Weekly Artisan; 1910-05-21

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Issue of a furniture trade magazine published weekly in Grand Rapids, Mich, starting in 1879. and I f 7 \ " 7,"" -..., \ _ U..t \1-~;. '\ -..../ r :"",-" J.. .t -'"........., GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.• MAY 21. 1910 NELSON-MATTER FURNITURE co. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. BED-ROOM and DINING-ROOM COMPLETE SIJITES in Mahogany, Circassian ,"T alnnt and Oak. If you Lave Dot one in your .tore. a simple request will brinli you our :matnifleen" new Cataloaue of 12x16 inch valle 'roup., show-inll •• ite. to Ulatch. With it, even the most Dloderat. sized furniture _iore can show the best and newest furniture satisfactorily. 1----- I WEEKLY ARTISAN 1 2 WEEKLY ARTISAN ~p--- -_._---------_._--------------. ----------- ." LUCE FURNITURE COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Manufacturers of COMPLETE lines of MEDIUM PRICED DINING I and CHAMBER FURNITURE. Catalogues to Dealers Only. ~- -- ---- . ----~._-- -------- - --------------------------..& Luce-Redmond Chair Co., Ltd. I BIG RAPIDS, MICH. High Grade Office Chairs Dining Chairs Odd Rockers and Chairs Desk and Dresser Chairs Slipper Rockers Colonial Parlor Suites 111 Dark alld Tuna Mahogany BIrd' J EYf Maplf BIrth !Zuarttrtd Oak alld Clr(aJJlall Walnut Our Exhibit you will find on the fourth floor, East Section, MANUfACTURERS'BUILDING,North Ionia Street GRAND RAPIDS, MICmGAN Exhibit in charge of J. C. HAMILTON, C. E. COHOES, J. EDGAR FOSTER. 30th Year-No. 47 GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.• MAY 21.1910 Issued Week1)o' GOING AFTER THE EXPRESS COMPANIES Movement Started by the New York Merchants· Association Supported by Many Other Mercantile Organizations. On May lIon the invitation of The Merchants' associ-ation of New Yark, representatives of the followmg promi-nent commerCIal orgamzatlOns attended a conference m the association's rooms, to consIder the expeldiency of a Jomt pe-tItion to the Interstate CommeJ:1ce commISSIOn for an mvesti-gatlOn of express rates and practices, to the end that faIr and Just rates and practices may prevaIl' Merchants' and Manufacturels' associatIOn, Baltimorel; C~amber of Commerce, Boston, Cha:nlber of Qommerce, Cleveland, Bloard of Trade, Grand Rapids, Mlch ; Merchants' association, Indlanapohs; Board of Trade, Manche"ter, N H ; Board of Trade, Newark, N. J.; Bu"iness Men's Association, New Haven; Chamber of Commerce, New Haven; Board of Trade, New Otleans; The MeJ:1chants' assocIatIOn of New York; Board of Trade, Portland, Me.; Board of Trade, Pater-son, N. J ; Chamber of Commerce, Philadelphia, Merchants' and Manufacturers' assocIation, Pllliadelphla; Eastern MIl-lmery assocIation; Chambm of Commerce, PIttsburg, Board of Trade, ProViidence, R I; Chamber of Commelce, RIch-mond, Va , Chamber of Commerce, Rochester, New York; Chamber of Commerce, Syracu~e, New YOlk, Syracuse Traf-fIC Bureau, Chamber of Commer,e, Watertown, N. Y ; Board of Trade Worcester, Mass.; Busmess Men's assocIatIOn Pawtucket, R. I ; Chamlber of Commerce, Spokane, Wash., Board of Trade, Bridgeport, Conn. In addItion to the orgamzatlons actually Iepresented by delegattJs the followlllg bodIes, by letter, favored the pro-po" ed investigatIon by the Interstate Commerce commISSIOn: Chicago Association of Commerce, Chamber of Com-merce, Dayton, 0 ; Iowa State Manufacturers' associatIOn, Des Moines, Iowa; Merchants' and Manufacturers' assocI-atIOn, MIlwaukee, Wis. ; Commercial Club, Mlllneapolts, Mllln ; Chamber of Commerce, El Paso Texas; Board of Trade, IndIanapolis; Chamber of Commerce, South Bend, Ind; Board of Trade, Savannah, Ga.; Commercial Club, LouisvIlle, Ky.; Board of Trade, Spningfie1d, Mass, Chamber of Commerce, San Francisco, Cal ; Merchants' association, San Francisco Cal ; Chamber of Commerce, Baltimore, Md. The Conference, whIch was in sessIOn all day, adopted the followlllg preambles and resolutions: WHEREAS, The rates charged by the express com-panies appear to be excessIve as compared with the service performed; and WHEREAS, The practices of these companies with ref-erence to collectIOn and dehvery and to regulations of vari-ous kmds appear to be unjustly dlscrimmatlve and other-wIse in VIolatIOn of the Interstate Commerce Law; and 'WHEREAS, An analysIs of the reports made by the pnnclpal express companies domg business in the United States to the Interstate Commerce commISSIon, and on file in the office of the latter, mdlcates that the net earnings of the companies are from more than 40 to about 125 per cent per annum on the value of the property in use for the public service; and 'WHEREAS, The Supreme Court of the Umted States, m ItS deCISIOn in the KnOXVIlle water case", has declared as a standard for the measurement of the Just earntngs of pubhc service corporatIOns that those earnlllgs shall bear due pro-portion to the fair value of the property actually employed for the servIce of the pubjlc, and WHEREAS, If the earnlllgs indicated by these reports, on full investIgation be practically substantiated, it is evi-dent that such charges are excessive and extortionate and should be reduced, therefore, be it RESOLVED, By this Conference, representing many of the prlllcipal busllless orgalllzatlOns throughout the United States, that a petttlOn be prepared on behalf of these com-merCIal orgamzatlOns and such others as may, subsequently join, to be presented to the Interstate Commerce commission, praYlllg that body to exercise the authonty vested in It by law, by conducting, forthWIth, an exhausttve investigation into the whole question of the rates and practices of the express companies, to the end that fair and equil'able rates and practices may be established. To carry out the program deCIded on by the conference, a permanent executive commIttee was created, wIth power to employ counsel, to prepare and present the petition to the Interstate Commerce commission, and wIth full discre-tion to determine the breadth and scope of the petition. The delegates present at the conference, by unanimous actIOn not only pledged their respective organizations to join in the petition to the Interstate Commerce commiSSIOn, but to assist in every possible way in the preparation of supple~ mentary information and argument The executive committee WIll submit the form of petition to the leadlllg chambers of commerce, boards of trade and merchants' associatIOns throughout the country, to secure WEEKLY ARTISAN then conCllrrence m the actIOn and thell co-opel ation as petitIOners The executive commlttee vv111 !11let l1e"t vveek. ,lHCI whIch the necessary :oteps to c,u n mto dtect thl de ~l1l ~ I j the cOl1fel ence WIll be taken at the e,l1!Jlc,t pO~~lb1L d Ite \Vlth the 1111 ltatlOn to the COI11I11cLl1al OliSanuatlolh 1epl e "ented at the confe1encc, the \[elchdnh' a,,~oerat1(In t1 In, nlltted a "RepOlt on lxp1es" CapItal. laIDln~~ and ]\lte,. vvltll tahlllatee! statement" "hO\v 111e;the lone!Jtlll11 ut the 1 Illl pnnopal expl CS" compall1e" alld u)ml11ent111~ thu (on ,h 1,,1 lows GentlCll11cn In accordance \\ Hh ) our 1I1structlOI1:o I have made an anal} "lS of the a,,,etc, 111C0!11cand e"pell,e~ "I 1 JUI pnnllpal expresc, cOl11pal1lec, ot the elunent, th,lt 111 I~l IIp the sen Ice' ed lell 1 bv them d11d ot the 1J,1,1~ upun \\ hll'l the 1ates cha1gcd Me made The C0111p1111C"dl"c'l""ed bel !IV drc l;I1:.;<:h en:.;a~cd 111 add1tlOn to the exple,,, bu"me,,,, m 1I1ve~t!11ent and bank111c; bu:ome"" The pUlpl c,e of the alldh "1~ \\ hlLh 11 JlIu\\ ~ h t shoy\ vvhat pOl bon of the a,,~ch ~lheduled I~ t, be 1c~ I led as m vestm ent or hdnk111g LapHal Wha t pm tlUn 1~ to ]JC I e-garded as exprec,s capItal, and the pClcentd!.?;C uj P1OI1t cle-nveel bv expl e"" operdl1on" upon thL L'lpltal ae tnallv and properly emplo} eel m e"pl ess opel atlon The follo\\ 1l1~ ,oheelules dl e ..,U1111lla11e". compIled!1 om 1e ports made b} the :oeveldl e"ple,~ COI11P,{l1lL~tel the Inler state Commerce C0111111h::,lun,fOI the h"cal veal lndlnc; 1Ulll 30, 1909 1he scheelule of as"et" "hO\v" 'W\ eral la1(;e Item~ \\ hleh ObvlOlhl} represent ul,j!ltal not emplo\ ed 111 L"p1l '" opel a110n These C0111p11<;e' ~tl ck" and Ill)Ild~ 0\\ l1ed (hhe 1 Permanent In\ estment<;" (RLal J "tate not u~ed 111 Up( I atlOn." and "\101 tga~es ., In Table III the a~gl egate ot these Item:o ha~ been Ie-ducted flom tl,e aggregate net a<;"eh remalllm~ aHel p<lV ment of all current llah1!It1es The amount 1e111dmlll!.?;h th" amollnt of capItal osten~lbh tl"ed 111 C"PIC~~ upelaiJun, 11 cOimpn'oec, the Items <;chululed a, ' Real I ~Llte and n1111dll1~' u"ed m OpelatlOn," "EqUIpment.' "La~h and em I ent \~ seh," ":\1 a tellab and SupplJe",' I n"l11anCl l'H'J111Ullh I IH Cld1111S," "GooJ-\\ 111and Lontlact<' and \celJunh III ~u~- pense" Of the 1teJ11~1I1cluelerl under the head -\~<;eh ()~te1hl],j\ used 111 L'<p1e"s Operatllln' ~e\ e1al dre open tll "e11UU' ob JeetlOn, as follo\\ <; It 1S questlOnahle vyhether the'e Item" s111>ul,1not be regarded as mve',iment eapltdl ane! not a~ opel atlllg cdpltal The ownel "Ihlp of the"e holdmgc, h not e""f'niJdl t,) e"pH" operatIOn", n01 h there any 1e,hon v\ hv "ueh n, In-f"~Ll1tlal --------~ 4~ __ ~_. __ ~_ ...--., Pitcairn Varnish Company I Reliable Varnishes of Unifor~ Quality Our Motto: "NOT HOW CHEAP-BUT HOW GOOD" to ••• C. B. Quigley, Manager Manufacturing Trades Dep't. a.. [ DO 'YOU WANT'" II the PRETTIEST, BEST and MOST POPU-LAR LEATHER FOR FURNITURE. I - J ANY COLOR. WILL NOT CRACK. I III IIItt II If so buy our GOAT and SHEEP SKINS Write for sample pads of colors. DAHM & KIEFER TANNING CO. TANNERIES CRAND RAPIDS, MICH. CHICACO, ILL. 204 lake Street, .... CHICAGO. ILL. ••••••••• ••• A ------- - ----- - h JI 11l1~' "huuld J (cell e net 1etm n" denved flam express lh,ll~l" 110m tIllee to 11101eth,w ten ttmes the ordlllary re- 1. 11l n" ir 0111I e,d L~LIt e 111l e ,tm en t <; 1n e ]leI cellt net after pdy ment of aLl expenses is the Olcl111dl\ 1al( ot letl1ln frol11 leal estate investments The fi", II celp1t,11 111\ e"tecl ]i} e"1'1e,s compames 111 real estate ~!J()llld !wt be l llltlht'd \\ lth the actIve capItal required in l)]llldtHJll, and ~11lJuld not (Itaw f"-.cessrve returns from in-tl, l1l d l hell ~c~ 101 cX]lre~~ sen Ice l{u':,11 d111g-the vallle of the leal estate used III operatlOn a.., mvest1l1ent capItal and not as operatmg capItal, a net five pC! C(:.11t1t tll111 shoul(l be alloweJ tJhereun, WhICh amount ,h Iltld be chaH!,lll ,1~c11J1st ()pelatll1~ eo"t Adoptlllg th1S \ Ie \\ thl ,l11l0unt oj the Item "Real 1, "tate and Bl1lldmg" used III ()pelallllll ha~ 111 ['able rrr been deducted from the osten- -----~_._.-._-~- Manufacturers of Factories: Milwaukee, Wis.; Newark, N. J. -" WEEKLY ARTISAN ~---- .. . ..------------- ------'---.---.~.-----.---.-.--.--~.--.---.--~.~.--------.-----"5 -----~ ACCURACY, DURABILITY, ECONOMY Three most important requisites in case construction. We absolutely guarantee our method of construction to be stronger and less expensive than all others. Let us tell you about it. No. 181 Multiple Square Chisel Mortlser. .... ..WYSONG & MILES CO., Cedar St. and Sou. R. R., aREBNSBORO, N. C. Ask. for Catalog "J" . .. --.. . .. . ------- ---_._-----.--------...._---_..._._._-----_._._._------_ .... SIble active expre'3S capItal anJ treated a~ part of the mvest-ment fund, I athel than as part of the operatnng fund Unhke a mercantlle 01 manufactunng busme'3s the ex-press busme"s doe" not reqUIre, nor e\ en adnllt, a large amount of ready ca..,h for Ib operatIOn", masmuch a" It .Joes not reqlure the pUl cha;"e of lar!:;e stocks of matellal or mer-chandIse, or the gmntl11g 0: large hnes of CIedIt The '3el- Vllces are as a rule paId mad, ance and "uch ad, ance cash receipt" at all tlme'3 sqpply an ample fund from whIch to pay cun ent expense" The cash balances held by the several expre'3s com-pa11les June 30, 1(0), after deductmg the amount of all cur-rent halbllltie'3, was a, follO\vs Adams IExpress Co . $1,410,889.49 Ame1l1can Express Co 716,00449 U S Express Co ,Yells-I< argo Express Co 2,4-1-3,90200 A "tudy of "taLments of pI e\ IOUS years "how'3 that the free cash bdlance" al eat occasIOnal mten ab con, el ted mto mVLstments and that they are not to any con"lderable degree m the nature of wor~ing capItal necessanly reqUIred for carry-mg on the busmess, but are rather accrued profits awaIting m-vestments m stocks, bonds and other securities 11hl'3should be borne m mmd m consldenng the amount of the actual capItal reqt11recl for express operatIOn, the amount of the return upon suah capital, and the fallness of the rates which Ylel.J such returm One company mclucles m ItS as;"ets $816,66600 for "Good- V{lll dnd Contracts" TIll;" probably replesents a payment to anothel expl ess company fOl the nght to operate ov er hnes prevIOusly controlled by the latter If '30, the cash paid is not capItal nece'3"ary fOl operatIOn, equipment, or other legItImate expre;"s purposes, but b merely capltahLatlOn of ant1clpated profits and should be excluded from the h"t of asset" actually used in express operatIOn, as It properly belongs m the mvcst-ment account If the foregOIng conclUSIons are accepted, It appear'3 that the greater part of the as'3ets of the express compa11les, m-clud111g most of the free cash balances, are de' oted to the 111- ve'3tment business and not to the express busmess, and that the amount of the capItal actually and necessanly employed 111the latter is but httle more than the value of the eqlupment, plus a very moderate amount of wOlkmg capItal Express service 15 compo"ed of three elements, namely, Terminal sen Ice, an.J cal e m tranSIt, performed by eA-pre"" compal1les, and TranslPortatlOn, performed by I allroad" The relation whIch the ter'1l1l11al sen Ice bears to the whole servIce was in 1899 ;"tated a;" follows WIth the exphClt applOval of the PreSIdent of the '\.dams Express Company "The chIef servIce whl1ch the express com pan} performs IS the temmnal service-a service entIrely away from the lall-ways and stations; the collectIOn, care and dehvery of pack-ages constItutes tlhe sCIence of the express busl11ess " The special report of the United States census (1907) on "Express Bus111es" 111the UnIted States" state;" the baSIS of c1iv1.s,ionof charges between the raIlroads and express com-panies as follows: "The usual contract made by an express company WIth a ralJlway company provide" that the rall" ay company shall fur111sh the necessary car", heat and hght the111, haul them ovrr ItS 11l1es, together vvirt:hthe employeee; of the express com-pany necessary to care for the traffic en route At statIOns the rallway company permIts It", employees to act as em-ployees of the express company also, WIth certam restnc- "THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST" BARTON'S GARNET PAPER Sharp, Very Sharp, Sharper Than Any Other. SUPERIOR TO SAND PAPER. It costs more, BUT It Lasts Longer; Does Faster Work. Order a small lot; make tests; you will then know what you are getting. WE GUARANTEE SATISFACTION. Furniture and Chair Factories, Sash and Door Mills, Railroad Companies, Car Builders and others will consult their own interests by using it. Also Barton's Emery Cloth, Emery Paper, and Flint Paper, furnished in rolls or reams. MANUFACTURED BY H. H. BARTON & SON CO., 109 South Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. ---_...-._._._---_.._---------_._--_._------_._----------_ ....