Weekly Artisan; 1910-10-01

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Issue of a furniture trade magazine published weekly in Grand Rapids, Mich, starting in 1879. and GRAND RAPIDS. MICH., OCTOBER 1. 1910 " SLIGH FURNITURE COMPANY The Largest Manufacturers of CHAMBER FURNITURE EXCLUSIVELY IN THE WORLD Catalogue to Prospective Customers. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. j MICHIGAN ENGRAVING CO.GRAND RAPIDS CHOICE TOOLS FOR FURNITURE MAKERS If you do not know the "Oliver" wood workmg tools, you had better give us your address and have us tell you all about them. We make nothing but Quality tools, the first cost of which IS considerable, but which will make more profit for each dollar invested than any of the cheap machines flood-ing the country. "OLIVER" No 16. Band Saw 36 Inches. Made wIth or without motor drive Metal lable 36' x 30" WIll take J 8' under t b e gUIde nit, 45 degrees one way and 7 degrees the other way Car~ nes a saw up to I%''' wJde OutsIde beann~ to lower wheel shah when not motor driven WeIgh, 1800 lb, when ready to ship Oliver Tools Save Labor ..... lI.: H Tempers .. .. ...... :::.::":: .·.C..o.b:::.....: .... ---.. .- - .......... .. .. .. .. .. f''' .. "Oliver" New Variety Saw Table No. 11 WIll take a 'aw up to 20' dIameter Arbor belt " 6' wIde ........ ::..::~..:.:::..~:=:.:: Send for Catalog "B" for data on Hand Jointers, Saw Tables, Wood Lathes, Sanders, Tenoners, Mortisers, Trimmers, Grinders, Work Benches, Vises, Clamps, Glue Heaters, etc., etc. OLIVER MACHINERY CO. Work. and General OffIce. at 1 to 51 Clancy St GRAND RAPIDS. MICH, U. S A BRANCH OFFICES Ol,ver M.chmery Co, Hudson Termm.l, 50 Church SI New York OllYer Machmery Co. FlfSt Nal10nal Bank BUlldmg, ChIcago, III Ohver Maclunery Co , PaCIfic BUlldmg Seattle Wash Ohver Machmery Co , 201 203 Dean,gate. Manche'ter Eng WEEKLY ARTISAN 1 YOU CAN MAil YOUR CATALOG OCTOBER 17th If you place the order with us. W"ITE PRINTING COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICU. I PRINTERS FOR THE FURNITURE TRADE. I l 2 WEEKLY ARTISAN . .. II LUCE FURNITURE COMPANY i, t I,IIIII !I• II•I I, I •I,,, .. ~"":5lt __ • • "" •• GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Manufacturers of COMPLETE lines of MEDIUM PRICED DINING and CHAMBER FURNITURE. . Catalogues to Dealers.Only. - . .--- - _. ... ----------------_-4 I ~.. Luce..Redmond Chair Co.,Ltd. I BIG RAPIDS, MICH. High Grade Office Chairs Dining Chairs Odd Rockers and Chairs Desk and Dresser Chairs Slipper Rockers Colonial Parlor Suites In DOl k and Tuna Mahogany Blrd's Ey Maple Birch !Zuartered Oak and Clrcasslan Walnut Our Exhibit you will find on the fourth floor, East Section, MANUfACTURERS' BUILDING, North Ionia Street GRANO RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Exhibit in charge of J. C. HAMILTON, C. E. COHOES, J. EDGAR FOSTER. 2( y / 31st Year-No. 14 GRAND UAPIDS, MICH., OCTOBER I, 1910 Issued Weekly TROUBLE WITH TRAVELING SALESWOMEN Good on Some Special Lines But It is Hard to Find the- Right Sort and They Rarely Produre Good Results. Recentl) a "e\\ York \\ oman \\ ho ilad been emplm eel ~even or eIght years a, travelmg sales\\ oman by a well knO\\ n \\I hole sale dry goods and not1On house ~urpnsed her fnends by gIvmg up her Job and bu) me; a \\ esteln ranch \\ hIle employed as a drummer thIs woman \\ as assIgned mostly to we:otel n tern tor) and got to knm\ the money posslbllttIes 111 a ranch for an 0\\ ner endowed WIth pluch. and good bl1Sme~s sen,e who could pay cash do\\!n for the property ThIs, as the merc11dnt \\ ho told the story remarked, shem" the posclblhtIes fO! \\ omen 111 selll11g e;oods on the road An authollty on labO! statIstics thmks that women f JIm one half of one per cent of the drummer~ m the Umted States He IS not sure but that thIs figure wIll mc1ude the women 111struc-tor~ or demonstrators \\ ho stay fOl a week or more at a stretch m one or another store to boom some one partIcular th111g Some manufacturers \\ ho employ many men for the road say that the) would em pIa) more women If they could get the nght kmd Other manuufacturu s who employ an equally large number of commerCIal tl ave1el ~ say that they prefer not to me-ploy women at all Of the latter class IS the manager of a large perfumery concern whIch emplovs salesmen to l1ltIoduce ItS goods all over the L'mted .states ThIs man ha"n t any tales to relate of \1\1 omen s deficIency, for the reacon that he has ncv~r gIven a woman a chance at the work 'Yec" he admIts, ma>1y women have apphed fO! a chance to sell our good, on the lOad, but so far I have refused I understand, however that most of the perfumery manufacturers \\ Ith headqual ters m )Jew York do employ women to travel for them and so far as I know the,e women get good re~ults "The trouble IS," saId a.lOther manufactUl er who IS puzzled, he confes~es, at the small number of women SUItable for the work who come hIS Vv ay, "not that manufacturers m general don't care to employ \\ omen drummers but that they find so few apphcants who come up to the reqUIrements In the last year, speakmg offhand, probably tWIce as many women have apphed for thIS sort of work as apphed last year \Vomen m general I thUlk recog-m7e that thel e IS good money to be made m the bus mess, but not one m fifty reahzes that WIth competItIOn so keen a tl avehng saleswoman must work halc! If she would compete WIth sales- Ulen who have been 111tra1l1111gfor years '\f\'henever I meet a woman who seems the nght SOlt I close the bargam at -once, no matter whether she is a novice or not As everyone knows there must be a fil st tIme to every-t111.1g \\'e manufacturers can usually sense buc,l1lc~s ablhty m a \\ 0111an and are glad enough to turn It to account m our 0\\ n behalf \\ hen we get a chance There I, a lot of talk these days aboc1t woman s ablhty m evel y sort of money makmg pursUIt and may be It IS JustIfied AJI the same there dxe l111ghty few com-pdent travehng sales\\ oman m the field One woman drummer to thIrty men drummer, IS the PIO-pO! t10n mamtamed on the payroll of a leadUlg corset manufac-tmer Here IS a field onel would th111k partIcularly femm111e \\ hen a ma lagel who hlm~elf had prevIOusly been on the road and \\ as thoroughly posted, or thought he was, about the Ielatlve ablhty ot men and women drummers 111handlll1g thIS article \\i a~ asked whv he dlcl not employ more tl avelmg sales- \\ omen he answered "Can't get em-the kmd, I me <tl1, who would llbtlfy out sendmg them out on a tnp certam to eat up a lot of good money for travehng expenses and salary \\ ilether goods are sold or not As a rule women have less good bu~mess' sense than men and ,ome of the except10ns who \\ ant to sell goods on the road have-n t good enough health to stand the stram of travehng all mght and \\ orkll1e; all day, wl11ch often happens a week 01 more at a tIme \ petcentage of the \\Iomen who ask me for a Job of thl~ kl1ld ~a) that the) Just aelore ttavel111g and choose the work be-cause It \\ tll gIve them a chance to see a good deal of the Gl11ted States, and I hd\le no doubt they tell the truth Probably the'y \\ auld make splenchd travelers and not m1l1d average hardshIps at all But bemg a good traveler merely won't sell goods or command the respect or attentIOn of merchanb, who, by the way, don't always have on theIr party manners "There are very few \\Iomen drummers selhng women's sUlh, cloaks or mIllmery Grocenes, chewmg gum, perfumes, notlO11'>,neck\\ ear ancl other fancy articles, though, are handled frequently by travehng saleswomen "N 0, the story that busmess women have to suffer mdlgni-tIe, when tlave11l1g IS all bosh The nght sort of a woman can travel any\\ here m the l'mted States now WIthout mcurnng any ellSIespectfnl attent10n \\Ihatever from men drummers or anyone else But If a woman IS thmkl11g of play1l1g off her good looks, good clothes and pretty manners to get bns1l1ess she is apt to get less bnsmess than 1l1cllgl11tles "An attractIve woman who seemed to have a lot of sense and conSIderable busmess ablhty, and who apphed to me for 4 WEEKLY ARTISAN TRUCKTALKS Might not convince you without evidence. But compare a wagon to our truck, note the similarity of construction fea-tures- No box bearings; nothing to easily break or get out of order; extra large center wheels, revolving on taper turned axles; wide treads; special first-class cast-ings. Grand Rapids Trucks are first, last and all the time the safest in construction, and positively the best. No. 15 Catalog Shows Them. Grand Rapids Hand 618 North Front St. Screw Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. vlork lecentl} ll11pres':led mc ,0 fdvordbh that I \I,h dbuut to gIve her a tnal vvhen shc surpll~ed me b} say mg, I can coax anyone I come 111contact wIth b} whatevel I have to scll' That settled It She dldn t get the Job \Ientall} I sa1d 'You are a fool to ll11ag111emerchants can be cOdxed I11tOplaung large orders for good" or that \\ e \\ ant to sell our good, b\ coa"111g The manufacturer of an artIcle: IbC±lll to (It e,,'ll1akel' \\ luch 1S being mtroduced all over the count!) b} men ellummel s em-ploys a few women I11St!uctors, but stop" there He ':la)0 "1111ph "I get better results ft om mcn salesmen Compara t1\ eh the 111 structor's work 1S easy She goe" to the melchanh 111a to\\ n dnd to the du ectone" gettl11g the name" and addrl ",e':l ot eIte,,~- makers, on whom she calls offenng to show them 01 theIr em-ployes how to use our manufacture She does not ask them to buy, nor w1ll she tdke orders for the good" Should the ehess-makers want to purcha"e they must go to the mellhant 111to\\n who sells oUt goods "I have no preJud1ce against woman drummers, but the fact 1S there are not enough good ones m the ma1ket The \\ omen who have applted to me wel e not 111 m) op11110n \\ ell cnough eqUlpped for the \'Iork" A woman commerCIal traveler who has been ten ) eal 0 on the road, \viho ltkes the work and finds 1t hlghl) plofitable S,l) " '" .. ....---------------_._._.~..-..-.-.-.-..~..-..-. I A. L. HOLCOMB & CO. Manufacturers of HIGH GRADE I UROOVINU SAWS ' II DADO SAWS I CItIzens' Phone 1239 I' I 27 N. Market St., Grand RapIds. Mlch I ~-------------------_. .. ..... . . .. ~ L_ that a tal larger number of women have applted 111 the last two 01 thlee )Cars for employment as traveling saleswomen than ever before and that the number IS mcreasmg. The fact that more of the~e women are not employed 15 partly due, she th111ks, to a certal11 prejudIce felt agamst them b\ men drummers dS well as by merchants It was abo true, ,he conceded that a percentage of the appltcants were not fitted tol the \,ork, bemg m some cases too young, in others too fraIl lookmg or too lackmg the gIft of gdb, to quote her ltterally C:;dldshe' . There may be tImes when SIlence is golden, but a drummer ldckmg ready speech dnd plenty of 1t may be counted out at the "tdrt For thIS reason most women, supposing the) have other necessal y quahficatlOns, make better drummers than men do \O\\ac1ays the drummer's Job appeals to many bnght women \V ho ltke to move about and see somethl11g of the world and yet have no means to grattfv that deSIre GIven a chance some of these \\ omen do well Others expect too much in the way of politeness from the me1chants w1th whom they deal and from then bus111eoSao"oclates of the other sex. I myoelf d1d at first, and I came m1ghty near throwing up 111\ positIon attel the first trip---would have done 1t in fact only thdt my employ er gave me some senSIble advice and praised my \\ ork , It made me mad to have some of those western merchants an,,\\ er roughly "hen I tned to show them goods. Reibuffs ~hat sltcle off a salesman's shoulders seemed to sbck fast to m1l1e un-hI I learned not to l11md them When I stop mind1l1g them I (heln t get so man) eIther , I ortunately my terntory was m the west, whIch is perhaps the eaSle,t field for a woman commercial traveler, just as the oourh 10 the hardest "In the west there are no preconceived prejudices agaimt WEEKLY ARTISAN 5 - - - '1 COlIlpany All Knobs and Pulls have the .No-fium-Loose Fasteners The largest manufacturers of Furniture Trimmings in Wood in the world. Write us for Samples and Prices. Made in Oak, Walnut, Mahogany, Birch and all Furniture Woods . .._----------------------------------------------------------------------------- _. __ ._--------~ v, omen enterIng any field of work, no venerable conventlOns to combat The country IS too new A busmess woman of respec-tdblhty and mtelhgence IS apt to be corehally received every-where In the south It IS different. The conventlOns there have always kept women at home or at least out of business hfe and a bus mess atmosphere. The average busmess woman vvill not get the gldc1 hand from the average southern woman, and a travelmg saleswoman has no chance at all. In the hotels guests hold themselves aloof from strangers, espeCially from persons travelmg on busmess. It is simply the custom, a matter of tra-chtlOn No shght IS mtended, nevertheless a woman drummer cap't help but feel the chilly atmosphere and It makes her feel lonely "Some young women I have known who started out well and had good quahficatlOns for the work queered themselves vvlth their employer the first trIp by telhng of unwelcome atten-tlOm thrust on them while travelIng-attentlOns they won't get after they learn how to mamtam a strIctly busmess manner when With strangers "I remember one occaSlOn when I arrived at a hotel m a far couthern town qUIte late m the evenmg, being asked by the clerk If I would go up and see what ailed a young woman who had registered a Ihalf hour earlIer and had gone at once to her loom, saymg she did not want any supper. She was crymg, the clerk added "Knowmg the girl must be a commerCIal traveler, I did as I Wel';;asked and found her boohoomg at a great rate 'I never was so msulted m my hfe,' she waJ'led, 'the man actually a~ked me to run away With him' " I confess that I was a httle out of patience With ,her "'But you haven't run away With hun and you don't have to run away With him, so what IS the use of crymg about It 0' I told her 'That was hiS way, probably, of trymg to pay you a comphment' " 'Were you talking business when he made t'he proposition ?' 1 asked She thought a mmute ,. 'vVe had been talkmg busmess but 11ad gradually wan-dered off to other tOpiCS' "'Cheer up,' I answered, 'and come down to supper With me Don't tell your expenence to anyone else and unless you are lookmg for comphments It Will be wiser m the future to confine your conversation strictly to the business in hand when meetmg strangers' "She took my advice, kept her job and is doing well "A bnght woman in good health finds this work both I e-muneratlve and lIlteresting, even though It is exhausting at times, and more and more high class women are taking it up One thmg which has increased the number of apphcants I';; the greater comforts and conveniences of travel now found 111 even the most out of the way sections."---New York Sun -~----~----------------- --_._------_._----- ... r --...... - II III WOOD fORMlnO (UTURS As only the edge outlines of the Cutter comes mto contact With the lumber, there ISno fnction or burn-mg of the mouldmgs when made With the Shimer ReverSible or One-Way Cutters. These Cutters are carefully moulded to SUIt your work, and are very complete, inexpensive and time-savmg tools. We supply speCIal Cutters of any shape deSired and of any SILe to suit your rnachme spindles. Let us have your ~peclficatlOns. For odd work not found m our catalogue send a wood sample or drawmg. SAMUEL J. SHIMER So SONS, Milton, Penn. Manufacturers of the Shimer Cutter Heads for Floonng, Ceiling, Sidmg, Doors, Sash, etc. .