Weekly Artisan; 1910-06-11

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Issue of a furniture trade magazine published weekly in Grand Rapids, Mich, starting in 1879. and ( ) ! ~ , l ( GRAI'\1D Rf\PluS PUTILIC LIDR1RY GRAND RAPIDS. MICH••JUNE 11. 1910 SLIGH FURNITURE COMPANY The Largest Manufacturersof CHAMBER FURNITURE EXCLUSIVELY IN THE WORLD Catalogue to Prospective Customers. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. WEEKLY ARTISAN 1 2 WEEKLY ARTISAN .... a... ..•.. .... . a.a ..... -_ ... sa •• _._._ •••••••••••••• aa ., LUCE FURNITURE COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. I I t I III Ij Manufacturers of COMPLETE lines of MEDIUM PRICED DINING I Catalogues to Dealer. Ooly. and CHAMBER FURNITURE. ---- -------_. -_.-- ~_.------ ----------- ---_. _. _. ---- ._.._. At • _.. • ••• _ ---' Luce-Redmond Chair Co.,Ltd. I BIG RAPIDS, MICH. High Grade Office Chairs Dining Chairs Odd Rockers and Chairs Desk and Dresser Chairs Sli pper Rockers Colonial Parlor Suites In Dark and Tuna Mahogany Blrd's Eyf Maple Birch !Zuartfud Oak and Clr(aSSlan Walnut Our Exhibit you will find on the fourth floor, East Section, MANUfACTURERS'BUILDING,North Ionia Street GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Exhibit in charge of ]. C. HAMILTON, C. E. COHOES, ]. EDGAR FOSTER. GRAND RAPIDS ~ PUBLIC LIBRARY 30th Year-No. 50 GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.• JUNE 11. 1910 Issued Weekly TRUE HISTORY OF COLONIAL FURNITURE How It Was Introduced and How It Has Been Made and Used in America. Virgima Robie in her book 'Hlstonc Styles m Furm-ture" discusses in a most interestmg- manner the furnIture of the vanous periods beginning- wIth that of the mIddle ages and continuing down to the present day The colomal style was the accepted one for two centune" from 1620 to 1820 The term "colonial furmture," used In Its lIteral sense m-cludes the household effects of the colomsts from the tIme of the settlement of Jamestown, untIl the war of the Revo-lutIOn This definition eliminates the work of the EnglIsh cabInetmakers of the late eighteenth century and the EmpIre style as well To limIt the adjectIve "colomal" to the furm-tUfe imported or made by the colomsts pnor to 1776, would dIsqualIfy more than half of the old mahogany 111thIs coun-try. The word has been in use So long-, 111ItS wIder sense, to include everything 111 furnIture from the earlIest posses"IOns of the Pilgrims, down to 1820, that It IS doubtful If the lIteral meaning is ever accepted The standards of the old world governed the Amencan furmture makers untIl 1830. The colonial period In fUrJutll1 e outlIved the colomal period 111history fifty years The first hundred years may be called the age of oak and the second the age of mahogany The fashIOn" 111furm-ture changed more slowly in New England than In the south which was in closer touch with England The Dutch in-fluence came WIth the reIgn of WIllIam of Orange and the Flemish and Spanish model" soon followed Col,mIal furmture had certa111 dlstmgUlshmg types in dIfferent part" of the country That of the PIlgnms dIffered from the colomsts m the south and each dIffered from that of the Dutch settler" The Huguenots in Canada had house-hold belongings dIffenng from the French 111LOUISIana The Quaker and SwedIsh settler" m Pennsylvama added stdl an-other element In dIfferent state', of the south there was less dIfference 111 colomal styles The early PIlgnms and Pun tans were too poor to pos-sess much more than the grim neceS<;Itles of lIfe compelled, and so theIr furmture consIsted of hIgh back settees, chairs, chests, pIam deal tables and an occasIOnal armchaIr The Mayflower furnIture was extremely meager. The Mayflower brought a number of pIeces now m PIlgnm Hall, Plymouth, on her fil st voyage and on later voyages brought more house-hold goods for the colomsts The matenals used were most-ly natIve wood", "uch as oak, walnut, ash, cherry, pIne, maple, bIrch, hIckory and cedar. ImporteJ furnIture was usually of oak Wainscot chairs were rare The leather chaIr wa'S of ItalIan OrIgIn I t was brought to England by the Dutch who obta111ed It from the FlemIsh It was sub-stantIally bUllt WIth turned legs and heavy underbraces The "turkey" chair was of lIghter constructIOn and so-called from the orIental fabrICS used In upholsterIng These three styles WIth the "turned" chaIr were mentlOned 111many wIlls and documents of that tIme. The wamscot table was used both as a d111ing table and a settle The settle was the most characterIstIc article of early New England furnIture The foreIgn article could not compare in beauty WIth that manufactured by New Eng-landers ThIS pIece of furnIture was popular for over a century. Originally It was a chest WIth a back to whIch side pIeces were added A moJIfication of the chest resulted 111 a low set of drawers At fir"t only one drawer was used, then others were added untIl It became a chest of drawers Other pIeces of furmture were evolved f{"om thIS, such as the high boy low boy, bureau and a desk The desks were first boxes called "WrItIng boxes," "desk boxes" and "paper boxes" The bed of the early days IS not often mentIOned. From the maSSIve designs In vogue in England and Holland, the colomal bed of the seventeenth century may be conjectured Few of these heavy structures were imported untIl after 1650. A plaIner piece of furnIture follOWIng 111general lInes the EnglIsh model, was made In the Plymouth and Bay col-onies at an early date The Dutch settlers m New Amster-dam used a built-in bedstead called a slaap-bauck ThIS was used for emergencie'S when unexpected guests appeared. In Oloff Van Cortlandt's house It was bUIlt In the sitting room behind a slidmg door whIch concealed It by day and whIch could be lowered at mght to form a shelf for the mattress. In many houses thIS simple contrIvance was the only prOVISIOn made for sleepmg The old Dutch slaap-bauck was the an-cestor of the modern foldmg bed. Southern manSIOns m the seventeenth century were rIch-ly furnIshed The lands passed from father to son and theIr wealth was so great that they lIved lIves of luxury and ease. Carved oak found m old southern manSIOns is very beautfuL FurnIture showed a great varIety of designs Seven k111ds of cupboards were listed m the Inventory of the Fitz-Hugh house. "Thousand legged" tables were m popular use. ThIS was a peculiarly constructed artIcle haVIng many leaves, whIch were supported by heaVIly braced legs In the south , WEEKLY ARTISAN IMMENSE INCREASE THE PAST SEASON has seen a very pleasing and very large increase 10 the business that has come to us from all parts of the country. this table bec,lme qmte an ornamental atta11 C::;mallcl tdhle~ were the 'foldmg' and 'dra\\mg-" ones. ,\hleh \\elC ~1J111Lll 11l de"lgn, but less 11eh1\ ca1 \ ed LIghter lleslg-n~ 1eplaced the hea\,) p1ece~ m the ~e\ e11- teenth ce11tm\ m hngland Chall" \\e1e btlllt on 111UIL g-raceful hnes. tables and cupboalCb \\ ere le~~ ma""n e and cumbersome fhe \e\\ Englandels fo11O\\cd the lead at then b1othel s aClOSS the sea and more gl aceful lme" and cle:ou:;ns became the rule In 1720 maho\:;a1T\ came mLo use 111 Iond011 Dr C1bhon an hnghsh ph) SlClan has long hcen Clechted 1\ 11h the 11111 () duet1011 of thIS \\ ood l"p to that time very little mahogan \ II;as 111 use m the col1111es Tt \\ a" not 11np01teel to thh countly to an, gleat extent until afte1 the \ eal 1/-1-0 \\ lt11 out mahoganv, the cahnolerlegged desk" and ~eCle·dlle" ca1 veel four post hed" and graceful fidelle hack Ch,lll" \\ {nl1d not ha, e reached "uch a degree of heauh ChaIt makm2, was 1evolutlOl11Zeel b, the mtroeluctlOn at thh \\ Joel Thc yea1 1760 l1larked another change 111 the 111st01\ at t1.11l1ltUlt makmg 111 the cdon1es [he great E11Zhsh cabll1etmake!" ChIppendale Hepple\\ h1te, Sheraton and othel s. e,el ted the strongest 1110uence on c\mencan fUl111tt11e manufactu1l112, Each one's deSign" had the11 penoel of populant\ After the \\ al of 1~12 1=<'ngh"h ,t\ le" ded111ed m fa\ r 1 and 11ance 'I;as the SOlllce of 111"pllatlOn of the \mellLan fUlniture l1lakel~ The EmpIre ],ecame the succeSSQ1 of the ~nghsh styles Thl \mellcans kept fl ee hOll1 some 01 the mcon~l ,11tles \\ l11ch mall ell the 0I1gll1als \ ',out 1830 the st)le hacllun Its CJUlse \\/1th the achent of black \\almlt mahogan\ was no longer popular and the al t of fUl111ture making ceaserJ to eXIst after t\\ 0 hundred ::-eal '., Toda\ the colomal st~ 1c has regamed It-, ele"el \ eel pla( e m ]Jopula! favor THERE MUST BE A REASON QUICK SELLERS and our friends tell us that no other manufacturer is so prompt III making ship-ments. We know how important it is that EVERY ORDER should have quick attention. It enables dealers to do a big business on a small stock, which means small expense and big profits. Then too, no other line is made up of so many The design, construction and finish, combined, make the NORTHERN line the most popular in the country. It is our constant aim to make the kind of furni-ture that will move quickly, and July, 1910, is going to surpass allpreviousdforts. visiting the furniture market this coming season should make a special effort to see the many new patterns offered. With our enormous line---the biggest in the world---you can always save money by making up a car. GRAND RAPIDS Leo n a r d B u ild in g NEW YORK Furniture Exchange NORTHERN FURNITURE COMPANY SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN CHICAGO 1300 Michigan Ave. EVERY DEALER Hold Fast to a Good Thing. "c \ II al 'eal ago more or less, It matters not, the Royal I UlnltUle compam ])lought out a pUle colomal chamber "Ulte (1\ hethel 10rClgn 01 domestic m conceptlOn IS of no 1111])01 tance I 111 figured maho\:;an), put together so well and fiJJl~]lecl "0 attlclct1\ eh that a large number of d1scnml11atl11g hu\ el ~ at once eleuded that bus1l1e"s could not be done as It ~houlcl be clone, \\ Ithout 1t In the world of furnIture It IS a" much cl c1a"slc as Tennyson s poem:o 111 hterature, Chopm's noctUl ne" 111 mU~lL or II hbtler's pal11tmgs 111 art The sUIte has "old ea"J!, and afforded satisfactIOn to the maker, to the dealel antl to ~entlemen and ladles who have purchased It JOI the11 home'., It" manufacture wJ11 be contmued mc1efi- 1111ely WEEKLY ARTISAN The PROUDFIT P 8 BINDER for Blue Prints, Photos and PhotolIravures has been adopted with success by the following firms and many others WHY NOT GIVE IT A TRIAL AND BE COI\tVINCED') Wolverine Brass Works, Grand Rapids GIand Rapids Brass Wks, Grand Rapids. Michigan Chair Co , Grand Rapld~ Grand Rapids Chair Co , 6rand Rapids Berkey & Gay FurnIture Co ,Grand Rapids Century Furniture Co Grand RaPids. Imperial Furniture Co , Grand RapIds. Royal Furniture Co , Grand Rapids. Phoenix Furniture Co , Grand Rapids 5 John D. Raab Chair Co, Grand Rapids HastlnOs Cabinet Co., HastlnOs, Mich. Barber Bros Chair Co , Hastings, Mlch Wolverine Mia Co, Detroit. The Sikes Co , Philadelphia, Pa The H Lauter Co.. Indianapolis, Ind. Langslow-Fowler Co., Rochester. N. Y Galiia Furniture Co., Gaillopolls. O. IF YOU WILL SEND US A SAMPLE SET Of" YOUR SLUE PRINTS WE WILL INSERT THEM )N ONE OF OUR COVERS AND SUBMIT fOR YOUR APPROVAL THE PROUDFIT LOOSE LEAF CO., 8 AND 10 LYON ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Products of the Markets in 1880. (From the Chicago Furniture Journal for September, 1880). Chicago contams a great many fur11lture factOlies 111whIch all grade'S of fur11ltl11e, from the cheape"t to thc most am])1- tIOUS are made The \ anety of style'S IS \ el y large and should be suffiCIent to aftord e\ el y retaIl store 111the CIty a dIve 1sIfied stock, but a stroll through the 1etaIl StOl es wIll reveal the s111gular fact that of the goods dhplayed a lalge part comes from dIstant points, and that almost 111vanably such good:::. are notIceable fOt their excellent deSIgn There are many parlor frame factones 111 ChIcago but the best pattern of frames used by upholsterers al e made 111MIlwaukee and New York (ThIS condItion no longer eXIsts -Fd ArtIsan) ChI cago has plenty of desk and center table makers, but GIlman, Tuttle & Co of Boston sell lots of goods 111 ChIcago, not-wlthstand111g the hIgh rates of freight In every store may be seen the fancy goods of Goff and Cooper of PhIladelphia, whIle the chamber ftll11lture of the Grand RapIds factories occupIes the places of honor The chamber SUIte makel s of ChIcago are scarcely represented In the retaIl stores by theIr best products In constructIon the better grades of ChIcago work IS fully equal to that of other CItIes Why IS it then that the best ChIcago wOlk finds but httle sale at home? The reason was SImply that m design It was ldmentably defiuent (It IS better now -Ed. ArtIsan) In the elements of beauty the deSIgners of other CItIes e\ mce knowledge and a clearer understandmg of dft and there-fore produce more salable goods It is but Just to the manu-facturers of ChIcago to say that they have not had the neces- 'iity for Improvement In deSIgn forced upon them, for such de'ilgns as they have been pleased to offer have found ready acceptance by the \ ast number of consumers who are uncntI-cal and wIll probably always remam so But the fact rema111S that thele IS a large and mcreasmg class that IS cllt1cal, that thIS class, year by year, dra \\ s to Itself more and mOl e of the wealthy and mtellIgent, and that tho manufactUIers who \\ould thrive must conSIder ItS want:::. Novelty alone IS not suffiCIent to secure approbatIOn. PO"ltIve ment must be present ;\nd that pOSItIve, ment WIll command success IS stnk111gly shown by the experience of the I manufacturers of flll11ltllle in Gland RapIds Only a few years I ago Grand RapIds was of no Importance as a fur111ture center I Only common goods were produced there and It \\ as on a par I WIth a dozen other western towns But It \vas one of the first to feel the Impulse of the awaken111g of art feelIng, not very I sensIbly perhdps, but WIth a clear perceptIOn of the fact that the publIc was beg111n111g to demand not only novelty but excellence To meet that publIc demand by constant advances to the advanced standard has been the con:::'Istent and steady endeavor of those finns whlch have In recent yealS raised themseh es from compal atlve u111mpOltance to the em111ent pO')ltIOn whIch they now OCCUP} The statement COllles to us that the \ alue of the fUll11ture manufactured m Grand RapIds thIS yedf wIll reach $3,000,000; that great addItIOns to some of the fdctolle:::. thel e are 111 CaUlse of erectIon, that at lea"t one of the factones gives employment to 600 men, and the place boasts the patronage of the best buyers in the country Aga111, \\ e ask why l'i thIS so ? Is not the ast011lSh111g success of Grand RapIds another e'(ample of the practIcal value of art apphed to mdustIy ? Bought to Fill a Special Order. J ] Grier and 1\[ E P dxton of Kansa" CIty, arrn ed 111 Crand RapIds on June 6 and placed an order for furnIture "peualtles They were accompal11cd by a dealel r-nO--YOUWANT I the PRETTIEST, BEST and MOST POPU-L- AR LEATHER FOR FURNITURE. ANY COLOR. WILL NOT CRACK. If so buy our GOAT and SHEEP I SKINS I Write for sample pads of colors. DAHM & KIEFER TANNING CO. TANNERIES CRAND RAPIDS, MICH. CHICACO, ILL. 204 Lake Street, CHICAGO, ILL. ". - . - ._. - _. ----._-------- .... Manufacturers of , 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 Fadories, Sash and Door Mills, Railroad Companies, Car Builders and others will consult their own interests by using it. Also Barton'. Emery Cloth, Emery Paper, and Flint Paper, fumished in rolls or reams. MANUFACTURED BY H. H. BARTON & SON CO., 109 South Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. ..I. FIRE PREVENTION IN NEW YORK. • Agitation by the Merchants' Association Promises to Prove Effective. The agltatlOn begun b} the Xe" York :-lerchant'" \'3:00- ClatlOn for better organIzatIOn WIthIn the fire department for fire prevention has brought about defi11lte actIon to that end by the ftre comnl1SSlOner He has dIrected one of the fire marshals to mvestigate the methods for fire prenntlOn hIther-to pursued by the fire department, to report upon theIr ade-quacy, and to make recommendatlOns for the orga11l7atlOn of an effectl\ e bureau of fire prevention The comml""lOner has further mVlted the co-operatIOn of the vanous public bodies whIch have mterested themselves m the matter. and has asked from them suggestIons and mformatlOn to aId him m hIS conclUSIOns For the purpose of learnmg theIr "Ie,," Lomnl1""lOner Waldo mVlted The 'Ylerchants' ASSOCIatIOn. the Chamber of Commerce, the New York Board of Fife Lndenvnters and the Retail Dry Goods ASSOCIatIOn to cOllfer ';\Ith hIm \lore than two Ihotlrb were bpent m dbcus"ln~ the \ anou" pha'3es of the subj ect . The commisslOner conceded that the authont} granted hIm by the eXlstmg cIty charter IS suHiclent to enable the ImmedIate orga11lzatlOn of an eftectl\ e bureau ot fire pre-ventIOn He expressed the opmion tllat eXIstIng Jetached bureaus, dealing WIth \ anous pl1a"e'3 of the general "nb]ect, should be concentrated and added to lIt order to prcl\ Ide an effectIve bureau He was further of the opl1l10n that "uch a bureau should have jurisdIction over ( ertam functlOns, not now under authority of the fire department, "uch a" mspec-tIon of electnc wlnng, superVISIOn of rubbIsh m tenement hou ,es and enforcement of certam detaIls now controlled by the bmldmg departmeflt The '3ubJect of compulsory installatIOn of automatic spnnklers, theIr connectlOn with hIgh pI essure street mains and theIr connnectlOn WIth them by eng-mes at fires was dis-cll"" eclm detatl The COmml"'3lOner was much unpressed WIth the repre:oentatlOn made to hIm on this pomt. It \\as further sugge'3ted that the cIty be divided into dlstncts and that provIsIon be made for adequate and con-stant inspectIOn of all premIses WIth a vIew to enforcement of eXlstmg laws and ordmances for protectIOn agamst fire, <is \\ ell as to afford the commissioner mformation upon which to eAerClse hI" PO\\ er to order addItIOnal appltances for ex-tmgulbhmg fires He asked and received suggestlonb of the delegates as to the clas,e" of btuldmgs m whIch automatIc sprinklers "hould be compul"only applied The commlbSlOner assured the representatlV es of the several organIzatIOns that he was thoroughly m '3)mpathy WIth theIr contentIOn that the pre- \ entlOn of fires should be made one of the most Important purposes of the fire department, and that every effort would be made to effect the necessary orga11lzation for that pur-po" e The deslfablltty and the beneficial results of enforcing compul"ory 1I1stallatlOn of automatic spnnklers m hazardous nsks, has recently been stnkmgly Illustrated The A.,,,oclatlOn had urged upon the former C0mmb- "lOner the compulsory mstallatlOn of automatIc spnnklers m ten deSIgnated premIse" Prelt111mary steps for compelhng "uch 1l1stallatlOn were taken m all the ten cases, but fGr some reason actIOn was not pushed to a conclUSIon 111 eIght of them, and but two \\ ere finally eqUlpped -------_._-_. -- -- ------- --------~-------------_._---------_._------_._---- ... Pitcairn Varnish Company Reliable Varnishes of Uniform Quality Our Motto: "NOT HOW CHEAP-BUT HOW GOOD" r c. B. Quigley, Manager Manufacturing Trades Dep't. • •• .. -. II Factories: Milwaukee, Wis.; Newark, N. J. • •• 4 P¥l ., •• , ••••• - ••••••• - . .. ........ -._- - .... WEEKLY AR1ISAN 7 ~ _. - Henry Schmit 8 Co. HOPKINS AND HARRIET STS. Cincinnati, Ohio makers of Uphol.stered Furniture IIII _4 for LODGE and PULPIT, PARLOR, LIBRARY, HOTEL and CLUB ROOM The two nsks equIpped wIth automatic sprinklers under compulsIOn exerted by the fire commissioner and corporation counsel were both devoted to the stonng, sorting and baling of loose paper stock. In the bUlldrng 352-354 Water street, a fire occured Sunday, about 7 p. m, when the building was unoccupIed Nrne sprinkler heads opened and exting-uished the fire, WIth lrttle or no damag-e to the building, and with less than $1,000 damage to the stock In the case of 31 Vandewater street a fire occurred Tues-da} at 11 50 pm, when the bUlldrng was also unoccupied. The fire ;,tarted on the second floor in a pile of paper stock "W hlch has been sorted and was awaiting bahng. Three spnnkler heads opened and extinguished the fire with a total loss of les"> than $1,000 Both of these fires would have probably been senous had they n;)t been extinguished 111 theIr incipIency; and in the absence of automatIc protection the adj oining property would have been subject to rncreased danger and an addItional bur-den of hIgher rnsurance I ate,,> The pOSItIOn of the Merchants' ASSOCIatIOn as to more effective mea">ures for fire preventIOn has attracted much f ...... ,..------------~ of I I~-- ... --_._.__. ____ 4 favorable attention, and a number of letters containing valu-able suggestions have been received These, however, relate mainly to structural Idetarls, which are governekl by the building code, and cannot be controlled by such a bureau of fire prevention as is proposed, although the bureau could doubtless do valuable work in the way of inspection of some of those details, to prevent violations after buildings have been approved by the bureau of buildings. One suggestion made, however, deserves consideration. It is to the effect that automatic sprinklers, despite the heavy first cost, would be much more generally installed if the insurance companies would make more liberal concessions in artes in recognrtion of the reductIOn in risk. The Mer-chant's association insurance committee has not yet consid-ered this phase of the subject. On this point a member of the association recently made a significant statement. His sprinkler equipment cost about $5,000 The reduction in insurance premiullis on bUlldrng and contents was sufficient to pay for the equipment within three years The great economy thereafter by reason of continued lower insurance .-.-..~----_._----_. rates IS self-evident _. _. _._---~---- .-----_._----_.--_._-- ---_._----- _.--- . .- - ..- _. - -..-.., 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 atid and oil. in acid and oil. in acid and oil. FOUR NEW TRADE MARK REGISTERED PRODUCTIONS Send for finished samples, free. Ad-el-ite Fillers and Stains have long held first place in the estimation of Furniture Manufacturers and Master Painters. In addition to the reg-ular colors the above shades offer unusually beautiful and novel effects. The Ad-el-ite People CHICAGO-NEW YORK .. Everythmg m Pamt Specialties and WoodFinishing materials. Flllers that fill. Stains that satisfy. .....................• _-_. .._. .. r s WEEKLY ARTISAN ...--------------_._--------------------- Wood Bar Clamp Fixtures Per Set SOc. Sheldon Steel Rack Vises --~, \II I t I II• I I I IIII I E. H. SHELDON & CO. : 328 N. May St .• Chicago II -----_._--_. _.-------~ " - - Sold on appro". '11 and an uncon (iltIOtldl mone\ hack guarantee Pallent Malleable Clamp Fixture. E H SHELDON 8.. CO Ch,caRo III Gentlemen -We are pleased to state that the)) dozen Clamp Fixture,,; \\ Inch we bought of you a lIttle over a )ear ago are gIVIng- excellent se \-lee \\ e 'He well satisfied wIth them and shall be pleased to rem~mber )'Oll \\ he~le\ el we \\ allt anythmg addltlOnallll this hne YOUI" truh SlOUXCity, Iowa CURTIS SASH & DOOR CO SHELDON'S STEEL BAR CLAMPS Guaranteed Indestructible. \\. e sohclt pnvilege of sendmg sample~ and our compltte catalogue /0.----------- ------.----------~---- ----- -------_._-- PROPOSALS ~T ANTI~D. lhelt appcal 111tl11n one) ear due to defectJve matertal or \\ orLnansh1p 111U"t be 1eplaced b} the contractOl w1thout c '-pen:oe to the 0\1 ncr '\ 11111tprtce pel seat must be ~lvcn t01 each -,t,lc of seat ca11ed f01 as a basIs for addltlOns and c1eductlOn-, flom the nnmbe1 of seah md1cated on the d1avv- Specifications for the Seating of the Auditorium at Wichita, Kansas. Richards, McCarty & Bulford. Architects, Columbus, O. (Send D1c1" to C1tl CleJ1~ \\ 1chlta The contracto1 tor thc"e scats 111u"t check up the nHd~- urements at the b1111c1111g and 1'nu:ot c1eln er the~c ~eat-, at 1.\1C bl11ldl11g and put them 111 place, d01ng am refllll ~h111 is that may be neCeS"al) and c1ea111ng them oft and lca, mg them complete m elel} 1c"pect and1cach f01 n~c lhc~c ~Cdt~ must be guaranteed as to meltcllal and fil11,h and am (lLlcll~ lllgS The outcl 10\1 ot seats for the second floor and bellcony \\ 111"et on "ood pIa H01111s furl11shed and put 111place by the 0" ner ESTABl,.IS,",ED 187C; B'l' E oJ ... EHMANN 011 stoves TBEFAIR Wall paper ~"h .. $10 95 blue flame 011 4. sacrflcl.- ollg cook stoves large shelf ~I 0 "() on Ia.rge top large powerful " burneNr no odor or 'loot perfect eombUllt on guar :~"'d 5.95 " 18c STATE', ADAMS AND DEARBOR,. STFlE£T3 TELEPHONE PRIVATE EXClHANOil3 T-H--E "A B- C" OF FURNITURE ECONOMY 15 taught at The fatrtn that satisfactory way which saves every householder money wtthout the ~acr1fice of quality While we cut the prJces~ Quahty 15 malntaln~d at the very hlQhest Read then act upon these offer~ of savml1s ARM OHAIRS,quar. ~ J~~~~~~~r~~\~e~'~~~ ~ SINITARY OOUORES, tered oak leath<;.t ., II s tee 1 seat regular3 94 the regular 144 $3'02·24.~ :106 00value -'- :Io22J\alue -'- \11 -- BUScoSloniBalEstDyleS~, KITOIHIE'NTeSA,,B,h.l~ttena TA~I~~C~~~~~~~ rn; ~ $20008.94 pie $53.94 >2JO \41 1.44 value -- vdlue -- LlL for onh -- CR1IRS,mm",mm, ~ LIBRARY TA.~ ~PHOLSTERED~ room genume leath BLES. mal)o.:an) 0 S l EE PI HOllOW h,. $3s5~t:~f2.24 polhhed9 94 CHAIRS, 844 l' ----:J $15\al -'- 'I] 0 I '-- pi DRESSERS' I"g'i MUSIO OABINETS, VENEER SEATPAR·I!l mIrror, oak or ffid. oak or mahoganyQ1 LOR ROCKERS, hogany 14 64 0 $600 val 4.84 ~rJ,0 \ ,Iue 3.74 $22 SOya) _. _ 0 0 ue at only -- ENGLISH FIRESIDE~ N1PBLEBR W1RBR OOES'a ROC I ER S, chase BEDS, oakor 111. ~ solid 0" £10 00 ~I hOl{an) $2000 I leather$9506.84 ~~l 14.44 ~oa:ue 6.74.~ values only -- FAleY P1RLB R1J,k OF!J~~,,~,~~Xm\i ROCKERS, oak or OUEESLILNEMIIOVTRlLR·IS~k~_1 :;'a~~~gan$y53.64 t$o5m5o0rrovwalue3.--64 CHAIRS,6.74 '----'1 GOLIIEII B1I ORIN:n pEDESTALC: YOUTHS' DININO~ OLOSETS, pol 1.1.18 TABlES. ~~ OHAIRS. wvod Ishd,$225017·44 o'a"k""22"'10644 • ,ea "0 1.74 value a1 -- III eat -- \1.1ue -- HIGH OHAIRS, ~ 11RT. BIl P1R·'jfj, closely woven LOR TABLES, zmBnP CABINEITIS,T,OohNd ~tl :~e$250 1.64 pohshed. 2 74 oak :102016.441 • $350 val -'- \alue --~~ rflBEDS, V"I~IR~,~~~~&~NU~NBR.E,OS of """,. ms MartIn finish lar bargams lack of $60(l 3.84 space docs nOl perm lt value -- at lowest pnces to menuon Concourse Seats. '1 hc -,c,lb 111the concomsc OJ ground flool l11s1dc the ltne o[ bo\.e~ ,,111 be foldlllg ~eat, c,llmla1 to No 500111 sectlOns of lll1CC "0 t11<ltthey lall he stowed awav nnder thc ho"cs '\11 ~Cdt~ to hell c bat 1acJ.,,~ The1e \\ 111he app10'-1ll1atelv 1<)00 (It thc"c "cah Second Floor and Balcony Seats ~11 (Jlhel --cah, that h thooc belck of the bo\.e" and f01 the bakon\ ,,111 be I enee1e'l lha1rs eqnal to 144 m gem.lell dppCarelnct and "OJ ]"mansh1p Thesc seat~ to ha, e hat 1dlk" and to hl tbtened to the fimshed cement floOt'" vdth expan"lOn ])o]ts Thc contractOJ f01 the seato to clnll holes 101 the"e bolt-, and set them 111place and felstcn the seab elO'\ n [,loOl __l11U"t he p10perly 1epa1red whe1 e the C(menl 1-- hlOkcn and h not cO\ucd by the ",tanda1d \\ he1c "ood plauO! ms a1 e lllc1JlatE d 101 the onte1 row "cats wIll be se-em ed to the" ood floor WIth screw", There w111 hc a ppl 0:h1- matcl) 2,000 of these seats In addlt10n to the seats above specIfied submIt a propos 1- 110n on applO:h1matel} 1000 challs slml1ar to thc 1\0 3 chaIr l11anufactm cd bv The '\ H Andrcws Co These cha1rs are made of heal} "lle and have perforated five ply wood seats State pnce of each for these chan s f01 adJlhons or deductlOns NOTE ~11 lac,'111g" mnst be smooth and substant1al and fi11l~hed 111 black \11 \ en eel 0 to be five ply put tog-ethel 111the ver) he"t manne1 a11d ,111vvork to be fim~hed \\lth a coat of "henac and t\IO coats of thc be",t I arm sh flowed on All v\ 0 ld \\ )1k w111be bnch Pell he" ~ubmlUllH:; figurh un t1l1S IV ulk 111U"t ~Uh1111t completc spec1ficatlOns f01 thell seat" and samplc" of thc chEfel ent "t} lc" of seat", bId upon The 0\\ nel re",en es the llght to a"a1d thc contract on the 111ent of the goods rega1d-le~ s of the pllCC The numbers glVen abOve refer to the catalog of the A. II Anclt c" '0 company. Ch1cago, III Reproduced From a OhlCagoPaper at June 7 Nelson and Buck. F \ \el--on of the Jamesto\\n (~ Y) Loung-c company, and \\ aldo [' Buck, who handles a numbcr of ltne" on com- 111l'SlO11,"ere 1ll Grand Rap1ds on ]nne 8, nMk111g preparatlOns t01 the mId-summer exposltJon WEEKLY ARTISAN Automatic Saddle Seat Machine. ThIS automatic machine made by the Tannewitz Worb, Grand RapIds, Mich, IS desIgned and constructed for the purpose of manufacturing saddle seats for chairs or closets at an absolute minimum of cost. The operation is sImIlar to that of a carving machine of the copYing type. The movable table has mounteJ on one sIde a pattern seat and on the other 'ilde a blank seat to be carved. The follower roller and the cutter head are suspended respectively above these t\\O seats The frame whIch supports the follower roller and cutter head raIses and lowers In conformity wIth the pattern seat as the follower roller travels over it. Thus as the table operates back and forth feeding along at the same tune at anyone of three feeds and three speeds the blank seat IS gradually carved out exactly lIke the pattern When the seat IS filllshed the machine stops automatically. The cost of producing a saddle seat on thIS automatIc machine IS but a fraction of a cent. The average "Ized seat take'S about 5Y; minutes to complete. The workman's time for replaCing the filllshed seat WIth a fresh blank is Y; minute whIch IS ample Thus to filllSh a seat take" SIX minutes whIch IS 10 seats an hour or 100 m a day of ten hours 1'he workman should be employed at his bendh or another machine close at hand Junng the 5Y; minutes In \\ hlch the seat machine is cutting He can thus tend the seat machine properly and devote hIs spare time to other work If thIS workman spends Yz mmute on each seat, the total time gIven to the seat machine for one day would be fifty minutes If the operatOl recnves $200 per day, this makes the actual cost for labor less than 1-5 cent per seat. The most rapId seat planing machine on the market can-not produce seats cheaper than this. With the seat planing machine every time it IS desired to produce a new style seat lt IS reqUIred to purchase new expensive knives WIth our machme It IS only necessary to furlllsh a new inexpensIve wood pattern. WIth the seat planing machine It IS only possIble to ploduce plain shallow seats, whIle WIthout machme any style seat can be produced. A seat produced on our machine IS left by the cutter suffi-cIently smooth to be eaSIly sanded. Send us a pattern seat and two blanks VVe wIll then cut a seat of your pattern and return it to you for your inspectIOn Vve know you wIll be favorably Impressed. WeIght, 1800 lbs Crated, 200 lbs T. & L 10 x 6 Countershaft, 950 revolutIOns per minute ------------ ------.-.-.-.-.-..-.-•-•-.--_--------_-.-.