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Issue of a furniture trade magazine published weekly in Grand Rapids, Mich, starting in 1879. and GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC LIBRARY GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.• MAY 28. 1910 SLIGH FURNITURE COMPANY The Largest Manufacturersof CHAMBER FURNITURE EXCLUSIVELY IN THE WORLD Catalogue to Prospective Customers. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. WEEKLY ARTISAN 1 z WEEKLY ARTISAN ..... .. . . • •••• • • ••••• -tr .. e:.. . . .. .• -1 LUCE FURNITURE COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Manufacturers of COMPLETE lines of MEDIUM PRICED DINING and CHAMBER FURNITURE. Catalogues to Dealers Only. '"- a_. • • . .. . . ..--_ . Luce-Redmond Chair Co.,Ltd. I BIG RAPIDS, MICH. High Grade Office Chairs Dining Chairs Odd Rockers and Chairs Desk and Dresser Chairs Slipper Rockers Colonial Parlor Suites in Dark and Tuna Mahogany Btrd' J Eye Maplt Birdt ~ullrtered Oaft and Ctruwtan W"lnut Our Exhibit you will find on the fourth floor, East Section, MANUfACTURERS'BUILDING,North Ionia Street GRAND RAPIDS, MICUIGAN \ Exhibit in charge of J. C. HAMILTON, C. E. COHOES, J. EDGAR FOSTER. CHAND RAPIDS PUBLIC LIBRARY 30th Year-No. 48 GRAND RAPIDS9 MICH' Issued Weekbr 9 MAY 289 1910 BOSTON'S MANUAL TRAINING METHODS Making Earnest Efforts to Secnre the Best Possible Results From Their Vocational Schools. Few people realize how rapidly the leaven of the voca-tional idea is working in the schools of Boston. The School Committee is making experiments, quietly <undgradually, a3 its means permit, toward the modification of its established courses and the planning of new ones, all with the vocational end in view. Everybody knows albout the Latin school, with its relation to college and the professions, and of the Normal School, which gives preparation for teaching, and of the newer Mechanic Arts High School, which fits young men for intermediate positions in the factories, training a3 it were the non-commissioned officers of the industrial army. The long~discussed High School of Commerce, when it gets into its new budding, will graduate 125 pupils a year. But these are the more ambitious and better-known experiments. The smaller and more obscure ons are really quite as sympto-matic of the times and their tendencies. The School Committee has just started in East Boston a so-called pre-apprentice school of printing and binding. It IS planning a similar trailning school in wood and metal work in the Dearborn district of Roxbury. These are not expec-ted to turn out expert printers and boo~binders, but to give the pupils such a training as to enable them, on entering these callings ,to adViance more rapidly than they otherwise would The annual number of graduates of these two schools will not exceed one hundred. The importance of the experi-ment lies in its value as a type for the future. The leading officials of the trade unions, when called in-to consultation by the School Committee in connection with these pre-apprentice schools, stated their entire willingness that the pupils should finish and place on' the market such goods as it is found necessary that they should make in order to get the benefits of industrial education. These liberal ex-pressions were in line with the report on industrial education recently made by a committee of the American Federation of Labor. They afford a striking indication of the co-oper-ative spirit without which no such educational scheme can be a success. The School Committee has recently taken over the Girl's Trade School, which was established by some public-spirited women of Boston. It successfully places every year 125 girls in dressmaking and millinery establishments. The evening industrial school offers courses in freehand and mechanical drawing, in industrial mathematics, in tool and jig-making, and in boller engineering, besides sewing and cooking classes for the girls. A still more interesting experiment is the "Continuation School." The committee has hired a room in the business district and has started one class in the shoe and leather in-dustry, another in wholesale drygoods, and a third in sales-manship. Each class meets two afternoons a week for ten weeks. Business men are providing the teachers and giving the young men in their employ time in the afternoons, with-out loss of pay, in which to do the school work. The school committee is furnishing the room, and supplies, and the schoolhouse commission the furniture. The entire school course is now undergoing modification in the direction of a better preparation for life's work. Man-ual training has for many years been carried on in all the schools; but more recently a number of experiments have been made in the higher grades in modifying their courses so as to afford more direct preparation for mechanical occupatiO'l1s. In the Agassiz School, for ex-ample, the manual training class in the three upper grades receives instruction in shop arithmetic and working drawing, and is also set to work, not individually but under a system of labor, at making articles which are actually used in the public schools. Attention is given to economy of time and of material, and an accurate count is kept of the expenditure in these directions in comparison with the output. The School Board has also formed, in connection with the vocation bureau, a committee of junior masters whose business it is to study the vocational problem, to devise meth-ods by which all the pupils about to leave the schools can re-ceive advice as to employment and practicable methods of preparing for it. Thus by keeping alive the executive and constructive faculties from kindergarten up by manual train-mg, followed by definite vocational schooling suited to the needs of those who are leaving school at various ages, and finally by vocational direction and advice, the school com-mittee feels that it is making progress with the problem. The work on the High School of Practical Arts in train-ing girls for housekeeping, dressmaking and millinery has long been familiar. When removed into an adequate build-mg it should annually gratuate 120 pupils. The committee is also planning a clerical high school for pupils who have tak-en two years of the regular high school course. This is in- WEEKLY ARTISAN .......•....... _-_ ~ ..... LODGE and PULPIT, PARLOR, LIBRARY, HOTEL and CLUB 1l00M .. ..... " Henry Schmit 8 Co. HOP:KlNS AND HAllRIRT STS Cillcillllati. 01.10 makers of Uphol.stered Furniture for --~.----------_._........ ~._ . tended to afford defi11lte vocatIOnal traln111g, l1ke that \\ l11ch the business colleges no\\! 'iupply The <'chool \\ 111 pl0babh be carried on all the year rounJ. ItS pupl1", to recen e certJfl-cate'i not at stated tlmes but a'i soon a~ they become pro-fiCIent 111 any lme Such a school should accomph"h the double purpose of grv111g many hIgh <'chool pupl1", the 111- dustrlal preparatIOn that the} need In a conden'ied dnd prac-tical form, and al<,o of cl1ttm~ do\\ n the e"pelhes of our hIgh schools by provhlmg 'ilH'h pI eliclratron m a shorter tU11CthdI1 the 1eg ula1 course consume" "\iVh1le the'ie expe11ments 111 the total by no mean", CU\ er the demands of modern educatron, they are 'ilgmficant of a tendency to put the Boston school 'i\ 'item on a con"'ldcrahl} more practical baSIS -Boston Transcnpt Threatening the I ..umber Trust. Washington dl"pa tche<' announce that for se\ e1al mon th" agents of the department of lustlce have heen m\ e"tH;atll1g an alleged combmatlOn among lumher men \\ 1th the hlea uf he~innmg prosecutlOn agdl11st It f01 v wlatlOn of the ~herman . _ ... ant1-tr Iht act J U'it how soon proceedmgs will be begun or \\ here ~uch actIOn \\ 111be taken wa'i not dIvulged It i" the helJef of offic1al<' there that practrcally every concern of consequence 111the country IS Il1tere"ted in the combmatlCln and It 1S sU'ipected that tho"e m it fix the price of lumber and even go ;;0 far as to 111chcate to the several IIIem bel 'i to \\ hom they shall sell The depal tment 1<'mak111g the invest1gatlOn on the idea that pnce" are arilfic1ally ma1l1ta1l1e,! Just as they think they are kept up by the heef tru"t and othe1 alleged combinatlOns \\ h1ch cleal 111 foodstuffs Laraier Than Last Year. . Our 'ihl])111ent'i during the fi1st four month" of the cur-l ent year,'! 1en1<lrked John A Covode, 'iecretary of the Ber-ke) & Gay Fur!1lture company, "we1 e con'iiderable larger than dunng the correspondll1g pellOd of last year. Our bUS1- ne",,,, ha" been con~lClerably latger m volume and we are con-hdent that the fall months wJ1l gIve Ib a good season of .-.------------------_._~-----_.-._._.-._._._.-.h_lbl.n_e"-'"_". .. . ..- -_._.-._._._.__._._._-------- _ .._.. .. ._. ...... ... CHICAGO-NEW YORK FOUR NEW TRADE MARK REGISTERED PRODUCTIONS BAR 0 N IA LOA K S T A I N in acid and oil. F LAN D E RS 0 A K S T A I N in aGid and oil. S M 0 K ED 0 A K S T A,I N in acid and oil. EARLY ENGLISH OAK STAIN in acid and oil. Send for finished samples, free. Ad-el-ite Fillers and Stains have long held first place in the estimation of 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 •• Everythmg m Pamt SpeCialtiesand WoodFinishing materials. Fl1lers that fill. StaIns that satisfy 1_' _ ••••••••• d \~ WEEKLY ARTISAN 5 Wood S.r Clamp Fixtures Per Set SOc. Patent Malleable Clamp Fixture. E H SHELDON & CO , Chlca~o, III Gentlemen -We are pleased to state that the 2') dozen Clamp FIxtures whIch we bouJht of you a httle over a year ago are glvmg excellent se"Vlce We are weH satisfied with them and shaH be pleased to remember you whenever we want anythIng addItIOnal m thIS Ime Yours truly SIOUXCIty, Iowa CURTIS SASH & DOOR CO. •••• e ••••••• .. 30 000 Sheldon Steel Rack , Vises Sold on approval and an uncon-dltlOual money back guarantee SHELDON'S STEEL BAR CLAMPS. Guaranteed Indestructible. We solICIt pnvllege of sendmg samples and our complete catalogue E. H. SHELDON & CO. 328 N. May St •• Chicago. NEW RAILROAD COMBINATION. ...---e_-..._._--~~~-----------~~----------~-~_._-_. ..... Rock Island, Wabash and Lehigh Valley to Form a Transcontinental Line. New York, l\Iay 26 -In the event of the Rock Island interest:" gettl11g control of the \¥abash and Lehigh Valley, as may now be considered probable, a transactIOn likely to be accomphsheJ through Enghsh capltah"ts already working on It, a new and aggressIve transcontll1ental factor will have to be dealt with that w11l gIve other such routes much troublesome competItIOn, espeCIally If the SPirit of mdependence heretofore ,hown by the Rock Islanci. m traffic matters i" to be mamtamed, and It undoubtedly "J1l be \YhIle the statement has been repeatedly made of late that the comb1l1atIon depends upon the sort of report made by en-gineers who have been engaged m mak1l1g an examination of the Lehigh Valley and the \>\' abash, mformation receivd by the CommercIal some tune ago, from a source entitled to the highest credIbilIty, when there was so much actIvIty in the Lehigh Valley stock, was the baSIS of Its announcement that an Engh"h broker had quietly vIsIted thIS country and securely se" ed up the deal for the Pearsons and their a ssoci-ates to corral both the Valley and the Gould road and sIlently departed wIthout an) one dIscoverIng what he was doing The only e\ Iclence then that somethl11g was bemg done that concerned the LehIgh Valley was the hkely movement Il1 Its stock, wlllch prompted the behef that somebody was after It, but all effort to uncover the fact or to learn the IdentIty of the 1l1tere"t were of no avaIl In all probabIlIty the SItuatIOn at that tIme JustIfied the declaration of those dIrectly connected WIth the management of the LehIgh that they had no knowledge of a pendll1g change ll1 ownershIp and knew nothmg more about the mat-ter than was bell1g assumed by mterested observers of the movements of the stock ,'Tlth the deal finally consummated m all its detaIls one of the greatest s) "tems ll1 the country Will have been estab-ltshed, and there w11l be a tel Jency to economIze by aboltsh- 111gagencies There WIll be no necessIty for the expense en-taIled m the mall1tenance of separate orgal11zatlOns I tWIll mean a reductIOn m the "alancd ltst as well as 111 the number of reJ)resentatlves The new "'y"tem ,,111 equal that of the New York Central lll1es, the Pennsylvania lInes, the Grand Trunk or the Can-adIan PaClfic It WIll reach from the Atlantic to the Pacific, takll1g ll1 Denver and Colorado Spnngs, vV'atertown, S D, St Paul anJ Mmneapolts, Omaha, Santa Rosa, N M, Mem-phis, EU11lce, La, Galveston, and practIcally all the larger commercial centers between New York and the west. The Rock Island 0" ns and operates 8,028 miles of road and has been glvmg ItS ea"tbound busll1ess to the Lake Shore at ChIcago" a fact that becomes of dIstinct slg11lficance when l----:.__ consldereJ m the hght of new relatIOn to be establtshed; the ,~Tabash has 2,157 miles of hne and interchanges traffic with several eastern roads, partIcularly the Lackawanna; the Le-hIgh Valley has 1.393 mIles of road, It" chIef ally for some years havmg been the Grand Trunk, on western business, and It IS dependent upon the Readll1g for an entrance into PhIladelphIa It has great tennll1al faCllItles of big values at Buffalo for hand1Jng lake traffic Veneer Trade Notes. "BIrd" Eye" \¥alker, Chicago, reports "Demand for birci.s eye maple veneers IS stIll very bn"k espeCIally from the MIddle \Vest Just now our plano trade has got us 'gomg some' on theIr large SIzed orders A ChIcago piano firm sent 111 a hurry up order for a car load yesterday." \Valker Veneer and Panel ,Yorks, ChIcago, WrItes that "trade ha" become SO extended that we have been compelled to add another traveler, \"-rm J Culley, to our lIst to handle the merease HI" route hes prInCIpally in the MIddle West." T"E MORRIS PIANO CO. Listowel, Ont., June 25, 1908. Seaman, Kent Co., Ltd., Meaford, Ont. Gentlemen:- We are duly in receipt of your favor of the 23rd, con-tents of which have been duly noted, in reply would say that we take pleasure in recommending to your favorable consider-ation the kiln system of the Grand Rapids Veneer Co. We installed one of their kilns last fall and It has fulfilled our most sanguine expectations. Weare drying lumber now in six days which under the old hor blast system took six weeks. We do not use I" Oak, Maple or Beech, but we took in green Basswood right from the saw in the winter and dried it absolutely bone dry in eight days. There is absolutely no twist or warp in the lumber and no checks in the end. We cannot recommend the System to your favorable consideration any too strongly. Hoping this will be satisfactory, we remain, Yours very truly. THE MORRIS PIANO CO., Ltd., (sgd.) E. C. Thornton, General Manager. Since thill we have BQldthem another at p.ew plant a~ Wo9dlltock, 6 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 Factones. Sash a.nd 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, furnished in rolls or reams. MANUFACTURED BY .......... ······1 H. H. BARTON & SON CO., 109 South Third S1., Philadelphia, Pa. .. MICHIGAN FURNITURE FACTORIES. Number of Their Employes as Reported by the State Department of Labor. The first annual report of the Michigan department of labor, which is now being distributed, is a volume of over 500 pages. It is filled mainly with reports of factory in-spectors, employment agencies, etc., and the statistics re-veal some interesting facts 10 those who have the time to dlg them out. They show thai 1,026 accidents occurred in the manufacturing institutions of the state during the year 1909, of which 55 were fatal, 555 severe or serious and in 416 the injuries were slight Of the total number 656 occurred where machinery was properly guarded, 3S where machinery was not properly guarded and 321 where no machinery was in-volved This, on its face, would seem to show that guarded machinery is more dangerous than unguarded machinery, but as a matter of fact it simply shows that nearly all ma-chines are properly guarded and that more than half of the accidents were due to the carelessness of the employes Over 100 pages of the book are filled with "orders issued by inspectors" relative, employ of children without proper per-mits, the installation of safeguards, correction of sanitary defects, calling attention to the law that prohibits, provid-ing fire escapes, etc, and most of them are repeated in many instances. The report gives the number of employes in the various factories but does not mention factory wages. For the pnnci-pal furniture factories the average number of employes are shown as follows: Adrian-Clough & Waren, (pianos), 90, B H Gray & . .I. La. (tables), 11; A. E. Palmer Furniture Manufacturing com-pany, 35. Allegan.