Weekly Artisan; 1909-12-18

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Issue of a furniture trade magazine published weekly in Grand Rapids, Mich, starting in 1879. and GRAl'Tn ~/\PJ ' GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.• DECEMBER 18. 1909 GRAND RAPIDS CRESCENT THE "WORLD'S BEST" SAW BENCH We build four)ypes of Saw Benches-everyone of them the peer in its class. If you want modern, up to date machinery at moderate prices, consult with us. Good machinery means economy. This Saw Bench is the very latest. It possesses so many advantages over old style saw Benches that it is a loss of money to you to run along in the old way. Upon Request We Will Send to Your Address Our Complete Catalog of Information. The CRESCENT MACHINE WORKS of Grand Rapids, Mich. The Furniture Market Pre-eminent--Chicago Now, Dealers, Let's get right down to brass tacks, cutting out theory, roundabout reasoning, sentiment and prejudice. We've got the market for you and we want you to come to it and satisfy yourself of the fact. Consider your own business interests-not somebody's else-and mark well that The Big Building at Thirteen Nineteen will show 200 attractive, bristling, business-building lines from 24 states--practically all the furni ture producing states! These people are out for business, they know the business is here and they've got the goods to deliver that'll get the business, not only for themselves but for you who buy them. This powerful line-up. back of which will be a tremendous volume of business energy and "winning ways," will offer the most complete and profitable buying proposition you have ever had put up to you. Goods covering the widest possible range for selection; the very best in design, con-struction and finish because they know nothing else goes in the Chicago market; and prices and terms which, owing to the keen competition, will be absolutely unapproachable. Thirteen Nineteen Grows Trade and We can Prove It N ow, if you want stocks that are as good as coin in your mitt---goods that will turn Into dividends with little effort and no worry on your part, come in and take 'em away. It will be the most satisfactory buying trip you ever made. Manufacturers' Exhibition Building Co., 1319 Michigan Avenue, Chicago. WEEKLY ARTISAN Michigan Chair Company Grand Rapids, Michigan January January N N I I N N E E T T E E E E N N TEN TEN Michigan Chair Company Michigan's Foremost Chair Factory. On the opening day (January 1st, 191 0), we will be ready to welcome the Trade Buyers to our warerooms. Extra facilities have been added during the past six months, in order that we may be enabled to give even better service than ever to our customers all over the land. We will show in this season's offeringsmany sensiblyattrac-tive pieces, and in view of the vastly improved businesscondi-tions everywhere, suggest the early consideration of our patrons. East CHAS. H. cox ROBT. E. WALTON Representative Salesmen: South W. R. PENNY West CHAS. B. PARMENTER ROBT.G.CALDER H. M. STORY 1 WEEKLY ARTISAN 3 4 "WEEKLY ARTISAN ----- -----_._--_._----- _.. "-- _. _. ---------..-...-. _---_- ~ I I ... __ _ _ - --. - _. --- " . ..l LUCE LINE Many New Patterns m Dmmg Room and Bed-room FurnIture for the Fall Season. SHOW ROOMS AT FACTORY, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 81III I IIIIf I I IIIII LUCE FURNITURE COMPANY Catalogue upon request 5 COMPLETE LINES Of REfRIGER4 TORS AT RIGHT PRICES SEND FOR NEW CATALOGUE AND LET US NAME YOU PRICE. CUALLENGE REfRIGERATOR COMPANY GRAND "AVEN, MIC"., U. S. A. GRAl\Tn RAPT ~ 30th Year-No. 25 GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.• DECEMBER 18.1909 Issued Weekly --SILENT" SMITH'S FAMOUS ART TREASURES Fifth Avenue Palace Worth Millions. in Which Stanford White. Acting for William. C. Whitney. Scored His Greatest Achievem.ent; to Be Sold at Auction. Kew York, Dec 15-\\ Ith the commg ",ale at auction of the home of the late James Henry Smlth-"SIlent SmIth" -there WIll be offered for publIc competItIOn by far the largest aggregate of works of art m monetary value ever put on publIc sale In thI" country, and mdeed such a sale 1'3 a rarity anywhere The bmldmg alone and Its SIte have enoneomly been saId to have an estImated value of $1,000,000 It has been found that the bmldmg and land are assessed at $1,900,000, and the assessed valuatIOn of coUIse b not sup-posed to represent the full value of the property The late \\ Ilham C Iv\ hltney, from whose estate Mr SmIth bought the ploperty, spent for the intenol decora-tIons, embellIshment" and fmnIshmgs of the house a sum estImated at between $2,000,000 and $3,000,000, the late Stan-ford \Vhlte WIth carte blanche from J\Ir \Vhltney havmg travel sed many lands m the accummulatIOn of the archItectural and decO! atlve effect" whIch he 111stalled there. Mr SmIth spent fm ther sums 111 the ennchment of thIS palace, for palace It I~ m It<.,mten01, IllS expendIture on the ballroom alone reachmg $900,000 From thIS bnef SUmn1aIy m figures may be seen some-thmg of what the manSIOn 1epresents from the money pomt of VIew alone, but art, not mere spendmg power, was the fir"t con~IderatIOn m the dec01atIOn of the hou-,e. It IS the beautIful, the mterestmg, the noble and the admIrable works of art and theIr becommg and orderly dISposItIon m a dV\ell-mg that commend thIS hou"e and ItS treasures to the artIstIc ImagmatIOn, It IS not a museum but a home, albeit a home of luxury, and the component's of Its adornment appeal to col-lectors and expel ts on both SIdes of the western ocean It IS highly probable that some of the treasures wIll go back to Lmope In an art auctIOn of thIS kmd all the V\orld com-petes In the eye of fnends of 1Ir \Vhlte thIS house represents the crownmg achIevement of hIS peculIar constructIve mmd To hIm worl< of art susceptIble of archItectural treatment ImmedIately !)1ought up a mental plctm e of It mother sur-roundmgs of hIS own creatIOn, and here, where no 1nnlt v\as placed upon hIS expendItures, he was free to elabol ate ~chemes of form, color and propm tIOn to the extent of hIS capaCIty He effected a result WIth no larrmg note There IS no superabundance of luxunous detal1 The vvhole agrees WIth Itself lIke a well compo"ed pamtmg Its atmosphere IS agree-able, It<.,color delIghtful It IS a place of notable com el11ence The entertamment of 1,000 per<,ons 1ll no way croV\ds it And from the maSSIve entrance gates, themselves work of art, art speaks throughout the hou<;e, the art of the archItect the painter, the sculptor, the weavers of rugs and of tapestries, the wood cal ver, the mlayer, the engraver, the maker of stamed gla"s, and the art of the Onental potter Smce the catalogue whIch the Amencan Art ASSOCIatIOn IS prepanng for thIS sale WIll reqmre somethmg lIke 2,000 numbers It IS evIdent that only compal atIvely few among the wealth of objects m the house can be mentlOned In a news-paper artIcle The home It'iel£ wIll first be offered to V\ealthy Ameri-cans who may WIsh to establIsh them'ie1ves m such a home I t WIll be offered "tructnrally mtact Those works of art whIch form mtegral parts of the bUIldmg are not to be offered sepal ately. All the rest of the embellI"hments, furmshmgs and decoratIons WIll be sold separately \Vhen It IS remem-hered that the house IS 200 feet long on SIxty-eIghth street by 5:; feet on FIfth avenue it may 1 eadily be understood hoV\ much It can contaIn WIthout crowdmg Even before entenng the house two thmgs which attract attentlOn may be mentlOned, each m ItS dIfferent way, mark-ing the scale of what follows WIthin. If one walks to the hou<;e from up f'tfth avenue he passes over a flagstone so large that to the SIghtseers 1ll the passmg charabanc'i It IS pomted out by theIr gmde as the largest flagstone m the vvorId It IS saId to be true that thIS flagstone 15 the blg\Se:ot smgle stone ever cut and transported Approachmg the entrance the VISItor IS met WIth one of the artIstIc SIghts of {\ ew York that are alway" on publIc vIew, the massne entIance gate ThI<; Is of wrought lfon of antIque manufacture and came flam the Dona Palace, Vel11ce ] he entrance or receptlOn hall and the mam hall al e panelled m rare marble", all brought from other lands, and the great stalrca~e I~ al<;o of mal ble m maSSIVe blocks and ornamented WIth al tlstlc cal V111gS The ceIlIngs of these halls are of anCIent ItalIan workmanshIp, that 111 the mam hall havmg come from the palace of the VIscount SauLC m south-ern France In thIS hall IS one of the most ImpOS1l1g fealm es of the 111tenor arrangement, a huge mantel and ovel mantel of the tllne of Henn II m can ed stone A.. per.,on can almost walk into the great fireplace that It span", and the ImagmatIOn IS led afar by the suggestion of the roaring fires that It has 6 f •.............. - .. -- -- -- -- .. _ ..-..._ .•..•...._-~ WEEKLY ARTISAN SEEING IS BELIEVING. Keil & Anway Company Grand Rapids, Mich. Will make a fine exhibit (First floor, north half, Furniture Exhibition Building) of Upholstered Chairs and Rockers with loose cushions, seat and back, for the library, den and living room. This is a line of unusual merit, and every buyer who visits the exhibition in Jan-uary should be sure to see this line. I ___ OA Repusenta!tves H J RIngold, E. B. Spencer, P M Elltss .. . - - ._ _-- . compassed, whIch have left theIr traces of the day when It served a necessity besides adorning a home of the waddy great. This work IS considered one of the finest of Its kInd For It Mr. vVhltney paid $100,000 This mantel came OrIgI-nally from the chateau of the Sieur Franc de ConseIl at Aigues Mortes The floor of this hall is of marble mosaic interspersed'" Ith 10,000 trIangular pieces of brass. At one side of the mantel is a stone sarcophagus and near the stairway IS a cassone from some ample Italian bUIlding of the RenaIssance Flanking the road approaches to this hall, "here the} receive light from the street, hang two large and elaborate canvases which hold important rank among pa1l1tIngs, an equestrIan portrait by Van Dyck and a relIgIous compo'i1tlOn by Lorenzo Costa. The Van Dyck IS a replIca of the famous equestrian portrait of Charles I which now hangs In \iVindsor Castle. For the original Charles paid the artIst £8,000, no small sum, partIcularly in VIew of the value of money In that day The replIca, which is recorded in Smith's "Catalogue Ral-sonne" (1831), was presented by KIng Charles to the gover-nor of the Duke of York (James II), John Lord Byron It remamed in the family untIl the sale of the effects after the death of the poet Lord Byron, when it was purchased by ~Ir John Borlace Warren, Bart. The Costa IS a "Madonna Enthroned" of such standmg that it has been sought by at least one of the world's bIg museums It was purchased orIgInally by the Duke of Fer-rara III 1502, during the painter's lifetIme In the drawing room, which with the lIbrary opens from the malll hall at the Fifth avenue end of the bUIlding, the two occupymg the whole avenue frontage, IS a set of furmture whIch constItutes the costlIest single group m the house It IS a very beautIful set of nme pieces 111 Boucher tapestrv wIth carved and gIlded frames and a correspondlllg set ~f ten pieces, and ItS cost was $400,000 There IS in the first set a sofa, two bergeres and SIX arm or side chaIrs. The sofa and one each of the accompanymg types of chairs are here pictured Note the characteristIc coquettIsh scenes depIcted on the backs and Imagllle them worked in tones of rose, blue and pale yellow mingled with gray, green and crea m Is it true, as some interesting yonug women who have seen the sofa say, that the maiden m the balcony at the rear is mutely inVItIng her too devoted admirer to take a leaf from the book of the caressing young man in the centre of the pic-ture? On the backs of the bergeres too there are depIcted variants of the great emotion; on one a youth offers his lady a flower, on the other one of the plaCIdly amorous type fishes beside his barefooted, pink skIrted divinity. The seat of this one shows a startled swan, that of the other a flushed phea-sant. The backs of the armchairs picture young women alone or wIth attendant swams or lOVIng one another, sometimes fondlmg lambs or caresslllg birds The designs on the seats represent pastoral scenery and sundry bucolic pursuits. The second set consIsts of a sofa, eight armchairs and a fire screen. In thIS same room the lesser ornaments are commensurate wIth the laVIshness represented III the furniture just de-sCrIbed. In the lIbrary Mr. White made a very satisfactory and pleaslllg U'3e of a set of choir stalls from a church in Naples combined wIth part of a sacristy from another Italian church or chapel WIth this carved ItalIan walnut and dark oak, work of the fourteenth and fifteenth centurIes, Mr. Whte made a U11lque but serviceable bookcase and an ornamental lIbrary, findmg somewhere a ceiling that worked excellently "Ith hIS general plan and turning out a $50,000 room The bookcase IS really SIX cases, four wall and two corner cases The pIlasters and brackets are boldly carved, and over one of the cases i" a carvlllg of the "BaptIsm of Chnst" On the opposIte SIde of the main hall is the great dining room, and here agam Mr. WhIte exhIbIted successfully one of hI" ongmal Ideas In the real or fabled room, where only candle lIght, and that coming from no perceptible sources, furnIshed the illumination, there could not be a more agree-able atmosphere than that which Mr WhIte succeeded in creatlllg in this room. Somewhere in Italy he came upon some enormous canvasses of decoratIve value, paintings with great groups of figures in the times of old masters, and these he used here in place of panels, papers or tapestries. He glued the canvases to the walls and designed the whole room m a color scheme in which they take theIr places WIth most agreeable effect, and then keyed the illumination to the de-coratIOns He even cut these old canvases to make service doorways, flush WIth the wall surface, with neither moulding nor sIll nor lintel Beyond the dmlllg room is the splendid ballroom, but mstead of enterIng It this way It is a good time to bring to attentIOn another of the attractIve features of the luxunous house, a long corndor to the northward, leading from the ma1l1 hall dIrectly to the ballroom. This corridor is panelled WIth InterestIng examples of carved wood and marquetry, obtained at a cost of $50,000 The woodwork came from the Chateau de la Bastie d'U rfie in the department of the LOIre, whIch was bUIlt in the middle of the sixteenth century by Claude d'Urfie In the ballroom is another very handsome set of furni-ture, this one of eleven pIeces in Beauvais tapestry, a sofa, 7 WEEKLY ARTISAN •• °1I II:iI" ..... . . _. ..- . . ----------..--------.-.