l.Ibi(k lillt,,;. m'll lltll n[ llw adYa1l1,lgl''; ()j: lL~· l'ar'I)' hird 1I,\\,C arrivcd "lH1 a: Il<.'ing: ,;d up. Thl' n\.lt..;ide ,;ah:,;llIeu lJe;.611 tu ,lPlicar \\'iL\I (rl' \\".,1! <,I Dexter line. John Goldell of the llnbh:nd & Eldridge, and <::1'-- ]0,1(1 :\lor!ey yvhn is illv<triabl,Y :lLllOtlg' the Ilr,;L rOllh':'~ .. Alt],ot1r4h the datc of the opening ill J:llltlar) b ';!lPl"h\,d to he the (,rst. the loud tact(l1'ies arc seldmll all H,:t(ly at tlwL cbte and vcry il~\V or the outside lill(:s :11'(', The castenl hUy('r,; hegil1 to arrive dirl.:'cll)' ,lite' CI'I :,;t 111as, expericllce having taught some (II them that ,I,n" ,11''-.' mallY clll,'ie out pltlll1S to he fOl\lHl ;\t g('lle:""llS di";C!lllJ1t·; which they promptly absorb TUj' their Fchrn;l1'y and ~l~I'ch "al('s. By the til11(' t11(' outside lines are in [lH.' mid"t or \JI < paraliull, the I",al ,;aleSlllCll arv ready (or bu,;i'k';S ~Ill(l tilt· hotel lohbivs lwcol11c hee-hiu·s. Il is :t uCl1h'ndtltl,; vlto,.t L(l turn the C1t,l(l~ I)i ;lrnV111g car]'l;ld:c. ill!u th,· rcgllb1'ly [l1;I('ed sample: liue. Thc hlhit'sl man ill l{".Ylll'rUlll Clnislma,; tu the Ill'tll of J:rlluary is undouhtedly Frank I'J"tul1, nuklltOWl1 t,) lleal-er", hut \'l':'Y lllllCh kllO\Vll to vxllihitl)l'~, ~\nd \'cry 111\\el1 de-pended up by ouc~idt, tacli"l:'ics ,lllc1 :c.;deslllcil 011 him. ill a 1;'l1'.2"e llle;h,He, dl'\·11h'e.~. tlh' rb[Ji'l1sibilty 'If rcceiving, tracing- car,,:;, l\n~ackillg and (ldin'rill~' tt", ,heir :c.paccs the variuu:c. lil]1;':-; with thVll' dlOl\,;al1t!,; (JI ,~;\tllpl~':,> pflnrillg daily into the cit:y. [t is a herculean t:t:->k. whi,:ll rcqlllreS :\ C'''J[ head ,\lid exact knowledge Ill' rhc Inc;llion 01' cyery expcrt !u;·niLllr..: h'11Hllcr. .\11.ywhere f 'nlll SCI'Clllyli\'(' tu (lI1C llundr<'d car- ItJa.ds (It :-iample:'> jJ~\S:-itlln1llgh hi,,,; 11(l11(ls in the ';Vacc ,il' lVll days, eve:"y 'l\\'l1cr 101' re]Jrt'scnt~lti\'e ..;alesman clamoring' {or instant action. This llle;1l1" ~I iur('e o[ furniture packer,;, and ll1I,\'iuf2; van", \\'{Fking day and night alH\ yn tht'l"c is ne\"~'r ;\11 ;ll,ticl( lost, and .:;('\(Inn) 1,Ile llli,;placc(l. Add lo th(' lWlllt: p,"udl.lu about lih:y car!pa(b h:\n(l1nl 1)y the exhibiting iaculrics 1.11'utlte;> 1,lleal lllljlat:kcr,; :Illd yillt have the out;;idc p,l,'t (){ the exhihililJll The raise in price,;. Ilf ap\lroxiIl1~\tl'ly l10t ()\"er 5 per ('clIl (lelay('d the hl1yillg tbis L\st SC:lc'Ull and CI\15cd 1I1;ll1y to take lllemnra11(\<t r,\ther th;l1l le;\ve or{\(~rs, hut ,\,..; a rttk Ja11uary, hllying- j" pl'ompL. al1(l s[lccdy, ~'r()\\'(ling tht' ';l'a~'III'; hlhi-ne."',':; int() threc :c;cal1t weck:;, thereby dinnil1~ ',:u.'!:cly ('"'\111 the IOl1g (\r;l\y\1 (Jul S111ll1l\tr s("lsun. The must notablc change il1 J;.ll1l1ary wa..; Ih(" el1ti;'(' ab- :;cnce of retailing in the K,lillg1ll~11l buil(lilig, the cntirc :",'tail l':c.tahlislllll(,l1t, h:l\>illg ltlUH'd tl\ th "I) calkd .\11111.':". l!lu,; Ilpcning up n1llro: :..;pac(' ill LI1(' hig lJlliltling' \\·hiclJ ill thi: ll1;lin \vas 'H.::ntpicd by prt"\'il'u,,,, <'.,hihitl,r,; in the \1111ex The .~ew Cli"llpl'raLi\:e 11l1ildill.~ I,f .\le..;e;~·,..;,(;~',,JJili"t:h :1111! SkillllCl' i" \\-'('11 1111der \\":IY, ,11](1 it:.:; ~.t"\'t'll r1,,,,:',':; will. he rl'ad:- in July. It will dr~l\\ Ir')111 the \l1"d!2,l"lt htl';!dill~' (; ,hil;",'I' ;;l;d Croshy, Carrol1tlll1 1,'ul"ltitlll"C C<ltTquny, S11c';t<>n ~11H1Snytkr, hU1ll the Shepard huilding O.!' \\·IH·t·I"ck \\'itll hi" nUllH'rlollS linc,;, tr<01u th(' _\fasll1lic huildinf!: :-:-;ki11l1"r ;lIlI! Slel"l11~'\11 ,lIltl "'\];' ,ht' 1"li11g:m;lll buildill~' l';1< \llt,j'l'!!;"I\ Vall-::/ ["'urnitl1r "I'!p,llly and will 1:1 ('"q.;,."jU' jlt~~' lrl!:<' Y 71R T 1.s7I.l'l s ...:..,.k -) $ ft $* 11l~·r, [,;~' LI1<.';\\';111 ll,:l' ,;p:lce. II' the pa,;t is :Lll}' criL<"l·inn, tl1i~ nH~allS that July will find 11\<,re e::--:hibitors than l'VC" ,;\flec ftlr tIle la"t 11ve }'('<lI'S then' 11:1<; !Jel'll practically 1101 de.:;il ,\llie l1110ccnpicd Sp;I(',(' tll he hac] in Lhie; lll:lrket. _\Il(lther lllJtice:tblc lad \\"as dIe absence ot S(Tel',ll prOI11I- 111\:11tJilles, Ivlltl:-'>e ~]J:Il'!:S \\vre occupi('<l hy otherc'. 5('\'(';'al new linc ..; m:llk their debuL thi,,:; ';(',\'i()ll beino' The i<';\~\b Cll:til" cOlllpany {Jt Gr;lud kapids ;nakcrs (It' high g-;'ade malwg;ulY work, t11e Cr;nvfnrd Chair company ()f GratHI Ledgc ill che:tp and lTleclil1!ll buX" :c.eat diners and the Old Co;ouy Chair cIJmpany, lit l<'oche ..;tcl" ill mahogany n:pt"UdllC-I11Jns uf tllC <lId makcrs. Thl' valuc ()f the Grand I{alli(!:o; e:\.hibits is mostl\' a nutler tI( t·,~till1;lle :dthnugll the uutside litH's wer"e ()(lce "polled iOI" ;1 \·:tllle of (JIlC hundred ,\nt! si:\.ty thOllsaud dollals by a larg(' ,~;\11lple huy'cr. The lines i)l the loc,l! facb)ries \vill casilv rc:\c!t ]nl1' a minion dol1;(I"". The :-lctnal lltul1bel' of sanljJl('~.;; cxhihilc(] in Grand Rapids was placed at about forty eight tllou,;alL (ully half of which \vere case goods. \\'hat dH' ~'t",l:>(!ll costs S01l1e of the exhibitor,,;; will llc,'el hI.: knuwn h'lt we can put 0111' linger on scyeral oUlside 1,\t:!i11'ic,; IVhIIS~' freigltl. rellt balldliug>, hotel and incidental I'Xllt'llS~':; \vill 1l1:1kc :1 two L1H!us~{nd dollar clN(l'g\~ lIot to mCll-ti" u the
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- 1906-01-25T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- 26:14
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- Issue of a furniture trade magazine published in Grand Rapids, Mich. It was published twice monthly, beginning in 1880. and Twenty-Ninth Year-No.5 SEPTEMBER 10, 1905 >c---- III I ,I I --------------------_._------_._---~ Semi-Monthly NQ. 166 Sand Belt Ma.:::hine. ''It exceeds Du·r highest!expectations."-The Crown Furniture Co. "Cannot be excelled/or smoothness of work and saving oj labor." - J05. Peters Furniture Co. "Greatest labor sa~'ing device we have ever snn.'·-FiUs·Crabtree Mfif. Co. No Otber Sand Belt Accomplisbes Tbis Work It gives a finished surface superior to hand work and six times as rapidly on Rounded Mirror Frames, Moulded Dividing Rails, Moulded Edges of Tables and Dresser Tops, Ogee, Rounded or Beveled EdR'es of Washstands, Mirror Standards with Rounded or Square Edges, Rounded and Curved parts of French Legs, Spirals of Table Legs, Raised Parts of Panels, etc., etc. You are doing this class of work atl a tremendous loss annually, sanding by hand, possibly some part of lit by a com-mon sand blast, and refinishing it by hand. This work is cost-ing you hundreds of dollars per year. [Read what users of our machines are saying:" WYSONG 8 MILES CO., (].d~':.~,:•• d So•. R. R.. GreensLoro, N. C. Write for Catalog E. Thisis the famous Gillette Roller Bearing Factory Truck-the truck on which it is said, "One man can move a loa.d of 3000 pounds while with the other trucks it takes three men." This is the truck tbat is strong where otbers are weak-the truck that has an unbreakable malleable iron fork. This is the truck YOU are looking for if you wisb to invest in rather than waste money on factory trucks. The Best Truck--The Strongest Truck Gillette Roller Bearing Co. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN The Lightest Runninj. Longest Lasting Truck -------------~ j ,J I11I jr'~, > r-------------------------------.----.-, , RUNS LIfiE A "WAGON Our trucks have the large center wheels revolving on turned, taper bearing axles, just like a wagon. Eight Bearings I ~,---"-- • _..l ", No Regular Box Sizes No.1. Built of best materials, Michigan hard maple bodies and high grade castings made \0 speci~1 patterns, our trucks give best returns for your investment. There is nothing about tbem easily broken or that might get out of order. Just built in quality. Better send for catalog and prices. Grand Rapids Hand Screw Company MANO,SCA-EWS. BENOHES. OLAMPS 918 Jefferson Avenue. GRAND RAPIDS. MICHIGAN • SLIDING SHOE FOR USE ON DESK LEGS This shoe does the work of a caskr 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 h"ndle for desks in the square effect. Something different from the regular bar pulls. GRAND RAPIDS BRASS CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MLCHWAN l • ",11 C II 1G A N ARTISAN ---------------------- Veneer Presses. different kinds and sizes. (Patented) Veneer Presses Glup Spreaders Glue Healers Trucks, Etc" Etc. These Specialties are used all Over the World Power Peed Glue Spl'eading Machine, Sinll"le. Double and Combination. (Patented) (Sizes 12 in. to 84 in wide.) Hand Feed GlueinK Maebine (Patent pendinll:.) Many stylet and sizes. Wood·Working Machinery and Supplies ~ET us KNOW YOUR WANTS 1 h _ GRAS E. FRANCIS & BRO., Main Office and Works, Rushville, Ind. No. 6 Glue HoatM. • ------_._-- ----------- T"E fURNITURE MAK(R AND ALL WOOD fiNISHERS are interested in the perfection of the art of staining, filling, and finishing wood. Wood finishing, today, has really become an art. We manufacture every kind of a stain or filler used in wood finishing_ We manufacture and sell the best and the most practical stains and fillers that are made in this or any other country. Write us about the finish you are most interested in. T"E MARIETTA PAINT AND COLOR COMP'Y I• M4RIETT4 0",0 I•, - - _ .. " I .. Y:' :1 MICHIGAN ARTISAN ARTI TIC andINEXPENSIVE / CATALOGUE COVERS LET US FIGURE ON YOUR PHOTOGRAPHING ENGRAVING and PRINTING . PROMPT DEUVERIES COMPLETE CATALOGS PERFECT WORK MICHIGAN ENGRAVING CO. at Right Prices GRAND RAPIDS. MICHIGAN ---------------------------------------- --- GHAND RAPIL:S FUBLIC LIllITAUY 29th Year-No.5. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., SEPTEMBER 10, 1908. ====c== $1.00 per Year. "Chippendalc"-The Creator of a Style. Thomas Chippendale, \vho came into hi~ 0\\'11 in the nl':dJle year~ of the eighteenth century, created a style whichfincls an echo in every modern villa. Eta a1th~:l1Kh CbiptH'IH!ale is a name to conjure 'with in the furnishing- t1'a<1e, it meaus something rnore to the cOlllloisseur. Chippendale and his sons ha,d their little workshop in St. ~{anin\ Lam:,. ~\t the dawn of the age of mahogany he readily adapted his designs suitable for workillg ill the new wood. Ivlahogany. it is tnte, was discovered by Sir \Valter H.aleigh, who broug-ht specimens home, but it did 110t come into gel1cr;tl use till after the hrst quarter of the eighteenth century. The wood used by Chippend8,le was splendid in {lualily, coming asir did from the gre<lt Ul11'otlched forests, producing at that time timber the like of which in dinlellsioll is no\.\' unprocnrable. A novel might be written of the buc-caneering exploits of British crews who coolly landed and cut timber from the Spanish IJossessions ill /\merica in spite of the protests of tile O\l"lwrs. }Jany a stiff fight occurred, and many lives were lost in shipping this stolen mahogany to Englalld, to supply the demand for furniture. The nefa,rioH',; proceedings more than once threatened to hring about a "\var between England and Spain. Chippend"tle's early work was in w::duut, and sometimes even in oak. Settees \vith his characteristic ca.briole legs C\.lld ball-and-claw feet, sometimes with heavy slat backs and later with his camel backs with typical pierced centre rail, are among his most highly prized ex'lmpl('s. Rut as 11e !: ·0- gre5>sed he employed mahog;\ny ;t5>better "-nited for his elab-orately carved ribbon pattern and other intricatc desigl1s. He was a prinee of chair-makers, and there is little won-der that his masterly adaptations have brought him fame, and ",·h;:\1 is concomitant \\'ith farne in art-a th'Jusancl meretri-cious copyist:~. Hi5> ball-and-c1aw feet he borrowed from the spaciolls chairs of old Dutc!l origin. His ribbon p;lt-tern smacks of the 1"rench 5c11001of c;nvers who tied knots with Cl1pids and pastoral crooks in the days of Louis Quinze. llis intri.cate fret".·.o. rk in cbair-back and table-to:) was illll-'0'-t· eel from China, and Chippendale caugbt the taste from the fashion set by Sir Vililliant" Chambers, the architect of Somer-set House, who built the pagoda in Kc",· G;\rdens. His Gothic style was allother attempt, and a lllisguided one, at adaptMion. But, like Josiah ""edgewood, who caught the Greek spirit ~..lH1translated it into English pottery, Chippen-dale, in his adaptations, bee:tmc original, and they were sturdy and robust in their new home of adoIltion. So much for real Chippendale, and the prices obtained for genuine examples are phenomenal. A Cf"lpJe of his dlairs have realized £1,100 at Christie's. But if all the furniture sold as genuinc Chippendale were put·togethcr it would e,hokc up S1. :"Lntin's Lane from aile end to the other, and it \vould he the first t;l11e that many (If the spec:'l1ells have found themselves in the neighborhood of Chippendale's \vork.shop. The truth is that they \vere made at the same til11e that Chippendale>, made his own examples, and 'ITere made by con-temporary ('ahilJd makers. It reminds olle of Tennys()flls pocm, entitled "The Flower," v\rhere "thit",cs from o',er the walt stole the seed by night," and, in allusion to his own style of versification. the poct goes on to say: "1Jost can raise the l1(nvers 11mv, for al1 have got the seed." It was the same story ,"vith Cllippendalc. Tn 1754 he publis1J~d his·'Director," or book of de5>igns, "calculated to improve and r~finc the present,t;lsk, and suited to the fancy anc ':ircnmstances of persons in all degrees of life." _As a matter of fact, every town of importance started a centre for making furniturc on Chippendale lines; Up and down thc country, from the confines of Yorkshir~ to the highlands of DeVOll. master cabinct makers took their cue frollI the "Director," ;ll1d produced cxceV~nt1y made furni-ture, with fine joinery and of sound worL-manship. Now-adays these are the rivals of Chippendale bimsclf in the auc-tion room, .:\nd after Chippendale's death generations of craftsmcn continued the style. So that, for purpOses of c1a.ssificatiolll it Illa,Y be said that there arc, fIrst, the rarc and genuine speci-l" nens of fttrniture actuany made by Cbil)pcndale or h;s :-0('11.'; in their workshop. And, >;econdly, there is contemporary furnitme made after his designs in various tlarts of England by good craft smell, -..vho readily seized his idea,s. Thirdly, sprcad over a long period, there is other furniture strongly influenced by this r.::ontcmporary school, and made _at any timc after Chipj)cndale's death to early ":neteenth century da~rs. And bere ends aU Chippendale furniture, or "Chip_ pendale 5>t}·le"furniture, which appeals to tue eollectof. There is. too, modem furniture in Chirpcndale style, not pretclH1ing to be other than ".·.h. at it is-modem-made furni~ ture of a parti~,ular dcsign, and, lastly, there is furniture "Inked" to give it the appearance of age. This is always an attempted copy of som(: well known pattern. It apes the grandenr and the fine sweep of curve that t.lle master drew. Ent it has been artfully, almost artistically madc, with intent to deceive, nnd it does deceive in nine cases out of ten, and cbangcs (HVnCrSat a grc~lt profit to the fr:"ldulent maker. 1n view of these [acts, and the public i~ gradually becom-ing schooled to the various frauds perpetrated upon ,it, the days of "Chippendale," in inverted comma:" including all else but furniture made by him or in his day, ;I,re drawing to a close. He has, to use the trade term, heen '·done to death." The time was once when all that was not Chippendale was held to he Sheraton. The two names were bandied about in the middle-Victorian days as representative of .1,11that the eighteenth century had left as a heritage. Like 110nsieur Jourdian, "\"ho learnt, to his amazement, that all was not poetry \'v·as prose, so the would-be purchaser was taught to believe that all that \..·as not Chippendale was Sheraton. But a good deal of lvater has passed nnder London Bridge since the Renaissance of English modern taste in furniture. During the month of Angust 40,000 idle freight cars were pulled off the sidings and put into use in the Pittsburg dis-trict. ~-------- ~-- --- MICHIGAN DRYING TIMBER IN ENGLAND. By W. J. Blackmur. To dry, or not to dry, is the perplexing problem of many a. cabinet manufacturer. Whether ~it is better to trust to chance in getting :goods out in good condition, or whether it should be a matter of scientific calcuhtioll. The ques-tion is a big one, and upon its decision depends the standing of the firm. vVhether it is best to keep catching fresh cus-tomers to take the work of the mill, or whether one should have standing orders. AU this is often decided in the question of to dry or not dry. The problem which presents itself must be solved either one way or another. Some men will be content to buy up odd lots of timber, often partially dried, and work it up to furniture, with the result that complaints, and the furniture often returns to trouble the manufacturer. Or hc may hit· upon \1. middle man, who is willing to buy at a price, anything in the shape of furniture. It may be hideous, in its design, workmanship and finish, but by skillful adver-tising and long credit that dealer will be able to palm those goods upon innocent people who will learn that some furn-iture is only made to selL Not for use. An this is happen-ing every day all your side of the world, and in England, so I need not apoiogize for introducing it. It is always best to know where we stand, Now the point is, can a man even doing cheap work dry his wood to give satisfactory results. We say decidedly yes. even if it is for the most throat-cutting middle man. The fact of making goods which will not show cracks and crevices should be sufficient inducement to the cabinet manufacturer to put down a drying plant. It is impossible in a country which produces the timber to get sufficient dried wood to satisfy the demands of a fairly sized factory. Mahogany may be imported and used, but the other woods used for building up purposes, lllust be dried to turn out work which will give satisfaction. I am tempted to give some details of English dried timbers, of how hardwood logs are sawn and stacked for years ex-posed to the smoke laden atmosphere of our metropolis, but as it would take too long, I must leave this for another dme, and give some technical details as to what I have learned in drying woods. First and foremost the point which must be considered is the class of goods to be manufactured. For instance sideboards are entirely different from overmant1es, and a bed room suite, or a cabinet, with innumerable drawers, all need different degrees of time for drying the va.rious timbers, if aJl economical standpoint has to be considered. In ordering or making a drying kiln, the only system which will give entire satisfaction in getting hardwood into the right condition for ma11ltfacturing purposes is the moist air kiln. The dry air one is a back number, and however much economy may press its claims, it should not be for-gotten that shaken boards, and a, case hardened surfaceupoll wood is a big item to pay for the saving of a few dollars at the outset of buying a drying kiln. Then the insulation of the kiln should be complete. I have known many failures because of this. By imperfect manufacture, a lowering of the temperature has taken place, and insufficient heat during the night, has lengthened the process of drying. ' The question of proper packing is a serious one, and ll1us,t be carefully donc, if the re;,;utts are not to he disapoint-ing. The haphazard placing of sticks between the boards "",ill allow them to warp to an enormous degree, In ordin-ary .seasoning, English merchants, make it a cardinal sirt to have one stick even a fraction out of the perpendicular be- ARTISAN neat~ the other. It allows the hoard to go out of the straight. So successful are they in their drying, that boards can be used without putting them over the planer, for they are as straight as left by the saw. Now in drying this is a point which should be considered, and there is ai1Dther which is also neglected in the manage-ment of drying'" kilns. That is to keep· the boards tight ;::,gaillst the sticks. Their weight is not sufficient to with-stand the unequal tension set tip by the drying proc.ess, and unless they are held tight against the sticks, they will lift as the various parts warp. This principle should be more fully recognized than it is. Tie lip a bundle of green sticks with strong string in three or four places, and those sticks wlll dry straight. Put a string arot\ntl the middle and lea,ve the ends free, and you will find that they will go as the strains bend them. They will point to all quarte:-s of the globe. The most successft.tl drying trttcks had this prin-ciple, of keeping the board perfectly fiat whcn drying, by an arrangement of screws, which fastened the boa.rds firmly against each other, and yet allowed them to shrink as they dried. I am sure that if this is carried iota effect it will re-duc. e the. work on the over hand planer, or surface as you ca.11it. In many cases it wilt save timber, for without it some woods warp so that when they are trued up, they are below the necessary size. ' A drying kiln's efficiency depends upon the amount of air which can be taken against the timber in the kiln. Ido not advise that such a gale should blow through the ki'n that it will blow the trucks out through the doors. There is moderation in all things but a moderate current 0'£ air through a drying kiln is poor economy. The fea.ture of success is to keep the air in motion, and to use a,s much as possible the air which has been through the kiln. The air as it leaves the outlet of the kiln has considerable drying pow('.rs, mote than the oHtside air, and to 'Use this, itshi;:n.lld, ·when possible, be again conducted to the fa.n. This mixed with the cold air should be again driven through the header. Fan wheels are usually made with a consant ratio between their diameter and width. Then the volume 'of air delivered depends npon the velocity of the fans. If the speed is di-minished so is the amount of air, doubling the number of rev-olutions of the volume of air. Here we run up against the fact that doubling the speed of the fan does more than doubles the power required to get that speed. The power required is as the cube of the speed. As when the speed is again doubled the power must be increased 2 x 2 x 2 equals eight. These fads tell us that a fan insufficiently driven cannot be driven at twice the speed, by the alteration of the pulleys, unless there is ample engine power. This fact should be noted as it may save needless experiment and expense. In trying to increase the speed of the fan without taking into consideration the fact that the power to drive it must he quadrupled. Tbe grea.t point to be considered in designing or making kilns, is to allow only sufficient space for the trucks and the passageway for an attendant. Lofty kilns are wasteft11, yet in many cases they are built. The ideal one is long alid narrow, perfectly insulated, with outlet in communication witb the fan and with a header and steam jet, which will keep up a uniform damp yet hot temperature, with the air in constant motion. Rushing Car Repairs. The railroads have assured the National Manufacturers' association that tlley are losing r.o ti,me in putting cars need-ing repairs into condition for service. An interesting account of the lives of factory hands, salesmen and office employes in London, England, appears on another page of the Artisan. It is from the pen of an Englishman well informed on the subject on which he writes. 1'IICHIGAK ARTISAK ~-----_._-------------_. I j I j I WOOD-WORKING MACHINERY AT BARGAIN PRICES. Having purchased the entire Elkhart. Ind" plant of the HulJtphrey Bookca.e Co., we are offering at bolU'gainpt'iee"the following A~1 woodwOTkingtoola= Band saw, 32 in. Crescent. Jointer, 8 in. hand with 4-!ided head. Rip saw table. with cOllnlershJtand saw. Saw table. 3Ox48 in. with sliding ll'1l8ge. Band saw. 36 in. Crescent. Knife grinder. 32 in. Buffalo automatic. Rounder, two-Bpindle with counlersnaft. Shapero Utlll.le-spindk. labk 37x.42 in., Band saw, 26 in. SU~e., i{on tilUD\:! table. La1ne. Whitrley back-knifewilb counter. Rod. pin and dowel ma.chine No. 2. ~n. Back-knife 'athe, Whitney. ahaft. Smith, with beads SlllIder. Young'5 new ed!l"e, iron frame Borinillnachine. 72~ 8-spindle Andrews. Lathe, Trevor automatic 4' 2" between Rod and dQwel machine No. 2, E.s~n and top. Boring machine, 3-spiodle borizontal. centera, power feed. Slave boll equalizer with two 30" saws. Borer, No. 21 bench. Slater & Maraclen. Lathe\ r 4 in. cabinetmaker's Egan. Shapero single spind. Colladay with fric. Truch. '38 miscellaneous faclofY trucb. BORnIl machine, No. 2% Clement hon· Moulder. 14 in. Hermance, 4-sided tion c. s. Tenoner. American double end. ~onlal Molder, sing. hd. Smith F.6 with 4 in. Swin~ sa.w, complete with laW and fell. TenQlJlCI,single head Cordesmlln &: Ellan Carver, 3-tpindle. with countersnaft. 4-sl'td hd. equip. with cut-off attachment. Cabinetmake.s· saw, d<luble cut_<lff. Moulder, style F-6 Smith. one side with Sander. two-spindle with ctlunrersha!t. Tenoner, self-feed bJind slat. J. A, Fay. Chair bending press. Swartz. cap sa5h he&d. Sander. 36 in. Columbia Iriple-drum. T "'noner. 6/1 double head. k. B. Smith. Chamfer cuUeI with iron frame. table 4B Mortiser and borer, double-end alllol1l~tic. Sander, 42 in. Columbia triple-drum. T enoner. hand_ked blind lIal, J A. Fay. x30 Laliwn. Morliser and borer. Colburn imp. blind Sticker, 14" Hermance with fegularequip. Tenoner, self-feed adjustabe blind6lal. Ediling !laW, 36"x I81 with saw arbor. style. Sander, 30 in three-drum Ell'an. Twisl machine. 5hawyer.1 28 in. cent .• Cut·off saw machine, de~nt double Pla\lel, 30 in. Clement sinw.e cylinder. Saw lable. 38x63 in. wood top. 10 in. Swg, Clue jointer. Myers. with couDh";rshaft· Planer and matcher. 241 single cylinder Saw table. 29x]Oin. cut_off, rip llnd 8 in Woodworl=-. Parks C<lmbined '-the. rip Jill' saw, complete wilhregularequipment. 4-roll, matches 141 }. A. Fay. saw. !lnd cuI-off IIlW, shapero etc. Jointer. Myers llille. Planer. ~nl!. cyL s.urface ZOx.QOCI 6 in. Scrult taW, imn k wood toP, COld'mr'n Jointer, 20 in. Parler hand. Con'l & D. & Egan. Correspondence solicited. Price and de&criptinn, all, application. 5 ---------- ..I C. C. WORMER MACHINERY CO., 98West Woodbridge St" Delroit, Mith. .I , --'-'" IMorton House I I fI 0t;11~)P~2;;ntldi I (European Plan) Rates $1.00 and Up. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. I! '------- The Noon Dinner Served at the Pantl.ind fot SOe is THE FINEST IN THE WORLD. J. BOYD PANTLlND, Prop. .. ,I MACl1INE. t\NIVES PER.FECT QUALITY I R.IGHT :R::~: Grooving Heada, Miter Machlnea, Universal Wood Trimmers. BorlDe: Machines. Etc. I FOX MACHINE CO. G.a.8o5d NR.apFi•d••o•'MSti.ch. ,I "--------_._-------~ r PROMPT SERVICE A&50LUTEGUAkANTEE The TIfE CREDIT BUREAU OF THE FURNITURE TRADE Grand •I Bldg. LYON Furniture Agency ROBERT P. LYON, General M.ana.ter CREDITS and COLLECTIONS Rapids Office, 412-4 J 3 Houseman GEO. E. GRAVESt Manager CLAPpERTON &: OWEN, Counsel THE STANDARD REFERENCE BOOK CAPITAL, CREDIT AND PAY RATINGS CLEARING HOUSE OF TRADE EXPERIENCE THE MOST RELIABLE CREDIT REPORTS • COLLECTIONS MADE EVERYWHERE PROMPTLY-REUABLY r The "RELIABLE" Kind. I• THE FElLWOCK AUTO & MFG. CO. EVANSVILLE, IND. .- . ;~~E~'~d'O~~?~I :~~~~tell you their glue is as good as COOPER'S, they admit Cooper's is the BEST. No one extols his product by comparing it with an inferior article. Cooper's Glue is the world's standard of excellence. With it all experiment begins, all comparu.on continues.and all test ends. Sold continuously since 1820. Its reputation, like itself.STICKS. Peter Cooper's glue is made from selected hide stock. carefully pre· pared. No bones or pig stock enler into its composition. In strength it is uniform, each barrel containing the same kind of glue that is in every other barrel of the same grade. ORIN A, WARO GRAND RAPIDS AGENT 403 Asbton Bldg, CITIZENS PHONE 9333 I• 6 ~[ r CHI G A N ART I SAN Progress in the Fitting cf Band Rips and Band Resaws. The introduction of modern band resawing has come about largely within the past ten years, and that of modern ban.:1 rip sawing within the past five years, and now these econom-ical agents for s8.,',,-ing a minimum kerf and at a maximum fate of feed a e fOU'll(l very generally in USe in the better class woodworking plants, particularly in furniture factories, plan-ing mills, car shops, etc. Up to Jifteen years ago there wefe compar;:tively ve:"y few band rcsawing machines in use on which 5;;"V3 were employed over three inches wide. Now the !iale for such narrow width saws is limited. The band wheels have been increased up to fifty-four or sixty or even seventy-two inches diamete: with face materially wider, on which ,saws ranging from five to eight inches wide are em-ployed. Indeed, there are some makes of band resaws that in all respects approximate the log band mill, both as regards general weight of the machine, diameter of the wheel and the w:dth of its face, the saws being ten or twehre inches w;dc by' fiftel~n or sixteen inch gage, and there are a dozen or more concerns in the United States and Canada busily en-gaged in the manufactu"re and sale of these resawing machines. S()nH~ of the manufactu~ers offer a considerahle variety of m:::chinc3, both as regards style of cOl1struct;on and spec:al ad<:tpt"tion for varying pu,poses and it is surprising on :10\'" slight a ke~·f SOl"ueof these saws are ftlll successfull./, and how tbin and how smooth the resawed stoc.k that results. The rate of the feed ranges up to one hundred or more feet per minute, and the variety of the stock su\'.rcc1covers about all of the possibilities in hard and soft woods, both in gTeen and kiln dried stock. The solid circ.ular and likewise the segment rf'S~IWS tor 11,al1y J)llrposes have become back nUlll-bers rega~'dless of the excellent record behind m:~ny of these machines. The above changing condition has similarly brought about a radical ch::tnge in the care of the saws ilnd lve now fInd the modern filing room equipped with a variety of saw fitting appliances hardly thought of, or at !e:l.,>t rarely found in use, fifteen years ago. The, old method of setting the teeth and tiling by hand ,,\'ith little attention to the m<:tter of leveling and tensioning the saw is no longer pracfced, excepting in the sma [[est an I the poorly equipped filing rooms. In place oi the spring sd the full swaging of each tooth, so that each tooth does its prop.ortional share of the sawing, is almost universally em-ployed and this C',xplains in pa t the increased capacity of the band sawing machines, that is tl.le adaption of th(; saw to stand a 111uch faster feed than \-vas formerly customary. The corners of the teeth are now in most filing rooms side-dresscd with a swag-e shaper or pressure side dresser, \.\'hich acts as a mould. beveling the tooth down and hack from point to afford a perfect clearance, 1cavil1g the face and, point the widest. Illstead of the file as a mean!:; for sharpening the teeth the Cll'.ery wheel is employed, llsed on an a.utomatic band saw sharpener, which !S C:lpahle, by easy adjll~t-ments, of prochlCing almost any c,onceiv;,bk gullet outline' both as regards spacing- from point to point. hook, depth and general outline of g1.111etthat it is p",:cticable to carryon a saw. These ready aJjustm(~11ts of the automatic sharp-eners make it possible for the operator to shapc the teeth with hook and outline of back and general uutline of gullet whatever "will be most serviceable for the character of the stock being sawed. Thus the tooth for sawing soft pille is different horn that suitable for cotton wood or similiar fibrous wood and likewise different f:om that usually em-ployed on hard woods, in some mills where a consider-able variety of stock is handled the filer may adopt a gullet outline fairly serviceable for all of these different woods, but in different plants it will be Jlossible to find a hundred dif-ferent gullet OLIt1inesemployed, no two of which are exactly alike. The sharp(~l1iug of the saw is accomplished <Ita speed of some thirty teeth per minute and \,,1ith little or no atten-tion all the part of the operator of the sharpener, an,l when the sa"\' comes off the sharpener the width of saw will be maintained uniformly, the spacing of the teeth will be approx i:11ately or exactly uniform and the tooth will be fitted ready to run and do the best possible wo:·k. Again the tensioning of the saw instead of being doOnewholly by hammering, as was almost uniformly the case fifteen years ago is now ac-complished by the use of saw stretcher or roller, whieh expands all parts of the saw that pass th:oough the ralrer5 prad.ic;l1Jy alike, according to the pressure that may be need-ful, and the filer who has a stretcher in use and understands its efficjency has little need to level his saws, because lumps, bends, ridges and twists are less likely to appear in the saw if fitted with the appliances above mentioned in an ordinary skilled fashion. The care of band r('saws ard indeed of fine tooth band saws, small circulars and machine knives is becoming a trade and mill and factory operators look upon the filing room as one of the most inipottant parts of the mil1. because the • WOOD FINISHING MATERIALS I FILLERS, STAINS, POLISHES, ETC. tj If in trouble with finishing materials, now is the time to let us put you right. fJI We match all sampJef submitted and. fill all orders promptly. GRAND RAPIDS WOOD FINISHING CO. 55-59 EII~ol'th Ave., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. \"anol.ls machines in the mill employed for sawing, }llaning. etc., depend for their eff!c;ency directly up'on the expertness of the filer in tutn upon the equipment provided for snch fitting. If you are the ope:ator of a wood .v..orking plant it \.-..ill be worth your while to look into this ell:! of yl)Ur business and determine whether your saws and knives ,trc: being ii.tted in the best possible fasbion. You call1wt <lffo d to have any of your machines long idle waiting on the changing of saws or knives, if such change is due to faulty fitting. All of the operators of a woodworking plant bear more or less close relation to each other and it is easily pos-sible for a waste in time due to poorly fitted saws or knives to represent an expense that cuts a good deal of :figure in the profit and loss account at the end of the year. Other phasis of this subject will be: taken up later Oil. Excess Charges on a Dresser.: The combil1cof the express companies which is offering the establishmcnt of a parcels post by the general govern-ment with all power at their command, and in the meantime, engaged in robbing the public by the levying of excessive charges for servicQs, has been summoned before the pUblic service commission of 1'\e\'.o'York to i:!.llswer a complaillt ILlde by 1\Irs.]. II. Coleburn of No. 2000 Grand Avenue, The Bronx, that the American Express Company had charged at the rate of one dollar a hundred pounds fat carrying a crated dresser from twenty-third street, New York, to her home. It was asserted in the complaint that this ch::'!,rgewas not only unreasonable but that the company for the same class of goods clJ.arged only $1.25 a hundred pounds for transpor-tation between this city' and Buffalo. :UICIIIGA [Ii ~! A Power Veneer Press I of Pra&ically Unlimited Capacity I M'lterial lowered on truck, top beam raised, leaving the pre~s ready for another set of plates. QUICK. POWERFUL. STRONG· Clamps for Every Line of Woodworking. We aN allNty8 glad to mall ill'IS"Ntled }I'f'illted 1Iwlfe,' gilling J'uU pQ.rtiCli/a'I'~. Black Bros. Machinery CO. ~_._-- MENDOTA, ILL. AnTISAN 7 --------------_._---~I:I!IIII I ._j ._-------------- The con:n.i.:;siol1 sent the complaint to the company, but T. B. Hr.r iso!1, Jr., the council for the company, asked that the complaint be dismissed on the ground that the com-mission had no jurisdiction in the matter, and had no author-ity to make any order aT finding. The re:,;ult of this reply "vas the action of the board in ordering a public hearing. YVhi]c the complaint itself in-volves only a small ;~InolHlt it is the intention 01 the board to t<lke ad,'anl;:tge of the case to determine just what powers th(' commission has over the express companics. The public service act states that tr.e c0ll111~issionshall have full author-ity over COll'.TIlOncarri::!':.;, and it is the belief of the com-mission that the cxpreocs cotTlpani(:s cou:e lInder this head. News Items. Senator \TcCulllber, of North Dakota, dedare~. tbat a determined effort will be made in congress to remove the tariff on lumber. The timberless states demand it. i\nother proof of returning activity in hus;ness is fll:'n-ished hy the Grand Rapids Blow Pipe and Dust Arrester Company which has secured :1 !lumbcr of heavy contracb for sur,plying dllst collecting apparatus for wood working shops. An cxtcllsion to the iactory of the Stickky Brothers Com-pany in Grand Rapids is under cOllstruction. It will cost $25,000. A_ catalogue will soon be issued by the \Vest Side TrOll Vv"orks, Grand Rapids, A large modern factory is in course of e:-ection at .-\nder-son, Indiana, for the Union Embossing l\Jachinc. Company. Prompt deliveries of bigh grade bird's-eye maple are madc by the l-lcnr.y S. Holden Veneer COlllpallY of Grand Rapids. T11e: Royal Y'Vhite IHaple Polishing Varnish. mnJ1ufactt1red by the Royal Varnish Company, of Toledo, Ohio. dries to recoat every other day ;[tld is ready fOI· polishing in four or five days, Barrett's Prinle Shellac Varnish manufactured by ~f. L U'lrreLt and Company, of Chicago, is a reliable, high grade pure gum varnish. /'\ new catalogue illustrating their cutters, cntter grinders, saw tables, horing hits and drills will soon be issue[l by i\Jorris \Vood & Sons, of Chicago. :Jlanager Buss of the Buss :Machine \Vorks, 1-1olland, :l.lich., reports a steady demand for \.voodworking machinery .. The company's shops are running to capacity. Veneer Trade Improving. The vellur trade .is sh()\iv-ingsigns of improvement. T:H' furniture manufacturers are beginning to get really busy again, L 2.nd this, of course, increascs their rCiluirements in the veneer line in proportion to the increase in their operations. Tbe majority of them seem to be rather poorly supplied \'Vith both lumber ,wd veneer. They do not carry a big stock of veneer excePt in quartered oak or something of tilat kind, prdering to have theil· veneer cut to special orde··, so they Jllllstincrease their buying immNliately upon increasing their operations. I t is diffi(:(tlt to estimate tlw exact condition of the stock among veneer manufacturers. As a rule, however. they make no great effort at carrying a large stock-that is, none of them except the manufacturers of fine veneer-be-cause. they argue, it must be cut to special dimensions Oil orders and. the:-efore, it is impossible to ClIt extensively ahead of orders in anticipation of the demand. So any 11lcrease in orders means an increase in the operation of their plants. They may he pretty well provided with ra\\' llwterial ill logs find blocks, but most of the plants have been running in a very limited \,,'ay all summer and naturally, will llilil \\'-ith pleasure this incrc<lse in the volume of de-mand for furniture. The manufacturers of mahogany and other finisl1ing and £ancy figured woods may have a fair amount of stock on hand, but indications are that they are not so well stocked up as they might be, and. at least, are not heavily over stocked. The importation' of mahogany log" during tile fiscal year ending June 30, 1908, amounted to only 41,678,000 feet. valued at $2.566,954, where as during the fiscal year cudillg 'with June, 1907. the toial importation was 51,899,000 feel, ""<llued at ~3.263,718. In short, there was a decided slump ill the amount of mahogany importc£j during the year as compared with the year before, a slump of more tban ten million feet in quantity. This taken into COlJ-sideration, together with the further fact that mahogany veneer has been about the best seUer of the veneer cade throughout the dull season, would indicate that !lot only is thcre no burdensome surplus in mahogany, but with the increase in operations among the furniture factories there may develop sufficient scarcity to send the prices of mahog-flny l1pwanls, unless thcre is au increase ill the volume of impo~tatiotls that will keep step with the rcnc'\ved operations amOllg- the furniture plants. \Vhat it really looks like is that the 'face veneer manufacturers are in good shape-that is, not overburdened ~...i.t.h stock-aml have a bir tlln of business heiore them this fall and winter. ;\t the same time, manufacturers of veneer cutting from native woods, who have been having an extremely dull time of it this summer, may no\v get busy, probably \vith /lot nl! they CciJ) do at first; but if the situation continues to improve they should be fairly busy before cold 'weather.- St. LOllis Lumberman. 8 MICHIGAN ARTISAN Works and General Offices at 1 to 61 Clancy St. GRAND RAPlDS. MI'::H., U. S. A. BRANCH OFFICES - OliVet Machinery ~ •• HI1dMmT ennintJ. SO Climb St., New York· Oliver Machinery Co., FirSt National Bank Building, Chicago, ro.; Oliver Machinery Co ' Paci6c Building, Seattle. Wash.; Oliver Machinery Co .201-203 [)eansgale, Manchester, En~: • Oliver Tool. "OLIVER" No. 16. Balld Saw 36lnchel. Made with or without mmot drive Metal 'abJe 36'1y; 30". Will lake I Sf! uDder the lluide-tilts 45 dellrees one way and 7 degrees \he other way. Car-ries a saw up to 1 ~11 wide. Ollbide bearinJ 10 lower wheel shalt when nol motor driven. Weighs 1800 Ibs when ready to ship. CHOICE TOOLS FOR FURNITURE MAKERS II you do nol know lhe ''Oliver'' wood working tools, you had better give us your address and have ·us teU you all aboul lhem. We make nothing but Quality lools, the first coSt of which is considerable, but which will make more profit for each doUar inveSted than any of the cheap mAchines Hood-ing the country. "Oliver" New Vanet)' Saw Table No. 11. WiD take II saw up 10 201 diameter. Arbor bell il 6" wide. Send forCatalog "S" fordalaon Hand Jointers. Saw Tables, Wood Lathes, Sanders. Tenoners, Mortisers, Trimmers, Grinders. Work Benches, Vises, Clamps. Glue Heaters,etc., etc. OLIVER MACHINERY CO. • Save Labor " Time .. Tempers " CO~ I• TILLIE GUDOUSKY'S WEDDING Wheels of Industry Halted by a W.eekly Event at the Factory. The manager of Factory B of the Ship Ahoy Tick and Tuck Company, yelled at his foreman down the !cngth of r~le long room, and that slave of twenty-three dol~ars a week and a iarge sUTplus of uncapit<:lized idiom hurrieJ to th~~ manager's desk at a gait that threatened to add a spasm or two to his stock of unclassified. woes. VVhcn the perspiring foreman brought up sharply at the manager's desk that highbrow of ticks and tucks cussed until the already overheated atmosphere for many square yards thereabout seemed smitten black anJ blue and a trifle pale around the edges. "\\Fhat are all the machines stopped for?» he shouted. Foreman Sandonovitch shook his head. IITillie Gudousky's gettin' spIked,". he said with some hesitation. HAin)t it awful, boss?" "Gctting married 1J1 exclaimed the manager. "That's it. boss, that's what it is." "\Vell, is that any reason why the factory should close down when orders are piling up on us every hour?" "It's their way. boss, an' I can't stop 'em. They ain't the kind that's to be suppressed." "\Vhere are they?" "Hangin' out the front windows. Everyone of the two hundred dames is 11Oldin'a pair of old shoes an' a bag of rice, layin' in wait to sling the whole blamed lot at the bride when she makes her exit for her matrimony debut." "Order 'them back on the job at once I" thundered the manager. "The firm's l'osing millions every minutel" "It ain't no use. They'd strike. I has tried it before. It's their custom. :l1:illions doesn't count with them." J The Ship Ahoy concern's manager was furious. "I'll settle the matter right here and now! this Tillie Gudousky a lesson she won't forget. to me, quick." , It looked as if Tillie Gudousky were to be eaten alive. "She's got her dough an' lit out," said the foreman. S11e's hidin' downstairs near the front door, afraid of the shower of r;ce an' otd shoes. ' I'll teach Send her "So that's it, is it. \VeIl, you go right back on the job. I'll rout her out. Every minute lost means a million further away from the Ship Ahoy)s exchequer." And amid the unusual silence of hushed machines and breathless clerks with their heads bent low over books· and papers, and pens suspended in midair, the manager re-buttoned his collar and made a perspiring dash for the door. Tillie) in fresh shirtwaist and black picture hat, had been cowering in the darkness of the .lower stairway, blushing with happiness and trembling with timidity. It wasn't that she was really afraid. It had been the custom for all the girls to hide, and though she was anxious to get home and make some final preparations for her wedding that evening, it would have rooked bold not to allow the girls to wait half an hour or more for her to appear. A door 'slammed overhead, and looking up, Tillie thought she discerned a glint of pale gray in the darkness of the stairway. The manager was the only one who wore pale gray. At the last turn of the stairway the pale gray suit burst into full view, coming at a tremendous rate. Tillie knew and made a break for the street. There was a wild shout from the windows and a cas-cade of rice and shoes was Buddenl'y let loose. It was the hatless manager hims~1f who got the shower, for Tillie had sped like a hare down the street, only turning when half a block away to reward the waiting ones for their patient 9 .--------------- I MICHIGAN ARTISAN ------ ._--_.---. I ABSOLUTELY NOTHING BETTER THAN OUR SWELL DRAWER FRONTS AND VENEERED ROLLS IN ANY KIND OF WOOD AND PROMPT SHIPMENTS. WALTER CLARK VENEER CO. I I~---- 535 Michigan Trust Building. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. vigil with blushes and halld waves and a bedazzling snccess-ion of smiles. Even Tim, the elevator man, had to smile at the man-ager's predicament, though he. took precious good care not to let that irate gentleman see him. Timothy \Vooclruff Dennis had married a girl from this factory himself. It was ten years before, when th'" present manager wJS a col-lege boy-Timothy allli others ~ud often \vished he might have al"'iays remained a college hoy and let the "old gent" hang 011 longer. They \yould ll;llre done the ·work; they said so-and Timothy had never forgotten the shower of rice and old shoes that had descended on the fair head of his Esther. For one reason Esther! now the mother of fOUT,had never ceased talking about it when in one of her \'leek slnce there had been one or mOl"C weddings from the factory. They never grew stale to Tim, nor to the ,...o.rld at large cith;;:or,for the whole street for more than a block was still 8stir, although Tillie 'Nas alm.ost out of ~ight. She would be standing Ul) before a rabbi answering a lot of questions and makng aIt sorts of promises before the factory had closed dmvn for the day; but this was the real wedding. All the factory girls -'were hanging out of the front win-dows, and six big windOH's stretching from side to side of the facto,y six stories high ca~l hold lots of heads. There they were, black, hrown, auburn, red all shades of blond and tow, thrust like nestling birds over the stone ledges of the windows, and everyone of them decorated 'with white love knots fashioned out of tissue paper. vVhen the bride did appear and escaped the shower, and the manager following clOSe on her heels caught it, the people OIl the sidewalks and tht;' factory girls and men hanging out of other factory winduws gave vent to their mirth and cheered lustily. Timothy \Voodruff Dennis almost had a spasm right then and there. "An' him a bachelor" he gasped between paroxysms of pure delight. The manager 'went back to his revolving ('.hair, the girls returned to their machines and the street once more took on its .vorkaday aspect after Tillie Gudousky had passed entirely out of sight. "\iVhat was Tillie's dowery?" asked one girl above the roal" of revitalized ma.chinery, as she put the finishing touches on the undergarment she was making. "T\,\io hundred dollars," was the answer from a mouth stuffed with pins. ".:'vly1An' T lost a whole hour! and I haven't saved up more'J1 a hundred dollars," wailed the questioner. Every head of every color bCllt busily over th~~mac'hines. These Russian girls knew they were not considered marr;'J.ge-able until they h,HI saved up t""..o or three hundred dollars, and their parents were anxiolls to get them married as soen as possibk A girl should have saved up a sufficient Jowry to attract the cupidity of some man bdore she had lef~ ber teens. The manager undoubtedly knew this, but tIe didn't ,seem the least bit interested in (\0"..'rie5. What he thought about was the time the firm lost every time this custom of showel-- illg the bride prevailed. Thes weddings were getting too numerous for him. "Ii there arc many more marriages like the Tillie Gud-ousky affair the Ship Ahoy Tick and Tuck Company, Lim-ited, ''''ill be wooing and wedding a bankruptcy petition, sure thing_" Foreman Sandonovitc.h heard and said soothingly: "They don't happen much oftcncr'n once a week, boss-sometimes twice."-Sun. HUmidity in the Varnish Room. Extensive plans ha.ve been instituted with a view of eUmin-ating this one important draw back to varnish room results! but despite these apparently best laid plans, humidity con-tinues to disturb the finisher to a serious extent during Aug-ust and the early part of September. rt has come to be recognized that the only factor that will render humidity harmless is heat introduced in some effective way to the varnish room. Humidity is part and parcel of those hot moist days-often called "dog-days," although not necessarily included in this unacceptable period -when the air is surcharged with moisture, and perspiration flows freely upon the slightest exercise of the individual. Various expedients are resorted to in order to counteract the action of the water saturated atmosphere, but the most prac-tical- and in reality the only effective-system consists of the introduction 01' heat in a sufficient quantity to dispel k l:Jrge part, at least, the peculiar dampness ,pervading tile varnish room. This can be accomplished by means of a brisk fire in the shop or store, or warmth forced through steam pipes, or hot air pipes, as the heating arrangements of the shop may permit. This heat, however, need not, and, in fact, should not, be long continued, for it fairly goes with-out saying that air may be made too dry for working varnish with the best results. A few minutes of good heating by whatever method is most convenient ",,-ill usually suffice to condition the air of the room, provided proper ventilation is furnished, to meet immediate requirements. vVhat is needed in the varnish room is pure, fresh air with the greater portion of the moisture extracted, and this rule holds good whether the month be August or December. Humidity to excess in the air causes the varnish to draw itself into a condition similiar to the appearancc of enamaled leather or silk. Perhaps needless to add! prevention is many times cheaper than cure in all cases of hl1midity.-Ex. 10 MiCHIGAN ARTISAN OFFICES: CINCINNATI-Pickerillil B.ul1dlog. NEW YORK--346 Broadw&.y\. BOSTON;-18Tremollit St. CHICAGO--134Van Buren St. GR.AND RAPID$--Housem.an Rid.. JAMESTOWN. N. Y.--Ch.da.koln Bldg. HIGH POINT. N. C.--Slanton.~elcb Block. The most satisfactory and up~to·dateCr~dit Service covering the FURNITURE, CARPET, COFFIN and ALLIED LINES. The most at::'oura.teand reliable Reference Book Published. OrigInators of the "Tracer and Clearing House System:" Collectit",Service Unsurpassed-Send for Book of Red Drafts. H. J. DANHOf'. Michigan Man~er. 347·348 House1D.an Sundin ... Grand Rllplds. Mioh. EVRNSVILLL Evansville, h..d.) Sept. 2.-Some of the local factone~ are running on full time, yet the average factory is funning but forty hours a week. The plants of the city have av-cr< lged forty hOUB all tile seaSOn and the owners say this is a much better record than that of the factories of many "th.'r cities. It is the general opinion of the furniture n1(;'" hert that the general business conditions of the count:-y arc much better than they were last spring and that it i,; hut a question of time until things wilt assume t:l.;:oir llrormal conditiolls. The Clnirmaker's Union, at Tell City, Ind., extended nil invitation to the Evansville Manufac::turers' Association to come to Tell City, Ind., all Labor Day to enjoy some of Tell City's noted hospitality. A. P. Fenn and Jacob Zoe-cher, two of the best fellows in Tel] City, were at the head of the commit'tce on entertainment amI this assured thc visitors a good time. The Evansville manufacturers were glad to accept the invitation. Edwnrd Ploeger, of the Bosse Furniht:'e Company, thinks Evansville has a great future as a manufactu.-ing city. He says its location and cheap fuel are bound to bring many new factories here in the future . .Fred Deikman, of the Bosse Furniture Company, has returned from Mammoth Cave, Ky., where he spent his vacation. He says he had a delightful time. The Karges and Globe factories arc running full time and employment 1;:' given a large force of men. These factories are among the largest and best equipped in this section of the country. Gus Stoltz, of the Stoltz-Schmitt factory, thinks business is improving and says tradc is hound to gct better. "Gus" 1S one of thc best men in the state. The Buehner Chair Company is grinding away, and, under the managen~el1t of Theodore Kevekordes, is en-joying a mighty good business. The factory is turning out a fine grade of work just now. Eli D. ').liller says his folding beds are being sold now in all sections of the country and in many foreign countries. Eli is a wide awake manufacturer, and never thinks of the hard times. He says people are not caring as much about the piano right now as they arc of his folding beds. Eli is a self made man and has a host of admiring friends. The new chair factory at Henderson, Ky., has started up with a force of forty men and twenty dozen chairs a Jay are turned out. The factory has a capacity of forty dozen chairs a day and it is expected the plant will be running futl time before long. The plant was recently moved to Henderson from Hillsboro, Ohio. Mr. \Veimar, the man-ager of the factory, informed the writer a few days ago that orders are coming in faster than they cah be filled; among them being one for 30,000 of one" particular style of rocker. Several" car load orders arc nearly ready for shipment. Upon the petition of ]. C. Brooke, owner at the Cin-cinnati Seating Company, at vVashingtfm. Ind., Judge H. Q. Houghton has Hamed William L. Brown of Mitchell, rnd., as receiver for the plant. The factory was remov~d ;!-om Harrison, Ohio, to vVashington three years .3.go anJ ,>:nployed in the neighborhood of 150 men. The c')l1lpan.... has enough orders to keep the plant running night and day for seven months, and UP()]l this showing Judge Houghton ordered the receiver to issue certificates to the amount of $10,000 to carry all the business. \\Tilliam P. Keeney, aged seventeen years, son of William P. Keeney, the wdl known traveling salesman, left the city a few days ago on his initial trip as a traveling salesman of furniture. He went from here to :VYobilc,Ala., and will make a tour of the southern states. The Evansville Furniture Manufacturers' Association has filed a camp taint with the Indiana Railway Commission against the Baltimore and Ohio railroad and thirty-six other companies. The Evansville Association alleges that the shipping ra;;~ un ~,)lding beds is too high and asks th,~ Rail-way Commission to take the matter up with the Inter state Commerce Commission. Tl1e furniture manufacturers, ac-cording to the complaint, are compelled to pay a ,ate 011 folding beds which is one and one-half times as great as the first class rate. They declare also that only a first class rate is charged by some roads in Illinois and some parts of the southern freight territory. This discrimination, it is daimed, makes it difficult for tbe manufacturers of this city to compete in the folding bed market with the manu-facturers in various otber parts of the country. It is as-serted that the Evansville association have placed their com-plaint before the classification committee, in ).J"ewYork, but without satisfactory results. The Advance Stove \'Vorks of this city, of which William A. "'j<och, is the efficient president, has been coing a vcry nice business all season and prospects are good for a splendid fall and winter trade. It is largely to Mr. Koch's :)mine:-:,s ability that this company has forged to the front within the I"ast year or two. 1fayor John \\7 Boehne, interested in local stove and furniture factories, has returned from the lakes of Minne-sota, where he spent his vacation. He was gone two week:; and his family accompanied him. He reports a most pleas-ant time. 1byor Boehne, who is the democratic candidate for congress in this district, will "get busy" 50011 -vith his canvass. C. \V. B, )J!CHIGAN ARTISAN 11 These saws are made from No. 1 Steel and we war-rant every blade. I We also carry a I full stock of Bev- : eled Back Scroll • Saws. any length 1 and gauge. f IIII --------_.~I lVrite us for Price List and discount 31-33 S. FRONT ST". GRAND RAPIDS ._----~ BOYNTON &. CO.II ..--------- I II MallllfaClurer~ (If Emboned and Turned Mould" ing ... Embo-. ed and Spindle Carvings, and Automatic Turning .. We alw mallu· fatl:ure II large line of Emb.o8led Omllmentl for Couch Work. SEND FOR ('ATAI.(l(;HR 419-421 W. fifteenth St., CmCACO, ILL. ~---_._----------------' ---------------~III , Wood Forming Cutters 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 ---_._-.,I ~le~~en50MnI~(.0. South Bend. Ind. Wood T umings, Turned Moulding, Dowel, and Dowel Pins. Catalogue to Manufac· turers on Application. 1\1achlne!l fur all porpo8es, and at. prices within the ..... R('h of all, Every machine bas oor guarantee agalnl!lt breakfu::e for one yellr. "Rotary Style" fur Orop Carvings, Emboued Mouldings, Panels. "Lateral /StYle" for laqe capacity heavy Carvings IUld Veep EmLossiugs. We have the Machine you want at a satisfactory pr:lce. Write for descriptive circulars, Also make dies lor all makes of Ma-chines. VNION fMBOSSINC MACIiINE CO., Indianapolis, Ind. --------_._----, rI MANUFACTURERS OF HARDWOOD LUMBER & VENEERS II SPECIALTIES: II ~'L"fPEiJQUARO.AK VENEERS MAHOGANY VENEERS I IIII~ HOFFMAN BROTHERS COMPANY 804 W. Main SI., FORT WAYNE, INDIANA I~ 12 Raising the Table. MICHIGAN ARTISAN There has been a 1ong-standing difference of opinion in the Plunkett family concerning the dining table. Mrs. Plunkett maintained that its legs were too short and ought to be lengthened at least half an inch. ''It doesn't fit our chairs, Jared, and you know it," she contended. "vVben 'we sit dOWil to this table we're too high above it. You could have pieces of wood glued on the ends o{ the legs. That would be easier than to saw off the ends of all the chair legs." "1 don't agree with your proposition at all, ConIdia," said :\1r. Plunkett. "I think the table is just righL But I'm willing to compromise the matter. You have been want-ing a hardwood floor in this dining room for a fong time, haven't you?" "Yes," "Vv~ell, we can have .that new kind of hardwood floor that i5 laid on top of the old floor. That \'v'ill raise the table, of course, just so much. How will that do?" This seemed to be a fair proposition, and without a moment's hesitation Mrs. Plunkett accepted it as a satis-factory compromise.- Ex. A Convenient Drawing Table. Among the many valuable conveniences manufactured for use in wood working shops, schaab, offices, for architects, and engraving plants by the Grand Rapids Hand Screw Com-pany, is the draughting desk illustrated here\vith. It is suhstillltially constructed and its utility recognized at a glance. The company will be pleased to supply further information in l-egard to the same. Improvements in Machinery. Alexander Dodds reports business improving. On a re-cent visit to his vi'Ood\yorking machine works a twenty-five spindl e dovetailer was shown ready to· be packed for ship-ment to Cologne, Germany. This machine has important improvements not on other machines, but may be had on future orders. A new No.4 tilting saw table was about completed for Grand Rapids Furniture Company. Mr. DOdds has a new lock mortising machine about ready to put on the market, which will make the key hole at the same time it makes the mortise. This machine can also be used as a horizontal boring machine when necessary. ].'lr_ Dodds believes in making up-to-date maehinery, and in order to do so must have up-to-date iron and steel working tools to produce; them. One of the latest of these is a new gear cutting mac'hine that cost over one thousand dollars. It i5 the best machine of its class on the market. THE Wellin~lon"olel Cor. Wabash Aye. & Jackson· Boulevard CHICAGO Remodeled at a cost of $150,000 Hot and cold running we.teY and long dillo lance 'phonell in aU roomll. 200 rOOII15. 100 with balh. Sinsleor en suite. Rates $1·00 and upwards. One of the most unique dWiolil rooms in the country. Our famousIndianCafe. NOTE~ FOR SERVICE .NO CUSINE McClintock and Bayfield PROPS. • WHEN IN DETROIT STOP AT Hotel Tuller I• New andAInoIutely Fireproof Cor. Adams Ave. and Pal'£:.St. Inthe Cenler ofthe Theatre. Shop-pint, and Business District. A Ia Carte Cafe Newellt and FineetGrili Room in the City. Oub Breakfast • 40e up Luncheon - - - 5lk Table d·hote Dinners _ 75c MUQcfEom6P. M. to 12 P. M. Eve.ry 'room has e.pyive.te bath. EUROPEAN PLAN Ratelll·$l.50 per day and up. L. W. TULLER, Prop. M.A. SHAW, Mgr . !1 / 10 SPINDLE MACHINE ALSO MADE WlTH 12, 15, 20 AND 2.') SPINDLES. DODDS'NEW DOVETAILING GEAl\. MACHINE This little machine has done more to perfect the drawer work of furniture manufacturers than anything else in the furniture trade. For fifteen years it has made periect-fitting, vermJn-proof, dove· tailed stock a possibility. This has been accomplished at reduced cost, as the machine cnts dove·taJ1s in gangs of from 9 to 24 at one operation. ALEXANDER DODDS, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Reptesented by Schuchart & Schuttll at Berlin. V"aenna, Stockbolm and SI. Pelel'6bul'lE. Replesentative by Alfred H. Sdiutle at Colollne. Brussels, Uege. Paris. Milan and B11boa. Represented in Great Britian and Irdand by the Oliver Machinery Co., F. S. TbolDPSOIl.Mar .• 201·203 DeaB8lil8te. Mandlel!l:er,England. MICHIC;A:\I ARTISAN ,..-------------------- I II II! I !II II ! ! 13 I Oran~Da~i~sDlow Pi~e I an~Dust Arrester (om~an~ Tn Il LATEST device for hOJl(Uing shavings alld dust from all wood- 7e'orl~illgmachines. O'urnineteen years experience ill this class of 'zr ..wrk has haugilt it uearer perfection than any other system on the market today_ It is 1/0 experiJncnt, but a demonstrated scieJltific fact, as '(:t'C have sCiNral hUIl-dred of these s'J.'stcms in use, alld !lot a poor Olle among thent. Our AutOl1Wtic FUYllGce Feed System .. as S1107J.min th,is cut, is the 1I10st perfect 7.t1orkhlg dc'vice of anything in this lille. Write for ollr prices for equipmellts. 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 Fa.ctory: 208-210 Canal Street GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. Citizen. Phone 1282 Sell. Main 1804 -----~~OUR A~UTOM:ATIC FURNAOE FEED SYSTEM • 14 MICHIGAN ARTISAN I!STABLISt'1ED 1880 Puel.'IlIHIlfCl BT MICHIGAN ARTISAN CO. ON THE: lOTI-! AND 25TH OF EACH MONTH O~FICI!~106.110.112 NORTH DIVISION ST•• GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. ENTERED .0.8 MIITTER OF TI-IE SECOHD CLAU "\\Te sell from six to ten \Vidicomb dressers a week of a certain pattern, mainly because our salesmen like to sell it. It has so many good features that it mo\'es easily and satisfies the purchaser. By offering this dresser in pref-erence to others of its class. the salesrrell save much time which they spend in trying to sell other articles of household use." The manager of the furniture section of a large department store who utte~ed tile statement quoted above is an able business man of large experience, who is ever in the market for articles that will sell as readily as that certain kind of John Vv'iddicomb dresser. Have you anything of that kind in your line, :-'Ir. Manufactu-er? .,., The habit of looking at freights, not goods, has caused buyer3 to stand pat against a purchase because of ten or fifteen cents in the rate, when there was fifty cents dif-ference in the goods in favor of the more distant market Such huyers are governed by small things rather than by large ones. During the current and the coming year hventy-five sky-scrapers of enormous size \",ill be erected in the city of New York. Quite a market foj· furniture will be created ,V:WE thL'''t' buildings shall be made ready for occupancy. '.,' 't' 1Iemories ,of pa~t unpleasant experiellces cause lack of confidence in salesmen. It is wen to forget the past. Look upwards, as the sailor does when the weather threatens his life, and push onwa:·d. "t" "t" The open opposition of the bankers to the general ad-option of the Oklahoma system of guaranteeing deposits furnishes an argument to depositors for supporting the plan. Isn't, it strange how business continues to improve so shortly before the presidential election 1 Evidently the people do not fear the future, whatever the outcome may be. In salesmanship it is not commendable to give a' buyer a leader on an article he knows and then "soak" him on the sale of an article he does not know. 't' 't' Neither the people who think the worst of you nor the people who think the best of you are correct in their es-timates of you. 't' 't' One factory would serve the needs of a community as well as ten if the people did not buy more than they actually need. The iron and steel mills are fully employed ill filling orJers. and the prospects fOi a continuance of business are good. "..,l." "..,I." Xine-tenths of human t~linking is unreasonable. the most of the sane otie-tenth. l\Iake "..I." 0..1.0 , , There are not so ma.p.y differences of opinion of the methods employed to express the same. "f' "t" as there are The salesman who is copfident that trade may be gained by going after it vigo:ously is seldom disappointed. Some !:ialeSmell are born great, some achieve greatness, 2nd others put up a successful bluff. The bank will not ca~h a draft on hopc, and yet it is a good thing to havc. The salesman who tries to bnd a reason for some of the things a buyer does is up against a big job. Trade ~chool Teachers Organize. A meeting of tellchers employed in trade and training sc11001slocated in various parts of the United States was held n J\fuskegon, Mich., recently when an organization was effected with the following officers: President, Lui Dratz, Muskegon; vice presiJent, Fred Mc- Earcheron, Kearney, Neb.; secretary, T. R. Raymond Stahl. Columbus, Ohio; treasurer, \ValterHanson, St. Joseph, "~:lo. Tile executive power is vested in a board of six, of which the secretary is chairman, and Clarence Hardy, Oshkosh, \Vi!:i.; Alfred J, S. Boucher, Chippewa Falls, \hlis.; Harry Beck, Quincy, Ills.; Harold Slayton, Minneapolis, Minn.; David Scull', Burlington, Iowq; and Vilalter "Hanson, St Joseph, :Mo.' are members. The first annual meeting will be held during Christmas vacation in Muskegon. The memhership as pres-ent extends from Ohio to :VIontana and from Minnesota to Mississippi. The association is alTtlated with the Hackley Manual Training SchooL To Manufacture Furniture, Emerson Furniture Company, Brooklyn; to manufacture furniture and household goods; capital $5,000. Incorpor-ators: Samuel D. Kay. Jersey City; David Strausman, No, 81 East Fourth street, New York; Joseph Sookne, No. 2151 83d street, Brooklyn. Klien Brothers' Bamboo \\Torks, New Yo k; to mnnu~ facture furniture, especially of bamboo; capital, $5,000. In-corporators: Jake K. Klein, No. 244 West 112th st>eet; Joseph K. Klein ani Kate Klein, No. 129 West 112th ::itreet, all of ~ew York. 1\1. J. McCaffrey Company, New York: to manufacture coffins and caskets; capital, $5,000. Incorporators: George Tiernan, Charles E. Patton, John G. Hogan, 1\0. 54 \Vall street, New York. With the Girrib1e Store. Everill S. Brower, formerly with the Sligh Furniture Company, has entered the employ of Gimble Brothers, gell-eral merchants in Milwaukee. MICHIGAN AkTISAN ----_._---~._~ II I Pittsburgh Pl~b!~2n:d~nass I Plate Glass. Mirrors. Window Glass. Ornamental Figured Glass. WIRE GLASS, the Great Fire Retardant. CARRARA GLASS. a New Product Like Polished White Marble. Company For anything in Builders' Glass, or anything in Paints, Brushes, or Painters' Sundries, address any of our branch warehouses, a list of which is given below: NEW YORK-Hudson &ondVandam. 5ts. CLEVELAND-1430.1434 West Third S1. BOSTON-·tl~49 Sudbuf')" St•• 1.9 Bowker St. OMAHA -1608·10·12 Harney St. CHICAGO 442·452 W.baah Ave. ST. PAUL-459·461 Jackson St. CINCINNATI-Broadway and Court St.. ATLANTA. GA.-30-32 ..34 S. Pryor 8t. ST. LOUIS-Cor. Tenth and ~ruce 51s. SAVANNAH,GA--74S-749 Wheaton St. MINNEAI'OLIS-500_S16 S. Tbird St. KA.NSASCITy-rUth and Wy-.ndott. 8ts· DETROIT-53·59 Ll\rned St., E. B1R,M1NUHAM, ALA.-2nd Ave. and 29th St. GRA....O RAPIDS, MICH.~39.41 N. Division 8t BUFFALO, N. Y.-312·14·16 ..78 Pearl St. PITTSBURGH-Iol-I03 Wood St. BROOKLYN 635-637 Fulton St. MILWAUKRE. W1S.-492.494 Ma1"ketSt. PHILADELPHIA-Pitcairn Bldg.• Arch and 11th-Sts. ROCHESTER, N. Y.-Wllder Bldg.• Main t1fE.zchangeSta. DAV&NPORT-410-416 Scott St. BALTIMORE-31Q.12·14 W. Prat1 St. Sole distributer. of PATTON'S SUN PROOF PAINTS. ~----_._---_. Wood Bar Clamp Fixtures Per Set SOc. OVER 15,000 OF OUR STEEL RACK VISES IN USE 2;; doz. Clamp Fixtures boug-ht by one mill last year. We ship on approval to rated firms. and ,l!"uarantee our goods uncondi-liollally, lVrite for list of Sfeel B(tr Clamps, Vises, Bench Stops, etc. E.". S"ElDON So CO. 283 Madison St .• Chicago. BAPIO-AOTmG WOODWOBU&'S VISE No.:S: t ___________ .____________ I • • I ----_.----.~ p-EL- (TRADE MARK REGUSTEREDJ I I Paint and Varnish Remover I Things don't grow without nourishment. Manufacturers do not increase their I facilities unless there is a growing demand to supply. In point of sales, Ad·el-ite Paint ! and Varnish Remover is tar ahead of any similar preparation on the market and I our new, thoroughly equipped plant enables us to give better service than ever before. You will find that Ad-el-ite contains more energy to the gallon, has fewer dis- I agreeable features and brings better results than anything you can get. Eats down through any number of old coats of hard paint, varnish, wax, shellac or enamel leaving the surface in perfect condition for refinishing. Send for Free Sample. STA.E CHICAGO j ...._---------------------------~-----------' 15 16 MICHIGAN ARTISAN WOMEN SELL COFFINS. Advantages Possessed by Salesladies on the Road. Salesl'adies have come to stay. The commercial's pros· pcrity congress recently held in New York afforded a good chance for il1,quiricson this point. The replies were mouot· onously unanimous. "To stay? -VVhy,you coulden't get them out with a ton of dynamite!" There is something rueful' in 'a regular knight of the grip when he talks about his profession~l sisters. One of them told an especially harrowing tale. He ran up against his [LT5t female competitor last fall when he started out ,"lith a line of holiday goods. He was going on at a leisurely gait, taking a good line of orders from his old customers, when he struck Cleveland and disaster. The first dealer he called on met him with the blithe annOUllcement that he had come to.o late; a "sweet and aimiablc young WOmall'" had been there and hzd received the entire holiday order. "Not the entire order?" stammered the dumfounded man. "Yes; everything she wanted." Every customer the man had in Cleveland had gone over to the enemy. He hustled on to Columbus. She had been befo:·c him there. It was the same at Cincinnati and a little more of the same at Indianapolis. He finally caught up with her at Denver and proceeded to find out for himself what sort of wizard this sweet and aimiable person was. H", had to admit that she was the cleverest, mcist diplo-matic woman he haj ever met and that her success was legiti-mate. He found out afterward that it was her first trip and that when she had been out three weeks her house had to wire her to holJ on a bit, for she was sendil1g in orders faster than they coul'd fill theln. "I know a young woman who sells hats (and so do I when I can keep ahead of her)," said another salesman in re~ lating his experience; "but let me' drop in behind her and it's all day with me, fOe·when she strikes a town she carries away every order in it. "'But in this she has the advantage of me; sJ:e is Etrjk:ngly pretty for a milliner's model and tries .on every shape hat she has for sale among her samples, and sbe places them all on her pretty head in such a coquettish ano g~acefut ·way that it shows off the beauties of the hats to perfection. No""\,, I would look pretty trying on ladies' hats, wouldn't I? "These women are as a rule a strong, healthy, clear headed ~llld in every way belong to the twentieth century. S~)me of them do exactly as men do-visit the merchants personally and solicit orders. Others rent a suite of rooms in the best hotel in which to display goods, notify their customcrs and await them there. "And there is still" another class who catcr to individual custom~ and these are too very successful. Quite a number of New York women work in this manner. "There is one young woman who travels for onc of the largest houses in Cincinnati. She is of Irish parentage and has the beautiful eyes and complexion we so often see among the Irish-American girls. Her figure is simply perfedion, and all of the madenp garme"nts among- her samples are made on the wall, and when she .once dons them she shows them to the best advantage, and she seldom fails to get an order. "She told me she was a graduate of one of the' leading colleges for women in America, and has since studied every art that might be of benefit to her in her business. She has had many offers of marriage from some ,of her best customers, but she is happy and conterit to live on her salary of $4,000 a year and commissions, which often run it up to $5,000, be-sides all of her expenses. i ! "Her trade is worth $300,000 a year to her house, and this is enormous when it is considered that for only six months in the year these goods can be sold." One of the most successful is a Mount Vernoll woman. For years she solicited orders for corsets from door to door. her success was phenomenal beyond the wildest expectations of the firm she worked for, and they could not comprehend extraorJinayability. She is now a wholesale representative for this same firtn of corset manufacturers and commands a salary of $5,000 yearly. Another well known woman is one whose husband form-erly traveled for an underwear house. He died leaving her with a large family to support, and it occured to her that she might take up her husband's business. She accordingly went to the firm and asked f.or the pos-ition. They demurred at first, fearing to trust a woman to handle this kind of ~oods; but finally, through sympathy and a desire to help t9~: 'wife of one who had so long and faith-fully served them, },ney cons~n.ted to give her a trial. Her success was prom~re· and stnklllg. Each mail brought fresh evidence of it and the result is she is now a cOl1fidental member of the firm. A Philadelphia w(an-an almost monopolizes the trade of her territory itl fruit extracts, flavoring and spices. She does not spend on an av~ragemore than two weeks at home during the entire ye<4r~:p •• She is but twenty-five, and receives a salary of $3,500 a~ear and all her expenses. THE One-half MICHIGAN Our Trade now Dupllcale TRUCK on, Triplicale Orders Every Purc::haser Sallsfied There's a Reason HARD· WOOD FRAMES MALLE-ABLE IRON CASTINGS M.M.A L.OO. HOllY, MICH. One young woman sells coffin trimmings for one of the large silver manufacturers in COllneticut. Her success has been wonderful, the house often being obliged to call her in during the year owing to inability to fin her orders promptly. Another woman sells collins, and onc of her "knight" rivals says she sells so many that undertakers have to make kindling wood of them to get their stocks reduced, people don't die fast enough to keep up the demand. Her house allows her ample money for expenses and pays a liberal salary besides. Occupants of Burns' Chair Must Treat. In one of tbe rooms of a Dumfries public house is an old arm chair which is said to have been frequently used by the poet Burns. All who sit in this chail' are expected to treat everyone who is in the room at the time, and often the immortal memory of the famous Scottish national poet is drunk. Notwithstanding the efforts of the mill operators to re-duce production, the quantity of lumber cut during the year 1907 was considerably larger than in 1906. :I] ] CHI C; "\ l\ ;\], T ] S ;\ l\ 17 ~----- -----------------_. III, f!II Any Practical Mechanic appreciates the importance of simplicity in machinery. Our No.5 Table Leg Machine is far superior in simplkily of construction over any other make of machiJle, yet embodies a11 tl)l" latest improvements, special attention beitlg' called to the Cuttel'"head, lhe Variable Friction Feed and the Oaeillating Carriage. Consider the above, and then hear in mind that this machine t1lrns Tou1Jd,octagon, hexagon, square or allY other shape, all with the same (\1tterhead. Also, that onl:! man with it can do lhe work of ai:lt or eight hand turners -and we guarantee the work to be llatisfactory. DOll't you [Iced such a machi11e? Then write II ~._---- c. Mattison Machine Works 863 F;fth Street BELOIT. WISCONSIN. •i ._--~ II (tlarence lR. ~::~:fD5 MrCH.1 __ •...1 If your DESIGNS a.re right, people want the Goods. That makes PRICES right. I DOES IT lti3 Madison Avenue-Citizens Phone 1983. '--_._----_. ----_. ._------_.~ IMPROV£O, EASY 'ND El EVATO RS I QUICK RAISINC Belt, EJectric and Hand Power. f The Best Hand Power for Furnit",r, Stores I Send for Catalogue and PriceS'~- KIMBAll BROS, CO" 1067 Ninlh 51•• Council Bluffs, la, Kimball ltlevator Co.• 323Prospect St., Cleveland, 0.; 1(1811th St., Omaha, Neb.; lZOCedar St., New York City. ---------_.~ ~------------------- I The Universal Automatic I CARVING MACHINE ===~PERFORMS THE WORK OF ===~ 25 HAND CARVERS And tloes the Work Better than it can be Done by Hand -------MADE BY Union [MUOSSlnn M1Cnlnr Co. Indianapolia, Indiafta Write for Information, Pri<:es Etc • ._-----_._------- ....._--- II ! West Side 36 Inch Band Saw Machine, Gleason Palenl Sectional Feed Roll, ----------: -MANUFACTURE!) 8"'" I WEST SIDE IRON WORKS: CRAND RAPIDS, MICH" U. S. A· ; 1!. lV. Petrie, OU/'agent8 f01' Canada. t OjfiU8, ']'oronto, }lontreal and Vancowver. •1 • l·--·-------------~ I 1Loufsbabn DESIGNS AND DETAILS OF FURNITURE 154 Livingston St. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN t. . --l I 1 Citizens' Telephone 1702. 18 MICHIGAN MANUAL AND TRADE TRAINING IN RAPIDS. GRAND , Outgrowth of the Kindergarten System. P;obably llO subject of study which has been introduced into the curriculum of the Grand Rapids public schools has experienced a more rapid growth and a more wide spread popularity than manual training. It is the fore-runner and nearest approach to the much talked of trade school, which has found so much favor in the east and in the larger public school systems of the United States. Having its beginning in the kindergarten and primary grades, the wo k has spread to the grammar grades and high school within the last few years. And now a new "l\-1al1ual Traillin~:r High School" building is to be erected which will make large provisions for the classes in manual training' with modern equipment and facilities which will be unequaled by tiny city of its size in the middle west outside of oti.e de-vOtil1g an enti~e bU1hllng to this subject'. The public has taken a wide interest in the work aud last winter, when for a month the schools gave a public exhibition, ;:t Ryerson library, of practical work in manual training !111,J domestic science which had been done, there was tnUCil admiration and interest expressed on the part of the many who visited the creditable display. Wood carving is one of the principal things which boys are taught and what could be more fitting in the world's Furniture Ci.ty? But it is not alone in tables, c;lairs and fancy pieccs that the boys excell but in some taings which savor of real ca'·p-entry. This is witnessed in the work which the boys in \ .-" ,.,' , IT IS A BLOT upon the ability of every lumiture manuladurer, superintendent, foreman, and salesman to lack a cotrett knowledge of the fundamental principles 01 sketching, detailing, ornamental drawing and the period styles, and we have a course 01 instructions that works wonders as an eraser. Grand Rapids School of Designing 542-545 Houseman Building, Grand Rapids. A. KIRKPATRICK, hutruetor and De.i.per. \ ARTISAN the trmlnt school did last year in the construction of a lal1nch, full sized, equipped in every way for practical utle. Rug weaving is another occup"tioll which approach{·;.; a trade in thc thoroughness in whicil it is taught. Mrs Constance Rourke W<lS the tirst to introduce thi" ill the l()c<~lschools. At the \Viddicomb street ."dlOol, or which she is principal, she caused the children in the nrst and sec-ond grades to have miniature frames made upon which they could weave, thus learning, although in the mil1<'ture, all the impo,tant principles of weaving a~d the handFng of colors. In higher grzdcs where heavier work can be managed the children weave real rugs and mats for the home", Sewitlg is anothe.r subject which is taught. Little gi Is make their own aprons, dresses and other articles of wear-ing apparel. And they make th1ngs for "baby;" hemst:tch handkerchiefs fo~ "Mamma" el'nd "Papa,"and learn to do general practical sewing. There are kitchens in which they receive instruction ill cooking, and it is wonderful how quickly these Ettie oneS learn to make hutter, bake b cad and cook numerous other articles of food. The instruction in this branch is very -thorough and is of untold value to the·child. There are nine manual training cente s in the city loc!lted as follows: Centra! l\{anllal Training school. 117 "Barclay street, Diamond street school, Hall street school, Jefferson avenue, Madison avenue, Plainfield avenue, Sigsbee, 5t aight Street and Turner street sel: ools. The entire manual training system of the city is under tlw sl1pervlsion of L. R. Abbott. who is assisted by twenty- (~ight tcachers including the six domestics. The first fOll':' grades have folding, cutting, especially free· hand cutting, clay molding and sand table work. Miss Good-rich has charge of this work but is assisted in decorating and designing by Mrs. Helen J. Torrey. 1\1rs. To"rey has entire supervision of the drawing alJd some very gratifying results have been obtained since, by the liberality of thc board of education, the equipment for draw-ing has been greatly increased. In the fifth and sixth grades the boys have knife work and the girls have sewing. At present only ·one hour a week is given to the ·work, but the time will be lengthened to tWIl hours this coming year. The seventh and eighth grades have, for the boys carp-entry; they are taught not only to construct but to use tools correctly, to do their work aceun~tely 2nd in a, worklll<:.n-]jk~ m<:.nner. T11e gi.rls are tangllt an the arts of cookin3, and show much interest and ability in lea·ll:ng. The amount of time devoted to manual training in thes.e grades has been dclttbled ;!1lC1now tbe pupils go directly to the 111<11111<11 trai-ning ccnter ;\nd spend onc entire school scssicn a week at the work. Illfr. Abbott has immediate supervision of thc last fOUT grades which are in excellcnt condition. Every pupil in the Grand Rapids public schools be·tween the (Irst and ninth gades take a course in manual train:n:s. Tn the High school the only work in manual tratnlll::{ at present is mechanical drawing, but as sOOn as the "New Manual Training High School" is completed, and under favorable circumstances, it will be ready for USe in about two years, a thorough advanced course in manual training will be given with the academical courSe. Many and varied are the opinions for, and against, a man-ual training course being of ally practical benefit to the child. As a rule mothers and teachers notice manifestation of this benefit in the deportment of the child, the interest he dis~ plays .in his work and the exac.tness with Wh1Chhe does any task alloted him. The mother notices how neat John is becoming; in fact! ( Concluded on page 22, ) I• ------------------- - - - YIICIlICAJ\' ARTISAN SCHOOL LIBRARY GRAND JlAP1DS HIGH SCHOOl. I !I II I ! DOMESTIC SCIENCE ROOM GRAND RAPIDS HIGH SCHOOl- • I() iI I I I • MICHIGAK ARTISAN I ROYAL WHITE MAPLE POLISHING VARNISH~ 20 ROYAL White-the Emblem of Purity-our White Maple Polishing Varnish is Pure-and the 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. I VARNISH COMPANY I TOLEDO, OHIO I • • New Belt Sander for Flat and Irregular Work. The manufacturers of this machine had made it possible to sand all irregular shaped pieces with the grain and are making the machines to do it. The indispensible features of such a ra.bOT saving machine will appeal to every manu· facturer of case goods, chairs, tables, pianos, wood mantets your sanding department amI while there arc a few molded or irregular shapes you may be working over some kind of sanding' drum, disk, spindle or ordinary belt. you will find it gOlle over by hand in ,order to get the finish necessary, and on the majority yOU will find that these shapes are being sanded by hand from start to fI11i~h. :J ow if yOU "\!ish to Number 111,\Sand Belt '!'.ladline and plumbers w.ood work. Not only will these machines sand and polish the same dass of "vo..-k, whlch the manll-facture~- s as above stated have been compelled to do by hand, but as nn advantage over the disk, drum and spindle sanding would justify these manufacturers in throwing every one of tbem out, and mally of the largest and 1110st pros~ perOU5 w,ood workng plants have already seen fit to do so. :Mal1Ymanufacturers have been using a two to three drum sand('x and even 11l,ore for years, paid likely a thousand dol-lars for each, consider same indispensible and the onty thing you can sand on same is flat surfaces. Now, since one-half or two-thirds of the pieces in the construction are irregular shapes, would not a sand belt machine, capable of sanding this class of work to a perfect finish with the grain as weB as for polishing 11at surfaces, be just as indispensible and even more profitable. The drum sander is considered in-dispensible. This is due to. the fact that manufacturers ~lavc always been accustomed to sanding or finishing irregular shaped pieces by hand and expect nothing el'se. It is no more necessary for y.ou to sand this class of work by hand than it is the flat surfaces. You may be under the im-pression that these irregular shapes are being sanded by some kind of sanding device in your factory and of course know that you cannot afford to do it by ~land when there is a machine to be had, which will do it better, and the above sand belt will. It is well worth your time to investlgate in • abandon hand sanding and get a more perfect finish than you are now getting and at less cost would advise that you communicate with the vVysong & Miles Company, of Greens-boro, N. C, who a.re making a specialty of sand belt machines for doing the class of work in question. By the use of ma-chines, which they have brought out, it is ffi(-lde possible for wood working manufacturers in almost every line to abandon sanding by hane!' They arc building abDut eight different salld belt mac1lincs adapted especially to the requirements of every wood \-vorker and they do not try to apply one ma-chine to everybody's I"cGuirements, which never has nor neveI" will be done successfully, Drop a line sta.ting what you aI"e manufacturinf: ar,d ask them to send cut <lud full particulars ni the 'mach!11e, which they recommend for your requin>- l11(;nt~. [-(. the fc1l6witig addresses o'i the lTI:wufadurers: \Vysong & Miles Company, Cedar street and Southern R. R, Greensboro, N. C Suspicious. Manufacturer-"l can ]lot put faith in that tra.veling designer. Salesman-"Why?" Manufac.turer-"He did not tell me 1 do not know how to manufacture and sell furniture:~ ~'------ I III II !I ,I I ~1I CHI G A K ART I S A K 21 ._------------_._----_._-_.~I It makes a perfect imitation of any open grain because it uses the wood itself to print from, and one operator and a 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. couple of THIS MACHINE MAKES THE MONEY 50 Machines Sold Las! Year -:I 50 I More I Satisfied I Manufacturers IIII II• Plain or Quartered Oa.k, Mahogany, Walnut. Elm. Ash ot' any other wood with open grain. Posselius Bros. Furniture Manufacturing Co. Fot' Prices and Full Particulars. Mention the Michigan Artisan, Write the Detroit, Mich. HELLO GIRLS TRAIN FOR JOBS. 7.000,000 Telephones in Use-13,OOO,OOOMiles ot Wires in This Country. ''Few people know lhat there are 7,000,000 telepholles now ill llse in the UniLed States," said a well-posted telcpllone ntan in speaking of the remarkable growth of the telephone in recent years, "Env know, too, that there are abollt 13,000,000 miles of telephone wlres in operation in this country, not to speak of the many miles of wires w:;cd in switchboards and other apparatlls under root. The wires reach from coast to coast and from Canada to ;"[exico, and a man ill )[cw YO;'k call talk to al\other man in Omaha .. and each can hear the other <15 distinctly as though one ',vere in the Bn:mx and the otber at the Battery. There wilt soon come a time \,\'heo )JCIV Yorkers can talk ,vith San Francisco or other cities along the Pacific Coast. "Some surprising fignres are :=;hOv..'1l in tbe cost of oper-ating this va!5t system. For instance, th~ ·value of the wire and other apparatu"l and the labor cost for installation alll-ounts to about $175,000,000, Tbcre are about 25,COO,OOO tol! connections tbroughout the Ullited Stales and more than 8,OOO,OOO,COO exchange connections. Th~~cost of mainta.ining the standard oi senrice is enormous. Last. year the various telephone companies paid about $54,0(;0,000 fOt- maintenance and reconstruction of plants. Dne SySt;;1T1. alone, the Bell, spent $36rOOO,COOlast year. "\Vhi1e the Bell syst<:m is by far the largest in this country there are several hundred ::;maller and independent telephone concerns that maintain all e:xccllent service, "The whole territory of the Bell Company and its sub-sidiaries has beell divided into dcparirnents, and over each has been placed a 111an 1,,,ho is responsible to the Directors. The lIC~' system includes the business, plant, and traffic departments, and each of these dcparl1nel1ts is sub-divided, anu every head 01 a department 01' sub-department an the way up the line is responsible to a man higher up. wbo in tDrn is responsible to the one still higher up, unt.il it gets to tbe manager of one of t.he three departments. "In rccent years the system oi obtaining operators has changed. ::.\"0 long ago a 'Jlcllo' girl was employed aft,:.r <I .<;111)(J'1icial course of instrt1ctiol1_ Puo" servic,~ was the rcsult. ~ow the telephone compallies have schools of in-struction Sor the telephone operators. Sometimes it takes weeks for a 'bello' girl to get all the detail.s of the work. and to be graduated as a reliable operator, Often there are cases "INhere girls £Ire found unsuited for the W01-k. These schools of illstructioll cost. the Citudents nothing. The in-structors arc expert who have been in the employ of the company for several years. "In these schools of instruction the prospe~tive 'hello' girl is drilled in calming' the irritable customer who wants a Humber ;1nd W<ll1tsit Quick; also the customer who makes all tbe trouble he call for the girl at the switchboard. There is a set phraseology of replies to certain queries. All these she has to leam ktter perfect "The experts say that a. girl must have imagination to become a good operator. She has to see in her mind's eye all that is taking place on the wires and to be n:<1dy for every emergency. \Vithout that the 'hello' girl will always prove a failure."-T.in1t's, Long Time Leases. The permanency of the Grand R;lpids Furniture Ex~ position is assure(L 11any manufacturers ha"l/e taken leases for ten years in the exposition buildings. 22 MICHIGAN Manual and Teade Training in Grand Ra.pids. ( COlJthllled from paRe 18 ) he now puts his tools in their chest, hangs his hat on the rack, ne\r'er leaves his umb~ella lying around. His mother begins to understand \-vhen slJC remembers that John made the tool chest and hat and umbrella racks himself and Jle loves to use the things he made and by so doing is fDrming d habit of neatness. \-Vhen he has grown to manhood and left home these things will be cherished by lllotilCr. So, mothers appreciate manual training, for their children, It is a real help to tired mothers when they can trust their d~t1ghte;'s to do some sewing 'which the mothers can-not ftnd time to do themselves. The teaciJcr notices how prompt John is getting to school. How business~likc is his bearing. How accurate he is in the performance of his school dutics and how inten.'