-Baker company, 39; Oliver & Co., 31. Ann Arbor.-International Manufacturing company, 58; ~fichigan Furniture company, 39. Belding.-Be1ding-Hall company (refrigerators), 231. Benton Harbor.-Spencer & Barnes company, 75 Big Rapids.-Luce Redmond Chair company, 79; Big Rapids Furniture Manufacturing company, 20; Falcon Manu-facturing company, S1. Buchanan.-Buchanan Furniture company, 36. Cadillac.-St. Johns Table company, 143. Charlotte.-Knight - Brinkerhoff. Piano. company,. 14; Charles Bennett Furniture company, 40; Charlotte Manufac-turing company, 62. Corunna -Corunna Furniture company, 49; Fox & Ma-son Furniture company, 84. Detroit-Art Novelty company, 34; J. H. Buekers Manu-facturing company, 30; Chrysler & Koppin, (refrigerators), 28; F. Deinzer & Son, 53; Detroit Cabinet company, 178; Detroit Chair company, 33; Detroit Furniture Manufacturing company, 29; Detroit Show Case company, 43; Enterprise Couch and Furniture company, 25; A. A. Gray company, 24; Grinnell Bros, (pianos), 117; C. H. Haberkorn & Co., 101; Hoffman Manufacturing company, 31; Michigan Uphol-I stering company, 24; Murphy Chair company, 752; Ornamental Products company, 24; People's Outfitt-mg company, 126; Posselius Bros. Furniture Manufac turing company, 186; Rosenthals Manufacturing company (show cases), 16; J. P. Waddell Show Case and Cabinet com pany, 30; C. D. Widman & Co., 81; J. C. Widman & Co, 201 \\'llham Wright company, 87; William \Vright compan Manufacturers of .... _e ••• a ••• _-------------.-.----~---.-.-.-.-.~.~.~.-.-.-.~ •••• ~._. 4 •••• a.a ••• ....-....1 Pitcairn Varnish Company Reliable Varnishes of Uniform Quality Our Motto: "NOT HOW CHEAP-BUT HOW GOOD" c. B. Quigley, Manager Manufacturing Trades Dep't. .'.-. ..-... .......... .. . Factories:.Milw.a_uk.~ee.,_W._is_..j_.N.e_w.ar-k-, -N-.-J-.41 WEEKLY ARTISAN "I (upholstering), 84; Wolverine Manufacturing company, 480. Grand Ledge.-Grand Ledge Chair company, 116. Grand Haven.-Story & Clark Piano company, 306; Chal-lenge Refrigerator company, 176. Grand. Rapids-American. Carving. and. Manufactur-ing company, 41; American Seating company, 496; William A. Berkey Furniture company, 170; Berkey & Gay Furniture company, 398; Bissell Carpet Sweeper company, 378; A. F. Burch company, 18; Century Furniture company, 76; Cris-well- Kippler company, 16; Fritz Manufacturing company (re-frigerators), 35; Grand Rapids Brass company, 219; Grand Rapids Chair company, 402; Grand Rapids Clock and Mantel company, 24; Grand Rapids Fancy Furniture company, 97; Grand Rapids Furniture company (formerly the New Eng-land), 148; Grand Rapids Parlor Frame company, 33; Grand Rapids Refrigerator company, 217; Grand Rapids Show Case company, 448; Grand Rapids Upholstering ,company, 44; Gunn Furniture company, 264; Haney School Furniture com-pany, 88; Hot Blast Feather company, (bedding), 40; John-son Furniture company, 30; Imperial Furniture company, 266; Luce Furniture company, 343; Luxury Chair company, 32; Marvel Manufacturing company, 125; Macey company, 324; Michigan Art Carving company, 23; Michigan Barrel company (refrigerators), 117; Michigan Chair company, 379; Michigan Desk company, 64; MueIler & Slack company, 48; Nelson-Matter Furniture company, 236; Oriel Cabinet com-pany, 328, C. S. Paine company, 49; Phoenix Furniture com-pany, 423; John D. Raab Chair company, 42; Ret-ting Furniture company, 83; Royal Furniture com-pany, 150; Shelton & Snyder Furniture company, 51 ; Sligh Furniture company, 373; Stickley Bros. company, 257; Stow & Davis Furniture company, 47; Valley City Desk company, 185; Welch Manufacturing company (Sparta), 96; Widdicomb Furniture company, 413; John Widdicomb com-pany, (including Kent Works), 477; Waddell Manufacturing company, 95. Greenville.-Gibson Refrigerator company, 125; Ranney Refrigerator company, 227. Hastings.-Hastings Ca1binet company, 48; Hastings Table company, 86; Barber Bros. Chair company, 83; Grand Rapids Bookcase company, 98. Holland.-Bush & Lane Piano company, 181; HoIland Furniture company, 151; Charles P. Limbert company, 137; Ottawa Furniture company, 132; West Michigan Furniture company, 294. HoIly.-Hobart M. Cable company (pianos), 102. Hopkins.-Walter Cabinet company, 29. Ionia.-Stafford Manufacturing company, 200. Lansing.-Capitol Furniture company, 58. LoweU-Dratz-Segdewitz company, 11. Manistee.-Arcadia Furniture company, 108; Manistee Manufacturing company, 65. Monroe.-Weis Manufacturing company, 211; Deinzer Furniture company, 48. Muskegoll-Alaska Refrigerator company, 329; Chase Hackley Piano company, 165; Moon Desk company, 95; Muskegon Valley Furniture company, 87; Sargent Manu-facturing company, 77; Shaw-Walker company, 231; Stewart- Hartshorn company, 280; Superior Manufacturing company, 162; Grand Rapids Desk company, 120; Browne-Morse com-pany, 64; Booth Manufacturing company, 33. Nashville.-Lentz Table company, 88. Northville.-Glotbe Furniture company, 43. Newaygo.-Gale Chair company, 13; Henry Rowe Manu-facturing company (filing cabinets), 13. p •••••••••• - •••••••••••••••• . .. DO YOU WANT the PRETTIEST, BEST and MOST POPU- ~ LEATHER FOR FURNITURE. ANY COLOR. WILL NOT CRACK. If so buy our GOAT and SHEEP SKINS Write for sample pads of colors. DAHM & KIEFER TANNING CO. TANNERIES: CRAND RAPIDS, MICH. CHICACO,ILL. 204 Lake Street, CH ICAGO, ILL. ........ ..._.. .. . .... ....... Niles.-Kompass & StoIl company 26; Earl-Storms com-pany 10. Otsego.-Otsego Chair company, 93. Owosso.-Estey Manufacturing company, 85; Robbins Table company, 67; Woodard Furniture company, 96. Portland.-Ramsey-iAlton Manufacturing company, 73; Verity-Caswell Table company, 58. Reading.~Acme Chair company, 74. Saginaw.-Cooney & Smith (upholsterers), 18; Feige Desk company, 48; Herzog Art Furniture company. 252; Quaker Shade Roller company, 124; Wessborg-Gage company, 14. Schoolcraft-Eureka Furniture Works, 21. Sturgi2l.-Aulsbrook & Jones Furniture company, 91; Kirsch Manufacturing company (curtain fixtures), 43; Sturgis Steel Go-cart company, 70; Royal Chair company, 123; Steb-bins- Wilhelm company, 66; Grobhiser Cabinetmakers' com-pany, 114. Three Rivers.-Specialty Manufacturing company, 17. Traverse City.-J. E. GreiIich, 55; Traverse City Chair company, 84. Zeeland.-Wolverine Furniture company, 41; Colonial Manufacturing eompany (clocks), 80; Zeeland Furniture Manufacturing company, 61; Michigan Star Furniture com-pany 36. .. .. .._-:; .T' •• ., B. 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NEW YORK--346 Broadway. BOSTON--18 Tremont St. CHICAGe--14th St. alld Wabash Ave. GRAND RAPIDS--Houseman Bldg. JAMESTOWN. N. Y.--Chadakoln Bldg. HIGH POINT. N. C.--N. C. SavIngs Bank Bldg. The most satisfactory and up-to-date Credit Service embracing the FURNITURE, CARPET, COFFIN and ALLIED LINES. The most accurate and reliable Reference Sook Published. Originators of the "Tracer and Clearing House System," About Right in Sheboygan. Sheboygan, \\ 1::', :\Iay 25-E\ ely th1l1~ I.., about tl~ht In Sheboygan It IS one of the fine..,t C1tle~ 1ll \\ I--COl1--1l1. and abo one of the 1110"t pro"perous It 1" a manutactunng to\' 11 WIth the largest chaIr factones 111 the cuuntr} one of the largest fur11lture factones, tv, 0 ,ery large tannelle.., the larg-est toy works, and many other extel1~l\ e mal1ufactunn~ con-cerns Includmg the Frost Veneer Seatln~ com pam The scarCIty of labor IS the ma1l1 thlllg that hold.., elO\\11 lit thel c is any holdlllg down) but the manufacturer __arc e"lccdll1gh enterprlsmg and the} make thmgs go The 1\orthern Fur111ture company \\ 111ha\ e a £;reat many new pattern" for the fall trade, and \\ 111ha' e the ~tf(ln~e~t line the} have ever shown l'he Ill1e \\111 he on e,,111hltlOn on the third floor of the Leonard ExlllbltlOl1 bul1el1l1g, Crland RapIds. at 1300 \llchlg-an avenue, ChIcago, and 111 the I UrnltUtL Ex-change 1\ew Yark George Spratt & Co, are busy makmg a fir,..,t c1a~-- Ime of medlUm and low pnced chaITS, and rocker.., 1'hl-- h a 11ne that sells m the smaller towns and CItIes but e\ en go()(1 tUlIll-ture merchant can find many patterns m thh hl1e that can he handled with profit The Sheboygan Xm elt} company has a ne\\ catalo~l1e lit bookca"es, desks and other fancy ftH11Itule m the hand-- lit the engravers and prmters TheIr traJe I" faIr and pro--pu t-- ~()()cl fOl a large busmess The Sheboy~an Chall compam 1-- ha\ 1l1~ a ;.(oud 11 aelc and e\ erything IS prosperous \\ Ith them In comersation WIth the manager of one of the lall;l~t chaIr factones m·the Clt} , he ..,alrl that th('\ make 1t d 1111--1 ness twice a year to clean out all old "tock flom thlll \\ at e houses A" soon a:" a pattern cea..,e,.., to .,ell \\ ell thc\ elt~ cont1l1ue makmg It In that wav the) a\ Old accl1mulatlll~ large stocks to throw on the market at any jJllce the} \\ 111 bring Mr Blackstock, pI eSldent of the Phocnl" l hall lOll1jJdl1\ saId the} were ha'lUg a "atlsfactOl v t1 acle and \\ U l quJte "atl"fied WIth present condltlOn~ Book for Merchants and Salesmen. Vanous books intended for the use of merchal1t~, qle'-- men and window trimmers ha' e appeared recently dnd ma, be obtamed m or through tlhe bookstores Some of th em con tam hm ts, sugge~tions and mforma tlOn and \\ III be m ter-esting and valuable to those whose ambItIOn IS m the d1rec-tlOl1 of becommg better eqt11pped for thetr "ocatlOns as mer-chants or salesmen. one that may he tound u--eful to tur111- ture dealers I" entItled "Onental Rugs and Cal pet~ and IS a really practIcal and accurate handbook on the subject of Made by Lentz Table Co, NashVIlle, Mich ['cr..,lan Rug-., l urk!..,h Rug~, Cauca..,lan Rugs, Turkestan Rug.., Incha Rug'-, Chmese Rug" and Japanese Rugs _\ .,peual and 111ghl} 1111pOltant feature of the handbook I" the great number of Illu"tratlOl1s contamed 111 It, as these a,~ht '-a matellall} m showmg at a glance tlhe charactenstIcs I)t the \ anou'- \\ ea\ e." and thereby enable the mexpenenced '-,de--man to Identlh readIly all the goods he IS handl111g 1he maJonty of the vvomen who \\Ish to buy Onental lug,.., for theIr homes have now a smattenng of mformatlOn on the ~ubJect, and lTIuclh of what they thmk they know IS lfroneou~ It 1'- therefol e all the more neces"ary for the --ale~man to fetl leI tam that he IS hlmslf absolutely correct lJ1 hI::' --tatemenh about hIS good." and he Cdn easl1y assure hlm~elf on tht~ pOInt b} con"ultmg a copy of thIS book ----'" Collection Service Unsurpassed-Send /01' Book of Red Drafts. " _--- . WEEKLY ARTISAN 9 ... -... THE ONLY liORTISER That does not require material to be marked off. Makes each and every mortise accurately and perfectly. Each spindle instantly adjusted by hand wheel. Automatic Spacing Gage. Patent Automatic Stroke. Patent Adjustable Chisel. No. 181 Multiple Square Chisel Mortlser. Ask for Catalog "l" .. a __ •••• __ ••••••• WYSONO « MILES CO., Cedar St. and Sou. R. R., OREENSBORO, N. C. ...... .... . ..--------~ ROCKFORD FURNITURE FACTORIES. They Are All Gettina Out New Lines for the Summer Sales Season. Rockford, Ill, May 26.-Rockford is very much on the map. not only m the f'lrmture way but in many other way's. There is much bUlldmg gomg on this spnng, not only m the factory lme but m business blocks and residences If Rockford keeps up her present gait for the next ten years she will easily pass the one hundred thousand mark in 1920 and probably be the second city m populatlOn and business m the state. AJI of the furmture factones are domg a good business and in additIon to fillmg orders are prepanng their new falllmes. and expect to make a better showing than ever before. Among those who Will show in Grand Rapids are the Rockford Chair and Furmture company, whose lme has been shown in the Blodgett bUIlding for about a dozen years Robert C. Lind says this line Will be <;0 much stronger (especially in dmmg room furniture) that many of the buyers who are not famlhar with it wl1l be surpnsed Not only that but there Will be other surprises that the 'vVeekly Artisan Will mentlOn m a short time E C Good-nch, who has charge of the display, says it Will be worth while for every buyer to see what he wl11 have to show them, whether they buy or not. Another of the fine hnes to be shown in Grand Rapids is the Rockford Frame and Fixture lme. They show m the Fur- 11lture Exhibition bul1ding and their lme of furniture for the dining room, music room, parlor, boudOIr, dressing room, hall and bath room Will be much larger and finer than ever This line will also be shown m Chicago, and N ew York ThiS com-pany has Just Issued catalog No 38 and to use a western slang phrase, "It's a beaut" Reahzing that there are thousands of catalogs Issued every year, and that many of them go mto the waste basket or on a ,shelf never to be seen aga1l1, because it is an absolute Imposslblhty for the merchant to buy from all that come to him, and that a catalog m the waste basket IS a wasted catalog, they determll1ed to get out one so good that the mer-chant would be ashamed to consign It to the waste basket or to the top shelf, but would keep It where It would be handy for ref-erence. In the front of the book IS pnnted a very pretty senti-ment from Emerson: "If a man can preach a better sermon, wnte a better book, or make a better mousetrap than his neighbor, though he build his house m the woods, the world Will make a beaten path to his door .. Send for catalog No. 38. and although It IS a fine one, it IS not better than the goods It displays. Of course Jolly Buell Pease Will be "nght on hand with the goods" 111 the Manufacturers' bUlld1l1g, Grand Rapids, with the Rockford U 1110n' s l1l1e of d1l1ing and library furniture. Don't need to say much about that because it WllInot only speak for it-self, but "holler." "Y ohnny Yohnson" was gett1l1g nervous untIl the Weekly Art;san representatIve informed him that the Furniture Exchange bUlld1l1g Will be ready for him and his big l1l1e