Weekly Artisan; 1910-09-03

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Issue of a furniture trade magazine published weekly in Grand Rapids, Mich, starting in 1879. and vf GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC Llnn,~RY GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., SEPTEMBER 3,1910 NELSON -MATTER FURNITURE co. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. BED-ROOM and DINING-ROOM COMPLETE SUITES in Mahogany, Circassian 'Valnut and Oak. If you have not one in your store, a silllple request will bring you our magnificent ne',,""CataloKne of 1Zx16 inch .pa~e groups. show-ina suites to match. With it, even the IUost moderate sized furniture store can show the best and newest furniture satisfactorily. - ------~------------. -----_._~. ------- .. --_ ... _-_.- .---------------------- -- ..., ARTHUR S. WHITE, President. ALVAH BROWN, Vice President. HARRY C. WHI'I'E, Treasurer. LET US MAKE YOUR HALF-TONES I I II II Perfect Product Large Facilities Courteous Treatment "Right" Price MICHIGAN ENGRAVING CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Samples and Estt"m~ltes Upon Request. I"" WEEKLY. ARTISAN 1 YOU CAN MAIL YOUR CATALOG SEPTEMBER 21st _1 _ If you place the order with us. W"ITE , PRINTING COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICU. I PRINTERS FOR THE FURNITURE TRADE. I 2 WEEKLY ARTISAN p • ,I LUCE FURNITURE COMPANY III III Ii I:• •I I• GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Manufacturers of COMPLETE lines of MEDIUM PRICED DINING and CHAMBER FURNITURE. Catalogues to Dealers Only. •.. -_.... Luce-Redmond Chair Co.,Ltd. I BIG RAPIDS, MICH. High Grade Office Chairs Dining Chairs Odd Rockers and Chairs Desk and Dresser Chairs Slipper Rockers Colonial Parlor Suites In Dark and Tuna Mahogany BIrd' J Eye Mapll BIrch !ZuArt,rui Ollk ,md ClrcAJSI"n W"lntit Our Exhibit )'ou will find on the fourth floor, East Section, MANUfACTURERS' BUILDING, North Ionia Street GRAND RAPIDS, MIC"IGAN Exhibit in charge of J. C. HAMILTON, C. E. COHOES, J. EDGAR FOSTER. 30th Year-No. 62 GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.• SEPT~~MBER 3.1910 Issued Weekly GRAND RAPIDS FACTORY AFFAIRS New Company to Take Over and Operate the Old Michigan Barrel Plant. Views on the Labor Situation. The old MIc111gan Barrel company'" plant on upper Canal 'itreet ha'i changed hanel" agal11 The Grand RapId" Show Case company, who took It over last wl11ter, have trans-ferrecl It to the ArchItectural "Voodworkl11g company of PhIladelphIa, Pa, and the new owners wIll abandon their PhIladelpllla plant, come hele and take posses"lOn of the property before the end of this month They wIll manufac-ture a lIne of good'i sImIlar to those made by the Show Case company, but of a somewhat 10'" er grade, among their spec-ialtIes being a revolvll1g cabll1et, on whIch the} own the pat-ent, I11tended fOJ dI1Playing 'good'i 111 "tpres They will make an mvestment of at lea"t $250,000 here and will start operations "Ith a force of about l2~ men, which WIll soon be Increased The company WIll be controlled and managed en-tlrel} separate and independent of the Grand RapIds Show Case company The labor unIOn" of the CIty hay e been increasing their member"hip con"Ic1erahly of late and <,ome of the factory manager" are not mc1ll1ed to take a favorable vIe", of the movement The 1I1crea'ie has been mainly among the ma-chine hand,;, cahll1et-maker,;, fi111'ihers and other factory work-ers, hut thel e havt been large addItions to the membership of union" engaged m the bUIld1l1g trades and as <,tated above some of the manufacturer'i are mchneJ to "\ iew it with alarm" "\\ e are not pleased with the labor outlook," saId one of them, the other day "The unions have been groWll1g rap- Idly thI'i "ummel They al e "aId to be stronger now than ever before and their strength ma} mean mIschIef 01 WOIse \Vhen union" become large and <,trong they are usually arbI-trary and unrea:oonable There are signs of "ueh condItion" already---we can see it and feel it right here 111our factory, and it look as if we '" ere in for a fight If It comes to that I hope It will come soon Now is the time As for us we will "hut down competely rather than allov" the U1110n" to inter-fele WIth our business," The gentleman quoted above i" one of the younger gener-atIOn of Grand RapIds furnIture manufacturers When the matter ",as mentIOned to one of the veteran", he expre:osed (hfferent sentIment'i "Yes," he "aid, "I understand the unions have been 'it! engthe111ng theIr organizations of late, but I do not think they mean mischief. At any rate I do not th1l1k there h any occasIon for borrowing trouble We have alway -, had unIOns here They have never given us much trouble and there is no rea 'ion why they should be expected to do so now There is no cIty in the country where the 111terests of employers and employe" are more close-ly allIed ihan 111 Grand RapIds There is no city where so large a ploportlOn of the factory workers are property own-ers and men", ho own theIr homes are not I11chned to go on "trIke or I11tOany kmc1 of labor trouble WIthout reason Most of them are intellIgent and level-headed and they wIll not be led or dnven mto any movement that would hurt their 111 tel e"t'i even more than tho"e of theIr employer:o---much more In proportIOn to theIr I11ve"tments " The latter mtenlev" probably expresses the VIews of the labor SItuatIOn entertal11ed by a great majorIty of the employers of the cIty !\nother saId "v\ e are not borrowing trouble There i" no rea"on why the growth of the unions 'ihould mean trouble The employer" are well orgal11zed and 1f there are any eh"putes 0\ er wage", hour~ or cond1tions, they WIll probably be "ettled, without anything lIke a fight" Talk'i WIth other manufacturer" ...howed that most of them are rather uncertam as to the extent of the increase in the l'11l0n membershIp "\\ e know that se\ eral of our em-ploye" have jomed the U11l0n ranks recently," said one, "We don't know jU"t who they are and have not trIed to find out. Ye", we know there 1" "ome dls"atlsfaction among the men ConchtlOn" are not jU"t what they v, ere expected to be \\ age" ha\ e not mCI eased ao; much a'i may have been ex-pected Xeither has there been any such improvement in our busIne"s as wa:o generally pledleted 'iix month" or a year ago, From the foregoing it will be seen that the Grand Rapld'i manufacturers have theIr eye'i on the Indicators and it is probable that very few of them WIll mlS'i seeing the Labor Day palade next Monday, whIch according to the daily papers is to be the "largest and mo"t Imposing" ever seen In the city. Secretary Fox of the San Juan, Porto Rico, Chamber of Commerce, ha,', WrItten to the Grand RapIds Board of Trade, .* - -----------. 4 WEEKLY ARTISAN declaring there I" a good openll1g for "\mencan furl11ture in Porto RIco and suggests that Grand Rap1d" manufacturers should make an effort to extend theIr trade on the island The Steel Furmture company who have had thel1 office located in a Canal sit eet block, al e erecting ,1 facto!\ bUIlding on the corner of Front and SIxth stleeb vve"t "ide '-,111ce their organizatlOn they have had theIr gooe\-' manufactured under contract, but will soon 1H' e<,tabl1"hed 111 then em 11 plant The ""Nf'edof the Hour" Supplied. EditOl \\'eekl} '\rtlsan---Replv1l1g to the V\lltCl of the "N eed of the HotH," m yours of J11ly 30, there IS In e'Chtence now Just such a Centl al Bureau as he IS cdlllng for namelY the Central Bureau of the dmmg table manufacturer", metal and spflng heel manUlacturers, pallor and library table mal,U-facturers and casket manufacturel ", CCllhht111g ot Up\\ al d" ot tvvo hundreJ and sIxty manufacturel", \ trv abh handled In Comm1ssi-one1 \\ Ulp1, 661 ~Ionadnock htlIlellIl~ 11llla~o Mr \Vulpl can gIve hll11 relIable 111to! matll)tl re~al elIng honest and dIshonest dealers He can tell h1111all ab( ut thu"e who make the1r own terms, and make unrea"onable claIm" whether he can collect certam accounts or not, account" that he has for collectIOn, and that he has haci fOl collectk1l1, a" well as how hard 1t VI as tu collect them IIe can collect an account when others fall, and 1f he cannot get the 1110ne) the mformatlOn 1S valuable to the manufacturer" The real good of the c1eanng house come~ onh to tho~e who are watch1l1g Commlss10ner \Yulpl's report~ closely and workmg WIth hIm, and those who a1 e doing thIS no doubt have fewer bad accounts, and have collectIOn.., dO\\ n tu the "least resistance." This central bUI eau could be made mal e eftlclellt If more lines would become affIlIated w1th It It manufacturer;, of case goods, beddmg, upholstered gooJs. etc, \\ould "come in," then many of the eVIls that "one at them' \\ ntes about would be brought down to a m1mmum If not only "one of them," but all of them v\ho are not acquainted w1th Mr \Vulpl's VI ork, "Ill \\ nte to 111111fOI infol111atlOn they may learn somethmg uf mtere~t NORTHER~ FeR\ ITLRE CO"IP \ ,\y Sheboygan, \VIS, Aug 30 The Cylinder Desks of 1880. The populal CUItam loll top desks supplanted the C} 1In-der desks of 1880 In all respecb exceptmg the use of flex-ible slat curtams mstead of cylmder, the shapes of the desks of today are those of the cylmder penod The cylmders used were paneled deeply and the sutfaces CO\ered \\ 1th figured veneers They we1 e du"t tlght and 111 that respect ~upenOl to the flex1ble slat curtam cover of today ,,- I 10uis babn 15~LIVingston St. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN DESIGNS AND DETAILS OF FURNITURE CItIzens' Telephone 1702. ..... Be:lferd, Oh.e, AU:l 3 1910 Grand BapidL Veneel V;OllrS Grand Bapdl>, Mich Gentlemen:-About a year and a half ago we mstalled five 01 your lnlns, and smce that tlme have been drYing aU kinds o. lumber, fer the most part with satIsfaotion, but we have not seemed to understand Just how to manag-e drying our quartered oak seat stock so that we could finish the drying In our kilns. You kindlY sent MI Crandall here a couple of weeks a~o to make some furthel testL and instruct us on thiS particUlar kmd of drying. Mr. Crandall has put through a bIn of thiS stock to our entire satisfaction, and, with the very careful and palns-talc. mil' lnstructions he has given us, we should be able to get along' now and dry satisfactonly, all of the kinds of lumber we are using. In connection With Mr. Crandall's work here, we wish to sa.y that he has now been here tWice to lnstruct us in the use of these lnlns, and we are very much pleased Wlth hiS work. Assuring you that we apprecia.te your co-operation, we are Very truly yours, B, L. MAB.BLE CRAIB. COMPANY, A D PettIbone, Sec'y and Treas New Furniture Dealers. \\ H Carl 1S a new dealer at Lamar, Col I J Kurka lS a new furniture dealel at Philip, S Dak. J J ELtlnger has opened a new furniture store in As-ton a, Ore. Edward Dav1s is preparing to open a stock of furniture dt lareY, Ida Dav Id .:.,achman and others have incorporated the Reli-ahle lurl11ture company. cap1talized at $25,000 to deal in Jurl1lture m DetrOIt, ::\11ch. ::-. Holltscher and K Kahn, both until recently employed 111one of the large fur11lture stores of the CIty have opened a 11t \\ fur11lture store, under the firm name of Hollischer & l,ahn dt 919 Sprague avenue, Spokane, Wash. G .\ Hagnel and E E Vetllette, domg business as the fillll ot Hagner & Veillette, are conductmg what they call a tlll111tUIe spec1alty show m Meriden, Conn. They opened theIr "tock on September 1 and make a specialty of sanitary hed" ane! beddmg and orders for high grade furniture. Valuable Records. \ complete record of every piece of ftH niture is kept by one at the hlg department stores m Chicago The record gn e" the "tore number, descnptlOn of each piece, from whom purcha"ed, the d1rect factory cost, the charges for fre1ght. cclrtage, un pack111g and prepanng for the floors; the date of ~ale. cost of delivery, and 111fact every 1tem 111 connectlOn \\ Ith the handltng of the p1ece from the day 1t was ordered to the da} 1;Ihen It \,;as delnered to a customer and paid for. fhl" record 1S of great value to the buyer, espeCially in the matters or re-orders The expense of "uch a system IS con- "Iderable, hut the 01;1 ner of the store says "It pays' MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND NEWS L. G Gray WIll engage in the undertak111g bus1l1e~s at 1\ew LIsbon. WIS Hanson & DIckson. furmtUl e dealers of Fonda, NY, arc I emode11l1g and enlargl11g theIr store The furlllture business owned by the Fleck estate of Mdwaukee, WIS, is to be incorporated The Rac1l1e (WIS) Plano Stool company are add1l1g two stone" to theIr one-"tory factory building. vVerber & Rose, eAperienced fur111ture dealers have pur-cha "ed Nathan Glatky's fur11lture store at Milford. Mass The Palace Fur11lture company, dealers of Deer Creek, Okla. have doubled theIr capItal stock from ~,l.500 to $3.000 The firm of ThIele & K111ser, undertaker" of ,:\Tllltewater, ,\ I" , has been dissolved Mr Thiele IS to clese out the busi-ne"" The Bitkel" Department Store company of 1\1llwaukee, \\ I", hay e increaseJ thell capital stock from $80,000 to $120,000 The asset" and bU"111e<;sof the MarysvJ1le (Ohio) Rug company has been placed 111the hand" of D C Bolenbaugh a" recerver The fUllllture factone" at Rockford, 111, are I eported a" hav111g all eAcecdlllgly bu"y "cason Some of them ale vi\olk- Ing overt1l11e DavId Abelow ha" sold hIS fUl11lture "tOle at 'Vale, \Jas" , to Max Kun1l1 and has gone 111to the black'i1111th bU,.,I-lle"" wIth a partner The name of the Rhoc1e,,-Burford Fur11lture and Cal pet company of Lex111gton, Ky, ha'3 been changed to the L L Robert" Furniture COUlpany Theodore ,V ,,\,T a'3hburn of Baldwinvdle, Mass, ha~ "c-cured a patent on d chl1d\ chall and a"slgned his fights to George \\ alte of the same town 1?urglars entereJ the Hampden Furlllture company's "tore at Spnngfield Mass, and got away with three of the best rockers and a fine offJce chair. The Lake Meganhc Furniture company of Sherhrooke, Que. who'3e factOly has been idle fOl some time has resumecl operatlOD'; with a force of 100 men The Abbot company of CI111ton, 1\1a"" , are shipP111g spring hed" to Buenos Ay re", Argentina TheIr third consignment \i\as startell from Boston la"t Saturday The DetrOlt (Mlch) Manufacturing company, manufac-turers of furniture, have increased their capital stock from $15,000 to $60.000 and wdl enlarge theIr plant. Keck Brothers have purchased the furniture store of F J Akers & Co, of Bloomington, Ill, and ,He negotiating for the purcha"e of another at Monticello, same state Fields & Beard of MIlan, Tenn, luve purchased the undertak111g bus111es" of E L Cannon & Co, of Glb;"on. Tenn Mr Cannon will engage 111the same bus111ess at MIlan. George ZIegler has purchased the 111terest of S Behrends In the ZIegler fur11lture store of ,V llmington, N C. Mr ZIegler and hIS daughter, Mrs S L. Daniels are now sole propnetors of the business. Fndertaker" August KIlav IC7 and Paul Ma7Clka of ChI-cago had a fight at a funeral Ma7elka ha" started sUIt aga1l1st hI" competItor ask111g damages to the extent of $10,000, for InJunes to bus1l1ess, person and reputatlOn.· C. N Karstens, furmture dealer and pioneer reSIdent of Nebraska CIty, N ebr , dIed on August 20, aged 76 years He was a German, came to Amenca and settled In Nebraska 111 1857 and served four years as a soldIer 111the ciVIl war. The ,iVesterly (R I) FurnIture company has 111stalled a dIsplay rack '3uch as al e used hy wall paper dealers It ha" 20 \i\ 111gs 5 feet wide and 7% feet high, which affords about I 500 feet of space for the dIsplay of pictures, curtains, rugs. The Hammond-Brown Wall company, furniture dealers, Jf Easley, S C, have mcorpOl ated theIr business C O. lIammond i" pre"ident. G C Brown, vice presIdent, W F. 