.sted he is in his work. Manufacturers arc taking every graduate from the manual Caining .schools and pl'acing them in positions which were formerly- .occupied by workmen of long experience; thls, of course, causes some antagonistic feeling on the part of the displaced workmen. Some of our local machinist mechanics, printers, and others can see no practical benefit derive.d from a manual training course. Oue gentleman, a leader in graft, said: ;'1 do not see that any practi.cal benefit is obtained thr.ough a manual training course. In fact were r to choose the way a child should obtain his education in trade work 1 would place him in a shop as' I do not 'approve of either the trade or manual training schools. My objections to the manual training school are iirst: The teachers are not competent to instT'uct t:1e pupil, not being mechanics themselves, secondly; the schools do not have the necessary equipment and facilities for completing: the courSe properly." Mr. J. D. FJaliagan, Secretary of Typographical Union. said: "The manual trailling proposition isa rather broad Cjuestion. J t closc1'y dovetails with the old apprentice system. Technical and trade schoob cannot be intelligently treated in tIle abstract." .He furth~r said that he had a step SOil who became p:-o-ficient ill the making of tabourettes in the local manual train~ ing schools, but on leaving sellenl found that there was no demand for tabourettc makers and considers that tl1e course he completed in school was of 110 practical benefit to hi.m. Speaking of the demand fa:' all-\'oulH~ v,rorkmen in the A.LHOlCOMD &CO@ MANUFACTURER5~ODEALER5 IN HIGH GRADE BAND AND SCROLL SA~S REFAIRING-SATI5fACTION GUARANTEED ClT1ZEN5 PHONE 1239 27 N MARKET 51 GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. ARTISAN J)"illtillg husiness, with V,.h·ell he is familiar, he said: "There are few openings for them, as the workmen are classitied ac-cording to their ability and ad,1ptability." Others disagrec- with file above opinions. One gentle-mall declared that a cour:se in manual training taught his boy how to use his hands, how to calculate and use his brain to tllC best advantage. v\lhile some of the things taught moly never be put into practi('.al use, at the same time they help -botll the boy and the girl to concentrate their thoughts. to give their undivi.ded attention to the work in which they arc engaged and to make them more observant than one who has taken no such cOlt-se, as the average man sees im-p<.~ rfectly. P. of. James says: ;'His images have broad fringes:" An employer, .also a father, was very emphatic in decl<1ring that the Grand Rapids manual training syste.m was very ben-eficial, not only to the pupil, but the .factories of the city; although at present it was opposed by some employers it would triumph -in the end by bringing forward men with a better industrial education. To sum up the result of many interviews with those both for and against the extension of manual training, it is safe to say that where one is opposed t~lere are twenty who favor it and that opposition will die a natural death in the course of a few years. • (1". :D3. '!batfiel". lDe&tgner Working drawings fllrnishcd for fine and medium Furniture, Chaitll and fallcy articles in modern and dassic: iltyles. Blodifett Bldg.. Grand Rapids. Mh::lt. Gllaf'tmteed .sellers. • WRITE FOR PR.ICES AND DISCOUNT WABASH B. WALTER & CO. INDIANA Manufacturen nt T ABLE SLIDES Exclusively • • ====:SEE:==== West Michigan Machine & Tool Co., ltd. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. for "Ill" GRADE PUNC"ES and DIES • • • I ~~M[I~We can help you. Time saved and when done I leave$ are hound (by your-self) and indexed by Boors or departments. BARLOW BROS., Gnwd R~id •• Mkh. Writt! Rigkt Now. • • WHITE PRINTING CO., GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. PRlNlERS OF CATALOGUES and eve')'thing needed by buoineoa men ~lTCHIGA)! ARTISA:\ 23 r--------------------- I STANDARD SHADES ADOPTED BY THE CRAND RAPIDS FURNITURE MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION (jj Uniformity and a definite standard for all popular finishes will soon be possible_ The above Association has adopted, after carefully considering many different shades of the popular finishes, a set, which will be known as nStandard,n thus enabling a chair manufac-turer to produce the same Early English as the table manufacturer. The dea)er will no longer have the matching difficulty. II We expect to have board samples ready in another month, and shall forward a set of boards and enough stain powder of each shade for experimental purposes for $1.00. This we figure ....i.ll just about cover the expense. Sets will be forwarded in rotation of orders received. Cash must come with orders. The samples. directions, and suggestiolls for the production of these certainly are worth much more, but we feel in a measure obligated to our p:ltrons. therefore the propositioll. Attend to the order now. ---------~,, WALTER K. SCHMIDT COMPANY II LGRAND RAPIDS=,=====_========MICHIGAN S4-SS CANAL STREET Veneer and Furniture. Ther-e is such close association between fUrJliture ~ll1d the face veneer that 'when the furniture tr<lde i;;; slovv the '\-'t'lleer trade is correspondingly sluggish. Flt~niturc 111;1ll-lIfactl1rtrs afe not the only people who lIse veneer hy ally means, but the fun,iture tmde docs furnish a sort ,of ther-mometer to the ups and downs of the veneer business. And this year, in addition to the furniture trade being hit hard with the depression, the building t:·ade and consequently the planing mills got their share. too, and this added tn the c1epl"E,:ssionin the veneer market. for the planing mills !la,'c come to be quite prominent in the veneer llsing trade. A queer thing about it all is that the piano manufacturers do not seern to have suffereel as much as the furniture people. aud compar;Jtivcly spe<lkillg thee has seemingly beeu ;' betler demand for mahogany veneer than for native ·WOO(!. In fact, ,vhile th<: mahogany trade ha:~ suffered somcwhat. it has realty done fairly welt, exceptionally well considcnng the slow lumber market in all other lines. The only t'hlug that has done better has heen quartcrd oak, and that \\ a;; in lumber instead of yen('Cl". It has been a little difficci1t to understand why <-luartere(( oak has /)e('11 in such g·oad demand "vhile quartered oak veneer has been rather slow. It is probably because there have been other prominent calls for quartered lumber Qutside of the furniture nnd building trades p~oper. So 011e seems to he able to ex.plain hO\\' it happened that the piano trade has kept up practically to its normal during the full period, Probably it was because it would have been ctlormonsly big had the counLy continued to prosper in the old way, and is really small in proportion t.o what it would have heen and yet large compared to the demand for furniture. l-'iano manufacturers, of COUI·se, have been running: it little COI1- servative and not buying as eTlthusiastically as thcy would if times were better, bttt for all that .it is said tJ);lt they ball I• a splendid year. T'j,e furniture trade is now showil1g sign" of recovery; the foreign trade has been pretty slow.-Ex. A Mighty Cast. John \Vaddcll. ]nesic!cnt of the vVaddell Manufactnri;:\.s Company \-\'Ot1 tbe clWlllpiollShip of the fly caste~s assoe.ia- John Waddell. tion of the Unrted Slate,s recently. He cast a salmon fly 127 feet and eight inches, defeating Perry D. Frazer, the-ho1c. ler of the medal. IvL \Vaddell is justly proud of the trophy. 24 MICHIGAC'J ARTISAN Unsound Business Conditions. "The commercial traveler has it within his power to go the limit, yielding or not to the temptation of the grafting buyer and to the demand for exceessive time allowances for payment, hoth of which arc symptoms of unsound business conditions. These can be curtailed by the salesman them-selves in many instances, and with their competitors acting in good faith along the same lines, can be eliminated en-tirely," said Henry Clews, in an address to a convention of tTaveling salesman. Continuing, Iv1r. Clews said: "1 can ~ot11ing in the immediate future," declared the banker, "but what is promising, and our business s<':tb;u;:~( last year should be considered merely as a passing cloud to he followed by national prosperity still greater than before. The time has now come to cheer up and be brave in OUr business undertakings. Hereafter, day by day, we will be able to more clearly see the Phoenix arising from the' ashes of the recent panic." Just at present many of the smaller merchants in our country are like setting hens, and will lay no golden eggs. Shoo t11em off their nests and compel them to get busy. Money is plentiful and will be for a long time to come. En-courage them to get into debt. They are overcautious now and W~H1to be prodded a little. Down in \Vall Street we have all waked up during the past few weeks, and the troubles of last,year are but a nightmare. \Vall Street has always been the barometer of trade, and I believe it foretells great activity in the commercial world during the coming months. New Yorkers who recently went to the Denver COll-vention and did some traveling in Kansas during their trip had theirey':es opened to the conditions prevailing in that section of the country. They report the farmers as almost all havi1tg <1utomobiles to go to market in, thus showing their affiueJ¥ ';condition-and why not? They have had those eYend~l eight years of bountiful crops, which they have soId at_high prices, so that the strongest backlog that this co'i!ntry)w.s today against a continuation of panicky or depres~ed cooditions is the wealth of our farmers, who rep-resentthirtrfive per cent of thc labor class of the nation. The indust;pJ'nl manufacturers of this country represellt twenty-five percent of the, rabor class, who have enjoyed equal prosperity with the farmers except during the past year. These two great interests represent sixty per cent of the labor class, almost two-thirds of the whole popUlation." The Retailer's Side. The puhlic in general believes that no merchants have right to combine to prevent price cutting. They argue that if a man can sell lower than another he is the better mer-chant. In some few cases this is true hut as a rule the price-cutter is not making money. He is not demonstrating his merchantilc ability, but is merely ruining himself and all his brother merchants. \Vhen that is the situation, mer" chandising is being injured seriously, and a momentary ad-vantage is heil1g gained for the public. It will surely change, and the public will be oblige(l to pay for it all in full measure. The retailer has a right to his fair profit, and he has a legiti-mate fight to wage in preventing methods which bid fair to do harm only. Price cutting is the ill wind that blows nO· body good.-Oregon Tradesman. Sanitary Furniture. Something entirely new in furniture for combination day coaches and sleepers for railroads and for hotels and general use will be mallt.tfacturcd by the Sanitary Furniture and Car Seat Company, which will establish a factory, giving e.m-ployment to twenty-five men in Spokane. A Sekyra is pres-ident of the company, the secretary being N. H. Douchette. Mr. Sykra said: ,ql\le have organized a stock company with a capitalization of $100,000 divideJ into 100,000 shares of $1.00 par value and non-assessable, for the. purpose of manufacturing our patented c.ombination sleeping car and day coach beds, which are especially adapted for electric railway cars. Our inventions consist of furnishing for .all ordinary day coach which can be converted into a sleeping car 011 short notice, making compartments with plenty of air and comfort which we all know the old-style sleeping car lacks, and when wanted for day use all the heavy ob-structions and stuffy parts disappear, making a fine sani-tary day coach with plenty of air. OUT inventions are a150 adapted for use in hotels, lodging houses, private homes, steamboats and every lllac,e there is use for nice, sanitary beds and the use of the same space in the day time is wanted. \\Fe have other lines in connection with the foregoing." Will Erect a Warehouse. Twenty-five thousand dollars will be expended by Cohn Br.others, of Spokane, on a three-story furniture warehouse. The structure will be of brick and stone and cover 100 by HlO feet. It will be in two sections, the first to be built this fall and completed next spring. It will contain 30,000 feet of floor space> equipped with elevators and a modern sprink-ler system with other means fo;' fire protection. The firm will do the building by day labor to push it to completion. J. Cohn, buyer for the fi.rm, has just returned from Grand Rapids, St Louis and Chicago, where he bought $50,000 worth of goods for fall delivery. H. Cohn says that the year so far has been the best in the two years the firm has been in business in Spokane, "and,"he added, "the next twelvemonths we believe will exceed anything in Spokane history as the oevelopement of the state of Washington is phenomenal. During the next two years Spokane should add 40,000 to the population. We have every reason to believe that before the close of 1910 the hopes of the 150,000 club will have been realized." ~• --_._-------------.. Mr. Manufacturer:: Do You ever CQnsider what joint 81uW&" com? The repaatDn and wooden wedges. if you use lhem and many do, are a large item of expense accolUllsj but this is tn:IaD compared to wqe accounts of workmen who wear them out with a bllIQJIlel'.and then a lafie per celll of tbe ;mnts are faiIures by tbe insecwitr of this meam. RE5UL T. it hat to be done over agaill. if poSsible. H you Qge iJldependent screw clamps the result is bettet. but slower. a1to~tbertoo slow. Let lIS IelI you of something bettet, PALMER'S CLAMPS. AU aleel and iron. No wedies, no separators, adjust!<) any width. clamp ini!lantly yet .eeurely. releases even faster. Poeitively one-third more work with Dnt!l-third kSlI help. In seven tizes up !<) 60 inches, any thiclness Up 1(12 inches. 200 factoriet in 1906. Why Mt you in 1908 ? Alth<!u2h sold by dealers everywhere let UI. $CIlQ you palticulan. 1\. E. Palmer & Sons. Owosso. MIGh. FOREIGN AGENTS: ProieclileCo.. London, EnsJand. Sehuebardl & Schutte. Berlin. Gennany; <-- - rI ' /1 ,/ t MICHIGAN ARTISAN lOG. 110.112 I norl~Division Sf. ~ ..~~ ~~ Oran~Ra~i~s lOG, 110,112 norl~Division Sf. I Orand napMs OUR BUILDING Michigan Engraving Company :: White Printing Company Michigan Artisan Company E NGR A V E RS PR INT ERS BIND E RS Erected by White Printing Company, Grand Rapids. 1907. I I PRINT E RS BIN DE RS EN GR A V E RS 26 MICHIGAN ARTISAN III I No. 20. COMMQDE BUTTON. NO.21. DFlAWER I(NOB. SCHOOLS TAKE UP VOCATIONAL WORK. Increased Industrial Training to be Prescribed for All Boys of Twelve or More. \Vitbil1 two weeks New York will begin its experiment in vocational training, regarded by educators as the most impor-tant innovation introduced in the public schools in many years. "As the armor of the Middle Ages would be wholly in-adequate to resist- the modern build, so the ancient equip-ment of the three R's is totally inadequate to equip the coming generation fOf. the place that they must take in our essentially industrial civilization," declared Commissioner Frederic R. Coudert, Chairman of the Special Committee 011 Trade Schools, in his repoft urging a trial of fhe experiment. Commissioner Coudert and his commttee. who gave nearly six months of study to the situation in New York, say that the educational institutions of the city have not adapted themselves to the new conditions forced upon the people in the last two-score years by the vast changes re-sultant from the applications of science to industry. To meet the new problems and to place industrial training within the reach of boys and girls who do not wish to enter the professions or have not the aptitude or the opportunity to do so, the board of education, following out the plan suggested by its committee, has decided upon a twofold action. Effort will be made to improve the efficiency of the pres-ent system already i1).operation in the schools by reorgan-izing the manual training from a vocational point of view, so that it may bear a direct relation to the industrial effi-ciency of pupilE/ when they leave schooL The city has" 110W a great many schools without work-shops, i.n which there are boys in the seventh and eighth years. The board 'I;\.'iltintroduce workshops in SUdl schools throughout the city as rapidly as possible, adding to the tools now in use a turning lathe, combination saw and grinder. It is expected by this means to develop higher forms .of work than now attempted and to familiarize the older pupils with simple power machinery. As not a fe"'" boys reach the age of fourteen a11d are obliged to go to work befo,·e entering the sixth year, as is often the case on the upper and lower east sides, it is plan-ned also to give them early knowledge of the use of as many tools as possible and the advantages of shopwork. Just how this can be done has not been whol1y worked out. Some members of the board of education think it would be wise to curtail the time now given to the ordinary sub-jects of the common school curriculum, while other" say this would not be done. but that the additional time for shop work may he found by opening tile shops between In Maple, Birch. Oak or Mahogany. High grade. Nicely sanded. Choice of futenings. Write for catalogue and sampLes. Henry Rowe Mfg. Co., NEWAYGO. MICH. th ~ee and five o'clock each afternoon, on Saturday morn-ings. and, if necessary, in the evenings. Those favoring the latter plan argue that this will not be injurious as the use of tools involves the exercise of a great number of muscles not usually employed by a boy, and manual train-ing has always been popular with the boys. The board purposes to open special schools for boys ill the secondary ninth and tenth school years which shalt give training for particular vocations 0_· industries. Several types of these schools are to be organized, the course in each to be two years in length, the pupils to be those who have graduated Lom the public elementary schools or have reached the age .of fourteen and arc prepared to undertake the required work. A genera.l course will be prescribed to be taken by all the pnpils up to a certain 'point, and after that, a variety of industrial courses will be offered, anyone of which may be selected by the students on entrance. The board docs not expect these vocational schools to graduate journeyrr,cn or skilled mechanics, but to give the pupils skill in the use of tools and a knowledge of those processes and principles underlying constructive work, so that the pupil" may be able to apply the knowledge thus gained to definite and concrete p:-oblems. It is also hoped to do away, to a certain extent, with the situation created by the specialization in industries whieh has rendered it 50 difficult for "t young man to learn anyone trade completely. The board will establish additional night schools, primarily in-tended for young men al eady en:raged ::tS apprcntjc~s in trarles. Two such schools <He now in operation, one in l.. ong Island City and the other i:l Brooklyn, and it is proposed that a third shalt be established this session in the Stuyvesant high school building, where there is already adequate equipment for the work. Girls are also to share in this industrial education. As there is at p esent no sewing taught in the seventh and eighth years, it is pointed out by the commissioners that much the girls have already learned about sewing is for-gotten before they graduated. The boa~d will therefore introduce sewing as a required subject in all girls' schools where there are seventh and eighth yea,' classes, and wilt open in Brooklyn a separate vocational school for girls be-tween fourteen and sixteen.-Ncw York Times. j I .1 I Reedcraft Furniture. E. E. Dryden, for many yea.rs known to the trade as a commercial designer. with a residence in G. and ~ap:ds, is engaged in the manufacture of "Reedcraft" ft<rniture in San Francisco. The name adopted suggests reed furnitur'~, although Mr. Dryden says his processes aT.' ':0vered by letters patent. :cllCHIGAN Freight Often Goes Asttay. "VVhy in blazes haven't you filled our order of August! ?'. writes the illdig1lallt customer who has bought of the Chicngo wholesale honse. "What in blazes did yOll do ,vith flur shipment of August 2, billed to SO-;:IllCl-so, Skagtnwn?" writes the wholesale house to the ng-ellt at tJ](, railroad depot f:OIn which the goods should have been sent. "'vVhat in blazes arc t,Tor(':~-()ods, Packingcase & Co. kick-ing about?" wriu's the St2tiOll agent to the claim tlcpartml'l1t of the railroad at head(jll<l. ters. After which the claim clerk of the railroad gets busy. For the lost, ~Lay('d, or stolen shipment wbich doesn't arrive costs a railroad company more \\'or;'y and bother than all the wrecked goods knocked Railey \\'est from crooked. I\t least ill case of wreek the railroad knows 'INhere to look for dalnagc."i 1n the case of the lost shipment everything is gttess\vork as to how, when, and ·where of it. How does a package of freight get lost? The ways are multitudinous, Tn general there ;>;'c threc main possibilitics. It is loaJ.ell llltO the wrong car; or t1,('. gaOl\::; have been packed in a box at second hand, leaving the old stencil mark standi.ng out plainly as lH~\"';01' the w<iybiH blow;::, out of the band of t:,e train conductor Lom the rear end of the caboo5e, is mislaid by the stati.on agent at the receiving point, or disappears goodness knows how or l,V!lCIl. ::.\attFally, the tl"llCkm;!ll \\·ho earns his bread loading freight ;~ta depot. i.~ll't fitted for m;:lIlaging either it Sunday school or a wholesale business house. He l02ds sluff Oil a trtlck. trundles it out. on the platfo:-m, and wants t.o <l11m;J it as soon as pos"ible in the ·waiting: car. But there may be twenty or lift.y C,lrs to he loaded, headed for every point of t.he compass. A long car mllnhe~, snell as 179t567, stand-ing; close to a car cumbered SG797 is likely to be confusillg to hi1ll-'-<lnd a pnckag-e or a truck load of them get into the wrong pC\v. "\'\"h;lt. in blaxes became of that "hipmellt of Angust 2?" i" started at once. Cars at these platforms may have been loaded for Jive big terminal stations on the line and at such distances apart that a travelilLg claim clerk would need to spend a \veek visiting Hlem all. So the claim clerk starts it tr:J.ce:· through means of correspondence. H.as ally ag"Cllt at any of these station:> checked one pack;lge "over," billed to John Smith & Company, Skagtowl1? Just here tIle enreless shipper, using the o1.d packing case from which the old address has not been removed, may <':-lIt,·,: into tb(' myst.ery, "No," reports the agent from .:\Tilledg·eville, far to the <;ontlw,'est. "But w<.:- ;\l-t; 'over' one package addressed to \Villianl Jones & Company, Jonesville." \\'ell, tkl.t doesn't 111can nltlch to the clai\11 ckp<l.rtment, f01" Jones & Company haven't. raised a row abDut anything of the kind. \Vhat has become of the stuff for Smith & Company: \nd tlw claim departmcnt gets busier thall evcr, [n the I1H',llltiI1le the agent at. }Iilledgeville is holding t],e Joncs & Company shilJlpellt, for the reason that it had no bill of lading ,,\ccomp:1l1ying it and he doesn't wan't to for-ward it unt.il he knows \vhether it was prepaid or for col-lection at dcstillntioll. [n mally depots on many lines of road there is an "over" 1'00111 0" corner in the building devoted to the storage of such p<lckages After a few (];-\ys the package for Jones & Company Ends its \va,Y into this "ovc:r' room,'3!:;tn(}'tl,s m.arked side up I"eady for the first ~~l.il of the traye!iug clerk, ,,1.'110 !Hay be sent (lown the line in .se:Fcll of such claims. One day, lrrlt;lted and stn 'millg, the claim ilgent comes into the depot ill search of the missing Smith & C')I11P.:ll1Y package:, The Jones & Company case is there plain enough, J ~ ARTISAN 27 but in the rest of the heaped up matter nothing is the Smith & Company'S missing cOllsignmcnt, perhaps, the claim agent kicks over the JOlles & case. And there 011 the bottom of the box as reads; found of In anger, Company it. sat he * * * * * * * * * * * * * SMITH & CO .. * * SKAGTOW:\" MlCH. * * " * * * * '" * * * * * Do you wondel' that the claim agent swears, and the claim orflce s\vears and the shipper s\vears, and the con-signee. too? But the chid fault .,vas with the shipper, who didn't destroy the old marking on the box before he packed it again. Loading a shipment into a wrong car always has been a prolific source: of trouble to t.he claim department, Yea!""s ago J. F . .:\10I"tOll, now with the Chicago Association of Sketch by Oharles De Lana, Student in the Grand Rapids School of Furniture Designing. Corml1('rce, W"S agent for the Siltltbern Railway at Col-umbia, S. c., and, suffering from this f:equent. errOl" of t \lCknWH, adoph'd a SChel\.le to \HC-vent l11.istak(',s. Incident-ally, 1lot all of t.he trouble came to the claim department, either, for it \Va" uo UllC0111tTHJll thing to discoV('T an error had 1)(.. '('11 made with certain freight that had been lO<lded 11rst into ,1 ca;' and \",hell the ('nor \<va;:; di;:;covered t:·lE~ car was already nearly full. .:\1r. Morton's scheme was to disregard the ofllcial number of e,lrs tbd stood ready for loadil1g and to number them COlbl'Cl1ti\"cly' from one up t.o seven or f.\:velve, as tfle case might demand. As each truckman received his load he was handed a slip of paper on \vhich was written the number of the car to which it should go, At right augles to the: car was post.ed a board all which from either side the temp- Ol",ll":r "imple Humber could be read by t~'c truckman. In-side the car was posted a block of printe:d t.ickets coriespoud-ing to tlle car number outside. The dnty of the truckman \\-·;)s to retain his penciled slip, unload his truck, teal' off one of the p intecl numbers inside, and return, handing both slips to the forC111'l.n superilltending the loading. Joseph Howells, 28 MICHIGAN THE LONDON WORKMAN. by W. J. Blackmur. Generally his name is Bill. Call out Bill in a London crowd, and three out- of six men will turn sharply to see who wants them. Now to really think of the London workman, you must always disassocia.te your mind from any idea that he is at all like John Bull, that he is portly, has an upright bearing, looks-every- man-in-thc-face kind of mantler, and that he carries <1, stick, or turns up his trousers. That may be the way of the aristocratic English youth who adorns New "York with his presence, but London Dill, dees not trouhle about a little mud round the bottom of his trousers. At six in the morning, tllC priJ1cipal railway termini are crowded by men who have just arrived in London from the suburbs by the workman"s trains. They hurry out of the station, all with dead set faces, very few speaking to any one else, ,",,"ithtrue English reserve, they are in units, instead of groups in making up the crowd. The carly trains arc filled principally with the artisan, mechanic and laboming c:las5, The hours of commencing work range from six, six thirty to seven for nearly all the manual and mechanical t~ades; the passengers ,...h.ich come by the chea.p '\o....orkmc!l, after seven o'clock, are composed of warehouse-men, and others engaged in clerical labor, who would indignantly refuse to be labelled by the title of workmen, although this class indignantly deny that they are "Yorkmen, but are officjals with weekly salaries, and not wages; they do not refuse to take advantage of the cheap trains which are run solely for the con\'eHi~~nce of workmcn. The <lrtiS<ln or mechanic, with his nine or ten dollars a week, looks on those officials with a half patronizing, hLif contemptuous a.ir and shakes his coins in his pocket, knowing that he does not have to provide clothing for a stockhroker, out of a salary which is equal to half that of a mechanic. Indeed in some works, this idea i;:;carried to such an extent, that the officials, those who are engaged in the cle:lcal work, are not allowed to speak beyond business affairs with the workmen. This is a source of great fun to the workman, who, in receipt of greater wages, laughs at the poses t:~.kenby the poor officials who drive their pen OVCT the paper. "Penpusher" i:.; quite a word of contempt, and w"hen a workman comes into contact with the poorly paid official it follows that the dignity of that pe~SOl1 is considerably hurt by the process. Y (in can imagine it, one man in clothes ,bearing the grill:e of toil, quick~wjtted and rude, the other ilt fed, yet well clothed, <inHering from striving to keep up a position on a small SU111, and with a sense of inferiority to the workman at the b:,.ck of his brain to Loonent him. Not only is the London ,vorkman keen to ruh his ,",,"its against the oflicial but he cares very little who comes into conflict with his 5ha. p tonguc. Ask him about the boss, and he \vill candidly tell you that the bl1siness is not run as he would .rttn it. Of course, there i~ a huge profit, the mall who is emplQying him is coining money. Hc can prove it. Yes the first fruits of the Education Acts has heen used by the workmcn to cetlculate the profLts of his employers, and yet strange to say, al:cl it seen",s aln:ost all anomaly, he wilt in-variably reckc'l up his wages with the help of a ready reckoner. \Vhen the London lad has passed the fifth standard, and he is fourteen, he is ready to take his place in the world, and if he is fortunate, will pick up some trade or craft by which he may gain his living. At the present time, the apprentice system in England is almost dead. There- are so few apprentices, that it '''ould seem as if the various craits would die out were'it not that meJ] and youths enter them in various ways. Still, although the trades arc heing recruited by untrained helpers, there are an enormous number of lads working on machines, or forming links in the process of manufacturing articlcs, who will be thrown upon the labor ARTISAN market when they have reached manhood, without even the hard muscles for manual labor to help them to get a living. Their work is boys work, and the ever growing- army of boys wilt take their place as the others reach manhood, In some cases parents will apprentice their sons, and in proportion to their income pay a large premium, In one or two instances under my own notice hays have been apprenticed to shop titting and joillcry. A sum of twenty pounds was paid, and for the first year, the lad was kept busy pushing a truck, taking goods from the workshop to their destination. Out in all weathers, and with l~ot a cent letun:ed during the first year as wages, this was not an ideal bC6'inr!lllg for a lad. The truth was, that the employ2r wanted tl-.e pren-.ium, and madc things as unpleasant as he could for the boys, till th:::y (luitted the works, <lnd he was able to take on oth~rs, and obtain another pren~il1m. vVhen the Lordoil workman has mastered his trade. a:~d he is able to comn~al1d trade union rates, he become;;; very independent. As Lor;don is some twenty miles wide from Ilford to .ActOll, from Enfield to Croydon, it follows that there are a large Dumb:':'r of men who do not go home to dinner. 1\11 over Locdo:l are coffee stalls, in some places near thc stations there are two or three. In thc winter each has a huge coke fire blazing <l\vay in a devil by the side of the stall, which is a huge box upon wheels, it cloor at the back, at:d with half the front ·opening and f0<'l11ing the coullter. The coffee and tea is kept hot over a small coke fire, amI' the brasswork on the urns is most dazzling bright. On three or four dishes arc varieties of cakes, and bread and butter, jam and marmalade. Every ",iorkll1an stops and has a cup of toffee, which is served boiling hot, and a slice of currant cake "better than mother makes," as the coffee stall man will facetiously say. The bread '<Uld butter is only bought by the very old men, who disdain cakes or pastry. None of the men walt f()r the coffee to cool, but poor it into the saucer, blow it. then sip it with great gusto. Indeed on a cold mornin~, with a west wind blowing which chills one to the bone, there are n~al~y worse beverages than cven thi5 coffee. A workman would lose a quarter or two hours, sooner than miss his coffee. Indeed the London workman has a g~eat idea of what is necessary to keep him in perfect condition. He knows wl1<tthe wants and he gets it. Those wl,o work too far from home have to go to the coffee shop for their meats. .As an institution, the London coffee shop is pcculiarly a growth of the great city from the Dickens period. Tl:e shop is generally Ol,e with the door in the cener, a few illustrated picfUTt:S, milch fly blown in the window. and with seYt~:al vegdables and joints below These are the uncooked dishes to tempt the epicures of workmen to come next day and feast off the tasty morsels. At eight in the n~ornil1g there is a rush into the coffee shop; the mcn hayc been at work since six o'clock. They are hungry, h",.ve but little time to spare, and ,vant their coffee or te"l as SOOlJ as they sit down. Then they must have their relish. y ~'S a workman would as soon think of going to;) church in Lis working clothes as to go witho'ut his relish. "Two and a bloater," "Pair and three," "Three and half," "Two and a rasher and three of tea, lllissis, and look bloominoS sharp," "Two of jam and half a soused mackerel." 'Ere Liza, bring us up my tea. Do you think I'm a stuffr:d dummy?" Liza has a retort which is cutting, and attracts the attention of the shop, Just a little explanation about the orders. Slices of bread and butter arc either named as a number or called "doorsteps." Then a number combined with a rasher, Lel!~ ,,,hat eggs are required. Three of tea means, three cents worth. Two of jam, and the relish of half a soused mac~- erel to eat with it is not at all unusual. Indeed some men will eat the most strange mixtures with the greatest pleas-ure. The coffee, kippers, bread a'nd rashers arc rapidl>" --------------------------------- MICHIGAN ARTISAN 29 r----------;;~;;_~PECIALTV --j I BIRD'S EYE MAPLE I I , (MadE and dried right, and wltile. Samples furnished on application. ) t 500,000 ft. 1-20 inch Quarter Sawed Oak carried in stock. Come in and see it. Birch aDd Poplar I crossbanding and rotary cut Oak. Birch, Maple, Basswood, Poplar and Gum Drawer Bottoms. PROMPT DELIVERY. ALL PRIME STOCK. I FIGURED WOODS. MAHOGANY. WALNUT. QTR. SAWED OAK. BIRCH. I I I HENRY . HOLDEN VENEER CO I L .::.:~~~ER ST., GRAND_R_A_P_ID__MS__I, C_H_. . s "J served out. and ill about lihecn minutes the meJ1 haY(; de-voured their breakfast, and go outside for a smoke. They would not miss the opportunity for a whiff for worlds, "iNert those huge globes presentables <to,; substitute:;, At half past eight another gang of workmen rush in, who breakfast haJi hour latcr than the others; usually these men arc those wl"lo start at seven o'clocK. The coffee shop cle:1Ts and until twelve it only receives stray cust'lll1ers, snell as carmen. At twelve the bnilding and allied tr;\(\es go to dinner. The bed which laid in the morning sun yesterday, has hCCll :::;tewed and baked, :\ncl is now one of the joints 011. The u\'crage shop n1tl5 two joint:" beet ;\i,d n,utto\\. Bed freshly conked one day, mut-ton the llext. If yOIl \\'ill tip Liza, she wi1l tell yon the day, so yon lvill be .able to avoid the reheated meat. Besides the two joints. there ~11"e,dW£lYS steak puddings. These are always ill stock. Let me whispu thM the steak is the beef or mntton which is tlcsuJd on the third clay, £lnd is v.rorked IIp into steak pudding, or "babies heads," to l1se their commOn name. Stewed steak is also a favorite dish o£ the workman. This \17i11appear 8.bout Tuesday and Fridays'. Lizu will tell you if you tempt hel-, that the amount of ste\\, is ob-tained by lHlrboiling the beef and mutton to get more stock as well as to make the meat tender. T"vo vegetables and a cut from the joint tor twelvc cents is the average price. A fel<vof the coffee shops 11<l\'C a p
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- Issue of a furniture trade magazine published in Grand Rapids, Mich. It was published twice monthly, beginning in 1880. and ./. ---:--14' 26th Year-No. _ GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., F~8RI 'ABY 10, 1906. RAPIDS. HARY $1.00 per Year. A PERFECT CASE CONSTRUCTION Makes the Strongest. Most Economical and Most Accurate Case Construction Possible It is Entirely Automatic. It Clamps. Mortises and Releases. Completing the post in less time than the Material can !be clamped on other Machines No. 119 Multiple Square Chisel Morliser WYSONG &. MILES CO., CEDAR ST. &.SO,- R,l'L GREENSBORO, N. C. Strength-- Durability Ease of Operation-- I a practicallyindestructibleTruck at a rea-sonable cost. TtiE GILLETTE ROLLER BEARING ALL STEEL AND MALLEABLE IRON FRAME FACTORY TRUCK Write for Prices. GILLETTE ROLLER BEARING COMPANY PATENTEES AND SOLE MANUFACTURERS. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH, BEAUTI FUL HARDWOOD FLOORS To obt:<i.ll tile most. sati~fa(tory and du~a~,I~results fill. with Whet:;ler's Patent . Wood Fl1\er ~l1d finish WIth a coat of Brellllg s Floor Pohsh. Onr pnndpl~ is to . walk Oll the wood, not 011 the fillislt.. . THE BRIDGEPORT WOOD FINISHING CO.-NewMilford. Conn. 10 W. Lake St•. Chicago. 41-43 So. ~rd St•• Philadelphia. "'* .. < ' >j ,~ A High Grade Filler For the Highest Grade Work Our Golden Oak .nd Mahogany Sta.ins Stand· Without a Rival A ~ SPARTAN FILLER ALL SHADES, FROM THE WHITE TO THE DEEP GOLDEN BROWN For the past year or more the trade has been on the lookout for a higher grade filler for a very fine class of work. To meet this demand we offer our SPARTAN FILLER with the fullest confidence that it will fulfill every requirement of the most exactinj( finisher. WRiTE FOR SAMPLES. THE MARIETTA PAINT AND COLOR CO. MAP-I£.TT A. OHIO. U. S. A. 175 CASES IN TEN HOURS Complete, Ready for drawers BENEDICT CLAMPS are profitable REVOLVING CASE CLAMP. GRAND RAPIDS HAND SCREW COMPANY 1)0 SOUTH IONIA ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Manufacturers. of Hand Screws, Cabinet Makers' Benches, Factory Trucks, Etc. 1 The Universal Automatic CARVING MACHINE 25PERFORMS THE WORK OF ==== HAND CARVERS And does the Work Better than it can be Done by Hand ==~--- MADEBY====== UnIOn ["DOSSlno MACUlnf (0. Indianapolis, Indiana Write lor Information, Prices Etc. These Specialties are used all Over the World i,~ ~-=:==:======--- I'ower Feed Glue SpreadinR Machine. (Patent appbl:d for). Singl~, double aDd combm8tion Hand Fl!:ed Glueing Machine. (Patent pending,) Eight Styles and Sizes. Wood-Working Machinery and Supplies CHAS. E. FRANCIS &. BRO.D Veneer Presses, all kinds and sizes Veneer Presses Glue Spreaders Glue Heaters Trucks, Elc.. Etc. LET US KNOW YOUR. WANTS 419·421 E. Eighth St. CINCINNIITI. O. No.6 Glue Heater The Pittsburg Plate Glass Company MANUJ'"ACTURERS AN!) JOBBERS OP' Plain and Beveled Mirrors, Bent Glass for China Cabinets Plate Glass for Desks, Table Tops and Shelves Our 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: extending Also, our 22 iobbing houses carry heavy stocks in all lines of glass, paints, varnishes and brushes and are located in the cities named below: NEW YORK-Hudson and Vandam Streets, BUFFALO-372-4-6-8 Pearl Street. BOSTON-41-49 Sudbury St., 1-9 Bowker St. BROOKLYN-63S and 637 Fulton Street. CHICAGO-442-452 Wabash Avenue. PHILADELPHIA-Pitcairn Building, Arch and CINCINNATJ.-·Broadway and Court Streets. Eleventh Streets. ST. LOUIS-Cor. 12th and St Charles Streets. DAVENPORT -410-416 Scott Street. MINNEAPOLIS-SOG-SIO S. ThiTd Street. CLEVELAND-149-SI-53 Seneca Street. DETROIT-53-55 Lamed Street E OMAHA-I608-Io-12 Harney Street_ PITTSBURGH-Iol-I03 Wood Street. ST. PAUL-349-5I Minnesobl- Street. MILWAUKEE, WrS.-492-494 Market Street. ATLANTA. GA.-3D, 32and 34S. Pryor Street. ROCHESTER, N. Y.-Wilder Building, Maltl SAVANNAH, GA-745-749 Wheaton Street, and Exchange Sts KANSAS CITY-Fifth and Wyandott Sts. RALTIMORE-2H-2:23 W. Pratt Street. BIRMINGHAM, ALA.-2nd Ave. and 2<jth51. New York Boaton Phila.delphia. Buffalo Clnelnnall 5t. Louis Minneapolis Atlanta. Kokomo, Ind. Ford City, Ps.. High Point. N. C. Davenport Crystal City, Mo. It needs no argument to show what advantages may be derived from dealing directly with us. AGENTS FOR THE COULSON PATENT CORNER POSTS AND BATS. 26th Year-No. 15. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., JANUARY 10, 1906. $1.00 per Year. FINE JAPANESE FURNITURE, AN EXPENSIVE LUX-URY FOR ALL BUT THE RICH. The Demand For Medium Grade Furniture. The Japanese furniture. exhibit at the world's fa~r last year was, beyond doubt, the 1110st striking exhibit ever made in wood"working as a fine art. The carved work on single pieces raised their value thousand fold above the value they had gained, through the solidity of their manufacture. The German exhibit, equally no table in its way, illustrated the possibilities of inc.easing values through artistic simplicity, while the French showed chiefly the commercial possibilities of ornament added through "hand-painti.ng," building and designing, which suggest the general idea of delicacy in things too fiue for use. There is no sign of imitating Japan-ese styles, but the }ap:-tncse idea shows through Caucasian methods in single pi.ec(~s, such as sideboards with s<:".enes carved in relief, with perh:-tps from fifty to a hundred se'p:irate figures in them, <-Ill linished in nice detail. A single piece of this kind, illto which the Japanese' spi;-it has heen actually put, might casily cost as much as the tot::\.l expense of furnishng an eight-room house with the goods of plain and medium g-rades. The clemand for such work could come only from the larger cities hut hetween such wo:-k of the most labored -finish and "plain" or "t11.cd-ium"work there is a large field, as yet almost wholly LllIoccupied, An increas-ing demand in it will come from towns or from 3,000 to 30,000 and from cities of 30,00J to 100,000. Such towns and cities have increased and <lie ineeasiug, very rapidly in the whole trans-Mississippi west. creating a demand f(]i· higher finish in workmanship, especially in actual carving, which is scarce-ly supplied at alL-Ex. Reasons Why Varnish Makers Oppose Proposed Removal of Tax From Wood Alcohol. The agitation for a repeal of the intermal revenue tax Oil grain alcohol does not meet the approval of the varnish makers of the country. They argue that such a sweeping reduction in the price of alcohol as would follow the abolition of the tax, would demoralize the market for all manufactured products contain-ing the spirit for it would reduce a wider margin than at present, and that the ollly sure result would be tbe starting of a number of ne' ..·. competitive enterprises. There :ire two grades of alcohol used in the manufacture of shellac varnishes; wood a1cbol, of which the market p:-ice today is 70 cent;;, for 95 per cent, and grain alchol selling at $2.51 @ $2.53. The former is duty free; the latter carries a revenue tax of $2.10; deduct this amount from tlte selling price of the spirit and grain alchol would be some 29 cents per gallon ciJeapei· than wood a1chol, and the large profIt on the latter "vou1d be lost, it is argued, in establishing even a semblance of parity between the two without material bene-fit to anyone. On of the, varnish makers gives his opinion as follow:-- "Va:!lish makers cannot make this protest too emphatic against the abolition of the tax upon grain alchol, which could only benefit some half dozen importers of shellac, and work a serious manufacturing industry, \Ve would prefer that the tax be raised and that a duty be also il11possed upon the wood spirit." It should be explained that shellac varnishes are made by merely dissolving a quantity of the gum 11 a proporton of spirits and that this process is so simple that many consumers of shellac make their own liquid. In selling shellac varnish the dealer under the proposed change, would have to make his price in exact proportion to the reduction in the cost of alcohol and he would lose seriously by the competition which the cheapness of the goods woud invite. The higher grades of varnish made from kauri and copal gums, linseed oil and turpentine, which require an elaborate plant, considerable skill in manufacture as well as an ageing process, would no-ticeably suffer by competition with the much cheaper shellac "Besides," if the revenue is not required by the government and they are willing to forego it for the sake of the shellac importers and the almost innnistesmal benefits to certain consumers, \vhy tlot let their philanthropy have wider scope? Give us, say one cent letter postage; this would be the most impartial way of disbursing auy su~plus revenue to which all American citizens tribute," THE CORRECT Stains and fillers. THE MOST SATISFACTORY first Coaters and Varnishes MANurACTUli'CO DJltI..Y UY CHICAGO WOOD FINISHING CO. 259·63 ELSTON AV[mZ-16 SLOAN ST. CHI CACO o. j NO! IT is not a new STAIN or a new FILLER or a new SURFACER, Only a New Departure We have realized the necessity for a long time, of getting nearer to our good friends in the WEST and NORTHWEST. Not nearer in spirit or confidence, for we feel that we are very close to our patrons in that way already, but nearer in actual mileage. We have just opened a new factory for the manufacture of our line of WOOD flNISmNG SUPPLIES at Nos. 61-63-65 and 67 North Ashland Avenue C"ICA60, ILLINOIS It is fully equipped with all modern machinery, and the plant is more complete in every way than the home factory. We will there manufacture and carry in stock, a full line of our Antique and Golden Oak fillers Japan Coaters Surfacers (Mineral Base) Water and Oil Stains EnamelS, lacquers, and in fact everything that our good friends in the Central West and North West may call for, and if you want a special shade, we can only reiterate what we have claimed with confidence in the past WE CAN MATC" ANYT"ING We want to tell you about our No. 390 and No 397 NEW PENETRATING GOLDEN OAK OIL STAINS, USED IN CONNECTION WITH OUR NO. 611 and NO. 512 fiLLERS. We will gladly furnish samples, and also send copy of our little book "Lindemanthe filler Maker" DON'T FORGET WHERE TO SEND T"E BARRETT-LINDEMAN COMPANY M41N OffiCE and f"ACTORY. Nos. 1400-02-04 fRANKfORD AVI:. PHILADEPHIA, PA, C"ICAGO FACTORY, Nos. 61-63-65·67 NORTH ASHLAND AVI:. CHICAGO, ILL 5 HAND CIRCULAR RIP SAW. MORTJSER COMBINED MACH I Nil:. ~:~:"::' 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. lie can make more money with less capital invested. lIe can hold a better and more satisfactory trade with his customers. He can manufacture in as good style and finish, and at as low cost, as the factories. The local cabinet maker bas been forced into ollly a dealer's trade and profit, because of machine manufactur~d goods of factories. All :>utfit of Barnes' Patent Font and Hand-Power Machinery, rein-states the cabinet maker with advantage\; equal to his competitors If desi<ed. these machines will be sold ON TRIAL. The purchaser can have ample time to test them in his own shop and on the work he wishes them to do. DESCRtPTtVE CATALOGUE"NO PR[CF. LIST FRF'E. No.4 SAW (ready for cross-cutting) W. F, &. JOHN BARNES CO., 654 Ruby St., Rockford, III, No.2 SCROLL SAW. FORMER OR MOULDRR. HAND TP:NONII:R. Dodds' Patent laMe=le~ Dovetailer We find upon investigation that our Dovetailing Ma_ chine patent covers t his machine nicely. Cuts Mortise in the Top Cuts Mortise in the Cleats Cuts Tenons to fil the Top Cuts Tenons to fit the Cleats Adjustable to keep Mor~ tise and Tenon at a Staodard size The Cheapest Joint Made Will turn out 250 to 300 Small Parror Tabb in 10 Hours The Dodds Tilting Saw Table bas more practical features and good points than any other saw table all the market. MANUi<ACTURHD AND FOR SALE BY ALEXANDER DODDS Grand Rapids Michigan, U. S. A. No.3 WOOD LATHE. No.4 SAW (ready tor ripping) No. '7 SCROLL SAW. 6 DOMESTIC ORIENTAL RUGS. A New Industry Lately Started. 