of the N atlOnal Furmture company. He says It will be bigger, better and the be<;t that ever came out of Rockford. Oscar Hall will be there to back ].]m up 111 every word he says. But it must not be forgotten that the West End Furniture COJ1lpany, of Rockford, Will be in the same bUlld1l1g-the Furn' tllre Exchange-and their l1l1e will also be one of the chief al t fdLtlOns in this bUlld1l1g :'\1r. L1l1n Will be there with the goo(l~. and everybody that misses seeing them will be likely to regret it. The Rockford Standard Will add 30 or 40 new patterns to Its already large l1l1e of ch1l1a closets, buffets and bookcases on the first floor of the Mhnufacturers' Exhibition bUIlding, 131.1 Michigan avenue, Chicago, 111 charge of F. P. Fisher, N. P. Nel son, and P. M. Smith. The Standard's is one of the oldest awl best known hnes 111 Rockford and IS always attractive. One of the best Rockford 11l1esis that of the Mechanics Fur niture company. It is made up of buffets, ch1l1a closets and serv-ing tables, in oak, mahogany and Circassian walnut, with d1l1ing tables to match. These represent most of the leading styles S0 much in vogue, and are thoroughly made by some of the be,t mechanics 111 Rockford ThiS company has Just issued the fin-est catalog in ItS history, a gem 111 good pnnt1l1g, fine styles and fine cuts. It has 64 pages and an elegant embossed cover and should be in the hands of every dealer who appreciates and hkes to sell good furmture. The Mechamcs Furmture company has d permanent exhibit on the third floor of the Furniture Manu-facturers' ExhlbltlOn bUlldmg, 1319 Michigan avenue, Chicago m charge dunng the July season, of J E Hanvey, L. O. Fosse, C. Gustavsom and E F Holmes C. M. Advertisina Campaign to be Extended. The Berkey & Gay Furlllture company are preparing an extcn"lve advertIsmg campaign for the commg year. An expenditure conSiderably larger than last yea I Will be made It IS the purpose of the company to make their trade mark as promment belfore the people of the world as the rock of Gl1braltar at the entrance to the Mediterranean sea Going to Gotham. W H ReJmond of the Luce-Redmond Chair company Will VISit N ew York and the Metropohtan district thiS month HIs object IS to ascertam what the market Will need next season to WEEKLY ARTISAN NEW YORK NEWS AND COMMENT. Building of the Great Merchants and Manufac-turers Exchange Proliressing Satisfactorily. New York, May 26 -The new bUlldmg of the ),Ierchants' and Manufacturers' Exchange b progressmg m a "atl"factory manner. An immense centrahzed market place \\ III be created where samples Imes of the manufacture" of the \\ orId mal be l1U1ckly exaJ11111e,1b) buyer,; The locatIOn I" ,,0 acce""lble dnd central that buyers wIll find no cause for complalllt '1he buyer WIll have all the convenIences of the modern club, includmg cable, telegraph, telephone and post office facllItw;, rooms for busmess consultation, readmg amI \\ ntmg room", roof garden and restaurants, cab and ta,(1 sen Ice, etc ~\ll these convem~ ences WIll be free except meah, \\ hlch can be purcha "ed at reas-onable rates. The buyer WIll be free from an) embarrassment aD 1 e' erythmg done for hIs comfort that he \\ ould de "Ire \u-tomoblles WIll take hIm v\ Ithout charge to and tram the depob, hotels and other points. When a manufacturer pays for space, It covers all expenses except for hIs salesmen and other expenses of a personal nature OffiCIals WIll meet all buyers and conduct them to the section they are most 111terested 111. There \\ III be a colbeum m the bUlldmgs where trade and commercIal exll1bltlO11:, can be held The exchange will try to concentrate m one locaht) a headquar-ters for the transactIOn of the maxImum amount of busmess m a mimmum amount of tIme, owmg to the groupmg of the" an-ous interests. 511ch an enterpnse can on 1) be mamtamed on a ~rand ,;cale, owmg to the expense ot gettmg m touch \\ Ith and Clrcu-lanzmg buyers all 0\ er the \\ orld. keepl!1g track of hotel arnvals and reachmg them thl u the medllll11 ot lIterature, advertlSll1g, 10 SPINDLE MACHINE ALSO MADE WITH 12, 15, 20 AND 25 SPINDLES DODD ' NEW GEAR DOVETAI ING MACHINE ThiS htUe machme has do e more to perfect the drawer work of furm ture manufacturers than an thmg else In the furnIture trade For fifteen years It has made perfect thug, vermIn proof, dovetaIled stock a poSSI blhty ThiS bas been acco phshed at reduced cost, as the machine cuts dove-tails In gangs of from 9 to Uat one operation It s what others see about your bUSiness rather than what you say about It, that counts In the cash drawer It s the thnll of enthUSiasm and the true nng of truth you feel and hear back of the cold type that makes you buy the thmgadvertlsed ALEXANDER DODDS CO., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Represented by Schuchart & Schutt. at Berhn. Vienna. StOCkholm and St Petenbura Represented by Alfred H Schutte at Coloane. Br.....J.. I....eae. Pan. Muan and Buboa Represented 10 Great Bnban and lroland by the Ohver Madune,y Co, F S Thompson, Mar. 201.203 DeaDlaate, Mandldler, Enaland etc It is obvIOUS that there must be such a comprehensiveness and dlversltv 111 the lInes of merchandIse as to a1tract buyers of many Imes Once the buyer IS brought in contact with the man-utdcturer" representatIve, which IS all that the exchange pur-po" e" to do b) means of the servIce descnbed, and the supply-mg of a smtable place 111whIch to transact busilles'S, It becomes on 1) a questIOn of smtable goods at nght pnces and the abIlIty of the salesman to consummate trade. The bmldmgs are so Immense that the furl11ture trade WIll not reqmre near all the space whIch V\ J11 be for rent, therefore, provISIon has been made for other lInes such as hardware spcci-altle", house furmshmg goods, clocks, sIlverware, pIanos and mUSIcal merchandl.,e, men's furl11shl11gs, textIles, leather goods, rug" uphol"ten, \\all paper, druggISt's sundne,;, statIOnery. small \\ are, clothmg, mlllmery, cloaks smts, etc Thi" aggre-gation of exhIbIts and the ll11111ensltyof the sales rooms to be reqUired make It a bmldmg that cannot be duplIcated anywhere else m the world. The firm of \\ armg & GIllow has been incorporated by DaVId Bennett Kmg, DaVId GeIger and Walter G Howell, of 165 Broadway They WIll do a busmess of manufactunng fur-mture, cabinet makmg and upholstenng CapItal stock, $1,- 250,000 \\ 0 SmIth & Co, 23 Produce Exchange, wants catalogs, pnces and term'S for cheap grades of kItchen and dmmg room turl11tme, for the South Afncan hade. J :1e firm of Raymond & Co, wholesale brass and iron beds, \dlO have been m busmess eight months at 143 East Twenty-thIrd 'Street, \\ III go out of thIS lIne and the stock WIll be sold entIre or pIecemeal The partners, George W. Raymond and T"ranklm D Se\\ ard, '0\ III go mto another Ime of manufacturing and Jobbmg of an lllvlslble rug and carpet fastener, which bUSI-ness \\ III be conducted at 137 Ea"t Twenty-thIrd street The fastener IS made of steel, lays down flat, is easily adjusted and has a bull dog grip. The FranklIn Desk factory was recently incorporated by tI~d\\ ard SeIfert. Frank McWatters and Percy D. Wright They WIll manufacture office and other furniture, with a capital stock of $10,000 '1he EmpIre } url11ture J\'Yanufactunng company of 56 'vVe"t T\\ enty-second 'Street, ha'S 26,000 square feet of space and cal ry a "tock of $100,000 They do a considerable maIl orclel busI-ne" s and advertI'Se speCIally a leather couch. G Green, G Foster and B F H :McDonald have mcorpor-ated the Kent-Costlk) an company, Importers of and manufactur-er" of carpets, rugs, etc , WIth a capItal of $1,000,000 Hyman Berman, Morns Levenkmd and SImeon Goodelman have mcorporated the Keystone Refngerator company, \\ Ith a c,lpltal of $-tOOO, to manufacture and sell refngerators. The plano house of Hardman, Peck & Company has taken a long lea"e of the property at -1-33FIfth f\venue, for whIch they IV III pay an aggregate rental of $750,(X)() They wIll erect ,l '-1'- stor) htllldmg. Jwlor ),Iay, 1934 Third avenue, furl11ture dealer, i5 in bank-ruptcy. LIabIlItIes $3,454; as'Sets $14. fhe Murphy company of Syracuse, NY, has been incor-pordted by Ed\\ ard J Murphy, Frank J Murphy and John H Burke, all of S\ racuse The) WIll deal 111 furmture WIth a cap- Ital of $25,000. A petItIOn m bankruptcy has been filed against Abraham l-'::ojwll1dn turl11ture dealer of 98 Essex "treet. LiabilIties are $6,000, a'Sset" $1,500 It IS alleged that he made preferential pal ments and transferred merchandl,;e Colm 'vV MacLennan has been appomted receiver. '1he plant of the \dler \ eneer Seat company, which manu-factures chaIr" dnel tdble" dt b1 MIlton "treet, was badly damaged b) fire to the e"tent of $7,000. It I" located in vVIllIamsburgh. WEEKLY ARTISAN 11 JUNE 24 is the opening date of the Grand Rapids market for the coming midsummer exhibit. Every buyer is urged to attend, as this will be the biggest event in exhibition history, both in the number and character of the lines shown. The Big Klingman Building will be filled with 150 lines of real merit, and everyone of them is worthy of the most careful inspection. THE KLINGMAN FURNITURE EXHIBITION BUILDING. There is still a very limited amount of good space open and every manufacturer not now showing should take advantage of this opportunity to meet the increasing number of buyers visiting the Grand Rapids market. Furniture' Exhibition Building Co. of Grand Rapids 12 WEEKLY AR1ISAN ". . I You cannot find better ..-~ I Quarter Sawed Oak Veneer than we could furnish you right now. Write us. WALTER CLARK VENEER GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. COMPANY ~---------~-----------_._---------_._--.__.------_._-_._--- ---_._-~--, Corporation Tax Will Soon Be Due. As the first day of June approache" It h of Increa ..,Ing Interest to note the operatlOn ot the corporatlOn-tnlome-tax law, the a,sessment<; must be made and the COmjHl11e.., be duly notIfied by the commbSlonel of Internal re\ enue un or before that date, and the tax Itself must be paid on or before June 30-otherwbe Il1terest at the rate of 'j per cent a } ear wIll be added to It and the collectlOn may be enforced b} due process of law vVhIle report=> ha\ e been commg Il1 from compal11es that are hable to the tax n er smce la<;t January and notificatIOns of the tax ha\ e meantIme been gOIng uut to the compal11es, only $250,000 ha~ ,,0 tar been paId Il1to the treasury out of a total tax as:"essmen t aggregatIng mure than $26,000,000-thb IS, less than 1 per cent of It Qt1Ite naturally the average corporatIOn \,,111 not pay the tax untIl It has to do so, an~l m thl:" m:"tance the chance'3 that the laVv may pos"lbly be declared unconstitutIOnal pnor to Tune 30 are unquestlOnabh operatIng to defer pay ments until that date The} onder IS Il1 fact, that am cUlporatlOn ~hould have paId thl" tax under the clrcum..,tance", for Il1 the event of a dechlOn by the Supreme Court agamst the enact-ment the proce"s of secunng a I eturn of the mone\ 1n the gove1l1ment mIght not be an ea,,} one OffiCIals of the trea,,- ury department are call1l1g attentIon to a po"slble prece~lent In tll1S connectIon In one ot the legacy -tax case:" ansll1g under the '" al-I evenue act of 1898-the }'ear of the Spal1lsh Amencan war- the Supreme Court held that a htlgant \\ ho had receIved a hfe bequest dId not ha\ e to pay the tax 1111- posed becau"e hb light Il1 the estate \\a" not a \ e~ted nght but contingent upon hfe ThIS htlgant got hIS tax-mone\ ,back flom the trea"ury wIthout an act ot Congres'3 and It h possIble, the"e officlal~ say, that such procedure coulJ be tol-lowed m the corporatIOn-tax ca"e" That a""umptlOn cloe" -_ ....~ not <;eem reasonable It IS Impo"slble to Imagine a corpor- ,atlon-ta:A ca'3e a'3 bemg on all fours wIth a legacy-tax case-and especIally '" Ith one of the sort Just cIted Almost un-questIOnably legblatlOn would be necessary m order to make pO""lble the refundmg of corporatIOn taxes paId under a law ..,ubsequentl} declared unconstItutIOnal-and to secure such leglslatlOn mIght reqUIre a year or two Therefore corpOl-atlOns that are holclUlg back theIr taxes pendmg actlOn by the Supreme court or untIl after the dawn of June 30 are not "ubJect to cntlcbm New York Merchants' Year Book. The ~Ierchanb' aSSOCIatIOn of X ew York has Issued a , ear book that should be of partIcular mterest to officers and members of '3lmllar organizatIOns m other cIties The book, contall1mg 76 pages, gIves a summary of the actIVIties of the organlzatlOn Junng the past year, whICh mdlcates that they had a bus} season Among the mattels of pubhc mterest \consldered and acted upon were raIlroad transportatIOn, ~~pokane rate cases, Chattanooga rate cases, differentIals agaubt X e\\ York. Express rates, uniform bills of ladmg, \\ aten\ ay", hal bors, tanff and customs admInistratIOn, en-forcement of state laws, mUnicIpal affairs and vanous others of mterest only to members The book gIves the names of the officers. dlfectors and commIttees, a copy of the by-laws and an alphabetIcal hst of the members whIch fills 33 pages It ~hould "en e a" a model for slmJ1ar pubhcatlOlls Busy at the Rettinli Factory. The factor} of the Rettmg FurnIture company, Grand Rdpld~, IS full} employed on orders, WIth a full force of \\olkmen --~-----------------------_._-------_.----_-._..... _-..., 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 . r-....---- IIIII II Waddell .._- Manufacturing Grand Rapids, Michiga.n Co. Samples of our - .. WEEKLY ARTISAN 13 .p..--.----------------_._._. _._..~--.----.------_._-----.-----_-._.----_--.-, I 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 III a line of the "Alaskas." Write for our handsome catalogue and price lists. I......... - . THE ALASKA REFRIGERATOR COMPANY, Excl~s~~eu~~;~M~U:S~K:E:oGrON, MICH. New York O£hce, 369 Broadway, L. E. Moon, Manager Checking Up Materials. !