'Vall, secretary and E L HamIlton, treasurer, stock, $3,000 The Pierce Furniture and Carpet company, dealers of Dainbndge, Ga, have incorporated their business Capital stock. not less than $lS,OOO nor more than $SO,OOO. M. N. and 1\1 H Nussbaum and G Nand E F Pierce, are the principle stockholders. \\' 01 k on the new plant of the Appleton Chair company at Appleton Junction, ,VIS, is progre"sing rapidly It will 1l1c1ude a large factory bmldlllg, saw mill, power house, offIce butlding and two warehouses and it to be ready for occupancy in December Because J B PIckett has gone Into the retail furniture bU;"Hle<;s at Dawson, Ga, under the name of the Pickett Furl11ttlre Store, the PIckett FurmtUl e company, m which ;'1r PIckett vi\as formerly interested have changeJ theIr name to the Daw,.,on rurl11ture company H C Kenney, who last winter purchased the furmtme hU51l1e"" of F "r Ogram at, Eugene, Ore, has recently pur-chased the fUlllltttl e and hal dV\are business of R H Par;"ons & Co, In the same place and by consolidating the two has on e of the lal ge"t "tores in the state, outside of Portland. The Hartman Furmture company will issue bonch, due ll1 1920 WIth sy;; per cent ll1telest, secmed by a tlUst deed to umncumbered real estate, to obtaIn $275,000 to be used in erectll1g the prop0'3ed warehouses and administration build-ll1gs on ,V ent\i\ orth avenUe and ThIrty-ninth street, ChIcago. The SmIthers Undertak1l1g company of St LOUIS, Mo, after bemg in the bus1l1ess for over Sl'<ty years, have made an assIgnment for the benefit of credItors Liablhtles, $2,300; as"et". $1,900 Col111 1\1 Selph, the assIgnee, charge~ the falluI e to "the low death rate 111St Loms for the past few years" 111110 Sll1c1all of Mtlton, Me, has invented a folding chaIr to be made of Iron except the back and seat When folded It is twenty-four inches square, three 1l1ohes thick, weIghs seven pounds and IS 111tended to be sold at retail for $1 25 The im entor expects to orga11lze a company to manu-facture It at MIlton ..I IMPROVED, EASY AND ELEVATO RS QUICK RAISINC Belt, ElectriCand Hand Power. The Best Hand Power .for Furntture Stores Send for Catalogue and Prices. KIMBAll BROS. CO" 1067 Ninth St., Council Bluffs, la, Kimball Ele ...ator Co., 3~ Prospect St., Cleveland,O., l08llth St., Omaha, Neb, 120Cedar St , New York City. ..~ I J I ....I. ~. .... II your DESIGNS are right, people want the Goods. That makes PRICES right. (tlarence 1ft bills DOES IT 163MadIson Avenue-Citizens Phone 1983 GRAND RAPIDS. MICH ~------ ........• • .j - ------------------,------------------ 6 WEEKLY ARTISAN Grand Trunk Will Tap New Timber Tracts. M J HendrIck \merIcan Con"ul at Ironcton '\ e\\ nn1l1~- vvlck, says that remarkable pI ogress has been made 111bllllcl- 111g the Grand TI unk PacIfic I allt oad throu~h that prOi mce dunng the pa-,t vear Lng-meers' I eport'i sho"l' thclt 80 per cent of the COllstructlOll v\olk \\lthl11 the PIOv111le ha-' been done and WIll he completed h\ Chn-,tma-, The \\ hole 11I1e from \loncton to \\ 111111jJeg- \\ III be I each IC,1 opel,ltIOn 111 1912 ThIS road v\ III open up felt "ettlement a fine 'itl etch of land In '\ ew Dnln"" Ilk 1 Iom the Quebec h'lunclal \ to Grand Falls It I un" lal g-eh thlOug-h the "die, u! the 5t John Rli er \i hel e the LInd I" l ultli ated 1n \\ Lll-to-do farmel-from Grand ralls to TohlCjue thel e b an e,cellent tcllll1I1H; country, 0\ er half of \\ hlch h -,ettled trom 10blque Rn er to Ohlpman the map "ho\\ s un "ettled coun tn, cm el ed \i lth spruce, bIrch and hal cl v\ood, v\ hl1e the '-,ml, \i lth the e",cep-tlOn of a tevv mIles ot ~anch plam F fit ten cultli allon \\ dl watered and at pI e"ent plOhabh the mCht mag-l11ficent g-amc cllstnct 111 the D011111110n 110m ChIpman to near \london, With the exceptIOn of a fev\ mIles the Itne llm- thlOugh lands eIther cultIVated ()) v\ hlCh Vi 111he adaptecl lur lclrmln~ pUI poses when the "pI uce, cedal, and hdl d \\ o()(l tllHber no\\ stand1l1g thereon IS 1emOl ed The Gland Trunk PaCIfic v\ 11111111thlO11<;h ,1 portliln of ~ ew BrunswIck \\ here an abundance ot hal d \\ ood---bHch and maple---can be cut, there are Immense al eas of the-,e trees, some tracts heln~ ahout 20 l111le-, -'qual e \\ htle t\l1S hard wood can not be floated out 111the -tredm" It Lould be marketecl qlnte cheaph aitel the raIlroad 1" bllllt 0\, lng- to the expense of malketJng- thl'i v\ooel 11 ha" been of no Imme-diate value, but the hUtld111g of the ralli\ a, \\ III change all thl" ancl ::\loncton "houlcl and v\ III probabh become head-quarters for hard \\ood and hal d-\\ 00<1 plodl1ch 111the ::\Ian-tIme Prov111ces Office Supplies Exposition in Berlin. The thIrd German expO~ltlOn of offIce ~upp1Je~ offIce fixtures, etc, 1~ to be held from T~ebrura \ 25 to \1 arc h 5 1911, in the exluhltlOn hall In the loolo~lcal Garden Berhn The artIcles for exhlbltlOn al e to he c1nIdee! 111tO13 g-roltp~ as follow" (l) ::\Iechanclal tlme-sa\ mg apparatu~ (2 I ac-cessones for the above, (3) bureau fur111tUte and eqt1lpment~ (4) offIce supphes (5) tech11lcal offIce help" 6) card mde,e'i (7) paper manufacture In all lt~ branche" ra" materIal anJ half-fimshed prodltet~, machme" anJ tool~ u~ecl 111 qme and methods of pack1l1g, (8) book pnnt1llg, chche" engra \ 1I1g r Grand Rapids Caster Cup Co. 2 Parkwood Ave.,Grand Rapids, Mich. We are now puttmg out the best Caster Cups WIth cork base' ever oflerea to the trade. These are fimshed m Golden Oak and White Maple In a lIght fimsh These goods are admIrable for polIshed floors and furn Iture rests They will not sweat or mar PRICES. $4 00 per hundred 5 00 per hundred FOB Grand Raptd. SIze 2>( mches SIze 2U mrhes 'l'ry a Samplt Ordtr .... r " '" , 4· .. ..... FURNITURE MANUFACTURERS ATTENTION! Send for samples of our Celebrated Nickel Steel Sword Tempered BAND SAW BLADES Warranled In every Ilartlcular Standard assorted SIzes. regular guage and teeth, In dozen lots. ready for use, $12. Beslilroilos'lion On lhe markel. FRANK W. SWETT & SON Mfts of band saw blad .. and tools 1717 1719 W. Adams Sl ,Chlcage ttc , (9) ])()okbll1d1l1g manufactul e of albums and busll1ess books, and the toul" and machl11ery used 111 same, (10) ofIJce t1dnqel and tlclfflC apphances, cloth1l1g, etc, (11) the com-mel Cl,d ofJ:Jle dnd the tech11lcal ofhce, (12) stenography and LOmmerCial educatIon, (13) hterature regardlUg the whole field of the exposItIon \pphcatlOl1 t01 "pace must bc made on the preSCribed torms and ~ent to the DIrector of the EXposltlOn, Mr A \\ tllner. \tbtellungshalle am Zoologlshchen Garten, Portal \ I IlarJenberg"tra..,se, Berl111 \\ 50, not later than January 1; 1911 "1 he manag-ement I~ authonzed to mcrease the rates 101 ~pace 50 per cent on apphcatlOns receIved after that date Space "vvlll be assIgned as appltcatlOl1S are accepted The management makes othel speclall offers to mduce Jl1terested partle~ to nuke eal!v apphcatlOn~, such clS 10 per cent reduc-tIOn of the 'ipace late~ upon apphcatIons recelVed before October 1 1910 etc Pnnted torms fOI appltcatlOns for "pace and copies of the I eg-ulatlOns ~Oi ern1l1g the expOSItIon may be obtained frnm the BUt eau ot \J anufacturer~ at \Vashmgton Albout 1\\ enl\ \mencan manufacturers were represented at the last expositIOn of thIS k1l1d held at Ber11l1 Jl1 October, 1908, and theIr exhIbIts recen ed many of the medals, honol s, etc 1I , :I I I• I IIII III .. The Latest Ad-el-ite Effort. [he \clam" &.. Eltmg COlnpan) have sent out an attrac- 1I\ c hulletll1 de\ oted to Profit ProposltlOn,," an~l the merit~ of theIr product" It l'i pnnted 111five colors and gIves m-tmmatIon about \d-el-Ite fimshes Hyglemc Kalsom1ne and II\-pol that mu"t be ot mtere"t to dealers and consumers It al'io carnes ~ample~ of the advertisements used m the mar.;cl7ll1eS by the companv and proposltlon~ mtended to m-duce dealer'i to lI1troduce the g-ood~ to consumers WIth Itst" ot the adv el tl"1I1g matter that IS furmshed free WIth each tllal order, mcludmg cards on Vi hlch sample packages may he orc!cl ed Thc bnlletl11 or po~ter Ib d good ~pec]1nen of the ach lrtl-'ll1~ mattel sent out by the Ad-el-Ilte people who have belome tamou~ for u111que an~l effectne publtclt} means and methoc! " Pay Orders Little Used. In the old day ~ employer" generally bettlec! V\ lth theIr b,lllh." \\lth ordeh npon ~tore~ or part cash and part oders ]n mam In,,tance~ the employers owned the stores and com-pelled the men to patronl/e such StOl es or losc theIr posttlon" [he '-" qem Vi a.., a \ IC10U" one as the men were charged higher pnle~ for the drtlcles needed than the same sold for by inde-pcndent dealer.., \ manufacturer \\ould depOSIt $800, a" an IllustratIOn i\ 11h a rctcltl merchant under an agreement that ptnTIltted hUH to ~li e hI" cmployerb OJder~ on the merchant for $1000 LegIslatIve actlOn aboItshed the ~ystem Jl1 most of the btates, but It stIll prevalls m certain sectlO11S. WEEKLY ARTISAN 7 Henry Schmit 8 CO. HOPK.INS AND HARRIET STS Cincinnati, Ohio maleers of Uphol.stered Furniture for LODGE and PULPIT, PARLOR, LIBRARY, HOTEL and CLUB ROOM ~. Active Demand for Freight Cars. A decrea"e of 29,000 cars, or mOl ethan 28 per cent, in the numbel of Idle freIght cal" on the raIlway., '1f the "Cmted States and of CanaJa I", reported in the current fortmghtly bulletl11 of the Amencan RaIlways assocIatIOn gIving tll e freIght car record as of August 17 On that date there yo, as a net surplusage of only 73,679 freIght cal ", compared wIth a surplus of nearly 103,000 on August 3 I\t no time since the c!o"e of last March was there as few Idle cars a" there were on Augu:o.t 17, and the tendency during the fortmlSht covered by this report wa., .,0 decidedly in the directIOn of 111creased employment of freight cars that the chance" are that today the Idle hst 1" sub'Stantlally smaller than It was on I\ugust 17 The increased demand for cars appeared 111all sectlOn" of the country, but the demand was largest in the middle west, where the reductton in idle cars amounted to about 34 per cent of tho"e reported at the date of e prevlou'S bulletm The gram movement contributed to an Important extent to thIS further development, It being box car" whIch were partic-ularly in demand On Augu"t 17 the roads operatnng m the northwest had ollily 13,268 cars Idle, v. h as at thl., tlme last year there were no fewer than 52,000 Idle cars on these hnes The reductIOn 111 the fortl1lght covered by thIS report seems to be rapIdly beanng out the foreca"t of the \mencan RaIlways associatlOn's commIttee two weeks ago, that all the Idle freight cars of the country would soon go into sendce again .. Ti4ht Bound Portfolios Not Desired. The pleasant sml1e that every travelmg "ale"men carry-mg five or "IX hunared photoglaphs find" it nece""ary to pre"ent when in the presence of the buyer, IS put to a s~vere test, when hi" pIctures are lDlxed up mdl:o.cnm111ately by the thoughtle"" one The buyer who plch out a "ldeboarJ and throw:o. It on top of his de"k or 111tO a near by chaIr for later mspectIOn and cover.., the "ulfound111g furmture wIth photo:o. of c!llffomer", bookcases and cabmets, and finallv bunches the lot mdlscnmmately anel hands them to the sale;- men, thmks not or care., not of the tune and labor necessal v to gather up the artlc1e~ properly for the m"pectlOn of other buyers The photographs are the :o.alesman's tools and If he were permItted to handle the same m hIS own v.ay hIS tempel would not be put to a strain "0 often and hIS work rendered mOl e easl1y expedIted A considerable number of sale"men bId then photographs m portfoho" "0 strongly that then 1em oval I" hardly pO""lble Such portfohos do not please the average bUyer He prefer" the loose sheet" that he may throw the pnnt" about promlscuou"l)' and slovenly. Solid Comfort Chair. A man named Ru"sell invented the "sohd comfort chaIr" thIrty -fi, e years ago and Seng & Schoen of ChIcago gamed a fortune m manufactunng and selhng It The rocker had rI II II IIII III t I III • 4 III IIi ... ~-------------------_.~-----------..._. cn:o..,eel flexIble legs and flexIble arms, and the fore legs con-tamed metal feet whIch fitted mto ratchet:" on the front end of the runners By "changmg the front legs m the rachet, seven changes m the po"ltlOn of the seat and back could be made The "eat" and back" wel e stuffed wIth moss, but for THE ANGELUS C~OWL.BY. MILNEIl & CO I formerly Pard"dle & Blackwell I CIlOWLEY, MIL.NEIl & CO $138.61Will Furnish a a Five-Room Apartment at the Lowest Scale of Prices in the August Furniture Sale. HO<JJ ucn W1/1It (OSI me /0 f If sl a l apart flC 1 11 at q c<;t on I all buv:ed atOll d ~ ma v a nan 5 {cad espec 11I the ) oung n an vho IS Just about to establ ~l a hon e 01 1 5 V. d whose eso es are 11 led to a certain arnot nt As a matter of [ormatton ",e J <lye p e~n~d <l eha t of Ie ,ost 01 p tI ng tI e fur t re n a fi\t~room apartIl rut Th s chart s made up ent eh from the Furn IU e n tl c \ g 5 Sa)e and all lief n ture ItS at tl c sale pr ees l1uefo e Anv man \\.ho 1 appens to rt:ad th 5 d art must re nc nbl':f Here ts the Cl at! made up by our rur Ilure Expert Just to Ilia! fie \1, shes to follow the suggc~t ons t mpJ e" he m 5t ,how how lalle /1 v,/Ill cost to fumult a fiv roo n aptJr! do so durn g the month of August for th sale I(f; nates on men! by takmg adv4ntt.lge of /hl August '{ale the last day of th ~ month and probably 1Uo~t of tbe f rn ture. TbTt!epleee Pa,rl<;>rSuite Will be gone Ertta Ro<:kH Parlor Table We m ght also add cbat as a connmente he flla' w tl PedestAl proper rderences establsh such cred t as Will 1: \Ie h m t me to pa) for thl.'"{urn ture If he hasn t the money to pay for t DINING ROOM Dmlng Table at the tIme of purchase B ffet Or u[.lQllthe payment (){ a certa n small percentage of the :$:l Cbaln purchase wt '" 11 1loJd the furn tu e 11 Ot r warehou<;es unt I such time 35 he 15 ready to h~H It 1l1ove(i IOto h s home And remember plea"e m glancmg over th s chart 11 at f the pnc s seem small the furn lurr t<,elf ., at! GOOD If, ou pa) $98') for a bra., bed and the bed s 0 e that u,>uall, ~elh for $1" Ihe fact tl at you pay the 10,e pr ce doesn aff~ct the <\121t) It s stllla $15 bed The Aug t Iurnturr sac s mad tfl ent reI} of spec al tach of turn lure 11at manu fact rer dl'sed out to t s .t a conce SlOfl Somet mcs the con cess Oil was 2~% ",ornet mes ran as h gl <l"' 4.OCt TJ us the 1l1an ho has a cerIa n amo l t to 1 end for f rn I re ca.n read ly sce th,lt he ca e the get 2 or 4fl per cent letter furniture for's money than Ie e-xpected Q ha e ~W()h:-.ncr::t~~~t'li 63.:) Or he can sa....e 25 to 40 per ernt of vhat he nlel dcd to Ot"~ Stoot pend After stud) g the charI for a ie n oment~ 0 1 s(>e Ih TOTAL COST OF FIVE ROOMS at on f r t rc that a regul t pr ces foot p to $1&74 a clea TOTAL AMOUNT SAVED sa, \fig of $41} "9 can be nlade br ng ng he total c of e f rn t rc lor fi e ooms do'\\' 0 $1.3861 It IS mposs blc to g de"cnpt OilS of the rurn ture b t 5 the I.: no }-at e wi (cr da} the }C<lf and 1a ked \I h tl c full g aralltee o-i-the Cro' e) M lnu store ~o other k d \0\11d be adm t d our /too Of to r" hose vho \I sh to [urn sh an apa tmem mote elaborately" II have a \ast .'itock of lhe firte5t f n c to d a f om a d at the samec ad a tage" of pnce as. In the less expel e grades Our Idea of p ~ ent ng tl s ha me e 0 sl f) ha WOnderful res !lts ca be o\.:t\.afled n spend fig a small amount of mOllcy n Ih 0; I\. gust Sak PARL.OR SALE REGULAR AMOUNT PRICE PlUCE SAVED $UI9J noM '30<; &.98 9011 302 2.