-------- In GRAND RAPIDS Only, January, 1910. OLD SPACE, Furniture Exhibition Bldg., Fourth Floor. The UDELL Line MANY NEW ONES in Library Bookcases, Medicine Cabinets, Ladies' Desks, Commodes, Sheet Music Cabinets, Folding Tables, Piano Player Roll Cabinets. A Lme whIch IS well worth gOIng to see A Lme that you should have a complete cata10g of fhe fact that you hav~not our catalog can only be rectified by wntlDg for your copy to day THE UDELL WORKS INDIANAPOLIS, IND. No.679 No.354 No.1239 ~ . two b<>rgere" and eIght armchaIrs, whIch co::>t$300,000 Gold-en brown wIth a tmge of rose, pale yellow, green, cnmson and cream are among Its colors The designs al e anlITlal sub- Jects by Oudry after La Fontaine's fables, and the old tapes-tnes obtained from Pnnce NIcholas Obidine, who got them from a chateau near Le JUans m the Sarthe, have been placed on new frames carved and gtlded m the style of the onginals of Loui" XV.'s time. Among the fables pIctured are "The Heifer, the Goat, the Sheep and the LlOn," "The tortoise and the Hare," "The Dog and HIS :Master's Dmner," "The Wolf and the Crane," "The LIon and the Gnat" and "The Dog and HIS Shadow" In thIS room also 15 the large Boucher tapestl y, the chief smgle ornamental feature m the room, whIch occupIes the centre of the north wall, or that wall opposlte the wmdows and OpposIte the $10,000 organ. This tapestry, for whIch the owner paId a pnce varlOusly gIven at from $50,000 to $100,000, lS more than 12 feet hIgh and nearly 19 feet long The prodlgahty of ltS decoratlOn may be seen m the accompany mg lllustratlOn It is a phantasy of court hfe and called "A Fowhng Party" The apparel of the young people is of blue and pmk and cnmson and the fohage of the dwarf trees IS blue green and buff agamst a mtlky sky The walls of thIS palatlal room are panelled in antlque French walnut from the chateau of Phoebus d' Albret, Baron de FOlX, a chevaher of the Grand Monarch who was a field Marshal of France The Baron's monogram adorns the lu-nettes over the doors and windo\\ s On the dais at the head of the room-It mIght well be a throne-stand in majestIc ::>tate two grand Yung-Cheng Jars, more than four feet tall WIth theIr covers, from some Chinese palace To reerf bnefly to the lllustratlOns accompanying thIS fractIonal survey of the house whIch have not yet been touched upon, the antIque Gobelm tapestry, \\ hlch dlScloses gold and SlIver threads, lS one of many fine tapestries m the house and hangs In the drawmg room The two Chmese porcelains are K'ang-hsl pIeces m famtlle verte The temple jar WIth ItS hat shaped cover is adorned m a profuslOn of panels, each pamted m the five colors WIth bIrds, flowers and symbols The plate, one of the most mter-estmg of its kmd that has turned up here m many a day, de-picts a court scene, the Emperor and hIS sUlte we1commg some conqueril).g warn or and hIS followers The figures are most carefully pamted and the decOlatlOn IS enriched with gtlding In tapestries alone the house IS unusually rich, containing not less than twenty-seven remarkably fine examples. One, a cloth of gold tapestry of "The Holy FamIly," brought at the sale of the late Henl y C Marquand's collectlOn $21,000 EIght tapestnes of the Itahan RenaIssance, lllustratmg the sieges of Tyre and Jerusalem, were lent by a former owner to Kmg Edward for the ceremonies of hIS coronation. Six of them were then hung m the banqueting hall of Buckingham Palace and two were hung m Westmmster Abbey and appear in E. A Abbey's coronatlOn paintmg There lS an eighteenth century Gobelm tapestry with a Boucher design tellmg a story of "The Fortune Teller" There are sIxteenth century Flemlsh tapestnes with woven tales of the SImple Me and one with a story of less simplicity, pictur-mg great people picking Jewels from a chest, whtle one of their number clasps a handsome nude boy as her jewe1- pOSSIbly the "Mother of the Gracchi." , A French Renalssance tapestry whIch was in the Repros-pectlve Exposltlon at Paris in 1900 illustrates a combat 01 the Romans and the Sabmes when the Sabmes have returned for their revenge and find theIr women defending theIr captors It is a fabric full of action. An Itahan RenaIssance tapestry shows Psyche on her Journey across the Styx, and another one of earlier date, WIth a comphcated deSIgn of a hfe above the weavers, whose work outlasts it, IS prodigal of kings and great ladles in dIversified armor and draperies Yet other Flemish tapestnes of the seventeenth century deal with ordinary hfe as it IS found in town and country. ... . ~ ._. • ~ "4 I ..". _. . . . -...~f~l~ou INTERESTING PRICES g~x~~v~~g I SEND SAMPLES. ORAWINGS OR CUTS FOR PRICES. \4 ~~~io~':fe.E. P. ROWE CARVING WORKS, ALLEGAN. MICH. ._---- .... -. 8 WEEKLY ARTISAN One of these pictures shows a farm, peasants and cattle, while a companlOn pIece shows a town vegetable and flO\\ er market with tuhps and chernes, celery, turnIps and aspalagus, WOmen marketing and cavahers There are also two hIghly illustrative DIana tapestries picturIng forth two of the le-gends in which the goddess figures One of the interestmg objects whIch desel \ es a further word IS the cassone already mentIOned as bemg In the mam hall. This ornate chest, nearly eIght feet long and standmg nearly four feet all told from the floor, is elaborately deco-rated. There must be fifteen figures pictured on It. It may have been made for royalty or at any rate for some one" Ith regnant powers, accordmg to the mdlcatlOns of some of the minor detaIls of the 0l11amentatlOn Its standards are the gIlded figures of the Evangehsts, each wIth hIS emblem The ornamentatIOn IS partly carved, but mamly pamted and gIld-ed, and pIctures the -:\fadonna wIth the ChIld and a flammg Kindel Bed Company Enjoying Prosperity. ChIcago, Dec 17-The K111del Bed company have had the largest volume of bus111ess m theIr hIstory dunng the year 1909 2\Ianager Charles J KIndel states that If all the dealers appear m the January market who have so stated theIr Inten-tIons to the Kmdel company salesmen the attendance wIll be \ eI) large -:\Ir Kmdel IS hIghly gratIfied over the \ 01- ume of bus111ess done 1111909 and antIcIpates a large volume of trade m 1910 The new addltlOn of the Kindel Bed company 's Toronto plant IS Just beIng completed The Sl7e of the Toronto factory 1s 66 A 100 feet, tIll ee stOrIes The January exhIbIt of Kmde1 hed" \\ III be held aga111 on the fifth floor of the Fourteen Ele\ en hUlldmg H 1\1 DaVIS, trave1mg representatIve m the east for the Kmde1 Bed company 1 eturned December 16 from a three "eek" tl1P through Pennsylval11a, ~ew York and Ohio, and Part of an AnCIent Set of Carved Gilt Furmture Upholstered in Boucher Tapestry, WhiCh Cost the Late Owner $'l,OO,OOOand Was Used In HIS Drawmg Room. heart, and a whole selles or processIOn of allegoncal figures of young men and maIdens, old men and chIldren There is a remarkable sIxteenth century Itahan cabmet and desk, WIth an mtncate 111lay of 1\ 01Y and 011\ e \\ ood 111 an ebony base It IS of strIk111g appearance and entIces stud) Its outSIde ornamentatlOn IS of J\Iedusa heads 111 nary a11l wood and eight hans' heads can ed m nOlY 111hIgh rehef The slidmg door leadmg from the ma111 hall to the draw-mg rOOm IS of oaken panels heaVIly carved, represent111g a BIshop and John the BaptIst, Peter and Paul WIth keys and sword, and "The AnnunCIatIOn" In the ballroom IS a SIlk I ug about 23 feet by 18, WIth a bewlldenng profUSIOn of ornamentatIOn representmg many Ideas of the people tlom whom the weavers came In an embrasure of thIS room IS a rarely beautIful modern statue, a nude, "La Reve" by MIchel. Elsewhel e IS an an-tique statue or group 111fragmentary shape whIch was dredged from the TIber It IS ascnbed to the second centl11y of the present era. Among the pamtmgs beSIdes those already mentIOned are a portraIt of a Spamsh noble m armour by Gaetana, a 1\lul1lo, "Infant ChrIst and John," a portraIt of ::\I[r SIddons by Law-rence, a portrait of Arabella Stuart by Zucchero and two tall panel pa111tmgs by John La Farge, "John" and "Mary" From January 17, the openmg day of the 38th semI-an-nual exposItIon at Kew YOlk, the comprehensli e 1mes of 250 manufacturers WIll be on VIew untIl the c10smg day on February 5 IepOl ts a \ el J satIsfactory bu "mess on thIS trip as well as tllloughout the year Salesmen as Thought Producers. 'You are 111 a measure, makers of thought," saId ex- Governor Hoke SmIth of GeorgIa, addressmg the cIty sales-man of Atlanta at theIr annual luncheon last week "It IS essentIally the tIave11l1g man's reqUlslte to know how to talk That IS the way he sells goods He talks all the tIme, and he becomes an adept 111 the art He knows how to talk con- \ mcmgly And when It IS remembered that hardly more than half a tray ehng man·s time IS spent m ta1kmg for the house, what a sp1enchd opportul11t) B perceIved for hIm to exert hIS Jnfluence 111 mo1chng pubhc ;,entlment where mattiers of gOYernment are concerned" FilIin~ Large Orders. The Globe v Ise and Truck company, Grand Rapids, manufactm el s of factory furl11shmgs, have been havmg a splendId \ olume of bus1l1ess dunng the past fall month;, They hay e filled large orders for the BrunswIck Balke Collen-der company of -:\Iuskegon, ChIcago and Goshen, Ind , the Schaeffer Plano manufactUrIng company, Kankakee, 111, and the LIbrary Bureau of Ihon X Y Among the recent orders filled V\ as a car load order for H Lebus, of London, England, thIS hem§; the fifth car load 01der filled for the same house dunn~ the CUI rent year Some men are so pugnacIOUS that they would fight a ga<; bill. WEEKLY ARTISAN 9 Buildinlis That Will Need Furniture. Residences-L D. Brown, Berkley Square, Los Angeles, Cal, $15,000; K E. P. Taggart, 222 St. Andrews boulevard, Los Angeles, $12,350, George Ma~ters, MermaId Lane, Phila-delphIa, Pa , $12,500; Richard K. LeBlonde, MadIson Road and VIsta avenue, CmcInnatI, 0, $20,000; John J. Kelley, 6327 St. Lawrence avenue, Chicago, $9,500; Enk Fars1und, 22 Grace street, Chicago, $5,500; Otto H Betke, 4541 N. Claremont avenue, ChIcago, $4,500, John L Vegler, 3718 N. Hermitage street, ChIcago, $4,800; E J Hanley, 255 W. 119th street, Chicago, $4,250; WIlliam Sehmann, 1921 AddIson avenue, Chicago, $6,000; M Doherty 1516BIrchwood avenue, ChIcago, $4,000; W. H George, 615 W Peachtree street, Atlanta, Ga , $5,000; S C Dalquist, Grand avenue and McAllister street, St. Paul, MInn , $4,500, W B West, Clay and Harrison streets Richmond, Va, $12,000, George Eustis Iroquois street and Mountain avenue, BIrmingham, Ala, $8,000; Mrs. Mary Hor-ton, 210 S Elm street, Birmingham, $6,000; Dr Geo Wood-ward, St. Martin's Lane and Hartwell avenue, PhIladelphia, Pa, $15,000, James Bartteson, Oak Lane, PhIladelphia, Pa, $15,000; Mrs H. FInkelpearl, 1311 Beechwood boulevard, PIttsburg, Pa, $17,500; Frank Stewart, 606 Douglas street, Cornwell, 3962 Flad avenue, St. Louis, $3,500; Fred Howell, Webster Park, St. Louis, $6,000, W. B Berry, 268 Sherman street, Peoria, Ill, $3,500; C C FItch, 600 NIneteenth street, Norfolk, Va, $3,000; Bertha Hein, Clayton, Mo., $3,000; Con-rad Hartman, 523 South Eigth street, Springfield, Mo , $3,300; Dr. M. W vVelr, 1219 North Harvey street, Oklahoma City, Okla, $5,425, J. W. Galbrieth, Little Mountain, Cal, $25,000; C E Grosse, Pa~adena, Cal, 325 S. Los Robles avenue, $25,- 000; Charles Taylor, 2063 Abington road, Cleveland, Ohio, $6,000; A. A Price, Lexmgton and Hague streets, St Paul, Mmn., $3,750; Rev Mark SullIvan, Manchester, N H., paro-chial residence, $30,000, \\1 G Baird, 2 Concord avenue, Kan-sas City, Mo., $5,000, John A Sutton, 3541 Kenwood avenue, Fort Wayne, Ind, $3,600, J. M Branch, Argenta, Ark, $3,500, N. C McPherson. 62 Boulevard terrace, Atlanta, Ga., $4,500, C M. Marshall, 205 Euclid avenue, Atlanta, $4,000; 0 M Patterson, 4931-3 Kenmore avenue, ChIcago, $22,250; Miss Minnie LUken, 4626 Indiana avenue, Chicago, residence and studio, $4,800 Miscellaneous Buildings-The Board of Educatiolll of Newark, N. J , will shortly let the contract for a commercial and manual traInmg school bUIldIng, to cost $650,000 The list Made by Stebbms-Welbelm Furmture Co, SturgIs. Micb. Pittsburg, $12,000, Mrs Eva S Morns, 88 Maple terrace, Pittsburg, $3,800; Dr H Harmisch, 3202 IndIana avenue, St Louis, Mo, $7,500; J T. Schrenhorst, 2225-7 Malden Lane, St. LoUIS,$5,500; J Walter Dohany, 269 Commonwealth ave-nue, DetroIt, Mich, $4,500; F D. SheIll, 955 Grand RIver avenue, DetrOIt, $5,000; Dr. E Rodd, 1357 Crane street, De-troIt, $3,800; Dr Opperman, Jefferson and McClellan avenues, DetrOIt, $4,600; Clyde KIrkley, 32 Commonwealth avenue, DetrOIt, $4,500; Frank Browl, 456 FIfteenth street" Detroit, $6,000, Mercy Hayes, Jefferson avenue and MontclaIr street, DetrOIt, $5,000; Gay Turnbull, 100 Bethune street, west De-trOIt, $4,000; G A Gage, San Antonio, Tex., $4,500; J. W Stansberry, 2412 Thirteenth street, LIttle Rock, Ark, $3,000, R. N Ewmg, Sixth street and SprIngfield avenue, J ackson- VIlle, Fla, $3,500, Kenneth McKinzy, 1786 James avenue, Minneapohs, Mmn , $20,500, G W Spriesterbach, 1210 Sheri-dan avenue north, Mmneapolis, $5,000, A H BreVIg, 3336 Sixteenth avenue south, Mmneapolis, $4,500. Lizzie McGhee, 2905 Irvmg avenue south, Mmneapohs, $3,600, S. B. Appleton, 3848 Pillsbury avenue, Mmneapolis, $3,800; NellIe I Colbery, 2001 Western avenue, Mmneapolis, $3,500; WIlham Haw-kms, Cannon HIll Park, Spokane, Wash, $7,500; Mrs. L D Edwards, 6032 Clemens avenue, St Louis, Mo, $5,250; A. N. of machmery reqUIred will Include equipment for a molding-room and patternmakmg shop Coalinga, Cal., has voted $60,000 m bonds to erect a hIgh school buildIng. Rubush & Hunter WIllbuild a famIly hotel at corner of Mendlan and 30th streets, Indlanapohs at a cost of $175,000. The Central Chnstian Church of Terre Haute, Ind. is erecting a $60,000 church Reading, Pa is to have a new seven-story hotel. Dr J Edmunds WIll erect a modern hotel containing forty suites of three or four rooms each on OlIve street, Los Angeles, Cal, at a cost of $90,000 Commenced in 1871. Charles E. Rigley, manager of the E:;,tey Manufacturing company, Owosso, Mich , commenced his career In the furni-ture trade In the year 1871 He has been with the Estey company at Owosso, smce 1875 The company recently sold the site of the old plant for $10,000 and will confine their operatwns for the present to factory "B". A line of chamber suites in oak and mahogany has been put on sale. The trouble with most people is that they seem to think they are as good as we are. 10 WEEKLY ARTISAN PERFECT CASE CONSTRUCTION Our rlultiple Square Chisel Mortiser A Makes the Strongest, most economical and most accurate case construction possible. It is entirely automatic. It clamps, mortises and releases, completing the post in less time than the material can be clamped on other machines. We also manufacture special patented Sanding and Mortising Machines that are proving extreme-ly profitable to chair manufacturers No. 181 MULTIPLE SQUARE CHISEL MORTISER. Ask for CATALOG uE" I WYSONG & MILES CO., C~::~t;~Gdreensboro, N. C. t~------------------------- Must Not Overdo the Matter. \ newspaper 111P1tte,burg pubhshed a number of letter-, recently y\ 11tten by the head" of prom1l1ent manufacturel s offenng "uggestlOns that 1f tollowed would assure the ext en-tlon of prospenty 111busmess Bnef quotatlOns from anum ber of these letters will he found 111terestmg '\'orth Bro-thers said "Be ')atlsfied with fair legltllnate profits, keep pnce') w1th1l1 reasonable bounds, so as not to discourage nev. enterpnses or curtail consumptlOn" C \\ Heppenstall ')ald "Our suggestiOns to keep up the steel busmess 1S that pnces be kept down If pnce'3 get too high there 1:-:' no ques-tion but that bU'3111es')\'1111not be as good as 1t IS now" II L Kahn, v1ce-presldent of the A..mencan Plate Glass com-pany sa1d· "I tru')t that the manufacturer') of the countl y at large w1ll not overdo the prospellty wave 111the way of crowd111g pnces up too much From our standpomt th1:-, 1'-. the only th1l1g that w1ll act as a check for ')ome tune to come" C II' Drown, v1ce-pres1dent of the Pitt'-.burg Plate Gla')s com-pany, sa1d "If you can be l11t1uenced 111aVOldl11g an undue extensIOn of cred1ts and the u')ual un\'larranted expanSlOn 111- Cldent to an era of prospenty, such as 1S antlopated It will help to prolong the enjoyment of our bus1l1e% blessmg" If we could aVOid our tendency to boom, 1t would a')slst 111 pre-vent111g pa111cs, and I th111k 1t wI')e to endea\ 01 to rese1 ve a con"lderable proporatlOn of our plO:-:.penty for 1911 ' Accused of Under Valuation. The great furmtu1 e hou:-:.e of D '\ & E II alter, San