-~ '"',I" - ~NION--~~~N~;'~~E CO.. , ROCKFORD, ILL. China Closets Buffets Bookcases We lead m Style, Comtrudlon and Flmsh. See our Catalogue. Our lme on permanent exhlbl-lIon 3rd Floor, New Manufact-I urers' BUlldmg, Grand Rapids. I~------------_._--- .t. ROLLSI For Bed Caps, Case Goods, Table Legs and many other purposes; in Gum, Mahogany and Quartered Oak Veneers. The Fellwock Auto & MfJ!. Co. EVANSVILLE, INDIANA L - 6 WEEKLY ARTISAN A Page From the 1910 Fall Catalogue of POSSELIUS BROTHERS FURNITURE MANUFACTURING CO. DETROIT, MICHIGAN Send for thIs Catalogue and you will find the most salable goods on the AlJerican Market today. China Closet No 1 Buffet No.1. This Line of Dining The famous VICTORS Room Furniture has sold and is selling far beyond our expecta-tions. are as popular as ever. The round tables are the talk of the trade in the large cities. ServlDg Table No 1 Diner No. 1. Extension Table No 569 C Arm Chair No.1 %. WEEKLY ARTISAN 7 HANTIQUE" FACTORIES ARE BUSY "Old" Furniture. Statues and Coins ~Iauufac-tured With Great Ingenuity for the Tourist Trade. I onclon, Sept 17--] hl:O year" record 111\ aSlOn of Europe by Amencans has brought profit to at lea"t one trade The hdpp\ hunt111g ground of the ~me' Ican \ hltor ha'i been, a~ 111) ear" pa"t the "hop" of the lllalers 111 alleged ztntJque", al1d the:oe :ohop" dre ~tll1 able to '311ppl) the demand ot old trea:oures, notwlthstand111g the fact that neally eyer) thl11Q, of genu111e W'll th V\a" 'inapped up year" de,O 'iO that a real antique IS far beyond the purcha:0111g poV\er of the ma]Ollt} of bargal11 hunter'i The pnnupal CU'itomer:o of these dealel s are \ mcncan s of lll111ted mean:o \Ylth \Yhom the fact that antIque" ale ad-mitted to the L'11ltell ~tdtes dut) tree Illea 1 ,I gredt deal \]](1 } et the bargams the) ~eetlre 111}~urope al e, In man) ca"es, no mOl e c1e"ervl11g to be ddnlltted dut) fl ee than a new pIcture wIth thc pa111t "tIll frc"h upon It The trdde 111 Slmn011S dntlque" I, C,l1ned on III E 11ope "C' openly b} un'oc upulous dealer" tl1dt It 1" ,UI pn"111g that they are able to find Ul:otomel" for theIr good" II hen neces sary the) can supply al tides '00 convllLlng III dppearance that eyen eApert, arc often deceived BelgIUm h thc u untJ) In V\hlLh most of the old ftll111ture h made, alth JUe,-hmuch of It I" the hand\\olk of the 1)rolese pea'ianh Thloue,-h dIfferent channel'i It find'i It'i \\ a) l1lto the 111o"t ob"cul e corner-, ot I urope, to an I place 111 fad, V\hel e the \mencan h hkel) t 1 penetrate 1t may be kno\y n to ,l \V 11v dealel that "Ol1le '1mellcall" ,lie about to VISit a celtall ~mall to\\n Jmmelhatelv tIle 1.11 tlque "hop" ot t'lat tlJ\\n ,lie leplem,hed V\lth e,0()(\'i In some la"es perhaps placed 111 charge o± all mlH ccnt looklllg old \\ oman \V ho can tell hCl tale so natul alh a, to ll!',If111 all ~U'=,- )1lclon 1)( m Ital} c 1me" mo:ot of the anUCjlle metal \York awl statu a \ In HJ'l1e the mallu£acture of SpUrIOU'i antICjues 111 metdlls ulll'luctul wIth httle ditempt at concedlment, and one Cdn \ ISlt cerLll11 factone-, and actuall) 'iee the \\ ork e,-Olng on ~ '=,llJdll allm of pOOl b'lt ~klllful Itah'l1l sculptors arc kept bl1-.\ "upph me, e,1cat llumbel s of head, bust, dl111 '-tatue~ of \allOUS Olvmpldll god, most of \\hlch find theIr \\d) 111to C'ell1am where thele I" tIle blge,e"t tJade 111 ~punous an-t que, '--ome l f thc mcthocb employ ed b) dntlquc dCdler-, al e dls-c1o, ec1 by a (JerllJan ne\y,papel, and the le\elatll1n'i thu'i made -,ho\\ the dl110unt of care that ,houlc1 he exerCl'oed bv ~mell- Cdn'o -,eek111g bargam, of tll1'o ndtul e 111Europe 1 he easle:ot dntlljue to produce and the one \\ l11ch coml11anrl" the highest prICC b the antlque hu-,t 11 statue \\ hell a "tatuc () bt1-.t ha" been bUllec1 a te\\ \ eal" It IS lleAt to 1l11l0~-'lhle ,al" t111~ duthorIt), to ll!-,cern flom the marhll w11ethel It ha, bcen h me; m the e,lI th fOl thlee or for a thou "ulll ) car~ P1CCt, of -,LltUdn al e allln, ed to repose fJ om t\\ ° to three ) eal S 111 the earth ullul the SUIface o± the marble 1~ thOl ou?:hly sta1l1ec1 a'1d lOughenec1 The) al e then read) fOl the cel emon) of e,ca, atlOn V\hlch frequently I" t111'ed to take placl befOle the \u) e)e:o of eagel Engh'oh or ~mellcan tra\ellel-, thu'i remu\111e, an) douhts as to theIr e,-enumene,s ] he manUlactuI~ of dntlCjul cOIn" 1-, llkeV\I"e an ex-treplel) :Olmple proce,s 101 those "ho al e mstructed m the alt The patma ma, be plOduced by a velY hamel) method .j" ,,~ ;t."-'"" "BEAVER," "GtNDERRlA/' "OOCKASH" STOVE HEADQUARTERS "THE LINES THAT SEll" .NotetMP~RIAL BEAVER-one of many. 13est, They Stand the 'Jest:' THIS IS the IMPERIAL BEAVER. It is the finest cookIng range made anywhere In the world, We thInk so, and so will )OU when you see its advantages: Study the above picture. The glass oven door IS guaranteed not to break. No heat lost when you look at your baking. ThIS range holds ItS heat longest, saves z 5% in fuel, and has unusual hot water capacity. It ISthe best lookIng range built-and wears .IS well as it looks. Send for samples and see It-but we warn you that no other kInd will ever satlsly you again, If you do I W. D. SAGER, 330-342 No.WaterSt.,CHICAGO The C01l1S whIch mu"t be :omall, ale 11l1xed \\Ith bOlled po-tatoc: o, y\ 11lch dre then III the fOlm of small balls gn ell as food to geese [he chgestne process Impart:o to the cOIn the lleces"arv appearance of alltlC[mty Thl" plan IS saId to be wn"1l1el abl) more effectl\ e than the ItalIan method of b111d-mg the C0111'i to the "ole-, of the foot amI weallng them con-t111uo11sl) for '3IXmJIlths or more '1 hed\ y wooden armchaIr upon" hlch Charles the Bold of Bure, u11lh IS represented to have sat 15 edslly obta111ed 1he onh difficult) hes m procullng the hea\ y Burgundy y eh et It l1d'i been f011nd that the well \\orIl I ed plush of the famJ1ldr I3erlln four V\heeled ell oschke IS an excellent substl-tute-- antJq11e cnoue,h m appearance to 'iUI~ the most fastl-c1iou" Old uJ1 pdllltmg-" l11dlJ} of y,hILh ale plcduced 111 France, e,am theIr appeal allCC of antlljtllt} b) be111e,-hung 111the Wide L111mlJC\, of all old fd,hlUnel! pea"dnt dv, e1l111g The extent to \\ hlch the trade 111 SpUIIUU'o old ma,tel s 1:0cdllled on V\as 11lmtratec1 111the ca~e o± \f rs Hal111lton Pame, the \mencan \\ ho It \\ III be remembered, had a whoIc gallery of faked ma~terplece, pa,-,ed oft upon her a,., genUllH', and yet one of the111 \\ ,lS ,0 \\ ell done that ,f Carner Belleuse, the expert called m to paos Judgment upon the collectlO11, declared It to be tel hlllcally a'i good a plctm e a" the ollgmal from whIch It V\a" copIed In conncdlOn V\1th the pm cha"c of nd tJve cunos in the l"dfflr settlements o± Suuth ""hlca lust a'3 much care must be sho\, n, fOl \V hole cargoes of them are manufactured 111 England and expOl ted lompleted ,1 ne\\ mtake to ~upply water for fire protectlOn and 1t ~ plant IS nO\\ cO!1SlCleredvel y nearly fire proof. Tame~ F Fulton has sold a controlhng 1I1terest 111 the Greens-hun;- lhalr company of ~nderson, Ind, to F. P. Wade, VV. G. II mdt and II Uldclle, all of \V1I1nl1ac, Ind, for $30000, C L \Old, turl1ltUle dealel of InternatIOnal Falls. M1I1n, l~ clo~n1(s out h1' ciock and WIll rctJre from the busl11ess. He mtend~ to mO\ e to "\ngor a, ::\lmn, where he may re-engage m "the trade. The county commlS~lOner~ of Cleveland, OhlO, are m a \\ I an~le 0' cr the contract for fUll1Iture for the new court house The trouble IS due to protests filed by labor Ul1lons agamst some ot the bIdders The ::\laple Cabmet J\Ianufacturmg company of Des Moines, 10\\ a, ::\Ianufacturer~ of BlaIr sectIOnal bookcases and cabinets \\ 111enlarge theIr plant and add showcases and general office fix-tlue~ to theIr lme '-,amutl Prus,lan 11 J Hlmebtem and Charles Jacobs have hied a cel tlficate \\ Ith the secretary of state showl11g that they al e the respomlble propnetors of the Hub Furmture company, dealers, of 2359 \Vashmgton street, RoxbUly, :M1ass '\ earl) all the furmture manufacturers of St. LOUIS, Mo, ,hut elO\\1l then factolles on September 22-reglstratlOn day-and urged then employes, about 5,000 m all, to register and tIm' become quahfied to vote at the November electIOn D II BrO\\ n furmture dealer, has purchased the furmture end ot the IIllledgevllle (Ga) Buggy and Furmture company The ,tock pUlchased combl11ed WIth what he had 111 hIS store ~l\ c, hll11 the largest stock 111 the state outsIde of Atlanta. II Ilham 11 Castenholz of Chllago, largely l11terested ]11 the lhlppe\\ a Falls (\V I~) hlrl11 ture company, has fil<3da petition m bankruptcy He schedules hl~ habl1lt1es at $19,139, of whIch he alleges $-12,J(l2 should be paId by others, and estimates hIS as- ,eh at ~300 ::\Illhlgan capltahsts have orgamzed the Amencan Mahog-any company capltahzed for one ml1hon dollars Lands have been purchased at Port Tampa, Fla, where ml1ls WIll be erected and the logs Imported from tropIcal countnes, sawed or shced mto lUl11bel 01 \ eneer 1 he Orchard- \\ 11helm 1 urmture and Carpet company of Omaha, havl11g closed theIr branch store in Des Momes, I a., the manager, J\h Darwm, has orgamzed the Darwm company and WIll open a house fittl11g and elecoratl11g estabhshment m the EWl11g bUlldmg at 911 Locust street John Turnbull, for many years one of the most proml11ent bus111e,s men of BaltImore, J\ld , died at Croton, Conn, on Sep-tember 20 aged 9-1 ) ear, He was the pIOneer carpet dealer of Baltimore and leaves a lalge estate to hIS daughter, ::\1rs Samuel R II alte \\ hose husband has managed the carpet house ~ prom1l1ent department store m Grand RapIds has on hand a quantlt\ of baby record books and sends a copy to the mother of ever) chIld bOln wlth111 the trade zone of the store A list at artlde~ carned m stock for the use and comfort of infants IS al.,o enclo,ed The hst mc1udes carnages, c!othmg, cnbs, to\ s, etc Cromer & Co, of Davenport, Iowa, whose mattress factory \\ as destl 0) ed b\ fire recently hay e made arrangements to re-hUlld on a much larger scale at a cost of $12,000. \iVhlle the new bUllchng I' beIng erected they w111operate the MISSISSIppI I alln mattres~ factorv at Rock Island, Ill, which they recently purchased The St LoUl' (}oIo) Furmture Board of Trade is work111g (Contl11ued on page 25 ) MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND NEWS LoUIS ~tenberger IS a new undertakel at Kelthshel ~ [1\ W. C. Tnbble has purchased the Ed\\arcls furmture ,tote at Lavona, Ga The retaIl furmture dealers of LOUISIana are orgam7m~ a state association. Sl1as Conner has suceeeded Conner &. Fberle furnltUle dealers of Byesv111e, 0 J. H. Kirby, furl1lture dealer of Ocheydan, 10\\ a, has "old out to 'Wilham Marshall The Bloch Furmture company, dealers of :;\r'Oblle, Ala, have sold out to Adam Glass & Co The Plock Furmture and Lpholqenng company ot Cl11- nelton, Ind., has gone out of busmess Morris & SmIth, furmture and harch\ are dealers of Rlple \ Okla , have sold out to Albert Messacar The Garland FurnIture company, dealers of Garland, l'a has been mcorporated CapItal stock, $20,000 • C E. Sears has purchased the furmture and undertdk111~ business of Mrs D ::\1. Coe, Port Leyden, X Y George D. Mercure has purchased an 1l1tere"t 111the H J Wood Furniture company, dealers of Sheldon, 10\\ a The Steel Grave Vault company of Columblh 0, ha, pl11- chased a sIte for a branch factor) 111 Des ::\Iol11e, 10\\ a Herbert G Benaway has purchased the furl1lture and undel-taking busl11ess of Roscoe Lynde, of ~llddlevllle, ::\Ilch The Staats-Raynes Furl1lture company of Cll11ton, Ind hd' moved into a double store on Ma1l1 and Blackman ,treet~ M F ::\1annmg, fur11lture dealer of Green Ba\ II I~ \\ tll move into larger and better quartel ~ m the Luckenbach block The SIkes factones are reported a, "all blh\ ' The l\ut-falo plant is working a full force overtul1e m all depal tment, 13 L Jones and George Lucas, both colored, have opened undertakmg parlors at 519 East Court avenue Des :'Iome' Ia W A Messner has purchased the I11tere~t ot C L Rank111 m the Rankin & Irby Fur111ture company, dealer, of Udton Te:x The Acme l\Ianufacturmg company. fUl11lture maker~, of San Marcos, Texas, have increased theIr capItal stock from $20 - 000 to $30,000 French & Heald. furl1lture manufactl11 er, ot 1111J:orc1\ 1-:1 are buildmg an addItIOn to theIr factor) to be used b\ the finhh-l11g department G. ::\1 Utterback of ~eattle, II a,h . ha, seUll ed d patent 011 a "tOIlet and dressing" table and wants to make arrangements fOl its manufacture The l:'1110n Furniture company of Brockton \[as~ ha~ doubled ItS floor space by leasmg an adJOlnmg store and com ert I11gthe two into one. Ashley & DaVIS, who bought R L Patnck s tUl11ltUle ,tore at Windsor, Vt , have changed the name of the firm to the II Iml-- sor Furntture company. The Hegel Furniture company of New Haven, Conn \\ hlch was burned out recently, has bought new goods and resumed business at 11 Congress Square. The Athens (Ga) Undertaking company has been organ-ized and IS buying stock, equipment, etc, with a view of ,tart- I11g business in that city on January 1. George B. Clark, furniture dealer of Bndgeport, Conn WIll enlarge his quarters by taking a lease on the thIrd ~ton of the building in which his store is located J. J Lay, undertaker of Cimtonvllle, \iVIS has ,old hIS bu"- mess to H. H Wilke VV H Garfield I, prepanng to engage ln the undertakntg busmess in the same town The Northern Furniture company, Sheboygan II IS , has Jl1't .--------------_._._._-- . WEEKLY ARTISAN 9 LARGEST ..JOBBERS AND MANUFACTURERS OF f- . IIIII IIII I I 1,'----------- Pittsburg Plate -----.-.-..-.-------"1 I Glass COlIlpany GLASS IN THE WORLD Mirrors, Bent Glass, Leaded Art Glass, Ornamental Figured Glass, Polished and Rough Plate Glass, Window Glass WIRE GLASS Plate Glass for Shelves, Desks and Table Tops, Carrara Glass more beautiful than white marble, CENERAL DISTRIBUTORS OF PATTON'S SUN PROOF PAINTS AND OF PITCAIRN ACED VARNISHES. (jj For anything III Builders' Glass, or anythmg m Pamts, Varnishes, Brushes or Pamters' Sundnes, address any of our branch warehouses, a list of \\ hlch IS gIVen below llI'EWYOBK-Hudson and Vandam Sts. BOSTOlll'-41-49 Sudbury st., 1-9 aowker 8t. CHICAG0-442-452 Wabash Ave. CmCIllI'llI'ATI-Broadway and Court sts. ST. LOVIS-Cor. Tenth and Spruce sts. MIllI'llI'EAPOLI8-500-516S. Third St. DETBOIT-53-59 Larned St., E. GBAllI'DRAPIDS, M'ICH-39-41 •. Division 8t. PITTSBl1BGH-101-103 Wood St. MILWAl1KEE, WlS.-492-494 lliIarke10st. BOCHESTEB,llI'.Y.-WUderBldg., Main IIIE:I[chll.J1Sst'sB. BALTD/IOBE-310-113-14 W. Pratt St. CLEVELAlID-1430-1434 West Thlg 8t. OMAHA-ll01-1107 Howard St. ST. PAl1L-459-461 Jackson St. ATLAlITA, GA.-30-32-34 S. Pryor st. SAVAllI'llI'AHG,A-745-749 Wheaton st. EAllI'SASCITY-Pifth and WyandottB sts. BIBMIllI'GHAM,ALA.-2nd Ave. and 1Z9thSt. B11PPALO,llI'.Y.