\. gentlemen employed m the office of one of Grand Rhplds leacbng fUl1u~ure m<\rnufacturing corporations, to whose dutIes had Ibeen added the responsIble and trying work of buymg the matenals used m the factory, learned that hIS predecessor had usually accepted bIlb rendered for certam supplies wIthout questlOn The gentleman deter-ml11d to employ suitable testing rods and measures, and after procunng the same put a ban el of varnish costing $275 per gallon to the test and found a shortage of several gal-lons The makers of the varnish were notified of the result wIth the suggestIOn that the barrel be removed and another supplied or the shortage replaced in any way that would ac-commodate the makers. A letter asking for I11formatlOn as to the means used for measuring the contents of the barred was received by the fur111ture company and when the explanation asked for had been received and conSIdered by the makers of the var111sh a credIt memoranda for the amount of the short-age was maIled and the matter amicably settled. Earre1s contaming cylinder oils, turpentme and kmdred supplIes were tested and 111every I11stance where a shortage was found the maker:, of the material "made good" The buyer then determined to test the measurements of the hIdes bought for the upholstenng department of the fac-tory HIdes are sold by the square foot and when the price ranges from twenty-two cents upward it IS necessary for the manufacturer to recen e the full measure of hI" purchase He called 111 the foreman of the upholsterers' and wIth his aid a frame walk was constructed by the use of whIch a square . .t. foot of space co~ld be accurately measured The actual square foot spaces of a hIde were first ascertal11ed and then the fractIOnal spaces remainl11g were carefully computed. The result showed that 111 a shipment of thirty hides the shortage amounted in value to $30 The tanners were noti-fied of the result of the measurements and an all 0'" ance was made m the account to cover the same As a result of the mvestIgatlOns stated above the manufacturers of varnIshes, cylInder oils and other supplIes gave more attentIOn to the filll11g of orders receIved and there has since been but little cause for complaint on account of shortage in quantity In many lmes of business a paIr of scales and a measunng rod are as valuable as the abilIty to dIscount one's bills in the settlemen t of accounts Peculiar Strike Settled. About a year ago the L111c1ner Manufactunng company of Grand RapIds, who had been runn111g an open shop, se-cured a contract for furnIshing mtenor materials to be used in ChIcago buddings that were being constructed ",ith union labor. To aVOId trouble at the ChIcago end, the Linder factory was ''u1110111zed'' and contmued to run under U1110n rules and regulations until about May 1, when Manager Charles Ll11dner proposed to abolish the unIOn rules and re-turn to the open shop system The men ob]ecteJ, about 70 of them '" ent on strike anu the factory was idle for three weeks The matter was settled last Sunday and on Monday the factory resumed operatlOlls under unIOn rule" .,.-._-~~------~----------------------._-_._.~------~------~-----I-~-----~ I (ale.led) Veneer Presses Glue Spreaders Glue Heaters Trucks, Etc" Etc. These Specialties are used all Over the World Power Feeel Glu. SJtr•• din. Macbine. Sin..le. Doubl. a..d COlllbi ..atio... (alented) (Size. 12 i... to" in wiele.) ~ Hand Feed Gluein. Machin. (ateal penchn)a. Many .ty Ie. and .ize •. Wood-Working Machinery and Supplies LET us KNOW YOUR WANTS N. 20 Glu. Heater CHAS. E. FRANCIS COMPANY, Main Office and Works, Rushville, Ind. . ..... .~ No.6 GI•• Heater. 14 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. Chlffomers, Odd Dressers, ChIfforobes THE BOSSE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of KItchen Cabinets. K D. Wardrobes, Cupboards and Safes, m ImItatIon golden oak, plam oak and quartered oak. THE WORLD FURNITURE co. Manufacturers of Mantel and Upnght Foldmg Beds, Buffets, Hall Trees, Chma Closets, CombinatIon Book and Library Cases. THE GLOBE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of SIdeboards In plam oak, Imitation quartered oak, and solId quartered oak. Chamber Suites. Odd Dressers, Beds and ChIffomers 10 ImItatIon quartered oak, IflIltatIon mahogany, and Imitation golden oak. THE BOCKSTEGE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of the "Superior" Lme of Parlor. LIbrary, Dmmg and Dressmg Tables. THE METAL FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of "HygIene" Guaranteed Brass and Iron Beds. CrIbs, Wire Spnngs and Cots Evansville is the great mixed car loading center of the United States, made so by the Big Six Association. i =-4 Made b} The Karges Furmture Co a-- .. . ••. .•_._._. ~ WEEKLY ARTISAN 15 6-- ~ ._.••_._. • .... Made by World Furntture Campau). Made by Bosse Furntture Company. Made by Bockstege Furntture Co. Made by Bockstege Furmture Co . ..... - .... _--- -- - _.- . 16 WEEKLY ARTISAN MICHIGAN ARTISAN COMPANY .U8SC .. ,,.T/ON $1 eo ,.E.. YE..... "'NYWHE"E IN THE UNITED ST...TES OTHE" COUNT"'ES $200 "Ell YItAIl. SINOLE CO,.IE. 5 CENTS. PU.LICATION O......ICE. 10S-112 NO"TH DIVISION ST , G"ANO RA,.,OS, MICH, A S WHITE M...N...GING EDITO" Entered .. lecond cia .. matter July 5. 1909, at the post office at Grand RapIds, MIchIgan under the act of March 3, 1879 CHIC...GO REPRESENT...TIVE E LEVY .An eastern railroad managel b quoted d" declanng (the propo~ed ach ance In freight rate" \\ 111 not he telt 11\ the people-It \\111 not amount to a qual tel ot a dollal PCI \ e,lI for the d\ elage LU11lh' ['he "tatemenh 111d\ III tll1t hut It IS pO~"lble that the d(h ance \\ 111"ht the ,1\ eld~e tdll11h 25 cent'i per month 01 25 cenb pel \\ eel.. lI1"tead ot o11h d quarter of a dollar a year Cl hel e are a larg e nU111bel ot fam1he, III the countr)-about I\\ent\ ml1hon, of them-and even a quarter frl m each \\ ould make qUlte d large l1t1111her of dollar'i The people might not teel an a"e"ment ot 2:; cents per famllv per vear, but 2:; lenh per \\ eck \\ auld ,ureh be oppre'isn e to man) fal11!lIe'i It \\ auld amount to 513 for each famIly or a total ot $260.000 000 per' ear tm the rallroad'i The lllCI ea"e 111rate" hu\\ e\ el. \\ 111 nut he d Pplll-tlOned to fall1llIe, Some tanlilIe' \\ 111Ilot hd\ e to pd' al1\ part ot It, wh11e other" \\111 he ta\.ed hed\lh Lhe glcdtel portIon ot the 111CI ea,e \\ 111 tall on manutacturer, \\ hi) UIl,]U present condItIOn", can not pa~'i It along to the Jealt I' he-cause the dealer" can not unload It on the (On"U111er, [he raIlroads, as ,hown h) then mcmthh It prirt, al e d0111~ tall Iv well no\\, mucb better tban are the 111anufaLtUl er, and the\ are makll1g a ml"take b) lll'i1"t1n~ on an ach ance III tt ught rate'i at pre"ent Detter let \\ ell enough alone tor a \\ hl1e The late~ t report of the \mellcdn Ralh\ a \ a ",oua tlOn show'i an lI1erease of 27 nel cent Ul the numhel ot Idle trel~ht car, dunng the past tv\ 0 \\ eek', the total he111g I epol ted cl t 122,590 That IS a lalge number and ~eel11" to Jnc!Jcatt a con- 'ilderable dec1ease 111 ;,hlpment" but a' a matter of tact the volume of general bU'imess compa1e" favorably \\lth that ot a year ago and as th1~ 1'i not the hUS1e.,t "eason ot the' ear It IS not surpn~1I1g that there are 0\ er a hundred thouqnd idle cars -\ ltttle mOl e than a year ago the numiJJer reported Idle wa" nearh four hunclred thou"and and It "tood at 0\ U three hundred thou"and for man) month" II hen It I" COI1- 'ildered that the railroad, hay e boug-ht and placed 111 com-mISSIOn dunn~ the 1'd"t ) Lar about one hundrccl and thlrt, thousand car" there 1" nothmg alai m1l1g 111 the I epDl t tha; 122,000 are Idle, espeCially at thl'-, 'iea'ion \\ hen comparat1\ eh few cars are bemg used 111th e gl am and coal bl1",111e", The :Wontana Ra1ltoad Comml'isloners hd\ e soh eel the expre~s rate problem If their actIOn stand" \\ 1thout \\ alt1l1g for as"l"tance from any other 'itate or natlOn Thu ha\ e ordered the expres'i compal11ec, to reduce then r,ltc, dbout 33 1-3 per cent on buslI1e"" \\ 1th1l1 the "tate 1\ here the 1dte on a package has been 60 cents it is reduced to 40 cents and IV hue the rate for 100 mIles ha'i been $1 50 It IS reduced to 51 00 The order, of course, applIes only to rate~ between pOInt" \\ 1th1l1 the state, but If the Montana order IS good the expre"s coons" Vv1llhave to come down, because what 110n-tan a can do other state~ can do and what all the states can do can "urel) be done by the KatlOnal Government The e\.pre,s compame", of cour'ie, WIll fight the order and carry the matter to the court of la'it resort The time 111 WhICh the reductIOns made by the 1I1terstate commerce comm1SSlOn 111 Pullman car rates was to have taken eflect ha" been extended untIl July 1 ThiS waS L)rderecl pend1l1g a decblOn by the Ul1Ited States supreme lOU1t, to \V 111ch the case was taken by the company It is hoped that the court wIll not delay ItS decision beyond the date for the opel11ng of the furl1ltm e exposltlOn '\ 0\\ the gO\ ernment offiCIals propose to 1I1vestigate the \\ OJ kIl1g" of the Lumber Trust They wIll not find condi-tlOn'i such a'i ha\ e been exposed 111 the Sugar Trust 1I1vestI-gatlOn but may find 1I1'itances of rebat1l1g and other violations of the mte1..,tate commerce law and he Sherman anti-trust law. 1he 111\ c"tIgatlOn mal not benefit consumets materially but It \\ 111not do them an) hal m 1\ 1tb an 1I1crea,e m manufacturer,,' materials and an in-crease 111 the exports of manufactured articles as reported b\ the department of commerce and labor, It would seem that the manufacturer" of the country 'ihould be enjoying pros-pent), but that Idea IS not endorsed unanimously by the furl11ture makers () H L II ermcke and IVtlhard Barnhart, V\ho have been 'iummoned to \\ a'ih1l1g ton to tell the g-overnment officials \\ hat the) knO\\ about the high cost of ltv111g are well In-formed '0 far a, regards the furniture trade One month hence the furl1ltUl e center" wtll be thronged \\ Ith buyer'i and selll1lg agent"" the latter stra1l1ing theIr ear" 111the expectancy of heanng a nObe ltke an order every hotll of the da) '" me-tenth'i of the people of the G l11ted States are \\ orkmg uncon;,clou"ly, 111 many cases, for the trusts." re-marked a prol11Il1ent manufacturer" What do you know about ,It) .:\Jr Readel It 1" eJ<..peeted that the 'itocks of automobIles manufac- ItUed for the current) ear v'>111be dlspo"ed of next month and that the general publtc WIll then turn ItS mmd toward furnI-ture The pbotographers employed by manufacturers of furni-ture are \ ery busy WIth new lmes Later the engravers and pnnters WIll ha' e their hands full of V\ork The fir"t a'i"OClatlOn of furmture RapIds \\ a" orgamzed m May 1881 11\mg manufacturers of Grand None of the officers are The number of faIlures m the retaIl furniture trade does not mdlcate an uuu'iual degree of prosperity Dealer'i 111 furniture have tardIly commenced usmg cuts of Halle} " comet for advertIsing purposes WEEKLY Heavy Exports to Canada. Exports from the Dlllted States to Canada show a larger gro\'<th 111the current fiscal year than those to any other of the Important countnes of the world For the ten months endmg wIth Apnl, the exports to Canada amount to 174~ ml1hon dollars, aga111st 129 mllhon m the correspond-mg months of last year, and for the months of Apnl alone, 22 ml1llOn dollars, ag-am",t 15 ml1hon 111Apnl of last year The mcrease 111 exports for the ten months 111 questIOn IS thus 4) ml1hon dollar", whl1e the total 111crease in exports to all parts of the world dunng the same penod IS but 55 ml1- lIOn. the figUl es m each ca"e relat111g to exports of domestIc merchandIse To France the export figures show for the penod 111 question an mcrease of 9 ml1hon dollars, to Ger-many 11 ml1hon, to Argentma 5~ mllhon, to .:\Iexlco 6~ nlllhon, to i\ustraha 2 ml1hon and to Canada, as above 111dl-cated, 45 ml1hon dollar" ThIS mcrease m exports to Canada occurs larg-ely 111 manufactures Coal shows an mcrease of about 2 1111111011 No 1723-1587 Plll1 Made by Grand Rapids Brass Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. dollars; cotton, about 2 million; wheat, about 1~ million, horses, about a half ml1hon, and furs and fur skms, about a half 111111IOn , but aSIJe from these the bulk of the mcrease oc-curs m manufactured artIcles Agncultural implements show an mcrease from 1Yz ml1hon to 2~ millIOn; automobIles, from 1 mllhon to 3 ml1hon, cotton manufactures, from 1~ ITI1lhon to 2;-4 milhon; lumber, from 2~ mIllion to nearly 4 ml1lion and furnIture from $546,067 to $679,233 Compliment to Boston Culture. "Boston buys more onental rugs 111 proportIOn to ItS population than any other cIty m Amenca," says Charles A Hanley, manager and buyer of the rug and carpet depart-ment of Henry SIeger" Boston, New York and ChIcago stores Boston IS also recoglllzed as being the most dls-crimmat111g rug market 111thh country by buyers everywhere Only the be"t and most artIstic rugs find sale here." l\Ir Hanley, who IS recog-ni7ed as one of the lead111g On ental rUR expert.-, m thIS country, leaves Boston and i" about to sal1 on hIs semI-annual purchasmg pl1grimage to the Onent, 111cludmg Constantmople, Smyrna, Cairo and the far east oriental markets He expects to remain abroad untIl some time m August, and will also VISIt all the other large European markets, as he buys in addItIOn to the onentals all the EnglIsh anJ German lmoleums, Chma and Japanese mat-tmg" for the cham of SIegel stores ARTISAN ~---------------_.. ..... I 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 furmture dealer on request. It shows the latest patterns of the most seasonahle goods. ,,-.... ..... - _._. _.._.-._------- ~----- ,I ......--- _--------------_._._._._.--------- Palmer's Patent Gluinl!: Clamps The uLune (ut .101 takf."n dirt-. t f,ulIl n phoftlgr.lph, and l!bO\\8 the range of one oize only, our No. I, 24-inch Clamp. We make six other sizes. taking in stock np to 60 inches wide and 2 inches thick. Onrs is the most practical method of clamping glued stock in nse at the preser· time. Hundreds of factories have adopted our way the past ~~ar and hundreds more wl11 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. Proof positive our way is the best. A post card will bring it, catalog inclUded. Don't delay, but write today. A. E. PALMER & SONS, Owosso, MICH. Foreign Repreoentatives: The Projectile Co., London, Ene-land; Schuchardt & Schutte, BerlIn, Germany; Alfred H. Schutte. Cologne, Paris, Brussels, Lieee, Milan, Turin, Barcelona, ~_..an.d.BUbo&. .--- -. .. ---._._.-._-~- 17 I ... .. --- 18 WEEKLY ARTISAN A Collector of Antiques. E R Somes, the desIgner fOI the Centun FurnIture com-pany ib an enthu"lastic collector of antiques' In h1', pur"U1t of the rare and the beautIful In the decoratl\ e and applIe I art:" he has tray eled very extensl\ eh and many of the chOIce "pecimen"> found hay e b'een reploduced fOI th; Centun C0111- pany Between J\Ir Some" and ~f I Lemon, the 0\\ nel of the \Va) slde Inn, made known to the \" orU b) LongfellO\\, there has long eAI'3ted a wall11 fnend~hlp and \\ hen on hh penodlcal V1SIt">to fnend'3 In ,fa"bachu">ett" he ne\ el taIl ... t(l '3pend a few days at tll1-, famous old ta\ eln Tn rev olutlOnan war tImes the hou"e was owned In ",ucceS"lOn b\ a fam Ih ot patrOlts nameJ Howe, but when lt came Into the pos:"es"lon of Mr Lemon he gathered a collectIOn of rare and beautlful articles of utlht) and adornment and the house b nO\\ prac-tically a museum A few of It'3 large room'3 are rented to guests and meals are "en ed, but nounshment of the bod) 1'3 a "econd consideratIOn to man) of the thousanJs \\ ho \ hIt the Inn annually, In the past century LongfellO\\, Lafa\ eUe and many others known for then greatness 111 \\ ar, ...tate-,man ...hlp SCIence, art and hterature "pent "eek'3 and oftlme" months dt the Inn, and the Interest 111 the establI"hment created 111 It" early hlstory has steadIly groV\ n \mong the \ l"ltor ... met at the Inn are ambas">ador", artl"b hbtonalh poet">, poh-tlclans and sClenti"ts; cultUl ed people from all parts of the ClvIlILed world J\Ir Lemon po-,ses"e-, an artl ...tlc tempera-ment and lS very proud of hI"> collectIOn III'" "en-,Itl\ ( ...I)ul rebel:" when a que'3t fads to obsen e and apprecIate the rare and beauhful artIcle" a..,,,embled In the Inn ,Ir Some'3 recall" an incident dunng hl'3 "tay at the In nlast year, "hen a hump-tJOus indlVldual entered the 1I1n and questioned ,[r Lemon "Sa), do you keep an) thll1g to eat here ," 'If \ on "Ill look. about the place ) au WIll find "omethmg that ought to plea"e ) ou more than an) th1l1g you could eat," he answered r\bout tweh'e yeal'3 ago 1\1r Some" ,,>pent several week" at the Inn dIrecting the work of repalnng and refilllshll1g the turlllture and gamed the perml,;slOn of Mr Lemon to repro-duce a Ilumber of rare pIece... Tn hI'; ,;earch for antique" Mr "ome-, Ignore" pubhc collectIOn"> He "eek" for article" that can not be seen by an) one askmg the pnvl1cge Will Exhibit in Their New Factory. The Century Furl11tul e company, havmg closed the most -,uccessful year 111 theIr hIstory, are prepar1l1g to take pos-sessIon of a large and perfectly apP01l1ted factory now near- II1g completIOn, 111 the near future The 11l1eWIll be exhibited at the ne\'. locatIOn 111 July Secretary D H Brown state" that the mov1l1g of the machmery anJ supphes wlll be hand-led so as not to 1I1terrupt the bUlsness of the company, The factory \\ 111 con tam all that IS new and best in a furniture manufactunng plant and WIll be a credIt on account of ItS fine archItecture to the company and the cIty of Grand RapId.., A Valuable Art Collection. Ralph P Tlet'3ort of the Royal Fur111ture company I" the fortunate po-,..,e,,-,or of a chOIce collection of pa1l1tmg" Among the numbel are cam abse" from the brushe" of Fred S Church, ~I ~\Iten, \\ H Howe, ::\IatIlda Brown ane! several mannes pa1l1ted b) a noted artl"t of San FranClbCO Mr Church's pIcture repre"enb a pall of flam1l1goe'i near a stream, attended b) a be\\ Itch1l1g fdlr) Of ~Ir AJten'" work, all of great ment, the H ucklebel r) ,Iar"h I" mObt hIghly e"teemed --------------_._. _._._-----------_.