1\ domestic Orient<tl rug that an expert call hardly tell fr~m the imported article is one of the newest things now bemg turned out by American manufacturers. The idea of making Oriental rugs in this country originat~ cd with a Philadelphia man. TIe thought th<tt by having the. yarn dyed in Persia and the East, and also getting the desIgns of the rugs there, that an Oriental rug could be manufactured in this cOl.Jntry. The experiment was tried and so successful was it that today this manufacturer devotes his entire ate uti an to the making of these rugs. Mr. Charles Deamer', of the Hallack-Dearner Carpet Company, Kansas City, Mo., in speaking of this new rug industry had the following to say: "The imported Oriental rug is made by hand, only so m~ny knots being tied each day, and the making of one rug WIll take months before it is completed. Under the new ~meric~n process, which has been but lately introduced, it IS possIble ,to turn ou. one of. these rugs in a day 0:- so. . ''']~he yarn i~ brought in free of duty and the rugs made by machmery, WhlCh lessens the cost to such an extent that the rugs can be sold for one-fifth the price of the impo7"ted Oriental rugs. . "In coloring and design the rugs are perfect and no one but an expert can tell the difference between th<:: one made here and the imported rug. "We have sold these American rugs for over a year and in every case they have given complete satisfaction." . Continuing, 11r. Deamer said; "Some time ago a lady WIth whom I am well acquainted and who has a collection of Oriental rugs for which she had paid over $3,000, came into the store and asked to see this domestic Oriental rug. "After looking through the stock she was so much pleased with the rugs she ordered two of them sent to her horrie. A day or so ago I saw the same lady again, and in speaking of rugs she said the two rugs she had purchased were among the handsomest in her collection of Orientals and that her friends could not distinguished between thes~ rugs and the imported rugs, 'of which her collection is m~de up." The domestic Oriental rug is guaranteed to wear with that fine gloss peculiar to Oriental rugs, and the difference in price is very material. Women As Collectors of Bad Deb-ts. "For persistent persuasive bill collecting give me a woman every time," said a dunning creditor recently. "I think the future 'will see women the only bill collectors. There is something in the sight of a woman bill collector that few l11.encan resist. It seems strange, too, tbat some of the most refined women take to it. Tbe:-e arc aC handful of women money collectors in Philde1phia, and you "can learn from their employers that they make a g __ eat success of their vocation. They would not take to it except for pu·_·elove. of the thing. "One woman in 11lyemploy, conceded to be one of the most tastefullly dressed and best looking women in the busi-ness here, is as graceful as a queen, in her daily collecting rounds. The, most interesting and unique thing about her work is that she never leaves any venom in the hearts of the people whom she duns. I send her especially to the big merca1)tile establishments and \vholesale houses where sales- ~en are inclined to overlook the matter of long standing blllS. Her entrance always causes a commotion, and she nearly always makes good. "She walks gracefully up to where the large groups of salesmen are standing and inquires of the first one handy: Is Mr. K. in to-day?" rIR.TIIS.7U'J ~~~ 3 zr. ~ "No,' the salesman addressed will reply. He recognizes the woman and thinks to save a fellow worker. . "Well,' th~ understand collector will reply: 'Will you tell hIm that I wlll drop in here every morning at 10 until I see him?' And sure enough she does. ·Perhaps for a week the woman will enter that building and exactly at 10 o'clock ask sweetly for Mr. K. until his fellow salesmen, taking pity on her and beginning to resent the evasiveness of the dunned, will smoke him out by the usual stock of salesmen's jokes, and so the woman walks out one fine day with at least half the bill paid on account."-Ex. The Value of Sham Books In a Library or Store. The practice of filling sectional bookcases with sham books is a general one in retail stores and adds very much to the attractive appearance of the cases in a show window and increase their saleability. The discovery has been made that purchasers sometimes leave the sham books in place of the real ones, and the deception is not discovered unless an examination is made. What· a help these sham books would be to a young housekeeper with few books l Appearances are ofttimes deceitful, but useful. Inverted Gas Burners. The trade publications devote-d to the lighting industry are giving much attention to inverted gas burners and globes. The burner is of the under-burning type, and the globes and fixtures closely resemble those used with electric incandes-cent lights. Trade Notes. C. L. Willey will erect a furniture factory in Csicago. to be three stories high; 60 x 200 feet in size, to cost $50,000. Birmingham, Ala., will have a new bedstead factory, a cor-poration with $50,000 capital has been organized. The L. F. Greemann. Furniture Company, Seymour, Ind., has been incorporated with $85,0-00 capital stock. The fac-tory was established four years ago and was run as a partner-ship by the Greemann Brothers. The Mayhew Manufacturing company, Milwaukee, have increased their capital stock for $15,000 to $400,000. A new factory with a capital stock of $100,000 in 'Shady-side, Ohio, is the Belmont Casket and Furniture Manufact-uring company. O. J. Sorrenson, manufacturer add B M's of office fIxtures in La Crosse, Wis, will move his factory to the north end of the town, as the present quarters are too small. The Lincoln, (Neb.,) Bed Spring company has an author-ized capital of $25,000 and has recently been incorporated alhough in business a few month. The United Hardware Furniture Company has been or-ganizedin Perry, Fla., $15,000 is the amount of capital 111- vested. The Arnsan Furniture Company of Niagria Falls, New York, will engage in furniture manufacturing with $30,000 capital. C. B. Keesee and A. D. Witten will organized a com-pany and establish a furniture factory in Martinsville, Va. The Edward Roos Manufacturing company's factory in Chicago was burned recently and a loss of $100,000 resulted. The Eagle -Furniture Company, Jamestown, ~. y" will manufacture furniture on $400,000 capital. The most serviceable knowledg-e to any man is that which makes him dissatisfied with himself. D. A. KEPPERLING Commercial Photographer Phon. South. 700 1414-1416 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO - - - - -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --------- 7 Stability, Durability, Adaptability. That's what makes the '~No-Kum-Loose" Furniture Trimmings manufactured by the Grand Rapids Brass Co. so popular. We invite both manufacturers and dealers to call at our office and factory on Court Street (Take Cherry and Shawmut car to Court St.) and investigate the TOWER PATENT FASTE.NE.R It is the only rellable Fastener for knobs and drawer pulls and costs manufacturers, dealers and consumers NOT ONE RED CENT GRAND RAPIDS Grand Rapids, Michigan. BRASS COMPANY Early English A perfect stain which pro-duces the correct shade-and directions for manipula-tion to produce correct finish Get our circulars and book-let that puts you next to the very best waysfor producing Sold only in powder form; does not fade--penetrates the wood. FUMED OAn. WALTER K. SCHMIDT CO,\\PANY 14-16 C4NAL STREET GRAND RAPIDS, MICUIGAN products can be glued and nailed, filled or fin-ished same as wood, with oil, water or spirit stain. Our Unbreahable ~o. 139 A No. 152 B BETTER THAN WOOD Much stronger and more durable, full depth of grain. A perfect reproduction of band carving which absolutely defioesdetection. Send for S.mple. SewDor c.4.T ALOCUE. ORNAMENTAL PRODUCTS CO. Twelfth and Fort Streefl;· ~, MiehilllUl. FOR SALE--CHAIR FACTORY Chair Factory located in central part of New York State, thoroughly equipped with new modern machine!Y. having a large es-- tablished trade ou a line of bigh grade hox seat dining chairs. Were uuable to fin the amount of orders re<:eived in 1905. This fadory must he sold and can he hought at a great sacrifice in order to dose up an un~ setded estate. ADDRESS "c" CARE MICHIGAN ARTISAN ----------------------- -- aran~Dapi~sDlow Pipe an~Dust Arrester (ompanJ THE latest device for handling- shav-ings and dust from all wood wood-working machines. Our 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 110t 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 DE'!' AIL WORK WITHOUT EX· PENSE TO OUR CUSTOMBRS EXHAus'r FANS AND PRESSURE BLOWERS ALWAYS IN STOCK Office and Factory: 20&-210 Canal Street GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. Citizens Phone 1282 Bell, M ..tn ,1804 OUR AUTOMATIC FURNACE FEED SYSTEM MACHINE I1.NIVES PERFECT QUALITY PROMPT SERVICE RIGHT PJUCES ABSOLUTE GUAR.ANTEE Dado or Grooving Heads. Miter Machines. Universal Wood Trimm.ers. Boring Machines. Etc. FOX MACHINE CO IS5N.FrontS!. • Grand Ra.:p.lds. Mich. 9 In All Woods JAMESTOWN. NEW YORK t Write for Prices to I THE CHAUTAUQUA VENEERING CO. Manufacturers of VE'EERED TOPS. FRONTS and PANELS G. R. ~ I. flYERS Grand Rapids and Chicago BETWEEN To Chicago ----------_ .. Lv. GRAND RAPIDS, Ex. Sun 7.10 A. M. At. CHICAGO " 12.35 Noon Buffet Parlor Car Lv. GRAND RAPIDS, Ex. Sun 12.01 Noon At. CHICAGO " 4.50 P. M. Parlor and Dining Car Lv. GRAND RAPIDS, Daily 11.50 Night At. CHICAGO " .. 7.15 A. M. Electric Lighted Sleeping Car To Grand Rapids ------'-------- Phone Unton Station for Reservations Lv. CHICAGO 8:45 A. M. Ar. GRAND RAPIDS " 1:50 P. M. Lv. CHICAGO, fiihQSt~::i~g~Ex. Sun.. . .. 1.15 P. M. Ar. GRAND RAPIDS.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . 5.50 P. M. BulCet Parlor Car Lv. CHICAGO, l1ibCSt~~~~~~Ex. Sun '" 5.30 P. M. Ar. GRAND RAPIDS 10.25 P. M. Pal'lol' and DlnlnlliCar ~T v. CHICAGO, 1M2.thCli.ltR.Satialtr1o~adn Dal'1y 11.55 N'19ht Ar. GRAND RAPIDS ....•... " 6.45 A. M. Electric LlBhted Sleeping Car Phone MichigAn Central City Ticket Ottlca for Resel'vatlons. 119 Adams Street Cyclone Blow Pipe Co. Complete systems d~i!l'ned maRufac.tured, inlllalled and gaaranleed. Old systems remcdeled on modern lines on most economical plans. Supplementary 8 y 8 t e m 8 added wheTe present sYS" tern•. aTe OUlI/TOwn. De-fec1ive 8yst"mg C'nrrccte<:! and put in propN wo(king order. 12and 14S.ClintonSt. CHICAGO, _ ILL. 1-- 10 ,, A Successful Season for Jamestown Factories. Reports ham Jamestown ~ndicate that the factories arc all busy with orders. Shearman Brothers are having the best season in their history. The January exhibition result-ed in a very satisfactory trade. The outlook for 1906 is very promising. The plant is running full time in every department and shipments aTC large for this season of the year. A large line of goods in the new mission styles and the arts and crafts designs in suites and odd pieces has been added together with a large line of sofa beds. The Bailey-Jones company have many more orders than at this season a year ago and the outlook is very bright. The Maddox Table company is preparing for a large spring business. Their exhibit at Grand Rapids was unus-ually large and slIccessful. The Chatauqua Veneering company, formerly the I'inley Manufacturing company, which manufactured chiffonicrs, is busy in the panel and veneer business. The H. P. Robertson company have had the most pros-perous year in their history. Their line has been enlarged by many new additions for the spring trade. The Empire Furniture company have lately added some new features to their goods. Mr. Anderson has patented a device for fastening the toilet to the base of dressers and chiffoniers. Orders are many. New machinery is con-stantly being added. The Jamestown Panel and Veneer company whose plant in Steele street was almost destroyed by fire on the morning of July 4 last, has completed a new factory of cement blocks two stories high with a basement SO by 104 feet with an an-nex. 38 by 38 feet and an engine room 30 by 28 feet. The machinery has just becn installed and work begun in the new factory. The office has just been fitted up and occupied in the new building. The Star Furniture company report a good trade and fav-orable indications for 1906. A large line of new styles in chamber furniture, the company's specialty, has been com-pleted, including the princess dresser. The company's pro-ducts are all solid mahogany or quartered oak. The tuna mahogany finish is in vogue. Some new machinery was re-cently added which will greatly add to the success of the plant. Improvement in Lubricators. A Missouri inventor has obtained a patent for an improve-ment in lubricators, the object of which is to provide means for charging the lubricator with oil without allowing 1t to run empty, and without interrupting its operations during the charging process. Tool Grinder. An improved type of tool grinder, which can be sold at a moderate price is competition with ordinary grindstones has a 2xl4 inch wheel of a special material which, it is said, will outwear a grindstone four times its size. A special device in-side the grinder, carries an ample supply of water to the wheel while the machine is in operation, and when the machine is stopped the water drains away from the wheel. The machine can also be used as a dry grinder in the ordinary way by disconnecting a small driving belt, L NEW TUIlE.SAVING DEVICES. Efforts to Relieve Office Work of its Monotonous Routine- One of the Latest Improvements is a New Form of Combination Desk. There is never an end to the manufacturing of new time-saving devices tor office use. Every month brings forth something new to relieve office work of its monotonous TOU-tine and enable the accomplishment of more work in a giv-en time than was before possible. One of the latest improvements in office equipment is a new form of desk- for the accommodation of card cabinets and filing systems. The article is really a sectional desk built upon the unit system. In other words it is a combina-tion of va~ious departments, one of which is the desk proper, with folding top and the customary compartments tor papers and the regular desk equipments for stationery. The base resembles a four-legged tahle, and on this can be placed a section containing two large drawers for vertical letter files. Above this section is the desk part, and on top of the desk may be placed a card cabinet, with one or two rows of drawers or another vertical letter file. The whole combines in an extremely attractive form an article of office furniturc the usefulness and convenience of which is readily a.pparent. Covering Pipes. Some people seem imbued with an idea of economy and oftentimes make ludicrous mistakes· in their efforts to achieve their desired end. III many mechanical installations there are instances where improvements could be made that would more than pay the interest, depreciation and wear and tear on the original plant. The covering of pipes in heating systems is important and almost any installation will pay good re-turns on the money expended by the owner in the reduction of his fuel bills. In hot water heating many fit'ters seem to think that the boiler should be covered first and give their attention to this part of the layout with a cement, leaving the pipe exposed. This is an error, for fully as important, if not the most important part, of the system to be protected are the flow mains, and these should be well and amply pro~ tected and almost always it will be found advisable to cover the return mains likewise. Steam fitters usually calculate that the cost of covering pipes is half as mu<:.h as the <:.ost of the pipe and fittings. This is no doubt true as far as the material is concerned, but the labor of putting it on should be taken into consideration. Frequently· I have seen pipes neatly covered by a high grade covering, the ba.nds applied. closely, but the pipe was run through a solid brick wall, and the mason, thinking it was his duty to make his portion of the job look neat, bricked or ce-mented all the opening around the pipe. These walls com-municate directly with the outside air and the pipe passing through this section of wall probably loses as much heat as through a number of feet of uncovered main in a heated cellaL-The Metal Worker. Important Ruling in Fire Insurance Association-Fir.e Insur-ance Company Nat a Trust. Attorney General Mayer of New York state has denied an application made by John F. Nagle of Buffalo for permission to bring an action to dissolve the Buffalo Association of Fire Underwriters, on the ground that it is a trl1st. The application was based on the ground that this was in violation of the Donnelly anti-trust law, which refers to a monopoly "of any article or commodity of common use." The attorney general holds that fire ins·urance is not an "article or commodity of common use" within the meaning of the anti-trust law. ---- --------------------- A COMMERCIAL VIEW OF WIRE GLASS. Progressive Steps That Have Been Made in the Manufacture and Distributing of a Product That Has Come Into General Use. The following extracts are made froIll an iilteresting paper on "vVire Glass," which \-vas read last ·week at a meeting of the Glassmen's Associatiun, by Pittsburg Plate Glass Co. In recent years wire glass has passed from the experi-mental period ,,,,here it possessed a more or less crnpirical interest, and has reached a stage of manufacturing perfection which has placed it among the standard fire retardant building materials. Today it is considered in structual design in the same matter of course are arc steel, hollow tile and concrete. Few buildings of importance are now erected in which wirc glass does not find employment in one or more capacities, and the held of its usefulness is widening yearly. The suc-cessful product made i nthis country, is marketc{L throngh the Pittsburg Plate Glass company. \Vire glass has one and only one physical characteristic not possessed by other forms of sheet glass; whell cracked, through any cause, the scveral pieces still retain their relative positions in the sheet instead of blljng apart. It "\vasdeviso:::u and tirst made over 50 years ago to fill one insignficant ne<.~d for this physical property, and all its commercial progress sinec has been due to the successive discoveries of conditions in which this characteristic can be employed to advantage. From the multiplicity of uses to which wire glass is put, one stands out prominently, both by reason of value of thc service rendeded and the amount of material sold in its con-nection. This is its use as a fire retardant when mounted in windows, doors and skylights. One of the most serious pro-blems which confront us as a nation is the annual fire loss. toThis in actual prop~rty destroyed has ranged from $135,000- 000 to $275,000,000 in insurable values, the latter being the figures for 1904. \\Thell contingent loss in the way of unin-surable values, loss of trade and time, demoralization of working force, etc., are taken into account, these figures may probably be doubled making an impressive showing. And remember too, that this is wealth absolutely annihilated, for loss by fire is never, so far as the country is conc.erned, cover-· cd by insurance. Those who burn Ollt are merely paid from the monies collected from those wlw do not burn out. The splendid officiency of wire glass and fire retardant, as demonstrated in hundreds of fires amI culminating with the altimore conflagration, has served to enlist a host of en-thusiastic advocates. Tl1cse include architects, fire under-writers, insurance engineers, tire departments, municipal officials, manufacturers and property owners all over the country. So wide is the range of employment for wire glass that few phases of human activity are without its scope. \Vherevcr a light opening demands a covering whicb will not shatter under either impact or heat, thcre is a need for wire glass, and there is no substitute. \\Tire glass is one of the economically great inventions o[ recellt years. W~ith the increasing luxury of building C01l-struction in general particularly for rental purposes, together with the growing danger from fire due to the congestion and concentration of values, a field has developed wherein a fire proof as well as transparent building materiall1as become not only desirable but absolutely essential. Facility of rental depellds so much today upon abundance of light that .. even if it were not for the unfortunate appearance, the mtl1tiplicity of shutters which would be required for adequate fire pro-tection to the average structure of consequence and the ex-pense of their operation and upkeep, would render their em-ployment rare. In buildings generally, where danger of fire being contributed from neighboring buildings exists, or where 11 a mutual exposure between two or more sections of the same building is presented, as, for example, in a light cowt, wire glass should be installed in all windows doors, skylight, facing such possible attack. Vlire Glass properly framed has an unbroken record of efficient performances. It has never failed to prove an impos-sible barrier against the passage of €lame, nor has it ever shattcred under impact to the serious detriment of either life or pwpeny. I made the acquaintance of wire glass in 1895 in St. Paul. A building for which I had recommended it was then in course of construction when a number of bricks fell from a height consirerably above, landing on a wire glass skylight which had been l'inished. \7I,Tith a single exception the bricks slid off into the gutter. The force of the impact, however, drove one brick half way through one of the plates of glass, where it remained fixed. To observe this phenomen-al example of eAlciency I brought within twenty-four hours every available architect in the city. The lesson was quite convincing to all, and was the start of my enthusiastic ad- \'l)C.1CY of wire glass. • American Goods Needed in Germany. The American consul in Stuttgart, Germany, sends the fol-lowing report regarding Amerjcan trade with Germany: Thcre are no statistics of imports into vVurtemberg. Of late years there has been a tcndency in Stuttgart to form di-rect connections with large cxporting firms in the United States. l\Iany of our exporters do not seem to want to take the trouble to supply individual customers, preferring to seU to one or two large houses in Hamburg or Berlin and run the risk of their being able to sell as much of such goods as they should. Dealers in Stuttgart have frankly told me that they hOlve not been able to form satisfactory connections with American houses, and they have naturally gone eleswhere for goods, usually to England, 'whjch is nearer and wbe,re the cxporters are keen on forming connections in any ,part of Germany they call. \Alhile American houses have made great advances in sell-ing goods in Germany and have traveling salesmen canvassing the country continually, nevertheless Germany as a whole has hardly been touched as a market for many of our wares, and a wonderful market remains to those who have enter-prise and forethought enough to do business systematically. Business in Germany is donc much the same as in the United States, and any business worth having is worth going aft.er. The market for American shoes has hardly been tried, while good openings exist for cheap American house and office furniture, cut and pressed glass, novelties, fine cotton prints and madras goods, cheap silks, pens, inks, wagons and car-riages, and if systematic effort were made I believe that a good trade in sash, doors, and blinds could be worked up, as these articles are stilt all made by hand here. Furniture in Mexico. CQn~ul Richardson of Jalapa reports that the greater part of the furniture in use in 11exico in handmade, and conse-quently very expensive. The better portion of the furniture imported comes from England, but the consul believes that AmeriC,1n manufacturers could hardly extend their trade in \Iexico with proper effort.-Ex. A Unique Contrivance. The CZ:'l" sometimes wishes privacy. In his palace at Peterhof there is a summer dining-house, so arranged that ther~ need not be any servants present during the meal. A bell is touched at the end of evcry course and the table and all its contents descends through the floor, to reappear laden with the dishes for the next course. c. S. Dana, president of the Marietta Paint and Color company paid a visit to the Grand Rapids mark.et in January. ---------------------------- ----- 12 Grand Rapids, Mich. ~Weatherly Individual Glue Heater Send your address and receive descriptive cir-cular of Glue Heaters, Glue Cookers and Hot Boxes with prices... Weatherly So Pulte These saws are made from No. 1 Steel and we war-rant every blade. We also carry a full stock of Beveled Back Scroll Saws, any length and gauge. Write us for Price LI.t and discount 31·33 S. FRONT ST., GRAND RAPIDS ----- MANUFACTURERS OF DROP CARVING AND EMBOSSING GENERAL MACHINES Dies for all kinds of Machines. Allowest prices. 7 Second St., LAfAYETTE, IND. • fOUR TRAINS TO ANO fROM CHICAGO LvGd.Rapids 7:10am ArChleago 1:15pm Lv Gd. Rapids 12:05 nn Ar Chicago 4:50 pm Lv Gd. Rapids 4:25 pm Ar Chic.CO 10:.5.5pm Lv Gd. Rapids 11:30 pm daily AT Chicago 0:.55am Pullman Sleeper I open 9:00 pm on 11:30 pm train every day. Cafe service on aU day trains. Service a la carte. Pere Marquette Parlor cars on all day trains. Rate reduced to SO <cuts. T"Rff TRAINS DETROIT TO A.ND fROM Leave Grand Rapids 7:10 am Arrive Detroit 11:.55am Leave Grand Rapids 11:25 am daily Arrive Detroit 3:25 pm Leave Grand Rapids 5:20 pm Arrive Detroit 10:05 pm Meals served a 1a carte on trains leaving Grand Rapids at 11:25 110mand 5::;ro pm. Pere Marquette Parlor Cars on all trains; seat rate, 25 cents. "ALL OVEl\ MICHIGAN" H.]. GRAY, DISTRICT PASSENGBJI. AGENT. PHONE 11 68 GrandRapids,M.ich. Wood Forming Cutters We offer exceptional value in Reversible and One- Way Cutters for Single and Double Spindle Shapers. Largest lists with lowest prices. Great-est variety to select from. Book free. Address SAMUEL J. SHIMER & SONS MILTON, PENNSYLVANIA, U. S. A. ORAnD RAPIDS WOOD t1nlSUlno co. EXCLUSIVE MANUFACTURERS OF WOOD FINISHING MATERIALS That is our spedalty. We. confine our business to Fillers, Stains, Polish Furniture Wax and Fmishing Supplies. We are the orig'illators of WeatheTed. Antwerp and Mission Stains in on. Our shades are absolutely correct. We are authority on Early English, Fumed, Cathedral Oak, and Silver Maple Stains, and will match any particu-lar shade desired. Office and factory, 55, 57, 59 Ellsworth Ave., Grand Rapids, Mich. Buy your GROOVED and POINTED DOWELS and DOWEL RODS 01 A. FALKEL. 3rd and Dewe,. Sta •• Gr ... d Rapid •• Mich. QUARTER-SAWED INDIANA WI1ITE OAK VENEERS CHOICE FIGURE :: EXTRA WIDTHS ",'hen writing for prices, mention width6 requ.ired and kind of figure preferred. HOFFMAN BROTHERS CO. Fort Wayne Indiana NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA, Via GRAND TRUNK-LEHIGH VALLEY ROUTE. Two Fast Trains Daily ExceptSunday. 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 4:30 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. 13 THE "PORTER" ----~----- ~~--MANUFACTURED BV----------- __ ~_~ __ c. O. & A. D. PORTER, This cut rep-resents ou r 12. 16 and 20 in. Jointer 182 North Front Street, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. PALMER'S Patent Gluing Clamps Are the most successful Piling Clamps Made For the following reasons They clamp illslantly r11l~'\\'idt1] of dimen!';ioll stock; no adjllsting c1:HllPSto lit the work, they book at once to the desired width. Rel<:~ase(\instantly---throw out the le"er and take them oft. The work enn he Tem()l"ell .105 fast as it (':fll) be handled. As the cI:lll1Jl is placed aVel" the work and Jocks into the one below it the draw is altke on hoth SIdes, prevenLs all Spdl]~ill)l; uo maIler how wide the stuck mal' be. Impossihle for them to slip; the wedge has serrated edge all'\ cannot be moved whC:llc1~\1llp is cluse<1, hammer all you like, UlllillTit~d power; g-reat strerwth and dlJrability; 1f18.l1eilhle jrul1 ,!1ul sted: th~ k1\\wkle joints aTe socket joints, not rivets. Althou,g:h the best tht;y cost you less For further information ask for catalogue ND. 4. INSIST ON HAVING Morris Yfood 3 ~ons'~olid Slee! OIueJoinl Cutlers for there are no other.r .. JUJ"t aJ" good .. They cut a dean 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 011 application. A. E. Palmer. Norvel. Mich. MORRIS WOOD ®. SONS Thirfy_one years at 3'-33 S. Canal Str4!et, CHICAGO, ILL. J 14 .f~MICHIG.7IN 7IRTI>5'..7I.2"J..,.. .,. [ i?', 2m- ESTABLISHED 1880 PUEILISHEt:I BY MICHIGAN ARTISAN co. ON THE 10TH AND 25TH OF EACH MONTH QFFICE-2.20 L.YON ST., CRANO RAPIDS. MICH. ENTEREO.1.8 M/l.TnR 01' TIlE IECOtlD CLASS President Keech, of the National Association of retailers is of the opinion that the interests of the manufacturers and retailers of furniture are mutual and that with common ground in view each should aim to occupy it. By co-operation the welfare of all engaged in the business of manu-facturing furniture may be strengthened and sustained. Notwithstanding the ill health under which he is suffering, the national association of retaiters elected W. H. Keech, of Pittsburg to the office of president for another year. It is understood that Vice Preside,nt Clingman win perform the duties of the presidential office until Mr. Keech shall be able to take up the work. In a letter to the national association of retailers, R. G. Alexander complains that <"I considerable quantity of furniture is sold by reUlLl by the manufacturers of Boston and vicinity. He urges retailers everywhere to with hold orders from manufacturers of finding in the way he complains of. The high reputation of Grand Rapids furniture in de-sign, construction and finish is so well established that no one with anything like a correct understanding of the facts denies that G:rand Rapids stands at the head. In no de-partment of the furniture business has the reputation of the city stood so high as in bedroom furniture. This is due. to the fact that a large number of factories are turning out fine bedroom furniture. Of Grand Rapids factories producing bedroom furniture, the Sligh Furniture company, being the only one that is given up exclusively to the manufacture of this class of goods. it is therefore easy to understand that their show rooms contain a greater number of pieces, made in a greater variety of woods and finishes ,than other manufacturers showJn the Sligh warerooms may be seen magnificient speciments in rosewood, dark mahogany, Tuna ma-hogany Circassian walnut, curly birch, plain and bird's-eye maple, plain and quartered oak, silver g..a..y maple, .driftwood, moss green early English and others. One of the best known veneer men in Grand Rapids said to the writer the other day, "when it comes to matching veneers, Sligh's man has them all beaten." Whether this he true or not certain it is· that it would be hard to End more beautiful figures or more perfectly matched, than are those to be found here. A feature that strikes one is 'the number of p'ieces in some bedroom suit. There is the bed. dresser, ladics toilet dresser, chiffoniel·, center tahle, writing desk, wardrobe cheval, chairs and rocker, somnoe and slipper case or stool. One does not need tohaye all these pieces included in the suite, but may have some or all of them if desired. The Sligh Furniture company su;-e!y occupies a high place in the furniture world, and the growth of the plant in the last twenty-five years has been almost unparelleled. Improved Boiler Tube Cleaner. A new boiter-tuhe cleaner having many points of interest is manufactured in Pittsburgh. The most interesting feature of the tool is in the fact that its moving part is driven by a miniature water-turhine. The body of the tu:-bine is madc in one casting, aild within the easing is a spide· which forms a hea~ing box containing.a jou. nal fo~· the shaft. An oiling charobe:·, dosed at one end, is in one arm of the spider and ill the other is a ball valve through which the bearing is sup-pl. ied ".·.i.th oi1. The revolving part or tu::-bine-wheel lS screwed into the rear end of the shaft, so that its weight witl have a tendency to balance the weight of the cutting tool on the other end of the shaft. The statiotl<l.ry nozzle part, which admits water to the veins, is back of the turbine wheel. On machines for straight tubes then'. -is used either a special hose coupling or a coupling standard pipe thread. For use in bent tubes there is provided a universal coupling which is interposed between the shaft and the freely swing-ing arm head, by which arrangement the machine may be used equally well in either straight or curved tubes, Condensed Variable Friction Feed, Recently Put on the Market, Has Ov,ercome Previous Obstacles-Gives a Broad Range of Usefulness. A radical departure and a decided improvement in wood-working machines has recently been anilDunced, co"nsisting of a condensed variable friction feed. It has been generally understood by mechanics that to secure the best results from a friction drive high speed of the friction is necessary. To change this high speed to low speed, at the same time mak-ing it variable, has been the chief obstacle to the practical success of the friction drive. In the arrangement now perfected all obstacles have been overcome, and every feature has been made practical, giving so broad a range. of usefulness that little. opportunity for improvement seems to remain. Improved Methods in the Handling of Lumber Shipments Are Contemplated. An organization styled the ~ew Orleans Lumber Export.ers Association has just been o;ganized in New Orleans for the purpose of obtaining more satisfactory service from railroad and steamship companies. It is also ho})ed to bring about improved methods in the 'handling of lumber shipments, which will effect great economies for the benefit of both shipper and consignee. The New Orleans lumber interests have for a long time claimed that the treatme.nt of export shipments by the local transportation concerns have been decidedly unsatisfactory and that complaints from indivldua13 have. had scant attention It is hoped that through the new organization such griev-ance. s can be set before the ra.ilroad and steamship companies more effectively and more consideration obtained from them. Fiber Pulleys. Two new designs in pulleys made of a material called xylotite are manufactured by a Cincinnati firm. Xylotite is a fibrous :substance, said to have great wearing qualities. The iron web of the pulley is cast solid with the hub, and the fiber rim is then glued and dowelled to the edge of the iron web, which makes a strong light pulley, neat in appearance. This form of construction is used for' pulleys from eight to 30 inches in diameter, where the face does not exceed eight inches in width. For The Papal Household. Among the export orders recently filled by Studebaker Brothers Manufacturing company was one for a member of the papal household at Rome. The order was received through the New York branch of the firm, and included a brougham and a victoria, each finished in royal blue and furn-ished .complete with suitable harness and robes, as well as all appointments for coachman and footman. OLD FASHIONED CLOCKS. Still Made to be Used in Houses Supplied With Old Fash-ioned Furniture. Conspicuous hy their simplicity, or their quaintness, or hoth, among the mally sample clocks of more modern dcsigl1s shown in the sales Of)t11 of a clock tnanufacturing concern we,:-e a few of old styles. The-,re were old time, so-called Gothic clocks, once a favorite style; not a very big clock, but with the top not fiat but carried up to a ridge line, like a sharp-pointed roof .. -.,\,iththe end to the front, and having as its base, on either side, at the top of the body of the clock, :l little sriTe, the lower section of the door of the clock,. helow the dial, painted with some sort of design. There were cottage clocks. these smaller t11n.11 the Cothics, and like all these old time clocks, with cases of wood. The cottage clocks arc simple and trim looking, with upright, square cornered cases. And then there were bigger clocks, larger than the cot-tage clocks and larger than the Gothic!;, clocks with their long door deeply reces::ied within a wide bordering moulding, tall, square cornered, prim looking and yet engag-ing old clocks, such as once" made of mahogany or mahogany veneer, stood on many and many a mantlepiece; clocks with big dials and long hands and with a sonorous tick Among these larger old docks there were some with cases less se,vere in design al'1.d finish, with some ornamentation ahout them, with gilded half colt11nns about them, one on either side of the case, in hont, clocks such as oncc adorned the shelf of many an old-time parlor. These, old style clocks were B01 old docks, but ncw on('s. Such clocks are still manufactured and sold. "Clocks are now made of UWH}' Inatcrials as to their cases, and in innumerable styles," said the salesman, "and we are adding new styles all the time, and the great majority of people buy these clocks of later designs. But we still continue, to sell clocks of a few of those familiar old styles. Some of these old styles clocks we make with modern spring movements 'within their old til11e cases and others of them we still make with the old time clock weights. "Of all these new old style clocks comparatively few arc sold in the city. They go mostly to smaller towns and 10 the country. But it would not do to say that they arc bought by old time people, clinging to the old time ways and styles. They may find such buyers, and other buyers anywhere may fancy them for their tl'llalntness or for old time associations; but they arc as likely to be bought by people still living in old time homes, with old time furni-ture, who buy them bec.:Jllse in snch homes they will he home-like in fashion and appearance appropriate, and it may be artistically so, to their surroundings." Commercial Bills of Exchange. Consul Ledoux of Prague, Austria, reports that the min-istry of commerce of Austria is studying the question of a sys-tem for procuring the acceptance of bills of exchange through the postoffice, and pending the favorable reply to a ci~cltl<tr inquiry sent to the varjous chambers of commerce, it will probably be given a trial. This being by far the cheapest mode of procuring acceptance, it is calculated to facilitate the commercial credit system. Some leading experts have lately p_'oved by statistical data that cOtIullcrcial bills of ex-change w'c coming marc and more into disu~e. St. Johns Table Factory to be Purchased by Townspeople. The citit7.uls of St. Johns, Mich., have decided to raise $15,00;) hy priva.te subscripti()tJ in order to buy the plant of the St. Johns Table company. This is done in spite of an injunction issued to prevent its purchase. A \Visconsin bc-tQ:' Y will p~·ohably locate there 50011. $8,000 have already been subscribed. I I I I~- 71.R-T I k5'A..N ":?!iN -1b=: 'i' 7 F *1 A Paying Investment. 1£ yuu do !lot feel equal to your work, the 11rst thing is to discover how you are over wo~king yourself. Unhealthy conditiOlls may make an hour's wo:·k as exhaustive as th; ec. It is not sheer love of thei ,. wo ke s that makes employers provide better ventilated and more sanitary faeto ..is fo .. their employs. The fact is, withol1l these improvements the wo~k er could not do the same amoHllt of wo;·k he is capable of performing. It becomes <tproht<tble expenditl1 e to expendi-ture tL ,.,;pendmoney 'H purdlasing ground, bricks and mota:- iO give the worker better space. An employer, some time since, made improvements in his plant which appeared ridiculous to his fellow manufacturers. There was an outcry about "pampering the workers with luxury." He waited for a year before replying, and then he showed that the increase in the work done by his men was paying him Oller 10 per cent upon the sum he had expended on them. And yet they were not finding their work harder. They were happier, more contented, morc 'vigorous-that was all. He gave them what ml1st result ill increased energy, and he got the energy in return, and everybody was the better for it. II is not every employer that is so sensible as that and it is a tedious and at times dangeraus undertaking to try to educate one's cmployer to his own interest in that direc-tion.- Ex. Baron Rothschild's Advice To Young Business Men. The formula for success in life which the late Baron Alp-honse Rothsc11ild laid down for the young men of France and distributed by means of printed cards was: Shun liquor. Dare to go forward. Never be discouraged. Be- polite to every body. Employ your time well. Never tell business lies, Pay your debts promptly. Be prompt in everything. Bear all troubles patiently. Do not reckon upon chances, io.1.akeno useless acquaintances. Be brave in the struggle of life, 11aintain your integrity as a sacred thing. Never appear to be something more than you are, Take time to cOrJsider, than dec.ide positively. Carefuilly examine every detail of yOur business. A Novel Advertisement. A merchant in Boston, Linconshire, England has hit npon advertisement. He has painted a letter of his name on the hack of each of ten tortoises, and has placed the ten in the window of his hop. He offers a prize of $10 to the first person who sees the tortoises in a line, so arranged that the letters are in the order in which they appear in his name. No man is fltte(l to command who lacks that power to PlIt himself in another man's plac(~. STAffORD fURNITURE ENGR4VING Our hillif tones are deep sharp. clear~ giving them long wear and ease Of make-ready. very plate is predsely type high, mounted 011 a perfectly ({(Jared, seasoned block trimmed to pica stalldard. All are proYed and tooled ulltil th~ best possible printing quality is dl:'veloped. Spedmens mailed Oll request. _._----- STAFFORD ENGRAVING CO ,. The HOU8e oj Ideas' INDI4.NAPOLIS. INDIANA --- ---- ---- ----~ -------- ---- 16 igf\?pio.s.f\ie~ ·~-------OFFICES,----------------- So.ton New York Jamestown HI.-h Point Cincinnati Detroit Grand Rapids Chicago St. Louis Mlnneapoll. ANoelate Offices and Bonded Attorney. in all PrIncipal cities The Furniture Agency REPORTING FURNITURE, UNDERTAKERS, CARPET HARDWARE AND KINDRED TRADES. COLLEC-TIONS MADE BY AN UNRIVALLED SYSTEM THROUGH OUR COLLECTION DEPARTMENT • WE PRODUCE RESULTS WHERE OTHERS FAIL WEITH FOR PARTICULARS AND YOU WILL SE~D US Y OUR BUS 1 NESS. Our Complaint and Adjustment Department Red Drafts Collect L. J, STEVENSON. Michigan Manager Saw and Knife Fitting Machinery and Tools l~n',Bttf::~\:c~~c:~~t Baldwin. Tuthill .c». Bolton Grand Ra:plda. Mich. Filers, Setters, Sharpeners, Grinders, Swaves, Stretchers. Brazing anti Filing Clamlt8, Knife Batances. Hammering Tools. Investigate OUt Line. New 200 page CatalOKue fOf 1905Free. Bollon Band Saw Filer for Saws J.1i inch Ill). B. T. " B. Shle D, Knile Grinder. Full Automatic. Wet Of dry 1 / / /4 INCH POPLAR for DRAWER BOTTOMS I CUT TO DIMENSION KILN DRIED 10 YEARS' EXPERIENCE GLASS BACKS BACK PANELS JOSEPH ROSS & COMPANY 223 South Second St., Philadelphia, Pal MILLS: CHERAW,S. C.; THOMASVILLE, N. C. MIe HIGLf~l:- 'r,I '{:-{l';;; "'*'". THE PUSH AND THE PULL. T~e Retailer Who Pushed on to Wholes3ling. Did you ever notice that the man with a pull \vas the man with a push? I happened to drop in upon ::L wholesaler who recently commenced business, and is wO:'king along in a vcry unpretentious ,vay. Only a fe"\' years ag-o he was COlHlucting a retail storet 011 North Second street, Phila-delphia, and decided he had too much energy to waste his time endeavoring to crowd feet size five into shoes sin' three, one at a time. He therefol-c determined to trY wholesaling, in which he proved to be sueccssful f;om th~(' \'cry slart, and we must allow that he had some ]lush. There's only nne alternative for him 110W. lie must seek la;<ger qu;utcrs elsewhere, or do less business. There a;-e wholesaler·'" who occupy much larger ,<;tores, but do 1Iot tn:·n over so many dollars' worth of goods each month as he does. The Jlext place I visited was allot he I- wholesale house that has been in existence many years. The. proprieto:-s are honorable in the strictest meaning of the word. They would rather .sacriLlce themselves than wrong allY one. And yet they glVe no better bargains to their customers than the pusher mentioned above. They are so very conservative in their ways that it is doubtful if they would ever mention such ft. thing as taking an order should they be alone with one of their regular customers, and unless one of the salesmen happened to get onto the fact that a custOluer was present, he might be allowed to leave the house without even so l11uch as looking at sam.ples or giving an order. By a means that I cannot divulge I found out some of the places where each of the above hO\1ses purch:tse the same kind of goods, and not beillg s:ltist1ed with that I founel out what each of them paid for the goods. This was done entirely from curiosity, but for the purpose of as-certaining how they \\'ere l"ntcd by manufacturers .vho sold to them. ,:\nd what do you think ,vas the result? It proved that mallufacturen we. e anxious to see the wholesaler new to the business, make an unqualified success. He got hetter terms than the old, reliable, trustworthy house. Unless olle makes a practice of visiting as many re-tailers as he can in order to get information at ftrst hand. he would hardly know now to class wholesalers, and that tl~ere <Ire classes and grades of them no doubt is for a moment c.ntertained by the well informed. There are too many wholesalers ,.,;ho undertake to do business under a bushel They appear to be afraid to blow their own horn, and at the same time they do not appear to understand that they must blow it if any noise is to emit from the large end of it. So many ..".holesale:'s are apparently satisfied to leave their success or failure in the hands of a few salesmen who are kept on the road as much as, possible, \.