~. cS WEEKLY ARTISAN ..._•• _.. . . •• .. ••• _. •• _.I. . _ - Veneer Pre ..... dIfferent kin1. and lizel (ate.ted) Veneer Presses Glue Spreaders Glue Heaters Trucks, Etc" Etc. These Specialties are used all Over the World Power Feed Glue Spreadine Maehine. Single. Double and CombInation. (atented) (Sozea 12 In. to 1I4 In wide.) tions, and permIts the use of statIOn faCIlities by the express company The express company on Its part assumes all the n'ik for damage to express matter and all liabIlity for mJury to Its employees, and agrees to pay the railway company a fixed per cent of its gross earnmgs, wIth a gualanteed m1111mU111 amount It was formerly the custom to make the contracts upon a tonnage basIs, but the gross ear111ng~ plan IS no\\ m general use. After deductmg the amounts paId carner~ f01 express pnvileges, the remamder IS a\ a1lable for pay menb of all ex:penses of operation, interest, taxes, dn 1dencl'i, etc" For transportation the raIlroads in 1909 recelveJ slightl) more than 477 per cent of the aggregate charges collected upon all express parcels passing 0\ er the respectn e lmes The remaining 52-3 per cent represents the charge for the terminal serv1ce~that IS, that portion of the sen Ice \\ hlch IS dIrectly performed by the extpress companies It is self-evident that the cost of transportation bv raIl increases in proportIOn to distance, and that the element of dIstance does not enter into the cost of term mal ,;en Ice It is equally eVIdent, therefore, that \\ hlle the charge for trans-portation should mcrease wl'th the d1'itance, the char~e for terminal serVIce should rem am unchanged, 1rrc,;pectn e of dIstance by rail, inasmuch as the termmal sen Ice performed is the same. whether the rail transportatIOn IS long or ,;h01 t It IS nevertheless the practice of the express CDmpanle-- to increase in proportion to dIstance the charges exacted for Hand Feed Glneine Machine (alellt pend.na.l Many Itylel and lizel. Wood-Working Machinery and Supplies LET US KNOW YOUR WANTS Ne 20 Glue Heater CHAS. E. FRANCIS COMPANY, Main Office and Works, Rushville, Ind. - ---' '" . _.0 .. _ ... ... .. . . ... .. No.6 Glue Heater. purely termmal servIces, whereby a much higher charge is 1mpo"ed at one pomt than IS imtposed at al1lother for an Iden-tic 11 --en Ice \s noted abO\ e, the transIJOrtatIon service, which is \\ 11('1/\ performeJ by raIlroads, IS paId for by an agreed per-centage of the total express recclpt,; ThIS basis of compen-qtIOn does not nece~sanly bear any defilllte relation to the co"t of rendenng the tran'ipor tatIon sen Ice and is in some degree arbItrary An offiCial analYSIS of express rates with a \ 1C\\ to 1 eadJ ue tment should therefore cover the present charge~ paId by the express compallles to the railroads for transportatIOn, \\ Ith a VIew to determmmg whether those charges are Ju,;t and reasonaJble Furniture Fires. John P Carlson's furniture snore at Bruce, S Dak, was damaged by fire to the extent of about $1,500 on May 12 Insured John \Yard. fur111ture dealer, was the principal loser in a fire that destro) ed three bUll dings at Colfax, Ill, on May 1; HI'; lo~,; e--tlmateJ at $4,500 IS well covered by 1l1surance. The four story bnck burldl11g occupIed by Koch & Henke turlllture dealers on Loram street, Cleveland, 0, was burned on ::\Iay 13 Koch & Henke's stock was almost completely de~troyed The total loss wa'i about $350,000 well oovered in 1l1'iurance ..... -------------------- -_.-.--.---.----------------------t MOON DESK COMPANY DESKS OF MERIT ....-----_. - ..- .- - - ..-- .,. - . ------ ------------_. -- _. ---_.. .. MUSKEGON, MICH. .. WEEKLY ARTISAN 7 ~ a.a ••• _. __ ._. __ •• •__ .~_~._. ._._.~._._. ._. __• __ ._.~._._. __• __._._._._. ••••• - ••••••••••• __ ._- •• ~ I WALTER CLARK VENEER GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. COMPANY YOll cannot find better Quarter Sawed Oak Veneer than we could furnish you right now. Write us. SUMMER HOUSE DECORATIONS. ~----.-..- .... - -- _. _. _. _._._._._.~._ _._---_.----- .----------------_. - -_ ..- _ - - .. .- ... More Hints and Suggestions as to Materials9 Color Schemes9 Etc. Many things should be thought out before redecoratmg a room As spring is the time when thoughts turn to lighter styles after having been surrounded by heavier effects all winter, the force of contrast appeals to the average woman. Yet there are cautlOns to be borne in mind when a woman is planning color schemEs to freshen up country or city rooms For instance If the ceilings are high don't use a striped paper; if the room is light use a restful color, and If dark reverse it and the effect will always be good. Many women nowadays hke a color scheme of different tints on a floor giving a shading of tones Although thi'3 may be harmonious it often becomes tIresome, for it seems as though you could never get away from it, and after a while you take an inteme dislike to anything approaching that particular color. A much prettier way is to have differ-em colors, one blending into the other by force of contrast, gradually shading off to a lighter tint at the end of a floor, thu<.,gIving the perspective or shadowy feehng of dIstance. For bedrooms use only soft neutral tones on the walls. \Vhatever color you prefer for contrast can be in the frieze above. For e~ample, take a white m01re paper with a cut out frieze of hlacs. The hangings can be of white net with a full valance on which can be sewed a band of hlac material, WIth the outsIde edges shaped to your fancy and finished with a lace braid The net bedspread can be made to makh WIth a full gathered flounce and monogram m the centre of the same hlac material and similarly treated A plain hlac rug completes the scheme. ~-_.--_.-._._.-- _--------------- I .- ....__ ._~ We are Special Tool Manufacturers for the Wood Working Trade.. Our SOLID STEEL MOULDING CUHERS are the Best in the World SPECIAL ORDERS SOLICITED AND GUARANTEED SATISFACTORY WOOD WORKERS TOOL COMPANY, 542 Jackson Blvd., CHICAGO. SAW, KNIFE AND TOOL MANUFACTURERS I~ ad _._.a ._. __ •• a •••••• aa ••• ~ If you prefer white alone for bedrooms cut out friezes of dIfferent flowers can be used which will relieve the monot-ony The hangmgs can be of simply endless variety, some WIth the cut out cretonne idea, which many persons like, others of certonne alone Then again in summer homes silk-oline looks cool and doe" not keep out the air. A hall is always an important factor in the decorative scheme of a house and should be well considered. not only for its own sake, to give it a spacious look if it is small, but also for the color effect on the rooms which open out of it, for a wrong note here will spall the whole. It sometimes hap-pens that the entrance hall of a small house in the country has a window or two with an ugly outlook which it is de-sirable to hide If stained glass IS out of the question on account of the expense the glass can be covered with one of the matenals which give the effect of stained glass, cost little and come in pretty designs. A very pretty hall in a remodelled country farmhouse had on the walls a landscalpe paper showing an old mill with water running from the wheel It was a quaint conceit and was the right thing in the right place, as the hall was light and the tones were soft and subdued as though mellowed by time. As for woodwork, white enamel is always good and looks cool if chIldren are romping aibout. Forest green is very good in summer dining room with a high wainscot and colored cotton tapestry frieze :vbove it, provided it is a light room; otherwise it would look sombre. Dark Flemish or English oak trim is inadvisable except in good sized rooms, as it looks heavy in small spaces. For furniture white enamel is servicealble, and is prettier still when cane is inserted in panels. This is intended principally for bedrooms and reception rooms, but it looks well too in a "ummer dining room with the color note, say, of rose. On the walls, the chair seats and sideboard the same tone can be used 111 some design, and it may appear in either flowers or border on the china. With a plain rose rug and white trim and the glitter of glass and silver and the white n3Jpery such a dining room would be especially good for the seashore on dark daJls. For bedrooms in the country the large white enamel washstands are good Have the china match the room in color. The waste paper baskets and laundry bags hung in closets should also have the prevaihng color note in them. The note paper on the desks or writing tables should be stamped with the name given to the house-it gives a cer-tain style to the place-and a guest book is always pleasant to keep -New York Sun. 8 WEEKLY ARTISAN LUMBER WILL NOT BE CHEAPER. Mr. Nichols Talks of Conditions as lIe I<'ouud Them iu the South. "I can not ~ee any I ea~oll tm c"pect111g d c1ed111t 111 thle the pnces of halc1\\oc'dlumbel at j1lc--ent 1101 111 the lntnre, sald F I :--lchol'3 uf the :--Ichol-- C'\c Lu" Ll11nbu CClIlIpdm, Grand Rapld'3, la~t 1\ eune'3Ja\ . I have Ju~t letl11ned 11um a southern tllp.· hc contmuec1 ",mc1 I (!Jd not hncl dm l?,lldt supply of haldwood lumbel at am JlC11nt \Io"t ot the 111111~ are bus) and thl" ~ea'3on's cnt \\111 be lan:;e bnt lW! Llll;e enongh to cause a Jechne m pllce~ on all\ \alllt\ Thtlc I" a pcssl1b11lty of an 0\ er ~uppl.\ 01 qnartel-"a \\ ul oak a t pIC" ent, but It WIll all be needed It IS good quff to hold and the pnces w11l SUIely be ma111tall1ed "The most acb\ e "\anet1e~ 01 har.h\ ood at pI C"c n t ,1Il maple and bIrch Both are mo\ ln~ 11\eh and the c1Clll,lIHI for maple, espeCIally, IS remalkabh --rrong. a" It h,l" bccn smce the first of the year In orclel to renu\ .,ome ot clUl contracts for maple that \\ e had last \ ear. \\ e \\ ere oblIl?,ul tl) add $6 per thousand to last \ ear'", pnce" and "nce then 'lbont $2 more has been addeJ BIrch ha" al"o ach anccd m ])[1(( ,1Ild the demand, locally at least, IS e"-ceedll1:{h "tlC)I1g" "In the south gum 1'3the most act1\ e \ dnlt\ at l)fC"C 11\ The demand IS good and pnee'" hd\ c been ach anelll a hunt $3 per thou"anJ, smce the first of the \ eal. an(l I l]lIllk the \ WIll go higher The pnce of oak, 01 cour"e. depend" Idl!.;ch on the demand from the fl1ll11ture makel" I hat c1elll,llLCldt pn:"ent IS not qUIte so urgent a" It \\ a" d In\ mOllth" a~) but lt 1'3 stIll good and unless the faetune" al e tu hc ,hut daVIn entlre1) thele IS no plOlbabl1tt.\ that pllee~ \\111 he 10\\ er TImber has become too '3cal ce to 11bt ltv am l" 1)(C tatlOn of ]o\', er pnces for harch\ ood lumber dt )1I e--U11 iiI lt1 the future "Our busmes" has been gooJ "0 fdl thl-- \ ear It It l,)11 tmues as It ha" been '30 far the \ o]ume \\ III be mCllC than doU'ble that of an} other year m our e,,"penence \ \ e dl e rUl1l1mg our m11ls 0\ ertlme no\\ as \\ e hay e been lur ~ol11e time" Canadian View of Reciprocity. \Vallace Kesbltt, former JustIce of the "'upreme COutt 01 Canada. saId some \ ery frank th1l1g~ ahemt the pos--lhl1Jt, ut a recIprocIty treaty between the lTllIted ~tate-- and CanacLI dt a d1l1ner of the Econonllc Club at the Hutcl \ '-to!, \ ell 1irk the othel llIght ~mong the~e \\ a-- hi" _tatel11cnt tlHt a, I ,n:.: as the chIef executl\ e of thIS countJ.\ I" unable to conti 01 certam peclal 1I1tele'-h 111 the "enate, nelthel Canada nOl thc 1:"l11ted States need expect closel tl ade rela tlon -- th f(lU~ h d lo\\enng of the tanff \\ all '3 HI'" '3peech follo\\ cd OIlC ])\ Henry M \i\lllItney, formel pre--Ident of the Bu--tOll Chamhel of Commerce, 111 Whllh noth1l1g hut the mo--t glol\ mg pI ""- peets for mutual plo;,penty \'\ere pIctured on the ('ont1l1£;e'll \ of a reCIproCIty treaty be1l1g made "There were one or two thIng'" 111 }Ir \ \ llltne\ " ~l'lll h that were new to me as a Canadian," '3ald 1u"'tlce "e,,1 Itt "If hIS hypotheSIS of a leClproClt) treah hem£; d :::;ualal1t\ "t the peace of the world can be prm en I hope that hc 'IIIII travel the breadth of Canada and lepeat the "peech thdt he made this evenmg I confe'3" that the C,lIlacltan" 111 ~,l1el al feel that thIS country has been a httk rough 111 Ih tleaill1l lit of their government !\s a government, \\e Cdnadlan" C 1'-- ltke you; as a people, we love you "One great weakness m your constltutlOn, and I "peak WIth fnendly frankness, IS that Jour execut1\ e makes a l)3.r-gam and then somebody m the senate kIcks It 0\ er Afl er ledllll11~ ,dl the other fellem 1'3\\ 11hng to do the senate throvv s dUI\ n the a~lee11lCnt and nuke" a ne\\ proposal on what It ha'3 leal neel 1]1I" n1dke~ u" very tll1l1d m our dealmg'3 WIth \ ou \ treat \ of I euproClt) between u" \v 111never be made d" lOllQ, ,I" \ mil e"ecu t1\ e 1" PO\verle '" to control certam ~pcL1a] ll1tLlC"r-. ut the upper house of your Congle,,:'>" 1 he "']JLdkcr then "aId that PIe"'ldent 'I dft'S recent utter-an" e ,lt Hulfa]o 1 tgal c1mg the cont1l1ental Interests of thl'1 l U,111 tl \ dnd Canada "mtJ oduced a contUtental dortrme 111 tJ d.le equal ut 11l1pUltance to the }Ionroe Joctnne" "Duostyle" Litigation. 01\ nel" of the Duo;,tyle patent claIm that many manu-tacturel'" and dealCl s are 1I1frmg1l1g on then nghts and hay e ,tal tecl COllIt plOceec11I1g-, to ;,top such mfnngements as w11l be "eell ])\ the 10110\\1I1l.?\,\ hlCh IS a copy of a letter sent out to all ll1anUl,lctul er" of e>::ten'3lon tables Gentlemen \s there are still a number of manufac-tUt el" \\ ho "ee hi to make the "Duostyle" constructlOn of t,t!lle" \\ lthout a hcen,e the' eby lIlfnn~1I1g upon the Klem Made by the Manistee Manufacturmg Co , ManIstee, MICh. pdtent dated \1'111 ICJ, 1898, \\e have been qUIetly secunng l\ Ide !lle 101 thL Pdq nme month-- As a re;,ult, action was L!llllmC1leed \plll 11 ag,lln,t J Blumherg, \Vaukegan, III J for "e1l1l1g tl) the pnhltl. tables manufactured by H C NIemann &- Co. Chlc,lgo mtJ m~mg upon abo\ e named patent The ,ltl/Jlne \" trll the dcfenddnt appeared 111 court on May 4 and fllvl delll1l11 el. 1\111ch goc~ to '3110\'\ that a stubborn fight IS on hand l! l \ lemdnn & Co . have not only been mak1l1g Dno--t\ le< but hay e been persl'3tent 111 advertJsmg tJhe fact that they furl11"h them 1'le,l..,e note. that tlllS ~tllt doe" not pertam to locks, a" \he l-dell1 p,ltcnt I" a e()n~tJuctlOn patent "wheleb} the top hO'll cl'" al e l1Cll1llttecl to 1110\e 111 hwendcnt,ly of the legs" al- ") 1\11u c:1)\ the ()lJter le:{'3 al e permItted to move mdelpen-clln, h ot the Ctntel le~ and the top boards Il1dependently of ,(11\ III the legs 111 other woreL, constl uctlOn perl111tt1l1g the 1Il "CIt ton 01 one or 11101 e fillel s hefore dlvlC1111gthe pedestal III lc~ '" J hb ~ult 1\111be \lgC)IOusly pu~hecl as well as an} others \\ e ma \ start In the near futl11 e \Ve arc oblIged to see that om nght;, arc full} protected ao pl0vlded by law Yours very truly, IV I'3COn'3111FurnIture Company. WEEKLY ARTISAN 9 F. Manufacturer or Willow Furniture SEND FOR CATALOGUE REMINDERS OF THIRTY YEARS AGO. ~,-----------_._------------------------ ----_ .. -- -_ .._-~ Paraliraphs Copied From the Michilian Artisan for Narch, 1881. D Wilfson is about to erect a furniture factory in Baltimore. James Knox is traveling for Bossom & Cuff of Boston, thIS year. J. W. DavIs has purchased the Wrampelmeier factory in LOUlsvl!le. M. Ohmer has retlred from the firm of Ohmer & Son, of Dayton, O. The Louisville (Ky) Furmture comp3.ny closed out thelf retaIl business. L D. Leonard IS representing the Sligh Furmture company m the eastern states. E. Hemenway of Boston, V\ 111engage m the manufacture of ebonized furniture. Manufacturers of furniture m Cmcinnati complain of the ~carClty of freight cars. Charles ShlVenck, a dealer m Omaha, made his first vIsit to Grand RapIds t1115month. Oldenburg & Baltes of Ml!waukee, employ 150 men in the manufacture of parlor frames. Keck, Wmte1halter & Co, is the name of a new firm en-gagmg m the retaIl furniture busines" in Detroit. F