~, Dodds' Tilting Saw Table No.8 We tal:::epleasure ID mtroduclng to you our new Saw Table The base is BHUllar to what we have been u,mg on our No 4 Saw Table, only we have made II larger on the 800r The ratslna and lowenna deVice 1& the same al we have on the No 4 MachlDe, With lever and pitman The lever IS made of steel The arbor" made 01 I %-mch .teel, runmng in lonll nnll oumll box.. , and IS for I-lOch hole 10 .aw. We furm.h one l4-.ach .aw on each maclllne It wul carry a 16-mch saw If dellred Table IS made WIth a center .hde 12 mche. WIde WIth a movement of 21 lOch.. It has a lockmR deVice to hold It when you do not Wish to use It. and has a detachable mitre auage to be used when u.mg the .hdmll-table. Can cross-cut With table extended to 24 mche., .lso op up to 24 Inche. WIde Table ha. a removable throat that can be taken out when U'lOg dado It also has two mitre guages for regular work and a two Sided np guage that can be used on "-ther .. de of the .aw. more e.pectally when the table IS blted, also a Whng np gauge 10 be used to cuI bevel work when you do not WIShto tIlt the table The top IS 40x44 mche. Countershalt has T & L pulley. lOx 14 mche., and the dnve pulley 16x5 mches. counter- .haft .hould run 800 Makmg In all about a. complete a machme as can be found and at a reasonable poce Wole u. and we will be pleased to quote you poce. Address, fI:I ---------- -----------------------_ ... ALEXANDER DODDS, CO., 181-183 Canal St" Grand Rapids, Mich. The above cut is taken direct from a photograph, and _ho",_ the range of one _ize only, our No. I, 24-inch Clamp. W. make six other sizes. taking in stock up to 60 Inch... wid. and 2 Inches thick. Ours is the most practical method of clamping glued stock in use at the present time. 1Iundred_ of factorie_ have adopted our way the past ,ear and hundreda more will in the future. Let us show you. Let us send you the names of nearly 100 factories (only a fraction of our list) who have ordered and reordered many times. I"roof positive our way is the best. A post card will bring it, catalog included. Don't delay, but writ. today. A. E. PALMER & SONS, ~WOSSO, MICH. Foreign :Representatives: The I"rojectile Co" London, Eng-land: Schuchardt at Schutte, Berlin, Germany; Alfred 11. Schutte, Cologne, I"aru, Bnuseu, Lle..e, lII1laD, TuriD, Baree10DA, IlIld Bilbo .. h •••••_••••••••••••_•.•··•••••••• I ••• to WEEKLY ARTISAN You cannot find better va aa •• _..., I WALTER CLARK VENEER GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. COMPANY BILLIONS INVESTED IN ELECTRICITY. '--ea_ •• a_a .• ----_ - - - - --- - - ..---_._._._---_._-----_ .... Magnitude and Rapid Growth of the Industry Shown by Census Reports. The magllltude of the central electnc station Industry In the Ulllted States in the census year 1907 as compared with the census year 1902, and the growth dunng the Intervening five :year period, are shown in the Census Bureau's special report, now in press, on the second United States census of the central electric light and power stations Though the data on which the report is based are three years old the facts and figures are quite interesting not only to manufacturers but to general readers. The central electric statIOns are defined In the report as those which, exclusive of isolated electrIc plants, furlllsh elec-trical energy for lighting and heatlllg, and po\', er for manu-facturing and minlllg purposes, for street raIl\\ ays and ele-vators, for chargIng batteries, etc Central stations are classed as "commercial" and "muni-cipal;" the former being those under prIvate ownership, whether by Individuals, companies, or corporations and the latter being those operated by state, city, or other local governments, except those operated especially for InstItutions The central statIOns are further classed as "purely elec-tric" central stations, or those that do a strictly electrIcal bUSI-ness, and "composite" central statIOns, or those operated In connection with some other industry It is stated that the majority of the central stations are of the "purely electrIc" class. With reference to the municipal statIOns, the report states that these plants are generally establIshed primarily to furnish current for lIghtIng public buildIngs, streets, and parks. Their field of operation is, however, much lIke that of the commercial stations. It is noted In the report that the figures given for the central stations do not represent the entire production of elec-trical energy To arrIve at the aggregate It would be neces-sary, it is stated, to conSider also the electrIC railways, tele-phone and telegraph lines, electric police-patrol and fire-alarm systems, and the isolated electric plants. In 1902 there were 251 railway companies which furn-ished electricity for light, power, and vther purposes. These companies reported an aggregate income of $7,703,574 from the sale of current. In 1907 there were 330 railway companies In this class, and the income from the sale of current amounted to $20,093,302 In 1902 the annual output of all electric stations and electnc raIlways amounted to 4,768,535,512 kilowatt hours In 1907 the output of the two classes of stations was 10,621,406,- 837 kIlo\\att hours, the increase in that year as compared with 1902 beIng 5,852,871,325 kIlowatt hours, or 122.7 per cent. In 1902 the output by electrIc railways formed 47.4 per cent of the total, but by 1907 the proportIon for such railways had fallen to 44.9 per cent ConsolIdations of the two branches of the Industry and the growIng tendency of the raIlway companies to sell elec-tricity for commercial purposes are referred to in the report, which further states that the separate statistics of the central stations are, therefore, not representative of all the electrical energy sold for general commercial purposes It is observed that during the £1, e years ending With 1907 the central stations Increased more rapidly than the electric raIlways. Regarding the isolated plants, the report states that for ,.... I •• ••• aa -4 ••• ._ ..-----------------_._ .._-_. _. -_..-_._-_._._.•... ._.__._-----------------------_ . .- _--~ I EMBOSSED MOULDING 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. Waddell Manufacturing Grand Rapids. Michigan Co. Samples of our . wa'" ••••••••• a __ •••••••• __ •••• - --------_._._._.-----------.- ................•........... WEEKLY ARTISAN 11 These Specialties are used all Over the World Power Feed Glu. S~readiallMa.,hiae, Sillllle, Doubl. and eo.biaatioa. (.le.ted) (Size. 12 ia. to 114 i. wide.) ~ ... .. .... . V•••• r Pres•••. d.ffere.t'kiad. and .iz... (.leated) Veneer Presses 61ue Spreaders 61ue Heaters Trucks, Etc., Etc. Hand F••d Glu.i.1I Ma.,hill. (P.'-l peadia •• ) Manr .trl •• aad .iz ••. Wood-Working Machinery and Supplies LET USKNOW YOUR WANTa N. 20 Glu. H.ater CHAS. E. FRANCIS COMPANY, Main Office and Works, Rushville, Ind. N•.• GI •• H.ator . the purpose of lighting and furnishing power for factories, hotels, or other enterprises a large quantity of electricity is generated in plants which are operated for the exclusive bene-fit of their owners. Some of these plants sell limited amounts of current, but they were established as adjuncts to other forms of business, and practically no statistics concerning them are included in the census reports. Some of these iso-lated plants are extensive and have a much larger capacity than many of the central stations. At the census of 1902 it was estimated that there were 50,000 of these isolated electric plants in the United States. The number of commercial and municipal plants increased from 3,620 in 1902 to 4,714 in 1907, the increase amounting to 1,094, or 30.2 per cent. The application of the same rate of increase to the estimated number of isolated plants in 1902 gives an estimate of 65,000 for 1907. To what extent the utilization of surplus power in the operation of private electric plants to furnish light and power for large mills, department stores. hotels, and other industrial enter-prises has stimulated the increase in these plants it is, the report declares, impossible to state, and notice is given that the estimate, therefore, may be more or less than the actual number of isolated plants in existence. Referring to power or generating plants, the report states that the number of primary power or generating plants was not called for in the schedule used for reporting central stat-tions in 1907. but some idea of their number may be had from the fact that the returns showed 4,731 plants equipped with dynamos for the generation of electricity. Of the 4,714 sta-tions reported in 1907, 227 had no generating equipment. while 113 had more than one power plant This latter class reported 357 generating stations. There were, in 1907, according to the report, upward of 30,000 individuals, companies, corporations, and municipal-ities, exclusive of isolated electric plants, which reported the generation or utilization of electric current in what may be termed "commercial enterprises." These industries represent an outstanding capitalization of $6,209,746,753, of which amount $1,367.338,836 is credited to central electric stations-$3,774,722,096 to electric railways, $8i4,616,004 to commercial or mutual telephone companies, and $253.019,817 to telegraph companies, the latter item in-cluding $32,726,242, the capital stock of wireless telegraph companies. The capitalization of the 17,702 independent I farmer or rural telephone hnes and fire-alarm systems could .... not be ascertained The report states that there are also ex-cluded a number of companies organized for the purpose of acquiring the capital stock or bonds of electric companies, street-railway companies, gas, and water systems. and similar properties, holding the same for investment and to some ex-tent supervising the operation of the underlying companies; the reason being that to show the capitalization of these hold- Ing companies would be misleading as applied to central elec-tnc stations, since it would be impossible to determine the extent of its application to the electrical industry as distin-guished from others. The report states that the municipal stations are practi-cally exempt from the consolidations that so frequently occur among commercial companies and this fact no doubt in large accounts in large part for the proportionately greater increase discovered in the former class of stations. Not only was there a large increase in the number of municipal stations, but an analysis of the report shows that, although 33 municipal sta-tions which reported in 1902 had become commercial stations in 1907, 113 stations which were reported as commercial in 1902 had become municipal in 1907. The report refers to the fact that claim has been made. and sustained by what appears to be reasonable argument, that the drift of these public utilities is from municipal to commercial, but it is asserted that the results of the census do not furnish corroborative evidence of this. On the contrary, there appears to be a distinct field for munlcipal electric sta-tions, not only because of the feeling whIch may exist in many localities that these public utilities should be owned by the cities, but because many of the places in which municipal plants are located do not present sufficient inducement for the investment of commercial capital. State Institutions. As a rule state institutions are particular when they come to buying. If the manager is an honest man, and wants to make a record for himself and the institution he represents, he will be very particular as to his purchases; and in some cases lt is almost compulsory, because if an investigation is started any wrong doing is easily detected. This brings to mind the communication from the manager of the Detroit House of Correction 1ll a matter in which every manufacturer of furniture is interested. (For further particulars see the adver-tisement of the Grand Rapids Veneer Works in this number of the Weekly Artisan). 12 WEEKLY ARTISAN ~--- - -- -_. - - - - --- -----------_... . _. -------- . .. . --., I These saws are made from No.1 Steel and we war-rant every blade. We also carry a full stock of Bev-eled Back Scroll Saws, any length and gauge. Write a. lor Price Llat aDd dlacoDDt 31-33 S. Front St., ORAND RAPIDS, MICU. ....__.--.-.---------_._-_._---------------- ... ----------- ------., II . I I II III I - - .- -.. .- ....I BOYNTON & CO M.nuf.~uretl of Emboaaed aDd Turned Mould. in .... Embo ... ed and Spmdle CanlBIII, and AutomatIc Turnin .... We also manu fadure a large hoe of Emboaaed Ornamente for Coucb Work. 1256-1258 W. Fifteenth St., CHICAGO, ILl. -------------_._---------- _. _.. --- - - -- i No.15 FOX SAWING MACHINE WRITE 44 ""OR NEW CATALOG 1II ------------ ---------------------"" I FOX MACHINE CO. 185 N FRONT STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH " .. .....- ... - . ..,. ... - ROLLS For Bed Caps, Case Goods, Table Legs and many other purposes; in Gum, Mahogany and Quartered Oak Veneers. The Fellwock Auto & MfJI. CO. EVANSVILLE, INDIANA ROOMS FOR THE BACHELOR MAIDS. Characters of the Occupants Expressed by the Furnishings and Decorations. The term "bachelor maIds" is ltked by some young women ,I,> llnpl} 1112,a certa111 111dependence of thought and action II hen she 1'3 able to do so a bachelor maId aims to have her home surround111gs express her indIvidual taste Sometimes the rooms of bachelor maids are but a general medley. In othel s the st] ong personaltt} of the occupant can be discerned. The adJOIlllng rooms of two sisters whose ideas are far apal t furlllsh a good starting point. The elder sIster, a blonde, damt} to her finger tips, suggests to her friends that there must be a strain of French blood in her vems, for her sur-loundmgs show French daintiness. Her room was large; the \\ alls were panelled in cream stlk, with roses and forget-me-not<; \\ 0\ en In stnpes. The \\ alls \\ ere finished with a cream mouldmg on whIch \\ as a small crossed nbbon picked out in gold, a typIcal French Idea The styles between the panels were plain cream "tlk All tnm was white, the cetling plam, with the mouldmgs touched here and there with gold leaf, just enough for con-trast The bed was raised on a platform, which was covered WIth pale rose colored velveteen and on each side was a white fur rug The bed ltself was of Louis XVI pattern of cream whIte enamel, WIth cane panels, on which were garlands of fio\\ ers 111compo, tied with a bowknot. The canap} came out only three feet from the wall and \\ as draped \\ Ith cream net and lace over rose china silk. II here the drapenes met was a large chou of very pale blue and lOse satm The long curtains were of the same material, all edged WIth lace about five mches wide and put on very full, so that It gave a jabot effect. The bedspread and rolled bolster corresponded WIth the hangings; colored chous were on the ends of the roll. A plain lOse velvet carpet was used for floor covering, \\ Ith whIte fur I ugs here and there. All the furniture corre-sponded with the bed and the httle garlands gave the whole scheme a ferrlllllne touch. ~\. chaIse-longue, also of enamel and' cane, wa~ embe1hshed \\ Ith a thick cushIOned top of SIlk, to match the walls on whIch \\ ere seen in profUSIOn hand made ltngene pIllows of lace and embrOIdery over pink and pale blue stlk. Three upholstered chaIrs ga\ e the nght balance to the otherWIse hght style of furni"hmg Above the mantel was a gIlt LoUts XVI mIrror WIth SIde hghts, and watercolors of French suggestlOn and subjects adorned the panelled walls. From the wall over the bureau was a bracket from which \\ as suspended a "mall French gilt