Framcisco, have been hav111g some unpleasant expenences with the customs authontles recently wh1ch ha:-:. been made the subject of several sen"atlOnal press dhpatches Ii was reported that a con:-:'Ignment of 1mported Lotu" Quatorze and Loms QU111ze furn1ture and antlCiue bnc a-brac 1nvo1ced at ._--~._---------- $8,000 had been seued by the cu"t01l1'; authontles for under- \ aluatiOn and appra1"ed at $24,000, \'Il11ch If true would have made the goods -,ubject to confiscatlOn It turns out, however, tl1dt the goods dlCl not belong to the \Valters-that they had me1 eh been cons1gned to them-but were really owned by one ]ule" Newbelger who had acted a" agent for the French manufacturers Newberger has been m sUTI1lar trouble be-tore and government offic1al,; are trymg to secure hiS arrest and extrad1tlOn The ,Valter,; have ~hown that they were 110t 1e:-:,po11s1blefor the alleged undervaluatIOn of the goods wh1ch are being held pend1l1g further mvestigatlOn of the matter From the "'Land of Cotton"- 1he Tom n BUlnett company of Dallas, Texas, manu-facture1 s of the V/hlte Swan Ant1-germ Cotton Felt mat-tl e:-:.se:-:.haye ')ent out a neat httle catalogue that must be attractl\ e and mterest1l1g to deale1 s 111 bedd111g, etc I t is beautlfullv lliustrated and show:-:. up the strong pomts of the1r product to eAcellent advantage The catalogue 15 a fine n:ample of the pnnters' and englaver,,' art-1t v, a.., pnn-ted 1n Grand Rap1ds-and the descnptlve matter b well wntten though 1t "eem'i the compller missed one pomt that m1ght ha\ e been u:-:.ed effectlvely He m1ght have mentlOned the fact that the ,Yhlte Swan mattress 1'3 made 111the "land of cotton' where there IS no 111ducement to use the 111fected "hoddy of whlCh I\Ir K111del of Denver compla111s In '\ e\'l "\ ark there wlll be I11terest1l1g d0111gs from Jan- Ucln 17 to Feb1uary; Between those dates the 38th semi-annual '\ e\\ York expo:-:'ltlOn \'1111have It,; doors wide open for you 11 WEEKLY ARTISAN HIDES AND SKINS NEXT THE TOP Second Only to Sugar in the Matter of Value of Importations. VI[ asillngton, DC, Dec 10 -The bUl eau of statIstIc", department of commerce and labor reports that Impo~ tatlOns of hIdes and SklllS III the year whIch ends WIth the present month w111 aggregate nearly 100 mlilton dollars and rank "econd III value III the ltst of artIcles or groups of art1cles 1mported The value of h1de" and slnns 1mpm ted III the ten months endlllg WIth October 190°, is, In round term", 82 mtlllOn dollars, and should thIs average be mamtamed m the ~ovember and December figures the total value of tl1l'; class of merchandIse Impo1 ted would aggregate practIcally 100 m11110n dollars, whIle the smgle 1tem of 1mportatlOn ltkel) to show a greater value-suga1-"hows 84 mtllton dollars' worth Imported from foreIgn countne" 111the 10 months end-mg w1th October, to say nothmg of the 56 m1lhon dollars' worth comtng from Hawall and Porto RICO dunng the same penocl but not classed under 1111p01ts,smce Hawall and 1'o'to RICO are now customs d1"tncb of the L11lted States ThIs total of practIcally 100 111111101d1ella1'" worth of 1mporb of hIdes and skms whIch the figures of the calendar year 1909 WIll show WIll exceed by many m1llto11S 1.ho"e of any earlIer year The hIghest figu-e.., 111value of ImportatIon" of hIde" and skm" many pnor yedr wa" 84 nl1lhon Jolla1'" WOlth 1111906, the average dunl1~ thc pa..,t decade 11d\111g been but 67 l111lhon dollal ,,' worth The quantIty Imported durllH; the year WIll exceed 500 111111lOn pound'3, wh1le 011 no earher occaSlOn ha'3 the total reached the 400-n111hon lme, the hIghest figure be111g m 1906, 399 m11hons Thus m quantIty and value the 1111portatIons of 1909 \\ 111be approx1mately 25 ,.- - -----------------------~ \ HOFFMAN HARDWOOD LUMBER BROTHERS CO. FT. WAYNE, IND. I I I III I I I II I II I II ___________ .4 SAWED AND SLICED l QUARTERED OAK { VENEERS fAN D MAHOGANY &.---- -----_.------------ ..-- I II II II II II ----------------------- -----------------..., \ \ \I I -~ WOOD fOnninO (UTnnS A<;only the edge outlines of the Cutter comes into contact With the lumber, there is no fnctlon or burn-mg of the mouldmg~ when made With the Shimer ReverSible or One-Way Cutters. These Cutters are carefully moulded to SUItyour work, and are very complete, lOexpenslve and time-savmg tools We supply speCial Cutters of any shape deSired and of any size to SUIt your machine spmdles. Let us have your speCifications. For odd work not found m our catalogue send a wood sample or drawmg. SAMUEL J. SUlMER &. SONS, Milton, Penn. Manufacturers of the Shimer Cutter Heads for Floonng, Ceiling, Sidmg, Doors, Sash, etc. ..-. .--- --- .-_. -- ----_.-------_-.------.-.---~ ----_._---_._------_._---------. -__. .- ~ THEliindtl KIND THE GREATEST HOUSEHOLD INVENTION OF THE AGE Need nol be moved from Ihe wall Prolecls covering by Iurn- InG cushions Is so Simple and easy a child can operale II. Has roomy wardrobe box under seal Comprises Ihree arllcles lor Ihe price of one. Is IIlied wllh felled cation mallress. Has LUXUriOUS Turkish Springs. Is always ready wllh bed-ding In proper place. Is absolulely sale-cannol close aCCidentally. Saves renl by saVing space WRITE WIRE, OR PHONE FDA PARTICULA"S. KINDEL BED COMPANY CHICAGO NEW YORK TORONTO ------------_._-----------------_. ["'~;~~~--~aPidcs'~s;~rCUp CO. -, 2 Parkwood Ave., Grand Rapids, Mich. We are now pultlllg out the hest Caster Cups WIth cork bases ever offereG to the trade. These are fimshed IU Golden Oak and WhIte Maple IUa ltght fimsh Tbese goods are admIrable for poltshed floors and fnrn- Iture rests They will not sweat or mar. PRICES, SIze 27.(IUches .... $4 00 per hundred Size 2M lll~hes . 5.00 per hundred Try a Sample Order FOB. (frand Raptd •• ,,-- . --_. per cent in excess of those of the pI evious hIghest record year, 1906 The average monthly 1mportatlOn of h1des of cattle 111the penod smce the new tariff act went mto effect, August 'i, 1909, has been 24% mllllOn pound~, agamst ahout 19 1111JIwn" m the 7 month" 1mmed1ately precedmg that elate The growth of ImportatIon of ll1de" and Sk111Smto the U11lted States, an agncu1tura1 country. has been a mark! 0 feature of the 1mport trade The value of h1des an<.l Sl~lll" 1mported 111the fiscal year 1890 was, m round terms, 22 mll-hon dollars, m 1900, 58 m1l11on", and 111the Lalendar year 1909 WIll, as above m(hcated, be approx1matel y 100 1111lllOns. ",hl1e the quantIty Imported, \\h1ch m the calendar year 1900 \\ a" but 307 m1l11on pound", WIll 1ll 1909 exceed 500 11111h011'o One espeCIally lllterestmg feature of th1" developl'lent m the 1mpm tatlOn of h1des and skms 1" found 111 the fact that nea'ly one-th1rd of the value of th1s large total can SIsts of goat "kms Lat111 Amencan Lotl11tnes and the Onent are the Ch1ef coni11hutors of the 100 11111110ndollars' wo th of hIde" and Sk111"Imported m 1909 Of the h1des of cattle 1mported, over one-half came from :!\IexlcO and South Amenca, and of the goat sk1l1s llTIported, neatly one half came froln the Bnt1sh Ea..,t Inches The llght wlll tnumph At least a man always feels that 'A ay when he W111S. A genius 1Sa man who would rather acquire fame than make a liV111g • 12 prosperity and the advance m knowledge of the fine arts by the pubhc. nothmg IS now too good for the people of the middle west, the far we,.,t and the south ,Vhy just thmk of It \, e are sellmg our be"t Sheraton work m Bll1mgs, :\1ontana, m SIOUX CIty, Lmcoln, 1'\eb, Topeka, Blrmmg-ham, Ala, Atlanta, Na"hvll1e, Des MOInes and m small towns as well as m the larger CItIes \Vhen we engaged Mr Ferris to represent the Royal Furmture company m the west we told hIm plamly that we chd not expect h11n to earn hIS ex-penses dunng the first two years of his employment, that we would not be dlsappomted if he falled but we expected hIm to gn e us his best serVIce whether he was successful or not :\1uch to our surpnse he made good the first year, and we have now a large and valuable trade estabhshed in his terri-tor) The development of the we"t and south IS makmg the people nch, and WIth wealth accummulat1ng naturally follows the deSIre to ,.,pend a part of It for the best to be had in furn- Iture F ear of ,N all street no longer exists" WEEKLY ARTISAN Chicago Men Deficient. Prof W. D Scott recently announced that the busmess men of Chicago, noted for their eenrgy, enterpnse and aggress iveness are livmg and working far below their effiCIency Prof. Scott is a member of the faculty of the NO!thwestern Ul11Verslty and is a noted physIOlogIst He commenced 111S experiments with athletIcs and has smce then extended them to the busmess world He has ascertamed what condItions materially lower effiCIency and beheves It pOSSIble to effect a material mcrease m the power of busmess men WIthout mJt11y to health. The average busmess man of ChIcago may be lackmg m efficiency, but it IS a safe bet that there are many men m the furl11ture trade of that CIty whose effiCIency IS the maXImUm Consider for a moment C A Adou of Mandel Brothers whose mental and phYSIcal effiCIency IS proven by the amount and character of the business transacted annually by the furnIture department of that house The mental and phYSI-cal effiCIency of George C Clingman is attested by the fact that he is not only a grandfather but the fathel of a young chIld as well and the buyer of house furnIshIng good,., for the Tobey stores m New York and ChIcago amountmg to mIl-lions. That there IS "some class" to George no one would at-tempt to dIsprove There might also be mentioned John A Hall, John A Thompson, W H MIller of l/farshall FIeld & company and others equally noted in the world of furnIture Among the manufacturers the names of Co~ an, Nels J ohn-son, the Karpens, Seaver, Frank Seng and DeHnel, are en-tttled to entry among the efficient ,;\Then It comes to sales-manshIp "the whole bunch" hving m ChIcago should he con-sidered If is were pOSSIble for PlOf Scott to consIder the furl11ture men as a group the chances are ten to one that he would put hIS a K on the "outfit." Fear Wall Street No More. "The people of the great west do not tremble as formerly when some speculator beats upon a tm pan m ,Vall street," declared Ralph Tletscort, of the Royal FurnIture com pan) When asked to furmsh a few IllustratlOns :\1r Tlebort continued' "Four years ago It seemed impossIble to sell the hIgh grade goods of the Royal FurnIture company outSIde of the large CIties located m the eastern states The people of Cleveland or Cmcmnatl would laugh at a fine Sheraton or EmpIre SUIte, but WIth the return of Their First Exhibit. Kell & Anway company, of Grand RapIds, wll1 make theIr first exhIbIt m January, m the Furmture ExhibltlOn BUIldmg, Grand RapIds, (on the first floor, north half,) and It wll1 be an exhIbIt that no buyel who VISItS Grand RapId", can afford to mISS, ] hIS IS ]JlObabIy the strong-est 1111eof loose cushion seat and back (the "anitary kmd) chaIrs and lockers on the market, for the hbrary, den and !lV111g room, JVIL3SIon f01 the den; foot-rest and 1eadmg table attachment for the hbrary, Colomal and other styles for the llvmg room They wIll also exhi-bIt the first and ongmal so-called samtary chair ever made, the most WIdely copIed style of upholstered furnIture on the market ThIS dIsplay WIll occupy the space formerly occu-pIed by the Mueller & Slack company, and wIll be one of unus-ual ment On another page of thIS I'3SUemay be seen a pIcture of one of these loose cu"hlOn lOckeI" Take a look at It . .... .....-..-..-, _._----------------_._---_.-_._-------------. PITTSBURGH PLATE L.ARGiEST .JoaaERS AND MANUFACTURERS OF GLASS COMPANY GLASS IN THE WORLD Mirrors, Bent Glass, leaded Art Glass, Ornamental Figured Glass, Polished and Rough Plate Glass, Window Glass WIRE GLASS Plate Glass for Shelves, Desks and Table Tops, Carrara Glass more beautiful than white marble. CENERAL DISTRIBUTORS OF PATTON'S SUN PROOF PAINTS AND OF PITCAIRN ACED VARNISHES. t] For anythmg in Builders' Glass, or anythmg m Pamts, Varm~hes, Brushes or Pamters' Sundnes, addre<s any of our branch warehouses, a list of which IS given below NEW YOBK-Hudson and Vandam Sts. CLEVELAND-1430-1434 West Th1~d st. BOSTON-41-49 Sudbu17 st., 1-9 Bowke~ st. OllllAHA-ll01-1107 Howard St. CHICAG0-442-452 Wabash Ave. ST. PAUL-459-461 Jackson St. CINCINNATI-B~oadway and Coun Sts. ATLAN':l'A, GA.-30-32-34 S. P170r St. ST. LOmS-Cor. Tenth and Spruce Sts. SAVANNAH, GA-745-749 Wheaton St. MIlfNEAPOLI8-500-516 S. Third st. :B:ANSASCITY-Pifth and Wyandotte Sts. DETBOIT-53-59 Larned st., E. BIBMIlfGHAM, ALA.-2nd Ave. and 29th st. GBAND BAPIDS, JIIlICH-39-41 N. Division St. Bl1P:PALO, N. Y -372-74-76-78 :Pearl St. PI':rTSB'UBGH-IOI-I03 Wood St. BBOO:B:LYN-635-637 :Pulton st. MILWAUKEE, 'WIS.-492-494 Market st. PJDLADELPKI.A.-Pitcairn Bldg., A~ch and 11th Sts. BOCHESTEB,N.Y.-WUder Bldg., Main &I Ezchanwe sts. DAVENPOBT-410-416 Scott st. BALT:E1lIOBE-310-111-14 W. Pratt S1;. OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA , 210-212 W. :Plrst St . ... ... II . .... ... .... MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND NEWS H. R. Lard, furnIture dealer m Eltgm, Ill, has sold out to E G. Wightman The Muncie (Ind) Chair company has been mcorporated Capital stock, $130,000 The Hastmgs (Mlch) Cabmet \i\ orks have doubled their capital stock-$30,000 to $60,000 The Western Refngerator company, St LOUIS, Mo., has incorporated. Capital stock, $120,000 The 0 K. FurnIture company, dealers of Muskogee, Okla, have mcorporated Capital stock, $2,000 An addition, constructed of concrete, IS to be added to the plant of the chair factory at Parkersburg, W. Va. J H Parham has moved his wholesale chair establlsh-ment to 125 West Mam street, Chattanooga, Tenn The Hargraves Manufactunng company of Detroit have mcreased their capital stock from $150,000 to $200,000 The Han IS Department store of Emmence, Ky , has been declared bankrupt E E Harns is the pnnclpal owner. L J Coleman IS now manager of the New Home House- FurnIshmg company of 66 North Brodd street, Atlanta, Ga. The Clarkson (\'Tash) Furniture and Undertaking com-pany, ha" moved mto new quarters 1ll the Bradford bUIlding J W. McHenry has purchased the two furniture stores- Calder's and Gahond's-at GlffOld. Ill, and Will consoltdate them. The H H Drake company of Bayonne, N. J. are buIldmg a new plant, which Will be ready for occupancy early 111 the spring. Henry M. Burr and \Valter E Wood-Burr & Wood-have succeeded Henry Dltckle in the undertaking busmess at Chardon, OhIO The Fanner Manufacturing company, Cleveland, Ohio, manufacturers of brass beds, etc, have mCIeased their capi-tal stock from $569,100 to $1,000,000 Bishop & Stephenson, undertakers of Mmeral Point, vVis have publIshed notice of dissolution of the firm, Mr. Bishop retires to engage m the retail furnIture business. Green & Foxcroft, retail furnIture dealers of Bangor, Me., have sold out to Guy \Veatherbee of Milo, Me., who will en-large the building and add stores and hardware to the stock F W. Oehrle, manufacturer of upholstered furniture in Philadelphia, Pa, has mcorporated under the name of the Oehrle Bros company Capital stock, $65,000, all paid in '1he McDougall company of Frankfort, Ind, a suburb of Indlanapolts, manufacturers of kitchen cabinets, etc, has been reorganized and re-mcorporated with capital stock fixed at $200,000 C B Parker and T P. Griffith have purchased the retail furnIture busllless of Folsom & Tillman at McRae, Ga, and Mr. Gnffith is managing the store under the name of Gnff- Eth & Parker The Empire Furniture company, dealers of Augusta, Ga, ha" been mcorporated by Oliver Pennington, H. C. Martlll, R H Stephens and W. B. Tmsley. Capital stock, mini-mum, $5,000, maXimum, $25,000. A