·.h. ile others tell their tales in trade journals that a;·e certain to reach and make Cl1sto111e;-sb,ecause the: e ,He many retailers who get points from those papers, and who are inte, ested in the offerings by the advertisers. JOHN. His TroubLes Double. An old maxim says "he doubles his trouble.s who borrows tomorro .v..s." He also doubles his Loubles who buys furni-ture that is not trimmed ,,\lith the T0wer patent fasteners, which makes it absolutely impossible fOj" drawer pulls and knobs to get loose and come off, ma~-ring and disfiguring of drawer fronts, and making the cost for refinishing and re-pairs two or three times the nrginal cost of the trimmings. It is strange that some manufacturers still cling to the old get-loose-kind, when the Towe,:' Patent fasteners can be had gratis. 1£ the furniture merchant will insist on these fasteners being put on all case work he buys, he will save himself and his customers much trouble and annoyance. 17 Many of the leading manufacturers in Grand Rapids and other cities are using the Tower Patent fasteners ex-clusively, and the results are so satisfactory that they could not he induced to discontinue their use. These fasteners are made only by the Grand Rapids Brass company. Mr. Tower, the president of this company is the inventor and patelltee. Excellent Work Accomplished by a Manual Training School. 1bnual training schools are of g;·eat value in the practi-cal education of the younger generation. The pupils begin 011 very siIllple things and g.adllally improve until quite in-tricate \",ork is turned out. In Milwaukee the West Division hig-h school has a manual training department where students have recently completed the construction of apparatus for use ill the physics lnboratory, thereby saving many dollars for the school fund. The wo:-kmanship is better than home-made and iinish on the goods is difficult to distinguished from that made in a scientific shop. The Jirst and second year students were the first to make the plans in their mechanical drawing classes, which are cor-related with the shop. Here they study orthographic pro-jections, cabinet projections, isometric projections, surface developments, intersections, shades and shadows. The next year class takes up the drawing of machine parts, bevel gears, designing machines, tracings and blue prints, and they finish their last year in the machine shop by casting their patterns and cOlupleting their machines. The apparatus made for the physics class was done by the upper class men. The finish given each piece is excep-tionally well done. Professor George Balzer, instructor in physics at the \Vest Side High school, said: "The hearty co-operation of the manual training depart-ment has been a constant source of aid to the physics de-partment. Apparatus could be ohtained on comparative short notice and enough could be made so that the entire class could work at the same experiment at the same time, thus facilitating instruction." The carpenter shop of the manual training department has done some excellent wo; k during the last three years. The following household articles were made by the students: A reference and office desk, in combination, made with rotating shelves containing open books, etc.; three Morris chairs, finished jn antique oak with Spanish leather cushions and adjustable reclining back; four music cabinets, mission style, v,,-ith veneered curved door and French legs, highly polished; bookcases and magazine racks, mission style, dark weathered oak finish .. with book shelf attachments; jardiniere stands with weathered and polished finishes, and center tables with French curved legs and cu~-ved feet, mission style. Some students have taken their wmk home, while others have sold their articles for high prices. The present class is now finishing a wood planer or jointer. The plans were tnade by students last semester. Part of the castings are at the school. Owing to the success of the \Vest Division manual train-ing deparement in making physics laboratory apparatus, it is probable that the othet" schools wilt take up this branch of work in tbe near future. Furniture makers will be pleased to hear of the success above noted and realize the importance of the work and the great help it will be to young men to secure positions in the manufacturing business, after their graduation. Second-Hand Machinery. On Febrttary l11"stthe Fay & Egan company issued a pamphlet containing a list of the second-hand wood work-ing machines in stock in their factory. Manufacturers desir-inR to secure the same should correspond with the company -------------------------------- IS Manufacturer Must Know Products' Cost. In the northern part of a C(~lltrat state is located a beautiful (itle city of about 5,000 inhabitants that became inoculated a few ye;lfs ago with the germ of e"Kpansion anu Tcvelopment; a commendable but acute desire to grow beyond the limita-tions set by the few factories in them possessed and the agri-cLl1tural resources surounding it. Tn othe.r words, took on a "manufacturing boom," A manufacturing boom is decidedly the tonic to stimulate municipal growth, but like every other sort of stimulant should be taken ill prescribed doses and carefully watched. Otherwise the effect may be injurious and a season of distressing financial depression. if not decay, follow. In this case the tonic was taken in double doses on the theory, "i.f little is god, much ."ouid be better," and the in-evitable result followed. There was a season of activity 011 the part of promoters, a number of new factories launched on the uncertain sea of competition, a period of qui.et intros-pection, a sUden awaking and hedging. Now there is a dead town town with the inevitable cOl1temptible "knocker" stand-ing on the curb shouting, "1 told you so," and a public senti-ment to turn out gold dollars for 50 cents each. Among the industries which contributed to this lament-able condition, of all things was one of promising exterior. handled in a masterly manner by promoter and manager, gifted, many think, with hypnotic powers, who succeeded for two years in covering up the roottenlless within and lured many good dollars after bad before the discovery was matle that" wind was causing" the colicky fecling" and could not by any sort of hokuspokus bc made to stand as the equivalent of money or credit. Money is what the shareholders, expect, alld if dividends are not forthcoming in a reasonable time trouble' begius. When the writer was called in to look matters over it was confidentiaJly asserted by the managers aud several of his directors that everything was coming along, that a little money had been lost the previous year because of some mis-takes and the expense of introducing their gods. But this year the outlook was guarly, and all they wanted was the in-troduction of a cost system, and suitable blank forms for a statement of expenditures ptop-erly subdivided, whlch the board of directors had recently ordered should be made monthly. Now, the tack 'of these two things looked sll.spieious, and a little investigation brought to light the fact that in-stead of making money they were then, and had been, for a long time, losing at the rate $500 a mnoth. This an-nouncment was startling, and paralyzed the whole concern. The manager was certain some mistake had ben made, <lnd his directors were loth to believe such a condition pos-sible. Indeed, it was surprising that a continuous drain on the company's funds couud be made so long and not receive closer attention. However, the frequency of like discoveries and the similar-ity of the factors making up the equation to the point where the "X" quantity is found to be ignorance, should impress directors of all new concerns with the importance of knowing accurately ",,-hatis being done in their factories and discourage guessing a's unwise, unsafe, and unbusinesslike. "Figures don't lie, and liars figure," and in this case the unpleasant fact was shortly made plain that the delusion under which they had been laboring was chargeable to dense ignorance, and the trouble they were in couud have ben a.'oided by a little com-mon sense. Next in importance to the making of <l thing is accurate knowledge of the cost of it, and no concern can know whether they are making or losing money without some system that continually and accurately informs them of flat cost-total expenditures on everything they manufacture. In the above case several of th~"best pieces made were costing more than the price list asked f.or them, and nothing then being turned out of the factory had a margin of gain over cost suffi.~ 7'IR T I 0'JI.2'.l e $1:. cient to insure a safe net proti.t. selling cost and factory burden put and had to be revised or follow. Fortunately, in this case, which; unfortunately, does not develop in all similar cases, the stockholders and directors had the good sense, money, and nerVe--to turn over a new leaf, debit the deficiency, and credit themselves with valu-able experiences, and start anew on a better way. They are now rapidly recovering from the mistakes of a too hasty start, and promise to become in a few years one of the {o,e-most concerns in this country in their line-a money maker for the stockholders and a valuable addition to the city and community in which the factory is located. Another factory in the same place was found to have a too excessive burden for the output. The gross profit \vas ample, but was more than used up 1n trying to market the goods. The management knew there was a leak somewhere but conti not locate it, until a simple, inexpensive addition was made to their bookkeeping which furnished figures at the end of thirty days that told the story so effectively th~y were quick to make a change and save themselves further Joss. The average manager does 110t llsually appreciate the importance of this matter, or if he does is unable or unwill-ing, because of the slight additional labor to int.roduce it. l\"a regular system of bookkeeping teaches it and none could, fOJ"no two lines of manufacture can use the same method or follow with advantage the same system of reports and book entries.'fhe ordi.nary balance sheet is not sufficient for a comprehensive division of expenditure and several important things have to be considered before a monthly statement can be inaugur<lted that will be of real value to the concern. The character and magnitude of the business is a factor of moment, also the completeness with the subdivision of costs carried. It also develOped that the were too great for the out-bankruptcy was certain to A cost system for small iustitutions need not be elabor-ate, but must cover the ground and be accurate. If started right it is easy to extend as the business develops, and for oue of say $75,000 or $100,000 output there need be no ap-preciable increase in the burden to keep it up to date and always available. The expense is small considering the sav-ing it wilt effect, to say nothing of the satisfaction of always "knowing just where you arc at." Reprinted in response to many reqtlests. Getting at the Cost. until recent years the term ';cost department" was little used in business. Today is is one of the foremost factors in commercial life. It has come to be practically the only source from which the manufacturer safety and intelligently can gather information with which to meet the outside world. It is the only practical medium throug which the accountant can co-operate with the shop correctly, It is the greatest possible menace to greedy competitors who, throug the dis-closures it makes, are compelled to sell at the lowest possible margins. To the customer it assures protection. He is not paying two prices for one article and buying another from the same firm at half price. In fact, from the standpoint of either producer or eorisumer, it is hard to conceive how business could be safely carried on wihtont a tho;oughly organized cost system to guide. The ways in which such a system may be. o?~-rated vary as widely as the character of the merchandise turned out. The work may be simple or it may grow into a mass of com-plications. If the shop be small and a specialty is made of only one line, cost work may be made concise. But if the factory be large and the variety of manufacture practically limitless the chances are that the results will be obtained only through an intricate mass of details. 1\~aturally the bulk of the information necessary to produce the proper results mtist come from the shop. For in the shop The gas cngine is mounted where the old stc<tm engine formerly stood. It is on a heavy, solid eel11ent base and the machine is co carefully balanced that under test, when ntnll-ing at two h,m(]red and forty revolutions per minute, a sil-ver dollar set Oil cdge was 110tjarred over. The normal speed of the engine ;s ahOl1t one hundred and ninety revolutions, which speed it (lcvclops the contract power of t\vo hundred horse power. \ peculiar make and break system of ignition is used, with a pair of lo\v tension mannetos that are driven only for the moment of ignition by the kicking motion of a cam and \(~\'eL \Vhen the new engine was here and ready for installatio11 t-he factory was shut dCJ1Nnat 11 a. 111. olle Satunlay, and in lhe intervening" fOlty odd hours the whole setam 1l1;\l1ta11(l gener;:ttor we;'e moved out to givc place to the IH'\V plant a!l(l conncted up tempor;lrily to (lpe:-ate t-he factory jH'lHling the instnllation and testing of the new gas engines and producer. The engine \vill flri\'(' a dynamo of one hundred aud fifty kilowatt capacit.y. The electric current produced will be used to run motors of the Brass company's own manufact-ure in the various departments of the factory, thus, eliminat-ing all line shafting, belting, etc. At the present time the company have in use ninety-one motors which will be in-creased in the near future to about one hundred. Utili.ze Waste Heat, Tt has been fm111dentirely prnctical to utili;.:e the ,vaste heat of the cylintlers and exhnust for heating buildings. Afte:' cireful tests the eng-inccrs (if the Brass company have found suflicient heat in cylin(lcr radiation and exhaust to heat every foot of the big plant and desig-ns have been perfected [0,· a system clf coils th,ough \\'hich the hot exhaust gases will be convcyed to the nuter air, hut "vhich will absorb their heat and turn it to use in heating the factory, thus scoring another point in economy. The Citizells Telephone company and Heyman & Cn., have C01lLilcted for plants of the producer gas engine varidy and other manufactnrers are watching the new Brass cmu-pany unite closely, with ill1 idea of adopting· suction producer generating s}'stcms for power in their factories. The follo\',,·ing tahlc has been complied by Iv1r. Tower, showing cost of oJlei-ating gas engines "vith illuminating gas, gasoline, and natural gas, slide valve and Corliss steam en-g ·ll1es and the producer g'as engines. The eomparison 1S made on the basis of fifty brake ho,'se po.ve'· capacity. An Up-ta-Date Planer. The attention of fUl"1liture,piano and cabinet makers is called to a new cabinet smoothing planer, recently designed and patented b:y the J A. Fay and Egnn company, 505 to 525 \V Front street, Cincinnati, Ohio. Tt is claimed that this machine has many late improvements which should appeal to all who desire the most economical and swiftest machines. By a special ar;-;mgement of the table a firm, rigid sup-port is secured for the stock without any yielding or tremb-ling unller the }l["essu.-e of the upper feed rolls. The g-e,hs are so constructed that ever"y feed roll in its downward motion takes l"lrtn h91d upon the board and thee is absolute-ly 110 tendency tCl lift away (rom it. All gears are keyed to shaft. Tunning- in babbitted bearings. Thus doing away with studs. \-"hen desi:'ed the F'ay and Egan patent section-al feed roll is furnished which in itself has many unusual alHl cffecti-ve features. The new patent sectional clamp bearings for the eylinder journals are arousing much favorable comment as they arc a decided departll e in the right direction. Each of the cap bearings is composed of two sets of thin babbitt metal plates, hV(' to a :-;e1. They exert no pressure whatever except that produced by their mvn weight. By simply loosening the clamp bolts and pressing the plates down with the hand, 19 ally looseness of the journals may be taken up each day. Thus there is never any occasion to scape or rebabbitt the hearings. There ~re many other features on this machine that the reader should know about and we nre pleased to refer any one interested to the Fay and Egan Co., at the above ad-dress who will sc.nd (lcseriptive circulars all request, and also' catalogne and books on \);:l1ldsaws and sanders if desired. The Hammering of Small Circular Saws. Small saws require less frequent and fine hammering than the large rip saws used in sawmills, and any man equippe:l with a small and inexpensive outfit of hammering tools, can perform the hammering satisfactorily after a little practice and st1Hly of lllethods. Otherwi"e if the saws do' not run true without heating, they should lw sent to a saw shop or ham-mered by a competent man. But ally circular sa\'\7, no m;ltto2r how small, requires for lIne work that it be beveled, free from twists and lumps, with the tension uniform. By uniform tension is meant that the tension 01' expansion of the steel shall show uniform at any distanee [rom the center, all round the saw, when the straight edg-e is applied, although the degree of this tension will v,t.·y at diffexellt distal1ces from the center, being little or nothinJ at center and rim and more throug·h the body of saw, accord-ing to the diameter, speed, gage and feed. Thus the saw when p;-operly tensioned, will run true and steady, free from vibratioll, the centrifug-al strain being properly compensated by the Jll"Ocess of hammering. Every filing 100m should be equipped \vith the p;·oper tools fo:' hammering, and if tht. Iller ill charge is not familiar with th(~ principles of hammer-ing ·, he should master the process by study and practice. Metal Beds not Generally Used in Europe. C. E. Curby, the secretary of the Smith & Davis l\-Ianu-facturing Compauy, St. Louis, spent several months abroad last year and among mally other facts that att;-acted his at-tension was the limited use of metal beds. In Lug·land, Germally and othe;- countries visited beds, of wood .ve;-e quite generally used. /\ few brass and iron beds were noticed by 1V1L Curby and the members of his family who accompanied him, in Paris. A factory engaged ill the l11anufactu:-e of brass beds, in Berlin was visited, but the goods produced would not compare with the line of any progressive manufacturer in the United States. Fo,: these goods markets must be found in foreign countries: The people of the old world are so conservative and their purchas-ing ability so limited that South American, South Africa and the is}a1J(lsof the seas must furnish the markets for the bulk of their manufactures. .:\1r. Curby is very optimistic in regard to the futllTC of the United Statcs. There wilt be no cu,·tailment of the purchasing" power o( the people" he confidently declared. "The vast arrears of country in the west and southwest will develop wonderfully when an abundant supply of water shall have been provided by the governments of the nation and the states by irrigation." Pierpont )'lol"gan already has the walls at une room cover-ed with pictures Hvalued at $5,000 a square foot," but he is always I'eady to buy a few more yards of pictorial art when he rlllds pieces of the right size. The Southern manufacturers arc conspicuous by their ab-sence from the expositions. Perhaps they will attempt to establish a show of their order at High Point later in the year. One season wot11d suffice to p··ovc the impracticability of such a scheme. RULES FOR CALCULATING SIZE AND SPEED OF PULLEYS To Find Diameter of Driver. Multiply number of revolutions of driven by its diameter and divide product by number of revolu-tions of driver. To Find Diameter of Driven. Multiply number of revolutions of driver by its diameter and divide product by number of revolu-tions of driven. To Find Revolutions of Driven Shaft. Multiply diameter of pulley on drive-shaft by its number of revolutions and divide product by diam-eter of pulley on driven shaft. Reverse above rule to ascertain number of revo· lulions of drive·shaft. RULE FOR CALCULATING LENGTH OF BELTING Before Pulleys Are Placed in Position. Add together the diameters of the two pulleys and multiply the sum by 3.14159. To half of the result thus obtained add twice the distance from center of one pulley (or shaft) to center of the other pulley (or shaft). Example: Given the distance bet ..v.een centers of pulleys, 28 feet 8 inches; diameter of pulleys 52 and 46 inches. What is length of belt? ' 52 + 46_98 X 11.14159=307.87 inches. 307.87+2=153.93 inches + 12=12.83 feet. Centers 281\ feet X 2= 57.33 " Answer, 70fy feet. ---- RULE FOR FINDING THE LENGTH OF ROLLS OF BELTING . Take the over-a\] diameter and add to it the d~a!TIeter of the hole in the center of the roll; then d'ylde th~ ~um by 2 to find the mean diameter; thIS multlphed by 3.1416 (31-7) will give the cir-cumference. Then, multiply this by the number of :'J~ps." and the result is obtained in inches. and ?,v,dmg by 12 the length of the roll is obtained m feet. Folding :BedFixtures Profitable fixtures to use are those whicb 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 id~as and inventions constantly being added to the line. F. B. WILLIAMS 3812 Vincennes Av&.• Chicago. Manufacturer of Hardware Specblties for the Furniture:' Trade. Established 1878 HORSE POWER Horse power is an amount of mechanical force capable of raising 33,000 pounds one foot high, per minute. Rule to Find Horse Power of an Engine Ar'ea of piston in inches, multiplied by pressure per square inch, multiplied by speed of pIston in feet per minute, and that product divided by 33,000 = 1 Horse Power. The pressure per sCluare inch should be the mean pressure throughout the stroke exerted on the piston, which can be found by attaching an indicator to the engine. Tbe result will then be what engineers term Indicated Horse Power. The Horse Power of Boilers is best defined by the heating surface of a boiler and is different ac· cording to their construction. A Tubular Boiler will give one horse power to every 15 square feet of heating surface; a Flue Boiler every 12 square feet, and a Cylinder Boikr 10 sQuare feet gives one horse po\\'er. There is no standard law g'Overning the Horse Power of Steam Boilers, but tbis rule is ~dopted by most experts as a fair rating. One cubic foot of water evaporated per bour = 1 nominal horse power. 70 pounds of coal consumed per hour will evap-orate 1 cubic foot of water= 1 horse power. One square foot of grate will consume an average of 12 pounds of coal per hour-= 1 6·10 horse Dower. A theoretically perfect steam engine consumes 66-] 00 pounds of coal per hour per hor~e power. l\'larine condensing engines consume 2 to 6 lbs.. of coal per horse power. WEIGHT OF CAST IRON BALLS I I Diam.l Weight. Diam. I Weight Diam. I Weight. -·~I 1-- \--- 1 I 0.136 5 I 17.04 9 99.40 1Y, I 0.460 5% 122.68 9Y, 116.90 2 I 1.09 (; I 29.45 10 I 136.35 2Y, I 2.13 6Y, I 37.44 10Y, I 157.84 3 I 3.68 7 I 46.76 11 I 181.48 3~~ I 5.84 7Y, I 57.52 11Y, I 207.37 4 \ 8.72 8 I 69.81 12 I 235.62 4Y, 12.42 8Y, 83.73 I I JOHN DUER & SONS BALTIMORE. MD. Cabinet Itard~are and Tools Etc., Upholstered Goods Handsomest Pull OD the Markel for the Money Write for prices and Sample Correspondence Solicited No, 1573 WALTER CLARK 535 Michigan Trust Building Citizens Phone 5933 WHY NOT CALL ON US FOR Veneered Panels, Tops and Backs? WE BEAT THEM ALL, ESPECIALLY 01' PROMPT DELIVERY G RAN D RAP IDS, MICHIGAN RULES RELATIVE TO THE CIRCLE, ELLIPSE, HEXAGON, TRIANGLE, ETC. To find circumference multiply diameter by 8.1416, or divide diameter by 0.8188. To find diameter multiply circumference by 0.8183, or divide circumference by 3.1416. To find radius multiply circumference -by 0.15915, or divide circumference bv 6.28318. To find side of an inscribed square multIply diam-eter by 0.7071, or multiply circumference by 0.2251, or divide circumference by 4.H~8, To find side of an equal square multiply diameter by 0.8862, or divide diameter by 1.1284. or multiply circumference by 0.2821, or divide circumference by_3.545. Square.-A side multiplied by 1.4142 equals diameter of its circumscribing circle. A side mUltiplied by 4.443 equals circumference of its circumscribing- circle. A side multiplied by 1.128 equals diameter of an equal circle. A side multiplied by 3.545 equals circumference of an equal circle. Square inch multiplied by 1.273 equals circle inc.hes of an equal circle. . To find the area of a circle multiply circum fer- ('nee by one-quarter of the diametfr, or multiplY the square of diameter by 0.7854. or multiply the square of circumference by 0,07958, or multiply the square of one· half diameter by 3.1416. To find the area of an ellipse multiply the prod-uct of its axes by .785398, or multiply the product of its semi· axes by 3.14159. Area ·of a hexagol"-length of one side X 2.598. Given the diameter of a hexagon nut across the flats, to find the diameter across corners, multiply the diameter acrOSS flats by 1.156. Ctmtents of cylinder = area of end X len"th. Contents of wedge = area of hase X one-half alti-tude. Surface of cylinder = length X circumference + area of both ends. Surface of sphere = diameter squared X 3.1416, or = diameter X circumference. Contents of sphere = diameter cubed X 0.5236. Contents of pyramid or cone. right or oblique, re.2'ular or irregular =area of base X one·third altitude. Area of triangle = base X one-half altitude. Area of parallelogram "= base X altitude. Area of trape ..oid = altitude. X. one-half the sur" of parallel sides. .. L. _ DECIMAL EQUIVALENTS of 8ths, 16ths, 32ds and 64ths of an inch. 8THS 6/,. = .15625 /5/64 = .234375 7 I..= .21875 17/", = .265625 1/8 = .125 9/32 = .28125 "1.4 = .296875 11.1 = .250 "Is. = .3437,'; "/.4 = .328125 '/, = .375 13/ .. = .40625 23/.4 = .359375 'I, = .500 15/,. = .46875 2'/'4 = .39062,5 r"J/i; = .625 17/" = .53125 ., /" = .42187.5 '/4 = .750 "/,2= .59375 29/.4 = .453125 'I, = .875 21/02= .65625 31/6• = .48437.5 23/" =.71875 "/.4 = .515625 16THS "/s.= . 78125 "/.4 = .546875 27 I..= .8437:> "/ ••= .·578125 'I,.= .0625 291" =.90625 '9/64 = .609375 '/16 = .1875 31102 = .96875 41/.4 = .640625 '/16 = .3125 "16, = .671875 '/1' = .4375 "/" = .703125 9/113 = .5625 64THS 47/.4 = .734375 "I" = .6875 "/64 = ,765625 "I,. = .8125 '/'4 = .015625 6'/" = .796875 16iJ. = .9375 '/.4 = .046875 63/" = .828125 6/6• = .078125 65/ .. = ..859371' 32DS '1,,= .109375 67/ .. = .890625 9/.4 = .-140625 69/" = .921875 '/" = .03125 Il/.4 =..171875 "'/64 = ,953125 '102 = .09375 "/9. = ,203125 "/" = .984375 ELECTRICAL DEFINITIONS The "volt" is a measure of electro-motive force, or original energy, corresponding 'to the dynamic term "pressure," but not of "power." It 'is based on the product of one Daniell cell of a hattery. The "ohmt' is the measure of resistance, and compares to the dynamic term of Hloss by transmission." It is based on the resistance offered by a copper wire .05 in. diameter, 250 ft. long; or a copper wire, 32 gauge, 10 ft. long. The "ampere" is the measure for current. or what passes; the intensity it may be called, and is comparable to the ·dynamic term of "power trans· mitted" or "effect." It is the residual .force of one Hvolt" after passing through one "ohm" of rep sistance. The "coulomb" is a measure of current, Qualified by time; one ampere acting' for one second _ofl time, comparing in nature with the dynamic "foot pound." The "watt" i's the unit for dynamic effect pro· duced by electro-motive force, or current. It equals 44,22 foot pounds, or 1/746 h. p.-Industry, 22 An Improvements in Sanders. \Ve illustrate here a patented sand belt machine. wllicb lUl<1\1~stionably will be of th{~ gre'lte,.:t il.ltl.:Test to tll~ manu facturer of fU:'niture, it ,is a marked dqlarture irlll11 all pre-vious methods of acco111plishillg" the ]le.-feeL ":;llHliug' Ilf ir-regular work. The manufacturers, YVysOilg & },Jilcs cnl11p<!ny. Grcclls])o!"() N. c., have met with success as 1'hl' 111<illuiacturer,.: of special sand belt machines recognizing t)};\t the;'," \Va,; Il\l machine designed for sanding rapidly ,ll1c1 perfectly by belt such irregular "vork as Se'"lH'l1till(" ogee ;llld swell dr,l\\'(T the gl'aJtl, c\r;:l\ver rails rolls. moldings, etc., with the grain, rlH111diJ1g (If mirrof standards and the sanding of all band ,;co1l ';:l\vcd edges even to the :;:harpest cU:'ves and corners, The m:lllufnctllfcrs furnish lIPOll application complete data ;l1lrl S,llllplcs of work. Address-\Vysong & Miles Co" Cedar St. and So\\\hnn Railway, (~r('('nsboro, N. C. Interesting Furniture Seen In Florence. .'\t;l pcnsioll in Florellce, Italy, the writer was pleased to di"cll\'er "lime ve;"y ()ld chai"6 dating back to the SIX-lcenth century, They were rather shaky it is true and the fronts, ogee edges, roumled edg-es, beveled edges ami st";\ight edges (~ftable, dresser and sidebuard top. muuldings l1sed on sideboards and the mall:>' similar classes of Wi) -k entering into the construction of furniture. The results from the machine we illl1.st~';lt':, It;ln~ heen proven, this machine having al.t"(~,\(ly been p\;\c,e,l in s\.Kc\.:sslu\ operation in twelve of the most prominellt flFnitwe faduries in the United States, sanding is d011C with the grain, and with extereme rapidi,ty, This machine is still more yaluable to the lll<lllUt:tCl'l1I"tr of furniture as it has embodied in it fC;lturcs of a pre\-il,tb machine ~uch as sanding mirror fr<.\lllCS to perfect 0\';11, wilh II'i(,11(11y w;\11 helped to ~\1pport them, but the obse:'ver was ('~lJcci:dl'y illtC~-C.~tcd ill the quaint carvings. The black finish 1J~lrtl,Y- c()\'ers 11p the latter awl adds to the appearance of antiquity. \\'h('11 questioned ahout other furniture seen in the imlllellse hOl1se which was once a palace, the madame ,;t;\.t"d \1,;\.1 ;\. c"hilli.'t l"nakl'l" ('11 the ground floor below the pellsion 11;\(.\ CIHl;;t ucted the very st'ong an dartistically ('<\:-vcr! tahlcs :111(1 stands. They are made without veneers ;11H1 h;),·c <l (1n1l hnisll. .\ carved picture frame made in Fln]"CllCl' wa.~ illusLared ill the Artisan seve~al months ago, <111(1gaY<.' a \'cr.y g-olld idea of thc beauty and detail of the C<ll"\'ing done ill tile furniture shops there. DEATH OF C. FRANK BARRETT. The Barrett-Lindeman Company's Great Loss. The Barrett-Lindeman company announce the death of their president, C. Frank Barrett. His death occurred \Vednesday J:mnary 17 and -is regretted by many friends alld ;lssociates. I~'e \.·.a..s widely aild tavol'ably knowlJ and .vas very success-ful in his business, cOI1L'ibl1ting to its npbuiJding and exteIl- S1011. He was all expert in the knowledge of wood finishing goods. tIt". Barrett first started as a salesman selling vamish for the old h011se of Chas. C. Phillips & company of Phila., in 1866. In 1872 he was given an inte:"cst in the linn. remaiuing here two years ]OllWT, then l-';()it,g \"lith \Vm. Til<1('n Blodgdt. of :\ew York, \VltIl '.vhorn be remained ullti118tH, Roing £1'0111 this house to :\10:,,('s .BigelCHv, of .:.Ie ..vark :\1", J. Tn 18iS the start of what i~now The Barrett-Lindeman cornpally, was made Mr. Barrett assistillg \VI11. T. Lindeman in .'it;l~-ting in the paint husil1ess i1l llhilaclell'hi;i. It was first cUlIdLictecl in :\1r. Lindelllan's name. In 18-S1 the llame wa6 change(1 to \Vm. T. Lindeman & company, and in 1896 again changed tn the present name, TllC Barrctt-l.iude1l11111 company, the present of)'icers beillg: C. Frank lhnett, president, C. H. Banett, vice president, :\rehie A. Getty. sec1"('tar.y awl treasurer. lIIr. Harrdt ,,,,as a Hl,lll vvho Hot cmly laid his plans for the present and illllnediate future, but also tried to meet all con-tillgelleies that might happen this :year, next year, or teu years to come. As a result, he has so thoroughly drilled his ('lItire force, that vdlile they will not be able to do otherwise than feel his loss. lUo"t ke,{'Xlly as an adviser. and as one pos-sessed of _"-11chkeen, quick business capabilitics that he \vas immediately ahle to grasp the situation a1ld decide at once jm;t wbat sbnu\il he doue in almost all emergellcies, 11a<1at the same time planned out what should be clone in event of death, that the company shonld simply go along in the old grooves. A great nla1ly of the employes started tlieir business life with this COnCl~r1Jand have nevcr been ;llly place else. 23 For several years past 1'Ir. Barrett had not interested hlffi-self greatly in the routine work of the business, but had acted more as special adviser, continuing to decide all grave issues coming up, a11l1 as a consequcnce the entin', force in the office, and the factory, and on the road, are accustomed to thinking and doing for themselves, and as everyone is individually loyal, and anxious to further the business gt<nvn up and fost-ered by :r\/fr. Barrett, there will be an increasing business, and not a step backward. The "widow of the late president, C. F. Barrett, will un-doubtedly hc elected president of the company at the next meeting of the board of directors, thus representing the large stock keepers held by the Barrett interest. The Chicago factory reccntly slarted,is thoroughly equipp-ed, <lnd the iOTce tl1ere -is now prepared to turn out orders at tile quickest kind of notice, and being nearer the people in that secti01J vvho"desire the goods, eannot hut prove a success. 11r. Archie A: Getty will he at the helm, he bas an effi-cient corps of ~lssistants from top to bottom, and anticipates ;m always increasing business. Representatives in the west \",ill he 'Valter J, I\Iurray, IV1tO will look aftcr Chicago and St. Louis, his brother, T. E. :\1m-ray, will cover Illinois, Indiana and Ohio, and lh. :\nthc)11y \Vhitt1ed, who makes his head quarters in Grand Ral>ids. \o\'ill cover l\lichigall, Vlisconsin. ThIil1l1e~ota and Ontario. Lumber Prices Steadily Advance. The year 1906 has opened lip with sufficient advance o,·ders to keep the factories bus)" ulltil spring. The price of h;lrdwood lumber used in the manufactu~'e of furniture has heen advancing steadily and will continue to adv<llJce until, it is predicted hy a well knov,;n authority on lumber. the pric(:" on j)(ll)lar arH1 white and red oak will be from $3 to $5 per 1,000 feet more than present quotations be-forc the opening of spring. The cause assigned is the grow-ing scarcity of this class of timber, owing to the large amount of h;lrd wood now being used in the construction of the in-terior .vork of large buildings ill this country. Southern Lumber Industry. Reports f'"olll tile lumber industry in the southern s,tates are to the effect that the export hranch of the business has within a few wceks de\'eloped a good measure of improve-ment. Althong-h log' snlYplics h"v(' 110t hen equal to previous winters, S01lle j1lle timbers are -coming ill from the vVo!f and .:\-lisslssippi rivers. Plain oak remains the leading item. huth r('(1 :Illd white being "very firm <is to price. Quarter-sal; ved stock in y, ..hite oak is somewhat mOTe firm than it was a month ago. Cottonwood is apparently very scarce and holds its UWll in poces. Cypress, ash, gum and hickory are good sellers, the latter being scarce. Ten Years With One Firm. \\/. S. Fioulater recently completed ten years of service in the employ of the Adams & Elting cumpany of Chicago. The house \vas not of much consequence ten years ago. Like 111an:y uthcr enterprises it needed push and persistence to Will SHecess. :\f 1". Filldlatel· has aided the manufacturers, Adams & Elting- very materially in their energetic campaigns for busi-ness and the the !louse now ranks with the teaders in their line of production. Thc\Vooclard Furniture company of Owosso have issued their 1906 catalogue of forty eight pages and a very artistic cover ill white, green and gold. It consists of a short history of the company and cuts of dressers, chiffoniers, toilet tables beds wash stands and somnoes. The goods come in figur~d ma-hogany, curly birch, Quartered oak and bird's eye maple and can be had in sillgle peiccs 0;· in suites. 3500 catalogues ha"ve been issued. 42 JUTE INDUSTRY OUTLOOK; INTERESTING FEAT-URES. Spread of Jute Manufacturing After Its Long Centralization in Scotland-American Imports Growing. From an informative article on tbe jute industry by \\·';dte- J. Ballard of Schenectady, KY., we take the follO\ving: Just why the jute industry of Great Britain should have centered in Dundee, Scotland. is not apparent, hut such is the fact. It began there in a small \-vay in 1840, and now 40,- 000 hands are employed in the jute mills in ,,!Dr! ;lround Dun-dee. In 1904 Great Britain imported $21,000,000 'worth of ra"y jute, an increase of $l,OOO,aoo over 1903, besides $11,000,000 worth of jute manufactures. In return she exported .$20,000,- 000 worth of jute manufactures. 1-:108t of Great Britain's im-port of raw jute went to Dundee, just as most of her imported raw cotton goes to Manchester. This seems strang"c, as Dundee does not hear the same relation to fa:' t.,,;tern com-merce as, for instance, Liverpool bears to American COll1- merce. The explanation is that 300 years ago Dundee had twice the population of Glasgow and W:l:-ithe seat of the linen trade. As that trade grew and expu:·ts became a great busi-ness, Dundee began using hemp and came ont vietor. From that day Dundee worked up to the lead in jute manufacturing Tn spinning jute fiber alone that city employs <! c<lpital of $25,000,000, chiefly held by private finns-not stock COL1l-panies. But in the last 2S years jute m.anufactllring ha~. grmvl1 illl mensely in other countries. India. a great jute-tiber raiser, now uses one-half her annual crop, while Germany and con-tinental Europe generally use more than doe::; all Great Britain. Dundee uses one-fifth the normal crop of T ndi,(. Jute yarn is used in making sheetings, sackings, baggings, ducks and carpeting, Hessians and OSllabufgs, as ;t\so in com-bination with flax, tow, woolen and cotton ~yar1ls.in thc mall~ ufacture of various fabrics. The jute manufactlll·U of DUll-dee suffers most by the competition of his Calcutta rival, whose raw.material market is at his own dOOL Tn fact, In-dian jute cloth has superseded Dundec doth in the far east. The opening up of Manchuria and the development o( Korea will create a demand for jute fabrics greater than Japan can supply. In that way both Dundee and Calcutta will mater-ially benefit. In the meantime there is a material growth in American imports, practically all from British Tndia, of jute and jute butts, as shown in the follmving figures furnished by the bu-reau of statistics for the three fiscal years named: Year 1903 1904 1905 Tons. ,79.78.1 .90,733 . ,,98,215 Value. $3,358,825 4,104,870 4,500,023 Chattanooga Factories Very Busy. Manufacturers of Chattanooga report ;{ very heavy Janu-ary business. A large carload business has been done and orders have been filled very promptly. The rcpo t continues as follows: Every indication points to an unusually good winte" 8.nd spring trade. The season was late in opening IIp, in CCll~;,:- quence of the late cotton crop as ,veIl as hesitation to buy on account of the ydlow fever epidemic. Labor in the South-has never been so well employed and hette~- wages were never paid before. Crops have rarely ever hn.Hlg-ht better prices and both farmer and laborer are reali7inl!, lTl.cre thftn ever for their labors. These two factors lw ~'e more W do with active business in the south than all others There ;" little shortag-e of cars, but the rail,'oar1;:;il'·(' di)ill~ all itl their power to meet the conditions_ '\!" a furniture market Chattanooga is rapidly d~v"iopillg :11,d growing in the estimation of the furniture traflf'". More indi"idual buyers have come to Chattanooga thiS seasor. than e,'er before. Nearly all of the factories in anticipation of an early sv'ing business, have prepared riew designs for their 1906 line of goods. Nearly all the salesmen engaged during the past year have remained with the association fo; the year. The output of Chattanooga factories is four times as great ,1S tour years ago. It is now estimated at $1,000,000. The retail furnitme dealers arc satisfied with the trade that they haye had during the year so far and they predict even greater bU:-iinessfor the coming months. Trade Notes. The \Vhitcomb-l:\oble company have planned to build a L:tc(:ory to cost $15,000 ill Minneapolis, Minn., to be used for [mnitme manufacturing. The building will be of brick, five stories high. The \\.rabash (Ind.) Furniture and Fixture company has 11ecn organized by O. S. Day, Harry Little and James D. .\dams. They will occupy the old Jones & Whitcraft build~ ing ;lnd mallLlfactul·e mission and kitchen furniture. Tile United Chair company will manufacture furniture in ::\ew York City on a capital of $15,OaO. The Earl ::VIetalBcd company of Pana, Ill., have re-com· 11lenced opej-ations after hvo years' idleness. '.I.'1/(' Patlnca]-l (Ky.) Fumitlll-e company has been reor~ g',lllizcd, occasion cd by the death of George R. Rock. The (Jflicer:-;are: Ed \iVool[ulk. president, J. P. Jones, vice-presi-dent, ;Llld John Ruck. seu('tary and treasurer. The Barton (Vt.) 1"tl nitme company are considering a re-l11m- al to Bellm",s Falls. The II e:-11lann Spring Bed company; capitalized at $12,- 000, will conduct <t m;l11ufacturing business in Milwaukee, \-Vis. III ,\berrleeu, La., the Aberdeen Furniture Manufacturing comp;1I1y h;lS heen organized with $15,000 capitaL The Globe Parlor Furniture company has been o:'ganized in l~lig-h Point, N. C. \V, S. Aaron's furniture store in Altoona, Pa., is in pro-cess of remodelling. another floor being added, comprising between 5,000 <Jnd 6,000 feet. The firm is conducting a large sale of furniture to tnake room for the work going on. The Douglass Chair company will manufacture chairs, tables, stools and other kinds of furniture in Camden, N, J. Capital is $150,000. The Fll:-iter-Fear Parlor Table company has been organ-ized ;n St. l.ouis '''''ith $5,000 stock. Th(' Oliver Machinery company of Grand Rapids has pur- C11'l.-;('t(h1e lllatel'ials usc(l in lhe construction of the old Quim-by plallt. which is bcing torn down. and will use them in the ClljJstructio]l of another building. The Oliver company will nect ,I number of new buildings in the spring. The Perfection Bedding company of New York, recently illcuqJOI',lted, with a capital of $50,000, will manufacture heds, bedding and furniture. Tlll" Haj'eman Furnitme company, with a capital stock of $50,000, has bcen organized to do business 'in Zeeland, Mich. The upholstering and repairing business conducted by Johnson & ),lcLaug;hlin in Charlotte, N. C, has been dis-solved, ]. \L ~IcLaughlin retiring from the business. The Salll10n River Table company in Pulaski, N, Y., wilt he enlarged by the erection ot a three or four story factory builJing- in the ncar future. The Seaman Ch;lir company of New York was recently urg<lllized ,;\.:jtll a $50,000 caIJital. The S1. Johns Table company was ready for business in Cadillac. r..l.i.ch., about the Erst of February, Orders amount-ing: to $16,500 haH aJ:'cacly been secured, which augurs well for their futui·e success. The plant of the Ordway ").1anufactu;mg company is for :;ale. Tt is located in Bristol, Tenn, I I -~ New Band Saw Manufactured by The Cordesman Rechtin Company. The Cordes man Rechtin company of Cincinnati have a new No.2 or 36 inch high grade and high speed band saw suitable for heavy vII-ark, weig-hing 1,400 pounds. It is strong and substantial the column is an entire cored casting. The wheels run 700 revolutions per minute and are held on the shafts by nuts against a shouuder. They are two inch face and sa,vs from one eighth to two inches wide can be carried. The rubbe~· bands on the wheels are vulcanized and weight of the machine and p;-oportiolls of the wheels enable the operator to do quicker and heavier work. The fact that the upper wheel can be tilted while the machine is in motion is an added <;dvantage. Thc table is 30 x 36 inchcs and C811 25 St. Louis A Distributing Center. That S1. Louis is a big market for hardwood, is well known. It is also a furniture market which every year supplies a constantly grmving and expending trade. The supply of hardwoods is apt to last much longer than in other sections. The number of factories inceascs eve'·y. year and most of the product is of the medium g:ade. \'lith fifty-t'.vo factories, with an increase of 10 per cent ill their number since 1900 and an increase of from 20 to 25 per cent in their total output during the same period, St. Lonis makes a specialty of the plainest styles of furniture, It has several fa.ctories which make "suites'" and try expe~'i-mcnts in ,,,ark of high 1inish, but according to the general ~lgl-eement of all who are best informed, it has not yet made be tilted and rigidly clamped in anothcr position by an ec-centric damp. The ~clf-oilillg bearings in ",,,hich the wheel shafts revolve are of large diameter.The bearings of the wheel shafts are ad-justable in C8se they get out of line. The upper guide bar is counterba18nced and the roller is constructed of imported tool steel. The self-oiling and dust-proof roller guide journal in another good feature of the machine. The saw is tensioned by a spiral spring made for the pur-pose and yields naturally to the varations of the blade. The company furnish 10 inch blade, brazing tool and roller guide '''lith e8ch machine. a fair beginning of occupying the "room at the top" for which it,; weU-established business of the present makes the openlng. Death of John T. Strahan. John T. Strahan until recently the president and super-intendent of the Grand Rapids Desk Company died January 25, as the result of burns received while trying to extinguish a b1a7.cin his house. His clothes caught fire and he was fatally burned. Mr. Strahan's death was a shock to his many friends in the furniture tradc, with whom he was popular and widely knowIl. 26 B. WALTER & CO. M'nof"t,m'of TABLE SLIDES Exclusively WRITE FOR PRICES AND ll!SCOU:-lT WABASH INDIANA If your DESIGNS art right, pr.oplt want the Goods. That makes PRICES right, DOES IT (tlarence lR. lbills 163 Madison Avenue-Citizens Phone 1983. GRAND KAPIDS. MICH lberman $cbaubel, fmlturc tcslgncr Ilradltal SIltttlles alld telalls Ar.LE.'lTOWN, PA 9llammotA 'LJrop-Caruor, 9/0. oJ This machine weighs about ouoe.tOI1. Rasa traveling table. is reversed and started from a counter shaft. whkh is includ-ed with machine. Hollow steel mandrel 3% inches in diameter. We furnish burn-eT for inside oroutside heat_ H~fO~~.i~~~JY:~hi~e~Sf~~ 9 in. high 3 ft, 10 in. long-, 3 it. wide. ,Ve guarantee this machine. P ri CE'. $.225; without trav-eHol{ table, $200. Mammoth N o. 4, 5 a m e as machine No.3. driven with longitude shaft only; pulleys at right ang-les; needs no counter shaft. Price $400; with-out travel-in g table. 1170. Send or full de-scription and list 0 f other drop carvers we build. Blue Print Designs Free 10 the Trade. lNO. P. DENNING 208 S. FIRST ST. TERRE HAUTE, IND. GRAND RAPIDS DOWEL WORKS C. B. CLARK, Propridor. Manufacturers of Cut and Pointed Dowe.l Pins and Dowel Rods , --r':::c .