motif with three hghts on whIch wel e lose stlk shades; slmtlar shades were on side fix-tures At the w111do\\s the curtains and draperies matched the wall matenal, WIth the sash curtams the same as the bed set, crossed and looped high The room of the other sister, who was only a year younger, \\ as startlmg m contrast. She was tall and dark. Every mo\ ement showed her athletic tendencies and they were fully developed 111the furnishings of the room. The walls were in green book linen. She liked that, she saId, "as silk was too fussy" and would not suit what she \\ lshed to put in the room. The ceiling was white. The frieze consIsted of sporting prints of the same height fortunately, collected in her travels and representing foreign as well as home subjects in athletics in all the colors of the rainbow, and separated by narrow mahogany moulding which formed a framework around the room. ~~ - ------------- WEEKLY ARTISAN On the walls were photographs and engravings of winners of horse races and dog shows, with colors of their winners and whips and spurs and an occasional horseshoe arranged over them. College flags were draped in the four corners over dull brass lanterns suspended from the ceiling by chains. Over the mantel", as a pair of antlers on which rested a rifle The carpet was green, solid color, "to represent the meadows," she said. The bed was brass (no canopy or drapery here). The curtains were plain green velveteen, drawn back The furniture was mahogany. On the green covered lounge were ptled pillows of all sorts and descriptlOns It was a curious room for a young woman; somewhat mannish Another bachelor maid had her room in yet another style She said "she loved the mysteries of the Orient," and It showed in her selections. It was not at all expensive in treatment On the walls she had some India cotton prints with the palm de-sign, harmonious in color and well blended. They revived the memory of an India shawl technique. The ceiling was pla111 to the moulding, the rug of subdued Oriental colorings and of modern make. The large, low divan in a corner was utilized as a bed at night. In the daytime it was covered with a removable cur-tain of a more substantial weave, for the wall print would crumple too easily for constant use. The furniture was entirely Oriental in suggestion, having been picked up in the shops where they cater to that taste Little teakwood tables were handy and held a tea set and a chafing dish. A much more modern room was that of a fonner college girl who liked pretty things and had them. Her room was in cretonne style of paper of the English kind, with hangings to match and ruffles of the same material on the edge. The Cb _ ing was plain, of the color of the ground of paper, the trim whIte. The carpet rug was of a solid color of the prevailing tone, for the room needed something to rest the eye. The furniture was a pretty birdseye maple set and she had a TJ1lbury tea cart and muffin stand of natural wicker, and under the glass top of the former a piece of the same cretonne. The cups, saucers and plate were all of English pattern. On the clothes tree were her cap and gown and beside them were a kimono and dressing sacque ornamented with lace, which gave an mtimate feeling of comradeship when her class friends came in for a chat or a cup of tea in the afternoon. In this room were a high back old fashioned settle covered with cre-tonne and two Sleepy Hollow chairs. A bachelor maid who was of more studious inclinations had no fancy fixings, but arranged her room more like a Itbrary sItting room than a bedroom. The wall paper was of a restful tone of soft, light brown, utterly unobtrusive, with nothing to dIstract her mind as she opened her books of research. The low mahogany bookcases adorned the largest spaces. The desk was of generous dimensions, with a small revolving chair. The bed and bureau were m an alcove hidden from view when necessary by portieres of green jasper linen. At the w111dowwere brown madras curtains The prinCIpal furniture was of mahogany with cane seats on the chairs, on which were loose cushions of green jasper and some 111a figured brown "tuff A box couch tufted with the same green and a valance completed the furnishmg scheme I The small rugs on the floor were of an Oriental pattern -New York Sun. Mr. Black in Poor Health. Charles \iV'. Black, manager of the Oriel Cabmet com-pany of Grand RapIds, has been compelled to suspend work In the factory and the office for a tIme on account of 111- health He expects to resume work in the near future ~ va ••••••••••• va •••• • __ IIII I I I~--••-• --va -•-•••-•••-•••-----Va--._-__ ------_._._.__-._-._.-.-.-.-... WOOD rOKninO (UTnRS A~ only the edge outlines of the Cutter comes mto contact WIth the lumber, there is no fnctlOn or burn-ing of the moulding!> 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 size to SUIt your machine spindles. Let us have your specificatIOns. For odd work not found in our catalogue send a wood sample or drawmg. SAMUEL J. SHIMER &. SONS, Milton, Penn. Manufacturers of the Shimer Cutter Heads for Flooring, Ceiling, Sldmg, Doors, Sash, etc. ~~------._---_-.---_. ----_._._._._._._._-------."." " . I HOFFMAN BROTHERS CO. FT. WAYNE, IND. HARDWOOD LUMBER SAWED AND SLICED t QUARTERED OAK { VENEERS fAN 0 MAHOGANY I .. II~•~--_--.-.-.-.--.-_-----.-.-_._._--_--. --------_...._. -.--------..., UNION FURNITURE CO. ROCKFORD, ILL. We lead ID Style, ConSlrudlon and FlDish. See our Catalogue. OUf llDe on permanent exhIbI-tion 71h Floor, New Manufact-urers' BuildIng, Grand Rapids. China Closets Buffets Bookcases I ..... - •••• ---.--.---- •••• __ .- ••••• 9i1J ..... _ •••• _'" 13 ..~ I " ., 14 WEEKLY ARTISAN .. ,... .... _.. . . " New designs In the Louis XVI Style. ...-_ ... - No. 1711 II II II I... No. 1705-1705 WRITE 'FOR SAMPLES AND PR ICES. GRAND RAPIDS BRASS co. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Detroit"s Expectation. DetrOlt people are expecting great success for theIr In-dustrial Exposition which is to be opened on :Monday June 20 and continue until July 6. under the au"plces of the Board of Commerce Followmg are some of the promIses predIc-tions and expectations announced by the pubhclty commIttee The Exposition will be a miniature world's fair It will lll-elude an automobile show, a food faIr a machmer} dIsplay a furniture exhibit, an electrical show and ll1terestmg exhIbIts of other lines of productIOn for whIch DetrOIt IS famous It is expected to be the greatest CIVICevent m Detroit's hIstory It IS believed the attendance will exceed 300,000 VISItors The EXposltlOn wJ11be held in a great temporary exposI-tion buildmg and the Wayne PavlllOn The entrance-way will be at the corner of Jefferson avenue and Second street The committee in charge has the co-operation of all the mterests of the city There wIll be more than 200 exhIbits, maklllg the dl'iplay one of the two largest home-product exhibitions ever held Two large bands will gIve afternoon and evenlllg con-certs There will be other entertamment feautures The river fmnt wIll be transformed mto a garden The doors will be open at 7 00 pm, June 20, ancl rem am open from 10 00 a. m. to 10 :30 pm. from June 21 to July 6, exceptmg Sundays. June 26 and July 3. Machinery will be seen in motion making many of the neces:,nties and luxuries of life An exhIbIt of the manual traming department of the public schools WIll be lOne of the special features The ExposItion WIll offer the city an entertainment ot far greater magnitude and interest than has ever been helCl here. It will be entertaining, instructIve, impressive I,It I .. Record Prices for Linseed Oil. W. C Hamm, American consul at Hull. Eng., having been requested to mvestigate the linseed oil trade and indus-try. reports that the recent advance in prices is due to a partial faIlure of the flax crop in Argentina and India. He says The record price of $197 per ton has been reached in London ThIS IS about 100 per cent higher than the same all sold in London one year ago and about $20 a ton higher than the hIghest price recorded in 1900 when there was a greater scarcity of the seed than last year. Yesterday lin-seel OIl sold In Hull for $192 for "spot," and April, compared WIth $114 the highest price in April last year. "The followmg figures gives the quantity of linseed in quarters of 480 pounds each, received in Hull during each of the past ten years In 1900, 675.370; 1908, 848758; 1907, 809 974; 1906. 579,957; 1905 812329; 1904 1,215,122, 1903, 924,628, 1902, 744.979; 1901, 723,566; and in 1900, 572,106. "The crop to be delivered this year from India and Ar-gentina, It IS expected, will be as small as that of last year and there IS a probability of the receipts falling below 1909 It is not at all probable that the price of linseed oil during the present year will be lower than at present, and it may in-crease somewhat. During 1909 linseed oil to the value of $3.140 was shipped from Hull to the United States. "An Enghsh color trade journal comments on how the rise m price of linseed oil greatly affects the price of paints. of whIch Hull IS a large producer. American turpentine has also advanced 30 per cent and is selling at $1035. against $7 50 per hundred weight a year ago The experts of painters' colors and materials from Hull in 1908 aggregate, 168,343 hundredweIght, valued at $907,602. WEEKLY Tuna the Prophet. "Vernie Martin" in Peck & Hills' "Everywhere" for May-Thus spake Tuna the Venerable Prophet, Son of Ma-hog, many, many, centUrIes before our time. "Even unto this day have the children of earth dwelt in tents or wherever they could cra,'V1 In out of the rain and hang up theIr mantles and they have sat upon earthen floors and slept upon stone couches, but succeedmg generatIOns shall feather their nests and have comfort "For they shall hew down the wood of the forest, even the cedar of Lebanon and the walnut of Clrcassia and the quarter-sawn oak tree of bhe Upper PenInsula "And it shall come to pass that craft'imen shall come from the land of Ivan and from among the Goths and shall render the wood of the forest into divers forms and patterns, some with talons lIke unto the eagle's, some carved In graven image of hobgoblins and gargoyles, yea, even the nimble cockroach, and yet others done in 'Flanders' and the product thereof shall be called furniture "And 10 I among the hills of Saranac shall there be born a couple of sons and one of them shall be named for one who follows pastoral purSUItS, but he shall not stand for It. He and his brother shall weary of the simple lIfe and they 'ihall pass up the pruning-hook and shall hike them unto a great city, whIch shall be likened unto Sodom and Gomorrah and there shall they trade in articles to sit upon and to eat upon and to sleep upon, and the goods that they shall sell shall be called 'dependable furniture' "And from the four corners of the earth shall there spring up places for sellIng dependable lInes and young men and maidens shall wed, and with shekels of sIlver buy dependable furniture, and theIr chattels shall endure to the end of their days and shall be handed down unto their chIldren and unto theIr chIldren's children even unto the third and fourth gene-rations." The Shipping Department. F W. Kelly in Peck & Hills' "Everywhere "-Shipment of an order is of as much importance as securing the business, since it is shipments, not sales, which count in the end and show the true volume of the bus mess transacted and are the figures upon which we should base our efforts for improve-ment Pleasing our customers IS our only hold' on their busIness; so by making shIpment in accordance WIth theIr 1l1structions, respe>Ct1l1g routIngs and endeaVOrIng to make shipment at the time specified by the customer, wIll do more for making hIm strong for the house than any thIng else we can do, provided, of course, the Roods are satisfactory ServIce is conceded to be the vital factor In retainIng our trade, so it follows that a shipping department of any establIshment is second in importance to none of the other departments, most especially to the sellIng force. as well as the customer. Our customers can co~operate with us by exerclS1l1g care m makmg up orders and makmg their wants plain to us, thereby eliminat1l1g possIble misunderstandings of theIr WIshes Orders are of no value until shIpment is made, so we should aIm to make our shipments compare favorably WIth our sales, of course there wIll always be some dIfference owing to factorIes chang1l1g patterns, dIscontinuing others and various causes beyond our control, but it is the goal we should have in mind and every possIble effort should be made to make our shIpments come very close to the amount of our sales It IS an mdICation of a perfect organIzation and sure to lead to permanent success. ARTISAN 15 .. Mechanics Furniture Co. Rockford, Illinois Makers of FINE and MEDIUM BUFFET No 194 II ••• •.~. ---_._._._.--_._._.~~._----~------I... ... Dining and Lilirary Furniture SEND FOR NEW CATALOGUE. Our full hne on exhibIt 3d floor, 1319 Michigan Ave., CHICAGO. -- . f .~ Johnson Chair Co. 4401 to 4531 West North Ave., CHICAGO Makers of the BEST MEDIUM and HIGH GRADE line of CHAIRS in the West. Our new Catalogue will be mailed to any responsible furniture dealer on request. It shows the latest patterns of the most seasonable goods. .. , --_._._----_._~----.------... ;. ... 16 WEEKLY AR1ISAN ,-UWLlaHIED I:VERT SATURDAY aY TH. MICHIGAN ARTISAN COMPANY .uaSC"IP'TION '1 eo P'E" YEA" ANYWHE"E IN THE UNITED STATES OTHE" COUNT"IES '2.00 P'!!:" YEA". SINGLE COP'IE. 5 CENTS. PU.L1CATION O.... ICE. 108-112 NO"TH DIVISION ST. G"ANO RAP"'OS.MICH, A. S WHITE, MANAQING EDITO" Entered ... econd ela .. matter, July 5, 1909, at the post office at Grand Rapids, M.chll'an under the act of March 3, 1879 CHICAGO REPRESENTATIVE E. LEVY. When J. Montgomery Hare, retiring president of the 1'\a-tional Board of Fire Underwriters, declared "there is no more reason for a state to fix rates for insurance than to name prices for merchandise to be sold," he uttered a palpable truth CIr-cumstances alter cases, however, and recent developments in the fire insurance business show that it needs regulation by law to guard the interests of the policy holders. Indeed, that fact was recognized as a public necessity years ago, hence we have insurance boards or commissions in all the states. The banking business is also regulated by laws, as are the raIl-roads, and present indications point to similar regulation of the express business in the near future. Mercantile business, in various lines, is now regulated by laws. Whether regula-tion will be extended until it fixes rates and prices depends largely on the conduct and methods of those who manage the lines of business and industry now regulated by law The government has already assumed the regulation of raIlroad rates and unless the insurance men reform their methods-unless they cease to rob policy-holders in order to pay princelv salaries and make millionaires among their offiCIals-the people will soon demand that rates be fixed by state or natIOnal la\\" This state of affairs smacks of SocIalism, but it has been brought about by those who make the mo"t strenuous protests against gavel nment or state regulation " The efforts of manufacturel s to ImprO\ e the "dllltal y condItIOns of factones and to safeguard the li\ es of \\orkmen, are seldom appreciated Examples in support of thIS '3tate-ment are not want111g The late John \V Iddlcomb pro\ Ided safe guards for use on the shapers, stickers, and othet ma-chines used 111111" factories several months ago .'