F. Felts who represents the Imperial Furniture com-pany of Grand Rapids and C P Limbert & Co., in the Rocky Mountain regIOn "pent a part of last week in Grand Rapids Mr. Felts reSides at Boise, Idaho. The OhIO Chair Manufacturing company (Columbus) has been placed III the hands of J B. Kable as receiver. The action was taken on a petition of William J. McLaughhn who had endorsed the company's paper to the amount of $450. The Bobo Undertaking company of Union, S. c., have increased the capital stock to $20,000 and have opened a branch establIshment at Spartanburg, S. C, m charge of 0 M. Bonar M W Bobo, preSident of the company has charge of the busllless at UnIon. Thomas Somers, dOlllg busmess under the name of the Reltable FurnIture company III St. Paul, Minn., has apparent-ly copied the plan recently adopted by a gentleman III De-trOIt who sells to consumers from manufacturers' catalogues, photographs and blue prmts. The plant of the Mah ern (Ark) Chair company has been sold at auctIOn by the receiver, T H. McHenry to J. E Cham-berlain, who represented a number of stockholders on a bid of $22,000 Mr Chamberlam does not propose to operate the plant, but Will try to resell It at pnvate sale W J. Majors & Co. are propnetors of a new undertakmg establtshment at 230 East Commercial street, Springfield, Mo Claude Paxton who recently announced his attention to establIsh new undertaklllg parlors m the same city has abandoned hiS project for the present at least. The vVeek FurnIture company, dealers of Woonsocket, R. I , ran short of ready cash and creditors seized part of the stock on wnts of attachment. The concern has been placed in the hands of Fred B Weeks, manager of the company, as receiver who reports the assets as more than double all lIabi-lIties and that all claims wIll be paid m full. The law firm of Bradley & Dooley of Boston, have in-corporated the Hub Furmture company, capitalized at $15,- 000 to take over the retaIl furmture business at Lawrence, Mass, that for several years has been run under the same name as a partnership concern Miss Laura G. Farnham, stenographer in Bradley & Dooley's office is the third member of the board of directors The John Breuner company's new building fronting on Union Square, San FranCISco, Will SOon be occupied With a large stock of furniture, carpets, rugs, and drapenes It is a four-story-and-basement structure, with a flontage of 90 feet on Geary street and a depth of 130, so built that addi-tional floors may be added The 'lIte is the same occupied by this firm before the fire. New Furniture Dealers. Bishop & Co wIll open a new furniture store at Mmeral Point, Wis. \iVIlham M Fay has opened a new furniture 'Store m Pittston. Pa. R. C Sands has opened a furniture and notion store at Pomeroy, Wash D E Coleman of Rochelle, Ga , wIll open a new furniture store at VidalIa, Ga, III January. Charles Mansfield has opened what the newspapers have declared is "a first c1as:> furniture store" in the opera block, Bangor, Mlch Adam H Stiehl, Charles Auth and George L. Ebrhardt have mcorporated the A H. Stiehl Furniture company, capi-talIzed at $10,000 to establish a new store at 337 E. 52nd street, New York The Consolidated Commercial company captilized at $100,000 will open general stores at Ray, Winkleman and Kel-vm, Ariz, and each store will have a furniture department. A Hattenbach, E Smith and others have incorporated the Department Store company capitalized at $25,000 to establish a department store, with a furniture annex, at Wil-mington, Cal. 14 roller towel was not wIthout VIrtue Alway" some one came to toy gl11gerIy wIth 1to; edges 111the hope of findl11g one small area leso; dIrty than the rest. BOW111g to the decree WhICh bamshes the roller towel from "'lght, VI; e yet remember wIth someth111g bke affectlOn the long) ear-, of 111tJmate assoClatlOn wIth It 111which it never taded It has rep~e"ented human democracy and comrade- ShIp It wa" the bond that 1'111ted the hIgh and the low and It touched all manh111d wIth a welcome Jf hunl1d salute The a' lO~ant fOIe~vvore the roller towel m the days of theIr af-fluence hut It ~emallled faIthful and It3 very form typIfied unl han~m~ pm poo;e Le~lOn;, of men and vvomen have va111ly sought the end of the !(JIll! tovvel Ii ha" remamed for the Kanq" "tate WEEKLY ARTISAN The Passing of the Roller ToW"el. Kano;a;, CIty Jomnal-All our fa\onte good" and ;,acled tradItIons fall one by one befol e the onslaught of reform So closely have the cbpper" of the pobtlcal 7ealots shorn us of those personal pllvdege" enjoyed by our ..,Ire" that the mod-ern man stumbles m hI'" melancholly pathway to the gra\ e beset on all SIdes by proscnptlOn", I egulatlOn:, and Iule" ot conduct, and feels 111mo;eIt lucky If he dIe" out ot jad In Kansas, beautJful, proud, pro<.,perous and tar-famed Kan"as the reformer" have found theIr paraclt"e Topeka IS the lattel-day DelphI and the oracle of Idorm speak" 1ll mam tongue" The lateo;t 1eformatOl) utterance h a condemnatIon ot the rolle1 to\'\; el It ha" heen offiCIally dedal eel that the lOllel towel IS even mOl e c!am:;eruu,", than ..,hort sheets, dnnkm~ Made by Stebbms- Wllhelm Furniture Co , Sturg,s, Mich cups and cracked dl;,hes Pel "quare foot the roller tOl'l'el conta111s a greatel numbe1 and vanety of t:;erms than are to be found any",here ebe 111the Sunflo"'er State, and fOI the protectlOn of SOCIety the tJme-honOl eel J otatmg lag m11',t t:;o Perhaps thIS IS all fOl the best, yet It 1" perml""'lble to pau"e and sigh at the pa<.,s111gof the old lO11er tovvel It ha.., "en eel long and well anel mtlltons of our mo"t respected cltlLen" have left theIr sooty 1mpnnh upon Its mVltIng folel" Its rattle ha:, been '>oothmg mUSIC to "'puttellng patron:, of pubbc washrooms, and 111 spIte of the progres"'lve cy cle of It" layer upon layer of cltscoloratlOns It posses"ed a Simple dlgmty that could not be defied Even when, ltmp and d1..,- credIted, It fe..,tooned In unloveI111e"" trom It" scaffold, the "THE BEST IS hoal d of health to lay a vandal hand upon th1" anCIent 111StJ-tutlOn and tear It from ItS honored place beh111d the door The StoW"-DavisLine. The Sto", -Dav IS Furmture company of Grand RapIds ha\ e nearly completed theIr new l111e fOl the spnng season of t1 ade Secretary IIunt111g say s It wtll conta111 man) de ~Irable featm es 111old Enghsh and Colomal styles, whde 111 office and du ectors' fnrJ1ltnre and banker:,' sUltes the lme \\111 be \ ery strong Twenty-five patterns of dmmg table:, ha \ e been added The 1111eWIll be on sale 111 the Dlodgett bUllchng, (,rand RapIds, eally In January THE CHEAPEST" --------,,I BARTON'S GARNET PAPER Sharp, Very Sharp, Sharper Than Any Other_ SUPERIOR TO SAND PAPER. It costs more, BUT It Lasts Longer; Does Faster Work. Order a small lot; make tests; you will then know what you are getting. WE GUARANTEE SATISFACTION_ Furniture and Chair Factories, Sash and Door Mills, Railroad Compames, Car BUilders and others will consult their own interests by using it. Also Barton's Emery Cloth, Emery Paper, and Flint Paper, furnished In rolls or reams. MANUFACTURED BY H. H. BARTON & SON CO., 109 South Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. '------------------_.---_. __._-_._._-_._._._-----------_. - .. WEEKLY ARTISAN MADE BY THE POSSELIUS BROS. FURNITURE MFG. CO, DETROIT. MICH 15 16 Manufacturers who advertise their products in the maga-zines, al"o by booklets and circulars help retailers by creating a demand for the goods advertised Such houses as the Macey company, Berkey & Gay Furmture company, the Royal Chair compan), the Grand RapIds Refngerator company, Streit of CincinnatI, Karpen Brothers, the Buck and Kalamazoo Stove compames, and several manufacturers of kitchen cabinets dIsburse many thousands of dollar" annually to help the re-tal1ers Well advertised goods sell easIly. Reahzing this fact there IS a never ceasing struggle among retailers to obtain the exclusive sale of such lines. WEEKLY ARTISAN ~U8LI.HED EVERY SATURDAY BY THE MICHIGAN ARTISAN COMPANY SU8SC"'PTION $1.80 PE" YEAR ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES OTHEI'l COUNTI'lIES $2 00 PER YEAR. SINGLE COPIES 5 CENTS. PUBL.ICATION OFFiCe:. 108-112 NO"TH DIVISION ST. GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. A. S WHITe:, M...N...GING EDITOI'l Entered ..s second class matter, July 5. 1909, ..t the post office at Grand RapIds, Mlchlg ..n under the act of March 3, 1879 Apparently Sweden can give Amenca, France and Eng-land pointers On the management of stnkes or on the matter of dealing with labor troubles. They have had a strike over there that continued all summer and though the stnkers lost not even a single act of violence has been reported For sev-eral weeks every mdustry in the country was tied up com-pletely. Not only members of the unions but common laborers' scrub women, Janitors, household servants and even employes of the municipalities quit work. Many of the stnkers and many others suffered for food, yet there was no disorder. The stnkers lost because members of the typographIcal union and employers of the steam and street raIlways actmg under the adVIce of agitators from England, France and Germany, broke theIr contracts and went out with the rest. From that tIme public opinion, which had been WIth the strikers, began to turn agamst them and finally they were obliged to go to work on the old terms. They lost a summer's wages and their employers lost as much or more without any benefit to anybody The strike did not even teach a lesson except that it is best to live up to the terms of contracts and that It does not pay to listen to agitators. Some interesting developments in regard to the fire in-surance business may be expected soon, unless an order IS-sued by the federal court at Indianapolis shall be set aside The order which was issued at the request of the attorney general of the state, requires each of the 127 companies that belong in what is known as the Western Umon of Fire Insur-ance companies to answer 226 questions. The order was issued without notice to the companies When they heard of it their attorneys got busy and filed a petition for a hearing which has been granted. The hearing is to take place next Wednesday and the companies are so emphatically opposed to the "quiz" that, in case the court refuses to rescind or modify the order, they propose to appeal and test the matter in higher courts. Chefs have been engaged and supplies purchased by all manufacturers of Grand Rapids whose factories are located outside of the business center, preparatory to entertaining the visiting buyers in January Large and beautifully decorated rooms are used for this purpose. Among the entertaining corporations are the Michigan Chair company, Luce Furniture company, Berkey & Gay Furniture company, Sligh Furniture company, Charles S Paine company, Grand Rapids Furniture company and Stickley Brothers Much valuable time is saved the buyers by the lunch service, which with the carriages and automobiles provided for their use, makes life in Grand Rapids every season very enjoyable. "On an average, factory inspection is done by men who have not sufficient training, who have not studied the trade they are inspecting but scorn the idea that anything could be gamed by it," F. S. Hoffman, statistician of a leading acci-dent msurance company, declared in a lecture to the students of Cornell university. "To qualify themselves for the proper discharge of their duties would require time that the inspectors prefer to devote to 'prenicious political activity.' What's the use? The Illmois railroad commission has assumed jurisdic-tion over the express companies and have summoned the offiCIals to appear before their body and answer complaints chargmg that excessive rates are collected for serVIce. The express compames while denying the jurisdiction of the com-miSSIonw111comply WIth the order requiring their appearance It is expected that the interstate commerce commission Will assume JurisdictIon over the companies in the near future Making an honest statement of one's property subject to taxatIOn to the assessmg officer evinces a larger degree of loyalty to the government than uncovering the head when the "Star Spangled Banner" is sung. There wIll be a new state house to furlllsh at Dover, Del., a year or two hence and it is hoped the letting of the contract for furmshing the same w111not be followed by a scandal like that of Pennsylvania three years ago. Baltimore, Md , is suffenng under an epidemic of fires in the business dIstrict Among the recent losers were M. A Pollock ($10,000), Stern & Co ($35,000), Goodwin & Erwin and Homer & Co" dealers in furniture. That furniture manufacturers and dealers have no great fear of the corporation mcome tax is shown by the number of concerns that are changing from partnershIps to corpor-ations. Apple wood, according to a decision of the board of United States general appraiser's, is not a 'cabinet wood." The decision was hardly necessary to cabinet makers. A "real bargain" placed in the window occasionally aids the people in acquiring the window study habit. Well furnished homes to begin with tend to assure peace, happiness and prosperity in matrimony. Violin players are trymg to restrain their tears. A genu-me Stradivarius was destroyed by fire in Baltimore recently. The 'toil 'and trouble" of taking the midwinter inventory is upon the trade. WEEKLY ARTISAN 17 BIG BUILDING WILL BE FILLED Manufacturers' Exhibition Building Company, Chicago, Reports All Space Sold for Winter Season. Ch1ca~0, Dec, 17 -The Manufacturers' Exhlblt10n Bul1d-mg company have all theIr space sold up for the January sea-son Secretary J ackson ~tates that a number of apphcat10ns had to be turned down because of lack of ~pace, but theIr ap-phcatlOns have been filed for the July season Among them IS a strong combmat1On from St Loms who use ten thousand or more square feet. Every 111d1catlOn p0111tS to a splendId attendance at the January sales The best 111dex IS the reports obtained from salesmen com111g 111from the road. Two of these, one travel- 111g111the southwest and the other in the middle states, state that practically all dealers called on say they WIll come to Ch1cago in January. Both salesmen saId that 1£ anywhere near half the dealers come who say they are coming there wl1l be a record attendance. Many new hnes wl1l be seen 111the BIg Build111g in January, some of them show111g for the first time m any market and others com111g back to exhIbIt 111ChIcago after an absence of several seasons Among them are the follow111g: Buckstaff-Edwards company, Oshkosh, \Vis., Herman & company, St. Loms, Mo., Eyles Chair company, Cedar Rapids, Ia , Thos Madden, Son & Company, Indlanapohs, SturgIs Steel Go-Cart company, SturgIs, Mich ; Moore Furlllture com-pany, LenOlr, N. C; Modern Parlor Furlllture company, ChIcago, Ch1ldrem, VehIcle Corporat1On, East Templeton, Mass, Fehx, Half & Bro, P1ttsburgh, Pa.; Sam Weisglass, New York, P1el Bros Manufacturing company, Indlanapohs, Ind ; G I Sellers & Sons company, Ellwood, Ind , Steuben Lumber & Furlllture company, Call1sto, N. Y , ThomasvIlle, ChaIr company, ThomaSVIlle, N c.; Standard Table company, Jamestown, NY; Supenor Furniture company, Jamestown, N. Y., Toledo Metal Wheel company, Toledo, 0 ; Galha Furniture company, Galhpohs, Oh1O, Queen ChaIr company, Thomasvl1le, N. C ; Yorke Furniture company, Concord, N. C Empire ChaIr company, Elizabethtown, Tenn ; Gray Furlll-ture company, Adnan, MlCh ; Huntley Furniture company, \V111ston Salem, N C; B F Northwood Furniture company, Chippewa Falls, WlS ; Nenhauser Lamp & Shade company, ChIcago, HImebaugh Bros, Jamestown, N. Y , Mount Airy Furlllture company, Mount AIry, N C , Gold Furlllture com-pany, Chicago; Chicago Lounge company, ChIcago, EmpIre Chair company, Sherman, N. Y , Unagusta Manufactullng company, WayneSVIlle, N. C , Ste111feld Brothers, New York, Fayer Bros. & Co, Toledo, 0 ; PIttsburgh Plate Glass com-pany, PIttsburg, Pa ; Cabinet Makers unlOn, IndIanapohs, Ind ; Central ChaIr company, Indlanapohs, Ind ; Hausen & Diekmen, C1111ton,Iowa, E C Ruttenburg, Chicago. F. T. Phmpton of F T Plimpton & Co, left December 5 for Ohio, \Vest Vlrg1111a, IndIana and M1ch1gan to VISIt the different factories represented by Phmpton & company Russell Mull111s, salesman for the Royal Chair company was 111ChIcago thIS week mak111g ai rangemenb for the fit-ting up of the space to be occupied by the Royal Chair l111eat the Geo D \iV1lliams company bmld111g, 1300 IVI1ch1gan ave-nue and also for a w111dow demonstratlOn to be given by the Royal Chair company at the store of A H Revell & Co George Lamb, the well known manufacturer of Nappanee, Ind., was in ChIcago for several day s th1s week President Lyman R Lathrop of the Fourteen Eleven company, Chicago, anticipates a 10US111gmarket next month. "We have heard from a larger number of new buyers who p-•-• ---_._~._.