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751. 1939-02; Peninsular Club

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:: 1939-02-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
Collection:: Volume 7, Number 2

752. Weekly Artisan; 1909-08-14

Notes:: Issue of a furniture trade magazine published weekly in Grand Rapids, Mich, starting in 1879. and Ii IIII ,I I IIlI GRAN£) RAPIDS PUBLIC LiDR1\ ;;J GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.• AUGUST 14. 1909 .--'_. _.__._._------------ I .. .. ---.. ..--- -------- --- --------.., ,, "THE BETTER MAKE WE HAVE OVER 400 PIECES IN OUR LINE BEDROOM and DINING ROOM FURNITURE SUITES TO MATCH FACTORY AND SALESROOM 37 CANAL STREET CATALOGUES TO DEALERS ON HEAVY PLATE PAPER NELSON ·MATTER FURNITURE COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. ,,--_ ..... - II, II j '------------_._. _. _. _._---_._._._----._. ----------- _. _. . -- -- ...- -... _. A BIT OF INDUSTRIAL HISTORY Are You Running an 1860 or a 1910 Plant? UDetrOit" Return Trap PATENTt<D In 1860 cottonseed removed from the bOll by gmnmg was garbage-thrown away. By 1870 gmners managed to convmce some people that cottonseed was good fertilizer. By 1880 It was considered good cattle food and m 1890 It was bemg used as a table food. By not utllIzmg all the cottonseed m 1900 (one year) twenty-sIx mIllion dollars that someone could have had, was thrown away The city of Glasgow, Scotland, gets 9,000 horse-power every day-free-by catchmg and utll- Izmg furnace gases formerly v.asted. The steel corporatlOn will light the town of Gary, Ind , and run all street cars with energy that would otherwise be wasted and belched out of furnace stacks. If you use steam for heatmg and drymg and you allow any condensatlOn to go to waste-you are losing money. Put all your condensatlOn back mto the bOiler without pumpmg-and hotter than a pump \\ Ith hft-wlth "DETROIT" General OffIces DETROIT, MICH, Automatic- Return Steam Traps Manufactured and Guaranteed by AMERICAN BWmR COMPANY "SIROCCO" Works' DETROIT, MICH and TROY, N Y TKAD MARK .-. ---------'----~~------------'--_.---._------- SLIDING SHOE FOR USE ON DESK LEGS This shoe does the work of a caster yet allows the desk legs to set close to floor. Fastened with flat head wood screw and furnished in three sizes. SEND FOR SAMPLES AND PRICES No 1493 PULL A very fine handle for desks in the square effect. Somethmg dlfferent from the regular bar pulls. GRAND RAPIDS BRASS co. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ....I r .n..... '. .. .__ ..- po- .. • .n _ n • I THE BIG WHITE SHOP ---------- -.- -- _ _._ .. - ------ - __ . ,. We Furnish Every Article of Printing Needed by Business Men WHITE PRINTING COMPANY 108, 110, and 112 North Division Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. ,. .. . .-.--.-.-- .- ...-- . .- . .. ...... .-. .. .. .-. .- . .. ._ ..-._. . ...... . .. THE BIG WHITE SHOP • • • we ••••••••••• ••• I..... we •• a._ • _ •••••••••••• -............ w ... ----------~~---------------. -. . .., GRAND RAPIDS, PUBLIC LIBRARY .............. --_ ...------------------------ ... _--------.. ... ------------------- i firan~Da~i~sDlow Pi~e an~Dust Arrester (om~an~ OUR AUTOMATIC FURNAOE FEED SYSTEM '- ._... . ._. J THE LATEST devtce for handhnf!, shavtJIgs and dust from all wood-workmg machmes. Our nineteen years expenence in this class of work ha" brought tt nearer perfectwn than any other system on the market today. It tS no expenment, but a demonstrated sCtenttfic fact, as we have several hun-dred of these system,s in use, and not a poor one among them. Our Automatic Fumace Feed System, as shown in thtS cut, u the most perfect working device of anything in this line. Write for our prices for equipments. WE MAKE PLANS AND DO ALL DETAIL WORK WITHOUT EX-PENSE TO OUR CUSTOMERS EXHAUST FANS AND PRES-SURE BLOWERS ALWAYS IN STOCK. Office and Fa.ctory: 208-210 Canal Street GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Citizen. Phone 1282 &el1, ~h.ln 1804 iii ••••• WEEKLY ARTISAN NEW YORK'S NEW FURNITURE EXCHANGE BUILDINGS Covering the entire blocks fr9m Lexington Avenue to Depew~Place. 46th to 48th Streets Each building 200 x 275 feet in size and 12 stories high 1,300,000 Square Feet or Nearly 28 Acres Floor Space THE LARGEST AREA WHOLLY DEVOTED TO WHOLESALE SALESROOMS IN THE WORLD WILL BE READY FOR OCCUPANCYDECEMBER 1st, 1910 Applications for space should be made to CHAS. E. SPRATT, Secretary NEW YORK FURNITURE EXCHANGE 1 2 ----_.~------------------ WEEKLY ARTISAN ...-~_.--------------~--------_._-_. _.~._-------~~.. ......-..-----, SLIGH'S SELECT STYLES SELL AND SATISFY II, ! II 1 I IIIIII IIII I ~_._----_. -_ ..---------------- -----------------------~_ _~---~ Many New Features Added for the Fall Season Everything for the Bedroom I Medium and FlOe QualIty 1 Ollice and Salesroom corner Prescott and Buchanan Streets, Grand Rapids, Mlch WRITE FOR CATALOGUE SLIGH FURNITURE CO. Grand Rapids, Mich. ,-. .-..--~~--------- _---~~---~--------------_._-- •IIII 35% OFF LIST $16 ORDER A SAMPLE STACK YOU'LL NEVER REGRET IT The Humphrey Wid man Sectional Construe hon has dust proof partItIOns, Iron shelf support~ and a two Inch deeper case than others DEALERS' PROFIT 55% Lme on sale m FurDiture Ex-change. Gralld Rapids; Manufact-urers' Exhlbltloll Bulld.IIl!. ChI-cal! o and Furnunre Knhanl!e. New York, •• III• IIII• I II! I , I I I I I ~~~~·~As BARGAIN No 537. 28x42 top Quarter Sawed Oak, Cross Band Rim, Polished, PALMER 1015 to 1043 Palmer Ave., DETROIT MICH, MANUFACTURING $7.50 You can't make money faster than by buymg lhls fine hbrary Table by lhe dozen, unless you make up a carload oul of lhls and olher good lhmgs we have 10 show you. I..--~-----------_. _. ....--------------~-' HUMPHREY-WIDMAN BOOKCASE CO. I No, 10-F, Ouartered Oak. WRITE FOR CATALOCUE DETROIT, MICHIGAN .- .. -~ II co. . --"' GRAND RAPI PUBLIC LIBR1t~y 30th Year-No.7 • GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., AUGUST 14, 1909 Issued Weekly EFFECTS OF THE NEW TARIFF LAW. Grand Rapids Furniture Manufacturers do not Think it Will Cause any Material Changes in Present Prices or Conditions. "Have you consIdered the changes III the tanft rates and figured out how the new law wIll affect your bus1ness?" WIth the Idea that theu" op1111Onand concluslOns would be of 111teret>t to dealers and other manufacturers, a 1epresentatIve of the '.Veekly ArtIsan called on <;everal Grand Rap1ds furmture manufacturers dunng the past week and asked the above ques-tIon Some of them declared that they had been unable to ascerta111 Just what had been done to the tanff, and asked to be excused from dIscussing the matter untl! they have had tIme to become posted on the prOVISIons of the new law Othe1s, ,,,,hl!e admittIng they were not sure as to Ju"t how the rates have been changed, answered the query as follows Frankl111 Barnhart of the Nel"on-Matter Company-We are not much concerned about the effect of the new tanff law I buy the lumber and I don't th111k the reductlOn 111duty WIll affect pnces to any matenal extent It may tend to hold pnces down a blt, but not enough to make much d1ffe1ence with us, at least we do not expect any decl111e nght away There should be a good strong tanff duty on carv111gs and carved furmture, 111order to pl0tect Amencan work111gmen Amen-can made furmture IS good enough for anybody and those who th111k dIfferently "hould be reqLllred to pay heavy dutIes MaJ James G MacBllde of the Nelson-Matter Company- 1 have not follo\\ ed the tanff legIslatIon, but I understand that the only change that mlght affect us IS a 1a1se in the duty on glas" That, howevel, apphes only to small SIzes, and I do not th111k It W1ll affect the SIzes that we use We have not heard of any probable advance 111pnces Charles R ~ligh of the Shgh Furmtme Company-If there's anyth111g In the new tanff that"" 111affect the furlllture 111dLbtry matenally It IS the changes 111the glass schedule The duty on the smaller slzed plates has been ralsed, and of course the Imp01 tert> and the Amencan manufacturers WIll take ad, antage of that fact to boost prices, considerably, pel-haps On the larger SIzes the duty ha" been cut from 35 to 220 per cent, but that is "tIll prohib1tIve, and there are very few of the large plates Imported any V\ay, so the cut V\dl not cause any reductlOn 111pnces As a matter of fact, the hlflll-ture manufacturers are so glad the matter IS settled that they don't care much what the effect may be, but I th111kyou'll find that most of the artIcles on whIch the tax has been reduced are those of which very httle has been Imported, and that the tax IS stdl practlcally prohlbltIve Take l111seed 011, for 111stance The duty has been 20 cents per gallon; now it IS 15 cent", but that 1S h1gh enough to keep the forelgn product out, and I tlunk you'll find It that way 111nearly all of the changes that have been made I understand the tax has been reduced on varlllsh and some varmsh matenals. but not enough to amount to anyth111g, V\hlle on others It has been 111creased shghtly The reductlOn of 75 cents per thousand on lumber wlll not affect the pnces on the lumber used by furlllture manufacturers There may be some sm pnses for us when we get better acqua111ted WIth the new law, but as I understand It now there IS noth111g 111It that should matenally affect the cost of furlllture Davld E Uhl uf the Grand Raplds Fancy Furlllture Com-pany- I don't apprehend that the tallff changes wlll make much dIfference WIth our matellals The reductlOn of 75 cent" per thou<;and on lumber cannot be expected to affect pnce" of hardwoods to any matenal extent There are all kinds of pnces for lumber nowaday" '.Yhat one man pays, say $50 f01, may be bought by another fOf $49 01 $-1-7, so a 1eductlOn of 75 cents 111the tanff duty V\ 111not amount to much The lll-crease on certalll SIzes of glass may affect some of the furn1- ture manufacturers, but we use very httle gla'iS, and have paid but httle attentlOn to It Vi,T e do not make upholstered goods, and are therefore not interested in change" III the hide and leather schedules, except in a general V\ ay On the whole, I do not th111k the new law will be any WOlse than the D111gley law for the furniture industry ~ome of the schedules have been ralsed shghtly, and others have been cut, so the average on furlllture matenals will be about the same as under the old law At any rate, I am not expectmg any matenal change In pnce" at present, though they mav come later, when the experts beg111 to 111terpret and apply the new schf'dules Sybrant W essehus, preslden~ of the Grand RapIds Parlor Frame COlllpany-I don't know jll'lt what changes have been made I have not seen the new law, nor an authentIc com pan-son with the old law, but I understand they have not npped thIngs up to any great extent I thlllk the furmture men were a httle late III gettlllg mto the game They should have "e-cured an advance III the rate on can mgs-carved furniture that is imp01 ted 111the knock down-wh1ch now pays 35 per cent. It lllc1udes vanous p1eces, such as chair legs. arms may be brought 111from Canada, but the hIgher grades will not be affected I am not posted on the changes on other matenal'i that", e u"e except gla'is, but I th111k the reductions II III JU'it about equal the advances, so that It WIll not be noticed The new gla"" schedule, hOY"" e,'er, IS of more im-portance It WIll not affect the Grand RapIds manufacturers much-It may help them a httle-but as I look at It tho'ie who make the 10\Hr grades of furnIture w11l be hIt pretty hard The rate" on the larger plates hay e been lowered from 35 to 2ZY; per cent. II h11e the tax on the smaller Slze'i, 'iuch as are u"ed on cheap furnIture, whIch means the larger part of the fur111ture made and "old III tll1" country, has been 111creased dbout 2.3 per cent ,\'hen you cOn'ilder the fact that the glass I" the mo..,t e,-pen"l1 e part of some of the cheap pieces, you II 111:"ee that an 111Lfease of 2.3 per cent In the tanff means con- "'Iderable to the men who make that class of furnIture It i~ another case where the "lIttle fellow gets the worst of It," and 1 under"tand that If the furnIture men had not sent a com-mIttee dOlI n to \\ a:"h111gton to look after theIr interests, It II auld hay e surely been raIsed 50 111stead of 25 per cent 4 WEEKLY ARTISAN and backs, and comes from Italy and Holland, ,,-,here can ers work for 40 or 50 cents a day, and their lumber IS cheaper than it IS here I am told that mahogany that costs $150 or $160 per thousand here IS sold 111 Holland for 565 or <:;70 They hay e skIlled carvers over there, of course, but no better than we have here They can live cheaper, and the} \\ ark for wages on which Amencans would stan e If the tanff IS to he hIgh enough to equal the dIfference In ""age", It should be hIgh enough to shut out the ImportatIOn of can ed pIeces from Italy and Holland The ImportatlOn'i from Ital} are mo..,tl} of the LoUI" or period style:", but lately some of the Flander.., has been brought over from Holland I don't know that much of It is used here, but large quantIties are used 111ChIcago and the east The stuff usually comes green and has to be kIln dried before it IS fit to put up David H Brown, secretary and treasurer of the Century Furniture Company-It's rather early to tell Just how the neVI tanff is going to work, but I don't th1111<It II 111affect u" \ eq much. PUtt111g hIdes on the free ltst II 111not make the leather we use any cheaper, though It may keep some k111rb from g0111g higher for a \\hlle Leather has been g0111g up. and all the effect that free hIdes WIll haye '" 111 be to check the ad, ance. and we are not sure of that The other changes III the lall w111 not affect u'; matenall} Ye". \\ e use a lIttle of the Im-ported hand crav111g, becau'ie II e can buy It cheaper than lie can make It, and it mIght be to our ach antage to hay e the dut\ lowered, but as a matter of pnnClple I II auld hke to hay e ..,een It raIsed hIgh enough to shut that stuft out It h not tan to American v""ork111gmen-can er,,-to make them compete II Ith men who can work for three or four dollar.., a II eek [here should abo be a prohlbltn e tanft on EnglIsh fur111ture '1 here\ noth111g in the Idea that EnglIsh goods are bettel than can be made here The Royal oyer there (acro'i" the ..,treet) ha.., a hne that IS better than an} of the Imported goods. and \\ e mClkc some that IS just as good I know because we hay e had En~- lIsh goods here, taken them to plece'i and e, en the El1!;lhh experts had to admIt that the} could ..,ee no dIfterence 111the constructIOn If '" e are to protect "~mencan II ork111gmen the tanff on Imported furmture "hould be raIsed Tho"e II ho prefer It because they th111k It IS better, or ';Impl} becau..,e It IS Imported are generally able to pay for the ~ratlhcatlon ot then deSIres, and should be reqUIred to do "0 J Fred Mueller, PresIdent of the :\Iueller l~ ~lack Com-pany- To tell you the truth, I have not gn en the matter a thought LIke everybody else. I'm glad It'S "ettled, but It doe" not SUIt me The cuts al e all nght, but the k111fe-should haye gone deeper and farther Lumber, coal, Iron ore and "'e, eral other artIcles 'ihould be free, and the cotton and II oolen rdte" should ha\e been lowered 111">teadof hell1~ lal"ed 1 almo"t WIsh the presIdent had \ etoed the bill That II oulc! hen e put the matter up to the people at the elect 10m ne,-t year, and the result would have left no doubt as to whethel the people H ant the tanff reVIsed upward or downll ard, but nOli that the matter I" 'settled I hope It will :"ta} 'iettled for a few year" at lea"t What they have done does not amount to much rree hIde" WIll not make leather used by the upholsterers any cheaper It may keep It from g01l1g hIgher nght a\\ a}, but there I:" a great demand for leather and WIth the e,pected 111crea..,e 111 bus1l1ess the demand WIll surely grow stronger. "0 nobody need be surpnsed If pnces go hIgher soon The cut In the lumber tanff WIll not affect hardwoods, and the other change,,- some up and some down-are so shght that as a whole the} WIll not affect furmture manufacturers to an} matenal extent George G WhItworth, secretary of the Berkey & Gal' Fur-mture Company-The reductIOn 111 the tanft o~ lumb~r WIll not make much, If any, dIfference In the cost to furl11ture man-ufacturers Some of the lower grades. used for crates. etc, Exposition in South America. The tIme for fil1l1g applIcatIOns for space at the Interna-tIOnal Expo"ltlon to be held at Buenos A.yres, t\rgent1l1a, next II 111ter-It II III be <"UlTjmer 111 that latItude-has been extended to October 1.3 The Amencan ITIlI11'iter lllge,; manufacturer.., at thl'3 cot1l1try to 'iend exhIbIts, assut1ng them that It \\111 he of great benefit to them The manager" of the ex pO"It1on ha \ e announced that If manufacturer:" of the L ll1ted 'state.., apply for 1000 square metres of ,;pace theIr exhIbIt:" \\ III be groupeJ 111 an exclUSIve department To ~Iove Matresses Easily. On account of the necessanly bulky form of mattresses, It I..,a.., much of a tnal to mO\ e one of these household necessIties a" an office safe Too thIck to gra'ip by the hands, and WIth no proJect1l1g edge by "hlch It mIght be grasped, It IS a source of annoy ance, remind111g the handler of that pleasant occupa-tIOn, enjOy eel 111the adjustment of the pIpes when sett1l1g up a stm e It rema111S for an 0hlOdn to 0\ ercome the defects of the mattres" by the ",lluple addItion of small handle:" near the corner", after the manner of straps u:"ed for carry lllg bundles By grasp111g one of these handle'i the mattress can be pulled around the room or to any place deSIred WIth prac-tlcall} no effort I Grand Rapids Caster Cup Co. 2 Parkwood Ave.• Grand Rapids, Mich. We are now puttmg out the best Caster Cups WIth cork bases ever offeree to the trade. These are fimshed m Golden Oak and WhIte Maple m a I1ght fimsh These goods are admIrable for polIshed floors and furn- Iture rests Theywill not sweat or mar. PRICES. $4 00 per hundred 5.00 per hundred FOB Grand Rap,ds SIze 2U mches SIze 2~ mrhes Try a Sample Order ..... .. . ....- ..... ..... ~ -- . I WEEKLY ARTISAN 5 -------_ __ __ . --._ _ ..~-- -.., ! IF IT'S THE BEST REFRIGERATOR IT'S AN ALASKA THE "ELI" FOLDING BEDS ARf BREAD AND PROfIT WINNfRS No Stock complete without the Eh Beds IU Mantel and Upnght. ELI D. MILLER &, CO. EVANSVILLE, INDIANA Wnte for cuts and prIces. ON SALE IN FURNITURE EXCHANCE, CHICACO. Over 850,000 Alaska refrigerators sold sin c e I 878. Desirable features of an Alaska Refrigerator: Small consumption of ice. Maximumamount of cold, dry air. Absolutely sanitary pro-vision chamber. Simplicity of operation. Perfect preservation of food. We sell to dealers only. WRITE FOR CATALOG. The Alaska Refrigerator Co. Exclusive Refrigerator Manufacturers. MUSKEGON, MICH. L E. Moon, New York Manager, 35 Warren St., New York City • .---------------------_.-----------_.-._--------_._._.------~~ ~._..._._------_ ....•...._.--. Reparation Instead of Rebates. Under a rul111g announced by the Interstate State Com-merce C0l11l111SSlOnall "reparatIOn claIm.," between shIppers and carnelS must be dl,;posed of as qUIckly a pOSSIble, and the commlSSlOn wIll a3';I"t them m thIS ';0 that by September 1, nothmg wIll be left unsettled After that date the com-ml'; S10n w111not award reparatIOn clauns eIther on formal or specIal docket 111 any case where carner3 have reduced the rates SImply to meet a lower rate of a competmg 1111e The CIrcular, Just Issued, IS intere3t1ng because it expla111s how the ral1roads have managed to dodge the law prohlbitmg the payment of rebates. Accordmg to the CIrcular l,;sued the commi"slOn ap-pears to be reltably 1I1formed that It has bten the practIce both of carner,; and shIppers to secure reparatl0n3 in heu of rebates by mutual agreement It has happened repeat-edly that in case of a dIfference of rates between pOlnts of dIfferent 1111esthe offiClals of a lme in order to retam a SlllP-per, and keep the business, agree to take the difference of the rate up WIth the commhSlOn and secure reparatIOn on spe- CIal docket unttl the rates can be hned up to the ,;atJ,;factlOn of all concerned The commISSIOn belteve" that thIS I:' a ru"e employed by the raIlroads and that m many Instances no adjustment wa" contemplated and there was no mtentlOn of Vlac1l1g rates on a panty. They hold that the reparatlOn IS SImply legahzed rebatmg Takmg tIllS ground the commISSIOn has made the rul1l1g that where there IS a dIfference m rates between two pomts over dlfferent hnes shIppers mu"t undel stand that they can get the benefit of the lower rate only by sendmg theIr merchandbe over the hne publlshmg the lower rate. FreIght offiCIals say the ruhng WIll be a good thing not . ... only for the pubhc, but the ral1road::, They do not deny that the practIce" alleged have actually occurred and say that It ",as necessary to retalll customers Their regular patrons would demand the rates and the only way they would han-dle the busmess at all was to have the shIpper pay the regu-lar rate WIth the express understanding that the company was to secure a reparatlOn through the commISSIon ThIS was done 1Il many mstances and merchants have been bene-fited to the extent of hundred,; of dollars through these prac-bces • The abohtion of the reparation system will remove vol-mnes of work from the freIght claIms departments of the va-nous bnes and reduce bIlls for pnntmg, statlOnery, stenog-rapher hIre, etc This IS another reason that the roads wel-come the new order m addltlOn t~ allowmg them to retain all of ther revenues m,;tead of havmg to dIvide with the shIppers. To Dispense With Their Foundry. , The Amencan School Furmture Company are 1I1sta1l1l1g machmery 111 theIr Grand RapIds plant to cut the ends of ,;chool seats out of sheets of metal, thereby c11spens1l1g with thelr foundry. The outfit 1S very expensIve, but its operatlOn wIll be much more economIcal than the cost of castmgs an<: the mamtenance of a foundry. The stock of the Grand RapIds Furniture Company of Chicago whlch was forced mto bankruptcy recently, has been purchased by the Hartman FurnIture & Carpet Company and the store at 1667 Ml1waukee avenue w111be added to the Hart-man stnng. ---~-~~~~~~~~--- 6 WEEKLY ARTISAN MADE BY GR-\ND RAPIDS FAf'\JCY FURNITURE CO. GRAND RAPID"', MICH. WEEKLY ARTISAN 7 Good Idea FroID Texas. Under a tnne-honored custom on most raIlroads, governmg the handlmg of freIght and Its transfer from one common car-ner to another, 1£ a cal of freIght 1'-, dell\ el ed to a road and the contammg car happen.., to have a shght defect, car, freIght and all are returned to the dehvenng road to be repaIred ThIs method greatly 1etards rapId dehvery of freIght, beSIdes puttmg the roads to great mconvemence Managers of Texas 1aIlroads have a plan to prevent dela}.., due to defectIve cars The} would have the Iecelvmg lme dehver the freIght and then arrange for the repalnng of the car later In the rough outlme of ploposed rules, three proposItIOns are gIven the re-celVmg lme They can eIther run the freIght through m the defectIve car, then repaIr It m theIr own shops and forward the bIll to thQ OWl11nglme, 0r return It to the dehvenng hne for 1epan s, or transfer the goods to another car, returnm~ thl' defectIve empt}, or have It repaIred m theIr own shops The method of procedme would be optIonal The returl11ng of defectIve car" has become a great Item m tran"portatIOn matter.." and a large percentage of delay.., to freIght are occasIOned flam thIS cause These cars ale rarely ul1'3afe Usually the ..,hght defects m them m no way endanger the heIght, but undel the rules among raIlroads, they must be repaIred a..,soon as empty New Furniture Factories. J M WIlson, S A NeVIlle and others have mcorporated the Mencl!an Fur11lture Company to establIsh a factory at Me-rIdIan, Lauderdale county. MIS" CapItal "cock, all sub- "cnbed, $30,000 The Dally News of Fort Wayne, Ind, says that a man who has mvented a kItchen cab met that IS to be made en-tIrely of metal has been m that cIty for oeveral day" confer-rIng WIth representatIve utlzen" WIth a VIew of estabhshmg a factory The mam bmldmg of the plant of the GuthrIe, Okla, Desk and Furl11ture Company IS completed The Hal twell Sales Company, capltahzed at $10,000, has been mcorporated to manufacture householJ speCIaltIes at .:\ladlson, OhIO The new furmture factory for OroVIlle, Cal, heretofore mentIOned, WIll be estabh"hed by the Butte Pme and Hard-wood Company. The Frost Veneer SeatIng Company of Newport, Vt, claIm.., to have the largest veneer cuttmg and fimshmg plant m the world Made by Gunlocke ChaIr Co" Wayldnd N Y Death of W. H. Wagone.". InformatIOn was receIved in Grand Rapids on August 12 of the death of VY II \iVagoner, cau..,ed by an aCC'ldent to an automobIle m whIch he wa.., rid1l1g 111 PhIladelphIa Mr V\ ag-oner was qUIte largely 1l1tere"ted m Van Sclver & Co , general merchants of Camden, N J, and an offiClal of that corporatIOn He had been at the head of the furmture department for many years and was wldel} and favorably known For more than twenty years he had spent a part of the furmture expOSItIOn sea"ons 111 Grand RapIds. and m mak1l1g purchases was a hb-eral patron of houses makmg hIgh grade hnes He was qUIet, unobtrUSIve and a splendId judge of value" HIS mtImate frIend" m Grand RapIds were E H :roote and I B Vvatkms of the Grand RapIds ChaIr Company, Mr Corson of the Berkey & Gay Furmture Company; C VV Black of the Onel Cabmet Company HIS funeral was held on August 9 FranCIS DIckson, E F DIckson and L L. Haldmg have mCOlrporated the Dlckson- Hal'chng Furmture Company to sell turl11ture m Canon CIty, Colorado Manistee's New Catalogue. The Ma11ltltee J\lanufactunng Company shoVved the best lme m ChIcago 111 July that the} ever exhIbIted, and had a much larger busme..,,, than last 'year The hne IS much stronger m bedroom furmture than ever, and theIr new catalogue shows the lme up m a more aUI actIve way than ever It wIll be m-tere.., tmg as well as profitable for the furl11ture dealer to watch the pages of the Vveekly ArtIsan from week to week for the advertltlements and IllustratIons for thIS company Manager Elmendorf IS onto hIS Job and knows what the dealers want What to Buy and Where. The W al ter Clark Veneer Company has 200,000 feet of rotary cut veneers, 1-20 to the mch, plam, red and whIte oak m stock for ImmedIate shIpment The Henry S Holden Veneer Company has 250,000 feet of choice bIrd's-eye maple veneer m stock ready for prompt ship-ment The Holden company also has about 50,000 feet of Clr-casslan walnut on hand ready for ImmedIate shIpment 8 WEEKLY ARTISAN ,.. as •• _._ ••• ••••••• ...__ ._._._. •••••• ..: Lentz Big Six No. 694. 48 in. top. No. 687. 60 in. top. Others 54 in. top. 8 Foot Duostyles ANY FINISH CHICAGO DELIVERIES Lentz Table Co. NASHVILLE, MICHIGAN New Dealers in Furniture. The Terry FurnIture Company are ne" dealer:. at Good-mght, Texas H. F. Kneck & Son have Just opened a new furnIture store in FrederIck, Md Turner & VI 1I1klej have opened a ne\\ ~tock of furnl-ture In Kalama, vVash J. M Costello wIll open a ne" furnIture store III Kearne' Neb, on September 1 F G PalmqUl'3t & Son have e:otablIshed a new furl11ture store at Oakland, Neb J. H Morgan wIll open a general store \\ Ith a fUfll1- ture department at HarrIngton, IYash Roth & Leichtman wIll remodel a gracel y bUllclIng dnd open a new furnIture store 111 Perth Ambo). ~ J Harry Zutch and Mrs GalIn'3kl are partners 111 a ne\\ fur11lture store recently opened on East" ater street. Elmlrd N. Y Frank Hughes has deCIded to ha' e a furniture department 111 the generdl store that he IS establIsh1l1g at Cry:.tal Fall". \Vash. Tom C AdaIr, W S :\fay and R C Powers have 111- corporated the Tom C AdaIr Company to deal In fur1l1ture 111 LIttle Rock, Ark CapItal stock, $10,000 George B and Lotus Same and Rob CollIns Roy ha' e I11corporated the MetropolItan Installment Company to deal 111 furmture, WrIngers, rugs, etc, at 103 11'/ashl11gton street. Newark, K J TheIr capital stock IS fixed at $50,000 " A gentleman from Coal CIty, who owns a number of stores 111 varIOUS parts of the cauntry" l'i "aId to be nego-tiatl11g for a bUlldlllg" at Rldgefarm, Ill. In \\ hlch he pro-poses to open a general 'itore WIth a furl11ture department The Weber Furm'3h1l1g'i Good" Company, I11cOlporated by Joseph P HendrIck", ElIzabeth Hendnck-;; and Nlchola'i J. vVeber, WIth capItal stock fixed at $5,000. \\ 111 "ell furm-ture and household goods at St LoUIs, :\10 The 1\lcPhIllIp'i & Vaughey Company. capItalIzed at $8,000, has been I11corporated to establI "h a retal1 furmtm e and undertaklllg bU'3l11e"s III PeekskIll, X Y Thomas:\1 c- PhIllIps IS presIdent and J ame'i J Vau~hey 'iecretary and treasurer of thIS company \V Ith J B GrIffin a" presIdent, \ V R HartWIg as vIce presIdent and VV II Kemper as '3ecretary and treasurer, the ~---------- _- ---- ............• --------- -----------_. _ ..--_ __ ..---.-_ ~ I GrIffin FurnIture Company organl7ed to establIsh a store and deal III furl11ture 111 AlexandrIa, Va. CapItal stock, m1l1- Imum paId 111, $10,000, maxImum not to exceed $25,000. H B HaIsten has opened a new furnIture store at \Val-len, a, Ore Flagg & Willis Will Build a New Front, nagg &.- \1 IllIS, lead1l1g merchants in the house fur11lshing trades of Blockton, Mass, WIll erect a new front to theIr commodIOus four-story buIld1l1g Large show windows and an attractn e entry way of Iran and glass will be features of the nnprm ement The firm at :\IIller, Stewart & Beaton, furniture dealers, Omaha, Xebr, has been reorga11lzed, Mr MIller retInng, but there \\ III be no change 111 the name of the house. :\lembers of the Home Furl11shers AssociatIOn of Massa-chusetts met at Do~ton Ii\; ednesday, August 11, and enjoyed theIr annual outl11g at Paragon Park Made by Muskegon Valley F urmlure Co , Muskegon, Mlch, WEEKLY ARTISAN SINGLE CONE ALL STEEL SPRINGS Are very popular with the Furniture Trade. $2~ Each Net $2~ Each Net No. 46, Single Cone, $2 Each, Net. We manufacture a full line of Single and Double Cane All Wire Springs. SEND US YOUR ORDERS. SMITH &. DAVIS MFG. CO., St. Louis Public Buildings That Will Need Furniture. Pubhc bmldIngs that wIll need new furmture are re-ported as beIng constructed or remodeled In the far west as follows: W. J. Gay, Tucson, Anz, the "Grijalva Place" on the Speedway, Robert Fmme, Prescott, Ariz , road house; State Normal school at San DIego, Cal, 16 rooms; Grammar School buddIng, E"condldo, Cal, 12 room,,; German Metho-dIst Church, Orange, Cal ; Harbor City Land Company, Long Beach, Cal, ave story hotel; E. L. Potter, Los Angeles, Cal., Van Nuys Hotel, office, lobby, readlllg and dlllIng rooms to be remodeled. Car Shortage May Be Expected. Notwithstandin~ the predictions of railroad men, managers of car service as'Sociations and others that there is no prob-ability of a shortage in freight car" this fall, development'S from week to week indicate that there is not only a probabilitv, but almost a certainty that there\ will be a serious shortage in 'Some sections of the west at least A shortage is already reported from Kansas, but that is only temporary, for as yet there are plenty of idle freight cars that can be run into Kansas in a few days But", hen it comes to moving the crops in the great northwest and in Indiana. Illinois, Iowa, etc, the situa-tion will be. changed considerably The demand for freight cars from the agricultural states' will be vastly increased, and with the rapidly increasing railroad traffic in Ohio, Pennsyl-vania and New York, the east will ha, e few cars to spare 30 or 60 days hence, when the fllsh comes in the west The St Louis Lumberman 'Sizes up the situation past, present and prospective, about right when it says' "The railroads almost invariably fail to furnish a sufficient amount of shipping equipment to satisfactorily move the traffic of the busy fall season. For two or three years precedlllg our latest pamc, their inablhty to properly dIscharge their func-tions as carriers when burdened with the enormous traffic of the fall trade was more complete, and conspicuous, than ever before-and that, too, notwithstanding the very heavy addi-tions made to theIr rolling stock equipment in the two years extendlllg from the latter half of 1905 to about the middle of 1907. "How, then, can It be reasonably thoug'ht that their facil-ities will be adequate to the handling of the vastly increased volume of freight in sight for the coming fall, when it is known to all men that since about March, 1907, they have not only not placed-until quite lately-any orders worth mentioning for 10comotlVes and cars, but have allowed the crippled cars to go out of commission." Intelligent Co-operation Between Producer and Retailer. O. H L ViTernicke, president and general manager of the Macey FurnIture Company, Grand Rapids, attended the convention of the Retatl Furmture Dealers of Virglllia, at Roanok1e, on August 10 and dehvered an address on the sub-ject of "Inte1hgent Co-operation Bet", een Producer and Re-tailer." The address was well recelVed Mr IvVernicke is largely interested in the south, having invested heavl1y in timber and in turpentine groves and dis-tilleries. His record as the inventor of the sectional book-case and his success as a manufacturer is well known, prov-ing that in ability as a busllless man he ranks high. 9 One hundred thousand dollars will be invested in a hotel to be erected at Cloudburst, New Mexico. 10 WEEKLY ARTISAN SEND FOR CATALOGUE. Effect of Free Hides. Leather manufacturn" In the \ lC1111hot :-..e\\ ark, ~ J. m mterv1ew" publlshed dunng the past \\ eek, decLlre that puttmg hides on the freer l1"t mean'i the almo..,t 1mmechate employment of 2,000 add1tlonal employ e.., In the leather man-ufactones In Essex count) alone 'Cp to \\ Ith111 a 1ecent penod hides have been ma111ta111edat ,,0 high a pnce the leather men say, that they hay e had to 1un their factone'i \\ Ith 11111lted force~ The'ie ll1gh pi Ices, the) mal11ta1l1. hay e Made by Grand Rapids Fancy Furmture Co • Grand RapIds. Mlcb been the result of the mampulatlOns of the Deef 1rust It is now said that there 15 an understanding among the leader'i m the trade that they Will purchase hides m foreign markets as freely as pOSSible, and thus try to force the packer'i to re-duce pnces vVhl1e the cost of raw matenal may become lm\ e1 shortly. Newark dealers do not hold out much hope of an) great reductIOn m the p11ce of shoes to consumers for some time to come Th1" \\ as expla111ed by the fact that manufac-tm er~ had contracted long ago for their 1909 supply of both domestic and foreign hlde'i ~ ot untIl next January, when ne\\ conti ad" Me to be made wIll the benefit of free hidb be felt '\braham RothschIld of Stengel & RothschIld of Ne\',- ark, "aid that free hide" V'ia" the greatest thmg that had hap-pened In the leather tt ade m ) ear", Nearly all the men who had been laid off \\ ould be put back to work Free hides \Va" a "a\ lOr to the trade, he declared The tanff was merely a protectIOn to the trw,t, enablmg It to charge what It llked. He added . 1he trouble 1" that the foreign product 15 1l!11Ited \Ye \\ III stlll hay e to get "ome '3k1l1"here The tru'it kno\\ s that. so It has declared It Will keep Its prices up The anI) \\ a} \\ e can 0\ ercome that 1'3 to buy all we can trom Europe and bre"k d01l1e"tlc pnce'i For a great many klllds at patent enameled leathel foreign lucles only can be u'ied Thl" IS particularly true m the makmg of leather for automobile uphol'3ter). where a large hide of perfect gram and te'<ture ]'i r('lljlllred ?\mety per cent of all the patent and enameled leather made In the Umted States IS produced In :\ ewark For that reason the foreign lude IS a big fac-tor m our trade Amencan cattle are range fed Their sk1l1s are "cal red from the barbed Wlre of the ranches on the plall1-' and becau"e the) are '3ometlmes com eyed long diS-tances b) tram they are frequently horn-hooked In Eu-rope the cattle are '3tall fed and have a fine grained, perfect hide' LOlliS Strau" of the M Straus & Sons plant sald that the removal of the tal Iff would be of mestlmable benefit to the trade Peter Loehnberg of the Atlantlc Leather Company said hiS company had put on new men, and that with1l1 two weeks the Increased \\ ork1l1g force would be more than 100 per cent '\fter the- first of the year," declared Mr Loehn-berg, "there V'iIII be a matenal decrease 111the pnce of all k1l1ds of leather goods, With the pOSSible exception of shoes, though I don't know much about that part of the bus111ess." If prl\ ate cable advice" are rellable, those who fear that the death of E H Harnman would check the rapid improvement 111 busll1ess, hay e no reason to worry Such advlces state that ::\Ir Harriman's health has nnproved V'ionderfully S1l1ce he \\ ent abroad and IS now better than for several years WEEKLY ARTISAN ... .,... MOON SANITARY TYPEWRITER AND OffiCI: DESK All IN ONE 11 MOON DESK 1---:----1 COMP'Y I--l--=-------------!.---------: ....------------------~-_._._._---_.-._------------- Advice to Cuba Investors. Dudley M ShIVely, an accredIted agent of the Cuban government, who IS mvestlgating manufacturIng and trade condItions m thIS country, visIted Grand RapIds dunng the past week, and in a talk wIth a reporter stated some facts and expressed Ideas that should be of interest to all readers and especIally to those who are thinkmg of investing money m land or In any kmd of business m the Island Republic He saId; "Cuba raIses the finest pmeapples on earth and I am glad to find out that Grand Rapids buys a lot of them and I hope It WIll buy lots more. We raIse citrus fruIts of all kInds and wOluld lIke Grand RapIds to take more of it than has been commg here m the past. vVe raise tobacco, too, the best tobacco that IS raised anywhel e, and Cuban ma-hogany 15 as good as the famous mahogany of San Domin-go and we have an abundance of It. \;V e want Grand RapIds to become acquamted wIth our resource" and to buy of us, and we wIll be glad to take Grand RapIds furmture and leather goods and fly paper and carpet sweepers and other thmgs made here m exchange "Ouba is a country of splendId posslb1lttles," continued Mr Shively "Our soil IS so rIch that tobacco has been raIsed on It for 200 years wIthout the slIghtest indicatIOn of exhaustIOn Our people are intelhgent and progressive and our government is there to stay. Weare near to thIs country In more ways than geographIcally and want to do bus mess \\J Ith our fnends and neIghbor", m a way that wIll be mutually advantageous "I have not looked mto the ments of the varIOUS Cuban land improvement companIes that have been organi7ed m this country and am not prepared to say whIch of the"e arc <Yoodand "vv!llch are otherwIse; But] can say that Cuban b lands are lIke lands In MIchigan or anywhere else. There 1" good land and poor land, land that wIll raIse almost any-tlung and other lands upon whIch they cannot even raIse a dIS-turbance The Investor m Cuban lands, Just as with land m Y(lch1gan, should know what he is bUy111g WIth a good selectIon of land, whether he IS to be a fnut or a vegetable farmer, he should study the condItions that make for suc-cess IntellIgence! IS as necesary m Cuba as in M1chlg-an. The clImate must be taken mto consideration and the char-acter of the soil and the marketing conditions WIth proper llltolhgence Siuccess IS certain in Cuba. But the man who ....._---------------_._._.--._.--------~ ! MUSKEGON, MIC". hopes for success mustn't go at it haphazard The Cuban government has 1,200,000 acres of the best kmd of land to sell to settlers and It WIll not be many year3 b'e~ore the IS-land WIll be gndlroned WIth 15,000 mIles of raIlroads, some of whIch is already bmlt, some under way and some on paper, but certa111 to be bU11t 111tIme" Wants Wiscon ...in to Lead. State Senator Sanborn of vVbcons111, chairman of the JOInt legIslatIve commIttee whIch IS to investigate the feas1bihty of compubol y 111dustrial insurance, WIth author-ity to prepare a bIll to be mtroduced at the next session of legls'rature, declares that "compulsory mdustnal insurance IS the greatest questIOn before the people of the state and natlOn today." He says· "I hope that WIsconsin will be able to frame and pass a law on thIS questlOn that WIll put the state to the foremost in thIS department of progress The committee will prob-ably not begin its labors as a body before September. Most of ItS sesslOns WIll be In Milwaukee One of the first thlllgs to be determmed is whether the new plan IS to be compul-sory or not The German law IS and, whIle the employers fought ItS 111troduction, they have since found that the con-tentment It has gIven to employes has resulted in an in-crease in theIr usefulness" A woman isn't always true to her colors, even when she paints. ~_.,..-.-_.--------_.-------_ ..-- ._._----_-..-., UNION FURNITURE CO. ROCKFORD, ILL. I : ~..-._. ---------_ .._._---_.- -_._-_._-----_._------. ~ China Closets Buffets Bookcases We lead m Style, Confuucllon and Emsh. See our Catalogue. Our lme on permanent exhlbl-lIon 7th Floor, New Manufact-urers' BUlldmg, Grand Rapids. 12 WEEKLY ARTISAN MADE BY HOLLAND FURNITURE COMPANY HOLLAND, MICH. ------- ---- MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND NEWS. The Keck Company, cabinet makers, succeed the late W. Keck in New York. The Mitchell (S. Dak) Furniture Company, dealers, have just issued their annual catalogue. A modern veneer m1l1 w1l1be erected at Dubhn, Ga by the Southland Veneer and Lumber Company. The Home Furniture Company of Joliet, III are makmg extensive repairs and alterations in their buildmg. Ray Weavering, furniture dealer of Peru, Neb has sold out and w1l1 go to Colorado for the benefit of his wife's health. Blakeley & Taft have succeeded Blakeley & Lane, furniture, at Newport, Oregon. The Reese Company succeeds the SunnysIde Company, hardware and furniture, at Sunnyside, Wash The chaIr factones at Keene, N H, shut down last Satur-day for a three weeks' vacation. The Greensboro (N. C) Furniture Manufacturing Com-pany has been adjudged bankrupt J. A. Eriksen, furniture dealer of Lawrence, Kan has filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy. He schedules his habiIi-ties at $5,000 with assets estimated at $1,000. J O. AddIson, furniture dealer of Knightstown, Ind, has sold out to vV. B. Larrimer of Anderson, who wlll move the stock to his home CIty The Pallyup (Washington) Furniture Company, cap'ltal-ized to the amount of $10,000, has been incorporated by A C. Utterback, W. E Wallace and others. A. J. McKee, vice presIdent of the recently orgamzed Brad-ford & McKee Furmture Company, Nashvllle, Tenn, has re-signed and sold his interest m the company. The South Bend Mattress Company has been incorporated by WIlson C and Ella M. SmIth and Mary M Jones CapItal stock, $10,000. Antolllo Monaco of the MadIson Furniture House, Hobo-ken, N. J , is seIling out his stock, announcing that he will retire from business. The firm of Phllhpson & Schhtzberg, furmture dealers of Fox Lake, Wis, has been dIssolved J Schhtzberg will con-tinue the business. Jones & Luberger of Cedar Rapids, Ia, who had a fire recently, have resumed business wIth a new stock of furni-ture, carpets, rugs, etc. The Parker-Wllhams Furniture Company of Stillwater, Minn, has been dIssolved, Mr. Wllliams retiring and R. E Parker continuing the busmess. A. Heater has sold his interest in the new department store recently established by the Omaha (Neb.) Furniture and Carpet Company. Charles A. PIper, furniture dealer and undertaker of Cam-bndge, N. Y, has sold his business to C vV. Angell, who wlll enlarg e the stock. The NatlOnal Spnng Bed Company of New Britain, Conn, has secured a SIte on which they will erect a large modern factory Dullding The John Wagner Company, furmture dealers of Albany, N. Y, has been mcorporated by Howard and WIlham A Hendnckson and Frank E. Gnffin. Capital stock, $250,000. The D. N. Foster Furlllture Company of Fort Wayne, Ind, IS to be incorporated WIth capItal stock not less than $80,000. The Read:oboro ChaIr Company, near North Adams, :vIass., whIch IS erectmg a new factory bmldmg 76x260 feet, four stones, IS now working on large orders for chairs to be :oenL to South Afnca, South Amenca and Mexico One of the largest orders is from Ecuador. Phihp Gazan, dealing in furniture, etc , under the name of the Michigan Furniture Company m Germantown, Pa., is in financial trouble Three of his creditors have asked for the appomtment of a receiver. The Dean-Creel Furmture Company of Pueblo, Col, has rented an adjoming store, which wlll double their floor space. Half of the new room will be filled with rugs, draperies, etc, and the other half with high grade dmmg room furniture. The Drew Carner Company of ,Vaterloo, Ia, which has made carners, stanchions, troughs and tanks, has decided to add chIldren's vehIcles, go-carts and baby carnages to their lme of products. The Board of Education has placed the orders for furni-ture for the new Broadway school buildmg in Newburgh, N. Y, WIth local dealers The desks are to be furnished by Barnett & Buck, and the chairs by Van Dalfsen & Stone. A buyer for the ChIcago House Wrecking Company is re-ported to have purchased eight carloads of furniture "jobs" in one day from the Furniture Exchange bmlding in Evans-ville, Ind. Charles Lyman Carter, one of the leadmg manufacturers of Boston, dIed August 6, aged 79 years. Since 1893 he had been a partner WIth Chnstopher J. Campbell in the manu-facture of reed and rattan chaIrS Several furniture dealers and other merchants in central IIhnols have been victimized by a clever crook who poses as an honest German and works the worthless check game over the names of Otto Ranke, Louis Buhlman and other ahases. O. A. SmIth, employed by the Pollard Furniture Com-pany of Chattanooga, Tenn , IS alleged to have collected about $700 and falled to turn It in He skipped out, but was caught in Atlanta, Ga , with a part of the money m hIS possession. The Minner Mercantlle Company of Port RIchmond, Cal , dealers in furniture and undertakers' supplies and fixtures, has been mcorporated. J. F. Mmner, D E Huntsinger and their wives, WIth E. K Lind'iey of San Francisco, compose the board of dIrectors. Bollong & NIcholson of San Bernardmo, Cal, have been awarded the contract for furnishmg the new Odd Fellows' hall in that city. The furlllture IS to be of special unique de-signs, finished m dark Golden Oak, and the contractors an-nounce that it wlll be made by the M. C. Lilly Company of Columbus, Ohio. Los Angeles has an ordmance that classes dealers in sec-ondhand furlllture WIth pawn brokers, requires them to iden-tify sellers and buyers, and to close at 7 o'clock, etc. The second hand dealers are making a strenuous protest, and if not successful m securing amendment of the ordmance, they propose to appeal to the courts. Friends of Robert C. Lind, secretary of the Rockford (Ill.) Chair and Furmture Company, are urgmg him to accept the presidency of the SwedIsh-American National Bank, which is to be established in that Clty soon. Mr. Lind has not made defimte announcement of his mtentlOn, but as subscribers for stock m the new mstItutlOn are unanimously m favor of mak-ing him preSIdent, i"t is probable that he will accept. Catalogues Requested. The Artisan IS m receIpt of a letter from the HawaIian CommerClal and Sugar Company requesting manufacturers of furlllture and kmdred goods to forward catalogues to their Kahului store at Kahulm MaUl, P. H. "\Ve have a furniture department," the wnter adds, "which IS growing rapidly in Importance, and we are anxious to get mto touch with manu-facturers in the states." • --------_._._._ ..-.---_.. .._ ..... WEEKLY ARTISAN -----_.__._._._-~ 14 Remarkable Growth of a Furniture Industry. The Herzog Art Furmture Company of Sag1l1d'", .:'Iflch . commenced business March 1, 1899, wIth a capItal of $3000 employing two men and one boy '1he capnal stock \\ a-- mcreased May 1, 1900 to $8,000 The compal1\ \\ a., II1cor-porated as the Herzog Art Fur11lture COmpdl1\ On June 12 1901, wIth a capItal of $20,000 On June 1, 1902. the capl tal was Increased to $50000 The "ame "tockholders 111- corporated the Herzog Table Com pan) on \ugust 12 1903 wIth a ,capItal of $25,000, and II1crea"ed thl' capItal .Tune 1, 1904 to $50,000, consolldatll1g the Hel/o1S ;\1 t h1flutnre Company and Herzog Table Company Januar) ht 1905 and the capItal stock \\ a" Increased to $200000. and la tel increased the capItal stock In J anuar) to $300.000 \\ hen runmng wIth a £'..111 force, three hundred dlHI "e,ent)-fi,e Herzog Art Furmture Company's Factory at Sagmaw, M.ch men are employed In .:'IIay 1906, the Sagll1d\\ Table and Cabinet Company wa" Incorporated b) the "ame stockholders wIth a capItal of $60,000 c\t the present tIme but t\\O-thIrds of the factory buddIng of the Herzog \rt Furl1ltl11 e Company IS completed, but "hen entlrel) finl"hed, It \\ III have a floor space of 651,440 square teet. \\ Ith a frontage at 451 feet On l\IlChlgan a, enue and 328 feet on the .:'II C & P -;\1 R R tracks The factory bUIlding of the Sagll1a\\ Table and Cabinet Company IS located about half a mlle 111 the rear of the Art Furmture company plant, and IS a bnck bUlldll1g t\\ a stone., In heIght, wIth about 15,000 square feet floor space and \\hen runnll1g wIth a full force employes about one hundred men John L Jacbon IS presIdent of both corporations wIth John Herzog as the general manager The Art Furmture Company manufactures ladles' \\nt- ------------ .. .- --_._._.---_.~II r-pi"ONEER M,nUt ,nuKtnQ (OM PAnT DETROIT, MICH, Reed Furniture Baby Carriages Go-Carts ~ Full lMe shown only at the factory, IHE 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; Dming Room furl1lture, Reed and Rat tan furniture, Special Order furni-ture, etc. A ~omplete lme of sam-ple. are displayed in The Ford 8 Johnson Bnildml/. 1433·37 Wahssh Ave •• In-cludlnl/ a speCIal dIsplay of Hotel Furniture. All fw mture dealers are cordwlly invited to visit our building. i~I -_. .- - _ ~I Il1g desks, mU"lc cabll1ets, plano benches, dIsc and cylinder record cabll1ets, plano player cabinets, cellerettes, sewll1g cabll1ts and pede"tals and at the Saginaw Table and Cabinet Company 's plant center, parlor and hbrary tables. At pres-ent both plants are runmng on full time w1th a large force and the receIpts of the orders for ImmedIate and fall shIp-ments hay e been very good Railroads Act Prematurely. Ratlroad managers 111 what 1Sknown as official classification terntory, that IS, east of 111mOls and north of the OhIO nver, hay e ordered that all m1xed cars of freight must be II1spected, and that goods 111 such cars billed to drfferent consIgnees, must be "elghed and charged on the basis of the less-than-carload rates There IS a case involving theIr nght to do this now pendmg 111 the supreme court, and why the radroad men "hould not hay e "alted for a decisIOn 111 that case before takll1g action I:" not apparent As the rule does not apply to tern tory west of IndIana, ChIcago shIppers are not affected The SItuation in the west I., not changed, managers of the road" 111 that territory havll1g deCIded to "alt untd the supreme court has passed upon the question before takll1g actIOn Grand RapIds "hlppers, how-e, er, who "Ish to mIx shIpments, WIll have to assemble the goods and bIll the car to a slI1gle consIgnee in order to secure carload rates, and even that privl1ege may be lost if the su-preme court sustams the contentions of the ral1road traffic managers The John A Dunn Company, chaIr manufacturers, of Gardner, Mass have established a \\ arehouse on LaSalle street ---------_. _._._..---_..... .••••.• _ • .J near Twenty-mnth 111 ChIcago. WEEKLY ARTISAN ~ ..••....... ....•..•.. ... ------------.------.--- ._._.. .. _ - .. _. ----1 VISIT OUR SHOW ROOMS AND SEE THE BEST LINE OF DAVENPORT BEDS IN THE MARKET We will have the nght styles at the right pnces and made to gIVe satisfaction. Don't miss commg to see the line. It wIll pay you. Parlor Furniture Show Rooms 35 to 41 N. Capital Ave. Ask for catalogues. THOS. MADDEN, SON & CO., Indianapolis,Ind. Secret Apartments in Furniture. The constructlOn of furmture with secret apartments IS bomethmg of a fad mdulged m by manufacturers, although It IS doubtful 1£ the owners of such furmture e\ er use these re-cepticles for valuables except m rare mstances vVlth the pub-lic safety vaults ever available, when the conbustIble nature of the furmture contammg secret drawers IS considered, It IS fair to presume that little of mtnnslC value IS ever consigned to the same for safe keepmg The secret drawer serves the purpose of the young lady of the house In preservmg the love messages of "Johnny" or "Billy" when the younger members of the family have been tramed not to ransack the house. One of Edgar Allen Poe's short stones, "The Purl0111ed Letter," wntten more than Sixty years ago, conta111s an account ren-dered by an official of the police force of Pans, of a search mstituted to recover an mcnm111at1l1g commumcatlOn of a lady of rank to another, that tells of the many places where valu-ables or papers of Importance might be concealed m a home In descnbmg the search of the apartments of the official who stole the letter the police officer bald. "We opened every possible drawer and I suppose you know, to a properly tra111ed police agent, such a thmg as a secret drawer IS Impossible Any man IS a dolt who permits a secret drawer to escape him In a search of this k111d The thmg IS so plam There IS a certam amount of bulk-of space-to be accounted for m every cabmet Then we have accurate rules The fiftieth part of a line could not escape us After search111g the cabinets we took the chairs The cushIOns we probed with the fine long needles you have seen me employ From the tables we removed the tops vVhy so? SometImes the top of a table or similarly arranged piece of furniture ib removed by the person wlshmg to conceal an artIcle, then the ~--------------_. --. ...----_.-~~-----_._------._--_...__----- T Couches Leather Rockers t I ... ------~ leg IS excavated, the artIcle deposited with111the cavity and the top replaced Tile bottoms and tops of bed posts are employed m the same way." "But could not the cavity be detected by soundmg?" "By no means. 1£, when the artIcle IS deposited, a suffiCient wadd111g of cotton be placed around It. Besides, in our case, we were obliged to proceed "'Ithout nOIse" "But you could not have removed-you could not have taken to pieces all artIcles of furmture m which It would have been pOSSible to make a depOSit m the manner you mention. A letter may be compressed 111tOa thm spiral roll, not differing much m shape or bulk from a large kmttmg needle, and in thiS form It might be mserted 111tOthe rung of a chair, for example You did not take to pieces all the chairs ," "Certamly not, but we did better, we exammed the rungs of every chair m the b111ld111ga,nd mdeed the jomtings of every descnptlOn of furmture, by the aid of a most powerful micro-scope Had there been any traces of recent disturbance we should not have failed to detect It instantly A smgle gram of gimlet dust, for example, would have been as obvious as an apple An} disorder m the gl111ng-any unusual gap111g in the J0111tS,would have sufficed to 111sure detectlOn" "I presume you looked to the mirrors, between the plates and the boards, and you probed the beds and the bed clothes, as well as the curta111s and carpets" "That of course, and when we had absolutely searched ever} article of furmture, we examined the house itself " Naturally the reader of the above, not familiar With the stor} , deSire'S to know where the mlssmg letter was found An unprofessional fnend of the detectIve saw it carelessly deposited upon a card rack, and while the attentIOn of the pur-lomer of the letter was drverted by a ruse, the detectIve's fnend took it, substltutmg a dummy m ItS place 16 to dodge the provisions of the Hepburn law. It is easy as "fallln,g off a log" Instead of paying a rebate direct they simply advise the shIpper to put 111a claIm for overcharges and then they make no objection to payment of hIS claim. By US111gsuch methods, by refus111g to obey the law 111spint as \\ ell 111letter, the ratlroad men are "SOW111gthe wmd." No more effecttv e pollcy can be adoptd for mak111g government 0\\ llerShlp of raIlroads look good to the people. WEEKLY ARTISAN PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY BY THE MICHIGAN ARTISAN COMPANY SUBSCRIPTION $1 00 PER YEAR IN AL.L COUNTRIESOF THE POSTAL UNION $1 50 PER YEAR TO OTHER COUNTRIES. SINGL.E COPIES 5 CENTS. PUBLICATION OFFICE, 108-112 NORTH DIVISION ST, GRAND RAP'oS, MICH, A S WHITE, MANAGING EOITOFl Entered as second class matter July 5, 1909 at the post office at Grand Rapids, Michigan under the act of March J 1879 Consular trade report "!\ a 3551, I:>sued by the gm f'rnmellt bureau of manufacture", has an article on "Pack111g Good" for MeXICO," WhICh, though It tells an old story, IS of interest to furmture men because It mentlOns 111stances where furmture has been badly damaged because of not beIng properly packed or crated The artIcle was vl'ntten by \Vllham \\. Canada, consul at Vela Cruz, and ~hde It tells httle that IS new, It serves to call attentlOn to the nnportance of proper pack- 111g and to the cost of crat111g, not only for export but for domestic sll1pmentS Few people apprecIate the co"t of crating furmture and the effect It has on the pnces paid b) consumer<; Tho<;e ~ho have seen the stacks of crates taken from the samples dIsplayed In the Grand Rapids market may have been Impressed WIth an Idea that crat111g 1<; eA-pensive, but the crates "tOI ed on vacant lut<; in the Clt\ would not last an ord111ary factory more than a fe\\ month" The qualtty of lumber used for crat111g IS not of the be~t but the quantity IS enormous, and at the current pnces the cost forms one of the large Items 111the expense account" of the manufacturers To properly crate a small piece of furmture, a chaIr for 111stance, It IS frequently necessary to use more lumber than was cut to make the chaIr t:'nder such condItions It IS not strange that manufacturers tbe a poor qualtty of lumber for crates and 111their efforts to econ omlze, sometimes overdo the matter and take great n"ks on hav111g their goods broken or damaged The order abohshlng mIxed car pnvdeges 111all terntorj east of Ilhnols and north of the Ohio nver, mentIOned by the Weekly ArtIsan last Saturday, will wOlk great 111Jury to Grand RapIds furmture manufacturers As ChIcago IS not 111the territory affected a car loaded WIth furniture owned and bllted by several parties, may be sent to the Pacific coast for $200 or $300 less than from thIS CIty The carload rate to the coast IS $220 per 100 pounds or $880 for a load of 40,000 pounds The less-than-car-Ioad rate is $300 per 100 pounds or $1,200 for 40,000 pounds "'Ith a dIfference of over $300 111freIght charges buyer" who WIsh to bunch theIr shIpments and thus secure the carload rate WIll surely find It to theIr advantage to buy In ChIcago rather than 111Grand Rapids Grand RapIds manufacturers should complete the orgamzatlOn of then shIppers' aSSOCIatIOn, establtsh a bureau WIth a competent manager and have hIm get bu<;y nght away After perusing the article on "ReparatIOn Instead of Re-bates," on another page of thiS edItion, readers WIll have no difficulty in understand111g how the raIlroads have managed A telegram from \Vashington states that the new tariff btll matenall) affects the unportatwn of furniture Hereaf-ter Import dutIes Will have to be paId in excess of the $100 eAemptwn unless the person bnngmg In the hou ...ehold effect6 has been abroad for two years or more Under the Dingley btll returl11ng Amencans were generously treated when im-portmg quantities of household goods, etc American fur-l11ture IS so supenor to the furm~ure made 111 the old world that It 1.0 difficult to conceIve a reason to Justify the use by Amencans of furl11ture not made 111 the United States. The exca\ atlOns at ancIent PompeiI, whIch have been carned on steachl) for several years, have recently "uncov-ered a \ Illa of hancbome constructIOn ornamented WIth fine fre-,coes and contam111g Greek and Roman statues and, also, nch and beautifully ornamented furmture." Now there's a chance for enterpns1l1g manufacturers to secure some "new" c1e<;lgns George G \\'hltworth s Idea a~ to the effect of the new tanft on the cost of the lower grades of fur111ture, will be en-dorsed b) those who remember that the Artisan, about two \ ear:> ago, pubhshed a series of cost schedules showing that m ,",ome of the lo~ grade dressers, sideboards, etc, the glass cost" almost as much as the labor or the lumber The new tanff law IS not what the majority of the people \\ ould ltke to have, but it IS certainly no worse than the old Id\\ and the fact that the matter is settled will be a great relief to the manufactunng, commerCial and industrial interests of the country Owmg to the growmg mterest m organization, the fur-mture trade WIll sOOn devote as much time to the holdmg of com entwns a3 the manufacturers of lumber use for that purpose, whIch IS nearly all the time. \\ Ith a return to normal condItions in the furniture trade specal contract<; WIth matI order houses and the general gov-ernment do not look so good as formerly to the average manufacturer Floor space 111 the fur11lture exposItion buildings in Grand RapId" \\ III command a prem1Um long before the winter "eason open.., r\ safe wager would be that pnces for all kinds of furni-tm e WIll be hIgher 111 January. Ko contracts were awarded for the erection of furni-ture eAp0'3ltlon hutldmgs during the past week. A Loan Secured By a Trust Deed. The Hartman Furniture Company of Chicago recently borrowed $65,000 on a trust deed secured by a lot and building on \Vest Monroe street. WEEKLY ARTISAN HAFNER FURNITURE COMPANY ESTABLISHED 1873. 2620 Dearborn St., CHICAGO No. 3130 COUCH-Size 30 inches wide and 75 inches long. A beautiful design, of gen-erous dimensions. Heavy hardwood frame elaborately decorated with carvmgs and mould-ings. The two Il1ch half round mouldmg that extends along the lower edge is finished cross-banded Large winged c1awfoot legs. American golden gramed quarter sa\\ed oak finish. The upholstering is plam with ruffled sides. This couch is double stuffed with stitched spring edges. The filling is of tow and cotton felt top. Heavy white canvas duck bottom. Hafner warranted steel spring constructIOn, having 28 springs in the seat and 9111the head. Shipped K. D , legs off, and weighs about 125 lbs. Couches, Box Couches, Adjustable Lounges, Davenports, Bed Davenports, Leather Chairs, and Rockers CAT ALoe UPON REQUEST. Samplesshown at Manufacturers' Furn-iture Exchange, Wabash Ave. and 14th St., Chicago. Price No. 1 Leather $25.00 17 When an Order Becomes a Contract. Disagreement as to just what converts an order mto a con-tract often leads to trouble between buyers and sellers. Many a lawsuit has been caused by a misunderstanding as to what is necessary to make an order bind111gon both buyer and seller Therefore the followmg summary of the law on the subject, as interpreted by the courts, may be of mterest to furniture manufacturers and dealers. Fast of all, it should be borne in mind that a contract is an agreement, expressed or imphed. And it follows that until the point is reached in the transactiOn where buyer and seller agree positively to one and the same th111gthere can be no con-tract of sale It is very evident that in the mere giving of an order there is nothing to meet this requirement. The con-currence of the seller is still wantmg. In other words, an Qrder of Itself IS nothing but an offer to contract. The answer to the main question must therefore be that an order becomes a contract when the mmds of the giver and receiver meet in agreement on ItS terms Circumstances may make that point of time the instant when the order is gIven, or an hour, or a day, or SiX weeks afterward. Whenever it i", thenceforth the nght" of both parties are those of parties to a contract that cannot be broken WIthout lIahilIty for damages A practically instantaneous conversion of an order into a contract is effected when the former IS given directly to the person who is to fill it, and he, by words or unmistakable act, promIse" to do It It WIll usually be the same when an order is given to a member of the firm It IS intended for and he accept3 it. Likewise, where the dealmg is WIth an agent who is author-ized to close contracts But so long as the prmcipal retains, by express stipulation of known custom, any priVIlege of con-dItioning or turning down of the order, it remians only an offer, that cannot become a contract untIl in some way formally accepted When orders are sent by mall the general rule is that they become b111dmg contracts from the tIme a properly addressed acceptance IS depOSIted m the mail or they are filled. It is absolutely necessary, generally speak111g,that If the acceptance be not brou~ht to the knowledge of the person giving the order, that it shall be mamfested in a proper way to be m the usual course of events m some reasonable time communicated to him. Nip and Tuck. Detroit, Aug. ll-Thls city has a great many furniture dealers, and there are two streets that seem to be rivals in this hne These are Michigan avenue and Gratiot avenue, which are running so close a race that It is probable that every dealer on each street, If he has not carefully looked it up, would claim the larger number. According to the Red Book for July, 1909. Michigan avenue has 33 and Gratiot avenue 31. When Weil & Co move from Woodward avenue to their new e~ght-story building that is to be bmlt for them at the corner of Michigan and Washmgton avenues, Michigan avenue will have 34-a lead of 3. WhIle Owen & Co. are having an eight-story building in course of construction, they do not move off the 5treet, but only a few squares farther east. When Geo. J. Reindel & Bro move from Woodward avenue to their new building on Griswold street, there Will be only three furni-ture stMes on the main thoroughfare below the park-A. A. Gray & Co , Keenan & J ahn and the H R. Leonard Company. Gregory, Mayer & Thom have a large office supply store be-low the Campus MartlUs, which might be mcluded in the list of Woodward avenue furniture stores, but then the street will have only four after \IV ell and Reindel have moved. ------------------ 1$ WEEKLY ARTISAN Upon the receipt of a request from any responsible dealer, cata-logues illustrating, pricing and describing the Quick Selling Lines of the Big Six Car Loading Association will be forwarded. These lines are for sale in the Evansville Furniture Exchange. THE KARGES FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Chamber Suites, Wardrobes, Chdfomers, Odd Dressers, ChIfforobes. THE BOSSE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Kitchen Cabinets, K D. Wardrobes, Cupboards and Safes, in Imitation golden oak, plam oak and quartered oak. THE WORLD FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Mantel and Upright Foldmg Beds, Buffets, Hall Trees, China Closets, Combination Book and Library Cases. THE GLOBE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Sideboards m plain oak, imitation quartered oak, and solid quartered oak, Chamber Suites, Odd Dressers, Beds and Chilfomers in lffiitation quartered oak, Imitation mahogany, and imitation golden oak. THE BOCKSTEGE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of the "Superior" Line of Parlor, Library, Dming and Dressing Tables. THE METAL FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of "Hygiene" Guaranteed Brass and Iron Beds, Cnbs, Wire Springs and Cots The Big Six Manufacturers of Evansville possess unequalled facil-ities for shipping goods promptly. All have sidings in or adjoining their factories and cars can be dispatched direct over the great rail-road systems of the East, South and West. Made by The Karges Furmture Co ...•• - la •••• w_ •• • a ••••• __ ••• w •••••••••••• __ • w •••••• we w •• T. a •• a •••• _. WEEKLY ARTISAN 19 I~~-----_.. ...-----_. .. .. ...... _. -' - - . .. - - - -- . . . - - - - - - .- - - - - .- - _.... - - - - - - - - .... Made b; Bockstege Furniture Co Made by Globe FUllllture Co Made by Bockstege Furniture Co Made by Bosse Furmture Co. --------------------------------- ...... portatlOn aftall s 111 the past and the present is largely re- 'ipons1ble for many of the unsatisfactory cond1t1Ons that pre- 'all today. Thousands of firms purchase yearly, thousands of dollars' v, orth of transportation each, without know1l1g or apparently canng to know" hat they are paY1l1g for. It IS not so WIth other com1l10dltIes purchased by them 111 the course of a year's bus1l1ess In other chrectIons theIr purchases are governed b) e"pe1 t knowledge \" h1ch they employ If they do not posse~s \\ hen an 111d1v1dualhke Mr. K111del enters upon a campaIgn for reasonable freIght rates he receIves, as a rule, very httle support from those" ho cannot be restra1l1ed from participa- 110n 111the benefits of \\ hate' er results he may obtain. In fact, he IS extremely hable to encounter more opposItion from those who w1l1 be benefited by his efforts than from the ral1- roads themselves It is a fact that the benefits of his work may not be confined to those who have supported him, and that fact IS recoglllzed by many freIght payers who are con-tent to "lthhold theIr moral or financIal support and share the benefits 1£ any obta1l1ed or look WIse and say "I told you so'· 1£ the eftort IS defeated. ::\Ian) shIppers WIthhold their 'iupport for fear of antagon- 1zmg the rallroads and Justify thelf pOSItion by claimmg to be consen atn e, It IS possIble too conservatively conservative The earners are not to be antag01l1zed by any effort of the shippers to obta1l1 rehef from any rates, rules or practices that may be sho" n to be unreasonable or unduly discnminatIve Under the e"l:otIng 'itandards of freIght rate construct1On there may ah, a) s be a ,\ Ide dIvergence of op1111Onas to what constitutes a redsonable rate bet" een two pomts. The earners are cer-ta1l11) entitled to a reasonable 1eturn upon theIr investment, but such 1eturn IS never confined entirely to anyone particular source of revenue. Absolute faIrness and justice to the car-ne1S, 111 all matters, IS not, never was and never WIll be in-consIstent" 1th a propel conse1 vat10n of their own 1I1terests by the sh1ppers The final outcome of the K1I1dei case WIll be of interest to the freIght payers of the entire country. It is not apparent that K1I1de1 fears or has cause to fear the antagonism of the rallroads, or that same, If 111curred, may be dIsplayed to hIS loss or dIsadvantage. A shIpper who dIsparages the efforts of such a man and WIthholds hIS support because of an expressed fear of the antagolllsm of the rallroads, mIght as well assert that the management of the rallroads 1S111the hands of a horde of pIrates agamst the depredat10ns of whom he has no protec-tion by the laws of the country. PRACTICAL LESSON FOR FREIGHT PAYERS. What the Denver Expert Has Done and is Doing for the Commercial Interest of Colorado and Utah. That the freIght payers of at least one section of the coun-try are beg111n111gto SIt up and take notice IS made ev 1dent b) the filing of a bond of $500,000 by George J. K1I1del, a manu-facturer of mattresses, and a dealer in brass beds and slmllar articles in the CIty of Denver, Colorado, 111order to obta111 m the federal court a tempora1Y 111JunctIon restram1l1g the" est-e1n rallroads from mak1l1g an advance of apprm,lmately 20 per cent 111 the freIght rates from Gah eston, Texas, to Dem er and to Colorado and Utah P01l1ts in general Because of hIS proven abllity as an 111s1stent, cons1stent and persistent opponent of the rallroads m theIr attempts to ad-vance freIght rates from gulf ports 111 then endeavor to throttle a dangerous competitor of the trans-continental hne:o, the Texas Steamship Company, Mr K1I1del has finally succeeded in arousing hIS fellow merchants from theIr md1fferent atti-tude toward all matters of transportat1On, and has been en-abled to file the bond necessary to the grantmg of the tem-porary injunction. The aggressIve ab1hty of ::\lr K1I1dei has been repeated 1) demonstrated 111 connection WIth a compla1l1t that he filed \\lth the Interstate Commerce Comm1SS1On aga11lst the ,anous express compa1l1es that resulted in substantial reduct10ns In the express rates to and from Dem er, and more recently 111 connection WIth his attack upon the freIght rates from Xe\\ York, ChIcago, St Loms, Omaha and P01l1ts taking slml1ar rates to Denver. In the last ment10ned case the Interstate Commerce Com-m1S1Onheld that the adjustment of rate'i was d1scnm1l1atn e aga1l1st Denver, 111favor of Kansas City and other lYhssoun nver cross1l1gs, and that the class 1ates from ChIcago and from St. Loms to Denver we1 e e:xceSSlve and unrea'ionable and should be reduced The Comm1SS1Onfurther held that the class rates from the M1ssoun lIver to De1ner and from Denver to the Utah common P01l1ts \\ ere unreasonable and exceSSl\ e and that a readjustment should be made 111harmon) WIth the pnnc1ples announced by the Comm1ss1On In the Spokane rate case. When in New York recently Mr K11ldel learned of the m-tended advance 111 the rates to Denver from the Gulf ports and immedIately upon hIS return to Denver he began pro-ceedings in the federal court to enJ01l1 the rallroads, as the Interstate Commerce Comm1SS1On has no power to restra1l1 any advance in rates, and can only pass upon the reasonable-ness of the advanced rate after same has become effective and formal compla11lt attack1l1g same has been filed It was neces-sary that he file the bond of $500,000 Because of the "do nothing unt11 too late" pohcy of the freight payers and the general apathy that prevalled, it appeared impossIble for hIm to obtain the SUPP01t that \\ould enable hIm to file the bond, but he has once mOl e demonstrated hIS ab1ht) to '·get 1e-suIts," the bond has been filed, the freIght pay ers have become ahve to theIr own 11lteresb 111 the quest1On, the temporary 111- junction has been granted, and the rallroads must now shov\ cause why 1t should not be made permanent, and 111 the mean-time the rates cannot be advanced Such abihty as IS possessed by Mr Kmdel1s absolutely es-sential to the commerClal welfare of thIS country It IS to be regretted there are not more hke hIm If e, ery center of manufacture and jobb1l1g trade possessed such a man the ma-jonty of the problems of transportat1On that now confront the carners and the shIppers would soon be properly adjusted The apathy of the freIght payers and their 11lattent1On to trans- E. LEWING Grand RapIds, August 11, 1909. New Residences in the West. Dunng the past week Los Angeles arcllltects have an-nounced that plans are be1l1g made for reSIdences to be e1ected 111 southern Cahfor1l1a thIS fall as follo\\ s : MISS Juha Cald-well, Redlands; C B Mann, Coronado; J. D Lawrence, Cor-onado; L C Ml1es, San DIego; C McNutt, San DIego, and ::'Irs E L Cannon, Pasadena Mayor B10ckway of Florence, Anz, IS bmld11lg a large reSIdence, as IS A Bucktesehler of \V11lnemucca, Ne,' 111SSIsabelle Ross IS bmld1l1g a large apartment house in Pasadena, Cal, and P J Dolan of South Pasadena IS hav111g plans made for three fine bungalows WEEKLY ARTISAN 21 A Memorial to the Inventor of the Spring Bed. Spencer, Mas:-. , wlll erect a memonal to Tyler Howe, the inventor of the spring bed. In the early forties Tyler and his brother Elias, inventor of a sew111g machine, engaged in the manufacture of palm leaf mattresses, after having built a ma-chine for stripping and tW1sting the leaves of the palm tree into bunches lIke skeins of yarn, after wh1ch the bunches were baked, 111order that the curling effected by the twisting pro-cess might be reta111ed. Ovens were used for heating the palms The palm leaf prepared in the manner above described became qUIte a factor in the manufacture of beds, or mattresses and at one time was about the only material in this portion of the country used in the manufacture of the cheaper grade of mattresses In the year 1853, while residing in Ca1Jfornia, Tyl.er Howe comtructed the first spring bed During his voyage to Cali-forma he found the sleeping accommodatlOns on board the wool that has gone forward to meet the requirements of man-ufacturers in this country. Many buyers have been in that market ~ince the fir"t 01 August 100k111gover the stock sellers have to offer, and try-ing to induce holders to moderate their price ideas, but sellers are firmer than ever, as they are 100k111gforward to higher pnces a lIttle later on. DUring the week just closed further shipments of China wools arnved here, amounting to 801,689 pound~ Practically the entire amount ,,,,as sold to arrive, however, and has not helped matters any. The withdrawals from warehouse for the week amounted to 626,546 pounds, as aga111st 936,776 pounds warehoused and 300,317 pounds entered for consumption Further small sales of carpet wool, for better than carpet purposes, are reported, but transactions as a whole are re-stricted, owing to the prices sellers are holding out for. American Saws in Germany. An active importer of American goods in Hamburg, Ger- Made by Thos. Madden, Son & Co, IndianapolIs, Ind. steamship very uncomfortable. The bottoms of the berths were solid boards. The bed he exhibited in San Francisco waq used for his own comfort Returning to the east he com-menced the manufacture of the Howe spring beds and berth bottoms, of which many hundred thousands were sold and are still in use. Mr. Howe obtained his fir'3t patent upon h1S invention in the year 1853, afterward receiving several other letters patent for improvements made in their manufacture Demand for Carpet Wools. Adv1ces from New YOlk state that notw1thqtanclIng the enormous 111crease 111the imports of carpet wools this year, stocks held in this and other markets throughout the country are reported to be the smallest in many years. It is safe to say that very few members of the trade, both buyer and seller, are aware of the fact that for the first six months of this year the imports amount to 64,457,624 pounds, as compared with 23,437,378 pounds for the corresponding period last year. In the face of these imports, wool dealers and importers are hold-ing very firmly to what stock they have, as they are well aware of the fact that the wool could not be replaced, in many in-stances, at the prices which it is now being offered in this market The sltuation also shows the enormous amount of many, states that the sale of Amencan saws 111that country could be doubled readdy if Amencan manufacturers, instead of intrust111g their repre~entation to general export111g and 1mporting firms who handle 10,000 articles, would give it to an agent making a specialty of a few hardwa1 e lines I n spite of their h1gh pnce, American c1rcular :-.aws are bought 111fa1r quantities, their excellent qualIties overwe1gh111g all other con-sideratlOns It 1Ssuggested that the d1stnbutlOn of free sam-ples 111the German saw mllis for tnal purposes would probably 1esult in a large 111crease in the busineqs, which is now shared by two celebrated American firms only. Amencan hack-s,lw blades, although worth about one-third more than German blades, are readlly sold OW111gto their spec1al temper, and this business is equally susceptible of large increase In the band and web saw trade ~ost price remains the first consideration, and the prospects for increasing Ameri-can trade in this branch are not believed to be particularly bright. American butcher saws are used almost to the exclu-sion of all others in Hamburg, but they are not so well known in the interior and have not been pressed for sale in the thou-sands of local markets French band saws have a specially hard and even temper, and for many years have been imported into Germany on a large scale, but within the last ten years American band saws have made considerable progress 22 WEEKLY ARTISAN SUITE No. 1090 MADE BY SUGH FURNiTURE CO. GRAND RAPIDS. MICH WEEKLY ARTISAN _ ......•... _----------- -_ ..--_ .._-------_ •.....•......•. -_ .._- The season for banquets will soon be here. Get a stock of our Banquet Table Tops so as to be ready to supply the demand sure I to come. t. •• _ Our Large New Line of DINING and OFFICE TABLES are the best on the American market when prices and quality are considered. STOW « Df\VIS fUKNITUKE, GO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. City Salesroom. 4th floor. Blodgett Bldg. 23 .- -" ---- .- ----_._-----_. __._. - - - - - --------_._._-----_. -- ---------~----_._-~..__..----- _. _._--- - - - - . .. - - - - - - -~ St. Louis "Exposition." St LOUJs, 1\10, Aug 12 -Last week was the semI-annual trade week, estahlI'lhed three year'i ago by the Furniture Board of Trade, and It wa:-, much more :-uccessful than here-tofOJ e ::-;eventy factone:-, were 1epresented m the exhIbIt-, and the SIX floors of the furmture\ exhJbltIon butldmg \X, el e \\ ell filled Duyers were here from all the adJomlllg 'St4te;; dnd '3ome from moret c1Jst~ll1t pOInt:-, 1J] the we~t and south !'e"lde" the rlhplays made by the local manufacturer" there \ven-e exhlbJt-, from fac tont':'> In OhIO, IndIana, IHmol" and Kentucky and from othe!' pUlnt-, In thJ" "tate l\Iany of the buyer" expre:o..,eo :-,urpn:-,e and delIght ov er the <1haracter and extent ()If the C'xhlblts, 'iome g0111g "0 fal a:-, to declare that St LoUIS WIll soon :-,urpa:o'3 Grand RapId:-, and ChIcago 111the manufacture and dIsplay of staple arti-clels dnd mechum grade fur11ltUIe One of the mo:;t en~ thuSla'itlc was A G Barber, buyer for the Herpolshelmer C01T1,pany of L111coln, 1'\ebr , ""ho left order" for se(veral car-load" and '3ald "You hay e three hne'3 111St LOUI'i that cannot be touched any"" here I hay e been buy Ing the,',e 1111e:-, for some tllne, but thIS IS my fir."t Vl:;lt to the local market I am very much Jmpressed WIth the fur11lture products In St Lam", and partIcularly WJth the three hnes as I have stated The pnces are all nght, the quahty better, and the St LOUIS people know how to treat a \ Jsitor "The Conrades ChaIr Company makes the best 1111e., of mechum pnced chaIrs and rockers m Amenca TheIr pnces are cheaper than we can get anywhere else and the quahty JS better I have looked over all the market.-> m the country and expect to contm ue handlmg theJr goods Thf.y make chaIrs that cannot be touched elsewhere for the money "Then there IS the Landau KItchen Cabmet that I thmk J" the best on the market They make a beautJful lIne of cabmet:; and theIr pnle'i ~urpa"s all theIr competItors I don't find anothel cabmet on the market that equal:-, Jt, eIther 111 style and qualIty or pnce "I also purchase the lIbrary tables manufactured by the Aude Furmture Company They make the prettIest table for the money In the country I have been buying m ChI-cago, but expect to come to St LOtHS every year now" The VJ'3Jtors were cel tamly well entertamed dunng the we!ek Tuesday 11lght they formed a theatre party and heard "Rob111 Hood" at the Delmar Garden Wednesday eve-n111g they vJslted the Forest Park Highlands, Thursday night they enjoyed a steamboat nde on the MJSSJssippJ nver and Fnday mght they \\ ere enterta11100 at a banquet gIven by travelIng salesmen representmg the St. LoUls factories. H. S Tuttfe wa'l chaJrman of the entertamment comnllttee and he dlschaJged his dutIes to the satJsfaction of all concerned Most of the buyers remamed 111 the CJty over Sunday and some of the exhJbItors have booked more orders thIS week than they chd dunng trade week Marvel Company Comes to Grand Rapids. I The Mdrvel 1\IanufaC'tunng Company of loma, :MJch., WhICh suffered a 'ienous lo<,s by fire 111 July, oa:o decided to move to Grand RapJds after consIdering propo'iition'l made Made by Warren Table Works. Wan en. Pa by several other towns In the state The company has rented a part of the plant formerly used by toe Harnson VI[ agon Works and expects to move the mac111nery and be ready to start operatIOns in the new quarter') some tJme 111 Sep-tember The company makes a hne of chaJr", that have a good :-,tandmg 111 the market. 24 WEEKLY ARTISAN .................. ...-•..............•............... - - Richmond Tablet Arm Chair RICHMOND CHAIR CO. RICHMOND, INDIANA DOUBLE CANE LINE "SLIP SEATS" - the latest and best method of double seating. Catalogues to the Trade. No. 100 No. 51-Flat Arm Rocker. ~-- •• __ ....• _ •• _ •••••••• _ •••••••• a. __ ••• _ ••••• __ •••••• ----------._-_._-------- _._~I Wholesalers Protected Against Fraudulent Retailers_ Stanley W. Dexter, a referee of the Umted States court of New York to inveo;tigate the claIms of ),follie RosenzweIg against the assets of Benjam111 Rosenberg, a bankrupt dealer In furmture, handed down an opimon recently "hlch IS <;u-,- ta111ed by the courts wIll go far to protect reputable "hole"'dlc merchants from dl~hone~t retatler"" who stock theil ">tores on credit and then sell out to tncky auctIOneers and dl"appear Referee Dexter 111hIs op1111Onholds, 111substance, that It is not sufficIent for a man who buys out a storekeeper's entIre stock to take the latter's \\ ord that he has not credItors \, ho have a prior claim to the goods Under the anti-bulk sales law of 1907 the purchaser must make reasonable inquines as to whether or not the storekeeper has creditors, and in case of a suit must be able to convince the court that he has done so As a result of the Rosenberg bankruptcy, Rosenberg him- <,elfhas fled the state, two of his "reference~" \\ ere gn en pnson sentences, and the auctlOneers who \\orked 111collusIon \\ lth hIm have been indIcted The history of the transactlOn IS worth reading. After opening a furmture store at 1568 First a\ enue and ~tocking it with some $10,000 worth of goods on credIt from cltfferent wholesale merchants, Rosenberg dIsappeared last De-cember. When the wholesale merchants who had gIven hIm credIt made an investigation they found his store stnpped They also discovered that the other firms whIch he had gn en as references were practically all carrying on the same k111d of business, and that the only way they could reco\ er their property was to find out where the mlss111g dealer ,,,as con-ceafing the unpaid for goods Accordingly they engaged the law firm of Slegel & Slegel to try to trace the goods for them A few days later the law-yers received ~ post card from an expressman, offenng, In re-turn for money, to tell them to what warehouse and cellars he had been employed by Rosenberg secretly to carry the goods Lawyer Benjamin Siegel, Receiver Osterman and half a dozen detectives subsequently found most of the unpald for furniture in some Brooklyn cellars and stored them in an official warehouse. A few days later, much to Receiver Osterman's surpnse, he was served with an injunction restra111111ghlm from selhng the furniture and dividing the proceeds among the reputable merchants whom the missing bankrupt had vlctImized The injunction had been sworn out by a Mrs Mollie Rosenzweig, ,\ ho asserted that she had bought all the stock 111Rosenberg's '3tore before he dIsappeared She sald that through her hus-band she had pald Rosenberg $2,750 for his entire stock 111 the presence of an east slde notary public just before his diS-appearance ::\lrs RosenLweu;. howe' er, was only able to show an un- Itemi7ecl btll of "ale, and could not produce any inventory of her alleged purcha~e Recelver Osterman became convinced that )'lro; Ro<;enzwelg was really buying a dummy for the east "Ide auctIOneer firm of Hyman & Chapman Recen er O"tel man accord111gly asked the com t to app01nt a referee to 111vestigate the vahdlty of Mrs Rosenzweig's clallns In the subsequent proceed111gs before him Referee DeAter \\ a~ not satIsfied wlth the testImony of all the Rosenz- \\ eig witnesses Of Hyman & Chapman the referee says 111his op111lOn' "1 am satIsfied, from the circumstances of this case, that a fraudulent conspiracy eXIsted between the bankrupt and Ros-enz,\ elg and IIy man & Chapman, and the bankrupt removed these goods In pursuance of a scheme to hinder, delay and de.'. fraud his credltors " Hyman & Chapman have S111cebeen indlcted for conspiracy. The partners in the mercantile firm of Fuchs & Straus, who acted as Ro<;enberg's "references," and thus enabled him to stock IllS store on credlt, \\ ere also indicted and received prison <,entences In hls oplmon Referee DeAter also says' ( In regard to the stock of goods clearly Identified to have been 111the bankrupt's store on December 3, 1908, there is no questlOn as to the recelver's nght to retain them as against the petItioner. "The sale of an entire stock of goods of a retail merchant wlth111 four months of hIS adJudlcatlOn as a bankrupt puts the burden of proof upon the purcha"er, to show that he had no knowledge of the bankruptcy, and reqUlre~ hlm to use such means of knowledge as were at hand to learn whether the seller was in financial dIfficulties "The fatlure to make proper 111qUlnes Imputes to the pur-cha" er kno\\ ledge of such 111solvency, and he cannot therefore claIm to ha' e purchased the good" 111good faith." There are tnne" ,,,hen a man feels quite as curtailed as though he were a tm can tIed to the caudal appendage of a yellow dog \YEEKLY ARTISAN Indianapolis Illinois amI New York Sts. j HARDWOOD LUMBER II SA~~D} QUARTERED OAK { VENEERS i SLICED AND MAHOGANY . --'~6t ------. -. ...-------- ---- ~I 6 Blocks from Umon Depot 2 Blocks from Interurban StatIOn 250 Rooms All OutsIde, wIth Fire Escape 1elephone In Every Room. European Plan Rates 75c to $2 00 Per D 'y Dlllmg Room In ConnectIOn SpeCIal "ates to Famlhes and Permanent Guests Ladles Travehng Alone wIll FInd ThIS a Very DesIrable StoppIng Place GEO. R. BENTON Lessee and Manager ..----------_. New York Market Reports. ~ew York, Aug 13 -Except sltghtly In<.:reased actiVIty, the new tanff law has had no apparent effect on the markets mentIOned In these reports Such sltght changes as were made had been known for weeks and theIr effects , If any , were antIC1pated The Increased actIVIty is most noticeable In burlap" for whIch there has been a good demand SInce :l\Ionday and pnces have advanced sltghtly, eIght-ounce Calcutta goods now be- Ing quotd at 360 and 1O)/z ounce at 455 There are heavy stocks In thIS market and no great advance IS expected at present LInseed oIl on whIch the tanff has been reduced 25 per cent-from 20 to 15 cents per gallon-remaIns qt11et WIth pllces practically unchanged A "Ight shadIng 13 reported m some large "ales but most of the deals have been on the ....--.., BROTHERS CO. FT. WAYNE, IND. 26, extra ChIpS 14@18 cents ManIla, pale 14@18, amber and dark hard 13@15 cents The predIcted advance In prices for cordage has not matenalIzed The figure" are only a shade above those of last week-B C tWIne No 18, 16@16I4 cents pound, IndIa No" 4 and 6, 7,%@7)/z; hght 8@8Yz, fine No 18, 11)/z@12 cents The hIde market, generally "peakIng, 13 firmer than before the duty was removed, though some deal" In South Amencas have been made at figures a cent lower than the last sales under the old tanff law. Goat skInS show no matenal change :\1exlcans are In demand but the ;;;upply IS insuffiCIent to es-tablIsh pnces They are quoted at 43@43)/z cent:,,; MeXIcan frontier", 33 cents, Bueno" Ayres, 40@41 cents, Curacoa,51@ 52 cents. The leather market IS un:,ettled OWIng to the report that Made by the Hafner Furmture Co, Chicago, Ill. figures quoted last week-\Vestern raw, 60@61 cent", CIty raw a cent hIgher, SIngle boIled, 62@63, double bOIled, 63@ 64. Calcutta IS weak at 75 cents TurpentIne 1" firmer, In sympathy WIth the Savannah market The quotation" :-.tand at 53 cent:" but some small orders have been billed half a cent hIgher The trade I;;; stIll dull T 18@ cents Shellac I;;;In fair demand WIthout change In pnces N In cases IS quoted 15@15)/z; bnght orange grade", 19, fancy shades, 20@22 and DIamond I, 25@26 lre"h bleached, 16Y;@17, dned, 21@21Yz cents Varnbh gums are dull and hstle;;;s though prices are firm Kaun No 1 IS quoted at 42@48 cents; No 2, 22@ some eastern tanners show a Ch:,posltlOn to shade pnce3 In order to reduce stocks No sooner had the acqt11SItlOn of the CIncinnatI, HamIlton & Dayton by the BaltImore & OhIO been announced than ru-mors of another raIlroad deal became current On authonty "consIdered entIrely tru"tworthy" It was reported that the Chesapeake & OhIO was about to take over the HockIng Valley system whIch Includes the OhIO Central, the Kanawha & MIchIgan and several branches runnIng mto the OhIO and \71/ e"t Vlrgmia coal field" The "tory wa3 promptly denied by the C & 0 offiCIals, but promment raIlroad men still de-clare that the deal has been under consideratIOn for months and may be closed at any tIme 25 He \\111cheerfully pay a much greater amount each year In the employ ment of expert" m other dIrectIOn", and every purchase he make" In hIs hu"me<.,,, IS made wIth full knowledge of what he 1<.h,u\ mg, e;,.cept the ptllchase of freIght transportatIOn and "CI\ Ice FREIGHT PAYERS BUNCO THEMSELVES. Mr. Ewin~rs COIllIllents on the Charges Mnde by President Stickney and Mr. KetchaIll the Rate Expert of Chicago. Three Judges of the Supreme Court may he quoted a:o "ay-mg that "we are unable to determ1l1e \\hat the correct rdte of freIght may be because of the comphcated nature and the dmblguous word1l1g of the carner:o' pnnted tanff:o' -\ncl. In the employ of the ral1lOad" there are thou"and:o 01 dCI k" young, 1I1expenenced and employed upon "alane" rang1l1g flom thIrty to sIxty dollars per month, \\ ho 1I1terpret the pnnted tanff" of the carner" every day, quotmg rate" and assess1l1g charges upon shIpments tran:oported The shIpper of freIght 111 a \ 01umc that \\ an ant-, the em-ployment of a traffic managel or the mamtendnce ot a traffic department IS secured aga1l1"t any ell or 111 the charg e:o a""e:-,,,- ed upon hIS shIpments, and ha:o at hIS Imme hate ch:-,posal the 5erVlces of a tramed expel t \\ ho :oecme:o for hm1 the lowe"t pos:-'Ible combmatlOn of Iate" and clas:oJficatlon The :omall "hIpper, however, IS largely dependent upon the employe 01 the ral1road fOl hIS 1I1formatlOn, and It they en he "utfel" the consequences It IS generally under:-,tood that the carller" al e not re:opon-sible for theIr freIght rate quotatIOn, but the bm den ot I e-sponslbl1lty rests entirely upon the shIpper The tantf:o elle open to hIS mspectlOn, and It IS hl:-' duty to mterpret them hImself That he I" often unable to do :00 IS no concern ot the carner The present methods of tanff constructIOn are not conducIve to ready mterpretatlOn by any except those "ho have become famlhar wIth such matters through long tra1l1- mg and expenence, and as the rates are constanth bemg changed, tanffs bemg canceled, reIssued and amended. a traffic expert mu:-,t devote hIS entne time to that partlculdr Ime ut work m order to be up to date A man \\ hose tl111e IS mon-opohzed by the detal1s of hIS bu:-,me"" cannot hope to keep posted on transportatIOn 111dttels by gl\ mg the "ame occa "lOnal attentIOn In evel y commul11ty there are "mall .,hlpper" \\],0 dppl c- Clate the actual condItIOns, and "ho endea\ 01 to gl\ e "nch matters the attentIOn neces"al y to a betterment In thl<" man-ner a vast amount of energy IS dISSIpated 0\ el a \ a~t :-,ur1ace, and very httle accomphshed, but If the same amount ot enelgy was concentrated and dIrected through certam channel", 1111- medIate results would be obtamed It IS hardly faIr to state that the ral1roads bunco the "mall shIppers out of $100,000,000 annually, as charged by ~1J Ketcham of ChIcago, and taCItly admItted by PreSIdent StIck-ney of the ChIcago Gredt \Vestern Ral1way It \\ould be nearer correct to say that the small "hlpper5 bunco them-selves out of that amount The tanffs are at theIr dIsposal, and whde It IS true that the tanffs are more 01 less comph-cated, conSIderable progress IS bemg made to\\ ard the <"Imph-ficatlOn of same If the small shIpper find" hlm:oelt I1I1ahlc to mterpret the rallff, he should employ :-,omeone \\ ho po,,- sesses the necessary quahficatlOns It he cannot atford to employ a traffic expert for h1:o1I1dlvldual reqmre1l1ents, he can always combme WIth some other "mall shIpper who IS slm-darly handIcapped, and by JOIntly shanng the expense 1\;'0 or more small shippers may always plovlde themsel \ es \\ Ith thc 5erVlces of a man that ha" been tra111ed for that kmd of work The real trouble IS that the dverage 5mall "ll1pper IS eIther mdlfferent to hIS 111terests m thIS dIrectIOn. or ebe he IS not wlllmg to "pend the small amount per year that 1" necessary to the employment of a properly quahfied traffic repre::.entatlVe ] he fir<.,tpnnclple of freIght rate constructIOn IS to asseS5 dll that the traffic \\ 111beal That IS not unfaIr to the mer-ehant. \\ ho certamly "elb hIS goods for all that he can get The "ame conchtlOns "un 011l1dthe 1al<.,mg or lowenng of a freIght rate that "m round the changes 111 the market pnce" of an) other commodIty 1he u.,ual mdlfference of the freIght payer" to theIr freIght Iate" and 5en Ice 1<",to some extent, recogl11zed by the car-ner: o a" an as"et FI eIght rate" are often e5tabllshed WIth the IntentIOn at latel reducln£; "ame If "uffiClent prote"t IS made 1n the "hlppel" and until the late I" so "trongly attacked a" to Made by Warren Table Works, Warren, Pa, nece%ltate It" reductIOn, the carners enjoy the revenue It atford" Any merchdnt wl11 recog1117e that pnnclple at first ~Iance It 15 a duty the shippers owe themselves and the radroads to become more famlhar \'V Ith transportatIOn matters, and If they hay C not the tIme and the opportUl11ty to do so, to em-ploy the mtormatlOn and expenence they do not possess If e\ en shipper was posses"ed of traffic knowledge, expenence and tram11lg, the claim departments of the carners would not be flooded \\ Ith claims of no ment to the detnment of claIms ot mcnt, theIr tIme and attentIOn would not be con"umed by the hanclhng of unrea"onable compla11lts and requests and freight rate" and sel \ Ice \\ ould be upon a more uniforml) rea- <"onable baSIS than at present. It IS not consIstent to loudly complain of the poor ser-vIce, the Ul11 easonable freIght rates and other charges, the ~ .. ----.---------- .. ---- .. I-I II II IIt IIII I II I I THE ~- -" ------~_. WEEKLY ARTISAN 27 _ •••• __ aa __ a as T •••• __ aT •••• aT •• Many New Patterns in Dining Room and Bedroom Furniture for the Fall Season. Show Rooms at Factory, Grand Rapids lu(e rurniture (0. delayed payment of clatm" and of all the transportatlOn abuses that eAt'3t, and at the same tlme not be prepared to suggest or contnbute to, a betterment Thet e are very few of the tran'iportatlOn ptoblems or abu'ies of today that may not 1 e '301\ed or corrected by co-operatlOn between the shtppers dnd the Cdrners, and the "htppers should prepare them'ielves to contttbute to the adjustment personally or by placmg the h andlmg of thetr it affic maUet s m chat ge of properly quahfied rep1 esentaitves The larget shtppers have ahead) recogmzed the value of expert t1affic serVIce, and many small ::oh1ppersm vanous sec-ttons of the country have combmed theIr mtere'3ts and formed traffic bUleaus and shIppers' assoClatlOns that have very re-cently proved theIr value Newly formed sh1ppe1s' assoc1atlOns have a frequent tend-ency to become somewhat hystellcal and to start m to Imme-dIately 1evolutlOmze condttlOns, but before any great amount of damage IS done they usually settle down to a conSIstent, busmesshke baSIS, and then only do they get resulb The small shtppers have the same opportumty to protect themselves agamst freIght overcharges, arb1tranly dechned claIms for loss or damage or delayed adjustment of same and all other transportatlOn losses as has the large shIpper, and It IS up to them to eIther defimtely as::oert their nght or definitely abandon them E. LEWING Chicago Personals. L L Valentine of the Valentine Seaver Company will leave August 15 for the west and the PaCIfic coast, and wtll be accompanied by Mrs Valentme, who wtll VISIt her parents, residing at Oakland, Cal. Mr. Valentl11e will be gone eight ....., .., LueE LINE - ---._._-----_._ .. - ---------- .. ------- -_ .. weeks, and wtll combme pleasure wtth busmess. Whtle on the coast he will do some fishIng m Vvashmgton above Seattle The Valentine Seaver Company of ChIcago states theIr t1ade at the July season was the best m their hIstory The seasons of 1906 and 1907 were their best precedmg seasons The company 1" now busy gettl11g out thetr July orders Ed Stahl, traveltng representatlve for the Johnson Chair Company, leave:, neAt week for hIS first tnp through his ter-ntory in the south H C. Buhman of the Johnson Chair Company left last Thursday for the Pactfic coast on his first fall trip 0 E BendIX of the same company left Monday for hIS first fall trip through the mIddle statoes Grand RapIds, August 11. 1909 Furniture Losses By Fire A carload of furmture and mattresses valued at $3,500, consIgned to the Brown-Eldredge Furmture Company of Blackfoot, Idaho. was burned on a SIdetrack Just after ar-nvmg at ItS destmatlOn Unless It can be shown that the fire was due to spontaneous combustlOn, the loss falls on the ratlroad com,pany L J SlZer's fur11lture store, Belfast, NY., was almost totally destroyd by fire on August 6 FIre m thC1,Koe11lg Fur11lture company's fact,ory, St. LOUIS, Mo, caused a los:, esttmated at $40,000 to $45,000 on August 6 Three firemen were badly injured while fight-mg the flames. The loss IS well msured. The Flos shade roller factory at Ogdensburg, N. Y., was destroyed by fire on August 10. Loss $35,000. The school furniture plant of George N. Barcus & Co., Wabash, Ind., was almost destroyed by file last Monday night. The loss IS more than the l11surance which is $30,- 000. e ------------------. 28 WEEKLY ARTISAN i---.---.-..---...--..----.-.--.--.--_.~~- --.. -..-.-.._-_.....-------t GRAND RAPIDS CRESCENT THE WORLD'S BEST SAW BENCH Send for Catalog Double Revolving Arbors. A massive bearing adjacent to the saws. The door permits accessibility. Guaranteed to eliminate mistakes and inaccuracies and to reduce the cost of sawing stock to a minimum. THE CRESCENT MACHINE WORKS, Builders, 40 So. Front St., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. - ... a __ • _ ••• a.a_ ••••••••• -__ .__ a ••• a._. .. _. a •••• __ ••••••••••••••• aM La ... VvEEKLY ARTISAN No Cash Famine This Year. There's no OCCa'ilOnfor worry over the Idea that the sup-ply of money w111not be suffiClent to move the enormous crops and provide for a large 111crea:-,e111the volume of general bu:>- iness during the fall and wmter months Antlclpatmg the poss1blllty of such a contmgency and reallnng that the new tanff bIll may be "low producmg revenue dunng the commg year, the government has made provisIOns by whIch the ne-cessity of wlthdrawmg money from the banks can be aVOIded. The banks have been mformed that the treasury department wl11 finance Its neces"ltles for the commg ) ear, or 11l1tIlthe revenue from the new tanff law can be defimtel) ascertallled, by Isstl1ng certlficates of mdebtednes'i Authonty for the l'i-suance of this form of government obllgatlOn IS found in sec-tIon 40 of the new tanff law, whIch empower'i the secletary of the treasury to borrow such sum as may be necessary to meet publtc expendlture:-, not m excess of $200,000,000 upon certlficates runmng not longer than a year and beanng inter-est at not more than 3 per cent It was understood by bankers that the intentIOn to finance the necessIties of the government In thIs way onglllated pn-manly from a desIre on the part of the treasury officIals to protect the eXIstIng 2 per cent bond'i Of these 2s there are outstandlllg $730,882,000, $640.524,000 be111g held as secunty for cIrculatIOn and paYIng a CIrculatIOn tax of Y:2 per cent. The new tanff bIll gn e" the secretal y of the trea'iury authority to l'isue $290,569,000 adllltlOnal Panama bonds at a rate not to exceed 3 per cent These bonds are also avaIlable for cIrculatIOn, and unles'-o some means IS taken to equahze the lllterest yIeld upon them v.hen 'iO u..,ed WIth the present yIeld of the 2 per cent bonds theIr flotdtlOn thIS tIme, bankers say, would result In a marked depreCIatIOn of the 2 per cents It IS belteved that these short term notes, If Issued dunng or Just pnor to the crop mov111g season and If used by the banks as the ba:>ls of addltlonal cIrculatIOn, WIll relieve the money stnngency to an appreCIable extent. whIle at the same tIme the matunt) of the notes themse1ve'i may be '30 reckoned as to provIde for the retIrement at the addltlonal currency at a season of the year when mane) IS ltkely agam to become abundant That sectIOn of the tariff bIll confernng thIS power upon the secretary of the trea,ury I" an amendment of section 32 of the act of 1898, whIch authonLed the secretary of the trea"ury to borrow on short term paper up to $100,000,- 000 Thi" power was used but once, v.hen Secretary Cot tel) au bsued $15,000,000 m 3 per cent notes m the panic to be u:-,ed as the baSIS of addItIOnal cIrculatIOn The notes were with-drav. n at the earhest opportunIty Evansville Affairs. EvanSVIlle, Ind, Aug 12 -Blusmes:> WIth the Evan,,- vIlle furnIture manufacturer, h reported on the upward grade at this wnt111g Inqutrles are increa:,ing nght along RetaIl trade has 'pIcked up some, due to the settltng of the street car stnke a fev. day" ago The o,utlook for fall l'i very bright Benjamin Bos'ie of the Globe Furniture Company went to Fort \;Vayne, Ind, last week where he attended the an-nual conference of the Lutheran church J, H Rohsenberger IS on the commIttee on arrangements for the annual oUtlllg of the Evan'3VIlle Manufacturers' As-sociatlon on September 6 and he expects to have a big turn out. Eli D Ml1ler, foldIng bed manufacturer, reports busi-ness condltlOns greatly Improved over the month of July 29 He says hi'i foldmg bed "Elt," IS one of the best sellers on the western market There have been a good many vbltors at the Furniture Exchange btl1lchng dunng the past week and ll1arjufacturers have enjoyed a vel y good patronage The Exchange is bnngmg a lot of new CU'itomers and manufacturers are hIghly elated The ::\Iarstall Fnrmture Company, of Henderson, Ky, have enjoyed a very nIce bU'illleSS all summer The Advance Stove 'IVorb of EvanSVIlle, WIll mcreas/' theIr capItal stock $50,000 Stock IS now bcmg offered. J01111Schwann, of Elt D MIller & Co, has returned from a fi'3h1l1g tnp on the \Vahash flver C 'IV B A Heavy Saw Bench. Here I'; a heavy vanety saw bench espeCIally de'3lgned for all around work whether heavy or fine It IS capable of takIng the heavlest cut of any 'iaw bench btult, IS also absolutely ac-curate The machIne IS eqUIpped WIth a b"lt ttghtner which gIves the greatest possIble belt beal1l1g on the arbor pulley ThIS b about 50 per cent more than 1'3obtamed on any other saw bench ThIS machme IS heaVIer than the ord1l1ary saw bench and the constructIOn thruoui 1'3 of the finest qualtty. The complete eqUIpment consnts of 4 guages, 2 saws, wrenches and counter shaft All beaf1ngs and loose pulleys are self OIltng BUIlt by the Crescent Machme "'Works, Grand Rapids, MIch. r- - --- ------.-..------ ~ I MUSKEGON VALLEY FURNITURE COMPANY MUSKEGON MICH •••• COlomal SUlles Toll POSI Beos 000 Dressers Chll!Omers wornrolJeS lames' IOilels DreSSing IOmes MahOgany Inlain Goons WRITE FOR CAT ALoe . I . -.. ARTHUR 5 WHITE. Preudent. ALVAH BROWN. VIce President HARRY C WHITE. Sec'y Treas WEEKLY ARTISAN EVERY FURNITURE MANUFACTURER should have the Weekly Artisan List of Dealers and Buyers. It contains the names of all dealers in furniture rated from $1 ,000 up, satisfactorypay. Approximately 15,000 DEALERS are listed. The list is revised semi--annually. Costs $1.00 for the two editions. We are sending it as a premium for subscriptionsto the Weekly Artisan, the only Weekly Furniture Journal at $1.00 a year. Think of it! 52 COPIES OF THE ARTISAN AND 2 REVISED LISTS ALL FOR $1.00 Can you afford to pass up this opportunity? Send in your Dollar. You'll not regret it. WEEKLY ARTISAN GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 31 32 INDEX TO ADVERTISERS. WEEKLY ARTISAN More Orders for Cars and Rails. Dunng the week clOS111gtoday the Balttmore & OhIO raIl-way company has placed orders for 1,000 composIte gondola cars, 1,000 coke cars of 100,000 pounds capaCIty and 600 all-steel hopper cars, of lIke capaCIty, WIth the Standard Steel Car Company, Butler, Pa , 1,000 all-'3teel coke cars, 100,000 pound" capaCIty, CambrIdge Steel Company, Johnstc)\\ n Pa 45 pa'3- :oenger coaches and five comb111ed pas"enger and baggage caI", Amencan Car & Foundry Com pan} , \\ Ilm111gton, Del 10 bagg~ge cars, five cafe and parlor cars, fi\ e all-<;teel po..,tal cars, Barney & SmIth Car Company, Dayton, OhIO All of thIS eqmpment is of the highest modern <;tandard. all-steel or 'itee1-underframe, the all-steel constructIOn adopted .fl every practIcable manner In adchtlOn to the contrach U1tI-merated others for 1,000 box cars, 500 refngerator cars and 500 ventIlated cars, 60 locomotIves and two e1ectnc locomotl\ e.., wIll be placed upon the completIOn of the negotiatIOns no\\ pendmg The BaltImore & OhIO has also placed orders for ...teel steel ralls, 80 and 100 pounds '" eIgh t, as fo110\\ " :2000 t,)l]-, open-hearth steel. Ilhnols Steel Compan}, PIttsburgh. 10 :250 tons bessemer steel, Maryland Steel Company, BaltImore Between $6,000,000 and $7,000,000 are called f01 m the contracts closed and those pendmg \\ III carn the total amount beyond $10,000,000 The Pennsylvallla RaIlroad Com pan} placed an ordel at Its Altoona shops for 2,060 cars, 500 of whIch \\ 111 be coke cars and the remainder box cars The car" must be dehvered not later thdn JlIne 1. 1Sl10 whIch means that several thousand men \\ III be kept bu,,\ hom thIS tIme on Does Your Advertising Bring Results? When you buy space in your local newspa· per does it bring you good returns are the ads attractive and well displayed? Let us supply you with good, high-class business bringing copy_·-copy that will sell good _.-copy that leans with the reader, a desire to buy. Results are what count, and its results you get. We have a regular weekly cut and ad ser-vice, also a special service for individual adver-tisers. Write for samples and particulars. Let us help you to make more money. FURNITURE CITY ENGRAVING CO. 403 Murray Bldg. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. SmIth & DaVIS Mfg Company Sheboygan ChaIr Company Moon Desk Company UnIOn FurnIture Company Ploneer Manufactunng Company Ford & Johnson Company Madden, Thos" Son & Co Rafner Furniture Company Karges FurnIture Company Bosse FqrnIture Company World FurnIture Company Globe FurnIture Company Bockstege Furniture Company Metal FurnIture Company Evansv1l1e "BIg SI7" Stow & DaVISFurnIture Co. RIchmond ChaIr Company Sl1gh FurnIture Company Rumphrey-WIdman Bookcase Co. Falmer Manufactunng Company Weekly Artisan MIchIgan Engraving Company Luce FurnIture Company :Nelson-Matter FurnIture Company Blow Plpe and Dust Arrester Company, G· R. Amencan Blower Company Grand RapIds Brass Company WhIte Pnntmg Company FurnIture Exchange, :New York. Lentz Table Company Grand RapIds Caster Cup Co. A1a.ska Refngerator Co. Miller, Ell. D. & Co. Rote1 LInder Roffma.n, Bros. Co Muskegon Valley FurnIture Co. FurnIture CIty EngraVIng Co. Miscellan(.l\us Crescent D[achIne Works 9 9 10 11 14 14 15 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 18-19 23 24 2 2 2 31 30 27 Cover Cover Cover Cover Cover 1 8 4 5 5 25 25 29 32 32 28 ...------------ -~---_._._-----" Miscellaneous Advertisements. WANTED BUSINESS CHANGE. For sale, woodworking plant, suitable for cabinet or special furmture, located In Indianapolis; about 12,000 square feet floor space; eqUipped With dry kiln, railroad switch and ma-chinery ready to operate; easy terms; great bargain. CHAS. o BRITTON, Receiver, Fletcher Bank BUilding, Indianap-olis, Ind. 8-14, 21, 28; 9-4, 11, 28. WANTED. Commission man for Mlsssoun and Kansas representing five furmture factones. Splendid fixed carload hnes. Address, Ballman-Cummings Furniture Company, Fort Smith, Arkan-sas. Aug. 7, '09 WANTED COMMISSION MEN. For IndIana and Illinois to sell our Suites, Dressers, Chiffon- Iers, Stands, Beds and Wardrobes. McKIm & Cochran Fur-mture Co., MadIson, Ind. 7-3-4t WANTED-WOOD SEAT CHAIR FACTORY To locate on our property at Columbus, Mississippi; unlimit-ed supply of red and white oak; red and sap gum and beech at extremely low cost; plenty cheap labor; fine factory site; un-excelled shippmg faCIlities and low freight rates to good mar-ket. Might take some stock In well managed company. Ad-dress Interstate Lumber Company, Downing Building, Erie, Pa, II I•II•• IIII " WANTED-TRAVELING SALESMEN. To handle a line of Extension Tables, Pedestal Tables, Ward-robes and Kitchen Cupboards, on commission. State what other hnes you handle and Territory desired. Address Koemg FurnIture Co., 2620 N. 15th St., St. Louis, Mo. WANTED. A good cabinet maker; ohe who can detail and make clothing cabinets. Address B. S., care MichIgan Artisan. 6-10-2t. WANTED-POSITION AS MANAGER. A practical bUSiness man, familiar with the manufacturing of bed room furniture and who has a few thousand dollars to Invest; can assume charge of one of the best furniture plants in the South. If Interested, address "Business," Box 853, Greensboro, N. C. 6-10-4t -----_._---------------_._. - ..
Date Created:: 1909-08-14T00:00:00Z
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Collection:: 30:7