\ftel a day or two the men refused to operate the machines unle,;s the guards were removed. At the factory of the Rettmg Funll-ture company, guards were attached to a hand planel, a ,;ander and a shaper On the day following the 111stallatlon one of bhe guard" was taken off and hung on the \\ all, another was hfted out of place and supported wIth a strtng .'\ deaf and dumb man operating a sander wIthout a guard had a fin-ger actually sanded off. It was a peculiar and an unu'3ual dC-cldent Soon after it occurred the operator entered the office of the company and motioning for a sheet of papet wrote thereon "I'm a d--n fool" Indt\ idual dnnklng Cup'3 when prOVIded are not used, the men prefen mg to endanger their health if not their hves by drinking fr.:;lm a common receptacle There is work fot the health board to do 111 some of the factones The United Dry Goods company recently organi.ted with dn duthonzed capItal of $35,000,000 of common and $16.000,- 000 ot cumulatt\ e seven per cent preferred stock, have ac-qUIred control of a number of large mercanttle houses all of \\ htch handle furlllture, rugs and kindred goods. These hou:oe" are known m the t1 ade as follows' The H B. Claflin company, C G Gunther & Sons, James McCreery & Co, and the O'NeIll-Adams company of I\ew York CIty; Stewart & Co, of BaltIOre, J K. Adam and \iVilham Hengerer, of Buffalo; Halhne & Co. Newark. N J ; the Powers MercantIle company of l\linneapohs and the Stewart Dry Goods company of LOUh\ Ille \Vhat effect, If any, the consolidation of these 1I1tere'3h "tll have upon the future of the buyers of the '3e\ eral stores mentIOned is not known, as the policies of the big corporation have not been made public; but it is stated that act!"ve competItIOn with Sears, Roebuck & Co, and other mal! order houses Will be entered into. -\ germ proof dming car will be added to the equipment of the Lehigh Valley railroad The interior will not be orna-mented with carvings, mouldings, or projections "If a mI-crobe should ahght anywhere on the smooth mahogany fin- I"h," the butlder remarked, "It would fall off and break its neck" Evidently the builder has not taken into consideration the kitchen, where germs are prepared to be served in the dmmg room -\ letter dated Chicago, June 9, states that the exhlblt1Jn butldlng of the :\ atomal Furnturie Exchange in that city ",tll be completed on June 10, 1911, and that It WIll be opened for bUS1l1ess on July 1, following The plans adopted propose the erection of a structure that will cover seven acres of ground and accord 2,000,000 square feet of floor space It IS a big enterprise. characteristic of Chicago \ person \\ ith a well developed bump of imagination may be able to form something hke an idea of the volume of busI-nes" transacted by Sears, Roebuck & Co, of Chicago, when 1I1formed that the house dealt with six million customers la'3t year and on an average receives 75.000 pieces of mail per day :\0 wonder merchants in smaller cities feel the effect of the mall order business Letter" hay e been received by local manufacturers frJm a L0n~lderable number of buyels who have placed orders for good" needed from time to tIme in their home offices, stating that the} WIll come to Grand Rapids in July for the first tIme The desire to personally inspect widely advertI,;ed 1111e'3which they hace not sold 111the past is given by "everal a" the Iea"on for theIr coming The work of receivl11g, unpacking and pohshing the samples of furmture prepared for the mIdsummer exposition I'; under way Hundreds of men WIll be so employed during the next four weeks in the several furniture exposItion towns \Iany factory hands would be idle but for this extra work in mId-summer \Lany manufacturers are engaged m stuffmg the matI bag,> with Circulars addressed to retailers call111g attention to the e),.hlbits they WIll make during the coming month. The trade papers would serve their purpose better at a great say I11g of expense The reason why men \\ ho mind their own business suc-ceed I" hecause they have so little competition --~~------------------------------------, WEEKLY ARTISAN 17 The Railroad Bills. There are "'Ide chfference" in the pro\ i"lOns of the rall-lOad bills passed by the house and "en ate and neIther ha" any great resemblance to the bIll wntten by Attorney-Ge1neral v\ Icker"ham and approved by the presIdent The Senate bIll, as formerly passed, contal11S only three of four propo;,al" appearing in the same form as they stood in the onginal ad-ml11istratlOn or "Taft bIll" The provisIOn for a commerce court is retal11ed with only slIght modIficatIOns; and so are al"o the proposItions authonzing shIppers to select their own routes, the provision Imposing penalties for I11correct state-ments of rates by raIlroad companies and that authonzing the commission to begin investIgation on its own l11itiatIve and to control classIflcatlOns But apart from these elements, mains, a" does al'>o the <,tock-and-bond feature, neIther of whIch appear" m the senate bill, in thc house bill the long-and-" hort-haul IS radIcally dlffel ent from that m the senate bIll, It IS \ ery drastIc-prohIbIt,; a greater charge for a short haul than for a long haul under any circumstances, whIle m the senate bIll certam exceptIOn" are made vVashl11gton advlces state that the Republicans-"regu-lars" and "msurgents"-In the house are expected to get to-gether and with a few DemocratIc votes, pass the senate bIll, without referring the matter to a conference committee. Such action does not seem probable however. WIth such radIcal dIfferences between the measures passed by the two houses the usual course would be to refer the matter to a conference commIttee wIth a vIew of reachmg a compromise. Neither the bIll is unrefcognizable as tlhe ongl11al "adm1l1lstratlO11 Ineasure" Almost wholly through a combination of "m;,urgent" and Democratic votes there were injected into the bIll a long-and-short- haul amendment, an anti-injunction amendment, a pro-viSIon glvmg the Interstate-Commerce Comml"slOn power to suspend 1l1crease" in rates for eleven months, a prOVblOn al-lowl11g the c0111lTIlssion to become a party to litIgatIOn m re-gard to Its orders before the new commerce court, an amend-ment "hlftl11g the burden of proof m regard to the rea"onable-ne;, s of mcreases in rates from the shipper to the raIlroad itself, an amendment mclud1l1g telephonc and telegraph com-pa111e;, as common carriers under the inter;,tate-commerce law and several other amendments of mmor importance There have been stnken out of the bill the prov ISlOn legalIz- 1l1g agreements between raIlroad companies to fix rate" and classlficatlOns-a feature recommended by PreSIdent Taft, but denounce,] by Senator La Follette as "a plain sanctIOn of rate-making by combinatIOn and a repeal of the antI-tru"t law m its applIcation to raIlroads ," three other ong1l1al pro- Y Isions that have been cut out of thc bill have been de;,cnhed by the \Vlsconsin senator as features of it that "pretended a control of railroad capItalization, but in truth and 111 fact legalIzed all of the capitalIzation eXIsting 111 raIlroad orga111- zatlOn at the present tIme and prepared the way for vanOU5 schemes of stock watering through legaliz1l1g mergers and financial operat ons." In the house bill the physical-valuation prOVIsion re-house ha,', e, er ,',un endered to the other 111 a case of such radIcal dIsagreement I n thIS 1I1stance. however, fear that reference to a com1111ttee would prolong the contest indefi- 111tely and m1ght result in the faIlure of b0th bills, may in-duce the lower house to SUI render. rOlDlno (nAIDS In the UnIted States, SUItable for Sun day Schools, Halls, Steam-ers and all pubhc resorts. We also manufacture Brass Trimmed I ran Beds, Spring Beds, Cots and CrIbs In a large variety. Send for Catalogue and Prttel to II ...._._--_._---_._-------------- KAUffMAN MfG. CO. ASHLAND, OHIO ...... ,. 11 WEEKLY ARTISAN • • T m_ ••••••••• .. . ... NO OTHER SANDER No. 171 Patelllted Sallld aelt llIachlllle. WYSONO « MILES CO., Cedar St. and Sou. R. R., OREENSBORO, N. C. 1 _ .. can possibly do the variety of work that is being accomplished on our machine. Our No.i71 Sander is positively superior to all other methods on flat surfaces, irregular shapes and mouldings. Ask for Catalog liE" ~------------------------_.__.-_._._._._-- _. --------------- Attractive Exhibit of Rare Furniture. New York City, June 9 -The furnIture trade seems in a very quiet condition The market IS qUIte de\ Old of activIty and presents no features that are worthy of any extended mention The wholesalers are complammg that the dealers are not buying as usual and it is harder than ever to sell goods The factones are working to faIr capacIty, but much of their product goes to stock The travelIng men are doing the best they can but are not overburdened with orders The Cambridge Trading company has been incorporated by Jacob Anbacher. David Haar and S Offenbach They are capitalized at $5,000 and will manufacture and deal in furmture, cottons, woolens. textile fabrics and artIcles used in house decoration An interestIng- tnp \\as recently made by the \\ riter through the plant and warerooms of the Aimone I\Ianufactur-ing company, who have a line that will stand inspectIOn by the most fastidious buyer. Various rooms are filled wIth terra cotta and marble goods of the finest and rarest that could be picked up, some with a history and others wIthout There are articles known as curiosities, Oriental goods, histoncal and religious, brass goods, r 2ry. porcelain, silver antiques, etc A great deal of the histthlcl and antique furniture IS imported but a large plant is maintained to make period, inlaid and hand painted furniture They consider the Adam Brothers about the best style of furmture imported, followed by the Renais-sance. the Louis, William and Mary, Chippendale, Dutch, Italian, English and other old lines. Some very fine lines are displayed of walnut goods, mahogany Chippendale sets and Chinese designs, the whate enamel lines are most beautIful The Circassian walnut and inlaid and carved Dutch mar-quetry, are probably as high pnced as anything in the ware-rooms. Some white mahogany is dIsplayed that makes OFFICE OF CITY CLERK. Wichita, Kansas, June 3rd. 1910. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that bids will be received at the office of the City Clerk up to 9:00 A. M., on June 20th, 1910, for furnishing seats for the Forum. Plans and specifications for seating said Forum can be had at the office of the City Clerk. Bidders will be required to submit sample chairs prior to date of opening bids. Bidders will be required to enclose a certified check in the amount of $500.00 as a guarantee of good faith. Commissioners reserve the right to reject any and all bids. Wm. Sence, City Clerk. .... • ••••• ¢ •••••• • ••••• a very artistic show1l1g An Adam bed room set is a very beautIful piece of work There is a gold room wh~ch contams a LOUIS XIV table, wIth brache violette marble. also tapestry 'iuites, each thread be1l1g woven by itself, whIch came from the famous Musee de Louvre Some fine old chests show their antiquity, an Italian inlaid table is shown, the work on which \\ as all done with a steel needle. There is a demand now for the EnglIsh period designs, and a great many pieces are carried that are exclusive and never duplicated An exhibition will be held by this firm in July. but at the present time the stock on hand IS lower than usual. R C. Aimone, the head of the firm is at present mak-mg a trip through Europe for new goods and novelties The salesmen are in the CIty now and will go out agam in July an~l .\ugust to cover the entire country. J A. Foley IS in charge of the business 111 the absence of Mr. Aimone A new firm to start 111 business here is the Weiss Furni-ture company, manufacturers and Jobbers at 369 Third ave-nue The president is Benjamin Weiss. who IS treasurer of the Umted States Cabinet Bed company of 336 Delancey "treet, H. P. \Veiss is "ice president; Samuel Stillman IS treasurer and salesman to the city trade; Martm Newman is secretary and will sell goods in Brooklyn; MIke Hyman WIll act as salesman 111 New Jersey The capItal is $12.000, of which $6000 is paId in. They will manufacture dressers, chiffomers, sideboards tables, etc Russia to Invade Argentina. Amencan Ambassador Rockhill writes from St Peters-burg that a committee has been organized there under the leadership of ~1r. Avdakoff, a member of the council of Em-pire, whose object is the sending to Argentma, to partiCIpate 111 the jubIlee international exposition of that republic, of a Russian floating exposition. such as was recently dispatched to Levantine ports Mr Rockhill comments' "The idea has had the active support of Mr. Garcia- Mansilla, the Argent1l1e charge d'affaIres here, and, it is stated, of the RUSSIan mmister at Buenos Aire'i bne of the vessels of the RUSSian volunteer fleet WIll be fitted out for the purpose, and the committee has called upon the chief busine'is firms of the empire to partIcipate "The success of the lIke enterpnse in the Levant has surpassed expectatIOns, the sales of Russian produce aggre-gatmg. It is estimated, more than $1,500,000, and has brought about the establishment of a number of Russian commercial agenCIes in Con'itantlllople It i'i expected that this new enterpn-;e w1l1 have as favorable results and lead to the devel-opment of RUSSIan trade WIth the Argentine Republic." WEEKLY ARTISAN Detroit Factory and Trade Notes. DETROIT, June 9.-The Palmer Manufacturing com-pany will show an almost entirely new line of tables and pedestals on the fourth floor of the Furniture Exchange, Grand Rapids, III July. They will have the finest line they have ever offered for lllspectlOn, embraclllg many styles in Flanders, mISSIOn,Elizabethan, colomals, etc Will Streng, the presi-dent of the company, WIllbe on the floor, assisted by his sales-men, Ellis Rine and H L Doederlin Since completing the addition to the factory they are enabled to fill orders promptly, and are doing a large busIness The Possehus Brothers Furniture Manufacturing com-pany will show this season, for the first time, nine complete dining room sets, consisting of buffet, china closet, serving table, dining table and chairs, made with colomal, mission, Elizabethan and French legs The writer has seen several of these patterns and to praise them would only be doing them justice. Besides this line of dining room furniture they will have their usual large line of dining tables, including all the most popular styles, and the usual hne of the famous Victor extension tables ThiS hne will be shown as usual on the second floor of the Furmture Manufacturers' Exhibition build-lllg, 1319 Michigan avenue, Chicago. J. C. Widman & Co. and the Humphrey-Widman Book-case company will show their complete lines on the first floor, south half, of the Furniture Exhibition building, Grand Rapids, No. 1739-103 Pull. Made by Grand Ra.pids Brass 00., Grand Rapids, Mich. ...- .... ....... ----- ----_._.-.- -----------1 I Give your men tools that are ac-curate to the one-thousandth part of an inch. Tools that are straight and true and hold their cutting edge. No matter how expensive and per-fect your machinery may be. if the cutting tools are not of the best, you can not turn out good work. We pride ourselves on the fact that we have manufactured only the very best for thirty-five years. Write for our complete catalog. It shows many new ideas in fine labor saving tools. MORRIS WOOD & SONS t508-1510 W. LAKE ST., CHICACO, ILL • .. ..---_.. .. ..