Weekly Artisan; 1910-06-18

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Issue of a furniture trade magazine published weekly in Grand Rapids, Mich, starting in 1879. and GR~D RAPIDS PUBLIC 111illARY GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.• JUNE 18. 1910 weara iginntors ....l•.l.n.nroor rs ORGANIZED 1872 FLOOR SPACE 175,000 SQ FT. GRAND RAPIDS CIIAIR COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS BSTABLISHED 18'72 HIGH GRADE GOODS AT MEDIUM PRICES --------A COMPLETELINE OF------- SIDEBOARDS MUSIC CABINETS HALL GLASSES BUFFETS BOOKCASES HALL TABLES SERVING TABLES HALL RACKS DEN CABINETS CHINA CLOSETS HALL SEATS HOUSE DESKS LIBRARY TABLES CEDAR LINED CHESTS OUR LINE READY FRIDAY, JUNE 24th, 1910 GOODSSHOWNAT FACTORYONLY (TA"" TAYLOB Sr. CAn Non,." To TnAns AVE.) FURNITURE THAT BUILDS BUSINESS. It's the service a store renders a community that determines its value and reputation. A store whose highest ideals are expressed in the desire for profit, is not of real or lasting benefit. If the ideals embody, primarily, quality in merchandise, a reasonable and proper profit is expected by the purchaser and can be secured. Any furniture dealer who sells Berkey & Gay furniture renders a real service to his community-the beauty and quality bring a satisfaction that lingers in the mind of the customer, Ion g after the price is forgotten. There is a "good will" in the name of Berkey & Gay, which any retailer secures, who handles the line. The standing of thIS Company as the oldest and largest manufacturers con-tmuously of hIgh grade furnIture m Amenca, has been attamed only after 50 years of unmterrupted operation. Our extensive magazme advertlsmg is lllcreasmg this knowledge on the part of the consumer The exclusive agency for our product IS a valuable acqui-sitIon for any store. OUR SHOW ROOMS WILL BE READY FOR INSPECTION JUNE 24th. BERKEY & GAY FURNITURE CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. -------------------------- WEEKLY ARTISAN ~-.._----_ ..••.•........... ------_._---_._-_ ..------_._-------~ .-~ 1883 MIC"IGAN C"AIR COMPANY 1910 GR1\ NOR 1\ P IDS, M Ie" I G1\ N -, C" 4 I RS c" 4 I RS I CU41RS I "Michigan's Foremost Chair Factory." For the coming season we would respectfullycall attention to our DINING ROOM CHAIRS, unex· celled in variety of attractive patterns, matching and harmonizing all designsin Sideboards and Buffets. CHAMBER and SUITE CHAIRS to fill all needs in woods,stylesand finishes. We refer to the foregoing staples with especial emphasis. Our FANCY ROCKERS, Hall and Desk Chairs, Cafe and Odd Chairs in almost endless variety, will look good to the Trade thisseason. The designs are excellent. Qyalityand pricealwaysassured. Better and Best. Factory warerooms at your disposal, on the opening day, June 24th, 1910, and for the season. REPRESENTATIVE SALESMEN: SOUTH W. R. Penny WEST Chas B. Parmenter Robt ]. Calder H. M. Story EAST Chas. H. Cox Robt. E. Walton .. . ...... .... 1 ,._ •••••••• __ a ••• a ••• ••• a •• • _ rI I I ROYAL FURNITURE CO. I IIII II•t IIII , IIII III I I, III I II I 2 WEEKLY ARTISAN , ••• , ••• -- ••• ---- • - 1IIII II GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Dining Library Bedroom Suites HALL CLOCKS In "Colonial" Style \~ ~ LNew Adaptations ~ FACTORY SALESROOM Ready for Inspection June 24, 1910 Shown at I IIt t I• III I I ,,_._,_._ __..._. ..._. ._. .__._-.---·-----------'i WEEKLY ARTISAN 3 WEEKLY ARTISAN .. . ._--------------------_.~, I LUCE FURNITURE COMPANY II, II II IIII •• II ,,f •,,, · GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Manufacturers of COMPLETE lines of MEDIUM PRICED DINING I and CHAMBER FURNITURE. Catalogues to Dealers Only. ~..... .. _. ----_. _..~----------~ Luce-Redmond Chair Co.,Ltd. I BIG RAPIDS, MICH. High Grade Office Chairs Dining Chairs Odd Rockers and Chairs Desk and Dresser Chairs Slipper Rockers Colonial Parlor Suites In Dark and Tuna Mahogany BIrd' J Eye Maple BIrch !Zullrtered Oak and C,rCIlJJlan Willnut l Our Exhibit you will find on the fourth floor, East Section, MANUfACTURERS'BUILDING,North Ionia Street GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Exhibit in charge of J. C. HAMILTON, C. E. COHOES, J. EDGAR FOSTER. GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC LIBRARY 30th Year-No. 51 GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., JUNE 18. 1910 Issued Weekly HOME LIFE AND HABITS OF THE CHINESE They Care More for Coolness in Summer Than for Warmth in Winter and Use But Little Furniture. Chma I" now rapIdly changmg RaIlway s, telcgraph and newspapers are moder111zmg It. It IS worth capturIng a glImpse of the home lIfe that has remamed unchanged smce the tIme of ChrIst, If not of ConfucIUs, before It dIsappears omtecl by the coobtove, 011 heater, kerosene ldmp dnd collaps- Ible fUImtme The WrIter lIVed in Ch111d many ) ears and had unu'3ual opportUnItIes of mtlmate acquamtance WIth the home lIfe, both of the country poor and the cIty rIch The Chinese do not use much furnIture TheIr home lIfe and habIts do not requIre It In theIr IIbranes and fre-quently theIr IIvmg rooms the most promment thmg IS the opIUm couch, as mseparable a feature of a gentleman's home a" the armchaIrs and cigars of an Amencan den Perhaps It must dl"appear now before the prohIbItion campaIgn whIch IS being waged from Pekm, or it WIll remam under the inno-cent guise of a reclIn111g readmg table. as "orne mnocent globetrotters have descnbed it OpIUm as u"ed m the ordmary cItIzen's prIvate house IS con"ldered no more a vIce than tobacco WIth Amellcan" It IS the custom, that IS all The host waves you to the couch for a perfunctory whiff Just as Americans begm by offering a guest a cIgar or dnnk Chmese books are lIke Amencan magazmes, paper bound and stapled with thread Consequently they are pIled flat on the shelve" mstead of standmg upnght This fact may offer a temporary resIstance to one of the vVestern mnovatIons, the sectional "ty Ie of bookcase, but already educated Chmese are begmnmg to read EnglIsh and to exhIbIt m the place of the ConfUCIan claSSICS text book" on phy slOlogy and mter-na tlOnal law Chme ,e wn tmg IS done with a pam t bru sh on b lottmg paper or nce flImsy It never smudges The Ink "tIcks whIch are rubbed on a slate as i\mericans rub a cvlmder of shavmg soap on theIr chms, are aromatIc and beautIfully stamped WIth dragons and trademarks The wntmg, whether scholarly or runnmg IS a thmg of beauty, a fa"cmatmg exer- CIse, and very qUIck 1\evertheless the Amencan typewrIter WIth the EnglIsh alphabet, IS now found on many a shupan's desk I Chmese, even of the hlghe'lt cla;-,s. go half nake,J mdoors in summer, and theIr chalf" often have marble seats They understand the art of keepmg rooms cool, but they have I never troubled to ma'3tcI the art of heat1l1g room". except I I 1 __ - in the north, where you sleep on a stone couch full of burn-ing charcoal In the Yangtse provmces, where the wmter is the same as m our mIddle or northern states, the customary heating was only one or two tray" of charcoal balls standing on trI-pods The real heatmg IS all done by the clothes; layer on layer of fine Imens and SIlks and furs, WIth felt shoes The enterpn"e of the Standard OIl company 1;-' placmg 011 heaters in the homes of the rIch now The educated Chmaman is a vIrtuoso His bric-a-brac, consIstIng of Chine'3e porcelam and bronze only, becomes a famIly heIrloom, to part with whIch is lIttle short of ancestral sacnlege K evertheless they are partmg WIth it Rus"lans first. then French, then English, and lastly AmerIcans who are too easIly satisfied with imitatIOns, offer hIgh pnces for these helrloom'3, the antIquity of whIch is authentIcated by famIly catalogues, Illustrated m colors by hand The Chine"e, 'begmnmg to yield to the manIa br in-novation, '3urrender these antIques for the prIce of modern furnIture, motor boats, acetylene gas plants, etc The time is not far dIstant when they will come down to roadmaking, and then what a boom there wIll be m automobIles 1 Chmese home hfe, however, can never be comprehended untIl you penetrate theIr kitchens ThIS IS a privilege ac-corded to few foreIgn men, because the women of the house are hkely to be encountered there You would not, however, know If they were ml"tresses or servants RIch Chinese are more or les'3 polygamou" The real or number one wlte ceases to be ornamental and mIght sometImes be mistaken br the charwoman Your host WIll not enhghtem yeiu, naturally Anyhow, by the etIquette of the language, he would mtroduce even hIS best wife m terms of singular deprecatIOn Ch1l1e"e cookmg ranges are mvanably built m of plas-tered brIck or concrete an..1 m a large house there may be two or three v\ hat surpnses the foreIgner IS the apparent absence of flues SometImes there i" a flue, the chImney going only part way up the wall, but often there IS none because the only fuel u"ed IS, practIcally dry straw or charcoal Fuel has long been the great dome'3tic problem of China, all wood having been cut off centures ago and coal mining bemg undeveloped. Coal imported from abroaJ has long been m use among 6 WEEKLY ARTISAN -----..., III , I I,I I II I II IIIIIII I,II ... ..__ .- _ _-- _ . THE ANSWER TO SOME QUESTIONS Muskegon MlCh, Oct 20 1908 The McCasket RegIster Co, Alliance OhlO Gentlemen Your favor of the 19th regardmg kIlns Let u~ say to you first that our old dry kIln was ot the Sturte,ant Blast S,stem WhICh we remodeled usmg only the outsIde "ails not mcreasmg the soace caoaclty of the kIln "nd after lll~talllllg- the Grand RapIds Veneer Works system of dry kIlns m the same bUlldmg "e found the followmg 1st-We mcreased the capacIty of the kIln 7" pel cent 01 m other words dned the same number of feet ot lumber m one fourth of the tIme beSIdes havmg soft, straIght and thoroughly dned lumber to work 'together WIth ha,mg the knowledge based on facts lUst what condItIOn our lumber "as m and bemg treated at three dIfferent perIOds <'lunng each da} 01 can be taken more or less as the operator deSIres From the~e records we are able to answer your questIOns as tl1P' aTe aSMld FIrst-From 5 per cent to 10 per cent tl11s ho" e,er depends greatly on condItIOn of lumber When entenng kIlr If lumber IS of good quality clean and straIght a percentage WIll be less But take many mstances where vour lumber IS crooked and warped, WIth thIS class of lumber you could sa\ E at least 10 to 25 per cent for It IS a fact that we ha\ e taken Sap Gum 4-4 thIck badly warred, and tWIsted out of shape "hen enterIng kIln and have brought thIS lumber out perfectlv straIght and dry ThIS also applies to oak and ash and other lumberb whIch we ha' e treated WIth equal satIsfactory results Second-ThIs IS a hard matter to accurately Slate but thIS matter has come up from tIme to tIme WIth US 'l'he superm tendent and foreman of the maclllne room claIm a sa, mg of 40 to 50 per cent ThIS however IS based practlcall, on theIr Judgement, not from facts as we have no way of ao;;:certalnlng It ThIrd-ThIs to be answered m percentage from only estl mated bases on facts whIch many condItIOns enter mto ,Ve havmg onl} one man lookmg after thIS work m our plant who has other dutIes to perform at the same tIme and formerly It took one man all hIS tIme and an aSSIstant part of hIS tIme Our estImate of savmg to us IS 50 per cent Fourth-We ha' e never up to thIS tIme smce mstallmg kIln reached more than 75 per cent of the capaclt" of our kIln dally and we are now drymg 75 per cent more lumber m t'le same length of tIme You WIll of course take mto conSIdeI atIOn that there are many condItIons entermg mto the questIOns you have asked about and "hlch you should consldel ,eI' carefully m makmg companson of capaclt} of kIlns 'l'he WrIter was for fifteen years m the heatmg and po" er plant eqUlppmg busmess and ha,mg come mto contacl WIth man} processes of dry kllnmg We adopted the Grand RapIds Veneer Co's kIln as m our Judgement bemg equal to the I)est So faT It has sen ed us very satIsfactonl' and no doubt" III sen e 'ou equally well We have a system of keepmg track of temperature lI1cl relatIve humIdIty tests etc, WIth our loIn WhICh the "'Itel adopted for our bUSIness here and has pro, ed In n1cllly 111'3tanre<;;; a valuable record of facts WhICh we "'ll gladl} send 'ou a copy of should } ou be mterested There are a good many thmgs to be sard abeut dr} krlns makmg comparIson etc but not" Ishmg to go mto long tedIOUS mmute Ideas unless you want further data and trustmg the above WIll serve "hat you deSIre to know Yours very truly BRO,V'J\E :YIORSE CO R H Browne Pres and 1 reas .- --_._._-_._..~- _. _._.---------------- .... I I II II,, II ..- - .. THIS OUGHT TO SATISFY THE MOST SKEPTICAL, SEE ARTICLE HEADED "INVESTIGATING' IN ANOTHER COLUMN. GRANO RAPIDS VENEER WORKS CRAND RAPIDS, MICH. foreIgners, but Chinese houses had no sto\ es ':>Ultable for Its use American cast Iron ranges are now feelIng theIr way m, and coal will be abundant as 'iocm as the raIlway anatomy is complete Another change yet to come l'i the plpln~ of water throughout central Chma; there IS pI actIcally no 'Iater 'oup-ply above the le,'el of the hou'ies It 1:0 all lIfted from the rivers and carned mto the cItIes daIl} by hundreds of coolIes, who fill the stone cIsterns or earthenware ranges of each house at a rate not much exceedmg ten cenh a month There wa'i a tremendou'i outcry amon~ the ri, er boatmen when 'iteam launches were admItted to mland water'i, but the m-stall at ion of tanks and pIping would inVIte a revolutvm Worthless VacuuIU Cleaners. From a mechamcal standpOInt the vacuum cleanel has reached a stag-e of the ndiculous, and ItS evolutIOn only plOves what Barnum announced to the world year'i ago, namely, that the public loves to be humbug-ged The cleaner, one of the greatest labor-savmg and sanitary devices ever mvented for the use of the hotel operator, IS now fearfully and wonder-fully made and sold to a confiding public at a price WIthin the reach of all, for there are "vacuum" cleaners to be had for less than ten dollars Some of the machmes now offered are no better than to) 'i, utterly worthless; they only serve to add so much junk to the worthless stuff you find in your home on moving day, and the manufacturer's sale aim IS to make a sudden fortune. c\J, ertIsements of these worthless, even silly, devices are found 111 the lead1l1g magaLines, and housewives are inviegled mto pal t1l1g- with theIr money through schemes little better than dOli nnght frauds A man II ith any< mechanical understanding can see at a glance at the pictures that some of the machines advertIsed are II orthless It should be unnecessary to say that a prac-tIcal hotel man WIll certainly not be deluded by these cheap de,lce'i, an,! if he does experiment WIth one, it should not mItIgate aga1l1st hIS later gett1l1g a genU1l1e vacuum cleaner, of whIch there al e a number on the market It reqLures power to produce a ,acuum It requires well made and accurately adjusted machmery to produce a vO-cuum and It I equll C'i matenal anJ workmanship that cost money to make ct cleanel that is durable and lasting, as well as effiCIent at the start -The Hotel "" orld Southern Factories Consolidated. The ConsolIdated FurnIture "Yorks, capitalIzed at $300,- 000 WIth .sO per cent paId 111, have been 1I1corporated to take over the as'ieb and bus1l1ess of five prosperous dIvidend-pay-ing compames and consolIdate them in a new plant at Alta- ,Ista, Va The Lynchburg Lounge company of Lynchburg, Va , the Snow Da'iket company, of HIgh Point, ~ C; ann No. 1705 Pull Made by Grand RapId6 Brass Co., Grand RapIds, MlCh the HIgh Pomt Upholstenng company of High Point, are three of the five concerns to goo mto the new company which 1'0 officered as follows President, A. T. Quick, of Lynch-burg; vIce president, P. V. KIrkman, of Hig-h Point, secre-tary, R G. Evans of Altavista Directors-A. T Quick, P. V. Kirkman, T. V Els0111, W B Lilwood and Dr. W. J. Quick. "Volk on the factory building is to begin at once on a sIte of 2 one-half acres fronting on the Virg1l1ian railway The bUlld1l1g II 111 be two stones, 200 by 400 feet, and w111be ready to OCCUpyby September I The city also donated three acres 111 bUJldmg- lots on which the company WIll erect houses and sell or lease to employes on the building and loan association plan The companies that hay e been absorbed wIll take n1Jst of theIr employes to Altavista Better be sure that you know how to run your own bus1l1ess before you beg1l1 to cntlclze your neighbor's methods WEEKLY ARTISAN First Courses in Forest Prohlems. Madison, Wis., June 15.