753. 1939-03; Peninsular Club

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:: 1939-03-01T00:00:00Z
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Collection:: Volume 7, Number 3

754. 1942-06; Peninsular Club

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:: 1942-06-01T00:00:00Z
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Collection:: Volume 10, Number 6

755. Weekly Artisan; 1910-07-09

Notes:: Issue of a furniture trade magazine published weekly in Grand Rapids, Mich, starting in 1879. and - ------., - ---------- A ( ...... 1 • ' - ..., -.... " .~,. T-) C" . \ - - ,J \ .1_ I,J GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.• JULY 9. 1910 SLIGH FURNITURE COMPANY The Largest Manufacturersof CHAMBER FURNITURE EXCLUSIVELY IN THE WORLD Catalogue to Prospective Customers. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. WEEKLY ARTISAN 1 POSSELIUS BROTHERS FURNITURE MFG. CO. DETROIT, MICHIGAN A page froIDour New Catalogue which will be ready for IDailiug July 20. Send for a copy as it will be the finest Dining ROOIDCatalogue of the season. Full line on exhibition at 1319 Michigan Ave•• Chicago. 2 WEEKLY ARTISAN " . -----_._--- --- - .-_. --- _ ...- - -- - .-~ I LUCE FU~~!~y~~CH.COMP ANY! II I ...-----_.._- _.._. _. _._-_._----~--_. Manufacturers of COMPLETE lines of MEDIUM PRICED DINING and CHAMBER FURNITURE. Catalogues to Dealers Only. II - _. - . _. ..-- . _. -_. .- ~. - ... - ..- _. -_. -- -_._--_. _. ----.__._--- _.._-._._.-- ----- ._.---- ---. _. -_... 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 alia Tuna Mahogany Bird' J Eyt Maple Birch !Zullrttrtd Oak and C//"(llfJlan 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 RAPlDS PUUUC Ll BiL~RY 30th Year-No. 54 GRAND RAPIDS9 MICH. Issued Weekly 9 JULY 99 1910 WOULD POST THE YOUNGSTERS ON STYLES How a Designer Would Cultivate Tastes and Increase the Demand for High Grade Furniture. During recent years there has been a movement in nearly all of our public schools to make the education of the pupils more practical, to give them something they can make use of in the every day walks of life. Literature, music, drawing, manual training, domestic science, etc., are all taught in the modern schools. But what does the average young couple who have passed through these \narious studies and are ready to start a home of their own know about the proper furnish-ing of their house? What do they know about period furni-ture, the great historical styles that have become standard the world over? Furniture is the most permanent thing we buy, and once purchased must be used for many years by most of us, whether g-ood or bad. A poorly desig-ned piece of furniture selected through a lack of knowledge of what is correct in style may be an eye-sore for many years before another can be afforded. • We have many art classes and societies for the study of higher art, painting, sculpture, etc., but they seem to have forgotten that there is an art in everything that goes to furnish a house. Carpets, wall paper, light fixtures and furniture all require the work of the artist and designer, be-fore their manufacture is even begun. These articles all come fir3t in the furnishing of the home, and form the back ground or setting for the fine picture or piece of sculpture. How often the pleasure of looking at a beautiful painting is spoiled by a room full of outlandish furniture t What better work could our public schools do than to start the young man or woman out with a general knowledge of the different standard styles in furniture. Then one would not make the mistake of the young bride who had pur-chased a chair which she described as Chippendale. "But I don't think it is Chippendale," remark~d her husband. "Well," said the fair bride, "the salesman said it wasn't oak and I know it isn't mahogany so it must be Chippendale." When they are ready to buy, they go to the average re-tail store to look at furniture-they may ask to be shown something in period styles or to be told the difference between Hepplewhite and Sheraton or Elizabethan and Jacobean, and after talkin\g with the average retail salesman go ,away knowing less than when they went in. Most young people are really desirous of starting out right in furnishing their home. I have had many of my friends ask me how they should go at it to get a general idea of the various period styles. A few illustrated lectures in our schools would go a long way toward starting the pupil right in this very important matter. Recent years have seen great progress among furniture manufacturers and dealers in the production of well designed furniture based on the vanous period styles, and with a little proper educating of the buying public along the same lines a long step would be taken in creating a greater demand for furniture of character. W. L. KIMERLY, Designer for the Grand Rapids Furniture Co. American Bedroom Furniture. An American lady, who has spent several years in foreign lands, in a letter to a newspaper which she writes while on her tours, says: If anyone wishes to be comfortable and to sleep undisturbed by any chop suey or hashheesh dreams let them furnish their sleepmg rooms with the most modern things which American ingenuity has thought out. In that they cannot go astray. For American bedroom furniture is the only thing when it comes to convenience and comfort, as anyone will testify who has had the experience of the foreign bed chambers. For instance the American bureau. or dresser, as we sometimes call it, with its deep drawers, little and big, and plenty of them, with its wide, generous top for toilet arti-cles, and, most of all, its large beveled looking glass. These are the things which make one long for home and moiller, and bring tears of JOy to the eyes after having struggled in the European countries with the various brands of a.rmoire a glace-a wardrobe with an immovable and up-right mirror in the front and WIth shelves that always tumble down., Or else you are mvited to put your lingerie into a sort of commode washstand, and the water runs down into the drawer and spots your best blouse, or other things. But let us forget it. Let us think only of the many comforts which American bedroom furmture affords to a tired and overworked humanity, when we lay us down to sleep. The most unfortunate employer 1S he who must Dear his responsibilities alone. WEEKLY ARTISAN IMMENSE INCREASE THE PAST SEASON has seen a very pleasing and very large increase in the business that has come to us from all parts of the country. and our friends tell us that no other manufacturer is so prompt in making ship-ments. We know how important it is that EVERY ORDER should have quick attention. It enables dealers to do a big business on a small stock, which means small expense and big profits. Then, too, no other line is made up of so many The design, construction and finish, combined, make the NORTHERN line the most popular in the country. It is our constant aim to make the kind of furni-ture that will move quickly, and July, 19 I 0, is going to surpass all preV1'ousejforts. visiting the furniture market this coming season should make a special effort to see the many new patterns ottered. With our enormous line---the biggest in the world---you can always save money by making up a car. GRAND RAPIDS Leonard Building NORTHERN FURNITURE COMPANY SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN CHICAGO 1300 Michigan Ave. ... .. . . New Furmture Dealers. R A. Lowe has opened a ne\\ 1url11 tmc ' tUlc It I I 1 ( 1Ju Ore. THERE MUST BE A REASON QUICK SELLERS J. 'vV. 'vVoodruff has opE'lwd a IW\\ ttl1111tU1l ,tIll c it l\t'l JIlond, Ore. The \Vll11S FurmtUl E' C0111P:lllY .11 t' l1t \\ (k,du, ,t 1,..1lIll 11h iaIb, Ore. LevI Otl" lS a ne\\ de:1Iel 111 llt \\ [!H1 ,ll !lid 11 I lLl111\ turE' at Dover, N H N. S. Stedman and \\. J l:hmkl\,n 1\111 upE'n ! llnl +l11 l1 t111 e store at JudIth, MOl't Le\\ls l\Icl\Illlan b to open d nc\\ tm l11TUl c ,tUll ! I ,i\ ettevIlle, N .i\I'ex, on July 18 The New York Household Supp1) C01l1p,1l1\ ..11\ 11t II k,ll' 1 ' Ul fur Illture, cal pets, etc at Chatlotte, '\ ( EVERY DEALER ~, ------------------ -------- . NEW YORK Furniture Exchange They Have Plenty of Business. I3usllle~~ I' good v\Ith the Grand RapIds Blow PIpe and Du"t \ 11 e~tel com pan} The) are now fittmg up 3 complete system toi the \\ uh u me \Ianutactunng company, the 1,arrand Organ ..1nu Plano (ompan) and the Cadlllac Motor company, all of De-tlOlt, the Ro}a1 Furmture company, Grand Rapids, the ::Ylelcer-rerdon Lumbel company plamng mill, Grand Raplcb, the Lentz 1 dble com pan} , )J a~hv IHe, J\1Jch , the Auto \Vheel company. Ld!! '-1l1g, \itch, the }(apid Motor" ehicle company, PontIac, .;\Illh, L,lllgll IIuodU1\\ dre compdny, Doyne CIty, l\Ilch , the DdY Vlel\ l 11l11ltlll e COmpdn), at Holland, beside::. thIrty SIxty -fuot ~m,)ke ,tdlk~ for ,dnous concerns. The Freese Plant Enlarged. The ddchtlOll to the factor} of the J D Fleese 8. Son" COmpdll\ Campbell a\ enue and Horner c,treet. ChICdgO, I" <11- m()"t le,ld\ tor occupancv It I" a two-story c,tructUle, 75x124 tcet and hd.., founddtwn tor four "tone'S, \\ hlch the Free"e" "",pec t to 1eqmre dt no dIstant date They V\ III convert the olel LlltOf\ 11no d \\arehou"e and \\dl produce c,uffiuent guods to enahle them to \\ al ehouOle enough to fill all order~ prompt1} Che plant V\ a" augmented last) ear b} a number of ne\\ dnd 1mprO\ cel mdl111ne" \\ h]( h the} use 111 the productIOn of theIr -,uoc!-' and \\ hlC h had been placed 111 the old facto!) 111 "uch C1 amptd CJual terOl a" to hamper thClr operatIOn The ne\\ h1111d111~ \\ dl (2,1\ c them ample room to dIstnbute the"e 111the mo--t efhClent \\ a} dnd all hangl11gs and pulley s \\ dl be placed on the cllI111g of the floOl beloV\ \Vlth enlarged dry kJ1no" dcldltlunal eln atur sen Ice and other new E'qUlpment thE'Y WIll be able to take the be"t of care of all orders for theIr 1111e of l11tdj) anu medn11TI grdde chlffomers and dre"ser" and anum ht. r of ~ty1ec, Jl1 ladles' cheap wnt111g dE'"k" • ----------------- WEEKLY ARTISAN ~..- ..-._-- _.- - 5 ........ ....., Modern Parlor Furniture Co. Creators of Styles and Quality in Three Piece Suites, Odd Rockers, and The Modern Bed Davenport Full Line shown in CHICAGO only, 13 19 Michigan Avenue, Fifth Factory 664-66-68 Division St. near Halsted St. Floor. a. _. __ • •• w. w ••• P •••••• w. we . Furniture Fires. The furniture factory at Millsville, WIS., was completely destroyed hy fire on July 3. George Hadley's stock of furniture in Logansport, Ind., was severely damaged by fire recently. Insured. Andrew Anderson, furniture dealer of Portland, N. Dak, was burned out recently. Loss, $10,000, partially insured. The Erwin, S. c., Furniture and Grocery company, were completely hurned out on July 2. Loss, $5,000; partially msured. The plant of the Wisconsin Furniture Manufacturing company at NeilsvilIe, Wis., was burned on July 2. Loss, $70,000, with $50,000 insurance. August Pltger's furmture store at Allenton, Wis., was destroyed recently, by a fire that wiped out a large part of the busmess sectIOn of the town. ...._ - ..----_ ~ New Factories. The Acme Manufacturing company have started oper-ations in their new factory at San Marcos, Tex. E. H. and R. A. Nudd, J. M. Chain and Paul Brown have incorporated the Wichita Mattress company. capitalized at $15,000, and are erecting a factory at Wichita, Kan. The Standard Furniture company of Nashville, Tenn, are building a factory in Denver, Colo. The building wiII be of brick, two stories and basement and is to cost $50,000. Only One Exhibit. From an article that appeared in the Weekly Artisan of July 2, readers may have gotten the ImpresslOn that the Col-umbia Feather company have two exhibit'> In Chicago. They have only one exhibit 111 that market and It IS located on the eighth floor of 1319 Michigan avenue '" . ANNOUNCEMENT. THE GEO. B. LUPFER CO., 262-94 North Hanover St., Columbus, Ohio. Mr. Lupfer having sold his interests in the firm in which he was a full partner for sixteen years, during which time he had full charge of the manufacture of Fine Bedding, wishes to announce to the Furniture Trade that he has organized the Geo. B. Lupfer Company. Purchased an up-to-date Factory building, installed the best and most modern machinery for manufacturing a superior line of Mattresses, Box Springs, Woven and Coil Wire Springs, Feathers and Pillows. Guaranteed in quality and price. You are invited to call and examine the merits of our lines. With our New Equipment, long experience and square dealing, we solicit a portion of your business, which WIllhave our immediate and best attention. Samples shown only with F. T. Plimpton & Co., 1319 Michigan Ave., Chicago, Ill. (4th floor), and at the factory. .. .. . -..-.-- .. . - .. . .--_.. .. .. .. .. .- . - - .. - ... •••••• a ••••• a._ ••• " 6 WEEKLY ARTISAN pI- - _. • - • - - - • • ---------------------------. "THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST" I 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 vou are getting. WE GUARANTEE SATISFACTION. Furniture and Chair Factories, Sash and Door Mills, Railroad Compames. 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. MANT FACTURED BY H. H. BARTON & SON CO., 109 South Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. .. Automobile Craze Affects All Trade;, fhe poor automubl1e ha' LOllt J/1 tOJ l,lUft dUd'l IVg pa"t season and durmg the jlJc-,ent "d!e" "lcl"OI theW " EI before All the' poor trdde of the "PIJll~ dId ,,11 I c ll~ of poor busllle", J'-, laId ,1\ thE IO( I lJt hL nU1/1111 h ,,If,) Two years or more a~l) tlll ,,1 He1 d"kul \ \ f [T ,It"' of the Udell \\ ark", one ot lndJdnap\J]h hl' 1,11 ),\ll h'ldll cJers, a'-, well a" U11e Di the he,! knu\\ \J ot tie H ,1(:" state fU'l1lture llld11ufae tureJ" \\ Ildt 1\ d' II 1()1l~ 1\ n" J'll"ll]1 ,~ HIS qUlck reply "as "too l11ULll dutomoblle ann c"u ,1 ( sendmg motH') b} tnL car load to ~lh \'1 111\1( ~) p - 1 Nevada and the" e"t Smce then the 1\ rlter ha" he\'11 e~pt 'Jdlll lUJU, 111(, on dltions It JS unquestJOnabh d tact thar we man P( Jp'(:' lr runnmg automobIles II ho ca 11101 aftnl 1 r~ 'I t 1\ :Merchants ll1 d11 bJanche" aJC COl11plalJ11l1g fhe I Jell' '\ II ~ bu"y WIth hJS machll1e ha\m~ 10\ 11(1('''. dlld All IhL It ~ h not only not buy ll1iS !\lrnJtul C 101 hJ' home IJtl1 l~ n t 1)\ ,111" clothing, or other often 01 befOIe tll11C "u-ca1ted nl\t"dr,e" "I was playwg golf \\ lth a c10thmg merclnnt (t lU C \\ jl recently," saJd Ed\\ald \\ Ha\\k~ ,t t11P H~!\\k~ lnl111t It\" company of Goshen. dlscu"smg t'11S ,a1l1e qllest\oll T "L,d him how the d(\thll1g 1::>llsme"-,1\ a" dtl(l 1 e arb\\ ered I ( 1d is was rotten "'\Vhat IS the mattel) 1 d"kerl '1J'11 "'Too much automobIle, he an"" el cd "'Rats,' saId I, II J"nllH?, to dra\\ hlln 0\11 T cd 1 "e '111-'; "1l h of heanng ever} th1JliS laId to the doO! ot the dlllrJll1Cl II "'Rats If ) ou lIke, saHl 1P, as he \, a" mdkm~ L) ~tj l kt 'but It 15 the truth \\ hat does tlw man \\!In 1" rnnnl11g a rar care abo11t clothes He can ro\ eJ up dJ1 D!(] "UP \\ nl) d (111t\ nasty uhter or automobJle cent and the htICl and \1d~ t r 't - .I. h t 1e better He 100b a~ a JOy nder Formerly patron~ of nllne \\ ho thought the) cLm1d not possIbly get along WIth less than three SUJts are now b11ywg one They never go out m the e\ emng exceptll1g to nde amI so they do not buy dress clothe~ at dl! There }OU have It and it IS the truth' 1 honesth belle, (' It IS the truth," contlDued 1\Ir Hawks Peoplr 1\1 d po"ltlOn to know tell me that not one l\J ten who 1:0 rlmnmg a machme today, really can afford to own one \\ hat IS true of extra\ agance m automobIles IS true In other thllll;' As a people, V\ e dre lIvmg away beyond our means dnd I am "ondenng where it WIll all end" ~nother manufacturer touchmg on the same sub] ect "aId i I ,1m 110t a PbSllTIlst and never have been but the situatlOn l~ cntlcal \\ e are altogether too extravagant I often wun-der 1\ here It , J11all end I do not belle\ e \\ e WIll corne down 'c the leI el ot the Em opean II orkmgman or the European so-cllled Lommon people, but I do belIeve that \\ e mu"t corne dn\\ n \ el) murh trom the posJtlon of spenclmg V\ e now occu p' It I \\ere to guess I should say about half way bet", een \\ here v\ C nO\\ are and the European laborer. There are "l£in" tuo thdt are \ ery encouraging to the student of the ",t1latlOl1 Pwple ah\ a} s have had to have laws to protect them,e1"l e~ rrom themselves, and so I think the tlme IS past, t h;n II r hd \ e !a\\ s no\\ that will make Jt Impossible for hIgh t1lldl1Le "o-cdllcd to do the thmgs they have done m the past~ fJf ,nstance buy up a raJ1ruad at scrap heap pnces, and then Jond It or 1\ ater It untll the two or three or more promoter':> make tell Dr more 111llhon dollan, each If all the raJlroad':> II eJ P Cdpltdh7ed at theJr trne value there would not be "uch a cry Jng need ot advances 111 freIght rate" to take care of the ph\ sJcal and findnclal parts of the road" In this I see much )wpn for the future" ...... --- ..... -- .-..., a a __ a •• • •• •• •• - •• I Pitcairn Varnish Company Reliable Varnishes of Uniform Quality Our Motto. "NOT HOW CHEAP-BUT HOW GOOD" c. B. Quigley, Manager Manufacturing Trades Dep't. ..- Manufacturers of Factories: Milwaukee, Wis.; Newark, N. J. .. . .. WEEKLY ARTISAN Flanders and Mission Styles Discussed. \VhJ1e m IndIanapolis the other day, the writer, when ~hown some especIally attractIve pIeces m the show room of the Emnch FurnIture company, asked John H. Emrich what he thought of the future of Flandlers furniture. He was showmg some beautIful pieces of this design and the question arose naturally. "Noone knows," was his answer. "Weare sellmg a lIttle of it. I have made careful mqtury and I find that most of the manufacturers report the same thmg It is beautIful but the public does not seem to take to It It is a matter of education I thmk, and in this regard it is similar to the introduction of Mlssion or Arts and Crafts furniture. It was an awfully hard thing to make that style go, and yet it became very popular I think it will be the same with Flanders. It is beautiful but the people have to be educated to it." Mr. Emrich's statement regarding the introduction of Mission brings back to memory the fact that it did take a good long time to mtroduce it Without doubt the father of Mission or Arts and Crafts furniture as it was sometImes afterwards called, was Gustave Stickley of Syracuse. Mr. Stickley had come of a family of chair makers. There were Gustave, Albert and Charles, while Leo and J. George were younger or kid brothers They all lived in Binghamton, but as "lometimes happens, they could not all agree and Gustave went to Syracuse Albert came to Grand Rapids and Charles remained in Binghamton Gustave was making chairs, as were the others also, and reports were that he was having a pretty hard time financIally Of course these reports may not have been true, for the brothers always have been inje-pendent, and he may not have chosen to gIVe the agencies the proper facts regardmg his standmg At any rate, "Mr<; Grundy" haJ him about down and out Then one 7 season the trade was startled by something really new in furniture. Gustave Stickley had an exhibit in the Pythian Temple, and in It were a number of pieces of what were called Mission. Students of furnIture penods and all that go to make up the inner furniture lIfe were immensely interested. Many buyers were also, but they were very chary about buy-mg Fmally, it IS saId, and in this instance also, Mrs. Grundy may be mistaken, Mr. Stickley went to a prominent dealer in Syracuse and asked him to put it on the floor, so that the customers might see it This was done in a number of cities and the publIc came to know and apprecIate the beauty and sImplicIty of the style Mr. Stickley Soon branched out, usitlg the same idea in other things besides the actual furni-ture to go into the house and then started the Crafts-man's magazine, which also has been a great success. It is pleasant to know that after all Mr. Stickley reaped some reward for his genius and prospered financially. Others saw the beauty of the style and adopted it WIth modifications until it has become a standard along with the other schools of furniture. May it not be that Flanders will have the same experience? New Hotels. The Greeley Square Hotel company, recently organized m New York with $7,100.000 capital, will erect a hotel to cost $5,000,000, on Broadway near Thirty-fourth street. C. P. Taft, (a brother of the president) is on the board of directors. William A. Burbndge and others have under construc-tion a modern six-story hotel in Jacksonville, Fla. It will contain 130 sleeping rooms and high grade furniture will be purchased for the establishment. ... --- ..... .. .. .... . -- .. ... ..... -. FOUR NEW The Ad-el-ite People CHICAGO-NEW YORK 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 RECISTERED 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. • Ii • EverythIng In PaInt Specialhes and WoodFinishing materials. Fillers that flli. Stains that satisfy ------------.---------- .,_,_. _. • , < ---.4 Minnesota Retail Dealers' Furniture Association 8 WEEKLY ARTISAN OFFICERS-President r R Ta}lor I ake Benton '\fmn VIce President D R Thompson Rockford, Mltln , Treasurer B A Schoeneberger Perham rVIl11Il Secretan W L Grapp Janesville l\1mn EXECUTIV" O\I\!ITTEE-Chatrman Cyeo Klew Mankato Mllm a Simons, Glencoe Mmn, W L Harns \lmueapolts MInn 1 C Datuelc;on Cannon Falls BULLETI~ "NO. 155. WHAT ABOUT YOUR DUES? Cdn }on ~et hetter ~U\ILe" an\\\hue 1 11 lll\h tlllil 111 assoclatlOn is :::;1\ 111~ \ ou 1m 1 / LE nh l d 1\ \ 11 11 11 11 hers '3hould redll/e that It take~ tund~ to lall \ ()11 Ihl lllle \\ork ",e ale d01l1g \'3 thl dne'3 are thc o11h ~rnltlC (I (\ I nne that \\ e ha\ e, e\ en 111em1lcr "hould ~Cl to It th II h ~ elm ~ are promptl) paId Do }OU reah7e \\hat \IC lre trymg \( do t II you lhc late at 1% cents a day? \\ e ,HL Il,11lul \1\ It Ill\. \\I~( 111 (ill ~ ale '30 noml11al-onl) S; pel \ear-th'lt Illl 11Hll1hu~ d 11 l leahze the '3el \ Ice \\ e arc S;111lU!, 11\011 111 ( I d( 1 1 111lk I I ..,ee ",hat \\e ale dOlniS tor ,(lll II( a~k I II h \1 1111lh 1\ III 'ou ha,e to pa, for the p1Cp,1l11L.., ,1 1 d"/e11 1 h 1/1'( 111(1 t1nlt'3, hke tho..,e \\ e tl1l111~h 'Oll ()I h()l\ 111\1lI1 \1 \1] I I ha, e to pa, to find Ollt \\ h( 1( \ Oll 1111,,,It (\ (I \ thl11~ 1 Illl (I One and one-halt cents a day lS not much, vet 1t W111brmg to ,,0\ a I the Assoc1atlon helps that we are glv1ng The best serVlCe at the 10\\ e~' prlce tha.t can be found By becomIng a part of our Assoc1atlOn ,01 \\111I d\ e JOIned the lIvelIest bunch of RetaIl Furmture Dealer" m the "tate to meet the marl OJ del competItion Cnl]Jd \ Ol] 1)[1\ 1hl lIlI III and bU'31J1e'3'3 ('oun:-.el, a" \\ ell Cl~ the e,pencnce tInt \ (I f:.( 1 at onr annnal eon\ entJon~ fCll thb pllce ell \11\ mbll 1 LIll So \\e could ~o on to "ho\\ \ nu that It \ (Il] \\ ulcl 'I P t con'3lder, } on \\ 111realve the \\ 01 k \\ e ,ll l dl 111", j 1 \ It ha" been the pO]ll \ of the a~~(Jl I Clt!OI1 11It t ~C 1 1 1\11 ~tatement'3 for dne", lea\ me; It entl1 eh tn eal11 111dl\ 1 Itl 11 111111 bfr to 'ice to 1t that the\ arc paid 111 ac!\ancc ') U \' l hl1r1 through expfnence that man\ member'3 till e;el tn lak( Lll l )j then due'3 and Cl'3'3Ume an 111cI\fferent pO~1110n to\\al<1~ 1he111 \\'e all kno\\ that no a..,,,O('latlOn or 1l1"t!tUtI011 \\ 111 ",I( \1 a11\ fa'3ter than the financIal ~UPPOI t It recen e~ If all 0\11 '11U11 ber'i \VIll do their dnt\ and pa\ at omc ,\ e \\ III h( hl( 1r meet all OUI ohlrgat1On~ plompth and e,tend (Jj11 drh uti~( ment help" ~t1l1 more \\ hllc ~endlng 111 \ OUI dne" pleel..,e d() I1N 1m f:.l \ (11111 } our dolldl to\\ arcl the malntcnance ot tbl" depal1nle11t Your" jor a 11e,\[\\ 1e"pon~e J R r '\'\1 OE ['IC-I<1f11t AssoClatlOn Jottmgs \\ hat part (10 \ on pla\ In the '3ucce..,'3 01 the d"~( 11,lt1(1\1 "'.re } au dOlllg all \ ou "honld do) 1£ not \\ hn I" the 1(J~el \\Then bUS111e'3'i become'3 clnl1 on aCLomu of \\ arm \\ cathf'l, thl11 1~ tht tIme 101 ,0 I 10 e;et a hl1"tle Oil ,ou J 1,1\ e a ~dle 1), ~nmt1hIIL., lh'lt \\111 eltiJact attentIOn Ihc fi!~t helll oj thl" bn"111e,,~ )ear \\lJ] "oon bl ()\er and \\L Iwpc that thL a"~O(1atlOn ha'3 hrOlH.;ht \OUll101E' help than \ III e'IJel led Ij "0 ha\ e ,on done \ onr ~h,ll e) \re, onr clllC" p,nd up rhelc 1~ ll()thln~ that \\111 gl\e }om cne,tomer that tued I lei cln-1101-l,l1e teehns; hke a hot and ..,tuff, '3tore I~ Jon ~t( 1( \\ ell \ cnt!lated and made as cool as pos'3lhle clunm; the ~U1l1l11er months) Dn \ 0\1 knn\\ 110\\ nun\ '3oap and grocer} club~ tl1ere arc I \\ ()I k lt1 \ ( ur commU1111\) If not, \\ ouldn't It be \\ ell for , '1 t/1 pml (\11 '\ on \\111 pl0babl} he :-.urpnscd \\ hen ,ou 01'3 ( 1\ (1 (11e tl \1L Ull1cl1tlOl1 \\ l ha\ c 1t often ..,alcl m our \\oJ!, "I don t helIeH' It (,\11 t he cl011l ell 1111" CXpleS'3e.., the ,\ttltucle of tilE' 111ellt 111(llt ancl Ihe do 110t lClle pCl:-.on \\ e'd ddvl'3c )OU to 1\1 \ I '-.,I I(J \ I I ( \\ hen th,\t h,\'3 been dnne-nnt hefore -, our pllll In \\ III hl\ l \ ll\1C I hl m,llk(t ~tl..,on 1~ nn\\ 111 full hlae,t ancllt IS 1he \\1~~1 (1 \11 th( Olttlll ~ that L\ en memhel ot the as..,OClatlOn could \l~lt the 11lCllket lhue t.., no plaLe \\heft \(IU can get 111 t I1lh \\lth ('\el, pl1<1~I' 01 the ft111l1tule bU~111e..,.., a" 111 the l(lltl,l1 111,llkd dl1!1'1~ ('\.poSltIon time 1 hl q (Ie 1 lIt mental moral anc! ph\ '3lcal stren:::;th h \( 1nIl') 1'1 aln (ell.., are multlphecl h, tl'3e of tho~e V\ e a!Tulch po~.,c~~ \[u~cle cell'3 ale lllC1ea')ul 111 hoth 11l1mhel ,\11<1enelQ"\ !J, 111(11 con..,tant exerCI'3e 'lheldore tf \our task 1~ lnl<1 lemcmhCl \011 \\111 be "tIonger \\hen \011l11a..,ter \\hat \ (t !'a\ e uncle! take'l Our Advertising Umts. In thl" department, \Ve gn e ) au a set of unJh de\ nte,! tl1 the erocken end ot the bus1l1e..,'3 11 IS \ er} hard to get L tl t" on thh Ime of lU t'3 dnd doubl} hat d to get them 'iet ,1 j1 propCl h 111 "mall countl v pnnt111g office~ The cnt~ u"ec1 111 tht "e U111t~ alone co~t 2')c to SOc apIece, but through tll co opel atlOn )f our a~",oC1atlOn V\ e arc able to "epel th('n 1) \ ou f01 40c PCI Ul11t already '3et up anJ arram;ed t ou v 111 notice that all the'3e Ul11t~ arl LOIhtl peel, so as tIl anph to general '3tock and not to a '3peclal al tlcle rr 11f'111 I hh I~ clone cO thdt thl"l e an he u..,cc! 111 ,111\ '31(110 l hl I ae;a111, notlle that \\ e have '3elected a l111e of artlcle~, pl leel aClorehng to the u~ual pnLe a..,kec! 111the a"l erage ~tore [hese l1111t~ lan h(' Inel 11101thl,!, '" here the pnce goe'3 ,,0 that the\ lan II (hangecl ,it the \\111 of an, of thc l11ell1hel~ ()t C0l1t~l, It 111 11 1~ 1110111"ecl l;e 1" added £01 e, 11 \ 1110rthe an<1 unlc~" othel \\ 1"l ()) del cd the} \\ III be "'ent J1IU~tl atecl \Vlth pnce. as ~ho\\n on llltllet1l1 The rea:-.on \\h} \\e bnng thh das'3 of unlt'3 to} ou at !Ius time of) ear, I~ tlu! the lUll11ture bU~111e"~ get~ a ltttle lull 111 Jul} ann. ""ugu"t If \ ou ha\C not trlecl lh'~ plan ( t c\Ch ertls111g tf) lt out thc t(']lo\\ 'ng t\\ 0 m )nth" 11 \ 011 clo \ (Ill \\ III ha, e pIcked up mall\ Cl clollal .., \I orth of hlhl11e,e, that, ou \Voulc! not ha\ l hacl othef\\ I.,e So make II L of thC'<:t' units MINNESOTA RETAIL DEALERS' ASSOCIATION ADVERTISING HELPS. ]!JulletinNo. 155. -----_._------------; Bi~ Values in China. Visit Our China Department. Tumblers and Jelly Glasses. Lead blown tumblers made of the best sand glass Have a brlght, clear rmg Three shapes stra,ght, bell top or slantmg side Price only 50. No 52 FrUlt n,she, m beauo-ful colors and de- SIgns, floral, whIte and gold, hand-pamtE'd Prlces, 10c to 38c, Jelly glass w,th tm cover Th,s capac,ty 8 oz, made of clear glass and must not be com-pared w,th the cheap, br,ttle kmd Be sure and notice s,ze Prlce only 2*c. No 55 Sugars and Creamers In g,lt, decorated, wh,te and gold, hand-pamted Prlces from 20c to 98e. No 54 Cream p,tchers ,n shapes too nu-merous to men-tlOn Prlces from 100 to 480. Common glass tum-bler, made of clear, g I as s, n, c e and smooth and not so brl ttle as the jiheap tank glass tumblers 8 and 9 07; s,zes Prlce, 2*c. No 57 A largoe as-sortment of cusp, d 0 rs, 10c to 980 No 50 Beautlful des,gns cake plates Pr,ces from 18c to ljl1.98 No 8 Cups and Saucers, plaIn, fan-cy, g,lt, hand-pamtEd, 100 to 58c. No 53 Saltb and Peppers, 5c to 48c. --~~-. ---------- No4~2-.--- Umt furmshed to member, 40c. No-400 Umt furmshed to member, 40c No. 401 Umt furmshed to member, 40c. ------------------; ------------- lD'!IUIll.\1 Th,s berry set Is of varlOUS de-s, gn sand shapes The very be s t ,m,tatlon of cut glass Th,s set Is very brlght and spark. lmg. PrIce, 380. China Salad Dish and Examine Our Glass Ware. White Ware Cups. Saucers Celery..Tray. and Plates. No. 405. Umt furnished to member, 40c. Th,s Is one of our many d,f-ferent varletles m quallty and :s'nape m cups and sa u c er s Splend,d value Prlce per set of S'X, 480 and up These handsome new salad dishes are made m d'fferent s,zes and shapes and of art,stlc des,gns Very low prlce for a well fimshed salad bowl Prlce 18c to 350. This lemon squeezer 's the best mad e and eas,est t 0 k e e p clean It 's made of pure cry s t a I glass Accordmg to SIze, Sc, 10c, 150 Salad, Utlllty or Berry Bowl Beautifully tmted and decorated The most attractive bowl we have seen, prlce, cons,dered Prlces rang-mg trom SOc 700, 75c, 85c. The plates come m d'fferent s,zes and bhapes and m plam or elaborate decoratlOn A profitable mvestment S,zes, 6 m, 7 m, 8 m and 9 m 8 m, 50c a set and up Th,,~ handsome chma celery d,sh may be used for a pICkle d'sh or spoon tray The decoratlOns are very neat, sellmg at a low prlce 35c, 50c, 75c to ljll.50. '-------------- No 403. Umt furmshed to member, 40c. No. 404. Umt furnished to member, 40c. .,--------------- Flower Pot and~Jardinere.: nar~ains in Chimneys. I China Salad Dish and Berry Set. We carry only the best fimt lead glass ch,mneys, as the cheaper kind are dearer m the end, and never have the brllllancy of the best, even at the first and deterlOrate w,th age Ours are the best quallty and so guaran-teed. These useful flower pots can be had In all sizes The best kmd of a dish to put you r plants m Prlce, 5c, 10c, 15c, 200 and up. Extra fine salad bowl dellcately tmted chma. The decoration IS very pleasmg, cons,stmg of d,fferent flow-ers III their brIght and natural ,lors Prlces, 48c to ljIl.9S. These lamps ....1 p n all SIzes from 2So to fl.oo. Imported chma ~aiad, berry or Ice cream set Decorated w,th dehcately tmted flowers and green leaves ThIS Will please anyone wantmg ~ "ar-tlcularly mce set at a low prICe Set cons,sts of one bowl s,x dishes to match Prlces from ljll.75 to ljlS.OO. NO:-408 Unit furnished to member, 40c. Th,s new and handsome Jardmere Is made m varlOUS s,zes Can be had m plam or beautlfully decor· ated ware From 25c to ljl1.98. No406. ----' Umt furmshed to member, 40c. No. 407 Umt furnished to member, 40c Send all orders to the Secretary, Janesville, Minn. 1) lj] 111'0~tjJort tolclui the ddvalltages ot a 'otate a~:>OC1atlOnand said Ih 1 III l onljJld 111h had been ~etlled plomptly. He redd letter::, ,]]{)\\ 11<)\\ rU111jJbmh hail Deen ~ettled 111 other ~tates by a,',so I d IIf l >--t l utl\ t UJl11lmttee reponed that It had taken !]J IH '11\ l"t'gdl1lJn LJIthe 'odle ui turml11re by mdnllfactllrer~ to \ 1]) e~dle 11d]d\\ He dealers I :,, follu\\ 1l1g corrrrnttees were appomtecl RC':>olutlOn,--D ~ loster J A. Munchhof and J. E Ward. '\"ormnation;; - Albert Hutch11lson, Elmer Gay <md M. D. lone::,. p n"dent's dddtes,- H M. PurvIance, A J KIdd and J A FURNI~rURE DEr~LERS IN CONVENTION Eighth Annual Meeting of the Indiana Association--Addresses by President OiJar and O. H. 1... ,,,'"ernicke. Indiandpolts, July I-Ihdt the 1UllWLlt ljcd.~ ~ometh11lg to do wIth presen lllg the hOIl1t J d 1\C C )" boys and glrlS 1Il the :otratght dnd narr()\\ jldth \\ d' " Vle\\ expre""ed tuday by l,eLJIg ~ H Ul111 l I I 1 d 1,l plcsldent ot the 111dldna Retdl1 Hl'lllllU'l CUI\t]' I the Claypool hotel .\Ir UlldT "aId the 11l'll1'Url should cultIvate the taste ot the b1l\lll~ pubL:, 'h,I' tl!l '1, t of buymg furlllture that \'\ tll be :lttractr\ e In t~e Lon v, \ formed ThIS, he saId, would prt vent thf sop, dncl I dIll, 1 flam g011lg to other pla,e" at t~e nsk at tT1elr 111] 1, Mr Otlar advanced thl IdfJ I hat 'he J,"dlt b ,11 I' erate, and that more would be game d b} co opet aL, I'. t 1 1 hard competitIon and cut rate pnces He saId aI, rb'lt "1 dealers should patromze home 11lclu~tnes and ;;hOll.:1 bu' rftr lines of IndIanapolIs and IndIan" manufawil ('[- He he ~ • strong endorsement for advclthll1g, declanng that arhcrl"'l1L, was the spint of educatIOn, progrf,~ and a;l C01TmerCla ~r"lV1t} He urged, though, that advertlsem, nts be made to tLll t1,p " 1.), Speakmg du ectly at the aSSoClatl011 hr reCOI1l"1f'11Cl~, 11 the dues be mcreased, If necc~"dry, tu Pd\ tbe l>.,pelh, )+ 11 gamzation and a proper amount edlh ) lal to the "J."Gll 1 niture Dealers' AssoclatlOll \n01her suggeotlon 1,('- 11 Ie:, that m the futUl e, 1urmture dedl'rs \\ dl bl tC)l1l1(1 n1 1 1 the outer distncts of CIt1e~, \\he~e the} \\111 ha\e an p.e lJ'l'lj room. The welcoming adC:re~s for tLf furmture Jea1p-, \\ 1· C livered by Mayor Shank, \',ho saId +hat he l,ad he en 1'1 he 11' ness "both secoJ1d hdnd and ne'\ Thl 1 ay nr -d C J." that he was sa\mg hIS ma1l1 ,peech !Or the Udl1ljUll dl Lj( r-' Illan House He leromn1end( cl that the tUIllltl L Ie 1 l - patromze home mdustne~. ::'pcak1l1g 111 tun, the m,L\ (1 S"l I t dt when he was III the bus1l1ess he found that he co lid gel 1]1,)) Cf for furmture when he asked It, anel he Lbuall} llker! l'f ,.Hel, to put the pnce up to gIVE'room tor a bute elec~l hl "You are welcome to 1hc CIty, ~dlel thl nM Jl d'L t \n 1 want a key I have an olel rlht} une du 1\ n t 11' 'l "elt \1 ~1 Bookwalter left If you h,1\ c cl1.l1l1pagnt dt "-JllI L 11 (lilt" mght, don t gIve too much ot It to the l11dyOr L'fldUSf 1 'd' oj go home on tune and I want to go honw "ob,l III was by George C. Wyatt, 01 Rush,,]1e C. C Lafollete, secretary and trea"l1lr (1 tl1f )lb~]1 ~ .u' , \ lJltlng--Wllhal1l F Evans, C. F. Reed and Mr. Fick llmt\ :oeven members attended the opemng session. At noon the members went to the plant of the T. B. Laycock \J ctnufactunng CJmpany t:Jf lunch. IudlanapolIs, Ind, July 2-fhe eIghth annual conventIOn I jl, j ndlana RetaIl F url1lturf' Dealers' AssouatIOn held at [1, ( llypo, I Hotfl hete rnday was not marked by large at trllclanre, but the program was brim-full of mtt'restmg feat- 'es It \\ as a shut-sleeve convention, for before the program , as Tal ad\ ancfd, everyone from the president to the newest ll1emrJtr had removed hIS coat T 1ere \\ fl t several so,lal features included in the program ~1 uK da\, the dealers going to the big plant of the T B Lay-ork ::'Ianuta,tunng company at noon for lunch The tnp was lIude n "1JeC1al C,lr" and the lunch was served in the spaclOu" Ld ,1 1 ract', e Jmll1g room where hundreds of Laycock em- )1 I,e- eat then dally lunch. In the e\enmg a banquet \\a" ~ \ ell at t he Gel man 1-1ouse, m connection WIth which \\ a" ,2" en a band concert The attendance numbered about fifty J ca 1 er) \lay Of Samuel LeWIS Shank, who has been engaged 111 the 1l1' 1 1',11e busll1e"s many years, deln ered the address of \\ el- ~cme 111 hI" chalacten"tlc style, whIch kept the dealers 111 a _ C,J] 11uno and made them forget that the temperature was run cling the l1Inetv degree mark. President GHar's Annual Address. - III hIS d'll1Ual ddjres~, George H OIlar of Indianapohs, lhr (11I111g nrfslden;:, spoke as follows: ~_. -----_._--------------------- These Specialties acreused all Over the Warld "I Ven.eer Pre ..... , dtfferent kinds and .l~..(ate.ted.) Veneer Presses Glue Spreaders Glue Heaters Trucks, Etc" Etc, ~ Hand Feed Glueina Machin. (Pa_t pendia•• ) Man,. .t"I•• and .i •••• Wood·Working Machinery and Supplies Power Feed Glue S.readlnlr MachIne, Sln.le. Doubl. and ComblDahon. (Patented) (S,zel 12 Ill. to 14 ID wide) LET US KNOW YOUR WANTS CHAS. E. FRANCIS COMPANY, Main Office and Works, Rushville, Ind. - .. W •• tcLY AltTISAlJ It is self-evident that while it is a good thing to talk truth and principle, it is a greater thing to put it into practice in our every day experiences. Of course we should practice what we preach, but the fact that one fails m the practlCe of such teach-ing should not, sCIentifically speaking, make It any the less acceptable. I therefore, appeal to you to accept that which you know to be rIght, though you may know its advocator faIls m its practice. Appearing before you as your preSIdent, at this, our eIghth annual convention, reveals to me the hmltatlOns of my ablltty in executing the duties demanded from such an official. I assure you, however, I regard It an honor to thus address you. While it can be stated without fear of contradIctIon that it is an honor to be elected to high office of any merchants' organization, it IS especially true to be thus associated wIth the Indiana RetaIl Furniture Dealers' Associatwn, inasmuch as it was organized from an unselfish motive and had its inception in the belief that trade should not be allowed to concentrate through the influence of unfair competition. Having been present at the Chicago meeting at the organization of the Indiana Furniture Dealers' association, and having been more or less closely associated with its offi-cers ever since, I have perhaps felt a deeper interest in the welfare of this organization than under other circumstances would exist. Upon reflecting with the intent of establishing a line of thought for this address I could but ask, what can I say that will be worth while? For what are we organized? As an organization what are we accomplishing? Are we fully reahz-ing our opportunities? What should be our ideals? RevolVIng these queries in my mmd, many good thoughts were presented to view notwithstandlllg evidence of a pessimIstIC nature is ever to be seen If we but gIve It recognition Looking back-ward, though it may have no better purpose, it defines compan-sons and serves to remind us that in spite of our matter-of-fact attitude, we are going forward and getting farther and farther from selfish dominatIng motives. While we are eveI proud of the past, we are unsatisfied with the present. A retrospective view of commercIalism can but lend encourage-ment and enthusiasm to do better things. The comparative condition of things generally, thus conceIved, makes one mind-ful of the fact that we are living in a progressing and advanc-mg age. Man through the understanding of truth, law, prin-ciple and good is overcoming, conquering and finding his way to that station which he rightfully inherits and which gives him dominion over all things The inventions of travel, for mstance, for our convenience have evolved from the old stage coach and ox-wagon, the steam, electric, and gasoline engInes, through the application of which passengers and freight are now carried by land, sea and air at heretofore unheard of speed What is yet to be accomplished in this direction remains to be seen. Judging from the demand for motor vehicles we are only in the dawn of a great day. In 1896 one factory turned out thirteen auto-mobiles. During 1909we made 82,000 automobiles in approxi-mately three hundred factories. And still the demand is ahead of the production, and we have already reached a con-suming demand for aeroplanes. Things regarded at first as luxuries become, as time goes on, seeming necessities. In the handling of business old methods and equipment are giving way to the new and better. The business office of today would be tremendously handi-cappe. d without its mechanical accessories made possible through invention. As a thing is needed there is usually an inventor to meet the need. And so today we are able to expedite business transactions through the assistance of the. telephone, telepost, phonograph typewriter, adding 10 SPINDLE MACHINE ALSO MADE WITH 12, 15, 20 AND 25 SPINDLES. DODDS' NEW GEAR DOVETAI LING MACH I N E ThIS htUe machme has done more to perfeCt the drawer work of furnI-ture manufacturers than anythmg els .. m the furnIture trade For fifteen years It has made perfect fittmg, vermm-proof, dovetal1ed stock a pass1- blhty ThIS has been accomphshed at reduced cost, as the machme cuts dove-taIls m I'(angs of from 9 to 24 at one operatIOn It's what others see about your busmess rather than what you say about It, that counts m the cash drawer It'. the thnll of euthuslasm and the- true nng of truth you feel and hear back of tht wId type that makes you buy the thmg advertIsed ALEXANDER DODDS CO., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Represented by Schuchart & Schutt. al Berhn, V,enna, Stockholm and St Petenburg Represented by Alfred H Schutte at Cologne, Brlllle1., L.ege, Pan., Mdan and Bdboa Represented In Great Bnhan and Ir.land by the Ohver Maclnnery Co, F 5 Thompson, MIlT., 201-203 Dean.gate. Manchdler, England ~- ,II II .-_. .... .... Palmer's Patent C1uin!!:Clamps I The aboYe cut I. taken direct from a photo ......ph, ....d lib.... the ran&,e of oDe .Iso onIT. oar No.1, %4-lJwh Clamp. W. make .Ix other sl".... takIn&' In stock up to 60 Inch"" wide and % Inches thick. Oon I. the mo.t practical method of clampln&, &,lued stock In ... at tho prelent time. Hundreds of factorle. haye adopted our ".1' the past Tear aDd hundreds more will In the future. Let nl lIbow TOU. Let tl8 .eDd TaU the Dam. of Dearly 100 factorl_ (onlT a fractloD of our list) wbo haYe ordered and reordered ...-y time.. Proof po.ltlye our way .. the be.t. A POlt card will brln&' It, catalo&, Included. DOD't del..,., but write today. A. E. PALMER & SONS, Owosso, MICH. ~. ----- J 12 and b111mg machmes, loo"e leaf and card systems Why thl',e \\ onclertul 1111p1 0\ cmenb were not muse earher 1 ~ clue tu the fact that our p1 edecessors d1d not kllU\\ ho\\ to hay e them The forces and laws makmg these thmgs poss1ble have always eX1sted but the knowledge to apply them has not How then m the hght of these con-dItlOn:: can we agree w1th that old saymg, "Weare growing \\eakel and \\lSer~" \\'lsdom 1S knowledge and knowledge IS POl\ er and PO\\ er 1S not found m weakness. As we become \\ I~er, are \\ e not becommg stronger) ThIS a::,sembly 1S a gathenng of representative busmess men of our state, and each md1v1dual, I am sure, has a busmess mterest for the welfare not only of the capital city but for the ~t<lte at Id1ge fhe uiles of the country are growmg, largely th10ugh the mfluence exercised by the enterprising efforts of theIr respective merchants and commercial organizations \ \ hde \\e beheve 1t IS a good thmg to boost the city, we should not lose slght of the importance of lending a co-operative hand to the small to\\ nand farmmg interests. The city should gro\y but not at the expense of the farm. One of the para-mount neecls of the country today 1S a better support of or gamLed eftort to mterest the people, espec1ally the young men, m the lmportance of sC1entific farm productIOn. The \ orth \ \ estern :i\1111e1,one of the high m111mg authonties, m ItS b::,ue at ::\larch 23 saId "1he problem of glving the masses bread 1S becommg the question of the hour." A'i the populatIOn of the country increases so must 1ts 1e::,ources Consen atlOn of our natural resources 1S ObVlOusly \ er) llnportant and a thmg to be encouraged, but where 1t 1S madequate to meet the need \\ e find the supply through mven-l10n dnd manufactUle In a sense Me and hab1ts are mfluenced 1)) 111\entlOn'3 \\ e can :oee that rapId trans1t for mstance I::> changmg our \\ a) s m both the C1ty and country. It 1S reltev-mE: the congested parts of the cIty and at the same time plant-mg beautJful homes throughout the rural d1stncts. QUlck t1ansportat1On is leadmg the city folks from the necess1ty of the roof garden to the choice of a real field park One \Y1th an automob1le can now live m the country with 1tS whole-some atmosphere and natural beauty and be about his place of bus mess m the Clty w1th much less effort than could be possIble \\ 1thout such convenience and living say only a half 11111efrom h1S shop or office \\ hat rap1d transIt 1S dOlng for the residence d1strict, 1t lan abo do for the busmess d1stnct Great possibilities yet to be attained m the proper display of furniture and its acces- :oanes will be realized when the retail stores will build thei1 busmess upon that foundation which w1ll give them the "trength to move out \\ here they can have ample room for the proper display of the1r wares at even lower rent rates than the) now must pay. I belteve the automobile is the vehIcle \\ hich will help to bring about this change. The great operation of trade consists fundamentally in the plOle'3~ at plOcluct1On and d1'itnbutlOn Whlle these actiVIties mU:ot b\ the nature of thmgs be co-existent, the great commer- LId] problem 1'i not so much that of producing as disl nbhtmg \ moment" reflectlO11 \\ 111rev eal the fact that the sellmg or d1:otn buting forces a1 e perhaps the greatest activities in the \\ olld Dlstnbution 15 the work of most of us most of the tune E\ er) man \\ hether a store keeper, manufactun.r, law- ) er preacher, or \\ hatsoever has something to sell and his ~ucce')s matenall) depends upon his ability to persuade the people to purchase at a profit. Of all the fields of distnbutlOn the retall furniture dealer pO"::'lbh occupIes the most des1rable, viz' the home It is the happy prn liege of the furniture dealer to endow the homes of the commumty in which he lives with articles of furnish-mgs \\ h1ch contribute to the physical comfort, artistic taste, WEEKLY ARTISAN ROLLS ...._.- .... --_. For Bed Caps, Case Goods, Table Legs and many other purposes; in Gum, Mahogany and Quartered Oak Veneers. The Fellwock Auto & Mil!. Co. EVANSVILLE, INDIANA ----_. -------~1 I . IIII II• ,• ,, III _______ --.II I 1725-1739 Dickson Street, CHICAGO, ILL. ---------------- - - - - - - .. - - .. Manuf.eturers of Embolled and Turned Mould· in 1'&, Embo .... ad and Spindle CarvIn.-., and AutomatIc TurnID"" We also manu fadure a large line of Embollad Ornament. for Couch Work. ..--- - - --- --- _ ...--- -- - - - - - - ------------ ---~-- -.-------~ FOX SAW DADO HEADS SMOOTHEST GROOVES FASTEST CUT LEAST POWER LONGEST LIFE GR.EATEST R.ANGE QUICKEST ADJUSTMENT LEAST TROUBLE PERFECT SAFETY Also Machine Knlve.r. Miter Machine •• Etc. 185 N. Front Street. Grand Rapids. Mlch '- • - - - - ., - - , - - .II We'll iladly tell you all about It. PERMANENT Ee JNOMY FOX MACHINE. CO. WEEKLY ARTISAN and refinement of his patrons We as furniture dealers should realize that it is our duty to educate the trade to buy house-hold furnishings of the style :md quality that will make the home the most attractive place in the world for the boys and girls In some instances at least, if the homes had the attrac-tion they should have, the saloons and dance halls would lose their influence over the youth of the country. We think of furniture and decorative textiles not so much as articles of mvention as of evolution Much of both the good and bad has from time to time been designed but throngh education the good designs of all periods are rapidly displacmg the meaningless and worthless in the cheaper grades of furni-ture as well as the more expensive. The manufacturers in the last two decades have made wonderful improvements in the style and construction of furniture which through the channel of education is reaching the high mark of popularity. The designer who gams recognition today must draw his inspira-tion from that which is based upon simplicity and usefulness Heppelwhite, Sheraton, Chippendale, Morris, and the Adam brothers, were men vv ho had a true conceptlOn of what good furmture should be, and their creations found a ready market among the nobility and most intelligent people of Europe, especially of France and England, the influence of which, be-cause of its goodness can never be lost. The more rapidly population increases the larger be-comes the interest qf commerce. With longer distances to cover, new countries to supply, and the steady increase in demand, comes the necessity of larger capital and the merging of common interests. And so we have today large and small corporatIOns, labor unions, and trade orgamzatlOns The business interests of the world have developed to the degree that if one industry wishes to speak as It were to another, it IS made through the channel of orgamzation Organization is as natural as the findmg in each other things and points in common and is a natural result of growth Indeed it seems to be an irrevocable law that men become associated through the recognitIOn of common mterests Upon this law is founded the family, the city, the state and the nation. It is the origin of religion, politics and government It is the manifestation of the brotherhood of man and the great "melting pot" that in the millennium will bring all to the one correct point of view Through conventions and meetings similar to this thought is crystallized and a composite opinion is reached which if acted upon usually brings about improved conditions. As a merchants' organization we should face conditions as they are with the view of displacing poor methods with good ones We should point out some of the errors of heated rivalry in competition and get together in improving the relations and methods of business men I believe competition forces that which might be naturally and easily accomplished through co-operation The co-operative in lieu of the competitive prin-cipleworks for good by eliminating many itemsof expense that are necessary under competitive methods. For instance by doubling of forces, competition in advertising could be reduced through co-operation, and the ultimate price to the consumer might thus be made less. While the old saying that "compe-tition is the life of trade" is in a measure true, I do not belIeve that price-cutting competition works to either the good of the dealer or the consumer It is a question whether or not dealers using cut price leaders are rendenng the greatest good to the greatest number. It is apparent that with the cutting of prices among dealers comes the lowering of quality standards among manu-facturers. Fortunately it seems the number of people who are demanding a better quality of goods are steadIly increasll1g and the dealers are thus being forced to grade their stocks accordingly. Stores which allow their stock to be guided en-l ~, -_-___-- .. 4_----_. __ . • • • .._-. ., UNION FURNITURE CO. ROCKFORD, ILL. China Closets Buffets Bookcases We lead in Style, Conftru~on and Finish. See our Catalogue. Our nne on permanent exhibi-tion 7th Floor, New Manufact-urers' Bwldmll' Grand Rapids. t. . . • -.OA1 ~-_ _ .. -.- _--_ .. -----_.-.-._-- . "_a_ ......... I w ••• •• REVERSIBLE AND ONE-WAY CUTT£RS The Shimer Reversible Cutters for Smgle 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-inexpensive-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 I made drawing. Address SAMUEL J. SHIMER &. SONS, MILTON, PE-N-N-SY_ L.V.AN-IA - -.•-..- .., '" - HOFFMAN BROTHERS CO. FT. WAYNE. IND. HARDWOOD LUMBER I SAWED} QUARTERED OAK { VENEERS SLiCED AND MAfiOGANY •". ..------- _.. . . \ 13 I.. 14 WEEKLY ARTISAN ...._ . No 1711 .- ..... No. 1705-1705 New designs in the Louis XVI Style. WRITE FOR SAMPLES AND PRICES. GraQd ~apids Brass GRAND RAPIDS, MIOH. <00. .. .. tirely by the public demand are' ery apt " d' it \~P'~'1I\, should have a fi'Ced pllrpo~e in the atlamTY'rn" ~t "1;::1 pr in educating the trade throt1~h their -dle~mE"l .1wl ri i c·,~ t ::, The handling of the cheap and shodcy. nc matH" \ , price, brings trouble to the dealer On the at lpr ';21 C' C', " buting the good and durable bn\l~s reputati'JD a'1d '"L r', Notwithstanding somi' attnhute the hid' ,J" to large capital, the records go tn prO\ e L'1e c 'ltran \1, factured articles upon a large scale are In '11dn} ",,,to' r • becoming lower pnced through sral1dardizatwl ,f par'., \- proved machlllery and resourcefdne"s of pm\ er ,Y',,' p 'F' tain matenah 8ppcar tn he 111CrC,rS1llg111\cnLJGu C'r ,0( 1 with manufacturing, i" keeping pari' \\ nl' 'h-ce""lt \ - r bupplying the seemIng lack crearerl b\ ('( n<:,umot'r n Hrgh cost in some 111st;rnces nG douht rs dll~ 0 i'lit (-b ahle profits, but we Cdn l1nl t11enl r\leA];\ rC1r~, 'I, "- t1m, The Sterling furniture Co. MARTIN BROCKMAN Manufacturers (lr IIIIII • Parlor Furniture Frames 1509-1511 North Halsted Street CHICAGO Telephone Lmcoln 5685 CJI Our New Line is now ready. market, do not fail to see it. CJI Our Specialty IS Overstuffed Davenport Frames, English Style. nt \f~ tn t0E' ClST or hvrng any more than we can charge a los~ h, thef~ to expense As some one has said the handicap is 1'0 ~() mucr the' hrgh cost of living as the cost of high IlVing 1r Sll'W how the hrgh cost of living is largely an exaggerated ',eIref 1 quote a pOl tron of an address gIven by Senator ~hdl1nrC\ \1 De'pe\\ at a d111ner grven III celebration of his -r,t)o bJrthddv Senator Depew is quoted as fonows' "We ~n, \\ a camel rdn sO \\ lthout water for two weeks, but who \cl'1t- rJ be a ramel':>" [, b not m} prov rnee to dictate how one should run hrs 1}t\~lnE:SS That is an individual problem It may however nc In "rdet to point out some principles that, in the hot ra,e ,r h l~'neSS arf b, many of us, especially in the larger cities, 111hlt lO [W 0\ erlooked One of these is the prevalent method (1 :1 i\ enrsing T \\ 0u1d <:a'ybefore going further that t am a firm believer , riel \ t "isir~ A.dvf'rtising is the spirit of education, progre~s. Ild r ~cti\ rn Advertising, however, to my mind ceases to "t 1 \ c It- pllrpnse when it departs from facts, truth and educa- < 11)11 n'e p'lrpose of advertising is to attract trade and if it 111., n this mbsron it is not the fault of advertising, but the ,\ et\ 111 \\ hich it is conclucted The lavish waste of newspaper - ) II c c1f'dlrm.; 111 superlatives, bombast and exaggeration would ~ 1-cd alon~ educatIOnal lines have a tendency to bring the 1m t11rf' industry up to the place it deserves. There is not a -I tl J, 1 e ne\"l sparer carrying such exaggerated advertising that \\ l1l\-1 .-lel1berateh advocate, editorially or otherwise, the III :1ClIC(, of Inhrepn'sentation and exaggeration Neither is l,erc rin ,mployer here who would permit one of his salesmen I ,,11 Icl before a CLl<,tomer and make the claims and represen dtll th \\ Lrch Me prevalent in some (f our current newspaper <tel \ "rti.,rng It \\ould be found, too, that moderation in the 'f' f adve1'ti ..ing- spac~ would in no wise curtail the earnings WEEKLY ARTISAN 15 of the advertising medium, bec31.:'3<m: any of the smaller mer-chants, who are now claim ng to their customers how they have an advantage becaus~ the large advertiser is obliged to add this big item of exppnse to his selling prices, would no longer turn their back to newspaper advertising but would rome in with their due proportion. From much of the present day advertising one would jud8"e that about all the people care to know about a piece of furniture is the price The space is used in talking price wt 'reas we need to tell more of the quality, construction and dei'irability of the goods, thus developing the demand for our We :\;s The current advertlsipg as carried in our national magazines subordmates the price and is an object lesson well worth our careful attention. Jt costs both time and money to acquire experience The only reason apparent for not broadcasting our business ex-perience is the thought of giving up a point of advantage to a competitor. Business selfishness is our greatest stumbling block Two great eradicators of selfishness is the association and the trade paper From these sources we are inspired to attain a higher standard from which we see after all it pays both morally and materially to help the other man along. al-though he may be catering to the same kind of business Un-fair competition comes through a selfish rivalry between dealers and will cease when we realize that we hold the key to the situation through our ability and opportunity to enlarge the demand through educational advertising. It is authoritatively stated the consumption of furni-ture at the present time amounts to the paltry sum of approxi-mately $1 50 per capita per annum. Of all the commodities furniture in importance stands near the foot of the class, where-as, owing to the bearing it has upon our moral influence, it should be at the top. The redeeming feature of the situation is to see how little is necessary to increase this demand Think what it would mean if the demand for furniture were increased 25 per cent. Instead of using hard measures in beat-ing the other fellow to a sale we need to put forth a worthier effort in increasill~ the demand through educatlOn OUt future success depends largely upon our work now. We cannot expect a bountiful harvest without giving due attention to first the plantin~ and then the cultivating. The association of the future, I imagine, will spend les" tim,' in fighting mail order houses, soap clubs, premium con-cerns, etc, and more time and some money along the lines of educational advertising. Does the mail order house hold a point of advantage ove! the average retail dealer? If so, find this point of advantage, and destroy it by mer:-ting the proposition and you will find thep> is still a chance of selling other things which vour cus-tomer dors not find in the mail order catalogue The "ame principle can he applied in meeting local competition If a competttl'r :fj your town comes out with an article which ha" been selltn~ for $1200 and advertises it at $975 don't trv to beat it hut simply meet it and thereby destroy the advantage This, it occurs to me, is the best way in which to regulate the tendency of trade to centralize, and while the margin of profit on advertised leaders is indeed narrowed down to an unprofitable basis it will in due course come up to the neces-sary price required to maintain a business, or the advertised article will be dropped. While these points of advantage are being successfully met, others are continually arising. One of the conditions which is now confronting the retailer is the unfair competition developed through the channel of the large hardware cata-logues These wholesale hardware houses issue catalogues covering lines so comprehensive that many lines of furniture (Continued on Page 17) L .~.-----_._--' -- _.---._----------------, i Mechanics Furniture Co. Rockford, llJinoi. Makers of FINE and MEDIUM BUFFET No 194 II• I'--------_._-_._---------_ ..... Dining and Library Furniture SEND FOR NEW CATALOGUE. Our fullime on exhIbIt 3d Hoor. 1319 Michigan Ave., CHICAGO . , .. J~h~~~~ "Ch"~irCo""1. 4401 to 4531 West North Ave., CHICAGO Makers of the BEST MEDIUM and HIGH GRADE line of CHAIRS in the West. III l ----.----_.-- . - . . . . III •I• ----------~I Our new Catalogue Will be mailed to any responsible furniture dealer on request. It shows the latest patterns of the most seasonable goods. j - --- - - - - - - ------- ------------------------, 16 tem affords, he must provide it. Dealers in house furnishing goods have never looked upon the plan with favor. l1hey seerr;mgly prefer to keep the business in their own hands, as-summg full responsibility and keeping in touch with custom-ers Besides the advertising value of the delivery outfits em-ployed must not be overlooked WEEKLY ARTISAN MICHIGAN ARTISAN COMPANY 'U.SC"I"'TION .1 .0 "'E" YEA" ANYWHE"E IN THE UNITED STATES OTHE" COUNT",E•• 2 00 "'E" YEA". SINGlL.ECO",IE' SCENT. PU.L.ICATION O,..,..ICE. 101-112 NOPHH DIVISION ST. G"AND RA,,"IDS. MICH, A. 5 WHITE, MANAGINGlEDITO" Entered as .econd class matter, July 5, 1909, at the post office at Grand Rapids Michigan under the act of March 3 1879 CHICAGO REPRESENTATIVEE L.EVY Take off your hats to this fello\\, yoU manufacture 10: and sellers of furniture You may not ha\ e met hIm, but hf JS coming your way. \\ hen he arrn es you \\ 111 be glad tc meet him. You will gIve him JOy rides and game dmners and champagne You \\ ill introduce him to Jour \\ 1\ eo: dnd daughters, perhaps, and J ou \\ 111h"ten patlenth to the \\ 01 d~ he v, ill utter You \\ 111gl an 1. almost an) demand he ma \ 1113ke cheerfully, and when he 1110ves on ;, ou \\ 111 bId hIm dn affectionate adieu \Vho IS he, you a"k' The buyer of 19')n A plan for co~ope1 ative deln ef) IS eAp1ained 111 detal1 ~\ J J Ryan, "ecretaly of the GeneJ a1 \Ierchanto: a~~OClatl011 n Minnesota Mr Ryan declares that retaIl merchants men derive much benefit b) co-operatmg 111 the deln en of good" sold. In the little town of Zumbrota, the :OJstem has 1;e('n 111 operation six years, and letters from merchants co-operatmg in the system express satIsfaction with then eApenence The manager of the clehvely charges each merchant for "en Ice on the basis of the work done The 1.0\\ n IS diVIded mto sec tion"" two deliveries are made in each sectlOn 1.