~"--_.---.---------....,'" III I ... THE WEATHERLY INDIVIDUAL Glue Heater Send your address and and receive descriptive circular of Glue Heaters. Glue Coo1[ers and Hot Boxes with prices. The Weatherly Co. Grand Rapid•• Mich. are com111g to th1s market," he saId The Fourteen Eleven bmld111g WIll have among the1r exhibItors some of the largest and most w1dely known concerns such as the Johnson Chair company, 1\1111erHall & SOllS, NatlOnal Parlor FurnIture com-pany, Klel Furlllture company, Ohver Brothers, Manon Iron & Brass TIed company and the Balkw111 & Patch The NatlOnal Parlor Furmture company WIll as hereto-fore occupy the large~t amount of floor space The space held by th1s company was 30,000 square feet and they have Just leased an add1tional 16,000 square feet \iV. G Andrews, V1ce preSIdent of the J. M. Deutsch company, Hornell, NY, was in Chicago on Wednesday making a business tnp C H Sm1th of the Sm1th-Thompson company, left Wed-nesday for Manon, Ind, to look over the January samples of the Spencer Table company and to arrange for hav111g them shIpped to the Fourteen Eleven bmlding. President-Treasurer, J os S Meyer of the Manufacturers' ExhibitlOn bul1d111g company recently returned from a short stay at French LIck Spr111gs, Ind Secretary G W Jackson of the Manufacturers' Exhibit10n Bmld111g company recently returned from a bus111ess tnp in the east and the south A spec1al effort was made dunng his tnp to feel the pulse of trade from the manufacturers P0111t of V1ew and Mr Jackson found it umformly healthy and optI-mIstic There 1S every reason to believe that none will be dIsappointed. The Peck & H111s Furlllture company have removed their offices from the e1ghth floor of the Furlllture Exchange to the second :Aoor of the same bmlchng, the sales office formerly on the fir::,t floor and the general offices oCCUp111gthe same floor P1 eS1dent J C. Hl1ls pnvate office occupies the southwest corner, the general office the west end and the sales office taking up two sectlOns from the elevator to the south wall The mov111g of these offices IS an excellent change, afford111g the office force throughout ample light Manuel de la Vaga formerly representative for the Peck- HIlls Furlllture company wl1l leave December 23d for a South American trip The Schultz & HIrsch company report hav111g had an excellent fall trade, espec1ally 111supplying hotels wIth thelr goods Among orders fIlled by them 111this department were the Manon Hotel at Little Rock, Ark., Lee-Huck111s Hotel, Oklahoma CIty, New Harper House, Rock Island, Ill, St Nicholas Hotel, Spnngfield, Ill, The Schultz-Hirsch company 1S also furlllSh111g the new addItion of the Pontchartrain at Detroit, MlCh Many a man who can afford tarrapin and champagne has one of those tea and toast stomachs. 18 • •• •• -1 WEEKLY ARTISAN The Dodds Dovetailers. The above cut 111ustratet-> the Spl1al gears on the Dodds Dovetalhng 111ach111e ~'Ir Dodds has now over 65 of the"e mac1unes 111u"e and everyone of them a perfect succe"s Mr Dodds ha" not been advertl"111g thl" very much, hut "mce 30me othe1 s have gotten up :,>o111eth1l1gt->111l11ar, 1t 1.., V\ ell to let the reader" of the Y\ eekly ArtIsan know that \Ir Dodd" has been manufactunng these machllles f01 some tnne and be-heves thIS 1..,the most perfect means of dnvmg the,e spmdle.., that can be produced He put III a machllle over a veal ago that cost ovel $1,000 on purpose to cut these gears pe11ectl) You WIll see that J\'Ir Dodd" leads and others follmv If vou w1sh to get a fir"t class mach111e correspond WIth the A.lex-ander Dodds company, ("rand RapId'S, M1Ch Bright Angel Trail. One of the most remarkable vIews on the Amencan contlllent IS "l3nght Angel TraIl" 111the Grand Can) on of the '------------~_..._-~ III II •II I per • I• per I •• II II• ! •• ... II II II ,II• II I IIIIIIIIII •• DETROIT, MICH. HOTEL NORMANDIE CONGRESS STREET Near Woodward Avenue AmerIcan Plan. $2 50 Day and upwards. European Plan. $1 00 Day and upwards Hol and Cold Runmng Waler In all Rooms. Rooms wllh Balh exira. A High Grade Cafe. Restaurant and Buffet 10 connection GEORGE FULWELL, Proprietor Scbultz & Hirscb Co. Manufacturers of HIGH GRADE BEDDING Feathers, Feather Pillows, Downs, Etc. Upholstered Box Springs and Curled Hair Mattresses a Specialty I~- 1300~1308Fulton St. Corner ElIzabeth St. CHICAGO Branch Factory, Hammond, Ind ---------------- ---~------._-. -.- lolO1ae1() ll\cl Several yeal:'> ago the congress of the Fmted .'-ltates pm cha"ed of Thomas 2\loran the ong111al pamtlng of th1'S famou.., "cene, and caused the same to be placed on V1ew 111the natlOnal cap1tal The Henry S Holden Veneer com-pan} of Grand Rapid" has purchased a quantity of color photographs reproduc1l1g the p1cture and have commenced d1"tnbut111g the "ame to customer" Any manufacturer of turl11ture and k111clled good'S may obtaIn a copy, '" ith calendar tOl the C0I11111gyear free by addressmg the company Will Have a Strong Line. Ravenna, 0, Dec 8 -The Buckeye Cha1r Company plant h be111g taxed to 1tS capaClty this year The company hd\ e 1mtalled a new dry kiln, furl11shed by the Grand Rap- 1e1':>Yeneer \\ orks, wh1ch works to perfectlOn and enables them to make sh1pments for their trade more promptly than ever befO! e The Buckeye Cha1r Company w111 have the "tl ongest lme m their h1story next January. The new stuff put out dunng the fall season 111the dIfferent penod'i, such as Flanc1er.." Colol11als, Ehzabethan and mI3SlOn", ha" proven ..,0 popular WIth the trade that the January l1l1e WIll embody ,111ot the"e and man} other sty le" An Expert "Ad" Writer. J R Bader, a \ eteran furmture dealer, of Fremont, X ebr, 1" one of the few men who "ucceed 111wntmg then own advertlsementb H1" adverttsement" a, e "0 attracttve and eftectn e that they have been repubh..,hed as model" m Ch1cago and made the "ub]ect of ed1tonal comment Mr Bader u..,e.., the "heal t to heart" method-makes h1S ad" talk to the people 111"uch a way a'o to make them thmk he 15 gl eatly l11terested in theIr welfare WEEKLY ARTISAN ,~.-..-.------------------- --_.-------------- - ..-----------~ NELSON-MATTER FURNITURE GRAND RAPIDS~ MICH. co. BED-ROOM and DINING-ROOM COMPLETE SUITES in Mahogany. Circassian Walnnt and Oak. If you have not one in your store, a siIDple request will brin, you our ma1!,nificent new Fall CataloKue of 12x16 inch page Jl:roups, show .. indosuites to Jnatch. With it, even the most moderate sized furniture store can show the best and newest furniture satisfactorily. II Ij I I• •II I•III I II If I• l_----~ --~I 19 III t 1III Io IIII II II III IIj I IIII I I I1 II II I• III• II IIII 20 ~Iinnesota Dealers' Retail Furniture, Association WEEKLY ARTISAN OFFICERS-President LoUIs J Buenger New Ulm Vice President C Damelson, Cannon Falls, Treasurer, o A 0 Moen, Peterson Secretar}, W L Grapp Janesville EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE-D F Richardson, Northfield, Geo. Kltne, Mankato, W L HarTls Mlnneapolts, o SImons, Glencoe, M L KlIne, St Peter BULLETIN No. 63. Everyone learns by expenence but \\ e would be spared many pa111ful lessons If we would only use our common sen~e a ltttle more often than we do \Ve were caught nappmg a short time ago and we are g0111g to relate our e"penence for the benefit of the as,ocI-atlOn A customer who had been studY1l1g the mall order house catalog came 111toour store the other day to look at tables He had m mmd a table such as IS shown 111 the catalog house 11lu~tratlon grv en here We had often seen thIS table Illustrated 111the catalog but paId no A Near ReproductIOn of the Mat! Order Illustration particular attentIOn to It, although we notIced that It had an un usually large pedestal Nothmg we could do would convmce thIS customer that we could furmsh hIm with a table Just as good 01 better at the same pllce F1l1ally we succeeded 111 gettmg thIS custo-mer to let us put up the money necessary and order the table from the catalog house vVe furmsh you here an 11lustlatlOn whIch shows the table we I ecelVcd 111 ItS tlue proportIOns and we want you to com-pare It WIth the IllustratIon glVen 111then catalog Anyone not po,>ted on fU111lture \\ ould probably th1l1k that he '" as gettmg a good value for hiS mone) The workmanshIp on thh table seemed to be faIr and the h11lsh wa~ unu,ually bnght when we exam1l1ed It m the crate but when we set the table up, we found that It was COvered with han checks and what we call ,armsh bce The base was e'l1dently dIpped as the var11lsh Ian m waves along the lower edge The top was too heavl1y fi11l~hed whIch cdused It to crack so that haIr checks ran through It hke nvers on a map The table showed a bnght luster but no dealer would care to send out ,uch a fimsh to a cu~tomer To show how they cut out every pos- SIble Item of expense 111 connection With the mel chandlse they sell WIll ~ay that I11stead of cratl11g the leaves m a neat box, where they can be kept, tHey were u'3ed as cratmg for the table, so the receIver of thIS bux has nothing to put them m These crates cost elll the W2Yfrom 35 to 75 cents which they s,lVed and they apparently tned to save on the fimsh BeSides saving on such Item~ as these, they go dIrect to the manufacturer and pay cash for large quantities of goods mstead of walt1l1g for the manufacturer to send expensive sellesmen to them By d01l1g busmbs In thiS way, they probably bought thiS table from $2 SO to $3 SO cheaper than It was sold m the general market which pnce the small dealel usually has to pay If we can furl1lsh you thiS table for $6 SO m a SIX foot length and still make a faIr profit, Just look at the profit the catalog house IS makmg by over-drawmg theIr pictures The catalog house seems to beheve that there IS a "sucker born every mmute,' but the ploper Use of our matenal WIll educate these fnends dnd customers of yours whom they conSIder "suckers" so that they w111soon be wIse to the methods employed by the catalog house E\ ery ~tudent of bus111ess buddlllg tells us that 111order to bll1ld a permanent busllles;, '" e must be truthful ThiS IS a natural la", No bus111ess man WIll prosper permanently who adopts dt-ceptl\ e methods ThIs truth b the bnght 1111Jngto the dark cloud of mad ordel competitIOn whIch overshadows the small dealer and IS the hope whIch IS spurr1l1g us on to wake up the dealers everywhere to thclr true posItion \ pen dl a,,1l1g does not gl' e the exact gram of the wood a, a h,dl tone does so we h,1\ e placed a half tone cut of the table as It really IS, right over the catalog IllustratIOn You "'Ill notice that the pede~tal of thIS tdble ha, been o,erdrawn about 80 per cent, the top abuut 10 pLl cent and so on down the lme of detaIl Now, after SIZlllg up the catalog house Illustration, do you wonder that hone'3t, unSllsplLlOllS people who are not posted on furl11ture are tempted to "end a",ay? Would a true tllustreltlOn be any mducement to them? vVe hal dly belle, e It would Here IS an opportul11ty to expose these IllustratIOns of overdraw- 111gwhIch every (lealel should t,IKC ad, antage ot The catalog house has not cons1Clered you so why should you conSIder them? It does not affect you So verv much If a customer sends away a smgle table but the catalog hOllSC~Use batt hke thIS to secure theIr large volume of bU~111esswhIch should go to the home dealers They send theIr catalogs to the fdrmer regulatly so It IS only natural that he should look thru them when he "Ishe, to buy a housekeepIng outfit for hIS boy or gIrl Then when he ,ISltS your store, If he VISItS It at all, he has these overdrawn catalog IllustlatlOns m mmd and you have to be a mighty good salesman If ) ou succeed m makmg a sale Another customer of thIS class came to our store and when we showed him the table Illustrated here, ",hlch we receIVed from the mall order hou~e, he exclaImed m surpnse "DIdn't I tell you, Ma, that we could scnd away dnd get a table WIth a base tWIce as large as the one he was trV1l1g' to ~ell us for the same pnce? It we had not happened to have thIS table III our ~tore, nothmg we could 'd} "ould ha, e com mced thIS mdn thdt the catalog house overdrew Newspaper Etch1l1g of the Table ReceIved It Vie never talk dIrectly agaInst the mall order house so we let hIm have hIS way before we called hIS attentIon to the fact that It had only a ~e, en 1I1ch base He could hardly belle\ e the eVIdence of hIS oV\,n eyes but after he reahzed what a deceptIOn the mall order house pracbced, we had WEEKLY ARTISAN 21 no dIfficulty in selhng hIm a complete outfit We firmly beheve that we have made a lIfelong customer by bel11g m d posItIOn to show the dIfference between the real artIcle and the overdrawn plchlre 111 the catalog If we had not been able to do thh, I'. e would have lost. not only thIS sale, but all the future patronage of thIS customer It happened that I'. e profited by thIs mCldent but the e, 11 re~u1ts of thIS prdctIce over~hadow completely all SImIlar Instances Of course a man who order~ a table from a mall order house WIll find out that It IS not as good an drtIcle a~ the IllustratIOn led hnn to belre, e, but that doesn't help us any Th,lt sale I'; forever lost But suppose you do sell a tdb1e lIke thIs The cdtdlog house Lfeate~ a suspiCIOn m the customer s mmd showmg the same thmg cleverly overdrawn ThIs IS the worst phase of catalog competItIOn because naturally the consumer Jumps to conclUSIOns and If yOU had the eloquence of Demosthene~, you could not convmce hIm that you 11dd sold hIm as good or a bettel table ThIS 10 I'. hat we call sume really artistIC work on the part of the mall order hou,e Then too, the) get up d very plauslhle talk. tellIng theIr patron~ that the home dedlel s cannot pOSSIbly supply them WIth thIS, that and the other thmg, as cheaply dS the mall order house They em-phaSIze strongly the fact that they always do as they say and will From 'l Photograph of the Table ReceIved refund your money If yoU al e not ,atIsfied Now they may deceIVe m prInt but how about theIr IlluotratIOn~? Here h pOSItIve proof tlldt they practIce a cunnll1g deceptIOn It IS the duty of every dealer who IS dffected by thIS mall order eVIl-and where IS there one who IS not?