-The first course of mstruction in wood technology and the mechanical engmeering of wood work-ing plants ever offered at the University of Wisconsin are an-nounced for the coming year, as a result of the co-operatlOn of the college of engineering with the new Umted States forest products laboratory at the university. The three phases of the problem of saving timbers and us-ing all the present waste from the lumbenng and wood manu-facturing industnes WIll be considered 111the new lectures and laboratory practIce by the students, 111c1udll1gspecial study of the phYSIcal and chemical propertIes of wood; of preserving and utl1lz111g not only the timbers but the stumps, small branches, bark, sawdust and all the waste bits; and of the mechanical means of transformll1g standl11g tImbers into commercial pro-ducts. Four courses in wood dlstillatlOn, wood preservation, the chemical constItuents, and the phYt<lcal properties of wood WIll be gIven by the staff of government experts in charge of the laboratory A fifth course in \" ood manufactunng machinery Will be given by Prof. Robert M Keown of the engineenng c-ol-lege. In the coures of the properties of wood, the study WIll be mainly of the elementary structure of dIfferent species and its effects on the value of woods for use in various arts and indus-tnes Methods of testmg woods and conditionmg them will also be shown in the laboratory demonstrations. The course Will be given dunng the first half of the first semester The chemical constItuents and fibers of wood, with refer-ence to the uses made of the material in art and industry, will form the subject matter of the course to be given the second half of the first semester. Hardwood and softwood will be studied and compared a~ to their use 111chstill111g alcohol and producmg turpent111e and other materials in a course to be given 111the first half of the second semester. All of the basic principles, as well as the pro-cesses and products of such distIllations Will be taught, and the students will have an opportunity to make a personal study of the government's investigations in ways and means of using all the waste products of logging, lumbering and wood manufacturing, amounting altogether to two-thirds of every tree cut down. How to save timbers, especially those in mines and on the water from animal and fungous pests, will be the problem on which a course in wood preservation will work. The students will compare the resistance of different woods, their fibers and the conditions of deterioration, and Will be sh-own the (hfferem I preservative processes in the laboratory, including both those in w11ich the timbers are given surface applications and thl>"(; III which the aseptics are forced into the fibers. All the machinery and methods used in logging and in V\oJ,l L1dnufacture With the designing of wood working plants 'A ill be t1.uf,"ht by Prof Keown dunng the second semester in hiS cot,r~" ('n wood manufacturing machinery. In addition, advanced research work may be done by stu-clents who are preparul fel,- it in the government laboratory 11n- (ler the sup;:'-vision d the experts in charge. Bean Cluh Organized. Lovers of baked beans as "bean porridge hot" as many men or women were taught to smg in chIldhod's sunny hour, have organized the Bean Club of America Waldo E Buck is the Chief Kidney Bean, E B. Caldwell, Lima Bean Bag Holder and A S 'White, White Bean Scnbendl Every lady or gentleman of good moral character, who will obltgate him or herself to use the bean pots provided by the chief kidney bean after paying the express charges of the same and the clubs' recipe for cooking beans is eligible for membership r-.-_---.-~n_--_.__.._. -----'_._._.~.~._-.--~----. Quality Attractive Designs Low Prices No. 159. Oak, finished golden. Leatherette Chase Leather $7.25 8.60 Are embraced in the long line of rockers, Morris Chairs, Turkish Rockers and Mission pieces that will be shown at our July Exhibits. 4th floor, 1319 Michigan Ave., CHICAGO, ILL. 2nd floor, Furniture Exchange Bldg. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Catalog ready July 15th, 1910. Traverse City Chair Co., TRAVERSE CITY, MICH. t- . .~ ~ ... ..~ ~-- ..... -- . 7 ..- -.., 8 WEEKLY ARTISAN How Trade Papers Help Salesmen. '\n ongmal and aggres~Ive advertIser recenth paId the fo\- 10w1l1g tnbute to the trade press "In 111) ~tOlI.' are ~Il:;n' that read, 'It matter~ not wlMt your bU~1l1e~sh I have tnnc to h~tl.'n Consequently the travehng salesman ha~ a standlllg mVltatlon to come mto thIs store He can have a chat WIth me on bUSInCSS if he wants to I WIll hsten to what he has to sa) "The men at the head of each department \\ III treat the travelmg man WIth Just as much respect a~ I do But It I don t know the house he represents, as least b) reputatIOn, \\ h) then hIS task IS harder than If I had knm\n somethm~ of 111sfirm "Now, I read trade papers a~ I read newspaper,,-to get the news The local ne\\ spapers gn c me the ne\\ s ot 111\ cIt, and the \\ orld In \\ hlch I hvl.' I am much mtel e~ted m both But I make my hvmg sellmg \\ eanng apparel to men and I hale d hvely mterest 111\\ hatever helps to bnng m 111) hvmg-and C"\.il a, "So I take a number of trade papcrs and read them from cover to cover to get the news of the varlOm branches that con-stItute my stock And that s one of the way s I leal n about the manufacturers, whose salesmen come to sell me a httle bIll of goods "If the manufacturer's advertbements hay I.' IJ1Jpres~ed me hIS salesman ~ets a careful heanng for I want to know more of the story the trade paper ad started to tell ., Shre\\ d merchant tl11s It's safe to qv he'" sure to ~uc-ceed Now what a golden opportu111t) for the ,a\e~l11dn \\ ho calls on thIS merchant to plant the httle "seed at /'< ijOiW! o/' peal The "field" ha~ been plO\\ ed and harrowed b, trade papel advertls111g, the salesman\ calls and fertIh7ers and \\ atel awl It hc's \\ Ise he'll leave behmcl hIm. be~ides some hUll.' acll erth1l1g speCIalty, the seed whIch WIll ,prout 111toa harvest of 1corders Bunching the Vacations. Seng company of ChIcago has sent out to Ib patron~ a let ter in whIch It ~ays \Ve WIll close down our factO!) fO! a pe-riod of t\\ a weeks begmnmg Satl11day noon Tnl) nand enchng :'\londay morn111g A.ugn"t b Dunng thh tllne no \\ 01 k \\ III he done-no shIpment made-and the \\ atdmlan \\ 111 hay l ;,011.' charge of office and works ThIS l~ an attempt to mI111mlZI.'b\ bunching the annoY111g con~equences of ' the vacatlOn habIt" "HeretofOle we have tnned the vacatlOn~ of our office torce and men m the mechamcal departments so as to dlStllblltC the COIl'vemenccs ;\io\'. 111stead of takm~ Oul tlOub\e on the 111stall-mcnt plan we are gomg to try to dIscount It hy 10caltz1l1~ lt As thl~ new plan mvolves the mterests of our lusiomer~ \v t-are sendmg thIS notIce m ample tn11e for them to place theIr or-der, accordmgly." Very tIuly ) OUI'. T:m:: SC\C Co\[p \ \ \ Frank J C;enCi Pre~ Grand Rapids Manufacturers. At the annual meetIng of the Grand RapIds f tll111ttllI.' l1an-ufacturers' ASSOCIatIOn, helrl in the Glllld 100m la~t \Ionday mght the follo\'. mg dlrector~ wel e elected "\ S Goodman, Ralph P Tletsort, DaVId H. Drown Bert Hathaway and F Stuart Foote The chrectors W1\\ elect the offiCI.'Is late I It IS understood that ~lr Goodman wIll be re-elected preSIdent The aSSOCIatIOnhas deCIded to enlarge the scope at the lar loadmg dlvlsIOn, WhICh vva;, Olga111zed early m the ~plmg, and to make it more valuable to the members Hereafter ~hlpments ongmatmg with membel s of the a~soCIat10n WIll be loaded m mixed cars WIthout expense to the customer, hut the usual chargc wIll contmue to be made on 10ad111g for outSIde shIpper;,. The car loadmg dlvlslOn ha~ proven a great succe~s, and It has the cordIal approval of the raIlroads, wlth whom the ft1f11lture 11lan-ufacturers endeavor to co-operate The value of the car load-mg bllSmes~ has more than doubled smce the assoCIatlOn took It 0\ er Foreign Trade in ~Iay. I'oreIgn trade dunng the Month of MillY ;,howed smaller Im-ports than m any month smce !\ugust of last) ear and larger ex-porh than m J\lay of any year WIth the smgle exceptlOn of 1907 The total Imports for the month, were $119,929,608, agamst $13 >,9~3 3(l9 m Apnl and $162,999,435 m March of the present year The eAport~ of the month were $131,U:J,+28, aga111~t $123')22,178 m May, 1909, $113,610,378 ll1 May, 1908, and $134,- ?'59,S(J8 m :'\ra, 1907 the smgle year whIch shows a hIgher rec- 01d ot lla\ e\ports than the one Ju~t announced The excess of e\l){)rt~ O\er 1l11porb for the month of ::Way, 1910, IS $11.215,820, agall1~t $?,2(l'2,2+J m Mil) of last year The total Imports fO! the eleven months endmg wlth .1Iay, 1910, were $1,+J8,16}),302 and the total imports for the eleven months' penod $178,989,G7() The exports for the eleven months endll1g WIth May 1910, ex-ceed those of the correspondmg months of last year by $11,367.- 663. Oilar Brothers. -\ large busmess has been established in house fUlI1bhmg ~oocb at Indlanapohs by Ollar Brothers, in a comparatIvely short tlme '-.,0 ~reat has been the grow th of theIr busmess that they 1M ve Iecend} taken several lofts adJ0111lng their store m \\ hlch to ,tore and chsplay gom!;, TheIr locatIon on East \Vashmgton street j;, a very good one and the blllldll1gs are convement and pleasant OIlelr nrother~, although young men, have had el WIde e::,vellence 111 mel chanch~ll1g household goods and have earned ~tllCeSS by deservmg It. George H Ollar IS the Vel) effiCIent presldent of the IndIana RetaIl I, urmture Dealers' AssoclatlOn Getting Ready for the Opening. -\mong the early arnvals of oUblde 1111es111Grand Rapld~ al c the IIa\ hew of :'\I11wauhee, and the Onnoco, from Colu111bu~, 1m\ \\ hlch \\111 show m the :'\Ianufacturers' bUlldmg and the C. II :'\IedlcllS ]me, from New York, m the FurmtUl e Exchange Every dely there are other Ime~ arnvmg and the cartll1g com-pames al I.' havmg all they can do and wIll have tIll after the openmg of the season, and before the next edltlOn of the \IV eekly \rtI,an appears, nearly all the exhIbIts WIll be Ieady for 111 "pectlOn Retailers of Indiana Will Meet. [he RetaIl rurmtlll e Dealel s' !\ssoClatlOn of the state of 1n-chana WI]] meet lJ1 elnnnal conventIon at 1nchanapoh" on June m and lontmuc several days Presldent George H Ollar is plepanng a program ot mterestmg features for the occaSIOn. The procpelh mchcate a large attendance of dealer~ Addressed by the Governor. Governor "Tom" Marshall of Indiana VISIted the gl eat plant of the T D Laycock Manufactunng company at Inchanapolts, relentl) and dmed WIth the offiCIals and employes of the com-pany Governor Marshall dehvered a shDrt address Three hundl ed and seventy-five were seated at table,;. Shipped Their Samples. The 1Jdell \1\1orks of Incllanapolts have shIpped theIr ;,amples to Grand Rapld~, there to be placedm the Klmgman buIlding for mspectlOn of the July market buyers. The 1mI.' contains 250 pieces WEEKLY ARTISAN Porch Furniture. Furniture for piazzas must be carefully chosen lest plO-portion shall be oyerlooked. For example, porches that are not wide cannot ha\ e the same weight in chairs and other seats that may be placed on broad piazzas, because the floor would seem crowded and heavy. Therefore, while there are extremely neat and comfO! table sets of porch furl1Jtul e which wdl la"t for years notwlthstandll1g wind and weather, they neverthele;:;s mu"t be a\olded except for houses that have piazzas at least 12 feet wide Fortunately f01 the average house dweller there al e artistic chalfs and benches wl1lch, though !lght In effect al e strong- and comfO! table; anJ a cane finish IS bemg used as never before for out of doors Thel e are some Austlian pieces, the cane Vi, 0\ en in dia-monds and points of dlffel ent colors, which are pretty enough to be drawn II1to the hVll1g room when occasslOn re(IUlres and light enough to mahe moving not clJfficult BesHles the usual "Side" and arm chairs. there are long lecllJ1JJlg m Jc1els, Made by Mechamcs Furniture Co, Rockford, Ill. whose foot pieces s!lde 111 and out, and whose backs al e arranged on the same method as the Morris K othll1g could be more comfortable for an afternoon nap, and th( yare decorative The! e are aha I echnmg chairs made III one piece and stllctly a "chaise longue" They are pretty anJ comfortable, but take more loom than those \Vhlch shut in Another different and comfortable type of chair has a bamboo frame and stuffed seat, With bamboo arms, and the backs of tightly stretched, heavy cam as Theo,e fold, so that when not reqUIred they take httle space Tables to match all hll1ds of porch furl1Jture can be bought, and whde for artistiC effect one may hke those wlllch are rounel, square deSigns are more ea sdy managed where space IS limited Also to be recommended for out of door use are small tables WIth plall1 wood tops shaped hke tnangles, for these can be tucked IIlto COJ ners by the rallIs, and are u"eful. Demand for Dodds' Machines. PreSident Dodds of the Alexander Dodds cOlllpany re-pOI ts an excellent elemand for their woodworklllg machll1ery Among their late shipment" Vi, ere a dovetaller to Rochester, N. Y., another to New York City and sevelal saw tables and other machines, while In dovetaJ! bits they have never had so large a demand as at present, which IS an indication that the manufacturers al e or expect to be busy. ....- • - • - •• - - - - •• - - - •••• - - _. • • • • - - •• • • - •• - • - ••• -1 Buchanan Cabinet Co. BUCHANAN, MICH. Makers of Baraains in Kitchen Cabinets, Cabinets and Desks. Not the lowest price, but the BEST for the money. Send for our Catalogue and be convinced. ~----------.....-- -------------- .._._-~I ..,.---------------------- ..... - - ..- - .- ...- .... I TUE "ELI" FOLDING BEDS aRE BRUD aND PROfIT WINNERS I ELi-rt"iVI'i'LL.'E'Rm,&u,CO. EVANSVILLE. INDIANA Wnte for cut. and pnces. ON SALE IN FURNITURE EXCHANGE, EVANSVILLE. ~--_._ ---- -- ----- _a .•• _ 9 ... .. 10 WEEKLY ARTISAN "IIII OBJECTIONS TO THE USE OF MAHOGA~Y. Written for the Michigan AI·tisan by the Late David W. Kendall in August. 