&8 iO\} 102 149 200 62 $2739- $3S00 $161 SALE REGULAR A.MOUNT PRICE PRICE SAVED "795 ,noo U05 tUS t50\} 20" 660 900 l\'~0 'tOTAL BEDROOM SALE. REGULAR AM()UNT PRtcE PRICE SAVED $~ 85 '1500 '5t\> 14.lill l\'C/)(1 550 uo 3/)(1 60 595 800 10\> 1S'1) tOO 50 :l.OO :130 50 g~::e~ Bprlllg-S Al Felt Mattt1l'1n e.l:talr Rocker TOTAL $3660 '5050 'H20 LIVING ROOM aM F REGULAR AMOUNT PRIel!, PRICF SAVED '1695 $24l\l1 $7 OS 450 6110 150 &98- III 00 301 493 700 20'! 298 500 202 DAtenp()r1 Llbrary1'abJll R(lck~r JI"cl<H RDClror TOTAL $5200 $tU1 KITCHEN SAll!, PRICE .. OS '"" REGUI All AMOUNT PRICE .. SAVED $!Zoo 1302 200 70 till 15 TOTAL "1490 $13861 $ 4979 Crowley, Milner & Co. Sample Advertisement the use of wlllch the locker would hay e rendered sohd com-fo t to the l1~er Rockers of thl" sty Ie may be ~een occaSlOn-all} In the second hand store'" Will Cut Express Rates. The Illmol:o. ratlroad and v.arehouse commISSiOner" have IS'iufd announcement-, that on October 1, 1910, the commlS-slOn WIll a""ume control of these compdllle" and hold them to a "chedule of tdnff" prepareLl by the comml'-,SlOn Thl" schedule WIll make sweeplllg reductlOns III most cla"ses of expressage and 1D .,ome lllstances 1 educe the rates more than half The hea\ y reductl'1ns V'dll be made pnncl-pally In shIpment:" of Ie"" than 100 pound, The express com-p31lleS aJ e e,<pected to test the legaht} of the commISSIOn's actlOn 111 the courts -- -- --- --- --~----,------------------ \\ l11ch, whIle not wholly PUI e, show suffIcIent of the general cbaracten"t1cs of the type of thIs penod to be interesting and decuratlve So firmly established 1S the color sho", n in the old pIeces of tb1S furUlture that "FlemIsh oak" has come to be a recognIzed, though frequently mIsapplied, descriptive term for a certain staIn applted to a vanety of woods FlemIsh oak b recogmzed by some of the furmture-makers, and also by archItects and decorators m this country, as almost black, 111fact, "orne of It qUlte so The true FlemIsh oak, however, i" a rich brown, with dl1110st a bmt of ~Teen III ItS depth of tone It IS possible to obtaIn "ta111s \\ hlCh rerloduce the color beauhfully. The fim"h g1\ en "hould be dull, the only gloss that WhICh would come naturally \\ Ith tl111e Such furnIture finds It,; best ,;ett- 1I1~ III 100111ScarryIng a paneled wamscot, preferably of oak OJ ';f me other hard \\ ooel Th1s wood may show the same "tam or a lIghtel or darker tone, as the scheme may require The be"t "t) Ie at tIm, panelmg 1" along Jacobean hnes FUlni-iUI e of thIs tvpe comes in partIcularly attractlve forms for dl1lll1g loom use eel tam pIeces of ihls furnIture may also be effectn ely mit ocluced m halls and ltvmg-rooms, where the treatment i,; 1)\ no mean" pm el) charactellst1':, but IS SImple cl11d cbgmfiecl l be \\ all CO\elll1g. where such IS used above the panelcd \\ am "cot, "hould be IIch m color. and 1f a deSIgn sho\\ s, It "b )ulcl 1)c aftel a tdpe,;try pattern of Flemish feeling, show-ll1g d \ dnet} of \\ ell-toned and softened colors The elJapule" Il1 such a loom should be of veh eteen or rllllld"k. unle"" a cotton tapeqly of FlemIsh deSIgn "tlItmg tbe \\ all co\ elmg can be procul ed Such effects as are :,up- 8 WEEKLY ARTISAN ORIGIN OF FLANDERS FURNITURE Reproductions of Sixteenth Century Designs and Finishes That Are Now Popular. (By :,laude Gleasoll m :::'l1lbtllban LIte) Just at present, there I'; a marked I e\ 1\ al at m-tel eot 111 Flanders furl1lture on establ~shed lme" c\l1d \\ Ith vanous mOLhficatlOns Most of the large retaIl stores are no\\ carryl1lg furnIture of thIS style m stock and It seem,; hkel} to supplant. to some extent, \11SSlOn and craftsmdn iUll1lture The development of Flanden furnIture I'; a mo,;t mter-est1" 11g chapter in the h1story of industrIal art ThIS furniture Flanders Ta'Jle Made by the Grand Rapids Chair Company carnes the name of the pro\ mce m "hlch It \\ a" made, and thIS mcluJes BelgIUm, part of Holland, and nOl thel n Fram e In th1S prOVll1ce, the art of fnr11lture-makl11g had laggf'c1 be-hllld other countlles, and 1t ,,<is not untIl the L1o~e elf the sIxteenth and the fir,;t half of the se\ eneenth cen tune.., t h,lt they equaled eIther the French 01 the Germans In thI" IHrtl cular Ho\\ever, dU1ll1g thIS penoJ the} not onh e([udler! other countnes, but the mhab1tants of 1 landel'" al e I1 \\ cons1dered the great furniture maker" of that t1l11e • After a short penod of Imlta tlOn of l tahan \\ oucll\ n! k (wh1ch was mostly of \\ aln,lt) the} <16~lgnerl a ,tv Ie tal thel! own natIve oak, whIch "as "0 beautlful that It \\ d" bon ()\\ cd under vanous name" by the natIons u'-ml; tIll" \\ 0 Jcl lt found ItS way to France, Spam. England. dnd later to \l11e11- ca, the deSigners of each countIy shJ"mg '-tIongl) It, chaldl-tenstlc mfluence The Ehzabethan and Jacobean q} les 111 England were so lt1splred by It that It wa,; dIffIcult to 1den-ttfy the country where ,;uch work \\ as produced vVh1le the cabmet-makers of Flamler" mfluencec1 the tur111- ture-makers of other nations, the chaIr-maker \\ a" e\ en a greater power It 1S Interesting to note that thIS t} pe of chaIr was one of the first imported to the Colol1les In fact, \\ e are told that some chairs (to be conservatIve, \\ e may "a\ perhaps one) came over in the Mayflower, and. for the sah of the assocIation, let us hope there were several at least Much credit is due the furniture manufacturers of toda) for the good reproductlOl1'l of thIS historic style It is made of oak, and a charactenstlc attnbute of the type is the hea\.) turned legs Some pieces show the backs and seats In cane, while others are uphol,;tered \\ Ith tapestry, brocade, or leather, this covering bell1g so fitted 0\ er the frame that onh the arms and supports are visible Other marked attributes of the pure FlemIsh deSIgn are the three turned stretches, and sometimes a carved under-brace follOWing, In general, the 11l1es of the back There are some excellent deSIgns put out by the manufacturers toda}. Desk of the Flanders Type Made by Grand RapIds Chair Company. piled b} the Craftsman matenals, Clash, anas cloth and 1111en, al e not sUJte,1 io thI" fur11lshll1g ThIS does not mean, of COUI"e that a \ ery expensIve settlt1g must be supplIed, but the color,; must be nch 111 tone and the fabllc show some "oftne"" There 1S an uphobterer's velveteen ",hlch sells for about two dollars and 1S fifty 111ches in width This fabrIC may be haa 111a \ en beantIful 1111eof colors, which is wholly sUlted to ,;uch room" WEEKLY ARTISAN j---_ .. _- .. Morton ........ .... .-~ House J. BOYD PANTLlND, Prop. ..------------------ ----------------_._. -_._-~.. .....---_.-_.-- --------_.._-_._-------... ( American Plan) Rates $2.50 and Up. Hotel Pan tlin d (European Plan) Rates $1.00 and Up. I GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. I The Noon Dinner Served at the Pantlmd for 50c is THE FINEST IN THE WORLD. to - _. •• • -. • •• - • - • __ a •• .... , HOFFMAN BROTHERS CO. FT. WAYNE, IND. HARDWOOD LUMBER SA~~D } QUARTERED OAK { VENEERS SLICED AND MAHOGANY . .. ..... ---_._-- --_._ ... _ .._., r "BOYNTON &. CO.--) r Manufatturen of • I Embo... d and Tumed Mould- I inca, £mho .. • d and Spindl. I Carnnp, and Automatic I TuminC8. We slID manu' I fadure a la.ae Lac ofEmbo ... d Ornament. for Couch Work. I I '725-'739 Dickson Street, CHICAGO,ILL. I I a..--... __•• .. . __.. _ ~----------------_._- _._---------- I These saws are made from No. 1 Steel and we war-rant every blade. We also carry a full stock of Bev-eled Back Scroll Saws, any length and cauce. I I..._----------_._-----------------' 31-33 S. Front Sf., ORAND RAPIDS, MICH. ._-. __ ._- __ .. ._. .., We are Special Tool Manufacturers for the Wood Working Trade. Our sOLIn STEEL MOULDING CUTTERS are the Best in the World, SPECIAL ORDERS SOLICITED AND GUARANTEED SATISFACTORY WOOD WORKERS TOOL COMPANY, 542 Jackson Blvd., CHICAGO. SAW, KNIFE AND TOOL MANUFACTURERS. ;...._ --- -. .. .. .. . .... .. -_ _ .._. .. UNION FURNITURE CO. ROCKFORD, ILL. China Closets Buffets Bookcases We lead in Style, Conftruc!bon and Finish. See our Catalogue. Our Ime on permanent exlubi. bon 3rd Floor, New Manufact. urers' Bwldmg,Grand Rapid•• I'--_._.__._-------- FOX SAW DADO HEADS SMOOTHEST GROOVES FASTEST CUT LEAST POWER LONGEST LIFE GREATEST RANGE QVlCKEST ADJUSTMENT LEAST TROUBLE PERFECT SAFETY We'll Iiladly tell )'ou all about it. AI.o Machine Knlve". Miter Machine., Etc. PERMANENT ECONOMY ......- ... .. ... .. .. ... 9 ...I . .. 10 WEEKLY ARTISAN SINGLE CONE ALL STEEL SPRINGS Are very popular with the Furniture Trade. $2~ $2~ Each Net Each Net No. 46, Single Cone, $2 Each, Net. We manufacture a full line of Single and Double Cone All Wire Springs. SEND US YOUR ORDERS. SMITH &, DAVIS MFG. CO., St. Loui5 The L. Mac E. VARNISHES BLUE RIBBON RUBBING and POLISHING VARNISH, QUAKER CITY COACH VARNISH-CABINET FLOWING VARNISH, WHITE MAPLE RUBBING and POLISHING VARNISHES; WHITE MAPLE GLOSS VARNISHES-WHITE REED FLOWING VARNISHES, FLA T ALL VARNISH and ALL DULL FINISH-J AP ANS, Etc. DIPPING VARNISHES NOTE-Our many years of practical experience with the Furniture, Plano and kmdred hnes of manufacture enable us to know Just the kind and quality of varmshes demanded. Also the fact that our strong corps of salesmen have an already estabhshed trade with this class of customers through visiting them with fillers and stallls, makes It possible for us to sell varnishes without additional ex-pense to us, which advantage we are disposed to give to our customers in quality. Send us a Trial Order. THE LAWRENCE-McFADDEN COMPANY - Philadelphia WEEKLY ARTISAN 11 UPHAM MANUFACTURING CO., Marshfield, Wis. No. 2228 Toilet Table. SEND FOR OUR Dressers Chiffoniers Dressinu TaE.les Suites WardroE.es SideE.oards Buffets Etc. Made in Oak, Bird's-Eye Maple, MaItogany, etc., and All Popular Finishes No. 2240 TOIlet Table COMPLETE CATALOGUE 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. Sendlor Catalog "B" lordataon Hand Jointers, Saw Tables, Wood Lathes, Sanders, Tenoners, Mortisers, Trimmers, Grinders, Work Benches, Vises, Clamps, Glue Heaters, etc., etc. "Oliver" New Variety Saw Table No. 11 W,ll take a saw up to 20' <hameter Arbor belt 18 6' wIde Oliver Tools "OLIVER" No. 16. Band Saw 36 Inche •• Made with or WIthout motor dove Melal table 3(1'x30". Will take 18" under the gUIde-bill 45 dearees one way and 7 degrees the other way Car-nesa saw up to 1~'1 WIde. OUlllde beaMg to lower wheel Ihafl when not motor dnven. WClgbo1800lba when ready to .hip. Save Labor " Time " Tempers .. Co.st Work. and General Office. at 1 to 51 Clancy St. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., U. S. A OLIVER MACHINERY CO. BRANCH OFFICES-Ohver Maclunery Co .. Hudson Tennmal, 50 Church 5t. New York. Ohver Maclunery Co, Fmlt Nabona! Bank Bwl<hng, Ch,cago. Ill, Ohver Machmery Co • PacUic Bwl<hng, Sealtle, Wsoh.. Ohver Maclunery Co .201-203 Deansaate, Manchesler, Eng 12 WEEKLY ---_._-~--_.~ II ,I II I,II I It ,IIII t III I tII I, IIII II t tt ,I ,, I ARE BREAD AND I PROfIT WINNERS I/ I, It I I I II ______ - .4 ...------------------- ,I 1I TUE "ELI" FOLDING BEDS No Stock complete wIthout the ElI Beds In Mantel and Upnlrht ELI "D. MILLER &, CO. l .... ~~"ALE 'N FURN'TURE EXCHANCE, EVANOV'LLE. EVANSVILLE. INDIANA Wnte for cuts and pnces ---~ I ~- ------------- I Palmer's Patent G1uinlr Clamps I i , The above cut 1S taken dlrect from a photograph, and shows the range of one size only, our No.1, 24-mch Clamp. We make SlX other sizes, takmg 1n stock up to 60 inches wide and 2 inches th1Ck. Ours 1S the most practical method of clamping glued stock m use at the present t1me. Hundreds of factones have adopted our way the past year and hundreds more w111m the future. Let us show you. Let us send you the names of nearly 100 factories (only a fractlOn of our hst) who have or-dered and reordered many times. Proof pos1t1ve our way is the best. A post card w111bring 1t, catalog mcluded. Don't delay, bui wnte today. A. E. PALMER & SONS, Owosso, MICH. rOREIGN REPRESENTATIVES: The ProJect1le Co., London, England; Schuchardt & Schutte, Berhn, Ger-many; Alfred H. Schutte, Cologne, Par1s, Brussels, Llege, M1lan, Turin, Barcelona and Buboa. ~ ...._--_ .._----. __ ... -------_._~I ARTISAN -----_._----._-_. _. .,. ---- -.-- ..----- ..- .- II I,I 1 III III Here is a Rocker that's a seller. Write for the price. GEO. SPRATT 8 CO. SHEBOYGAN, WIS. No. 592. '--------------_._ ...- --_._---_._-----~.. Dodds' Tilting Saw Table No.8 We take pleasure In mtroduclIl:gto you our new Saw Table The base IS 8lDllIar to what we have been usmg on our No 4 Saw T .ble, only we have made It larger on the Hoor The raISIDgand lowenDR devIce 1S the same al we have on the No 4 Machine, with lever and pItman The lever ISmade of steel The arbor II made of 1% -lOchsteel, runDIDgin long nng OIllOgboxel, and II for l-lOch hole 10 slfW. We furmsh one 14-lach saw on each machIne It WJ11carry a 16-mch saw If deslIed. Table IS made with a center .hde 12 mche. Wide With a movement of 21 mches It has a lockmg deVIce to hold It when you do not WIShto use It. and has a detachable mitre guage to be used when usmg the shdmg-table. Can cross-cut with table extended to 24 lDches, also tIp up to 24 Inches WIde Table has a removable throat that can be taken out when usmg dado It also has two mItre guages for regular work and a two Ilded.np guage that can be used on f'lther SIdeof the saw, more espeCIallywhen the table IStIlted, alsoa tl.ltmgtIp gauge to be used to cut bevel work when you do not WIShto bit the table The top IS 40x44 mches Countershalt has T. & L pulley. lOx 14 mches. and the dove pulley 16x5 mches, counter- .haft should run 800 Makmg in all about as complete a machme as can be found and at a seasonable pnce Wnte us and we wtll be pleased to quote you prIces Addreas, ALEXANDER DODDS, CO., 181-183 Canal St., Grand Rapid., Miclt. ~-_ .... ------------------ . -~ ----_.~ WEEKLY ARTISAN ~ - - -- -----.-.-..-.-..-.-..-.-._----------~ ROLLS Be careful of the dealer who tells you he can furnish cutters "as good or better than Morris Wood & Sons." He is imposing upon both you and our reputation. If you would have cutters which do the most perfect work. at the least expense, that wear out on the jointer and not on the emery wheel, which save their first cost in a few weeks, in the saving of time, required to grind and adjust sectional cutters. Write UI right now for further information. For Bed Caps, Case Goods, Table Legs and many other purposes; in Gum, Mahogany and Quartered Oak Veneers. The Fellwock Auto & MfJ!. CO. EVANSVILLE, INDIANA WOOD fOnntno (UTnnS As only the edge outlines of the Cutter comes mto contact wIth the lumber, there i" no friction or burn-mg of the moulding!:>when made wIth the ShImer Reversible or One-Way Cuttt'rs. These Cutters are carefully moulded to suit your work, and are very complete, inexpensIve and time-saving tools. We supply speCIal Cutters of any shape desIred and of any sIze to suit your machine spindles. Let us have your speCIficatIOns. For odd work not found m our catalogue send a wood sample or draWIng. We have made solid steel cutters for thirty-six years. Is that worth anything to you? A trial order is our most convincing argu-ment. Write now before you forget it. SAMUEL J. S"IMER &. SONS, Milton, Penn. MORRIS WOOD & SONS 5108 W. Lake St., CHICAGO, ILL. II - ~ .. Manufacturers of the Shimer Cutter Heads lor Flooring, Ceihng, Sidmg, Doors, Sash, etc. ..- .. -- •.-.-.--------- --t -------------_. __._. ----------------_.