--_._._---------~ ---------_._--------------------., .. ". I Here is a Rocker That's a seller. Write for the price. III the space formerly occupied by the Taylor Chair company, of Bedford, Ohio. This WIllbe the best and largest line these companies have ever placed on the market, and as they will show in no other market it behooves every buyer who cares more for business than having a good time to keep this in mind. Their lme of dimng room furniture is made III Sher-aton, Elizabethan, and Jacobean styles The dllling room sets will include china closets, buffets and serving tables, with chairs to match They will also show a fine line of imported mirrors and pictures. The Humphrey-Widman sectional book-cases will add very much to the dIsplay. C. H. Haberkon & Co have a new catalogue in press. Since Mr. HabErkon's retirement from the active engagement Mr. S. H. Doench presides at his desk. Retail trade is fair in the city, some saying that they can-not get the goods as f\lst as they can sell them The Granel Upholstenng company, one of the leading furniture stores of Gratiot avenue, is having a fine trade. Ed Drahiem, the buyer for this house, visits the market in Grand Rapids and Chlcago each season. Gratiot aV~'nuehas another furniture store, Geo. H. Streng having opened up at 415 Gratiot avenue, corner of Russell street. Mr. Streng carries a good stock of furniture, bedding, carpets, rugs, stoves, gas stoves and pictures, and reports trade as very satisfactory. C. M. 4' ~ .. No. 6911. GBO. SPRATT 8 CO. SHEBOYGAN, WIS. 1 19 • ~------- -- 20 WEEKLY ARTISAN RETAIL FURNITURE ADVERTISING Conducted by H. H. STALKER. Dealers Are Urgedto Send in Samples of Their Advertisements and to Offer Any Suggestions and Helps Which They Believe Will Be of Benefit to Others. This Department Aims to Be of Practical Service. Help Us to Make It So. , A Reply to Mr. Schurman. To critIciLe is human. To impugn and mallgn a nldn's motives and ideals, to assume to publIsh to the '" otld "hat he stands for, without being in possessIOn of the facts appeal S to me to be nothing short of inhuman The worst that can be said about the Bishop cntIclOlm 1'3 that it handled without gloves what was believed to be faulty construction. The writer is free to admit that It might ha' e been tempered somewhat by a mention of some of the (2,ood features, with which even the wor'3t "ads" are often endO'" ed Schurman quotes Mahm as saY1l1g that it is "Ise not tll be too confident a critic of advertising True If he WIll read the criticIsm again he will note that I qualIfied It "Ith an ( 111 my judgment." I have also mentioned 111 these columns the fact that it was unreasonable to expect every reader to concUl in the critIcisms, and have repeatedly called for the opmlOIh of others. I am glad that I was finally successful m gettmg action. Those seeking the motive back of Schurman's article un-doubtedly discovered it in his closing word'3, in whIch he admits that he was indirectly connected with the adnrtl"e-ment in question It is the truth that stings, so of course the spirit manifest between the lines of Schurman's remarks b not in the least surprising. I divine another reason why he "rate as he did. The calIbre of Schurman's copy IS too good to admit of discounting his abIlity as an "ad" -wnter, yet he I.., first and foremost an artist You need not be told that neall \ all artists are blessed or cursed, as they choose to consIder It, with a sensitive nature. WhIle unquestIOnably not to be com-pared with Schurman as an artist, stIll I am enough of one to suffer from a like affiiction-a sensitive nature And so, understanding his feelings, I hold no resentment He" as d bit hasty-that's all And I submIt that he was tenfold more severe and harsh in his judgment of me pelsonally, than I,\a" of hIS brother's advel tI::,ement A man can stand WIth equalllm-ity the assaults upon the creations of hi::, brain (or should), but when it comes to assailing the one thing he holds most dear, he should defend himself. I have only a slight acquaintance WIth MI SchUlman He does not know my characteristic'3, or my Ideals and aspIra-tIons regarding advertIsing or any other thing; and it IS qUlte eVIdent that he has not followed closely the columns ovel which I have presided, or I feel sure he would have written 111 a dIfferent strain For instance, 111a recent issue of the Artisan I had the following: "In these days of strenuous competitIOn one IS inclIned to bear down too heavily on price, and not enongh on quallty Pnce is a good thing to feature, because folks lIke to know the cost of th1l1gs that 1I1terest them On the other hand there are many who are just as much concerned about qualIty, they belIe" e m buying the best, and the latter class are, m the last analySIS, the best class to cater to If you gain a reputatIon for rehability, when you do see fit to have a sale your an-nouncements wiii carry greater weight, and consequently stronger pullIng power Let the other fellow do the pnce slashing; the frantic spell-bmding stunt Do" ou go quietly, versistently, and everlastingly after the kmd of trade that "ttcks, the kmd that IS not call1ed away \\Ith every wmd 1.h7' blm's. but whIch is determined to buy good good.." reallze that a faIr return must be paid, and know where t'J go to get "hat they want. It is perhaps slower to build up a trade of thIS character, but it's a heap more satisfying in the end, and more profitable too. And on top of all that you and your bUSI-ness command twice the respect of the community" Does that sound as if I were for the "stuffed club," "Jol- Iter," "Barnum," "cure-all" or other "undefined" style of copy? Does that read as If I would "ltke to see merchandising traIled 111 filth"? Mr Schurman takes it upon himself to assert "con-fidently" and WIthout even a qualifying "in my judgment," that I am. Thus he puts me in a false light before all the readers of the Artisan save those who know to the contrary. He says further, that neither he nor I originated the theones of advertISIng which we are both following, yet he goes on to state that the "pnce is almighty" theory is a Stalker theory. He remarks that a salesman went into a store last January in response to a "Stalker type of ad ," etc. My dear Schurman, these are not Stalker types at all. I stand for no partIcular type of "ad." save that of truth-fulness, honesty, plain speech, plain illustration, plus all the force the writer can put into it. Force it must have, even to the sacrifice of the more elegant forms of English. Advertising IS not a question of elegant English-but dollars. Even the most cultured al e susceptIble to forceful copy, albeIt they mIght not choose the same mode of expression in giving calm to theIr thoughts And I have an idea that graphic language of another nature might have more effect on them than an ad, ertisement couched m the same kind of language they "ould use I t would at least have the novelty of freshnes'3 By forceful, I do not mean bombastic. But I do mean short, sharp, concise, meaty sentences. Every word pregnant with meaning-ringing with spirit, energy and conviction. The kmd of copy that grips and holds-creates desire-stirs to action, and starts a sale that even the blithering idIOt Schur-man mentIoned could not kIll And I cannot help but add that I am decidedly of the opinion that the "we invite you to 111spect" kind of copy does not come within the range of the above defil11tion of forceful English, whatever you may thmk of it. Schurman says that I speak confidently. He might rather have anal}7ed It as positively. Yes, I did. I believe in it. A man WIth convIctIOns worth while always speaks POSItIVely and confidently PosItively, because one with strong convic-tIons cannot speak otherwIse; confidently, because without a spmt of confidence one cannot hope to make much of an impression Schurman says I should be mIme for clean, constructive, confidence-earning copy. WIth all my heart I am; always was-always will be. There IS nothmg in anything I have wntten for the ArtIsan that could be construed to mean any-thing else. Schurman says that the average salesman sells along the lmes of least reSIstance True again. That is the fault of the manager-not the ad-WrIter. If more ad-writers could dic-tate the policy of the stores for which they write ads, Schur- WEEKLY ARTISAN man's doubtful imputation that bargain offers had spent their force on the public would have much less ground for con-sideration. It is perfectly honorable, upright and good business to secure attention through attractively priced goods, and to sell better ones if possible. You are not betraying the confidence of the buyer in so doing; you are rendering a service, for the better the article a person buys, the greater the satisfactlOn My criticism that prices quoted were too high was in gen-eral- not directed at the $29.50 item. But I stlll mainta111, and I beheve I wlll be substantiated by the majority, that the $2950 panel should have been at the top, and the out-of-town panel at the bottom Schurman makes a good plea for the flowers, tho' how he knows that I need them more often on my table is a conundrum. Granting that they are all right, I still adhere to the idea that they should have been less con-spicuous in close proximity to the tables-at least in a news-paper ad. About the 15th of July there will be issued by a Chica~;o publishing house, a book from my pen. I am going to send a copy to friend Schurman. When he has read it through, T am sure he will say to himself, if not to me, "Stalker, I mi",- judged you." New York"s Vocational School. A vocatlOnal school, long advocated for this Clty, where boys are to be taught trades, has at last become a reahty as a department of Pubhc School 100, at Fifth avenue and 138th street, Manhattan, under the leadership of Dr Pickett. who has been chosen for the work because of his practical know-ledge of mechanics. ThiS school IS not only the first of its kinJ in thiS City, but the first, It IS said, in this country. Dr. Pickett says that while IllS school did not expect, and did not wish, to turn out Journeymen who, as boys, would be able to take the places of men 111the workshops. he emphasizes the fact that he intends to give the 400 boys 111the school a theoretical knowledge of the trade'3 which they selected, and which will be better than they could get under the present management of workshops Courses wlll be offered in woodworking, includ111g car-pentry, house construction, cab111et mak111g and JOInery; 111 metal work, 111clud1l1g machine shop and bench work; in forge and sheet metal work, in plumb111g, includ1l1g sal11ta-tlon and hotwater heating, 111 pnnt111g and book-bind1l1g by hand. and 111 mcchal11cal and artltectural draw1l1g and the mak1l1g and reaJ1l1g of blue pnnts At thc same tnne the boys ale to be taught Enghsh, mathematiCs. phySICS and chenllstry, 1l1dustrial history and geography, CIVICS,bookkeep1l1g and commerCial law, all 111 such a way as to empha'317e the practical Side of these studies Boys ale taken Without eXam1l1atlOn, If they ale 14 years old <lr 0\ CI and have passed till ough thc elementary school course, or, If 0\ er 14 anJ can pass an eXam1l1atlOn eqUl\ alent to thc Sixth year 111 the elementary schools No boys al e taken under 14, and none Without certlficatcs of character Mr. Cox Takes an Important Order. A large hotel IS 111 course of constructlOn at Scranton, Pa A few days ago Charles H Cox, of the Michigan Chair com-pany, dropped 111tO Scl anton and found the representatl\ C'o from several retal! houses and manufacturers engaged 111 negotlat1l1g for orders for furl11ture. Mr. Cox conv1l1ccd the owners that the J\Ilchlgan Chair company's goods were what they needed for the d1l11l1g room, the chamber and other de-partments of the house, and thlOugh a local dealer closed a contract fOl the same 111 Jig time 21 W"E C.f\N DOUBL& THE C.ftPl\.CITY OF YOUR DRY KILN. Detroit. Mich .• Oct. 18. 1909. McCaskey Register Co.• Alhance, Ohio. Gentlemen: Replying to yours of the 17th inst., with reference to Grand Rapids Veneer Works Dry Kiln which we are oper-ating here. would say after investigating the matter very thor-oughly we came to the conclusion that the Kiln offered by them would prove the most satisfactory and we accordingly built one under their plans and speCificationsone year ago. and are very well pleased with the operation of same. We find that our lumber is brought through in splendid condition and the time consumed being conSiderably less than heretofore, and in every way is operating to our satisfactIon. Yours truly. (Signed) ]. L. McDonell, Supt. DETROIT HOUSE OF CORRECTION. · 'G'~~d Rapids Cresc~~~--i THB WORLD'S BEST SAW BENCH I Built with double arbors. sliding table and equipped complete with taper pin guages carefully graduated. This machine represents the height in saw bench con-struction. It is designed and built to reduce the cost of sawing stock. Write us for descriptive information. CRESCENT MACHINE WORKS OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. .... 22 WEEKLY ARTISAN ,"..._----------------------.---.-----------.-.-.- .-..-.-.----~----"'1 WE MAKE REFRIGERATORS IN ALL SIZES AND STYLES White Enamel Lined. Zinc Lined. Porcelain Lined. Opal-Glass Lined. You can increase your Refrigerator Sales by putting m a line of the" Alaskas." Write for our handsome catalogue and price lists. II .. THE ALASKA REFRIGERATOR COMPANY, EXcl~s~:eu~~;~M~:U::SoKrEGON, MICH. New York Ofhce, 369 Broadway, L. E. Moon, Manager Persian Rugs and Carpets_ There was mVOlced to the United States last) ear Persian rugs and carpets to the value of $349,129 from Smyrna, $3,137.- 015 from Constantmople, and $143,392 from Bagdad This trade has shown considerable growth smce Amencan buyers began travelmg through ASiatIc Turkey and Persia, personally selecting many of these floor covenngs The shipments from Bagdad to the Umted States vvere more than for five years prevIOus, though the supply of real antique Persian rugs IS dim1mshing fast About $850,000 worth of rugs came to Bagdad from PersIa in 1909, of which less than one-fourth were old Nearly all the genume antIques. however, go to Amenca Shlraz, Ramadan, Tabnz, Kerman-sha, Bokhara, Kulyah1, and Sma are the kmds of carpets most-ly sent to the United States. The local pnces paId for such rugs range from $260 to $3 70 per square meter for ordmary qualtty, $440 to $6 for better grades, and $880 and upward for extra fine antIques, all dependmg on age, qualtty, and condition. Cheap rugs, amltne dyed, m 1mitahon of anCIent patterns, are now manufactured m large numbers by a foreign firm at Sultanabad for export to Europe They sell for much less than real Persian handmade carpets, and are readily detected by rubbing wIth a mOlstened cloth, whIch reveals the amlme dyes by leaving a stain on the cloth Every district in PersIa has ItS own style and desIgn of rugs; yet the mere name IS no guide to quality, as good and , II II1 bad rugs are turned out in all districts It is not easy to dis-tmguish one rug from another by word descriptIon, but a feature of the Sh1raz, Koordistan, Jaff, Kulyahi, etc, is that they are woven wholly or partly of cotton. The dominant color of all Shiraz rugs and carpets is red, while the Bijars are blue and marine. The choicest rugs are woven in silk and wool, and come largely from Kerman, Persia. Many ancient patterns, products of early Mohammedan days, as well as conventional flower de-signs, are seen. The color blendings are exquisite. These silk rugs are usually about four and one-half by seven feet, and are measured by the native "zar," a square measure of twenty by forty inches. Sixteen stitches per inch are usually woven in the manufacture of rugs and carpets for export, though Per-sian rug fanciers insist on finer weave. About 1,000 100m" are operated by hand in Kerman. Rere the price for the better qualities of carpets is nearly $5 a "zar " The estimated annual output of woolen rugs in Kerman is $200,000. The silk carpets of Kerman sell locally for about three times the price of woolen carpets, and in Cairo one silk rug from Kerman has been known to bring $500 Small boys, working two or three at a time under a master \\ eaver, turn out these valuable rugs The master reads the pattern aloud to them, which they recite or repeat after him as they work. These formulae contain many words now obsolete. --------------_._- ---_._--- iIIII III II III II I II II III II I.. 