-372-74-76-78 Pearl 8t. BBOOKLYllI'-Third Ave. and Dean St. PHILADELPHIA-Pitcairn Bldg., Arch II.J1d11th DAVEllI'POBT-410-416 8cott 8t. OKLAHOMACITY, OKLA., 1310-212W. First st. 8ts. ._------ ----------------- .......... I HOU8e of Vanishing Furniture. A remarkable house planned and bUIlt by a man WIth the name of Adam Int Hout, b t') be found ornamentIng a bIg, tree shaded lot m Evanson, a suburb of ChIcago The bUIlder occupIes It along WIth hI'; WIfe and httle chIld The house IS of stucco, 25 by 26 feet, cost $1,600 to bUIld, and conta1l1S by an ingemus arrangement five room~ and a bath The ground floor has a living room 193/zx12 feet; bedroom, 13xlO3/z feet, bathroom, 83/zx5~ feet, kitchen, 13x 9 feet, closet Just outSIde the bathroom 5x3 feet, and guest room, 7~x5 0 feet Even the most careful figunng wIll not succeed in com-pressmg 'lll those measurements withl11 the space of 25 x 26 feet That is because of certam arrangements which lead a wnter In Country LIfe 111 Amenca to cal1 it "the home of valllsh1l1g rooms" Exactly In the mIddle of the ground floor IS a base burner stove, which upon a supply of four tons of coal warms the entIre house all wmter O\-er the main floor is a large attic, now used for storage, but t",o rooms can be finished off there If the downstaIrs supply proves inadequate There IS a cunous closet between the bathroom and the SIttIng room One-half IS a clothes closet, the other a stall-way lead111g to the attic \Vhen shut up these stairs are a tlf of boxes serV111g as clothes hamper, hat boxes and so on Pull the lower ones forwarcl and they form a first rate flight of steps Undel thIS closet a door leads to a faIr sized compartment bUIlt below the floor---there IS no cellar, and giving additional storage room The roomy bookcase, If approached fI om the rear, that IS VIa the clothe:, clo"et, IS a lInen chest There IS an automatic gas heater In the attIC whIch supplIes hot water to kitchen and bathroom The \ ISItor stay lllg to dlllner wonders where the diDIng room IS, and whetlher he IS expected to eat In the kItchen HIS youthful hostess has dIsappeared some tIme since, and he hears sounds in the kItchen that tell hIm a meal is in process of preparatIOn The kItchen IS attIact1\e enough for anyone to mistake It for a dmIng room, but when the cntIcal moment arrives the host presses a button 111the hospItable mantel piece of the hving room, the burlapped wall beneath the mantel slowly Ilse~ and dI"appears, and the ch11lng table, m all Its splendor of chma and glas~ and snowy napery appears through the opemng, dnd when wel1 on the IIV111groom SIde the partItion "Ilently resumes ItS wonted place agam; then chairs are drawn up and you SIt dovvn to enJOY the repast c\t the end of the meal the table is gently pushed back 111tOthe other room, the way It came, awaltmg the pleasure and leIsure of the mIstress of the house to clear up Perhaps the greatest marvel IS when the guest room ap-pears out of an empty wall A large, roomy couch is rolled 0\ er to the w111dows, and the panel behmd It adJ oining the bookcase by the touch of a button agaIn SWIngs out into the room It may be svvung out at right angles to make a larger room, but IS usual1y left at a threequarter angle, turning in "lIghtly and there yOU behold the guest chamber. I t IS a pretty room wIth ItS fresh m uslm curtains at the \v lmlow, snovv y counterpane on the bed, low, comfortable chaIr, and hIgh, bUIlt In dresser, which is in weathered oak to match the rest of the furnIshings When this panel is closed, the space IS only large enough to hold the bed, chal and dresser (\d1Ich IS bUIlt 111tOthe panel) but when opened out It gIves a guest loom of very faIr dImensIOns, and a screen placed across the three foot openIng made by the foldll1g out of the wall allows plenty of privacy. In the morning the wall IS pushed back 111tOplace and the hving room resumes its normal SIze agalll ~------~-- I .---------. .. --I • ... THE WEATHERLY INDIVIDUAL Glue Heater Send your address and and receive descriptive circular of Glue Heaters, Glue Cookers and Hot Boxes with prices. The Weatherly Co. Grand Rapid., Mich. ._ .... --- ___ La ••••••• __ ••••• _ •• 10 art and l1lrlu~tJ, hay e pa~~ed, and whate, el may he the Ill" of I ~Iamle leI 1 £;lon, one undemable fact rema111s, whlcL I", that the \1ohammedan ha" been the real ma"ter of the ltW wea,111O" h b al t, he It In Pel Sla, t\fghalll"tan Dokhala IndIa, Ch111a or furke, \\ Ith the ach ent of \1 lhammeJal11sm came 111tO tho"e countt les the mal1la fOl sple 1dor \\ hleh has "111e c been the ehal actcn<,tlC of the ea~t Po\'\ erful potentates succeeded each other an d r1\ aled each other 111theIr sholN '3 of la, 1'>h- '1e"" 11che" and £;0rgeousnes" The anClent days of bUlld-m£; mOlltlments \\ Ith wlllch to perpetuate theIr deeds and thur memOlle~ \\ el e hrgotten The lug hecame the only "Ultable and last11l~ tnbute to these deeds BesIdes, the \1ahamme Ian needed a rug to pray upon Mohammed prayed upon a ru~ there v. as the holy carpet of :\1ecca, and every true bdle\ el must needs hay e one Then came also vvlth Islam, the great Idea of fatahsm \Vlth fatalt"m came pattence and obedIence to the 01 ders 1ece1\ ed from supellOr~, thus the v. ea, el of ASIa became a mach111e to "eave at the order and f01 the pleasure of hIs supenor III caste htrth or power There wel e rugs to he WO\ en for the palaces of the ~hahs, sultan", khans em11S pnnces and what-not~ to be done accorchng to g1\ en Idea" and orders Arttsts had to he procured and to these very same al ttst" of the fift-eenth or slAteenth century we owe our Furopean llldustLes ot Gobehns and the Itke, wIth whIch \\ e adorned the palace" and the houses of the noblltty of medlae\ al EUlope It "eem~ Itke ~ome tale from the" t\rablan \Ight'"," when Shah t\hln s the GI eat, ordered ten large carpets of most beauttful \\ 01kmansh,p and \\ ea\ e, colonn~ an,! deSIgn to be made m the ~pace of tINO ,ear" by tv. ent} ma"ter ,\lea, ers of I"pahan so that he nl1£;ht be able to send them to hIS fllend, \1urad 1\- sultan of Turkey, who, m return sent some of the mo"t magmficent rug" of the sIxteenth centu!} weave of Geordes Ladlk, J\Ielez and Dergama, all adorned WIth gold, "Ih er and precIous stone'3 a, colored flowers wOven thereon 1hI'> n\laln of rug exchangmg was canled on for- years and \ ear~ not onl} between shahs and sultans, but between nobles an,! grandees of the chfferent rug wea,111g natlonahtles of \"Ia ThIS ~a\ e the Impetus for the ad, an cement of the lll-du~ tr} and e\en hundreds of }eab before the great demand for them m the C1\Iltzed v\orId the east had been USd1g those I u£;s a" the pIctures of the11 nattonal hIstory and achleve:- n ents, for the deeds of £;reat Importance \\hlch Imght have h<lclam hl1lcl of deallllg \\ Ith thetr natlO11d1Inme 01 hfe Thus It \\ as that PerSIa, Turke} and <Ill J\Iohammedan countnes ad- \ dnced wIth such great" bIdes 111 the perfeetlOn 111rug v. ea v-mg, that has been the wandel at all tho"e IV ho hay e come III cuntact \\Ith real, fine lugs t\!though those masterpleee" of } tar" ago ha\ e mgh ehsap-peareel, } et the mdustr) ha" ne\ el lo"t It" Importance, and the \\ eaver", genel atlOn after generataon, ha\ e gone alo'1g mak- Ing and mak111g rugs, flOm the plateaus of the Hlmala}as dm\ n to \1esopotamla from the Caucasus to the Bosphorus, tlom the \\estern c last of \"Ia \]11101 to whele the AtlantIC Ocean touches the shore" of \hrocco These :\Iohammedan \\ea\elS uneducated, Ilhtelate and I~norant men ha\e taLJO"ht , b ,uc h people a~ the I I ench, the" enettans the Genoese and the \Ioon~h Spamards, 111 otbel word", the \\ hole of the world that was then clvlhzecI \\ e pass from the g1CJ1loU~ "Ixteen th century of our era mto the se, enteenth ancI eIghteenth centu11es Dunng those 'ears PersIa had become the great potentate and the great C1\Ihzer of the further east Ih 111fluence VI, as felt from the Caucasus to the Ganges The Tal tal khans \\ ele tnbutanes to PersIa and even the grand mo~ul ot Inchd v.as of PersIan WEEKLY ARTISAN MORE ABOUT ANTIQUE ORIENTAL RUGS Five Million Dollars Worth Imported by Ameri-cans Dnrin~ the Past Year. The annually mcreasmg demand for Ollental rug, a" floor covenng and flu nlshmg of t\mencan home~ ,bm\ s he yo.nd Joubt that Onental rugs hay e come to ~ta, a" tbe \ en best, and, at the san'e tlme, the most hygle11lc an~! chedpe" In the end, amon~ all such flool COIel m~s \\ Ith "hlch the \mCl1 can homes hay e beeu furl11shed 01 decorated Then lmpJI t whIch reached the fi, e ITIllhon-ehIlars mark last, e31 "h J\\" also that these rug" hay e become qUlte populal Tt h n lt onh the very nch V\ ho can afford them now, for thev al e \\ ell \\ !th-in the reach of those of moderate mcome~ \\ ho hay e the edu cated 111elmatlOn to IYJssess them Then t('o, de-.,plte the somew hat mcrea"ed fil st cost they are economIcal 101 theIr weanng quahttes anJ, unhke many al tleles ot modern 1m en-tion, age improves them rather than detenorates them so that the possessor does not become t11ed of them Consldenng the Increased USe of the Onental lUg and the place It IS assummg m the e, el' clav affan" of the \\ orld It ought to be qUlte Important for the home turnl'>hel to L\lJ11hLll Ize hImself \\ Ith ItS l11ston for such mformatFJ11 \\ ould be of more real ,alue to hIm than to those \\ ho collect the ,e valuable fabllcs slmph tOI the "tronge,t 111tele"t thAI lld\L In them It IS very de"llable that purcha"eh "!JOulel he able to recog11lze the chfferent \\ ea\ es at ~I~ht and "0 be able to arnve at a ,erv close apprcr<lmatlOn of the11 ,alue a" to servIce and worth for they \\ III then not onh hay e ~1 ca+er pleasure m thetr acql11SltlOns, but they \\ III find a pel "onal satlsfactlon not othen\ Ise to be ohtalned Of the earl} hlston of \\ ea\ 1l1g harJh am tll1n~ I" hnOI\ n, except that the art \\a~ practlced at the tU11e ot the ,lnClent Egyptlal1'3, as fal hack as the cIa} s of the Pharaoh~ and the early patnarch" The Holy Book and other hl"tone, of an Clent tImes, gn e some parttculal" \\ hlch are aIel" to the teach 111g of the art, but noth1l1g cIefi11lte IS hUo\\ n a" to th( ,en origin Ho\\ evel, Gambe,e" }'dng ot Pel "Ia "on ot (, lU: the Great, after conquenng Eg}pt brou~ht back \\ Ith 111111 "OI11C of the wea\ ers and estabhshed the Indu~tn In Per"la \[e,opo-tamla and adjacent terlltones These statement-., ma, be true or may be SUppOSltlOUS, but \\ hate\ el the 011£;11101 1\ La\ mg may be, there IS no doubt that tent clv\e1lel" \\ el e the hI "t weavers of On ental rugs As the, \\ 0\ e tenh ~o the' 1\ 01 e embroidenes to decO! ate tho~e tent-, and hhe e\ el \ thl 1-0., e1"e the art, by constant progress, perfecteJ It~elt Into the \\ ea, 111g of rugs whIch were used a~ couch CO\er~ tent hano1110' dncl also for satlsfvmg the eye, \\Ith a ~en"e ell beaut, ~\ e-"kno\\ at the tIme of the Roman empIre 11l the ealh ,ealS of the Christian era, that rugs were brought flam the ea"t to Rome that Phny and other:, spoke of the mag11lficent rug" that rm peror ?-Jero and other Roman consuls and ploconsul" pos-sessed The:oe fllgS were JUst as expen "1\ e 111th (he da \" a, they are today v. hlch prOl es that al th1lC ,alue" \\ el e I (Cog nizecl then as they are now After the Roman empIre came the B, zant111e empn e and Chnstlamty, whIch, however, ehd not hay e gl eat 1l1fluence up-on the rug 111dustry of the near east It \\as onh al'(l the J\lohamrrcJan conquest of Constant111op1e, and pl101 to It the conquest of \sla ::\I1110r by the Saracens, l\rabs and Turk" that for a whtle the rug \\ eavers of that cou~tn and the acIJa cent terntones were kept Idle, but as soon as "\1ohammedan Ism was estabhshed 111 PersIa t\fgha11lstan Deloochlstan Turkestan and Tl11key the lug \\ ed\ er " chance came t01 \\ ha t e,er may be the cltfferent phases through whIch the \\ea\1l1g ---------------------------------- -- - WEEKLY ARTISAN 11 _--------~--------.---------------.-.------. ---.-.-.-.----~--_'1 j"" III f IIIIIt IIt IfIIIIII '-------_._----------------------_._--------------_._--_._-------_ ... A. PETERSEN & CO., CHiCAGO ~•::~.:/.\:8. £51' MAUMAtNUFACTURERS OF THE ~:il~~LEADINGLINE of '-.::.~O:Fpo'IC'EDESKS fl .. ::: ..... :: : ... :: ........ • ••• .. " IV". ~• .,. f •• t". '" _.: , ..:.. .. I II I.- ~I Our attention to every detail from carefully selected and matched lumber to the finished product has given the Petersen Desk its Leadership. SEND FOR CATALOGUE. FULL LINE. RIGHT PRICES. onglll-- the ru~ \\ eav 1I1g wa" carned to the east to Samark-hand, Kokand and IndIa, whIle Turkey, the other IslamIc power, had the door of VIenna at Its mercy The v\ hole of the east from the Danube to the Ganges wa" uncler :\lohamme-dan rule, wIth It went the rug weavIng Industry whIch, lIke an avalanche grew and grew to greater perfectIOns for some tllne, but the sultans and the shahs were more occupIed wIth conquests than wIth arts The weavers once more became soldIers m order to fight the battles of Islam Instead of peace-fully slttmg to weave rugs Up to the eIghteenth century such was the case, and the rug weavers were set back agaIn untIl peaceful days came, whIch did not arrive untIl after 1850 m PerSIa, and after 1877 In Turkey The same dates also approxImately fit for the paCIficatIon of Turkestan, IndIa and other rug "Wea vlllg centers The first travellers from Europe anJ Amenca Into Tur- --.key, and e'3peclally Illto ConstantInople and Smyrna, were the real Introducers of Onental rug" mto Europe and Amen- ,'$'Ga \NJth the progress of qUIck travelIng, the west came mto '4:ontact WIth the east, and, at Ell st, lUgs "Were brought a'i "'mementos of edstern tnps In the begmn111g httle \\ as thought }of these magnIficent pIeces of art, tIme, patIence and per-severance By-and-by the westerner began to apprecIate more and more these rugs, whIch, at first, were only used as couch cover" or hung as pIctures m nch homes The Uni-versal Expo'iltlOn, In 1859 In London, then In Pans, and the Centenmal ExposItion m PhIladelphIa, brought these beautI-ful goods mto dIrect contact WIth the consumers and the collectors Museums began to be Interested In them The eastern merchant had found an outlet, the poetry of the rugs appealed to the western mInd The PersIan was delIghted As a l\Iohammedan he does not lIke to travel 111 an unbe-lIever's country The real introductIOn was left to the Ar-menIam, the Synans and the J e"Ws of the east, who were ap-preCIatIve of the Importance of the pOSSIbIlItIes of the demand As early as 1880 "Wholes ale houses were establIshed In New York, and other large centers of the GnIted States Today from the AtlantIc to the PaCIfic, from the Lakes to the Gulf there b scarcely a cIty or a town WIthout ItS Oriental rUR store---no retaIl department store WIthout hay Ing at least - faIr as"ortment ot those faSCInatIng floor covenngs from ASIa The same IS also true of Europe, although Europe, contrar' to Amenca, never buys as expensIve quahtIes or as fine weaves, yet Europe also has been revolutIOnIzed 111the flom cover111g tI ade, and there are lal ge warehou"es, not only 111 London and Pans, but 111\ lenna, BerI111, SWItzerland. SpaIn, Italy, Sweden and other large centel s Thus it WIll be for years to come Already attempts are being made by ingenious manufac- IN THE COUNTRY. turers dnel engIneer" to illY ent a machIne by which the tying of the knot should be done by machInery, mstead of by hand, but all have faIled In practIce, as It IS not only the tYl11g of the knot, but also the pecuhar Onental hue and aspect, un-evenness, the poetry of the artIst and the 1I1splratJOn of the weaver that have to be taken mto consIderatIOn In bnngmg out a rug Just as the pnnt has not Jlmmished the value of the pamtmg so that mach1l1e-made rugs WIll never be able to take the place of the genume Onental article The latter represents somethIng whIch IS 1l1dlvidual and unique; charac-tenstlcs ImpossIble to ImItatIOns even were It pOSSIble for the latter to be supenor m any way or all ways, to the genuine. Besides there IS the matter of color1l1g, whIch IS all Important and whIch for a vanety of reasons that wIll be expla1l1ed in the further dISCUSSIOns of the subject, is qUIte beyond the grasp of the modern maker In the matter of dyes, modern sCIentIfic methods may have made wonderful advances, 1U certam dIrections, In answer to the demands of the qUlcker movIng tImes, one great charactenstlc of whIch IS lack of patience 111 acqlJJnng results, but the test of tIme IS suffiCIent and convIncIng proof of faIlure when the modern coloring IS compared "WIth the product of the far east There are many beautIful, expenSIve, artIstIc and other-wIse praIseworthy rugs and carpets to testIfy to the skIll and genIUs of the modern day, but they dJ:ffer In all essentIal de-taIls from the Onental so much that there IS scarcely any room for companson---If, Indeed. they should be, or could be, compared to all. They have theIr ment, but they are not the rugs such as only the weavers In the beautIful PersIan oases anJ In the mountaInOUs dlstncts of Kurdlstan, or the more careful weavers of AzerbaJan or Klrman know how to create ~A G Guerdan, m Amellcan SUbUl bs, PhIladelphIa ---_'---------------_._-----_._-~-- .. - II HOFFMAN II ~ BROTHERS CO. FT. WAYNE, IND. HARDWOOD LUMBER I SA~~D t QUARTERED OAK { VENEERS SLICED fAN D MAHOGANY .. -------_.... .. 