-----------------~ rIII Patent Malleable Clamp Fixture ... I,E. H. SHELDON & CO, Chicago. Ill. Gentlemen -We are pleased to state that the 25 dozen Clamp Fixtures which we bou,-ht of yon a httle over a year ago are glvmg excell<.nt service We are well satisfied with them and shall be pleased to remember you whenever we want \ anytblng addlt10nalm tbls !Ine Yours truly, / Sioux City, Iowa. CURTIS SASH & DOOR CO. " .. -_.._-- ..._-- ..__._-----_._------------------------------ ... '1 Wood Bar Clamp Fixtures. Per Set SOc. Sheldon Steel Rack Vises 30.000 Sold on approval and an nncon-dltlOnal money back guarantee SHELDON'S STEEL BAR. CLAMPS. Guaranteed Indestructible. We soltctt pnvllege of sendmg samples and our complete catalogue E. H. SHELDON {j CO. 328 N. May St •• Chicago. ~ These Specialties are used all Over the World -----_. --. '" . --_._---_. Wood-Working Machinery and Supplies -- Veneer Pre ..... diHerent kind. aad .iz... (Pateated) Hand Feed Gluein. Machin. (P.tat penelma.) Man,. .t,.le. and .ize •• Veneer Presses Glue Spreaders Glue Heaters Trucks, Etc., Etc. Power Feed Glue SlOreadin. Maehine. Sin.le. Doublo and Combination. (Patented) (Sizea 12 in. to 84 in wide.) LET US KNOW YOUR WANTS CHAS. E. FRANCIS COMPANY, Main Office and Works, Rushville, Ind. .. N. 20 Glue Heater No.6 Gln.H.at.r. 13 1 I • ~ f 14 WEEKLY ARTISAN WE HAVE NO PRETTY THEORIES ABOUT STAINS OR FINISHES Making stains for practical men has been our job for many years. And long before we became makers we were USERS. Above all, our products are practical. They WORK. The results in your finishing room, if you have the right kind of finishers, will be the same results as we show on our sample panels. You are not experimenting when you buy stains from us. Ask your best finisher about them. Send for sample panel to desk No.3. THE MARIETTA PAINT AND COLOR CO. MARIETTA, OHIO. ........ .. .. -------- ---_.._ .--------- FOUR NEW TRADE MARK REGISTERED PRODUCTIONS BAR 0 NIA LOA K STA IN in acid and oil, F LAN D E RS 0 A K S T A I N in acid and oil. S M0 KED 0 A K S T A I N in acid and oil. EARLY ENGLISH OAK STAIN in acid and oil: Send for finished samples, free. Ad-el-ite Fillers and Stains have long held first place in the estimation of Furmture Manufacturers and Master Painters. In addition to the reg-ular colors the above shades offer unusually beautiful and novel effects. The Ad-el-ite People CHICAGO-NEW YORK Everything m Pamt Spec1altIes and Wood Finishmg matenals. Flllers that f111. Stams that satisfy .... ---, ----. • La as ••• .. ••• L. • ••• T ..... ~ WEEKLY ARTISAN TRUCK TALKS Might not convince you without evidence. But compare a wagon to our truck, note the similarity ot construction fea-tures- No box bearings; nothing to easily break or get out ot order; extra large center wheels, revolving on taper turned axles; wide treads; special first-class cast-ings. ·Grand Rapids Trucks are first, last and all the time the safest in construction, and positively the best. No. 15 Catalog Shows Them. Grand Rapids Hand Screw Co., 618NorthFront St. Grand Rapids,Mich. .,. ....-------------------_. _.-- -- .-.------ --------- ._--- _. --_._. -- .--_.. ...- .... No. 1711 No. 1705-1705 New designs in the Louis XVI Style. WRITE FOR SAMPLES AND PRICES. GraQd <00. k- G_I1_R_A_~_P_!_·~~~s_. I~_H_~_S_S 1 •• •• 15 .., 16 Englishman's invention is guaranteed to maintain a light of eight candle power for forty hours at a cost of two cents To produce the same amount of hght with gas the gas would have to be figured at fifteen cents per thousand feet Own-ers of stores and factories will hope that the English inven-tion may be all that is claimed for It, but it IS not probable that the gas compames w111 reduce their rate untl1 the new lamp has been thoroughly tested WEEKLY ARTISAN MICHIGAN ARTISAN COMPANY SU_SCIII"TION '1.'0 "Ell YEAII ANYWHEIIE IN THE UNITED STATES OTHEII COUNTIIIES '200 "Ell YlItAII. SINGLE CO"IE' 5 CENTS. ~U.LICATION O .... ICII!:. 101-112 NOIITH DIVISION ST. GIIAND RAP'IDS. MICH. A. S. WHITII!:. MANAQING EDITOII Kntere. a•• econd cla .. matter. July 5. 1909, at the post oftice at Grand RapId •• MIChlea • • nder the act of March 3, 1879 CHICAGO REPRESENTATIVE,E. LEVY. David B. Forgan, president of the NatlOnal City Bank of Chicago, gave a good reason for the unsatisfactory current condition of business affairs in an intervIew publIshed by a Winnipeg paper last Tuesday "Wall street exerCIses too much influence over the banking system of the United States, but the western states gradually are slipping away from that influence and are learning to see through theIr own spec-tacles," said Mr. Forgan. "In the west \\ e depend largely on the crops," he continued "vVhen they are good we ex-pect prosperity Wall street, "hichl lis very sensltn e, IS! affected by political and other considerations. The present. or threatened split in the Republican party makes pohtical conditions very uncertain and there is nothing so hurts credit as uncertainty. Consequently we have stagnation in stock and security markets; but it will get over it One of our fundamental troubles is that we have got into a condition where the getting of votes and attackl11g large bUSiness inter-ests are synonymous. This is not altogether unjustIfiable be-cause there have been a great many abuses But 1t keeps up a constant irritation and uncertainty" jLocal manufacturers of furniture are taking a hvely interest in the political movements of the day. Roy S Barnhart, 0 H L. Wernicke, John D Raab, Albert Stick-ley and E. H Foote are helpmg Chase Osborn in hiS effort" to obtain the nomination for governor of the state of MIchI-gan. Osborn is Slaid to represent the liberal (~;:>intually speaking) element, while Amos S. Musselman of Grand Rapids is said to favor the local option movement Mr. Musselman has many supporters among the furmture people Ellis and Diekema, both of whom are seeking the Republtcan nominatioll! for representative m congress, are interested 111 furniture factories, while Edwin F Sweet, who will be the democratic nominee for the same position, IS vice-president of the Oriel Cabinet company He is no longer a peddler, a drummer, a commercial traveler, or' a traveling salesman He has definitely stated that his employment is that of a "commercial ambassador." There you have it The announcement of this title was made by a traveling salesman (old style) while taking out a license to marry, in N ew York, recently An English inventor is reported to have perfected a metallic filament for incandescent lamps that requires less than 50 per cent of the current used in any other lamp. The Publtshers of furniture trade papers al e frequently re-quested to aid in promoting business schemes that have no merit nor backmg Very respectable names are not infre-qently used in connection with such schemes, but to their credIt it may be said, it is rare indeed when such enter-prises gain the powerful support of the trade press Legiti-mate business enterprises have ever been granted, the back-ing of the trade press without soltcltation, but It will not endorse fraud. New things are always wanted If a manufacturer is un-able to produce a style that IS absolutely new, he at least can turn out an old style so supenor in workmanshIp to the original that It is practically a new style The carver who cuts a bunch of grapes or a leaf better than it has ever been cut before, has produced something new He has attained what was considered the impossible. The outing season is over and With the 1etUl n of the "outers," merchants antICIpate a reVival of trade Thousands of new houses and the usual number of school houses, clubs, hospItals and kindred institutions WIll be ready to furnish. If old Polly Ticks keeps his nose out of business all will be well 111 the business world. Because a customer fails to find Just vvhat he wants 111 an Adam style of fur11lture It is not Wise to allow him to de-part without looking over the Hepplewhlte or Sheraton goods 111stock. He might find someth111g that would please him more than the Adam piece his m111d had fanCIed Because a customer says :\11ss10n fur niture IS no good except for the stable office, the retaIler should not "get warm under the collar" and exclaim "you don't know any-thing about furniture" Let the remark pd "" unnotIced and tn to sell him "omething else State and county fairs and the inevitable political cam-paign will claim the interest of all classes of people dunng the next "ixty ciays, therefore moderatlOn must be expected in bus1l1ess activity It IS as important to the employer that he cultIvate the good-wtll of his salesmen as well as that of the customer. He needs the support of both Wants Solid Mahogany Canopy Beds. The ,iVeekly Artisan. Grand Rapids. Mlchlgan Gentlemen: We are in the market for some full canopy solid mahog-any beds Could you inform llS where we would be likely to find this line of goods. ,\. e Will appreciate you giving this information Yours truly, SHARPE & WHERRY Kashvl11e, Tenn, Aug 26 WEEKLY ARTISAN 17 OLD ITEMS REPRINTED. From the Michigan Artisan for March. 1882. The newet shade of red used in upholstering is called Turco An improveJ fold1l1g table is the invention of J BenedIct of Grand Rapids The WilliamspOl t Manufacturing company WIll erect a factory in Philadelphia I H Dewey has purchased the furniture factory of J. E Hayden & Co , of Rochester, N Y The Howe Spr1l1g Bed company of New York recently filled an order for the Kl11g of Norway and Sweden Neal Gentry, formerly with the Widdlcomb Furniture company, has opened a stock of furnIture in Kansas City WIllIam Morns advises home furnIshes to "put nothIng in your house that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful" Senator Pendleton's house is said to be the most attrac-tIve of homes in Vvashington The intenor wood is beauti-fully carved. A walnut grove that was planted by a farmer twenty years ago, was sold recently for $27,000 The trees measure from SIX to twenty inches. Nelson-Matter & Co , have shipped furnIture to be used in new hotel'3 located in St Louis and Ashland, ,,vIS The firm also shIpped a car load of fine furniture to Cuba The women of the school of design in Cincinnati carved the heavy oak frame in which a portraIt of the wife of Presi-dent Hayes will be placed and hung in the white house King Kalakaua, who has nearly completed a palace at an expense of $250,000 in Honolulu, ha'3 dispatched his chamber-lain to Grand RapIds and Boston to contract his furniture Members of the family of M L Fitch of Nelson-Matter & Co, wel e poisoned recently by eating caramels which con-tamed inwholesome materials A physilCian relIeved their distress. A bill pending actIOn by the legislature of New York re-quires the repayment, by dealers, of fifty per cent of the amount paid to purchasers for furniture purchased on the installment plan, and seized for non-fulfillment of contract. Tohn C and George Parry of ChIcago are a pall' of good fello~s, who sell furniture on the 1I1stallment plan Recently thev went to the 'house of a delinquent customer and took aw~y a quantity of ~oods, to a part of which, it IS alleged they had no claim. In consequence of their actIOn they v. ere arrested and placed under bonds to appear before the Grand Jury to answer the charge of creating a riot. Henry Ii' Thon, of Thon Brothers, dealers in furniture and undertakers' at ,,vyandotte, Mich, attended a perfor-mance given by Herrmann the magIcian, at Detroit recently and witnessed the trick of decapitating a man's head. The scene so affected Mr. Thon that he fainted and was carried out by friends He was much chagrined as in the practice of his profession he had faced many gruesome scenes without flinching. City and Insurance Companies as Partners. The City of Prague, Bohemia, has a population of nver 500,000. During the past fifteen years there has been n,) loss of life through the burning of a building and the property loss from fire has averaged only $20,300 per annum The buildings are rarely 0" er five stories high. The height is not allowed to exceed twice the width of the street on which a buIlding fronts Nearly every building is constructed of - - hh .. --- "1 IIII I IIII I ----_.--------_.~ We Manuf.cture tLe LUl!elt Line of Foldinu Chairs I III ,L _ m the UnIted States, suitable for Sun day Schools, Halls, Steam-ers and all pubhc resorts. We also manufacture Brass Tnmmed I ran Beds, Sprmg Beds, Cots and Crlbs In a large variety. Send f,r Cala/'gut and PrIUs " KAUffMAN MfG. CO. ASHLAND, OHIO large bricks laid 1ll cement, the bricks be1l1g manufactured just outside the city limits The outside walls are covered with a coating of cement, and the ornamentation i'3 frequently made of the same material, although many of the houses are ornamented witlh cut-stone finishings The joists and the spaces between them are usually covered with terra cotta and concrete. with no exposed woodwork except the window and door frames. The hallways are nearly all made of concrete and the stairs of granite, built self-supporting, with practi-cally no exposed woodwork The attics usually have exposed wooden floors and rafters, but no one is permitted to sleep in an attic. The kitchen floors are also built of concrete. WIth tIled wainscoting No exposed woodwork is permItted in chimneys or close to furnaces. All the old houses and hotels are heated by tile stoves, but many of the new ones, includ-ing hotels, have central Iheating plants installed like those in American buildings. While the ordinary laborer receives small wages. yet there is probably not another city in Europe where there are so few poorly constructed houses as in Prague. The building department of the city consists of two sec-tions, the administrative and tech111cal, with several subdi-visions When applications for permIts are presented they must be accompanied by plans in duplicate. A commission from the administrative department is then appointed, con- 'listing of two officers from the city building dep~rtment (one an administration official and the other a tech111ca! ex-pert), one city councilman, and one officer from the sa111tary department, whose duty it is to examine the plans and pro-posed site and see whether everything is a~cordI~g to the building laws. If all details have been complIed WIth, a per-mit is granted; if not, the plans are returned v.lth notatIOns where they shall be changed. All of the expenses of the fire department are defrayed by the city, but for detailing firemen at the theatres the CIty re-ceives annually $2,578; also 2 per cent of the profits of the city fire-insurance company, amounting last year to $1,380 The city also received a donation of $20,300 from the city insurance company. The force of the fire department consists of 169 men. The department is not so well equipped as a fire department in an American city of equal size, nor is there any necessity for it, owing to the careful construction of the buildings I-~------------ I 18 WEEKLY ARTISAN Complete lines of samples are displayed at 1411Michigan Ave" Chicago, and in the Furniture Exhibition Buildingl Evansville. THE KARGES FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Chamber Suites, Wardrobes, Chiffoniers, Odd Dressers, Chifforobes. THE BOSSE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Kitchen Cabinets, K. D. Wardrobes, Cupboards and Safes, in umtatIon golden oak, plain oak and quartered oak. THE WORLD FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Mantel and Upright Folding Beds, Buffets, Hall Trees, China Closets, Combination Book and Library Cases. THE GLOBE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Sideboards in plain oak, imitation quartered oak, and solid quartered oak, Chamber Suites, Odd Dressers, Beds and Chiffoniers in imitation quartered oak, iJ"Qitation mahogany, and imitation golden oak. THE BOCKSTEGE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of the "Superior" Line of Parlor, Library, Dming and Dressing Tables. THE METAL FURNITURE CO. Made by The Karges Furmture Co. Manufacturers of "Hygiene" Guaranteed Brass and Iron Beds, Cribs, Wire Springs and Cots Evansville is the great mixed car loading center of the United States, made so by the Big Six Association. .......