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, MICHIGAA - _. - - ..---~ I ------- .._ ....--------- ..- - --------_._._------_._._---_._-- ... _ ....- ....- ~I WEEKLY ARTISAN DEPARTMENT STORE TRUST. Twenty-Million-Dollar Corporation to Control Western Concerns. The May Department Stores company was lllcorporated at Albany last week, with a capitalIzatIOn of $20,000,000, of which $15,000,000 IS common stock and $5,000,000 preferred. Goldman, Sachs & Co and Lehman Bros are ItS financial rep-resentatives The company was orgamzed to take over and operate a number of large department stores in the middle West and the far West and to form the nucleus of a still larger corporatIOn that is designed to absorb leading dry goods houses west of the Mississippi valley. The charter of the new company permits It to manufacture as well as to buy and sell the articles that are handled by important dry goods houses and department stores and to engage In a general real estate business as well. The preferred stock will be cumulative and will pay 7 per cent dividends Dividends on the common stock will not be paid until after a surplus of $250,000 has been accumulated and no rate higher than 4 per cent may be established until the surplus reaches $1,000,000. The preferred will be redeem-able at 125 Application to list both the common and the pre-ferred will be made to the New Yor k Stock Exchange. There will be eleven directors Among the companies to be absorbed are the May Shoe and Clothing company of Denver, the Schoenberg Mercantile company of St LoUls, the May Real Estate and Improvement company of St Louis and the May company of Cleveland "Way to Ship." There IS a book publlshed by The Chicago Association of Commerce under the auspices of the Freight Traffic com-mittee which, although unknown to some of the great inter-ests of the association, is an absolutely indispensable instru-mentallty to many others. This book, the work of ]. F. Mor-ton, is entitled "Way to Ship." and has been preceded by three other numbers. The purpose of "Way to Ship" is to show shippers what are the through package cars leading to desirable trade terri-tones, and hrow shipments should be routed to obtain the best possible service. The book is in two parts. It contains seven ty-nine pag es in its first part devoted to the listing of stations in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Ten-nessee, Virginia and West Virginia. Against every station of these many thousand is placed a number, and that number carries the inquirer to the book's second part, being, literally, "Key No.1 to Way to Ship book No 4, 1910." To demonstrate the relation of the two parts of the work, it may be said for instance that the town of Abanda, the alphabetical leader in the Alabama list, has against it the number 679. and that the inquiring shipper who wants to reach Abanda in the best way does so if he follows the routing lllstructions which he finds set opposite the number 679 in the key In the case in point, if he were wise he would ship by the Chicago Eastern Illinois, in the Birmingham car, ex-pectlllg that his goods would arrive on the fourth day, and that they would have but one transfer, and that of a character least subJ ect to delay, loss and injury The book of course contams necessary shipping instruc-tions, and is equivalent to a business maker to every shipper who makes constant use of it. The package car service is the result of co-operatIOn between interested railroads and the Freight Traffic committee, and is one of the important constructive acts of the association in its unremitting cam-paign for trade extension. Have you received your copy of DRY KILNS FOR TIMBER PRODUCTS? A book on the "best and latest" practice of artificial lumber drying. IMPROVED ROLLER BEAR-ING TRUCKS Doors, Steam Traps, and the" ABC" Moist Air Drying Apparatus fully described and clearly illustrated. Mention Publication No. 265 (M. A.) AMERICAN BLO'¥[R CoMPANY ----DETROIT. MICH. _ U S. A Manufacturers of "ABC" low speed; low power exhaust fans. "ABC"roller bear-ing trucks, trans-fer cars and flexi-ble doors. "Detroit" Return Steam Traps. 2J 24 WEEKLY ARTISAN Minnesota Retail Dealers' Furniture Association OFFICERS-PresIdent, J R Taylor. Lake Benton, Mmn , VIce-PresIdent, D R Thompson, Rockford, Mmn ; Treasurer, B A Schoeneberger, Perham, Mmn ,Secretary, W L. Grapp, JanesvIlle, Mmn. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE-ChaIrman, Geo Klem, Mankato, Mmn., 0 Simons, Glencoe, Mmn., W. L Harns. Mlnneapohs, Mlnn I C. Datuelsou, Cannon Fans. BULLETIN No. 147. W L GRAPP, Do you thlllk for one mlllute that an 1l1"otliutlOn 'iuch a" h pictured above, could have grown up 111 ten ) ear" a" theY have, If they had not used some fundamental pr1l1C1ple tJ make It possIble? Do you know what that fundamental pnn-clple IS, If not, ask yourself how about the first cost of your source of supply. Is thIS instltutlOn, a mad order ev d, paying the same price that you and I pay? ,VeIl, no, hardl), and unless the mall order house could better the prICe'i, then v"lth the 'i111all dealer" thc} never could do what they have done and are no\', dJ1l1lS If y,m find III your business, that you cann 1t u"e the v 01U111C,that bnngs to you the'ie conces- '-olons. why not become a part of an JrgamzatlOn, whIch can? Thus you wdl be on equal footlllg with the largest competItor,; known III modern times Thlllk It over, Yours truly WEEKLY ARTISAN New Furniture Dealers. F A Quinn IS a new fur111ture dealel at Coppcr Blll, '1 enn Ed \vanI Lalo,on 10, tu open d ne\, fUlll1ture store at N CW-a) go, ~11ch Jacoh Uornstem hao, opened a new fUJmture "tOll at Sh3moh1l1, Fa Charles Han and "\ 0 FOl d, real estate dfalcl s h<.1\C fitted up a St'Jl e In \\ 111chthey wIll open a o,tock of carpel', emU fUl mture at Patterson, III J r Petnk & Sons have enlarged thell upholstellng hLhmes" at 930 Kansas avenue, Topeka, Kan , and have stal ted up an up-to-date fmm ture store Jullus and MollIe Wlelbo,ohn and H Phllllps have 111cor-porated the Grand Furniture company, capltallzed at $10,000, to open a new store 111Denver, Col J B Pnnce has opened a new stock of store and office fm111ture and fixture.., 111a part of the CapItol Furl11ture com-pany's hmldl11g 111 RaleIgh, 1\ C The InternatIOnal FurllltUI e company, C L Nord, man-dger, WIll open a new store wIth a large stock of fUl111ture, carpets, rugs, etc, at InternatIOnal Falls, Ml11n J T SImmons of Greenwood, S C, wholesale and retall dealer In furmture and, ehlcle, has rented the J P Jennings store "oon to be bmlt at McCon11lck, S C, and WIll open It 1\ Ith a full stock of vehIcles and furmture hy the mIddle of July Preparing for the ~lidsummer St>ason. The Berkey & Gay Fur111ture company arc busy theoc cla\ s v,lth preparatIOns for the July sale The maIn office on the fir:ot floor has been completely remodeled dnd presents a beautiful appeal ance, filllshed throughout as It h WIth ma-hogany ThIS firm dt considerable expense a year ago, fitted up a specIal room to show theIr Flanders furmture 1he room has 7,500 feet of floO! space and IS one of the furl11ture sl~hts of the cIty ThIS July, they are agam makmg l111pl0\ e- 111ents m theIr show rooms, alld wIll have two addltlonal spe-ual rooms, one showmg thClr enamel bed room lme-the other theIr new Sheraton cleltlons, whIch they are showl11g qUIte extenSIvely thIS season In addItion to the exhlbltlon of furnIture an exhIbIt equally as 111terestmg is that made of thell ad, ertlslng serVIce for 1he dealer The Berkey & Gay company reah?e that their pr::lblem IS not soh ed when furnI-ture IS sold the retaIler, that It really only commences at that pOInt-that the real problem is to mo, e the goods from the retaIler's floor ThIS explal11s wihy so much money ha:o been put behind theIr advertIsing campaIgn and so much thought In then dealers advertIsing servIce One cannot help but be Impressed WIth the thoroughness of these selll11g plans and the assIstance they can be to the dealer 1\ ho vnll take advantage of them \ VISIt tc) the Belke) & Cra) "hol\ 10()111C, dt1Jmg the lull sale v\ 111be tll11e II ell "pent The Past Season a Good One. John S LInton the secretary of the 1'\atlOnal 1<url11tl11e \Ianufacturers' aSSOCIatIOn, who keeps v"ell mformed uron the condItIons that eXIst m the mdustry, on \vednesday, June 8, expressed the opmlon that the sales of furl11ture dunn~ the current spnng season wel e fully ten per cent largel than dunng the correspondmg "ea~on of last year ,Yhl1e It l'J d fart that the travehng salc'imcn took but few ordel s on theIr Lnt tnp, the orders receIved through the malb were unu"uall) large 1'Ir Ll11ton heheves that the fall season of trade WIll be conSIderably more actIve and larger 111 volume than that of the fall of 1900 As an mdlcatlOn of the grounds that eAlst r---.-_- ~--_._.-._--------_._-_.~---~-- I IIII -- • n --I IIII II III II IIIIII II III -01 THE WEATHERLY INDIVIDUAL Glue Heater Send your addre.s .nd and receive de.crlptlve Circular of Glue Heater., Glue Cooker. and Hot Boxes with prices. The Weatherly Co. Grand Rapids, Mich. ~-------------------------_._---_._---_.._-_.- ._- sUPPO! tIng the Vle\\ of :\Ir Lmton,]\.11 Insh of the Hastmgs fable company state" that IllS firm has receIved forty-SIx orders from the tern tory tl aveled b) 111msel£ sInce he made hIS tnp March last Mr. Lupfer"s New Project. Geor~e 13 Lupfel, of Columbus, 0, for many yeals Lldl1<.1£;trof the manufacture of beddmg- for the film of whIch he Wd" a membel, havl11g 'iold hIS mtelest io hIS paltner, has 01 gal1lLcd the George B Lupfer company, purc11dsed an up-to- date factory bl11ld1l1g and eqUIpped It WIth the best of 111 )dern machmelY fe)! the manufacture of a supenor hne of mattres'ies, box spnngs, WO\ en and COIled WIre springs, ptl-luw", etc The plant, lac ated at 262-4 North Hanover street 1" nO\\ 1ll opelatlOn and lis ploduct" wlllibe exhIbIted WIth F '1 Fhmpton & Co at 1319 MIchIgan avenue, ChIcago, and at the factor) '\11 Pbmpton is a 'itockholder m the Lupfer company ,Vlth hIS long expenence and fir"t c1a"s fac11ltles Ilr Lupfe, h "ure to make a ~ucces" of his ne\\ project Furniture Fires. '1homa" J :\Iugge's furniture store at I:ohpemmg, 1\11ch, "as destroyed by fire recently The GreenVIlle (Tex) ~Iattres'i company's plant wao, burned on June 1 Loss $3, SOO,pal tlally msured Schwartz Brothers, fur11lture dealers of NOI wlch, Conn, lost about $2,000 by file m theIr siore on Sunday, May 29. rull) 111SUl ed The plant of the l\Iantenffc1 RcfllgelatOl company of \llllneap )11", '\Imn, vva" damaged to the extent of $10,000 b) fire on June 2 In"uI eel Lentz Tahles Sell Themselves. N \SIlVILLE, Mlch, J1111e 9 -The Lent? Tdble com-pany ha, e a satIsfdctOl y trade, and WIll bnng out man) ne\\ pattern:o [or the fall 'ieaSOll, mc1vdmg Flander:o, ml:o:OlOn,carll' Enghsh, Tudor, etc The Lentz dmmg exieno,lOn tables have a WIde reputatIOn as the best made and fim"hed on the malket They do not exhIbIt at any of the furmtm e exlllbltlOns, but have no trouble in marketmg theIr output Long in the Business. George Lv an.., although a ) oun~ man, ha-, been en- ~dged m the sale of furnltUle a lOll£; ilme, not Clmte as long a:o Halle) 0, e.Jmet take" 111 makmg a lound tnp to earth, from ItS hole 111 the cll"tant every\vhel e, but long enough to under-stand the game, and sell a lot of goods to the dealel S m the soutlnvest anel the PaCIfic coast 2S ,.---------------~-- - - -- - - -- 26 WEEKLY ARTISAN Complete lines of samples are displayed at 1411Michigan Ave., Chicago, and in the Furniture Exhibition Building, Evansville. THE KARGES FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Chamber Suites, Wardrobes. Chiffoniers. Odd Dressers, Chifforobes. THE BOSSE FURNITURE co. Manufacturers of Kitchen Cabinets. K. D. Wardrobes, Cupboards and Safes, in imitation golden oak, plain oak and quartered oak. THE WORLD FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Mantel and Upright Folding Beds, Buffets, Hall Trees, China Closets. Combination Book and Library Cases. THE GLOBE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Sideboards in plain oak, imitation quartered oak, and solid quartered oak. Chamber Suites, Odd Dressers, Beds and Chiffoniers in imitation quartered oak, iNitation mahogany, and imitation go1den oak. THE BOCKS~rEGEFURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of the "Supelrior" Line of Parlor, Library, Dining and Dressing Tables. THE METAL, FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of "Hygiene" Guaranteed Brass and Iron Beds, Cribs. Wire Springs and Cots Evansville is the gr1eat mixed car loading center of the United Sta.tes, made so by the Big Six Association. 1 .. Made by The Karges Funuture Co - - - - ---_-II WEEKLY ARTISAN Made by Bosse FurnIture Company Made by World Furniture Compan}. Made by Bockstege Furmture Co. Made by Bockstege Furmture Co a--------- ._ ••••• -.4 MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND NEWS The Roper I~url11ture facto!\ 1<" to he 11W\ ull10m \I1-!I,t \\ aka, Ind to DIxon, III J D 110rns nncleIiaku c11 l\.llklanel III hd' 'c lei 111- bU<.,lne"" trl Henly Laudl" The Tnggs-5teele I t11l11ture C0111]M!1)0 \n\1l"ton \la ha" gone II1t) banklllptcy FlOellch Drothers succeed Phlhp llOellch t\\lnJt\\l c dl,d u and undertaker, at Gridley, III IV 1;\1 Kelly & Son ha\ e ,ucceeded unde1 takll1g busmess at Elburn III The Rochester (:\ Y) c,tme and rl11nltllte cc)mpa11\ have opened a hI anch St01 e at Glen ralls. '\ Y The Lall1gsbu1 g (\llch ) Fl11l11tu1e anel L ndel taklllg C0111- pany has been II1corporated CapItal ,tack ~1O000 The Grand Rapld-, (\llch') L:ph0l,telln!2 COmpd11\ ha\ e Increased theIr capItal stock 110m $20000 to S:;O 000 The Enterpnse I~l11l11ture company dealel"- of PhlLt delphIa, ha\ e filed a \ oluntaly pet1t1011 m h Wk.1 \\ptL \ The MIller Furl11tllte compa11\ 01 \the11' r;a ,tie 1l1clk-mg anangements to add an unde! takIng dep31 tmlnt to the11 bUSIness The Central 5pnng Ded compan" ha\ e ~I\ (n 1l( IllC that then pnnupal offiel ha" been mo\ eel 110 11 [1m. ,,- 1 . to Brooklyn 1he Rhodc,,-Il1teh-C<Jllln, I111111turc l 1l1Jllll\ I' 1.) occupy a ne" bUlld1l1£; to be el ected on l'a din" ,1.1eel III l'en sacola, } la The People'" lUlll1tJlI e comp.U1\ nf been II1corporated b) S \ [ Good111an, -\ LeWIS CapItal stock. $10 000 Jacob II 01£ & Co, ±tlll11tl11e dealel" c 1 ha,e II1corpCJ1ated tben busmess a, the Speal ture company CapItal stock, $25000 The Hunt .:Uanufactunng company (Jarrett, Ind, ha" been mcol pOl ated b, rredenck, Charles Abel and E F Clal k The Campbell-C;mlth-Rltchle compall\ \\ 0"( llnL I" hanel-led by F l' Plimpton & Co, are bUllchng an a 1cltt]()J1 70" 90 four stones to theIr plant at Lebanon. Ind C J Enksen, fmnltule dealer, of Lawlerce, Kan. ha' II1corporated hIs busme,s, under the name 0 the :Cl1ksen Furlllture company CapItal stock, $25,000 A. E Tromp. a man of \\ Ide e"penence 111 the 1111111t1L.1l trade has taken the pOSItIOn of managel 111 the ll1ll1ltul e department of the -\x BIlly store, EUf;ene 01 e A A Husey, \\ J \!Jhan and 1\ 1\ C (j,,, h,,\ C 111- corpOlated the Hu,ey-\llhan Fl1Il1Itl1lc com pam . cl('alCl~ oj Oakland, Ca1 CapItal "tock. $50,000, all paId 111 The PI!