12 WEEKLY ARTISAN ~---------------------------------------------- II I• •I t =;";::,:.:;:.:.;:~~.'.!o-.. .." •." .•.•. :.t'•t.".: .(.'.., ~...... ... :~. : : t .. : .... It, .. f ~ • r.". '\0 .. " '" e " ,. ••• , .. "'- Evans\ 11Ie, J nd, ~ept 28- 1 he cqr:~ph,lat.I.(:.n., fl! t~le. {: • ,<. Globe- World- Dos<;e Furmture company r'~~ei1th: :~ff1t'f~1; ~'}Il~d •< f : ., :'" for larger and bettel office accom1l10dat\'01;~ 'and a ne\\ and : handsome bnck bmlc!Jng, no\\ In com ~e ot cJn~t1 UCtlon \\ 111 : contal11 ample room for the the of "\Ianager no"~e "\Ie~~1<; : Fnsse, Ploeger and theIr a'~htanb 0\ el the entrance III I OInate letters caned 111 ~tone the lla11lC~ Do~~e-\\ mld-CI ,]JC :I announce the occupancy of the corporatIon , I The consohdatlon of the"e great cc 'p'Jlatloll" \\d" d \\l~e I• proceechng on the pal t of the ~tockholder, Ope! atl11g and I ,elhng expense, WIll be greath 1 ecluced and 111 the pI epal ! ation of lines the eqUIpment and com e11lence~ of the tour tac- : tones cpelilJted hy the C0111pam \\ tll he I11telhgellth (Oll : sldered : The fourth facton 0\\ ned ])\ the cOll1jJam no\\ 111 COl11~e : of erectIOn. IS "'ell ad\ anced and \\ III he I each 1m occupanc\ : a few \veeks hence ::\1ach111elv fOI the ~ame ha~ been pUI : chased and an dmple PO\\ er plant \\ III soon be 111 ~ talled : The new corporatIon 1<;the large,t engaged In the manu II THE faature of fmmtl11 e 111 E \ an 'i\ dIe L\ el \ thll1g needed tor furnl,hll1g householeh, e'Cceptll1g u phoh tel ed tml11tlll e IS : manufactureJ 111 a great \ alletv of ,tv le~ \\ ooc1~ and fil11~he~ I LOUIS Stoltz the foundel ot the Sto1t7-C;ch11lItt lUlnJtm e I company, who recenth ,old hl'3 II1tere"t to C;Ch111ltt !or mam If years his partner, I, 111 poor health and e"'pech to go tt f German) 111 the near future hapmg to find I ehet 111 the l waters at Carlsbad ----- "Gus" Stolt?, \\ho retJred flom the Stoltz SChl11lit "\Ianu-factunng C0111pan\ >,ome lJme ago, I" plepal1llg to engage 111 a new hne of manufacture In E\ an"\ dIe The Karges Furl11tule compan\. manufactmel" 01 an e,,- tenslve hne of chamber furmture 111 the better gl adh are opelating then factor) \\ lth a full complement ot men Ordel ~ are C0111l11g111qUIte fleely and the sea~on blCl, tall to contInue moderately actIve for several week, to come The Bock,tege Furmture compan\ manutactm el ~ ell an extenSIve 1111eof tables, fOI all purpo"e" I epO! t an aUn c season of trade PresIdent Fred nockstege ,pent 111~\ acatlOn season as u'3ual at :\1ackmac Island "\1lch The SpecIalty Furl1ltul e COl11pa11\ ha\ e tal-en PO~~t~~l()n of theIr new factory and report a fan demand fOl gOJCIs P. H Reddmgel IS com pletll1g a cOl11l11odlOlh for use 111 hIS wood can 1I1g bU'1I1e,s He \\ III ha \ e increased faclhties A very choice l111eof many patterns of metal becl~teacb h manufaotured as a specIalty by the EvanSvIlle "\letdl 1111111 ture company ~-----------------------------------------------_.~ i Palmer's Patent C1uim!: CIamps I •,• II •If t •• II t If •• II ,I t I,,III II I, EVRNSVILL taGto! \ lalgeh FURNITURE MANUFACTURERS ATTENTION' Send for !amples of our Celebrated Nickel Steel Sword Tempered BAND SAW BLADES Warranted 'n every particular Best prOPOSition on the market FRANK W. SWETT & SON Mfrs of band saw blade. and tool. 1717 1719 W. Adams St • Chlcage \ •I If I I • \ I,I II , II IIII I \ •III I III II I t IIII :\ FOLDING BEDS ARE BREAD AND \' PROfIT WINNERS I No Stock complete Without the ElI Beds 10 Mautd and Upnght •• ELI D. MILLER &, CO. I EVANSVILLE, INDIANA I Wnte for cut. and pnces ON SALE IN FURNITURE EXCHANCE, EVANSVILLE. --------_.. .. . - ... "ELI" The above cut IS taken dIrect from a photograph, and shows the range of one sIze only, our No. I, 24-lnch Clamp. We make SIXother SIzes, taklllg In stock up to 60 inches WIde and 2 inches thIck. Ours IS the most practIcal method of clamplllg glued stock In use at the present time. Hundreds of factories have adopted our way the past year and hundreds more WIll In the future. Let us show you. Let us send you the names of nearly 100 factories (only a fractIon of our hst) who have or-dered and reordered many tImes. Proof posItIve our way IS the best. A post card WIll brlllg It, catalog included. Don't delay, but wrIte today. ..._. --..., ! A. E. PALMER & SONS, Owosso, MICH. FOREIGN REPRESEN"l'A'rIVES: The PrOjectile Co., London, England; Schuchardt & Schutte, Berlin, Ger-many; Alfred H. Schutte, Colol!'l1e,ParIS, Brussels, LIege, Ml1an, Tur:m, Barcelona and Bllboa. " ..-.. .._---~------._-.._. ---------~.I. WEEKLY ARTISAN SINGLE CONE ALL STEEL SPRINGS Are very popular with the Furniture Trade. No. 46, Single Cone, $2 Each, Net. $2~ Lach Net $2~ Each Net We manufacture a full line of Single and Double Cone All Wire Springs. SEND US YOUR ORDERS. SMITH & DAVIS MFG. CO., St. Louis Grand Rapids Factory Affairs. Roy::" r;arnhart, treasurer of the '\; elson-:,1attel Furni-ture company, IS makmg preparatlOn') for a huntmg tnp to Afnca, covenng much of the tern tory tra' eled by former presIdent Roose' elt Mr Barnhart IS an expenenced woods-man and has kIlled moo')e, beal deer anJ .:Jther large game In all parts of Amel1ca He ,\ 111he accompal1lec1 b} a :Vlr lVI111er of Nev' York, Stuart Fdvvard \\ hlte and hI') Inseparable compamon and \\ Ife, "BIlly" AddIson S Goodman feels the call of the west strongly amI has resolved to respond to the Scll1le He has reSIgned the ofbce of ')ecretary of the Luce Furl1ltm e company and IS dIS-pOSIng of hI') ll1tere'3t') 111 Crrand Rapids, preparatory to set-thng dO\vn on a large ranch 111 ~tlzona 1\Ir Goodman has been connected WIth the Luce company for the past six years and 1') presIdent of the Grand Rapid') f'ur1l1ttlle Manufac-tmers' assoCIatIOn He expect') to retam an JIlterest 111the com pany but v\ 111re"H;n the pI e')Idenq ')f the associa t10n The 111suranCe co. ttlng the loss of the ~ ovc1ty \Vood \Vorks, "hose plant \\ as hadl} o,corched recentl}, ha') been adjusted sattsfactonh a]](l the fadon 1'3 now runnl11g over-time WIth an extra force III 0- lel to catch up WIth '») del'S on \vhich time was lost on account of the fire OV\l11g to somethlllg lIke a lulllll the automobIle hU'itness and the retul n of many men who work as carpenters dur111g the summer months, there IS no lack of help 111the furl1lture factOlles at present ,Ian} factone'i have receIved apphca-tIOns for \\ ork d unng the past \\ eek, \\ hlCh ll1(hcate~ a con-chtIOll In the lab01 market that ha'i not e:Al'ited for nearly a year The TannewIt/ lIachl11e company leport that they ale hay l11g a fine busll1e'i,), espeClally In the south and west. Their mach111es are of such excellence that they are In demand m a great many furl1lture factone'i and other wood work111g plants. The \Vest SIde Iron V\T arks are ha V111ga great run on theIr large rIp saws It IS one of the best machines ever brought out and a great many of them have already found their way into the leadmg Grand Rapds factories. Their band saws and other mdchlnel} are also In great demand The Porter Mach11le \\ orb are hav111g a very fine trade The Porter o,haper 1') one of the mach111es that has a national reputation. The Alexander Dodds' company cont111ue to sell their c1ove-tallers from one end of the country to the other and theIr forelgn "hlpments ale l11creas11lg "teadlly The Hot Blast Feather company is haying a good trade in thel1 famous cotton felt mattresses and their pJ1low trade i') aha lalge F Stuart Foote of the Impenal Furniture company at-tended the annual meeting {)f the Table Manufacturers' N a-bonal a'i'iOClatlOn held in Chlcago this week :\Ir Slack of the Mueller & Slack company has not yet returned f10m hI'" western tnp on which he started soon after the c1O'ie of the July season. He is expected to reach home clllrinlS the coming week Mr :Muellel, who had made a long trip In the east 1eturned home last week and after remaining a fe\\ day" has gone east again. Harry J X ew, clesigner of the Nelson-Matter Furniture company, ha" been appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the death of D \V Kendall on the furniture committee of the Grand Rapldo, Publtc Library Business is not rushing with the Keil-Anway company, but they have e'itabli'3hed a good demand for their upholstered chairs and have orders enough to keep them husy for a month or t\\O at least 13 Jlll ,on 10m, 11111 not be e1llcJ\\ ed h, the court to mtroduce a ,me;lc 1101 d of ]11', clete,1se 1n e'ldencc The theory on ,\ l11ch thIS pnnClple rests IS that permltt1l1g t11e maker s defense to fol1o" a note through several hands \lol1ld 1I1te1tel e \\ 1th the note s p.::deli negotlablhty Therefore I maker ma, defend-on most grounds-only aga1l1st the ong1- 11,1 Pel, ee In Older to oust Jones defense SmIth's transfer must DI. bona fide, 110\\ ever, but only as to the person who takes h, C;'111thma, ha, e known about the pnnclple mvolved, and may ha \ e pa,sec1 the note for the dehberate purpose of cheating Jones out of hIS defen,e but that makes no dlfferen<.:-e If the new taker took It 111 Ignorance that there was a defense and paId value for It Smith could either have dIscounted the note at some bank 111 the regular way, 111 which case the bank becomes the new m pocent holder for value, or he can sell It to another mdlv1Clual 111 the ,ame wa, "1\0 matter who 1, the new holder, If he kney, 110thmg of am c1deme \\ hlch Jones might have and gave ~alue t'!1 the note hL Leln collect 11 fJ am Jones and, to repeat, the lat-ter \\111 be helple"s as If he had no defense at all \ t1, otten the tl ell1'ifel IS not bona fide at all but IS made '1111plI to ~et the ach antage of the plllL1ple above expla111ed In that La"e Jane,> could defend on the ground that the whole tran- ,actlOn \\ a, a tlaudulent <cheme to depl1ve hIm of his defense, and that the ~uppo'ied new taker 111whme name the SUlt was brom;-ht \\ a, not an 11111-0Cebnot na fide holder for value If that Lelt1he prm en-though In many ca'ie, It cannot be although it ma\ be a faLt-Tone, Celn u,e hI' defense Just as he could had the note not been tl ancfe1 red at all ! he e,Tedte,t mere of thiS ne£;otlablc pl111c1ple are the fake coJ1tctlOn dgenc1e, the le\'e1!} schemer, ete who prey upon re-taIl t11de The-e gent1 I \\ 111obtam prom1'SOry notes from the1r \ lct1m, fOl ,ome 'el \ ke to he performed or £;ood~ to be dehvered 111the futlll e 1he mnchant freely glve~ the note argul11g IV Ith 111111,el£that he Lan refn~e to pay 1t If the servlLe 1Snot performed or the goods cleltvered The payee~ of the notes, however, p10mpth tl an,fer them to some th1n1 party mythLaI O! not, amI thth the makn'> mu't pay them dt matunty whether the cons1cI-el atlOn ha, been fortheom111g or not '\ aturalh tht maker at a pr01111S'iOr}note \\ho b thus com-pelLd to pal a note fm \\ h1Lh full eon"ldelatlOn ha'i not been e;1\en Lan snc the 0I1i2;l11alpal ee for the amonnt of Wh1Ch he "a, detrdl1(l~el but a, a rule the" orkers of tIllS tnck pLlce them- 'eh e- 111 a jYJ'ltlon \\ here a O;111atgamst them w111Y1e1dnothmg 14 WEEKLY ARTISAN LEGAL POINTS ON PROMISSORY ~OTES How to Make Them Assignable Instead of Ne-gotiable. There 1, one e"treme], 11TIportant pha<e of the la" or m got1able paper, 19norance at \\ hlch 1S at the b )U0111ot 1110-t ot the troubles m "h1Ch retatl merchants find thcmseh e, all aecou 1t of the slgnmg of prOln1SSory notes, ete '\ aturalh the law at negotlable mstruments l'i a large sublect and cannot hc COIered In an art1cle of th1s scope It 1S the pre'cnt purpo,e to con'ldel only the one phase referred to-the efleet \\ lllch negotl,!lJ1ht\ ha' upon the nghts of the maker of the note or In other II onl- the man who slgns 1t Probably nmety-111ne per cent of all the promls,ol \ note I' hleh are sent abroad as eVIdence, of debt are made 111 tl11" tonn "To John Jonc,) OJ old!'I" ThIS mdke- the 110t" negotiable that 1S, glVes It that fnnc1dmenta1 Cjuelhh at all negotIable papel "h1eh penmts 1t to be passed h om holder to holdel b\ thL 111,lk l11g of endorsements upon the back \nd 1t h th1s Cjnaht\ at negot1ab1hty IIh1"h ,0 often pnt'i the maker of note" 111tod pI e (ltcament from" h1ch he can e-cape ot111 b\ pal ment m -pltL ot the fact that he mal ha\ e a perteLth £;oocl deten-c ae,a11l-t the payee, that 1, the per, on 111\\ ho,e fa\ or the note \\ a, ong1- na11y made Let us snppose a case fO! the pnrposes at lllmtratlOn Tohn J ones, a reta1l merLhant buy s a horse of \\' tlham "1111thtor S?O( I g-lVlllg a plomlO;'O! \ note fOl the enUre amount p,n lhle 111 thIrty cia), to '\\ llham SmIth or 01 del 1he hm "e I' \\ dr ranted sound and k1l1c1111 e\ en re,peLt Betm e the note 111 l lUles Joneo; find, that the horo;e I'>ne1ther -,ounc1 nor kmd hut 01 the contrelf} a 'llIOUS "orthle" a111 111d1 not \\ orth S")11 10ne, congratulates 111m-elf 011 not ha\ 111g lo"t dt1\ tlune; ,lIve he h,l" palel no ca"h fO! It and La11 a, he tlllnk, 1ein-e to PeI\ thc note at matunt} But tIll' 1S"he1e the Cjuaht\ of nee,ot10111lJt\ \\ hlch he gave to 1t by mal"mg the note to \\ 11ham Snllth 01 01 d£ I de feats hIm If \\ Ilham SmIth stIll ha'i the order Jane, ha'i a good defense agaUlst 1t on the ground of hI each of \\ allanh And If he can prove ab,olnte frelud on C;mlth , pal t 1n the "ale 01 the horse he mal uncler eel tam ClI CUl11stanee" be able to 11,e hI' defense agalmt any holder at the note no n1dltel he1\\ 111am ha11ds It has pa'istd through P10\111£; hatHl hO\\e\el l' ne,t to Imposs1ble 111mO<1 'iuch cases If trancl cannot he prm en and C;t111thhas had the shre\\ dne% to t1an,fe1 the note to -Ol11enthe 1 r II• IIII ----------------- ..-._._-- ------_.--------------------., Lentz Big Six No. 694. 48 in. top. No. 687, 60 in. top. Others 54 in. top. 8 Foot Duostyles ANY FINISH CHICAGO DELIVERIES Lentz Table Co. NASHVILLE, MICHlGAlv ._--------_._._._._---------~---~ WEEKLY ARTISAN 15 WE WERE WOOD FINISHERS BEFORE WE WERE STAIN MAKERS That's why we KNOW a Stain is a PRACTICAL WORKING STAIN before it leaves our factory. We make mighty pretty stains; not based on pretty theories, but on every day finishing room conditions. We put the materials in them that make for longer life and greater beauty. Our stains are NOT cheap, but they ARE economical. W rite for sample panel to desk No.3. MARIETTA PAINT AND COLOR CO. MARIETTA, OHIO. Is there any \\ay 111 ,,,,h1ch a man may make a promIssory note safely ~o that th1~ pllnuple may not be used agamst h11n) Yes, b) makmg the note aosz!!;nable mstedd of negotIable ThIS IS accomplJ'hed by makIng the note payable to "John Jone~," not 'John Jones or oreler" ThIs chan£;es ItS character-a~ to the nght to transfer It from hand to hand-completel} I t can stIll be tran~ferred, but the transfe1 1~an aSSIgnment and not a nego-t1atlOn, and an mvanable feature of an aSSH:;nment IS that the assIgnee-the new taker-takes It subject to all the defen~es whIch the ong111al hael agall1st the of1£;mcll pa, ce If m the horse ca"e c1teel above Jone, had made h1', note payable to "\V111- lam Srmth," S111lth could hdve a~slgncd It to somcbody else, and someboeI) else could hdve pas-ed It alan£; dg,11l1,and this proces~ ._---.. I fII I I• I II III• I-4 ..