-----------------_._---_._ ....------_. -- ---------- r--~----------------~---- ~ WEEKLY ARTISAN 19 I III/ II, I I I I I I I I II Made by Bosse Furniture Company. Made by World Furniture Company Made by Bockstege Furniture Co ....~ .... .. ----...- - ... .., _... - __ ••• _ •••••• la •• • 20 ----- ---- -- -- -------------~- WEEKLY ARTISAN Over a hundred commelcial organizations, among them the Merchants' association of New York, the Boston Cham-ber of Commerce. and the Chicago AssocIatIOn of Commerce. have filed with the interstate commerce commissIOn a petitIOn asklllg an investigation of express rates, classIfications, regu-latlUnJ and practices The petitIOn sets forth that merchant, have suffered for years from unjust charges by the e,-pre'i~ companies doing an mterstate busmess The allegatIOn is made that the net returns to the companIes ha\ e been out of all proportIOn to the servIce rendered and the capItal mvested"""'S_..4........ __ To show that the enormous accumulatIOns and dIvIdends paid upon a 'imall investment are due to extortIOn, the case of one company is cited ThIS company was organIzed wIth a capital of $100,000, and only recently its property amounted to $71,000 On this investment, the company has paId III 10 years $3,200.000 in dIvidends and has accumulated about $1,- 500,000 These divIdends and accommodatIOns, It IS set forth have come after paying to the ral1road compa111es from 40 to 45 per cent of the gross earnings The petitIOn alleges that the investment of other express compa111es is apploximately no greater in proportIOn to amount of business than III the case cited, and that the profits of some of the othel companIes are equally or more excessive. Objection is made to the practice of express companies in charging a progressively increasing rate for the subdivision of weight carned into smaller parcels It IS set forth that the railroads do not get more pay for the increase III number of packages, and that therefore the express compa111es shouLl not, except where the larger number of small packages means increased cost of handling and termlllal servIce The peti-tioners say of this that in practice "the mcreased I ate Imposed for subdivision of weIght is exacted not only for te1l11lnal ser-vice but for train haulage servIce also, so that the haulage charge becomes grossly dlsprop'xtlOnate to the faIr value of the service rendered by the ral110ad, when the value of that service is measured by the ordinaly tonnage standard of ral1- roads The greater part of express shlpments---about 70 per cent, are small parcels which are charged the hIgher rates of the graduated scale Under the graduated scale the railroad'i receive for movmg 100 pounds In small parcels as hIgh as 37 1-2 times the amount receIved by them for 100 pounds of first-class freight" Complaint is made also that term1l1al charge'i al c nat im-posed on an even basis and that the charges far 'iuch ser-vices are in proportIOn to the distance covered by the haul. so that in the case of a haul of approximately 3,000 miles the charge for terminal service is approximately 25 times, or more greater than the charge for similar termlllal service in the case of a naul of 25 miles" The petItion further complains of the cumulatIOn of high local rates upon through shipments passmg over the lmes of two or more express companies, whereby charges are exacted for two or more terminal services, which are not rendered, and an excessive rate exacted for the transportation service Complaint is also made that the express compallles Ignore routing directions of shippers. It is alleged that the company receiving packages will frequently send them by long round-about routes in order to carry them as far as possible over its own lines, and thereby to secure for itself the larger proportion of the joint charge, thereby the shipper is de- PROTEST AGAINST EXTORTIONS Commercial Organizations Bound to Have the Express Companies' Business Investigated. THE WORLD'S BEST SAW BENCH Built with double arbors, shdmg table and eqUipped complete with taper pin guages carefully graduated. ThiS machm e represents the height 10 saw bench con-struclton. It ISdeSigned and bUilt to reduce the cost of sawmg stock. Write os for descriptIve information. THE TANNEWITZ WORKS, ~rl:.gf:PIDS. pm ed of the prompt delivery for which he pays The peti-tlon further sets forth alleged gnevances in connectIOn with the express money orders, the public being required to pay extra charges to secure the liquidation of such orders. The commercIal organizations have retained John W Griggs, former attorney-general of the United States, and Ben L Falrchl1d of ~ ew York, to present the petitions and argue the matter before the commission. It is hoped to secure a hearlllg III October Willing to Be Shown. Any man or company that IS wilhng to be shown is al-most sure to succeed The man that thinks he knows it all III the first place, shuts and bolts the door of progress, and finds himself III a rut, where it is ImpOSSIble to extricate himself Not so with the B. L Marble ChaIr company of Bedford, O. N ow it so happens that the writer of this is personally acquainted with A. D Pettibone, secretary and treasurer of this company, and is thoroughly familiar with the line of chairs they make, (which i" on exhibition in Grand Rapids twice a year. and has been for many years). and does not hesitate to say that there is not a more thoroughly made lme of chairs and rockers in this country, every detail from the lumber yard to the packing room, being looked after with the utmost care Consequently, if there is any department that IS not thoroughly understood the man in charge is held stnctly responsible. If the reader will turn to the Grand Rapids Veneer Works "ad", in this issue of the Weekly Artisan he will find something that will interest him, and perhaps help him out of a similar difficulty. It's gDod read-mg, anyway. WEEKLY ARTISAN 21 SNUB THE STUB LINES Railroad Action That May Raise Prices on Southern Lumber. About six hundl ed southern lumbermen met in St Louis last week for the purpose of protesting against the recent action of the raIlroads through the southwestern traffIc com-mittee m cancelling rate dIvisions upon lumber on all tap line connections It is maintained that the effect i<; to raise rates on lumber from 15 to 25 per cent, and so increase its cost to the consumer Tap lines were built by the lumbermen to reach their tImber and haul the product to the nearest trunk lme They assert that the. cancellation is designed to render the tap hnes so unprofitable that the trunk lines will be able to buy them at a low figure, or in other words. this is a "confiscation" scheme notwithstandmg the fact that the railroads have obeyed a ruling of the interstate commission \V 1th reference to the likelthood of the effect being to increase the pnce of southern lumber, George McBlair, of New York, vice-president of the Lumbermen's Bureau, says' "Much of the lumber shipped from southern states comes from big holdings, owned by large compallles, which have built private raIlroads into the heart of the timber. These private roads average 20 or 25 miles in length. but vary from a few mIles to as many as 50 miles. They are chartered as common carners and actually do a railroad business. "To these short hnes has been allotted a percentage of the rate on lumber shipments to the market Suppose the rate is 14 cents per 100 The short line may be allowed two cents, so the lumber company actually pays only 12 cents Other lumber companies in that or any competitive zone having the same rate would have to pay 14 cents. So they have alleged discrimination As the bulk of the southern timber comes from these short lines, the abolition of the rate dIvision practically means an increase of from 10 to 15 per cent m the rate It will be fought before the interstate com-mission, but if it stands, will mean an increase in the price of southern lumber." "Northern Furniture." The Northern Furniture company of Sheboygan, Wis, havmg deClded to test the merits of a "house book" as com-pared WIth or supplementary to a catalogue, have issued number 1, volume I of their publicatlOn, whIch 1<;to appear monthly. It IS called "~orthern Furniture" and of course, is devoted largely to boostmg the products of the publishers, but it purports to deal w1th "new methods of furmture mer-chandIsing" and con tams much matter that will be of inter-est and of value to all furniture dealers. It has 16 pages, in magaZIne form and the first number is accompanied by a poster or bulletin filled WIth illustratlOns of dining room suites. dressers, wardrobes and chlfTo11lers with descrip-tions and pnces, arranged very much hke the bulletins issued by the Minnesota RetaIl Dealers' assocIation. The introduc-tion which is headed "The Reason for thIS PublicatlOn" says: "The mlSSlOn of this magazme is to be as personal as possible. It 1S meant for you and your del ks---for every man interested in sellmg fur11lture at a profit Northern Furniture will make no attempt at bemg funny but It will be entertainmg by Its practIcal sellmg helps, by lte; 'reason why' arguments for selling more fur11lture, by lte; straightforward talk setting forth the ments of oUr product 1t is our inten-tion to make 'Northern Furniture,' of real, tangible help to the man who sells furmture. To accomplish this we WIll need your assistance We want you to write us at any time; ask-ing questions about matters which perplex yoU; describing novel methods which you have found of value; giving us other information which you think will be important to the furni-ture sellmg world" Britons Seek American Casualty Business. Wlth the development of workmen's compensation or casualty insurance in this country, it is expected that there will be an mcrease of new casualty compa11les designed to handle the enormous increase in bu<;mess whIch WIll result. The! field 1<; e<;peclal1y attractive to the great British com-pa11les. chal ters of which allow them to ;:10 busmess along mul-tifarious hnes not allowed domestic compa1l1es in the United States Already the Commercial U1l1on, whose fire department is admitted m every state and terntory except Miss, Alaska, Guam and Porto Rlco, and which owns the CommercIal Union of New York and the Palatme, has prepared to meet the Sltu-atlOn by purchac,mg control of the Ocean Accident & Guaran-tee corpOlatlOn ThIS latter concern's English compensation business amounts to several times the premium income of its nearest competitor. It is now announced that the Royal Insurance company of Liverpool has arranged to orgalllze a domestic casualty company with an adequate capital and surplus It is rumored also that the London & LancashIre is now contemplating the purchase of a New York company which has a large volume of liability busmess and a complete business-getting plant In additlOn several English companies doing a casualty business solely have been canvassmg the field with the idea of placing departments in the hands of successful fire 111- surance firms. • 0U r:' :c to) '00'" .C~~... ~ s.. 0 =' ..,r-oc( o ~ • eo! I) t$J ~ =' ~ 0 fh c .. 'l') I) e '() G - 0 ~ :. ~ (I) Z ... 0 s.. -c Q) 0 .... ... s.. e I.I.). c ~ ..... ... to ~ 22 WEEKLY ARTISAN Pittsburg Plate Glass Company L.ARGE8T .JOBBERS AND MANUFAOTUFIlERS OF .-.. .-..-..-. ---~-------~------_._--------~--------~ GLASS IN THE WORLD Mirrors, Bent Glass, leaded Art Glass, Ornamental Figured 6lass, Polished and Rough Plate Glass, Window Blass \NIRE GLASS Plate Glass for Shelves, Desks and Table Tops, Carrara Blass more beautiful than white marble. CENERAL DISTRIBUTORS OF PATTON'S SUN PROOF PAINTS AND OF PITCAIRN ACED VARNISHES. tJI For anything In BUIlders' Glass, or anything III Pamts VarnIshes, Brushes or Pamters' Sundries, address any of our branch warehouses, a list of which IS gIven below 1nlW YOBX-Budson and Vandam Sta. BOS'1'01'l'-41-49 SUdbury St., 1-9 .owker St. CJtICAG0-442-452 WabaSh Ave. CI1'I'CI1'I'1'I'A'l'I-Bros.dwayand Court Sta. ST. LOmS-Cor. Tenth and Spruce Sts. MDr1'l'EAPOLIS-500-516 S. Third St. DE'1'BOI'1'-53-59 Larned st., E. GBA1'I'DBAI'IDS, KICJt-39-41 11'. Division St. E'I'1''1'SB'OBGB-I01-103 Wood St. KILWA'OXEE, WIS.-492-494 Market St. BOCJtES'1':EIB,1'I'.Y.-WUdeBldg., Main lIr; Ezchan ... Sb. BAL'1'I'lIII:OBE-310-1:3-14W. E'l'at1; St. CLEVELA1I'D-143G-1434 West TlI1Z'l1 st. OllotAJtA-llOl-l107 Boward St. ST. PA'UL--459-461 Jackson St. A'1'LAlI'TA,GA_3G-U-34 S. Pryor St. SAVA1f1'I'AB,GA.-745-749 Wheaton St. XAlI'SAS CITY-1'Uth and Wyandotte su. BmJllDrGBAM, ALA.-2nd Ave. and 29th st. Bln"J'ALO, ... Y.-372-74-76-78 Pearl St. BBOOXLYlf-Third Ave. and Dean St. PBILADELPBlA-1"1tcalm Bldg., Arch and 11th DAVElfPOBT-410-416 Scott St. OXLAHOMACITY, OELA, 210-212W. First St. Sta. ----------------------------._---- -------_._------~-----------------.....f.. 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 entireline wi))be on exhibitionin January on the third floor of the Blodgett Building, Grand Rapids, Mich. No.9-Porch ChaIr Oak Seat. Green or MISSIOn FInish Weight, 20 pounds No 10-Porch Rocker Large SIze Oak Seat Green or MISSIOn FInish. Weight 21% pounds RICHMOND CHAIR COMPANY, RICHMOND, INDIANA No. ll-Porch Settee. Seat 40 mches long, 17% inches deep. Oak Seat. Green or MISSIOn finIsh Weight, 82 pounds. Large SIze. -------------------~------------- ------ WEEKLY ARTISAN ..- . - .. .... .. ......., Pitcairn Varnish Company I I<anuf.eturera of I Reliable Varnishes of Uniform Quality Our Motto: "NOT HOW CHEAP-BUT HOW GOOD" C. B. Quigley, Manager Manufacturing Trades Dep't. Factories: Milwaukee, Wis.; Newark, N. J. '-. - ...------- II III I ------------_._---- ---~---._--------------- ------ ---------~ Stow & Davis Furniture Co., Grand Rapid., Mich. Perfection of Detail marks every table in the Stow & Davis line. Masterly designs, sturdy oak, and rich, glowing mahogany are fashioned by our skillfulworkmen into Stow & Davis Diners Our Bank and Office tables display the same care and merit in their building-the care that appeals to paying customers, whether they be home-keepers or business men. 463% See our line. Tables and Banquet Tops. 4th floor, Blodgett Bldl!. -----------_._------------------------~-- '"I '" - - "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'. Emery Cloth, Emery Paper, and Flint Paper, fumished in rolls or reams. MANUFACTURED BY H. H. BARTON & SON CO., 109 South Third St., Philadelphia, PaR ...------------------------- .__. ---------~---------- po WE MAKE REFRIGERATORSIN All SIZES AND STYLES • Zinc Lined. Porcelain Lined. White Enamel Lined. Opal·Glass Lined. You can increase your Refrigerator Sales by putting m a line of the "Alaskas." Write for our handsome catalogue and price lists. THE ALASKA REFRIGERATOR COMPANY, EXCI~~~8u~~;~M~U:;S::KoErGON, MICH. I.... ..... New York OffIce, 369 Broadway, L. E. Moon, Manager . 23 I I.. I .. "' I j 24 WEEKLY ARTISAN f ~...- Lentz Big Six No. 694. 46 in. top. No. 687, 60 in. top. Others 54 in. top. 8 Foot Duostyles ANY FINISH CHICAGO DELIVERIES Lentz Table Co. NASHVILLE, MICHIGAJIv &.