1881. Ed Artisan-The mahogany monomanIac come- befO! e the pu(bllc as often as some art critic conJLlIe.., up a nc\\ ab-surdIty about the mag-mficence of thai vvood, or a.., otten ;Ie, pub1Jc Journals, havmg no other use for thclr "pdCC, grant hllll admisslOn to their columns He alway s be'" ads the scanty supply of black walnut as one of the reason.., \\ In llMhogany must come into general use, and CO\\ arclh 111S111uate:o, that walnut may be very much ovell ated after all fhell acln1ll atlOn is based upon the fu1o,o111c terms of prahe and tJtled surroundlllgs wlllch accompamed ltS fir"t 111trodul t1l1n In England, by Dr Glbbons, and undel the PdtlC IMgC ot the Duchess of Buckmgham 111 1720 1\0 ,Ioubt labOllllg undel the deluslon that the language useel to descnbe the c JIm 0 at (old) mahogany necessarily constitute It the eidel ot the two woods, whereas black walnut was kno\'. n and used a.., far back as European hlStOly extends, v\hlJe the nch colors that recommend mahogany as the heIr apparent III all C0l11111g furniture, accordlllg to thelr Judgement, have scarcely np'-l1ed as yet, in the two ong-Illal bureaus whIch were made at the wood one hundred and Slxty years ago, thus barely entltlmg It to that re",pect due to old age, eSipeClally m regard to ltS color Because af the twadd1Jng sentIment "0 \\ Idelv db-en'ln-atee! under the g-Ulse of art cntIcis111 on the "g~~nd nch' "deep" colors of (old) mahogany, dunng the paot fe\v ,ears, many expensive attempts have been made b) tI ade manu-facturers to llltroduce furmture madc of thls wood, pdI tIcu-larly since the decline of mahog<tny ,eneel ed goods, but 'v nh nothlllg like encouraging results, not "0 111uch, hem e, el. be-cause of the cost, as of mdJfIerence fOJ the goode, The"c eA-periments were frequently lepeated 111the belief that there \vas somethlllg III the color of the \\ ood that mIght ultImately bring lt mto general favor, because of the contlllual harplllg by art cntIcs on the grand, nch colors of (old) mahogam but the great public stili contmued to feel lllclItterent to\\ arc! this wooden ldol of the mahog-any \\ OJshlpers Of course, there are and ah\ a) s WIll be, a fel\ e:xpen- Slve artJcles made out of it, but for general u:oe, as 1:0, the cae,c WIth black walnut, mahogany IS not the comlllg matenal fUl furniture, even though lts cost 'vas the same dncl the \\ oocb were full of lt Mahogany, 1Jke other woods, has it-, proper place and uses, whlch tIme and eXJpenence has demonstrated, yet these mahogany idolaters never wJ!1 be happy untJ! the parlor, "Itting room, the hblary and even the chamber IS furnIshed , . DO YOU WANT the PRETTIEST, BEST and MOST POPU-L- AR LEATHER FOR FURNITURE. ANY COLOR. WILL NOT CRACK. If so buy our I GOAT and SHEEP I SKINS Write for sample pads of colors. DAHM & KIEFER TANNING CO. TANNERIES CRAND RAPIDS, MICH. CHICACO, ILL. 204 lake Street, CHICAGO, ILL. ~----------------__________ • A \\ lth a vvood the preclommant red and orange shades of WhlCh neces"anh plOcluce ll1harmony in the highest degree, and then assumed mtJmacy of colors prompts them to recommend even the bastal d or bay wood fOJ such general use which lS "tIll more oppreSSIve to the SIght Usually, lhJwever, thelr tune of admlratlOn IS pltchecl m the key of nch, dark (old) mahcgan), \v]llch, of course, becomes dark in tlme, and takes on rich "hades of van dyke wlth great age, but who is there among ltS aclmners wh,') can afford to wear out the balance of theIr naturdl 11\ PS ( lloflllg a mahogany chamber Sl1lte The beautlf111 poh"h whIch mahogany takes lS one of lts populal qua1Jtle~ (whkh lS also trne of maple, and costs less), but \\hat a fm;htful state of total deplavlty must these hIgh art gladuates of the Ruskll1 and Eastlake schools have fallen mto The latter, e-,peclally, permIts 110thlllg 1ll the way of filll"h except 011 an.J elbo\\ grease, Just enough to rub the p.----- .------ .- -_._---_._-- ._--------------_._-------------- ACCURACY, DURABILITY, ECONOMY 1 Three most important requisites in case construction. We absolutely guarantee our method of construction to be stronger and less expensive than all others. Let us tell you about it. No. 181 Multiple Square Chisel MorU"e., WYSONO « MILBS CO., Cedar St. and Sou. R. R., GREENSBORO, N. C. ..-.-_ ... ~ Ash for Catalog "J" .--- WEEKLY ARTISAN 11 Rockford Chair and Furniture Co. ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS Dining Room Furniture BUFFETS, CHINA CLOSETS and TABLES Library Furniture- Library Desks, Library Tables, Library Bookcases, Combination Book· cases, Etc. Our entire line will be on exhibition in July on the third Hoor of the Blodgett Building, Grand Rapids, Mich. dust and dIl t nicely mto the pore" of the wood, the labor of which he thmks might be 1mposed upon the overtaxed house servants or upon anyone knowmg the least albout mak-mg furmture. Yet vvith such high alt treatment, where polish IS an abommatlOn, there 1S no doubt but VI hat the profound darkness so highly admi1 ed m malwgany may be reaJdy ob-tained without reference to Its age, and the wonderful nch-ness so captnatll1g to the future publIc eye may be seen 111 the attractn e appearance of a red barn, painted, say, about the time mahogany was first dlsco\ ered Buoyancy and resistance to water 1S another of the 11lgh art ments of thiS commg "'ood for furmture uses, which antl-albsonbent glue, ,eneer and cloth covermgs, but m furmture, no paramount benefit can be aniIclpated from the floatmg capacity of Its "ood, a~ pallO! frames anJ marble top tables ale not generally mtended to operate as lIfe preseners. \\T,hen mahogany fur11lture first came mto anythmg lIke general use, (If 1t ever (lId) the age of chnalry and muscular development had not qUite appeared Stl ong nen es predom-inated among the purchasels of such goods, hence they were more or less proof agam"ot nenryious attacks lIkely to ensue from seeing mahogany furmtUl e all over the house But 1t IS different now. The people generally are not, er} robust, and there al e sufficient causes for nen ou scam plamts m tht> present age, Without adding mahogany to them The pract1cal manufacturers and earnest ad, ocates of mahogany no doubt belIeve that 1t Will ere long become che31per than black walnut, becduse of the rapld consumptlOn and total disappearance of the latter from am upland forests, forgetting that the large remammg supply of that timber 1S no more d1fficult to reach than mahogany IS, (without add-mg the expense of tl ansportatJon), low bottomed being the pnnclpal obstructIOn m both ca;,e;" whlle the advocation, the mterest of high art imagme that the nch, deep color of ma-hogany W1!l ultimately bnng 1t mto such general favor as to d1splace walnut, providmg the price of e1ther becomes equal forgetting that not all the vanetles of wooJ termed ma-hogany possess the nch shades of van dyke, blended with I ed and orange common only to the most eApensive kinds called San Dommgo, none of them posse;,smg this rare beauty when newly dressed, that the nch old mahogany ImplIes, and that age alone can Impart to them, but always presentmg that pamful mharmony of color m a roOll11,which m effect bears the same relatlOn to the nervous system of the human family that a red shawl does to the mad bull- 'Vood Chopper _ It Does the Work. The Lentz Table company of N"ashv1lle, J\I1ch, have the 1eputatlOn of makmg as good ext en '\lOn talbles as any com-pan} in the counby, and a great deal better than many They have been in th1S bus1I1ess at least 25 years, and If any-th1l1g goes wrong, Lou Lent7 IS quick to find 1t out. They know that to make good talbles they must have thoroughly dned lumber and that the only way to get 1t 1S to have the best kilns that money can buy; therefdre when they say that the Granel RapiJs Veneer system of dry1l1g lumber 1, all nght, they know what they are talking about Nashv111e, Mich, 9-14-1909 Grand Rapids Veneel \\' arks, Grand RapiJs, Mlch , Gen-tlemen ReplY1l1g to yours of the 13th, we do not keep re-ports on the bIn any more, 1t does the work and we let 1t go at that, hence vve are unable to send you the cards, as we dId not fill them out Respectfully, Lentz Table Company, L E Lentz. yo- ., I \II IIi I III ....I Wood Bar Clamp Fixtures Pel' Set SOc. Sheldon Steel Rack Vises Sold on approval and an uncon· dltlOnal money baek guarantee SHELDON'S STEEL BAR CLAMPS. Guaranteed Indestructible. We sohelt pnvllege of sendmg samples and P8Itent Malleable Clamp Fixture. our complete catalogne E H SHELDON & CO ,Ch1~aRo Ill. Gentlemen -We are pleased to state that the 25 dozen Clamp FIxtures whIch we bOulht of you a httle over a year ago are glvlnj{ excellent se"'Vlce We are well satIsfied with them and shall be pleased to remember you whenever we want anythmg addItIonal III th1s hne Yoms truly SIOUXCIty, Iowa. CURTIS SASH & DOOR CO. E. H. SHELDON & CO. 328 N. May St•• Chicago. I I .. ·----_·_~~-------_·_·_·_-_· - ...••••• -.---.---.-.----.-.-.-.-.----.-.--~-------.------ .... 12 .. I I WEEKLY ARTISAN -" OBERBECK I• Red Gum Furniture A Special Feature A line that will be a revelation to the furniture trade-rnarking a period of evolution in the use of furniture woods. Bea utiful Rich Classy in figure in color in effect Exquisite and delightful effects resulting from INLA YING with foreign woods. Substantial Durable Perlllanent (Guaranteed) (Guaranteed) (Guaranteed) The OBERBECK PRODUCTS also contain the largest line of CIRCASSIAN WALNUT BEDROOM FURNITURE in the world and a most varied assortment of MAHOGANY and OAK. Perfect in DE~ TAIL, STRENGTH and QUALITY. Reproductions of ALL PERIODS. F ulliine of complete suites, including chairs and rockers! on displa y at our exhibits: Chicago Grand Rapids, Mich. Manufacturers' Exhibition Bldg, 1319 Michigan Avenue, 3rd floor. Klingman Building, 2nd floor, S. P. Porter & Son in charge WRITE FOR CATALOGUE. BED ROOM FURNITURE .-------. J WEEKLY ARTISAN " . ....._-------- ~_._.~._---------...- IIII •II II I I IIII• I I .., IIIII I •IIIIII •••• I II IIII•I II II•I , IIII IIItt tt I I,!I ,, ,III IIII I,III ,II II III I •I,IIII•• I, I• I ....•I 14 OLD STORIES RETOLD. WEEKLY ARTISAN Paragraphs Copied From the Michigan Artisan for August. 1881. Poplar furmture 1S populdl 111Baltllnorc Old gold is the faJvonte color 111upholster} B V05burg w1ll erect a warehouse 1ll J 01111 "on, ;-, \ Leo Goldsm1th ha5 opened a stock of furmture \D 1uc-son, Anzona Allen & fllaxwell ha\ e taken po"se,,-:lOn of a ne\\ ,inl L m LewIston, Me R Delmel & Bra", ChlLago, ha\ e mOl ed to ne\\ qUdl iel" on Lake street Milton S Pnce has erected an addltlOn to hb sto! C 111 Syracuse, N. Y. An advance in pnce~ fOI look111g gla-:, platc::> of ten PCI cent has been made George \V Gay of the Belke} & Ga, IUlnltulL liJlJ]- jany is in New York N Jacobson of ChIcago, has 5ued ~ Bambergel for $500, due on account D Aude & Bra of St LOlliS, bUl ned ant I ecenth Lo'-" $17,000, fully msured \V R Bus" of the Buss Machllle \\ orks and :\11"" :,algLn1 were married I ecently N 1chols Brothers of \Vestm111lster, Mass, lost thell chall factory by fire recently Shaw, Aplin & Co WIll exhllbit parlor sUlte-: at thc Mechanics' fair in Boston Baumann Brothers ha' e leased a new bU1lding In \\ c'-t Fourteenth street, New York L C Stowe of the Grand RapIds FurnltUle compam 10 fishing in Northern MIchigan L. Bruie Holabird 1S makmg hI" fils1 tIll' fOI thc I n Albro company of Cincinnati C D D'Arcus has resigned the supellntendency of the Grand Rap1ds Chair company. Orin A Ward of the New England FUllliture company spent his vacation at Petoskey Ristine & May are prepanng to manufact11l c 125,000 bedsteads annually in Atlanta, Ga Wemyss Brothers and F J\I Holmes of Boston ha' e advanced prices on chamlber suites A company wIth $50,000 capital has been organized to erect a furniture factory at \Vhitesboro, N Y The St Louis Furniture \Vorkers AssoClatlOn \vIII el ecl a factory at Twentieth and Sahsbury streets R R Chadwick has purchased John J ohn"on's Intere"t in the firm of Mallette & Raymond, ChIcago F Rahn of Ch1cago has compromIsed hIs debt" fOI 20 per cent and resumed the manufacture of fu! llIture J H Beasley, travelmg salesman, has retlred from thc employ of the MItchell Furniture company, Cmcinnatl PhillIp N onweller, of the EvansvJ1le (Ind) FUr11ltUl e company, paid his first vIsit to Grand Rapids recently. H G McDowell, representing the Stockwell. Belknap company has returned from a trip through the northwest Grand RapId", pelsonals El~as Skinnel, of the Ne'" England Fur11lture company, is sojourning at Vineland. N ] Thomp'ion & Bergerson, manufacturers of Chicago, who::>e factory was destroyed by fire a few weeks ago, have resumed business In Baltimore cabmet makel s al e paid flom $10 00 to $1200, machme operators from $1200 to $1500 and packers $9 00 per week. • 0U :C (,) '~i ..s.:.: .r..: ~ '"'0 .=...' ~~ U ':l eo! . • ti cO ~ =' ~ 0 So 'l) flit s:: II 'C) CO (e; 0 ~ ll. Q) C") Z • () c:> '"' - ~ ..... .0.. $.f e I.f.). c:> ~ ~ ... CO ~ [om S :\[o"e1} 01 the Bel key & Gay Furlllture company ha -: I etllln ed flOl11 (Jo",hen, Ind , whel e he secured a contract fOI furlllsh111g the new Haskell hou~e E L Young, for many years a deSIgner of fancy furni-tm e III the employ of H W. Jenkllls & Sons. BaltllTIOre, has engaged ,'Ith Hess & Co 111New York Deacon ;-,Ichols, who has made honest furniture and dll ected the musIc III hIS church at Portsmouth, 0 , during the past thil ty-five years was a recent visitor 111Garnd RapIds l\Ir Fuller, buyer for J H Wait & Son, Portsmouth, 0 , 13 H Soper of Oshko"h, Wis, 1\11' Phelps of Phelps and Bradbireet, Mmneapolts, D 'IV Huntsman of Alleghany, Pa ; \\ Illtal11 Stllkler. Palo, III ; l\lr Gtllette of GIllette & Pratt, 1oledo, D 'IV Guernsey of Guermey & Jones, St LouIs; \\ \\ Conant of Conant Brothers, Toledo, A J MIller of Savannah, Ga ; Mr ·Wallace of Wallace & Frazee, Ashland, 0, R R Davl". Galveston; John C Book and DIN. Toneo, -'\ustm, Texa'i, :\fr Keville of Kansas City, Jacob Hetz, \luskegon, Mlch , G \V Knapp, Jackson, J. Lentz, Nash-I VIlle, :\iIich ,C P Page, Monmouth, III , 0 P Reed. Laredo, Texas, :\11' John V{lrtz and John A Colby of Chicago; Mr \lendall of \Vheeltng, 'IV. F Damon of Kenton, 0, and Ell1est FeIge of Sag111aw were amonlS the buyers who placed orcler~ 111(,rand RapIds dUrIng the past month (Not one of 1he men mentioned above is now in the tlade and a majorIty ,Jf thc nUl11hel hdve dIed-Ed \rtlsan) The I egl~ tellng of all rel110\ als of famlltes or business houbes i" fa' 01 ed b} bus111es, men m a number of cltles 111 l\llchlgan 01dll1ance'i V\ 111 he pa'ised requtrlng owners of movlllg 1\ aguns or automobiles to report all removab WEEKLY ARTISAN Moved to Avoid Congested Conditions. K ew York, June 9 -Three furniture firms of consIder-able stand111g 111the trade, ha\ e remo\ ed from l\fanhattan, N evv York CIty, to South Brooklyn \\ hICh sectIOn of the metro-polI" IS con"Ideled by expert" the best development of all 111the matter of economIC 'ill1pp111g advantages and general faCIlItIes for the convenience of manufactunng merchants and \\holesaler'i The firm'i who have tIansfened theIr plants to the new dI'itllct are The Englander Sprl11g Bed company, The Amencan Couch company, and }\Iax Englander, manu-facturer of uphol"terecl furnIture I\t pre"ent the"e concerns ale located at the cornel of Seventh avenue and N111eteenth street, Manhattan In then new quarters they wIll occupy an aggregate of nearly 42,000 ,quare feet of floor 'ipace in \\hat i" kno\\n as Model Bush 10ft bUlldmg No 4. ] hI" "tructure IS one of the large chaIn of "IX story bUIld111g" whIch con tam m el 350,000 square feet of floor "pace each They are pal t of the most modern commercIal development In )Jew York and thetr usefulness corre.sponds to the tendency of scores of merchants to leave the crowded cIty sectIOns Ul fay or of locatIon" which on the one hand, are not 'iuffenng from the conge"tIon eVIls of all large CItIes and, on the other, Ulake It pOSSIble fOJ manufacturers and whole- "dler" to send theIr goods from then vel y doO! s to any part ot the country or worlel wIthout 111termediary trucking In ellscu""mg hI'i rea"ons for mov111g the three factory estab-lI" hments referred to above Mr Max Englander, \\ ho hold" a controll111g mterest 111them, made thIS statement "It IS my firm opl1110n that