E Warren of Cheyenne, 'vVy, bought a heavy bIll of goods of Donnelly & Barnes, III ChIcago recently. , Clark Brother" & Co, of Phl1adelph1a, V\ 111 furmsh the Kaatersk1ll, a new hotel m the Catskl1l mountams. George R Somes of F. M. Holmes & Co., Boston, was m ChIcago recently from whence he Journeyed to St. Loms Bbonized pallor and chamber furmture i:o not very popu-lar. Its sale IS mainly m the form of cabinets and novelties H. D. Moore, travelmg salesman for the Berkey & Gay Furmture company, has returned from a tnp through the mId-dle west. Charles Streit, of Streit & Schmitt, Cincinnati, is the in-ventor of a sofa bed and has received letter::. patent protectmg the same C. Kmll formerly an employe of the Phoemx Furniture company, has opened a stock of furmture in Rock !:oland He IS the lllventor of a foldmg ohaIr and WIll manufacture the same The stock of the late Marcus Stevens. in DetrOlt, has been disposed of, C R Mabley purchaslllg the same Mjr. Brock-way, the old manager of the Stevens store, will be wIth Mr Mabley. By a fire on Jefferson street m Chicago recently, the follow-mg firms sustained losses. H. S Carter & Co, $7,000; L. F. Nonnast, $2,000, Johnson & Kramer, $2.000; John B Gavin, $3,000, Max Tonk, $8,000, Austm & Boynton, $3,000; Otto N ettleman, $3,000. These losses were partly msured. George W Perkms of Pueblo, MIlton S Pnce of Syracuse, G W Avery of Peona, Mr. Burnll of St. LoUls, Jacob Lucas, Mamstee, D M.. Bohn, Petersboro, Ill, A. C Rosenraad, Zee-land, C J Stanford, Atwater, 0 and W P DIlworth, Ft Scott, Kansas, were among the buyers arriving 111Grand RapIds early thIS month. ChIcago correspondence A rumor that there was a Brusque and Rick-e-ty firm making parlor furmture III this city has been venfied. This IS the firm that perpetrated an outrage on art and the finer sens1blbtles of the people by introducing the horse shoe (an emblem of superstItion, suggestive of dust and filth) as as ornament for parlor frames. ThIS firm can never hope to gam a foothold in the trade untl! It makes better stock, whJ1e R1ck-e-ty has yet to learn that it IS more profitable to be a gentleman than a bully and a loafer. The agents of nme glue manufactunng firms were m Grand RapIds recently to attend a glue test. They indulged in a good deal of "Joshmg" dunng theIr stay. "In the Sag111aw valley," one remarked "they make log chains of my glue, be-cause It IS stronger than Iron" "11y glue was used in con-structmg the bndge across the nver at St. LOUlS," another modestly declared. "Do you remember the expenence of the Mormon farmer?" the agent from Boston inqUlred, "No, what was It?" mqUlred the bndge glue man. "The Mormon farmer claImed that he drove a herd of cattle mto Salt Lake and they came out corned beef. HIS claim IS as well grounded as yours about your bndge glue." The successful man in the glue test entered at thIS moment, when the agents proceeded to use hUll as a pigskm m a game of football. and during the scrimmage the offiClal report of the test was destroyed ." .......... wa. • .... e •• ~ Doetsch & Heider Co. Telephone, Lincoln 796 1534·1544 Greenwood Terrace CHICAGO Manufacturers of Parlor Furniture Frames TO Reach OUR FACTORY Take Clybourn Avenue car to Ashland Avenue and walk three blocks North to Greenwood Terrace, then turn East into Green-wood Terrace. Or, Clybourn Avenue car WIthtransfer on South-port Avenue car, thence over Southport Avenue to Greenwood Terrace and walk West. a,.. __ • ------ •• - •• - _ •• - .. MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND NEWS Robert Blast wIll open an undertaking establIshment at Shelly, Iowa Mark Dexter of Kenoml, X eb, has seoured a patent on a tiltalble chair C D A Fesler & Son, have succeeded vv V Fe\\, furni-ture dealer of Lone Tree, Ia R. R. Hill succeeds R J Morton m the furlllture and hardware business at Greensrboro, X C The Frostrburg (l\Id) Furlllture company ha\ e mo\ ed into new quarters at 84 East ::\Ia1l1 street The TaJilor Furlllture and Hardvvare company of Tifton, Ga, are bUlld1l1g a large addition to their store The Rockford (Ill) Desk company are planlllng an ad-dition which will double the capacity of their plant J S De VVItt & Co , furlllture dealers of X on'v alk, 0 , \'vIII double the size of theIr \\ arehouse on "Yest ::\Iam street The Anderson Patent ExtenSIOn Table company of Camden, N J, have mcorporated with capItal stock fixed at $100,000 Stevv art Brothers of Columbus ha\ e been enlarg1l1g near-ly all departments of theIr store which 1:0 no\\ the large"t m Central OhIO The Oppel-Spencer company, furnIture dealers, of Dav-enport, la, have changed theIr name to the Spencer Furni-ture company. A C Hulett, doing busmes as the Hulett "L'nJertakmg company is a new undertaker and dealer m coffins, ca::,keb, etc, at Hattiesburg, J\1Lss The gilt room m the Holland house, in X ew York, IS an ex-act reproduction of the famous gIlt room famou::, In the hb-tory of Holland house, London J\I L BIggar has been appomted rece1\ er for the X e\\ Ohio FurnIture company of Columbus, whIch has been m financial dIstress for some tIme The business of John Biddle, Undertaker, ChIcago, ha", been 1l1corporated by E M vVood, H .\ Brolllllet ancl F 0 Mure10ck CapItal stock, $2,500 The Jacoby FurnIture ~1anufactunng company of York, Pa, have installeJ new mach1l1ery and enlarged the capaclt) of their plant nearly fifty per cent FE, S P and Clara H Templeton, are the mcorpor-ators of tlhe S P Templeton company, funeral Jlrector" ot Bloomington, Ind CapItal stock, $10,000 Frank Miller, furnIture clealer, ot 1\ est Pomt, X eb, h erect1l1g a two-story bnck bUlld1l1g \vhlch \\ III gIve hIm the largest and most COIn elllent store m the town The Norfolk (Va) Furniture Manufactunng corporatIOn have plurchasecl the bul1d1l1g formerly u"ed by the X aval Y M C A and are remodelmg It for a furlllture store Martin P Johnson, for several years money order clerk in the postoffice at Rockford, Ill, has reSIgned to take an important p03ltlOn Vvlth the National Furlllture company New England chair manufacturers compla1l1 of dIfficult) in ~eepmg workmen, many of whom are mclmed to qUIt the chaIr factones and find employment m the textl1e mills George Schmulbach, propnetor of the Red Star Supply company, retail furniture, of MemphIs, Tenn, has filed a voluntary petItIOn m bankruptcy. LiabilitIes $8,955, a::,sets, $6,012. VV E Haworth has purchased an interest m the under-takmg busmess of H C SmIth of WhItewater, IY IS The business IS now conducted under the firm name of SmIth & Haworth. IV VV Heisler has sold his cabinet and upholstering shop m Tacoma, IV ash , to H. G Clark and A Jorgenson, ::\Ir Hebler WIll engage in tihe same business in some other part of the state The buildmg occupied by the late H. J Nelson, veteran furnIture dealer of BurlIngton, Vt, has been sold to a cloth-mg com pan) The Nelson stock will be :sold out and the bt1:omess dIscontmued II 11ham A French & Co, furniture dealers of Minne-apobs, ::\1111n, have moved into their new store on First ave-nue, south, and EIglhtlh streets. They now have one of the best eqUlppeJ stores in the city Ambrose E) on has tradeJ his furnIture store at Stewart, ::\lmn , to F E Russe for store property at Gascogne, Mmn ::\lr Russe \\ 111 take possession of the furniture store on June 1 and \\ III enlarge the stock. The \\<111of ::\Irs Rosa Fleck of MIlwaukee, whose deat1h \\ a" noted la::,t \\ eek reqUIres her four sons to continue WIth then Sister, a::, partner" m the R Fleck Furniture company or lo::,e theIr share m the estate which is valued at $65,000. II ;\ Flatow, formerly WIth the ~ew York Furniture Exchange and Henry Seigel & Co , has taken a positIOn WIth the Clark-Bo\\< chtch company of New Haven, Conn., who no\\ ha\ e one of the finest furlllture stores m New England. 1he ::\IcGee FurnIture company of Fall RIver, Mass, hay e made an a.,slgnment wIlth lIabIlItIes aggregatmg $11,000; assets $2,000 They have offered tJhelr credItors 25 cents on the dollar 111cash or 33 1-3 cents m notes running six, nine and t\\ eh e months Ed", ard T Lennartz and L H Burger, propnetors of the . X ortln\ estern Furlllture company," who worked the popular s\\ mdlIng game in DetrOIt. were arrested and taken back to DetrOIt for tnal on the 'Charge of obtaining money under fabe pretenses \rthur and Albert Shannon and WIllIam Kouns have pl1l chased tlhe stock of Hlte Brothers & Co, furniture deal-er", Fourth and RlOh streets, Columibus, 0, and will con-t1l1ue the Dusmess under the partnershIp name of the Out-fit FUll11ture and Rug company. The Central LTpholstering 'Company of She1boygan, Wis, \\ hlch \\ as organized about three montlhs ago, has purchased a bact of land 80 by 150 feet on the Lyman flats, and WIll erect a substantIal factory bUlIJing to care for theIr busmess \\ hlch has grown rapIdly from the start Ralph S SmIth & Son, furnIture dealers of New London, Conn, hay e sold out to their competItor Thomas F Foran, \\ ho \\ III cont1l1ue the busmess, separate and apart from his Bank street store, under the name of the Foran Furniture company The Smith store was estalbhshed 46 years ago D VY Cress, pr1l1C1pal of sohools wt Clearwater, Neb, \\ ants to engage m t1he furniture busmess m a town ot 1,500 populatlOn w1hIch does not boast a furl11ture store. He has \\ ntten to the Grand RapIds boards of trade asking for the address of manufacturers who sell their products on the con-signment plan Buyers in Grand Rapids. D ?II Kahn of the SImpson-Crawford company, New York, J Baum of the Swgel, Cooper company, Chicago, and R. G. Alexander of the Henry Siegel company, Boston, were among the furl1lture buyer::, who visited Grand Rapids during the past week. WEEKLY ARTISAN THE L. Mac E. VARNISHES BLUE RIBBON RUBBING and POLISHING VARNISH, QUAKER CITY COACH VARNISH-CABINET FLOWING V~RNISH, WHITE MAPLE RUBBING and POLISHING VARNISHES; WHITE MAPLE GLOSS VARNISHES-WHITE REED FLOWING VARNISHES, FLAT ALL VARNISH and ALL DULL FINISH-JAPANS, Etc. DIPPING VARNISHES NOTE-Our many years of practical experience with the Furniture, Plano and kindred lines of manufacture enable us to know Just the kind and quahty of varnishes demanded. Also the fact that our strong corps of salesmen have an already estabhshed trade with this class of customers through visiting them with fillers and stains, makes it possible for us to sell varnishes wIthout additional ex-pense to us, which advantage we are disposed to give to our customers in quahty. Send us a Trial Order. THE LAWRENCE-McFADDEN COMPANY - Philadelphia lished by the Salina Rug Manufacturing company, capitalized at $10,000, with Fred Hederstedt & Co, and other business men of the town as stockholders. Fred Hedersted who will New Factories. J. Westveld &Co., have established a factory, to make mission furniture, porch and door ~creens, at Holland, J\llch Hans Meyer of Manitowoc, \V IS, will engage in the wood-working business and manufacture bar fixtures at Two Rivers, Wis. The Winchester Lumber Manufactunng company are purchasing maohlllery for a new furniture factory which they will estabhsh at \iVinchester, Ky The Belhngham Bay Lumber company are bUIlding a large addition to their plant at Bellmgham, \Nash, and are considering the advisaJbIllty of usmg a part of it as a furni-ture factory. J L HUgglllS, Mrs N eha Evans, J T Ragan and L A Whipple, have organized the Automatic Rockmg Chair com-pany, capltahzed at $5,000 and wIll estalbhsh a factory at HawkinsvJ1le, Fla. The Ring Furmture company, KernersvIlle, N C, has been organized with $50,000 capital by \V S LmvIlle, S G Ring and others The company wIll erect a plant for the manufiacture of kitchen cablllets, safes, etc WIlham Baim, Joseph Wemlberg and Samuel Rubin, have incorporated the Rollup Mattress company, capitahzed at $10,000 to estalbhsh a factory and manufacture and deal in mattresses, mattress matenal and machinery, in Chicago Fort Brothers, MorristOlwn, Tenn, proprietors of the J. P. Fort Lumber company, of the same city, wIll erect a fac-tory for the manufacture of chairs The proposed buildlllg will be 40x150 feet, two stones high, and to be equipped With modern machmery throug'hout Salma, Kan, is to have.a rug factory It will be estab- Made by MamsteelMfg. Co.• Mamstee, Mich be the general manager has gone east to purchase machinery and expects to have the factory ready to begin operations by the first of July. 11 12 WEEKLY ARTISAN Exposition in British India. An agrIcultural and industrIal expositlOn IS to be held at Allahabad, BrItIsh IndIa, opening In December ne\:t Eng-lish manufacturers wIll be \, ell 1epl esentecI. the Gelman government has appoll1ted ItS commetcial attache at the con-sulate- general in Calcutta as Impel tal speCIal cOmmt~SlOnet for the exposition, and It has been resolved to et ect therem a separate German dIvision so as to more leadl1y plomote Ger-man trade interests As many merchants ft om China and other Asiatic countries are expected to VISIt thIS expOSttIon It Rockford Chair and Furniture Co. ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS Dining Room Furniture BUFFETS, CHINA CLOSETS and TABLES Library Furniture-Library Desks, Library Tables, Library Bookcases, Combination Book-cases, Etc. Our entire line will be on exhibition in July on the thIrd floor of the Blodgett Building, Grand Rapids, Mich. \\ 111afrol d a 1 al e OppOl tumty to e\:pand trade It is hoped that ~\mellcan manufactm ers \\ 111be as well represented as Germany and England Contracts for Army Furniture. The Gland Ledge (:\Ilch) ChaIr oOimpany has been award-ed the gm ernment contraot for makmg dmmg room, arm and lIbrary chairs for army officers' quarters, WhICh will amount to about $25,000, and the Stebbms & WIlhelm com-pany of SturglS, :\l1ch, wl11 makel about $10,000 worth of lIbt ary desks fat the same purpose The contracts were a \\ Jrdec1 at \\ d"hmgton last Saturday. ._---. Built with double arbors, sliding table and equipped complete with taper pin guages carefully graduated. This machine represents the height in saw bench con-struction. It is designed and built to reduce the cost of sawing stock. WrIte us for descriptive information. CRESCENT MACHINE WORKS OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Business is Only ··So-So" in New York. New York, :;Vlay 19-' The furmture trade h onh tall, the usual penod of dullne% IS on Ib There l~ 110 "nap OI \ 1m m the trade. All ltnes of tl ade feel the same com!Jtlon" and all parts of the country are more or le~s m the same bcnt Unq-ness cannot always be strong and \\ e have to take the l{ood with the bad The present conc!JtlOns al e not nnu"uaJ m tdct occur every year RetaIlers seem to be pt ett\ \\ ell stocked up and there IS no heavy buymg apparently :\IanuLtcturer, dl e workmg In a faIrly steady manner, \\ holesaJers are hay mg onh moderate orders and are takmg th1l1gs eas) Such ale the comments made by manufacturers and dealel ~ on the plt',cnt busmess condItIons The firm of F. illohr & Co, \\holesalel' and retallel~ 01 ...------------.-------.----------------- furmture at SIxth avenue and Thlrt) -fom th ~treet ha\ e come G d R ·d C to a settlement WIth thm credltors, ha\Il1g 111ddea 23 pet cent ran apl s reseent payment, and the Cambndge Tradmg comp'lI1) has as~umed THB WORLD'S BEST SAW BENCH all assets and habllttles and \\ III LOntIl1Ue the bus1l1e," Stahle Bros are handJmg 111 the ten Iton edst ot Pltt,b111 £; the hne of the ne\\ly org-amzed Cortland C abl let compam whIch makes odd chma closets, three-pIece (!JnLlg re Jl11 "l1lte, of oak and mahogany The Amencan Lookmg Glas:o company 1Ms been II1COl p )1- - ated, to make mlrror~, etc, wlth a capItal of S 10 UOO plomotecl by Edward Van Pelt Dongla"", Saml1el G1a"er and I rLclCIlck T DaVIes. The Mowltz Cabmet company has been 111 '01 pOl atecl \\ lth a capItal of $10.000, to deal m furmtl1l e by \lbert \10\\ ItL WIllIam H Pritchal d and JulItb Roevel The L. McGIllts Furl1lture COl11pan) ha" been IIlcOlj)or.