-----------_._--------- New designs In the Louis XVI Style. WRITE FOR SAMPLES AND PRICES. GRAND RAPIDS BRASS co. GRAND RAPIDS, MIClH. No. 1711 ..- .. No. 1705-1705 • • •••••.... _. ._. ..i ..- - . --_ .. WEEKLY ARTISAN 19 STAR CASTER CUP COMPANY NORTH UNION STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. (PATENT APPLIED FOR) We have adopted cellulOId as a base for our Caster Cups making the best cup on the markel. CellulOId Is a great Improvement over bases made of other matenal When It ISnecessary to move a pIece supported by cups wIth cellUlOId bases 1t can be done wIth ease, as the bases are per fecUy smooth CellulOId does not sweat and by the use of these cups tables are never marred. These cups are fimshed In GOlden Oak and WhIte Maple, fimshed lIght If you w,l! try a samplt order of thtSt goods you w.U dt81reto handlt them 'n quant,tus PRICES: SIze 2M Inches .. $5.50 per hundred. SIze 2)( Inches . 4.50 per hundred. fob Grand Rap'ds TRT A SAMPLE ORDER t..-_. • • .... A Pernicious Habit. Ralph P Tletsort of the Royal Furniture company, laments the pernICIOUS splrit of pesslmism that prevaJ1s to a large extent 111the fUl nIture trade. "The hablt indulged 111by many," he re-marked, "of lo{)k111gfor the dark spots 111trade I first ob~erved twelve} ears ago and I have wItnessed Its reappearance, more frequently than Halley's comet, WIth the spnng season of each \ear I spent two weeks 111the eastern markets last month and WdS assUlecl by many buyers that trade Wds SImply decayed I que~tlOnecl these c11sLouraged buyers, the conversatIOn runnIng about as follows. "H{)w was your January trade ? "Good. "How was your FebrualY trdCle? "Very good. "How was y{)ur March trade? "Poor. "\;V as It not as large dS your J\Ial ch buslnes'S last year? "Yes, it was considerably larger. "And what about your Apnl trade? "It was way off. "D{) you expect much trade m Apnl? "K 0, It IS usually the dull season UN 0 worse than last year? "N0, I thmk It is a little better. ,.So S111ceJanuary you have had a pI etty good bus111es,? "Yes, I th111kyou have figured It out nght U\;Vhen a travel111g salesman returns from an unsuccessful tour, he usually relates a tale of woe 'Dus111ess IS SImply-well .p.o...-. ---•_•._--._. ------_._----_.-_---------.---.W, I WEATHERLY INDIVIDUAL Glue Heater THE Send your addrell and and re~ebe de.~riptln ~Ir~ularof Glue Heatera. Glue Coo"era and Hot Boxes wltL prl~e•• The Weatherly Co. Grand Rapid •• Mich. .. .. .. ... -..----.-..-------._._. __..._._-------. -_._-_._-_.------....-.. I :fK1:A~ou INTERESTING PRICES g~~~~Vk7:J~ SEND SAMPLES, DRAWINGS OR CUTS FOR PRICES. E. P. ROWE CARVING WORKS, ALLE AN. I MICH. .... Write for l ...CatalolfUe. r -....---_._._------- .... there IS no business In the forty years I have been on the road I never sa", It so dull as now' ThIS story he repeats to every retailer he meets before complet1l1g hIS tour, forgett1l1g that earlier 111 the season he had taken a goodly number of order'S and that a very considerable trade had been denved through the mails. Such salesmen fail t{) remember that the spnng season IS a short one-that Apnl IS never a very hvely penod, and that naturally the buyer WIshes to reserve space upon hIS floors for display1l1g or stonng the new th111gs he WIll buy 111June and July Too many dealers and salesmen have acquired the habIt {)f speak- 111gof trade dIscouragingly, when a m{)ment's reflecti{)n or 111ves-tIgation would prove that no substantIal reasons eXIsted for as-sum1l1g a peSSImistIc attitude 111relation thereto." Imperial Furniture Company Will Enlarge. At the annual meet111g of the Impenal Furmture com-pany of Grand RapIds, held durmg the thIrd week of l\lay, the busmess of the year was shown to be so satIsfactory and the prospects for the future so encouragmg that it was deter- 1111l1eJto proceed early in the fall of the current year, WIth the erectIOn of an addItion to the factory ThIS wJ1l be 60 x 160 feet in SIze anJ four atOl ies high Bnck wJ11 be used and the archItecture wJ1l harmOlllze WIth the present structure. " _.- ---_ - ------ --- . We Manufa~ture tl.e Larl/elt Line of fOlDI n.Q (nAIDS In the UnIled States, SUItable for Sun day Schools, Halls, Steam-ers and all pubbc resorts. We also manufacture Brass TrImmed I r 0 n Beds, Spring Beds, Cots and Crlbs In a large variety I ... Smd for Catalogue and PrIces 10 KAUffMAN MfG. CO. h ASHLAND, OHIO • _ .., MorKan's Art Treasul'es May Be Bought . It 1" q1l1 that T I'le1;llnt \1orgdl1 may bllng h1S wonderful art collectIOn to ), e\\ York At present 1t lS III h1S London house dt l'nnce "(late 1 he collectIOn conqsb of pa111t111gsm, lllatures, old En~h "h ,,11\en\ d1e fm11ltm e, tdpestnes, carved 1vones, rare \ a"e" book" mann~n 1pt" and a1t objects of many k111ds "mce the tallft: 1estllct10n" have been removed from art ob- 1ech there 1" no longer an) reason tor not mov111g the collectlOn to \ e\\ YOlk \\ here d ,pec1al repos1tory w1ll be bmlt. 1t l' nnpo"'lble to ectl111ate the value of the ent1re collectJ{)n The book" 'l.lld t11dnU'U 1ptS alone are valued at $20,000,000 The cdtalog ot 1111111atme" fills a large book The pallltlllgs include the tamon" Gdm"bOl ongh pOl tJ a1t of the "Duchess of Devon- ,,1111 e be"lde" "peClmens of work by the rarest of the Dutch, eall\ Itallan llemhh and modern 11ench and IEnghsh masters 1 he old tllfl11tn1e 1I1clnc1esslllgie p1eces valued at $350,000 each 1he \Ja7alm tape"tJles are worth $500,000 The old Enghsh 20 WEEKLY ARTISAN '" - - . ,III I,,I ,,• III III I•• I I Don't Burn Your Moulding. Blackened edges so often found III hard wood MouldIngs Illdlcate the use of Infenor tools whICh fnctlOn and burn because ot theIr failure to have proper clearance The Shimer Reversible and Non Reversible Cutters are made of the finest tool steel by experienced \\orkmen In deSIgn alld COil structJon they are supenor to anythIng on the market They cut well and retalll their shape until worn out Send us draWIngs or wood samples for estImates on speCial cutters. Many useful de Signs, with pnces, are given III our catalogue SAM\d'EL J. SHIMER & SONS, Milton, Penn. Manufacturers of the Sh1mer Cutter Heads for Floonng, Cellmg, ..---Si-dIn-g,-D-oo-rs-, S-as-h,-etc.._----- ..---------_._ I .. ------_.~ SA~~D l QUARTERED OAK { VENEERS SLICED \ AND MAHOGANY ~-- I•• , Ii ._--_._-------- ------------------~ UNION FURNITURE CO . ROCKFORD, ILL. China Closets Buffets Bookcases We lead m Style, ConfuudJon and Flmsh. See our Catalogue Our hne on permanent exhibi-tion 7th Floor, New Manufact-I urers' BUIldmg, Grand Rapids. I..-_._. ---_._--------_._--------_._--- -----------~I, II I,• I, I I• I, '" - II I I I I I ..._--------- ._----_.-- _..---_._------------~ I,I ,•t II I I III ,It t I It II,t I,I .I \tade b) ManIstee ~lanufactunng Co Mamstee, M1Ch "Ih el I" one of the fine"t pl1vate co11ectlOns m eXistence Every-th1l1g rdre and beautltul I' 111c1uded111th1S collectlOn which 1t IS hoped \\ 111scen be ~h1ppecl to :Ne\\ York Paying Deimel Insurance Claims_ Ie "eph Delmel, pre"ldent ot the NatlOnal Parlor Furni-ture compal1\ ot Chicago, who V\ a" killed by a tram 111 Apnl, carned $47:; 000 m llfe and aCCldent 1l1surance, most of the pollc1e' ha\ 111~ been \\ ntten dunng the past few months \ttel hi" death It \\ d' I umorecl that Delmd had taken pOlson and then th1 0\\ 11 hlm~elt unclel the tram and that the 111.,ur-ance COmpa1l1l S \\ ould refuse to honor the pollcles on the glOuncl that the' \\ el e ohta111ecl V\ Ith 1l1tent to rlefraud The I umOl" ..,eem to ha\ e been haseles., \fte' thorough lllve"t!- gatlon conducted ]0111tly by the 1l1surance compa111es the EqUitable Life Insurance com pan) has paid $100,000 and the \e\\ Yorf.. Lite S170000 to the tlea"urer of the NatlOnal company and $:;,000 aCClclent lllsurance has al,o been pa1d The other cla1ms, ~tlll pencl1l1g, are under pollcles lssued by the \haml Lite of \e\\ YOIt< fOi SlOO,OOOO, Penn l\Iutual LJ!e In,ura11le lompal~J' $:;0,000, and the INorthwes~ern \luwal Lite In''l11ance lOl11pan) of l\1J1waukee, $50,000 WEEKLY ARTISAN ~"'oreign Trade in April. DetaIls of the APlll trade of the Clllted States wIth the princIpal countries and grand dlvblOns of the world have Just been completed by the Bureau of Statistics of the Depart-ment of Commerce ami Labor They '3how Increased Impor-tatlOn from all the grand dlv ISlOns and nearly all of the im-portant countries, e"peclally countries supplying material for use In manufactUring, of whIch the ImportatIOns show large Increase" for 1910 compared wIth 1909 Exports show a fail- Ing off In total.., to those countries forming the princIpal mar-kets for foodstuffs, but an increase to those counrles forming markets for manufactures Thus to BelgIUm, France, Ger-many, the Netherland.., and the Ulllted Kingdom the value o£ exports shows a decline, while to Argentma, AustralIa, Cuba, Made by World Furmture Co, EvansVIlle. Ind. ,leXICa and Canada the value of the figures show an Increase of more than 33 per cent both In the month of April and the ten month" ending WIth April Met in Chicago. At the last conventIOn of the NatIOnal FurnIture J\Ianu-facturers assocIatIon a commIttee of fi\ e was appOinted to determIne the average co"t of manufacture of certain case'i submItted to the conventlOn, uSing the data anJ material placed In the hands of the secretary The commIttee com-posed of Georg.e H Elvvell of Mlnneapolr'3. George P Hum-mer of Hollan,! , John Hoult of Grand RapIds, BenJanun Bosse of EvansvJ1le and Alfred \nderson of Jamestown, I\' Y , spent Thursday and Fllday, ::\Iay 26 and 27 In ChIcago In performance of the duty as"lgned to them Running Full. The Luce FUlnItule company of Gland RapIds are oper-atmg their factol y on full tIme WIth a full force of work-men In fillmg orders and cutting 'itock for the fall season " . I IIt •II 21 w •• wa ••• w •••••••• __ ••• _._. • • ........ Here is a Rocker That's a seller. Write for the price. GBO. SPRATT 8 CO. SHEBOYGAN, WIS. No. 592. II ~----------------- ---------------..1 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. ~-.-.-- --_._------ -- --- . ... .. ... .. .. ach ertl~mg The seductIOn of a so-called bargalll offer ha~ ~pent lts force on the mtelhgent bUylllg pubhc I venture the dothe~ .:\1r. Stalker \\ ears \\ ere advertised to hIs better Judg-ment regardless of pnce, eIther because they were made by a f;Teat taIlonng house who pIctured style, style, style, and talked ~ooclne~, m the goods, or because they were made by a smaller t.lIlO! \\ ho offered hun personal attentIOn and a better fit If he, .l~ a bu~mes~ man, bought on any other baSIS, he has pa~sed his daUl1~ to Judgment \\ orth whIle on advertlslllg, and I don't think It of hIm BIshop IS bmldlllg confidence, cultivatlllg a standlllg III the LOmmu111t) for the better class of goods, It IS more to such a "tore that It be the fir~t III the mlllds of the people able to buy good furnIture, \\ hen the) "ant lt, than that It sell so many of such a chaRi 'na1tern, at ¥less profit than the space costs wIth no truly great• benefit accrUIng from the effort. Thl~ COP) talks about fine mahogany, ln Sheraton and other ,t) 1e~ Ho\\ much lower than $29 50 does Stalker want to see quoted? He \\ould hke to see merchandlsl11g traIled m filth, 1 remember 1a~t January a salesman for a table company went mto another Grand RapIds store III response to a Stalker type ot "ad" to see Just \\hat they really had at the pnce, $7,79 Ac-cordmg to Stalker he would be artfully shown more deSIrable good~ lIe \\ as a man earnmg over $10,000 a year and looked the part The clerk learned that he wanted to look at d111111g ta1J1e~,and led hUH very first thl11g, to the wl11dow, to thIs measly lIttle $, ,9 affaIr He bought It and sent It to hIS factmy for mspectlOn lIe \\ as not shown or offered a better Why? Be-cause the a, erage clerk sells along the ll11e of least resistance He \\orks on thIs Stalker theory that pnce IS alImghty That man has a table 111 hl~ home worth twenty tunes the one the clerk "artfull)" shO\\ed hUH ~ndl'll wager when he buys such good~ he doesn't hunt the papers for $779 offers and get led into $200 buy mgs -\ny takers? \0\\ part of prestIge locally comes fl'Om what IS thought ot one outSide -\ Clt) acclaul1s the VV nght br'others after a contment had paid Its homage It 1~ no waste of tIme for a store hke Bhhop ~ to let local trade realIze It IS a natIOnal mstltutton It 'tlenf;thelh e\en cu~totl1el s reahzatton of Dlshop's buymg "RETAIL FURNITURE ADVERTISING!~ Mr. Schurman Responds to Mr. Stalker9s Suggestions With Some Rather Severe Comparisons and Criticisnls. To the department' RetaIl Fm mture \ch ertb111~ \\ eekh Artlsan -~'vnr Sta1hel ~ comments on a BIshop ad m the I~"ue of May 17 have been called to notH e Snbstantlalh, the cntl-clsms are first, that these cltmbmg I o~e~, a heroIC eftort to do somethmg, end m farce and lack oj result", second, the) might have been condoned 1£ flo\\ ers had been gn en a \\ ,n , thlnl, tlMt a notlce to ont of to\\n I eadel s panelled at the top "hon1d ha\ L been less conspiCUOUS, that Ib prommence kills 10c,d mtere~t, fourth, that the smooth readmg 1m Itatlon to m~pcct h anemll aad 111~ufficlent But chIefly, "If the \\ ordmg ~tarted "$'!