\\ Ice da11) TIle savir:g to each merchant participating may be estImated b) deducting from the expense account, the cost of keepmg each delivery rig, and the man or men in charge of the same The merchan ts are relieved of all delivery tJ oubles and anno\- ances. The consumer is taught not to expect an} thing that is unreasonable and no store gives better sen ice than an other. If the consumer wants service qUIcker than the sy~ \ ",tor) IS told of a melchant who gamed a l<Jt of good \\ 111and the trade that naturally follo\\ ed by inVIting the people congregated In hIS doors dunng a rain storm, into hIS store. The storm la"ted nearly an hour and the pe<Jple naturally took an Intel e~t 111 the good,., on sale The propnetor met the people at the door and e',.tended a cOld1al welcome to them Located on the same street a C<Jmpetltor of the wise merchant noted, in structed hIS porter to sweep out the entrance where a crowd had congregated, and raise as much dust as possible, thereby forc-lllg the people to move. It is easy to imagine what the unfortu nate_ thought and said when forced out into the storm Thf' hattle tOl bu,me"s IS half won when a merchant can induce the people to enter hIS store and make them feel comfortable and the 111c1dent related carries ItS own lesson '\. great deal of ~entlment has been observed by Mr. \\ ermcke, 111 the furniture trade. A single Instance serves to ,hem ho\\ deep IS the attachment of an 1l1dlV1dual for a tour po"t bed that had been used in the famIly of a Vn- ~l111all a number of centunec; Age had destr<J)ed the use tullle-~ of the beel hut the owner shIpped the matenal of \\h1ch It had he en Lon~tructeJ to the Macey company and requested that the "3mc be 11,ecl 111 the comtruction of a bookcase. The ,[acn c01l1pam does not employ men possessed of the skrll nj the a\ erage \' oman, \\ho, \\ith a sa\\, a hammer and a fe\\! II He natl~ can com ert a washt11b Into a grand plano, and the orcle1 \\ a- refused \ e1\ fn\ houseo: are fell mshed throughout in One style, d - 1~ commonly the practIce in the old world The craving for \ a11ety stIrn ula teo: the manufacturers 111 the purSUIt of 110\elt1e' Tradltlon counts for but little in the new world The quaInt D11tch Intenors of Holland, the artistIc "hapes lllr1 l1Ch decoratIOns of France and the modIfi.ed MIssion q\ Ie" ma\ be a",~embled under one roof and so dlstnbuted that Jt there IS a lack of harmony it IS scarcely apparent. Be- C1u,e the populatIOn of the Umted States is "so dIfferent," we are the gl eatest people known to civilizatlOn \11 th111gS conSIdered, the house fur11lshmg goods made 111 the Lmted States, are the most vaned 1n style. the mo"t practIcal and the cheapest of any 111 the world. Our sup rem ac\ 1'- 0\\ lllg to the large vanety of domestic woods suit 1ble 1m u"e 111 the manufacture of fur11lture and we have the la1ge"i market for beautIful th111gs and in the pursuit of the nO\ el and 11<;eful ll1 deSIgn the whole world i'l periodIcally 1 an ~acked h\ our manufacture1 s It IS a great industry and gl eat men a1 e neCeSSa1) to handle it. KnO\\ 1l1g hl~ "'lock IS essentIal fOl success in the hfe (If the 1eta11 salesman Selling an article that a salesman kno\\" all about IS easy ll1 companson with an attempt to 'ell an artIcle of \\ h1Ch the salesman knows nothing There are men 111 the furnIture trade who are able to distingUIsh I11aho~al1\ from oak, and that is about the sum and total of t11 e1r kno\\ ledge of the business Great merchants are not made of men who are by nature ea"J1y d1",COUlaged or who are satisfied with near-success WEEKLY ARTISAN FURNITURE DEALERS IN CONVENTION. (Continued From Page 15) are sold at wholesale in retail lots in competition many times with a retail dealer carrying on his floor the same goods. How this condition is to be met is a problem up to the manufacturers and the state and national retail associations. Recommenda-tions intended to correct this condition I am informed have already been made by some manufacturers to these large job-bers and it is believed that the matter will ultimately be satisfactorily adjusted. So far as the Indiana furniture dealers are concerned, there is practically no need of the furni-ture jobber. We only need to realize our good fortune in having in the city of Indianapolis as well as throughout the state manufacturers making all kinds and grades of furniture quite sufficient in quantity, quality and style to supply most of the demands of us all. \Ve as dealers need to understand that because of this adequate service we are in a position to serve the public in a highly satisfactory manner by patronizing our Indiana manu-facturers. It occurs to me that the necessity of the existence of the furniture jobber comes through the lack of dealers an-ticipating their needs and giving their orders in advance direct to the manufacturer. Primarily the condition that gives the jobber a place in distribution is the fact that upon certain lines of furniture the manufacturer has two or three prices which are governed by the quality. You will be reminded here that the higher the quality of furniture the less liable it is to pass through the hands of the jobber proving that manufacturers of strictly quality goods do not have discounts for quantity orders. The question naturally arises, is it right to let quantity regulate price? Of course it is not difficult to see how the manufacturer can save by producing in large quantities but is that any reason why there should be these various quantity prices? We all know that many of the manufacturers of high quality case goods, for instance, are the same on prices whether the order is for a single piece or a car load. One of the questions which is of very great importance to the furniture dealer and manufacturer is that of freight rates. Our association is a channel through which all members can protest against any proposed advance and our incoming officers and executive committee should have the support of all members by responding quickly in writing to your local representatives of our state legislature setting forth your views when the question comes to an issue. Inasmuch as the consumer always pays the freight, it is easy to show the gen-eral public their interest in this question and get their co-operation also. It is to be hoped that the retail furniture industry of the United States will awaken to the importance of the work before it. The greatest need of our association, it occurs to me, is a more decided interest among all dealers. The association needs them as members and they need the association. It is befitting an organization of business men to have that financial support which will easily meet all of its expenses without call-ing upon outside assistance. I would therefore recommend that your incoming officers and committees give careful atten-tion to the advisability of increasing our annual dues to a sum quite sufficient to meet all the needs of our association, even to paying all or a part of the expense of delegates to our national conventions. It is important that we keep our national per capita tax paid up promptly as it falls due, and until the immediate needs of the national association are met. I would recommend that if it is necessary Indiana should contribute to the nationel treasury by subscription, an amount consistent with our mem-bership. Let us keep in mind the importance of co-operative The Bff and Bff Line Buffet8?1 THE LINE THAT EVERYBODY BUYS Seasonable Furniture for the Dining Room. Music Room, Parlor, Boudoir, Dressing Room, Hall and Bath Room. China Oosel 866. Fulliine shown in the Furniture Exhibition Building, Grand Rapids, also in Chicago and New York. Send for our New Catalogue No. 38. Rockford Frame and Fixture Co. Rockford Illinois ". ..._ . ..... --.... 17 1\ I 18 WEEKLY ARTISAN "The Satisfactory Kiln" is the title that we have adopted for our KILN, for the reason they are so satisfactory to our numerous customers. THE SIDMAN COMPANY ROCHESTER NEW YORK VENTILATING and HEATING ENGINEERS SOLE OWNERS OF THE DRY KILN WE WILL TELL YOU ABOUT IT BRANCH OFFICE: 40 MARKET ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. affihation wIth the NatIOnal Retal1 FurnIture Dealer'~ asso clation and be ever ready to assist financIally and othen\ ISC in the work to be done. The difficulty as officers of our assoCIation IS to find tllne to push association work The offices are usually filled b\ men who because of the active part which they take in theIr business have little time for anythl11g else So great an 111- dustry as the furniture business representing so much wealth could afford to put thIS organization upon such a basis that a national secretary of the very highest ability could be main-tained This movement is in the minds of the national execu-tive committee and a plan has been suggested by \\ hlch if adopted, it is beheved that the National RetaIl Furniture Dealers' association wIll become an educational head for all its members, and because of ItS very existence many of the trade evils that now appear will, through publicity, be de strayed. I beheve we are coming to realize more and more that the interests of dealers, manufactmers and travell11g salesmen are absolutely the same If om interests are mutual it is eS'ien-tial that we work together and that our conventions offer the opportunity for all to exchange views relative to the business in general. Rotation in office is an attribute of life and activity and therefore a thing to be desired and encouraged in am live organization Recognizing this fact, I respectfully request that your nominating committee note that under no circum- ,;tances am J a candidate for re-election I wish also to take this opportunity of stating that the t" a years I have "en ed vou as your secretary and the one year as your president, have been replete with pleasant duties and valued experiences I wish also to express my appreciation of the generous compliment extended by the members of this association, and the heal t.\ co-operation of your officers, executIve committee and worthy secretary as well as lay-members Although you may forget all else I have said, T would 111 closing lea\e with you this thought: We as business men orgal11zed or unorganized will prosper exactly in proportion to our recogl11tlOn of the welfare of our patrons, and the rights of our competItors GIve the public the very best at your com-mand in quality and service Giving comes before receiving. and IS an act punf} ing in its value. If you want more business, gl\ e \ our customer better value, and service. If you want more out of the your association, put more into it and you will recei\ e in multiples. Mr. Wernicke's Address. 'VaItel J 0" en of Detroit, Mich, president of the National RetaJ! Furniture Dealers' association, was to have been on the afternoon program for an address, but was unable to be present The pnnClpal address of the afternoon was gi \ en b) 0 H. L vVernicke of Grand Rapids, Mich., who adyocated greater attention to stuff of higher price and quality, declaring it was upon such articles that the furniture men obtained their profits. "I presume that a clothier makes a greater percentage of profit on an article selling at $20 than on one selling for fifty cents," said Mr Wernieke, "and the same thing is true in the furniture trade I can remember when we sold a sectional hook case that bsted at $1 7S with seventeen per cent off and the dealers complained they couldn't afford to sell them, be-fau,; e the profit ",as small, and it didn't pay them to talk much to sell ,;ueh an article When we proposed to raise the price of that same article they complained that whereas it was form-erl} pOSSIble to sell it for $2, it was impossible to sell it at $250 WEEKLY ARTISAN 19 "Now we are selling almost as much in dollars of higher grade stuff, articles selling at from $4 to $15, as of the cheaper stuff. Now when a customer goes into a store for a cheaper article. the dealer says, 'all right they are $2 each, how many do you want, here they are,' and the sale is made. Then he can glVe more attention to talking to another customer about a higher grade article, on which there is a greater per cent of profit. It is up to the manufacturer to co-operate with the dealer in educating the consumer to buy higher grade and higher priced furniture. "There is a great deal of sentiment in connection with the furniture trade I remember when you could buy a spinning wheel for $1 every wagon maker and cabInet maker made them and sold them for a dollar. Now when we see a spin-ning wheel it recalls the days of our grandmothers and our mothers and we want one and gladly pay $5 for it, just to gratify a wish to have one because of its associations "Not long ago a man in Virginia shipped us an old four post bed that he wanted made into a book case It was im-possible to convert the bed into a book case, but it shows how sentiment enters into the furniture trade. But for the memor-ies of former associations that man would not have shipped that bed half way across the country to have it made into a book case. "There are many little stories that are interesting which can be told in connection with furniture, why certain designs have been made, etc. For instance there is a certain chair made without arms, because it was designed in the days when women wore hoop skirts and the chair has been made in that style since. It interests the customer far more to tell her why the chair was designed as it was than to' merely say the price of that chair is $375 and you can't buy one like it any place else for $4. "The tendency is toward more intelligence in the intro" duction and sale of furniture. There is a tendency to abandon the drag net methods of the past. One of the large questions in connection with the trade, is that of larger profits There is one concern in Indiana making kitchen cabinets. It is not an old concern, yet it is making more money than some com-panies that have been in business for forty years. "Women had been cooking in kitchens for a century be-fore this company began making kitchen cabinets, but when this company began advertising women were soon talking about kitchen cabinets and buying them. ----. --~--- -----·-----~1 II I I,I ..... We Manufacture tile Larllelt Line of Folding Chairs In the Umted States, sUitable for Sun day Schools, Hails, Steam-ers and all publIc «sorts We also manufacture Brass Trimmed I r 0 n Beds, Spring Beds, COrl and Cribs In a large variety I Send f.r Catal.gue I and Prl<tI t. II I KAUffMAN I MfG. CO. t ASHLAND. OHIO I .....----------.------------~-- I,II ....I "Associations such as this one can do a great deal of good without attempting to do too much along a specific line. Meeting should be held more often and methods whereby manufacturers can be induced to give greater publicity to their products The time is coming when trademarks will come into more prominent use 111 the furniture trade, when manufacturers will state at what prices articles are to be sold. "For instance take the carpet sweeper. When a woman goes to buy a carpet sweeper, she usually asks for a Bissell and it is because she has seen the Bissell advertised. Yet, I am told, dealers do not think of selling these sweepers below a certain price. "It is no injustice to the consumer to have the manufact-urer fix the price, for ultimately the article can not sell for more than it is actually worth" The association adopted resolutions of sympathy because of the death of Thomas Madden and Joseph T. Bailey, former Indianapolis manufacturers, who died during the last year. A resolution was also adopted to have a list of members of the association mailed to each member, and another resolution that received favorable action was one calling on a dealer in one town to furnish credit information relative to a customer moving from his town to another place. Officers were elected for the ensuing year as follows: President-Co C Lafollette, Thorntown. First Vice President-George C. Wyatt of Rushville. Second Vice President-John Heynes, Evansville. Secretary and Treasurer-James M. Chappell, Westfield Executive Committee-H. W. Dowds, North Vernon; R. D. Leatherman, Tipton; Gus Recker, Indianapolis; D. N. Fos-ter, Fort Wayne; Albert Hutchinson, Indianapolis and "Cal" Barnhill, Crawfordsville. Several members of the as'>ociation participated in the voluntary talks pertaining to thf' good of the organization The question of selling goods at uniform prices in-stead of cut rate competition sales was discussed It was de-cided to invite traveling men selling furniture in Indiana to become associate members of the organization The election of delegates to the convention of the National Retail Dealers' Furniture association, with which the Indi-ana association is affiliated, wa'- left to the executive com-mittee This committee also will select the place for the 1911 state convention The Hoosier spirit reigned at a banquet at the German House last night, and practically every speaker told of the advantages of patronizing IndIana manufacturers. Vari,)us methods of advertising were discussed, all the speakers agree- 111gthat nothing boosts the retail trade so much as a hberal use of printer's ink Elmer F Gay of this city was toast-mastel He called upon D N Foster of Ft. Wayne, George H Ollar of this cIty. Robert P Smith of -:\1:arion,James F Grafftey of Indlanapohs, Wilham Patton of Martinsville and others for impromptu speeches in relation to methods for furthering the l11terests of the retail men's orgaUlzation and the furmtUl e business 111 general T B Laycock of this city was called upon to speak fDm the manufacturer's standpolllt Mr Laycock adVIsed the re-tail men to buy from factorie<' 111 their own cities when pos-slble, and for articles not manufactured in their cities to patroUlze IndIana manufacturers Some bachelors have never married because of heart fallure. and others because of cold feet A woman never considers a man lackUlg III intelligence if he has enough to admire her . 20 WEEKLY ARTISAN r-~e:~:"~~~--~ ix-···-·.-·.---- ---- -- - I~---------.- ------------------ - ..-------------_._._._.-.-- __ _-------_ ..-- ..--.-. No. 694. 48 in. top. No. 687. 60 in. top. Others 54 in. top. 8 Foot Duostyles ANY FINISH CHICAGO DELIVERIES Lentz Table Co. NASHVIllE, MICHIGAN A Nine Months' Dating Askea. A great deal of indignatIOn is bemg expres.,ed, some of it qUietly, some very openly, over a proposItIOn made by a big concern which IS about to open an Immen,e department st01 e, to the manufacturers, local as well as out-of-town That the offer was pretty general is eVIdenced by the fact that it was made through a prInted shp, not WrItten nor typewritten, but printed It ",as in effect that the company wanted to buy goods on Apnl 1, 1911, dat-ing In other words thIs concern has been advertl31ng that it would probably open its immense store in September and the furniture department with the rest, which is under the charge and management of one of the best known furniture men in the country SupposJng the opening does not take place until the last of September, that would give the com-pany October, November, December, January, February and March, six of the best business months of the year in which to sell the goods, get their money for them and then hand over to the manufacturer the p1ttance he ought to have re-ceived thirty days from date of inVOlce at the most, deducting of course the usual discount for cash. Most retail furniture men aim to turn their stock over at least four times a year, many do better than that, but even at four times, this would give the new company a chance to turn its stock over twice in the six months while it is doing business on money that be-longs to the manufacturer. How many manufacturers gave the concession no one knows outside of the interested partie'S themselves. That some manufacturers would grant the con-cession is to be expected; that some of them turned the proposition down quickly and coldly is well known It has been quite a while since anything quite so startling has been sprung by a retail establishment. Of course the promoters figure that the "people never get much in thIs world unless they ask for it" Certainly no manufacturer would give them mne months time unless he were asked to. It was expected that there would be some refusals, and of course by the same token some manufacturers would grant It Some years ago, it was not an uncommon thing for furniture manu-facturers to give dealers, more especially Installment dealers, two or three months dating and then g1ve sixty days time on top of that, but among some of the good things accomplIshed by :.he National Furmture Manufacturers' associatIOn, one was the abolition of such terms, puttmg the busmess on a better basis, at least so far as terms were concerned It was .-. .._. ......- .----.., .-~ 'Supposed that such long time on bills was forever passed, and It \'>111be mterestmg to know Just how many manufacturers will give this April 1, 1911, dating. As stated some will. In thb connectIOn there always comes to mmd an experience told by l\Ir Barnhart, one of the old time buyers, later mana-ger of the factory of the Nash, Knox & Hubbell company, 'imLe known as the Banta Furniture company. "Barney" was the manager of the factory, and the same man who is now representing the concern mentioned above who is asking for the April 1, 1911, datmg was buyer for a big store. He furn-ished "Barney" with specifications for a lot of tables, 100 if the memory of the writer serves him right, though it may have been 500 He made an offer for the tables whkh was somethmg hke $9 25. Mr. Barnhart very carefully figured them and had his superintendent do the same, and found that they would actually cost him twenty-five cents per table more than the price offered, without one cent for profit; "and yet" said Mr. Barnhart with perhaps more emphasis than elegance, "some d--n fool took the order and made them at that price" So in th1s case some foolish manufacturers will prob-ably have acceeded to this very unique request for nine months dating. One manufacturer said: "Yes, I was offered an order for $5,000 on this basis There was no quibble about the price, the styles were nght, everything was right but they wanted nme month'i datmg, or Apnl 1, 1911. I could not see It that way and turned the order down. Manufacturers might just about as well turn their factories over to the dealers and be done WIth 1t, if they gIve such datings" Screens. In the furmshmg of a home, screens are useful, even in-dispensable When placed between the front and back parlor It IS ornamental and often a factor of peace-say, for instance, when two ladies who are not on speaking terms call upon a mutual friend at the same hour. A finely carved screen with mirrors, form an excellent background for a hostess at table. Screens are almost a necessity in the bedroom, while in the library it serves to create a cosy corner at will. Screens are not properly appreciated by retaIl salesmen, as a rule. Their great sellIng qualIties are but seldom recognized by the gentlemen of the floor. \ \ " - WEEKLY ARTISAN ~.. The Century's New Factory. I The Century Furniture company have one of the finest of the medium sized factories in the country. It is located at the southeast corner of Ionia and Prescott streets, which is just about two blocks east of the Sligh factory and only necessitates a walk of one block from Division street car line. The size of the building is 60 x 150 feet, five stories high. The ground floor is devoted to the machine room; the second floor to office, shipping and upholstering departments; the third floor to the cabinetmakers; the fourth floor to finishing and the fifth floor to salesroom. In addition to the main building, there are separate buildings for steam plant and dry kIln. The buIlding is located in such a way as to insure a well lighted salesroom as well as factory departments. The company's line, consisting of some 500 pieces, has steadily advanced to leadership It consists of reproductions of fam-ous and historic pieces, Colonial and the various English types of classic designs. There are many pieces in the line which it will be impossible to find in any other exhibit. For instance there is a copy of a Hepplewhite chair imported by a gentlemen of Hartford, Ct., before the war of the Revolution. There is a reproduction of a Windsor chair, the original of which is in the old Dr. Shedd collection of Peabody, Mass. There is also a reproduction of a threeback sofa, the original of which was made by Chippendale himself, in his own shop. Then there are Queen Anne chairs of the William and Mary pencd and many other classic reproductions. The line is well worth the time of any furniture buyer who is interested in furniture with a history. Turning the Store Over to the Children. Thousands of children took possession of a Cleveland de-partment store, recently, on the occasion of the semi-annual chtldren's day. vVide-spread interest was created for ten days m advance of the event by newspaper advertisements Un-der the caption, "Store News for OhIldren's Day" were printed detaIled descnptIOns of what the children would see on the red letter day. The advertisements also spoke of mysterious presents which the children. accompanied by parents, would receive in the vanous departments of the store. For instance, it was advertised at the tOIlet goods counter there would be found presents for the first 600 dhIldren; at the carpet section, gifts for the first 800 chIldren, m the furniture section, gifts tor the first 600 gIrlS, and so on through the store. In addition to all these presents, which consisted of some toy or novelty, a bat and ball were gIven WIth every purchase in the boys' clothing department, and a fancy handkerchief to the girls in the whIte goods section The promise of these presents attracted a tremendou1> crowd as soon as the doors were opened in the mornmg. And the children were held in ecstasy for the remainder of the day by the extensive amusement features which had been arranged for them These consisted of piles of clean sand, spades and shovels, merry-go-rounds, swings and a Punch and Judy show. In the basement a soap bubble blowers' convention was held, where expert soap bubble instruction was given by the at-tendants. ChIldren's Day has been a semi-annual feature of the firm for a number of years. and each time its popularity in-creases. Busmess during tJhe day is not greatly increased, but the good will of thousands of mothers is secured for the store for another 12 months. It doesn't bother the average married man so much to keep his wife indoors as it does to keep her in hats. ~, -_..__ - -- -----_ .._.-------------~ I Give your men tools that are ac-curate to the one-thousandth part of an inch. Tools that are straight and true and hold their cutting edge. No matter how expensive and per-fect your machinery may be, if the cutting tools are not of the best, you can not turn out good work. We pride ourselves on the fact that we have manufactured only the very best for thirty-five years. Write for our complete catalog. It shows many new ideas in fine labor saving tools. MORRIS WOOD & SONS .508-1510 W. LAKE ST., CHICACO, ILL. ."...-.-.-..-.-. -.-.-_.._.---------- . . - ... ... .... - ..... ...... . _--- . .. ..., Here is a Rocker that's a seller. Write for the price. GBO. SPRATT 8 CO. SHEBOYGAN, WIS. No. 5911. ..... .... ...... 21 .. WEBKLY ARTISAN Complete lines of samples are displayed at 1411Michigan Ave., Chicago, and in the Furniture Exhibition Building, Evat.sville. THE KARGES FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Chamber SUItes,Wardrobes, Chlffomers, Odd Dressers, Chdforobes. THE BOSSE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of KItchen Cabinets, K D. Wardrobes, Cupboards and Safes, In Imltallon golden oak, plain oak and quartered oak. THE WORLD FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Mantel and Upright Folding Beds, Buffets, Hall Trees, China Closets, Combination Book and LIbrary Cases. THE GLOBE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Sideboards in plam oak, imitahon quartered oak, and sohd quartered oak. Chamber Suites, Odd Dressers, Beds and Chiffoniers m Jmltallon quartered oak, IJllltllllon mahogany, and imitation golden oak. THE BOCKSTEGE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of the "Superior" Line of Parlor, Library, Dining and Dressing Tables. THE METAL FURNITURE CO. Made by The Karges Furmture Co Manufacturers of "Hygiene" Guaranteed Brass and Iron Beds, Cnbs. Wile Springs and Cots Evansville is the great mixed car loading center of the United States, made so by the Big Six Association . • .. .------------,-- - -- -- ---------- - - WEEKLY AJ.TISAN Made by Bosse Furmture Company Made by World Furmture Company. Made by Bockstege Furmture Co. Made by Bockstege FurnIture Co. .. .. 24 WEEKLY ARTISAN SINGLE CONE ALL STEEL SPRINGS Are very popular with the Furniture Trade. $2~ $2~ Each Net E.ach Net 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 an old fashlOneJ desk There are six pieces. The goods are well proportioned and well made and are intended to meet the needs of the dealers in good furniture in a complete manner. Great Line of Chamber and Dining Room Furniture. Correctness m every detail of desIgn, constructlOn and fi111~h is shown as usual this season m the goods of the Xelson-::\Iatter Furniture company, exhIbIted at the factory. The lme IS more diversified than has ever before been shown, and mcludes a general assortment of bedroom furniture m all the preval1mg staples Dealers wIll find included in this mterest111g dIsplay every period that is desirable, and all tnmmmgs and decoration~ are faIthfully carried out It IS mdeed a "\tal th of chamber and dming room furmture that buyers from to',,, ns large and small cannot afford to miss The lme starts m wIth new Sheraton patterns in plain goods of desirable type, then goes into Colomal mahogany, and it is all mahogany-no imitation. In fact the furnIture IS eIther 'Solid mahogany or veneered throughout the hne, very httle imitation being used. It is quite impossible within the scope of this article to enumerate all the good features of the N elson- Matter line. It is strong, of course, in the pure Colonial type, includ111g a number of styles of post beds, m Sheraton suites that are attractive and in enamel goods of ivory white, with cane panel beds and chairs to match. Louis XVI suites are shown in white enamel, walnut and mahogany, also suites in the Em-pire period, in Ehzabethan. Jacobean and William and Mary. The display includes a fine Heppewhite suite of seven pieces, an English suite, cane panels, in walnut and mahogany, also N a-poleon beds and beautiful Chippendales One of the features is an elaborately carved Louis XV bed, with curved head and foot boards, after the manner of the old sofas Another most interesting piece is an exact repro-duction of the Marie Antoinette bed, all detal1s having been closely followed. The line 111c1udes an English suite with high post bed and canopy, the suite including a beautiful toilet table, chiffonier and The Traveling Salesman. Business is business, and a commercial traveler or any other sohcitor for patronage expects to put up with discom-fort and annoyance, says an exchange. Noone, however, has the right to ask !him to patiently endure unnecessary humiliation. He who does, shows an amount of conceit, ignorance of the world and a capacity for making enemies that sufficiently proves his own insignifi-cance as a man and a merchant. There are men on the road, as elsewhere, who can not be too severely treated, but these are exceptions. The traveling man has an exceptionally keen knowledge of the world as a rule and also exceptlOnal powel1s of obo...:rvation He has an insight into character and conditions, and an mside knowledge of goods and men that make him a mine of mformation, a travelmg storehouse for the people with whom he comes in contact WIth hIS access to the credIt men of great manufacturing and wholesale houses, his acquaintance with other traveling men, and hIs many relations in the great markets of the country, he is a commercial factor whose influence is hard to overvalue. What folly it is to excite without provocation, the ill will of such a man! What stupidity it is to irritate him and antagonize him unnecessarily. Swap information with him-give him what you have in experience and observation in exchange for what he has, and you will be the gainer. WEEKLY ARTISAN The Colonial Bed Company. One of the most interesting dIsplays to be "een In Grand RapId" this season IS the exhIbIt of the Col011lal Bed company of Allentov. n, Pa The wood bed of modern times IS best exempltfied In their product J\Iade of choIce woods wIth ong- Inal methods of relnforcl11g for "trength and sImple and 25 furniture which may be ever so artistic, yet impractical, and this they WIll adapt and improve upon until It comes out a useful thing, Just what fur11lture is intended to be, and at the same time it has lost none of its artIstIc value This IS the combinatIOn of forces, the skIlled artisan and the level headed overseer, whIch makes the Standard Style, Combination No.5 S. Double Section. MADE BY SCHRAM BROS., 421 ARMOUR ST., CHICAGO, ILL. Colonial Style, Combination No. 10 C. graceful desIgns, they appeal strongly to the careful Judgment and artistic taste of the buyer. The lumber used, of the very best, beautiful, durable fin- Ish and the careful construction, have been a few of the rea-sons why thIS type of bed has been ~o much in demand \Ve would strongly recommend our readers to VISIt the Yeager Furntture company's space, fourth floor Leonard budd- Ing, where thIS product 1'-, exhIbIted. and we prophesy satis-factory results, both to the dealer and the manufacturer of thIS perfect bed Superiority of American Furniture. The furntture factones of Amenca have skIlled work-men from every land, speaking every language under the sun They have as overseers men of brains and common sen~e V\ ho know how to take a model of some European Amencan furniture stand out head and shoulders above any other in the U11lverse. Lauter Company Will Enlarge Pliant, AlfreJ Lauter, president of the Lauter Fur11lture com-pany, who is spending a few days In Grand RapIds, states that the work of enlarging the company's plant at Indlan-apolts IS under V\ ay An addItion to the main structure, to be 100 x 150 feet In size and an extensIve warehouse, when completed WIll enable the company to Increase theIr output to $1,000,000 annually The Lauter company IS one of the oldest fur11lture manufacturing corporatIOns in the west It was established by Herman Lauter, who dIed several years ago and the management of the bUSiness passed into the llands of hI" son, who had been traIned for the successLm .COLUMBIA FAULTLESS BEDDING SAMPLES SHOWN AT THE BIC BUILDINC, 1319 MICHIGAN AVENUE, 8TH FLOOR, CHICACO. MANUFACTURERS' BUILDING, CARE ORINOCO FURNITURE CO., CRAND RAPIDS, MICH . - - - ----- -- -- - ~ ~ - - ----------- 26 WEEKLY ARTISAN WE MAKE REFRIGERATORS IN ALL SIZES AND STYLES ..'" .. Zinc Lined. Porcelain Lined. White Enamel Lined. Opal·Glass Lined. You can increase your Refrigerator Sales by putting In a line of the "Alaskas." Write for our handsome catalogue and price lists. I..... New York OffIce, 369 Broadway, L E. Moon, Manager THE ALASKA REFRIGERATOR COMPANY, Excl~::eu~a~;~~M:U~S:~KoErGON, MICH. t ___ iii •• ",. B4jla __ .. Psychology in Business. This traveling business is not as easy as it is cracked up to be. One doesn't learn it all in a minute, and I doubt if anybody is born with all the information to .start with. It's a business all by itself, and it isn't one to be learned without hard labor and a lot of intelligence as well. I asked one traveler of long standing what the most vital requisite was for successful representation on the road, and he said: "Know your goods." I struck another with the same questIOn, anJ hIs reply was: "Smooth talk." Still another thought that the prime requisite was: "A knowledge of human nature." Sizing it up. I'm inclined to think he was the nearest cor-rect of the three. Not that the other things aren't Important, but they are not the most important. Vv hen I become the president of the InternatIOnal School of Salesman"hlp I shall lecture to the young fellows who want to learn how to be salesmen, and I shall tell them that they must learn to read human nature, and then to make practical use of their know-ledge. Take today for an example. I am al""ays dabbling In thi.s psychology business, trying to get onto new things of value. A few nights ago another salesman and I went to a lecture and the lecturer said, speaking of likes and dislikes, that the law was one of opposItes. For Instance, a tall man likes a short girl; that a dark man hkes a light girl; that fat and thin and wIse an.d foohsh, and sober and gay take to each other like a duck to water. That sounded kind of clever to yours truly, and so, of course, I had to try it I tned It out on J Q Adal11~ propnetor of a general merchandise store here. He is one of these busy men-al-ways busy and on the hop He can't rest a minute, no matter whether there's anything doing or not. He's occupied whether there's anything to occupy him or not. He goes to his work with both hands and one foot. He's naturally nervous and high strung. He has lot.s of enthusiasm and it oozes out. He is a little man-big men aren't as a rule so nervous. About forty years old, I should guess, but looks younger, has extremely strong likes and dislikes When he likes a man nothing is too good for him; when he dislikes one it's just the other way and nothing is too bad for him. It be-hooves the traveling man to be one of the first class if he expects to do any business with J. Q. I found him hunched up over a desk, writing and figur-ing away as though his life depended on it. His brow was knit and his hq.nd.s were flying to and fro, jerking pieces of paper around, and he was muttering to himself. I thought, I must take the other tack. So I deliberately leaned up against the desk anJ idly surveyed the store WIth the air of a man who has all day and all week before him and is in no hurry. After he got through with his figuring I began in a calm and dispassionate way. Deliberation! I was deliber-ation itself. I was in no hurry and I talked steadily and smoothly and quietly, making long pau.ses between each sentence to let them soak in. I went over my list of argu-ments, chOOSing my words like the girl crossing a muddy street, picking out the dry places. I plodded along in my most phlegmatic manner for at least ten minutes and then he tried to interrupt. He broke in with an irritable rasp in his voice. "Say," he cried in querelous tones, "I'd like-" "My dear Mr. Adam.s," I replied quietly and soothingly, "I do not wish that you should get any erroneous ideas con-cerning these goods. They are not weak in any particular -good, my dear sir, from one end of the list to the other-" "Say," he broke in again in a higher key, "maybe you have all this year to stand and chew but I haven't. Get over with it and make it brief and darned brief." Only he didn't say "darned." I lost my psychology then for a short time, and hustled through the list and sold him .some things, but I had to hurry. Later on I met tlhe other boy who was with mt "Don't you think what the lecture man said was true?" I inquired. "Sure, it was true all right, but you are such a literal fellow. By jove, if you get an idea into your thick head you have it there for keeps. If you go to extremes you'll have a tough road to travel with that opposite idea. Look here, I suppose if you ran across a man who talked German you'd converse with him in French; if you found a man who used poor grammar you'd make good grammar a point, and if you found a religious storekeeper you'd hand him a line of tough talk and cuss every third sentence. That would be the opposite for them, all right. This talk of unlikes attracting is true up to a certain point and then it stops. And I'll tell you something else-it works better between men and wo-men than it does between men and men. That's what I think about it. Take it from me, Algernon, that sympathy has all the likes and un likes backed off the stage. "Get next to them, and to do that you can not antago-nize them. You know how you feel when a fellow inter-rupts you when you're busy. Apply that to your store man-ners and see what it does to your theory. How would you like to be treated? We're all more or less alike, and what WEEKLY ARTISAN WELL That's it; why shouldn't we make better stains than the average manufacturer? We've been at it long enough, goodness knows, to know how to get goodness into our stains. We have the facilities, resources, amhition, energy. We have the good will of a large and loyal patronage to preserve. And how did we get that good will, but by making good with our stains? We have been making good because we have heen mak-ing good stains. Because we are distinctively stain manu-facturers--- have specialized on stains from the beginning of our business. Ask us about any effect you want to produce and let us send you a sample panel. You will save time by addressing desk NO·3· SHOULDN'T MARIETTA PAINT & COLOR CO. MARIETTA, OHIO. 27 WHY WE - ?• suits one is pretty apt to suit another in casual business. You are not trying to marry any of them. You only have a few minutes a month with most of them, and they do not spend the time between visits thinking about whether your complexion goes well with theirs." I don't know what to think, now. The lecturer said one thing and the traveler said another. Perhaps, as in some other cases, there is a middle course to take. Salary and Commission. The plan of paying a moderate salary and a commission on the sales in excess of a given amount has much to recom-mend it. The expense of conducting a store is practically the same whether a salesman sells $5,000 or $10,000 of goods in a year If the salesman has been getting $10 a week and his sales amount to $5,000 annually, he is worth more than $20 a week when he learns how to double the business done for his employer, because the second $500 of business is done without any material increase in the general expense of thr store. Besides, the profits on the second $5p0 are likely to be more satisfactory than on the goods which would make up the first $5,000, a good proportion of which is apt to be in the way of the common staple goods yielding moderate margins It is easier to coax a man into becoming a good salesman than to drive him, and the incentive of a commission is more lIkely to stimulate interest in the real art of salesmanship Th~re are dIsadvantages in the plan of paying commissions which must be considered in a business of so dignified a character as a furniture store In some of the large depart-ment stores, where the salesmen work entirely on commission, they become so keen for business that they "bark" across the counter at every possible customer who passes through the store. They undoubtedly increase theIr sales by "barking," but the practice is apt to jar the dignity of desirable cus-tomers. It is pointed out also that in a large hardware store, where close supervision of the salesmen is nut easy, it might lead to price cutting and other objectionable practices. There is a significant reason in department stores for not permitting the salesman to wrap the goods he sells. Every article sold goes to the wrapping counter, where it is inspected and com-pared carefully with the sales check to se,e that the article going out is just what is covered by the check. In a large store where the salesmen do their own wrapping there would be opportunities to make a sales check for a different article than the one sold, or a different quality, and thus the hvuse might lose money on price cutting concealed in this ma~mer. Times for All Things. Here's one farmer who does not believe in things out of season. A number of cyclists were taking a ride through New ] ersey Becoming thirsty they stopped at a farmhouse and asked the farmer If they could get a drink. "Certainly," replied the farmer "But I've only got but-termilk." "Great!" replied the cyclists in unison "] ust what we're after." The farmer then proceeded to bring out the buttermilk. "Great stuff," remarked one of the cyclists, "but it would be better still if it had some ice in it" "Have you any ice?" asked one of the men to the farmer. "Ice!" exclaimed the farmer. "Whoever heard of ice in the latter part of April?" 28 WEEKLY ARTISAN :B.ockford, Ill., Oct. 19, 1909. McCackey :B.elnster Co., Alliance, OhiO. Gentlemen: Your favor of the 16th at hand in regard to the Grand :B.ap-ids dry kiln. We cannot give you the exact per cent. of sav-ing of the variOUSquestlOns you ask as we have no cost system in our mill room, but we are very much pleased with this lnln regarding the work it is domg and the cost of operatmg. We were using two kilns, 20 x 80, and had hard work to get enough lumber properly dn.ed to keep us going. We a.re now us-ing only onp kiln WhiCh furmshes us all the lumber we need, and are not runnmg to its full capaClty, at a safe estimate of a savmg of over seventy-five per cent. in steam. Our old klln, of course, was not a modern kiln as it was the One used when we bought the factory, but we beheve the Grand :B.aplds system can show a handsome savmg over any system that we are acquamted with, and do more satisfactory work. We are well pleased and were we to fit up more kilns it would be the only system we would consider. The kiln has done everything that the contract and specifications call for. Feeling confident that you will make no mistake m adoptmg this system, and hoping that we have been of some aSSistance to you, we remain, Yours very truly, SCHUMANN PIANO COMPANY, (Signed) J. Hurst, Supt. ..... -_ _-...... ... Grand Rapids Crescent I THB WORLD'S BEST SAW BENCH I Built with double arbors, sliding table and equipped complete with taper pin gauges carefully graduated. This machine represents the height in saw bench con-struction. It is designed and built to reduce the cost of sawing stock. Write us for de.eriptive information. CRESCENT MACHINE WORKS OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. .. Buildings That Will Need Furniture. Residences.-St Louis, Mo - J E Stemmeyer, 3508 Palm street, $7,500, J\Iary Bo} Ie 1057 Forest a\ enue, $4,800, James ::\lcXulty, 5625 Easton avenue, $4,000; Anton TheIs, 5401 \\ mdemere place, ~12.000, Anne Shur"'on, 4319 Delor street, $3,000, Mrs C FrazIer, 1:; ~outh Mam ..,treet, $6,000; Eliza Ho\,e, 5115 L1l1dell boulevard, $4,500; Mr:o B Baldwm,79 East KIrkwood street, $5,500, M A Sweeney, 11 East Sun:-,et hl1l, ~4,000 Chlcago-\\ I1liam Doran, 7738 Colfax avenue, $6,000; H A Ho"'ard, 2435 Calumet avenue, $30,000; Johanna Lattman, 2523 South Lawndale a\ enue, $4,500, Charles Slussar, 5040 A.gatlte avenue, $4,000; John Po:ot, 19213 LaSalle street, S4,000, A.nna \\ ells, 1914 Cornelia avenue, $5,000, George BIrd 5439 Jackson street, $4,000, Charles Johnson, 920 North 11ft} -second avenue, $5,500, J J ::YIanmng, 5766 East CIrcle d\ enue $3,500, Mr-; Barbara Roemer, 3840 North Forty-fourth avenue, $5,000, Yfl..,-;Guyderyahn, 6419 Peona street, $6, ;00 Omaha Xeb -Albert Redman, 3332 Myrtle S3,;00, D SEffner, 4107 Korth EIghteenth street, \ndre\\ Kappenha\ er, 710 South ThIrty-fifth street, ::\Il1lie Xelson, FIfty-first and FranCIS streets, $4,000 Indlanapoli:o, I nd - Dr Kahlo, 1807 Mendlan street, ~(),OOO, 0 P McLeland, 2621 East .Mlc111ganstreet, $4,000; B r DubOl" Temple and Tenth streets, :t13,000; V E Hou-;er, 11-+ \\ e"t Thlrt}-fourth street, $3,000, Rosene L. Nestel, 2824 Xorth CapItol avenue, $3,500 PIttsburg, Pa -John C 011\ er, 846 RIdge avenue, $8,500, ~Irs ~Iargaret KIrk, Short and Kelvm street, $3,500; Mr-; \ L Jackson, Phillips and Shady avenues, $4,500; F. A Ple-kar" kl Forbes street and Beechwood boulevard, $11,000; E \ \ Houston, Beechwood boulevard and MIddleton street, <:;5500, A. F ::\1axwell, Beverly and Long avenues, $5,000; ~Irs J\Iargaret S Edsall, 337 Melwood street, $12,500 Phl1adelphla-George Grebe, Evergreen and German-to\\ n avenues $6,000; John L Fury, 1432 Jerome street, ::;20000, Dr ::\1 Hazlett, A and Loney -;treets, $5,400 DetrOlt-::\Iar) J J\kCullon, 720 Burlingame street, $4,000, H G HICks, Haml1ton and ThIrd streets, $5,000; Charles Dohany, Engle\\ ood and John R street, $5,500, A T GIbson, 297 Fmgree -;treet, $6,000; F J Hull, Army and la\ aln <,treets. $6,7:;0, \V M McLean, 229 Taft street, S4 000. ::\Il1born Stowell, ThIrd and Grummond streets, S4,500, John S Coler, J r, Second and Grummond streets, " $7,000, i\ettIe C Rorabeek, 168 Canton street, $5,000 ::\ll1\\aukee-John A Xehon, ThIrd and Roberts streets, • ~:;,OOO, Capt Han:o Petersen, 480 Lapham street, $4,200; Charles Tessner, Twenty-first street and Concordia avenue, 83,500 Da\ enpori, Iowa-Isaac Tagge, 218 Dover court, $3,500, Charles Johnson, Cambna -;treet and Tremont avenue, $3,000 San FranCISCO, Cal-Mrs A. G Flint, ~meteenth and ~anchez streets, $4,000, Jean Jamsaud, Hyde and Pme streets, $3, :;00, Henry HIckman, POlllt Lobos street and Twenty-nlllth avenue, $8,000 Vancouver, n C -\\Tl1ham Tlllney, 2632 Hemlock street, $8,500; We-;ley Bartlett, 1629 Wl1ham street, $4,200, J. C Ha\\ klll'i, 2820 \ lctona dnve, $4,500 Duluth, MU111 -Lom" Enckson, Ea-;t Seventh street and Fourth avenue, $3,000, S H Pearson, 2050 FIftieth street, $3,600, ;vI H Potts, 1411 East Fourth street, $3,500; J A Mead. 496 EIghteenth avenue, east, $4,000 Fort 'Wayne, Ind-Henry \V SmIth, 1512 Lake avenue, $3,000, E P LudWIg, 620 F1fth street, $3,000, R H Crowell, 728 We-;t CreIghton avenue, $3,000 Portland, Ore -St FranCIS Pansh, East Eleventh and street, $3,000 ; $4,000; WEEKLY ARTISAN 29 Oak streets (pansh house), $8,500; John Dellar, 2012 North-rup street, $i,OOO, D J McLardy, 1616 Broadway, $3,500; Carolme Schmidt, 38 Nartl1la street, $4,000; \V1lltam Cham-bers, 420 East N meteenth "treet, $3,i50 Montgomery, Ala -F S Persons, Adams avenue and Decatur street, $5,305; A \V Dahlberg, Park and Mob1le avenues, $3,000 Denver, Col _'AT A Doel, 1808 Gaylord street, Carne E Akels, Decatur and Twenty-eIghth streets, M Hllle"tem, Colfax and Eltot streets, $3,500, Murphy, Ogden and Cedar streets, $3,000 Kansas C1ty, Mo -Harry B Walker, 4110 Scarntt street, $3,500, 'vV F SmIth, 4505 St John street, $3,000; FIrst German Baptist church, 3308 East Thtrteenth :otreet (parsonage), $4,000, F D Drelsback, 3408 Bellefontame street, $4,500, J A Carney, 1004 Camblldge street, $5,500. Scranton, Pa -Dr M J Noble, 840 G1bson street, $4,000, W tlham Guzel, 1354 Dartmouth street, $4,500; John Thomas, 81i \Vest Locust street, $3,500; Alfred Powell, 831 West Locu"t street, $3,500, G F Reynolds, 723 North Inmg avenue, $4,000 Vlctona, B C -F W Rame:o, 302 Blackwood street, $3,000, Mrs Barlow, 286 LeWIS street, $3,000, H. F Slade, 611 Queen's avenue, $4,400; Frank Landsberg, 51i 1\llchlgan street, $3,000 Youngstown, Ohio-Barnett HUW1tz, 2i5 King street, $4,000; A R Hall, 188 Evergreen street, $3,500, :l\1abel D1ser, 156 Dewe) avenue, $3,000 Ene, Pa -Dr P T Johnson, 139 East Slxth street, $4,000; C W NICk, HIll road and Moorhead street, $3,000 Los Angeles, Cal -H S. Cook, 384i Seventh street west, $5,iOO; Hulda C Bennett, 1343 South Alvarado street, $4,500; Mrs J. Connell, 1500 South FIgueroa street, $3,500; G L. Schaemer, 2109 West SIxteenth street, $4,000; Eva L Camp-bell, 306 South Flower street, $3,000 Boston, Mass -Mary K Penhallow, 56 Ehot street, $3,000, Horace C. Oils, 90 Fletcher street, $4,000; Ph1hp F Munzenmaler, 36 Prmce street, $6,000, 'vV1lham A McPher-son, 6 V1sta street, $4.:)00; Ludw1g Sandberg, 1i8 Perham street, $3,500, George Merz, 44 Pnnce street, $3,800; Henry S Clark, 36 GranvIlle street, $5,000 Mmneapohs, Mmn --C G Ireys, 405 Groveland avenue, $12,000; J W Sheldon, 3241 Park avenue, $8,000; Mrs Lucy Blckelhaupt, 4415 Dupont boulevard, $5,500; Fred Hawkms, 2i16 South Aldnch avenue, $4,800; Mattie M. M Mackey, 4033 South Upton avenue, $4,000; M J. McM1chael, 3640 Grand avenue, $4,600; Dr R P O'.Bnen, 1511 Emerson ,lVe-nue, $4,010, Mrs Lomsa C Starr, 26 Arthur avenue, $4,000. Columbus, OhlO-R E Kochmlperger, 440 South Oh10 avenue, $4,400, 'vV V Zartman, 348 Kmg avenue, $3,500; J C Hanesv, orth, 195 East Lane avenue, $4,000; Joseph Klmger, 853 OhlO avenue, $3,000 Evanston, Ill-Mrs W E Lucas, 605 Colfax street, $8,000, R J Wh1tlock, 2608 Park place, $6,500; H. M Betts, 2621 Prame avenue, $3,500. Rockford, Ill-Samuel Baker, 204 East State street. $4,500. Miscellaneous Bui1dings.- The Helpers of the Holy Souls are bmldmg a $40,000 chapel at 4004 Washington avenue, St Louis, Mo A A. Bush w1ll expend $25,000 m remodelmg and reseatmg a theater at 5101 Vtrgll1la avenue, St Lcms, Mo Rev E Duckv, orth of 4ii1 Washmgton street, St Louis, Mo, has been granted a permIt for the erectlOn of a stone church at a cost of $41,000 The Big Bethel Evangehcal congregatlOn of Ch1cago 1S bmldmg a church at 130-2 Evans avenue at a cost of $28,000 The Redemptorist Fathers are erecting a $60,000 school building at 1611-19 Cleveland ave- $4,500; $3,000; Robert nue, Chicago The Tv,entY-l1lnth Street Methodist church of Ph1ladelph1a 1S to be remodeled and reseated at a cost of $29,000 The F1rst Church of Chnst, SClentl"ts, are bmldmg a $45,000 church m Duluth, Mmn Scranton, Pa, 1S erecting a F1fth v, ard school at a cost of $40,000 Miscellaneous N ot~s and News. John Ferrell has sold hIS furlllture store at C1lo, la, to 'vV. F Meyer. C W RIckett, furnIture dealer of GIbson. Ill, has sold out to L L Carlock A and J Blanchette, furmture dealers of Lowell, Mass, have moved their stock to Putnam, Conn. FUllllture stores m St Paul and Mmneapolis, Mmn, now open at 8 o'clock m the morn1l1R and close at 5 in the evening. The Harper Furlllture and Undertak1l1R company of Pes!Jtlgo, 'vVIS, has opened a branch establtshment at Pound, 'vVIS The George S Marsh Furniture company of DetrOIt, M1ch, has been incorporated with capItal stock fixed at $10,000. Sutton & Sons, undertakers, of \V111dsor, Ont, have opened branch parlors in Bernhard's furniture store at Walker- VIlle, a neighborhood v1llage Phillips, J udk111s & Krentz, furniture dealers of Ros-bury, Mass, have been adjudged bankrupt. John Comer-ford is trustee for the credItors. The firm of HIll & 'vVelch, housefurmshers of Lynn, Mass, has been mcoflporated under the name of the Hill & Welch company. CapItal stock, $iO,OOO. WIlham T. Warner, dealer in mattresses and mattress materials of St LoUts, Mo, has been adjudged bankrupt on the petitlOn of credItors whose claims aggregate about $1,- 600 James VV Skelley, prominent furniture dealer of Hartford, Conn, is erecting a bnck warehouse im the rear of his store. The new build1l1g WIll be three stories and basement, 30 x 60 feet The Pawnee Furniture and Hardware company of Paw-nee, Okla, has been incorporated by W1lliam E. and Lizzie R. Bru111gton, F. R Thompson and Charles G. Peters. Capi-tal stock, $20,000 Negotiations are pendmg for the reUtova1 of the plant and bus111ess of the SpeCIalty Manufactunng company from Mel-rose to Somersworth, 1\ H. They make davenport couch beds and Morris chairs The large furmture busme:os of D A. Curry, at Palo Alto, Cal, has been taken over by the Easterday company, orgalllzed by 0 M. Easterday, who has had charge of the ,>tore as manager for the past four years. Hodgkins, FIske & Co, housefurmshers of Ollstown, Me , offered a new cook stove 111exchange for the oldest stove in contmuous use m theIr business field. The prize was won by CIty Clerk Waltman, who produced a Bay State stove, No 3, that had been 111use S111ce1850 1"'- - •••• -.-- •• ------- a_ •••••••• a' ••• .., A. L. HOLCOMB & CO. Manufacturers of HIGH GRADE UROOVINU SAWS DADO SAWS I.. CItIzens' Phone 1239 27 N. Market St., Graad R.apld., Mich. aa •• _ •••• aa •• . . ... 30 ..•••••••••• I. •••••• ••• _... ~ WEEKLY ARTISAN ..- ----- ------.-_.----...-- - -------------------------------------------1 Wood Bar Clamp Fixtures, Per Set SOc. P""'ent Malleable Clamp Fixtures. E H SHELDON & CO , Chlcal'(o, III Gentlemen -We are pleased to state that the 25 dozen Clamp FIxtures which we bOulht of you a little over a year ago are glVIn£, excellent se-vlce We are well satIsfied wIth them and shall be pleased to remember you whenever we want anythmg additional m this Ime Yours trulv, SIOUXCity, Iowa CURTIS SASH & DOOR CO 30 000 Sheldon Steel R.ack • Vises Sold on approval and an uncon-dItional money back &,uarantee SHELDON'S STEEL BAR. CLAMPS. Guaranteed Indestructible. We sohclt privilege of sendmg samples and our complete catalogue E. H. SHELDON ~ CO. I 328 N. May St •• Chicago. i .-. -.---------------------------------- _._-_..- ----- - .. .. .. . .. The Bill Clerk is Warned. "BIll Giffiey's got the bounce," announced the bill clerk "Toomer reported him to the bos~ and they gave hun his time Has he been up here to get his pay yet?" "He has," replIed the cashIer "I asked hun what he'd done to get fired and he said he hadn't done anythmg "Let that be a warmng to you, Johnny. Do somethmg even if you don't feel lIke It It s kmd of expected of you. !ou see How would you 1Jke to be out of a Job ?,. "I'd lIke it well enough If my father was as ,\ell fixed as Bill Giffiey's is," replIed the bIll clerk "There's chOIce veal cutlets waiting for that boy all fight if he wants to go home and get 'em. Maybe he'll have to" "I rather doubt It," replIed the cashier. "He seems to have a few pawnable articles of Jewelry still, to say nothing of three-quarters of a week's salary He'll be all fight a~ long as the swine leave him enough husks to fill his belly. He's the sort that would rather eat husks than veal anyway. \\'here did he get all those gems of purest ray serene, Johnny?" "He made a killing about a week ago," answered the bIll clerk "He's made two or three smce he's !been here He's the luckiest ki'i? I shook (lIce WIth him once for the cigars Never no more!" "I have been young and now I am-not so young as I used to be, and I have seen various and sundry thmgs m my time," said the cashier, "but I have never seen the black sheep of the flock get the worst end of It He comes through the winter with two inches of tallow on hb fibs ",hen the rest have to be weighted to keep the spnng zephy rs from \\ aftmg them away. "He isn't going to waste his time where the feed's short, and he hasn't got any conSCientIOus scruples about breakmg into a turnip patch I suppose that's one reason." "It's two reasons," corrected the bill clerk "That's no idle dream," he added 'P" • • •• • THE WEATHERLY INDIVIDUAL Glue Heater Send Jonr addre.. and and recelYe de.crlptlYe circular of Glue Heate... Glue Cooke.. and Hot Boxes with price •• The Weatherly Co. Grand Rapid., Micb. ••••• • •••••••••••••••• • •• 1 iI III "Here we have our young friend Giffley," pursued the cashier. "Not a prepossessing sort of a person, you would say. Too pasty and too pimply for pulchritude. "As for his intellectual capacity, I suppose he can figure out what IS coming to him on a fifty-to-one shot if he wins ft, and he has no doubt mastered the intricacies of faro and craps. "If It rained hard and there were shelter near it i~ possible that he would know enough to get in out of the wet, and he might know beans when the !bag was open. Beyond that I thmk that anything would !be a severe strain on his mind. "I should judge that he had the morals of a monkey and the aesthetic culture of a cannibal, but I haven't the least doubt that he IS greatly admired and even envied by some people, and as you say, the fatted calf is waiting for him at home." "I wish there was one waiting for me," sighed the bill clerk. "You have some of the qualities that entitle you to one," saId the cashier. "1s that so-o-o-o?" said the bill clerk. "You are foolIsh enough, but I doubt that y.ou are VICIOUS enough," declared the cashier. "You don't .say," said the bill clerk. Would you be willing to wnte dm"n and sign It? It might help me if some!body asked me for a recommendation." "You smoke cigarettes, but you are not, as far as I know, addicted to morphine or cocaine," continued the cashier. "You have admitted staking as much as two dollars at a time on the Issue of a horse race, but I have every reason to suppose that ) ou pay your board bill with a fair degree of regularity. You have said thmgs that lead .me to believe you have irretrievably wasted whole evenings playing penny ante and drinking beer, but you haven't killed anybody with your motor car yet." "No, not yet. My shuffer has to keep the car on the tracks." explained the bill clerk. He might do pretty well if it wasn't for that." "If you would start out With the determinatIOn of whoop-ing 'er up to the dizzy verge you would be all right," the cashier went on "If you'd fill your pockets wltJh scrap iron and sink to the depths you'd find people took an interest in you, and may-be you'd make a killing and be able to wear diamonds. iCy ou might lose your job, but you don't care seriously about a job if you can live comfortably without one. Young Mr. Giffley wasn't in the least concerned a!bout his." "The path of virtue is good enough for me," declared the bill clerk. "I'll be good if I have to wear rhinestones all my days." "You'll be near-good," 'said the cashier, "and you'll get a near-reward for it. You're a piker, Johnny, my poor !boy, and the way of the piker is rockier than that of the transgressor." "Well, I'll try to reform," said the bIll clerk. "You are certainly a horrible enough example." There is hfe 111 the furniture business if the remark ... of a philosopher, "life is a looking glass," is true . 31 .......... .,...-. .. _._._.~----~---.~.. - WEEKLY ARTISaN ......,. r II II I ._-----------------------_.j Staying on the Job. Too many furnIture manufacturers let little things interfere with theIr best success Too often they lay down a policy and without gIving the project time to develop, thev make changes untIl there IS an entire change in the pohcy ThIs leaves the bUYlllg public III doubt Just where the manufacturer "IS at" A case in point was brought to the attention of the ArtIsan the other day, m the case of a well known manufactunng concern in an adjoining state The lIne the company had been maklllg was gettIng less and less popular each sea;,on, because of the fact that the artIcle manufactured was not used as much as formerly The managers of the company saw that somethmg new would have to be put on the market So the designer was called in and a line of fancy desks was made They dId not sell "nght off the reel" for the reason that It takes time and patience to get a new hne started, no matter how well and favorably the house IS known through ItS old lme Cus-tomers have their favorites, manufacturers whose goods are givmg them satIsfaction, and It is not always polIcy to change hnes qUIckly Other reasons may enter into the proposition Being something new the deSIgns may not be right, there may be something wrong with the constructIOn for it takes men some tIme to get used to
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756. 1938-05; Peninsular Club