-~.' ~ .~~"'- 72 South Front Street, GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. South Bend, Ind. ---_-.-_----- Wood Turnings, T umed Moulding, Dowels and Dowel Pins_ 'lLouis 'lbabn DESIGNS AND DETAILS OF FURNITURE 154 Livingston St. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN IMPROVED, EA.SY an.d ELEVATORS QUICK RAIST"NG Belt, Ele<:tric and Hand Power_ Tlte Best Hand Power for Furniture Stores Send for Catalogue and Prices. KIMBAlL BROS. CO., 1067 N;,th St.. Council Bluffs, la. Kimball Elevator Co .• 323 Prospect St., Cleveland, 0.; W.'! 11th St., Omaha, Neh.; 129Cedar St., New York City. Michigan Central .. __ _--- THE N'AGARA FALLS ROUTE. LEAVE Aug. 13.1905 ARRIVE 7:00 am ..... Toledo & DetrQit ..• _.. * 6:ZOam *11:10 am Toledo, Detroit & New York * 1:00pm 4:OUpm jacksolJ &: Intermediate P'ts 9:30 am 5:20 pm Toledo, Detroit & East 5;15 pm 11:30 pm Toledo, Detroit &: Ea51 l0:45 pm *Daily. All other trains daily except Sunday. New York sleeper. nlIe cafe coach and thrQugh Toledo coach 011 1I:1O a. m. train. Toledo coach on 7:00 a. m. tram. Detroit and Toledo parlor car Ol} ~:IS p. Ill. train. . . O. W. RUGGLES. G P. & T. A. E. \V. COVERT. C. P. A. BOYNTON &. CO. Mfrs. of EmboSied and Tumed Mouldings, Porch Work, Wood GriUs, and Auto. matic Turnings We also manufac-ture a large line of EMBOSSED ORNA· MENTS for couch work. Send for illustrations. C"ICAGO. ILL. SEND FOR @f-=-wg CATAL,OGUE Catalogue to Mauufac-urers on Application. Re oved to 419-421 W fifteenth St THE CREDIT SUREAU OF THE FURNITURE TRADE The LYON Furniture Agency ROBERT P. LYON, General Manager CREDITS and COLLECTIONS Grand Rapids Office, 412.413 Houseman Bldg. GEO. E. GRAVES, Manager CLAPPERTON & .OWEN, Counsel THE STANDARD REFERENCE BOOK CAPITAL, CREDIT AND PAY RATINGS CLEARING HOUSE OF TRADE EXPERIENCE THE MOST RELIABLE CREDIT REPORTS COLLECTIONS MADE EVERYWHERE PROMPTLY-- RELIABLY DID YOU EVER FIGURE THE COST OF" THAT LAST BLOCKADE IN YOUR CABINET ROOM? NO SIR! STOCK DOES NOT ACCUMULATE IN OUR CABINET ROOM. WE USE A BUSS DOUBLE CUT OFF SAW AND ALL OF OUR DIMENSION STOCK IS ABSOLUTELY SQUARE AT BOTH ENDS. BUSS MACHINE WORKS, HOLL.A"'O _MICH. We carry a line of Rebuilt Wood- Working Machinery for Pattern Shops. Furniture Factories. Sash and Door Manufacturers. Car-penters. Planing Mills. Etc. .ll .ll IvVhen in the market let us seud you our list of machines and we are sure that we can interest you ill prices and quality of machines offered EDWARDS MACHINE CO. 34·36 W. Washinoton St. CHICAQO,ILL. ----- ------ TO CALCULATE THE DRIV-ING POWER OF BELTS Divide the speed in feet per minute by 1,100; the quotient will be the horse po\ver per inch of the belt's width that is allowed in good practice to be transmitted by single thickn€_ss leather belting hav-ing laced joints. Although this is thc best practice, the amount is often exceeded by as much as 25 PO" cent. with satisfactory results, though the life of the belt is shortened. Double thickness belts will transmit twice and triple thickness belts t.hree times as much power as single thickness belts. Spliced belts will transmit a third more power than those that are laced, The adhesion of belts to pulleys and the conse-quent driving power vary so much under different conditions of use that some intelligent deviation i:-; occasionally necessary from any simple rule. From the horse power given by the above rule, therefore, some deduction should be made when the belt 15 vertical or inclined instead of horizontal; when the arc of contact on the pulley is much less than 180 degrees Or a "half wrap"; \vhen the speed of the belt is less than 900 feet per minute, and also when one or both of the pulleys arc small in diamctcr. Five per cent. shonld be ded ucted for every 10 degrees Jess than a "half wrap." Twenty·five per cent. should he deducted for vertical belts when used without a tightcniilg pulley. In the case of small pullcys deduct ,as follows: DfCducot} single belts on pulleys from 12" to 2" dia. rom double H " "24 " 6 H to 60% triple" H "36 "15 H for """hen circum'stances permit, the best speed for belts is about 5,000 feet per minute. The adhesion is then so good as to require less stretchiu!l of the belt. with less consequent loss of po\ver by friction. The smoother the surface of the pulleys and of the belt surface in contact with them the better the adhesion and the more driving power. It is therefnre sometimes found of beneiit in the case of low belt speeds or of pullevs of small diameter to cover the pulleys with leather or to make them of wood, polished. and to run the hair side of the belts in contact with the pulley faces. PROPER SPEED OF CIRCULAR SAWS Nine thousand feet per minute-that is, nearly two miles per minute--for the rim of a circular sa w to travel, may be laid down as a rule. For example: A saw twelve inches in diameter, three feet around the rim, 3.000 revolutions; twenty-four inches in diameter, or six feet around the rim, 1,500 revolutions; three feet in diameter, or nine feet around the rim, 1,000 revolutions; four feet in diameter, or twelve feet around the rim, 750 revolutionSi five feet in diameter, or fifteen feet around the rim, 600 revolutions. Of course it is understood that the rim of a saw will run a little faster than this reckoning. on account of the cir-cumference being more than three times as large as the diameter. TABLE OF SPEED OF CIRCULAR SAWS I I Size of I Revolutions Sizeof I Revolutions Saw ) per Minute Saw I per Minute I 8 in. <I 4,500 42 in. \ 870 10 in. I 3,600 '44 in. I 840 12 in. I 3;000 46 in. I 800 14 in. I 2.585 48 in. I 750 15 in. I 2,222 50 in. 725 18 in. I 2,000 52 in. I 700 20 in. I 1.800 54 in. I 675 22 in. I 1,635 56 in. I 650 24 in. I 1,500 58 in. I 625 26 in. I 1.384 60 in. I 600 28 in. I 1,285 62 in. 575 30 in. I 1,200 64 in. I 550 32 in. I 1,125 66 in. 545 34 in. , 1,058 68 in. 529 36 in. I 1,000 70 in. I 514 38 in. I 950 72 in. i 500 40 in. ! 900 I I IF" YOU HAVE NEVER TRIED OUR RUBBING AND "POll SH ING. VARNISHES DETROIT F"ACTORY CANADIAN FACTOftY YOU HAVE YET TO LEARN THE F'ULL POSSIBILITIES OF' THIS CLASS OF' GOODS WHY NOT PUT IT TO THE TEST BY GIVING US A TRIAL ORDER? BERRY BROTHERS, LIMITED, VARNISH MANUFACTURERS NEW YORK .OSTON II'HILADEI-PHIA BALTIMORE FACTORY AND MAIN OFFICE, DETROIT CANADIAN FACTORY WALKERVILLE. ONT. CHICAGO &T. LOUIS CINCiNNATI SAN FRANCiSCO .. ~ BOARD AND PLANK MEASUREMENT AT SIGHT 29 JAMrsTOWn PAnn AnD vrnuR COMPAny (Incorporated) M&nufacturers of Veneered Panels and Table Tops Largest Stock of Veneers MAHOGANY, QUART£REDOAK, WALNUT, BIRD'S-EYE MAPLE. CURLY BIRCH, PLAIN OAK PLAIN lURCH, MAPLE, CROSS BANDING The }jest Workmu.lJs11ip and Finish Office, 50.58 Steele Street, Jamestown, N. Y Two Large Factories: Jamestowll, N. Y. Ashville, N. Y. Get Our Prices Before Buying Elsewhere. Samples on Application 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 \Voodworking Fac tories, which will be furnished Manufacturers upon applica-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 Agenl, WASHINGTON. D. e. CHAS. S. CHASE, Agent, 622 Chemical Building, SI. Louis, Mo. M. A. HAYS, Agent, 226 Dearborn St, Chicaco, III COLT'S UNIVERSAL CLAMP Catalog and Price List Fu.rnished Batavia Clamp Co. Mention Michigan Artisan. Excels all hand screw clamps in adaptation to work, convenience of halldling and quick action. Especially adapted to Veneering Paneling and all work requiring long broad jaw. 45 Center St. BATAVIA, N. Y. Globe Vise and Truck Company OFFICE 321 S. DIVISION ST. - GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Manufacturers of HIGH GRADE Wood Workers Vises AND Factory Trucks Simplicity in construc-tion enables us to Ji:ive quality and durability, and meet all competi-tioll. IfritefoT Prices. No. 21, Roller Bearings. Same style Trucks No. ~4, without Roller Bearings 30 PASSING OF STEAM, Gas Replaces it as a Motive Power. Geo:'ge W\lshington, perhaps the forcmost mechanic!! authority in the United States, has said that the day of the steam engine is passing. He has hailed :1-; ih ~t1CC{' ..;sor the producer gas engine, ill the iuvention. design and m;\llulact- UH'. of which Germany is in a class by jt:-;('lf. Tt was left to the enterprising m:\llage1l1cllt 'Ii tlll' Grand Rapids Brass company to be the 11Tst ill Grand H.apirls to recognize and g;-asp the importance of this Ill'W aud eC()l1l1mi-cal power <\Ill! already the staunch (lId 5t(;';\111 engine that drove its shafting for years has hec11 taken bodily Illit or the engine room of the Court stred plaut ;111<[ ill it.s place i.s till' very highest type of two cylinder g":lS cng:illt' \\"ith II:; 1\\li hundrcd horse powcr suction g:l:; producer. Probably seven-tenths of the power \1.";('(] ill on]" milb al1d factories is produced by steam, and naturally, Lhe cost of de-veloping a horsc power, whe1"C coal comprises a brg-e :-:.In;-(' of thc fllel, is a source of ncyer ending' ..;rudy to those iIl-terested in the production and tr;lnsmission lif puwer. It is claimed by scientific mcn thaL with the n;ry bc:-:t (I[ modern steam plants llsing compound, condensing eng·ines and every improvement in accessory equipmcnt, that not on~r O1to 15 cents. of the energy in a l)O\.\nd o{ \:\)al is ac.hmHy A. F. BURCH CO. 15-17 Park St., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH, Jobbers of ====~ Upholstery Goods and Furniture Supplies Call Long Distance Citizens Phone 1123. Bell 1223. We solicit your inquirie •. utilized in the development of power, in consequence 85 to 90 per cent of. the fuel burned is actually wasted so hr as ex-tracting the, potential energy of tlle coal is concerned. The development of the steam euginc from the old fash-ioned plain slide valve style, through all r.he classes of hori-zontal and vertical types, has heen watched with keen inr.crest ana of late years attention has heen atLracted to lhe steam turbine and its development by different builders in Europc and America, Cheap Power Demanded, The enormous growh of electrical distril)Lltio~l for light and pOwer has stimulated the de111fl11cl for cheap pm,ver to a wonderful degree. As a consequence, builders of gas engines have studied for some method of producing gas cheaply. Tn Germany, the original home of the gas ('ng·illc, and bter 011 in England and France, gTC~lt progress has been made III perfecting both engines and producers for making- ga:-;, In Germany there has becn dcn:loped. during' the P;L~l :-:.ix or eight years, what is knOv.'ll as the suction gas produce:· Previous to this all gas was made in p:-essure producer; th'll is, the gas was stored under p:·cssure in gas tanks and drawn away as required, The advantages of a suction gas producer are: Aut0111<tLic generation of the gas by the engine; highe:-:t and best utiliza-tion of fuet; no boiler and no g-;\s-bolder arc reCjuired; can be erected with-out danger in any convenient place; ea~'y Ln start and to run; no soot, no smoke, no uuor; no explosion ]losslhle; Sin'll! Hoor space required, simple in operation and the IIL'it cost i~ much less than "with the pressure producer. Local Company Installs One. The !Ir:;t brge suction gas producer in Michigan has been erected at the plant of the G":'illld Rapids Brass company. [I;n"ing out-g'rO\vn LIle present steam plant the question of in- :-:tallil1g· a CClllljllcte gas outfit was given careful consideration. SU]H":rilltendcnt Charles D. Reeve, a11(l President Daniel W. T()wer, \"i,~ltcd I\Iih-vaukee, :\fi1111eapo!is, Chicago and Phila~ (lelphia. in \vhich cities they sa"v in operatiotl nearly all of the :-:.uctiOl1 producers in use ill rhis country, for, as yet, com-par: llivel:r fcw have been installed are hundreds of them in Gel"lllany, in (Jne case 1,500 hor:-:e-power in one plant. Sfl well sati~l[etl were IVfessrs, Reeve and Tower with what they 1~'<lr!J('11and o!Jsc; vcd Lhat the directors of the brass com- ]l,tny decided to COlltraet with a 1Vlinneapolis company for the in,..;tallalioll of a p,lir ()f hori:.::ontal gas engines coupled to ,,11e cihaft, gn:\ranteerl tu develop 200 indicated horse power, <illd :l SlIc1'i()l1 lJl"lldl1CCr of ZOO h()~-se-power capac~ty for fu,'- ni ...;hing" g;l.'i. The c11gincs and produce,· arc called the "Mullze}" after thc namc of the designc", yvho was [01" twelve years man-ag'cr nf tllc gTClt Otto Ga:-: Engine "\larks in Germany. The _\I illlH'apnlis company hayc acquired all of Mr. Munzel's l-ight;; \.\mler hi.s !\merlG'Lll patents for building engines and [)I"I)([ue(,1"s ill the Cnitecl States. Ihiefiy. it i:-: nothing more lhan a base butner coal stove <'II a n::'y hrg-e scale, ;llld for 200 horse-power plant consists II! a \·c·rtical :..;teel shell six feet ill diameter by nine feet high, lined \\·il"11 lire bl'ick, and provided with rocking grates and :Ish d'H,r:..; ,lt llle lwttOI1J, \Vithin the shell, near the top, is :1 waler p:ln fflr generating a small amount of steam at at-llllb] ll1l'rc 1JrC.";";\1rc ]1cccssary in forming gas. Formation of the Gas. Th(· fue!' 'llltllraeite pea coal, is fed through a hopper in llll' t()j). .\-; tile co;d :.lowly decencls in burning it gives off a ga:-: which is sucked :I way by each stroke of the engine, From the j"luJ([uccr, the gas passes through a vertical scrubber, \\"hidl i:-:. a ..;ted cyli1Hler lilled ''lith coke through which per-colatl' a llumhc; of "mall sprays of water. This cools and pllril"jc:-: the g-:l.". rClIloving lar, dnst, etc., so that when mixed willI the right proportion of air it can be exploded by an eLedrlC sp;lrk in the cylilHler of the engine, \t no timc is tile ga" stored or under pressure until ignit-ed in tile engine_ In bct, being under suction the gas is actll:llly" helow :ltm()sphere pressure. In ('......,.... qttence there Cln he 110 d;lllgcr ,d a leak or explosion in tl1 manufacture-illg pr(JCCss. From hvo to thrce hours per day is all that is required of all engineer·s time to carl' for a two hunderd horse power pbnt, all(1 every 11S('I" viSited was enthusiastic in their praise of the new ~lOtiv(' PO\VCi- compared \vt.h steam. .-\s no llreman is required, a consi.derable saving would Ililturally ensue. The g"eatest saving in running expense, h CJ\V eyer, is ill fuel consumption. Modern steam plants re- ([uire (rom th;-<;c and one-half to six an deven seven pounds of ste,llIl co,ll to produce a hO:'se po,ver for one hour, while the lllaker;; of :-:t1dIOll gas p,'odncers an dengines give an absolut...~ gnarantec:: ul <l Ilorse power [rum one to one and one-quarter pounds of anthracite pea coal per hour. A reduCtion of [rom rwo-thirds to three-fourths in fuel bills naturally prnves \·cry 'Itt,'acti\'c to [lower consumer:-:. Engines Differ Little. The cngill~'" of the plelnt do llot differ materially from the ordillary hurizuntal type or conuuercial engines. They an: largc tll;l1l ally ill tlte city, however baving two cyiinders (A sixteen and threC-([11<llte_s inches in diameter with <t s',roke twellLy-eight inche:-;. .\l thc moment of the explosion in t!ll':-:e cylilldc::-: Lhe preSSure rises to enary five hundreu pounds tu the :-:quare inch. practically all the expense of mallufacture is incurred. It j", quite esential then, in order that. cost dcpa;·ttnellt reports may defined and regulated with this end in veiw. The cost c1cpartmel1t is hy no means a new creation, but the gTo\'v·th of much experience and study, Douhtless its development lias been aURlllented in rccent years hp the fact that competition \1[\5 tightened so materially in neady eVCTY line mallufacturc that man,q_"'cl'" ha\'(: been forced to see practic<lJ methods ill order to kecp aJluM, Vntil rcently mallufacturcrs have been doing business on thethe theory of average costs, S<I}' ... \. G. Hunter of L)itts-hurgh. Proper classification of the shop "vas considered of mino:- imjH);'tancc, To "get (jut the g(jnd,~'" ha.s beell theil- chief aim, with littk or [HI thnu!-{ht as hl the detailed expense. Tl1ey (lid not cOllside;· it \\"as not Sll expellsive to maintain the wnrk or a hoy at 70 cents a (lay ill some remote corner of the fac-,tory pasting labels on the tin calls ;15 that of a highly paid rnolder in ;1 hrass or iron fonndery, where fue! ,111djHJ\vcr arc exten sively used. The value of materials and wages harl been takcn into consideration in determining costs., the other ex-penses attending the two classes of \v(wk being lost sight of entirdy. But as s,l!e prices had to be reduced iu order to keep pace with competitors, the cost of manufacture had likewise to be cut to JOV,.'ESt possihle scale in order to lTInintain proht. lJn-necessary eX\H'llSeS had to be sought out and eliminated, and thc little leaks which had been cOllsuming so mucb of the pro-fits hart to be stoppcd. Average costs gave way to specific ~l1l(J actual, and the ,"vork of classifying- the shop output was heg-un. And it is safe to Sily that at the present tjme, in every l1p-to-date facto:·)'. ,some system is maintained which tells the rnanufactlll"er what he can safely do with every article he puts tlPOll the market. Tn a system llOW ill operatioll in one the large plant the re;\l sceTt of sllccess lies in a ",.'ell organized sltop-ol"dcr seheule. At this iactcJl'Y the instruc-tions to the v;\rioos shop departments to do \VOl"k emanate from one ccnter-the sbup"orcler depal'tmcnt. For cvery dis-tinct lot of apparatns to be ma(le this dep;ntment iSlles an order Oil the shOll. EH'ry foreman whose department will be called upon tu assit in tile completion of t.his wOf'k is given <I I:OPY of the order, which comprise;; his illstntetions tD proceed with the job. From this ;;tage until the job is completed each {oreman is held responsible for proper records of all time spent and all materials used in cOllstruction, as well <IS the class of ma-chines used in his dep;\rtment, for e;,cll individual order. And so carcfulJy are tbese records mnde in each C<I 5 ('. that by use of them tbe cost department is able to te11l \vithin a slll,all fraction the exact cost of every bit of work \"'bich t11e factory turns onto It matters not w!l(:ther the shop o;'l!er is issued to 1111 a cnstomer's order, to make ;\ppar
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- 1906-02-10T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- 26:15
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- Issue of a furniture trade magazine published in Grand Rapids, Mich. It was published twice monthly, beginning in 1880. and -~._------- --~·-/.r-~. -_·_·_·.7.).~ /1' ...,rz 26th Year---No. 20 ~... - ARCH/Z 5J906~~:;-/ / ' f/ " v For Beauty and· Service Top 24 by 24 inches, Made in Mahogany; Qyartered Oak (large Sake) Golden; Circassian Walnut and Bird', Eye Maple. Polished. Cross-band Veneered, Shipped knocked down. No. 1661 PRICE: QyarteredOak and Mahogany, $4.50 Walnut and Maple,' 5.00 WE MAKE PROMPT SHIPMENT AND CRITlCALLY INSPECT EVERY PIECE BEFORE IT LEAVES THE FACTORY. WOLVERINE MFG. CO. DETROIT, MICHIGAN '') f' ....\ ~i~ ".u ........ ~~ - - -- -.----------- 1 The McDougall Idea McDougall fiitch en Cabi~nets 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 of 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 showing twenty-one new and original designs at prices suited to every class of your trade. SEND POSTAL FOR CATALOG TO-DAY---NOW---BEFORE YOU FORGET IT G. P. McDougall & Son _Indianapolis. U. S. A. MANUFACTURERS OF VALLEY CITY DESK COMPANY· GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. No. 541~ One of our new styles. OFFICE TYPEWRITER AND STANDING DESKS Write at once for new Spring Ctlta~ logue. Mailed to duden only. LUCE No. 721 BUFFETS possess the Individuality of design and the careful construction which is characteristic of the Grand Rapids product. CATALOGUE UPON REiZUEST. LUCE FURNITURE CO., Grand Rapids, Mich. No . 112 GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC LIBRARY 26th Year-No. 20 GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., MARCH 25, 1906. BUYERS COMPLAIN OF LATE RUG DELIVERIES Shipments Very Much Behindhand on All Goods. Retail buyers, as well as jobbers, are complaining bitterly against the late deliveries of carpets and rugs. They claim that in many instances orders \'"hich wefe placed at the be-ginning of the season have not been touched as yet by the mills, and that practically no attempt has been made to de-liver e"en samples of the goods. On rugs the situation is said to be even worse than it is on carpets. The demand for rugs have been of very large sizes, and the milts throughollt the country have been practically swamped wilh orders. Re-tailers claim that in spite of urgent letters to the mills asking for immediate delivcry on goods now long uverdue, no atten-tion has been paid to these requests, and where any answer has been vouchsafed by the mill it has consisted of a paltry excuse over the shortage of raw material. It now looks as if many of the orders placed during the early months of the season would not be delivered, and the buyer will find stocks decidedly short before the season is over. The unusually late deliveries of both rug·s and carpets is due to the unusual heavy demand which manufacturers had not counted UpOll, and also to the fact that manufacturers have very little carpet wool on hand with which to turn out the goods. Manufacturers have for the past eight or nine months confidently looked forward to lower prices for car-pets ·wools and have purchased supplies in a hand-to-mouth manner. Now they are face to face with a situation that is anything but p1eClsant. The announcemeut into the effect that supplies of Russian wools have been withdrawn from this market, and that very little, if any, Russian wools will be offered before the summer months, has further added to an already stringent market. Representatives of Russian owners in the ca·-pet wool market here state that they have been unable to make the manufacturer of carpets realize that they could not g·et wools <It the prices he was willing to pay. The Russian OWnCl" through his agents in this market has endeavored to secure prices ,"v"hich would leave a small p:'ofit on the \',1001 after it ,"v"aslanded here. From the statements made by agents, the manufacturer is not \villing to pay prices which would cover the cost of the \'1'"001 when landed in this market. Under these conditions owners have determined to withdraw £rOnl the American market until later on in the year. The ingrain situation has not improved since last reports. and rumors are still clIrrent that other mills manufacturing," ingrains will close down within a few days. Manufacturers of 3-4 goods are rushcd with orders, and all 1001115 are now employed to their utmost capacity, as in many cases the orders rceived are considerahy in excess of the entire production of the mills. Prices are very firm, and there seems every pros-pect of higher figures being named at the opening of the new season, which will take place in ?vlay.-K. Y. Commercial. $1.00 per Year. Rats Raise Havoc. An expenSe no merchant can for forsee is the destruc-tion of furniture by rats. The rich upholstered pieces seem to bc preferred by the marauders, although the contents of the dry goods department seem to be regarded as some-thing as}' and just as good. 'Traps, cats, dogs and ferrets seem unequal to the task of exterminating the pests. The use of rat biscuits, while causing the death or rodents, resul'ts in the creation of odeTs neither the employes or customers can withstand. A pack of fox terriers was turned loose in a big department store rcently and the damage done by the dogs was greater than the destruction caused by the rats. One imagined that a rat had hidden himself in the upholstery of fine gold sofa. The coverings were torn away and the stuff ing pulled out, but there were no evidences that the rat had heen caught. Other efforts of the canines to "clean out the store" failed of results. Upon another occasion a cat deposit-ed a litter of kittens upon an $80.00 davenport, which re~ suited in her dismissal. In the dry goods department in a single night, a dress suit sold for $45.00, and another for $60.00 which were to be delivered on the following day, and a large quantity of laces, including window curtains, were rendered valueless. Of the animal tribe the ferret seems to give the best service, but he is hard to manage and often disappears when needed. THE CORRECT Stains and fillers. THE MOST SATISFACTORY first Coaters and Varnishes MANur,/ttTUHCD B"LY 8 Y CHICAGO WOOD FINISHING CO. 259-63 ELSTONAVE.... Z·16 SLOAN ST. CH I CAe; o. Koenig &. Gamer furniture CO. M.ANUFACTURERS OF VICTORIA. COMBINATION. IJPRIGU:r and MANTfL folding Beds Odd Dressers. Princess Dressers. Napoleon Beds in Quartered Oak. Mahogany and Bird's Eye Maple. Our full line shown on 3d floor. 1319 Michigan Ave. Office and Warehouse 266 to 272 N. Green St., Chicago, III. Factorv No. 22 to 48 Pratt Street Catalogue nady March ISt. Sendfor it and mention the Artisan. Our Oak and Mahogany DINING EXTENSION TABLES Ate Best Made, Best Fimmed. Best Valum, All Made £tom TborouahIY Seuoned SloI;:k No. 465 Dining Table T"l' 'oh'.. Mode in 0....-.1 Oat and Maho&anY. fuU Pol. Uhod. Niok.! e-n :. :. LENTZ TABLE CO. NASHVILLE. MICHIGAN No. 526. "This Trade Mark Guaranteesthe best." No. 525. HIGH GRADE FACTORY FURNISHINGS WE MAKE A COMPLETE LINE. I GET OUR NEW CATALOG and PRICES I WE MAKE BENCHES WITH IRON VISES WE CATALOG TWELVE STYLES OF WORK BENCHES OUR REGULAR BENCH We makeHAND SCREWS, CLAMPS, FACTORY TRUCKS, Ete. GRAND RAPIDS HAND SCREW COMPANY 130 S. Ionia St., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ATLAS fURNITURE COMPANY JAMESTOWN, N. Y DRESSERS CHIFFONIERS ALL WOODS 6 THIS PUSH BUTTON distinguishesthe ROY AL Morris Chairs from the other kind MORRIS CHAIRS --FROM--- $6.00 to $30.00 CATALOGUE UPON APPUCA nON. Permanent Salesroom: Fourth Floor, 1411 Michigah Avenue. CHICAGO, ILL. The Royal Chair Co:, STURGIS, MICH. Tl"ade Notes. Dr. \V. L. vVhite will open a furniture store in Pullman, Wash. Sailors Brothers have opened a new store III South Bend, Ind. ]. P. Schumm has sold out his furniture store in Bellin-ham, ldintl. Mittendorf & Kile"f'.are fe-modelling their furniture store in Champaign, Ill. The H. VV. SWC(~t Furnitut:"e company was recently organ-jzed in Sheffield, Ala. The Arthur A. Franke company succeed the Sl'ater-Price- Leidig company in Milwaukee. The D. W. Hunt company of New York will deal in furniture on a capital of $25,000, The Shannon Furniture company's store in Columbus, 0., was damaged $100 by fire recently. Warne's Furniture store in Parkersburg, \TV. Va" was damaged by fire and loss amounts to $2,000. The plant of the Belmont Casket and Furniture company ""'heeling, \V, Va .., will begin operations in April. The House furnishing Goods Exhibition company of New York has been organized with $20,000 capital. The Kelley Furniture and Carpet company succeed the household Furniture and Carpet company in St. Louis, Mo. 1'11e Eastern Outfitting Furniture company's store jn Los Angeles will occupy a new six story building now in course of erection. J. :)1. Todd, formerly of Oklahoma, will open a furniture store at Independence, Ore., in the building formerly occupi-ed by the Douty dry goods store. The Fetting Furniture company of Jacksonville, Fla., have sold out to the Knight Crockery company who will continue the business and occupy the Fetting store. Six Years of Test Have Established Its Supremacy. THE" ROYAL PUSHBUTTON MORRIS CHAIR L. E. Austin & Co., Laredo, Tex., are successors, to L. E. Austin. \Vm. Shrum has sold his furniture store in Iroquois, n1., to Mrs. Mary Cross. A site has been selected for a furniture factory in Selma, Ala.; $25,000 will be invested in the plant. Edwards, Allen, Waldrop & Johnson will open a furnitnrc store at Blue Ridge, Ga" with $20,000 capital. The Shepard~Cox Furniture company, Denton Tex., has changed its name to the Denton Furniture company, The Bishop Furniture company of Grand Rapids, Mich., have inereased their capital stock from $10,000 to $20,000. The Levy Furniture company, Navasota, has bought the stock of furniture of the Jackson Furniture company, Hous-ton. Tex. Fuller S~int & company, Mount Pleasant, Tex., will do a furniture business with $10,000 capital, succeeding H. W. Cheney & Co. F. D. Goddard a furniture dealer of Rockford, Ill.. will retire from business, which he has successfully conducted for seven years. James H. Carver has sold his furniture business in Scranton, Pa., and will devote his attention in future to his furniture store in Binghamton, N. Y, Miller & Bell, undertakers and furniture dealers, Mur-free. sboro, Tenn., have dissolved. R. T, Bell retiring. The business will be continued by P. R. MiHer & Co, Tull & Gibbs of Spokane, Wash., have increased their captia1 stock. from $50,000 to $100,000. The company will occupy a new five story building which they are erecting, The Grote-Rankin company of Spokane, Wash., have purchased the business of the Teale-HlIls Furniture com-pally of Seattle, ¥/ash, The former name will be maintain-ed. Capital stock will be increased from $125,000 to $350,000, \ ~, -_._~ -------~----~---~-- 7 SAVE LINE will satisfy the bulk of the trade demands of the average dealer, without necessitating delays in shipping. ChalDber Suits. Sideboard •• Chiffoniers, Dresser. and Toilets. ·Wrlte for Catalodue. BURT BROS., 2000 S. Ninth St., Philadelphia, Pa. FREIGHT· [] Why go west for .CASE GOODS when the B U RT The Ford a1 Johnso.n Co. MANUFACTURERS OF uFiber Rush" and uMalacca" Furniture No. 3579% ALSO 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: Chit4go~ New 'lork, Boston, MaJJ., Cjncinnati~ fl., Frdnifl)rt~ Ky.~~.A~/a11fa,Ga. GENERAL OFFICES' Sixteenth St., and Indiana Ave .. CHICAGO. KARGES WARDROBES ARE GOOD WARDROBES noonSTYLES CONS1RUCTION FINIS" WIl.ITK FOR CATALOGUE ftAROrS runnnunr co. EVAMSVlllE IMDIANA In writing mention Michigan Artillan GLOBE SIDEBOARDS are the BEST ON THE GLOBE FOR THE MONEY GET OUR CA1AL.OGUE. Mention tbe Michigan Artisan when writing. GLOBE FURNTURE COMPANY EVANSVILLE, INDIANA BOCKSTEGE FURNITURE CO. EVANSVILLE, IND. NO. 10. DRESSING TABLE. TOP 2OX.40. FRENCH PLATE 22x28. SELECT QUARTERED OAK, RUBBED AND POLISHED. Maurs of the "SUPERIOR" Extension, Parlor anf,library Tables NEW CATALOGUE lUST ISSUED-GET ONE 1858 1906 Q. SMIT" C"AIR ===COMPANY=== E. MANUFACTURERS OF WOOD, DOUBLE CAlliE, CANE, COBBLER TUfTED LEATHER AND VENEER SEAT CHAIRS AND ROCKERS No.145 Reception Rocker Veneered Rolled Seat Quartered Oak Finished Golden Office and Warerooms, Cor. Third and Division 5t5. Factory and Supply Mill, Foot of Oak St. ------IEVANSV1LLE,IND.------ MAKE MONEY MR· DEALER BY SELLING THE Dossr KITCHEN CABINETS CUPBOARDS SAFES and WARDROBES Besl Soods Lowest Prices BOSSE FURNITURE CO., Evansville, Ind. The "ELI" fOLDING BEDS APRREOfITBREWADINNEANRDS No Stock complete without the Eli Beds in Mantl::! and Upright ELI D• MILLER & Co• W"'rvitae nf.ovrlclulets.lRnnddtaprnicaes hansville Furniture Co" EViWsville. Ind. Manufacturers of the "Celebrated Flowered White Oak Goods." BEDROOM SUITES CHIFFONIERS ODD DRESSERS .rul WASH STANDS "The Line with the Finish" Something Entireh New Goods ShOWll at Chi ca· go. Ill., at No. 1319 Michigan Ave" ~d floor and also at our factory sal es-room at Evans, ville, Ind. New Catalogue just issued. 10 The Refrigerator S~ason will be here very soon. If you have not yet received a set of our CATALOGUES and PRICE." for 1906 a po>tai card will bring them tn you by return mail. We make a full line 01 line-Lined, White [namel, and Opalite lined. and Porcelain lined Refrigerators of any she desirable. THE ALASKA REFRIGERATOR CO. Exclusive Refrigeratof Manufaclurers. New York Office, 35 Warren St. MUSKEGON, MICH. Muskegon, Mich. At one time the mills around Muskegon Lake manufac-tured more pine lumber than those of any other city in the Uliited States. As the timber became exhausted and the mills began to close down, the hustling business men of Mus-kegon began to induce other manufacturers to locate there, and today there is a great variety of flourishing institutions there, employing thousands of hands, who are filling up the city woth comfortable homes, and giving the city an enviable reputation. In the matter of furniture Muskegon stands third in the l'ist of Michigan cities, having (including refrig-erators) nine large and prosperous houses. \Vhen the great factory of the Brunswick-Balke-Callender company of Chi-cago is completed it will -add many hundreds of hands and many thousands of dollars to the manufacturing industries of the. city. Among the manufacturers of furniture in the United States, few have attaIned a reputation for fine goods equal to that of the Muskegon Valley Furniture company. This com-pany will take an entire half of the top floor of the new Man-ufacturers building at Grand Rapids, making it a permanent exhibit of great strength and drawing power. The remain-der of the floor (the seventh) win be divided between the Moon Desk company of Muskegon and the Union Furniture com-pany of Rockford Ill. The new building will have on its floors the lines of a great many of the leading manufacturers of the country and the July season will find it ready for the buyers. The Moon Desk company will SOOl1 issue a remarkably fine catalogue of oHice desks. Their trade is very active, ,md the prospects were never hrighte:-. This company has removed its line from the first floor of the Pythian Temple. Grand Rapids, and in July will be permanently locat-ed on the seventh floor of the new rvIannfactu-:ers' building on Tonia street. The Alaska Refrigerator company is on the very c-:est of the wave, so far as business is concerned. With hetween four and five million feet of the best kind of lumber in their yards; with \"vT'ehouses filled with thousands of refrigc:-- atars, from which car loads are shipped daily; with the im-mense factory wo:-king up to full capacity; with sales that promise to come near to the half-million dollar mark this year it is no wonder that Manager J. H. Ford feels that hls many years of faithful, intelligent and energetic service have been rewarded with deserved success. The Sargent Manufacturing company is one of the most important furniture manufacturing industries in the city. They manufacture a large tine of bachelors' cabinets, ladies' desks. extra large chiffoniers and other pieces that make up a line every dealer is interested in. Manager Cunningham is one of the busiest of men, and gives close personal attention to every department of the business. Bought a Farm in Cuba. John D. Case, secretary of the Sligh Furniture company, retu ned to Grand Rapids late in March after spending sev-eral weeks in Cuba. He was so well pleased with the island that he purchased a farm and has commenced the study of the Spanish language. Grand Rapids in Literature. George Ade, writing from England, and discussing the happy condition of the multi-millionaire, introduces Grand Rapids furniture as follows: ""Vhen he sails into the new office building the elevator captain gives him a cheery but deferential 'good morning.' In his private office he sits at a $;;00 roll top desk from Grand Rapids surrounded by push buttons, and when he gives the word someone is expected to hop. At noon he goes to his club for luncheon. The head waiter jumps over two chairs to get at him to relieve him of his hat, and then leads him to the most desirable table' and hove:·s over him even as a mother hen broods over her first born." Muskegon Valley Furniture CO. ------MUSKEGON, MICH--.~--- l" II t. • Odd Dressers ,,I ,I , fi '0 I f; , Chiffoniers I ~ Wardrobes Ladies' Toilets Dressing Tables Mahogany Inlaid Goods No. 553 Note the special arrangement of pigeon hole case: private compart-ment with flat keyed sub treasury spring lock, card index drawer with follow block attachment, letter file drawer with index, 9 pigeon hole boxes with quartered oak fronts. Typewriter shelf 26 inches high when in position for use, standard height. Center drawer with flat keyed lock $1 00 extra. Raised Panels. Quarter Sawed White Oak. 60 ir1Chc:slong; 32 inches wide; 50 irtclH's higl.; weight, 345Ib.s. Moon Desk. Co., MUSKEGON, MIC". 11 The Franking Privilege No Longer Allowed-Mails Closed To Furniture. Hereafter government otlicials will not be allowed to send furniture through the mails under their franking'privi-lege. A bill has been introduced in congress which provides that no government department or official can frank any-thing through the mail's which an individual cannot mail at the regular postal rates. Committees, organizations, or cor~ porations are also denied the franking privilege. Members of the committee believe a great -saving will re~ suit to the government in freeing the mails from supplies of a , :i'; I .. The Sargent Mfg. Co. MUSKEGON, MICH, Bachelors' Cabinets Ladies' Desks, Extra Large Chiffoniers Also ManufactureR and ExPOrteR of ------ ROLLING CHAIRS Chairs adapted to all kinds ot,:i~validiam. both for hottse and st:reet'L~e. OVER FORTY DESIGNS TO SELECT FROM nature which departments have been permitted to frank, but which individuals could not send by mail These provisions will materially reduce the weight of mail at weighing periods and consequently the weights upon which the remuneration of railroads is estimated will be les-sened. The undertake.rs of Knox county, Ill., have formed an association, with "V. C. Hale of Abingdon as president, E. F. "Vest of Knoxville, vice president; Frank Hurd of Macon treasurer, and H. E. Kimber of Galesburg, secretary. Made' by the Sargenl Manufacturin~ Co., Mu.;keion. Mich. The A. C. NORQUIST CO. JAMESTOWN, N. Y. MANUFACTURERS ·OF DRESSERS AND CHIFFONIERS In Plain and p<!!t1rtered Oak, Mak#gony IInJ Birduye Maple. PERMANENT EXHIBITS -----AT'----- Chicago and New York Century Fumiture Co. Factory and Salesroom 153-159 Canal st, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. DESIGNERS AND MAKERS OF FINE Parlor and Library Furniture ANEWUNEoF Odd Chairs and Rockers and Reception Chairs Esduli.Ye and Pure in Deei,n. INCREASED FACILITIES LARGER LINE WOODARD FURNITURE COMPANY OWOSSO, MICH. Have you received our 1906 catalogue~ If not, you should send for it by first mail. It shows the besl values in medium priced bedroom fnrnitnre, in alllhe fancy woods and finishes. WOODARD FURNITURE CO. Dressers and Chiffoniers TO MATCH In QUARTERED OAK, MAHOGANY, BIRDSEYE MAPLE and CURLY BIRCH SEND FOR CATALOGUE CENTURY FURNITURE CO. JAMESTOWN NEW YORK 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. 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 a,ound utility, ou, Wa,drobe' Couches beat the world. Dealers williind that a special advertised, will sell Box Couches. sale, judiciously Try it. Largest Line, best designs, Solid Dust Proof Bottoms, Climate T op·Lift. Made Moth-pIDof with odoIDusRed Cedar lining. We a'e advertisingour 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. Importance of Discounting Bills. OUf modern commercial houses spend a great deal of time and: energy in looking up claims and errors in dealing with customers. They will spend days and even weeks in adjust-i. ng accounts to correct an error of only a few ccnts, and COl1~ sider' it good business judgment. In almost every firm of ally magnitude at all there is maintained a depa'.tmcnt of g eater or less size, depending, of course, upon the volume of business done, which l'ooks after nothing but the claims of customers. Many of the claims which are investigated entail a cost a hundred times more than the amount in~ valved, yet they are gone into with careful scrutiny, and are not allowed to rest until a satisfactory adjustment has been made. It is not alone the amount involved which the company ca;'es about, but the business principle. If customers know that a firm is lax in looking into the details of its outside dealings, some of them, presumably those whose financial standing is not of the highest order, are surej sooner or later, to try to take advantage. I have known customers having bills to pay to a large firm to take off some peculiar discount, giving no explanation whatever for so doing. Of course, in such instances, the matter is .always re-ferred to the proper department for adjustment and usually is comparatively easy to settle. But the incident goes to ,,, ..... 11111 Pro8fIr_, IIdIlH .. lotN Us1n I POIIIIIII Whll'l WI Fill" eln Afton! thl~L.n..,, DlnaIlsf\lll GllSftm.r. lIS.t..lo.r.till ""..".."." PlGIElIID'S $I"" Is n,t .. CUr)' In Ihlll, II ftrnll •• ill Fr"ail'·"•• Le...t..fa.-IIII EIII.... IN. show how ready some people are to do a little crooked work and how important it is to keep an eye open to the little deals. A most important thing that many firms do not follow up closely enough is the discounting of bills, says A. G. duu-ter of Chicago. This is particularly true of me smaller can· cerns. The larger firms usually have their offices so ar· ranged that one department is held responsible for this one litle of work. ln the smaller companies, however, many times it is not thought worth the while to do so. This is usually left as a side issue for the bookkeeper. If he has time'to get the bill vouchered inside the dis·count limit, all. is well and good; if he fails, nothing is thought of it, amj the account is allowed to run the thirty or sixty day limit, afi the case may be. But just think what such carelessness means to the firm at the end of the year! Most bills are received nowadays subject to 2 per cent discount if paid within ten days. Suppose that the firm's purchases on hills of that nature do not amount to more than $25,000 or $30,000 for the year, yet if the bills are not dis-counted a practical loss of $500 or $600 must be sustained-enough to maintain a clerk to lo'ok after the maturity of ac-counts. If the purchases for the year run into the hundreds of thousands the 2 per cent is a. big item and means thous-ands of dollars annually to the firm which properly rook~ after it. I ROBBINS TABLE COMPANY owosso, MICHIGAN No. 402. Leaves stored in top. 1906 CATALOG MAILED ON REQUEST No. 301. Center column does not divide. 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 TABLE LADIES' DRESSING CHAIR With Patent Adjustable Fixtures LADIES' WRITING DESK GRILL CABINETS LAMP STANDS FRAMED MIRRORS 16 ·~~MI9j"1IG7!N I .7If-TI~.fLN..,.... WE HAVE GROWN TO THE LEADING POSITION AS MANUFACTURERS OF CHAMBER FURNITURE BY MAKING THE BEST SELLING LINE -a line good enough for the most exacting and not too good fof' the average trade requirement. We issue no catalogue. Our salesmen show photos. SLIGH FURNITURE COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICH, CABINET MAI1ERS In these days of close competition, need the best posaible equipment, and this they can have in . . . . BARNES' Hand and Foot Power Machnery Our New "and and foot Power Circular Saw No.4 The stroogest, most powerful, and in eveTyway the bl:St machine of its kind ever made, for ripping, cross.cuttillg, boring and grooving. Send.for our New Oatalogue. w. F. ®.. JOHN BARNES CO. 654 R.uby Street, R.ochford, Ill. The Rex (Inner Tufted) Mattress. (PATENTED. TRADE MARK REGISTERED.) The ·'Cl " NOW DEMONSTRATED bevond all doubt tha: the sale ul ONE REX In;lcr Tutted Mattress "vil) C:l.use ill(juiry sutEcient to sel' TV'/O and so it goes OIl gnHving and enlarging ;;our husiness as OUTS has enlarged- - Ut:R BEST TRADE. \Vrite lor OUT !lev\' booklet "The King at 'l'I1!~s," alll~ k~iHn all ;tbou~ this Sp:cndi~ Mattress. V/e fllrnis!J rn('se beiw:ilti: :i7tJe 20 page booklets to CdStUIJ1c:fS and ;icenscc! agenes. Gel OUT terms, :"Jr!ces, etc. VVrite Tighe now. J)on't .,va:t. A card '.\':11 do. AIl.vthing to show .your interest. CHARLES A. FISHl':R & CO. 1302 Michigan Ave .• CHICAGO. ILL. PEORIA, ILL. ST. LO[./13, ,'VIO. LINCOLN, ILL. MlllfNEAPOLiS, AtIATN. Solr Iv[at11{[i1(1urerj undtT LiarlJt Amrri{{UI JY1illtrOJ iltJd C!JJbiofJ Company. 17 18 VIRTUE OF STICKING TO IT. A Salesman Tells How He Got Two Customers Worth Having, "Stick to it," said the salesman, "is my motto. It's a good one in any business. This is how it works out: "I represent a wholesale provision firm, dealing only in the finest grades of goods, with high class buyers. Among my best customers in and about New York are the railroads. "One of the first important sales I made was to the buyer for the dining service of one of the biggest roads funning into the city. I went straight to the big man's office, told him what 1 had and did my best to make a sal<t. "Nothing doing. My eloquence didn't impress the big man a bit. Finally he ordered me out of the office. By that time he was mad and I was mad, but he had the bulge on me, and, escorted by an attendant, I went. "But I was bound to land that fish. It was in the mid-forenoon that we had our stormy interview, but I waited at the main door of the office until I saw my man go out to dinner then I followed him. "He went to an exceedingly swell' dining place, but I walked in at his heels and took a seat at the table with him. He appeared not to recognize me when I spoke to him, but as soon as I opened up on the provision question he spotted me. "'Oh!' he exclaimed, and I trembled; then suddenly his frown melted into a smile and a twinkle in his eye told me I'd won. "'You've got me,' he owned up, and befo;-e we left the table he'd given mea big order. "Ever since be's been one of my best and pleasantest cus-tomers. I simply tired him out, wore him down. "There's another big railroad with which I do a big busi-ness that was still harder to fand. Every Saturday I called on the manager of 'the dining system, only to be told that I was wasting time. "\Vell, I kept on wasting it every Saturday regularly for two years. Finally, the manager gave me an order, just to get rid of me. The goods did the rest, ~ndthat railroad ac-counts for a big chunk of my commissions today. "Stick to it does the business-nerve, and a little tact in \lslng it." The Hawks Furniture Company's New Catalogue. The HaWKS Furniture company of Goshen, hd., have issued their 1906 catalogue, consisting of 56 pages and cover. Illustrations of bed room furniture in suites show many at-tractive styles. The company have, during the past year, added a large department to be used exclusively for veneer-ing and glueing. Sample orders of goods manufactured are solicited from the trade. The Northern Furniture Company's New Catalogue. The Northern Furniture company of Sheboygan, \Vis., have issued a new 216 page catalogue. This is the third catalogue issue.d since a year ago last January and a great improvement in the line is noted. Illustrations comprise chamber suites, chiffoniers, sidcboards, buffcts, dining room furniture and kitchen cabinets. Rags for Mattresses. While passing through a large cotton mill in one of the cities of the south recently a party noticed a large collec-tion of cotton rags and raw cotton of the l'owcst grade. When questioned the attendant explained' that the stuff was sent in to he prepared for use in the manufacture of cotton felt mattresses. He explained, however, tha~ a considerable number of manufacturers of mattresses used better material. QUARTER·SAWED INDIANA WHITE OAK VENEERS CHOICE FIGURE EXTRA WIDTHS When writing for prices, mention widths required and kind of figure preferred. HOFFMAN BROTHERS CO. Fort Wayne ; ; Indiana Mechanics F umiture Co., ---ROCKFORD. ILL.