{1tel to manufacture and cleal m homeholcl fllr11lture, \\ lth d. C,tpltd] of $12,000, by AJl11111a11 McGllll", James A \J1cGIlhs and Charles:--' McGIlhs 1hey wdl do busme,,'i 111Og-dembuIg 1\ Y. ...>- ----_._~--------_.-------.-..-..-..' -----~~---------_ .... WEEKLY ARTISAN Emeraency Income Tax. The New York legislature, havmg refused to adopt the income tax amtlndmant, is now consIdermg the advI~abIlIiy of ask1l1g congress to submIt a substItute to the lelShlatures of the vanous states, \\~lth the Idea that It would ~urely pI e-vent the adoptlOn of the amenJment whIch is now awaitmg aCLlon by the statcls The substItute whIch I~ called the emergency mcome tax amendment reads as follows' "Resolved, That the senators and representatIves in con-gress of the state of Now York are hereby requested to urge the congress to submIt to the several states an amendment to the federal constitution empowenng the federal gOVdfl1ment to lay and collect an mcome tax in emergencIes wIthout ap-portionment among the states and wIthout reference to any census or enumeratlOn in substantIally the following terms: "ArtIcle 16. The congress shall have power to declare that an emergclncy yXIStS reqUlnng addItIonal revenue to meet expendItures penmItteJ by thIS constItutlOn, and, in con-nection wIth such declaratlOn, may lay and collect taxes on incomes; except income consIsting of interest on bonds or othclr evidences of indebteJness issued by the U mted States Embossed Mouldmg Mada by Waddell Mfg Co.• Grand RapIds, MlCh. or by any of the seve! al states or by any mumcipal govern-ment maintained under the authonty of one of the Umted States, Wlithout apportionment among the several states and vvIthout regard to any cCi!1SUSor enumeration, but every act establIshmg such a tax shall set forth the purposes for which the revenue aris1l1g there under shall be avaIlable, such taxes shall be umform throughout the United States and no act authonzod by these artIcles shall remam in fOJ1ce f01 a longer period than three years" Faith in Business Conditions. The managers of the Rock Island RaIlroad system '">urely have faIth m bus mess condlltlOn" and eApelct them to glOW better m the near future They have Just placeJ on file in the various states through whIch theIr lInes run an equip-ment agreemCint wIth the Bankers' Trust company of New York, under whIch they WIll get 3,975 freight cars, 50 PaCIfic type locomotIves, 84 consolidated locomotives an,d tenders, five dmeIs, 25 caboose", four McKeen gasolIne motor oars, 20 steCil compartment passenger coaches, four steel postal cars, six combmatlOn baggage and passe)nger cars, six steel combmatlOn mall and baggage cars and 20 steel passenger smokers, at a total cost of about $8,000,000. K early all of the eqUIpment is to be delIvered before Jan 1 next. The Rock Island IS to pay in cash $970.253 and the rest of the pa} ments are to be made semI-annually m sums of . $225,000, amountmg to $6,750,000 For the future payments eqUIpment bonds are to be issued. 13 Bristol,Ct. ,Aug.16,1907. G. R. Veneer Works, Grand Rapids, Mich. Gentlemen: In reply to your letter of Aug. 14th, we beg to call your attention to the fac~ that our superintendent wrote you a per-sonal letter a few days ago cov-erIng the matter of the dry kiln. By reference thereto, you will see just what success we have had, WhICh up to the present time has been unqualified and we are absolutely satisfied with its performance. Yours very truly, THE E. INGRAHAM CO. Wm. S. Ingraham, Treas. 0• () . :c (,) '00; ..S.:.:r:... ~ lot 0 =' ~ ..... r.r () Q c..! . • II tL) ~ 0 =' <.. '0 f» ~ II '0 ca -e. II ~ II. 0 Q) ('I) Z • 0 0 lot - 0 0 .... .. $.t e I-f) 0 ~ --. - ca ~ 14 WEEKLY ARTISAN Grand Rapids Hand 618 North Front St. Screw Co., Orand Rapids, Mich. TRUCK TALKS Might not convince you without evidence. But compare a wagon to our truck, note the similarity of construction fea-tures-- No box bearings; nothing to easily break or get out of order; extra large center wheels, revolving on taper turned axles; wide treads; special first-class cast-ings. Grand Rapids Trucks are first, last and all the time the safest in construction, and positively the best. No. 15 Catalog Shows Them. AUTO TRADE PRESENT AND FUTURE. Enormous Growth Due to Novelty. Newness and Extensive Advertisina. Hugh Chalmers of the Chalmers ::\f otor Car compan) de-livered an addre"s recently, in the DetrOIt College E"ten"lOn course, 111which he said "The automobIle bus111ess has been bUilt up "0 rapldh and particularly 111DetroIt, that the people of DetrOIt gener-ally do not reahze what the automobl1e 111dustrv means "It is estimated that there are 150 automobIle compal11es in the United St<lltes. There are thlrty-fi\ e compal11es 111 MIchigan, with a total capaClty of 140,000 cars annuall) Twenty-five companies are in Detroit, "Ith a total annual capaClty of 85,000 cars and a total capltahzatlOn of $30,000,000 "There are 39,000 people employed b) automobl1e manu-facturers 111Detroit, and 19,000 employed by accessor) manu-facturers, mak111g a total of 58,000 altogether engaged 111 automdbl1e work 111 Detroit ThIS means that more than 200,000 people in DetrOIt are dependent upon the automobile ibusmess Nearly $1,000,000 weekI) IS paId out 111\\ ages here 111 Detroit by automobIle and accessory manufacturers "Nearly $10,000,000 b mvested m automobile factones 111DetrOIt The total value of DetrOIt-made cars tll1'- \ eat w111 be about $200,000,000 DetrOlt manufactures ahout 00 per cent of the natIOnal output of automdblles The auto-mobile industry is now the mo"t stupendous of all manu-factured products "Detroit produces any kind of a car that an) one can want, from a $500 runabout to an $8,000 limousme DetrOit has more cars per thousand populatIOn than any other Clty in the world except Los Angeles "People naturally ask, How long \\111 the automobl1e bus111ess cont111ue, and Isn't It hkely to be overdone? Now, I am not a prophet, and cannot tell Just what is gomg to happen, but I beheye that the automobile is not sulbject to any other companeson, because the automobl1e IS the first l111plOvement 111111dlvldual transportatIOn m centunes. The automobl1e ha" replaced the only tll1ng 111 our civihzation that has been the same thlOughout centunes, and that is the hor"e, so that I thInk the automobile WIll he with us as long as the horse has been \\ lth us. But whether or not the pubhc can take the output of some 200 automohl1e companies is another question "1 helle\ e that the automobl1e business WIll be the We are now puttmg out the best Caster Cups WIth cork bases ever offerea to the trade. These are fimshed m Golden Oak and WhIte Maple m a IIght fimsh These goods are admirable for pohshed floors and furn- Iture rests Theywill not sweat or mar. PRICES. SIze 2)( Inches •.. $4.00 per hundred SIze 2)( In~hes .. 5 00 per hundred 7'ry a Sampl. Ordor FOB Grand Rapid', ..... ... ..... • • • • • • • • • • • •• I • __ • • • • • ••• •••••••••• WEEKLY ARTISAN 15 NO OTHER . ....................................•.. _--_.~ SANDER No. 171 Patented Sand Belt Machine. WYSONO « MILES CO., Cedar St. and Sou. R. R., OREENSBORO, N. C. ..I makes it possible to dispense with hand sanding. Our No. 171 Sander produces a finish on flat surfaces, irregular shapes and mouldings that would be spoiled by hand retouching. Ask for Catalog liE" ,. -.. ... ..... ..... ..., .....•... , .. a_a ... ,_. .-.. leading industry of Detroit for more years yet than any of us will live, and I am not so fearful of reaction in the present situation, because the1 e are so many companies that are building good cars located here Of course, many people figure that where money has been made, it still can be made, and the danger ahead of us is that too many people wIll get to thmking that way. Personally, I would not take much stock in any new company that was Just starting, because I belteve the competition in the future is going to be keener by far than it has been in the past, and competItIOn, of course means the elimination of those who are unalble to withstand it. "The automobile business requires more capital in the conduct of it than most people realize, and, while the profits to successful automdbilq manufacturers haNe been quite large in some instances, yet it must be remembered that the risks have been great in the automobile business, and where large sums have been made it must also be remembered that large sums have been lost. "The automobile is the best advertised product in the world, largely for six reasons. "(1) It is a new business. New things advertise them-selves Millions buy newspapers daily, looking for news Everyone remembers the first automobile The first auto-mobile made in this country was made by George B Selden, whose name has become famous as a result thereof, because of the vast amount of expensive litigation that has taken place over what is known as the so-called Selden patent Automobile manufacturers who produce over 85 per cent of the automdbiles used in this country recognize the validity of the Selden patent. Judge Hough, of the southern dis-trict of the United States circuit court, of New York, sus-tained the validity of the Selden patent, and since that time a great many of the going concern" who fought the patent theretofore have come into what 1S known as the licensed association. Selden was the first man to build a self-pro-pelled vehicle, and naturally secured a very broad patent for his invention, and scarcely any other patent has been liti-gated over so much, and so much money spent over it, and so much time given to its careful thought and study as the Selden patent. "(2) There is a mystery about the automobile It i" a wonderful piece of mechanism-the most wonderful yet in-vented. It is still a curiosity in many sections "(3) AutomdbiLing is a sport Automobile racing ap-peals to spol1ting instinct American people are sport-loving people "( 4) Automobiles appeal to all classes of people-those who cannot own one as well as those who can. Everyone hopes to own an automobile some day. "(5) The automobtle helps solve a universal problem-ttansportation. A question everyone 1S interested in. Auto-mobiles solve the problem of mdiV'idual transportatlOn. Multi-plies the time of the business man. "(6) The adverttsing wh1ch the manufacturers do them-selves; that is, through the national weekly and monthly magazines, the newspapers, b1Uboards and other advertising mediums Th1s is only one reason in SlX, and is not more im-portant than some others in explainmg why automobiles are the best advertised products Trade Between the United States and Panama_ Trade between the United States and the Repubhc of Pana-ma will exceed $22,000,000 in the fiscal year which ends next month, and for the seven years since the Republic of Panama came into existence w1ll approximate $100,000,000 About nine-tenths of th1s total, speaking m very round terms, is merchan-d1se exported from the United States to Panama and about one-tenth merchand1se 1mported mto this country from that Republic. Even these figures do not show the grand total of merchandise sent from the United States to Panama during this period, since such portion of the supplies for the Panama canal and those en-gaged in 1ts construction as were sent from time to time upon government vessels are not mc1uded in the figures, by which this statement of trade with Panama is reported Just what proportion of the merchand1se sent to Panama has been for use in the construction of the canal cannot be definitely determined, though the BntIsh minister at Panama recently esttmated that about one-fifth of the total imports of the Republic were for the commissaries of the canal zone, approximately two-fifths for canal supplies, and the remaining two-fifths for general use New Furniture Dealers. S. H Cull will open a new furniture store at St. Cloud, Fla. The H. F A. Lange company has opened a new furniture store at 371-3 Main street, Worcester, Mass. R. E. Lowery has opened his new furniture store in Tus-caloosa, Ala., in the building formerly occupied by the old City Furniture company. Andrew Peterson, who recently sold his furniture store at Ros5eau, Mmn, will open a new furniture and carpet store at Pelican Falls, same state. F. H Brockway and H S. Stedman of Minneapolis, are erectmg a blulding at P~llbrook, M\Jnt, in which they will open a furniture store on July 1. Tanner & Kent-B. B. Tanner and T. V. Kent-popular grocers of Wrightsville, Ga, have decided to go into the retail furniture busines::,. They will open a new stock in July. 16 WEEKLY ARTISAN "'UWL.laHIEO EVERT SATURDAY WY THE MICHIGAN ARTISAN COMPANY --------------------- - ---- .U.SCAI~TION $1•• 0 ~EA YEAR ANYWHEREIN THE UNITED STATES OTHEACDUNTAIES $2 00 ~ER YEAR. SINGLE CO~IE. 5 CENTS. PU.LICATION O ......ICE. 101-112 NO,.TH DIVISION ST. G,.AND RAI"IDS. MICH. A S WHITE. MANAGINQ EDITOA Entered as lecond class matter, July 5. 1909, at the post office at Grand RapIds, MIchIgan under the act of March 3, 1879 CHICAGO REPRESENTATIVEE LEVY. Ever since Austraha gave us the ballot system that 1S nO\\ used in all the states and C1tles, that country ha" been generally cons1dered as a sort of 11110delfor ad\ anced leg1slat1On The laws of the Austrahan states relatlve to the ~ettlement of labor d1sputes have frequently been commended and approved, e"peCl-ally by so-called labor leaders, \\ ho haye declared them lIberal, progressive, fair and just, but there may be a change m such sentiment soon New South \Vales has recently enacted a la\\ that would not be pleasmg to :\..mencan labor l1111On" It em powers any pohce officer aboye the rank of sergeant \\ hen he has any reasonable ground to behe\ e that an) bmldmg or place is being used for a meetmg for mStlgatmg or a1dmg m the con-tinuance of a stnke, or lockout, to enter such bmldmg b) break-ing open doors, etc, and se1ze any documenh \\ l11ch he may reasonably suspect relate to such lockout, etc :\..meetmg of two or more persons assembled for the foregomg purposes. etc , 1S declared unlawful Any per~on takmg part m such meetmg, who has reason to belIeve that the probable consequences of "uch strike or lockout w1II be to depnve the publIc eIther \\ holh or to a great extent, of the supply of a neCeSbar) com1110dlt\, shall be lIable to Impnsonment for 1'.\ elve months The- purpose of the law is evidently to protect the thIrd party-the publIc-from loss, injury and mconvemence dunng labor troubles a matter 111 which Americans surely need enlIghtenment Perhaps the) may learn from the expenence of New South \Vales The consular repm t;, ~hO\\ that Canada h g-ettll1g the be<;t of the Enghsh emIgrant;, thl~ year Ch er 30000 ha\ e left England for the Amencan dommlon thb ~pnng and the num ber is clXpectell to reach 50,000 befm e tll e end of the summer, while the number commg from England to the U11Ited States WIll not C1xceed 10,000 Among those ~omg to Canada are many ..,kllled workmen and not a fe\\ \\ lith con-siderable capItal Germany, hO\\ e\ er, contmue.., to send most of her emIgrants to the U11Ited States Dunng the past Y'ear about 260,000 left that country 'Ia Bremen and Hamburg, more than 70 per cent commg to thIS country and most of the others g;mng to Argentma anll Branl Tho great bulk of the German emlg1 ants are cdmmon laborer" and fc\\ of them have any capItal Years ago (the exact number 1S1mmatenal) the publl"her of the M1ch1gan Artl"an recog11lzmg the need of a furnIture Journal to promote the mterest of the fUl11lture trade of Cmomnatt, despatched "Q D" one of It;, staff (Holbrook) to that city w1th the ondorsements and backmg nece~"ary to sta1 t the FurnitUl e ,IV orker. Holbrook gave it a good start and then turned 1t oyer to the present owners N ow its degenerate ellttor u"e'i 1tS columns to pubhsh fal'iehoods about the .