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:: 1938-05-01T00:00:00Z
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Collection:: Volume 4, Number 3

757. Michigan Artisan; 1905-10-25

Notes:: Issue of a furniture trade magazine published in Grand Rapids, Mich. It was published twice monthly, beginning in 1880. and 26th Year---No. 7 ,- - --- /B ~ OC;-;~30,1;7' PGneRqAllaNf PDer ~aR~ APID>::~;. y ~~ SECTIONAL~BOOKCASES MAY ALL LOOK ALIKE, TO YOU AT THE FIRST GLANCE! INSPECTION AND COMPARISON, WILL CLEARLY SHOW YOU WHEREIN OURS IS SO DIFFERENT, IN CONSTRUCTION AND RESULTS, AS TO PUT IT IN A CLASS BY ITSELF. The Finish and Workmanship are Equally as Good as the Best WHILE THE UNITS ARE TAKEN APART, AND PACKED FLAT IN A BOX FOR SHIPME.NT, IT GOES TOGETHER WITH IN-TERLOCKING GROOVES, IN THE MOST SIMPLE MANNER, AND WHEN" SET UP IS SURPRISINGLY FIRM AND SOLID. A Strong Feature, and One Not Possessed by any other, IS ON ACCOUNT OF THE RIGIDITY, AND AS CASTERED, CAN BE MOVED AS ONE PIECE, SAME AS THE OLD STYLE CASE, AND WITHOUT DISTURBING THE CONTENTS. NEW ENGLAND FURNITURE CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ~====::::~~=~J - ,.. --- ..,. .....- - Thomas Madden Son & Co. INDIANAPOLIS, IND. Manufacturers of the Best Davenport Bed IN AMERICA. Construction and Workmanship the Best. Prices to Suit All. Davenports, Adjustable Sofas, Parlor Suites, Odd Divans. Odd Chairs. Leather Library Suites. Chairs and Couches. Write for Catalogue, just out, and see what we are making. Show Room 35 to 41 N. Capital Avenue. r Twenty Million Women reading every month in the leading magazmes about McDougall Kitchen Cabinets Many of these women live right in your town, and are only waiting to see exactly what a McDougall Kitchen Cabinet is like before buying one. By making a display of McDougall Kitchen Cabinets in your store, and announcing this fact to the women of your community by means of our special newspaper advertising service, you can make many sales and win new customers. Shall we send you detailed particulars about the McDougall Selling Plan? G. P. McDougall & Son, 572 Terminal Bldg., Indianapolis, Ind. l GEAND RAPIDS PUBLIC LIBRARY 26th Year---No. 7 GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., OCTOBER 30, 1905. BULLOCI. WAltOt co. IIIHO I. OOOlII... n It. (110110"00. A Sample Scheme House Advertisemellt. The Furniture Dealer and the Felt Mattress. In r852 it was first discovered that a mattress composed of inter-lacing fibers was far superior to a mattress made from the same fibers put in at ralldom. It was at that time that the patent ,vas issued on this form of const-ruction viz., layers or sheets of material in the form of soft elasti~ felt laid or built up to make a mattress of the desired thick-ness. The merit of the article ,vas entirely due to two facts; TITst,that the process of inter-lacing the fiber guaran-teed absolute uniformity of distribution and second that to the fiber thus inter-laced ,vas imparted' a lateral or ;ensile strength VV'hichwould prevent it from separating when in ordinary use. The truc reason why this meritorious inven-tion- was not uniformly adopte.d for more than thirty years aftcr it was discovered is unknown. One thing is certain, the furniture dealers did not take it up, and, therefore, the consumer or user of mattresses knew nothing about it. \Vith the proverbial perception of the Yankee it was taken l1p by two young men who, knowing of its merits, devLsed a way of imparting this information to thc consumer through the medium of the press, and thus diverted from the chan-nels of the legitimate furniture trade immense profits which eOLLldhave been elljoyed by that trade. The foregoing bit of history sho'ws the importance and necessity of careflll and persistent study on the part of furniture dealers to keep abreast the times and maintain their patronage and position. The modern furniture dealer is the legitllnate offspring of the cabinet maker, and for this reason applies most of his 'time to the study nf woou -finishing and wood working. Few fl1Tlliture dealers, prior to the last three years, realized Lhe trtlc importance of the mattress business as a branch of their trade, and many dealers who I'"ealized this im-portance have not been favored with opportunities which would enable them to arrive at a thorough understanding $1.00 per Year. of the real points which contribute to the value of the cotton felt mattress. 1t is obvious to everyolle that a granular material like salld cannot be inter-laced or inter-twined. The ideal material for the filling of mattresses is a resilient fiber curled in the form of a spiral spring, either by tlatllre or process in such a way that countless numbers of these spiral springs will inter-lace and form all elastic mass. It is a well known fact that stiff curled hair is the most resilient, and if proper-ly cleansed, the best material known for mattresses, but owing to the fact that stiff hair which is sufficiently long to admit of proper curling, has a comparatively high market value for other purposes. Sheep's wool after having been scoured and cleansed, is the next best known material but this also can only be used by people in easy financiai circumstances on account of its cost. Therefore, the cot-ton fiber was adopted for the making of felt mattresses which could be produced at such a figure as to be within the reach of people in moderate circumstances. One of the peculiar properties of the. cotton tlober, (being the same in the wool), is the .tendency to curl naturally and inter-lace "vith the fibers around it, but one can readily see that a very short fiber of cotton would not be nearly so valuable in its use as a fiber of much greater length. Furniture dealers who have spent their life in the cotton belt have a great advantage over the northern brethren in the judgment of values in coHan felt mattresses. Their daily contact with the commodity and with the experts who buy, sell and classify it, is in- itself a school of experience. There are abollt eighty-six different grades of, cotton from the highest to the lowest, each one of which has a different price or value on the market. From this it will be seen that a line of cotton felt mattresses embracing all these different classil-lcations would consist of eighty-six grades. The fiber, (called staple), of the highest grades of cotton will measure about IY; inches in length, while the fiber or staple of the lowest grades is not over 78 inch in length; 90% of the value or cotton liesirt the length and strength of the "staple," and 5% only in the color. Each fiber of natural cotton in its most valuable and useful condition, is a microscopic tube filled with a natural oil which gives it strength and life. Natural cotton is not pure white as many people believe, and can only be made so by the pro-cess of bleaching, which detracts greatly from the strength and elasticity of the fiber, and at the same time it is render-ed readily absorbent, while the natural cotton is compara-tively non-absorbent, as a mattress material should be. A dealer should arrive at his judgment of the value of a felt mattress from the same standpoint that he arrives at the value of a feather pillow, viz. relatiVe weight and volume. A very poor pair of feather pillows might weigh 8 lbs, while a very fme p'air would only we1gh SIbs. yet the volllme and elasticity of the SIbs. pillow would be far greater than the 8 lbs. A cotton felt ~rlattress might weigh 50 lbs. and not be worth half as much as another which would weigh only 40 1bs. C. A. FISHER. 4 A Chicago Plan for Selling Merchandise. Expert Salesmen Employed to dispose of Dead Stock. BY FRANK G. LAJ:\DIS. It is a truism of trade that a Chic.ago man can sell a bill of goods under circumstances which would daunt the citizen of a less aggressive town, and no,\, this axiom has fOllnd a new and practical application. ~len who ha\'e traveled through the middle west lately have noticed in many towns store frouts decked 'with Ted and white ban- Hers announcing that all goods wjthin the place <Ire for im-mediate sale, and that the business is being closed ouL Norm::tlly there is no reason for this, be calise trade condi-tions .1r(' good and there exists no necessity ior the t'_,- tremely large ll\lmbcr of special sales \vhich dol the land-scape. But there are in Chicago seve,'ll firms witll oltlccs high IIp in skyscrapers that can furnish the sol\1tioH. These linus, which are an illllO\'atioll, and which are also stern competitors v,rith one another, have discovered a new field for workers. The schelne is to take from the hands of a COlll1try or small town merchant all his stock, or that part of which he is most anxiolls to dispose, awl to sel1 it for him in his own town, but by Chicago methods The periection to \vhich lhe plan has been brought dur-ing its ",hmt life speaks a lot for the aggressiveness and persistence of the mell who are engaged ill the diff(~rellt firms. lJEMA:-rn MANUFACTT:REll IN CHICAGO Of eomse, for the plan to bring in the $1,000 whi(~h it does there mluit be a demand for it. This demand is. strangely enough, manufactured here in Chicago. The operation of anyone of the flrms is typical of the operations of all of them, so a description of the w8y 111 which one of them docs the work throws sllfficient Jiglll upon the manner in which all of them do it. In the. office of this particuar firm the country papers are zeal all sly read. The nal1les of the merchants <ind their fll1anciaJ standing are known. I\·jcn travel throngh the states of the middle \Vcst on behalf of the Chicago tirm. They are belped hy re-ports hom the Chicago ofllce, which reports are based \1{)on the newspaper clippings and general correspondence. A man tra\'eJing for the Chicago firtn will drop into Blankville, 1a. He will call upon the principal merchant. He knows the business of merchandizing from the grOl\lHI Hp, and he can tell pretty accurately the status of the busi-ness of the merchant l\pon whom he calls. He will see that the Inerchant is loaded up too strongly with boys' clothing, for instance, or stoves, or hoots and shoes. 111 m:1ny cases he fillds that the merchant has come to such a crisis in \,vhich he must fall into bad fortune unless he can exchange for cash a large amount of goods that is upon his shelves. PROPOSES TO TRY CHiCAGO PLAN. Sometimes the agent finds that the whole stock could be sold with profit. .He propo:-:cs to the merchant that Bl.'llJkviJ)e he given a sample of the \\.'ay goods are sold ill Chicago. He does not want a cent until all the goods have been sold, The merchant docs llot have to advance him a penny. All that he has to do is to turn tbe store over to the Chi-cago men. The Chicago firm, if satisfactory arrangements are made, sends to the small tmNll a corps of experienced salesmen. \~Vith them goes an expert advertising mall. Tn nlany cases one of the salesmen has this advertising faculty. 1£ he has he is l1sc(l, and the expenses to the merchant are reduced. The Chicago people take entire charge of the store. They hang their hanners on the outer walls, and in the space which the merchant has been using in the local L papers 'with his Old stereotyped announcement that he is still in bllsilless at the old stand they place live, lip to date advertising. The merchant would have to pay for the space ;..,.nyway. Btlt his eyes hegin to open when he sees the crowds COl11e into his store in response to the new style ot advertising. CLERKS KNOW HOW TO SELL GOODS. The clerks that are sent from Chicago know the busi-ness of selling goods from A to Z. They dress well, live well in tile town ""here they are temporarily at work, and create a favorable impression among the townspeople. Their leader always is a man of much tact and he realizes <1;; well as anybody else tllat there is always a certain amOHllt of prejudice against an outsider in a small toV\.'n vvhich 111ust be overcomc before the best trad~. results arc possible. That he is able to overcome this prejudice IS one of the things ""hich makes him valuable enough to re-ceive a large salary. Tl1<'lt jhe scheme .....vhicb 11;"15 been extraordinaril.y Sllccess-ful. is in no sense a Ry by night arrangemcnt, is evidenced by the fact that at the duller seasons of the year some ont of town merchants have sent of their own volition for the services of the Chicag·o men time and time again. Vacations as Investments. I-1a ..v. many employers consider vacation an expense and a tlseJess olle at that? A pretty large number, we fear. A more mistaken idea never gained lodgment in a business man's mind. If yon pay for and expect only mechanical ;;ervice-if you hire oilly the hands and not the head of yom clerk or W01"k]11:1n there may be some possible reason [or your belief, bllt even then it is doubtful. But how many of yOllr employes can find 110 use for their brain in the work they do for yOll? Look over yom force. Note the vigor with which a clerk 01' salesman nttacks his or her work upon returning from a vacation. 50111(' of the vigor will remain for many months) Is it worth anything? asks the Business Men's Magazine. If it is of any value vncntiOlls arc good investments. Try one yourself. J t is not too 1atc,. These October days are t11(: most invigorating: of the year. Get out and breathe the frec;!l air and let the SUl1 shine 011 you. Store lip a fresh supply of vigor and energy against the trying days of winter. E-vcn if it is bllt t\VO or tlne(: days yOll will see a marked benefit. Don't make the mistake of going to a "resort." Get out where yOll call be alone or as nearly as pnssihle. llnnt where there i" nothing to kill, or Ilsb where ynl1 can- 110t catch anything. Get acquainted with yourself. Try tbinking when~ there is r00111 to think. It's a safe bet that you wilJ come back ,\'ith an appetite for \...o.rk which will surprise you. Don't \vait to prepare--don't wait to clean up your work. but drop things where they are all<1 get ont and string three or four Sundays together for the good of yom n1<'ntal machinery. The value of the name "Grand Rapids" is recognized genendly il1 the fl1rniture trade. Jamestown claims to he the Grand Rapids of the ea,<;t; Hig;h Point claims the same distinction for the sOl/th; Evansville for tbe middle "vest and J'()rtland, Oregon. style" itself '\he Grand Rapids of the ,vest." Really a good 11a111(' is invalu:c!b1e as an asset in trade, The manufactl1rers of the original and greater Grand Rapids will never permit it to fall into disrepute. And That's Good Business. l\'Tr. Snooks-To 'what, :;ir, do you attribl1te yO\1!" :;tle-cess as a salesman? .\11". SeIlem-- -Tf a cllstomer doesn't see ,vhat he wants, 1 Inake him want what he sces. The new furniture company, at Portsmouth, 0., is known as the Wait-Fuller Cabinet Company. --------- -~----------------....., This IS one of our Famous Non-Dividing Pillar Tables THESE ARE 'THE ONLr TABLES 'THAT ARE PERFECT IN CONSTR UCTION 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. lonBI 27 tn. wide: 27 in. high Covered with Leather or Felt COOK'S PATENT FOLDING ATTACHMENT :~~~St'::le:t~if~~c~~~~~ of the table, as shown In the illustration. OUf tahles are made of hardwood, and covered with green felt and leather. The cross-piece or cleat on end of table keep:i the top from warping, and is so arranged that a person can sit close to the table without cnuilping the knees, The felt used on this table is of extra thickness and made special, and is much better than padded tables where cotton batting is used and inferior quality of felt. Very useful and convenient, for card parties, children's games, ladies' fancy work, or tea table. BELDING~HALL MANUFACTURING CO. BELDING, MICHIGAN WAREHOUSES-I96 Monroe Street, Chicago. 213 Canal Street, New Yark 6 Up to Date Shipping Improvements. Mr. Calder, of the Furniture Clearance House, is directing a good deal of time and attention to the improvement of shipping facilities to those western and southern dealers, \",ho have to depend upon carload rates to keep their freight within reasonable limits. The method hitherto in practice. has been for the buyer, in placing his orders, to make arrangements with some one or two factories to load 1ll cars for him, not only their own, but also the products of other factories. The loading faclory, anticipating the date of their own probable shipment. vvould 110tify each of the other factories to he illcludcd in the car, their inlentiotl to load on a certain day. Such factories as could be ready wOldd on that day deliver their goods to the car. Such as did not happen to be ready, had to lose the opportunity, or if thell- g-oods were particularly '''anted by the hl1.ycr, the delay would cau,;e a rlc1ay to those ,yho tverc ready. Compclillg factories loading together would often manage to leave one another behind Possibly the goods. for which there was not room ill the car, or "which failed to get there 011 ti111e, "..·.c.:1'c the ones most Manufactured by Bosse Furniture Company, Evansville, Ind. heeded by the dealer. Failing to get their order into this car the factory not knO\ving when another car would go, "would allow these goods often to fill the order of some other dealer. ~'1eanwhile the factory lost the opportunity to get dllpli- (~atc business 011 these l1nshipped goods. and the western dealer lost the chance to make a profit on them. TIle loading factory fol' the sake of g-l~tting a sympathetic Or grateful larRcr share of the business. loarled for nothing the goods of other factories. After it became Rener:l.l for one factory to do the loading for a number of others. it was a difficult matter to stop, even although at times it became a .7I~T 1>5' A.l'l • lwk cl-m 7 $' @' burden. for the reason that the buyer must have some method of getting his goods cheaply. Some factories, not having car loads, Or not having the opportunity to get into a pool car, or, having remnants of orders, shipped these to Chicago to he loaded out by the car-loaders of furniture who shipped mixed pool cars to the variolls W(~st('rll cities fnr a small charge. These orders Manufactured by Century Furniture Company, Jamestown, N. Y \\rOl\ld have to stand the Chicago freight, and await the o])jlortllllity to get into a car g'Oillg their way. This some-times took t>everal weeks :llld ill some instances months, th~' dealer meanwhile havillg he<':ll charged with aml having paid for the invoice. Tn times past there have bec1l attempts marie to operate a uHloading husitless direct from Grand Rapids for the benefit 1110re particularly of the western dealers but nothing evel" l'allle of it. The Fl1rnitl1rc ClcaranceHol1se, howe"\rer, ha\'c taken the matter in hand. and it is appare-'Hly quite another matter. Carloading- can be as scientifically carried on, and as carefnlly attended to as the selling in a retail store. There is no reason ,vhy snch an important part of the busi- 1less, so vital to both factory and dealer, should be left to chance. under the guidance of day "workmen. Some of the most prominent factories of the city, rea1i;,:· ing the immense imjlortance of proper and prompt shipment, are detailing their executive officers to the ,supervision of the sJ'lippiJlg room. There are now operating from Grand Rapids three ear-loading concerns. The Trans-Continental Freight Co., which loads solid cars direct from Grand Rapids to the west and sotlth, the American vorwarding Co., which load cars for Chicago, there io be reloaded to destination, and the Over-land Co .. which also loads for Chicago, there to be reloaded for San l'rancisco. The opening of these agencies has been of great advantage to many of the Grand Rapids factories, and "without doubt a benefit to the dealers as it has practically done away with the necesi>ity of paying open freight to Chicago to catch a car starting frQm there. This boom in c,ar]oading is a result of the Furniture .Clearance House, which is making strenuous efforts to remove the defect, and get a thorough system in operation. That western and southern dealers are giving it good support demonstrates the necessity of a system. It frequently happens that two different carloaders will each have less than a carload for the same city. Neither can ship until a car is completed, aggregating generally a minimum of 12,000 lbs. A combination of the two lots 'would perhaps make a full car, and enable the goods to move, hut, being fierce competitors, this is seldom accomplished, partic-ularly as the carloaders care very little for, and know less of, the necessities and requirements of the dealers who, as a result canIJot gel' their goods after having paid for them. The clearance House proposes to eliminate this, and several similar snags, by getting as many dealers as possible to order their goods shipped in its care rather than in the care of the carloader. The Clearance House thus becomes the shipping agent of the dealer, and in such capacity will ship goods by the car-loader, who il.,;ready at the time, or whose car is nearest ready to move. It, rather than the dealer, can better specify the carloader. The distant dealer can know nothing of these conditions, and apparently should welcome the entrance of the Clear-ance House into its hipping interests. There is little doubt An appropriate Christmas Cift-Udell Works, Indianapolis, Ind. that sufficient increase in direct shipment from Grand Rapids can be secured to repay the Clearance House which makes no charge for this service, but is taken care of, out of the usual earloading fee. Eastern carloading is seldom attempted for the reason that the difference between open and carload rates is so small. The present method is for the railroad to notify the various factories that a car, to which they may contribute, will leave for certain cities on certain dates, consigned of course, in deference to the Interstate Commerce Law, to one dealer. The growth of the carloading business will be watched very carefully in Grand Rapids, as it was very much needed to round out its prominence as the furniture city. Factories throughout Michigan and the east will, as well, feel the ad-vantage, since it will enable them to get to a car for less money, and also give such of them as manufacture light weighing goods the benefit of getting in cars with heavy Grand Rapids case goods, ,vith which minimum car load weights are more easily made. Undoubtedly certain local 7 factories would welcome any innovation, which would relieve them from dOtl1gfor nothing, that which costs them time and trouble, and which since done for nothing, can scarcely be criticised by the dealers when slips occur. One of the Few Good Folders on the market. ) 0 stylea of IDEAL Folding and Reclin-ing Go-Carts and Carriages to choose from. Also Doll Folders. DETROIT FOLDING CART CD" Detroit, Mich. STATION A5. Thc BOllse Furnishing company, organized in St. Louis, by Horace A. Proser and others, capitalized at $10,000. will deal in house furnishing goods. The Lawrence Chair company, organized recently in La-porte, Ind., with a $75,000 capital, have commenced the man-ufacture of Morris chairs Manufactured by Doernbec:her Furniture Company, Portland, Ore. The Troy (Ind.) Chair company is defending a suit for damages amounting to $10,000 by Mary E. Jerger, on account of the killing of her husband while in the employ of the company. 8 UGLY HOMES AND BAD MORALS. Furniture As a Cause of Shattered Nerves. "Inartistic homes ruin our manners and morals ano wreck our nervous systems," said 1-11'5. Herbert Nelson Curtis, who is earning l,er living by teaching" people how to make their homes beautiful. "Fussy, nervous looking rooms make fussy, nerVOllS people; gloomy rooms make gloomy people, and vltlg-ar rooms make vulgar people. "It I1sed to be in my copybook that "evil associations corrupt good manners,' but I maintain that, primarily, it is evil surroundings that corrupt good manners. In his essay 'On Going to Church' Bernard Shaw says that all the vulgarity, savagery and bad blood that have marred his literary work were laid llpon him in the ugly church where he was forced to sit and listen to sermons whcn he was a boy. The letters and autobiographies of great men are full of such confessions. Tf we only knew it, T am thoroughly convinced that half the people who are suffering similarly from had hlood, vulgarity and savagery are doing it from a similar cause. "Pieces of furniture are like llcapk. They have sep-arate and distinct character. individuality and atmos-phere of their own. Some have a dig-nity and llobility that radiate digniiied and noble inflnenccs to the people about them. Some have a gloom and S;1.Y8gery that spread a pall of gloom and savagery over everybody ·who comes within t.heir reach. "Probably the very worst inflncnces, howe\·er, arc .7IR T I 0'712'il pm>? 1 7$". 1n many houses where I have suggested the sacriflce to taste of some elaborately inappropriate object and been l"net with the information that its possessor's husband had paid hundreds of dollars for it in Paris, I have not hesitated to inquire whether the mistress of the house intended to destroy the harmony of her rooms because ber husband happened to buy something expensive. "I have vvorked out the theory that it is not enough that people should have growll out of their In-discriminate grouping of unrelated objects into the ac-ceptance of some such general rule as that American Colonial <lnd French Renaissance and mission and Chip-pendale furniture do not go in the same room. It is just as uagerolls to assume that you have a beautiful room because you have all Heppelwhite, all Sheraton or all Japanese furnishings as to assume that you have a beauti-ful room because everything in it is expensive. "Th'ere is no reason inherent in periods why the articles of furniture of different ages and nations cannot go together. It is only when these articles introduce l~()nflicting lines, or, what is worse, conflicting ideas, that they cease to be harmonious. "Generally speakin!{, elabnrate pieces of furniture arc most dangerot1s because they are most aggressive to the eye and, therefore, most distracting to the mind. Come ·with me, and I will show you an example." Mrs. Curtis led the way into the big parlor of the uld Colonial h'onse at Rye which she uses as shop and showroom for the antiqne furnitllre she collects and ap- Ve'lNall~ of the l'uTlliturc Tmdc-]OHX B,\Ri\ES and B. H. SPE:\CER, of Spellcel & Barnes Company, Benton Harbor, Mich. imposed b)," Ollr heterugeneously f11rllished homes for instancc. a room in an average fht. a room hIll of pieces of furnitllre, each Ol1e suggesting· ferent idea. "Fvery article pulls upon the rnind 111 a and in a different direction. ):'on are easy. You cannot sit still. "It does not seem a great deal to ask that every room. every house. ShOlllti have an idea for its basis. and yet there is hardly a hrll1se 1 go into that appears to have been founded on <lilything but chance. The rooms are jumbled full of all sorts of things-most of which have no meaning or significance in themselves and no mean-ing or significDllcc \vith l'eferece to each other. "In nine cases out of ten the first thing I want to do when I go into a room, is to take everything out of it. Take, crowded a dif-diffcrenl rest1c!"s, I L \Vay Jllie~ to her missionary work. Just swept her hand over the room with ture ;Jnd ."lain to her visitor': "No ..v.. tell me whatllrst attracts your eye." "0;' exclaimed the visitor instantly, "that French LOllis XI V. affair. It's inevitable." "Fxactly," said Mrs. Curtis. "Nil1C persons out of ten see it before anything else. ]t is striking. It is in-teresting. ] t is even beautiful in its way. The carving is exquisite and the rose'iNood as fine as any T have ever seen. But-do you think it would wear well?" "No," said the visitor turning away with a laugh, ''I'm worrying abollt what I should do with it already. It is one of those pieces of furniture which would a1- \vays look very fine if you could do something e1,"e with it." inside the door a comprehensive she ges- 1111- "I know," said Mrs. Curtis. '\4.. woman said the other day that it would be perfectly beantiful if it were only gilded. I agreed with her perfectly-and, oh, how I did wish that she would take it and gild it and get it ont of my sight forever." The visitor's eyes roved over the room, taking in Hcppelwhite, Sh'cratoll, ChipPclHlaJe, Empire, American Colonial and Renaissance articles of furniture. but re-turning time after time to a ·white wood mantel of sim-ple lines and reserved design against the opposite wall. "1 see you like the mantel," said ~1rs. Curtis. "Do 1?" asked the visitor." "\Vell, T helieve I do. As a maHer of fact, I know I do. For the last five minutes that mantel has been growing npon me and I didn't realize it. It has a marvelous charm. j\/ly eyes could rest upon it forever without its ever obtruding it-self upon them. 1 could live in the room with that mantel." "1t ·wa., put in at the time the hOl1se was built. more tItan a hundred years ago, and many an architect and de-signer has copied it since," said Mrs. Curtis. "There you have my illustration. The simple charm of this mantel has worn a hundred years. You were impatient wjth that French piece in6ve minutes. "Now J say that a house full of elaborate objects of this kind produces a strain upon the nerves and brain. 1 maintain that the manufacturers and dealers who turn oul and put upon the market cheap, gaudy pieces of furniture and force them upon the public are actual enemies of society. "The conglomeration of aggressively ugly obje.cfs ,vhich people collect about them creates a restlessness and t1l1easiness which, if not actually sowing the seeds of Bernard Shav...··s vulgarity, savagery and bad blood, produces nerves, irritability, bad manners and a hun-dred other evil effects."--Ex. An order for a Jot of dining room furniture ordered by government. has been shipped to Panama by the Ohio Valley Fllrnjtt~re company, of Charleston, \V. Va. 9 Smith & Davis Mfg. Co. ST. LOUIS REVERSIBLE BEDS MAKERS OF )\. METAL WITH Ir' .y N". 328 $Q. 75 All Iron V. net 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 inches. Weight, 67 lbs. STANDARD RAILS Standard Reversible Rail SOLID :: .. RIGID REVERSIBLE Patented J lily 15, 190Z. No. 701-702. This rail is reversible in the true sense of the word-can be used ,eiJher 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 SOME OF OUR. NEW DRESSER.S -Ma.de in Quarter-Sawed Oak. Oval or $qua.re Ola... NOT WIGGLE HORN BROS. MFG. CO. 281 to 291 W. Superior St.. CHICAGO. ILL. MANUFACTURERS OP Chamber SUites. Odd Dressers. Chiffoniers LADIES' DRESSING TABLES to match Made in Golden Oak, Genuine Maoogany Ven ...e.red. Birdseye Maple. White Enamel Highly Polished or Dull Finish. We also mak.e Q line of PRINCESSDRESSERSfrom $13.00 up, In Quarter·Sawed Oak. Mahogany and Birdseye Maple, Veneered If yOIl bave nol re~ived onr Spring Supplement, ask for it. SAMPLES SHOWN BY PECK & HILLS 1319 Michigan Avenue, and HALL &. KNAPP, 187 Micbigan Avenue, Chicago. 10 Profit and Loss in Advertising. It is now the fashion to advertise. There ,lre :t g-teat mall,Y peorle adyenising, ,."ho are doing so simply to be in the fashion, and because, in these days, it is the thing to do, The word advertising to me is con-nected with getling- the result, putting before the public a statt'xnent, which whether uue ur !lOt, will be sufficiently believed and depended upon to get prominence or tnldc. There is another kind of advertising '",hich i.s llegativc, and might better be called badvertising, "...h.ieh is not taken seriollsly, or not believed which gains the ,vould be ad-vertiser notoriety, rather than advertisement. The attitude which some men have toward advertising is most peculiar. In all other thillgS they may be shrewd and calculating- 11101H'y handlers, weighillg lbe chances before spending, nn(\ getting 11111results before thqr let g'O of a propositioll, If they buy a piece of properly or ~(I:llC mC'rch-andise, they know to a dot just what they shall do with it. Nothing is left to chance. They take into aCOl1nt every phase of human nature: in actually m,lking their tr;u1es, or in 7lR'T'Ik5'~ ? rf{ii;;;;;; 0/ ,. ,. finds them, without havil1g to be introduced to them by someone who has to talk himself hoarse proving them to be bargains. Now that is not auve:rtising. Tt is simply yapping. Tf yOll happen to he one of the yappers, and the furniture busi-ness is simply bilious with them, sit down with 111eand lets figure it Ollt. The only trouble is that advertisers of this sort ;11"eso cock sure they are the whole thing, it is very diHic\\lt to revuse them. They are up human nature, as if advertising were a new thing to the pUblic, instead of an old moss coyered bucket, \vhich has gone into the \vell so often they know just how much \vater it will carry without slopp-ing over. The negative advertiser, who g-ets into the "claim every-tlling" rut, is like the seveuth day advcntist who knows the worlrl is coming to an end on the twentieth, The proper, and ill fact only time to argne ,,,,ith him is on the twenty first. Yall call sometimes get the car of the b;Ldverliser, 'after it lias dawned on him tbat the public is lang-bing at him and does not ta1,e his badvertising- serionsly. Vv'hen this comes to pass ... AI",ays ~ Ibe Lead are we with (lllr Low-Rent Prices, which mcalls a saving: of 25 per cent. Don't be baited .by 3 or 4-toom advertilement. such III $39.00, $42.00, $49.75, etc. Whal lhaestores adweJ1lse.!hey won'l do. We allow you a liberal credit on all goods bought of us. We silow the finelt line of Furniture, Carpets and Sto"es in the State. cash or easy credit, A SPECIM.EN OF GOOD ADVERTISING. providing for future trades, b11t when it comes to advertising tlley are 01..\( in the rain without an "L1mbrella waiting to be ,,;oaked. Everybody advertises, therefore the~' must; everybody' claims to sell cheaply and have big bargains, therefore they must, and, to go everybody one better, they claim the biggest bargains and greatest sales and let it go at tl1at. Their main idea of advertising seems to be to hire a Space fr0111 the newspaper and fills it up with claims and repetitions, and grandiloquent statements in flo,,,,ery English, coupling words -in an unusual -way that sounds well enough, but means nelh-ing, particularly if you happen to know the man, and recog-nize the maketlp. If by any possible chance one puts faith in the badvertise-mcnt and calls around [or some of the bargains, one never L he is very apt to go to the otber extreme aud insist tbat advertisil1g is a waste of money. Vcry often he is right, for in a goodly proportion of instances advertising is like putting money into a slot machine wilho11t drawing anyotlt, The public who happen to see you, know you are feeding" the mac,hine, as the publk who happen to read your ads, however poor they may be, get to know at least that you are in busi-ness. It is generally recognized now that the. old style of superfluous announcement of superlative adjectives is barren of resl1lt in the '''lay of trade, except with the class of people who are still ignorant of the gold brick The essential thing is to make the public think yOlI are telling the truth. If you are not, and they see thrD' you, your advertisement had better have remained unwritten. Numerolls stores, who are fake advertisers are successful, 11 so are numerous boodlers still out of jail. round some businesses so favorably they spite of mistakes, but the every day store confidence of the public to gain ground. Retaining the confIdence of the public is nothing morc than informing Mrs. Casey thro your ad. that durillg your salc, clearance, fire, alteration or 'whatever it may be, she will be able to get a twenty dollar chiffonier for sixteen, which when she calls she finds to be believably true and so informs Mr,;;. Tracy, who calls also and buys. If you fool 1Irs. Casey with a badvertisement which she cannot sv,:allow, you Jose not only her but Mrs. Tracy and l1llmer .. OliS other links of the endless chain. Conditions sur-will succeed in must retain the 400 Pieces of Parlor and Library Fumiture Consisting of Colonial Repro-ductions. Odd Piece' and Suites in Louis XV, Louis XVI, Sheraton, Heppelwhite and Chippendale Designs. Also large line of Leather Rockers, Chairs and Couches. If, every Sunday morning, you are 011 deck with a tremen-dous sale, each succeeding week being the greatest in yOllf history, and each offering unprecedented opportunities for depen dahk fl1rniture merchandising, or some such verb;.d labyrinth, unaccompanied by no such avalanche of price Clltt-ing as an ordinary morlal would 'be led to suppose existed, it will not take very long for the pnhlic to be reminded of .'£sop's fable of the hoy "vho cried "\Volf! wolf!". There can be no better ,vay of advertising possible than to reproduce in print the line of conversation which you use to cuslomers in the store when selling. If your convcrsation is over their head, or unreasonable in view of the price tags, or a mass of superlative hoasting, you soon ntHl it ont. \Vhy then should you advertise in such language in your ads through which lies the oppol"tunit:y to convince a hundred prospec-tive customers to ,,,,,hom you cannot talk. In furnitllre more that in many other husiness, the public bust does not demand that an article he sold for less than its value, if it did the price would he continually falling;. The valuc is not what yOll ask, or what y011t- cust0111er offers, but 'what the average sale brings. The most effective advertising; in f\lrlliturc, and one which can be repeated over alld over to the poillt of monotony ,.".ith ehang-e only of picture and dcscriptioll, is the llse of zinc etching illustrations of popular priced goods you actually ha~'-e in the store, together with fu)) description and meas-urements, a heading calling attention to the particular class of goods and a uniform footing with whch the pubic should be eome familiar. If the style is pleasing and the prospective eust0111er likes it, and the j)rice is about her size, that's all there is to it. If you say it is forty and marked thirty, it will be believed or not, accordillg to your habit of sellillg acknowledged forty dollar articles for thirty. It is generally conceded that a 110nday ~ale or a special article sale some reglliar day, is a benefit, provided always the specials be genuine bargains 110t pared but slashed in price, and recognized as pure inducements, to visit the -store. Numberless other ardcles bearjJ]g a profit will be sold as the bargains become acknowledged as such and draw. There is no doubt in the world but that the public is demanding truth in advertisements, and, while you may for a time get the credit of exaggerating when you are telling the truth, you will not get the credit of telling the truth when yOLl are exaggerating. The public isn't half the fool it appears. The public is you, and I, and Mrs. Casey, and some others. Mrs. Casey ,vants some furniture. \\,Trite your ad for her. J. C. M. CENTURY FURNITURE CO. I59 Canal Strut, Grand RapidJ, Mich. 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 BOOKLET ILLUSTRATING IT .. The W. B. \;Yood company, capitalized at $100,000, will man-ufacture office and library furniture in Newark, N. ]. Warren 'Williams proposes the establishment of a factory for the manufacturer of furniture in Denver, Colo. The T. B. Laycock Mfg. Co. INDIANAPOLIS, IND. The United States Chair company will erect a factory and engage in the manufacture of chairs in Corry, Pa. 12 Beauty in Our Homes. There are few people who are altogether indifferent to the beauty of their homes, hut perhaps the majority care more abo11t comfort than about beauty, and to many the as~ociation of the familiar objects around them with the happy days th~t are past and the dear ones they have lost, means far more than any intrinsic beauty they may possess. But there is no reason why beauty should be disassociated from comfort, and there is 110 reason why cherished as-sociations should not add a new beauty to objects already beautiful in themselves, whilst it must be a gain to live amidst surroundings which please and charm the eye, and help to keep the mind serene. It is a mistake to suppose that only the rich can hope to have beautiful things around them, and it is equally a mistake to slIppose that there should be a fashion in beauty. Before all things. the h'orne should be an expression of its owner's minds, should speak to liS of them. It is a pity that so many homes should only tell us that their owners have utterly _conventional minds, and have never troubled to have a taste of their own. Someone was consulting me the other day about the decoration of a new house, and in speaking of some detail of ornament, h·e said, "But, will that be the right thing?" To which I could on1-., _'eply, what could it matter whether it were the right thing, so long as he was sure he liked it? But he remonstrated that it was so difficult to have the courage of one's taste, a "Iti so vexa-tious after one h'ad decorated one's house to have people coming in and- telling one that this or that was not right. I do not think the real difficulty is having the courage of one's _taste, but forming a taste at all, an'd knowing what one's taste is. Anyone who really admires, and knows his reasons for admiring, will not be shaken because he finds that others do not admire where he does. IF YOU DON'T KNOW, SEEK ADVICE. Yet we must own that there are many who hs,"e no capacity for forming a taste of their own, and these .1ced not be ashamed of seeking guidance. It seems a pity that they should be so often willing to be guided by the man in the shop, who tells them what is quite new, or what is most sold, or gives them some other specious reason for getting them to take his particular goods. Th·e knowledge of char-acter shown by the salesman is indeed admirable. He knows when to sympathize with a desire already formed, when to guide a vacillating mind, when to express scorn for the com-monplace, when to plead the authority of fashion, and when he may hope to persuade th-e weak minded to discover that something hitherto ul1saleable is just what he has always wanted. But if we have not clear views of our OW11 as to what we like we might at least try to exercise judgment in our choice of those by whom we will be guided. It is even possible for all to arrive at least at some principles of taste for themselves. Increased facilities of production and communication have multiplied the objects with' which we can adorn our homes. We have more things and cheape'r things than our forefathers had. Their tables and wardrobes lasted for generations, and still adorn many of our homes_ The drawing-room and bedroom suites which we buy hardly last one lifetime, and make the home of OUT old age often look little better than shaboy hotel. If we care about beauty of OUT homes, the first thing we should remember is that we must buy nothing that is not good and, if possible, beautiful in itself. Why should we want to have everything at once? It is possible to live with very few things, and these if they are carefully chosen, ""·ill give aIJ fhe more- delight b"ecallse they are few, and because they are beautiful. Then there will always be the pleasure of adding as we can afford it to OUT treasures, adding only aftcr much thought,much trouble to find exactly what we want, and so getting the fullest pos-sible enjoyment out of each new possession. The thing that we are able at last to acquire will be all the more precious because we have done without it so long. Again, anything th-at is really good will only gain an added beauty by age. The carefully kept, thin, Persian rug is even more beautiful than when it came first from the loom in all the glory of its new color. No rooms have the charm of the quiet old sitting-rooms of remote country houses, with their chippendale tables, their faded damask, their worn carpets, all subdued into quiet harmony by the passing of the long years during which they have not only been used and worn but cared for with tender love. Are there many of our fussy, modern drawing-rooms ",,-hichwill in the same way ·grow more beautiful with years? Besides, not only is it a mistake to buy many things rather than few because the thinKS in themselves will be less precious, but the appearance of our rooms is nearly always spilt by crowded furniture and a profusion of often meaningless ornament. In thi!) we might surely learn a lesson from the Japanese. \Ve arc told that the man who has a fin~ collection of china will only have a few pieces out in his rooms at a time, so placed that they can be well seen and enjoyed. Instead of crowding masses of flowers into numberless vases of all possible shapes and colors, the Japanese will carefully select a few blooms or branch'es to be arranged with the most deliberate thought, in vases specially adapted to their particular color and shape. Our profusion of decoration and ornament defeats its oWn aim and ends, by ceasing to ornament. OUf rooms are restless and fussy,no single object stands out so as to be clearly seen, there are no restful lines, no great masses of color. \\Tearied by a display of meaningless detail, we gain no definite impression from most modern rooms. Not only so, but in our town houses all these ornaments and draperies are only receptacles for dust; and as we look at th<emcannot fail to sllggest the presence of dust. In towns, rooms should be as scantly furnished as pos-sible so as to make it easy to keep them thoroughly dean and fresh. They should suggest sweetness and cleanliness at least, however simple they are. But of course if there are to be few things, it becomes all the more important ,that they should speak to 11S of the tastes. even of the character of their owners. J n a scantily-furnished room also the color of the walls. and of the carpets assume a special importance. The carpet can be well seen, and it is worth while if possible to have a really beautiful carpet. Your carpet will probably meet your eyes more often th'an any other object in your room. and may grow to be almost a friend. A good carpet may live with you all your life, and in your old age, still beautiful in its old age, may speak t.o you of the children who have played on it, and the dear feet which have trod-den it. The decoration of the walls needs also much considera-tion. Before we bewilder ourselves with books of patterns from the paper-hangers, let us try and discover what we really want, and not be merely guided by fashion, which one fears may tell us to have a paper covered with peacocks and poppies, and another year to cover our walls with brown paper. If we happen to possess many pictures or engravings, the decoration of the walls must be decided so as to make a good backRrOlmd to them; if there are few things to hang on the walls some may like the decoration of a well-de-signed wall-paper. But in choosing let us remember how often we shall look at that walt-paper, and that in most cases a quiet soothing effect of color is likely to rest us more than a luxuriant growth of scarlet flowers, or a frieze of purple mountains with pine trees standing out against a crimson sky. The arrangement of our pictures also needs thought. To begin with they should be hung low enough for us to see them. It is difficult to imagine why it sh'ould be so com- man to hang pictures high above the line of the eyes near the ceiling. The frames should be well Inade, and suited to the picture. V've' should not be tempted by the cheap and tav.:dry frames, which quickly fall to pieces and let in dust behind the glass. \lile need not speak about the hanging of really finc paintings, since few are so fortunate as to possess them. and moreover they may almost be said to hang them-selves, as it is impossible to spoil them. But in these days it is possible for almost anyone to have at least a few photo-graphs or engravings of really fine pictures, and the choice of these should reflect the taste of the owner. Pictures likely to be of general interest should adorn th'e living rooms. The faded photographs, the awkward groups, the little feeble view of house or garden which may 13 mean EO nl\.\ch to eyes that understand, should hang in some sanctllm or secluded corner. The effect of many rooms is quite spoilt by the endless photographs that are stood or hung about. often faded, dropping to' pieces in soiled plush frames, fat babies lying on cllshions or simpering bride.s and awkward wedding groups. They may' have been in-teresting once; but the time has eome to put them away in a drawer. Some principles, at least, must rule us if we care for the beauty of our homes. Let such things as we have bc good of their kind, useful for their pllrpose, chosen because they mean. some-thing to liS. Let liS not put ornament for the sake of orna-ment, a meaningless addition to something that would be more useful with'out it.-Ex. Good Samples of Advertising by Prominent Retail Firms . .--'=Wi ~~~~ gg[illiBABJ8~ BBBBBBBBBBB STUPENDOUS OFFERING.OF FIVE (S)kJOBBERS' BBBBBBeBe8£1B1BBB88B8B8 Sample FurnIture Sloe s 88888888888 • • 8888888888B AIPraellcan Ball e 88BBBBBBB88 Tomorrow, Monday Mornin8, at 8 O'Clock, We Shall Place on Special Sale Exactly 197 Pieces of Altogether Desirable Furniture, Manu-facturers'Samples, FromThe Factories of the FollowinSWell Known Manufacturers of High Grade Furniture: IRED c. GENGE COMPANY JNO. WlDDICOMB COMPANY BANDEBOBoalASE CQMJtAIt'Y BAlLEY.JONE9 COMPANY NATIONAl. PARLOR FURNtTUllE. COMPANY T1l& CI/l.TfERS" COMl"AIIY ImIlUY li. GAt tIJJi!UlOHl COMPANY The Goods wUI be found conveniently Displayed in our FIrat Avenlle Show WindOM and Sixth SIreet Main Floor, Each Piece Plainly Marked with Ibe Regular PrIce, also the Special Sale PrIce. BBBBB8BB BBBBBBBH ~u~~n BBBBBBBB TH N N Our USUlI.lTenD.!. Ap.~I.Jj 'I1.Z .• "l't\OM l'trllU-. wl!.ellltr "~ C"'~11ur S<;.lltl1wf;d P"'~Il\f;M"'. "'\W:I!. ..,tll But SUU tllit ln4l.laal Qm..eg,. ltllCt of &ll~1I. Pllrl:bl$er. We Appelld ComplelO:: LI81, a.do OllJ~ willh lb!ll, Instead or 19i P'le~5. Iben we,.. Tell1'UDe", TllatNItlllHr; HI JI b Dutleull,lD the",e limU. of P'rosptrb,.lo gtl bold of aDJ larile amount or Goo(1$ undtr Price:. 1\ 1,5Neeliltll8, Wli lru&l, let IIlale thll W. Sulogs. as In(lLcattd.art klouL New England Furniture CompanY, Minneapolis. Peoples' Outfitting Company. Indianapolis. 14 fIR.'T' IIS'7I~ 2 3 r. BISSELIJS BRANCHES, 2.5 Warren St., 18 Pearl St" NEW YORK. TORONTO. LONDON. PARIS. Is the only carpet sweeper on the market sold at fixed retail prices, and the value of this policy [0 the dealer in making his profits both good and secure, is well understood by the trade generaJly. One large retailer said to a certain manufacturer recently: ''If you will agree to maintain a nJ:ed selling price, J wiJ) buy a carload, but 1 will not put a ten cent piece in your goods if later I may have to sell tbem without profit, to meet competition. " Here is a strong endorsement of OUT price maintenance policy, and is precisely what we have advocated for over twenty years. A fixed. retail price is all that guar-antees to the dealer profit in the sale of a commodiiy. Please remember the Bissell is tbe ONLY sweeper sold under a c.arefulJy devised and rigidly enrorced ptice mainte-nance policy. Bissell Sweepers are sold at the following fixed retail prices. "Grand Rapid." (Japan) . .. .. (Nickle) .. "Gold Medal" _ __ ::Supe,:!or, .. Prize. . . ::Welcom~:' Boudoir. .....". "Prem.ier." .:ldea1o'· - _ i . American Queen, ..,' . "Elite." _.. ._ . ::Parlcr Qu.~en"'_ ..8up.!n·~~, . Grand •............ "Club," "Hatl.·· . __$250 .........3..00 .300 . __ .. 300 ...............3 00 300 350 300 ._3 25 . 360 . 375 .........400 ...._ 0 00 . 450 . _6 00 .... 750 In the extreme western and southern states our fixed retail prices are fifty cents higher than those given above. Write for oW' special Christmas offer, the most liberal we" have ever made. Bissell Carpet Sweeper Co. Grand Rapids. Mich. (Largest sweeper makers in the world. Established 1876.) OUR NEW CATALOGUE SHOWS A MOST COMPLETE ASSORTMENT OF Dressers and Chiffoniers In QUARTERED OAK MAHOGANY VENEER BIRDSEYE MAPLE CURLY BIRCH Not a Sticker III the Line LIBERTY FURNITURE CO. JAMESTOWN, N. Y. Northern Line The Line of MANY GOOD QUALITIES The Dealer who possesses one of our. Catalogues and is Familiar with their Contents is reaping the reward in Profits Sells along the "Lines of Least Resistence" FULL'SWELL W rite For Catalogue Plate IS.d2 Top 22x40 Fillighed Golden Oak, While Maw. lmilation Mahogany Northern Furniture Co. Office 830 South Water Street, Sheboygan, Wis. Manufacturers Of Bed Room Furniture Dining Room Furniture and Kitchen Furniture Northern Furniture Co. SHEBOYGAN, WIS. FULL SWELL Plale 12x18 Top 19x32 Finisbed in Colden 01\11., While Mapl~. l.wtillion MahOlilany I" THE ONLY CASTER CUP THAT Will HOT MAR OR SWEAT A New Caster CUD, a Furniture Protector and a Rest We guarantllte perfect satis-faction. We know we have th~ 0tI1y oeri"ect cuter cup ever made. This cup is in two sizes, as follows: 2~ inch and 3 Inch, and we usetbe cork bouom. You know the rest Small size., $3.50 pet 100 Large size, 4.60 per 100 Try it and be convinced. F O. B. Gm.nd Ra.pids. Ollr Concave Bottom Card Block does not touch the sur-fate, bUl upon the rim, permit. ting a circulation of air under the block, thereby preventing moisture or marks of any khld. Tbls is the onl}' card block of its kind on the market. Price $3.00 \J9I' 100 Grand Rapids Casler CUPCo., 2 Pa,' ... d A'a .• Grand Rapids, Mich. AIS/) can be bad at LUSSKY. WHITE & COOLIDGE, 111-113 Lake St., Chicago Morton House American .....Plan Rates $2.50 and Up Hotel Pantlind Rates $1.00 and Up European ......Plan The Noon Dinner Served at the Pantlind lor 500 is the fiNEST IN THE WORLD J. BOYD PANTLIND. P....p. Tbe New "PERFE.CT" FOLDING CHAIR PATl!NTKD OCT. 2{)',19Q3. Comfortable Simple Durable Neat The Acme of Perfection ill the line uI Folding Cbairs. PERFECT COMP....CTNESS wben fQlded. Hard maple, natural finish. WRITE FOR PRICES. OM PEABODY SCHOOL FURNITURE CO. No. 51 North Manchester, Indiana fOUR TRAINS C" Ie "60 TO AND FROM '" Lv Gd. Rapids 7:10am Ar Chicago- J:lSpm Lv Gd. Rapids 12:05nn Ar Chicago 4:50pm Lv Gd, Ra~ids 4:25pm daily Ar Chicaa-o 10:55pm Lv Gd. Rapids 11:30pm daHy Ar Chicago 6:55am Pullman Sleeper, open 9:00pm Oll 11:30 pm train every day. Cafe service on aU day trains. ~rvke a hi. ~rte. Pere Marquette Parlur cars on all day trains. Rate reduced to SO cellts. •T"REE TR41NS DETROIT 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 Rapid, 5:20 pm Arrive Detroit lO:{l5PIlI Meals served a' Ill-carte on trains leaving Grand Rapids at 11:2.5am a.nd 5:~ pm. Pen Ma~qnette Parlor Cars on all trains; seat rate, 25 cents. "ALL OVER MICHIGAN" H. J. GRAY, DISTRICT PASSENGER AGENT, PHONE t 168 Grand Rapids, Mich. Oliver Bros. Company LOCKPORT. N. Y. AU Hlib Grade Bra •• aDd lroD /BEDS Chicago Salesroom!' moved to Fumi-ture Exhibition Building, J411 Michi-gan Avenue New VOTk Salesroom, 125 E. 42d Street. F_ M. RA~DALL IF VOU DON'T ViSiT THE: MARKETS OUR CATALOGUE WILL INTERRST YOlT. QUARTER-SAWED IN~~~~OAKVENEERS CHOICE FIGURE: :: E:XTRA. WIDTHS When writing for prices, mention widths required and kind of :figure preferred. HOFFMA·N BR..OTHERS CO. Fort Wayne .• .• .. Indiana ROCKFORD UNION FURNITURE CO. ROCKFORD, ILL. Buffets, Bookcases, China Closets We lead in Style, Construction and Finish. SEE OUR CATALOGUE, neOij S(~midtI (0. tlopkilUl ud ftarrlet SU. Clodonall, 0 UPHOlSTEREO FURNITURE .oa LODGE AND PULPIT. PARLOR LIBRARY, HOTEL AND CLUB ItOOMS. MEN AT THEIR BEST AFTER FORTY. Many Responsible Places Filled by Men in Middle Life That Young Men CouId Not Occupy. Should a man he relegated to the backgrOll11d after having passed the age of 45 years? Perhaps you are one of the many who concur in this belief. If so, 1 am sure I shall cOtwincc you that the healthy man of 45 is better physically, mentally, and morally than the man twenty years his junior. 1'\'fyattention wa!'; called to all advertisement ill the want column of a newspaper to-day: SQLTCITOR \VANTED- --As assistant to Inanager; must be under 40; position of responsibility; good wages, etc. r claim that the man who depends 011 his brain for bis living and has been on earth for forty-five years conld, providing he is pOi'isessed of that peculiar ability that cotliititutcs a solici-tOf, fiJl the ahove position to perfection, and to better advan-tage than the man under 40 years of age, because a Illall 40 years of age is in the prime of life. He has twenty long years still before hin1 that he can de.- vote to business. He has the advantage of a much larger ex-perience than the younger man. He has enjoyed a splendid education (perhaps not theoretically), as thorough as the young man, but by attending that great school of learning, Style Louis XIII. practical experience, and grinding away side by stele with the experienced business man, he is in my opinion a far better salesman than the young fellow, who usually thinks he knows it all. Older Man Has Advantage. The youngster may be a great talker, and at times grow eloquent. H o-wever, the man at 45 and older has the judg-merit, and useii strategy in order to secure business, and is not so liable to make the mlstake of talking too muc.h. The old fellow can effect a sale often when the young fellow fails, because his experience has taught him to llse diplomacy. Ii his customer by taking the opposite view in an argument be-hap- s on religion or politics, the old sa\eslnan Joes not differ from his customcr's views, but deftly leads him hack again and secures the order. The yOll11ger man often antagonizes his customer by taking the opposite view in an argument be cau;;e he TC:alizes that he is right. Experience has tallght the old time salesman that although his prospective customer may he making an ass of himself he ShO~lld not inform him of that fact. but when the time comes will present the contract and. secure his signature. The man at 45 should not he relegated to the background, for he is a better worker than the yotlng man. T-T c tlsl1a!ty loves his work and puts his heart and soul into it. The people he comes in contact with place more confLdencc in his state- 17 ments than they do III the younger and inexperienced man. The man at 45 has finished sowing his wild oats; he carries himself with more dignity than the younger man. He is possessed of too much sense to approach a customer with a cigar in his mouth or with a whiskey breath. Sense of Duty Grows With Age. You will seldom fmd the man of 45 years of age shirking his duty; yon witl not so often find him at the matillee, orat a game of ball, or at the races, when there is work to do. Tn fact, the man of 45 is far more reliable than the man under 40, alld should be given the preference, as he can read-ily demonstrate that he l1sually eaf11S more than h~ is paid, To demonstrate the truth of the above, I shall relate a re-cent expericnce that occmred in my life. Last January I was residing in the state of Ohio. and decided to locate in Chi-cago, as the opportunities in the metropolis of the west were, according to my ideas, better for a man at 45 with ability than they would be in a smaller city. Upon leaving my former home I informed friends that [ was confident that with my thirty years of experiente as a salesman and solicitor .r would filld no diffiCtllty in obtaining employment and be able to provide for my familv as good and even better than heretofore. Learning that several of the bm;iness colleges were 111 need of a good solicitor, I offered my services to the principal of a college that had a good reputation. My duties were to en-roll students by seiling certificates of education or scholar-ships to tlH'. yOHng people, or rather their parents or guard-f" OUNDED lAA8 Reduce Your StockII at a good profit or selt en-tire stock at cost. "T"QNEW·IDEA MEN" 460 Monon BI'd'g CHICAGO SALES MA~A.GERS WRlTE FOR TERMS. lans. The salary was good, and I commenced WOrk on a trial of three months. The class of work is mostly house work, or calling on families. It requires strict application to business, and also necessitates calling- at night after working hours. I fOllnd competition in the city was fierce, but believed my schooi was the best on earth and told the people so; the result was that r "made good" hy "delivering the goods." Man Over 40 "Makes Good." The management appreciated my efforts by increasing my salary and making n. long contract with me. Now, this was accomplished nnder difficulties, as I did not know one street from the other, and, of conrse,was compelled to familiarize myself with my territory and the city. The col-lege I represented employs a number of other solicitors who are YOllnger than I, all experienced with the work and city. Now, in working side by side with these men, all good faith-ful workers, I, whom some people wanted to put away on I.he shelf, made as good a record as the best solidtvr, and in less time than it required the younger men tda~complish the same amount of work. I have no hesitancy in saying that my age is a great factor in my work. No matter what his calling, man, like good wine, improves with age, Lyman G. Bloomingdale, the installment dealer in hons(' fllrnishing goods, \vho died in New York recently, not only provided well for his family in his will, but a patronage in perpetuity of the Metropolitan Musenm of Art. By thi,,:; act his memory vv-ill be remembered and cherished long after tl1e mOllument that marks his grave shall have crum-bled to dust. ,....---- - 18 ESTABLISHED 1880 PUBLISHED BY MICHIGAN ARTISAN CO. ON THE: 10TH AND 25TH OF" EACH MONTH OF"F"fCE-2-20 LYON ST .. CRAND RAPIOS, MfCH. ENTERED .loa MHTER O~ THE 8ECOND CL.o.SS Because he vetoed an act of the Wisconsin legislature reducing the amount of garnishment exemption from $6 to $30 a month. Governor La Follette was severely censured by the three hundred merchants, assembled in convention, in Milwaukee recently. The association has 5,000 members but as La Follette will soon take a seat in the senate of the United States fot six years, he need'TIt fear the vengence that would naturally find expression at the polls. Oh yes, there will be an exposition of furniture in Grand Rapids in January. The local manufacturers will show one of the-ir "largest and best" collection of lines, "e ...e.r produced." Out-of-town manufacturers are deter-mil, ed to obtain a share of the business and have leased every available foot of space in the city_ The lines from High Point, from Gallipolis, from Holland and from Owosso, in which towns the "one exposition" OT "no exposition," idea took strong foot, will be shown as usual. The retailers of house furnishing goods in Columbus, 0., through their secretary, have engaged a number of prominent business men to deliver addresses to their association from time to time during the winter. The topics selected by the speakers are of interest to every business man. H. M. Patton of the freight department of the "Big Four" will discuss "Freight Claims;" F. L. Schneider, a bank cashier, "Modern Banking in Relation to the Merchant;" the g{'neral freight agent of the TOledo and Ohio Central railroad, "Freight Rates and Classifi-catlOn of Merchandise;" Henry Bahl, "Return of Personal Pro-perty for Taxation." A hint to the other trade organizations is furnished in the above. Thc "cute" little gentleman who was so busily engaged for a time in mailing unsigned letters to the manufadurers of fur-l1itl1re presenting "arguments," if his peculiar statements might, by a stretch of courtesy, he called such against a continuance of the furniture expositions seems to have hroken his typewriting machine and given up his self-imposed task. E..i.d.ently he has learner! that the men who buy the goods would not COllsentto the abolition of the expositions; furthermore, that the manufacturers of Grand· Rapids wilt ever have fresh, clean and attractive lines to offer so long as the dealers may desire to con-tinue c011'ing to the market. The "cute" little gentleman may find consolation in the fact that if the manufacturers shaH con-tinue to show their lines in the exposition, it will not be his fault. \Vho pays thc costs of the expositions, anyway? Not the l11anufacturers, nor the retailers. Th('. C011sumerpays thc entire cost. Reducing Retail Stock. On another page considerable space is given to a new plan for clcaningottt unsalable goods and reducing stocks originated and carried on bya firm of experienced and suc-cessful salesmen, having their headquarters in Chicago. G. E. Stevens, of Stevens & Co., of the firm recently discttsserl the plan in a reCe.nt issue of one of the newspapers of Chi-cago, as follows: "Merchants who win success in country town:" and small cities do so through wide awake management and seldom through luck. Tf a m~rchant goes to sleep his clerks fol-low suit, then the stock joins in and degenerates to what is termed "stickers," and they stick to him until the day of his funeral or failure. The wide awake merchant will not allow his stock to become cozy corners and reception seats for the prowling dw:;t or sleepy clerks. He installs the spirit of life and vim in his derks, who in turn interest themselves in the stock, customers, and affairs in general of their different depart-ments or sections. The clerk's delight is to be kept bllsy waiting on trade, no matter if his sales amount to $10 for the day. It is joy to them even if their interest in the same merely equals $1 of the 101 and $T as a day's pay. The wide awake merchant in these days of modern mer-chandising finds it policy to put on a little extra burst of speed and steam in order to keep his clerks busy, partly be-cause of competition with local merchants, and partly be-cause of the great supply houses at Chicago, which are pro-selyting a part of the trade from all merchants in all sec-tions of the country. The enterprising merchant should use every means in his pOwer to keep his clerks busy, In order to do so and to combat successfully with conditions as they exist today he must fire his strongest ammunition over the heads of his competitors into the ranks of the ~onsumers. He also should reduce his stock twice a year, then fill in with new goods, fresh from the great wholesale houses. The art of reducing stocks of merchandise to the extent it should be is an art indeed, and diffie-nIt to accomplish, although many merchants succeed in this without calling upon the specialists in this line of work. Most merchants, however, find it pradicable to employ the services of an ex-pert with new ideas for moving stock quickly and surely. There are some very clever men engaged in this business. It behooves the merchant to procure the best services ob-tainable, as like all other business, novices will crowd in with loud claims of ability, etc. The best in this line is a power for good to the merchant and should be seriously con-sidered. The business of reducing stocks is positively legitimate, and everyone along the line of action profits through their operations, more especially so in case such as frequently come under our notice in a business way. For example; When a merchant is heavily jn debt and his stock represents his entire capital, or he cannot call in his outside invest~ ments to meet his obligations to the wholesalers. bankers, etc. Instead of hanging on the ragged edge of failure for some timc and eventually going into bankruptcy the wide awake merchant will employ an exper"t to sell enough of his stock at a. small profit or cost to payoff his creditors. This is a benefit to all parties concerned, arid adjusts matters nicely without legal intervention. The merchant's patrons or his competitors are not neces-sarily obliged to know the reason for this heavy sale of stock. The clerks, the traveling salesmen (the jolly knights of the road), the credit man, the wholesalers, the jobbers and bankers are naturally pleased with an adjustment of this nature. Further particulars in regard to the plan may be obtained by persons interested, by addressing Stevens & Co., Chicago. Wabash, Ind. Vlabash, Ind.-The Wabash Cabinet company, manufac-turers of office filing devices, have purchased of J. H. Stig-gleman the sole right under his patent to manufacture the Stiggleman sectional -bookcase, B. Walter & Company, manufacturers of table slides, have had a good year of business. While the trade during two of the summer months was quiet, the year as a whol~ has been satisfactory. Retting Furniture Co. Successors to RETTrNG & SWEET 3 B Strut Grand R8pids Michigan FINE Parlor Furnitur, Odd Chairs, Divans, Co-lonial Sofas, Library Suits, Morri, Cbairs The moat appropriate de:rigns, best materials. construction and Jinish. lodge furniture. Club Furniture Pulpit Furniture Design8 and eslimatea furnished fot Fine Ordered Work. CatalollUe of Lodge and Church F umiture on app]ic>ltion No. 1607 --------- Makel"llaf -------'--- LADIES' PARLOR DESKS, MUSIC CABINETS, LIBRARY BOOKCASES, HOUSE FURNISHINGS FURNITURE SAMPLE ROOMS, NEW YORK OTY-New York Furniture ExchaIllle. 428 Lexington Avenue, Fifth Floor, Space 33, in charge of Eastern Representative, Geo__C. [}Yet. CHICAGO-Furniture Exhibition Building, Fourth Floor, in charge of Roth & Sullivan. THE U DEL L W OR K S INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA .I WRITE FOR CATALOGUE .... 19 TheA. C.NORQUIST CO. ==============JAMESTOWN, N.Y.============== DRESSERS AND CHIFFONIERS In Plait! dnd !Z.fJ4rtered Oak, Mahogany and Birdseye Map!e. PERMANENT EXHIBITS -----AT------ Chicago and New York MANUFACTURERS OF 20 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 A'ILAS 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. A Stub-Toed Truth This is the 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. Ws merit's sung from shore to shore By those who use it more and more, You're kindly asked to join the thrung, So let your orders come along. The Music is in Our New Catalogue. Ask for it Will AIzo be SUlI{lby OUt Jolly SaJes;men Parlor Cabinets Musie Cabinet. Dinlns Cabinets H,,11 S.... ts Hall Racks Framed Mirror. ROCKfORD. ILL. Sh"vlng Stands Cheval Mirrors Dressing Tables Dressing .Cba.irs With Pal.eLll Adiuetahle Mirroq, DOCftfOfiO fDAnr AnD flXTUfir (0, ROCkFOR.D. ILL. No. 99 Reclining Rocker Anol~er "American" Yiclor~ is the Triumph of our "SIMPLY PULL UP THE ARMS" A TRADE: Our BIG CATALOG fol' yOur Little Postal No. 19 /\.fusion Rocker Prices and Good. "will do the rest" '%- rnf AMfDlun mAID (ONPAnr Seymour Indiana A TRADE:. Our BIG CATALOG for your Little Postal No. 124 library Chair 71R T I k.5' A.I'l smiqi 1 "5 $ 7: • "Wylie" Adjustable Chairs and Rockers Leading Retailers are sendimg in re-orders daily for the UNGER IMPROVED HIGH CHAIRS Mothers will ~Iadly pay 25c more for the protection afforded their babies. Cost to you only 8%3c over the old style. Order a few Il8 a starter and you win do the High Chair business 01 your city. Any of these electrotypes furnished with each order upon application. Patents granted and pending in the U. S. and Foreign Countries Showing how the children slide down and ont of the old style chair. Showing High Chair Tablewith Guard attach ed Showing how the child cannot possibly slide out or sland up in chair. If your manufacturer (loes not make th~m, order from 1\lURPHY CHAIR CO. Detroit, :Mich. AMERIC'N GO-CART Co Detroit', Mich. \VALDCUTTER & Co. Toledu, O. E. L. THOMPSON & Co. Baldwinsville, :'vIass. NICHOLS & STONE, Gardner, Mass. The]. S. FURD& JOHNSON CO. Chkago. G~:o. SPRATT & Co. Shd>oy~all, Wis. BUCKSTAFF, EDWARDS & Co. Oshkosh, Wis. Canada Furniture Manufacturers, Lid.. Toronlo, Onl; _____ ---.:.A::"::y::"::'::lh::'::'''--ew:ill see your wants supplied. I. UNGER, Patentee. Iron Mountain. Mich. 21 22 ~MIfrIG7!N The High Reputation of the Alaska Refrigerator IS SUSTAINED BY ITS MERITS ONLY ===='=::;;;==== Economy, simplicity and dnrability are combined to make a PERFECT REFRIGERATOR. When in the market let ns hear from you and we will be pleased 10 mail catalogue and quote prices. The ALASKA REFRIGERATOR CO. New York Office, 35 Warren St. EXCLUSIVE REFRIGERATOR MANUFACTURERS MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN The Sargent Mfg. Co. MUSKEGON. MICH. Bachelors' Cabinets Ladies' Desks, Extra Large Chiffoniers ------- A180 Manufactu~n and UJ)OI'teIS of ------- ROLLING CHAIRS Chairs adapted to all kinds of invalidism, both for house and street use. OVER FORTY DESIGNS TO SELECT FROM Our Muskegon Letter. The manufacturers of furniture and kindred goods are closing one of the most successful years since our city as-pired to distinction as a furniture mant1factmin~ center. The goods made here are mainly of the medium grade which find a ready !'laIe. The largest output is office furnitllre; three large factories contributing to the volume. In the manu-facture of bedrQom furniture the Muskegon Valley Furni-tme company ranks very high, and the same estimate is placed upon. the products of the Sargeant Manufacturing company_ \Vork is about ~o bc actively commenced upon the factory of the Brunswick-Blake Billiard Table company. \Vben completed it will add very much to the manufacturing importance of our city. An Old Dutch Cabinet for Green Bay. It is now assured that the Tank marquetry cabinet, 011e of the finest examples of ancient Dutch furniture now ex-tant will be taken to Green Bay and placed in the museum of the Kellogg Public library. Tbe cabinet belonged ori-ginally to Mrs. Tank's ancestors in Holland, and· has been Odd Dressers Muskegon Valley Fumiture Co. ------ MUSKEGON, MICH. ------ Chiffoniers Wardrobes Ladies· Toilets Dressing Tables Mahogany Inlaid Goods ... in the family for more than three-hundred years. At the time of the famous auction held in Green Bay in 1891, this cabinet was considered by Mr. Frey, a well known curio col-lector from the east, as the rarest and most curions article among the many on exhibition at that time. It is a wonder-ful piece, perhaps seven feet high, inlaid in intricate design with contrasting woods .•and finished with greatest nicety. The interior is fitted up with numerous receptacles, shelves and drawers, each keyhole finished with its bit 0"£ handsome inlay. For the last twelve years the cabinet has stood in the art institute. in,:ehicago but Mr. Porter, ex.ecutor of the Tank estate; now wishes to dispose of it and feeling that Green Bay has the first right to its ownership has made an excep-tionally good offer, with a view to having it placed perman-ently in the town. The local Shakespere club has under-takn to raise th,e. necessary funds, and the cabinet will be shipped within a few weeks. The Wisconsin Chair company are ever looking out for additional plants to absorb. Their latest purchase is a big factory in Two Rivers, Wis. It was bought for a song. AN EXCELLENT TALKING POINT. A well known business 111an of Grand Rapids, not a lUalll1- facturer of furniture, was recently visiting friends inBoston. One of these friends is a prominent furniture merchant of the Bub, and knowing his friend was from Grand Rapids, took it for granted he either knew something about furniture, or at least was in-terested in it, invited him to visit his store, \vhich the visitor was glad to do. The store is an immense establishment, filled with t1ne furniture from leading factories, Having spent some time in inspecting the displays in the various rooms, admiring the beau-tiful woods, tine finishes and handsome trimmings, the Grand R.apids mall asked the rnerch:mt if he did 110t sometimes havc complaints about loose drawer pulls and more or less marrillg of furniture because of it. The merchant frankly admitted that he had. "Well," said the questioner, "perhaps I can aid you in a measure to avoid this. :Kow, here is a fine mahogany dresser; just notice how that loose pull has marred the finish on the drawer," said he. "With a critical buyer, that would either ruin the s<tle of the piece or compel you to deduct at least $10 from the price. l-/ere is another. Let LIS examine it," and pull-ing out the drawer he showed the merchant that' the pulls were supplied with the Tower patent fasteners, made by the Grand H.apids Brass cOl1lpany, and explained to him that these pull.s could never get loose or mar the furniture "in any way. ··It strikes me," said he to the merchant, "that youI' salesmen could 110t have a better talking point in showing it to a customer; and, besides, I was told in Grand Rapids that these fastcners do not cost .you anything. because they do not cost the manufacturer of the furniture anything, but are simply userl by the Grand Rapids Brass company to increase the sale of their goods." There's no Ring around this Moon and the only storms brewing are those which are in store {or dealers who lzave to "go up against" Moon f<!fality and prices. Its the line to jight the Mail Order houses with. Proif if this state-ment costs but the price if a postal request for our cata-logue. MOON DESK Co MUSKEGON, MICH. '-1 declare," said the merchant, "that is a good thing, sure enough, and I was not even aware of it. You know, I leave :--tll the buying to my buyer, and I am not sl1I'e that even he is aware of the existence of these little fasteners. lwill call his attention to it, and give instructions that every salesman shall be Manufactured~by:Americall Go-Cart Compally, Detroit, Mkh. fully posted 011 this important matter, and also that the manu· facturers -....vepatronize must .put them on all drawer work." Alld so he found out that the Grand Rapids man, although not a ma11ltfacturer of furniture .. was able to give him a valuable pointer, and an excellent talking point. KARGES WARDROBES ARE GOOO WARDROBES QOODSTTLES CONSTRUCTION FINISH Prices right WRITE FOR CATALOGUE KARQr~ fURnlTURf (0. EVANSVILLE INDIANA GL OBE SIDEBOARDS In WTlting mel1tion Michigan Arti"an Are the BEST ON THE GLOBE lor the money GET OUR CATALOG, Mention Michigan Artisan when writing Furniture Company Evansville, Indiana BOCfiSTEGE FURNITURE CO. EVANSVILLE. IND. 48 in. diameter, made of Plain and Quartered Oak Makers of the "su PeR lOR" Extension, Parlor and Library T9bles NEW CATALOGUE JUST ISSUED-GET ONE nusv.ILIB runsvlllr rUDnnURr co. rVANSVILLr, IND. QUALITY OUR FIRST CONSIDERATION That is why OUT line is justly named the "Good Value Line." y.,'e have :made a complete chan~e of .J:!atterns for 1905. and If you want ,!toads that are mad!,"; J'i~ht Ilnd at the right pnces, call and see Bedroom Suites Dressers Washstands and Chiffoniers Assorted Car Lots and New Stocks A Specialh OUR NEW catalo~ has just been Issued and sent to the trade. If you have tlot receh'- ed it, Wl ite tis. It shows the larg-est line of mOn-e,. milkers ever offered Line Shown at Michigan Ave. 2d Floor Chicago .Ill. Also at our own sales rooms at Evansville. Indiana. We also job a complete line for making up mixed carloads. The "ELI" fODING LBEDS ~~~Fi'rR~I~N~~~ No Stock complete without the Eli Beds in Mantel and Upright ELI 0• MILLER &. CO. WEvritaen.fvorllcluets, aInnddpiraicneas "WARDROBES TO MATCH Chamber Suites made by all leading manufacturers, may be procured of the "end'erson. Ky. ACTOSSthe River from Evansville Mixed cars loaded with Evansville goods 1858 1905 E. Q. SMITU CU41R ===COMPANY=== MANUFACTURERS OF WOOD, SPLINT, DOUBLE CANE, CANE, COBBLER, TUfTED LEAT"ER SEAT C"AIRS AND ROCKERS No.145 Reception Rocker Veneered Rolled Seat Quartered Oak Flllished Golden Office and Warerooms, Cor. Third and Division Sts. Factory and Supply Mill,. Foot of Oak St. ______ IEVANSVILLE,IND.------ 21, EVRNSVILLL The Intellectual and Material Forces of a Great City Makers of Furniture Rank Very High No city in the United States is more favorably situated for carrying on the business of manufacturing articles for domestic use than Evansville, Indiana. When nature' commenced plan-ning this wondrous world, she stuck a pin in the southwestern part of Indiana and then proceeded to make a channel through the hills and valleys through which the Ohio river might pass. Pleased with her work and feeling in a generous mood, she opened another stream and called it the Green and bade it' nnr-lure and enrich the soil of Kentucky. Vast forests grew upon its batiks; great beds of coal were planted beneath the earth's surface and the soil is· filled with materials that forever ensured heavy crops of grain and fruit when the hand of man, directed by an All-Wise Providence should open the soil and fill it with the seeds and plants it was desired to grow. To the west of Evansville, the Wabash, the Tennesse and the Cumberland were brought to the mighty Ohio ann bade to empty their waters into "that stream. When the white man entered these naturally rich \'alleys and the Indian turned his footsteps toward the setting sun the work of developing one of the most attractive sections of this fair world commenced. Toward this favored land came the thrifty, industrious German with his faithful frau and Roose-veltian family; the keen witted, speculating Son of New Eng-land; the high-minded, conservative uusiness man of the south; the hardy fearless young man, reared in the forests of Ohio and Kentucky; the Celt, the Scandinavian and the descendants of the men of Scotland, England and the continent all imbued with one purposc. The building of a city; the betterment of their material welfare as a whole and the obtainment of a heritage for their children. Evansville was needed and its place on the map was made permanent and secure by those who followed the Indian trail over the prairies, across the mountains and through the valleys, in the middle of the past century. The development of the city was not rapid, but its growth was sure and substantial. It is a solid town in many respects. On every hand unmistakable evidences of wealth and culture impress the sojourner with the fact that the men who made Evansville knew what they wantcd and right royally did they preform their task. Evansville is the center of a great railroad system, embracing many thousands of miles of trackage owned by the Illinois Central, the SOllthern Railway, the 'Frisco and the Louisville & Nashville with its associated corporations, and with the river to provide raw material-coal, timber and metals-the advantages for manufacturing and distributing the goods needed hy mankind are greater than many another city, aspir-ing to attain greatness in the world of commerce can ever hope to possess. Evansville is alive with manufacturing industries. In no one line of production have the people centered their efforts, but shops to work in metal, in wood, in wool, cotton, flax and other liures have been established. Probably the most important of the wood working shops are those operated in the manufacture of furniture. About thirty in number, giving employment to sev-eral thousand workmen and making a grade of goods that de-serve a place in the storc of dealers in every section of the United States, Evansville has reason to be proud of this industry. In the beginning the factories were small and the product confined to low priced goods. With prosperity naturally came the desire .For larger shops and better things, and these have been supplied g<:nerously. The manufacturers of Evansville are as generous-ly and as well housed as any class of men in the wood working industry could wish, and with the comforts and the freedom of action with the erection of mammoth plants bring the manufac-turers of Evansville sought to employ every agency and every ma-terial at their command that would improve the quality of their goods. In this, as in everything undertaken they have been suc-cessful. No class of citizens have labored more intelligently, more willingly, more persistcntly and more to the purpose of mak-ing Evans\'ille the rich, thc handsome and the attractive city that it is than her manufacturers of furniture. When the record of those who have served the city faithfully and well shall be written, the names of the manufucturers of furniture should ap-pear all the first page. s. A. w. Factories Busy at Marion, Ind. The United States Specialty company, Marion, Ind., are starting the erection of another addition to their plant. which it is expected will be completed in ninety days. The old plant consists of two buildings, 50 by 125 feet, and another building 40 by 90 feet, all three being two stories high. The new addition will be 50 by 125 feet and two stories high. The company is also using their old plant on Western ave-nue for storage purposes. The O. H. Kellar Chair company, one of the oldest in the business, will exhibit their line the coming January season at the Chicago Furniture Exposition. The Kellar goods em-brace a list of from eighty to one hundred patterns. YOU HAVE YET TO. LEARN THE WHY NOTI:PUT 1"1' TO F'ULL POSSIBILITIES OF' THIS CLASS THE TEST BY GIVING US A TRIAL ORDER? BERRY BROTHERS, LIMITED, VARNISH OF' GOODS NEW YORK BOSTON MANUFACTURERS PHILADELPHIA BALTIMORE CHICAQO ST. LOUIS FACTORY AND MAIN OFFICE, DETROIT CINCINNATI SAN FRANCiSCO CANADIAN FACTO"y WALKERVILLE. ONT. ·!'~MlfrIG7JN , for Careful Buyers New Sty.le', New Design" Old Reliable Qyalily, in this Season's Offerings in REED FURNIIURE OUf line insures you a profitable business and Satisfied Cnstomers. No. 349-$7,00 Write for Catalogue "A" American Go=Cart Company DETROIT, MICH. Murphy Chair Co. MANUFACTURERS DETROIT, MICH. A COMPLETE LINE Pioneer Mfg. Co ... DETROIT. MieN. Rccd Furniturc Babu Garriaocs Go-Garts Our gDods will be show" at PECK & HILLS, Manufac-turers' E~hihilion Building, 1319Mkhl5an Avenue, CHICAGO. lLLINOI!O 27 The manufacturers of Detroit, are closing one of the most successful years' in the history of the industry. Most of the lines manufaeturered are desirable for holiday trade, a fact that retailers throughoLlt the United States know and ap-preciate, Fancy tables, hall furniture, fancy chairs, library and music room. furniture in a great variety of styles are lnade -in large quantities. and a great volume of trade is t1stlally anticipated at this season of the year. Retailers report a heavy demand for goods resulting from the rapid growth of the city. More buildings have been erected than during any year of the past, and the furnishing of these have kept the salesmen and the delivery men very busy. The manufacturers arc busily engaged in preparing new lines [or the spring season of trade, most of which will be placed on sale in Chicago. COMMITTED SUICIDE. J R. Carpenter, the eastern representative of the Stickler HI·others company committed suicide in New York on No\'ember 1. Deceased was widely and favorably known in the furniture trade. He leaves a wife and three children as the immediate mourners o,f his death. 5MITU, DA13 CO. One of the most complete expositions of cheap and medium pnced C"AIRS and ROCKERS IN THE COUNTRY SENT TO DEALERS ONLY UPON REQUEST DETROlT. MICH. Sendfor our New 150 Page CATALOGUE INDIANAPOLIS. • INDIANA. BALDWINSVILLE. .. MASS. ItOOKWOOD and a general line of ff\NG Y Tf\BlES Write for Cuts-alld Prices. PALMER Manufacturing Co. 1015 to 1021 Palmer Ave. DETROIT, MICH. 28 THIS AND THE FOLLOWING PAGES CO:'llTA!N GOOD SPECIMENS OF ADVERTISING. ~ 111m, T'bllS 11,0 1&SilO ~ Mission BIIlIc... 15 'e 130 8olltolSll llUO II 1150.10 e"olui, 110.00 10S95,00 Comfortable library for the Winter S•• ,on TIM oeuon ia .' bind _hen m<>lt al the time trn\I' b. ope1lol b>~ 1<Xl4I, portion '" it in the I.,ibwy. It is 'lDporuont .hll lhII ,_ be made c<>:nfgriobJe, <:<>orand anra«1" •• _By so :;~.M~~pa~tib~~r:.::~e=: "". .m..-nt UI<i .1l1tunl. . o. ~ of FurllitlIn lor .be Ubro<)' nevet _ 110 Iv&" .. it illIOW. W. ha~. aoek of OaveJlparl.S, Coudl•• Itocllcn, !dorrla CUlrs, Turldah Chainl, Sleepy HollDW CIttin, L;b(ary T.bks, ~ et"- ~ve .noU&h 10 ~ nlcecioo> eay, ~ ..:~;;::;\~-:'-"":i-u::.:n~~t::;:=~:':: prion ... low eno"lb 10 -la )'DW" l*tn>Uflt". at*" lh<t _ IlI.-oqll and e<ronplne CIlmpU'i....,1 II«; maoo. "'" inlJ'l>'1iOll.. 1ri!lc:oonilll:e,.,lI, Sleepy HOllo. Chilfs 11~00 '0 S25.0lI OUR BOOKS ARE OpeN TO ALL I And whatever your wants mo,.,be in furniture. Carpets or Stoves WI!' MI!' willing snd ilIIn"iousto open an BUouol with you, 00 terms to suit ,"our CA)M'erl!eru::e."("(,8oge the pat-ments weekly, semi-monthly. monthly. or i.n tact. in any way so 10Ag liS yOu are plea~ed. "there is ill more cony~OIent way o' buyiog house'broishiogs it bas ~er been introdut:ed in tbis tity. Our stock is complete in ewery way and goklen oppor-lURllreSawait. )'0 .. here-opportunities which we SlJbmit to your judgment and which tertainh< &Qt.itleus to your p6tl"ODage. 29 ....... MR.STORK:-Oue itL all right. '11AHTMAN fea.th-ered the f\eoSt~• W&FarnisIJ Homes onCredlt AllOver tbe (lnlled States. No milttllr how far dlst"nt you live you , may open an account .. t H.art· I'I'1'IIn'.;and enjoy the ,.rut ,1Invltnl· "'''ce afforded by our 111081. generous part payment credit plan. IMonday's Special Bargains I 30 OWOSSO, MICH. A pleasant half hour was sl)Cnt with Charles E. Higley, president of the Estey Manufacturing company, who had jllst re-tilrtled from a trip to North Carolina. Mr. Rigley is a dose ob-server, and if the Artisan was permitted to print his remarks it would make mighty interesting reading and open the eyes of some people. The Estey Manufacturing company is very busy, and the demand for their Roods wa:) nc\'er better. In such times They will add a number of new pieces to the line, which will he shown with T. Ashley Dent's other exhibits on the third floor of the Furniture Exhibition building, Grand Rapid!>, in January. The Robbins Table company are having a fine trade. Their new nOll-dividing pillar is one of the greatest successes in their line. It is selling much better than was anticipated. This com-pany will bring out an entirely new line of patterns of tahles Manufactured by The Woodard Furniture Co., Owosso, Mich. as these it is inevitable that large "hurry-up" orders will find some pieces missing, but the merchant who has handled EsteJ furniture for years will content himself with partially filled orders. The two big factories-A and B-never turned out orders with better satisfaction to customers. The WOOdard Furniture company is another basy one. in January, ranging from $8.00 to $25.00, and will illustrate them in a new catalogue. The newly organized Rockford, Illinois Fur..iture Com-pany, wpl enlarge the plant recently purchased and erect new dry kilns. IT IS NOT TOO LATE to order for the Holiday Trade our great line of Oina (Iosets Parlor (a~inets AND li~rarJ(ases which fill the wants of dealers for the Holiday Season. WRITE FOR OUR CATALOGUE . Skandia Fumiture Co. Rockford. Ill. VALLEY CITY DESK COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS. NIICH. No. 557 Best Selling Up-te-Date OFFICE DESKS In the Market The Profitable kind to buy r Hence the Profitable ones to Sell. YES I We are the only specialists in the manufacture of Office Ddts in Grand Rapids. Why not drop II postal card fot Otll' new faU Cataloguo!} Mailed to dealers only. Mention Artiian. Kauffman Mfg. CO. AS"LAHD. 0"10 WE manufacture the larg-est line of FOLDING C? A IRS in the United States, sUitable for Sunday Schools, Halls, Steamers and all PUblic Resorts. . . . . We also manufacture Brass 'rrimmed Iron Beda, Spring Beds. Cots and Cribs in a lar~e variety. . . . Send for Catalogue and Pri~es to THE NEW BANQUET TABLE TOP as well as OfIioe. DUllng and Directots' Tables are our sp«ialty Stow & Davis Furniture Co. Grand Rapids, Mich. Wri~ EorCQtaloi\!6.Gel BaI1lpb! of BANQUET TABLE TOP Catalog free Write to us at once for our new and beau-tiIully aInstrated Cata-log, showing Dressers and Chi/loniers Q I original designs made in Oak, Birdseye Maple and Mahog. any; also Plain and Quartered Oak Chamher Suites. Everything except Plain Oak goods are Polished. Empire Furniture Company JAMI:STOWN. N. Y. BralS Trimmed Iroll Bed No. 3800. Price $1.15 A Bra9S Bed No, 2074, Price $24 00 Art Style AND Quality These iIIu!lraliol1llwow fouT of our"be.t Sl.'lJillllIron and Brass Beds, They tlrc unusually handoome, dean and graceful det.i.'iIK: l'mI)' the best malerial used and. like our entire line. perH fedly constructed. Our new calaloli:ue No. 18 i. beautifully illustrated in four colors, cuis 9Jr' I and will be sent to any Furniture De a [e r upon request. ART BEDSTEAD CO. 3710-20 Rockwell st. CHICAGO, ILL. BrallS Tr;RlII1ed Iron Bed No, 3790, Price $8 00 _ All Brass Bed No. 1862, Price $26 00 WINI1 SIGN FRAME.S The object of a Show Window Display is to SELL GOODS The WinK Sign Frame is a scientific goods seller. It is a unique, ar-tistic' bulletin holder, ornamented with elec-tric lights, which flash out and on. WE SELL THEM M. B. WHEELER ELECTRIC CO. GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. 34 Doing One's Best. Knowledge of good work accomplished the best measure of reward for all effort. In conversation with a prominent buyer from a flourishing eastern city during the recent sum-met sale the subject of attention to business was brought forward. By this is meant the desire on the part of em-ployes to thoroughly understand their business in detail and in whole in contradistinction to the mere time serving which has been so often noted. That inclination to do only just sufficient work to hold a position, the principle idea seemingly being to hasten the moment when the pay envelope came round. Latterly, this class of employe has been described as the man who watches the dock. The buyer referred to, has been at the head of the furni-ture department of the eastern house with which he is identi-fied for something more than a year now and the head of t.he house being through failing health, unable to give the close perscmal attention to his business affairs he formerly did, this same buyer is accorded by his fellow workers the position of the second in command. This is tantamount to an admission that he has made good in the position tll which, he was called such a short time ago. To which he was called is the term most wittingly used in this connee.tion for he occupied a fairly responsible· position with another furniture house in the same city when his present employer sought him out for succession to a man who was considered one of theoest in his line in the country. "I knew to tbe older men in the house and to a certain extent to even the youngest boyan the floor I should be considered something of an interloper," he said. "I knew 1had my work cut out for me. No matter how well I should do that work there would always be plenty of eyes with a more or Jess greenish cast in them, glaring in any-thing but approval upon my every movement. As soon as I had gotten my bearings and had become upon fairly friendly relations with my assistants, I called them together olle day and said: '1 am by appointment of the man for whom we h!1 work, the head of this department. That man you all know and esteem whatever may be your feelings towards me. I will say right here, I want your friendship and con-fidence. I can only su(',ceed and \ve can all only attain that measure of success we owe Mr, Brown, by working together. IIe would not have selected me for this position had he not had confidence in my ability. I want to demonstrate to him that that confidence is not misplaced and this I can only do with your hearty assistance.' "This little talk did more than anything else to plate me on a friendly footing with my assistants and these pleasant relations have continued since that day. It was not long bdore Mr . .Brown was taken jll aml forced to go abroad for a long rest. The furniture department is but one of many in our establishment, and yet, it seemed to lie' felt I was lhe chief in his absence. This forced upon me a responsI-bility which I did not court. I had to assume -it and am glad now that I did for it ,.,'as of great value to me in husi':' ness growth. "Our men and especially those in my own department, seemed to ,'vork with greater energy after our talk and after Mr. Brown's absence had forced me into the lead. All ex-cept one man, and he was my chief assistant. I do not know what his value had been before my coming, but in view of the fact that I was taken from another establishment to be chief of the furniture department, when the place by reason of seniority belonged to him, leads me to believe he had not given the heed to his own progress which a man should. He was a young man and a good house salesman to a certain extent. I noticed at times though, that he did not seem to have much heart in his work; certainly he was making no apparent effort to extend his knowledge of the business. "Only a few weeks ago he came to Q1e and said, 'I have an order for a mahogany dresser to fill out a chamber suite and we haven't anything in stock which will answer: I asked him where he had found his bedstead and he said on the third floor, mentioning the section. I told him that right across from those bedsteads were a number of dress-ers, just the thing he wanted, and that they had been upon the floor for two weeks. I had to take him to the spot and show them. I said nothing at the time) but that evening, just before closing, I called him to my desk and said, 'Jones, when Me Brown selected me for this position, I was with a rival house. You had been here for some ten years grow-ing up in the business. You and I know Mr. Brown too well to believe he would seek a successor to his old depart-ment head, if he had a man in his employ whom he could promote. That promotion would have been yours, and the position which I hold to-day would be yours, had yOu shown that you were interested in your work. I have noticed for a long time that you seemed to care only sufficient to enable you to hold your place here. You have shown it most conclusively to-day by ignorance of stock which has been upon the floors for two weeks, and which I believe every other man in the establishment knew of.' "He had bridled t1P at this and was on the point of saying something sharp, but I stopped him with an admonition not to talk back at that time. To go home and think the mat-ter over. I told him he was not to take my words as _a call down; simply as a friendly talk. If after- thinking the matter over he considered I did not have warrant for my remarks, he was at liberty to tell me so. He took the advice and some days later, again at closing time, came to my desk and said, 'I was pretty angry at yOll the other evening and came near throwing up my position. I thought over what yOU had said, all that night. I have thought it over since. and I want now to thank vou for talk-ing to me as you did. Every word yOU said w~s the simple truth. I see where I have made my mistake.' "This is the instance of the time server. who by a few friendly words was changed into the sort of worker many employers are seeking. Not aU, but many for Mr. Brown, which is by 110 means his name and the reason for not disclosing the identity of the respective parties, is self ap-parent, is not alone in the business' world in his deSIre cO advance the interests of his helpers. "There is much cant, jn the idiom of the day, tommy-rot, connected With the assertion so often reiterated that the employers of the world ate seeking, and often in vain for the right man for the right place. The man whom they would raise to the highest pinnacle of preferment and reward. ;;Again, I have never been quite conten~ed with anything I have done. I have always wanted to do better. The contented man .is he who has about reached his limit. It isn't at all necessary to be discontented, yet an absence of contentment augers' th ..t a man is not ql1ite satisfied with what he is doing and it most naturally follows that he will . endeavor to improve in the future." THORNTON PRESCOTT CRAFT. The furniture expositions will be held as usual in. January. The usual llttmber of lines will be shown, and all the fuss and bother about one exposition or no exposition a year will be· forgotten. The prpmoters of the no exposition movement will continue to deal with scheme houses and seek government contracts, and the market bUYc='rswill, as ever, hold the bulk of the trade in their home towns. Of one thing the retailers should take notice. The manu- ~aeturers are det.e~mined to ask higher prices for their goods In January. Falhng to make sales for prices that will af-ford a reasonable margi-n of profit, they will clost their fac-tories and engage in the Life Insurance business. POOL CARS FOR PACIFICCOAST OVERLAND FREIGHT TRANSFER COMPANY. SAN F'RANOSCO, CAUFQRN1A. make a specialty of distributingpool cars of all kinds and PARTICULARL Y, 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 ]. M. Welling, 633 So. Jefferson Street Gelock Transfer Company, 108 So. Ionia Street. TEAMING FORWARDING STORAGE LUCE FURNITURE CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Makers of Medium Priced CHAMBER AND DININ.G FURNITURE E.N SUITE. SEND fOR CATALOGUE Mention Michigan Artisan $1.85 A pair for a Genuine AIl-Geese Feather Pillow, size 20 x 26 inches. A. C. A, Art or Linen Ticks, any color. Terms, lelis 5 per cent for cash 10 days. Order direct under our guarantee of satisfaction. H. B. FEATHER COMPANY Mention Michill"an ArliiiaD GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN • 35 , 36 Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 25, 1905. The Indianapolis manufacturers of furniture are having (l very big demand made on their plants this season. Trade is good with all factories and seems to be coming in from all sections of the country. The outlook for the coming year is favorable. It has been the good fortune of the Artisan's representa-tive on a recent visit to the plant of the T. B. Laycock Manu-facturing company to look over this big plant and at the conclusion of same made up his mind that the trip was an exceedingly interesting one. The methods emp[gyecl in re-lation to their department of labor is certainly most effective and progressive. Shown abollt by Mr, 1. :V1.Dean, who has charge of the company's johbitlg trade from coast to coast, the visit was' most profitable and interesting. A special feature of interest in addition to the various factory depart-ments was found on the fourth Hoor. Here is located a dining room, sample room, al1d officers' club room and a ladies' club room. The dining room provides for the serv-ing of most substantial and excellently cooked meals, to the entire force of the Laycock plant, a fact to which the Arti-san's representative can fully testify, having sampled the "Laycock goods" to a vcry matcrial extent during the dinner hour. The officers' club room is a most comfortable abiding place for the officers to meet in and enjoy moments of leisure during the noon bOHr. This room is effectively furnished with mission furniture. The-ladies' club room ,vas a rcvela-tion. Here was found a complete system of tub and shO\vet· baths, the tables provided with the best kind of reading matter, including all the latest magazines; also a nlll11bel' of couches affording plenty of opportunities for rest to the yOUflg ladies employed by this thoughtflll company. The young ladies of the Laycock factory have a Tho.,;. R Laycock literary club and also a vocal club under the direction ot IHrs. Hankenmeiet. The vocal organization was organized by Miss Fletcher, the matron. This club gives concerts hvo or three times a year. A number of the young men of the factory are also members of the vocal dub. It is also the custom of the employees to have a field day in July, at which "Rotary Style" tor Drop CarvinGS. Embossed Moulding, Panels. Etc. UNION EMBOSSING MACHINE CO. INDIANAPOLIS, IND. "Lateral St~le" for LarGe Capacity Hea_y CarvinQ! and Deep EmbOSSinQl We have; the Macbine YQUwalrt at a satisfactory price. Write for descriptive ciTCulars, time athletic sports take place and prizes are put up for the bencfit of the victors, The bowling club is another or·· ganization which belongs to the Mamlfacturers Bowling League. It has been determitled hy the T. B. Laycock Manufactur-ing company to convert their present factory into a power plant. About three months ago the T. B. 'Laycock Powel' Honse company was organized and with additions that are to he erected on the west side of the present plant, will occupy in all a square hounded by Tenth and Eleventh, Missouri and Fayette streets. The T. B. Laycock );lanufacturing company started plan'> last spring for a new factory to be located at Brookside Park, in the northeast section of the city, on the -;'Big Four." the Panhandle and the Belt Line. Ground was broken the middle of September and the entire plallt will he completed next spring. It- will he ncarly fire proof, is to be built of brjck walls, cement floors and the structural work will bc of steel. The new plant will be in the shape of an H. 1t wil1 be ninety feet wide and eight hundred and eighty two feet long. It wilt be a one-story structure with the exception of one portion of the plant, where the two big wings join. This will be three stories and will be devoted to the use of i{ sample room, otTices and welfare room. The capacity of the new plant will nearly double 111atof the old. The present capacity is 1200 spring beds, 700 woven wire cots and 700 iron beds per day. The new site consisted originally of 120 acres, of which twenty-five or thirty acre~, will be retained. the balance sold for lots, on which many of the e111ploye~ of the company will erect homes. Ten or twelve aCTes or the twenty-five or thirty will be converted into a garden, lawns, and an artificial lake, fed by springs. Manager Laycock, when questioned said, "vVe have been having a good trade from al1 sectiolls of the country. The south has not been so good on account of the yellow feaver in Louisiana and Mississippi, but it is now improving," Fire broke out in the works of thc National Dry Kiln company at about I:.10 o'clock A. M., Oct. 20th, anti con-siderable damage was inflicted. The plant is valued at $50,- 000 and the loss was placed at abont$30,ooo, The fire i.:;; sUPlwsed to have originated in the boiler room, which is situated in the west end of the building and the ,heaviest damage was in that part of the structure. The b'uilding was of frame, a story and a half high and abotlt 200 feet in length. The works were operated as two separate depart~ ments. One department was devoted to the mal1ufaeture of Embossinu and DrOD Garvinu Ma6hln6S Machines for a" purposes, and at prices within the reach of all. EveryMachine has our guar-antee against breakage for one year 7IRT I15'AJ"l PSi? $"ffl 37 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 MANUFACTURING Co. owosso, MICH. kilns used iOt drying brick and lumher and the other was the boiler-making department. VV'. IVI. Jillson is president of the company. The other officers are: Edward Gerrard, vice-president; D. C. Jillson, secretary, and C. H. Gerrard, manager. It is reported lllat lske Bros., h,tllit\.ue dcalen, are con-templating disposing of their fetail business and embarking ill the manufacture exclusively of upholstered furniture. The \-Vestern Furniture company, lU<ttlttfacturers of cham-ber suites and chiffoniers, is one of the Indianapolis plants which is being taxed to the utmost this Season. !d,lnager \V. L. Hagedorn says a hig dcmand is coming frolll all sec-tions. The J. CFliTschman company, manufacturers of mat-tresses ;111dbedding, arc also ll:tving a big trade this year. The company's business comes principally from Illinois, Michigan, Ohio and lndlana. The company occnpies at pre-sent a very substnntial and nnv plant ·which was built espec-ially to cllable tllC company to make use of the hea\'y mach-ines they operate. J. G. Flaherty, of Smith, Day & Company, chair manu-facturers, made an Ollt of town business trip during the mid-dle of October. This well known company has been rlllllling nights in order to meet lilc demands of their hig trade. The Udell vVorks, (A. \V. Cobb, manager), are getting- 011t a lot of new samples for thc January sea~Ol1 and their Our Oak and Mahogany DINING EXTENSION TABLES Are Best Made, Bell Finished. B~I Values, All Made (rom Th01"<J.ugbly Seas.<:.ned Stock No. 435 Dining Table Top 54)[.54. Made in Quartered 0&11. and Mahogany. Full PQI-ished. Nick.el Casters . . LENTZ TABLE CO. NASHVILLE, MICHIGAN. exhibit will be again al 14Il Michigan aventJe, Chicago, on the fourth floor, during the Jattuary season. The display will he larger than ev<:;rbefore and Manager Cobb says there \"ill be some radical changes and some decided surprises. "If the demaud keeps up we win have to run nights," said ~iIal1agcT Cobb. The .Pie! Brothers Manufacturing company, corner 3.1ad-iSOll avenne and Ray streets, are erecting an addition 80 x 35 feet to their pfant. The same will he used for warehollse purposes. This company is having an excellent trade) the south being well represented in the demand. M. Clllne & Sons, manufacturers, is another Ol1e of the Indianapolis houses that has been kept very bllSY. The hulk of this campallY's tradc comes from Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Kentncky. The company is getting out another big line for the coming year. The Central Chair company have been funning their new plant nights for some time past. Old Hickory's Improvements. The Olel Hickory Chair Factory. of Martinsville, Ind., have b<.:cn incrcasi"g their power (hwing the. summer months and also added several dry killl,S The trade of this com-pally has been very satisfactory during 1905, says Mr. Shire-man. 38 UNDERTAKERS CORNER. Facts and Incidents Pertaining to the Profession. An Ionia, Mich., undertaker, who has been 46 years in the business, made the first "what-not's" and the first round-cornered spindled beds ever built in Ionia and Greenville, and also put on sale the first coffins in the county that were not made to measure.. In the funeral line, were all his sub-jects to rise and congregate in one place while he sang the lusty song, "I Gather Them In," it would reqllire an attdi-totium capable of holding 6,800 persons. • • • Those Indiana undertakers are so hot after business that one of them replevined a corpse from another the other day. It may yet become necessary for Indiana pedestrians to fur-nish positive proofs of life in order to get past the embalm-ing parlors. • • • In addres~ing the state undertakers Governor Hoch of Kansas told them he would not crack any jokes upon such a grave occasion. Hence his address was rather a stiff talk that will never be embalmed in the casket of memory. • • • "There are too many undertakers in Milwaukee for the amount of business here.." said C. B. Bi.rong, a casket sales-man from Chicago, in Milwaukee recently. "The vital statistics the past two months both in Chicago and Milwau-kee were awful-so low. Milwaukee is one of the strongest towns for cremation, too. The undertaking bpsiness hcre is in the hands of a few of the largest undertakers. They complain, too .. that money is tight. Money is often tied up in the settling of estateS. "Cremation will not do away with the demand for coffins, because they must be used in transferring the body to the crematory. But cheaper caskets are used for this purpose." "Casket manufacturers are meeting in Chicago to agree upon a raise in prices. They have been cutting prices for ninety days and wish to restore them. The idea that there is a large profit in caskets is erroneous. It originated from some poor widow's buying a too expensive casket." • • • The embalmers of the state of Michigan have received orders from the State Board of Health, to asset"'hle in Lan-sing on November 15th, to qualify for the pract\ 'Of their profession. • • • The pastors of New Albany, Ind.,have resolved to \::onduct no more Sunday funerals. That does not matter. The funeral director who cannot put up a Sunday funeral service bHter than any clergyman, does not amount to much in his business. • • • Oakland, Cal., is greatly agitated over the opening of an undertaking shop in·the fashionable Lakeside district of that city, by one John E. Anden:;on. Mass meetings of the resi-dents were held, h\lt he paid no attention to them. An 10- jtlllction against him was then obtained, but it was dissolved. Then an ordinance was passed, providing that no under-taking establishment should be established inside of the fire limits. This ordinance, if enforced, would compel Henderson to close his place of business, unlesf! he obtained a permit from the Board of Public Works, and this, it is understood, he can not do. He says, however, that he will continue to do business in spite of the ordinance, which he claims, is invali.d. The residents around his lllace are determined that the ordinanc,e shall be enforced and Henderson may be ar-rested. He has announced that if this is done he will appeal any decision 2.gainst him to the Supreme Court, jf neces-sary. Southern Growth. The report of the SO\lthern Railway Company is all inter-esting document. Tape readers, of course, will fasten eager-ly upon the statement that its net income and surplus over charges each increased about a million dollars. Truly this is an e'ncouraging statement, but interest in it is narrow com-pared with facts affecting the territory which the railway serves. Thus we learn that "along the lines of the Southern Railway Company during the year ended June 30, 1905, there were completed and put into operation 46 textile mills, 34 fur-niture factories, 38 iron industries, 6 tanneries, 77 stone quar-ries and coal mines, 13 cottonseed oil plants, 8 fertilizer works. and more than 500 smaller industries. Over 250 previonsly existing plants were enlarged during the year and 54 new industries were under construction at the close of the year." All this along the lines of only 7,000 miles of railway! \iVhat must have been the growth along the aggregated 200,- 000 miles and more in the United States? And what do the>ie dull figures mean in men and money? Every mill re-quired capital and operatives. Captains of industry trans-late sueh facts into terms of immigration and investment which spell wealth not for the railway primarily, but for the community. Nor is this the top of the boom in the opinion of the men on the spot. The report continues: "Underlying conditions are favorable to further increase in industrial de-velopment along and adjacent to the company's lines." This is what the cotton crop is doing for the South and it" railways in a yellow fever year. The permanenCe of growth of this sort is its most im-portant characteristic. All wealth comes from the soil, but it does not come equally in all years. In business, too, there are fluctuations. but with a difference. When a mill is b11ilt, when an immigrant settles, it is something like insurance of permanent addition to thc resources of the d.istrkt, as well as the rai1way. Thereafter their interests are indis-soluble, The mill may make more or Jess money; but like the railway, it cannot be removed. Nor do settlers upon the soil move easily. Their roots are set deeper than the forest king's. They can only prosper by finding a market for their products, and for that they are dependent upon railways. But they must get a dollar before the railways can get a share of it. It is .1 maxim of railway administration that no railway can prosper in the adversity of its customers, and that their prospcrity must precede the railways. No money is made upon passengers and freight which are not carried, and no railway traffic moves unless there is profit in it for the shippers as well as for the carrier. Yet there are those in influential places who seek to antagonize these hand-in-hand interests. It is portentous to think of damage to rail-way investors through damage to railways. It is calami-tOllS to think of the results to communities if railway enter-prise is paralysed by confiscatory or benumbing legislation. The Southern Railway and its tributary region are doing so well together that it is prudence to leave well alone, lest it be worsened by departnres framtried and proved policies. -New York Times. One of the secretaries of the Japanese legation Silent a few days in Grand Rapids recently studying the business of manufacturing furniture. The doors of the hig shops swing open for his entry withotlt question: The secretary went home with the determination to establish a furniture factory in Tokio, and in the course of time the Japanese will compete with the manufacturers of the United States for the trade of the Pacific Coast. Christopher Blake, deceased, formerly manufactured fur-niture in Boston. Five grand-children have united in an action to break his will. Deceased left an estate valued at $1l7,ooo. As has been stated above, he was engaged in the furniture business and many in the trade have repeatedly demanded a reply to the question, "How did he get it?" - -- ------------------------ HORN BROS. MFG. CO. 281 to 291 W. Superior St.. CUICAGO. ILL. MANUFACTVRERS 'OF Chamber SUites, Odd Dressers, Chiffoniers LADIES' DRESSING T4BLES to match SOME OF OUR NEW DRESSERS-Made in Quarter-Sawed Oak. Oval or Square GIa..8 Maae in Golden Oak, Genuine Mahogany Veneered, Birdseye Maple, White Enamel Highly Polished or Dull Finish. We also make a line of PRINCESS DRESSERS from $13.00 up, in Quarter-Sawed Oak, Mahogany and Birdseye Maple, Veneered If you have not received our SpriIlg Supplement, ask for it. SAMPLES SHOWN BY PECK & HILLS Ut9 Mi~hlp.n AnuM, and HALL & KNAPP, 187 Michigan Avenue, Chicago. Do You Use CLAMPS? We now own the BENEDICT PATENTS and make all kinds of CLAMPS FOR FURNITURE WORK. GRAND RAPIDS HAND SCREW CO. 130 South Ionia Street, GR.ANDR.APIDS. MICUIGAN. RICHMOND RICHMOND, IND. The Standard line of Double Cane CHAIRS and ROCKERS Mention MICHIGAN ARTISAN 39 -------------------~--- The Wholesale Furniture Exhibition Building 1323- I 325 Michigan Avenue CHICAGO A BUILDING DEVOTED ENTIRELY TO THE EXHIBITION OF FURNITURE THROUGHOUT THE EN T IRE YEA R ==========~lINES READY JANUARY IST, 1906========~ ABuilding whose lines A FEW FEATURES will be kept intact the year round, enabling furniture dealers t 0 make their selections, at any time they may c a II, from complete and unbroken lines. i § § i lIJEJIiIl11tijt =.1iiilliiiiJ[jfi I ! PERMANENT DISPLAY IDEAL LOCATION INDIVIDUAUTY NO CROSSING OF ALLEYS OR BRIDGES WELL LIGHTED FRONT ENTRANCE ALL.FLOORS FACE THE AVENUE No sacrificing 0 f samples at large dis-counts with only two months service. A competent corps of salesmen in charge at all times. ~WRITE FOR FLOOR DIAGRAM Some good space on a few floors still for rent. Apply before it WHOLESALE FURNITURE EXHIBITION is all taken. -BUILDING- 1323 AND T32S MICHIGAN AVENUE, Containing a comprehensive and complete display of all lines of furniture. embracing Parlor Furniture, Metal Beds, Chamber Suits, Dining Room Furniture, Chairs, Rockers, and everything going to make up a Complete exhibition. ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO GEO. D. WILLIAMS COMPANY, lessors Wide~Awake Furniture Merchants Will Always Have OUR BIG NEW CATALOGUE 17 On File for Instant Reference. Frequently customers cannot be sold from stock on hand. Then turn to our Catalogue. Nine times out of ten, the most exacting customer will make a selection from it. "Nothing Succeeds LiKe Success" Keep in close touch with the best selling line of Couches. Sofa Bed", Davenports and Adjustable Sofas. We make a long, strong line of Leather work in "Reliance" and natural grain leather. We guarantee "Reliance" Leather to be the best made. Our "Chautauqua" Box couch is a mar-velously quick seller at retail. It should be a staple in every stock. "Simplicity" Sofa Beds are sold from coast to coast. "Kingspring" Couch construction is the easiest spring work ever devised. Our goods are the recognized standard for style and quality. Send for our big new catalogue 17. It is full of money makers. Send now. JAMESTOWN LOUNGE COMPANY JAMESTOWN, NEW YORK, CANNOT TELL YOU the details of our NEW LINE for the coming Season of trade Laraest Factory In the World devoted escluslvel,. to the production of Chamber Furniture. It Will be worth coming thousands of miles to see. In the meantime we have GOOD THINGS on hand for early shipment. Write us for particulars. COMPANY of Everything for the Bedroom GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. SLIGH FURNITURE. Makers 42 Busy Factories in Shelbyville. Shelbyville seems to be a beehive of industry. Such was the observation made by the l\Jichigan Artisan's representa-tive on the occasion of his visit here a few days ago. Re-ports from every furniture factory were such as to show that it would scarcely seem possible for the furniture in-dustries of this thriving city to do more than they arc dojn~~ at the present time. Many of the plants halle been obliged to rim their factories not only in the day time, but for a certain number" of hours each night as well. Certain it is that Shelbyville-mauufactmcrs seem 19 be getting more than their share of the patronage from the furniture trade. It was the -privilege of the Artisan's reporter to visit the hig plant of the Conrey & Birely Table Co., manufactun·.rs of center and library tables, toilet tables, pedestals and tab-ourettes. This mammoth plant is being taxed to the utmost in order to get out the orders that have been poring in upon them. President and manager, CharJes L. Davis, t'eports that trade with his company has been a wonderful one this year, the east and west contributing to a large extent to the big volume of business dpne. Trade in the south also has been very good notwithstanding the yellow fever epidemic. The Company is now getting out their January patterns, all of which will be seen at I3I9 Michigan avenue, Chicago, this coming January season. The Conrey & Birely Table company have a force of three hundred and fifty men employed the year around and the company's business is increasing year by year. Notwith-standing the erection of a hig four-story stnlcture as an ad-dition to the already big plant, the demands of their trade has been such as to keep this big institution busy all through the year, The company's lumber yard covers an area of from ten to fifteen acres. Thirteen cars of furniture are 10aderl daily and such is the system in the packing and assembling-rooms that without a qucstion more stuff is turned out by the Conrey & Birely Table company than by any other furni-ture plant in the country. The Conrey-Davis Mfg. Co., mallufacttlfers of extension tables, costumers, plate racks, medicine cabinets, etc., have been running nights for some time past. Secy.-treas. Lee C. Davis, states that they are oversold .to tJJe 1st of January. The day force. has been employed to do the night work as well as· the day, but as the demand was too much upon them the work of running nights was discontinued tempo-rarily. This company huilt a dry kiln in June, installing also a ·lot of extra machinery, thereby increasing their ca-pacity by one-third. Yet the situation remains the same, vii. that they are still oversold. This company is getting auf their line of January patterns, which will be shown on the 8th floor of Manufacturers Exhibition Bldg., 1319 Michi-gan avenue. The C. H. Campbell Furniture company, manufacturers of hall furniture is another concern that has been running nights, but because of the demand made upon the day force, who were doing the night work also, President Campbell says the night work was given up. Trade with this company has been very good in every section of the country and in fact, has been more than they could take care of. The plant employs 125 hands, A fine line of new patterns will be shown in January. l\h. Campbell states that the demand seems to center on weathereu, golden and English oak finishes. Another stri
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758. Michigan Artisan; 1909-02-10