----------------- ,I STAR CASTER I I I II II ,,,II II IIII \II,I I I I,III• fob Grand Rap,ds I~-- CUP COMPANY NORTH UNION STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. (PATENT APPLIED FOR) We have adopted cellulOid as a base for our Caster Cups making the best cup on the market CellUlOId IS a great Improvement over bases made of other matenal When It ISnecessary to move a plcce supported by cups WIth cellulOId bases It can be done wlth ease, as the bases arf' per fectlv smooth CellulOId does not sweat and by the use of these cups tables are ne, er marred These cups are finIshed In GOlden Oak and White Maple finished 1Ight If you w,ll try a sampl, order of th, .. goods you w,ll du,r, to handle them ,n quant,t,e3 PRICES: Size 2X mches $5.50 per hundred. SIze 27.(Inches 4.50 per hundred. TRT A SAMPLE ORDER could have cont111ued any numbel of times, but when the last holder sued Jones on the note he (Jones) could still bnng up hiS clefense that the horse was not what It "as warranted to be S0111ethmg ought also to be saId along thIS lme regardmg dccommodatlOl1 notes An accommodatlOn note IS one given as Ib name 1111plJes,a~ dn acco111modatlOn, and without consider-ation 1"01 m~tance, John Jones, IS a capltahst \VIlllam SmIth IS a ltttle short finanllally and he borrol'V s Jones' name to raise money on fhe transaction may be worh.ed through an accom- 1110ddtlOnnote, whIch Jones mdkes 111the regular way and gives to Smith If Jones IS H;norant of the law of dccommoeIcltlOn notes he wJ11argue that there IS no I1sk, because Smith gave hIm no value for the note, and therefore cannot sue on It But tll1S Ie where he ma} be entIrely wrong, for If SmIth transfers the note to an 111nocent holder for value the new taker can collect It from Jones, and the fact that It was \\ 1thout consldel atlOn WIll not be allol'Ved to come mto the case I"Ih1ch the new take1 br111g~ -DtOll J Buckle} m The Casket L' eI)' article carned 111stock -;hould be a trade puller ~, -_ ... .... IIII I,III •I,II "'------------ ... - - - - - - .----.............-............._..... _..........~_._-~........-....-.. clel S-JO no the mu,lC cabll1ets and ladles's de'iks under $20 00 and the office de0ks unclel $,'1 i 00 These were well made and Macey permItted elIssatl.,fied cuotomers to return pIeces and receive the amounts paId for the same 1Iacey 111spected hIs goods very Lal efull) before ~hlPPl11g and the number of pIeces returned was vel \ small \\ hen he resolved to erect a plant for the purpose of mdnutactulll1~ the g-oods he needed he made the greatest ml'i-t'lkt oJ hh hte Hl'i o\en\01ked body gave way under the dc1c1JtlOI1al"tral11 he took npon 11Im'ielf and death cut short hIS hnef hut hnlhant career 16 WEEKLY ARTISAN PUBl.ISHEO EVERY SATUROAY IIY THa MICHIGAN ARTISAN COMPANY ------------ - - --- SUBSCRIPTION $1 00 I"ER VlrAR ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED ST"TES OTHER COUNTRIES $2 00 PER YE"R. SINGLE COPIES 5 CENTS PUBL.ICATION OFFICE, 108-112 NORTH DIVISION ST, GR"'NO R..... OS, MICH, .... S WHITE MANAGING EDITOR Entered as second cI.... m..tter July 5, 1909at the post offic< ..t Grand RapId. \flchlgan under the ..ct of March 3 1879 CHICAGO REPRESENTATIVE E LEVY Dlsc!almll1g that the) do a banklll~ bU~llle" the 11ac\ hrm 111New YOlk rlc1Jh a fi~cal depal tment that ,eem" to he apIJI eLl-ated by the public The plan h 1 e\ edled 111 the tul10\\ 111g-ach el tlsement: ":~lacy'., Xew Profit-Shann~ Plan Even depo,lt account customer receIves a :2 70 dn Idenc1 on depOSIt account purchases This IS Jl1 adehtlOn to the 470 mtele'it (compounded qual terh ) on the depOSIt account balan0e \\ hen \ 011 Cdll \ dn aLUH11Jt,1t J\1acy's ) ou recen e -1% 111tere, t on ) om dalh balance and d '2 "r dIVIdend on your purchase~ for the \ eal Open a rJepn-lt at Macy's. Do your shoppmg on 1t and 'ihare In the profit':> on your purchases Only depo~lts 111tendcd fOl ,11Dppll1g pm po'e-accepted M~C}'s do no bankmg bus111es" A ~ \, 111be reaellh ~een the 'Lheme I, nut lacllll£; 111 a ttrac hons. Macy wa'S a gleat merchant In :'\e\\ lark He cheel mam years ago but hIS partners chsagleell1g \\ Ith Shakespeare a' to the value of a name, hay e contll1ued to do hlhl11e" under the original title \\ hen the late ired Ilace) (notl the chtterence 111 the spe11mg of the name?) created a ,enoatlOn a fe\\ \ eal" a:so by b1l11dl11gup a great mall order bU~ll1e~~\\ Ith111a I emarkabh short tIme, many unmformed people actually be1Je\ ed that the name of the Macy of ~ ew York had been ~tolen or u~ed \\ !thout authority. Fred Mace) \\ as a ge11lu, 111the plep1fatlOn ot 1Cl\ er tlsements and the m111lOndollar ,ale., he achle\ ed 111thl el \ ldl" were due to hIS c!evelness \\ Ith the pen and the e"cellent Judg-ment d1splayed Il1 selectl11g the medl11ms u,ed 111 e"plOltll1g hI' plans In conversatIOn WIth the \\ ntel on one occa"1on he re-marked: "An advertIsement Il1 ---- ~ IIaga7lne \\ Ith 3jn 000 copIes clfculated IS worth more to me than one ot the ,dme size in 's magazme \\ Ith ,"iO ann Cln ULltJOIl The readers of the magazine \\ Ith the ,111 dil"l LlILI1ldtl(1ll be explained, were posse,sed of mean, and Lould g-rdl1f\ Ihtll ta,te, for the useful and beautiful The reacIel' ot thl mae,alllle \\ Ith the larger cIrculatIOn \'Vere mamly \\ orkll1g g1l1" actre,-b amI others occup)'1I1g but temporary home" and eal11lng but mor/el dle incomes. The greatness of Fred 1\ibce) 's achIevement 111 bUllchng up a mall order bUS1l1es" 111 three years that amounted to 81 roo GOO 111sales every twelve months, \\ III be appreCIated \\ hen the tact is understood that he ~old cheap fUll1Jture e...e..lusIVel) \ tc \\ patterns of leather couches and TurkIsh rockel s, office de,L, music cab111ets and lac11es' desks \\ el e the only good'i manufac-tured on his account The couches and rockers were pnced un- \ manufacturer dlHl hIS four travehng 'ialesmen, one dull mOIIJIIJe, dunng- the fnr1l1ture season Il1 Grand RapIds last Jan- Udn, tc ok up and dl"cus,ed the subject of the value of adver- U'lI1g nt the trade papers and \'Vere about to take a vote on the Cjue,tJOI1 \\ hen the I epl esentatlve of a trade newspaper entered dnd \\a., \\armh \\e1comed by the ntanufacturer "We have Ibout deCIded that money expended 111 the trade papers is \\ d~tecl the manu tactl1l er remal ked, "and would hke to hear you eAprbS Jour 0plmon on the subJect" "Traveltng salesmen, 2, enel alh 'peakll1g do not appreCIate the trade papers" the c,dle1 remdl ked 'E,peclall) 10, tIllS true of the comm1ssion' qles-men 1'he\ hay e 110t learned that many Imlhons of dollars \\ 01 th ot good~ dre chspo~ed of annually WIthout the aId of trav-tJlI1g ~ale~men Dnr111g the later years of hIS hfe Fred Macey -old Sl 000 000 \\ orth of furl1lture annually WIthout the aId ot tray elmg 'ialesmen 1\ot one of your number has ever sole! good~_ fOI one-tenth of that amount Sear'l, Roebuck & Co, "ell SJO ooo,oon \\ orth of furmture and kmdred goods annually \\ !thout the help of traveh~g salesmen and 1t would be well to bear In mmd the colossal busll1es'i bL1lltup by Montgomerv Ward &- Co The ~ucce~'S of ButlLr .Brothers and many others 1S due ,tncth to the u~e of advertJ'img matter The trade paper helps the mdnufacturer and the salesman m many ~'lay" It fUfl1lshes the 1 etallel a \ dSt d1110U11tof 1l1fOrmatlOn he could ga1l1 In 110 other \\ d\ It boost, the manufacturer and hIS representatlVes ~\ben the ~00c1, 111anufdcturecl and the salesman employed are tound to be \\ orthy of the ene!or~ement of the trade journaho,t It---" J u,t at thb moment several buyer'i entered and the manu-tactl11er and hI' men got busy w1thout formally adjourning the COI1\entlOn It h 'itated b) a bU'imes'i newspaper of New York that the raIlroad corporatlOns are prepanng to tale over the ex-pI e" 'iel \ Ice c.:uch a con soh datIOn could be eaSIly accom-plJ" hec1 \ l11alonty of the 'itock of the expless corporations l' (,\ nee! h) the ratlroads :\ German manufactUl er say" mU..,lc InspIres the man 111 the shops to greater efforts and Il1creased productlOn results. "elghhors \\ oulcl he plea'iee! If hl'i 'iJ'( daughter, were to do thE'll p1alJ(1 pla\ l!1g 111 the factorv~ '->0111emanutacturers have acqL1lred \\ eaIth by c1gagmg a capdhle manag-er and a de\ el \\ nter of aelvertl'iement'i for the tJ acIe papel'i \11 c"tl d c11'iCOunt IS a necessal y mducement for certam ])tl\ er-- to "'itart somethmg" -\ Ruoel mam grade C10'iS1l1gS are encoun tered by the "hlppel" and raIlroad men CredIt 111enare frequently "cash men." WEEKLY ARTISAN 17 Stow & Davis - 356y,; RICHMOND TABLET CHAIRS Furniture Fires. v\ A Lobens furmtUl e and hardware store at ~ OVlce, Tex, VIas burned on September 24 Loss $8,000, 111SUlance, $5,000 The D F Lane fU111l1Ule company::, warehou<,e at Mun- CIe, Ind, was burnell on September 2) Lo::,s estimated at $5,000, fully 111sured The II Ilham Hermann Furl11ture company, dealers of St LOUIS, ,10, ..,uffered a 10'3s of $12000 by fire on September 22 Insurance, $7,000 111c de<,troyed thc ftU111tUlc v\ are house 0\\ ned by L B ~aul1Cler.., cleale1 of \ enu.." Tex on September 22 Lo::,::, $2,500, partially 111sured Thomp..,on & l\Iuhleman\ furmtnre '3torc at S15tcrvdle, II Va, was burned recently \v lth a lo'>s ec;tllnated at $15,000 to $18,000 and \ cry small Jl1surancc 1he stora~e and ..,h1ppmg depa11mcnt Jt the Pooley I'urmturc company, manufacturer.." Sl:Atcenth ..,beet aId In-chana a\ enue, Phdadelph1a, \\ as bU1ned on September 22, WIth a 10ss of $75,000, full} 1l1sured New Factories. The G \I Bent ,lattrbS company \v111 estabhsh an ex-cel.., lOr fact01Y 111 LeWIston, Me Dr Juhus Garst has purchased the factory formerly oc-cupIed by thc LItchfield Cushion Heel company, In vVorcestel, Clean-cut, dignified style in dining tables, built from solid oak and mahogany that are, in themselves, a tangible assurance that they will resist a lIfe time's wear and tear. Show youl customers the streng1h of Stow & DaVIS construction, the exqUIsitely matched wood, With their beauty mtenslfied by careful rubbmg and polishmg, and agam. the accurate pededal and leaf locks that fit snugly and secUiely, Each pattem offers a sales talk that WinSevery time, Get Our Catalogue. Stow & Davis Furniture Grand Rapids, Michigan. Company, '1a::,s. aJ1d h havIng It equIpped for the manufacture of a new '3tyle of porch shades T A Potter, I \1' Keerle and and A F Shotts have ll1COl porated the \\ elr IYardrobe "l'-lanufactunng company. capItalIzed at $100,000, to e..,tabltsh a plant and manufacture wardrobe.., chlffon1e1c;, etc, at :\lason CIty, Iowa The Mart1l1svdle (Ind) Factory Club have adopted plans f01 the neVv plant to be budt 111 that town for the Greencastle Cab111et company, whIch IS to move fr0111 Greencastle to Mart-l11svdle lhds are ::,oltc1tecl for the constructlOn of a one-story bU11d111g50:A 232 fcet \V 1th t\\ 0 v\ mg'3, one 50 x 125 and the otber 30:A no New Furniture Dealers. Cerbert 8.- Son~ dre ncw fllrnltlll e dcalers at Palatka, Fla II ll11a111'30nBro'), are new fllrmtUl e dealel s at 01 ange- 11mg-, S C Co1l1l1::'8.- \1un a} bay c opened a new flllllltllre stOI e at 470 HIgh street, Hol}oke, 1\lass, Gal dner & Hol scnback a1 e t) open a ne\\ furl11ture StOIc at \lcDonough, Cra, about the 111lddle of October. L F Clayton has opened a neVI fUlmtme store at 01- lando, I la, under the name of the Ollando lurn1tllre com-pany, Damel J 1\10\\ ne ha" purchased the l\IcConn block 111 VI l11ch he ha" openecl a housefurm::,hll1g and undertakIng es-tabltshmcnt at Thomps011\ l11e, Conn, "SLIP SEATS" AND THE MOST SANITARY RICHMOND CHAIR CO. No. 100 DOUBLE CANE SEAT No. 100 GENUINE LEATHER SEAT RICHMOND, IND. 18 Rockford Chair and Furniture Co. WEEKLY ARTISAN ,-----------_:::...._----------------- --- ----, '-------------------~--- ----- ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS Dining Room Furniture BUFFETS, CHINA CLOSETS and TABLES Library Furniture-Library Desks, Library Tables, Llbrary Bookcases, Combination Book cases, Etc. Our entue Ime will be on exhibItionin ]anuan on the third floor of the Blodgett Building, Grand Rapids, Mich. Oali: and Pine in Old )lc~i(·o. TlanartkLb\ \\ !) I[()Jllac11\ 111dlet,1l 11'111) l( ,-lex-1Lo Ddlh l(etold lt 'd"ellec! UBt thelL ,lit 111!f(111111 -10 000,000 dcre~ oi a, hilL 11ll1L and o,lk tOll,t, 111 the \1 c \JL \ repubhL as can be fOll1Hl an\ \\ 11lfe The\ al L 111"111 1 l(ll 11 1 ou" ccctlOn, ot the Cf)'l'lt1\ \\11L11 thL Idl!rnad' dll 11) jJ 1 to an\ gleat e'tellt glnel,tl1\ It dl\ 1l1(111' f t , 1IIIIl ]flll( I and aL001 c1111gh al e n~ \ el 'een h\ the 01 Lllal \ 11 1\ 1 I 1 1 1 The p111e dll(! odk tnnbel I "te ](1, i1011 ,t11m,t hI r]' 11( 1 ern boundd1 \ oi the lountl \ to thl p )111" \\ 11111 t 1 1111,1111ni and the tlLfl,l L,hente 01 hot umnll \ ,neet In rl'c ,'ilL ot ( ) I' aca The len2,th oi thl- i01e"t hell h jl°J!lap, 1 )1111 111 fo11O\'\ls the Slelld '-ladle ran-.;e 111 the \\l\ d( \\1] tll Cmtecl State:o border \d1\1J1S 111\\leltl1 aClodhllg tl ]1 - [l of the terlltur) CO\ e1 eel b\ the mounta111' It h III 1 he ,t It Clllhuahud Durango Tdh,co ColIma ,IldlOacan an(1 (11\er1'- ( that these Vel'>t f01e,t, co\ el the lll'JnntaJ1l, 111till g ~ 1 C /L amI den "It, Dllt :00 remotl and h)(lele1' \\ el e the,e t11111rl Ie' 1, e' ,1 the ne\\ '> oi theIr C" htrnce (11(1not 1"au] the ell \' \11111 '1 111vestors untIl lc')~ t11cm a dozen \ ear" l~O cAcejJt, 1 np, Jl fe\\ 1l1'>tances ,\t an} relt" so lIttk \\ de kno\\ 11 or 'lVJllg111 0 these forests tllclt the\ conlc1 ha\ e beell j)Uh lla'lcl 111 tl \ '/e t acreage tJ acts dt 23 to ")0 eLllh per a,1 e ThL -llPP 1 l( 1 1 1 It would be 1l11Jlo'''lble to con,tIuct l111C' at la1!IrelCl ) ]1nll' these tracts letdl dec1 thcll ele\ dOJlment The '\n', , el" ll1rl others who sa\\ the OP])01 tnldt\ tOJ profitable ,Jl\ e,tment 111the lands made theIr ptllchase:o 111the liehei that the tl '11"])01 ta'I(1' ob"tacles \\ oulcl In tIme be 0\ crcome '[ 1.1, l' 11"'\\ bP111C:-1?]J 1 \ clone Tn thc state of ChIhuahua "e\ Lra] ralh oeld, hl\ e been bUllt 1l1to thc t01e,t rLgwlJ of t'le ",lell,1 \L'chl- c1nl1 ~ t' L 1 \'l fe\\ \ear" and the\ l1cl\e heen the means of enormo I, de\c1cp ment of the hl111"Jel 1I1c1U-tl\ 1 hc P,l!ral em 1 n'11 an~o t1 C }"ansas (1t\ '[("ICO ,nd () ,cnt and the '[,"ICI \(lt11\\1' l are all pInel! at1l1!:; thp tl1111)21h l, 1 he e,tahh"h 11e 1" or t k'C transp01 tdtlon outIcle, h'l\ e nallll rlh can,c 1 an ,1(1\ \ll Cll U1t J the \,tlne of the t111<1)el lanel, ancl the\ ,lie 1'0\\ \\ '11h a11'()'1 \- mal1) c\ollcllS pel auc as the\ \\ LIe CCllt~ a fu\ \ cab d~() 1 11 \IeX-1CO \01 th\\ l~tel 1 r;llh Odd 1l1tc1e~t l~ I "ploltlng It, I J1 lJC tract of more than j 000 11)1) a'e" 111the o,[d t () l 1ll]1U,11 \ an exten"l\ e 'Lale 1 he ])'11 al''-.o~Llan() (r1 aJ de 1, I'L 1 ] I a ne\\ raIl! ,)'ld thdt I" nm\ beIng con"tJ nl tld tl )1111'11 1 ) the t1'1lbel IC~lOl ut Ihe 1l1Ull1ltll1, l011(h\\I,t (t 1hl C1 [1_ load \\ 111he 'I' h-t\\ 0 n11lc\ 1()'~ ,\'1 I 't> 1 11111llh lCt 1 l' e a tl Zllhp01lalHJn (J11tlet to, thf t!Plhl1 Il h '11t((1 1h ,t than 4000,COO aCIe, oi Pll1t cme! odk Lll1bel \\111 be 1'1,ll!L 1 It 1 tl " I IllL I ' \ iJ\ the ]11111 hng- of thIS road J 11( l'ndel1l1..., 0 r lhL ",U llh:~ln PacIfic I all road of \Iexlcu I( \ 1 ' " j) el lhl -] 110 ot th" countl} hd'; st1l11ulated the clevel- ( ],11'C11' (J le 11l1her 1e,mllces J11 the ten Itory tnbutary to that 11111 ] 1 ell lla, l)e~11 111111haLtl\lt) leLently 111the purchase of 1)(1 1 \Jld 'n tlll I) llfiL U act rU;lOn on the pal t of '\mencans 1) l] C P 1"" OJ u)J1'lduahk