the example of tho"e manu-facturer" and wholesalers who have moved to the Du"h Ter-mmal company'" plant WIll be followed by many othels, e"peclall} 111 111y trade In N e\\ York CIty 1 abo pI edlLt that wherever a simIlar aggregatIOn of shlppmg facIlities will be called 111to lIfe 111any other city it wIll quickly attract large manufacturer'i The furniture men of the country are prob-ably the greate"t sufferer'i from the freIght and trucking evtl" which prevaIl 111large Amencan cltIe" Our shipments are invanably bulky and the cost and trouble of sending them from the old-tIme wholesale .sectIOns to the various freight depots and steamshlppers IS actually appall111g" The Hammock Cradle. A sub"titute for baby''i cradle ha" been 111vented by a Tennessee man 111 the fOIm of a hammock, adapted to be hung over the parents' bed Thi'i hammock is so designed that It combines perfect safety and is wlth111 easy reach of the mother If baby needs attentIOn The body portion of the hammock IS a boat-shaped affaIr of some fleXIble matenal and laces together at the end A hood "helters the head of the devIce and a belt passes around it and serves the double purpose of keepl11g the infant from fallIng out and keeping his covers on Ropes are attached to each end of the ham-mock and their other extremIties fastened to hooks in the opposite walls Thus 'iuspended the hammock S\\ ings over the bed in full view of the chIld''i parents, who can rock it as they lIe abe,l and with much less trouble than it takes to rock the ordl11ary cradle When not in use the hammock takes up no more room than the "pace requireJ to hang It on a hook in the closet The business men of Sagl11aw, MICh , wIll send a petItIOn to congress askl11g for early and favorable action on the parcels post bIll 15 THE L. Mac E. VARNISHES BLUE RIBBON RUBBING and POLISHING VARNISH, QUAKER CITY COACH VARNISH-CABINET FLOWING VARNISH, WHITE MAPLE RUBBING and POLISHING VARNISHES; WHITE MAPLE GLOSS VARNISHES-WHITE REED FLOWING VARNISHES, FLAT ALL VARNISH and ALL DULL FINISH-JAPANS, Etc. DIPPING VARNISHES NOTE-Our many years of practIcal expenence wIth the Furniture, Piano and kindred lInes of manufacture enable us to know just the kind and quality of varnIshes demanded. Also the fact that our strong corps of salesmen have an already establIshed trade with this class of customers through visiting them with fillers and stains, makes it possible for us to sell varnishes without additional ex-pense to us, which advantage we are disposed to give to our customers in quality. Send us aTrial Order. THE LAWRENCE-McFADDEN COMPANY Philadelphia 16 WEEKLY ARTISAN ~U.LIIHI:O EVERT SATURDAY BY THE MICHIGAN ARTISAN COMPANY -------~-------_ .. ~----- SUIISCPlIP'TION $1 80 P'EI'! YEAI'! ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES OTHEI'! COUNTI'!'ES $2 00 P'EPIYEAR. SINGLE COP'IE. 5 CENTS. PUBL.ICATION OFFICE, 108-112 NO",TH DIVISION ST. GFlAND RA,"IDS, MICH. A S WHITE, MANAGING EDITOl'! Entered as aecond class matter, July 5, 1909, at the post office at Grand RapIds MIchIgan under the act of March 3, 1879 CHICAGO REPRESENTATIVE E LEVY A letter from Berlm ~tate~ that the \1 tl-an _ Illllmate friend "Bill" Hohenzollel n fincL the bu "me-~ ot bo--mg' ell1 empire somewhat tedIOUS and pm po~e~ addl11~ a !lttle \ arlet} to his dal1y occupatIOn by engagmg' m the hotel busme,,~ "BIll" WIll erect a bIg hou,;e m Bellm elnd ftlll11sh It \\ Ithout regard to Vvhat It may C)"t the people of C.rtlll1am ITel\- ing ever in view the \\ elfal c of Ite; fllend ' DIll' the \lll"Zln takes advanta~e of thl" ,KCel"l(1n to mlolm 111"IIohCl1/ulllln-ship that he would make no 1111"take If hl ~hould 11l1jJloy "Bob" Calder to place thl ordelb fll hllnlttne fOI hI" Cella-vanSal}. "Bob," )eal" pd"t, h,l" "el\ec1 the Cnl of RU""I,I, the Kmg of Spa1l1, the Sult,lll o± Zulu and othel - \l1< 'll l)j less incompetent Inlel" dbh and \\el1 and he h,h al~) ~,1tJ-fled the clavings f01 fme fll!J11tme \\Ith \\h lh tlJe td11l0n-l\ Iesdames Yale, L)dla Pmkha11l, "Xat" (Tuud\\1l1 (lth) Emma Goldman and Dr MalY \\ dIkel, \Hle a±t1Jued \" a special list in the busllle,;s of fll! J11shl1l~ hutel" ho\\ c\ el, "Bob" has never had an equal One David Rank1l1 (\'\ho is bmli upon plell1~ -.,l1lJllal to the Arab of poesy, Abou Ben Adam) of C;t LOUI", ,0 L:n es his fellow men and the "kIds" of 111"fello\\ men that he hd-handed 0\ er a f01 tune of :;;3.000 000 to d hUZll d ot l 111111)1to be useJ in teelc111ng bo) '; the mlchel11llal al h Dl"l-2.11I11l.., scul ptUI e, modeling, \\ ood and 11 on \\ 01k and olhll U"etu 1 trade" wl11 be taught Probably l\Tr Rankm had no Idea ot the height and sIze of the monumellt he el ected to pI e"en e his memory vvhen he ±t11 ned m el hIS Cel~h and ,;ough t th ~ seclUSIOn of three httle 100111Sm el a glClClfj store, thel e tl pass his remain111g JelyS frugally upon an 111loml that \\ ould not suffice to keep an automobIle 111lunn111g orcICl It IS .1 monument that WIll ne\ er be fi11l"hed Thousand,,) It unbOln v\lll contnbute thel eo.tee111andlme to ItS ahead) n',lgl11tl cent proportion-., That the l\lerchants' aSSocIatIOn of '\ e\\ York IS an effecttve orga11lzation is shoVvn by the anangement 01 ,,])Cclal lallroad lates to that cIty annoUllced on another page ot thl" edItIOn of the vVeekly Al tisan The announlement .1ga111 suggests the q11e,;tion why shouldn't the men \\ ho \ lSlt GlancI Rapids dming the fUlUltule ,;ales seasons have the benefit of specIal rate,,? If thel e is any \ II tue in the "bIg anc! bttle 01 long and short haul prinCIple apphed to freIght rates, It ,;hould be apphed to pa,;senger lates abo and such apphcaUon \\ ouLl gn e Grand RapIds and all othel CItIes the ach antages nmv en-joyed by New York DUlIng 1909 the hfe inb11rdnce compa11les collected $10,- 000,000 a" pI em1Um, 111:\1111ne"otd and paid losses amount111g to about $4,000,000 "~bout the same I a tto between pI em1Um '0 and losses pI ev all" 111other states, whIch ploves that there 10.a \\ Ide mal gin of glObS profit in the 11fe 111surance business awl condItIOn ~ al e SImIlar 111the fire insurance bUS111ess In b11"me% <;0 well e"tahhshecl, b11re and steady as insurance, It cloe., not "eem I easonable that the ""ale., depal tment" and )\ uhlacl e""pln"l" ,11Ould ab<'Olb 60 per lent of the gross lell Illng" \mong thl many free enterta111menb prm Idecl for the merd1clnb of InJlana during theIr 1ecent 1el11110n at Indlan-elpuhs Vva" a roof garden concert, when musIc composed e"peuall} for the occasIOn was <,1111gand played The fhol11a, n Lay cock Man11fact1111112, company of that cIty pulled off a great ,;t1.1ntwhen It pnnted and c1lbtnbuted freely the mU';lc of the day IncIJentally the thou"ands of s111ger" leel1ned sometl11ng abo11t the product of the Thoma" B I a) lOlk ,Ianufactunng company I rl he people, \\ ho ulttmately pay the freIght rates, should thank the manufact11rers,' merchants' anJ shIppers' assocI-atIOns for hav1l1g called a halt 111the raIlroad program As a result of the contt ovel ~y there WIll be a shght advance 111 flelght late", plOba1)ly not l110re than ten per cent on the a\ elage TIut f()1 p10te,;ts made by the manufactUl111g and l11e1lanUIe O1ga11lLatlOns the adv.1nce would have been at least il11l ty per lellt ] he Pd ~~elgl of a postell savUlgs bl11 "eems absured The llOlhl and the senate have passed dJfrerent bllb, b11t the chtterenCl~ all' not so great that they can not be eaSIly "Ironed nut' b\ the confel ence commIttee to \\ ham they ha\ e been I efe1l ed 1hl plo"pecb for the parcels po"t bIlls al e not so 10'0\ It 1" mOl e than doubtful that defiUlte actIOn on that me.1"UI e \\ 111be taken dUring the present se"bion of c mgress DunnLi the month of },Iarch 1910, wholesale pnces for hou:-.ehold commoJlttes were hIgher than any tlll1e 111the pI e-ced111g tv\ en tv ye.11s accord111g to a repOl 1. of the natIOnal Ll1)()1 bUI e.1U That oU2,ht L) "lttle the ploposed creattOn of .1 lelliti l0l11111l""llJn The 111formatton the commiSSIOn would ~eek t01 h .1heac!v 111 the 1.Ib01 bmeau d\adable to Congre"" and the pre"lden t ] he Commel Clal 1'1 aveler'<; club of Spnngfield, Ma:-.s, 111 a book J11"t b"ueJ, states that the commercIal travele1s of the l:l11ted State,; n1111Jber 3,000,000 An Important omISSIOn, ho\\ e\ e1, In th}" connectIOn 111a ,;tatement of the actual num-bel of salesman, of near salesmen and of occ.1slonal sale"men, emblaced 111the club's enumeratIOn A. telegl am from \\ ash111gton btates that more small bl1ls are needed The eJltor of the Arttsan has entertaIned a su<;plclon dUl111~ the pel,;t ten years th.1t more small bIlls \\ ere needed e"peuellly on the days when the butcher, the gl Olel, the m111111e1and the launc!Jyman "mght to obtain theIr due" ::YIanagel s of the HarrIman I alhoad" eVIdently expect that the raIlroad bl11 \\ III be fixed up all right or at least, that It \\ 111not 111terfere \'\ Ith bUS111e% to any mate1 ial extent Last Iionday the\ placed orders for eIghty-five locomotives to be deln ered 111October and November WEEKLY ARTISAN 17 Reproduced from a ChIcago Paper of Sunday, June 12, 1910 11 WEEKLY ARTISAN New Variety of Saw Bench. Here is type "F," the \ ery latest vanety saw bench made by the CI escent l\lldcihme \Yorks, Grand RapIds, \llch Ii is the finest machme m ltS c1a"" on the malket today 1t 1" constructed wIth the table ralsmg and lowelmg to "eeUI e thl cltfferent heights of the saw blade abo\ e the table ",mtale m order that the arbor yoke may be statlOnaly, pen11lttlng belt-mg from above and below the floor as desIred The base I" extremely heavy and ha., a lan~e beanng alta on the floor Thl" floor bealmg doe" nut mtel fel e \\ Ith the '1 he Ldble 1-' 38 x 44 \\ Ith extenslOn It is extremely well Ilbbed, \ er} thllk, glound off true and handsomely finished The table ttlts to 45 degree'o on heavy, durable, semI-machined lunge" 1he degree of tIlt IS accurately regIstered by gl adu-dted "e~ment and pomte1 '1 he table IS qtllckly and eastly t1lttCl b} a cut gea1 and 1alk mechamsm convemently hcated on flont of machine A lock 1'-, provIded for rapIdly c1amp-mg the tIlted table It 1:0 qUlcker and ea:'i1er than the old style "ll e\\ and nut method The 1a1s111g and lowenng of the t,lble 1'-, dllomph-,hed b} the large hand wheel on the front feet The yoke IS bolted to the top o± ba"e b} mean" 01 10m cap screws ThIS permIts ad]ustlllg the) oke to allm\ fOI an} weanng out or altgnment that may OCCU1m the boxes Th'e arbor IS made of 1 and 5-16 mches ground cruuble steel seasoned The pulley IS 4Y;; A 5y;; lllches tmned III "Ide and outsIde and grooved means provIde for tmnmg up elhl play. The al bar IS left suffiCIently long to pen11lt the use at a bonng attachment at any tllne The boxes are full 6 mche.., m length lmed with best babbItt hand scraped to fit anc1.self otl-mg from ample reservOJrs Threaded end of arhor 1., left long enough to arccommodate a 2 inch dado head HARDWOOD LUMBER SAWED AltO SLICED II } QUARTERED OAK {VENEERS I AND MAHOGANY I .I. II• . .- _._---_._.-- ---_._-_._--------- .. 01 ba.,e, the .,hatt u1 \\hlch entels the base at an angle and opelates a pall at steel bevel gea1s whIch eastly and qtllckly I alse OJ 10" el the table The table yoke IS extremely stIff and ttavels III planed WdY WIth a glbb take up This provides means fOJ lockmg The table surface IS graduated to 24 muhes 1he gauge.., are fOUl m numbe1, two cut off gauges, one plam llppme, gduge and one t1ltlllg npplllg gduge. The ttltmg may be used on eIther SIde of the saw blade ThIS gauge IS prm 1ded WIth means to faclhtate the easy and ac- CUIate tllimg' of fence '1 hIS fence may be shd to front or 1 eal .,Ides uf tahle tor u"e Ul elther p0':lltlOn --- .-- .., BEST BOAT SERVICE BETWEEN All state rooms are outslde and have runmng water, electric lights and call bells. For berth reservations call on or address R. C. DaVIS,G. P. A , docks foot of Michigan Ave., Chicago, or P. Robbins, G. A., 91 Monroe St , Grand Rapids. ...I WEEKLY ARTISAN "THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST" •••• a ••••• aa_... aaa .. BARTON'S GARNET PAPER Sharp, Very Sharp, Sharper Than Any Other. SUPERIOR TO SAND PAPER. It costs more, BUT It Lasts Longer; Does Faster Work. Order a small lot; make tests; you will then know what you are getting. WE GUARANTEE SATISFACTION. Furniture and Chair Factories, Sash and Door Mills, Ra~road Companies, Car Builders and others will consult their own interests by using it. Allo Barton's Emery Cloth, Emery Paper, and Flint Paper, furnished in rolls or reams. MANUFACTURED BY H. H. BARTON & SON CO., 109 South Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. 19 ....I Red GUIll as a Furniture Wood. During the past year a gn:\at deal has been "ald and written on the merits of red gum as a furniture wood It has received many favorable comments, it is true, too, that some few adverse cntlcisms have becn made, but such c,an only come from those who have had no experience wIth the Vvood after the plesent day method of treatment and cUl1ng has been given it Such treatment rcnders It as fit to go 111to furniture of the highest gnaJe as any other foreIgn or domes-tic wood known to manUfacturers, and thIS without any ex-aggeration Elsewhere 111thIS is::,ue are cut::, shOWing some of the bedroom furDltUl e made by the Oberbeck Brothers Manufacturing company of Grand RapId::" \iVIS The'ie cuts give but a slight Idea of the beautiful effects to be ploduced by the use of red gum The rare'it effect'i can be obtained by fUlDl'ih1l1g the wood 111 its natural fiDl'ih; thIS brings out the soft Siatin tone, the exquIsIte lights and shadows, and enhance'i a rcally beautiful fig ure, reta1l1ing all of its own delicate t111ting and blend1l1g of shade of colors In the fullest sense, beauty and nchness exist 111 furnitUl e produced in this wood Clean and classy. thIS line of red gum bedroom furniture imprcsses one profoundly by its nght to go into hIgh grade furDlture Its strength and durabilIty can no long-er be questIOned It ha" all that is necessary-all that any other high grade wood has--and rIght now dnd for some time to come ItS populallty is assured. Under the proper methods of CUrIng such as the Ober-beck Brothers Manu£acturing company have in process, the na tural tendency of gum to warp, twist and crack on the ene]" Vv hIle drylllg has been ehmlnated entIrely The gum comes flom the kilns flat and commel clally dry, thus Increas- 1I1g its 'itrength and beauty by rea 'ion of letain111g all of Its OIlginal hfe and fiber Re"t ac,surec1 that sufficient time has been gIven to its CUrIng awl treatUlent to make it eUl111ently fit to serve the purpose £01 wI11ch It IS intended In 01der to more clearly demon'itrate this condItion and estabhsh it as a fact the Oberlbeck Brothers l\lanufacturing company guaran-tce each and every piece of their red guUl furniture and hold themselve'i responSIble £01 any deviatIOn UI the slightest way from the al)Ove. Careful and eAhau"tn e 'itudy, long cxpcllence and ex-perImenting 111the handlUlg of gum and the exceedingly great care and pains they gIve to the CUrIng thereof put them 1I1to a pOSItion to know whereof they speak There is absolutely no doubt about the worthine'is of red gum In rIchness of color and beautiful blend111g I eel gum far surpasses all other native woods and makes the k1l1d of furn1ture that creates a demand for itself No.9-Porch ChaIr Large size. Oak Seat. Green or MISSlOnFtnISh. Weight, 20 pounds No. lO-Porch Rocker Large SIze Oak Seat Green or MIsslOn FinIsh. Weight 21% pounds No. l1-Porch Settee Seat 40 Inches long 17% Inches deep Oak Seat Green or MISSlOnfinIsh Weight, 32 pounds RICHMOND CHAIR COMPANY, RICHMOND,INDIANA 20 WEEKLY ARTISAN -- - ..