\rtt'ian The supporters of the \Vorker livmg in Cmcmnat1 'ihould not bCIcharged w1th ingratttude on account of the Jealou<;y and unfa1rness of the man who now raJutles around m the seat, formerly filled by Holbrook, Brown and :\Iondschm. The Art1"an has never neglected the shghtCist opportu-nIb to expres'" 1tS v10lent antipathy for anythmg and e1very-thmg connectecl w1th or emanatmg from the C1ty of Cinci-natl -Fur11lture \IV orker The author of the above is a malicious liar. He knows the above charge against the Artisan is untrue, but a lie sel ves his purposes as well as the truth. He hes at all times-awake or asleep By re-electmg A F. Karges of Evansville to the office of pre'ildent, the National Furmture Manufacturers' assooi-ation recogmzed the fa1thful servvce of a tried and true offic1al and reta111ed the cont111uance of a 'iervant who would "<l.cnfice porsonal 111terest to promote the welfare of the trade. E\ ans\ l11e \Vas strongly represented at the meeting of the Kat10nal Furmture assoc1ation in Ch1cago. With Benja- 111111Bosse, Harry Schu, "Ed" Ploeger, A. F Karges and other:, of the1r class present, Evansville exercised a salutary 111fluence 111the deliberat10ns of the assoClation. '\ resolut1On has been introduced in Congress calling for the appointment of a comm1ttee to investigate the express oompames "Yhen the committee shall bel app0111ted and the spade~ are put into the companies' affiairs, let every business ma'l prepare to hold h1s nose It i" whbpered by delegates who attended the meel1ing of the 1\atlOnal Furmture Manufacturers' association at Chi~ cago, that the CO'it of manufacturing goods is still an un- --01'.ed problem Thelre are a considerable number of gues-ser:, still 111the busmess The 1110st effectlve rt:lgulatIon of the business of trans-portmg small packages would follow the passage of the parcels post bill, now pIgeonholed in the rooms of the house COml11lttee on postal affairs, at Washington. To 11\e do\'. n the regrets of not having engaged in the furniture manufBctunng business 1S beooming morel diffi-cult for the people of the world Property owners expect that Gary, Ind, will become a great cIty All 1t needs to attam and retain greatness is ten or twelve furmture factories RetaIler.., of Grand Rapids will partIcIpate largely 111the fes1Jlvltles of h0111e coming week in August next Ltfe 1S not e2Gactly "one grand, ,",weet song," for travel-mg salesmen 111the furniture trade. One 1110nth hence the furmture eXpO'iirt:1On season will be m b10ss0111 SpeCla1 sales 111porch and lawn furmture \\111 be in order soon WEEKLY ARTISAN 17 ...--~-----_~ . . • • • • •• ·1 I GLOBE VISE and TRUCK CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Don't you want the BEST bench that was ever offered for the price, $12.00 (Subject to discount) This bench is 34 inches high, 6 feet, 3 inches long-front 15 inches; made of thoroughly kiln-dried hard maple strips glued together, 2% inches thick. The balance-13 inches is soft wood. Can ship on receipt of order. ~-----------_._._._-----_._-------_._--_._._---.-------~ .._ .._._--- .._---------_ ..-- .... ..- .. ."'I Orientals Originated the Cabinet. The rage for cablllets 111 France onginated during the reign of Henry III, althoough the Onentals were the first to make them. However, It was the Itahan artIsts who chiefly excelled in the con-structlOn and still more, In the decoratIOn of cabinets, wIth the result that from the end of the sIxteenth century the demand for those exported from the peninsula became immense. The ItalIan manufacturers used for them costly exotic woods, whIch they used wIth colored marquetene, Ivory, shells and mother of pearl, ennched WIth je~ elry, glvlllg a new impulse to artIsans and craftsmen The use of bronze In the ornamen-tatlOn of French furmture, of whlCh ,,0 many examples eXIst, was WIthout doubt "uggested by the delightful comblllatiom of gold and sdver designed by cabInet makers beyond the Alps. The use of tortoise shell plaques, In which the Boulles excelled, w.as also eVIdently suggested by the mosaics which Florentine artists began 111 the Imddle of the sixteenth century, to work into theIr cabmets and table tops. At the beglll11lng of the century an incomprehemlble and melancholy whIm led northern craftsmen to use ebony, original-ly a mere accessory of marquetene, as a material for the whole of the cabmets made by them, WIthout anythlllg to relIeve It, and it was to study thIS kind of work that Henry IV sent a corps of carefully selected workmen to Holland, assigning them quar-ters in the Louvre, on their return and dubbing them "menuisiers en ebene,'; whIch I'; the ongin of the name "ebenists," given to makers of furniture. A great many Itahan cabinets have been pre"erved in France, one of whl':.:h in the Cluny museum, may be mentlOl1ed as a typical example It is of very complicated structure, so overladen with all manner of ornamentation that it is really less hke a work of art than a masterpIece of tncks of vanous trades. From It the French got the Idea of using bronze, inlaying with gold and silver in iron. A Valuable Little Book. The Amencan Blower company of DetrOlt, will have ready for distributlOn at the Foundrymen's convention, at Detroit, June 6 to 10, a handsome book, the title of which will be em-bossed upon the cover as follows: "Blower Equipment for the Modern Foundry." The work embodies a treatise on foundry heating and ven-tilation by F. R. StilI. A section is devoted to driving of cu-pola blowers by dIrect connected electric motors Several ap-plications of exhaust fans and ventilating apparatus are illus-trated. An interesting comparison of the generating of electric cur-rent by isolated electric light and power plants, with the pur-chase of current statIOns, is worked out, giving Just the infor-mation the average manufacturer needs to consider. The book wiII be mal1ed gratis to 1l1telested parties. The fatiher of tW1l1Scan't be blamed 1£ he has a deuce of a tIme over them SEND FOR CATALOGUE. 18 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 10 a line of the "Alaskas," Write for our handsome catalogue and price lists. THE ALASKA REFRIGERATOR COMPANY, EXCI:~~8u~~;~~M:~US:~KoErGON, MICH. New York Ofhce, 369 Broadway, L E Moon, Manager .._-- EASTERN WOOL MARKETS. Prices for New Clip Will Be Lower Than a Year Alio. New York, May 19 -Importers of carpet \\ ools \\ ho ex-pected to see the demand for raw matenal qUIcken thIs week have been dlsappolllted It IS e\ Ident that the miii<: have been so busy wIth the fall openlllgs that \ ery lIttle tIme could be gn en to the \\ 001 market The bustle attenchng the onening of a new season, howey er, \\ 111<:ttbslde \ en <:hortly anJ It is reasonable to suppose that ra\\ matenal \\ 111reLen e a greater degree of attention Carpet wool buyers hay e been out of the market for so long a tIme that dealers hay e been consIderably perple"xed regarding the matter Some tnne ago It \\ a" concluded that all of the mills have had a larger store of \\ 001 than mo"t market factors would concede \\ as the fact As the factone" were well under order, and WIth rare exceptIons con<:umln~ enormous amounts of \\ 001, the ..,ource of supph \\ as rather puzzhng, even if the manufacturers har! a surplth III eAces_ of normal III hand DUring the past \" eek <:tathtlclan" In the trade began to compIle the figures \\ hlch sho\\ the \\ Ith-drawals from bonded warehouse from week to week and the results arrived at went far 111solving thIS \"001 nddle The WIthdrawals slllce the first of last December, hay e not onh been steady, but they have been on a pretty large <:cale Dur-ing the twenty-two weeks that hay e passed S111ceDecember 1, 1909, the average weekly WIthdrawals of Chllla" alone amounted to 450 bales, each conta111111g about 500 pouncls of wool It can be seen readIly by these figures that near" 5,000,000 pounds of Chllla wool has gone 111tOconsumptIOn. while the market remained practically dormant In adci!tlon there was a huge volume of Class III \"001 of othel descnp-tions wlthdra\\ n also \iVhile the cost of Chllla wool appears very high to some buyers, it is interesting to note that OW111gto an advance III the rate of exchange the cost of these wools on thIS market is about 7 per cent lower than the pnces buyers would be compelled to pay on the primary market It may be stated, however, that no large quantities of Chll1a \\ 001 are at pres-ent procurable on the prodUCing centers The arnval of addItional ;,ample'3 of ne\\ clip \\ 001 from the territOries is being awaIted by the leadlllg handlers, and it is expected that WIth larger consIgnments than those ob-tainable last season the local market w11l be more of a factor III these wools than It was during the recent past That the basis of value WIll be more reasonaJble IS a foregone con-clusion, as the co"t of Imtial shIpments sho\\ s a declllle of about 20 per cent compared WIth the figures named at the _._ .... - .._ ..... --- ._ ...I beginning of the last season The latest advices from Texas '3tate that sheanng IS gOlllg on in all sections of the State, but \\ 001 gro\\ ers are not quotlllg pnces to dealers or mills as yet Classification Committee in Grand Rapids. The railroad freight claso,ification commIttee, consIsting of R '\ Call} er, chaIrman, E H Dulaney, R C Fyfe, G H Kelland, F II ::\leadows, R. N Powe, F W SmIth, J N Stead\\ ell anJ Elmer H ·Wood, visited Grand Rapids this \\eek and put III two days investigating WIth a vIew of fram- Ing claSSIficatIOn rnles that may be used III all section'3 of the countn II hlle III the city the gentlemen were the guests of the local FurnIture ::\lanufacturers' aSSOCIation On Thursday the commIttee dl\ Ided Illto gronps each accompamed by a local freIght man and an escort of furmture manufacturers selected by Presdent AddIson S Goodman, viSIted and ins,pected local furl1lture factOries. givlllg packlllg and shipping methods .,peClal attentIOn In the evening the committee was enter-tamed at an mformal dlllner Iby the transportation commIttee of the hoard of trade, E K Prichett, chairman. The work on Fmday was in the same line as on Thurs-day, considerable time was given to consultation with local raIlroad agents In the evening the furniture manufacturers' aSSOCiatIOn enterta1l1ed the committee wit ha d1l1ner served in the GUIld rooms ChaIrman Collyel and other members of the committee express themselves as confident that their "Work will result III the adoption of Ulllform classification rules ,by the western and <:outhern as"oclatlOns and hope to be alble to induce the ea<:tern and PaCIfic coast associatIOns to adopt them \t the dllll1er Thursday night, Mr Collyer repeated the hI" tOr) of cla s'3ificatlOns, '3ubstantially as given in his New York and ChIcago addresses, whIch have he en pubhshed III the II'eekly Artisan He also (hscussed the Importance of proper packlllg, and complimented Grand RapIds furl1lture "hlppers on high standard maintallled here "The freight los"es and damage in this country," he said, "IS e;,timated at $20,000,000 a year and thl" with the fire loss represents a tremendous draw upon the national resources and should be regarded as one item in the higher CO'3tof living Before the question of ratll1g can be considered, the conditIOns precedent to the receIpt of freIght mllSt be determllled and thIS is what the committee is now trying- to arrive at. "An adjustment of classification would not be immedi-ately accompanied [by a readjustment of tariff scales to a common basis per ton mile in all parts of the country, al-though that might come in time, ,but it would make the con-dItIon" of shIpment the same in all sections, and make it pos- WEEKLY ARTISAN It's not dIfficultto produce the popular effects required for MISSION FINISHED PORCH FURNITURE But Porch Furniture demands more than the mere effects. It demands durability under outdoor conditions. AURORA PORCH STAINS have been perfected after much study and experiment. They meet the NEW need. They resist the weather lIke first class paint, yet retain the transparentbeauty of high grade stain. WEATHERED OAK, MISSION BROWNS, MOSS GREENS, DULL BLACKS, SOFT REDS, AND OTHER POPULAR EFFECTS. Write for sample panel. To facilitateprompt attention,address Desk No.3. MARIETTA PAINT 8 COLOR CO., Marietta, Ohio. sible to properly e~press the relation which each article should bear to the whole classification scheme throughout the country It is no part of the present work to put ratmg .on the classification, yet a near wpproach to this is m hav1l1g to decide what articles shall Ibe recognized as entitled to carload rating, as this determines minimum carload weight The furniture shippers of Grand RapIds are much inter-e'ited in the plan for minmum carload weight of larger size than standard. I am famtliar with the competItIve forces that you face in putting your goods into western markets and m the growing burden of decreasmg supplies of raw ma-terial. The same condItion faces the New England manu-facturers. The solutIon is an increasingly high stand-ard of output as compared with competitIve manu-facturers. I take It you will be satIsfied to adjust your shipping condItIOns to whatever rule may 1:le adopted provided your competitors are made to work under the same rule" A general dIscussion of shIpping problems followed Mr Collyer's address, dunng which the fact was brought out that glass front furlllture traveled more safely if crated than If boxed, handler bse1l1g more careful when they see the glass and also 1:lecause the crates are easIer to handle. ThIS seemed to be news fOI Mr Colyer, but several of those who jomed in the dIscussion confirmed It A Crisp Criticism. EdItor Weekly Artisan Dear SIr In a recent ISSue of your paper, the resolutIOns of the executIve committee of the National RetaIl Furniture Dealers' association adopted m Chicago, was published. The points covered m the resolutions are well taken, and doubtless - I! I represent the Ideas of the entire retail trade, but, how effec-tive are the Ideas of the retail trade with some of the factone'i when a test occurs? How generally do the factories adhere to their avowed purpose when an opportulllty occurs to get a good sized order mdirectly? How would the trade look at an instance of an order being accepted for a small hotel from a dry goods firm who have not a single article of furniture on sale The dry goods firm in question have made an announcement that later in the year they would add a furlllture department to their store, but at present time, when an order was sent factory, the buildmg for furniture department was m actual use as an office buildmg The hotel order was a side issue How does this instance impress trade, represented by the dealers' associations? A patron desired to match out a sectional bokcase by adding three sections As natural m these days, the lady wrote the factory for pnce, and at same time placed her order WIth local firm, but in the course of three days called to say that she had received a reply from a factory offenng to deliver the parts at one-third off the manu-facturers' ltst, plus $100 for freight? How largely do the factories protect the dealer described in the resolution that reads. "The associatIOn recognizes no one as a legitimate and bonafide furniture dealer except such as carry at all tImes a full stock of furniture, commensurate with the localtty in which they are doing business" We all know high class factories that advertIse largely who never send out good'i dIrect. But the exceptions, how about them? If these inCIdents occur in one place doubtless they do in others A Retatler \iVho Reads The Artisan. Colorado Springs, May 17, 1910. 