magmtude ale bemg con ul 1 ' , " ,tne, ( t CU'l d d lc1 IIlchoaLan and \\lth the open- 1 t hL t 11h(l 111'(1, f C:'lc,rero b\ the lonstructlOn of one l \ ) 111C', or 1 lIh 0\(1 th,lt cllL j10\\ pl0posed, the 111dustr) \\ III 11 11 ((1 l111lJ1 1,1llt ~ ll(L~ of development 1'1 that p"rtlon of lC 1 ]1], Jt l' LLn111rl1hat 1t 1, a ccmparatnlh cas) matter to t n111', un,le, fOJ tIlt:" UJ11,lluetwn of IdllIoac1s 1I1to the 1, ]lc! thL llll,her dltltnc!c, elle leacheel gradually and , J) ~l l(l~ l11 11L La,1 \ a\ Olc1elL On the Paufic ~Ide of the " 111 'I raliI c-, the dec11nl tram the hl::;h to the low altItude is ( )1,(e1jJltrU" 1h 111that of t 1e 111tCllOI "lele 1 h( t Jll,l, OJ thl C,lefld. ,Laelrc reglOn consIst chiefly of pme I d'c n t'1 \\ hn and 1Jng leal 'r dlO\\ "allctles of pme grow 1')111 ] \l1l \ 1 hell LIre a],o LOl~lderablc cjl'antltleS of cedar and 1 1 miLll c ) L" \ 11,ch are of splenlLel commerual sIze The __ ( \\ 1'1 t lln1lJu I- h",(\ I( I ll]el or beltCI qualIt) 111come I Kah-c' ' 1,11 111l t'll!" The ,tl1l11pdge, accord1l1g to the statements r 1 1 II k 11 lumbe men n I1S from 1,000 to 18,000 or 20,000 feet 1J el I ~11c11l1,-;0111"lrl11'tec1 drea" as 111gh a, 40,000 feet of mer- Cil \ 11)C 11 l1;el pel acre Tlwrc are thol1sancb and thousand:o (J ac c' t lclt \\ 111L) \ (12,ge tram ) COO to 8,000 feet of merchant~ hIe 1 1111) , pfr aCI e beCIcle" 1a 1(;e quantltlc,> that are SUItable for l' - 11 Jm p lZll c1\\ occ1 and challoal , ,ta L tllclt 11 (,t ot the p111e h of the \ dflOUS classes of \l'C\\ 2iU10USll t11C~C 1'- "ome \el) fine white pme, ancl111 the 11...,' u a1t1 p(ks the qual t, at rutl' 1, most excellent, the trees C111\ '1g- the11 ~17e \\ell lp d.lld 1t be111g an easy matter to get t 1 j11 cr (1 h e 1 ( t(l,' Cl " to the ,tLk T 1l pl lei (1 LJ lhel !11111,111the Dmango tLf! ltory range <::1 )11 t 1 <::1 ,0 (IP ,tre for HaLh that \\111 avelage 5,000 HI (II (I ttct 0+ l11(llha11hl)L 11'1 btl to the ddl ThIS 1S a bIg 1\ \ 11 tIle jJl ve, [e I \\ 111Lh the'e land, could hay e been 1 gl ' 1 II \\ \ lall, 1ge1 111t'le 11101L rell) )te 10cdht1ec, the pnce" ] \\ L1 'lll 1h h )\ e l1cl11led tis, nrcs 11Jl 11 1 d l11I ( I IU1lLl unt tJ0111 thl [)111etrees IS a com- I'"' I 1\ e:\ '11\\ 1H[ 1\ 111 \[p, II Jt h 110\\ he111;?"lanle,! ,n t1) \ t \I](tell ~1llC 0 lhllluclhLla l n 1e1\\n'3el1l1 \ l \ ( \ l\ _, l1C 'u11 ( 1 111CpLl11t lhel e ,a\" thelt he has -11 \t t1111\t h, ])111- 11 \LxICO dre a, !:;,od for manu 1 III 1 lt1~ tn pU1tllle ,1, am III the \\ odd .,------------------------------ - - - WEEKLY ARTISAN 19 ~------------------------------ ..... FOUR NEW - ------------------- ----..,, !I I I III TRADE MARK REGISTERED PRODUCTIONS BARONIAL OAK STAIN FLANDERS OAK STAIN S M 0 K ED 0 A K S T A I N EARLY ENGLISH OAK STAIN in acid and oil. in acid and oil in acid and oil, in acid and oil. Send for finished samples, free. Ad-el-ite Fillers and Stains have long held first place in the estimation of Furniture Manufacturers and Master Painters. In addition to the reg-ular col9rs the above shades offer unusually beautiful and novel effects. The Ad-el-ite People CHICAGO-NEW YORK ... .--------Ev-ery-thm-g-m-P-am-t-Sp-ec-lalh+es -an-W-o-od-Fl-n1-shi-ng-m-ate-na-1s.-Flll-ers-t-hat-fl-l1--S-t-am-s--th-at-sa-hs-fy--------------.--.--- Bargain Day at Fremont. Neb. Illth the a\ O\Hcl pnrpoce of u1clugnratmg theu fall cam-paH,; n for busmess the merlhants had a hal ga1ll day I st IIednes-cia} whIch 1" reported to have been thE most succes ful affaIr of the k111devel tnecl \\ est of the l11:"S1',slppl n\ et 1he ma111ob Ject seem~ to have been to Enlan;e then field b} lea hmg out for people \\ ho do not muall} hade m 1remont and 111that \va} overcome the greatest obJ ectlon to bargam day s or specIal sale~, whIch IS that the} mEtel} bunch busll1e'~ and are usually follO\\ ed by dull pellocls The} remont merchants offerecl specIal b1.r-ga111s to all comer", of COUl oe, but the greater ll1ducements \\ el e offered to ne\\ customers dS WIll be SEen 111t1he follovv111g para graphs taken from theIr offiCIal announcement "The merchants of Fremont have deLJdLCIto make a bItS cla} m traoe bargams ThIs \\ 111be done fOl the p lrpocc; of formalh 1llal1gl1rat111gthe fall camp:l1gn for buslne~s '\ccOtchm;h a lartS~ port1On at the merch,llts so ldrge a portIon, 111cleed as to llllhlde practlcdlh all ot them hay c agreed to gIve a Bargam Da} • "The cldte fi"ed flll tIll' lMrg-:J.mda\ \s \\ ednesda\ Septem-ber 2S On that day (Vl 1\ 1111e 01 bUolt1e", III II enlOllt ',ill eIther gIve specIal dIscounts 01 pnles of e\ u, thmg 111 stolk or \\ ,11 make a reductlOn OJ]~peC1al 1mes "The Idea IS tInt b} thIS co-operatlOJ] ever) thmg consu lled 111 the household ma\ be had. at some plaee 01 anothel at a de cldecl bargam The pUt pose IS to hay l a trade carnlv dl entlrel} worthy of the name 1he gc,o(l faaJJ drld lutegllt} of } reJ11lJ1t bU~11les' men arc pledged to thl s "';'11 the commercIal prestIge of the Clt\ I~ beh111d th1', mn') vat10n All the 111,btments 111 goods, elll the ~klll 111 merclnn dlsmg, every trdde taLlht) of \\hatsoe\Cl k111dat the dIsposal of lremont bus111es;, l11en-dll thcse dre a gUellantee thdt EaJ gam Day shall be one of reell bargal11ll1g "Tho"e "ho \\ III come to f'remont flom a dIstance to trade for the first tune on Harga111 DdY "'111 be cunous to know how theIr raIlroad fare I" proVIded for The pldn IS a SImple one, carned out by the co operat1On of tremont retaIl merchants An 01 ga111zatton of about thlrt, firms has bEen 111eXIstence for about a } ear, the purpo'>e of wlllch IS to reImburse thec;e chstant custo-mers for money spent m comm£; t;) theIr stores The obJ ect l~ to put them on an equal footmg \iVlth those customErs hvmg close by "All that WIll be regmred of the customer com111g to 1<re-mont on BargaIn Day to make purdldses at an} of the stores co-operat11lg on that occaSlOn IS that 111makIng) our purchases you show) our I eturn tnp ttcket Then for ever} dollar's worth of merchdnd1',e bought you WIll be alkm ed one l111k of tran"portd-bon, g011lg and commg "It IS not necessary tl1dt the goods bp bought at an} one store but the ~um total of all merchandIse bot' ght of an} of the merchants hsted \V III be taken and }our tare refunded accord- 111gh Yo person ho" e, er, \V III be refunded fllore than the full amount of then fare' Before puhhsh111g theIr announcements for bargal11 day the b 1,111es, men of } remont advertIsed thllr mtent10n qmte effC'c-bvel} b} automobIle e'CcurslOllS 111 \\ hllh they lFed about thtrty Lars and COyered the country thoroughly \\ Ith111a radIUS of 200 mIles l'he excurSlolllsts \\ e1e accompallled by a band and \\ el e £;1'en a heart} receptlO 1 111the s111dller to\\ l1S .-.-_._._----------- B. WALTER & CO. Manufacturers ot TABLE SLIDES Exclusively WABASH INDIANA WRITE FOR PRICES AND DISCOUNT ..---------- -- --~--------~ 20 --, 11lc\de a11 C'\.hlbltl)n oi \\ ood-\\Olkl11g machl11ery, etc, at the Lc IUl11hlan C\.jJChltl011 111 Cll1Lago Theu pnnupal plant lS at r l1P~ll (,uIJlam, ancl thc\ "end then machinery to all pall' III thc \\otld I he\ employ \el\ tC\\ tra\elmg sales-men but ha\ c 1e"ldent agent" In nead\ all countlles ThClr 1 al hllle~ ;Ul 1111ylerl1hut \ Cl\ mas"n e anJ hea\), comparcd Illt'l \l11el1lan l11aCh111CS Dtllah1ht} 1" thel! great featlll e I II \ U't leI \ latlL hahhlt metal ntal1v all thc hcallng" hUllg t hllJI1/l r ~a\\ 'C1l11Cof thel! macll1nl., thelt had been \I'cd ()\ 11 -1-0 Hal', and II C1e "tJll 111g~od LonlhtlOn \ \ t hel\ e been 1'1 epa1l11g to eAten d Olll trade 1n RUbS1,1 ,\11(1J g)t ~onH' I aluable l11f01matlon from Klrchnel & Co '" I ()'1(lon manage1, \\ ho \\ a" t01merly an agent for '\merlcan n dlll1'aLttll er" at Cologne Lerman) It "eem" that graft 1'0 t H \\ III ,t oh~<etL1e met 111(!cllng bu"me"" m the realm'i of the ~ll [t lnl I \\ a" told tlut all RUS'i1an offlC1al'i and all buyers tl I 11l1llantJle ,('le! manufacturing l11stltutlOn" hale 'thell h,u](l" out both 1n 11l111t ancl behmd, and unless they are hllc I thele h latle chame to do hu~mess -\" an In'itance of tIll 1 greed, 111\ 11ltOlmam tolll of h1" expel1ence 111sell111g a hIll l t l11dch1l1clI He kne\\ that the firm or company wanted lH 111dL'1Inl~, h\lt theIr bu\ el dJ(1 ll)t 'ieem l11cllllecl to grle till or del UI1111the "ellel lDtlmated thdt It he c'luld make the "I Ie he UJl11d at{cJ1d to make the bUyer a Dresent of a plano 1101th 1 lUll 111dl b~about $S7J Then the bU)Cl 'warmer! up and the c!Lal \1a" CJl11ckl) closed It \\ as tl ue that the "dIll Lould elftmd to 11ldke the ple'ient for he had figured on 111(( tl11g ~ueh a l')ntllJgenu The legulal pllee of the ma-l III l" \1a" ethou t 2 ~ 000 mark" the 'iellel had added 3,000 111dlk" IIU JlInc them dt 28,000 marks, vi l11ch enabled hnn to jH\ S3/~ t01 the mano ancl hd\ e all eCJual amount as extra I rc hl hut the C0111]1d11\that pahl the bIll paid 3,000 mark'i 1101l dun the mach111es \\ oulll ha\ e co"t 111a stralght deal Rtb"ld "- tJ111bel re"om ces al e probably greatel than those I) ,,11\ o,hcr countl) and there ale great opportunltles for It \ tic pment 111hcr IU11lbel 1l1du.,tl \ The RU'i~lanS are not ~Ilat lOlhumel, ot lumhel hut the} export a large amount 111thc lough Thcll ~a\1 mJlI maChlllery lS anttquated It 18 ~alCI there b hardly a ))allCl sa\\ m the vvhole countly and they d \ ll()t ll"e 1 e-"a\\ s \" I "dId betOl e llt-al Ii al1 European countlles are p1OS-ptl Jlh th1', \ eal (,elman\ "eems mOle "0 than ~ome of the ther~ 1 he Gelman., ale Lertamly hustlmg at present It is ,ale! the\ ha\ c to hll:>!le In 01 der to pa) theIr taxes whlch are el101mClU" 1he\ taA el eryhod) ---el ell the touost;, and forelgn '<ndel1b ,i the I lemal11 In the e~untl\ thlee months or more I hl\ ',('. tmLl';llll" 111 accOldance \\1th theIr 111come, the1r 'tat1C11l 111 hte III t11el1 'itl Ie of In mg \\%en you enter (,('Imam dl1d lC~I"tel at a hotel \OU must gne your home WEEKLY ARTISAN MR. TUTHILL'S VIEWS OF EUROPE What He Saw. Heard and Learned During a Sum-mer Tour Recently Ended. Vlctor]\1 TuthJ11 of Baldw1l1, Tuthl11 &.. Dolton compa11\, manufacturers of saw mJlI and ba\\-httlng- maChlnCl\ Gland Rap1ds, ha'i become one of the 1eguldl EUJ()pecl11 toun"!" fT c ha" Ju"t 1eturneJ fl 1'1 a "Um111C\toU! ln \\ 11111111( \\ cl"-aeer m panted b) Rei A \\ II I"hal t ot the] (Juntalll c..Ueet napt!"t church, clnd Harle) DeItsch ot tht Bal dd\ \ \ ('1 Co;&.. Ill!t"e h company ::\1r TuthJlI 1" a keen oh"el \ Cl and close 111\estl gator and he talks 11100t mtere"tlllg-h ot 111~top., dn I conlh tton'i m Europe The) \ hlted lng-land, rrdnce \lhtna Hungary, Germany Denmark '\ on\ a} and S\\ eden ,pendlllg-the greater part of then tll11e 1n \ustna-<Hungan, \'Olllel\ anr! Sweden. "General bU"111e"s conchtlOns J\ er thel e al C 111uch bettel than a year ago eAcept 111'\ orlVa \ , ' he "alcl ' In '\ on\ a \ e,,- peClally along the coast thele 1" 'itl11 eOI1~lclelable complaInt of dul1ne'is Of course slght .,eel11g 01 oh"el \ atlon \1 a" the mam object of our tllP b'lt \\ 1th an c\ C to bU~lne-" T to 111cl tIme to mvestlgate tlacle eondltlOn'i cn 111gmo~t ot m\ dttUl-tton to the conchtlOl1 and elel elopment ot "a\\ -mtll dncl othel wood-\\ orkll1g machll1er} wtel e~t'3 I \ lo;lted the \\ 01k" oi Thoma'i Robll1son & Son" at Rochdale Eng. the lalge"t mdl1- ufacturer'i of sa\\ nl111 ancl \\ooel Ilork111g malh111cn 111 LU-rope Their bus1l1e"s \1as e"tabhsheel : 1 \ eal ~ ,1gD an I het, pas"ed dol' n from faihel to 'i1111\\ ah JUt l hangc Dt naml I thmk the prebent managel, blo brothcl" a l grancl~ \n" 01 the founder The) employ 1 000 to 1 200 mCI1 and T \1 a" "UI-pnsed at thell modeln eqUlpmcnt 'lhc\ all' celtalnL \11'11 up-to-date ln el er} ,1epartmcl1t ot then hth1l1e"~ 1ht \ make modern machl11ery and use model n ..,ale" ancl c1J"tnhutl In method" They Pll11t thelr catalogue" ha\ e then phDtOgl aph, engra\ l11g and bluepnnt depclrtment~ alld thc11 \\ 01k III tho"e 1111eslS standard It compare'i \1I'll \ll1h the hc'it that h clone 111thIS country ThE} make then cdtalogue~ 011 tht I" ),,(-Ilar plan, so that 1t lS n.)t necessan to mati the \1hole book In I eph to an l11qmry for a sl11gle machll1e The\ make a featm e or th export trade and ha\ e the detaJ!" figul ed d(m n io the la'lt cellt The1r catalogues ancl pllce lJ"h ~ho\1 the e"act eo"t ot theIr products at an} P0111t 111 foreIgn COlll1tlle~, thu~ enahlmg the buyer to know Just vvhat a machIne \\ III cost h1111lalCI dOI\ n at I11Sdoor The same IS true of nearh all European exportch and it glVes them a great alii antage 0\ el the '\mcncan" \\ ho generally quote pnce" fob \, e I'V York and lea\ e the bm er to guess, or find out fOl h1l1helt the eo"t ot OLean tleJg-ht transfer'i, cartage and transportatl01l'i 011 the Othcl qcle "T al'io \ ISlter! the London hou"e ot T\.l1Lhnel &.. Lo \\ 110 .------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - -., Pitcairn Varnish Company IIII I . ... _- .. --~ Reliable Varnishes of Uniform Quality Our Motto "NOT HOW CHEAP-BUT HOW GOOD" - - ! II I C. B. Quigley, Manager Manufacturing Trades Dep't. .... -~------------_.- --- Factories: Milwaukee, Wis.; Newark, N. J. Manufacturers of r r----~------- IIIIII IIf IIIII I~---------- WEEKLY ARTISAN ------------------ "THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST" BARTON'S GARNET PAPER Sharp, Very Sharp, Sharper Than Any Other. SUPERIOR TO SAND PAPER. It costs more, BUT It Lasts Longer; Does Faster Work. Order a small lot; make tests; you will then know what you are getting. WE GUARANTEE SATISFACTION. Furniture and Chair Factories. Sash and Door MIlls, Railroad Companies. Car Builders and others will consult their own interests by using it. Also Barton's Emery Cloth, Emery Paper, and Flint Paper, furnished in rolls or reams. MAN U FA C.T U RED B V H. H. BARTON & SON CO., 109 South Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. 21 -, I ------_._--------------------------------_._---_ .. adc1re~~ <\ tew 1111nutes atter you enter your room a servant appears \\ Ith a card for you tJ fill out, stat1ng your object In \ l"ltlng the country, gn 111gyour bus111ess, occupatlOn or PIO-fLs~ lOn awl full partIculars ahout } our finanClal stanJ111g an 1 111CO111 e The carJ IS turned 0\ er to the polIce authofltles whu keep a hne ,l!1 yuu and no matter ho\\ much you travel abm'" when you ha\e heen there three months the tax collect01 Will call on you The offICIal, are ,harp v\!hat they don't fir d out about your affaIrs h hardly worth knOWIng "The German" are qUIte pI ogrc,sl\ e In e\ erythmg except 111 the USe of agllcultUlal machUlery They ra1se ahout the same Cf'lPS 111about the same way that we do, but they uSP \ er} httle farm111g mach1ner} \\ omen and chJldren work w1th the men 111the fields and thell hay and graw JS I1M\ <"te,\ w1th scythes, cradles and hand rakes and Ul some 10caht1es the slckle JS stIll used "J\Iany Ameflcan tOUflStS have 'done' southern and central EUJOpe ql11te thoroughly and are now tUflllng then attentJOn to 1\ orway and Sweden Thousands vls1ted those nOI thern c JUntnes thJS year and they \\ere undoubted') wen plea'ic,l Vvlth theIr expenence I wa'i much surpflsed at ~he I1'Je a\S1 - cultural de\ elopm.ent of Sweden I neve1 sa v uch" inCh of hay and oats as were 1ahed thIS year 111 ~~ntral S\«e,ll:'n Sweden aho has a great s) stem of canab, v\ h1ch aH 11111C1' mOl e ll1terestlllg than those of Holland beca'1"e they are no' so 1e\ e1 and monotOl1OU, The) use the streams, lakes. fIOrds, etc, whel e pO'i'ilble, but the canals also go Oye1 mounta111ous h1lls b} mean'i of loci,s that are so numerous as to appL'll lIke a "ene" of ,teps up the mountall1 slde t\t one place \\ e v\ ere hfted 160 feet b} means of locks "Stockholm, the cap1tal of S'vIcden, IS a beautiful C1ty It J" buIlt on seven l'ilancls. and has many \\aten\ays, whic11 sen e as a rem111der of VenIce, but It is more beautiful and 111terestlllg because the scenery IS Ie"" monotonous They have fine puhlIc bUlld111g'i and excellent street car servIce The car, are prOVIded \\ Ith drapenes and curtaIns whIch make them seem lIke parlor, and they al e not allowed to be clOwded Such 1'i the rule 111most of the European cities -\ feVv ''itrap hangers' may be ,een am! a certain number of passengers may stand 111 the ve,trbules but theJe is no crowd- Ing Berhn I, magl1lficent, perhaps more so than any othe1 Clt} 111the 'vi orItl but Stockolm 1'0 b<'autIful and more 111ter-estll1g "K or\\ ay IS also an Interest1l1g country, espeCIally along the coast, where the f101ds, long, narrow arms of the sea, reach 111tO the rough and mounta1110us count!