Notes:: Issue of a furniture trade magazine published in Grand Rapids, Mich. It was published twice monthly, beginning in 1880. and Twenty-Ninth Year-No. 15 FEBRUARY 10, 1909 Semi-Monthly ~----------_._-----------,-------- I I I!I III ,I!II ·TH.ROW OUT All Disk, Drum and Spindle Sanders are money wasters. ---------------., !I There is not a piece of sanding that our PATENTED SAND BELTS Will NOT POLISH BETTER AND FASTER 400 machines already in operation. Why give your competitor an advantage over you in this department? No. 171 SAND Bl!:LT MACHINE. JanItATENTED 12th. 1897 May 17th, 1904 Novomb", 14th. 1905 Febiuary 13th, 1906 October 2nd. 1906 Will sand and polish flat surfaces. all irregular work in your sanding department. Ask for catalogue E. WYSONO« MILES CO., Cedar St. and !'ou. R. R. OREENSBORO, N. C. The Best"Truck--The Strongest Truck Tbis is the famous Gillette Roller Bearing Factory Truck-the truck on which it is said, "One man can move a load of 3000 pounds whUe with the other trucks it takes three '!:nen." This is the truck that is strong where others are weak-the truck that has an unbreakable malleabie iron fork. This is tbe truck YOU are looking,for if you wish to invest in ratber than waste 'money on factory trucks. I Gillette Roller Bearing CO. ORAND RAPIDS, MICHIOAN The Lightest Running, Longest Laating " 1 , I "ABC" Vertical Self-Oiling Engine_ are Arr,QDged for Direct CoDneetion to Any Make of Generator ''The highest quality of material, workmanabip and finish ever embodied in steam engine con-struction." "ABC" Questions on Lighting if you need a boiler to run your engine and you use Ex-haust Steam for heating and drying, how in the world can any-one sell you electric current for lighting your mill, fal:tory and yard as cheaply as you can generate your own? Can you affird to belt a generator from your line shaft or can you direct connect a dynamo to any ordinary steam engine when an "ABC" VERTICAL ENCLOSED SELF-OILING ENGINE WILL PAY FOR ITSELF IN ONE YEAR IN SAVINGS OF OIL AND FUEL? rou can affird an "ABC" ENGINE and we can prove it. Write us number of lights or kilo-watts wanted, together with steam pressure carried- for proposition. Get catalog 232 M. A. anyway. ~ II."""I".II· '1Il,I'!"'III\I, ,\1""""\1\, '111""""'11 '1,111"''''''''11" "'''''''''''1'1. . Principal Office: 1'\' , . 'F+r' DETROIT, MICH. I 'I I 1 . Works • \\1",.,1,',,, I,lll~" Illh""",llllh',."", 1",,,,,,,,'111 DETROIT, MICH. and TROY, N. Y. MANUFACTURERS MENOCISLTOSAEIDR DSERLYFKOILIUNNSG. ENGINES. "DETROIT. · ."NONS_ERPEATRUARTNING TORf'APS. HEATINGAND VENTILA1"INCAPPARA1"US. AU1"OMA1"ICRETURN'RAPS. 1New York. Chkago, Sales Offices St. Loui •• philadelphia. . Pitttburw. Atlanta. "ABC" ~-_._----_._---------------_._--.... SLIDING SHOE FOR USE ON DESK LEGS This shoe does the work of a caster yet allows the desk legs to set close to floor. Fastened with flat head wood screw and furn-ished in three sizes. SEND FOR SAMPLES AND PRICES. • • No. 1493 PULL A very fine handle for desks in the square effect. Something different from the regular bar pulls, GRAND RAPIDS BRASS CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN • --------- :'llCHIGAN ARTISAN .--._-- IIIIII III Iv ~.~. ,-, II II ::::!!~~~ No 20 GlueH•• 'e.. CHAS. E, FRANCIS COMPANY, Main Office and Works, Rushville,lnd, No.GGlueHe., ... ~----------------------------------_._---_! .... I I II ,j Veneer Presses 61ue Spreaders Glue Healers Trucks, Etc., Etc. These Specialties are used aU Over the World Power Feed Clue Spreadinlr Machine, Single, Double aDd Combination. (P.IItenled) (Size8 12 in. to 84 in wide.) THE ADOPTED Hand Feed GlueiD8 Machine (Patent pendiDll.) Many styl •• and aize .. Wood-Working Machinery and Supplies LET us KNOW YOUR WANTS ._-_._-------------------------_._-----. II II I I• !, I REGARDING SHADE OF The ALI1"ietta Fumed Oak Acid stain will produce perfectly that g-reenish brmvn tint adopted by the Furniture ~lallufactttrers' Associa-tion. It is also made to match any special ",bade desired. Stains red and white oak alike aiving a uni-form color. It raises the grain so little and penetrates so deeply that it can be sanded perfectly smooth without cutting tllroug-h the stain. \\Trite for sample panel or a sample of the staill. MARIETTA PAINT and COLOR CO. MaRIETTa. 0"'0 ~-------------------------------------- .---------- ,! IIIIII ,III III IIII FUMED OAK ~ A Perfect ~~ Stain ~ GOLDEN OAK / / Try / This NEPTUNE LIQUID WAX A superior preparation ready for use that will be found practic,al and economical where an economical wax fin-ish is desired. It is a coater and a wax combined produc-ing a finish impervious to water. writ. for Sample. \Vhethcr yon want the Grand Rapids shade of Golden Oak, or any other shade, ,ve CUI match it pedcctly jn our liamous Golden Oak Oil Stain This is a p()\verlul, penetrat-ing stain. write for Sample. .---- i WHITE PRINTING CO. I I I I GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. I I . HIGH GRADE CATALOGS COnPLETE I• I ,I ---_._----------------_._-----_._----~ .. z MICHIGAN ARTISAN [THE)3I~ WHITE~SHOPl I - ,I We Furnish Every Article of Printing I Needed by Business Men I I I i I I I ' I I : I I I I I I ! I j : ! : I II WHITE PRINTING COMPANY I,I I r THE BIG WHITE- SHopl , :;; .. Grand Rapids, Mich. 108, 1l0, and 112 North Division Street, ~--- --- GRAND RAP!:::3 29th Year-No. I5. GRAND RAPIDS. MICH .. FEBRUARY 10. 1909. =====~.~==== ==== $1.00 per Year. The Death of Competition. ::\Jr. Carnegie had such a merry time with the \-Vays and Mcans Committee that he wishes to repeat it before a Com-mittee of the 'Vholc of all Americans upon the state of t:1C Ullioll. 1\Ir. Carnegie casts his eagle eye ahead~a long way ahead-811d sees the d;:i'\Nllof a new era, in which all prices ,,,,ill be regulated by an industrial court. \Vith profound solemnity he rcmarked--- Jookin:; out of the other eye-that the most momentous change in history is now working- itself out. The change from the system of home VI/ark, each man owning his tools and his product, to the factory system, when he sells his labor instead of his product, beCatlse he \vorks with another m;:t11'stools and produces for the aCCOunt of the owner of the tools, "vas less momentolls than WJlat IVIr. Carnegie detects as no-w proceeding. This is a bigger prob-lem- and therefore a merrier jest--than even the tariff prob-lem, about which 1\fr. Carnegie succeeded in settillg the COUll try laughing, although some of the smiles were all the wrong side of the mouth. VI/ e need borrow no anxieties. Me Carnegie is going to have the tariff settled bv a com-missi01l, and after we get the nC\V tariff the trltst~ will be compelled to sdl their products at prices satisfactory to all The trusts will still exist, since "ve cannot abolish them. But we can control them. A supreme industrial' court will have to be created, and eventually will have to pass upon prices-disguise this as we may. This is even a larger question than the tariff. It is. /\lso it is the biggest question save one. There is nothing more fundamental than the Cjueston of prices. save the question of morals. Some, especially the Socialists. have thought the question of morals included the question of prices, but Mr. Carnegie Jistinguishesand settles the ques-tion of prices upon purely economic considerations, begin-uing by abolishing competition. Personally competition ",,'as good enough for him. \A/hen he was ill trade "he cut prices to keep the mills going.." but 110\'" the Steel Trust "refuses to make any concessions which will put their idle men at \vork" The Steel -Trust is practically omnipotent. hence the industrial cOllrt to arrange prices for it and its con-sumers "to their mutual satisfaction. It would be a pity to discuss seriollsly this newest devel- OpmeJlt in the new era in ·which old principles are of no ac-count. Speaking solely according to tradition it will be recalled that the era of unrestricted and uneconomic com-petitioJl v,,"hich 111'. Carnegie recalls \vith such unction satis-fied nobody hut himself. He sold cheap goods for a profit, and his wages aggregated less than his prices, as app<2ars from tile fact that he did not go broke. I-T e never saw the day when he could prodw:::e so cheaply as the trust of to-day. After the orgy of cheapness from which )"Ie Carnegie emerged triumphant the country required alrnost ;15 many years for recuperation as it is now taking months after a worse depression. and the result was the establishment of the trust. whose. trade, Mr, Carnegie says,. will' be regulated hy a COllrt of prices. )'h. Carnegie's plan is, of' course, beyond criticism. al-though el-'en he admits th.9.t,Hke the I~1ter-State Commerce Commission, his court of prices "mav make mistakes.'" He takes no individual interest in the effect of his plan. It is, therefore, ,,,,ith entire detachment that he witl take tIle few hurdles before his plan can be accepted in its entirety. \Vill his court of prices settle the prices for all sellers of iron, for instance, or only for the trust? If the prices are as low as the trust can afford it win do all the business, since there cannot be two prices in the same market. Thus the com-petitors would be starved to death. Or if the court's price is high enough for the trust's competitors to thrive the trust \"'ould be aggrandized intolerably. Suppose the court's price failed to revive trade-would th1O'court mandamus con-sumers to buy? Snppose the unions advanced wages-would the court advance prices? Or would the court fix wage$ as well as price.s? In that caSe would not the court of prices be abollt aU there is of the United States Government? \"'Y" e SuppOse, though, that }lr. Carnegie spoke rather as a prophet than as an advocate of price regu[atioll.-N. Y. Timcs. @ * @ A Shop Mark Campaign. Vi,Then a malHlfac:turer decides that the quality of his work is so high that it deserves an emblem or name by ·which consumers may distinguish it from other makes and futly resolves to enter upon a campaign of publicity, he should take into consideration the condition of the market and the strength of the dealers selling his goods. He should count upon strong opposition from the start, as the dealer holds steadily to the right to purchase goods from whom he pleases and to conceal their I1Cimes. 1\"ot infrequently dealers inform patrons that the stock they purchase is mallufactured by themselves. In discussing t:le experiences of a large manufacturing corp,oration in enforcing the po!"icy of shop marking their goods. an official of the same said: "vVe COllllted the cost carefully before we entered upon the campaign, expecting to Jose considerable trade, alld sevcral of our oldest and most valued customers closed their accounts. But having determined to attach Ollr trade mark to cvery piece we turned out, our only course "vas to pursue that policy to the end. A great deal of corres-pondence resulted, ill which we set up the claim that having expended vast sums of money in perfectitlg our line aod in prcsenting its quality to the public through the employment of the magazines, it would be unjust to ourselves to permit the lll.arketing of our goods unless our shop mark had been attached to the same. '1'"\\'0 prominent firms joined ill a demand that their orders be filled with unl11arked goods or cancelled. \,Ve promptly notified the orl11s that. while wc greatly regretted to do so, their orders should be cancelled. Vie recognized the fact that the firms would have no difficulty in obtaining goods, but not our goods." @ * @ Improvement Predicted. Secretary Linton of the National Case 1Iakers' Associa-tion reports t]wt the sales of case goods during the month of January in the United States amounted to seventy-five per cent of a normal amount, He thinks there will be an im-provement in sales with the opellillg of spring. 4 MICHIGAN •,I I ARTISAN Cut Drawer Bottoms Write us for Prices on Rotary I ! in BASSWOOD, BIRCH, POPLAR or GUM FOUR CHAIRS SOLD FOR $7,200. Top Price at the Auction of Talbot Taylor's Furniture. A suite of four chaiTs of the 'period of Louis XV., with carved and gilded frames, upholstered in Hauvais tapestry, formed the chief feature at the closing sess;on of the sale of the Talbot Taylor collection in New York. The designs of the tapestry represent scenes from La Fontaine's Fables after Oudry. The bidding started at $2,000 for the lot and rose quickly to $7,100. There was a pau,se of nearly a minute and ther! H. O. Watson said $7,200 and no one went any higher The next piece sold was a.threefold srreen of the same period iti a gilded frame of similar design, with glazed upper panels and lower panels in Bauvais tapestry in designs copier! after pastorals by BOllcher. This went to r. J. Smathers fo!" $2.450. He bought in addition to the screen two chairs of the same period similar to the Duvcen set, for which he paid $3,600, a,nd some notable specimens of Louis XIII., Louis XIV., Flemish and Italian Renassance furniture. as well as some wood carvings of an earlier date. Notable among these was a divan of the period of Louis XIV., with carved oak frame, taper legs and shaped stretch- <>rs,upholstered in old tapestry au point. for which he p~i1 $$25; a French divan of the seventeenth century, resembhng somewhat in design the old alcove bed and upholstered in t!,c verdure Flemish tapestry, which he secured after a spiriteli c-9mpetition f()r- $400, and a French four-post bedstead of the fifteenth century, with carved panels which were originally part of a judge's tribunal in a provincial court of justice, which cost him $395. Another of Mr. Smathei's purchases \yas an elmwood (Irawiilg table of the LouisXIV period, with turned and twist- ...d legs and extending leaves. It was started at $100 a.lld brought $315. He bought also the only specimen at the sale of sixteenth century Italian carved oak, a massive arm chair, with high back, ormnamellted with cheruhs' heads in relid and conventional foliage and upholstered in red Genoese cut velvet This chair, although it was specialTy praised by the a.uctioneer, hung fire ;tt first and it was with considerable difficulty that an offer of $25 was secured for it. Three or four persons discovered at this point that they wanted it badly, and it was fina.l1y knockf<'d down for $37{). He secured also one of the armchairs upholstered in old Cor. dova leather, five of which were offered. This was a IlwingeJ 3rmchair" of unique design, and had it not been for the fact that the leather on the seat was split would have brought the Hghest price of the group. It went for $1_~5.while all of the ethers brought more A. C. James paid $210 for one and $170 for another and $200 for a third. and Eastman Johnson se~ cured one which had been purchased from Duveen Brothers for $145. . A slxteenth century Flemish table of carved elmwood went to J. H. l\forgan for $400 and J. T. Tower paid $130 for a H'lemish armchair of carved oak, with caned seat and back. The only piece of Chippendale offered was a mahogany cabinet, carved in Chinese style, with canopien top and glazed front. It was divided into three compartments and stood on ('ight legs It was a combination of two designs figured by r:hippendale on plates CIX. and eXI. in his "Gentleman and Cabinetmakers" published in 1754. It was purchased by J. O. Wright, a dealer, for $1,000. J. B. Leaventritt bought a c'haise longue of the period 0" T ouis XIV., upholstered in tapestry au point. which was said to be one of the earliest existing examples, for $365, and Mrs. E. H. Frisbee secured for $800 a pair of console tables of the period of Louis XV. of carved and gilded wood with tops of Volette Breche marble. 1-1rs. Frisbee bought also several specimens of early wood carvings of saints and angels, among 'vhich were two of the seventeenth century with polychro-matic decoration, for which she paid $95 each. A. V. Dick-son bought two plaster panels of carved oak in Italian Ren-aissance design for $170, and a French panel of the fifteentr century representing the IILord's Supper," for $85. One of the best-of the Louis XVI. commodes, of which ~('vera I were offered. was bought by Worting-ton Whitehouse fo!' $165. It was the work of a provinc.iaI ...a.binetmaker, and was inlaid with apple. pear and peach woods. A Louis seize divan of carved oak with festoons around the lower .rail and loose cushions of old red cut velour went 10 P. Armour Valentine for $375. R. S. Knight paid only $170 for a commode of tulip wood nl1d marqueterie with ormolu mounts, which the auctionee" said was worth $2,000, and Worthington Whitehouse was tho:. ."'l1ccessful bidder for a Louis Seize boudoir suite of walnut ,vith carved seats and back. It cost him $180. Another commode, of the Louis Quinze period, went tn ),frs. H. S. Philips for $100, and Mrs. C. D. Dickey purchased a Louis Quinze sofa in a caned, gilded and painted frame, witb, loose cusiohn is onld hrocade, with two armchairs and three side chairs to match, in separate lots for $295. An escritoire, style Louis XV., sold for $560; a small sofa, 'with Oriental carvings and Beauvais tapestry, for $1,950; a fourfold screen for $1,950; and a threefold screen for $1,200. The total amount realized by the sale was $100,000. Miss Hamilton paid $167.50 for a Louis Seize carved wal-nut side chair upholstered in old Flemish tapestry and a Louis freize armchair with shaped walnut frame brought $130. It ,vent to L. W. Sprague.-New York Sun. MICHIGAK ARTISAN 5 ~• ------- -----------------------~I I =SEE I -- I West Michigan Machine & Tool Co., Ltd. I GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. I .I._--- f~or -"IG-"--GR-a-D-E -PU-N-C"ES and DIES J I j r------- A~~~~~~~Ai~o-1.:1~?H~~ OROOVINO SA WS I I I up to 5-16 thick. I I R,ffpafrlng.....Satisfactlon guaranteed. I Citizens' Phone 1239. I 21N.Msrke'S ... ""sDdRsplds.Mleh. I I 31-33 S. FRONT ST., GRAND RAPIDS ~------_._--- ---' .-------_._-------- ..... --------------------~ IMPROVED. EASY 'ND ELEVATORS QUICK RAISINC Belt, Electric and Hand Power, The Best Hand Power for Furniture Stores Send for Catalogue alld Price,;. KIMBALLBROS. CO., 1067 N;nlh St.. Council BlUffs, la. I r Kimball Elevator Co.• 3~ ProspectSt., Cleveland,0.; I 108 11th St., Omaha, N~b.; l-WCedar St., New York City. ...----- ---------- ...... , -'" IB. WALTER & CO. fNAD~~~~1 M,nDf"",'w 0'- T ABLE SLIDES Exclusively I _____________ --4 I WRITE FOR PRICES AND DISCOUNT ~------ If your DESIGNS are right, people want the Goods. That makes PRICES right. (tlarence lR. lbills •,I ,I , !I .--------------------.~ ! I I I I II West Si~e 36 Inch Ban~ Saw Machine, ! ,--- Gleason Patent Sectional Fee~ Roll, I ;;s~;~~U~'~TW~(~)RDKS..;Y I I CRANO RAPIDS, MICH., U. S. A. I AGE ....TS, Chicago Machinery Exchanll('; Eby. Machinery Co., 3:'·41 Main St., San hancisco, I I ea!; H. \V. Petrie, "Il-Ill foc Canlld.-o/Ji(f·s" t I T oTonlo, Montreal and Vanc<JlIver, : ~------------------------ --------~ ~f ------T-H-E-------------------------------~ : ! Wellin~toft notel I i f::k~~baB~uf:v~r~ ; I ::'n~Lf,<~;a:~, I , $i 50,000 I Hot and cold running II water and long dis-tance 'phone .. in aU I:: rOioo" rooms, I00 with I bath. Sinllie or en Illite. Rates $1.00 and upwards. One of the mosl unique dininll rooms in the country. • OUT famous Indian Cafe. I • ~OTED FO~ ~£RVICE,"0 CUI~IN~ • I McClintock and Bayfield ~ •"-________PR_O_P_S_. ---.IiI --_._-----_. ---_.-., -~ These saws are ,I made from No.1 Steel and we war- : Tant every blade. : We also carry a t full stock of Bev- : eled Back Scroll : Saws. any length I and gauge. 't ,, I Write Oil for Price LIst aod dl8COunt 6 MICHIGAN ARTISAN KNOCKERINO WANTS FACT. He for One Would Not Hurt Another Man's Credit. Mr. Kllockcrino walked \'Vit:lOUt knocking into the office of a busy acquaintance, deposited himself on the edge of the busy acquaintance's desk, lit a cigarette without asking the typewriter girl whether she liked Turk smoke and unfolded himself: Hay-a, there, old workhorse! See you're working your head off, as usuaL Bad habit. Injurious. Oilght to relax. \Vhy don't you take a little trot down to Florida? Or Cuba? Or Porto Rico? How's that? Haven't the time? That's what they ail say. That's-- Oh, say, talking about Florida, d'je know tilat Jim-- Oll, well, I guess Jim'll Slip me the money some old time, hut they teU me that Jim i~m't such a prompt slipper as he might be. Jim's all right, 1 guess, and all that. Jim thinks, I im-agine, tbat just because he's been having a bit of trouble with his wife-huh? Hadn't heard about it? \\lhy, everybody knew all about that" I thought-that he's excusable for over-looking these little matters, but~ By tlle way, talking about the domestic. gag, have you heard that Ed Giddap's wife's gone back to her folks out west somewhere? Had a wireless on that last night. Didn't knock me off the bench or anything, that new". I kind o'[jgurcd right along that sOoner or later Ed would be nailed with tlle goods. Ed, you know, had been handing it out to his wife for years that his every night downtown moochngs around were due to the fact that he belonged to a whole passel of lodges and things, but a ""vhileago, it seems, she sort of wised up and found that Ed didn't belong to any other lodge except the Tenderloin Sleep Duckers Associa-tion and the Bed Haters Society, and from hitting that trail "he got hep to all the rest of it, so that when Ed' got home to the flat from his office ,one evening last week he found little l\lrs. Helpmatie had done gone away from here, and Ed went roaring and blubbering around and telling every-body his troubles, including the janitor and 'the cop on the beat, about his troubles, and he ouly got the hoot, of course, which a fellow is bound to get when: he becomes bleaty about his family troubles and all 0' that. General opinion seems to be that Eddie got just what he's been due faT <l. long while,. She took the young 'uns along with her, and that made Ed cra7.y of course, and he's been walloping the old redeye to beat the band ever sine.e it hap-pened, and the first thing he knows he'll be holding down one of those little ""hite cots with the green rabbits doing wing dances for him on the foot board. Say, I see you've got one of those calendars of the San LUls Oblspo Gold Mining Company stuck lJp over your desk. Did you bite on that stuff too? Ha, hal \\leU, well! So you got busy- with your little nibbler and took a knaw on that bait, hey? Ho, ho! ig~piQs,f\ie~ Wen, you haven't got anything on me. T bought ahout fourteen pounds of those shares for seven cents a share, waiting for that sure thing rise to 80 e.ents within siKty days, hut I haven't got it any more-leave it to 'your little play-mate Ethelbert not to have any of it any more. I stuck around for about a month with mine and then '1 sold it to Jack Sophtsky for nine eents a share, and ever since then Jack has been staking me to the Peary glare every time he's seen me, Don't think, old horse, that I'm trying to tip you off that Jack is the dandiest little COffi.:onon the whole Isle of 1'Iall-hattan, but if you happe1f-h<1, 11aI-to have any old pttnker-ino certificates for anything from a patellt chimney clean(~r to a borax mine in :':0 1\l<1n'sLand kicking around and wallt to unload the stuff why all you've got to do-ho, bo!-i3 to pin Jack against the wall in some shadowy corner and tell him what grand p"-pcrs the.y are, and he'll-- Talking abont grand papers, I was in a little game of draw the other night, and At Noluck was in the game, and, say, you ought to've seen the cards that fellow pulted from olle end of the evening to the other, and yet he was the biggest loser of the session. 1 never saw such mitts as felt· that guy's way during that seane.e, but he always caught the fine finfulls when nobody else had a thing, and you could have heard his wailings for Mocks. One time he picked up a pat straight flush, trey to the seven ,of he:Jrts, and though there were eight of us playing nary a one had anything worth making it good enough to stick along when AI opened tlle pot, and talk about the noise the cat allimals get out of their systems when they're tossing raw meat into the e.ages! Al just stood up in his place and bellered like a bull' buffalo in a horn to horn scrap with the next in line as boss of the herd. Fellow hasn't got any right to play cards at all if he can·t make up his mind to stand the gaff when the-- Say, that girl that does your typewriting-sh-sh! lower, please-pianissimo-she's ~ind of a looker, isn't she? Sly dog, old boy-naughty, naughtyl Leave it to you not to have any valentines around you in your hours of labor. But watch out, old top, have a care, have a care! Hc.ar about Freddy Cuttupp? Vv'ell, l'reddy came real close to what Freddy said in explanation, anyhow-ttlat's what they losing his bappy home and things over that peacherino of a typewriter girl he had in his office till about two \vecks ago. Yon see, she came down to the office one morning with a fine and dandy Directoirc dress under her coat. She was going to a party or something after office hours-that's al1 say-and so she wore the s\vell' Directoire scenery to the office so's she wouldn't have to go home to change. But Freddy's wife happened to zephyr into his office along toward the noon hour. First time she'd been in Freddy's office for a month of Sundays, and of course she had to pop in when Freddy's shorthand girl looked like the Queen of Sheba .on her way to a clam chowder party. Freddy's wife took one peek at the - - ---------------------------- ~- ~ PITTSBURGH PLATE GLASS COMPANY I MICHIGAN gorgeous ,\pparitioll in the Dircctoirc ilxings and the11 she let out a series of piercing remarks that almost blew Freddy out of the ,,,-indow, and as for the dreamy eyed typewritist, why, she just picked up her doll rag:; and did <l ):Iarat:101l 'witham stopping to send a C Q n, and she l1asn't come back yet, they tell me. Freddy's wife's dope was that the typewritcst ..v..as all togged up that way so's Freddy could take her out to luncheon in style ami things. \Vell, yOll know Freddy's 'wife is the one with the bank l,'lad-she put Freddy' in business, you know. for he didn't have a change of cuffs when he mar-ried her-and Freddy bad to do the marrowbones thing th(:11 ,tnd there until fOtH dollar~.; worth of arnica didn't do his knees any g60d after he began tn t<:ke tr('atm{~nt for it, and Cver since he's been going arollntl looking' likc a 'vVi:,;consin lumberjack on the blacklist and the winter half over. Say, y'ought to see the t.Y1)c\'\Titist he':,; got in his off-ice now! If she wasn't born at least nille years bdore I':dgar Allan Pac ever saw the light of day then she was horn l;lst Tuesday week. ;\11d y.ou can hear her creilk as she walks. She's got a chart on her that looks like a Cape I-Lttera,.; storm signal, and when Freddy dictates a letter to her she's so deaf that she has to reM her head 011 the top hllttO!l of his vest to hear him" and oh. it's great, tine-ho, 1101 Serves him right fm letting his wife visit him at his office. ),1an who permits hi" \vife to visit him at his office is bOllnd to have to l1udge across with a he;\I1 of explaining; sooner or later, and- But here I am forgetting all about the thing that I just h;IPPClled to bret';.:e ill to ask yon abollt. No ..~·, I hope you'll get me right, old chap, \vben I tell yOu tlJat I never in an)' eirC1l111stances df) tlle slink thing- to find Ollt <lbo11t;\ 1l1~lJl'S husiness and his credit and all like tInt, but this is ;\ pbce where jt's a matter of dollaT.';-;lJJr! fjllitc .sCHlIe dolbr.s-and evervhody appears to have a better line on tIl(' th;no' than I've -gut, amI h stfllck HI(' that l1l;Jybc yOU were hC);~)eril1o to some of it. It's tbis \va)': Joe Opellmitt's bccll slinging il proposjtjon at me latdy that sounds good from a whole lot of angles fa;· a money thi1lg. .'lnd I've been d()jng plenty of listcning to him, at that, only-- \\7e11, you know how it is. These yarns rcach a iC))f.HV, you know, and they sort of nwke hJm fee! like ducking. no matter how good the thing looks. Xo ..". I don't kllli\V .rrnytiJing ;lhout Joe's l1.'1bit5 or any-thing of that sort, but since I've been ]islening to his hot line of guff about this good thing he wants to han:' me join along in with him why I've sort of kept my ears and eye~ open. yOU know, and there are some fellows W}IO spin it that ARTISAN 7 Joe's chid asset is that ability of his to turn loose a lot of south breeze. }let two or three people who told me in so many 'words that Joe planted the hornet on 'em when they wcnt. intu good looking things ''lith him, and these folks were there wilh the mallet for Joe bigger than piledrivers. ~ ow I bate to listen to this kind of stuff and 1 make it a practice to sort of heat it away from where such talk is go:" ing Oil, but of courSe when <'me of these fellows went ahead ,!lid unreeled it that Joe before he came to New York at all had got ilHO some kind of trouble with the authorities out in C;llcinnati over some queer paper that -he sifted around among his friends, ,."by, T clad to listen to protect myself, didn't I? I<ellow t11<.ttold me this appeared to have all of the details clown paL <!l1dhe said that Joe had had to fight like a wildcat to keep out of a suit of striped clothes on that occasion. \,Ve1] this sort of gave me some jolt, I'm free to admit, and the11 whell I heard that Joe bad gone thr.oltgh with some deal with you, why -- How's that? Joc's all to the good, and as, honest a man as e\'cr you did business with, and you'd trust him with everything you had, and all like that? \Vell, b'gec, I'm sure glad to hear that, I honest am! :\ow that yOll say t.hat I'm sorry I mentioned those little bits .of information that drifted my way, really. It docsn't make any difference now, either, that one fenow sort of binted to me that Joe, who's married and keeps a svvell establishment here, you know, has a wife and cbildren diving in poverty O\tt in Omaha right at the present time. and I dOll't believe a word of it, even if this fellow that did slip 111ethis piecc of information claims to have been acquainted with Joe twclLty years or so. Dar1l(:d peCUliar, isn't it, how these strange yarns get around about a man? They just seem to be in the air, that's all. :\:'obody e,·er repeats \~111, except in the strictest con-tidcllce, as I am now, bt1t still they noat around, and the first thing yOll know they're public property jllst as much as if they'd becn Jlublished in the newspapers. "·ell, old pal, dOll't feel bad about it because you've nearly talked 111e deaf, dumb ;111dblind, because I aSSUre you I like it, and the only reason T am ]]OW going to beat h is because --ha, ha i-you appear to've told me about all you kno\v. \Vell, s'long. @ ". @ To Manufacture Seats. The Imperial Seating Comp;jjJY, recently organized in Chicago, capitalized fat' $,)0,000, will manufacture and sell furniture of evcry kind. L.ARGEST ..JOBBERS ANO MANUFAOTURERS OF GLASS IN THE WORLD I Mirrors, Bent Glass, leaded Art Glass, Brnamental figure~ Glass, Polished and ROlgh Plate Glass, Window Glass II WIRE GLASS Plate Glass for Shelves, Desks an~ Tables Tops, Carrara Glass more beautitul than white marble. I CENERAL DISTRIBUTORS OF PATTON'S SUN PROOF PAINTS, g For anything- in Builders' Glass, or anything in Paints, Varnishes, Brushes or Painters' Sundries, address any of our branch warehouses) a list of which is given below: NEWYORK-Hudson and Vandatn Sts. ROSTON-4h49 Sudbury St.• 1_9.BoWMerSt. CHICAGO 442-4S2 Waballh Ave. CINCINNATI-Broadway and Cc»url Sis. I ST. LOUIS-Cor. Tenth a.ndSpruce Sts. I MINNEAPOLIS-SOO_SI6 S. Third St. DETROIT-53-59 Larned St., E. GRA-.lORAPIDS...MICfJ.-39-41 N. Division St. ! PITTSBURGH-J(U_I03 Wood St. MILWAUKEE, \VIS.-492-494 Market St. RBAOLCTHJEMSOTRI!E.R-3.1N. 0Y-·1-2W_1il4deWr .PBrladtgt .,SMt. ..ln tSJ E.Chan_._e_s_,_e_. . .•,1 CLEVELAND-1430-1434 West Third St. OMAHA-1I01_1107 Howard St. ST· PAUL-459·461 Jackson St. ATLANTA, GA.-30-32.34 S. Pryor' St. SAVANNAH, GA·-745_749 Wheaton St. KANSAS ClTY-P'lfth and Wyandotte Sf". BIRMINGHAM. ALA.-2nd Ave. and 29th St. BUFFALO. N. Y.-312-74_76_18 Pearl St. BROOKLYN-635-637 Fulton St. PHILADIl;.LPHIA-Pltcah·n Bldg•• Arch and 11th St•• DAV!tNPORT-4l0-416 Scott St. ~._-_._----------_._---~---------------..., j I I I I I I I ! I I : I ,I,- I -' 8 MICHIGAN ARTISAN Table Legs and Pedestals Round, Square, Octagon or any Polygonal Shape ~ Turned on the MauiooD Leg Machine al a fraction of what it costs by hand. Every piece comes out smooth. true and exadly alike in size and shape, no matler how de~cate the pattern. I] It is sold on the condition that if after it has been run in your own facttJry. you do not bnd it to be in every way as represented. we will tak.e it bat.k and pay freight charges both ways. (]I Better send for a copy of our lar%e circular and let us tell you what the machine will do for you. C. Mattison Machine Works 863 5th St., Beloit, Wis. AN ARTIST IN TIME. The Old German Clcckmaker Whose Heart is in His Calling. Only a few minutes walk from the heart of the Tenderloin lives and works the German clockmaker. He is an arti~t ~ll his attitude toward his trade and he looks like a poet fed upon centuries of German romanticism. Like his old friend. the retired German cabinetmaker, he has an expensive habit of refusing to do bad work. Alter all, perhaps it is a mistake to call him a dockmaker, He IS rather an artist in time. It is not a particular mechanism that interests him! but the broad principle of time measure-ment. In his humble and reverent way he is a disciple of th'ose celestial time ineasurers, the sun, moon a.nd punctuaL stars. They have their trifling aberrations, like the delicate watches which he joys to regulate to the fraction of a second. He knows no other rivals and is free from professional jeal- (}usy, for what terrestial mind could be jealous of the stars in their courses? Even a poet and artist in time must' have meat and an oc-casional glass of beer so this one condescends to make and mend for common mortals. Strangers seldom understanl him. If you come in with a cheap watch in hopelessly bad order he is as like as not to hand it back with the comment that he could not repair it for le~s than half its original cost. If you tell him, though, that it happens to he one of those cheap watches that are close timekeepers he is at once inter-ested. He cannot lower his price unless you happen to be reaHy poor, but he will take that six dollar watch and over haul it with the conscientious care that he gives to a two hundred and fifty dollar repeater, for who knows but this cheap and accurate timekeeper may thro'W some light upon that ever perplexing problem of time measurement? If the watch is real1y what you think it he will hand it back at the end of so many days regulated down to its fmal fraction of a second, and as he gives it the final tender caress you'll see a far-away look in his mild and still young; bra' .·.". eyes that reveals the ideal of the inner man, Those coarse th'\.\mbed folk who are always measurin[ things by material standards never know iIlhat to make of this man whose husiness has to do with one of the most elm.· ive and ethereal of human ideas. Two youngish men from out of town came in one day apparently bent upon buying a wedding present. TheY;' looked around. the dustless littk shop. heard the banjo docks in chorus on the wall, staren with blank amaze into thesphinxlike face of ~he Chinese time .. l:iece and at length priced a fine mantel (')flck in a faultless mahogany frame that would have delighted even the critical German cabinetmaker, The proprietor named his price $30 or $40, and the cus· lomers looked over the clock with care asked a few ql1estiol~S ~lnd offered $10 less than the price named. There was just the dawn of a smile in the clock maker's eycs as he repeaterl in polite, low tones the price originally ,)skc(l. The pair looked at one another, gave the clockmaker [l glance of sur-prise and went out, while he turned unperhtrbed to his wort~. You might as well try to buy postage stam.ps of Unc1-e Sam at a discount as clocks of him at less than his named price. He ,,,Quid as soon do a bad piece of lNork a:; higgle uver prices The laborer is worthy of his hire. Of course, if yon m\lst have a cheap dock he'l1 sell it to you, but with an air that makes you feel as if both you and he had sacrific.ed seH-respect. He c'ven takes the works out cf the cneapest small clocks and puts them into tasteful little cases, for the sake of those who like a pretty thing at a low price. When yOUbuy it you know just what you are getting, but somehow when you think of the pitying- c;mile with which he looked tha.t pretty little mechanical liar in the face YO~l ever after feel that there is a sort of mOl<1lobliquity in its errors. Nothing tires the clockniaker so much :1S to be asked to repair those hideous and ulltrllthflll clocks that some' person'). rive as wedding presents. It n:ay have been the Germag C'1ockmaker who invented the aphorism about the futility of looking a gift dock in the face if )'OU wish to kl:OW the time of day, One of these da.y:;hc "vill illfallibly throw some such clock at the head of the astonished Qwner.--Sun. @ * @ A Few Dont's. Don't worry-the boss does that. Don't work too hard-yo\.'\. may get tired Don!t get things accurate-you·wil1.be discovcred. Don't im?rove. your time out of workin!!. hours-you may 'get a raise. Don't be observing-·-you may get an insight as to how things are done, Don't stu'dy the whys and wherefores-you may become a boss yourself. Don't take an interest in your work-you may learn to !ike it. Don't try to be original-it may get you a better position, Don!t save money-yon may want to go into busine55 some time. Don't retire early at night-you might be able to do :l good day's work next day. Don't be neat and accurate about your work-you will be thought finicky. Don't help a fellow workman-he might return the favor some day. Don't read your trade journal-you might find out some-thing you didn't know.-Glass Worker. - - ~--------------------------------- illICH1GAf\ ART1SAN 9 ~"---------------------_._------------_._-----------------------. ,I I!IIIIIII ,, IIII The Universal Automatic I CARVINO MACHINE I = PERFORMS THE WORK OF === 25 HAND CARVERS And does the Work Belle, than it can be Done by Hand t ------- MADE BV I Union rnDO~~lnQ MA(U1nr (0. I IndlanapoU~ Indlaaa Write lor Inform.tion. PricflI: Etc. I ~.------------"-----------_--.------------------------------------------------------~ II !I ,f II II --------------------------~ II I! II ,I ,,I Collection Service Unsurpassed-Send for Book of Red Drafts. I H. J. DANHOF. MIc;:h1aan Manai:el'. I 341·348 Houseman &UUdtD', Grand ka»ld •• Mich. ._-----_."--------------------------------_._------- ....I. ~,• "----------------------._--------_._-----_ . f j The LYON ,! Furniture I CR ~O;E;~P~t ::~ General Manat er I COLLECTIONS OFFICES; CINC1NNATl--Second N'atll)oal Bank Building. NEW YORK~-346 Broadwa,.. BOSTON--18 Tretnont 8t. CH[CAGO-~134Van &uretl St. GRAND RAP[DS~~tfou8ernan 8ldg. JAMESTOWN. N. Y.--Ch.da.kot:n alda. HIGH POINT. N. C.-~Slanton.Weleh Bloclt. The most satisfactory and up-to'date Credit Service covering the FURNITURE, CARPET, COFFIN and ALLIED LINES. The most accurMe and reliable Reference Book Published. Originators of the ·'Tracer and Clearing House System:" --_._-.. THE CREDlT BUREAU OF THE FURNITURE TRADE Grand I Rapids Office. 412.413 Houseman Bldg, I c. C. NEVERS, Manager CLAPPERTON &. OWEN. Counul Agency THE STANDARD REFERENCE BOOK CAPITAL, CREDIT AND PAY RATINGS CLEARING HOUSE OF TRADE EXPERIENCE THE MOST RELIABLE CREDIT REPORTS COLLECTIONS MADE EVERYWHERE PROMPTLY - REUABLY II 10 MICHIGAN ARTISAN r I I!II• I,IIIIIII ,I Group of Lincoln Relics. .'" Lincoln's Otfl.ce Ohair. ___________ ..i •II II I i - - --- ------------ --- --- --- ~11CI1IGJ\N ARTISAN 11 BEDROOMS OF THE FLAT. Conditions That Might Make One City Lover Move Into the Country. If anything could mnke me want to move into the COUll-try," she said as she turned back the bedclothes of a bed she had jtlst made at 11 P. ~I. in a city fiat, "it WOllld be this end-less, eternal making up oi beds at night- "The time to make up a bcd, of course, is in the morning. Yon throw back the hedclotb(;s first to give the bed ~t good airing and then wllcn you get to it you make up the bed, and there it is finished and \vith cverythn:; trim and neat and inviting; ready to he slept ill a.nd grateful ill its iJlvitntlolJ, and yOlt call gel into it without p-rc\iminary trouble. "So in the country, where yon have rerd bedrooms hiR enough to contain real beds and in which you can make up the beds in the r~gular, usual, orderly way, following a cus-tom inbn~d in women, lwnded do~vn to them through m;l1ly Sketched by Clarence R. Hills, Grand Rapids, Mich. generations from which it is hard to depart. But now see what we have to do in our flat. "\iVe have only 011e bedroom ill ..v..hieh we have a regl\lar bcd, and that is a single bed. Vle can make it up in the mornlng in the regular proper ,"vay, and really J like to go in and look at it after it is made lllJ. Al\ tbe rest of Ql~r beds arc couchcs or lounges or bed.'; of some sort that yon have: to dismantle in the morning and make up at night. "\-Ve do ait- these beds, to he sure, but then \VC have to fold up the bedclothes and store them ill the bed or lug them off to some storing place, not to he brought out again till it's time to go to bed. 1'\ot until then can we begin the hedmaking in the flat- "Thell when it \vould he a great ealtTl pleasure to walk off into a pleasant bedroom and there find the bed ready and ..v..ating for yOll simply to jump into it you have to get up and drag out bedclothes and lug- them around from roo!\l to room and (lrag out coudles nn(\ lounges and twist and turn and dig over them to make up beds hefore you can \ic in them. "So it goes every night, night after nig-ht, endlessly; and this making up of the beds at the wrong time, with its endless dull' routine nigbtly labor grind,'; on me; T hate it. Still we stay here, and here 1 SuppOSe ..v..e shall stay, because \ve love the city and its life and light. nut if anything could make me want to move into the country it would be to escape this everlasting endless making up of the beds in the city flat at night."-Ex. ...------------------ .. II MORRIS WOOD &. SONS' I, LATEST PRODUCTION I I t I I, II ,, I! Write for prices and Catalog No, 35A. MORRIS WOOD &. SONS I 2714-2716W. Lake St. Chicago. Ill. I ~.---------------------------------------~ The result of thirty-five years of Cutter making ex-perience. Insist on having your new jointer fitted with the genuine 110rris vVood & Sons' 20th Century Solid Steel Glue Joint Cutlers, for there are no others just as g·ood. They cut the same perfect joint, when new, partly or fully worn out. They never bUrrI. Require les!::>grinding than any other make, saving time and cut-ter. No time wasted setting up as with knives, and cost 110 more than other makes. Try a pair and be con-vinced. ~- --------.. 11 . , ! ralffi6r'S rat6nt ijlUino (jlamos ! I I I IIIII TIle llbore ('lit is taken dlrN't from Jl photOgTllph, aDd l!lhowS the range of one Mbe only, our No.1, 24'iuch Clamp. "",'e make 8ix other sizes, taking in filtock up to 66 ill(~hes wid., and 2 inches tbfck. OUrs is th\'i DlOlit prn:ctical methOd Q1 clamping glued lotock in use at the pre!lent time. Hundreds of ta(-tories have adopted oor way the llllst yeal' Ilud bundl'eds more will in the futl.re. Let us show )roo. Let os send you till! names of n\'illrl)' 100 factories (only a fraction of our list) who have lU:-deredand reordered many Urnes. .PrQof posiU,,'c oUr way is the best. A post ~ard will bring U. ~atalog .included. Don't delay, but \\Tite toda~·. 4. E. P41MER &. SONS. Owosso. Mich. J<'oreign Repl"Clwmtatiyes: The Projectile C6., L6od6n, Eng-land; Shcnchul'dt &, Schutte, Berlin, Gennany; Alfred II. Sol'butte, Cologne, Paris, BrlUlseis, I.lege, Milan, Turin, Bal'oolon8, "---,aDd Bilbol!. ~ ....i• 12 MICHIGAN ARTISAN ARTISTIC andINEXPENSIVE CATALOGUE COVERS LET US FIGURE ON YOUR PHOTOGRAPHING ENGRAVING and PRINTING at Right Prices PROMPT I)ELIVERIES COMPLETE CATALOGS PERFECT MICHIGAN ENGRAVING CO. WORK GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN MICHIGAN ARTISAN j------------ 13 ----_._-_._---~ III! BARNES' ! ... HAND and FOOT POWER . I MACHINERY! II ,II !III II I I I II• --------------------------------------------~ Our New "and and Foot Power Circular Saw No.4. The strOIl.l!:eSl,most powl!rlul, and in e...e.ry way the best machine of its kind ever made, for tipping,:cross-ctttting-, boring and grooving. Cabinet Makers In these days of close competition, need the best possible eqUipment, and this they can have in Send for Our New Catalogue. w. F. & John 654 Barnes Co. RUby Street. Rockford. III. ~------------------------------_.------ I ~,----------------------------------------~ • MANUFACTURERS OF I, I I I I HARDWOOD I LUMBER &. II , I I II VENEERS III I I I SPECIALTIES : I I I ~'l.v.;"fE.gQUAR. OAK VEN EERS I II II I MAHOGANY VENEERS II I I I I I HOFFMAN II I I I BROTHERS COMPANY II I II 804 W. Main SI., FORT WAYNE, INDIANA I,I ~-------------------------~-------------~ r- 11)SPINDLlt MACHINE / ALSO MADE WITH 12, 15, 20 AND 25 SPINDLES. DODDS' NEW GEAR DOVETAILING MACHINE. -rhis little machine has done more to perfect the'! draw~r work of funliture manufacturers than anything else in tbe furniture trade. Fnr fifteen years it has made perfect-fittil1g, venlliu-pr()()f, dave.- tailed stock a possibility. This has heeu accomplished at rer!ucl;>d cost, as the wachine cutS dove-tails ill gangs of from 'd to 24- at one operation. ALEXANDER DODDS, Grand RapMs, Michigan. Repreaented by Scbucbart & Scbutte. at Berlin, VieQIla, Stockholm and St, PeteqbuUI. Repreaentaliveby Alfred H. Scbulle at Col~ne, 8(1118el.,Liege, Paris, Milan and Bilboa, Repr".ent>ed in Great Britian and lrdand by the Oliver Machinery Co., F, S. Thompson, M~T', 201-203 Dean.gate,' M!\Rchclter, England. ,,..._------------------- ------------------- ..,. I hI orton House I : ( AmericanFlan) Rates $2.50 and Upa J ! Hotel PantJind I : (EuropeanPlan) Rates $1.00 and Up. : I I I , ! I ! J. BOYD PANTLlN~: prop.l ;.._________________ --..a GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. The Noon Dinner Served. at the Panllind for 50c THE FINEST IN THE WORLD. 14 ~ll CHI G A I\' ARTISAN ~----------------------------------------------------_._------------------------------~ ! "~ .S t ~0.. • 0 ~ ~ • • ,:l -0 .9 -0 0 ~ ~ >l ~0 • 5 "8 .~ ~ 0 a ;l • • MICHIGAl\' ARTISAl\' 15 y; !:Ii I BARRETT'S PRIME SHELLAC VARNISH !:Ii l!fi !:Fi made from strictly pure Shellac Gum cut m Specially Denatured or !:Fi !:Ii Wood Alcohol. The results of 25 years' experience in the importa- tion of gums, in the use of solvents, and in the manufacture of varnish !:Ii embodied in "Barrett's Prime. " Ask for samples and prices. !:Ii !:Ii y; !:Ii 1M. L. BARRETT & CO., I !:Ii y; 219 LAKE ST .• CHICAGO THE FURNITURE TRADE OF ST. LOUIS. By George T. Parker. The year of 1!HJ8 in the furniture and kindred lines has been one of spasmodic activity, manufacturers and buyers baying conducted their operatioils with extreme caution, eliminating almost entirely any fenturcs of speculatioJl, hut aggregating a total business of approximately $:~2,700,OOO. The February trade week attracted to this market a largely increased number of buyers, but their orders were small, tb(~~;cconditions being repeated at the August trade week; the fall buying by the country trade showing f\ grati-fying increase in the number of ncw buyers, nevertheless, the Hggrcgate orders for tlJe yeHr being a considcr<lbJc Joss in comparison wit:h the year prior. The fifty city factories had periods of half-time funning, some of them having full shut-downs, ..v.hich twice w~s util-ized for improvements, as the feeling has been optimistic at all times 8S to the future. . The best figures obtainable as to the total St. Louis fac-tory output, are an aggregate of $;),;)00,000 for t]le year. The factories have kept their seventy-five hundred flands well employed, expending in wages upwards of $2,,500,000. There have been noted increases in the fac.ilities for handling furnitu're in quantities, and in mixed carlo;lds ship-ments have become common; [oedity huyers have not been slow to take advantage of a low rate of freight upon large cars to a central distributing point, paying local nltes thence to destination. At no time has the wholesale and manufac:turing furniture business been so eminently fJtted for a prompt handling of all business entrusted to them. Among the rdail 3tore3. a notabre addition wa<; made on lhoadway. by an entire ne\".. store. most tastefully fitted up, introduci1Jg eJltirely Jlew features. The furnishing of the many new residcnces. of , ...h..ich there were miks built. ;md the apartment houses, \\'as a soun~e of considerable business, new oFfJce, mUllicipal anJ school buildillgs, as well ;\s a number of beautiful churches, were completed during the year, and required furnishing. The Coliseum, a new theatre, and many moving picture auditoriums, bave been seated, requiring a large outlay for this kind of fmniture. The styles of furniture increase ill elegance and good taste. even the wants of the buyers of inexpensive pieces de11131Hling quality and good finish, in simple designs; a remarkabl"e advance has there been in the education of buyers _over years past- this refers in a general v.'ay to the large city as n.-ell as to the small to-"'I'n customer. The styles sold mostly are Colonial', Louis XIV <1nd Louis XVI, with ,Arts and Crafts still popular fol' the living room and den, tapestries, brocades and velours being the most chosen covers for upholstered pieces, with leather for the library. Mahoganv remains the supreme \"iood for fme pleces, Circassian ..~. alnut following, but quartered oak is tile 1110St poptllar and longest in use, the nC\v and rich tone finishes having increased its desirability. Each year develops an increasing number of new trade channels for furniture, especially to foreign countries. Recog-nized as a center for cabinet woods and manufacturillg coals, with transportation Jines oaering through bills of lading, many countries and localities new to the tl'ade of St. Louis have become customers. The aggregate of this business is difficult to seCUre, because of the manner of keeping the con-sular records. :vIexieo continues as the largest buyer, C1lba and the Central American Republics being also liberal pur- Ch'L~('TS. The lax c01ldition of the home trade has given the manufacturers an opportunity of pushing the sale of their products in many foreign lands, with most satisfactory results. Office furnitude lines have been given greater attention, the 51. LOllis factories producing qualities equal to any; the State House of Representatives and Senate awarding their exccll'cnt refurnishing to a St. Louis factory. The stocks carried are very extensive, and contain many new office requisites, a popular feature being those con-stntcted upon sanitary principles. 1Jost prices have been slightly lovv'er, although factory costs and materials have been upon the increase, which will have an upward tendency for 1909. There hal'e been no failures, nor have there been impor-tallt lIe\-\' enterprises launched. Of strikes there have been nOne. The St. Loui:" Perman-ent Exposition has, in its seventh year, been a great aid in attracting buyers to the makes of St. I.ollis factories shown there; othel· flll~niture eXJlositions are open January and July only. 51. Louis has all all-tht-year exposition, attracting buyers Oil their way to otller markets, and at oth<?r times as well. The St. LOllis Furniture Board of Trade. for twenty years the mouth-piece of the furniture and kindred interests, strengthened the utility of its organization by establishing an Tnfonnation Bureau, dividing the membership into classes: (1) St. Louis l\Janufacturers; (2) Representatives of \A/orks in other Cities. This yenr's effective work .of this board in removing discriminations and securing proper rating for shipments from S1. Louis, is of untold trade value, especially for the futHre. Employed capital in the furniture and kindred lines. is estOlated at $5,000,000. @) * @ i \V;llkcr & Blltler of Lebanon, Oregon, !uve soJd their furllitllrc and hardware bu~iness to S. Labbe & Son. @) * @) ; Crawford & England of Le Grand, qregon, are succeeded in the retail furniture business by C. A, England. I ,------. 16 :111 CHI G A N ART I SAN •:II I II I III , , I I I II• ~ CO., JII Spiral Groovedand Bevel Pointed DOWEL PINS Notehout the _ue in the Spifal Groove forms Thread like a SCrew. Be\'el Pointed, eas)' to drIVe. Straight so will not split the frames. PriCe. and discounts Oft application. STEPHENSON MFG. SOUTH BEND, IND• ".Lateral Style" for large capacity heavy CarvlDp add DeeP EmoolUllop. We have the Machine you want at a atlsfactof7 prkle. Write for descriptive cireulart!l. Ahlo make dle8 tor all makes of Ma-ohl .... UNIONEMBOSSINOMlCUINE CO., Indianapolis, Ind. "Rotary Style" for Drop Carvings. Embotlged Mouldings, Panels. Macbioetl for all purposes, ,and at prices within the :hlilch 0' all. Every mQ.chine haM our paraotee n.galullt breakQ&'8 tor oOl" yep,r. ----_._----~II I II Address • SAMU~l~O}~E~~!t!~~A'~S.ONS I ......_----- ---.... f-------- !II I ,~ood Forming Cutters We offer exceptional value in Reversible and One-Way C~tters for Single and Doubl~ Spin-dle Shapers. Largest lists with lowest prices. Greatest variety to select from. Book free. The "RELIABLE" Kind. THE FELLWOCK AUTO & MFG. CO. EVANSVILLE. IND. ----------'--. HEADSj GREATEST I RANGE I QUICKItST I ADJUSTMENT , LEAST TROUSoLE PERFEC"f SAFETY •I TOX SAW DADO Also MachlDe KnlveJ'o Miter SMOOTHEST GROOVES FAST£ST CUT LEAST POWER. LONGEST LIFE 1== IWeoU Itladbt teU t You all .bout It. Macblfte.o Etc. l l>B.llMA.NlI.NT ECONOMV I TOX MACHI Nf: CO 185 N. Front S_.'. + . • Grallld Rl!!I.Dlds. Mlcb r..-----~------- -- B0YNTON <5' e0. Manufadurersof Emboued and Turned Mould· in e' &. EmbO&8- 5 END YO R ed and SpiiWle Carvinp. -It. tt d Aulomali('; Tumings, CATALOGUE Wealsonw.UII-fadurea brae li~ I of EIPb.oued Orne.tnents fo.. I C~ohWork. ! 419-421 W. fifteenth St .. C"IClGO. ILL. , . - , ~~~>. ~._-''-''~r'':'~- .. ; .. ''.... -'': ...... -".~~'' /. :MICHIGAN ARTISAN ~------------------------- •/III III I III II I I III -----...------ ..... "GOING SOME" But whether going or coming, or stayi~g at home, young men with ambition and a desire to imJprove their spare moments may take our course of pra:~i.,cal Furni-ture Designing, that will be of inestimal~e value to them. Our course (which may be taken ,at home if desired) is thorough, embracing the princilples as laid down by all of the old masters and best aUfhorities on furniture designing. I I Write 115 [or full partiatlars. 17 tI The Grand Rapids School of Fumit~re Design II ARTHUR KIRKPATRICK. 1"''''''''0' and D";gnr, I 542.545 Houseman Bldg., GRAND RAPID~~MICH. I ~--------;~;:~;------ fnl meptlOm =:=:~:e11lahl' iLhncs, The q,:i: households, which have defied the misSlOrl Invasion and looked upon the colonial as pnmcvlaJly out of Idate are now calmly finding thcmselYcs on the bounduncs 1of good style again. This s,vmg of the pendulum the older generation will prob-ably accept as unemotionatly as it accefted the s·wing in the other direction, For it is merely stan1ing still. But if OUf felicitations upon their quiet vi11dicatiolJ ::are not out of place, l-THE- NEW-~~ANJ-;~PIDS 1 I MACHINERY SifORE I Here in ti,e lllU5ty attic air \Vhere gray \\'ebs quiver to and fro, I slowly climb the creaking stair I knew so well in time agO. And there bcside the papered pane \Vhcre sunlight shifts its misty rays, I find ;m old friend once again The trnndle bed of childhood days. o trundle small, T hold so dear, Half hidden is yOur nut brown wood; The soft gray dust of yesteryear Ea,>; draped yon in a velvet ho ,(!. The spiders toil \'lith steady zeal, And as they sv,;iitly rise and fall They link yoU with the spinning' \"heel That r~st5 beside the 111lJt11dy w;dl. o treasured friend of other days vVhat memories yon nOW awake; I \vatch (in dream) tile sun's last f'l.yS, And figures wierc1 the shadows make. .And once again I'm tucked away A-laughing, romping'. (luilted hc;tp. And hca,r once more through twiJi~,'bt 3Tay A dear voice singing me to sle(1). @ * @ Amusement for House Furnishers. Under the title "Old Fashions and -:.rew," the Chicago Evening Post of April 27 \velcomcs the return to that city of the manllers and customs of the early seventies, when walnut furniture, marble mantel pieces, ill looking hat racks. excelsior mattresses and ingrain carpets wcre used in old fashioned houses, with basement dining-rooms and long, na.rrow front halls. The remarks of the Post upon this subject affords aIllusement to modern home furnishers. OlJe paragrapb cou-tained in the article reads as follows: "With the old fashions gO a calmness of outlook. a serene creed and a serener disrega,rd of all troublesome modern facts. It is possible that this serenity is the attraction which is draw-ing present interest back to its physical surroundings. At any rate, there is a decided turning toward the marble man-tels, the heavy silver .. the china and any of the really beauti~ Wood .Working Machine,ry Factory Equipm~t Machine Knive~,Bits, Etc. Everything in Equipment for th~:Woodwotker. --_. ! Office and Store. 58 South Ionia St .. OppO$ite Union Depot. I McMULLEN MACHINERY CD, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ! .-..