-- Makers of fine and medium Buffets. China Closcls and Serving Tables in Oak. Parlor Cabinetsin Mahogany. Mwic Cabineb. in Mahog~ any, Walnul. Oak and Birch. New Catalogue just out. Send for it. No, 102, BUFFET-QuarIerMwed WhiteOak. 5 feet. six iflches:hit!h; 5 feet. 4 inc~ wide, 2Ox>4 Fl'eIlch Bevel Mirror. • fOUR TRAINS CtllCAGO TO AND fROM Lv Gd. Rapids 7 10p,m At Chicago 1:15 pm Lv Gd. Rapids 1~:05 nn At Chicago 4:50pm Lv Gd. Rapids 4:25 pm Ar Ch1c:ae:o 10:55 pttI Lv Gd. Rapids 11:30 pm dally At Cllieago 6,:55am Pullman Sleepcr, open 9:00 pm on 11:30 pm train every daY',Cafe setvice on all day trains, Service 11la carte. .., Pere Marqucttc Parl~r cars on all day trains· Rat. redncl!!dto 50 cents. T"Rff TRAINS D E T R 0 I T· TO AND fROM Leave Grand Rapids 7:10 am Arrive Detroit 11:55 am Leave Grand Rapids 11:25 am daily Arrive Detroit 3:25 pm Leave: Grand Rapids 5:20 pm Arrive Detroit10:05 pm M_l& IlCrv¢d. a. 1&~rte on trains leavi.ng Gaud Rapids at \\;15 ",m and 5:20 pm. pere Marquette Parlor Cars on all trains; scat rate, a.cents. "ALL OVER MICHIGAN·' H. J. GRAY, DISTRICT PASSENGBR. AG.NT, PHONE 1168 Grand Rapid_,Mich. Why Salesmen Fail. It sometimes happen,:; that even an experienced and suc-cessful salesman finds himself falling behind in results withollt any apparent cause. He asks himself why his orders are not so la.rge or so numerous as they used to be, .and fails to ac-count for it by any fault with t'he line he carries or by any market. conditions. Often he is at a loss for any feasible explanation. In nearly all such cases the reason for this condition lies in the fact that the salesman is not concentrating his mind on his work. Perhaps he has become so accustomed to succeed-ing that he has fallen into a mechanical habit of work, or perhaps he is thinking too much about the promotion he desires, or some fancied grievance against the house, or of "enry Schmit &, Co. Uopkln. a"d Harriet St.. CJnelnnatl, O. ),I.U::EIlS 0 .. UPHOLSTEREO FURNITURE LODGf AND PULPIT, PARLOR L18RARl. HOTEL AND CLUB ROOM personal trials. \\Thatever it is that is bothering him you may be sure that it is quite irrelevant to the business in hand. It is probably true that the salesman himsclf is unaware of the havoc it is playing with his work. If it were once brought to hi,~ attention that be is failing to concentrate his mind, he, would rouse out of this condition, collect his thoughts and apply himself to as good purpose as formerly. My advice to you salesmen, is to think exclusively of the lmsiness in hand when you are engaged jn the performance of it. Don't allow yourself to be distractcd by any olttsi~le considerations. If you have financial or other worries do not a11o\\' yourself to think of them while you are trying to get business. Your prospective custOl11,erwill read in your [ace that something is wrong, and even if he wcre to guess the nature of the trouble and extend his cordial sympathy, you \'\;ould still be the loser, inasmuch as his mind is diverted fro111the consideration of your selling talk and the merits of the goods of which you wish to convice him. Don't busy yourself with thoughts about what you will do when you arc promoted to that higher position which seems just within your reach-because you will never attain it, or at least you will never make yourseH wOl-thy of it, ex-cept by doing the very best you can in your present position. You cannot do your very best unless you give your undivided attention and interest to cacl]. detail. Concentrate your ef-forts to "make good" wherever you are, and by so doing you wilt prepare yourself to 'assume greater responsibilities. And such responsibilities, with the advantages that go with them, usually fall to the share of the 111enwho are best pre~ pared. The salesman whose thoughts are far afield makes a dis-astrous impression on hi,.; customer. Tlle latter fecrs jll-stinctivel¥ that he is Hot gelting the services from the sales-man to which he is entitled. If it were merely a question of the customer selecting certain goods with which he is already familiar, and expccting nothing of the salesman ex-cept to record his order, it vwuld make very little difference whether or not the salesman were wide awake, interested and capable. But in the majority of sales the purchaser ha's need of information which the salesman can give him on 19 all sorts of points about the quality of the goods, their price, and the means of displaying and advertising them. He feels that the money he expects to pay for the goods is ex-pected to cover not only the cost of manufacture' and a fair profit to the makers, but also includes the 'cost of good sales-manship. He feels that he has the right to be well sold just as he has the right to demand goods of a high class quality. 1£ a salesman is not making concentrated efforts-if he is-not doing his best-the customer is aware that something is lacking, and resents the fact. The good salesman is, of course, ambitious--has hopes and plans for succceding to some responsible and lucrative position-but it is important that he should do his best, not for the sake of somc immediate reward, but for the sake of building his own character substantially. r knew a man who once held a very high position capably, and was well known for what he had been able to accomplish in it. Several years of illness and various other misfortunes reduced him in later years to the level of the common work-er. He obtained empl"oyment on trial at a small salary as a canvasser for a new concern. He felt, however, that the work was beneath him. He did not concentrate his mind upon it, but dragged on regretting his lost affluence and spending a great deal of his timc in scheming to get his con-cern to promote him to a managership. One day he brought up this subject with the head of the departm,mt for about the sixth time, urging it more persist-ently than before: ;;\Vhy should the president of this business aupoint young and inexperienced fellows to high positions-the man hwsent to Alihvaukee as a manager of the force there doesn't know anyt.hing about the business. He is hardly out of school. I ought to have had that position. \~rith my experience of the world and business 'ways I could get forty times the re-sults that that chap can. vVhy shouldmy services be wasted hy keeping me in this small, insignificant place where I haven't allY chance to show what I am capable of doing? \Iv' on't you use your influence to g·ct me a bettcr job?" The head of the department was sympathetic, but sensible. "The president cannot make you a department manager on the strength of what yOU used to be," he said, "but he will be very glad to promote you as rapidly as yonr work will justify it. If you have such a wide expcrience and consider yourself so able a man, go to work and prove it. Prove it by showing yourself as responsible and loyal·in a small place as you were when you were at the head of, affairs. Such a proof is thc highest claim you can have tp a high office-but mere egotism isn't any sort of a claim a( al1." The sale.sman saw the point and reformed his methods of \'\;ork. He lived at a cbeap hotel', wore his threadbare but wel1~kept c1otheswithout any f~lrther complaint, and concen- THE HAWKEY~ KITCHEN CABINET Original features. De!,ien. finish and cabinet work the best on earth. Prices range from$3.00 to $52.50•. Exclusive sale given. Sold to dealers only. Price is a good saleslllan. Quality is a heHer one. We have them both, tataloKue nil application. Union Furniture Co •• BURLINGTON, low ... trBtcd all his efforts on getting results. He went at it in de,Hl earnest, and no prospect was too insignificant or too difficult to be made the 'ul)ject of his most thorough and most intelligent canvass. At the end of a few weeks he had gotten more results than in an the-'two months previous. Very soon he was making money, and ~Tas so weU satisfied with his re- 111lHleration and so deeply interested in his work that whcn the president voluntarily offered him a place as manager in the Rochcster office hc smij'jngly declined it. He is a man who can testify that it is worth while to con <::cntrateone's mind on one's work, and try to work as well in a small way and unimportant position as if he were holding a high office or place of tms;t, A. H. REVELL. 20 Morton House American ......Plan Rates $2.50 and Up Hotel Fantlind European ......Plan WE manufacture the larg· est line of FOLDING CHAIRS in the United States, Buitable for Sunday Schools, Halls, Steamers and all Public Resorts. • • . • We also manufacture Brass Trimmed Iron Beds. Spring Beds. Cots and Cribs in a lar~e varie:ty. . . . Sif.nd foJ' Catalogl1e and Prices 10 Kauffman Mfg. CO. AS"LAI'ID, 0"10 Rates $1.00 and Up The Noon Dinner Served at the Pantlind for 500 is the fiNEST IN THE WORLD J. BOYD PANTLIND. Prop. BEDS Smith & Davis Mfg. Co. ST. LOUIS, MO. MAKERS OF WITH STANDARD Tbe New "PERFECT" FOLDING CHAIR PATKNTltD OCT_ 20, 1903. Comfortable Durable Simple Neat The Acme Qi Perfection in the line 01 Folding Chairs. PRRFHCT COMPACTNESS when folded. Hard maple natural 6nish. WRITE FOR PlUCKS. METAL REVERSIBLE RAILS No. 51 15'h, PEABODY SCHOOL FURNITURE CO. North Manchester, Indiana ~ri:"~$~3.75 net Pillars, 1 1-16 inches. Filling, 3-8 and 5-16 inch. Head, S6 inches. Foot, 40 inches. Sizes: 3 feet 6 inches and .. feet 6 inches. Weight, 67 Ibs. Standard Reversible Ran SOLID " .. RIGID REVERSIBLE Patented } uly 1:5, 1902, No. 7(14'702. This rail is reversible in the true sense of the word-can 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. BEDS THAT DO NOT WIGGLE are our specialty THE NEW BANQUET TABLE TOP 8$ well as Office, Dining and Directors' Tables Stow & Davis Fumiture Co. Grand Rapids, Mich WriteforC.~e. Get8lllDplesoi BANQUET TABLE TOP Refrigerators Yukon EGonomiG AND Ghilkoot ZINC LINED AND WHITE ENAMELED There are excell~llt reasons why yOIl should buy the above. The catalog tells yon what they are. Send for one. The Michigan Barrel' Co. 670 CANAL ST. GRAND RAPIDS, '\\ICH. GoodsBearing This Trade Mark are Profit Getters for You. SUITES, SIDEBOARDS, BUffETS, BOOKCASES, "All RACKS. Blue Prints for the asking. 5 Complete Lines of Refrigerators Opalite Lined Enameled Lined Charcoal Filld and Zinc Lined Zinc Lined with Removable lee Tank Galvanized Iron Lined Stationary Ice Tank Send tor new CATALOGUE and let us name you price Challenge Refrigerator Co. GRAND HAVEN, MICH., U. S. .d. 22 Lines For New Carpet Season. \Vith carpet manufacturers plans are now well under way for the new season which will open about May 5. The de-signing departments are busy with new ideas, while the man-agers of the sales departments and the manufacturers arc studying over the difficulties surrounding the price problem. "'lith the cost of wool and the cost of turning out the goods before him, the selling agent is now figuring out· what prices can be named on the new lines, whether advances will be im-perative, or whether old prices can still be adhered to. The stock of wool which manufacturers had on hand, and had been drawing 011 during the current season is now re-ported to be practically exhausted, and the question of paying full prices for fresh supplies is now one which cannot be lightly put aside. In fact, many of the factories have been forced into the market for supplies of either carpet yams or carpet wools, in order to turn out goods which they now have on their books. In behalf of the manufacturer, it can be said that he is in a better frame of mind to pay full prices for raw material than was the case at the orening of the cur-rent season. He has behind him an excellent business and still has many orders on his books which have been obtained at full pricc,s. At the opening of the present season manu-facturers were not in this position, and were forced to look back on a pOnT season. Naturally, under these conditions, he was not indined to pay the prices which wool merchants demanded for the raw material, and the fight to secure wool below the open' market prices has been a keen and bitter one throughout the season which is just closing. Now, however, he faces the question of purchasing sufficient supplies of raw material for the coming season with the knowledge that his mills have been running full all season; and still have many orders on hand which will keep them busy for several months to come. Prominent selling agents in this market state that the season ·which is just closing has b-cen one of the best in the history-of the trade ... With the exception of ingrains, almost every floor covering turned out by the mills in this country has sold well. In addition to this, the outlook for the new~ season is said to be a very bright one, and the only question' which is worrying the manufacturer at the present time seems to be whether sufficient supplies of the raw material will be available to meet the requirements of the mills during the balance of the year, During the week just passed few orders have been booked, and the retail business throughout the country for the spring and summer months is reported to have,opened up in a very satisfactory nature, and indicates that merchants will require a l'arge < q:uantity of goods to meet the requirements of the consumer. Rugs of all qualities, both domestic and import-ed, are selling frcely, and as one agent remarked, "there seems to be no end to the demand for this class of goods."U sually when the demand 1S heavy for rugs the carpet end of the mar-ket suffers. Such, however, has not been the case this season and in spite of the heavy demand for rugs, carpets have sold unusually well. The demand for ;14 goods has been most gratifying to the manufacturers, as it was expected that quite a falling off would be shown this spring, owing to the excep-tionally hea.vy demand for rugs. In spite of this, the sales for the past season sh~w a dedded increase in the amount of % goods oyer those of the previous seasons, and sellers state that 1£ the demand keeps up at its present rate, the total sales for the current season will show an increase of itom 30 to 35 per cent over those of last season, Not only has the demand ·in this city been an excellent one, but reports from all sections of the country show that merchants have increased their orders over those of the pre-vious seasons, and are still anxious to secure further supplies. The only comp]'aints coming forward relate to the deliveries. 'These are very much behind hand, and there seems little chance of an improvement in ;H1y direction. As already stated, many of the mills have refused to accept any further orders for rugs for the present season, and retailers who failed to get deliveries on the goods which they had ordered, are now anxiously searching through the market for what-ever supplies they can lay their hands on. Stocks in jobbing hands, however, are very short, and the retailer is finding much difficulty in obtainging anything with which to fill in depleted lines.-N. Y. Commercial. I F' YOU H A V ENE V E R T R I ErD 0 U R RUBBING AND :POlISHING VARNISHES DETROIT fACTORY CANADIAN FACTORY YOU HAVE YET TO LEARN THE FULL POSSIBLITIES OF THIS CLASS OF COOPS WHY NOT PUT IT TO THE TEST BY GIVING US A TRIAL ORDER? BERRY BROTHERS, LIMITED, VARNISH MANUFACTURERS NllW YORK PHILADELPHIA BALl1MORE FACTORY AND MAIN OFFICE. DETROIT CANADIAN FACTOI'IY v.lALKE"VILLE. aNT CHICAGO .T. LOUIS CINCINNATI SAN FRANCISCO COTTAGE FURNITURE. Willow Piece.~in Pink, Blue, Green or Gray the Latest Fad- Indian Rugs Fascinating and Cheap. \\lil1ow furniture enameled in stunning colors ,,,,ill be used extensively in summer cottages this spring. The pieces~ chairs and rockers as welt as benches and scttecs~are made on the same lines as those that have been in vogue for sever-al years, but enameling in bright shades gives them such an entirely rljfferent appearance that they look as if they ,,,"ere some new pattern. Those done in a soft light gray are delicate enough in that tillt to be used in a reception room. Upholstered in a striped jute that corresponds to the enamel. they arc decided-ly effective and almost too delicate and handsome for the rough oHtdoor use th<tt is given most willow pieces. 1'11c upholstery is of the simplest kind-nothing but two cushions, one at the back, the other [or the seat plainly tufted. If de-sirable, a two tone red jute used fo1' cushions with the gray pieces make a handsome combination, ~speci.aHy if a rcd summer rug is laid on the floor. Green enamelled pieces appropriate for library, living room, or for a porch, and upholstered in a small figured jute, are very neat, decidedly restful for us'?: in a room ,vhere a family spends most of the day. Sets i;1' deep maroon, with cushions in a material that matches. are stunning for a lihrary, for, despite the warmth of the coloring, the \villow prevents the pieces from looking either, heavy or hot. Vi\'id orange enamelled chairs, settes, etc., are unusual and wilt be most effec,tive for use au large, shady p-orches such, as are often seen .in summer cottages, or they will be appropriate in a flat where the ,valls are done in -gold, for they will give the apartment a bright, £:heerful <wd light apPC<lrance that is most desirable for spring and summer. III harmony \-"ith these attractive colored lyjllow sets are the new style rugs, made in all the lig'bt shades. They arc the outgrowth of rag rugs that have long been popular for spring use. A decided improvement on the old fashioned rugs made from all sorts of rags, are woven of pic{:es 5pe~ial1y prepared for use. They are remarkably cheap, too, for a small Kobe rug l1Jade in Japan can be bought for $2.25, and it is three by six feet, pl,enty long enough for USe 1ll a bedroom or to lay in front of a couch on a porch or in a living room. These Kobe rugs <ire made in strong· colors, dark reds. greens, hltles, witl) curious, pointed geometric J-ignres through the body, and have a series of about [lve borders g-radllated from a wi(lc Ollt' at the outer edge to the last one that is about balf its size. Tllese can be used but on one sick, for the desig-n and colors are stamped on. A more expensive rug and one that is reversible is called Shaki, becauce it is patterned after an Indian weave which it closely resembles. These are in subdued and light colors and are of hn) shades, white with green, or tan, light blue or pink, and have a border about eight inches wide acOss both ends of a variety of ditIerent tones, including reds, blues pinks. greens, yellows, all light. They are finished with white fringe at the t,,,,o cnds. A tl~ifle more expensive than the others, a rug three by six for $3.25; larger sizes cost more of course. In the large rugs to be llsed in the cenLre of a room on a hardwood Hoor or on a porch where a room is fitted out on it, the !;lrgc Shakis rtrc most serviceable and CiTe p<lrtieularly effective, for they con~e in such prQtty browns, g"·eens, tans, with jusL a suggestion of color in the body made by the in~ traduction of convenionalized Indian arrows, a combina-tion of delicate reds, pinks, greens, oranges, etc. /\cross either end they are finished 'with a border in tones to match the colors in the arrows and in a white fringe. These rugs are reversible and the colors are all fast, and for that reason -----_._.- 23 they will be found particularly satisfactory for use on a porch or where they are constantly exposed to the rain and sun. In sleeping apartments the mission ~ugs will be effective, for they :otre in solid colors and in tones of green, blue ,and tan that are very restful and soothing. ,The greens, are parti-t:' ularly effective. They have an indefinite border ~nd short white fringe at either end. They can be bought" fur $3.75, that is, tJJe small ones, those three by six-Ex. Valuable Chairs. The ~·alHe of chairs is strictly relative. Enormous prjees have been paid for chairs in recent years, notably $100,000 for a set of half a dozen Louis XIV chairs, upholstered in Gobc1in tapestry, which ,,,,ere originally, made for Marie Antoinette. Even this price, by,:the way, was exceeded by the sums paid for three of the Hf~inilto;l ,l'<l.lace tables, one of which brought $3,UOO. A most valuable and historica1Jy int{~'r'e5ting suite of furniture is that which, more than a century ago was p~e- ~ented by \Vanen Hastings to Tippoo Sahib, and which was purchased aL the Londesborough salt for $5,000. The suite consists of a card table, a sofa, two small cabinets and .l'bur ann chairs, all of solid i\'ory, most exquisitely carved. But probably Lhe most costly chair in the world is one of the Ulany treasures of the shah of Persia. It is of solid gold-tbicld'y incrusted with djamonds, rubies, pearls and sapphires, and its valnc is estimated at haJf ~ million pounds. In the house of commons at' \Vestminister are two arm chairs which onee belonged to Gladstone, and one of _which was his favorite seat when at DOH'ning street. A short time ago a romantic story V'las told in the French papet'S of two dilapi(lated arm chairs which were sold among the effects of a Mme. Boring, a widow, who died at Dellys, an Algerian scaport town. The widow was reputed to be rich, but a thorough search of her rooms failed to disclose ;~lIy of her hoardings, and it was assumed by her relatives thlt fihe had died p:·actically penniless. Xot long after the sale oJ her fwniture, however, it was obse~'Vl~dthat the pu--chafier of the chairs. a Spanish :steve-don~ named Perez) ceased to work, begal; to waf1.:: about in line clothes, to purchase land and houses and generally gave eyjd{~nce of having come into a fortune. Suspicion bein-g arou:;ed, Perez was arrested, and no\\' stands accused of having appropriated to his own use the old lady's fortune, of at jc.ast$20,OOO, which had been concealed in the dilapi-dated arm chairs.-New York Herald. A Dinn,er and the Theatel· Instead of I'paint." "The old habit of taking a customer out to paint the town after he's given yOll a big order is on the wane," said a salesman. "1 find that nowadays it dosen't pay to do that. For one thing, a man who has dined and wined ,,,,ell' ,,,,ith yon is bound to be in pretty bad shape the next day, unless he can stand a good load of booze. 1f he's on the blink next day you may be sure he's likely to blame you fo;' it. Ten chances to one he gets a good le"cturc from his ".·.i.fe, 3ndthat added to his general down and out condition, isn't g-oing to do you any good in a business way. The man may conclude you're too swift for him and that the best thing is to cut you out altogether. "For some time now I've been operating on a better line than the old style. Instead of treating a customer to a glorious stag racket I take him and his wife and daughters, if he has any at home, to dinner and thcn to the theater afterward. The women are tickled to death. Besides, we have a nice time and are clearheaded and ready for business the next day. Then at Christmas or Ea.ster I .send a ljttle present to my customers and I take good care. to pick out something useful at home, so that the VI'omen will appreciate jt too. It's a good play to get solid w1t11 the women in this way." 24 "CYCO" BEARING "I Prize my Bissell Sweeper" ~·TYPI FJES the highest standard of excellence in Carpet Sweeper mel;hilfiism, and this claim is abundantly justified by its superior saleability, It is very easy (0 make claims, but (0 h,ave tbem supported by facts, is quite another thing. One thing is ~ertain. you CJO't det:C'ivethe public by ltckless, unsupported claims, and we therefore realize that unless the Bi~sellwere all we represented it to be, we would soon hear from this in the way of dimis.hed bmin~Sli\. The facts are,' the Bissell has achieved more than we have ever daiined tor it in an adverlise~ rnent, and its exte[)sive and constantly growing sale throughout the world, wherever carpe~ or rugs are used, is a vltible and positive proof of its recognized superiority. The Bissell has maintained the leadership for thirty years, and is the one only tarpet ~weeper that has ever been advertised extensively to the consumer. or that has ever been sold under a sound, $incere price maintenance system. Write js,. (JlJrIptcia/ Easter '!!fir. "Beyond any labor saving device In my home. II BISSELL CARPE'T SWEEPER CO., Grand Rapids, Mich. (Largest Sweeper Makers in the World. ) One of Many Patterns in Quartered Oak, Polished Buffet No.2 Price, $14.00 Ask for OUf Catalogue· CHARLES BENNETT FURNITURE COMPANY CHARLOTIE. MICH. ODD DRESSERS and BUFFETS. HORN :BROS.MFG. CO. 281 to 291 W. Superior St.. CHICAGO. ILL. MANUFACTURERS OF Chamber Suites. Odd Dressers. Chiffoniers Lll.DIES' DRESSINGTI\8LES to match Made- ill r.oMen Oak, GetluiJle Mab0K3!lY Veneered, Birdseye Maple, White Enamel Highly Pohsbed or Dull Finish. We also make it line of PRINCI:SS DRESSERS from $13.00 UP. In QUQcier-Sawed Oak, Mahogany and Birdseye Maple. Veneered If you have not received aur Spring Supplement, ask for it. SAMPLES SHOWN BY PECK & HILLS 1319 Michigan Avenue, and HALL & KNAPP; 18'1 Michigan Avenue, Cliicago. G. R. ~ I. fLYERS BETWEEN Grand Rapids and Chicago To Chicago Lv. GRAND RAPIDS, Ex. Sun 7.10 A. M. Ar. CHICAGO , " .. 12.35 Noon Sldf.t Parlor Car Lv. GRAND RAPIDS, Ex. Sun .. " ., .... 12.01 Noon Ar. CHICAGO " ., ...• 4.50 P. M. Parlor and Dining Car Lv. GRAND RAPIDS, Daily , " 11.50 Night Ar. CHICAGO " .' 7.15 A. M. Electric Lighted Sleeping CItoI' ~======-=== Phone Union Slation for Reservations To Grand Rapids ---------,-------- Lv. CHICAGO · .8:45 A. M. At. GRAND RAPIDS 1:50 P. M. Lv. CHICAGO, ~~lSt~8~~1~ Ex. Sun 1.15 P. M. Ar. GRAND RAPIDS.. . . . . . • . . . . . • . .. • 5.50 P. M. Buffet Parlor Ca.r Lv. CHICAGO, ~ihC8t~~1~tl~~ Ex. Sun 5.30 P. M. Ar. GRAND RAPIDS 10.25 P. M. Parlor aDd Dia.lnS Car L C 1\1. C. ',1Im,. D '} 11 55 N' ht V. HICAGO, 12th St. StatIon at y . .' 19 Ar. GRAND RAPIDS .........•....•.... 6.45 A. M. Electric Lhlhted Sleepfng Ca.r Phone Mlchfda.n Central City Tlc;:ket Office for ReservatioDs, t19 Adam.s Street RICliMOND Chair Co. RICHMOND, IND. The Standard line of ~uble Cane Ilii.. ..,iili" CHAIRS and ROCKERS Write for Catalogue. Mention MICHIGAN ARTISAN ,.....--------------------------~---- 26 THE UP-TO-DATE UNDERTAKER behind the glass doors oi a tall vertical showcase along one :-:ideof his showroom. You might still find such a display as this, but not often. "As a rule, now, the burial receptacles that the under taker keeps in his show room are mostly, if not altogether, caskets. They migbt be contained in cabinets, or they might be secured in vcrt,ieal positions, to the backs of panels run- 'li'hg continuously along the side of the rooin, and forming, to the eye, a cotitinuotls high paneling. Each of .th~,s~ panel's, with a casket attached to it, .is so pivoted ,and lXttal1'tW(f>that vithout effort it can be pulled forward and down ihto allod zontal position for the display of the casket at a convenient height from the -Aoor. "\Vhen a member of the family or the friend commission-ed for this service comes to select a casket, the undertaker 'can show caskets in various styles, and if he has not, even ill his varied stock, a casket precisely such as may be required he may sell one from the il1ustrated catalogue of the manu-facturer, or be m;lY take the purchaser to the warerooms of the manufacturer to select from the all but endless variety of caskets there to be found. "All this is very different from the old time ways." "To come back for a moment to the undertaker's window displays of vlrhich we were speaking. \Tlfe may now see occasionally in them a newer aud later feature in displays of burial robes, and the robes thus shown may be both costly and beautiful. Such robes and garments have Jargely sup-planted the old time shroud. "\Ve have as yet no automobile hearses, but they are sure to come. Sooner or later we shall find automobile carriages n funer~tl processions, and the automobile hearses will comt in due time."-N. Y. Sun. Great Changes Latter Days Hav,e Brought In an Ancient Industry. "There was a time," said the undertaker, "when every-thing about the undertaking business was pretty solemn and sombre. In those days we had no Stich things as burial caskets, but everybody was buried in a coffin, and there wasn't much variety in coffins. "We did make them of mahogany and of oak, to be su,e, as well as of pine, but a coffin was a coffin, whatever you made it of, and it was a universal symbol of death. "It had the accumulated terror of ages about it. "Now it's different. Fully three-quarters of the peopk that die no\v in cities are hUl-ied not in coffins, but in burial caskets, which are as different from the ancient coffin as it is possihle for them to be. Seriously, I regard the inventor of the modern burial casket as a benefactor to his race. He has at teast rohhed the grave of i:iOl"'I1oef its terrors. "In the old days the cabinet maker very likely combined un-de: ·takillg with his cabinet busim:ss, and made coffins in h15 back shop. Kow in cities few undertakers make their own coffins, and all the caskets are made in great factories, eq1.lip-ped with modern machinery. "There arc carved caskets of line wood, caskets of aIUll1.- iHum, caskets plush covered, OJ- covercd with embossed vel-vet. "In old times coffins were somet'imes made to order for individual requirements, but commonly a stock of coffins was kept on hand, and these the undertaker might keep stored 011 shelves or displayed standing on end in a row THE UNION DAVENPORT BED .1 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 M.etal Beds, Woven Wire Mattresses, All Steel Sprinl!.s and M.etallic Ccnche..". COMFORT IN THE .GUEST ROOM. Little Things That Make the Best Kind of W~kome, How seldom nowadays do we nnd people who still c1il1g tf) the old fashioned idea that nothing is too good for the guest. \\ihac jg no.v that best room reserved for tbe sole use of company, generally better situated and better furnished than any room occupied by the t)1C family; Because of the cramped conditions under which most apartment house dwellers are forced to live the guest room ·with them is a joy they are compelled to forego, but there aTe few houses in which a spare carner cannot be found to keep in readiness for the chance visitOL It is the duty, and should be the pleflsure of every home keeper to have a room devoted to that purpose only. The tendency toward selfish living ·which is markcd in large cities has its root probably in the difficulties which beset the modern housekeeper. The problem that the servant presents, the increased cost of living, the restricted size of houses, all tend toward a nClrrowing of the housekeeper's horizon to the needs of her immediate family. The open handed hospitality of a generation ago is no longer possible in many cases. Yet if oue is to cHtertain guests at all three are some thillgs as essential to their cOlu[ort as the food they eat and the bed they sleep on, and omittillg these is as much a breaeh of hospitality as if oIle turned one's hack upon a gUCS( vdJCI1 he arrived. The properly equipped guest room need not have special c1cg;-mce, in fact that is to be avoided, but it .should 'contain enough of the common comforts of life to insure the enjoyment of its occupant during his stay in it. Of course, first and foremost comcs the necessity of a per-fectly comfortable bed. A strange bed is enough to cause sleeplessness in many people for at least a night or two, under tJJe most favorable circumstances, and it is the hostess's first duty to know that the bed her guest is to occupy is as corn-fo: ·table as care and intelligence can make it. No matter how simply furnished a guest room may be, there should be in it some sort of desk, amply supplied with writing paper, ink, pens of all sorts, stamps and blotters. The next thing is the dresser or bureau. \\Tho has not started to open a bureau drawer in a guest room only to Gnd it lock-ed, or what is worse, filled with dotlles belonging to some one of the family, or else household linen: No matter hm\' short a time a guest is to remain there should be space provided for the keeping of his c:lothes and small things during the time he stays in the house, and the failure to do this simple act of hospitality frequently causes g:-cat discomfort to a visitor. A d,'esser with two small drawe"s to hold minor articles, and one or two large drawers beneath for tlllderwear, etc., will be sufficient for the guest who is making a short stay, ".·.h. ile a closet should be ready for the reception of his other clothes. For the visitor of two \veeks 01· more a c11iffonier should be added to the bureau. In the closet there should be hangers for coats, shoe bags for shoes and a laundry bag for soiled linen. Oil the bureau there should be a well stocked pin cushion, a receptacle for combings, H. box of hail' pins, a hand glass a.nd a nail file. Some of these things seem unnecessary, as most people are supplied "vith them, or should be, but it frequently happens that in packing small things are forgotten, ';lnd it is ahvays unpleasant to h;lV{'. to ask one's hostess for them, A couch should be in every guest room, with a quilt of some sort on it to throw over one when lying down. and this will serve as an additional covering for the bed in very cold weather. The question of bed covering is always an indi-vidual one; no one can assume safely how much or how little will be \\'anted, and for that reason it is wel1 to be on the safe side and provide enough. It is the S?'me with pillows. :Many people require more than one, and many people are 27 ill tbe habit of ~ilceping on hair pillows; therefore it is a goo{] plan to bave both kinds, The dressing of the guest room bed often puzzles the housekeeper. A bed that is more or less formal is to be preferred to one that is simply made witlJ. the usual bed spread. etc., for a guest always spends more or less time in his r00111 and it is in better taste to have the bed coverings of cretonne,. or whatever material has been used for the drap-eries in the room. \Vith such bed covering a round hard bolster is used, cov-ered with the same material, and many of them are provided with spaceS for the keeping of the pillows during the day time. This is all very well provided the pillows arc not kept in it dming the time the room is unocC11ped. Always after a guest has left the pillows should have a good airing, and kCj)t in an airy place when not in use. A table with a candle stick and candle 011 it, a box: of matches in plain view; a "vork basket with black and white cotton and silk, some hooks and yes, needles and a thimble, a pair of scissors-all these things are great helps to the thor-ough enjoyment of a visit. The attractiveness of a guest Made by HaWk! Furniture Co" Goshen, Ind. 1'00111 is made up of triBes, some of them hardly worth men-tioning, but they are the trifles that go to make perfection not alone of comfort but vJso of the enjoyment of the guest \vhile within our gates. Some people feel the lack of these trifling things to such an extent that without them the whole visit is spoiled. The 'velc01l1c that is expressed in the thought that supplies for the guest every little comfort goes further toward making hjm feel <'It home than any expression of it in words. Pmbably those who fail in the matter of making their guests. comfortable are those who seldom visit. Noone who is accustomed 'to visiting can fail to appreciate the marked difference between the guest rOOm that is well sup-plied with the small comforts of life and the one where they arc entirely forg-oUen. Even a few flowers can breathe a welcome that no spoken word can give and a remembrance of the idiosyncrasies of one's guest makes him at once a member of the family, which is what he should be while tlt1dcr its rooftree. 28 POOL CARS FOR PACIFIC COAST OVERLAND FREIGHT SAN FRANOSCO,. CAUFORNIA, TRANSFER COMPANY; make a specialty of distributing pool cars of all kinds and PARTICULARLY, furniture, carpets, linoleum and interior finish. References, Bradstreet's or Dun's and any bank in San Francisco, and the trade. Carloader in Chicago . Carloader in Grand Rapids ]. W. Welling, 633 So. Jel/erson Street Gelock Transler Company, 108 So. Ionia Street. TEAMING FORWARDING STORAGE All the kids are in love with Spratt's Chair GEO. SPRATT & CO. SHEBOYGAN, WIS. CHAIRS AND ROCKERS FOR EVERYBODY Send :Eor Cataloine No. sa-ChHd's High Chair with Unger- Safety Guard. ROCKfORD UNION FURNITURE CO, ROCKFORD, ILL. Buffets, Bookcases, China Closets \Ve lead in Style, Construction and Finish. SEE OUR CATALOGUE. HOW MANY CALLS FOR INVALIDS' CHAIRS DID YOU HAVE LAST YEAR? Do You Know Where 10 Get Them? We Manufacture the Largest and best line of these goo~s on the market. We furnish you catalogues free. Write us today. THE INVALID APPLIANCE CO. 629-631 N. Halsted St., CHICAGO. THE ONLY CASTER CUP THAT Will HOT MAR OR SWEAT A New Caster Cup, • Furniture Protector Bnd a Rest W.. gURnnlee perfect satis-faction. We know we have the only perfeet ca<rtercnp ever made. This cup is in two si.zes as follows: 2~ inch and 3 inch' and Will: use the cork bottom: You know the rest Small sue, $3.150 per 100 Large size, 4.50 oer 100 Try it and be convinced. F. O. B. Grand Ra.pids. Onr Concave Bottom Card mock does not touch the sur- . face, but upon tbe rim. permit. tlng a dreu1atlotl of air under the block; thereby f!reventing moisture or marks of any kind. This is the only card block of Its kind on the market. Price S3.00per 100 Grand Rapids Casler CUPCo" 2 Par'wood ..... Grand Rapids, Mich, AI$Gcan behad at LUSSKY. WHITE 81COOLIDGE, 111·113Lake Sl., Chicago ,------- "Rotary Style" for Drop Carvings, EmboasedMouldinliS. Panels, Etc. EMBOSSING and DROP CARVING MACUINES Machj~3 for all J»1rpoJle$, and al prices within the reach of aU. Every Machine lw.e our guarantee ll.llaln&t breakalle for one ,;ea[. "Lateral Style" for LaTlleCapacity Heavy Carvrnlls and DeeP EroboSlliDgs. We hlll'e the Machine you want at a $8.tiefaclory price. Write for descriptivedrcular.l. Also II1lI.ke dies for all makes of Machines, UNION EMBOSSING MACHINE CO" Indianapolis, Ind, Factory Locations There is in the various offices of the Land and Industrial Department of the Southern Railway and Mobile & Ohio Railroad late information regardlng a number of first class locations for Furniture, Chair and other 'Woodworking Fac tories, which will be furnished Manufacturers upon appljca. tion. An invitation is extended to all who use wood in their plants to write about the timber supply, good sites and mar-kets available in our territory. Address your nearest agent. M. \/. RICHARDS. Land and Industrial AGent, WASHINGTON, D. C. CHAS. S. CHASE, AGent, M. A. HAYS. Agant. 622 Chamical Building, St. Louis. Mo. 226 Dearbom Sf., ellieag., III 29 Patents that "old THE Posselius Bros. Furniture Manufacturing Company, of Detroit, Mich., would have everyone iu the furniture trade to understand that their patents on their famous Victor Extension Tables are valid, and that they are determined to protect their rights against all infringements. The order of the United States given herewith is self explanatory. At a sII8s10n of' the C1l"Cu1t Court of' the United Stlltel! tor the Eestorn P1l3t1'1ct (If' M1chigan GOntlnued 1m" helel, pursu~L ~o adjournment, at the District Court Room, !n the city of Detroit, on Monday, the E!(Shth day of' January, 1~ the ytt1U' one thousand nlne hundred and slx. Present the Honorable Henry H. Swan. D~l!ltrict Judge. CHARLF:$ 'If. lmNZ Imd POSSELIUS B~OTHERS FURNITURE MAKUFA~TURING CO~PAKY, Compla1nants In ttqul ty • No.3ij73 v. LINDOW BROTHERS _ BF.~RS COMPANY, nef'endanl. This cause coming on ror hearin~ on this day, on plead1nf;s and proofs. it ~s ordered. adjudged and doerEted. that United ~tates Letters Patent No. 548.447, cranted October 22, _lSgS to t":h8,!"le8W. Funz. 1a.tl ~od and valld pat.ent. 8JJ.dthe axcll,aive r"ie,ht:!ll th!l::-f1in are vested in the complainants. That lhe extans~on tables made and sold by the defendant, 11k" the s.II.l!lpleoffered in eVidence, infringe claim one of said patent. It is further ordeJ'ed, adjUUC;E1dand decY'eod that the !lllid defendants. thair cOllnsellors, attD.l'"n&ys, Dollc1to-rs, llr:;el'ta, se!'V~nta snd wor!':.mon,he, and they are el'lcn and ever.y cne of t.hen pAJ"retually anjoineu fJ:"or.!t.he mm.ufact.u.re. alIa (}):"\J;se of tfl01 ea, _bodying 1n their st:rJ.lcture UlQ 1nvsnt.1on ot \.ha hereinbefore I'!entloneu patent. lt i8 further ord!l!"ad, adjudc;ed and deereod that the eonplalnellts !"e.covef' agel. nst the sll!.d defendant the coats to bo ts.xod, and that the sald eOJ'lplainants have execution th"lI'efC!re. 30 ~MI9'pIG?J-N A Valuable New Book On "Historic Styles in Furniture." The following arc extracts from a new book on "Historic Styles in Furniture", by Virginia Robie. Miss Robie's record begins with the mediaeval period, when machinery was not and the handicrafter was in his prime and put his heart into his work. Of this early day there remains a few royal chests and coffers of enduring oak and cypress, richly carved, with hinges and locks of metal work intricately chased in trefoils, and quatrefoils, with heraldic devices and sornctimcs illiaid with ivory Clnd mosaics. "As a record of mantlers and customs the illuminated missal is to the middle ages what the sculptured freize is to furniture Polish We offer a polish guaranteed to produce a BRILLIANT ati\d PERMANENT lustre on any finished wood. A dealer's trade builder. Send for sample Xi gross, $3.75. Our SUPERIOR REPAIR fiNIS" 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. Rep~ir outfit,. comp):te, with colors, one quart til::325 fimsh, and IUslructlons for use. . . . . . . . . .. ,. 'P' • SEND fOR SAMPLES. Grand Rapids furniture Polish Co. anc.ie.nt Greece and Rome. It represents the earliest history of domestic life of mediaeval times," writes Miss Robie, in-troducing her chronicle to household goods, wnIch she fol-lows through picture and existing examples from the ninth century to A.merican colonial times. The missals of the British l'vluseulU picture household life when the Saxon thane ruled in England. It was a rude age all over Europe and religions and dval wars wars from Con-stantinople to Britain on the west kept the country in a state of turmoil. In times when no castle was safe. from enemies furniture was 110t valued and the only flrtic1e of importance was the. chest which serve.d to hold the famlly treasure and could be moved at a moment's notice. Thus the chest or coffer, frequently used as a bed and as table, stored with gold and silver and family wealth, was the most important article of furniture, for many centuries, and in Anglo-Saxon days, before the Kot:maps came to England, was the on1'y carefully constructed article, perhaps with the exception of rude chairs and footstools, that were carved. To follow the history of coffers and chests alone would be of absorbing interest, as from them developed the cupboard, the dresser, the credence, the cabinet and no doubt our latter-day box couch and trunk. After the conquest wooden beds replaced those of straw, and settles and arm chairs and folding seats found their way into English homes. Decorative infiuencef horn Constant-inople permeated Enrope, and the era of cathedral building and the rise of the guilds had a stimulating influence on furniture craft. The story followed by Miss Robie is faseinat-ing-, the craving for beauty of the time bearing fruits in carv-ed cupboards, tables and. the still treasured chests of which pictures illustrate the best type. This fifteenth century developed an exaggeration of furniture as well as dress; it was the flcl\'v'ingof extravagant Gothic. The Italian renaissance gave a fresh impulse to art. Quoting from Symonds, Miss Rohie wri.tes: "Durlng that period the entire nation seemed to be endowed with an in- ~tinct for the beautiful and with the capacity for producing it in every form. The same care-expended on the facade of a cathedral or the i.nterior of a palace was bestowed on the simplest piece of work-with results unparalleled to-day. The list of articles had increased considr ~ably, as may be seen in the pictures Qf state dining halls, of bed chambers and of single bits of antique furniture. Treasure chests now had become marriage coffers, miracles of inl"ay and carving and clocks had arrived. Beds, chairs and conveniences we know to-day were abundant~ The furniture maker was extending his art to paneling and beautiful ceilings, many of which have been rescued from the-ir ancient quarters and brought to America by apprecia-tive eoll'ectors, a fine example of horizontal beaming of this period lnt,,:ing been transplanted to the music-room of Frederic C. Bartlett of Chicago. The eras of Louis XIV., Louis XV. and Louis XVI were important chapters in furniture l1istory, the characteristic:.; of which are plainly set forth in this admirable review. The eighteenth century ushered in the familiar name of Thomas Chippendale, who was the first Englishman to give a title to a style, although Miss Robie recognizes him as i<more a translator than a creator." This chapter of the work has been writte.n for the modern collector of old furniture, who may turn from page to page and find lucld descriptions of Hepplewhite, Adam and Shera-ton. Briefly commencing on the time of the French Empire, the Colonal period of our own country rounds out the revie IV of historic styles of furniture. House furnishing in these days has becotne an art and con·· venient books are a help to thread the mazes of fashions :ll1d to teach distinctions between the good and the b~td. This handy litHe volumne with its numerous prints and <.i.1!al1tity of information arranged in an interestng at'd logical manner comes to fill a present need.