} There 1S very httle arrable or tIllable land along the fiords, but Jt JS all 111hab1ted and I wondered how the people managed to lIve or even eXht They seem to be merely hang111g on the rocks. '1 he d1mate 1S cold and wet and theIr pnnClpal crop JS hay II Jth 'iO httle dry \\eather 111hay111g tIme hoVv they manage to cure the crop was a mystery untJ! we investIgated. The} cannot cure Jt on the ground nor 111cock" as 1S done 111 dnel clImates The\ ha\ e t) cut ~ap1Jngs and make racks out of the polc~ whJch they set up on notches The hay 1S placed on the rack" whIch allovvs the an to CIrculate underneath "\\ e "aJled 111tO one of the fJords about 140 mIles. It was narro\~, \'-Ith rocks on e1ther SIde, nS111g from 1500 to 4- 000 feet, and so crooked that, 100k111g aheaJ, we frequently seemed to bo approach1l1g the end-a perpendl'.:ular wall of rock-but U'iually found that the fiord took an oblIque or acute turn that allowed us to go farther "Tounsts wIll find the Scandmav1an pen111sula pleas1l1g on account of 1b 'vi onderful 'icenery, beautIful cJtJes and re-markably courteous and 1I1tellIgent people. The people of Sweden are closely connectd wlth Germany, 111 a bus111ess way, whIle those of ~orway are more closely alhed WJth Eng-land ;\1any of the SweJes speak the German language qUJte as \\ell a, theIr own Older, good w1ll and good nature pre- \ all as they do 111 all countlles on the cont111ent Good ordel l'i charactellstJC of neally all the people over there and that J'i why the mOle we 'iee and knoVv of them 111 theIr natJ\ e land~ the more we ddmne and respect )learly all dnnk beer or wme but you see no drunkenne'is They have good tJmes 111 the cafes, on the streets and In other publIc places, but all are descent and orderly There IS no loud or harsh talk or b01steroU'l conduct In a cafe or 111 an a%emblage of any kUld Jt IS generally easy to 'ipot the Americans by theIr loud manners and the same 1S tJ ue of the EnglIsh to almost as great an extent. "::\1USIC l'i a great feature 111 the hfe of the 'common peo-ple' 111Eur'lpe E\ cry cafe, of any importance. and all social gathenng, must ha\ e a band or 01 chestra and the music must be of a hIgh order Bad mUSJC 1S not tolerated, The Ger-mans declare that the 'httle German bands' and some of the more pretentlOus orgamzatJOns that are sent to A..menca, are composed of 111fenor performer" 'vi ho would not be allowed to play 111publIc 111that country and after heanng theJr bands and orchestra'i at home the <\mencan tounst w1th a musJcal ear, 1S 111clIned to belIeve the boast" '" - . 11 your DESIGNS are right, people want the Goods. / That makes PRICES right. ularence 1ft bills DOESlT '"'--- _. -----------_ ...-._-_. _. ---G-RA-ND--RA-PI-DS--MIC-H-..'.."....I 163 Mad.son Avenue -Cltlzens Phone 1983 - "I 22 1 '1II I II II IIIIII It t IIIIII •III ~----- WEEKLY ARTISAN ._------------- -------------------_._---_._-----.. IIIIIII II I II 1 III III III I I I II I! II I!I I I IIIIf II f II I I!I .. No. 1711 No. 1705-1705 >1' New designs In the Louis XVI Style. WRITE FOR SAMPLES ~apids Brass GRANO RAPIDS, M.ICH. <00. English Insurance Against the Weather. 'Insurance has been made to cover almost e, er} happcl11n2, m England, such a~ the death of the so, el el£;n chmaul comh tJons atfectmg the succes~ of el pelgeant a hor,c ,110\\ dn clgll cultural fall, etc, and 110\\ el ne\\ fOlm or llhl1ranee ha- been 111 augUlated \\hleh \\111 enable per-on, \v1lOSe hohda\, hay e been man eel b, ram to abtam, under cel tdm con(htJon\ moneta I \ com pensatJon 'l!ndef\\lltels alt jJltpared to m,llle aga1l1\t (1I1l tenth of ,In mch of ram fallmg on more than t\\ 0 (Ll\ \ a \\ ec.k ,lL ,111\ t{)\\n on the south and ta,t coa,!-' of Lngland lkt\\ eUl Dourne-mouth and ScarbOl OlH;-h, \\ here the elalh rant tall 1- elthel offi Clally pubhsheel or \\ hert "cltlstal tor) reeorcl~ can be obtaIned , L pon the p;n ment ot ~" bd (£1 82) tor \\ hllh ,1 pohc \ \\ 111 be Issue(l for "e,en cla,s compensrltlOn 1., elgreecl to be: p,llel ,It the late of 10, ($2 to)) per cla\ on exee.,., of t\\O \\ It del\ - ]1)- ]n,UlC., aga1l1::,t an eAce,,, of fOlll \\ et (Ll\ - 111cl fm tmght U, Gel ($101) 1l1,UleS agaln"t an eAcc,s of ,I, \\et (Ll\' In tmec. \\eek" \\hJle 1:;<, ($3():;) ll1<,Ule" agaIn\t ,111 (,lC'" It R \\u ~-----------------------------------~---., I I I I :: LOUIS HAHN II I I DESIGNS AND DETAILS I i OF FURNITURE I I ' I 154 LIVIngston St. I, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN , I I,I ----------------- --_._-~--~--~-_._~ Cltlzens' Telephone 170~. AND PRICES. ..... del\') In ,1 penoc\ ot t\\ent\ eIght da}~ In each of these ll1stances (he lOl1lpenscltlUn b 10" ($2 c±')) a day for the days m excess of the pre,ulbed number of \\et clays If the msured deSires to duublc the ellllOunt III the \\ a\ of pI el1l1111nhe recelve~ double the d lwunt a- ulmpen,atlOll It h1£;ho compensatIOn IS deSIred, a pl 'POI t!ol1elteh I11£;htr prem1l1m \\ 111be charged The under- \\ 1!le!, ,\ 111aecept a cel tlficate of the Bnt1 "h Ramfall Orgamza-tl) 1 cb e\ Hkncc ot ] amtclll 1he po11oes WIll provIde that the ~lCelto pUItlon ot the one-tenth of cln mch of ram, the quantIty \\ 111cl!b\ the tel111' or the po11C} \\ 111comtltllte a wet day of t \\ t II\ to\1l houh Imht lall elurlllg the day tIme." 1he toreg01ng h tal,en from a lengthly report on Enghsh l11~nrance method, b, Jo11n L Gnffiths AmerIcan consul general elt London The fo11O\\ll1g comments thereon are from the Up-h l,tUll ot \e\\ 'toll, II ough thl' mu\ el1lent on the pad of the m,U1ance uncler- \\I1tu' l' el ,tejJ 111 ac1\ell1et (lj- an,fh111g m force m thh countIy \\ e ,till C111 go the Ell£;lhhman several pomts better by applymg the "Ull(. pnnuple to melcllrln(h,e conchtJOn, 1\ l1<lt1- the dlattu \\1th 1l1-unng muchants agamst lo~s of bU-ll1c" clue to \\ et \\ lathel) I[any an advertIsmg campaIgn tu br)li't up ,1 lJclI-2"lln day s,tle ha~ eome to naught through the \1ntnml \ dll!\ ,11oj J Upltll 1'1m JU-, et a1 \Vlth thIS form of lll- 'U1,l1let 111 to! ce lMrg,lln cla\, may be ll1sured agamst weather 111 (rtel ence 1\ e nlH.;ht £;0 e,en f\1rthel and mcorporate a clause whIch \\ 111ll1~Ule both retar! clnc1 \\ h0k"'lale dealers agamst backward ,eason, 1J.te "Pll,1g-~ 01 talls \\et ,ummers or :otormy wmters, or 11l ielet an) one of the multItudmous weather condItIOns which el±tcet the consumptIOn of merchandbe Fur manufacturers and dealer, ean be Jl1:oured agamst a mIld wl11tcr, umbrella and ram-coat manufacturers ag'l1l1,t a prolonged dry spell, and so on, ad 11 Ir 11111111 the field 1~ 111l11l1l1tt'd - - --------------- WEEKl...Y Al~TISAN 23 .----------------------------------------_.~._-_._----------------- These Specialties are used all Over the Wodd Veneer Presses Glue Spreaders Glue Heaters Trucks, Etc" Etc, -~ II II• III IIIII I IIIf III ---~ Hand Feed Glueintr Machine (Paleoll pending.) Many styles and sizes. Wood·Working Machinery and Supplies Power Feed Glue Spreadmg Machine, Smtr\e, Double and Combmation. (Pstented) (Sizes 12 m. to 84 1D wide.) LET US KNOW YOUR WANTS N. 20 Glue Heater GHASe E. FRANCIS COMPANY, Main Office and Works, Rushville,lnd, .-------------- ._----- .._- ----- .__._-_._~._--~---N~o 6-Glu-e H-eate-r. ----~ Old Items Reprinted. 110m the \IILh1,?:c\1l -\1 t1~all t01 ~eptemlk1 1 "h2 I he \ ovelt) \ eneer compan), CaP1tetl17ed f(,l $23 000 \\ a" orga 11/Ul recently m Gland Rap1cJ~ The 1mOlporat01~ ale \\ll11am C.:rreLll J \ I \\ heelel, \ B hno\\ 1'ion -\,llOn L Slbln and J :::, L (m an The Campdn\ \\ III manULleLm e pand" cl11d pu tOl dted eelh t01 chall'i Pnnted on a blg lOck besIde ,1 1a1h\ a) leadl1lg 11to RaleIgh \ L, may he 1ead, In t1 aHJer", tld~ l heelIul cl(h ILL (J 1 \ SmIth's COff111" and C1'iket'i ' [he manufaLtureh of ChIcago are 'ienousl) con~lC1cnng the ddv1S,lb111t) of Shutt111g dm\ n theIr faltolle'i fm a l1"onth to pre vent an al er-praduct1On of gooc!<; The fo11owmg note \\ as \\ ntten b) Lhdrle~ DILkens 1111epl) to a leitcr from ,1 fnenel a"k111g hIS ach lce 111regard to Ills con-templated Jlurchase of 'iome old fnrmtnre There 1~ a lYltto'11- less chall at a 'ihop near m\ office \\ h1ch I thm1--. \\ o,lld "mt yon It cannot "Ll11el of 1helt, bnt \\111 seat somebolh It Ion \\111 put It 111 a cornel and p10p up one leg -md cut anothel oft 1he cmner \lants $100 f01 It, but a'i he adnllre'i Jour bock, 1,~ l1m:~ht tdke S'30 tor It Shall I 'ieel1l e the pnze J It 1'i \ ell nc.h a11d \\ ')111"\ and It I' related, hut \" 1thont plOof that on (111( C CCd,hJn George \ \T ash111gton ded111ed to SIt do\\ n In It "dl1011g the 1ecent ,l1 r1\ ell" of bu\ ers m (;1 ,me! RapId" \' ere H ~ '-,cholle, ChlCdgo L ITa'e, "t r )~cph, \[0 1) '-, Ch\ en Kan"a~ C1t) H L \e1c1mghouse \...,t Lom" r \ \\ J0c110\\ Colul11bm, 0, C -\ Ilrad'"d\ 'Ul1ec, II111))1fJ1 P!ll1adelphla, \\ P Bra,1Ch Tv lel T("a~ -\ I-I Bllle\ Pall tIne, l ('e,l', James Lam,on, SIOUX C1t1 1m\ el The Ha\\ ks T Uf'11ture compam helve completed the el eCclon of a ncw fact on and \\ 111~oeJn com l1cnce operatmg the ~a n" \mes & rrost have commenced the (1 CdlOn or a humt 1e fadO!) 111Clllcago rJ he CalOlldclet \\ enue rWl11tll1e ( lmjJ,lm ha\ e t:lkCll 1 Jc, "e,SlU,l of ,l ne\\ faLton 111St I DUh The manufaLt111 e of \\ ood "cat chdu, h,h heen COJ11l11enc~1 at Goshen Ind h) HI ddfOl cl BlOther" 1 he m,1l1l1L1ctmcrs of elJa\\ d pull" and Cd~tC1" al e 1bout to combIne theIr mterest'i "1hen, It r unde1 stand) ou 'ialel a elcdle1 111funiltl11 e to , de11nquent l ustome1, ( \ ou do not 111tcnd to Pel\ the dmolwt '01 m\ e me Yom 11llderc,tcll1c1111gh C01rect rep1Jed the df'11 1 quent "-\ncl) ou conslder ) our"df an honest man')' '\ es S', If I were not hone"t I \\ ould tell \ ou 1 mtended to pay \ 0'1, but 11101 dCl to be honest I do not mtend to decen e ) ou To Save the Damaged Timber. \ 11 Il e~ tro 11 '-,poLwe, \ \ ash, report that al ) an,geJ11t'J1t~ a c cllledch u ,del \\,lv \lhueb) Llrge 111tere"ts, mc1ue!111g the \ \ dLam l{llllec1c;e T llllber COmpdn), the \ICCrOldnck LUl11be1 COJJ1P,l11l, the "\Jill\ dukee Lane! compan\, the T\ve ::"tate~ Lumber eO'11p(111) and other" opt! atmg 111 the panhandle of Idaho, II III J0111 forces 111an effort to 'i,lh age the government £ore'it'i recent h s 1\ eJlt b) fire In makmg th1 ~ announccment, -\lbe1 t L Fle\\- ~1l111£; of '-,1' lkane, p1e'1c1ent of the \\ ec,te1l1 1 Ole,tr) and Con-sen atlOn \ 'iSOuatlOn, II ho IS proJ11mently conn.::Lteel Iv 1th the \bh\ aukee Land Compan), saId that the fire cbfl lCtS WIll hdve to be logged \\ 1thm the neAt two ) ear~, ,lc1c1l11g L\ (1) th111g from a P0111t t\\ 0 11111(5\\ est of the St Joe to the top of the BIttel Roots 1, scorched so th,lt It \\ III have to be l ut north of the ::"t Joe UHr. \\ e hope to save mBt) per cent ot t1le tImber, but It shoule! come out \\lt1un the next t\\ 0 ) ears lf It lS.to bi:' logged \\lthont e!amage ThIS \\111 reqUlre actlve \\ 01k on the pal t of the lumber CO,l1pames, amI the large 1 org,ln lni!o,b opel atmg 111th , te111t01 I probabh \\ 111COlnbme m thur opel a t1On" (The llncago \[llvvaukee & l'uget l.,ounc11,llh\a) company h lJlllle!mg a br'lllch up BH:; L1 eek, ,111d other 11ne" may have to be bl11lt to hane!le the loge,mg The \\ h1te pme can be cut and pnt 111the CoeUl e! \lene lelke, \\ here It can be "tared and pre- ,el \ eel for 10 \ eal" If necesc;al y to a\\ a1t the log market \\ e el' c not ~0111g to let the C0l11ltrv \\ ,1'ite If there 1'i anI 'iaha~e to 1)2 gotten out of It 1t left to stand f01 another fire, 111 Its dead cOI1e!JtJOJ1,the tlmhe1 \\ oulel he ,1 Lotal 1o", ~-------------------------------- ,IIII 1I ~m~@~'uc I ,~ ~WRITETO I I(HICAGO MIRROR tART61ASSCtt:\ I \ I f I 217 N. Clinton Street f 'l_ Chicago, llIs., U.S.A. I ~'/~ ~ j ~----------------._----------- -- ------~I 24 WEEKLY ARTISAN ChIcago, .sept 2~ -Refell111g to the pttcle that lhlCdgo tut l11tUl e manufactnrers are eVlllclllg 111thett falton "Ult ouncl111l;" mcntlOned ldst \\ eek, a notable e,ample of thb I'> to be -een alon'.; the factory frontage" ot both the ] ohn-{Jn Chatt LOlllpam dncl the LOUl~ Hanson compam I he lattet has a beaut1±ulh latd uut garclen frontm<Yb the entt ance to Ib plant that \\ ould be \\ Ot tl1\ ~ of a handsome CIty reSIdence, whIle the smoothly sodcled spa~L along the cntIre len:::;th ot both factOrIes b mtet sper'led \\ Ith shade trees Thcre are othet 111stances of tIll', ehar,lctet and though flowets amI toltage ale hal cI to g-10\\ III the Lentr al nun ufacturJng- clistI tcts, attempts at such beautlt\ 111l; IM\ e heLn macIe WIth wmcIO\\ flower bo'<:es by the \clam~ ~ EltIng CO'l1 pdny \Vashm:::;ton boulevarcl near HalsteacI ~treet ancl th~ l,)- lumbla 1 eathel LOmp11\ Hb \\ e"t IndIana Stl eet J J Hall & .son \\ ho ha\ e occuptecI the -econcl HllOI ul the Karpen bUlldmg fOl a number of year~ 11d\ e led~ecI the cn'lre thIrd floor of the ne\\ Karpen butldmg and \v III mo\ e mto t!lo-e quarters next spnng In the new butldmg they \\ III occUj)\ up wards of JO,OOO feet ,md \\ J11 retam the l111e~ the\ hay e handlul heretofore, and WIll acId a numbel ot other good one- lOl whIch they are nov\ negotIatl11g and some ot \\ hleh they hd \ cell ready closed arrangements -\m{Jng theIr llt1e~ are the ll110n \V Ire Mattress company s tt on bech \,- -\ Del kc\ eomp 111 \ " chamber sUlies, Horn UfOS -:'I1anufacturIng compam's chambel fur111ture and others The Columbtd leather company JIG \\ e,t Inc!lana ,tteet has arranged to show agam the comlllg season \\lth the OtlllUC J Furl11ture company 111 the \1 at1ufaltureh bUlldlllg e,l and l~ap teIs They have made an n.hlbtt III thetr home mdrket hele tot many years past, when thetr lme has been among the leacling one- In ItS class ot goods S111ce ac!cling the hIgh gt acl,: mdttt e"" dlHI box spnng l1l1e to theIr feather bth111e'l'l they hay e gl eath aug mented theIr tI ac!e anc! the managet, Zola C Gt een, ha~ L' pressed llls entIre satIsfactIOn at the \\ ay dealel s "eelll to appt c-clate thE:1r efforb III proc!uclllg only the hlghel g t ac1e~ :Mauf1ce Taubel & Co, are no\\ qUlte "ettlec! 111the qual ters to ",hlch they recently moved at 2381 2390 -\lchet d\ eml~ There they OCCUpy tIn ee lanse butlc!lllgs, {Jne 01 \\ l11ch IS tOut fi{Jors and basement, the other t \\ 0 three stonb The 'p teL now occupIed IS fully three tIme., that it om \\ l11eh the\ mo\ eel and thIS last chan~e IS the thIrd one -:'III Taubel ha'l made to lalger quartels 111 the past three yeals r 0 Salkeld and I C Helmkamp are both on the road now, after be1l1g recalled for a short tIme on account of the stackl11g up of bus1I1ess that accumulated during their removal They repOl t that all ordcl" al e being shIpped out promptly and that they al e 111hettel -h<tIK than ever to take care of theIr trade The Vendome Parlor lur11lture company, \\ ho~e tactol \ I' at Lake and Robey streets, ChIcago, h<tve IssuecI tIckeh \\ hleh By E. Levy. Representative. THE.HindtlpARLOlt NEW BED? Need not be moved from the wall Always ready WIth beddJng in place. So Simple, so easy, a child can operate It. Has roomy wardrobe box. CHICAGO, Erie & Sedgwick NEW YORK, Norman & Monitor THE WORLD'S BEST SAW BENCH Bu It WIth double arbors, shdmg tabl· and eqUIpped complete WIth taper pm guages ca·elully graduated. Th:s machme represents the heIght 10 saw bench con' structlOn It IS deSIgned and bUllt to reduce the cost of saw10g stock. Write us for descrIptIve Informatwo. THE TANNEWITZ WORKS, ~.Wt:.g!