-to bllng thI~ deceptIOn to the attentIOn of the buyers of theIr commumty If a man or a firm IS caught m a he once, It IS pretty hal d to belIeve them agam Every dealer Cdn strIke an effectIve blow at the mall order houses by usmg the cuts shown here Our a,sOCldtIOn furnishes these fOI such a small sum that there IS no excuse for those members who do not protect theIr own mterebts If you are ever gOIng to do anythmg along tIllS 1111e,you must do ~omethlng beSIdes SIt m your store and talk about It WIthout a doubt, there are people m your commumty who have been readmg thIS mall order lIterature for years and years Some of them send m good SIzed ordero every month and perhaps they are satIsfied WIth the goods receIved be cause they do not stop to compare these goods WIth the good, whIch they get from theIr home de Iler It IS gomg to take more than one or tl'.O "ads" to convmce these people for you must remem-bel that you have ye,ll, of c,ltalog I11flnence to llvel come Tn 01 der to do tlllb, you must go at It 111,I systenMtIc, bnsmess hke way You cdn't throw mud dt a competItor WIthout sOlI111gyour~eH, but you Cdn get down to brdss tacks and show your customers that you can not only meet but beat the catalog hou~e prIce v.hen the) Illus trdte theIr goods as they really are, and when they do not, It IS up to you to pomt It out If we WIll all do thIS, we WIll be able to come to conventIon WIth lIghter hearts, more plospenty and a love for our busmes~ 111stead of a dread for whdt the future has In store for u' We can over-come thIS competItIOn eaSIly If we all work together but we must go at It rIght IN e must have definIte plans and follow them Guc,cwork IS always expen~IVe ,md e~peclally so m a case hke thI~ J t IS when the way ahead IS dIfficult that a person's real ablhty SllUWSItself Now we know there are men ot abIlrty In our aSSOcI ~1'on \rVe all have some and If each one does hIS be~t, sometlung IS oUle to come of It It reql1lres good Judgment to know the nght t me for everythl11g but there IS such a tIme and it pays to wa.tch ,md V'lIt for ItS commg but we belIeve that we have waIted too long \\r e d,d not want to get exuted and do somethl11g WhICh we would rep<ent liter but m the meantIme the catalog house has worked so C lUctlv 2nd cunmngly that we have been caught nappIng WhICh makes It necessary to get an extra huotle on US to make up for lost tIme Let us all mdke Up our mInds to mI"S no more opportunItIes to overcome the 111fluence of the mall ordel houses Study out ways of dOIng thIS Prove to the buyers of your commumty that the catalog houses dre not to be trusted How many people WIll tlade v.lth a firm they do not trust? ResolutIOno are eaSIly made but resolutIOns ,\lone WIll not overcome thiS eVIl Make up your mmd what to do and then do It That IS the only way to make good Don't waste your tIme worrymg Won y never helped a man to anythIllfS but hIS grave Th111k to some purpose "Vhat a man accomplrshes IS a chart to IllS ablhty If the mall order house sells an artIcle for a cel tam prIce, meet theIr pnce There 10 nothIng gaIned by cuttmg pnceo when everybody meets the cut Some of you may thmh we are g0111gInto thIS mall order house busmess a httle deeper than IS at all necessary but we are not It IS always better to ovel estImate your competItor than to over estImate yourself If you don't, you WIll wake some day dnd find that the bu~mess ploce,s1On has moved by Then ,,,,here ,'\,Ill yOU be? In closIng thIS artIcle we say agalll It b up to you to e,pose everyone of these catalog mlsrepreoentatlons whIch you can get proof of S01ue Live Advertising Suggestions Front Mr. Klein. At Chnstmas tune mOl e than at any other time of the year, the merchant must do hIS utmo~t to make hIS store a con, e11lent and pleasant place to trade In your Chn~tmas advertIsmg, you must make your CllflstnMs "ads' carr) hundl ed~ of gIft suggestIOns WIth pnces The hohdays are the Ildrvest tIme for the merchants and they bend then energIes toward 111ducl11gthe largest pOSSIble vol-ume of trade at thI~ season of the year Generally mCfchants v.ho are 1egular newspaper advel tIser~ in-creaoe theIr space for a month or so before ChrIstmas and non regu-lar ad, ertIsers get llltO the paperb about thdt tIme and dlop out en tn ely ,liter the holIdays Another cla,s of werchants do not be heve 111the tl';e of much extra ~pace at the hohdav'i, saYl1lg that at such a busy tIme, they WIll get ,111the bUSl11ess the} Cdn bandle any \\a) I behevce that both clas,e, ale partly nght and partlv wrong dnd that a combm,Itlon of both schewe'i WIll gIve the best pOSSIble results Hohddy Sll'lppel s do not lIke to buy e,\rly though why they do not want to get the filst chOIce of the finest thmgs IS a problem that has not been ,olved as yet S111cethIS 10 the case the advertlsel should concentrate 1110efforts on thc two weeks before Chllstmas and whoop th111gs up In elv ,\ Ith plenty of talk about buymg 111sea son and all that I would feature the larger and mOl e eApenslve al tlc1es If your store does not carry much 111the holIday lllle, dwell on the advantages of the useful goods to be found m yOUI store HIt them hard about the nIce thlI1g~-furnlture, rugs, pIC tures, etc GIVe buyers plenty to thmk of along these hneo-of course WIth a spnnkhng of to)' and other hohday artIcles-and keep your store full of customers Mak111g people want the goods IS after all, the secret of It If thel e IS a secret Make the publIc want" hat yOU have to sell and the ~ale IS half m'lde It all depends on your advertIsmg You cannot catch fish WIth a rIfle, neither can you shoot game WIth a rod and reel, and If you obtam good results from poor advertls111g It IS because a mIracle ha~ been worked A shIpbUIlder who would construct a vessel all ready for the water and then not launch It because he could not afford tallow to grease the ways would be a fit candIdate for a lunatIc a,ylum Yet he is no worse than the dealer who has b11l1tup a bus111ess and then refuses to float It upon the sea of bUS111essbecause he cannot afford to advertlse Every bUS111esoman can afford to advertIse It is not enough for the fur11lture dealer to stock hIS floors WIth a conglomerate mass of fur11lture and then calmly awaIt the arrI, a1 of purchasers H e mu~t credte the deSIre of posseSSIon by al rangmg each pIece as It 1'.111look III the home of the cUotomer All this of course after he has put a suggestIve "ad" 111the paper If I can aId In dlsperS111g any doubts whIch m;ty be entel tamed by any of the members of this asSOCIatIon as to the effiCIency of ad vertlSl11g for promotll1g busmess, I WIll be doing about the greatest oervlce It IS in my power to render To start WIth you must recog11lLe ach(,1 tl~ll1,z: IS a COl1ll11oc!ttv Gei ,lway at once ,l11d forever from the Iclea that It IS dn expens2 It 1, not an expen~e, It IS .a neCe'iblty 1t IS a rare perbon who does not at least glance over hIS clally or weekly paper and to the m \Jontv of people It IS the only avenUe open to then mInds aCLhslble tn those who ha,e thl11gs to ~ell The nev. ~paper carnes suggestIOns Into the famIly CIrcle at leIsure moments 111parlor or hbr;try where no salesman 15 permItted to enter It IS In closer tOUch WIth and exert" a greater mfluence 111 the 110me than any other prInted th111g Thh IS d p1alll statement of fdcts so well recogl11zed by m tellIgent and plogresslve dealers, that no argument IS necessary to substTanhteIatemdnthewmho attempts to do bUSIness these dav'i ''''Ithout ad- ,ertIsl1lg IS a back number Ad,ertIS111g 15 a~ much of a neceSSIty to successful bUSl1leo<;as a good stock of goods and the time to ad veItlse IS always "NO,V It IS better to sell good, at a P ofit when people want them than at a saCrIfice sale after the hohcla} s M L KLEIN 1\lember of the ExecutIve CommIttee Mankato, MIl1n, Dec 14, 1909 22 \\' E E K L Y ~-\R TIS A N ,---~-_._---------------------------_._----- _ ••• ':If -II - i~:sW~:~~~.-~-:-----. Quartered Oak Walnut II Curly Maple , Bird's Eye Maple : Basswood I Ash ,: Elm I Birch I Maple : Poplar : Gum : Oak \.". --------------- ---- -- -_._--------- Foreign and Domestic Woods. Rotary, Sliced, Sawed. METAL BED PRICES MUST ADVANCE --------- -- --_. ----- ------- -- - .--- - _. ---~ An Important Mass Conference Held by the Man-ufacturers and Others at Pittsburg, Pa_ The '\Ietal and Spnng TIed IIanufacture1'3 of the Cmted State'3 held theIr '3econd mabb conference at Hotel Schenley, P1tt'3burg, on the 6th and 7th 111"t Th1s confe1 ence was called under the au"p1ce" ot the Ctntlal UUleau, v,lnch I" made up of delegate" from each of tht local dub" Ol ~anl/ul 111the chfferent parh of the l0lllltJ) '1 he COl1tLrence \\ d" not confined to member", of the club~ onl), but all manufal-tm ers we1 e 111v1ted Sev ent) -fi\ e manufacturer" \\ e1e pI (- bent 111add1tlOn to a nUlllbel of bupply men An elaborate program had been arranged \'\I11ch CO\ el ed the two da)" '3eS",lOn Sunday lll0rl11ng a large delegatlOn callle 111on two specIal "leeper" from the \\ e<;t Other dele-g- atlOn" from the 'Southwe<;t and the ea~t albo ann ed Sundav, when all we1 e escorted throu£;h the Call1eg1e museum a~d ltbrary b) Col \ J Logan of Pitt'S burg and the '3upennten dent of the 111st1tutlOn \Ivho ga\l e the \I l"ltor" e\l e1\I attentlOn The Monda) morl1lnl:; sebSlOn vva" con'3umed "111Ihtenll1g to we1colll111g addresse'i and 1eport" of thc 01gan17atlUl1 Dlftel ent office1 s from the cbfte'ent club" made report of the can d1tIon'3 of trade, etc, 111theIr re"pectn e "eltlOn'3 and a can cenSUb of the reports showed an Improvelllent 111 bus111e<;" ~----.------- ---------- WIth a correbpond111g 111crea~e 111the cost of all matenals and labor RepOl t'3 al<;o 111d1cated that labor wlll not be too plentI-ful 111the near future -\fte1 lunch the entire conference wa'3 escorted through the plantb of the XatlOnal Tuhe company and the Amencan Steel & \\ Ire compan) Repre"entatlve" from each of these mammoth 111st1tutlOn'i V\ere 111attendance and gave the VISI-tor" ever) OppOl tUl11ty to "ee the ore 111It:, proce'3s through to the completed tuhe, W1'C nall, etc All who had th1s Opp01- tUlllh \\ e1e t1ee to exprc "" thenheh c" a" to the value of the 'ntOlmat!on 1ecc1ved. \n e\ el1111~ "e""lOn wa~ held dt V\hlth Col H P nope, firbt VILe pI ""ldent of the Ca1neg1e ::,teel company addl e",'ied the convent1On on the subject "]\1ode1n RelatlOnshlp of Manu-facturer,," The Colonel \I'Vas 111partIcularly good form, and 1m, addre'i" wa'3 'icholarly and h<;tened to With wtense 111terest The 1ema111der of the even111g '" a~ spent 111h'itemng to a C01111111tteerepo' t on co"t<; of cheap bed" and spnng<; C0111- m1S"lOne1 \\ Ulp1 had prepared a la1 ge number of charts lllus-trat111g the co<;t of the dIfferent Items entenng wto the con<.,truct1On of these products, as a<;<;embled from reports I ecen cd on "ame from c1rfferent manufacturer'3 all 0\ er the country On Tue"dd} the report of the evel11ng p1eVIOUS wa" fur-ther btudled and c11bCU'3'3ed A further leport was al<;o made \V1th chart l1lu~tratlOn of plOpe1 f0l111'i fo' cost account111g RICHMOND CHAIR CO. RICHMOND INDIANA DOUBLE CANE LINE "SLIP SEATS" -the latest and best method of double seating. Catalogues to the Trade. l-- ~. •_-- • - - - •- . No. 70 The Best Value and Greatest Service for the Money GENUINE LEATHER SEAT -----------------_ ............•.•.• WEEKLY ARTISAN ----_._----_._-------_.--------------------_. These Specialties are used all Over the World Power Feed Clue Spreading Machine, Single, Double and Combination. (Patented) (Sizea 12 in. to 84m wIde.) ----._----~ II I \ I I \i i I • • _..4 Hand Feed Clueing Machine (Patent pendlDi.) Many stylea and aizes. Wood-Working Macbinery and Supplies L.ET us KNOW YOUR WANTS CHAS. E. FRANCIS COMPANY, Main Office and Works, Rushville,lnd. 23 \ II I I ~-_ _----_ _." -_ .. - Veneer Presses, different kinds and sizes (Patented) No.6 Clue Heater . .- ... ..-----_._-_._---------_._. _..--_. terlee company, ::-'bnneapohs, \11n11 , Royal \letal company, Brooklyn, ~ Y , Haggard & -:\lan. Ubson company, ChIcago, Umon ,V1re and ::\lattre'3s company, Chicago, l\11ller Hall Sons' Bed ::Ylanufactur111g compan), ChIcago, Art Berl'3tead company, ChlLago, SI1111110n"l\lanufactunng company, Ken-o" ha, VV1:0 , EnterpII"c Beel company, H al11111ond, J nd , Bdr-celo \lanufddunng company, Buffalo i\ Y, J{uwdrrl ::\lanu-fddurIll( 2," compan). BufLdo, 1\ Y, and about thIrty bed "pI111(2,"compameb fI om all the Llllted ~telte" and the vanou" methods (llscubsecl H C Schwab Ie, an eApert on cosb of Xew York CIty, dellveled a very 111terebt111g ad-drebs on the ,.PractIcal ApplIcatlOn of a CObt System" These numbeI'3 were of great 111terest and all were agreed that to manufacture and sell producb Il1 the 111dustl y, It was not only eo,,,enual that co"t" be conSIdered, hut that a manufadmu pllr:oue correct method" of co"t accountll1g a" well C0111nl1,,"lOnei \VUlpI'S report of the uell!t and lolilctIon depaltment of the Olga1ll7ation Wd" of particular mtereo,t d" the methods employed furlll"hed all members WIth full data on que"tlOnable accounts. and showed great succe'3" m the settlement of pa"t due and dhputed accounts The dang el of acceptmg order" at pI esent pn( pc; f".- f 1 tm e deln e1) Y\-a" fully dIscu'3Sed ThI" IS a prdctIce that ha'3 heen partIcularly prey alent m the bed and spnng mdu"tr) and has operated to the detnment of the manufacturer" In \ Iew 01 changes III the cost of matenal market, etc, It was deCIded by all that thIS p1 actlce be stopped and all v, ere heart- 1ly m o,ympathy WIth the movement \VhIle the meet1l1g was not called to fix pnce" for the January market, the general mdicatIon of conditlOns led all to express themselves qUIte freely that they would advance theIr pnceb ShoY\-111gS VI' ere made 111d1cat111g matenal acl-vanceo, of from five to twelve and one-half per cent and It was conceded that manufacturerb would be compelled to make ad, ances to at least cover these ad, ances III matenals The conference was the most valuable and 111tereo,t111(y2e,"t held and It was deternllned to agam meet 111 June m ~ew YOlk CIty E J HIckson of the PIttsburg-HIckson company of But-ler, Pa, ha\mg mVIted all to VIsit hIS lalge plant, forty-five manufactm ers left on speCIal tram \V ednesda) morn1n~ They were taken dIrect to the plant b) tram, and a tY\-o hours m-spectlOn wa" made of the model n plant The delegateo, were then ebcorted to Hotel NIxon where an elaborate banquet had been prepared, whIch was enjoyed hy all Mr Hlcko,on was ul11versally comphmentecl on his actlOn m mVltmg compet1l1g manufacturer:" to 1l1:'>pecthIS '.'\lorks, and It IS belIeved WIll do much toward umfY1l1g the bed manufacturers m the future Among the concerns repreo,ented m the cnnference were the follow111g SmIth DavI:o Manufacturing company, St Loms, Amencan Bed company, St LOtll" , Mellon & Strong company, St Lams, Evanw1lle ::\letal Bed company, Evans- VIlle, Ind , MIlwaukee Bed company, J\lllwaukee, VV10> , M111 neapohs Bed company, M111neapohs, Mll1n , Sahsbury & Sat- Veneer Presses 61ue Spreaders Glue Heaters Trucks, Etc., Etc. ------ Will Enlat·ge the Business. The bUSll1ess of the brand Rapld'3 Hand Screw com-pany, formerly owned and opelated by the \VIlmarth ShoV\ Ca"e company, ha" heen tran"fened to John \\ Iddlcomb com-peW), who IS nO\\ '3ole propnetor and IS opel atmg the busmes" under the old sty le-GI and Raj:)1({e, Hand Sc eVl company It h needles., to "tate that ,Ir \Vlr!