19 THE PENDING FEDERAL RAILROAD BILL Some of the Important Fe'atures That Are Now Expected to Be Approved by Congress. That Congrcs:o will pa"s the pending Iaill odd hill I" no\\ genenally conceded That 1t \\ III dlfter \\ 1del) m mam part1- culars from the bill drawn and apprm ed b) Prc"ldent Taft 1S equally apparent The bill ha:o been amendeJ so radically and so frequently that 1t has been difficult to keep posted on the charges, but the followmg synopsh \\ 111em er the mo~t ,important of them Both hou"e and "enate ha\ e taken ~Tcat hberties w1th the ongmal measure, making changes \Hth-out regard to the PreSident's recommendatIOns, and as the) are yet at variance, more amendments are hkely to be made before the bill becomes a law The merger clause, wh1ch \\ as m effect an attack on the Sherman law, has been elimmateJ, as was abo the sectIOn rUl1horizing traffic agreements among the ra1lroads. Sec-tions 13, 14 and 15, providmg a plan for the regulation of the capitalization of railroad corporatIOns, ma) also be dropped from the senate bill, but the house has adhered to them, and has, besides, incorporated mto 1b bill a number ot equallY Jrastic and far-reachmg assertIOns of gOYern mental author-ity One of these makes 1t obhgator) on the ra1hoacb to quote rates correctly to sh1ppers; another gives the Interstate Commerce (ommblOn power to m1tJate 111\e<;tJgatlOn on 1h own complaints; a third prOVides for a Slxt) -da\ su<;pen~lOn of t ates pend111g an investigatIOn b\ the comml s"lOn mto their reasonableness, and a fourth extends the scope of the act, with very doubtlful con"tJtutlOnal \\ arrant, to tele~raDh and telephone compallles domg an mterstate bU:'lmes" The "long and short haul clause" lS another feature of the proposed leg1slatlOn \",hleh, 1f mcorporated therelll a" something more than a "Jokel," \\111 mark anotht:r departure from the admm1stratlOn's program '3till another, and of greater 1mportance, 1S the clause prov1c!lng for the ph) ~Ical valuation of ratlraods-wh1ch the mter:otate comm1:O"lon might today undertake 1f 1t had the funJ", a<; It ha<; thc pm\ er ~or any of a numlber of other matter" appeanng m the origmal measure or grafted on 1t as amendment, Not only 1S the \\ hole "cherne of rate" \ Itall) m\ oh ed in 1he issue presented by the long and short haul quc:'ltliJn, hut the pl"'lpellty of sechon:o and commulllties and the mo\ ement:'l of trade dl e ahke conce~neJ On the theory that the\ mlbt meet \\ ater cOlmpetltlOn to advantge wherever it eX1sts, or has e:X1sted and 1Shkely to eX1st agam, the ra1lroads ha\ r b111lt up a sy:otem of late" under wh1ch intenor points are flagrantl) 0\ ercharged m order to recoup losses resultmg from e'Ctraordmar) la\" rates to coast pomts and places along the larger rl\ ers Fre1ght tanffs are replete wttth instances m \\ hlch an even much htgher rate is charged for the short haul than for the long haul over the same route For in-stance, as has been explameJ by senator Smoat of Utah, the rate on \\ ood from Sdlt Lake C1ty to Boston is $2.13 per hun-dred \\ e1ght, hut 1f the shtpment of wool origmating at Salt Lake mO\ ed 'louthwest to Los Angeles, Cal, a sea coast center, and trans pOlted thence to Boston through Salt Lake, the fre1ght charlSe 1S only $192 per hundred weight. In other \\ ords the t ailroads carry the wool sh1pment destmed to l~o:oton to Los Angeles and hack to Salt Lake C1ty for 21 cenb less than nothmg, as compared with the Salt Lake-to- Bo"ton charge Slmllarly the transcontinental rates to Seattle, Tacoma and other ~ orthwest PaClfic c1ties are cons1derably less than those to such an 1l1lportant intermediate pomt as Spokane. Thh "ort of Jugghng enables the Seattle Jobber to Sh1p his good, mto Spokane m competJtlOn WJth the jobber at that pomt catellng to local trade, as the sum of the through rate to Seattle and the local to Spokane 1Sless than the direct rate from the east to tJhe latter Prett) much the same rate SituatIOn obtains with re-spect to the terntory of the l'ower l\IbSlsslpp1 river To dnve the boats off the stream the ra11 carriers adjusted their tar- 1ff<;to a \ er} low level for all long hauls On first class fre1ght a ulllform rate of 40 cents from Memphis to every rl\ CI pomt south was prov1ded, the schedule applymg nTI-partlall) to Helena, Greenvtlle, Natches, Vlcksburg, Baton Range nd ~e\\ Orleans The re"ult was, wnth rates on other cla"~e" of fre1ght slmilarl) reduced, the boats had to abandon the long hauls and ha\ e practtcally disappearcd from the No 9-Porch Chair Large size. Oak Seat Green or MISSIOnFinish. Weight, 20 pounds No to-Porch Rocker Large size Oak Seat Green or MISSIOn FIUlsh Weight 2tYz pound. No. l1-Porch Settee. Seat 40 Inches long, 17% Inches deep Oak Seat. Green or MISSIOnfimsh Weight, 32 pounds. RICHMOND CHAIR COMPANY, RICHMOND, INDIANA WEEKLY ARTISAN 21 CHOICE TOOLS FOR FURNITURE MAKERS If you do not know the "Oliver" wood working tools, you had better give us your address and have us tell you all about them. We make nothing but Quality tools, the first cost of which is considerable, but which will make more profit for each dollar invested than any of the cheap machines flood-ing the country. "Oliver" New Variety Saw Table No. 11 Will take a saw up to 20' mameter Arbor belt" 6' WIde Sendfor Catalog "B" fordataon Hand Jointers, Saw Tables, Wood Lathes, Sanders, Tenoners, Mortisers, Trimmers, Grinders, Work Benches, Vises, Clamps, Glue Heaters, etc., etc. OLIVER MACHINERY CO. Works and General Offices at 1 to 51 Clancy St. GRAND RAPIDS. MICH., U. S. A. BRANCH OFFICES-Oliver Machinery Co., Hudson Terminal, 50 Church St. New York, Ohvcr MachInery Co , Fm!! Natronal Bank Budding, Chicago, III , Oher Machinery Co , aClflCBUllmng, Scatde, Wash, Ohver Mac/unery Co ,20)·203 Dean.gale, Manchester, Ena lower lIver, the few remainmg steamer'S being engaged ex-clUSIvely m local serVIce Senator Bnstow of Kansas, in dIscussing these facts from the hIstory of raJ1road and steamboat competItIon 111 the south, l11troduced several l11terest111g IllustratIOns on hIS No. 1730-1730 Pull. Made by Grand RapIds Brass Co, Grand Rapids, MICh. own account One of thebe reldted to cotton shipments flam MemphIS to New Orlean, The dIstance between these two CItIes IS 396 mJ1e:", and the rate on cotton over that distance is 20 cents per hundred weIght On the other hand, the rate from Jackson, MIss, to New Orleans, a distance of 183 mJ1es over the same raIlroad, IS 33 cents per hundred weIght, or 13 cents hIgher than the ]\1<::mphi'S-New Orleans tanff schedule All shlprpers, except those dJrectly benefitted, agree that such VIcious absurdItIes 111rate-making should be inhi1bited, Oliver Tools Save Labor U TIme " Tempers « CO$l "OLIVER" No. 16. Band Saw 36 Inches. Made w,1b or WIlboul motor drIve Metal table 36"x 30". Will take I8" under the smde- lilts 45 degrees one way and 7 clegree$ Ibe other way Car-nes a saw up to 1,%11 Wide. OUlllde beanng to lower wheel shaft when not motor doyen Welwh. 1800 lb. when ready 10 shIp at <:11hazards, in the new raIlroad legIslation in congress. It IS not pOSSIble, to be sure, to adopt a mIleage baSIS for rate makmg, nor yet a zone basIS, but thIS thmg of overchargmg Spokane for the benefit of Seattle, and of laying a heavy rate burden on BIrmingham, Ala, to compel15ate for unreasonably low ra tes made to V teks burg or New Orleans-in other words, of makmg the 111tenor cities pay for the unprofitable handlmg of the bUSIness of sea ports or certam nver points-should be brought to an abrnpt and defimte end. A clause prohlbltmg the charging of a le'SS rate for the long than for the short haul over the same road should not only be 111cor-porated m and made an enforceable feature of federal law, but, m addItIon, the Interstate Commerce commISSIon should be gIven the authonty to oven ule a rate vvlhICh 111 itself IS unprofitalbl1e, or I~ even unreasaiJ:>ly low 111 the matter of earn-mg power Five Hundred Houses at Carey. Plans have been submitted to BUIlding Commissioner VV. H Kltver of Gary, Ind, by offiCIals of the Amencan I3ndge company, for the constructIon of 200 houses for its employes, to cost from $1,500 to $3,500. Plans are also being prepal ed for the American Sheet & Tm Plate company for the constructlOn of 300 dwellll1gs, rang111g from $2,500 to $5,- 500 Both compa11les are Sub<'lcllary plants of the U11ltec1 States Steel corporatlOn, and are now erecting large plants near the sites of the IndIana Steel company. The plant of the Amencan Sheet & 1'm Plate company vv ill be one of the larg-est of Its kmd m tJhe world. Rtehes take unto them'Selves wings A filer in the stock market often proves It. 22 WEEKLY ARTISAN Minnesota Retail Dealers' Furniture Association OFFICERS-PreSIdent J R. Taylor, Lake Benton, Mlnn , Vice· President, D. R Thompson, Rockford, Mlnn , Treasurer, B A Schoeneberger, Perham, MInn 1 Secretary, W L. Grapp, Janesvdle, Minn EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE-Chairman, Geo Klein, Mankato, Minn., 0 Simons, Glencoe, Mlnn; W. L Harns, Mmneapolls, Mtnn , C. DanIelson, Cannon Fans. BULLETIN No. 140. Housefurnishing Store Advertising. The advertIsmg manager of the Rhodes-Burford Furni-ture company, St. Loms, dehvered the fo11o\\mg address to the company's employes recently, and It b \\ orth perusal by salesmen as well as dealers m furnIture' "N ewspaper pubhClty IS but a part of the great ach ertIs-ing force of thIs store-those wmdo\\ dlspla\ s, our dell' er} serVIce, our office force, our collectIOn department, the con-dItion of our store, our sales force-are the parts that make up the whole great force, advertI"mg, upon \\ hlch depends the ultimate success of thIS great store "Upon the part of each, then, there must be a perfect harmonIOus workmg WIth the other-the closest co-operatIOn If our newspaper pubhcity, our \\ Indo\\ dIsplay s, bnng peo-tour of inspectIOn She asks to be shown a ladies' writing de"k Salesman shows her the line Never stops to ask her 'o'ohat filllSh she prefers, nor to ascertain albout what priced pIece she deSIred to purchase, but pIcks up the first tag, says, "Quartered oak, $77S"-the ne'<:t, "the same finish, $97S," and so on down the hne Salesmen, that isn't selling voods, that Isn't backll1g up your store's publiCIty-that's just simply calling pnces IVhat this store wants-what it must have-are \\ holesouled, heart-in-their-work, painstaking, attentIve salesmen \\ e have no room for order takers " \mong "alesmen personal appearance counts for a whole lot IV e aren't all able to affO!d $60 taIlor made suits and patent leather shoe", but we can all wear clean linen, keep what clothes \\ e do possess neat and clean, our hands and Are you partll~lly responSIble for the addItion to thIS week's cartoon by not using the a68oClatlOn helps WhIChthe aSSOCIationbrmg6110 you to meet this competlOn WhIChIndIVId-ually. you could not? Think It over and watch this picture grow next week. pIe mto our store, both have done their duty, they have created the deSIre, and that IS all that we can expect ut them "We shall endeavor to Impress upon the mll1cb ot the people of St Loms a dIfferent store, a better "tore, a thoro-ughly dependable store, a store where theIr satbfactlOn 'o'oIII be glVen first attentlOn \Ve can accompll"h thIS onh through a better antI dIfferent SOlt of pubhClty But bear m mmd that this pubhcIty, no matter how much better, how dIfferent In every way, IS but a small factor of the greater force upon \\ hiCh thIS store depends for ultImate succes" "Can you conceIve of anything mOle dIsastrous to thIS store's welfare than a splendId publICIty campaIgn, not backed up? Here's a woman, for instance, who has read our open-ing announcement She comes to the store filled \\ Ith e,,- pectancy ThIS IS a new store to her The ad'o ertI~ement she has Just read speaks m glowmg terms of ne\', goods-splendId assortments of them-an unexcelled sen Ice \Vhen she reaches the store, behold-the store's wllldows, poorly arranged goods dusy and dIrty Instead of addmg to her expectancy It has retarded It and now she wonders "On the other hand, had those wllldows been artlstlcalh trimmed, as attractive as store wllldows can po",,1bly he made -what an Impetus her already created expectancv would have received Take it for granted they are such She enters the store, a salesman approaches her-and they start on a tingel naIls clean I tell you, salesmen, the part you play ha~ a 111Ight} Important beanng upon the success of thIS store, and \ our o\\n future success as well How well are \ ou gOlllg to play your part? E'oen thOlough salesman knows hIS goods He mU3t kno\\ them to be able to present them to his customers as they should be presented It's thorough knowledge that enables you to make "ales And upon every branch of the store's produclllg force devolves the same task, and to that end all :ohould pull WIth every pos"lble effort-the customer's entire satisfactIOn A sharp reply over the te1ephone-de-hvelles promIsed and not fulfilled-impudent collectors-a d1scourteous carpet layer or delIvery man-may result in a lo"t cu"tomer . I :oav to "au, III all faIrness, If you can't put forth your "\ ery be"t eft art, If your heart isn't III your work-Ill the name ot falfne"s to the management, to whom the success of this "tore means so much-hand your reSIgnation to the manager no\\ and let h1l11fill your place with someone who will do for Rhodes-Burford what he would expect them to do for h1m 'ol,ere he the employer and they the employed. "The sort of publlClty that w1ll be given this store if pro-perly and Illtelhgentlv backed up WIll mean unquallfied suc-ce"" for thIS great store, and this store's success means your success" Minnesota Retail Furniture Dealers' Association. BULLETIN No. 141. One of our members abked 'Why don't we 0\ erdraw our ad,ertlsmg UnIts the same "'S some of the catalog houses do?" Our reply IS that we feel that If we cannot get busllless on the ment of the goo ds as they really are, we are not entItled to It Therefore, we would rather have our advertlsmg umts a lIttle underdrawn than overdrawn Yo u use these advertlsmg units to brmg the customer to your store When he comes and sees that the real artICle IS even mOl e pleasmg than the de se rJptlOn led hIm to beheve the sale IS made a great deal eaSier We have to meet our customers personally and we would a great deal rath er have hIs full confidence than to coax hIm mto our store wIth overdrawn pICtures and then have hIm find that the article does not look as well as he was led to believe it would If you wIsh to bUIld up a permanent bUSllless, you must conduct your busllless along truthful lines We feel that we can follow thIS po!Jcy 1ll preparmg our advertlslllg umts and Wlll out A High Grade Kitchen Cabinet. A Special Value in a Kitchen CabiJ1et. F3G No o - 0 1 T hIs h and y, dur a bile kItchen cab In et I s made of har d wood 1ll golden oa k or natural fimsh The top IS 26 x 42 lllches and It has a large flour blll a drawer whICh can be used for cut-lery and a kneadmg board ThIS cablllet IS made by one of the most modern and best eqUIpped factorIes It IS very well constructed and only the best matenal IS used It IS an e"ceptlOnally good value for the pnce F 