~PIDS, dIe ~I\en to tl1fllltl11e dealels that entItles the holder to taxIcab ,en Ice it am any dO\\ n town hotel to theIr fdctory where they c\.hlblt then lInL at upholstel ed furlllture It is but a sh{Jrt run 110m the centu ot the CIty to thelr factory and they have a velY dttlaLtJ\C lIne to shO\\ the eleath ot ,frs GertIude .:\1allen, wlclow of the late Her-man L \Iallen IS dnnouncecl at the advanced age of 80 years 1 he hlbbancl ot thl'> estImable lady was one {Jf Chlcago's plOneer p,l1lor tr dJ11e J11anufaLtlll er~ anc! one who dId much towards mak- Illo thb U 1\ leclcl the \\ odd 111 the pador fIame I11dustry 1\11s b 0 ,[allen Ic,l\ c~ ,1 numbel ot chIldren to moUl n her loss, among 1\ hom 1~ Hel man \\ ,1aUen, who has contl11uec! the parlor tldme manutaLt1ll1l1i2, hns1l1e% \\hlch his father establIshert in the e,lrly seventIes -\mong the buyels of fUr11ltUle who have vIsIted the lInes on ~ale III ChIcago thl~ \\ eek are the followlllg 11 13 Stnlb, Huntlllgton, Ind ,J v, POI ter, Eagle Grove, Iowa; J S John-son, Osa\\ atomle, Kansas, J B Quayle, Ishpeml11g, Mich , J "e\\ man Pa ,tDn III , 1 Thomas, Topeka, Kan,; F. Land C. C Gra\, L\ on~ 1\.,In , J H Clune, Cheboygan, Mich ; 1\1 L Ste\\ art, LI Pa-o, 1 e,a" 1, S Harmon, Tacoma, 'Wash ; H C Smith, \\ hlte\'v"ter '\'IS , F H Pratt, RIchland Centre, W1S , T H Runkel, PotOSI, v\ IS, -\ A Frantschl, Madison, ·WIS., -\ K Dewlck ShlOCtOll, \VIS , 1\1 J Casey, North Richmond, \ \ 1" , C FI a7lel, -:'IIallltowoc, v\ IS, H H Braugher, LUlcoln, Tl1 ,n }< BIl11cl, P1I1C \ ll1age, Inc! , 1\1rs E Katzenstell1, For- ~\ th, \Iont , S -:'II Seamans, RIley, Kan , R C Heaton, Pas{J Ruble, Cal \ Tam HUloll S Dak ThelOn E vii n t succeeds his father, J L WIrt, 111 the un-dertakUlg busll1es~ at Bal taro, Fla. WEEKLY ARTISAN 25 Miscellaneous Notes and News. (O:mtmued from page 8 ) the moc,t amblt10us publIcIty campcugn It has ever attempted Through tl avelmg 'Salesmen and trade Journals they are tf} 111g to conVl11ce the people of }\It~SOttr1 and many other ~tates that St Lotlls IS one of the greatest furmttll e manufacturing centers 111 the world The Van B1arcom ManufactUll11g company, orgamzecl about a year ago to take over the bUSl11e.;;sof Fredenck :l\L Van Blar-cum, the well known manufacturer of lace Curtdl11S of Trenton, ~ J, has been placed 111the hands of a receIver The com-pany IS capltahzed at $100,000 and has issued $30,000 111 hongs Several banks, includmg two in ~ ew York Clty are among the credItors At the annual meeting of the Beldmg-Hall company, Deld-mg, Mlch, last week, the followmg cltrectors were elected Bnnton F Hall, E )E Chapple F A Washburn and R H Hall of Belchng, H B vVebbel and George E ~Ichols of loma and H J Dudley of Grand RapIds Bnnton F Hall was elected presldt)n t, R H Hall vIce presIdent, G D vVebber secreta I: and F Washburn treasUl er RepOl t.;; on the conchtlOn of the company's affaIrs were qmte sat1:ofactOl) _._------ OBITUARY Charles Burritt Quigley On Thur.;;da) evenmg September 2() Charle~ nurntt QUlgley, widely known m the varm~h, furmture and k1l1- dred trade.;;. dIed at hIs home 111 Grand RapIds, owing to an Illness that extended over several years J\II Quigley wa" born and grew to manhood 111GI and RapIds, and commencecl his business career over thtrty ) ears ago in the servIce of the Grand RapIds ChaIr company Hie V\ as an e"'-pert ac-countant and an able correspondent In 1881 he enteled the employ of the Standard Varmsh company and remaUled 111 their servIce over twenty years Later he was employed as sales manager by the Cleveland Varnish company, the Acme Pamt and Color company and the PItcaIrn Varl11sh company He was assOCIated WIth the last namecl corporatlOn on the day of hIS death Mr QUIgley was a \ ery successful :oalesman and under-stood every detaIl of the varl11sh bus111ess He was WIdely known 111the furl11ture carnage, automobIle and farm ma-chinery trades and hIghly respected He was a 111embel of the Masolllc fraterl1lty and of other secret orders ~ Wife and four daughters are the immechate mourners ( nood~tod" Ont \Iay 13, 191O-\lr " R Landon, <'llatham \lagon o (hatham, Ont, Dear SIr-Yonrs of the 12th In,t duly recened In whu h "on .ask bo\'\- we lIke the ne" Grand RdPlds lidn 'Light sa~ that ,\~ lIke tile kJln the best of any that "e have e'er trIed \,,~ (JD kIln dry gUln WIthout warpIng "hl-l,h ),"f> could not do In other ktlns that "e have ever trIed We lla,e at present one ktln 55 x 18 and \\e hal-eo four ~nlallpr kIlns dhout tht' ..,ame ('allaclty .fbese wert' •hangNl from the Parmenter kilns to the &rand Ruutd. sYbt..m, "e pUld th ..m '1>1~OQ for the prnilege and Ube of theIr kIlns, "ll)('h " a ])rett,} good sunt, hut ",Inch ne thInk hab paId u.., all rl~bt ~ome of these kIlns are InSIde of our "ood i'ltolage roonl 'lh~ In&uranc~ COSo have a",ked U~ to sprlnklt' thest" but lu&te.td of d(nng t.hat, \\e ~re talnng them out and hmldJng a 'epar,lt e kIln out"de Tll" kIln will he 56 feet b) 25 feet, 6 IDCht'-t', "e Ule gOIng to l'Ulld It of lenIent and 'H fiud the hUlldmg alone WIll CObt ahout 'In,500 The karn- 'lorr" PldllO Co put In one of theIr kilns about '!l'lX ]nonth~ ago Theirs" a.., the progres",,' kIln and IS abont 60" 20 l'heJ dalm theIr bmldmg , ... 1' them H,800, bllt (10 not kno" ".thont figurmg It np "hat the PIP-Ing would (ost 'I'hat would den end some as to how thIck you put In ,our PIPf"liil <Iud )on could figure the pipIng as eaSIlY, of {'ourse as ,,\e ('an, hut 'H~ do not heSItate In re('ommendlng the Grand RapId.., kIln to you tor wagon \\ork If there }s any other InformatIon that Jon thInk "ou uouid bkf", do not he ..I.t.ate to a~k and ]f In our pOl\f"r "Ill gladl3 gne ,on tht" InformatIon '-ours truly, The BalD '\\agoll COlll- Ilan", Ltd, Jobn A Bain, 'l<e ]>re'" clnd 'Igr P'" -The above budd-lngs art' (on( rett", loot andall-J <\ B • 0U :uc '~i ..~... r..:. lC) 50. 0 =' ~ ~ ~o1Il3 Q • ~ Gl rrJ lJo ,« 0 e d " 'l) Gl e 'l) CO -;; 0 ~ Do Q) ~ Z "'" 0 Q s.. ~ ..... .0. $.c e I.I.). Q ~ .....-4 ... CO ~ ............ ... 26 WEEKLY ARTISAN Most Attractive Inducements for Car Load Buyers Are Offered by the THE KARGES FURNITURE co. Manufacturers of Chamber SUItes,Wardrobes, Chlffomers, Odd Dressers, Chlfforobes THE BOSSE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of KItchen Cabinets, K D. Wardrobes. Cupboards and Safes. In ImItation golden oak, plain oak and quartered oak. THE WORLD FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Mantel and Upnght Folding Beds. Buffets, Hall Trees, Chma Closets, Combmation Book and LIbrary Cases. THE GLOBE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of SIdeboards m plam oak, imItatIon quartered oak, and solId quartered oak, Chamber Suites, Odd Dressers, Beds and Chlffomers III rrmtatIon quartered oak, ITtIltatIon mahogany, and Imitation golden oak. THE BOCKSTEGE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of the "Supenor" Lllle of Parlor, LIbrary, Dilling and Dressmg Tables I THE METAL FURNITURE co. Marie by [he hdrges FUrtutUl e Co Manufacturers of "Hygiene" Guaranteed Brass and Iron Beds. CrIbs, WIre Spnngs and Cots Evansville is the great mixed car loading center of the United States, made so by the Big Six Association . ---------.--..-••-.-.•-.-..-..-.-..-...---_,-..-.-.------ -----------------.-.-.-......1.. WEE K L Y ART I SAN 27 Made by Bosse FurnIture Company \1aue b\ \\ arId t< tit nlture Compauy II III It t III I, I . I Made by Bockstege FurnIture Co h--_._. ~~ ----- - . 28 WEEKLY ARTISAN Minnesota Retail Dealers' Furniture Association OFFICERS-Pre.ldent J R Ta}lor, Lake Benton Mmn, V,ce PresIdent D R Thompson, Rockford, MlUn , Treasurer, B A Schoeneberger, Perham, Mllln , Secretary, W L. Grapp, Janesvtlle Minn EXECUTIVE COM\H fTEE-Chalrman Geo Klem, Mankato Mlnn, 0 SImons, Glencoe, MlUn • W. L HarrIs \1mneapohs, MInn 1 C Datuelson, Cannon Falls BULLETIN No. 145. PROCEEDINGS OF FAIR WEEK MEETING (An installment of this matter should ha"e apl)eared last '\0\ eek. but," as delayed owini1 to the failure of the stenographer to furnish COP) .-Editor Weekly Artisan.) Morning Session. September 8. 1he meetlllg v. as cd\led to ordu b} VIce Pre,ldent D E. [hon p ,on who read a letter from th" pre'ldent "t ltlng \\ h\ hc could not be present, v\111ch enclosed the presIdent, addl e" \\ hlch \\ I' Ie I\t by Mr Thomp'wn and whIch WI, pubh,hed In thh dqnl tment lln Scp tember 17 Tn opemng the mormng ,e<',lOn illI Thompson Slld 1 undu stand the object of thl' meet111g IS for geneJdl ChSUh'lOn ot om \\otk and as we have ,tlwdYS hdd " set 1)togr 1m v. e \\111 fo\l(J\\ the oppo'lte plan thh time and m ,ke thI'o meet1112, 1. ,Ol t 01 I;(ener tI C\)'C ,1 --lOll of thl11gs that are Interestl11£; to tho,e pre,ent I \\"nt to ur~e ell h one of } ou to get 111tOthe splnt ot thl'o meetl11g and tell \h 111\ OUt own way just the th111gs that you \\ ould hke to 111.\e done \\ c \\ 111 not attempt to follow the l111e of speech malong 0\ dll\ torm dlt\ but make thb meetIng d sll11ple hedrt to heart ch,cu',lOn PC\ tdl111n., to the th111gs that hdve bronl;(ht us here bec'\use elt no NhcI tlll1L or place could we get together d' v\ e nm\ Cem ,\ hlch \\ 111 en lble u' to eAchange Ideas whIch no doubt \\Ill rc,ult to tile beneht ot u' L11 The first subject for dbcu<:SIon h lhe tendenc\ 01 the \\ hole, tic lob ber" houses to suppl} merchandl"e to mel ch'l11h \\ l11ch tne\ d not carry 111 stock" Mr L\nderson of At\\ clter 1I111n Thl~ c,lll, to m} m111,l Dnc ut the most treacherOlh kmds of competitIOn that the small merch,[nb have to meet and one whIch 111my m111d IS the \ ery tl11n2, th It \' keepmg the vanous merchants 111most of our towns dt loggerhe"d, becau,e we find that human nature 1S about the "ame e\ ervwhel c md naturally each bus111es, man charges the amount of ploht h" lInch necessdry 111order to hve, dne! accOl d111g to the buslne" he h 111 con"equent!y we, the furmture dealer" 01 Implement dealel' hnd tll It the dry good, or grocery merchdnts \\ ho pas" thell ;;ood, 0\ er thc counter 111d few mInutes, feel tlldt \\ e the turmture de,tlel' or 1m plement dealers can ,ell our good, dt the same mdrg111 0 f ploht not ,toDP111g to IedSOn that WIth us It takes a 40 acre lot tor a ,t01 e l11d sometImes two or three men to handle the dl tle!e, Theretofl hl jumps at conclUSIOns tlldt the furl1lture cledlel b lobb1l1g hl111 '\0\\ where chd he get tll1S rJea~ '\0 \\here eI,e but thru the 111tOI111 1\101 he gets by read111g the v. holesale jelbbel" merch mdbe e t 1.10"::-' ll1(\ I say thIS IS ,[11 wrong dnd cannot uncler,tdnd \\ In the mI1l111eI ,hould know what bolts cost Ot the furl1ltUt e dealel knov\ \\ hat ,Ilk \\ 1.I,t, cost or hardware men know v. hat c lllcly co,b and so on through the 1111e,because It IS only natuldl that If we don t knov\ these th111g, we are not apt to Jump at conclUSIOns as v. e would other\\ \se 1.nd I be heve our aSSOCIatIOn ought to take a deCIdeJ ,tep to bnng tl1h ev II and Its results to the notIce of those"" ho are ,:(mlt, of thl' prdctlLe ancl bnng a, much DressUl e to beal a, nos'lble f01 then correcttOlh C Dal1lelson Cannon F alb 'T \\ lllt to second the sentllnents e,<pressed by l\[r L\nderson, because 1 In e 111a to\\ n \\ here the bU'l-ness men are trY111g to work togethel ,1l1d do work together for the g-ood of our httle cIty and to br111g to yom notice more forClbh the truth of Mr L\nderson's statement 1 want to SdY that sometIme ,go a dry good, merchant came to me for some furl1ltul e and I nO!lcecl when 1 showed hUT1thru the llne tllat cv erv once 111d Whtl e he \\ ould stOD dnd th111k and then he finally saId vVell 1 WIll see vou htel ThIngs ran alon>," untIl about a week after that When I met h1\11 1.t the CommercIal Club meet111,;, where 1 heard hIm say that he \vIshed he wel e lJ1. a bUS111eS' that earned the profIt th"t the furnIture de 1.1er does Thb set me to thmk1l1g and T made It my buslnes, to c dl on thIS merchant the next morn111g and I ~ut It to 111m\n a stralg-ht for \\ ard m;:nner and dsked hIm why he exp\ ec;sed hImself thuc; the mght before "nd he told me thdt he was 100k1l1g u)) the ,anous Items of cht ferent catalogs and he saId he dtd not object to P1Vll1g me a £11\ profit hut he dId oblect to be1l1g- held up Bv thIS t1\l1e lle hId \~armed UDcon'lderably but r let hIm ha\ e hh "d, 1.nd finall} \11duce 1 hm1 to come to the store He happcn,"J to be hgunng on a dre"e1 and I got the bIll of S,lme dnd then \\ e ulmmenced to figure The dresser cost an even $10 and I had only asked hIm $15 f01 It ,me! \\ hen we had both figured the busl11ess tran,actron down, as busIne", men ought to, we found that I \\as selll1H; tIllS dresser at 1.n ,ctucd los, of 30 centc; and then \\e both felt hke tl111ty cents' TI, thl time we 11dd chdrged up the proper dmOltnt for overhead e,pelhC, dnd allowed l11e 75 cents fOl 'etlmg and ,1 httle for dcll\ ennl;( \\, both were conv111ced that \t IS only too true that the average 'm 111 busmess man doe' not figure hIS m erhead eApeIhe, as he should and h [II \\ e not ~otten togethel a, It h lppened 111thIS case, I do not d )tIbt th It he \\ ould h ,\ e 'ent a\\dY tor thIS tnrmtl\1e and you know hm\ th It mIke, you leel \ 0\\ d,k ,ourself who ueated "uch eon-dltl< J1h It I, ,Imph d, ,fl ".nder-,on says, the whole"dle merchan-dl, e jobbel' \\ ho 'el1d theIr C1.tdJOgS to everybody If thIS llttle 111- cldent 11clppened 111111} to\\ 11,v. hy IS It not pos01ble that It IS happen- \112,111 } OUI to\\ n' \lmllst e\ el Y day as I see the great growth of the tur111tl1\c dep,ll tment 111tl1e,e k111ds of concerns I am cony 111ced I' 1 ne\ el hd\ e been betol e of the 2,leat wrong thIS "ystem IS d0111g-to thc -mall decdel' H D De\L\ lll1g ("l\ 101d 1I111n '1 undel stdnd that you have In I" l1117tttOll 111 ,1111l1e,ot 1 c1.11ed the l\l111nesot" FederallOn, 111 \\ l1\lh III thc b\1>111'" Intele,h of thc ,tlte are u111ted, dnd It seems to mc th It tIll' h .1 problem th,lt \\ III be \ ery ploper for them to tdke up l11d theret,)fe sug-ge,t that our as'oclatJOn app01l1t a commIttee t ) bl111g the m ltter up at the comIng meet111g of the federatIon next month I thct e 101e mo\ e thdl th1, be clone" 1he motIon \\ I" CdIned ll1d the chalf apPOInted the follow111g commIttee R E n lle Elk RIver, :\1 Anderson, Atwatel. dnd C n 1111cl-ol1 C1.nnon 11.110 C \\ H II [1'0 Rock \\ ell Towd 'The ch,cusslOn Just carned on olt-<ht to com, clo,e to c\ el y bus1l1ess man because there IS no deny-ll1g th It the,e cond,tIOn" eXIst The Cjuestlon IS, how long ale we, the ,mall dealu s ,:(01n,; to stand thl' hll1d of bUSIness pollcy? I can-not help hut teel that If you tlke clway the patronage of the majonty ur lhe 'l11l11 (Ie d, r, rr om the"c Idrge concerns, they would hay L \c)\ lIttl, 1ett dnc1 thelt thc\ cuuL! not Cc,rry on theIr bus1l1ess WIth lllt thc (1 dc r, th,It COnte trom the c;mdll dealers But thIS IS a free l nntn lnd \\ e 1.1\ 111.\ e 'l \ I"ht to do thdt whIch we th111k best for \\1 InterL,t- but J\ht h ,oon d' that \\ hlch we, dS mdlvlduals do, l!teLl' our neIl;hbol' ll1d then prospenty, then It becomes our nelgh-bOI , clut} to ,ce that tho,e th1l1g" al e corrected, and whIle the pres-ent

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