(\ ')0 for the handsome," etc, It would arouse mterest "ng11t off the bat," and a ltttle later the pnces quoted are too high The wnter understands perfectly tlMt BIshop handle" hIgh grade goods but he also has moderate pnc e~ and the~e are the ones to throw up to catch mterest Then good salesman~hlp must lead the customer away from these and artfully shm, hIm \\ h) the others are much more to be deSIred, ]\I[ahm's Messenger remarks, "Don t be too confident a cntlc of advertlsl11g If everybody had the same Idea" about how to reach the pubhc, the "ad,," m the b,lcks of the magazme~ \\ ould look hke bncks m a bnck walL" 11r Stalker speab confidentl), ha'l1lg "rattled off a few pages m an hour or so' and had a pt,l) hshcI accept It He Will have man) backers m hb Vle\\" regarrl mg tIllS "ad." But I WIsh to use the prnllege offered m '\11' artlcle to advocate, not only \\ hat he behttles, but a more e"\.treme poltey ;J10ng the lme Just begun b\ thb style of CoP\ Attentlon, favorable, and assocnted WIth plea surab1e per~on~ ,d c"pel1ences IS deSIrable m all ach ertl smg FIO\\ er~ come IJL-tween the dreary waste of bnsmes' and the cheen meal-the) ~hould be oftener on ::\Ir Stalker's table F10\\ er" belong to weddmgs, recall home furmshmg tlme to father and uncle \\ ho have 111 mmd some gift for a comll1g \\ eddmg The) attract and are a part of the thought of more than halt th~ table buy er", and are a JustIfiable part of table display F"r trom being m-effiCIent, thiS border set the qnarter page It enclo"ed. tar "head of an ordl11al) half page cltspla) b) Its dlstInctne an and dam-tmess It tells as much at qualtty and ~oodnes" a" the \\ Of(]-, tell, and no readel can overlook ItS message Pl1ce I~ emphatIcally \JOT the ~reate"t pullmg p(m el 111 p----- ...-------_._-------_._.-------------------_..._..-----------., I Lentz Big Six No. 694, 48 in. lop. No. 687, 60 in. top. Olhers 54 in. lop. 8 Foot Duostyles ANY FINISH CHICAGO DELIVERIES Lentz Table Co. NASHVILLE, MICHIGAh ~ ._. ••••• __ • ••••• •••••• a •• 4I ___ l WEEKLY ARTISAN power, his far reaching enterpllse It makes for confidence Stalker IS for the stuffed club, or the jollier, or the Barnum or the cureall or some other undefined sty Ie of copy, masquerad- 111g beh111d the phrase, "mlghtly convmcmg language at that," I am for conversatIOnal, behevable, temperate talk, for the plam statement of your clallw; on attentIOn, for an 1llvltation to mspect the goods a store wishes to sell, for adverttsmg that starts the sale and saves the clerk's tJme as agamst advertising that starts a sham sale to rope cu~tomers until somethmg else can be war-ned mto their acceptance. I think better of the store that builds confidence and lets trade come, than the store", hose transactIOns are so dlfierent from their adverttsmg that buyers never return Mr Stalker has some good "ads" to hiS credIt He should be 111 Ime for clean, constructtve, confidence-earmng copy. He ~hould know better than to pIck onto the work of one ac1verttsmg man 111a whole city who has the courage to cultivate slllcerity, and wnte copy that must compel the pubhc's confidence mother copy because the experience With this pans out as printed. Now that I have ans"ered so freely, It may be expected that I wrote the "ad" I knew nothing of it until it was printed. I planned the "heroic effort" roses for a manufacturer, from whom Dlshop buys And I help coach the man who dId write this copy, and who has been called to a more than twice better place to do the ~ame kmd of wnting I have apphed the policy of confidence bU1ld111gregardless of pnce, to the advertIsmg of thIS same man-ufacturer, and though Mr Stalker has ardently and WIth "mIghty convinc111g language at that," argued for his style, he has not been assIgned to put his policy in place of the one 1n effect. It's easier to cnticlse than create. Neither Stalker nor I ongmated the theones upon which we are advertising as a means of hvehhood And they WIll always have partisans. Success is the final critenon And both styles seem to succeed The meas-ure of one success or another calls for the cultivation of the sense of busmess perspective. PerspectIves change c,onstantly, and WIth them, wise men change their minds. I hope this re-sponse states the prinCIple back of the "ads" of one of the most successful furmtt11 e stores 111the country, for It is worth broader comprehension Grand Rapld~, May 20, 1q] 0 CLARK E. SCHURl\~AN, 284 Eastern Ave Death of Charles E. Fredericks. Charle'S E Fredencks, of the La'S Angeles Furl1lture company died all Tue<;day, May 24, from the effects of an operatIOn for appendicltI<; performed four days earher J\II Fredencks was one of the 1110<;tentel pn~illg and <;uccessful fUI nlture dealers m the countrv and wa <; well and favorably known in the Grand RapId" and ChIcago markets, whIch he \ i:,lteJ regularly for 'Several year'S a<; buyer for hiS company. I He had many fnend" and acquall1tances among the manufac-tmen, 111 Grand Rapld<; e<;peclally, and all were shocked by hI<; untnnely death, which was announced in a telegram from hIS brother, A R Fredericks, receIved by R G Calder of the Nelson-Matter company last Tuesday, a few hotH'S aftel hI'S death Officers of the Imperial. The officers of the Imperial Furniture company of Granel Rapids, for the current busine<;s year of that corporatIOn are a<; follows PreSIdent, E H Foote, Vice President, R W Butterfield; Secretary and Treasurer, F. Stual t Foote. L. Seal Reynold'S succeeJed Benjamin y\r olfe on the board of I dIrectors. The financial condition of the company is very I "atlsfactory I I 23 Ha ve 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'){ER CoMPANY ---- DETROIT. PilCH 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. __ I 24 WEEKLY ARTISAN Manufadu' .... 01 Embo .... d and Turned Mould-in .... Embo ... Oldand Spindl. eamDP. aDd Automatic Turnin••. Wc aJ.o manu f.durc a It.rllc c 01 Embo d Omam ..nta for Coucb Work. 1256-1258 W. Fifteenth St., CHICAGO, Ill. SMOOTHEST GROOVES FASTEST CUT LEAST POWER LONGEST LIFE _ ...--- ..- .. ". _.. - -- ---- .--- ..-- -------~--------- I FOX SAW I>ADO We'll atadty tell you all about It. PERMANENT ECONOMY FOX MACHINE. CO. HEADS GREATEST RANGE QUICKEST ADJUSTMENT LEAST TROUBLE PERFECT SAFETY Alao Machine Knlve.r, Miter Machine •. Etc. 185 N. Front Street. Grand Rapid., Mlch ROLLS For Bed Caps, Case Goods, Table Legs and many other purposes; in Gum, Mahogany and Quartered Oak Veneers. The Fellwock Auto & Mfll. CO. EVANSVILLE, INDIANA III Ii . .I. ...--- I ••• _. __ • • as' .. 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 u. for Prle. Ib_ and dleeo __ 31-33 S. Front S1., ORAND RAPIDS, Mien. .. _ • - •• - w ••••• aa. Ie ....... Chicago Notes. ChIcago. Ill. ~1ay 26-WIlham E Hess. formerly ChIcago representatIve for the CabInetmaker and Upholsterer for a penod of seven years and precedIng that tIme shippIng clerk for the FurnIture ExhIbItIOn bt1lldll1g company, 1411 \llchlgan a, enue, ha'3 been made AdvertIS1I1g Manager for the Peck & HIlls Furntture company The Herman Koel1lg FurnIture company of Chicago have taken a larg-e space 111 the Fourteen-Eleven bUlld1l1g on the fourth floor and ~Ill exh~blt the com1l1g July season the largest dlspla} of case goods 111 theIr hIstory The X atlOnal SewlI1g ~Iachll1e company of Belvidere, Ill, hay e taken space on the third floor of the Fourteen- Eleven buIld1l1g anJ wdl have an exhIbIt in July. The XeV\ton & HOlt company, 311-313 \i\fabash avenue, de"lgners and maker;; of fine furlllture. also furlllshers of publIc bUlldmgs, hotels and clubs. is one of the latest furni-ture enterpn"es orgalllzed 111 ChIcago and is officered as follows PresIdent, Joseph R ~ ewton; Secretary, Charles S HOlt, Trea"Uler, Otto 1\'1 FreIer The company are showmg at their studio and sales rooms, characten"tlc models of speCIally deSIgned and specially con-structed furnIture for hotel". halls. clubs and court houses and ha' e a "ell equIpped deslgnmg department and are pre-pared to "up pI} de"lg-n". '3ketches and '3uggestlOns for furl1l-ture of all kll1ds -" New Factories. R ~J '\ Ichols & Co , hay e started work in theIr new chair factory at Camden, MISS The CltV of Hope, Ark. offers a sIte and a bonus of $8,000 for the establIshment of a chaIr factory Xorthern men are reported as considenng a proposItIOn to establIsh a plano factory at GreenvIlle, S C .\ company I" bell1g- orgalllzed to establIsh a new furl1l-ture factor} at Dalla"town, Fa It IS to be capItalIzed at $50,000 WIth $20,000 paId 111 Charle" PfeIffer and others have orgal1lzed the Ulll- ,er"al Comfort ChaIr company. capItalIzed at $l00,()(X), to establIsh a factory m Akron. 0 John E and Edward A Chambers, WIth George Melks, ha, e 1I1corporated the Chamber" FIreless Cooker company, capItalIzed at $30.000 and WIll establ13h a factory at Shellby- \ l11e, Ind New Furniture Dealers. J C Bentley I" a new furnIture ~lealer III Mt Clemens. l\1lch John S\'ven"on h prepanng to opt-n a furlllture "tore m Buffalo, ~1mn J T SImmons WIll open hIS new furnIture store at Mc CormIck S, C about the first of August 1\1 S Ro"en and SImon KlI1g are remodelmg the budd-lI1g at 371-3 ~1alll street, PoughkeepsIe, NY, with a view of uS10g It a" a turl1lture store or rentll1g It to others for th same purpose New Officers. After sIxteen years occupancy of theIr old offices anc havlllg outgrown the "arne, the 11Ichlgan ChaIr company ar en~aged 10 the constructIOn of new and greatly enlargec quarters tor the offiCIal" of the company and theIr employe" The neV\ room" wIll contalll a \ ast amount of figured ma hogan) and up-to-date furlll'3hmgs hardware dealers of Ybor CIty, Fla, has sold his mterest to hIs partner and has retired from business. The Dunn Chair company recently organIzed with $75,- 000 capital stock has taken over the chair factory at Keene, N II, e,<,tablished in 1886 and heretofore operated by Dunn & Salt,bury Mr. Salt,>bury retires from the busines'> Edward H Crowther of Charliestoyn, Mass, widely known m the furmture trade as an expert upholsterer, died recently, aged 86 years For many years he was secretary of the famous 999th ArtIllery association of Boston. The Lena (Ill) Casket company has been dIssolved and succeeded by the Freeport Casket company of whIch A. C Lawrence is manager The factory at Lena WIll be aband-oned when the company has erected a new budding at Free-port. Rosenbaum & Mendel for twenty-five years in the retail furniture bu,<,mess m ~lemphis, Tenn, are building a long needed addItion whIch when completed WIll gwe them one of the largest and most convenient furniture stores in the south James Hayes of DetroIt has taken a block of stock in the Ramsey-Alton ::.vfanufacturmg company of Portland, Mich. and the factOly whIch has heretofore made a ;,pecialty of Mor-ns chair;, IS bemg eqUlpped wIth machmery for making auto bodle'> C NI,>S& Sons, fur11lture dealers, MIlwaukee, are mak-ing a large addItion to theIr ThIrd street bUIlding whIch was partially destroyed by fire last wmter. They will add two storie'> to the old structure and erect a two-story build-mg ad]oinmg Byron Jones, Homer Hoover and Isaac Lutz have formed a partnershIp and purchased the retatl fur11lture business of Simp"on & Jones of Wabash, Ind Mr. Simpson retires from the trade for the pre'>ent, but is expected to take an inter~st m the firm of Lenhart, ~1urphy & Co, furniture dealers of Peru, Ind. The Lammert Furniture company enjoys the friendship of many manufacturers of furniture and kmdred goods At the openmg of the company's new store in St Louis, on Monday, :May 23, there were present a considerable number of fur11lture manufacturers and theIr representatives The occasion was a very enjoyable one for Mr Lammert, who has been engage,l m the busme'is of selltng fur11lture over fifty years, and has many friends The new ,>tore is located m the most deSIrable busine'is "ectlOn of the cIty MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND NEWS The Dust Proof Fur11lture ~'!anufactunng company of Rochelle, Ill, has been dissolved C. C Marvel succeed" Z B Zybell m the retaIl fur11l-ture business at Monticello, 'v'll'>. '11he Sterling Furniture company, dealers of Detroit, has been incorporated Capital stock $30,000 Stockholders m the Elm CIty Shades Roller company of Hartford, Conn, have voted to dIssolve the corporatIOn The firm of Butler & McMtllan, furniture and dry goods dealers, of Sparta, WI", has been dissolved, Mr Butler re-tmng. Frank H McCarthy of McCarthy Bras, fur11ltme deal-ers, MemphIs, Tenn, dIed at Hot Spnngs, Ark, on May 22, aged 34 years The Doge Fur11lture company, dealers, of Worcester. Mass, ha, e issued $30,000 addItional capital stock, makmg $60,000 now outstanding. The Doddndge Grave Decorating company, capltaltzed at $12,500, has been Incorporated to manufacture under-takers' supplies, at Mtlton, Ind J J and Clarence Haverty and T F. Frazier, have in-colporated the Haverty Furniture company, capItalized at $25,000 to deal m furnIture at Dallas, Tex The Central Upholstering company of Sheboygan, WIS, havmg more than doubled their bu:smess m the past year, WIll butld a three-story factory on the west SIde V,' Illlam J Moore, last '>urvlving member of the firm of Moore Brothers, fur11lture dealers, ChIcago, dIed 1'!ay 22, aged 50 year'S HI'i death was caused by pneum011la Frank Payne, who recently secured control of the Mar-shall Furniture company's plant at BInghampton, NY, has sold the property to the Ansco company of that city. Robinson & Tarrant furniture and vehIcle dealer" of Temple, Tex, have sold their business to C F Daniels, formerly a prominent business man of Caldwell, Tex Frederick Tattenborn, who had been a promment furni-ture dealer in Cincinnati since 1872, dIed on May 21, aged 62 year" He leaves a widow, a son and two daughters Owmg to the crowded, congested condition of \V ood-ward avenue, the center of the furniture trade in Detroit has shIfted to MIchigan avenue Junng the past two years. G. H GtlPIn, who recently sold hI" general store at Davenport, Cal, has taken the pOSItion of sales manager for the Doernbecher Manufactunng company of San Francisco The Johnson ChaIr company are erectmg an additIon to their plant recently establt'>hed at ]\forri"town. Tenn. The new butlding w111 be used for office and wareroom purposes The Cmcinnatl ChaIr company, capltahzed at $3,000, has been mcorporated by Robert Herfut, Jr, J Edward Herfut, 1\ R Park, H II Tattenborn and ,y J 0, erbeck The firm of Holland & Peder furmture dealer,> of Fos'o-ton, l\Iinn, has been dIssolved, ~1r H ollan,l retiring Ole Peder wtll contmue the bu'Sines'> under the name of Peder & Co A petition m bankruptcy has been fileJ agamst Abraham Kopelman, furnIture dealer of 96 ES'iex street, New York HIS lIabilities are supposed to be about $6,000, assets estImated at $1,500 Newberry Bro,> & Cowell, haVIng overhauled and re-equippeJ theIr plant at Charlotte, "'\ C, whIch had been Idle since last August, have re.sumed operatIOns, manufacturing medIUm and cheap grades of fur11lture OWIng to long contmued Ill-health I B Turnley, junior member of the firm of Altman & Turnley, fur11lture and Furniture Fires. The Hawkeye Cabmet company',> d'actory at \Vebster CIty was badly damaged by fire on May 20 Loss, about $5,000. partIally msured A Doetch & Co, manufacturers of mIrror'> and show cases, 148 Seneca street, Buffalo, NY, lost about $7,000 by fire In theIr factory Insured The Plant of the Cochrane Mantel and Novelty company, at Piedmont Park, near Charlotte, N C, was completely destroyed by fire on May 19 Loss, estimated at $12,000 to $15,000 with only $3,000 Insurance The store and stock of Robert R Northbridge, Wor-cester, Mass. was damaged to the extent of about $30,000 on May 18 The fire started In the basement from a spark that went in through a window from a locomotive that passed in the rear of the store Insurance $25.000. ·------ -- -- -- 26 WEEKLY ARTISAN ... ••••••• •••• ••••••• we ••••• NO OTHER .