(l!comh's WIele IepntatlOn a" one of Grand RapId" leadll1g manufacturer" IS an ah"ulutc guarantee that the Grand RapIds Hand ~cre,\ company un-der Ib new propnetor"h1p WIll cuntmne to ma1<e the be:'>t m thell hne of products, con"lstmg of hand screws, WOlk benche", cab111et maker" benches, manual tra1l11l1g eqmpment, factory truc1{." etc Thtse goods WIll he manufactured 111 the plant formeI1y used by the old Kent Fmmture compan\, now owned by the John \\ Ieldlcomb company and on \vl1ICh, dur- 111gthe past)' ear 1mplOvement~ cost111g nearly forty thou"and dollar" ha' e been made }Ir \V Ieldlcomb states that the plant has been equIpped '''Ith a new eng111e and new mdchmery, and a new boIler h also to be put m The plant has been gI eatly enlarged and the faclhtIe'3 ImprO\ ed 11101 del that the husmeso, of the Grand RapIds Hand Screw company may he properly taken care of A Royal Volume. The Royal Furl1lture com pan) have l"sued a magl1lfi-cent book of photogravureb Illu"trat111g five hundl ed and eIght) pIeces of hIgh gi ade furlllture for the d111111groom and the chamber COple., have been placed III the hando, of customers and man) letter" COl1lmendmg the enterpi be of the company and prals111g the heaut) of the book have been receIved Heaven would be overcrowded If V\e could all be taken at our own valuation The Opportumty Manufacturing company, capitalized at $10,000 wIth 50 per cent subscnbed and 10 per cent paid in, has mcorporated for the purpO'ie of estabhshmg a new furni-ture factory 111 Sag111aw, l\IIch 24 WEEKLY ARTISAN Furniture Fires. J. G. Galloway, undertaker of Butler, Ky , was burned out recently. S. M. Toler, undertaker and furmture dealer of Crowley, La., lost $1,250 by fire on December 6 Insured The LewIs Furmture company, dealer~, of \\'111nlpeg, Man, burned out wIth a loss of $30,000 on December 8 In-surance $18,000 Holmes & \Nalker, furnIture and hard \\ al e dealeI'O of Chelsea, Mlch, were bUl ned on Decembel 9 Lu"s S-l-000, partially msured The A A Gray FUlmture company, dealers of DetroIt, Mich , '" ere damaged to the extent of $15,000 or $20,000 on De-cember 12. In.;;ured The mattres.;; plant of the LehIgh Star BeddIng compam Allentown, Pa, was burned on December 11 Lo.;;" estllTIated at $4,500, insurance $3,000 The Motter-Wheeler co~pany's department (store in Walla Walla, Wash, was burned on December 3 Loss $140,000, msurance, $85000 The Farley undertak111g parlor.;; and the Queen Cm Furmture company warerooms 111 Baker Clt). Ore, \\ ere damaged by fire to the extent of sevel al hundred dollars on December 6. The plant of the Rac111e (\iVIS) Manufactunng com-pany, manufacturer~ of plano stools, was almost completely destroyed by fire On December 6 Los" $60,000 to $70,000 111 .;;urance, $25,000 The Sterl111g FUlmtme company of \\ 111111peg,,ran. lo"t $200,000 by fire that destroyed their SIx-story wal ehouse 011 December <) The firemen were unable to do effectn e worl, on account of the cold-2S belov~ zero Insurance cm el '-,the loss on stock and a part of that on the b1111dlng C NI~~ & Sons, fur111ture dealel s, of :-1Ih\ aukee, \\ 1" suffered a loss of nearly $100,000 by fire m theIr store on Sunday December 12. Three of the four department.;; of the buildmg were badly damaged, the greatest loss falls on the sectIOn devoted to holiday goods About 80 pel cent of the loss on stock and bl11ldmg IS covered by 111surance New Factories. The erection of a factOlY for the manufactUle of cabmets and high grade woodwork IS saId to be under consideratIOn by J. V HamIlton at Fort Scott, Kan . The board of trade of :vIurphy, N C, has deCIded to or-ganize a company vvIth $15,000 capItal stock to establtsh a chair factory in theIr town The New York \Vlre and Spring company, incorporated by R. C. Moodey of PainesvIlle, OhIO, W A Comstock of Cleveland, Ohio and C l' Ch Ulch of New York City wIll estabhsh a new factory m or near New York CapItal stock, $50,000 A bmldmg formerly used as a shoe facto! y, '" hiCh ha" been vacant fO! a year or more IS to be converted mto a fUlll Iture factory at Mlfflm, Pa The promoters promise to start WIth a force of not less than fifty men The Schimmel-Reid company has been mcorporated "'Ith capItal stock ltmlted to $50,000, to establt.;;h a factory m Falrbault, 1\1mn, and manufacture a spIral belt sander in-vented by Mr SchImmel, and patented 111the Umted States and m ~e\ eral countries in Europe The Standard Bed and SpecIalty company, capitalLled at $6,000 WIll establtsh a factory in ChIcago Alderman Patnck Sulhvan of Burlmgton, \ t .. IS erectmg a bUlldmg 48 x 90 feet, two stones In which he \\ 111 manu facture furmture and wood novelties The Udell Works Catalogue. The Udell \\Torks, IndIanapolIs, Ind, have sent out their catalogue for 1910 whIch shows that they have enlarged theIr 11l1eof products and added many new pattel ns to the old lines The book contalll" 88 pages and gIves Illustrations, descnp-bons and pnces of 88 dIfferent styles of ladles desks, 48 pat-tern" of "heet musIC cab1l1ets, 42 styles of hbrary bookcases, 23 cabmets for plano-player rolls, 27 for cylInder and dISC re-cords and 27 med1cllle cablllets. It abo shows several at-tractIve commodes, fold1l1g tables and noveltles m the way of fold111g pantry and hbrary ~teps, combInatIOn chalrs and ~tep ladders, etc It 15 eV1dent that as a whole that the Udell hne 15 largel and better than ever which means that 1t wJ11 be of great 111terest to buyers m the coming wineer season, \\ hen lt wdl be exhIbIted m the Furniture Exhlbltion bmld1l1g, Grand RapId" Ordered by Cable. Alexander Dodd", company, Grand Rapids, manufacturers of woodworkmg machmery, receIved a cablegram on Wednes-day of thIS week from VIenna, Austria, ordering one of theIr famous dove-taders and urglllg prompt shIpment. The order calls for a fifteen-spllldle machllle Free Space at Buenos Ayres. A commU11lCatIOn from 1\1mister C H Shernll, of Buenos Ayres, states that an arrangemeut has been made whereby Amencan mach111ely mdy be exhIbIted 111the Argentine 1910 agncultural expOSItIon WIthout payment for floor space. The I\mencan machmery wl11ch may be exhIbIted includes not anI} agncult11l alimplements, but also woodworkmg and other machinery, such as 'Ohoemalnng mach1l1es and sewing ma-chmes Confu'-,lOn had arisen owmg to there bel11g two ex-positions m Buenos I\yres, one for Al gentme products only and the other open to foreIgners A Buenos Ayres commIttee o± Amencal1', has been appomted, of which A R Hauchell is chaIrman, to represent Amencan Interests Most of us can make a lIttle truth go a long way by stretching it. WEEKLY ARTISAN 25 WOULD BE A RISKY EXPERIMENT Manufacturers Do Not Enthuse Over the Co-op-erative Glass Proposition. Dunng the past week the \Veekly ArtIsan asked several Grand Rap1ds furl11ture manufacturers for opmlOns as to the practIcall1hty of the plan to estabhsh a glass ,)llvenng and bevelmg concern on the co-operatIve plan The general trend of the re-phes 1S shown m the followmg paragraphs "That mIght be a good 1dea said David E Uhl, of the Grand Rap1d,:>Fancy Furl11tuure company "I haven't glven the matter much attentlOn but I thmk the furl11ture men m1ght save somethmg on the pnce of glas:'> by d01ng the1r own sdvenng and bevelmg. If they found themselves up agam':>t the trust they m1ght estabhsh a glass plant and make their plates and that m1ght be a good thmg for others than furl11ture manufacturers, but I doubt that there would be any profit m that part of 1t. I understand the glass trust has the busmess under perfect control m tlllS country and m Europe and it would reqUlre a strong concern to compete w1th them It could be done by competent men w1th the necessary cap1tal, hut to undel take It on the co-operatn e plan would be a rIsky experIment "I don't thmk much of that propo~ltlOn," qld Charles R Shgh of the Shgh Furl11ture company "It would be an ex-penment and a very uncertam one at that. It m1ght be practI-cable 1f you could find a capable manager but the chances are agamst makmg 1t a succe')s on the co-operatIve plan I thmk the manufacturers of Grand Rap1ds are buymg glass as cheaply as those m other towns The managers of the co-operative SlIverIng and bevelmg concern would undoubtedly find 1t d1fficult to obtam plates Of course they could estabb:'>h a plant and make the1r own plates but that 1S another propos1- tlOn-worse than the first. It would reqUlre c01b1derable cap1tal, expert managers and then about 7S per cent of the1r product would he unfit for sllvenng-1t would have to be used for other purpose". It m1ght be done-the furl11ture men nl1ght make the1r own glas" but there Vvould be Just about as much chance for success a-, there would be if the glass men were to go to making furl11ture m order to use the1r glass No, glas'i makmg and furl11ture makmg are d1fferent mdustrIes They are sepal ate and better be allowed to re-nla1n so" "That proposItIon does not look good to me," sa1d Addl- 'ion S Goodman, "ecretary and treasurer of the Luce Furl11ture company, Grand RapId':> "It 1111ght be practIcable, but I doubt If It would be a profitable scheme fm the furl11ture manufacturers The glass busmess, whethel manufactunng or sdvenng and bevehng plate" 1S 1U a class that reqUIres ex-perIenced experts to make 1t successful and I am afraid that a co-operatIve concern would have long and co':>tly experIence before wmning out." In the Market Early. Royal L Sm1th, buyer for G1mbel Brothers of Phda-delphia, spent DeceUlber 14 m Grand Rap1ds, looking for goods for early shIpment Are you gomg to be one of the happy buyers v1s1tmg the 38th sem1-annual New York expos1tion? Any tIme between January 17, the opel11ng day and February S the closing, w1ll be a good t1me It isn't exactly a feat of legerdermain to turn night into day. Making Steel Factory Trucks. For a long tIme pa'->tVanmanen Bros, of the Globe V 1se and Truck company, G1and Rap1ds, M1Ch, have reahzed that sooner or later they would be obhged to abandon the use of wood m the manufactur of the1r factory and Vvarehouse trucks from the fact that each year prIces on th1S materIal are becommg h1gher, and also the difficulty 1n securmg at all tImes lumber of the high grade quahtv reqUlred W1th th1S reahzat10n they came to the declslOn that they would eIther have to lower the standard of the1r trucks or else raIse the prIce':> But mstead, they deCIded that the sooner they got away from wood constructlOn the plOblem would be solved and as a result they have gotten out an entIrely new truck, nearly the whole frame bemg made up of one pIece of sheet steel, as shown m the accompanymg cut ThIS d1spenses entIrely WIth the use of bolts and very httle cast Iron 1':>used 111 the entIre constructlOn The stakes WIll contmue to be made of wood, and as 111 the wood frame New Steel Truck-Patent Pendmg t1ucks a1e removable, and the stake pockets bemg of the same S17e, there w1ll j)e no confus10n m factones where the steel and wood frame trucks are bemg used The surface of th1S new steel truck 1Sabsolutely smooth, which together w1th the fact that the stakes are of wood, makes 1t entIrely 1mposs1ble for fine and fil11"hed materIal to become marred whl1e bemg tIansferred from one place to another Another pomt 111favor of thls truck 1'->the fact that there VvIII be a conSIderable sav111g111the freIght a-: they weIgh from 25 to 50 pound" les:'> per truck than the wood frame trucks Although the steel truck 10, con~lderable hghter 111weIght than the wood tl uck, any mechal11c knows the strength of pressed steel, and the Globe VIse and Truck cOUlpany has subjected theIr new truck to the most se, ere tests posslble,- tests much more severe than any wood frame trucks are ever called upon to WIthstand The Globe company adVIses that these trucks are be111gmade in three dIfferent slzes, namely' 2S x 48, 30 x 60. and 3S x 72 111ches, the latter SILe bemg fitted WIth an extra heavy runl11ng gear, and 1S also eqUIpped WIth the Globe frIctIOnless roller bearIngs m all the Vvheels The smaller sIzes have only the large center wheels eqUIpped with roller bearIngs The demand for these trucks plomises to be large, and the Globe company IS preparmg to take care of all orders promptly by 111stallmg extraordmary heavy pre'->ses to take care of the work" 26 WEEKLY ARTISAN TIE A STRING ON YOUR FINGER if necessary to remember and see the STEBBINS-WIL"ELM LINE STURGIS, MICHIGAN. library Tables and Desks to match Also Tables for Office, Parlor, Bedroom, Den. Sewing Cabinets, Tabourettes. "ALL fURNITURE All in LATEST, POPULAR STYLES. New Catalogue feb. 1st. Salesroom, GRANDRAPIDS only, first floor, Manufacturers' Bldg. John Shank } John Shelton In charge. Hillman & Company Will Build in Chicago. On the west sIde of State street, In ChIcago, the tallest department store of the age wIll be erected It IS to be of sIxteen stones and wIll be devoted exclusIvely to a sIngle retaIl enterprise An Investment, estImated at close to $1.500- 000, will be represented in the structure HIllman's IS the proJector, and plans not only the tallest buIlding In Chicago given over exclUSIvely to merchandise re-taIlmg, but the employment of many modern ideas in em-bellishment and m the conduct of the store m its new home The fact that HIllman's is to buIld became known through Charles W Pardridge, president of the firm, after announc-ment had been made that a lease had been taken by Edward HIllman on the property extending from 112 to 116 State street The property is occupIed now by a part of the HIll-man store, the bUIldmg being a six-story and basement struc-ture. The lease entered into is for ninety-ninety years, datIng from 1918. This transcation is merely a rene~al of the present lease, whIch expires at that time The new lease, however, con tams a clause to the effect that the lea~mg con-cern may erect a bUIldmg at once if it so chooses The lease provIdes for an annual rental of $40,000 for the first three years and $52,500 annually for the remainder of the term. The property taken has a frontage of sIxty five feet and a depth of 143 feet. "It is the intentIOn of HIllman's to concentrate theIr busmess on less ground space and let it go higher mto the air," Mr. Pardrige said. "The firm has taken a new lease on a part of the property now occupied by the store and It IS the plan to proceed with the erection of a sIxteen-story buIlding soon. Aside from havmg the hIghest department store in No. 518. Quartered WhIte Oak, Mahogany. ChIcago, It IS the plan to have one which WIll dIffer m many respects from the present customs of merchandise retaIling." Get Up or Go Down. -\. furniture dealer m Paris exhIbits a novelty in the form of a bed, whIch IS an improvement on a simIlar one whIch attracted attentIOn at the last Pans world's faIr It is to all appearances an ordinary bed, but the weight of the body upon It sets a clockwork in motion, and this operates a musIc box, whIch gives forth soothing melodies. The lullabies which It plays are supposed to induce sleep. By means of a dial at the head of the bed, the person who occupies it fixes an alarm for the next mornmg This produces, when the hour arrives, dIscordant sounds, to which the person in the bed must pay heed, because faIlure to anse within five minutes after the nOIse has begun WIll cause the bottom of the bed to fall out Open January Third. The warerooms of the Berkey & Gay Furniture company, contammg over 30,000 square feet will be open for the re-ceptIOn of buyers on January 3, 1910. In addItion to a splen-dId collectIOn of staples in medium and fine work the company WIll mtroduce many new things-novelties and substantials. Secretary Covode states that the company's busmess is agam normal m volume-that their sales for the year are larger than durmg eIther 1906 or 1907. Manufacturers Hamilton, Harper. the Wallace Brothers, Markoff and other salesmen ~ III be "at home" dunng the winter sales season A fellow has no business to be headstrong with a weak intellect. WEEKLY ARTISAN 27 "'--- -._ .. ...