--._---- -------._------------------------------------------------------_.-- ----------------------------~ Window Displays-The Kind That Pays. From Northern FurnIture, house organ of the Korthern Furlllture company There are two fundamental ways of dIsplay mg goods m your windows One is to make the windows a catalog of the entire contents of the store The other, to feature three or four articles in strong, simple display. Did you ever stop on the opposite side of the street from the store of any recognized leader III any of the large cities and study the people attracted by its wmdows? DId you ever stop long enough to ascertain how many of these people actually went into the store to examine the goods on dIsplay? Then dId you ever stop and watch the people "ho are at-tracted by the windows of a second rate store and note how comparatively few of these people actually \" ent mto the store? The ""nter has done thIS many times He has also gone further to ascertain why so many more people were lll-duced to go into the store m the first case than III the second The conclusion IS more forcefully expressed by what one of the most celebrated window dre""ers in the craft recently staterd By an actual check, covering a week he found that a far greater number of people stopped before the ", indow which was simple in arrangement and contained only a few articles artistically placed, than where windows were era,"" ded. and added that his aIm III arranging the windovvs ,vas, FIrst to make his windows harmonious so that there '" 111 be no clash in colors in the arrangement and, Second' having done this his sale idea was to keep everythmg subdued and III the background, except the one or t",o articles which It was most desired to push And to so feature these that they would stand out and impress themselves upon the attention of the passer with more force and strength than anything else on display I l1J closing )he made the significant remark that where wmdows were crowded with a wealth of merchandise of dJfferent descriptions, that instead of creating a desire for some one specific article or articles, the pa""er seemed to be-come confused and glanced from one artJcle to another WIth-out becoming impressed or settlmg on anything \Vhereas when only one or two articles were thrown mto the llme-llght a very large percentage of those who could be lllduced to buy such an article, went inside to inspect it and test the quality of tJhe goods which were shown Perhaps in the use of no other merchandise can windows be made more attractIve than with furlllture Nearly every man and woman 1S mterested in a comfortable home and win-dm, s furnIshed to represent the vanous rooms in the home are the greatest advertisement known. The success of win-dow advertlslllg depends on the same principles as tJhe suc-cess of d1splay newspaper advertJsing---on what is shown, ho'" 1t 1S shown and what is saId about it. This question of window dIsplays is such an important one that \ve llltend devoting a page or two in each ISSUe of X orthern Furlllture to ItS discussion and in setting forth by pIctures and talk, how these dIsplays can be made most suc-cessful. To make these pages as interestlllg to you as pos- SIble our salesmen have been mstructed that. whenever they see a good dIsplay wmdow or a good dIsplay inside the store, they WIll suggest your taking a photograph of Lit. You will be paId for the photog\raph land we will J1eproduce ~t in ~orthern Furlllture giving you proper credit Ebony Used as Fuel. Ebony 1S being extenslVely used as firewood III the State of Slllaloa. l\lexico At the FundiclOn de Smalloa, Sonora. great supplJes of ebony destined for the foundry fire boxes are to be seen Francisco Urriolagoitla, manager of thIS big :NIazatJan concern, states that this ebony costs eight pesos a cord, and that as fuel It IS almost the equal of coal. At the home of Mr. Urriolagoitia, in Sonora, there is a beautifully pollshed ebony table ThIS was made from a log dellvered as firewood at the Fundicion and later rescued by the manager. Ebony has been used as fuel for many years at mines and sugar factones m Sinaloa. The construction of the Southern Panfic extensIOn has opened sectlOns where extensive sup-plles eXIst and as a result more of the timber is belllg marketed as firewood. .. -- . ~ A. L. HOLCOMB & CO. Manufacturers ot HIGH GRADE OROOVINO SA WS DADO SAWS I" Citizens' Phone 1:139 27 N. Marllet St .. Grand Rapid., Mich. WEEKLY ARTISAN Partnership Life Insurance. In these days all business firm'S see to it that their bUIldings and merchandl'Se are fully msured. If a calamity come'S in the form of a fire. the protection which they have carned bec')mes available, It gives them another start. But how few men rea1Jze the value of brains and capital in carry-ing on a busine~s I It is Just as necessary to lllS1ue brams and capItal as it is to protect bUllumgs and merchandise It often happen'S that a 'Successful firm suffers greatly in the death of a partner whose sound advice and active efforts have been relied upon during his lifetime It is this sort of man's value whIch the firm should insure No matter how strong a firm may be, the death of one of the partners leaves the firm in a weaker condition than it was before It may be that the man's heirs WIll withdraw part or all of his capital from the business; at any rate, his valu-able aLlvlce, if not his capital as well, is no longer to be counted npon Perhaps at this very time partnership debts need hIS money to a"'SI"t in their adjnstment Outside parties \VIll note the change in the firm--- perhap" count thl'l an opportune tIme to push theIr own busllless in competition against the firm whIch has just lost a member. ThIS is the time when any avatlable funcl'S are needed in the bu'Sines'l of the firm The credit of a firm will be greatly increased by the po'Ssession of policies of partnership UlSl1lancK and assets of this sort may prevent dIssolution of partnershIp, or, in some cases, liquidation The Standard. in a recent is"ue, says that "business men vl110 have taken out thIS kind of insurance are sati"fi('d with the inve~tment They find that It curiol1~ly is not only, as one of them expresses it, a sort of equahzer, to take up the jar call"ed by the death of one whose per'Sonaltty 111lght he of great value tcr the firm. but that It has other recommendati.:m ... ---It creates a sll1king fund whIch may be u'Sed to settle bond" or wIpe out other inJebtedness; in time of panic it afford'S a means of obtall1ing a ca'Sh loan whIch could not readIly be "ecured from customary SOurCe'l, and It strengtl1- en'i the credIt of firm~ and corporation'i by glVll1g conclusive eVIdence of an hone'St intentIOn to safeguarJ the interests of credItor'S One firm whIch has taken out $200,000 of corpor-a tl'm III 'il11ance regard'S 'the money paId out for thi'S insur-ance 1Jke purchasll1g Just "0 many gOvernment bonds on the 111'Stallment plan,' and another find'S the burden of the annual prel111um ''So IJght a'S to be practically unnotIced' in it'S ex-pense account None regret the investment And the small-er partnershlps and corporation'S In country towns frequently :"tand 111 Ju'St a'S much need of insurance as more important cancel n'S, the member'S of which are not always so easily ac-ces'llble The formation of a new firm, the death of a part-ner, the admISSIOn of a new partner, the branching out of a firm 1111.0a new line, all offer opportul1lties to the watchful agent to lay before the firm the advantages of, what for con- \ el1Jence may be termed. firm insurance "---The Aetna Furniture Fires. E C Borer of MIlwaukee, WIS , suffered d loss estlm,lted at $5 000 by fire 1!1 11IS'itore last week. Fully l11surec! The 10% by the recent fire 1!1 the StOl e of the'''Ilou'SehoLl B. WALTER & CO. ~c~ T ABLE SLIDES Exclusively WABASH INDIANA WRITE FOR PRICES AND DISCOUNT 25 THElOnd·lpARLOR NEW ~ BEDr Need not be moved from the wall. Always ready wit h bedding in place. So simple, 80 easy, a c.hild can operate It. Has roomy wardrobe box. CHICAGO, Erie & Sedgwick NEW YORK, Norman & Monitor. Furl1Jture company. San. Antol1Jo, Tex. is estImated at $30,- 000 R F. Bohalt, furl1lture dealer of Bozeman, Mont, 1Jst $2,500 by fire in his warehouse on August 25 Insured L P. Coffey's furniture store at Cleveland, Okla, was burned on August 27, wltl1 a los<; of about $9,000, fully in- 'Sured ~1r Coffey own a string of ftlrl1lture stores in Kansas and Okldhoma The furl1lture stores of H \V Sweet and the Be"semer Furmture company, of Bessemer, Ala, were badly damaged by fil e recently The Bessemel conwany'.., loss IS about $6.500 and that of Mr Sweet 3!bout $3,000, both well imurd The Wl1ham Worstell Furl1lture and Undertakll1g com-puany lost $50,000 or $60,000 by fire JUflng the recent con-flagratIOn caused by the fore..,t fil es at ~VVallace, Ida TheIr loss IS not more than half COY ered by lIlsurance New Factories. The Flol ence ~lanl1fadl1nng mdttl ess factory at I; lorence, S C of the company Everett L \V dtell Du'-e and othel" <II e to e:"tdbh"h d new furl1lture factory at Saco, ~J e They wJ11 make Mls'S1On furnl-tUI e and Colomal chairs. company Will estabhsh a n1. D Lucas IS preSIdent ] ;\[ Cavenes'S and ofhcJ~ have 111corporated the Cole- I idge }\lanufactunng company, capltahzed at $25,000 WIth $8,000 subscnbed, to estabh:,,11 a furl1lture factory at Cole- Ildge N C. OffIcers of thc Oxfol d Llllcn Mattress company of North Brookfield }\[a'Ss, \Vho are to estabhsh a bIg plant at WlI1ona. ;\Jmn) announce that work on the butldlngs WIl! begin be-fore the 10th of Septembel They propose to erect six two-story bUlldlllgS, covenng a total area of 150.000 square fcet 'I' Buttons for Table LeAis. It IS a common thll1g for guests in restaurants or roof gardens to find that theIr table does not set level Sometimes one leg IS too short or too long, or the floor is uneven, but whatever the cause the result IS most annoying and is not easl\Y remedIed The waiter usually stuffs pieces of carJ-board or stlverware under the short leg, but he seldom esti-mates the exact thickness of support needed and the wobbh-nes" remall1s A PhIladelphIa man has turned out a little clevlce which just fills the bIll It is a rounded button which SCIe\Vs into the leg of the table Each leg IS equIpped WIth one of these and If the table rocks at all one or more of these buttom can be 'Screwed, in or out untIl It is peIfectly level "Vlth these handy little devices a t<l!ble may be placed at practIcally any point on a country club lawn, for instance, where the ground is flat, and made to stand as firmly as if in the dmmg room There IS no danger of a sudden tIlt upset-tIng a cup of tea or a tall glass 1111.0 somebody's lap I • • Z6 Minnesota Retail Dealers~ Furniture Association WEEKLY ARTISAN OFFICERS-PreSIdent, J R Taylor, Lake Benton, Mlnn , Vice President D R Thompson, Rockford, Mlnn , Treasurer, B A Schoeneberger, Perham, MlOn Secretary, W L Grapp, Janesville Mmn EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE-ChaIrman, Geo Klein Mankato, Minn., O. SImons, Glencoe, Mmh, W. L Harns Mlnheapolts, Mlhn ,C Damelson Cannon Falls. BULLETIN No. 166. CAUSE AND EFFECT OF THE STEADY GRIND OF TRADE EVIL. If there IS any busmess man, '" ho reqUIres a sunny dIsposition It IS the furnIture man, who IS placed m constant touch Wlt~ the happenmgs of home hfe m all Ib pha..,e" from the cradle to the grave For the past four) ears, a mania that is charactenstlc of the Amencan people, of gettmg somethmg for nothmg has been ~\\ eepm!; 0\ er our countn The houseWIves have heen educated along the"e lme:o h, the premium hou:oe" Gnder these condltlOn" It trul) reqUIre" a cheerful dISpOSitIOn, m order to face the cont11lua-1 and e, er-lasting phases of competItIOn, that these e,Ils bnng about WhIle carrying on the routme of daIly vvork the dealer finds on '\ iSlting the home" of hIS frIends and customers, pIece" of furnIture, which he recogl11zes as premium furniture, The lady of the house not WIshing to offend the furnIture man 11l any way, explains to hml how she became the po""essor of this UIce pIece of furniture, tellmg- hIm that It \\a" glven her with a box of perfumes, extract" and soap" etc, from a premium house The hou"e\\Ife then P011lts to a picture on the wall, whIch she "a) s the local grocer presented to her after she had purchaseJ $1 ~ \\ orth of groceries She also points to rugs on the floor \\ hich she tell" the dealer. the drygoods man had given her after she had purchased $25 worth of dry goods, etc Of course the furnIture man ,\ lth his never faIlmg good nature, tells her that he doe" not blame her m the least for acceptl1lg such thmg ", if "he can e:et them for nothing If thIS furnIture man had exammed these piece" of furl1lture closely, he \\ ould have had to admit that the pIeces were well worth what :ohe had paId fOl them He dra\\ s upon hIS resources to the ,ery lImIt anJ tells her that he hopes that then pleasant relatIOns \\ 111not be marred h, the occurrence of theIr com ersatlOn and he "111lhngh take", hI'" leave When the dealer ha:o returned to hIS store, he begm" to think of these lIttle m"tances, and If he IS made of the nght cahbre, that he should be, his 111mclWIll begm to be haunted WIth the convlction that If the'ie ladles have been gettmg- some furniture m thIS way, they WIll be g-ettmg more In the same \\a) and he has no a'Ssurance that the' \\111 not As these values are a great deal better, than he pos- SIbly could make them he naturally become" mtere"ted m anything that WIll glve hUD a httle hght upon the "ublect He reasons WIth hImself and sa) s, "Don't I bu) furl1lture as cheap as anyone else?" "Doe'in't the manufacturer and the traveling man say to me, "You are gettmg the best pnce" that anyone gets?" etc, etc These mstances, as mentlOnecl, are becomIng more num-erous each week We \\ Ish to ask our fellow merchants ho\\ they would lIke it, If the furnIture man ga' e awav a ho" of grocenes from time to tIme WIth each artIcle of furnIture that he "old? \i\,That would be the effects upon the hnes thus cllS-tnbuted? Yet, In the husmess game of today, it is a matter of the "sun IvaI of the fittest" It IS just a:o fair for one man to play that game as it is for the other fellow; that is pro- \ Idmg he I~ bIg enough, and IS farSIghted enough to do it Xow If thIS IS the furnIture man's only salvatlOn, then he WIll u'Se lt as h1S protection. the -.ame as It has been used against hIm "'..t thl'i P011lt, we want to :oay, that we do not advocate the"e methods, but we do say that the furnIture man has a nght to protect hlm'ielf 11lany and In all cases If the furni-ture dealer ha" to resort to offering premlUms, it 15 his duty to do ~o Thi" In turn, WIll create a condition in a circle, that is a little higher up, mealllng the manufacturero, who of neces- SIty WIll adopt "uch pOhCle'i and systems, whIch will keep their clas.s of merchandIse 11l the proper channel. Onh last week we were a'iked, why it was that so much "tre"" \\ as beIng laId upon the mall order concerns and the "oap c1ub:o, by the Retail FurnIture Dealers' association. \\" ell, If that same man were forever and forever having men and women comIng mto hI'3 store to look at furniture and just a", "oon a'i he ha" :oucceedeJ m gettIng hIS customer interested the customer woulJ tel) hIm that he could get that same kind of fl1r1l1ture at a premlUm house for $10 With $10 "'orth of grocerIes thro\\ n In what do you think the person would do then \Vere he 11lthat dealer's place? Do yOU think that he \\ auld cont1l1ue to ask "why so much stress IS being laid on thu"e premIUm houses?" He \\ III think it altogether a differ-ent que'3tlOn when lt comes back home to him In thIS way It IS certamly a grind on the furlllture dealer to be con-fronted by thI" "ame old question day 11l and day out So don t von thmk It about time for some 'lf the hustling furlll-ture men to stir themselve'i to activity, to try at least to eli-mmate thIS t, II? Thh constantly runnmg m contact WIth thl" mall order and soap club proposltlOn IS lIke unto a drop of \\ ater \\ hlch. when fallll1g upon a rock now and then, lea\ es no ImpresslOn, but when It is contmually dripping year in and : ear out, eventually wears away the hardest rock Our fnends 11lthe manufacturing business and oUr fnends the tra, elmg men, express themselve'i only too often, by say-me: that \\ c put too much time and effort on the maIl order hU"ll1e"s and the premIUm house proposltlOn, yet the deplor-able fact remam" that we are forever meeting this phase of competltlOn In spIte of all that we can do, it IS grOWIng "tronger every day In fact 111 the past five years, concerns promulgating this kind of buSlines~ have grown faslter than any other mercantile concern of ItS kmd Don't forg-et that thiS, aga11l, makes us ask "Why," yes, why is it so?" If you are m earnest In your enJeavor to find the reason for thIS phenomenal growth, you WIll have to add that there must be "'ome scientific busliness principle underlying it all. "'..