-.... . . SANDER No. 171 Patepted Sa.d aelt Machine. WYSONG « MILES CO., Cedar St. and Sou. R. R., OREENSBORO, N. C• .... .. . _. • • I •• • Miss Anna Doetsch Goes East Again. On the 19 inst. Miss Anna Doetsch, daughter of the late Joseph Doetsch of the Doetsch & Heider company. parlor frame manufacturers of Chicago, started on another eastern business trip. Having suddenly found it necessary, last year, to take to the road over which her deceased father had traveled in behalf of his company, Miss Doetsch, though scarcely out of her teens, made a most successful first trip over the territory where her father had, throughout many years, made numerous friends and customers. But Miss Doetsch had the elements within her to cope with this un-toward exigency, and with the courage and confidence few women so young could muster, bravely ventured out on her "maiden" trip, taking up the threads of her father's business where his sudden demise had dropped them, with rare ability and succesS. Indeed, so well did she perform this duty that she has been encouraged to essay another trip this year, rely-ing upon the same kindly reception that was accorded her when she first ventured on her difficult task. MISS Doetsch does not take unto herself the credit for the success that has attended her efforts, but firmly believes it is due to the designs and finished product of her house which secured her first orders, and many others as the season advanced. Those who met this efficient saleswoman and amiaible young lady will no doubt welcome her again this time, and as this season's product is in every regard superior to any her company has yet turned out, this will be sufficient alone to give her a kind reception and a greater volume of business than was given her on her first trip. Doing Splendid Work. Grand Rapids Veneer Work, Grand Rapids, Mich Gentlemen: In reply to yours of the 27 inst. in reference to the dry kiln we beg to say that our opinion remains about the same, that is, it is doing splendid work and we are very much pleased with it. Very truly yours, NEW HAVEN CLOCK COMPANY, New Haven, Conn, July 31, 1909 ----_._----_._. --_ ...- - .. .. .. , ... Kimball Ele.atol' Co.• 343Pros~ct St., Cleveland,O., l0811th St., Omaha, Neb.,128 Cedar St , New York CIty. IMPROVED. EASY AND ELEVATORS QUICK RAISINC Belt, Electnc and Hand Power. The Best Hand Power for Furntture Stores Send for Catalogueand Pnces. KIMBAll BROS. CO., 1067 NIRth St .• Council Bluffs, la. .... .. .. I . ..-- . _ ..-"'" • •••••••••• aa ••••••• .._ .., can possibly do the variety of work that is being accomplished on our machine. Our No. 171 Sanderis positively superior to all other methods on flat surfaces, irregular shapes and mouldings. Ask for Catalog liE" • ••••.•••••••••• 4 Will Sail in June. Ralph P. Tletsort of the Royal Furniture company, ac-companied by his wife, daughter Helen and son John, will saIl for Europe on June 23, preparatory to spending three months in touring England, France, Germany and Holland in an automobile, which will be shipped from Grand Rapids. Upon the conclusion of their automobile tour they will travel by train through Belgium, Switzerland and Austria Grand Rapids Chair Company Elects Officers. At the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Grand RapIds ChaIr company, held recently, the old board of direc-tors was re-elected subsequently the board elected officers as follO\'I<s PreSIdent, R. "V. Butterfield; Vice President, John ::.rowatt, Secretary and Treasurer, E. H. Foote ----------------------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 t50S-1510 W. LAKE ST., CHICACO,ILL. - .. WEEKLY ARTISAN 27 ~Iinnesota Dealers' Retail Furniture Association OFFICERS-PresIdent, J R. Taylor, Lake Benton, Mmn , VIce-PresIdent, D R Thompson, Rockford, Mmn , Treasurer, B. A Schoeneberger, Perham, MlUn , Secretary, W L Grapp, JaneSVIlle, Mmn EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE-ChaIrman, Geo KleIn, Mankato, Mmn., 0 SImons, Glencoe, Mmn, W. L Harns, Minneapolis, Mmn I C. Datllelson, Cannon Falls. CO.OPERATIVE BUYING. BULLETIN No. 145. Paper Read Before the North Dakota Furniture Dealers' Association. Your secretary has asked me to be with you at your con-venhon which I would have considered a decided privilege to do had I not found it necessary to go to the national instead. Therefore, I send you this paper upon the subject I have been asked to talk about-the matter of co-operative buying. This subject is beginning to receive the attention of all thinking bus-iness men. It has its difficulties and drawbacks but it is the only avenue thru which the small dealer can supply his wants down to the practicablhty of the proposed method and ask your-selves whether the 'small dealer can do it. The officers of the Minnesota association have been grop-ing around in the dark trying to find the best way for over three years and we believe we have found the solution of the mail order problem in our branch of association help which we call co-operative buying. All beginnings are hard and any move-ment that promulgates a system which is against the established custom of business grows slowly, but we have doubled our bus-iness this year and our accounts and volume of trade are begin-ning to be such as will command the price that this movement ought to have. I have been made to realize in the last six months more A complete Illustration of what IS gomg on m a more or less destruclIve way allover tlus country There Is a reason for It and don' t blame the consumer ThIS condItIonwill contInue and grow 10 proportion unless we, the small dealers, cut out the enormous waste In getbng our merchandiSe which has made th.s cartoon pOSSIble Why not )010 an aSSOClatlonthat can show you how and supply you WIth Ihe matena\ necessary 10 beallhe matI older game 10 a frazzle ~ Tim help is wllhm the reach of every dealer l/You don 'I use 11,whose fault IS .I? Tlunk II over. upon the same basis as his largest competitor-the mail order house. Business i'S beginning to be more of a science and the general public is receiving an education thru the publication of journals and catalogs that the business men of ten years ago did not have to consider. Then, if we wish to keep up with the times and be the progressive dealers we should be, we must adopt modern business methods. IF WE are on an equal foot-ing with the mail order house in the matter of first cost of our merchandise, we have the advantage because of our personal contact with the trade. Then, too, the average small dealer does not have the gigantic and unwieldy expenses of the mail order house. You, no doubt, have noticed that tons and tons of litera-ture has been written on how to meet this phase of competi-tion, but if you were to stop and consider a good many of these articles, you would find that they were either burdensome, ex-pensive or impracticable if you attempted to carry them out in your small community. This agitation against the mail order house has been effective and has done a great deal of good, but if you ,are going to solve any problem, you have got to get than ever before that even with the volume that we have, we are not yet big enough to compete with the large jobber element which dominates most lines. Therefore, at our last executive meeting, we changed our by-laws so as to make it possible to take in members from other states and to work in conjunction with other associations. We realize that it takes a certain amount of expenses to maintain a clerical force necessary to car-fY out this plan and that this force can take care of two or three times the volume that we are now handling which saves expense in the executive department. Not only that, but by taking in our neighboring associations we are able to create a volume which will bring to us price'S that we now little dream of. When all is said and done, the whole success of this move-ment is locked up in the little word, volume. Everything de-pends upon the volume of business done. So much for the method of getting our 'Supplies. We found at our last convention that it was not necessary to buy a cheap line in order to get the price. If we can get volume enough, we can get a high class of goods at a price that will enable us to meet any competition. While there is a personality locked up in the various associations, there will nat~ 28 WEEKLY ARTISAN --------------- .. .... --_.. .. ~ T' ST ••• e ••••• numbers as fast as OUI cause really deserves Therefore, I bid the Dakota assoCIatIOn God speed 111tlllE>endeavor to organize and hope that we will bc able to work together for our common good .., Yours truly, ..II. W. L GRAPP, Advertising Helps. In thl~ \\ cek s clcpal tmcnt we devote our aclvcl ttsing helps to a miscellaneous l111eof cuts If yOU will study them carefully, ) au \\ III Iwhce that they are all so wntten that fhey cover a gencral lme and not a special Item These items are the items that are usually neglected 111the average store No doubt, your customers are bemg supphed by others rather than yourself. If thiS IS ) our condltton, you will find ready use for these units The) were selected because It IS so hard to get advertising cuts of these Items Ask) ourself, "If you decided to run an "ad" of an) ~me of these Items, where would you get the cuts?" If ) au turn to \ aU! general catalog, you Will find them either illus-trated m half tones or three or four times the size that you would \\ ant to me them If yOU had to order these made especially for \ our purposcs knO\\ mg that they would cost you $1.50 to $2 each, would you use them? Hardly-especially the small dealers Therefore, we feel that If we bring to you these mis-ccllaneou~ cuh of staple goods which are used commonly that \\ e are rendenng ) au a service that you cannot get in any other \va\ \s thc gTO\\ th of thiS department depends upon Its sup-port \\ c urge VOlI to use as many of these as you can, knowing that yOU \\ III bc well repaid by doing SD. Yours truly, Tl Ie '\D\ ERTISI:.JG COM::'U1 TEE. Send all Orders to the Secretary, JanesvIlle, :Minn. Are very popular with the Furniture Trade. $2~ Each Net No. 46, Single Cone, $2 Each, Net. We manufacture a full line of Single and Double Cane All Wire Springs. SEND US YOUR ORDERS. We can help you. Time saved and when done leaves are bound (by your-self) and mdexed by Roars or departments. BARLOW BROS.• Grand Rapid •• Mich. ..... . .. ... .... --_._--W-rtt-t R-tg-htN-ow-.----- urally be various Ideas as to what IS the best way to \\ ark out our own salvatIOn We, m '\Imnesota have found tlldt \\ e can meet catalog competltton \vlth a smile by placing the Identtcal article that IS furmshed m the mat! order catalogs beside the article that we can furmsh thru co-operatIve buymg Our Items speak for themselves and we can meet the \vorst catalog fiend that comes into our store and make him see the values \\ e give Without saymg one word agal11st the catalog house A reputation m your commul11t) for meetmg the mall order competttion, the soap competItIOn and, m fact, all kinds of com-petttion IS a reputatIOn worth culhvatmg and \\ III bnn~ \ au more dollars 111 return for the amount of mane) invested than any other form of advertlSlng that the human mmd can con-ceive I respect the mdlvldual Idea~ of those \\ ho cltfter \\ Ith me All I ask of you IS to place some of the.,e competltl\ e leaders upon your floors and see what the effect \\ III be I leave It enttrely to you whether It IS the practical and busmess Itke way. In 1\1l.innesota, we have turned the dread of the mall order house whIch made many a man Wish he \\ ere not 111 bllsmess, mto a paymg propoSitIOn The hard problem that the ::'Imne~ota assocIatIon IS now contendmg \\ Ith IS the eVil call~ed by the soap club and premIUm I1lnsances Therefore. \\ e are gOIng to con-centrate our efforts along lmes to find a way to overcome this I want to leave \\ Ith \ au the thought that \\ e as an aSSOcI-atIon, WIll only grO\\ as fast as \\ e arc able to bnng results to our membcrs Gntll \\ e do tllclt, \\ e cannot e"pcct to glO\\ m SINGLE CONE ALL STEEL SPRINGS SMITH &. DAVIS MFG. CO., St. Louis $2~ Each Net Minnesota Retail Furniture Dealers" Association. BULLETIN No. 145. Tooth Picks. GIlt NaIl. and Clothes Pms Lace Pallels. Wall Mirrors These clothes pms are full sIze and made of the best ma-terial 2'h dozen packed m a neat car-ton Pllce 5c v\e have a large assort of lace panels at varIOUS S 1 Z e s kmds and deSIgns They add a beautl ful fiUlsh-mg touch to a door The Bat tenbu rg deSIgns cannot be dlstmgUlshed from real hand \\ ark Wr:>also have some \ ery elaborate patterns m Insh pomt All of tnese deSIgns are mounted on a very fine qualIty at net These panels can be had both m whIte and ecru Thr:> eel u ~hade"l are partlcularly rIch Pllce~ tram 54PACKA6{ CLOTHES PINS ~ 'l..~ \ These tooth pIcks are put up m a neat package and are of the finest quality They are ~lIverless ~====S!IThese tooth pIck art> an extra value for Pnces accordmg to sIze 10 and 15c the pnce of box, 5 The brass up holstery nails are put m neat, convenIent boxes They add a neat fin-mg touch to any pIece of upholstel ~ P, ICe 111'0.45.2. Pnce of Ulllt ('omplete 40c 111'0.499. Prier:>of UUlt ('omplete 40" Nickel Plated Bathoom Fixtures. Thr:>se bracket soap dlshe~ art> Ulckel plated 'l'hey hay e a beaded top and stlOI1g- 'tlllll,wlre bracket 'l'he~ , should be found m p, ery bathroom Price 20(' and up These tOIlet paper hIloyldeUISlckaerle phlaetaevd- ~ and have polished ~-~ wood rollers Only ~~ the best material IS used and theJ are hIgh grade m e\ ery respect Price 15c ff '1 hese bracket tooth brUSh holders are Ulckel ~ plated and hold five ~ bl ushes They are onlJ a small Item but they add greatly to the con- \lence of the bathroom Price 25c and up 111'0.497. Pnce of UUlt complE'te 40e The;se llllIrrors h a v e a a k flames fro m one Inch to t\\O Inches WIde aClo, d- 1n g to the sIze of glass They come III good AmerIcan or French plate, SIzes from 7 x 9 to 12 x 20 Illcluslve These mllrors add a pleasmg fiUlShIllg touch to the bathroom and are Just what IS wanted III a great many places where a large mIrror cannot be used We have all kmds of these largp and small ronnd or 0\ aI, some beveled and somr:>plam Come m and let us ~how you our lme PrICes from '-----------1II';;:0,-.