-- . . . I ~1':'-- - III 'I 1 l:,~'I .. . . . . ~l ... . .... ! Rockford National Furniture Company Manufacturers of High Grade .., MAHOGANY Library and Dining Room Furniture in Selected Quarter Sawed Oak and " Our full line will be on exhibition on the 4th Floor, North Half, II I \ I ~~ \ ~~ \~ I ~ , \ I[ ""-""'- 'lIIJ' 13<0 FURNITURE EXCHANGE GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. China Cabinet 186. ... aT aT aT a. • __ •• Kitchen Table and Refrigerator Combined. The Illustration below shows a great novelty m kItchen convemence Two useful articles are combmed m one-savmg space in the kItchen. It WIll also save steps and time for the housekeeper These refrigerators can be furnished wIth a complete kItchen cabmet set on top of the table, mak-ing three useful articles in one ThIs combinatIOn should prove an excellent thing for flats and apartment houses. In ordmary dwellings, many people already have a refrigerator whIch is not quite large enough, and yet they have not room for another refrigerator ThIs combmatlOn can be set in the place of the kitchen table, and the housekeeper WIll then have the advantage of two refrigerator'S, givmg her ample space and opportunity to sep-arate the mIlk, butter, cream, lard, eggs, etc., by keepmg them m one refngerator, and the meats, vegetables, etc. in another The refngerators are made m a first class manner, havmg seven (7) vvalls for msulatlOn, sohd brass locks and hinges, woven wIre shelves, galvanl7ed steel lining or whIte enamel hning, If desIred They are manufactured by the Grand Rapids Refngerator company, Grand Rapids, MIchIgan, who wIll be pleased to send catalogue and quotatIOns upon apphcatlOn A New Hotel at Pensacola. The Luce FurnIture company of Grand RapIds IS in re-ceipt of a very hand:oome booklet Illustrating and descnbmg the new Battle House whIch is largely furnIshed wIth Luce furniture at MobIle, Ala. Gregory W. Luce, president of the Luce Furniture company, owns a large block of stock in the corporatIOn. The hotel company are engaged in the erectIOn of a large, modern hotel at Pensacola, Fla. Buffet 286. ..t ~ Taa. __ •••••• --_ •• ..- .. . Par lor Frame Stock Increased. The re-organlzatlOn of the Grand Rapid" Parlor Frame company recently effected, includes re-mcorporatlOn, with an mcrea'Se m capItal 'Stock from $25,000 to $40,000 of which amount about $35,000 has been paid in. Officers of the re-organized company are preSIdent and general manager, P. J. Van Dommelen; vice president, Sybrant Wesselius; secretary and treasurer, John L. Lynch The manufacture of high grade mahogany parlor frames will be continued. Messrs. Van Domme1en and Lynch are both experienced furniture Made by the Udell Works, IndIanapolis, Ind. men, Mr Van Dommelen having been superintendent for the Phoemx Furniture company for a penod of five years pnor to assoClatmg himself wIth the Grand RapIds Parlor Frame company and secretary-treasurer Lynch was formerly assocIated wIth the Luce Furniture company m the shlppmg department for twenty-three years, and such was the esteem m whIch he was held that upon the severance of his relation with that company he was presented wIth a beautiful gold watch and cham Roy G. Harnson, former manager of the Parlor Frame company has gone to Portland, Ore., where he wIll engage m the lumber busmess. Larger and Better Warerooms. The Grand Rapids Furniture company have enlarged and re-decorated theIr ware rooms preparatory to the opening of the January season. 28 FURNITURE ADVER"rISING WEEKLY ARTISAN RETAIL Conducted by H. H. STALKER. Dealers Are Urgedto Send in Samples of Their Advertisements and to OfferAny Suggestions and Helps Which They Believe Will Be of Benefit to Others. This Department Aims to Be of Practical Service. Help Us to Make It So. A very handsome httle Chnstmas shoppmg hst ha3 been receIved flOm the Mueller & Slack company of thIs Llty It IS pnnted m green and led on hea,) "hlte papel of good quahty, It can tams besIdes a shoppmg 11st of fur111ture Item::> a blank memo page, a page of good local talk, and some cut, of pIeces of upholstered fur111ture manufactured b) the ~Iuellel & Slack company They al e fur111shed free to dealel s "Ith theIr names and addresses pnnted on the cm el. ~II ~Iuellel reports that dealers have maded m el ;0000 at them under d one cent stamp ThIs make., e"cellent dl1 ect ad, ertbm~ tor both manufacturer and dealer, and IS an Idea that can be made to work to gleat advantage at othel seasons at the) eal ThIS leads one to I emark that thIS co-operatn e "plnt be-tween retader and manufacturer IS one m whIch there IS ~ncat opportu111t) for mutual bencfit and one" hlch should be "Idel) cultivated E3peclall) IS thIS true m 'Ie" of the tact that mal c and more magazme ad, el tlsmg IS bemg done each, eal It IS well for both manufacturer and I etader to keep m close touch WIth each other, so that each ma) know "hat IS belllg-done by the other to promote .,ale., The more heart' and thorough the co-opel atlOn, the better the result:-> \Vhen thIS copy of the \\ eekl) \rtl.,an reaches, ou the days left III whIch you may do Chn.,tmas ad, ertl"mg "dl be few Make them count Instdl mto e, ery word and sentence of your ads somethmg mterestmg-somethmg 'Ital InJ ect mterest, suggestIOn, persuaSIOn, WIth all the povver of 'lour personality Vse good cut3, bold pnces and plenty of ,,111te space to make It stand out conspIcuously Don't merely gn e the tech111cal descnptlOn of Y0t11 dlffel ent pnces, but speak about father and hIS comfort-how he would en]oy a 111ce comfortable rocker Dwell upon the pomts that create de-sIre The pnce wdl then take care of Itselt \\ hen people really want somethmg, the pnce doe ,n't stop them Treat mother, SIster, brother and all the falml) m the same" a, , not famlharly, but m that easy natural way that wdl make jour ads readable We reproduce here a full page i ad ' at House & lIermann, \Vheehng, \~ Va ThIS "ad" I" abm e the ordmal) It IS qt11te skIllfully laId out It .,hould have been better howe, el. to have ehmmated the firm name at the top and substItute a strong, bold headmg calhng attentIOn to the h ,t below. Then the top row of cuts have been left off and the OPe111ng remarks set m a tllfle largel type and pos"lbh a few more words added The openmg of a lalge ach erthemcnt hke thIS IS Important, for It I" "uppo'oed to pa' e the wa, to an mtelest-mg revIew of the Item" that folhvv It Isn't too late, If you hd,en't alleach done so, to pnnt a httle Chnstmas 'ohp heanng- a few v,cll "orded sug-gestlon., and mad to a select hst of yc u cU'otomer., S,)cnd a tcn dolldr bdl m thIS way and '''atch result, Very often good ad,ertlsmg tdleit I., nelel ch'ocmered There may be a salcsman In youl "tm c who 1., not noted for bnlliancy on the floor, who could e "Pi e.,., hlll1.,elf "ell on paper vVhat kmd of a plan would It be to pa' v( t11 .,ale.,men a httle extra for good ad, ertl ,Ing- ItCI1'o next ,edr ,,",uppo'oe you offer a cel tam sum each "cek for the bc., tad.,' sub nutted It would encourage thc boys and rcsult m much plOfit f01 you The mal c mterest and enthusIasm you can arouse among those who labor for y au, the better results you "dl obtam TI) It out Tech111cal telm" In ft1111ltt11e advertlsmg mterest you, be cau.,e ) au kno" "hat they mean, but beware of too many m ) Ot11 announcements to the people They don't care so much about a chaIr measunng 56 mches 111gh as they do about ho" attlactn e and comfortable It IS You can dwell " "" ~..... ~I"· :::c-'t1'f'f0$15" 00 $"": ~ 69c $1548.., PBay"NoLwater sa. "._.:: ~ 980 v , ..:..:::~ HOUSE <m. HERRMANN :;;;w;;;;;:;; HOUSE <m. HERRMANN upon the dry features better after you have the customer m the "tore (Jet the human mterest element mto your "ad" talk 111 fact, make It talk, easy, natural talk Make them want the al tlcle Tlus does not mean that descnptions are out of place but rather IS a cautIOn to subordmate them to the mOl e , Ital pomt" of contact Good cuts are half the "ad" Yes, the subject has been than ughly dl'octbsed You ha' e I ead yards of prmt about it ,,",tdl ) al ds upon yards of cuts that are a posItive dIsgrace and detrtment to the adverllsel are be11lg used They are cuts and .,0 I11U.,tdo duty It s d ml'otake It always WIll be a mistake Some ad, ertl.,er., "pend thousand., of dollars f01 costly space, "hen a $100 bIll fOI cuts for a year would gn e them nel VOU3 WEEKLY ARTISAN 29 The Blue Print and Catalogue Binder the furniture Manufacturers and Dealers "ave Been Looking for SOME Of T"E SATISfiED USERS: 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, Mich. John D Raab Chair Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. Grand Rapids Book Case Co, Hastings. Wolverine Mfg Co, Detroit. Sheets are Held as in Bound Book. The Sikes Co, Philadelphia, Pa. THE PROUDfiT LOOSE LEAf CO., 8 and 10 Lyon S1., Grand Rapids, Mich. prostration Remember, ever) cut) au u:oe makes an Impres-sIOn eIther for or aga111st the artIcle How can a black smear cause any desIre to buy? It doesn't Perhaps that's why so many advertIse} '3 compla111 of re:ou1ts The old adage "'II hat's worth d0111g IS worth domg well" is a mIghty good one Take paIns m prepalmg your ad:o and the reward wIll be comrnen:ourate TI y It next year, brother, spend tWIce as much tIme m the COP) and double your ex-penchture for good cuts It doesn't pay to lay the blame on the writer Nipped by a Traveling Salesman. F 'Iy Luoma alIas E C Olson, a Swede only 24 yeals old Vvorked a :ohrewd -,wlndlIng scheme on d bank and tll1ee furmture house" of Atlanta, Ga recently, but was caught before he gc away wIth hIs !Sam", through the Suplclons natul e of a avelIng sale'3man Luoma, accordmg to IllS confe'3':>Ion, IS a 5:1wede, though he wa" born 111F111land Only four yeaI" ago he came to AmerIca, leaIl11ng to wnte and :opeak EnglIsh 111a "hort tlll1e Recently he claIms that he pm chased a tl act of land 111 FlOrIda on the mstallment plan and whIle on hIS wa} to '\ tlanta f1 om '\Iacon he claIms that he e, olved a -scheme whel eby he could meet the next pay-ment on IllS land 1he Atlanta furmtm e men were to be hb VIctIms L\rrIv111g 111 Atlanta Luoma "ay'i he secured a CIty dnec-tOly, acqu<llnted h1111'ielfwIth the locatIon of 'itreeh, and cho'ie a fictltlOUC, pOl tIon of Seventeenth street as the spot where as a brIck mason he c,hould buy a complete smte of furl11tUl e as F K Lmdell He then made out a check for $36, presented It for depo':!It at the Geol gla Sav1l1gs Bank and Trust company, and drew out $6 A t the dIfferent furmtm e sto, es he asked to be shown frn nlture, and after makmg IllS selectIon, pI e'iented a check a" partIal payment and receIved 111change amount" ran!S111g from $6 to $12 Thlc, scheme worked on Ed illatthews & Co, "ho lost $12 0"car Barnes & Co, who } Ielded up $6 D Zaban, who "donated" $10 :\t the L\mencan I'urmtUle com-pan), the SU'ipIClOn" ot J L SatterwhIte and R A GOldon \\ el e alOu"ed and they refused to accept the check Luoma plesented \ P II anI, a St LoUl" tlavel111g 'iale'iman was at the Bal ne" StOl e after Luoma left and declarIng that he be- !Leved "Olson' \\ as a crook, an mvestIgatlOn was started The fml11tul e men got then head:::. to!Sether, dI"coveI ed that they all been "stung,' the detectives wel e notIfied and WIthIn a short time Luoma wa" arrested and IdentIfied All things come to those who walt, If they VI' alt on them-selves, Binder Locked as It appears in use AN ANTIDOTE fOR RING BINDfR EVILS, The Liberty's New Patterns. Jamestown, NY, Dee IS-The LIberty FurnIture com-pany WIll exhIbIt 111 January at the FUll11ture ExhIbItIOn BUlld111g, Grand RapId", on the fourth floor, the same space as before The January exhIbIt wIll comprIse one hundred drfferent patterns nearly all new The 1111eVvIII afford a larger vanety of popular prIced good'i than ever before No dealer should fall to see the lIberty exhIbIt whIch wIll be 111ehalge of the popular salesman, Glenn K Brown, assIsted by R G HolqUlst, sales manager for the LIberty Furl11ture company Accomplished Through Co-operation. The manufacturen of refngerators are not organized but through co-operatIon they c,ucceeded In secunng a change 111 Made by the Udell Works, Indlanapolls, Ind the raIlroad daS'ilficatlOn bUleaus, effeLtmg thereby a mateI-Ial "aV1l1g 111the rate" of f1 eIght Furnished Hotels. The Estey J\lanufactullng company of O~ 0",,0, :\1Ich, fUlllIc,hed a Ilew hotd at San 1"Ianu"co recently and have contracted to furl11sh the 100111 '3 of foUl adcl!tIOnal fIOOls, now under COnstIuctwn, for the hotel Tuller ,at Detl O1t, il1ICh, In ~ ew York there WIll he 111terestIng domgs January 17 to February S Bet~ een those dates the 38th semI-annual ~ eVv York expOSItIOn WIll have its doors wide open for you. 30 Our Large New Line of p-'-~---~----'_.~'_._----'-._.-._.__.'_W.._E..E.K_L_.Y_._. ._._A.R_T-IS-A-N---._----_--.----_-.--_._._.~--._~------~-- fI IIIIIIIII II f The season for banquets is here. Get a stock of our Banquet Table Tops so as to be ready to supply the demand. DINING and OFFICE TABLES I are the best on the American market when prices and quality are considered. STOW &. Df\VIS FUKNITUKf, GO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. I ...--._-------------------- ---_._------------- .._~--_._----._~----------.... NEWSY LETTER FROM NEW YORK Gimbel Bros. Great Store Grand Rapids Com-pany Interested in An Aeroplane Project. New York, Dec 14-The manufacturers of furniture and accessones are all busy and have from reports at hand done a good year's busmess ConditIOn" here have been far better this year than last and are almost up to those of 1907 Dmmg the last Six months the furlllture busmess has picked up to an astoUlshmg' degree There IS not much "kicking" done and all seem to be qUlte actlve J\Iatenals have been considerably advanced all along the lme, partlcularly lumber VIages have also advanced shghtly but there has been no appreCIable ralSe in pnces of furmture, therefore the dd-vance of 10 per cent w111probably be qUIte Ulll\ er"al Another thmg worth notmg will be that buyers ,,;rr=te more eager to get the best grades fa; the least money, than ever before They wIll take more tlme to pick out goods, will take advantage of techUlcahtles and If they can get a 30 days discount by takmg 60 days you may be sure they wIll do It. CollectIOns are gettmg 111tObetter ,;hape and there seems to be more money in use than a year ago There IS a loosen-mg up and less trouble In makmg collectIOns than wa'i en countered m the summer The wholesale trade IS 111very good shape and retaIlers through the country dlstncts are buymg more than before ThIS IS specially so of medIUm grade furlllture Cheap furm-ture IS movmg well Hlg'h grade furmture IS a httle slow, stJ11 It I" ahead of a year ago The south IS buymg fairly well and the east is qUlckemng In thIS cIty the trade has been very good m a retaIl way but New York IS the last place to pIck up from the recent paUlc T. Kelly, 6th avenue, fmUlture, report~ thiS as the best "ea!>on he ha<; ever had and ha" put In extra sale<;men The Imperial FurnIture Company, of Grand RapIds I" featured here Mr Kelly has advertl~ed a complete lme of all grades of planas Spear & Co, 6th avenue retaIl house, report busmess as very good and are selhng a lot of hohday goods, which runs to ladles' desks, bookcases, table", etc The regular 1111es sellmg the best now are dmmg and bedroom furlllture A large retaIl order busmess IS done 111 advertlsmg speciab, for which no first payment IS reqUlred A new lme of rugs has been put m They occupy the entlre ten floors The mall City Salesroom. 4th floor. Blodgett Bldlr. ...-.. order busmess at their PIttsburg store, IS now so large that It IS hard to fill orders promptly G

Date Created:

1909-12-18T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)

Collection:

30:25

Subject Topic:

Periodicals and Furniture Industry

Language:

English

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