-------------------t --1 n'c would ljke to tender then"l most heartily to the old fashions alA hope, for a while at least, that they may save us from the nC'w." I ®*€l' A Change in Manag1ment. lIfr. C .c. Nevers, who recently assumed the managemcllt OJ: the Grand Rapids division of the .f!Ynn Furniture Agency, has had a large experience in credit a,n~ collection agency bus-iness and is a man of high character. i He is well acquainted with the m<lUllfactllril1g industries in /Grand Rapids and will give prompt altcnton to all h,,,;n",, c 1trnstcd to his hands. @ * @ I Veneer Factory Bu, ned. The factory of the Reed City (:i\.lich.) Veneer and Panel Company \vas destroy-ed by tire on tli~ morning of February 7. Loss $70,000; insurance, $60,000. I ;:Fred S. Torrey and H. S. Holden, of Grand Rapids. a<e ;,,,errsted in the company. II 18 MICHIGAN ESTABLISHED 1880 PU1lt.llllHI!D • .., MICHIGAN ARTISAN CO. ON THE lOTI'! ANC25TH 01" EACH MONTH OP"ICE-108,110, 112 NORTH OlVISION ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. !NT!UlED IN THE POSTOFFICE AT ~iII"'ND RAPIDS, MICH., AS SECOND O~A8& M,l,l'Tl!A. A convention of manufacturers has been called to meet at Indianapolis on February 16 for the purpose of promoting the movement to obtain from the congress of the United States an act to create a permanent non-partisan tariff commission. Jt is said the going and the coming president favor the plan. In the past a number of such bodies created by congressional action have handled the tariff question without result. COll-gress will be as slow to surrender its prerogative as a t,lrift making body as it has and ever will be to submit all amend· ment tD the constitution, under which the people of the several states might elect their senators by direct vote. If congress shall deeni it wise to postpone tariff legi~lation a number of years, the proposed commission would serve its purpose well. + + A prominent manufacturer of Grand Rapids objects to th{~ blowing of whistles twice every week day calling workmen to the shops. He declares that whistles are no more necessary for the purpose mentioned as a part of the equipment of ·1 factory than for a department store. Life would seem hard-ly worth living without the morning chorus of 500 whistles to which the populace is accustomed. To dispense with the whistles '"auld effect a saving in coal but the people would be in doubt as to whether the manufa.cturers were prosperou3 or losing money by the failure to operate their plants, Th~ sound of the whistles at 7 a. m. daily is an indication of pros-perity. + + It is claimed by those who ought to be fully informed on the subject that the manufacture of looking glass plates is not, and never has been, a profitable 'industry in the United States. The erection of additional plants for the purpOSe of expanding an unprofitable industry goes on, however, anti more millions a.re added yearly to the ill-spent millions of the pa.stevidently for the purpose 'of increasing the losses annual-ly stlstaiJ1cd by millionaires controlling the industry. Gooi money is thrown after had by millionaires, perhaps-not. + + l\hoy foremen fail to satisfy their employers not becaus~~ they do not know their trade but because of their inabilty to explain to the men under their direction the: details of the work in hand. OfteH this is due to impatience or ill-will harbored toward the workmen. Successful foremen never leave a man to whom they are imparting instruction until they are satisfied the man comprehends the end desired, + + The prospective arrival of an heir to the throne of Hol. land has created great interest in the minds of the people of that nation. The gifts that have been forwaded to the queen would fill an ordinary sized pala.ce. A suite of chi.td's. furniture in white enamel and many playthings form a part of the articles received. + + It 1S said that Elsie De\Volfe, an actress who deserted the stage to engage in household decorating, copies famous rooms or styles from the pala,ces of Europe, She has not attempt. ed to fUrllish anything original. ARTISAN The house of Mary E. \Voolley, president of Holyoke (Mass.) College has been redecorated by two American girls, who recently engaged in the business and are winning sUcceSS. + + Applica.tions for 75,000 square feet of floor space in the new f.urniture tcmple, Grand Rapids, have been received, The erection of the building during the current year is assured. + + The Michiga.n Seating Company will move their manufac-turing business from Grand Rapids to Jackson, Mich. Prison labor will be employed, + + Albert Stickley, the furniture manufacturer of Grand Rap-ids, will represent the manly beauty of Michigan at the Taft inaugural ball. @ * @ Will be Made in Grand Rapids. An official of one of the furniture manuf,Lcturing: houses of Grand Rapids visited Chicago recently, and seeking the aid of a local dealer, called upon the owners of a hotel now under construction, The architect of the structure was called in. and when the furniture maker and seller made known their desire to furnish the hotel, the architect remarked: "No good cabinet work is manufactured in the west. The best furniture for hotels is made by W. J, Sloan & Co. of New York." The manufacturer and the dealer exchanged smiles, ",,"Vould you advise giving the contract for the furniture for this house to that firm?" "Certainly,1 "Perhaps you do not know that Sloan & Co. buy the goods they handle-that the firm does not manufacture?" ~ "Indeed?" "Further, and that the firm purchases a large part of their stock from my company." The architect adroitly switched the conversation from fur_ niture to carpets, rugs and curtains, and it was generally con~ ceded that the Sloan com-pa.ny should be considercd when placing orders for such goods. Thc furniture will be made in Gral1d Rapids. @ * @ Patriotic. That Kentuckians have a very high regard for their native state is illustrated by this anecdote told by on('. of them: Once a Kentuckian died. So a l1ear relative went to the local tomhstone artist to arrange about .lt1 inscription on the deceased's tombstone. After due cog:itation the near relative said: "Carve all it: 'He's gone to a better place.' "I'll carve 'he's gone to heaven,' if you want me to," rc marked the tombstone ::irtist, "but, as for that other inscrip tion-there'sno better place than Kentucky'" @) * @ Advance Datings. in conversation with a leading manufacturer of furniture in Grand Rapids recently, he remarked: "A great many dealer" are asking for advance datings on orders, but when they are informed that the shipping of the goods will be 'at our con-venience,' they usually say, 'Oh, well, send the goods alollg as fast as possible; don't delay our shipments.' This fact in-dicates that ma.ny merchants are not overstocked with goods." @) * @) Manufactures Parlor Furniture. Elizabeth Simmet is a successful manufacturer of parlor furniture in Shnmokin, Pa. MICHIGAN ARTISAN t ---------] List of Buyers i I Do you want It 1 I I List of Buyers I Do you want It 1 I• List· of Buyers II Do you want It 1 If so send in your order with 25 cents at once. List of Buyers Michigan Artisan Co. liON. Division SI" Brand Rapids, Mich, • 19 BENCHES FOR AlL KINDS OF WOODWORKERS , I; I! Designed by Bench expert$. " i Made of the most carefull~ seasoned Michigan Hard Maple! I Built by skillful, well pail: workmen -not boys. i Recognized for years as l~aders. I, No. 101 shown in the lillustration has conveniently fitted 1rawers and cupboard for the safe [keeping of valuable tools and unfinished work. All are fitted with strong locks. A rugged, substantial b~nch which is giving splendid service and sat- . f . I IS actIon. i i Your bench needs shouldibe supplied by selecting from our I very com-plete and well illustra~ed catalog. A line from you todaYIiwill bring it tomorrow. ;, i I i GRAND RAPIDS HAND ~REW CO, 918 JEFFERSON AV 'NUE GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. I• 20 BIG MERGER OF BLOWER COMPANIES. M I CHI G A N A RT I SAN American Blower Company and Sirocco Engineering Com-pany Consolidate. Little short of consternation has reigned aJl10ng th~ maIl-ufacturers of fans and blowers and much interest evidenced by the leading architect-engineers, cOl1sp,lting engineers, heating, ventilating a~ld power plant cnginc,e'ts'- and contractors since the introduction and sale in this coilnJry of the famous "Sir-occo" blowers. The fact that the American Blower Company, the leading interest in that line of manufacture in this country, has con-solida. ted with the Sirocco Engineering Company of New York constitutes an announcement in engineering and com-mercial circles of exceptional note. "Sirocco," in the ordinary applicatiOl~ of the word, is the name of the hot and frequently scorching winds which blow over and from the. stm-baked deserts of northern Afrlca and India. Mr. S. C. Davidson, of the Sirocco Engineering COl11- pany, Belfast, Ireland, a.fter spending many years in India as a teagrower, devoted his energies to the invention of im-proved and sanitary methods of manipulating and drying of tea, having designed and introduced a drying apparatus which operated by a naturally induced draft of pure, hot air passing through the leaves. As the inventor had personally exper·· ienced the "Sirocco" winds during his life in India, the simi-larity of the hot air blast which he was employing for drying the tea with that of the "Sirocco" winds led to the adoption of the name "Sirocco." Mr. Davidson soon found that eaell new apparatus from his "vorks was being defined as a </Sir-occo" invention---:-thus the application of the term as a trade mark name for all his specialties evolved itself as a natural consequence. About 1897 Mr: Davidson il1Ycnted this radically new type of centrifuga.l fan. The </5irocco" fans were patented in England in 1898, in the United States in 1900 and in 1902 they were introduced on the American market by the Sirocco Engineering Company of New York. To the American fan manufacturers the fan was an. unwelcome competitor for ob-vious reasons. To the engineering fraternity, with their Own ideas of fan proportions based primarily on what had been for half a century the accepted standards, the "Sirocco" type of construction was confusing. From its first entry on the- British market, the history of "Sirocco" ha.s been one continu-ous advance, and in spite of the competition from all blower manufacturers in this country each pla.cing themselves on tb~ defensive, 'ISirocco" fans have won their deserved place into specifications for many important installations, and have in all points-to use. our now common expression-"made good:' Briefly, the distinguishing fe;;llllres of the "Sirocco" fan reside in its blast wheel or rUnner. This is of drlllil form with a large inlet chamber enclosed by numerous blades which are very long, but narrow, and arc curved forward. Illstead of having eight to sixteen blades, it usually has sixty-four. In-stead of these blades being about the same length and width, they are usually sixt to nine times as long as they are wide. Instead of being flat or backwardly cun'ed, they are forward-ly curved. The results of these changes are radical. For a given size of wheel at equal speed, the "Sirocco" discharges about four times the volume of air as former standard types of steel plate fans. For a given duty, the "Sirocco" turbine wheel is only about one-half the diameter of the former standard paddl02 wheel. The 4OSi1'occo"fan occupies only half the space. saves one-third the weight, and one-fifth the powa, and does its work silently, In public buildings having low ceiling basements or suh-basements, in tunnels where the space for fans must be exca vated for, in crowded boiler rooms, and particularly for marine applications .l10thing' in the same li'ne heretofore pro-duced will meet to a nicety such complicated conditions. It n1ttst eventually be admitted -·thatMr. Davidson h<1., done nearly all of the original work in blower design for the past quarter of a century. He has met with marked snccess, all(I has gained control of the blower business to a large de-gree throughout the world outsidc of this country and her possessions. By this consolidation, therefore, the American Blower strengthens greatly the position they already cnjoy in the latter field, as their engine, hcat and steam trap de· partments will receive an impetus by the increased demand for "Sirocco" blowers, due to the fact that the Sirocco En-gineering Company did not manufacture engines, heaters. steam traps, etc., so universally used in connection with fans and biowers. In acquiring and holding the broad patents covering the principle and construction of the "Sirocco" type blower; also the trademark "Sirocco," the company announce that suits now pending against infringers of Mr. Davidson's patent Sketch by Clarence R. Hills, Grand Rapida, Mich. rights will be continued, and they will prosecute with in defat-igible vigor all further attempts of imita.tion or infringements. The "Sirocco" patents have been adjudicated in the COllrts of several countries, and have everywhere been sustained. Doubtless no step has ever been taken in the history of the blower business that will approach this consolidation in im-portance to blower manufacturers, but of vastly more impor-tance to the specifying and pnrchasing public is the question How will it affect us? The joining of these engineering forces will provide a fulcrum, so to speak, by the use of which thosc interested can pry out of the mass of conflicting and confusing technicalities, unbiased and authentic data reduced to a. eoml11on working footing. Engineers C<ll1specify with absolute surety and 'without hesitancy from tables and data now available at the hands of representatives of or direct from the combined companies. Users of blowers and fan systems can purchase any ap-paratus under the "ABC" or "Sirocco" trademark with as-surance of having embodied in the construction not only the highest quality of material and workmanship and highest efficiency, but every latest patentable feature, without fear of patent litigation or lengthy discussion of constructional de-tails so often tiresome points to the layman. The magnitude of this move is only' in keeping with the rapid growth and development of the American Blower Com· pany, one of Detroit's leading industries. Imprcssions Upon visitors to their plant are striking and lasting; the varieties of type and styles of apparatus built for heating and ventila-tion, mechanical draft electric lighting, and for the brick, wood-working, iron and steel industries: are a great surprise to many. MICHIGAN ARTISAN 21 THE EMBLEM OF SUPERIORITY This is the verdict of the furniture manufacturer who KNOWS Is the best high-grade, quick-rubbing varnish ever produced. Can be re-coated every day and last coat rubbed safely in three days. Is our high-grade first or second coat varnish. Dries hard to sandpaper over night. Last coat can be rubbed in twenty-four hours. Paradox Rubbing Ti- Ki- Lac Color Works The man who KNOWS is the man who WINS VARNISH DEPARTMENT, Acme White Lead and DETROIT, MICHIGAN ! .. • . ~ __ ...1 Report on the Condition of the Pittsburg Plate Glass Com-pany. John Pitcairn, chairman of the board of (1ir('ctors, has sub '1litted his annual report to the stockholders of the Pittsburg Plate Glass Company, covering the busine<;g of the company fur the year 1908 as follows: ASSETS. December 31, 1908. Investment,.... . , ,.. .$17,057,971,59 Stocks: Plate glass, window glass and paints . . . . . . . .. ' .. $2,923.255.14 Material and working accounts. 1,766,103.13 Casb, bills and accounts recei\'abk .. 4,650,531.18 Quick assets . , ... _........ 9,339..889.45 LIABILITIES. Capital stock., .. ,$17 ,500,COO.00 Bills and accounts payable: Bills payable .. _. Sundry credits .... Tnsurance fund ... ~'inking fund, Chicago and Cleveland buildings .. C;urplns, January 1, 1908. .$5,463,525.77 Profits. 1908 1,313,275.09 .... , .. $3,090,000,00 556.793.16 3.646,79.1.16 275,828.7~ 41,749,63 Total .. . . Less dividends, 1908 . Depreciation ..... Surplus .. .$6,776.800 86 1,2.12,500.00 610,811.44 1,843,311.4; 4,933,489.42 $26,397.861 04 26,397,861.04 Our net earni'lgs of $1,313,275.09 for I90R were $906,194.41 kss than for 1907. Thi~ showing, however, is regarded <is satisfactory considering the adverse business conditions gen· erally and particular>v the very depresscd: eondition of the plate glass industry, l~rices for this produ~t havin5' been the lowest in the history of the business in thi'i country. Tha~ \ve wcre able to earn slightly more than Ollr dividends is due to a considerable extent to the following causes: The collee-tion of account.~ charg,,:d off at the dose of 1907 a.s doubtful or \vorthless; the improvement in the dem~nd and prices for \vinc1ow glass and the consequent recovery of depreciation charged thereon 1a5'. year to meet the low :market prices pre vailing- at that time; the profits on our coal mining operations; our usual commercial department e<\rnings and substantial • FOR SALE-Fully Equipped Woodwor1ling Plant Suitable for planing mill, box factory,' furniture manu-facturing or any kind of woodworking business. Splendidly located in Michigan. Better than a bonus. Investigation solicited. Addre .... L. M. M., care M:chig~, Arti.an. I~----- ~ dividends received upon our stock ill:crestsin subsidiary com panies, particularly our Courc{']le~ "3el~ium, plant, on which, notwithstanding the business <1 1,ression abroad, we have realizcd a much lar/5er proportioll;'~(: profit:than has been pos-s; ble upon our plate glass fa.ctof) :nvestm~nt in this countT\'o -Glass Vv~orker . Will Build a Factcry.! The Century Furniture Company of jGrand Rapids ar,~ ;)repa:-ing to build a factory, having o,'tgrbkn the Gay build-ing, a fjve-sto1'Y strt1cture, liow occupied.! I Their plans win be made public \",hen completed. i i @ * @ Vv'ben you hear a man exploiting eYen~s of the past just recollect that it's easier to remember than ~Pthink ! I 22 MICHIGAN ARTISAN .._..--~---_-'O'_--- . ) --i -------------------- --- --- -- MICHIGAN ARTISAN ----------------------_ .. SECOND HAND "Moore" No- 3 Double Belt Sander, "Maddox" Rubber and Polisher. "Buss" 30 Inch Cabinet Planer, Sectional Roll, "American" Combined Scroll and Band Resaw, MACHINERY FOR SALE. "Berlin" Cabinet Makers Double Cut-qlf Saw, "American" Double End Tenoning Machine, "American" No, 4~-30 In. Cabinet PIlsner,;;:~~~. "Berlin 36 Inch Triple Drum Sander "lnYincible." THE ABOVE MACHINES ARE IN FINE ORDER. I C. C. WORMER MACHINERY CO., 98 W, WDodbridge SI., Detroit~Mich. I "-------------- ' .... JACOBEAN STYLE_ By Grand Rapids School of Designing, Arthur Kirkpatrick, Instructor and Designer. There is such a varic.ty of character in the United States, made up as it is of a combination of all other nations, there neces5arily must be a variation of effects ;n the designs of furniture to meet the demand of this vari<\tion of character, ARTHUR KIR1{PATRICK There is, for instance, a class or grade of character tha.t de-mands decoration or some sIlo"v of elegance or gnwdeur that is not found in the sombre, shaded mahogatlv of the Colonial: nor straight and upright frames and uassul11ing tinish of the 1.'1odern English, Ars a,nd Crafts or .Mission; nor can this demand be satisfied by the ovenvorked LOllis XV. For this demand of a straight. upright and honest vrandellr to which T refer, the Elizabethan seems to fill every requirement, for there .is decoration and rich show in the carved columns, arches and moulding and a quiet grandeur in its dull shaded surface. The Elizabethan, Jacobean and English Renaissance are but different names for the same pel-iod style; the "Elizabethan preceding the Jacobean, but the two wer('so closely identi lled as to make them practically synonymoUs. As early <1<; Henry VIII skilled workmen from France, Italy and Flan Jers were im-ported to enrich and adorn the cathedra.ls, castles and mansions of the nobility and add grace and dig-nity to the English court. Thus, this reirhnJ.l or period af activity that we call English Renaissance :~ad a progrcssiv2 growth through the reigns of Henry VIr I, Edward VI, Mary, Elizabeth and JameEi L This ",,-as a peri,)d that produced great men in nearly e\'ery profession and walk of life_ Such hist.oric fignres as Sir \;\,Talter Raleigh, Sir Francis Drake and S.h'akespeare were products of this period .....if'~rinling Gibbons. 1648-1721, W;lS the most prominent sculptor, arver and design- ~r in England at this time. His work is of: 'ueh a high stand. :lrd that it is "till used as models by the Elh .lish draftsmen. This style when carried to perfection;i every way pro duces an effect of e!('gancc, The walls \\~,re generally pan e.led from floor to ceiling in a rectangular Pl,ttern. The ceil·· ing "\,.,asalso paneled, but in geometric pat.;.~erusthat were in keeping with the over doors and mantles. ,The furniture wa" elaborately ciLrved and is admirably snit d for beds, case work. tables and mantles. Chairs ":"ere b a solid and snb-i; tantial construction, hut give one the i~:pressi()n of a stiff "nd rigid uncomfortable seat. : : The accompanyin~ plate page shows 'the treatment of a dining hall, sllitable for a fine residence. 'or country seat, of which so many excellent examples are springing up all ove1' the country today. This room is intended to run through: :two· stories of th,: house, as .v..as the practice ill the larger; bar6nia.l halls all'] wanors of England of the pefied to whicL we refer. Tll\: rharacteristic featurc, namely, the Hlu/,ici<:w's gallery, is shown in onf sketch while the blank wall 'above the ma.ntle i" covered with a tapestry, showing a medi~val I1ttnting- scene The mantle and shelf should be marble; ~but it would look well carried out in oak. The sideboard; ;although Jacobean in chiLracter, is designed to meet the modcirn requirements of the dining 1'00111. It is not intended in our illustration to'reproduce faithfully an existing model, hut simply to show tlj.e adaptation of th1:-, period of design to the heautifying of a modern and up-to date residence. ~---------------._----. I !.ou{s; :babn ! ! I' DESIGNS AijD DETAILS OF~ITURE ... 23 24 MICHIGAN ARTISAN -------------------_.------~ ~------------------- ,II "ere are the Exact Shades Adopted by 'the I Oran~Rapi~srDmifurt Manufadurtrs'Ass'n IIII ,,I II III , III ,i Their "Golden Oak.Oil Stain" is our No. 3424. Their "Early English Stain" is our No, 3425 Oil Stain. Their "Weathered Oak.Stain" is our No. 3426 Oil Stain. Their "Fumed Oak" is our- No. 3427 New Process Fuming liquid. Their "Light Mahogany Stain" is our No. 3428 Dry Mahogany Stain soluble in water. Their" Dark Mahogany Stain" is our No. 3429 Dry Mahogany Stain soluble in water. ----------------------" II ,I I,!I I,,,t I,If I .' Send for Samples and Information. WE SUPPLY EVERYT"ING NEEDED INT"E FINIS"ING ROOM. C"ICAGO ~------------ Leads in the Manufacture cf Pianos. Chicago is the acknowledged leader j'n the production or pianos. Of the 310,CCOpianos manufactured in the United States during the. past year, 80,000 were produced by the fa~ tories of Chicago. Considering the fact that the industry iT' r:hicago began in18S4, this advance of the industry to a posi-tion of preeminence within tv.renty-four years is surprising. '\t that time there was a well defined preil1dice against the Chicago piano and the establishment of a market for the pro· duct \-vas a difficult proposition. The geo~Traphical position 'If Chicago, its unsurpassed transportation facilities and the rapid settlement of the west, were factors which assisted in ~he development of the industry along prol'itable lines .. A prime factor which enters into the .favorable considera- 1 ion of the Chicago piano is the high character of the manu factured article. Vv'ithin the past ten years this standard of oualityhas been improved until tod<!-ythe eastern manufac-turers admit the merits of the article. Three of the best known piano manufacturers are locateo in Chicago. In addition to these there are half a doz~n others who produce an eminently satisfactory article and who <ssist in s''''elling the annual output to figut es which advance' Chicago to the position of supplying one-fourth of aI1 the pianos manufactured in the United States. The advent of the player piano, or thf" instrument with . he playing mechanism in its interior, is 'largely augmenting ~he' annual prod'tlctlon 'of· pianos in Chicago. Its SUeees" has been s'o marked that competent judges assert that within the next tcn years the total output of pianos will be swellcd to at least 5GO,OOO a ye.ar. Assuming that the retail value of the 'entire output of "!1ianosin the United tates is $90,000,000 a year. the volumc of business done by the Chicago manufacturers annually will n:Jt £:111 far short of $23,000,000. The' value of musical instn1- mcnts manufactured in Chicago in 1908 .wa" $30,070,000. NEW YORK To Chicago belongs the credit of introducing to the piano trade an eighty-eight note player piano. Prior to 1902 the \J1;idest range possible in these players was sixty-five notes. As only ten per cellt of all musical compositions are written for a range of sixty-tive per cent, it will-be at once understoo •.: what an important place this eighty-eight note innovati011 immediately secured in the realm of musical art. To the lay man this fact will be better appreciated when the statement is made that ninety per cent of all music must be rearranged, transposed or otherwise mutilated to get (hem within the range of the sixty-five note player It is an absolute nece.,- sity if one desires to hear this ninety per ce11tof music inter preted as it was written to use the eighty-eight note player. The piano manufacturers of the country are graoual!\' making the eighty-eight note player a feature of their business simply because they recognize its great superiority. But the fact should not be lost sight of that the eighty-eight note Jlayer is a Chicago invention, and that it.~ inventor enjoyed n monopoly of the field at home and abro:Hl for nearly 5i0( vears. i I I S~~~e~~~~gth~t?:a~~~: c~~:e~t~ adoptedby the ManufacturersA' ssociationofGrandRapids, I Th::d::I:: ~:ilP::=::~ ::: :0:FiJI~ N~ 736. I Bad,. EDSl'Ii.h-Oil Stain N~ 55 .nd FiBer No. 36. Mahoa-ad,.-PowderN~ 9 and Fille1'No. 14. Weathe...,d Oak Oil St";'" No.·281. Fumed Oak-Acid Stain No. 45, Place your orders with us and get the correct shades. I GRAN~~~.~AV~~~~!!~~~-~CIO~.~~ -- -------------------------- MICHIGAN ARTISAN 25 THE LATEST device [or handling shavings and dwt from ail wood- 'u'orkillg machines. Our nineteen 'J.'ears experience in this class of 'If,)orl~ has brought it uearer perfection than any other system on the 1narket today. It is no c/rperinuJlt, but a denwJ1strated scien rific fact, as we have sc'veral hUJ/- dred of these systems in use, and not a poor one among them.. Our A1ttonwtic Furnace Feed Systenl, a.r shown in this cut, is the Nwst perfect '({lorking device of anything in this line. rV"ite for our prices for equipments. WE MAKE PLANS AND DO ALL DETAIL WORK WITHOUT EX-PENSE TO OUR CUSTOMERS. EXHAUST FANS SURE BLOWERS STOCK. AND PRES-ALWAYS IN ,..----_.------------------------ ;III II• II I• II II i I aran~Da~i~sDlow Pi~e ! an~Dust Arrester (om~anl I IIIII !II I IIIII• Office and Factory: 20&-210 Canal Street Gl'..AND l'..APlDS. MICH. --------_ ..... OUR AorOMATIC FURNACE FEED SYSTEM III !! I! I !!j I I II 26 MICHIGAN ARTISAN • OUR SPECIAL TV : 'IRD'S EYE MAPLE1 (Made and dried rightt and white. Samplesfurnished on apPlication.) I ,500,000 ft. 1-20 inch Quarter Sawed Oak carried in stock. Come in and see it. Birch and Poplar erossbanding and rotary cut Oak. Birch, Maple, Basswood, Poplar and Gum Drawer Bottoms. PROMPT DELIVERY. ALL PRIME STOOK. ! FIGURED WOODS. MAHOGANY. WA.LNUT. QTR. SAWED OAK. BIRCH. : I:I • j II :>H--E--NRY S23.SCRHIBNOERLSTD., GERANND RAPIVDS,EMNICHE. ER CO --C. • -.oi OUR LONDON FURNITURE LETTER. The Trend in English Modern Furniture Styles; Popular~ty of the Antique; the Queen Anne Period; Austrian Furniture; "Modern English" Styles; L'Art Nouveau and Its Dread Influences. By George Cecil. At the commenCC:111cnt of the late Queen Victoria's reign, the furniture in the living-rooms and that which was used fOr the. bedrooms-especially the latter-followed closely the lines laid down by the furniture makers of George IV and \Vi11iam IV reign. It W<IS well made and simple in effect, while that aketoh by Clarence R. HlUe, Grand Rapids, Mich. which was of a decorative nature was in llerfect taste. In the course of a few years, tradesmen pined for something more pretentious and a pa.ssion for (much dreadful) gilding set in, with the result that early Victorian furnture (in com-mOil with early Victorian art in general) has ever ·been an eye-sore to welI~broug:qt up people. In the late fifties, things took a turn for the better, and many of the bureaus which were made at that time" are· treasured today while the wardrobe and dining room tables of that date convey an ad-mirable object lesson to those Philistine fumiture makers who have done so much to lower artistic prestige in this country. In this connection it may be mentioned that the large estab-lishments are not free fr9m the taint of Philistinism. though the trend in modern English furniture styles is either to copy the antique, the Middle Ages, Or the Queen Anne or Geor-gian period. Some adopt the. "Modern English" style, while there is a small demand for Austrian furniture. Fortunate-ly for one's comfort, "the antique" models are not in general demand. The guileless designers, believing that Luct111t1s and other bon vivants knew how to make themselves com. fortable, have carefully copied. the un'comfortable couches, chair~ ant;I stoQls which. were, in use amongst. the Romans. One finds the result of their perverted imagination in certain suburban homes-the misguided mistresses of which are too easily led astray. That is to say. being incapable of think-ing for themselves, they blindly entrust themselves to the guidance of some oily young floor-walker whose business it is to sell unsaleable stock at the highest price. Fortunately for the shop~keepers,' suburban ladies ha.ve an amiable habit of di.scussing their pmchases with sympathetic friends, all of whom are fired with a jealolls desire to be known for their expensive furniture. Consequently, if the wife of the local mayor learns that the neighboring alderman's spouse has bought a set of antique stools, she loses no time in providing herself with a similar' seL So much for the "modern an-tique." The furniture makers draw upon examples of the middle ages when they are asked to design specially strong arm chairs or tables. For instance, the hall stools with which the nouveau riche likes to furnish his newly acquired (and newly built) country house, are copied from the monastic stools and benches \"hieh are associated with the reign of Henry IV. The Elizabethan shovel-board tables a]s oare reproduced to the order of these. people, and many modern dining room t:lbles .are <l1n::cst exact replicas of those around which our Georgian ancestors sat until, overpowered by innumerable bottle,S of claret, they gently sought a resting place on the floor. Popular, too, are the "Queen Anne" models. An astonisbing number of loog-glasses and wardrobes are mad,:, in this style, while many f the London equivalent for the American "smart set" ask for Queen Anne dresing tables. There also is a. growing demand for genuine antique furni-ture; it is preferred by a great mally people to modern bed-steads, tables, chairs, and so forth. It is pa.rtly owing to this craze-for it is little'less thana craze-that an enormous quantity of antique dealers have started business al over the country. Many of these people, calmly manufacture "an·- tiques," which they succeed in seHng to guileless American multi-millionaires, as well as to their English customers. Ha.v-. ing made the table or chest of drawers, they bury it in tin back garden, digging it up after it has lain in the earth for some weeks. It is then well belabored with a poker, to give it an added appearanee of age, and after it has had a few charges of smaU shot fired into it to procure the necessary worm-eaten appearance it is buried once more. After its final disinterment, it is cleaned and "sold to the high~ est bidder." It must not, however,be:supposed that every collecter is easily gulled. Mr. Alfred de Rothschild is a particularly knowing bird, while the great' Wertheimer is more than a match fpr the most astute rascal who ever "made to order" a Bible box or a coffin stool. So keen are some col-lectors of the furniture of o,ther ages, that nothing. will.. in-duce them to have a single modern piece in their.houses. Some enthusiasts even go the length of providing th'e servants' rooms. with ancient. bedsteads, washing ...s.tands,. and chests of MICHIGAN drawers. while the children of the house take their meals off a shovel-bo<1,rd table and sit up in Charles I cane seated chairs. In such e~tab1ishments tl1C fenders, fire-irons and grate are in keeping. Conseqttently, there is rlO little demand lor Sussex fire-dogs, pop-cranes and hangers, and other .!lre-place fur-nishings. The modern English style is, generally speaking a thing to avoid. It is designed by persons who, having enjoyed the supplementary edl1cation furnished by well-meaning- (but somc\vhat stupid) pbilanthropists, gi\re vent to their appalling want of taste. They have the suhlime impudence to take a ARTISAN 27 niture is the solid mahogany furniture, which is in vogue in certain circles. Popular, too, arc the inlaid mahogany bed-steads, and other bedroom furniture. Some of these are pro-vided with carved splats. The simplicity and gracefulness of the pierced rails are much in evidence ;-ili fact whether the modern bed is in oak, mahogany or any other wood, pierced rails usually are insisted upon. Greatly sought after also are the white ~namel suites of bedroom furniture, while a few people set tht::ir affections upon white enamel ..v..ith enrich-ments in reJie£and gilded cane panels at the head and foot of the bed. Such furniture is greatly in request amongst the I[ELRN GEORGE BERTHA Children of Geo. A, Wright of the Hood & Wright Co., Big Rapids, Mich. ROBERT beautifully carved Swiss chair, and to inlay it with cheap, tawdry modern enamel which is a remarkably long way after the cloisonne of which it is supposed to be a copy. Other incongruities also are theirs. They think nothing of pro-viding a simple Dutch bedstead with a. shapeless carving, white the modern Queen Anne furniture can, if carried out by an injudicious designer, be an eye-sore. The lower orders wealthy lower class who arc willing to pay an extra price for an "uld.itioI)"d.amount of gilding. At the present moment, there is a considerable sale for solid black oak dining chairs with turned legs and under framing, "..l..lile the fumed oak dining chairs upholstered in tapestry, besides those ,'vhich are provided with rush scats, find many purchasers. Sometimes they are upholstered in KORMAN DAK Chtldren of F. E. Hood of the Hood & Wright Co.. Big Rapids, Mich. ."14:!J.RION TOM amongst the disciples of L'Art Nouveau also have great faith in the allurements of velvet plush, and painted flowers. A good deal of the modern Sltting and bed room furniture, besides that which is tltiljzed for the dining room, the study, and the hall-way is of fumed oak. A great many English people are much pleased with the effect, but those whose taste is irreproachable object to it because of its painfully ne.w appearance. The sa.le of it however, 5s enormous, and if it is decorated by means of beaten copper or brass, or with quantities of gaudy enall1('.l.it appeals strongly to the Philis-tine hearts of people whose artistic education has been lleg~ lected. In agreeable contrast to the fumed oak bedroom fur-roan leather, or morOCCO. The roan tint certainly has .a very pleasing effect under certain conditions, and when these chairs wt~re first introduced they met with considerable StlC-cess. One also COlIles acrOss dining chairs of Queen Anne design, the turned under-framing of which is a specialty. In this connection, the Queen Anne style has a considerable vogue, and applies to dining room furniture of almost every description. This style is particularly effective when allied \...-ith Italian walnut. while the Chippendale designs also (l,re made in this ,"vood. One also finds Jacobean styles in dining chair:,:. file models being faithfully copied-even to the velvet and the fancy bandings. 28 MICHIGAN ARTISAN U you do not know the "Oliver" wood workilll! tool., you had helle, give us your address and have us tell you all about them. We make nothing but Quality tool., the first cost of which i. considerahle, but which will make more profit for each dollar inveSted than any of the cheap machines flood. ing the country. "Oliver" New Variety Saw Table No. 11. Will lilk.e II saw up ID zo~di.'\Mlet. ArOOt heh il 6& wide. Send for Catalog "B" for data on Hand Jointer., Saw Tables, Wood Lathes, Sander•• Tenoners. Mortisers, Trimmers, Grinders. Work Benche., Vise&,Clamps. Glue Heaters, etc., ete. OLIVER MACHINERY CO. Wl)I'!ta u.d Gent:l'al Office_ at 1 to 51 Clancy St. GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.• U. S. A. BRANCH QFFfCES - Oliver Mo.dulle(y Co.., HUI:hmlTemlinal, 50 ChllfCn 5,., New York.; Oliver Mae!.inetY Co.• Rnt National Bank Building, Chicas<!. 10; Olivet Madunery Co., ....__P.aci_fic B-uiJd-isg. Se.a.tI_1e,Wu-ll.; -Oliv-et M-adU-ner-y C_o, 101.-20_; De-anq'ate, Manchester. EOIl. Mail Order Banks. The mail order banks and trust companies are making in-roads into the deposits of country banks and unless some means are taken to check them the 103s to the country insti-tutions will. he as gr.eat as the loss the country merchants ex-- pericl1ce from the inronds of the n:ercantile catalogue hallse competitors. It is t1l1derslood th'l.t besides the banks already organized it is contemplated to form others in the l<trge cities, such as Kew York, Chicago, St. Louis, New Orleans, and San Fran-cisco, thus covering the entire country. These mail order banks offer four per cent on savings ac-counts. while banks of the west give hut three. These in-stitutions are only under the control of the state where they are located hut many dra.v their deposits from all over the country_ There is a movement on foot to secure legislation to reg-ulate them and force them to pay a state tax in every state where thE'y accept deposits_ @) * @ Name Unchanged. For many years the Grand Rapids Hand Screw Company has transa,cted a lar:ge and ever growing business in the man .. ufacture of cabinet' benches, factory trucks, furniture clamps, hand screws and kindred articles of factory equipment, sup-plying wood workers at home and abroad. A sllbsidiary company, known as the Grand Rapids Fixtures Company, has been engaged in the manufacture of show cases and stor~ fixtures successfully. Recently the name of the latter corpora_ tion 'V<lS changed by the <l,doptioll of an amendment to the company's articles of ~lssociation and is now and will here-after be known as the Wilmarth Show Case Company. of whieh Mr. O. R. "Vilmarth is the official head. The business of the Hand Screw company will be continued under the old name, Oliver Tools "OLIVER" No. 16. B.lld SIlW 36luch_. Made wilb or wifuout motor drive M e Ia I lable 36"); 30". Will tale 18" upder I h e 8uide - tills 41) ~e6 ODe way and 7 dellfee$ lhe otMr way. Cat-riesa IlIIWl)p kt 1}f1l wide. O",tside bearing 10 lower wheel shaft when IIotmmoldDven. W~B 1800lb. when ~tomip. Save Labor Time Tempers CO" ._----_._---_._----_.~ A Useful Catalogue of Carvings and Mouldings. Boynton & Co., manufacturers of embossed, plain and turned mouldings, embossed and spindle caI"vings, automatic turnings, 419-421 \Vest Fifteenth street, Chicago. have issued a. ca.talogue alld price list containing sixty-four pages alld up- ,vards of 1,000 illustrations of their products. A great range of work is embraced in the styles and all improved forms of ornament are represented. This interesting book should be Sketch by Clarence R aUle, Grand Rapids. Mich. in the hands of every manufa,cturcr of furniture -and kindred goods. Copies may be had upon application to the com pany. (§) * (§) Some men use the past from which to- draw conclusions ;md obtain guidance for the .future. Others use the past from which to gain fear of the future. p-------------------- - --,--- -1 I THE 6 FINISHES YOU WANT I !, THE GRAND RAPIDS STANDARD SHADES t 1 IIII II !II ,, II II! II The Lawre~~~L:!~t~CAom~p~an~yn ~f ----------,------- MICHIGAN WE HAVE ARTISAN MATCHED THEM GOLDEN OAK---No. 1919 Stain and No. 1702 Filler. EARLY ENGL1SH---No. 1652 Stain and No. 506 Filler. WEATHERED OAK---No. 1649 St.i•. FUMED OAK···No. 547-8 5t.i •. MAHOGANY···No. 1017-D Stain and No. 29 Filler. TOONA MAHOGANY ·.No. 1658 Stain and No. 1564 Filler. NOTE: We will send you working samples with full instructions for use. AliIi'ofinished pieces which will.show you the correc:t shades. Write for samples. -_._---------- Ready for Business. The :\lc":\lullen Macllinery Company arc settled in their ne\", maehinery store at No. 58 South Ionia street directly across from the Ull(m depot, Gnmd Rapids. This company "\vas organi:led by G. K. lvlcl\Iullen for the purpose of estab-lishing' a wood 'working machil1cry depot. They ,,,ill carry considerable stock and arc in position to fumish to advantage wood working" machinery for every pllrposc, factory equip-ment, mac1line knives and bits, ill fact everything in equip-ment for the wood worker. They will cater to 'western and northern l\Iichigan trade. 11r. G. K. :\TclVftllkn, the presi-dent and mnnager, was, l.1ntil l'ecently, nnd for over ten yeare; past, with the Fox JVfachille Company; )>1r. A. C. Hindman, the vice pn>sidellt, is a, local attorney; J\h-. B. D. Smith, the secretary and treasurer, was formerly secret,lry of tbe Steb hillS l'v[allulactllring Company of Sturgis. J\Licll. COllsiderillg the fact that Grand Rapids and surrounding territory, whith tlley will cover is a "very extensive wood working scctitl\1. <lod tha.t there js no other 'wood \vorking machinery dealer estahlished directly in thi's field, this enterprise should prove profitable. As a local institution they will undoubtedly re-ceive the hearty support of the wood workers in this terri-tory. Anyone manufacturing equipment which they desire to illtrodllce or pnsh n thi:'i territory would do well to cones pond with tile company, @ * @ Roll Top vs. Flat Top. There are those 'who daim that the roll top desk is \van- Ing. I'ersullal1y we have always liked the l'oll top with it<; convenient pigeonholes and its protecting sides against whicb you can shove an accumula.tion of papers. But a number of business offices rlre takillfT out their 11e:\r ly new roll tops and putting in flat tops. .!'~dvocatcs of thi~ move say it keeps you from letting' tile pap<~l'S <1.Ccufllu1ate. fultivates dispatch and gets the work throu"{h faster. It seems that wl1atever tends to put /-he work tbrollZh faster has the tirst ("all these clays but thr-re are certain ad- \'antages to the roll top which should not be overlooked-es pecially the place on top ,vhere you pile up the dictionarit>s awl directories and baskets and magazines and newspapers and ,.ackages and other things ,\Vbi)c the oceuIX-ints of f],;H top desks may have fewer things piled around ~hey have not as a !'"uJe succeeded in explaining to the roll top man just ,,,,here they put them.-Colliers. @ * @ A New Factory in Portland, Ore. At Portland,. Oregon, the new Hlctory of the Carman ~I anl1fa.cturing Company. said to be tb.c best of its kind on the racific coast, has gone into operatiolJ. It:; size is 100 x 100 a1Hl contai11s nine floors. Sprinklers, dlHt conveyors ;11'.-} like 1110dern appliances, metal door and Wil,dow cases alld wire glass make the plant a modern one in every re,c;pcct. ~--------.------ I TUE UERKIMER I Hotel and Cafe, Grand Rapids I 130 rooms with run Lngwater, telephone, electric light, steam heat, etc., in each room. Many with private bath. English, Mission and Colonial Cafe Service a la cart. 7 <I.. m. to 12 p, m'l 50c Table d'Hote. Dinner, 5:30 to 8 p. m., Sundays inclUded. ! Rooms up to $2.00 per day for one person. I~-----'---------------' South bound Wealthy-Scribn ..r car from Union 01" Grand Trunk st3lions. • 29 • 30 ---- ----- ----- ---- MICHIGAN Trials of the Manager. Take it from traveling salesmen and no mal1ager has rights ,,,bieh those having things to sell are bound to respect. If he shuts himself away in a private office with <t husky bouncer at the outer door he is unprofessional. If he flees in a cab when the tourist salesnw.n spies him on the street, he is a crank. If he resorts to a dub or police call when a mission-ary representing something he doesn't want gets to him by fraud, he is a grouch. The successful traveling salesman has three rigid rules which be insists on. I have forgotten the first two, but the last one is that the manager must listen to his talk whether he wishes to buy or not. That is all right, from the salesman's voint of view, but what abollt the manager? It is to be supposed that the mall-a, ger has something to do besides listen to men who are out after orders. If he is stocked to the roof with brass fastcners what is the ltse of his spending an holtr telling the brass fas-tener salesman that he doesn't want to buy? \Vhy not send back the card of the brass fastener man with the information that there is nothing doing? This would scem to be a fair way of saving the time of two·busy men, but it is not popular with the man who has to sell goods or go to the scra.p pile. Edwards was a manager himself, and felt sorry for otbe;' managers. He admired the nervc and resourcefulness of th(: salesmen who camped out by 11isbig desk, but he went home night after night leaving ..v.ork undone just because of this nerve and resourcefulness. Therefore he cautioned his own mcn against fighting their way into a private office, especially ,..·.here there was no chance to sell goods. He wanted his salesmen to do their best to get an audience with the Pres-ence in ewxy case, but he said it wasn't l'I.ecessary for them to get the door open by means of dynamite, or anything like that. One day ,..,hen Edwards had been annoyed and harrassed by salesmen he went out to give Parton his parting instruc-tions for an important trip. The boys in the office caHNl DON'T BUILD NEW KILNS Let us remodel your old one. The invest-ment will be smaIl and will yield ONE UUNDRED PER CENT in increased output, saving of waste Inm~ her, greater capacity of men and machines and s~ving of i,nsnrance. GRAND RAPIDS VENEER WORKS GR4NO R4PIOS, Mien. ARTISAN Parton the Missionary. This was becaus~ he was meek of manner and because he went forth into heathen communities where the civilization of the natives was not yet up to the standard of the Burbank Put-Ern-Together bookcase. Par· ton was a good salesman, a painstaking man and a persist-ent one. He had been known to ascend a fire escape and apptar before a buyer through an open w~ndow. It was said of him that a long, cold night on a doorstep was like a picnic if he caught the buyer c{)ming out in the morning. Owing to such endeavors in the interest of trade there had been com-plaints against Parton, and Edwards was now to give him fresh instructions. "Look here, Partoli," said Edwards, "you're getting too strenuous. I'm getting letters about you. For instance, the Inland Furniture Company man takes it to heart becaus'c' you blundered against him at the ferry a.ud tipped him into the 'water." "Well," said Parton, looking both grieved and surprised, "I can't see where he's got any kick coming. I couldn't ger to him in any other way. He had a man from County Cork ~--_._----_.---------_.~ WANTED CABINET MAKERS; at least one who can do carving, MACHINE MEN, and CUTTER. STEADY WORK. .. Write D. W. UHRICH, Atchison. Kansas. at his door and I couldn't trace him to his home. Besides-, I got him out, didn't T? Jumped in that cold river and fished him out by the hair of his hea.dl I'd like to know what a man wants? If he didn't like my ways, why did he buy of mc.? Perhaps he thinks I ought to remain at a hotel and wait for him to serid for me!" "You must be morc careful," 5aid EdwaI"ds. "Some of your methods would do credit to a Jimmy tough in a Fourth ward cattcus. vVe managers ha,ve many duties, and it natur-ally gives one a start to see a traveling salesman crawling in through the transom. Do the best you can for the house, hut let up on the managers a little. I wouldn't get any more of 'em out by turning in a fire alarm, if I were you." "Oh, you're referring to Richards now," said Parton, with a grin. "Say, but that was funny! It was business, too. Richanls ma(~e a thousand dollars by means of that deal. YOil can call me 011t by d' false alarm any day for a thousand." "In futt1rc.," C"ontil1ued Edwanls, "you'd better-bettcr-well, favor the managers a little. A man can be persistent and still be a gcntleman, can't he? You try it for one trip, anyway. The directors are getting next to some of your trade-marking expedients, and first thing yOU 'know you'll be in the disc8,rd. You must he more conervativc in your meth-ods. Sec?" Parton said that would be all right and went off on hi.:; trip with a hUllch that he wouldn't make good. He was so dowllcast on the trip that Hawkins of the Co-Opcrative Book. case Company roasted him to a Him and suggested that he get a, line of casket8 to match his face. Edwards opened his mail many mornings without finding an order from Parton Then he sent him a wire as follows: "\Ve have several trainloads subject to order. What's thl;': matter?" Parton answered that evening: "Am favoring the managers." Edwards thought that a little fresh, but he considered the situation and said nothing back. He waited some marc dayi-' {m orders from Parton and then sent another wire: "\Vhat are you at? Have you prospects?" Parton shot back: "Waiting for Dutton to hire a doorman I can lick. Don't you think the managers have been sufficiently favored?" Edwards gritted his teeth' at the impertinence of the mes- MICHIGAN ARTISAN 31 sage twd kept Oil opening orderless letters. At last he v..-ired Fartoll : "Sell goods jf you can. If you can't come in and pile lumber.'· Parton scratched his red hair ,...1.1cn he got that. ""Ko".·.,." he mused, "1 'wonder if that take~ off the qnaran-tine? If I go at 'em on the strength of that, wilt Edwards give me another talk for tliY m"/n good?" At last he sat down and wrote a card to Ed ..v..ards: "Does everything go?" The reply came back by wire, day rates, paid: "Orders or lumber: I'm just telling you ""vhat Edwards wrote to Parton, who had been out two "\veeks 'without sending in a single order. Tt is not likely that Edwards meant to recant all he had said to Parton about f~lvorjl1gmanagers. ,\Vithot1t doubt he still clung to the belief that managers have 1'!ome rights which even tourist salesmen are bound to respect, just as stated at the beginning of this veracious story, but, (hen, you see, he H'<1l1t~dordersl Look 3t HIe matter aHy way you like, man-agers and their rules ahout seeing salesmen OURht to be re-spected. Edwards kile\\' this, He \vas a manager himself. But, then, he l1ad to have orders, didnt he? \A.lhere was th~ use in keeping Parton on the road if he handcuffed him and gagged him and bound him in gallows style, with order'> about being kind to inotIensive managers? Anyway, he wrote that card, "Orders or lumber,' and left it to Parlon to translate, \iVhen P~trton received the card he filled his vest pockets with black cigars and went over to pay his tenth daily visit to the offices of the Lohman House' Furnishing Company, where, as usual, he found the manager in hlding and the as-sistant manager powerless. The company had four stores and ~old everything from art glassware at a dime a throw to kitchen ranges with thcrmomet('Ts on the meen donrs. They conld sell a carload of Burbank hookcases every thirty days if they tried, and Parton "\vanted them to try. v\Then Parton found that he couldn't coax the ;LSsistant manager into making a contract, he headed desperately into the long hallw;ly from which t1,e door of DUltOIl, the Pres-ence, opened. Assuming the air of one going home for a long-delayed blessing, he swung open the door and came fac,~ to fa.ce with the man from County Cork. "Annointm~nt," he said. briskly, makiHg for the sacred inner door. County Cork took him by the arm and \'>'alked him back toward the entrance. "Yott're 1'e t'ird lhe day." he said. "The nixt gets his neck druv up on the brieJ.;:s heyant!" .He waved bis haud like a scoop shovel at lhe alley wan «(TOSS [rom the lNil1doHiS of the room. P;J,rtolJ took Ollt ;1 black cigar ancI a $5 banknote. He wraplkd the banknote carefully around the cigar, took a match from his pocket, il1'- scrted it in a fold of the note and held the tempting thing Ollt to County Cork. "Have a smoke:''' he asked. "Do you often bump up a,gaii1st cigars that In<lke a noise like that?" County Cork took tl'c nanknotc off the cigar and shoved it into his vest oC'ket. Then 11e lit the cigar and began ]Hllllping smoke into the air. "Tt';; a broth of a bel ye arc," be said, \vith a slow wink "Be off wid ye!" "Bul,_ bnt, but-" said Parton. County Cork grinned and opened the door ill response to a timid knocking. The wife and daughter of Dutton, tlw Presence, triped daintily in and lllndc for tlle il111er door, which Parton had failed to 111110ckwith a $5 banknote and a cigar that eost a quarter. On the way across the room a white eat with a blue ribbon abotlt its neck leaped froUl the dau,!2'hter's .arms and sought the acquaintance of Parton, "\Vhy you naughty thing!" cried the child, and followed her mother into the place where the Presence hid. Countv Cork grillned again, and Parton pointed out into the alIey~ V\.'hiIe he looked Parton shoved the cat into a pocket, wound the flap of his coat ahout his hand to impede egress on the part of the ielille .and went out; went out with an unholy joy in his orderless heart. When he got to his room \\iith the cat he touched the bell and brdered a "hop" to bring a chicken crate from the basement and incarcerate the cat in the same, regardless of feline appeals, mental, vocal or physical. "If she annoys the people on the floor," be said to the bel! hop, "'come in and turn the hose 011 her. This is my aunt's cat, ran ;1 \vny from San Francisco, and I'm going to remove the stains of travel from her before my aunt gets in on a speciaL" \A.lhen the bell hop got outside he whirled his hands abont his head, buzzed like a saw cutting knots, and pointed to the traveling man's door. "T-T c's got 'em 1" he said, Then he put the dollar hill Par-ton bad given him into his pocket and went down stairs <Jod explainc(l to a bench of wondering bell hops that there was J. traveling man up in room twenty-three whose shingles were leaking-. It is a question whether Parton would not have agreed ~'\-'ith him. The <1dvertisement for a lost cat was ill the morning news-paperS, just as Parton had anticipated, and a reward of $20 was nffered for the rdurn of the beastie, Either because of the hankootc, or bcca.tlse of a racial antipathy for cats, Coun-ty Cork had evidently kept his faee closed on the subject of the larceny of puss. "Hello, Dutton," said a voice at the 'phone, about as soon as the Presence reached his private ffice; "I think I've got a c<lt of yours over at the Smith House." "Take it up to the house," snarled the Presence. "\\That do you mean by taking up my time with a cat?" "'If you want to continue tbis cat as a l"l.1ember of your fam·- iIy," said Parton, "yO!! come in person .and identify it, and 11;1\,e some 011('; take it away. It is too refined a creature to he out in the streets '.vithout a chaperone. I'll swipe it if I get a chance." "I'll send someone," snapped the Presence. Parton refused to deliver the cat to a 111t:ssengcr, and ,th~ Pers,ence. h0t under the collar, went Over after it, taking COUllty Cork Wit1l him. As soon as he looked at the beastie he pushed a $20 note toward Parton. "N ever mind that," said the missionary; I might have ae~ quired that hy going up to the house with the cat. One thing T wanted to see you about was the Rurba.nk-" "T stlspect that you stole t11<1tcat!" flashed Dutton. "If I felt quite sure, I'd-" "\Ve have chosen your house to represent us here," said Parton, '-'anc!-" "Tf I bad proof tlJ;lt this \vas a trick," began Dutton, but rarton wel1t on: "T don't think you're very grateful to me for returning the cat, 1\ow, abollt the Burbank bookcases. \,Ve'll make a rate that will curl your hair." "Yon may as 'well come over to t11e office," said Dutton. "If all traveling salesmcn had your nerve, and Daughter had a few more cats, I guc,ss r wouldn't cia nl1.H::hbut buy goods. vVhcrc did your people find you?" Parton didn't say. He looked innocent and gave COl1nty Cork another bal1knote when he was passing out with a large oreIer. \\Tben he went in again, Edwards observed that it secmed easy enough to Kd business by gentlcma,nly means when it was get O'rders or pile lumber, and Parton agreed with all he said about the rights of managers and all that. He explained he would he ~'s good to managers as the exigen. cies; of the business would WJ.ITant, but it was orders he went out after. And this is the way all salesmen look at the proposition of managers' rights.-A, B. Tozer, in· j\'!odern Methds. 32 -~--------_. MICHIGAN ARTISAN ------------. -----------1II !, !IIII!II !I II THIS MACHINE MAKES THE MONEY , I II III I I IIIII ,, I I I i Plain or Quartered Oak, Mahogany, Walnut, Elm. Ash or any other wood with open grain. Write the IPosseliuBsr~S;k~~~~!~~~M:~~f~CcO!~. D~Mi~nt.t,gI , . It makes a perfrct imitation of any open grain because it uses the wood itself to print from, and one operator and a couple of boys can do more work with it than a dozen men with any other so called machine or pads on the market. That's Why It's a MoneyMaker. It Imitates Perfectly. 50 Machines Sold last Year Useful Wood Working Tools. Morris \\Toad & SOilS 2714-2716 "VVcst Lake street, Chi~ eago, have just issued catalogue No. 25A illustrating and de-scribing wood workillg tools, drills, bits, cutters and machines. Among some of the most recent tools which the firm has brought out is the cutter grinder shown below, and fully de· 50 More Satisfied Manufacturers A Test That Failed. A prominent dealer, while sojourning in Grand Rapids in January, related an incident in connection with the sale of a line of arts and crafts furniture as follow5: "A customer f;xaminillg 3. chair, in \vhich the front legs were constructed ..:eemingly to project above the arms, expressed the opinion that the construction was fraudulent Although I have sol(~ furniture many years and claim to have some skill in detect-ing bad work by the manufacturer, the piece looked genuinc, ;:nd I expressed confldcnce in the manufadurer. 'I would like to hit that block just once with a hammer,' the cus- ---------~I , Montgomery Hardwood Lumber Co. Mallufacturersof all kinds of Crawfordaville. Indiana. NATIVE FURNITURE LUMBER E. S. STERZIK, Pre •. • tomer rcmarke.d. 'If it is an honest leg I will pay for the chair,' he continued. .My curiosity was aroused and believ- ~ngthat I could not lose in such a trial, I handed the man <:.' !ntchet. Striking the piece it smart blow, -the block on the .arm of the chair flew to pieces and proved that the ma.n was ;ight. The block had been Slink into the arm over the leg. I reported the incident to the manufacturer of the chair "...ho sent a new p.-ieceto replace the one damaged by the man scribed in ther catalogue. Anyone call sharpen cutters on "\-viththe hatchet." tbis machille without previous experience, as the machine can-not be set to grind wrong. The thumb gauge is slowly turned against the back of tooth until properly sharpened. Then a lever is pulled back and the next tooth is placed for sharpen-ing, arid so on until all six teeth are sharpened, thumb gauge remaining where set. Result is all cutters are in :lbsolutely perfect balance and condition. @ * @ Browers Engage with Woodard. John E. Brower & Sons have entered into a eontractwith tl,e Woodard Furniture Company of Owosso; Mich., to design their lines of medium and high grade bedroom furniture in the future. The first line from the crayons of the Brower:s will be ready for ex.hibition in July nex.t. MICHIGAN ARTISAN [ ROYAL WHITE MAPLE POLISHING VAINISH White-the Emblem of Purity--our r.ite Maple Polishiug Varnish is Pure-and the WHITEST GOODS ou the market. I dries to recoat every other day; can be rubbed and polished in four to five days. Ask or testing sample. VAR~' ISH. C.OMPANY TOLEDO, OHIO '------------_._--- ------~----------..... ROYAL Trials of Winter Travel. j The following letter from James B. J-To\',;ard, middle vest representative of the Grand Rapids Chair Company, urll- IShe.5 an account of the trials and hardships traveling s les-men are not infrequently subjected to: ··I-Iave just passed through a trying experience CmpiJlg from St. Paul here, haYing be('11 snow bound for three nilghts I and -t\\'O d-a-ys near a little to\VTl called Vv'jndo111, Minn. The train fall into a :-inow bank at eleven thirty l\lollday li.ght and got stllCk. lJy morning the snow was banked as hi -"h as the car window~. Assista.nce reached us Oil Tuesday noon in the form of nne rotary snnw plow, fonr eng·ines and bout twenty shove1<..'rs, They had to pull the train Ol1t on[ car at a time which cut us off ironl tlle c:\fe car and as ill luck would have it, in trying to pull that tar out, they broke the draw hend which c:'l1sec1 a rlay's delay and Wilde it nccelssary for everyone tn forage for something to e'H. T .ate i 1 the afternoon some farmer boys came to our rescue with hard boiled eggs, cold fried sallgage and nearly hot coffee. T .ast night we managed to get away, arriving here earl this tnorning." @ * @ Death of Fred W. Spraker, On the morning of February 12, Fred. Vv'. Spraker, form-ly superintendent of the Berkey & Gay T<\lrniture Com-pany's factory. and later employed as a lumber buyer f r the same comp:my, passed out of life, aged 74 years. _ 1\lr. S raker was ..v..idc1y known and highly esteemed. On the occas'on of his retirement from the superintendency of tIle Ber ey & Gay factory, four hundred of his former workmen isited • his home in a body and presented him with a gold watch as a token of esteem and aff.ecti.on. The presentation speech n'as made by John Mowatt, designer for the company @ * @ Will Manufacture Clocks. The Puritan Clock company has filed 'artc1es of incorpor-ation at Lansing with a capitalization of $3,000 paid in. The purpose is to manufacture and deal in furniture and house furnishings, operations being carried on at Jamestown, N. Y., with an oHi.ce ill the 1\1ichigan Trust buil'dnig, Grand Rapids. Those interested are E. H. Vv'il1iams, Grand Rapids; Edward J. Kuhne. Boston, and Paul B. Rosencrantz, Jamestown, \vith $1,000 each. @ * @ Alexander Dodds Reports an active trade in woodworking machinery. Among his recent shipments was a large gang dovetail machine to St. Petershurg. Russia; another to ~'1ilan, Italy, and a 1\:venty-five spindle machine to Germany. He also reports the sale of nine swing cut-off saws to one factory in North Carolina. This surely indicates a steady improve-ment in business. @ * @ The West Side Iron Works. During the year the \·Vest Side Iron ·Works, of this city have bought out several new ,,,,'aod working machines-belt sanders, saw tables, etc. They are now at work on a large machine that will take several weeks to bring out. A full description, when it is ready to be put ou the market, will be published. 33. 34 MICHIGAN I MISCELLANEOUS ADVERTISEMENTS I WANTE...,D=----- __ . _ WANTED-EXPERT OPERATOR un sand belt- machine, one qukk and capable. GCl% salary t6 a. capable man. Address "G. M. G.," care of :Michigan Artisun. 1-10-2t WANTED-A COMMISSiON MAN To sell our line of upholstered furniture in Ohio, Indiana aDd Michi-gan. Must be Al and know buyers well. Address, Buffalo Lonnl'e Company, Buffalo, N. Y. WANTED-AN EXPERIENCED FOREMAN To take entire cJm.rge of' the mRchme floor In a table factory located I.D. Cent..al Pennsylvania. Position pe:nnaneDt and open at once t01' the right man. Address, E., cure of· Michigan Artisan.---_. WANTED-POSITION BY DRAFTSMAN. Special furniture d.mftsman desirell position as draftsman or Sal68- man; thoroughly experienced and competent, change deslt'ed durin. June. Address "K, 4," care of Michigan Artisan. S-lO-tf WA101TED-SALESMEN To handle a fu'St-claS8 line of sectional bookcases. Camden Cabinet Company Camden N. Y. 9-10-3t. WANTED-TRAVELING SALESMAN To handle line of high grade bJ'ass candl&lticks on commission as side line; one ealling OD the furniture trade preferred.. Send ftIferenee8. Address "A," care of· -Michigan Arliggn. 3-1G-4t. FOR SALE FOB SALE. The Fnrniture Factory occupied by Blum & Company, Hamilton, Ohio is for sllle.-Correlilpondenee solicited byE. F. Blum, Mgr. 1-10-4t ARTISAN WANTED-POSITION AS SUPERINTENDENT OR MANAGER. At present time I am superintending large factory making special cabinet work. For private reasons desire change. Address M. M. M., care of Michigan Artisan Co..... 2-1O-2t. WANTED-POSITION BY MACHINE FOREMAN With large experience in machine and veneer room; also un-derstands millwright work. At present employed, but wishes to change ... Address W. A. J., care of Michigan Artisan. 2-IO-lt. WANTED-SALESMEN To handle first-class new line· parlor furniture, medium and high grade ... This is a first-class opportunity for enterprising men. Address Box F., care of Michigan Artisan. 2-10-3t. VIANTED-SALESMAN To sell French and German mirrors on commission. Write to Benjamin Griffen. 40 Vestry street, New York city. WANTED-COMPETENT COMMERCIAL PHOTO-GRAPHER. Must be experienced in the furniture line. Address "S" care of Michigan Artisan. 1-10-2t. WANTED. Expert Commercial· Retoucher' and Blocker. care of Michigan. Artisan. Address "S" 1-10-2t WANTED-POSITION. By an experienced superintendent in the manufacture of case work and tables. Address K. E. W. care of Michigan Artisan. INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. Acme White Lead and Color Works 21 Adams & Elting 24 American Blower Company. . _Cover Barlow Brothers _ _. . . . . . . .. 5 Barnes, W. F. & John Company .. -.,., 13 Barrett, M. L., & Company :. _ _. . . . 15 Boynton & Company _ 16 Buss Machine Works Cover Cordesman-Rechtin Company .. . Cover Clark, Walter, Veneer Company_ _ 4 Dodds, Alexander __ 13 Edge, Frank & Company. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 5 Fellwock Auto & Manufacturing Company 16 Fox Machine Company _ _. _ _.. . .. . 16 Francis, Charles E., & Brother _. 1 Furniture Commercial Agency 9 Gillette Roller Bearing Company Cover Grand Rapids Blow Pipe & Dust Arrester Company 25 Grand Rapids Brass Company , _ Cover Grand Rapids ElectrotYpe Company..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 4 Grand Rapids Hand Screw Company 19 Grand Rapids School of Designing. . .. _ 17 Grand
Date Created:: 1909-02-10T00:00:00Z
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Collection:: 29:15