~we before stated, "ome of our manufactunng fnends are not aware of the fact that the Larkin people have such a WEEKLY ARTISAN Get Lateat Bulletin, 280MA. AMERICAN BLO'¥ER CoMPANY ----DETROIT. ~ICH USA Own Your Own Electric Light Plant "ABC" Vertical Enclosed Self-Oiling Engines Save 25% Direct~connected to any good make of dynamo. Can be run safely anywhere a steam line can be carried. No Noise. No Vibration. Economy. Efficiency "ABC" Engines require only one-half of the "ABC" Engines is the very high-the usual amount of steam. est attainable. Consume only one-fifth the usual amount Friction loss less than 4%. of oil. Will run constantly at higher speeds The wear is so slight that adjustments than any other reciprocating engine. are required only once in six to nine months. Lubrication of "ABC" Engines is ample at any speed and is not distributed under pressure. Oil is separated from water, cooled and filtered at every circuit. Automatic internal lubrication by a pump and gravity flow. Ablest Engineering Organization in the Blower Business-operating three large plants devoted exclusively to the manufacture of F an System apparatus and the allied lines. bIg concern \Ve speak of th1'i fact at thIS time, on account of a httle mCldent that occurred whIle oUr buying committee was III the markets a few weeks ago One of the buying commIttee wa'i talkmg to the vice-president of a large manufacturing hou"e. that docs about $1.000.000 worth of busmes'i yearly. about the soap club evll. and do you know that manufacturer had been so busy WIth the detaIls of his offJce, that he dId not kno\'\ anythmg about what the Larkin people \,\ere domg? \Vhen It was expla111ed to him, he threw up hIS hands m horror and said. "\Vell. I'll be ---" In orJer to get at the bottom of thIS soap club evil, this problem wlll have to be studIed from a "cold fact standpoint." \\ e find III studymg this evil that thIS hne of busines'i is carned on, because of fundamental pnnciples. and if it is a succe"s, then \'\ e must abIde b} the conditions. or else do the same as the} Therefore, wc think It about time that the blessed furnIture dealers \'\ oike up to do something besides smilmg \Ve are glad to 'iay that we have an association that will do ItS part to make better busmess condItions, but they are abolutelv valueless if not properly used Therefore, if you are one' of the fur111ture dealers pictured 111this article, you do not need to become discouraged for there is a way to help overcome these evils and at such a nommal cost, vhat there WIll be no excuse for your not d0111g It So get m touch WIth the assocIatIOn that makes It, its business to unT'ave1 and solve these problems. whIch, a.., an l11dlv1Jual dealer would be out of the question. C DANIELSON AccIdents keep more people from \'\ ark in the United States than lack of employment An "ABC" V ertical Enclosed Self-Oiling Engine, direct-con~ nected to dynamo. making an ideal Outfit for Isolated Electric Light Plants. Mailed pOltpaid at your requeat. Lumber Rate Decision. Fred N DIckson, master of chancery m the suits brought 111the federal court at St Paul. Mmn , by the Great Northern, ~orthern PacIfic and Union PaClfic to nullIfy an order of the l11terstate commissIOn regard111g lumber rates from the Pacific Coast east as far a.., ChIcago. has filed his final findings, al- IOW111gthe commIssion's rates west of the lllle to stand, but glV111g the raI1roacls the advance they deSIred east of the line. The commISSIOn ordered the lumber rates west of the Pem-b111a- Port Arthur lIne, whIch runs along the western bound-ary of Mlllnesota and the Mv"soun nver, restored where they were Kov 1, 1907 East of that lme the railroads were al-lowed to raI'ie the rates five cents a hundred weight The raI!Joads deSIred to raIse the lattel 10 cents and also wanted certam advances west of the line. Will Soon Have Postal Banks. The llltentlOn of the Pastofflce Department to 111stall, by November 1, between 25 and 50 postal savmgs banks in as many sectIOns of the country, IS announced from Washing-ton The exact location of the banks has not} et been decided upon by the department On account of the lImIted appropri-atIOn made by Congress to inaugurate the system It wiIl not be possIble to estabhsh more than the number of banks mdl-cated at present In tIme the trustees beheve the banks can be establIshed in practIcally every postofflce where a.pph-catIOn for such establI'ihment IS made It IS the belief of the trustees that when once in full SWlllg the postal savings bank system WIll be self supporting ACCIdents that might be prevented cause a loss in wealth amount111g to $125,000,000 annually III the United States. No. 10. MINNESOTA RETAIL FURNITURE DEAIAERS' ADVERTISING HELPS. No. 12 ThIS IS the bed as It IS Illustrated m the mall order house catalog Anyone" ho could get a bed hhe that for the money they put It out for would SImply lump at the chance to ~end awaY for It Isn t It true that It appear~ to be about a 2 or 3 meh post bed" The, pIcture Jt this way to get you to send} our money but Just study No 11 and No 12 and see what you actually recen e Yet the de-scnptlOn under thIS bed says that It I~ on!} a % mch bed No 11 '0 11 sho" ~ the bee] a, It ~hould ha\ e been pH turee) In the ('ltdln~ Lank at the dIffer ence Held' 0\1 ,cnt d\\ t\ fOI tlll~ bed Xo 10 and reee1\ ed one hke r-.. a 11 '0\1 would no doubt ha\c been mo,t surpn~ed b\1t of comse \ au cnuld not return It a~ the bed Itself" auld Ilheh COmpaI€ \\Ith the descllptlOn But ,,11', do the\ pILtme the artIcle '0 lalge and "lIte up a ne<;cnptlon tll'lt "auld apph on a much smaller hed? Don t "\Oll ,",uppose It l~ becal.l<;::;( the\ thoug-ht e\ en 11 \ au read tl,P de'(llptlOn the putu" lhelf \\ould appeal to \on ~o 11111Ch t111t 'on "onid <.::.end a"a\ for It I Ihlnh. It 0\ ('1 a. llttle '0 Ie I~ tlle pIcture of the bed you actuall, I p, e1\ e Now look at the dlffE'1ence ,Ve "ondel "In thev did thIS "as It slmpl\ to ( OCt"'\,"\ Oll r moneY a ",va) from "\au ? Come In and let u~ ~how you the goods that we pro-duce fOl the ~ame mone, and then see If vou tIllnk after exammIng our Ime of goods, that It IS ~afe to ~end awa, for your goods If the mall order pIcture was lIke aboye in Jt~ trllr proportIOn would vou send away for It Not much because you know ,ou can get I cel anytime for thIS pnce from your home dedle' No 13 ThIS IS the 1eproductwn flom the mall 01der catal06 Not\{ e \\ hat fo'>\ quartered oah de- SIgn they pIctured and ho" the S\\ ell ooor front and glas~ IS brought out But look at the half-tone for the real ora" mg and you WIll ~ee that It woulct harolv be notICeable Look at the claw feet and 'au "auld be Ipd to belle\ e that they "ere made out of t\\ a mch or heaVIer lumber Yet It I~ only an Inch board Cbme m and let us ~ho\\ you the m~lde of the bookcabe part The, are only stamed 'l'hey went to "ork and used a I ope to hold the glass m mstead of puttmg m a nIcely fitted strIP of "ood a~ It should bE' So we could go on Be bure to come m and see u~ and let us show It to you the next TIme you are In town No 14 11111." (ut 1..... lllUJL 11(11l1 1 pltotugl'1ph "y\hllh j<., called a halt tOJlP and ,,1)1ch 1.... plctuled on copper '111(1 ....ho" <.., tlle "God l~ Ii lealh IS C'ompdr0 tlll'-- "ttll (ut ~o 1') alHl notIce the dlffereme beuHen tIlP ftdke ot the oak ,Ye "ant to call, our att"ntlOn to the lattIce" ark on tl,e glas~ \\ e "llJ l<no" that an\ tlllng- that look .... lIke tlll"- u~nalh IE'TJIe...e.nt-., ledded glass an1 \E't \\( find thp\ f-,l\( a lIttle loug-h etch Ing llpnn th0 g}l' ......t.h.e Jllgh siundlng nalne of Oueen ~nn -\1 t G-l"1S<" lnd an' one loo1nng at the eut "auld thtnk It W"l" al t g-lass especI- «lh If the\ ;,'ud ~o But those of yOU" ho ha \ e bought al t gla~~ for abo\ e ,our large platE' glas' "llJdo\\ kno\\ tllat \ ou coulct not bu\ a pIe, e of al t gla'" the bl7e of thIS book ca'e doOl alone f,n tlw puee that the\ ask \ au fOl the \\ hole bool,casp -\ ele\ er scheme l~n t It to loa ....."\PH tn <;"end theln "\OUI rnane)? No 15 \\ (' g'l\ e \OU tlll~ dla"'lllg- so as to sho\v \ au tltat d. cut can bE' made rIght and as the artl< 10 I eall) Ib and "hIGh you "Ill notICe IS an exact ,opy of a pen and mk drawmg of the hal1 tone marked No 14 and whIch IS a ,op, 01 artIcle sent uS ano "hlch we WIll gladlv furmsh to our customers for $1390 of COUlse addmg the freIght and a lJtUe for set-tIng It up and gIve ,ou sunken CalvIng In-btE'ad of raIsed "hleh never can drop off mak In}., tho. case v, ortll S8\ eral dollars more tran tl10 maIl order house I~ sendIng out WOUld vou -end a\\ay ~our mone, to the mall ordE'1 110\1'E' \\ h (n \ ou can get the same thmg at your [lome dealer s? Ju~t thmk It over care-tulh and ~e", It ,OU thtnk that buymg your gOOJb flom the mall order house IS the best "a\ aftE'r all especially when they won't tru ~t dnd make ,ou ~end ,our money before \ 01.1 "iee the goods No 17 No 16 ThIS' cut sho"s how Sean, Roebuck Co overdraw thIS Hon beG If, ou could buy an Iron l>ed lIke thiS pICture conveys to you r mmd for $475 you would be gettIng a bIg bargam Take down a catalog If you have It compare the sIze of both WIth some of the beds that S & R Co ha~ marked 2 mch and see If It IS as large as thIS When you knov. that thIS bed IS only % post doesn t that prove that they ha,e overdrawn It 50%" 1hl<., plctur0 'Sho".., the l)e(} a~ It lealh 1'0; It 1'"' a t eproductlon of a p1ctur(' on copper and sho\\ s It'3 exact pIoportlon Those of us \vho hno\\ an\ thmg about photograph\ kno'\ that \\" cannot make a camera lIe Then look on eut ""A l~ \\llleh ~ho\\~ 'au the bed \\hICh ought to be Illustrated on the catalog Ehen look at 16 would \ au belle\ e that thE'} are t]le same beo~? No 18 ThIS cut "ho\\ ~ a p<>n and Ink draWIng of the photograph ab sho" n In cut No 17 We ~ho" }OU thIS so that you can see how It ought to loo« If they had reproduced It as they ~ho\11d ha' e So come In and see thIS bed and Ipt u~ plaGe It agamst a 2 mch post bed, as llluserated In cut No 16 We wlll let you draw your own conclUSIOns as to the extent 01 mall order mIsrepresentatIOns Minnesota Retail Furniture Dealers~ Advertising Helps. No 19 No 20. Till' cut bllO"" ho\\ tIll'; cheap bookca'le IS IlIustIated m the mall order catalog Note th~ beautIful quartered oak that thev produce 1;,n t It a beauty to look at tlldt IS Ii vou get the same as thIS? But look dt the halt-tone plltUle on Lut No 20 and see \\hat you get It I;' dll plam oak exceptIng the door Of LOUl;,e) ou would thmk that the latbce work on the bookcdse door would be leaded glass becduse the) call It Queen Ann Al t Glas;, but "e found that It IS nothmg but a llttle sand etchmg on common glass ('ome In and let Us show It to you Thl~ (ut IS made flom a photograph on cop-per and ;,how'l the gl am of the wood as It 1eally I'> V\ e kno" that quartered oak LoStS one thll d more than plam and wlllle the de be11ptlOnunder tlll'l bookcase m the mall ordel Latalog "ays plam oak yet the pIcture loo'<s lIke quartered oak Is that a faIr way of Iep resentml'; thell merchandIse? ,Ve WIll lea\e It to ) ou No.2! ThIS cut IS a pen and mk dra wmg of the pIcture shown m cut No 20 and shows the true proportIOn and gram of wood, so far as It 10 pO'l'llble to put m a gram of wood The carvmgs on thIS bookcase are sawed out pIeces pasted on Wltl1 a lIttle glue or tacked on WIth a tmy lIttle naIl Come m and see the kmd we g\ve you made of sunken carvmg and out of ;,olld oak and fimshed as a pIece of furni-ture ought to be finished and we WIll draw the one we furnish up besIde of the one we re- Lelved and let you Judge for yourself No 22 ThIS cut shows the o\erel!av;mg of thIS bed NotIce how large the knob'l ale shown You would thmk the c1ulls would be larger than a ;,llver dollar leOUwould thmk tl1at the top were made out of J 1!z or 2 mch tubIng We wondm why they find It nece;,;,an to over-draw 111<ethl" No. 23 Tlll~ IS a PIcture of thIS bed on copper and show;, the bed as It really IS ,Ve are repro-ducmg thIS the same as the other ones m or-der to ,how you that our dra" mgs are ex-actly as photographed ,Ve have a bIg lme of beds llhe these whIch \\e WIll gladly sell you at tile same prlce Come m and see the fine dIsplay we ha\e No 24 ThIS cut shows a pen and mk dlawmg as thIS bed should have been Illustrated m the Latalog Would a cut ltke thIS tempt you to send away $430 for thIS bed? Well hardly, because you know you can buy a bed as good as thIS from us for thIS price. Now \\e trust that sU,1 ha\e read the above o\er carefully and "Ith falrneS'l of mmd ,Ve ha\e tiled OUTbe"t to go mto detarl and ~how you the t1ungs ,,;, they reallv are and we hold that If you find a firm 01 concern ttymg to get yom busllless b) mIsrepresentatIOn that you ~hould be on yOUl guard Remember that If the IllustratIOns that "e have gl\en you III thIS clrcular are not true, that the mall order house could stop us from sendmg you thlS kmd of clrculals We hope that our COmlllg leglslatule WIll pass a law makmg It a crlmmal offense to mlS-represent III advertlsmg, because thlS mterests you as a consumer, Just as much as It does us, retaIl dealers We want you to remember and never forget that we are Jour frIends and that we WIll at any tlme gIve you Just as good goods and III a great many cases better, than you can get any- VIhere el"e We of course wlll add the frel!?;ht to the artIcle whatever It may be We WIll not treat you a'l tho we could not trust you oyer mght b\ demandmg your money m ad\ance Your« for a square deal, JOHN JONES FURNITIJRE COMPANY The Store That Meets Every Competition. JONESVILLE. MINNESOTA. ... 30 WEEKLY ARTISAN Manufacturing Grand R.apide. Michigan All Knobs and Pulls have the Waddell COlllpany No-fium-Loose Fasteners The largest m~nufacturers of Furniture Trimmings in Wood in the world. Write us for Samples and Prices. Made in Oak, Walnut, Mahogany, Birch and all Furniture Woods. ---_._------ ._-------_. --_._--_._- -------. - -- ------- .....