3 6 N 0 o 07 T hIs s e 1 - VI C e-a b I e hlg h grade kltch - en ca... bIn et I~ made of hard wood m the natural or golden oak fimsh It has a 26x46 mch top two large bms whIch can be used for flour, sugar or meal two good sIzed drawers whIch can be used for cutlery and a kneadmg board ThIS cablllet IS hIgh grade 1ll every respect and WIll be a ,alu-able addItIon to any kItchen It IS very convemently arranged and cannot fall to gIVe satisfactIOn WIth type, 40c WIthout type, 25c PrICe of kItchen cab met to our mem-bels $2.47. WIth type 40c WIthout type 25c PrICe of kitchen cab met to OUI mem-bers, $3.33. A Durable Kitchen Cabinet. F 3 6 N 0 0-0 3 .r hIS n eat kltcr, - e n cabI-net IS made o f 11 ar d wood m natural or golden oak fimsh The top IS 26 x 46 lllches and It has a large flour bm, tw 0 good sIzed drawers whIch can be used for cut lery a spacIOus cupboard and a kneadmg board The constructIOn IS of the best and only first class matenal IS used ThIS cabInet IS very convenIently arranged and can not fail to gIVe satisfactIOn It WIll add a neat finIshing touch to any kItchen I ___ ~ __ I WIth type 40c Without type, 25c Price of kItchen cabmet to our mem-bel s, $3.66. A Handsome Kitchen Cabinet. F36 No 1 - 9 1 ThIs well co n-struct e d kitchen ca b Inet I s made of hard wood In the nat-ural or golden oak fin- Ish The top IS 26 '{42 mch-e s an d the base has a large flour bin, a good sIzed drawer and a kneadmg board The top has a very neat and convenIent arrangement of two medIUm large cupboards and four drawers ThIS cabmet makes a very pleasmg re-ceptacle for the varIOus kl tchen utenSIls and cannot fall to appeal to every housekeeper A Neat Kitchen Cabinet. F36 No o - 0 2 T hIs hand-s 0 m e kItchen cabInet IS made of ha rd wood m the nat-ural or golden oak fimsh The top IS 27 x 44 lllches and It has an e"tra large flour bm, a spauous cupboard for pans, etc, a lalge drawer and a kneadmg board It IS made by e'{- penenced cabmet makers and only the best matenal I~ used The ar-rangement of thIS cablllet IS some thmg that those havmg small kItchens WIll apPI ecmte .:A Popular Kitchen Cabinet. Vllth type, 40c WIthout type, 25c Price of kItchen cabmet to our mem-bers, $4.38. Price of base, $247 Pnce of top $1 90 WIth type 40c WIthout type 25c Price of kItchen cabmet to OUr mem-bers, $5.46. F36 No 5 - 9 3 T hIs neatly arrang-ed kl t-c hen cabmet IS made of hard woo d In the natural or gold en oak finIsh The top IS 26x4b mches and It has a large flour bm two good sIzed drawers, a roomy cupboard for pans, etc , and ,l kneadmg board The top has a very pleasmg arrangement of se, en drawers the one m the center bemg shghtly larger than the otherb Just what you need for your kItchen WIth type, 40c WIthout type, 25c Price of kItchen cabmet to our mem-ber~, $5.56 Price of base $3 66 Pnce of top, $1 90 I A Very Popular Kitchen Cabinet F36 No 4 - 9 7 T hIs h I g h grade kltche n cabme t IS made of hard wood m the nat-ural or gol d en oak fin Ish The top IS 26 x 46 mches and the bas e hab two large bms WhICh can be used for flour meal or sugar two good sIzed drawers and two kneadlllg boards The top has a very neat and convement arrangement of three medIUm sIzed drawers and three small ones ThIS cabmet WIll make a most pleaslllg addItIOn to your kItchen --------- A Very Substa';tial Kitchen Cabinet. I F36 No 'i - 5 3 ThIS at-tractIve kl t chen ca blnet IS made of ha rd wood In natural 01 gold-en oa k fm I sh The top I ~ 2 6 x 46 mch-es an d the base has a 1 a 1" g e flour bIn, a spaCl-ouschlna close t tor pans etc two good sIzed drawers and a kneadlllg board The top has a roomy chma closet fitted WIth glass doon and a shelf extendmg the en tire WIdth of the cablllet You WIll find one of these cabmets a great convemence m your kItchen A Roomy Kitchen Cabinet. F36 No 2 - 4 1 't' hIs pleasm g In tchen cabInet IS made of har d wood In the natu-ral or gol-den oak fIn 1 s h .rhe top IS 26x42 Inches and the base has a large flour bm a go 0 d s I zed drawer and a kneadlllg board The top has a roomy chma closet fitted WIth glass doors Thel e IS a shelf extendmg the full WIdth of the cabmet ThIS handsome cabmet WIll be an Orna ment to ~our kItchen WIth type, 40c WIthout type 25c PrIce of kItchen cabmet to our bel'S, $5.80. PrIce of base, Price of top $3 33 mem $2 47 WltlJ type, 40c WIthout tvoe 25c Price of thIS cabmet to our members $5.80. Price of base, $333 PrICe of top $247 WIth type 40c ,;Vlthout type 25c Price oj' kItchen cabmet to our bel'S $6.99. Price of base Price of top, $3 33 ' SEND ALL ORDERS TO THE SECRETARY, JANESVILLE, MINN. mem- $3 66 24 WEEKLY ARTISAN . ---.- .-..--~ SIGNIFICANT LUMBER STATISTICS An Average Increase of Fifty Per Cent in Prices in the Past Ten Years. The followmg statistics and statements compIled and sent out by COm1TI1SSlOner\VU1p1 of the N atlOna1 IIa1 d\\ ooel Lumber dssoclatlOn WIll have great slgmficance and meamng to all \\ ho a1e m any way mteresteel m the furn1ture trdele Dr 1I1du.,tl\ Total lumbel productlOn ~mce It! -;0, l.~()O bllhon teet The cut was as follo\\s m the penod, mentlOned 1830- 5 bl1110n feet 1860- 8 bl1110n feet 1870-13 b11l1Onfeet 1908-33 1K'30-18 bl111011 1890-'H b1lllOn 1900-33 bl1llOn bl1llOn feet feet feet feet Total cut m 8 ) ears, 1900 to 1908, j'29 bIllIon teet Yellow pme leads all \\ 1th a cut of 100 b11110nfeet Wh1te pme sceond wIth a cut of 49 b11lIon feet Oak 15 fourth wIth a cut of 31 bl1llOn feet M11l Value m 1900 190'3 Increa"e Produced Yellow Poplar $Ue OJ $'23')0 800', HciC'C less Ash 15 8-k 2331 C1r;; 16 .~ Ie" Oak 1'3 78 21 5,) 31ll, 3, 6l{; Ie"., Yellow pme 846 1266 -±9'7r 16 7c more Wh1te pme 1269 1811 ci ')c,~ ,-;C()c~~le,,~ Chestnut 1337 1627 '2F~ III F( Ie,s LouiSIana ranks first m ) ellm\ pme cut Texa::, ,econd Total oak cut m 1900 was 4cl38 m1llIon teet In 190t!, d tnfle over three-fifths as much Kentucky ranks first m oak cut, \\ est \ Irgl11la second The general mcrea,e m the pnce level for the past 10 \ ear5 IS 50 per cent. The maxImum output of wh1te pme, oak, ) ellm\ poplar d,h and elm 1S Said to have been passed Grand Trunk Orders Auto Cars. The Grand Trunk and Grand Trunk PaCIfic ra1h\ a\ CO 111- pames have placed order5 WIth the vVestern Steel Car anel I oun-dry company of ChIcago, for 2,000 steel-frame box cars of (JO - 000 pound" capacIty each, or about the Oldmary "lze bo,- Lar, These steel frame cal s cost about $1,000 each, so that thh one order represents more than $2 000,000 ] he Importance ot the automobl1e trade to the ra1lwa) ~ 1S shO\\ n 111the t,lCt that the Grand Trunk has ordered JOO spe~ldl automobIle Cdrs 1 he"e are lal ge box cars, WIth specIally deSIgned doO! s at the ends, whIch WIll allow a large tounng car to be run m or our \\ Ithout d1ffiLuity The Grand Trunk touches DetrOIt, I lmt, Lan,mg and other CItIes 111 the we~t whlLh have large automobtlc tdC-tOlles, and the cars have been found nCCeS~dr) to handle thl" trade. ThIs system has also been consldenng the purchase of a number of steel frame box cars of 100,000 pounds capaclt) each, for the wheat handlIng trade A t1am of iW st1ch car" could carry 1,OeO tons-3,3,000 bushels-of wheat each tnp, WIth a mmlmum of handl111g However, It hac bee 1 deuded not to ordel the5e cars at present Slam·tand to the Point. Grand Rapld~ Veneer Works, Grand Rap1ds, :\IICh, Gentlemen-Your favor of the 27th mst. dt hand In repl) would say that our kIlns are work111g finely Yours respectfully, Henry H Shelp l\!~fg Co -R. C PIckett PhIladelphIa, July 10, 1909 ( American Plan) Rates $2.50 and Up. Hotel Pantlind (European Plan) Rates $1.00 and Up_ GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. The Noon Dmner Served at the Pantlmd for 50c is THE FINEST IN THE WORLD. J. BOYD PANTLIND, Prop. I J..------_._------ .•.• _._._ w._ ._ .... ~ SEND FOR Manufaduren of Embo.. ed and Turned Mould. inas, Embo.... cd and Spindle Carvinp. and Automatic Turnin ••. We 0110manu-ladule a Iarac hnc of Embo ... d Ornament. for Couch Work. 1256-1258 W. Fifteenth St., CHICAGO, ILL. ---_ .. _. _._-----_._-----._-_._--------_._--_ .. -- ~ r· Ii• I IIIII I FOX MACH IN E CO. G~~N~ ~':.";,;,;:·~f~HI ..-----~-_.---------- -- -"_. - .- . - - '" No.15 FOX SAWING MACHINE WRITE 44 FOR NEW CATALOG ~----_-. --~--__._.-_._---------_._-_._._.-------. HOFFMAN BROTH ERS CO. FT. WAYNE, IND. I HARDWOOD LUMBER I I SA~~D} QUARTERED OAK { VENEERS SLICED AND MAHOGANY I'----_._._--_ .. ----_.. .. -._ ...... _. - . ------------------~- - ~ ~ WEEKLY ARTISAN TABLE MAKERS IN CONVENTION They Oppose Senator Smith's Amendment to the Railroad Bill. The meeting of the NatIOnal Ao,,,oclatlOn of Table Mak-ers, at IndIanapolIs on Wednesday was marked by large at-tendance and better reports of the condItion of busmess than had been expected The assocIation IS now much stronger than a year ago The membership includes 66 per cent of the table manufacturers of the country and over 80 per cent of the product. The proceedings which were mamly of mter-est only to the members were I emarkably harmonIOus N ear-ly all who participated m the dlscusslOns expressed OptI-mIstic sentiments as to present condltlOns and the outlook for the near future The convention went on record as opposmg the amend-ment to the pendmg raIlroad bIll offered by Senator Smith of MIchIgan, intended to lllcrease the power and authOrIty of the attorney-general in cases of shIppers agamst raIlroads before the interstate commerce commission, by WIring the followmg protest to Senator BeverIdge' "The manufacturers of extension dining tables in con-ventIOn here assembleJ from all parts of the Umted State", and representmg practically 84 per cent of the t3Jble product of the United States, would respectfully enter vigorous pro-test against the Smith railroad bill now under conslderatlOn by congress "We respectfully urge the defeat of saId amendment, and that It gIve the shIpper due plivIlege before the mterstate commerce commlSSlOn, where cases and complamts may be adjudged finally" To Oppose Higher Freight Rates. Chicago, May 18 ~A nation wide campaign to force the raIlroads to reduce freight rates or to hold them at theIr present level was launched in ChIcago yesterday. Perma-nent organization to carry out the campaIgn was effected by 400 manufacturers and representatives of com~erclal clubs in a conference, which started in the Gold room, Congress Hotel A steady campaign of publicity against the raIlroads, bringmg politIcal influence to bear to cut off "favors" which they now receive and fosterIng of water traffic were the three remedies repeatedly advanced to force the raIlroads to time The sItuation IS made particularly acute by the increa:oe whIch is to go mto effect on certam classlficatlOn on June 1 next and a general advance whIch IS antiCIpated in all parts of the country before autumn Practlcall yevery bIg shIpper in ChIcago v. as represented at the conference Organizations m many smaller cIties and particularly trades mterested only in the tariffs affectlllg theIr lineo" were represented by secretarIes or chaIrmen and many large shIppers m other cities were personally repre-sented The conference was brought about by the I1l1l101s Manu-facturers assoclatlOn and the ChIcago AssoclatlOn of com-merce The permanent officen, as o,elected by a nominatmg commIttee and elected by acclamation, are : John E \iV Ilder, president, vice president of vVIlder & Co, ChIcago, R E Spencer, vice president, Peter" Shoe Co, St LOLli", E E \V IllIamson, secretary, commissioner of the Recel\ ers' and ShIppers' aSSOCIation of Clllclllnati The nomlllatmg committee recommended that a trea-surer and a name for the permanent body be selected later ResolutIOns and other commIttees also were deferred. The nom1l1atmg committee consisted of P. M. Hanson, chairman 25 of the Mi"si:osippi Manufacturing aSSOCIation, St Louis; W B Moore, o,ecretary chamber of commerce, Dayton, Ohio; E J. McVann, manager traffic department, Commercial Club, Omaha, W. B Trickett, executive manager of Mmnesota Traffic as"oclatlOn, MmneapolIs, and J E Huntley, commls-si01ler of the UtIca traffic bureau, Utica, N Y Talks Encouragingly. New York, May 19-Concernmg the rals1l1g of freight rates 111 the terntory of the Trunk Lme and Central FreIght associations, George D DIxon, freight traffic manager of the PennsylvanIa, confirm1l1g rumors of such intention, is quoted as saying: "RaIlroads are readJustmg their freight rates all the tllne There WIll not be any such extraord1l1ary advances as has been presistently forcasted and there is nothing unusual or anythmg to get eXCIted about in a contemplated increa<;e. "At the present time the carriers are m need of money and are compelled to raise certain rates because of the 111- creasmg cost of lalbor and the general advance 111 the cost of various materials. "In some cases the freight rates WIll be lowered, while in others they WIll be advanced Then again, there are some that will not be changed" It is understood that by work1l1g mght and day, the checking m new rates on commodltleb has been completed sooner than at one time seemed possIble, by the roads m the Trunk Line AssoCIation, and the rate clerks al e now WIth lIke remitting labor, domg the bame WIth the various cla<;ses, after whIch the schedules ""ill be passed upon by the traffic executives Correspond1l1g progre"s has been made by the Central FreIght AssociatlOn lInes, except as to dre"sed beef and like high class freIght concermng whIch dIfferences of opmlOn as to what the rates o,hould be have served to cause delay. It is possIble, however, that the roads 111 both associ-ations WIll be ready to file their new tarIffs by July 1 Some further officIal announcement may be made in a few days Might Better Cut Dividends. "The repol t of the commIttee on interstate commerce submitted to the N atlOnal AssociatlOn of Manufacturers at the annual meet1l1g in New York, stated that for the year ended June 30, 1909, dIvIdends of about 8 per cent were earned by 66 per cent of the raIlroad stocks of the Umted States-"a considerably larger net income than the average realIzed flOm most investments" So It is argued by the commIttee that if to all the burdens now re'it1l1g upon the manufacturers of the country must be added the proposed 20 per cent increase in freIght rates, they WIll find It a very senous tax The commlttee'o, Intimation IS that most of the raIlroads mIght better cut down their dIvIdend disburse-ments than advance freight rates, and In this connectlOn the commIttee bald "Under the present c011301IdatlOn of ownership m Wall street, the officers of the road<; arc powerless, whIle those 111 complete control of the sltuatlOn, seem interested only in gettIng larger dIvIdends \Ve have heard a ratlroad superIn-tendent complaIn that hIS lIfe was anythmg but a happy one. Laborers wanted more wage,,; he had not been allowed to spend the amount needed to improve hIS road, there were consequently more accIdents and more complaints from ship-pers, whose bItter oppOSItion to advancing freIght rates was overpowered by the mappeasable demand of the Wall street owners for more dIvidends" MANUFACTURERS' NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Synopsis of the Fourteenth Annual Convention Held in New York City---Important Topics Considered and Discussed. New York, May 20 -The fourteenth annual conventIOn of the 1'\ational aSSocIatIOn of :Vrannufacturer~ ,,11l'::h opened at the \\J aldorf-I\~tna on :'Ionday "as the most lan;-eh attenclul and in every way the mo~t successful meet1l1g e\ er held by the or-ganizatIOn The conventIOn opened 111 the shadow of the death of the assoClatlOn's former presIdent, James \Y Yan Clea\ e, and it adopted a resolutIOn express1l1lS the as~oclatlOns admIra-tion of M,r Van Cleave, and ItS sense of loss 111 Ius death The first sessIon was devoted ma1l11y to reports, addresses and discussions on fire preventIOn, 1I1terstdte commerce and Im-l111gratlOn, the latter tOpIC being apparently of most 1I1terest to the assemblage. On the subject of fire preventIon there" as an address b} Charles L. Case, who spoke from the standp01l1t of 11lsurance underwriters HIS address folio" ed a report of the a ~soclatlOn' ~ committee on fire prevention. "It IS ~ufficient to sa} that as one effective means of fire pre\ ention, the natIonal board has assisted at an expense of $80,000 111 send1l1g 38. 