/cr Furmtl1l e and Hareh\ dl e com pam 01 [ac!"on- \ d1e. I-la, arc erecting a concl ete hudd1l1g, t\\ )-"101Jes \\ Ith slxtv-foot frunt, that the) \\ III occupy In \u~ust The ::\;01thelll Ca'oket company of lond du lac, 1\ I" d1C ereLi1l1g an addltlon to thell plant. \\ hlch \\ Jll co"t S20,000 and enable them to employ fifty or sl ...t.y adclItlOnal men The Hartman 1urmture company. dealers of ChICd~O, are about to elect a lalge \\arehouse on the south SIde ]he) paId $26,400 for the sIte whIch fronts on II ell l\\ 01th a\ enue 1 he D'ltzgera1d FurnIture company al e el ectlnt; a fi\ e- "tory pI es"ed bnck buJ1clIng. \\ ll1ch IS to h'l\ L ,dl \llodeln Imprm ement" and be read) for uccupanc} ,lbuut the fil"t of September The ::\Iutual Fl1Imtl1le LOmpdm \\ho IVnght in the retaIl busmess at Owego " \. \ [ahan In thc l1caUlt1r nt rL e" ha' D I Loppel and \ c... Cln cldnel (). c...ample l~Ull1l "-tOIl' tl1ll1ltUH LClgl H UW. 1\ ,ucc~eclecl I I' Y , ,tbOUl a ) edr ,l~ I h'l' 111)\\ c!')-.Lcl the 0\\ ego stOl e and moved the "tack to j ll1lncl \ ') " l \l,,()n Illlnltule ded1el of Del'l Creck. near Bloom- III~ton Ill, pm elM "eel thL old p,J"toffiee hl1lldmg whIch w clS lece11111 \dcateel l1lcned It to a lot ad]0111111ghb store and \\ 111 U,e lt ,h a wal chouse 11 " 11alHi,un ot FClgllS Fa1h, and H I1 Halver"on, ha\ e pUlchased the T II Pelrt's furl11tme "tore bus111ess at "ank eentel ,[mn H B Haher"on \\111 manage the busl-ne,~ unr1el the film name ul Hal'. erson & Co rll,C DClke, ~ Ga} lurl1ltul e company, Grand RapIds, hd\ e fttteel llP a leceptlOn loom for the buyers who wdl call dt the facton cl11I111gthe summel sales season It is fi11lshed 111 mahogan\. calefull) selected and matched C T' II lllldm,on ha, sold hIS 1I1telest 111the fl1lniture a'l(] undo tak111~ ]m"1I1es" of \llllld111son & Stahl, Tecum:oeh, \1 Jell to r ugcnc c..,el\ lee The new firl1l-Sel vIce &Stahl- \\111111J\l 10 \[1 c..,cnlce, stOle on ChlLago street I hl (,tate 0\ the 1.,1.( Dd\lcl IV Kendall of the PhoenIX 1 UInltnl e c0111]Jal1\, Gland Raplcls, \11Ch, has been appraIsed aL «;ZO() 000. Inclmll1l:; sCJme good "lzed hlocks of '>tock 111 L(1)dlt mll1lng compal1le" th,lt al e pclymg dIvIdends j ill c..,outhel'l Spl1n~ Ded company and other credItors hel\ l hleel a petitIOn 11I hankruptcy a~al11,t vV J\. Rhudy whl 11,1- lllcn elOlJlg 11l1~llle" 11I \tlanta, Ga, under the name" of the I ,t~ll lt11l11tl1le company and the Globe Fur11lture com-pall\ \\ R TLll11~ 101111el1) of the film of Delle & HaIJIS, IIll11l1111l elealu" o[ CCJllCOld '\ C. lus purchased the fur11l- 1111e-t(lIe It \\ dlton ~ \lcLeall. 111 -\shevllle, '\ C, and WIll l lnllll11L the hU-'I11e,,, undel the name of the Barns I~ur11lture ot l(l111Pclll\ On aeCOl1nt ot the 1 etl! ement of Charles E Hallock and the elbjJj..,al ot Ill" ~tolk m the Hallock I\1I111ture company of Rockt lel III (Tt!\ L l\d1Jam and 0 F lmfrock who n)',\ wnt! 01 the aaftll' of the company and own the controllll1g l111ele,t \\ 111~oon l han~e thE tItle 1 he a..,,,et, 01 \. & H C Knowlton, chaIr manufacturers oj \\ OIceqer, .:'lIas, "ho faIled recently are to be sold at auctIon 1\\ the aoo.H;nee-, neAt SatLlIday, June 18 The property c Ilbl' L' ot leal e, ta te, machmery stock fil1lshed and unfin- 1,hecl, IU111ber ancl account" recelyable T ~ 1 R Duck chdlr manufaclurels of Sterhng, Mass, ha\ e the contract fOJ hlfl1lshlng 11 700 chaIr" to be used at the lef!Jle,-Tohn'on pll/e fight at San FranCISCo on the 1 ()Ill th r t [ul'. The\ ha\ e ,11lpped tluee car loads and WIll ..,tal t the othel-, 0,1 thel1 1\ a) dUlll1g the comll1g week J hc ] \ all"\ 111c rl1rl1lture \[anufaeturers' AssaClatlon e1110\erl 1hell a11l1nal ontmg la'>t \londay They chartered a ,teamer tOl an excUl "lOn up the 01110 nver, carned plenty of Jefl e,h111cnt, ancl ,pent the clav nght PreSIdent E1I D \J 111([. \\ ds chairman of the C0111nllttee on arrangements The -\elam" & Ra\ monel \- eneer compan), manufacturel (Jl thll1 cut 1\1mbe1 and \ eneelS, IndIanapolis. have recently been mcol pOIatec1 bl1t thl'> WIll m no way change the man-agement The bnslne,," WIll be Il1lfeased by the handlll1g of more 1m ug n \\ ooel " than heretofore P BRay mond IS pI e~ldent 01 the, ompany I he JIuo'lu '[an\1factulll1~ lG111pan) of 1'\e\\castle, Ind, all cl the "e\\ ca" tle Cabll1et company of the same place, are p1amtlft<., In a ~ult II hlch ha, been filed 111 Ul1Ited States (OUlt a"all1't 11ank H Da\ls. a fnr1lltnre dealel of Columbus, allee;1l1~ ll1tungeme11t UI d patent on a mou1dmg board u3ed ... WEEKLY ARTISAN 1ll making the flOnts of btchen calbmet:'> The plaintIffs dsk damages and an lllJunctlOn Employes of the Hal tmann FUlll1ture compan), ChIcago, went to the home of :\1rs Herman SIegel to get a davenpol t on whIch payments had lapsed Mrs Siegel vvas not at home and they took a davenport that had been bought at another store and paid for. K ow Mrs SIegel I;" SU1l1g the Hal tman c::Jm-pany for $1,000 worth of diamonds that bhe alleges were 111 the davenpol t when It was lemoved The Jones Bros Dry Goods company, owners of the largest department store west of ChIcago and conduct1l1g a large mall order bus111ess, hay e gone 111to the han<ls of a re-ceIver, WIth a~sets estImated at $2 000,000, and habllItIes aggl e-gatmg at least $1,400 000 1 he bus1l1ess WIll be cont1l1ued wlth:mt change of pollc) or management 1;n~easonahle \"eather IS gIven as the cause of the faIlure Frank Keppler has sold hI;" 111terest 111 the ens", ell- Keppler Furl11tm e company, manufacturel s of pallor fur11l-ture, Grand Rapids, to lrank and James Cnswell l\1r Kep-pler has been offered a pObltlOn a~ manager of the uphol-stenng depal tment of Levenson & Zel11tz, Balt1l11Ole, Md, which he WIll 111\ estlgate befOl e accept111g The Cnswell- Keppler company, 01f;anucd three ) ears ago has been re-markably sUlces~ful lor the "ummel ;"ales season they have pi epal ed alaI g e lIn e of Engllbh gOdds made In only one deSIgn New Factories. Eugene Andrews and others have orgal11zed the High }J01l1t Casket company, capltalILecl ,1t $50,000, with $14,000 The Rmg Furl11ture company, recently 01gal11zecl, al e huddmg a new factOly at Kerner;"vllle, N C The Jeffer"on Beddmg company, recently Olgal11zed, lus eqmpped a factory and WIll make mattresse:o, bedc1111g etc, at Jefferson, \\ IS. The new fur11lture factory, bOller house and dry-bIn, helllg erected by the Showel s BlOS Co, Bloom111gton, Ind. IS nearly completed F C Shive, S E Roberbon and H \\ DavIS, have 111- corporated the Tledmann ConvertIhle Chall company, capIta-lIzed at $100,000. and will estabhsh a factOly at vVJ1m111gton, Del The new Supenor Furmture company of RocHm d, Ill, are about to beg111 opelatlOns They have constructed one of the largest and best equIpped plants 111that ftu111ture 111anu-factunng center Eugene Andre", s and other" ha" e on;a1117ed the ITH;h Pomt Casket company, capltalI7Cd at $50,000 With $1+,000 subscnbed, dnd wdl bmld a plant for the manufacture of c )ffins and caskets at High POInt, ~ C The Detachable Book Rest company of Vldalla, Ga, which \\ a" orgal117Cd last fall has been reOJ ga11lzed WIth new managers who have made arrangements to have theIr patented de" Ice manufactured by the V ldalla Coffin and Casket C0111- pany untd they can build a plant of theIr own After long negotIa t1Ons, Col Don IS of Cordele, Ga, has closed a deal with the Atheps (Ga) Mattress and SprIng Bed company, whereby the latter are to estabhsh a branch factory, employ1l1g not less than fifty hands, at Cordele The Arthur C Schuet7e Manufactunn~ company, Ma111- towoc, \VlS, ha, recently opened an e;"tabllshment tor the manufacture of church, school and office fur111ture, mtenor woodwork, etc All the mach1l1ery was purchased from a fac-tOly which had been shut down for some ilme apel the plant IS now in operation Sears, Roebuck & Co, have closed a deal by which they 29 become owners of the plant of the Spruce Mounta1l1 Lumber company at Clyde,;..J C The company have also purchased 1000 acres of tImber land from \V II Leatherwood for $13,000 It IS understood that the gleat Chicago firm propose to con-vel t the lumbo mdl 111to a furmture factory, manufactunng f111111ture for thell mall ordel bus1l1ess dllect flom the newly ptllchased timber lands National Furniture Exchange. The capital stock of the National Furniture Exchange, ChIcago, IS $3,500,000, of which $1,000,000 IS pleferred and $2,500,000 IS common stock The officers are' President, Joseph J Schneider, vice pi eSldent, FrederIck M Bowes, secretary, Norman A Larson, Treasurer, Edward LarE,on Executive Commlttee-Jo,eph J Schneider, Jo:"eph R 'V Cooper and N A Larson The dlrectOlate consists of ~he officers, Joseph R \N Cooper and two other~ to be selected The company pi 0- poses to erect an exposltlOn htllldmg on Twenty-second street, near the lake front \" IIII ~-----_._--_. . .., B. WALTER & CO. ~~ TABLE SLIDES Exclusively WABASH INDIANA ......... -- ------------.~...-....-...~I. WRITE FOR PRICES AND DISCOUNT Kimball Elevator Co., 3~3 Prospect St., Cleveland, 0 , l0811th St, Omaha, Neb., 129Cedar St , New York CIty. ....._-.., IMPROVED, EASY AND ELEVAlO RS II QUICK RAISING Belt, ElectrIC and Hand Power. j The Best Hand Power jor Furntture Stores Send for Catalogne and PrIces. KIMBAll BROS, CO" "" ", .. sc. COlnoi! Bloffs, la, I '---_._._._----------_ ..._._.-._-------- .. ~, ----~-----------~_.._. -..-.-.., - I III , -~ If your DESIGNS are right, people want the Goods. That makes PRICES right. (f{arence lR. bills DOES IT ~_...16.3 Madison Avenue -CItIzens Phone 1983 GRAND RAPIDS, },(ICH OROOVINO SAWS DADO SAWS Citizens' Phone 1239 ..... . .. 27 N. Market St.. Grand Rapid., Mich. .---------------------_ .. ~-------------------------- .-~ 10ufs babn DESIGNS AND DETAILS OF FURNITURE 154 Livmgston St. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN CItIzens' Telephone I70~. 30 WEEKLY ARTISAN $2~ SINGLE CONE ALL STEEL SPRINGS REMINDERS OF THIRTY YEARS AGO. Paragraphs Copied From the Michigan Artisan for September, 1880. SIlas Stern wJ1l open a furmture store 111 Eufaula, Ala J uhus Berkey has returned home after spend111g seyeral weeks In New York George W Gay and famIly ha' e returned from theIr <,um-mer outing at CharlevOIx E. T. Nelson and famdy ha' e completed a tour ot the northern pleasure resorts J Fred Baars, J r, has returned home after pa'i,,1I1g hIS vacatIOn at Martha's Ylneyard Gerhart Raumann of ?lIlddletov' n, Conn. ha-, patented a spnng closer for doors and !Sate" Wdham D1I1wlddle has entered the employ ot the Kent Furmture company a:-,a decorator Jacob C More of the Grand RapId" FurnIture company passed hIS summer "\acatlOn near Petoskey W. H Beals of the Berke, tz Ga, Furl1lture com pan) IS VIsiting customers of the house In the \\ est R W Mend!, secretary ot the Phoel1lA Furl1lture com-pany has returned from an outll1g on the \tlantlc 'ieaboard SIr Kl1lghts Eha5 2\Iatter and Ja) D "Ctle) partiCIpated in the tnenmal conclave of the Kmghts Templar at ChIcago The follOWing salesmen were recent SOjourners 111Grand Rapids F. Mes111ga WIth "\V111dmuller & Roelker. Xe\\ York. Mr. Wood of the Columbus, (0) ~tarch company, (Starch was used to fill furnIture woods thIrty) ears ago -Ed Arti-san) ; A L Sproul of the FaIrfield, (Conn) Rubber company; F. D. HJ1ls WIth D N Selleg, Xe,,, York, J A. .-\dams, Are very popular with the Furniture Trade. Each Net No. 46. Single Cone. $2 Each. Net. We manufacture a full line of Single and Double Cane All Wire Springs. SEND US YOUR ORDERS. SMITH &, DAVIS MFG. CO., St. Louis $2~ Each Net :\Iasury & Sons, ChIcago; C H Somes of Glover & vVJllcomb, Bost9n; Thomas D LIlly with S R Vrooman, Plulade1phia; J F Harri'i, Murphy & Co, Cleveland; and H A Newkirk of HIlI'i, Turner & Co, Boston. America's Best Customer. :"Jearly one-half of the manufactures exported from the L:l1Ited States go to Bnbsh tern tory and form more than one-thIrd of the total exports to that ternary, and thIS despite the fact that Great Bntaln IS the greatest manufacturing country of Europe and the world's greatest exporter of manufactures A careful analySIS of the 1909 exports of manufactures, just completed, shows that 275 mllhon dollars' worth of manu-factures v. ere sent to Bntish tern tory In that year, out of a total export of 671 mIllion dollars' worth of manufactures, mak- 111gthe 'ihare sent to Bntlsh terntory 41 per cent; also that the total exports of all kinds of Bntlsh terntory 111 the same penod were 742 mIllIOn dollars, the share which manufactures formed of that total be111gthus 37 per cent. Of the merchan-dIse other than manufactures exported, over 48 per cent went to British tern tory Of the total domestic exports, including both manufactures and all other merchandise, over 45 per cent v, ent to Bntlsh tern tory. By the term "Bntl'ih terntory" IS meant England, Scot-land, Ireland, GIbraltar, and Malta, Gozo, etc , in Europe; Ber-mnda, Bntlsh Honduras, Canada, Newfoundland and Labra-dor. and the Bntlsh \Vest Indle'i 111 North Amenca; BritIsh GUlana and Falkland Islands In South Amenca; Aden, Hong-kong, IndIa, the StraIts Settlements. and other British East IndIes 111ASIa; Austraha, New Zealand, and other British isl-ands 111 Oceal1la; Bntlsh South Afnca, West Afnca, and East Afnca, on the Dark Continent. WEEKLY ARTISAN Buildinlis That Will Need Furniture. Residences- J H. A Locher, James street and Hartwell avenue, MIlwaukee, WIS , $4,500; Henry Frenny, Forty-eighth street and Pabst avenue, MIl", aukee, $4,000; Bernard Gold-stelD, 616 Eleventh street, MIlwaukee, $5,000; MISS Bartells, Cramer and Folsom streets, MIlwaukee, $3,000; Edward C Grog, MerIdeth and SuperIor streets, MIlwaukee, $3,500; J. Sheehan, Forth-fourth street and LIsbon avenue, MIlwaukee, $4,000; 13 M GreenstelD, 230 Grand street, New York, NY, $42,000, haac Marks, 61 Park Row, New York, $12,500; Prof M SmIth, 323 vVest FIfth-seventh street, New York, $12,500; A R Murphy, KlDgsbndge road and Webster avenue, New York, $6,500; C J Reckling, Fort and CasgralD street'S, De-trOIt, MICh, $4,000, Otto Jacobs, Gratiot avenue and Helen street, DetrOIt, $4,200, Max Satonsky, High and HastlDgs t>treets, DetroIt, $10,000; Mary M. Dickerson, 404 LeIcester street, DetrOIt S;S,OOO;G H FrederIck, 918 Twenty-fourth street, DetrOIt, $3,000, Charles H. Stevenson, Brush street and Palmer avenue, DetroIt, $7,500; W. H. Wilhams, 1010 Grand RIver avenue, DetrOIt, $7,000; Clarence Carkeek, 324 Hubbard street, DetrOIt, $4,300; Charles Manzelmann, Field and Charle- VOIXstreets, Detroit, $5,069, Anthony KlelD, 417 Russell street, DetroIt, $4,000; Henry Hausen, 239 Missouri street, DetrOIt, $3,500, H W SmIth, 180 Rohus street, DetroIt, $4,000, Teresa Donovan, 5002 East Twent}-fourth street, Kansas CIty, Mo, $8,500; Sebastian Keller, 4245 Terrace avenue, Kansas CIty, $4,000; O. M Platt, 3804 Flora avenue, Kansas CIty, $8,000; J A Howard, 3718 Tracy street, Kansas CIty, $4,500; C. 0 Jones, 30-32 Garfield avenue, Kansas CIty, $15,000 J C Cham-berlain, 3308 Waldron boulevard, Kansas City, $4,000; C B. WIlkins, 571 Woodland street, Kansas CIty, $4,500, T E Bradley, 107 Bales avenue,

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