__ .._~ Special Reduced Rates to New York. 1\1clchants' I educed I atee., to ~ e\\ YOlk. City from '1'1 unk. Lme and Central pae.,sengel terlltolles ha\ e heen authOll7ul for the fall. 1910, meetmg'3 of the \Ielchant:-,' i\ssoclatlOn ot New York The special I ate wl11 be a fare and one-half fOi the round tllp, being granteJ on the cel tlficate plan 1 he lates wl11 be effeLtl\ e from each terntol} on sixteen "elhn~ date", arranged 111 foUl e.,ellee.,of fOUl ead1, ae.,follcl\\.., Trunk Lmc 1ellltOl}-]uh IG-l<) \u~u..,t 13-1(J, \u~uc.,t 27-30 and Scptunhel 10-13 J Iltel n cla\ I cturn 1111l1t Central Pac.,e.,enger '1 ellltOl}-Jul} 9-12, ruly 23-26, August 6-9 and '\ugue.,t 20-23 rlllll t} da\ return limit The e.,tate.., of \"e" YOlk l'enne.,d\a1l1a. \"e\\ ]er-e\, Dela-ware, :\Iaryland. a lal ~e pal t ot \\ ee.,t \ 1T~mra. \ Ir~ll11cl nOI th of anJ on the Ime of the Che'3apeake &. OhIO rail" ay, and the Dhtnct of ColumbIa, IS a lOugh geogl apll1cal <1ee.,cllp-tion of Trunk LlI1e terlltOl} The late does not appl} fl0l11 pomb less than 100 n11lee.,h om \" ew lork lIt} The Central Pa.,e.,en~el ae.,e.,ouatlOn hae., jUIl"c1rLtlol1 ()\ II pomts wee.,t of (but not mduchng) Durtalo \ la~ctl a 1 all., Made by Rockford Frame and Fixture Co • Rockford. III SuspensIOn Dndge and Salamanca, 1\ Y . Plthbuig and \lle-ghany, Pa , Bellalle anJ \Ianetta, 0 , \\ hec1mg, Chaile'3ton and II untmgton, \V. Va. and POll1ts on and north of the OhIO nver and eae.,t of the ::\11Se.,he.,IPPInver, and "CJuth ot an imagmary Ime from Keokuk, Ia, to Chicago, 111, mcludmg Cmcinnatl, Lomsvl1le, all towns m Kentucky on the Che"a-peake & OhIO Ral1way, St LOUl". Keokuk, Chicago, e.,outhel n peum'3ula of l\I1chlgan, and Canadian t~wns on the IfJ<J11gan Central railroaJ and the Vvabash railroad The ::V1erchants' associatIOn of \ew YOlk leJuceel fale circular, which wl11 he b'3ued the lattel pal t of thIS month, WIll also announce that elunng the present Summer Season Tounsts' Fares somewhat lower than the -;\ferchants' fare and cJne-half on the certificate plan. wl11 be m effect to 1\, e" York from portl me., of Centlal pa"senger terntOly, pnnupally the western '3eetlOn. the I eturn 111111ton the tickets bemg tl11rty days The Circular ,,111 suggest that merchant" m Central passenger terntory commg to K ew York consult theIr ticket agent to learn If the Summer Tounsts' fare has been authorized from their town and, If so, If It is less in amount than the merchants' rate The plan inauguratej by The Merchants' assocIatiOn of New York last season, \V hereby only one viSit to ItS offices is ....... --._- III THE FORD & JOHNSON CO. CHICAGO This is one of our popular Hotel chairs. Our chairs are found in all the leading Hotels in the country. The line includes a very complete assort-ment of chairs, rock-ers and settees of all grades; Dining Room furniture, Reed and Rat tan furniture. Special Order furm-ture, etc. A complete hne of sam-ple_ are di_played in The Ford 8 John_on BUlldlDl!, 1433-31 Wabash Ave •• in-c1udlnl! a special display of Hotel Furniture. III .. , . ... All furmture dealers are cordially invited to visit our bttilding. ..I. I cquued to secure the l ertlfica te \\ hlch ne\\ 1 illo\\ eeI nece"saly validation of the return tnp plan proved so popular, will again be Investigate and Be Wise. The Wisest man III all the world, KlI1g Solomon, said, \\ lth all thy g-ett1l1g, get wisdom" Much study IS a wean-nes" 01 the flesh, ancl of the mak1l1g of books there IS no end' ~olomon \\ a'3 the wOlleI's ~reat Investigator Thel e \\ a" noth1l1~ on the eal th nor III the heavens that he dId not \\ an t to kno\\ In these days, when men al e 1I11ltat1l1g the bIrds; when thev arc talklllg through the aIr as well as fly lll~ through It, when husllless competitIOn b ,0 sharp, and lll- \ entlOns so numerous that a man may take hiS mornlllg paper whIle eatlllg hIS bleakfast and find he IS a back number, al-though when he \\ent to bed the night before he thought he wac., 111 the forefront of the Illle, it IS well to be constantly 111\ e"tlgatlllg and as St Paul says "prm e all things" ThiS lIttle talk to the WIse readers of the V'{eekly Artisan I" suggested b} the letters of mqmry sent out by the Mc Cashay Reg-Istel company of AllIance, OhIO. to several nartles whv are USlllg the GranJ Raplc1s Veneer \Vorks new proces, dl y kiln sIn thi s letter they ask First-What per cent of lumber is saved on account of the normal thickness being mainta111ed and the absence of "arpmg? Second-\Vhat increa"ed output, expressed in per cent, IS obta1l1eel in the machme room as well as the cabinet room, because of the lumber worklllg more easl1y? Thlrd- \\ hat uercent savlllg IS obtamed III keeplllg saws and kmves 111 proper worklllg- condition? Fourth-What percent is saved 111 the expense of the drvlllg process III the kIln) For the answer to some of these questIOns look up the Grand Rapids Veneer company's "ad" 111 this issue of the Weekly Artisan WEEKLY ARTISAN The Santa Fe"s TimbeI' Experiment. Smce the mstallation of the pumpmg plant on the San DiegUIto Ranch, owned by the Santa Fe raIlroad. rapId pro-gress in the growth of the eucalyptus trees has been made on the PacIfic Coa:ot Several varietIes of the sugar gum planted three years ago have reached a height of 18 to 20 feet and from 15 to 16 inches in circumference The sugar gum i", bemg grown exclusIvely for tIC makmg purposes The com-pany expects to allow the trees to grow 20 years before they are cut It i" saIJ the sugal gum wIll defy the ravages of tIme, as fence posts that have becn m the ground for 15 years show no sign of decay Other varietIes, such as the blue and red gum, will he used for fcnce posts, fircwood and othel needs of a great raIllOad The San Dieguito Ranch compnses 8,600 acres It IS one of the hlstonc spots of the country, lying in the valley of San DiegUIto Rrver, five mIles east of Del Mar Several years ago it was purchased by the raIlroad company wIth the hlea of establIshing a mammoth nursery ::\luch of the land was rough, hIlly and overgrown wIth greasewood The ground was first cleared, han owed and then prepared for planting. Three years ago the first seedlIngs vvere set out The company smce then has planted 500 acres a year The seedlmgs are set out eIght feet apal t m rows and the rows five feet apart ThIS proVIdes for the planting of 1,100 trees to the acre. vVhen about SI},. yea I s old many of the trees wIll be thinned out. At that age the trees so cut out WIll yIeld three or four good fence posts to the tree. WIth leavmgs for fire-wood; bnngmg m conSIderable reveune The th111ning process w1II be kept up untll about 200 tree;;; are left on each aCI e of ground, whIch means several thou-sand tIes when they are e, entually cut 01 dmary tIes now a1 e 21 worth about $1 each Twcnty yeals from now they wiII be worth a great deal more Eucalyptus culture demonstrates that saplings wlII grovv from old tree stumps. ThIS provides for a second crop to be grown more qUIckly than the first The blue gum is expected to make a yearly growth of from 12 to 15 feet a year dunng the first few years The Santa Fe started in to grow the trees WIthout irn-gation, and so far has been successful beyond expectations HoweveI, to insure a more rapId growth recently a large pumpmg plant has been m stalled. Will Take a Day Off. Members of the C1l1c1l1natI FurnitUI e Exchange wlll en-joy theIr twelfth annual outing on June 25 They have char-tered the river steamer Kentucky, whIch WIll leave at 8 '30 m the morning and reach Glen Park at 11 o'clock Dinner wIll be served 1n the grove at the park and the afternoon WIll be spent with such games. c;ports and recreatIOns ac; may please the participants The boat will leave on the return tnp at 7 o'clock and reach home about 9 30 The committee 111 charge of the affair is composed of Henry Hoffeld, J E. Dulweber, Paul Schirmer, H. A Lloyd, F H Uchtman and John Wolf. The "Hello" Business. There are now in the whole WOIld very nearly as many messages sent by telephone as by letter; and, there are thlrty-tvvO tImes as many telephone calI-, ac; telegram" In the United States the telephone hac; grown to be the big brother of the telegraph It has six tImes the net earn1l1gs and eIght times the wire, and It tran"mlts as many messagec; as the combined total of telegI ams, letterc; and raIlroad passengers CHOICE TOOLS FOR FURNITURE MAKERS If you do not know the "Oliver" wood working tools. you had better give us your address and have us tell you all about them. We make nothing but Quality tools. the first cost of which is considerable. but which will make more profit for each dollar invested than any of the cheap machines flood. ing the country. Oliver Tools Save Labor "Oliver" New Variety Saw Table No. 11 W,ll take a saw up to 20' dIameler Arbor bell IS 6' WIde SendforCatalog "B" fordataon Hand Jointers, Saw Tables, Wood Lathes, Sanders, Tenoners, Mortisers, Trimmers, Grinders, Work Benches, Vises, Clamps, Glue Heaters, etc., etc. OLIVER MACHINERY CO. Work. and General Office. at 1 to 51 Clancy St. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH .. U. S. A BRANCH OFFICES-Ohver Macbmery Co .. Hudnon Tenmnal. 50 Church St. New York. Ohver Maclunery Co. FIrst Nallonal Bank BwldIns. Clucago. Ill. Ohver Machmery Co • PaCl6c BUlldms. Scalde. Wash. Oltver Maclunery Co .201.203 Dean,gate. Manchester. Ens " Time "OLIVER" No. 16. Band Saw 36Inche •• Made with or wilhoul motor dnve Metal table 36"x30" Wdl take 18" under 1h e SUlde- bits 45 dellJ"eea one way and 7 degrees the other way Car-ne. a laW up to 1%1' WIde_ OutsIde beanns to lower wheel .haft when not motor dnven WeIsha 1800 lb. when ready 10 sh,p .. Tempers .. Co.lt I I 22 WEEKLY ARTISAN New Buildings That Will Need Furniture. Residences- Phlladelphla, Pa -John F ReIchart, Sha vv-mut and RIdge avenue, $9,000, P H Kell}, l\1ldvale avenue anJ ThIrty-fifth street, $23,000, R S Van Cleave, Land,,- downe avenue and lelton stleet, $l-1-,lJOO,\VIlham P \1uench, Broad street and Seventy-first av enue, ~7,500 MOIIIS Bhden, 20S6 Clearfield street, $6,200 New YOlk Clty-Mrs H ~1cCarthv, 215 \Yest EH;htv-seventh street, $25,000, John VIOlante, 367 Ea,t 181st "tied, $40,000, Edward Hawle}, nab} Ion L I S)O 000 \\ 111Jam Lechnyr, S46 Brook a\ enue, the Bran", $1-1-000 \\ Rocke-feller. 5 East FIfty-fourth "treet, $16 -1-00 T \ \ C I0"" ;27 Fifth avenue, $5,000 l\frs G L Dodge 689 llfth a\ enUl, $5,000, \1 llham II H yele, 66 Ea" t ~ 111etv-fil" t "tl cd S8000 ChIcago-James Lvons, 394-!- \\e,t \10111 le ~t1let, S2' 000, Ida SmIth. :;040 i\gatlte avenue $4,000, Cl H I humaml0 2960 Michlgdn a\ enue, $8,000, l\lrs Emma L} l11ILek -+810 c,t Lawlence avenue, $20.000, John R Rabelt"on 100-+2 Led\lit street, $9,000, H L Hutchens, 1301 Ro"dale a\ enue ::;4000 Ernest Hoehmc, 4507 La\HenCe a\ enue S3 ;00 \ugu-,t \\ olt, 351 Fullerston Parkway, $1'=;,000 Mllwaukee-Mrs E Sle~ffled, C,1),.th,md Llo) d "t! eet" $3,500, Mrs H \1 lese, fhlrty-n11lth and Chell\ ~treets, $6,- '])0000, George F C01llgdn, 346 Lafayette street, $8,000; Jacob Ha""111gel, Eleventh avenue and South EIghteenth stleet, $7,000, Valent111e Mahret, 844 1ft Prospect avenue, 9;8,500, R A Heller, 827 De Graw avenue, $8,000, Vllo A Galanti, 163 :-1alvern street, $3,500, Henry F Schuelke, 9 Gene\ a street, $4,000, Mrs LOUIse Powell, 25 Vernon ave-nue, $5,000, Dav Id Elm, Avon and Pesch1l1e avenues, $8,000 Ehzabeth, N J -Jacob A Slem, Jackson avenue and Tulta "tleet, $S,OOO Omaha, )'\ elbr -Edward Johnson, Mason anel Thlrty-hbt streets, S20,000, C P Traver, 113 North Thirty-first avenue, $18.000, L D Wllhs, 1136 Palk avenue, $14,000; I aura f\ AtchIson, 3:;03 \Voolworth avenue, $4,500, S B Dov Ie, Cahfor111a an~l ThIrty-eIghth streets, $8,000, E F, ITO\\ e PaCIfic and Twcnty-111nth streets, $10,000; Mrs Em-ma Boland, 913 '\ orth lorty-first street, $3,000 Indlanapohs, Ind- \V R RIley, 1819 Orleans street, $3,000, G C Jose, Hoyt and )'\elson streets, $3,000; F, J Hay, HIghland dllve near Ruckle street, $3,500; Clara B. \\ al d, 2101 HIghland place, $3,500; Mabel GIllum, Linwood anJ \\ ash111gton streets, $3,500; Harvey Ingram, Garfield (It 1\ e and Shelh) street, $3,000 Svracuse, ;\ Y -John Ripke, 210 Greenway avenue, $4,- Made by Northern Furmture Co. Sheboygan, WIS, 000; W 111iam Schll11dt, ThIrty-fifth and Llo} d st! eets $-+'=;00, Frank Raasch. Clarke and v\ nght st! eets, $3,500, 0 J Stuer-wald Brown anJ Forty-first Stl eets, $4, SOO, MI S L Ruehl, 410 FoUl th avenue, $4,000 DetrOlt~Frank VVItch off, L1I1coln and l\111wa ukee stl eets, $4,500, Frank \V Palk, 417 Grummond street, $6,200,. John Sweet, 618 Fourth stl eet, $4,000, Feltrty Barku111e, lort stJ eet and Boulevard, $5,000, Geollge C L Lam ence, 300 C,tanley street, $:;,600; GeOlge J l\1111er,Stanley and \\ 111"lov, ~t!cets, DetrOIt, $3,250, George VV Croshy, 411 Tl1l111ct11 e,tleet $-+000, F E Schultz, Cass and Columhla stl eet", $7, SOO J R Black wood, Bouleval d near Cass street $12,000, \nna vlouhlman Seyburn street and Kercheval avenue, $4.000, vldl \ S L) nch Mt Eltot and Hastings street, $S,OOO St LoUls-W A Frantz, 0150 :-lcPher~()l1 a\ enue, $4,800 A L Morgens, 3929 Magnolta avenue, $10,000, James R DaVIS, 5234 Cote Bnllianlte, $3.500, George Tomehe, 3914 North N mth street, $4,900, vV T Murph), 1624 Clara ave-nue, $6,000, r R Rice, 4069 Ohve street, $7,000, \ndrev\ DlIemeyer, 3615 North Twentieth street. $4,500 , John J ans-sen, 5200 Flon"sant avenue, $8,500, Dorothy Engleman, 8306 LUCIlle avenue, $6,000 Newark, N J -Morns Lltvinoff, 164 II a\\ thO! ne a\ enue, 000 Charle~ I 111kel, 007 Stolp avenue, $3,500, Ella M Tup-pel 11:; Eln1\\ood avenue, $4,500, Dr N. :l\Iulvey, 502 vVest (Tenc ""ee :,treet, $3,000 Salt Lake CIty, Utah-M, A. Reyser, 1404 East First South street, $10,000, Tda Berkner, 343 South FIrst West "tl eet, $6,000, ::\lrs B H Hunt, 478 H street, $3,000 Seattle, \Vash - J ]7 Stelte, 2026 \Vest Seventy-eIghth stl eet, $3,000, Max VVIllars, 4226 Seventh avenue, south, $3,- OOJ, \ L O~horn, 4028 Pa"adena place, $3,000, MIS, Martha Ro~" 120+ Howell "treet, $4,000 Kal1~as CIty, \10 -J 0 VVade, 4636 Tenace street, $8,- 000, \\ eh \Vlthers, Jr, 410 East] 11lrty-seventh street, $7,- ;00 \ E Tlhlmas, 32-1-1l\fontgall :-.treet, $7,000, BenJa111111 ~helc1011,3308 Coleman avenue, $3,500 \lohlle, Ala -Helen Shamberg. Hel cule" and Llvoak <.,treeh, $3,000, vIrs 11 Mornson, Maryland and WIlkl11son "tl eeh, $3 :;00, \1 F Bolton, 394 Kentucky street. $4,000 Eugene, Ore -L H StraHan, Pearl and SIxteenth streets, $3,000, Ii t\ Soults, Fourteenth and Mtll streets, $3.000, \llsse" ELand M L Hendricks, Nl11th and Oak stl eets, $13250 James vValter", 202 Seventh street, $4,000 Oklahoma CIt}, Okla - T J Hawk, 1405 V\T est Thirty· WEEKLY ARTISAN 2J eighth street, $5,000, F A Caldwell, 1213 West Twenty-first street, $4,000 Little Rock, Ark - \N J Cotton, 400 Johnson street, $3,- 000, George C Naylor, 2815 HIgh street, $3,500 Wheellng, W Va - \1rs lVIary Reuchler, 154 Market street, $3,000 Denver, Col-H L Hoffman, 1120 Race stJ eet, $4,000; Alexander Scott, 783 Columbine street, $'),000 ,rrs Saclte Spaldmg, South Pearl and Cedar streets, $ ),500, l\Irs n Habletzel, 421 J osephme stJ eet, $3,000 N orhlk, Va -COl nella Sulll\ an, 608 Graydon avenue, $4,000, V\'allace Lail d, 720 \\ estm er a\Cnue, $7,000 Topeka, Kan -Stanley l\IedlIcott, 1226 F11lJ1lore street, $4,000, Henry CRoat, 1125 Gal field street, $3,000, l\Irs Anna V\Tmans, 709 Bramer street, $3,000 Fort \;\ ayne, 1nd-\Vanen SmItley, 1518 Fast Crelght J11 avenue, $3,500; FI ank C\1n111S011,1208 T\ uttman avenue, $3000 Utica, NY-John L Dorsey, 51 \Yatson place, $4,200, DommlC Salerno, Blandma and Mlllgate streets, $6,000, Cy nl Roberts, 21 Culver avenue, $3,000 E Paso, Tex -Mark\1s Samuels, Kansas and RlO Grande streets, $7,000 RIchmond, Va -Vngmla II Hubbard, Clay anJ ThirtJeth street, $4,000, 0 J DaVIS, 518 Chaffin street, $3,600, \Y ] G11man, 227 Grace street, $3,000 HaIIlsbUlg, Pa-George \\ V\ 11son, 1317 Velnon street, $3,000; BIshop James H DaI1mgton, 321 N 01 th Front street, $4,000 WichIta, Kan - \ndrew \Val e, 63 South Topeka avenue, $3,000, J C San, 630 ElIzabeth street, $3,000 Dallas, Tex -B F Hmson, 317 Tenth street, $4,000, Mrs LIZZIe :l\IcCart, 725 South Ervay street, $3,000, Dr A C CJlllespie, 188 Cole avenue, $3,600, M L Dabney, 505 Colum-bIa avenue, $3,000 Evanston, J1l-An11le EScott, 1025 RIdge avenue, $6,- 000; A D OrVIS, 821 Judson avenue, $4,000 Peoria, Ill-Dr S H0!1wit7, 480 South Bourland street, $6,700, Frank Hem7, 185 t'nn erslty avenue, $3,650; John T Moran, Elmwood avenue, LTplands, $4,000; Dr. J. P Mahan, 303 North Elizabeth street, $3,150 Miscellaneous Buildings.