-.... .. Buildings That Will Need Furniture. Residneces-Cleveland, 0 ---\ F Bade 10312 C},tend avenue, $3,000; J L Halle, 1608 East 11Sth street S9,000. T 'V DIck, 10410 PIerpont street. $3,500. irank Kmer, 10900 Tacoma avenue, $4,000, Ed\'Vard Barn. 6303 Centlal avenue $4,500, J D Humphrey 9105 :'Iorrl:'., COul t $4.000 \\ 111Jam Watterbury, 661 Ea"t 108th street. $3 ;00 Milwaukee, "V,, IS ---Joseph Stolz, Hackett and Llll\\ ood streets, $6,000; John Wacho\\ick 1025 Eleventh avenue $3,- 000; August Erdman, 944 TwentIeth street, $3 500, Peter \\Teyer, Memecke and ThIrty-fourth streets, $4,000, Fred 'IV RIehl, NatIOnal and ThIrtIeth streets. $5,000 Denver, Colo ---E B Lawrence. 808 :'[aple street $3.600 Mrs Bryant Turner, Grant and Se\ enth street, $4.000, J \ Dodson. 228 Milwaukee street, $3,000, F P Dobson, 1968 Cleveland street, $3,500, !Frank ,'IT. \\ hltehead, 280 Vine street, $3,oob St Louis, Ylo ---A J Shnger, 491; Land".1o\\ ne avenue, $3,700, Emlly Paul, 2726 Ann a\ enue, $5.400, Dr F '\uehoft, 3208 Lafayette avenue, $8,500, G H Hoffman, 6571 Arsenal street, $3,400 ; John Wendel, 3446 Dunmca street $3,800, J H Simon, 1203 McCausland avenue. $9.400, LoUIs Fleshman, 1167 Walton avenue. $4000. Theodore L Degenhardt. 4646 Louisiana avenue, $6,000. ~lary L Jones. 4431 GravoIs ave-nue, $4,500, Ellen QUIck, 4228 Flora boulevard. $6,000 Duluth, Mllln -... -JlOhn Turge, 3900 vVest Third street, streets, $4,500; ArchIe McDugal East Flr"t and T\\ enty-second streets, $9,000; Andrew Xelson, East Third and Thirty-sixth streets, $10,000, B M SuIte, East Seventh and Fifteenth streets, $3,000 Syracuse, N Y ---Alexander Collett, 236 Meadow ave-nue, $3,500, Frederick Hertzog, 112 Stolp a\ enue, $4,000; J W Dawson, 418 Coleridge avenue, $7,500; J A Burns, 104- Peck avenue, $5,000, T E Qtllck, 916 Bellevue avenue $5,000, Carl Rlschke, 806 Carbon sitreelt, $4,500, Sarah Harnson, 903» East Adams street, $8,000 Peoria, I1l---Henry Sepper, 153 Sherman avenue, $5,900; Christopher Hoerr, 110+ Frye avenue, $6,500; Christian Krantz, 290 Millman street, $3,000. Indianapolis. Ind ---H. \\T. Fechtman, Laurel and Pros-pect streets, $3,600; L 0 Hamllton, 2019 Central avenue, $3,500; Clara E. Roberts, G dell and Ethel streets, $3,000; W A. Workman, 2980 New Jersey street, $4,000; Sarah J Robin-son, Gray and North streets, $4,000, Lotllse E Bretzhoff, 64 Linwood streets, $3,000 Minneapohs. Mll1n ---J H Ellison, 2101 Ptllsbury ave-nue, $30,()(X), Emanuel E\O a s-berg, 2740 Humboldt avenue, $15,000; S. Wirt WIley, 480 Lake Harriet boulevard, $9,000, \\ 111JamChannll1~ \\ hItney, PIllsbury and Franklll1 avenues, 31; 000 loledo 0 ---,Jr~ T:-.abella Calhoun, 404 Parkood avenue, S) ~OO Carne :c Hlisenbeck, 1329 Indtana avenue, $3,000; 11 T r'oke 1243 In,llana avenue, $3,000 Columhlh, 0 --<\Jar) Kelly, 93 S Studor avenue, $3,000; R K Patndge 486 ChamplOll avenue, $4,000, G. W Hamil-toll (Trm e a\ ellue and Salem street, $4,000, S A Goss, Grove dnd IndIana a\ enl1es $3,500, Cora Mygott, 1236 Lexmgton a\ enue, $3,000, L ,Y Care 112 South vVashington street, $4,900 \\ lchlta Kam ---F \ Reed, 135 New York avenue, $3,- 000. ELI aulke 113 ~Imton avenue, $3,000; E D Egbert, ChautauC]ud a\ emle. $3,600, R E EWll1g, 316 Glenn avenue, 53,000 "all DIego. Cal ---:'J rs C L Gorham, SIxth and Olive ...,treeh $8000. 'I r~ E F Thansen, 3333 H street, $3,000 South Bend, Ind ---Fred \\ agner, 1026 MIchigan avenue, $3, ~OO, Frank WalL 820 South Bend avenue, $3,000; F. O. Pratt Broad\',a) and Vnglllla street, $3,250 \\ tlkesbarne Fa ---Bernard Klotz, 97 Logan street, $3,- 000. John Dld\\allace, 507 South Mam street, $4,200; Max lTallond 69 \Vest Ross street, $3,500. Buffalo, X Y ---T H VVarwlck, Jr, 1217 Delaware ave-nue. $7,500, F J Lmgweitter, 17 Garfield avenue, $3,000; Scott ,I Beecher, 124 Bendmger street, $3,400; John VV Gerlach. 120 ~I oselle street, $3,000; Augu<;t Engler, 457 Wm-slo\\ street, $3,500, Mary Frank, 169 Roehrer street, $3,000 J acksom dIe lla ---J ?II Cox, Date street and RIverside a\ enue $12,000. Edward P Smith, Kmg street and River- SIde a\ enue, $4,500, J J Bosslllger, Park and Copeland streets $4,000 DetVOlt, '1ICh-,":'Ir" D Lynch, Grand boulevard and (Treen\\ ood street. $6,250, Dr E Rodd, 286 Crane street, $5,700 ElllOtt Palmerstoll, 406 Seyburn street, $3,500; Her-man R Lau, :'Ilchlgall a\ enue and J UllctlOll street, $4,()(X); F. L St Almoul, 275 Boule\ard east. $4,200, John Schutt, 318 Bald", in street, $4.050; Bertram W J1eman Lothrup and La Salle "tl eeb, $4,000, T B 1hllen, Alger and Brush streets, $3,250 Los I\ngeles, Cal ---Mrs Maude E Pierson, 322 South Bunker Hlli a\ enue, $8,000, H A Zuch, 424 West Seventh street, $4000. ,I S Mackey, 1421 West Twentieth street, $3,500 Canton, 0 ---Anme Martin, 1221 Cleveland avenue, $5,- 000, C A Crane, 1550 North Market street, $3,500; Rosena Klatter, 637 Correl street, $3,000 LOUISVIlle, Ky.--John Bennett, Jr, 639 Lincoln court, $3,000, Albert Townsley, 649 Lmcoln court, $3,000; C. C. WEEKLY ARTISAN ~_. .••....... _- .. THE WEATHERLY INDIVIDUAL Glue Heater Send your addrell and and recei.e delcriptioe circular of Glue Heaten. Glue Coohrl aDd Hot Bonl witl. price •• The Weatherly Co. Grand Rapidl. Mich. Iliieatt, 1817 \i\' 111dsor place, $7.500, Annie Bl:"choff, Baxter street and Ca~t1ewood avenue, $4,000 Dallas, Tex ---J P Graber. 628 Cole avenue, $3,500; R A Porter, 463 Blshop street, $3,000; R P. Keith, 371 Colomal avenue, $3,250, Mrs D L Countryman. 144 Center street, $3,000 Youngstown, 0 ---Mrs Josephine Moody, 482 Glen-aven avenue. $3,5500, Patnck Welsh, 377 Elm street, $3,500; W J Wormley, 236 Glennwood avenue, $3,000, S. A Pfau, 348 Market street, $5,000 Roanoke. Va ---E S. Kabe, Jefferson and Walnut streets, $4,500 Masslllon, 0 ---H VI/ Leffler. 320 Wellman street, $,3- 000; Harry Smlth, 180 State street, $3.000; Charles Alger, 248 Locust street, $3,000 Chicago, III ---J oQana Larsen, 901 North Forty ..eighth avenue, $4,000, Joseph Lomax, 1326 North A.vers ave, $4,500; Almer J Johnson, 1056 MontIcello avenue, $8.000; John Berg, 2639 Agatite avenue, $4,000; Louis Piderson, 1772 Winne-mac avenue. $5,200 Seattle. Wash ---W J McClellan, 4708 Fortieth avenue, $4,000; J G Taylor, 268 East Forty-second street, $3,000; W F. Chalfant, 5030 Slxteenth avenue northeast, $4,500 Ta,coma. Wash ---Mrs F L Davis, 816 North I street, $3,000; Delmont Miller, North Twenty-seventh street and Puget Sound avenue, $4,000; Mrs L Barbare, 2613 North Thlrty-first street, $3,250 Miscellaneous Buildings--- The Cathohc BIshop of Chi-cago IS erectl11g a $60.000 church and school building at 1224- 28 McAlhster place The Anshe Chesed Congregation are butlding a $125.000 church 111Cleveland, Ohla St Bernard's Congregation are butlding a $50,000 church at 4001 Gratiot street, St Louis, =VIa The West End }1ethodlsts of Roa-noke. Va, ale bUlld111g a $35,000 church The Moody Bible InstItute of ChIcago IS ereoting a "even story dormItory umL1111g at 830-38 La Salle street, to cost $140,000. The )Jorthern PaCIfic Beneficial assoclation are erect111g a hospital 111Tacoma, Wash, at a cost of $58,000. Old Time Prices. In 1880 H B Mudge was a leading manufacturer of furniture in Cincinnati He was regarded as a leader 111his line He used walnut lumber and veneers, foreIgn and Ameri-can, exclUSIvely anJ his output was confined to articles for the chamber and d111ing room. Several IllustratIons of his goods 111 the possession of the Artisan evince the lack of character 111the deSIgns HIS No. 496 wardrobe, eight feet i i..-.-.-.-.---- 31 I I I II I I I I ! I: II I I ..." . .. two inches hIgh, three feet eight 111ches wide which sold at wholesale for $4500, contaIned a drawer in the base, a single door WIth a large pla111 mIrror 111cased 111 heavy but plain mould111gs. ptlasters composed of shaped turned and veneered pleces 111sectIOns, paneled ends, a railing supported by short turned dowels, beanng a nondescnpt pIece of carving and sawed work It contained an unnecessarily large quantity of good lumber A manufacturer of the present day would make two wardrobes of the same quantity of material. It was so well bUllt, however, that it is probably still in use. No. 0 chlffomer, five feet and one inch high, and three feet WIde, 111walnut. sold for $18 It contained five drawers of unHorm size, thr i::-OhtS of whrch were cov,ered with Amencan veneer The pedestals were fluted wid'ely and carved shghtly at the ends The top carried four pointed fimals, ris111g from each corner of the case. To one of the ptlasters a h111ged rod was attached with a lock and key. to prevent the opening of the drawers by the curious. The case would not be consIdered cheap at $1200 by the buyers of today No 9 SIdeboard was Sl;' feet and four inches high, four feet Ilong and one foot ten 111ches widf It was priced at $40. The case had paneled ends WIth two large doors and two small drawers ornamented WIth Amencan veneers. Upon a plain slab of dark Tennessee marble the top, braced by wooden brackets rested. The back of the top contained a framed plain mIrror and four small ~eneered panels. Two covered shelves supported by turned posts projected over the lower panels and supported a long shelf at the top. A meaningless piece of hne carvmg flanked by fret-sawed work completed the structure It would not sell for $2000, even if the "style" wa:" considered Jeslrable 111the markets of today. Pullman Prosperity. The report of the Pullman Car company for the year ended July 31 last, which WIll not be maJe pubhc until the annual meet111g of the stockholders in Chicago on November 2 next, is expected to show gross earnings approximating $37,000.000, whIch compares WIth gross returns of $33,200,000 in the last fiscal year. The car manufacturing department is said to have aver-aged 111earnings a httle below the preceding year, which was due to the falling off 111orders during the last months of the penoJ It IS figured that the amount avatlable for dividends on the $120,000,000 capItal stock outstandmg will exceed 13 per cent. In the previous business year the company earned nearly 11 per cent on $100,000,000 capital and two years ago the net returns were slightly under 10 per cent. @ 200, T. 1\ Bleached, fresh, 32 WEEKLY ARTISAN .. IIII 1I II The Steamship "Chair Trust." I Pre \ Idence, R I Jounrnal---The "chair trust" operatmg (In bOdrcl the transatlantic steamships seems to be only a I figment ot the 1111agmatlOn, a" a matter of fact. most of the I _1111e..,0\\ n the chairs they rent to passenger" But trust or I not, the chalge IS a form of petty extortlO11 that might well be I <ibanc1oned Lon'3lderlng the present rates of fare, the extra : dollar tor the PIl\ J!ege of Sltt1l1g do\'. n on deck IS hardly I nuded to "d\ e the LJmpa111eS from bankruptcy ----_.~~-----_-.----~---..-.. iI Miscellaneous Advertisements. POSITION WANTED. Foreman Finisher of Ion!,::expenence, at present employed, desires new position. Address Van. care Weekly Artisan.9-3tf FOR SALE. One Rounder. Spindle Carvers. Spmdle Sanders. Tools. etc. All in A No.1 condition. Will sell cheap. Address Box 2, care Weekly Artisan. 9-3 WANTED. Commercial salesman for Indiana and IllinOIS to sell Parlor and Library Tables. State tern tory covered and lmes car-ried. Address "Map". care Weekly Artisan. 9-3tf WANTED. Travelin!,:: salesman to carry a lme of Reed Rockers and Chairs m Indiana and Illmols. State terntory covered and lines carried. Address "Near", care Weekly Artisan. 9-3tf WANTED. Salesman in every state, on commiSSion, to sell a live lme of American Quartered Library Tables. Address F. T. M., care Weekly Artisan Co 8-27 WANTED. Experienced commission men to sell line of cheap and medi-um priced SUites, Dressers, Chiffoniers, Chiffonier Robes and Wardrobes m plam and Amencan quartered oak. Address McKim & Cochran Furn Co. Madison, Ind. 8-27 9-3 9-10 POSITION WANTED. A salesman of ability furnishing best of references and at present engaged, desires a change, Thoroughly acquamted with the trade of New England and New York stat,es and can guarantee results. Address C. A. R., Weekly Artisan. 7-23tf FOR SALE. A nice clean stock of Crockery in a live West Michigan town of 10,000 population. Would also rent store if desired, Address "See" care Weekly Artisan. S-28tf. New York Markets. New York, Sept 2--- Turpent111e has gone up aga1l1 The advance for the week IS about three cents A pecuhar feat-ure of the trade is the fact that several small transactIOns are reported at figures higher than the card rates which today are 740@75 cent" here and 7l@710 at Savannah The ]ob-b1l1g demand IS qmte bnsk and order~ trom consumer~ dre numerous though for smaller amounts than usual 111Septem-ber. Linseed oJ! 1'0 dull The volume of busmess I" le~" even than in midsummer The "offiCial" quotatIOns hay e not been changed smce August 12, but cal load lots are kno\\ 11to ha \ e been offered at concessIOns Without attract1l1g the attentl.Jn of buyers Trade In futures is merely nom1l1al and the or-ders for Immediate deln ery are remarkably hght for thiS t11ne of year. OW1l1g to the report that the new "crop" wJ1l run hed\ler than those "harvested" last "ea"on, buyers of goahk1l1.., ale 1l1chned to walt for the ope111ng at the ne\\ "ea..,on---next month However, the competltH 11 for :"t 'Ck dl1'3, l10ted la~t week, hds extended to Venezuelan" and all arrival" are promptly absorbed The only chan~e 111 quotatIOns tll1~ \\ cek i" on Payta'3, wll1ch dechne,l about a cent. nO\\ 'Oell111g, to arrive, at -1-1cents A cargo of CJZbalc~. ~old III dch anLe <it 420, drrlved thl" week San Lllh, Llcateca~, ete, ale quoted at 44 @ 45 and Montel ey, Tamplco~, etc , a cent 10\\ er The demand for var11l"h gums which had "ho\'. n con"ldel-able strength recently has been checke,l aga1l1 by the dd-vance 111 turpentme Orders are "mall for "pot deln ery and bus1l1ess 111 futures I~ at d "tandstJ11 Pllce~ are firm 0\\ 111g to strength 111the primary markets The "uppl} 111 '3lght I" now saId to be m the hands of Em opean dealer" Shellac IS 111fair sea"onable demand \\ Ith fractIOnal 111- creases 111 prices on the hlgho glade" D C IS quoteJ dt 27 @ 28 cents, V SO, 23 @ ZSYz, Diamond I, 23 (Ii; 2-1- fine orange, 210 @ 220, bright orange, 20 111 cases, 180 @ 19, (m bags a cent lower) 18 @ 19, kiln dried, 230 @ 24. The openmg of the month has brought no improvt'ment 111 the burlap bus111ess The card rates are still maintained .It 1]0 t01 eIght-ounce and 4 10 £01 100-ounce Calcutta good'3, but the figure'3 are f1equently shade,l and the trade is exceedingly dull :'letal market:" are all \\eak, With a general expectation of iU1ther c1echne" 111 p11ceS Index to Advertisements. p darr f & El.lr g Compan} Alaska Refngerator Company Amellcan Blowel Compr..ny Barnes, W. F & John Company Barton, H H. & Sons Company Bcckstege Furniture Company . . . .. . . Bosse Furniture Company hoynton & Co Buss Machme Works Chicago Mirror Plate and Art Glass Company Dodds, Alexander Compan} Edge, Frank & Co Fellwock Aute and Manufactunng Company Fox Machme Compar y FranCIS, Charles E. & Company Globe Furniture Company Grand Rapids Blow hpe and Dust Arrester Company Grand Rapids Brass Compan} Grand Rapids Caster CUDCompany Grar (l Rapids Electro,ype Co Crand Rapids Hand Screw Company Grand RaPIds Veneer Compan) Hahn, LOUIS Hills, Clarence R Hohman Brothers Company Holcomb, A. L. & Co Hotel Fantllnd Karger Furniture Company Kaunman Manufactunr!':: Company Kl'nball Brothers Company Kmdel Bed Compan} • Lawrence-McFadden Company Lentz Table Compan} j u~e F

Date Created:

1910-09-03T00:00:00Z

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Collection:

30:62

Subject Topic:

Periodicals and Furniture Industry

Language:

English

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