-;4~-·--------' Pncr:> of UUlt complete 40c Bathroom Rugs We hay e a great vanety of pat-terns m bathroom rugs TI,e col 01 s are partICUlarly good Thesr:> rugs are rev erslble and eaSIly cleaned Every woman WIshe" hel home to be damty and up-to date and these rugs add one of the lIttle fiUlshmg touches whIch go to make a refined home They are so me", penSH e that J ou cannot afford to get along WIthout one ('orne m and see our assortment PrIces accordmg to sIze 1II'0-:-45a-. ~ Pn('e of UUlt complete, 40c. BATHBOOM SET A Comfortable Hammock ThIS complete and attractIve bath-room set consIsts of a fifteen mch solId brass towel bar, solId brass tumbler and toothpIck holder and solid brass bath tub soap basket The soap stand IS also made of brass and the brass paper holder has an ebony roller All pIeces are beau-tIfully lllckel plated No bathroom IS complete WIthout one of these sets and thIS IS your opportulllty to se-cure an extra value for the prIce Pnce 'i-s. "Never·Rust" Bath Set ThIS bath set consIsts of four pIeces-soap dl>,h towel bar tooth brush vase and tumbler holder mounted on a pIece of ImltatlOll whIte tIlmg made of heavy sheet steel Unles you own one of thE'se sets YOUhave no Idea now conven-lent they are They are sold ~o reasonably that there IS no reason \\ hy you "hould not have one m your bathroom Don t mIss thIS chancE' to secure a complete outfit at a low price Price 111'0.451. P,lce of Ulllt complete, 40c ThIS hammock IS 37 x 88 mches It has a canvas stnped center WIth Jacquard weave m EmpIre wreath effect m border and drapery The colors are rIch and stnkmg It has a large tufted thro\\ back pIllow, ~preader and 15 mch frmged valance It IS extra ~ell made large and roomy The strmgmg IS very ~trong Of course you are gomg to get a new hammock thIS summer and thlb IS yom opportufllty PrIce 111'0.454. PrIce of umt complete, 40c 111'0.450. PrICE' of umt complete, 40c Send All Orders to the Secretary, Janesville, Minn. 30 WEEKLY ARTISAN REMINDERS OF THIRTY YEARS AGO. Paragraphs Copied From the Michigan Artisan for April. 1881. Kilpatrick & Brown of Denver report an active trade Mirror plates are forty per cent cheaper than one :1 ear ago. John B. Laughlan, 1\orfolk, Ya, has greatly enlarged his store. A. P. Johnson of A P. Johnson & Co, Chicago, has sailed for Europe. Hax, Gartner & Co, have opened a stock of furmture III Denver, Col Whitney & Co have enlarged their warerooms in Al-bany, N. Y. Streit & Schmitt of Cincinnati ha\ e taken possession of a new factory Maher Brothers wIll erect an add[tlOn to their factor) III Medina, N. Y W. R. Hobbs of Aurora, III, purchased goods in Grand Rapids, recently There is a growing demand for brass bedsteads in the eastern markets Bennett & Shaffner have opened a stock of furniture III Rochester, N. Y. Cabinetmakers in Pittsburg demand an mcrease of fifteen per cent in wages W. E. Huntlllg is traveling in the west for the S1Igh Furniture company. Burnham, Reynolds & Rose succeed Deutsch Brothers, m Hornellsvllle, N Y. John D. Raggio is engaged in the erection of a new fac-tory in Phllade1phia. C. Blake has completed an addition to his factory m South Boston, Mass The Paduch (Ky.) Furniture company has taken posses-sion of a nerw factory Stumpe & Nlehans are expending the sum of $10,000 m the erection of a factory. Gannon & McGrath of Chicago have settled with cred[- tors and resumed business. Brown, Pierce & Co, of Boston, have furnished the American hotel at Saratoga. Riley Brothers', merchants of NashVille, Tenn, ha\ e added furniture to their line. WSWetzell of Benton, Montana, purchased a stock of furniture in Grand Rapids recently Edward Boeger of the E. D. Albro company. Cmc111nat[, arrived in Grand Rapids on Apnl 21. L. C Stow, of the Grand Rapids Furniture compam b visiting the trade in the western states. Mr Springer of Boston has been engaged as a deSIgner by the Berkey & Gay Furniture company. Lawrence Wikle & Co, have taken a contract to furn-ish a large hotel at Revere Beach, Mass. Charles Tobey of Chicago, placed a number of orJef'- with manufacturers of Grand Rapids on April 10 Mr. Guernsey of Guernsey & Jones, St. Louis, made hl-' second visit this season to Grand Rapids, recently D W. Kendall, designer of the Phoemx Furniture com- • pany will spend his summer vacation m ~ ew York Rockford (Ill) has a new corporatIOn, the ExceblOf, about to engage in the manufacture of parlor furniture There is a strong feeling in favor of an advance m pnces among the manufacturers of furniture throughout the country. William Hudson, late designer for the Wolverine Chair company has returned to his former home in Hamilton, Can-ada 1\Ir KeVIlle of Keville & Wapples, Kansas City, placed orders with a number of manufacturers in Grand Rapids this month. The Brooklyn Furniture company contributed a hand-some parlor sUlte for competition at the recent shooting tournament on Long Island. The upholsterers employed by J. Beiersdorf of Chicago, \\ alked out recently because Mr Beiersdorf refused to reduce the number of his apprentices. Charles M. Plum of San Francisco, arrived in Grand Rapids on A~ril 16 and placed orders for a carload of furni-ture for immediate shipment. Charles \V Black of the Sargeant Manufacturing com-pany, Cmcinnati, recently toured the east, showing the trade a very choice line of fancy furniture. Manufacturers of the east are endeavoring to obtain quantities of Michigan wild cherry lumber, which is used quite largely in the manufacture of furniture J W. \Vheelock has taken an order for 110 fine marble topped chamber suites manufactured by Nelson-Matter & Co, for Cranston's hotel at West Point, N. Y. J. F Barrs, J r, recently of the Widdicomb Furniture company has purchased a block of stock in the Sligh Furni-ture company and will assist in the office work of the conpor-ation ::'Ielssner, Stock & Co, H. Z. Mallen, Pottle & Co.. Denme & Frederickson, Thorson & Tollockson, manufac-turers of Chicago, report a steady improvement in the furni-ture trade. F. M. Holmes and J. D. Wilde, prominent furniture men of Boston, are touring the Pacific coast states with their famll[es. Before leaving Boston they were given a dinner and much talk by friends. VV'.H. Jones of the Phoenix Furniture company came home a day or two ago to learn the sad news of the death of his) oung and beauttful daughter on the day preceding his arrn al. ~Iany friends sympathize with Mr. Jones and family The store of A. Bamberger, a retailer of Chicago, was closed by the shenff recently. His estimated liabilities are $50,000, assets one-half that amount. Several manufacturers of Grand Rapids \V ho had shipped goods to him were warned 111 time to stop de1lvery. ". . - ~ If your DESIGNS are right, people want the Goods. That makes PRICES right. <!'[arence lR. lbills DOES IT [63 Madison Avenue -CItIzens Phone 1983. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH . .. A. L. HOLCOMB &. CO. Manufacturers of HIGH GRADE QROOVINQ SAWS DADO SAWS CItizens' Phone 1239 21 N. Marllet St., Graad R.aplds, Mich. ...-- . .-~----------_.... ., WEEKLY ARTISAN Buildings That Will Need Furniture. Residences-Charles Weinborn, 4732 North Mjaplewoodave-nue, Chicago, $5,500; George Staat, 4734 North Maplewood avenue, Chicago, $4,000; John Heinen, 4744 North Maplewood avenue, Chicago, $4,000; A. R. Spinharney, 5841 Indiana ave-nue, Chicago, $6,000; F. W. Ballentine, 5945 South Wood street, Chicago, $4,000; Webster H. Rapp, 1508 Lunt avenue, Chicago, $4,800; Joseph Slovansky, 2233 West Eighteenth place, Chicago, $4,500; Charles J. Arbogath, 4717 North Campbell avenue, Chi-cago, $3,500; Wilham H. Sellou, Rowena and John R. strets, DetrOIt, Mich., $10,000; August Vangalau, Jefferson avenue and Vanda street, Detroit, $5,400; Mary Hotchkiss, Canton street and Kercheval avenue, Detroit, $5,050; Anna C. Synnestredt, LI1hcbridge and IEdlie streets, Detroit, $3,850; Henry S. Koppin, 1401 Townsend street, Detroit, $10,500; Jane c. Rose, Blaine street near Woodward avenue, Detroit $,6000; Joseph F. Dedrich, Gratiot avenue and Stephens street, Detroit, $4,000; E. M. Taber, Beaubien and Ferry streets, Detroit, $9,000; Samuel Bell, 273 Hamilton street, Detroit, $5,000; K. L. Brown, 3670 Belleview, Kansas City, Mo., $8.000; C. N. Sheldon, 3521 Locust street, Kansas City, $5,000; R. M. Godfrey, 3811 Bell street, Kansas City S-t,OOO; Henry Hermann, 3114 Harrison street, Kansas City, $7,500; J. W. Fulmer, 2540 Charlotte street, Kansas City, $3,- 500; T. K Smith, 3132 Tracy avenue, Kansas City, $7,000; M. Perrine, 3923 Woodland avenue, Kansas City, $7,500; G. W. E11- nutt, 3938 Garfield avenue, Kansas City, $5,000; Albert P. Schmitz, 1833 Houston street, Kansas City, $4,000; Homer L. Donaldson, 2915 Victor street, Kansas City, $5,000; C. G. Pinck-ard, 3834 Paseo street, Kansas City, $8,750; W. H. Nettelmann, 2819 Mmnesota avenue, St. Louis, Mo., $3,500; V. C. Jordan, 1133A Hamilton avenue, St Louis, $4,800; Alice Kavanaugh, 3938 Hartford street, St. Louis, $3,600; F B Higgins, 1469 Un-ion boulevard, St. Louis, $6,500; C. A. Dieckmann, 2248 Alice avenue, St. Louis, $6,000; lEmma L. Frye, 3853 Flora boulevard, St. Louis, $12,800; Philip Rittersbacher, 307 Chadwick avenue, Newark, N. J., $5,000; George Weymar, Weequahic Park, New-ark, $18,000; Owen H. Monaghan, 649 Mt. Prospect avenue, Newark, $6,000; Warren W. Spence, Lincoln and Lexington avenues, St. Paul, Minn., $4,500; Amanda Jorgenson, Hague and Oxford streets, St. Paul, $7,800; Josephine c. Lyons, Hague and Dunlap streets, St. Paul, $4,500; Dr. Blomgren, Payne and Wells streets, St. Paul, $12,000; Mrs. M. B. Bass, Sixth and Franklin streets, St. Paul, $8,000; Mrs. C. E. Lines, Eldridge avenue and Nicholson street, Pittsburg, Pa., $5,000; N. B. Williams, Bright-on road and Carton lane, Pittsburg, $4,500; Rev. Dr. H. C. Wylie, West McIntyre and Perrysville avenue, Pittsburg, $6,000; Rev. T. H. Acheson, Howard street and North avenue, Pitts-burg, $5,500; Joseph McFadden, 4336 Water street, Wheeling, W. Va., $3,500; Mrs. Rachel Larkins, 2224 Chapline street, Wheeling, $3,500; Charles L. Vore, 1630 Topeka avenue, To-peka, Kan., $3,000; T. J. Kimbrough, 1028 Lincoln street, To-peka, $4,000; George Hughes, 16217 Buchanan street, Topeka, :;: h, Jol\; A. C. Ford, 491 Capitol avenue, Atlanta, Ga., $6,000; Jennie R. Cook, Rodes avenue, Lexington, Ky., $3,500; Mrs. ,.--_.- ---- ---_.__._-----.-.-..----..., 154 Livmgston St. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN 10ufs babn DESIGNS AND DETAILS OF FURNITURE CItizens' Telephone 1702. '•---.--_..._._ ..-. ---- a-a ... ... ._ _. __ .._-~ 31 Reuben Sims, 77 Spruce street, Wilkesbarre, Pa., $3,000; Allie 1\1. Leet, 2121 Sheridan boulevard, Li'l1coln,Nebr., $5,500; M. B. Jones, 1326 Vinton place, Memphis, Tenn., $6,000; A. F. Elg-gren, 465 Ninth avenue, Salt Lake City, Utah, $3,750; H. B. Daugall, 219 East Fourth South street, Salt Lake City, $4,500; John R. Winder, 62 South Third lEast f>treet, Salt Lake City, $5,500; A. B. Wright, 227 Third avenue, Salt Lake City, $3,250; C E. Harmon, 324 Juniper 'street, Atlanta, Ga., $4,500; Mrs. S. C. Stevens, 184 Metropoiltan street, Atlanta, $3,000; Mrs. James Smith, 291 Lawton street, Atlanta, $3,000; Mrs. M. W. Askew, 16 Arnold street, Atlanta, $3,000; James G. Cantrell, State street and Twenty-first avenue, Nashville, Tenn., $6,500; Ollie Elliott, 1102 Eighteenth avenue, Nashville, $4,000; A. A. Fennyves'sey, 16 Russell street, Bucalo, N. Y., $8,000; George A. Spring, 121 Windsor street, Buffalo, $6,000; Lorenzo Haight, 309 Grant avenue, Syracuse, N. Y., $4,000; J. R. Pineo" Cook and Manlius streets, Syracuse, $5,000; W. J. Schneider, Freder- Ick avenue and Twentieth street, St. Joseph, Mo., $3,000; W. A. Cameron, Arlington and Portage streets, Winnipeg, Man., $4,- ,)00; C P. Mason, Ross avenue and Keewatkin street, Winnipeg, $3,500; ]. A. Pottruff, Kingsway and Guelph streets, Winnipeg, $7,500; J. C. Fitzgerald, Florence avenue and Hay street, Winni-peg, $5,000; D. A. Ross, Balmoral place, Winnipeg, $6,500; D. N. Harrington, 930 Jackson avenue, Wichita, Kans., $3,500; Pelagia Ralicki, 300 Amherst street, Buffalo, N. Y., $4,000; Thomas Compson, 567 Richmond avenue, Buffalo, $6,500; W. L. Hopkins, 140 Hite avenue, Louisville, Ky., $3,000; George R. Taylor, Murray and Linwood avenues, Milwaukee, Wis., $5,500; C. H. Kineke, Lisbon avenue and Forty-seventh street, Milwau-kee, $4,000; F. G. Schultz, Cedar and Thirty-fourth streets, Ml1- waukee, $6,500; H. F. Fisher, Pabst avenue and Forty-seventh street, Milwaukee, $3,500; James F. Meade, 5409 Wyandotte street, Kansas City, Mo., $8,500; E. B. Albertson, 3929 Tt oost street, Kansas City, $5,000; Kate Y. Fulkerson, Jones and Twen-ty- fourth streets, St. Joseph, Mo., $7,750; Fred Griffin, Twentieth and Monterey streets, St. Joseph, $6,500; A. H. Anderson, Campbell and Curri streets, EI Paso, Tex., $3,500; D. C. Patter-son, 303 North Thirty-eighth avenue, Omaha, Neb., $10,000; Charles Blakeley, 3424 South Thirty-fifth street, Omaha, $3.000; Ida Malin, 4215 Parker avenue, Omaha, $3,000; A. Wieba, 3413 North Twentieth 'street, Omaha, $3,000; Mrs. George Paxton, 2659 Douglas avenue, Omaha, (six) $24,000; R. J. Dinning, 309 South Thirty-seventh street, Omaha, $12,000; C. F. Thomas, 1924 Prospect avenue, Cleveland, Ohio, $12,000; C. C. Roehl, 2903 Walton avenue, Cleveland, $5,000; Caroline A. Thorne, R iver-dale, the Bronx, N. Y., $7,500; W. J. M'oss, 2708 Rio Grande street, Austin, Tex., $3,500; E. W. Larson, 19 Cannon H111 Park, Spokane, Wash., $6,500; C. G. Corbaley, 14 Cannon Hill Park, Spokane, $6,000; Mrs. Frank Ellis, 11 Northwestern boul-evard, Spokane, $3,000; Mrs. Victor Saul, DePere, Wis., $3,750; Mrs. F. A. Dunham, DePere, $3,000. Miscellaneous Buildings-The Moore & Greaves Amuse-ment company is building a theatre to cost $60,000 on Curtis street, Denver, Co1. Springfield, Mo., will expend $60,000 111 the construction of school buildings during the coming summer. Henry Graf of Baraboo, Wis., has the contract for the erection of the state school for deaf mutes at Delavan, Wis.; cost $40,000; E. IE. Strayer is building a theatre in South Bend, Ind., at a cost of $40,000. The Holy Trinity Society of Syracuse, N. Y., is building a church at a cost of $70,000. The Minneapolis Board of Education is expending $250,000 in new school buildings and additions. The Germania Turnverein Norwerts of Cleveland, Ohio, are building a $25,000 club house. A newly organized company is to spend $60,000 in remodeling and refurnishing the Newport hotel at Newport Beach, Ca1. The Schubert brothers have accepted plans for their $250,000 theatre to be built on South Spring street, Los Angeles, Cal. 32 WEEKLY ARTISAN • • •••••• a_a. • •••••• '-1 Miscellaneous Advertisements. WANTED. An up-to-date cost man to take charge of a table factory. Must thoroughly understand machin,ery, lumber and cost of fimshing. Give reference, state whether employed at present, and salary demanded. Address A. L. M., care Weekly Ar-tisan Co. 4-14tf WANTED A manufacturers agent in Baltimore and Washington, selling all the largest and best trade in Upholstery and Furniture, desires to add one or two good !lnes, best of reference Address, B. & W., care of Weekly Artisan. 4 14 T F WANTED On salary or commission a line to sell in Ohio, West Vir-ginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Washington, D. C., by a salesman with established trade of more than 20 years. Ad-dress "L. G.", care Weekly Artisan. 4-23tf. Salesman. If you are Rocking Chairs and Stores. 15 per cent torland, N. Y. WANTED. not making $10 dally sell our lme of Novelties to Furmture Department commission. Address Box 291 Cas- 4-16tf WANTED. Position as commercial photographer of furniture by a prac-tical, competent man. Ten years' experience. Best of refer-ence. Address J. H. Packer, care Times Union, Jacksonville, Fla. 1-22tf • • .. _ ..I New York Markets. "t\ew YOlk, ,fay 27 -The II11~eed Oil market IS qUIet and steady, after a dlop of about 2 cent:, on \\e-teln la\\ al1d about 1 cent on double boIled ] h

Date Created:

1910-05-28T00:00:00Z

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Collection:

30:48

Subject Topic:

Periodicals and Furniture Industry

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English

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