- 11: J "Walsh is bUIlding a theatre to cost $40,000 on Ken:oingston dvemle, PhIladelphia, Pa The FIrst Baptist SOCIety of Seattle, vYa~h , are bUlldmg a church to cost $150,000 Seattle, vVash, IS building a manual tramUlg school at a cost of $165,000 LIttle Rock, Ark, IS buIldmg an addltJon to the Robert E Lee school at a cost of $28.000 Rev Rabanus Thill has charge of the erection ,f a church in SIOUX CIty, 1a, at a cost of $75,000 The Elks of Hal risburg, Pa, are erectmg a temple that will cost $60,000 The Rock Creek Baptnt church, \Vashmgton, DC, is bemg remodeled at a cost of $20,000. Always Prosperous. Buchanan, Mlch • June 15 -Manager RIchards of the Buchanan Cabinet company repOl ts thIS year's business as the best ever. He IS getting out a number of new patterns m desks and kitchen cabinets, for the fall trade He is also gomg to put up a large wal ehouse on the SIde-track of the Mlc111gan Central RaIlroaJ, whIch rUllS from the main track a quartel of a mIle avvay to the factOly so that cars may be loaded from the warehouse and save all cartmg ThIS com-pany has one of the best bUllt anJ mO:ot com e111ent1y arranged fur111tUl e factones in the country and ha" enJoyed an un-broken pro,pellty frOJ1l the first Jay 0f ItS eXIstence But don't forget the WEATHER. This new Porch Furniture is for OUT -door use; and ordinary MISSION FINISHED PORCH FURNITURE GROWS IN PUBLIC FAVOR MARIETTA PAINT AND COLOR CO. MARIETTA, OHIO Also grows the demand for those popular effects, WEATHER-ED OAK, MISSION BROWNS, MOSS GREENS, DULL BLACKS, SOFT REDS, etc. Effects not difficult to produce for mere display; or for ordinary in-door use. stains are not adapted to outdoor wear. AURORA PORCH STAINS are specially made to meet the new need. They combine the transparent beauty of high grade stain with the weather-resisting qualities of first class paint. Practical. Can be used either with brush or dipping tank. To facilitate prompt attention, address Desk NO.3. 24 WEEKLY ARTISAN Minnesota Retail Dealers' Furniture Association OFFICERS-PresIdent, J R. Taylor, Lake Benton, Mmn , VIce-PresIdent, D R Thompson, Rockford, MlIIn , Treasurer, B A Schoeneberger, Perbam, Mmn , Secretary, W L Grapp, JanesvIlle, Mmn EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE-ChaIrman, Geo Klem, Mankato, Mmn, 0 SImons, Glencoe, Mmn, W. L Harns Minneapolis, Minn ,C Daluelsoll, Cannon Falls BULLETIN No. 146. ANALYZING ANOTHER TRADE EVIL Is It a Golden Pot at the End of a Rainbow or Is It Scientific Business Methods? Weare feadul that the readel s of our department may think because we are contmually plctunn~ the darkest sIde of bU~Iness condItIOns, that we are aitogethel too pe"sll11lstlc In our ideas On the contI ary, we belre\ e m 0]'tlm1o>m and we chensh all hopes for' a bnght dnd prosperou" tutule In the commercIal worlJ Had It not been for that true SpUIt at optimism, we woulJ tIme and tIme agaIn. have become tIred in our efforts to create better business condItIOns Long a~o would we have ceased In our endeavor to arouse the IndIffer-ent and do-not-care merchant to the real condItIons of affall 0 and to the lurkIng danger that surrounds hIm and hIS bUSI-ness However, we are stIll optImIstIc and the officer::, at OUI as'SociatIOn belreve that It IS OUI duty to expose anvthmg commg to notIce, that mIght have a detnmental effect on the prosperity of our members Now that we have soh ed the mall ordel ploblem to the satIsfactIOn of the maJonty of our members, and n)\\ that \\ e can truly say and are assUled that \\e can \\1ll III al1\ phclSe of this sort of competItIOn, we belre\ e It our Jnt\ iJ tUI n our attentIon to the next great pI'!blem that confront-, u~ and whIch appears a ten tImes greater menance to the fUI nltUl e husJness. \Ve mean the soap, tea, gi ocel y and kll1clred club eVIl., We hal dly belreve that there 15 a smgle 1e'lcler of tll1 s department, who has not felt tll1S phase of competItIOn more or less, espeCIally dunng the last SIX months You are surpnsed that your old customers begm to lose, that old tIme loyalty that they have always g1\en yOU and now you find that every once In a whIle, a pIece or two of fur111ture goes Into theIr home And yOU mal \ el why It 15 so. You are stIll more surpnsed when you learn that those 111ce pIeces of furl11tul e ha\ e blought WIth It, to } Oul UIC;- tamer $10 of other \ alue, such as soap, tea", coffee.,. etc When you lealn that, It begIns to smk 111, \\hele It hurts, because If you study thI'S problem cartfull}, and WIth-out preJudIce. you WIll be made to real17e, that they are really gettIng more value for theIr money, than you cauld hay e gIven them Is It any wonJer that they dre more Inclll1ed to trade with other~, when they can get a $20 \ alue, whIle} au on the other hand only gn e them $10 worth of frlll11ture They may be yrlUI bec;t fnendc;, but the facts remams that fnend ShIp cea'Se'S as SO,J11a" they dl 'SCO\er that theIr money does not go as far In your store, a" In others If you have haJ your ear to the ground and 1£ vou hay e been espeCIally watchful. you WIll have notIced the mcreas- Ing number of magaZInE 'ads" anJ the Increas111g force af SolICItors In your commu111ty, 'Spread1l1g the gospel of $20 of value for $10 As a con"equence, we find a contInudl "tream of thIS class of good" and merchandIse findlllg ItS way 111to all towns, large and small In many place", the"e club" number by the hundreds and there IS scarcely a commlmlt} that has not come wlth111 the scope of the"e club" Our reaJers who may not happen to be 111(lose touch WIth the soap clubs may ImagIne that we are ovelestImatIng thIS evIl For theIr benefit, we WIll say that sooner or later you WIll lrsten to statements lIke thIS "I can buy thIS, that. or the other thIng, for whIch you are askmg me $10, and I can ~et enou~h teas, soaps, coffees and e"tracts to last m} famIly for several weeks, and not be out any more than you are a"k111g- me" Lei''S carryon the analysis a lIttle further Say you are "h0\\ mg- an AllwIn CollapSIble go-cart The cart IS all ng-ht. lu"t the thlllg wanted and pOSSIbly, to make it more certaIn. } au Intorm the customer, that today you WIll sell the g-o-cart at a bargam and you name the pnce that this artIcle usually carnes However, your customer, who is reading soap-dub lIterature, cannot see It that way and probably \\ 111 exclaIm "\Yhy, Mr, don't you know that I can get an \lh\ m cart and filled WIth soaps and coffees for about that "ame pnce?" On the other hand, your customer may not be so bold as to offel hiS opmIOn so freely on a subject, that he kn,JWs \\ 111 hm t your fee ltngs and he tells you that he will think It 0\ el and oee vOU later As he leaves your store pOSSIbly ne\ el to appeal dgd111, he has had, at the expen"e of the mer-chant, one of the most practIcal lessons of the value to him of the soap club methods that could hay e been taught him, d11c1\\ hlch he I'S not \ ery apt to forget soon "ow 11 these condItIOns are true and we challenge any-boJ} to pro\ e It otherWIse, how IS It that such conditIOns hay e CIept mto the melcantrle world? Let me tell you some-thmg- \To matter \\hat kInd of a pro pOSItron you'le exploitmg, do not forget that unless you make good, you WIll be a faIlure Doe"n't the phenomenal growth of the Larkm concern prove that thev are makmg good? If you WIll stop to look into thIS problem as bu smess men should, } ou WIll probably be made to realtze that thel e must be some fundamental prinCIple hack of It all Let thIS thought smk Jeep mto your mmd \\ hrle thus far, \\ e have been gIV111g-the greater part of OUI tIme m ')oh m~ the mall order problem, yet we have not neglected thI~ end df onr \\ork and have been workmg to find a \\ a} to C01rect th1o. evrl or rather to pnt onr members 111 a pOSItIOn, ')--1 a') to protect themselves, for the last three vear~ "\s officer" of thIS aSSOCIatIon we deeply deplore the fact that the Jobbels of our country have allowed these ~Lheme" to gam snch a footholJ as they have attained and \\ hether the} \\111 e\ el be able to remedy thIS, only the future can tell '\0 don1Jt \ ou ask the questIOn what has made it pOSSIble fOl the"" ~()ap and glocery clubs to assume such power~ ~othmg more or less than the cutting out the waste m gettmg the supplv and "econd theIr method of carrying on hu "mess \Ve the small dealers of the country can not con-tmne to hold our place In the mercantrle world If we contmuc to buy m the round-abont way, that IS generally thru agents. Of course we mUot not foro-et that these soap and grocery club., hay e selected a lrne of merchandIse that carries a long ]Yofit TI11t th1s doe~ not alter condItIOns If our patrons al e 111 the habIt at paymg 10, 15, 25 cents for a standard e'(t! act pel f11me, tOIlet al trde or washsoap, and we all know that the a\elage home pa)" from 25 to 35 cents for theIr teas and coffee", It \\ III make no dIfference to them whether that artIcle carne" a lon~ profit or not. They do not know nor do they care what the profit IS, on such articles as long as they are standard, 01 a" long as they have to pay that whenever they b11y It SO IS It al1\ \\ onder m this day of high lning when the WEEKLY ARTISAN average housewife must do everythmg she can to economIze that she becomes an easy vIctIm to any scheme or pollcy that WIll bnng to herself the necessary al tIcles that he must have m her househdld and at the same tIme can fur111~h her home wIth many artIcles that she never could dream of havmg otherwise. Of course not, she IS 100k111g at the dollars as every good housewIfe should. So If you really want to get at the bottom of thIS, lust look around m your commulllty and you wIll not have to go far before you wIll see many a mce artIcle of furmture, rugs or ornaments which has been secured thru this soap and grocery club medJUm Weare aware of the critIcIsm that we are '3ubJect to and to the "ba-haw" that certam mterests wIll brmg up because we have expressed ourselves thus and because we intImate that the prIncIpal thmg that makes thIs method possIble 1'3 thru the natural old tIme busmess method, the Jobber, etc But brother dealers, to these cntlclsms we would ask, '" hy IS it that a mercantlle firm can give twenty dollars worth for ten (don't think for a minute that they are not domg it) unles'3 they are able to get theIr source of supply at a figure that we the small dealers, little dream of For If they dId not they certamly could not make the profit they do thus bringmg to life the big problem we arc now facmg We have gone far enoug'll into thIs problem to find that if we can do as they Jo, that we can gIve $20 value for $10 and stIll make clear profit upon every $10 you receive We beheve we have given you enough to thmk about this week and while we hold out that there is an ample rem-edy for thIS eVIl yet we are fearful that the remedy for It is such that it will create a still stronger oppositJOn than has our co-operative plan If this remedy hes, however, In the ,,:cope of scientific busmess method, then It wIll \'\1m, no mattel who it hits, and who ever creates a new conchtJOn for those whom thIS may effect wlll have to finJ the way to make it po~slble for these soap and grocery clubs to eXIst The last thought we wish to leave you is that we the small merchants everywhere have had no part m the makmg of these conditions and while we have Illustrated the effects of this evll upon the furniture business, yet it does not stop there, because they use every kmd of an article that goes mto the home for general, or for personal use So we ask our readers to g-et a Larkm's book, study Its pages daily as we are domg and remember what we have saId and we are sure you will say WIth us that thIS ev II IS the naughtiest problem that the small merchant of thIS country encounters Yours truly, THE CO::\L\lITTEE OK THE SOAP CLUB EVIL Association Advertising Helps. (See Palle 26.) A member writes "I llke your system of advertlsmg, be-cause I have found that it is so very, very hare! to get tIllS kind of descriptIve matter set up properly m a small coun-try pnntmg office. N111e times out of ten, If they are not watched closely, they wlll use type for descriptIve matter about five times as large as necessary I11'3tead of pUtt111g wnting at the side, they cut 111the rmddle and descnptJOn below and by the time I am through WIth the ad, the space alone, has generally cost me as much as your units cost me TherefOl e I am very enthusiastic over thIS ASSOCIation help and hope that our members will support thIS movement, so that It will grow and give us everyth111g we need along this hne. I prepared a large circular, newspaper SIze, lay111g It out, prIcing them and by US111gthe U111tsystem, It took only forty minutes to prepare it If I had undertook to have wntten up this myself, It would have taken me almost a day to do It It not only saved me my valuable tIme, but I find that I can get my cIrcular pnnted for Just half what I used to I have thus saved 111this one instance more than my assocI-ation expenses cost me 111the last two years" If one of our members could do thIS why can't the others? ThIs only goes to show the value of our aSSOCIation advertlS111g helps, and It will work for you just as well, If you gIve It a chance But remember, you have got to do your part Use them ADVERTISING COMMITTEE '------------------------- ........ _ ..-.- ..., The Hff and Hff Line BuffetS?1 -Tile -L-in-e-T-h-a-t .E_v_e.r...y._b-o-d-y Buys Seasonable Furniture for the Dining Room. Music Room, Parlor, Boudoir, Dressing Room, Hall and Bath Room. Chma Closet 866 Fullline shown in the Furniture Exhibition Building, Grand Rapids, also in Chicago and New York. Send for our New Catalogue No. 38. Rockford Frame and Fixture Co. Rockford Illinois ~ -_ . 