1I1cendlanes to the penItentIanes of cllffelent states," sald :'Ir Ca~e '\\ e believe we are rendenng the publIc a valuable serVIce, not \\ holly on the 'pro bono publIco' order but because by reduc11lg the fire loss we 1I1surance companies can make more money for our stock-holders, who require good dlVldends to leave their money in our risky business. "Our loss is stIli several times hIgher per person than that of any other country \Ve desire to deal fairh "ith the publIc, to do all we can to safeguard property and thereIn, 1l1cldentall}. against this awful, ever present, enormous, but largely prevent-able fire penl, and we thank you for the present opportunitv of co-operating with you." The committee on imnllgratlOn. speak111g of the country as a whole, reported among other o]J3en atlOns the~e "In the past our economIc strength has been largel} due to our pre-eminence as producers and manufacturers of food-stuffs. While we should be jmtly proud of our 111crea,,111g exports of manufactures, we cannot afford to lose our p0'iltlOn as CXiporters of the products of the SOlI :'luch has been 'iald and written about the 1l1crease in the cost of food In the eastern and the southern states as \\ ell a'i 111the II est, there IS much untilled ground In the face of thIS conditIOn we are met by the fact that only a very small proportIOn of even falm laborers who come I11to this country engage here 111 agnculture I\lthough producel s 111 bhelr own lands, they become consumers here without doing theIr part in produc- I11g toward our store of food" The commIttee also turning ItS attention to the contract labor la\\ sa} '3 that both through its prOVIsions and its abuses It has become "one of the most powerful weapons of the labor unions for the oppression of the manufacturers," and the commIttee adds' "The chief abuses of the law are the uses made of it by labor unions in stnke cases, both in inconveniencing the em-ployer and 111 intImidating the employes by threats of depor-tation epon tnal before the board of special inquiry the alIen IS presumed guilty until he has proved himself innocent He IS first subjected to an examinatIOn by the board and com pelled to acquIt himself before his accusers are compelled to sl'bstantIate their accusatIOns It will readIly be seen what an opportUnIty such a practice gives to those who invoke it \\ Ith malIcIOUS motIves" The report declares that in no case is the law invoked by the labor unIOn officials from a desire to see it enforced, but 111 ever} case from ulterior motives of self interest The commIttee recommends that no restrictions be placed on im-mllSra tlOn except those necessary to keep out the morally, mentalh or ph} slcall} unfit and tho'ie whose racial origin makes them 1I1capable of assl1uilatlOn 111 the !body polItIc; that It shall be lawful to Import skIlled labor when the per-son Import111g cannot obta1l1 laborers of the like kind in thIS country \\ ho WIll work for him at the rate of wages prevail- 1I1g generally 111 thIS country for such labor; and that war-rants of arrest and deportatIOn of aliens who have landed be Issued only. by a UnIted States commIssioner or United States Judge on such warrant compla111ts as now are necessary 111 cnml11al cases Let Them Come. Ormsby ::\IcHarg in an address on "DIstributIOn of Im-migrants a NecessIty," said: "There IS consldera1ble popular fear of the result ,..----------~-------_.-- - _. - ...- _ ..- - - . . - ---- --------------._---~~---.-.-----If--1m- .. ----., L-ARGEST .JOBBERS AND MANUFACTURERS OF GLASS Pittsburg Plate Glass COl1lpany IN THE WORLD Mirrors, Bent Glass, leaded Art Glass, Ornamental Figured Glass, Polished and Rough Plale Glass, Window Glass WIRE GLASS Plate Glass for Shelves, Desks and Table Tops, Carrara Glass more beautifullhan white marble. CENERAL DISTRIBUTORS OF PATTON'S SUN PROOF PAINTS AND OF PITCAIRN ACED VARNISHES. q For anythmg m BUilders' Glass, or anythmg in Pamts, Varmshes, Brushes or Pamters' Sundnes, address any of our branch warehouses, a hst of whICh is gIven below NEW YORR-lludson and Vandam st •. BOSTON-41-49 Sudbury st., 1-9 .owker st. CEICAG0-442-452 Wabash Ave. cn'Ircn'lrNATI-Broadwa;yand Court Sts. ST. LOUIS-Cor. 'l'enth and Spruce St•. MINNEAPOLI8-500-516 S. 'l'hird St. DE'l'BOX'l'-53-59 Larned St., E. GBAND BAPlDS, MICE-39-41 N. Division St. PI'l''l'SBl1BGH-IOI-I03 Wood St. MILWAl1XEE, ~S.-492-494 Market St. BOCHES'l'EB,N.T.-WUder Bldg., MaID41EZChanll'ests. BAL'l'IllI[ORE-310-12-14 W. Pratt St. CLEVELAND-1430-1434 West 'l'h1l'dst. OlllAKA-llOl-1107 Howard St. S'l'. PAl1L-459-461 Jackson St. A'l'LAN'l'A,GA.-30-32-34 S. PryOI' St. SAVANNAH. GA.-745-749 Wheaton St. XANSAS OI'l'T-Pifth and wyandotte Sts. BIB.llIINGKAlII.ALA.-2nd Ave. and 29th st. Bl1PPALO. N. T.--372-74-76-78 Pearl St. BBOOXLTlII'-'l'hird Ave. and Dean st. PJD:LADELPJDA-Pitca.1m Bldg., Arch and 11th DAVElIPOB'l'-410-416 Scott St. OXLAHOlllACX'1'Y. OXLA., 210-212W. rust St. '" •••• aM ••• -------a.--------_.._._.---~..--. .-...-. --.-..--_.--------------------'"~ WEEKLY ARTISAN Wood Sa.r Clamp Fixtures Per Set 50c. Patent Malleable Clamp Fixture. E H SHELDON & CO , ChIcag-o Ill. Gentlemen -We are pleased to state that the 25 dozen Clamp Flxtnres wh.ch we bou2ht of ) ou a little over a year ago are glVltlg' excellent serVIce We are wel1 sallsfied w.th them and shall be pleased to remember you wheuever we want anythmg add.llonalm th.s hne YOUIS trulv, SJOux CIty. Iowa CURTIS SASH & DOOR CO Sheldon Steel Rack Vises 27 Sold on approval and an uncon-dltlonal money back guarantee SHELDON'S STEEL BAR CLAMPS. Guaranteed Indestructible. We sohelt pnv.lege of sendmg samples and our complete catalogue E. H. SHELDON CJ CO. 328 N. May St., Chicago. ~-----_._----_._----_.--. .... . -- .. .- -_.. . .... _. .. .. - - - --_. ..- ,. - ..- .- migratIOn remams unchecked The present naturahzation laws are strict enough It now remams with the states to Impose stricter suffrage laws The citizenshIp of the country gu:trded m this manner would make it safe to let in every sane, healthy, moral man and woman in the civilized world without fear and Without danger. Tlhe congestions of im-migrants in the Cities where they are consumers is one of the fir~t causes of hIgh pnces "Gentlemen, your orgamzation should sU1lport a plan for increasing the supply of raw materials produced in the country, and at tihe same time reduce the competition for 13lbor in your manufactones. Accordmg to the statistics of the natural mcrease in our population the time wJII never come when our unculltivated lands WIll be all settled. Im-migrant'> are our only source of bupply for this punpose. Spend the pnce of a battleshIp a year m placing our Immigrants around, and we reap a natIOnal profit of untold millIOns. This IS a popular busmess argument to be considered in this connection "We want the matenals of our citizenship to be as pure as the gold m our standard dollar. We must not, however, Ideallze and ask for somethmg better than ourselves When the problem of congestIOn is solved the countly is bound to face an era of marvelous growth" The followmg recommendatIOns made by the commIttee were approved and adopted' 1 That no restnctions be placed on immIgration other than those whIch arc necessary to keep out the morally, mentally or physically unfit, and those whose racial origin makes them mcapable o{ assimJIation in our body politic 2 That special prOVISIOn should be made to dIrect and urge ImmIgrants who have been engaged m agncultural pur- Sluts toward farmmg communities, and that agricultural com-mUnities be inVlteJ to maintam duly accredIted agents at, and provide transportation from, the various ports of entry 3. That immigration offiCials, and all others havmg to do WIth the enfoJ1cement of the laws, be selected with speCial reference to theIr JudICIal and sociological attamments 4 That the present law be amended so as to prOVIde as follows: (a) That it shall be lawful to import skilled labor when the person Importing cannot obtam laborers of hke kind In this country who wJlI work fOI hIm at the rate of wages pre-vaJ1ing generally in tl11s country for such lalbor (ib) That the sflcre;tary of commerce and labor be authorized and dIrected upon the application of any employer, and upon hiS showmg the facts set forth under (a) above, to grant to such person the permIssion to import such labor, such permISSIOn to be conclusive upon hIS right so to do" and upon the right of the ahens to land (c) That warrants for the arrest and deportation of aliens who have landed be issued only by a United States commissioner or United States Judge, and then only upon such .... ... sworn complaints as are now necessary in criminal cases. (d) That upon the arrest of any allen upon such war-rant, that he be brought before a United States commissioner or judge and there permitted to give ball as in criminal cases, such bail to be fixed by the commiSSIOner or judge (e) That such allen be tned as soon as pOSSible before the United States commissioner or judge, and that in case of a trial before a commissioner the right of appeal be given to him to the United States dIstrict court as in case of Chinese, and that such trial, eXlcept with respect to a Jury, be con-ducted in all reSipects as cnmmal trials (f) That the decision of any United States judge be subject to review on behalf of the alien by any of the higher United States courts as in criminal cases. TueSday's Proceedings. On TuesJay the convention considered uniform state laws, banking and currency, the merchant marine, the matter of making export business profita'ble and listened to a talk on facts and tendencies in legislatIOn; all this in the morinng, .....-..... - .. .. .. .. ... ... .. .. .. - _.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..------~ II THE FORD & JOHNSON CO. CHICAGO All furmture dealers are cordially invited to visit our building. This is one of our popular Hotel chairs. Our chairs are found in aU the leading Hotels in the country. The line includes a very complete assort-ment of chairs, rock-ers and settees of all grades; Dining Room furniture, Reed and Rat tan furniture, Special Order furni-ture, etc. A complete line of sam-ple. are displayed in The Ford 8 Johnson BUlldinl!, 1433-31 Wa&.. h Ave., in-cludinl! a special display of Hotel Furniture. I ~ ...... .._.... _._--------_-._-----.-.-_ .-.-.--_-.-.-..-_-._-.-.._.~I. 28 WEEKLY ARTISAN besides 1Istening to the reports of the officer" of the a:,,,ocI-ation In the afternoon they dl-;cus",ed patent'3, fore"-t;; and waterways, and more partlculaJ1y, the lanse que~tl\1n of 111- dustnal Illdemnity Illsurance, on \\"hlch It~ COlllllllttee made an exhaustve report, be'3ldes "ll1ch tll1 ee ~peaker~ dealt \\ Ith phases of the general tOpIC, one \\ Ith the pre\ entlon ot 111- dustrial accldent-;, one \\ Ith co-operatIOn and compelhdtlCln, and the other wIth economy 111compen,atlllg tal I11du-,tnal accIdents All busllless of the com en tlOn \\ a ~ halted at -l- 0 cIe 'ck 111 the afternoon, the hour at \\hlch the hod.' of Jame~ \\ \-an Cleave was buneJ at hIS we"tern home, and the com entwn was turned into a memorial meetlllg The :"ervlces began WIth the S111g1l11g of "Alblde \\ Ith ~1e," aftel \\ hlch there \\ a;; a prayer and a bllef memonal addre," 1)\ the Re\ el end ..:.; Edward Young of the Bedford :\[emondl Church of nlookhn who saId that :\11 Van Clea\ e ha,l not (hed and "hould not dIe so long as people 11\ ed to \\lhom he had done a k111(lne;;~ and so long as the pnnclple-; eXIsted to \\ hICh he had 1:;1\en his life The sen Ices \\ ere held III the ~ ;;tor (JdUel \ ot the Waldorf, vvhere the ",e'3"lOn-; of the com entlOn al c h cl,l After the servIces the bu"ines:" of the a ~~Ol1atlOn II a, rc sumed New Party Needed, Pre"ident Klfby, 111 his repol t "ugge-;tcd the (JI ga111- zatlOn of a new polItical party \\1hen he "aIel "The l'3sues that brought Illto eXI"ience thc l~epublIcan party have practIcally passed a\\a.' and ne\\ COn(htl(ln~ con-front us, condItIOns \\hlch unlIke tho~e that thleatenul the disruption of the '\mencan Ul11on, threaten thc Je~tl uc tlon of the very pnnclple-; upon \\ hlch the \melllcln tdthel ~ founded thIS government and \\ hlch, rhroul:;h the ddeci~ In our polItical sY'3tem and the deSIre for polItIcal POl\ I, both RepUibhcan and DemocratIc polItIcIan, ~eem to \ Ie 1\ Ith edch other in theIr willlllgness to sacnfIce III the 1I1terest of 'polItI-cal ex.pediency' "But what has become of the "pInt of patriot1~11l 1\ 111eh prompted the formation of the Repubhcan pal t.' In l8~6) Does It sleep the slum1ber of the deaJ) I cannot behe\ e "0 Then has not the day da\\ ned for the formatIOn of a ne\\ polItIcal party that shall give \Olce to the ~ame "entlJJ1ent;; that created the part) of Fremont and Ll11coln, a put \ \\ 111ch shall sen e the same hIgh purpo"e and be P(1\\ el ful enough to hold the natIOn III balance agalll"-t the demagogue~ ()f e"\.- isting partIes? "As evidence IllJlcatlllg the dllft of contempOrdf\ 1cl:;h lation the baleful influence of cla-;..,-con:"clOu'3 labor-ul11ol11'3m, look for example to the supposedly cons en atl\ e qate of Massachusetts authori71ng 'peaceful pICketlllg' \ \ ho can Imagine 'peaceful plcketlllg?'" Mr. KIrby called PreSIdent Taft'", COIporatlOn taA la" a sop, a sop thrown to the people to placate a grouch \ con-stituency, who "by a common la\\ of human nature mu~t have eIther a Sa v lOur or a Barabba, for occa "lOnal "au Ihce He said also: "We aibominate any legIslatIOn that contem pIa te~ noth-ing higher than palItIcal expedlenc.' \\ e helIc\ em the !)J(),C-cutlOn of all illegally managed tI ust", whether conducted 111 the interest of rich monopolIe" 01 m the 111terest of trade;; unIOnism" l\Ir KIrby got great applause when he :"ald that \\ e haJ too many men who \\ ould rather fall back and com plam about unequal distnibutlOn of wealth than make an hone-;t effort to earn that whIch they so badly needed He declared that one of the needs of the hour wa:, men \\ Ith com Ictlon" and the courage to declare them \\ e had too many Jobbers, he "aId, addmg that wabbler:" lIke demagogues, were a men-ace to "oclety "They held," :"ald he, "to make up a crooked and perverse nation" J ame;; ~ Emer), general COUlbe! for the NatIonal Coun-ul tor Indu-;tnal Defen'3e, 111 talk1l1g of "Legl'3latIve Facts and TenJenCles," saId that in the la:"t year there had been plopo"ed 111 tll1" country one law for every 7,000 of popu-la tlOn \\ hCI ed" 111 England there had been reported only one tor e\ er.' 177,000 populatIOn Of the 1\loon bIll 111 the house of lepre'entatl\ e;;, he saId that It \\as an 1I1sldlOU:, attempt to 'a\ that the Issue of an InJ1.l11ction should be upon term:" to be prescnbed 111 advance by the legIslature instead of by a ju,!iclal deCISIOn The commIttee on banking and currency made various recommendatIon" for the passage of laws enabl1l1g an "as- ,et currenc.' " and after saymg that the central banks and a

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