759. 1939-04; Peninsular Club

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:: 1939-03-01T00:00:00Z
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Collection:: Volume 7, Number 3

760. Michigan Artisan; 1906-06-10

Notes:: Issue of a furniture trade magazine published in Grand Rapids, Mich. It was published twice monthly, beginning in 1880. and Twenty-sixth Year-No. 25 JUNE 10, 1906 Semi-Monthly WYSONG & MILES LEE AND .JACKSON STS. CREENSBORO. N. C. 100% to 200 % PROFIT PER YEAR on this Sand Belt. The investment is a small one. The few months you are getting along withollt it is losing you the entire price of it. HUNDREDS MOST~~RTo':.:iNENT FURNITURE MANUFACTURERS using this Sand Belt state that these claims fall short of the real merits of the machine. IT HAS THE DESIRED ADJUSTMENTS QUICKLY MADE Our claims are that.it will sand with _thegrain and require no retouch~ ing by hand the following: Mirror frames, round oval,- any shape; drawer rails; drawer fronts, base rails, dc., serpentine, ogee, round or swell; straight veneered or cross veneered; ogee, round, bevel or straight edges of dresser or table tops, of round) square or scrolled patterns; table tops. of round, square or -scrolled pat. terns; table rims, dresser posts; veneered rolls or columns; straight, ogee or round· ed mouldingli; raised surfaces of panels; spirals of table legs; curtain slats for roIl-top desks; spindle carvings; french table legs; plumbers' wood work; etc., etc. No. 164 Sand Belt Machine. A MESSAGE OF IMPORTANCE TO THE MANUFACTURERS ,OF AMEIHCA: Do you wish to lessen the cost of handling your pro_ ~duct by the use of light running, lOIlg lasting axles? If so -explain to your wagon builder that Gillette Roller Bearing Axles are inexpensive to buy-easy to install-simple iu con-struction and highly effective in reducing the draft"'-that they can be made a part of YOUR vehicle at OUR risk as we ship on approval to responsible persons. And ask him to write to U5-or do so yourselves. IT WILL PAY YOU. Yours for the cheapening of manufacturing costs, THE GILLETTE ROLLER BEARINGCOMP ANY Patentees and Sole Manufacturers, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. BEAUTIFUL ARDWO OORS H OD FL . To obtain the m'ost satisfactory and durabJeresults fill with Wheeler's Patent WoodFill" .ndnn's' wit •• coat of Bce;oJg'.FJOOT.PO];sh. OnTp"n"p";' ,. walk on the wood, not on the finish. THE BRIDGEPORT WOOD FINiSHING CD., New MiUord. Conn.; 70 W. Lake St •• Chicaao; 41.43 So. 3rd St., Philadelphia; 48 Cornhlll. Boston. '.; GOOD FINISHING Is the most essential part of the business of FURN-ITURE MAKING. Our WOOD FINISHING MATERIALS are not only good-they are THE BEST. You need not take our word for this---you can PROVE IT FOR YOURSELF. Write us for samples of any ot our products. We shall be glad to send them to you. The Marietta Paint al Colo..-Co. Marietta. Ohio A Few of Our '" Products That Have Been Tried and Have Become Famous for Their Practical Merits: GOLDEN OAn A PRACTICAL OIL STAIN EARLY ENGLISH OAn SPARTAN STAIN WEATHERE.D OAn OIL STAIN No. 700 FUME.D OAn AN ACID STAIN For Heavy Work Use the BENEDICT CLAMPS Grand Rapigs Hand Screw Company 130 Ionia St., Grand Rapids, Mich. Manufacturers of Hand Screws, Cabinet Makers' Benches, Factory. Trucks, etc. DOUBLE CASE SECTION CLAMP. . ,. i' ' 7IR-T I.s AJ"J" 'Rij q 7T+ • 1 The Pittsburg Plate Glass Company MJo.NlJl"ACTUaEllS AND JOBBERS 01' 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, extending . from Pennsylvania to Missouri; and 13 Mirror plants, located as follows: Also, our 22 jobbi.ng houses carry heavy stocks in all lines oj glass, pai.nts, varnishes and brushes and are located in the cities named below: NEW YORK-Hudson and Vandam Streets. BUFFALG--S7:l-4-6-8 Pearl Street. BOSTON-4l-49 Sudbury St., 1-9 Bowker St. BROOKLYN-635 and 637 Fulton Streel. CHICAGo-442-45:l Wabash Avenue. PHILADELPHIA-Pitcairn Building, Arch (tIIll CINCINNATI~Broadway and Court Streets, Eleventh Streets. ST. LOurS-Cor. 12th and 5t Charles Streets. DAVENPORT-4Io-4J6 Scott Street. MINNEAPOLIS-SQO-SJO S. Third Street. CLEVELAND-149-SI'53 Seneca Street. DETROlT-S3-55 Lamed Street E OMAHA-I608-Io-12 Harney Street. PITTSBURGH-IOI-103 Wood Street. ST. PAUL-349:-SI Minnesota Street. MILWAUKEE., WIS.-492-494 Market Street. ATLANTA, GA'-30,32 and 34 S. Pryor Stn·('t. ROCHESTER, N. Y.-Wilder Building, Main SAVANNAH, GA·-74s-749 Wheaton Streel. !londExchange Sts. KANSAS CITY-Fifth and Wyandott Sis. BALTIMORE-221-223 W, Pratt Street. BIRMINGHAM, ALA.-2ndAve. and 29th St New York So.ton Philadelphia Suffalo Cincinnati St. Louis MtnneapoU. Atlanta. Kok.omo. Ind. f'ord City. Pa, Hi8h Point. N. C. Davenport Cryatal 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. Veneer Presses, all kinds aud sizes Veneer Presses Glue Spreaders 81ue Healers Trucks, Elc.. Etc. These Specialties are used all Over the World ::::::::==-===.:---------::::: Power Feed Glue Spreading Machine. (Patent applied for!, Single doublealld eombination. No. 20 G"lu.f!: Heater C"AS. E. fRANCIS &. BRO.D Hand Feed Clueing Machine. (Patl:'nt pending,) Eight Styles ana Sizes. Wood·Working Machinery and Supplies LET US KNOW YOUR WANTS 419-421 E. Eighth St. CINCINNI\T1, O. No, 6 Glu~ Heater The Universal Automatic CARVING MACffINE ==== 'PERFORMS THE WORK OF ==== 25 HAND CARVERS Anddoes the Work Better than it can be Done by Hand ====== MADBEY====== UnIOn [MDOSSlno MAcnlnr (0. Indianapoli8. Indiana Write for Inlormation, Prices Etc. -- 2 Che YEARS' SUCCESS In the designing and constrnction of woodworking machinery is the lasting guarantee of abso-lute satisfaction and unwavering dependableness that backs up every Fay and Egan ma-chine everywhere. It is the spirit that is daily pushitig Fay and Egan machinery onward and upward to the ideal of tomorrow, and forever raising that ideal higher and higher, so that judged by present standards, Fay and Egan machines are always at the pillnac1e of perfectioll. No matter how large or small your business may be you want to be free from the worry alld waste of inferior machinery, you want to be sure of the loyalty of your'meehanical helpers, you want to know that under the most tryillg conditions, they will always stand stanch and true, and never desert or lower your standard. Here is one of the tested and tried Fay and Egan machines. It is a modern inside molder that will do the finest and the most work continually and is especially adapted to furniture factories. Works 12 or 15 inches wide and up to 6 inches thick. Send for Circulars .on any Woodworking Machine. Catalog free. 505·525 W. front St., CinciI\.l'.O.ti.Oh.io. US.A. 26th Year-No. 24. GRAND RAPJDS, MICH., JUNE 10, 1906, $ 1.00 per Year. Handling Labor in Germany. Consul Harris, writing from Mannhei1l1, quotes ;l German manufacturer whose products go to all quarters of the globe, and whom he heard say that it ""vasnot their patenls, nor their technical force, hut their workmen which gives them a com-manding place in his trade. Although German wages are low, Mr. Harris enumerates some of the advantages which Cerman laborers enjoy, as fotlows: Many GeTman concerns own dwelling houses, and rent them to '..·.orkmen at actmd cost. Th:::y p~ovidc restaurants and meals at actual en'lt, fU':l\lsh fucl at \\.hoksale cost, g-lvc transportation ill whole or part to employes living at a dis-tance, pay pensions in certain cases, and work people's read-ing rooms, baths, hospitals, savings banks, and cooking schools for girls are maintained. The annual report of tbe imperial 'insurance department for 1905, recently submitted to the Reichstag. shows the sums paid to beneflcaries untler the compulsory insurance laws in force for the protection to wo,kmen. For accident injuries $32,415,UOO was pa.id to 1,- 034,773 persons injured or their dependents, an a·verage of practically 011e out of evry sixty of the total population of the empire. Sick and indigent pen;ons re'ceived last year $38,080,000. Annu1ties were granted to 145,412 persons, To these sums is to be added $40,460,000 paid yearly from the local sick funds (krankenkasse) throughout the empire as sick bene tit, burial charges, etc., m3king a total of about $1l1,R60,OOO annually paid as benefits under the \vorkmen's insurance laws now in force. During the same year 200 con-cerns employing labor paid in gifts to workmen ami in perm-anent funds and other provi,,,ions for their "ielfa:'c, apart from "",ages, $27,608,000. Reference is fllso m:J.de to the measures adopted by the department of mining in Prussia for miners' homes, of which 8,636 with room for 18,962 fam-ilies, have been provided wholly or in part at state ,expense. Thi.ty-b\'O bUlltl-ings, with 5,Ojl beds, have ,been provided fOl' unmarried mine employes in the same manner, and are fur-llished at low prices. It is perhaps too SOOIl to determine how these forms of state and. private 1>enevolence may fll1ally come to be viC\ved by \vorkmel1. Large mauufacturing' con-cerns, from ,,,horn much attention has bt.:en given the class of w{)rk referred .to, have not ·wholly escaped labor trouhles during tbe past year. The employe dass have in senne cases sben'n an apathy toward present advantages and future re-wards for f:J.thfu\ service, and have resorted to strikes and other means to securc higher wages or shoo tel' llOurs of labor. 1t can at all events be said that the state has with much ingenuity and skill sougbt to lessen the dist~ess due to accident, disease, 'and old age among its wage earnes, and that in all parts of the empire private enterprise has done much toward the same end. The results, worked out under conditions differing much from those in the United States, are thus far for the most part satisf;-lctoi'}'. Immigrants Unevenly Distributed. The real trouble in immigration, thinks a large manufac-turer, lies not in the fact that immigrants are not coming to our shores fast enough, but in tbat they do 110t get to the sections of the country where they are most needed. If some intelligent methods we,'e devised to hand~e our ineom-ing- gl1e~ts and steer them in thosc directions '" here there is a real demand for them, the so-called immigration ques-tion would be completely solved. \-Vhat would facilitate and prevent tbe unnecessary return of undesirable immi-grants would be the reqltt __ ement from an immigrant of a cei-tiilcate fro in the consul of each district of embarkation show-ing a clean bill of health and such other qualifications that would be fIlled ot~t, and this cl:rtificate being .presented to the officials of Ellis Island, would go Llr toward corrl'cting one of the greatest immigration evils. The national gov-enltnent, he says, v.rill have to take' up this matter sooner or later, and it alone can be trusted to handle it with thorough- He:;,;. Canadian Anthracite Coal. The discovery of anthracite coal in Canada was announced by the minister of mines in the legislature of Ontario, re-ports Consular Agent 1turphy, from S1. Catharines. 'The re-po: t is that extensive heds of anthracite exist on the Hudson Bay slope in the neighborhood of Albany River, which forms the dividing line behveen Onta:'io and the Northv.;est Ter:-i-tory. 'JI" THE CORRECT Stains and fillers. THE MOST SATISFACTORY first Coaters Varnishes 4 B0VNT0N eX C0. Mfrs. of Embosltd and Turned Mouldings. Pordt Work. Wood Orllls. and Auto. matlc. Turning. We also ll1anufac· tur~ a large line of EMBOSSED ORNA-MENTS fOr couch work. Send for Illustrations. Removed to 419·421 W. fifteenth St., C"IC400, ILL SEND FOR CAT~ALOGUE If your DESUiNS art right, people want the Good •• That make. PRICES right, (t(arence 1R. bfUs DOES IT 103 Madison Aventle--Cit'izeml Pbone 19&1. GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. MANlJFACTURBRS OF DROP CARVING AND GENERAL EMBOSSING MACHINES Die' for all klnds of Machines. At lowest prices. 7 Second SI" LAFAYETTE, IND. 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 f1nlSnlnO (0. ItXCLUStVE MANUFACTURBRS OF WOOD FINISHING MATERIALS That is our specialty. We confine our business to Fillers, Stains, Polish Furniture Wax alld Finishing SnppJies. We are the originators of Weathered, Antwerp and Mission Stains in Oil. Our shades are absolutely correct. We ate authority on Early English, Fumed, Cathedral Oak, and SHver Maple Stains, and w1JJ match any particu-lar shade desired. Office and Factory, 55, 57,59 Ellsworth Are., Grand Rapids, MiGh. B. WALTER & CO. Monufa,",,,,, of T ABLE SLIDES Exclusively WABASH INDIANA WRITE FOR PRICES AND DISCOUNT FaIding :Bed Fixtures Profitable fixtures to use are those which give the least trouble. They are made by Folding Bed Williams in many styles and designs, suitable for every folding bed manufactured. Furniture Cast-ings, Panel Holders, Corner Irons, etc. New ideas and inventions constantly being added to the line. F. 8. WILLIAMS 3811 Vlnce:n:neB Ave., Chloago. Manufacturer of Hardv.'STe Specialties for the Furniture Trade. Established 18'18 Sfep~eDsonnff. (0. South Bend, Ind. W ood Turnings, T umed Moulding, Dowel. and Dowel Pin•. Catalogue to Manufac4 turers on Application. .5 1Loutsbabn DESIGNS AND DETAILS OF FURNITURE 154 Livingston St. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Citizens' Telephone 1702. JOHN OUER & SONS BALTIMORE. MD. GBblnet "ardware Bnd Tools Etc., Upholstered Goods Ha.ndiorIlell PuB on the Market for the Money Write for prices and sample I-------~---~--- ----- • fOUR TRAINS TO AND fROM CmCAGO Lv Gd. Rapids 7;10am Ar Chicago 1:15pm Lv Gd. Rapids 12:05 nn Ar ChicaIO 4:50pm Lv Gd. Rapids 4:25 pm At Chicac-o 10:55pm Lv Gd. Rapids 11:30 pm daily Ar Chicago 6:55 am PuUman Sleeper, open 9:00 pm on 11:30 pm train every day. Cafe service on all day trains. Service a la carte. PNC Marquette Parlor cars on all day trains. Ra.t. reduced to SO cent •. T"REE TRAINS DETROIT TO AND fROM Leave Grand Rapid, 7:10 am Arrive Detroit 11:55 am Leave Grand RapidS 11:15 am daily Arrive Detroit 3:25pm Leave Grand Rapids 5:~ pm Arrive Dctroit 10:05pm Mealilerved a la carte on traiJls leaving Grand Rapids at 11::15am and 5:20 pm. Pete Marquette Parlor C.rs on all trainl i seat rate, 25 «:ents. "ALL OVER MICHIGAN" H. J. GRAY, DlllTKIer PAIIIlXNCEIR.AGENT, PHOKE 1168 Gand R-.pid.,),II1•c. : THE WEATHERLY INDIVIDUAL GLUE HEATER Send your address and receive descriptive cir-cular of Glue Heaters, Glue Cookers and Hot Boxes with prices. WEATHERLY CO. GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. These sa ws are made from No. 1 Steel and we war~ rant every blade. We also carry a full stock of Beveled Back Sc(oll Saws, any length and gauge Write us (or Price List and dl.count 31-33 S. FRONT ST •• GRAND RAPIDS Correspondence Solicited JAnmown PAnn AnD vrnrrn conPAnT (IncorDorated) ManufaClurers of Veneered Panels and Table Tops Lardellt Stock of Veneers MAHOGANY. QUAR.TEREDOAK. WALNUT. BIRD'S-EYE MAPLE, CURLY SIR.CH. PLAIN OAK PLAIN BIRCH. MAPLE, CROSS RANDING The Best Workmanship and Finish Office, SO-58 Steele Street, Jamestown. N. Y Two Large Factories: Jamestown, N. V. Ashville, N. V. Get Our Prices Before Buying Elsewhere. Samples on Application Excels aU band Icrew clamps in adaptation to work, convenience of handling and quick llction Especially adapted. to Veneering Panellng and all work requiring long broad jaw. 45 Center Sl BATAVIA, N. Y. COLT'S UNIVERSAL CLAMP Catalog and Price List Furnished Batavia Clamp Co. Me-nUbn Micnigan Artliilan. 6 Death of E.dward C. Gerwig. The furniture t;ade will be shocked and grieved to hear of the death of Edward C. Gerwig, of Parkersburg.' He was ill only three weeks, but death was not unexepected. His connection with the furniture hminess dates back to thit'ty years ago, when with v\lilliam Bentley, he en:sagcd in the retail furniture business in Parkersburg. In 1880 Bentley & Gerwig purchased the Shaefer Furniture factory and h11S1- /les.", has been vcry sueccssfl1L Mr. Gerwig was Leasurer and gene,al manager and to his efforts a large part of the success of the enterprise is due. The Parkersburg Up-holstering company is another factory in which IHr. Gerwig had an interest. He was also prominent in the municipal affairs of Parkersburg, having served several terms as a member of the city counciL lIe was likewise a member of the 'Vest Virginia commission of the Lousiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis. Mr. Gerwig [eaves a wife :lnd four children, besides a number of brothers and sisters, to mourn his Joss. Hotel Ottawa to be Opened on July 1. The big summer hotel Ottawa on Lake Michigan, thirty minutes' ride from Grnnd Hapids, the resort of many furn- 7IR T 1.5'A2'1 t , ,.. The Baldwin, Tuthill & Bolton's 1906 Red Book. Balctwin, Tuthill & Bolton Jwve issued a new 168-page catalogue of saw and knife fitting machinery, the 1906 edition of their Red Book. There are 250 illustrations of machines for filing room use adapted variously to the fitting of band saws ran;:{ing from one-eighth up to eighteen inches. wide, ci~cular saws up to seventy-two inch diamtcr, gang saws any length or width, machine knives up to thirteen feeCt]ong, cutter heads. etc., a showing that is by far the most compre-hensive of the kind put out to date. The company have been in business seventeen years man-ufacturing saw and knife fitting machinery, and from the or-iginal Rhodes circular saw swage have developed a large var-iety of specialties. Their goods have found a market in the Cnited States, Canada and many foreign countries where saw milling or wood l,vorking is carried on in a crude way. Fifty thousand catalo6ues will he issued this year either in complete or sectional form and best suited for practical purposes, and anyone writing for them is voelcome to what-ever" one he wishes. The tiling room of any mill O~ factory is of the utmost im-vortance in the production of results as regards quantity and quality of the output and it is remarkable that so many op-erators or buyers are so heedless of this fact and indifferent itute buyers during the mid-summ-er market season, will be opened for the receptiqn of gu(:'sts on July 1. Manager Pantlind has had a gang of decorators ancl repairers at \vork on the main structure and annex during the past_two-months. Lost Motion. Lost motion means a ·defect in the machinery_ It is energy going to waste, and true principles of economy for-bid ..'.f.asted energy. It is not an infrequent thing to discover lost motion in business as well as machine,y. 1\:laoy a_busi-ness mall finds his business machinery going alon-g voith a . limp and a jerk, indicating that there is waste energy some-where. The engineer at the head of the concerti may he crowding all a full head of steam, but the transmission of the power is faulty and results. are not achieved. Maybt: the old machinc needs a general tightening up; wo:nout COg~need replacing with neW ones; "perhaps the belt needs tightening. The busin('.ss machine may be clogged with goods that we:e bought because they looked like a bargain; but th~y refuse to move on out through the legitimate channels of trade. It is an old saying that "goods well bought are half sold," and "well bought" does, not necessarily mean cheap bought, for, unless the quality is there, goods will fail to turn over readily, and they cannot "be reckoned good assets. about the equipment of their filing rooms in an up-to-date manner. However, the greatly increased demand for their equipment from companies in all lines of lumber manufacture or conversion, demonstrates that their ~fforts in what may be termed an educational way, have met with a ready re-sponse, and the freedom from complaints from customers reJ~ ative to equipment furnished, is a demonstration to' this company that their machines are efficient and desirable. Practical saw bIers writing to the company for the same, will be gladly furnished with a catalogue. Water Powers' in Canada . Commercial Agent Shotts reports from Sault Stc. 1Iarie growing interpt in the water powers of Canada. 1lany plants are now utilizing the power and othe:-s are being built or "planned 'which, all told, will form a very small percentage of the availahle"power. The CLllladian Pacific and the Grand Trunk railways are planning to use some of this power for running trains on branch lines and possibly in some cases on the main lines. Americans might find it profitable to develop some of these water powers, as concessions are readily grant-ed by the government of Ontario, Jnd power will be in de-mand for the large numbers of mines and other develop-ments. New Band Rip Saw. The Fay and Egan No.1 band rip saw has been te5ted and tried with the greatest satisfaction and profit by fUI"'11- itttre factories everywhere, and now that this progres'sivc concern has bn)U'lht out a new band machine modeled along the same lines as the ;.J o. 1, but greatly improved through-out, it is rcadily seen that the newcomer must be a very su-perior tool. The small illustration will give some idea of its general ap-pearance, but interested readers should send to the J. A. ray and Egan company, 505-525 Vi. Frallt st. ed, Cinc:nllati, Ohio, for descriptive circulars giving larg'e views ()f both sides of the macbine and full specll1cations. As an outline of the capacity of this saw, it may be said to lake t\venty-four inches between fence and saw and ma-terial up to bvelvc: inches thick. An adjustments are most conveTliently made so that no time is lost by the operator. A single movement of the long lever adjusts the rolls up an:! tlowrl instantly. or raises them out of the way for use as a hand-feed rip saw. The Fay and Egan patent straining de-vice permits the lightest blade,., to be run at the highest spetd without the slightest danger to saw or operator and increases the general efficiency of the machine many fold. Up-to-date shops should know exactly ",-hat this ma-chine will <10. Complete information may be ohtained from the makers. Saved Himself Humiliation. Several years ago John )'10watt, vice president of the Grand Rapids Chair company, \'\.'as employed by a manufac-turer of furniture to order, in the city of Boston. Among the furniture manufactured was a large lot of "dog's head" chairs which were held in high favor by the students attend-ing Harvard, Dartmouth and other colleges located in the eastern states. The chairs wec'e ornamented with carved dogs' heads \vhicb were artistically cut bya former partner of the Boston manufacturer. The bloeks we:--e shipped to Dedham, where the carver lived, and the expense for the freight both ·ways, shared equally by the proprietor and con-tractor, amounted to a considec'ab1e sum. One day, when business was quiet, Mr. Mowatt and the }Yr"oprietordiscussed the matter of the cost of the dogs' heads and Mr. MO\,\,att re-marked that, having plenty of time to spare, he would cut the dog's heads if the proprietor desired. Mr. 1·Iowatt ex-pressed satisfaction with the price, $2.CO per head, rnid [')1' the work and on the f()1J,)wing day, by the desire of pis e'n-player, he cut the first head. The work met the approval of the proprietor and Mr. Mowatt was directed to eut the lot for the price agreed upon-$2.00 per head. Mr. Mowatt cut 7IR T 1.5'JI2'J' '4# zfbm Trte 7 1\.voon the second day, three on the third, four on the fourth and {lye on the fifth, making the sum total earned in five days $30.00. By this time the 'proprietor was beside him-self. "You are making too much money," he remarked tCJ llr. 1Towatt. "I am eafl1ing no more per head than your friend in Dedham earned," Mr. Mowatt repr'ied. But the old Scotchman could not take a reasonable view of the matter, and when the job was completed a readjustment of the ","age question followed. Later, when MT. Mowatt came to Grand Rapids he offered a place as foreman in the factol'y' of the Grand Rap-ids Chalr company to his old employer,'then in reduced cirCtltllstanees. It was refused. "You once· worked under me," he wrote 1\'11'. 1-Iov"att. "I have a reasonable am.ount of pride, ~111dw, hlle I am poor, I could never humili-ate myself by taking a place under you." Alcohol's New Day, The unanimous vote by ·which the senate pa.ssed the bill freeing from taxation denatured alcohol not only marks an important industrial and commercial change, but· is partic-ularly welcome at this time when the "muck-rakers" and even more conservative critics of the upper house of.congress have been doing mnch to undermine confidence in the senate as a body responsive to public sentiment and demands. That the senate has, in this matter-never mind guessing at the motive-list.ened to the demands of the people rather than to the wishes of vested business interests i,., very manifest. Incidental disturbance of important industries and of local distrilmtiol1 of labor VIi ill, of course, follow t.he use of untaxed alcobol. as is necessarily to be expected. The manufactur-ers of wood alcohol, whose business rested upon the tax im-posed on grain alcohol, will probabl"y have to curtail or ahan-don production. Already the growers of the woods used in \'.'ocd-alcohol manufacture are preparing to cut no marc. It i.~pessible that a limited amOrJ.nt of the wood product may be used in denaturing the g:-ain alcohol. This process is merely such t-eating of the grain alcohol, under the personal supervision of revenue officers, as shall spoil it for use as a bc\'crage or medicine, and insure its use pU:'ely for industrial ptlrposes.-Ex, Forests Disappearing. The National Hardwood Lumber Association at its recent meeting in l\lcmphis adopted a report that presented the dire possibilities of the destruction of the forest in the short period of thirty-five years. It was estimated that there now stood in the United States in the neighborhood of 1,475,000,000,000 feet of lumber, but that 45,000.000,000 feet of lumber was being cut every year. The report recommended that something mmt be done and done immediately. Recommendations were made by the repo;·t for the prohibitiun of log exports and exemption from taxes of tree plantations. Attention was called to the desirability of state legal enactments along the last line and some constitutiQnal provision by the general government of like eITect. Mention was made of the custom prevailing in France of requiring a tree to be planted for every tree cut down. Born to the Trade. E. D. Bolger of the Hoffman Brothers company, Fort \Vayne, Ind., \vas born into the lumber and veneer trade. His father, Ed\'Vard Bolger, one of the most popular gentlemen known to the traveling fraternity ten years ago, was an offic-ial of the old E. D. Albro company, and when his son had arrived at an 2ge when he could leave school, he \~as set to work in the factory and soon learned all the details of the veneer and lumber business. He is doing excellent work' for the Hoffman Brothers company, and among the pleasures of his occupation is the meeting of old friends of his father, all of whom hold his memory as something worth keeping. 8 MICHIGAN "If i fiR..T I.s A.l\J 4? Tt'S* HAND CZRCULA.R RIP SAW, N(), 4SAW (ready for cros&<utling) MQRTISI!"JI COMBINIW MACHINE. ~:~~HA'N=D.AND FOOT POWER MACHINERY WHY THEY PAY THE CABIN£T MAKER: He can save II. manufacturer's profit all well 89 a dealer's profit. He can make more money with leas capital invested. He can hold a bettel'"and more.atisfactory trade with his £ustomers. He can manufacture in as good style and finish, and at as low COllt, as the factories. The local cabinet maker has been forced into only a dealer's trade and profit; because of blacbine manufactured goods of factories. An outfit of Barnes' Patent Foot-and Hand-Power Machinery, rein-states the cabinet maker with advantages equatlO his competitors. If desiJed, tbese machInes will b4! sold ON TRIAL. The purchaser can have ample time to test them in his own shop .and on the work he ....ishes them to do. DES(;RIPTtVE CATALOGUE ANDPRICK LIST FREB. W. F, & JOHN BARNES CO,. 654 Ruby SI.. Rockford, III. FOR.MER. Oll. MoULDER. HAND TSNONBR, No.3 WOOD LATHB. No.4 SAW (ready lor~ripplng) No.7 SCltOLL SAW. WHITE PRINTING CO. GRAND RAPIDS. MICH IMPROVED, EA.SY and QUICK RAISING B~t. Elettric and Hand Power. The Best Hand Power for Furniture Stores Bend for Catalogue aDd Prices. KIMBALL BROS. CO., 1067 NInth St. Council Bluffs, la, KhnbaJl Elevator Co. 323 Prospect St., Cleveland, 0.; IOSllth St., Omaha, Neb.; 1:;WCedar St., New York City. We. PRINT THe. M1CH10AN AftTISAN, ANO MAK~ A SF"a:CIAL.TY OF CATAL.OC;YES FC)R THE F ....RNITURE T"ADE.. ELEVATORS New YOl"k -------------'-----OFFICES-------------_-i- __ Jameatown High Point Clnclnnatl Detl"(llt MlnneapoU. Anoelate Offices and Bonded At1OPDe7. &oston Grand Rapids Chicago St. LoUI~ In aU Principal clUes The Furniture Agency REPORTING FURNITURE. UNDERTAKERS, CARPET HARDWARE AND KINDRED TRADES. COLLEC-TiONS MADE BY AN UN'RIVALLED SYSTEM THROUGH OUR COLLECTION DEPARTMENT • , . wR PItODUCE RESULTS WHERE OTHERS FAIL WRIT!!: FOR P....kTICULARS AND YOUWILL SEND us YOU k B0 SIN E SS. Our Complaltlt and Adjustment Depariment Red Drafts Collect L. J. STEVENSON. Michigan Manage.. 9 Qran~Dapi~sDlow Pipe an~Dust Arrester (ompan~ THE latest device for handling shav-ings and dust from all wood wood-working machines. OUf eighteen years experience in this class of work has brought it uearer perfection than any other system on tbe market today. It is no experiment, but a demonstrated scientific fact, as we have several hundred of these systems in use, and not a poor one among them. Our Automatic F'urnace Feed System, as shown in this cut, is the most perfect working device of anything in its liue. Write for our prices for equipments. WE MAKE PLANS AND DO ALL DET AIL WORK WITHOUT EX-PENSE TO OUR CUSTOMBRS EXHAUST FANS AND PRESSURE BLOWERS ALWAYS IN STOCK Office and Fa.ctory: 208-210 Canal Street GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. CItizens Phone 1282 Bell, M..ip 1804 OUR AUTOMATIC FURNACE FEED SYSTEM 10 Stringent Reforms Demanded. June 1, 1906. Editor Michigan Artisan :-At the present time there is much being written about the question of refo:-m, throughout the country, which effects not only the political but business organizations. The people are giving much attention to these questions, and there is a current of thought permeating the entire country demanding stringent reforms along many lines. Tn our own state of Michigan we find a menace to the men who are engaged in the manufacture of furniture. About three years ago a corporation was formed known as the Yp-silanti Reed & Rattan company, which had been located at Ypsilanti, Mich. With the connivance of men who con-trolled the political party of our state, with some outside as-sistance, they took into the fold a small firm, and secured various concessions in the way of contracts from the state, to employ convicts in the Ionia penitentiary. As far as can be learned they paid SS cents per day for each convict em-ployed and are now giving employment to about 300 convicts manufacturing rattan chairs 'and other goods of a similar character. vVhat is the result of this competition? One firm in Detroit has been driven out of business, who em-ployed eighty men. How is it possible for a manufacturcr who employs, for an example, 100 men at an average rate of wages of $2.23 per day, tv pay the same for raw material as the favorcd prison contractor? Thc prison contractor pays no taxes, while the manufacturer employing free labor pays taxes. The one pays each day $2.25 per man for J.1bor, while the other pays 5.5 cents per day, in a single month a difference in wages of $4,250 and in one year a difference of $51,000, who employs 100 men outside of the penitentiary for more than the favored contractor pays for the same number of men inside of the penitentiary. How long will it require an outside manufacturer to exhaust his capital? There has recently been established in the penitentiary at Jackson, Mich., a company known. as the Federal Table company, which came into life during the time that Mr. Vincent was warden, and relatively the same condition ex-ists. That convicts should be employed at some work is without doubt an economic question, which has been de-bated for many years from various standpoints and the con-census of opinion is that they should be employed at some work which ..should benefit either the state or the public at large. The various states have endeavored to pass laws which in some manner would protect men who are engaged eithcr in manufacturing, or are employed in the factories outside of the penitentiary, that are in competition with the contractors, WJ10 employ prison labor? There is now being agitated throughout the country the question of a direct tax: to be imposed upon all products made in the penitentiary. This tax should be from twenty-five to fifty per cellt ad valorem on all goods manufacturcd by state prison labor, and it seems that this is a feasible plan to dispose of this question, which is a menace to all manufac-turers and men that are employed in thc facto:-ies that arc in competition with prison made goods. Another __point is t? ·have all goods stamped in large letters where they" may be seen by the purchaser, with the words, HMade in Prison," and added to these words the state where-in the goods are made. This will protect in a manner not only the consumer of prison made goods, but also the man who is engaged in the various depa rtments of manufactur-ing that come in competition with prison made goods. We have laws far-reaching in their effect, to protect labor throughout the United States from the cheaper employed labor of foreign countries, and at the same time there is not adequate protection at home against prison made goods. It lias been almost impossible to secure the enactment of laws, either in Congress or through the state legislatures that produce any favorable results, which protect the outsidt> producer. It is hoped that the manufacturer and all men who are interested in the production of manufactured goods, that are in competition with prison made goods will appeal to t.heir congressmen and to the members of the state leg-islature to have laws passed which will protect them fully in their business, so that they can compete with the p:-odu:::- tion of prisons, and that all who may purchase prison made goods may know that they are supj::orting a system which would mean starvation to outside labo:' .• were they paid no more for a fair day's work than what contractors pay for the convict labor, that is performed within the watts of the penitentiary. This question is of more vital importance to men who are engaged in the manufacture of furniture than anyone commodity that is now being made in ,the state of Michigan, and should be taken up by them and a relentless battle waged until' these laws are upon the statute books and are enforced. The evil docs not end with what is produced and placed on the market by prison labor, because the goods are sold at slightly less p:-ices than commoditie.s made by. manufacturers employing outside labor, and there is a tendency to contin~ ually lower prices on what is made outside in order to lTLeet this destructive competition, and keep wages down to a lower scale, in all factorics making similar goods to those made in the penitentiaries. If the goods made in prisons were taxed and b:"anded then the purchaser would know what he is buying, and, as a rule, would give preference to what is made by free labor, even at a higher price than to buy prism1 made goods, which ought to sell at n1uc'h smaller prices than they are selling, as a rule, because contracts owned by com-panies employing convict labor pay a much greater profit, ac-conlinci to the capital employed, thari .a concern can make that employs the same number of men making similar goods with outside labn:-o Hence, under existing conditions, the people do not ltet the benefits of cheap goods made by pflson J'<lbor It goes to the men who have a "pull" with the party in powe· in the state that he may, or may not reside in, and is kept by judicious management until oftentimes outside manufac-turers are }Jushed to the wall, or cease to make the products of prisons, owing to the question of cost of labor alone, tht" average cost of labor being aJi the way from forty to fifty-five per cent on the dollar, for what is made, making a difference in favor of the prison contractor of more than two-thirds of the cost of labor entering into the article made. He has a clear field to dispose of his prison products, which no outside manufacturers can meet, and which is a positive injustice to not only the manufacturer, but to every man employed by him, and to the buying pUblic, as wen. Discrimination against capital and labor of this character is grossly wrong. and their rights are entitled to protection, and any unjust infringement on those rights should be speedily corrected. Very respectfully, F. T. PLIMPTON. Cox's Styl.e is Strong, Yet Chaste. Should "Charley" Cox of the Michigan Chair company ti"e of selling furniture and seek another occupation (a con-tingency not likely to occur) he would have no di:TIculty in nnding employment as a writer of advertise--nents. He writes the advertisement for the Michigan Chair company as a diversion. His style is chaste and the v.; ords he employs to express his ideas are happily chosen. He is a master of the King"s English, as wetI as the art of salesmanship. Death of George F. Buss. George F. Buss, formerly of the Buss Machine works, Grand Rapids, widely and favorably known by the -..vood working trades, died recently after a l~ng illness at a sani-tarium in East Grand Rapids. The funeral services, at the home of his b!"other, W. R. Buss, were under Masonic aus-pices. Deceased was generally respected and highly es-teemed. . 11 July Visitors will Find in Our Warehouses a Large and Carefully Selected Stock of VENEERS • -lD- • Quartered Oak Plain Oak Figured Birch Plain Birch Bird's Eye Maple Plain Maple , Poplar Crossbanding We Also Want to Quote You On BUILT-UP STOCK OF ALL KINDS We Will Make It Worth Your While to See Us. WALTER CL·.ARK 535 Michigan Trust Building . Bell Phone Mam 428. Citizens Phone 5933. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 12 P. D. Reddinger Carving Worhs (Formerly Oincinnati Carviuy Works of Cincinnati, 0.) CAR.VINGS and FURNITURE OR.NAMENTS of all kinds. EVANSVILLE. IND. By sending me a small order I will convince you that I am the man who can make your carvings. ONE TRIAL WILL DO THlt BUSJNESS. New Styles in Table Letls I IS it not a big advantagct not only in the selling of your product, but In the prices you command, if you are able to keep changing the style and getting out something new right along and without any extra expense in tlu Cost? OUR NO.5 TABLE LEG MACHINE will turn, not only round, but octogon, hexagon, square or any irregular shape, and all with the same cl.lttcr hl:ad. It, capacity is equal to eight or ten hand turners, and it is guaranteeq to do the work sucl;essfully. WOULD IT NOT INTEREST YOU TO KNOW MOttE ABOUT THIS MACHINE" THEN DROP US A LINE. C, Mattison Machine Works, F1FT·.:'':.T., Beloit, Wis, MACHINERY FOR TURNING WOOD. The • DAILY ARTISAN· RECORD WILL BE ISSUED AS USUAL DURING THE MID-SUMMER SELLING SEASQI'J Daily Artisan - Record 20 Lyon Street. GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. Golden Oak Oil Stains STRONGEST NOW ON T"E MARKET 1914 1916 1917 DARK BROWN BLACKER BLACKEST All of which produce a rich black brown effect, increasing· in blackness as indicated above. WILL NOT CURDLE Leaves no deposit or film on face of wood. Leaves flakes clean and white, more especially when used with our 20th Century Stain Solvent which is for use with all Oil Stains and costs very much less than turpentine. Write for samples. The Barrett Lindeman Co. IN CONSOLIDATION WITH The Lawrence Mcfadden Co. CHICAGO, III. 61-63-65-67 Ashland Ave. PHILADELPHIA, Pa. 1400 and 1402 Frankford Ave. 13 14 Changes in Uniform Lading Bill. GuaHled expressions made within the past week by rail-road men in a position to know have led the shippers and bankers of Chicago to believe that the unifo:'tn bill of lading proposed by the special committee of ra~L-()ad men of which Frank J. Firth of Phil'adelphia, is chairman, will be withdrawn and a form submitted in its stead wh:ch will prove satisfac-tory to all interests concerned. Relying on the eorrectness of their information, the committees of shippers which have the matter in charge have ('.cased their activities in opposition to the proposed bill and are quietly awaiting developments. Just what changes \\iill be made by the railroads could not be learned here recently, but it is altog2thc-- probable the "non-negotiable," feature "..ill be the most import;::nt dealt with. Th e attitude of the banks as to accepting bills of lading as the American Bankers'Association. No meeting of the committee has been held recently, it being deemed advisable to await the promised action of the railroads.-Ex. Thin Veneered Furniture Not Durable. There is very little solid furniture made or sold in Mu-nich, Bavaria, practically all being veneered, and the veneer used is of poor quality, very thin and 110tdurable. The nat-ural result of the use of this thin veneer is that after very short use it warps and cracks and the furniture becomes val-ueless for ornamental purposes. Furniture dealers demand and obtain profits which to the American merchant seem in-crc'dible. The system of quick sales and small profits does not appeal to the more conservative Bavarian who prefers to obtain a large profit all one sale, which causes him less SUGGESTS COMFORT AND GOOD CHEER. cot1ate~al has caused much concern recently to the intci·esh behind the unifo:-m bill, it having heen suggested that banks, bankers and trust compani(~s jointly and severally agree that hereafter. bills of lading or carrier's rccepts for the trans-portation of me~chat1dise, 'will not be accepted as collateral or otherwise J1('xotiated 'W17(,I1- 1. The wo,ds "not negotiable" or theil equivalent appear at any place on such papers. 2. vVhen such bills bear changed dates or other material alteration. 3. When issued on so~callcd "uniform bills of lading." 4. When jointly signed by carrier's agent and shipper, the latter party to the contract when so signed waiving his com-mon law rights. 5. When signed hy carrier's agent in any way than wjth ink or indelible pencil. President Pierson of the National·Exchange Bank of Kev.- York is chairman of the Co_~mittee on Bills of Lading of l··ouble than a small profit on many sales, which latter, of coul-se, would extend his husiness more raridly than the for-mer method. A feature which must at first, at least, be reckoned with, is the system of long credits obtaining in that part of G~rmany. It is the custom for the tradesmen there to setHI their customers bills about every six months, and many firms send out bills only at the new yea.(. This system naturally caUSes a larger proportion of bad debts, and therefore increases the cost of the goods sold, but that t he cash trading system can be inrtoduced is indisputable, a5 bas been proved by the department: stores selling for cash. Uses a Pocket Mirror. "In doing somc kinds of work one is sometimes obliged to get down on his back to put in a screw or to see that every-thing is right," writes one of our readers, "for this purpose I often use a small pocket mirror having a handle and .ioint fo: turning it to any position." 15 • M. P. Michigan Artisan Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. Gentlemen, - Your esteemed favor of the 4th is just received and carefully noted and we would ask that you give us the top half of the back outside cover. We wish to insert in your next issue on the front cover the ad. for our Sand Papering Machine and on the back cover the ad. of our Multiple Mortiser (see ad. of the Multiple Mortiser in your April lOth edition). This will give us the Sander on the front cover and the Mortlser on the back cover. We are glad to state that we find your Michigan Artisan a first class advertising medium and we expect to carry both of these spaces indefinitely and may see fit to even increase this space a little later and we can recommend your paper in the highest terms to anyone wishing to place fUrniture machinery before the practical furniture men. We appreciate, also the kind consideration you have given us in all matters 'Ie remain, 'tours trUly, Wysong & Miles Co. 16 THE FINEST ESTABLISHMENT IN THE WORLD ----- - 0 FIT SKI ND---- --- ---- --- WorM's Qrealesl (alalo~ue GRAND RAPIDS ENGRAVING CO., Grand Rapids, Mich. NO MATTER WHAT YOUR DRY KILN REQUIREMENTS WE CAN FILL THEM In some instances it is necessary to have comparatively small quantities of a number of different kinds of lumber, in varying degrees of dryness. In such cases the "ABC" APARTMENT fiILNS are successfully employed. Note the eXpE'rience of the Hale & Kilburn Manufacturing Company of Philadelphia. il¥OU recently installed for us a seven compartment 'Moist Air' kiln which has proven very satisfactory OUTre-quirements are unusually exaetinz, manufacturing, as we do, furniture and interior bank and office fittings, and interior woodwork of the highest class, and our lumber must be thoroughly dried in such condition as to be sus-ceptible to the highest finish. These conditions have been very well met by your kilos. I'Your service has been prompt and satisfactory, and we heartily recommend you and your kiln to anyone whose requirements are similar to our own." AMERICAN BLOWER COMPANY NEW YORK, CHICAGO, ATLANTA, LOND·ON .7IR T 1..5'AJ"J 1 5 e t& Dodds' Patent TaMe=le~ Dovetailer We find upon investigation that OUT Dovetailing Ma-chine patent covers t his machine nicely. Cuts Mortise in the Top Cuts Mortise in the Cleats Cuts Tenons to fit the Top Cuts T enOllS to fit the Cleats Adjustable to keep Mm. t~e and. Tenon at a Standard size The Cheapest Joint Made Win turn out 250 to 300 Small Parlor Tables in 10 Houn The Dodds Tilting Saw Table has more practical features and good polnts than any other saw table on the market. MANUE'ACTURRO AND FOR SALE: BV ALEXANDER DODDS Grand Rapids, Michigan, U. S. A. 17 WHITE PRINTING CO. Printers for the Furniture Trade. Grand Rapids, Mich. PALMER'S Patent Gluing Clamps Are the Dlost successful PlUna Clamps Made For the followIng reasons They clamp iMtantly any width of dimension stock: no adjusting damps to fit the work, they hook at once to the desired width. Released instantly-throw out the lever and take them of!. The work can be removed as fast as it can be handled. As the clamp is pLaced over the work and locks into the one below it the draw is alike on both sides, prevents all springing no matter how wide the stock may be. Impossible for them to slip; the wedge has serrated edge and cannot be rno'ved when clamp is closed, hammer all you like, Unlimited power; great stren.l!th and durability; malleable iron find steel; the knuckle joints are socket joints, not rivets. Although the best they cost you less. For further information ask for catalogue No.4. A. E. Palmer. Owosso. Mich. . NEW YDRK AND PHILADELPHIA, Via GRAND TRUNK-LEHIGH VALLEY RDUTE. Two Fast Trains Daily Except Sunday. Daily. Leave Gd Rapids 2:45 p.' m. 7:05 p. m. Ar Philadelphia 3:4() 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. Fine Service MICHIGAN CENTRAL Grand Rapids .!l Detroit .!l Toledo THROUGH CAR LINE Solid train service with Broiler Parlor cars and Cafe coaches running on rapid schedule. Through sleeping car to New York on the "Wolverine," making the run in nineteen hours and fifty minutes. For full particulars see Michigan Central Agents. Or- E. W. Covert.C. P."A. Grand R.aplds. O. W~Ruggle&. G· P. A. Chicago. . 18 Aging Oak With Ammonia Fumes. Strong ammonia fumes may be used for aging oak, says the Manual Training Magazine. Place the piece to be fumed, with an evaporating dish containing concentrated ammonia, in a box and close it air tight. Leave for twelve hours and finish with a wax polish, applying first a thin coat of paraffine oil and then Tubbing with a pomade of prepared wax made as follows: Two ounces each of yel1o.w and white beeswax heated over a slow fire in a clean vessel (agate ware is good) until melted. Add fOUf ounces turpentine and stir till entire-ly cool. Keep turpentine away from the fire. This will give the oak a lustrous brown color, and nicking will not expose a different surface, as the ammonia fumes penetrate to a COll-siderable depth. A Good Rip Saw. The ,Cordesman-Rechtin company, Cincinnati, manufacture the long wood frame rip saw illustrated herewith. Like all of theit' machines, it is made on honor-a machine calculated to more than pay for itself the first year. Every wood work-ing factory must have a rip saw, and only a good machine, Wertheimer In The West. Harry Wertheimer, one of the members of the corps of salesmen for some time past with the Yeager Furniture com-pany, has accepted a position as salesman with the National Parlor Furniture 'company, to take effect June!. Mr. Wer-theimer will cover the territory from Chicago to Denver; tak~ ing the territory formerly covered by Karl' Steenberg, de-ceased. Returned From California. Willard Barnhart, pres:dent of the Nelson-Matter Furn-iture company, returned recently frOm Califo'-nia, after spend~ .ing the winter at Pasadena. Shortly before his return he was joined by Roy S. Barnhart. the treasurer of the above com-pany. A tour of the timber districts of the coast con-sumed several. VY"eeks. New Factory in Huntington, W. Va. The Penn Furniture company, of Conneautville, Pa., manu-facturers of tables, chairs and lumber, have commenced the erection of a factory in Huntington, W. Vd., which will be that does its work well; seldom or never gets Ollt of rcpair; that can be used every day in the year, is cheap. That's just what this machine is. For full particulars and prices write the Cordesman-Rechtin company, Pearl and Butler streets, Cincinnati, O. Prone to Slight the Glue Kettle. "Cabinet makers, especially those employed on contracts, are disposed to slight the glue kettle whe 11 framing tlP case ends," remarked a factory superintendent. "When gl'ue is applied liberally or in proper quantity, to mortised and tcn-oned stock it oozes out of the joints and considerable time is required to clean .the stock. When but little or no glue is used, the time that should be spent in cleaning the cnds ~s saved to the cabinet maker. Unless the joints are properly glued up the ends will soon part and then trouble ensues for the manufacturer-" D. A. KEPPERLING Commercial Photographer Phon< Sou'h, 709 1414-1416 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO operated under the direction of Charles Philadelphia, in the manufacture of tables. the secretary of the corporation. Svobody, late of R. R. Knapp is Samples Cut in His Youth. Among the treasures possessed by John IVlowatt, vice p'fes-ident of the Grand Rapids Chair compa!1YI.isa:~mal1 collec-tion of carved birds and heads of dogs, cut byliimseIf years ago when he was an apprentice in a carving shop in Toronto, Canada. He pri~cs the collection very highly. To Test Turpentine. To test the purity of turpentine drop a small quantity on a piece of white paper and exp?se to the air. No trace will be left if the turpentine is pure, but if it contains oil or other foreign substances, the paperwiJ1 be greasy. Green and Purple Intermix.ed. Manufadurer-"My indigestion is becoming chronic. At night I dream of purple covered sofas and green porch chairs." Salesman-"What do you do in the day time?" Manufacturer-"I spend most of my time reciting my dreams to my manufacturing friends, and they mix their new finishes to correspond with the colors of my dreams." WEATHERED OAK OIL STAIN Fast Color. Correct Shade. Most Penetrating Stain Made. WILL NOT WIPE UP WITH WAX OR SHELLAC. AO-EL-ITE FINISHING WAX Dries Harder Than Ordinary Wax. For Use on Weathered or Mission Finishes. SEND FOR SAMPLE PANELS AND PRICES. Ask for our "STANDARD STAINS BOOKLET," real wood panels showing twenty-one Fillers and Stains. The finest booklet ever supplied. Dept. 5. ~ CHICAGO. 'TIle Atl-el-ite People. Phone Union StaUoo for Reservations G. R. ~ I. fLYERS BETWEEN Grand Rapids and Chicago To Chicago To Grand Rapids ----- - -------------- ---- Lv. GRAND RAPIDS. Ex. Sun.. 7.10 A. M. Ar. CHICAGO ..... , . , ..... , .... , ...... 12.35 Noon Buffel Parlor Car [,v. CHICAGO , , , 8:45 A. M. Ar. GRAND RAPII)S _ " , .. 1:50 P. M. Lv. CHICAGO, ~ihCSt~::lWE~x~. Sun.. 1.15 p~M. Ar. GRAND RAPIDS _ 5.50 P. M. Burret Parlor Car Lv. CHICAGOi,~ihcBr~~~tlE~x~. Sun. . .. 5.30 P. M. Ar. GRAND RAPIDS. . . . . . .. .. . . ' , .10.25 P. M. Parlor and Dlnlne Car Lv. CHICAGO, NibC;;t~S~D~:a~ily, - .11.55 Night Ar. GRAND RAPIDS , 6.45 A. M. Electric Lighted Steeplnll Ca.r Lv. GRAND RAPIDS. Ex. Sun . ,., 1201 Noon Ar. CHICAGO _ , 4.50 P. M. Parlor and Dloln, Car Lv. GRAND RAPIDS, Daily _ 11.50 Night Ar. CHICAGO , ,. _ , 7.15 A. M. Ele~trle Lighted 51eeplns Ca.r Phone Micblgllrs Central City Ticket Office for ReeervattoDe. 119 Adams St ..t:=et 19 20 ESTABLISHED 1880 Pl,lBLlSHao BY MICHIGAN ARTISAN CO. ON THE 10TH AND 25TH OF EACH MONTH OFFICE-2-ZO ...YON ST., GRANO RAPIDS, MICH. ENURED "S MUTER OF THE SECOND CLASS Manufacturers and merchants in the southern states have asked the railways of that section to discontinue summer c'x-curSlOllS. Complaint was made that the frequent excursions run in past years out of commercial centers invited the work-men to leave the mills and stores during the hot weather, cutting down the number of men employed. The railroad officials have decided that the freight business was more important than the passenger and this summer will run only one excursion out of each commercial center. '~Mahogany is the most satisfactory wood known to the manufacturers of furniture," remarked the veteran manufac-turer. "It not only improves with age, but when it is desired to ornament the wood it can be canoed twerity-flve per cent cheaper than oak. The. finish will look as good ten years from now as when it is first applied. How is it with oak? No oak finish yet discovered remains in favor more than on2 or two years." Consul James c. McNally, of Liege, Belgium, writes that creosote injected into wood has the well-known preserving effect, but as injected under a German process, according to The Tramway, the effects are considerably enhanced. It is said that this process has succeeded in submitting the resin-ous woods to the action of creosote, heretofore considered re-fractory. An Omaha refrigerator manufacturer announces that he IS about to put on the market a fireless stove. If he would stick to his own business and give us an iceless ice-box-not like the one that is iceless because the ice is priceless and the dough-bag is doughless, but one that wculd freeze things without ice-he would be doing a much greater service just now. One of the large furniture manufacturing corporations of Grand Rapids sells annually goods valued at $650,000. Of this amount $250,000 is sold during the exposition seasons. Who questions the value of the expositions, when such results can be 'shown? The buyers coming to the eastern markets during th ~ next month from San Francisco and· vicinity will undoubted-ly bring many orders for chun::h, lodge and hotel furniture. There's a great day coming fo;- the makers of such furniture. The federal court of Iowa, in a damage suit against th~ Big Four, ruled that cars loaded in one state carrying com-modities to another are engaged in interstate commerce and cannot be attached.' This makes a common practice illegal. The state board of trade of Pennsylvania will sternly op-pose every candidate for the legislature who does not favor a passenger rate of two cents a mile. It is estimated that the coal supply of the world will be exhausted in two thousand years. Send in your orders early. What a salesman is going to do never increases the-bus-iness of his employer nor his own bank account. It is not necessary for a man to take a job traveling on the road in order to' become a successful liar, The less a man knows about making furniture the marc he want!; to tell it. Praise has spoiled more designers than criticism. A poor superintendent remains poor all his days. First Thing to do in Case of Accident. Keep cool. Summon a surgeon at once. Send a written message, describing the accident and injury, if possible, in order that the surgeon may know what instruments and rem-edies to bring. Remove thc patient to a quiet, airy place, where the tem-perature .is comfortable, but· never to an engine room, and keep bystanders at a distance. Handle the patient quietly and gently. Arrange the injured person's body in a comfortable po-sition; injuries to the head require that the head be raised higher than the level of the body; when practical, lay the patient on his back, with the limbs straightened out in their usual natural position. Unless the head be injured, have the head on the same level as the body. Looscn the collar, waist-bands and belts. If t.he patient should be faint have his head rather lower than his feet. If the arm or leg be injured, it may be slightly raised and laid on a cushion or pillow. \~'ateh carefully, if unconscious. ~If vomiting occurs, turn the patient's body on one side with the bead low, so that the matter vomited may not go into the lungs. If a wound be discovered in a part covered by the clothing," cut the clothitl3" in the seam. Only remove sufficient cloth-ing to uncover and inspect the wound. In case of burns, pour lukewarm water containing a little baking soda over the clothing before attempting to remove it. All wounds sbould be covered and dressed as quickly as possible. If a. severe bleeding sbould occur, see that this is stopped, if possible, be-fore the wound is finally dressed. Do not touch the wounds with the hands either during examination or while appl'ying dressings, unless they h_avebeen previously been made. surgi-cally clean, After dressing a wound, do no more to the pa-tient unless necessary to restore him to consciousne'ss or relieve faintness. If sufiering from shock, place him in a comfortable position and await the. arrival of the surgeOll.. Meeting of Southern Manufacturers' Association. The Southern Manufacturers' Association met in Chatta-nooga in May and considered many topics of interest to the furniture men. A banquet and automobile rides were pleas-ant diversions. The el"ection of officers resulted as follows: president, Captain A. 1. Gahagan of Chattanooga; vice. presi-dent, J. Cal Sterchi of Knoxville; secretary-treasurer, Wil-bur Jones of High Point, N. c.; board of governors, 1. Temple and Robert Morrison of Chattanooga, Rohert Morrow of Memphis, S. Papenheimer and Otto Swab of Atlanta, and J. Cal Sterchi of Knoxville. To Test MUeage Ticket Law. The Northern Central, one of the Penns.fl'vania's lines, re-fused to sell a thousand-mile ticket to Aaron R. Anders and he began a suit to recover $50 damages under the provisi~ns of _an act passed by the Maryland legislature, of which Mr, Anders was the author. The Northern Central has applied for a writ of certiorari to take the case into the circuit court. It is believed the litigation will go to the court of last resort to test the constitutionality of the law. 71R'T'I.5' A.2'l ? 