2S 26 Minnesota Retail 1'13-700-6 "'A n eat bttle rock er made at "hlte oak wIth cob hler - seat fhlS cbaIr has rod ded arm' and bolt and nut construct Ion whele the arms fasten to ~r: rsta I stretcber I that runs under the seat Embosslllg IS verv deep and clean cut. turnIngs are smooth and 1t IS In ('very way a deSIrable rocker A very fine lookIng chair at a low prICe UnIt wIth type 40c Cut wIthout type 25c Price of Hocker to members $M.EF BOW·BACK KITCHEN CHAIR F18 No. 35 T b 1 S b a w-back kItchen chaIr, IS made of bard wood bas fou r turn ed spmdles In the back, It also has two StIE'tl hers all around bot-tom makIng It solId, and not apt to come apart as chans fre-quently do 1.' hIS chaIr has a nIce, deep, rIch, golden oak fill1sh. Note seat IS saddle f]lHSh. Also t"ke notIce of the turned spIndles In back of chair. Usually 1'1 Ibow-back chaIr~ tbe spIndles In back are stralgbt. TbiS Is an exceptIOnal bargalU I Unlt wIth type 40c Cut wIthout t, pe 25c Price of ChaIr to members $ .EF Genuine No. 1 Leather Seated Arm Chair FI3-No. 161l-5L. ThIS neat htt! e arm chaIr, ....J..ust the thmg for read mg ard takmg comf rtwhenycu ale tIrEd It has a genUIne No.1 lea the r sea t French front legs stn:tcher under-neat. h chaIr bot-tern. ard In evuy ',r:.ya goed, sub-slaptml chaIr. If you ",II put thIS on the floor WIth a Eample the mall or ler chaIr, you WIll be convinced I at once that you are gettIng a g;reat bargaIn, and a cOllfortable. up-to-date cha r t) Elt In. Price at our sto::"o 1J nIt WIth type 40c Cut WIthout type 25c Price of arm chaIr to members Price of dmer to match $E.XP $M.RO WEEKLY ARTISAN Dealers" Association BULLETIN No. 146. Advertising Helps. COBBLER-SEATED SOLID OAK ROCKCR' F13 No. 750 -b T hIs cob b Ier-seat rock-er m a de wltn bolt construc-tlOnwhere the arm fastens to b a c k of post Has turn spm-dIes thru-out. Note the rod runmng under ~eat ThIS gIves It a very rIgId con-structlon. FJnl'ih and everythmg "bout thIS are of the, ery best. A very comfortable chair Solid Oak Arm Rocker FI3-N 0.3453 -6. ThIS "t-tracilve & neat arm rocker 1 S made of sol- Id oak and has pohsh fimsh WIth a quartered back. ThIS chair is a good large SlZa rocker. and con~ struchon 181 of the very best. Is m golden oak fimsh Turn I sp i n dIe s throughou t Made es-peCIally for heavy peo-ple. Avery fine looking chair at a very low PrIce.· Don't I mISS It. Here is your good chance to buy an ex-tremely valuable chaIr at a low prIce. Price at our store 1 nit \ It] l\]lp Hie ( 1 t "1 thou t t \ pe ( PI] e ot PO(h ..el t) l1H111lJel"-, $M.FF Pmt ",tll type 40c Cut "Ithout t\pe 25c FIH e of Rocker to menlherr., $X.Ml' HIGH-BACK DINING-CHAIR Fl"'\u 2") Agooc1 l\ltrhen or dln- Ind' room chal1 e "( t r at" strOll,"" made of wcll- ~oa,'"onedelm ha~ golden oak hm,1l NotIce top sl"t 1'i ,ery rIchl V dccOl"ted an (' hd" fdncy turneec "pmdlc, stretch-er" Mound bol-tom m"ke It a ,ery strong dnd subst"ntlal evel y d"y chall good for h.1rd U"-G but It docs not 'hm\ Jt as someUother cllcap LhdllS do ~lde PO'-lts are o;,tron~ and neMly tUl ned 'cat slOoped out and ...,}l'lpcd m tldn~ It a 'Lry conlfort'lblc Slttlllg ehall WeIght about lOjJounrls BROAD BACK ROCKER 1mt "Jtll l,pe 40c (ut \\lthout t\pe 25c PIlre of ChaIr to mcn1bers $ .PE F 18 No 218-3-4 ThiS rICh-looklllg rock e r, made 0 f h a r d wood. fimshed , In the beautIful AmerIcan quartered oak Has three he"vy spIndles under e" c h drm Arm.., "'e fastened to back PO&t by extra heavy screw and are also notched out A heavy spmdle under the arms, pas~E'd thru the heavy ~eat, makes It rIgId 'I'h", handsome rocker IS worth tWICe what WE' ale a"klllg for It. THESE SPLENDID Umt WIth type 40c Cut WIthout t;\ pe 25c Price of Rocker to members.. $ .FF These chall~ are made of 'elected oak, upholstered >11th genume No 1 leather, qu"rter sawed back, rIch golden gloss fimsh. se"t mort l'ed and scr, >led togeth-er back legs bo !ted to 'eat makwg ,ery llgid conslructlOn "WeIght about 15lbs :B nil s 7 has an eleg"nt]y shaped scat and'" Ju,t tl 0 r ght Lllghu to -be very comfortable StrIctly h1g!J-g 2,(0 C c)- Ity Newestc.eSJgn Sears Roebuck prICe at fBCl,::Y"Y ('5 F181ght lOv C'vvtlngand::ol s~ ~0 Os Price at @Ul' storeD 1 13 ~o 1 11 IL BEAUTIFUL LEATHER BliCK AND LEATHER SEAT DIP/ER 1 mt WIth type 40c Cut Without type 25c Price of chairs to mE'mbel s each $M.RQ 1 uNo 17,))- bub ThlS bl'JutJful bo" seatflontdln-er, J S made WIth genulnr leather bJck and blat I, mad, ot white OJk .• r,n,sh,d In golden o<.1k or P] e In I ...h oak. Full Sl~- cd chaIr wt about 17 Ibs The fimsh and constructIon are the best, and the up-holstering u,t ani plIable 'IIY a sct ofthesechalls d find out tl,eIr real ,aIue 'Iheyareof he ven best to 1)e haC' In thiS killd of L <1Jr Umt "Ith type 40c Cut Wllhout npe 25c Price of chairs to members Pll( e of arm chaIr to match $A.OX $E.XP SEND ALL ORDERS TO THE SECRETARY, JANESVILLE, MINN. WEEKLY ARTISAN A LIVE FURNITURE MANUFACTURING TOWN I Shultz &. "irsch Company All Establishments Have Prospered at Shelbyville, Indiana. NEW LINES TO BE EXHIBITED IN GRAND RAPIDS AND CHICAGO A Model Factory Erected by the C. H. Campbell Furniture Company. 1\ ~tranger arnving 111a prom111ent CIty of the golde,l \\ c"t asked a passer on the street for directIOn to the CIty hall "You walk two blocks east, then turn to the nght and w411, to tIlt' bridge. After you have crossed the nver turn to th9 left and walk one block. You can't help but 1\1~SS It," the ~ownsman replied. I The wnter had a ellfferent expellence 111ShelbyvlllF F111d-ing himself out of the beaten path he asked of a rdident di-rection to the factory of the Davls- Birely Table Fompany. "Walk north one square, then walk westward on~ SqUdle The build111gs and yards cover three or foulr aCl-CJ You couldn't miss It if you tnee!." The townsman spoke in enthusiastic, appreciative terms He thought it was a ~ne th111g for Shelbyville to possess a plant so large as that of t~e Davis- Blrely Table company. HIS pride in the factory and hiS home town is creditable to his 111telhgence. And there are ma.ny more 111Shelbyville hke him. I While the subject of furmture factories is unde~ consid-eration, the new factory of the C. H Campbell Furniture com-pany should be remembered It is located in the western fac-tory district of Shelbyville upon a broad plateau overlooking the city. Mr. Campbell spent much time 111the study of fac-tory constructIOn and eqUIpment and when his plans were per-fected, the work of erection proceeded under hiS personal direc-tion. The ma111 factory conta111S 75,000 square feet of floor "pace-the factory recently vacated contained 32,000. The dry bIns have a capacity of 200,000 feet of lumber-the capac-ity of the old kiln is 100,000. The bUIldings are substantially constructed of bnck, provided with spnnkler:'>, a mammoth ele-vator, an electric generator and all conveniences needed for rap- Id and economical operation The machinery is motor dnven .. . --- ---- .._. ----- --------.--.-----.~ STAR,o~H~~:~"~T ~~:'.p:sO~P ANY I (PATENT APPLIED FOR) We have adopted celluloid as a hase for our Caster Cups, makmg the hest cup on the market. CellulOld IS a great Improvement over bases made of other matenal When It ISnecessary to move a piece supported by cups with cellulOid bases It can be done with ease, as the bases are per fectly smooth CellulOld does not sweat and by the use of these cups tables are never marred These cups are timshed m Golden Oak and White Maple, timsbed ltght If you Will trll a sample order of the,e good, you WIll dtslrt to handlt them In quantltlts PRICES: Size 2~ Inches .. $5.50 per hundred. Size 2~ mches. 4.50 per hundred. ~_f.ob.._._G-rand Rapid,... _.. ... ....TRT.A SAJlPLll ORDER 27 ..--_..- ----------r ManUfacturers of HIGH GRADE BEDDING fEATHERS, fEATHER PILLOWS, DOWNS, ETC. UPHOLSTERED BOX SPRINGS and CURLED HAIR MATTRESSES A SPECIALTY III 1300-1308 Fulton St., ElIl~c;:~~rst, CHICAGO I... •• __ •••• a •••• ... and the dust remov111g apparatus effinent ~Il goods shipped, whether in car lots or open freight, are loaded on C\ sid111g and the open freight shipments are sorted at the depot There IS no cartage expense to be met Mr. Campbell commenced the manufacture of hat racks twenty years ago, in a modest way, but hiS bus111ess grew rap- Idl) as the result of £;ood workmanship, good deSigns and the employment of fair methods 111the transaction of buslDcs:,>. Hall furmture was added 111later years and at present, With a man-ufacturing capaCIty more than double that of the old plant, he is add111g a l111eof desks for ladles 1\1r Campbell Will ex-hibit a full line of hall furniture and desks 111Grand Rapids and his l111eof hat racks at 1319 ]V:I1chlgan avenue, Chicago The Conrey-DaVIS Furmture company have completed a very successful year of business and prepal ed many new pat-terns of extension table" and novelties for thc faIl season of trdde which Will be found on sale 111Chicago and Grand Rapids The company wJ11Issue a caidlog 111the near future The DavI~-Bllely Table company Will exhibit between five and six huneh ed pattern:'> 111 the KI111gman build111g, Grand Rapids, and at 1319 J\Ilchlgan avcnue, Chicago The l111e of hbrary table~ I" almost entirely new, and deslgnel Elchelsdoefer has made lt the greatest sinde of hiS hfe It numbers 1;,\"0 hundred patterns, in oak, mahogany and walnut An extensive line of miSSIOn work will be a feature of the exhibit In parlor, cham-ber and hall tables there vnll be a great vanety of styles and a Wide range of prices ThiS great estabhshment was developed by its present own-er:'> from a modest foundation laid upwards of twenty-five years ago and It is I ecogl11zed as one of the most important in the country. The D. L. Conrey Furniture company will exhibit their ex-cellent line at Chicago and Grand Rapids as usual. II I I I.. 28 \\ EEKLY ARTISAN -----------------------------------------------------------------------------_.--.--------------~ rI II Diners, BanquetTops, Office Tables, Directors' Tables and Bankers' Suites complete Stow & Davis Tables Possess in-dividuality--- That sterlmgquahtyth'lt appeals to buyers every-where. Even the novice appreciates the exquisite601shon our tables-the expert can see that the materials,workmanship,and thousand and one detailsof constructionare right- right by the rigidGrand Rapids standard of excellenceIII fur01turemakmg. Let us prove this to you at our exhibit,4th floor, Blodgett Bldg., of ------------------------------------- STOW & DAVIS FURNITURE COMPANY GR~~~fc~~DS. ..------ FURNITURE FACTORY METHODS. Some Interestin2 Ohservations hy a 'Vriter for the Woodworker. "1herc 11cl\been C011'iH]e1,\bk \,ud1\1 thl \\ uud-\\ llku " lol umn\ about cl01l1£;\pec1,tl k1 H], ot \\ 01k ,me] "U111l \ tl \ 111 aemous c1ev1ce~have heen 11lnst1ated f10111tnne to tnne I hb "eAchange of 1de,\\ ,mc1 ne\\ \\ 1l,lkleo 1, \ el \ hend111,d tu ])()th young dnd old 1 have been \\a1t111£;anA1m~h t01 \Oml 01 the 11101e able \\ nte1 s to :;:;1\e t1'- el bt u "h up on the iUr111tm, idCto \ 'UUjlct but a, mo,t ot them "eem to hay e otbe1 fi"h to t1\ 1 \\ 111endeavor to p01nt out ,0111e of tbe 11100tC0111monell 01" C" Ft1l1g 111present-d,\\ methods In the hrst plel! e 1\1tho age oj l0111IKtJtl J11 It I" ,11bo]utch nele~san to be eqmppee] \\ Ith muckrn mall1111el\ and LIllhtl~" for hanclhng the V\01k and even \\ Ith these th111g, elt b,ll1 I thc n1ctnufactm el cannot expect 10 meet \\ Ith 111ulh Ulle'-, un1c" the1 e IS a practIcal" ,tem oj d0111g l111n2," dml It h ,1])C111tItll, 0) stem ancl the conehllOn, perta11111u:;thel eto th,lt 1 \\ hh to con fine m) remark, Probably 111the meehul1l ane] lheap c1a,,,e, of £m mtm C the keenest compet1tlOn e"lsh ,Inel hel e the \e1 \ Iceo oj d pI ac1Jc.l1 ancl S) stematlc foreman al e a nece"lt\ Thu e ,1.1 C a £;rlat many factones malone; medltlm ,me! lhe,lp ft1lnJ( llll \1111ch 11C po\\cssed of f01emcn \\ho are nel1hel 1Jl,1c1Jl,tl nm "\,,tt1l1eltlC th1~ be111g eV1dencee! b) the de2,lCe of ,nccee, thc, hen e 0]) td111ed \OW let us cOn\lclel the lea\on:o fO! tl1C\e manu[dl tUl er:o se1ect111gsneh men In the fil st place the) cannot secm e a man 111 thlll 0\\ n \]- C1111tyfor the \\ dges the) offe1 and the eOl1l!ttIJn\ the\ l11'hl on, so the) ae!vert1~e for a . \\Ork111g [Oleman, ane! a:o ,nch an OFFICE OF CITY CLERK. Wichita, Kansas, June 3rd, 1910. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that bids will be received at the office of the City Clerk up to 9:00 A. M., on June 20th, 1910, for furnishing seats for the Forum. Plans and specifications for seating said Forum can be had at the office of the City Clerk. Bidders will be required to submit sample chairs prior to date of opening bids. Bidders will be required to enclose a certified check in the amount of $500.00 as a guarantee of good faith. Commissioners reserve the right to reject any and all bids. Wm. Sence, City Clerk. -_. _. ------------_._-----.---~~ .._ ..__ .~I dch (rt1 ~ement cloe' not appeal ,er) 111V1t111gto the 1110Stable ,md ]JlOfillent men 11 1he fur1111ure bU\1l1ess, the result IS they cn2,age the be't they can ~eU1re for the wages etc, usually get t111~ d man not elt all SUIted to he job-but they seldom ac-kllCl\\ lecl2,e theu m1,take untIl dftCl the) are out of busmess. "0 douht the~e manufacturerc :otdrt out Vv Ith really good in-tentlOn, but one trouble 1\ they do not reahze how Important I Ie,tlh good 101lm,111 hand 111fix111g hiS remunerat10n they do not ,j', ,I lule attach 111uch value to hIS mechdmcal gemus or l "ecnt1\ e db1htll s but ,ll e ~O\ erned largely by the amount of altnal Idb01 he h able to pel form thmk111g tl1dt b1a111Sare re-c, t Ired o,lh 111the offile eml of the bu:ome:o\ ()cl,l~lOnalh "ulh manager\ have the good fortune to se-lUI e a I ealh £;ooe! mdn bLlt the) :ooon attach so 111dny stnngs to him he 1\ unable to accomphsh very much m the way of re-t01111 ane! soon 10,eo 111te1e\t m the work One reason IS, they lan110t keep from lmttmg nt the ~ V\ ant to know the whys and \\ hel eto! e" ot e, en move he makes N 0\\, there are scores of lIttle th111g, a jOi emall does thelt requll e longer to explant to a man \\ ho b not d mee hamc than It takes to do them, beSIdes, It IS ,en annO\ 1112,to the foreman \nothel I ed\On IS If he IS hIred b) the month or year, they l111a£;111theey al e be111£;robbed If he has a few hont s to himself 111 the \\ a\ of ,1 ::"aturc1ay afternoon or a hohday, dnd they con-lOct ,dl mannel of schemes to have a job f01 hIm on such occa- ,10lJ, that he ldnnot vel y \\ ell refuse to do Kow, thIS method ot £;Citl 12, \\ 01k out of a good foreman IS to be condemned, for he \1 III soon 1eah7c that mechamcal sk111,md good eel Y1CeSare not elP]JleClated and ell the fir~t opporlu11lty WIll depart for a more lOJ1[;e111dlsltuatlOn Let m nO\\ lons111er what the concht1Ons should be in the 1110cler1 fnr11lture factm) for the busmess to be a success The fil ~t 11l1pO! tant lh111g IS to have each employe's dutIes defined, f(11 t]J1, 1~an age of ,peuahsts There should be no overlapping of anlhollt, the hedd\ of clIfferent depal tments should know \\ hat h expectee! of them, and be' responsIble to the owners for all \\ 01k donc unclel their superv l\lOn ~ll m del s to the dIffer-ent dep,lllmenh \hould come duect from the office For in- \t,mce, "hen a job IS billed to lhe mach111e department, each sub-seCluel1t clepclrtment \houlcl reCe1ye a copy of the order. ThIS a\ Ole!\ the nelcs~li\ of one foreman hav111g to gIve orders to ,molher \\ l11ch h "en apt to Cduse hU11to become OffiC1OUSand then, b\ credte £ncl1011 fhe l1ext 1mportdnt thmg 1s d good ~ystem m each depart-ment dnd111 orde1 to dccomph~h thiS the hedcl of each department reCjUlleo the co operat1On of the office for It i~necessary that the offile keep 111touch WIth the dIfferent c!epdrtments, and Y1Ce ver,d It IS Impos\lble to lay clOWI1an) hard and fast rules in ll£;ard to the detall\ of the system eldopted, as fac1ht1es and con-chtlOlF are so c!lfferent, ane! what may be a success 111 one place WEEKLY ARTISAN The PROUDFIT P 8 BINDER for Blue Prints9 Photos and PhotoJ!ravures has been adopted with success by the following firms and many others WHY NOT GIVE IT A TRIAL AND BE CONVINCED" IF YOU WilL SEND US A SAMPLE: SET OF YOUR BLUE PRINTS WE WILL INSERT THEM IN ONE OF OUR COVERS AND SUBMIT FOR YOUR APPROVAL Wolverine Brass Works, Grand Rapids GIand Rapids Brass Wks, Grand Rapids. MIChigan Chair Co , Grand Rapids. Grand Rapids Chatr Co , Grand Rapids Berkey & Gay Furniture Co., Grand Rapids Century Furniture Co Grand Rapids Imperial Furniture Co , Grand Rapids Royal Furniture Co , Grand Rapids. Phoenix Furniture Co , Grand Rapids. 