-Ex. A scheme to fleece the unwary was. nipped in Witmingtoll, DeL, recently when the chief-of-police closed the store of the Delaware Furniture, company. The place was run as a club, each subscriber paying a weekly installment for the privilege of partici.upating ~n a drawing. It worked wen for the schemers. A quarter of a century ago the sale of goods by a gift distribution plan was quite common. An attractive main prize, usually ;1 high grade piano, was placed in a NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA, Via GRAND TRUNK-LEHIGH VALLEY ROUTE. Two Fast Trains Daily Except Sunday. Dally. Leave Gd Rapids , 2:45 p. m. 7:05 p. m. Ar Philadelphia 3:40 p. m. 7:25 p. m. Ar New york .4:30 p. m. 8:40 p. rn. Service unsurpassed. For further information'-"'"applyat City Office, Morton House Block. c. A. JUSTIN, C. P. 8. T. A. window and envelopes containing numbers corresponding to numbers placed upon articles offered as prizes were placed in a box. Patrons paid a stated sum for the privilege of dl"aw-ing the envelopes from the box and receiving the articles the numbers in the envelopes called for. The principal prizes were never drawn. The envelope containing the numbers of the piano and other principal prizes Were laid flat in the bottom of the box, which the hand of the patron never reached. It was a very profitable scheme to the merchants employing it, but was put under the ban when the bill to prohib.it'lotteries was enacted as a law by the congress of the United States. ---------------------------------- ---- Partners in Lif,e-U nited in Death. George B. Lewis, vice president, and Hero M. Amsden, until recently manager of the New England .furniture com-pany, died on 1\.la1'ch 21 and were buried on l\{arch 24, in Grand Rapids. Deceased bad been ofj-iciats of the :-Jew Eng-land Furniture company since 1880 and ,,,"ere \videly known and generally respected. The funerals were largely attended by members of the loc<ll Furniture IVTanufacturers' Associa-tion, also by members of the Pythian fratertlity and friends. Both were fifty-seven years of age. The local association of manufacturers adopted the following resolutions at a meet-ing called fol' that purpose: "That the sad news of the passing a.vay of Hero M. Ams-den and George B. Lewis ha>i come with a >iense of personal >iorrow and loss to their friends and business associates. "That by reason of integrity and honesty in business deal-ings, and high character, loyalty and devotion in their person- ,Ill relations, they have justly won the respect, estc,cm and re-gard of those \vho carne into contact with them. "That we desire in honor of their memory and so far as words can avail. to express and be"r \'litness to our respect and regard for them and our sincere sorrow in their passing; away. "And that we do hereby extend to the families of the late Hero M. Am~dell and George B. Lewis our deep and sincere 31 Israel Goodman, Jacob Tobias and Casper Gol'dberg re-cently organized the Puritan Furniture company, in Chelsea, _Uasi'., 'with $3,000 capita1. John Euwer and H. B. Fisher will engage in the retail furniture business in Youngstown, O. E. A. Turnbull of the Grand Ledge (.:\Ilich.) Chair CiOm-pany, \"iho was seriously injured by a fall in January, is sJowly reeove.rjng. Ulpt, Gahagan of Chattanooga, Tenn., reports that the factories of that city are well E'upplied with orders. Over in Boston fire escapes arc found to be so da.ngerous that they are trying to escape fire escapes. J. H. Parkham has been engaged by the Chattanoga Fu~'- nitLtre \'famtfactllrl;rs' Associatic..Jn as sales manager. R. J. Sbattuek and company lost their stock of furniture by fire in Litchfield, )1jch., recently. l\{ay, Stern and company have opened a store in Pitts-burg, Pa. Leo Lehman is the manager. S. D. Johnson has purchased the two furniture stores of the Campbell Furniture company, in Marysville, Cal. Prospectors visited Johnson City, Tenn., recently .• pre-paring to invest $100,000 in the erection of a factory to make furniture. H. E. Schumacher wi1t manage the \Vashingtoll 'Street sto:·c an<l Julia Mor;·ow the furniture department of the north I'",,,,,, "" "."," ,.•" ~,~, 'Pr'''I'';'''';' r"",,,"~1 in. ".,'t.,,,I,, ";'1, "r ('h","."""""'"j.l,,.,," """,',.,"'i,",..,,",",,(,'",,'.("''0"',''''''''''nI",,",i,.i.,i,,,..,.,,,,.T,h. ","I,",.,",".,"1'"'''''''''1'''"'''"~,'1' 1,·,',n,u.1 I~;I~:"~.:~,,:';,: ,~:i ;,1,':'i;';i:,;";::;, ",':.;; t:~~~~::~, ";':~I~'I"',~';:.:~; ';'..:i( •,:~~";'ud~j .~:i (~'.,"""."1h••,,',",,,,"",<o,·,,·d """h .,"" ""h ~'''''''"''''''''"' ," "'r,,'"' ,",I >,co.. i:dd '",'r,'''''''''.''' ,,( ",,' OlIO;;"" .I,,,,,,. "".,,, 101m,'"," 1l§::2:~~:~::':::~~:~.~jj~El.:~.~~~;:':~~;'~::,:'~:·~"~:':;;":'{;,:.~~:f~;':~:~ SAMPLE OF GOOD ADVERTISING, sympatby in their herC'<lvement, and direct that a copy of these resolutions be sui.tab1y cng-rossed and presented to each of sair! families." Trade Notes. R. D. ""VarreD has leased .F. C. Roser's furniture store in Canajoharie, N. Y.. for a te;·m of :years and will' conduct the bnsiness. LOllS L. Valentinc, Andrew E. Brake of Chicago have o~g<l\1ized company with $6,OCO capital. The sale of Oliver Rothert's toona, Pa., to Gimhel Brothers 000, is reportcd. A warehouse v.rill be e:'ected by Miller, Stewart & Beaton retailers, of Omaha. The ,~rillan Manufacturing company, reccntly incorpor-ated in Marion, Ind., ,vill erect a factory. F. M. Finnell of \Vinolla, Minn, and George B.DoyJe of rvIil1neapolis have entered the employ of the John Brcssmer company of Springfield, Ill. The ),'lacey company succeeds the ]\l'1acey-\.V. ernicke com-pany in Grand Rapids. l\lr. 'Vernickc continues as presi-dent and devotes lljS entire attention to lhe. bnsiness: James R. \VyEe is vice president, E. K. Pritchett secretary and Frederick K. Tobey treasurer, Seaver and Joseph F. the Century Furniture building· and stock of Philadelphia, for in Al- $200,- L side store of the Lefebere Furniture cOlllpany in Green Bay, 'Vis., hereC\[ter. T1~e errors of future excellence. costly teacher. The \Vinston (N. C.) Furnitnre company plant was sold at auction, recently, J. S. Clarkson has opened a furtliture store at Fort ~~Vnrth. 'V. TI. Hodges succeeds J. \V. Booker in Burlington, la. Tuttle & Kimball succecd Harvey bTeene in Rochester, Mich. C. E. J orgen""on's fUl'11iturc plant in Chicago, ,",,-as entered by safe blowers and ,\fter overpowexing the watchman, the snfe was 1:Ilo,.vnopen and $25 and $1.500 in notes was obtain-ed. One of the men is said to be a former employe. The Kindd Somersaultic Davellport company of St. Louis, wil! manufacture Davenport bcds in New York. Capita.l stock is $6,000. Thc American Furniture company, :rvlartinsville, Va., have purchased four acres of ground and will establish a furniture factory. The I\,{inot, N. D., Furniture company has been incorpo-rated. Capital invested i,s $25,000. The Jamestown FUf11iture company has been incorporated with an 3\.1thorized capital stock of $5.000, at Newport News, the past sh(ltlld serve as warning guides to' Experience is iHl excellent though a.t t!mes ,...----------- ---- ---- ---- - - No. 2030. DRESSER. Full Swell, Glass Knobs. Qoartered Oak, Mahogany ~ Bird' ,-eye Maple. Polished. Plate, 16x:18 Top. 20][36. The Northern Line HAS DISTINCTIVE MERIT that must not be overlooked. Its WONDERFUL GROWTH IN POPULARITY, which is shown by our record of results is evidence of the fact that it sells along the LINES OF LEAST RESISTANCE KEEP IN TOUCH WITH THIS LINE Get the Catalogue. Northern Furniture Company SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN Manufacturers of BED ROOM, DINING ROOM and KITCHEN FURNITURE. No. 3531. CHIFFONIER. Full Swell, Glass Knobs. Quartered Oak, Mahogany, Bird·s Eye Maple. Polished. Plate, 14lt.2.4. Top; Iling. PERSONALITY IN SALESMEN. Salesmanship is as much a science as Seamanship. The clever seaman has given him. the ship, with her various sails, her steering gear, her compass, and the vary-ing winds, with which he maneuvers and gets speed out of her. The more clever the seaman, the mote will be turn the opposition of the elements into· useful channels, the very gales into horsepower. Did you ever read Doan's "Two Years Before the !\Iast?" It illustrates to the full the difference between the captain who commands the ship, and the captain who is cornmandcd by the ship. The former knows to a nicety bovv tar safety lies in the list to port, and how many yards of canvass the gale \vill per-mit, how much the mast can safely bend. TIle captain of the latter, less fearful of the storm, £u: Is his sails, and with bare poles is dictated to by that which he should tUrJ1to his use. Just ,~(}'\lith the fu'nitul'e salesrnaJl. The~·e are as many kinds are the:'e are varieties of captains, 33 stores. The medicare salesman, however, as a r,uIe, has evolved from mediocre ranks as it result 0{ cultivating per-sonality by 110ticing things. I hold that any fairly intelligent salesman at, or even a trifle under par as to results may, either teach himself by ohservation or be taught, the selling habit that runs into t1gu,es. That fact is even being recogn,i,zed a." wo:thy of higher cduc:ltion and suggestion has been made that the study of salcsmanship be added to the col1ege course. How many times has the unsllceessful seller watched the retreating back of his lost customer, with a full knowledge that his 5hort- COIning'lost a sale, yet witbo1lt the remedy? I canont tell the one, who needs a remedy, just what that remedy i~, hut I can tell him how to discover it himself. ! First of all, absolutely know your stock. That means know veneer as veneer, and birch as birch. Know what' is a dowel. a dovetail, a splasher, a mortise joint, a standard :'llld all such things that pertain technically to the goods. Tf ,you don·r know these things, gO down stairs and ask qucstions of the repair man, who generally has factory exper- Made by lhe L-nt~ Table Co .• Narbville, Mich. hut there is only one variety ,~.-hjchlasts and gets the salJry, and that is the one who puts personality into his selling, to whom the cLlstomer is the wind, which, blow hot or blow cold, enTries him to a sale. The salcsman, whom the clIst01ner steers, will ulake salE"~ but not ill quantities such as the salesman \\'110 steer~ the customcr. The mediocre seHer shows his customer a num-ber of the articles asked for, notes the one admired, and im-mediately fans allover himself in his recol11mendati'onoi that particular one. The customer is quite likely to change her milld, on closer inspection. The salesman is then brought to the pass of letting his praised article down easy, or ignor-ing it for the new choice. The customer, not knowing the line is bound to be fickle, and seldoll], except in the case of strong mind cd people, flxes (ll1;illy on an cady choice. If the salesman shifts with the choice of his custome,', he simply makes of himself an automaton clJilrgcd 'with the ans\vers tn certain questions ill thc \'vay of lLicc, wood, 01" size. Any well informed sa1esmal1 can answer sl,ch questions and price is not paid for that knowledge. Sall:s by such are made only to cllstomen who know tlH~ hOllse. ;111(1 come to huy. any way, and who would buy from whomever waited upon them. These are the twelve and fifteen dollar men in the average 1ence. Use these technical names in selling. It begets con-ildence. Get so accustomcJ to measurements that you do not need a tape measure to ascertain the size of mirrors or the width oi bases. DOll't attempt to open locked d:.-awers of which :the key is lost, or similar attention divertcrs. If the detail management of the store is such that keys are lost that should not be, 01· if casters are out which should be in, or mirrors dirty which should be clean, leave the casters and the key and the mirror talk alone, and make the mental reservation that when you get to be man.'lgcr, such things will not be. All this knowledge and the more you look into it the more more you will see to pick up, becomes in time your person-alit),. You don·t neul to be agg:'essive anJ bluster to have thi:" quality. The man who knows, and knows he know:;, impresses oth-ers \vith his knowledge, and the reverse is just as true, He who is ignorant and Lies to hide it is apt to advertise it. Havi ng. then. a fuB knowledge of your st,ock, 110 custo,wer call ent:l11g1e yOll, and your story. \vil[ systcmaticaliy;Jlang to- !!,"cthel"; Tben is the time, not before, like the captain of the ship, tn use tllC gale to add speed to the sJlip. 34 l[ the customer knows i.t an, as they often do, stick firm-ly to what you know to be right. If its solid mahogany and you know it, and he says it isn't, make it stick that it is. if you have (0 whittle it to show him. He may be provoked on being mistaken, hut you've got his confir'ence. Tell the truth. If you have a job where they don't want the truth told, get out as quickly as you can. You arc sim1l1y make a chump of yourself for so much per, and if you ever get a job in a white store, your misrepresenting hahit will get you into trouble. You don't need to be good looking, or curly headed, or deep voiced to be a salesman with personality. Tt's all a question of being well grounded and sticking to your ground, withOltl being nasty abOtlt i.t. Let your customer hove':'"ove.· everthing she likes, giving her the good points of each. Let her indicate her preference, not yours, and don't commit yOU - .self to a 48-inch dresser as being the only thing, to discover that her space limit is 45 inches. That would be setting and trimming your sails before you know the direction of the wind. One great <lest-roye,! of sales i.s the preconceived ide<l-of the salesman that the cllstomer don't want to buy, but is only looking, You might as well guess the number of beans in the quart jar. Anyone with curiosity and time enough to go into a fur-niture store, however indifferent appea:-ing, can be turned into a customer, or influenced to become one later. You are, hired to spend so many hours a day t:ying to sell goods, and the scheme that gets you the big total should be your labeled scheme. \Vhat odds then, if you spend time on an unresponsive looker, whom you think you cannot sell in preference to waiting for a customer whom you m"y or may not sell"? It is a common habit among salesmen to "shake'· the looker who don't "look good" and often such lookers go to the next store down the street ~',ndb\1y. You might as well give up that habit. It i5 bad, and wrong, and foolish. A splendid thing to go along ",,·ith personality is to look after your customers after you do sell tht:.m. Very many salesmen book the orde··, particularly in the large c:tics, and then the incident dies. \Vhether 0: not the shipper shillS well, or the deaner dea'ns well, -is in their estimation a matte;- that concerns the house rather than them. Get in touch with your post 1110:·temsales. If anything goes wrong, you will come in for your share of the curses. Call up your customers by phone, or if they ha\"e ::Lbig bill. go and see them. That is the way to l2nd them and their friends for second orders. Even if everything is all right and the customers sati.sJied, it shows an interest and t:hat all comes under personality or influence. Set down some evening and figure these things out. If you have brains you will easily see the chances and can appl~: them to yourself. If you can't or don't care, you haven't bothered to read this article, anyway, and the don't care sales-men are generally brainless. The bulk of all furniture buyers now holding good posi-tions, were promoted from the ranks of salesmen, not of ne-cessity being the top notchers in sales, but having a furniture pers0nality, and knowing what they knew. 1£ there is a man in your store wbo, under the same condi-tions as you, and with tl~ hetter leverage, sells more than you, watch him, and see how he docs it. Don't be one of those salesmen, of which every large store has several, 'who are more fitted by lack of enterprise to measue cold molasses, and the colder the better. The fur-niture business calls for a larger share of selling intelligellcc than many others; the competition among salesmen is kecn-e~, and the chance for comparison better. If you tack ambi-tion to better yourself in the business, yOu arc simply play-ing second base, with a hetter man on the bench, and he is bound to exchange with you. W. J. CALDER. Rockford, 111. I t is a pleasure to visit Rockford and call on the many busy furniture manufactures there. They are all' gentlemen, and, though busy, "fail not to cnte t2.in the strange:'." If Grand Rapids is the Furniture City, when the fU:'niture output does not represent more than 40 per cent of the total V<lluatioll of goods mauufactu:ed in that city, what shall be said of Rockford, whose furniture output l~nearly or quite two-thirds of the total valuation of the city's manuiactures? There is not a city in the union, and hardly a 1i.-st class furniture store in the land where Rockfo;-d furniture may not be found. \Vhen these facts a:·e taken intn consideration, it is apparent that something is doing in Rockford, The Forest City Furnitu. c company is having a fine busi-ness. Manager Clmk saill they wO'llld be on hand in their regular space on the second floor of the big Waters building, Grand Rapids, in July with a bunch of new patterns, and the same old bunch of salesmen; don't need an~' new patterns in that line, as the old ones are "onto the curves" of every-thing and everybody in the fwniture business. . Charley Lundberg of the Co-Operative Furnitme company is an expansionist-believes, like Teddy the First, in being a world power; so after huildill,g up the business of the Co- Operative Furniture company to a higher pl,.ce than it ever occupied before, he og,lllized another company named the Made by Mechanic6 Furnil~ Co • Rockford. Ill. Rockford Cabinet company, bought the big factory of the Rockford Burial Case company, turned it into a furniture fac-tory, and is turning out a line of buffets, chinas, bookcases and clinil}gextensiol1 tables that sell at sight. The Rockford Chair & Furniture company is never idle, never 5ho: t of orders, and will soon mail a'r ·tnusually attrac-tive picture book of good things to the furniture trade. The 11·echanics Furniture company has a new catalogue of buffets, china closets and serving taMes in oak; parlor cahinets in mahogany and music cabinets in mahogany ,wal-nut, oak and birch. It is a beautiful catalogue and every dealer should have a copy. Since my last visit to Rock-ford this company has erected a large addition to the factory, adding more than one-third to the floo: space, which enables them to largely increase their ontput. They will have a fine exhibit in Chicago in July. The Cent:a1 Furniture company is one of the busy ones. Their line of china closets llne] bookcllses is onc of the hest ill the \",llOle }{ockford bUllch. The Union Furniture company will' 1110ve their exhibition in July in G and Rapids from the scco11(l fl.oor of the IVlasonic Temple to the seventh floor of the new Manufacturers' build-ing on Ionia st:·ee1. 'where they will have for neighbors the l\fuskcgOll Val1ey Furniture cornpany and .I\100n Desk com-pany of "\l uskegon. The T{ockfo,d Frame & Fixture cornpany are the largest manufacturers of fancy cabinet ware in Illinois. The line of pa,lor cabinets is a st (Jng one, and they have built up a trade that spreads all over tbe country. The Rockford Standard Furniture cmllpany are rnailing a new catalogue. Its full of pictures of sellers. The Royal 1,'1ante1 & Furniture company are enjoying a flne t:·ade. and the Rockford Desk company makes a similar report. Rockford IS soon to have another fu nihue factory. The ll1inols Cabinct company is the !lame. Capital stock $100,000. Thc factory will he located in Ellst Rockford, on the Eighteenth avenue car lill('. not fa" from the Royal Man-tel & FurniW'-e company. The olhcers llre: John P. Lundell, president and K. E. KliUbsOll secretary The main building \vil1 be 224 x 128 feel. three stories. The intention of the C011lplllly is to bring out a line of mission fu"niture, and later if the trade demands it. a scneral li11e of furniture 1'01' which Rockfv'c1 has become famons. C. :"J. Vi. A. R. Peebles, Manager. Since the withdrawal of the late II. 1\-'1. Amsden from the manag-e11lcnt of the Xew England .Furniture company, the 35 duties of that official have been performed by A. R. Peebles, the secretary uf the company. Hc is a vigorous, energetic young man and it is the purpose of the company to continue his employment in a managerial position. FURNITURE MEN IN ASSOCIATION. "Aggressive and Protective" Union Formed. A permanent state organization caBed the Home Furn-i~ hers' Association of ~Iassachusetts has been organized by Boston and state urniturc dealers in the retail trade, with about 100 members. The object is aggressive and protec-tive." Tts officers are: p:-esident, C. E. Osgood, the C. E. Osgood company, Bost011; first vice~president, C. N. Pea-body. Eldridge & Peabody, Boston; second vice-president, John L. Robertson, Robertson & Co., Lowell; third vice-president, Jackson Caldwell, J. Caldwell & Co., Somerville; fowth vice-president, Lou Adams, People's House Fumish-ing company, Haverhill: secretary, 1\-1. A. \;Yood, the C. E. Osgood company, A. McArthur compa'ny, Boston. Executive Council-Richard E. "Vv'arner, House~old Furnishing com-pany, Xew Bedford; Henry L. Ki!icaide, Henry & Co., Quincy; Geo!'ge L. Hersey, J. VV. Hersey & Son, Springfield: llugh .McLean, McLean Brothers, Holyoke; J. J. Sullivan, Huckley & Sullivan, Lawrence; Stephen Harrington, Ste~ phen Harringtoll, Cambridge; Charles~ Flint, Flint & Barker, \Vorceste,; B. A. Atkinson, Frank Ferdinand, Boston. Audi-tors- Geo. J. Bicknell, Atkinson company, Boston; James Ellis, James Ellis company, South Boston; LeBaron Ather-lon, ;\therton Furniture company, Brockt011. THOS. MADDEN, SON & CO. INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE Be,t In America Parlor Suils Our New Line in of Two, Three Davenport .nd Beds Five Pieces are the very best made in that can be made Stationary Styles and Prices .nd to suit Loose Cushions EV"'Ybody ONE OF OUR BIC SELLERS. OUf new line will be shown only at our Show Rooms, 35 to 39 North Capit:aI Ave., lndianapo~. Ind, WRITE FOR CATALOGUE OF DAVENPORT BEDS. 36 THE LEXINGTON Mic~ Blvd.& 22d 51 CHICAGO. ILL. Refurnished and re-fitted throughout. Neu" Mana/{ernent. Tbe furniture dealers' head-quarters. Most con-veniently sitllated to the furnilure display houses. Inler·Slale Hotel CO. OWNBR & PROPRIETOR E. K. CrUey, Pres.; T. M. eritey, V. Pres.; L.H. Firey, Sec-T1eas. Chicago, March 25.-The furniture manufacturers of Chi-cago are all busy at this writing, reports from those inter-viewed going to show that the volume of trade has continued most satisfactoril"y through February and "the current month. President A. P. Johnson of the Johnson Chair company has been seriously ill for some time at his home, but is re-ported to be imlvovillg at tbis writing. 1V1r.Johnson has been atTIictcd for several years with a complication of troubles. President Joseph Meyer of the Manufacturers' Exhibition Building company spent a week during the middle of the current month in the States of Indiana and :Michigan. Presi 'dent Meye" found ,all of the mallufactl1~e:'s busy and in addi-tion to rcncwals of old contracts for space, received appli-cations for a goodly number of new leases in the Big Build-ing. John Horn, Horn B:'others: "The condit;ol1s with tiS arc vcry satisfactory. There has been no letting up in the volume of our trade. but on tbe conL-a'y there has been a marked increase. Jaquary of this year was $1,200 ahead of January a year ago, and Feb:uary has 1--.;::en$2,400 better than February",1905." Manage:-,.CbarJes Elmendo:-f of the Manistee Manufactur-ing company, was in Chicago the 21st inst., and wii's' on his way to the P~icific coast for a business trip of sever:il weeks. Mr. Elmendorf will visit Portland and Baker City, Ore., also Tacoma, Seattle and other coast,t'~i~i~&~ "On his ;'eturn he will stop off a'{~ansas City and' Omaha. J. Y. Ellwer;~and n. H. Fisher of J. Y_ Ellwer Sons, Youngstown, Qc"visited this market on the 24th illst., to pur-chase furniture for a new store to be opened at Youugstown, E. C. Allen of the Carrom-Archarena company, Luding- -ton, Mich., was in Chicago on the 22d inst. The Carrom- Archarena company, in addition to manufacturing a strong line of· boards; arc making a strong line of tables_ 1\'1r. ;'AJlen was in Chicago for the purpOSe of placing the table pine agency with some of the local commission houses. Mr. ,Allen was for a tc:-m of years a salesman for the ).lanistee ·lI.Janufacturing company i~\'t~c 'carly days of that company. F. T. Plimpton and company have been having a sec-tional' bookcase exhibit at the Business Show which has been /'IR'T' I.so..7f~ e ?,.. running the past hvo weeks at the Coliseum. The exhibit was a display of the goods made by the Humphrey Book Case company of Detroit. H. C. Plimpton of La Farge, "Vis., who operates a furui-ture and gcncral store in that town, was in the Chicago ma.- ket the past "leek. l\1rs_ Plimpton, who is at the head of the millinery and fancy goods department, accompanied her 11llsbalJd. Mr. Plimpton is a brother of F. T. Plimpton, the well known Chicago commission man. \\Fork on the Kew Southern Hotel addition will begin April 10. The present five story building fronting on Michi-gan avenue will be torn down and a new ten story fireproof "trttcture will be eeeted in its prace. Secretary Charles G. White has just returned from a two weeks' trip during which he visited the furniture centers be-tween Jamestown, N. Y., and Evansville, Ind. Mr. '\'hite s;~ys he found all of the munufacture"s J:.'lsy, the advance made in prices before the first of the year appa:-ently cutting no figu:-e in the volume of business. The National Business Show, which has been running dw past t\-vo weeks at the Coliseum, has had among other exhib-itors stich well known concerns to the furniture trade as Cen-tral :VTanufacturing company, Sto:-ey Furnitu:-e company, Am~ berg File & Index company, and the Macey-Wern:c-kf: com-pany. Al'so the McCollum :Manufacturiltg company of TT ammond, Ind_ The Lathrop company, wholesalers of furniture, 1319 l\lichigan avenue, are sending out five thousand catalogues to their furniture trade. The catalOgUe is .arranged in very convenient form for the inspection of the dealer, Cuts and prices are shown of their big line of oak suites, dressers, com-modes and sideboards. which the Lathrop company carry in their Chicago warehouse for immediate shipment. Charl'es A. Fisher and company's plant at Lincoln, Ill., was visited by a small fire the second week of this month, result-ing in putting temporarily out of commission several carding machines. The Lincoln plant has been running their card-ing machines day and night on three shifts, This plan will be continued as the company now has orders in for one thousand of the famom; Rex Inner Tufted mattresses. On account of tbe interruption by fire the Chicago wa:-ehouse FOUNDED 1888 Reduce Your StockII 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 TERMS. through the enst. Mr. Schneider says the trip was a very satisfactory one, as he has never had a more successful period for doing business. Rumo:'s have been current of late that the Peck & Hills company arc planning to secure a lease on the p:-operty at 1234 l\lichigan avenue with the view of erecting a building of their'6wn in which they can display the big list of lines they-carry. J. C. Hills, when qucst:oned, said that the matter will be drawn npon to fill urgent orde-s_, , J osepb 'J, Schncider of Schneider & Allman, commission merchants, has ju,st returned ham an eight weeks' trip of having a building of their own has been more or less under consideration the past ten years and that the question is as indefinite at this time as' ever. Hanke Brothers, 129-137 N. Ada street, Chicago, have just gotten out their twenty-eighth annual catalogue and are mail-ing the same to the furniture trade. The catalogue is a com- ..rrnnrDWr\Qnr IMPROVED OPEN BOLSTER ROLL Shipped one dozen in a case, K. D. flat. Covered in white muslin, $11.00. Covered in colored satine, $12 00. The Best Open Bolster Roll on the market. TRY A BOX. The Sanitary Feather Co. 249·255 S, Canal St cHICACO. plete one in every feature pertaining to the IT;-I11keline and shows that this company's goods arc stronger and better than ever. The death of Edward J. Dwyer, member of the widely known furllitl1 e n'"111 of 3.1cAllSh, Dwyer and cumpany, oc-curred Tuesday night, ).larch 2Cth, from jlncumorlia, at his home, 4940 Fllis avenue. III ~he passin:.{ of .:\h. Dwyer Chi-cago lrv.;es one of the hest kllO\Vn and ahlest business men ill the furniture trade. Possessed of a most gcnial and \vinning persoml1ity, he W(lS one of the most JloJJular of men among all those who came with;!", the circle of his acquaintance. :.rot only ,vas 1\1r. Ihvycr successful in the business ,',..orld, but he also achieved ma:'kcd SLLccessill the Ileld of politics p"cvious to the time of his entering the furniture business. ~tr. Dv,ryer was a mcmber of the sUlte senate from 1894 to 1898 that being- the \;'..st Jlolitical office be held. He was born in 37 ceased ,"vas a mernhcT" being present 111 a hody and prominent men, including Congressman vVilliam T "orimer of the Sixth district, a close friend of J'vlr. D\vye', and Judge Hanecy. John 1\1. Smyth alld Fred Blount. The pall bearers were CongreSS1l1an Lorimer, Scnato:" Teml11eton, John Dade, John Cook, James :Ylonaghan and And ew G:-8ham. Effective music was rendered by the St. Amb"ose cho)' The interment was in Calvary ceme!~ry. General SHies Manager alH1 Purchasing Agent R. A. Forcl of the [·'()rc1& Johnson company, has been spending the win-ter in Texas. At the p 'esent writing "fr. Ford and Mrs. Fo·d are ill Denning, where they will remain fo:" some time IOllger. "V\rh;,t Others Think" is the title of a booklet which is being mailed by the George D. \,Villiams company to the manlfacturers in the furniture trade-letters in the form of testimonials from J au nary exhibitors, the special features of desirability in exhibiting in the V\,'holesa1e Furniture Ex-hibition Building a"e stated as follows: "Direct entrance on ~lichigan a\'cnue. No cossing of bridgcs or al1ey~. Goods on exhibition eve,y day of the year. Salesmen in charge every day 01 the year. All flows face Michigan ave-nue. Located midway bel ween the two large exhibition buildings. \Vell lighted and ventilated." Fire on the 6th inst. destroyed three furniture warehouses and contents at Sheboygan, \Vis., two belonging to :McAnsh, Dwye:- and company and the other to Andrew McAnsh. The origin of the fire is believed to have been fromcossed wires. The buildings 'were valued at $90,000 and the contents at $32,- 000 and were covered by insurance. The Royal ]'dctal Ylanufacturing company, 1817-1819 Dear., born street, Chicago, have been displaying their line of goods at the )Jationa1 Business Show in the Coliseum. The Clemetsen company, manufacturers of Clemeo desks, have been having" a Clemen exhibit ~\t the National Business Show in the Coliseum building. The display included a WILL YOU PURCHASE YOUR SPRING FURNITURE AND CARPETS CD DOWNTOWN: BIG RENTS, BIG·EXPENSES. 81G PRICES t UPTOWN: LITTLE RENT. UTTl[ [XPfNSES. LITTlE PRICES! SAMPL£ OF GOOD ADVERTISING. Chicago at Ohio ;l11d :North Halstead street"" on Kov. 21. 1861. After graduating frorn the public ~chools he entered the ein-ploy of a publjs]-)]Jlg JlO11SC. This he left after a few ye:lrs, taking a clerical position in the city clerk's office, which marked his introduction into politics. In 1890 he was chmeu clerk of the \\'est town. Later he was west town assessor, assistant superintendcnt and superintendent of the city water system. The funeral took place Friday morning, :\la'ch 23. 8t 10:30 from the housc and later from St. Ambrose church. whe'te req-uiem high mas:; 'was ceJebnlted and appropriate reinarks made by JTather Foley. The fl1nenl! was very largely at-tended, memhers of the Illinois legisaltt11"( at the time dc-new typewriter desk which putting on the market. charge of the exhibit. the Clcmetsen company is just l\Ianager Reggio has been in }Tuel1(:'r Brothers we~e damaged to the amount of $8,000 by a fire in their facto"y in Chicago, recently. The capital stock of the J obn D. Raab Chair company of Grand Rapids has been inceased from $20,000 to $50,000. The business section of White Pigeon, Mich., was recently burned and loss amounted to $20,000, At. V,.rickett's furniture store was in one of the buildings which were destroyed. 38 Large il!uJtrated Catalogue Jhow] whole linc • .AiRfor Catologue uA. " 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 kiud this season. Wheels are 12 inches in diameter; rubber tired. Springs front and rear, uutless axles. Dash and Back adjustable. We manufacture four other sizes of Go·Carts in many designs, also a large line of handsome Baby Carriages. \Vith the opening of navigation business always becomes 1110re brisk in Detroit. This does 110t apply so much to the m"anufacturing business, especially the mal1ufacture of furni-ture, as the furniture makers of this city <1"e busy all the year round, but to the retail t "ade and general business of the city_ Thousands of men find remunerative employment dur-ing the season of navigation along the docks. in the great warehouses, and in the shipping roems of H:cwholesalc dis-trict. 111 dry goods, hardware, groceries, boots and shoes, clothing, drugs and chemicals, Detroit is one of the leading jobbing cente_rs of the west, and trade with the jobbers al-ways becomes more active when the boats begin thciT" sea-son operations. All this bas a material effect on the retail furniture business, and when the tremendous amount of building that is going on in this city is taken into considera-tion, the lot of the retail furnittl'c merchant does not seem to be a hard one, to say the least. Detroit is rapidly becoming a g-reat -financial cente", with. more than a SCOT"eof banks, trust companies and other fi-nancial institutions. The latest of these is the Security T ust company. M. 1- :Ylurphy, president of the ~Iurphy Chair Murphy Chair Co. A COMPLETE LINE American Go-Cart Company Detroit, Mich. No.89H company, is one of the organizers. of this latest eute-prise. ~Ir. Murphy is 011eof the most active and valuable members of the Detroit Boa,d of Commerce, which- is doing so much to advance tl,c mate: ial prosperity of Detroit. Having built up from the smallest kind of a beginning the largest chair factory in the state, and one of the very largest in the country, Mr. Murphy has found time to interest himself in many other enterprises in this city, and is looked up to as one who speaks with authority-the outgrowth of knowledge. Among the other great enterp:-ises of Detroit are the Wolverine Manufacturing company and the Cadillac Cabinet company, at the head of wh:ch is Frederick B. Smith. He is another illustration of what b:·ains, industry and enterprise may accomplish. and the two great factories under his per-sonal care and watchfulness are a monument which any man might well be proud of. To be a successful merchant and manufacturer at the same time, building up both branches of the furnitu:-e trade at the same time, is what vVilram ]. Streng has shown h-m-self capable of doing. The Grand Upholstering company con-ducts one of the leading retail stores on Gratiot avenue, while the Palmer rV1anufacturing company is one of the lead- MANUFACTURERS DETROIT, MICH Pioneer MfS. Co ... DETROIT, MIen. R66tI furnitUrll BabU GarriaOlls Go-Gans ROOKWOOD and a general lille of FI\NGY TI\BLfS Write for Cuts and Prict:ll palMER Manufacturing Co. 1015 to 1035 Palmer Ave. DETROIT, MICH. iug- table m:lmlfactnring conce us in Detroit. Doth of these enterprises arc due to the push and good judgment of }'[f. Streng. The Pionce:' ]\[anllfncturing company, adjoining the Pal-mer 1Iatlufactllring company, 11Ial1ufacll1:"CfS of reed and rat-tan chairs. rockers. children's ca. riages and go-carts. IS under the personal supervision of George Streng, b "other of \V. ]., and i:-i highly prosperous. The la:-gest factory in the United St;lks operated exclus-ively ill the manufacture of dining extension tables is that of the Posselius Brothc:"s Furniture r-,''!<llll1factllring company. Their famous Victor extension table has prohably the larges:- sale of filly p;\tent extension table ever put on the market \V. F. Barke-- and compZlny "v:11 S()Ol1 o::cn up their Hew :\Iicbigan 'Wellt.le retail store. Tt ,,,ill he o.n(' of the Il1le",t fu:-niture stores in the city. Victor V. Ceulebrock will be in ch<t:'g-e of the new store. while V·l. E. Barker \vil1 have general supervision of it as well as the \Voodward avenue _~tore, J, C V'/idman and company are having" a booming trade in ha11"furniture and china closets. The ;-\111eric;\n Go-Cart comp:I11Y is also en:oying- a tine trade in rccd and rattan chairs, children's carriages and gO-carts. The Humphrey Bookcase company have added a line of regular library bookeasc.s :ltld lihrary :\11(1 office tables. Evansville, Ind. The factories of b:vallsville are well provided with onle:-s. The staple goods. embracing "everything for the household and the allice," made in this city are ever in demanr!' V'lith an abundance of moderate priced materials, skilled lahor aud superior facilities for shipping goods, Evansville is in position to rnailltZlill her supremacy in the trade. \\-'0: k upon the new factory of the Specialty vurniture company is progressing satisfactorily and ,:v-ill he ready f01" operatiol1 befOl-C the opening of the fall season of trade. Thc nockstege Fu:-niture company reports a very satis-factory demand for tables for the dining room, the parlor and the charnhe-- Secretary Jourdan is welt pleased with the conditions existing in the trade_ "The Hanner Line" of metal beds continues to please the trade. [t is strong in every featnre. The Karges Fu:'niture COtnp8ny a'-c mailing a catalog"ue of chamher furnittl1-c and ..v..anirobes just from the press. Seeing Mexico. A, YV. Hampe of th~ R0yal Furniture eompany. Gr:-l.nd Rapids, is spending a few weeks in old ".\'1cxico. He has ill\'cstmcnts there. 39 WILL DISCHARGE UNION MEN. Southern Furniture Men Tell' Employes to Leave Unions or Shops on April 5. Five thousand workmen in thirty-odd manufacturing plants of f1igh Point, one of the greatest furniture manufacturing tmvns of the south, have been informcd that on April 5 no union men would he employed in thcse plants_ Careful es-timates put the number of mcn involved at 2,000_ The manufacturers, most of whom are furniture makers, say that many of the employes -were opposed to being o:gan-izcd, seeing only useless friction as a result of suell action. Since the nrg;ll1izatiol1 of the workmen ill iec1ing sprung up. Employers declare the new order merely a matter of business with no ill ,viII. The orgallization of I11gh Point labo:" has exceeded on a basis anything yet worked up in a southe~ 11 manuiacturing town of its size, aod the outcome will be watched with inte:"- est. Furniture makers are well organized and prepared to pull together should a J1ght be lllflde, but it is believed ther;; will be no light. Why It Holds. There are some pecple ,so lwsy that they can hardly find time to investigate the merits of all article like the Tower pat~"t fastener for holding drawer puHs and knobs sec.1l.-dy in place. Yet a mere glance at the cut will show that they a:e the little bradded washers that fasten themselves into both sides of the drawer when the knob or pull is fitted on; which ean never, by ally possibility get !oose, while the furniture lasts. This is very importallt, as it really adds to the vnlue of the furniture much mo~e than the cost of the trimmings, while the litlle fa."tcncrs eost absolutely nothing. But the husy man may ask how it is that these fasteners add to the \';ilue of the furniture more than the cost of the tritnmillg~? In reply, we ask, is not an insured house wo:·th more than it v,'ould be if not insured? v\Tell, these little fasteners in-sure the drawer fronts against marring by the pulls getting loose and dropping down. Then it is not an infrequent thing to fi.nd a knob or pull missing altogether, when they are not fastened with the Tower patent fastener, and as i.t is almost impossible to match the others with the same style of knob or pull. fin entire l1CWset of trimmings becomes necessary. So the importance of having all furniture ftted with the Towe: patent fastener, made only by the Grand Rapids Bras" com-pany, beC01l1eSapparent. --- The Sanitary Feather Company nf Chicago is one of the leading feather houses in that city. They arc putting in an 130 horse power Corliss engine to take the place of the present engine which is much too small for their rapidly growing business. Among th,eir specialties is the "Featherweight" improved holster roll, il1ust~'ated on an-other pagc_ It is shipped in cases of one <:!ozen each, k. d. flat, covered -in '\vl,ite rnns\-ill, $11.00 a dozen; in c.olored satine $12.CO a dozen. Their ;~ddr('ss is 249 to 255 South Canal street, Chicago. 40 ESTABLISH EO 1sea I"UI'L.Ii5Hl!:D ay MiCHIGAN ARTISAN co. ON THE 10TH AND 25TH OF EACH MONTH OFFICEw-2-20 LYON ST., GRANO RAPIOS. MICH. EtlTE:REO AS MATTER Of THE 8ECOND CLASS By the (kath cf H. M. Amsden and George B. Lewis, Wil-liam S. Emery and O. A. ,Va d remain as the sole survivors of the original New England Furniture company. Elias Skinner and E. F. "'lard passed away a number of years ago. I-I. C. Brooks and Charles E. :"leech and others sold Qut their stock several years ago, and when the annual dinners of the company shall be held in the future there will be many va-cant chairs. Messrs. Emery and Ward have steadily support-ed the cO:'po'ration through many vicissitudes of its past history, and their minds are filled with kindly thoughts of those who have gone to the great unknown. The incorpor-ators were natives of New England and in honor of t!1;:Hsec-tion the company was named. The stories that have reached the ears of the manufac·· turers of the east in regard to the p~osperity of the Los An-geles district are almost beyond belief. Here is one by Ed Caldwell: ;'During the past six months 75,000 people from the east entered the Los Angeles district. It is estimated that their expenditures averaged $6.CO per day per head." The furniture dealers had a wonderful volume of trade, but to the reflecting mind a commodious hash foundry would not be a bad proposition for Los Angeles during the winter sea-son. \\'hile the January selling season was disappointing to many exhibitors in the volume of o:ders taken, the manufac-turers have had very satisfactory returns from the buyers Wl10 took memo:-anda, The value of. the exposition plan for sell-ing goods has been asce~tained, and its practicability estab-lished. The national house of representatives will probably pass a bill to put alcohol used in the a ts on the free list.fhe senate may be depended upon to pigeon-hole the bJl, however, and nothing more will be heard of the measure during the life of the present congress. If the floor spaces of the furniture exposition huildings 01 New York, Chicago and St. Louis were combined under one roof there would not be sufficient room to exhibit samples of the lines of furniture produced by the manufacturers of Grand Rapids. 1\ow the table makers (extension) are at it. Quite a num-ber have signed an agreement to withdraw their lines from the expositions and a number quite as large have signed leases for space in the exposition towns in \.,.hich to show their lines. In the olden time the world possessed but seven wonders. Now its wonders are countless in number. The twenty-five {urnitureexposition buildings in Grand Rapids rank among the most wonderful. The manufacturers of Grand Rap:ds a-e fully employed upon orders. This condition will not interfere with the work of preparing for a magnificent exhibition of eaSe goods in Juty next. The railroads of Ge manl'give rapid transit of ex-porf" at favored rates; a diffe ent plan from' that followed by certain American rail wads ill giving rebates to ta~o_ ed i.ndustries. Buying goods from pictures calls for the employment of the imagination. Buying from sampleS. CIemands judgment. Be a market buyer and leave imagination a't home, Only in Gqnd Rapids is it possible to show the largest collection 'of furniture on the earth. The city has twenty-five buildings devoted to exposition ,Purposes. The legislature of Massachtts'etts has refused to pass a bill purposed to prohibit the eUlployment of women and min~ ors overtime in factories. The agreement of the congressional" sub-commitee on a free alcohol bill is about the most tonic thing in the air at Vlashington. Customers demand new things-something different. The!'le can be bought advantageously hythe market buyer. All space in the exhibition buildings has been taken and the Grand Rapids show in July will be the g:eatest on earth. The rilore a salesman knows about some things and less about others, the better salesman he is. "Out·of-Town" Checks. The legal right of hanks to charge for the collection of out-of-town checks is about to be tested in the courts, upon the initiative of the directos of the I1Lnois Mal1ufactu:"'e s' Association. This association hIS been greatly dissatisfied with the ~ew rule of the banks impos:ng this check-collection fee and has been advised by counsel" that the rule is illegal. The proceeding to test its legality is held by agreement with the Chicago clearing house committee. Prior to January the banks made no charge for collecting out-of-town cbecks. The jump from this condition tC-Jone of arbitrary fixed fees in no wise conforming to the 'absolute or relative expense of collections, so exasperated the association that the banks wc:-e forced to concede a reduction of one-third from the announced charge. The association is willing to concede charges based on the cost of collection, but not the adopted schedule, which, it is estimated, would increase the banks' revenues by fully $7,000,000 a year. Hence this suit is directly inte':csting to the commercial' world generally. Death of Gilman W. Avery. At Biloxi, Miss., on March 24, Gilman Vl.r.Avery, pres~dent of the Comstock & Avery company, Peoria, Ill., passed from earth, the result of a stroke of paralysis sustained a month previously. Deceased was a native of New Hampshire, hav-ing been born at Greenville in that state on Ma;·ch 14, 1835. He settled in Peoria in 1864 and engaged in the furniture business. He was a high mil1ded, honorable gentleman, qualities that commanded the respect and esteem of the com-munity in which he lived. His business attainments we;e many, and his judgment sound <Inri reliar'e. A wife and two sons, Frank E. and Frederick 11. Avery, are the im-mediate mourners of his loss. Capital Stock Doubled. The Hard 11al1ufacturing company, bedstead manufactur~ ers. of Buffalo, have doubled their capital stock, now making it $150,000. This new stock will be issued in full this week. They employ abont 200 hands. 41 ~!SE~ARS, ROEBUCK & CO. ~ CERTIFICATES HAVE 'ii~r@' DOUBLED IN VALUE CHAIRS FREE .... U ....- .....JAmOUlltiDI" ~ ,110 00 • A FEW OF THE MANY OTHER VALUABLE ARTICLES WE NOW DIVE FREE IN [lCMANIE FORS50.00 IN naFIT SHARINO CERTIFICAT£S. ARTICLES THAT H£RETOFORE REQUIRED SlOO.DO IN CERTIFICATU. THE PLAN OF SEARS, ROEBUCK &: CO. THE GREAT MAll ORDER HOUSE IS REVEALED IN THE MATTER ABOVE. 42 -of'"J'Vf.1:2!pRIG 7}N FOR 50 CENTS. \iVe will mail the Retail Edition of the Michigan Artisan to any address in the United States for the remainder of the year lQ06. Remit with order. MICHICAN ARTISAN CO" GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS Amerl('-Jl,ll Go-Cart Co .. Alaska Refrigerator Co. Atlas Furniture Co. Barnell CO'J W. F. & J .. Bennett, Chas., Furniture Co. Berry Bros. Bisilell Carpet Sweeper Co. BlI
- Date Created:
- 1906-03-25T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- 26:18
- Notes:
- Issue of a magazine published in Grand Rapids, Mich. Created by the Peninsular Club. Published monthly. Began publication in 1934. Publication ended approximately 1960.
- Date Created:
- 1942-07-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- Volume 10, Number 7