7 eri 21 Otis Mfg. Co. New Orleans. Chicago. MANAGE;R Crude Oil for Power. An announcement has just been issued by a western finn describing a device whereby crude oil is enabled to furnish the source of pmver for gas engines. The mechanism and principle involves a horizontal rotating drull1 with interior spiral ribs, enclosed in an outer casing. The crude oil ell-tel's the drum at one end and by rotation and the spiral ribs, is'carried slowly and uniformly through it. ""hile the oil is passing through the drum, it is exposed to sufficient heat to generate gas, ,...h.ich is drawn off and utilized by the engine in proportion to the amount generated, and the residue is discharged. The heat is supplied by the exhaust of the en-gine, v;hich passes between the drum and the outer shell and keeps the drum at a certain t~mperature, just high enough to get all the gas out of the oil. The rotating drum stirs the oil, turns it over and over, carries it in a thin sheet up on the sides of the drum, and exposes it to the heat. By this method the gas is generated without an excessive amollnt of heat, the residue is discharged as' soon as the gas is extracted, thereby obviating the necessity of the continuous cleaning heretofore necessary, while it inSt11-eSa regular uniform sup~ ply of gas to the engine. The diffe:ence in cost between gasolene and crude oil compares as ahout 18 to 4 cents. South's Huge Riches Revealed. The rich south supercedes the penniless south. Vv'ith a population of 5,OUO,000 or 6,000,000 less than the population of the entire country in 1860, the "vealth of the fourteen south~ ern states is no\',' greater than the wealth of the entire coun-try in 1860. The average increase per year between 1900 and 1905 was more than three times the average increase per year between 1890 and 1900. The advance in ·southern wealth since the turn of the century is immcdiate.ly connected with the betterment of the cotton situation, through the systema-tization of making and handling the cotton crop. Since 1900 the output of :;l9uthern coal mines has increased from 49,000,- COO to 70,OOO,{J{JO tons a year, the oil wells from 17,000,000 to 60,000,000 barrels. Agriculture, mining, lumbering and man~ ufaeturing, based upon _these elemental il1dustries, railroad construction, internal trade, and foreign commerce added last year to the true wealth at the rate of $2,750,000 a day. MAnoaAnT Chicago Office and Dlstrib· Importers and Manufacturers of uting Yards: 225710 2267LUMBER ST. R. S. HUDDLESTON A Perfect Shellac Varnish Substitute. On another page of this issue will be found the ad of M. L. Barrett and company, in which they lay special stress on their shellac varnish substitutc-Zaco. They make some rather strong claims for this product, but, neverthel'ess, they are all hacked up with facts and figures which cannot be ques-tioned. One of the strong features of Zaco is. its quick dry-ing properties. \Vithin an hour after applying, tb~ wood is perfectly dry and can be treated in any manner desired. This is a very desirable feature especially when rush orders must be shipped on short notice. The cost of Zaco is approxi-mately that of a good shellac varnish and its use elimi-nates a large item of expense. It is now enjoying its tw'Clfth year of uninterrupted success, and from latest reports orders are coming in thick and fast which is a pretty sure indication that it is backed up by quality, The Barrett people are also extensive manufacturers and importers of furniture manufac-turers' supplies, such as gum shellac, shellac varnish, wood alcohol, wood stains, pumice stone, etc. They are an old and reliable concern, and yOll can "bank" on what they ten you and that, you will receive better sati:sfaction than you ha-d anticipated. A trial order is the best way to get ac-quainted. Cement For Belts. Cook thoroughly six OUllces of Peter Cooper's white or cream glue aud when it is well done add two ounces of powd- -ered white lead. :vIix well. Use same propo:tions for larg-er quantities. For use for any length of time in summer leave thick and thin .down with alcohol. ¥lhen thoroughly cooked turn out into something to cool. Cut off a piece as wanted. In applying, make the splice the same length the belt is wide, hammer it well together and the belt can be used in onc hour. Thick Veneers. It is said that the Hoffman Brothers company of Fort vVayne, Ind., were the first to introduce thick veneers of ma-hogany. For several years in the past they have cut twen-ty- six veneers to the inch, and when desired, stock cut twen-ty- four to the inch, will be supplied. IF YOU HAVE NEVER TRIED OUR RUBBING AND POLISHING VARNISHES OETR(lIT FACTORY CAKADIAN "ACTOI'll' YOU HAVE YET TO LEARN THE FULL POSSIBLITIES OF THIS CLASS OF GOOeS WHY NOT PUT IT TO THE TEST BY GIVING US A TRIAL ORDER? BERRY BROTHERS, LIMITED, NEW YORK .oeTON PHILADELP'HIA BALTIMORE VARNISH MANUFACTURERS CHICAGO .T. LOUie CINCINNATI eAN FRANc'eco FACTORY AND MAIN OFFICE, DETROIT CANADIAN FAC-TOlIl' WALKERVILLE. ONT. 22 ~l'1.IP]iIGJ(N 2 The Toles Rapid Acting Vises. T'he \v. C. Toles company, In.,ing Park, Chicago, Ill., manufactll ers of "Rapid Acting Vises" for wood workers and manual training benches, is one of the companies widely known in the trade. For morc than twelve years they have been engaged in the manufacture of their rapid acting vises which have been tested under every known condition without a failure.' Their manual training benches are meeting every requirement for manual training and arc being adopted as a standard for grammar school, military and trade schools, high and normal schools, colleges and universities evcry-whe:" e. One of the strongest evidences of the hold the Toles that over 6,000 of their products have gone into the manual training schools and more than 600 of the 'Toles Rapid Act-ing Vises" have been shipped to the Philippine schools of arts and trades_ The Toles company claims their vise to be "The king of rapid acting vises for wood workers," and their bench "The king of manual training benches for schools." The factory of the Toles company is located on the line of the Chicago & Northwestern raihvay at Irving Park, Chicago, Dependent Upon Imported Skilled Artisans. The matter of industrial' training is to come to the front 111 the next few years in a ,:vay that it has not come in the past in this country. 'vVe note in various states the stir being made by a spre:Hli,;g demand ior more industrial schooJs, and manufacturers arc rather more insistent even than in previous years, judging from the res.olutions adopted at their conven-tion in urging a training--up of industrial experts instead of a continu~~d importation thereof. The commission appointed by Massachusetts to look into this matter has reported that the Bay State industries arc ';lamentably" dependent on im-ported skillet! artisans. The commission, at the same time, reported that as far back as ten years ago Prussias special schools of an industrial character numbered th:-ee thousand, with an aggregate attendance of over 200,000. Massachu-setts sho111d,on a like basis, have three hundred instead of her meagre ten, and an attendance of twenty thousand. Some, of the other states are discovering equally lamentable conditions, and it look:~ as if, with all onr commercial p:·ogress and our rare development of industries employing \,,:tst capital, the in-dustrial schools will engage our attention in a much more general and practical form during the ncxt few years. No, 65 Rapid-A<::tinlMapl,.,-Faoed Vite with Bench Stop a.ad Front Jaw Ova. Manufactured by W, c. T ol,.,sCompany, Irvilli: Park, ChicalilO.III, with adequate shipping and receiving facilities. It is located but a short distance from the Mayfair Junction of the Chi-c, ago & No. thwestern, the Chicago, I\1ilw<ltlkee & St. Pad railway and the belt lines connecting with every railroad en-tering and leaving Chicago. Shellac in New York. Continued strc,ng markets arc repoj·ted, but the~c is Ild further quotable change in values. Orange Shellac- Ordinary T. N . Bright orange grades... . . Diamond T ..•••••••• , • , , • . . , ........•. ., .441i]45 ..46iDSO . 55@ .. v. s. . 55@5" n. c. Bulton Lac. A. c.'Garnet lac_. Bleached shellac, Kiln-dried 0 .. ....... 60@._ ....... 34@50 . .43@ .. ............ 40@41 .... 50@51 wet. --- ---------- Etchison Retires. ::\1. L. Etc.hison, for a number of yea~s employed as buyer for the Robert Mitchell Furniture company, will retire from the employment of that company on July 1. His successor will be Robert Mitchell, who will have the assistance of \v. B, :Richards in the conduct of the business. Mr. Richards has been in the employ of the firm twenty years, lately as cor~ respondent. It is the purpose of the manag·ement to add a foreign and domestic rug department, discontinuing their mantel business. The second floor \ovillhe devoted to the new department. Grand Rapids Furniture in Mexico. \v. R. Penney, who represents the Nelson-Matter Furniture company the ?'ilichigan Chair company, the Imperial Furn-iture company and the Grand Rapids Desk company, In Mexico, is having great success in introducing Grand Rapids goods to the trade of old ~\'fexico. He says the -Mexicans prefer heavily carved to plain goods, ..... ~MI9]-ilG7JN 2 Various Matters. Charley Retting of the Retting Furniture company, hav-ing had years of experience in the taking of special o~-ders, has a mind well stored with interesting incidents of his business career. \""ihen the cares of the clay arc thrown aside and the genial Mr. Retting finds himself the center of a group of friends, with a pLentiful suppLy of cigars and fuscs, his talks are yery entertaining. ·'A. B. and E. L. Shaw sent me to a city in Connecticut a number of years ago," he remarked upon a festive occasion a short time ago, "to meet a commit-tee having in charge th(~ selection of furniture for a masonic t~lllPIt:.'. S. C. Small of Boston, who died the other daY, was a competitor and was favored by one of the committee. The second favored my firm, while the third was non-committaL He was a colltractor and builder and in the discussion I gained an insight to his position by a question asked. Our firm mortised and tenoned the joints of our seats while Small used dowels. "\lv'hieh makes the strongest joint, the mortise or the tenon ?" the contractor enquired. "Our firm have al-ways used the mortise because it considered the strongest and the best. ,\That do you use in your buildings? -When you frame a house do you dowel or mortise the timben:; you use?" "1 use the mortise of course," he replied, and when the Yotes were taken on the question of letting the contract, he voted fOJ" our linn. His judgement may have been at fault, for by this enlightened generation the dowel is considered the st:·ongcst for use when jointipg seats for cha;rs." The life and character of a prominent salcsIll_an in the. furniture trade, l;ltdy deceased was under discussion, when one of the trio remarked: '·He was very independent. If a buyer entered his exhibit during tile exposition season from some point outside of the territory covered by the deceased he would not show his lines. "vVhy should I spend any time with you?" he asked the buyer. HI have these lines exclusively in my territory, and 1 decline to sell you. Look around? Yes, you can look through the samples if you wish, but \\,11at good would that do you?" Deceased was regarded as a suc-cessful salesman and yet I can but regard his policy when dealing with the trade as a mistake. If he had lived longer and in the course of time been transferred to other territory he might have met the buyers be had treated discourteously ill the market and found that they still resented it. Politi-ness and gentlemanly consideration, costs nothing and he who treats those whom he meets in a manly, cordial way ever p~-otits by his conduct. Our late friend might have referred .:he huyers whom he could not sell to others handling the lines or advised them to e<rrespond with the manufacture:·s di:-cet, and gaillccl the good ",,·ill of l1'len who had written him dc)\i...n. as discourteous and uncivil. ** ** ** "1 never knew a cabinet maker to amollnt to much who worked with a collar on," remarked the veteran superintend-ent. A few weeks ago a well dressed, clean shaven, active young man applied for work in our shop. His appearance and conversation created a good impression and I gave him a bench. vVhell he removed his coat and put on an apron, hut failed to take off his collar, I feared he would not do_ Ilis work was poorly done and the end of the week witnessed his departure in search of another job. Give me the collar-less cabinet maker in preference to the dude." ** ** ** The disaster at San Francisco reminded Charley Retting of the Johnstown flood and' of the mistake he made in "cut-ting out" that tOWll. "I was selling medium and high priced stuff, when the flood oc.c\1rred and reasoning that only cheap goods would be required during the time that would neces-sarily -be taken ill rebuilding the town and probably for sev-eral years following, confined my travels to points in the vicinity of Pittsburg while touring western Pennsylvania. 23 , In the course of time I entered Johnstown, however, and learned that the dealers had enjoyed a very large trade in goods of the class my firm was making. It was explained that owing to the generosity of the people throughout the wuntry in contributing sums for the relief of the sufferers, Johnstown had never had so much money before. Every sufferer was royally cared for, th03e in 'charge of the relief funds sttPplying medium and rille furniture to replace the cheap stuff that wcnt down stream." *of. ** ** The bankers of the statc of Alabama are stirred up over a decision of the supreme court of that state to the effect that when a bank takes over a draft and bill of lading and pays the drawee it becomes responsible for the safe de-livery of the goods as to quantity and quality. In other wo:-ds the bank is in the place of the shipper and the shipper is by the transfer of the invoice, draft and bill of lading, relieved of responsibility so far as the consignor is concern-ed and the hank becomes obligated to deliver the goods contracted fo;- between the original shipper and the customer. ** ** ** Do yOU kllOW that the man who invented the a.uger got his idea from an insect he had studied th:·ough a microscope? J-T e observed the work of the insect carefully and the auger be constructed later was almost an ex('ct copy of the boring machine he had studied under the microscope. The patent Our UnbreaKable products can be glued and nailed, filled or fin-ished same as wood, with oil, water or spirit stain. Xo. '39 A No. 152 B BETTER THAN WOOD Much stronger and more durable, full depth of grain. A perfoct reproduotion or band carving which absolutely defies detection. Send for SlUI'lple. Send for CATALOGUE. ORNAMENTAL PRODUCTS CO. T weUth aod Fort Sb'eet!l. Detroit, Miclqan. upon the auger which he obtained later proved of great value but history fails to record that the insect benefited from the invention. Run System Mad. ",Ve '<vill devise a system, submit designs and a report to any reputable individual or company," is the burden of many communications reaching the hands of business men every day. T t would seem that a large number of men have engaged in the labor of attempting to show men of business, no matte!' hmv great has been their success, that they really do not know the rudiments of business. "For $200.00," one systematizer writes, "we will give you the benefit of our expe;·ience and a system inexpensive to operate. In addition to submitting all of the designs, ruled in colors and engrossed exactly as they will appear when printed, and our report ex-plaining the workings of the system and describing proper methods of distributing indirect exper.ses according to each claS:-i of husiness, we also a:"sist the management in connec-tion with any matters that come to light in the course of in-stalling tIle system." System is all rigbt wben it is original and put into force by a man who has knowledge of his own business. No out-sider can gain such an intimatc knowledge of a business as the man who c:-eated it. System bids fair to run mad unless checked by common sense. 24 SKETOiES BY H. N. HALL, GRAND RAli"lDS. MICH. SKETCHES BY H. N. HAu.., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ....,.-0 __ ~~--~- ~~=- 25 26 "THE NEW WAY." An Old Way and a Bad Way. A mail order house in Detroit has discovered "a new way of making furniture to be shipped knock down." The way employed is an old way and it is not a good way_ Thc, man- Detroit Wholeaale Price $10. New Way Price $3. Whole.ale Price $15. New Way Priee $4.75. ufacturcr proposes to teach the buyer of a table, a bedstead or whatever else he may order how to set up, trim and finish the piece and save a lot of money fo:- himself. Troubles in-numerable are in store for the manufacturer should he StlC-Wholesale Pric<i!I$30. New Way Price $10. eeed in interesting the public in his scheme. The first trouble will be caused by the swelling of the wood containing the grooves in the piece illust,ated on this page, making it im-possible to erect the piece or pieces purchased. Innumerable troubles will follow the efforts of the unskill'ed in their attempts to finish the goods. More tremble will be raised, when the purchaser learns that he has paid an exorbitant Wbote.ale Price $18. Detroit Whole.ale Price: $21. New Way Price $6.25. New Wa;. Price $7. price for an inferior article. The bedstead in oak or birch illustrated on this sheet the manufacturer declares would be cheap if bought of a wholesale manufacturer for $30.CO. The Deb'oit Wholesale Priee'$20. New Way Price $7.50. fact is that a splendid full panel'ed bed, in mahogany can be purchased at wholesale for $25.00 and $17.00 will buy a very handsome spindle bed in mahogany. The: illustrations and Wholesale Price $]o. Construction. New Way Pric:e $3.25- prices shown in this number illustrate the impracticability of the scheme. The manufacturer reveals his pian as follows: Our plan is to build the parts of the furniture in such a THE "NEW WAY" OF SETTING UP AND FINISHING FURNITURE. manner that any person ('.an put them together, ship these parts packed in a crate, knocked down and unfinished with a set of instructions ior setting up and finishing. There arc no fake dowels and mortises, imitation tenons and keys glucd on the outside to give the article the appear-ance of Mission work. No veneers are used" Wholesale Price $10. New Way Price $4.50. The parts arc mostly made with lock grooves, dowel pins, mortises, tenons and keys so that they slide together, but wherever screws are needed the holes are properly bored and th~ heads sunk. :.r 0 glue is necessary c:xcept on dowel ~1'1is. Improvements in Furniture Hardware. Tn the fall season of 1900 the Hardware Supply compauy of Grand Rapids placed before furlliture matlufacturers ;j Ilew device in a fastening for doors of bookcases, cabinets and other pieces where the doors do not need locking for the sake of security. This was a simple" ptlsh button" catch to be used in connection with a finger pull. The new' fastell-- ing soon gailH'd favo· with the t ..ade <l:-.d the demand grt:"N to such prapo: lions that other hardware manufacturers SOO,) began making silililar goods, and during the past four or five years several different styles of catches of this sort have been made from time to time, but now the I-brdware Supply company has brought out the. neatest one yet made, and it is beiug placed all furniture sampks for the July sale. A good market is al:-eady assured, one of the largest factories having placed a vcry large order for its fall supply. The same com-pany has gotten out a ne\"" extension hook for wardrobes, a steel dowel and socket for extensio11 tables, and a cheap support for book case shelves. Catalogues Complete • WE Photograph Max Thiele in Chal"se Engrave Michigan Enl"ravinB" Company Print and Bind White Pwointiq Company LET US FIGURE. THE WHITE COMBINATION H. C. WHITE; Secretary Grand Rapids, Michigan Buyers of Fumiture. We have published the LIST for June, 1906. IP IP DO YOU WANT IT? IP IP WRITE us. MICHIGAN ARTISAN CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 27 28 ·f'~MICHIG.7I.N 7iR.TI S'..7I.l'J ..~. 1'lIf,. i 2 ,. S,.. Bennett &. Witte MANUFACTURERS OF LUMBER For Fu.rniture Mfrs.. Car Sullders and Carriage Trade. Plain8nd I Wh't d D d 0 'lr j Plain and Qu;uten~d I 1 e an ....e.. . au. .,Quartered RED and SAP GUM Poplar. Cottonwood. Ash. Elm and Chestnut. A Full Line of Southern Hardwoods. Export and Domestic. WRITE EITHER OFFICE. Branch: Memphis,Tenn. Main Office: Cincinnati, .0. We sell on National Hardwood Lumber Association illspection only. Richey, Halsted & Quick, CINCINNATI, OHIO OAK-Plain and Qyartered.~ POPLAR---Soft andYellow. The No-I\um-Loose TOILE.T SCREW" IS THE LATEST DEVICE TO BE FITTED WITH THE Tower Patent Fastener Toilet Screws with Ij.( to 2 inch knobs can be furnished to order only, with standard bolt 3}f inches long, and patent drive nut and washer. Remember that the Tower Patent Fasteners on these toilet screws, as well as t,he brass, glass and wooden knobs and brass pUllscost the manufacturer nothing. The sales of all goods with the Tower Patent Fasteners is rapidly increasing, and they are daily growing in popUlarity because they are the only practical devices ever put on the market. that absolutely prevent Knobs, Pulls and Toilet Screws from getting loose. The Grand Rapids Brass Company GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. QUARTER-SAWED IN~~~~OAKVENEERS CHOICE FIGURE :: EXTRA. WIDTHS When writing for prices, mention widths required and. kind of figure preferred.. HOFFMAN BR.OTHERS co. Fort Wayne Indiana Factory Locations There is in the various offices of the.Land and Industrial Department of the SouthemRailway and Mobile & Ohio Railroad late information regarding a number of first class locations for Furnituret Chair and other Woodworking 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 Aaenl, WASHINGTON, D.· C. CHiS. S. CHASE. Agent, _ _622 ChemioatBuirdina~ St. Louis.- Mo_ M. A:. HAYS. -Agenl, 226 Dearborn St.• Chk:aQt. III 29 Cool Comfortable Inexpensive Goo d Service "RELIABLE" ROLLS EXCLUSIVELY Chicago and Grand Rapids FARE $2 ONE WAY " ~ $3.7S ROUND TRIP THE "RELIABLE" IS THE BEST THE FELLWOCK ROLL & PANEL CO, EVANSVILLE, IND. Leave Chicago 7:45 p. m. Leave Grand Rapids 7:55 p. m. dairy. Reserve berths at docks, foot of Michigan Ave, or City Ticket Office, 101 Adams St., Chicago; 91 Monroe St., orB! LYOllSt., Grand Rapids, w. C.TOLES .Box 25, IRVING PARK No. 20 Rapid Acting Vise FOR WOOD-WORKERS COMPANY = CHICAGO, ILLINOIS InvestiRate our Line. CATALOG Of this Vise and forty other different Styles sent to any address on application. The best Vise in the world tor Cabinet-Makers. Sawan d Kn"fl e FI"tt'109 Mach"Ineryan d T00,S TLihoeeMBaoigufga~cttu and..Bd~. t Baldwin, Tuthill ®. Bolton Grand Rapids. Mich. Filers, SeUers. Sharpeners, Grinders, Swages, Stretchers, Brazina and Filing Clamps, Knife Balances, Hammering Tools. New 200 page Catalogue for r906 Free. Bolton Band Saw Filer for Saws }'S inch up. B. T. & B. Sl~le D. Knile Grinder. Full Automatic. ,Wet or dry MICHIGAN .... W f Oppose the Introduction of New Processes. 'No kmen, ~specially of the old fogy class, stilt oppose the introduction of new processes in manufactu:·c. There is not so much opposition to the installment of improved ma-chinery as formerly, since it has been demonstrated that new machines make more work and call for a larger number of men to take care of the output than was possible in the d::tys when machinery was first introduced to slI!-,plant hand labor. The superintendent of a large furniture factory 'who owns the patent for a vcry successful process for the treatment of the various kinds of cabinet woods, was visited a few months ago by the owners of a large plant operated in the manufac-ture of pianos. Their purpos~ was to make an investigation of the new process owned by the superintendent. When they had satisfied their minds as to the practicability and value of the process, they purchased a shop right and returned to their home. Calling the heads of several departments to the office, they revealed the process ar~d explained how it should be operated, and ordered the subo:·dinates to install the same at once. The men expressed doubts as to their The party wi.thdrew, the workmen very much crestfallen <Iod the proprietors in an unsettled state of mind. An hour or two later one of the proprietors returned to inform the superintendent that his lecture had affected the men very seriously-that they had determined to make one more effort to put the process iuto use. Nothing more was heard of the firm for several months, when a letter came to the superintendent reading as follows: "Eureka! \file have conquered! Process installed. '''larking beautifully. \Ve are making the handsomest pianos in the world. Nothing is too good for us. When you have another good thing, wire usY Prosperity for Manufacturers. The manufacturing industries of the nation were unusual-ly prosperous last year, and will be still more prosperous this year. Reports from Chicago atid other western cities arc to the effect that up to the present time busine,ss is 5 to 15 per cent ahead of last ycar's large aggregate, and similiar reports come from the East. The weather enabled the spring An Attractive Interior. ability to carry out the orders of their supcrio: s and, shaking their heads dubiously, left the officl.'. A few days later the men reported their inability to install the p~ocess, greatly to the disappointment of the heads of the company, when it was resolved to pay another visit to the home of the super-intendent, the officials taking the shop men n':th them. '''hen the party arrived at the office of the superintendent the shop men wcrc imroduced and then the snperintendent asked the eldest man: "How long have yOll worked for this firm?" "Twenty~eigllt years," the man replied. "And how long have yon been wit:, the lirm :" tl:rning L, the other. "Twenty-t'11ree years." "If yOU were in my employ I would discharge yOIl without a moment"s \.varning. You and your class have bl'come fossiliz-ed. You are secmingly incapable of learning anything and have outlived your usefulncss. If the world depended upon men of your class. there would be no prOgress-no improvement. If your shop mates are of yonr dass I would fire the whole crowd and look for a crcw of workmen who were not loafing in the world for the sole purpose of delaying the work of the undertaker. The process you have been o:-dered to install is a very simple one, and you can make it work if you try to." business to begin two weeks earlier than usual. The farmers did so well last year that they buy more'liberally, and con-snmption has increased, according to the rcports from all sections. The foreign trade also show a relative increase. Imports at New York since Jan. 1 have been greater than for the corresponding time in any other year excepting 1905, when they were sli'ghtly above the figures of this year. Ex-ports also make a good showing. From All Over t~ Country. The West End Furniture and 'Carpet company of Wil-liamsport, Fa., published an advertisement several weeks ago announcing their purpose to meet the competitioll of a soap prize distribution house. The advertisement was copied in the Artisan of April 25, and attracted so much attention that the \-Vest End company, to quote their exact language have received letters from every section of the United States "signed by dealers" who had read the Artisan and desired fwther particulars. This fact indicates, in a measure, the esteem in which the Artisan is held by dealers in furniture and kindred goods. Manufacturers who desire to keep ill touch with the many thousand readers of the Artisan use its advertising paK'es. Importance of Constructing Fire-Proof Buildings. The trouble with fire-proof buildings has been the great amount of wood furniture and trimming. Recently much success has 'heen attained in the substitution of 111linft8m-mable compositions for wood in the manufacture of furniture doors, wainscoating, etc., and two of the newer hotels in New York are believed to be really fire-proof, while the owners of a third arc so sure it is fj;-eproof that they have refused to insure it. The mint and the postoffice in San Francisco are but little damaged, and several of t1le privately owned buildillgs only suffered from fire in the interior; the walls stood earthquake and fire with very moderate damage. In this fact there ties the promise of really fireproof cities in the future, but private prudence and municipal supervision should combine to secure fire-resisting construction in future buildings witfiout waiting for genc:'al devastation. Saw Grinding Machine. A new machine for sharpening the inserted teeth of high duty saws. has just been placed on tl~e market. This grindel-is particularly effective at moderate speeds. The frame is of cast iron, the arm being cast on the base in one piece, so as to insure perfect rigidity. An adjustable s:tddre moves along the arm of the tool so as to enable the f::p·inderto he used on saws of different diameters, and after being placed in the position desired, may be fastened rigidly to the arm by lock l1uts. A short slide operates in grooves along this saddle. This slide is surmounted by a disk having " raised center, on which the saw to be sharpened is placed al~d held in posib)ll by suitable bolts. Perfect ttniformityof depth and 8ngle of the cutting tools is claimed to be iusured with this tool, which is TI(HV being made in three sizes to take Sa\'\'5 t1p to thirty inches 111 diameter, from thirty to forty-eight inches <lnd irol11 forty-e:ght up to sevent/-two inches (rameter. Is Now the Parkersburg Plate Glass Company. At a speci8\ meeting of the stockholde-s of the Colonial Plate Glass comp<lny, held recently at Parkersburg, \V. V:1, it \Va., decided to complete the plallt res soon as possih1c. It was given Otlt that :\ llew comp<lny 'with a cap;tal qock of $4GO.COO or $500.000 is to be organized under the n8mc of the. Parkersburg Plate Glass company, :lnd itwiH be under this name that the c.oncern will be operated. Plate glass will be manufactured under the same manner and process pro-posed by the old company, and Colonel 1'1. R Peppers has been chosen as sl1pcrintelldcnt. Freights by -Water to Chicago. CaPtain "Rob" Irwin. as his many friends affectionately call him, real'ized the ambition of many yea··s, \\'hen the' steamers "Grand" and "Rapids" of the Grand River Trans-portation company, of which he is the president, commenced making regular daily trips between Grand Rapids. Grand Haven and Lake Michigan. The boats are s\vift and drawing but twenty-two inches of water, "vill make t'ips without in-terruption when the Vij ater in the river is :1t its l<nvcst. A g-reat deal of furniture and kindred goods will be shipped to Chicago and 1'lih".·aukee by water. No Time for Visits. The buyers in the big stores of Ncw York transact busi-ness very rapidly. They have no time for visiting. The: .. treat all salesmen courteously, but never lose- command ')f their time. In the evening they arc consideration personi-fied. It is then that "Lheydon the dress suit and the social side of their natures shine resplendent. In the \'!,-est th.-; buyers are ready for a visit every hour in the day, and their time so spent is not lost. From the traveling salesmen they gain many ideas of value when put into use in their own business. 31 Keep Oil Out of Boilers. l\1any hoiler experts insist that oil or grease inside a boiler or heatillg surface is far worse than the ordinary scale de-posited from the water, in cutting off heat from the water and ove- heating the boiler plate. Tests have been made to show this. Vlben the temperature of the water was made to rise rapidly in a clean boiler, the difference in temperature between the hailer plate and the wate;· did not increase at the same rate, showing that the heat passed through the water Ilea ly as fast. as received. "\lith a ,rery,high evaporation of steam per hour in a clean boiler there was little .danger of overheating the metal. But covering the inner surface of the metal with a thin layer of heavy mineral oil and evap-oratillg about as much steam as in the first place, 'the fire side of the boiler plate was 392° botter than the water side. The plate itself must have stood a temperature of about 6300 F., at which iron and mild steel weaken and are easily broken. Any ftav....in the plate would, oi course, add to the danger, Hence, for safety and economy, when exhaust steam is mixed \vith the feed water, use feed water heaters in which the steam is on one side of the tubes; and the water to be heated on the other, if possible. A Growing Business. The business of the Grand Rapids Blow Pipe and Du:,t Arrester cotHpany is'larger this y('ar than ever. Among the recent orders, several of which are welt under way, are for th~' new Illinois Cabinet company of Rockford, Ill.; C. P. Limbert company, Holland, l'dich.; tlce Fuller & R1ce Lumber company, Grand Rapids; C. A. Sauers, }\.1n Arbor, :vIich.; the Standard Sanitary company, mal~ubctl1rers of sanitary supplies. Det:-oit: l\-litchell B-others (maple flooring plaut) Cadillac, 1\-Ticb.:the Detroit Shipbuilding company, Detroit; and the Otto Body company (automobile bodies) Lansing, \Tich. Several otber large jobs are in sight, and prospects are h:·jght for a heavy business during the rest of the year. . They All Want Them. Alexander Dodds of this city received orders on the first day of June for three of his patent gang dovetailers, a~d one swing iOaw. The Dodds dovetailer is a first class machine, and the demand is constantly increasing for it. When lHr. Dodds first broug-ht Oftt his dovetailer, it was made with nine spindles, with an occasional o..-der for an eleven spindle machine. Now orders are for machines running from t~11to twenty-fonrspilldles, and the large machines work as perfect-ly as the small ones. No m;l11ttfacturer of case Vi'ork can af-ford to he witlJotit one. III, ALHOlCOMD &CO@ MANUFACTURERS "tlD DEALERS IN HIGH GRADE BAND AND SCROLL SA~S REFAIRI NG-SATI5FACTION GUARANTEED CIT1ZEN5 PHONE. 1239 27 N MARKE.T ST ~ GRAND RAFIDS, MICH. "- 32 "Rotary Style,. for Drop Caninas. Embossed MouldiDIlS. Panels. EI<:. fMBOSSING and DROP CIlRVlNG MIlC"llllfS Machines lot all purpo5eli\ and al pnce. within the reach of all. Every Machine ha, our lPIaranlee against breakage for ODeyear. . "Lateral Style" for ~ Capacity Heavy Carviop and Deep EmbosBiovs. We have the Machine you wanl al a satisl:actory price. Write for descriptive circulars. Alao make dies for aU makes of Machiriea. UNION EMBOSSING MACHINE CO" Indianapolis, Ind. Cyclone Blow Pipe Co. Improved Cyclone Dust Collectors, Automatic Furnace Feeders. Steel Plate Exhaust Fam, Exhaust and Blow Piping . Complete systems c!~¥Jledl manufactured, insla11ed and guaranteed. Old s~lems remodeled on modern lines on mosl economical plans. Supplementary s y s t ems added where presomt !Ws-reml are OUtvrovrn. De_ fective I y S I ems conecled and pul in proper waTkins ."""- 70 W. Jackson Street. CHICAGO. • ILL. GLOBE VI.S."E TRUCK CO. Grand RaQids, Mich. l\fakers of the BEST Quick Acting VISE Our mustrated Circular will teU you all about it. INSIST ON HAVING Morris Woo~ 3 Sons'Soli~ Stetl Glue Joint Cutlers for there are no other.,. ..ju.rt aJ" good." They cut a clean perfect joint always. Never burn owing to the GRADUAL CLEARANCE (made thi, 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 Qe convinced. Catalogue No. -10and prices on application. MORRIS WOOD ®. SONS Thirty-one year. at 31.33 S. Canal Street. CHICAGO. ILL. PER.FI!;CT QUALITY RIGHT PRICES MAClIINE. I1.NIVES PROMPT-SERVICE ABSOLUTE GUARANTEE Dado or Grooving Heads, Miter Machines. Universal 'Wood Trlmm.ers. Boring Machines. Etc. FOX MACHINE CO. Gr~~~.~i3~.'JI";'. ·J'~MlfrIG7}-N t 7lR..T I.s A.l'J J t 7e'+ 33 Our Clamps received GOLD-ME'OAL at World' .. F.fl"". St. Louis. V&N'ItER Pkl!:SS (Patented JUlle30. 1903.) CAIUNET CLAMP. Safety Fire Bucket Tank. The lIre bucket is a COllstant tempta-tion to the workman who happens to lleed <t pnil and- can"t fi1ld Oil;.' handy. Th~' 6re bucket.s to be of use when really Heeded must be in h?nd~r phlces. r f tlH:y are set around on. thc. flo.0.r they are either in the W.:ly or soon disappear. If hung up Otl nails or hooks Of placed Oll shelves, they dry out and are often fOllOd empty and ready to fall to pieces when the fire comes. All ea.,:tern concern has conceived a pC'actical solution of the fire pail problem by using" (\ galvani%ed iron tallk partly tilled with vorater in which tht' pails are kept. A lid to the tank keeps o!'t dirt and prevellts e'l<J.poratiou. Handy Beit Clamp. This simple ilnd convcnient clamp is made of one-half inch by two inch iron and is intended for belts not larger than twelve inch,'s wide aud three-eights inch thick. The <limellsiolls of the clamp call be increased in proportion for largoer belts, hOWCi'CT. The side bolts of !he clamp are o{ seven-eighths illCh stOCh:, twenty-fnur inches long- and the bolts ('Jamping the cro~spieces are of olle-half inch stock. two and one-half inche.s IOlJg 1','Lth square heads. In taking the clamp off, first slacken up on the long bolts, then 011 the small bolts and take two of them out. An Adjustable Horse for Paint Shops, ,-\ pair of adjustahle horses, like the one shown lt1stratiol1, will b(~ found convenient in many shops. in the il~ A plank should be laid across to form the staging. is cxpl"aincd by. the ~ketch. The construction ! Write £o:r prices and particular4- BLACK BROS. MACHINERY ~O. MENDOTA, ILL. !, Emptying an Oil Barrel. The illustration shows a method of emptying oil tram the lH\rrc:l that "",ill do the \-'lark in from ten to fifteen !minutes. ! I I I I Tht· apparatus illcllldes the following parts: A, pubp (all:Y nld pump \vil1 do); B, hose; C. bush on hose; D, oi~ barrel; E, large bushing·; F, three-fourths inch pipe; H, thrcf-fourths inch elbow; T, o-il tank, The oil is forced out by air. Hints Qn Glue. It requir('s more water to dissolve good glue tha 1 to dis-solve pOOr glue. The best glue will require from I ol1e~half to more than Jouble the water required for pDor glue; Good glue breaks hard and tough, with a splintered edge, I Cleanse the glue kettle often. Frozen glue is so pOl'"OUS thit it can be made up at Once. I I 1 [ the representatives of the people reaDy wa something for their constituents it would be a goo eliminate seeds and distribute free pianos, or Qed r or partor furniture. GLOBE VISE AND TRUCK C Office 321 South Divillion St., GRAND RAPIDS. MICH, I ! Manufacturers of HIGH GRADE Waad Warkers Vises AND Factory Trucks Simplicity In construc-tion enables us to .':ive quality and durability, and meet aU competi· tion. Write for Priees. No. 21,.Roller Bearings. Sante style Trucks No, 24, wlth()utRollet t to do plan to am sets Tings 34 Black Brothers' Pioneer Moulding Sander. The illustrations below represent the Pioneer )"Joulding Sander for sandj'ng crooked or straight work. The firm was awarded a gold medal by the Louisiana Purchase Exposition on account of the merits of tIlls machine. The manufactur-ers have introduced new features in the machine and claim it is superior ill construction and operation. An important feature is the revolving belt or cushioned pad. ~hich runs under the sand paper belt. It can be run norma~ty slack or tight, as the demands of the work in hand may re'uire. The pad eliminates all friction and forms a backing or ~urfacer for I the sand paper belt to run UpUIl. The manuiactuters furnish revolving cushions of various thickness, and- the 'cuts shown herewith illustrate th~ three different ways in which the ma-chine may be set up. The centeT' roners, 'OVCT 'wh-ich --the sand pap\'x belt 0, cushioned pad runs, <:.al1 be used either straight. convex or concat·e. The rubber friction drive for the sand paper belt is an importallt feature, in that it permits the operator to run the'beltat almost any degree of slackt1es~ as the various kinds Of;work handled may require. Cut No.1 carries a belt eight inches wide and is practi-cally adapted ior doing swell drawer frollts, chair anus or other work _of like nature. Cut No.2 has a belt four inches wide, and in the position in which the machine is set a great variety of work in furn-iture and kindred plants may be performed. This machine is manufactured by Black Brothers, Mendota, Ill'. Linseed Oils. The .:-.JewYnrkmarkct for linseed oil au June g was quiet. An improvement is expected, but present conditions are rather uncertain Prices remain unchanged, however, upon the ba~is of 38(Q\Nc tOT state and western, and 40't(41c IUI fa"\' city oil. City raw, ;\merican seed, 5 bhl~. or more. T.ess than 5 oble,. City, double boiled, /\mcrican . Less than 5 .bbls. \Ne~te;n raw . 40((iH J . 41 (il)42 seed, 5 bbl"s. or more 42@43 ... A3@44 ........... . .38@39 Factory Notes. The Marion (Ind.) Iron & Brass Bed company will erect seven new fire-proof buildings to be used for their manufac-turing business. A contract was signed with the Commercial Club agreeing to erect these buildings and have the plant in operation by September 1, 1906. A wire bed spring factory v;i11 also be constructed. Thc company agrees to begin operations with one hundred men and guarantees to increase the force to 250 in eighteen months. The consideration given is that the company is to have a bonus of $15,000, pay~ able twenty-five per cent on September 1, if the factory is completed and in operation, and twenty-five per cent every tlJirty days thereafter until thc entire amount is paid. Thc Heron Iron Bedstead company of Chattanooga, Tenn., will extend its foundry at a cost of $2,500. The Dargatz Parlor Frame company has bcen organized \vith $2,500 capital to manufacture furniture in Chicago. A. 'VVierzba, formerly foreman of the vVinnebago Furn-iture company, Fond du Lac, \~'is., ,,,,-illconduct a furniture factory of his own. The Spokane Show Case & Cabinet company has heel1 organized with a capital of $25,000 by the following: R. E. Fisher, J. W. Evans, C. E. Rodes, \l\'. H. Plummer and Thomas Hye. The 1Iichigan Steel Boat company of Detroit are about to engage in the manufacture of knock down furniture. The Minneapolis Desk company sustained a loss of $25,- 000 as a result of a fire in their factory. The damage will be repaired at once. The Art Metal Construction campa}' of Jamesto\\n, N. Y., has been awarded the contract for furnishing steel furniture for the new courthouse in Des Moines, la. The price paid i, $40,325. The Illinois Cabinet company of Rockford, Ill., have in-creased their capital from $25.000 to $50,000. The company's business is increased to such an extent that additions to the plant wilt have to be made. The Tomlinson Chair Alanufacturing company of High Point, N. c., have begun work on an addition to the bctory. The Tennessee Furniture ]'l'1anufaeturing company of Nashville have changed the firm name to the l'vlarfJeld Furn-iture Manufacturing company. The S. A. Cook company, Medina. N. Y., have purchased a shoe factory and will add it to the present plant. George H. KnoJ1enberg has bought a controlling interest in the Rowlett Desk lTanufacturing company, Richmond, 111d. The recent election of officers resulted ill the follow-illg: President, George H. Knollenberg; secretary and treas-mer, Walter KnolJenberg; superintendent, J ohll Lindstrom. The Proctor Furniture company of Knoxville, Tenn., have added the manufacture of offiee desks to their present line of goods. The \Vhitney Furniture Manufacturing company, Detroit, 1\lich., have filed a mortgage showing $10,000 indebtedness. the Detroit Trust company being appointed trustee. The Sheffield (Ala.) Furniture factory was burned recent-ly. The main building was saved. Losses a!4g'regate $7,000. The factory of A. C. Burt and company, Chester, Fa., has shut down, owing to financial difficulties. Indebtedness is $20,000. Fire in the Rockford (Ill.) Cabinet company l'eslllted in $1,200 Jo". Gavin Ritchie '& Sons purchased the machinery and fix-tures of the Battle Creek (.\lich.) Iron Hed company recent-ly at auction. The' Haley Furniture & Manufacturing company's plant' in Sheffield, Ala., was damaged $5,000 by fire, partially in-sured. Bristles may be stiffened by immersing them in cold alu-tn water for a short time. 35 A gill of shellac added to a gallon of asphaltum is a good hardening agent. The color of common mahogany may be improved by ap-pl'ying a solution of potassium hydrate, or lye, to the surface. To determine the required strength of the solution test on a piece of waste stock of the same kind before applying. Fill with a dark paste 1,-'lood-filler,va.rnish and polish with sheJl.ac. Coal containing a large amount of ca:bon gives the best heat, the oxygen being combined with hydrogen as water is of no value. An excess of hydrogen in gas coals, however, is an impo:tant item in the production of heat. In lacing belts the pointed ends of the laces may be ~ti:ff-elled and made easier to insert by burning them, One cubic foot of steam is produced from one cubic inch of ..v.ater evaporated under ordinary atmospheric pressure. "Tops of glued~up stock should not be planed within five days of the date when it is taken from the vises," remarked the veteran superintendent. "If such tops be planed before they have had time to seaso'n properly, every joint will show through the finish." A chair factory wiJJ be established in Owensboro, Ky., in the near future by capitalists from Lewisport, Ky. The McCray Refrigerator company of Kendallville, Ind., arc building a factory in Detroit, Mich., to employ from 600 to 1,000 men and turn out 100 refrigerators a day. The Graham & Davis Manufacturing company will manu- 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 •. facture tJw Davis kitchen cabinet in Windfall, Ind. The cotnpany has been organized with $7,000 capital. \ViI'liam Horrocks has bought out his partner, John Metz-ler and wilt continue the business of the Horrocks & Metzler company in Herkimer, 1\, Y. The Florida Chair company has been organized in Jack-sonville, Fla., with $25,000 capital. The New Chair company will manufacture chairs, office amI bank fixtures in New Orleans, La. Capital is $50,000. The Knoxville (Tenn.) Table & Chair CQmpany have doubl'ed their capital stock in order to increase their output. How to Recut Old Files and Rasps. Dissolve four ounces saleratus in onc quart water and boil the files in the solution for a half hour. Remove the files, wash and dry them. Then to one quart of water slowly add four ounces sl1lphuric acid. Immerse the files in this prep-aration and let stand from six to twelve hours, according to the fineness or coarseness of the files. Earthen vessels only should be used for the acid preparation. Bottle the liquid and it may be used again; but be careful in handling it, as it is poisonous. "Out" West. Charles R. Sligh, president of the Sligh pany, is making a tour of the Northwest. before the session opens. Furniture com- He will return 36 Causes for the Great Annual Fire Loss. Carefully compiled statistics show that fire annually de-stroys one hundred and fifty million dollars worth of pro-perty. Many seem to see it/'" this awful record merely an unavoidable condition with which a country as great as ours 1111.1St ne.cess<l-ri.'y be content. And this absurd and hurtful idea is entertained not alone by those irresponsible and ignor-ant, but also by those in whose eharge are vast property in-terests and .vhose very names seem to compel success. These last are those who appear to think that just so long as their investment in a manufacturing plant sbows a profit, or that the buildings they -erect and rent to tenants are money makers, it doesn.'t matter how hazardous the process of manu-facturing, or how dangerous may be the stock merchandized so long as fire insurance is obtainable. They seem blind to the fact that a premium on a fire insurance policy is a tax no less than any other tax, and that it will increase and be-come more and more burdensome as the fire waste increases. The cause of many fires has been explained by, "a rat. he gna\"'ed a match," but p-rovidcntially losses from ~uch an ori-gin are in the minority. In the majority of instances they are due in the first place to improperly guarding against loss by fire. In these days of hustle, directly against the archi-tects' advice, many buildings are erecte<l without loss of time but with a corresponding loss of intcgrity. A brick build-ing is hurried up with weak walls, unprotccted iron posts and girders, thin floors, and is topped hy a roof which w1ll at least keep out the rain. It is heated variously by gas, steam, and ;;cannon ball" stoves. It is lighted by "juice" from the trolley circuit. Electric wiring, not always in accordance with the National Electrical Code is mazed throughollt the building. Electricity furnishes power to run the elevator, and when J6illl Doe and company inhabit the structure with their machinery, it runs that too. Doe and company are away behind on orders, and are altogether too busy to bother v,:ith the gasoline can, or oily waste, or to clcan out the foot of the elevator shaft, or even to sweep the floor. If the boys tear do,vn the wires of the lighting circuit and hang them on nails so they can "stick right on the job" in the winter after-noons, why, what matter? The engineer can put the .\rires back when the rush is over. The englueer, mind you, knows all about installing electric systems, if he didn't he '''''ouldn't have a patent on a lightning rod! The inevitable result of alt this carelessness is a t1re- "cause unknown," and right in the midst of a busy season Doe and company find themselves out of business with a per-plexing fire insurance adjustment on thcir hands. The in-surance companies settle with all the, haste compati.hle, with good business usages, the actual cash value of the property destroyed or damaged, but however short the time this takes may he, or how good the settlement obtained, Doe and com-pany discover, that by reason of interrupted business. with its many kindred contillgellcies, they havc sustained a CQtlse-quential damage not at all covered by thc insurance policy. And all of which mi.ght have. been avoided by a little. prndent, careful foresight. It is quite probable that ninety-five per cent of all fires that occur, could in their incipiency, be quenched by a gallon of water, and this is a cogent reason why all inspectors are sticklers for some simple method of individual fire protection. Outside of sprinkler equipment, which is the highest degree of such 'Protection, or stand pipe alHI hose-which is w:~)';.tin point of effectiveness, chemical extinguishers and simple barrels and buckets of salt water distributed have proved their usefulness. The barrels and huckets are a 1110st handy combination for the reason that the most ignorant operative," whom, when excited, valves on extinguisher tanks might delay, would hardly fail to get a bucket of water quickly. The efficacy of barrels and buckets is universally endorsed by fire underwriters, but in the case of at least one risk in the city of Buffalo the extreme of such protection has been reachcd. The superintendent of a certain foundry was re-quested by the inspector to provide six pails for ea..:-h barrel ·which is the standard requirement. One very material fact was overlooked, however, the number of barrels, of which there are 'ilearly fifty. After the superintendent had com-plied with the inspector's recommendation he found himself nearly crowded out of the works. He has festoons of ar-tistically galvanized iron pails in every department, and has unpacked crates of tbem for which he has 110 room. \\Then the writer introduced himself as a fire insurance inspector, he waS led to the door of the shop, the superintendent waved his hand toward the buckets and swore comprehensively and me-l" odiously. But this was merely a ludicrous hlunder. If property owners will follow out the advice given by the average in-spector the annual fire loss will show a gl'atifying decrease. Be a "good houseKeeper." Keep the manufactory clean. And be sure that when the decrease in the annual fire loss spoken of above obtains, a lower rate of insurance will obtain.- Buffalo l\Janufacturer. Walter Clark, \Vhose office is 533 Michigan Trust building and warehouse on Prescott street, loaded a car of selected quarter-sawed oak veneers June 4 for the Doernbecher Furniture company, Port-land, Oregon. That is about as far west as his trade extends; but he has a nice trade in the New England states; in Canada; and all over the midd.le and western states. Mr. Clark has a very large and carefully selected stock of ",enee'·s in quarter-saw and plain oak; figured and plain birch; bini's eye and plain maple and poplar erossbandiJ1g. He is also prepared to quotc prices and fill orders for built-up stock. RichmondSafety Gate Co. RICHMOND, INDIANA q Manufadurcn Exclusively of Automatic Elevator Gates, Automatic Hatch. way Doors, Underwriters' Gravity Fire Doonl, Rich-m 0 n d Counterbalanced J r 0 n Doors, Richmond Horizontal Trolley Doors, Automatic Division Wall Doors and Shutte1'$. WRITE FOR CATALOGUE 37 THE CREDIT BUREAU OF THE FURNITURE TRADE Grand Rapids Office. 412-413 Houseman Bldg. GEO. E. GRAVES. Manager CLAPPERTON & OWEN, Counsel The LYON Furniture Agency THE STANDARD REFERENCE BOOK CAPITAL, CREDIT AND PAY RATINGS CLEARING HOUSE OF TRADE EXPERIENCE THE MOST REUABLE CREDIT REPORTS ROBERT P. LYON, General Manager CREDITS and COLLECTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ADVERTISEMENTS W,"-NTEH Cabinet ltJaker~ and gene1'al lIlachine hauch,. Address l\111skegonValley ~'t11'niturf' ('om-pany, 1I,1\l~k",.g-Gn. lI.Ii~1). 1)- Hi It. "" A:S'l'EH---T,int's. }o'o)' June, l:ti)Il, on eommissiorl. Long ex-pel'jenc"". extensivr acquaintance. Alldl'cSS Box 273 ear" of Miehig-n,n Arti>5<lIl. 4-10, 5-)'\ (i-l0. FOR 8AI.F.. Poplar. F,d .and white oak !umt:lPr, plain or quartr]'ed, also dimension stock. Cor- ~·esponde.ll.e(' s0licited. }\\.b~rt R. Kampt, ~7 Board of Trade Building Louisvill!~, Ky. 6t-2 10. \l'ANTJ!:D-Trll"eling SalNllnell To the: fUJ'niturp. trade. Pick up their ex-penses and mOl'e too, taking order", for 0'''' patent medidn<? cabinets. Salc!!m.en's out- :ilt free. VlTrite for It today. Spencel' Cab-inet Co., 456 Og-den ,\.\'('. Chicago, III 1-~-3-4-" 6-6m. l\'AN'l'J<:U-Venur jUan. ).fail to take charge of venfH'r room work-ing ten mfm. 1I'111St be f.amiliar with ve-neering case goods and beds, in mah<)gnny. bird':; eye maple, dc Must 1Ia\'e g'ood know}f\(lge or cutting and matching. .'\.d-oJ'ess 0., NIxe o{ Michigan _'\rtisan. ltj-, -1ll tt. ~""l~~ Double daily train service to New Orleans. Send for a free descriptive booklet. Connects with Southern Pacific Steamship leaving every Wednesday afternoon for Havana. Send for free illustrated folder on Cuba. Through tickets, rates, etc., of I. C. R. R. agents and those of connecting lines. A. H. HA.NSON, P"ss. TRAFFIC MClR., CHICAOO. S. O. HATCH, OENERAL. PASS. AGENT, CHICAGQ. COLLECTIONS MADE EVERYWHERE PROMPTLY-REUABLY "",,":NTEH-.U:.nHgt'l' of FUrJliturl!' nctJll1't-lllent, v.re are desirous of gdling a good II'; ..', wlt1e-awake luan to nutnflg-e our furui.ture OBpa,rtment, to tltke charge of sa]('l':, h;(')J stoek and help us out In our advel'ti~lng. The Street & Hal'per cornpan~", OklailOlila City, 0, T. ----:-c-~--- \\-','\:'Ii'l'ED-BclPlS Cabinet .\laker. Practical workman to lake e]Hlxge of cab-i. net rOflm, OIl. beu l'<lom furnHur\i', Hl.elliu-m gl'ade. Must Irarn to handle: abol!t :':5 men. Will give assistance for a reason:oLblc tlmf'. A.(ldn·ss 0., ell""'" of Miclligan Artisan 6-10-7·10 ~t. \\'A'STED-Positi41ll liS Salesman On salary with some f",dory to travel In Ohio ant)' \H,~te"'n Penm';ylv7l.n\.a. \\iiU make liheral cOJ[traet jf permit led to calTy a sjde line. A.ddress Val D. eeron, 6803 Frank,<;- town An'" Pittsburg, Fa. "l-l'agon<\[all:t>rs :\fachinery for Sale. Big 8argllil1~. McGovenl cOlllpr<'ssion tire settcr, spoke lennonf~T Dolt thread f:\ltter, tire bC1Hler, punch and Sh"'(I,I'S, all up-lo-llat.", machinery; ::10 horsep()\ver engine: 2 14-feet b(1il"rs, 42- Inch, 2~r~_inell rlue. Must be sold, ""a-tional \Vagou company, Baflkrupt; \Vm. r. l"esbitt, Trl)stPl', Big nap!([s, Mich. ii-11l, 6-10-:'t. ----~--- FOR 8iH.t<:-Ollf< 60 N. r, Engine. Atl,'tS ALlto.rnatie eut-off eng-ine in flrst-class CO/l<litlon. Karges .Wut'niture company, R,vansviH(', 1ri\1. C-IO-lt, fOR 50 CENTS We will mail the Factory Edition of the Michigan Arti-san to any address in the United States during the remain-der of the current year. Remit with order _. MIC"IGAN ARTISAN CO. Grand RapidS, Mich. "l-l'A]o,-TED-Commission Salesman To ca1'1'Y medium prked line of sidebolLl'ds, Chiffoniers and dressers in state of Ohio. 'Vhen applyinl!; state what liue,s you are now carl'~·ing. Addl''''SS "Furniture," cat·e of Michigan Artisan. 6-10-3t. l\:A;."VTRD-Expert ~'uremaD Cbnir Fjnisher. GOod wages and permanent posHion for a COlU\.lct",nt, reliable man, Address ","-urora, Chair COmpany, Aurora, Ind. 6-10-tf. WANTED-(}abinet \\'tlI'kers and Jrlaebiu0 ][unds, Also common fad.or)' handS, Steady work all yF.Rr l'Dull(l and at g-ood wages. Address 'l'he Hamilton Manufacturing company, Two Rivers, \V[s., or call at theiJ· factory at Two Rivers. 6-10, 7-10, 8-10 3t. WANTED-Cabinet )[akenl Awl mall thoroughly eompetcnt to run sticker. AddrF.ss, stating experience and salary ,van ted, The T. X, L. & Goshen Pump company, Goshen, Ind. 6-10-lt. WA)'lt,TTJ!:D-Posltion. By expel'ieneed foreman finisher nQW holding an important position. SatisfactoQ'reasons for d~si:rin~ a cl.HtngP. Adllress E. T., care of Michigan Artisan. _-,,:- _ ~IA:NC¥AC,TrRl:N(; OPPORTUNITY. i'iIew, splendIdly equipped furniture fac-tory for sale, raw material eOJlYenient, abun-dant and (:hcap. Local capital will take an interest lf desired. n. B, Chaffin company (Inc. l, Richmond, Va. 6-10-25-2t. W,\'STEI>-FlnJsber. I<~irst class man to take charge of finishing room, OlW good coat.er, one good rubber and polisher for wood manlel factory. Address i'iIo. 82 G.. Mlcl)igan Artisan. 6-1(l-lt. 'WANTED-Position A spindle C1Ll"Ver of twelv\\ YC\\,l'S \i!:lI:J}er-lence desires position as foreman in cal·V-ing department. Can furnish good r<~fer-enees. Address Cl\l.'ver, care of Michigan Artisan, 6-10-lt. --~-- "'-~-\NTEn-SI,l~an Aequa.intcd with factory trade, to hanClie our line of trucks and speeialties, on salarY 0\· l'.ommi\\15ion. Mlcy,lgan Manufacturing & LUlll,ber compaTJ~", Hotly, Mich. 6-10-tf, WAWTED--Po"ition by :E~peJ't Bookkeepel". Fiftep.n ~'ear", fact.ory accounting. High-est. references. For personal int.erview fLd.- dress "I. G,," care of Mjchlgan Artisan. 6-10-25-2t. SllM)IER COTTAGE FOR RENT • .'\..rare opportunity to rent one of the finest fully furnished summer cattages at Otta- Wa Beach, Mich.; has living room, dining room, kitchen a.nd six bed room!!-for July; also one for entire Mason. Particularly de-sIrable for a fUl'llitun~ man obllged to he ill Grand .Rapids, at the July sales, to enjoy a summer outing for himself and fam.uy. Ad-dress D., care of Michigan Artisan. 6-10-H. We Teach fURNITU~E DESIGNINli, ROD MAKING, and ~TO(K8IlLlNG By Mail.------ We find positiomfo .. CotnpetentStudenu. Orand Rapids School of Fumlturl!: Dtsignlng Houseman Building, OrandRapids.Mich. A. Kirkpatrick, !nstTU{1f1T. 38 INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS AdamI'; & Elting Co. American BloweI' Co. .lD Globe V18e &I; Tru:mk Co ... Goodrich Transportation Co. HoftmaD »rOB. CO. Holoomb, A. L., ,i; Co Hahn, Louis Hardware Supply Co. Hills. Clarence R. Illinois Centrlll R'y .. Jamed"own PRnel 8J "elH!6l' eu; . Kepperling. D. A. KlJnbaIlBros. Co. .1. Baldwin, Tuthill & Bolton. Burnes, \\'. 1'~.& Joo" Co. Barrett, M. L" &I; Co. • .88 .1S • ...•..•.• I> . .. 28 White Printing Company Engravers Printers Binders Electrotypers CATALOGS COMPLETE 2 to 20 LyonSt. GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. Ward, O. A. , .. Weatherly Co. Williams, F. B. Whfte Printing Co. Wood. Morri$ & Sons. Barrett-J ..indeman Co., The. Bata"\'la Clamp ell .... Bennett & Witte .. Berry Bros. Co.. Black Bros. Co.. Boynton Co... Burch, A. F., Co.. Buss l'lacblne 'Works .. . 21 . .. 33 • . .. 35 Lyon .Agency Marietta Paint & Color Co., l\lattison, C., Co., Machine l'\'Ol'ks. Memmer, George, &: Co. .Cover Brldgepol't "","QDd Jo'ini!lhlng Co ... Cha~e, lWberh & Co.. ChIcago MIl'l'tll' &: Art Gla88 00 .. Chieago 'Wood :Fillishlng Co. Clark, Walter CO'l'desman-lWchtin C(). Cyelllne Blow Pipe Co. Dully Artisan-Record Dodds, Alexander .. .Cover 4, ..... 11 Michigan Artisan Co. Michigan Central B'y. l\IiChigun Engraving Co .. MlBl'eJlan60us . Ornamental Products Co. Oti$ Manufacturing Co. Palmer, A. E .. Pere l\larqnette R'y .. ptt~burg Plate Glas8 CD... ROOdlng$'l', r. H., Carving ',"orks. Richey, Halsted &: Quick. Richmond Safety Gate Co. .Cover . .... 32 .12 . Duel', John, &: Sons. 5 5 2 .2. Edge, Frank, & Co•.... Jo'aJ" & Egan Co... }'ellwock Roll & Panel Go.. Fox. Maehtne Co •. . .32 Frauds ('bas. E., & Bro. Furniture COUl. Agency Co•. 1 • Shf:mer, Samuel J., && SODS. Southern Railroad Co ... Stepbenllon Man-,rl'aeturing Co. Toles, R'. C., Oompany ..... , .. llnl.on Embossing Macbine Co .. Walter, B., 61: Co.. Grand Rapids Blow Pipe &: D. A. Co.. 9 Grand Bapids n..aJls Co. . ~8 Grand Rapids Eugra-,.-ing Co. ' 16 Grand Rapids Electrotype .:co. 4 Grand :Rapid!! Hand Screw Co.. . ... Co-"'eJ' Grand Rapid$ & lndlana R'y. . .. 19 Grand Rapldhi ~kbool IIlf Furniture De-tIIignins: .37 Grand Rapidllo Wood Finilolhing Co. • ... 4 Grand Trunk R'y.. . ,17 GWette Boller Bearing Co.. . .... Covel" ·WY80ng & Miles Co. .. 32-33 ..9ft .28 .31 5 . ('..over • ' .. 37 .IS • ...... 87 .Cover .12 • .27 · .17 .27 '. _.37 . •. 23 ... 21 . ..... 17 5 1 ..12 . .. 28 ... . .. 4 · .28 4 · .29 .1-32 • .S< 5 • .S~17-S8 .. 32 . .. Covel' Cut Your Shellac Varnish Bills •In Half By using ZACO. It will do the work as well, quicker and at half the cost of shellac varnish. ZACO has been on the market for 12 years-increased sales proves its true worth. If you don't use ZACO its because you have never tried it. Send for sample and prices. Wit CAN ALSO SAVE YOU MONEY ON: I Wood Stains Dry or Liquid Wood Alcohol Pumice Stone Shellac Varnish White and Orange Gum Shellac Orange or Blea.ched SEND FOR. SA,MP LES and PR.ICES. M. L. BARRETT ®. CO. 219 Lake St••Dept.G. CHICAGO Did You Ever Figure the C~t of That La.t Blockade in Your Cabi-net Room? No Sir! Stock Does Not Accum-ulate 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, Holland, Mich. How Are YOU.Doing Your Re-Sawing--How Long Does ItRequire to MaKethe Different Adjustments. All realize the importance of a Band Re-Saw in furniture factories, but many do not give the adjustments the necessary attention-a thing that should be seriously considered. If you could secure a machine on which all the adjustments necessary to he made while the machine is in operation could be manipulated by the operator instantly and with-out leaviug his natural position wouldn't it be a profitable investment? Consider This-. On The Cordesman~Rechtin No. 3% Band Re-saw the rolls may be Instantly spread or closed, are self-cen-tering or one set can be locked stationary for sawing stock to a given thickness; feed Instantly stopped or started, and speed of same Instantly increased or de-creased: feed works instantly tilted for siding; top guide Instantly adjusted to any desired position; both guides may be Instantl'Y swung aside to give free, access to saw, as in changing blades; top wheel Instantly ad-justed to give desired lead to saw-in fact every ad-justment is Instantaneous. Machine weighs full 4200 Ibs.; carries a 4 In. blade; re-saW5up to 24 loe,," wide and 8 lo&hu thick. THE CORDESMAN-RECHTIN COMPANY Dept. A, CINCINNATI, O. No. 3J' SAND RE·SAW. tilts installation means profit:- I l A Perfect Case Construction Makes the It is Entirely Strongest, Automatic. .It Clam.ps. Most Mortises and Economical Releases, Completing and Most the Post Accurate in less time than the Case Material can be Construction Clamped:on Other Possible Machines ~ ~ No. 119 N!ulUDleSqua.I'~'Chl.el Mortl~er Wysong &. Miles Co.•CedarSt.andSo.R.R. Greensboro. N. C. A New Dowel and Socket FOR DINING ROOM TABLES ~ Both sides bored with the same double bit-only one handling of stock when boring. !!I We have also the very latest thing in Push Buttuu Catchesfor Book Case and Qabinet Doors. The best thing yet made in this line.
Date Created:: 1906-06-10T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
Collection:: 26:23

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