29 John O. Raab Chair Co , Grand Rapids Hastmgs Cabinet Co., Hastmgs, Mlch Barber Bros Chair Co , Hastmgs, Mlch Grand Rapids Bookcase Co , Hastmus Wolverine MIg Co, Oetrolt. The Sikes Co , Philadelphia, Pa The H Lauter Co , Indianapolis, Ind Langslow·Fowler Co., Rochester, N. Y. Galiia Furniture Co , Galilopolis, O. THE PROUDFIT LOOSE LEAF CO.9 8 AND 10 LYON ST., CRANO RAPIDS9 MICH. would be a failure 111ail0ther, howevcl, the deaI111t;'Jof the office With the cllffel ent depal t'11ent, may be the same Il1 ,dl cases A pnntecl fOIl11of convement ~Ize to file may be used to good advantage Il1 makmg out the 0\ del~, and all mformatlOn either regular or ~peoal, should be pl,unl) 'Hltten on the order In adchtlOn to thiS, each department should have a lecord book, and all 01 der:", on bemg I ecelved, ~hou1d be entered and dated-v, hen commenced and when completed-and after the completIOn of the Job the ongmal oreIer should be returned to the offi e Thh \\ ill 111form the office that the Job m que,tlon ha:" paosed thlough a certam department rj here should aho be a monthly or seml-monthl) hst made out m the office, of the l?,ood, 111stock andm proces:", ,md a COP) glVen to the head of each department He can then ~ee for him-self what lob:" al e low on the h:"t, and get them under v\ay With-out any mconvenence of 1I1terference With the other liv01 k 111 plO-ces:". Tl11s ~Olt of hst ~erve~ a double pm pose Tt aVOids the necesslt) of fthh orders, wluch are a cletnment to any good s, ,- tem, and the 1I1convemence of not hav1l1l2,"good~ 111 ctock to fill orders pi omptly A~ to the work1l1g out of tl11s k1l1d of system, \\ e ,'VIII ."tart at the begmnmg, ~ay at the 'breakmg-out corner In the ma-ch1l1e department It may not seem to some aver) lmpOi tant Job, or yet reqmre vel y much consideratIOn on the part of the foreman Thl', however, IS a mistake, for the breakmg-out cornel IS I eally the controllmg lever to the 'v hole department, for thl~ reason If the Ie are several Jobs of one kmd sent out 111:"uc-ceSSIOn, thel e IS sure to be a com;e~tlOn at ,ome mach1l1e" ,'Vl11le othel' hetve hardly enotH;h to do A Juchclom selectIOn of lob~ 111 the corner WIll aVOid thl:" 1l11l1ece"sar) conge~tlOn and keep the \\ 01 k 11lce1ybalanced, abo reduce the tendency to mix th111gs up It IS a common practJce 111 ~ome shops to do a little work on ne'lily every Job 111 the department, the whole affaIr bemg clone some,'Vhat on the m~tallment plan 1hiS sort of a :"ystem IS a 10,el of tJme, bewles makm£; It vel) chfficu1t to keep tab on the -~--~--~-_.,---------- -- y\ork c\ much better ,\ a) I, to complete each Job beLll e stal t-mg another-although some foremen con,lclel It a ga111 to do sU111larpal t, 01 chffel ent lobs at the one settmg of the machme. I d{)J1't approve of thIS \Vay ,£01 :"everal rea,on" \lZ (1) The chfficulty of gettmg ,llcur,lte tune on the Job, 111 case of keepmg LOSt, (2) the tendency to lSet the chfferent Jobs l111xed up, (3) the extra amount of hanrl1mg neces,al" ,l~ very often trucks have to be pal t1) unloaded to gd ett the part~ wanted It IS also goo,l pohc) to have a certa1J1 W,IYto do the chfferent parb of the yyork, and always do It that wa), as the men become prohuent and can handle their worh. to much bettel advantage Death of Thomas Madden. On Tue"clay mOf11mg, June l-±, Thomas .Madden. the founder of the home of Thomas :i\f adden Son & Co, (111corporated) ched at hl~ home m Inlhanapohs, aftel an Illne~s extend1l1g ovel sev-eral \V eek ~ ::\Ir :\radden was born m Ireland and came With Ius parent~ to c\menca as a youth and :"ettled \VIth 1m parent:" at DelphI \t the outbreak of the CIVil ,'Val he enli,ted 111a volunteer regiment and rendered gallant and conspicuoUS sel- ,ice, su~tammg very pamful wounds 111bdtt1e, necessltatmg hiS 1etlrement fwm the arm) Captalll ;\Iadclen engaged m the manufacture of pador furmture With 1\1 Clun~ at InJlcll1apo h: m 1878, and after ,everal years of successful busmess ''Vlth-dre,\ and e:"tabhshed the firm of rl homas .i\Iadden & Son Latel hIS :"ons-m-la\\, "Mr O'Conner and Mr. O'Relll), \\ ele admitted to partnership and stlll later the firm took on the corpOi ate form m which the lalge and profitable bus1l1ess of the house I, con-ducted Capt Madden selVed hl~ ot) \l1 ~everal offiCial capacltJe" councllman, pre~ldent of the public wOlk~ board and as a clerk of ::'IIallon count), and 111all hI s busmess transactIOns acctll acy and pi omptnc" predom11lated He was hIghly e,teemed m lll~ ot) and ,tate, no man 111 hl~ l?,cneratlOn commanclms; s:reai.el respect and esteem TIe \\ a, b-l-) eal, of age ... - I ------------ ..._-.- .... --------- -.~.-_.-_------.-. --_.-- THE LYON FURNITURE AGENCY CREDITS AND COLLECTIONS ROBERT P LYON, Ceneral Manager THE SPECIAL CREDIT BUREAU OF THE FURNITURE, CARPET, UPHOLSTERY, UNDERTAKING, PICTURE FRAME, MIRROR VENEER, WOOD, CABINET HARDWARE AND HOUSE FURNISHINC TRADES. IMPROVED METHODS WE ALSO REPORT THE PRINCIPAL DRY GOODS DEPARTMENT AND GENERAL STORES. CapItal, Credl! and Pay Rahngs Cleanng Honse of Trade Expenence The Most RelIable Credit Reports. RAPID COLLECTIONS. New York Grand RapIds Philadelphia Iloston Cincinnati ChIcago St LOUIS Jamestown High POint ~-----------_... --- . ------ GRAND RAtOIDSOFFICE 412-413 HOUSEMAN BUILDING C C NEVERS MIChIgan Manager - .. MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND NEWS OFFICES: CINCINNATI--Second National Bank Building. NEW YORK--346 Broadw ..,.. BOSTON--18 Tremont St. CHICAGe--14th St. a.d Wabash A••• GRAND RAPIDS -Houseman Bldg. JAMESTOWN, N. Y.--Ch ..d..koln Bldll· 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 a.ccurate and reliable Reference Book Published. Originators of the "Tracer and Clearing House System," The TaylO1 lurl11tme COmpdn} of IIomton, Tex, Ius added pIanos to its stock. G M fhomas, furl11ture dealel of \Vllhston, N Dak, has sold out to Champ10n & :Meyers The Colhns Brothers Undertakmg compan}, capltahzed at $1 0,000, l~ a new corporatlOn 111Seattle, Wash The vVolff & Roth lurniture company, dealel s of Ehza-beth, N J, has 111COploratecl. Capital stocl, $50,000 The Black & Blacl company, funeral directors, is a ne" corporatIOn, capltahzed at $20,000, m Columbns, Oh1O The Hampton-:M111tle lml11tm e compan), dealers 01 \\ lCel bury, Conn, has been 111corporated Capital stock, $20,0(;(1 James Connelly, ""ho now has a furl11ture store at Sank Center, Mmn l~ pi epdlmg to open another at St Cloud, ~1111n J o11n R \dal1J~ & Co I hardwal e dealers ancI ship chandleh of H()n~ton, Tn: , \\III add a furmtm e depal tment to then bmi-ness The East End lurnitnre compan), 111anntactn1 e1~ of POIh mouth, Oh1O, l1<1sl11creasecl Its capital stock from $30,000 to $50,000 The Read SbOl0 (Mass) Chall company has added bab) walkers, meny go-rounds, shoo-flies and hobby hor~es to Its 1111e of products. The Tucker, Hanks & Danghdnll lurmtm e compam of Oklahoma CltV, Okla, has mCl cased Its capItal stock fJ om $25,- 000 to $80,000. R S Hershey, for 35 years a furmture dealel sand umle1 taker of Bloomington, Ill, has tm ned the bl1Sme"s over to hh son John Hel shey The htlgat10n bet\\ een 13 \ Klpp and the Kiel Furmture company, ovel the sale and transfer of a Mllwankee furmtm e factory, has resnlted 111favor of Mr KIPP John Sbff, who fOlmedy conducted a lalge furmtme stOle IJ1 St Paul, 1\1111n, has pmchased the furnitm c department in Burke's general Store at Central City, N ebr McCadden & McI1wee of Baltlmore amI othel credltm ~ have filed a petlt10n m bankruptcy gamst the bchelbergel & Gray company, fml11ture dealers of Tampa, Fla COInel1l1s Delury, fm niture dealel of Danbury, Conn II ho recently purchased the Marshall block m which 111, ,t01 e 10 cated, WIll bmld a lalge addltlon to the bmldmg S SlIver, furmture dealer of Duluth, l\~111n, \\ a" fined ~G and costs recently for obstlnctmg the SIdewall In flont of 111~ store by dIsplay lng a davenport and a few chail s J olm F. GIlmore has sold his stock of fml11ture at 1 11Jal1Zl. 111., to the \V J Saffell compan} l\Jr GllmOle 11111£;0 tu 1),111- Vlll, TI1, \\ here he WIll engage 111the undel tak11l~ lm~ll1e" r-------------- I I The Lindholm lurmture company of San FranCiSco, Cal, ,lga111~t \\ hom crecl!tors recently filed a petit10n \n bankruptcy, hZlve filed schedules showmg habilities $42,503, assets $39,344. Loms N. Hart whose fUl111ture store in Fall RIver, Mass., \\ as "evel ely damaged by fire recently, has made an assignment to O,car D. Thomas as trustee LiabIlities about $3,000; a~- ~et, ~1,000 Ludv\dg Bros. & Chapman, house furmsher" of St Louis, \10 have 111corporated their business under the name of the Lm]\\ l~ Bro~ & Chapman House Furnishmg company CapItal ,lock $+0,000 1he Rosenthal Fl11111tnre tcompany WIll occupy the bU1ldl11g recentl) vacated by the Rhodes-Haverty company in Fort Worth, Texas The new tenants WIll 1emodel the bmlding to accom-modate ,1 lalgely mcreased stock. The Dmghamton (N Y.) Lounge company, of which F, E f'1 oehler 1S pi esident and general manager, has let the con-i! act fm a four ~tory addition to theIr plant. The new bmlc1- 111g\\ 111front on three streets and WIll cost $25,000. -\fter negotiat1Ons extend111g over ten years F. W Schneck, house furnIsher of MIlwaukee, has purchased from his sister-in-law a stllp of land twenty-five feet WIde, adJol11ing his store on Thll d stl eet It cost hIm $55,000-$2,200 per foot frontage. The \Veeks Furmture company of Woonsocket, R. 1., whIch failed recently, has been reorganized with adchtional capItal an(l three Boston men on the boal d of dIrectors Arthur L. Lougie of the He) wood Brothers & Wakefield company IS preSIdent ot the ne\\ company. 1he deal by whIch the Booth Manufacturing company of :\Iuskegon, 1\JIch, was to move Its plant to Waukesha, Wis, has been declared off, the Bus1l1ess Men's club of \iVaukesha hav111~ faded to raIse the bonm of $12,500 that had been prom-hed fhe company makes a lme of office furniture. It IS estImated that the Gold Coast and Ashanti could ,,\1P-ph GO,843 logs of mahogany and cedar a year If the mternal commU111cat1On were better. With mechanical haulage, such as tl actlOn engmes and hght tramwa} s, the output could be m- C1easeel to "ome 250,000 logs per annum without depleting the natm Zll 1eserves. Cl eelttor, 1,:;\.C filed a petJtlOn m bankruptcy again:"t -'am-uel Mlller hUllture dealer, of 1883 ThIrd avenue, N. Y., alle~- mg that he has made preferentJal payments and surreptitiously 1emovcd a pm hon of hIS stock. MIller, who began hb \Je\\ YOlk busl11es~ last November, was formerly president oj tll" (hlcaC;o CJ eeltt company Hi s liabl ltties are placed at '1i~,000. \\ lth assets estllnated at $l,GOO ------------- -- ------------ ... ... . .--.. -- - ... -., CollectionService Unsurpasud-Send for Book of Red Drafts. ~-- . ------ - -- - - ,-- - ~I WEEKLY ARTISAN 11 New Factories. Kronlund & Schnabel have begun operations m their new mattress factory at Supenor, W1S. H. B Goodloe 1S buymg equipment for a new table factory that he 1S estabbshmg at Roanoke, Va. Frederick and Ida M. Rossow and Dav1d H111 have 111cor-porated the Puget Sound Veneer Works, to estabbsh a plant at Tacoma, Wash. Capital stock, $5,000 Otto F. Ring, Joseph Z. Klenka and Edward J. Smejkal have incorporated the Western Couch company, capitabzed at $1,500, to establish a factory in Ch1cago. The United States Barbers' Furniture ManufactUl ing com-pany has purchased a slte and w1ll erect a $50,000 factory on OhlO street and Western avenue, Ch1cago. The Pead C1ty Furlllture company of Jamestown, NY, cap1tahzed at $5,000, has been mC01pOl ated to estabbsh a new factory 111that C1ty. C. J , J. \V. and Emma M. Lmdback are the mcorporators. The Asbestos Table Mat company of St. LoUls, Mo, has been 111corpOlated by A L DevOlgne and others, to manufacture asbestos mats They will estabhsh a plant 111St. Lotus. Capi-tal stock, $3,000, pmd 111. The ratepayers of the town of Lake Megantlc, Ont, have voted a bonus of $10,000 to the Megantic Furlllture company, for the estabhshment of a furlllture factory. The company must payout $10,000 dunng the first year and 111ncrease the amount $5,000 per year for ten years. Someth111g new in the bne of mattresses 1S prom1sed by the Oxford L111en Mattres~ company, incorporated w1th $600,000 cap1tal stock, to estabbsh a plant at Portland, Me. Clarence E. Eaton, T. L. Croteau, Albert F. Jones and B J\I M\axwell, all of Portland, are the promoters. The Union Parlor Furlllture company, capitalized at $50,- ~i----------------------- II I I W. F. & JOHN BARNES co. _____ . JI Our New Hand and Foot Power Circular Saw No.4 fhe strongest most powerful, and III every way the best machme of Its kmd ever made, for npplOg I cross-cuttIng bonng and groOVing 000, has been incorporated to estabhsh a new factory in New Orleans, La The stock 1S owned by John Corbera, August H :\1!:,se and vV1lliam Corbera, who also control the Ul110n Furni-ture company of 529 Baronne street. Fitting Up Their Show Rooms. The Century company, Grand Rap1ds, are pUtt111g the final touches on the show rooms 111their new factory blllld-ing, corner of Wealthy avenue and South Ioma street, and w1ll install the1r new line of samples during the commg week The work of removing machinery, stock, etc, from the old plant to the new will begin as soon as the samples are com-pleted The Hot-Blast Feather company, who, heretofore, have shown the1r line in the Furniture Exchange and other exhl-b1tion build111gs, are fittmg up show rooms m the factory near the west end of Pearl street bndgc where they WIll he 1eady for the buyers at the opening of the season Furniture Fires. J. B. Cummins of Hartsville, Ind, lost $1,230 by fire 111 his undertaking estabbshment. Insured. M. J. Fitzpatnck, dealer 111 antique furlllture in Baltlmore, Md., lost about $1,500 by fire 111 h1s store. No 111surance The furniture store of H. D. Kaplan, M'lcon, Ga., was dam-aged to the extent of about $2,000 on June 7. Well 111sured. F1re in the finishing department and warerooms of the Union Furniture company, Rockford, Ill., on June 8, caused a loss esti-mated at $75,000 to $80,000, which is fuly covered by insur-ance- a blanket policy of $200,000 on stock, machinery and build111gs The burned buildings will be rebUllt at once. Cabinet Makers In these days of close competItion, need the best pOSSIble eqUIpment, and thiS they can have in BARNES' HAND AND FOOT POWER MACHINERY Send for Our New Catalogue. 654 RUby Street. Rockford. Illinois .. 32 WEEKLY ARTISAN .-. --- --------------------"1 1 Miscellaneous Advertisements. FOR SALE. One Possehus Bros. Furmture Mfg. Co, 36-mch Grammg Machme complete in good condition. Has two Quartered Oak rolls and one Mahogany roll. Cost $500, Will be sold for $200. The E. M. Hulse Co, Columbus, O. 6 18-25 WANTED. Furniture men to learn furniture designing, rod making and stock billing by mall. Our course of instructlOn is just the thing for superintendents, foremen and factory men who wish to increase their knowledge and salary. Grand Rapids School of Designing, Dept. L., Grand Rapids, Mich. Arthur Kirkpatrick, Instructor and Designer. 4-9 e.o.w. tf POSITION WANTED. A practical man is open for a posItion as Manager or Super-intendent of Parlor Furniture, Case Goods or Lodge and Spe- Cial Furniture Factory. Correspondence inVited from new manufacturers and firms contemplating changes. Address "Noble" care Weekly Artisan. 6-18 6-25 7-2 • FOR SALE. A nice clean stock of Crockery in a !lve West Michigan town of 10,000 population. Would also rent store if desired. Address "See" care Weekly Artisan. 5-28tf. WANTED. An up-to-da

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